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A STUDY IN SCARLET
BY A. CONAN DOYLE.
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CHAPTER VII Continued.
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Mr. Gregson, who bed listened to
this address with considerable Impa
' tlence, could contain himself no looter.
"Look here, Mr. Sherlock Holme."
ht Mid. "we are all ready to acknowl
edge that tou are a amart man, and
that you have your own methods of
working. W want something more
mukx, . i than mere theory and preaching now,
though. It ts a case of taking the
-t4" man. I hart made my case out, and
, w. It seama I waa wrong. Young Char
pentier could not have been engaged In
this second affair. . Let trade went after
his man, Stangerson, and It appears
wtiAAA,4feat. ka waa wrong, too. Tou have
PART It.
The Country of the Saint.
CHAPTER I.
In the central portion of the groat
North American Continent there lies
an arid and repulsive desert, which for
many a long year served as a barrier
against the advance of civilisation.
From the Sierra Nevada to Ne
braska, and from the Yellowstone riv
er In the north to the Colorado upon
the south, is a region of desolation and
silence.
Nor ts nature always In one mood
throughout this giim district. It com-
'".via O A J:-
prisea snow-capped and loftv nioua-
thrown out hints here and hints there, tains and dark gloomy valleys,
and seem to know more than we do. There are swiftly-Sowing rivers
but the time has come when we feel which dash through jagged canyons;
that we hava a right to ask you : and there are enormous plains, which
In winter are white with snow, and In
summer are gray with the saline alkali
dust. They all preserve, however, the
common characteristic of barrenness,
Ir-hospitality and misery. ,
There are no Inhabitants of this land
of despair.
A band of Pawnees or of Blackfeet
may occasionally traverse it In order
to reach other hunting-grounds, but the
hardiest of the braves are glad to lose
sight of those awesome plains and to
find themselves once more upon their
prairies.
The coyote skulks among the scrub.
.t.f.u
straight how much you do know of
the boslnesa. Can you name the man
who did ttr
vAwvw.'"i cannot help feeling that Qregson
Is tight, sir," remarked Lestrade. "We
,,,,,, have both tried, and we have both
.s. ,1 -fuied. Yon have remarked more than
j-n:-v oaoa since I have been in the room
that you had all the evidence which
' you require. Surely you will not with
" hold It any longer r
W'M "Any delay In arresting the as'sas
' " '" y sin." I observed, "might give him time
to perpetrate some fresh atrocity.
Thus Dressed by as all Holmes the buxxard flaps heavily through the
V . 7 t showed signs of Irresolution air. and the clumsy grlisly bear 1 urn-
He continued to walk np and down bers through the dark- ravines, and
.the room with his head sunk on his picks up such sustenance) as it can
chest and his brows drawn down, as among the rocks. These are the sole
waa his habit when lost in thoucht . dwellers In the wilderness.
"There will be no more murders," he In the whole world there can be no
aid, at last stopping abruptly and fac- more dreary view than that from the
Inr n "Ton ran nut that considers- nortnern Slope 01 ue sierra Bianco.
tlon out of the question. You. have As far as the eye can reach stretch
asked me it I know the name of the e the great flat plainland, all dusted
assassin. I do. The mere knowing of er with patches of alkali, and inter-
hls name Is a small thing, however. I seeted Dy clumps 01 tne awarnsn cnap-
mtniuNkt with hm nnwar nf Uvinv nnr Srrai bushes.
i.nH. nnnn him Thi. I nnect verv On the extreme verge of the horlxon
shortly to do. I have good hopea of " ton ' mountain peaks,
managing It through my own arrange- ltb. their rugged summits flecked with
ments: but it la a thing which needs "" " ""-, ... " ' ,wuu
delicate handlin. for we have i W there is no sign of life, nor of any
shrewd and desperate man to deal
with, who Is supported, as I have had
occasion to prove, by another who Is as
'clever as himself. As long as this man
has no Idea that any one can have a
clew, there Is some chance of securing
htm; but If he had the slightest sus
D let on. ha would change his name, and
vanish In an instant among the four
million Inhabitants of this great city.
Without meaning to hurt either of your
feelings, I am bound to say that I con
alder these men to be more than a
or-
thing appertaining to life,
There is no bird in the steel-blue
heaven, no movement upon the dull,
gray earth above all there is abso
lute silence. Listen as one may, there
is no shadow of a sound in all that
mighty wilderness; nothing but silence
complete and heart-subduing silence.
It has been said there is nothing ap
pertaining to life upon the broad plain,
That is hardly true.
Looking down from the Sierra Blan
co, one sees a pathway traced out
"No. there atnt nothing, d.1
Toull lust nee dto be patient awhile
and then you'll be all rlKht. Put your
head up agin me, like that, ana men
you'll feel belter. It alnt easy to talk
when your lips are like leather, but I
gtieea I'd best let you know how the
"Pretty things! tine things!" f-nea
the tittle girl, ethtitaasttcally. holding
up two glittering fragments of mica.
When we goes back to home l u give
them to brother Dob."
"You'll see prettier thlnrs than tnem
soon," said the man, contldently. "You
Just wait a bit. I waa go'ng to tell
vou. though you remember when we
lift the river?"
"Well, we reckoned we strike an
other river soon, d'ye see. But there
waa eomethin' wrong; compasses or
map, or soniethin, and it iiwoi mm
in. Water ran out. Just except a V'
tie drop for the likes of you and
and"
"And you couldn't wash yourself, in
torrupted his companion, gravely, star
lag up at his grimy visage.
"No. nor drink. And Mr. Bender, he
waa the first to go, and then Indian
Pete, and then Mrs, McGregor, and
then Johnny Hones, and then, dearie,
your mother."
Then mother's a deader too," cried
the little girl, dropping her face in her
pinafore and sobbing bitterly.
"Yes; they all went except you and
me. Then I thought there was some
chance of water In this direction, so
I heaved you on my shoulder and we
tramped It together. It dont seem as
though we've Improved nutters.
There's an almighty small chance for
us now!"
"Do you mean that we are going to
die. toor asked the child, cnecsmg
her sobs, and raising her tear-stained
face.
"I auesa that s about the sixe ot it.
Why didn't you sy so before r she
said. lamshlng gleefully. "You gave me
such a fright. Why. of course, now as
long as we ale we 11 te with motner
again." ''.
"Yea, you will, dearle.-
"And you. too. I'll tell her how
awful good you've been. I'll bet she
meets us at the door or heaven wun
a big pitcher of water, and a lot of
buckwheat cakes, hot. and toasted on
both sides, like Bob and me was fond
of. How long will it be first:"
"I don't know not very long.
The man's eyes were fixed on the
northern horixon. In the blue vault ot
the heaven there appeared three little
specks which Increased In sixe every
moment, so rapidly did they approach.
They speedily resolved thmrolvee
Into three large brown birds, which cir
cled over the heads of the two wan
derer, and then settled upon some
rocks which overlooker tnem.
They were buxxards, the vultures of
the West, whose coming Is the fore
runner of death. ,
Tv. ,k.i TJ: tw u across the desert, which winds away
nd U lost in the extreme distance.
whv I have not naked your assistance,
If I fall I shall, of course, incur all the
blame due to this omission; but that 1
It is rutted with wheels and trodden
down by the feet ot many adventurers.
Here and there are scattered white
.am preparea ror. Pe" ", objects which glisten in the sun and
ready to promise that the Instant .,. ,, . Itw ,,,, Aa A,
I can communicate with you without
endangering my own combinations I
hall do so.
stand out against the dull deposit of
alkali.
Approach and examine them! They
are bones; some large and coarse,
oxen, the
3 Uncle Sam's Puget Sound 3
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Navy Yard and Dry Docks
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Qregson and Lestrade seemed to be ofh-r. .mii0. ,, mnra Aeu-ia Th
tar rrom sausnea oy inis assuranco, ur
by the deprecating allusion to the de
tective police.
Tia former had flushed nn to the
-v" 4J- i i roots of his flaxen hair, while the
other's beady eyes glistened with curl
osrty and resentment
Neither of them had time to speak,
however, before there was a tap at the a solitary traveler,
door and the spokesman of the street His appearance was such
arao, young Wiggins, introduced nis
i 'i S '. ' Insignificant and unsavory person.
, Itio ni.... .1,- V. ..M tnnrhlnr hU
forelock. "I have the cab down stairs.
"Good Doy." said MOimes. oianaiy.
"Why dont you Introduce this pattern
at Scotland Yard?" he continued, tak- the brown, parchment-like
ing a pair of steel handcuffs from a drawn tightly over the
drawer. "See how beautifully tne
siding works. They fasten in an in
stant" ,
"The old pattern Is good enough,'
remarked Lestrade, "If we can find the
man to put them on.
"very good, very good," said Holmes
smlllnc. i "The cabman may as well
; I . help me with my boxes.
l .. to step up. Wiggins."
I was surprised to find my compan
ion speaking as though we were abor.t
to start out on a journey, since he had
not said nothing to me about it
There was a small portmanteau in
the room, and this he pulled-out and
beeanto strap.
"V- Ft. . ....tl- .t It .1,..
the cabman entered the room,
' "Just give me a help with this
buckle, cabman." he said, kneeling
over his task, and never turning his
i .
f Tha fellow came forward with a
somewhat sullen defiant air, and put
uuwu aim uauun w ""- I , . tm f,lt, ml,r
At that Instant there was a sharp r. T.. "
In all that broad landscape tHere
fXtlnmen -Hl with ItashlnK WM Bw S" Ul liuyc. nutm, u
aentiemen, ne cnea, witn asmng . . 1ntced ltn, wUd
yes, im me rairwiu ui ,r nH then he reallMd
ferson Hope, the murderer of Enocn I L." i.j . .
3 'Tha whAlA thin- ftojnnrreA In Tnn.
Bient so quickly that I had no time to
realise it
I have a vivid recollection of that In
stant, of Holmes' triumphant expres
sion and the ring or his voice, or tne
cabman's dated, . savage face, as he
glared at the glistening handcuffs.
which had appeared as u Dy magic
unnn his wrists.
For a second or two we mignt nave
been a group of statues. Then, with
n Inarticulate roar of fury, the pris
oner wrenched himself free from
Holmes' grasp, and hurled - himself
throuah the window.
Woodwork and glass gave way be
fore him; but before he got quite
through Qregson, Lestrade and Holmes
sprang upon him like so many stag-
hounds,
He was dragged back into ue room,
r - - ! i - end then commenced a terrific conflict.
vW - ' i So powerful and so fierce . was he da it"
that the four ot us were shaken off As he spoke, he unwrapped the gray
r. Tf f . ...I. D innaaml t hm .1 .1 ...I a nmtt, little.
former hare belonged to
latter to men.
For fifteen hundred miles one may
trace this ghastly caravan route by
these scattered remains of those who
had fallen by the wayside.
Looking down on this very scene.
there stood upon the 4th of May, 1847,
that he
might have been the very genius or
demon of the region. An observer
would have found it difficult to say
whether he was nearer to forty or to
sixty.
His face was lean and haggard, and
skin was
projecting
bones; his long, brown hair and beard
were all flecked and dashed with
white; his eyes were sunken in his
head, and burned with an unnatural
luster, while the hand which grasped
his rifle was hardly more fleshy than
that of a skeleton.
As he stood, he leaned upon his
Just ask him weapon for support, and yet his tall
figure and the massive framework ol
his bones suggested a wiry and vigor
ous constitution.
His gaunt face, however, and his
clothes, which hung so bagglly over
his shriveled limbs, proclaimed what
lit was that gave him that senile and
decrepit appearance.
The man was dying dying, rrom
hunger and from thirst.
He had tolled painfully down the ra
vine, and on to this little elevation,
m the vain hope of seeing some signs
of water.
Now the great salt plain stretched
before his eyes, and the distant belt
of savage mountains, without a sign
(To t ronunaetl.)
WENT HIM SOME BETTER.
atrl Improved eo Excuse Offered by rlet
. -..- tittle Brother.
' Annie was late, and like a sensible
child, she recognixed the fart and stop
ped running. ot so Johnnie. He
belonged to the dsss that never knows
when it has enough of either joy or
trouble, so he kept up his laborious
trot until the school door wss reached.
There be leaned dejectedly and brenllv
ed heavily. Annie eyed him with I
scorn that grew as she looked. I-ati'r
on they stood in the office looking like
a set of illustrations for a new ver-iion
ol the "Lives ot the Hunted," snd
Johnny was talking. "I couldn't
mean it," he sobbed. "It wns me big
siitter Katie's (suit. She maile me eat
three eyrgj, n' me mudder says I can't
hold that much till I'm nine years old,
snd " He would lisve bsbbled on
indefinitely, the tests rolling off his
fat, fool inn little face, but the principal
handed him his admission slip and
turned to Annie. ' That young lady
had a passion (or acquisition, so with
out further ado she acquired Johnnie's
excoye.
"I ate too many eggs, too, and it
made me late," she explained.
"Indeed," said the principal, "snd
how many did you eat?"
Annie's lips curled scornfully as she
remembered Johnny and his miserable
little three eggs.
"I ate seventy-four," she replied,
blandly. New York Evening Bun.
NCLK SAM had no need to
erect formidable fortifica
tions and extensive naval and
military works, tu order to
make sure ot protection for the waters
and commercial Interests of the Tarinc
Northwest but when our VihIh 8am
located the Puget Sound Naval Station
he assured such protection for all time
tv come under all possible events, do
mestla or foreign. At the same time
he located these works In a position
absolutely Impregnable, a very Gibral
tar of security against attack or Inter
ference, as an examination of location
and surroundings will show.
In the first place, the location of Port
Orchard bay, on which the station ts
built, ts 100 miles Interior from the Pa
cific, reached only through the straits
of San Juan de Fuca, that wonderful
body ot water through which pours the
present enormous streams of North
western commerce. This water Is m
coptlble of fortifications and of defense
beyond the ability of the combined war
fleets of all earth to force an entrance.
Forts at Port Townsend and other
points eastward from the en
trance of the straits already protect
the passage, while beyond, as the
course lies further In toward the naval
station, the channel narrows Into shut
ting natural defenses.
Should the nsval powers of earth
ever force those, there would remain
torpedo, bomb, dynamite mines, rhatns,
snd like means ot destruction of the
advancing engines of war, strung and
hung In the narrower channels nearer
the station, beyond any conceivable
ability of present or future naval pow
ers to pass. On such situation Is based
the claim that the location, for safety
and strength, is the finest that the
world knowa torlav. Other features
are quite as favorable. Including depth
of water, character of anchorae
grounds, shore for docks snd wharfs,
surrounding lands snd conditions. In
cluding climatic conditions and protec
tion from all winds by an absolutely
land-locked harbor, set within densely
timbered bills.
Views of the Station, Its works and
surroundings herewith given, disclose
but a small part of the Interesting and !
Instructive features to be learned by a I
visit to Bremerton, as the little city (
surrounding the Station, has been nam-,
ed. Carved out of the virgin forest.
the works occupy an enclosure of some
eighty acres of level land, that comes
down to the water on Just the level
needed for works and dorks, while far
ther back the ground rises by ridge
and terrace, glvlnr attractive natural
locations for the administrative build
ings, offices and quarters. Central to
all lies the great dry dock, now the
largest possessed by the government,
with dockage and wharfs in front, and
shops and repair and equipment build
ings adjoining. Notwithstanding the
completeness of the works all Is stl'l
Admlutatratlve building and naval of
fices. Marine barracks with modern appli
ances and conveniences,
Offlcers' quarters, five fine rest
I'enrca for naval officials
Buildings In process: Equipment
ordnance and other shops.
Coitttlderltig the nmgnltude of the
Station as It exist today, It seems al
most Impottsttile that It has all beu
ncrompllsned In ten short years. The
locution was made In ISi'l, the first
work commenced the year following.
The very hind enclosed In the station
As to the thrse ships first m.Mloned. WHERE TrtI CnUBi IS weak.
thre Is yet considerable to be dons to rlttl,. , h, c.h In l..a.r r
them In painting and overhauling for Vnlcanle KrniUlima. V
two ot them, the Iowa having long d from north to south, mountains flauC-v
parted, while the Philadelphia Is the wuoUi of the western counts or" A
puctsd to be made Into a receiving America and from Alaska, wuare mora
ship, by the removal of oue ot bar tsiu one sctlve volcano la tu lis found,
jfcg III Vpe IB lilies vi wrnmitHis
iir-mriun the cltv of tli Btatloo, are clearly marked. On run through
l.vbe, ha It foundation of course in tu i.aacau ainuuiaiiia, in mer
the labor employed, and th traltlc of Ira Nevada Into Lower California; au
the Station and of Its offlcers snd
manager. Suddenly rising' to several
thousand of population, th Httl city
ti struggling to keep par with Its own
unexpected Importance and growth,
and fortunately Is In the hands of en
terprising men of high character, who
ai selxed with the spirit and charac
ter of th enterprise that ha com to
them, and who vlnc a disposition to
cooperate with th government pur
Pe and to make their city a cnrnii.
I'hla la shown In the cnaraner oi im
other from th Rocky Mountains,
through lleiilral America, and down
th nllr roast of the south continent,
along the Andes, Went of the Itocky
Mountain Is a vt extent of country,
larger than Franc and (treat llrltnlu
combined, constating of bare, tin milt
plain, caused by lav flow from fls
ur eruption.
Ksst of the ItiHky Mountains Is (lis
far famed Yellow stone I'nrk district,
lying mainly lu Wyoming and partly
lu Montana and Idaho, w lions hot
,'iw", "OB pn ui n tiiiKiimi intuitu mil '-"- , . M...I UM....m ),,,. !... II, .
.t-.i ...... i rv....i.... i aitt .i. ..i..i.i in tret construction and springs aud geysers show tlmt th
though the land, which had been "lura- all tha municipal Improvement as fast temperature her Is still Intense st no
bereit." had hen miiored mion for (hat I sa undertaken. There Is a water sya great dlstaiic Mow th surface. It
purpose ss early aa 1S5S. This home-'tcm already Installed, by utilisation "' was In lT3 that Iheae extraordinary
stead was patented to one William ' fin atreams of pur water, with suf
. t- t I , .v'-' A'"' vsVifrv"" ; -,.
a Hak-
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BIG FIGHTING NUC1UNE IN DRYDOCK.
who sold to William Bremer, from flc lent head for fire protection, and on
whom the Kovernment purchased the a scale tor all future requirement
station tract of 86 acres, which was up-1 The young city government keeps pace
on recommendation of two cotiiinli- llh ,h ''.,,l requirement an.l In I
slons, one of naval olllcers and one of u'rel't- h,',r, n1" "a.rmo,'
.-iviii.i.. r..nr.. a.-tina um.n ihn r- Bd coopt-ratlon so deilrable under the
geyaers and bulling spring became th
pro(Mrty of the people.
Among th most notisi volcanoes ou
th Aiucrlcaii cuutliieut are Jorullo,
Popocaptl, Cotopaxl. th highest vol
cano lu th w or lil. aud Cuiieiilua,
whuae treiueiidoua explosion In 1K15
cliwely reaenililinl that of toe first erup
tion of Vesuvius, and of Krakaloa In
Itwa, In all. America posseeae nearly
100 volcanoes,
In Hi Atlantic Ocean very few Isl
and ar to tie found, but they are
nearly all volcaulc lu orlglu.
lilacouiifH-teu Willi any line of weak
ness, shout th t)uatir. are th Sand
wich, or llswallnn Island, lliw ''r
spot to lie visited lu our tour of th
world's volcanoes.
These Islanda ar nothing hut a
group of hug volcanic cones, but for
three-quarters of a century all th
eruptions which bav taken place have
been nou explosive. The active crater
are In Hawaii, with the soft, muilcal.
natlvs name of Kllnuca. Ilualuliit, and
Los; while there sre Iwo oilier nme.
on of I licui, Kea ly name, ruing 1:1.
Mofl feet Hotll Kea and t.oa ar reck
oned to lie twice th bulk of Klna.-
I'earsin's Msgsslne.
a oosii'FpAiTf f
port of those coniinUiiloiia.
I
the station Is was cleared until the
Hreinerton circumstances. Among other steps In
Jlty takes Its nam. from its original . ,hl direction the town Is at pree,,t
Mid oa nor. No foot of the land where i "Wnlilng a Sailor a snd Murine t tub
1 Kfier the manner of those
Kovernrurnt commenced It lu the yenr.
ruth at
Mar Islnnd and llrooktyn, In the In
Btnlnd Sir llrnmer had built a Sinn i im.mi.iiif.,ii, .i ..m om-
dock, for the bay b(ta. which still fr the sea faring employes when a
stands a pioneer fingur mark com
pared with the extensive, docks
. jthn Station. Schools, churches, and
' f society of the rising order are fMurev
Where th Mea MeUlt MrlllUnt Hrrl
of New.
lt It not be ImagtiitHt I hat a goeulp
party ts contlneil to Hie x criHiiieit
with having a corner on the g..ip
market. There must lie au equal num
Iwr of men and women present at Ihl
fascinating function. In the fimt place.
the liostea write a dom-n or more
tuples of coiivcniallon n "U i-artls.
which ar handed to guests tiHin their
arrival The aiihjm-ts usually ilio.i-n
moilern equipment and construction j0 'h? young city of Port Orchard llay. lrf of up o-li and piquant rlmrac
where now float the mtghtteat flghtiug
maelilnes of modern times.
While the government authorities
n
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INTERIOR VIEW OF DRYDOCK UNOCCUPIED.
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end, and that there, on that barren
crag, he was about to die.
"Why not here, at well as in a feath
er bed, twenty yean hence," he mut
tered, as he seated himself in tne snei
ter of a bowlder. rr- ,
Before sitting down, he had depos
ited upon the ground nls useless rifle,
and also a large bundle tied up In a
gray shawl, which he had carried slung
over his right shoulder.
It appeared to be somewhat too
heavy for his strength, for, in lowering
it, it came down on the ground wun
some little violence. ' 11
Instantly there broke from the gray
parcel a little moaning cry, ana rrom
it there protruded a small, scared face,
with very bright, brown eyes, and two
little sneckled. dimpled fiats.
"You've hurt me!" said a cnnaisn
voice, reproachfully.
"Have I. thounh?" the man an
swered, penitently; "I dldnt go for to
' Th Origin of Windfall."
Did you ever have a "windfall,"
and did you everwondet why you called
it so, when the wind had nothing st
all. to , do with your good fortune? It
waa to the peasants in Willism the
Conqueror's time that an actual wind
fall meant good luck. They were for
bidden, nnder severe penalty, to cut a
forest tree, but whatever the wind blew
down was their own;, hence their
greatest fortune was a heavy wind
storm and its consequent "all. And
hence the name we give our modern
good luck. , ,
' ' What Alligators Eat.
Mora than once curious things have
been fonnd in the stomach of a shark,
but never has such an extraordinary
collection been found as was discovered
recently in the stomach of an alligator.
This alligator was killed in the Boadsn,
and was more than 12 feet In length.
In its stomach were discovered eighty-
five stones, several birds' claws, two
human finger nail and three hoofs of a
donkey, to one of which a piece of rope
was attscbed. :
iUJ tXltd. ,
I ) the convulsive strength of a man in (rlrl of about five years of age, whose
an epuepuc nt. dainty vnoes ana smart pinn in,
His face and bands were terribly with Its little linen apron, au oespoxe
' i mangled by the passage through the a mother's care.
- " ' glass, but loss ot blood had no effect The child was pale and wan, but ner
In diminishing his resistance. healthy arms and legs showed that she
It was not until Lestrade succeeded had suffered less than her companion.
In setting his hand Inside his neck- "How Is It now?" he answered, anx
' - cloth and half stranding him that we louslv for she was still rubbing the
made him realize that his struggles towsy-golden curls which covered the
; were of no avail; and even then we back of her head.
, it felt no security until we had pinioned "Kiss It and make It well," she said,
his feet aa weU aa his hands. That with nerfect gravity, shoving tne in
done, we rose to our feet, breathless inred Dart up to him. 'That's what
&nd nantinc. mother used to do. Where's mother?
u "We have his cab," said Sherlock "Mother's gone. I guess you'll see
; TTnlmns "It will serve to take him to hnr before lone."
. jwwufuVwv fftnnd Yard. And now. gentlemen." "Gone, eh?" said the little girl,
:t.J .. he continued, with a pleasant smile, "Funny, she dldnt say good-bye; she
' j . ' ' . -we have reached the end of our little 'most always did If she was just goln'
' "v- mystery. You are very welcome to over to auntie's for tea, and now she's
' ,' i ! -I.'; t put any questions that you like to me been away for three days. Say, it's
t-'-.J .. IT now and thar Is no danger that I will swful dry, ain't it? Ain't there no
refuse to f,nwr them." j water nor nothing to eat v
i . if
Medal for First Volunteers.
Governor Crane, of Massachusetts,
has signed the bill awarding a medal to
every man from bis state who went out
in response to President Lincoln s first
call for troops. The pen with whi-h
he signed the bill has been presented
to President Pierce, of the "minute
menot '61." ,
1 Baltimore to Honor Schley.
Baltimore Is considering a plan of
changing the name of its North avenue
to Schley avenue, in honor of the rear
admiral. The present name is no
longer appropriate, the northern boun
dary of the city having extended far
beyond that svenue,
', Praises American Scenery.
Paul Lindau declares in a recent
magazine article that the deepest im
pression he had ever received on his
travels in the new or old world was
given by the Grand canyon of the Colo
rado river, In A' jxona.
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. A Chinese Clarionet.
The sons, a Chinese clarionet, is the
favorite Instrument among the common
people, especially at marriage and fun
eral entertainments. Its scale is from
F to O above. - :
hustle and animation In extenslnnc
constantly on foot, the largest of the
present works under construction b
ing an Immense equipment building o
brick, that will be completed this sen
son. Brick and steel structure Is main
tained throughout, and every species
of construction, brick, steol, stone am!
timber, Is of the superior quality for
which TJncla Samuel Is noted. A point
of great significance as bearing on the
local adaptability and economy or tne
site, Is that nearly a totality of all ma
torlals comes from the Puget Sound
snd Pacific region, excepting hardy
structural steel and Iron. Stone,
brick, timber and coal, are all at Uncle
Sam's finger tips.
Details of these great works, are to
he found In the reports, but a few
Items will suffice, emphasizing In the
main ss thev do. the local Importance
of the 8tatIon. and comparison with
the sister stations of Mar Island anc
Brooklyn. Puget Sound Is already
larger than either of the other two, and
with contemplated Improvements nl
ready under the protecting aerjls of
government appropriation, will shortly
he smonff the largest in the world. Us
nresent dry dock has such rank, nav
Ine a capacity of contnlnlng the larg
est battle ship In the world, and yet the
extensions now contemplated, to no
covered In the next appropriation call
ing for $4,000,000, already approved by
the department, call for another dry
dock double the size of the present one
deemed necessary by our naval exten
sion on the Pacific side or our domain,
snd our Interests In the far east.
Other extensions covered In the re
cent appropriations of $1,200,000 are
coal bunkers of 25,000 tons capacity.
Bremerton being one of five such conl
Ing stations ordered, the other four ba-
lng San Diego, Ban r rancisco, nuiia,
and Dutch Harbor for the Pacific and
Bohrlng Sea. This coaling provision
Is now a necessity, but the future sys
tem for the Station is said by govern
ment officials to be to utlllzze the Lake
Washington fresh water canal now un
der construction, ships running
through that body of water d.rectly up
to the coal bunkers near the mines,
and In going and comihg clean their
bottoms of barnacles, saving the scrap
ing process In dry dock. The rolls of
employes at present exceed 800 men,
with the certainty ot constant large in
creases as the works are extended.
The present works comprise the fol
lowing: Drydock, the largest government
dock In the Ulted States.
Wharf and docks, largest and most
commodious on the Pacific Coast.
Brick and steel flre-proof construc
tion and repair buildings.
Steam engineering building, with
equipment.
Brick warehouse and store bouse.
have proceeded with Increasing confl
tence, ever since the establlsment of
the Ptiicct Sound Station 10 years ano
there has boon no practical teat on a
large scale, until since the clime of the
SpanlHh war, and our sequestered and
varied Imttloahlpg of the first class
have reached the Station. First to
come was the Iowa, followed by the
Wisconsin and latterly the great Ore
gon after Santiago and her double
chaoe around the continent, with tha
Philadelphia as the Intost comer. All
these ships steamed In from the Pad
flc, up through the straits, and by the
Interior fastnesses, with probably no
small misgivings. Arrived at the Sta
tlon each and nil have now heen
throuph the paces of teat of the facll
which also has thst modem necessity
the newspaper, the Weekly News, con
ducted by the Onle Brothers. This waa
established one year ago.
Kitsap Is the inexpreslr name of
he Interior, sound encircled ' county
that haa received this great Improv
ment snd development. A region
tensely timbered, sparsely settled, and
with Its chief business shore and hay
traffic hitherto, finds Its solltudi
transformed Into noise and bustla,
with hints of th mighty world out
side, by comparisons of th hulls and
machinery of the world s hitherto to
them unknown fighting monster, with
th pigmy bottoms so long their prtds
and admiration. The wilderness Is be
ginning to blossom as tha rose, and
numerous small towns are springing
up. testifying to tha Immense etpend.
Itures by the government, and that all
Kertlons ar getting some share. Ths
county seat Is aero th bay from th
Naval Station, with no doubt aa ambi
tion on th part of th Bremerton peo
ple, that om tlm In th near futura
Bremerton will b th capital' of th
county, a It hss stready become th
commercial center. Farms are rapidly
developing, and th fruit raising In
dustry Is expected to b large In all
that region In th very near future.
Moreover th people settling th re
gion are hardy, Industrious and conse
quently thrifty peopl. that will soon
set th mark of wealth and high char
acter upon th region where Unci
Sam has placed so important national
Internsts.
As to management, It Is universal
testimony that the government hss
made no mistake In the assignments
of Commandant, and other adminis
trative officers, who In th order of
Commandants sine opening of ths
Station have been, Lieutenant Wykoff,
Commander Morong, Cnpt. Whiting,
twr, a startling bit or news, a new
novel or picture, the flirtation of nue's
friends, question of costume, favorite
dishes, or tsstes, etc. Chair smmu.-.l
lu pair and sofa scattered about iim
room have uttiubcrs atlnchrd tu them,
Jiit a many ss there sre couple;
these Milliliter are drawn for. and rm-li
couple drawing corri-iMinllug mitutier
hunts up Hie seals similarly num
bered.
After the manner of progressive card
parties, a ln-11 Is rung to nmiouitm i-n. h
tmili nf l-tlttl-ill-SHl lull fill- ttllli-ll Hi
minutes are allowed, At tin rltd '1isVr
Hint time the men rt and pass on ti
the seat next their In nuiulier. At
each change of plain s the next suhject
on the raids I taken up and cliniied
almtit. The women remain sealed.
while the men progress tin t II the en
tire circle Is made, or tint II the ln-
trss annoiitiir the conclusion nf lln
gossip, HI lii of I'tipcr and peurlls are
then ilNii-ibut d nu.l the women vols
for the uit'U whose gossip lui must In
terested tlieni, and vice versa, Tim
two gaining the most votes receive
prises s a reward of their brlHIsney.-
riiltadclphln Times.
Not In Her Line.
Did you ever see a girl spin a top?
Did you ever see her can-fully and
closely wind string around tln cone
snd then, Willi a quick throw and jerk,
glv It the uiH'esaary rotary motion to
send It whirling right side up? You
never did, and probably you never will,
say the Chicago Record Herald, he-
cause the ready possibility of iloltig
such s thing docs not tie In a woman's
Commander Oreen, Capt, Coghlan, and I ixnnlomy.
Capt. W. T. Burwell.
As to accessibility for the travnlor
and the visitor, as well as for commer
cial communication with Bremerton,
it Is easy, involving mere rail and de
lightful water trip from all coast and
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OFFICilRS' QUARTERS AT PUGET SOUND STATION.
Hies for repair and overhauling, with
tfie most complete satisfaction to all
cu.iioi'ihkI. lu maneuvering, docking,
or whut not, each and every feature
has been a success, As to the Oregon,
her broken plates wrenched asunder
when the ship was on the rocks ill
Asia, havo been replaced with the ease
that s skiff would bo handled by the,
ships cm-pouter, The dry dock thus
first tested by these greatest of battle
ships, proved adequate for even much
larger voshoIb. All macnlnery and ap
paratus worked to a charm, so that this
evidence, If needod, closes the chapter
of approval for the Pugot Sound Sta
tion. Besides the mechanical tost, re
sults have been ennnlly satisfactory
with respect to health of men, and at
tractive surroundings, in fact aa to all
other elements entering Into the case.
A girl can twirl a mpo it ml Jump mis
enough times to weary her watching
brother, but a lop In her hand Is a
useless thing, and the brother only
laughs at her effjrts to splu It, It slm
makes them, ss he laughs st all her
efforts In the direction of throwing.
Observe the children playing In the
streets nt top-spinning seasons. Van
may watch all day and not sen one girl
with a top In her hand, while yon will
se hundreds with skipping ropes. If
you see any playing with bulls they will
be simply bouncing them on the pave
ments, using a very short, crumped
motion ot the arm In doing so.
The simple fart I that a girl cannot
throw, In the true sense of ths term,
because of the peculiar construction
of her shoulder. When a boy throw
g ball he bends his elliow, reaches hack
with his forearm and uses every joint
from shoulder to wrist, Ills arm Is re
laxed. A girl throw with a rigid arm.
because her collar bono I larger mid
Its lower than a boy's. This pre
vents the free motion of the arm re
quired for strength and accuracy In
throwing; hence she cannot spin a tup
properly.
The Holland Primrose.
There Is a plant In Holland known a
the evening primrose, which grows to
! height of five or six feet, and hears
Inland points. Portland, Spokane, Te- a profusion of largo, yellow flowers, so
coma, Seattle and other Sound points, brilliant that they attract Immediate
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The visitor may ever feol sure of wel
come, and that Instruction and pleas
ure will reward the trip. Swift boats
make hourly trips from Seattle.and Ta
coma while no more delightful trip
coum ne roiina anywnere than the en
attention, even at a great distance.
But the chief peculiarity about the
plant Is the fact that the flowers,
which open Just beforo sunset, hurst
Into bloom so suddenly tlmt they give
tire trip by boat from Portland, while onr the Impression of Nome magical
visitors from further down the Coast agency. A man who haa seen this sud
or Pacific tourists will never tire of the den blooming says It Is Just ns If sniuo
ueauue oi mo ooiina region, ine Bta. one had touched the land with a wiinil,
JLV,VjL trTthif..timJa..n'.b6 1 thus covered It all at o.u-o will, a
esrbelng sure to have" wprUtlon. B'L
ever on nana or ine mighty naval pow- A woman likes to have everybody say
.hni- wJA 7,n ,L..V ..' 2 of nn old family.
boats up to the mightiest war ma
chines tne world has yet produced
Nothing Is more dutcstulilu than iu
prejudices of other peoplo.
r
and pay court to (oily?
I Grove, will be finally settled in I lb
p4 u st iue rtigu uiuvn
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