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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1902)
Bohemia Nugget IIOVTAIlIt A IIKNIIV, PiiMUIii-rs. COTTAGE GROVH .OREGON. Onlyjn fool mnn believes Hint n won mi believes everything lie tells lirr, Posterity Isn't likely to Jndgo any woman by tbe style of her vlsitlns card. i Contentment should' be measured by tbo number of things you nre willing to do without, Toadstools are often mistaken for mushrooms nnd gall U' sometimes mis taken for genius. Mr. Camecie la rlirht. Wealth does not brine happiness. Rut Solomon and others found It out before be did. Killing a man, no matter what the provocation, Is unpleasant and danger ous business. It ought to tie discour aged. Many a distracted man will be wont to congratulate himself on the thought that there will be no house cleaning iu heaven. A Western man fell dead while look Ing at lils wife's new hat. Most men stare off the fatal attack until the bill Is presented. The difference letwoen a good de tective and a good newspaper lsthatthe newspar.-r will tell all It knows and the detective won t. New York Is to have an eighteen story hotel without a piece of wood In Its construction. Yet they will nanny go so far as to call It fireproof. In case King leopoll finds It neces sary to go about disguised It will ouly lie necessary for him to let the barber operate on them for a few minutes. The persons who smoke the objec llonable little things may as well un derstand that Miss Lucy Page Gaston will not give up the fight so long as life shall last. A Iondon paper scoffa at Secretary Shaw, referring to his as a "shirt sleeved diplomat" It Isn't likely, how ever, that the Secretary will let this cause him to go back to Iowa and sit down. If the number of red corpuscles In the blood can be doubled In two hours In a balloon ascension, as Dr. Gaule, of Switzerland, has proved, the appar ent suggestion for sufferers from ane mia Is to hurry to an aeronaut "tabby" philosophically asks why Cecil Ithodes should not have used his wealth to send English boys to study abroad, their university education be ing, he says, "obsolete." It was only recently, moreover, that the king of youth even -when wrinkles hava placed Urn Htnuip of ago on grand old faces. In a recent Interesting discourse on tlio question, "Is the Pulpit Free?' Her. Frederick 0, Priest got at the root of the matter when ho said tlmt the preacher should bo n specialist nnd should attend to his specialty. Within the limits of that specialty and the creed that he professca his freedom Is as perfect as human freedom can be. He Is nlwaya secure In tho approval of his parishioners when he preaches a thoroughly Christian sermon, founded on the moralities nnd the promises of the gospel, nnd more than that It Is by such sermons alone that he can best help, comfort and Inspire his heirers. Hut the peculiar respect which be com mands as n specialist vanishes Imme diately when he goes out of his sphere to talk dogmatically upon questions of secular controversy nbout which lis may know much less than some of his auditors. There are preachers who seem to have n persistent Itching dur ing political campaigns to bring the pulpit Into politics and who deceive themselves by Imagining that their partnership conies of tiod. when It Is Just the ordinary kind. They may con tent themselves with vellcdnlluslons or they may go so far ns to express eulogy or denunciation, but In either case they are using the church as a campaign wigwam when they should hire a hall. It Is a wouder that such aberrations are tolerated as much ns they nre. and cer tainly there could lo no blaming a pew holder for protesting when he believes that there Is more of the devil than of God In the preacher's imrty. It Is Ills right to protest and to demand that his temper shall not be ruttled by the dls lugenuous or over-zealous pulpiteer, who Is taking him at a mean disad vantage and depending on him for nauclal support at thr same time. slde from the question of authority. men are sated with such stuff anyway during the week, and If they go to church Sunday It Is to be recalled to the spiritual side of life, which Is too much neglected. There Is still enough In It and In pure religion for centuries upon centuries of sermons, as there has lieen In the past. The specialty Is still rightly considered the greatest of spe cialties, and when It Is properly ful filled It ministers more to the higher aspirations of humanity than any other nu commands a veneration that Is a very bulwark against those who would curtail Its Just freedom. HOW TO CAN FltUiTS POINTS FOR THE UP-TO-DATE HOUSEWIFE. If Cooked In Cans Nous of the lf)t rate Klnvnr of l-'rcntt Trull t I.o.l-llow This May .Most Content ently lie Done. Where the Gluepot Came In. There was the usual collection of commercial travelers In the smoklnc room of the hotel, and tbe Inevitable quiet man was one of tbem. They had been asking conundrums, many of which had been received with roars of laughter, as being particularly clever. Then the quiet man lit a fresh cigar and spoke: It Is easy," he said, "to think of such riddles as 'Why Is your hat like a babyr which contain one simile, but those with two are far more difficult. 'or Instance: What are the differences between " - uai aie iub uiuercaces Deiwcen wlohed "the old country would wake the'soa of a millionaire, an organ and up. All tbe English universities have to teach can be better learned on tbe continent or in the United States. Tbe modern age has not yet penetrated into the medieval dusk of Oxford and Cam' bridge. Tbe fascinations of the setting sun re depleting Greece of her strong young men. Rebelling against tbe lax ity of some laws and rigidity of others. tbe dishonesty of otllclals and never- ceasing depredations and exactions of outlaws. Young Greece, with the glo rious memories of the past ages not yet obliterated, yearns for new life In tbe West In the last week of March, COO stalwart young men from Messenla and Laconlca sailed for New York, and It Is estimated that this emigration Is at the rate of 1,000 a month. They are In a great part agriculturists, sick of the poverty and hardships that are their lot Most of tbem ought to make good American citizens; but what of Greece? This movement If long continued, means the Irreparable loss of brain and sinew for the land of Homer. It em phasizes the decay of tbe old-time mis tress of tbe world. The cancer of Tur key Is infectious. There will be no re pair In southeastern Europe till the Sul tan Is swept from power. A while back the Hon of the Hellenes shook his mane at the turbaned monster, and the na tions wondered If the spirit of Leonldas had returned. But tbe lion's feet were clay, and his short-lived struggle was pitiful. Young Greece, buoyant for a moment In tho thought of a newreglme, went back slck-bearted to his fur rows. And now, bad fast becoming worse, he seems Inclined to take one last glance at Athens and try bis for tune In a new world, leaving tbe Acrop olis to rust away without blm. Peter Tetcrson, of Wlnsted, Ct. as serts that old ago Is a matter of opln Ion, and not years. He says that a man's heart should contain as much sunshine at 70 as at 40. He has no patience with the men who seek slip pers and comforts of an armchair Just when experience and world knowledge have fitted them for activity and pleas ure. Ob, yes! bones acho and Joints creak at 70. Hut that Is largely a mat ter of living and selr-care. It seems as If every day Increased the number of young old men. You may And tbem In "rooters' row" at tho ball game, or hunting, Ashing, traveling, on the golf links, willing to wear out when time gives the word, but seeing all their energies against rusting out. Tho world admires these fine old fellows, and warms to them and their philos ophy. Peter Peterson celebrated his 70tb birthday by purchasing an auto mobile. Ho has wanted one for years, and never had tho time to operate It before. Now he takes a dally spin and finds as keen enjoyment In tbe sport as a boy of SO. IIo has an ambition to rldo In a flying machine some day. Automobiles do not full to the common lot, and there are many pleasures that are not for those who bnvo to strugglo for a living, day by day. Hut It Is possible for nil men to cultivate a spir it of contentment, a desire to mako the best of life; to draw much of the good from It: to refuse to worry about mat ters tlmt can not be helped; and these thlugs add years to lives, Increase hu man happiness, nud keep alive tho fire J a gluepotJ" "I give It up," said the mustard trav eler presently. 'The son of a millionaire Is an heir to millions, while an organ has a mill ion airs! D'ye see?" "Hut what about the gluepoty in quired the hosiery representative. "Oh. that's where you stick!" return ed the quiet man. And the waiter smothered a guffaw behind a trar he was dusting, while the hosiery repre sentative howled for soda water. Lon don Answers. Ancient City In Mexico. Leopold Batres, conservator of arch aeological monuments In Mexico, has exhumed an ancient city of the Zapo tecas In the State of Oaxaca. In Its center Is a grand plaza, and rising to the north of tbe plaza are terraces on which are founded two great temples, while In the center of the plaza Itself are two massive mausoleums In which tbe priests of the temples were burled. On opposite sides of the public square there are also twelve smaller shrines, six on either band, all supported by heavy columns of basalt covered with hieroglyphic Inscriptions In bas-relief. In tbe temples the history of the peo ple was found Inscribed, In tbe lan guage of the Zapotecas, upon fifty tablets of stone. So much of the sur prisingly rare historic Import has al ready been found that Mr. Hat res will ask tbe government for more men to be put at tbe work of exhuming and restoring tbe buildings of tbe long- burled city. Miss HIrus' Choice.. Crnnford" spinsters, the most per- fest examples, In fiction at least of elderly maidenhood, avoided danger by meeting It plump, after tbe formula of Sir Boyle Ilocbe. Said tbey: "A raau Is so In the way In a house!" Miss Phoebe Itlggs, an Amazon of tbe present day, of whom the New York Tribune tells, was n little less effective In defense, possibly because she did not get In the first blow. For more than eighty years Miss Rlggs has lived In the little New En gland town In which she was born. A recent comer to that village, meeting Miss uiggs ror me nrst time, said apol ogetically after a while: You must excuso me, but I am not sure whether you nre Miss or Mrs. Rlggs; I didn't quite understand when we were Introduced." Tho beut little spinster drew herself up as straight as possible. 'Miss Rlggs; from choice!" she re plied, In a freezing voice. Time Knotigli, Miss Kostlque She says you have a habit of telling all you know. Cholly Tbe Ideal Why, she nevnh met me till lawst evening, and then only for five minutes. Miss Kostlque Well? Catholic Standard and Times. It would certainly seem that the very general use of the canned vegetables o the market and the wholesome, lint urnl tint or that characterizes even the cheaper grades would have made tbe prime cause of their excellence, name ly, cooking In the cans so that none of their delicate flavor Is lost In escaping Meam nn open secret to the majority of housewives before now. If It lias. there never was a more forclblo tllus trillion of tho truth of the old adage that "None nre no bllud ns those who w III not see" than the persistency with which housewives cling to tho Inferior method of cooking fruit in an open ves sel and afterwards dipping It Into Jars Knd sealing. Probably the Incorrect tiellef that It Is more work to cook fruit In the Jars than out. nud that the latter are very liable to break during the ope ration, has done much to keep the old method In favor. Away with these and all other bug bears! On method Is not harder or more difficult and risky than the other. and other things being equal, fruit that Is cooked In the Jars Is greatly superior In appearance and flavor. In other words, canning fruit is sticky, hard and disagreeable work Ht best and only that which at least comes within sight of its possibilities ever pays any divi dends on the Investment. Every step of the work from A to Z, from selecting the fresh fruit to opening It for use, must be properly done. All fruit should'be well grown, fresh ly picked, nud n little under, rather than over. ripe. AH berries except strawberries should be tlrm and large. With these, the smaller fruit towards tbe last yield Is brat t'urrants and blackberries nre never Mt Is factory canned. Making tbe syrup onc-thlrd currant Juice gives an appetizing tartness to canned ml rai-pbcrrlcs, aud adds rich ness to cherries. The pits of cherries and poaches and the cores and seeds of pears Improve the flavor of their respective fruits. If removed, distribute Ave or six peach pits through every quart Jar, and put a little net or muslin bag Ailed with pits or cores In the center of cherry or pear Jars. Prunes and most varieties of plums should have the skins removed. Scald ouly a few at one time, and put these In a wire basket or sieve Arst and be careful not to over scald them. Pears should be pared and halved with a silver knife aud dropped Into cold water, to prevent their turning dark. Prepare peaches In tbe same way. rather than risk softening tbem by scalding. Lemon, green ginger or other flavor t ig should only be added to Insipid pears, watermelon rinds, citron and the like. Granulated sugar should always be used. It costs but a trifle more than coffee sugar, and has a far more deli cate flavor. Cleanso and sweeten old Jars with boiling water, to which soda, Iwrax or ammonia has been added. Test with water to be sure they are alr-tlgbt be fore tilling. Put the fruit into tbe Jars as fast ns it Is prepared, and All the Jars to tbe neck with syrup. Adjust the rubber and cover, but do not screw down the latter. Wire racks to At different-shu-d kettles, or a wash boiler, can be had at the shops, but one of narrow wood slats answers the purpose nearly as well, nnd can be easily made at home. Fill the vessel with warm water to the necks of the Jars, nnd boll until the fruit can be easily pierced with n fork. Berries will cook In ten minutes, cher ries In Afteen or twenty, and larger fruits proportionately longer. No defi nite rule can be given, but experience soon enables one to Judge closely. He fore screwing down tbe cover. All to overflowing with trailing water. Raspberries, whortleberries and peaches require five ounces of sugar for a pint Jar; strawberries, cherries and pears seven ounces, and quinces nine ounces. If this seems too rich less can be used. The color of canned fruit Is, quickly Injured by the action of light' NA mat ter If It Is kept In a dark closet every Jar should be wrapped In paper. if fruit is opened an hour or two be fore It Is needed to restore the oxygen the flavor Is much Improved. Albany Cultivator. weeks agn. Jt was about 4 o'clock In tho nftcruoou. "I had walked to tho corner of Toto dano and Ht. Charles nveuue from my house, on Pleasant street. Tho new drain starts down the avenue from there and follows the riverside to lid street Tho dog started n rnt, and I saw them chase It Into one of the open lugs, but I didn't think anything of that, for they were always doing It. When 1 got home, however, and Nellie was missing, I knew something mutt have happened to her. Taking a crow bar, we went over to the Toledano cor ner and lifted up some of the plates to see If she might be under tliem, but no trace of tho terrier was secured. "Timo passed, and no wont came from the lost Nellie. Advertisements brought no returns, and the days (Miss ed Into weeks, when one night my son came home and told mo a friend of his living out In the Fourth District had seen n fox terrier wearing a collar bear- lug tho nnme, 'James llngan, 180T Pleasant street' and that the dog wan emaciated aud In a horrible condition, appearing to bnvo been starved almost to death. Inquiry was hastily made. and, to my delight, I found Nellie In the possession of an old woman near the comer of Claiborne avenue nnd 3d street. She told mo the terrier had ootuo out of the drain the day before. Tho collar saved her. If It had not been for the name nnd address on It wo would never have hoard of the lost pet, and but for tho collar I would hardly have known her myself. The feet wcro lit nnd the toes scratched raw. The body was emaciated and had evidently gone through the suffering of starve- lon. "There Is but one explanation to Nel lie's disappearance. She ran tho rat Into tbe drain's entrance aud then got lout, traveling In an endless direction. working her way through the Minding refuse. How the dog ever Hied Is more thnu we cnu tell. She entered the passageway at Toledano, evidently came down the avenue mains to 3d street then through that sewer to Clnt- Itorne avenue, where she crawled out It was three weeks almost to a day." New Orleans Picayune. I HEKR STEINIIARDTC NEMESIS I BY I. MACLARRN COBBAN, g CHAPTER X Continued. "Manuel," said lie, "Is a dnublo- laml. but surolv no other to whom the Implication, whleb I teiul Im'Iwcoii tlm dyed Wlialn, If he docs might to harm H"''" ' "'' advertlnmieiit, of broken iMtirs girl! I can see lint bo's up to, i """ " woman w.m.i.i m th(ltlLb: bo bilk ulvim mi ucttimt of ! lily. And slio pceincd III urgent ills STAGE PRESENCE OF MIND. Tho Tart It Plajrs In AYcrtlng Catas trophe. "I am thankful to say that I have never bceu called uon to face a disas ter on the stage." writes John Drow, "although I have been near to It. "Miss Reban nnd I were one night playing In a piece, the name of which I do not remember but that Is neither here uor there and Here In the midst of n little conjugal quarrel. She look ed past mo with a change of expression entirely apart from tbe purpose of tbe scene. Following her eyes, I saw tbnt the gas logs used In tbe stage setting had set Are to tbe scenery. To give any evidence of knowledge of It would create a panic. We walked slowly to ward the Are. Improvising as wo went to tit the situation. When we got there I stopped, threw a rug over the blaze and smothered It. The alarm of the audience was averted. "Once, In n 'Night Off,' In the seen I played with Otis Skinner, and which hinges nn a jiocket book, the call boy forgot to give It to me, and we camo near to upsetting things generally. The man who Is ambitious to have a past, but who has none, was waiting for tba Iocket book which I was to lend blm, and which contained a lock of hair and home other little mementos to prove bis gallantries. I put my hand l'aiil s iiITnlrs yet, nnd If ho can gel I .mi I so to marry Frank bo needn't, lie may want nil the money ho can get hold til toon; the plaintiffs In that pat ent case hum appealed, and he'll ha' to appear nun In mid Unlit at tli' next silting of the court. Hut lie sliniiiuit plunder the lass. I mini 11 ml l( she's with my sister, nnd II he's frightening her and If ho Iks, by tli' 1. d! 1 niim get a writ of mandamus or Minimal. and tuk' th' lass whouni wl' mo. I'm Ktinrdliiti us much as blm, ami if the lass would rather bide wl' mo bo can not take her. Yea; I shall set iilsiut it." I diow his attention baek to tho ur gent iiecos-dly of doing something In her father's rami; had Im anything to suggest? "Well, now .let mo think," said he, We'll siiniMiMi Paul came homo tlmt night Into, you think, very late wl' lis little portmanteau curried in Ills I liiind': ho pulls out his luindkereliiel to wow ins nose, or ills repeater wnicn io know tho time, ns Im mines down tho lime, and tsv be drops Hint tieket. It's near one o'clock, may 1m anil thore's not a light auywhcie burning; yea, by the I. d' but there Is!" ho exclaimed, turning and catching bold of my arm. "Right in Hi" road, as it "ere, ns lie ivmcs by tho oiid, ho sees th' light that burns nil night in old Jinnies' cot-i tnge! ( llirley always pronoiin.vd tho nnme 'Jakes.') ' Th' owd chap seldom is put to IhmI; ho usually sits or lies up in that chair of his nil night and nil day. l'nul uas aye fond o' th' old chap: now doc lie lift lateh and go In, just to say 'how -de-do, ' or doe ho think it is too late, and he'd lnt go on and co what Steinhardt's up to? If ue could only got t Is old eluip to speak and tell us!" ttoss: alio boirued blm to go to bur. It wn scarcely nmhiililn, I thought, that Stolnlinrdt would co It; lie. rend little of nawpiistx-r literature. I knew, line his usual paper was tint local dully What, then? I it snlto of my ah hurrt'tico of him, nnd my wish to avoid lilm, should I not, lor the woman enko, Inform lilm of this? I Hiiidorcd this idea all the rest of tlm day, until tho evening, when I took it to lllrlev "Certainly," said ho; "the scamp! U't him know of It. I HilpHitt he, only married my sister Ihviiuki alio had bit of brass." So I called on Stelnliurilt that very evening. I hank you, sir. Uiiwln, said be, when I hail told lilm my orrand; "hut porno kind friend has already sent me tho paper" (taking up n copy of Tlio Times). "Yes," Im continued, reading It over and chuckling ut its conipoxl tion. "I supposo she thought she must write hngllsh for an l-.ugllnh puix-i (IIo laid tho pnpei down.) "P.sir Km ft lo, she wants me; but 1 enn't go, you know. I must go to lnnlon alsmt my lawsuit again. I might scud rrauk. but I really want lilm hern." IIo paused and looked at me, meditatively "You are doing nothing, Mr. Uuwln. Would you go fur me? You would, really and truly, do Ix'tter than I CIIATPKIt XI. It is not necessary to detail how wo finally succeeded, after five days of hard Inlmr, under the direction of a physielun, in getting old Jaques to tin- dcrMnnd what we wanted to know, namely, whether his nephew, Paul Iji croix, had vblted him on tho night of tho lftth of March, lfiS:. W did tic- should. She thinks she would like tn two me and sis-nk to me, but she wouldn't. Sim mviiis to bo lery III dying, I upH)n she thinks herself, poor woman and to cak to K'ope sick and dying is more in your way thnn mine. Shu will like to hear you; she always liked clurgymoii ; sho liked mo a little when no thought I was go ing to Ui n a clergyman." IIo turned slowly to the tiro, took up tho poker, and carefully rnkiil nut (lie mlie from tho bottom of tho grate. Wns memory lending him hack reluct antly to thoso days of his youth, mid compelling lilm to nsk lilnxelf w'hether tor nit ho had gained slum then ho had not pnld tis) great n mire? "Well," said he, manifestly shaking something off, and turning to me. "what do yon say, Mr. I'liwln? I will oi course, pay jour exjionse, mm ymi win iuko f.mlllo a letter from ine, nil it-od, Imwover, in not only getting him money I darcsny she meaiia she need to understand, but In obtaining ind s-! It- piitnhlo evidence. Mr. ljirrnli had stopped at the cottago that night and had left fnr the Jaques a parkago nf Paris papers bearing dates from tho 10th to tlio Itlth of tho month and a statement to this effect was signed by tlio old man, who had suluclcntly recov ered the jiro of his right arm to sign Ills name legibly. The anxiety and excitement of those Ave days had been so great for mo that for some littlo timo I wns nlmost pros trated. I need scarco say that I was much encouraged by our success with (Jniiics: I hail tlio papers with his signed declaration, witnessed, nfcourso, by llirley nnd myself, securely locked away in my desk. This should have stimulated mo to Immcdlato further I action, and, I have, no doubt, would have, had I not been still eaten up with !,,., ., lU ... .1 .... iBnx0ty abotu luUa. VJat if tho Ing. The whole scene depended uho , orMil as tho end of all this " ! the hope of taking her from the fears "I tore madly off tbe stage, leaving na dangers that hung alwut her, of him to face the situation, and be having her as my very own, my wife! proved the hero of It There he was, , n-htn if this boi hnlncr ImnlLl wlillo I was thus busy? Tho more Improvising: 'Dear old Jack -as erratic as eler. Forgotten something, perhaps likely his cket handkerchief And so kept It up until I rushed back with the missing 'property.' The audi ence knew nothing, for he was very alert, but I was fearfully upset. "We were all so strenuous In thoss days at Daly's," concluded Mr. Drew, according to tbe Saturday Kvenlng Post "that I felt I bad done blm some wrong, but he took It delightedly, as he carried the day." Halt Mines In Hwllierland. , Switzerland has nt Hex salt mines which have been worked for 248 vears Tho galleries ore twenty-live miles In lengtu nnd the proflt $75,000 a year. Movable Scenery UaeU. Movable scenery was Arst used In Italy In the year 1608. It was the In. ventlou of an Italian architect named FeruzzL DOG'S TRIP THROUGH SEWER. She Took Three Weeks to Knierge, ond Nearly hturved. Nellie, the well-bred, highly valued fox terrier or colonel James Hngan, deputy wharf commissioner of tho port, has experienced a touch of strenuous lire tuai puis most nogs' records to shame. The pup got lost In tho city's new nnd ramified drainage culverts, and after wandering about underground for n period of three weeks come to tho surface again still nllve, but In a de plorable physical condition. If Ncllla could talk she could unquestionably tell one of tho most thrilling stories of tho day. As she cannot speak, pcoplo must look upon her wasted form and draw their own conclusions. Suffice It to say, this Intelligent terrier Is not chasing any more rats Into tho curb openings. "We bad two terrlcrs-Nelllo and Jack we thought all the world of," re marked Colonel Hngan at the offices of tho port commissioners. "They had been around the placo slnco tbey were puppies. When any of us went for a walk Jack and Nellie formed a part of the company. They wcro smart, and. especially Nellie, always nlcrt. Blio would tackle anything, aud seemed to Hko the Idea of learning new things when we wcro out on our strolls, I nover went for a walk without tho dogs. "So It was qulto natural for them to bo with mo when I started out ono Sunday afternoon, now more than thrco CroivnIiiK r Itlcliaril III. While men's minds as well as wom en's are turned on coronation robes and kindred splendors, it Is Interest ing to compare the old with tbe new fashions. The description of tbe costume worn by Richard III. at his crowning and ordered by himself was, according to to endeavor to liiougni oi sueii a contlngpncy was enough to bring my fabric of careful evidence regarding tho Lacroix mystery to nought. If I could only discover whero alio was! and that shn still thought of me, as I fondly believed slio hud dono n littlo while she was yet in Timporley! ttlll refused to yield to the cajoleries and threats of Htolnhaidt, and hoped I would deliver her! Hut I had no nows, anil I was devoured with anxiety. No news except .tho confirmation from llirley that olio was not with Mrs. Ktelnliardt. He had written to Ills sister inquiring nbout Loulso, and had been answered to that effect; Mis. Stoinhardt had reason for supfHisIng slio was In Blackpool, but at what ad dress slio could not say. I entreated llirley to go lo Hluckpool find out, If ho could n list, still extant, composed of a dou- spare tlio time Hut ho needed no en blet made of two yards and a quarter! treaty, for lie himself was alro Iwconi nud a half of bluo clothe of gold, ! i"g anxious about her. wrought with netts nnd pyne apples, ' "I 'nun sparo the time,' said ho; with a stomacher of the same, Uncd "nd I mnn go and find her. It's, of oon ell of Holland clothe, und oon ell urfo, no use asking 'Manuel where of busk, Instedc of green clothe of gold, ! h' '8-" and a longe gown for to ride In, made ' ,,ut ,H,foro '"' 'l8(1 arranged to sot of eight yards of p'pul velvet furred "nt, eometlilng occurred wlilcli obviated with tymbres and a half and thirteen bakks of ermyn, and four tymbres, seventeen coombes of ermyns powder ed with S.BOO powdcrlngs made of bog gy shanks, nud a payre of short spurs with gilt." To give tba exact meaning of tho old wording, says the London Chron icle, would mako a pretty task for scholars the day before King Kdward VII. 's anointing. Hut tho "longo gown tho necessity of going, and produced to mtits of n inoro remarkable, sort; and this I must proceed to roluto. As I havo already indicated, my ex perience of tho way In which such evi dence as I had regarding Lacroix's falo hnd intlifir come to mo than been found by mn tomled to mako mo what I may call "a waiter upon Provldonco." I concelvod I may say, I was convinced I should best attain further result, by kcoplng myself open to ovldcnro for the cycle In" Is an obvious bint for f0r6 .,,, ,,y ra'nBl1 al(0lU rm.k. t0"Uay- ing my brain In search of it. All foar Hllglnly Mixed. , being at rest that our oxierimcnt upon Kx-Judge Miles Hoffman, formerly of obi Jaques might havo fatal or nn Arkansas, who wns at the Waldorf-1 toward roiults (ha was now more nlort Astoria a few days ago, told this story ' than over, and frequently asked, In of a personal experience: writjng, ioi -uio giri", I nan noiuKen "About two weeks ago I woko im in mysolf to a former habit, and every the nlgbt sick, weak and nearly faint. ay almost wont Into town to tlio frco Ing. My wife became somewhat ox- Hbrary to ad. Sometimes I read a cited and slept lio more that nlslit. i and eomtitlitioH the tiowepaiH'rE'. Next day, when she wns telling of the I was tlniH occupied one afternoon occurrence to a friend, alio put It In with Tho Tlinos. I turned witli a curl this way: 'Mr. Hoffman soon got hot-1 ity which was half listless to tho ter, but be became so quiet I thought "agony column," and my attention bo was dead, ond I was afraid to touch wufl flt onco arrested by this: him for fear ho would wako up.'"l "TO KMMANUKI. STKINHARDT New York Times. in Kngiand. KmiloIIaas In Hanoi fond I this. Though you mo havo forgotten I Last Census or Canada. not you. I am in vory much troublo Tho census of the soxes In Canada and fear from you, many times slnco shows that there are; Single males, flrt, now attain. Como to mo, come, . . . -. O 4 II . ...... n 1 1 Ml .,-. . 1 .... . . . ... . . ' i,i 11,01. , ii-iuuio, uiurneu ueioio tlio 'Too lato must be gowrlt- males, 020,016; females, 005,031, There Is ouly one mess of pens dur ing an cntlro season that Is exactly right After you havo eaten that, stop trying to find another. ten," (A Basel address was ap pended.) Was it not natural that I should at onre think this was addressed to tho I Kmmanuel Stoinhardt I know? There 'might be others of tlio namo a Kng- I am much obliged to you, Mr Stelnhar.lt," said I, "but" "Oh," said he, "It Is I will l obliged, but of course Hint doe not matter. "It is so unexpected," I continued I might have added, "und oxtrnordl nary." "Well, yes; I dun-say It 1. Hut you know-what the frenchman nays utmtit tho tinexx-cti-l. "Ut me consider It for a day; nud if I divide to K'i 1 nluill bo ready to set out at once. "Oh, yes; consider it, nnd consult your friends. Hut if you do not g nolxsly will go." I went Immediately from lilm t llirley, nud stilted at unco tho extriior dlnary offer I hud nvcived. "do, lad," said he; "It will Is. t pleasant noiiuay mr you, unit tho pnoi woman, u course, wouiu rntlinr msi somelsslv from '.Manuel than only getn letter I rem mm. I hesitated; I did not desiro n boll day then, even on tlio Continent wlicm I had nover boon, hut at tho s.inm time some change vwis Ix-cumlng necessary considering the low condition to which my finances hud sunk. "Hut," said I, "I hcllaio ho has asked mn only tn get mo out of the wuy for wimo purpose. I think ho suspect I havo Im-oii finding out something more. "And what does that matter?" asked llirley. "IKik here, my lad ; I know you're In a way about I-oultio. Now it strikes mu if you go away for n little while (ami you may as well go ut 'Manuel's expense), things will turn out bettor lor you than you may think l on mh), ni mo sumo lima ns you nro away, ho is away, too. Frank must como back to tho works, nud there will Ixi no reason for keeping Ixitilso nt HlnckKiol. Tuko my word for it, ho'll bring her homo; I shall manage, to see her, und if slio claims my protec tion as her other guardian, I sliull Ink' her homo with mo, nnd when ho comes back ho can't ta' her from me. Don't you soo, lad?" I admitted tho forco of the reasons ho urged, and all next day (which was Sunday) turned thorn over. My Roing might certainly be to Imine's ndvant ago and to my own. Kvon if Htoln- bardt brought her hack to Timperly ouly for a visit of n fuw days, tliuro would bo sufficient opiortunlty for llir ley to tako her homo tn hlnibolf. On tho other hand, my refusal to go would bring no advuntago nor prospect of ad vantngo. And might not, Indeed, Ktclnliardt's offer ho a suggestion of Providence? Ho on Monday morning I called on ntoliiliiirdt and said I was roaily to set out at once, and In tho afternoon I was whirling through beautiful Derby shire on my way to London and tho Continent. I could not forbear feeling something llko delight nt tho chnngii from torrlblo Timporley to tliuso bright scenes although I scarcely knew whom I wns Journeying, or for what, Could I then have guested what strange tilings I would hoar when I reached tho tn mo unknown city of Hanoi on tho Rhino, could X huvo fiiicstod tliat-I was being hurried along by tho Dlvlno Yongoanco, that I wnB not so much deputed by ntoimiarut to sea l'.miilo Unas ns by that Overruling Power who was Im pelling that man on to his doom, what, I iiavo often wondered since, would my feelings huvo been an I was borno along with rush and roar in tlio railway train? Tlio first night of my lournoy I rest ed in London. I wont to that hotel (Bacon's) In Great Qiioon street, whero Mr. Lacroix had commonly stayed on his visits to London, but I found notli- ng of contoquence. I was wretched, cold and hungry. when, about 7 o'clock In tho mornlns of tho third day, I left the train at Basal, I parmltlod myH to lw taken to a hotel, wharu I nrtlornd breakfast. Allor inrtaklng nl which I ruvlvcd, and bogiiii to think nl tlm errand on which I hud como. Hlnco my arrival 1 had Is'en inicer. talnly using l-'rencli and (Ionium, and I had boon answered in either lunuungn (I (mind Inter that In tlm hulul, nt least, I might as well usn my natlvn Fugllsh); but on inquiring my wny from tho l.udnlgstrusso tn tho obsi'tllii street I sought, I had to draw nidus ively upon my stock nl (liiruiiin. 1 dis covered Hint l-'rniileln Fnillln Haas lived in one of a row of old lull hotisi (not unlike sonm nf thnso In tho city of Kilinburgh), with little, windows In tlm steep Kr(y rods, whleb guvo tho Im jircsslon of eye with sleepy, heavy IM. t'p and up tho burn stairs of tho Iioiisk I stepped, till 1 think I wns nu the fourth llisir at any rate, I was ns high ns I could climb. I knocked ut tbodiHir of a huiiibln "apartment" of two rooms, and an old wrinkled woman appeared. I Inquired In Herman lor Frauhiin llaos, nnd was Informed nha was from homo, "giilng her dully les son." Hhowns not, then, ill? Oh, no, she was not III sho was well. I asked when slio would Im at homo, and nn told "ut live o'clock In thn ufter noon." Ho I departed till thou, with alHiut six hours in which tn tax my in genuity In guessing why I'rutilcln Haas's demand to sen Slelnhatdt had Iswn so urgent, slnco sho was nut dy ing, uor oven III. At live o'clock I called again, nud found i'ruulelii Huns nt homo. I wn nskisl to como III. I looked curiously at thn l-'rniileln. She wns n liilddlo nged woman, of the thin, nervous typo of Herman (or, perhaps, Hnl), with bright, keen, grey eye. Hhn ruso, smiling, hut iHirplcxed, to locolvo ino, and waited for inn to slate my business. I nunc from F.ngland," I raid in Herman. " I'lien you do not want mn to glvn lessons," pnld she, pushing uwuy n "prospectus" evidently laid ready fur refutation; "my mother thought )ou bad eom for that." "No," said I "t como from Kng and to soo you, nud then to go back again. Sho looked Isiw ildcrcl. I took from my pocket n copy of t tit .Time adver- lltomeiit, and handed it to her. At ouch the I'xpri-ssion of her fneo rhiiuged; hi In Ix-Iore. It Is-cuum paler now, nnd u-r eye seemed to dilate, ns with ear. "Hut you," said slio, "nro not Km- iniiliuel St.'lnliiudl? Perhaps, bow. over, she made haste lo add, you am his pon? Ho married, I know." I shook my head. "I am no relation nt nil to llerr Stciuliardt. Very likely that will ex plain who I inn" nnd I gain her ritelnhardt's letter. Sho lulu moved when hn saw tlm handwriting. Hhn read thn letter through eagerly. It wn short, I could pec. "Ilu thinks I am ill, and in wunt of money of hi money ' Ach! This will not do! You mint no away sir'" (To l roniluiKl) Nimlng th Child. Now, iieessurily, when the no girl buby arrived thern was much discussion among the members nf tint family ns In whut her namo should Is. "Wn will cull her 'llernldlna,' " said the fond mother. "Why not call her 'Kptnnralda?' " asked thn first grandmother. "I saw that name iu u story onco, and ulanys wanted to try it nn a baby." "Oh," murmured the second grand mother, that "would neer do, 11 us rail her Talii'lion.' " "Hut don't you think 'IHteswi' Ian pretty namo, nnd so (sl.l, too?" put iu nun of the mints. "Kxciipn mo, ladles," ventured the issir father, who put near by, but you scorn to forget that wn aru trying to find a namo for u human being, and not for n ft-ront cigar." Wlritin Ttlcjnphy. It seems tlmt as vet tho sliced at which tho Hertzian currents of wire less telegraphy move ha not Usui .In- tormliiud. Marconi says ho thinks they travel nlKiut tho same speed us light, 18(1,0011 miles a piK-oiul. There foro, photild Mnrcoui Imi nble, as ho pro fusses to Ix'llovo hit will bo, to rnliil a iiiosi-nk-o around tho world, it would occupy iu transuilnildii nppioxlmatoly onu-vighth of n second, nnd tho clicks of thn sending nnd receiving Instru ments would bo nlmost slinultanlcous. Knew Mow to Tiki Proudt. Tho Into historian. Samuel Haw son Gardiner, used to say of Fronde: "Whenever I find myndf particularly jHirplexod on any point I look to hoo what I-rou lie lias to say about it. I al ways, find his help invaliinle, for I ran trust implicitly iu his unfalllnu In stinct at urrivlng at fahe conclusions; and tlio moro sltivo ho becomes the safer I feel In adopting n dlamotrlcally nppolsto view." About "Mix O'Rell." That most genial of nliilosoiibiir. "Max O Hell." celebrated his mil. birthday on March '-. This your is an Interesting ono iu his life, for it is tlm .'lUtli anuivursarv of his irolmr to Id,.. land as tho correspondent of certain French paiiors. It is an lute rostimr charastoric of his career that all his .i . .... . . noiKB, wingii woro ursi pllllllslioil in Franco, huvo Imon translated into Kng HhIi by his wife, Tolitol Not Alnld of Death. A Russian Journalist relate regard ing Tolstoi nnd his recent illness that when the doctor told him that ho was out of danger, lio replied; "It I a pitytoglvoup tho nslgnntlon at the thought of death." What troubled him particularly during his illnus was that his physician would not nllow the windows to bo kopt opon. For Coronttlon Prcitnli, King Kdwiird has ordered tlio execu tion of 100 modnlllon portraits of him self. Thoso, richly mounted, nro in tended for profantiition to dlstimriilsbml guests at tlio coroiuition, Including tlio loading representatives of tho colonloa and India. His majosty is being spe cially photographed for tlio purpose. Arcs Occupied by Indlent, In 1800 the urea of tho nntlnnnl .).. main occupied by Indians aggregated 110,000,000 acres I tndav it 85,000,000 acros, which is about as much land as wo havo In tlm stain Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. ,,JK