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4 n Cupid's Kuklux SUNK deep between the thlci hedge of the flower gnnlen or one side and a row of tall tree: ' on the other, the private rone of the Garrard farm, in the Pennyrlh district of Kentucky, looked that nlghi much as a peaceful country lane mlglr look in ninny another region of tin earth. But presently came a queer silent procession winding along througl the shadows, bringing Into the scene something that would have been lnex plieable In most peaceful country lanes six mounted figures, white robed their faces covered with pointed hoods each hood with lis three holes for see lng and breathing. As the cavalcade approached froir the west, with the faint moonbeams playing directly on their hideous dls guides, a negro boy broke from the shadow of the hedge and tried to cross the road in front of them. Six voices shouted together, "We've got you cov ered!" The boy drop"c.l on his knees In the dust he might have been shot instead of only threatened and began chatter lng. "I ain't done uothin'. Ikss I ain't ' done nothin', boss! It's Gawd's truth I , tell you. boss. I ain't done" "Hush up!" one peremptory White ; Cap commanded, riding forward. ! "Where's your Mars' Cap?" The prisoner could not answer before the Incipient catechism wss cut short by the sudden sound of a laugh rlng-j lug out from somewhere, no one knew i where somewhere In the dark thick- i ness of the garden hedge. The spokes- i man of the party distinctly started' even uttered a rudimentary scream, j some said afterward. The tall, erect flgure next bohind also started. Horses i began capering and backing Into the roadside ditch. "Here ho Is." cried the voice In the' shadows, "and he's got you covered This thing I've got Isn't a Winchester. It's a French army rifle. As you stand uon I can drop two of your horses witL one shot. Don't move!" "We didn't offer to shoot, did we?" the tall rider made haste to call out "Oh, take one shot If you like." was the aggravating reply. "Just to see how near you can come to where I am. Ite member to poison the dogs next time Dogs bark. Chapultepec," to the cap tive negro boy. "you stay where you are. I may want you." j The man In the hedge appeared to j enjoy the grotesque humor of the thing at least seven times as much as if the six White Caps had shared his laugh. For the present they seemed quite un aware of the fun In their situation -benched in that narrow roadway, cov ered by a powerful magazine rifle In the hands of the man they had come to make their prisoner, while he. with a trained eye and a natural talent for observing details, amused himself over their appearance. "I want to talk with the otiici.il spokesman," he announced between laughs. "The tall gentleman will please keep still. Now. the person In front, with the stuffed drapery" At "stuffed drapery" one, at least, of . the other Ave White Caps audibly tit-! tered. The wearer of the criticised i costume sprang nimbly to the ground and stood, still obstinately silent, on j the farther side, showing only an up-: sticking apex of the white head cov-1 oring above the horse's shoulder. "Will the young lady who has just i dismounted kindly state the object of this visit?" Atid the man in the hedge laughed again. Hut no answer came; only the creak of saddles, clink of bits and stamp of horses that were beginning to improve i the opportunity to crop at the roadside weds. The man In the hedge waited a little longer watching the uncouth oiitlii-cs of the mounted White Caps ' making hobgoblin shadows on the ashy dw"t of the road. At last he said: "Well, gentlemen, my name Is Charl ton Garrard. If that's the man you were looking for. Now, Is the war over?" "Of course It Is," several voices an swered. "It's a clean fizzle, anyway." "So It looks from up here, I must say." And a long limbed man In white flannels and a scarlet sash crawled j down the bank from under the hedge. ; He carefully drew his rifle after him i and as he stood up In the moonlight i showed a laughing face, bareheaded, j with a peaked bronze beard. "I knew it must be only meant for a Joke as soon as I suw you had brought a young ' ladj along." ' By this time live of them had taken off their hoods. From the sixth hood came in the staccato of offended wo manly dignity. "Please understand, Mr. Charlton Garrard, that this young lady was not 'brought along.' " Then, this declaration being hailed with a burst of laughter from her com panions, she added cuttingly: "Yea, I know I intruded, but I did think I was among Kentucky gentlemen." And gloom quenched the laughter of ; the live. "I hope you won't take serious of fense." Charlton pleaded. "I'm going to send Chapultepec to get the ma- j tcrlals for mint juleps. Won't you i take off your mask and help us mix them? No! Not even a glass of wa- I ter?" j "No. I thank you." j "Well, then. Chapultepec can find his . way Into the spring house and bring ' some buttermilk." "Nothing for me, thank you." "I'm very sorry," said Charlton, and, turning from the ghastly disguised j damsel, he dispatched Chapultepec tc bring the whisky and other ingredi ents. "I suppose I ought to know all you fellows," he said, "but you must remember the light Is very low, and your costumes are rather out of the ordinary, and I have been away in Paris for six years." By EWAN MACPHERSON it tt by Evan Maciherttm t "ies, and iu the two weeks since you've been home you've only conde scended to visit Yellowbanks once," one of the regulators laughed. "Dc you happen to remember a rustic nam ed Cale QulnnV Of course Charlton remembered Cale Qulun as well ns all the others, except Ralph Dermond, who was only sixteen and six weeks. They might have chat ted away very pleasantly waiting for Chapultepec and the Juleps if the silent personlflcatlon of offended womanly dignity standing oer there, still hood ed, with oue hand on her horse's mane, had not dampened the spirits of all but Charlton. He managed to chat on and when the Ingredients arrived to make some sort of moonlight Julep. Just as If no mysterious and Indignant lady had been present. "By the way," he suddenly asked, "aren't any 01 you Invited to the Bar ton party tonlgfet? ' A general laugh, and Al Jenkins the tall rider, who had nominally led the expedition, r.nswered "We all are. So are you." "I am? This Is the flrst I've heard of It." "We came to bring the invitation." "Oh. I see! All rig! t. then. But the young lady over th re Is not going to ride back to Yellow. -auks on horse back." In a low but lnflexi tly determined voice the answer caim from the one remaining hooded form: "The young lady Is going to ride back to Yellowbanks on horseback. She Is going to mount and start as soon as the young gentlemen have had their refreshments." The half suppressed laugh of ti.e Ave might have warned Charlton l be ware of opposing a young lad who was not accustomed to opposition. Nevertheless he answered her. with a good uatured chuckle. "Not n that horse. I think." and as he s-ko he calmly stepped over and seized the bri dle, led the animal away and without more ado proceeded to unbuckle the girt -i aud take off the saddle. This audacious deed was done in the midst of an awed silence ammu those Ave young men Even the g.rl her self seemed to stand amazed as oue lost in the presence of the inconceh able. Wheu at last she spoke, her voice trembled with anger. "Mr. Charlton Garrard, you will please put back that saddle and give me my horse." "But It ain't your horse." said Ralph Desmond. "Seems to me like It's my horse and saddle you came and took when I was dre.sslu'. and I had to bor-1 row anotherand had enough work to catch up with you all." Winch showed how quickly mutiny, once suggested, will spread among the most subordi nate. Charlton, dropping the saddle among the weeds, rolled over besido it. laugh ing helplessly. "Please don't be angry with me, Miss Domino," he begged between explo sions. "I have been abroad so long, you know, It all strikes me ns kind of funny. But you must let me have your team hitched up to the road cart. You may choose any of these gentlemen to drive you, as you have made up your mind that I am not a fit person for you to know." Still another moment she hesitated, standing in the moonlight In all the :harnel house hldeousness of her dis guise, aud then her left hand went swiftly and Impetuously to the up sticking corner of the demoralized pil low slip that served her as hood and mask. "I'm Mella Harrison," she said, with a vexed little laugh. The light of the new moon that was just clearing the thin cloud bank in the east shone on massive, tight braided coils of dark hair and a beautifully modeled chin and throat "the very throat for a contralto," as It had been called. Not all the clumsiness of her uncouth shroud could quite disguise the precocious beauty of the figure on which this head was set Charlton Garrard was conventional enough to make his proper bow; but, that done he had been an enthusiastic art student from boyhood and for the last six years had thought his art the only Important business of his life he stood before Mella in silence 'for two or three seconds, frankly giving him self up to critical enjoyment. Then he said quite simply: "Thank you, Miss narrlson. It wan like a chrysalis open ing by moonlight, though I never saw one that I know of." Aud then he laughed and stopped himself. "Oh. well, I was going to talk shop. Please tell me are you tho same little Mella Harrison who used" "Yes, the very samo little, skin aud bones Mella Harrison, with the two long copper colored plaits, who used to tag after Mabel Price and get In some people's way!" With that she laughed away the last of the ill humor aud stood flicking that debauched pillow slip in her left hand, while she shook back the loose sleeve from her other wrist to shake hands with Charlton. The moon emphasised her laugh with a cunning little glint of white Ivory. But anon the laugh was gone. "I haven't forgotten these days, Mr. Charlton Garrard," she added, with a warning nod. "Neither have I, Miss Harrison. Are you going to honor the beverage of our native commonwealth or let me stand for some cold buttermilk?" "Buttermilk for me, please." And so, leaving the five to their Juleps, these two strolled down the wagon road to where tho faint moon light cast shadows over a mound that covered one of the. coolest and most famci's springs In the Pennyrlle. There they sat, side by side, like comrades, on the sloping turf, and waited while Chapultepec, with .a stable lantern, flitted in and out of the cavernous snrlmr hnncn "now, tell mo what you nircduie" for," said Charlton. "Did you bring two mugs. Chapultepec? Well, wait here. We may want a lot more." Then again to the paradoxical figure beside him, "Now, Miss Harrison, what Is It all about?" "Of course it was all meant to be a joke. She would be furious if she knew it." Who would be furious?" "This buttermilk is heavenly. Mab, of course. You don't mean to say you haven't guessed it was all Mab, our Queen Mab? We are all devoted to her In Yellowbanks." "Yellowbanks Is devoted to Miss to Queen Mab. Bravo. Yellowbanks! Have some more buttermilk? Here, Chapultepec." "I can just tell you. Mr. Charlton Garrard. Yellowbanks had some mighty hard feelings about you last Tuesday when you drove In ami In stead of going straight to the Prices' never even asked anybody If Mab was dead or alive. That was the last, straw. Everybody knows how It was between you In before when" "In the days before your two cop per colored plaits had developed Into that superb never mind. I won't say any more about It. But how does Yel lowbanks know I didn't ask?" "Whom did you ask?" Charlton laughed and shook his head at the last of his buttermilk. "I'm not going to do the talking. Go on with your White Cap story." "Oh. you don't understand how I feel about Mab. Ever since oh. how long ago she has been everything to me!" "Trained your voice so well that now you can sing 'Nobil SIgnor?' " "That's nothing to what she's done for me. Got me out of more scrapes with papa and grandma. - Never lost patience with me, always put In a good word for me. even about the freight engine, though she was so mad about that herself." "So then you did ride twelve miles on a freight engine? Well?" "Mab was so angry I was afraid she would never speak to me again, and it nearly broke my heart. You haven't seen her all these years, have you: Nor her picture? When you see her, you'll forget everybody else and fall In love with her all over again." He laughed a ringing, soul satisfying laugh that startled the dozing tree toads and made the wakeful ones stop their noise to listen. "I'm quite sure 1 won't do either." he said. "But go on about the expedi tion." "Oh. well, partly from being so mad at you and partly for the project of the Then strolled down ihc icmjon road. thing you know how poky everything gets In Yellowbacks I thought of get tlug up a White Cap expedition to bring you to the party tonight. You were to have been taken blindfolded to the Bartons, and wheu we took off the bandage you would And yourself In Callle Barton's music room, face to face with about a dozen of us Kids Junior. You know about tho Kids Junior. I suppose?" "My, yes. Heard all about them and their giddy hope In fair week and also the solemn skips of the Original Kids. Go on." "Well, then, we would have read the Indictment, and you were to have been tried, and then I don't know what wu would havo done nxt. But we were going to scare you out of your wits. I know, now I did hato you!" "Wlcfced girl! Well, you know when I saw you all coming loto the barn rard I was prowling about smoking and looking at tho shadows I did think there was going to be trouble. If a too bad I spoiled your plnn. But, aftor all, isn't it much better as It Is?" He sighed comfortably, leaning back oil the sloping turf anil looking up through the trees. Mella Harrison nt the same time sat up and took a long and penetrating look at the bearded face she could just Eee In the beam of moonlight before answering. "I don't know. Let me tell you something. When you were hiding be hind that hedge with your rllle, mak ing all that game of us, I could havo killed you!" "You could? I thought it was tho other way about." "You know what I mean. I hated you so." "And when you did begin to feel better?" She got up. "I wish you'd tell me one thing for sure. But I suppose with your European notions you think It too horribly vulgar our poking Into Mali's affairs this way. Come, we must be getting ready to start." She began walking up the road to Join tho rest of the party. "No more buttermilk?" Charlton call ed out. as he jumped up and followed her. "All right then. But your re marks are rather sketchy, aren't they? What did you want to tell me for sure?" "Nothing. It won't do. About Mab besides, it Isn't necessary. I'm afraid." TO HE CONTINUED. J Earnest people are the only ones that move the earth. Stories Told In the Greenroom MISS ADA ItEIIAN, who Is star ring tills season In "The Taming of the Shrew" and "School Fo Scandal," Is a great admirer of the role of Katherlne, which she takes in the former play. But she says that though it has brought her much satisfaction it has given her a reputation for bad temper, because people are apt to Identify the actress herself with the part "Often," says Miss Itehan, T have been amused over seeing the effect that a first perform ance of tho 'Shrew' In a strange place produced on tho employees of the stage. They shun ned me as some thing actually to be feared. During a very long run I have often heard It said that I hated my Petruchlo and that our stage life only reproduced our private Intercourse. ADA 11EIIA.V. I looked upon this as tho greatest compliment that could be paid me." Quite early In her stage career Miss Rehan played the part of Ophelia to Edwin Booth's Hamlet, and she recalls with delight her flrst experience with tho great tragedian. After a week of silence a characteristic reserve that chilled her to the marrow every mo ment she was upon the stage with him Booth camo off the scene on the final night and, walking up to her, said briefly: "Miss Rehan, you have done splendidly, and, In my opinion, you havo a great career before you. I shall talk with you soon again." Jefferson De Angells, who Is starrhig In "Fantann," has a friend noted for his extreme parsimony. Some days ago this friend was horror struck nt receiv ing an Invitation to bo present nt tho wedding of a young womnn In his cir cle of acquaintances. To him that In vitation was a draft for a present nothing more or less. Tho young fellow thought over tho matter for twenty-four hours, and then he was confronted suddenly with a happy solution of the vexed problem. At a secondhand shop he saw what had been a beauti ful vase, now un happily broken Into three pieces. He would have that vase sldpped to the bridal couple, and they would uatu rally arrive at the conclusion that it JKFFEKSOX DE A.NGEMS. had been smashed In transit Thus he would receive credit for a thirty dollar Investment when, as a matter of fact, the three pieces were to be had for 00 cents. Mr. Do Apgoiuv frtnnfl tnnde his pur chase quickly and lpftLN nTwiress to which It was to be sent Three days later he got a letter from the objects of his generosity. The parsimonious one smiled ns he held the unopened en velope aud fancied the phrases of re gret and gratitude therein. What he found when he tore off the covering was a curt, frigid note. The second hand dealer had wrapped the three pieces separately. Edward Terry, tho English actor now playing In Now York, Is fond of .sports and was formerly noted as nn athlete. He onco mado a bet that he could run from the Strand theater, London, to tho Victoria theater In five minutes, rils friends thought It nn Impossible feat. Six In the morning was the hour set for the run, for the streets were then comparatively free from traflie. He set off at a good clip and soon was speeding down the S t r n n d like a streak. Luck was with him, and It looked for a few moments as though he could not fail to he victorious. Pres ently, however, he reached the toll house on the bridge. EIIWAIID TFItUY. where- every foot passenger Is required to. pay a halfpenny before being allow- cu to jmss. To his consternation, Terry realized that he had not any kind of money with him, and ns he approached the toll keeper on a dead run he shouted. "I'll pay you when I come back!" "No, you won'tl" that functionary shouted back, knowing nothing of the race against time und believing that Terry was trying to avoid payment. En treaties, cries of protest and prayers from Terry were in vain. The toll keeper barred the way and demanded the money. Finally, seeing that argument was futile, the angry nctor suddenly dodged under the arm of tho Cerberus of the hrhjeo. dnrJed tinst him. and was nsuJj) on nis way. He tried to make up the seconds that had been lost at the gate, "liiK Trot" n MiMiiomer. "Dogs have a variety of gaits," said the boss of the kennels; "therefore I enn't understand why It Is that people who describe a certain style of locomo tion always call It a dog trot. Judging by the universality of that expression, a body would think that a dog never moves any other wny thnn on a trot. But he does. All the gaits belonging to other four footed animals are also his. ne runs, he lopes, he even racks and paces, so when a person In n hurry falls Into a peculiar kind of canter there would bo Just as much sense In speaking of his gait as n dog run or a dog gallop once In awhile as always to call It a dog trot." New York Press. Cnn You Solvo ItT Here Is a problem that has bothered n good mnny mathematical heads. Can you solve it? "In cutting a beam Into half Inch boards the saw wastes an eighth of nn Inch cut," said the timber merchant. "If the saw only wasted half as much there would be ono more board. How many boards Is the beam sawed Into?" i CHARLES L. TUCKER. tliiMHnchtiftcttM Man Convicted of th Murder of Mabel Pnice. . Charles L. Tucker, who has been tonvlcted by a Massachusetts jury of the murder of Mabel L. Page and sen tenced to die in the electric chair, is a young man of twenty-four years, while his supposed victim was forty. Tho crime proved one of the most mysteri ous and battling with which the au thorities of Massachusetts have had to do In some time. The murder of Mabel CIIAHLE3 It. TUCKElt. Page occurred In her home at Weston, Mass., March 111, 1901. Mlas Pago was a quiet, modest, Intellectual woman, who never had given offense to nny one and who lived with her father, James Page, a retired business man; her brother Harold and a maid, Amy Roberts. She received a good educa tion and when twenty years old was engaged to be married, but on account of opposition to their plans from Miss Page's family the lovers parted. He afterward married, but she seemed averse to the society of men and kept mainly within her home In the com pany of her books. Tucker lived at Newton, near Wes ton, and Is the son of Albert F. Tucker, a railroad employee. He had worked in boats on the Charles river and was fond of water sports. Several years ago his wife was drowned through the upsetting of a canoe. Miss Page was found dead In her bedroom on the afternoon of March 31 by her father, and It was supposed she had committed suicide. There was a wound In her neck, and this was thought to have been self Inflicted. When the undertaker came to prepare the body for burial other wouuds were found in the back and chest like those made by a knife. A note was found, which had appar ently been wrltteu hurriedly by Miss Page, informing her father that Ma son Harold had been hurt and that she was about to go to the hospital to see him. Harold had not been hurt, and It Is supposed that Tucker secured en trance to the house by telling Miss Page that her brother had been Injured and then while she was engaged In preparations to leave, tabbed her and abstracted money from her purse. A knife In his possession whose blade fltted the wounds, and blood spots on his clothes, connected him with tho crime, and other circumstantial evi dence agalustfhlm was found, on which he was convicted. Ills case has been appealed. In case of Tucker's execution he will meet his death In the electric chair In the prison at Charlestown, Mass. CHARLES W. ANDERSON. Nejcro Aituolnteil Collector of Inter nal Uevenue nt New York. Charles W. Anderson, who has been nominated by President Roosevelt as collector of internal revenue for the Second district of New York, Is a col ored man and Is known In New York CHAULES W. AN'DEUSOX. city as the "colored Demosthenes." Ho Is president of a largo colored Re publican club In New York and has taken a prominent part In campaigns. He was formerly private secretary to Stato Treasurer A. B. Colvln and lator was chief clerk of the New York state treasury department. He has had ex perience In work such as an lutnrnPi rovenue collector perrorms, as ne nas been collector of the revenue levied by the state of New York upon race track associations. He Is a member of the New York state Republican committee. It is said the president made the appointment after consultation with Senators Piatt und Depew with a view to showing that he purposed to pursue the samo policy In the north as in the south In respwt to negroed and the federal of fices. Mr. Anderson has a reputation as man of much capacity aud Intelligence. A StralRht Tip. "You're foolish If you think you cau borrow a dollar from Grumley." "Why, he looks like a mark." "Well, you'll find you can't use him for a dollar mark." New York Times. The Transmitter. Lllllnn Wasn't It sweet of your has band to send you a kiss by wire? Mabelle I haven't decided yot I nm suspicious that telegraph operator was a woman. Detroit Free Press. . MAJESTIC SCENERY. JURIOUS ROCK FORMATIONS ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER. the Plllurji of IlerculcH, Two Pletur cxqnc DiiHnlllc Coluiunn, nine From tbe Orccon Side of the Stream. Towering: Mountain I'cakx. The person who gave the name Pil lars of Hercules to two picturesque basaltic columns rising from the edge of the Columbia river, In the Cascade range, on the Oregon side of the river, chose a name that was peculiarly ap propriate. One of the Interesting nuts which the geologists in this country have had to crack has been when and how the majestic Columbia burst through the basaltic Cascade range and found Its way to the foaming margin of the Northern Pacific ocean. Who knows If the mighty Hercules who, according to the ancient Greeks, when returning from the western kingdom of Geryon tore asunder the European and African continents in order that the waters of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean might mingle did not go beyond Erythia, Geryon's island kingdom, and perform a like service for the Columbia river? It certainly would have been a feat worthy of his prowess. The Columbia river, after pursuing Its placid way across the arid wastes of luud on the eastern side of the Cascade range for nearly 200 miles, approaches the stately row of moun tain peaks and pushes through between the towering peaks, Mounts Hood and Adams. After descending In n boiling cascade, from which It is said that the range of peaks derives Its name, the Columbia, or, ns it has often been call ed, the Oregon, rolls between ever widening banks to the white bulwark erected by the turbulent sea across its mouth. One with a good strong arm could throw a stone across the river at the point where It enters the portals of the mountains. Literally the river has turned Itself on edge in order to squeeze through. Some distance be low this point the river pours over a succession of rugged ledges; then It smilingly passes on .its way to the sea. The scenery in this cut through the mountains Is thought by some to rival in sublimity that to be found any where In the world. Pinnacles of vol canic rock tower toward the heavens. On them have lodged seeds carried thither by the wind or birds. From these seeds trees have germinated. These cling to the rocks with a remark able tennclty, and some of them, one would thin'c. have a precanlous living. On the very summit of one of these Pillars of IIcreule3 a single repre sentative of the evergreen trees which abound on the western slope of the Cascades elevates Its foliage with all the Impudent audacity and farcical dlmlnutlveness of a clown's stovepipe hat. There it stands ns securely fas tened and Its foliage as rakishly In clined as the hat on the clown's brow. What depth of soil It has in which to plant Its roots doubtless not mnny know, for the ascent of the column has probably been accomplished by few. It Is said that In the arly days of com merce on the Columbia, when sailing ships plowed their way up the stream into the heart of the country, the yard arms would often become entangled In the branches of the trees which over hung the wnter. To the sailors after their long sojourn at sea It was like entering paradise. Beautiful water falls add to the charm of the sceno. They come pouring as If from the sky over precipices 800 feet high and, hid den In mist, plunge Into the serene bosom of the great river. There are a number of other striking formations of basaltic columns besides the Pillars of Hercules. There are bat tlemented castles, rounded domes and a thousand rocks of other fantastic shapes. Oue group of pinnacles, down which numerous small streams descend, Is called Cape Horn. Dominating the scene everywhere through this region are the two extinct volcanoes, snow capped warders of the pass. Mount Ad ams on the north and Mount Hood on the south. The Indians have a legend as to the orlglu of the obstructions to navigation which form the cascades. They say that the two eurth giants, the mountains. Jealous of each other's power, once ! piarreled furiously. They belched forth lire und smoke and hurled great stones at each other. Some of these stones passed across the river, while manv .:v... icii iuio me stream, in ttie nery conflict .a roof of rock which spanned the river was broken Into fragments. The lodging of all these fragments and stones In the stream created the cas cades. The whltft man has several theories. One Is that the ledge of solid rock over which the current sweeps was deposit ed by a great rockslide down the sides of the gorge. These mountain sides are wildernesses of broken crags extending to the summits. a.OOO feet high. The ledge Is crowned with large bowlders 30 great that the massy body of water cannot move them. New York Trib une lletter Thnn 111 Own. They were discussing the factors which make for success In the world when the knowing young man said: "There's nothing like force of char acter. Now. there's Jones! Sure to make his way In the world. He's a will of his own. you know." "But Brown has something better In his favor." "What's that?" "A will of his uncle's." Down on Ilia Luc It. "Oh", John." she exclaimed as she observed him getting Into his over coat, "I hope you're not going to be out again tonight!" "I hope not," he replied absentmlnd edly, "but It's quite likely. The cards have been running very bndly for me lately." Philadelphia Ledger. Cut off the future, and man Is the mest timid of creatures. Tho demons and dragons are too terrible for him to face and attack. But spread before him the Illimitable future, and he will .tare all tilings, certain of victory at j la.;t. Any night, however filled with , weeping, cnn be endured by ono who . knows thut Joy is coming In the inorn , l"S- FACTS IN FEW LINES Ejther was first used In surgical oper fctions In 1S-JG. American railways haudle about $12, 000,000 worth of g;-;;iu a year. No less than S.132 women In lows are employed in agricultural pursuits. Cornwall is the only county In Eng land which has no theater. A scheme la on foot to build one at Falmouth. Vienna has the largest public bath In Europe. It Is 587 feet long aud 150 feet wide and accommodates 1,500 people. English chimney sweeps are out of employmenrnnd starving on account of the recent general Introduction of gas stoves. A cautious grand Juror at the Old Bailey, London, brought his own Bible with him to be sworn upon and so took no risk of microbes. The latest survivor of the kingdom of Poland, Dominlk Llzuiewlckl, has died at Warsaw, aged 110. He was born In 1704. before the partition of Poland. Tumblers resembling in shape and dimensions those employed today have been found In great numbers in Pom peii. They are made of gold, silver, glass, marble, agate nnd of precious stones. A Kensington (N. H.) farmer lays the following down as a hard and fast rule: "I raise no less than twelve calves n year and would do It If there wasn't a pound of butter In the house from one year's end to another." "Died while trying to commit sui cide" was the verdict of a coroner's Jury I" London the other day, aud It was In accordance with the testimony. The excitement of getting a knife and preparing to kill, herself was fatal to Maud Marshall, who had a weak heart. A French newspaper asserts that the trade In "artificial" mummies In Egypt amounts every year to more than $200,000. Most of the up to date "mummy factories" are located In It aly, but there are also a great numbei of them In Germany, France and Eng land. A swarm of bees took possession of a ventilator on the ship Diana of the BrltlBh navy while she lay alongside the mole at Gibraltar. A clever sea man succeeded In getting the swarm, transferred to an old soap box and sold the whole thing to a local bee raiser. Isanc Runk, a septuagenarian of York, Pa., has among tlie possessions he prizes the flrst pair of shoes ever worn by him. They were made for him by his father, John Runk, seventy-four years ago. The shoes are In as good condition as when he first wore them. In 1S30. The women of Bath, Me., are making nn effort to get rid of the cheap, taw dry advertising signs which are such a noticeable feature along all the ap proaches to the city. Nearly every dealer who does this kind of advertis ing has expressed himself as willing to discontinue It If others will. Francis Galton has endowed In Lon don university a fellowship for the promotion of the study of "national eugenics," which is defined as "the study of the agencies under social control that may Improve or impair the racial qualities of future generations either physically or mentally. Railway whistles inflict a torture on so mnny people that the efforts abroad to check the plague will be followed with Interest. Austria has Introduced a system of dumb signaling to start and stop the trains. Belgium is trying com pressed air whistles Instead of steam, nnd Germany experiments with horns. John Ryau of Plalnfield. Vt. lifts In his possession four letters, the dates of which range from 1S09 to 1S40. written to Miss Helen Hitchcock. All the let ters were written before envelopes or stamps were used and the postage to be collected was marked on the wrap per, the cost on these being from 5 to 15 cents. A nicotine treasure trove was un earthed In the garret of the house of the late Henry Prentiss of Dan vers a few days ago when 1,000 boxes of Im ported cigars bearing revenue stamps dated 1S07 were brought to light. Those who have smoked some of the cigars declare Unit they nre not bad. In spite of their age. The annual cost of the navies of the world, based on ofllclal figures, Is as follows: United Kingdom. ?177,628, 0G0; United States.$S2,01S,034; France. $02,091,303; Russia. $01,747,835; Ger many, $51,7tio.r00: Italy, $24,200,000; Japan, $11,774,520; Austria, $10,100, 000; Netherlands. $G.94S.700; Spain, $5,102,000; Portugal. $3,000,790. American built carriages seem to bo growing In popular favor In Malta. Within the last two years quite a num ber have been Imported either by the direct line from New York'or by way of English branch houses. Such good satisfaction have these given that tc day an American carriage Is consid ered to be unsurpassable. Men who carry timepieces of the cheaper sort, selling from 75 cents to $2, will be correct after this in call ing them clocks and not watches, for so has declared tho classification com mittee of tho Eastern Trunk Lines as sociation. The manufacturers havo been trying for nearly a year to get a ruling under which the clock-watches, as they are technically known, could be shlDned bv freight , . President Roosevelt will not De aDie to ret away from Washington for the re union of the rough riders at San An Sonlo until enrly In April, and the date for the reunion has been postponed from the last of March to the 7th of April. The president had Intended leaving here for tho southwest about the 25th of March, but that will.be changed to April 5 or thereabout Oth er dates made for the trip of the presi dent beginning at Louisville and wind ing up with a hunting trip In Colorado, must bo changed accordingly. CARL 8CHOFIELD. Carioox Paradox About Ilnndii. It Is a curious paradox that, as a rule, the large hnnded man loves small things, details, exquisitely finished ob jects and Is microscopic in his tenden cies, while he whose hands are small delights In colossi of every sort, lov ing ostentation nnd display, immense houses, majestic estates and nil else that Is upon a great scale. His hand writing Is large and perhaps full of flourishes, while that of the large hand ed man Is small and precise. i