":i ' THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY '18, 1008.
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By Vladimir Garchlne.
IMON IVANOFF was a gateman.
Ilia house was about five mile
from the nearest railroad station
A kliurt distance away v-as a
A few months later Ivanoff had met a
numbfr of bin fellow gatemen. On
wuh a 'silent old rnun, who was about
to he pensioned. Another who lived next
to Ivanufr was youiiK. very tall, thin.
nulu ami nervous. Tim first time Ivan
factory chlrnTicv pointing towards off met him lie politely took off Ilia
y, Ilka Ion dirty I". lux finger. ,'".,.jU)W you ,1f neighbor?" he aald.
. the sky
but otherwise no slnn of buildings were
v to bo tW with the exception of a
'''' tew miserable huts.
Simon Ivanoff was weak bodily and
' mentally. Hurln the war with Tur
keif ba Jiad been the orderly ot a ai-
- tain serving In l."unral Ourku s urniy,
and when Hie war was over tliey both
.(, returnod to Russia without having been
' grounded. The captain went to St. 1 et
. ersburg and gimou returned to me
"Village. Where and news was await
' Ing him. Hla father was dead, hla lit
tle child dying and hla i"r who so a-
beueted that a in) could haiJIy keep on
her feat glnion started to work a
hard as he know how, but everything
seems to have i-on-splrcd analiist him.
Hla Laby died, and It seemed to him
that hie hut was so terribly empty.
- The crops were a failure. Hard times
knocked at the window, entered the
', door and sat down next to them on
, . their wooden bench. Then those two
,oor beings, man and wife, decided to
save their village and try their luck
somewhere ele.
tme uay wneu tvnnun aitim
Tho other looked at him and mum
bled. "How do you do." Then he
turned bis back and went away without
a lag anything: else. Whcji Ivanoff
the (text day met his neighbor's wife
he said In hla friendly way:
"Iteallv "no cant accuse your hus
band of being very talkative,"
The womun looked at Ivanoff for a
moment, then she said rudely:
"What should he talk about? It le
much belter for everyone to mind hla
business. May the Lord' bless you.
little falher!'
After a while Ivsrbff succeeded, how
ever, to win tho confidence of hia com
rade, and soou they were very good
friends, often tbev went out together,
to examine the track, and when they
had finished their trip, they sat down
on the grass, and while smoking their
pipes, told each other the history of
their life.
The name of the other man wli Bas
illus. lie talked only very little, but
was a good listener. Ivanoff, on the
other Blda, talked about everything- that
he could think of. about his wife, his
little bativ he had lost, the vlllagu where
a car he thought that he recognised his. he with born, and all the troubles he had
old cabiala standing in the uniform of had ...... .
a station master on the platform out- "Yes. neighbor, he said. I have uf
Ide a email station. He looked at him fere ) a good deal, and passed througli
long- and the other man slao seemed a great riiunv hardships ever since I
- surprised when hla eyes fell upon the was born I here are people who are
. poorly dreeeed working man. always lucky, and who pais through
A few minutes later and the two men life without sorrows, but I, who have
had recognised each other. Simon never done any harm to anybody. hee
Started to tell, of all his misfortune, always had bad luck.''
and the station in aster, who waa moved Unnlllua did not answer right away,
almost to tears, asked him what he In- He knocked the ashes out of hla pipe,
tended to do stood up and said with a sign.
"I do not know." Blmon answered. I It la not luck that Is against us.
want to work and I am willing to go brother. It Is man. In this world there
" anywhere and do anything lust to be are no mor ferocious beasts than men.
sure that-my poor wife and 1 most not Wolves don't eat each other, but men
die from aurvation do. I tell you that Ir men were not se
The station roaster looked at him for cruel there would be far more happiness
s, moment, and then said: M in the world."
"Listen? brother, stay here for a Ivanoof looked thoughtful,
while. You say you are married, but "Tea I don't know perhaps you are
where U your wife" - right." he said, 'but at any rate If we
-Bha la a servant in the house of a sre unhappy It must be the will of
BtlVVm"to your wife to rome ' The will of God!" Heslllus cried
lierefl will give you a pass and In a furiously. If yen really want to blame
short time I will have a position for the good God for everything that man
vou as a gateman. Vou will have a doca. that la wicked and mean, and
IltUe house of your own and money if you will try to oppose It, then you
nough to keep you from starving. Don t are a coward, and then 1 shall have
lost courage brother, but trust in roe." nothing more to do with you.
Ivanoff thanked him with teara In nis He Jumped to his feet and trted to
'ys and stayed with him, waiting for walk away. Ivanoff called lilm back,
the vacancy bllt ,le ll,n 1 enswer, and soon d leap-
He did afr kinds of lobs in return for neared around a curve. This Incident,
. hla food and lodging. He sawed wood however, did not break up the friend-
A ii v II v a t ua
arrl4 wtr weut the platform and ship of the two men.
i,i-yi ih. eartn. When his wile they met each other on
the
track.
started
arrived Ivanoff loaded hla few belong- shook each other's hand and
. ,,.h er, unrt went awav to talking about the same subject.
his new home. It was a neat little "I tell you brother." Baslllus said.
house ouite new and coiv looking with "that if men were not so wicked we
' a little garden behind, and about M) two would not have to live In our mle-
' feet of ground on each side. In front crnble hut."
of tha house waa a big tree shading It "But really I think we can't com.
during the summer. The two people plain, Ivanoff answered,
wers delighted and began to build "You really mean to say that you
their modest castles In the air. Per- think we ought to be satisfied? It Is
fcaos somV time they would be rich very likely that you have seen a good
nough tmy a horse, maybe even a deal more of the world than I have,
cow and Wen they could sell milk and but you have net understood what you
,.... m th town, surelv the good have aeen. Haven't you seen how all
. i..v hv hari tieen waltinK for so long we poor people are suffering? While
had come to tnem now.
Next day Ivanoff received all the
things a gateman needed. There were
two little flags, one red and one green,
-aome lanterns, a signal horn, a ham
mer, a wretch, an iron lever, a large
. broom, a little hook containing the
time tables. At first he could hardly
tbj
hi J
uldl
"I am going to tha city, to Moscow, loose and fell Into tha middle of
to mak. . complaint to tb dlrtor, f t th. blood rushlS. to
general," he said in a -voics tramming hwi(i I wa, dly tht h- . ,
with anger. hardly see, he wanted to cry out. bu he
- un, nine nrounr ri im in. could not fcake a sound, for In tha man
Give up that foolish Idea, stay with us he had recognised his old comrade Ba-
ana rorgot wnac tney nave oons io suius running away as last as he could
".:" w.k... i.' '!' - - --
'Jr'oigei: iNever, June oroiimr, "WaslllUSI My dear HRSlliUS, WV
too Ijite to forget.' He hit me In the brother,' my frlond! In the name of
face witn nis ciencnea fist ana n"J neaven eoma back." Ivanoff cried tn
never forget It as long as I Hvo. but I despair. "Qlva ma your lever: we still
shall teach him something, you may bt have time to put tha rail back In Its
sure." . . plaoe. Baslllus nooody will know
"Ivanoff took his friends hand, and anything: I swear you X will not tell;
said: "Baslllus. I beseech you to lUf Baslllus, my brother, com back and do
nere. to ao naming rasn. i wm not npi commit suftn a tempia crlms." i
make you happier, but tell ma every- But Baslllus did not come back, he
thing that nappenea. ran into tns woods and disappeared
. "What happened! Yes. you know the As If struck by lightning Ivanoff stood
manager came to my house to inspect there looking at tha loot rail. Hla
everything. I Knew ne wouia Da severe nunaie or reeds had fallen to th
and I fixed up everytning tnai ns ground ana was lying at his feet. An
express train was due In a few min
utes and nothing could stop tt He hartf
tert nis rea nag at home, and ho had
no tools to put the rail back In nmi.
tion. All he could do was to run back!
to nis noose to nnu the tools and he
wouldn't find the slightest thing to
make a comnlalnt about. He was Just
about to leave when I went over to him
and handed hltn a written complaint
Then he started to roar. 'What do yuo
mean vnn doir vou swine? Hera I am
pnmint nn wl irln of lnsnectlon and then did not think there waa time nnn.h
you dare to take up my time wlthjour He started to run back faster than he
nonsense about your garaenr in ironi u rr run pnore. out ne was sdou
of you are standing aome oi tne mgn- yaras irom pis nouse wnen he hear,
est- officials of the empire, and theA tn w rilajtle on the factory slowing. I
Vou dare bother us with your rotten was i s ociock now and the train woul
cabbage? But wait, my young friend.' ",.Xhr. !! tw(XJn,n.ute
"Tk.. 1 ..A it nnlnnB T "Oh OOd! Dh. CiM Aim hli
replied something which made the man- these poor people! Oh, the poor pas
agar furious. I felt a burning pain In ,fn"'r,.Li.sly' thy ny chlldrer
my face, but I didn't move. It came Ti"" innocent cnitaren. Noi
so entirely unexpected. The others left reA sitting In the cars, lookln
there a few minutes later. I came to ",.ro""n ln winoow at tne scener
again and began to waah the blood Off !".,ch seems to rush by hspny to b
my nose and mouth and then I left." travel. Oh, Ood. tell me what
"But your house, and your position, y P-. ' cennot reach my house anr
and your wife?" Ivanoff asked. b?.R.,;,I "n nouh to prevent a dls
aiy wire win stay nere. nne can 4 M . ,
look after the position as well as I can. I"0" turned hack and rushed th
Besides. I don't care. The devil take "rri. way. insane almost with d
all of them and their whole railroad. P,rfc. Without knowing what t
Good-bye, neighbor. I don't know If J?-. Suddenly he remembered that h
thev will ll.t.n ,n mv rnmnlalnt hut had a whistle In his pocket: he fouh.
If " Baslllus picked up his bag and " whl. ? was running. Bomethtntd
started to walk away. lo,a n,m. 111,1 tne train was drawlns
"But comrade, vou don't Intend to "A.nd. ?? neard far away the
walk all that distance?" wnisue or tne locomotive and felt tha
"No. you need not worry. I know the l";"Lm l0,"n"lte' nfu1 "
nremen on the freight train, and I am fiEi ,0,lu,n fur'e''. nd stoo.
tnlni tn heli. him .. An tha flrlnv mil lvT DrSStniesS.
th... t -V..H i. . . w.' The spot where he was standlnr wa .
Lilian r.,,a.i I'Tl m I lUIIIVItV.. V. . . . ftAA , . - "
The two men bado each other aood- ou e00. WdS from the place wherei
bve. Baslllus left and nothlna- more waa P!UP "M. broken, loose the rail I
ever htard of him. His wife stayed In ?u.oa1n;'r .I "1 ,d"- ""took off
the house and worked night and dav. P " 't took his handkerchief out of
Bhe grew very thin and her face and
eyes wore always swollen with teara.
One day when Ivanoff met her and
aaked If she had heard any news of her
husband, she burst into tears and ran
away.
"While a bv Simon Ivanoff had
learned to make whistles from reeds,
and now he spent almost all his spare
time making these little toys. When
ho bad made a certain number of them
lie turned them over to a friend of his
who was a rallronsl conductor-ami who
sold them at Moscow to a dealer In
toys, who paid two kopeks a piece for
them.
Ivanoff one day left his house.
He told his wife to watch the gate
when the t o'clock train should
pass, strapped on his big knife,
and went out to cut reeds for his
'HE PICKED UP THE FLAG AND WAVED IT."
we are young they work us to death.
and when we have grown old we are
fired
out, because we are no longer may work?"
"What, do you mean to say you
will leave you little house, where you
have a thrifty wife, and where you
have a little plot of ground that you
userul. iiow much do you receive a
year In wages?'.'
"Very little, I must admit. I get
only 12 roubles."
There you are. and I get Ut. rouble.
i. w. n hnnnv He read the Will you tell me why l should get more
regulations and every moment he looked than you dor nut it isn t only
at the clock. Two hours before the ference of a couple of roubl
ratn waai nua rifs I nil u l i i iiu nwucw " . . . . . . - . - - - - . -
right, and If he cares to, come to my
house once more drunk I shall make a.
complaint against him."
A short time afterwards 1 Baslllus
really filed a complaint against the inspector.
One day the division manager came fellow named Baaillua SDlrldoff.'
leaf on It. This spring I had planted along to Inspect the road, aa a great They went towards house No. (4 and
some cabbage plants, and one day thi many engineers and high oflcers were Ivanoff trembled as he thought of what
Inspector corner along. 'What does expected lo arrive from St. Petersburg, would harped to his poor neighbor.
this mean?' he roared. Tou are plant- A great many repairs were made, and A few hours afterwards, when they
A plot of ground. A nice plot of
ground that Is. There lsn t a green
"Since May J."
"Good. Who la the gateman In house
No. 64?"
The Inspector, whd stood next to the
manager, hurried to answer in a voice
trembling with Indignation: 'It is a
whistles. About (10 yards from the
ralltoad was an immense swamp filled
villi ril.hn. Dn.l ..A.I. Iwinrtff rMlt Afe
a number of them, tied them together lo"?rr h,"r the roar of the wheels: bu
in s bund e. nnd returned a ow v lo his an me lime ne nas only one thought:
house It was already near sundown. n no longer stand up I am falling
nis pocket, then hie knife, and made
tne sign or tne cross.
"May God assist me and have merc
upon me," he whispered. With hla
knife he cut deep Into hs arm Just
soove nis eioow, ana as the warm, rmti
blood began to gush from the severed
veins, ne nipped tne handkerchief
. , ISM. Rim IICU II 11) OIIO Oil
his reeds, and now he stood there with
nis rea nag. aa it is the duty of
gateman, wno wants to warn, the en
gineer or danger.
ne la standing mere waving his red
nag nut tne engineer does not seem!
to see htm. and If he does not stop now
everything Is lost, for It is Impossible
to stop the train at a shorter distance!
tie reels that the blood la still gushing
from the wound, but he continues runH
ning. ne is dlgxy; everything turns
black, there are strange noises In hH
ears, and he seems to hear a bell rlngH
ing. ne can no longer see the train; nr
nd evervthlncr was oulet exoent for the
sound of tho wind In the rushes and
the noise of the grasshoppers and the
wild birds. Ivanoff was approaching
the railroad, when suddenly he heard a
noise as of Iron striking iron. He hur
rled toward the track thinking:
In the world can this her"
I am drooping the red fins merciful
uod: do not fail me in this hour!'
ivanorr reii to the ground, ami
dropped the little flss. Just then an-l
other man jumped out from the trackJ
ne picKed un tne liar and waved it sal
"What Ivanoff had done, the engineer saw htmJ
ana nis signal; ne put on tne hrakei
this dlf- Ing cabbage without asking my per- all the telegraph poles were painted, had all gone, he went towards Baslllus'
es. It Is mission. Tear those plants out of the Ivanoff worked all the week to set house. When ha was soma diatanoe
other day I ground Immediately, or I will show you everything in shape. -He Batched -and away he saw Baslllus' tall, lanky fl-
. k. trofk tried the screws had to go to tne nig station and tne something. He was so drunK that he brushed bis Hundav clothes, and nnl
and sat down on his -door step listen- division superintendent happened to be could hardly stand, and I suppose that lahed his brass badge with his num-tna-
Hut after a while he grew more there. He was wearing a uniform all was the reason he didn't like my poor ber until It looked like a little sun.
used to his work bis nerves grew more embroidered with gold. I had the great cabbage. Then I was fined three rou- Baslllus was not lasy, either. At last
nteady and he knew the book of regu- honor to see his lordship. He waa rid- bles." Baslllus continued melancholy, the eventful day came, and the manager
h ncirt Ing In his own private car. and didn't "But If he had said another word I am stopped In front of Ivanoff a houaa.
jvanun aaiuiea in military manner, ana closer ne saw mat Hasinus was nnangeu,
really made his report. The manager seemed so as to be almost unrecognisable. His
wen satisfied. face was pale, his hair disheveled and
trains that passed were not very many, away, no matter wnere tn. "No. I am not, but I Knew I was "How long nave you been herer his eyes shot fire.
tlons bv heart 'nK "la own private car, and didn't "But If he had said another word
The aummer came and he had less to know whether he would design to look sure I should have killed him."
da There was no longer anv snow at us poor people. Now I am not going "Now, then, neighbor, you are r
shoveling to be done, and besides the to stay here very long. I want to get too hotheaded." Ivanoff said,
trains that passed were not very many, away, no matter where tn." "No. I am not, but I knew I
ure coming down towards him. He
carried a heavy cane and had a bag
across his shoulders. His head was
bandaged and his fare swollen.
"Hello, neighbor," Ivanoff cried.
"Where are you going? When he came
He waa now standing- In a clearing In nd tpe train stopped with a crash!
the woods. In front of him. as fr as Doscni of people Jumped out of th.
he could see. ran the track with Its cars to see what had happened. The
allstenlns- mils, and elose bv he saw a passengers stood about In groups, na
man bending over the rails, and evl- near the rails was a man In a deadl
dentlv working at something.
Ivanoff approached hlm cautiously.
"I am sure It Is one of those fellows
who steal bolts," he thought. He went
still closer tn the man. who did not
heae htm com In, and now he almost
fainted with terror. The mag waa now standing about; then
standing up straight, holding in his neaa ana wmsperea
hand a hesvy Iron
pushed underneath a
lever,
rati, i
falpt swimming In hla blood, and next
to nim stood unoiner man, very thlr
and very pale, holding In his hand
reed to which was tied a handkerchief
drlpplnr with blood.
Baslllus looked at all those who were
Tie bowed hH
"Tie my hands
which he and feet, brothers: tt Is I who broke
hlch came loose the mil."
RICH UNCLE FROM AMERICA A, Short Story
Written for Tne Sunday Journal ty George De Maupus
.4 T5r n-txrmm Ta f 1 1 nfl
AN old white-haired beggar was
asking us in the name of God to
give him something. My friend,
Joseph Davranche. gave him five
francs, and when I waa surprised
St his jenerosity. he replleil: "The poor
fellow reminds me of an incident 1 shall
, never forget. 1 will tell it to you now."
"My family comes from Havre, my
parents were poor, although my father
was a hard worker. We were three
Children, two girls and 1. My mother
often grumbled because of our poverty.
: and frequently scolded father in a very
noisy and unjust manner. On such oc
"' easlons father bowed his head in Kilence.
i- . .m 1 UE. ...... o u .ij fnrfl.
ami mue'l ma uniiu civ i , .j . .....
head as if he wanted to wire away
fersptration, which was not there, and
remember how thlw Hlnht of the al
old man hurt my fcelinirx.
"We were living exceedingly econom
ically, hardly ever aNNoi-tatlng with
other people. My platers made their
own dresses and I remember how they
would try for hours to squeeze down
' the price of trimmings which cost three
cents a' ward. Our ukuhI fare w;s thin
sjoup and boiled beer, cooked In every
' r. n .1 ImnnKulhlp war Tt i VprV
) likely that boiled beef Is wholesome, and
nourishing, but I was sick, and tired
,i Of this monotonous way of living.
"It was poverty all the time, and
' my mother made a terrible row every
'i time I had lost a button or torn my
. - pants.
"The only ray of light in this dark
ness was our Sunday walk when wa
were all dressed in our best clothes.
Father In black Prince Albert, allk
hat, and gloves, walking ahead with
mother who was dressed up In all
; kinds of colors which made her look
like a ship on a national holiday.
Every Sunday when we WHlked along
the harbor, and saw the big vessels
returning from far away, father used
to say softly: "If only Julius would
. come, what a surprise that would be.
"My Uncle Julius was now the only
hope of the family, while he had form-
vi 1 wen iva iruui. 4-"... ,
of my early childhood I had heard so
much about him, that I felt sure that
I should recognize hi in as soon as I
laid my eyes on him.
"I knew all the details of his life
Until tha day he left for America. Be
cause he had behaved in such a man
- ner that he could not longer stay at
home, that is to say that he had spent
; too much money, an act which Is
, considered the greatest of crimes in
poor families. W hen a young fellow of
wen to ao people throws nwav monev,
, people smile and say thai lie' In mnv
Ing his wild oats, but If a poor voung
man makes hie father pav bills he in
immediately considered a loafer a
scoundrel, nnd almost a criminal.
I.,. After -Uncle-Julius had used up all
WlmwLie KCt"i,d ver ""PO l in
55 ih n?Jll' .e?an to 8Pen1 some
, of the money my father ought to have
had. and he was then m tn " "r..B
'On the other Side , of the ocean
things, went well with him. He made
money -as a merchant and soon wrote
home that he hoped, the tiroe would
corae'When he could make up for the
losses he had cost my father, I r-
member what a com motion this letter
caused In the family. Uncle Julius.
this 'good-ror-notning reiiow, who had
formerly, been called all kinds of names
was. suddenly changed Into a man of
honor, wi.th the heart In athe right spot,
a genuine Davranche, :-
''Lter we heard from the captain of
. the steamer that he had a very large
business. Two years -later another lei
ter came from him: . i t;
"'IVAr I'Mllp:' v '
'JUusinesa is fine and fro wins; ali
the boak, and look out that the dirty
loafer does not get near us.'
"Father gave we five franks, to pav
the man and told my sister that mother
had suddenly become seasick.
" 'How much do we owe you, sir, I
assert me 01a reuow.
RAISING A PYRAMID EVERY FIFTY DAYS-
Continued From the First Page of This Dection
the time. Tomorrow I am starting on a steamer running
s l nr. ir trin to Kouth America. Tt mar all events be Imrr
ho vears before I write vou aa-aln. but and asked mother and mv sister If "I handed him the five frank piece
you must not worry for I will return thev didn't feel like having some oya- and ho gave me back the change. I
ters. Mother, however, refused, afraid '" " nl nanas, poor, airty. bo
t full speed. At ir.Tw0 franks. 60 centlmen.' he re- loading six cuble yards in the 1-hour In the Culehra cut alone during last Egyptian dynasty built his great pyra
lg at full speed. At , lrllnKS. ou cel
lmediately went over DU'"-. . m ',
r and my sister If handed him the fi
working day, to perform the feat
For the handling of the scant 1,000,-
Mnvamher! mm, 10 nviu (us nine ooay Brier me lirfl
The standard engine used by the '0,UL(1 nave gone out of It that op
we have rebuilt a numoer or t """" "u anmtiny am
. i t . ... M i. m , - 1. 1 . . . r , i . a 9 i .1 looKea B.E nis nnnnn rtnnr n rrv hnnaw . . . . , .. .. . . ... r w win.ii
in rimie rxxm j nn vr-i.i.nn n ui rauinci, uvnforci, niuncu, mum ,T -, Vi. . Ji uuu cuoic yaras mat went out or tnt ,..- i. i in ti,a haullna of 12 "oieuii nun lis name or mo urea
fortune, which will not take me very of the extra expense, but my two f1 or" h1?n.(,' anJ thFn at h's fce ' . nra.worv wftri, ilT n t nulls a train Pyramid of Cheops abd Its imposim
long, and then we will all spend our s.sters Immediately replied that they wheh looked so sad and unhappy nal prism and the accessory works 4-yarJ I top "rdS The AmVr" heK'' ot iSl feet--he used up Too 00
days happy together ' would be deughtef to have some. m y. ur,,cIe- th br"ther ' d,,rlnf November, an army of more than no t0ysfl i western dumo men 1 ?W- merely for the maklm
This letter grew to be a gospel in .. .j am afrtld th wl Rlv. me , mr father " a voice i said with n me. 12.300 men would have been required. ""erhPll! vard? capacity "f the road mat led from his stone quar
"'Vf"1"5'. d,hoW;hS,rr",enl?.Udannd ."cl tomach" aeh ' m y mother ld. Took an.d0(fabVless you voung" man heP'.ald "ad the work been done by the an- J5cubT ' y-Vs ed by riing?e train. r,h JOTffn'ana lt
SSW "i vep sad. 'Give the girls a couple nls , VuivVrlng w"h .motion. 5 rlent Egyptians, for all the lashes of Better tnS "that the engine, can han- JorVafterwd lSoryJ
'ilme pea,sed however and for 10 long hfs.'t ilc6 Joscphoe'sn V" 'V ,hat he ,'a" be"n b"' " the,'r t'lm"rrAn- wno8e "l1 re" ?1 17 i'1 "Xa cofcr M VonumtV.
years we heard nothing from Uncle J, nl,rn Let .1 t noll chll AU ic , . . , mains a by word down even to this more 1 S yards, or the 30t, cubic yards to the Colonel Goethals and his canal force
lulius, but fathor'i. hope Rrow tronr. S'P?.&ny 0M ntiOMia not spoil chll- "My sisters were surprised at my mrciful day. train iM , .,.. nw. would undertake to split up th
R,he ye,rswent by. and mother often '?.?' tn,r,fo .tayed wlth mother, but WZ"d7S, T"7. I". i.iMIl ?. dTr,,f ,1 . JS0.?,"1..? K rK L'l Cheops Ino maU.;
...w " ..v... , u m , iv --. -. - - . iui ineir steam snnve s. a.rr it Aau ah
lar. me nnunne rone andina nu- ax irencn Lrains nnuni navo imu ic- thpir imira rif z..
everything will he changed, for he Is
I remember that 1 thought
unjust, and felt very angry
" TV" k""w" " ,w lo ,el ln Whue I followed With my eyes, father
"Kvery Sunday when we. saw the
big black steamers appear In the ho
rizon, father repealed Ills eleinal. 'What
ft surprise if Julius were coming.' And
wo children almost thought we could
see him waving hla handkerchief, and
crying: 'Hello Philip."
"We builded a thousand castles in
the nir founded on bin homecoming.
ner very couldn't be possible that those oysters
.If1"' 8houI(l reallv have cost three franks.'
"In a voice which
who. as proud as a turkey gobbler, and loud T ri i Irl nrlrHmifr -- II m MflUita a ni tilt Iilnii ni'li ioiomnnl
conducted his two daughters and his shouting, 1 replied. 'I gave the man transportation. A man can handle
crowt
man beast of burden represented the quired, ns against 126 trains of western American locomotives and 'd,,m it ii,l
dumps, or 17 traiiiH or our nai cars. tne N1Ie with tne, , . t . -a
made as firm means of displacement of stone
In
In
son-in-lajv to the old ragged sailor.
"Suddenly he grew very uneasy,
stopped, turned pale and stared wildly
about him
" 'How strange, but there I
strong resemblance between
The French, when their operation waa dnmnera iihin i,. . - i.
at Its heiRht. had 282.528 cubic-yards as days, working no more than eight hourJ
iv sous. Decause 1 tnouiillt ne snnnlrl riM'K weisning irom an to "mi nounns: Ihelr hex snowing ror excavation irom ,tnv na la nrnnar tn o n.i .v... i
haven tip." but a Hteam shovel deals airily with the Culehra ("ut, performed by laborers awakened to the rights of labor, inallanl
Are you crazy to give half a frank masses up to 2i,tmo pounds. numbering from Iti.ortO to 1R,000, with able now, some centuries after the Phal
to a good-for-nothing beggar like he In breaking up the. material ln sixes the horde of .superintendents, foremen raohs overworked the Jews
" very ' She stopped when my father's feasible for hand labor, the drilling nec- and other employes omittod. It took De JLesseps 10 yea
that old unegsy winking showed her he was essary would amount to twice or thrice At Culebrii ln November the dally av- the Sues canal and make the
rs to bull
reputation
allor and Julius,' he whispered to afraid the son-fn-law might hear some- that required to meet the cspacious maw eragn of laborers waa 6.843, and their he lost at Panama; the present isth
' m hub1" Me.ini sniivei. nti tno amount or excavated maieriat n per nuan canal rorce could have waltxe
pick and the other antiquated tool3 of rent rock 29 per cent earth was 7S8,- through thst Job ln three years and 1
trie past were largely permitted to rest 092 cubic yards. months, and had a week or so to loa
' '" ii'mii'- iiiik. infithflr
Then everything was to be happiness .. .".r.
anil pleasure. And I nm almost sure
that mv father had a unlet option on
an estate in the country near Ingou
vllle. "Wo were not only hard up for money,
loll ;,li-i tha vnniiff .nnn u'itl, ba,. Ir.ua 1.
tentlons, and my oldest sister was now 11 10 "V1 . l I v"""" ..n'jii cmuhi.
thine-
What. Julius? mother exclaimed. Ahead of us in the horizon the- is-
" 'Aty brother, or course. ir l did land of Jersey was appearing. When
no know him to be a rich man ln we came near the pier, I felt a strong
America I would really believe It was desire to see Uncle Julius once more.
ne. una say a rew rrlendty words to mm.
in Mr. Cleveland's famous desuetude.
That looks like 16 cubic yards per around In, swapping home stories an
Alfred Nobel, tho Swede who made it mo., for the hest month under the arguing tha tariff.
the labor of his life to convert the prof- French, and 118 cubic yards per man in They would have had ships passinJ
'Yo.ii are cr3r when you know but he had disappeared probably Into its of destruction into the riches of November for the Americans
and the youngest 26. At last a poor
but honest "man, who occupied a small
position under the government, pro
posed to the younger one. and it was
surely the reading of the letter from
Uncle Julius which made him pop the
question. It Is not necessary to say
that she did not give him time to chango
his mind, hut accepted him Immediately.
It was a general holiday in the family.
After the wedding It was decided that 'Ji
we should all go on a little trip to Jer- roant
sey, the island which Is the goal or all
poor people, who cannot afford to go
very far. and still are ambitious to go
abroad. It is not very far away; you go
me and talk that nonsense," mother
'T1fc ... r- ,1 1. 1.1.
iriuinm inline nun Miiintuer juji uyimmne. flf m)t j(p tnPy n,.Pfi explanation, tne tneir steam snovcis scooped up the firs
steamer, not to meet him and I have With explosives, as elsewhere in tho i.r,h ,w.,-n., rr twee when it wnrVed. mouthful. Tha magniflcant a1 ram
irtwiei n uroioer. vuia.. 1110 ueniKiiitv n i Hi; Mteuni s novel .unnH rtr.nV.la that averacA ner man HZ or wn an e.mneror YVIinalm la n mnnt a
i ... . ''.'iii. . . ..ne mini u cub e vards to every pair or nanas per vruuu oi us na is oi nis naval unirorn
' u nminrl nf .vnlntiv. u.' ill r,..l .... n,.,n . ' n . . . .aaaa , .. 1.. . 1 , . .
h"-"'j "'"'" ' uii. month. J-iui
stammered, auita pale
jook at nim waansae, iook at nim never again seen mv
yotirHelf.' "'That is the reason whv
"She stood up and went over to times give a beggar five friinks
tne oatignter to iook very cioseiy at
the sailor, a poor, dirty, wrinkled man
who had eyes for nothing but his
work. Immediately afterward mother
came back trembling all over.
peace and plenty, ended all thut witl
another his dynamite
through the famous Manchester cans
fco it was. And vet. wh le the figures witsun about two years from the tlm
do not lie. they need explanation. The their steam shovels scooped up the firs
JOSS STICKS.
to split It down to sizes fitted for men's
hands.
t' . V, lnn.1t. J .- . 1 . B
t, t , . " .i,n.rrt.. i ifiiuiiiim
i nm iuiubi num it is ne, sne nunuuuuii .'iniiiiimiiiii- .i j ijiju men, would nave called tor 2,000;
Ask the captain, but be very care
ful; suppose the old scoundrel should
nnd us out.
Scented ( 'yntl lest.
From the New York Evening World.
In all countries where Huddhist wor-
Inetnnrl tf 1 ftftn nalr nf OT his latest DOflm. Would haVA haan mi
' ,,cl' l llM- nuiteu i hands being at work, hair or them lay iwrougn tn jig imo say, rive years,
the shovel; but a pound would bo needed vellnwina- in the hospitals or clenching Every day during last December the
In the last agonies of the death that xcavatea . irom tne canai materia
ended their usefulness. enougn to build cubes, not skimpy pyra
The whole American force, with not a mo.s, or tneir own, measuring 1Z ree
hi ! tit long, wide and hla-h.
was able to put its shoulders to the , during 1807 they took nut the mate
,i.,,..i ii. i.rai. onri mii.oic t f fha nn- rial required to nut over 'fiat section ol
' lt" 11 1LfMnu...nn V. n . . , .1 1... . . . TkT.-fc. i
iHniiiiokiiiii uuuimwi uy iiih iuivit am
nnd the explosives, instead of amount
ing to 2&0.000 pound for a month,
"Then father and 1 went over to ship is celebrated there is a great con- work ln October attsuredly paid for
wimiu nave jiaeii tu tau.uuu pounas. ,..i,i. .i,i..
tne n steam shovels that were at no.oDt v n ri,r. ha the East rivers, and Fifty-ninth stree
I.. 1.1 f '"! J ' r...v V " v.. . . . V. . LI l.I . ,.
J vo, UliM, " 'V" "i" . ,1.. Ti.. - -I "a 1. J
mosquito out of the canal zone; but, , l.VLi i. . .V 1 """.ra
also, Ross, who helped him, and Reed, I:' LI' 1 1. V, .. , .,i
who nrovod the mosaulto theorv: and left over to bury all Centra
let them not be forgotten when the PaJ"0IlPnJle.aePj:. .
statues rise in honor of the martyrs th i"t1iD zS.V..n"J
v?jnade our earth workable nd onhf?hrUKJ?cSn?emX.d
iivnuit? ii. i"'""' nim "uim mni Ppdrn Mlenel and I.n Itni-A fhav arl
and those other incarnations of loftiest t .e"rP. '?ue' f1a.t1e,y "1
)ssPtPyweea8marte lZVly"l the t . want to visit them, because he the proees Is still practically -unknown, were made while the rainy season was XtT 0'r "J? n'JfS crete. They will use enough of It t
,i,i. Hair a a If l ,. nnlw niBtii . mono jr. jub naiue is inn - muoi: iiu inn)- 11 nu oeniB ciiosert j rom h i i in a i . ... p outtu a continuous Bireer ot nouses iron
" maneha nf llflvmnrhp or Kornethinir a Knee n rlnwu ann wont Iti rl.rrirr.iia n Mnr tlit, ntfluHu nv.airntol ( far
bamboo, or rrom done with when it is digged and
nn h.m p.l a atA.imar and whan vnn land . tna CHutnui, wiium im tinivii 11 no nnew r.,,,!.!,,, vL juiw ni n-iv. inese ce-ie- intriiiweiveM, Bpeciuiiy wnen one 13 re-
vou a re. nhro-.d on Fn.liah anil where a anything about the old oyster-opener, montnl candles are lighted on occasions minded, as the president reminded con
Frenehman i iifler a seavovatre of two whose race he thought exceedingly in- of festivity or mourning, prayer- or gress recently, that they scooped out
hours ma v enlov the I slirht o? a nela-h- teresting. thanksgiving to divinities, and tho like, their 1,800.000 cubii! ynivls of rock and
horiiia- nation in ita own hom " 'Oh, he Is a nobody, an old French Josh sticks are at once candles and in- earth while the ftorrent ial rains of
"'rill, triii waa all that ronld tramp whom I picked up at New Or- cense, since, like the latter they burn Panama were deluging the scene of op
think of for weeks ahead It was the ia" 1" He says that he has "PP flame Their prepara- yratlons with 17 1 inches of rainfall.
v..iMuv r ua the aamap ernaalni rnatiutio or ii.v rn.in;iic, ui auiiieiiiiiig (jcciui ituMS ttno Kept, in ri
";,. Z?nliZ' V?fh Wn llke that. He says himself that at one elusion. A squared strip of l
-i'.en,.m1n.ten. Oira 1,8 n.S' time he was quite well off while in varying lencth and thickness,
!5n!ly.wtCiJnf, wih . ,,nr??' America, but now he has nothing at to the size of the joss stick
ih!r..;rmL" L I.m.Wh,mr,y.,t""n:a,: all.' be made, is skillfully rolled
scourge, yellow fever.
New York to Philadelphia, with house
ried sister, who after the wedding cer
tainly looked like a chicken overcome
witn cold, and last or an tne newiy
married couple, which I must look at
all the time.
"It was beautiful weather and the sea
wan perfectly calm. We saw the coast
disappear, and we were all happy and
proud as only people who travel very
little can be. Father looked very gentlemanly-like
in his black frock which
in the morning had been cleaned care
"Father was almost ready to faint.
his heart stopped beating and his
eyes rolled in his head, as If he had
suddenly gone Insane.
"'Hit down or they will find out
there is something the matter with
yoy,' mother whispered, while the cap
tain shook his head and left us.
"Father let himself fall down on a
bench.
"'It is he! it Is he!' he groaned;
'what shall we do?
Only 1.166,726 cubic yards wers taken tie n-JaV tnm.u. . nni .m 7 J
according shoveled. It must be disposed of on out oi trie winue u.ttim tertitory during .treed from Philadelphia to Washing
that is to selected dumping grounds to which it ''"-v -its , """" ton: or a street with houses on one sld
r rn orl nn an I , la nan ,l nv r 1 1 ''lir, an 1 .nn, t.-nr.r Hint iiwuiyii 'i ui'ii. hiiio nicm had rrnm Nt 1.111IB tn l-nieoar. Mr 1 .1111
clined surface, in a mixture of odorlfVr- itself, laid for the burdened train, must about one cubic yard of foulness, rep- nearly to Cincinnati, or St. Louis to Kan
011s powders agglutinated by resin, made bo constantly shifted to tha edge of the
viscous ny slight elevntlon of tempera- dump
resenting the mortality among the fe- sas City. There would be suburbarl
ver-pearing mosquiton or tne zone, homes for 120.000 people: but. If voi
ture. One of the ends is left as it is, They use a track throwing machine which cost more in lives and money crowded them as they do ln cities, al
to serve as a nana e. in some cases aown at i-anamn. lanuieu dv rnree me- v" i'" .ic-ii, i.uiunv muiiici- jtainneaooiis coutu live mere.
the bamboo is. replaced with a flexible chanles and half a dozen laborers, who ent imagination can conceive. If every house were 20 by 80 feet
rod which ehables the Joss stick to be throw a mile or It a distance of nine
rolled in spiral form. The composition feet In eight hours.
The real work of excavating began having einht rooms each, two storlei
oniy wnn tne year iautj. in tne two and a casement, wltn concrete noon
tn the odoriferous nowdara vartea ntth The same dailv ioh done hu h.ind. years that have cone by since then. 21- and a concrete roof, there would bi
the country. Those used in Indo-Chlna would demand the strength and skill 600.665 cubic yards have already been 22,842 of them. Set every one down li
come erenerallv from the nrovinea nf O f 600 men. removed. During the whole 10 years the Its own 75-foot lot. and they would makj
Canton and include 14 different drugs. Material must then be unloaded. They French were nt work. t,hey were able to three streets, with houses on each sidel
fully with benzine, and the result was Get the children away from here, anions- which mav be. named eamnhnr! use a special machine for that onerous excavate only 81,548,000 cubic yards, reaching from Panama to ColonnJ
' "'"T" and first of all take care that our sandalwood, aconite and clove. Aconite detail; it has a record at Culebra or iast year tne record went i
that he also tills day was
with the familiar odor or the cleanaltysr son-!n-iaw does not find It out."
fluid which we knew so well from our
Sunday clothes.
"Suddenly father saw two gentlemen
treating two ladies to oysters, which
an old sailor dressed in rags was open
ing with a knife. The ladies were eat
Hig, holding the shells with their clean
" "What a calamity.' father mumbled.
still looking like a. fit inmate for an
insane asylum.
"Mother on the other side was furi
ous and 'sizzled between her teeth:
Didn't I think so. " That thief would
plays the. partj of a preservative and
protects the Joss sticks well against
tne atiacKs oi rats ana mice.
handkerchiefs, and pointing their Una but
never amount to anything, I know It,
......... i than Dmra wAitlrl Vic. a atria .....I
ri i ii ii mi i.iiiruitt 111 i .ri ' i n ' i.i'i u noiH uunaiu III isi ...... v .. w ki.uu ml. vi wv vaa
chucking out 5,000 cubic yards from 16 Dounas, irom tne totals or S15.270 ln tenaing irom Manama to uorgona,
trains within eight hours. The slender Marcii and of 879.627 ln April, to the The Pharaohs? They are entirely out
force of three-score white men and 10 1,868,729 cubic yards of October and the classed!
laborers, working- bv machine, suffices 1.838,488 cubic yards ofNovember.
where 225 foremen and 6,000 laborer And besides, fully 80 per- cent of the
would have been needed. , entire plant needed for construction has
They spread the material after the been purchased or contracted for; ma-
Dlsputed the Proposition.
From the Chicago Tribune.
"All that you are, my friend," salt
the lecturer, singling out an elder!
man sitting "in a front qeat, who ap
Eggsactly.
From the BostOin Herald. .
Over In Chelsea a school teacher was dumping, employing mechanical spread- chine shops have been erected for mak-
... 1. .. . .. .. . . A Tl. . . A n l.a. ..at, r I nr. nl. 1.... ,. . . yci kn, .lii.l.n... I. t . m tn .4 1 ,1 r, alt nAait&it nnnta, rv V.
ik flim out far HS possible, anche?' , of foreign children the English language, feet from the track. Three ,doen white effective organization has been per-
i "" enould ran on their " usual father listened to her rav- Hh was trvlne to make her dudIIs un- men and threescore netrro laborers ac- fected: a recruiting system Is In onera-
' eaten tha each time after they had ings in silence 'and drew his hand derstand the meaning of the word complish what, it would demand an tion that is capable of furnishing more p eared to be deeply Interested, "al
that waa t ri", y emPliefl 'he fluid across his forehead, as I had. seen him fright, and asked if any one In the class armv of 7.000 rh'en to do. labor than is required to earn the 160.- that you are I repeat, you owe to hered
. .? In. 'pe shells, drinking do so often. could a-lvce a sentencecontaininir the How true were the words of the un- 000.000 awaiting American skilled labor, lty and environment'" --
throwing them r i ?y werfl cuPa and "'Give Joseph money to pay for the word. fortunate De Lesseps, when he declared and the .untold millions more that must "Gosh!',' exclaimed the eMerly marJ
'I m niiiVa it. oysters; i anil t anow wnat we 'should Quick ana confioeni was tne reply that mechanics in tne -future wouia go to tne unsKinea-; ana scarcely any- turning rea wnn maignation, "i neve
verv m eh i,.- lnal. I"ln"r wa n 14 that bundle or rags should recog- of one little gin: l nave a sentence, bring success where the science of. hi bony is sick, or is thinking of getting haa no oeaiio's witn tnat firm ln m
e-ant wav or ..h- wnn tnis eie- nise'us; it wouia ne a fine kettle of teacher. We had irignt eggs for day spelled failure, Is impressively ap- stem, ' lire, ana I oon t owe tnem
. vjaiers on Diura iita. mi, us, get to we oiner end of breakfast this morning. parent from a comparison pi tne wor vynen me serona sing ox mi xouria eise a puunea centi '
npr nobodj
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