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A STUDY IN SCARLET
BY A. CONAN DOYLE.
TART II Chapter 11 Continued.
Ia liie meantime, Forrior. having re
covered from bis privations, distin
guished himself as a useful guide and
an iadefutigable hunter.
So rapidly did he gain the esteem ot
- his ccw companions, that when they
' reached the end ot their wanderings.
it was uuamlniously agreed that he
should be ptovided with as large and
- as fertile a tract ot land as any ot the
settlers, with the exception of Young
himself, and of Staugersoa, Kimball,
Johnson and Drabber, who were the
tour principal elders.
On the farm thus acquired John Fur
rier built himself a substantial log
, hoiuse, which received so many addi
tions in succeeding years that it grew
into a roomy villa.
' In three years he was better off than
i bis neighbors. In six he was well-to-do,
ia nine he was rich, and in twelve
there were not halt a doten men in the
whole ot Salt Lake City who could
compare with him.
1 IW.1 1 l
- - i aero was one way, sum unij o;m, m
which he offended the susceptibilities
; s . of his co-religionists.
There were some who accused him
- of lukewarmness in his adopted relig
ion, and others who put tt down to
treed ot wealth and reluctance to In
cur expense.
Whatever the reason, Ferrler re
mained strictly celibate. In every
K .... . other respect he conformed to the re
ligion ot the young settlement, and
rl ; gained the name ot being an ortho-
'" dox and straight-walking man.
, . , Lucy Ferrier grew up within the log
house and assisted her adopted father
. .. in all his undertakings.
The keen air of the mountains and
the balsamic odor of the pine trees
took the place ot nurse and mother to
tie young girt.
. As year succeeded to year the grew
ruddy, and her step more elastic.
Many a wayfarer upon the high road
which ran by Ferrier's farm feit long
forgotten thoughts revive la his mind
, as he watched her lithe, girlish figure
tripping through the wheat fields, or
met her mounted upon her father's
mustang, and managing it with all the
West
So the bud blossomed into a flower
and the year which saw her father the
richest ot the farmers left her as fair
a specimen of American girlhood as
could be found In the whole Pacific
slope.
It was not the father, however, who
" first discovered that the child had de
veloped Into the woman. It seldom is
In such cases.
That mysterious change Is too sub
tle and too gradual to be measured by
dates. Least of all does the maiden
herself, know It nntll the tone of a
voice or the touch of a hand sets her
heart thrilling within her, and she
learns, with a mixture of pride and
fear, that a new and a larger nature
heg awakened within her.
There are tew who cannot recall
. , 1 XL 1 1 . , )
lost uar ana rejnnnuer iue uue nine
Incident which heralded the dawn ot a
new life.
In the case of Lncy Ferrler the occa
sion was serious enough in itself, apart
ftom its tuture Influence on her desti
ny and that of many besides.
It was a warm June morning, , and
the Latter-Day Saints were as busy as
the bees whose hive they have chosen
for their emblem.
In the fields and In the streets rose
th same hum of human Industry.
Down the dusty h'frhroads defiled
long "streams ot heavily laden mules,
all heading to the west for the gold
fever had broken out In California, and
the Overland route lay through the
cltv of the Elect
Thee. too, were droves of the sheep
and bullocks coming In from the out
lying pasture lands, and trains of
tired Immigrants, men and horses
equally weary of their Interminable
Journey.
Through all this motley assemblage.
threading her way with the skill of
an accomplished Titer, there galloned
Lncy Ferrler, her fair face flushed
with the exercise, and her long chest
nut hair floating out behind her.
She had a commission from her
father in the city, and was dashing in
as she had done many a time before,
with all the fearlessness of youth.
thinking only of her task and how It
w."s to be performed.
The travel-stained adventurers
gazed after her In astonishment and
even the unemotional Indians, journey
ing in with their peltry, relaxed their
accustomed stoicism as they marveled
at the beauty of the pale-faced maiden.
She had reached the outskirts of
the city when she found that road
blocked hy a great drove of cattle,
driven by a half dozen wild looking
herdsmen from the plains.
In ber impatience she endeavored to
pass this obstacle by pushing her
horse into what appeared to be a gap.
Scarcely had she got fairly Into It.
however, before the beasts cloed In
! behind her, and she found herself com
pletely Imbedded In the moving stream
nf flerce-eved lonF-horneri bullocks.
Accustomed as she was to deal with
cattle, she was not alarmed at her
situation, but took advantage of every
onportunlty to urge her horse on In
the hope of pushing her way through
the cavalcade.
i Unfortunately, the horns of one of
the creatures, either by accident or
design, came In violent contact with
the flank of the mustang, and excited
. It to madness.
In an Instant it reared upon Its
i hind legs with a snort of rage, and
pranced and tossed In a way that
would have unseated any but most
The stuation was full of peril.
Every plunge of the excited horse
-r 1 aii vf-t t ! m train est vtiA hima aitatit
and goaded it to fresh madness.
It was all that the girl could do to
keep herself In the saddle, yet a slip
; ? wouia mean a lerrwie a earn unaer me
' hoofs of the unwieldy and terrified
- , animals.
1 Unaccustomed to sudden emergen-
- cles her head began to swim, and ber
grip upon the bridle to Telar.
Choked by the rising cloud of dust
and by the steam from the struggling
creatures, she might have abandoned
her efforts In despair but for a kindly
olce at her elbow which assured her
o' assistance.
At the same moment a sinewy brown
hand caught the frightened horse by
the curb, and, forcing a way through
' the drove, soon brought her to the out-
"'"You're not hurt, I hope, Miss," said
her preserver, respectfully.
She looked up at his dark, fierce
face and laughed saucily.
-I'm awfully frightened," she said,
falvely; "whoever would tare thought
J that Ponsho would have beon so scared
by a lot of cowsr
i "Thank God you kept your seat,"
the other said, earnestly. He was a
I tall, savage looking young fellow
'mounted on a powerful roan horse.
and clad in the rough dress of a
hunter, with a long rifle slung over his
shoulder. "I guess you are the daugh
ter of John Ferrler " he remarked. "I
issw you ride down from his house.
When you see him, ask him If he re
members the Jefferson Hopes of St
Louis. If he's the same Ferrler, my
father and he were pretty thick
"Hadnl you better come and ask
yourself?" she asked demurely.
The young fellow seemed pleased at
the suggestion, and his dark eyes
sparkled with pleasure.
"I'll do so." he said; "we've been In
the mountains for two months, and are
not over and above In visiting condi
tion. He must take us as he finds us."
"He has a good deal to thank you
for, and so have I," she answered;
"he's awful fond of me. If those cows
had Jumped on me, he'd have never
got over it
"Neither would I," said her com
panion. "Tou? Well, I dont tee that It
would make much matter to you, any
how. You alnt even a friend of ours."
The young hunter's dark face grew
so gloomy over this remark that Lucy
Ferrler laughed aloud.
"There, I didnt mean that" the
said; "of course, you are a friend
now. You must come and see us.
Now I must push along, or father
wont trust me with his business any
more. Good-bye."
"Good-bye," he answered, raising hU
broad sombrero, and bending over her
little hand.
She wheeled her mustang round,
gave It a cut wth her ridlng-whlp, and
darted away down the broad road In
a rolling cloud of dust
Young Jefferson Hope rode on with
his companions, gloomy and taciturn.
He and they had been among the
Nevada mountains prospecting for sil
ver, and were returning to Salt Lake
City In the hope ot raising capital
enough to work some lodes which they
had discovered.
He had been as keen as any of them
upon the business until this sudden In
cident had drawn his thoughts into an
other channel.
The sight of the fair, young girl, as
frank and wholesome as the Slerrg
breezes, had stirred his volcanic, un
tamed heart to Its very depths.
When she had vanished from his
sight he res II ted that a crisis had
come In ols life, and that neither sil
ver speculations nor any other ques
tions could ever be of such Importance
to him as this new and all-absorbing
on.
The love which had snmnc up In Ms
Vart was not the sudden, changeable
fancy of a boy. but rather the wild,
fierce passion of a man of strong will
and Imperious temper.
He hd been accustomed to succeed
In all that he undertook.
He swore In his hea-t he would not
fail In this If human effort and human
net-severance could render him suc
cessful. He called on John Ferrler that nlrht
.nd msoy times aesln nntll his fare
wp a familiar ce nt the farmhouse.
John, cooned no h the valley, and
"hporbed In Ms work, had little chnr
of le-ne the news of the outside
wo'd dnrinr the last twelve years.
A'l this Jefferson Hone wns able to
'ell him. and In a stvle which Interest
v T.ncy ss well as her father.
He had been n pioneer In California
nd emild naTSte munr a strange tn'i
nf fortunes made ar-d fortunes lost In
fr wild, halcyon days.
He had ben n scout too. and a two-
ner a silver exnlorer. and a ranchman.
TPherorer sHr-lne? ,pnt"i were
n be had. ,Tnr--n Hope had been
here In searrh of tfcm.
H soon became a favorite with th
"Id farmer, who smke elnmtontlv rf
Ms. virtue. On cTfh occasions Lucy
was slpt. bnt her blnshmr cheek and
her hrlrW. bunny eyes showed only
too clearlv that her young heart was
no lontrer her own.
Her honest fpther may not have ob
served these symptoms, but they were
assuredly not thrown away upon the
man who had wen her affections.
It was a summer evening when he
came galloping down the road and
pulled up at the gate.
She was at the doorway, and came
down to meet him. He threw the bri
dle over the feaco and strode up the
pathway.
"I am off, Lucy, he said, taking her
two hands in his, and gazing tenderly
down into her face; "I wont ask you
to come with me now, but will you be
ready to come when I am here again?"
'And when will that be?" she asked.
blushing and laughing.
A couple of months at the outside.
I will come and ilalm you then, my
darling. There's no one who , can
stand between us."
'And bow about father?" the asked.
'He has given his consent, provided
we get these mines working all right
I have no fear on that head."
'Oh, well, of course, if you and
father have arranged it all, there's no
more to be said," the whispered, with
her cheek against his broad breast.
"Thank God!" he said, hoarsely,
stooping and kissing her. "It is set
tled then. The longer I stay the
harder It will be to go. They are wait
ing for me at the canyon. Good-bye,
my own darling good-bye. In two
months you shall see me."
He tore himself from her as he
spoke, and, flinging himself upon his
horse, galloped furiously away, never
even looking round, as though afraid
that his resolution might fall him If
ne took one glance at what he was
leaving.
She stood at the gate, gazing sftnr
him until be vanished from her sight.
Then the walked back to the house,
the happiest girl In Utah.
QHAPTEB III.
Three weeks had passed since Jef
ferson Hope and bis comrades bad
departed from Salt Lake City.
jonn Ferrier's heart . was tore
within him when he thought of the
young man's return and of the Im
pending lost of hit adopted child.
Yet her bright and happy face re
conciled him to the arrangement more
than any argument could have done.
He had always determined, deep down
in nit retoiute heart, that nothing
would ever Induce him to allow hit
daughter to wed a Mormon.
Such a marriage he regarded aa no
marriage at all, but at a tbame and a
disgrace. Whatever he might think
of the Mormon doctrinet, upon that
one point he was Inflexible.
He had to seal his mouth on the
subject however, for to express an
un-orthodox opinion was a dangerous
matter in those days In the Laud ot
the Saints.
Yes. a dangerous matter so dan
gerous that even the most saintly
dared only whisper their religious
opinions with bated breath, ltMt tome
thing which Ml from their lips might
me misconstrued and bring down a
swift retribution upon them.
The victims of persecution find not
turned persecutors on their own ac
count, and persecutors ot the most
terrible description.
Not the Inquisition of Seville, nor
the German Vehnuterlcht, nor the se
cret societies of Italy, were ever able
to put a more formidable machinery
In motion than thnt whlt-h cast a
cloud over the Territory of Utah.
Its Invisibility and the mystery
which was attached to It made this
organltatlon doubly terrible. It ap
peared to be omnlacent and omnipo
tent and yet was neither teen nor
heard.
The man who held out against the
Church vanished away, and none
knew whither he had gone or what
had befallen hint. His wife and chil
dren awaited him at home, but no
father ever returned to tell them how
he had tared at the handt ot hit secret
Jnd?et.
A rash word or a hasty act was fol
lowed by annihilation, and yet none
knew what the nature might be ot
this terrible power which was sus
pended over them.
At first this vague and terrlblo pow
er was exercised only upon the recal
citrants, who, having embraced the
Mormon faith, wished afterward to
pervert or to abandon It. Soon, how
ever. It took a wider ranee.
The supply of adult women wis
running short and polygamy without
a female population on which to
draw was a barren doctrine Indeed.
Strange rumors began to be bandied
about rumors of murdered Immi
grant! and rifled camps In regions
where Indians had never been seen.
Fresh women appeared In the harems
of the elders women who pined and
wept, and bore In their faces the
traces of an unextlngulshable horror.
Belted wanderers upon the moun
tains spoke of gangs ot armed men,
masked, stealthy, and noiseless, who
flitted by them in the darkness.
These tales and rumors took sub
stance and shape, and were corron
orated and re-corroborated, until they
resolved themselves Into a definite
name.
To this day. In the lonely ranches
of the West, the name of the Danlte
Band, or the Avenging Angels, Is a
sinister and an Ill-omened one.
Fuller knowledge of the orrnnlia
tlon which produced such terrible re
sults served to Increase rather than
to lesson the horror which tt Inspire!
In the minds of men.
None knew who belonged to W
ruthless society. The names of the
participators In the deeds of blood
and violence, done undr the name nf
religion, were kept profoundly secret.
The very friend to whom you com
municated your mlsrlvlngs at to the
prophet and his mllon mlvht be one
of those who wot'ld come forth at
night with Are and word to exact a
terrible reparation. Hence every man
feared his nelshhor, and none spoke
nf the things which were nearest bit
heart
(To b. coulluuxl.)
AUTHOR SCORES ON PUBLISHER.
Downtroddca Writer Who Oot Even with
His Tyrant
Only the rattle o( tbe wheels on the
rails difturbed the qniet ol the smoking
car on one of the suburban trains tlie
other morning, ravt when a proficient
car J player announced the number to
be scored at the end of a hand. A cer
tain publisher, who never failed to
travel on that train, (or a wonder was
silent, and had no talet to tell ol the
enormons circulation or tbe lait I ook
he had wheedled out of the author fot
"almost nothing." After awhile the
author, who occasionally travels on the '
mme train, got on at a small station.
"Hello, Blank," rontrd the pub
lisher as soon as the author loomed np
in the doorway, filing tho attention ol
tlie cur on the twain: "I say, did you '
get that check I seut you yesterday?"
"I'm inre," replied the author, 1
modestly, "I don't know; I got so
many checks yesterday,"
"Why I mean the one for $70 for!
that hort story of jours I accepted,"
(aid tho pnblirber in a loud voire.
"Oh, yes," quietly replied the au
thor. "I recollect now. Yes, I got It. '
It was (or that story I seut you isst
year which you returned saying it wat
dead 'rot' and paid seventy (or this
jar."
With one voice the company of card
players cried:
"Score one!"
But amid the laughter the hilarious
note ol Ihe publihhvr was not heard. i
Brooklyn Eagle.
Retribution at Last ,
"These racing automobiles oi-ght to
be snppreseed," remarked the indig
nant nian. ,
"Oh, I don't know," replied (he
lowly citizen. "J get tome enjomont
out of them." ,
"Yon I Why, you never rode In one
in your life." i
"Of course not, bu( think how in-"
teresting they are making things (or
the scorching bicyclists, who have
heretofore monopolized the rosds. I
tell you it looks to me like righteous
retribution."
A Week's End Party.
Phamliman You don't know how it
feels to have half a dozen mouths to
feed.
Batcheller Perhaps not, but I'll
bet you I realized last night what it
meant to have at least a hundred to
leed. .
Phamliman Soreljr, yon don't en
tertain that many?
Batcheller Mosquitoes.
Small, but Flourishing.
Papa You were up late last night
daugther. .
Daughter Yes, papa. Our (resh ait
club met on the piazza.
I'ana Who belongs to vonr fresh air
club.
Dantrhfor ( slowlv and snmeuha) -.
luctsntly) Well, Jock and and
me. ueirioi free rrest.
Apricot, and Flgt.
The apricot, II soaked in ltt own
bulk of cold water for 48 hours, Is said
to be almost like (runh frnit. Figs
should be immersed Injiot water (or an
hour.
Hard to Rear.
The two moat difficult creatures to
keen alive in aauarluma are the lim-rln
and the whale.
j ,'-c4M
f IN CHICAGO GRAIN
IH KING the last da of sum
mer wheat and outs pour Into
the gru.u e'evateot ot i'hlcago
at a great rate. Tlie grain iWmi t all
ttay Here by auy means. Tlici
w ouldn't be room fur It. Tin In iu
constantly Uat'k!itJ! Into the rlevatoit
and boats pulling up to their sides to
take on loads of the groin nud trans
port the cereal eastward. Chicago Is
the chief depot of the country for limit
ing the transfer from the producing
points to those where the graUis r to
be prepared for consumption.
Most of the g .it elevators ot the
city are located whore they can be
reached by both water and rait fir
while the heavy receipts come by rn;i
the most of the big NlilpmtmU out of
the city go by bout. If the I'll lea go el-
, valors were divided Into su rlee, ns are
ordinary Im Mings, they would be from
ten to fifteen stories lu he ght Meat
of them have uarruw upwr sections
ouly about half as wide aa are the
main portions. These higher portti us
are used fur machinery aud grain trans,
ferrlng devices, eo there Is no need for
aa great width as the lower tlocra.
w here the grain Is stored lu bins.
When a tralulond of grain arrives at
an elevator the cars to be unloaded
are backed right Into the elevator on
Cn.VlX CAIt RECEIVING ITS CARGO.
a track that runs down the center of
the building. At frequent Intervals
along the floor there are trap doors
down which tbe grain may be emptied.
Tbe boxcar la stopped with Its side
door opposite one of the traps, the
car door la entered and a man with a
steam shovel climbs luslde. A steam
shovel is made of boards fastented to
gether aud la about three feet wldu by
four In length. Near the top are two
handles by which the workmuu may
pull It about On the opposite side aud
Deer the bottom of the shovel ore fas
tened the two ropes w hich by means of
steam power pull the shovel forward
each time after the wcrkmau sluks It
down Into the wheat As the shovel
lowers the wheat In the car the work
man removes, one after another, the
side boards which were placed tne
bove the other In the car door to hold
tbe wheat while It was being trans
ported In the car.
As the wheat Is thus being shoveled
out of the car aud down Into a re
ceiving bin below the floor, the machin
ery Is started which operates a trans
fer belt that moves through this re
ceiving bin. Tbe belt Is lit ted with
I I t- at, . I . .
i-uys wuiL-u uii luvuimves us mcy pass
through the grain. Vp, up mount these
cups on tbe belt unt.l they reach t.o
top floor of the elevator, perhaps ItX)
or ITO feet above the point where they
are started. Here as the belt turns
In tbe descent tbe cups empty their
loads of grain Into bins which are to
bold tbe cereal but temporarily. With
rhllta. At ttwalr tu.ttnma IhjMd ..t,.n-
rary uins are conneciea witu tue weigh
ing bins on the floor Just below. -The
weigher, by a system of levers con
trolling a cutoff, draws Into the In
closed weighing bin at much wheat
it he pleases. When the yard rises in
dicating that tbe amount of grain for
which be gauged the scales baa poured
Into tbe bins be cuts off tbe stream
snd records tho amount which has been
weighed.
By another lever the platform of the
scales can be opened and the wheat
dropped Into a chute which leads to
the floor below. Here a unique contrlr
ance carries tbe grain to any of tbe
storage bins desired. Two wide rub
ber belts, full three and a balf feet
broad, extend from one end of tbe
long building to tbe other. Tho chutes
from tbe various weighing bins depend
Just above one or tbe other of these
belts. Tbe belts are operated on roll
ers which curve up In such a way at
their ends that the belt Is made to
curve up in a corresponding way at
the edges. On each side of tbe belt
on the surface of tbe floor It tbe rail
of a track which extends the full
length ot the belt At various points
along the floor are openings into the
bins below. To get tbe grain, which
has been dropped from the weighing
bin chutes to these flying belts, Into
the lower bins requires the use of still
another unique device which runt on
this track. This device It a receiver
for the grain, and Into tills receiver
the grain It thrown from the belt. Long
chutes lead from these storage bint to
ELEVATORS.... f
City Has RrmdrkaMc Facilities ::
for Handling All Cereals.... ::
the p:uce wlune the cars or boats
come (o be loaded.
lu an elevator vlelted by a newnpaper
corrcHtom!oiit there were eight mov
able chutes le.nl ng from aa many bins
to the pier of the ship, where tlie boats
came nlougsMe to revel their car
goes. The elevator had s capacity of
almimt 2.(kHt,Hio f grain, and the
eight bins for loading Unts each had
a rapacity of a.iKHl bunliels. The fore
man lu charge of the ship loading hud
nu arrangement for telling how much
grain there was lu the bin, which made
It umioce.-aury fur aiivoue to visit the
bin and see how big a supply It eon
tnlinM. A rope reached over a pulley
and Into the storage blu. A heavy
weight was attached to the end lu tlie
blu. The other end of tlie rope reach
ed to the first floor of the elevator.
Various marks were ou the wall and
at the side of each, such and such a
uumher ot ImwhoU of groin was mark
ed down, the larger numbers being to
ward the bottom. A knot whs tied lu
the rope and when a test was made by
loosening the ropo and letting ilowu
the weight to the surface of the gra u
the foreman cou'.d toll Just how much
remained lu the bin. Hy ropes the
workman could also open or clone a
valve, shutting off the grain or letting
It flow down the chute from the bin
Into a boat. When being ailed the boat
comes alongside the pier aud her
batches are opened and as many
ebutes as can be used-whlcb Is, of
Vourse, determined by the length of
the vessel-are placed In operation.
The chutes can lie swnng nlxmt from
side to eldo, and there have been In
stances lu which six of them were
employed nt one time In send ng grain
down Into the hold of a long ateuiner.
Iiown the center of tho elevator It
s second track ou which Is ruu lu the
freight cars to lie loaded with grain.
Cars are llllcd lu a way somewlint sim
ilar to boats, but one double-kneed
chute is ued for each cur. The car Is
rolled uiiilcr the bin wh'rh Is to he
emptied. A twinging chute connected
with the bin Is pulled up to the si le
of the car. At the end of ti e chute
Is o double pout. the emit being
slightly turned to one side so that they
will go Into the door of the car, nnd
pointing nlinoBt lu Apposite directions,
so that they will spread the ubeat as
much as possible
"Uob" Ilurdettos Hevengo.
Undoubtedly one of the most accept,
able example of the "club Human',
husband" Is found In Mr. Rurdutte
genial Bob Ilurdette, ns he Is so hap
pily called for be not only attends ull
the biennials, but shows his liinn- -ou
hand from time to time In support of
his wife.
Not hmg ago, for Interesting hiHtunce,
tho Atchison Globe, pending a visit of
Mrs. Uurdetto to that town, and In
preparation of which the club women
were making much ado, published a
sarcastic editorial bended, "Who Is
Mrs. Bob Burdotte?" When this came
to the notice of Mr. Hob, ho Industri
ously set about sending the editor nuwt
pnper clippings by the yard. Each day
for weekt he posted an article about
Mrs. Uiirdi-Ue's club work or home life,
and Anally added a note culling atten
tion to the fact that In tho mine Issue
with tbe editorial was a fine write-up
of the lady on an Inside page. "Rend
your own paper," was the parting thot
to tbe editor. "I do."
Thereupon the pupcr came out with a
second editorial headed, "We Ent
Mud," and In conclusion sold: "If Mr,
Burdette will quit, we will apologize for
our lack of Information about his wife.
Mrs. Burdette seems to be a lovely
character, all right." The Pilgrim, j
Every love affair It like n progres
sive game of cards. The players have 1
moved up from another table whore1
they hid different partners, but the
game tkey play Is the same, with the
same points and the tame blunders.
It differs from a progressive game of
cards only In the fact thnt the prlza
Isn't as valuable as tho prlzo given at
cards.
A woman bat to ask her friends'
pormlssltn to wear a now stylo of hat,
and her husband's permission to buy It,
After a man tires of amusomenU b '
calls then follies, '
MAKINQ CF TROUT FLIES.
Men.. WM.k.r. ..el H.r.' Kj.lirow.
Ar t:.rd.
There are It out- ami siilimm Hubert
who pay seveuil thoiiu.l dollars a
year for their files" alone. Few per
sons can b arn to tie artiflel.il II lee. -knotting
hairs Hint can hardly he ''"
-o the skilled fly-maker uiuiunin.ls
high wage. The imiteilnls nut money,
too. Mi the Maine HitorUiiiaii. The
earth Is ranioioked for feiitliers and
halm, and one liutr roiig makes "ull
the dlnVroiioe.H
The business dune in mouse whiskers
Is considerable this year, for lliey are
used In the making of a wonderful
new fly. the "new groy gnat." and they
are expensive-nearly two cents a
whisker. Trout rise very much heifer
at mouse whisker fllee tlmil at the
same "gnat" dressed In Jungle cock
hackles, which look very much like
them.
Hears' eyebrows, being stiff end ex
actly the right sliiide. are used In a
newly Invented fly Unit Is killing qwiu
titles of salmon this year. These eye
brows come from the llliualMynn
brown beer, and cost a Unit on dollar
and a half a set
There are agents ill over the world
searching tropical forests for Ihe right
birds to supply fly hnckhs. One of
the nuwt sought after skins Is that of
the rare "green screamer," in Afr'enn
bird about the site of a hen. which hss
a tiny bunch of feathers ou each shoul
der that Is worth fifteen dollars
bunch to the flyiunker. One of these
birds supplies ouly feathers enough to
make rings for half a doseu flle.
These Is no limit to the eiitliulnsin nf
an artistic fly-tier, who will use Iwlr
from his own eyelashes to flu sli off
an "extra wvlnt" fly. Hnbles' hair
Is much sought after. If It Is of the
right shade -golden yellow-for all the
tighter salmon fllee. and One curl will
make s dosen first class fllee.
It takes an expert only nfteon min
utes to turn mit t fly. which curult s
of a tiny honk, with wings of Kgyn
tlan dove feather, Irgs of fox bslr. and
a body of mouse fur. wou:id round with
a thread of yellow silk. A cnseles.ly
made fly will bare neither leg nor
"feelers," but the true expert ald the
legs and puts on a pa r of bmg "feel
ers" of cat tin tr. while at the lips. All
tlo-se tiny details will be eia-tly In
their places, and so firmly lied to the
hook thnt the fly wilt take half a ilon
strong flsh aud be unite the worse.
One thousand miles from Its mouth
the Am inu Is CM feet deep.
Ninety-five tons uf gold snd WO of "
silver sr mined lu a slugle year. I
Jupiter Is m limes larger than M
tbe rest of the planet, put together. j
... , , ,
The ulghtlngatut song may be heard
at a distance of a tulle on a calm night.
I Polo Is probably the oldest of ail.-
, letlc sporl. It has bovu traced to
" J
mittim M.-.VI Ml. WWIT IMU M IM li MVHIIM VlllUIIIIOn HUM SHOD!!
years The yew Is th longest lived of seek medical advice. The cause hi such
trees. Is ca may be local, consisting lu oui
Au elephant has only eight teeth al- malformation In the Interior of Hi lawn ,
together. At fourteeu years (he le.Jnch ecps Ihe mucous membrane inr
pliant loses Us flrst set of twill and n Irritable stute. This fault lu niln
t new set grows. Itomlenl construction ran usually lw
Among the curios of Windsor Castle ' u l'rtlou which Is ...
Is a chair made entirely out of ilit.d",u MV,,r lm M"r """flits to
tmnk of the famous elm by which the ! ,IU tU tvwr "U'I uucs-
Iuke of Wellington stood at the battle ' ,,0",h1 of,u'r ,0 whether or
of Waterloo. j not th. fault lies with Unit. Often this
in .only two cases have baronetcies ! "'f Cu": V" "fUtU M"1 M"m-
been ee.lifee.l .,n nm.i. I., 1-....I.....1
" -w ..M.-MIIll,
Once was lu mi ou the mother of lieu
Cornelius Hpeelumn. The other was
lnme Maria Holies, mude so by
Charles I.
Norway's population Is the smallest
In Europe compared with her ares.
Each of her tuhiililiatu could have
forty acres of laud, while th Rrltun
would have to be content with loss
than au acre.
It Is said that the relempllon divis
ion of the national postortles In Wash
ington Is nearly swamped by the re
turn of th leftover Pan-American
postage stamps since Nuv. 1, Some ten
thousand packages have been received.
n , r,oc0(1,, r br"kvn " rar , tw.uty four hours nnd drink two or
thief Beott can recollect three quarts of cool water. Another
A unique specimen of ocean lift hat 'popular remedy, which It really an ng
been captured nt Honolulu for the U, 'grnvator, Is a "hot toddy' at bedtime,
8. fishing vessel Albatross, now cruls-1 A hot drink, hot lemonade, for cxtiin
Ing In that vicinity. It Is a .small llslt pie, Is good, If the sleeper dues not
which tins four feet, Thuy are webbed 'brow off the bedclothes the uilnutu he
like the feet of a frog, and are appur- dropt off; but the alcoholic addition It
eutly the link between foot ind Ho. Th not merely superfluous, but Injurious,
specimen Is said to bo one of a fow such 1 Alcohol In tny form predisposes to I
flsh found In tho world. loold tnd retards the euro of one nl-
It It not expeuslve to become a noble t0tt&J preeent Cool bathing, deep
In Bavaria. To be made a simple broll'lig. dHy exercise In the open
"Von" costs a matter of $.175; to be ml, i lr- f"""D T ,n the house at nil times
ea to the "Itltterstniid," 1300: to be
made a "Krelherr." t,l!lH); to bo made
a "Gruf" costs $2,600, while to be made
a prince only coals $.1,000. These prlcet
are ouly for one person, but the gov
ernment kindly makes reduction In tho
case of whole families wishing to tuen
noble all at once. Thus, for 110,000 or
15,000 a muill family can be' mad.
i ' ' UO IIIBUS
princes, though they are only permit.
ted to use their title within the kins-
doin of Buvurla. . '
Statue of a King.
The colossal equestrian statue nt
tbe crown of the King's head. The
feathers In his is-met nre about Ave
ito Miru, j isre will he space fi
one or iwo poisons to got Into tho head
and for four or Ave In the head of the
nor. , ne seaio or tho figure Is slmut
that of the Itnvnrla ttntiio nt Munich.
The Popular Lmigtb,
Artltt-Uo you wish mo to pa,lt you
a full-length port rail
Mr. Bnphetlde-Well, Wflllt )t n
long at your customers usually
Columbut (Ohio) Ktiito Jotii-unt.
When au "artist" ,m((., Rn,ch f
a sunset he doet It so seriously, af.
though his sketch looks no more 'iko a
unset than It looks llko n llot-k of cy
clones. '
Borne men show their secret dcsUe,
o Plainly that they aro vulgar.
Rome of King Victor Kmiiiamir-I II, tlon Introducing thn chnrni'ters of Miiye
which Is now nearlni completion Is You' ''nt Crowc' Outlaw Tracy and
about thirty-three feet lu height from l'' rWBr' H"(1 na doesn't kti iw
the level on which ttaj home sinmi. i whether to have I'nt Crowe kidnap IV
TTTTrrHTf
til I J 7 t
FAVORITES
Th. I.'.l. Whll. iih.i i(,
O Culunihis, the gnu uf the nci-sn,
The home of the hr sml th. fro.
Th shrine of esch inlrlot's oYitl,1Ui
' A world offer, boiusgv to thee.
Thy nistolslv mski-s heroes ssaeiiihls,
Wb.n HlH-rly'a form slninls In view,
Thy banner tusks tyranny trcnmlu,
When iHirus by tit. Id-d, Willi. .,,a
llu.
Chorus r
When borne by the Red, Whits an. I III,,,,
When horn, by the llnl, White not
Thy lMer. Bisks lyrsmiy IfemhU, '
When boru. by th. Ilvd, Whit. m,,
When wsr wsgvd Its whle il.-,.i..ii,
Ami Ihrcatcued our Imnl to .1. f,.rm,
The srk lliru nf freedom's foiiii.,iii..u,
I.. I l.l m...t It... I. .
v.fMiiM,,.-., ,mv iHxiiif h tup tl.iftQ,
Wllh her gsrlsnd of victory o'er her,
H'hes so proudly lit. burs her UilJ
rrew,
With tier flag proudly ft'-allli before her,
Tli. boast uf th Red, White sml III,,'
Th. win. r up, the In.-rup. bring liiilo-r,
And til you up to III. I.rlm;
May the ervath ttn-y have won ticter
wither.
Nor th. stsr of their glory grow .i
May th. service nulled ur'er seer,
Au.l boh) to their eolors so true!
The Army snd th. Nary foirter!
Three rhsers for th. Red, Wbit. snd
Itlu..
Vvk.l la tbe C ..II. at th. I1..H. t
Rocked la th. rr.Jle of III. deep,
I lay ai. tluwtt la pvac to sUn-p;
HiTur. I real upon th wave,
r'or tbuu, U Iird, ha.t power to a,
I know laou wilt not .light my rail,
r'or loud d'wt mark the sparrow's fall,
And rslm snd peaceful Is my sleep,
llocknl Is lb ersJI. uf lb deep,
Aud suck th trust that still were uilns,
Though stormy wiitja adept o'n th.
brine.
Or tliongh th. Irmpral's Aery breath
Hound hi from sleep to wreck tnJ
desth.
In ecvsu'a rives still nf with the,
Th germ uf Imtmirlalllyi
And isliu snd peaceful la my sleep,
Itorked In tli era J I. uf h deep,
-Kuiois Wlllard.
CAUSE AND CUME Of COLOa
t:Kur ot Home I't'pwLr r.llscln
a Tbl. I'.r.Hiilsl rMl).rl.
Considering tbe amount of Ink whirl,
baa Ueu used lu discussing to. siiti.ert
of cohls, discouraging small rcaulls tub
lowed. A phyalelsu says regarding lb
WstiU-r: The trulb Is that s cold isdus
,u u '"" liiOulte variety of esuses,
toM luevliaW,
ud 'w u" Uiott 111 ITll
T f tre III form.
., .,, .,.,.
, f UMie Mug ( uur uiiri.r(
climate must be resigned lu baling on
w two ,e cuu.se of th winter, but f
one w ho takes cold readily and often Is
also ensis.
"One of the chief predlaioslng cauiet
of S Cohl Is A disordered digestion, cs-pm-tally
Intestinal digestion as a result
of overcnllng or the use of alcohol. It
bus been tnld that au underfed man
cannot cnteh cold, while au overfed nuo
can scarcely avoid It, Whether till. Is
strictly true or pot, there Is ccrtuliily
some close relation between the diges
tive organ and tbe nose, nnd liuuilon
of the bowels 1 a frequent forerunner
of a cold,
"The adnge that one 'must stuff c IJ
and starves fever Is pernlcljus a cold
Is a fever, and one of the surest menu
of cutting It short Is to lake a Inxntlve,
abstain almost entirely from food for
na especially In tbe bedroom nt night,
abstemious living and imt letting
I-- ...... -n
ultimo In the J
at means uf re
to cnteh cold."'.
wtsto materials accumulate
body these are tho best
moving one's 'tendency tn
Troubles of the Historian.
"Your husband must b very hti'y
thoM J1" ,Bld ,ho D(jll'lor lu
, . ,,- l.l..l...l ...... ..Ilt "I
' wlf of th ,,,"torlcl vellt.
,,flve"'t ,ccn blm ,u ",a for
.week."
"Oh, tho poor man Is almost distract-
, nd the wife. "Ills publisher hnvo
' ordered a ttory for liiimedliitu publics-
tor Il(wr or lmve 1,1 111 nwt'y Mlir)f
M"cVn"8 h hist clnipter. Bnltl-
",er,u,,n
It Didn't Matter Anyway.
The following explanatory note no
compunled a young mini's wedding gift
to a friend: "My Dour Glii-Vou will
And In the box a thlngiimiijlg, which
hat something to do with outing. It
a cross between a harpoon and n hay
fork, It may bo for spearing pickles
or stacking chopped cnbhiige. Any
way, you will be to Imppy thnt yuu
won't care."
Did It ever occur to you that the sulci
of your timet go awfully feat after the
flrst break occurs A mini Is llko a
pair of soles lu that respect.
If ever we Join a lodge, It will lie to
find out what tho lutlers put behind
officers' names stand for.