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í tí tt K¡: u tt tt tt “CORDILLERA;# Or, The Haonoiia frower. $• tt BY VIRGINIA LEILA WENTZ. tt tt C opykioht , 1900, B t E hvis W audmah . ±± 11 B tt tt tt tt tt tt CHAPTER V. M. Peyrae had just finished dressing the next morning when the sound of a girl's voice drew him to the window, which was open. Out In the garden, near to the box hedge which divided the Maitlands’ grounds from the Abbotts’, stood Lia na. She was stooping forward, play ing with Sliver, Anna's beautiful grey hound. In one hand she held a sort of scarlet wrap, a fragile, silken, feather weight tiling, which had proved too warm for her shoulders. The other hand was stretched out seductively to the dog leaping after her. The scarlet showed vividly against her white morning gown, a little crystal buckle flashed at her waist, and the sunshine caught the waving hair, the pink cheek, the white moving baud, the lace rutiles at lier throat and wrist For a moment only Peyrae stood still and watched. Tlie girl was yet playing with the hound, when she turned suddenly with a smile on tier lips, and there in the full glare of the intoxicating June sun light she met the man’s eyes for the first time. A blind feeling of helpless ness and indefinite longing ending somewhere round her heart in a thud jf Indescribable pleasure passed through her frame. She pulled herself together angrily, and the smile vanished. “Go down, Silver," she said severely to the dog, whose paw was making for her shoul der. Clearly this was shyness pushed to the verge of absurdity. She must conquer the ridiculous feeling, must speak. “Good morning, monsieur. It Is go ing to be a warm day, do you think?” She nearly forced the words through her lips, which had remained parted all the time. Peyrae did not hear the words. He was studying the girl Intently. "Pardon me,” he said, putting his head on one side and drawing his eye lids together as he concentrated his gaze upon her. “People forgive paint ers for personalities, and you don’t know how much I should like to get you on canvas, just as you are. the dog and all.” The blood Invaded Liana’s cheeks, slowly at first; then, as she realized his meaning, In a hot blaze of crimson. “I do not aspire, monsieur, to be an artist’s model.” She walked toward the house with as much dignity as her 19 years were capable of. But this was only the beginning. That evening, as she was singing for Mrs. Abbott In the drawing room, she became aware that Peyrae was stand ing with the group of people on the porch and was looking In through the French window. She threw back her lovely head and sang with exultation. “Even then,” she told herself after ward, “I must have been loving him without knowing.” She sang the old Spanish ballad of the knight errant, and when she came to the last lines— Seme day more kind I fate may And, Some night kisa thee— she marveled at the beauty of her own voice; her face flushed, Iter eyes spar kled. She knew that she was doing her best. But evidently the artist had taken no notice of that lovely young voice; it was only her face that attracted him. As they were getting ready for bed that night Anna said: “What have you done to our Invul nerable painter? He remarked, when he heard you singing awhile ago, that he just tingled for Ills brushes. He wondered If It would be possible for you to-sing that same song In the same way, unaccompanied, In his studio.” This seemed a little too much. He not only wished to use her as a model, but be even wished to have her moods and expressions subject to Ills orders! Liana was perched upon a bedpost. She was perfectly poised, her slender limbs dangling tloorward. one arm akimbo, the other behind her back. Anna was reclining on an ottoman, smoothing out her ribbon sash. “Well," slie said, as Liana made no reply, but kept on dangling her limbs, “do yon think you can oblige lilm?” Liana’s only comment was to tap up on the heel of her right slipper with the toe of her left. “He says,” pursued Anna mischiev ously, “that you have a great deal of scenic effect about you, whatever that means. I confess I’m not sure of the term.” "Neither am I.” Liana’s right slip per landed many yards off across the floor. The next day she caught the obnox ious, rude man stepping backward sev eral times to get her In perspective. Once he actually ventured to make a tube of his hand. When he put It to his eye and turned bls bead sideways, screwing up one side of hfs face, Liana couldn’t help noticing In spite of her vexation that the corner of the lip which was thus drawn up exposed some magnificent white teeth. How tures. Iler expression was so madden ingly changeable aud exaiieaceut At times It was marvelously like shot silk. To get tbe effect be wanted she must be strongly moved—moved, for instance, as she had been by the sight of tbe snnsei on the sea the other even ing. Plainly one could not get sunsets and seas Into the studio. But”— Sapristi! He would do it. Why not? He knew himself to possess a charm for women, a charm that was all the more potent because he had seldom cared to use it. Then it was that lie changed Ills tac tics. He eeased fuming and fretting at being thwarted In his will; instead he looked at Liana with a compelling tenderness in his eyes, and be spoke to her in tones that were a more sub tle music to her ear than any she had ever beard. It was beneath Peyrae to weigh life In the balance; he scorned tbe idea that right and wrong should enter into a man's calculations. As to the girl, she was as unsophisti cated in her comprehension of the emo- tlous as the man was familiar and ex perienced. She only knew that she sang these days as she never before bad sung and that she felt the need to sing continually. She called It practicing when she spoke of It, but it seemed to her as If It were really taking breath. However, Peyrae was as powerless as ever to effect the one wish of Ills heart; she would not sit to him. One day lie studiously let fall some words about his intended departure the following week. He spoke to Liana alone, and his face looked stolid. The girl's heart bounded, then stood still. It was some seconds before she felt it beat again. A reckless determi nation took possession of her. “Why are you going?” she said. Iler voice was cold, almost hard. "Because I've notlilug to paint here," he answered curtly, “nothing that suits me, at least.” “Would you stay if you could paint me?” “Yes." "Then stay,” she said in tlie same dull tone. He seized lier hands like a man be side himself with joy. Bending over them to drop a kiss, he whispered the one word, “Darling!” But to himself he said, “Fame and fortune at the next Salon!" That night, after Anna had gone to sleep. Liana slipped out of bed and, leaning her elbows on the sill of the open window, she sat for a long while letting the cool air fan her brow. Iler ears were full of Peyrac's Infectious tones, her pulses still throbbed with his mesmeric touch. She reached over to the dressing table and, taking up a crimson rose which she had placed there in a tiny vase, she kissed it pas sionately. Peyrae had given It to her, and In this wise: His artistic eye had not liked the magnolia flower which she hml carried about with lier that evening; the milky whiteness had brought out unpleasant tints In her smooth skin. “The crimson suits your Castilian beauty better, señorita,” lie had said as he handed her the rose. "Poor, dear Inocencio!" sighed Liana lemurely, recalling this little Instance, “fie never found fault with me and the magnolia." But the sense of cap ture was upon her. and even while she felt indignant and resentful for having been forced to yield about the picture there was a strange sense of sweetness In submission. By and by In the alternate light and shadow of tile trees down below a small, red spark appeared, moving reg ularly to and fro. but the foliage was too thick for her to see it. It was Pey- roe’s cigar. lie had just come out from his studio, where he Imd been choosing n canvas, placing It on an easel and ill-ranging a model stand preparatory to tbe first sitting the next morning. Tlie appointment was for 9 o’clock. The early light was the best. "I'll give lier n half hour's grace,” he had said, but punctually to the minute the han dle of the door turned, and Liana wns on the threshold. He turned quickly to greet her. She stood framed in the dark cur tained doorway, her long dress caught up round her In one hand, the other resting slightly on tin1 portiere. It was an attitude of grace and beauty, and she looked upward at him with eyes that were bewildering In their mani fold lights. She looked at him appeal ingly as n child, Innocently ns a girl, proudly as a woman. “Dearest.” he exclaimed, “could you take that pose? Would it be too hard for you ?” The gentle beauty of that first word pervaded the rest with a light of its own. “Try me and see," she raid, with a soft exultation in her voice. And when nt last tlie picture wns fin ished it wns wonderful Indeed. Even those Ignorant of the nrt of painting could see thnt. Peyrae had decided that his subject should be dressed In queenly npparel. There were Jewels on the slender shoe, from which the wind about the door wns supposed to blow the garments back a little, and Jewels on her fingers mid nt her throat. ever, she said: “You ave extremely Impolite,” and then, with a sudden fear that he might compliment her on the effect of anger on her face, she turned and left him. It was with direct reference to the advancement of his art that Teyrac set to work to Interest and make friends with Tiana. He found bls way beset with difficulties, and at the end of a fortnight he had to acknowledge that he had made no progress at all. He bad come to TwyeBsrt meaning to do tome landscapes and sea views. But, fudge, how flat they seemed now! He was a portrait painter If anything, and at last the gods had led him to a being who appealed to the power within him as no one yet ever had done. He must paint this girl; by Jove, be must! But, even supposing she consented, there was a difficulty. The wonder of her face was its expression—the way the spirit gleamed through her fea X * She was wrapped in a rich cloak or rather coat of strange cut. of that dusky, rose sheen of which Tintoretto alone seems to have mastered the yel lowing tones, but which the brush here had caught and riveted. However, it wns the face thnt wns the wonder. Tlie child, the girl, the woman-the painter had put them all Into the love ly eyes that looked out nt one from the canvas. When Peyrae had been working on the face, his movements hnd been like the dnrtlngs of a bird. He dabbed and mixed Ids colors. scarcely glancing at them. The sitter could even bear the hurry In Ids breaths. In the quick glance from the canvas to her fnce and Inc! again there wns no sign of aught except a workman's concentra tion on his task. He was flushed, of course, amt his eyes sciutillated, for lie w.is realizing a long cherished dream tn this glut of tori» and color ecstasy. But Liana did not know-how could slie?—wliat his emotion meant. The thing which It all implied to her was warming and swelling lier heart day by day with a sweet, subtle Joy. And so things might have gone on in definitely Imt for a letter which Peyrae received one day from Paris. In read ing It he came upon an item of news which agitated Idin greatly. Tbe words of themselves, however, were nothing startling—simply these: “You recall, of course, that pretty, blue eyed De Guerin girl that you used to see a great deal of? Well, she has come into possession of a fortune. She was the ouly living relative of an uncle or some one who died suddenly with out a will. The law did tbe rest. I met her driving today in the Bois de Bou logne. You would scarcely have recog nized your once shy. simple little coun try maiden.” The next day Peyrae was much con cerned about getting a packing case for canvas. [ to be continued .] The Nolee Hehl*. The New Yorker contracts In time what may be called the noise habit. Noise with him becomes a dissipation. His nervous system demands it. This Is illustrated by the sensations he ex periences when lie goes Into the woods or mountains after a continuous stay in the city for many months. His first feeling is one of loneliness; something seems to have suddenly gone out of his life. Every tree seems to say, "Why- have you been so hot and noisy, my lit tle sir ." His sensations are somewhat akin to those of a drunkard who lias been under alcoholic stimulation for a long time and suddenly has his drink taken from him. Ills whole nervous system feels the lack of the irritation ami stimulation of the city noise, to which it has become accustomed. The stillness actually appals and depresses him. Tlie streets of New York are deep, narrow channels, and they are growing constantly deeper as tlie buildings in crease in height. These large re.'lect- ing surfaces on three sides of him make the <■< million of the num in the street like that of the workman who suffers from reflected noise while he hammers rivets on the inside of a boil er.Munsey's Magazine. Foor and Its Multiple ot Ten. The number four was anciently es teemed the most perfect of all. belny the arithmetical mean between one and seven. Oniali, the second caliph, said. "Four things come not back—the spo ken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity." In nature there are four seasons, and the four points of the compass. Forty, a multiple of four by ten. Is one of the sacred numbers. The pro bation of our first parents in the garden of Eden is supposed to have been -111 years. The rain fell at the deluge 4C days and nights, and the water re mained on tlie earth 40 days. Tlie days of embalming tbe dead were 40 Solomon's temple was 40 cubits long. In It were ten lavers, each four ctlbiti long and containing 40 baths. Moses was 40 years old when lie fled into the land of MidInn, where he dwelt 40 years. He was on Mount Sinai 40 days and 40 nights. Tbe Is raelites wandered In the wilderness 40 years. The Saviour fasted 40 days and nights before entering upon public life. The same time elapsed between the resurrection and the ascension. Didn't Touch Him Thnt Trick. “That's a worry knowing animal o’ yours,” said a cockney gentleman to the keeper of an elephant. “Very." was the cool rejoinder. “He performs strange tricks and han- tlcs, does be?” Inquired the cockney, eying the animal through bls glnss. “Surprlsin!” retorted the keeper. “We’ve learned him to put money in that box you see up there. Try him with half a crown.” The cockney handed tbe elephant half a crown, and, sure enough, lie took It In his trunk and placed ft In a box high up out of reach. “Well, that is very hextraordinary— hastonishing, truly!” said the green one, opening his eyes. “Now let’s see him take it out and 'and it back.” “We never learned him that trick.” retorted tlie keeper and then turned awrfy to stir up the monkeys and punch the hyenas.—London Tlt-B!ts. The Deaervlna One. Iloyt, with a playwright friend, wns once witnessing the production of a play—not Ills own—says tlie New York Clipper. The leading man was well known to be a poor "study,” and this night was on very unfamiliar terms with Ills part. Tbe voice of the prompt er was continuously in evidence, though this was overlooked, for tbe nctor was a great favorite. Just before the end of the act Hoyt went out, but returned a moment later Just as the curtain went down on deaf ening applause. “Who are they cnlling for?” he asked of Ills friend, who answered by naming tbe leading man, whom, to spare his feelings, we will call X. “---- 1 (This stnuds for a little swear word.) I don't sec what they want X for. 1 should think they would call for the prompter.” BUTCHERS ARE IMMUNE. Meat D.-nh-m. It Is Said. Merer l>la of Cons am pt Io a. "Bute!- rs never die of consumption.” The big man with his sleeves rolled up, wielding the cleaver at the block, said this as be threw a beefsteak on the scale. It sounded more like a trade supersti tion than a fact, but so far as diligent Inquiry has been able to discover It Is true, although not generally known outside of the meat chopping craft. Butchers are no longer lived than men in other walks of life. They are subject to all the other Ills that human flesh is heir to, but consumption they do not have. So far as a reporter was able to learn not a single case Is on record of a butcher in this city being afflicted with the incurable wasting of the lungs which claims its hundreds of thousands of victims annually. The fact Is well known among butch ers and Ims been often the subject of their comment, alt hough none of them can give a reason for It. “No.” said a man who has swung sides and rounds in Washington mar ket for the last 20 years; "1 have had rheumatism and typhoid fever and lots of other things, but nothing lias ever been out of gear with my lungs, and the same Is true of every other butcher In tills town. 1 know nearly all of them, ami 1 never heard of one of them having consumption. They don't drink blood or take any especially good cure of themselves either. I don’t know why It should he so unless It’s because the continual Inhaling of an atmos phere of fresh moat Is strengthening. “1 have often thought when hearing <-f consumptives going to Colorado and Egypt that I know of a climate nearer home that would do the business just as well. If they would stay in this stall for awhile ami swing meat, they would get well quite as quickly as they would on tbe top of I’lke’s peak.’’—New York Mail and Express. DOGS. There are nearly 200 distinct varieties of dogs. Foxhounds give cry. but deerhounds hunt In silence. The greyhound Is the only dog which hunts by sight. A pure bred stagliound never attacks the head of his quarry. Only In the temperate zone Is the dog found perfect In courage and speed. The Italian greyhound Is reputed to he the most symmetrical of all animals. Skye terriers have been known to Jump into the river ami land hooked fish, which they take carefully by the back. Eskimo dogs are capable! of drawing a well laden sledge (¡0 miles in a day. Tlieir harness Is of tlie lightest, only a single trace and no reins. Women Cannot II ohh Each Other. Th<‘ old theory that woman Is man’s helper seems incorrigibly well founded, says E. S. Martin in McClure's Maga zine. If the situation Isn't satisfactory to her, there Is no help for It. for the conditions it came out of seem to be eternal. Women may vote. They will be none tlie less man's helpers if they do. They never will band together to put man down and teach him his place. They will push him ahead if they can, they will pull him along when they must, they will influence Idin enor mously. as they always have done, but they will never conspire together on any very great scale to make him play second fiddle. Some one lias got to be master. Women In general will never agree to have women bosses so long as there are competent men for that use. Kiifllr Ila n k I ii u. Tlie Kaffirs have a simple method of banking. Before setting out to trade they select one of their number ns tlieir banker and put all their money in Ills bag. When an article Is pur chased by any of those who are In this combine, the price Is taken by tlie banker from the bag. counted several times and then paid to the seller, after which nil the bank depositors cry out to tlie banker in the presence of two witnesses selected. "Y'ou owe me so much.” This Is then repeated by the witnesses. Tlie general accounting comes between the banker and his sev eral depositors when all tlie purchases have been made, after which all the natives go home. Vary I lift Value» of Fourteen oysters are equal to only one egg Pea soup is nutritious, but to live on It you would need a dally sup ply of 24 platefuls. A purely vegetable diet Is too bulky, yet it may be good for the gouty and the obese. It Is true that the Scottish peasantry, their coun try's pride, are nurtured on oatmeal, but It Is liberally supplemented by milk national life Is a compromise. You want the happy menu "between the tiger pacing Its cage and the cow lyiffg upon tlie grass.”-Dr. Hutchin son’s "Dietetics.” The I'nsNlona. [NERVE OF EMilXP.EKS IT DOES NOT, AS A RULE, DESERT them after an accioent . Desperate Chances the Mau at thr Throttle Will at Times Take Uiih- out Belos Able to Give u Sutlstac- tory Heasou For Ills Action. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Does not and lias not affected our ability to ♦ ship goods anywhere. All orders, large or ♦ small, are promptly filled.............................. ♦ ♦ PRICE LIST IN PREPARATION. ♦ Sugar SEPTEMBER I h lower,Granulated $5.15 and $5.25 per IOO II> h . ♦ Hums and Provision* continue firm. ♦ Plentiful Stocks of everything. ♦ ♦ ♦ Smith’s Cash (Dept.) Store ♦ No. 25 Mtirket Street, San Francisco. ♦ The Strike... “I have been often asked why rail way engineers disregard their Instruc tions and tbe warning signals along the line of their road,” said the general su perintendent of u railroad to a man, “and I Imve summed it up that It Is hu man nature fcr men to take ehnneea in tlieir business and that engineers are no exception to the general run. "Sometimes they cannot give a satis factory reason why they do so. 1 will give you an authentic instance of this habit which made me live 11) years in 30 minutes. “On a road 1 was at the time connect Timid Applause. ed with wns a long trestle over a bay During the earlier days of the reign several miles in length, with a draw bridge in the center. The draw had of Queen Vicf-'i a dramatic perform ances were given at Windsor castle un been opened, and as a tugboat was passing through tlie bridge men beard der the management of Charles Kean. The audiences being limited and stiff the rumble of a fast, heavily laden ly aristocratic, the applause was natu passenger train as it struck the bridge rally not especially hearty, and the a mile away. Knowing that the red comedians felt the absence of the more danger signals were set with the open demonstrative approval nianlfeated in ing of the draw, they supposed that the the regular theater. engineer would slow up or stop, as One evening the queen sent an equer might be necessary. Instead, to their ry to Mr. Kean to know if the actors consternation, the train came along at would like anything (meaning refresh regular speed, and a frightful accident ments), when the actor replied. "Say to appeared Inevitable. They yelled to the lier majesty that we should be grateful captain of the tugboat to go at full for a little applause when the specta speed, and as the boat glided through tors are pleased." the draw In the darkness they exerted Back went the equerry an<l conveyed themselves to swing the draw Into the the message. Al the end of the net locking bolts before the train could get there was a slight suggestion of hand to the point where the rails separated. clapping and exceedingly gentle foot "The engineer, however, disregarded tapping. James Wallaek, who knew the last danger signal, a few hundred nothing of the message sent Io tlie yards from the draw, and came on. By queen, hearing the mild demonstration, a remarkable coincidence of time and pricked up his ears and Inquired. position the draw, which was of course "What is that?" In motion, swung so that the rails of Mr. Kean replied. “That, my dear the east bound track were In juxtaposi Wallaek. Is applause." tion with tlie west bound track, upon "God bless me!" retorted Wallaek. "1 which the train was running, and the thought it was some one shelling peas.” heavy engine and one of the passenger coaches, striking the east bound rails, Th«* Promenade Stopped. glided upon the draw and stuck there, It is related of Captain Deering that the remaining portion of the train be once when he was in command of a ing on the west bound track, making steamer running from Portland to St. almost a figure S of the coaches. John, lie was utiabie to sleep on ac "If the draw had moved the thirtieth count of the ceaseless tramp, trump of part of a second faster or slower, the some star gazing passenger on the hur east bound rails would not have been ricane deck overhead. After turning opposite the west bound rails at the and twisting In Ills berth for half an very instant that the great engine hour, nnd the tramping still continuing. struck them, and a frightful disaster Captain Deering, enraged at the loss of would have resulted. When I got out his sleep, rushed out In his nightshirt on Hie bridge a few minutes later, I and climbed the ladder to the hurricane fully expected to find tlie train In the deck. bottom of tbe bay and the draw smash The promcuniling passenger was ed Into splinters. I discharged the en frightened half out of his wits by the gineer on the spot and asked him why specter in wlilie climbing up tbe lad be had not observed the signals. He der, but was somewhat reassured when admitted that he saw them, but could the specter bawled out: not give a satisfactory reason for fall “Say, you; where are you going'.“ ing to observe them. He evidently took “To St. John." replied tlie promennd- his chances of finding the draw closed er, when he reached It. “Got a ticket?" pursued the ghost. "The engineer of today Is a sober, "Of course 1 have." steady, nervy man. especially on the "Well. then, you confounded fool, go fast express trains on the big roads. It aud lie down somewhere you needn’t Is nerve that makes one man carry a walk all the way to St. John,” roared limited express train through the dark the enraged Deering, and the prome- ness of the night, fog. sleet and blind nader stopped, right there.-Baltimore ing snow nt GO miles an hour. The sto Herald. ries we rend about of nn engineer los ing tils nerve after nn accident are llow to neconie Wealthy. largely fiction. In 27 years of active In a New Hampshire city there railroad life 1 have had but one or two dwells nn octogenarian physician who men apply to me for a transfer upon in addition to his wide medical skill Is the ground thnt their nerves had gone known far and wide ns a dispenser of back on them for running the fast blunt philosophy. The other day a trains. young limn of his acquaintance called “I have had men who have been flung at Ills office. M feet over their tenders hi a head on “I have not come for pills this time, collision and bad n dozen bones broken doctor,” said the visitor, “but for ad come to me after they had been dis vice. Yon have lived many years In charged from the hospital and nsk to be tills world of toll and trouble and have put back on tlieir old run. You see, they hnd much experience. 1 am young, nnd begin tiring when they are about 18 or I want you to tell me bow to get rich.” 20, nnd the cab of an engine Is their The nged practitioner gazed through home. If they run Into a person or a his glasses nt the young man nnd in n wagon load of people on the track, If It deliberate tone said: Is not tlieir fault, they take n practical "Yes, I can tell you. You are young view of It; they have to. If it Is tlieir ami can accomplish your object If you fault, we discharge them, nnd they can will. Your plan Is this: First, be Indus take nny view of It they please then, trious and economical. Save ns much for we do not wish In our employ care as possible nnd spend ns little. Pile up less men. This Is true with all of the the dollars and put them nt Interest. If big roads, nnd ns a result American en yon follow out these Instructions, by gineers of today are about as model a the time you reach my nge you’ll be set of men In tlieir employment ns can rich ns Croesus nnd ns mean as bodes.” be found.”- Washington Star. Buffalo Commercial. Thing« Not Wanted. A Crank on Clothe.. Dogs, pianos and typewriters are the possessions most frequently advertised for sale nt second hand, according to nu advertising man. Cameras run these three hard In the sale of things desira ble to get rid of. and bicycles come next. Bicycles aud cameras would probably head the list, so many people seem to wish to he rid of them, but tlieir tenure of advertising popularity Is usually brief. Household furniture, horses nnd carriages come next In the list Then •cwelry, watches, sewing machines nnd muslcnl Instruments. Books are far down, almost tbe last In the list. Folks who have them usu ally seem to wish to keep them.—New York Sun. Sir Harry Poland, n British magis trate noted for Ids brilliancy, wns al ways careless in bls dress. Once his family persuaded film to go to Poole nnd order a fnshlonably cut suit. To the chagrin of tbe household Sir Harry looked more outlandish In the now clothes than In bls old ones. Ills brotli- er-ln-law went to see Poole about It. "It Is not my fault, sir," the tnilor assured him. "Every care was taken, but how couhl we fit a gentleman who would Insist upon being measured sit ting down?” Ami the only satisfaction tliat could be obtained from Sir Harry Poland himself later on wns the dry comment: "Well, It's my business and not yours. I like to be comfortable. I spend three parts of my life sitting down, and I preferred to be measured so." We say of a man who lias no will mastery. "He is ruled by his passions.” The Charge Not Saataloed. They govern him. not he them. Centu “You say." pursued tbe chairman of ries ago an Arab wrote. "Passion is a the investigating committee, “that be tyrant which slays those whom It gov resorted to no bribery whatever during erns.” It Is like tire, which once thor the election so far ns you know?” oughly kindled can scarcely be quench "Yes. sir." refilled the witness; “that's ed. or like tbe torrent, which when It Is what I said. ' swollen can no longer lie restrained "Dili lie not circulate several boxes of with its banks Call him not n prisoner cigars'»“ who has been put In fetters by Ids en “Yes sir tint them cigars wasn't emy. but rather him whose own pas bribes Here's one of them. You try It.” sions overpower him to destruction. — Detroit Free I’ress. The Finlanders. No northern people are hurdler or more spirited tlinn the Finlanders, with tlieir dear complexions and dark blue eyes. In spite of tlieir harsh cli mate they have the most healthful liv ing of perhaps any of the northern races and keep equal degrees of ro mance, daring nnd good feeling In their natures. You do not find Imagination, force nnd adventure In a race without A Ptisxler. course, plenteous fare, pure nlr nnd Sarins Heqalreo Character. Tibbetts—So you do not believe In the The faculty of saving money Is milch cleanliness. J uki the Same. emancipation of woman? rarer than the faculty of making It. Augustus Hare tells this story In his Burton Well. It is Just hero. Man is Water. autobiography of a friend who In some the superior being But how Is he go nnd It calls for the exercise of a higher The ocean Is a huge spring, contain ways was one of the most absentmind ing to show his superiority If woman is degree of good judgment and more self ing not only salt, but many other min ed men In the world: his equal? That's what I want to know. restraint. In a word. It require* more erals. In solution The Dead sen Is character.—World's Work. One day. meeting a friend, lie said: —Boston Transcript. charged with such elements almost to “Hello, what a long time It is since I've saturation Only distilled water is pure I’ensont <o»tnnira In trrlnnd. seen you! How's your father?” “Oh, She Did ■■ He Advised. By distillation sea water Itself Is ren A certain number of peasants in the my father's dead." “God bless me! I'm Hocus—Wliat happened when you dered drinkable, (bough not pleasant wilder ami remoter districts of Ireland told your mother-in-law to tnlnd her very sorry." Tbe next year he met the same man still wear something like a national own business? In Day. of Old. Focus-1 don't exactly know When again and Imd forgotten nil about It. so costume About Lough Mask plenty of "The old Idea." said the lecturer, began with: “Hello, what n long lime the lasses are to lie seen In picturesque I recovered consciousness. I was In tbe "was nn eye for an eye, a tooth for a since I’ve seen you! How's your fa re<l petticoats Hint artists loved to hospital —Tit Bits. tooth ” bring Into tlieir sketches of Irish life ther?” “Oil, my father’s dead still.” “Yes." concluded one of his hearers, j A sprinkling of (tie old high lints may XX anted to Forant. “and there wore no painless dentists In One day recently a swarm of bees be seen. 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A Japanese officer stepped forward and with the ordinary service sword drew It back nnd forward over the poor wretch’s neck, and then with a swift blow It descended, cutting off the bead. The next one was as successful, and then came a terrible spectacle. The Jap anese officer, after wiping Ills sword, drew the back to and fro over the poor wretch's neck three or four times before he struck tbe fatal blow. Down came the blade on the apex of the skull, cutting about two Inches Into the neck. The poor wretch fell Into the pit, the Japanese officer climbing down and sawing away at the neck until the head was severed. Tlie heads were Immedi ately carried over to the main road and strung up on poles as ati object lesson to the large number of Chinese who were congregated around with blanch ed faces.—Canadian Magazine. Recipe» For llapplieM. Happiness Is not to be procured like hard bake in a solid lump. It is com posed of innumerable small items. Tbe recipes for its acquisition are simple, and therefore we ignore them. Love In ninrrlage, fidelity In friendship, af fection between parent and children, courtesy In Intercourse, devotion to duty and perfect sincerity In every il lation of life—those are the Ingredients of a happy life. In the quest for hap piness one could not do better than put Into practice the precepts of the great Persian: “Taking the first step with the good thought, the second step with the good word and the third step with the good deed, I entered paradise.”— Sarah Grand. Alaska DrlftwooS. No trees grow anywhere on the coast of western and northern Alnska, and yet these shores for thousands of miles and tbe Islands of Bering sea are strewn with Immense quantities of driftwood. In places piled high on tbe beach, bearing good testimony to the work of the rivers. This drift Is the salvation of the Eskimo, furnishing him with fuel and material for houses, boats and sleds. The entire northeast ern half of Bering sea is very shoai. less than 500 feet In depth, while tbe southwestern half Is mostly about 12,- 000 feet deep.