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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1901)
I i 1 Jhe t)oetor'$ Petunia I jj By Hcsba Strctton ,,t,,!"it"8"l"l"S,,t"l,"J"H"5 "I1 4"4"8 "I1 CHAPTER XXII.-(ContInued.) That same evening I received a note, desiring mo to go anil see him Immedl atoly. Ho was looking brighter nnJ bet ter than In tho morning, anil an- odd smile played now and then about his face as he talked to me, after having desired Jirs, Poster to leave us alone together. "Markl" he said. "I have not the slight. " est reason to doubt Olivia's death, except your Own opinion to the contrary, which is founded upon reasons of which I know nothing. But acting on the supposition that she may bo still alive, I am quite 'willing to enter into negotiations wun her. I suppose It must be through you." "It must," I answered, "and It cannot be at present. You will have to wait for some months, perhaps, whilst I pursue my search for her. I' do not know where she Is any more than you do." A vivid gleam crossed his face at these words, but whether of Incredulity or sat isfaction I could not tell. "But suppose I die in the meantime?" he objected. "I do not know that 1 mlgftt not leave you in your present position, I said at last; "lrtnay be I am acting from an over-strmued sense of duty. But If you will give me a formal deed protecting her from yourself, I am willing to advance the funds necessary to remove you to purer air, and more open quarters than these. A deed of separation, which both of you must sign, can be drawn up, and receive your signature. There will be no doubt as to getting hers, when we find her. But that may be some months hence, as I said. Still I will run the risk."" "For her sake?" ho said, with a sneer. "For her sake, simply," I answered; "I will employ a lawyer to draw up the deed, and as soon as you sign It I will advance tho money you require. My treatment of your disease I shall begin at once; that falls Under my duty as your doctor; but I warn you that fresn air and freedom from agitation are al most. If not positively, essential to Its success. The sooner you secure these for yourself, the better your chance." Some further conversation passed be tween us, as to the stipulations to be in sisted upon, and the division of the year ly income from Olivia s property, lor l would not agree to her alienating any portion of It. Foster wished to drive a hard bargaiu, still with that odd smile on his face; and it was after much discus sion that we came to an agreement. I had the deed drawn up by a lawyer, who warned me that if Foster sued for a restitution of his rights they would be enforced. But I hoped that when Olivia was found she would have some evidence In her own favor, which would deter him from carrying the case Into court. Tho deed was signed by Foster, and left In my charge till Olivia's signa ture could be obtained. As soon as the deed was secured, I had my patient removed from Bellringer street to some apartments in Fulham, near to Dr. Senior, whose interest in the case wasnow almost equal to my own. Here I could visit him every day. Never had any sufferer, under the highest and wealthiest ranks, greater care and sci ence expended upon him than Ilicbard Foster. The progress of his recovery was slow, but It was sure. I felt that it would be so from the first. Day by day I watch ed the pallid hue of sickness upon his face changing into a more natural tone. I saw his strength coming back by slight but steady degrees. The malady was forced to retreat into its most hidden citadel, where it might lurk as a prisoner, but not dwell as a destroyer, for many years to come. There was no triumph to me in this, as there would have been had my patient been any one else. The cure aroused much interest among my colleagues, and made my name more known. But what was that to me? As long as this man lived, Olivia was doomed to a lonely and friendless life. I tried to look into tho future for her, and saw it stretch out into long, dreary years. I wondered where she would find a home. Could I persuade Johanna to receive her into her pleasant dwelling, which would become so lonely to her when Captain Carey had moved into Julia s house in St. Peter- port? That was the best plan I could form. except being too many of 'em p'raps, and my old woman won t owu to that. Hut there's something In tho wind as con cerns Dr. Dobry, so I thought I'd better come and giro you a hint of It." "Very good, Simmons," said Jack. "You recollect taking my cab to Gray's Inn ltoad about this time last year, when I showed up so green, don't you?" he asked. "To bo sure," I said. "Well, doctors," he continued, "tho very last Monday as ever was, a lady walks slowly along the stand, eyeing us all very hard, but taking no heed of any of 'em. till she catches sight of me. The lady comes along very slowly she looks hard at me she nods her head, as much as to say, lou, and your cab, and your uorso are what I'm on the lookout for;' and I gets down, opens the door, and sees her In quite comfortable. Says she, 'Drive me to Messrs. Scott and Brown, in (tray's Inn ltoad." Nor I ejaculated. Yes, doctors," replied Simmons. " 'Drivo me,' she says, 'to Messrs. Scott and Brown, Gray's Inn ltoad.' Of course I knew the name again; I was TexeJ enough the last time I were there, at showing myself so green. I looks hard at her. A very fine make of a woman. with hair and eyes as black as coals, and a Impudent look on her face somehow, She told me to wait for her In the street; and directly after she goes In there comes down the gent I bad seen before, with a pen behind his car. He looks very bard at me, and me at him. Says he, 'I think I have seen your face before, my man,' Very civil; as civil as a orange, as folks say. I mink you have, I says. 'Could you step upstairs for a minute or twoV says he, very polite; 'I'll find a boy to take charge of your horse.' And he slips a a rf -crown into my hand, qnlte pleasant." 'So you went In, of course?" said aJck. Doctors," he answered solemnly. "I did go in. There's nothing to bo said against that. Tho lady Is sitting In a orfice upstairs, talking to another gent. upon him now.' 'Stop,' he says, ni I were going away; they keep n carriage, of course?' 'Of course,' I says; 'what's the good of a doctor that hasn't a. car riage and pair?' 'Do they use It at night?' says ho. 'Not dften.' m)s I; 'they take a cab; mine If It's on the stand.' 'Very good.' ho says; 'good morn ing, my friend.' So I come away, aud drives back again to tho stand." "And you left the lady there?" I ask ed, with uo doubt In my mind that It was Mrs. Foster. "Yes, doctor," he answered, "talking nway like a poll-parrot with tho blsck h sired gent. That were last Monday; to-day's Friday, and this tnornlug there comes this I'll of n note to me at our house. That's what's brought me hero at this time, doctors." He gavu the note Into Jack's hands; aud be, after glauvlng at It, passed It on. to inc. The contents wore simply these words: "James Simmons Is requested to call at Gray's Inn ltoad, at U:30 Friday evening." The handwriting struck mo as one I had seen aud noticed before. I scanned it more closely for a minute or two; then n glimmering of light began to dawn upon my memory. Could It bo? I felt almost sura It was. In anuthur mliiutc I was persuaded that It waa tho same hand as that which had written the letter announcing Olivia's death. Proba bly if I could see tho penmanship of the other partner, I should find It to be Iden tical with that of the medical certificate which had accompanied the letter. "Leave this noto with mo, Simmons," I said, giving him halt a crown in ex change for It. I was satisfied now that the papers had been forged, But not with Olivia's connivance. Waa Foster him self a party to It? Or had Mrs. Foster alone, with the aid of these friends or relatives of hers, plotted and carried out the scheme, leaving him in ignorance and doubt like my owu? I crossed In the mall steamer to Guern sey, on n Monday night, as tho wedding was to take place at an early hour on Wednesday morning, In time for Captain Carey and Julia to catch the boat to Fug land. Tho ceremony was to be solemn ized at seven. Under these circumstances "Stay!" he said; "there Is no chance whativrcr of going so lute as this, Let us think for n few minutes." Hut at that moment n furious peal of the bll rang through tho house. Wo both ran Into tho hall. Tho servant hnd Juki opened tho door, nud a telegraph clerk stood on the slept, with a tele gram, which ho thrust Into his hands. It was directed to mo. 1 tore It open. "From Joan Grliiiont, Grittivlllo, to Dr. Dobree, Hrook street, London." 1 did not know any Jean Grliiiont of Granville; It was the mime of a stranger to me. A message was written underneath In Nor man patois, but so misspelt and garbled Id Its transmission that I could not iiniko out the sense of It, The only words I waa sure about were "uinmtelle," "Fos ter," "Tardlf," and "a lagoulo." Who was on tho point of death I could not tell. (To be continued.) WASPS DENEFIT THE FIGS, Insects Are Necrssarjr to the Trull's t-uccaaalul Cultivation. The long-continued effort to produce tho Smyrna 11k of commerce In Cull forulit bus boon crowned with success. Tho history of tho experiment Is Inter esting. It begun over twenty years ago with importation of cuttings from Asia Minor. Figs hnvo been produced from VETERAN WRITER OF BOYS' STORIES. HOUGH ALFRED MONTY or London U the most popular au thor of boys' books on cither sldo of tho Atlantic. Every year of Ills llfo ho writes at least thrco lung historical novels for boys, mid no Christina would bcmu qulto complete without It gifts of "llcnty booki!." He Iiiih writ ten about eighty of these Juvenile nov els In till, besides enough other books to mnko h totnl of nearly a hundred volumes. Mr, llcnty now Is (ID years of age, but his marvelous powers of lit erary production continue unabated, lit his youth he left Cambridge Unlvor Hlty to cuter the Crimean war, nud ho Iiiih been a correspondent from tho bat tlelleld during most of tho Important Kuropean warn slneo then. This expe rience has fitted 1 1 1 in for writing tales of military adventures, and Micro seems to bo no end to his resources. OEOllOK A. IIKNTlf. OVER NIAGARA IN A BARREL. Hemarkubte Vent of n Woman, ) cntr Herlmis I J'lrr, Mrs. Anna Kdson Taylor, of Hay City, these and other Imported cuttings, but ' Mlcn" celebrated her forty-third birth they were not tho famous white tig of . minting n sueoossiui trip ovo commerce'. Tho credit of producing tho latter In California belongs to Geo. C. Hooding of Fresno. Until this sum mer every truo Smyrna tig treo planted In Cnllforula which boro fruit failed to maturo It; tho tigs were unfertilized unu wiuiereu ana dropped. It wan tiually discovered that the fertilization of this tig depended upon tho service of tho blnstophaga wasp, whoso habitat Is In the caprl, or wild tig. Tho latter was Imported ami thrived nniaxlugly, but the blnstophaga did uot accompany It. Hi with hair and eves like hers, as black ns coals, and tho same look of brass on bis ' evidently gave no thought to me. face. All tnree of em looked a little was well, and as It should be . Speclnl Importations of the wasp fob there could bo no formal woddlug break- 'owed.but It thrived only tor u season fast, a matter not much to bo regretted. 0,1 the caprl llg and then disappeared. it wns assumed that it could not sur- vivo our winters. Last year tho Do- purtmciit of Agriculture took the mut ter In hand. A fresh consignment was Imported and Its care Intrusted to Mr. Itoedlng. Last April the young Insect colony emerged In full force from tho ilrst caprl cot, entered tho second, emerged again, ami then took posses slon of the Smyrna tig trees, tho fruit on which was ready for fertilization, Mr. Hooding reports that this expert' ment has been perfectly successful. A toil of tho fruit bus been picked from his trees and the entire crop will yield live or six tons more. Mr. Hooding be lieves that the blnstophaga has conio to stay and ho expects that Cnllforula will be enriched soon With another In dustry. Captain Carey and I were standing at the altar of tho old church some mlnntes before tho bridal procession appeared. Ho looked pale, but wound up to a high pitch of resolute courage. The church was nearly full of eager spectators, all of whom I had known from my childhood. Far back, halt sheltered by a pillar, I saw the white head and handsome face of my father, with Kate Daltrey by bis side. At length Julia appeared, palo like the bridegroom, but dignified and prepos sessing. She did not glance at me; she That "OFF WITH HIM TO THE CARRIAGE." OnAPTEH XXIII. Julia's marriage arrangements were go ing on speedily. There was something Ironical to me In the chance that made me so often the witness of them. We were so merely cousins again, that she discussed her purchases and displayed them before me, as if there had never been any notion between us of keeping couse logetuer. unce more I assisted in the choice of a wedding dress, for the one made a year before was said to be yellow and old-fashioned. But this time Julia did not insist upon having white satin. A dainty tint of grey was con sidered more suitable. Captain Carey en joyed the purchase with the rapture 1 had failed to experience. The wedding was fixed to take place tho last week in July, a fortnight earlier tlian tno time proposed; It was also t fortnight earlier than the date I was look. lng forward to most anxiously, when, if ever, uows would roacn Tardlf from Olivia. Dr. Senior had agreed with me that Foster was suillciently advanced on the road to recovery to be removed from Ful ham to tho better air of the south coast. Wo required Mrs. Foster to write us fully, three times a week, every varla tlon she might observe In bis health After that wo started them off to a quiet village In Sussex, I breathed nioro free ly when they were out of my daily sphere of duty, But before they went a hint of treach ery reached me, which put mo doubly on my guard. Ono morning, when Jack and I were at breakfast, Simmons, the cabby, was announced. He was a favorite with Jack, who bade the servant show him in, "Nothing amiss with your wlfo or the brats, I hope?" said Jack. "No, Dr. John, no," he answered, "there ain't anything amiss with them, : under the weather. 'What's your name, my man?' asked the black gent. 'Waler,' I says. 'And where do you live?' he says, taking me serious. 'In Queer street,' I says, with a little wink to show 'em I were up to a trick or two. They oil three larfed a little among themselves, but not in a pleasant sort of way. Then the gent begins again. 'My good fellow,' he says, 'we want you to give us a little information that 'ud be of use to us, and we are willing to pay you handsome for it. It can't do you any barm, nor no body else, for it's only a matter of busi ness. You're nqt above taking ten shil lings for a bit of useful information?' 'Not by no manner of means,' I sajs." "Go on," I said impatiently. "Jest so, doctors," he .continued, "but this time I was minding my P's and Q's. 'You know Dr. Senior, of Brook street?' he says. Tho old doctor?' I says; 'he's retired out of town.' 'No,' he says, 'nor the young doctor neither; but there's an other of 'em. Isn't there?' 'Dr. Dobry?' I says. 'Yes,' he says, 'he often takes your cab, my friend V 'First one and then the other,' I says, 'sometimes Dr, John and sometimes Dr. Dobry. They're as thick as brothers, and thicker. 'GooJ friends of yours?' he says. 'Well,' says L 'they take my cab when they can have It; but there's not much friendship, as I see, In that. It's tho best cab and horse on the stand. Dr. John's pretty fair, but the other's no great favorite of mine.' Ah! he says." Simmons' face was Illuminated with do- light, and he winked sportively at us "It were all flummery, doctors," he said. "I Jest see them setting a trap, and I wanted to have a finger In it. 'Ah!' ho says, 'all we want to know, but we do want to know that very particular, Is where you drive Dr. Dobry to tho often est. He's going to borrow money from us. and we'd like to find out something about his habits. You know where ho goes In your cab.' 'Of course I do,' I says; 'I drove him and Dr. John here nigh a twelvemonth ago. Tho other gent took my number down, and knew where to look for mo when you wanted we.' 'You're a clever fellow,' ho says. 'So my old woman thinks,' I says. 'And you'd be glad to earn a llttlu mora for your old woman?' he says. 'Try me,' I says. 'Well, then,' says he, 'hero's a offer for you. If you 11 bring us word where he spends his ' spare time, we'll give von ten shillings; and If It turns out of any use to us, wo II make It five pound.' 'Very good,' I says. 'You've not got anj information to tell us at once?' be says. 'Well, no,' I says, 'but 111 keep my eye Yet there was a pang in It reason as I would, there was a pang In It for me. I should have liked her to glance once at me, with a troubled and dimmed eye. I should have liked a shade upon her face, as I wrote my name below bers In the register. But there was nothing of the kind. She gave me the kiss, which I demanded as her cousin Martin, with out embarrassment, and after that she put her hand again upon the bridegroom's arm and marched off with him to the car riage. A whole host of us accompanied tho bridal pair to the pier, and saw them start off on their wedding trip, with a pyramid of bouquets before them on tho deck of the steamer. We ran round to the lighthouse, and waved out bats and handkerchiefs as long as they wero in sight. That duty done, tho rest of the day was our own. It was almost midnight the next day when I reached Brook street, where I found Jack expecting my return. A lot ter was waiting for me. directs! In nmvr. crabbed handwriting, and posted in Jer sey n week before. It had been so long on the road In con sequence of the bad penmanship of the address. I opened ft carelessly as I an swered Jack's first Inquiries; but the in stant I saw the signature I held up ray hand to silence him. It was from Tar dlf. This Is a translation: "Dear Doctor and Friend This day I received a letter from mam'zellc; qulto a little letter with only a few lines In It. She says, 'Come to be. My husband has found me; he is here. I have no friends but you and one other, and I cannot send for him. You said you would come to mo whenever I wanted you. I have not time to write more. I am In a little village called Vllle-en-bols, between Granville and Nolreau. Como to the house of the cure; I am there.' "Behold, I am gone, dear monsieur. 1 write this In my boat, for wo aro rromlmr to Jersey to catch the steamboat to Gran ville. To-morrow evening I shall bo in Vlllo-en-bols. Will you learn tho law of Franco about this affair? They sar the cuuu uiuus u woman to ioiiow ncr lius Itogucs of Wall Street. The rogues of Wall street Uourlsh, They nro thieving brokers, promoters of mining schemes nud disreputable speculators. Said a thieving broker oil ono occasion: "If the Postotllce Depart ment would let mo alone I would have to hire n cart to carry down my money laden mall. All you have to do Is to appeal to the cupidity of the public, I'romlso (J per cent dividends on a Ilrst class security and you can't do bust' uess; but promise 50 per cent on a fake and you can get rich." Investigation proved this statement to be true. He Is of tho sumo class as the tipster fraud who advertises that he knows exactly which stocks will advance aud those that are going to decline. For $5 a week he will tell you pre cisely how to make a fortune. Ho ad vertlscs In strango ways, using n ridic ulous code. For example: "Hit Kan garoo for a Jump of 20 points." etc, This Interpreted means buy a certain stock for an advance of ?20 a share. Such men are Bwlndlers. Quito ns con tcmptlblc ns the man with a fake gold, silver, zinc, copper or oil mining scheme. He first buys a mining pros pect for say $2,500 and then organizes a $500,000 or $1,000,000 company under the laws of Now Jersey or .West VIP ulnla for sny $2,500 more. Tho shares liavo an alleged par valuo of $1 each, but he offers them for 37c each from an elaborately furnished ofllco where ho noses as the fiscal agent. The rogue, who selects tho broker ns bin victim Is more plentiful than tho brok crs aro willing to confess. World's Work. Niagara Falls In barrel. Sho Is tho Ilrst person to at tempt such a per formnnce, and the thousands w h wltuossed tho per formauco w u r a m used at tho manner In which the barrel plunged over roof after reef In tho uppe mm. TAvi-on. rapids, rushing with tho current toward tho famous waterfall, Regarding tho feat, Mrs. Taylor of tcr waril said: "I would sooner walk up to tho mouth of a cannon, knowing that It wns going to blow mo to pieces than to make another trip over tho falls. I mado It voluntarily, but I would not do It again for $1,000,000, The barrel In which Mrs. Taylor ac compllshed tho feat was about six feet long. Attached to tho bottom were heavy weights to hold It upright. With In tho barrel wero straps, attached to the bottom, which wero placed over the woman's shoulders to provent her head from bumping against tho top, Over her head, during the trip, wns a pillow for farther protection On the memorable day .Mrs. Taylor and her barrel were rowed Into tho up per river and set adrift In a current that rapidly bore her toward the rap Ids. Striking tho Ilrst Incline of water In the rapids, tho barrel took an up- tuiniou ItAB weieHT. UttB, TAYLOll I.V THE iiAimix. Tulklnghorn's House to Disappoar, Yet another famous house has to make way for street Improvements. It Is the mansion In Llncoln's-lnu-fields adjoining Sardinia street, and was built from the designs of Inlgo Jones lng barrel bad been lost In tho mist of for the Karl of Llndsey. Tho right- tho tremendous cataract It appeared In right position aud bobbing like a cork moved straight for tho curve of tho horseshoe falls. A llttlu to tho Can a dlan side of tho center of tho falls tho barrel took Its plungo and dropped clouded In mist, to tho lower river, a dlstanco of 158 feet, While tho desperate plunge was being taken thousands of spectators held their breath In anxiety and suspense, everyone believing that tho fall would be fatal and that another would bo added to tho long list of tho victims of Niagara. Two minutes after tho plung hand room on tho first floor of the house was chosen by Dickens for tho scene of tho assassination of Mr, Tulle Inghorn, Sir Leicester Dedlock's law yer, In "Bleak Houso." Already, how tho seething wblto water below tho falls. It gradually was carried by tho current to tho Canadian sldo and was hauled ashore. Tho top was hastily sawed off and Mrs. Taylor was taken ever, tho painted celling, with tho Ho- out Sho had suffered a contusion on man soldier pointing his truncheon to tho right sldo of tho head and had re- tho body of tho dead solicitor, lias dls appeared under a coat of whltowash, wickedly nppjled a few years ago, London Globe.. celved numerous bruises on the body, Her nervous system had suffered a se vcro shock and since then sho has been allllctcd with severe headaches. Ex actly fifty minutes had elapsed from Ills Words Indorsed. the tlmo sho was sent adrift until sho It was tho worst domestic storm they was released from tho barrel. When bad ever encountered. Bno reached her hotel sho broko down "You don't deserve oven Hanging," n(i Wcnt. lie said as bo left tho houso. when sho was rescued the barrel was "I deserve It better ttinn you uor stio one-third filled with water. Tho tro- sent after blm as a parting shot. Phil- mendous pressure had forced tho water adelphla Times. A Monument for Virgil. Mantua, after nearly twenty con turlcs, lias rcuiombered that It Is tho AtTl IZ thp'lace of Virgil. protect mam'zelle, or I should say mTd- mJ? fj'? nine, at tho loss of my llfo. Your de voted , TARDIF." "I must go!" I exclaimed, about to rush out of tho house. "Where?" cried Jack. "To Olivia," I answered; "that villain. that scoundrel has hunted her out In Nor mandy, Read that, Jack. Let out go." sum of $20,000 has been raised and artists are called on to send In plans in competition. through tho air tube which connected with a small opening near tho top of tho barrel. Mrs. Taylor Is a native of Auburn, N, Y. Sho Is a graduate of tho Stato Normal School at Albany and has taught school In Texas and more re cently at Bay City, Mich. Sho owns a ranch In Texas and It was with tho view of making money by exhibiting herself and her barrel and lifting a raortgago on the ranch that sho Juado London's Cemeteries. T.nrulnn lins twentv-ono municipal cemeteries, and ten which aro owned ' perilous trip through Niagara rap- by prlvato companies. mfl- During tho trip Mrs. Taylor prayed constantly oxeept during a few mo. inents of unconsciousness following tho plunge. She says sho was spun around llko a top aud struck rocks three times. REVOLVER WOUNDS. Mors Dnniteron., for Varlnua Uea.oni, than Thane of the U.fl'. Wounds In civil llfo dlffor from those In military llfo lu the greater after danger of septle Involvmeiit. Revolver cartridges are nioro llablo than are rlllo cartridges to havo been handled frequently, to hnvo been carried In dir ty pockets and to havo come lu contact with various forms of Infectious mato rials that may provo of serious coiise- iiueuco when burled In tho tissues. Moreover, revolver cartridges ore cov- oretl with a coating of grease, and this encourages nu accumulation of mani fold mlcrublc material, some of which may provo to bo of a virulently Infec tious nature. Rlllo bullets aro practically always sterilized by the Intenso bent develop ed by tho powder nt tho moment of their discharge. Their rapid progress through the air while In n heated con dition still further serves to cleanse them, of any extraneous material that tuny chanco to havo accumulated on their surfaces. This cleansing process Is very effectually begun by the rilling of tho rlllo barrel through which tho bullet forces Its way. All of these favorable factors aro lacking In tho caso of tho revolver bul let, and so It Is posslblo that In any given caso such n bullet may carry In fectious material with It Into tho tis sues. If this wero In small amount na- turo might effectually wall It off and uo serious consequences result On the other hand, such Infectious material might Ho seemingly dormant for days, but really slowly gathering strength by multiplication, aud when Its toxins were elaborated In sufficient nmouiit they might paralyzo protectlvo chenio- taxis nnd produce a septic condltlou. Now York Medical Nows. Art of Hv. oping. Domestic work Is now so systematiz ed that a West Philadelphia housekeep- r finds sweeping nnd dusting a room a branch of high art almost beyond tho capacity of tho ordinary housemaid. Domestics, sho says, take alarm at tho simple paraphernalia necessary to sweep and dust properly. "I have." she added, "a largo apron for the malil, which has live pockets, one for thu dust cloth, ono for the dust brush, ono for the whisk, one for n paint brush to go Into comers, and a chamois skin to polish up tho furni ture. Then I tell her to take both her broom and carpet sweeper with her. nd n long-handled feather brush to dust tho pictures. "With these necessary utensils, If I nlk nfter a servant, I can get a room swept and dusted properly. But, strango as It may seem, not ono em ploye In ten will follow my Instruc tions. Somo nsk mo: 'Where aro tho man nnd horse to carry tho things?' Another Impudently said: 'If your rooms are so bad as to need all these It will bo cheaper for you to get now carpets.' I really long for tho old times, when a broom and duster suf ficed for ordinary housework, but theso appliances mnko furniture last longer. "When I told an Irish girl this," con tlnued tho housekeeper, according to tho Philadelphia Record, "she said: 'And what for aro yo so saving? Is It to kapo yer houso flno for yer bun band's second wife?'" Ho Ghto The in All Up. "Somo of thoso forolgn dishes on tho dinner menu wore n puzzle to me," con fided the first seasick passcnged to tho second seasick passenger, ns they stood conveniently near the rail. "Puzzles?" asked tho second seasick passenger. "I guess they were, but I gavo them all up long ago." Baltimore American. Granite. Boston streots, whero traffic Is heavy. aro paved with granite blocks sot on a baso of solid concrcto, and with pobblea nnd concroto grout. Formorlv nitch wos used In tho Joints, but now they aro filled with a mixture of coment ami sand that hardens llko stono when It sots. Such a surfaco Is expected to last for decades. Gns. By the advlco of eminent oculists. . the authorities of Munich havo decided no longer to uso gas or potroloum for lighting school rooms. Length of tho "World's Heaoonst Lino. The seacoast lino of tho globo Is com. puted to bo about 130,000 miles, Tho accumulation of money la mni-niir a bablt-tbat's all.
