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About Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 188?-1910 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1901)
'MftCKSON'S " PURCHASE. sMA'BTHA M'OULLOOH WILLIAMS. ipyrtgMB b" Martha McCulloch .Mtt&Hg Williams.) ' jyitaUufftwo .Mary Dlekersons cauie jfcmowflglil.'' The l'urchase knows atcmootillo-ht Is. Otitlnu'J folk, iver.Unuy require to bo told that It .ajKbtp!culc lit'lil when the moon coinltlfoii to full. It prevails from f jyWtolSeptt'Mliur. the young people. inUjdjlaiuc to tlicm. preferring dew kd "-coolness ami the delicious scclu-t-iu ofhalf lighted uooks to the crass lid -"garish brightness of a broiling ifbeftwo Marys were the occasion of ds'foueV? It came off In Uncle Hob ayiieryaril, which was level, cov elyltlt while clover turf ami set jCtntigiilaily with maples and honey (fustsAll the rosebushes were strung ItutChlueM' lanterns. Tin sconces for iidleffiuiug against some of the tree iSHJSPSN tl'w 'i1"8 lanterns hail been SteuedJ upon pendulous bough". lierHtue 1 gilts were thickest there .enluug plank benches. lu reuioler. 7udovyTu(ioKs I tide Hob had Insisted (onTtting camp srools In alrs. VXiiSifcS " "lla' fl"' "" ,"mK!, 'yv" itTfTTngl I ain't forgot that If I am mi t lindfpld, he had Mild to Ited Mary. "llUltwIjlkling eyes lied Mary was JowuTnlece. -Mary Spec his wife's, liojtwo were Ill's t cousins, ileal' 'lendSrUellghtl'ully alike, still more llglitfully unlike and dllTerellllaled I tluuTuths of their world according i complexion ?Botl)lMtii.s were out In the yard. Wlngjiilther and yonder, though It "'as'barel.v sundown and nobody likely ) coTuTJfor an hour Major Dade had Dnii3but he did not count, lie prop 'cdllitsTclmir back against Hie trunk fiflTunple and let his eyes follow tho wol-Marys Hi their while frocks and rltterylrod ribbon I licit Itah. who "atttUree feel away. hW chair planted quarelyjupou lis lour feel, his elbows ;n"lilsTknees. caught the glance, set his attfUngers together with a Utile soft lotennl said ru in ina lit ly: ' "NIceTspan n" blood llllies." ' "Thoroughbreds clean'" the major Jnculated, then with a sigh: "If only uiancollltl iIii jw off lit) years' Choos ng.ljctwecii iliem limn be a big pusude uiSrlgirt down sorry for Itert Selby Jpoatmy soul I ilon'l believe he knows vb'icbThc loes best, for nil he's been lercftrn'ry day since they came and xlghuand S unlays thrown In!" "Uvelhnd " ""1,or sneaking notion lllfaIong he was In love with both. UuclcTUob said jMajSanaile latig ''Thejyoiiug mau lied. ui must remember he ruuulng for congress In Kentucky. lOtUtah." he said "Tell those young idlesTfor me please, that the one who Jon'tTtake him Is mighty apt to live to tie.sorry for It. I'lltold 'em so ylstiddy." Uncle Bob returned. "Lord, how Ited Mary did InitiriilRSlio Is the sassiest piece nl r irTl.. 1. 1.... ..., ... .I,.. ..-m. It. Bert talks:! "lFcan hardly blame her but poor HerttjjMaJor Dade said, with a frown. "ItjuntUi; gieatest shame, the greatest olt'ySue was left to grow up with tjjtfb" thosepoor white I.Iseiibees. A liner geuUemau than his father never trod shoulcnther. and his fnther. Hurt's grandfather, went to congress from Tennessee." "Bert will get everybody's vote If onlyh'o gets the nomination," Major Dade.fcoiitluued thoughtfully. "But tlierejsjtho rub. Politics ain't what It usedflo be, I ncle Bob not by n long chnlkTjg Money has a heap of friends. Yoitjilon't need to be told that. Bert hasjjust one man to fear, Duke Wll loughby. ami Wllloughby has money to throvftat the birds. II u throws It, too; cblpsmi for anything going barbecue, pIcujcTfblg ineetlng. preacher's salary orjmlsslouary collection. Then he has leutfraoney to a dozm fellows who are tujtlgbt places. Of course there has beenjob talk of buying their Inllueiice, b"uttuey are bound, Just bound, to do tliehbest for hint. I tell you Wll teuifhtiy U smart, lie has got a mighty tnkingwnv too. If we don't look shorpTlbcil sweep the convention" '"And then Bert Selby Is Jest fool enough" to pull olf his coat and work llke?jtjnlggcr to elect him." Uncle Bob urokefla. "Bert has had whatever he cuos'ejto ntk for been sherlll, assem blyman tint nil that. He Is as uiiibl tlouTas I.utlfer One term In congress wllljrub ol) that poor, white tang. Aft er that well, there's no telling what he may not be and do." "Sister I.lscnbee to the contrary not withstanding'" Uncle Bob nsked. with U'Jioverlug smile. "It's amazing, but BertTwIU stand by that oor creeter as longfaa she lives." jMajor Daue scowled, "tr sue n coin lnBltTOlght. 1 shall leave ut once." he Mld.W Uncle Bob laughed until he Bboolrall over jfcjYou cau't be so cruel, major!" he sald.ferlpplug the other's arm. "Sle's cow(u n purpose to see you. We had to4t her couldn't think of raising a ToWjte church by slighting n sister that gl(nell plotting" lied Mary called Kyly? rusl Ing at her uncle as she cpekefoml sating his necktie straight Suewns as roguish ns she was rosy, u pleJof diuipled prettiness. with ver) liriU dark eyes and a saucy tip ItlWaftcoM nithal delicately vlrgluiil 'SoiSthlng clnlcllike. wondering, an liUkiif the limpid gayety of her glance SJmovcd I gUtly and spoke In u rouM. k.lviry voice. Mary Spec. win- b4ud had her roses powdere! i 1wtw,uin g.iwen rrccK.es. anc un gwjfTcycs, set under the Qnct arched titjijbri ws, and was slender euo'i':' Wjcgrst a gold decked Illy si"i waged lu myriads out In the old mi'1 knew Ibyor Dade is aboe plot ly Dcwtll and the band here to- done ole Solomon'" !f you l ad t- ld Bert Selby," Major , ... Mary made n face at him. "You n ie conjured, like the rest," she Mild. "You seem to think the world begins iiml ends with Ilert Selby." "It does-Hlown lu the Purchase," Uncle Bob said, with n gurgle. "Lord, Bed Murj. when he Is president nnd vnu nn old woman an old maid most likely you'll be forever telling how he used lo come courting you nnd have etn saylug. 'The luck some men nre bom to. " "There comes Wllloughby," said Ma jor Dade. "I see his tunning mate, Amos Tandy. Is along too. Wonder 11 the old man, old Duke Wllloughby, pays Tandy to run n round with this boy of hlsV" "Suppose yon nsk him," Bed Mary said, with a smile of Innocent malice. "1 cau tell you, though, so can Mary Spec, that the two are n pair and go nil the gaits." "A good looking pair confound them!" Major Dade said ns Bed Mary ran to make them welcome. She held out n hand to each and smiled up lu Tandy's face. In spite of herself her eyes fell before Wlllougliby's. She felt rather than saw that his glance passed over her lu search of Mary Spec, who had slipped out of sight amoug the shrubbery. While her hand was still In Wlllougliby's Bed Mary caught the sound of slow wheels. The buggy waR big and low swung, but spick and span. An oldish woman drove It, n fat woman with mild blue eyes and a happy, vacuous face. She had on a white frock, a book muslin, -hort enough to show her feet In slip pers that their pudglness oveiilowcd. tier hat, which sat awry, was a won derful concoction of lace nnd pink rib bons, with pinker roses nodding Jaun tily above It. In dellance of Its youth ful gajety there was n black baud about her neck, clasped under the chin with a funereal miniature. She had black gloves, too, old fashioned lace niltts. not on her hands, but pushed back around her plump wrists. "Look out, major! Sister Msenbee has got ou nil her war paint," Uncle Bob said In the major's car. then aloud: "Sister Mscubce. you are a sight for sore eyes. Howdy! Howdyl Bless my soul! All these chits of girls will have to git out of your way." "I.awsoy. Br'er Mayncr! How you do talk! I.Ike 1 was good set out!" Sister I.lscnbee said, waddling through the gate. "But whut If I nlr set out? Sciipchcr tsays, don't It, that man was made ter niouruJ But men ain't worn- inilnuy'il"! .t ;it beside her. en. and the good Lord knows I've been a-mournlJig poor olo I.lscnbee better'!) ten vear. I conic ter the moonlight though. Jest fer nothing but not ter hurt Slsf I.ucy Mnyner's feelings. I didn't have no Ideeeiir of seeing the major. I am mighty glad, though, I have saw him. He makes himself the skneest at our hotie ever senco he lirouiused me one of his flue pcegs"- "Ah, major! I always thought you were it gay deceiver!" Amos Tandy said, shaking his linger at the major. "Mrs. I.lscnbee, I'm a lawyer, but have never had a case. Won't you give mo one? I see a first class breach of promise suit right ahead." Major Dade grew scatlet. Anger al wavs set him stammering. He trlod ii.n-d to snv something, something cool uud withering, but not a word was In telllglble. Sister I.lscnbee ambled up to him and caught his nriii. "I believe Pi my heart you're struck uilli the slinking ngur," she said. "I kin cvore It In three shakes of er dead lamb's tall. All you got to do Is ter take nnd swnller nine whole grains of black pepper ami then hold ycr breath while you say over yer name and iigo backward. It Is the best thing. It coreil noor ole I.Isenbee. and the fust jear we lived down In the Purchase he shuk so they used tor hear him over at the neighbors . Wllloughby had found Mary Spec nnd was talking eagerly to bur. Amos beckoned them to him. As they came i up be said, with n nourish: ah iionor, like a pleasure. Is doubled by sharing It with friends. Let me present you to a lady w horn It Is nn honor to know -Mis. I.Isenbee. the mother of ex Sheriff Selbl"- "Next Congressman Selby fits bet ter," Uncle Bob Interrupted. Major Mini., swore silently nnd said In Ills mind: "Of nil the low down tricks! Try lnz to make Bert's sweetheart bellev he Is blood kin to that blessed old eh nhniit!" Mary Spec took Mrs. I.Uetibee'a fat hand between both her own anil aw pressing it gently. "I am so glad to see you. Mrs. I.Isenbee. Someone has been ii.l In;? mo nbout 'mnmtiiJ ever since i came." "And I been a-waiitlug ter see you the very wust way, Miss Mary Spec. Mrs I.Isenbee sa d earnestly. "1 been a-try IM at In r bark, was taller by half u I iUj. tur j0 jti t00i ovor hi,ucv seen how my boy Jest couldn't eat uo wrt of vlt ties wheu he come home frum seeing you. That's the very shorest sign of deep love. Why, It wus only at the last barbecue I felt Jost as hearty untel I teen the major go ou the stump. Then 1 ses ter Sis Sarah Jane Beasley. ra si - said, holding out her hand rnu jaue, not n inosscl kiu I telcli-not in, i alu.ost wish lie was not. ,.f vou wus ter stay me with uugous 1 I ak hiui to help us entlM auj comfort me with apples like they I She stood rumluantly, topping her at Is Just the ery meanest nUfr mull with one forefinger. Wll !' Bed Mary Interrupted. "I i0Ughby was at hur elbow. Amos Tan mr t w uM lie. though. . The urn ,iv the other. Bed Mary cwrtwi up i I saul wie-n i narley Jiayner tiiem "You are a nice parcel, you rur I they were going to have the moon- , fci,e Mid. "giving u was Muhc sure of the ltand be- ....... without music! Dou't you know 1 you u t.Ji u ,jht.' " ., u n4 , . - cucumber without ie begau, st It hold ng Mary bpec .. .. mur,ii.r us. i.hase," Wlllough- by said; "at least not until you near how turn! we tried for the baud. There Is onlj one band, you know, that Pur-chaw- folks inie nltout. Amos, didn't we t'.iih try for an hour to hire or coax or s. :ire that old nlKger Into playing heie tulilglitV" "Well, we must do something. I rit'kon we can fall back ou Wevllly. (.'an you trot?" Bed Mary asked mis chievously. All ulght with you for partner." tiio snld, catching her hand. "Partners' Partners! Partners right now! Partners for wevllly Wheat! Amos called aloud. "The sun Is down, the iiioiin Is up. the flttl ought to be go ing." Willourhby tried to take out Mary Spec, bin "-he shook her head. Her eyes were I.nlf dreamy, half expectant. he lei them rest upon the house. It as a double log one. with shed rooms it the lack, a wide, middle passage iiul a diep. Iiopltnble piazza across finni Otilj last night she had sat upon the piar.za hearing a voice whose limine left her soul curiously vibrant. slie listened the moon (lowers had kept opening all nbout her. and the parse while honeysuckle sprays had made the air odorous. She wondered if she would ever again smell the tlow- is without bringing back the thrills, the tremor. Memory of them was half terror, half delight. She might have proinlscd-nnj thing, and she was free. Daddy Do well came around the liouse corner. His sense or dererence never allowed him to approach "cpiall ty white folks" by the front way. He was Ncry tail, very black, withered. hut hale, with a fringe of grizzled wool around a shiny bald bead. He held n touch hat at his side and dropped It before prnklug. So did his son aud Ids three grandsons, who came behind with llddles. a banjo, a flute and n tambourine. Dixie, the youngest rnnddaughler. bent time upon the trl- ingle She was small and neat and precise In speech ns became the show pupil of the free school. Bed Mar.v leaned upon landy s arm, (lushed and blight eyed, more than ver beautiful. Wllloughby glanced overtly from her to Mary Spec and Imosl s ore :il himself In thinking that lie could hut Uud himself charmed bv the girl so evidently within reach by ihe one of whom he had such it hope. Still he did not ipilte Irspalr If she had refused lilm thrice. be hud dull) II hesitatingly, more than .'intl.v. with eyes that had seemed to iiv "1 am not sure of you I am not ore of iinvlhliig." Here Knrlj ami to Slnj-. In the very oldest fossil bearing rocks no Insects are found. The very oldest fossil Is n kind of polyp, making reefs of limestone when ns yet the Insects had not appeared, and It "nourished lu Canada. The llrst Insect known to have exist d. a creature of such vast antiquity that It deserves all the respect which the parvenu man can summon and of fer to It, was- u cockroach. This, the father of all black beetles, probably walked on the earth In solitary magnifi cence when not only kitchens, but even kitchen middens, were undreamed of, possibly millions of years before neo lithic man had even a back cave to of fer, with the remains of last ulght's supper, for the cockroach of the period to mjny. His dlsco.-ery established me fact that In the Silurian period there weie Insects, though, ns the only piece of his remains found was a wing, there has been room for dispute as to the ex- net species. Mr. (Joss In his preface to the second edition of his book notes says that what Is probably a stilt older Insect has been found 111 the lower slluiian In Sweden. This was not n cockroach, but iinimrentlv something worse. If the Latin name. Protoelmox siiunus, no m crally translated It menus the original slluiian bug.-Spectator. Allliiml" Will t ('ret. The hoofed animals, like tho horse nnd the stag, have, strictly (.peaking, no feet, for they wall; on their nnllH, and their feet have become part of their legs. The advantage seems to be n lengthening of the stride, Just ns n trained athlete lenrim to mil on his toes to Increase his pace. There Is nlo the fnither ndvantage of no soft pait to be Injuied by contact with the ground Some monkeys have four hands, which must l.e n great ndvantnge lu climbing The absence of legs ns well ns feet Is nn advantage to many animals that have to travel rapidly through tho water or between the branches of trees or other obstructions. Legs would lie but nn obstruction to the tadpole while he swims by menus of his powerful tall, but when he leaves the water legs nnd feet become an ndvantnge. So the snake Is nblo to creep through underwood nnd Into small holes with far greater ease with out legs, and even the slow worm which seems such a helpless nnlmnl ou lint ground, cnn creep through n hedge with remnrkable enso nnd speed. The rudiments of legs are to be found In many snakes, so that there can be but little doubt that the absence of legs has nroved an advantage and thnt natural selection has rumored them Wrltlns nn Ail. Did you erer stop to think, you whe read the ndvertlscment in tno nowspa pers, Just what It menus to get up tut "ad." eery day for n big department store? The man lu charge usually hai a staff of assistants, who are assigned to certain departments of the store each day. They must famlllarlxo them selves with the stock of these depart incuts, while tho manager of tho ad rertlslne department himself Is sup posed to keep thoroughly In touch with the entire stock of tho store He writes the general Introduction to the adrertlseincut each day and edits the copy turned in to him by his assistants, Jutt as an editor handles the copy of his reiHirters. "Just as much care Is taken with this matter as though It were so much Imperishable literature," wild the ad vertlslng manager of n big department store. "You kotuet lines heitr of u fa uious author spending hours over one jtaragwph. writing It and rewriting It to get the lt ami strongest eiu-ci You wouldn't think thnt would be nee- earr In writing au advertisement but It Is. My nsoiotauts sometimes spend an hour over one sentence. There Is more slence lu wrmug an auver- tlMiii.nt that will bring results thai) perhaps in any oiln-r f..rm of comp sltlou. "- Philadelphia Iteoord. MBS. GALLUP MOUUNS A SIGN WARNS HER THAT HER TIME HAS ABOUT COME. So llpliTrru Sol" She Una n Little One Slileil TntU With tier Devotrd llmOinnd AtMiut the llnuae mid the Tlilnga Thn Arc In It. Coryrlglit, 1900, by C. n. LwlO When siiimcr had been concluded, Mr. (inllup sat down to read a pom- phlet descriptive of the Wiggins wash- Inc machine, and Mrs. Gallup Hung a shawl over her head and rail over to n neighbor's to give warning thnt the of socks, Ave collars nnil two iinnuiicr chicken iox had broken out In a town chiefs In the bureau, and linngln up In oulv ten miles nwny nnd would nroba- tho clothespress Is two old suits and lily" sweep tho whole country before It could be stnld. It was hardly a nunr- ter of an hour before she returned, nnd her Urst action was to pitch forward on the lounge nnd roll over three times before she got settled down Into n com fortable position to do some weeping. Her conduct ought to hnve attracted Immediate attention, but It didn't. Mr. (Jnllup was reading n declaration from the solo Inventor and proprietor thnt the Wiggins washing machine had sav. "SI1K ni'ST INTO TEAKS.' rd the public 1.000.000 pounds of soap lu the last year, nnd the family clock might have stopped without his taking notice of It. When nbout SO sobs and sighs and groans lind lulled to arouse i.i... f-.. ...II.... .... .....1 cnl.l. I him, Mrs. Gallup sat up nnd snld Samuel, you know I went over to see Mrs. Taylor. As she has ieven children and Is alius willlu to lend mu her iltitlrons, I thought It only right to tell her that the whole ieven might be taken down with chicken pox any mill It. 1 hadn't hardly got my mouth open before she bust Into tears nnd put her arm nrouml me. She wasn't cryln on account of the chicken pox. but on my nccount. I had bad news for her, hut she had builder for me. Dou t you want to know what It was 7 Mr. Gallup didn't, lie was reading n testimonial from the wife of a gov ernor that the Wiggins washer had brought Joy to her household when ev eriihlng else had fulled, and he was deaf to the outside world. Mrs. tlnllnp wnlted n reasonable time for n reply uud then said: The news she had to tell me. Samuel, was that I had but three days to live. If I hadn't gone over there she would have come oer here, as she thought I ought to be makln ready t hat's Mrs. Tnylor nil over. She s alius doln suntliln for other folks, ou must remember when Saray Ann Spooner died? And you remember when Uncle Goodrich wus hooked to death by a cow 7 Waal. Mrs. Taylor had wnruin three days ahead that both of em was coin to nerlsh. Her clock suddenl.vi stopped with n wiilr-r r-r. and both hands nintcd In n certain direction. .i .1 o'clock this afternoon the clock snip ped agin nnd the hands p'lnled right inu-nnl our house. That meant me. lu three days from now I'll bo sallln i,i ..i.inin. tin. elomlH." .Mr. Gallup didn't dispute It. He was rending that the Wiggins wnsuer tt-n.ilit iln i lie work of ten wouieii nt tin. u-nKiibonrd. nnd he was giving the Inventor credit for being a bigger man than l T. Bariium or Dan Bice. I'm glad It's come, Samuel," con Untied Mrs. (Jnllup In more cheerful tones. "You know I hev bin expectln to die nny uiiiiit ror me nisi years, and It tins kinder kept me u sot. You'll be glad, too, because you don't like the smell of camphor and mustard nlnsters nroiind. ion may feel n tittle luuesome for two or three days nfter I'm gone, but with playln checkers, gout to the oeiiiuin society and lookln around for n second wife vouil soou chirk up and git your nppe- tlto back. I ain't golu to nsk you who vou shall take for your second wife, but before I go 1 want to mis witn you about tho house. Will you talk with tne. Samuel7" Mr. Giillup refused to commit him self. That Wiggins wash' r wus being f,old for $10 when other uud Inferior machines were foisted on the public nt $15, and he wns saying to hlmseir that Wiggins ought to have the gratitude of the nation Mrs. Gallup shisl seven or eight tears, cauitht a sob between her teeth and went on: "In tho llrst place, the oven door to the stove need a new hinge it got broke seven ycurs ngo. but I have got along with It as to sine expense. Then the snout Is broke off our two quart pitcher, and the bundle Is off the gallon Jug If I w koiii to siny rigut along on earth, I shouldn't tell you that we ought to hev n new wi of ten spoons or (but there are three holec lu the dlihpnii. but liu golu fur. fur nwuv. nnd voiii second wife won't put uu with things I hev We nre Mill sleenln on the suine feather Ited ninth er gave tne uli we was mini nil und the feathers ought to net new iickin If 1 was to IHc on. I could mnke the old sheets do fir n icnr more; but us It Is. I gi"' jouil het to bu) at i,.,.t Vim oimlit tn hev Mini' nil Inrsilim to-. Down cellar you'll Und half a Imrrel f soft np. two Jar of poach pickles and six gallons of apple butter. I hope our second wife will bu as careful of 'em nn I hev bin. Many a time I hev wan led a ponch pickle lu the middle of the afternoon, but I wouldn't K" down artcr It and be a pig. Did 1 le'l you Hltout the elder vinegar. Samuel i Mr. Gallup wus holding his breath out the stin.-ineut that the Wiggins washer wurhed shirt far the got ern or of AriU'iia in l;l seconds, uud of course In li in t answer '"Ihe fidtr tincgnr ain't no good. it Samuel. It dldu t wrk. and you might as well throw It nwny. Before you marry ng'ln you ought to fix the lenk In the roof, git n new pump for the well, whitewash the kitchen and buy n new mop handle. First wives can clt along most any way nnd mnke one mop last for 20 years, but second wives becln to kick right nwny. l aurt teiiin vou these things because Pin Jealous, Samuel, but because It's my duty ns a dyln wife. I don't want you to hev to co huutlii the house nil over nfter I'm gone to find things. Bemeniber, your dyln wife, who hain't nsked you to buy her a hnlrpln for 17 years, tells yon that you'vo got three shirts, four pairs one old hat. In the top drawer of the bureau you'll find n piece of crape for your hat, and In the bottom drawer Is some farewell verses I writ out n year ago. 1 don t owe none oi uiu iiajiiuia no ten or coffee or sugar, and none of em owes me anything. Now, thnt s oil, and If .vou want to kiss me nnd sny vnn'rn snrrv I've col to go nnd hope I'll watch over you, why, then I'm ready." She looked full at Mr. Gallup for the first time. His eyes were still glued to .1... ........ .1.1... t ...no ulnlnd Hint tint Willi liuillllllll-l. fc '" "(v Wiggins washer was SO constructed thnt It could be attached to a potato sllcer or an npple pnrer and no reader's Interest could help but grow. Mrs. Gallup waited GO seconds for nn answer, and then ns nono came she I softly rose up and went out Into the kitchen nnd began to get things ready for breakfast. She had been gone ten minutes when Mr. Gallup smiled. He didn't smile because ho heard her sing' lug a verse of "The Old Oaken Bucket,' but because Mr. Wiggins finished his pamphlet with the declaration that no mntter who wrote the poetry or Am-rlcn. he proposed to wash the shirts of the nation. M. Qt'.t. AN ENDURING CURSE. I'ninoiiN IZnutlftti rnnitly Tluit I Inliril li l-'lre unit Wntrr. The attempt of the Mldhurst district council to convert the famous "Cioso Walks"-four old yew nvenues-nt Cowdray, In Sussex. Into an arrange- inent of sewage tanks recalls n creepy story of a fullllled curse. At the dlsso- liitlon of the inonnsteiies Sir Anthony nm......n I,,,l .,f llnltl.. All. . . r)o (f i.:SHUiriK, the .r.T . I ,,..,.iai. in ...i.inii Hi., i-niiiu ,if Pim-iii-nv nre situated, and according to a pic- tiiresiiue tradition one of the monks ,..-u.i i, I.., i, i, u f,.,... nnil in-ni.iii.Hli.il that "bv fire and wnter" his race oi... ..i.i i.,.rM, ..nt nf li.,. limit wimt I " "- foundation there may be for the story no man can sav. but umiuestlonably the Brownes did so perish, George Samuel Browne, eighth Is- count Montague nnd owner of Cow dray, who was engaged to Miss Coutts, sister to Lady Burdett-Coutts' mother, was drowned In the falls of Laufeti burg In I'M. Tho messenger who brought the news to nuglaml met one going to Germany to Inform Lord Mou tngue thnt Cowdray had been biirnedl He wns succeeded by a distant rein tire, n Boinnn priest, who wus dls pensed from his vows that hu might ...,. ..,! .milium Mm line, lull lie died a few mouths nfterwnrd and tho HI.. I.i.nni.u. ..vllnr-t. Tin. I'slntes went I to the drowned viscount's sister, whose two sons were drowned together nt Boguor In 1815. It Is a weird story. London Chronicle. Trtrt! to ItnUr the Pratt. A rciiiarknblo attempt wns made In Deiiiiinrk recently lo bring back to life n man who had died In u hospital. The e.xpcilmcnt. was measurably successful, as resuscitation was effected several hours after the man was pronounced dead. Dr. Mnng. who was In charge, was unable to maintain life, however, The patient had died from typhoid fever, und Dr. Muag decided to try an experiment. Bcsplrutlon lind ceased completely nn.i tno notiy was com. m- reel mussage ot uiu iiemt its.n .... to. The chest was cut open directly over the heart, and through the In- el-don the physician passed his hand uiui seizeu nn- ii.i.n. ..u . u... .......... n series of compressions, und lu u short tlmo tho heart commenced to work of Its own nccord. Tho action of tho heart gradually became stronger, but the mail had not commenced to breathe. Only lifter the heart hud been lifting half uu hour did the llrst gasp for nlr come. Tho intlent was then assisted In this for nbout nn hour until finally he was able to breuthe quite freely. At the same time his cheeks began to ns- su u natural color. He lay lu this condition uuoliier nair nour, nut witn- out regaining consciousness or appear ing to feel the effects of tho Incision. Then there wns a reaction und respl- ration censed, although the heart con tinued to net eight hours longer. A second effort wns made to Induce heart action, but without result. The SlirlnUiiKr ul Him In ml. With regard to the earn coast a snrry story has to be told, the county or Yorkshire, for Instance, from lirldling- ton to Spurn Head, has been disappear lug. it Is calculated, nt an average rate of six feet it year. It Is said that cure- ful observntlon of n certain li: mile stretch shows that the cliffs 10 feet high hare been eaten away by the wares for 111'-' feet lu 10 years. It Is, how erer. nt Siiiirn Head that the great- out rurngus bate taken place. tint vllhipi lift 1a Vl.,r ,.,-, m.r spurn Head, sent more than one member to par- llnmetit: In KIP!) and 1171 Henry IV and Udwnril IV, rosicetlrcly, landed thure. but very soon lifter the tatter's visit the entire town was swept away bv the sen. Today Ihe village of Kiln, sen nlone stands upon the head: the old site of the village, once a fuir place on n hill, with a lino old church, destroyed bv the waves lu lbL'O, Is now ome hundred of yard below high water mat k. and when New Kllusen Joins It the sea and the Humlier will not take long to destroy the entire promontory I ..... L-.i ll.lli.ru titl-v iiiiiilensntit ut I'iMij... U'm-ilii ...HI ii,..n. -w " in IMS) tho Indian canoe was practi ...iir tin. onlv floating vehicle on the grout lakes, which hold one-third of nil the fresh water in the worm, 'rouuy the lake licet numbers bcvcrul thou sand steel steamers, with 70 bhlpyurds on the shores of the lakci to add cou stnutlr t th" number. WEST WIND. tin go by. ttiounh is itt m long to Ininurv tittrt. t ttai fcfllng wntent lul nlM bttote Hit winj orow A wind Item the rainy wct, tossing the wci, green bouglni It cillcd me nd mocked mei It filled loiil with IhouMiid oc. 0 lnd from om the Kt, otce trom der Und lost, Why need you ieek me here, viking the old time pilnl ture mf lt i, i,lrj enough! there la not much joy to ir-ires heirt mmt bre.l or lonow I. you c... m. tile thlt Igllnl 0 wind trom icrow the wive, wet with the wild ice. itiray. Were I but tree, like you, t never would nk li roam from the dirllng lind you left ind the ccnt o the helh did hllUl I'm JOU wiim w .-.j - horn the Mill ot hornet Winifred I'ltton tn Spectitor. GREASE AT LAUNCHINGS. OlK Cost of Oeltlnit n llnttelili Into the wnler. "The mere act of getting a war ves sel Into tho wnter costs n lot of money, time nnd trouble." said nn engineer. upcnklng of the recent launching of several new torpedo bonts. "I spent a year nnd n half In the designing room of the Cramps' yard," ho continued, "and happen to know what I nm talk ing about. Ot courso the launching or n little torpedo boat Is comparatively easy, and the cost Is not over n few hundred dollars. Including uowcrs aim souvenirs nnd even tho bottle of chain- pagno used in tho cm isicuuig. mo when It comes to n rug nm oieu u umi or n llrst class battleship it is n i orse of n tlllTerciil color, nun uiu ncium ,- pense seldom inns tieiow .,,ww u. 000. I've known it io go ns oign s.ww. "The blllllllllg of tllO WIU'S for the ship t slldo down over Is tho main I .1 ... ...... ttl i-i.nallll. Item, nnd then comes tno gii-nsing. Every Inch of timber over which the vessel slides must no covcrcu u u . .. hiiennt. Different firms uso dllTercnt substances, nut soap nun uuiuw .... .. the ma n Ingredient ot mem mi .. . i .. i - e i,f the urnmps we us . tallow nnil n layer or son boui-, . . taken nllogelher, between 1 nnd Ui tons of the stuff were required to put n move on the average battleship. Ihe tallow Is spread on llrst to the depth of nbout three lingers, nud the work men use big lint trowels to make tin surface as smooth ns possible. Then they pour over the soft soap, which Is Just thick enough to run. or nbout tho consistency of tar. s n general thing, the doilblu coat ing answers tho purpose ndmlrably, and the ship glides Into the wnter ns If It WHS sailing Oil lllr. If It Sticks, nS has happened In n few discs, It Is likely to Hill' llg some or IIS pinios. null ncce dents of that kind nre so costly that nothing Is spared io nveri tiicin. iu-n Orleans Times-Democrat. A Mlssloiuirr Antidote, ,V great cloud of murky Mersey fog enveloped Liverpool harbor nnd tliu nasseiigers on the tiny tenner couui hcnrcely see the shape of tho great liner close beside them which was Just weighing anchor for Bombay. On the quarter deck of the steamship were 50 missionaries of both sexes pound out wnrd on a mission to convert the heath en. T ier were singing u iiivorne gos pel hymn nud ns the sound of their voices Honied across tho water one nf the passengers on the tender, a tint n li fnctun,r fmm ninnlnghain. suddenly . , . . . , ....ki,. liisiilrlng. nl ,, .,.I.,1,..11 uii,tv' i.m exclalined ,iro,,llln(; t,,r n, nn li nt the same t 1 1 1 1 1 c. "I wouldht 'nve missed seeing (,101 10,)I( CI.,,lllu,.lH KMl; mit to meet their fate In the Held of foreign nils slons not for 5 note. I woiihln t. "Hare you nny rclatlres among them 7" nsked iinother passenger syni iiathetlcully, "Oh. no; no relatives." wniieii tnr man from Bliinlnghain. "But we nru nil brethren lu religion, nnd Ihe sight lf t,((,r (it,lmi.,,. touched mo deeply I shall pray ulght and moiiiiiig unit their ship may have n safe passage, "But If you're not related to any or them I don't quite see why you're no anxious." snld u tllppaut young man "Missionaries sail for India almost nny day." "Yes." replied the man from mr mlnghnii), assuming n more business like tone, "but It Isn't every day lu the week thnt I've got such nn Interest in n ship's cargo. I'd be pleased to hnve you know, young mail, Unit III the hold of that ship Is a consignment of 6.000 idols which I have just snipped to one 0f tho native princes."-uxchiiiige t:tlnu- itnlltiny iron Iron for tho blood has evidently been prescribed for tho quails of i-loridii: in least, these birds ore eating steel rails on tho tracks of the sugar belt near Jtunnymede. Tho report, which Is well authenticated, does not charge (lit1 quails with actually swallowing the rnllii lint It flnf'M Kin Hint tliov nidi away their particles wburerer they tlnil a rusty spot where tney are loosened, From severui points In tho mute comes tho report of holes found In steel rulls, and In cases they are Inrge enough lo seriously weaken the nut terlal. Wi.ero a rusty spot starts und Is picked out, It naturally holds moU ture, continues to rust, to be ngaiii picked out, and so tho work of destrue- tlon goes on, Hallway engineers really bellovu that tho quails take the Iron toule because they aro not well ami Und that It re- Hove their distress. I I . .... linmnoo uiicr ihiikcs uiisoiuieiy in best copying paper thcro Is, and the bauilioo paper is muiio inmost excm slrely In Japan. I'or Unit reasotl-slin ply because tliey liuve tne raw mnteriai aim wu uuve not wo nny u grein wi of copying paper lu Japan, uud the Jap anese, ou tho other hand, buy large quantities of different kinds of paper from u. BLAKE, MOFFITT & TOWNE Itnpurmra and Di utin In tiook, n.w, n I Wrltlna nnd WrnpplnlJ,., OAHO 8T00K STItAW A Nil IlINUr.US' IIOAHI) fir.-S7-J"".l . Klrst St. Ti. Main 109. 1.1 SAN KltANCISi;) THE ELK Nicely (urnlnhpd mom tiy thviliiy.ut'ukoruioulh ou milto or slnKlc, nt re duced rules. Ilouw Ims th-cu thoroughly reum at cd. No pulns srwriit to iimUo visitors trom tho eountry to the city com fnrtiibto uud nt liomo diirlni; thrlr uluy. Tiikn Suttorstrcet cars t ferry luudtng. R'iO ltimh Street, Sjm Pi-iiucIkco MltS, K M. ItAMBKY, Proprlotor. Oulnhio Islily.'urslM'tilnd. Colds do not tio- hau to bo euiliirid Mkniiki. s uvnami.- Tah CI.Ks (nulled il n.iiiilc from iln ir uurrK i crowd c wceVs ordinary troatu.. tit Into liHuiursund uliort tlio uurnl of coldi uw r nlnlit. "It was the worst ca-.ii of nils I ever lind. A halt doton friends had sine cun-s. HtlU It lulim ou. lli'iird of tho 1)VN.M. TAM-t.ui. To ink atnnrruwut tliey Htoipoi twin iiuit ana coiikii tno nrii uitfiu. i eiuiorsn nun ri-coiiiiiicnr llii'in to mo people iiaiu-i.w iikni.ky, i.i MuiubiT (XitiureiH und Atloruey 111 I Sannoiii Street, Sail r'rnnetseo, .1 ily ", Iwo Winter colds hao nlnns been si-rlou thlui!s Io iiib. Tliey urti hard nnd flay to iiiiinlliH. Hut Ih" Inst was Hopped Middrnlr hV MDMil.l. H IlVNAMli; CAIIt'l.llH. 1IOIII COIIRIl ami colli dUapHari'd In a couple of days. No thtiiK elo din's this for urn " Mlir. KuMI I, IKil. I. IN, it .Moss Ml , miii i- rnuriscn. iug.u, in 1 11(0 across tho street from horn tKll:l.,s IIVN.Mtr Taiiim.ks am iniidn. 'Hint Is how 1 Mm I tooli t liein. Tliey slop colds w 1 1 lion t not Ice 1 took a doieii lioxe w till mo for self and fi If hu wher. I vteut to Nnnin ' II. I.. VAN WI.nki.i-. Cupltallst, :ill7 W'liHilngtou Street, San Fran-clm-ii. .liiinil 10, llHll. Sent mistpald for 'Jfi rents In stumps b INI, AND liltl'll CD . Wll Washington Sireot. 8.iu Frunclnco, Alxo ou sulu lir our local ugent Ppinteps' Snaps. Koobet News Ciihch. Wo have several liuinlrixl pairs of fust casus. They are a Irlllu smaller than full slm worn used by two leading dallies lieforo I.lno's camo lu. Thoy are lust tho sire lo facilitate coniHHltliii In perfect order. Mf ly cents per pair line Got'don .lobbcf. New stylo, HxlU, stvond-liand, with tlirow-olf: In llrst-class roiulltloii. tliu Hide stoum llxtures and Is one or the I Hist secouclliaiid press'is wo luno had for a lout! time. Iilsusuap. Kccoiid-linml Cylinder. s.. ooluinn nuarto. Will work IsiU at hour. A barKutn for u country dully. Some Hotly nnd DlHplny Typo, lias not seen ouu month's use. Soma ol It h.irdly stained. Hocoud-hutid prices PACIFIC SHIES TVPE FOUKDHV 508 Cliiy Street, S. V. Wlnil it I'll I. -lit t'oats. Ill the course of Its progress through the olllee up to the Issue und mailing of n patent, suys 13. V. Sinalley In The Century, nn application passes through the hniids of 5'.' persons. An nppllciiiit pays $15 to have Ids claim examined, and In case he Is granted a patent an additional fee of $'J0 Is required. At torneys charge from $L'5 up. according to tho work demanded by the cuses. nnd ns tho applications number nbout 10,000 yearly It will be seen that then. Is n good deal of money to bo divided nmong the patent lawyers whose slgm cover the faces of the buildings In tliu vicinity of the patent olllee. An Inventor Is not required to em ploy nn attorney, but probably HO out of 100 do. In simple cases where there Is no Interference with prior claims an Inventor can almost ns well deal direct with the government, but In most enses tho knowledge of the lawyer Is valua ble. He can study other Inventions In the same Hue nud knows how to make tho claim of his client broad enough to cover nil that Is new and valuable and not so broad as to bo rejected. Tlir I'luee to Wnuli lilm. On one occasion nn M. I1, of a past generation not noted for his habits of personal tidiness wus visiting n seasldo place, nud one day while out In n boat with a stilling parly he wns swept over board, but was hiippliy rescued. When the exclt cut wns over, a young fel low rushed down Into the enblii. "Ily Jove," he exclalined, "we'vo been having such nil exciting time on deck!" "What Is If" nsked everybody. ".Mr. Blank was washed overboard." "I'm glnd of It." snapped n fastidious matron. Everybody was horrified. "Well, I nm." she explained. "Just think of (but man being washed on board." London Answers. Ono Vlrtv of Our Women. American women separate them selves more each year from tho life of tho 'country and affect to smile at any of their number who honestly wish to be of service to tho nation. They, like tho French nrlstocnicy, nre perfectly willing, even anxious, to UU agrccablo diplomatic posts at tlibt class forelgu capitals, and are naively astonished when their offers of serrlco are not ac cepted with gratitude by the authori ties at Washington. Hut let a husband propose to his better hnlf somo huinblu position lu the machinery of our gov ernment and seo what tho lady's answer will be. A Now York woman was transplanted to n western city, where shu was told that "the ladles of the placo expected her to become their social leader." "I don't ce anything to lead." wns tho amiable response. From F.IIot Gregory's "Worldly Ways." Hlmi!lt-lt- lit I'uncraU. Tho simplicity which tnnrked the ancient Jewish burial ceremonies has much to commend It oven to us. Tho Inexpensive colllu nud tho uniform linen shroud served to emphasize tho equality of nil In death. Aa things aro today tho rich tax their brains to In vent uuw funeral fineries nud tho poor Impoverish themselves tu keep up with their wealthier uolghbors. Jewish American. id. He felt It tremble llghtlr Bed