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Opinions of THK PICKPOCKET AND HIS MAN from whom a sum of money has been stolen and who has caused the ar rest of a suspect receives an offer of the return of tho money taken If ho will drop the prosecution. Desiring tho return of his money more than tho punishment of tho thief, ho consents. Tho money Is re turned nnd ho notifies tho pollco and tho court that ho lias no charges to make. Whereupon tho Judgo orders tho rclcaso of tho man whoso eullt Is practically con tossed by tho return of tho money. What aro tho moral aspects of such ft enso as this? Tho victim of tho thief Is naturally eager to get his money back, but Is ho Justified In lotting the thief go? Is ho not, In fact, compounding n felony when ho agrees to such a settlement? What right has ho to savo tho thief from imprlsonniunt nnd to set him frco, so that ho may prey on society? Such questions often confront citizens against whom crimes aro committed. Tho temptation to recover tho valuables and tho rcpug nnnco for being mixed In court proceedings frequently lead to such settlements. Thcro can bo no doubt, how over, that they nro ngalnst public policy and, In point of fact, Indefensible. Ono may go farther nnd question tho wisdom of the Judgo who will let a prlsonor go under such clrcum tanccs. It would seem bettor to sccuro tho nttendanco In court of tho accuser by whntovcr means may bo noc cssnry, so that a trial of tho mattor could bo held. Tho offor and ncroptnnci of tho return of tho stolen money would bo strong corroboratlvo ovldcnco of thn guilt of tho nccuscd man. Pickpockets aro dangerous persons to bo nt largo. When caught red-handed thay ought to bo prosecuted to tho limit, whether tho victim gets his money back or not. -Minneapolis Journal. COAL TAR PilODUCTS AND HEART FAILURE. O MANY ticonla suffer SI and other real or tmnglnnry nfTucttons of 1 what wo call nerves; and so many who I IhlllU (tinv miffnr nlmi lliltib llmv Mn.l -..Un til n certain cyclo of tho permanent effect health Is n matter of than medical Interest. Tho drugs In question nro do Tlved from tho by-products of gas making nnd oil re fining, coltn burning nnd tho like. Hclcnto has utilized these unpleasant mineral smrlls as It has utilized thu animal smells of tho packing houses, Theso compound aro grouped together for tho chemist by tho fact that they npproach tho highly complex formulas of orgnnlc chemistry nnd for tho vulgar world of apothecaries nnd patients by tho fnct that tho names of most of thorn end In nl, They differ from tho opiates or narcotics formerly used to produce sleep In their direct effect upon tho brain nnd nerves through tho circulation, This effect Is produced through an Inllucnco upon heart no tion against excess of which medical men warn pa tients nnd which observing patients nro nblo to detect. This effect varies In different preparations nnd In differ ent patients, according to tholr condition nnd susceptl blllty, nil tho way from n slight depression of vitality CLIMATIC IRRITABILITY, "Wliy Certain I.ornllllr Am llrnrliin Mild Oilier Aro KuvrvnlliiK, Certain plucos are sold to bo "brae Ing," while others enjoy an unonvlnblo reputation of being cnervatlnif, though the latter quality Is sometimes do crllicd as "soothing," accord Ing to tho London lnncot. Tho very antithesis of soothing Is tho cllmato too often nut with In many rosorts on tho Mod Iterrunoan llttornl during winter, -where a blend of hot nnd cold that Is disagreeable to the healthy nnd vory Hying to the Invalid may frequently to oxpmlrnccd. It Is common In midwinter In theso places for tho Inndscnpo to bo qiilvor Ing In the hut sun while u piercing wind from tho northrnst seizes every opportunity the shade nf n palm Irre or a wall to grip tho unwary traveler In Its llcrre embrace to the detriment of his comfort, possibly of his health. Tho Inexperienced laugh nt tho cau tious resident who dons his overcoat In spite of what looks nnd feelu like fiummur sunshine, but tho wages of Ignorance Is often disease. There Is one curious effect of theso tiltter sweet cllmntoH -namely, n cor tain Irritability of lumper thnt nttneks pooplo after a few weeks spoilt In these surroundings. Ask any one who luis passed three months nt llelnuan or Algiers, Nlro or Mentnn, and although lie may not admit It ns regards him self ho will readily concede tho truth of this observation on behalf of his friends. Now, this Irritability Is no doubt nn outward nnd visible manifestation of n disturbance of nervous oqulll lirlum consequent on nervous exhaus tion. Tho effect of theso rapidly re curring alternations of best nnd cold on tho nervous system Is strictly com parable with thnt of quick alterations of light nnd dark on the eye. The benlldered vaso-molor system does Its luwt to respond to tho kaleidoscopic In tllcntlons, but falls and ultimately re acts on tho nervous system ns a whole. When this symptom declares Itself It Is tlmo to move on. either further eolith, where the variations of tem perature nro less marked, or to n high or altitude, where the temperature, be ing low, Is more uniform. Tho latter Is tho better choice of tho two, because no matter how far south one goes, starting from tho Mediter ranean, much tho same dlrforenro ob tains between tho tcmnornturo In tho huh and thnt of the wind, Tho only ndvnntngo attending the desert ntr Is that, being absolutely dry, (he alterna tions nre less trying than tho near coast, where the relative humidity is JlB-i. Kplilrra lu tlio Cli--o, Andre lnturbo, a young Parisian who thought he had solved the prob lem of living nt other people's expense, lias been arrested for a most Ingenious fraud, a St. Louis Post-DUputch's I'arls correspondent says, Ills method was to go to a fasti Jonablo restuurant and dine well. When ho got to the cheese stage ho produced from his pocket a ltttlo tin box full of spiders. To Introduco a couple of spiders on tho plato from which ho was eating his chceso was tho work of u moment. Then ho called tho waiter and protested loudly Against tho fllthlncss of supplying food with spiders In It. On tho arrival of the manager tie protested still more loudly and the ruse Invariably ended by the distract tad manager hushlug the thing up by Editorials Great Papers on Important Subjects. VICTIM. from li'iiili.uin hypnotic drugs, that of these drugs on oven more popular n ment lying bnck In tko human mind thnt society must do neither predominantly rural nor predominantly urban. Wo nro now beginning to sco that tho most fertile civilization must bo tho result of tho nttrltlon of tho two great means by which human beings oxprcss themselves as Individuals nnd ns colloctlvo or aggre gate units. Country life typifies the Individual self acting unsyndlcnted means; city II fo ty pi lies tho asso ciated consolidated and corporate menus, National Mag azine ' Inviting tho outraged customer to tnke n glass of old brandy nnd tendering profuse apologies. Of course tho wait or was Instructed to present no bill. Hut flnnlly I-aturbo, lu choosing n roslaurnnt where ho has not been be fore, happened to choose one that em ployed n waiter who had seen his trick nt another establishment. This man quietly sent for tho police and when l.ntiirbo had been nrrestod and search od tho box of spiders was found In his pocket. Inn Hay, who comes before thu American publlo for the llrst time with his new hovel, "Tho lllght Stuff," Is n young Scotch writer. "The lllght Stuff" has been compared with liar He's "Whcif a Man's Single." It deals with I)iulon life of today. Maurlcu Hewlett tins lately been ap pearing ns tho bellwether of Thomas Hardy's admirers. Mr. Hewlett be longs to n family thnt Iiiib lived In Somerset and Dorset for generation. Thu members of tho family were al ways Whig and puritans, Mr. Hew lett has somo French Huguenot blood. Ills early reading was Mnllory, tho lllble, "Don Quixote" In English, Sir Thomns Hrowno, William Allen White recently enter tained Qovornor Btubbs of Kansas, Mrs. J, Plerpont Morgan and Miss Mor gan nt his home lu Emporia, In nn Interview the next day the Governor characterized MIbs Morgan as nn "In surgent." This Is perhaps significant lu view of the fact that Victor Mur dock, who, It Is believed, Is the original nf ono of tho characters In Mr. White's novel, "A Certain Itlch Mnn," Is an lu tlmuto friend of Mr, white's and a lending Insurgent. 11. (1. Wells tells n Btory of n busi ness man next to whom he once sat at a public dinner. Tho conversation had turned upon one of hi own books, nnd Mr. Wells had said something to the effect that "wero there no self-seekers tho world would bo n Utopia," This neighbor promptly observed; "l main tain that all water used for drinking nnd culinary purposes should be boiled at least an hour," "You are n physi cian, I presume?" suggested the novel 1st. "No. sir," was the reply, "I nm In the coal lino." It Is well known that at one stag of his career Mnrk Twain was lu se rious financial dlRlrultlea. He was lu terested In the publishing tlrm of C I Webster & Co., and when that com pany fulled ho Insisted upon under taking their liabilities. The llgures are now bolug recalled. "The ns3ets of the company wero realized upon as far as possible, whim enabled the tlrm to pay about to cents on the dollar As tho entire debta amounted to 100, 000, this left $00,000 of unpaid nnd unsecured debts. When thU became known Mnrk Twain announced that ho would nssumo personally the responsi bility of paying the $ 00,000. His phrase was: 'I'll pay this It I llvo.' No ono bcltovod him, but bo Immediately went on a lecturo tour, wrote 'Follow Ing tho Equator,' and kept at work un til ho had paid evory dollar of the Svobster Indebtedness," A few politicians la every tows art really the people. to complcto heart failure nnd stoppage of life. Somo drugs seem to affect ono person In this way nnd somo another, but few porsons are Immune to all of them. It appenrs that medical men In tho East are proceed ing from Individual warnings In relation to tho use of drugs to an organized campaign against any resort to thorn except on a physician's order and under his direc tion. They rescmblo other remedies In the respect that Injurious results follow their nbuso. Whether these re sults aro so uniform nnd certain as to mako It neces sary to pay n doctor's bill evory tlmo ono takes a doao appears still to bo a mattor of dispute St. Paul Dispatch. WHY MEATS ARE IIIOIL 1112 schemes of "civilization" to nut food P I I materials (mixed with somo matcrlnls I I thnt aro not food) through various com- a. I nllpnllnna flint trrontlv ItiiTnn-m thn tirlrn and henco tho profit to tho mixers, nnd thnt capturo trado by putting out a prod uct that has a different appearance, color, odor or tnsto from tho samo thing In n less expensive form, nro entirely based upon our anthropoid curiosity. In tho rnso of meats, for Instance, the farmer takes grain worth a cent and a halt n pound and feeds It to a steer who completely consumes fourteen out of fifteen pounds of It, and deposits In his carcass, together with tho fifteen pounds of grain, two pounds of water. Now this steer the farmer soils to tho packer nt n rato high enough to pay for nil his feed, labor and tho loss from anlmnls that did not thrive. Next tho packer turns 40 per cent of this steer Into fertilizer nnd fusses and fixes tho rest of It up nnd passes It on to us through tho hands of n dozen storage men, wholesalers nnd re tnllcrs; flnnlly It renches tho consumer a pitifully meager shnro of tho original food grown on tho farm, and hopelessly loaded with tho product of tho steer's plfyslologlcat economy nnd tho packer's chemical la boratory. When ono considers tho wnsto nnd folly of tho whole proceeding, Instcnd of being surprised that meats nro high, ho wonders that they aro so law. Physical Culture BACK TO THE LAND NE HUNDRED years ago human socloty was essentially rural. Hlnco then the great collective Interests hnvo dovclopcd, Iti.. liAii..l.t .f llm iin.l.l I.. I. ...... . - nTPl largely urban. Tho present Interest In tffitil country Ufa Is tho rising of a tldo. It Is mmmLj0 flM iinftntiiplntiM nviir.-ilmi nf thu HAS A CONFEDERATE PUZZLE llnKiirrrrnlriio C'linrlraliin CurnluS Wiiuld l,k lu Kiiimv About. Every northerner who visits Charleston, 8. C, should go to the mu soum of tho Daughters nf tho Con federacy In the old Market hall on Meeting stroet, Is tho ndvlco of n writ er In tho New York Sun. He may be Just the ono living man who can solve tho mystery of the old daguerreotype that was lost In battlo and recovered nfler forty years, Tho little old lady who Is curator and guldo about the museum hall hopes that before she dies somo ono from the north will look nt this faded daguorrcotyito and say, "Yes, I know this man." They have many quaint nnd sad relics of the war, theso dnughteis of n past generation of fighting men, tlx writer says. Tho oxhlblts stand In cases and hang from the walls of this ono long room, where tho market com missioner of Charleston hnvo held tholr meetings since first tho Market hall wns built In 1811. Aftor tho cura tor has pointed out the confederate flng, which was reconstructed from n captured federal flag "for silk was a difficult thing to find In those days" the original painting of the Interior of Fort Sumter nfter tho long slego tho stars and buttons from (lenernl Iee's coat, she leads her visitors to a case on a side wall and points out tho dnguorreotype. Then sho puis her question: "Do you know this man?" The daguerreotype Is round and cut to fit within tho back of a watch case, wherein It was set. The portrait, still clear enough to bo seen In Its every line, Is thnt of a young mnn In civilian dress the dress of fifty years ago, with high, rolling slock, low rut waist coat nnd frilled shirt front. The youthful fare Is bearded and the heavy hair waved up Into n dandy's lock over the forehead. ' This portrait, Kicked In the gold watch case, was turned up from a bat tle Held by a plowshare only two years ngo. Tho place whore It wns thus uncovered was fallow land on Morris Island In Charleston harbor. This Is the story tho curator tells: It was In ISfil, shortly before the evacuation o( tho crumbling Sumter by the confederates nnd during the time when the Investing federal ships and marines were bending every effort to find a way to fight through to Charleston. A detachment of federal marines landed under cover of gun fire on Morris Island. A repelling force of confederates from Fort Moul trie landed at another point on the Island, crossed over and fell upon the federal marines. There wns n hot en gagement and In the end tho union force wns pushed to Its boats and back to tho blockade fleet. They did not have time oven to bury their dead. Tho scene of this skirmish remained forgotten and untouched from the evacuation of Charleston down to the recent tlmo when, tho plow wns run over tho land where the marines had tried to mako their stand. Then bul lets, cannon shot and belt clasps marked "U. 8." were turned up with human bones. Also thfs dagunircoDpo backed In tho halt of a gold "fetch case and almost undlmmcd by the long years of burial. "It Is a little mystery, this da guerreotype," says the curator of the museum. "Some day It may be solved." When a girl hates the men, she Just naturally wants to heave a clod 1 dirt at every rooster she see. HO AIMED HXM. My love for tbeo doth march like armed msa 'Against a queenly city they would take. Along tho army's front Its banners shake; Across the mountain and the sun-smlt plain It steadfast sweeps as sweeps the steadfast rain) And now the trumpet makes the still air quake. Echo on ocho, echoing loud again, And now the thundering cannon doth awake. Dut, lot the conquest higher than bard had sung; Instead of answering cannon comes a small White flag; the Iron gates are open flung, And flowers along the Invader's pathway fall. Tho city's conquerors feast their foes among, And their bravo flags are trophies on her wall. Richard Watson Oltdor. Billy Houck and Fully serenty-flvo men sat on the grass or stood in groups about tho yard, waiting Impatiently for thn trial to begin. It was only to be a prelimi nary hearing before the Justlco of the peace, but any sort of hog-stoatlng caso was of great Interest to Duckoye Drldgo. Horse-stealing, forgery, bur gUry, arson might arouse othor com munltlcs, but tho groat legal battles of Duokoyo Bridge wero fought over tho dead or missing body of tho hog. In tho hills north of tho v&lloy was much wild timber land, and In tho aulutan many farmers mnrkod tholr hogs with certain holes and silts In their ears and turned them out to eat the acorns. Dut this was not to bo much of a trial; It was a pretty plain case. Joss Owens turned the hog out one morn ing, and tho nest day Duck Powell sold It, dressod, to a store at Ssrvls Point. The cars were loft on, and Owens msrk was easily tdontlfled. Desldes, you could convict Duck on almost any charge without a witness. He was one of the class known to the community as "river rats"; ho llrod In a board shack noar the river and rented a patch of land that was overflowed about every othor year. He was a shambling, bilious fellow, with milky eyes that never looked nt any thing In particular, and a qiilvorlng mouth thnt novod seemod docldtd whether It ought to stay open or shut. Suspicions attacked to Duck as read ily as summer flies to a runt oalf. "I guess they'll suro sand Iluck up," remarked Cy Todd, ono of a group In the courthouse yard. "Well, he got the hog sll right," said Jess Owens. "It was a good one, too. I'd been feeding It corn for six weeks, and had it Just about ready to butcher. It weighed two twenty-five when Uuck sold It at tho Point." "Just tho hog beln' fat would be evi dence enough to convict Uuck," chucklod "Windy" Jim Davis. "Ho Bovor raised enough corn In his llfo to fatten any sort or hog; and nobody evor raised enough to fatten one of his. You could feed ono of thorn ra zor-backs a whole car-load of corn, nnd It would all go to legs and brlstlo." "I wouldn't havo bothered the law with It,' said Owens, vindictively, "If Powell had been nny sort of a man, Dut I ain't got the stomach to beat up an ornory runt like that." "lie ought to have bson run out a long time ago," declnred Todd. "There he Is now," I Tho constable had come up with tho prisoner, and stopped near tho court , house door to wnlt for the squire. "in thnt Powell's clrl?" asked one, "Yes," answered Windy Jim. They all turned to look. The child was perhaps IS years old, had brown hair and eyes, and a clear .face, vivid with personality. She 'stood straight, with one hand holding to her father's sleeve. "Seems queer," reflected Windy Jim, "what good children some of the or norlest people have. Dut I reckon that Is the only way wo can ever got ahead any. It all the children wero as trlflln' as their dads, this would suro bo a wilderness of woe. That little girl Bess there keeps house for that sknlawag and the two younger chil dren, And the teacher says she's the smartest scholar that ever went to school In our district." nilly Houck, the Justice of the peace, came up, and they all followed Into the courthouse. The case was called. The prosecut ing attorney was there to represent tho State, The authority of the Justice was merely to hear the evidence and dccldo whether or not tho accused should be held for trial In the Circuit Court The witnesses against Powell Jess Owens, sovoral neighbors, the purchas er from Sarvls Point, and lless, his own daughtor were asked to rise and be sworn, Powell had no lawyer, no witnesses. He sat by a little tablo to the right of tho Justice, leaning on his lett elbow, his chin In bis hand, bis milky eyes on the floor. Ilos sat down dote be sldo him, and covertly sought his hand under the table. Her head was held high, and her wide-open brown eyes searched tho courtroom. The Stato's attorney rose and start ed to outline tho story of theft as It would be proved. First, he spoko of the positive evi dence ho would Introduce to prove tho ownership of the bog. He had spoken only a few words when he noticed he did not have the attention of the men In the courtroom. He paused, and turned to see what they were watch Ing. The little girl had gripped the edge of the table with both hands and was leaning forward, looking at him with surprise and wonder In her eyes, as It trying to understand what that had to do with It, The young attorney, slightly annoy ed, lifted his voice to attract the at tention of tho court. "Your honor, Tuesday morning Jess Owens turned this hog out, and that very evening Duck Powell stole It" There was a slight, sudden move ment at the table, a quick Intake it breath. The girl was on her feet, pull ing at her father's arm. She was white, and her eyes were open wide with horror and fear. "Papa, papa?" she 'ffhlsrssred, and the room was stlfl enough for all to hear. Dut Duck Powell ded mot look at kit etdld; his head only dropped, a IHtte k-s-ar, sad he shook M etowVr. TVs the Hog'Thief ohlld sank back In the chair, drew a long breath, and once more fixed her eyes on the attorney, "He killed and dressed, the hog be fore daylight Wednesday morning," the prosecutor resumed. "This we will prove by his own daughter." "Oh I" It was a sudden little cry from the table. The girl's face was burning red and her broath came fast The attorney then finished tho out line of the things he would prove and sat down, ready for the first witness. For a moment the little girl looked round tho court-room, wonderlngly, ex pectantly, and thon at Dllly Houck, Justice of the peace. Were nono of them going to speak for her father? A frightened look enme Into her face, but she got to her feet, trembling all over. "He didn't do Itl Ho dldn'tl He didn't! Hoi didn't steal any hog. It was this " "Just a minute, honey," Dllly Houck said to her, kindly. "Walt Just a min ute." Then turning to the nttornoy, ho asked In an undertone, "Might ns well uso her as tho first witness, mightn't you?" Tho prosecutor nod ded consent. "Tnko this chair, Desslo," Dllly said to her. "Now you nro a witness, nnd romcmbor, you havo sworn to tell the truth." Tho attorney started to question her, but the Justlco raised his band. "Lot her tell It In her own way, Jackson. Now, Ilessle" he turned his kind, un derstanding cyos upon hor and smiled 'lie uid.n't do itI iik dio.VtI iik imdm't." ono of his Infrequent smiles "tell us what you know about It." With tho sure Instinct of n child the little sir! knew hero was n friend, and she forgot tho lawyer who had abused her father, forgot tho crowd In tho coiirt-roc.ii, and told her story and ve hemently to Hilly Houck. "He didn't stent any hog; you know my papa wonldn't do that, Ho traded for It. You see, It was like this: last year the river got up and washed all our crop away overy littlest bit of U and and" she stopped to swallow -"I couldn't go to school, because, pa couldn't get me any books and clothes." Again sho paused and quickly drew her hind across her eyes. "I wanted to go, but pa said he would get mo books and dresses ths year, and I could make up for lost time. "I Just thought of It all the time, and talked about It every day, Am! when the dry weather burned up the corn this summer, I was scared for fear I couldn't go. Hut pa told Me not to cry: he'd get the books sure. "Then when It was nearly time for school- to begin, I was worried and cried and cried, bocause I didn't think he could get thew. "Then Is when he made that trade. He traded Mr, Owens two of our hogs for one of his, because ours weren't fat and wouldn't sell. He brought It home one evening aud butchered It early ths next morning, so that he could get an early start to town. It was a fair, square trade, truly U was," she addol, confidently, "for pa told me himself that Mr. Owens offered to swap first." At the end of her story she stopped and looked round, suddenly frighten od by the court-room full of tense lis teners. "And did he get the booker Dllly Houck asked. Her eyes lighted, her face glowed, unconsciously she clapped her hands lightly, "Oh, yes, be got all the books I need and two of the prettiest dresses you ever saw One Is pink add the other Is ble, with little white dots In If As the little girl lett the chair, all eyes turned to the father. His head had sunk forward on the table, and his shoulders rose and fell, Dess stood at his side and patted his shoulder comfortingly. There was silence for nearly a minute, all wondering who was to speak next Jess Owens was the drat to rise; and rough kill farmer that he was, he swallowed several times before he found his voice, "Dllly" he forgot he was la court4 "I reckon I ain't got no staalla' charges agin' Buck. Ill stand- by the trado like the little girl told about" The youag attorney started to apeak, bat BUly Hoaek eaotioaed for bin to koep hta seat "Com U dissals d. Oeart fa 4- - m m ,L1 frrtsSV 'TsW fssj osaw eterao vsp m i r The little girl raa to him, hope aad doubt in her face. "Does that mean my pa Is free, aad thore Isn't anything more about It?" "Yes, honey," said Dllly, taking her band, "It is all over. You run out In to the yard now and play a llttlo while. I want to talk with your pa." "Thank you!" she said; and impul sively she put out hor hand and pat ted his sleeve. For halt an hour BUly Houck sat by tho table and talked with Buck Powell. When he came out a group of men still lingered in the court houso yard, discussing tho case. "Well, Billy," said Todd, as tho Jus tlco Joined thom, "now that you've turned him loose, what are we gotn' to do with Buck?" BUly squinted his lett eyo thought fully. "Kent him a piece of land that ho can make a living on, and treat him like a white man." There was a moment of silence, bro kon by Windy Jim. "Yes, sir, I reck on It that runt could once Just got -a start, that girl would ralso him up and make a man of him yet" "You bet I" assented Jess Owens, heartily. "I reckon," said Billy, "I can furnish the land." Just then Buck Powell came alowly out of tho court-house, and stood near the door a moment, undecldod. Then with a groat effort he ap proached the group of men and held out his hand to Jess Owens timidly. Joss took It Instantly with a hearty grip as he said: "I reckon, Buck, If you want to put In some wheat this fall you can use that bay toam of mine for a fow woeks. I haven't any use tor them Just now." Buck turned quickly away and drew his sleeve across his eyes. Bess, who had seon and heard, ran to hor father quickly, put hor hand thraugh his arm, and said ovor hor shoulder: "Thank you, Mr. Owens, he'll take It" Wm. H. Hamby in Louth's Corn panlon. HINDU METHODS OFCOOKINO. Said lo Hnvn .Nulrlmt In Vm (ntiUi Thnt Amrrlrats I-n, In India It Is literally a caso of be Ins n vegotnrlnn or starving, for tho Hindus of Hindustan, taking them al most as a whole, Are enjoined by their religion to nbstalu from eating meat. They nre not allowed oven to open tho sholl of an egg because by so doing they would destroy tho llfo within It. Thus thoy nro compolled to subsist on n vegetarian diet or go hungry. But If tho cooks In India wero to pro pare their vegetables for tho tnblo at do the women of Amerlcn, writes Saint Nlhal Singh In Tho Nnutllus, It Is certain that the Hindus would be meat oators It would bo Impossible for them to live on a vegetable diet. This for an essential reason. The American cook bolls all tho flavor as well as tho vitality out of tho vege tables and throws It away. Tho Occi dental cook declares this operation Is necessary, as the flavor of the vege table Is too strong nnd pronouncod It tho wAtor Is not drained away from 't. Do that as It may the result Is that, the food has lost much of Its nutriment and Is usoless to build up or austnln the body. Moreover, tho boiling pro cess renders tho dish moro or less In sipid In flavor. The East Indian cook works on n di rectly opposite principle. The woman of India Is taught that the food must be cooked In Its own steam, or with Just enough water to genorate steam to cook It, and every drop of moisture must be evaporated beforo the food Is served unless It Is to bo oaten with n gravy or shorba, In which caso a small quantity of liquid Is allowed to remain on It Dut ns a usual thing not a drop of water Is drained away. This would bo looked upon as positively sacrlllglous and wasteful by tho East Indians. The American throws away as useloss ev ery day what would keep an East In dian family from starvation. This fact was demonstrated when during a siege the Indian soldiers re quested that the water li which the rice was cooked alone should be Is sued to them, while thu rice Itself might be served to the English sol diers. This was done, and the native sepoys apparently wer as well fed as their white brothers. Bbttrk'a liy Vua uu lllut, "Ever get mesmerized by a Ash?1 said the skipper, according to the De troit Free Press. "No? Well, I have been many a time. It was a shark that did It "I don't know the scientific name of this particular variety of shark, but It abounds on the Nantucket shoajs. When full grown they are from eight to ten feet long and weigh from S00 to 700 pounds. They have eaw teeth, five rows of them, about an Inch and a half long, and they can flatten the lot and chew theli gums, Dut tor a human being the peril is In the eyes. "I don't believe In man-eating sharks. I believe that If a shark Is In bloody water he gets excited and will snap at anything he sees. But let one of those fellows get bis eye on you and you don't know where you are at. "They have a babtt of coming up alongside of your live boxes and lying there while you fish. Then when you get anything on your lino the shark has It off before you get a chance to pull. "I remember the first time I saw one of them. I was a boy at the time and one of these fellows had come up Alongside of my live box aad I put my hand out and touched his back. He didn't seem to mind at all, but a minute later, when I stood up, I caught sight of his eyes, or one of them. Well, sir, I Just tumbled back la the boat and was as helpleas as a Jellyfish out of water. "I don't know how to explain It The eyes of the fish are ao bigger than the point of your little finger, but there Is something that comes out of thea that makes you tumble 1b a heap. Many a time after that did I aave a similar experleaee, aad I kaow of a lot of seen who haT felt taa aaeas eCeet The only aaplsasttoss I eeald sag la that tko shark's rs have sosae sort of sassaaerte Tka tustaUssr tho -"mm tow la oat k COLLIER & COLLIER Lawyers Rooms in Holbrook Building1. St. Johns, ... Oregon JOSEPH McCHESNEY, M. D. Physkian and Surgeon. . Day & Night Ofllco in McChcsney bile, Phone Jmtr Ml. St. Johns, - Oregon. la. FIwm Jenr? 1571. 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