Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907, July 04, 1902, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextmU Bohemia Nugget 'IIOWAUD lll'.NUV, riibllaliera, COTTAGE GROVE ...OREGON. ICvcti tho nilo thnt workn both ways Dcldoin gives thorough antlafactlon. According to Ocn. Wood, bcggnrn In Culm aro as icarco as innkos lu ire- land. Tho Czar of Ilussla would better get tinder tho bed.. . i'lerp, Morgan la In vadlng bla gBtfBtry. hera,Is little cncqurngcmcnt for tile crent mnn'a son. If he amounts to nnythlng" tho pcoplo say InMucnco did A Chlciieo woman who was crippled for llfrf;!)rX Vrjllpy car 1ms been glton a verdict for fiu.uw unmnges pui tho street railway company. It Is well to remember, however, that tho lawyer who dropped dead while nlnrlng nlng-riong might havo gone mo name way oven If It had been nothing moro flcrco than croquet. The Ohio Stale Journal says If the tendency toward lynching In this couii' try Is not resisted humanity will somo day tread upon tho graves of this gen eration with deadly" curses. It Is alleged that King ndward has recently become addicted to tho habit of Indulging In profanity upon tho slightest provocation. He probably re gards that as ono ot bis divine right. A lady has secured an Injunction to prevent her husband associating with another woman. Now let somo lone some wlfo secure an Injunction to re strain her husband from staying down town after ottlco iours and there will bo precedents sufficient to bring about a relgu of Joy that shall be all-cin-bracing. A now danger has arisen to threaten the human race. A gentleman of wealth and distinction has passed "from ex cesslvo ping-pong playing." In fact he was standing at the dining-room table, racket lu band, when, the dread sum mons came. As late as six months ago his life had becd Irreproachable, mor ally and hygtenlcally, but be" fell a vic tim to the ping-pong craze and thence forth his decline was rapid and sure. We havo heard ot men who have given up their lives on the cricket field, at the homo plate, before the enemy's goal, but to bo overtaken by death In a game of ping-pong Is a humiliating .end to what might have, been a useful and proud life. "Margaret Delund In Harper's Bazar says that a Are In .the back yard can bo relied upon to destroy painted wood en shoes used as art objects; brass dragons with curly talis, called candle sticks, awkward to hold, with bo hu man touch of Imagination or handicraft about them, therefore neither useful nor beautiful, might be disposed of to tho Junk man; plush things without a name seem to demand the ash jarrel, for the vital purity of Are repudiates them, and they do not burn well; tidies ore prehistoric, but they should also go to the ash barrel. Margaret has for gotten tho family crayon- portrait that stands on an easel "In the parlor" but tho proper genutlectlon to be made be fore It Bhould be enforced with the ax. The plush album, which Is all bum, entirely so, should be carefully burled and It there arc any books with stuffed covers lying around they should be sent to the heathen. Let the reform be thorough. Prof. Starr, of Chicago University, grasped his hummer and tried to knock tho romance out of the, wedding ring. Ho says that .the circlet Is a survival of savngcry, nnd that It "represents the cose ring, anklet or manacle by which the sold slave was led away from the market by his new master." To a great many men the wedding ring does not represent anything except expense. They buy It because custom says that a wlfo shall have a wedding ring. They aro not familiar with tbo usages of slave marts or ancient history. But to a woman tho golden hoop that marks tbo Joining ot her life to that of a bus band means more than romance, more than tho glylug up of girlhood free dom. It means love, the tepder.jsweet passion of the early days of matri mony. It Is A message to the "world, nnd says: "See. I am fulfilling Des tiny. I am loved and wedded. No'long cr am I alone. I have given all that I havo to the human being who con quered my heart Here Is the hoop that symbolizes the life complete." And how a woman cherishes her wedding ring! She sees It and remembers hap' plnoss, nnd forgets sorrow. She weurs It often when u who gave It has bro ken her heart nnd degraded her life. Only a few weeks ago a woman who was starving wftg discovered by the authorities lu Now York, Bit by bit she had parteyl with her small belong ings, Furniture, pitiful trinkets, cloth ing, all went to tho pawnbroker to buy bread, and at tho end canio want. "Why didn't you sell that?" asked an officer, pointing to n baud of plain gold on her finger. "I couldn't," she sobbed. "I Just couldn't. He gave It to mo when wo wero married. Ho put It on that flugcr, and I'd rather starvo than sell It. He's dead," she added, simply. And so do good women reverenco tbo senti ment and lovo the memory associated With the badge of happiness. They aro figuring on tho property loss Inflicted, by jhat Martinique mountain that vomits fire,' smoke, mud and steam. The bill will bo tremendous. Tho world reads of blocks of fine build ings, cathedrals, hotels! all In ruins; crops burned, granaries and ware houses' destroyed, and, In awe, mur murs, "Millions!" Tho human mind only assimilates big figures when ac companied by some greut shock some thing out ot tho ordinary. In a finan cial way Teleo was n, pigmy, compared with somo of nnturu's silent forces. Thrro Is a littlo Insect called the chinch bug. lAjr whnt pui-ye-ie Nature warmed It Into life oven the scientists cannot explain. In 1871 the chinch burs ate up cropa worth $80,000,000, Their ap petites grew, and In 1S74 their board bill, which tho farmers had to pay, wna IHW.O00.O0O. enough to build several cities like St Pierre. Tbo grasshop pers appeared lu Kansas, Missouri, lown and Nebraska lu 1874, n-J caused a loss of StOO.000,000. The figures nro In round numbers, but they nrc con servative and from estimates prepared by authorities. The fly weevil, a little pest thnt seems particularly nt home In the South, nnd feeds largely on stored grain, has nn annual food capacity of ? 10,000,000, nnd the coddling moth cnts up from $30,000,000 to JW.000,000 worth of fruit every year. And the to- tnl Is frightful. The destructive power ot these Insect (tests of the field nnd orchard Is so great thnt It Is hard to digest the figures. 11 Dwlght: Sander son, an entomoloclst of renowu, as serts tho annual loss Is over $300,000.' 000, almost a million dollars every twenty-four hours. ,And yet thera la flftle complaint, tlttlenmocmcnt. Be cause these things aro n Mrt of every day life. They wero and they will bo. and tho public If It stops to think about It at all Is philosophical. It is tho "Unexpected and unforseeu that shocks. 1'elee, with Its steaming cra ter. Is no moro wonderful than the In sect army that cats up 51.000,000 a day. and all the volcanoes that are .known to man have not compared In property destructlveness to tho insect enemies of mankind. There Is a brutal old proverb, "Young folks think old folks are fools, but old folks know young folks are." The fam ily where that Is truo Is a wretclieu one, full of friction, misunderstanding and heartburning, and always In dan ger of complcto disruption. Kducation to-day lays great stress on the knowl edge of human nature as the rounoa- Hon of usefulness. Psychology, soclol ogy and pedagogy alike declare that wo must know DeoDle before we cau serve them." Are parents to bo left out of this category? Is there any good reason that tho girl who Is deeply .In terested In the motives and desires of some poor creature from the slums should make no effort to comprenenu her awn mother? Does enthusiasm for explaining the contradictions In the character of Mary Queen of Scots pre clude a loving study of the peculiari ties of an aunt or a grandmother? Her elders began to try to understand tho baby girl when she was bom. They hove been, probably, but partially suc cessful In mastering tho problem; but she ought on arriving- at years of dis cretion to lend a hand toward a mu tual appreciation. The first lesson thtvt the young need to leam about their elders Is that change of the point of view Is difficult. If not Impossible, for them. Their horizon may be widened, but not shifted. Let the daughter find out what her parents really care for; what most pleases them; what most easily-Irritates them; what tires them; what refreshes them; what they Hko best to eat, to drink, to talk about, to see, to fecL These: facts once master-1 ed ana acceptea. a long siep nas nccn taken toward understanding and un derstanding of one another Is the at mosphere In which homo grows to bo Indeed the dearest spot on earth. While the father and mother are mak ing It possible for the child's life to be enriched by education and by travel. It Is her business to see that their lives aro enriched and broadened by the In terests that come to her. She Is to open to them new and strange lands without the pain of travel. Her friends, her enthusiasms, her pleasures are to Iw marshaled before their fireside. So each generation may live twice through the Joys of youth, and gradually an In-' telllgent unselfishness may close up for ever that cruel chasm which has often separated youth and age. FEARED WRATH OF FATHER. Uor an.lCtiRlUhmaa Collected "a Debt Owed by a Deceaacd Turk. ' A very curious experience" is that re cently related by an Englishman resi dent In Turkey. He had loaned a 'Tirk some money, but the man was unable to pay, and on bis deathbed laid a par. tlculor charge on bis wife aud children to meet the debt The eldest son was making arrangements accordingly, but also died, and he, too, begged his family to pay the money as soon as they could One day the Englishman received H visit fr.om a member of the family, wbj said that there' were now four.member.i ot It left, and tbey were ready to pay, but one of tho daughters refused to suo scrlbe ber share, declaring that the money was never really lent. The oth ers, however, wished to settle the mat ter, and If the Elgllshman would come to the house It would be arranged But," the Turk added, "If you see there Is any difficulty, Just say that you leave It to be settled In the next world." Accordingly the Englishman went to the house at the appointed time and met the family In the presence of a mollau, the ladles being behind n screen. The mollau began by asking f be bad truly lent the money, bow much it was and If be would take auy less. One of tbe women behind kept saying It was all a fraud. Tbe Englishman then declared that be bad lent the money; that bo had not asked for It; that they had told blm to come and get it, and If they did not want'to pay It he would leave the matter to be settled II tho next world. There was dead silence for a few moments and then tbe women' called their brother and each paid her are without a word. It seems the prospect of meeting tbo father In e other world without having carried out bis wishes was too serious a thing to face. No Defbct In I'ettus' Hearing. j Laughter went up from tbe Demo cratic cloakroom of tbe Houso for a ttnio whllo tbe Alabama contingent was telling anecdotes of Senator Pet tun. Ono ot these anecdotes ran as follows; A former Alabaman, lawyer by pro fession, camo to Washington and call ed at tbe capltol to meet tbo Senator. They gathered In tbo marble room: where the lawyer addressed tbo Sena tor In very loud tones. As be talked he spoko louder and louder, as though he thought the Senator was deaf. Looking kindly over bis spectacles, the Senator observed In very low tones, shifting his quid In characteris tic fashion: "Don't talk so loud, my friend. I could bear a mouse creeping across the floor," CUBAN BATTLESHIP. FlflSTAND ONLY ONETHE ISLAND EVER HAD, llaniilit by Colonst l"rntlM Inr liani far Vtre IlnlUra, It Wat Never In Anr Armed lincounter - ConCU catetl at Wllnilimton, N. C, "While tbero Is a good deal ot talk these days about Cuba,'' said the man who likes to cohverse, "It should not be forgotten thnt the mau who was first to float the Cuban tlag over an armed deck Is In the United State and Is not bloviating nbout It, cither. lie Is Colonel Prentiss lugraham, au thor, traveler, soldier, sailor, and a lot of other things. lu tho summer ot lSiK) Colonel lugraham liought. In New York City, for the large sum ot 55, tho steamer Hornet, which had ouco been tho I-nly Sterling, a blockade runner captured by the United States govern ment nnd made a dispatch-boat tor the service of President Lincoln. A wealthy Cuban living In New York had bought her from the government. nnd ho sold her to Colonel lugraham for $3 because he wautcd to. You see she had to belong to somebody nnd Colonel Ingraham was the best man because he knew his business. Sho made two trips to Culm as a filibuster, carrying arms which she took on board nt sea so as not to Implicate tho Unit ed States In any act against a trleudly government, Spain bejng o terms with us at the time. Colonel Ingraham was In command. In October of ISO) she cleared from Philadelphia for Liverpool and put In at Halifax under stress .of weather, or so It was stated. Here she was met by Admiral Edward Hlgglns, an ex Confederate officer, and formerly of the United States navy. Tho Hornet remained In Halifax until suspicion pointed so strongly her way that the English authorities were about to selzo her a second time, though she had al ready been searched and nothing bad been found on her which she had no right to carry. She left Unllfnx In such a hurry that she was fired on from tho forts, but got away all right; making the run to Cape Sable, sixty miles. In three hours. At sea Admiral Hlgglns order ed her course southward, and the forty- tlvo sailors on board mutinied, and there was a fight for the ship, the offi cers winning. Off Martha's Vineyard, the ship was met by several small ves sels carrying arms and men, and these were taken on board, and the Hornet became a fully equipped vessel of war, having twenty-six officers, 300 men, and nine guns, ono 100-pound bow chaser, two slxty-pounders, four thirty pounders, and two twenty-four-pound-era. Once at sea with this equipment. Colonel Ingraham, who had been In command of her since bcr purchase. turnei ijer 0Ter to Admiral Hlgglns, ti.e officers received their commissions. Colonel Ingraham becoming command. ant ot marines, her name was changed to the Cuba, and Colonel Ingraham. with bis own bands, raised tho Cuban flag over her being tbe first Cuban flag ever Jo go up over an armed deck of a Cuban vessel and, by the way, there has not yet been another one. "Not long after this, a month or so, the Cuba was caught In a hurricane and had to put in at 'Wilmington, N. C, for coal. She had bard coal, which would not make steam, and soft was necessary. The Spanish mall steamer, with 53,000,000 In treasure and 200 Spanish officer from Cuba, had got away from her on this account, and this was worse than a hurricane. She was suspected by the authorities at Wilmington, nnd, though every effort was made to get away before she could be searched, It was Impossible, as ber engines bad been uncoupled for re-palrs,-and she was captured. Admiral Hlgglns surrendered her to Colonel Frank ot the United States army, but refused to pull down his flag until be had been tried -ml tbe ship was Anally confiscated. Tbo trial lasted a month and resulted lu the acquittal of Hlg glns and Ingraham; tbe other officer! were sent to Washington under bond, and released later, and tbe men were paid off and discharged. The Cuba, however, was held and sent to New York, under command of Captain Maf fit, formerly of the famous Confeder ate privateer Florida, and she was later taken to Baltimore, where she was left to rot I understand she Is lylng-ln the mud down there now, nnd If she Is, the Cubans ought to resur rect ber and take her home. Colonel Ingraham Is now living In New York City." Chicago Inter Ocean. AN INTERNATIONAL TOWN. Noicales on the Mexican Border How the Law Are Unforced, It wqiild be lncorrecfto date a letter from either Nogales, Ariz., or Nogales, Mexico, alone, for the town belongs so thoroughly and completely to both that neither half Is a town at all. It Is the most completely and curiously Interna tional place that, can bo conceived ot. There Is no separation ot tbe two parts visible as you look down on tbe town from the bills, and tho llfo and the or dinary traffic of the place flow back and forth with no one, apparently, to say them nay. However, It must not be supposed that there Is free trade across the thoroughfare, which on one side is called International street and on tbe other tbo Calle International. In tho middle of the street, where the Calle Ellas, or main business street, crosses the International avenue, stands a stone obelisk about twelve feet high, and In the vicinity ot this nre always one or two guards In civilian dress, who pay no attention to empty-handed passers-by, but will stop any carriage or any person who offers to pross with a burden that might contain dutiable material. Occasionally, on tbo Mexican side, one sees a Mexican soldier In uni form, but tbe cuartel near by Is too small to bold more than a small detach ment, and neither soldiers nor uniform ed customs guards ore ever In. evidence along tho border. I Tho Americans live apart from one another in Individual houses ot all I grades, most of which are very nc.at, and some of which are quite fine and must havo been costly. Their streets j run up tbo sides ot tho mountain glen In which tho town Is nlttmled. They have, of course, ono largo and line pub lic school building nnd ono or two smaller ones; churches they seem' to nnvo little use ror. in nmong uieir houses ro tho ndobo cabins ot tho Mex icans, who nro their bower of wood nnd drawers of water (these terms be ing literally correct here, for tho fuel of the country Is knotted and gnarled wood brought "from the hills on don ckys backs, nnd the town water won't run up to the higher elevations). The air, either with the scent of the burning wood or without It, says tho New York Post, Is delicious nnd exhil arating. The sunlight gilds the Sntita lllta peaks, the outpost of Arizona fac ing townrd Mexico. Tho climate of this season Is perfection Itself; tho nights nnd mornings cool almost cold, yet without nny chill nt atl-the day from 10 o'clock oa till suuset hot In tho sun. yet cool enough Indoors and conducive to siestas. The place seems to havo exactly the clliuato for a winter and spring resort. SECRET OF OLD 8T. PAUL'8. Mystery of a Man nnd Woman Who Meet Dally In the Churchyard. A man nlKMHS yenrt old, silk batted, frock coated and shod In patent leath er, goes Into tlio old churchyard at St Paul's at noon every day. Ilo passes through the Broadway gateway, walks arouud tlio path on tho north of the qhurch and with eyes fixed on the clock waits for the nanus to point to unu past 12. Then he crosses his bauds nnd walks down the path ou the Ful ton street Bide of tho church. Then a woman nppenrs ou the scene. Sho wears black silk aud a dainty bat. Sho passes around to tho rear of the churchyard, takes out her purso and leaning upon the gray stone of the Ben jamin Ilnlght vault, takes money from her purse. This appears to be a signal for tho man to turn. nml go back along tho walk. As he goes along tho walk the woman starts from the rear of tho churchyard. As they iass each other she slips a coin or a bill Into his band. Not a word Is "spoken by either. Not a smile wrinkles the face of cither. In fact. If their countenances depict any thing they depict scorn. Tho woman, who Is nbout 30 years old. has large black eyes, which havo no more warmth In them than has the wind In winter. She stares coldly, gloomily, nt the man as he passes. As to the man, hatetul to blm Is the coin or note sho passes to him at least that Is tbo way tho crowd on Broadway figures It out. Bustling Broadwoy stops here dally to sec tho couple meet In the church yard. Messengers, bank clerks, brokers and typewriting girls stop nnd peer be tween the rails of the Iron fence. They have long noticed this financial trans action In the graveyard, for the strange couple have appeared there dally for many months. Typewriting girls, anxious to get n glimpse of the woman's face, go Into the churchyard with novels nnd Bit reading, while they wait for the strangers to arrive. When the couple go away Broadway moves ou Its way too, speculating on the secret that these two persons iks sess. New York Sun. HOTBEDS OF BRIGANDAGE. The Nnmcrou JIamllt Hands. of Hut sarla and Maccdonlu. Bulgaria and Macedonia are the hot beds of brigandage, known as such for nges. The territory Is mountainous, crossed by no regular thorougnrnres except tbe paths worn In the ru:ks y the feet, of tT.e caravans of ceuturlo-4. These districts aic populated l.y Bul garians, Albanians, and Turks, living in small towus among tbe inouutulur. where a hard and precarious living cau bo wrung from the stouy soil only un der the must faiorable condltfoui. With little or no protection from the government, and subject to repented nnd heavy assessments npon their t-canty crops and struggling herdh by t lie roving bands of brlguuds, whose strongholds are In the same mountain fastnesses. It Is not a surprlvs that the peoplo become restless nnd learn t" look upon tho brigand leader as a great and powerful man. Fathers appren tice their soni to these lenders of law lessness nnd crime to lcuni the profes sion, with tbe earnest hope nnd prayer. that by their prowess nnd strength, tbey, too, in due time may bo at tbe head of a robber band of their own. The region, moveover, Is especially adapted for brigandage, because It Is the meeting place of Europe and Asia, whero lawlessness and rapine are fos tered by the Intense race rivalry and hatred that consequently prevails. Ilev. Dr. Jntnes L. Burton, In Woman's Home Companion. A lruf Store Slory, The present rat war .which Is raging among tbo local druggists recalls, tho old story of the man who rushed Into a drug store late one night and Inquired tbe price of a certain patent medicine. "One dollar a bottle," replied tho Irugglst. "But I haven't a dollar," replied the man, "and ray wire is very sick." "It will cost you a dollar," Insisted the druggist, but without further par ley the customer, madu desperatg.by his wife's plight, snatched tho bottle, and putting down a dime on tho counter turned and ran out of tho store. Following blm as far as tbe door, tho story goes, tho druggist bawled after blm, triumphantly: "Never mind; rv made "a hundred per cent on tho medicine Just tho fame." Syracuse Herald. Timo Having.', A unique time-saving device Is said to be used In the otllce of one. of New York's- large drug companies. Over tbo desks of each member of the firm and each manager of a department aro four Incandescent lights of different colors. When the Individual Is at bis desk and at liberty to consider ques tons from others In the office, his white light Is turned on. When bo is In tho building and must bo nuntcu up, no leaves his green light burning. When be is engaged and not to bo disturbed except for vitally Important matters, his blue light Is In cvjdence; while the display ot his red light means, prac tically, "Dangcrl Will not brook In terruption upon nny consideration." Do you roast people to their face, or behind their backs? Tho last trick Is cowardly; tbe other foolish. IIERR STEINIIMDT'S NEMESIS BY J. MACLAREN COBBAN, CHAPTKU XVI Contlnuod. There was no suspicion, then, that tho remains wore tho of their own masterl What could I do? Had , v.. ..i.. i.. ii Was I helping own now to make pub- llpKiln,.r.li. -.in,. w. i i standing assenting by while a terrible vengeance was threatened ou tho for eigner In tho deep, slow Ijiiicoililte speech? I foil helpless In thu eililsi I permitted myrolf to Ik) bomo along whither It might carry mo. In a very few minutes tho canvas packages, dropping almost to pieces, wero out ot tlio cround aud laid In sllonco on n hand barrow. In fllenco tho Improvised bier was taken up lw- tween two men, and as It was rarrhvt away attondod by tlio lautoms tho crowd, as by Instinct, formed In proces slon behind. I was mrprlfed to find myrolf In front of this strango funeral procession nnd cloeo to tho bier. Thus In silence vo marched awny from tho mined mill through tho tortuo-s nnd treacherous ways which led to tho vil lage. He's got an experiment on hand to night, they say, tomarkiHl ono in low voice. "Ay," said another; "and there's night shift on of 11 vo or six." As we entered upon the pared main street of tho village, the regular clank of tho clogs of our procession was audi clent of ltre.ll to attract attention But though it was very late, tho streota wore ollvo with people, not noUy, as might havo been expected on a wako night, bnt earnest and occctipted. It was a noval, but true, "Tlmperley Wakes," for the whole population seemed astir. Our procession created littlo or no surprise; It appeared to havo been exported. Wo wero greeted with no speech or cries. I but heard now and then fearful whispers of "Who Is it?" and "They cannot tell yet Many of the crowd fell into the proces sion as It slowly parsed up the stieet. There was no tavorn open at that late hour to which the blor could be taken for examination, so It nas carried to tho door ot tho publio hall which was soon opened, lit up, anil lull of people, as It had been earlier In the evening, I havo no clear recollection of what followed. I appealed to them not to open the package); I knew who It was. Bat I got only the obstinate but re spectful answer, "Yea, parson, but we mun." The packages wero opened; but I know only I had anorrlulo vision of a ghastly head With black hair and beard "Good L dl" I hoard mora than ono exclaim. "It'a th' misterl?" Ills men had recognized Mr. Lacrolx, Hurried and fierce consultations were held, to which I was not Invito, and upon which I did not force myself. In a few minutes the whole crowd, except a few who remained to watch over the ghastly remains, marched out of the hall as If with settled purpose. I sc com pan led them with no purose at all of my own; my will seemed absorbed In that of the crowd. Wo were on our way down the vlliago street, when I was startled by the church bell begin nlng to toll: somo venturesome spirit had forced his way Into the tower. To explain what followod I must mention hero that forsomoneeks many of the work people, the younger folk especially, had been under the Inllu enee of thoso hysterical, revivallstlc teachings which have always taken such hold of the ignorant and tho half educated. A contingent of the Salva tion Army had hold tho village foi some time, preaching lira and sword, the terrible Justice of God, and the pains of everliiMing torment to the un believing. This kind of doctrine accord ed well with tho grim, tenacious Lanca shire character, and tlio army had won a good many recruits among the vil lagers. These wero well represented In the crowd I accompanied. Before I quito know where we wero we had halted at the gates of the chem ical works. Without a word the fore most of tho crowd knocked. There was, of course, no answer, and they knocked again. Whllo wo waited I lis tened mechanically to the talk which those about me began in their slow fashion to indulge in. "God Almighty," said one, "la tor rlble to n wicked man liko hlml" "Yea," said another, "and wicked hois) You mlndy what Muster Freo- man told us that tlmo; it's the likes of Steenhardt has made us such sinners as wo are, and has made our'placo what it 1st An' ho connot do wrout mur dering his partner, poor manl"- "He'll ha' his proper doath for it, sure as God's truo I" said a third, "Yen,"eaid tho first, "and Qod'.s wrath will not wait for a terrlblo sin ner liko hlml" In a little whllo there was the sound of bolts being drawn, and tho watch man appeared at tho sido gato. When ho caw the crowd he would havo shut It again, but he was prevented. Sev eral entered that way and oponod wide tho great gates. Tho crowd entered without commotion, and marched ahead as if It know its domination. From a shed filled with glowing vapors, enmo half a dozen workmen tho night shift, I supposed. Thoy met their comrndos and demanded what was to do, Thoy wero ansuored by tho man who had Insisted to mo that the packages must bo examined. "What's to do?" ho said, "Vo do not know? Wo mun ha' that murder ing villain, Steenhardt, out; yea, hut we mun What's he done? lie's been and murderod horribly poor Mastor Lacrolke vo' sliall'hoaj a' about It. And now, by tho vengeanco of God Almighty on tho wicked which cannot wait, he mun bo dono for this night as he did for his partner!" "For God's sifkol" I exclaimed. "Don't think ot such a thing I It will be murder, as certainly as his crimo was!" But my remonstrance was not heed ed; I was put aside respectfully, but firmly. The Crowd pressed on, toward tho laboratory, They had not advanced far in that direction, whenanoxploilon burst upon tho air, stunned us nil, and threw the foremost to the ground. Many ran away, others went forward- V 1 1 with theao last. It did not tako long ' ' dlcover that the explosion had corn.. ,n5,,n ""-oratory, from tho broken IJ .Vvr, cn r"" sirniigo vapor, a littlo work, and removal of debris, and f lhfJt was dlscovetwl sl.etchr.1 on lloor, a discolored and Masted wrrrai i was an awiui siguii iiuro, In his own rhorlihod ranetiUry, had the vengeance of God leaped forth nt him from boiieath his own hands; for n smashed Iron rvtott, which he had boon manipulating, lay clou by hlml Ills atrong nerves had beun shaken 'by me nppronclrot tho crowd, "I enmo to toll him." said the wnteh man In a hushed voice, "tlmt th' crowd was In. Ilo said, 'do to th' devil, and leave mo aionor anil I was just gone away when th explosion enmo." My story Is In effect flnlrhcd. Hut for the riiticfnctlnn of thoto who would liko to see thu loose ends of Its web taken up and ttod I mint add a pago or two. After legal procers nt Identification and Inquest, the ghastly remains of tho two partners, Ijicrolx and Stelnhardt, tho victim and his murderer, were burled, tho one with his undo In the family tomb, the other In tho obicuro unconsccratod ground of tho church yard. Tills done, the affairs ot the firm wero wound up. In tho necessary examination ot all papora somo letters and documents wero found In a small rafo In Ktolnhardt's "study" at Tlmperley Hall, which mf flciently explain what still needs ex planatlon in tho I.crolx mystery tho snbstnntlal ground of ononso on which the partners met on thnt fatal night, and the unwavering resolution of Stain hardt to gut Loulte married lu his con Tho letter which camo first In order of dato mado clear one side at least ot tho quarrel. It was from Ijcrolx lo Stoln- hardt, and waa date! "Paris, March 3rd, 1882." It waa ovldently in reply to ono from btolnhardt, containing proposal allectlng Ixmlao what pro posal will readily bo guessed, Thli Mr. Lacrolx warmly declined to enter tain, and begged It would not again bo mentioned. "My daughter," he wrote, "Is prom. I sod to her rouiln, the Count Do Is croli. As for tho 20,000 pounds dam ages, that must bo reckoned a Joint bun Ineas loss; there ran turely be no doubt about that. I hoo we hate done tor thn future with playing tricks with that patent." The next letter, ot date several dava later, was ot great Intorest, at least to l-oulte and me. It was stained and blurred as with tome liquid dye; It had douMIess licen tsken by btelnlmnlt from Lacrolx's person after death. It was addressed lo "Mmlle Do Lacrolx;" It was written on nno "foreign paper with creit and motto, and contained many gallant and polito expressions of the Count Do Lacrolx's deiotlou to his lovely cousin whom, he raid, he hoped to come and ree in the summer. How was It he had never come? never even licen hoard of? Thou questions wero answered by a recond letter from the count, dated In May, 1882, and addressed to Mr. La crolx, and by tho postscript of a letter ot nbout the same date, written In Gor man though from Paris, and addressed to Stelnhardt. Tho count'a letter ex cused blm to his "dear uncle" (rum paying his proposed visit ; ho was too 111 to think of leaving rranco. The letter to Stelnhardt was evidently from a compatriot. It was mainly about business affairs; Its matter of Interest for us was rqucezed into a corner; "You ask mo about the Count Do La crolx. I learn ho Is still bniy killing hlmncir with absinthe." Lastly camo tho astonishing commu nication of all. It was dated several months later, In tho November, I think, of 18,42. It was from n Paris lawyer, who evidently had the management ol tho Do Larrolx affairs. In a few words, It informed Mr, Lacrolx that tho young Count Honoro was dead, and saluted Count Paul, his successor! ("Le rol est mortj vivo le rol." And the con gratulated count was dead tool With this letter wero tied up two or three legal documents, ot which I cannot at tempt much account, though thoy are now in mv noatosalon. Thev wore a copy ot certificate ot the death of Hon oro Mario Antoinette, Count Do la crolx, nnd certain papors showing of what tho Do Lacrolx property consisted chateau, estates and rents and with them, finally, a later noto from the lawyer to Stelnhardt, who had evi dently apprised him of Mr. Lacrolx's "disappearance," and ol tlio naif-fact that in tlio meanwhile ho was guardian of Paul's heiress. "By George!" exclamcd Illrloy, when wo had mado this dlccovery, "but 'Manuel was a totigh schemer! Ho was determined to set Ills lad up as a French count, with a chateau and all the. rest o'tl" I ventured to doubt whether Louise's husband would be Count Do Lacrolx, though Louisa cortainly was the Inher itrix ot the chateau and tho rest. "Do you moan to toll mo, then, the' lass Is not n countoss?" ho oxclnlmod. Thnt I could not declare, though 1 was ceftaln no handsomer or sweeter countess could be found li (ho whole wide world. "True for you, my lad," tnld ho; and you'ro In tho luck of It." Itlrloy was eager to go home at onco to tell Loulco all nbout it (sho was again establlthed In his Iioiiho, with Mrs. file nhardt). He wished mo to go with him to assist In the explana tion ; I endeavored to excuse myself, but In vain. "Como, lad," said he, "I can see what you're thinking. Keep a stlffor hack, man; do not you bo so shy your soil. See ths I caw a duke once a great Scotch duko and ho wna the crabbedest-looklng tailor-body over you caw in all your llfo. If you cannot inak' a better count, once you got used to it, than ho mado a duke, I'll eat my. hat, lad I" Ah, hal" cried Mrley, Inhlscheery voice, "I. have a word to say un to thee, my lady I" "Which oi us do you mean, air. Illrloy?" she asked. "Which of you? well, Many might havo had to tin with It, bill a It' hap , pom Iiq hasn't, 1 mean thoo, my Indy countcM." 't ' th "Comiton?" sho MUlmed. ' ''Why, whnt linn nmurpd you, Mr. Illrloy?" "1 ilo liot'qltlta know," mid I, wlah Ing to get tho explanation over, "tint Mr. Illrloy U right to rail you countess, lmt wo luivo foil nil evidence that your rotialn (lit) fount U dond, and tlmt you, being next In micrcaslnn, Inliorlt tlio Do 1-nrolx clmteaii nntl other1 ' pw If." You are n great French holrom, Inilm, whether you are countess or not," "MuT" sho cried. "Oh, what atrango tlilnii li thin?" lllrley sat down nml entered Into ex planntlou, while I withdrew to the window. "Ho, my lndy," concluded Itlrloy, "there you nro, and wo nro nil thy humble, obedient servants." t waa aiUinlshod to wo her hide lior fnoo In her hands, and burnt Into loan. "I do not wish at nil," idio orlrd, "to Iw countess, or to ta anything but whnt I mil And you want nil to put me far away from youl I do not wlxh to havo their chateau nnd their rents" "Loillao," I said, "lot inn confess to you tint I hnvn been thinking I ought to glvo you up 1 give you linrk thn promise you gnvo mo, Wore cither you or I giio-cod you worn the (treat lady wo now know you nro It wan terrible, terrlblo to think I ought to do It, hut but nh. Louho, whit nuut I do?" "You ntfll lova ma, tboii, as much no you did? Hut why should you not? Am I not the snmo ImIiki? 1 ilo not feel tlmt chntrnu nnd rent ninko It unmwsary tlmt you should lovo mol" "Then you do not" 'Ah, hushl" sho cried, stopping my mouth with her hnnd. "You niunt not nay moll tliliigal Itlswlckedl Hut I know you did not doubt inol I knowl I know!" Shall I go on? Whnt need In there? Surely every render may guean the rest tlmt Inilio Ita Ijicrnlx In now known to the world as Mm. Gerald llnwln to me ni tho denr partner ot nil lllo's Joys, nnd enres, nnd duties, tho tender nnd faithful heart who han put away ill tho terrors and ahudowi of thu past nnd cherishes only the lessons, of hu mility, filth, pstlenco Mid iluty which It hi taught. "What," Kinio nmyaiiklii ronelunlon "nbout Frank Kluliilmr.lt, and Mr little meet-voiced schnol-nila trass?" Frank was more of n mmilctan thnn a chemical ilje maiiufctiirr. The rhetulral workn were, therefore, sold, and Fiauk nnd Mm. l'rnnk are now known in muidral circles, ho aa a plinlit, and he an a singer 'of repute. I ciniiot ond without a word con cerning tho strange woman whom 'vis lotu played ho grrat a part In tho eluci dation of tho I.crol: myctery nor Kntileln Ifaii. I put off ai long n I rould tho unweicnmo tank of InfuruiUig hr of Kteinliardt'ii death. When at length I did write I told hvr in few words tint a retort hiul burnt tion him while he wa engaged iiiti all expert ment. ard had killed him' at onco. Soon after I had written I uaSKUrprlscd to recelvo a note from her, contn tnlnn only them words: "I know it. It wis (ioil'i doing. Tin: km). A Gncn Blackboard, A "blackboard" of green artificial Into, which, it la claimed, Is, more restful to the eye thnn the old hoarda, ha been Invented lr A. W, 1'iiisliaM and mi flmt adopted by the publio achoola In Little Itock, Ark. In fact, many largo cities have utIIUed thli new Invention and ocnllU give it the hlgheat recommendation. It Is believed that children with weak eyes nr often aubjerted to serious pemonal Injury through the cnnitnnt no of black boarda, which nre known tbe injiirloui to tho ei on. Green la nature' color and la naturally restful to thoej-o'. Ho far tho Invention hss met with favor among thoe who have expert muntvd with It. Tha Sciplir. The scepter was the emblem of pow er. As the silver wand, so familiar In cmhedrnls, was onco hollow, containing tho "vlrge," or rod with which chas tlsomont was Indicted upon tlio choris ters and younger members of tho foun dation, so tho roynl scepter represented the right tolutllct punishment, Hence the expression, "to away tho rcepter," Impllod tho holding of regal dignity. Tho scepter with the dove immured the additional ilgnlllcutlon of thu Holy Ghost, as controlling thu actions of tha sovereign. Ths same Men wus con veyed by Ilhalms by tha beititiful cere mony of letting loote a number of dovei at the coronation of tho French kings. Good Words. Pncidcnt Eitibllihtd. A beginner In nowspnpor Work In a routhurn town who occnrlonally "sent etuff" In ono of the New York dallies, plckod up last summer what ceonied to lilin a "big story," Hurrying to the telegraph nfllco ho "queried" tho teld. graph edlUr: "Column story en and so. Shall I tend?" Iho reply mm brief and prompt, but to thu enthusiast uncatMactory, "rlend 000 words" was - all It will. "Can't bo told In less than 1,200," ho wired ba k. Before long tho reply cninq! "fc'tory of crea tion of world told in 000, Try it." Now York Pokt. Health farm for Invalids. A health farm Is planned liv tho Young Men's Christina Association six miles wost of Denver tor the benefit oj inoso, pariicuinny iiioiuijorcuious, wna might othoiwlso bo unable to 1 1 vo In. that stale. A military home, nourish ing food, skillful medlcnl attention. and an uplifting environment will ha offorcd to yqung men. 'Ihe prices to bo dinned will bo within thu reach of thoro of an average financial con ill t Ion . nnd whenever posslblo moJIcnl'mnlcei aro to bo offset 'ngnlnst such outdoor work as the pationts may be ublo to do; A Cave ol Tortvrti. An Interesting discovery has been mado at the Island of Canrl. lrr tlio shapo ot nn underground vaiilf In which the Kmperor Tiberius lined to confine tho victims ot his displeasure prior io ipeir uuing tnrown into tha sea. Iho walls are covered with hit scrlptlons, cpma of which go to show that among those immured subsequent'! ly In the prison wero tho (later and' wlfo of the Kmperor Commodu, Alabama Agriculture Tho total number of farms in Ala, bama Is given at 223,220, of which 120,137 nro Oneratod by white farmerj and 04,083 by colprod farmers.