OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
FEWER SHEEP ON RESERVE.
Cat of Nearly 2,000 Made In Whitman
National Forest.
Pendleton As a result of the confer
ence between Forest Superintendent
Ireland of the Whitman reserve and
the advisory board of the wool growers,
nearly 2,000 less sheep will be allowed
on the forest ranges next year than
this. The cut is a graduated one and
does not aftect the small sheepman,
but the large owner suffers consider
ably. A
The cut is as follows:
The man who owns 1,200 or less will
not be subjected to a cut; owners of
between 1,200 and 2,000 will be cut 10
Eer cent, providing the cut does not
ring his allotment below 1,200; own
ers of between 2,000 and 3,000 will be
cut 15 per cent, providing it does not
reduce the number below 2,000, and
owners of more than 3,000 will be cut
20 per cent, providing it does not bring
his number below 3,000. The total
number of sheep allowed on the reserve
is reduced from 183,000 to 165,000.
IRRIGATION IN KLAMATH.
Nearly 40,000 Acres Now Under Suc
cessful Cultivation.
Klamath Falls During the past 12
months between 30,000 and 40,000 acres
of land have been placed under irriga
tion ditches in this section, while the
population of the irrigated districts ha?
, more than doubled. Unirrigated Iandx
have advanced from $5 to $20 an acre,
and it is certain that values will go
much higher with the approach of the
Oregon Trunk line, which, in its ar
ticles of incorporation, makes' Klamath
Falls its terminal.
About 100 homos have been built in
Klamath Falls, whilo the country round
about bns made a wonderful develop
ment. The arrival of the railroad last
spring brought no boom, but there has
been a steady movement in farm lands.
Raw Land Brings $16,000.
Hood River A big land sale took
place at Hood River a few days ago,
when Charles and J. K. Hall, local cap
italists, bought 100 acres of undevel
oped fruit land from W. II. Marshall,
of Doe, for $10,000. The property for
merly belonged to tho Velguth family.
. of Portland. It is suid to be the inten
tion of tho purchnHers to clear and set
the land to fruit immediately. Extension
of the Mount Hood railroad, which has
just boon completed, is causing consid
erable activity in upper valley real
estate.
Factory for Creswell,
Eugene Tho . recently incorporated
city of Creswell, Lane county, is soon
to have an ax handle factory, L. R.
Rush, recently from McMinnvnie, hav
ing erected a frame building 20x24
feet there, and will install the machin
ery as soon as it arrives from Port
land. He (will employ several men, and
will use oak timber in making ax han
dles as well as handles for hoes, rakes,
shovels, forks, peevies and other im
plements. Hope for Artesian Water.
Paisley The settlors in Christmas
Lake valley have raised $3,700 with
which to pay expenses of boring for
artesian water, it is the plan to put
o down a well 2,000 feet, if nccossary.
The boring plant was received at Bond
last week, and is expocted to arrive on
the ground within a day or two. The
site chosen for tho well is near the
Phelps place, in the west end of the
valley, about 30 miles north of Paisley.
Record Price for Land,
Central Point Bert Anderson has
old 180 acres of his farm two miles
from this place for $27,500. R. D.
Hoke, recently from Florida, is the now
owner. Mr. Hoke was formerly exten
sively engaged in the growing of pine
apples and- grape fruit on the west
.coast of Florida, but has sold out his
holdings there and will become a fix
ture in Southern Oregon.
1200 Sacks of Onions on 3 Acres.
Milton J. J. Williams, who resides
on the interurban line throe miles north
of Milton, this week completed harvest
ing his large onion crop. . The yield
this year was a record-breaker, - more
than 1200 sacks, averaging 2V4 bushels
to the sack, boing taken from three
acres. Two years ago $547 an acre, net.
was taken from the same Bold.
Packing Many Prunes.
Salem -Six million pounds of prunes
are passing in a steady stream through
the Tillson packing bouse. The pack
ing, facing and shipping will continue
woll into the new year. Already 38
cars have been shipped out, several of
which have gone to make up European
shipments,
t .
Onions Tield Well.
Freewater J. J. Williams has just
finished marketing 1,203 sacks of onions
taken from three acres of land three
miles north of Freewater. The onions
were sold at $1 per ack. A few yean
ago the land was considered worthless.
It is now worth $900 per acre.
- Wallowa Sawmill Beady.
Wallowa The Nibley-Miinnaugh
Lumber company's band mill, having a
capacity of 50,000 feet per day, is com
pleted. This mill, with nine smaller
mills, will produce 30,000,000 feet of
lumber annually, all of which will be
marketed from this city.
Top Price for Farm.
Creswell J. W. Stone has sold to O.
L. Ouyer of South Dakota 240 acres
of his farm for $10,000. Mr. Guyer has
gone baek home to bring his family
and they will take- possession. Mr.
Stone will move to the residence he
owns in Creswell.
Traveler Will Have Orchard,
Medford C W. Cotton has bought
23 acres from Anderson Green for
$900. Mr. Cottom is a traveling mas.
He will establish a large orchard on
the land.
APPLES SELL HIGH.
Fancy Hood River Spitzenbergs Bring
$3.50 Per Box.
Hood River The apple picking has
come to an end in Hood River valley
for the year 1909, and several crews
are busy at present packing the fruit
for market. A number of the larger
growers have concluded their packing
and their fruit has been hauled to the
cold storage plant in the jty, await
ing shipment to New York. The union
is sending out several cars each day,
consigned to Steinhardt & Kelly, who
purchased the entire crop of fancy
stock. The fancy Spitzenbergs were
sold to the New York firm for $3.35
per box, and since this deal was made
the Davidson Fruit company of this
city has paid as high as $3.50 per box
for faney Spitzenbergs. The fruit in
Hood River valley this season has
been of a higher standard than any
marketed in previous years. There has
been a noticeable decrease in rust and
other infections that mitigate in pro
ducing a lower gaade of apples. The
season 's profit is very satisfactory, not
withstanding the fact that the crop
was cut a little short.
Experiment Farm for Sherman.
Wasco Realizing that something
must be done to conserve the native
fertility of their soil and knowing that
the continuous cropping to wheat will
eventually rob the soil of the active
principles promotive of vegetable life,
the farmers of Sherman county have
secured the assistance of the federal
government and of the state experi
ment station in an effort to establish
an experimental farm for Eastern Ore
gon in Sherman county. They have
purchased 240 acres of average land
near Moro, the county seat, and H. J.
C. Umberger, an expert in dry farm
ing methods, has been appointed to
take charge of the farm.
Railroad Improves Line.
Dee 'The big steam shovel of tire
Mount Hood railway is digging ballast
for the new track from Doe to Park
dale, a distance of six mileB. When
the work is completed passenger and
logging trains can be run. The new
line extends well up toward Mount
Hood and through an excellent body
of fir timber.- " The contract for the
extension of the telephone line from
this point to Parkdale was let to Harry
Hailey of Hood River. The Home Tel
ephone company of Hood River is the
owner of the line.
Largest Whea Acreage In History.
Athena The number of acres being
seeded this fall in this district will
kurpass by far the record for previous
years. This has beon an unusually dry
fall up to the pant two weeks, which
has put the farmers late in killing the
weeds and seeding the extra acreage.
Every hand and team available are at
work, and with another week of fair
weather the busy season will be over.
Blue stem is growing very popular with
the farmers.
Asylum Bids Awarded.
Salem The board of trustees of the
Orogon State Insane Asylum has
awarded to the Northwest Bridge
works of Portland the general contract
for the new receiving ward building
at tho hospital for tho insane.
High Price for Land.
Irving C. J. Fassett has sold his
30 acre ranch went of town to G.
Tenike of Iowa, tjie price .paid being
$110 an acre. Mr. Fassett has moved
to Eugone, having bought property and
will build a modern homo.
Portland Markets. N
Wheat Bluesteui, $1.07; club, 9Gc;
red Russian, 94c; Valley, 9596c; Fife,
95c; Turkey red, 96c; 40 fold, 98c."
Barloy Foed, $27.50; brewing, $28
per ton.
Corn Whole, $33; cracked, $34 per
ton. , -
Oats No. 1 white, $29 per ton.
Hay Timothy, Willamette Valley,
14(iD17 por ton; Eastern Oregon, $18
20; alfalfa, $1516; clover, $14; cheat,
13K14.50; grain hay, $1415.
Butter City creamery extras, 36c;
fancy outside creamery, 32Mt3Cc per
lb.; store, 2224e. (Butter fat prices
average 1V4 per pound under regular
butter prices).
. Eggs Fresh Orogon extras,' 42V&
43o per dozen; Eastern, 3034o per
dozen.
Poultry Hens, 1314e; springs,
3W(o14V&e; roosters, 910c; ducks,
15(ff15e; goose, lO&ej turkeys, live,
16jU8c; dressed, 2022e; sqnabs,
1 1.752 per dozen.
Pork Fancy, 9(??91e per pound.
Veal Extras, lOtfT'lOVjo per pound.
Fruits Apples, $l(a)3 box; pears, $1
(1.50; grapos, $l(c1.50 per crate, 12 Wj
(t)15c per basket; quinces, $1.251.50
per box; cranberries, $99.50 per bar
rel; persimmons, $1.50 per box. -
Potatoes 50(60e por sack; sweet
potatoes, l2a per pound.
Vegetables -- Artichokos, 75fl per
dozen; beans, lOe per pound; eabbage,
4(ile; cauliflower, 90c(cf$1.25 per
dosen; tolery, 5085e; horseradish, 9(ti)
10; peas, lOo per pound; peppors, $1.50
per box; pumpkins, l(iH4e; radishes,
loo per dozen; sprouts', 8o per pound;
squash, $1(i)1.10; tomatoes, 75c(ii$l;
turnips, 75c(if$l per sack; carrots, $1;
boots, $1.25; rutabagas, X10; parsnips,
$1.25; onions, $1.20(1.50 per sack.
Hops 1909 crop, 222414; 1903
crop, 20c; 1907 crop, 12e; 1906 crop, 8c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 1623e lb.;
Mohair, Choice, 24e. '
Cattle Rest steers, $4.254.50; fail
to good, $3.85($4; medium and feed
ers, $3.50(3.75; best eows, $3.503.65;
medium, $3.50(3.25; commons to me
dium, $2.50fiT2.75; bulls, $22.50;
tags, $2.503.50; ealves, light, $5.25
5.50 heavy, $4(4.75.
Hogs Best, $7.958: medium, $7.50
7.75; Blockers, $4(f4.75.
Sheep Best wethers, $4.254.50;
fair to good, $3.754; best ewj, $3.73
(n'4; fair to good, $3J0J.75; lambs,
$53.35,
REFORESTATION 13 EASY.
(Concluded from last week.)
I am told that Germany spends several
million marks annually to raise trees,
and receives annually more than twice
as much money from the sale of timber
than she expends.
I would also advocate the imposing
upon all logged off lands a basis tax
sufficiently high to insure their revert
ing naturally to the state for a reason
able compensation, the lands to be util
ized in raising trees for futre genera
tions; the levying of this tax to be sus
pended in case private owners should
wish to set aside their logged-off lands
for the purpose of raising timber under
&iuiu regulations; wis iimoer to pay a
cutting tax at the time it is eut.
The details of such a tax and the set
ting aside of logged-off lands for the
raising of timber by private owners are
matters that can be worked out; the in
terests of the people protected; the rev
enue which the timber and lumber in
terests should rightfully pay the state
provided, but collected in such a man
ner as will help conserve our forests in
stead of encouraging owners to cut and
waste them, as under our present system
of taxation. I am firmly of the opinion
that if our forests are to be conserved
and new forests grown," the first step
necessary is the revision or evolutioniz
ing of our system of taxation.
The following table shows a list of
trees under observation, with age, diam
eter, and estimated number of feet,
upon wnicn aaia tne accompanying ar
ticle is based: '
EedTir.
Diameter Esti-
on Stump mated
- (Inches) No. of
83 26 1200
40 24 1000
40 21 700
40 20 650
40 15 200
40 1 500
40 18 400
40 16 : 250
40 13 150
40 15 200
40 14 175
40 18 400
40 ;.. 23 900
40 24 '. 1000
40 22 800
40 18 400
40 ; . 20 650
40 13 150
40 -.. 15 200
40 15 200
40 '.- 12 100
40 13 150
40 14 175
40 16 - 250
40 12 100
120 32 2400
122 . .- 31 2000
120 20 1200
120 30 1800
-105 28 1500
136 44 4500
123 v 28 1500
124 , 30 . ...... 1800
74 18 400
125 .. 28 1500
118 28 1500
130 50 7000
135 52 7500
140 52 7500
135 44 4500
105 28 1200
125 31 2000
125 32 240Q
123 36 3000
85 18 400
120 -24 1000
125 ; 25 1100
90 20 650
123 30 1800
133 32 2400
143 42 4250
90 20 650
102 20 650
85 22 800
80 18 400
112 22 800
Hemlock.
'40 19 coo
40 18 400
40 17 323
40 21 700
40 23 900
40 22 800
40 25 1100
40 " 24 1000
40 19 500
105 30 1800
90 . . v 36 3300
02 30 1800
9(1 32 2400
105 34 2800.
TeUow Tir.
490 82
410 84
My conclusions regarding the growth
of timber are as follows:
Red fir will attain an average diam
eter of 16 to 18 inches in 40 years; hem
lock a diameter of 13 to 20 Inches In the
same length' of time. The growth of
the timber examined by me is about two
inches in diameter during the past 10
years for trees 40 to 50 years old. and
one inch in diameter for trees 125 to
250 years old. The growth on trees 400
years old is hard to read without a
glass. The Timberman.
Taft for righting Navy.
Norfolk, Va., No. 22. "The navy
should not only be worth securing, but
should be ablo to fight" President
Taft aroused enthusiasm Joday by mak
ing this statement in an address be
fore the Atlantic Deeper-Waterways
association convention. The president
declared Hampton Roads and Chesa
peake Bay should be protected by an
island fort erected midway between
the Vickinia capes. Mr. Taft regarded
the Norfolk navy yard as probably the
iuot important base in the country
and Hampton Roads as the greatest
point of naval rendezvous.
Has Bate Bill In View.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 22. Modifi
cation of the interstate commerce act
to obtain reasonable bases of rates to
all and fairness of practices in the op
eration of interstate railways was sug
gested by Attorney General George W.
Wickersham in an address tonight at
the annual banquet of the Commercial
club, given in commemoration of the
slgning .pf the -John Day commercial
tieaty. Mr. Wickersham responded to
the toast, "The Interstate Commerce
Commission." -
The Redemption
, By CHARLES FREDERIC GOS3
Copjrrlsht, 1400, by Tip Bowea-MarruTompany. All Right ReMrrtd
CHAPTER VI. (Continued.)
He did not dare communicate this
story even to his Bister; for If she
knew nothing; he feared to poison her
existence by telling her, and if she
knew all he had not the courage to
listen to the sequel. Perhaps no other
experience in life produces a more pro
found shock than a discovery like that
upon which David had so suddenly
stumbled. It leads to despair or to
melancholy, and many a life of high
est promise has been suddenly wreck
ed by It While he brooded ov.er this
mystery the days slipped past the
young mystic almost unnoted; he wan
dered about the farm, passing from
one fit of abstraction Into another, do
ing nothing, saying nothing, thinking
everything.
He tried to look forward to the fu
ture with hope. But how can a man
hope for harvests, when all his seed
corn has been destroyed? If his fath
er was bad, what hope was there that
he could be better?
He made Innumerable resolves to
take up the duties of life where he had
laid them, down, but they were all like
birds which die In the nest where they
are born.
Pepeeta was drawing him Irresisti
bly to herself; he was like a man In
the outer -circle of a vortex, of which
she was the center. The touch of her
soft hand which he could still feel, the
farewell glance of eyes which still
glowed before his Imagination, at
tracted him like a powerful magnet
It was true that he did not know
where she was; but he felt that he
could find her In the uttermoat parts
of the earth by yielding himself to the
Impulse which had awakened in his
heart
"A dark veil of mystery hangs over
my past My present is full of misery
and unrest I will see if the future
has any joys In store for me," he said
to himself at the close of one of his
restless days.
Without so much as a word of fare
well, he crept out of the house in tho
gathering dusk, and started In pursuit
of the bright object that floated like a
wlll-o'-the-wlsp before his Inner eye.
A feeling of exultation and relief
seised him as he left the plaoe made
dark and dreadful by the memory of
that traglo scene through whloh hel
had so recently passed; the quiet of
the evening soothed his perturbed spir
its, and the tranquil stars looked down
upon him with eyea that twinkled as
If In sympathy. -
CHAPTER VTI.
Although David did not know the
exact route the quack had laid out
for his Journey, he was certain that
It would be easy enough to trace him
In that sparsely-settled region, and so
turned his face in the dlreotlon In
whloh the equipage vanished when he
watched it from the barn.
It was not until the light of morn
ing atruggled through this universal
gloom that the weary and bedraggled
traveler entered the outskirts of the
then straggling but growing and busy
village of Hamilton. Tired In body
and benumbed in mind, he made his
way to the hotel, conscious only of his
desire and determination to look once
more upon the face of the woman
whose Image was so Indelibly Impress"
ed upon his mind.
Approaching the desk he nervously
asked If the doctor was among the
guests, flushed at the answer, demand
ed a room, ascended the steep sa air
case, and was soon In bed and asleep.
Fatigued by his long tramp, he did not
awaken until after noon, and then,
having bathed, dressed and broken his
long fast he knocked at the door of
the room occupied by the doctor and
his wife. -
There was a quick but gentle step
In answer to his summons, and at the
mualo of that footfall his heart beat
tumultuouely. The door opened, and
before him stood the woman who .had
brought about this mysterious train
of events in his life.
She started back as she saw him.
with an Involuntary and timid motion,
but so great was her surprise and Joy
that she could not control her speech
or action sufficiently to greet him.
"Who Is la there T" cried the doctor.
In his loud. Imperative voice.
"Mr. Corson," she answered. In tones
that were scarcely audible.
"Corson? Who Is Corson, and what
does ne want?" he asked, rising and
approaching the door. .
The Instant his eyes fell on the
countenance of the Quaker, he threw
up both hands and uttered a prolong
ed whistle of astonishment
"The preacher!" he exclaimed. "The
lost la found. The p-p-prodigal has
returned. Come In, and let us k-k-klll
the fatted calf I"
Coarse aa the welcome was. It was
full of sincerity, and lte heartiness was
like balm to the wounded spirit of the
youth. He grasped the extended hand
and permitted himself to be drawn In
to the room.
Pepeeta, who had recovered from the
first shock of surprise and delight
came forward and greeted him with a
shy reserve. She gave him her hand,
and Its gentle touch reanimated his
soul She smiled at him a gracious
mile, and Its light Illumined the dark
ness of his heart His sadness van
ished. He one more felt an emotion
of Joy.
The excitement of their meeting
having subsided they seated them
selves, David In an easy chair, the
doctor on tho broad couch, and Pe
peeta on a little ottoman at hla feet
Vivid green ourtatns partially obscured
the bright sunshine which beat ijes
the windows. The wall-paper
aheap, vulgar, faded. On tho
was an old Ingrain carpet full of
patches and spattered with Ink stains.
A blue-bottle fly whlxzed and butted
his head against the walls, and
through the open casement hutnmed
the traffic of the busy little town.
Nothing cquld have been more ex
pressive of triumph and delight than
the face of the quack. Whenever his
feelings were particularly bland and
expansive, he had a way of taking the
ends of his enormous moustache and
twirling them between his spatulate
thumbs and Angers. He did this now,
and twisted them until the coarse hairs
could be heard grating against each
other.
"Well, welll" he said, "so you could
not resist the temptation? Hal ha!
ha! No wonderl It's not every young
fellow behind the p-p-plow-tail that
has a fortune thrust under his nose.
Shows your good sense. I was right.
I always am. I knew you were too
bright a man to hide your light under
a half b-b-bushel of a village like that
In those seven-by-nlne towns, all the
sap dries out of men, and before they'
are 40 they begin to rattle around like
peas In' a p-p-uod. In such places
young men are never anything but
milk sops, and old men anything but
b-b-bald-headed infanta! You needed
to see the world, young man. Tou re
quired a teacher. Tou have put your
self Into good hands, and If you stay
with me you shall wear d-d-dla-monds."
'Whatever the results may be, I
have determined to make the experi
ment" said David, shrugging his
shoulders. -
"Right you are. But what b-b-brought
you round? Tou were as stiff
as a ramrod when I left you."
"Circumstances over which I had no
control, and which I want to forget as
soon as possible. My oild .life has end
ed and I have come to seek a new
one."
"A new life? That's good." Well
we will show It to you, P-P-Pepeeta
and I!- We will show you."
"The sooner the better. What am
I to do?"
"Not sofaat! There are times when
It Is better to g-g-go slow, as the snail
said to the lightning. " We must make
a b-b-bargaln."
"Do as you please. All I ask Is a
chance to put my foot upon the first
round of the ladder and if I do not get
to the top, I shall not hold you respon
sible," David replied, dropping the
"thees" of his Quaker life. In his de
termination to divest himself of all Its
customs as rapidly as he could.
"Hi! hi! There's Are In the flint!
Good thing. Tou take me on the right
Bide, D-D-Davy. I'll ' do the square
thing by you see If I d-d-don't Let's
have a drink. Bring the bottle, Pe
peeta!" She wfent to the mantel and return
ed with a flask and two glasses. The
quack filled them both and passed one
to David. It was the first time In his
life that he had ever even smelt an
Intoxicant He recoiled a little; but
having committed himself to his new
life, he determined to accept all that
It Involved. He lifted the fiery potion
to his Hps, and drank. .
?'Hot Is It, my son?" cried the doc
tor, laughing uproariously at his wry
face. "Tou Quakers drink too much
water! Freezes Inside of you and t-t-turns
you into what you might call
two-p-p-pronged Icicles. Give me men
with red blood In their veins! And
there's nothing makes b-b-blood red
like strong liquors!"
The whlakyrevlved the courage and
loosened the tongue of the youth. The
repugnance which he had Instinctive
ly felt for the vulgar quack began to
mellow Into admiration. He asked and
answered inany questions.
"What part am I to take In this
business?" he asked.
"What part are you to take In the
business? That's good, 'Never put off
till to-morrow whaf you can d-d-do
to-day.' 'Business first and then pleas
ure.' The soul of business Is dispatch.'
These are good mottoes, my lad. I
learned them from the wise men; but
If I had not learned them; I should
have Invented them. What's your p.p.
part of the business, says you; listen l
Tou are to be Its m-m-mouthplece.
That tongue of yours must wag like
the tail of a d-d-dog; turd like a
weather-vane; hiss like a serpent drip
with honey and poison, be tipped with
p-p-persuaalon; tell ten thousand
tales, and every tale must sell a bottle
of p-p-panaceal"
He paused, and looked rapturously
upon the face of his pupIL
"This panacea has It merits? Will
It really cure?" asked David.
The doctor laughed long and loud.
"Has It merin? Will It really cure?
Hol ho! Is thy bite good for the b-b-bachacher
said the sick mouse to the
cat What difference doea (t make
whether It will cure .or. not? Success
In b-b-buslness Is not based upon the
quality of the m-m-merchandlse, my
son."
"Upon what then?" said David.
"Upon the follies, the weaknesses
and the p-p-paaslons of mankind!
8lnce time began, a 'universal panacea'
has been a sure source of wealth.' It
makes no difference what the panacea
Is. If you only have the b-b-bralns to
fool the people. There are only two
kinds of people In the world, my ton
the fools and t-f-foolera!"
Eii-en whisky could not make David
listen to this cold-blooded avowal
without a shudder. The keen eye of
tho quack detected It; but Instead of
adulterating his philosophy, he doubled
hla dose. - , ,
"Shocks you. does It? Tou will g-g-get
over that We are not angels! 'We
are etxly- man, Bemember what old
Jack ralstaff said? 'If Adam fen in
state of lnnocency, what shall J d-d-do
In a state of villainy?.'"
The boldness of the man and the -radicalness
of hla philosophy dazzled
and fascinated the Inexperienced,
youth. This Was what the astute and
unscrupulous Instructor expected, and
he determined to pursue his advantage
and effect, if possible, the complete"
corruption of his pupil In a single les
son; and so fie continued:-. :j ..:
"Got to live, my son! Self-p-p-preservation
is the first law, and so
we must Imitate the reat of the b-b-brute
creation, and live off of each
other! The big ones must feed upon
the little and the strong upon - the
weak. '"Every man for himself!' That's
my religion." .
"Tou may be right," said David, "but
I cannot say that I take to It kindly.
I do not see How a man can practlc4
this cruelty and Injustice without suf
fering." "Suffering! Idea of suffering ' Is
greatly exaggerated. Ever watch a
t-t-toad that was being swallowed by
a snake? looks as If he positively
enjoyed It It's his mission. Born to
be eaten! If there was as much pain
in the world as p-p-people say, do you
think anybody could endure ltl Isn't
the d-d-door always open? Can't a
man quit when he wants to? Suffer
ing! Pshaw! Do I look as if I suf
fered? Doea Pepeeta look as If she
suffered? And yet she b-b-bamboobles
them worse than I do. Back In your
own little t-t-town she caught some
of your long-faced old Quakera, b-b-blg
fellows with broad-brimmed hats,
drab coats and ox eyes, regular meet-ln'-goers!
And there was that little
d-d-dove-eyed girl. What was It she
wanted to know, P-P-Pepeeta? Tell
him. Ha! ha! Tell htm and we will
see him-b-b-blush." -
"She asked me If her father was go
ing to send her to Philadelphia this
winter," she answered, without lifting
her eyes.
"WhyN don't you tell me what she
asked you 'bout D-D-Davy?"
"It Is time for us to go to supper or
we shall be late," she' replied, laying
aside her work and rising.
"Sure . enough!" cried the doctor,
springing to his feet. "The Q-Q-Qua-ker.
has knocked everything out of my
head.Come on!"
He rose and began bustling about
the room. When Pepeeta glanced up
from her work Bhe saw In David's eye
a- grateful appreciation of her courtesy
and tact, and his look: filled her with
a new happiness.
The disgust awakened In the Qua
ker's mind by the coarse'ness of the
quack was more than-offset by the
beauty and grace of the gypsy. When
he looked at. her, when he was even
conscious of her presence, he felt a
happiness which compensated for all
that he had suffered or loBt. He did
not stop to ask what Its nature was.
He had cast discretion to the winds.
He had In these few hpurs sines hts
departure broken so utterly with the
past that he w,as like a man who had -been
suddenly awakened from a- long
lapse of memory. His old- life was as
If it had never been. He felt himself
to be In a vacuum, where all his Ideas
must be newly created. This epoch
of his experience was superimposed
upon the other like a different geologi
cal formation. Like the old monks In
their Cells, he was deliberately trying
to erase from the parchment of his
soul all that had been previously writ
ten, in order that he might begin
new life history. . -
(To be continued.)
The Disadvantages of Chinese.
A Chinaman was called as a witness
in the police court of Los Angeles In
the case of a driver who had run over
a dog. The judge asked him what
time It was when he saw the man. run
over the dog. The conversation is re
ported by . a writer in Llpplncott't
Magazine.
'"Me no sabe," replied the witness. -
"I say," repeated the Judge, "whax
time was It when you saw this man
run over the dog?" "
"Me no sabe," repeated John, smil
ing blankly. . . v . ,
"We shall have to- have an inter
preter, commented his honor, as ho
realized that the witness did not un
derstand English; and accordingly
another Chinaman was baled into
court to act as Interpreter. "Ask tho
witness," commanded the judge,"when
he saw this man run over the dog."
The Interpreter turned to his fellow
countryman and said, "We chung lo,
ho me choo lung wow, e-ho me no
chow chee, loo know so-loo blng gong
tong ylt .ben."
To which the witness replied.
"Wong lin kee. wo boo, wing ohong
lung yue lee, kin1 sing, choy yoki coey
ylng lung ding wah, sling suey way
san ylck Jing toy blng coey bow tsue.
po tong po gou hung mow klm quong
yuen lee chow yo ben, tong." .
The interpreter then turned to tno
Judge -and said, "Him say Two
o'clocki"
At the Beach.
"Could you love me, and me alone?"
"Why, what a foolish question.-'
Jack." -
"Pardon my doubts." -
f"Could I love you alone r Aren't
you the only man here?" Washington
Herald.
- The Toll. '
"Where are you going to spend your
vacation?"
"I'm not going to." V
"Huh?" . v
"I Just, earn my vacation mx fami
ly spend it." Cleveland Leader.
- Hla Lima,"
-Blnk I don't like the iooks of that
chap.. He baa shifting eyes.
Wink He can't help that He la a
scenery shifter down at the show.
' . ,
"Tea, I engaged her on her looks.
My husband can't bear plain people
about him." - ,
, Yon may reform a hardened old
reprobate, but a fool or a saint la a
hopeless proposition.