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4 r HERR STEINHARDrS NEMESIS BY I. MACLAREN COBBAN. ' CHAPTER V Continued. That was all I wanted, and I oon left the little draper. I went to rail on Freeman. I found him sitting with bis pretty, pleasant wife at an early dinner. They invited met to ait down and partake. I declined, on the ground of having Just had breakfast. "I," aaid he, "have managed with more economy. This ia my breakfast nd dinner combined." "I wished," said I, "to have a little talk with you." "If," aaid he, "it is about that affair of the night, say on; I and my wife are one." I then told of bit gossip with the draper and its pnrpoee. "Yon need not have gone to him, said he; "I could have told you that there has been no death of that sort since we have been here, and that' nearly five years. Of course, it's ab surd to suppose that the death of 15 years ago is the one poor lick was thinking of. No; I've come to the con' elusion that he had some hair breadth scape from death in bis mind, and that the rest was delirium." "But. dear," said Mrs. Freeman "don't you forget, both of yon, that Dick's confession, according to himself, was of murder which has not been found out?" "You are right, my dear," said he. "Bat, at the same time, there has no one been missed who could hare been disposed of in that wav. Two men. remember, have disappeared, but they had nothing to do with chemicals, and they were last seen near that deep pond in the dough ; it would be detective speculation thrown away to imagine bow they could be done to death in chemical vat. Come," said he. seeing . my serious, anxious look, "let the mat ter alone, we can do nothing with it. The chemical works are an abomina Uon, but the only recent death I can suspect them of is that of an unfortu nate dog; some one had dyed him biasing scarlet; for a while he slunk boat the streets, an object of loathing to himself, and of terror, curiosity and scorn to the whole dog world ; then be disappeared withdrew, probably, in shame and despair to that pond in the clongh and put an end to the glaring anomaly of his existence. . But, after all, I think the chief harm they do is to every green thing and to Steinhardt s reputation for honesty. I see this morning," he continued, turning and picking up the newspaper, "that he is again in court for infringement of some patent." Oar talk then turned on the former case of the same kind, the heavy dam ages paid, and the strange disappearance of Mr. Lacroix. I asked htm if he had ever heard the romantic history of the Lacroix family. He knew all about it be had heard it from Birley. I broached to him my hope of either finding the lost Mr. Lacroix, or at least of finding out what had become of bim and l told htm x bad written some weeks before to some friends who, I. had thought, might make inquiries for me in London, but that I had heard nothing from them, and that therefore I thought of going to London my tell on that errand as soon as my six months had expired. He shook his head. "1 lancy, said be, "all inquiries have been made. However, since it is desirable to find out if possible some thing for certain" he passed and looked at me "I tell you what. We are going foi our fortnight's holiday at the end of the month: .1 will gladly do what I can if you like." I agreed with him that it might, or might not, result in something': a very safe concord and so it was settled that it less than three weeks he would be in London doing his best to emulate Le- cocq. CHAPTER VI. I bad tacitly assented to freeman's suggestion, that no more was to be thought or said of Dick's horrible pan tomimic confession; but it impressed me as being too vivid to be lightly dis carded as without any basis of fact. continued to think of it very much: I thought of it more because, in spite of the unreasonableness of such a conjunc tion, and its manifest "waste of detec tive speculation" (as Freeman would have said), the vapors, so to say, of Louise's dream would persist in minu ting in my imagination with the va pors of Dick's delirium. Could it really be that Mr. Lacroix bad met bis death in some such way? And if he bad, how bad ' he come by it? and where? Was it even possible in the mystery of things that Lacroix had been smothered in one of his own vats? But a discovery I made about this time trivial, apparently, yet to me significant fixed ray idea more firmly in my imagination. - One night while I sat thinking of my return to London I took up my Biadshaw, and carelessly began noting tbe times of trains from the neighboring large town to the me tropolis. The lines of three companies passed through it, and I became inter ested in noting how the rivals ran fast nd still faster trains against each other. In this survey my attention was fixed by a very small fact: one company ran one of its two quickest trains so that it reached the neighbor ing town about midnight the only very quick train within, two or three hours of that time. I found easy op portunity to test in some degree what significance this fact might have. Early in the week following Dick's confession, Mr. Steinhardt had gone to London to attend his trial, in the court of Queen's bench, I think it was. He would be absent for more than a fort night, and I had therefore many wel come chances of being in Miss La croix's company. I was asked several timet to dinner, and was encouraged to find other and sundry occaeions for calling. , On one of these occasions I found Miss Lacroix alone. After some casual remarks I began to work toward my purpose by alluding to Steinhardt's business in London. "It will be a serious thing for him," aid I "wont it? il he should be so Unsuccessful in bis defence as your father was?" "He wi i not be unsuccessful as poor .is -.t.-.f.w.f. -.1.-,.- father was," answered she, with a sad shake of her beautiful head; "Mr. Steinhardt is not scrupulous as father was; be tells falsehoods with rude sim plicity, like big great rhancelloi, and so people think him to be all honest truth. He will succeed in his case, I mint i nave heard turn talk it to Frank and he will come back more despot than ever. Poor father!" She leaned back, and looked sadly out over the valley, from which rose the smoke and sound of its daily, toil, fatigued and forced, I thought, on that warm summer afternoon. "I have thought k treat deal," said I, seiiiug the opportunity her exclama tion afforded, "of that strange dream you told me of." "Yes," said she, turning with sud den interest. "Do yon still dream it?" I asked. "Yes, I do; but not often now." "it is a veir strange thing. Does the dream come at anv particular hour of the aight?" "It does," said she; "and ttut, I daresay, makes me think more of it. It always comes two or three hours after I have gone to bed. I dream it, and then become wide awake; and after I hare lain awake a little I always hear the hall clock strike two my room is over the hall." "And the first night yon had the dream do yoa think it came then bout the same hour?" j "Yes," said she, "I think so. But," nd she leaned forward. eager and pale, "why do yon ask me these questions? Have you found out something from your friends in London, perhaps? You had riMnl nnttiinv i..i r -- i you. I know. Tell me-haw ron l.-rJ something now?" No, I am sorry to say, I have not. Still I do not despair, I have a hope I may learn something soon." "Oh, what?" she eagerly demanded. "I think," said I, "yon had better not ask me; it may only end in disap pointment, and this matter already preys upon yoa wo mucn. ' "You are very kind to me," said she, My pulse beat tumnltnouslv. and was on the point of saying something rsn concerning my devotion, when she added, almost as if she knew what thinking of, "But I can think of nothing else much I can be interested in nothing else. It is very foolish of me, but I cannot heln it. Mr. Ktnin. hardt sometimes is rather rud to me boat it; be wants me to marrv crank," said she, simply: "but I do not wish to marry Frank, and Frank does not wish to marry me. I do not wish to think of marrying at ail iust yet. I suppose," said I, piqued, and ieal ous, too, I dare say, "Mr. 8teinhardt wants you to marry his son that he may keep your father's money, which you will inherit, in his business." "I do not think." said she with smile, "that there is much now of poor tamers money; Mr. Steinhardt reckon OH it that . 20,000 pounds whieh, he says, father lost without any caufe.' But does Mr. Birley. vour other guardian, agree to that fraud? for fraud it is." "I do not know," said she listlessly u i nuns aear mr. cirier is some how in Mr. Steinhardt's power; I think ne I ears to say much." Mr. Steinhardt returned from London resplendent with success and self satis faction. He had won bis case. He had been able to lead the court to be lieve that he had found out for himself the chemical process for which the plaintiffs bad taken out a patent, witb this difference, that he had employed wet method, whereas they need a dry er vice versa; I do not remember which il was. ine plaintiffs were going to carry their case to a higher court, but ne did not care for that. He called together hir friends and his neighbors to rejoice with him, of whom I was one; for since he got the better of me over tbe lecture affair he had been as amicably disposed as before. The din ner was a very sumptuous affair, and Mr. Steinhardt thought himself somuch master of the situation that. I think. he indulged rather more freely in wine than was his habit. In the drawing room after dinner his eye was the brightest and his talk the loudest and mun voiuoie. ne watched his son paying gallant little attentions to a strange young lady, while Miss Lacroix was surrounded by the beaus of the neighborhood, and he called him, in audible asides, "Fool!" "Idiot!" Blockhead!" At length be became so impatient that, shouting "Frank want yon!" he strode out of the room. Frank at once arose and followed him In evident alarm. After some time be returned, lookini pale and agitated. He came up to me (I sat talking with Mr. Birley), and to my great surprise said : Mr. unwin, the governor wants to pea to yoa in the dining room." had a disagreeable recollection of former interview there, but before I could say anything he continued "I'm afraid I've got you into a row, without meaning aught of the sort. The gov ernor's always at me to to make love to Louise; he wants me to marry her." (Mr. Birley shifted uneasily in his & . ui.t- i . ... .; jnai was wnai ne called me oat about now; he jawed me, and I told im i didn't want to marry Louise; he got very angry, and then I said, what was the use of my making love to a girl that was in love with somebody else. shouldn't have said that, I know, but was very riled; I am very sorry." The hot suspicion now dawned on me that I was the fortunate "somebody else" of his legend. I felt I grew burning red; I scarcely heard what he said afterward, but it was to the effect that this father angrily dismissed him with the order to send me to the dining room. Birley sat unusually silent and disturbed. I also was silent a moment. I turned to bim. "Do you think I ought to bo?" I asked him. Yea, lad; go," said he. laving his hand on my shoulder, "and I'll go wi' tha." We entered the dining room together. Steinhardt stood on the hearth rug. He frowned and pulled bis great mone tacb on seeing Birley with me. "I wished to speak to Mr. Unwin j be 1 sort of interpreter, 'Manuel, lest you, oetng a loreigner like, leastways i. , not alfcigether Knglish vet. mightn't ( uudeatand om things an KngliKliman j like my friend here would wrr likely sj. i ou see, Manuel, lor one thing v, you may get a pastor of the fatherland to be. You mustn't sar 'Com hee!' and 'Do this!' or 'Don't do that!' with out any rhyme or reason but vour own high and might will. That may be Bismarvkian, 'Msnnol, but it's not Knglish. An F.nglishmaii would ray, 'You be d d, sir! Who are yon talking to? A dog at your heel"' as, I daresay, my friend here would say if he didn't happen to be a parson." "When you've quite done, Jim." said the brother-in-law. "Eh?" said Birley, as if br caught faintly a distant interrupting sound. "Pwhapj, Mr. Birley," said I, "I had bettor hear what .Mr. Steinhardt wishes to say to me." "Yes, of course," said he, and im posed n unwelcome silence upon him self. "I only wish to tell yoa, Mr. Unwin," said steinhardt, looking hard at me, "since you have seen a good deal of my ward, Miss Lacroix" (Bir ley evidently chafed at that), "especial ly lately, I understand, and since it may have entered your head that some time she might make you a beautiful wile, I wish to tell vou that vou must give up thinking anything of the sort, because she is going to .marry my son Frank." "Oh, that d d for a tale, 'Man uel" exclaimed Birley, before I could say a word. "Will you be quiet, Jim?" said Steinhardt, with restrained voice, but glaring eyes, and that apoplectic, pur plish Hush suffusing his head and face. ".Nay, lad," said Birley; "that's point on which I mun ha' my say. Be fore ypu tell anybody Louise is going to marry Frank, you must get the consent of ,e,t h" pwp-th girl her- .vonr won "r 0,nef gnnrdian, that's me." Steinhardt looted at him in unfeigned surprise, but he went on: "Your son, that's youraffair, of course; but the girl, that's partly mine; and I shall not see Paul's Louise engaged to marry anybody against her own wish and liking." "Liking!" scoffed Steinhardt. "What bas liking to do with it? Lik ing should come after marriage with s proper, modest girl, not before." "That may be your foreign way, 'Mamie, bnt it's not our English way, nor our Lancashire way, nowther." "Confound your Lancashire!" cried Steinhardt. "If it bad not been for Lancashire, my lad," said Birley, thoroughly roused, "yoa wouldn't be the big man yon are!" "Are you mad?" exclaimed Stein hardt, striding up and down the hearth rug, and glaring from Birley to me. "You shall repent this! Mr. Unwin, I had better have a talk .with you an other time." (Tobtconunned.) Rugy With s Hiitory. The king's coronation crown is to be adorned with what is termed "the Black Prince ruby." It is not gener ally known that this stone, which now forms the center of the Maltese cross on the late Queen Victoria's crown, is not a -ruby at all, but simply a red spinel. It is of large size, and if it were a true ruby wmi Id fi r surpn- in value the Koh-i-noor itself, for rubies never rnn to the same size as diamonds, and being al?o (ar rarer are consider ably more valuable in price per carat. A four carat ruby, for instance, would be worth about I10.0C0, probably even more if it were a flawless stone: a four carat diamond would not lie worth the half of that sum. The so-called "Black Prince ruby" derived its name from the fact that it was given to Edward, the Black Prince, by Don Pedro of Castile in gratitude for the victory of Longoro in April, 1367, which restored the throne of Spain to Don Pedro. Henry V wore it in his helmet at the battle of Agin court, and it has ever since formed art oi me crown jewels ol England. In spite of its havirg been proved to be nothing but a spinel it still figures in the description of the regallia as a ruby," and as such was thown at ths famous exhibition of 1862, when tbe royal jewels were one of the most in teresting exhibits. Harding Divi' Ideal fltrets. vt nen Kicnaru Harding WaviB was in Philadelphia the other day he was in terviewed by the representative of i literary periodical, who proceeded to put to the young author some very lit erary questions. Mr. Davis declared nisi nis lavorite nero in notion was Henry M. Stanley, and his favorite heroes in real life Mulvanev. Otheris and Learoyd Philadelphia Pre.s. . , Ne Snow In Siam. "This is the first snow storm I've seen in 26 years," said William Hessel. of Bankok, Siam, to a Philadelphia re porter tlie other day. "Snow is un known to Siam. When we went to Banki-k we had a picture repreFenting a snow storm and Mrs. Hessel intrusted it to a Siamese artist to be cleaned. The latter took the snowflakes to be spots or daubs of paint and carefully covered them over.",,. , Queen Alexandra's Violinist. Queen Alexandra's appointment of Lady Halle as her majesty's violinist is taken as another instance of the warm favor with, which the sovereign has al ways regarded ber gifted compatriot. It is well known that the marriage of the great Danish violinist to the late Sir Charles Halle was brought about through tbe friendly intervention of Queen Alexandra, Ingenuity of Two Cyclists. Two ipgenious cyclists have collabor ated to turn tbe handle bar into a gas generator for an acetylene lamp. The handlebar !s divided into a water chamber and a carbide chamber, the two being connected by a pipe, and the now oi water being , controlled by a valve from the outside. In the center is a gas chamber having an outlet to feed the lamp. True Enough. The trouble with most of us is not so much that we have a bard row to bo? but tha w dieliks hoeing. PncV PANAMA ROUTE SAVES TIMt. One-Third si Loo to I'as Through. It Through the Montana. Ths time required for paaalug through a tratialatbuilan caual la an Important fenture of the probloai; It 1$ affected by the length, by the num ber of locks, by the number of curves anil by the sharpness of ths curvature, for. In general. It Is not feasible to run ship ou a curve lu a narrow channel with the same apeed aa on a straight course, unless. Indeed, the curvature Is very alight The speed la also affected by ths depth of water under the keel of the ship. It la well known that the same power applied to a ship In deep water of unlimited width will produce a much higher rate of movement than the aame power applied to the same ship In restricted waterway, especially when the draught of the ship Is but little less than the depth of the water. These considerations all have their I mm r ls upon the dimensions of a ship canal, and they have probably never (ofore received such careful considera tion In connection with ths designing of a waterway as by the Isthmian canal commission. Tbe effect of the depth and width of the canal on ths time ef passage by either route was determined with as great a degree of accuracy as the data at the com maud of engineers et the present time will permit Equal ly careful consideration was given to the effect of curvature and to the time of passing through the locks on each line, the latter lucludlng the delay of slowing on approaching the lock aud of Increasing the speed after paaslug It the time of opening and closing the gates and the time of emptying or fill lug the locks. I lie computations based upon all these elements of the question Indicate that what may be called an average ship will require thirty-three hours for passing through the Nicaragua canal and twelve hours for the Panama ca nal. It Is thus seen, says a writer In wnoners, mat me titus or passage through the Panama canal will not much exceed one-third of the time re quired by the Nicaragua route. BLIND SPOT IN THE EYE. Phenomenon Not Discovered Tilt the Time of Charles II. It I wrote an article about the eye ml said nothing About the blind apot. whicu Is where the optic nerve comes through Into tbe retina, about one- tenth of an inch nearer the nose than the center, I suppose my readers would go to the box office and demand their money buck. Just to be different from other peo ple,, inoiign, i win not print a cross mark here and dot over there aud tell you bow to look at It so that thedotwtll disappear. I could make a big round soot more than three-quartera of an Inch In diameter realize that It was only Mortal Mind and had no real enti ty, but I won't. I know a better scheme. Close your fists with your thumbs out side and held against each other. Ex tend your arum. Shut your left eye nnd look fixedly with your right eye nt your left thumb. Separate your bands, and when they are about six Inches apart the right thumb will go nut of business temporarily, for Its pic ture will fall on tbe blind spot. Now, here's the curious part of It Though men have tried all sorts of ex periments on themselves for unknown thousand of years, this phenomenon was not discovered until the time of Charles II. of England. The blind spot leaves do hole in the picture of the outside world, but there being no stim ulation on that spot, there Is not con sciousness of a lack, but hick of con-sciousness."--A!nsfee's Magaxlne. Sufferer Hetties for Klre. ' Fire Chief Duttou, of Washington, was seated In bis office a few days ago when be received a report of a fire. The Ware had been a disastrous oue and the chief was naturally luterested In the matter of its origin. "Does the report state that an over heated stove caused the fire?" Be In quired. "I think It does." be was Informed. "It's a pretty good thing for the own er of tbe property that be lives In the United States," added the chief, "and not In one of tbe foreign countries. If be lived In Germany, for Instance, tbe fire would prove rather expensive for blm." "Why so?" he was asked. "He would have to pay the expense or the run made by tbe fire depart ment," the chief explained, says tbe Washington Star, "and unless he paid tbe money the amount would be charg ed as a lien against bis property. Such Is the law In several countries. The law holds to account In this way all persons whose carelessness or negll gence causes work for tbe fire depart went" Bananas by the Million. How largely the toothsome banana and tbs festive cocoanut enter luto tbe diet of the American people may be judged by the fact that tbe United Fruit Company alone, during the past year, distributed In tbe United State and Canada, approximately, no less iban seventeen million and a half bunches of bananas and thirteen mil lion and a half coconnuts, lo addition to other tropical fruits, says Leslie's Weekly, Sixty ocean going steamers were engaged exclusively in the ba nana trade. Estimating not over one hundred good ba'ianas to a bunch, these figures show an average con sumption of more than twenty bananas each for every man, womnn and child in the United States, and a few mil lion extra for good boys and girls. But an attempt to divide up the cocoanuts per capita will probably get us Into trouble, for, while tbe bulk Is enormom It means only one cocoanut to every half dozen persons, enough for all. perhaps, If the division were made on strictly equitable principles. Had Her Itevenge. . "He told bis wife she ought to take cooking lessons." "Did she?" "Well, yes. She sent for l.cr mother to come and give a three-months' course." Philadelphia Bulletin. When you reach tbe dny when the finest apple bought nt a fruit stand doesn't taste ns good its the green one you stole years ngo. tlint Is another sign of Age. , IN THK OIL COUNTRY. "BRINGING IN" A GUSHER NEAR BEAUMONT, TEXAS. Tate of the Ureal Hoom Wbea For tune Wr Mad la a Pr-Tb In itial lUvvry of till nud ta De velopment of In OU Industry, The chase of oil Is almost aa faacluat- tug aa Hi chase of gold. Au I, la ths nmlu It I uonrly. If not quite, as profit able. Tbe greatest oil field la th coun try to-day Is lu Texas, with the towu of Beaumont as It center. Other Hold notably those of lYunsylvaula aud Ohio, are prolwbly muro rcimiiieiailva at the present, but the Texan, In look lug luto the future, sees bis owu Stats far overshadowing alt others lu the oil Industry. The future of oil lu Texas Is. beyond cavil, bound to be euiu rloual. Kor that matter. It Is sensation al ahvady. Nowhere else ou earth has so much ever been accomplished lu so short a time; nowhere else havs laud worth barely a ftnv ceut an acre ad vanced lu value far up luto the thou sands a they have lu lbs Hcauiuout district. Nowhere else. In fact, ha de velopment beeu as rapid and remunera tive. And aa yet, the Texas oil Indus try Is la It Infancy, though millions of dollars have changed band slues It start. The advance of any wonderful boom, whether lu gold, oil or anything else. Is always atteuded with marvelous sto ries of Individual strikes aud conse quent euoruiou profits. Beaumont la n exception to this rule. It Is but lit tle more than a year since Beaumont's first car of oil was sent luto the ouuid world. Since that time more than l OUO.UOO of barrel have been exjiorled, there are uow nearly 3,0t)0.000 of bar rel In atorage ami probably I.fciO.tXiO of barrela have been wasted before the gusher could be capped or eoutrolled. Th Heaniuont field. When the oil excitement was at Its height In Beaumont, the Influx of peo ple was so great that trains were dally run between that city and Houston, a distance of a hundred mile, so that people could obtalu hotel accommoda tions. Some men with little mora than the clothes they wore organised com panies with cnpltnl of millions ott pa per. Anything In tbe shape of a leans or land title was foundation cnoiijh for an airy atructure to attract the at tention of the' gullible. Tbe lust for money was rampant. It wa all a gam ble. If fortune trailed, you made a million; If not. you lost whit you had. But everybody seemed willing to lake the chance, to th full extent of his pile. Prices paid for land lo the oil dls- A TEXAS Sl'OUTEll AT trlct were fabulous. Two negroes, liv ing In tumbledown shacks, received for them $10,000 each. Men who want ed to start a bank paid $10,000 for the privilege of using a little barber thop, and the same amount was mid to a small dry goodt dealer whose lease was wanted by speculators. A firm paid $1150 a month for the use of a platform 8x10, on which to conduct their opera tions. Land went from $1 to $100,000 an acre In a few dayt. "Old Mn" Hls-cin. "Old Man" Hlgglns, who had been looked upon for some time as a crank, Is tbe man who ts responsible for Beau mont's boom. For fire or six yean us bad been talking about the possibilities of striking oil at Spindle Top, bis talk at last becouilug to Incessant and wearisome that the people refused longer to listen to bim. That there was oil In southwest Texas was con ceded, but that Spindle Top had great possibilities In that direction was look ed upon as absurd. At last, however, "Old Man" Hlgglns succeeded In Interesting George W. Carroll, president of a lumber company and a wealthy resident. Carroll put up the cash and Hlgglns began tba search. Tbe first well struck oil at about COO feet, but quicksand stopped operations, This was repeated In a second well. Then Carroll drew out and the "folly" of Hlgglns and Carroll was tbe joks of the town. An observant man named Lucas did not believe the venture was an entire failure, however. He leased a small patch near by and sunk a shaft COO feet, finding oil and being stopped, as were (be others, by quicksand. Be lieving that If this vein of quicksand could be pierced oil would be struck below It, Lucas went to Pittsburg, and after much bard work obtained euongh capital to bore a well deep enough so that his theory could be thoroughly tested. When the drill had passed through the quicksand, wbat Is claimed a the greatest reservoir in the world. was struck, and In a night Beaumont went crazy. Score of Spoolers. There are now In tbe district between 150 and 100 spoutcrs. As one conse quence, coal, the lowest price for which had hitherto been $0 a ton, It now very rarely used In southeast Texas, oil having taken Its place lis fuel. Within four months, $2,000,000 was pent la advertising Beaumont oil com- ) . " " t r:f -i ..'.. ; , V,,', $ j.. "v: v ""- '''. f. , " V'! i'l,. L ' . -. .' ) (fiTN.hxi im files, some of the concerns havlnt least merit advert lulng the ui-wt. bimmI ahara of the coiiutuulf were swliiille. pur aud simple. Oppoi tuiil- tl for bunko irauie were umuy aud were all Improved. Moat of the manufacturing plant In outhoru Tea bar given up coal and are using oil aa fuel. Thl at rlrt coat considerable, but th saving I great, after th flrt start Is made. Oim firm which paid lt,2iK for ths necessary al teratlou In their furnace. aya that amount was caved lu th first it month. Several of th division of tb Santa Ke and Southern Paclllc rail road have alo given up coal for oil, Arrangement are being mad for pip ing the fluid even at far away a New Orleans, where, It I asserted. It Is to be distributed to house In th sam way aa gas. "Hrlualn In" a Will. Th two engravings accompanying this article were mads from snapshot rnt riasr spout. photographs taken at th "bringing" of a gusher at Beaumont After the drill bad been ant through th quicksand and tba cap rock, ths flinty subataiic which I the root of th cavern lu which tb oil hat long beeu stored, It was known that success had crou d ths effort of the driller after Just a year of tabor. Tbe drill wa limned! ately hoisted out of tb I.UiO foot pip which Incased it, aud ths bailer was brought Into use. This I a bucket fattened to a contrivance which force It down Into the tube and then pulla It back out full of ths mud, water and greats which weight down ths oil al th bottom. With each dip of the ball er, gat rises higher In th pipe, and when the pressure hat been r winced to a point whr It la lea than that of th THE FIRST til'rill OF OH gas and oil underneath the Bow com mences. Along toward tbe Inst the bucktf came lip with so much gas emulsified with the mlilure of mud and water that ths contents of the bucket fairly boiled. Then came a time of great anxiety. Would she come lu with a rush, shoot the bailer away up through the top of the derrick and send out a great shower of greasy rain In all ill rectlons, or would she come softly, with a heavy, smooth flow? it was an ex citing moment, when what was bellov ed to be the last trip of the Imllcr was commenced.' Then, as the bucket came up there came with It a gush of brown foam. Then slowly, majestically, arose a fountain of green fluid until there was a steady stream of oil reaching nearly to the top or the derrick. Suddenly there was a whlsh of gas, as the last vestige of pressure over the oil reser voir was removed and with n roar the great Jot arose far above the derrick. The drillers then congratulated otic an other most Joyfully, for, to nil appear ances, the well was equal to n flow of 25,000 barrels a day, should its full ca pacity ever be necessary, - At this time the wind was blowing a gale and It was thought there would be lest danger to the derrick and woll If th stream were turned to otio side, The gate valve was quickly shut, the Joint was placed and tho pipe wa shifted. Again the gate wat turned and out ruthed a stream with a swish and a roar loud enough to be hoard at a great distance. And that Is how a great gusher Is brought In. It Is a time of great ex citement, among both spectators and operators, and Its consummation Is marked by a great tooting of engine whistles and yelling of men. The large picture accompanying this article was token at the Instant the great stream of oil 'shot out of the pipe after It had been turned to one side of the derrick. Tbe small picture sliowt the same well when the first flow bad nearly reached Its height. OH In th United States. In the production of petroleum, the United States lends the world, though oil was used In Eastern countries, no tably China, long before the dawn of history. In Japan and Persia, It bas been obtained from dug wells for cen trales. Sprlrgs of petroleum have long -.;. v . I I -"'" " ' ' i ' ' y I - "V -".jr-n. 11 ' " 2JiJ22iiiiMni bmni known In the Caucasus mountains and the l!uliiii oil field are world fa ntoiia. The first mention of oil In the Unit ed States wa mads by a Franciscan missionary who found It lu Allegany County, N. Y bt'for 1U3J. Thl oil, which rams to Ih turfac In iprluk-, wa used by the Indian for medicinal purpose. It was not until IS.VJ that th petroleum busluesa of th United State reached any great height Pre vious to (hat year, keroaeus had, to a limited ettftit, been manufactured out of cos I. Th fint well wat "brought In" It the pises whers i n i' III, Pa., now aland, on Aug. 90, t . Oil wa truck al a depth of but OU feet Ths scene enacted there at that tint have been duplicated at th npvulng of very new field tines. Speculator flocked In from every part of ths Unit, ed Ststet snd (HI Crwdt became fam ous. Within a very few years, hun dred of wellt wars drilled aloug ths tributaries of ths Allegany river. From Pennsylvania, lbs oil sirlts. ment attended westward uuttl li nu ll reits of wllt had been tuuk east of the Mississippi rlvsr In any and all place 'where for any reason tbs dis covery of oil might bs sipected. Most of thet wellt wr failures, but th excitement had ths result of opening up many new field, notably In western Pennsylvania. In part of Ohio and In sections of West Virginia, Kentucky and Indian, la Ohio aud Inditna, natural gas ram as a secondary dis covery and tills) product Is now piped In great quantities to many cities, no tably Chicago and Buffalo. In th lit ter city, ths us of natural ga for heating and cooking purposes I gen eral. In Chicago but a limited part of th city Is tervs-t, though tb pipes of th company supplying the ga are being extended rapidly. Th Pacific coast oil (1el.lt wers flrt worked In 1U though th early well were Improperly located and failed to produce oil lu paying quantities. Be tween 1KS0 and 17 the flsltt fU Into ths hand of Ksstern oil men of eiperlenc. who, after much experi menting and many unsuccessful at tempts, struck oil In several counties of California. Wellt In" Ventura and Lo Angeles Counties, some of ths lat ter being right lu tbs city of Las An geles, havs been profitable producers ever since, other oil regions of com paratively Inrg value wers uucovcred In Wyoming aud Colorado. Commercial petroleum la found In Russia In large quantities, as well a lu Austria. Oil tlelda In Peru prnducs tb fluid to a limited extent but ths output I steadily Increasing under proper management Oil wellt In tbe Pennsylvania floldt ar almost lurarlnbly "shot" with ni troglycerin, contrary to ths balling method of Texas. Tests for Pstroltnss. Tb ttt of ksmsous, ths common burning fluid which I lb most Import ant product of petroleum, art mad for th purposs of ascertaining at what temperature It wilt Ink firs aud also to Bud what proportion of naphtha, If any. It held In th oil. At ordinary temperature, kerosen should extin guish a match at readily at water; It thoiild not produce an Inflimmnble va por under 110 degree F and ahould not take tire below in degree F. In making teal. It I tlwayt remembered that oven a very small pniortlon of naphtha It exceedingly dangerous. The flrtt, or flushing test It made for the ptirpo of determining th lowest tcm perntur at which an Innamninbte ga Is given off: the second, or burning teat, shows the lowest point at which the oil Itself Is liiflainmable, HOW TO dUDQEXblAMOND. Common Hm and Unnd Kyl;lit ths "iiijr Ksn,ullt. "No," said the dealer. "uu don't need to be an expert In order to tell a ood diamond from a poor one. Vou ueed ouiy to havs rumuiou tense and good ryet and a magnifying ulAs. First you examine the diamond's table. Tbs taiilo Is the surface, and It should be perfectly Hat and perfectly octagonal. men exnmiiis ttie circumference, nnd If that It round ths gem It at least, you may be sure, well cut. Now. for flaws you look Into the diamond, using the glass here, for the reason that a naw nnpcrceptliile to the naked eys will often lower a geiu't value 50 ur 00 per rent. "Flaws In diamonds resemble those little fentliery minks In Ice that we to often see, though scratches ou tho mr- nice are also flawt, If none nre to hi found you study next the color; re membering that the steel blue, becanst It Is the most brilliant Is the most d. slrnl.le and costly bun and that tin white comet next. Yellowish or off. color stones are practically worthless, nut n perfect violet or amber or ru diamond brings a fancy prlco. Mtuily nmilly the Ocnth nml trmi,i and If. the depth Is good vou won-i i, cheated If you pay $130 or $1(10 a caral for your stone, llefore the South am. can war," concluded tho dealer, accord ing to the Philadelphia Record, "you'd only have pnld $100, but $ino. thanks to this war and the diamond trust and to tho heavier customs duties, Is now the market price." V in Whut Makes (Jroat Buooeaae. It took mo some time to leuru, but I did learn, that tbe supremely great managers, sucb as you have those days, never do any work themselves worth speaking about; their point Is to niuks other work while they think. I ap, piled this lesson In aftor life, so that business with me has never been a care. My young partucrs did the work and I did the laughing, and I commend to you the thought that there Is very little success where tlmro Is little laughter? The workman who rejoices In his work and laughs away Its dis comforts Is the man sure to rise, for It Is what we do enslly, and what we like to do, that ws do wcll.-Andrew Carue gl. - i Work of Watoh Wheels. The main wheel of a watch mokes 1,400 revolutions a year, the centrnl wheel 8,700, tbe third wheel 70 080 the fourth W6,000, and the senna! Wheel 4.70J.800. Trees for Westminster Ahbey. Officials of Westminster Abbey chargo fees aggregating over $2,oo0 when a memorial U plucid (a the J bey.
