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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1902)
Bohemia Nugget HOWAlt!) IIKNUY, I'ulillshors. COTTAGB GRbVE ...OREGON. Undo Samuel-Well, goodby, Cuby. Take keer o' yourself. Never do anything gratis to-day that souio ono li likely to pay you to uo to-morrow. "Mnko rooiri for tlio kicker." It Isn' necessary; lio generally makes room for himself. Albany, N. Y., has refused to nccept n Oaraeelo" llcrary. Alas, poor An drowl IIo may havo to dlo rich after nil. Headers of the lllblo will remember tlml KipUIpI lonir nco sounded a warn lng to "them that dwell carelessly In tbo Isles." ' A man got ninety days for stealing nn umbrella, The man whose shade Is lost usually talks as If the crime merit- ed ninety years. "Pull Tight" postofflcc In Shannon County, Missouri, has been discon tinued and mall for that point will In future go to Ink. Wo don't wish anybody any harm, but isn't Denmark running a pretty big risk In deciding to hold on to her stock of West Indian Islands until tain A Chicago man went crazy because he Inherited $4,000. " Is evident mat ho would never havo been a Morgan even If ho could havo had Pierp's chance. Council niults Nonpareil thinks this thing of Cornelius Vandcrbllt Introduc ing the fashion of wearing gold but tons for evening dress suits Is carryln; tbo gold standard too far. That man and woman, aged 77 and 75 respectively, who were forced to olopo for the purpose of getting mar ried, may well say: "And, oh Lord, save us from the wrath of our children nnd our children's children." The opinion of a clergyman that the earthquakes are the death throes of Satan Is encouraging. It Is to be re gretted, however, that the old rebel has been, so long dying. Earthquakes havo been kuown for thousands of years. Another woman killer has had the grace to blow the top off his own bead after shooting bis victim. The action Ir, of course, no amends for the mur der, but It at least saves decent peo ple tho trouble and expense of hang ing the assassin. The example Is com mended to gentlemen who contemplate murdering tbelr wives. , A sociological expert Is Inclined to believe that society should facilitate the process of evolution by killing oil people who are mint to live. The pro fessor, of course, means only the physi cally unfit It he Included people too mean to live the undertakers would have to work eight-hour shifts In order to keep up with the public execu tloner. Of all the thousands living In St Pierre but a moment before the de struction of the city, only one person lived after the tempest of flame had passed. When searchers went Into the midst of that appalling scene of death and desolation, tbey found In a stone cell of the Jail, alive and unhurt a negro murderer, chained to the wall, where he awaited the execution of the death sentence of the law. When re leased be rose and tied. Lot the right eous man, was saved out of Sodom. A murderer was saved out of St Pierre. During a lire In a large apartment houso In Chicago recently, a child of 0 years old was seen emerging from the burning building, holding a caged canary In one band and the family cat and her skirt In the other. The crowd outside took In the situation and cheer ed her lustily. The girl had been care fully drilled by her father, with re peatid practice, what to do In case of Art. On hearing the alarm she had Jumped out of bed, calmly picked out her best clothes, put tbem on, and made her exit decently and In good or der., bearing ber own particular treas ures with her. A better than Casa blanca Is here! Tho cry of frenzied and panic-stricken inhabitants of the Island of Mar tinique to be taken away is met by the determination of the French Govern ment to evacuate the Island entirely. Nature has triumphed over man. In tho long tight between the two tho for mer has been put under contribution to the latter. It has been held down, re pressed, made a slave. As If in re venge, It appears to claim one region for its own. Thus far shalt thou go and no farther, says recalcitrant nature, and man, terrorized, submits. But It this land Is given up, may not the people of other Islands In the volcanic belt also give up the struggle and evac uate, Every Island In tho Windward group Is subject to a like visitation and throughout tho West Indies a sim ilar doom Impends. Is nature going to claim ono district for Its own where It may mutter and spit upon the earth to Its content? And will tho day ever come, when man shall control Its subterranean wrath even In those beau tiful but stricken Islands of the sea? Recently two attempts were made to kill tho chief of police of Moscow. Three shots were flred at the governor general of Wnrsavr, and tho minister of the Interior was assassinated at St Petersburg. All these crimes were committed by students or by tbelr friends, and may ue interpreted as a responso to the severe measures re cently taken by the government against student agitators. How severe these maesurcs are Is indicated by the fact that In Moscow alone six hundred stu dents have been condemned cither to extlo or Imprisonment. Tho process Is that known as "administrative order," that Is, a simple police hearing, In which the person accused has small ' chance to vindicate himself. The min ister of education, General Vnnnovskl, tho ono Husslan olllclal of hljli rank who has shown sympathy with reform, has resigned In despair because tho re actionary elements arc too strong for him. At the other social extreme there havo been riots of working men, partly on tbelr own account, as an Incident of Slrlkcs, and partly to express sympathy with the student agitation. In tho southern provinces there havo been outbreaks of peasants, aimless and un organized, tho expression apparently of a blind revolt against the misery of their lot In Finland there Is deter mined resistance to recent edicts for tuo Husslaulxlng of the army. The communnl governments have refused to obey tho edicts, the conscripts sum moned have not responded, and at Hcl- slngfors, the Finnish capital, there has been street lighting between the peo- plo and the Cossacks. Itussla Is a vast empire, and Is ruled so autocratically that a revolutionary propaganda en counters peculiar difficulties. The press Is censored, and there Is uo op portunity for public assembly. Hut these simultaneous don onstratlons of unrest among different classes of peo- plo and In widely separated parts of the empire tell a story of revolt which Is the more pathetic for being seem- lugly hopeless. Tho drift of young meu toward the engineering professions Is one of tho marked developments of an Industrial era In which Inventive genius Is har nessing the forces of nature to every possible form of productive energy. Tbo electrical Held Is particularly alluring, this department In the technical schools being crowded beyond tho facilities provided for Instruction. In order to prepare students to enter upon success ful careers In the varolus departments of engineering these technical schools j have arranged their curricula witn ref erence to teaching the largest amount of science and engineering that can be compressed Into the time at the stu dent's disposal. The schools have found It necessary to omit from their courses many studies which were for- j merly regarded as essential to a lib eral education. Chief among these are the languages and English composition. That this Is a serious defect In techni cal school training Is now becoming manifest In all branches of modern en gineering, and. singularly enough, the technical Journals are the first to rec ognize it and to call attention to it The benefits to be derived from a study of modern languages by those who are preparing for a profession, much of the literature of which Is written In other languages than that spoken by the stu dent would seem to be plainly obvious. But If Instruction In foreign languages must be dispensed with, the acquire ment of ability to speak and write the English language clearly, concisely and logically would seem to be of the first Importance to engineers. A man may be an expert In some department of en gineering and may have a most com plete knowledge of his subject, but Ithout the ability to Impart his Ideas to others In good English he suffers a severe handicap. Says the Electrical Review: "The value of an engineering report does not depend so much upon the erudition and the familiarity with 'the subject exhibited by tbe engineer making It as It does upon bis ability to make clear and explicit his reasons, to show logically the origin of bis deduc tions, and to Impress others with his conclusions. It Is precisely this art which has been neglected. Facility In the use of language Is a tool In the hands of a competent man with which he can accomplish much. Mere knowl edge without this facility Is practically useless." The technical school, how ever. Is not alone in tbe matter of de ficient training In English. A similar complaint Is lodged against tbe high schools and colleges. It Is gratifying to note, however, that tbe engineering Journals are Joining vigorously in tbe general appeal for a more thorough and exact training In English expression. In Washington. "Sir," cried the disorderly Individual who had refused to pay bis fare, "do you know who I am?" "Send me your name and address by mall," said tbe husky conductor as he bustled tbe struggling man down the aisle of the car. "I'm a Cnited States Senator, sir!" shrieked the disorderly one. "You are Insulting and assaulting the majesty of tbe government, fellow!" Tbe conductor grimly smiled as he balanced bis victim on the lower step of the platform. "You're the twenty-third Senator I've had to eject to-day," he said as be let tbe stranger gently slide onto the pave ment. "And It strikes mo that tbe old gag Is a little overworked." Tben with one hand on the bell rope he poked bis head Into the car. "Any more Senators to get off here?" be politely Inquired. Cleveland Plain Dealer. An Ingenious Excuse. General William T. Sherman was fond of relating tbe following story: "When I was with tbe army In Geor gia, a slave-owner about Christmas time missed a fine fat turkey. He sus pected a good-looking mulatto, and or dered tho man to be brought beforo him. 'You have stolen my turkey and eaten it I said tbe Irate planter, Tso not gwlne to say I didn't when you says I did, maasa.' 'I ought to have you flogged. What havo you to say why I should not punish you?' 'Well, mas sa, you hain't lost anything particular. You see, you has a little less turkey and a good deal more nigger!' And the master was compelled to acknowledge tbe philosophy of the slave and let him go unwblppcd." Long Postponed. Helen of Troy was admiring a new girdle given by her lover. "You don't think that horrid thing be coming?" asked one of her maids; "It's not at all the style." "Oh, you're very much mistaken," re plied the beautiful princess, "this Is the latest thing from Paris!" So obtuse, however, was tho Trojan mind that It failed to see the point, and tho straight-front corset did not come Into voguo for 8,000 years. New York Sun. Prosperous throat specialists natural ly look down In the mouth at times. NOW A IUNG IN FACT. OUT THERE IS NO GOOD REASON TOENVY ALFONSO. Threatening Political Hllnatloii Con front 8nln' Vounu Killer 111 Mother'. Htniuslc In Hie llclmlf-lla 1 Neither Petted Nor Hiolled. The scepter to which be was born, but which has becu withhold from lit ni. has passed Into the hands of Alfonso XIII. of Spain. The lad whom the world has pitied, and Into whose future It may well look with deep concern. who was fatherless from birth, and whose courageous mother's regency has been full of troubles wltblu nnd without, who has himself seen his country lose 100,000 square miles of ier rttory and 12,000.000 of population this boy Is now a full-Hedged monarch. II has been described as n physical weak ling, with corresponding mental Insutll clency. Those familiar with his train ing and acquainted with his personalis- jir lid ta tint trtltf)int fitt ! I .,, v,,r ,,.,. ,,,, UakPi ,t ,s to ,,e ,10lH,d that ,,. s Uw . Vo wcnUiln. cnn master the political 8t,intlou which confronts Alfonso. Tho country Is barely recovering from the recent war with the United Stntes. T,contont and trouble are ramnant In cvcrj. direction. Political strife of vnrl- ! AmmS KING ALFONSO AND HIS MOTIIEIt. ous sorts threatens the public peace In certain provinces socialism rears Its bead, menacing the kingdom with dis integration. In practically all of them, labor and social difficulties have readi ed a degree of Intensity bordering en revolution. Socialists, anarchists, re publicans nnd Cnrllsts are ready to seize tbe first opportunity to overthrow tbe reigning dynasty. Darker and more threatening than It has been in over a century is the political atmosphere In Spain to-day. To fit the youth for his royal duties has been tbe work of the Queen Itegent during the past sixteen years. It has been a gloomy epoch. During tbe time that Maria Christina has reigned un be half o'f her $on Spain has loit the Inst shreds of her once world-wide empire. Spanish military prestige has been de stroyed and the burden of defeat weighs heavily upon tbe proud spirit of tbe nation. Yet In the midxt of nil these adverse circumstances the fjuetn has never for a moment lost sight of tbe great duty of educating her son for the grave responsibilities of klngsblp Through sorrow and uncertainty and In the midst of cruel vicissitudes, sue has never flinched. She has rlghtfully earned tbe respect and admiration of (he whole world. During tno years f early childhood all sorts of rumors'of tbe lufant King's weakness were cur rent He was hardly expected to live, yet constant watchfulness pulled him through the dangerous years and un avoidable Illnesses to which children are subject. Little by little the people began to see that. In the struggle, the mother was bound to bo triumphant The boy grew dally stronger, and the fears, nnd to many the hopes, of his early death begun to disappear. Though born to the purple. King Al fonso XIII. was brought up as the child of middle class parents, mindful of bis physical development, and sur rounded by all the healthful Influences of homo life. He was kept In the open air and made tq exercise blr body as much as his years and his strength would permit Ills teachers, as such, bad over him tbe authority that teach ers have over the son of any gentle man, and bis kingly prerogative did not allow him to neglect his work or his studies. Horn to command, be was taught to obey, and this system has been followed. The King, besides Spanish, speaks French, English and German fluently. THE PAPER FISH. Cut a small fish of stiff writing paper, as shown In figure. Cut a round hole In the center and from there a narrow channel to the tall. Place the fish Hat on the water, leaving the upper side dry, Our task Is to make tbe fish swim without touching It or blowing at It This Is done by carefully pouring a drop of oil In the hole cut out of Its center. The oil will try to spread on the surface of the water, which it can do only by going through the channel. The pressure of tbe expansion will more tho llsh In the opposite direction, that is, forward a motion lasting a considerable Haw, He has had teachers of military sci ence, nnd In all departments of human knowledge Is ns proficient as a boy of his years, subject to n most careful training and gifted with n clear Intelli gence, may be expected to be. His mother has neither petted nor spoiled him. There Is uo coronation In Spain, such a custom being foreign to tho Institu tions of tho country. Tho swearlng-ln ceremony took place In tho Chamber of Deputies, when' tho young King stood on a throne and altnr ntnl took the oath. This simple ceremony was followed oy a reception at the palace and in tho evening there was n graui bull. Kiuliarrnsslni; Accuracy. A certain Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, who had a grown-up daughter, went to llvo In California, where they rented small furnished house and engaged Chluesu mnn-of-nll-work. The house was well situated nnd tastefully fur nished, and Wing I.eo proved to be good cook, clean and respectful. A soon as the Andersons were settled the neighbors began to call, nnd It was then that tho fact was discovered that Wing was absolutely devoid of any Ideas a to the ushering In or out of guests. Ho one morning .Mrs. Anderson and her daughter determined to Instruct htm. Providing him with n tray. Miss Ander son went out, rang the bell, was shown Into the sitting-room, and waited while the Chinaman carried ber card to Mrs, Anderson. This was repented several times until they wore quite satisfied that Wing was perfect In his role. That eveulug nt half past 8 the bell rung. Wing stalked majestically to tbe door, while mother nnd daughter leaned over the banisters to watch the result of their teaching. They Heard a gentle man's voice ask It tbe ladles were nt home. Tbey saw Wing present his tray and receive n card with an air which made them menially pat each other on the hack, and then they saw hi tn draw n card from his sleeve. ".Mine!" gasped the dnughtcd. "The one wo used for the lesson"' Wins compared the two luicfully. and, re turning the one which tbe caller hud Just handed him. be remarked liladl.v. Tlckee no good. No cnn come," and calmly shut the door In the face of the astonished guest! Su LucIu'h Sulphur .Mouiitulu. The Island of St. Luclu. not fur from Martinique, has a volcano, until lately suppocd to be extinct, that Is known as tbe Sulphur Mountain. It has an de lation of 1.000 feet above sen level, while the crater covers about four acres of surface. The sides of this volcano are barren of tree nnd herbs, mid cov ered by thick deposits of sulphur. Formerly It belonged to Franco, and Louis XIV. built, at great expense, an Immense sanitarium around the boiling springs on Its northern slope, the ruins of which are still standing. It was at the time believed that the waters had certain curative and medicinal quali ties, but afterward this was found to be untrue, and the sanitarium remained untenanted, and a monument to mis placed and mistaken Judgment. Minnesota Miners. About -10 per cent of tho men employ ed In the Minnesota mines arc Flti landers, another 40 per cent Hunga rians, about 8 percent Italians, and the rest are divided among Americans, Germans, French, Scotch, Welsh and Cornish. Watchdogs In Louvre Watchdogs are to be placed on night duty with the watchmen In the Louvro Museum, Paris. "J dream the author. 'nz to bedl' Hits. my stories," said Illcks, "How you mutt dread go exclaimed Cynlcm. -Tit- EU STEINIIARDPS NEMESIS I1Y J. MACLAKEN COUDAN. CHA1TKH XIV Continued. I had much nitn to keep quiet, but I did mausee to hold my tongue. I luul my eyes fixed on him, however; ns ho again turned to go. Ills eyes encountered mine, and, I thought, (ell Moio them. In n moment we heard tlio iloor slam behind lilln, and Utilise sunk fobbing Into n chair. It took all Mrioy's eftorta h.l initio to on I in her. 1 think I must have become very much engrossed with my own efforts, for when nt length Lreitso mit eomttosod and I turned to lllrlev, lllrloy was gone. "You will not leave me," li said. lavlnu her hand on mine, "till ho routes back?" That touch precipitated feeling In mo, anil tho confession which 1 bail not intended I should niiiko for soinu time, yet. Considering tho highly wrought condition of tho nerves of both of us, I do not think It is surprising (lint we should then lime opened our hearts to each other. "I wish," I said, "that 1 need never leave vour side aisaln. On "an Impulse ol shyness sbo tried to withdraw her hand, bull kept It ami she let It stay. Utu so." I said, "do you know what that man meant when ho accused mo of seeking to marry nn heiress?" Yes," said she, with banging lieail (tho beautiful head), "I think I do. He said something of tho same to mo at lilackpool." !nd do you think," I urged, 'thai If I told that heiress how I loved her, how I had loved ber and thought of her from tho tlrs-t moment 1 luul seen her, l'foro I guested that sho might bo an hclros do you think if I said that, it would only Iki because I expected sho would bo "rich ono day?" "till, 1 do not think that at all! Hut," sho said, looking up with a bright, uncertain smile (which was so winning! so ravishing!) "but I am not nn heiress." "You guess, then, it is you I would say this to? thai u is you i ioo uini have over thought ol?" Sho trembled violently (dear fluttered heart!) but I still held her hand. "I did not guess, sho murmured. "until he made mo think of It at Mark- pool. Then I understood why you had been so very good to me, and I " "What, I,ouio7 What, Hoar?" I urged. lien I I think," sho initoreii, "i began to Do not mako me say It! "To lovo mo a little!" l asked. Do, do Fay it." "Yes," sho whispered. Hor faro was hid anal list my shoulder, and my arms were about her before she udded "but not little very much!" It was some mnments beloro either of us spoke again. "Do you think," she said at length, it is right that wo should havo said these things at such a tlmo7 when wo do not yet know anything certain about my dear, dear father Loulte, " I answered, "iiarnng, I would, you know, rave you the small est pang of pain. Hut I think I ought to say at once, dear, that you must gite up tho hopo that you havo clung tq, I now, In secret, thai you migin alter 11 find your father alive. Ho does not live, I am sure now Indeed I may ray I as good as know where lio lies buried, though I must tint tell you more at present. All wo can Imp to then, darling, Is to gfvo him a do cent resting place. Then wo shall go away out of this terrible region of money grubbing, of horrible tolling and moiling In tmoko and steam and poisonous vaiors, where tho eyo cannot reit utwn ono single spot of nature tin abused wo shall go away to a place where the copto are poorcrand milder, where wo may see clear skies and pure water, and trees ami flowers bright and wholesome Won't that bo a wel come chango7 and to get nway from the constant talk of 'brass.' " Oh, yes," alio exclaimed "that will be sweet. Let ue go do-let us go as soon as ever all things are settled, and o havo ilono somet! Ing for our dear nclo lilrlcyl We shall do something for him shall wo not?" We were thus talking when "dear Uncle BIrley" came in. Ho probably suspected tho understanding wo had oo mo to, but, like a kind and discreet Id gentleman as ho Is, ho said nothing then. "Wondered whore I vo been, havo you? Well, lad, I've Just walked down to thy lodgings to toll tn old woman sho may go to bed, for thou'rt to stay hero the rest of this night the lust night but one, very likely, that I sha.l bo hero myselfl" A tear glistened in his eyo, nnd a lump rose Into his throat: but, after a momentary panto, l.o talked on, und these signs of emotion disappeared. Wo soon went to !cd, but I think no ono of tho three slept much. In the course of an intimato talk with Lou ho which I had that Sunday I learned how near I had been to losing her while sho was nt lilackpool, whom her vigilant duenna had boon a hard, faithful old German servant of Btoiu hank's. II was only gradually that I got to know all tlio anxio'y, and ovon terror, of thoso days of detention and turvoillancn, but that day I heard to my horror that tho poor girl had been so wrought upon by Htoinhardt's repre sentations of her duty to her fatlici, ol tho benlousnosa of refusing to fulfil what (Stolnhardt declared) had boon his frequently expressed wish, that she was on tho point of accepting Frank for a husband, when ho nnd his father wore called away, tho one home and the other to London. OILU'TEIt XV. As I rocall the final opkodos of my story so far ae thoy concern tho arch villain Stolnhardt, I am so affected with a shuddering horror that I scarco write legibly. Yet thoy have such a fascination that I am drawn to tho de scription of them, to tlio risk of omit ting ono or two matters of quloter Inter est, which are yet vital to my story. Tlieso I must dispose of. Wednesday and Thursday passed away, snd the Friday arrived, which to think of ovon now makes mo tromblo, It was a dar ing experiment we were about to at tempt, and so very llttlo would make It ridiculous! I had taken partly to my confidence the big son of tint landlady (a stnuiiih laiurashlro lad of tho old breed). With him 1 went through tho slides of my story several times, and showed him how to manage them will effect. The evening came and I was almost sinking under excitement. Tho place of oiitutUliimeut was that public hall In which Freeman had do'ltorod his (unions lerlute. Tlio kind of thing wn rather new In tho village, and there was a crowded nltondaneo of work hkh pie, especially of IMoliiharilt a own. Stolnhardt, with his wife and son, snt right in front, where the retlnctloou from tlio sheet fell full upon him When the lights were turned, sumo out and others low. Freeman and I crept tin behind tho sheet, where I waited with trembling pulsa and sudden creeping chilis till tho, tn me, uninteresting part of the entertainment came to nil end. Hio curate acted ns lecturer, and explained with tlueiicy what tho views meant, or told something aUiut tl plates represented. I cannot tell what it was about. At length Ills series of views and his lecture wero finished. There was a moment's pause to mil a w ild throb of anxiety and then tint bass voice til the manager of tho lantern boomed forth tlio aiinoucemoiit: "A Urnslilro Mystery." Without another won) tho llrst picture tamo upon lint sheet ( I crept to Its corner to watch Stelnliardt). It was two men In an attitude of quarrel, surrounded by col ond vapors. The second folltmed quickly without a word of explanation; tlio Fiimo two men tho ono half suflo- rated, struggling to gut nut of a vat or bath of vajHtrs, whllo tho other, with mouth mulllcd, held him down. Still no word of ox puliation. Jiapldly rame tho third picture tlin man ono lying dead and dyed beforo the other, and beside an open Ihix. Awful whin ners liegan to stir among tliosHctators, who went the more Impressed no doubt by the silence amid which tlio pictures appeared. I ventured to teop at nteln hard; ho was gating fixedly, with part ed lips. Tlio fourth plctuie called forth un Instantaneous cry of horror; it was, perhaps, too realistic. Tho dead body lay stripped and quartered beforo the living man, who stooHil over It. I fancied that at this sight I heard a low moan from the front Iwnrh, hut on glancing at Stolnhardt I saw 1 1 1 tit sit ting at before, as if fixed as much by utter astonishment as by horror. The next picture rapidly blotted out tho gruesomoneai of tlio other; tho rtlnn of the body lay wrapped In three can vas arkages, and tint man stood by as If indoring. Quickly caiiut the next; the man dinging near a ruliwd build ing, witli the three packages by him. "Th" owd spinning mill!" some one exclaimed aloud; I had not thought tint resemblance waa sorecogulrable. That was almost immediately succeeded by tlio same vlow of the mill, with tho packages gone, the lioln covered In, anil the man standing as II pulling a tope which passed oior the lop of the wall. "Tho devil!" exclaimed HU'luhardl, starting suddenly to his feet. Hut lie recollected himself, and snt down again. At once the last picture, of all flashed uton the sheet; the wall lay flat on tho ground, and the man stood by with the loose rope in his hand! Up started Stelnliardt, nnd strode down tho room, amid an ominous silence, to wheru tlio big Dick stood by tits apHiratus. " hero tho devil," I heard him ex claim, "d d thoso horrible, pictures romo (mm? They were not among tint lot I bought! Come, nod 1 nonsense You must tell mo where you got them Who gave them to you? There was now u wild hubbub of tulk. Dick, I was sure, had refuted to toll him anything about them. In the midst of this tho liirhta Hashed fortl again, and the peopjo Is-gan tlowy to uisiorso, with hushed hut earnest sjieech. Freeman and I llpcdout by a side door, I wont straight to Juquos's cottage. Thoro I found Illrley. In low, anxious voices wo began to discuss what would ho (meaning Btoinliardt) tin now. Ixtuiso wished sho had boon there, and Illrley had just mid it wan as well slut hud not, whon a heavy foot rapidly ap proached, the latch wus noisily raised, the door was dasl cd open, and Slein hard stood before us, "Soli!" hit exclaimed, glaring ut Mr ley and mo, "I have found you, sneaks and cowards! You think witli your fool's tricks and your pictures you will annoy me, and spoil met I'iffl You aie nothing! you are beggars! you aro dirtl I will have you, Sir I'urton, arrested for making calumnious charges against mo!" How In his fury had ho committed hlmsulfl "Horr Stulnhardt," raid I, at enco, "tho pictures, so far as I heard, wero unaccompanied by a tingle word of comment, except what thoy drew from tlio people, and no ono could say that tho figures represented wero likenesses. Hut your guilty, black heart has charged you. Ab It says, I eay: "You aro tlio murdoror ol your partnor. Mr. Lacrolx. nnd his remains will now bo found se curely locked, wlionco you can't remove thorn, under that fallen wall I" Ills Jaw dropped, and his grout body trembled for a moment, tbon as with a sudden Impulso of fury he made as if ho would crunch mo with a nourish hug, when Mrloy ramo between us. "Como, 'Manuel, nono of that. As I told you, you'e not yet done with law and Lancashire. You'd better go home, or go to our experiments." "tool I" he cried, still glaringat mo. Idiot! What scrap of proof have von of tlio ridiculous chargo you mako?" J'or ono thing I liavo proof that Mr, Lacrolx, beforo he went to you nt tho works, raited hero to sea his old uncle." Boh! Hat the old Idiot found his tongue at last then?" We we all amazed, Stelnliardt as much as any, at the electrical effoct of this upon the old man. I had casually noticed throughout the scone that he had eagerly though painfully listened I was smitten with fright, as If I saw a dead man rlso to his foot, whon he now rose at once to his full towering height a height which I could not have con- mlvod he possessed as he reclined hud died In his chair and, quivering with excitement, strove to glvn utterance. This ho roulil not do, but with light ning gesture he pointed with nut stretched cnn to the door. Btelnlianlt stood and stared open-eyed, when I a made as If ho would himself compel him to go, "Oo, "Manuel pi, mailt" urged Illrley, holding the iloor open, Ktninhatilt went without a word, and tho old man fell hack In his chair ami was soon rigid in doalh. CIIAPTKH XVI. lllrloy remained that night nt tlio cottage. When 1 left to return to my lodging I was surprised, even for the moment torrlllod, to see lights across the stream, hovering alsiut the spot which I knew was the temiHirary grave of Mr. Lacrolx. In tho moving lights I presently saw ilguroa; I heard sounds, too the sounds of a pickaxe. 'Tbey are breaking Into tho gravel" I exclaimed to myself, and resolved I would go ami see. I hurriedly picked my way round to tint place. Alstuttlin fallen wall tint gigantic tomb-slab of Ijiirolx, which a brawny plckmiin, naked to the waist, was hewing at there sltxsl, In silent, stolid oxiKH'latlon, a crowd of thirty or forty men hud lads, with two or three women with shawls over their heads. Many of the men were In tho colored garb of tho chemical works. "Pick on that spot where yott see the green, I called to the hewer) I had hastily come to the conclusion (hat since I could not hinder the oiwra- lions I ought to help. When I said this they all turned and looked at me. "You know smntuat about this, do not yo', parson?" asked one. "rtomothliig," said I. "I'm thinking, Mr. Unwlu,"sald an old man, whom I rocognlted as the father of tho man to whoso death Uxl I had Ixcu summoned months before; I'm thinking tills that you've shown tonight in tli' pictures Is th' same bust, ness as my lad raved uhout. So my mnuoctlon with the pictures had U'ti discovered. In silence tho howor pick is 1 tho bricks loose, pausing now and then to let a comrade throw the debris aside. Hoon a space was cleared, and he began carefully to pick Into and loosen tho II. A shovel was hrought Into requi sition, and the earth and rubbish went thrown aside. And the obi ventil ating cowl overhead kept grinding stlllly and slowly about, with painful, long-drawn moans, a If it "ore on- piessed with the spirit o( the scene. I vo struck on summal! oitlalmcd the hewor, pausing abruptly and speak ing In a hurried wldtpvr. hoteral hands were now tearing nt the soil, and fearfully sounding It. 'I feel a clout," whisimrrd one man. and he beitan to tug at It. Ah, I exclaimed In alarm, "you mustn't disturb them not tonight, at least!" "Yea, parson," said the man, "but we niun. We mini see which on us It is lie's done for like this. There's Jim ltlley gone missing, and Job Kershaw." (To b coollnus-l) WANTED TO CLIMO THE OATE, Slory ol Stcrttsry Msody tni Miujhly Bol ton Worrurv Thor are telling a story In Washing ton about the new secretary of the navy. Mr. Moody was riding on one of the lloston surface cars, and was stand ing on the platform on the side next the gate that protected passenger from ears coming on the ether track. A I inly a lloston lady came to the door of the car, and, asjt stopcd, started to move toward the gate, which wa hid den from her by tho man standing lie fore It. "Other side, please, lady," said tho conductor. He was Ignored as only a born and bred llostoulan can Ignore a man. The lady took another stop to ward tho gate. "You must get off the other side," said the conductor. "I wish to get off on this side," came the answer, In tonos that congealed the olllclal Into momentary silence. He fore ho could either uxplaln or expostu late, Mr. Moody came tn his assistance. "Stand to one side, gentlemen," ho remarked quietly. "Tlio lady wants to climb over tho gate." Now York Times. Sint to Coalcrcncs Commltlit. Goii. Grosvenor hud Just been tell ing a story. When ho readied the cli max ho paused oxjicctaiitly, but nobody laughed. They looked at him in u re proachful manner, and the general, with some irritation, tartly explained tho point of the joke. They then laughed, but It was an effort, and Sen ator l'ayno said: "Grosvenor, you aro deteriorating. Formerly nuyouo could see your Jokes after one application." "Ye," replied tho crestfallen Gros venor, abjectly, "and now thoy liavo to lie sent to a conference committee. New York Times. England's Mint. Somo striking details of the opera tions of the mint nre given In tho esti mate foi the coming financial year. Tho proilt on silver and hronr.o colnagu Is ostlmated to bo thosiimoas last year, namely, 800,000 pounds, whl.lo tho loss on worn coins withdrawn from cir culation, Is oxpected to amount to 6'.',- uuu pounds, a against ilu,uuu pounds last year. Tho gold colnngo ronresentn a loss of 5,000 pounds. Tho costs of preparing nnd engraving tlio king's seals Is put at 2,000 potihde. IxuhIoii uauy news. Where Bronn li Week. An astonishing docroaso In tho ton- silo strength end ductility of bronto at tompuratures above 400 degrees Fahren heit has boon reported by Prof. O. Ilach of Stuttgart. With an alloy of 01 per cent copper, 4 of xlno tnd 6 of tin, tlieso properties wero reduced above 0 pnr cent at 400 tlegreos, but about 60 per cent at 000 dorgoos. This discov ery suggests caution In tho use of bronro for engine parti In contact with superheated steam. Spread of Civilization. The first Tagalog.Knallih and Entr. Ilsh-Tagalog dictionary has lust been completed. It U tho work of Dr. Btomplo of Now York, who worked on tlio Tagalog grammar beloro our war witn bpsin.