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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
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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
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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.
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