BP&emja Nugget
Mil! W. UliNltY, lldllor mhI I-rop'r.
COTTAGE GROVE. . . .OREGON.
A fnt him II linn mure trouble tlinn he
hns sympathizers.
If n mnn flints Hint marriage Is n fail
ure lie puts It nil In his wife's name.
it v; "'
Cuba Is free, liut It should upt over
I) ik tlic fnct Dint we nrc Us nCi uncle.
Tho ,vfn)' efMh transffi-efisor may lw
liitnl; hut n good deal f It teeuis to be
r.sjilinltcd.
I'Whnt costs nothing Is' worth noth
ing;" which Is nlfo true of much which
ets much.
)tne automobiles can travel 100
mil's without being repaired If they are
snlpiied by train.
r i' m , e
TIio man who has soon every Prosl
iltQlt since Andrew Jackson Is begin-
iiiffe to blow around again.
When a baby girl Is born she at
oiltfc begins to yell for clothed, mid
dig norcr gets over the habit
The ruins of the campanile at Venice
lww been cleared away. I'nder them
was found the building Inspector.
no merit whatever. Had this theory
been In force the world would have had
nn Lincoln, lift Franklin, no 8f urgetHt,
no (Hailstone, no Homer, no wimk
spr-nro. The tiest In llterntiirc, phlln-
rphy, science, HNHilnxy, etnteMnnnimlp.
music, art woiihl be miltorn. UtflW
from history the names and ticcnm
pllshmcnt of nil born In poverty and
multitudinous volume would shrink to
a lean pamphlet. The brltllnut galaxy
of the world's luminaries would be ob
literated, their reflected light would lie
gone, an ! remaining would be only In
distinct nebula of small stnrs. All life
teaches that the child turn healthy ha
no limit set upon Its opportunities
isono can foretell wlmt strength ami
precision of grasp may be developed la
those tiny hands, what power may
grow In that eager brain, what stamp
Biay bo slowly, sutely pressed upon the
character. I'overty Is no obstacle to
character building; It Is a positive helji
Early toll become a fixed habit am!
deprivation teaches soul deep the dl
vluc lessons of wholesale nsplratlon, cf
self denial. "Conditions which rend
It unlikely that they will become self
supporting citizens," Is rot The elder
Rothschild, the elder Vandervllt Jay
tjould. Cyrus W. Field, John V. Mac
Way and a host of others, most eminent
ly capable of self-support, were bom
under Just such conditions. If there be
such. The unrestralued breeding of ills
oaso and vice Is another question, ami
ono of vital Importance. Hut poverty
is not hereditary.
A good many of the boys and girls
who have taken diplomas from high
schools and academics and colleges this
year have been talked to by various
persons, from the President of the
United States to the selectmen of the
town, but have had no chance to "talk
back." There are still some schools
that cling to the olden fashtou of
holding commencement day as the op
portunity for vouth and Its rirrams
Mr. Stead's saying that "the English not for RKe and lta w9(lom. xi,e
The German editor who writes so
wltherlngly of "American arroganco" la
doubtless bothered somewhat by our
commercial expansion.
i i
Hall Cnlnc has been showing King
Kdwnrd the sights on the Isle of Man.
Of Course Uall exhibited himself as the
most Important of them.
workman tights machines, whilst the
Amtrlcuu workman Improves them,'
explains a great deal of America's
prosperity.
The young gentleman with an attenu
atcd cash balancu will Indorse with en
thsulasm the statement of the food
commission that Ice cream soda Is a
most dangerous and pernicious bever
age, unlit for human consumption.
Schwab's riches came so quickly that
be was not able to keep pace In the cul
tlvntlou of a millionaire stomach and
nerves. These, when not born lu one,
must be carefully acquired. Inability to
manage course dinners has wrecked
many a promising career.
It U said that the Duke of Marl
borough has vowed never to sot foot
on American soli again. Oh, well, he
can make that kind of a vow without
running any serious risk. The Van
derbllts will no doubt be willing to
send the money to him regularly If he
seriously objects to coming after It
How Inequitable sometimes seem the
decrees of fate! A poor woman who
merely feared that she might become
Insane killed herself the other day.
while dozens of people who are un
doubtedly crazy not only refuse to kill
themselves but Insist upon publishing
historical novels, lecturing on English
literature or getting up political con
ventions.
In a recent test of accuracy In firing
torpedoes -tho vessels of the torpedo
boat flotilla in the North Atlantic made
some rcmarkablo bits' of a floating tar
get 1,000 yards away. As each hit
would 'have meant utter destruction In
time of actual war the Importance of
these wasps of the navy is being her
alded abroad as a valuable discovery.
It Is well to shoot straight of course.
whether with popgun or with automat
ic torpedoes, but the main thing In
these high explosive days Is to get
close enough to an enemy to lodge a
shot Long before any torpedo boat
could have approached within 1,000
yards of an enemy It would have been
blown out of tho water.
commencement program of one New
England academy shows an cxtraordl
nary devotion to this Idea. The exer
cises began at half-past nine lu the
morning. They consisted first of tweu
ty-soven essays by members of the
graduating class. Then there was an
Intermission, and In the afternoon there
were fifteen more essays. The subjects
covered a wide range eulogies on
George Washington, Hannibal Hamlin.
William Mclilnlcy and Theodore
Roosevelt; studies of "The Ship Sub
sidy Hill," of "Submarine Navigation.'
of "Tho Marconi System," of "The
Cses of a Library." of "The Hlhlc ln
Tennyson." of "The Holy Grail" and of
Moses." Of- the forty-two subjects
there was not one of a trivial or sensa
tlonal character, not one that would
not Invite to a fuller knowledge and
promise reward for study. Now, sure
ly, tboso forty-two boys and girls. In
writing for this notable day with Its
rapt audience and friendly applause.
must have gamed much good knowl
edge and some power of thinking
clearly nnd of speaking lucidly and
forcibly. Meantime, a widening circle
was Instructed and inspired. Mnry
does not read nnd write on "The Holy
Grail" without Interesting father,
mother and sister In the mystic story.
John docs not study the career of Han
nibal Hamlin without reviving grand
fathers memories of the stirring '00s.
and setting the whole family to read
ing aloud a life of Lincoln. Altogether,
Is It not probable that the hundreds
of parents and friends who sat patient
ly through those somewhat long and
arduous hours of the old-fashioned
commencement bad gained something
when the day was over that even tho
most polished orator In bis happiest pe
riods might have failed to impart?
A Kansas paper notes that, of the
-flozon carloads of old Iron received ev
ery week nt the local Junk-yard, "prob
ably nine-tenths consists of farming Ira-
' plemeutii ruined by rust Many of the
Implements look as If they could still
be saved from the Junk pile by a black-
smith; tho farmers thought differently,
and bought new ones." Such are signs
of that carelessness which sometimes
accompanies prosperity; but the same
thing precedes adversity and then,
bow ugly It looks! If the mortgage also
' could be left In the field to gather rust
and ultimately wear out the condition
of the plow nnd mower and binder
' would not so much matter. Since that
' Is Impervious to moisture, even to tears,
It would seem business-like to take care
of the machinery that may help to pay
It
Iloraco Walpole complained that a
caller at Strawberry Hill broke off (be
bill of a beautiful marble eagle, and
-then to cover the accident carried the
u piece away In his pocket. The modern tervals with cigars and cigarettes,
sightseer Is perhaps more prone to
leave something behind him. The gen
erous citizen who opens his grounds to
tho public Is too often repaid "with In
gratitude and orange peel." In public
grounds empty bottles aro broken Into
bits which nre dangerous to other pic
nickers and to animals; pieces of pnper
aro strewn over lawns, flower beds nnd
ornamental ponds; names are carved on
fences and Inscriptions written on sum
mer nouses, to say -uon'i" is ever a
thankless task; but If every tourist In
prhnto or public grounds would make
a point of gathering up with glove or
stick a few. banana skins, papers and
broken bottles, and hiding them under
tho shrubbery, a sentiment of public
tidiness might bo created which would
force reform upon the careless.
THE POPULAR HERO.
Fiction lie la Always Eating,
Drinking or btnoklng.
When the hero of the popular short
story Is not eating or drinking be Is
smoking, says Martha Itaker Dunn In
the Atlantic Ills chronicler flavors
his pages with tobacco smoke and
punctuates them with cocktails. In
Joy or In sorrow. In the most romantic
no less than the more commanplace
moments, tho hero "lights another
cigarette." Emotion un.icompanted by
nicotine Is something of which he
evidently has no conception.
It Is the same, too, with tho up-to-
date young man ln real life. He
knows. If he has been properly trained.
that while a toothpick should be In
dulged In only In that spot to which
Scripture enjoins us to retire when we
are about to pray, a meerschaum plpt
Is a perfectly well-bred article for
public wear and one which enables
him to fulfill agreeably that law ot
bis being which suggests that he
should always be putting something In
bis mouth.
At a college ball game not long
since, where, as Is usual on such oc
casions, clouds of Incense were rUIng
to the heavens from the male portion
of the spectators, I amused myself by
observing a young man who sat In a
carrlago near me, and who while the
game was In progress smoked a pipe
three times and tilled In all the In-
1
RUNS THE WKATI1EK.
HOW THE OFFICIAL FOUECA3TCII
?tMAKU3 PREDjCTlO.SS. '
stuns by Wlilchtinr I'orcfnfters Used
t-'olcimttr to rroplieey us to Cmulim
Hlurms Am llrimlicd Aside f Mora
Mo.lctit Method.
livening red niidjnornlng gmy
Sets the traveler"!)!! his wsyi
Kveuliig gray and morning red
11 rlii us down rain uion til head.
Such wna the wny in which our
Kmndparentn' foretold the weather.
If It was noticed that the old tabby
washed herself by rubbing her kiw
over her oar, or that the little tree
toads trilled their mournful Utile songs.
or the fireflies flitted low among the
flowers aud the vines, the old folks
shook their heads nnd spoke of "rain
or If grandmother's feet ached the lit'
tie folks grew sorry not because
grandmother had a pain, but because It
meant bad weather on the murrow
Strictly speaking, our weather bu
reau Is made up of a great many build
lugs scattered all over the United
States, nnd tho one nt Washington Is
the central station that governs aud
directs the smaller ones, and to which
they send lu their dally reports; for It
Is by getting reports from all tho dif
ferent sections of the countrty that
Uncle Sam's weather makers aro nbl
to make their predictions. There are
ono hundred and eighty towns and
cities In tho United Stated where there
nro observation stations, having the
satnc Instruments and apparatus as the
ashlngton bureau. Now, the observ
era nt these one hundred and eighty
stations do not spend their time wait
lug for spiders to crawl out of their
holes or looking at tho sky to see
whether It Is red or gray In the oven
Ing. They look nt their thermometers.
barometers, anemometers, nnd so on,
which nre far better guides than all
the other signs put together.
At eight o'clock ln the morning and
at eight o'clock In the evening of
every day the observer at each one of
these weather stations from Maine to
California looks ut his different lustra
incuts and carefully notes what each
of them marks. Then be taken a look
;it the sky, to see whether It Is fair
or mining or snowing, nnd to see what
sort of cloud may be milling about,
According to the Weather Ilureau,
.hero arc seven different kinds of
clouds, and It Is Important that the
observer should see what particular
kind Is hovering around, for each kind
means some special sort of weather or
some particular state of the atmos
phere. When he has finished his ob
servation and noted all the Indications
he telegraphs bis report to Washington.
In that way, then, the Washington
station receives an account of the
weather nt all parts ot the country nt
the same time, and, as you may easily
believe. It keeps the four telegraph
operators busy receiving the messages
that conio pouring In soon after eight
'clock. As each message Is received
lu the telegraph room It Is carried by
messenger across the ball to the fore
cast room, or room where predictions
re made, and handed to tho translator.
s the translator reads aloud the
cipher reports from the dlfTcreut sta
tions, other men ln the room mark
hat he reads upon a map of the Unit
ed States, so that when the last mes
sage nas been translated uie map
shows Just what the weather Is nt each
one of the one hundred and eighty sta
tions. The map Is then turned over
to the otflclnl who Is to make the pre
dictions. In order to get his beurlngs.
bo traces across tho map the differ
ent places throughout the country
where the temperature Is the same
nd the places where the barometer Is
the same. The one he marks with red
tinea and the other with black lines.
nd If you will look at n weather map
ou will see these red and black lines
wriggling and twisting all ovsr the
country.
When the reports from the North-
est show a great fall In temperature
he knows that n cold wave has start
od ou a Journey through the United
States, and be keeps a lookout to see
how fast It reaches the different sta
tions lu the West Then he calculates
how rapidly It Is moving nnd what
kind of weather It has to encounter,
nnd perhaps when be has worked out
the problem be will telegraph the fol
lowing uuuetiu: "Hoist com wave
Hag; thennometter will fnll thirty de
grees lu next twenty-four hours," and,
sure enough, by next day Jack Frost
has got hold of our noses nnd toes, nnd
the cold wave flag Is almost tearing It
self to pieces with delight liut some
times the cold wave does not come as
was expected It Is switched off on
side track or It melts on the way and
then the cold wave flag drops In shama
Clifford Howard, In St Nicholas,
matter up now. tt wnrnn nil Italian,
that If they do nut come within the
provisions of tho United State Im
migration laws they will not be nl
j lowed to land In Now York. U Is nut
believed that the llnllan government
J desires to check emigration to Ibis
country, but It does not like to have
' Its people sent back In disgrace, as It
I were. While Italians nro named ns
the most numerous class suffering un
der the provisions of the luiintxratton
laws, there- nro people of other na
tlonnlltlca who find themselves sailing
nut of New York harlnir about tho
time they expected lo be dropping oft
n railroad train lu the far West. The
enforcement of rules at Ellis Island
j - 1 K
!
A STUDY IN SCARLET
DY A. CONAN DOYLE.
TAUT 11 Chapter 11 Continued. thnt I'onsho would havo boon so senrod
In tho meantime. Kerrler. having ro-1 'Tiiiik Mod vmi kont your oont
coveted from his privations, . distill- .,, ,lrno.iiy, ii0 was
RUlshed himself ns n useful Kldo nml tni, .mll,.. iUoklnu yoiiim fello
nn , Inilefatliialilo hunter. . mounted on n powerful roan horse.
nil rniuuir inn iiu hiuii kiu t'ttivi'iti n i.i ...i tin eMititii iicimsj nr
hi iimv mtinu.iilotiia. I hill WIlOll IIU'Vl. ...1.1. t 1...... 1.1,
... ...... "-- iiiiiiinr. iviiii n iiiiik nun mini it wivi mi
mm me tmrgo office nro stricter man . rwiehod lht end of their wanderings, ,,....,,. ' ... ... " l.M nl0 thB
over they were, and only gllt-eilgo lm- It was unamltuinuly ngroed that Iiu ... . ... i.orrior ho remarked, "I
migrants unve any ennnce 10 pnss iuu.buuuiu ho pruviutm a o mm" """(saw you rldo down from his limno.
ns loruion unci in mnu ns any in Wlon yo Mm niU ,m f , t
settlers, with the exception of omtt lnombor tho Jofforson Hope of Ht.
himself, and of Btnnoron, Kimball. t.0,,.. if he's tho gome IVrrlnr, my
junnsou aim uruoour. wiiu iu n(Mor ,, tl0 wnl0 pr,,Uy thick."
four principal older. "Hadn't you better conio nnd nulc
. On the fnnn thus acquired Jfchn I'.of y0,.,0ifr. :ll0 niUoii .lomiiroly.
rler built hlinso f n suustnntini log Tl(J ymmK fuUuw ,,,( pfowioil nt
IIUIIPV. nilll.ll IVLt'llVll I. III. ....... I,,,. tljta. .111,1, flVIU
..... .1111.......... M ...... n f .1 I . .... ..... I. .... "" KVi.nw .1 ,i,i " W
.vii iiiiM.iv-11 to n. iciipvin ...ui.tiii mum in BHccvuuing jrwira uihw n sparkled with plensure
Jniian." created a highly favorable tin- Into n roomy villa. "I'll do so." ho said;' "wo'vo been In
presslou lu this country during his ro-1 In tlirco years ho was bettor off thrill t,(0 mountnnil (l)r two mtmths, nnd nre
cent visit roMcsshig a physiognomy ;u si iw, in " "V i.V .1., l.I '"t oyer nnd nhovo In visiting condl
barriers down at tho battery.
PIERPONT MORGAN OF JAPAN.
Huuitestlon That All Orcat Financiers
Look A1IU.
The excellent llnron Shlbusawa, of
which, barring au Asiatic tint and - n,"n m'0Pfn ,0
cra ll l lioir l uu-r.uroiH-i.il inaqiui- wmjlo o Sall IjiHO City WllO COUW
liens, blackness and fineness, might compare with him,
have been that of n prosperous elderly ' There was ono way. nnd only one. In
banker of American, Kugllsh or Scot
tlsh nationality, and n grave and saga
clous tluunclal bearing, ho spread
everywhere tho wonder how the Jap
anese could so soon havo nsslmllated
themselves to Western ways. Are wo
sure, by tho way, that financiers havo
not looked essentially alike lu all coun
tries and agesT asks a writer In Har
per's Weekly. Many busts and stat
uettes of prominent elderly cltttens
have been dug up In ftreecv and Home, )
and are to bo seen lu museums to-day,
whose faces strongly suggest close nud
not too credulous attention to financial I
propositions of somo sort; nnd they
look Just like our bunkers. There Is
nothlug new under tho sun of tluanco I
except the scnle of the propositions; '
the financiers aud their ways nre eter
nally the same, llarou Shlbusawa Is
an excellent type of the kind. His nu
merous suite, howover, were not tho
well-nsslmllnted Japaneso business
men seen dally on our streets, who look
ns If they were born la Kuropcan
clothes, and who have substitute,! the
New York facial expression for (Iiu
bland Japanese smile. They wero for
some reason real Japanese, merely
masquerading In Western dress. In thu
group of photographs which they ami
ably permitted to be taken for the
papers the awkwardly bonding knees
look as If tbey were reaching out for
the kindly protection of flowing robes.
which ho offended tho susceptibilities
of his co-rcllglonlsts.
Thero were some who accused him
of lukownrmness In his adopted relig
ion, and others who put It down to
greed ot woalth nml reluctauca to In
cur eiponso.
Whntovor tho reason, Forrlor ro
mntnod strictly celibate. In ovory
other respect he conformed to tho re
ligion of tho young settlement, nnd
gained tho namo ot being an ortho
dox nnd Rtrnlnht-wnlklm; man.
Lucy Kerrler grow up within tho log
house nnd assisted her adopted father
In nil his undertakings.
Tho keen air of tho mountains aim
Local Distinctions
The spirit of democracy, which hates
sham formality, was tho motive In the
rebuke of a traveling salesman to a
party of State Senators whom he met
at the boarding house of nn Interior
town. They were on their way to the
capital, says the Philadelphia Times,
nnd wero compelled to wait over for a
change of cars during dinner time.
Their -conversation soon revealed to
the other guests that tbey were newly
elected "Solons," full of the dignity of
their position, and anxious to make nn
Impression on each other nnd every
body with whom they camo In contact.
Their ponderous diction at table dis
gusted the salesman. It was "Will tho
gentleman from Illlgcvlllo havo the
butter?" and "Will the gentleman from
alnted Tost pass tho bread" nnd
Docs the gentleman from Nowhere
Junction care for tho pickles?" nnd
Did the gentleman from Signboard
Township enjoy the trip?"
Even the natives present began to
squirm under tho excessive (prmallty
of It all, so that there was a hearty
laugh wht-n the salesman, turning to
the negro waiter, asked with fine bur
lesque of what the French cull the
grand manner:"
Will the gentleman from Cthlopla
bring another cup of cofTco?"
SIEVE SIFTS FINE.
knew something about him and had
frequently beard him referred to as
a flrst-mto felllow, but If anybody
bad asked blm If ho believed himself
capable of a single pure Impulso of
tho bouI, entirely unrulxcd with bodily
sensations, he would have stared In
nmazemcut
Trof. 13. BenJ. Andrews declares that
parentage among tho poor should bo
discouraged. Tho multiplication of this
tclqss of citizens Trof. Andrews lists
among tho social evils that should bo
eliminated. lie Insists that It Is ono
of. the duties ,o.f society to. discourage
the birth of children "under conditions
which render It unlikely that tbey will
becomo self-supporting citizens," This
Is a good enough theory to create a
sensation, but beyond that end It has
An Unpoetlo Nnmo. I
A lady onco gave Robert Drowning
somo flowers, aud when ho asked for
their common name, hesitated about
telling. Finally, says the Cornhlll Mag
azine, on being urged, sue shyly con
fessed that they wero called "bloody
noses.
Mr, Browning was very fond of tell
ing the story, and one day, after finish
ing It, ho "dropped Into poetry, to thti
effect
L'11 deck my love with posies,
I'll coTer uer wun roses.
Should she protest,
I II do my nest
To give bcr bloody noses.
What has become of tho old fashion
ed boy who held a bone as high as ho
could, and mado tho dog "speak" for
It?
Having had experience with fleas.
wo object to tho expression, "as lucky
as aog.-
Onljr Gllt-Kdge IminIcrnnU Get Far.
tber Thau Kills Island.
While there are more Immigrants nt
the port of New York than ever be
fore, tho deportations aro correspond
Ingly numerous. A rigid enforcement
of alien laws at Ellis Island results In
more people being sent back on the
ship they camo on than used to be
the case. There are many things that
may make an Immigrant Ineligible for
a long stay on American shores, and
among the thousands of foreigners that
come over In the steerage every year It
Is natural that a certain percentage
should bo lacking In proper qualifica
tions for American citizenship, or even
residence. Every day at the burgo of
fice thero aro pitiful scenes of dis
appointment as tho Immigration olll
clals coldly make arrangements to send
n man, a woman, or, mayhap, a whole
family, back to tho country from which
they havo Just come. This happens
very often among the Italians, says a
correspondent of tho I'ltttsburg Ga
zette. A goodly percentage of tho to
tal Immigration Is from Italy, and
thero are many swindling agents In
that country who persuade their fellow
countrymen that tbey may evado the
Immigration laws of the United States
'jy embarking from somo foreign port
away from ' Italy. Tho Italian Royal
Emigration Commission boa taken tho
rlympalhetlo i rltlo.
Tho first play ever witnessed by Miss
Sparrow of Brooklyn was "Hamlet."
She sat breathless and spellbound un
til the curtain had dropped for thu last
time, and not until sho was well on her
way home did she confide her opinions
nnd feelings to her niece.
I pitied Ophelia," she said at Inst;
'yes, I certainly pitied her; but you
seo she didn't realize such a great denl,
after all, her wits leaving her that way.
Twos a mercy for ber, but I couldn't
help thinking 'twould have been bet
ter to take her right out of the piece
when bcr bead got so weak.
"But yet I could see that would havo
thrown Hamlet Into a position where
tlon. Ha must tnku us ns ho finds us,
"Ho hns n good deal to thank you
for. nnd so hnvo I," sho nnswered
"ho'n nwful fond of me. If thoso cows
hnd Jumped on mu, he'd havo never
got over It."
"Nolthor would I," snld her com
pnnloti.
"You? Well, I don't see that
would mnho much matter to you, any
how. You nln t oven n friend of ours
Tho young hunter's dnrk faco grew
so gloomy ovor this rnmntk that I.uey
Kerrler nughrd nloud.
"There. I didn't mean thnt." h
said; "of course, you aro n frlom
now. You must romo nnd seo us,
Now I must puuh along, nr fnt In-
wont trust mn with his business any
more, flood-bye.'
"flood-byo," ho nnswered, raining his
broad sombrero, and bonding over hur
little hand
Sho wheeled her mustang round
gnva It a cut wth her rlillng-whlp, nn
dnrted awny down tho broad road
a rolling rloud ot dust.
Young Jefferson Hope rodo on with
his companions, rummy and tarlturn
Ho and they had been among the
thoughts revive In hi- mind v '
tchod her lithe, girlish figure n1". nl"""J ", .11
i.,...i. .1.. ... ,ri iini.ia nr vor- worn returning to Bnlt iJtkt
through tho wheat fields, or rl, , . . ,,..
tho balsamic odor of tho plno trues
took tho place ot nurso aud mother to
tl.o young girl.
As year succeeded to year sho crow
taller and stronger, her cheek more
ruddy, nnd her Eton mora elastic.
Many n wayfarer upon tho high road
wblch mn by Kerrler a farm felt long-
forgotten
as ho wntchoi
. i .. .. i ...... ....
met hor mounted upon her father's 11' In t ho h WJ rn M tas .Ital
mustang, nnd managing It with nil tho ' l wrH "omo ,n,Jc" w,,lc,, ,,,ojr
ease and grnce of a true child of tho ""il'a. keen ns any of them
So tho bud blossomed Into a flower SfZiT.rt
nnd tho year which saw hor father tho W cmnnof ll0Uch ' "
n sp., Tof . an' g.r.hoc, "n. :r,Lf,i!'" ,on,rk.,0,!5,o erra
could bo found in the whole Paclflc "LT.ZZ' his volraulc, tin-
It was not the father, howover. who lTvT.Lh V" " JM1'
first discovered that tho child had do-1 , """ ,' " , '
..i 1 i. .i, - l, ..i,im I. sight, ho reillied that a
hi
ha
ln such cases,
That mysterious change Is too sub
tlo nnd too gradual to bo measured by
dates. Least of all ilo-s tho maiden
herself know It until tho tone of a
volco or the touch of a hand sots her
heart thrilling within her. and sho
lenrns. with a mixture of prldo and
fear, thnt ft now and n Inrger nnturo
hns awakened within her.
Thero nro fow who cannot recnll
thnt dny nnd remember tho ono little
Incident which heralded tbo dawn of a
new life
In tho caso of I.ucy Kerrler tho occa
sion was serious enough In Itself, apart
fiom Its future nflunro on her desti
ny nnd that of many besides.
It was a warm Juno morning, ana
tho I-ntter-Day Saints wore as busy ns
tho bens whoso lilvo tnoy navo cnoscn
for their amhlom
In tho fields nnd In tho Mrecla rose
th samo hum ot human Industry,
Down tho dusty h'rhronds domed
lone streams of hoavlly ladon mules,
all heading to tho west, for the gold
fever hsd broken nut In California, and
tho Overland routo lay through the
c tv of tho Elect.
Thorn, too. wore droves or tun snccn
and bullockB earning In from tho put.
Ivlnx nssturo lands, and trains of
tlroil Immigrants, men nnd horses
equally wenry of their Interminable
Journey,
Through all this mot!"y nsse.mbligo,
threading hor way with tho skill of
an accomplished rl'ior. tnoro gauopon
I.ucy Ferrlor. her fair face flushed
with tho exercise, and her long chest
nut ha r floating out behind hor.
Sho had a commission from nor
father In tho city, nnd was dashing In
as sho had ilor.o many a tlmo before,
with nil the fearlessness of youth,
thinking only of her task and how It
wns to bo performed,
Tho trnvol-stalncd nuvoniurors
raioil nftcr her In astonishment, and
oven tho unemotional inuinns, journey.
lnir In with their peltry, relaxed tncir
accustomed Btolclsm as tnoy marvoion
nt tho beauty of tho palo-facod maldon.
She had reached tho outskirts of
tho city when she found that rnnd
great clrovo or cattle,
from
crisis
romo In hi life, nnd that neither all
ver speeulatlnns nor any other nues
Hons could ever he of such Importance
in him as this now and nll-nbsorbing
on.
Tho love which hnd snntnr up In hi
honrt was not thn sudden, rhingesblo
fancy of n boy. but rnthrr tho wild
florre passion nf n mnn of strong will
ami Imperious temper.
1 In hd boon nrrnstnmod to succoftd
in nil thnt ho undertook.
Ho swore In his hen hn wnM not
fall In this If human effo't nnd human
lersnvernnco could render him sue-
"essful.
He enllcl nn John Ferrlar lhat nlrht
ind mnfy times niraln until his fare
wna n f.imlllnr ono nt the firnihotin.
John, rnonf.il up In the valley, nnd
-disorbod. In his work, hnd lUtlo chnro
nf lfmln thn news rt the nutsld
world diirlnf the lnt twelve yenrs.
All this JetTersot Hnnn r nldn to
'ell him, nnd In a stvlo which Interest
vt T.uoy ns well ns her father.
Ho had been n pioneer In California
nd rnnld nnrrnto many n stranm tnin
nf fortunes ma-ln nnd fortunes lost I
ihi vlll halcyon rievs,
Ho lis-l been n scout, tno. nnd a Iran.
ne e sliver nlnrrr. end n ranchman
VTin-nrnr Mrrnr n"vrnti ro wern
.i bn hnd, JftTcon Hope hnd been
nnrp m search or them.
Tie soon heparin n fivorlto with th
mi farmer, wnn snnKe emnuentiv n
Ms virtues. On pitch occasions T.ucv
"as ellent. but her hliishlnr rherk and
hor brlirht. hnnnr oyo. allowed only
no clearlv thnt hor young heart was
no lonrer hor urn.
Her bonest rntner mny not havo ob
served those symptoms, but they worn
assuredly not thrown nwny upon tho
man who had won hor affections.
It wns a summer evening when ho
enmo galloping down tho road and
pulled up at tho goto.
Sho was nt tho doorway, and camo
down to meet him. Ho threw tho Iirl
dio ovor tho fenco nnd strodo up tho
pntnwny.
I nm off, I.ucy," ho nnld, tnklng her
two hands In -Lis. nnd gazing tondcr y
down Into her faco; "I wont nsk you
to como with mo now, but will you bo
ZrT. it'rrrw" ' ,' Scarcely hnd she got fnlrly Into It
oiocKea u, or ; ready to como whon I am here ngnln?'
driven ur a nun uua.-u wihi iuu&iuk ., .... ...n, ,..-,,
I .V,- r.t-l I U.l WIIUU Will UlBl UOI BUU UHKCU
"Bf""" ,i.n..,i , blushing nnd laughing.
Ill tlUi nnian."vw ssiw " . w-s ,..
pass this olwtaclo by pushing nor
horso Into what nppoared to bo n gap
I didn't know as he'd live to finish the
performance. Nothing would hare sur
prised mo less than to see him topplo
right over where he stood, and If he's
got any relatives If there's a single
ono of the Hamlet family anywhere
round I should think they'd see to It
that bo has tho doctor before morn
ing!" Their First Ioe Cream.
Seven hundred Immigrants were
spending on Ellis Island their first
Sunday In the New World, and through
somebody's kindness Ice cream had
been added to the bill of fare. This
was a novelty to most of the Immi
grants so great a novelty, Indeed, ns
to amount to a nuzzle. Tho New York
Times reports some of the comments
which It called forth. ,
"Sure, an' there's frost In th
milk," said an Irish girt, when the
first cold spoonful bad surprised ber
tbro-it I
Milk, did yo say?" said a North of i
Ireland lad. "Ah, but It's more llko
sweetened snow, It 1st" i
"Air how did they knpo It from '
mcltln'?" Inquired another. t
Homo Italian Immigrants did not tako
as kindly to it, and tried to make the,
attendant understand that they would of assistance
'A couplo of months nt tho outsldo,
I will como and ilalm you then, my
dnrllng. There's no ono who can
stnnd between us."
"And how about father?" sho asked
"Ho has given his consent, provided
wo get tneso mines working nil right
I navo no roar on mat head."
Oh, woll, of course. If you and
father havo arrangod It all. thorn's no
more to bo said," she whispered, with
hor choek against his broad breast
"Thank God I" bo snld, hoarsely,
"it is set-
hv ,M.ni M'u ""mur i stay mo
howevor, before tbo beasts closed In
bohlnrt hor. and sho round norsoir com
pletcly Imboddod In thcmovlne stream
of flcrco-cycd. lonir-norncd uuhopkb,
Accustomed as sho was to deal witn
cattle, she was not alarmed at her
situation, but took ndvsntnro of overy
nnnortunlty to urge her horso on In
tho hopo of pushing hor way through
. . . ... ...
mo rnvui(.-u.iu. . . I.fnnnln,. ,1 M..lnn hor
tf-f..l....tnli I. V. jr. sot nf ntM -i 'yin " ssw.s. s
uniuilllliuuujr, M.U ....." ' h. rr.h lnn. r
deslcn. camo In vlolont contact wltri
tho flank of tho mustang, and oxcltcd
It to madness.
In nn Instant It reared upon Its
hind legs with a snort of rago, and
pranced and tossed In a way that
Ing for mo nt tho canyon. Oood-byo,
my own darling good-byo. In two
.months you shall seo mo,"
tie tore himself from hor nB he
spoke, nnd, flinging hlmsolf upon his
S3d. ha ued any bSf. most JW
skillful rider.
Tho stuatlon was full of peril.
Every plungo ot tho excited horso
brought It against the horns again,
and goaded It to fresh madness,
It was all that tho girl could do to
keen herself In tho saddle yet a slip
would moan a torrlble death under' tho
hoofs of tho unwieldy and torrlflod
animals,
Unaccustamod to suddon emergen
cies her head began to owlm, and her
crin upon the brldlo to relax,
Choked by tho rising cloud of dust
and by tho steam from tho struggling
creatures, sho might havo abandoned
hor efforts In dospnlr but for a kindly
"rolco at her elbow which assured her
llko to have It warmed.
Oil, what stuff this would be to
cnilso with In hot weather!" ex
claimed an English fisherman, smack
ing bis lips.
Alt Depsnds.
Tho beauty of tbo thinking cap de
pends upon the bead that wears It
Puck, . ,,
At tho same moment a sinewy brown
hand caught tho frlghtoned horso by
tho curb, and, forcing a way through
tho drovo, soon Drought nor lo tno out
skirts, "You're not hurt, I hope, Miss," said
hor presorvor, respectfully,
Sho looked up at his dark, florco dlsgraco. Whatever ho might think
faco and laughed saucily. of tho Mormon doctrines, upon that
i in awiuiiy inguienoii, sno mini, i ouu point no waa inuuiiuio,
naively; "whoever would havo thought I Ho had to seal his mouth on tho
oven looking round, ns though nfrnld
that his resolution might fall him If
ho took ono glanco at what ho was
leaving.
Sho stood at the gato, gazing nftor
him until ho vanished from hor sight,
Thon sho walked back to tho houso,
tho happiest girl In Utah.
CHAPTER III.
Throo- weoks had passed slnco Jef
ferson Hopo and his comrades hnd
departed from Salt Lako City,
jonn Korriors honrt was soro
within him whon ho thought of the
young mans return nnd of tho Im
pending loss of his adopted child,
Yot nor bright and happy face re
conciled him to tho arrangomont more
than any argument could havo dono.
He had alwaya determined, doop down
In his rosoluto heart, that nothing
would evor lnduco him to allow his
daughtor to wed a Mormon,
Such a marriage ho regnrdod as no
marrjago at all, but as a shnmo nnd a
nubjoct. however, for lo oxtireen nn
uit orthodox opinion wnn u dniiKtitotm
mutter In Hiodu (lay In thn I .nnd of
the Halms.
Yes, n tlniiKerniiH puttier- m ilnn
Koroun Hint oven IliO must soliilly
dure. I only whtipsr ih-lr lellr.lnun
oplnlonn Willi bnlfi.l Inrni'i, lost koiiih
thing which fell fnilil (heir llpn mliiht
mn mlMi-onstriUMl nml lit lug itnwii a
swift retilbiitlon upon llieni,
Tim victims' of persecnlliiti Ifnd now
turned pernecutom on tliolr own nc
eniint. nnd persecutors of tho moat
torrllilo description.
Not the Inquisition nf Mevllle, nor
the (lurmnu VohiuMitilrht. nor llm n
iirnt booIuMi of Italy, wero over nhht
to put n liinro formldnlilo tUHililueiy
In mutton tlinn Hint which rust a
t'lmid over thn Totrltnry of lllnh,
Its Invisibility nml tho mystery
which wnn attached to It in nd o thin
orgnntttttlmi doubly terrible, It un
pen rod In be oinnlsrunt nnd (imnlpo
tent, nnd yet wn neither seen nor
henrd.
The mnn who hold nut ngnlnst llm
Church vanished nwny, nnd nine
know whither ho hnd gimn or what
hnd befallen lit nt. Ilia wife nnd chil
dren nwnlletl blm nt home, hut mi
father ever returned to tell tliem hnw
he hnd faretl nt the bands of his neernt
indues.
A rash word or n hnsly nrl wnn fol
lowed by nnnlhllatlnn, nud yet niiiin
knew wlmt the nnturo mliilit be of
this torrllilo power whlrh wnn sus
pended over them.
At first this vague nnd terrible pow
er wnn exercised only upon thn ni-nl-rltrnnts,
who, having umbrnced thn
Mormon fnlth, wished afterward to
pervert or tu nbntuhiu It. Boon, how
over, tt took a wider mno.
The supply nf adult women wen
running short nndV'lynnmy without
n fivmnln populntlnn nn which tn
draw wnn n lumen doetrlno Ini'oed.
Rtrnune rumor hosnn tn bn bsndkd
nbout rumors of murdered Imml
grnnts nnd rilled rntnps In ri'giiini
where Indians had never lieen seen.
Frerh women nppenred In the hnremn
nf the elders women who pined nnd
wept, nnd born In their faces thu
trsros of nn uiieitlngulshnhla horror.
United wanderers upon thn moun
tains spoke nf gnnes of armed men,
innsked. stealthy, nnd nnlselei, who
flitted hv them In Die dnrkno.
These lsls and rumors, took sun.
stnnre nnd shape, nnd wore rorro'i
orntl end ro-corrolmrnted, until they
resnlved thomselves Into n definite
nnme.
Tn thin dny. In the lonely rnnel"
of tho West, the name nf thn Oanlte
Hnn.1. nr thn Avenging Annrls, Is ti
ll!or nnd nn III omened on".
Fuller knowledge of thn ofs'ilsa
tlnn whlrh. produced such terrlhln re.
suits served to Increase rnther linn
tn lesson thn horror which It Inspire!
In thn mind of mnn.
None knew who belonged to thlt
ruthless widely. The nnme nf tho
participator In the i!els nf blood
and violence, done umlr the nnme if
rrl'Hon, worn kent profoundly senret.
Tin very friend o whom you com
municated vnitr mls"lvlnr a lo the
nronbet and his mlhm tnluM b nn
of those who would come forth nt
nlchl with fire nnd sword to exact n
torrllilo reparation. Henro every mnn
fonred his nelehbor. nnd nonn spnVn
nf Dm things which were nearest hi
heart.
rj"lvll,lllui y
AUTIIOH SCOk'llS ON I'Uill.lSIIIIIt.
Downtrodden Writer Who (lot then with
Ills Tyrant.
Only thn rattle of the wheels ou tho
mils til.turl.n.1 the quiet of the Flunking
car on ono of the suburban train thu
other morning, nvt when n proficient
card pluyi-r aiinoiiin-o.1 thu nuinlor to
bo hOjrv.1 nl the end o( a hand. A cer
tain publisher, who inner lnllo.1 to
travel on thnt train, (or n wonder uns
client, nnd had mi tales lo tell of tho
enormous circulation of thelaitloik
ho had wlicvdlnl nut of the author fot
"nlmo.t nothing." After nubile tho
nuthnr, who oeeasloimlly travels on thu
run io train, got on nt n Miiull i.tatliiii.
Hello, Illniik," ronr. .1 thn pub-
llidior ns toon ns tlio sullior loomed up
In tho doorttsy, fixing thu utUiitlnn of
tho oar nn tlio twain: "I say, did you
get that check I tent vim yimterilny?"
I'm mre," replied the author.
modoMly, "I don't know; I got ho
ninny checks yontt nlsy."
t by I moan tho jne for 170 for
that liort story of jours I arroptcd,"
raid thu iublllier In a loud volco.
Uh, yon," quietly replied tho nil-
thor. "I recollect now. Yos. I got It.
It wni lor thnt slory I sent ou last
year which ynu returned toying It wns
lean 'rot' and paid seventy for this
o r."
With ono volco tho company ol card
players cried:
"Scoro nnol"
Hut amid tho laughter the hilarious
noto of llio publUliur was not heard,
Brooklyn Knglo.
Retribution at Last.
Theso racing automobiles onirhl to
bo supprostod," remarked tho liullg
imnt man.
"Oh, I don't know." .ronlled Iho
lowly citizen. "I got eomo enlovmunt
out of them."
Youl Why. vou never rodo In mm
lu your llfo."
"01 courto not,, but think how In.
tores ting they nro making tlilnss for
tho scorching bicyclists, who hnvo
lioratoforo monopolized tlio roads, I
toll you It looks to mo llko righteous
rotrlbutlon,"
A Week's End Party.
Phnmlimnn You don't know how It .
fools to have halt a dozen mouths to
feed.
iJatcliollor Forhans not. but I'll
bat you I ronlizod last night what It
meant to hnvo at least a hundrod to
(cad.
rimmllman Buroly, you don't on.
torlaln that many?
liatchol lor Mosquitoes.,
Small, but Flourishing.
Papa You wero un lato last nlcl.t
daugthcr.
Daughtor Yos, papa. Our fresh air
club mot on the piazza.
1'apa Who belongs to vonr fnmlinlr
cl u h.
Daughter (slowly and nomowlint ro.
luctnntly) Woll. Jack mid and '
me. Dotrlot Froo l'roes.
Apricots and Figs.
Tho apricot, ll soaked In Its own
bulk of cold water (or -18 hours, Is said
to bo a I moot llko (rerli (rult, ' Flus
should, bo Inmicrsod Injiot water (or an
hour.
Hard to Rear.
The two most illllUult orraluros to
koopnllve lu uquarlums nro tho liorrlns
aud tlio wlulo.