Bohemia Nugget
)l Allll IlKNItT, l'liiillehers.
COTTAGE GROVE ...OREGON.
Ioynlty t lint Is nil on odr idle li inU
placed.
Cuba In free; but let licr remember
ttiBt It Isn't a good llilng to bo too free,
It doesn't Inko an energetic volcAtio
long to put nil tbo existing geographies
ad atlases out of date.
Tba man wbo win mnjr not always
bo tbo bct man, but tbo world gives
btm tbo benefit of the doubt.
King Leopold. King Alfonso and Km
pcror Frnni Josef are now tied for tbo
running broad Jump cbnmpionsnip.
Tho nverngo woman may not be able
to love tbreo men simultaneously, but
lie ran make n strenuous bluff at It
It Is suggested as a probability tbat
tho French do their voting on Sundays
to mnko their railing and election sure,
Home people stand around with their
bands In their pockets watting ror ousi
uess when they could get It by adver
tlslng. -
A New York man has refused to ac
cept a JO.OtiO city position. No wonder
the riilladelphla North American s sc:
eutlst thinks Insanity Is Increasing.
Carnegie has been telling people over
In I,oudon that It Is hard work to give
money away. Still, we could mention
several professions that are harder.
A young man can seldom account for
bis fathers lack of knowledge, uut m
after years, when he has sous of his
own, he begins to realize the Ignorance
of youth.
A New Jersey man of "8 Is cele
brating the birth of his first baby. It
Is safe to say that his grandchildren
will never have the privilege of pulling
their grandpapa's chin whiskers.
Cremation may be a scientific way
of disposing of the mortal remains of
human bclugs, but It Is not making
much headway. Science has an uphill
Job when It goes against popular senti
ment. Did you know tbat Uncle Sam lias
one snakeless Eden? There are no
serpents In Hawaii. The fact Is
brought out by a petition to Washing
ton asking that menageries be prevent
ed from bringing snakes to the Island
lest they escape and start a snakery.
They are already talking In Kurope
of the poslbllltles of Ilelglum being ab
sorbed by France as the outcome of the
socialistic troubles In the former coun
try, and of the temptation that this
would be to Germany to annex the
Netherlands. In this era of merger It
Is Just as dltQcult for the small coun
tries to maintain themselves as It Is for
the small business concerts.
The extraordinary Influence of the
Empress Dowager of China over at'
fairs of state Is not unparalleled In the
far East. In Corca the present Em
peror and bis predecessor were both
cbosen by tbo Queen Dowager Cho.
Chul-Chong was a lad of 19, plowing In
the fields, when the great lords came
to ball him as king. Thirteen years later
little Ka-Dong, the present Kmperor,
who reigns under the name of VI Ileul.
was flying a kite In bis father's yard
when be was summoned to an undreamed-of
throne. A few years ago
the reigning queen was assassinated
Just as she was becoming Intensely In
terested, through her American woman
physician, In Western principles and
the Christian religion.
A writer In a magazine makes an
amusing skit by deputing J. Plerpont
Morgan as gobbling up all the warships
and armament of the nations, thun
making war Impossible. The concep
tion contains a germ of truth. There
can be no doubt that tho growing cost
of war must tend to prevent armed
hostility. The pocket nerve of modern
nations Is extremely sensitive. The
South African war has cost England
a billion and a quarter of dollars. Hu
manity baa Indeed been "staggered"
by tho resistance of those Dutch farm
ers wbo perhaps at no time exceeded
40,000 In arms. The Imposition of the
bread tax has brought the realization
of war expenses close borne to the Brit
ish taxpayer and has hastened the
peace negotiations. The world Is not
yet ready to stand by the principles
enunciated at The Hague peace confer
ence. Universal acceptance of arbitra
tion Is doubtless a long way off. Never
theless, the constantly growing cost of
war Is the strongest deterrent Influence
against the employment of armies.
The accession to tho throne of the
boy king of Spain again emphasizes the
dependence of royalty upon the sanc
tion of legislative chambers. It was
not always so, Absolutelsm once held
sway, Uut as the people have come up
the prerogatives of kings have declined.
Constitutions, written or unwritten,
limit tbo power of European monarchal
Alpbonso solemnly covenanted to ful
1)11 and to compel all his subjects to re
spect the laws of the monarchy and
direct all bis acts for the good of his
people. Should he radically depart
from bis solemn oath he would not long
bo king of the Spaniards. Only a short
tlmo ago Queen Wllbelmlua promised
to observe and maintain the constitu
tion, protect public and private liberty
and the rights of her subjects, she Is
bound to do these things while she Is
tjucen. In Westminster Abbey the
English mouarcbs solemnly bind them
selves to govern according to the stat
utes of parliament and respective to
the laws and customs of the same.
They ennuot go beyond these well-defined
limitations, It Is a long rry from
the day of I.ouls, wbo said "I am the
State," to tho prescribed and limited
kingship of to-day. Constitutions and
laws nro above sovereigns. In other
words, the people are the rulers.
' At a recoct annual meeting of the
Humane Society at Cleveland, Ohio,
Judgo William Babcock devotpd an
earnest and Intelligent discussion to
the treatment of youthful criminals.
Tho first two sentences of the paper
were tho key notes of the discussion.
Tbcso two sentences were, "Nearly all
criminals arc boys," and "Every prison
Is a nursery for crime." Among other
forceful facts were the following: "All
tbo year round between sevcnty-tlvc
and one hundred young men, moot of
whom have not reached their mnjorl
ties, lie In our county Jails awaiting
trial. Many of them are released when
they are dually given a chance to
prove their Innocence. Hut they aro
not what they were when arrested, for
the three mouths which they have put
In, and tbat Is the average time they
wait, ban brought to them a very lib
eral education In crime. The Jail Is a
reservoir In which l poured alike tho
hardened criminal and the youthful
violator. "Humnn nature Is the same,
and tho boys, with nothing but time at
their disposal, listen to the various
methods of house-breakers, of tho lat
est Innovations In hold-ups, of the
most successful means of informing
every act against which society has
laid Its mandates." This Is not a new
picture, but It Is true delineation
and may be duplicated In hundreds of
city prisons throughout this couutry.
Judge Habcoek says Ohio Is not ex
ceptional In this particular. What a
fearful reckoning, then, for American
society of the future. Hut Judge Hab
coek has a remedy. This Is his pro
posal: "It Is my belief tbat we have
no moral right to lock up a boy with
out making him better. Education Is
the remedy. At the bottom of It all
lies poverty as a cause, and too little
knowledge of our duty to our brothers.
My plan would be to put a teacher In
the county Jail whose business It
would he to teach tne young men
something that would direct their
thoughts to better things. I would
purchase a library of good books and
place upon the authorities the responsi
bility of seeing that the yellow-backed,
crime-reeking prints are thrown out.
Rood books aud more education wilt
do much toward making men from
those whose lines of life hare begun
divergence from the right course.
rather than making criminals from
those whose only onenie is tnat tney
have been unfortunate." This plan j the royal residence. Many a time has
was first suggested, according to the A correspondent whose letter has been
Kansas City World, by Judge Wof- ' received by Sir Francis Knollys by the
ford, of Kansas City In an address last J flrst morning delivery, obtained a re
wlntcr.. It Is certainly practical and nly the same night. Intimating that the
Is worth consideration. Society owes first missive has been "laid before tho
It to Itself to carry out In some way King." Many letters those omanat
the reformation of the guilty, which as from cranks, faddists and notorious
Is the avowed purpose of the punish-i bcrt-nrs. those making Impossible ro-
ment of the criminal, and which under
the present system Is a failure. But
reforms move slowly and It may re
quire some American Dickens to de
pict the contaminating Influences of
Jail life before our society Is moved to
action.
MAKES HIS OWN LUCK.
The Farmer Ie Not at All Dependent
on Chance.
As a general proposition we do not
believe that luck has mucb to do with
man's success In life. Occasionally
we find one who out of some careless.
Indifferent Investment reaps a large re
ward. Even such Is not always a lucky
man, because not Infrequently his last
stage ta worse than the first. Some
times the personality, the tact or what
not of a man brings to blm success
where others have failed. In business
and In the professions these may be
made to take the place of real ability.
and we call the possessor of these qual
ities a lucky fellow. It Is different on
the farm, where a man Is dependent,
not upon keeping In the good graces of
others, but upon himself. Nothing but
cold business will pass muster there.
As the seasons come and go unless a
farmer Is up and doing almost to the
very minute be must soon step down
and out
As n man sows so shall he reap Is
true In more senset than one. The
slightest carelessness or Indifference
manifest In preparing a seed bed or
sowing any kind of crop cannot be
corrected later. If an Individual In a
community raises bis eighty and ninety-bushel
crops bis success Is In no
way attributed to luck, even by bis
bungling neighbors. Good seed sown
on a well prepared seed bed Is as sure
to produce a profitable crop nine years
out of ten In this couutry as winter Is
to follow autumn.
The same Inexorable laws are at
work In the live stock end of agricul
ture. Good animals are not reared by
chance. Unless Improved blood Is In
traduced Into the herds and Hocks
from time to time there Is sure to be
reversion In the direction of the scrub
form. Meat made on a scrub Is not
worth within 2 or 3 cents per pound
of that on a well-bred animal, and yet
the food to produce the pound may
have cost the same In each case. Those
who topped the market at the large
centers during the past season came
by their prices, not by accident, but be
cause they had tbo goods. And so It
Is true In every department of the
farm. The man wbo does his work
thoughtfully and In season will al
ways be liberally rewarded. Iowa
Homestead,
The Naming of Sambuno.
Sambuno ("the only complete babby
on the Mississippi") toddled over the
gangplank to a game of tag with a
friendly yellow pup. Old Mau Wood
ward leaned against the cabin wall and
watched blm foldly.
'Yns-suh," ho said reflectively, "that
air Bambuno am sbolely a wondehful
chll'."
"Whereat did y'all get tbat name,
Brother Wood'a'dS" softly Inquired the
Adventlst preacher.
"Well, sub, I'll tell you. Expectln'
that air chll', we was n-layln' at Huny
Vlsty Island, me an' the of woman
yas-suh an' we'd taken a great shlno
to tbat nlr name, Huny, an' made up on'
minds tbnt ef It come a gal chll' we'd
Jes' name beb Buny Vlsty, In honeb of
It But ef It come a boy, we was to
name him atter mo, Samuel.
"Well, suh, as y'all knows, It come a
boy, Yas-suh, It was a welcome and a
male chll'. But somehow we Jes' could
not stati' to gl'n up that name, Buny,
no we kind o' hitched 'em togethch an'
caled the chl' Sambuno,
"Yas-suh, that's how, pabson, tbat
chl' come to bo named Sambuno, an' It's
a blgh-soundln' name, ef 1 do say, as
we ain't ncveli bad no cause to regret"
Llpplncott's Magazine.
LETTERS TO A KING.
POSTMAN'S DAILY DELIVERY AT
WINDSOR CASTLE.
Mali Usually llrliiaa About 81 Hun
dred Letter livery Twentyfonr
llnare-llnw They Are Head, Snrtcdi
nnil finally Disposed Of,
Though the King's dally movement
are fully ehroulcled In tho newspaper
uml tho "Court Circular." there are
many things his majesty does of which
the public has little knowledge. "State
business," upon which the King Is cm
nlovcd every morning, covers multi
tude of urgcut matters, from the writ-
lug of nn autograph letter to a neigh
bo fine sovereign to the selection of n
coronation dcslgu; aud there are, of
course, numbers of otliclal dispatches
which require the roynl signature.
It Is not generally known, however.
that his majesty preserves a earcrul
supervision over the answers which
arc sent to the hundreds of eorrespou
dents daily writing to the Klug. On
an average, the King's dally letter has
contains 000 letters, ami about half ns
many newspapers, books, circulars, etc.
Needless to say. this glgautie delivery
needs the assistance of a body of pri
vate clerks, over whom Sir Francis
Knollys, the Klug' private secretary,
exercises control.
All letters and parcel, with the ex
ception of those which are quickly rec
ognized ns being "personal to bis majesty"-!,
e., which contalu a distinc
tive private mark, mutually prearrang
ed, on the envelope or cover are open-
1H by the secretaries, and distributed
In boxes, separately labeled, according
to their nature and contents. These
boxes are then carefully examined and
checked by Sir Francis Knollys. aud
those letters of su urgent character
requiring the consideration of his ma
jesty are retained by the private see
retary and nre laid before the King,
who Indicates In a few words his pleas
ure concerning them.
It Is surprlslng-and has often aston
ished those In receipt of replies how
rapidly an auswer It dispatched from
quests and those of a purely commer
cial character are never submitted to
bis majesty, but nre either Ignored or
stereotyped replies are sent, accord
ing to the subject of the letter.
This much cau 'be truthfully said
The greatest courtesy and delicacy
have always characterized his majes
ty's public correspondence, and many
Instances could be quoted where his
secretary has gone out of his way to
explain at length the King's objection
to some application, or his majesty's
reluctance at being unable to comply
with some request. Since the new
reign began the typewriter has been
Introduced In the palace, and many re
plies, formal and otherwise, are now
t)ped In violet luk. In the late relgu
the private secretaries were suppose!
to. and actually did. write every lo'ter
with- their own pens, but when Edward
VII. ascen.leil the throne a modern
change was quickly Introduced, saving
n large amount of time and labor.
All sorts of conditions of people
write to the King. Many of the envel
opes bear no stamps, as If Buckingham
Palace were a government otHee. and
some are boldly addressed In n pencil
scrawl.
The East End postmark Is n predom
inant feature: there are many poor peo
ple, who. alas! fondly believe the Kl.ig
can redress their grievances and miti
gate their woes by a wave of Ills hand.
It Is no secret, however, that hi sev
eral Instances, after discreet Inquiries
hnve been made, suffering has been re
lieved In poor districts ns the result of
a letter to the King of Queen. Usual
ly the channel of relief Is one of the
philanthropic societies, of which his
mnjesty Is either a patron or Interested
In, to whose otllce the deserving letter
Is privately forwarded. London Ex
press. BAD FEATURE8 OF CIVILIZATION.
It Doe Not Insure Good Digestion,
Which lathe Halle of Health.
Some features of civilized life are not
wholesome. It does not Insure n per
fect digestion, which Is the basis of
good health, to use WeHt Philadelphia
c-lty water. It Is not healthful to
breathe sewer gas In houses the plumb
ing of which has been passed by un
Inspector who receives Christmas gifts
frojn the plumber, 'here are many
other conditions which nre not favora
ble to the best physical health. How
ever, In spite of other drawbacks mid
disadvantages, there Is every warrant
to nttlrm that never has the standard
of health, strength and nglllty been ns
high ns It Is to-dny. Though an Indoor
life Is vicious In Its Influence, the men
nnd women of to-dny and especially
tbo women are capable of n greater
physical endurance than has even been
known before. The first nnd best proof
of this Is tbat nt the ago when our
grandslres nnd their dames took their
places lu-the chimney corner as r,ip.iM.
only of a vegetable existence, the men
nnd women of to-dny nre nt their best,
nnd, ns Dr. Stevenson complains, ttio
grandmothers nro demanding the right
to run for public otllce, Instead of being
content to knit stockings. A believer
in the physical superiority of the sav
age brought out the great-grandson of
n famous Indian sprinter to pit film
against the white runners of tho col
leges. Even after a systematic training
he was beaten by amateurs. His cele
brated ancestor had defeated eeiy
white runner here and lu England, but
his record has been surpassed long
since.
Life In the open nlr is necess-iry to
the best health, but there Is no reason
why the modern conveniences should
be nbnndoued. On every bnnd n-e
proofs of tho physical superiority of
the men and women of to day over the
people of any other known period, The
rules of wholesome Hying are better
understood nnd nro more generally ob
served,. It nccdB only for men to ro
frnln from business excesses, from dis
sipating their energies In the pursuit
of wealth, In order that they may flnfl
life well worth living, The too fre
quent suicide of successful business
men may be traced to their long and
absolute absorption In tho work of
money-getting and the discovery tbat
It Is prolific and unsatisfactory. The
rcnlltnllou of the fact that wealth
alone does tint bring hnpplness couirs
only after It la too late to effect n
change. The delusion that there Is no
more satisfying purpose than thri ne
cumulation of money Is Hie chief ob
stacle In the way of man's happiness.
JEWEL OF A DOMESTIC.
Hlie Did Not Stay Lous, but Did Not
Hlcul AitythliiK.
"I Imagine people must get tired ot
hearing their neighbors complain about
the question ot domestic help," remark
ed a woman In the government servloo
to n friend.
"I guess they do," acquiesced the
friend, "but then you kuow we all have
itch troubles, aud when wo hear oth
er relate their experiences wo cau
say, 'I have troubles of my own.' "
The woman wbo started tho conver
sation told how many domestics sho
had employed during a short period ot
time, aud how they had not glvcu Hat
Isfactlon.
"Finally." she ssld. "I sought relief
by doing what I thought was nu net
of charity, aud at the time gettlug n
woman who I thought would be n Jew
el. Sho was a white woman, the first
woman of my owu color 1 bad ever
employed."
This woman, she explained, was tak
on from nu Institution where n great
nmouut of charity Is done. Sho was
given the best room In the house, and
In the morning when breakfast was
over she huudlcd up the dishes lu a
hurry and gave the appearance of be
lug a willing and rapid worker. In the
nftemoou wheu her employer returned
home the dishes were still piled where
Mie bad seen them In the morning.
The washtub, boiler aud Irons had been
used by the woman, who had evidently
washed and Iron her owu garments aud
departed. On the table was a nolo
which read: "My dear Mrs. , 1
found the wqrk was too hard for me."
uut sno was n jewel, arier an, con
cluded the woman who had been her
employer, for so short a time, according
to the Washington Star, "for she did
not steal anything."
So Sweetly Innocent.
He had been to the boardlng-sehool to
pay a surprise visit to his daughter, his
only child. He had parted from her.
proud to be the parent of such a hand
somo maiden, pleased with the Inno
cence of huddlug womanhood. The
principal acompanled him to the door
"Mndnm," he snld. with deep feeling.
I owo you much for the manner In
v hleh you have reared my child since
she hns been under your care. When 1
notice the contrast between that Inno
cent maiden and some of the girls of
her age, who hae not had the ml van
tage of such strict supervision. I feel
that I have Indeed done wisely lu plac
ing her In your charge."
'And how proud you must be," said
the principal, glowing with satisfac
tion, "to be the father of so large and
devoted n family."
"Largo devoted I" gasped the proud
parent. "Wbnt do you mean?"
"Devoted to each other." said the
principal. "No fewer than seven of
flora's brothers have lvcen here during
the past three weeks to take her out.
nnd she Is expecting another to-mor
ow."-London Tlt-lllts.
M.ct i'itrsloy Alter Onions.
It will be Information to a good many
readers that by eating parsley after
onions one may prevent the offensive
breath which otherwise follows Indul
gence In the tearful vegetable. This
Information comes from a restaiiraieur.
who says:
"Yes, you may eat a bushel of oul'.tis
nnd n little parsley taken afterward
will leave you so that Sherlock Holmes
himself would be unable to say what
you had been feeding on. That Is the
truth, and 1 wish more people were
nware of It. For onions, which nre the
most wholesome things In the world,
would be as popular ns they are whole
some If this matter of the parsley were
more widely known. Another thing,
old cheese, melted slightly, makes
mince pie digestible. You may bo a
confirmed dyspeptic, but If you will
spread on the top crust of your mlnco
pie a thin layer of rich old English
cheese, I promise that you may eat the
pastry without any nftermatb of re
morse and pain." Chicago Chronicle.
Trouble of I lie- Olobe.
"My lord." asked Shakspeare as he
and Bacon stalled out of tho (llobe foy-1
er and sat down In the box otllce to
watch the treasurer count up, "why nre !
my writings known as 'lays,' while
yours nre cnlled 'works')"
"(live It up, Will," said Sir Krancls,
"unless It Is because my writings al
ways fit the case."
"Now!" sniffed the bard of Avon,
"It's because you think they're stein
winders."
Annoyed at this sally, I-ord Bacon
remarked thnt he didn't like to be hit
', ,U , nt "V . I
.y n ham. but Shnkspeare retorted th.it
I
n Bacon was every bit a bad as a ham,
nnd more streaked, and not caring to
bear nny more snmples of (Hobo re
partee the eminent statesman, to get
even, went outside nnd told people thnt
the show wns fierce. Portlnnd Oregon-
Inn.
Whistling Ijanguago Used.
The aborigines of the Malabar Islands
employ u perfect whistling language,
by means of which they can conimnul
cute with encb oth'er over long ills
tances. A stranger wondering over the
Islands Is frequently surprised to henr
from n hilltop the sound of loud whistl
ing, which Is quickly repeated on iiio
next hill, nnd so Is carried from summit
to summit until It dies nwny In the dis
tance. American looin Abroad.
American ribbon looms nro being Im
ported by Swiss mnnufacturers. These
looms nre much more expensive than
those made lu Switzerland, even leav
ing freight nnd dutle out of account,
but the manufacturer find It profit
able to use them becnuse of their grcnt
solidity of construction nnd the much
lurgcr amount of work they do.
A boy Is usually ready to eat every
tlmo he stops playing.
1 1IERR STEINHARDT'S NEMESIS 1
12 :
g BY l MACLAREN COBBAN. S
Sy iy y y y y jy ty i j T y i fvy 4 Vx
CHAPTER XIII Continued.
"Wlmt la it?" lie, demanded: bis
tone was not loud, but bis eyes seemed
standing out as with suppressed rage
"what Is It you two aro togother (or?
What can you doT You linvo nothing!
money, Inlluonce, nothing!"
"No, Manuol,"sald lllrloyj "you've-
grabbed thorn nil,"
"Is It," raid lie, glaring nt me,
"that you you beggarly curatol
want, exs-ct to marry nu heiress, the
heiress of an old family? I hnvo said
Imforo that sho is not nn heiress that
she bus no money, and that rlio Is not
for you, sir!"
"1 hnvo reason," 1 said, "to Isdlovo
tbat Herr Stolnhardt does not always
speak tho truth."
"I'oul! You nro insolent ns well!
An insolent Is'ggiir is not to lie bnrue!
And so you have got, too, this reckless
old man td abet you in your tricks and
scheme!! What for Is it," lie de
manded ot lllrloy, "that you hno set
yoursoll to go ngnlust mo in this?"
"Partly, '.Manuel,", answered lllrloy,
"because' 1 have gradually got con
vinced you nro tho biggest villain un
hung, and partly Iwuttso I llko this
lad Unwin. As tor tricks and
scheme"
"11(1! You aro foolish as well as
reckless."
"I (ay, as for tricks and scliomca I
may have an account to settlo with yon
ot that t-ort, before I bavo clone, but
not tonight."
"Not tonight! Alter tonight )ou
will Iw moro completely nothing than
you have been yet! I will destroy you
botbl You shall bo beggars Isitb.
without hope, without reputation!"
"These aro bravo words, 'Manuel,
and I know you will carry them out, it
you can; I know you can inako nio a
beggai, but I think Unwin Is pretty lit
tc glvo an account ot blnitelt vet, snti
ot you, too, 'Manuel, it it conies to
that. But, seel you'd bettor go home,
for it's Sunday morning, anil you're
frightening the poor girl there."
This careless dismissal must bavo
been especially oxasK-ratlng to a man
llko Stelnhardt. Ho was almost bosido
himself, yet be still held his fury down.
"You nre beggars, sneaks and row
arils both!" ho exclaimed.
"Nav. but." said Blrley, now roused,
and approaching to urge tbo necessity
of a speedy departure, "It wo begin I
- i - - . mwl I,it..
caning nicmc-n wo nmj " ,'
of It, but not tonight, tome, .unimui,
you must go!
Ho was reluctantly withdrawing,
when bo and wo also were startled by
Iuiso exclaiming with outstretches!
bands
"Where Is my father, you wicked
man? What have vou done with him?
Wboro bavo you put him?"
Ho paused a moment to sot his fare,
and then turned again to look nt her.
Tim pirl is cono mad!" ho said.
"Does she think I nm her father a
keeper? Where have I put him! liavo
I got him in my pocket do you think?
The- knowledge of this. It may bo
gtr -d. dlil not mako mo feel any
the less bitterly toward steinnanu.
CHAPTER XIV.
On Monday morning tho wholo
nlht,nrlinnil was nllVO with tllO
now. thnt Mr. HlrleV was "to bo
sold up." An execution had been put
Into his houso under a bill or saio. anu
an ngent or auctioneer person (acting
of course by Instruction) bad stuck
notices announcing a salo of "furni
ture and effects" on boards In tho
front-garden. Stelnhardt know there
would be no redemption of the bill,
but In his haste to bo as poremptory
with hla old friend ns posslblo ho hnd
overlooked tho fnct that by nn act
which had romo In force In tho be
ginning of thnt year, ho wan bound
to glvo Blrloy Ave days' opportunity
to pay off tbo bill. Hlrloy, thercforo,
plucked up the notlco boards and
threw them Into tho lano. and then
went nnd talked to tho man In pos
session. ...
But that afternoon I had buslnosB.
of my own on hnnd: I bad deter
mined to settle to my own satisfac
tion the exact spot Indlcntcd by
Frauloln Haaa'B vision as that where
Lacrolx's remain wcro Interred. I
mentioned tho mined mill In tho be
ginning of this story, which occupied
part of a dreadfully littered little pe
ninsula formed by n curvo of the
stream. More than ono of Its walls
had fallen, but I hnd particularly no
ticed frequently In passing, and had
,n.iA,A ne nnn wall which lav an
"publle side of tho stream to
conBre at completoly na when It had
j,een standing, oxircpt at It outer
edges whero the bricks wcro broken
nnn dislocated. TIiIb I suspected wan
the wall; and I wns resolved to visit
It to soo whether I could mako Burn
my suspicion was correct.
To get to the mill I bad to pasB
round to the head of tho peninsula (I
wondered whether Stelnhardt had
taken tbat routo on bis Journoy with
his horrible burden, or whether ho
had boldly forded tho ntrcam oppoalto
one of the Bldo gates to mo grminus
of his workB). This od mo between
'0id attling mills of nomo sort,
nasi nlloa of lumber broken wngonB
and frogmonta of old machlnory rust
ing away past somo flourishing pig
Btlcs, constructed of old boards and
old sacks. I bad tcplck my way very
carofully, for It was beset with gul
lies and holes worn out by rain tor
rents, and with entrenchments of cin
ders nnd "cIlnkorB," At length I
came out upon the open space round
the mill. I approached tho wall with
a 'shuddering but faacltlited sense. In
tho mlddlo of It. toward tho edgo
which hnd been tbo top, was n bolted
Iron plate, answering exactly to tho
requirement of Frauloln Haas's vis
Ion, My oyo was nt onco nttrnctcd to a
part of tho wall, near Its baso, which
was altogether unlike tho reBt. Most
of the wall was aB bato of anything
like vegetation n n mill-wall com
monly Is, but thla part wns covered
with a fino yollowlsh-grcen fungus on
tho bricks, nnd grass In tho mortar of
the Interstices. This, I was satisfied,
was tho spot. Under theso bricks
had lain, for eighteen months, the
mutilated romnlns of the unfortunoto
Lacrolx, probably nt no great dopth;
henco the eagerness of Stelnhnrdt to
cover them with so wldesprcadlng a
tomb-slab as this fallen wall, and
benco, also, probably, this traitorous
growth of grcon. Ab I looked, I won
dered how much Stolnhardt would
glvo now to bo ablo to movo bis TI-
tnnlo tombstouo nnd remove his ilend!
Tho wnll wns too secure n covering!
It was tho grain! mlstnho of n strung,
rosolutn and orlglnl criminal! tho
enormous blunder (it tho bold, uncom
promising 'villain, untlrely cnnlldnnt
lu hi security against ovury risk ot
discovery I
I hurriedly withdrew tu mushier
my course of action. I begnn to find
that I waa In an awkward dilemma.
My promise to Krnuleln Hans forbniln
n public nxiimlnathm of that spot, yet
how could my promise to 1 am I so, that
her father's romnlus should ho prop
erly Interred how could tbnt bo ful-1
tilled without the discovery becoming
public? Them wna another point
which gnvo mo pnusn: suppose thla
ruilo grave broken Into, nnd Itn con
tents Identified ns tho romnlus of Mr.
Ijterolx, hnw could I show tbnt Stein
tiantt had hurled themT Hnw. then,
could I bring tho crime homo su ns to
move htm ns I desired T
I resolved to go to Freeman, nnd
talk the dlfllrulty over with blm. t
hnd seen little of my friend since his
return from London; bo hnd been
much from homo on some business
of hi denmntnntlon. Ho did not oven
know yet of tho successful result of
our Inquiry .upon old Jnquea.
I found blm In bis study, In which
ho wna nlwnys most nt ease. In ac
cordance with his request I "posted"
htm "up to dnto" In my doings and
discoveries from the finding of the
French papers In Jncque's cnttnge,
through the revelations at Basel, to
tho discovery I had mado a few niln-
utes before. He wns most Impressed
with my account of the vision of
Krnuleln Hnns. He wns something of
n mystic, of the pseudosrlcntinc kind
''",?.'"., u : ,, "
ho would turn his attention to nn oth
er po.ni nil no nnil round nn oxpuinn-
,,?n 0? WZTt 'SA sS:1!!::: .."li
self, nnd It certainly was very plans -
as "magnetic clalrvovnnre.' Here.
said he. were two people who had at !
o.no time been deeply Interested In I
each other, one nf whom (the more i
sympathetic subject) still thnusht
much of the other: the one was high
ly nervous, the other wn strong
willed. The strong-willed person wns
In nn extraordinary dirnrulty. In
which he had to put a resolute ntrnln
upon nil his resources of mind nnd
body nnd memory In his casting
about In his excited mood for nld to
remove his dlfflcnltv he might well
have thought "If she were here
' "no woo lias neen or nu nninss cue
, most devoted to me' Or
onIy .,, ,)or r() ,)f th), horrii,,.
business'" This strong wishing, this
renctung out or spirit for her,
would sink to n mere nothing when
the difficulty of the time wns once W()rk f()l ,. ,.,, . imctl ham ,ln
settled, nnd the bond of nttrnctlnn mlll . Washington Star,
would sink loose nnd lifeless till It
was drawn tense ngnln nnd thrilled . . , a,,j
again with vigor when his need of her txp" Pul" .
returned upon him with n new dim-! "I suppose.' snld tho physician,
rulty. This would account for Kran-, smiling, and trying to nnpr-nr witty
leln Haas' feeling of being drnwn as while feeling the pulse of a lady pa
If away from herself at those times i Hent "I suppose you consider mo nn
when aho had her visions. , old hutnbitg?'
... , ,. "Why. doctor, replied tho lady. I
ready to turn with me to moro press
tng points. llo could not see. how
ever, nny more than I could, thnt I
wns nt present likely to effert nny
thing with Stelnhnrdt by prlvnto
threats of the disclosure of my knowl
edge, by nnythlng. Indeed, but n pub
lic Investigation and oven that might
do little more than create a public
srandal.
"You see." snld Freeman, "you bavo
absolutely nothing yet of a reliable
kind that ran point even circumstan
tially to Stelnhardt as the murderer."
I could not but agree with him. nnd
nssent to bis ndvlrn to "wait." In
the meantime Stelnhnrdt must be per
mitted to pursue hi vindictive con
duct toward our dear nld friend Blr
ley. and hi chances of causing fur
ther annoyance) and anxiety to Miss
Lncrolx. Our helplessness In the mnt
tor chafed severely both Freeman and
myself.
"Is thore no way nt nil."! exclaim
ed, "but the wny of evidence to bring
tho crime home to him? to renlly
satisfy ourselves thnt tho erlmo Is
his, nnd to mako blm feel that wo
know It Is?"
"Havo you any objection," said ho.
rising as If anticipating I would havo
nono, "to take my wlfo Into counsel
Sho sometimes lias a clear Idoa In
her bend."
I said I certainly would like Mr.
Freotnan to consult with us. nnd In a
few momenta she was sitting oppo
slto mo. I told her tho wholo mat
ter, nnd pointed out tho dlfllculty of
tho situation.
"So," said sho. "you want to get nt
some wny of bringing It homo to
blm. ns you sny. If. now, you could
only lilt upon Rome thing llko Ham-
lot' play to eaten mo King.
"Ah. yes, lianuei: wo uom ex.
claimed.
This was our flrst formntlvo hint,
nnil I need not dcscrlbo In dctnll how
from that, through aimless-scorning
discussion, nnd wild BUggcstlon of ono
sort and another, a plan wns at
length developed. I snail nut siaio
the result.
Friday nnd Haturrtny or mnt vory
week wcro tho days or wnai aro
known as Tlmporloy Wnkos. Thoy
bad In tho past, I understood, been
celebrated with wild orgies of drink
ing, "mumming," and dancing round
and through bonfires. Hut thl "pass
ing through the firo to Moloch" wbb
nn longer n nastlmn of tho people: It
bad become tho dull dally occupation
of their livcB. Tho only orgies now
known woro drinking and iignung,
ami snendlng small Biimfl nt tho
booths of tho fair. The church had
for some yenrs exerted Itself to pro
vldo othor rccroatlon for somo nt
least of tho people. In nccordnnco
with this unago thero was ndvortlsod
for Friday evening a mild ten entor
tnlnmont, to bo followed by "Ornnd
Dissolving Views," which last Free
man had learned would bn shown by
n fine now maglo lantorn Stelnhnrdt
had Just preBontod to tho Sunday,
school. Stolnhardt was going to hon
or tho nffnlr with his prosnnro. Our
plnn then was this: I would contrivo
through the now cttrnto (whoso ac
quaintance I hnd already mnde) to
get a sight of tho mnglo lantern and
Judge of tho size of Its slides; I
would strnlghtwny go Into tbo town
nnd buy n cprtnln numbor of blank
slides of that slzo. On tbcso Mrs.
Freeman, who had u knock of such
things, would point the chief scones
of our tragedy. I must then provnil
upon tho curnto, or upon whntover
porBon I could loam was to havo tho
management of tbo lantern, to Intro
duce them In order at the end of the
exhibition.
To carry out our plan with success
dotnnudod dlspnlch, I discovered
that vory evening, by going citsuiiliy
Into my landlady' kitchen, that her
herculean Htm wn going to hnvo
rhnrgii of tho mnglo Inntorn, ho was
nt that tiHunent busily pinking nu
qunlnlanco with It. Tho rest of my
tnsk wn therefore ensy.
(Talis runtlntind)
THERE WAS A MISTAKE.
Why the Colonel Slopped III) Scot ol
Chinamen at rive.
"I hnd rond," wild tho colonel, n
ho vii relating omo of his utputi;
once In China, "Hint If poison foil
Into tho wntnr no one could pull him
nut, holding that his falling In wni n
decroo of I'rovldmico that mint not
bo Interfered with.
"Ono day, on one of tho cnnnls, I
stumbled nnd wont ovorbonrd, nnd.
although thern worn twelve boatmen,
not one of thnni would extend mo a
lino, I After n rinse shave, na I enn
uot Hwlm. I got aboard ngnln, nnil n
soon n I recovered my hronlh t yell
ed nt tho boss boatman:
"'You Infernal scoundrel, why
didn't you help mo out?'
" 'It was your fnto to fall In,' ho
rnltuly replied.
" 'And lt' you fnto to tnkn n good
licking!' I snld ns I went fur blm.
"WJiou I hnd finished him off I look
another, nnd I wan Just polishing off
my fifth victim when tho sixth man
halted mo to say:
" 'Thero seem to bn a mistake
hero. Wo nro taught thnt If a person
falls Into tho wnter ho must savn
himself, or drown, but wo nro not
tniight Hint If he does save himself
ho In nt liberty to lick half of China
In revenge.'
I thought his point well taken.'
Inughcd the colonel, nnd I stopped my
score nt flvo nnd went down to change
Into dry clothes."
j
I cilf (irande.
-, between l.f.00.000 and
AAn M. i...,J ... i.-l i.i i- n.i.
I -; ,, vml. "..., ......i,..
I thlnlcii thnt every brand means a dlf-
i fercnt kind of tobacco. A a matter
. . , . ..,.,., ...in.ntn nf
' ' r., , ..,.
npnrt.
Advintiei of Mitrlmony.
Krlenil Old you lose anything In
the Bustall hank?
Oeposltor Not a cent.
"Well' well! If you knew the
thing wns going up why didn't you
say so?"
"I didn't know. 1 had to go off on
business, so I left my wife some blank
checks. Sim went shopping." New
York Weekly.
Like Muter, Hike Men.
A iimlii " an!,! Mr KrimtilB Pink.
".' '"XV I ley, "Is sho' one er de meanes' anl
horrible ,i, ,i, ,..il. ., r...,i
... . n.wcr( Mr. Cnsslus Col-
inowr. when vou consider
some ' de human folks he hns to
hnd no blen yon could ascertain n wo
man' thought by merely feeling her
pulse." Tld lilts.
A fimillir Rtepnnie.
("holly I called nn that pretty Miss
Pompadour, who clerks nt the ribbon
counter at Sollnll ft Whooper'n do
pnitmnnt store, lust night.
Oeorge Havo a nice call?
C'hnlly -No; she sent down word
thnt she wna sorry, but sho was "Just
out'" Puck.
Mill and Melt.
Townn Hluffer must be doing very
well. Ho tells me ho has a city and
country house now.
Browne Yes. he's taken n small
place In tho suburbs where he gets
nono of the convenience nf the city,
nnd nil the Inconvenience of tho coun
try. Philadelphia Press.
Mae Thai Apptrance.
A Herman author doscrthea tho pre
vailing American traits ns "a bump
tious oratory." "n flippant superfic
iality." "n constant exploitation,"
nnd "n Inck of esthetic refinement."
These must sound fearful In Herman.
Buffalo E( press.
Plcianl for the Ciller,
"Mamma Is dressing."
"Why, hIio needn't hnve dressed
Just for me, donrle."
"She knows that; hut she. said thn
moro time sho killed In dressing the
lesH tlmo you'd havo to bore her."
Indianapolis Nows.
Looking Ahead.
"But," sho said, "wo nro little moro
thnt stranger ns yet, you know."
"Yes," ho nnswnrod, "hut don't let
thnt Interfere. We enn brenlc off the
engngement nfter wn get hotter no
qunlntcd. If necessary." Chicago
Ilccord-Ifernld.
When IU Decided.
Edith You know that now borso
papa named after you? Well, bo's
proved to bo qulto worthless and papa
Ib going to shoot him.
Fcrdy Indeed! But I didn't know
ho nnmcil him nftnr me.
Edith Well, ho didn't till ho do
elded to shoot him. Puck,
Cinematograph tor the Blind.
A clnomntograph for tho blind bos
been Invonted by Dr. Dussand, a
French physician. Tho successive
singes of tho plrturo aro embossed on
sheets of tin nnd mndo to revolve rnp.
Idly botwoon the flngors of tho blind
person,
Or Count It Wei.
Yen st I was In n book store this
morning, nnd nnw n copy of a book
cnlled "A Girl's Birthday," Just pub
lished, Crlmsonbcak I suppose It was
mnrkod down?-j-Yonkors Stntosmnn,
A Different Matter,
The Reality B-but you told pnpa
you could keep mo In tho stylo I
won accustomed to,
Tho Beast So I could, dear. It Is
the frequent changing of tho styles
that hreakB mo. Judgo.
Truiti of Maibtt Men.
Tho Carrara mnrblo exporters hnvo
formed n trust which win (.
price of tho moro than threo-qunrtors
of n million dollnrs' worth of monu
mont marble ths Unit. nine.. h...
at that Italian town, "