THE NEW AGE, P.OUTLAXD, OREGON
LOVE'S REINCARNATION.
Dear heart, did wo meet long ngo,
And walk nnd tnlk together then?
I think thnt It must hnvo ben so,
If no, I wonder where or when.
Oft when you hlusli or stnllc for me.
When your eyes droop Before my gaze,
For one swift hrcnth I seem to see
Some dim, sweet scene from other dnys,
A gleam of gold on n stray trtsa
Of hair on which the sun has shone,
A loving touch, n soft caress.
Or in your voice some minor tone
Brings hack to me, like the sweet chlmo
Of silver hells on summer nlr,
The memory of a by-gone time
Of life nnd loving otherwbore.
I know thnt I hnve loved yon, dear,
K'er since I first hegnn to he,
My heart lintl missed you n.ny n ypnr,
When, nt the Inst, you enmo to me,
And then I knew that I had met
The one I sought, and by your side
I stay with nothing to regret,
Because my soul Is satisfied.
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TIIK general opinion prevailing In
tilt- village mill mountains tlmt
Dun Klrkwood wns a notorious
iiioonslilncr, nnd got his money from
the proceeds of hoiiio carefully lililden
distillery, where his nbimdiint crops of
corn were converted Into Illicit whisky,
while universal, hud no positive ground
to go on, except thnt Dun was undoubt
edly it rich mini, nnd no one knew how
lie got his money.
So rumor had It thnt not only wan
Dim cnptnln and rluglendcr of u hand
of moonshiners, but that In his early
days before liu came to the mountains
Hwlnglng along thu high rond one day,
whistling a inarching tune, that ho had
Hervcd his term In the penitentiary ns
well iih the army, for breaking Into a
bank or burglarizing some rich mini's
residence. The latter tale was started
by Illll Jones, a shifty eyed, lanky fel
low, owner of n prosperous country
toro In thu village, whose rancor
8TKANQE JU1IIIATIOX Iff MIS HTLHN FACT.
against Dan was duo to a Hiiiiuunry tils
nilsKiil from Dan's farmhouse, when his
visits to seo Miriam, Dan's handsome
young daughter, a slip of a girl of IB,
wero resented by her father with fiery
Indignation.
Dalton Fonwlck fell Into the pleas
ing hahlt of loitering away the morn
ing hours with Miriam on the well
Hhnded porch, while her elderly com
piinlon, Mrs. Carter, looked after cul
inary matters, over dear to her heart;
or In the afternoons of those bright
milliliter days they would stroll through
tho forest, sit on a reck at tlio foot of
(ileu lllrnle's falls and discuss mat
ters, ethical, social and others, to tho
sound of tho rush of the waters; or
they would drive to some distant hnni
let lying In the heart of a lonely valley,
coming back at nightfall when the last
glory of day had fallen behind the un
dulating ranges mid faint mists veiled
the peaks.
There must have been somo very Bpo
clal cause which absorbed and occupied
Dan Kirk wood those days. Ills horse
would be saddled and brought to the
door, and after u hasty breakfast ho
would ride off, over the sanio trail
through the woods, coining back Into In
the afternoon, Jaded, but with a strnngo
Jubilation In his stern face, although ho
Mild nothing as to the cause of It, or
the reason tor his continued absences.
That ho rode far was evident from
the tired walk and drooping neck of bis
sorrel when ho got back, nor did ho
visit bis mill or farm, tho young mnn
In charge of both coming nightly to
make his rejiort.
Miriam was surprised, then vaguely
uneasy, but was too proudly devoted to
her father to have any doubts concern
ing him or his occupation, nor would
tdio ask any questions, as he did uot
volunteer to explain.
"We are going on a grand expedition
to-morrow, dad. I wish you wero iiot
so busy and could go with us," Miriam
said, placing a loving hand on her fath
er's shoulder.
"I wish I could, girlie. Whero nro
you going? I suppose Dalton will be
ulong?"
"Oh, yes. Wc Intend to picnic In
Black Cave. Dear old Carter has got
ten up a famous lunch basket. We will
drive there in the four-seated trap, and
Joe will come along to look after tho
liorses."
Black Cave, half way up Black
Mountain, Is n singular and rather
tartllng place to visit.
It runs back from the sharp declivity
of a precipitous cliff, which Is heavily
timbered, and the entrance, small and
narrow, is so hemmed In by shrubs and
bushes It Is only discernible to those
who know it, while the towering gran-
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An episode of the hunting season.
lte boulder Into which the cave runs Is
overgrown with a century-old forest
growth of hemlock and pines.
The drive back would have been glo
rious only Miriam complained -of a
headache, and thu horses being nettlu
some and the road rough, Daltbn's close
attention was required to avoid any
mishap.
It was growing toward dusk, but Dan
Klrkwood had not returned.
Bill Jones slouched up the walk to
the porch steps.
"Not homo yet 7 I thought not. Well,
I'm sorry to bring you bad news, hut
you've got to hear It sooner or later
and I may as well tell you," he said,
sitting down on the top step with an
affectation of ease badly assumed,
while Miriam sprang up and looked
down at him with blazing eyes.
"The ruvenuu otllcers have been noti
fied. They must havu arrested Kirk
wood by this time. IIu and his gang
have a still In lllack Cave. They'll be
caught red handed. I'm afraid Dan
will havu to go up. It's a penitentiary
offense, you know. IIu has made plies
of money out of It, but It's bad busi
ness to fool with thu United States gov
ernment. You'll be well off, even If he
Is In the pen."
With a hoarse cry Miriam caught up
her riding whip from the hall table.
"Get out of here, you curt" she said,
ixliitliig to the gate. "It's a lie and
you k'now it. You are a spy and an in
former. Dan will look ufter you when
he gets back."
With a cackle Intended to Imply In
difference Bill retreated from the steps.
"I thought you'd cut up rough. Don't
like to know wheru Dad's money camu
from, do you? Guess they'll bring him
homo soon."
IIu was right there, for a squad of
revenue olllcers rode rapidly up to thu
house, Dan Klrkwood In their midst.
With a low cry Miriam sprang to
ward him.
"Dad! Dad! It's all a mistake, 1
know. Tell these men you havo noth
ing to do with it. Send them off!" she
cried, her arms around his neck.
Dan's face lit up with a strange look
of triumph.
"Come Into the house," he said, turn
ing to tlio men with an air of author
ity. "Olllccr, bring your men In, ami
that fellow, also," ho added, olntlng
scornfully to Bill Jones, who had
stopped when they rode up.
While they were dismounting n road
cart, driven furiously, pulled up beforo
the steps and Dalton sprang to tho
ground.
"1 wish to sjieak to this gentleman
on a private matter. It will take but a
few moments," lie said, turning to the
otllccr In command.
"If It's got uothlng to do with this
business "
"Nothing whatever."
Dalton drew Dan apart and spoke
rapidly and earnestly. Dan's face, in
spito of Ids stern self-control, showed
great emotion as ho wrung tho young
man's baud.
They wero grouped in n handsomo
room, Dan's library.
"Gentlemen," Dan said, passing his
arm around Miriam, while Mrs. Carter
sobbed on a sofa. "You were Informed
by that cur that I made Illicit whisky
In Black Cave. That for years I have
defrauded tho government nnd grown
rich on Illicit whisky. You nro nilstak
en. There Is a gold mine of consider
able extent running back in tho moun
tains from IHnck Cave. I discovered
it, and I've been working it for years.
I hnve legalized my claim. How much
I have made out of it is my concern.
I kept my secret, not wishing to bring
Into these mountains a horde of gold
seekers. You may do ns you please
about it now. Here ure my titles. I
will sell out and go back to my old
home with my daughter ns soon ns she
Is ' mnrrled." New Orleans Times
Democrat,
Cnutloua lu the I.liult.
Jacks Tpwnloy Is an exceedingly
cautious man, don't you think?
Johns Cautious 1 Why, ho wouldn't
pay a compliment without getting a re-
cclut for It. Youkcrs Statesman.
GROUNDS."
Indlnnnpolls Sun.
A JEW IN THE CABINET.
mr . Mr... i scr.ir
n.n l?X'n'7 olJnl S SfrniM
I he selection of Oscar S. Hlriuw
Secretary of Coiuniercu and Labor
i. i ,i r
be
of more than ordinary Interest for tho
reason that he Is a
Jew the llrst ever
to be selected for a
place lu the otllclal
family of the Pres
ident of the United
States. He has
been recognized as
a Itepublleau for
only a few ycam.
I? n d e r President
Cleveland ht was
o. b. siitAtis. minister to Turkey
and President McICIuley appointed him
to the same place. Kveii at that tlmu
lie wan considered a gold Democrat,
hut of Into years he has allied himself
with thu Itepublleau parly.
Oscar Solomon Strauss, was bom In
1S."0, son of the late l.azarus Straus,
the Now York lniHrter. Thu boy was
tsirn In Georgia and remained thero
till 1S0.-1. The war ruined ills father,
who In that year moved to New York
and established a crockery business
which became a groat success. Oscar
graduated from Columbia University,
supporting himself whllo nt school by
writing for tho newspapers. Then ho
took up the study nnd practice of Inw.
I.t was lu 1887 thnt ho was npisoluted
minister to Turkey, his knowledge of
International law and his natural apti
tude for diplomacy making him a suc
cess In that position, it was under him
that r() schools and fi.'.O missions wero
oiM'iiod and amply protected. All his
lift) he has been u deep student of his
tory and International law and Is the
author of several works dealing with
these subjects. He Is president of thu
New York Bonrd of Tradu anil Trans-
IKirtatlon, vleo president of tho Na
tlonnl Civic Federation, a director of
tho Jlohruw Orphan Asylum and of sev
eral religious ami uou-sectarlaii Insti
tutions. Though there has never Ik'oii a Jew
lu the cabinet, there havo Ik-oij live
elected to the Senate. Judah P. Iteii
Janiln wns tho only one of thesj who I
iH'camo a leader nuiong his colleagues,
Ho wns n sympathizer with the south
y
lu tho Civil War and was Secretary of I "" I "t here to-day, sir," resM)iid
State In Jefferson Davis.' cabinet. In the clerk. "Ills father Is dead."
tho Houso of Itepresentatlves thero I Some days later the chairman again
have neen about -10 Jews, of whom four for thu missing employe, only to
are serving nt the present time.
FREAK8 IN ANIMAL WORLD.
Iloraen, OhIi it ml Kr n it llure I'eeii
llnr .Natural li-rccU.
Unlike most animals horses have no
eyebrows and hares are minus eyelid.
Consequently the eyes of the latter can
not be shut and a thin membraneous
substance covers them when asleep.
Tho eyo of the owl Is also very pecu
liar, seeing that It Is Immovably fixed
lu Its socket and can not stir lu any
direction. To compensate for this seem
ing disadvantage it can turn Its head
almost completely around without mov
ing its body.
If you wero to keep n frog's mouth
open many minutes It would soon die.
as owing to Its peculiar construction H
eau only breatho witli tho mouth closed,
On tho other hand, fishes nro compelled
to keep opening and closing their
mouths In order to give their respira-
tory organs full play. i
A curious fact about tho eel Is that
It has less life lu Its head than Its
tall; consequently when killing nn eel
tho fisherman smashes Its tnll. It alsn
has two hearts. Snakes usually havo
their teeth In the head, but ono variety
In Africa, whose principal food Is eggs.
Is provided with n substitute for them
lu ita stomnch. Dundee Advertiser.
HtrlkliiK ArKuiueula,
"So you object to the whipping post
In penologlc rerorm?"
"Yes, for do we not know thnt It Is
the liest beaten way which leads to
perdition and thnt the system Is more
apt to lash a man Into fury than to
strike him favorably?" Baltimore
American,
MAKING FARCli OF WEDDINQ.
Senele nnil Cruel Custom llelter
Honored III (lie llreneli.
A wedding episode In wh'.'h the brldo
rode t the railway station ! a street
cir lather than make the tr'u In a car
riage ornamented with ilucMrlng white
ii'iiMiiis and pasteboard ho.n't.s furnish
iv' Iiite.'estlng reading for the Wash-Ii-sto.
public recently. lhure li a
in re or less serious side to Mich Inel
h. 'i which Is often overlooked, owing
to the fact that the sorlo ionic villain
I ikely to be a Jolly good ft How who
hi tn veuly abandon of tits rrollcsonie
iiiiiui.il nature force his Hlipstlek per
fi'.illlv Into the drama In the best of
M "iidly high spirits. An I n.rely tho
J' y good follow Is all rlglit where ho
belonss. Hut when he iresumes to
lu.u" a burlesque of sa"ivd coroino-
in. Is and terrorizes blushing brides
i -l pallid bridegrooms hu becomes, to
tie a feminine expression appropriate
to tin subject, a mean, horrid old thing.
In the home circle or among the
don friends of "thu happy pair" a
'M tie Innocent waggery may i.ot appear
unbearably out of place. Hut wag
gery ns toon as It appro true horse
play Is objectionable as a feature of
wedding festivities. Tim marriage
rite Is as holy and as lin.ro-slvo and
m.i beautiful as any associated with
wl.nt Is known as our Christ Inn civil
isation and thu Jolly good fellow who
Intel feres with Its proper observance
1 at oiieu changed Into n Jolly bad
yahoo.
The cruelty of the thing U also worth
considering. All thu feminltiu love of
ceremonial display and .irultil atten
tion to artistic details is awakened In
a bride and of all things In thu heav
ens altovo or on the earth ou'ienth thero
Is nothing she would r-.rner havu per
"I n(l ,, ir ,,,, ,,, er
tol11r,W "'. own to the unit trifling
to , , connected with It. Hut
Ih 'ruiinsiauct urn uuiui w mi i. uue
im "long come-! the Jolly good fellow and
feet and altogether seemly than Iilt
ilong conies the Jolly good
makes It a source of torment. Wash
ington Herald.
LONDON'S NEW LORD MAYOR.
hill WII.I.IAM HtKIJIAIl.
Sir William P. Treloar, whose Inaug
uration as Lord Mayor of London was
marked by a pageant symbolic of the
seven centuries of the city's growth, Is
much Interested lu charity work. It Is
expected that his administration will
start some excellent movements to re
Hove the condition of the poor. King
P.dwnril sent his customary donation to
the little cripples' Christmas fund,
which Sir William founded, and ex
pressed hlf pleasure at Its flourishing
condition.
A I.niiHT Tlmr.
In the service of a certain committee
of the Semite, tho chairman of which
Is a Southern Senator, Is a certain
writer, lu addition to the clerk of thu
Minmlttce.
One day the chairman, missing the
very capable stenographer, inquired of
l'1" l'ri where he was.
receive the sumo reply from the clerk
"Ho Is uot hero to-day, sir. His fath
er Is dead."
The chairman said nothing, but look
ed very Interested.
I A full week thereafter thu head of
the committee for the third time In
quired as to thu whereabouts of the
stenographer, lu reply the clerk be
gan the usual announcement:
I "IIu Is nut here today, sir. Ills "
I "Will you kindly advise me," Inter
rupted thu chairman, with alarming
suavity, "whether that young man In
tends to stay away from his duties all
tho tlmo his father Is dead?" Harper's
Weekly.
Aiitlrliatlni lllm,
"Kntluirliie," said Hob, as lm brought
his club chums down to thu dcjMit plat
form, "these are all my friends."
"(Had to meet you, gentlemen," re-
piled the bride sweetly; "and I am so
iorry that you are going to be sick."
"Sick?" echoed the crowd In uston-
Ishment. "Why should you think we
are going to Ixi sick?"
"Oh, becuuso soon after tho honey-
moon a married man always finds a
treat many sick friends to sit up with."
Columbus Dispatch.
Of hii UiiomtriilitllouN Turn.
"Is that all thu work you can do
In a day?" asked thu discontented em
ployer. "Well, sub," nnswered Krastus Pink-
ley, "I h'ikjso I could do mo', but I
never wns much of u band foh showlu'
off." Washington Star.
A married man seldom gets tho last
word, because of his Inability to re
tnulu awuku-
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Count Bonl do Castelliine has squnti-
"lured $8,000,000 in four years. Half
of the millions were thu Gould millions
nnd the other half belonged to trusting
tradesmen. Notwithstanding the III
timed boasting of l'llny, Seneca and
Juvenal, now principally read by col
lege boys against their will, of the abil
ity of the royal money spenders In their
time, the Count do Castellane appears
to deserve the palm as the king or
spendthrifts. .Starting out to vie with
Aplolim who. upon the statement of the
ancient writers mentioned, squandered
$1,000,000 on riotous living, he has sur
passed I.ucullus, who "at one meal de
voured a whole estate."
Although the late Jay Gould Is cred
ited with having left an estate of $".
000,000 In rapidly Increasing Invest
ments, thu dowry Anna Gould brought
to thu French nobleman win only $U,
000,000. This was regardeihas ample.
considering tho fact that It was prao
'Hy fl.OOO.OOO more than the Count
tieally fl.OOO.OOO more than the Co
I ;" "customed to enjoy. Under
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Under thu
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so
that at a stroke of the pen thu poor
Count had millions to spend.
Wisdom does not appear to have
guided any oxienillluro of which the
Count has been guilty. He put his
wife's whole dowry Into a town house
lu Paris, modeled after the I.lttle Tria
non. Then there Is a country house
which cost another half million. A
yacht cost $i!UM)00 and a yacht cannot
be kept lu commission for nothing, nor
a crow paid with "I. O. V.W Ills at
tempt to become a politician cost an-
I ..., it IJw. Jt.Wk
inner ?iinMiuw.
But the enumeration of his follies Is
by no means concluded. Ilnul Is fond
of entertaining. Most of thu entertain
ing was of a character responsible for
, leading him Into court as a defendant
In a suit for divorce. ot It was not at
all equal to tho extravagant way lu
which he provided entertainment for
royal guests. He gave a bear hunt for
thu Grand Duke liorN of llussla. This
THE CATHEDRAL OF ST.
Tho Cathedral of St. Isaac at the KiishIiiii capital, Is not only ouo of tho
most Imposing churches lu St. i'etershuig, but It Is abo a somewhat reduced
replica of St. Peter's nt Home. It has all I be dignity of thu Itomiiu model,
and Its proportions nro rather more successful. The Interior of tho Itusslau
temple lu nowise resembles the great basilica of the Piazza dl Sail i'lelro. It
is far moru splendid In Its ornamentation and iiImmiiiiIs lu color ami gold. It
was begun lu 1HII) and was under construction for thirty-six years. It I
certainly one of tho best examples of neoclasslc architecture In Europe.
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Tlio Great Wall Is certainly a won
derful monument of ancient times; but
It Is almost the only ouo that we read
of lu China, except a famous Temple,
or Tower, partly III ruins, which stands
on an eminence lu the neighborhood of
Hang-chow-foo. It Is called the "Tow
er of the Thundering Winds" ami Is
supposed to have been built about V,000
yearn ago,
lllack Walnut (alien to Germuur,
Black walnut Is produced lu this
tountry ut uu utiuual ruto of ubout 'Si,'
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cost Monl $100,000. The Duke could
have given a better one In Ktissla for
one-twentieth the sum. A hunting party
for the King of Portugal cost only ?2.".
000, for his Majesty Is very stout, ami
his activity as a hunter Is limited to)
shooting at released trapped birds or
ficul deer. The luncheon which foN
lowed was responsible for fo large mi
expend It ure. No extravagance was too
stupendous or too astonishing to tut
neglected by Count t ton I once he li.idl
conceived the Idea for an entertal.u
iiient. Ills dinner to the King of Porj
tugul made him famous. According to
various reports It ran the Count ulmuC
?.'0,C00 lii debt.
Another entertainment which wasi
the talk of "all Pails" was a "llttlo
dance, Louis XVI. style." This cos
tume ball was very charming, and not
too dear at $00,000. A moru' modest
dniice-l.ouls XIV. style cost JRIIIO.OOU.
Hoth of tluMo fetes were appropriate lu
the palatial setting which tin Castel
lane mansion afforded. One celling of
thu palace, that of thu Countess's room,
was decorated at an expenso of $H0,
000, as an evidence of the Count's grat
itude. When thu Countess' lawyer do
uouiiicd Hon! as a "monumental spend
thrift," he evidently was well Inform
ed, for the rapidity with which tho
Count showered money and obliga
tions for more money has pcrhap-t
never been equalled. .
There Is far more fiction than trutli
lu the accounts of the royal HHud
thrifts of former ages. For luHtiincoJ
the statement that Caesar's supper blltsi
for four months were more than live)
millions storllng-or almost $t.tl,000,00q
Is probably exaggerated. Some
plana lory notes are needed also wltU
thu anecdote of Antony giving his cookj
a town of .'iri.000 Inhabitants. Next
morning, very likely, Antony rebuked
him for fulling to take a Jake. But tho)
case of the Count do Castellane Is Am
of those modern Instances which, In m
measure, Is open to thu Inspection of
the world.
ISAAC AT ST. PETERSBURG..
000,000 feet. Tho larger portion of It
now comes from South western Missou
ri, Arkansas, Oklahoma ami Indluo
Territory, although there Is somo scat
terliig growth still picked up lu hulls
ana, Ohio, Tennessee and West Vlr
gliila. Thu most considerable stand or;
the wood remaining east of the Missis
sippi river Is on tho upper waters of
tho Giiyaudotto river In West Virginia.
The home demand for black walnut
lumber Is only for comparatively small)
quantities. Its use Is largely conflucill
to gun stocks, novelties, electric work,
etc, Tho chief demand for wiiluutj
comes from Germany, ami Humbiiig lj
tho commercial center of the market.
Southwest Magazine.
Nuni of ller I'liei.
A small girl was fascinated by tho
talo of tho "Three Hears," as told her
by a visiting nurse. Uvery time tho
uurso came she was asked to repeat It.
lu "The Ojicon's Poor" the nurse tells
of tlit child's opinion.
Noticing that during the almost dul
ly recital the llttlo girl kept her eys
on a picture of somo boyH playing
football, I wondered what coiiiKvtl.ui
there was lu her mind between the two,
and finally I asked her, "What nro
hours?"
With tho level tones of a person per
fectly sure of her facts, sho replied.
"Hears Is boys,"
When a girl wants to see her Kclovcil
to-night, mid learns that she can't so
him till to-morrow night, the day of
Judgment docsult seem to bo half as far
off.
From thu vlowjiolut of a scuslhlo
person Imitation Is the most disgust
lm; form -'' flattery.
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