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SEMI-WEEKUY, UNION tab. July, 1897. GAZETTB Batab. Deo., 1869. j Consolidated Feb., 1899. COBVAIiLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOTEXBEE 19, 1901. VOL. IT. NO. 30. Jhe Doctor's By Hesba H4 tiHHt4"ml 1 tl CHAPTER XVin. (Continued.) "Why, Martin," she said, averting her face from me, "yon know I should never consent to marry you, with the idea of your caring most for that girl. No, I could never do that. If I believed you would ever think of me as you used to do before you saw her, well, I would keep true to you. But is there any hope of that?" "Let us be frank with one another," I answered; "tell me, is there any one else whom you would marry if I released you from this promise, which was only given, perhaps, to soothe my mother's last hours?" "Yes," answered Johanna, whilst Julia hid her face in her hands, "she would marry my brother." Captain Carey! . I fairly gasped for breath. .Such an idea had never once occurred to me, though I knew she had been spending most of her time with the Careys at the Vale. Captain Carey to marry 1 and to marry Julia! To go and live in our house! I was struck dumb, and fancied that I had heard wrongly. If Julia wished for revenge and when is not revenge sweet to a jilted woman? she had it now. I was as crestfallen, as amazed, almost as miserable as she had been. Yet I had no one to blame as she had. How could I blame her for preferring Ca. ,ain .Carey's love to my poor affections?" "Julia," I said, after a long silence, and speaking as calmly as I could, "do you love Captain Carey?" "That is not a fair question to ask," answered Johanna. "We have not been treacherous to you. I scarcely know how it has all come about. But my brother has never asked Julia if she loves him; for we wished to see you first, and hear how you felt about Olivia. You say you shall never love again as you love her. Set Julia free, then, quite free, to accept my brother or reject him. Be generous, be yourself, Martin." ' - "I will," I said; "my dear Julia, you are as free as air from all obligation to me. You have been very good and very true to me. If Captain Carey is as good and true to you, as I believe he will be, you will be a very happy woman hap pier than you would ever be with me." "And you will not make yourself un happy about it?" asked Julia, looking up. "No," I answered cheerfully; "I shall be a merry old bachelor, and visit you end Captain Carey.jwhen we.are all old folks. Never mind me, Julia;l never was good enough for you. I shall be very glad to know that you are happy." Yet when I found myself in the street for I made my escape as soon as 1 could get away from them I felt as if very thing worth living for- were slip nine awav from me. Mv motherland Olivia were gone, and here was Juaa forsaking me. I did not grudge her the new happiness.' There was neither jeal ousy' nor envy in my feelings towards vnv annnlant-or "Rnf in noma WSV I felt that I had lost a great deal since I en tered their drawing room two hours ago. I CHAPTER XIX. I did not go straight home to our dull, gloomy bachelor dwelling place, for I was not in the mood for an hour's solilo quy. I was passing by the house, chew ing the bitter cud of my reflections, and turned in to see if any messages were waiting there. The footman told me a person had been with an urgent request that a doctor would go as soon as pos sible to No. 19 Bellringer street. I did not know the street, or what sort of a locality it was in. "What kind of a person called?" J ask ed. - "A woman, sir; not a lady. On foot- poorly dressed. She's been here before, and Dr. Lowry has visited the case twice." "Very good," I said. TJnpn -inquiry 1 found that the place was -two miles away; and as our old friend Simmons was still on the cab stand, I jumped into his cab, and bade him drive me as fast as he could. I wanted a sense of motion, and a change of scene. If I had been in Guernsey I should have mounted Madam, and had another midnight ride round the island This was a poor substitute for that; but the '.visit would serve to turn my thoughts from. Julia. We turned at last into a shabby street, recognizable even in the twilight of the scattered lamps as being a place for cheap lodging-houses. There was a light:. burning in the second-floor win- ' dows of No. 19; but all the rest of the front was in darkness. I paid Simmons and .dismissed him, saying I would walk. ' home. By the time I turned to knock at the door, it was opened quietly from within. A woman stood in the door way;' I could not see her face, for the candle she had brought with her was on the table behind her; neither .was there light enough for her to distinguish mine., "Are you come from Dr. Lowry's?" she asked. - The voice-sounded a familiar one,' but I could not for the life of me recall whose it was. "Yes," I answered, "but I do not know the name of my patient here." - "Dr. Martin Dobree!" Bhe exclaimed. I recollected her then as the person who had been in search of Olivia. She had fallen back a few paces, and I could now see her face. It was doubtful, as : If she hesitated to admit me. ' Was it possible I had come to attend Olivia's husband? "I don't know whatever to do!" she . ejaculated; "he is very ill to-night,-but I don't think he ought to see you I don't think! he would." "I am not anxious to attend him. I : came here simply because my friend is out of town. -If he wishes to see me I will see him, and do -my. best. It rests entirely wi.th himself." - "Will you wait here a few minutes," he asked, "while I see what he will dor, . .,- " . ', : ' - She left me in the dimly lighted hall. The place was altogether sordid, and dingy, and miserable. At last I heard her step coming down the two nights vf stairs, and I went to meet her. fjilemma Stretton I Mil lIHIMttHllH'ttHM ; "He will see you,," she said, eying me" herself with a steady gaze of curi osity. : I was anxious to see Ofivi i' hus band, partly from the intense aversion I felt instinctively toward him. He was lying back in an oldr worn-out easy-chair, with a woman's shawl thrown across his shoulders, for the nieht was chilly. His face had the first sickly hue and emaciation of the disease, and was prob acy renned by it. It was a handsome, regular, wen-cut race, narrow across the brows, with thin, firm lips, and eyes perfect in shape, but cold and glittering as steeL I knew afterward that he was fifteen years older than Olivia. Across his knees lay a shaggy, starved-looing cat, which he held fast, and entertained himself by teasing and tormenting it. He scrutinized me- as keenly as I did him. 1 believe we are in some sort con nected, Dr. Martin Dobree." he said: "my half-sister, Kate Daltrey, is mar ried to your father. Dr. Dobree." "Yes," I answered shortly; The sub ject was eminently disagreeable to me, and I had no wish to pursue it with him, "Ay! she will make him a happy man," he continued mockingly; "you are not yourself married. I believe. Dr. Martin Dobree?" I took no notice whatever of his re mark, but passed on to formal inquiries concerning his health. My close study of his malady helped me here. , I could assist him to describe and localize his symptoms, and I soon found that the dis ease was in a very early stage. "Ton have a better grip of it than Lowry," he said. "I feel as if I were TEASING AND made of glass, and you ' could ..." look through me. Can you cure me?" , "I will do my best,," I answered. r "So you all say," he muttered, "and the best is generally good for nothing. You see I care less about getting over it than my wife does. . She is very anxious for my recovery. - ........ "Your wife!" I repeated in utter sur prise;, "you are Richard Foster, I be liever, r - "Certainly," he replied. -- "Does your wife know of your pres ent illness?" I inquired. - "To be sure," he answered; "let me introduce you to Mrs. Richard Foster." The woman looked at me with flash ing eyes and a mockkikng smile, while Mr." Foster indulged himself with ex torting a long and plaintive mew from the poor cat on his knees. "I cannot understand," I said. I did not know how to continue my speech. Though they might choose to pass as husband and wife among'- strangers, they could hardly expect to impose upon me. - -"Ah! I see you do not," said Mr, Fos ter, with a visible sneer. "Olivia is dead." "Olivia dead!" I exclaimed. - ' "You were not aware of it?" tie said. "I am afraid I have been too sudden. Kate tells us you were in love with my first wife, and. sacrificed a most eligible I match for her. Would- it be too late to i open fresh negotiations with your cous in ? You see I know all your family his tory." . ' ' ' . ,; - .-. .: ,. - ,. - "When did Olivia" die?' I inquired, though my tongue felt dry and parched, and the room, with his fiendish face, was swimming giddily before my eyes. '.' "When was it, Carry?" he asked, turn ing to his wife.' , "We heard she was dead on the first of October," she answered. "You mar ried me the next day." : ".- , "Ah, .yes!" he said;. "Olivia had been dead to me for more than twelve months, and the moment I was free I married her, Dr. Martin. It was quite legal." "But what jroof have you?" I. asked still incredulous, yet -with . a heart , so heavy that it could hardly souse itself to hope. . ' " v - - - "Carry, you have those letters,"" said Richard Foster. .. - "Here are the proofs," said Mrs. Fos ter. ,, -. . - :-'-iy.y;:-- -,U"-t - She put into- my hand an ordinary cer tificate of death, signed by ' J. Jones, M. D. - It stated that . the deceased, Olivia Foster, had died on September the 27th, of acute inflammation of the lungs. Accompanying this was a letter written in a good handwriting, purport ing to be from a clergyman or minister, who had attended Olivia in her. fatal, ill ness. He said that she had desired him to keep the place of her death and burial a secret, and to forward no more than the official certificate of the former event. This letter wss signed E. Jones. No elue was given by either document as to the place where they were written. . "Are you not satisfied," asked Foster. .'NT. T VAnifn. un, i i rbit;A 1. 1 U V T. M b, UT I. is dead, that yon have not takes posses sion of her property" - A shrewd question, he said jeering- ly. "Why am I in these cursed poor lodgings? Why am. I as poor as Job, when there are twenty thousand pounds of my wife's estate lying unclaimed? My sweet, angelic Olivia left no will, or none in my favor, you may be sure; and by her father's will, if she dies intestate Or without children, his property goes to build almshouses, or some confounded nonsense, in Melbourne. All she be queaths to me is this ring, which I gave to her on -our wedding day, curse her!" He "held out his hand, on the little finger of which shone a diamond, that might, as far as I knew, be the one I had once seen in Olivia's possession, i "Perhaps you do not know," he con tinued, "that it was on- this very point, the making of her will, or securing her property to me in some way, that my wife took offense and ran away from me. Carry was just a little too hard npon her, and I was away in Paris. But con sider, I expected to be left penniless, just as you see me left, and Carry was determined to prevent it." ' "Then you are sure of her death?". I said. - "So sure," he replied calmly, "that we were married the next day. Olivia's let ter to me, as well as those papers, was conclusive of her identity. Would you like to see it?" -- - Mrs. Foster gave me a slip of paper, on which were written a few lines.- The words looked faint, and grew fainter to my eyes as I read them. They were without doubt Olivia's writing. - "I know that you -are poor, and I send you all I can spare the ring you once gave to me. I am even poorer than yourself, but I have just enough for my last necessities." There was no more to be said or done. Conviction had been brought home to me. I rose to take my leave, and Foster held out his hand to me, perhaps with a kind ly intention. Olivia's ring was glittering on it, and I could not take it into mine. "Well, well!" he said, "I understand; I am sorry for you. Come again, Dr. Martin Dobree. i- If you know of any remedy for my case, you are no true man if you do not try it." : - ? I went down the narrow staircase, TORMENTING. . closely followed hy Mrs. Foster.: Her face had lost its gaiety and boldness, and looked womanly and care-worn, as she laid her hand upon my arm before open ing the house-door. : --. "For heaven's, sake,, come again," she said,' "if you can do anything for him. We have money left yet, and I am earn ing more every, day. We can pay you well. Promise me you will come again." "I can promise nothing to-night," I an swered. -.-,' "You shall not go till you promise," she said emphatically. - - -. . , "Well, then,.! promise," I answered, and she unfastened the - chahv almost noiselessly, and opened the door into the street.-. -a . . CHAPTER XX. - I reached home just as Jack was com ing' in from his evening amusement. He let me in with his latch-key, giving me a cheery greeting; but as soon as we had entered the dining-room, and he saw my face, he exclaimed, "Good heavens! Mar tin, what has happened to you?"" "Olivia is deadl" I answered. -. His arm was about my neck In a mo ment, for we were like boys together still, when we were alone. He knew all about Olivia, and he waited patiently M l could put my tidings into words. "It must be true," he said, though in a doubtful tone; "the scoundrel would not have married again if he had not suffl clent proof." -.-- : -.- -. "She must have died very soon after my mother," I answered, ."and I never knew irl" - It's strange!" he said. "I wonder she never got anybody to write to you or Tnrdir." : . There was no way of accounting for that strange silence toward us. We sat talking in short, broken sentences; but we could come to no conclusion about it. It was late when we parted, and I went to bed, but not to sleep. ;.;, 7 Upon going downstairs in the morning I found that Jack was already off, having left a short note for me, saying he would visit my patients that day. I had scarce ly begun breakfast when the servant an nounced "a lady," and as the lady fol lowed close upon his heels, I saw behind his shoulder the familiar face of Johan na, looking extremely grave. : She was soon seated beside me, watching me with something of the tender, wistful gaze of my motner. ... " "Your friend, Dr. John Senior, called upon us a short time since," she said, and told us this sad, sad news. -I nodded silently. r -:'-'-;-'.t:' "If we had only known it yesterday she continued," "you would never have heard what we then said. This makes so vast a difference. Julia could not have become your wife while there was an other woman living whom you ltfved more. You understand her feeling?" "Yes," I said; "Julia is right." "My brother and I have been talking about the change this will make," she resumed. "He would not rob you of any consolation or of any future happiness not for worlds. He relinquishes all claim to er hope of Julia s affection That would be unjust to Julia," I In terrupted. '"She must not be sacrificed to me any longer. I do not suppose I shall ever marry- " - "You must marryv Martin," she inter rupted in her turn, and speaking em phatically; "you are altogether unfitted for a bachelor's lite. It is all very well for Dr. John Senior, who has never known a woman's companionship, and who can do without it. But it is misery to you this cold, colorless life. No. Of all men I ever knew, you are the least fitted for a single life." ."Perhaps I am," I admitted, as I re called my longing for some sign of wom anhood about our bachelor dwelling. - (To be continued.) . NOAH'S ARK A MODERN SHIP. Proof that the Shipballdtna- Xadnatry Flourished Before Hli Time. Another popular notion has been up set. For centuries it has been supposed that Father Noah was the first ship builder of the world and that the ark In which . he saved his family from drowning was the first vessel that "plowed the raging main." This suppo sition has been found to be erroneous, for there exist paintings of Egyptian vessels immensely older than the date 2840 B. C, usually assigned to the ark, being, lndeedv probably between seven ty and eighty centuries old. Moreover, there "are now in existence in Egypt boats which were built about the period the ark was constructed. .These are, however, small craft, about thirty-three feet long, seven feet or eight feet wide, and two and a half feet to three feet deep. - They were discovered six years ago by, the eminent French Egyptolo gist, M. J. De Morgan, in brick vaults near Cairo and were probably funeral boats. ; ' . . They are constructed, of ; three-Inch acacia and sycamore planks, dovetailed together and fastened with trenails. They have . floors but no ribs, and though nearly 5,000 years old they held together after their supports had been removed. ' These boats may be consid ered side by side , with the better known, but much more modern, viking ship, which Is now to be seen In a shed at Christiana. . This craft was discov ered In 1880 in a funeral mound, so that we owe both these existing examples of extremely ancient ships to the funer al customs of countries so dissimilar as Egypt and Norway. Heron Nests In tbe Maine Woods. There are three known heron colonies in New, England. One of them Is on, the plantation just to the north of Se- bec Lake. On a point of land reaching out Into the pond Is a growth of tall silver birches, and there are at least 100 nests In the tops of these trees. Tbe trees are tall, without limbs for forty feet or more from the ground. It is a well known fact that herons never build a nest In a tree with limbs much less than forty feet from the earth. The nests are constructed from small sticks. some up to an inch In .diameter. The nest is at least two feet across, and the eggs are a trifle smaller than a ben's egg, and of a pale blue color. The old birds go long distances on their for aging trips, in some cases forty and fif ty miles. The birds of this species about Moo sehead Lake and around the ponds miles to the south all make their way to this particular colony at night Standing on the point one can see the birds coming from all directions during the period in which" they feed their young. New York Tribune. " Java's Great Explosion. . - Dr. Eugene Murray Aaron calls the eruption of the volcano Krakatua in Java "the greatest explosion of modern times." i He says: ; -.2 7r' - V "' "It is quite safe to say,, when we are asked the question as to .which of all the mighty manifestations of God's power in this world thus far within the ken of science has been the most stupendous, the most all-overwhelming, that the terrific annihilation of Kraka tua, in 1883, surpasses all else. A smoke that encircled the globe, a wave that traveled. 7,500 miles, a sound heard 3, 000 miles afar and an air shock hurled thrice around the earth what more can be sought as testimony to the pent up energies beneath our very feet?" " ' ; The Densest Population. The greatest density of the popula tion in the world is claimed for Bom-, bay, and is only disputed by Agra. The population of Bombay amounts to, 760 persons per acre In certain areas, and in these sections" the street area only occupies one-fourth of the whole.- If the entire population massed in the streets for any purpose, - the density would equal 8,040 persons per acre. . - Clock for Theatrical Use. To judicate the different numbers of a program a newly designed clock has a rotable dial plate, which can be per forated at the proper places to engage booked rods, which fall Into the holes In the dial, and are pulled a short dis tance to make electrical connections with bells or indicators located in con venient places. , ; ...y - .-'X-'-- A New Gun. v A. centrifugal gun, discharging 30,000 bullets a minute, has been invented by an English engineer. The bullets are poured into a case from a hopper," and guided Into a disk three feet in diame ter, revolving in the case at the rate of 15,000 revolutions a minute. They are discharged from the edge of the disk. ' . , Man'e Temperature. - . .; Man's ordinary temperature is 9&6 degrees when" in good health; that of a snail 76 degrees, and of a chicken 111 degrees. -r.-- '-' :'::..:'. -r; vVi'v. We have remarked that soon after It is announced that a .man seems to drink at the fountain of 'perpetual youth he dies. The most successful nation is deter mination, ; Jit, S ammt omer Poear Pet a Matnral-Bera Boxen A cat is a natural boxer. If yon watch two kittens rolling and tumbling about the floor you will occasionally see spirited passages of arms between them. ' They will 'lead,", "counter," "block," "duck" and "rush," "side step," and, in fact, do all things that your big brother does with bis boxing instructor at the gymnasium.. The kit tens will do it a great deal better, too, for they are much quicker and more graceful. It may seem "odd at first for a boy or girl to box with a cat, but just tap her quietly with your Index finger. 'You may tap her once, but not tbe sec ond time, - for she will very nearly block your second 'attempt with her paw. You must use only one finger of each hand, and be very careful to just barely touch the cat-- Then you must stroke her back occasionally at first, to show that you are only playing with her, and not angry. The cat will un derstand very 'quickly that you are only In fun and do not intend to hurt her,, and will keep her claws out of sight, so as not to scratch you, unless she is a cranky old cat with a very sour temper, and If she is you had better leave her alone. Of course, you do not know- much about boxing, but you will learn . a great deal from the cat if you watch the manner in which she will handle her paws After the cat "understands that it is only a game, and you have learned how to lead and counter from watching her, you can have some pret ty bouts, which will amuse the' whole family and greatly help to shorten a ralny day. The Ley of the Lamp-Post. . am placed on the cor ner of a noi- '. sy ( street; Each . one who passes my way I greet. And ' I never grum r . ble at cold nor heat. But - brigh ter, brigh- -1 e r, - I'm ' - . .:-.. say-'- lag all . " " ' - t h e eve,. Whi- - . tori - Whi- . t e r, -Glows the tight I give. So - may truth and kind ; , ness, dear, -Shine out . i.: in you to - others' cheer. Cassell'a Little Folks. . . Another Optical Illnaloa. SHOWS DIFFICULTY Or JCDOINO D18 - .. ... TAHOK8. Simple and striking Is this new opti cal Illusion which has just been evolv ed by an expert who has devoted much study to the subject It shows after an how easily we are deceived In measuring distances with the eye . You would think that the distance between the points B and C was much greater than that between A. and B. As a matter of fact, the distances In each casa Is precisely alike. . - You may easily test this with a piece of paper. ; Mark on the edge the pre cise points. - - One OF the Flr.t ifr. Rmiti,.' Probably only a small nroDortion of the members of the Smith family know tne origin of their name. According to traamon one at least or the "original Smiths was a Macdonald. The Mac- donalds crossed the North Channel Into Ireland during the reism of Ja.hu of England and settled In the northern portion of the country. In July, 1660, so the legend relates. William ill nf England was' delayed In the valley of tne river ttoyne tnrougn nls horse cast ing a shoe.- A Macdonald was called to shoe the king's horseand ever after, he was called the king's smith. On of his sons, named John, came to Amer ica in 1720, and he was known as John Smith. The famous CaDt John Smith. however, had long since made the name renowned by his exploits and his sto ries of trayel and adventure. ' . Precoclona Child Who Became Great. : Every precocious boy does not be come a brilliant man, but some brilliant men have been precocious in. childhood. John Buskin, the great English essay 1st and critic on art, was such a child. At th age of 7 he wrote verses in rhyme and kept a journal, or diary. This journal was really a record of trips through England that . he .took with his father.- His Interest In the old cathedrals and In the bits of scenery that he saw during these journeys be trayed the tastes that in later years decided his career. . Where Johnny Had Mother. ' Small Johnny had on his best clothes one Sunday and his mamma told him not to play in the dirt with them on. "Don't they have any dirt in heaven to play In?" he asked.' "No, of course not," replied his mother. "Then what do little boys do up; there?'-queried Johnny. "Oh, they play harps and sing ana sit unaer tne beautiful trees," was the reply. "Well," said the little f el W sw SB8 i K 4. si f low,. "I don't see bow they can have trees If there ain't no dirt" , J. Beaele oa an K treed. "Bessie," said a mother to her 4-year- old daughter, "here's 2 cents; run dowt to the drug store on tbe corner and get me a stamped envelope." A few min utes later Bessie entered the store and the proprietor asked: "Well, little girl, what can I do for you?" "If you please, sir," she replied, "my mamma wants free cents wort of stamped antelope," Sorry Preepeet Ahead. Little Katharine (aged 6 years) I don't know yet what I'll be when I grow up ballet .dancer or a cook; but I suppose I'll be just a plain moth- Isn't It pitiful? Puck. .- ; A f bars Bejolnder. Mr. Baldpate (to bashful ' boy) What's the matter, little man? Has the cat got your tongue? Tom Naw, Has she got your t hair? New York Journal. ' IMck's lliatlnctton. 'Ma, I'm at the head of my class." "How's that, Dick?" "Teacher -says I'm the worst of all the bad boys in school." Philadelphia Inquirer. -. EVADED EXCLUSION LAWS. Teaodcra Sinenele, a Chinaman and a Bug of Value, Here to t tar. ' If "handsome Is as handsome does" any picture of the tenodera sinensis should be a truly beautiful thing to gaze on. It is a Chinaman and a bug, and we are so accustomed to consider ing both Chinamen and bugs as ene mies that It Is hard to realize that this recent importation Is of value. It is a mantis and was probably Introduced into Mount Airy (Pa.) society on some plants Imported by Thomas Meehan, the nurseryman..- It first made its ap pearance in 1897 and was for a long time a great enigma to local entomolo gists. A photograph of the single spe cimen then captured was sent to Dr. H. de Saussure, who recognized it as tenodera sinensis, described by him from China. He says: ' " "It is certainly very interesting that this large species has been transported to the United States. I suppose tbe bag of eggs has come over pasted on the leaves or the branches of a Chinese plant. It is curious that It "has sur vived the change of climate, for the tenodera are only from hot countries. It Is a question If the species will stand your winters.- I suppose -there must be many other specimens living in the neighborhood of the place where your specimen was captured. One ought to let them live to see if they'fill multiply.- It Is a useful insect destroying the bad plant insects and "not at all noxious to vegetation. . O- The other day, four years since the above was written, a couple of students from the American Entomological So ciety made a journey to Mount Airy. Three hundred of this giant mantis was found, - showing that, despite adverse prediction, they had successfully sur vived the rigorous winters. . Although they have two pairs of wings the fe males rarely fly. The mantis sits bolt upright with wings folded close to her sides, and. turns her head demurely from side to side, but woe betide the Insect which comes .within range, for the long, powerful forearms, set with sharp spines, will Instantly grasp' and hold him as in a terrible vise. - Then the Innocent looking mantis will grad ually eat him. ' - Certainly some heroic masculine man tis should start a male mantis suffrage society, says the -Philadelphia Record, for not only are the gentler sex the larger, but they are the lords of crea tion, and without any compunction de vour piece by. piece their male help mates. .- . , . ; .. " ; So valuable is the mantis for destroy1 lng noxious Insects that the naturalists brought several away- with them and will carefully observe their .habits, with the view of their more general In troduction throughout the country, al though they -object to being handled and with their sharp claws often bring the blood. . Yet they are entirely harm less to mankind. -. ' : f , AT THE. RUMMAGE SALE. Her Parisian Hat Created an Unex pected Sensation. " "My wife went abroad this last sum mer," said the talkative man,1 "and, so far, the only thing she saw that she has been able to describe was the in terior of the store in Paris where she bought a bonnet that was a dream of undented . beauty, using her words, When she returned she found one , of the Innumerable clubs that she be longs to holding a rummage sale, and she plunged into it with all the enthu siasm that she- is noted for, although I had an impression that the Idea of showing her bonnet direct from Paree, was uppermost In her mind. ' . "She was anxious for me to see the display of old junk that they had col lected, so I walked down with her to the place where the sale was being held. She had promised to act as one of the saleswomen, and much to her regret she found that her new bonnet was In danger of being damaged from the miscellaneous stuff that hung from every conceivable point; so she was obliged to remove It and place it care fully away. She had hardly done this when it was seized by another mem ber of the club, who held it up with a shriek of laughter. " "Who in the world sent this old thing here? she cried. "Why, it is twenty years behind the fashion, and we couldn't get 10 cents for It!,. It-is a shame to take up our valuable space with such stuff as that F - . "My wife didn't find her voice," con tinued the talkative man, according to the Detroit Free Press, "till me got home, and then, as it generally hap pens in a riot the innocent spectator got hurt namely, myself.'' HER HOUR OF TRIUMPH. om icjoicen n nea tat none . nan. - Kicked the Bnanry to Pieces. - Some neighbors and friends of oura had a horse called Alcade, says Horace Yachell in his interesting description of California life; and thereupon he goes on to rejate an Incident in which, the horse played an Important part Alcade was a most resDectable horse. - but like all of us he had his failing; ha wrmlA fltMr Kla tall a V. MtM. So one day my friend, when about to , take his wife out for a drive, tied down Alcade' s tail so tightly and securely that not a wiggle was left In It . Now, It happened that only , that morning my friend's wife had turned on the water water, you must under stand. Is a, very precious article on a ranch In Southern : California and, alas! she had neglected to turn it off. So the water had flowed away; leaving the family tank empty and cracking beneath the ardent rays of the sun. ' , Conceive, If you can, the wrath of a husband condemned by his wife's care lessness to pump many hundreds of gallons of water! You mar be sure that he he waa an Rncrlldhmnn tnlri ' bis unhappy wife that "she had com mitted the unparddnable sin; and she, poor soul, appreciating the magnitude of her offense, held her peace which Is remarkable because she was a daughter of the West ; Perhaps the husband was sorry that ' he had spoken so harshly, and thought that a drive behind a fast trotter would establish happier relations between the two who should be one. Be that as it may, after the drive was over he began w uuucuuGOD nKAUC, Ills W1JLB BUlilUIUgT by and talking to him. ine traces were unnooked, the breeching-straps unbuckled, and then Alcade was commanded to leave the shafts; but Alcade, wise as Balaam's ass, never stirred, for he knew that his tail was still fast to the buggy. There- vf&tu , Biuaiuj IU AUJallc B U1I1U UUttr Alcade. who had doubtless been nurs ing his wrongs all the afternoon, and vraaw nan uio "Ftrui L Uill Lj , US LUc IttW- v, . , .VHW.b,v l.lnl.l i.1 m . ... . . . VrTH NHV Til OnAttT AalldA . HAtollofn1 . Unir-wood." . My- friend's wife watched thl f A1.,n M . A.. 1 4. A , 1 , . i "-". "-i. ".Ml JUlc&CBL, aiiu Wild! 11 was over she turned to her husband and said: , : "My dear, after this I shall turn on : the water and let it run as of ten. and as long as I please." ; . . ; V : - CHILD ARMY CAPTAIN. i Son of Gen. Lawton Held That Rank In ' ... .. Philippines. ' The Kentucky State Guard numbers " among its members the youngest indi- ' vldual that ever d o nned shoulder Rtronct Itl tlin TTnft- ed States army or- who has been un der fire in battle. This person is . Lawton, son of the -late Gen. H. W.-f Xiawxon, wno, ai-. CAPT. LAWT02T (Aged 13). tnouen only 13 VMM nrf la til a Dugier tor tne nrst Dattauon artillery, . Kentucky State Guard. ' ' ', At the age of 11 years this boy was - on the firing line and under Are. He i L A! I t 1 n .1 wem i.u Lilts jruiiiipiutis wiui His lamef and served in various commands until - his father's death In December, 1899. Soon after arriving he was assigned to the Dosltlon of volunteer aide on hid father's staff with the rank of captain. He served faithfully and well, going through the entire campaign, taking part in all the expeditions, and endur ing the same hardships as the others of kilts uuiiiiiraiiu. - cwore Biaruuc on mat 10ns: norm- era expedition with his father to Lu zon, the result of which meant so much. tic hpttmI tnr noma tlmo na nn nlria tn Gen. Fred Grant while the latter was. stationed at Bacor. Of all the relics; uruugui. uhck j.ruui me niiippmes. uuys tne jrniiaaeipnia inquirer, tne 1MI(MT IH'HN IVI IIV I I I 1 1 1 H I U I Till IllTW'Tll I papers showing his assignment and pro motions while serving in the volunteer army of the United States. Speculative Mathematics. Two club-men were discussing the financial affairs of some of their ac quaintances. - : "now tnere s Brown. . He s been he come out?" "Away ahead." ; :J - "ann T novo a wi lorna .. e-ta rta a nan.. bled extensively In oats. Has he made anything?" . - "He hasn't done as well as Brown has. But Thompson you know Thomp son?" ,'.:-" -,':":'y,. , "Yes, I know him." . " "WelL he's worth as much as Brown and Williams put -together." , . : "There you're wrong. I know Thomp son's circumstances exactly. He isn't worth a cent" . . . ; "Just so. Brown is worth two hun dred thousand dollars, and Williams Is two hundred thousand dollars' worse wealth of the two it amount to noth ing, the same as Thompson's. Have you forgotten mathematics?" ' Ah. nf ITlial.r!h,Mi)lairf.riji. ' "Our minister is a splendid man. Ev? erything about him is so good." "Yes, I've noticed that 1'ke many ministers, he even has a good appetite." Philadelphia Bulletin. ' Give any woman time, and she will complain of the condition In which her clothes with real lace on came out of the wash. : v ' If a baby is well-spring of pleastre twins must be a deluge, - . ,