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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1903)
yL, , ma's. !-tTT,'P'ft'rrtirfVTtin'T,r,ft'ft'ft'T,rrfT,,rTT,f,rTTf ft'tf't'fTtfi CIlAI'Tlilt I, Mnrl.r Autnliii'ltu .lo MduIiiIIcu Win n (run ailon of lint ulil I'ri'iicli mihleaac, wllli line feature, mill clear, pule com pli'ilmi. Theic hml lii'i'ii vivacity ninl l.rluhliicaa, iim, In iliumi brown ejea, but tin' IikIit win) kiiiik nuiv, ninl there wn Iff I wily I hi' mini iircaaliiii of rinluiiii lloii which fill In wm n II f(. f trimhlc. nobly Imrnc. Klin Iniil lived alxlyfour ycnrn III Him world. Hit fnlhcr mill iiiiilhcr, (lie Mnripils nilil .M it r u I lie Mnuli.llcil. Inn lirrn In Illicit fin or nl III tiirt iif I.imiIk tho Mix- ti'i'lllli. Tin')' wen. proud, liiiiiilmiiiii! lUlat.icrula, nnd when tln llcv.ililtlnn i'iiiiiu wllli 1 1 h fearful horrors, they with f hit in lie fur lhclr Uvea. When they rcnelicil lliiulnii.l I In1)' were pi'inilli'a ii " I tiitupcllcd In vii in llii-lr liri'inl. Tim iiiiiriiiiU mill' Icasons In aliiicluic. mnl tin' liinriiili iiiiiiIc n llllli' money by (Win! Iiit imllillnita. A klml lii'iirli'il no-1 I'li'iiiiin, who liinl known llii'in In formiT i iIiijk, iilluwi'il llii'in llfty ihiiiiiiU ii yi'iir; nml with this, mill I In' fruit of their own i'iTtlon, Ihi.y iiuimiKi'il lo I'Xhl. Tliri'i) ycnrn littiT n iIihikIiIit wna horn I" llii'in, I uliom llii'y uiimi'il Murli' Aiitonli'lli', lu affi'i'lloiinti! mill ri'viTi'iillnl iiii'inory fi llii'lr inriilvrcd iiiiein. From Iiit I'nrlli'at , Infiiui'y ln' will ili'i'iily IiiiIiiii'.I with Ihe h n il spirit of I In' 1 1 1 1 1 1-: nml the unvarying ini'lniu'lioly of Imt parents produced n truin: effect iinnii her. Wm wna lint- urnlly hrliiht nml kuchma, hut tin- nt- lighter tlinn thu pattern, hut I thouiiht It limaphcro of constant andiiea. wun Infec- would scarcely mutter, na your other ttoiia. crci'in nro an much deeper. The rcil Ja When ahu wna ai'Vi-nti'i'ii J.'nra ohl her !)"', ,-"l"r. '" V hclimil fnlher .II.-.I. nii'l frf.ni thut time III"!.' fn.le.l lylnij In the afaop. It la lin- nil lier .'liemlea were alral I lo provlilo l';lhlo to Ket exactly what you want for her hcirt hroken nml whlowcl imilli- V -"""rJr J1own1 cr. I'lvc )i.nra later the tnnniul ! ' I '-I will .lu eicellently well, my Imi. nml Mnrl.Mvnlhr.inonlh.. worl.l. ' ' ''' "'" Madame literally pcnlleaa ami frlendl,.,.. Then le Montolleu, puttlnif on her jpec aclea. nil at once Hie notiU'iiinu who hnd I..-1 Inlfnil a frlemled her par.-nla enu.e forwnrd and fW hut aouielhlnic alio aar there ofTered her n home in lili hoiiae, In apllo I'rouKht nn lucrenaed uravlty OTer her of the remoiialrnuiea of Ida wife, who I,,n,r1'1 '''"".'m''"; wna keenly nllve lo the Imprudence of I "My lore! alio aald. Rcntly. haa any- l.rlndi.k- it henilllful joiiiib i:lrl under thu "',' l'appeiie.1 to dl.lreaa )ou? aame rwf will, her Kruwn-up aoita. Ihe ijulck teara apraiiK to Wlnlfrcla lor n e Mnrle Antoinette wna Imp-' '' fur moment alio .waa allent. .y. mid then came Hie moat Litter trial . 1 '' ad to amlle, anawerln: of her life. Hhe went out ncalu aa n I "V I'ri". ''''! J ''-n KOViTI.ea.. mid Irmeled nhrond. At Ihe, I,M "; ''" l,r". 'r"r "'""!: alto of thlrly-IWe ahe went Int.. Hlr How-' ln- 1 ,nl" J" ''' , ' ar.1 t:ii.ni.ph.u,a family, lo educate hla how aniall a Ihlnjr haa provoked ine." ilaiuhlera. nml rema I wllli them llt the kind old lady did not laiiKh- twelve jeara. The elder dnuditer made , ' f"" .ol ,,'I"1"nM,1 ,toT a hrllllnnt maleh, and the youtiifer eUp.nl J1'" feellnita of youlh. and aymi.atl.lzo.l mltli a Rcnilcmmi fanner. There helne I ,,M,,,Jr 1w',,,,,,.lr,;rn1'!n'1' "f f "'I'l thlia io further oc. nalou for her aervlcea. " "."' 1 . " " 1,l,r'-!1 "I" '""J ' .1,,. waa .II.iiiI.mm1: hut Hlr Howard. .. I W Jnlfred a coiialn. Mlaa Champion, had Imt n llheral .iIHioiikIi nrrosant and dea- 1 1"1" llt,r " he l "'' n'ornlnir, Ig- potlc man, aellled nu annuity of n liim-. "orlnit her. .Insl pounda on her for life. Oil ihla. and Madmne. an d Inlfre.!, auddcnly, the Inlereat of what ahe k.id anved dur- f,r l"tn,,e "ho ,'oa ,lull,k ,ho ins her h.ni: )eara of lenchlnit, alio lived; , jteulh'innn with Ml.. Champion could and amall aa una her Income, alio Knvo . '0' away mueh. Hera waa a uran.l life of "I cannot tell, my lorcprohnhly a tla love, of charity and of 'ir-nl.ti-Knll..ii. Itr nt the Manor. Klny, my lore, may Unaoiircd hy her Iroulilea, uulmhittered It not Imve li-en .Mr. HnatlnKa? I bear hy her lolicllncaa, ahe wna the true picture he haa Juat returned from abroad, and of a Kenlle, aympnlhliini: and pull, lit you know hla father and Hlr Howard ivoinnn. were treat frlenda. I'erhapa ho at laat Hlr Ilonnrd curaed hla younger .laugh- fwla a dealre to ace the beautiful home ter antemnly on the lllble from which he of hla father., which he haa neglected ao ernae.l her name, and coiumanilcl that It long. Can you de.crllw him at all)" might never he uttered lu hla preaence "I only aaw him a moment," returned again. The whole household were nwe- Winifred, blimhlng, "but hla face aeem trlckcn, and crept about alletilly and cd rather brutucd with travel; from what fearfully. Madame de Montolleu waa I remember. I faucy lie had dark blue heart-broken. eyea and fair hair." Winifred bitterly regretted her falae "I think, then." remarked Madamo do ten. She lotcd the world and the faah- Montolleu, "that my aurmlao I. correct. Ion. mid an the comparative!) humble lire for dnrk blue eyea and golden hair are ahe now led waa gall mid wormwood lo the fnmlly characterlallca." her. Her Inuband win fond of her, but Winifred turued homeward with n he chafed under her rouatnnl fretful re- lighter heart. She had almost forgotten greta; alio quarreled wllli hla family, re- the affront that had been put upon her; fuae.1 lo notice them, and nindv him bit- but ahe could not forget the eager look ter, conteinpluoiia little pce.hoa, which of admiration that hnd cruaaed the hand drove him lu linger from her preaence! aomo . atrnnger'a face aa lie turned to The only link left to her between the look at her. N llhout doubt he waa Mr. preactit and the puat waa Mndamo de Hnatlnga, the owner of nil the property Montolleu, who came to live In n mnnll nbout-of tho very wood through which collage near her. nn.l wna with her eon- "lie wna even then passing ou her way atantly. lint poor Winifred fretted nlglit to the farm. And a very bright aiullo mid dny at her loaa of enate, and Wciuno came on her llpa aa alio thought how nenr thin mid III: and when her little girl win l' lived, and that alio might perhapa ace horn ahe died. 1 1''1" aoinetltnea In her walka. It would l.'or aome jenra llltlo Winifred wna I"' " "'lief to tho monotony of her brought up mid tnken cure of hy her fnih- I"1', only to ho ahlo now and then to gate er'a alaler: hut when ahe wna eight year. u" ,n "oudaomo fnco like hl. old Mlaa Kyre married, and her father )m" I'veulng W lulf red went out for n wna aomewhnt perplexed wlint lo do with ,,r" ' ' woi;,U l'tT ""lc 8w,rh her. Mndnme de Montolleu offered lo terrier aa her only companion, and, choos educate her, nnd Mr. Kyro gladly aivepl- ' l eture.-iuc ..ot. ant down to re.t cd the offer. Kim r..,.,.l.',..l n c...lll.l,.ln ...lllen linn frnm Madniue de Montolleu. who loved her na n Her .peculation were auddenly cut daughter, nnd hnd brought her up with B,lorf ? ,rom, I"',r terrier, nnd tender enre nnd wntehfulneaii. Hhe apoke turning aharply round, she beheld her Trench perfectly, wna a good muahliu llt'l' companion rolling over and over mid anng na awcelly na u nightingale. 'I''wn tho ,ul,uk "'"I" '"''len mid Miidnuie do Montolleu had devoted grent unprovoked najault of a hugo maatirf. time and cure to perfecting; her acorn-. H'"' "tiered a little cry of fright, and pll.hnu'iita, hoping that, when ahe grew l'""K to the reacue. when ahe henrd a up, Hlr Howard might relent nml give her ernahlng of tho hranchea nt her aide, nu opportunity of entering lulu aoclely. a '"rl. 'lo heel. Itullol from a man' for which the wna eminently fitted. Hut . voice. A audden recogn tlon, a hnaty the baronet mid hi. whole fnuilly alernly Io'Ky. nnd he stood looking at her, lint i.eralaled In Ignoring her. nnd It wua n ' hnl,"1' w"! "o,Pi"lon of ad very bitter grief mid humiliation to poor , miration lu hla eye. that alio had aeeu winter,. ,1 there before. There waa n pause, dur niu. ... I..... ....... i. iM..i..., .......... i It heemcd ao cruelly unjust. Why I I'll ... 1. I... It. ..Willi'. ...IIII-. ..III. K.l- en her a pretty little pony nud carriage, ' in which .ho took great pleasure. Hhe1 i i i... in,.i , i,i 1 ,,.n i., I.,., father could not afford, ho said,' to keep 1witiiiti fnp ln. mill 1 1 1 l'1vim tu i n . chance of riding or driving; she preferred I tho former, hut chosu the hitter, remcm berlug that It wna n plenauru which her ilenr mndnino could shnre. Mr. Kyro wns very fond of hla dnugh ter, nnd, moreover, exceedingly proud of her. Ilu desired Intensely for her the iidviintngcs of wenllli mid station, person nlly Indifferent though hu wns to them. Ills greatest truble, his most bitter mor tlllcntlon In life, wns Hint her grnndfntli ... ..,,,,,1.1 fiLnnu'leilirii her. Vat hill.. ahould Klora Champion her cousin, mid I"1"" cu... ..-... Haltered, mid received everywheie. while1 1 fer ''og ha. n armed you." anld .he. who longed ao ardently for the anmo the atrnuger, ut Inat; ho Is rather Wont n.lvnutnge, wn. compelled to live unnotlc.1 u e Klreaalvo to hla specie., particular. .... ... . ...- i ii... .i,... i lv In this wood, of which ho Is nccus- self ho did not cure, ho hud no wish to ly nwny from him. ilso from tho position with which his foro-1 "ou are Mr. Hnsllnga, then J she aald, father had been contented. Once, at Interrogatively. hi. Instigation. Madamo de Montolleu hnd "lea," he replied. "I linvo como back mentioned Winifred to Hlr Howard. An nt last to enjoy tho delight of homo nf nngry Hush darkened his brow as ho, tor my long absenco." aald aternlyi " mu8t ue vcry Ia t to aeo so "Madamo, I feel no Interest In hearing ' much of tho outer world," Winifred said of Miss Kyre, nnd I beg In future you will I timidly; "It must glvo one such broad apnro mo nil iiIIubIoii lo iuo issuo ui (Ungraceful connection." Tho gentle olfl Krciichwomnn hnd con .,.....! .I,.. ...anil nf her nttemnt to Mr. Uyre with chnrncterlstlo delicacy, hut lio t'L n,n i.wiiii of tho rcfiisnl keenly. It ! nt, n.v . , wnt his only hope ror wiuiircu, iur . . own relation were not In position to bo of uso to her. Alwnys in tho evening tho sung, played or tend to him; aud sometimes, when ho had watched her with a proud dcllsht busied with some re NLY A FARMER'S ' DAUGHTER. Jly FonnnsTiut. fnii'il iiccomiillshiiieul, In- wmilil hIkIi aud uy i "Ah! my child, you with burn for some thlna belter than n pour fnruicr' daugh ter." Hut If Wlulfri'il nt time chufi'.l be cmiaii alia wan tlin itliliol IiimI daughter of n poor fnriniT, alio never looked down on or hlnmcd Imt fill In' r. Hhu Iim! no wlah to hit devilled from Ikt present Iioalllou wllliout hlms ahu aouiilit nu advantage from which ho win excluded. Hlin even atrovn to cimcenl her regret from him; hut I lie eye of low urn dlaccniliig, unit nlllioiiith Mr, Hyrn never allotted Imt lu an- Hint her loiiitliiKa went knonn to lilm, hi' iv n a painfully alive to tlirin. Mlaa Eyre left tliu tuwu oiin day nml walked on for about linlf n mil', until aim eaniu tu n amall whllii cottage stand Iiik hack from thu mini In a plcnaant gar alcit. well ahmli'il hy iilil-fnalilonc.l fruit tri'i-a. Winifred illil not atiiml ou tint rereuinny of knocking, hut ral.c.l thu liiti'h nml entered the ilrnwluic room, where Madame ilu Mniitollcti waa alttliik before Ikt embroidery frame. Hhe looked up wllli n glnd amlli', nml, rlatuir. klaaed llio young xlrl ou hoth cht'i-ka, "Ah! my roacbiid," ahe ciclnlined, "you hnvn i-ouii' nt Inat. "Yea, dear liiintiimc,'' Winifred replied, "hut I ham nut been wholly aiicccasful lu cxcciillng your commlaalona. Ki'h!" she aihli-il, "thl green wool la n aliailu uinl to il renin of the mini)' women no fair- Vt tllllll lll, who had l.eCOUle flllUOU.. " ' ...u -.. ,...... .-u u.usucu, ..it .a. u' consider himself solo monarch, J lieu I fear we nro trespasser," Wlnl fred found courage to answer; hut w lmvo nl,wn''a ,,TOn wed to walk here, flO'l"'"1 1 "' lill Indeed be sorry If our rude- l.CBS ...111 .ll.lU3,..l.n. J BUUIIIU III. IV JUU away," laughed the atrnnger. "I beg Ijou will nlwnys, both for yourself and friends, cuualder you are entitled to a free right of way over any and ovcry part of my possession.." Winifred thnnked 1dm nnd would have turned nwny, but ho lingered: nud thero wna such n chnrin to her In tho presence of this refined, nrlstocrntlc looking man, that kIiu felt no Inclination to break rudc- views of things and people, and stump out duo's petty, intolerant thoughts and narrow prejudice." Sir. Hastings was surprised by this last remnrk of hla companion's, hut he was far too well bred to allow. lilt thought to appear. Ho remarked quietly) "You seem to havo considered theao thing wore than young ladloa are apt to do." "I must bo golug," she uttered, hastily; "It la getting late." ,.,- If,, t.AMinrls0il mil lit lilfiif'i to acevulrtstty hrr, Hht tAi lioweil with an air of JtcUlon, atylngi "My path leada away from Ilazill Court," "I hops," ho aald, lingering a moment, "that my pretence to-night will not tend to frighten you niray from the.e wood, for tho future, May I rely on your mak ing itae of them aa uiual?" Hlio thanked lilm again, and, bowing, turned away. Ho aloud, hat lu hand, be fore her na ho might hare done to a prlnceaa; mid na alio went on her way home, ho gated after her alight, graceful form with a look of lender admiratlou audi na might have hcHttod a man who watched thu woman ho lored, CIIAlTMIt II. Ill a very elegnnt drawing room, with Krrnrh window, to the ground, leading on to A velvet award gemmed with How era, aat Mra. Champion and her daughter. Tim mother waa employed on an elabor ate piece of woodwork, while Mia. Cham pion lialhrecllned upon her allken couch, reading, Hhu looked up from It to anawer her mother' Interrogatory. "Do you think Mr. Haatlug. will he here thl. afternoon, 1'loraV" "I cannot tell, mamma; Ileglnald haa gono over to the Court to lunch, and look at aome new hone.,, and he aald ha ahould probably bring Mr. Hnatlnga back to dinner." "Ho la very handaoine," remarked Mr., Champion. "ludl.putably the heat match in thu county." "Hxcept Hvelyn Vane," remarked Klora. "Hvelyn Vane?" echoed her mother "Unlyn Vane ha. nothing until hi. fath er .Ilea; and even when ho become. Ijril I.auclug, h. Income will not b much more than half that of Mr. Hnatlnga." "Hut there la the title," aald Mlaa Champion; "Lord l.anclng cannot laat much longer, ami I would rather hare a title, eveu If I were obliged to aacrlfice half tho Income." Which waa not true, for Horn Cham pion waa rather In love with Hrrol Haat itiga, and utterly Indifferent to the Hon orable Krelyn Vaue. Klie and her mother were much attached to each other at leaat aa much na waa poa.lhle for two audi aelllah and Indifferent natures to be nnd they were wont to Indulge in mil tual eonfldeucea. At thl. momeut Hegi until Champion, the ouly aon and brother, entered the room. "Hiiro you just returned from th Court?" Inquired hla mother. "Yea; Hattlnga left me at tho door not fire minute, ago." "I thought ho wat going to dine here. "I thought ao, too; but I tuppose he changed hla mind, for when ho arrived here, and I prei.ed him to comt lu, ho declared ho bad a prcvlou. engagement. It waa all a He, though, I could are; but I think I know what tho counter attraction waa." "Indcedl" aald Klora, disdainfully, "an! may we Inquire the re.ult of your pene tration?" "It la nothing that will picnic yon, I'lo, I can tell you. "Don't be provoking, Reginald!" utter od hi. mother, aharply; "tell ut at once what you mean." (To be continued.) AN ISLAND PRINCIPALITY. CbocoUte stealer', t'oranln at the Mnnlh of th Ht. Lawrence. Having Inspected the exhibit of Men Icr chocolate and the other night at tho I'aii-Aiiicrlcun, nml sunken hand with Ixird Mliito, nnd "done" two or three of the principal Canadian cities. M. Henri Men Icr, of I'arls, betook him self to Ills Isliunl of Antlcostl. This Island He In the estuary of. the St. Ijiwrcucv. It I twenty-five tulle longer than our I-ong IslntuI, nud a lit tie more than twice a wide Ht Its wld est. There arc :I,8I3 Hijuure iuIIch of Antlcostl, nud every iuare Inch of It belong to M. Henri .Menler, of Paris, HI purchase of thu Island made a stir ninong our good neighbors of the Do minion. Homo of their papers were pretty sure that It meant mischief. Their doctrine was that the French Hag follows French chocolate men. They warned their government carefully to consider whether It would bo safe to penult the cslnlillnlinu'iit of tho trl color In perpetuity In the law of the Ht. Ixiwrente. When the new proprie tor's agent evicted some Wesleyati HUmttctn of the tlshliig persuasion front bis Inland religious excitement was superadded to the (lolltlrnl. Itut nil that oecms to have quieted down. M. Menler paid a round price for his It-lnnd, but It is now thought In -Quebec that It wna a sound business In vestment. Ho has a small fleet of steuin and Bulling vessels In the near by wutcrs. HI agent shipped $40,000 worth of lobsters to i'nrls a fortnight nj'o the product of two months' can ning. He I going fo extend the fish eries nud the canneries on n grand Kcnle. He Is going to put up a vast pulp mill. He Is going to develop tho other resources of his Island. Ilo Is stocking It now with tho sliver fox and the tienrer. Their pelts will presently swell the pronto of the chocolate man. Meanwhile iihkwc, caribou and deer abound on Ids Island, bears shuftlo un der Ids trees, the little rivers are full of salmon and sen trout. No monarch could nsk better shooting or fishing. M. Menler Is having tho time of his life, nud nil those forests nnd little riv ers nro his own. They will be there nil the time, awaiting his visits. Which one of our Yankee nrclimlll lotiaire owns nu Island Ilka that? They never thought of buying Antlcostl. They let tho chocolnto man get tho start of them. And the supply of purchas able Islands lUTi miles long, 40 miles wide lu spots, stocked with game, and affording Mint-class salmon fishing Is limited. linrtford Courant. Cnlloit Dog Throtigli 'I'hone. Upper SnndiiBky, Ohio, now lays claim tff nu exceptionally clever dog, hays tho Cincinnati Commercial Trib une. Tho other afternoon, Mrs. Kdwnrd Itrnuns, tho owiier of tho dog, had rea son to telephone to her daughter, Mrs. J. J. Hurclthardt, nearly n mllo distant. During tho conversation Mrs. Uranus stuted that she wns going out calling, hut Intended to lenvo her dog lllng nt home. .At this point Mrs. Ilurckhnrdt linked Mrs. Ilrauns to hold Dili's car to the telephone nnd alio would Invite him to spend tho day nt her house, to be tho guest of her little sou Edward, Edward and Ming being tho greatest of friends. More for n joke than anything elso, her request was granted, and In less tlmo than ono can toll tho dog jumped from tho mruis of Mrs. Ilrauns, made for tho door and began to bark. The door was opened, nnd In n short time Mrs. Ilrauns was Informed by tele phone that Edward and lllng were hugely enjoying themselves lu the back yard. NOTED AFRICAN EXPLORER AND AUTHOR, DISCOVERER OF GORILLA, WHO IS DEAD P PAUL. DU CM AH.LU I'aul du Clialllus, whose exploration, covering thousands of miles of Africa, added greatly to tho world's knowledge of the dark continent and It Inhabitant, died recently at St. Petersburg, where be wn making prep arations to start on a tour of exploration In Siberia. He was the first to tell the world about the gorilla. He was 05 years old, was born In New Orleans, and had his homo In New York. On bis first expedition be sailed from New York to the French settlement at tbo mouth of the Gaboon Itlver, In west Africa. At his own expense be traveled 8.000 miles with only native companions, and covered much previously unexplored country. After several subsequent trip to Africa. Du Chnillu turned his attention to northern lands. Lapland was explored from end to end, and he embodied his experiences In a book, "The Land of the Midnight Sun." Recently he had been making a study of the Muscovite races. The portrait Is from a photograph Mr. Du Cballlu sent to Mrs. Robert L. OIHord. 277 East 40th street, Chicago, who had known blra for a number of years, and at whose home he was a guet whenever he came to Chicago. Mrs. Olfford last night confirmed the statement cabled from St Petersburg that Mr. Du Cballlu bad no living relation. HABITATS OF THE MOST rICC" 1 OtTO UIOLAOLO AN official death map has been prepared under the direction of the Census Uurcau. It shows that causes of death are largely a matter of geography, and tbo twenty-one districts Into which the country Is divided mark the limits of different regions where various diseases are most ravaging. The most sensational death occur In the Pacific coast district region. In the State of Washington. This Is the only district In which gunshot wounds are reported as a prevalent cause of death. Heart disease, suicide, aud apoplexy show there the largest number of victims, and the record Is held for the greatcat number of deaths from alcoholism. Lung troubles appear to be most numerous along the Atlantic coast from New York to Virginia and along the Mississippi River fronf New Orleans to the Ohio Itlver. Typhoid fever and malaria come far.down on the list In mountainous dis tricts, but appear at the top In North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Indian Territory. Although only three out of every 100 dlo of old age. there are a few fortunate districts where old age rivals consumption and malaria as the cause of death. Among these favored spots arc the Omsk Ills, Adirondack. Oreen Mountains, part of Michigan and JVIsconsln. and the region on cither sldo of the Missouri River. Croup nnd whooping cough appear to be most dangerous In the districts which have the least population and where, presumably, medical aid is most difficult to obtain. Cancer, heart disease, and apoplexy are more to be expected In mountainous parts of the country than In the level districts. In eight of tho twenty-one districts rheumatism reaps a large harvest of death, noticeably In the thinly settled States, where the Inhabitants are most exposed to the sudden changes of the weather. Generally speaking. It appears that tho majority of deaths In the country are caused by climatic coudlttons. while those In the cities are caused by social conditions. The farmer on the Dakota prairie, for example, needs to guard against rheumatism, but not against malaria or heart disease. Cxnr Is Not Omnipotent. Henry Ijibouchere, the noted Eng lish publicist and Journalist, In a re cent article In his London periodical gives an Instance of the manner In which even a definite command of the Czar may fall to be carried out by rea son of the complicated system of ad ministration In ltusslo. It seems that souiewboro lu Finland the peasants vcry much wanted to have certain roads opened so as to give tbem more direct communication with St. Peters burg. A petition was therefore circu lated and largely signed pointing out tho value of these roads as a means of unifying their country with Russia. The Czar read the petition "with that inlnuto attention characteristic of all be does," and with his own band wrote on the margin of It: "I command that theso roads be made at once." Not satisfied with that, be sent the netltlon aud command to the Minister of Public Works, who discovered that his department could not possibly car ry out tho making of the roads. After a delay of some time be mads tho fur ther discovery that tne only person who had tho authority and means was the governor of Archangel. A Flu lander declares that when the gov ernor of Archangel asks for money with which to carry out the Imperial order bo will be sent to tbo Minister of Flunnce, De Wltto, who Is nu al most fanatical economist and novor has any money whatever for new un dertakings. It Is now three and a bnlf years slnco the Czar brdered the mak ing of these roads, and not one step has yet been taken to carry out his command. Joko Was on the Whites. A Wichita boy serving In tho riill- Ipplno army writes to his mother In the greatest Indignation over a gigan tic Joko played by n colored regiment In tho far-awny Islands. This regi ment Is the Forty-ninth infantry. They wcro stationed at SI pa, ono of tbo In terior provinces. Tl.ey told tho natives that Ui colored ruce predominated m PREVALENT I tl Tur lllll-rrrv CTITfC m int. UNIH-U OIAI CO. America; that tho whites had been but selzcd aD unoffeBdlnS ,lu I,arrot wuo recently released from slavery; that uffercd Patiently from a slit In his tho colored people ran the United back tmU he mlsbt ecrve bct,cr as " States government; thnt President Mc- bank' TWs tat,er ,he ebook 80 vlR" Klnlcy was descended from-a pure- orously that even a tin bird must have blooded African chief; that the white rcreUed very bitterly having been so folk In America were low down, lazy, faithful a guardian to so thankless a llfcrlng trash, much given to stealing tulstresB. Flnnlly the last coin was chickens; that the white were not per- out- anJ Katble gathorcd up her riches, mltted to own property, nnd that the ' "Tbere." she said, as ahe triumph negroes wouldn't associate with them ant'y waver 14 cents before her on terms of equality at all. i abashed father, "I'm going to give Hy and by the colored regiment was mother all thl 14 cents on' let her moved elsewhere and the regiment to Bo out nn' buy another baby the mln- which the Wichita boy belonged took Its place. The white soldiers found that they were looked upon with con tempt and that everything told by the colored troops bad been believed. Kansas City Journal. Ihe Bea.on Upon. Employer No, you can't go to your grandmother's funeral, but about t o'clqck you can go out aud look at tha baseball scores and come back aud tell me who won. Natural Gua. The origin of natural gas Is the action of water upon aluminum carbide by which methane is evolved. Tell a man ho doesn't look well, and would 'nean n considerable privation he begins to reflect that he Is looking to tho members of my IcgUlaturo " Interesting. I Wushlugtou Star. BUnoLAli bti YHB TELEPHONE. II Answered the Call ami Dalle,! tin I Householder. "Yes, tho telephone's all right somo , time," anld tho man who hnd boarded the car nt Edgewater and taken a seat I besldo hi friend from Iloger Park, "but It has Its drawback. If I didn't have n telephono In my house t would I io ahead about $00 worth of rntuable which a burglar carried away with him last week. Tho whole affair was rather peculiar. I caught the burglar over the 'phono and bad a little talk with him, but ho knew bo wna In no danger of arrest. "It came about In this way. My wlfo and I went nwny nnd left the rnnld alone. Hhe told us tho would soon leave the house, and we Instructed her to lock the door and windows boforo sho left. After wo hnd been gono about an hour and had arrived at the bouso of a friend In Eranston my wlfo remembered that she wanted to tell tho maid something. Hhe told inc to call up tho house, thinking, perhaps the maid had not yet left. I called for the number, and, what do you think, a man's voice answered. " 'Hello,' he said, 'who I thli "I told him what my name was, and be laughed. I then suggested that I bad tho wrong number, but ho laughed again and said, 'Ob, no; you have tho right number.' " 'Who arc you, then?' I demanded, 'What right have you got In my bouse when all of us are gone' "Well. I'll tell you,' ho said with ex asperating coolness and another laugh. 'I called np your number, and, finding that there was no one at homo, I thought I would come up to the house and took around. It' a way I have of doing. The window were not locked and I had no trouble getting In. If any one had answered the 'phone 1 should not bare come, but I made a good guess, didn't IT "I was up In the air, so to speak. I didn't know what to do. I waited a minute and then asked tho follow what he was doing In my bouse. "'I am what my friends call a gen tleman of leisure, but what you might be rude enough to call a burglar,' be said. 'I hope you will not " "I broke off his speech at this point and yelled that I would have blni ar rested and banged, and everything else, but be only laughed again and said ho would not be around by the time tho police could get there. "I knew It was useless to telephone for the police to hurry to the house. My wife and I hurried home, and sure enough one of the windows was open and the rooms ransacked. I don't know so well about the telephone's being a good thing. Chicago Inter Ocean. HUMORING MOTHER'S FANCY. Llttlo Ueputr I'arent Believed In Be lnic Indulgent The child was a typical "little moth er." Like most families In which "little mothers" serve a proxies, there was also a "big mother," but this lat- tuutuuimij mu. uui uummt vmci people's babies every day and nil day. I This being so, what more natural than that Katble's 0-year-old shoulders should adjust themselves to carrying the household burdens? Of course theso burdens were as light as tho "big mother" could make tbem, but even her skill could not reduce the weight of the bouncing 15-months-old baby. who had a penchant for crying all nlgbt and falling down all day. These proclivities on the part of tho youn. est were more or less disturbing to the baby's Invalid father, and with deep enjoyment of bis own Joke he proceeded to express bis feelings to baby's "little mother." "Well, Katble," he commented, "I think your mother showed vcry little tense when she went to mnrket and bought this last baby. She surely should have left him where he be longed. We were getting along very nicely without blm, and he grows crosser every day." Instantly Kathle's cheeks burned and her eyes gleamed. "Father," she said, severely, "my mother works awful bard, aud she don't ever have no rides on the trolley, no picnics, no fun nor nothlu', an' I think If she likes babies we ought to let her buy all she wants." With swift step she crossed the room, says the New York Times, and ute she comes In." " Ileolcles Voyagers. A. New York exchange says that dur ing a gale which r: vnged the Atlantic coast the Short Reach Life-Saving Sta tion on Long Island was aroused to res cue four men In a small bloop about half a mile from shore. i After a tedious and perlous trip, the surf-boat reached the sloop, and the crow found on board four men be numbed with cold, nnd half-starved. I When brought to a place of safety nnd thawed out they told Jhelr story. I They bad becu out ou a gunning trip on the Souud, and when overtaken by tho storm bad taken refuge In a desert ed shanty. Their provisions were soon j exhausted, and also their fuel, nud ' then, although perfectly aware of their peril, they set sail again. In hopes uf bringing up at somo place where they could get provisions. " As n consequence of such rashness they came near losing their llvts. The. captain of the life-savers rcmnrked nf terwnrd thnt It was a nltv to risk the lives of good' men to save tho lives cf, confirmed Idiots. Youth's Companion. Wliero It Really Hints. I "What do you think of this Idea of electing Senators by a direct vote of tho people J" "Well," answered Senator Sorghum, "I ,lnn't know that It would m.ik n I great deal of difference to me. but It Puli-lilal.iif llr.Bit. Dissolve a half tenspoonful of salt In a pint of scalding water nnd beat In I gradually enough flour to niaka n soft 'dough or stiff batter, ltent for ten 1 minutes, cover nnd set 'o n very warm 1 plnco for eight hours. Now stir a trn ' spoonful of salt Into two cups of warm milk nnd ndd enough flour to mako n vcry stiff batter boforo working It Into tho risen dough. Mix thorouhgly, cover and set again In n warm plnco to rlto until very light Turn Into n wooden bowl and work In enough hntter to mako of tho consistency of ordinary bread dough. Make Into loaves, set theso to rlso and bake when light Tea Cuke. A ,1illMnn (en enkn that mar easily give your "five o'clocks" a deserved rnnnlntlnn In thu mnrie: Reserve tho white of ono of six eggs, beating tho yolk to a stiff froth; add five ounces of sugar and tho snmo quantity of almonds that have been blanched hnd pounded fine In n mortar with tbreo ounces of Hour, the grated rind or Itnta n Inmin nnn niinn. nf OraniTO peel cut very fine, a dust of ground cloves nnd hair a teaspoonrui or cinna mon. Finally tho single beaten whlto Is quickly stirred In and tbo cake baked In small round pans. Hnrpcr's Bazar. Itaked To bake eggs, cook a dozen eggs hard, drop them Into cold water nnd remove the shells. Arrange ten of the eggs In a shallow dlsb. pour Decbamel sauce over tbem, sprinkle the top with tho yolks of the two remaining eggs, which have been powdered fine and, mixed with nn equal quantity of bread crumbs. Pour a little melted butter over the top, garnish with triangles of bread dipped In melted butter, and place In a quick oven. When colored a light brown, serve In the dish In which they were cooked. Ma.hed and Fried Zigirplant Peel and slice the eggplant and soak all day In salted water. Drain, boll tender In fresh water, or until much of the water has boiled away, then mash and set aside to cool. Add a tea spoonful of baking pocdor to tho mashed plant stir In a beaten egg. salt and pepper and enough Hour to mako tbo mixture like cake dough. Drop by the spoonful In deep, boiling fat and fry to a good brown. Wnflle. Into a bowl sift a pint of flour with a teaspoonrui or baking powder ana one of salt. Beat the yolks aud whites of three eggs separately, stir the yolks Into a pint of milk with a tablespoon ful of melted butter. Make a hole In the flour and pour tbl liquid Into It Beat all together and the stiffened whites nnd pour the butter Into the greased waffle Iron. Gluten Gems. With two cups of gluten flour sift a tcaspoonful of salt and two teaspoon fuls of baking powder. Heat two eggs light stir them Into n pint of milk and pour this, with two tcaspoonfuls of melted butter. Into the sifted flour. Stir smooth, then pour Into greased and heated gem pans and bake Imme diately, in a hofoven. Glncersnnps. Two cups of New Orleans molasses, one cup of butter; put these on tho stovo aud let them come to a boll. Remove and add ono teuspoouful of soda and one of ginger. Add enough flour to make a dough; ro.Il thin and cut out Peanut Itutter. Pound or grind fresh-roasted pea nuts to a powder nnd work Into two two tablespoonfuls of this a heaping tablcspoonful of fresh butter. Spread thin slices of bread with this pasta rineapple Cream. Heat to the boiling point one can of shredded pineapple. Strain half an ounce of gelatlue, which has been dis solved In cold water, and odd to the pineapple. Remove from the Are. and when It begins to chill stir In the beaten whites of three eggs nnd half a pint of cream. Pour Into a mold aud set on Ice. Tomato Boup. Turn the coutents of a can of toma toes Into a quart of beef stock nud simmer slowly for halt an bour. Stralu out tbo tomatoesaudrcturn the soup to the fire with a half-cup of rlco that has soaked for ten mtuutcs. Cook until the rice Is tender. Season with salt, pepper, oulon Juice nnd a teaspoonrui of granulated sugar and servo. Pumpllnir. Sift together a pint of flour, a tea spoonful of baking powder and half a teaspoonful of salt Work Into this a heaping tablcspoonful of butter nnd moisten with a half pint of milk. Work quickly to a light paste and drop Into the boiling gravy of the stew of what over you are cooking. Cook for ten minutes before sending to the table, llrlef Buiraeatlouft. To remove paint or vnrnlBb marks on glass, rub with a little warm vinegar or with tbo edge of a copper coin dipped In water. To clean embossed silver articles, dis solve an ounce of alum In two quarts of strong soapsuds, wash tho article In it using a soft brush for tho vcry or namental part. Rinse In cold water, dry on a clean cloth and polish with a chamois leather. To make rice glue, mix rice tlour Bmootbly with cold water and simmer It over a slow lire, when It will form a delicate aud durable cement, not ouly answerlug all purposes of common paste, but well adapted for Jolulng pa per aud cardboard ornamental work. Nut cookies nre made by creaming lng two tnblcspooufuls butter mid ouo cupful sugar; add tbreo beaten egg, one-fourth of a teuspoouful salt, three tnblcspooufuls milk and two eupfuls penuuts or walnuts, (hupped Hue: add Just enough flour to roil out ut star shape and bako In a moderate oven.