OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
STATE TREASURY FLOURISHES,
Increase in Taxes and License Money
Indicates Prosperity.
Salem If the business done by the
departments of the state government
and the reports of those departments
may be considered, as barometers of the
general prosperity of the state, then
the state at largo is in a very flourish
ing condition. Chief Clerk F.
Lovell, of the secretary of state's of
fice, states that in some divisions the
work of that department has increased
over 50 per cent in the past year. After
deducting insurance foes, which have
been paid to the insurance cominis
sioner since March 1, the secretary of
state's ollice nas paid into the treasury
irom October 1, iyus, to September 30
1909, fees amounting to $03,334.58, as
compared to $03,002.00 from October 1
1907, to September 1. 1908.
Automobilo licenses issued for the
first six months of 1909 reached the
total of 1004, as compared to 643 for
the same period in the preceding year.
Cash statement of the state treasurer
for tho nine months ending Soptcmber
do, lWID, shows a larger balance in the
common school fund than over before
in the hiBtory of the Btate. The first
mortgage loans now amount to $4,534,
434.02; school district bonds, $186,825;
cerRficatos of sale of state landB, $548,'
586.02; a total irreducible school fund
of $5,209,845.64. Tho agricultural col
logo fund amounts to $189,819.03, and
tho university fund to $95,136.75, a
total educational fund of more than
$5,500,000. Thero was an increase of
first mortgage loans during September
or auout $:h,ooo.
The treasurer's cash summary shows
cash on hana January 1, 1909, $892,'
147.44; rocoipts, $2,392,514.30; trans
fers, $34,874.35; disbursements, $2,657,
482.73; cash on hand, September 30,
iuoy, wt,i-iv.UTt otul, $3,319,530.15.
FISH MONOPOLY BROKEN.
Interests of Late B. D. Hume to Be
Sold at Public Sale.
Marshfiold The monopoly of tho fish
ing rights hold for so many years by
tho interests of the late R. D. Hume
will soon be broken, as the entire es
tato is to bo sold at private sale this
month. After Mr. Hume's death the
fisheries and cannory were-closed, but
wore oponod for a short time this fall.
On account of the approachini? sale, the
flsherios were closed after 400 cases of
cannod salmon had been Bhipped. Since
they wore closod, the Union Fisheries
company is said to have made a haul
with soinoB which netted 1800 fish.
The gasoline schooner Oerald 0.,
wmcii was lormony ownea by the llume
estate, has boon sold, and has made her
last trip to Eoguo river. She will be
taken to Astoria.
For over 30 years R. D. Hume con
trolled the fishing rights, owning both
sidos of the river for 12 milos up from
the bar. llo had his own fish hatcherv
and canning plant, and made a fortune
out of tho business. Tho people in the
Kogue river vnlloy assert that it is the
nn est nslung stream in the country,
Squatters Make Filings.
Marshfiold About 40 men have filed
homestead claims In townships 24 and
25, range 9. It was unsurvoyed land,
the survey of which has boon accepted,
and thoso who filed wore parsons who
had squatted on the land some years
ago. Thore was littlo opportunity for
new Homesteaders, for the reason thnt
scrip has boon plnrod on all of the land
by the Northern Pacific and other largo
interests, in oho who Bled for home
steads cloim thnt they have a squat
tor's right, and some declare thev will
take the cases to court to defend their
claims.
Bend Sends Exhibit.
Bond A woll -assorted exhibit of the
dry-farming products of the Bond eoun
try has boen dispatched to the forth
coming dry-farming congress at Bill
ings, Mont. The samples of the local
irngatlonloss productions are entered
in the congress by the Bond board of
trade, with whom John I. Springer,
freight and passenger agent of the
Great Northorn railroad, arranged for
me nispiay. Tins is the first official
publicity work done by tho Hill Inter
ests in Oregon,
Boseburg Signs Contract
Rosoburg AH members of the Hose.
burg committee signed the contract for
construction of the Koaoburg-to-Coos
Bay electric railroad. Messrs. Kuettner
and Haas, of Portland, with whom the
contract is made, will build the line.
They are expected here in a few Says,
and will then post a bond In the sum
of $100,000 for construction of the road
within two years. Surveyors will be
put into the Sold at once.
Debate Toplo Is Chosen.
University of Oregon, Eugene With
Superintendent A. M. Sanders, of Al
bany, president, and Professor E. E.
IWou, of the mathematical department
of the University of Oregon, secretary,
he Oregon High School Debating league
starts on a prosperous year. The league
now contains practically every four
year high school in the state.
Albany One of the biggest ship
ments of sheep ever made from the
Willamette valley was loaded at the
Albany depot, Approximately 8500
sheen were loaded, and the shipment
filled 24 single-dock ears. A special
train will earry the sheep to Portland.
The animals were collected in Linn and
Benton counties by W. D. Brown, of
Corvallls.
Large Land Tract Bold.
Oregon City H. A. and J. L. Kruse
have sold 140 acres of land near Wll
sonville to Ocorge McBride, ton of
Supreme Court Justice McBride, who
will plat the property Into five-acre
tracts. The price wm $123 per acre.
WORK ON CEMENT PLANT.
Big Enterprise at Oswego Will Soon Be
Under Way.
Portland. Advices have just reached
Portland from S. B. Newberry, the emi
nent cement expert, that samples of
raw material from which tho Portland
Cement company will manufacture co
ment at its plant at Oswego have stood
a tensile strength of 630 pounds when
only seven days old. At tho ago of 28
days, the same product has tested 780
pounds. An inch cube briquette, con
sisting of one-fourth cement and three
fourths sand, tested 280 pounds in
seven days and 392 pounds in four
weeks. These tests are regarded re
markable, from the fact that no cement
in the world, not excepting the foreign
manufactured product, will excel this
record. The same samples also with
stood the steam boiling test, which is
tne most severe test that can be made.
The Portland Cement company, which
consists of Portland, Salt Lake. Osden
and Los Angeles capitalists, next month
wm oegin tne construction of its 1500
barrel plant at Oswego. It is expected
that the plant will be completed and in
operation in about fifteen months. Its
cost, completed, will bo approximately
1,000,000. '
Bank Issues Paper Money.
Eugene. The First National bank nf
Eugene will soon put into circulation
$33,000 worth of its bank notes in $5
denomination. On account of the in
flux of Eastern people hero, who have
been in the habit of handling paper
money, and who prefer it to the gold,
me uuuk nas pianneu to moot the de-
mand. The exchango Tonuires the sis-
nature of T. (i Trnnrlrinlra
and P. E. Snodgrass, cnBhier of the
bunk, to each note, and tho bankers
are now busy with the 6000 signatures
that they must make before tho notes
can be put anto circulation.
Bourne Promises Aid.
Oregon City United States Sonator
Jonathan Bourne was the guest here of
the Commercial club at a smoker that
was attondod by all the prominent busi
ness and professional mon of the city.
Ihe affair was very informal. Senator
Bourne promised to do what he could
to brinir ahnnt 1
such as tho removal of the rapids at the'
moutn or uiacKnmns river and tho con
struction of a fodoral building at Ore
gon uy.
Y. M. C. A. Forma in High School
Eugene A Younsr Men'a Christian
Association has been organized at the
Eugene high school. The officers of
the new organization are: Francis
roran, president: Harold Younir. vice
president ; Ernest Scott, secretary
Charles Hard, treasurer: ErneBt Arm
strong, editor.
National Bank for Bandon.
Washington Tho application nf .T
W. Roberts, of Pierre, S. D.; H. L.
Houston, A. McNnir, O. A. Trowbridge
rj. r,. uaK.es anu a. a earns to nrimn.
izo the First National bank of Bamlon
Or., with $25,000 capital, lias boen Ap
proved by tho controller of tho cur
rency.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Track prices: Blticstnm. os,..
Club. 89c: Ted TtllBuiiin R71C. 11
91o; fife, 89c; Turkoy rod, 89c; forty-
lUjll, HilO.
Uarlov Focd. $20.50: hrowinrr 7 n
yi'io por ion.
, . - , B,
Oats No. 1 white. $27.50f?ii28 nnr ton
Corn Whole. $35: cracked. 3rt
ton. ' ' 1
Hay Timothy. Willnmnt.tn vniw
tihumi per ion; r.nstern iiregon, $l.S(ii)
19; alfalfa, $14; clover, $14; cheat, $13
(i'14.50; grain hay, $14(?M5.
uuttor City creamory, extras, 3Cc;
fancy outeido creamery. 33rcJ)3e nnr
pound; store, 22Vj(ii24c. (Butter pat
prices averago lo per pound undor
I'guiur ouitor prices.)
Eggs Oregon. 3ftB34e ner dozen
r.naiurn, aH juc per dozen.
Tl 1 1 1 T
xuiinry nons, mfivn jc; springs,
14c; roosters, OfiDlOc: ducks. 15(rt)10e:
geoso, 9(?fl0c: turkeys. 17(?18e:
Pork Fancy, 8M.(J?9e pr pound.
Voal Extra, 10(n10V.o per pound,
Frosh Fruits Apples, new, $1.25
ov puroox; poars. lft01.75 nor hex:
poaches, 75cCf$l per crate: rnntalniinnii
il(f?1.50 per crate; watermelons, lc per
cumin; grapes, yoc(ii.iu per crate,
10(ul5e por basket: ensabns. al.SSrfnl Kn
per uosen; quinces, $l(ril.25 per box;
cranberries, $9 per bnrrol; hucklobcr-
rios, unuiue per pound.
l'otatoes Buying prices: Oregon, CO
(h'OSo per sack: swoot potatoes. 2c nnr
Sack Vegetables Tnrnins. 75crtT51
per sack; carrots, $1; boetSj $1.25: ruta
bagas, $1.25 per sack.
onions New. $1.25 per sack.
H'lIwnUH'B VHDDHtO. IflDl'ift ntIT
im'uuu: rniuinower. oocrnSl ner ifnron-
celery, 50(rf75o per dor.en; corn, $1(S!
1.25 per down; eggplnnt, $1.25 per box;
garlic, lOe per pound; horseradish, 9
10c per dozon; peppers, 8(?fio per
pound; pumpkins, l(i?H,e; radishes,
130 per dozen: sprouts. 8rt?9o ner
pound; squash. H4fiflHie: tonmtnns. an
60e.
Cattle Steers, ton onalitv. 4 25rS
35; fair to rood. $4: enmninn. .l unri
75; cows, top. $3.25(o!3.35: fair tn
good, $3((?3.10; common to medium,
2.50(i?2.75: calves, top, $55.25;
heavy, $3.504; bulls, $22.25; stags,
$2.50(ff3.0. ' " '
Hogs Best, $7.25(??8; fair to good,
7.80(7.75; stockers, $007; China fats,
$7.50(i,8.
Sheep Top wethers, 4f?4.25j fair
to jood, $3.50(?3.75; ewes. e less on
all grades; yearlings, beet, $4(3)4.25;
fair to good, $3.503.75; spring lambs,
$5(75.50.
Wool 1909 Willamette Taller, 20(ft
24c: Eastern Oregon, 20(P23e: mohair.
1909, 8324e. '
GBEAT FAIR IS CLOSED.
Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition Ends
With Many Ceremonies.
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 18. At midnight
Saturday the 150,000 electric lights of
the Alaska-Yukon -Pacific exposition
were extinguished, closing the prosper
ous life of the world's fair of 1909,
which, from every standpoint, was more
successful than its most zealous friends
had dared to hope.
The final moments of the fair Were as
dramatic as its beginning on June 1,
when 40,000 people gathered at the
natural amphitheater and waited for
President Taft's signal. The last day
had been devoted to saying good-bye.
Tho sun shone bright, the flowers were
never more beautiful, and the whole ex
position looked as new and fresh as on
tho day of the opening.
Tho attendance was large, and, while
tho carnival spirit possessed the young,
there was sorrow for the passing of the
brilliant show.
The exercises of the closing hours be
gan at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon
with a display of Japanese Krawmt.
Tho exposition band
building to buildine. 'serenading nn.h
Tho United States Government building
was reached at 5:30 o'clock. it i.;i
closing hour. A cornet sounded "taps"'
and the band played "Auld Lang
Syne." The flag was hauled down, the
life-saving crew on Lake TTninn flr,i
21 guns, and the buildings' doors were
luviteu.
At night a great throni? of npnnla .
sembled at the natural amphitheater,
beside Lake Washington, and listened
to a classical concert by a band which
played waltzes for the frivolous and
Chopin's funeral march and other som
ber pioces for the sorrowing. At. 11 -an
nrpinop K fl H if . - 1 i
- vApuBibiuu uiuciuiB ana em
ployes marcnea from the Adminit.
tion building to tho amphitheater in
await ine stroKe or midnight.
On the stago. Josiah Colli ns. chnirmo
of the committee on ceremonies, pre
sided, and spoke briefly. Prn;,lont t
E. Chilborg made an address of thanks
ana iareweu, and exactly at 12 o'clock
upoiiuu a Bwitcn that darkened th
wnoie tair. A single bugler blew
"taps," and then in darkness, but for
tho stars overhead, the vast audience
sang "Auld Lang Syne," accompanied
by the band. The street' lamps were
ngiueu anu tne people went home.
On the Pay Streak the celebration
was noisy, but orderly, and closed with
fireworks, tho last pieces being "Good
Night," "Good-Bye."
FERBEB WAS ONLY AN EDUCATOR
Sought Bevolution Only in Education,
Say His Friends.
London, Oct. 18. "Francisco Ferrer
was my personal friend," said W
lenorKosolt, Russian liberal and news
paper writer, today. "He was the
modern Pestalozzi of Spain. He was
nrunnt witn enthusiasm, yet regular and
a hard worker. This was the secret of
ins success in creating in Spain, espo
tiuujr in nurcciona and Catalonia, f
great popular movement for free na
tional lay schools.
"I first met him and his beautiful
young wito lour years ago at Brussels,
in tho home of tho great geocraphor.
tJisoe Rcclus. Professor Ferrer then
said:
" 'It is evident that I shall not be
allowed to conduct our national schools
in Spain, but here in Brussols or in
Paris I shall continue my pedagogic
work. Capable and devoted friends
win r-aico my place in Spain.'
"Professor Ferrer hastenml Wit
Spain, owing to illness thero of a little
niece."
MAN IS TOSSED BY RHINO.
Adventure of Eoosevelt's Porter Much
Big Game Killed.
JNairob. B, E. A.. Oct. 17 Ti,
Roosovelt party arrived here this after
noon from the north of Guaso Nyiro.
All are well. A porter accompanying
tho party wns tossed by a rhinoceros,
Colonel Roosevelt has killed three
moro elephants completing the group
intonded for the Smithsonian Tnst.itn.
tion at Washington. He has also killed
a bull elephant for tho American Mu
seum of Natural History, in Now York.
Other game bagged included a rhi
noceros with excellont horns, a bnfr.iln
Kimitu, an uianu, a zcora, an ostrich
and an oryza.
some skins have been preserved for
uin itHsmngion museum.
rvermit Koosevelt killod two
pnnnts ana an exceptionally large rht-
Barrie Offers Sacrifice.
London, Oct. 18. J. M. Barrie, novel
ist and plavwriffht. did
for divorce, it is now asserted by his
friends, until Gilbert Cannan.
namod as co-respondent, took a solemn
pledge to marry Mrs. Barrie after the
uecree naa been granted. Moreover,
as Cannan is not well provided with
money, Barrie made a handsome settle
ment on his wife before he filed his
petition for separation, making her
financially independent. Throughout
the wholo affair Barrio acted with the
greatest generosity although hn .
grievously afflicted.
Presidents Meet
El Paso.. Tex.. Oct. 18. Th inn-.
expected meeting between President
Taft and President Dias, of the Re
public of Mexico, occurred here today
Outwardly it was attended with a dis
play of soldiery, a flare of trumpets, a
boom of cannon and a pomp of cere
mony suggesting supreme authority, but
in the actual handclasp of the two -r.
ecutive and in the exchange of courte
ous words that passed from lip to lip
there was simple but cordial infor
mality. Storm's Fatalities Grow.
Memphis, Tenn.. Oct. 18. Th
death list of the destructive wind
of Thursday was increased today by
the belated reports to 46. Eleven more
dead were discovered. '
The Redemption
1 fldVid (Jorsoft
By CHARLES FREDERIC Q0S3
Copyright, 1900, by The Bowen-MarrlU Company.
E announce
lasting lesson.
The story
and uneventful that when a traveling mountebank and his
beautiful assistant, Pepeeta, visit the town, the glare and
glamour of tinsel and excitement lead David to turn his
bach on the old life and plunge Into the wide world he
had only read about previously. David is entranced by
the beauty of the peerless girl: He is led into a mad
whirl of pleasure by the mountebank. Finally, he induces
Pepeeta to desert her husband and flee with him! A
rivivalist brings David back to a sense of his misspent life.
It is a marvelous life study. Everybody should read it.
CHAPTER I.
Hidden away In this worn and care
encumbered world are spots so quiet
and beautiful as to make the fall of
man seem incredible, and awaken in
the breast of the weary traveler who
comes suddenly upon them, a vague
nnd dear delusion that he has stum
bled Into Paradise.
Such an Eden existed In the extreme
western part of Ohio In the sprlng,of
1849. It was a valley surrounded by
wooded hills and threaded by a noisy
brook which hastily made its way, as
If upon some errand of immense im
portance, down to the big Miami not
many miles distant A road cut
through a vast and solemn forest led
Into the valley, and entering aa if bv
a corridor and through the open portal
of a temple, the traveler eaw -a white
farm-house nestling beneath a mighty
hackberry tree whose wide-reaching
arms sheltered ft from summer mm
and winter wind. A deep, wide lawn
of bluegrass lay In front, and a garden
of flowers, fragrant and brilliant, on
Its southern aide. Stretching away In
to the background was the farm newly
carved out of the wilderness, but al
ready in a high state of cultivation.
in this lovely valley, at the olose of
long, odorous, sun-drenched dav In
early May, the sacred silence wan hro.
ken by a raucous blast from that most
unmusical of instruments, a tin dinner
horn. It was blown by a bare-legged
country Doy wno seemed to take de
light in this profanation. By his side.
In the vine-clad porch of the white
rarm-nouse stood a woman who shad-
ea ner eyes with her hand as she look,
ed toward a vague object in a diatant
meaaow. she was no longer young. As
the light of. the setting sun fell full
upon her race it seemed almost trans
parent, and even the unobservln? mnt
have perceived that some deep experi
ence of the sadness of life had added
to her character an indescribable
cnarm.
Thee will have to go and call him
Stephen, for I think he has fallen Into
another trance," the woman said, in a
iow voice m wnicn there was not a
trace or impatience.
ine cniio. mrew down hla dinnar
norn, whistled to his dog and started.
Springing up from where he had been
watching every expression of his mas
ter's face, the shaggy collie boundod
around him as he moved across . the
lawn, while the woman watched them
wun a proud and happy smile.
unutterable and incomorehenslhiA
emotions were awakened' In the soul
of the boy by the stillness and bemitv
of the evening world. His senses were
not yet dulled nor his feellnKs laded.
Through every avenue of his Intelli
gence the mystery of the universe
stole into his sensitive spirit . If a
ureeie piew across the meadow he
turnea nis cneeK to its kiss: if tho
odor of spearmint from the brookslde
was watiea around him he breathed
It Into his nostrils with delight. w
saw the shadow of a crow flying across
tne neia ana stopped to look un nd
listen for the swish of her wings and
her loud, hoarse caw aa she made her
way to the nesting grounds; then he
gased beyond her, Into the fathomio..
depths of the blue sky. and his soul
was stirrea witn an indescribable awe.
bui it was not so much the obieo.
themselves aa the spirit pervading
them, which stirred the depths of tho
child's mind. The little pantheist saw
Qod everywhere. We bestow the gift
of language upon it child, but the reel
ings which that language serves only
to Interpret and express exist and glow
within him even ir he be dumb. And
this gift of language la often of ques
tionable value, and had been so with
him. AU that he felt filled him with
love. To him the valley was heaven,
and through it invisibly but unmistak
ably Ood walked. ' morning.' noon and
evening.
To the child sauntering dreamily and
wistfully along, the object dimly seen
from the farm-house door began grad
ually to dissolve itself Into a groun of
living being. Two horses ware at
tached to a plow; one standing in tho
lush grass or the meadow, and the oth
er In a deep furrow traced across Its
surface. The plowshare was burled
deep In the rich, alluvial aoU. and a
AU Rlrhu RtMTTtd
with a great deal of pleasure
a serial that is somewhat exceptional, even
in these days of active fiction. It is a story
of unusual power, of wonderful pathos and
yet dealing with practical, every-day life in
a way that stirs the soul and teaches a
begins with a description of
the home and life of David Corson, a young
Quaker, whose career has been so peaceful
ribbon of earth rolled from its blade
like a petrified sea billow, crested with
a duster of daisies white as the foam
of a wave.
Between the handles of the plow and
leaning on the crossbar, his back to
the horses, stood a young Quaker. His
broad-brimmed hat set carelessly on
the baok or hla head, disclosed a wide,
high forehead; his flannel shirt open
at the throat exposed a strong, colum
nar neck, and a deep, broad chest; his
sunburned and muscular arms were
folded across his breast; figure and
posture revealed the perfect conoord
of body and soul with the beauty of
the world; his great blue eyes were
flxed upon the notch In the hills where
the sun had Just disappeared; he gazed
without seeing and relt without think
ing. The boy approaohed this statuesque
figure with a stealthy tread, and pluck
ing a long spear or grass tickled the
bronzed neck. The hand or the plow
man moved automatically upward as
ir to brush away a fly, and at this un
conscious action the child, seised by
a convulsion or laughter and rearing
lest it explode, stuffed his fists Into
his mouth. In the opinion or this ir
reverent young skeptlo his Uncle Dave
was in a "tantrum" instead or a
"trance," and he thought such a dis
ease demanded heroic treatment.
For several years this Quaker youth
David Corson, had been the subject or
remarkable emotional experiences, in
explanation or which the rude wits or
the village declared that he had been
moon-struck; the young girls who
adored his beauty thought he was in
love, and the venerable fathers and
mothers or this religious community
believed that, in him the scriptural
prophecy, "Your young men shall see
visions," had been literally rulfllled.
David Corson himseir accepted the last
explanation with unquestioning ralth.
The life or this young man had been
pure and uneventftil. Existence in
thla rrontler region, once rull of the
trageay or Indian warfare, had been
gradually softened by peace and relig
ion. In such a sequestered region
books and papers were scarce, and he
had access only to a few volumes writ
ten by quietlsts and mystics, and to
mat great mine or sacred literature
the Holy Bible. The seeds of kni '
edge sown by these books In the rich
ot mis young neart were fertil
ised by the socHty of noble men. vir
tuous women, and natural surround
ings or exquisite beauty.
None or these reflections disturbed
the mind or the barefooted boy. Hav
ing suppressed his laughter, he tickled
the sunburnt neck again,- Once more
the hand rose automatically, and once
more the boy was almost strangled
with delight The dreamer was hard
to awaken, but his tormentor had not
yet exhausted his resources. No gen
uine boy Is ever without that funda
mental necessity or childhood, a pin,
and finding one somewhere about his
clothing, he thrust It Into the leg of
the plowman. .The sudden sting
brought the soaring saint from heaven
to earth. In an instant the mystio
was a man, and a strong one, too. He
seised the unsanctlfled young repro
bate with one hand and hoisted him t
arm's length above his head. -
Oh. Uncle Dave. I'll never do it
again! Never! Neverl Let me down.-
mm noiaing mm aloft aa a hunter
would hold a raloon, the reincarnated
"spirit" laughed long, loud and mer
rily, the echoes or his laughter ringing
up the valley like a peal from ,im.
or bells. The child's rear was needless;
for the heart and hands that dealt with
him were as gentle aa a woman's. The
youth, resembling some "old Norse god
as he stood there in the gathering
gloom, lowered the child slowly, end
printing a ktss on hla cheek, said
Thee lttUe peet thee has no rtv.
ence! Thee should never disturb a
ehlld at his play, a bird on hla nest
nor a man at his prayers."
"But thee was not praylna-. Unei
Dave," the boy replied. Thee was
only la another of thy tantrums. The
supper has grown cold, the horses are
tired and Shep and I have walked a
mile to call thee. Grandmother said
thee had a trance. Tell me what the
In thy visions.'. Uncle Devef
, "Qod and His angels," said the mint
mystio softly, railing again Into the
mood from which he had been so rude
ly awakened.
"Angels!" scoffed the young mate
rialist "If thee was thinking or any
angel at all, I will bet thee it was Dor
othy Fraaer." ' '
"Tush, child, do not be silly," replied
the convloted culprit For it was easier
than he would care to admit to mingle
visions or beauty with those or holi
ness. "I am not silly. Thee would not dare
say thee was not thinking or her. She
thinks of thee."
"How does thee know?" .
"Because she gives me bread and
Jam if I so much as mention thy name.
Uncle Dave, was it really up this very
valley that Mad Anthony Wayne
marched with hla brave soldiers?"
"This very valley." -."I
wish I could have been with him."
"It Is an evU wish. Thee is a child
or peace. Thy rather and thy father's
fathers have dented the right or men
to war. Thee ought to be like them,
and love the things that make for
peace."
"Well, if I can not wish for war, I
will wish that a runaway slave would
dash up this valley with a pack of
bloodhounds at his heels. Oh, Uncle
Dave, tell me that story about thy hid
ing a negro In the haystack, and chok
ing the bloodhounds with thine own
hands."
"I have told thee a hundred times."
"But I want to hear It again."
"Use thy memory and thy imagina
tion." The child, bounding forward, the
tired procession entered the barnyard.
The plowman fed his horses, and stop
ped to listen for a moment to their
deep-drawn sighs of contentment, and
to the musical grinding or the oats In
their teeth. His Imaginative mind read
hla own thoughts into everything, and
he believed that he could distinguish in
these lnartioulate sounds the words,
Good-night Good-night" -"Good-night,"
he said, and stroking
their great flanks 'with his kind hand,
left them to their well-earned repose.
On his way to the house he stopped to
bathe his face In the waters or a
spring brook that ran across the yard,
and then entered the kitchen where
supper was spread.
"Thee Is late," said the woman who
had watched and waited, her fine face
radiant with a smile of love and wel
come. "Forgive me, mother," he replied.- "1
have had another vision." ,
"I thought as much. Thee must re
member what thee has seen, my son,"
she said, "for all that thee beholds
with the outer eye shall pass away,
while what thee sees with the inner
eye abides forever. And had thee a
mssage, too?"
"It was delivered to me that on the
holy Sabbath day I should go to the
camp in Baxter's clearing and preach
to the lumbermen."
"Then thee must go, my son"
"I will," he anewered, taking her
hand affectionately, but with Quaker
restraint and leading her to the table.
The family, consisting or the mother.
an adopted daughter Dorothea,'- the
daughter's husband Jacob " and son
Stephen, sat down to a simple but
bountiful supper, during which and
late into the evening the young mys
tio pondered the vision which he be
hoved himself to have seen, and the
iusoHgo wmuu no ooiievea nimsii to
have heard. In his musings there was
not a tremor or a doubt; he would
have as soon questioned the reality or
the old farm-house and the faces of
the family gathered about the table.
He was a credulous and unsophisti
cated youth, dwelling In i realm of
Imagination rather than in a world of
reality and law. He had much to learn,
Hla education was about to begin, and
to begin as does all true and effective
education, tn a spiritual temptation.
The Ghebers say that when their great
prophet Ahrlman was thrown into the
fire by the order of Nlmrod, the flames
Into which he fell turned Into a bed of
roses, upon which he peacefully re
clined. This Innocent Quaker youth
had been reclining upon a bed or roses
which now began to turn into a couch
or flames.
(To be continued.)
Telllnar Cocoa from Chocolate.
The consumer often wonders what
is the difference between cocoa and
chocolate. Both are manufactured
from the identical bean, but In cocoa
the butter has been extracted and
chocolate has other substances mixed
with it. Cocoa is thus more easily di
gested, but not so rich and alluring.
The butter when extracted is sold to
druggists for various purposes, chiefly
that of a skin-food.
The first process in the manufacture
of chocolate or. cocoa is cracking tho
bean, which is done by machinery and
air. The blast of air blows the shells
out, as they are lighter than the meat,
and thus, after cracking, the separa
tion of the fragile shell from the nutri
tive nut Is absolute.
The bean is roasted and ground Into
a paste by hot machinery. This Is tho
only "cooking" the chocolate gets.
At this point the differentiation
takes place between cocoa and choco
late. The latter consists" of cocoa
meat, vanilla and sugar. Various ma
chines (steam-powey, not electric)
crush up the vanilla bean with ' the
cocoa bean and sugar. ; ,
Chinese Graduate at Wnl Polat.
Among those who this year receive
diplomas of. graduation at .West Point
Military Academy are two Chinese
youths the first of their race to win
the honor. vt r
During their four years' course they
mastered - English. Spanish and
French In addition to the ordinary
military and educational courses.' The
young men entered the academy
through a special arrangement with
the government, their home govern
ment paying all expenses.
During the year 1908 no fewer than
9.254 different books were published
in the united States. This number Is
368 less than -during the preceding
l-eajf.