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SPEND S400.000 ON PROJECT.
New Concern Will Build Big Reser
voir to Store Flood Water.
Laidlaw Oregon's pioneer irriga
tion project, begun in 1893 just aa the
panic swept over the country, stands in
a fair way to' be completed, and tbe
settlers wbo have been waiting and
watching for the water that never
came, may have their hopes realized.
For the state of Oregon, represented
by the land board, is making an effort
to secure the completion of the project
with the mo it flattering prospects of
success.
Laidlaw came into being during the
days when settlers expected water and
as a matter of fact when water was
delivered in tbe ditches. But the sup
ply was not sufficient for the lands at
tempted to be reclaimed, the acreage
reduced and other supplies of water
sought. Financial troubles followed,
and the company was reorganized. In
the meantime it was fully demonstrat
ed that a gravity system of irrigation
was not feasible and that reservoirs
would have to be built to store tbe
flood waters of Tumalo creek during
the spring and allow water to be car
ried over the parching land in July and
August, whan the stream carries
scarcely any water. The whole
scheme resolved itself into bad en
gineering, but the engineer was not
the man to suffer for his mistake.
Three Sisters Irrigation company to
wter 27,000 acres of land lying on tbe
west side of the Deschutes river, about
six to IS miles from Bend, taking wa
ter from a mountain stream known as
Tumolo creek. The nearest railroad
point is Shaniko, about 90 miles dis
tant The altitude ranges from 3,100
feet to 8,700 feet.
Convention to Carve New State.
Med ford The Southern leaders in
the movement to carve e new state out
ef Southern Oregon and Northern Cali
fornia, to be known as Siskiyou, are
active with arrangements to call a con
vention to devise ways and means.
According to present plans the con
vention will gather in Yreka, Siskiyou
county, California, not later than
March 15, and remain in session three
days. Prominent men from all over
the territory affected have signified
their willingness to attend and aid in
the movement.
As planned, the new state will em
brace seven California counties and
five Oregon counties. The movement
grew out of widespread dissatisfaction
with the treatment, alleged to have
been accorded the territory by tbe two
states. California, it is said by those
advocating tbe formation of the new
state, has long neglected its northern
Dortion. while Southern Oregon has
suffered in a like manner, it is claimed,
at the hands of Portland and the Wil
lamette valley. The move to create the
new state is popular through the affect
ed territroy.
Florence Sees Bright Future.
Eusene Florence, at the mouth of
the Siuslaw river, has been petitioned
by T. J. Monroe of Coos Bay for
franchise for an electric light plant
Tbe petition will probabply be submit
ted to a vote of the people. Florence
is growing rapidly as a result ef the
beginning of jetty work at the moutb
of the river. The citizens are working
for a railroad to the Willamette valley
via Eugene. It has been rumored that
the Southern Pacific company would
build a line from Eugene to Florence
to each Coos Bay. but the citizens
place more faith in the promise of the
promoters of the tugene & wet tern
company, which has made prelimi
nary surveys and expects to begin con
struction work soon.
Electric Clocks at Klamath Falls.
Klamath Falls O. B. Gates, agent
for tbe Western Union Telegraph com'
any. has secured 12 contracts for in
stalling clocks with telegraph service
in business houses in the city. The
comnanv only sent Mr. Gates 12 con
tracts. This is a most creditable bhow
Ing for a city of this sise. It was not
expected that over three of four clocks
could be installed, as that is usually
the number used in towns even larger
than this.
Clean Up Club at Eugene.
Eugene A movement has been start
ed in Eugene to' form a clean-up club
among the pupils of the city schools.
The object will be the cleaning op of
the streets, alleys and yards of the
city. City Superintendent of Schools
G. S. Stockton and Manager Freeman
of the commercial club, have agreed to
work together for the organisation of
the pupils' club and the commercial
club will give prises for the best
work.
8tayton Votes Down Bond Issue.
Stayton The proposition to vote at
$10,000 bond issue for the new high
school building was defeated at a spe
cial school election today "by a vote of
76 to 27. Bonds of $850 were voted
for the purchase of six more lots for
school purposes.
Land Board Affirms Loans.
Salem First mortgage loans from
the school fund drawing 6 pr cent
Interest were approved by the land
board to the amount of $59,200. There
remained $306,000 of the school fund
yet uninvested Jumnirv 1.
SI.000 for Lane County's Fair.
Eugene The Lane County Fair aa
oclatioo has decided to ask the county
court for an appropriation of $1,000
annually for the fair and appointed a
committee to Interview the court at its
put meeting.
DAIRY EXHIBIT AT STOCK SHOA
Opportunity Given Model Dairymen
to Show Farms in Miniature.
A unique exhibition of proper dairy
methods is being arranged by the state
board of health in connection with the
Oregon Jivestock show at the fair
grounds next fall. One of the leading
promoters of the plan is E. L. Thomp
son, whose model dairy at Clover Hill
farm, near Deer island, has won atten
tion throughout the Northwest Mr.
Thompson said :
"The fair next fall will give us the
biggest educational opportunity we
have ever bad. We want to show cat
tle that are best adapted for dairy pur
poses by reason of breeding, care and
the tuberculin test. We will have a
model dairy in all its parts ready for
operation. This will, of course, be in
miniature, but effective, nevertheless.
We will show how feed should -be
raised and how it should be mixed for
the health of cows, the largest produc
tion of the best possible milk.
Correct barn construction, the way
the stalls should be arranged, sufficient
ventilation, adequate gutter- drainage,
the proximity of feed, milk rooms and
manure heaps, will be gone into thor
oughly. We will also show how milk
ers should be dressed, and how they
should be clean in persou and in hab-
ts, to prevent -contamination, and
keep dirt from getting into tbe milk,
will all be practically illustrated.
New Brick School for Klamath Fall
Kl imatb Falls Pirns for the new
public school building, which is to be
erected on tue west side of the river,
have been approved by the school
board. The building will be two story
with basement and large attic, and
covers a ground space 8292 feet
It will contain eight class rooms, with
two rooms in the basement and one
large room 25x80 feet in the attic,
which will be used as an assembly and
music room.
The Oregon Library commission has
for distribution fifty copies of a circu
lar "Forestry in Nature Study" re
cently issued by the department of ag
riculture. This is a plan for elemen
tary instruction in the subject, ' ar
ranged by grades, 1st to 8th, and with
the work outlined for fall, winter, and
spring terms. Tbe sppendix gives ref
erences to government publications
which can be obtained free of charge
and used as text books. Any teacher
sending the commission two cents for
postage may obtain a copy.
Slow Progress on Well.
Dallas Serious difficulties are be
ing encountered at the oil well. The
formation is very hard and the supply
of water increases with depth. It
possible for the drillers to make less
than 10 feet daily. Oil sands are num
erous and it is still the conviction of
all concerned that the drill is slowly
nearing an immense deposit of tbe
precious fluid.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Track prices: Bluestem,
$1.16(3)1.17; club, $1.06; red Russian,
$1.04; valley, $1.06; 40-fold, $1.10.
Barley Feed and brewing, $29
29.50 per ton.
Corn Whole, $25; cracked, $36;
per ton.
Uats No, l wbite, x3Z(i)3Z.50 per
ton.
Hay Track prices: Timothy: Wil
lamette valley, $18i;20 per ton; East
ern Oregon, 2122; alfalfa, $1718
clover, $16. ; grain hay, $16(:17.
Butter City creamery extras, 89c
fancy outside creamery, 34(ii)39c per
pound; store, 20(ii25c. Butter fat
prices average 1 'c per pound under
regular butter prices.
Poultry Hens, 15()1 6 Kc;springs,
16Xc; ducks, 20(i)23c; geese,
12((()14c; turkeys, live, 22((i24c
dressed, 25(ii;27c; sqjabs, $3 dozen.
Egg" Fresh Oregon extras, 31 (it
32H per dozen; tasern, zsdii'ile per
doien.
Pork Fancy, ll(iill)c per pound.
Veal Extras, 12(0)12X0 per pound,
Fresh FrulU Apples, $l$3 box
pears, $l(iC1.60 per box; cranberries,
$8Ci9 per barrel.
Potatoes Carload buying prices
Oregon, 70(ii 90c per sack ; sweet pota
toes, 2w2hc per pound.
Vegetables Artichokes, $11.26
per dozen; cabbage, $2fJi2,25 per hun
dred; cauliflower, $1.75 per dozen
celery, $3(j3.50 per crate; garlic, 12X
per pound; horseradish, 9($10c per
pound; pumpkins, lJiMlHc; sprouts,
7(t)8e per pound ; squash, 2c ; tomatoes,
$1.50(1(2.25 per box; turnips, $1.50
per sack; carrots, $1.25; beets, $1.60
parsnips, $1.50.
Onions Oregon, $1.50 per sack.
Cattle Best steers. $60i 5.50; fair
to good, $4.60584.75; strictly good
eowv $4.25(4.50,; fair to good cows.
$3.604; light calves, $5(f5.60; heavy
calves, $4C4 60; bulla, $2.503.75
stags. $3(tf4.
- Sheep Best wethers, $5.60(VT5.50X
fair to good, wethers, $4.60(U5; good
ewes, $5(.i5.60; lambs, $5(ft6.50.
Hon Top, $9.10(39.25; fair to
good hogs, $8.60(C9.
Hops 1909 crop, prime end choice.
20&22Kc; 1908a, 17e; 1907s, llfce
per pound.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 1623
pound; mohair, choice, 25c pound.
Hides Dry bides, I8$i8e per
pound; dry kip, 18(((18e pound; dry
calfskin, liU21e pound; salted hides.
104'10fl salted calfskin, 15e pound
green, le lets.
ASKS COOLER CRITICISM.
President Taft Asks Magazine Pub
lishers to be Moderate.
Washington, Jan. 31. President
Taft told the periodical publishers of
tbe Untied States tonight; that, if
they overloaded their criticism of men
n the administrative authority with
unparliamentary expressions and inti
mations as to lack of honorable mo
tives, nobody is going to pay any atten
tion to them.
Although he made no direct allusion
to "muckraking." it was plainly evi
dent at what he was directing his at
tack.
The president'addressing tbe period
ical publishers association of America
as their guest at dinner, did not give
this advice to the editors assembled
from all parts of the nation nntil he
had prefaced his remarks with good
bumored treatment of his relative po
sition to the wielders of public opin
ion.
'This is a formidable gathering ' to
address," said President Taft, after
he bad been presented by C. H. Smith,
the toastmaster. . "Gentlemen who act
8 fates as to what is or is not current
iterature, would under any circum
stances, be formidable to address, and
under conditions prevailing in Wasb-
ngton and in legislative halls, it re
quires a brave man, standing in my po
rtion, to face them.
'As to controversies, let me say
that all evidence questions of facts
must be weighed broadly to reach an
ultimate conclusion. It is the case
with every trust as much as we con
demn them for their iniquities. The
evidence must be weighed. It does no
good to denounce a person on the wit
ness stund, if he testifies agains t you.
You controllers of public opinion
and controllers of the rulers of the
country may hammer a man into indif-
erence as to what you say, but at that
be will come nearer to doing right than
f be tried to fight
'But seriously speaking. I would
line to say thst when you. criticise a
poordevii exercising a responsible po
sition, first give him the benefit en
joyed by every criminal, that of rea-
nonable doubt '
WILL PRESS MERGER SUIT.
Pacific Roads Must Face Trial by
Next April.
Washington, Jan. 3JL- The president
has determined to press to a conclusion
the pending suit against tbe Union and
Southern Pacific Railroad companies,
looking to a dissolution of the merger,
and today concluded to deny the appli
cation of Mr. Lovett Harriman's suc
cessor, for a dismissal of the suit .
Soon after Judge Lovett and a num-
oer of influential railroad people ap
pealed to the president to squash pro
ceedings before Judge Vandeventer's
courcinSalt Lake City., Mr. Taft,
following the course that had been
adopted in the case of the famous New
York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
company, wben a similar appeal was
made, referred the matter to the at
torney general for examination. In
the New England case, it was found
that, because of action taken by 1 the
tate of Massachusetts and the insig
nificance of the government's interests,
it wouia De Dest to abandon the prose
cution of the railroad, and this was
done.
But Attorney General Wickersham
reached a different conclusion in the
Pacific railroad merger case, and today
he handed to President Taft a volumin
ous report, conclusions of which just!
fled the president in the announcement
tbat there was a good case against the
railroads, following the decision in the
Northern Securities litigation. There
fore, proceedings at Salt Lake City
will be pressed.
The Btatus of the case at present is
this : The government has put in its
testimony. The defense must begin in
April and the usual evidence in rebut
tal must be submitted thereafter.
Then the case will go to that novel tri
bunal of four judges provided by the
anti-trust act known as the expediting
court and doubtless in the end it will
come before the Supreme court of the
United States.
Panama Libel Suit Dismissed.
New York. Jan. 31. ThA Indict
ment against the Press Publishing com
pany, publishers of the New York
World, charging Joseph Pulitzer and
others with criminal libel aminst
Theodore Roosevelt President Taft
and others, was quashed today in the
United states District court Judge
Hough ruled that the statute upon
which the indictment rested was not
sufficient in authority, in other words.
that the court bad no jurisdiction.
Children Forced to Work.
Chicago, Jan. 31. High prices for
food in Chicago are driving chil Iran to
work. In the last three months 1,000
more permits have been asked of the
state factory inspector's office than in
the corresponding three months a year
ago. This is an increase of more (than
33 per cent It is attributed not to
any sudden demand of employes for tbe
services of minors, but to the necessi
ties of .work ingmene families, which
have compelled children to work to
buy food.
New Cabinet Rebuffed.
Budapest, Jan. 31. An early rebuff
was met by the recently formed Hed-
rvary cabinet when the chamber to
day with a large majority voted
want of confidence in the ministry.
The premier told the deputies be i
unable to decide immediately whether
to resign or to dissolve' parliament
He then drew from his pocket an im
perial rescript adjourning the house to
March 4.
The fjedemptioij
El QcvVid (Jorsoi?
By CHARLES FREDERIC GOSS
OpjrUht, 1WS, by TIm
Marrfll Caaapaar-
CHAPTER XVIL (Continued.)
To his own unbounted astonishment
this young- man wbo bad Ions: ago
abandoned his faith In Christianity,
began to plead like an apostle for the
practice of Its central and fundamental
virtue. -
'My friend." he said, with a new sol
emnity in hla manner, you are on the
threshold of another world: how dare
you present yourself to the Judge of
all the earth with a passion Ilka this
In your heart?"
In the momentary rest the beggar
had recovered strength enough to re
ply: 'It is t-t-true. I am on the
threshold of another world I I didn't
use to b-b-belleve there was one, but I
do now. There must bet Would it
b-b-be right for such d-d-devlls aa the
one that wrecked my life to g-g-go un
punished T Not If I know anything!
They get away from us here, but if
eternity is as long as they s-s-say it
Is, I'll find D-D-Dave Corson If it t-t-
takes the whole of it. and when I f-f-(lnd
him " he paused again, gasping
and strangling.
And so you really mean to die with
out bestowing your pardon upon those
who have wronged youT"
I swear it!"
With a heavy heart. Mantel left him
and hurried home to report the Inter
view to . David. He found him lust
returning from hi work, and conveyed
his message by the gloom of his ooun-
tenanoe.
'Has anything gone wrong T" David
Inquired, anxiously, as they entered
their room.
Casting himself heavily Into a seat
and answering abstractedly. Mantel
replied," "Each new day of life renders
it more inexplicable. A man no soon
er forms a theory than he is compelled
to abandon it I fear it is a labyrinth
from which we shall none of us es
cape.
'Do not speak In parables," David
exclaimed. Impatiently. "It anything
If the matter, tell me at onoe. Do not
leave me in suspense. I cannot endure
It Is he worse T Is he dying"
"He la both, and more," Mantel an
swered, still unable to escape from the
gloom which enveloped him. "I have
at last drawn from him a brief but
terrible allusion to the tragedy of your
Uvea,"
"What did he sayT Quick, tell me!"
"He said that he had been wronged
by those whom he had benefited, and
that he would spend eternity in re
venging hla wrongs."
Horrible!" cried David, sinking In
to a chair. "Did he show no mercy 7
Was there no sign of pardon T"
"None! Granite is softer than his
heart. Ice Is warmer." '
David rose and paced the floor.
Pausing before Mantel, he said, pit-
soualy, "Perhaps he will relent when
Pepeeta comes!"
"Perhaps I Have you heard from
herr
"No, but hr answer cannot be much
longer delayed, for I have written
again and again."
"Something may have happened,'
said Mantel, who had lost all heart and
hope.
"Do not say It" David exclaimed, be
seechingly. "It Is a long distance. She
may have changed her residence. She
may never go to the postoffice. She
may be sick."
"Or dead!" said Mantel, giving ex
pression in two words to the fullness
of his despair.
"Impossible I" exclaimed David, bis
face blanching at this sudden articula
tion of the dread he had been strug
gling so hard to repress. -
- They passed out into the night to
gether and hurried away to the bag-
sal's room. Each was too burdened
for talk and they ' walked In ' silence.
Arriving at the house, they ascended
the stairs on tiptoe and paused to lis
ten at the door. "I will leave it ajar,
so -you may hear what he says, and
then you can Judge if I am right,"
said Mantel, entering quietly.
He approached the table and turned
up the lamp which he had left burning
dimly. By its pale light David could
see the great head lying on the pillow.
the chin elevated, the mouth partially
open, the breast heaving -with the
painful efforts to catch a few last flut
tering Inspirations. Nestling close to
the ashen face and licking the cheek
now and then with hla little red
tongue, was the terrier.
Mantel's footfall, quiet aa It waa, dis
turbed the sleeper, who moved, turned
his head toward the sound and asked
in a husky and but ,half -audible voice.
Who is tnerer-
"It Is L How are you nowT A little
better" said Mantel, laying his soft
tool hand upon the broad forehead.
wet already with the death-damn,
"I am getting weaker. It wont last
-long," he answered palnfnully.
"I do not want to bother you. but I
yannot bear to have you die wlthoat
talking to you again about your fu
turei I must try onoe more to roer-
made you not to die without sending
tome kind word to the people who
nave wronged you."
The expression of the white face un
lerwent a hideous transformation.
"If you do not feel like talking to me
ibout a matter so sacred and personal,
would you not like to have me send
for some minister or priest T
The head moved slowly back and
forth In a firm negation.
"In every age. and among an men.
It has seemed fitting that those who
ere about to die should make some
preparation to meet their God. Have
ou no desire to do thlsT If there eb
Mutely no word of pardon or of kind
seat which you wish to send to those
rho have Injured you, as a sort of lag-
yey from the gravel"
"None!" he whispered fiercely.
"Suppose that your enemy should
AH Right lovnd
come to eee you. Suppose that a great
change had come over htm; that be,
too, had Buffered deeply; - that your
wife had discovered his treachery and
left him; that he had bitterly repent-
he Could for hla ln- that It waa he'
Who haa Imii Mrin. friw vi.i In thAU
last hours, could you r.ot pardon him"
These words produced an extraordi
nary effect on the dying man. For the
nrat time he Identified his enemy with
his friend, u aa-tha Al
upon his mind a convulsion seised and
snook- his frame. He slowly and gain
fully struggled to a sitting posture,
lifted his light hand above his head
and said in tones that rang with rau
cous power of by-gone daye:
"If I had known that T -ara m aatlna-
his b-b-bread. It would have choked
mei oena him to me! Whin h7
"I am here." said IkvM. nuletlv en
tering the door. "I am here to throw
myself on your mercy and to beg you,
for the love of God. to forgive me."
As he heard tha familiar -volna. tha
beggar trembled. He made one last
supreme effort to look out of his dark
ened eyes. An expression of dpair
lng agony followed the attempt "I
then, with both his great bony hands,
he clutched at the throat of bis night
robe as if choking for breath, tore It
open and reaching . down Into his
Dosom felt for some concealed object
He found It at last, grasped it and
drew It forth. It was a shining blade
of steeL
Mantel sprang to take it from his
hand: but David oushed him back and
said calmly: "Let him alone."
-res, let me alone," cried the blind
man. trembling In tvnrv . 11 mh and
crawling slowly and painfully from the
Deo.
The movements of the dying man
Were tOO Slow and weak to rnnvav anv
adequate expression of the tempest
raging in his souL It waa Incredible
that a tragedy waa reallv halne- anant.
ed, and that this poor trembling rrea-
xure was tnirstlng for the Hfe-MN of
a mortal foe.
David did not seek to escape. He
did not even shudder. There was a
singular expression of repose on his
features, for In his desperation he so
laced himself by the reflection that he
for a sin whose atonement had become
was about to render final satisfaction
otherwise impossible. He therefore
folded bis arms across his breast and
stood waiting.
The contorted face of the furious
beggar afforded a terrible' contrast to
the tranquil countenance of the peni
tent and unresisting object of his ha
tred. The opaque flesh seemed to have
become transparent and through it
glowed the maleful light of hatred and
revenge. The lips were drawn back
from the white teeth, above which the
great moustache bristles savagely. The
lids were lifted from the hollow and
expressionless eyes. Balancing him
self for an Instant he moved forward;
but the emaciated limbs tottered un
der the weight of tbe body. He reeled,
caught himself, then reeled onoe more,
and lunged forward In the. direction
from which he had heard the voice of
his enemy.
Again Mantel strove to Intercept
him,-and again David forced - ---.
Uncertain as to the exact location .of
the object of his hatred, he raised his
knife and struck at random; but the
blow spent Itself in air. The futility
and helplessness of his efforts erased
him.
"Where are youT O-g-glve me some
sign!" he cried. . -
"I am here," said David, In a voice
whose preternatural calmness sent a
shudder to the heart of hla Mii
With one supreme and final effort the
aying man lurched forward and threw
himself wildly toward tha amirid via
hand, brandishing the dagger, waa up-
lutea ana seemed about to descend on
his foe; but at that very Instant, with
a frightful Imprecation unon hla in
the gigantlo form collapsed, the knife
cropped rrom tne hand, and he plung
ed, a corpse. Into the arms of his in
tended victim. -David
received the dead weight unon
the bosom at which the dagger had
been aimed, and the first expression of
his face indicated a certain disappoint
ment that a single blow had not been
permitted to end his troubles, as well
aa terror at an event so appalling. He
stood spellbound for a moment sup
porting the awful burden; and then.
overpowered with the horror of the sit
uation, cried out:
"Take htm. Mantel! take him! Help
me to lay htm down! Quick, I cannot
stand it; quick!"
They laid the lifeless form on the
bed. while the little dog. leaping up be
side his dead master, threw hla head
back and emitted a series of prolong
ed and melancholy howls.
CHAPTER XVIIL
Bewildered by the scene through
which he had Just passed, Corson re
turned to hla rooms and spent the
night In a sort of stupor. What hap
pened the next day he never knew;
but on the following morning he ao-
eompanled Mantel to the cemetery
where, with simple hut reverent cere
mony, they committed the body of the
doctor to the bosom of earth.
Just aa they were about to turn
away, after the conclusion of the bur
ial service, a strange thing happened.
The limb of a great elm tree, which
had been tied back to keep It out of
the way of the workmen, waa released
by the old sexton and swept back over
the grave. -.
It produced a similar tm pression up
on the minds of both the subdued spec
tators. They glanced at each other.
and Mantel said. "It waa like the wing
or an angell
"Tea,- added David with a sigh, "and.
seemed to brush away and obliterate
all traces of his sorrow and his sins."
They ' did not speak during their
homeward journey, and when they
reached their rooms David paced un
easily backward and forward until the
shadows of evening had fallen. Wben
he suddenly observed that it was dusk,
he took his hat and went out into- the
streets. There was something so rest-.
less and unnatural about .his move
ments aa to excite the suspicion of -his
friend, who waited for a- single mo
ment and then hurried after him.
The night was calm and clear, the
autumn stars were shining in a cloud
less sky, and the tide of life which had
surged through the busy streets all day
was ebbing like the waters from the
bays and estuaries along the shore of
the ocean.
A few moments' walking brought
David to a weird spectacle. A torch
had been erected above a low plat
form on which stood a man of most
unique and striking personality. . He
looked like a giant In the wavering'
light of the torch. He was dressed In
the simple garb of a Quaker; his head
waa bare; great locks of reddish hair
curled round his temples and fell down
upon his shoulders. H!s massive coun
tenance bespoke . an extraordinary
mind, and beamed with rest and peace.
As he sang an old familiar hymn, he
looked around upon hla audience with
an expression such aa glowed, ' no
doubt from the countenance of tha
Christ when He spoke to the multi
tudes on the shores of Lake Genessa-
ret ' .- '. .... ,
Closs to the small platform was a
circle of street . Arabs, awed Into si
lence and respect by the charm of this
remarkable personality. Next to them
came a ring of women some of them
old and gray, with haggard and wrin
kled countenances upon which Time,
with his antique pen, had traced many
Illegible hieroglyphs; some of them
young and bedizened with -tinsel Jew
elry and flashy clothing; not a few of
them middle-aged, wan, dispirited and
bearing upon their hips bundles wrap
ped In faded shawls, from which came
occasionally that mjpt distressing of
sounds, the wall of an Ill-fed and un
loved Infant crying in the. night
Outside of this sons of female mis
ery and degradation, there waa a belt
of masculine stupidity and crime; mn
with corpulent bodies, bull necks, dou
ble chins, plle-drlvlng heads; men of
shrunken frames, cadaverous cheeks,
deep-set and beady eyes vermln-oov-ered,
dlsease-divoured, hope-deserted.
They clung around him, these concen
tric! circles of humanity, like rings
around a luminous planet held by they
knew not what raalatleaa attraction.
The simple melody, borne upon the
pinions of that resonate and cello-like
voice, attained an almost supernatural
Influence over their perverted natures.
When it ceased, an audible sigh arose, -an
Involuntary tribute of adoration and
of awe. As soon as he had finish' " his
hymn, this consecrated apostle to the
lost sheep of the great city opened a
well-worn volume.
The Influence which he exerted over
the mind of David waa as Irresistible
as it was Inscrutable. His language
had the charm of perfect familiarity.
Every word and phrase had fallen
from his own Hps a hundred times In
similar exhortations. In - fact they
seemed to him strangely like the echo
of his own voice coming back upon
him from the dim and half-forgotten
past
(To be continued.)
Doubtful Identity.
Cricket is the national game of En
gland; and It would no more help one
to Identify an Englishman by saying
that he was a cricket player than It
would to distinguish a college man la
this country to say that he was de
voted to baseball. In his book on the
game, "Kings of Cricket," Richard
uait relates many amusing things of
the sport and of men who have been
connected with it One of his stories
Is about two Nottingham players of ft
common family name with similar Ini
tials.." ,
We had two players of the name of
Johnson, one being John Johnson, for
years the secretary of our county
team, and the other "Isaac Johnson. '
As John Johnson's initial was near
ly always written as an "I," confusion
arose concerning the Individuality of
the two players. ;
Charles Thornton, a well-known sup
porter of cricket in Notts, once got
into conversation with a stranger In
a railway carriage. Cricket cropping
up In the course of conversation, the
stranger happened to say he knew a
Mr. Johnson, who belonged to Notting
hamshire, who played cricket and
asked Mr. Thornton If he knew him.
Mr. Thornton replied that he know
iwo Mr. jonnsons wno played.
"This one," said the stranger,
lives In Nottingham."
- ''They both live In Nottingham," waa
the reply. , . .
"This one Is Mr. L Johnson."
"They are both I. Johnson,"
"This one I mean plays with the)
Commercial."
"They both play with the Commer
cial." .., - -"The
one I mean la a fast bowlerV
"They're both fast bowlers. .
"The one I know Is gray-headed.'
"They're both gray-headed." ,
"The one I mean wears spectaAleaV
"They both wear spectacles." ,
The gentleman gave up In despair.
MiuWEiiOiirauM.
There once lived a woman who
never gave her husband a chance to
say a word. . The moment he opened
hla mouth, she dosed It with a torrent
of words. It happened that ha fall
sick when his wife was out of town,
mwA lufu. . V . I . V . ..
u vMvi w mum VUU1U gBl HOUJS QOnW
came and took him away.
"I would feel better about if aha
Is still saying between her sobs, "II
I could have been with John when be
died. There must have been some last
words he wanted to say to me,"
Atohlson Globe.