ì ©fe Puzzle of
a Pistol
Shot
By HOWARD FIELDING
Copyright, 1900, by Charles W. Hooks
When I had heard this story I was
about to enter the house, but at that
moment Mrs. Harland and Emily ap
peared, accompanied by Dr. Burrell. I
perceived that there was some differ
ence of oplulon between Emily and the
physician. The man seemed to have
been urging some course of action, to
which the girl would not agree. As
for Mrs. Harland, she was obviously
distressed and nervous to the last limit
of her self control.
I was not long In doubt about the
subject of discussion in that little
group. At me very earnest opportu
nity Emily Harland disclosed It to me,
though, of course, without a hint that
It had been In dispute. Tbe point was
that she bad not been In the kitchen
when Eldred was shot, but, according
to her own story, on the roof of the
veranda. In the chair which I had no
ticed. She told me plainly that Mr.
Sanborn had misstated the facts In his
first account of the occurrence because
he believe that Miss Harland would be
liable to unjust suspicion if it were
known that she was not in view of
either himself or Mrs. Harland when
the crime was committed.
At this Dr. Burrell came forward
with his idea of the affair. He began
by scouting the notion that the re
porters would do Miss Harland any
injustice just because she was not
with her mother. To all Intents and
purposes Mr. Eldred was a stranger
to Miss Harland, and—
“I beg your pardon,” the girl inter
rupted In a firm tone. “I do not re
gard Mr. Eldred as a stranger. I pre
fer to speak of him as my friend.”
“Quite so,” said the doctor smoothly.
"Mr. Eldred was a very tine fellow.
I’ve no doubt It la the more obliga
tory upon us all to clear up the puzzle
of this assault.”
Then he proceeded to tell me a tale
which was truly important and Inter
esting. It appeared that an unknown
man enveloped In an atmosphere of
mystery bad called at the house on
Thursday afternoon and had Inquired
for Mr. Eldred. When Informed that
be was not at home the man had de
parted hastily without explaining bls
errand, but Mrs. Harland, who bad re
sponded to his ring on the occasion of
his call, had seen him hanging about
the house on Friday and Saturday aft
ernoons.
Mrs. Harland, now In tears, support
ed the doctor’s story with her faltering
testimony. She added that on one of
the rare occasions when she bad seen
Mr. Eldred he had called her to his
toom and ha
•n her a scrap of
newspaper b
rverai portraits of
men. He ha>
•
if she recognised
any of the pic » »* , and she bad Imme
diately pointed out one of them.
“That's the man wbo called to see
you yesterday afternoon,” she bad said.
Eldred had seemed disappointed and
had asked her to look agnln at the
portraits, but she could recognize no
other. This occurred on Friday morn-
orihbem, reless*sl from prison recently
perhaps and moved to murder by tbe
thirst for vi-ugeaue.
After considerable search among El
dred's documents I fouud the news
paper clipping iu a pocket of tbe coat
which be bad woru at tbe time of tbe
conversation with Mrs. Harland. With
out hesitation the lady pointed out
to me the likeness which she bud Iden
tified, and I beheld, w 1th great sur
prise, the pictured visage of u stferet
service comrade named Antoido Do
nato. He had been Eldred’s chief as
sociate In the Philadelphia case.
“Why, there’s Mr. Eldred’s picture,
too!" exclaimed Mrs. Harland. "I did
not see that before."
It had stool at the (up of the group
and had taien folded back, doubtless so
that the lady should uot see It.
“But wbo Is that?” said Emily, tak
ing the paper out of my band and
scrutinizing a snapshot [sirtralt which
was less clear than the others.
"It was a man wbo was mixed up
with this case, but was never caught,”
I replied. "He was kuowu In It as
’Mr. X.’ and was supposed to be the
chemist who made the metal which
these counterfeiters usml. Eldred got
this snapshot of him while shadowing
tbe gang, but he was not seen agalu.”
"How strange!” said Emily.
‘
thought it looked like Mr. Sanford."
"By the way,” I asked, “where is
Mr. Sanford?”
"He's gone to New York with oue of
the police detectives," said Dr. Burrell.
"They’re going to see if they can find
any clew in Mr. Eldred's office.”
I asked whether Mr. Eldred bad a
telephone, and the answer was In the
affirmative. Miss Emily happened to
know.
I went to a drug store near by and
called up the proper number. It was
the Jersey City detective who respond
ed. I Introduced myself to my profes
sional brother and then asked If Mr.
Sanford was with him.
"Yes," he replied.
"Well, bold him,” said I. "He's the
man. I’ve got the case all figured out."
"Tbe deuce you have!" said he, or
words to that effect.
"The surest thing you know,” I re
sponded. "Eldred Is In love with Miss
Harland and she with him. Then along
comes Sanford, whom he has met in
Trenton, where she visits regularly, and
to whom she Is engjaged. Eldred spots
NEW SHORT STORIES] CHOICE MISCELLANY HUMOR OF THE HOUR WASHINGTON LETTER
The Mlal.tor CoalSa't Spare Hlaa.
Tbe late Rev. Elijah Kellogg, it Is
•aid. was ouce fiercely opposed during
one of bis pastorates by an infidel in
tbe towu, who was a leader in all op
position to rellglou and took muck'sat
Infection in discovering Inconsistencies
in the lives of church members and IB
publishing them through tbe neighbor
hood.
For some reason Be decided to re
move to another part of tbe state.
Meeting tb»‘ pastor one day, be said,
"Well, I «uppoee you know I am going
to leave towu, and I suppose you will
be glad of it.”
“Glad of It? Why, no,” replied the
doctor. “I shall be very sorry ts lose
Klep«oa»a'>lne
A
|>.'e,
A mysterious outliresk of ^leptuma
uia has iuva*le»l the bouse of commous.
Tbe origin of the disease has been
tracts) to a ease which huppeut-d two
or three weeks ago. when six cakes of
boUM of common» soap were found
bulging out of a legislator's coat
¡xu-ket.
Since that» the malady has spread
with alarming persistency. Oue mein
b»*r of parliament, w ho In a fit of men
tai abstraction took a pair of hair
brushes stamped with the royal arms,
was taken before the sergeant at arms ;
and gently admonished, but even then
the disease was not exterminated.
Table napkins have l>eeu mysterious
ly spirited away by one overwork»*!
legislator, while another unconsciously i
took somebody Blue’s check book
|
Recently tbe kleptomaniacs have eon
fined their attention to silk hats, ami
so many have disappeared that some
members now think It necessary to
put skullcaps in their pockets as a
safeguard against going home bare
headed.
Every night now when the cry is
raised of "Who goes home?” it Is found
that there are not enough bats to go
around.- London Express.
An Inventor's Discovery.
A Hungarian professor and chemist
of the Bruun university claims to liavg
rediscovered the secret of the ancient
Greeks by which they were able to
render mortar Imperishable. The rea
son for the remarkable preservation
and hard texture of the sealing ma
terial of the Acropolis at Athens,
which is as good today as it was when
first laid centuries ago, has always
puzzled scientists and archa«H»logists.
This Hungarian some twenty-five
years ago procured a piece of this
flintlike mortar and ever since has
been engaged upon ascertaining the se
"HOW IS THAT?’’ ASKED THE MAN.
cret of its manufacture. He has lu
you. Y’ou are so useful to me in my
work here I hardly know bow I can vented a chemical compound, liquid in
character and yellowish color. Tin
spare you.”
claims of this inventor are that by
Tbe man was much taken aback and
the application of this compound the
asked, "How is that?"
density of nearly every description oi
"Why,” rejoined the pastor, "every
stone, including granite, is doubled and
time a sheep gets Its foot out of my
is rendered absolutely impervious to
fold you bark from one end of the
water. It Imparts to all metals the
town to the other. You are the most
power to resist rust and is a great,
useful watchdog that I ever knew.”—
powerful germicide. These properties
Sanford as a man who was mixed up In Boston Herald.
are not transient, but everlastiug.
a counterfeiting case In Philadelphia
three years ago and threatens to expose
htm. Sanford denies It.
Eldred isn't
quite sure, so he sends for his old com
rade In arms. Tony Donato, and tells him
to hang around the house and make an
Identification. Sanford Is partly ‘on’ to
this game, and he Is desperate. He takes
h long chance and shoots Eldred, having
fixed up a fake with a window of the next
house so that It would seem as If some-
body had crawled in that way."
"This looks straight," said the deteo
the "What shall I do?"
"l’lnch him,” I replied promptly.
He did it upon my responsibility, which
he forgot to mention after my story to
him had been verified by careful Investi
gation and by Donato’s testimony.
Sanford was convicted and is now in
prison, Eldred recovered and has mar-
rled Miss Harland.
PATRIOTIC OLE BULL.
Tlie GreuieMt I'olittcal Influence ta
Modern Norway.
%
Anecdote of Senator Elklnn.
"There was a time,” said Senator
Scott of West Virginia, “when my col-
league Elkins was a bustling young
freight agent in New Mexico, His of-
lice was u I hix car. and ills principal
troubles were in making his receipts
of freight tally with his bills of lad
ing. One day he had a carload of
household furniture switched to his
siding. Tbe seal of the car door was
quickly broken, as young Elkins then,
as now, always liked to keep up with
his work. He was greeteil with the
bray of an ass as tbe door slipped
back on its rollers. The bill of lading
was at once scanned, but there was
nothing to show that the animal should
be a passenger on this particular car.
The goods were all checked out, and
then Elkins wired the general office
thus:
“ *I'm a bureau short and a jackass
long on this carload of furniture.’
“After a little delay the answer
came: ’All O. K. The bureau Is a
burro.’ ’’—Travel.
A True Bear Story.
(Sia-v..U Correapoinienee ]
Stranger (up iu Maine)—I praauas
you have seen u good many I »ears in
your time?
Hunter-'Bout a thousand.
Stranger- I wish you would tell me
a bear story—a true one, of course,
every detail exactly as It happened.
Hunter—Eb? Want a true bear
»lory? Waal, I swan! All right, I'll
give you one, but sho you won't care
for it. Baek In the sixties, about ’ffi), I
think, or mebhy It was *70, I was
walkin' along, not thlnkln* of anything
In particular except Josh Peabody's
chances of election—Josh and me were
great friends—when, all of a sudden,
just as I'd cross«*«! a log over a stream
and sat down on tlie further end of the
log for a little rest, I felt a jar, and,
looking up, there at the other end of
the log. with one paw on It, waa the
biggest, ugliest lookin’ bear you ever
see. I had my gun, but it was empty,
and I hadn't as much as a bird shot to
load with—just gofn* home, you know.
My buntin' knife bad got lost some
how that same day, and all I had was
an old fashioned barlow pocketknife,
a good deal th»* worse for wear. Well,
I looked at that critter and be looked
at me for *bout two minutes, when I
sort o' sidled off the log and crept
along upstream about twenty feet,
meantime openin’ tbe old barlow knife.
I couldn't get any farther on account
of a high bank, a thicket of laurels
and the jagged roots of a big tree that
was blown over. Well, there I stood
and there that critter stood, me eyin'
him and him eyln' me, fer full ten
minutes, when all of a sudden—
Mighty good cigar this is.
Stranger—Yes, yes. Go on.
Hunter—Oh, yes. All of a sudden
that bear crossed over the log anil
walked away.—New York Weekly.
I Barking back to the days of their
grandmothers, womeu prominent iu
Washington have tnkeu up the weav
ing of rag carpets. Of course tbe prod
ucts don't bear the ugly old name.
They are »'ailed "souvenir rugs." Not
are they made of bits of all sorts ot
cloth, as iu tbe old days. They are
woven from fragments of modem
gowns. The pretty daughters of Sena
tor Wetmore of Rhode Island started
tbe fad lu Washington, and mauy girls
have succumbed to It. uot only »laugh
ters of resident familitxi, but some wbo
are only temporarily lu the national
capital. It is said tbe craze Is stron
gi st anioug arlst»s*ratie old Washing
touians, who look dowu from immeus
urable heights ujkiii the passing throng
brought thither by politics and win
turn a cold shoulder on the newly rich
Their mansions are rich iu relics an»l
l»oor In modern carpets anil the where
withal to buy them.
Putting on a Good Front.
"<f you’ll give me a finer quality of
goods," said the professional window
trimmer, “I can make a splendid dis
play.”
"If I had the fine goods I could make
the display myself," remarked the pro
prietor of th»* store. “What I’m paying
you for Is to make a splendid display
with cheap goods.”—Chicago Tribune.
The Kennon.
Look Not to the East.
For a long time it has been declared
that those whose heads pointed toward
the north while they slept enjoyed bel
ter rest than those whose feet were
pointed in that direction.
Now a savant gravely declares that
th»* position of one’s desk largely In
fluent es his capability and that to de
one's best work the seat must face the
west.
It Is asserted in all gravity that those
who face the south lose at least one-
third of their capability, and a seat
facing the east Is only lees hurtful
than one which faces tb»> north.
The originator of the theory declares
that he stumbled upon the solution by
finding himself unable to work In a
new library until the position of his
desk liad been changed and that he
has verlthsl the correctness of his claim
by experiment with a score of Ills
“I wonder why Caroline Is willing to
friends. In the course of time tlie com marry that stupid young Sappington?”
pass will become as essential to the
“You seem to have forgotten that
landsman as to the mariner.
Caroline is thirty-two.”
What was It that made Ole Bull nn-
deniably the greatest political Influ
ence Iu tlie history of modern Norway?
The riddle is easy to read. Although
lie voiced the peasants, bls own voice
was that of no peasant, but one of the
Where Hebrew Is au Innovation.
His Prescription Wasted.
most severely leu rued of European ut
Yiddish is an archaic and corrupt
Dr. Clinton Roberts believes that
terunces. Ilia instrumental mastery
most nervous Ills have their origin In torm of German extensively spoken by
was complete, and tbe technical dlfli
Jews in many countries besides Ger
cult les of Ills compositions have left the mere conviction of bad health. many itself. A startling instance ot
When victims of this form of hysteria
them for tlie most part unperformable.
come to him It is his custom to pre Its popularity Is given by a writer in
But Mozart was bis chosen theme, scribe, instead of medicine, some kind the Jewish Chronicle. In Jerusalem
worshiped with such an ardor of con
he met “a worthy man who denounced
secration that the whole range of his of mental relaxation. Dr. Roberts liim for being unable to converse with
himself is fond of theater going, and
works had for him no secret. His
frequently bls answer to a professed him in Yiddish. ‘You are no Jew,’ he
fume, therefore, was of that order that
protested, "for you do not know the
opens all doors. Statesmen and chief Invalid is the suggestion that he wit Jewish language.’ I answered that
ness one performance or another which
captains like Bismarck and Von Moltka
the man of pills considers especially Hebrew was the Jewish language and
were bis Intimates, and he was their good.
that I was quite willing to try to
confidant. To world artists like Liszt,
Not long ago a dejected looking indi speak to him in it. His rejoinder was,
< hopin and Mendelssohn lie was own vidual called on the practitioner. "I'm ‘I have no patience with this newfan
brother. Indeed, a curious physical
all In,” he explained wearily. “Been gled idea of speaking Hebrew in Jeru
resemblance betweeu Liszt and liimself
salem.’ "—London Globe.
led to many amusing contretemps on working through the summer without
any rest. Lost interest in life. What
this score.
And sovereigns, diplo would you advise?”
Swell Hanlan Burglars.
matists and great nobles were all
The arrest of a band of burglars
“I'd advise a little amusement," re
proud to name him among their friends. turned tbe doctor. “Why don't you go whose operations would have delighted
In him. then, Norway had found one and see Jefferson De Angells In ‘Fan- Balzac to celebrate is described by the
wbo could stand for her in tlie highest tana ?’ ”
Svlet of St. Petersburg. Thirteen men
ranks of the nations, learn for tier tlie
“Alas," replied the patient, “I am Jef and women, the flower of the profes
secrets of statecraft and recover In ferson De Angelis!”—New York Press. sion, are under lock and key. They had
her behalf the trick of thinking like a
a town bouse in Moscow, rent $2,000 a
king. For this is oue of tlie losses en
A Little Aid.
year, furnished at a cost of $10,000.
tailed on a people who are governed
Mayor Kirkendall of Wllkesbarre They had a country house near Mos
by foreigners from a foreign seat—that told at a reception a story about a
cow worthy of a Russian nobleman.
they forget to think of their country young Wllkesbarre clergyman.
They had stables of fine horses and
as a whole, the habit that is the secret
“He was married a year,” the mayor gardeus kept by the best gardeners
of rulers.
said, “and his wife interested him In a
Yet It was only as a man atitl not charity for miners’ orphans. He ad They never condescended to an opera
by any means as a politician that au vocated this charity often from the tion likely to yield less than $10,00(1
“BUT wpo IS THAT ?”
autocrat could claim the friendship ot pulpit, and when a subscription reaeb Their last exploit In May brought in
$25,000.
Ing. after she hnd told Mr. Eldred the dlstinguishtsl artist. His own sov ed him he would acknowledge it the
ereign
felt
that
he
had
cause
for
grave
next Sunday in church.
llarmonr In the House.
about the stranger's call.
A humlreil women thronged the space
“It happened that last June there
Mrs. Harland described the visitor as offense when tbe uews reached Stock
holm.
In
IMS,
of
his
heading
a
pro
came to this minister on the same day inside the rail at tbe west side police
a very handsome dark eytsl man of the
cession in Paris to preseut the Norwe a subscription for $25 and a young court In New York one day recently
Italian ty]»e, and she mentioned some
gian colors to Lamartine. But even son.
seeking warrants to arrest husbands
details of bis attire. Suspecting that
royal anger could not resist tbe good
“A good deal of laughter was excited who bad deserted or refused to support
this person was mythical, I was vastly stories
told
on
the
next
visit,
and
tbe
the following Bunday when, rising in them. Probation Officer Canfield of the
surprised wilt'll tno poltrrmen put In
king stood lilting Ills lip at tin* careless tbe pulpit, the minister said that he
his oar to this effect:
court in commenting on tbe vexed
bonhomie of Ole Bull as he turned felt very grateful for the small succor
"Why, sure. I saw that feller. I suddenly and said. “By the way, sire,
problem of the desertion of wives says
saw him around the corner last even you should have ls*cn with us the otliot that had arrived last week.” — New that 'n these cases all nationalities and
Tork Tribune.
all occupations figure, but adds that
ing looking up at Eldred’s window.”
day iu Purls when we went to ac
This unquestionable evidence Intro claim Lamartine.” Margaret E. Nobl<
there Is one occupation never yet on
Nat Kimball Was Not Afraid.
duced some new theories of this affair. In Century.
his list. No musician has ever been
It became msessnry to know In what
Among the well known characters In haled before his court.—Boston Herald
Biddeford twenty years ago wa« a
manner this “unknown” could have en
i hiftWit) M.
brick manufacturer named Nat Kim
tiled or left die bouse it be were El
Egypt Saved by Her Dam.
Chimneys constructed on modern ball, who was noted for his witty re
dred’s murderer. With Mr. Sanborn on
The Assouan dam In Egypt has
principles
were
almost
unknown
to
the
torts, says the Boston Herald. One gaved the cotton crop this year. The
the front stoop and Mrs. Harland In
the kitchen (into which the only rear ancients, ls*lng used only in the large day the old man was taken very 111 i Nile this year Is very late and low, the
baths,
where
great
quantities
of
hot
and seemed very near his end when 1 gauge showing three meters below
door of the house opened), there s»*emed
to be an element of difficulty. An water wen* needl'd, Chafing dishes, the minister called. The conversation thirty years’ average The stored up
assassin would hardly have risked braziers of glowing coals and bottles drifted around to the matter of future water assures the Irrigation of the del
coming In under such circumstances of hot water were employed by the existence.
ta and middle Egypt, but large areas
“Mr. Kimball." said the preacher sol In upper Egypt will remain unlrrigat
upou the chance of shooting Eldred ladles of the middle ages to keep their
rooms
warm,
and
a
curious
picture
Is
emnly. “don't you have any dread of I «xl. Ilie experience of this year will
with tils own pistol and escaping un-
obeerved. When, however, I ascended extant of three Norman la<!i<*s chat m«*etlng the king of terrors?”
' probably cause the construction of an
“Huh!” grunted the old man. “1 other great reservoir already projected
to Mr. Eldred’s room the case took on ting together, each with a bottle of
a wholly different aspect, for I discov hot water, placed between her feet. don't know why I should. I've lived to be expedited.—San Francisco Chron
ered that a window of an unoccupied Chimneys are believed to have been tin- with the queen more’n forty year.”
icle.
kuowu iu England until the twelfth
bouse, separat»*d from the Harlands' by century, but by the end of tlie four
Pb<»t«xrapblns l.lvhtalas.
Missed Her Chaaee.
only four feet of space, was open and teenth were generally employed in do
An English writer tells how light
May—I believe that Miss Passey bad
that there was no trouble at all about mestic architecture. For a long time ning ‘‘sits" for Its photograph: ••Light
crossing from one to another.
there was a chimney tax all over Eug- ning can only be photographed nt a proposal when she was sixteen.
It bwitnw Imperative to send out a land.—London News.
night. It Is also impossible to use any Blanche—Indeed? And the poor thing
general alarm for the dark skinned,
cap or shutter for this work, inasmuch was so young and thoughtless that she
handsome stranger, and to aid In the
as the eyes do not observe n tlgph of did not accept?
Jas« a Hlat.
search I tried to secure the piece of
Auntie- How smart you look thia lightning till at lenst a tenth of a sec
newspaper U[>on which tbe man's por afternoon, dearie! Dolly (wbo has ond after It has passed. ®o that, hav
The Real TeSRa.
trait appeared. My theory was that l>«*en forbidden to ask If aha may stay ing focused your camera t>e foreha nd.
“Is he a thoroughly honest man?"
the picture had l>een published at the to tea) Well, you see, I put on this draw the shutter ami bold the camera
“I don't know," answered the man
time when Eldred broke up a very bad costume so that If anybody did ask In the direction you think the flash from Missouri. “1 have trusted hlte
gang of counterfeiters I* Philadelphia tn»1 to tea I could atop. (Conscience will take and yott must trust to the with buudreils of thousands « dollars,
and that •>»■ Individual whom we now stricken)—I—I haven't asked, have I?— c mrtesv of the lightning to be there but I never tried him with » book or
on time.”
susp»*cta4 of this crime had been one Punch.
an umbrella.” Washington Star. •• -
Her Sure Accomplishment.
Her Rival—What a color Miss Love
has tonight! I wonder if she paints.
Her Adorer (turning wistful eyes to
ward tlie central figure of an admiring
circle)—I don't know. She certainly
draws well.- Brooklyn Life.
Every One Knew It.
Hicks—Miss Ix>wd was in your box
at the hors«* show the other day, I
heard.
Wicks—Yes, and everybody else
within fifty feet of the box heard too.
—Philadelphia Ledger.
Kind Hearted Ladr.
Mr. Brown—Well, I guess I’ll turn
off that electric fan downstairs.
Mrs. Brown—Oh, David, don’t! If
some poor burglar got in be would sim
ply stifle.—Indianapolis Journal.
The True Poeta Are All Dead.
"A true poet writes poetry because
he can't help it.”
“Oh. no; a true poet writes poetry be
cause nolHxiy can stop him."—Chicago
Record-Herald.
An Appetiser.
Visit ot the lleehablte».
A meeting of the Washington mem
bers of the Independent Order ot
Reehahltes was recently held here ami
arrangements were made for tbe re
ceptlou of visiting del»<gutes ami past
representatives to the forty-ninth an
nual sesslou of the high tent, to be
held in this city commencing Oct. 10.
Tlie high chief ruler of the order, John
C. Moore, is a resident of tbe capital.
Waste or City Water.
The city has a new nitration plant in
operation which has heeu several years
lu building. Water from It is turue»l
into tbe mains, but not enough greatly
to influence the supply. It has beeu
discovered that the very day tin* plant
is finally completed it will not handle
so much water as tlie city with Its
natural growth of population and busi
ness Is then likely to want and that
the clean water will have to be supple
mented all the time by a certain
amount which has not beeu run through
the flltratlon plant. This Is very dis
appointing. The trouble hero Iles ill
the frightful waste of water through
luck of meters.
.
A strong op|M»sltlou against the meas
uring of water always shows Itself in
congress, even though the plan pro
posed be to give at the regular mini
mum charge a quantity sufficient for
all ordinary household uses and needs
and to let the extra cost dependent ou
the measuring begin only after that
limit has been passiAl. But for the
activity of those who had meters to
sell this sentiment would have beeu Ir
resistible. A small appropriation Is
now available for the introduction of
meters, but the movement must pro
ceed quietly. The privilege of letting
water pipes leak year in and year out
ami of tolerating defective plumblug
many p»*ople regard as among the In
alienable rights of au American citizen,
with which the law should not try to
Interfere. But unless there is some
such interference tbe flitration plant,
completed at a huge cost, will perform
but slight service.
Progress of Union Station Work.
It will be eight»*en mouths. If not
two years, Engineer Hunt predicts,
before the union station is ready for
occupancy, although steady progress
is being made. Foundations for the
station are nearly all complettsl and a
large amount of tbe steel framing and
granite and brick work of the super
structure is in place.
Tke Surgeon Genernl's Library.
The government printing office is
completing the tenth volume of an
Index catalogue for the office of the
surgeon general, tills being tbe second
series of the same Import. An idea of
tbe size and complexity of the library
of the surgeon general is derived from
the statement that there have beeu
twenty-six large volumes of Index cat
alogues published, and it is said that
by the time tlie present series is com
pleted there will be sufficient material
on hand for a third series.
Speaking of the character and scope
of the surgeon general's library, L.
C. Ferrell, superintendent of public
documents, salil that this oollcctlon of
books was undoubtedly the largest and
most complete of its kind in tlie United
States and probably the most up to
date, if not the largest, in the world.
The medical museum Is not only the
home of this wonderful medical library,
but the depository of a great number
of specimens of interest to the medical
fraternity, snid to be the larg»*st collec
tion in thiR country,
New Rifle Range.
The rang»' of the National Capital
Towne—So you went home with Stin-
giman for luncheon today, eh? What Rifle an»l Revolver club, an organiza-
tf<xn that was charter«»d early in the
did you get?
Brown—An appetite for dinner.— spring, is now ready for bnslness. It
is located at Congress heights.
Philadelphia Press.
It is the club’s purpose to revive the
interest In rifle work, which has long
Row Did Sho Know!
He—Funny thing about surf bathing. been dormant here for lack of proper
It makes my mustache smell so salty facilities, especially 200 yard schuet-
zen work and revolver shooting at fifty
for a whole day afterward.
She—It does so. That's - fact.—Bos yards. Trap shooting will also be a
feature If the members desire It. It
ton Transcript.
Is purely a civilian clnb, open to all,
and has already on its rolls tbe names
A Cerloua Matter.
Tee—A Scotchman can’t see a Joke, of a numtier of prominent business ami
professional men, as well as many of
they say, and yet he originated golf.
Putt—Well, golf Is no joke.—Detroit the best Kbots of tne national guard
and metropolitan poll«*« force
Any
Free Pre »s.
rifle or revolver may be used, as with
such a club there Is no ground for re
To an Invalid Typewriter.
striction. as only tbe pleasure of Its
My oLd typewrlxter! y earn have gon.
3ut you ur ju.t« thE Bam.«
members Is to be served.
No bad effect has TiMe XXX upon
Alignment
key or xxx frame.
Why. I reMeMber year re ago
WTien I. new In the gaMe.
Would maK mistakes ((no longer so((
A let youxx taK the blaMe
But youx weretruo A dldnot k lek
And neverdoso now,
A that is Why I fain muST stick
Th se laurels on yourrr browl
My old typewrlxter! Dontt get ill!
We yet may maK thing .hum,—
If girl s t e n ographers don't fill
?Thy Joints wit h Chewing ruM'l
•-Peter Pry Bhevltn in New York Herald.
Bespoken.
Naval Veaael to Be Wrecked.
Tli.’ hull of the old naval steamboat
Phlox, which lias been lying at Dean's
boat yard, a short distance north of
Alexandria, Va., ever since she was
dismantled about two years ago, has
been taken to a point on the Maryland
aide of the river opposite Alexandria,
where she will be wrecked to obtain
the metal In her timbers. The Phlox
for many years ran on a route between
the Naval academy at Annapolis and
Baltimore and was a very handsome
traft.
CARL SCHOFIELD.
Balldlwg Rome.
Teacher—Tommy, when whs Rome
"I can attend to tint divorce case for built? Tommy—In the night Teach
you, If yon like.” suggested his friend, er-How came you to make such a
the lawyer.
mistake? Tommy—You said yester
“I'm sorry, old man,” replied «e day Rome wasn't built In a day.—
western Benedict, "but the fact Is I Miooi Board Journal.______
promised tbe case to a friend of mine
Qaeatlaaera.
before I was married.”—New York
Tommy—Oh. my pa says you’re a
Press
blamed nuisance, teaqjjer. Teacher
What? Tommy—Well, that's what he
All other knowledge Is hurtful to him says I am when I ask questions, and
wbo ha* not honesty and good nature. that’s wbat you’re always a-doln'.—
—Montaigne.
Philadelphia Press.
FLED FROM TEMPTATION.
A Briber VI ua <»e<ttnit < lo«r |«> Tbt«
lluuvMt Maes's Prive.
Several secret service men were
ium hing w . downtown cafe the other
«lay when tbe talk turn«*«! to the gen
erul subject of graft and briliery.
“1 am reiuiude»l," said one of them,
“of the story of au iudivklual who was
well kuowu lu the w»*st al»out a ilccade
ago as a man of unimpeachable hou-
esty and sterling integrity. And it
wasn't Just a belief or a general Im
pression, but a matter of cold, bard
fact, as tlio eireumstauces had proved
more than ouce.
"It hapi»eued that atxiut the time 1
meutioii a big eastern corporation
which baudlt*«l millions of dollars'
worth of gisxls annually wanted a man
for a position of the highest trust and
after seari-bing the country over light
ed ou th«* gentleman iu question. He
ac«-epte«l tlie |>osition, delighted with
th«* honor done him, but ouly held it
for a month, when he handl'd lu bls
resignation. As he bail given splendid
satisfaction in the short time, be was
pressed by his employers for an ex
planation. This be finally gave, as fol
lows:
“ '1 had belli this place only Hire«'
days wbvu n well known Individual
cam«* to sec me and, after pkxlging my
honor to secrivy, offeri*il me a britie of
$10,000 to do u certain thing that would
have Is'i'ii faithless to my trust. I bad
him shown out of the office.- Tlie next
day a representative of his mist'd the
tendered bril»«» to $20,000. I refuse«!
indignantly. Several days later the
offer was raised to $50,000, and some
time after It was increasi'd to $75,000.
Still I refused with scorn.
“'Last week the well known Individ
ual himself again came to see tne and
offered to make tin* britic $100,000 iu
cash ami $100,000 In stock, auii I rv-
fust'd tin* offer and reslgneil.’
“'Ami why did yon resign?' asked
bls former employers, gazing at liiin
in admiration.
“ ‘Gentlemi'ti.’ said th«' man of un
impeachable honesty anti sterling in
tegrity. ‘my repuSatlou is all I have.
There has net er Is-en a spot on my
mime, and bribery and graft and I
have been strangers all uiy life. Such
will contlnu»' to lie th«* ease. Gentle
men. I resigned because that last offer
was simply near my price.’ ’’—Wash
ington Star.
WILD BABOONS.
An
Incident
hich HluNtrnteM
Cuiitioii of the Xuliiialn.
th«
One ot the farm boys drew our at
tention to what secimxl little more than
a couple of dark specks on tin* slope
of the hills to the right, lint we could
soon see that they were moving, and
when they came within half u mile of
us we could distinctly recognize them
as a herd ot baboons.
Th»* boj said that he was quite sure
tin') were ou their way to tlie water;
but, to our enrpri.-e, they «li»l not make
any advance. A quarter-of un hour
elnpsi'd, half an hour; still no sign of
their approach. All at once, ns If they
had started from the earth by magic,
at th»' open eml of the pond, not sixty
yards from our place of ambush, sto»sl
two huge males.
Wlii'U or how they got there no one
could tell. Probably they had come
by a circuitous way through the val
ley. or it might b<* that they had crept
straight down through tin' glass. They
had eertalnly elud»'d our observation.
Being anxious to watch the move
ments of tin* animals ami to ascertain
whether they lielonged to th»' lienl
playing under the mimosas. 1 refrained
from tiring ami determined to see
what would follow next. Botli baboons
sprung toward tlie water, ami, leaning
down, they drank till they were satls-
fli'd. Then, having gntvely stretched
themselves, they solemnly stalked
away on all fours in th»' direction of
the herd. There was little doubt, there
fore. that they lieloiigtsl to tbe herd
ami had l>een sent forward to r«*con-
noiter, for as soon ns they got back
tin' entire herd put Itself In motion
toward the pond.
Then1 wit »' mothers taking care of
their little ones; there were linlf grown
animals, tin* boys and girls ot the com
pany. At first only on»' Imlioon at a
tinii* cam»' to the water’s edge and,
having taken its draft, retired to tho
rest, but win'll about ten bail thus ven
tured separately they liegnn to come
in small groups, leaving tli<* others roll
ing and jumping on th«* sand.—Youth’s
Companion.
ODD FACTS ABOUT DEER.
Wmalrrtnl Jumpers, Willi » Marvel-
mm Nvnne of Smell.
“IX mt are wonderful Jumpera, ns may
be inuigincd." says a writer. “I have
six'll a hind clear fifteen feet or so and
buck ns high as a tall man merely to
avoid a small drain, and also, at a
drive, I have seen a stag jump clean
over on»* of th«' lieaters, taking a fence
at the same time. There Is still ex
tant the record of a famous leap made
by a stag down on tlie borders of Et-
tlek during a hunt l»y one of tin* old
Scottish kings. The place is known
as ‘tlm Hart's Leap,’ and Is commemo
rated by two stones, which the mon
arch bad erect«'«! to mark the spot.
They measure twenty-eight feet apart.
"Deer have a marvelous sense of
smell. With a strong wind blowing
they win ,e«'iit a in'll' n ni'Je off Yot,
though their powers of scent are mar
velous. I c mfess to having hnd one
Illusion quickly dispelled. From read
ing various old books on tho subjt'ct I
hnd come to regard their sight sh
something quite abnormal ami fondly
Imagined that, on spying deer, any, a
mile or so away, a cautious a<lvan«*e
was necessitated, after the ninnncr of
our ancient enemy, the serpent.
"Now, though deer do have gissl
sight, they arc certainly Inferior In tills
resi»ect to the roc, and so long ns you
keep perfectly still, will hnve grent
difficulty in detecting you. I proved
this ngnlii nrnl ngnln one July when
trying to »»btaln photographs of wild
de«T. I d!»l not get nny photographs,
though plenty of experience, but I was
often lying within fifteen ynrds of
deer without tlii-lr being conscious of
iny prisM-nce.”
A
Red
Habit.
The Heiress I’apn, I am iouslder-
ably embarrasse»! to discover that I
am engaged to marry both the duke
and tbe count.
.
“IIow like your mother, to jump In
and buy more than she wants, ^nst
because it is cheap!”—Life.