8 - , . QREGONClTYIjCOURIER, FRIDAV, JAN. 3, 1913 .
EAGLE CREEK
Somo of Mr. and Mrs. Hewlett's
relatives gathered at their home
on Christmas day and .passed a
pleasant day with them, partaking
of a fine dinner. Those present
were: Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Woodle
Claude Malcom Joery, and Roy,
Mary, Nettie, Dorothy, Olive and
Tressa Woodle and Mr. and Mrs.
H. B. Gibson.
Mr. and Mrs. Waller Douglass
and children, and Ed Chapman
were entertained at dinner by Mr.
and Mrs. W. F. Douglas last Wed
nesday. ! !
Fred Hoffmeister purchased a
graphophone the ither day lor his
children. . '
Dick Gibson buttchered three
hogs last Friday. He sold two of
them to the man who is building
the new station house at Eagle
Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Douglass re
turned home last, Thursday.
Mr. nnil Mrs Sherd Jones at
tended the dance at Eagle Creek
Christma-s night.
Wm. Stubhe spent Sunday with
II. S. (iibson. lie is out geiuug
subscriptions lor tho Uregcmian.
CAN BY
M mul Mno .Tnlin Rums' ilrm
ghter and her husband who lives
in roruanu, was up on onnsuim
day and toon umner wiin mo u
,,1'lba
Id
Christmas has come and gone
again and wo hope that Santa has
maue many a uiinu uuppy wiw m
presents .
Mr. Bennot has got a line lot o
largo ducks. They would mak
fiTin rnnafa
Alvin Phelps was in these parts
q cihnrl Hmn fl en
Uncle Johnie Cole who had the
misfortune to let a Umber tail on
his foot some time ago is getting
along niceiy lur one uuuo ugu.
Mn iihiiluiino anlil nun twenty.
acre piece of his land that had
most of the improvements on H
and he has secured Mr. Cochran
to build him a small house on tn
twenty that is mostly in the bush
and ater on he win uuiici a lurisur
house and alsa a barn and other
)ni i 11 intra
Mr. Pitts is plowing ond taking
out stumps on nis piaco anu n. cer
tainly makes tho property "look
better.
Dick Skinner is clearing some
l,.n,4 f,,n 1M Hrnrll 1
IUIIU IV .... L ..Hv.v.
Mrs. Dayton is also haying a
piece of land cleared mis winter.
Roy Leo and wife, who livo in
Portland, were up here visiting the
latters parents, ivir. ana. mrs. jiuj,
'Uresham at Christmas time.
Claude Hampton visited his par
imlu Iwtivi r.liT'iul mna.
Mr. and Mrs. llapo was calling on
irieims unrisunas.
GORDON'S BLUNDER. "7?
Drave Tactical Mistake of Budding
English General.
When General Gordon was o lad at
school lio was as mischievous us most
boys. When the boys had done any
thing wrong they were shut up In a
large, barely fnrtilnhcd room and set
to write lines from a Latin author.
Gordon was one of tho niost fre
quent prisoners In this room, and no
used to be annoyed by the boys who
were free coming to the door and Jeer
ing at him through the keyhole. He
solving to get even, ho procured a
large syringe, aud, taking It with him
the next time he went to write lines,
be went round to the various desks
and sucked up tho Ink Into the syrlngo.
By and by he heard stealthy foot
steps coming down the passage. Near
er and nearer they camo and at last
baited outside the door. "They are
peeping through the keyhole," whisper
ed the future general, and, placing the
syringe to the keyhole, lio squirted the
contents through with all the energy
he could muster.
.There was a smothered exclamation
of disgust, and then some one fumbled
with the bandlo of the door. It opened,
aud In stalked the head master, his
face black with wrath and his once
snowy shirt front black with ink. We
miiBt draw a veil over the painful
scene which followed. Londou Globe.
Cut the High Cost of Living.
W. II. Chapman, Winnebago,
Neb., tells ho who did it. "Mv
two children had a very bad cough
and the doctor's medicines did
them no-good. I got a bottlo of
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
an dbeforo it was all used the
children were free and cured of
their coughs. I save a doctor's
bill for one '.'5o bottle of Foley's
Honey ami Tar Compound." No
opiates. Huntley Bros. Co.
SUMMONS
In tho Circuit Court of tho Stale
1 of Oregon, for tho County of
Clackamas.
ALICE V. 1MISTOW, Plaintiff,
vs.
CHARLES L.URISTOW Defendant
To Charles L. Bristow, Defend
ant: In tho name of the State or Or
egon, egon, you are hereby requir
ed to uppent' and answer tho com
plaint tiled against y o u in the
above entitled suit, on or before
the 15th day of February, 1913,
and if you fail to so appear and
answer forwant thoreuf.lho plain
till' will apply to the Court for the
- relief demanded in her complaint,
to-wit: That tho bonds of mat
rimony, existing between plain
tiff and defendant, bo dissolved;
that the care aud custody of the
minor child of the parties be
awarded to tho plaintiff; that the
plaintiff's name be changed toYo-
' com. and for general relief.
'This summons is published pur
suant to an order inndo by J. V.
Campbell, Judge of tho Circuit
Court of tho Stale of Oregon, for
tho County of Clackamas, made
and entered on tho 2d day of Jan
uary, 1913.
Tho dalo of the first publica
tion of this suminoi according
to said order is January 3, 1913.
SARGENT & CLARK,
- - Attorneys for plaintiff
918 Chambor of Commerce, Port.
. land, Oregon.
The Best Cough Medicine
r "I have used Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy ever since I have
been keeping house' says L. C.
Hame of Marbury, Ala I con
sider it one of tho best remedies
I ever used. My children have all
taken it and it works like ; a
harm. For eolds and w hoop ng
cough it is excellent. I-oi salt
iy Huntley Bros. Co.
THE MARKET REPORTS
Oregon City Prices for theVarlous
Products of the Farm.
The price of eggsduring the
liast week has gone from 35c and
45c per dozen to 30c. This price
is for fresh ranch eggs and there
is good demand at this price.
The prico of butter remains as
it has ben for the pastmonth,
Ibis being 30c and 35c per pound,
fancy dairy 80c per roll.
There was a rush at tho Port
landland livestock market on Mori
day, several carloads of line sters
were received.
Tho year closed with tho hop
market in a very strong position,
and with trade locally and on the
nnnuf p-nnnp.n llv far more active
than is usual during tho holiday
season. There are still dealers in
good hops, as there are some con
tracts that have to bo tilled yet.
Many of the growers have sold the
crop for 20 cenls, and are looking
for the prices to be better than
ill hold their hoDs for
some time before disposing of
ni,i linrintr l In- oast week more
then one thousand bales of Ore.
gon hops have been snipped to tne
London mui'Kcis.
Tii,, m ii'i'M nuiil far lions in Cal
ir, i in in' fi-riin iA to 17 cents.
and in that state the growers are
more uispo cu to sen man in ur
oimn
ini)l,'.S ilinvintr) : Green hides
(c to 7c; sailers 7c;dry hides 12c
to 14c; snep pons ouc loeoo ea n,
F.UUS Oregon ranch, 30c.
FJiEl (selling) . Shorts $27;
drau25; process barley $38 per
ton.
I, r.( inn , RO to $5.50.
HAY (buying). Clover at $9
and $10; oat hay, best, $11 and
$12; mixed $ l u ana $12; anana
$15 to $10.50; Idaho timothy $20
tulinl.t p.m'n &if).
OATS $20'; wheat $1.05 bushl
oil meal selling about $ua; btiay
lii'ooiv dairy leeu ipi.du per nun
dred pounds.
LIva Stock Meats
Hoof (live wt.) Steers 6 and
C. i. : cows 5 and 5 1-2: bulls 1-
JVlU'i'TON Shoep three to live
cents.
Chickens 12c.
Pork 9 1-2 cents.
VEAij Calves 12c lol3c; dres
sed, according to grade.
POULTRY (buying) . Hcnsllc
siirinirs 12c: rosters 8c. ducks 14.
gese 12c; turkeys 16c.
MOHAIR MO to 3&C
Fruits
Apples 70o to $1.00.
DltlliD FRUITS (buying) Or.
egon prunes on basis 0c to 8c.
vegetables
ONIONS Is pound; peppers 7
cts. pound.
. tin . .er
(Huying) Ordinary country
ul tor 30c to 35c; fancy dairy 80o
per roll.
A COLD BLOODED DUEL
Instant Death Wat Assured For Ons
of the Contestants.
An extraordinary duel, which at the
time created an immense sensation,
was one In which the decision was nr
rived at not hy swords or pistols, but
by means of a deadly lson.
The incn-who, It Is hardly necessary
to say. had fallen out over a lady had
left the arrangement of details to their
seconds, and until they faced each oth
er they did not know hy what method
they were to settle their differences.
One of the seconds was a doctor, aud
ho had made up for tho occaslou four
bind; pellets, all identical in size aud
shape.
"In one of these," he said, "I have
placed a BulnYloiil quantity of prusslc
acid to cause the almost Instantaneous
death of any one. who swallows It. We
will decide by the toss of a coin which
of you Is to have tlrst choice, aud you
will alternately draw and swallow a
pill until the poison shoys Its effects."
Two of the pellets were then taken
as the toss had decided, but without
effect In cither case.
This time," said the doctor, spenk-
lug of the two pellets remaining, "you
must both swallow tho pill at the same
Instant."
The choice was again made, and In a
few seconds one of the meu lay dead
on the grass. Pall Mall Gazette.
CANARIES ARE NERVOUS.
And They 'Dread Mice That Like to
Steal Their Bird Seed,
One of the common troubles with
canaries and one that few bird owners
realize Is that of nervolisness. The
nervous system of a canary Is as high
ly sensitive as that of a delicate wo
man Any sudden shock to their
senses, whether of sight or sound, Is
liable to 'throw them Into convulsions.
that often result In death. An old bird
dealer mentions a frequent but rarely
known cause of sickness nnd even
death among the little creatures.
I had two canaries," he said, "that
for some reason I could not discover
fell Into a frightfully nervous state nnd
started to pine away, I doctored them
with all the remedies known to bird
lore, but the poor creatures continued
to droop In dismal decline. At last I
discox ci'cil the trouble. It was mice.
"Mice are as fond of bird seeds as
anarles themselves. In the darkness
of the night the mice would creep
through the bars of tho cnge nnd de
vour the seeds, while the poor little
canaries sat above shivering them
selves Into a state of nervous prostra
tion from the very terror of the mon
sters below. I removed the cnge to a
position where the mice could uot get
at It, and my pets rapidly recovered."
New Orleans States.
One Sin of Housekeeping.
The ultimate sin of the housekeeping
code Is straightening things out In a
desk or on a table. When I depart
from my quarters In the morning my
sitting room table looks self possessed
and homelike, bearing three ash trays,
four or live books, matches, ft pipe, a
can of tobacco, papers, magazines, pen
cils, pens, a letter or two, a bottle of
ink and maybe n necktie or so. A place
for everything nnd everything Just
where It ought to be easy to reach or
thereabouts. But, alas, on return what
a state that table Is In. The books
have been put bnck on the snelves, the
ash trays mobilized, pen and pencils
arranged In orderly Hues, neckties
stuck away In a dresser and the letters
planted in the most conspicuous place
with those containing bills uppermost.
Toledo Blade.
Another
Bracelet
A Romance of the
Neptune
By CLARISSA MACKIE
"Home again," sighed Madeline
Trayle as the tourist ship Neptune
sighted New York's Jagged sky line
once more.
"It has been a wonderful trip," ob
served her father, smiling down at the
girl. "I believe Alex will testify to
that."
Alexander Felton's contented face
beamed happily upon the girl whom
he had wooed and won on this Medi
terranean trip. Each member of the
party of seven, who had been drawn
together by mutual Interests,, had en
Joyed some unique experience or par
ticipated In an adventure to be related
on those long evenings spent on the
moonlit deck of the steamer. At their
last port a newcomer had Joined the
ship, a charming girl, who proved to
be a dear friend of Madeline Trayle's,
and with this arrival ot Emily Drake
there was solved the mystery of Ar
thur Clayton's adventure of a broken
scent bottle, for she proved to be tho
owner of the toy, which had dropped
from a latticed window in Beirut and
been shuttered on the stones at his
feet. Young Clayton's devotion to
Emily Drake during the homeward
voyage had been marked, and the old
er people of the, party smiled upon
what appeared to be another romance.
Madeline Trayle's especial adventure
had been connected with a filagree
bracelet which her father had purchas
ed from a peddler In Constantinople.
She had been wearing the bit of By
zantine Jewelry when, standing In the
Suleiman mosque, a melancholy Turk
had haughtily demanded to examine
It, declaring that once it had belonged
to his daughter, who bad disappeared.
After examining It closely he had re
turned It sadly, apologizing for his
presumption In addressing the young
American lady.
In relating this story to her compan
ions on board the Neptune Madeline
TBS TUBUS EXAMMKD TBS BRACELET IN
TURN.
had declared that a friend of hers In
New York possessed the duplicate of
her filigree bracelet (which upon .ex
amination had proved to have been
"made lu Germany" and was no doubt
copied from the original trinket), and
this friend proved to be none other
than Emily Drake.
Emily suld that her bracelet was lu
New York, and such was bur Interest
in the Incident of the meluncholy Turk
who hud lost a daughter that she de
clared she would unearth the trinket
as soon as she reached home and ex
amine It for some secret mark.
"Perhaps we may be able to reunite
father and daughter If she Is still liv
ing," ventured Emily, smiling.
It was several days after thotr laud
lug that Emily Drake found an oppor
tuuty to call upon Madeline Trayle.
"Dear," she cried eagerly, "I've un
earthed the filigree bracelet aud clean
ed It up, aud I do believe there Is some
writing on the Inside! llns your fa
ther got a strong magnifying glass?"
Professor Trayle produced the neces
sary Instrument, and the three exam
ined the bracelet In turn. At last the
professor laid down tho glass. Emily,
It looks to me as though you really
owned tho original filigree bracelet"
he said.
'How lovely!" cried Emily.
'Isn't It wonderful?" breathed Mad.
ellne. "What does It say Inside, fa
ther? I know there must be something
written there or some secret mark, for
the Turk looked luslde and then said It
was not the bracelet of his daughter."
"Just think of how many Imitations
he must have looked at, hoping to find
tho right one," murmured Emily. "But
do tell us what It says, Professor
Trayle."
"Look Inside once more," he said, giv
ing her the glass. "Do you not see
some queer marks engraved there ?"
Yes, yes! They look like shorthand
characters."
"It's Arable. It reads To my daugh
ter, Zerah.' "
Phone 1121
Res. 1833
Williams Bros. Transfer Co.
Safes, Pianos and Furniture Moving a Specialty
Freight and Parcels Delivered
"ZoWifiwhnt a lovely name! I can
see her now a languorous eyed beau
ty," cried Emily.
"Now we have a clew to work upon.
I have such a splendid plan," said
Madeline, her cheeks pink with ex
citement. "Tell it to us."
"Let us each wear our bracelets rind
go from one Turkish shop to another,
apparently looking for rugs or trinkets,
and perhups some woman, some shop
keeper's wife, may recognize the fili
gree bracelet, and thus we may find
the owner and tell her that her father
Is waiting for her!"
"A wild goose chase," smiled th
professor Indulgently. "My dears, the
chances ore that Zerah la now iiud has
been In Constantinople, perhaps hidden
from her father's seeking eyes."
"No, I ainlwre that is not the case,"
protested Madeline warmly. "It's this
way, futher"
"There, there, my dear; I should not'
try to discourage you," he smiled
"Run along on your pretty romuiitic er
rand. Only be careful that you do not
go afoot, and beware of unsavory parts
of the city without a proper escort.
Perhaps Alexander will go along. You
know he is a linguist und"
"This Is a matter for fathers and
daughters, bo we will ask you to es
cort us," said Madeline, and in the
end Professor Trayle laughingly as
sented. Secretly ho was attracted by
the possibilities of the search.
"If you find Zerah whether she is'
young and lovely or has become fat
and hideous, as is often the unfortu
nate fate of oriental women, nnd she
wants to return to her father, remem
ber I will send her homo again," be
promised and was rewarded by the
gratitude of the two girls, who bad
come to look upon the lost Zerah as a
real person who would be found In the
foreign quarter of New York, that
clenriug house of many nationalities.
Tho next day tbey started out on
their strange search. As the limou
sine threaded its way niuoug the unr
row streets of the Syrian quurter-foi
they had decided to begin their search
there the two girls chattered about
the bracelet aud examined again and
again the one Emily wore on her wrist
outside her black glove.
Their first experience was disap
pointing. A Turkish shop, attended by
two slender young men, who urged
them to buy rugs, did not offer any
hope of finding the lost Zerah, although
Emily displayed her bracelet carelessly
to their view.
It proved to be a disappointing quest
In and out of little dark, odorous shops
thev went. They Interviewed Turkish
women and men and children, but all
stared stolidly at the filigree bracelet
and shook their heads.
They were Interested In selling good?
to the rich Americans, not In tracing
some mythical person named Zerah.
As the limousine drew up at the curb
In front of Emily Drake's home and she
stepped to the pavement Madeline
leaned forward and pointed a linger ui
the flight of stone steps leading to the
front door of the Drake home.
"Oh. Emily, we've been Interviewing
Byzantine womeu all day, aud here is
another one sitting on your doorstep:
Emllv turned nnd looked.
There on the bottom step of the
brown stone flight sat a lace peddler, a
slender, .worn looking woman with pa
thetic dark eyes and sad mouth. On
her lap there rested a basket filled with
laces and lace trimmed linens.
Professor Trayle and his daughter
leaned from the motor and watched
Emily as she approached the woman
and picked up some laces with the
hand that wore tho filigree bracelet.
Instantly the woman's eyes flashed
eagerly, nnd she Inid a brown hand on
Emily's wrist and muttered some for
eign words.
"Professor Trayle, do come! I be
lieve I've found hert Come nnd talk
to her!" cried Emily in excitement
And the professor und his daughter
obeyed at once.
The woman was holding Emily's
hand, and tears wero running down
her cheeks as her fingers touched the
silver bracelet.
"Zerah!" said tho professor distinct
ly, and nt sound of the name the wo
man started to her feet and stared
wildly at hi in.
Then, speaking in her own language,
he quieted her fears anil asked her a
few questions. -lie took the bracelet
from Emily's wrist and showed it to
her.
The two girls watched with delight
mingled with awe the changing emo
tions on her face as she listened to the
story Professor Trayle had to tell, and
she nodded smilingly at last, and then,
clutching the Ullgree bracelet to her
bosom, she spoke lu the same tongue,
softly, melodiously, ending her narra
tive with a little despairing gesture.
"It is Zerah," said Trofessor Trayle
at last, "rinding her here on Emily's
doorstep is such a curious coincidence
that I confess I nm thrilled through.
The bracelet Is hers, and she prized it
highly as her father's gift, but she
learned to love a rascal, and she sold
tho bracelet In tho bazaar In Constan
tinople nnd with the proceeds eloed
to America with her lover, who has
long since deserted her. Fearful of
her father's anger, she has never
dared communicate, with him, al
though her heart Is breaking for her
old home."
"Of course sho can go back again?"
ventured Emily.
"Certainly. My promise holds good,
and 1 shall send word to her father to
meet her."
"Isn't this a perfectly lovely endiug
to the voyage of the Neptune?" asked
Emily after they had seen Zerah cared
for by the servants.
"Who dares say that romance Is
dead In the world?" demanded Made
line, laughing happily.
"I don't for one," confessed Pro
fessor Trayle.
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Prices reasonable and
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THE
SORREL WIG
By ELIZABETH WEED
Dear old motherly Mrs. Crulkshnnk
was all heart. She took me Into her
house at the time of my mother's
death aud cared for me. She said It
was because she was lonely, her son
being a sailor and away from her
nearly all the time, and that I was
very good to stay with her and all
that. It- was no use to combat her as
to this, and I saw that to" remind her
continually of my obligntlou distressed
her. so I let her have tier say hi the
matter. She was a funny little body,
full of crotchets, and one must humor
them.
Shortly before Mrs. Crulkshnnk took
me iu her soif Albert sailed on a voy
age, to be gone three years. I was
seventeen then. Just the age to be
thinking of a lover, and bis photo
graph hanging in the parlor caught my
fancy. It represented a boy of eight
een In sailor costume, bis collar rolling
away from his neck, his balr tumbled
and a frank, fearless face. The old
lady never tired of talking to me about
him and one day said to me:
"If you'll be a good girl and stay
with me till He comes bnck, perhaps
I'll give him to you If you want him."
I smiled at this way of putting It and
told , her that any girl who wouldn't
want such a fine looking fellow as that
wouldn't deserve to have a husband
at all.
When the time came round for Bert
to bo coming home be wrote his moth
er that he had been promoted to be
first mate and he hoped It wouldn't be
long before he would hove a ship of
his own. His mother rend me this part
of the letter with every appearance
that she considered me Interested In
It on my own accotiut. aud 1 didn't dis
turb her In her opinion.
As bad luck would have it. several
mouths before Bert's return 1 was at
tacked by a fever which nearly car
ried me off. If I was obliged to Mrs.
Crulkshnnk before the obligation was
now Increased a hundredfold, for she
bung over me as If I . bad been her
own daughter and the only one at that.
Alas! When the fever left me It
took my balr with It, leaving me as
bald as a billiard ball. True, my hair
began to grow again and Just before
Albert's arrival was about half an
Inch long ajl over my head. I could
see that this troubled Mrs. Cruikshank
Immensely, for my hair was my most
attractive feature, and without It I at
least considered myself a very homely
girl. She declared that I was more
attractive than ever, but since my loss
troubled me it must be hidden till the
hair grew again to Us wonted length
I would wear a wig.
Mrs. Cruikshank went to the city
one day to procure the article and
came home with one whose color was
unique. The nearest word by which
to describe it Is sorrel. I told the good
Iudy that It was beautiful, which com
forted her greatly, for she said it had
been offered to her for half price and
she feared the reduction was owing to
Its color. I assured her that it match
ed my complexion exactly.
By the time Bert .arrived I was up
and about. Eyery now and then I
would catch sight of myself In a mir
ror and would be astonished, even
shocked, nt my appearance. My pallor
was heightened by my wig. and the
appearance was like an old woman
who had been trying to mnke herself
look young. But I refrained from say
ing a derogatory word to the mother
of the boy whom I was to attract In
deed, I pretended to be very much
pleased with myself.
.The result was what might have
been expected. Mrs. Crulkshnnk had
mentioned me hi her letters to ber son,
commending me for a beauty, and had
unfortunately spoken of my "tresses"
as my chief physical attraction. When
he met me he was so astonished at the
color of my head covering that his eyes
were, glued to it hi a fixed stare. Then
be shook bands with me, but ' there
was no warmth iu his grip. It was
plain to both his mother and me tbut
he had met with a great disappoint
uient
After remaining at home a few days
submitting to his mother's caresses be
made an excuse to get away to the
city, saying that be must go on busi
ness for the ship. I could see that his
mother was greatly disappointed at the
III success of her plan for keeping him
at home by offering me as au attrac
tion. He said he would be away a
month, nnd on his return would sail
again. Ills mother resigned herself to
what she could not help, and we were
left alone.
One ulght when we had gone to bed
there came a rap at the front door,
(iettlug out of bed I douned a dressing
gown and without putting on my wig
went downstairs with a lighted candle
to see what was wanted. Opening the
door there stood Bert
As nt our first meeting bis gaze was
fixed upon my hair, but now my own
balr, and Instead of disappointment 1
saw admiration. My bnir is naturally
kinky, nnd it was now long enough to
stand In little ripples.
"Kor heaveu's sake!" he exclaimed.
"What's become of the sorrel?"
I burst Into a laugh, and called to his
mother that her boy bad returned.
Bert's manner toward me was com
pletely changed. He did not sat) as
expected, having been offered a ship
of his own. und when he did sail he
took bis mother und his wife with him,
I being the wife. It Is needless to say
that the old lady was delighted, and
as for me well, I was by no means dls
trmsed. We Insure
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; ? This Puzxla Question?
With the rent six weeks In arrears
Scribbler sat trembling lest the land
lady should hear the beating of- his
heart and call for a reckoning. Pres
ently there reached his ears the sound
of fierce words, as of two striving to
gether In deadly argument. Scribbler
became awiire that . Mr. and Mrs.
Slumpkins were engaged in uuravellug
one of their domestic tangles."
At length there came a light tup on
tlie dour.
Scribbler looked toward the window
as n possible avenue of escape. How
ever, before he could make up his mind
to try the rainspont route the "door
opened cnutiouy, and first Slumpkins"
bald head appeared and then the rest
of hhu crept slowly In.
In a whisper he. ad vised Scribbler not
to pay Mrs. Slumpkins, insomuch as
she was not the head of the house.
Scribbler acquiesced and Slumpkins
disappeared.
A little later another rap on the door,
this time more fnslsteut, caused Scrib
bler to look up. It was Mrs. Slumpkins.
"Say. don't pay tny old mnu any mon
ey. Mr. Scribbler. He won't do nothing
but drink It up. This morning I had to
let him know who runs this house., We
ain't speaking to each other now."
Again Scribbler acquiesced.
That was six months ago. They
tjaven't spoken to each other yet and
Scribbler goes on his way rejoicing.
Puzzle question: What will be the
first question they ask when they start
speaking again '(-Satire.
TINY ELECTRIC IONS.
Scienc. Says They Are the 8mallost
Units In the World.
We used to tblnlc that about the
smallest thing In the world was an
atom of hydrogen. In fact It was
tnkeu as th-unlt by which the atomic
weight of all metals was expressed.
For Instance, the smallest possible di
vision of the metal lead was found to
be 'JOU times that of hydrogen, gold
10(. times, etc.
Hand in hand, however, with the
modern conception of the nature of
the electric current, has come a new
conception of infinitude In small things.
Now, they say. the smallest thing In
the world divlsable by the hand of
man Is the electric ton. This Is the
Individual unit of electricity, the mov
ing part of u current when It passes
through a wire. It Is so small that It
can run through a copper bar at a
speed of 180,000 miles a second with
out turning corners. Electric Ions
trickle through a copper wire In much
the same way as grains of sand
through a seve.
Scientists,' nrmed .with instruments
considerably finer than grocery store
scales, have Isolated and measured
them nnd found that their relation to
that lightest of all gases, hydrogen, Is
as one to the seventeenth power of
ten, or. In Other words, the fraction
representing their relation to an atom
of hydrogen Is expressed by a mllllon-niUllon-millionth.
Chicago Record
Herald. ; Generous Soul.
"Now, Jim." said the old lady to her
son, who was about to leave the coun
tryside to try his luck In ' London,
"there's plenty of money In that big
city, for the streets are said to be even
paved with gold."
Jim "had his doots," but these were
quickly removed, for be had barely got
out of Huston station when, to his sur
prise, he espied slyly reposing on the
kerb n bright, gllttvrlng sovereign v Ea
gerly he picked It up nnd walked a lit
tle further on, when he came across a
blind man who was begging.
At once his sympathetic tienrt went
out to the unfortunate man, and as bu
put the sovereign Into tils nana be said:
"Take this, my'friend. I can see 'em,
tha' cnn't!'-London Globe.
Scared Both of Them.
When Justice Maule was on tho
bench n bullying counsel was one day
browbeating nn elderly female witness
In a case before him. Having badgereQ
her Into a state of utter speechlessness,
the lawyer appealed to the Judge to
make her answer his questlous. "Why
do you not answer, madam?" asked the
Judge. "Because, my lord, he scares
me so," replied the trembling woman.
"So does he me, ma'am," suld the judge.
Law Notes.
Like th. Mythical Dragon.
In the Malay archipelago is a reptile
much like the mythical dragon. It has
false ribs that extend the loose skin
nnd form Its wings. There is ulso a
frog with spreading feet that makes a
parachute which enables It to tilt from
tree to tree, and a flying lemur that can
spread out its whole body like nn um
brella und leap and fly a hundred feet
at a time, from the top of one tree to
another.
. .Preaching and Practice.
"Isn't It . horrid." remarked Miss
Swyftly to her friend "Isn't It horrid
thnt men will put these nasty old pipes
Into their months?"
"Yes," said her friend emphatically
as she stooped and tenderly kissed the
black fuce of her pet pug-"yos, Indeed
It is." Peurson's.
A Suggestion,
"John." said Mrs. Slithers, "where
can I get a set of resolutions passed by
our Clvc Sorority yesterday en
grossed ?"
"I really don't know, my dear," said
Slithers "Why don't you hnve them
embroidered?" -Judge.
Accuracy Is the twin brother of honesty.-Simmons.
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Confession
And Yet There Was
Nothing to Confess
By F. A. MITCHEL
Two middle aged Indies sat over a
cup of tea. One was forty-two, the
other forty-one. Tliey had beeu In
timate friends some fifteen years be
fore, bad been separated, having gone
to live iu different places, and now
had come together again and wero
summing up, so to speak, that portion
of their lives which lay behind them.
"How different have been our expe
riences!" suld the younger of the two.
"You, Margaret have known the Joys
of being a drlde, the companionship of
married life und the sorrows of wid
owhood, wlille I have looked upon the
promised laud of matrimony always
from a distance. Aud now we are
both alone, without husband or chil
dren. We have come nt last to the
same position, but not the same condi
tion. You as a widow are a very dif
ferent person from me, nn old maid."
"In whnt do you consider this differ
ence to consist, Helen?" asked the
THE MOMENT THE WORDS WKIIE SPOKEN
11KLEN HBOllBl-rKD THKM.
other, looking up nt her friend with a
pair of expressive, inquiring eyes.
"It consists in so niauy things that
It would be Impossible to Und a word
under which to group them. If you
ask me the principal difference It has
produced between you and me I will
say that It lies in this you know
what it hi to be loved by a good man.
I do uot."
The widow leaned back in her chair
nnd looked at vacancy. She seemed
to be absorbed iu thought thought on
what ber friend bad enunciated. At
last she said:
"What we look at from without Is
usually very different from what we
find It when we come to experience It
Love before marriage Is not what It Is
after marriage. The first Is nn absorb
ing pusslou, the second Is companion
ship. One is violent and may easily be
turned to hate; the other Is quiescent
nnd, so long ns It Is not Interrupted,
may be strong and enduring."
"Interrupted by death you mean, I
suppose."
"Not that alone; there are many oth
er causes which may throw one who
loves back Into the passionate condi
tion thnt exists before marriage I
menu a condition of suffering,' not of
pleasure."
"Do you believe In divorce, Mar
geret?" "Not If there are children Interested
thnt Is, If the father and mother can
live together on friendly terms."
"But you had no children." The mo
ment the words were spoken Helen re
gretted them. "I was thinking of your
feelings In a case that might be your
own," she continued. "What would
you have done, supposing your hus
band censed to love you and loved an
other woman?"
"In that case I should consider
whether a marrlago between them
would be for the best. If I thought so
I would consent to a divorce, that he
might marry his new love.v
Helen sipped her tea In silence. The
subject seemed of more interest to her
than to her friend. Indeed, she seem
ed to be moved by some deep feeling
connected with it. One looking at her
would hnve thought that she instead
of Margaret had the experiences of a
married woman. Presently Helen
spoke again.
"I nm glad, Margaret, that during
your married life nothing occurred to
break It. I cau not conceive of any
greater trouble to come to n woman
than n separation from the man she
has loved and married, and I tbauk
heaven that there Is one sin I have not
upon my conscience. I have never
done anything to turn a man from his
wife to me. nor have I permitted any
man to turn from his wife to me."
"No one who knows you, Helen,
would doubt that. Indeed." it Is quite
likely that n married man who would
yield to his Inclination for you would
be unworthy of you."
Helen started. It was evident from
her words as well as her friend's re-