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'Bohemia-Nugget 1MK tV, 1IKNUY, ltdllor and Troii'r. CCfcrJtGE GROVE... -OREGON. ICvcry ninii has a right to work, but tlic other fellow too often forgets it. ffcerctfiry Shnw released n little over $20,000,000 the otlicr day. How much of It did yfffl set? The world tins little use for a man who does Ms host only when engaged in doing other. A lady of 40 bus asked 7f,O00 for, damacod affections. Wnt would Bhe lmvc demanded nt SOI When the girl nays they are engaged nud the young man nays tbey aro liot It takes a Jury to decliio. Fools may rush lu whero angels fear to trend, but the theatrical angel some- times backs the fools who aro luciiucu to rush In. President Hoosovlt has ordered de partment chlcrs to make the govern ment reports shorter. He must want to havo some of them read. The latest Is a storage battery trust. Let us hopo It may succeed before tho end of anotlier century In finding a storage battery that will store. A. Chicago woman is seeking a dl vorco from her husband who U de scribed as an enthusiastic amateur pugilist She says ho was too enthu siastic How quickly celebrities arc forgotten In these strenuous days. Who was the young lady who had the Crown Prince of Germany going around In a circle t few weeks ago? It is still pretty hard to get grouchy old men who don't like tho boys their daughters have selected as future hus bands to agreo that arbitration Is a good thing lu all cases. When a person has "left off" smok ing, nothing helps his resolution like a caller who lovingly fondles a clgnr with the bouquet of a Chinese restaurant and a draft like a soft coal fire In a hard coal furnace. Most statements nowadays aro taken cum grano sails with an allowance for the discount In apology for the sweep Ingness of the title of his book, "Proper ty Is Hobbery," Proudhon said that he put his price high because ho knew that he should be beaten down. The billionaire may come, but will not his heirs tire of the troubles and worry of handling the money and Bcatter It? Flesh and blood cannot stand the strain this class of financiers Invite. These mammoth fortunes even tually will return to the people In ways never dreamed of by their creators. The greatest evil connected with the problem of power In the present life Is the maleducatlou of men as to the sources from which It Is to be drawn and the metbeds by which It Is to be used. The many and the prosperous are prone to believe that power is a deposit of divine election. Finding one's self possessed of It, the owner at once con cludes that be has been chosen of God to order a rart of the universe, dom inate his fellows, dictate events and deal punishments to those who offend against his self-assumed prerogatives. One of the noblest charities In any city Is the system of Pasteurized milk depots established and maintained lu New York by Nathan Strauss. From these stations nearly one million bot tles of milk and milk foods for infants were distributed during the past sum mer. Those who were not willing to accept the milk free were allowed to pay ono cent a bottle certainly a low price for self-respect Through the co operation of the physicians of tho Health Department knowledge of the milk depots has been spread among the tenement house mothers, and free coupons for the bottles of milk have been distributed. There could not pos sibly be a more terse, more eloquent or more Impressive summing up of the work than Is contained In the brief sta tistics of tho annual report: Since 1801, when tho milk depots were es tablished, the death rate among chil dren under B years of age has been reduced almost exactly one-half. Professor Welch, of Johns Hopkins University, announced at the recent medical congress in London bis dis covery of a universal virus, -which is to prevent and cure all diseases the human flesh is heir to. Professor Welch conlldently declares that the person who Is Inoculated with this new virus "will never catch anything." It Is to bo regretted that the professor la not a little more explicit on this point Ills broad assertion that ono who has been Inoculated' with the new virus will never catch anything Is highly encouraging, yet It would bo more re assuring If he had specified that It would keep people from catching old ago as well as to matte them Immune from mumps, small pox and appen dicitis. It may be possible that tho long loqked-for elixir of life has at last been discovered, and tho world will anxiously await further statements from Professor Welch. Also a little proof In support of the claims inado for his virus will be very welcome. Let us hopo that all this will be speed ily forthcoming and that the splendid virus which tho professor expects to put on the market will In addition to thwarting ago and disease bo capable of deflecting automobiles and trolley cars. If It covers these matters satis factorily and Trofcssor Welch can so euro capital enough to start a factory wo uiay prcparo for everlasting life, provided tho coal holds out It Is a good thing for tho American Who Is Inclined to listen to tho doleful lamentations of the pessimist to turn away from tbo army In the Philippines for a moment and look at the greater army aud mightier army described In the annual report of the United States Commissioner of Education, just sub mitted to tho Secretary of tho Interior Tim report of Commissioner Harris shows that, the total of pupils In. the schools, elementary, secondary and higher, both public and private. In the United States for the year ending Juno 80, 100L was 17,2SH.230, an Increase of '278,520 pupils over the previous year. Of this number in,7I0,3Ul were enrolled In schools supported by local and gener al taxation. If we add to this enrollment those who attended certain special Insti tutions like evening schools, commer cial schools and schools of cookery and of special trades and vocations, wo have a grand total of over seventeen nud three-quarter millions of the population that received education for a longer or shorter period during the year. An In teresting feature of the report Is the Increased per capita expenditure for education. In 1870 the oxpeudlturo for schools per capita of the population was 1.04; the last year It was $2.03 per cap ita, the highest In tho history of tho country. This nrmy of seventeen million youngsters is tho hope of tho republic. It Is the Invincible defense of our Insti tutions and of our democracy. No other nrmy on the plole Is comparable to It as a force for civilisation and as a bul wark for free and popular government, A report of the Commissioners of Prisons In Kngland which was Issued recently pays particular attention to the case of j-oung offenders between the ages of 10 and 21. It Is said that under the existing law there Is ade quate provision for those of a more tender age, excellent results having been attained through the present In Idustrlal and reformatory school sys tem. Hut every person above lu is an adult for the purpose of tho criminal law, and tho classification leads to seri ous mistakes. Discussing the question the report says: "Figures have shown. and the committee of ISM have testl tied, that the age between 10 and 21 la essentially the criminal age, and that from criminals of this age tho profes sional criminal of later years is gen orated. It is knowu also to students of human nature that this age is particularly plastic age, aud that tht habit which may lead to crime or vir tue cannot be said to be fully formed before the ago of 21." Starting with these promises the report argues that separate treattneut Is required for the particular class of criminals referred to. Their discipline should be different from that of old offenders, and earnest efforts should be made to reform them. Aside from tho special cure which should be given them In prison It Is necessary that supervision should be had over them after their discharge. and that a sutllclently long period of time should be prescribed during -which they -would be made amenable to healthy Influences. The first of these needs. It Is said, has been supplied "br the benevolent and phlftnthroplc action of a body of gentlemen who have lately formed themselves Into an association for the distinct purpose of dealing with these cases on discharge." For the other, action by Parliament Is request ed, "should It become satisfied by the result of the experiment that Is being made that the cxlstinz system of a suc cession of short sentences for young criminals Is Ineffective and mischiev ous, and that better results can be obtained If jKwer were given to the courts to commit for long periods to the care of the state young criminals who are shown by their antecedents to be graduating for a course of 'profes sional' crime." Judged by tho Sample. Stories concerning the rivalry be tween Chicago and St Louis evidently will never grow old. The latest con cerns a visit which Alderman Michael Kenna, "Hinky Dink," recently paid to St Louis. He wished to talk to n friend who lives In the suburbs of the Missouri city, und as be had a dime In his poeket for change called up over the telephone. He talked but a few minutes, and then asked the central operator bow much he must deposit for the call. "Fifty cents, please," was the an swer. In a most confident voice. Fifty cents," gasped the Alderman. wnai uo you taue mo ior a manip migcrnble sinner." That was tbe with coin to burn? Why, In Chicago I formum 0f penance which tbe master can can up naues lor ou cents. "Perhaps so," was the answer, still i framed In the most unruffled tone, "but that's within the city limits, you know." Minneapolis Journal. Head for Itus.ness. I "I'm troubled, John, about the $500 I got from Aunt Mary. I want tolu- VMt Jt "Well, go ahead." I "But I'm afraid I'll lose It" "Then don't Invest It" "Hut I want to get some profit out of It. and I've Just thought of a splendid plan." "What Is It?" "I'll clvo you the money and you In. vest It In stock or wheat or something that promises a big return, and If you win, I'll get the profit" I "And If I loso?" I "Why, then, It will be your fault, of course, and you'll havo to make It up to ma" Chicago Post j A Gastronomic Feat ' y n..i i,,ii.n..an in i. rfh of Scotlaud tho schoolmaster keeps ning of the door, a ho bird, eye ng his boys grinding steadily at their U8 V0' "enie flrJl,.l le" " desks, but gives them permission, suys Pe"y aain- n " b,e thought his pcr-Tid-Hlts, to nibble from their lunch- formances too cheaply valued, descends baskets sometimes as they work. . Ono day while the master was In- structlng a class In the rule of three, ho noticed that one of bis pupils wa paying more attention to a small tart Brnln ol nte- than to his lesson. The man takes the little picture "Tom naln," said tho master, "listen from tho case received from the bird, to the lesson, will ye?" and bands It to mo to Inspect He "I'm listening, sir," said tho boy. I then returns It to tbe case, nccom- "LlBtcumg, are yo?" exclaimed tho panled by the tiniest flat slip of bam master. "Then ye'ro listening wi' one boo, and Bhulllcs tho case up with the ear an' eating pio wl' tho other." rest of the pack. The bird descends, i 'selects n case, and I open It, to find Milo a Mlnuto lu a Ilalloon. (t tuo identical ono containing the Sixty miles In sixty minutes was the barauoo recora mauo uy air. tspencer, tuo aero- uaut, In a balloon with which ho as- tended nt Morlcy, Yorkshire, and camo After pcoplo have been sick as long as six mouths, they aro In the discour aged condition that makes money for any medicluo vender who comes along. No, Cordelia, a plagiarist Isn't neces sarily the author of a play, Never Judge pictures and horses by their frames. .THE SILENT ROOL. llenuty Spot In KtiuUmt that I Fast Disappearing; One of the lqycllest spots In Knglnnd -the, Silent Pool of Albury seem's lu danger of disappearing. It la believed that the deepening of the Wells lu tho neighborhood of the Duke of North uniberlaud's estate, where tho cele brated pool Is situated. Is the cause of tho shrlnkngo of the water that has recently been noticed, says tho Lon don .Mall. It Is a deep, perfectly clear chalk pool. In Its cool waters swim a num- ber of laxj- trout, quite tame, for tho pool Is never disturbed by anglers, aud the fish aro fed by tho thousands of visitors that make pilgrimage to this spot every year. In his memoirs of his father, tho present Lord Tennyson soys: "I have often heard him descrlbo this pool. tho spleudor aud ripply play of light on tho stream as It gushes from tho chalk over tho green sand bottom, tbo mackerel color which flit about In the sunshine, and tho network of tho current on the surface of the pool. llko crvstnl smoke " like crystal snoKC. Tho romantic legend of tho pool takes ono back to the days of ltlchard I. Tho story goes that within a mlto ( had Invested tholr Inheritance to Of the pool there lived In a little osier- j pother In American property and that wattled hut Hal. the woodman, whoso tho speculation had proved a failure, luvnitirni iinm-iitrr Rnimn trni in and thst while her father had loft as- the habit of stealing away, particular - ly In the summer, to bathe lu the si- , . . , . .... . ... , lent pool then hidden deep In the for - est Ono day, whllo swinging lazily iruui luu uuugus uy me smu ul iuc pond, half In tho water and half out and twlulnc her tresses with tho water lilies, Prluco (nftcrward king) John suddenly made his appearance. Tho affrighted damsel relinquished her r 7 .7 ,,, . . . quickly, screaming tho while. Into tho deeper water. Tho brutal rider forced his steed Into the water, and the maid en, taking another step or two, was struggling In twenty feet of water. The cowardly Prince backed out leav ing his would-bo victim to drown, when ber brother, who bad followed the Prince, suspecting his evil designs. rushed through the trees, and. with' out divesting himself of his heavy cow. skin tunic, dived down to where his sister was lying on tbo bottom of tho pool. Unable to lift her. aud weighed down by bis tunic, be would not let go, and soon brother and Bister were lying stark and still on the chalky bottom, while Prince John and his case courtiers hurried off before the coun tryslde was roused against him. OLD-SCHOOL DISCIPLINE. Ancient Master Waa Versatile at Dc vlalnic PunUbuient. The late Frederick W. Gunn, founder of the well-known Connecticut school for boys known as "The Gunnery," de vised many Ingenious punishments for the discipline of his pupils. One of the boys was William Hamilton Gibson, the artist who wrote in his memoirs this account of the management of tbe school: A youth too boisterous would be dis missed for a four-mile walk, ordered to bold a chip In bis mouth for an hour. or to run a dozen times around the church on tbe green, sounding tbe tin dinner-horn at each corner In rotation. Two small boys caught lighting were often ordered to sit one In the other- lap, taking turns thus for an hour or two. Pounding a log with a heavy club was a favorite panacea for superfluous ener gy In the family sitting-room. At "The Gunnery" It used to be a cus tom to allow a boy to take the anniver sary of bis blrtb as a holiday, but one too clever lad was detected by Mr. Gunn In celcbratlug bis third "birthday" within n single year. Tbe next genu ine anniversary of tbe boy's blrtb cann on a Saturday, which the victim cele brated by bugglug a tree for several hours, while his Bcboolmates enjoyed tbe regular school holiday. A resident of Washington tells how, years ago, be found at tho fork of two roads, bugging a sign-post In an) thing but sentimental fashion, a youth, whose only reply to questions was, "I'm a ha(j prescrIbel. A Trick Sparrow. The famous Chinese conjuring birds are Java sparrows. A sedate old gen- eman 8ll,tlB flt " '!' Hongkong put one of bis birds through 1,8 trickB for ,he hfaettt of Commander F. M. Norman. Kacu bird-cage has a sliding door. a,,d Just outside this Is a pack of little card - cases, each containing a picture, a"d a small pot holding half a dozen trains of rice. "Cumshaw (fee) can do; no cumshaw, no can do," remarks tbe man, Bbuf- fling the cards and pointing to the birds, which meantime knowingly eyes the proceedings. I produce n halfpenny. "No can do," observes the man, quietly. "One plecy-penny good pld- gin." i band over tbo necessary coin, which ' nIa with the pack of cards at the cage door: then be undoes tho fas- "oln uls Pereu' uovr ucaK- uol,s oul'ue uru,v " u fro tno puck anu passes it 10 ins master. He receives In reward ono IIow can tills bo accounted for? only p0S8bie wny of explaining It ls ,n my mlnd tlmt Ul0 bamboo slip Is slightly scented. IIuko Duofc Farm In Australia. Australia has tho largest duck farm and tho largest Incubator lu tho world. Tho Incubator has a capacity of 11,410 ducks' eggs, or 14,080 bens' eggs. A woman uover knows what It Is to lovo until alio has a daughter over fif teen years old. CHAPTKIt III Continued. Bertha llo hail como all tho way from Scotland to look after an ostatu supposed to have been lott nor uy l.ltr fntlintv tin ntiil n hrnther lintl como t0 America eighteen years bo- fore, when sho was a mero child. At tho ago of two year alio had lost her mother, and her father had placed her In school and como to America to drown his troubles and mako his for tune lloforo ho had been hero ton years tho report camo that ho had beon killed by Indians. This was hhortly after tho report that ho and his brother had Inhotltod an Immcnso fortune from a brother la New York, and whllo neither llettha nor her friends could over got any Information I concerning what became of this for- tuno, ncr uncio in America nun mil'- , . h ... ... flin.i. , ;,ii w ,, iV ,i , n ncr wantB. Ho wroto her that thoy ! sets nbovo his liabilities there was 'n'nfE1t B,pca ' JL l fl" i Oi.t of pure benevolence, however, ho, ;tho unIo woll)l, B00 that , nloco ( ghonij not gutter for tho necessaries or nro. Rconomtxlng tho funds he had sent her from tlmo to tlmo until her sav I lugs amounted to considerable sho ' parted for America, not Informing , Mly? fro'whlch" I Place sno wrote mm or mo prooanio date that sho would reach ltolso City Army Post Reaching tho latter placo sho grow Impatient waiting tho arrival of an cs cort from her undo and started with it pack train for tho Interior. On the night In which the convention at tho beginning of this chaptor opened, the pack train had reached a point on Snake river on the Old Oregon Trail near the Oregon and Idaho line. For tunately, on the same night, tho es cort consisting of cowboys, sent out under tho leadership of an export frontiersman, met her at this place. Both parties had camped In a small valley near the river, surrounded by mountains, covered with rocks and boulders. The pack train consisted of thirty mules and two wagons, while 'he escort consisted of ten men, be sides Its leader and a dozen horses, one of which was used exclusively for a pack horse, and another was brought along for Bertha to ride. Tired and worn out by tho hard chips of tho trail, tho packers had hobbled out their mules, prepared their meal, and gone, to bed early. Tho members of tho escort, while not so fatigued, had prepared for retiring early also, partly to keep from dis turbing their neighbors and partly to be refreshed for tho following day's Journey, for from this point tho pack train would contlnuo to tho west and Bertha and her escort would take a courso over tho tralllcsa plains and mountains to tho south. After she bad retired to a bed of straw, this girl from a comfortablo homo In Scotland nun plenty to minx about before sbo fell asleep. This barren plains and mountains over which sho had passed during tho past few days, and tho trackless desert bo fore her looked gloomy enough, but the probablo attack from Indians and a long trip through a bar ren country to her destination were calculated to Increase her anxiety. while tho referenco of tho leader of the escort to tho danger from Indians and tho samo tribo who. It was al leged, had murdered her fathor thick ened the mantle of gloom that hung about her, and besides, she did not .Iko tho appearance or tno man under whose charge sho had fallen. Wo man's Intuition had properly aroused her suspicions on this point. How long she had been asleep she did not know when awakened by tho fiercest yells that had over pierced her ears, and thco Intermingled with the discharging of firearms and a din of oaths and shouts as it a thousand demons were engaged In war. And it was a war, and tho men fought like demons! Tho packers and cowboys, though outnumbered flvo to one, stood their ground until tbo struggle bo came a hand to hand one, and not un til sho had been snatched from her bed and dragged a dhort distance and bound on tho back of a horse, and waa being rushed out through a deep can yen In the mountains, surrounded by a band of Indian warriors, each seem ingly claiming her as his prize, did she fully realize that her peoplo had lost and that the red skins had won. It was fortunate for Bertha that Bho did not remove her clothing upon re tiring that night, and that she placed her shoes on her feet upon being first awakened, for tho chill night air of that altltudo even penetrated tnoso. CAFTEB IV. Tho Chaso, Tho following morning showod tha effects of tho Indian raid. Two of tho packers lay dead upon tho ground, tholr scalps taken, whllo ono of tho escort had been killed, and threo mor tally wounded. Not a horso or mulo remained In tho vicinity. These, an Important object of tho attack, had been driven away and treasured moro highly oven, than tho fair captive, whom they had taken, for stock of all kinds was scarce with thorn. Thoy had been forced Into tho rlmrocks and lava beds by tho Unltod States sol diers, and tho scanty vegetation there had caused their animals to disappear almost as rapidly as tho pangs of hun ger, which prompted the decaying raco In butchering and eating them. While viewing tho band of fat mulca and horses from tho crevices of tho rlmrocks tho previous evening, tho eagle eyes of old Egan, the chief, saw Bertha Lylo In tho enmp and ho was Indeod a raro picture in this section of country, and especially so after tho proposition that had como from Bertha. y t tho lips of Martin Lylo, tho Lord of The Desert, A It wore, It was tho killing of two birds with ono stono with tho chlof. It was tho obtaining of animals tor his him gry and hard beset trlbo nud obtain lug n prlto of fnr luoro personal value which meant moro wealth for his trlbo and n white squaw for hi wigwam. After tho surprise of tho attack of tho provloim nlRht the men rallied to defend tho camp, But It was too late, tno worn waa dono. Whllo tho main body of tho rod men had charged on tho camp, dctarhmonts of tho party had not been Idlo. Thoy corralled tho norses ami had them on tho road ready to Join tho mnln band with their cnptlvo. They disappeared na silently as thoy camo and tho handful of whites that still survived know that It was useless to follow them In tho dnrk, besides, they did not know but that u redskin lurked liehiud overy tmildor on tuo mountain sides. They had spent tho rcmalndor of tho night In ministering to tho wound oil, and preparing tho dead for burial. Thoy were In ft predicament Indeed. They had neither horses to pursuo tho marauding band of Indians, or to con tlnuo their Journey. Whllo somo of tho members of tho party aroused at tho fato of tho whlto girl. woro willing and anxious to pur sue tho Indiana on foot, all saw tho futility of such an attempt. and tno leader or tho escort showed no concern about her capture and no Inclination to follow her captors, but rather cursed the fato of being loft afoot. Tho morning was consumed In burying tho dead and tho afternoon In reconnoltorlng. Tho trail of tho In dlans was discovered, which showed that thoy had cone In a southorly ill rcctlon, a course that led to tho east of tho stono home, on Mount Juniper. Fortunately, that night another park train arrived from tho west. It had n few surplus horses, and as thoso men of ploncor days were always will Ing to lond a helping hand to tho dls tressed, they supplied tho strandod pnrty with n few horse. Tho strand ed packers returned with this train to Fort Bolso, whllo four members of tha escort with tho daring equal to those times, and against tho admonl tion of their leader, entered Into n solomn oath that thoy would follow tho Indians and would never return until they had recaptured Bortha Lylo and placed her In tho stono houso with her uncle. Karly tho following mon Ing, armed and provisioned and mounted these four started out on tho trail of tho bandit Indlnn. Tho nackors moved on. taking tho wound ed cowboys with them, all of whom died and wero burled nt Bolso City. Dan Follctt and tho others started for tho Stono House. Tho four cowboys who went In pur suit of tho Indians woro rnmlllar with that part of tho desert, and being on comparatively fresh horses made bet ter time than tho Indians, so that by night they camo to where tho red men had ttoppod to prepare their din ner tho vamo day. Kach camping place, of tho Indians was marked by tho carcass of a mulo, for hungry as tbey were, and their party was so large that It required n run grown an imal for overy meal. Arising bright and early tho following morning thoy soon reached tho camp or tho Indians of tho previous night and camo upon tho Indiana at noon. Tho latter wero conscious of their power and boldly ato their dinner In full view of tho whites, and took their tlmo about moving on, shouting out word of do- flanco as tbey went. The bravo four wero rewarded by eo- Ing Bertha from tho rlmrocks, still well and unharmed, but It was with a shud der that thoy beheld tho attention that sho received from tho leader of tho band. Tho Indians numbered about forty warriors and were a set of as ugly and vicious looking fellows as ever won tho unenvlnblo name of their tribe. Tho whites could do nothing but follow at a distanco wltn tno hopo that something might transpire by which thoy would bo enabled to re lievo tho young woman from har di lemma. But now that thoy wero dis covered by tho Indians tholr prospects scorned far less flattering than when they first started out. Stratcgcm was tholr only hopo. To mako tho Indians bellevo that thoy had abandoned tho chase and, thus throwing them off their guard, ap proach tho camp by stealth at night and rcscuo tho woman was tuo plan they formed. So In full view of tho Indian thoy saluted them as If bidding them good bye, and turned and rodo away as If they had abandoned tho chaso. But as soon as thoy wore fairly hidden bohlnd tho rlmrocks at tho crest of tho mountain overlooking tho nlaln In which tho Indians had camp ed thoy turned down a gulch, and con tinued, cautiously, traveling in a ui rcctlon parallel to that taken by tho Indians, As already described, travol among the rlmrocks Is difficult. Opening In tho wall aro faw, and subwalls lead off In many directions. Tho travolor must needs go a zigzag courso and fre quently travol many miles out of his courso to reach a given point, so that whon night camo tho llttlo pursuing party had lost sight of tho objects of It pursuit, and tho succession of walls of rlmrocks and level plains lay alike In overy direction, Thero was but ono hopo and that was whon It grew darkor to abandon tholr horses and climb to tho top of tho highest rlmrocks and try to dis cover tho campflrcs of tho maraudors. Selecting a spot noar whero a bcop of stagnant water flowod from tho rocks, with which thoy wore compolled to quench their thirst, thoy pitchod a temporary camp and waited. A tho night grow darkor tho stars grow brighter and tho wild howls of tho coyoto rang In tho distance, Intersporsod now and than with tho weird cry of tho hungry mountain Hon. Old Kagan saw Bertha iu camp. CHAPTHIl V. Two Villains. It la tho fourth night utter the In dians attacked thu pack train, At tha Stono Houso tho l.urd of Thu Desert sits at hla accustomed plant, sipping from n Rublet of old Scotuh whlskny. Of Into year ho bus done but little besides drink from the flowing howl. Una dny ho dtmdena nit nouso of fowl ing, to rlso tho following with n keen er nppetltu and n conscience moro stinging. On this night his eyelids aro heavier than usual, his oyon look moro glassy and tho grlmncou nro deeper In his face. No wonder. If Dan Follntt, tho Canadian Frunchninn, hna followed his Instructions and old Ugnn, tho Indian chlof, has kept hla oyes open and been prompt lu action, another crime haa boon added to hla life, lie ntitre Into Urn vacant darkness and thin, so Btlll nml gloomy cm tho diwtort, re minds htm nf it distant envo lu thu rlmrocks, and the picture there cnus a shudder to como nvcMhn great friuno of Martin Lyle, tho Lord of The Desert, Tho welcome bark of tho dog, an nounces tho arrival of ono who Is not n stranger. In his pagoruusn, tho Lord of Tho Desert rises and puces tho floor, now and then stopping nt the arm chair and taking n alp from the goblet. -Presently n lank form enters tho door. Ills dark heavy eyebrows, and tho natural scowl upon IiIh faro, his rnrelesa ambling walk, depict the character of the man at n glance. But nothing over tells the Inmost thnuxhtn of Dan Follctt. Whether after victory or dofcat, or during anger or lu n hap py mood, tho oily black eyes of this man never change. It Is only when ho spenka or acts that hla mood Is known. Upon entering tho houso, and aftor greeting Its Lord, ho Boon unburdens himself. "I saw from tho smnko nbuvo tho distant rlmrocks tho evening before, said Follctt, "that, old Kgan wns ready for action, but In nplto of my oftntta tho clash camo In a wny that several Uvea of our mon woro lost. I tried to havo tho surprise o complete tlmt the girl and nnlmnls should bo taken away without tho loss of n life, but our boys were on their foot Instantly and fought brnvoly, and It was certainly n mir acle that any of them escaped nfter tbey engaged Btich odds." Then ho detailed tho circumstances of tho fight an tho reader known them. "Do you think (hern I any chance of thoso four dare-dovlls rescuing tho girl?" Inquired Lyle. "None In tho world." reptled the Frenchman. "They will either lone their lives by their foolhnrdtnesa or como In In a few days starved out. as I saw to tho fact myself that they took but few provisions with them. "How did tho girl tako her captiv ity?" Inquired tho lrd of The Desert. "I only saw her for n moment by n flash o tho camnflro after she was socurod, nnd she wore a bold look of firmness and defiance, as If she roared not even the devlln Into whoso hands she had fallen." ' flho'n a Lylo!" muttered tho Lord of Tho Desert. "This Is a costly affair, Martin," In sinuated Follctt. "Yo. I know," replied the man of wealth, "but old Kgan wanted anl main for bin mon nnd would not do tho othor work, you know, without tho horses ns ho said his mon would not bo satisfied with taking tho girl nlono." 'Tho twonty-flvo head which I am to deliver at Gray Butto and tho for ty head they got tno otnor nigiu, said- Follctt. "aro a pretty heavy tax. besides .the men wo hnvo lost. BotUr If you had let tho girl como on nnd mndo nway with hor an I did with her fathor." 'That would novor havo dono," re plied Lylo. "Tho notoriety of her vis it hero would have led to an Investiga tion, but now that tho Indian havo dono tho work It Is n natural turn of affairs In this country nnd the Ameri can's 'Uncle Sam,' will reward Kgan and bin wnrrlors hy giving thorn n renorvntlon and feeding nnd educating them. Tho Kng- llsh would reward tho wholo gang by hanging them. But enough of this. Tomorrow arrango to deliver tho twentv-flvo cnyuscs to tho old uruio. but before you do It require ponltlvo proof that ho s porrormcd nin part oi the contract, ho has to kill her, you knowl" "Ami tho doed to tho Spring Creek Valley," replied Follctt, "don't forgot that. Whllo Kgan must bo rewarded for his darnnnblo deeds, I must bo paid for my bloody onoa!" nnd he gnvo tho Lord of Tho Desert n piercing look that mndo that man of norvo shrink llko a coward. At thin tlmo Follett's companions camo In from attending to tho horses nnd tho threo repaired to tho dining room, whllo tho owner of the Stono Houso Bat down nnd drnnk and thought, nnd drnnk nnd thought. (Tobfl Continued.) A lih.OOO.OOfi Y'nl'nco. Seven hundred artisans, backed by Clarenco II. Mnckay's millions and di rected by Mrs. MackAy, have set about building near tho llttlo village of Hon- lyn, L. I., tho most beautiful country home In America. Already tho work Is well under way, and tbo wilderness of MRS. CI.AII1CNCIC MAOKAY, wooded hills Is fast becoming n laud of pet feet enchantment, Thu viistness of Mr, Mackay's plan Is airly Illus trated by tho fact that his estate Is ul. most as largo ns Central Pork, and that tho estimate of tho cost In tho end will closely border upon $5,000,000, Tho guteway, or lodge, alone will cost ll.W, 000. Tho structure Is of granite, and Is 228 feet long from cast to west and 100 foot broad from north to ninth, It will In overy way bo a ialace. unit's a Qurin nsn. 1 In di ono of tin has nt nuiuu tlimi en I en too much, but wu havo surely not gtiuo to such excess ns this IUh Iiiih, It Is t-nlled tho "bhick swallow or," nud an it nwnllnwor taken llrst place, for lln stomach Is much larger Until Its body, It will snlxu by thu tnll n llsh eight or ten times Itn own el to and work Its way over It by repeutedly sliding forward mm Jnw and then tho other. Before taking n meat tho nwal lower In a very respectable looking IIhIi, except fur a voracious wist of countenance, but nfturwnnl hu certain. ly hu thu nppi-nmiK-e of having eaten too much. Thru tho walls of bin stom ach are so stretched an to hu traiispitr cut. Later digestion begins and the swallower In turned belly upward by the Imprisoned gnn, nud bin ntoinavlt becomes n balloon, which ltftn him from tho depths of tho ocean to tho surface, and lu this helpl condition be In thrown about by the waves, per haps cast ashore and left high and dry by the receding tide, In which time ho does not swallow any more, for tllo re turning tide find him a dead llsh. Mnuoliiirln n Vnnt Lnnil. Thu most populous province of Man churia In that of iJiotung. which In penetrated by thu branch railway from Harbin to Port Arthur. For a dis tance of -I0X) miles, extending from thu Hmignrl ltlver to New-Chwnng, tbo railroad pannes through n level, will watered region, densely crowdeil with population nml under the highest state of cultivation, Thu total Kipulatlnii of Mnnchurln I variously lliimtfd from 10.000.000 to 2r.MXM0. but there neemn little doubt that Ijtotuug nlso hnn it population of an much nn 12.OOO.00O, and thnt tho total cannot be much lenn than 20,000, 000. These, however, nro largely Chi nese. The Manchun are n fading ran, their suereiM In arms having, an In often tho ease, led to their ultimate decay, fnr ever since the Kntitbllnhmvnt of thu Mnuchii dynasty at Pektu, In IDH, they have ln-en itrnwu In largo numbers to IVkln nml to tbo garrisons stationed In nil the prlncliml Chlmwu towns. Here, living n comparatively Idle life and depending largely umiii pensions from tho general government for their support, tbey havo becotnu enervated, whllo the quality of those left behind lu Mnnchurln ban ilcpn-clnU'd in char acter. Thu Chinese, on the other hand, have gradually luvnded Mnnchurln till tbey carry on nearly nil of Itn luminous and HWiirm lu all the centers of impu tation. Griidunlly tbey nre bringing under cultivation thu vast ureas of fer tile lnnd which under thu Mnnchus had been devoted to pasture or left to run to waste. Not NrOflKnarlly Coiiuernrtl. One of tho bent known of our Circuit Court Judges had an enemy, n lawyer, who hud once tx-en U iiiisuecoMsful op ponent. In politics lu one of tho town on bin round, and wan generally nub Jected to some affront when hu ruaulicd there. The lawyer look no Utile palim to roueeal bin contempt, that onu of tho Judge's friends wan moved to ask: "Why don't you squelch B? Ho neeiln it" Tho Judge laid knife nnd fork ncrnss bin plate, folded his hands nnd seem ingly apropos of nothing at all, said: "Up In my homo town there's n widow with an ugly ynllcr dog that, whuiiover there In moonlight, sits on her stoop nud howls till tho town can't sleep, and generally keeps It up till day. light" Ho then resumed his dinner. Tho friend looked ut him In nmazeinciit for n moment nnd then luqulriili '.'Well, what of It?" "Well," snld the Judge, slowly, "tho moon keeps right on." Philadelphia TlmcH. Tlio Alxxln nfyKoliia, From the I.lpitrl Inlnndn of mythol ogy, tha abode of Aeolus, tho ruler of tho winds, and tho scene of his meeting with Ulysses, to tbo Llparl Islandn of to-dny Is a very far cry Indeed, There nre no hotels, and tbo Islands nre llttlo known to tourists, while the thirteen thousnnd Inhabitants are almost In u Unto of primitive and patriarchal sim plicity. They tender their services vol untarily nn guides and refuse payment. regarding all visitors as their guests. Thu donkey Is thu only means of loco motion, horses being unknown In the Island. Fixliiu the Illume. Thu Piirson-I'm surprised to learn that you nro suing your husband for dlvorcu. Aro you not nwuru of thu fact thnt marriages are mndo In heaven? Young Wlfo-Somo nro, perhaps, but heaven Isn't responsible for ours? Thu Parson And why not, pray? Young Wife Decnusu I got my hus band through n matrimonial agency. llulnfiit Himliuoil, Cicero Jloko I camo to tola vo'. ma'am, dilt Luov Ilrmvn. wlm ,l,.n lcnbo yo' ylstlddy, atu' gwluu lib out no urn, 'icnso sno married mo to dav. Mrs, Hiiuskeep Indcedl Well? Cicero Moko-Well, I fought mubho yo' might let her do yo wnslilu', I'm -a driimmlii' up tnido fo' her dls inoru-In'.-Now York Weekly. " Not Worried by Tliem, Mamma Johnny, when you told mo that that Suvcr boy throw nlonus at you, you did not tell mo that It was nftor you had thrown stones at him, Johnny I wasn't afraid of tho stone I threw nt him, mu; It was only the ones coming my way that I wim scart of. -Boston Transcript. It In easier to bear of good luck thuu to SCO It -