Bohemia Nugget
1IOWAUD III'.XIIV, I'tilitlshsrs.
COTTAGE GROVE ...OREGON.
tt li reported that ltimell Bage has
become a vegetarian.
Eventually no American town will be
without a imiltnrluiu.
When a wlrns man knows nnytblug
worth telling ho keeps It to hltnaelf.
Kvcu tho Cinr In thinking about re
forms; but not till IiIj people are In
revolt.
Women not onlr want the last wort
but tlier want tho last chanter. That
U why tlioy rend the back of the book
ftrt.
Joseph was not a real captain of In
dustry. He didn't twist the screw
when the other fellows were calling for
help. . .
We very much doubt the success of
the reported attempt to form a lobster
trust The supply Is too large to be
"cornered."
If tho lion. James Hogg ever be
comes Secretary of State, we are confi
dent that he will not be referred to as
"Little ltrecches."
"He virtuous and you will be weal
thy," says Uncle Itussell Sagewhich
Is a rather severe reflection on some
mighty good people.
A Cleveland preacher has discovered
that the recently developed love for
sports here In America Is a sign
of degeneracy. Down with the mud
dled oafs!
Miss Mary MacLane Is able to sym
pathize to some extent with the man
who committed suicide because he was
"tired of the everlasting buttoning and
unbuttoning."
The fratricidal tragedy In New York
by which one man eminent In letters
aud one In athletics died premature
deaths was caused by a father's Injus
tice. No man should carry his hatreds
to his grave.
A Kansas editor has decided that
when a man merely has a hook aud
line In the river on Sunday and Isn't
catching anything he Is not tlshlng.
That may be true, but It he has a gun
on his shoulder, aud Is merely wander
ing around in search of game he Is
hunting.
"Pshaw, you're afraid!-' "Yes, I am!
I'm afraid of being sorry and It's the
only thing I'm afraid of In this world!"
It was a scrap of a street conversation,
and the two girls who spoke were out
of sight before tho words bad died on
the air. Uut one listener, at least, was
stronger for having heard them.
Years ago a man bearing the name
of John Smith -had tt changed to Uaga
dig Ulgadab, which name he selected
because It was as unlike John Smith
as he could possibly get tt. And now
an Kngllshmau, otfe I'amllco Pickles,
has had his iiauie changed to John
Smith. There Is no accounting for
tastes.
The average American business man
Is like a cat. Throw him up and be
lights on his feet. They tell the story
of a life Insurance agent In Chicago
who was taken sick, and carried to u
hospital. He employed his leisure
hours In persuading his nurse to take
out an Insurance policy and bis share
of the premium paid his own bill for at
tendance. Social Intercourse would less fre
quently engender hard feeling If all
would observe the rule, which the Sen
ate adopted recently: "No Senator In
debate shall, directly or Indirectly, by
any form of words, Impute to another
Senator, or to any other Senators, any
conduct or motive unworthy or unbe
coming a Senator; no Senator In de
bate shall refer offensively to any State
of the Union." This means simply that
the Senators must behave as gentle
men. It Is fair to them to say that
most of them observed the rule before
It was formally adopted.
The latest maps of British East Af
rica designate an arm of the great
Victoria Nyauza as Ugowe Uay. The
origin of the name was recently told by
Sir Henry Stanley. When, twenty
seven years ago, he was making a
chart of the lake shores, he came upon
a spacious bay. Calling to a native on
shore, be asked the name of the place.
After repeated Inquiries came a faint
answer which sounded like "You go
way." An attempt of the Interpreter
met with the same response, aud Stan
ley humorously accepted the answer to
mark the spot. It continues In the
mops as Ugowe.
England Is being so rapidly despoil
ed of her art treasures by American
capital that the curator of one of the
famous collections sounds a note of
warning. The man who owns a fa
mous picture Is In a certain sense a
trusteo for England, he declares; be
fore he sells the canvas to an Ameri
can millionaire he should offer It to the
llrltlsh nation, or to a local museum, or
to "n collector permanently domiciled
In England." Yet consideration for the
"rights" of Continental nations does not
teemtoharo withheld Englishmen from
acquiring the very works of Titian,
Itnplmel, Velasquez, Van Dyke and
other masters that are at the bottom
of the present pother; and If the argu
ment of locality applies lu the oue In
stance, It should apply In the others.
The logical truth, however, Is that a
great work of art belongs to the world.
So long as It Is properly taken care of
nnd Is made accessible to persons who
wish to study It, tho place where It Is
kept Is only a detail. Moreover, it Is
as easy for an Englishman to come
over hero to seo It as It Is for an Ameri
can to go to England for the same pur
pose. A scientific writer lu American Medi
ci 11 a pays a glowlug tribute to the hair
pin, lie finds that It Is of almost In
rstlmablo value to the surgeon, who
cttu use It "to pin bandages, to remove
i foreign bodies from any natural pass
age, as tt curette for scraping nway sort
tnnterlal, to compress a blood vessel In
controlling a hemorrhage, nnd to closo
a wound." In. addition to these uses,
the gentleman has used the hairpin to
probe wounds and to wire bones to
gether In cases of fracture. Hut It Is
not In surgery only that the hairpin Is
useful. It mny take the place of n
suspender button or help out when an
automobile breaks down. Perhaps If
the truth were known many n loeoino
live has been held together, at n pinch,
by a hairpin, and we arc not surprised
that the writer for American Medlclno
suggests that It would always be well
for man to carry a supply of hairpins In
his pocket. Such a practice would un
doubtedly have Important advantages,
but there Is a better and more pleasant
plan. If It could be so arranged that a
man might nlwajs have at least one
companionable lady near him the hlgu i
est usefulness nf the hairpin might be
developed. Men are, after all, but
bunglers when they endeavor to use
this delicate Instrument. Tor the best
results from the hairpin, therefore. It
is cheerfully recommended that the
lady be taken along.
More than usual interest has lately j
ben directed to the matter of pure food.
The action of tlermany in excluding
foreign meals on which boric acid has j
been licd Is economically Important
because of the large quantity of meat
which the I'nlted Stales now ships to ,
that country. These, the American
packers say. must be treated with a
small quantity of boric acid, or else b
much more heavily salted. The .itnounr
of boric acid Used Is mi hi by Ainerleau
chemists to lx harmless, and eminent
Herman chemists have expressed ,iu
same opinion. -To the Herman govern
ment, however, it makes a difference
whose ox Is treated with boric acid.
The government prohibits the use of
this preservative In food prepared for
home consumption, yet penults It In
potted meats put up for export, on the
theory, apparently, that It Is danger
ous to the Herman stomach, but safe
enough for foreigners. Kraneo takes
a similar view In regard to vegetables,
permitting the export without restric
tion of canned vegetables colored
green by the use of copper, but forbid
ding Uielr sale at home except when
the fact of the ue of copper and the
quantity of It are stated on the label. .
The action of Hermauy has naturally
set the authorities at Washington to
thinking about measures of self-protec- 1
Hon. The I'nlted States Is now the only
civilized nation without adequate pure
food laws, aud has therefore become
the dumping-ground for uilsbranded
and adulterated articles. The Secretary ,
of Agriculture has authority to forbid
the Importation of articles of food
which are Injurious to health, but tie
has hitherto hesitated to set up dog
matic standards upon points open to
controversy. It seems simple enougn.
however, to decline to receive from
other countries the things which they
will not let their own people cat.
THE PAPER TOP.
BS9
Who can make a top that will set It
self In motion? Nobody? Wo will
show you bow it Is done. Take a cork.
a sewing needle ana a square piece
of writing paper. Place the cork on
the table and fasten the needle In It.
point up, find the center of the piece
of paper by drawing the dlagonnl lines.
and balance It on the needle after bend
ing two opposite corners of the paper.
one upward, the other down. Now we
.are ready ror tue tries, uoiu your
band close to the paper as shown In
figure. Before long the paper will set
itself In motion, and will stop ns soon
as you remove your hand. This sim
ple mechanical effect Is produced by
the warmth of the hand catching the
corner of the paper that we have bent
downward, which sets the paper top In
motion.
Involuntary Stage Humor.
Robert Edeson, the actor, tells this
story of the stage: "I ve seen nnd
beard a good many funny things lu
the way of playa and play actors lu
my time, but the greatest thing I ever
saw or liearu was in .MiiwuiiKce. ruis
was several mouths ago. It was in
one of the museums there. The mu
seum had a stock company In Its the
ater, and Its great spcclulty was bor
der drama. Every week they gave a
new drama of the wild and woolly I
West, This play that I saw wus a
blood-curdler of that character, and nt
the time I dropped In at the theater f the pirates who continually plundered
the stage was pitch dark and two men Cuba nnd the neighboring Islands, mnk
were fighting a duel. I could hear the ' lug that region the headquarters of a
knives clash together and hear the men !
stumble around the stage, but I could
only faintly distinguish the forms of
the actors. After a wniie mere was n
thump on the floor, and the villain (1 1
knew It was tho villain by his accent) people to arm themselves In self-do-hissed:
'Ah, ha! Hudolph Tegherlng-1 fense.
ton, I have you now and no oue nigh
to see trie do the deed!' Then the drum-,
mer hit the buss drum a belt and the
calcium man turned on the light, and
away up on rra, ,. .. (
(the heroine) was seen standing. 'Cow.
ard: sue snoutea; 'me aim n cut en is
here!' "
Appropriately Pleased.
Our amateur minstrel show will be
great. We've got two professional end
men."
ovn. .Inn't sar? Whn urn rhpv?
"One's a plireuologlst and the other's
a chiropodist."
iT,,riil? Now. nil von neeit Is n ho t
manufacturer for middleman." Phila
delphia Tress.
Cabmen for Parliament.
Several cabmen are to bo run as can
didates nt the forthcoming parliament
ary elections In Belgium by the men's
trade union at Hrusscls.
BLOOD-SOAKED CUBA.
ISLAND HAS AT LA8T BECOME
HER OWN MISTRE88.
History of the Island Is One of Con
tinual Illeodsheil -Liberty Achieved
After a Mmcsle Laatlun r'onr Centuries-
A I'rtse Dearly llouuht.
I'U.V. aftrr four
centuries of almost
continual struggle
through starvation,
misery, torture aud
death, has at last
reached Its cher
ished goal of lib
erty. With t h e
casting off of the
old fetters aud the
establishment of a
democratic form of
government, renewed hope and ambi
tion have Hooded tho hearts of the
Cubans, and If they promote their fu
ture advancement with the same de
gree of unfaltering persistency that has
marked their strife for freedom, the
ultimate success of the Island republic
Is assured.
Since the departure of Columbus, the
history of Cuba has been one of luces-
TYPICAL SCENE IN CI
sant bloodshed. Her natlres were of
mild disposition, happy temperament
and easily satlstled. They did not re
sent the coming of the Spaniards, but
extended to them a hand of generous
hospitality. The Invaders abused this
good feeling, however, and began at
once an unparalleled system of op
pression, which continued for centuries
Itaplne. pillage, torture and butchery
fellupontheunfortunate Islanders. Th
Cubans had only bows and arrows,
pointed with fish bones, and clubs hard
ened by fire, with which to resist the
Spanish hordes, armed with muskets
aud cannon. Their defense was Inade
quate, and an endless stream of their
life-blood poured over the fertile land
of their birth.
Hefore the attacks of their powerful
antagonists they gradually faded away
and each day liecnme less nhle to carry
on the fight. Their lands were wrested
from them and parceled out to the in
vaders: the captured nailves being rn
slaved as tillers of the soli. Unused to
hard labor In the fields, the captives
weakened and died, until at the end of
fifty years' persecution It Is estimated
that WIO.000 of the original imputation
had disappeared. All the horrors of
STItEET SCENE
-
Spanish rule in Italy aud the Dutch
countries were repented In Cuba with
used zest nnd enlarged systems of
Illl'll-ill-,-., v w.
oppression and cruelly. The aborigines
being practically exterminated, the '
same cruel treatment was visited on,
the Spanish colonists themselves and
upon the negroes who had been Import
ed ns slaves. In the course of 200 yean
the population was again reduced until
only about 50,000 persons remained.
l'ructlcally prisoners of war, the
Cubans had little knowledge of the
outside world, except that gained from
vast fleet of buccaneers that ravaged
Cuhau wuters for two centuries. The
pirates burned the towns and made des-
oiaio ine con sis, nui npain woum
neither protect her colony nor allow the
TJle Turnlmt I'olnt.
Tlle nlntllro of nnVnna by the Eng.
.,,
umIolli.,Plly ,, i,nDOrtunt nolnt lu the
fu of CllblJ i)rine the short period
of English government the Cuban ports
were opened to foreign trade, and for
the first time the people realized the
extent of their resources, and the mer
ciless manner lu which they had been
robbed of their earnings.
Hut the era of prosperity was short,
as the English soon turned tho Island
ovrr o Spain and the old system of
f,c"c" " w" , un r, " . cr:
v.uuuun mu uicuiueu mu nir oi
comparative freedom, and they saw the
possibilities of the Island under hon
est government. Instilled with a new
born ambition for freedom, the Cubans
carried on secret arrangements for a
general uprising, nnd the fifty years
following the few months of English
occUr;ancy witnessed n succession of
I CfHAS COVSTUY ItWELLI.fO.
revolutions, Thes came the Ten Years'
War. from 1SIM to 1S78, followed by
another uprising In ltvS.1, and then the
tlnal struggle beginning Kelt. 1M, ISlKi,
which resulted In the overthrow of
Spanish rule In America by tho United
Stales and Cuban forces.
Culm uiay drink of tho cup of free
dom now. but how dearly It was pur
chased. The tlrst era of Spanish reign
with Its system of slavery, cost Cuba
no.IKH) lives and hundreds of millions
of treasure collected In gold dust. In
the Ten Years' War. 40,000 Cuban lives
were sacrificed and more than n billion
dollars spent, besides the coutlsrntlon
of some 13,000 estates. In the same war
Spain lost '-'00,000 men and a vast sum
of money. The tlnal struggle cost Spain
ino.000 men and more than a hundred
millions In rash, whllo Cuba gave up
half a million lives through starvation
alone.
VALUE OF BERMUDA ISLANDS.
They Occupy fur Kimluii.l a Slnuularly
Commanding- Position,
Imperial England knows what she Is
nhout. Titos. Miuul Itho IterintldiiMt
besides being used as a garrison for
tier trnmv. n,i .r.lniiil.tiwbml line-
hor for her warships, are a link In the
chain that connects her American prov
inces In Canada ami Nova Scotia with
her possessions In the West Indies The
llermudas occupy for her, politically
HA S INTEItlolt.
and commercially, a singularly com
manding and an unrivaled position,
says a correspondent of the New York
Mall and Express.
Spain parted with Cuba because she
was forced to, and she sold to the
American nation the Philippine Islands
for a mess of pottage. Denmark, fol
lowing suit, for a few million kroner,
made over to us her West India pus
sessions. Catch England parting with
the llermudas! She would no more
let them go than she would give up
her great strongholds In the Mediter
ranean Sea. Malta and the Invincible,
unyielding rock of lilhraltar. No pow
er will ever wrest them from her net
one foot of ground until she has lost
every ship nnd her last drop of blood
No: Instead of parting with any of her
colonies her policy Is to Increase them.
Nor will England permit emigration
to or an Increase In the population of
her garrison towns Itermuda. Clhrol
tar and Malta. With some precaution
ary measures she will allow sightseers
aud tourists to enter (lllirnltar. but
strangers may not settle there perma
nently: nor may an alien own n foot
of ground In the llermudas. She wants
only llrltlsh subjects In these plnces,
anil even Itrltlsli subjects are not al
lowed to vote ill Ileruiilita unless they
own real estate there.
Concerning Mllllmislrcs.
A writer who Is himself a multi
millionaire. .iys It will lie n great mis
tnke to sho.if 1'ies.- rntherers-ln of the
yellow metal, .or. as he says, they are
the bees that make the most honey,
nnd contribute most to the hire even
after they have gorged themselves full
'1 In? remarkable fact Is stated, that the
masses of the people In any country
are prosperous and comfortable Just In
proportion to the number of million
aires In that land.
IN HAVANA.
-r;. -
In Itussla. with Its population little
better than serfs, living nt the point
of starvation, upon the meanest possl-
w. a.u. ...,.u.., U,.u.. ........ .vi
hie fure. such ns none of our people
could or would endure, you do not llnd
scarcely one millionaire excepting the
Emperor and a few nobles who own
the land. It Is the same, to a great
extent, In Uermnny. There are only
about two millionaires In the whole
Herman Empire. In I'rnuce, where
the people are better off than In Her-
many, you cannot count one-half dozen '
millionaires In the whole country. In
i.n. s ii.ii.i.. i
the old home of our race, llrltaln.
which Is the richest country In nil Eu
ropethe richest country In the world
save one, our own there are more mil
lionaires than In the whole of th
o rest
of Europe, ond Its people aro better off
than In any other. In our laud, the
same thing holds true; we have more
millionaires than nil the rest of the
world put together.
Sim Hail "Hired" Illm lip.
There Is an Institution In Dtiltith
that employs about fifty people, and
among other, Is n genial Jolly good
fellow, who long ago lost faith lu lu.lr
restoratives, and Is the possessor of a
waisi measurcmcnt or mnny incl.es. '
An Last End lady dropped Into the
store a day or two ago. uccompaiiled
by her pretty llttlo 4-year-old daughter.
The big man was somewhat nttent-
iveio iiiecuiiu, nun wiieu uiumiiy nail
finished tho business she had come to 1
transact the llttlo girl said, In n clear
voice, as they left tho office:
"Who Is the man bigger 'round 'tin
our rain barrel, with tho awful shiny
heart?" Dululh News Tribune.
Aged Criminal (who has Just got a
life sentcnce)-0h, mo lud, 1 shall never
llvo to do HI Judge (sweetly)-Never
mind. Do as much of It as you caul"
I'unch.
I IIERR STEINIIARDTS NEMESIS 1
j5 BY I. MACLARKN COHUAN.
CUAHT.U XII Continued.
"It Is not fur me, Krnuloin," 1
answered, "to say how wicked Ito Is.
Hut I have told you lie Is hohavlug
very harshly to tho dead man's daugh
ter more than harshly, for lie has oven
hid her nwny In n strange town, to try
every means to make her marry Ids son,
in order that ho mav not have to give
an account ol tho dead man's ptopvrty.
And here is a letter which I hao re
ceived this morning from hor other
guardian, who was llotr Stolnhanlt'a
lHst friend when ho tlrst ramo to Lug
land, ami whom lie has almost ruined.
Ho has (omul tho young lady, and
taken her to his own house; but ho
(ears ho cannot keep her, for llerr
Stclnhunlt may now ruin him outtight.
i must meroioro return-; ami mi
Vrauloin, is my only Ih)h of offcctiial
Iv hindering llerr Stelnliardt from do
ing what lie will by frlgtcning him
with my know ledge. Hut I do not yet
know enough to do that.
It will thus lo fcen that I told Trail
letn Haas just enough of tho case to
convince her of Its urgency; but she
gucscd something hud not told her.
"I uiiilerstutul now, llerr Pastor,"
she said, "why you aro so Interested in
Emmanuel Stclithardt's crime; it is
more love tliuii vengeance that pushes
you on. And that, ton, Horr Pastor,
will make ton hotter understand why I
am Interested in Emmanuel Steln
liardt," sho said, simply, looking mt
at me, hut nt her thin rlosissl hands.
"He wus many years ago not the llerr
Stolnhnnll he teems to l now; he was
good and gentle, though his heart uud
mind were sot on being rich. Hut I
detain you, ' she added, ghinelng up
suddenly. Her hands tightened their
clasp on each other. "II," sho said,
with rapidly growing vehemence, "1
tell you what I have seen, in order that
you may 1st able to deliver the dis
tressed young l'rauleiu, promi-o me,
llerr Pastor, for the sake of my past,
mil as you hnpo to bo happy and peace
ful In tho future promise mo that you
will uso what I tell you only for the
purpo-o you say, and that you will keep
It, so far as ever you can, from becom
ing public!"
I gave tho promise nt once without
reserve.
"And," she said, "you will leave
Emmanuel Steinhardt's punishment in
the hands of Almighty Hod?"
I answered I would though It was
a strange question to nave 10 answer
Khe then turned almost away from
me, partly, I thought, that shu might
bo less concions of my presence, but
more that she might concentrate her
attention on her recollections. Her
hands clasped and unclasped several
times before they settled, the one in
tho other, nnd she began :
"It was, I think, in the March
month of a year ago. I had slept a
loi.g tinio very soundly, (or I had been
very tired, when suddenly I felt as II I
were taken up and carried away fur
away: and I was made to look nt Em
manuel Steinlmrdt. He looked nt me
as If ho wi-hed mo to help him; at his
feet was a largo woaslcn box, the lid of
which, 1 was made to understand,
would not cioso. l'rntii tho owning
protruded a. human hand, strangely
di-colored. I awoke all trembling. I
put out my own hand to mr.ku mm 1
was in my own lied; my mother was
sleeping quietly I cside me. I tried tn
dismiss tho vision from my mind fmd-i-h
dream, 1 thought it. Hut 1 could
sleep no more. In two or three hours
it was daylight, ami I arose. I went
alioiit my duties all tho ihiy us usual:
1 was busy, and had the impression ol
i In- vision miuli worn nway when I
went to bed ill the evening rattier
early, becnuto I was very tired. I hud
slept not o y long, when again I was
us if soircd up anil whirled away, again
to sco Emmanuel Steinlmrdt, with
something ut his feet again not now
the wooden box, whirh was aside, but
three packages of canvas. Again Em
manuel Stelnhurdt looked at me, iih if
ao wlt-hed mo to go to him, and again
I nwoko, all trembling."
Shu pautod in her story of tho vis
ion!!, took her handkerchief ami wiped
her damp brow witli trembling hand.
I watched her intently, a sedation
of creeping excltemont and mystery
hold me bound to her quiet but intense
recital. Sho resumed suddenly, with-
out looking at mo.
''"I't "iru tlmt night fr
thinking of what I had scon, and sol
'' f.mmanuei Bin unarm no niori , i
.... , , .1.1 ...1.1,
KUM I1 "IBr ""y 1 h, ,
but I could not. A terrible, night to
100 11 WUS. JHIl UUAl UIKI" 1 nits
sleeping u light, ilisturlied sleep, when
I was taken away again to Emmanuel
Stolnliarilt; this tlmo I knew I was not
in a room; there was no light. Ho
looked at me across a newly dug spot
of t! round, and then turned awny. I
"ot, rt'nll' ",,k"' "'"i"8!' """I
w.,ou" 1 wraH ,n ,n,y n I 1 iTf?
tlmo us I was held where ho had left
inn, closo to n wall. After sometime,
how long I cannot toll, he camu buck
with a ropo. I know at onco what ho
was going to do beforo ho had dono it
faten t10 ropo in an Iron nrmnth!ng
oa the other side of tho wall and pull It
over. I do not know why" I did not
think It impossible for a single man to
pull a wall down with n ropo, hut I did
not. In a little while ho pulled, and
tho wall fell flat, and, curiously, un
broken, covoilng over tho newly dug
Biot and all urouund it. Then I awoke,
as with thu nolso, and slept no more.
, , , t j , j
MVOr,, ,or B .jj,,, I110ln(lllt
for
,... at "iUo ' tamo pIace. Ticy Wnro
or
t)llt" Rmp,M wi,ch, as tho nights
pa,Bca onbecame dimmer and diinii.er,
, Ul0I1 coased ultogothor until somo
wcc)S ng0 W)1C UKaln I wus Btimmonod
to aco him nt that same place with
tho fallen wall. Ho looked at mo
earnestly, and then ovor his shotildor
at some one whom l did not feo, mil
who I knew ho foaroil wuh watching
him. This liapponod throe, four
times, and than no more. There lias
been no more yet, but what may bo,
God only knows. That Is all," she
said, with a sigh ns of rollof, turning
to mo. "And now, Horr Pastor, you
know what I hnve had to toll, nnd you
will not forget your promise to mo
you will not sot yourself to bring pun-
Isliiucnt mi Emmanuel Steinlmrdt."
"I shall hold my promts' to you,
l'rauloln," said I, "as sacred."
Possessed us I was with tho oxrltlng
thought engendered by her story, I was
almost forgetting that I had no result
oftny mission which I could show or tell
to Steinlmrdt, and tho tlmo nt my dis
posal must bo very short. 'I looked at
my watch; I hud half an hour tu spare.
Thorn was no tlmo for the oxpiostloii of
wonder or of any kind of fitting com
ment upon what I had heard. Seeing
me look at my watch, sh rose.
"And now," ho said, "you must go
quickly, I suppose, to your hotel, and
then to the station."
"Yes," I said. "Hut (hero Is one
thing, rrntiloln, I had ilmust forgotten;
not of a painful sort," 1 made Jiusto to
ndil, (or sho had reassuined her exptos
slon of closo endinanco and resignation.
"I ramo as llerr Stolnhardt's messen
ger, and 1 have no message 1 can carry
buck to him."
Sho sat down again, took a sheet of
paper from u drawer, aud wmto In the
middle of the page, in a small (leruiati
hand, a few wonts, which she signed.
When she had written she handed tho
paper to me, paying, "You may rend."
I read (the words were lu Herman)
- "Itovont, and turn away from jour
evil, before It Is too late."
This, enclosed In an envelope, slid
addressed, 1 put in my pocket for
Stelnhurdt. There remained now hut
one thing for me to do to say farewell
to l'rauleiu Unas, the poor, lonely lady,
who still with fond regret cherished
her memory of a man who wss to me
tho greatest villain on earth. Howl
hinged 1 could do something to cheer
her life, ay even some proper word of
comfort slid hope1 Hut I felt liei
spirit dwelt on heiglitstoogre.il for any
rotnmoiiplaco words of consolation (rum
no to roach. I therefore Hade her a
silent farewell, she held my hand a
moment.
"If anything hapi-ons to Mm," she
said, "you will send me word?"
1 answered 1 would: Mini tho next
moment she was turned awar from me,
and tho next I was out of the room,
and had seen my last of I'rnulciu Haas.
When I was lu the train, rushing
back toward England, 1 unexpectedly
found that I was lioarlng away with mo
a pathetic memento ol her, and that
j I had left her a memento of myself. I
' put my hand into my sicket to find
Hirley's letter, but could find only the
loitowing iiiiiograpiitoi 10 in, tnsioaii.
I suppose 1 had taken it from her table
when I meant to taku up Hie letter
which I had laid down. Tho smr lad)
might have been looking at it beforo I
entered her room. This was tho form:
"Meino Verlohung mil
I'muleln Einllio Haas von l.lestul
reigo ich hleinlt ergelieust an
llastd, NovemtsT, 1HRI.
"Emmanuel Stelnhurdt."
(My engagement nltli Krnulelu
Emilia Mass of l.lestal I herewith make
public in ltaol)
CHAPTER XIII.
Ill what a fever of excitement, snx
lety, and hoio I made tho Journey
home, I need not stay to describe
Thu story of Ijicroix's fate I could now
fill in to its last detail ; I knew where
his mutilated remains lay buried, or nl
least I knew a spot which colnrldod
with that desciiliod by Kraulelii Haas,
so wlut remained for mo to do wus to
bring tho fact of tny knowledge lionio
to Steliihardt in u manner no (orclblu
that ho eon Id not refuse to uiuku terms
to mi iiimi' than this I could not ac
complish, even if I would, consolering
my prouiiiu to Kraulelii Haas. Hut in
tho sequel I had my conviction re
impressed that I was III this business
hut tho agent of u Higher Power.
I reached Tlmperloy very late on Sat
urday niglrt, hut In splto of thu late
iiojs of tho hour and my weariness I
went at oucu to Hirley's; I hud warned
him of my mining by telegram from
l-onilon. I found him waiting fur mo,
and with him, as I had liod, hut
scarcely expected, his ward Loulso. I
four his cheerful greeting passed (or
alum-d nothing with mu In comparison
with hers. Her iiiHiinur was iiudunion
strativo, but there was, I felt, a cordial
sincerity in It which camu from her
trim heart, and I was fluttered with
hopo. Thoru wuro, however, things
more serious and Immrdiutu to be
talked of than matters of lovo could
then ho considered.
I Inquired concerning Stolnliarilt,
aud was told that they had not yet
seen him. What, I asked lllrley, did
ho propose to do If Stolnliarilt came
and demanded tho surrender of his
ward? would he admit him?
"Admit him?" ho exclaimed. "Of
course. There is no uso In shutting
him out. Ho can sell mo up lu this
house and then turn mo out, he has a
hill of sale on everything, and lie lias
lieen holding It back for some time, to
uo it now, I expect, but Louisa shan't
go hack to him, Unless sho likes; I'll
find point) roof to shelter mo and hor.
Yea," said ho, turning his bright fuco
iijioii her, "we'll get thro' It all right."
"You aro both very good to mo,"
raid she, going to hlui, and shedding
some tears on Ills shoulder.
"Thoro now thero," raid he, pat
ting her. Then turning to me, "Sho
means you, too, my lad."
"Yes," said alio, resuming hor peat,
and looking down, "Mr. lllrley has
told mo all you have dono for mu to
find out about my poor father and nil
that he and you suspect, too. And I
cannot oh, I cannotl" sho crlod,
shuddering and pressing her hands to
her eyes "look at that torrlblo, cruel
man again!"
"I could not help tolling her, my
lad;" snld flirloy, in answer to a look
of roproach from me. "The old chap
wrote questions to her about th' papers
you found, and 1 had to explain."
"But," snld I, in soino alarm, "you
know, Miss Lacrolx, we must not, wo
cannot denounco him wo must not, X
doubt, suy anything till wo havo some
ovidouco that ho is really tho man. I
think, I am sure, I soon shun havo
that evldonco, but even then wo must
bo careful what wo say."
This, I was glad to find, was not re
garded as more than a generul, though
ronlldiMili expression of liopo, so I was
not asked nwkard questions. Now that
my anxiety concerning Loulso was for
tho tlmo allajhd, I felt exceedingly
tired. I promised to cull next day tn
toll tliem nhmit my Journey, and ion)
to go to my lodgings, whom my land
lady, I know, or her herculean son,
would still bo sitting up for mo.
Itlrley accompanied mo to tho door,
talking in-cording tn Ills wont. Ho put
on a cap which hung In tho hull, audi
leaving tho door ailjar, walked witli mo
to the gate. Tho air refieshcd me,
and, full us 1 was of Kriuiloln Haas's
revelation, 1 felt Impelled to tell lllrluy
something of It. Mills, almost uncon
sciously, wowakled away from the gate
down tho In no leading to tho high road,
uud I was lol into tolling lilm all, tho
more so that ho did not seem sceptical
of tho value ol her visions. Wo hud
thus left tho house soiun minutes, how
many 1 cannot tell, when several
sounds like scrouins In rapid succession
rose ImiIiIuiI us Into tho still night.
Wo stopped together and looked nt ouch
other.
"Ily the I. ill" nietulmctl ltliley,
"t loft tho door open!"
Wo worn hurried hack by a common
Impulse. Wo found tho door itillur,
apparently as wo hud left It, but when
wo entered and approached tho room In
which wo had been silting wo heard
Steltiliarl's olco.
"Well, '.Manuel," said lllrley, whim
wo were in the room, "so you've conio
I oxertod jmi wouldn't lie long."
Atolnhuidt tinned (l.oulso wutihud
hint from the other side of the table,
with fear III hor eyes); ho did nut
answer his hrotlier-ln-lnw, hut stared ut
me.
"What Is the meaning of this?" ho
asked. "Were do you como froni7"
"From HiiHel," I answered, "whero
I was not wanted. Kraululli Haas
wised to see vou, nut me; sho la well,
and It is for you she Is anxious, not for
herself. Shu sent yon n lino by nnij"
I handed him tho letter.
Ho Impatiently torn the envolopn,
and read w ith a frown. I knew tho
words; ( tried to lead from his face
how tlioy affected him. Their point, 1
thought, found a Joint in his hartiuM;
lie oideutly winced; ho looked on tho
ItiKir, on this side and on that, as If
for once ho were made to ttnuso and
I consider. Hut this wss only for a
moment; lie hsikisl up at me and then
at lllrley, the sumo insistent, master
ful Steliihardt as before.
(To 1 comma. l.
8IQNIFICANT NUM3ER SEVEN.
Wovtn Into the MliKry ol th World In Miny
Peculiar Wtyi,
The nuiiils-r sewn is not only con
sidercd a lurk v tiumlicr by the super
stitious, but it wus a ryuilsilh-nl liuni
Iht lu the Ullile, ai well as among na
tions of antiqoily. In tin, (lid Testa
ment o note that the Creator tisik
sown days, and on the H'M-nth was a
sacred day of rot. lively nuenth
)ear was riicril, mid tho sewn times
-eveiith yi ar urhiml in a eir of Jubi
lee. There uro oen prlncipil virtues
fulfil, hope, charity, prudence, torn
ltraneo, ihatlty and fortitude and
there aro also seven deadly sins pride,
rovetoiisiiess, lust, auger, gluttony,
cniy nnd sloth. Thero wero mven
champions of Christendom St. (ieorge,
Hi gland; St. Andrew, Scotland; St.
Patrick, Ireland; St. David, Wales;
it. Denis, I ruiue; SI, .lames, Spain,
an I St. Anthony, Italy. Micro were
to. en ages of man, also teviiii wife
men of Hrceisi. Christ spoko seven
times on the cro-H. Itomn was built
on mven hills, and there uro Innumer
able other traditions which go tn prove
t at seven was a number to cling to.
lu thesn modern times It is wonderful
how often the tiniiils-r prevails. lor
instance, vaccination must take plain
very snveii ears, in order to escaH
small six : lathions rhaiigo eery seven
years, and seven years is always a mile
stone In u Krson's sge.
lit Wn In Need ot Pity.
A pious lady ol Portsmouth hud a
husband who wus u seuuiAii.
Ho was ulHuit to start on a protract
ed vo ane, nnd as his wife was anxious
us to his welfare, si n n-iit the follow
ing notice to the village preacher:
"Mr. Illank, who is going to sea,
his wife desires the, prayers of his con
grenation." As the old holy was quite illiterate,
the minister read tho following to tho
congregation from thu slip handed him:
"Mr. Illank , who is going to seo his
wifu, desires thu prayers of the congre
gation." Ixinilou Tit-Hits.
Chtriclerlitice ol Gold.
Many ieoilo siipno that all gold Is
nlikn when re lined, hut this is mt ho.
An nxtieriuiiceil man can toll at a glaiiio
from what pint nf thu world agohl plico
comes, mid in some casus from 'what
particular gold district the metal hits
lieen obtained. Australian Hold, for
instance, is distinctly reih'er than that
from Callfornh. The I'ral gold Is tho
reddest found am where.
Gcorie Wsihlnglon'i Map,
The original map madu by (ienrgn
Washington In 1775 of the lauds on tint
Orcat Kanawha rher, West Virginia,
granted to him by thu Ilritish govern
ment in 171111, for Ms services In the
Hradilock expedition, Is now in pontes
slon of tho library of congress. Thu
map is about two by live feet, uud is
entirely lu the handwriting of Wash
ington.
No Hurry In Turkey,
As mi instance nf thu lolsurolv man-
nor in which tho nillllaiy authorities
of Turkey move in time of puacu It Is
said that n committee appointed lu
11)00 to prepare plans for tho construe-
tlon of formications for tho defense of
the strategically moit Important nolnts
on th6 Turkish shores of tho 1'ornliui
gulf has just completed (H labors,
Hippy Recolleclloni,
Visitor Wull, my nmu, wliut nro
you lu for?
Convict "llli, I'm In fur a good
time, lady.
Visitor I don't udorBtand you.
Convict I'm in for llckln' mo
mother-in-law, lady. Judge.
Ulncd.
"Tlioy sav," hogan Miss Twitters,
"that theio is a fool In ovory family.
"Well, cr I hardly know," stum,
morod poor llttlo Saunders. "I am tho
only member of our family,"