I
IIERR STEINHARDTS NEMESIS
BY ?. MACLAREN COBBAN.
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CHAPTER I-Continned.
"Ah," h said to me, "so you've
come to try and enlighten our Hotten
tots about a thing or two in this world
and the next. Well, von ran only do
your best, you know; we'll try to make
you comfortable and back you up.
Come all the way from London today,
I suppose; have you got yourself fixed
up yet in the village? what some
author chap Matthew or Mark Sum
mat or other calls a 'Lancashire
Hell-hole.' Well, we're not quite so
bad as that yet here, but we're petting
to it. But it can't be helped, you
know; we ha' gone forrard and we own
go forrarder, as the rabbit said when
he let th' weasel get him into a hole.
Yea, 'Hell-hole;' but it ahould be a
useful change for you ; it may give you
an idea when you . want to describe to
your congregation the real"
"Jim, lad," interrupted his sister,
"you're forgetting yourself?"
"Eh? Oh? ah, well I can reniem-
her, you know, when all round about
here was as sweet and pretty a place I
waa born back o th White Moss" (in
dicating that locality over his shoul
der), "Xoppleton way."
Thus the full, quaint and careless
stream of his talk flowed on. meander
ing about one person and another, this
subject and that. He seemed a well of
curious and fearsome Lancashire lore
lore of the days when spinning and
weaving were done in the cottage homee
of remote hamlets and homesteads,
when Lancashire energy applied itself
to useful work and not to useless toil,
when its fabrics were made to be worn
and not merely to be sold the days
when the steam engine was not yet
with its all -devouring, all-enslaving ma
chinerv. We had talked thns for ate it an hour
or, rather, listened to Mr. Birley
talk when he paused and looked round
(he had been fidgeting in his chair for
some time.)
"What's got "Manule?" he said, ad
dressing his sister. "Is he stuck till
midnight in his laboratory again?
Doesn't seem as if that smoke was to
come off tocight. In Paul's house now
it used to be 'Smoke where you please'
drawing room or anywhere. Poor
Paul!"
I was astonished and alarmed to see
Miss Laaoix rise hurriedly, and glide
Without a word from the room. Mrs.
Steinhardt made as if she would follow
her, bat she did not. She sank back
in her chair with a sigh.
"Jim! rim!" she exclaimed, re
proachfully. "Why will yoi say
things, when yon know the poor girl
cannot bear allusions to it?"
. "Ah," said Birley, humbly. "Poor
lass! Her father," he explained, turn
ing to me, "has never come back from
London. Poor Paul!" He was visibly
anected.
He bad to go to the law courts
there," said Mrs. Steinhardt, "more
than a year ago, about some dreadful
business of the chemical works he was
xny husband's partner."
"Hildersheimer Lacroix and Stein
narat" (irons turned on the music
stool to correct his uncle's pronuncia
tion.) "Well," said he, "that's all
right; anyway that was the rase.
aiay ue turning again to me you
rememuer 11 in ice papers. It was
about the infringement of a chemical
patent 'Manuel had put them up to in
his eternal laboratory."
"Nay, uncle," interrupted Frank,
Boshing up. "It wasnt father's fault
more than anyone else's."
"Ay, lad," said Birley, "of course
you know all about it. But you're
right to Btand up for your father. How
ever, Paul, as the chief of the firm,
went up to London to right the case; he
fought and lost to the tune of 20,000
pounds damages which, I suppose,
drove Jiiin mad, poor fellow, for he's
never come back made away with
himself, very likely, or, somehow, got
made awsy with."
"But, surely," interrupted Frank
again, "it could hardly be the damages
did it, uncle? You remember he went
to Paris after the trial about some pat
tern business for the print works, and
then got back to London again."
"Ay, lad out 20,000 pounds dam
ages can make a man feel very queer all
the way to Paris and back. At any
rate, poor Paul's gone lost in the great
London wilderness."
"It is a very extraordinary affair,"
said I. "But I dont' remember seeing
anything of it in the papers."
"It got into the papers, though,"
said Birley, "to some extent not
much. We didn't want a noise about
private, painful thing like that,."
"But." said I, wondering, "I sup
pose inquiries were made?"
"They made inquiries high and low,"
said Birley; "they laid detectives on,
and everything, but nothing came of it.
Did there, Frank?"
"No," said Frank "nothing at all."
"Did vou try to trace him out of Lon
don?" I asked. "I suppose they did,"
said Birley.
"Tes oh yes," said Frank.
I wondered that Birley should keep
using the word "they." Had he borne
no share in the investigation himself?
I had my thought answered at once.
"I wasn't able to go to London my
self," said Birley; "I was laid up with
a broken leg; and, when I got better, I
didn't think it was any use my going.
There was an end of Paul that was
certain ; for he wasn't the man to knock
under like, and get lost just."
In a little while Miss Lacroix re
turned, with apology for her with
drawal. "I had a littleof headache," said she.
I now saw more clearly the encroach
ments which grief, and what I cannot
describe by other words than "anxious
waiting," had made on a young life
which would, unoppressed, I was sure,
have been so full of spirit and mirth.
I longed there and then with an earnest
desire that I might do something to
brighten her life, to remove the weight
of uncertainty and grief which burdened
it, and preyed upon it.
But I had little further opportunity
for talk with ber that night. In a few
minutes Mr. Steinhardt returned. We
heard then what were the causalties re
totting from the falling of the bell
t:
tower. A horse had been killed, as,
also, had been a sow with her litter
and two pigs had been so injured that
the butcher had to be summoned. We
were now invited into the smoking
room; tit Mr. Birley rose, and said he
must be going; he would smoke his
pipe on the way home "wi' th' parson."
'Tarson smokes, I suppose?'' said
he, laying his hand on my shoulder.
So he and I departed together. The
valley was asleep under a white pall of
fog; but the weird tongues of flame
still flickered on the slope and ridge
oehiud and beyond us (from coke ovens,
my companion explained), and the tall
chimneys dreamily and intermittentlv
smoked. The great eh i miter of the
! chemical works, however, emitted not
j so much smoke as a thin pinkish vapor,
wnicn stole away imperceptibly over
ine neighborhood to poison all ereen
things, and to filter through the cracks
and crevice of doors and windows, to
trouble sleepers with lethargy and head
ache. "By George!" exclaimed my compan
ion. "He'll get fined again some dav.
Paul used to be always at him about it.
Poor Paul!"
So ended my first evening in Timper
ley a memorable eveuing for me. I
had made the acquaintance of one
whom I have reason now to call as dear
a friend as I have ever known, and as
good a man as fortune has ever ne
glected, and of another who is now the
dearest of all earth's creatures to me.
CHAPTER II.
I frequently looked in upon the
ladies at Timperley Hall, ami took a
four-o'clock cup of tea with them (not,
however, to the neglect of other, if lees
pleasant, parochial visitations). Dur
ing these visits we talked without that
constraint which somehow Mr. Steiu
bardt's presence imposed upon us.
Miss Lacroix and I agreed in our opin
ions concerning the ruthlessnese with
which Lancashire pushed on its indus
trial way: we often astonished poor
Mrs. Steinhardt (sometimes even our
selves) by the warmth with which we
would discuss the outrage done to man
and nature.
One afternoon we talked thus. It
was well on in springtime; the stream
was running full and all nature, in
spite of drawbacks, was striving to look
green. I told them bow that morning
I had stood by the little plank bridge
jusi oeiow umperiey Hall, lookW
across at the dreadfully lumbered little
peninsula on which the ruined spinning
mill stood, when thete turned up at my
elbow an old man whom I knew by
signi as an ex-hand loom weaver.
A fine brook, that, parson," he
said.
lea, said I, suiting my reply to
what I thought his persiflage; "what a
pity no trout seem to know of it!"
"Ah, but," said he, sadly, "there
were trout in it wonst; though there's
been none for mony a day. Trout!
Aw defy onything to live in that, bout
gettin' cured first, like a red herrin' or
a sallymander! There was a lad
drowned like as It might be this spring,
and he were never found till like as it
might be next back end, down tbeer in
that mud; be were not gone at all, but
he were cured tbro' and thro; black,
mon black!"
This I told ; and then I continued:
"Drowning, they say, is an easy death;
but to drown in such a stream as that
seems horribly repulsive. I fancy no
one would eare to commit suicide in it."
I perceived my stupid blunder as
soon as I had spoken; I had not
thought that what I said could be taken
as "allusive" to the disappearance of
Mr. Lacroix.
"Excuse me," said Miss Lacroix, ris
ing hurriedly, "I do not feel very well.
Do not come, Mrs. Steinhardt; I shall
get better by myself."
I of course made apology to Mrs.
Steinhardt for my stupidity.
"Yes," said she; "you see she can't
bear any kind of allusion to her
father's end. She told me soon after
she came here (she couldn't, vou know.
go on living in that big bouse up there
all by herself) she told me a strange
dream she had once or twice when her
father was missing the strangest thins.
but I scolded her so, she has never said
another word to me about it. Still
fancy she thinks great deal about her
father, though she does not say mnch ;
mey were rare and fond o' one another.
lhat very evening I unexpectedly
learned from Miss Lacroix herself what
that strange dream was. I was return-
: U 1 , . r . i .
"g "y uiuuuugui irom me nouse oi a
parishioner along that same road which
brst brought me upon the valley. Pass
lng me pond on my right (which I be
fore mentioned as reflecting the lighted
windows of the many storeved mill). I
observed a figure, cloaked and hooded.
sianaing on me margin of the pond
unuur uiie ui mo trees. 1 paused a
minute, while my heart beat with ap-
prenension, and then l passed through
a gap in the fence and aoDroached.
The figure turned quickly, as if impa
tient at the intrusion, and in the pale
moonngni i recognized the face of Miss
Lacroix.
Miss Lacroix!" I exclaimed.
"Yon here!"
Oh, Mr. Unwin." she beean. in
evident tension of feeling-, "I could not
rest indoors, and so I came down to see
Uncle Jaques; I could not remain with
him, and so I came out here to look at
this, which al
'Look!"
I stood by her side and looked: this
is what I saw: An inverted reflection
of the tall chimney of the chemical
works which was emitting, as it often
did late in the evening, its strange
pinkish vapor; this vapor in the reflec
tion looked as if it were slowly rising
iruui me uouom oi me pond, and, as
its color blended with the tints the
water somehow took as the breeze ruf
fled it this way or that, produced the
impression of a slowlv eimmeri no ran I.
dron of red. ereen. and mnir.hrn..
flame. This was so wonderfullv w),H
a fancy that I confess I felt my skin
creep. I turned my eyes away, and
then looked again, and again, but the.
impression was ever the same,
"It's indeed very strange!" I said.
"Is it not?" said she. "You se it
also? Mr. Pn win," h went on. turn
ing suddenly to me, and speaking with
a vehemence which Increased aa th
words came, "I have wished to tell you.
Vou are a clergyman, and must hear
m niak my confession; and you will
keep it secret to yourself. You have
heatd, perhaps, that my futher my
dear father: is thought to lie dead
now just a year ago?"
"I have," said I.
"He went to Ixwdon and to Taris
on buainesa, and he never came back.
It happened while he was away that I
lived ail by myself at home.' I slept
mind that night without dreaming.
wnen suddenly l bad a dream. I saw
vapor or flam slowly rising just like
that I saw a man plunge into it, and
I knew the man was my father I felt
he was. I awoke at once all trembling
and did not go to sleep again. That
was all my dream."
"Are you sure," I said, "that you
had not beaid some one Mrs. Stein
hardt, for instance suggest that he had
been drowned, and then you went and
dreamt of the peculiar appearance of
thia pond?"
"Xo, no, no!" she protested with
rapid vehemence. "Did I not say that
I dreamed it the very night on whioii
all trace of him was lost from his hotel
in london? Nobody thought then that
he was not coming home soon. And I
do not think I had noticed this pond
then. I have dreamed the same dream
several times since, but that mar be
nothing at all. I shall very likely
dream it tonight."
I turned away from the poud and
she followed me. We walked along in
silence for some distance.
"Oh!" she exclaimed, at length. "I
do long so very much to know what has
really happened to my dear father hit
poor father!"
"I wish I could help you to find out,"
I said ; "indeed I do. You may be
sure I ahall think of all you have told
me, and shall try to discover anything
more. I have friends in London who
may he of ose, if I mav mention it to
them."
"Oh, certainly, "sli answered. "You
are very aind. Bacon's Hotel, Great
Queen Street, is where he was last
heard of.
At a certain corner where the lane to
Timperley Hall diverged from the way
through the village, she insisted on
parting from me. I let her go with lit
tle hesitation, for I knew there was no
fear of her being molested.
It may be presumed that while I
smoked my post-coenal pipe I thought
over the strange scene at the pond, and
all that Miss Lacriox had said. It was
certainly very mysterious, but all the
conclusion I could reach concerning it
that night was a resolve to go and look
at the pond by day.
To b eoatinued)
A Dooblt Turn.
A man who was bicvcliim in South.
ern France was pushing his machine up
a steep hill when he overtook a peasant
wiu a donxey cart. The patient beast
was making but little progress, al
though it was doing its best.
Th benevolent cyclist, putting his
left hand against the back of the curt
and guiding bis machine with the other
hand, pushed so hard that the donkey,
taking fresh courage, pulled his load
successfully up to the top.
When the summit was reached th
peasant burst into thanks to his bene-!
factor.
"It was good of you, indeed, mon
sieur!" be protested. "I should never
in the world have got up tho hill with
only one donkey."
Whsrs the Hour Acted Htily.
Th house does funny things some
times. It passed a bill the other dar
establishing a lighthouse on tho coast
of North Carolina. The second section
of the bill provided that the "act ap
proved March 3, 1901. bo, and the
same is hereby repealed." The act
thns wiped off the statute books at one
fell swoop wag the sundry civil appro
priation bill, which appropriated mill
ions and millions of dollars for the ex
penses of the government. In the sen
ste the bill was amended so as to be
less sweeping in its effect. Washing
ton Post.
Industrial Consumption of Gold.
The industrial consumption of gold
in the United States in the calendar
year is estimated to have been flo,
667,500, and in the world approxim
lately $75,000,000. Although the
United States led the world last year in
the prodction of gold, our imports of
the metal exceeded our exports by the
sum of $12,866,101. The stock of gold
coin in the country, including bullion
in the mints, at the close of the fhcal
year was estimated at $1,124,652,818,
and the stock of silver coin at $010,
477,025. Khaki Color Doomed.
The British war office has decided
that after the Boer war is over kbaki
will not be used, but a working dress
will be made of a peculiar drab mix
ture, which is said to be of a more
neutral color than khaki rerge, so that
the present campaign will doubtless he
handed down to posterity as the khaki
war. This material, it is complained,
has not enhanced the appearance of
English soldiers, and the authorities
are by no means sstitfled that it has
added to their safety.
Worth of a Complrmmt.
Most compliments sound something
like this: "They say he is a thief, but ,
no never stole anything from me It
may be because I have watched him
closely, but so far I have nev r missed
anything." When you feel that your
friend deserves praise, why pay tribute
to his enemies in praising him?
So Stupid,
"Who wss that you just spoke to?"
asked the first Chicago woman; "his
face was rather familiar to me."
"I believe," said the other, "his
name is Jenks Henry Jenks."
"Oh! to be sure. How stupid of
me! He was my first husband."
Philadelphia Record.
Disgusted.
Manager What's this item in vour
expense account for "hardware, $50"?
Salesman Hardware? Oh. vet
that's for poker. I thought it would
look better put in that way.
Would Ut Boys Fight
Dr. Temple, the archbishon of Can.
tarbury. declares that it is not a bad
thing for boys to fight occasionally, pro
viaea mor is no leeilng oi malice.
ATTACKS SOCIETY WOMEN.
Eaiila Zola, the Fataoae Frenchman
Hakes Never Charge.
Emlle Zola has created a aeusatlon
In Paris by bis criticism of society
women. He wa Invited to lecture be
fore an aristocratic woman's literary
and political club and he shocked his
hearers at the outset by telling them j
that they were not what they pretend-I
ed to be.
"You pretend to be Interested In
these questions," Zola said, ' but really !
you are not Your days ar solely d-1
voted to foolish amusement and useless
actions, Interminable tollet-maklng te
am' with dressmakers, luncheons.
dinners, pink teas, so-called literary
lectures, receptions, balls and theater.
You spend your time In gossip which is
stupid when It Is not wicked.
You shirk motherhood, and when
you have children they are mostly in
trusted to mercenary hands. You
grovel with astonishing alacrity to
gain admittance Into social circles
above your own. and cannot conceal
your asinine contempt for people sup
posedly below yourselves. You reduce
your reluctant duty of charity to paltry
offerings for a few famous Institutions.
This is the sort of life a society woman
leads. What right have you to meddle
In philosophy, literature and polltlca?
It Is a mere accident of birth that
you are not factory girls or dry goods
saleswomen. And, were you such, cau
you feel certain that you would have
the courage to prefer honest, laborious
misery to blameworthy ease?"
DESTROYS MOTHS AT NIGHT.
In sections of the country where to
bacco la grown one of the chief trou
bles to contend with la the tobacco
moth, and the apparatus shown In the
cut has been designed especially to
combat thla pest, as well as to destroy
other Insects which mors about at
nl"ht It well known that moths
anJ other Insects are attracted by a
DESIONED TO KILL IXSECTS.
light shining out or the darkness, and
It Is this fact that William Hill Morgan
of Kentucky, makes use of In his trap,
which consists of a light Inclosed In a
metallic hood and provided with a re
flector and glass face, the latter being
set In a slantlug position. The lamp is
attached to ono edge of the' tray con
taining a mixture of kerosene oil and
water, and the angle of the glass In
front of the light causes the Insects to
fall Into the liquid when they strike
against the smooth surface. With a
number of these traps set at the sides
of a field a short distance above the
planta the Inventor claims that the
Injurious moths and other Insects will
exterminate themselves without the
trouble of searching for them.
Age of Olant Tree.
An age a great as five thousand
years has sometimes been ascribed to
the giant trees of California. Prof.
Charles E. Bessey of the University
of Nebraska regards this estimate as
very much exaggerated. He says that
he once counted with great care the
rings of growth of a tree felled lu
1853, and which was fully twenty-four
to twenty-five feet In diameter, so that
Its stump served as the floor of a danc
ing pavilion. The rings numbered
1,147, and that number would repre
sent the age of the tree In years. Prof.
Bessey adds that he gravely doubts
whether any of the existing trees ap
proach the age of two thousand years.
Darwin's Idleness,
When Darwin In bis old age was
bringing out his book on the habits of
plants his health was poor, and an old
; . t r ' . . ;
family seryant-a woman-overhearlug
his daughter express some anxletr !
but her father's condition, sought to j
reassure her by saylue: "HI believe
master's be ball right, madam, hlf 'e
only 'ad something to occupy Ms mind.
Sometimes 'e stands bin the conserva
tory from mornln' till night Just a
looking hat the flowers. Hlf 'e only
'ad something to do, 'ed be bovver so
much better, hl'm sure." No one, ft Is
declared, enjoyed the Joke more than
the great naturalist himself.
Not a Realist.
"Do you approve of realism in the
drama?"
"Certainly not," answered Miss Cay
enne. "If people on the stage talked
and behaved as stupidly as tbey do In
real life there would be no excuse for
going to the theater."-WashlDgton
Star. .
Products of the Paper.
Out of every 100 pounds of paper
manufactured In the world only six
pounds are made Into books.
Many a woman has said she would
die for a man who had no notion of
doing It
W 4
ERA OF BIG SALARIES
MEN WHOSE ABILITY COMMANDS
GREAT PAY.
Head of Lara- Corporattoa Wkt
Draw Annually la th NlBhborhoo4
of AO,lXH) for Tholr arvlr-lloa
Coalcou KiaatpUa,
The present seems to be th era of
high salaries. When Lyman J. Gag
left hi $8,000 cabinet place In Wash
tngton to becoiu
Prealdeut of th
I'nlted Stat
Trust Company, at
a salary said to be
$30,000 per year,
certain business
uien In Chicago x
pressed a doubt of
his ability to earn
that enormous
amount. That any
man should render
a. m. urxAiiKi.o. actual services
couuueusurat with a salary of $30,000
a year Is really beyond th understand'
lug of the average toller who stipend
Is $U or $3 a day. Nevertheless, In
this matter-of fact age there ar prob
ably very few persous receiving pro
digious pay who do not earn every do!
lar of It. Some months ago Secretary
Gag told an assemblage of bank
clerks In Denver that h could plac at
least 20 young tueu. If they bad the
ability, lu financial Institutions of th
country at a salary of $23,000 a year
' each. Ills remark doubtless was In
1 teuded to lay stress upon th fact that
j a score of young men worth $'.'3,000
each could not easily be found.
Boat HIah-Balerlcd Mau
Some months ago, wbeu Charles
Counsetuiau waa elected President of
the American Fisheries Couipsuy, a
coueern that has control of many of
the ranulug factories In the State of
Washington and along the shores of
Alaska, It was anuouueed that his sal
'ry " ,0 ,U ' "r'
j f0"0' ,u,n " ' CM "J
I "u " ,u" "uu "'
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!,.," . V "., -
builder of skyscrapers, a dealer In real
estate and a man of large business In
terests generally. II began with lit
tie or no'.bing, and such education aa
be possesses he acquired In tho school
of experience. lie Is to-day a man of
large fortune and great commercial ac
tivity, still In the prime of life.
There Is another Chicago man who Is
said to be receiving a yearly salary so
big thnt many would consider It a fair
fortune after a life
time of Industrious
effort. This Is Con
rod II. Matthteaon,
President of the
Chicago Sugar Ite
Culug Company,
some times called
th Glucose Trust,
lie Is now about
S3, and his annual
salary has been va
riously stated aa
$05,000 and $73,000. . oaby.
At any rate, it Is big enough to be high
ly exceptional It is but fifteen years
since he left college, and at first he
worked ten hours a day, carried bis
lunch with htin, and earned $12 a
week.
Step by step he mastered every de
tail of the business aud rose to be
manager. Then a crisis arose, calling
for the highest executive ability, and
be was equal to the emergency. Uls
company was In a rate-cutting pool and
Its profits bad disappeared. Upon his
aggressive Initiative It withdrew from
the pool, Inaugurated a fight of Its
own and wltblu two years was paying
30 per cent dividends. This triumph
Inspired In Mr. Mattbleson an ambition
to control the entire field, and this was
accomplished under his direction. Most
of the concerns absorbed by his com
pany were losing money, but under the
combine which be organised their
stocks were transmuted Into gold. This
young man earns bis princely salary
by successfully handling $40,000,000 of
combined capital and conducting the
glucose business, comprising some 20
departments, In such a systematic and
prosperous way that the shareholders
are well satisfied. He says that bard
work Is a tonic to him and be keeps at
it early and late, never asking a subor
dinate to do more than he does him
self. He knows no other secret of suc
cess. Bank President' 940,000 Balary.
When Illchard Delafleld, President of
the National Park Bank of New York,
had bis salary raised from $29,000 to
$40,000, early last
year. It was aald
that no other bank
President In the
United States re
ceived such big
pay for bis serv
ices, Th reason
given for this In
crease was that the
bank's business had
expanded so much
i
c. m. Schwab. and the responsi
bilities of Its executive head bad be
come so great that be well deserved a
alarv on,y mm leM tl)ln th.t
h .1... ....
come so great that he well deserved
natlon. As the custodian of $70,000,000.
to be successfully handled In such
financial operations as are open to na
tional banks, his responsibilities are
tremendous. Mr. Delafleld begin bis
business career as clerk In a mercan
tile bouse on a salary of $5 a week.
There bas been much talk about the
salary of Charles M. Schwab, President
of the United States Steel Corporation.
It Is pretty well settled now that be re
ceives $100,000 as annual salary, and
an additional $25,000 as a contingent
fee.
A little more than two years ago,
Elbert II. Gary, wbo at that time re
sided at Wbeaton, 111., a suburb of
Chicago, was elected President of the
Federal Steel Company, which Is now
an Integral part of the steel combina
tion, and his salary was fixed at $00,
000 a year. Having previously been at
torney for the Illinois Steel Company,
be bad mastered the legal side of the
great Industry before be was able to
command sucb blgb wages, He spe
cialized bis knowledge, and thus was
able to attract the attention of the cap
italist In control of the vast enter
prises. As clinlrmaii of th Eiecuttv
Commute of the great steel trust, h
probably receive fully a much a h
drew when President.
Th two highest paid men In th
American pulpit are Itisliop Potter, of
New York, and Itahtil Kmll (l. Illmch,
of Chicago, each of whom draws $IV
000 annually.
PECULIAR DREAM STORY.
Ladj Rao VUluas of tloaa aad ! Hr
atf racatamil af Uhoat (Waa Thor.
Itorar O. Uutchluson. who has been
discoursing on "Dreams" In Lougmau'a
Magaslne, (Ives th following peculiar
tnstanc:
A certain lady dreamed frequently
of a certain nous until It bad becoiu
exceedingly familiar to her; ah kuew
all Its rooms. Its furniture; It was as
well known to her aa that In which sh
lived her waklug life, and. Ilk a good
wife who bas no secrets from ber hus
band, so often talked over all th de
tails with him a very pleasant fancy.
On day they husband aud wlfwut
Into th country to vlow a house that
they thought of taking for th summer
months. Tbey bad not seen It, but the
account In th boiw agent's list had
attracted tbeiu. When they arrived
before It they gars a slmultaueau ex
clamation of surprise. "Why," aald
the husbaud, "It la your dream house!"
It was. Th colucldence attracted
them. They took the house.
In th course of their occupancy they
learned that th house had the reputa
tion of being baunted; that several peo
ple before tbeui bad taken It for short
terms, but bad seen -or fancied they
bad seen-"soluetblng.', and had left
before their term of tenancy expired.
Had these new tenants not brought
their own old servauts with them. It la
likely that they would hav bad some
difficulty In whipping up a domestic
staff, so uncanny wss the reputation
of their apparently reputable house.
Th new tenants dwelt In the
house with all satisfaction and peac
through th summer months until their
term of tenancy cam to an end. On
leaving, husband and wlf expressed
their satisfaction tu th local agent.
"Thsonly thing." said th wlf. "that
w wr disappointed In I that ws nev
er saw th ghost."
"Ob, no!" said th agent "W knew
you would not se the ghost"
"Wbst do you mean?" asked th
wife, rather nettled,
"Oh," th agent repeated, "w knew
you would not seo th ghost! You are
th ghost that people hav always soon
ber."
lie I lea of Manila.
On th mantel In Assistant Secretary
of Stat Crldler's office at the Stat
Department ar several Interesting rel
ics of th famous battle of Mnull In
the hap of fragments of a shell from
on of Admiral Dawey's six-Inch guns
and several large shells raptured at
Cavlt arsenal after the defeat of Moii
tejo. These relic were preaented to
Secretary Crldler by Consul Wlldman.
ana tneir history is Inscribed upou
them. The fragment of the six Inch
shell, which Is rusty from exposure to
rain, smashed the Spanish command
ant's house at Cavlto, destroyed $10,-
000 worth of property and killed five
Spaniards. The shells, from which the
charges bar been removed, arc unlike
any that are In use In the service or
this government. They are about eight
Inches long, one Inch lu diameter, an I
the bullet Is mado of steel Instead of
lead. Around the bullet la a band of
brass, which shows beyond question
that the Spaniards were using aiiimu
nltion which la proscribed by civilised
nations, Although Secretary Crldler
receives relics from consuls In all narts
or the world, be prlxea none so highly
as he does the piece of projectile which
did such effective execution In the first
foreign war In which this country has
been involved since the war with Mex
ico, and which was the means of rsls
lug American gunners In the eyes of
all the nations of the world.-Washlng
ton correspondence St. IauIs Gloho-
Democrat
Same Old Trouble.
It was a frequent custom with Lin
coln, that of carrying bis children on
bis shoulders, says th Literary Di
gest, lie rarely went dowustreot that
he did not bar on of his younger
boys mounted on bis shoulder, while
another bung to the tall of his long
coat. The antics of the boys with their
father, and the species of tyranny they
exercised over blm, are still subjects
of talk In Spring-Held. Mr. ltoland
Dlller, who was a neighbor of Mr. Lin
coln, tell one of the best of the storlos,
II was called to the door one day by
bearing a great noise of children, and
there was Mr, Lincoln striding by with
the boys, both of whom were walling
aloud. "Why, Mr. Lincoln, what's the
matter with the boys?" he asked. "Just
what's the matter with the whole
world," Lincoln replied. "I've got
three walnuts, and each wants two."
Chinese Nervelesane.
A North China paper I rcsuonslbls
for the statement that the mmiir nf
nervelessness distinguishes the China
man from the European, The China
man can write all day, work all dnv
stand In one position all day, weave,
beat gold, carve Ivory, do Infinitely te
dious Jobs for ever and ever, ami 1i.
cover no more weariness and Irrltatlou
than If he were a machine. This qual
ity appears In early life. The China
man can do without exercise also.
Sport and play seem to blm so much
waste labor. He can sleen anvwimm
amid rattling machinery and deafening
uproar. He can sleep on the ground,
on the floor, on a chair, or In any po
sition. New York Ledger,
A Hag-Tim Comment.
"The refrain," we said to our neigh
bor at the vaudeville performance,
while the popular ballad was being ren
dered, "Is prettier than the verses."
"Yes," he agreed. "I wish he would
refrain altogether." Baltimore Ameri
can.
Berlin' Criminal Ilook.
Berlin's Black Book, the criminal roc.
ord kept by the police, now consists of
thirty-seven volumes, containing 21,000
photographs of criminals of all classes.
Mnnv a irlrl'a Hlutniit ., m
" ' ' MIDIIUCI IIJIIJT
be traced to the fact that she bad on
ions for dinner.
k little guying Judiciously adminis
tered often make a weak man strong,
"I wonder why tbey haven't started
any yellow Journals In Cuba yet?" "I
don't belter tber ar euougb Ameri
can ther to support on." I.lf.
Not Much Hurt. Kltber: "Y, a sign
blew down aud hit hint, and h got
fifteen hundred dollar damages."
"Quit a wludfall, wasn't ttr-Ki.
Th principal Ingredient In all the
patent medicine I th Mine." "It
must b a powerful drug. What Is III"
"Printer's lnk."-Towo and Country.
Ksther Now, rememlK. I bsv for
bidden you to go out with young Tomp
kins; don't let tti cstch you together
again. "No, ppa-w'll try not to."
Llf.
In Pursuit of It: Bmltho-HelM
Flu day! Ar you out walking for
your health? Smyth-Yes; I am go
ing to th doctor'.-ImllausiHill
News.
AU's Fair to lllm: Street car Con
ductorHow old la that boy, lliadaiu?
l-ady Why do you ask? Conductor
Uecsus It's & tin question. Chicago
Nws.
Sympathetic: Daggs-I'd hav you
know, sir, that my ancestor were blu
blooded. Dlggs-Too bad; why didn't
they tak something for It? Ohio Stat
Journal.
When a worklngman baa a Job, th
presumption I that h I an honest
man. When a politician bas one. th
presumption Is th other way. Phila
delphia Ilger.
Photographer Now, I . want you to
look a If you wer not having your
plctur taken. Customer Then you'd
better glr m back th deposit I mad
In advance. Llf.
lutereatlng and Eicltlng: "I no
ticed a larg crowd gathered In front
of your bou this umrulng. Worrit;
what was lbs matter?" "I was dis
charging th cook." Ex.
Mrs. U'llourk (to rharltabl old Mr.
Hartwell, wbo Is giving away poultry
to th nedy-Long llf tu yer honor;
stir, I'll nlvvr see a goo agtn, but
I'll thluk of yes!-Harlein Llf.
A Sinecure: Mrs. Plyun-An' phwal's
yer son Molk dolu' now, Mr. Casey?
Mr. Cssey-Shur, Molk ain't doln'
annytblug, Mrs, Klynn. II' got a
government Job, Islle's Weekly.
"Say, my unci dat's visiting u has
got a woolen leg," "I'gh! dat's nuth
In'. When I waa down ter Nw York
I aaw a man dat was all wood In froul
of a cigar stor."-Leslie's Weekly.
j Reduced to a Good Hauls: "Well,
bow doe It seem to I engaged to such
! wAnltttv irlrlV "fc'tiln! l--r flm
I kiss ber I feet aa If I wer taking th
coupon off a government bond."-Llf.
A Fight Jury: Western Judge Ha
the Jury com to an agreement? For
man (with a oroken not and black
eye) I don't know, yrr honor. Moat
of them are unable to speak at present
-Smart Bet
Candidly Avowed: "What do you In
tend to do when you ar out of pub
lic lifer asked the friend. And with
out a moment's hesitation Senator
Sorghum auswered: "Get In agaln."
Waahlngton Star.
Wife I am going down town this
morulng to try snd match a pier of
silk. Husband -Very well, my dear;
I'll tell th cook to save som dinner
for you, and I'll put th children tu
bed myself.-Tlt-Hlts.
Ills Wsy: ftabhatu School Teacher
When very angry, what should you do?
Johnny Thlcknerk-Knock th other
fellur down, sit on his bead, and then
count one hundred that's th only saf
way, ma'am. Judge.
Go-as you pleas Punishment: "Did
pater familias shoot th burglar h
found lu th bouse?" "No! Much
worse than that 11 mtd the man
walk up and down with th baby till
the break of dawnP' Judg.
"Why ar you crying, little boy?"
"One of them artist paid me a dim
to sit on tbs fence while be sketched
me." "Well, Is there any bartn In
that?" "Yes, sir; It was a barb-wlr
fence." Philadelphia Record.
Mrs. Jenkyus I see Mrs. Hoetong I
going to bave "King Lear" at ber next
prlvato theatricals. Mrs. Newrlcb (fu
rious with envy) Is she? The affected
thing. Do you know, I don't bollov
he's a real king at all.-Tlt-Rlts.
Apt Comparison: "When I see what
Barlow accomplishes I am forced to
admiration," said Bunting; "he has
great physical endurance." "Sure," re
plied Gargoyle; "that man has the con
stitution of a debutante."-Rasar.
Where Tbey Flourish: Crawford-It
you're not going out to buy a new hat,
but merely to look at them, whnt do
you want with a dollar? Mrs. Craw
fordWhy, you can't get a decent seat
at the matinee for less than a dollar,
Ex.
The Boston Variation: Bacon They
Dover say In Boston that a child Is
born with a silver spoon In Its mouth.
Egbert What do they say, then? Ita
con That It came Into the world with
gold-rlmmad eye-glasses. Yonkers
Statesman.
Reminiscences: lie Ab, those days
of our young lovel You remember that
afternoon you promised to meot mo.
and didn't come? How I ravedl Sh
-Just like a man! And there I was
suffering agonies trying on that dress
you liked so much. Life.
- Japan's One Orphanage.
Japan bas only one orphanage, ret In
no other land are fntlierless children
better cared for. Every family cares
for the sick, destitute or orphans near
est to It There Is a superstition that
a childless bouse Is accursed.
Realty Hales In England.
Realty sales In the Cltv of London
during 1001 were 5,553,008. compared
with 4,034,700 In 1000 and 8,200 314
In 1800.
After having reached tbe aero mark
a society girl's age resembles lb loco-
motion f a crab It goes backward.
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