BECAUSE SHE LOVED HIM.
6he sat and waited by the edge,
The western sky shone clear and yel
low, White mints were rising from the sedge,
The birds drank at the water's edge
She sat and watched for him dear
fellow!
The fields were dim, the sky grew gray,
The stars, like timid flowers, were
budding;
She watched along the lonely way,
.While up the smooth sands of the bay
The limpid, silvery tide came flooding.
She watched but when she saw, at last,
His tall form hurrying from the dis
tance, She rose, nor look behind her cast,
And walked the other way as fast
As if be wasn't in ezistencel
Puck.
OLLY, do you
mean it ia it
final?" asked Jack
Marshall, with an
angry look at the
serious face oppo
site him.
"Yes, Jack, 1 do.
Hereafter you and
I will be friends
nv.,1 1,of Iq nil
You will go on
with your studies
and eventually make the rich marriage
your mother Intends for you. You and
1 must walk a different path iu life
from the one we had planned, but we
will be friends, Jack, and I shall look
forward to your success with as much
lrlde and Interest as you can desire.
Now, Jack, for the sake of our school
days, If nothing more, let us be
friends."
The sweet voice for which Molly
Maitland was so much envied ceased,
and there was silence in the little room.
Outside the rain fell In torrents and
the wind blew so hard that the boughs
of the trees beat against the windows.
Inside the little parlor was bright with
the light of the lamp and the sparkle
of the lire In the open grate. And in
this cheery little room, with ilia sound
of the storm and the occasional crack
ling of the wood lire breaking the si
lence, sat Jack Marshall and, Molly
Maitland deciding the question of their
future life.
Jack had just graduated from Har
vard and was about to go abroad to
continue his medical .studies for two
years. How he wanted to take Molly
wllh him, both he and Molly kuew, but
she conscientiously refused to go and
make Mrs. Marshall miserable. The
haughty woman had called upon Mrs.
Maitland and Molly, and finding the
latter alone had told her that It would
break her heart and spoil her whole
life plans if Jack did not marry his
rich cousin, Kleanor North, adding:
"Of course, It would be a great mutch
for you, but when Jack is once in
Kurope he will see his mistake, and It
will be far better to break off now than
to be tied for life to a man who does
not really love you. You must remem
ber that I am an older woman than you
are and have seen more of the world,
so 1 ask you to promise nie." Molly
felt as If the earth was slipping away
from her, but she gave that promise
and fulfilled It, like the brave little
woman that she was.
"Molly, Molly, Is that all you have
to say to me? What can you meau?"
be cried as he grasped her hands in
his. "Just w hat 1 have said, Jack," an
swers the soft voice.
"I'll go to the devil then," is the un
expected reply.
Mack, don't talk so cowardly. Can't
you see that It Is for your own good?
And your mother will be so miserable
if you do not marry Kleanor. Her
whole life Is centered in you. Go, now,
nod let this subject drop betweeu us,
for, Jack," the words came slowly, al
most sobblngly now, "I shall never
marry you."
"One look one kiss," and, muttering
those words again, he Is gone Into the
storm, anil Molly well, we will leave
our heroic If mistaken lu her idea of
duty gli'l of 20 to herself.
Ten years have passed and great
changes have entered the lives of our
friends. Mrs. Maitland and Mrs. Mar
shall have both died. Within three
months of each other the two mothers
are laid away. Jack had not been
beard from up to the time of his moth
er's death, nud Molly had taken up
nursing as her vocation, and was ma
tron of the emergency hospital at H .
Tor the first year after leaving home
Jack Marshall had lived a pretty wild
life, but on Christmas morning, Molly's
birthday, he had bowed the curly head
and promised himself and a higher
power to live a life worthy of Molly
Mattlaud, even though she would never
be his.
From that time on success attended
nil his undertakings, and he had made
a name for himself lu the medical
world. After settling up his estate
(for the Immense property was left en
tirely to him), he entered upou his du
ties ns city physician of It .
One day In June he started out to
visit the emergency hospital and con-
- -og
I MAN PROPOSES
So -CO
suit with the directors and matroni '
with regard to extensive improvements
which were about to be made. Sitting
there In the cozy little reception hall,
he wondered, as he had oft wondered
before, what had become of Molly
Maitland.
"So sorry to have kept you waiting,
Dr. Marshall," said a sweet voice in
well-remembered tones that made hlui
start, "but my attention was called to
a new case, and "
"Good heavens, Molly!" exclaimed
the dignified doctor; "have I found
you? Are you matron here?"
Well, little Irish Maggie, who was
sweeping down the stairs, told the
head chambermaid that "the matron
Just said 'Jack' like as if she was go
ing to drop, and then he ketched her
in his arms, and," with wide-eyed as
tonishment, "he kissed her and kissed
her, and she let him!"
The doctor often says as he looks
lovingly at his wife: "Perhaps, Molly,
it is just as well that I went to the
devil and back again to win my angel.
I was too Impetuous for you then, dear
est." And Molly laughingly answers: "Are
you sure you have gotten all over that
impetuosity, Jack?" Boston Post.
IN AN APRICOT ORCHARD.
How the Fruit Is Gathered, Dried and
Prepared for Market.
As soon as an orchard of apricots
comes into bearing, advertisements are
Inserted in the newspnpers of adjoining
towns for women and girls. Thousand
of women leave their domestic duties,
taking with them their families, to en
gage actively In the sheds of the ranch
ers, cutting the fruit for drying, after
the men have collected it from the
trees.
Sometimes five hundred people will
be engaged upon a large orchard. Rules
and regulations are laid down for their
conduct; the women and girls sleep In
the tents provided at a low rental by
the management, and either cook for
themselves, or board with what would
be termed In railroad circles a "boarding-boss;"
the men, not so many, occu
py tents In some other and distant part
of the orchard. The sole requisite being
the ability to pick and cut fruit, an ag
gregation of humanity representing all
classes of society, from the lmpecun ous
English family with cultivated man
ners and aristocratic connections, to
the nondescript, who travels from town
to town in search of employment, is
collected together In Industrious activ
ity for the revenue to be derived.
Each woman has a small tray In front
of her, and, after cutting the fruit with
a knife, she lays it open on the tray.
Each tray is furnished with" a raised
end; when five are filled they are piled
up, and the operator shouts "Tray!"
whereupon an attendant approaches,
punches a ticket with which she has
been previously furnished, and takes
the five trays to the sulphur house.
The women are paid ten cents a box,
each box containing sixty pounds of
fruit. All fruit lias to be placed In the
sulphur house for several hours, for
the purpose of blenching It, or causing
it to retain its natural color, as well as
to destroy all Insect life that may re
main, otherwise the sun would cause
It to turn black. The trays are then
carried out nnd placed upou the ground
under the steady rays of the glorious
California sun. Should clouds be hang
ing over, the trays are placed one above
the other until that great purifier and
drier of the universe, old Sol, makes his
appearance.
The fruit requires from three to seven
days to dry. At the end of this time
men go out Into the orchard with what
are called "sweat-boxes." and scrape
from the trays all the fruit Into these
boxes. In which It Is left until fully
dried. Finally It Is hauled to the store
houses and piled up In heaps, perhaps
ten feet high, awaiting the eye of the
critical buyer. Pearson's Magazine.
A Boer Girl's Wedding.
"A wedding Is always an event of al
most national Importance nnd Is really
a most picturesque ceremony," writes
Die author of "Oom Paul's People," In
the Ladles' Home Journal. " The friends
and relatives may arrive a day or two
ahead of time, according to the dlstanre
to be traveled, and the Boer homestead
becomes a most animated scene. Scores
of ox teams are scattered about the sur
rounding plain; negroservantsare bust
ling around; guns are fired promiscu
ously whenever more guests arrive;
dancing, feasting and coffee drluklng
are carried on lu the cottage aud every,
where around It; Impromptu shooting
matches aud horse races are decided,
and Joy is unconflned. After the cere
mony, and after all the guests have
kissed the bride nnd bridegroom, the
wedding feast is eaten, aud then the
guests spend the night In dancing and
playing gaincM. It would be a breach
of etiquette for any of the guests to de
part before the dawn, and, Indeed, the
fiddler's music and the sound made by
the dancing feet are often heard until
noon of the following day. The wed
ding tour consists of a Journey to the
cottage and farm which the husband
has secured from Ills father and which
adjoins the old homestead.
Every man feels that he has a kick
coining because iu ut rich, and Is
ready at a moment's uotlce to Jump a
I rich uiau.
HOUSE IS CERTAINLY ORIGINAL
Singular Architecture of an Oklahoma
Man's Dwelling.
Charles Babcock, a Guthrie Alder
man, is building the most remarkable
house in Oklahoma. Babcock's house
is three stories high and as round as a
Bllver dollar Just from the mint. The
upper stories are each smaller in diam
eter than the one below. On top of the
third story is a staf, crowned with a
glittering ball. The lower floor Is di
vided into three rooms, each resembling
In shape a slice of pie. Along the wall
; ALD. BABCOCK'S HOUSE AT GUTHRIE.
of one room Is a narrow stairway to
the second story.
One cf Rubcoclz's troubles is to get li '
furniture to fit. If his beds and tables
and chairs and sofas were round he
could arrange matters with less diffi
culty. Somebody has remarked thit a
stranger would walk himself to death
trying to get into the house on a dark
night, going continually In a circle, In
an attempt to find the door.
Babcock will complete his house by
building a circular porch around
it. His home Is in West Guthrie and
commands a pretty view of the Cotton
wood Valley. Babcock drew his own
plans and is proud of his architectural
production. He said that he built the
house just to have one different from
any other.
Human BoJy's Peculiar Odor.
The fact that certain animals, and es
pecially the dog, will recognize the pro
pinquity of their masters or friends
although It may have been Impossible
for them to have seen them or heard
their voices has long since suggested to
physiologists and others the idea that
every human being has a distinctive
odor peculiar to himself, and which rtv
i
I
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His, Is) s
mains more or less cor.s. ant. utnerwise graves mainly about the twelfth dy
how would it be possible for the blodo-' nasty were opened and recorded. The
hound; Tof instance, to take the -trail - society lias already received from the
of an Individual and follow It for miles Egyptian government the promise of
through crowded thoroughfares, aa a permission to work at Abydos, one of
well as through open country, and un-; the most Important sites In Egypt
errlngly pick out the Individual from
nmnrirv li nnrl rorla nf ntlim-S?
This Idea has recently received a sig
nal verification, as we are told by Dr.
Bett, in the Archlv der Gesammten
Physiologic The doctor states that a
friend of his, with bandaged eyes and
every precaution against collusion, was
enabled by the sense of smell alone to
recognize persons with whom he was
acquainted, and to call their names the
moment that they came into the room
and at the distance of several paces.
The experiments were varied in a num
ber of ways, but with the unerring fac
ulty of the bloodhound this man detect
ed the identity of every individual pre
sented. Other Instances of a similar
keenness are cited by Dr. Rett. Ac
cording to the man who gave ihe exhi
bition, every family has a characteristic
odor common to all the members there
of, but the intensity of which usually
varies sufficiently among the various
members to enable him to distinguish
each individual Indian Lancet.
Children Not Glr.n for Playthings.
Mothers must remember that their
babies are not given them for their own
pleasure or amusement, nor to display
as marvels to tueir menus, warns Bar -
nettah Brown, writing of "Mothers'
Mistakes and Fathers' Failures," In the
Ladies' Home Journal. "But mothers
must consider that from the first mo -
ment of lire tne child is destined towara
growth, development, progression. A
dallying with this bit of wisdom ;n the . room of the early days. Now It Is the
beginning makes rare occasion for home of the colored nuns. Yet the or
much that Is disagreeable later. And .fler Is not such a very modern one, af
let no mother make the error of tielug ! ter all, for it was founded In New Or
baffled by the cry of 'heredity.' Muchlleas over half a century ago. Its
of what Is called heredity Is really Iml- members are now well-known figures
tatlon of what la to be seen and felt In . on the streets of the crescent city. The
the environment; and the most objec-
tkxnable human heredity can be o er-
.... ... ...
come, me innernance or tue divine.
park which is ever ready to fly up-
ward must be forgotten.'
Valuable Pebbles.
Between the northern point of Long
Island and Watch Hill, oft New York,
lies a row of little lslauds, two of which.
Plum Island and Goose Island, possess
a peculiar form of mineral wealth. It
consists In heaps of richly-colored
quartz pebbles, showing red, yellow,
purple and other hues, which are locally
called agates, xnoy are used in making
stained glass windows, ana there u a
sutncient demand rortnem in rsewlork wistfully at the Ignorance of her vis
to keep the owners of one or two sloops itor. "they all have colored blood In
employed In gathering them from the
beaches, where the waves continually
roll, and polish them, bringing out the
beauty of their colors.
If all the mountains In the world
were leveled, the average height of the
land would rise nearly 250 feet
Gold, steel, aluminum and lead, when
immersed in tartaric acid, a new chem
ical discovered, become pliable and
ductile as putty.
New York's board of health has taken
action toward the strict enforcement
of the law regarding the sale of pois
ons. There have been many cases of
suicide lately by carbolic acid poison
ing, and if this chemical were more
difficult to obtain It would doubtless
decrease the number of cases.
; Near Ashcroft in British Columbia
are a number of small lakes, whose
shores and bottoms are covered with a
crust containing borax and soda In
such quantities and proportions that
when cut out it serves as a washing
compound. The crust is cut into
blocks and handled In the same man
ner as Ice, and it is estimated that one
of the lakes contains 20,000 tons of this
material.
Fruit is now being shipped from New
South Wales packed In the bark of the
ti tree and the outer bark of the tnela
i leuca leucadendron, which is shredded
into a sort of coarse chaff. These
barks seems to have some peculiar
power of preserving oranges during
carriage. This may be owing to the
elasticity of the packing and the fact
that it permits of ventilation. Unless
the bark is cut too fine there is no
sweating possible. The bark costs only
I $20 a ton.
I The heirs of the late Anthony Follok
of Washington have offered a prize of
100,000 francs ($20,000), to be awarded
during the exhibition in Paris next
year to the Inventor of the best nppar
atus for saving life in case of disaster
at sea. The prize is open to universal
competition. The award will be made
by a jury sitting In Paris. It is pro
vided that the entire prize may be
awarded to a single Individual, or a
portion of it may be awarded to each
of several persons, as the Jury may de
cide. Work of the Egyptian exploration
fund for the year has lain in the same
district as before, a short distance
down the Nile from Dendereh. Alto
gether about 1,250 graves of prehls
toric age and about as many historic
prof. Maspero will return to Egypt to
resume the direction of the depart
ment of antiquities.
On July 19 last the city of Rome un
dulated with the waves of an earth
quake for nearly half a minute. The
famous monuments of antiquity scat
ered In and about the city were strong
ly shaken, but fortunately no serious
damage was suffered by them. The
great columns In the Forum rocked
visibly, and a large stone crashed
down from the Colosseum. A strange
atmospheric effect, which has before
been observed during great earth
quakes, was very noticeable on this
occasion. Teople who rushed in alarm
from their houses were drenched with
a torrent of rain that poured from light
gray clouds which almost instantane
ously gathered In a perfectly clear sky
as soon as the earth began to quake.
ORDER OF NEGRO NUNS.
Only Colored Sisterhood in the United
States at New Orleans.
: in the old French quarter of New
, Orleans, with Its narrow streets, lat
, tleed windows and Jealously guarded
pourts, where the fig and orange tree
1 grow, Is a square of rather mlseellane-
bus architecture. Its central building,
HIT Orleaus street, is several hundred
years old. It has a stately entrance,
1 with great pillars and old-fashioned,
ornately carvea doors, it was once
the old Creole opera house and ball
special object of its Institution was the
education and moral training of young
I on!rkPv1 clrla nnil tha ro n n f nrntin r .a
'-"'r . 1 . "
,an5 ae ,nnrm Vne 01 ",e race
One of the most interesting parts of
the convent Is the orphan asylum,
where children ranging In age from the
wee tots Just beginning to walk to girls
of 12 and 14 years are cared for. One
of the sisters in charge of the babies
I was an ex-slave. She Is a real "mam
, my" still.
But, reverend mother, you seem to
. ,ovo ,,. .i,ito, i1i1i-B .. m
the Northern visitor, commenting on
tne fair white skin of some of the chil-
dren.
. Oh, no," said the nun, smiling a bit
their veins. Maybe they are only quad
roons, oetoroous; some of them. Indeed
have only one-tenth colored blood, but
that one-tenth black counts more than
the nine-tenths white, and makes them
belong forever to the colored people."
One Is reminded of some of Cable's
stories, the pathos and tragedy thereof.
In the orphan asylum 135 children
are sheltered who would otherwise be
thrown upon the State. These, as well
as the sixty poor old colored men and
women and many of the children In the
school, are dependent upon the sistera
for their daily bread. St. Louis Repub
lic.
ISLANDS WITHOUT OWNERS.
Good Opportunity for a Government
.- that Has Lighthouses to Spare.
Frederick A. Cook, writing of Antarc
tic exploration in the Century, tella
of certain Islands that might well be
fitted with lighthouses:
A series of low pyramidal masses ap
peared under the southern sky. It was
like a bank of blue fog fringed with
snowy bands. The whole length of our
seaboard formed an ill-defined, cloud
like aggregation resting on the black
water and extending the entiie length
from northeast to. southwest. As wa
steamed on, the center groups became
more distinct, and the whole line rose
above the horizon, where we recog
nized it as the northern exposure of the
South Shetland Islands. During the
afternoon a gentle but pierciug wind
came from the land, bringing with it
a glassy air and an easy, silvery sea,
over which the new land stood out in
bold relief. We could distinguish Liv
ingston Island over our port bow, and
northeastward, meltine Into the bln
airy distance, were numerous similar
Islands. Over our starboard bow was
Smith Island, its base still under the
water sixty miles away.
In a general way this coast-line re
sembles parts of the Greenland land
scape. About the largest islands there
are many small, ice-free Isles, or rocks,
which are the resting-places of seals.
penguins, cormorants and gulls. On
the larger islands, nnd especially on
Livingston Island, there are high peaks
and rounded, dome-like hills, which are
tipped with snow, but their sides are
bare. The valleys are filled with large
glaciers, which send tongues out into
the sea. We saw no glaciers, however,
which came out for any distance into
the water. The limit of the ice was
generally at high-water mark, where it
wasted away in small fragments.
There was no snow on the coastal low
lands, but there was also nothing to
indicate vegetation. From what we
later learned of the lands farther. south,
it Is extremely possible that mosses
and lichens are here abundant, but
there Is no hope for grass or trees.
It is very, curious that this group of
islands, about one hundred in number,
with a thousand miles "of accessible'
coast-line and several good harbors,
free of Ice for much of the year, should
remain unclaimed by any government
and unsettled by human efforts. It
would be a humane mission if our gov
ernment would take possession of this
group of islands and place there a
lighthouse, with a supply station for
the preservation of shipwrecked sail
ors. esseis are lost in ttus vicinity
almost every year, and we do not know
but that some poor seamen are now
stranded on one of the many desolate
islands, awaiting the relief which nev
er comes.
LAW AS INTERPRETED, 3"
Death caused by accident is held, in
Slevln vs. Board of police pension fund
commissioner's (Cal.), 44 L. R. A. 114,
not to be a death from natural causes,
within the meaning of a statute pro
viding pensions for policemen who die
from natural causes. '
The Issuance of preferred stock by a
building and loan association which ia
based on principles of co-operation.
equality and mutuality Is held, In Sum-
rail vs. Columbia Finance and Tea
Company (Ky.) 44, L. R. A. C50, to be
void as against public policy.
An ordinance requiring a license fee
to be, paid as a condition of buying
claims is held, in Bitzer vs. Thompson
(Ky.), 44 L. R. A. 141, to be unconsti
tutional in case of a person who buys,
merely as an Investment a few claims
admitted to be Just and due, but which
are not paid because of lack of funds.
City funds received on deposit by a
banker but deposited by him in other
banks, under an arrangement for shar
ing In the deposits, whereby he receives
the same interest that he pays the city
and agrees that they shall be drawn
only to pay city orders, are held, in
Marquette vs. Wilkinson (Mich.) 43,
L. R. A. 840, to be held In trust for
the city as against his assignee for
creditors.
On the abandonment of Its trip for
the season by steamer starting
from Seattle to Dawson and reaching
Fort Yukon, but unable to go on be
cause of the low stage of water In the
Yukon River, It is held, in Smith vs.
North American Transportation and
Tea Company (Wash.) 44, L. R. A. 557,
that it Is the carrier's duty to bring a
passenger back to Seattle without
charge, and not leave him through the
winter In the Alaskan climate, to await
the carrier's convenience for complet
ing the transportation during the fol
lowing summer.
A man does not know what trouble
Is until he owns a house and tries to
make a few dollars a year by renting it