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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1902)
t- .. M. t- rTTTTTTTTTTl Jbe Doetor'$ fjilemma By Hcsba CHAPTER XXVIII. I do not know why tei ror always strikes nio dumb ami motionless. I did not stir or speak, Imt looked steadily, with n fascinated gaze. Into my husband's rare n worn, white, emaciated face, wltli eyea peering cruelly Into mine. It was an awful look: one of dark triumph, of sneering, cunning exultation. Neither of us spoke. lie sank down on the seat beside me, with an nlr of exhaustion, yet with .1 low, fiendish laugh which sounded hide ously loud in my ears. Ills fingers were still about my arm, but he had to wait to recover from the first shock of his suc cessfor It had been a shock. Ills faro was bathed with perspiration, and his breath came and went fitfully. 1 thought I could oven hear the heavy throbbing of his heart "I've found you," he said,' his hand tightening its hold and at the first sound of his voice the spell which bound me snapped "I've tracked you out at last to tills cursed hole. The game is up, my little lady. Ry heaven! you'll repent of this. You are mine, and no man shall come between us." "I don't understand you," I muttered. He had spoken in an undertone, and I could not raise my volco above a whis per, so parched and dry was my throat. "Understand!" he said, with n shrug of his shoulders. "I know all about Dr. Martin Dobroe. You understand that well enough. I am here to take charge of you, to carry you homo with me as my wife, and neither man nor woman can Interfere with me In that. It will ho best for you to come with Bio quietly." "I will not go with you," I answered, In the same hoarse whisper; "I am llv- "THIS MAN IS ing here In the presbytery, and you can not force me away. I will not go." "The silly raving of an ignorant girl!'' lie sneered. "The law will compel you to return to me. I will take the law into my own hands, and compel you to go with me at once. If there is no convey ance to be hired in this confounded hole, ,we will walk down the road together, like two lovers, and wait for the omni bus. Come, Olivia." Our voices had not risen much above their undertones yet, but these last words he spoke more loudly. Jean opened the door of the sacristy and looked out, and Pierre came down to tho corner of the transept to see who was speaking. I lifted the hand Richard was not holding, and beckoned Jean. "Jean," I said, in a low tone still, "this man Is my enemy. Monsieur le Cure knows all about him; but he is not here. You must protect me." "Certainly, madame," he replied. "Mon Eleur, have' the goodness to release mad nm." "She Is my wife," retorted Richard Foster. "I have told all to Monsieur le Cure," I said. "Monsieur le Cure Is gone to England; It is necessary to wait till his return. Monsieur Englishman." "Fool!" said Richard In a passion; "she la my wife, I tell you." "Ah!" he replied phlegmatlcally, "but it is my affair to protect madame. There is no resource but to wait till Monsieur le Cure returns from his voyage. If madame does not say, 'This Is my hus band,' how can I believe you? She says, 'He Is my enemy.' 1 cannot confide her to a stranger." "I will not leave her," ho exclaimed. "Good! very good! I'qrdon, monsieur," responded Jean, laying his iron fingers upon the hnnd that held me, and loosen ing its grip us easily as If It had been tie hand of a child. "Madame, you are free. Leave Monsieur the Englishman to me, oud go away Into tho home, if you please," I did not wait to hear any further al tercation, but lied us quickly as I could Into tlio presbytery. Up Into my oun chamber I ran, drew a houvy chest against the door and fell down trembling and nerveless upon tho lloor besldo It. But thero was no time to lose In wom anish terrors; my dlUlculty and danger were too great. Why should I not write to Tardlf? He had promised to come to my help whenever and wherever I might summon him. I ran down to Mademoi selle Theroso for the materials for a let ter, and iu a few mlnutos It was written, and on tho way to Sark. Tho night fell while I w-as still alone. Suddenly there was the noisy rattlo of wheels over tho rough pavement tho baying of dogs an Indistinct shout. A horrlblo dread took hold of me. Was It possible that ho had returned, with some force which should drag mo away from my refuge and glvo mo up to him? . I heard hurried footsteps and joyous voices. A minute or two afterward, Min ima beat against my barricaded door, Strctton nnd shouted gleefully through the key hole. "Come down, Aunt Nelly," sho cried; ".Monsieur Laurentlo Is coma homo again!" I felt as If some strong hand had lifted me out of a whirl of troubled waters and set me safely upon a rock. I ran down Into the salon, where Monsieur Lauren' tie was seated, as tranquilly as If ho had never been away. In his high-backed armchair, smiling quietly at .Minima s gambols of delight. Jean stoo l just with In the door, his hands behind his back, holding his white cotton cap In them; he had been making his report of the day a cveuts. Monsieur held out his hand to me. and I ran to him, caught it in both of mine, bent down my face upon it, and burst into u passion of weeping, in spilo of myself. "Come, come, madame!" he s.ild. his own voice falterlug a little; I am here, my child; behold me! There Is no placo for fear now; I am king in ille-ou-bois. Is it not so, my good Jean? "Monsieur lo Cure, you arc emperor," replied Jean. "If that Is the case," he continued. "madame Is perfectly secure In my castle, Y'ou do not ask me what brings me back again so soon. Itut I will tell you, mad amc. At Nolreau, the proprietor of the omnibus to Granville told me that an Englishman had gone that morning to visit my little parish. Good! e do not have that honor every day. I ask him to have the goodness to tell me the English man's name. It Is written In the book at the bureau. Monsieur Fostere. I re member that name well, very well. That is the name of the husband of my little English daughter. Fostcrel I see in a MY ENEMY." moment It will not do to proceed on my I voyage." I The cure's return, and his presence un der the same roof, gave me a sense of security. When the chirping of the birds awoke me in the morning, I could not at I first believe that the events of the day before were not themselves a dream. Matins were ended, and the villagers were scattering about their farms and households, when I noticed Pierre loiter ing (stealthily about the presbytery, as if anxious not to bo seen. He made me a sign to follow him out of sight, round the corner of the church. "I know a secret, madame," he said. In a troubled tone, "that monsieur who tame yesterday has not left the valley. I fol lowed monsieur your enemy. He did not go far away." "Rut where is he then?" I asked, look ing down the street, with a thrill of fear. "Madame," whispered 'ierre, "he is a stranger to this place, and the people would not receive him into their houses not one of them. My father only said, 'He is an enemy to our dear English madame,' and all the women turned the back upon him. I stole after him, be hind tho trees ami the hedges. He marched very slowly, liko a man very weary, till he came iu sight of the fac tory of the late Piueaux.' He turned aside Into the court there. I saw him knock at the door of the house, try to lift the latch, and peep through the windows. After that he goes into the factory; there is a door from It into the house. He passed through. I dared not follow him, but in one short half-hour I saw smoke coming out of the chimney. Tho smoke Is there. Tho Englishman has sojourn ed thero all the night." "Rut, Pierre," I said, shlvorlng, though the sun was already shining hotly "Pierre, the house is like a lazaretto. No one has been iu it since Mademoiselle PI neau died. Monsieur Io Cure locked it up, and brought away tho key." "That Is true, madame," answered the boy; "no one in the village would go near the accursed place, but I never thought of that. Perhaps monsieur your enemy will take the fever and perish." "Run, Pierre, run!" I cried; "Monsieur Laurentlo is in the sacristy with tho strange vlcairc. Tell him I must speak to him this very moment. Thero is no time to bo lost!" I dragged myself to tho seat under tho sycamore tree, and hid my faco In my hands, whilo shudder after shudder quiv ered through me. I seemed to bo watch ing him again, as he strode wcarledly down tho street, leaning with bent shoul ders on his stick, and turned away from every door at which ho asked for rest and shelter for tho night. Oh! that tho time could but como back again, that I might send Jean to find some safo place for him where he could sleep! Rack to my memory rushed the old days, when he screened me from the unklnduess of my step-mother, and when ho seemed to love me. For tho sake of those times, would to heaven the evening that was gone, ' nnd tho sultry, breathless ntp could only come back agaiiil I felt as if I had passed through nn Immeasurable spell, both of memory and anguish, before Monsieur I.nurontio came, though ho had responded to my summons Immediately. I then told him iu hurried, broken sentences, what Pierre had confessed to me. Ills faco grew overcast and troubled, and he at once, started for the factory. Ho returned af ter n long, long suspense. "My child," he said, "motisleur Is. III! attacked, I am afraid, by the fever. I shall remain with htm till this day. You must bring us what we have need of, and leave It 011 the stone there, us it used to b." "Hut cannot ho bo removed at ouco?" I asked. "My dear," he answered, "what can I do? The village is free from sickness now; how can I run thorlsk of carrying the fever there ngaln? It is too far to send monsieur to Nolreau. Obey me. my child, and leave him to me and to God. Cannot yon confide In me jet?" "Yes," I said, weeping, "I trust you with all mv heart." "Go, then, and do what I 'bid you," ho replied. "Tell my sister and Joan, tell nil my people, that no one must Intrude upon me, no one must come nearer this house than the appointed place. You must think of me as one nbscnt, yet close at hand; that Is the difference. I mil here. In the path of my duty. Go, nnd fulfill yours." For three days, morning after morning, whilst the dew lay still upon the grass, I went down, with a heavy and forebod ing heart, to the place where 1 could watch the cottage, through the long sul try hours of the summer day. Here iu the open sunshine, with the hot walls of the mill casting its rays back again, the heat was Intense; though tho white cap I wore protected my bend from It, my eyes were daxsled, ami I felt ready to faint. No wonder If Monsieur Lauren tie should have sunk under It, nud the long strain upon his energies, which would have overtaxed n younger and stronger man. I had passed the Invisi ble line which his will had drawn about the place, and had halt crossed the court, when I heard footsteps close behind me, and a large, brown, rough hand suddenly caught mine. "Mam'zelle!" cried a voice I knew, "Is this -ou?" "Oh, Tardlf! Tardlf!" I exclaimed. 1 rested my beating head against him, and sobbed violently, whilst he surrounded mo with his strong nrm, anil laid his hand upon my head, as It to assure me of his help and protection. "Huh. hush! mam'zelle." he said. "It Is Tardlf. your friend, my little mam' zcllo; your servant, you know. I nm here. What shall I do for you? Is there anv nerson In yonder house who fright ens you. my poor little mam'zelle? Tell me what to do. He had drawn me back Into the green shade of the trees, and placed me upon the felled tree where I had been sitting before. I told him nil quickly, brlelly all that had happened since I had written to him. I saw the tears start to bis eyes. 'Thank God I nm here," he said. "I lost no time, mam'zelle, after your letter reached me. I will save Monsieur lo Cure: I will save them both. If 1 can. He Is a good man, this cure, and wo must not let him perish. He has no nil thorlty over me, and I will go this mo ment and force my way In, if the door Is fastened. Adieu, my dear little mam - zelle." He was gone before I could speak n word, striding with quick, energetic tread across the court. Tho closed door uuder the eaves opened readily. In an instant the white head of Monsieur Laurcntie passed the casement, and I could hear the hum of on earnest altercation, al though I could not catch a syllable of it. Rut presently Turdif appeared again in the doorway, waving his cap in token of having gained his point. It seemed to me almost as if time had been standing still since thnt first morn ing when Monsieur I.aurentie had left my side, and passed out of my sight to seek for my husband in the fever-smitten dwelling. Yet it was the tenth day af ter that when, as I took up my weary watch soon after day break, I saw him crossing the court again and coming to wards me. What had he to say? What could Im pel him to break through the strict rnlo which had interdicted all dangerous con tact with himself? His face was pale, and his eyes were heavy as if with want of rest, but they looked Into mine as If they could read my inmost soul. do be continued. I Why "Wo Nceil Hobbies. Ruslnoss Is not Inseparable from higher things. Men tuny be born gro cer!, but new! not live only as grocers. Solou nnd Thnles, wise men of the Greeks, were merchants; Plato peddled oil; .Spinoza, the philosopher, mended spectacles. Linnaeus was a cobbler as well as a botanist. Shakspearo prided himself more upon Ills success ns a stage manager than ns a dramatist. Spenser was a sheriff. It might require.' a rather strong wrench of the Imagina tion to Imagine sheriffs of to-day writ ing another "Faerie Queen" but why? Milton taught school, as have almost all great men. Walter Scott, the wizard of tho North, was circuit clerk and prac tical man of affairs; Grote was a Lon- don banker, Rlcanlo a stock Jobber ami Sir Isaac Newton muster of the English mint, Paul was a (cut-maker and tho Great Gentleman an apprentice at a carpenter's bench. I practice law simply to support my self," said one of the greatest of St. Louis attorneys an attornoy-at-law, not an attorney-at-polltlcs "but my real llfo Is at homo In my library." Thoroughly practical -people need the help of hobbles to keep them from shriveling up. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. High-Priced Hook. Tho blcrL'DSt nrlco over nuld for a bonlr nun S44.500. given for an original ennv of the Psaltcrlum, published by Faust In 1159. it was bought by Rcruard Qunrltch, Tasmania's Mlncrul AVoaltli. Tasmania, In proportion to its area, 1b the richest In Australasia's colonies In mineral wealth. Lovo is tho hot wuflles and marriage la the cold Wucults. inr. ir.ciiNicAL men school. Mltil litili fill f I In s-1 The Institution JS jg tt ffll.ljl PjR M Sft4. called upon In the IftfrMlj v Su!W4 j A "unites profession- JMIIIRvSSBpLI Iff) rtfK nl " oulture "' ' ' VySe? iVV "'fsts Into n unity ""i' XK dL Institution culled upon In the near future to sup ply the kind of ed it e a 1 1 0 11 which "unites profession al and culture In terests Into n unity of purpose" will have a character and alms distinctly dtdcrcnt from the other established schools. It will be neither a high school nor a manual training school, nor a trade school. It will nut bo a high school, since the culture element will be subordinate to practical technical train lug. Manual training, as this term Is now understood, will not be taught, al though the excellencies of tills branch of study are recognlied. instead of a gen eral Instruction In using tools or design ing things, the following practical sub jects will be taught: pattern making, forging, foundry and machine shop prac tice. It will not be a trade school, how ever, as Its activity Is not limited to the teaching of one particular trade, but em bodies In Its curriculum silch studies ns will enable a young man not merely to carry on his business, but will also give him the know'edge necessary for good citizenship and the culture deiiinnded by the standard of life of the large middle class. In the technical high school a boy should be nolo to tit himself for Indus .Tlnl pursuits and a girl should receive Instruction in the "home making arts.' Instruction should be practical and fruit ful of immediate results. All tho courses, therefore, should lead toward specific em ployment. Heretofore the foreman In the factory, the draftsman in the architect's olllce, the contractor, the stationary engineer, as well as many others in the ranks of tho skilled workmen, received their training during the years of apprenticeship while doing practical work as the exigencies of tho day demanded. As much ns time and strength allowed and ambition prompted they endeavored to pick up such Informa tion and culture as a course in a night school could give, or as conversation with better educated men or newspaper read lug and chance opportunity would afford. At best It was a hard struggle, and due appreciation of economic, social nud pro fessional values was often gained by too many sacrifices and the loss of years iu unnecessary experimenting. Many a man or a woman perfectly fa miliar with the three "It's" of primary education never mnstered the two "It's" of secondary education range and readi ness. While high school courses will give range, which U "tho apperception of a large number of facts of different char acter," they may fail to Impart readiness and mastership In one pursuit or study. This must be acquired by practice "In apperceiving the same or closely allied facts." On the other hand, a trade school, whoso aim It is to develop the abilities of Its students In one direction, fails to give rangu and perspective of mental vision. Examining tho statistics offered by the different reports of school superintend ents It Is Interesting to nolo that on an average only one-third or one-fourth of nil the pupils enrolled In tiie grammar grades enter the public high schools or private institutions of secondary educa tion, un me opening day of the Ch cago public schools the enrollment was divided among the different divisions as follows: High schools, 8,M5: grammar schools. IJO.OOO: primary schools, l'Ji),S0Q. Fur thermore, the reports of high school sint- crintendents show that about one-third of all the students enrolled leave during or at tho end of the first year. Of the remaining students about one-fifth leave during or at the end of tho second year, and another fraction nt the end of the third year, so that only about one-third of the original number of students who en tered the high schools graduate. hy do so few students enter tho high school? And why do more than one- WIFE ABANDONMENT A FELONY. l-'lrxt Miniicnpiillu IIiihIiiiiiiI to Suffer 11 Penalty Under 11 Miiiiicnotii I.nw. To Geotgo A. Kcnney belongs the dis tinction of being the first man convict ed Iu Minneapolis under the new law treating abandonment of or failure to support a wife as a felony. The court was lenient with him anil gave him tho lowest penalty only ninety days In tho workhouse Instead of the limit of three yenrs In the penitentiary. Mr. Kenney's bad eminence should be a warning to other men, says tho .Min neapolis Tribune, who are Inclined to neglect, evade or shirk their duty to their families. The Minnesota law Is a new depart ure Iu sociology. Heretofore such of fenses have been treated as misdemean ors. Tho delinquent liusbaiiil could be fined Iu which case tho wife usually hustled around and raised tho money to pay or compelled to glvo bonds for good behavior or sent (o Jail In default of security. Rut now ho Is confronted by a hard-labor proposition. If his failure to support his family arises from laziness lie finds that he has "jumped out of thu frying pan Into the fire," In being compelled to work for tho State under more disagreeable conditions than free labor could pos sibly Involve, If he has means or prop erty ho would naturally prefer to draw upon his resoutccs rather than Incur a penal sentence. It Is not to be presumed that tho aver age man will sin more than ouco In this direction If tho law Is vigorously en forced against him. If he can show that he has done thu best ho can and that his failure to support his family arises from Inability to find employ ment that is, of course, a good de fense. This law gives tho wlfo a better chance than sho had before. Sho can Insist that her husband perform bis 1 wrn-crwim( I nave a eimracier i-nv ' ASggw'SA . ".--I half of these students leave tho high school during the first two yearn? Cer tainly often for various reasons not to be attributed lo our educational system. Rut it cannot be denied thnt many do not enter, or leave soon after entering, because the subject matter l not well suited to their need. To supply just such subject mutter should be the aim of the technlcnl high school. It should attract nil children who cannot afford to spend four additional years of general study In a high school, and who are yet desirous of continuing the stud ies they Ilka and understand, thus pre paring themselves better for practical pursuits. It should relievo the high school of students who show 110 particu lar aptitude for theoretical schooling, but who may develop excellent qualities un der another regime, the ends ami alius of which are more clearly perceived and better understood both by pupils and par ents. LOUIS C. MONIN. I'll. I)., Professor of Economics nnd Philosophy In Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago. ENGLAND'S UIIAVL" HUKGIItH IOLS, England has been fighting a brave foe In South Africa. I believe that every l; 11 g 1 1 s h 111 a 11 Is ready to pay a Just meed of praise to the brave men who have ngnlnst such odds, and with a tenacity and cour age that are wor thy of their raro nnd of their his tory, maintained for so long a time tho resistance against the overwhelming odds which England has thrown ngnlnst them. They have proven a foemnii worthy of our best efforts Iu warfare. Without dis cussing which side has been right, no matter whether we, ns Englishmen, con demn the cause for which they hnve been fighting, we laud their strategy, their bravery, and admire their tenacity. It behouves England to meet tho re slstnnro with n spirit and tenacity that is the equal of the burghers. This alone will make of England a nation worthy to be their conquerors iu war, and their friends III peace. JOS. CIIAMRERI.AI.N, Rrltlsh Secretary of State for the Col onies. ADVICC ON Kr.LPI,VG POSITIONS. You ran hold your position If you fit yourself to Its mold so as to fill every crevice. Ro like a cake. At first It is i soft, spungy dough, and is poured into n mold which. It but half fills. As It bakes. It rises ami crowds every dent in the mold. Not con tented, it bulges over the top; It makes a cuko larger than the mold will hold. So, young man and young woman, bo larger than your mold. After you have filled every crease and crevice of your position to advantage, work out at the top. It is the largest cake that brings the most money. Always keep your promises. Your em ployer will never ask you to do more than is possible. Remember that an unful filled promise Is as bad as a downright untruth. I.lve within your menus. Never let a month pass that you do not put something in tho bank. Saving Is the whole duty as tho family provider and If he willfully refuses or neglects to do so she can have him "sent up" and " get rid of lilm. Its enact incut Is mi im portant step In the direction of the prac tical accomplishment of women's rights. NEW USE TOM TIIE LAMP. lint water bags have grown to bo a positive necessity lu the household of late years, one advantage of this class of heaters being that they retan the wnrmth for an extended period of time. Rut tho heat will eventually (II- wati:i! iii:ati:ii roit Tin; itut. niliilsb beyond tho point where thu wa ter bug Is useful, when the water must be renewed. As this cannot be always done conveniently It has occurred to Samuel A, Gotcher, of St. Louis, Mo., that tho wafer might bo constantly maintained at the required temperature by 1111 arrangement attnehed to an or dinary lamp. He has applied tho Idea In tho manner shown, simply connect ing two bags with a coll of plpo In con Junction with the flame. As thu latter can be readily regulated It Is easy to vary tho tempcraturo to suit requlro incuts. Tho Inventor docs not coniluo ; . - v.'. first great basic principle In the fonticln lion of success. Dress neatly ntid plain ly, for 1111 employer marks 11 man ns n fool who apparels himself with extrava gance ami glaring colors. Never try to win the favor of your employer by slan dering your elbow workers. Milliliter nl ways slicks. Show kindness to your fel low employes, but do not let It bo forced kindness, for that deserves 110 thanks. Resolve slowly, and act quickly. Re member, It Is liettcr to bo nloiin thnti In bad company; thnt you cannot give your employer or yourself full value If you try to work nfter n night of dissipations thnt silence, liko clennllliess, Is 11 III 11 to godliness, and thnt a clenr consclcnco gives sound sleep nnd good digestion nnd clothes one III 1111 luiprcgunhht coat of mull. Jiiiuos J. Hill In Success. NO LXCliSL I Oil l AlfUltC. Among the tragic figures of life Is the mail without pccullur gifts and graces, fitted by na ture or 1111 ordinary place, but forced by circumstances mid nu ll 11c persuasion Into one of eiul iii'iicc, or nt lenst of publicity. Just nt present the pulpit does not often allure men who have no fitness for It except that of Christian character, but time has been, and thnt not very long 11 go, when the piety of mothers Induced them to urge the ministry oil sous who, In he most exacting of professions, could only fall. Nothing in this world Is sadder than wastefulness, and there Is absolute waste when a inn 11 who could make an excellent shopkeeper, or a notable mu ch nolo, or a thoroughgoing fanner, Is In stead pushed Into a place where, besides consecration be needs love of study, per suasive eloquence, liistluctlvo tnct, nud nn iilmost universal sympathy. The samo criticism npplles to others of tho lenrtied professions. The army and the navy nro beckoning more of our sons than of old; forestry Is coming to the front ns n new profession; Journalism has been added to the vocations made practicable lu the lib erally educated, nud III brief, a young man with brains, pluck nud persever ance has 110 excuse for not getting 011 If only he can secure tho right Introduction and beginning. We shall have reason to hall It as n wholesome sign of the times when Ameri can youth cense to be Indifferent to poll tics. A country In which any man. how ever obscure his origin, may, through de termination to overcome obstacles and flue strength of character, arrive nt the highest distinctions In the gift of tho republic, ought to stimulate young men to splendid endeavor and rich achieve ment. One regrets to observe an aver sion on the part of many mcu to study political economy, nud 11 singular lack of responsibility in wielding thnt power of tho unit which in the aggrcgntu Is so tre mendous a force hi our national life. Mnrgnrct E. Saligster In I. miles' Homo Journal. WOMAN IN PUBLIC LHT. There Is 110 point which ought to Ih so strongly emphasized, 110 fact which so needs to bo Impressed upon those women who are lo work for the differ ent politico! pn riles, as that of their utter powerlessness to help or hinder. The parly leaders welcome all the grist which cuiiich to their mill; they do not reject any fii'd which makes steam; they accept every element which increases the Nithuslasiii, and they hon estly desire the sympathy and co-opora-tlon of women. Hut, In politics neither the lalHirs nor the opinions of women have any appreciable inlliienco unless en forced by the ballot. Thero are object lessons without number to prove this as sertion. Would It not show more wisdom, com mon sense and self-respect In women to organize and work to make themselves a part of the electorate before they labor in behalf of any political party? No 0110 party or one class of men will ever en franchise women, but It will have lo bo done hy a combination of thu friends Iu all parties and nil classes. SUSAN R. ANTHONY. himself to the use of the healer for In door purposes, but applies tho satno principle to the heating of rbot-wuriiiorn lu carriages mid sleighs, obtaining tho heat from a lantern carried on the dash board for lighting the roadway. Along tint Yukon, Tho outlook for gardening and sotno agriculture in tho cold Interior region of Alaska Is decided))- encouraging. Al though the season was unusually Into last year, new potatoes, cabbage, cauli flower, beclH nud other vegetables wcro ready for tho table before the middle of August, and lettuce, radishes mill turnips grown In the open had been In use for some weeks. Flower gardens containing a jnrg0 variety of aiiiitialx grown from seed furnished last year were In full bloom. At tho station at Rampart, rye. seeded tho previous fall, wintered perfectly and was rlpu lu July. Spring seeded barley bad ripen ed about the middle of August, and thero was quite a prospect for ontH and wheat to mature. E.vtcnslvn nr. r excellent land were found on the Lower iiikon, upon which there was an abun dant and ofton luxuriant growth of grasses over six feet In heiiftii- 'i-ii,. abundant moisture anil lone: iinvn ,1,.-. j lug tho summer mouths account for tho surprising luxuriance of vegetation In unit 1111- norm region. A Willi Guess. "LI Hung Chung Is said to hnvo hns tened his death by a lit of anger." "Perhaps ho discovered that 0110 of his :i,000-year-old eggs was bad." Clovclaud Plain Dealer. Rig Siberian Jtlvcr. Tho Irtish River, lu Siberia, Is 2,200 miles In length, and drains 000,000 miles of territory. Any naino is pretty to n girl that looks well when engraved on a wedding card.