Corvallis gazette., July 18, 1902, Page 4, Image 4

PATTERING FEET.
Something's a-foot; beware, beware!
Something is climbing the bedroom stair,
With here a stumble and there a slip.
Into the passage trip, trip, trip.
Sharp little footfalls queer and quick.
Never a careful step they pick.
Quaintly marking a morning song,
Hurry-scurry they rush along.
Tripping bright on the pasage floor.
Up they come to your bedroom door.
Nerer was music half so sweet
- As the pit-a-pat patter of tiny feet.
Dear little voices, high and clear,
Ring like a bell in the sleeper's ear,
Small hands pluck at his touzled head.
"Daddy, oh. Daddy, get out of bed!"
Keeping the rules it's all a game- -Out
they patter as in they came.
But somehow the song moves rather slow,
As down the passage and off they go.
And it's oh for the years that have
passed away.
And the feet that pattered at break of
day.
Now they are heavily booted feet,
And they tramp and stamp in the busy
street.
And some of them seemed to tire of fun.
Bo they wandered away till they met the
But he sends them sliding along his
beams.
To patter again in your morning dreams.
WHY I RESIGNED.
$aat-t ttt''""fr
)UY did I retire from the
force?"
The speaker was a well-knit.
clean-shaven man, whose face, without
being handsome, revealed the posses
sion by its owner of intelligence and a
sensitive nature. His eyes were frank
ly observant, and his demeanor was
one of alertness and vigor.
"Yes," proceeded ex-Detective Morrl
, son, "I suppose it will ever be a bit of
mystery to my late colleagues of the
Criminal Investigation Department
that I who had confessedly done much
excellent work should have renounced
my career when my prospects were
most promising. "What! Going to re
sign?" exclaimed the Commissioner.
You who largely assisted to secure the
arrest of the authors of the De Mallln
court paste-Jewel frauds, who discov
ered the Hampstead poisoners, and
who successfully traced the Interna
tional banknote forgers to their den?'
"It certainly did seem strange, and I
dared not explain. Are you listening?
Well, what mystified Scotland Yard
shall be made clear to you.
"Early In life I became enamoured
of the idea of a detective's career. I
was eternally picturing myself as an
avenging Instrument of outraged Jus
tice, rescuing Innocent beauty from the
grasp of remorseless scoundrellsm, win
ning the plaudits of the world and the
smile of virtue you know the kind of
thing that springs from the Imagination
of sensitive youth.
"My sister and myself had been left
orphans. We had been given into the
custody of a half-brother of uiy fath
er's, as good and generous a fellow as
ever lived, considerate as a father, and
naturally less exacting in checking any
of our original sins. He had a daugh
ter, Ethel; and it was Ethel, sweet
Ethel" here the narrator made an emo
tional pause "who unconsciously
weaved herself into all my imaginary
acts of heroism.
"I lived the ordinary life of a young
man, helping my uucle in his business
and taking part in no more escapades
than do most fellows of twenty. I
wasn't what's termed a mollycoddle
not at all; but the mere presence of
Ethel and my sister Rose was a re
straint upon any extravagant foolish
ness. "They were a strange contrast in ap
pearance. Rose was as dark as any
Egyptian, with heavily-arched brows,
eyes that sparkled with vitality, hair
that nestled low upon the forehead;
she was impetuous, eager, a child of
Impulse. Ethel was as fair as the
moruiug sun a clinging, easlly-uioved,
trusting maid who seemed to lean for
support on Rose.
"Hose was my elder, and she lavished
a passionate affection upon me. Ethel
apparently reflected it in a less vehe
ment and in a more regulated manner.
"When I quitted Northington to join
the force I little thought that Uose's
passion must have another outlet, and
that in its turbulence it might over
whelm my darling Ethel, now secretly
half-plighted to me.
" 'Yes, Morrison,' said my chief,
'these are the cutest and cleverest
frauds we have had to deal with for
some time. The notes are so accurate
ly executed as to deceive even the
smartest of bank-clerks. Of course a
thorough expert, If he were to examine
them closely, would detect a variation
In the water-mark and In the typo
graphical peculiarities of a genuine
note; but that variation is soslightthat
even he might be deceived. By the
way, not a few of these notes have been
In circulation at your native place,
Northlngton. However you have got
charge of the case.
"My heart leaped at the thought of
Northlngton. My sister Rose had been
suddenly married to a gentleman whom
I had never seen, but whose name did
not impress me. It was Hubert Feath
erstone Maltland. I had not been able
to attend the wedding because I was in
Paris Inquiring Into the De Mallincourt
frauds. Rose was wildly enthusiastic
about her husband; she rhapsodised
over his goodness, generosity, affection
for her, and his unvarying devotion.
How bad she met him? He was stay
ing at the county hotel and so Ingra
tiated himself with some of the towns
men that he got invited to the annual
bachelors' ball Within five months he
and Rose were married. Didn't I know
something about his family? Well.
Kose wrote enthusiastically about his
brother, Hugh Featherstone Maltland.
and somehow I began to fear for Ethel.
"I did not go to Northlngton, for on
arriving at my lodgings, after the In
terview with the chief. I had a wire
from Rose or rather from Mrs. Mait
laml covin that I tuisrht ptiwt n
from her at any moment She was then j
ATHLETIC CONTEST
Here ia a good game for an evening party. Let a line be drawn across a
certain portion of the room and then let -the men stand thereon and try which
of them can draw the longest line with a piece of chalk without moving his
feet. They must assume the attitude shown in the picture, namely, they must
keep the left hand on or beside the knee and must only use the right hand. This
seems an easy thing to do, but let anyone try it and he will soon find out that
it is extremely difficult.
in London. Besides, news bad come
of these notes having been given an in
creased circulation at several West
End establishments. Rose's wire gave
no address. It was a bald note an
nouncing her arrival, and was dispatch
ed from Charing Cross.
"I was in Bond street, where as yet
the forger had not commenced his dep
redations. I was persuaded that -he
would not relinquish so happy a hunting-ground,
but was moody over my
non-success.
"'Don't forget I shall want some
change!'
"These words fell on my ears. They
had been uttered by a well-dressed.
handsome man, who was just getting
into a cab from which a lady had only
a second before alighted. He drove
away, and the lady entered a jeweler's
shop.
"I always act upon Impulse. I was
attired in fashionable clothes, and I too
went into the shop. The lady bought a
pair of links for her husband and gave
a ten-pound note in exchange. She re
ceived seven pounds twelve shillings
from the cashier. I had completed my
Inquiries as to the price of a hunter-
watch which I did not want. When she
left her close jreil had never been
raised her very movement was remin
iscent. Who could she be? I saw her
enter another shop eight or nine doors
away. I returned to the jeweler's,
called the manager, showed my author
ity, and asked to see the note. Twas
certainly unable to discover any flaw
in it, but was not convinced of its gen
uineness. "In another minute I was standing
outside the second shop which the lady
had entered. I dared not gaze too in
tently at her as she left. However, by
lounging near the cab I was able to
learn the address she gave the cabman.
It was 61 Overchurch Mansions one f
the best-known suites of maisonettes in
the West End.
"I followed her closely In another cab.
She had not entered the mansion ten
seconds before I had resolved to make
some inquiries at the office on the
ground floor.
"She was actually leaving the office
as I approached. 'Yes,' I heard an
obsequious clerk say, as she entered the
lift, I can assure you that to-morrow
a man shall come and see what is Jie
matter with your gas service. We can
not understand it. '
"The lady still left an impression on
my mind an impression that her form
and manner were not new. I impera
tively dismissed the notion from my
mind, for I had now a scheme in view.
I hurried back to the jeweler's; he had
in the meantime taken the note to tue
bank. After very careful examination
the expert had come to the conclusion
that it was a flash note. I went to the
other shop a similar note had been
passed there. The manager laughed to
scorn the idea that it was not a genuine
one.
"The housemaid at CI Overchurch
Mansions was in a very unpleasant
mood.
" ' 'Ere's the missus says as 'oy you
wasn't comiu' till to-morrer! It's most
u jgravaun : au master s oriugi -g
some friends to dinner, and the missus'
cousin is a-coming with er fiancey! Of
course, what do it matter to you?'
"However, she had to put up with the
presence of the workman he assured
her that he had been sent by the ex
press instructions of her mistress to at
tend to the gas.
"The leakage was in a pretty little
dining-room. It was only divided by -i
thin partition from another room in
which two persons were talking.
" 'Ah, pauvre petite, you are tired!
Never mind now why I want so many
notes changed and never allow you to
spend gold and silver! Remember our
dinner party to-night r
"This was said in a low, soothing
voice the voice of a man born to cozen
women. The workman was listening
intently.
" 'Well, well, dear!' the man went on.
'Don't you know that on the continent
we can't change notes easily? Why,
what a time we shall havei We shall
have to play the roles of an old staid
couple in the presence of the bride and
bridegroom 1'
" 'Whew!' whistled the workman 'a
marriage!
" 'Reely, now, said the supercilious
housemaid to him a minute later 'you
cahn't finish the job to-night, eh? You
must go and get some piping? Well, of
all the haggravating creetures '
"And the angry little cockney shut
the door with a clang.
" 'Tell the guv'nor we want to see
him!' said the Inspector, in a quiet as
suring tone, to the housemaid at No. 01.
'We sha'n't keep him a second.
"We had followed the girl to the dining-room.
The handsome man whom I
had seen in the cab stood before us.
framed by the doorway.
' 'I arrest you.' said the Inspector, 'on
suspicion of having passed a number
of forged notes on the Bank of Eng
land r
"There was an exclamation from ihe
inner room followed by a scuffling
noise. Evidently a confederate was
about to bolt I bounded into the room,
followed a retreating form into a sec
ond apartment, and caught him as he
rushed into the passage leading to the
lift
FOR PARLOR FROLIC.
"I brought him to the Inspector. A
woman confronted me like a pythoness.
'"You liar and blackguard. Richard
Morrison! That man never circulated
forged notes! He is my husband an
honorable gentleman! . If notes were
passed, I passed them!
""Good heavens! The author of this
self-accusation was my sister Rose!
' 'Oh, Richard, wailed a woman ' at
my feet 'don't hurt him don't kill me!
Let Hugh come with me! We were to
be married the day after to-morrow!
"I staggered back. This was Ethel
my Ethel! The man I, had caught was
Hugh Maitland. He was to. have been
her husband.
"They were two of the greatest scoun
drels, sir, who ever played upon the
credulity of women. They are now ex
piating their crime in -Portland."
"And what of Rose and Ethel? Prov
idence only knows. I am an outcast
from their affection a traitor, the min
er of their happiness, the- man who has
wrecked the careers of two heroes. Do
you wonder, sir, that crime investiga
tion has no longer any romance for
me?' Family Herald.
CYCLONE CELLARS.
Means of Protection Against Storms
by People in the West.
The cyclone is by far the worst form
of disaster that visits this country,
coming at unexpected times and deal
ing death and destruction in such wide
spread manner.
When the summer days bring waves
of heat across the stretches of hot sod,
then the residents of the prairie west
begin to cast their eyes to the wind
ward. They are watching the forma
tion of the clouds, and he who could not
distinguish a -cyclone bank from any
other Is indeed a tenderfoot Then the
cry of warning is carried across the
plains, and the members of every fam
ily make for their cyclone cellars. These
cellars differ in various communities.
OKLAHOMA CYCLONE CELLAR.
The popular cyclone cellar on the plains
( of western Kansas, where cyclones a
few years ago were almost a daily oc
; currence, are ordinary sod houses, built
low and strong.
In the Russian communities of Kan
, sas these cyclone houses serve as the
family residence the year around. They
are about seven feet high and built ex
ceptionally strong. The roofs are slant
ing, and the houses are set to the wind
that is, the ends are faced toward the
east and west.
In Oklahoma every farmhouse is
backed up by a cave, a hole dug lto
J the ground and covered by an earthen
root, some tarmers nave gone so ar
in protecting themselves ' against cy
clones that they have a small cannon
loaded with salt and buckshot, which is
fired Into the whirling clouds as they
approach. This has been known to turn
the course of a storm. It is common
event to dismiss school on the plains of
Oklahoma when a bank of clouds be
gins to arise in the southwest These
wind and rainstorms are becoming
more uncommon every day, and It is
believed that the planting of trees and
settlement of barren sod has had much
to do w ith it
Sailor's Curious Pets.
It has been said of the jackie sailor
boy that he is so passionately fond of
pets he must have something to love
If it Is "only a cockroach In a 'baccy
box." This statement was founded on
fact, for one of the most remarkable
pets of an English ship was a mon
strous cockroach. He was four inches
long and one Inch broad.
One of the sailors had tamed him
and built for him a cage with a little
kennel In the corner of it This Insect
prodigy learned to recognize his mas
ter's voice, and when he heard him
call would hurry out from his kennel
in response.
Among other odd pets that have been
beloved by English sailors was a seal,
who had a tank residence on board
and a daily round of pleasure and
duty; his pleasure seven meals a day,
his duty a bath after each meat An
other was a deer who would take a
quid of tobacco with so much delight
that the fellow feeling aroused by his
appreciative taste made him a general
favorite.
Two Sides of a Story.
Homer When you were in Paris did
you find it difficult to speak French?
Travers Oh, no, I had no trouble in
speaking it The difficult part was in
getting the jabbering idots to under
stand it.
Sewerage in Mexico.
By the end of this year the capital of
Mexico will have a sewerage system
covering the whole city.
The course of true love never runs
smooth, and in after years the bachelor
is often glad of it
HOW TO AVOID BALDNESS.
Do Not Wear Your Hat Too Tihr
" - Over Tour Temples.
The writer of this squib has much
hair on bis head. As a young man it
was black as a crow's wing, curly, the
envv of rivals and the despair of imi
tators; as a , middle-aged man. iron
gray, thick, luxuriant with no disposi
tion to grow less. How does it hapten
that this one Individual is singled put
from all the rest to be the possessor of
so much hair? Has it been the use of
hair tonics? Is it the result of frequent
indulgences In shampoos by the bar
ber? ; Has he been spending money for
some famous hair restorer? Nothing of
the sort. . None of these things .has hap?
epend.-i.lt has been brought ' about
-neither by wise management nor hered
ity. This Is the way it happened: The
head upon which this luxuriant hair
grows is of long diameter frcm befora
backwards, but of short diameter from
side to side. - That is to say a long, thin
head, with rather hollow temples. This
makes it impossible for him to buy a
hat that fits tightly to his hea,d. His
head being so long, he is obliged to buy
a 7, which is always too wide for his
thin head. He has probably neverworn
a hat in his life that fit tightly over, the
temples. --
WelL what has all this to do with lux
uriant hair? It has much to do with
it The temporal arteries that supply
the scalp with blood run up the side of
the temples. The average person wears
a hat that fits tightly over the temples. ( Magazine draws the story of, an ob
This constriction of toe arteries and gCure neero seaman whose brave deed
veins that supply the circulation of the
blood and the pressure of the hat upon
these blood vessels cut off in part the
circulation of the blood to the scalp.
This makes ihe hair unhealthy and in
clined to drop, out Bald-beadedness
comes on prematurely. But In case of
the long-headed person we are describ
ing, no hat could be found that would
fit tightly across the temples.
It was no wisdom of his that preserv
ed his hair, but merely the accidental
shape of his head. He has always been
obliged to wear a hat that touched the
forehead and back of the head, but did
not toucn tne smes or nis neaa. xnis
left the circulation of the blood free to
the scalp. - Hence the bristling, rugged.
healthy mop of hair on his head. Each
hair stays in Its place with the tenacity
of a pine stump. A pound weight would
not be sufficient to pull out a single
hair.
Now, If there is any lesson to be
learned from all this, it is simply to
avoid wearing anything on the head
that .presses the temples. This is prob
ably the reason that women have a bet
ter growth of hair. It Is rare indeed
to see a bald-headed woman. It Is very
common to see a bald-headed man.
Women's hats are worn as ornaments
rather than for protection. They rare
ly touch the head at all. Men wear hats
tightly clasped about the head, inter
fering with the circulation of the scalp.
This is why they are bald. They ought
to be bald if they don't know any bet
ter. Doubtless they will continue to be
bald in spite of this article or anything
else that can be written. Round-headed
men are bound to become bald-headed.
simply because their hats hug tightly
to their heads. Medical Talk.
My Friends and I.
My little low room is five flights high,
And some might think that its walls
are bare;.
But sweet communion my friends and I
Have often held in the silence there;
Noble, exalted, they come to me
Fair as they were in the earth s first
bloom.
Whispering hope for the time to be,
These are my friends in the little low
room.
Shakspeare of Stratford, Bacon, Car-
lyle,
Emerson dreaming his long, long dream,
Dickens with sighs that are lost in a
smile,
Milton unblinded the gods for his
theme;
Goldsmith, weary no more nor lone,
Chatterton, safe though the storm rides
high;
Byron unto his heritage grown
Royal companionship here have I.
Homer, singing the song of strife;
Virgil, at rest by a sun-kissed shore;
Longfellow, chanting the "Psalm of
Life,"
Poe, who will leave me ah, never
more!
Gentle Hawthorne of Salem town;
Whittier, thrilling the heart of the
free
One and all from my shelves look down,
Step to my side and talk to me.
Kings in. your palaces, here is more
Here, in faith, in a little low room
Than regal state and golden store,
The crowd's mad clamor, the cannon a
boom.
Shades of the mighty come to me,
Sit and chat as the hours go by,
Prophesy things that the soul shall see
And so we are happy, my friends and I.
Success.
As His Child Saw Him.
A prominent real estate man in Los
Angeles had an experience a few even
ings ago that kept him guessing for a
little bit as to whether he should feel
complimented or otherwise. He was
at home with one little daughter while
his wife and another of the children
were downtown. Darkness was com
ing, on and the little girl was anxiously
watching for her mother's return. Her
nervousness grew apace, in spite of the
father's attempts at reassurance. At
length the little one burst into tears,
saying:
"I just can't help it! I need mamma,
and I must have her!"
"Do you do this way when ypur
mamma is here and I'm away?" asked
the father.
"No, of course not" replied the little
one. " 'Cause then there's some grown
up person about the house." Los An
geles Herald.
Knee-Deep in Kansas.
Eugene F. Ware, the new commis
sioner of pensions, who, over the name
of "Ironquill," long ago established his
reputation as a wit and writer of verse,
has been much interested for years in
the condition of roads in his adopted
State of Kansas.
Recently R. W. Richardson, secretary
of the National Good Roads Associa
tion, who is preparing to take a good
roads construction train across the con
tinent said to Mr. Ware:
"How do the farmers in Kansas
stand on the road question?"
"Up to their knees," was the reply.
Philadelphia Post -
CRATER OF LA SOU
4
J, V
' This view of the crater of Mount
Soufriere, . St " Vincent Island, was
made from a photograph taken with a
panoramic camera, two weeks before
DEED OF WILSON M'FIELD."
He Sayed Two Lives by His Bravery
and. Perseverance.
From the records of the Royal Hu
mane Society a writer -in McClure's
was discovered and honored by two of
.the great nations of the earth. One
tropical night the schoofler Dolphin
rested almost motionless off the Cay
man rocks In Nicaragua. Crew and
passengers, some twenty In all, were
asleep about the deck, for it was too
hot to go below. Then came such a
squall as comes only in those southern
seas. The sails, all set, furnished am
pie leverage. Within ten seconds the
Dolphin was bottom up, her passengers
and crew struggling in the water.
Wilson McField, a negro and a sub-
; ject of Great Britain, was the first
to come to the surface. All his twenty-
seven years of life he had known these
waters, and he swam like a fish. He
soon succeeded in climbing upon the
bottom of the vessel. Then he shouted
to the others, and one by one pulled
up five of the crew.
Fortunately the squall was soon over,
although the sea was high. After they
had drifted two hours the men heard
strange sounds like pounding within
the vessel. Some thought they heard
voices. The more superstitious were
afraid. The night dragged on, and by
daylight the sounds had grown faint
er. The crew concluded that men.were
imprisoned within the boat, but none
could devise a way to save them. Then
the negro proposed to dive under and
Into the ship. They assured him he
would never get out again; but carry
ing between his teeth one end of a rope
that had been dragging from the ves
sel, McField dived, passed under the
gunwale and rose in the hatch.
It was pitch dark, and the interior
of the vessel was full of the floating
cargo, but he kept on steadily. Finally,
concluding that he had reached the
cabin, he rose, and in an Instant bis
head was above water. Yet so foul
was the aid, and so narrow the space
between the water and the ship's bot
tom, that he could hardly breathe. He
could see no one, but he heard the
knocking again, and called out. Then
came voices, faint but familiar.
Swimming in - the direction of the
sound, he found two men braced
against the cabin sides and holding
their heads above water. One was a
young rubber cutter, named Mallitz,
the other a native Spanish-Xiearaguan,
called Obando. Both were panic
stricken, and McField was obliged to
threaten them with instant deatli if
they did not obey him; He fastened
the rope round Mallitz, and gave the
signal to pull. McField dived into the
water along with his man. In his fright
Mallitz entangled himself in the hatch
way, and precious time was lost in free
ing him. When they reached the sur
face Mallitz was unconscious, and Mc
Field more dead than alive.
They pulled Mallitz aboard, but Mc
Field would not follow. As soon as the
rope was free he took It in his teetli
and went under, found the hatch and
entered the cabin. Obando was almost
uncontrollable with fear and exhaus
tion, but McField finally secured him
with the rope, and gave the signal to
pull up. This time the trip was made
without accident, and both men were
drawn on board. All the men were
saved.
The United States government
awarded McField a medal and fifty
dollars in gold, and the Royal Humane
Society of Great Britain gave him a
silver medal.
DOMESTICS IN AFRICA.
Most Work Done by Kaffir Boys Who
Take "White" Names.
An amusing picture of domestic con
ditions In South Africa Is given by Mrs.
Blow in an article in the New York
Tribune. Mrs. Blow's husband was
manager of a mine in South Africa, and
both husband and wife lived there for
several years. In recalling the domes
tic problem as it exists in that region,
she says:
Most of the work is done by Kaffirs,
who, like the Southern negroes in slav
ery times, are called "boys," no mat
ter what their age may be. .
When the Kaffir boys come from the
kraals no one ever uses their native
names. As soon as they are brought
into contact with the whites they take
a "white" name. This produces re
sults which are not lacking in elements
of humor.
Among the house boys "Knife,"
"Fork" and "Spoon" were common
names. "Table," "Chair," "Carriage,"
"Watch" and "Matchbox" were other
names that I had in the house at va
rious times. One of my house boys
took the utilitarian name of "Ham and
Eggs."
The Kaffirs are very fond of riee,
when they learn to eat it among the
whites, and our stable boy thought he
had found the finest name in the world
In "Rice." But the Kaffirs have the
same difficulty as the Chinese in pro
nouncing the letter "r," and so poor
Rice always called himself "Lice."
The Kaffirs are the cleanest people
in the world in some respects. Theyj
FR I ERE, ST. VINCENT.
the eruption, by a correspondent of the
New York Herald. The crater is one
of the most remarkable in the world.
It is three miles in circumference and
has walls 1,000 feet high.
are always scrubbing themselves in
hot water and anointing themselves
with oil afterward, but the habit does
not extend to their clothes. They will
take an elaborate bath, and then put
on clothes that never saw the wash
tub.
Our home was a -typical one of the
upper class, a great one-story bung
alow, seventy-five feet long, built of
brick, covered with the inevitable
white corrugated Iron, and with a ve
randa twenty feet deep. It was seven
nunarea leet above the entrance to
the mine, and the hills all about were
cut. into great terraces, which were
planted with magnificent tropical
plants. I had two hundred banana
trees, besides oranges and lemons.
guavas and pineapples, strawberries,
peaches, all kinds of vegetables and
the most beautiful flowers. We even
had tea-plants in the garden. We rais
ed the finest lemons I ever saw; all we
could possibly use, and barrels and bar
rels for the hospital.
An Idea of-the enormous supply ot
native labor may be had from the fact
that every foot of this great terraced
garden was made of earth carried up
the mountain on the backs of Kaffirs,
and the Irrigation, without which noth
ing could grow, was accomplished by
watering pots In the hands of Kaffir
boys.
PLOTS AGAINST LOUIS PHILIPPE.
Several Attempts Upon the Life of the
Kins of the French.
Louis Philippe, king of the French,
after experiencing several minor at
tempts on his life, was nearly murder
ed July 28, 1835. The day was one of
the three appointed to commemorate
the revolution of 1830. The king was,
with three of his sons, taking part in
a procession, and while riding along
the boulevards a violent explosion is
sued from a window overlooking the
line of route. Happily, the king himself
and the princes escaped uninjured.
though fourteen persons were killed
outright and forty others wounded. On
investigation the discharge was discov
ered to have come from a machine con
structed of twenty-four musket bar
rels, laid horizontally on a single frame
and so adjusted as to be raised or low
ered according to the angle required.
says the Gentleman's Magazine. The
touchholes communicated by means of
a train of gunpowder, and consequent
ly all the barrels could be discharged
simultaoneously. The window behind
which this deadly contrivance was
placed stood open, but Persian blinds.
not opened until the moment of dis
charge, screened it from the public
gaze. It Is probable that owing to
some delay in removing the blinds, the
life of Louis Philippe was saved. He
had hardly passed when the explosion
occurred, actually wounding the horse
he rode. The man who was guilty of
the outrage, a Corsican named Fieschi,
was seized and subsequently guillo
tined. Three more attempts were made
on the life of the same monarch. One
by the discharge of a walking-stick gun
into his carriage .Tune 25, 1836; an
other, at Fontainebleau, in April, 1846;
while the third and final act of the
kind may be recorded as having hap
pened when the king was standing on
the balcony of the Tuileries one da;- in
June, 1846.
Haitian Honesty.
Haiti Is the only country in the world
"where black rules white." Although
the present republic is not successful
because so large a portion of the citi
zens are lazy and uneducated, yet the
people have many good qualities which,
according to Hesketh Pritchard, show
themselves in unexpected and contra
dictory ways.
One of the things that strike one most
is that Haiti is a country of extremes
and contrasts. Logic is aiways at fault.
A Haiti's honesty is like a Haitian's
mind; it is apt to surprise you round
odd corners.
For exampleTHnndreds of thousands
of Haitian dollars pass annually along
the lonely track between Jacmel and
Port au Prince. The men who bear
them are low-class Haitians; ragged,
uncouth, uneducated, wild and untutor
ed. Yet only once have the dollars
failed to arrive. I have heard it said
that ten dollars might tempt the Hai
tian's cupidity, but ten thousand awes
him into immaculate honesty.
During the last thirty years uncount
ed couriers have made the desolate
journey over the mountain passes, each
with his load of wealth, and there is
only this one instance known of the be
trayal of trust. A fine record!
English Cattle Imports.
The United States sent to England
405,703 head of cattle in 190155,494
more than in the previous year; while
Canada, with 88,211, cent 16,628 fewer
thaix In 1900.
What has become of the old-fashion
ed boy who expected everything in the
circus that he saw on the bills?
Probably the most important things
in the world are those that never. hap
pen. When a man drinks like a fis he
doesn't talc kindly to water.
WAS HAND OP PROVIDENCE.
He Mlaaed the Exploatont but last
Bar It Was for the Beat.
"I was never an atheist" said a
northern Michigander who was loafing
about a Detroit hotel the other day.
"bat it used to make me smile to hear
people tell about Providence doing this
or that I'll tell yon why I quit smil
ing. ' . ,
"I had an interest in an oil well in
Pennsylvania, and one morning I
planned to get up at an early hour and
ride across country for eight miles with ,
a teamster. I was up at the hour
named, but found that the fellow had
started off fifteen minutes ahead of the
time, set My only recourse was to hire
a buckboard, and while a man was
looking around for me and I was eat
ing breakfast there came a rumble and
a crash, and I fled from the hotel, be
lieving that an earthquake was on.
"Others thought so, too, but in the
course of half an hour we got word
that 400 pounds of nitroglycerin which
was being hauled over the hill on a
wagon had exploded. More than that.
It was the same wagon I had missed
getting a ride on. I went out with
others to view the spot or rather the
hole. What they found of driver, horses
and wagon you could have loaded on a
wheelbarrow. The hole made In the
highway was forty feet long, thirty
wide and twenty deep, and men, horses
and cattle for half a mile around were
knocked silly."
"And you laid your escape to Provi
dence, of course?" was asked.
"WelL I'm not exactly sure about
that" was the reply, according to the
Detroit Free Press. "I told you I ceased
to smile after that when anything was
mentioned about Providence, but I was
never quite satisfied that a mistake
wasn't made."
"What sort of a mistake?"
"Why, it wasn't three days after that
when our well played out, the com
pany went into bankruptcy and I've
hardly been able to raise enough to pay
my street-car fare since. Sometimes it
seems to me that Providence stepped
in to save my life, and again it seems
as If she missed me on the explosion
and dropped the bottom out of that
well to get even. It's about an even
thing, I guess, but if you've got an-.
other cigar about you it'll tip the scale
a little bit in favor of Providence and
help me to believe that I was saved for
some useful purpose."
SARAH'S SHOES.
Lady Fresented Them Without Hurt
iag Girl's Feelings.
Mrs. Anna Lyman, wife of Judge
Joseph Lyman, was a fine type of the
New England woman of fifty years
ago. As wife of a judge she was call
ed upon to do much entertaining, and
her parties were famous in Northamp
ton. Her daughter, Susan Lesley, in
her memoirs of Mrs. Lyman, writes
that no one ever declined going to Mrs.
Lyman's parties.
One day, as she was preparing for
an evening entertainment, she happen
ed to look out of the window and saw
a young girl, whom she liked for bet
talents and good heart, but who, from
poverty, was not always able to go out
Into society.
"O Sarah," called Mrs. Lyman, "I am
going to have a party this evening, and
all the judges are to be here! I want
you to come, my dear."
"O Mrs. Lyman," said the girl, look
ing sadly down at her feet, "I 'wish I
rould. But I can't, for my shoes are
all out at the toes, and this is my only
pair."
"WelL Sarah," said Mrs. Lyman,
brightly, "at least you'll help me get
ready for my party."
"Oh, yes," replied the girl, quickly;
and she helped to good advantage, with
willing hands and good taste. When
the work was . done Mrs. Lyman ac
companied her home, holding her at
tention with cheerful talk.
Somehow, the girl hardly knew how.
they were presently In the best shoe
Bhop in the village, and when they left,
Sarah had a beautiful pair of bronze
shoes, and ran gaily home to dress for
the party.
Their Last Words.
Mr. Rhodes was not given to high-
flown talk and I. suspect the story of
his "last words" is a fiction. Sydney
Smith observed that it seems a neces
sity that every distinguished man
should die "with some sonorous and
quotably saying in his mouth."
Mr. Pitt was supposed to have ex
pired exclaiming, "How do I leave my
country?" It was afterward estab
lished on conclusive evidence that his
real last words were : "I fancy I Could
eat one of Bellamy's meat pies." Mr.
Fox was credited with some becoming
observation about public affairs, where
as his last words conveyed a requisite
for barley water. Sir Robert Peel was
stated to have died after an ejaculation
about the blessings of cheap bread. In
reality, he awoke for a few minutes,
after several hours of sleep, said "God
bless you all," and died. Lord Beacons
field was reported to have exclaimed,
Any news in the Gazette?" with his
last breath, whereas he muttered, "I
feel overwhelmed." London Truth.
Women Copying Men's Fashions.
Do women imitate men's fashions, or
do men appropriate the ideas of the
fair sex? Our opinion is that in the
vast majority of cases It is the women
who copy the men. For some time past
the Englishman's ideal of style in cloth
ing has been the - easy-fitting waists
and the emphasizing of height. Ladies
have now adopted the same idea the
tall, straight figure, without form or
shape. London Tailor and Cutter.
Mineral Waters for Senators.
United States Senators are supplied
with bottled mineral waters at govern
ment expense. Nearly every commlt-
tee-room has something like a bar at
tachment It is usually in one corner,
behind a screen and next to the wash
bowl. The bottles of fizz water are
supplied by colored messengers, who
bring them in buckets of ice, like cham
pagne. The excuse for the. expense is
the poor quality of the Potomac water.
when vou meet a woman on th
ctrwt at anv time of the dav. month
or year, it is safe to bet that she is
either going to, or coming rrom, a
dressmaker's.
Few critics ever get what they are
entitled to in this busy world.