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GAZETTE SEMI-WEEKLY, COBVALUS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1903. VOL. IV. NO. 27. BWIOW tab. IS ST. jtoDlikiti Fei., ISti I The Contrabandist: 1 I 1 One Life's Secret ! CHAPTER VIII. (Continued.) The next day Robin came again. "Rose," he said, "I saw, yesterday, go ing away from here, when I was coming down, a man whom I think 1 have seen before. Do you know who it was?" "You mean, I think, Gasparde, my cousin. But hush! here he conies." And at that moment the individual des ignated entered the cottage door. He made a civil obeisance to Rose and the young man, and accosting Hugh, request ed, in a low tone, to speak with him alone. The two retired, as before., to the gar den. There a somewhat lengthy confer ence was held, during which time Rose and Robin were conversing together in doors, and Gasparde's name was not in frequently mentioned in the course of their dialogue. The young man seemed to be somewhat interested in him, and asked several questions concerning him, by which he gathered the knowledge that Gasparde had some time very deeply of fended both Rose and her father; but he also heard of his having come the pre vious day to make apologies for so do ing. And, meanwhile, Hugh ended the col loquy between himself and Gasparde in the garden, when they prepared to re enter the house. The countenance of the former was gloomier and darker than ever. "Captain," said the man, "I don't re member having seen that person in the kitchen before. I suppose you won't think it impertinent if I ask you who he is?" "He is to become the husband of Rose," returned Hugh. "His name is Robin Marron." And he glanced closely ' at the countenance of his companion to detect some signal of his feelings at this announcement. , But all was undisturbed d there. "So Rose is to be married?" said Gas parde. "Well, he will make her an ex cellent husband, I hope; and I wish her much happiness, with all -my heart. I suppose, monsieur, you have not forgot ten the time when I wished so earnestly to marry Rose myself have you? But," he continued, "I am going to be married to another young girl, at some distance from here, shortly." And the lie was believed. They went In, and Gasparde remained a short time longer, affecting an air of the most per fect friendliness towards Robin. And when he took his departure, to return. tQ the village","' Robin accompanied him. They went along the road talking togeth er of one thing and another in a care less way, speaking on a' great many sub jects, and dwelling on none long, till they came to a little grove, past which the road ran, about half way between the cot tage and the village. "A pleasant place yonder," observed Robin, nodding his head towards it. . "Yes-yes; pleasant enough," respond ed Gasparde; "but I dare say there are pleasanter places." "Just so, my friend," rejoined the .young man; "you are right. And those that have more agreeable associations, as well. For instance, if a man had been hot there by an unseen enemy, the place . wouldn't be quite so attractive as many . another." He glanced casually at the face of his -companion as he said it; but beneath the -careless tone and manner was a meaning, and in that glance he read, like lightning, the expression of Gasparde's "face. It was one of sudden, startled uneasiness. The man looked quickly up at him, with ;' -out answer. The effect was satisfactory. .Robin went on: "I had a master formerly, who was, one ; -day, wounded in the manner .which I have described, and in that very wood which we have passed." "And he told you about it?" said Gas parde, watching Robin closely. "You are right. He told me about it." "Did he guess who fired at him?" "I suppose so. Though he kept it to himself. He said he meant to punish the rogue when he could catch him." "Who was your master, if I may ask?" "The Compte d'Artois. You may have "heard of him possibly. But I must bid .you adieu, my friend; for here I am at the farm." t "Adieu," returned Gasparde; and he continued his route, muttering, "I have you now, my master! You think I am cowed do you? Ah! wait only wait! You are taking a great deal of trouble to win my pretty cousin; but I shall have her yet! Only time time. I will let .you just grasp the prize, and then tear it from you. The later my vengeance, the sweeter it will be!" It was sunset again, and our pretty Iheroine, Rose Lamonte, was returning from the Chateau Montauban, whither she had gone early in the afternoon to -ee Mademoiselle Montauban, who, she was told by her father, wished to speak -with her on a matter of importance. With a light and happy heart, Rose had gone to meet the lady, and, three or four hours afterwards, was returning home, with tears in her eyes, and a step very differ ent from that usual with her. Walking slowly along, wrapped in sorrowful- med itation, she was suddenly aroused by the voice of Robin pronouncing her name. He was just going down to the cottage. . "Why, what ails you, my Rose?" he -asked, tenderly. "You are weeping! Why is this?" "O, Robin, my father is going away!" .was her sad answer. - "Going away? Ah, how sorry I am for you, dear child! Bnt how soon is he go ing, and where will he go to?" "I do not know. He did not tell me; . Mademoiselle Helen told me, and she knew nothing further than what I have .just said to you. But I am afraid it will be very soon." And the tears chased each other over her fair cheeks. " "Why did he not acquaint you with this fact,. Rose?" "Indeed," I do not know. Perhaps he had not the courage. Poor papa! And besides, the Marquis and Mademoiselle . Montauban are to keep me at the chateau until he returns; that was why she wish--ed me to come an tbi afternoon, to tell me of this, and ao he left it all for her to tell." "I knew you were going to stay at the chateau, Rose, but not that your father was going away. I learned it from him last week," said Robin. "You did? and you did not let me know?" "He preferred that I should not then. But do not weep," dear Rose!" said the young man, soothingly; "he will return, and, perhaps, will remain away but a short time. And it will be pleasant for you to be at the chateau a little while, only I am afraid you will forget me will you not?" "Ah," how can you think so?" asked his companion, in a tone of gentle reproach. "You know, Robin, that I could not for get you!" "I will not go in to-night, I think, dear Rose. You will have a great deal to say to your father, and you will be better alone. To-morrow I will come. You will know then, I dare say, on what day he is going, and can tell me. I should like to hear." He bent down and kissed her. There was sympathy and tenderness in his glance and caress. She went in. Her father, standing in the opposite doorway, looking out into the garden, turned quickly and beheld her. He held out his arms. "Well, you know now," he said, with sorrowful gentleness, as she came up to meet his sad embrace "you know now, Rose?" . "Yes, father I know; you are going away. But it will not be long before I shall see you again? You will come home soon?" "I do not know; do not ask me, I en treat, Rose!" He spoke with the des perate energy of sorrow. "But where are you going, and how soon, papa?" "I cannot tell you where I am going. But it may be to Nantes or Bordeaux. And I am going in two days." "In two days? so soon! O, papa!" She sat down, poor little Rose, and cov ering her face with her hands, wept sad ly. Hugh paced the floor with folded arms, and despair on his dark counte nance. "O!" he murmured, with fierce grief, "has not my revenge turned upon me?" The next evening Robin came. ( He seemed more serious than usual, and heard of the arrangements for the de parture of Hugh in silence. At length hesaidYou are. going, then the day after to-morrow r "Yes, and Rose will go to the chateau to-morrow evening. The marquis and his daughter are coming for her." "Yes, Robin," she said; "to-morrow evening I shall be gone." . Robin sat down by her, and tok her hand in his. - "Rose," he said, "do you not think this makes me as sorrowful as you can be? What shall I do when, you are here no longer? I cannot see you in your new home as I have seen you here. I cannot come there in my rude dress, though, one day, I mean to make myself worthy to enter even that proud place; There is nothing for me to do but to go away." "Ah, Robin," uttered Rose, with tear ful eyes, "do not go! What shall I do with no one left?" "Do not weep, , mignonne!" entreated the young man, sadly; "can you not see it is for the best? I cannot stay here with out meeting you daily, as of old. And we may not meet now you are to dwell at the chateau. . We both would be more unhappy should I stay. If I go away I may gain some situation where I may obtain wealth, and rise gradually to a position worthy to come back and win you. Now, Rose, tell me I may go." "Go, then, if it must be so," she re sponded, striving to check the fast flow ing tears. "But I shall be so lonely!" "Let me go to-morrow morning. Rose. I cannot bear to see you go away to wait till you are gone. And thus it was. chapter" IX. It was not without a sigh of regret that Helen Montauban observed the pain which she was forced to inflict on one who loved deeply and truly. Francis Eg erton had inspired her with a sentiment of the most earnest esteem; but the knowledge of the depth of his regard for her. had almost decided her, at first, to break off an intimacy which, on his part, claimed something more than the name of friendship. This, however, seemed too harsh a measure. She could not persuade herself to go so far. She liked him sin cerely; her regard for him was too real too deep, to permit her thus absolutely to relinquish the occasional society of Lord Egerton; while she trusted to cure him, in time, of the passion, which she felt too well, from a consciousness of her own preference in a different quarter, she should never be able to return. Since his arrival just after Rose had become an inmate of the Chateau Montau ban, she had begun to feel that she had a means of assistance at hand. She did not pause for time to define any plan, or to say to herself, in so many words, that such and such an ultimate issue had been guessed at, or hoped for, by her; but she appropriated the means present ed to her, and trusted that they would succeed. v Meeting, on the very first evening of his arrival at the chateau, with a repulse, gentle, though firm, from Helen a' disap pointment to hopes long,' yet doubtfully, cherished; and feeling that the dejection and unhappiness which he felt, would, if observed, draw upon him the attention of those about him, he endeavored to con ceal all evidence of his feelings under a calm exterior, and to evince as much in terest in affairs about him as was possi ble. He found himself thrown daily into the society of Rose Lamonte, often by chance, oftener by Helen s own agency. He admired her beauty her innocence and grace, had a charm for him. Helen Montauban knew it. He first merely ac knowledged, and was sensible of her presence: then he sought it. Rose con fessed to Helen her admiration of him, and seemed to evince a pleasure in his society. It was plain that she Urn Mt dislike him; and Helen, although she had many doubts at first, changed them final ly for most agreeable yet secret specula tions on the future, little dreaming that Francis Egerton was yet true to her, ma that Rose Lamonte's thoughts, even ia his presence, turned and dwelt fondly, though sadly, on the memory of her hum ble, yet unforgotten, lover. Meanwhile, Mademoiselle MontaubaS thought often and anxiously of her cous in; for Louis had not written once sine his departure from the chateau, and two months had now elapsed, and nearly the third, since that time. Her father also mentioned him frequently, and expressed his perplexity at his silence, and no less at his prolonged absence. Many an hour, at nightfall, Helen knelt sadly at her casement, with her glance sorrowfully fixerd on the road below that wound through the valley and beyond the hills the road over which he had passed on the morning when he left her. . "When will he traverse it again?" she asked herself. "When, kneeling here, at my sad post, in the twilight or the dawn, shall I' behold him returning?" One afternoon, being oppressed with a slight headache, she had thrown herself upon her couch to dispel it, if possible, by slumber. Suddenly her uncle's step, light and quick, came through the gal lery, and immediately Jessie herself en tered the chamber, bearing a light. Her face was suggestive of something pleas ant. She came on tiptoe to the bedside. "O, I am awake, Jessie," said Helen; "but I have slept a great while." "Yes, mademoiselle a long time; but I hope your headache has quite left you now; for monsieur le compte, your cous in, mademoiselle, Monsieur d'Artois " "Jessie, is he here?" asked Helen, quiet ly, as she rose. "Yes, mademoiselle, he has just come." She entered her dressing room, and hastened to bathe her face and head and re-arrange her hair. ' But she trembled from head to foot. She descended the stairs just in time to meet Louis him self. He it was, but paler and thinner than usual. He came forward with an exclamation of pleasure. "Helen, my dear cousin!" he cried, warmly embracing her. Her cheek burnt her heart beat rapid ly, as he pressed his lips to hers. She could not speak at first. "My own fair Helen, and so lovely as ever! yes, a million times lovelier!" he said, smilingly, as he gently turned her face so that the glow of the pendant lamp above them fell full upon it. "But you do not speak, cousin. And yet I know you welcome me." "Indeed, I welcome you, Louis, most warmly. But you are pale you have been ill." "I have been ill yes; but not long or seriously; and as soon as I recovered, I came hither." He pressed her hand in his with kindly affection, as he released her. She turn ed and entered the saloon. Her father stood by the hearth, and the guests were grouped about it, chatting together, as she came in. She was greeted with unan imous exclamations .: of pleasure,-, and drawn into their circle. There were in quiries "on allsides concerning her late indisposition, "and infinite ' rejoicings at the arrival of Louis. . In the midst of the conversation Louis re-entered. ; "My dear uncle, I cannot express the pleasure it gives me to find myself here once more," he said, "and particularly in the midst of such excellent company." In a little while the evening repast was spread and they gathered about the board, a congenial party enough, as it went; afterward they repaired, by the in vitation of the marquis, to the library, where they passed the remainder of the evening. Rose and Francis Egerton, who, of late, had occasionally sung to gether, were prevailed upon by the mar quis and his guests to do so now. Both had fine voices and excellent taste, and their united melody poured forth in one sweet, harmonious strain, that could not fail to please. .Louis, standing behind the seat of Mademoiselle Montauban, re garded Rose and her companion with a quiet but closely observant glance. ' "Is not Rose a little nightingale?" soft ly whispered Helen, looking up at him. "A sweeter one never sang. By-the-by, my dear cousin," when did she come here?" " "Something more than a month ago. She is prettier than ever; do you not think so?" " "Decidedly. " Francis seems tacitly " to agree with us, too, it appears to -me. ..Is he not very attentive to her? And yet, he does not look quite happy to-night. What ails him, I wonder?" (To be continued.) T'ieiiJih Woman. Mr. Subbubs Thank goodness the winter's nearly gone and the summer is coming, when I won't have to bother about the old furnace. Mrs. Subbubs That's so. By the way, dear, don't you think you'd better look at the lawn mower and see if it needs any repairing? Philadelphia Press. Attachments. Polonious Attachments are quickly formed in our profession. Hamakter Alas, 'tis true! Polonious Why that note .of melan choly in thy tone? Hamakter I was thinking of my wardrobe which my landlord has this day attached. Ohio State Journal. ; Micro.bi.an Humor. First Microbe Have you ever gone up against any of these microbe killers the doctors are talking about? , Second Microbe Lots of thenr. First Microbe Aren't you afraid? Second Microbe Afraid, nothing. Why, I'm a microbe-killer killer, I am. Art in the Proper Direction. Agent Don't you want an "enlarged photograph of yourself ? . Stout Gentleman Enlarged! What for? ' Agent That's so. But say let . us make you one three sizes smaller. The Question Nowadays. Friend I understand your receiving teller has skipped out? Bank President (sadly) That's what! Friend Did he leave much? Puck. A Dilemma. Mrs. Von Blumer I don't know what we shall do about that cook. ' Von Blumer What's the matter now? 'She threatens to stay." Life. ; A , Hune-Hidt Fruit Ladder. The average fruit ladder, as found in most orchards, is not particularly de sirable -mainly because it is not de signed for this particular work. The broad top of the common ladder makes it almost Impossible to get it among the branches In a firm position. Where one has considerable fruit to gather, a special ladder constructed after the plan of the one in the illustration will be found not only useful, but will save considerable time Injthe fruit-gathering season. A pole, preferably & green one from the woods, should be - secured, having if of the desired length. The largest end should be split up about three feet and a brace Inserted jto keep the sides, apart. The ends which stand on the ground should be sharpened or covered with sharpened pieces of iron,, which' any blacksmith can fashion and at tach." Bore holes " one and one-half inches in diameter in both sides as. far apart as the rungs are. to ? be placed. The rungs should be formed of some, tough wood so that they' may not be made too bungling. At the. top of the pole a 6trip of strap iron is fastened with a long hook so ; that it may be passed over the branches of the tree. The illustration on the left of the cut shows how the hook is fastened on. This ladder will cost, but a small sum, and if well made, will last for years. It would be a good plan to have sev eral of them of different lengths. ' Poultry Raisingr. One correspondent writes of the case of a woman who buys the groceries for the family and the clothing for her self and two grown daughters from the profits of the poultry yard. This is not an exceptional case and can be done on the majority of farms if the man will give his wife and daughters a chance to show what they can do. If one has the usual idea , that poultry raising is too small a business for a farmer, his wife will be glad to take up the work,' and she will teach him a lesson before she gets through. Give her enough money to get a trio of high grade fowls and In the early spring money for three or four early sittings of eggs, and in three years she will begin to show results that are surprising..-.:"";' : " -. ' Lime and nlphnr Wash. - Fruit growers are quite. interested in the formula composing the new In secticide, lime and sulphur, but have found the labor of making .ft consid erable because of the necessity for boil ing the mixture. Recent experiments have shown' that if potash or caustic soda Is used there will be no neces sity for boiling The formula for mak ing in this way is this: Take twenty pounds of sulphur, forty pounds of lime, five pounds of caustic soda and sixty gallons of water. Make a -thin paste of the sulphur and dissolve the caustic soda In water. In slaking the lime, use only enough water to make it boil rapidly During the process of slaking, pour into the limethe( sulphur paste, and then the caustic soda solution, adding water if necessary," and : stirring ' rapidly until all bubbling stops, when dilute with water to the consistency and strength needed for the spraying. The. use of this material In spraying is not only a decided check on scale, but very ef fective against various insects. Ap plications . may be made in - the. la-te fall, in midwinter and in. the, early; spring, -.j -.j ' ;:.:''V.v Keep Ins: Sweet Potatoes. . i To keep, well sweet potatoes should be dug when the soil Is quite dry and afterward spread thin to cure for ten days at least in an outbuilding secure from rain and frost. Road dust one third of which Is composed of fine sand is best for packing in. Place a layer of dust In . the bottom of box or barrel or whatever is used to pack In, theft a layer of potatoes, being careful to cov er every potato completely . with, dust before adding the next layer. 'The last layer Is dust. We keep sweet potatoes in this manner .all winter," and " they seem as fresh as when first packed. We keep them in an outhouse until severely edd weather, merely covering the boxes with" carpeting, etc. When severe cold sets- in they are removed, to a room where a fire is kept part of the day only. Failure to keep, well is often due to too. much heat or packing away In too warm . mater ials.-Cor. - Ohio Farmer. . .. . -. , . V v .: .Crops for Orchards.1. ' ". If the soil in the orchard Is in good shape and fairly rich, the best cover i 11 j iry A : ; i "1 ... . home-mads roci laedee. crop la undoubtedly crimson emrar, and this may be sown at any time now. If the soil Is poor crimson clo ver Is not likely to succeed, so that something that will add humus to the soil should be used rather than to at tempt to get the benefit of the leg umes. For sowing in an orchard of this kind rye will probably be most satisfactory. It should be sown about the 1st of September, arid plowed un der in the early spring, and then the summer cultivation of the surface soil taken up again. . It is quite probable that following this method will put the soil in shape so that another fall It will be fit to grow crimson clever. The Valne of Fertilizer. The Purdue Experiment Station has been conducting a number of experi ments with corn, using different kinds of fertilizer. The tests show that kalnlt is valuable as compared with straw or lime. The corn was planted the second week K in June. The corn on the plats to which kainit or straw was applied made a continuous growth, and after the middle of July these plats- could readily be distinguished from a distance by a darker color than that shown on the plats on which no fertilizer was tfsed. The treated plats did not ripen as early as the others, and the fodder was slightly damaged by frost on September 27, although no Injury was done to the ears. The corn was cut from the different plats Oc tober 3 and busked October 19. The yield and treatment are shown In tha accompanying table: Yield Per Acre Plat Sound corn, Fodder, No. Treatment. bushels. tons. 1. Straw 48.4 2.30 2. None 28.6 1.39 3; Kainit ; 55.8 2.43 4. Kalnlt. Lime 52.4 2.48 5. Lime 25.1 1.48 6. Straw 48.6 v 1.92 7. None 16.1 1.04 8. Kainit 60.4 2.43 9. Kainit. .. Lime ....r.... ....... 52 . 2.21 iO.. - Lirpa. .tv-a, ' 15,04 ... 1 .04 11. None ..U 4 .96- The conclusion is that returns ar bound to be profitable in land treated as were the plants in the experiments cited especially as to kainit or straw. Another thing shown Is that the influ ence of the treatment is bound to be effective for years to come, as the land will the more readily respond to labor put upon it. - Good for Hoes. Take six bushels of cob charcoal or three bushels., of common .charcoal, eight pounds of salt .and one pound of Epsom salts, two quarts of air-slack lime, one bushel of wood ashes. Break the charcoal into small pieces and thoroughly mix the other ingredients with it., Then take one pound of cop peras and dissolve In hot water, and with an ordinary watering not sprin kle over the whole mass and again mix thoroughly. This mixture should be kept dry. Feeding a portion of it twice a week furnishes something that the hogs demand and assists in taking off the gases of the stomach, expelling worms and regulating their conditions. Winchester (Ind.) Herald. J ' : Succession of Crops. - In a rotation a shallow and 'deep rooting crop should follow each other, so that the demand for plant food is shifted. - Crops that produce humui and crops that consume humus should alternate, or, if possible, be raised to gether. Crops should be rotated so that fertilizing materials left by the preceding crop are In the best condi tion for the succeeding crop. The weak feeding crop, if It is a desirable one, should be put in the rotation when the fertilizing substances are in the most available form. Crops of dissimilar feeding habits should follow each other. ''-'.'-' i .Farm Notes. ' The crab apple Is one of the hardiest of trees, and as there is nearly always a demand for crab apples in marked they are found profitable by some. The blossoms are beautiful in spring, and the . trees are more ornamental than some which are used for shade and or nament. The large and growing de mand for pure jellies and preserves should create a larger market in the future for crab apples. Roller process bran is, on the aver agebetter than old process bran. Bran is rich in ash, or mineral matter, which renders it a suitable food foe growing animals. It serves well wltb all foods which are lacking In line or bone -forming material, and is valuable in the manure heap. It may not be equal to linseed meal or some other foods, for certain purposes, but it is a food, that should always be used. A city boy is .greener in the coun try than the country boy is in the city. A dairyman recently hired a young city chap and sometime during the first week gave him the order to "salt the calves." He found out later that this young American had rubbed about a quart of salt Into the hair, on the back of each calf. Later horses running in the pasture discovered these salty calves and proceeded to "- help them selves, resulting in many Instances in the hair being licked completely off. ' In w t II W - TREATED AND UNTREATED EARS. I ! Ml t Noises In the Niiht. The creaking in our rooms at night is only Just the noise The flooring makes dicusing if we little girls and. boys Are sleeping well and cozily, or if our dear mamma Had best be roused up from, her bed, to see just how we are. The rustlings in the wall we hear are whispers of the news That Up-stairs tells to Down-etairs when ' Down-stairs has the blues. For below it's very lonesome when we're all up here in bed, . So Up-stairs telle to Down-stairs every thing we last have said. The squeaking in the hallway and the cracking on the stair Ars just the timbers trying to be very silent there. You know how 'tis yourself when you are anxious to be good; You're always making noises that you never meant you should. Thus the dear old house is waiting all through the quiet night, And watching for the dawn to show our - faces fresh and bright. So if we hear a single sound it only goes to prove That we are guarded close by things that hold us in their lov. -Youth's Companion. How to Draw Correctly. To get a correct drawing of a land scape, or of other objects, in the right perspective, hold a pane of glass over the drawing paper, which must lie on the table, or be fastened to the draw ing board. Hold the glass In a slanting way so that the lower edge of the pane rests on the table or ordinary board, while the other edge slants toward you so that it is close to your chin. Looking perpendicularly down on the paper through the pane of glass, you will see the landscape or other object reflected in the glass and it will be easy to draw the outlines of your ob ject on the paper. The only difference is that the pic ture appears upside down, but with a little practice you will be able to get a drawing which is absolutely correct In regard to perspective. Grandma's' Butter 8tmp. They were out in the cool little dairy. Grandma was making butter, and Barty was looking on. "I must certainly have a new butter stamp," grandma said, . between spats of the big wooden "paddle." She was working the buttermilk out of the soft golden mass, and working the salt in. "I'll div you one, g'amma, on your birfday day,"- Barty said, promptly. And of course he plunged his hands into his small trouser pocket and jin gled the pennies. "But to-day is my 'birfday day'," laughed grandma. "I'm sixty to-day, Little' Pockets!" "Then I'll div you one this to-day," Little Pockets answered, gravely. He meant to get right down from the high bench at once and go and buy it, but he wanted to see grandma spat, spat, spatter first. Itv was such fun, and little salt drops kept spattering across into his face and making him wink! Pretty soon the golden butter was all "worked," .and grandma smoothed it out Into a beautiful yellow sheet. Then she hurried away to get the worn-out old butter stamp. Barty thought he would go,, too, but it was a pretty high bench, and he was a, pretty low little boy. So it needed a good deal of time! to get ready to jump down. Ana dear me, somehow something caught some where! For Barty tumbled forward on to the golden sheet of butter!! Out flew his two small fat hands, and then, all In a minute, grandma's butter was stamped! When grandma came back there was the print, clear and deep, of two little hands with fat, widespread fingers, right In the middle of her golden but ter. And grandma hugged Barty and kissed his crestfallen little face. "Why, bless the Little Pockets, it's a beautiful butter stamp ao'-B given grandma on her "birfday dayP" she cried., But although he didn't men tion a word of it to Barty dear, no! still, she couldn't help being glad that the fat little bands had been scrubbed and rubbed just before they stamped her butter! Youth's Companion. H.JUw ays Iooks Happy. "The greatest evils," says Jserecay Taylor, "are from wtBhln us-; and from ourselves also we must look for our greatest good." We are generally on conscious that we are creating an at mosphere that affects more than any other thing our material prospects as well as our happiness. Joe Arnold felt very much surprised and bitterly dis appointed when Harry Jones was chos en as the foreman of a new branch of TO OBTAIN PERFECT PEBSPECTIVE. '. i-i"M"M"i' nut litui . inm. Little Stories and I iiviuuillO UIUI TT III Interest and Enter tain Young Readers M"H"I'' H WIHfT a manufacturing firm for which they both worked, says a writer in. an east ern periodical. At first sight it cer tainly seemed as if an injustice had been done. Joe had been with the firm longer than Harry, and his work had given equal satisfaction. Why, then, had he been passed over? A few words with the employer an swered the question. ' "I am sorryfor Joe," he said, "and would like to have pushed him forward. I know he is faithful and conscientious, and that he can always be relied upon to do his very best; but he wears such a long face and worries so about every trifle that be creates an unpleasant atmos phere. Judging others by myself, noth ing, I believe, attracts people more than a cheerful face and a general air of happiness. Now, this is Harry's advantage over Joe he always looks happy, and, as the business of the fore man of the new department will be largely with the public, he must be a man who will make a favorable im- ' pression at the outset." Tafcinsr Care of the Pennies. A new and very convincing way to demonstrate to boys and girls that if they will take care of the pennies the s dollars will take care of themselves has recently been discovered by the pupils of one of the public schools in Washington, D. C, the national capi- -tal. These young people, acting under the direction of their principal, have started a school savings bank, which is conducted in every way just like the great institutions where their fathers place their money for safe keeping. The principal makes himself responsi ble for the safe keeping of the funds, and at the close of each day's business deposits the daily receipts in one of the city's ordinary commercial banking in stitutions. St. Nicholas. Horseback Kid in in Peking. In Pekin, for some reason, the horse is not in especially high favor, possibly because of the high price of a good mount and the low price of donkeys. At any rate, the great middle classes, who are reasonably prosperous, are wont to go about the city mounted on stolid little donkeys which only upon the rarest occasions can be tempted to move at a faster gait than a walk. The most humorous phase of It all however, is that the self-satisfied Chin aman does not realize what a ridicu lous figure he cuts with his legs dang ling on each side of the donkey. Lincoln's Defense. Lincoln's greatest legal triumph wa the acquittal of an old neighbor named Dun Armstrong, who was charged with murder. Several witnesses testified that they saw the accused commit the ded one night about 11 o'clock. Lin coln attempted no cross-examination, except to persuade them to reiterate their statements and to explain. that they were able to see the act distinctly because of the bright moonlight. By several of the prosecuting witnesses he proved the exact position and size of the moon at the time of the murder. . The prosecution there rested, and Lin coln, addressing the court and the jury, announced that he had no defense to submit except an almanac, which, would show that there was no moon on that night. The state's attorney was paralyzed, but the court admitted the almanac as competent testimony, and every witness was completely im peached and convicted of perjury. The. verdict was not guilty. A Real Conversation with Clancy. Once a year Clancy comes up to Meadowview to plow the garden. "You have a new horse, Clancy," ays I. "I have," says he. "Where's the old one?" "Thraded her fer this one." "What was the matter with her?" "She'd bad kidneys and a weak back." "Will she be better In the new place?'; "Shure, she won't be long there. That man could sell her at the Hunt Club fer a high jumper; anybody'H b'lave him." . "Professional horse trader?" I asked. "No, the preacher." - - Russian Ignorance. Recently an American traveling In Russia who had neglected to provide himself with a passport when he ar rived at the borders of the Czar's do mains was held up by an official with a demand for bis passport. For an in stant the American was stumped, but so the story goes, he quickly rose to the emergency. Diving into his inside pocket, he pulled out his life Insurance policy and handed It to the Russian. The latter gravely looked the paper over, carefully scrutinizing the imposing-looking seal and the array of sig natures Then, with -a satisfied air, he handed back the paper, and the American passed on. . Oiows a IMw Head. A curious characteristic peculiar to the California redwood tree is that If the head Is cut off by lightning a new one " will gradually grow out in ita place as shapely as the first. We have this ambition as we grow older: That death will come for us be fore we become too worthless to brush the flies off our face