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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1903)
t Bohemia Nugget imWAittt & iiuowN, mi.. COTTAGE GROVE OREGON. i nc irisn wno pnws iu itm Hnhnra rt.-evrt In a U,.UbvJi sand. the Hxcpplbms prov (lip tnlo; tint's why the goideu rule I 60 llrmly ostftbllMied. When the president of n bank dies from "Insufficient circulation" the out' look la Indeed gloomy. It enst Tincln fih'Ifi Sl.2TiO.000 fill ml nlly to predict that to-morrow will bo fair. And then It Is likely to ram. Tlio real backing of the Monroo doe- trlno la the American ncoiilc. but n good navy, of course, helps some. Max Nordau's latest cheerftU predic tion Is unlvcrsal.wnr. As n prophet. Max Is not cxoctly.a howling comedian. Pattl will make another tour, of tho United Slates for fl0O.O0O. This, of course, she docs purely In the Interests of art. There Is every reason to believe that large diamond fields exist north of Pre toria. And yet sonic people Insist that war doesn't payl Dr. Lyman Abbott rather likes the newspapers. Ilvldcntly, the Rood doc tor hasn't been doing anything that he Is afraid to bare found out. 'un The name of n farmer appears on n 'a rfllt 'a,ut transfer as 11. Wojclechow , ;skl. That Is not a name to crawl 's, through a barbed Wire fence with. M Tho Navy Department wants 5,000 i Wstern bays for our new ships. After iv this It will be hanjfor the ablc-todlcd Western lioy to furnish a good excuse - for not being a hero. . Uncle Sam now bas a gun that will burl a IB-Inch projectile twenty-one nijlcs. It. Isn't guaranteed, however, to bit nnythlng smaller than the Atlan tic Ocean at that distance. ThVncw charge d'affaires from Ger- many remarks that the press of that country and the United States Is free. I This Joke will be richly appreciated by thoso German editors who have been sent to Jail or bad their papers confis cated for lose majeste. m Trlnie Minister Wltte says Russia a has to spend too much on ber army to 0 spare enough for education. Of course this Is In darkest Russia. But how f about Hnglarid, who has to trade with the church for school buildings while Bhe spends millions sterling for uulni- proved real estate at the other end of i$ the enrth? Truffle In children has two sides. A young woman doctor having charge of ? a mission hospital In Soochow was re , cently visited by two young Chinamen carrying a wee baby girl. They were much embarrassed and very awkward . with their charge. They had found f It In n straw but. Its mother dying; ' and taking pity upon the baby, had bought It for ten dollars. Having no ,? women relatives, they had taken entire charge of It themselves, and at last, that it might have a fair start In life, bad brought It to the American bospl , tal for 'treatment Doing It "unto the least of these," did not the so-called heathen Chinee do It unto Him? Trofessor ZImmer, of Berlin, who Is a very wise man, has been Investigat ing the causes of insanity among women, and has reached the conclu sion that with the coming of women in competition with men must follow a tremendous Increase of Insanity among women. It sounds reasonable. And It hurts. The man who Is a real man feels sorry every time be sees a frail woman patiently doing labor that would tax tbo strength and endurance of a man. Nature didn't plan It that way. Nature failed to make for ber the big bones and strong muscles that are needed. And there Is the food question. You see the girl who works bard quietly take a seat In the" restau rant and order tea and rolls. She fits her lunch to ber purse, not to her needs. She doesn't provide enough fuel for ber body, because she cannot; nnd at 0 o'clock, when the store closes or tho factory wheels are still, she goes home with a raging headache and tortured brain, and worries when she should be sleeping. Yes, It Is easy to see that more women are going Into madhouses, and It Is not easy to lind a remedy. Business Is heartless. It doesn't take much account of sex. It demands more, and always more. It cries for Increased elllclency and great er energy In the schoolroom, otllce, factory. It Is never satlBtled. The world respects tho business woman, and recognizes her efficiency. It knows she can do most thtilgs as well as a man, and many things better. But the thinking part of It remembers the tired faces of the army that Is going home .from work; searches almost In vain 'for smiles, and hopes and prays that tho day will come when tbo need for and tbo needs of tho woman In busi ness will be less keen, nnd the lot of tho mothers of a coming generation be less bard. Tho best present a woman can glvo herself Is a good friend. The first step toward that Is that she should show herself friendly. No real companion Tmlp ever comes to tho woman who Is cool or reserved. Tho world has Jeer ed for so long at tho friendship possi ble to women that they are themselves hardly yet Inclined to tnko such friend ship seriously. Still, tho intimacies of life In women's colleges and the com munity of Interest in women's clubs hnvo undoubtedly done much to open to tho solitary sex tho enchanted "ECBjinrt of friendship. The briefest ex perience proves that friendship takes time. No real communication Is es tablished between two women whllo ono sits ou tho edgo, of a chair, furred, bonneted and gloved, nnd tbo other rouutg tbo minutes by the clock beforo ilio may bo released to go back to ber llteruoon task. Tlio hour or unuur ied leisure beforo the open Are or tho long wnk over country ro.ids may not produce as glib talk as the formal call, but they foster acquaintance as that ceremony never can, Out ot real friendship there will never como Irrl tatlon with work, discontent Willi household condition, or cheapened, ties In any rolntlonof life The good friend becomes by the fai t ot being uood friend a better Mster, daughter, wife, mother If she does not bring forth this fruit of friendship It may bo sus pected that she, Is cherishing only n make-believe, and not the genuine ar ticle. When the real seed springs tip, it produces the flower of life. Kuicrson somewhere says that It makes no dif ference in looking back tvc yearn how we have been fed or dressed or lodged. These things are quickly forgotten, and leave little or no trace. But It counts much whether during that tlm. wo havo been companioned, nnd how. Is tho sword to go out of modem warfarol Colonel Arthur I Wagner, who was chief umpire at the recent Fort UUey maneuvers, thinks the sword has no practical value. Among otnet things ho Is reported as saying: "In many cases tho first Indication of the opposing force was given by the flash ing of a bright scabbard In the sun light. In the hands of military men, under the existing conditions ot war fare, a sword is simply on antiquated nuisance retained only because of the conservatism that might ns well re tain tho cuirass, the merlon or the spontoon." While we are mora accus tomed to the pen than the sword and may b accused of being partial, we are, says the Chicago Journal, lucllned to believe that Colonel Wagner Is right. Wc do not recall any heroic sword play In the war with Spain, al though we have vivid recollections of the deadly work of tho niausor bullets. Beforo the day of repeating rifles, self- cocking revolvers, and rapld-flrlug guns of all sorts, the sword was doubt-Move less a good weapon. Certainly It has ... n Inrr-n nlnro In iwwtrr nml mmnnrfl and a rvputntlon for drinking blood, Wo have heard so much ot "the trusty . sword," "tho flashing blade, " and " tne avenging sword," that it is hard to ' believe that the time has come to put this famous weapon on the antlqua-J biers, nre.of the same ran, H ciassea uy moral iiminc rian's shelf. The trouble with a swonl tlons." and ns conduct, which Is the true test of morals. Is Is that It requires a brave man to car- the mark of the gentleman, the possession of mouey or ry It Into thrusting distance. Before' Place in the world cannot make a gentleman, nor tho lack any foolhardy man could do that, the ', of them debar any one, however humble his station, from inillot would ret In Its work. Even In the ranks of the gentleman. There Is n grace, a beauty of the case of a sudden attack and a fight j at close quarters a revolver Is much to be preferred to the older weapon. For reasons of sentiment and poetry the advantages or me, yet iiwcus on me morni unsis as me war departments may find It advisable Indispensable quality In his characterisation of the gentle to continue the sword a few years man: the man who realizes his Ideals In practice and np longer before turning It over exclusive-' piles the Golden Bule to conduct: ly to the stage, the secret societies, and tho German universities. Take the sword out of war and you lose much of the sentiment and poetry of the game Influences needed to get men to go to war. As to the practical value of the swonl military men. we believe, will privately admit that It has none, The time Is not far distant for the re- sip. Is scrupulous In Imputing motives to thoso who later alization of the old prophecy: "They ' fere with him, nnd Interprets everything for the best." shall beat their swords Into plough- shares." I WAS A NOTED WRITER. Death of Julian TJulpli, Who 8aw Service In Manx Land. Julian Ralph, who died In New York recently, was a noted war and special correspondent, who had traveled through many lands and flgured as a chronicler in many epocu - in a. k i u & events. At the age of 13 Ilalph, who was born In New Abrnm a Hewitt, statesman, Toll York In 1833, en- tlclun anil Manufacturer, tered the compos- A notable llgurc of the metropolis, Ing room of the who had from an bumble beginning al lied Bank (N. J.) talned national prominence passed Standard to learn printing. He soon jilian n.vLrit. developed Into a writer, nnd at the age of 10 founded a paper of his own In the New Jersey town. In 18J0 he became connected with newspaper work In New York. His assignment to cover tho Beecber trial In 1875 was the turning point In bis career. His particular assignment was "scenes and Incidents In the trial room. His worn aitractea ine atten tion of Charles A. Dana, and Ralph was soon a member of the Sun staff. Some of the best work of his career was performed while on this paper. He wrote whole pages In the Snn descrlb- Ing the funeral of General Grant, Cleveland's first Inauguration, and untim nf tlm Inlernntlnnnl vncht race, For twenty years Ilalph retained bis ..nniwdnn with Run sfnfr. n,l wn its legislative correspondent at Albany for a time. in irju i,o urn a n rncinmi Uv n prominent New York publishing house. Ten years later be went to China during that country's war with Japan, and described that struggle, This short stay In China resulted In the publication of "Alone In China." Ills work took him Into Itussla, India nnd tho Black sea country. He also reported tbo Turkl.h-Greek war, the diamond Jubilee of Victoria In 1897 . 1 " rr, " V. , .hi and the coronation ceremonies of the present Czar. During the Boer war be attached himself to the commands of Lord Itoberts and General Methuen, and it Is said that his criticism of tho Boera was more bitter than that of any London Journalist Last March Ilalph returned to this country. i John null's Idea or Humor. A solicitor went out shooting ducks -or rather, looking for ducks-one day last wecg una never got a reamer, Landing at London Bridge station, ho purchased a brace before taking tho train for home. I My dear," said his wife, coming from the kitchen next morning with one of tho birds In her baud, "wns this duck very far up when you shot I It?" "Ob, no, quite low quite low," r- piled tbo sportsman. Ah, then peruaps you snot tne poor thing when it was dead," said tLo lady, sweetly, 'for it's 'high enough 1 now. Smell It I" Spare Moments. Convalescent Homes. It Is proposed to erect state conval escent homes In Austria for anaemic children and those whoeo weakened condition renders tbctn liable to con sumption. OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS Need of Leisure. A" MUItlCANS need holidays, but strenuous life, especially for the women. It 1. not only for our physical welfare tlmt we should seek to labor for only a reasonable hvngtii of time each day. but for the Intellectual welfare of the whole nation. Udsure for cultivating the lime amenities or mi ls absolutely necessary. We must have time to study the art of playing. We need to take time to read, to study, to reflect. Tho highest enjoyments of life win from Intel lectual associations and accomplishments, but If one bus no time to attend to them he must miss their whole Import. The uplifting or the laboring classes nnd the Improvement of their physical conditions must come through this leaven ing of tho whole mass with culture. Without that time to read nnd observe what good will all tho art museums and public libraries and cheap papers amount to? We hnve nil these today In abundance, and every year they are being placed more generally at the disposal of nil. but men ami women worn out with druiWery of toll cannot appre ciate them. Worked up to the full limit of strength and endurance, what circs a man or n woman for science, art, music or literature? There must first plus strength enough to make use of thoso great iieuenis conferred by modern civilisation. Ledger Monthly. ChnriKtcr of Gentleman. It. JOHNSON said that a man's appear from his pleasures, since no man Is a hypo crite In his amusements; so the character of the gcutlemnu will be disclosed by his admirations, and. and. therefore, a moral philosopher enjoined his hearers In his lectures to admire the good as a duty: "Love Innocence, love virtue, love purity of conduct, love that which If you nre rich and great will sanctify the. blind for- ' tune which has inane you so. ami " j.."-. that which, if you are poor, will render your poverty ' respectable and make the proudest feel It unjust to laugh ' . .... - ... . I.r. flint wlt'oh w II at lue lliciiuui-s; Ul juu, ivti""'-. comfort and adorn you nnd uever quit will make your motive uauuuauy k-r.ni uuu uuuuinuv. . , .. ... .......... .. .1. .t ....1.1a .lla.lnlna nt ,1m nuu iigiii up m uu uuuuu u ............ ... .... very thought of mennness nnd fraud." It Is said that "nil honest men. whether counts or cob- conduct, depending on education, knowledge of the world, long training, and self-culture, and Cardinal Newman In depleting n gentleman of this kind, who has had all tho "It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say he Is one who never Inflicts pnln. He carefully may cause a Jar or a Jolt In the minds of he Is cast nil clashing of opinion or collision of feeling, nil restrajnt or suspicion or gloom or resentment, his great concern being to make every one nt cose. of favors while he does them, and seems to be receiving when he Is conferring. He has no ears Philadelphia Public Ledger, Value of Human Life. A WIFE got $100,000 damages ln"n the di'nth of- her husband In tho tunnel accident. The suit was lor f"00.000. It was based on the alle gation that the man's life had a nmnnnf frnm tho flirt that he ,, . i,r this nrrldi nt nnd ?00 000 had been awarded, but $100,000 Is said to bo ., n ini The fact Is well recognized Hint the Teg of mcn have n casIl vnuc Base(j on HAD A NOTABLE CAREER. away In the dtath of Abram S. Hewitt. Mr. Hewitt died at bis home in New York after a brief Illness and bis de mise marks the close of an Interesting ca reer. Abram Stevens Hewitt was born In Haverstrnw, N. Y July 31, 1822, anil aiiiiam s. Hewitt. Ills early education was acquired In the public schools of New York City. At a special examlna- Hon, he gained u scholarship at Colum- bla University and he was graduated In 112 nt the bend of his class. Ills life In college was a rounu or hnrd work, all his time, when bo was not studying, being taken up with teach lug. uy wnicn means ue sui porieu mm- A'ter ul" uruuuuwuii, ue icuiuiucu at Coluinblu for a year as un assist- tuor',ncVn,B, BS P'0'"8?' ot atbe ' . uwu he studied law and was ndml ted to ine uar nc roiiowiug year. n'mig .. practice soon after, and he then entered " tu uusIn,W8 w,,len brou8''t ulm Prominence, hlMf- it associated himself with his brother-in-law, I'etcr Cooper, In tho ron business und his great ability and , f, h flrm b f , . .. ,r)l " . , . . ,,.,.., ,rn iP,,Ar. n,t ,u,,norU t0 ,)e U8ed , flro.proof oulm. , aD(1 brU(Mi At , outbrcak of the c,vU war went , Klglani l0 Icarn the process of making gun barrel iron, American processes not yielding 'satisfactory results, and on returning i. .imwed his nntrlotlsm bv funiiahlni: tile untcd States government with mntcrlnl during the war nt a heavy i0Ba j0 lis firm. He Introduced many aens Into the manufacture of Iron which have greatly cbeapend tho cost 0f production nud placed American Iron producers at the head In the world's markets. ' Mr. Hewitt took an active Interest in politics In the metropolis. He wns elected to Congress lu 1874 ana served until 1880. In October of tlio lutter year, no was me uemucruwi: i-uuuiuuib for Mayor of New York, nenry ueorgo nud Theodore Roosevelt being his op- poiicnts. He wns elected after a memo rlablo strife and served his term most ccceptnbly. Mr. Hewitt was Chair man of the Democratic National Com mittee In 1870. Ho visited tho Paris Exposition as one of the 10 United States Commissioners appointed for the purpose. they need also a loss T HI! Industrial bo leisure nud sur about $10,000,000 were divided In psoitis. While some well known traveling retailers, who hnvo their stores In tho principal cities of tho United Kingdom, have tho benellt of extensive advertising, the retail stores under the direction of local organisations havo made even greater progress. A combination of eoiiMimers may bo called a trust, but there Is a difference twtui-m trust which divide their profit among consumer and trusls which ndrnnro prices to con sumers nnd divide protlts nmoiig a few stockholders. The real character would defect lu the organisation of American Industrial corpora tions Is lu their excessive capitalisation. Were the stock they offer to the public represented by an Investment equal to their fnce value, the people would becomo stockhold.'rs ... . - ,. . -I.... ,1. A t.tlfu lint IhU t.lun " " you; that whlih buy shares ut nn Inflated valuation shnrcs will ilepreclato lu market value to a point which will attract the dollar of the people. San rriitictsco Bulletin. Tito K should th belief avoids whatever thoso with whom He makes light for slander or gos- Undo r UK Tostotllco new York court for cash value to this earned $30 000 n venr dnmn-rps nf Ktivms) with postal affair. tut, coming capac- at many Important Mr. Hewitt was a frequent spenker colled upon to give their evidence, on subjects connected with finance, With the exception of a childish In labor and the development of national cllnntlon to wander from the main resources, and the United Htntes geo- point nt Issue, a tendency which In at logical survey owes Its existence prln- tempting to curb, ntTorded the attor clpally to an address delivered by him neys In the ense nu opportunity for In Its favor. In, 187(1, he was elected president of the American Institute of .Mining Unglnecrs. The plan of Cooper Union, the society for the advancement of science and art which bas become one of the leading organizations In New York, wns dovlsed by a Board of Trus tees of which Sir. Hewitt was the ac tive head and ns Its secretary he de voted for over a quarter of o century a vast amount of time nnd labor for Its success. DAVY CROCKETT'S EXERCISE. How the I acknoodaman Kept from Freexlnjr to Death. From the "Life and Adventures of Davy Crockett," as related by himself. one gathers tho Impression Hint tho sturdy old backwoodsman of Tennes- see was prouder of tho number of bears bo had klltod than of the num ber of votes which bo afterward re ceived for Congress. On ono occasion, during a winter In which he secured 10.") bears, he devlsod a novol wny to save himself from freezing. I managed, ho say, to get my bear out of this crack (an carthquako seam), after several hard trials, and then lay down and tried U sleep. But 1 suffered very much from cold, os my leather breeches nnd everything else I had on were wet and frozen. My flro was bnd, and I couldn't And any thing that would burn well. I camo to tho conclusion that I should freeze If I did not warm myself In some way by exercise. I got up and shouted a while, and then I began Jumping up and down with nil my might, ami throw myself Into all sorts oppositions. But all this wouldn't do, for my blood wns now gottlng cold and the chills coming all over me, I wa so tired, too, that I could hardly walk; but I thought I would do tho best I could to save my life, and then If I died, nobody would bo to blamo. I went to a treo about two feet through, with not a limb on It for thirty fcot, nnd I climbed up to the limbs. Then I locked my nrms to gother around it and slid down to the bottom. This tnndo tho Insldcs of my legs ond arms feel mighty warm nnd good. I continued this till daylight, and how often I climbed up my trtt nud slid down again I don't know, bin I reckon at least a hupdred tlmos. FUN IN A JUSTICE'S COUnT. Itetort of Neiiro to Magistrate Create Mirth, and HJectlon Are Ncceasary, A case wns being tried In a down town courtroom recently, In which an Italian and a number of negroes were witnesses. Tho negroes were Hist Ilv of the individual. A grout ninny men eairy life Insur ance of $100,000 nnd mine, but this fact perhaps tests on another basis, as presumably the Insurance company does not liHik nl the earning capacity of the men ns .nib. but considers only generally the question of credit nnd buses the Insurance on bis physical condition, ngo nnd willingness to undertake the wllcy. The court case seems In go more directly to the Individual' money -earning capacity a quality. Quito likely the Jury's xerdlct wn not si) pure as this; It U not Improbable that hostility to railroads hsd something to do with It. At all events. It establishes the principle of assessment of n man's life on earning rapacity, nnd opens, one would think, n very pretty question "Win in the one that Is rccognl.td In freight carriage. - ludlunspolls News. ho Kliult of IrinW. trusts nro being fought In Ureal llrltnln by voluntary co-operative organisation under in control of consumers. There nro now about l.ftOO retail vuvcratlvc societies In that country. Their sales Inst year exceeded jajO.000.000 In value, nnd nun, ns such, fcvi ihi-u -uwiv ... iv .,v..,.. . would afford promoters no other prollt than their Invest- , ment would entitle them to. There would bo no V0J0.tk0 , or $10,000,000 for the service of promoter, lit the course of time It I probable that tho water will le squcesed out ( of these Industrial corporation. If tlie public refuse to Pulpit ind tho Pew. llko to plead for a llttlo morn courngij pulpit, both In dealing 'Ml dllllculius nnd In dealing with question of duty and practical conduct. Wc nio all la menting the disappearance of Sunday; cm It be said that all our congregation hnve bad clear teaching about tho principles on which Sunday obscrvnuce should be based nud the practical rules which must bo kept In order to secure opportunities of rest nud wo ship nil round? Is there not great timidity lu treating mauy other questions of "applied Christianity," sneh as tho conditions under which manufactures are carried on. tbo responsibili ties of Investors, and the stewardship of wealth? Thorny subject all of them, no doubt, but the penally for shlrklua them Is the Inevitable forfeiture of the respect nnd sym pathy of the men who nro lu earnest, the men who dis trust n religion that appears In any wny to divorce Itself from tho practical guidance of life. toudon Guardian. Sam's Uuslnes Method. Department of tho United States was considered a good deal of nn Institution before tlx Civil War. In IMS Us receipt were $0,000,000. In 1802 they were $8.00.000. Ijist year they were $121,800,000. The receipts of the department have trebled since ISSi They hnve Incrensul $.".0,000,000 In leu years, and lu the same lime the nnnunl ilcnVIt has fallen from $11,000,01)0 to $'J.OiNl,dO0. These lire big figure ou n big subject. If the nbuse lu the m)IiiI business can be ro formed, no dllllciilty will bo exiM-rlenced In making receipt and expenditures balance. Congress should deal promptly They touch tho welfare of tho people polnt.-SL Iuls Olobe-Pemocrnt. strenuous effort, their testimony wns finally given to the entire satisfaction of all coticcrnid. Then rnme the Italian. Ills first move brought nn expression of dis may and perplexity to tho faces of his legal Inqusltor. Without prelude or provocation ho began In the most ex cited manner to pour forth n perfect torrent of Italian. Tho perplexity of the attorneys was clearly shared by the presiding magistrate, whose lin guistic attainments ended with a knowledge of hi mother tongue. He was completely tnkeu aback, and so plainly did his face express bis feeling Hint one of the darkle, Immensely tickled by the oddity of the situation, bust Into a loud guffaw. Instantly the Judicial eyo was bent upon the offender with threatening severity, nnd tbo mag isterial voice fairly boomed through the suddenly quiet room. - "Htimd up, sir! Stand up!" Trembling from the consequences probably attendant upon his want of respect, the culprit obeyed amid an Im pressive silence. "Sir," asked the Judge, with an omin ous frown, "can you dcslgiinto anyone here who speaks Italian?" Half fright ened out of his wit by the terrlblo possibilities which ho Imagined to be consequent upon his failure to point out such a person, tho darky rolled his eyes fearfully In tho direction of the Italian nud designating tho bitter with a trembling forefinger stammered lu tremulous tones: "Ynls, sub, Judge, younh lionnh, dnt man do." Order wns only restored nfter threo if tho spectators who could not, or would not, control their mirth hod been ejected from tho crowded courtroom. Woman wlih I'biglneerlng; Ability Two mines In the Umpire district In Clear Creek county, Colorado, which nro classed ns good paying ones, nre owned by women, Ono of them be longs to two Boston stenographers, who went to Colorado on a vacation tour, bought a prospect, began to work It themselves and eventually developed It Into ono of tho best producers of low grade, oro In tho d 1st rice. In the same district a Colorado woman can bo seen superintending Hie timbering, blasting and nil tho operations of a working mine of which sho Is the owner. l.'asy. Lady You look llko n hard drinker. Tramp No, iiin'nm, tlinfa tho easi est thing I do. Baltimore American. I It Is too bad that people who gossip' a great denl do not occasionally shut down for lack of fuel. . 1 mrmi I "ooNK JUST TWtlNTY YCAilS, I t.H.H..m I'ii niter Itrtiirna Afltr tlultm lint to I'svit the I lik'l.cin, Ablel l'nteli wn n soldier In tlu flvll Wnr nnd lieu tlio wnr ended he returned ' Id" imllvo place, llm Innd. VI. There ho wns man led a row your Inter, lie bought a good farm nud with his wife lived there happily nearly fifteen year. Ity Industry he ni-qulrt'tl n goodly iimillllll of properly I'lilch took u pan of corn nl I p. in. Dee. '.'7. ISS'J. nud slarleii Tor (lie putil try limine to feed Ills hens. Whin he did not return for supper hi wife hunted all uver tho place ror lilm, but lu vain. The next day a searching pally wns formed by I lie lielgliblir nnd the foiet for itillixt nrouinl were scoured, but without lludliig a linre of the missing limn. After a few duya Hie nmi rili wn ubnndiiiieil. No letter ever cnuie nor wn any Inkling of I lie whereabout of I'atch ever lecoUed. While Mr, l'nteli wn preparing for nipper the oilier evening there wn u rap nt the door. Shu opened the door. Hid nu old man with n long, gray N-anl Hlcppctl lu. There wn uollilug ihoiil hi fnco or II K ii re that looked familiar to Mr, l'nteli, nud when the old mini told her bu wns Ablel I'atrh the thtiught he wn playing u prank uu ber. When he showed her a pe eulliir linger ring which ber hiiHlmud had always worn and the scar of n se vere bullet wound on the side of III head which he received nl fold llnr Imr lu the Civil War there wn no fur ther doubt of hi Identity. "I left home localise I wanted V. clti-iu "nl." hi Id I'alili Inter lu explain ing hi long nbseuce. '1 got tired of fanning nud started out Into the wood. I have liven nil over the for est of Northern Vermont, New llamp hire nnd Miilne. nud have killed hun dred of deer nnd iiiikmc. 1 didn't Intend ever to come lutrk, and I hiqivit my wife would mnrry ngiilu. but I heard n little while ngo Hint sho hadn't. I. thought I would see tier once more before I died. Tho winter hnve Ikh'U pretty cold lately and I couldn't stand It mhcli longer lu tho wood." l'ntch did not think his. wife would welcome til in home, but, n she hn done so, he say he wfll remain. ACCIDENTS WILL OE FEW. lloiitile-Tracklnu Hnllv.nr" I Deduc ing tli llaiiucra nf Travel. In onler Hint he might see the Im provement uinile of lain year lu the rallvtny service uf the Country tlm first train dispatcher hn sent order by telegraph when employed on n er ! moiit line recently uinile a trip un one uf the leading Southern railroad and wns nuked to tell what be thought was the greatest advance lu American railroading the modern loconiiitlxe, the heavier rnll. Hie signal system, the Impruved car, the new mailtx!, the automatic brake or the lie if meth ods uf switching. Allowing nil the lin portnuce of all these, ho declared tint chief Improvement lu the wifely, rrlur Ity nud prufll In American railroading 1 lo bo the present system of doubly tracking which I being steadily ex te'ndeil to nil inntii Hue of the country. I At tho beginning of 1111 there were lir.'.ooo miles uf main or single track on the railroad of the United Wales ' und 12.000 mile nf second track. Ten year before that there were I .MM km mile of main or alugle and 8.000 mile of double track. In tho ten year Intervening the amount of doiibln track Increased AO per cent, while tho amount of single track Increased ten than 2fi. AI Hie present ratio of growth In a few year tho chief railroad system will have their main linen nil double trucked, nil the branch, subsidiary ami feeding line, which constitute a very large part of every railroad system, do nut require double track service. On n slngle-trnck line having n large business tho running of train nn schedule time I practically liupi. bio nnd tho danger of accident by col lision or derailment I much greater. A single breakdown paralyze the whole line nud the maintenance nf sidings I n continual Hem of cost re quiring great cure In operation. For nil threo reason double truck ing lias come to bo considered nu es sential to up-to-ihtto railroad service. There were even, nt the Inst roiiiputii Hon, 1,200 miles of third truck ou ' American railroads nnd IKK) mile nf fourth track. Tho remainder of tho mileage Is mndo up uf siding nnd yard track. In Kngllsli Hlyle. Curious customs nro started by tliu French lu tho endeavor lo be like tho F.ugllsh lu some of their ways, For Instance, among the middle clusse, when n special dinner I given In tho "Kngllsh style" tho length of the din I Ing table I loaded with Immense) dish cs, their shape and form each Indi cating their content, In tho same wny ns the rounded cover of n cheese dish, lu "tlio form of n cheese, tells It own story. One of theso dishes will bo butter colored, and rounded knobs, rep resentutlvo of plain boiled potatoes, will ornament the cover; another of green nnd whllo will hnvo raised cab bage leaves running over, whllo yet nnothur Is all In ridges, Indicative, of n bundle of asparagus, Tlio wells of tho dishes themselves nro nil treated lu tho snmo wny, and tho coloring, roughly speaking, Is correct. I For tlio llonnllt of tho Blind. I Ono of thu Interesting features of tho Library of Congress Is tho depart ment for tho blind, where books nnd special accommodations nro furnished. At frequent Intervals rending, recita tions nnd music nro given hy promin ent society folk for tho benefit of tho blind who visit tho lllunry. I'riiinliient men nud women luko pleasure In set ting nsldu a portion of their tlnio to rend to the nllllcted or to entertain them, nnd It Is considered qullu nu honor to recclvo nu invitation from tho librarian. I'eppernilnt lor Insomnia. A physician, writing to u London medical Journal, declared Hint tho lltuls peppermint wnter nn elllclent remedy for sleeplessness. Tho theory of Its action Is believed to ho founded on lis effect In withdrawing blood from the bruin by nttriicllng it fuller uw to tho stomach. OLD f FAVORITES f r-K-r Out uf the Old II c. Nsiiei. Out uf tlm old house, Nsiicy moved up into tint new, All Hi hurry nnd vuirry Is Just as good si thruituli Only Isiiunlvii duty remains for jotl nun I . And that's to tnml ou tint doorstep hrr, , nl hid the el, I turn.,, good-hy. I'robalily you rrnisiidier how rich wn was Hist liliiht, Whrn ,w0 vr. rttrljr ..tiled, an' hsd . , '' snug Slid Huliti reel proud si you plessi, Nancy. oer our house that', new, Hut we felt n proud under llil. u, roof, sail good desl prouder, too, Norer a hslillsoinir home wsi seen ti- nestli Hi .tint Kitchen and psrlur slid bedroom we hsd 'sin nil In one; And the fsl old wooden clock, Hist w botutlit when we rniua West, Was tli'kln' swnr In the corner there, and dolu' II letel best. Tree, was sll nrouinl ui, wlil.perlu' cheerlu1 words; IaiiuI bi Ihn squirrel' rhsttur, snd sweet Hi iihiki of bird.; And home grew sweeter and hrlihter our courns began to mount Aud Ihlnjie looked hearty slid lisiijr Ilivli, slid work appeared lo count. Then our first born baby a regular III' He.Jny. Ttiounh I fretted little becau.ii It wasn't a hoyi WVli't she little flirt, thfttisb, with all her pouli ami .tulles T Why, settler, row to ire that show s half a duseu inllre. Yonder sat the cradle homely, home- liimln tiling And many a night I rockrd It, rul.llu' you would sin; And many a Utile mutter brought up with in to tsy And an that cradle, for many a )enr, wn never put away. Yre, s deal ba. happened tu make tlil- uld Imu.e dear) C'lirUlMiln', funeral.. wedilln'--wlisi haven't we had herej Not log In Hill InllMIn' but It mem ' rl ha. got, And net nail Ui thl. oM Beer hut touches a tender .pet Out uf the old koine. Nancy mered i.p Into the new; All the hurry ! werry I Just good . throng; Hut I tell you a tiling right bete, that I I Bin I .banted ta say, .There' precious thin. In tld. old house ue never can lake away. Will Uarletm. THEN JIMSON WENT TO BED. I Jn.t llecall.e He Had No Wnnte lu Hi- Itlilulr lispre.e tile Feelluua. Young Jlmsoii and hi wife went out to the country tho other Saturday, tell . lug the domestic that I hey would aM-ntl the night at Jliunn' brother'. Arriving there, they found Hint Jim sou' brother' famlly-lii-biw bad de ' sceudeit uhiii him from nil parts nnd 111 leglotl. i Slant llirie we not emu n iiinntel-pliH-e tu sleep on; so after dinner they camo liutne. "I'lme give mo the key." said Jim sou, nt the tup nf the fifth flight. "Of course Knlle I uut." "Jlminle, 1 gnve you the key lh' morning, nnd told you particularly not tu lose It." "Ye." snld Jlnison, "anil called mo back when I wns halfway down stair and took It bark. Where I 111" "On the bureau, of rotirse." snld Mr. Jlnuum cheerily. "Isn't II nleo Hint I remember where It I. I inn Jut ee where I put It." "If you had nn X-ray to put through nn X-ray door, n well n X-ray eye." said J I in son, with gloom, "It might txi better. Can your Roentgen mlml sug cost nnv method of getting Into our ' peaceful hnmel" "1 hnvo It!" cried Mrs. Jlmsnn, clop I ping ber hand. "You know the Smnll hnve Just gone out uf thu opposite npnrtineutl Well, you go through there and uut nu their lire escape lo ours, nud then open tho kitchen win dow." "Yes," snld Jlmson, "that's nice. Ka tlo always locks and bars the window when I hnvo no key, and leaves It wide open when I have mine nnd your nnd hers nud two or three spnru one. Oh, ye, that's n flno scheme," "Now. dun't get sarcastic. AH you'vo got to do I to tnko my dlnmoud ring , nnd cut out n little sqitnra In thu gins to put your hand through nnd then unlock tlm cntch." "Your whnt ring?" retorted .Unison. "Do you think Hint gins can bu cut with gins such ns " i "It's, the engngement ring you gnvo me," snld Mrs. Jlmson mildly. "'flint's It," replied Jin "Inter rupting again. If you. had let tne tin Uh I was going to say that I wouldn't spoil a line diamond by trying to cut common or garden glass with It. You annoy mo terribly sometimes, Mr, Jlmson." Mrs. Jlmson remnlned discreetly si lent for n few moments whllo Jlmson glowered nt the door. "You might break tho gins, you know," sho finally hinted. Jlmson departed grimly, nnd soon tho sound of smashing gins echoed by nil tho rut In the neighborhood wn heard. lie turned Hie cntch, opened tho window nud walked duwn the hull wiping with n dishcloth tho blood off hi hand, which ho had cut, nnd found his wlfu cheerfully lighting tlio ga. "I bent you! I bent ymi!" sho ex. claimed, gleefully. I "How did you get InJ" demnnded Jlmsnn hoarsely. "Why Just nfler you left to brenk In tho window I remembered I had told Knlle to lenvo tho door unlatched for Just such uu emergency, und I thought It would bo such fun to surprise you. I bent you I it I I bent you In!" Jlmson went to bed. New York livening 1'ost, Trade In (leiiiiany, Trudo In (Jormnny lin never been nt such u low ebb, nnd thu large town nro filled with thousand of poison out uf work. Y