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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1902)
Bohemia Nugget IIIMVAIIII ft lln.MtV, I'lililLlicrs. COTTAGE GROVE . . OREGON. It coat something to live these days, ImjI II hi vtn more expensive to tllo. If n man I Inclined to lend n fast life Should lend It to the nearest hitch-lug-post hihI tie It. When r woman begins to have a tlon ble fhln she peases to hate to recognize lier Hntiidchlldren In public. An old bachelor says It Is evidently a greater pleasure to l!o for miiip worn (in than It It to live Willi tlicm. Kin Leopold, of llelglum, would dntihtlemt feel safer If lie could take tili) automobile to lied with lilut. ' If n man tries to stand on Ills dignity tlsa chances are llmt some lcs dljcniaed cluip will come along and Bit on liliu. After nil. Miss Stone might never have been released If Major l'ond had not thought It would pay to bring her I nick. .1. l'leriHint Morgan, having secured control of aliont everything, ou the sur face, Is going Into the underground rail way business. money." lie started around the world on a lecturing tour shortly after tlit.t and out of the proceeds of the leotnre and the hook ho wrote telling of his experiences, he paid oIT the notes dol lar for dollar. Then ho kept on work ing, In order to have somolhlng laid by for his old age. As lie paid pretty nearly ?.V,ikk ror this new home, It looks as If he had accomplished his pni'imse. All llils would sound almost like the tragedy a similar slate of af fairs made out of Sir Walter Scott's life, were It not for the fact that Mark Twain has aeeiistomed the people to oxpeol ti t tit to look on the humorous sldo of things, and so they can hardly take him seriously. Sir Walter Soott cleared himself of debt and died. For- innately It Is that Mark Twain has accomplished a similar task, and still lives to make the world laugh. j GIRLS, ALSO, ARE PRONE LEAVE THE FARM TO The sadness of a man who has loved nnil lost Is frequently exceeded by that of the poor unfortunate who loved and failed to lose. I'rfnce Henry says the Americans are not a nation of mere dollar hunters. The swiftness of the Prince's percep tions Is simply 3niai.lng. After a crlrt has been referred to In print as "a beauty," It Is pretty hard to get tier to return to the old belief that life I a dreary waste. There are people Inquisitive enough to want to know how many times in seventeen years, anyhow, the seventeen-year locusts may be expected. The Doubles which have fallen to the lot of Queen Wllhelmlna during the past few months show very conclusive ly that the pathway of royalty may be anything but a rosy one. Says Mr. D. II. Hill: "It Is perhaps difficult to predict how Jefferson, If he were alive to-day, would meet the diffi culties which we encounter." Simple old Jen: He'd have a sad time of It these days. Joe Jefferson ran threcquartcrs of a mile the other day to escape from a crowd of women wlio wanted to kiss him. Kye witnesses say the grand old man put up a sprint that would have been wonderful even for a professional. An Illinois Justice has decided that a man's wife Is entitled to the money paid for the eggs laid by their hens. uh. wise Judge! Let the old man and the old rooster divide their profits; hut the lady Is surely entitled to the lien and the emoluments derived therefrom. There Is a certain feature of Interna tional relations which has come Into existence almost Imperceptibly, but hns grown to great Importance. In somewhat the same way that town ships and counties pay taxes toward tho support of the Slates, the t'nttcd States gowrnnient contributes to pro jects In which tho world Is Interested. The diplomatic and eouMilnr bill which this year passed Congress, as usual, Willi little d elm to and practically no opposition, cotitalncd provision for several of these -world taxes." One wither tastes which lead them away A Judicious Study of the t'lilld'a Nntiirul Inclination May l!lc tho t'Mretit nn Idea of the ltlulit Course to tiirsiir. Much has been said and written about tho tendency of the boys, and the girls, too. to lcao tho farm and sock some other occupation, which will prove mere remunerative, or which they expect will be so. We do not blame them, for ambition is the right of every one, and the young person who does not have It can scarcely ex pect to be more prosperous, and may not bo boosted Into a higher place even by the efforts of others. It Is possible, however, to so direct that ambition and encourage it as to confine It to the farm. Instead of send ing It behind the counter, or on nn elec tric or steam car. or on board a steam ship. We knew that the natural talent and the Inclination of some hoys, and girls also. Is for a mechanical occupa tion. They can scarcely be kept from It. They want to be making some tiling with hammer and nails or needle ami thread all of thu time. Others havo was for our share of the expenses of the "International Hureau of the I'er mnnetit Court of Arbitration." created by tho convention concluded at The Hague In iv.ni. Another nits to meet our annual dues as a member of nn International association for measur ing the earth. There Is also an Inter national bureau of weights and meas ures, one for the publication at Hrtis sela of the customs tariffs of all na tions, and abso at the same city a bu reau for the suppression of' the Afri can slave trade. To all of these we contribute, as we do aUo to the Inter national Irlson Commission and for the support of the lied Cross Confer ence. Congress granted In the same bill a sum for the maintenance of for eign hospitals at Cape Town and at r.innma. and for our share of the cost of a lighthouse on the coast of Moroc oo. The Ilureau of American Kepul llcs, although obviously routined to this hemisphere. Is an Important inter national organisation. The Postal Un ion, which has its headquarters In Switzerland, includes most of tho na tions and colonies of all continents. (Julck communication, In bringing the nations nearer together, makes It de sirable for them to do many things In common; they thus profit by a certain unity of plan and harmouy of opera tion. Does the higher education of women tend to Increase their iower of self-control? A remark bearing upon the ques tion Is credited to President Thomas of ltryn Mawr College. A fire recently de stroyed a building In which a number of the young women students lived. Tho president said that If the tire had occurred twenty-five years ago there would have been seveuty-tlve girls In tears, but at tho time of the disaster she did not see one girl weeping. I DURING HURDLE JLMPING. ! You may go about among ulne-tenths of the comfortable homes In almost any civilized country and find the sun Is counted by the typical housewife her especial foe. She does not allow him even to peep Into her parlor, that. holy of holies, where her best furniture and her finest carpets and costliest hang ings are oh, no! Science has clearly shown that sunlight properly used de ci eases mortality, lioth physically and morally we should let the sunlight bue free right of way Into our lives. If we let It into the physical sphere It will Hud its own way Into the moral. There Is no such thing as too much sunlight. Two forest reserves will shortly he established by Presidential proclama tion In the sand hill district of .Nebras ka; one, tho Dismal Itlver reserve, be tween the Dismal and Middle Loup Itlvers, containing fcn.uoo acres; the other, the Niobrara reserve, between tho Niobrara and Snake Itlvers, j"o, 000 acres. Neither of these reserve's contains mining or agricultural land, mid but llttlo private laud. Some of the area Is now or has been covered by forests, mid the reserves nro easily accessible from tho settled country. In this unique work nf converting what Is really a sand plain Into a forest re gion the government foresters will co operate with tho forestry department of the University of Nebraska. It has for some time been the conviction of those who should know that these long stretches of sand hills can bo forested, and that some portions of them aro more vnpiable for forestry than for any other purpose, ami can be given Increased wiliie. In the meantime tho reserves will, ns tho Secretary of Ag rlculturo says, Improve tho general condition of that country by growing timber to check tho winds, retain tho soli moisture, and provide fuel, posts, nnd other supplies for settlers. ine of the most interesting features uf the recent military tournament In Madison Square Harden. New York, was the bareback hurdling and gen eral rough rbliiig exhibition of the de tachment of the Second Cavalry from Fort Meyer. These men show to what a remarkable degree of profi ciency Uncle Sam's troopers are de veloped In rough riding. One of the most hazardous feats of the soldiers Is the vaulting over one horse and landing on the back of a second horse Just as the hurdle Is cleared. While this feat had been seen at previous tournaments. It never was done so well as by this detachment, and the hearty applause of the crowd each night man ifested tho patriotic pride taken In the work of the soldiers, says n New York paper. AUTOMOBILE FOR THE SULTAN 01" MOROCCO. Mark Twain has bought a house. This may seem nothing unusual for a man to do, but It means a good deal In this particular case. Mark Twain, as probably yon know, was u partner In a publishing house that failed for a largo sum nlno years ago. It not only swallowed up nil of the money ho had earned by his books, but he also found himself with unpaid notes to the amount of soveral hundred thousand dollars, Muu't Twain was r,S years old at the time, nn ago when n man natur ally begins to think of lying back on his oars and taking life easier. .Many n man would have let ths reverse end his usefulness. Not so, Mark Twain. Never mind," ho said, "I'll havo to go to work agtiln and make somo more An elegant mid sumptuously ap pointed automobile coupo has recently been completed by a French firm for the Sultan of Morocco. It Is finished In green, with gold tracery, nnd the In terior Is luxuriantly fitted with silk linings nnd curtains. There Is n double set Inside for tho conductor and pas senger, nnd In the rear the place for tho footman. Knitting as a .Mcdiulne. Knitting Is declared by specialists In the treatment of rheumatism to bo n most helpful exercise for hands llablo to become stiff from tho complaint, and It Is being prescribed by physicians because of Its elllcacy In limbering up tho hands of such sufferers. For per sous llablo to cramp, paralysis or any other affection of tho fingers of thnt character knitting Is regarded as n most beneficial exerclso. I Sen hies the simple work Is said to bo nn excellent diversion for the nerves and Is recom mended to women suffering from In souiuln and depression. In certain san itariums patients nro encouraged to mako use of tho bright steels, and tho work is so pleasant that It Is much en joyed by them. Ho Lost. "I suppose you visited beautiful Mon te Catlo when you were ubroad, didn't you't" "Iteautlful? Huh! 'Twas the most ungainly place I over struck." I'hlla dclphla Bulletin. Hlossed Is tho woman whoso hus band can always find In tho bureau drawer the thing ho Is looking for. from I he farm, and to force them to remain there would be almost as bad as Imprisonment to them. There are others hvc Ideas of llfu off the farm Is largely luflucuccd by their reading. Certain books may arouse an Idea that they would like to go In search of adventure among tho Indians, or us bandits to hold up rail road trains, or ns sailors visiting for eign countries or wrecked and living as llohliisou Crusoe did on an uninhab ited Island. A few more years and u little more experience usually gives dis cretion enough to show them the folly of such dreams as these. Itut the farmer w ho desires to keep some one or more of tils children at Inline with him, to take up the busi ness there when lie shall give it up, has no one but himself to blame If be does not succeed In doing so. Setting aside those vtho have a decided me chanical or mercantile turn, and they aro not many when the parent Is not a "horn" mechanic or trader, the others ran be made to fee) an Interest In the farm work. There are few boys who do not love animals, nt least such as they can pet, and they like them noup the less If they can see a profit coming directly to themselves for their care of them. Most of them also like to see the crops grow: fruit more often than egetables. Itecaue they can enjoy the proceeds of tiielr labor. If a boy Is given a calf or a colt, and Is allowed to feel that It Is his own, and that It will be so when old enough to be profitable or useful, and that he will-receive the profits of It. not, as Is too often the case, the hoy's calf and the father's cow when It comes to be sold, he will care for It well enough to probably make it the best animal of its kind on the place. He may bo made to pay for Its feed, and to care for it himself as he grows older, but If It is a good one to ln-glii with, he will find It a profit In that. A cosset lamb or a breeding sow have served the same purpose. Kven better may be a tittle thick of poultry, because the care of them may he taken by either I sty or girl, and with tho petting care given by one who loves tbem, they are almost sure to yield a profit. I'osslbly the Ilelglau hare might stilt some others as well. But whatever the stock might be, let It be good of Its kind, and pure bred, thnt the young owner may feel proud of It, and love It, as he could not love a lean mlsshaien mongrel thnt would he tho laughing stock of his companions There are others who have been re- talued on the farm and made to lore farm life and farm work by a little tract of ground, on which they could have a garden, a strawberry bed or fruit tree, the products of which were their own. They learned to care for them, and were anxious to learn from the experience of others. They studied the detulls of caring for the crops, as older farmers do not often stiidv, ami we have seen the boy's garden and the boy's animals good enough to nut to sitntne tlie best that the father, with greater experience, could produce, io make this more effectual the younger student should he provided with such hooks and pajs-rs as treat upon the care of that to which he mav have devoted himself. If he reads good agricultural pniier every week ho may oecome interested In some other branch of agriculture than that he lias started In as a beginning. If ho docs let liltn branch out, but discourage that UcKleness that wants to swap the calf for sheep, the sheep for hens mid the hens for rabbits each year, especially If the desire for trading Is based on an Idea that the new acquisition will not need as much enre or labor as the other needed. Not all boys are Industrious or enter prising, hut many might be made so, If when young they were taught that to work, to try to Improve on existing meinous nnu to economize were ncccs snry to success. To try to drive them on a road that they do not like Is worse than useless, but they can often ho led along pleasant paths. American Cultl va tor. vessels tip to lO.iXKl tons, audi as the long, fully rigged llue-or-ballle ships Aglneourt and Minotaur. The present dock Is ol.l feel long and lis lifting power up to the pontoon deck level Is lo.MK) tons, which can b In creased up to IT.iVH) Ions. It Is the In volition of Messrs. Chirk Slnnllcld. from whose plans It was built. This tpe, of which many examples already exist, notably the large IS.iKHMon dock for the Alueilcau tiaty which has Just successfully lifted the battleship Illi nois, was specially Introduced by that firm with a view to producing a struc ture having a largo amount of lougl-1 tudliial rigidity. i The necessity for such rigidity will KY I. MACLARHN tXIMlAN. l'!l.rrrit l Continued. "Kit," said she in n terrified voice, "Mr Steinhardl looked terrible' He nxked mo II I had written telling sonic ono to ask such questions I answered at unco, 'No; but Mr I'nwlu has' I wish 1 bud tint mild that: (or be sain uhlcli I could not -lull 'I llllj M I looked ill tiKi!l "Id Jacques, as usual, lie hud Ih-cii i,i..crilig him self since I had seen Mm Hist , at least, ICS-anting a coiiac loiisness I"1" oh n existence, mid ul tl llstcnco nl tilings about Mm. I thought "y lug n sillied, "bin iisit'K on in n iilnic, !- i,tllitt In Hi" woiii, tiiii ... , ...... i... l.iuitt vniiimtii itiiiiiis inn inn inn think iiohinlv else kli'iMs Ibis alio gcllier. Well. I daicwivs-" "I duio.iy," ml'l I. Iiiterrtiplliig him. "I n m 'it inoiiomaiiliii'," Tim lm-iml-o Hlcfcd mo to I a l-o liltn Ititti in v fidciice; I felt' It Hollld rt'llltvo and lu-i-r inn to talk to him iiIhiiiI the mut ton, that occupied my tlnaitit no much; lie must kiioH tlicm sooner or later, I, bv knowing tln'in at llmt Jnitctiiro I, luht glto tun a uirlol hints "I'm- m)1," u hi I, "you IH think "' mail II I ttdl you what rtntlly keeps me limn. It la nut, n you luminal-, llmt I nm In Into with your mini, or ullli the Itmiitnl she has walked tin; I duli'l ili-ni ., .. , I.. l...i Ill lnltl II i r - . liltn i mil in ii,, ,,, ,,,. t, at omit, 'Uh; 1'iiwln; I II mako shoii I ivuhl son a soinctliiiig I V ,,, ,, that tw-i e Imro. I wish to toll .....l. ..t l.i... c. ..i I .1., lu, I'lirti. i.. .1 I...I.I I 1,1. month. Hicll "H". : 1 . , l... ......... .... ... . . "-'it "i inin. f-o, iih-mim'1 -- in ,,. it .,, miuii ii m, lllll vnii iitimi iiruiiiiHO Z u , K"" ,",,,"To,r,,!, ,,1I!'U i m" 1 " ''' ,w ,r,u'1 1 1 '", "" rM""'"1" , i k., i . ik...r..p in vourLir." u-ssel Unit the present dock will be' i.i.. i... w..,i,, ii,,,,.. '.., n .,..u ,it h.nu mo! kcuti-1 ..'V .. L ' called on to lift are remembered. Prl- I " T, UnJ: whu has' , n , ' A?Z or d scmi-Hcd, l.siked ' I Z".:"'0 It'll M"- trhntc affair I'm lift vnii ttt went away." tensl -line guttural soiimi", as ii i n . .,.. na tI,.., , lm1 and I think 1 could not but rvgrul this ery much. cITntt to articulate, i misci , ,,,., mu mUt n re remembered. 1 rl- 1 110 ,,,, , , ., ,0 ,,,, , ttmt has v, till 1 Ml rather discnm-erlcd, looked I ,;,',, ttii, do not te lift the lluo-oMmttlo Il0tVim, , lliy HMir ;(lllt.r?' 'I'll,' said ,m, , ,i ,ds (tin- flmt-r. of the , ' ,,, , .ilt , ,,r is displacement, with , 10 . mrn, , nt ,' ,i.l rK,t huti.l trembled a little), "'V1 ,,, ., v own lnder.1 It entice g keel of .113 feet, hut I ........... 1 .JLi ,.., utturl sounds, a- II In an ",v. V. A"'Z ..I . .. . marlly It has to ships of ln.txx) tons a length of hearing In addition It has to deal with cruisers of the Terrible class of about the same displacement, but with 3S3 feet of bear ing keel, and, lastly, auxiliary cruisers like the Cnmpnula, weighing some I". IHXI tons, with n hearing length of keel of MS feet. It Is cxldciit, therefore, that great longitudinal strength Is nec essary, since while the dock has to bo long enough to deal with the rH-foot Campania, practically the whole dis placement of the M.-i-foot long pon toons have to be ntlllicd to lift a vessel hearing only on some St feet of their length. Apart from this, the fact that the dock on its voyage out to llcrinudii nitty tune to encounter the long rollers of the Atlantic, also makes It limtcrn live that n very stiff form of structure should bo employed. Like the original iiermiiila dock the present one Is a self- locking dock-that Is, It can lift all parts of Itself out of water it most nec essary facility In the subtropical sen of Hermuilii. The dock Itself, says the London l.raphlc. consists of five portions, com prising three pontoons which form the main lifting portion of the dock, nnd two wide walls, which, while afford Ing a certain amount of lifting power, primarily serve to give the dock stabil ity and to regulate Its descent when the pontoons are submerged. It was, tltereforo, with somo anxlelv that 1 rovoluil mid iieiititod an Imita tion to an interxltiM 1 had almost I , .... 1. sain, a collision w nn .-.icniiiiirni mm eiening at n-M-ii o'clwk In tho liilstra tory ol tho Chemical Wotks 1 had inner jet been within tho mysterious, tainted precincts, and It was with somo thing ol a shudder that 1 asked myself why ho should hawt invited nto to call upon him there, and at an hour when I probably there would lie no ono in the 1 1 'ii " ' 1 ...... . .. , i i mm rami!! my stt-ry, (mint by stint, not t'M'ii omitting tnoiitlnii nf mint's nttatfd dri-am, or id my nw n adventure lit thr i-livmli'iil A MUD FAUL. Slnuiilur Sprctuclr Scr n In the Tlilhc tun Mnittltuln. Waterfalls are plentiful, but a "mud fall" Is less common. In "Mount Ouil and lleyoiul. A ltecord of Travel on the Thibetan Murder." Archibald l.lttlo describes such a fall, upon which he tame nnd under which he had to pass in Ids travels. A sort of recess In the mountainside, apparently scooped out by the river. ..1 .11.1 If .....I l... ,.nl..l. mini utn'iii :iiui st-n mm mi- ,,,,,,. t ,.., .1,. man. 1 went, l.ooer. with the .tern- l"" '-, l , f ' ''?' ' ' est courage I could summon. S Z " ta s I cannot .Ic-crlbo tho laboratory, for w,, MVo tttkott the ..pptirlimllj t I clearly s.tw only Steinliiir.lt. red as a (mi MMmin , 10 a), ,.,, jmw. Mepliiatophulcs; all wise was a jumble i ,m ,( nflulrs, to s-n.l a ImlliU) of retorts, taps, tubs of raw color and j ttm( m. (rl,.n,. Im, t WB ,,,. whatnot, lie was very civil. 1W th',. mystery. I was pledged In "I askeil ton Income am! sec me here, j ,.Kxr up lvnii in I iiit-rley, mid I wn Mr. I'nwin," ho ttegnn, "Uvattsu I am j romitvisl to sll down ami besiege it watching an experiment w hich I cannot ihorc the more obstinately rewiltcd, leave, anil I wanted to see you at once I jmv knew Stolnhiirdt wi lu-arlil You have not taken my word for it that j j,H me away. Miss Uu-roix is nut for you; you liaut 1 wrote loiters; I made journeys ttt lieon si-oing Iter at times and t-lai i),,,, vicar and that rector in tho neigh when you should not." llninunslniid lH,jbiioii, who then needed, tr mi lookisl tit mo, as If exHH'ting mo to ny ttllU, nnsl, a ctiritto, with the mum something. 1 was silent, and ho went rt,u in nil cases. I would tint do. I on, "Miss loti-roix is not a girl to Ih , not jnsl the kind of man tltej the wife ot a clergyman who has " wauio.! ; they were tint sure that m way to make; sho is U'ltutiftil, I kimw , j ,lM, wen. iiiite us they would ttlii but sho has no money nothing to ,i, 1,,,1.1. ( their curate to lie. It i iiiil,. iIioiil'Ii I was not sunt hear mo; or, hearing, could undi-r stand, I told linn his niece bad gone iiiinv tn tin- seaside; I liniteil It would . i l... I.,,.! Iuh.,1 in il virt on ,.,-r B..... ... "" " - ..; .,,, "-- . ,,,,,, ... works. Tim rlT l mv mry had mi loss It gme myself s, nd . I to M s,H-ak llicM- thing.. U..-.i r. W , , , ,,, , n away, It-, ooked me shr.-w llj up wl hv nMll, w4 rer.ln.Bi rtrsl, fmm duwu, and t. I..-I me to I a.-. A , ' , , .. f week ..rt Mn-I ! U, .re.' n "Ju.t or all "All, y ttV: I' l l.l. ...Is ! -- y.ai nr.-. but . llm point nf -I , .1 , 1,1 l I. .. I, . k ,, Iltsiim I iihih it'iti 111 in-t-nMi,iiiai lirtiiiis. spenk of. i our time hero will be up In another wcok or so: yon hao U-eti trying to get a place near here, but ymi cannot: it will nut do to stay nlsmt in iH-camn plain to me that I to m "Isivi-oltisl?" the wortl had Ist'ii iol round, spsiionll) and hy whom,' II not bv Steinhardl? this neighlHirhoisl. I will bolp you to, AKn , tt(1ii, trlw, thouri, with while ho IsH-atite psli-r sii-l paler, and niiiru ami morn nmvpil. tie did nut fur a moment tl.nibl that my siisplcli.ua pointed to the truth, Im adnpWd tlicm at once, and was enraittsl that hi had mil Iniiuisl tin-in f'-r lilinsnlf Is'lnrc. "Stupttl old idiot," lie airlaliiie.1, "that t whs, not tn Im' gtieiMed aloto that 'Manuel would stick at nothing tn get I'll it I eaten oiniph'loly up! Ami I'titil wu a lint ti-iiiter, ami, It lie had words wi' '.Manuel, there would U lit' detil In settle' And, ol is-lirM', Caul wan likely Income huiin umis lisl, to catch 'Manuel nn III' Imp, to sn , nl' that -iiifouiiU-'l niteiil iig.iln' jir,, Uird' l( I had nnlv tlmuglit nf all Hint a year ago. It intlit h.i' I -cn ea-ler l-t cle.ui It up' Well, im, , lml nn we Ii" wlntl in ll we ..."' I KiiswcnHl thai I lintl l'cii tritlug fi.r weeks to dl-citter wliut o. l (,,.(. but I had not rl illsintend il I was aminos, l"H,, in m, I Hid, hI-oii! I litllM., "Uh," Mid he, "I i XM-.t -h,.'. nil right with mv sister, In lb' l-l of I Man." "I think," hi id I, "it', ru-li e .-r tn , eK-. t thnt ant thing i uli..u- Ihei r 1,-1,1 that Muinh.irdl is c .nc.-rn.sl in ' got a goon pini-o in me souin .1 living 1 1 ittlu lntie una . tn find a curacy eien of your own I know w hero I can. and, j ,Mn neinhls.riiiu la rwe town, but i you must go away tomorrow. There is , ,10tnB eame of no . ffnrts ex.pl dis. a chequo I hao written for your quar- npiintment, and weariness, and ills tcr's salary." Mt linn u n m itti tli TttiiiMirlMV "I am sorry, Mr. Stolnhar.il." sahl I hut i stili retalue.1 ii.j bslgings lln-ie "T," 'or, )'"' ''' " f i . . ....i I '..i..... ........ .1 .s.,.,(,,,il.l..i i "Ifc-sldes, I cm noted, .... ,... ,. ', ,.',., , I cannot promise to leave the neighlstr-, I held them like an outwork advamsst wuK-h froV ,bov ;"n a s faM I "-''" , r"i'"V", 'T' I J'"' ..t,., i. ' "l)b: nm rnnnnt. Think nrain il situation was. imlcl, iHioliiing like a --. ...... nv. a ii tit iliC UUt lw IU IUD HTVl'" I ' " - - c a mud fall tumbled over the cliff, here, perhaps, a thousand feet high, bring ing down with It a constant stream of rocks, which hounded over the narrow foot way and thence down the lower slope with a splasli Into the boiling river. We sat down on the rock at the hot- - toui and watched the slectacle. We you do not go, I must send away my family. "My mind is quite made up," said I "It is? Very well." Ho rose, as if to end tho interview, mid I roe also. Vmi had better tako tho cheque," said he, pushing it toward me; "it is al most due, and I shall not want tn sec you again. IhsI to write t me. mid -l.o written; a week or io,.r-' ago found out the Ih.iinla- a hln mid naked In-r In -end no- -iU lot anil-it but I ii. .iir lie looked -r glUVi ii' r, .lo ll l out when I w t..te In i' l . hid Itu ! .-"rflinu.! I THE CAPITOL'S FLAGS. I ttsik It. and was cnim. IiiV4i uu uceii old beforehand o all sorts , al-luC(or"nl . val f Impossible dangers, cspwlally since L,,, Hllil.h , MM link J as ,, ...l- ,it-,.j iiiiiin, inn in- ere uoi jtre- Jt BERMUDA'S NEW DOCK Will Itepluce the Old In I Mill). One Hull! The great floating dock which has Just been launched from tho yurd of Messrs. Kwnn fc Hunter, of Wallseud-on-Tyne, was built by the order of the admiralty and Is to he placed In his Majesty's dockyard at Hermuda, where It will replace tho old floating dock that has been there since lSflt), which Is both obsolete and Insufficient In Its dimensions. It Is Interesting to com pare the old and the present docks, for they show very clearly the great In crease thnt there has been In tho size of ships of the Kngllsh fleet since the old dock was built, for It, like the present one, was designed with n view to accommodating the largest vessels thnt were then built or building. Tho length of the old dock was 381 feet and Its lifting power was 8,000 tons, which was sulllclcnt for the ships of thencllur- lun ar i vessel which i couiii uiiiiK oi as insit we were not pre-' t.r..i. i.a.i il I i iit..i '. ,.,r....i.... pared for run g the gauntlet of such ,, .,,,.,, , ,.. ,.ri ' a cannonade as this. Never having K1,MC,.iHi seen anything of the kind in our pre-. ..Vno l,.-.. .,o.-. )..,. i I vious experience of mountain countries, I f .. .,, , ..-r,.., iH .i.,, .... we should much have liked to climb up ; lerctine nlnrn" iMilntini In a .mull iiiuiioiiiiiisiiie. inin nine uceu tos sibie, and Investigate the source of this extraordinary stream, which flowed ou with a steady persistency that fasci nated our gnr.e. Hut unfortunately we could not afford to loiter hy the way and miss our dally stages. Presently some coolies came along, and we watched with Intense Interest how they would pass the rail. The path was not a font wide ami In fact was only retained us n path at all by the tratllc over it, by which n wily was trodden In the sluily slope ns fast as It dribbled away. A big rock lined tho Inside of the track mi one side of the fall, and under the lee of this tho men crouched. They watched for an ex ceptionally heavy shower, and when this was over made a holt for It. This maneuver was repeated by each hull , Ktjul.ltd hy Slikt tittWi lt.II.Mitt. Kktn rtyta, .1 .Innl tntu.tn Stninl.nr.lt nnd inn. in which, for the tune, he certainly had the I et ol it. j ' My anxiety via not lo-ened by the I fact that in the three w.eks which had ; imssetl 1 had not heaid a wor.l (mm i Louise, and did nut know what had' haps-ncd to her, nr even when" sin- was. i nit.illv went to tliegiti wimin I had scon Frank with, ami (rnm her t foil tut out Hint ho had writtrti from an aildrcM ( which she gave mo) in I 'nun- Ins in tho Isle of Man. At the end d " The (lying of Hags ouir the capilol at atiuther week, not having roclnvcd any i half-mast, siys the Wsshli.gl-iii Mar, reply to n nolo I hud written tn .i.tilw, I" frgtilntisl by the .trlctest rule. I innfi-M I was templed with weak Wheneter these tlag arc sreti II. -sling thought ol giving the whole matter 'mil way duwu I he mast it i a sure In up, of siirieimeriiig iny S)ltlo to . ll-Blion that H ice pre. ident , seiiator I Meinmirut, ami going away, t was or rrpiesontntuc is lying uaii, or ti-at 1 tmrtiing no mnnoy, and my qinirti-r the action Is taken in iosuimi , a ls-at i stipend nf Ti itinds 10 shillings was pn-sldontUI pus lanmlioii imle'ing Iho '......II.. .li- ii,-. (I.... iii.......... .. i iMi'ioiy .iiFiii-vnriiiK t eoutil l iiuk" on I'lioin ooiiiiii-ks Rl iwii-iiipbi hsir "would you like to look In? call it the F.xt.crimcnt Hath." I said I would; and my heart uihllv. "Vou must let mo tlo up j-nur m,,uth ""- when 't was all gnne, but siirn-n-and tmse then," ho said, taking M.me ,lor? 1 ""' n,,t ashamwl to c.itifn kind of mitlller from a drawer. i llli, oftener than once. I was betrayed I womlereil whether this were the , Hn unmanly pmstralmn nf dt.up- vldiial, and he was greeted by the 1 """I1"" place, and whether he was going to show it mo nut of bravado, or whether lio was quite unconscious of my suspi cion. 1 determined to go through with it. I w ns uiulllcd, and he multled him self. Ho oM-ned tho door; and I saw a small chamlior, tilled with purplish. led vajxir, in which a gas Jut burned dully, ami with an unwonted tint. "Knter," said ho. I entered, and Itu followed. "This," said lie, raising a lid by some arrangement, "is in v cxpori- siintiiienl-ol il.-j..tir. I may men sat and grief. Hut reiuemU-r that I was desperately in loo (I stipsst) n clergy. limn may Is- as desperately in hue us another man) with n young lady, win. in resict to the iiiein-iry nl stimn piom inont ni!),-tal of the v-im rnmciil who has pa-ed away. When the m-rip-ant-wt-armsnf tho senato or linoio of rep resentatltes learns of Iho death of a mnnilNir of either of tlm-o Uslles I bet at once nnlur that the Digs over tho senate chamber nr hall of toptosentn lives In httlf-mnstisl. ThU is often laughter of his cmuiiaiilons ns ho suc cessfully' ran the gauntlet. The stones were all angular, and varied In size ' from that of a walnut tn that of a pumpkin, while the great height from which they fell rendered them doubly dangerous. 1 We sat for nearly mi hour watching before we made up our minds to von- j turc, and I should certainly nut then ' have had the r-ouragp to do so hud wo not seen the natives pass with impmil-' ty. We went on at last, and stood I under Hie sheltering rock nt the very I edge of this novel cascade. The muddy, ! stone-laden stream made a loud, rat tling, grating tinlso ns It carried the smaller stones along with It; the larger fragments canni bounding down In 1 huge leaps ns they crashed by. Walt-1 Ing for a bigger muss limn usual to go by, wo made the run, and nil got safely i over. I It was literally a rock cascade, there was very little water In ftrenm, find that quite shallow. Our lioiiy Jumped across without any dllllcully, but nn Invaluable wntch-dog got panlc-strlckpii when he felt tho ground moving beneath his feet, nnd crouched down. I was behind, nnd was ablo to catch hint up and save hi m from death. Vapor rose more densely from Iho vessel, whoso outlines I could not dis cern. I felt stilled; I gasped for breath. I tugged at thu mulller; I could not help it. I reeled; I felt his hand on mi- whether to snatch or to push mo I cannot now say but I thought then tho former; with a vio lent effort I reemorcd mj-sulf and turned nt once to look nt him, nnd saw great heavens! tho U'ry counterpart on tho wnll behind hlmof thai shadow, witli head and hands outstretched, which Dick'sMolirious figure hud cast, only vaguer, because of tho wipnr! "What! Again!" I involuntarily cried, and dashed fmm the chamber. I had to sit down to recover myself; I trembled violently. I thought, when ho undid his mulller, he looked paler, and more open-eyed. Did ho suspect now my suspicion? "It is very risky, you see," lie said, calmly enough, but with u very keen for look, that longed, nn doubt, tn lead the! nw, "very tisky to enter my bath!" I said not a word, but altera moment might Is- dean, or iliyng, or ma-ried, I dune before the houses nf ciuigross for might I know ; that I was ijnuni. I themselves are ollli'liilly notified nl tint Ing, so to say, in a strange laud, whoso I death. A good deal nf din rutluli la chief was hiltcrly hostile tome; that oxun-.roil in the manner of placing tho the affair upon which I had staked my I news of a d-itlb of this kind olll. lally smrusj in love had not ndviimi-d an liefoto tho tciialo nr tho house. I'sm Inch during tlioio long nod lonely ' nidi aniioi-munu-nt It Is customary for weeks. tho Iioiifos to adjourn In tctjiccl In thu I do erily Mievu thnt, in spltu ol I di-ceatsl rt-nator or rcpru-ciitntho, ami tho conviction wbh-b usually sustained ,r,lt'r 'l'"1 current business tuny not Writing Ills Last Words. Albert Illgelow l'alne, the poet, who wrote "Ion Ought to Ho In Kansas When the Sunllowcrs Illow," has been called the champion long-dlstnucis stammerer of tho earth. Ono day, when ho had spent tho grentcr part of u minute In asking a friend what llmu It was, tho friend, after telling liltn. remarked: "If you ever Intend In become famous by your last words, you would batter write them out." "W-w-w-w-h-li-h-li-y?" askisl I'nlnc. "Ilecause," replied his friend, "If -ou were to uttempt to say them you'd nev er llvo long enough to finish the sen tence." New Voik Tlnios. "There ho goes," n green Ocrmun' said, "coming this wnj" or two rose with a "(inod. night," ami wnet out into the air. I lad ho intended to suffocate mo? Thinking calmly of tho adventure now I do not think ho. I think tho danger I escaped was altogether owing to my own rashnuss and folly, OIIAI'TKK X. I was scarcely surprised when m-xt day I received u hurried note from Louiso. Thoy were nil going nway at onco, slio said all except Mr. Ktuln liardt. lie had como homo late, and told them thoy must pack that night, to bo ready to sot off In tho morning to thu seusido tomowlioro where sho did not know yet, but sho would writu to mo as soon as sho had nn aildrvss to glvo, so that I might send per any news. How I ticnsiircd Unit little note! It was Iho first hit nf writing I had had from her; ami I read 11 again aiiiljagaiu that day, and for many days, and tried to conjuro a hidden meaning, a lurking touch ot teiidcrnoss or con cern out of Its ordlnury words. A Htrungo feeling of being alone, nnd for svkuu, sei.od mo a foolish feeling, mo of tho llnal revealutiun of the truth In spile, too, n the obstinacy of my nature, and the high roward of success which I had hoped to gain, I would, indeed, have soon Is-at n retreat, if it hud not boon lor a visit I bad from my old friend llirluy, and the results that immediately followed upon thai. One uuniitg I heard a loud, cheery voice there was no mistnkiiig ask my landlady, "Is th' parson at wlioiim, Hetty" a question which I answered mj-self by calling, "Como upstairs "Well," suid he, "you haven't mine to see me slnco I've como Iwrk" (ho hail been ill, and absent front homo for some necks) "so I Im looked yon up. I Kit nl I was very pleased indeed In seo him (ho looked intidi older and greyer than when I had teen him last, poor old gentleman). "Now I've come, ho continued, "to ha' a bit nl terious talk with you, my friend. You know I wish you well lad, and that I'd do all for you Unit a broken old chup can do; hut there's mi souse, Ilia knows, and no policy in sticking bore wl' nought to do not cvc;i courting. Vou love a lass, ami, of course, iiatiirallyr.hang about her; but, deuce take It, lad, what do you expect to get by hanging ahoul the place when she's miles and miles away? Is it that tho ground whereon her gentle feet have trod eh? Como now, lad, let's talk tho thing out; wo cant' liu'. tho folk about hero that used to think so much of you gutting tn look nt you as a sort o' harmless liiuey." "There Is nt least ono person in thu village," said I, somewhat uuttlcd, "that docs not boliovo mo harmless, whether ho thinks mil a lunatic or not." "Well," said ho, "you iiiumta bo offended nt my saying that." "No, certainly," said I. "If thine is one mail who could never offend tnt', It is you, Mr. Ilirley. Hut, when I think of it, I am nut surprised that people should begin to look upon mo as a maniac, slnco nobody but mysolf knows uUogethur what I kcop staying hero for," Ah, well, of courso," said lie, look- lio stopped early in the day the nn. noum eit-etit is gonur.illv made just be fore the houses are ready to cuncluilu their day's work. Oflhursi.f the sen ato and hnuso, when they (ly the flags nt half-mail in rc-qmnsc ton prtclatnn Hon by tho president, regard tlu lr ac tion as one of i-ourtesy, as thoy do not recognUo the power uf thu pieildelll to order cnugics to do anything except to assemble in extraordinary soslon. l or Iter Sptcl.t Hindi!. Uuly Duller Is probably Hie only Fnglish artist fur whore solo bent-lit il cavalry clmrgo was ordered. When dm was painting her stirring plituro, "Scotland Forever," she one day ex piessed a regret that she hnd never i a body of cimtlry in the act ol charging, with the remit that a gen cial In whofo hearing sho had spoken, arranged thai a ihnrge should Inku place for Iter special bcnulll. Cnsmll's Magazine, HobbKi, Mim who rldulinbbles would not hu nearly so objectionable If they did not want all Uu- road lo Ihcmselvos. Town and Country. Canada lias a grdlip of young sculptors, nl whom much Is ex pected. Ono of Ihcni, Hamilton Mo. Carthy,o Ottawa, Is making tholrmizo statue which tho government u( Nova Scotia will erect In Halifax In com. incinorate the services ol Nova Sin thins in Iho South African war. Cltliktni' Tilli Twtlvt Feci Long. A nmv brood of chickens just received In New York from China havo tails l'J feet leng. They nro kept In cages, and when'thev nro taken out for exorclso'im attendant goes along to hold up tho feathers. Tho lions lay 110 eggs a year, which aro hatched hy other lions. Senlor Kerni Ouldoti Dcpcw, Until Senator Kearns of Utah ar rived Senator Dopow's watch was tho costllost watch In Iho pumtlo, Now Mr. Dopow auks Houutor Kearns what tiiuo it is.