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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1903)
OlIAI'Tim Vlll.-lConllntied.l A ulinrji pniiK (if annoyance ahnt across Flora Champion as aim aaw t,onl Harold lirntlliiK over her coiibIii, Hlio had ex peeled lu llml Winifred awkward nutl lll-drcaaed, ami Iiimu she was, t'crft-clty nt her ease, nuil eh-Katilly dressed, It In MUn ('lianiiilim'a heart tu I rent Iiit Willi allulillnv dladiilu, tint I.mtr Uracil win there, nml aim could not for not Iht good breeding tu uratlfy Iht spleen. Ho alio walked straight up to WJiero Iivr roualn was alllliiK nud held out Ikt liaml, na IIioiikIi them had never been n ny t lilnir clan lint (bit muat cousinly rrlellilaulp between t Ill-Ill. "How do you do? Old you liars pleaasut drive from Hunt?" "Delightful," anld Winifred, recovering Herself. ".Mrs, Clinliililoti wna kind rnougb to send nm In her carriage, nlllioiiuli aha waa prevented coming heraelf. Hlio sent iiiraaitjfti through mo to you that Mir Howard waa rather unwell, nml alio uld not Ilka to leavo lilm, lint alio hopes to urive over early nnt week." "I truit there la nothing aerloua the matter with grandpapa," exclaimed Mlaa inaiiu'inii, reigning Intercal. "Nothing mora I linn a acvere cold." At tlila Juncture lu camo pretty Mlaa Alton, and on I,ody draco Introducing Iht to Mlaa Eyre, alio ant down bcalda Jut and aiioko In audi a i casant. win ulnar way that Winifred thought her tlio pretileat, awceteat llttlo creature alio had aver seen. Ami then tlio other gueata cam lu, mid wru InlriHlucrd to lier lu turn; mid when dinner waa announced, Hlr Clayton gave her lila arm and led her luto tlio dining room, Mlta Champlon'a Up waa curled conteinptiioualy, but Win ifred waa deeply touched by the kind con atderatlnn of her amlahlo hoiteaa. Mho wna a llttlo aliy at flrat with Hlr Clay Inn, but ho talked ao pleaanntly to her, nd hla innnner waa ao reaaaurlng that alio aoon felt at her eaie. And then af ter dinner .Mia Alton camo and aat be Idu her, and chatted to lu r of their af ternoon I'xcuraloii, and tlio pk-ulc that waa arranged for tlio following day. iVIieli the gentlemen came lu, Winifred felt no longer ahyj alio waa thoroiighty eiijojrlng her flrat glimpse of tlio world. Sir. Clayton camo up and carried .Mlaa Alton away to tlio piano, and Lord Har old went over tu Mlaa Champion. Wini fred took tlio opportunity of looking around at tlio different facca, There waa a handaomr, melancholy looklug man, who attracted her attention In particular, lie had como In late, and waa tlio only peraon who had not been Introduced to her. He waa alttlng alone near tlio plmio, watching Mlta Alton, Winifred thought, with n tender, almvat aad Interrat, na alio aang her brilliant French chanaonelte. The llttlo fairy lis J thrown lilm her gloves and fan, In that carvleaa, peremptory way women often uaa to men who they know lore them and ho held them gently and reverently. Mr. Clayton frowned as Iio aaw tlio gea ture, then ho turned away to the piano and lit-gaii arranging tho miialc. When Mlaa Alton had fintahed her aong ahe moved back to her place bealde Winifred on tho aofa. Mr, Claytou walk- J ed up to Col, d'Agullar, "I muat Iroobel you for Mlaa Altou'e fan ami glnrea," he aald, nonrhalautly. I "I will glvo them to her myself, Col. u Agullar aald. coldly, rlalng, Mr. Clayton turned away with a acowl, that reminded Winifred palufully of Mr. Frnner. "Mlaa Alton," anld Col. d'Agullar, "hnvo voii forgotten that rou Intruated your property to my care 7" "Oh I my fan and gloves," alio exclaim ed, "thank you, I did not remember them; tho fact la, I waa ao auxloua to return tn mv iiw nrniialninnru Hint 1 foreut vnn. llut I will iniike amenda for mv neglect by aharlug my pleaauro with you. Mlaa Km Col. d'Agullar." And iho made room for him on the aofa liealda her, greatly to Mr, Clnyton'a annoyance, who began to talk to Mlaa Kyre aaalduoualy. Winifred did not dlallko lilm ao much when ho wna tnlklng; hla conreraatlon wna ccrtnluly nmualng, and he told her n great deal about I'arlalan aoclety that ahe found extremely entertaining. It wna only now and then, when aha remarked the mallcloua, ugly acowl that croiaed hla face when he glanced toward Mlaa Alton and Cot. d'Agullar, that alio remem bered her Inatlnctlvo repulalon for him. Aa tho days panted Flora Champion beenmo very uueaay, mid not without rea- eon. cuo nail renrcii it rroin me urai, mid now there wna no poaalblllty of doulitlnc that Lord Harold Kraklno waa tranaferrlng hla nlleglanco from her to her coualn. Hlio defeated Winifred, aa only a woman can note a rival who aup planta her. A atlnglng Innuendo, a point ed aarcaam, at tlmea betrayed her feel- Inga, but na a rulo alio had too much tact to Indulgo her angry malice. Now and then enmo an opportunity alio could not realat. Uno day at lunch, I.ndy Uraco waa apcnklug of Mr, Haatlnga. "I regrot ao much," alio anld to Mlaa Vance, "that wo havo laat auch a charm ing neighbor an Mr, Haatlnga promlicd to be. Hla audden departure la a com plete myatery to every one." "We qulto thought bo Intended to lire permanently nt tho Court," anawered Mlaa Vance. "It nppenra ho made the moat complcto arrangemcnta for doing ao. All hla horses nro atlll there, and I havo not beard of tho aerranta btlng dlamlaa. ed. A friend of hla la staying tliero now, playing host to n party of gentlemen, What reason did ho asilgn for hla sud den departure?" "In a nolo I received from him a few dnya before ho left ho anld ho could not as yet nccuatom himself to a quiet coun try life, and felt a longing for tho excite incut of foreign travel. Hut I cannot bring myself to think thnt wna anything moro than an excuse, which ho thought almplo enough to repel further question ing. I wish," I.ndy (Irnco continued, turn ing to Winifred, "thnt you could hnvo met the gentleman wo nro apcnklug of, you would hnvo liked him so much. Ho la not only singularly hnndaonic, but hns a peculiar fnai-lnntlon of mnnncr thnt ren tiers lilm a general fnvotlte. l'erhapa somo day Iio will return, and I ahull hnvo an opportunity of Introducing him to you." Winifred bont down her hend In sllenco. Miss Champion looked up, nud a gliuico of malicious light ahot from hor cold, bluo eyea. "An Introduction between auch Intl mnto frlcnda would aenrccly bo neces sary," sho remarked In her clear voice, thnt was heard from one end of the long table to tho other. "I should think Miss Myre nud Mr. Hastings would bo greatly amused at such u formality, after their rambles In Iho Hindi woods." Tho crimson blood dyed Winifred's NLY A FARMER'S DAUGHTER. By MllS. FORRESTER. check a until tears of mortification atood lu Jier yca. Poor child! aha waa not yet sufficiently uaed to tha way of tho world, to parry audi cruel ahafta. llut Lord Harold atood br her friend. "That waa hardly fair of you, Mlaa Champion," ho anld, coolly, "to tnko tho worda out of your coualna tnoutn, wlah Mlaa Hyro could hnvo heard tho flattering apeech Hnatlnga mado about tier once, before a room full of young la Ileal they were awfully jcaloua of It." Oua vivid glance of thanks ahot from under Wlnlfred'a long Inahca; Lord Har old, seeing It, waa rewarded, Mlaa Cham plon noted It. too. and waa bitterly an gered, llut aha a in I led awcetly a aba anld! "Mlaa Eyro will acarcely thank you for your haaty champlonalilp, Your worda almoat aeem to accuae ma of betraying aomethliig aha wlahed to conceal." And laughing itlll. aha walked to tho window, bitterly conicloua that aha had ruined tier laat chance with Lord Harold, That anme evening Mlaa Alton dismiss- ed htr maid, and betook heraelf to bruah her pretty hair In Wlnlfred'a room, for whom aha had conceived a violent fancy "I'm aura you're not tired!" ab ci claimed, aa aha waa admitted, In anawer to her summons; "and I want to have t chat with you." "No, I am not tired at all," Winifred anawercd; "and I tbluk there's no tlina for talking Ilka thla, when one baa a aort of a guilty feeling that one ought to bo lu bed." Wall, theu," eiclalmed Fee, laughing, "let'a be prepared to do without our beau ty alevp for once and beglu. I am going to call you Winifred, and you muat call me Fee no one ever tblnka of aaylng Marlon. Not that I approve of people colling each other by their Christian iiauu-a aa a rule." rattled on tho little fairy, "becauie It leada to familiarity, and familiarity, we aro wliely told, breedi contempt. I fa tha grealeat inlitake to Ihj too Intimate people are aura to quar rel; but I don't think we ahall; ao, If you do not mind, let It be Winifred and Fee." In which arrangement Mlaa Hyre con curred heartily. And now I want to conflde In you," contluued Fee, "becauae I am the moat miserable creature In the world, and 1 want advice, and I know you are good ami aenalbte. Don't be offended," ahe went on in her quick, droll way; "I dou't uu an anything tllaparaglng by aaylng you aro ecuilbte. I know It'a generally con sidered an odloua trait In young people to be acnilble; but you couldn t be anything that waan't nice, becauae you arc ao pret ty and clever. I waut to talk to you about Col. d'Agullar and Mr. Clayton. Which do you llko tho moat?" "lou cannot aak me auch a qucatlon acrloualyt" eiclalmed Winifred. "At all erenta, you cannot have any doubt aa to my anawer." "Then you don't Ilka Mr. Clayton J" "Indeed I do not." replied Winifred, earnestly. "Ho aceuia to havo a cynical dlahclief In good, a ineerlng mlttruit of kind actions, that never goea with a good or benevolent nature, I would rather die ten thouaand tlmea over than conic to euapect every thought and action of tho people I lived with," "I know what you aay of Francla Clayton to bo true; I deaplao lilm In my heart. I havo not a abadow of bono that I ahall ever approach to a feeling of love for him. He la mallclma he la cruel he la revengeful. And yet, knowing all thla. It will not hinder me from eclllng myaelf to him If be caree to bny me. 1 think ho will. I think If It wero only to triumph over Col. a Agullar ho would marry me, lnirre, do you know I lava that man with .all my heart with all the love of which a poor, vain, frlvoloua na ture like mine la capable? and yet I can- (not aacrlflco aoclety and faihlon for hla aake. I wonder why all the men who aro worth loving aro poor? ' "You would give up auch a man aa Col. d'Agullar and take Mr, Clayton, for the sako of his money? Fee nodded her head. "Yes, so would you It you had led my life, and been brought up aa I hnvo been. What can I do?" and aha stamped her foot impatiently; "I hare no money; my aunt has nono to glvo me. Col. d'Agullar bus only a pittance barely sufficient for himself. Itlrhes, they aay, cannot giro lovo or happineaa; but poverty can take away one and dcatroy the other, I have no other alternative." "Dear Mlaa Alton," aald Winifred. "1 beg of you with all my heart to think well before you make up your mind to marry a man Ilka thla Mr. Clayton, Think what it muat bo to spend the best part of your llfa with a man you cannot love a man you might perhaps get to hater' Fee laughed a llttlo unnatural laugh, and put her Angers to her cars. Until!" ahe aald; "do not talk In that war. I know all you can aay. After all wh" kenws? Mr, Clayton may never do mo tho honor to propose to nie, and then how foolish I ahall look! Uood-nlght, chcrlo klaa mo once more. Oood-nlght, And the llttlo fairy tripped off to her own room, OHAI'TKIl IX, And yet the very next night Fee tap ped at Wlnlfred'a door, and when It was opened alio went quickly lu, and, throw ing heraelf In a chair, burst Into tears, Winifred was fairly distressed; great drops welled Into her eyes for sympathy, "Don't cry, dear Fee what Is It? what alls you?" It was startling to see the gay, Insou clanto llttlo fairy In such a plight. "Oh, Winifred, I am so nilserablo t hate myself!" Wlulfred guessed the rest. "You have not consented, Fee? you nro. not going to marry Mr, Clayton?" "Yea. I am." "Oh, Fee, bow could you? you cannot llko him." "What la the uae of talking like that?" Miss Alton cried, with feverish petulance, "Why don't you congratulate mo? It Is a splendid match." "I love you, Fee. I cannot decelvo you. It you do not caro tor him and you cannot lore a man like that all his money will not make you happy," Winifred went sorrowfully to bed, for iho loved the frivoloua, worldly llttlo crea ture dearly. Mr, Clayton's reflections wore tolerably satisfactory, as he smoked hla UpnnlaU cigarette after the ladles had retired. Though after all," bo muttered, "1 am not quite sure tho game's worth tho candle Of course fellows will laugh at my being caught, after all I've said about the 'happy state,' 'iney won't give mo credit for being caught 'with Intention.' I with d'Agullar was here, but I suppoio he won't bo lu until very into." Jiisl about one o'clock Col, d'Agullar, who hud been awny on a dinner Invlt Hon, camo In, In. high good humor and aplrlta. "Wo have had a charming evening. he aald, In anawer to a iiueillnn from dipt, Cullodeu, "Homo very Jolly fel- Iowa there, and I waa greatly tempted toy (he night, aa they naked me. How ever, aa I had anld nothing- about It I.ndy (Irnce Fafiiihar, j wna afraid of committing a breach of good manner by remnlnlng, Arthur le Mnrchant had drl en over from Hazell Court a rare (too fellow he la, too, tho very Ufa of a party "Did ho any anything about llastlngsV" Inquired Iteglnald Champion. "I think he mentioned the name Hnatlnga. If 1 recollect rightly It wa aoiiietlilng In connection with a yacht Constantinople." "I am aorry Uniting took It Into hi head to leavo England," Interpoaed l-ord Harold Ersklne. "Ho waa one of tho nlceit, moat gentlemanly fetlowa I ever met with. Ho entertained ua lu a prim ly way at the Court laat mouth." "HaitlngaT" remarked Francla Clay ton, Ititvrrogntlvcly. "I aerin to know tbi name, Ily the way, Eraklne, waa not Hint the in nn Mlaa Champion accuaed Mlaa Eyro of being ao much lu the woo. with?" I.vrd Ilnroti) colored with nnailon. "I ureaume they were only together Just na d'Agullar olid Mlaa Alton might hnvo been In thn pnrk thla afternoon 'Ah!" anld Frnncla Ulaylon, quietly, but with hla moat illaagrceablo amlli " 'Let Iboie laugh who win,' ia a capita maxim. Hut you'vo not congratulated me vet. anv of rou. Col d Agullar grew very pale; in hand that waa on the back of hla chair trembled. "I am no hypocrite," he aald, quietly, but with a curloua ring lu hla voice. cannot wlah you happineaa when I know It cntalla her mlaery." And aintust dend alienee ho left tho room. Ilefore tha party aasembled at break faat the following morning he had left Eudou Vale. (To be continued.) INSEOT VANDALS. Tropical Ants that Harass the Conn- try I.IWa u Fire. Tho Huns and Vandals of tbo Insect world aro undoubtedly the marching army ants. In tropical countries every thltiK falls before tboso invaders; tbey lcnv nothing but ruin behind them, Tho author of "Tnngwecra" e'vcs thla de scription of them: I hnvo never found where these ants lie concealed when not engaged In for nttlns; but two or three times In tli year. Just before or after heavy rain, they como out of the forest In millions, advancing lu a solid column, which mny cover au aero of ground. Some times the column may separate In dlvls loin, one going In one direction, one In another. Kncli travels In a fixed direc tion. In which It Is guided by theguards, distinguished by enormous beads and threatening mandibles, who march ahead of the main body, as If to recoil nolter the ground. Tho nnny follows nflcr Its officers, and rummages everything ns It ad vances. Some swarm up the trees to considerable heights, searching In all the cracks of the bark, or among para sltlcat plants. Every fallen or hollow log and every stone Is carefully In specletl. They destroy as If a Ore had passed over tbo ground. Snails, beetles, butter- Oil's, slugs, spiders, caterpillars, scor pions, centipedes everything Is de voured. Wasps' nests are rifled of the grubs; birds are driven from their nests nud the young ones catcu up. Fortu nately, few birds lay In the rlnny sea son, but occasionally Incursions of the nnny take place befote the rains, when the birds arc rearing their young. have scon lizards eight Inches long writhing, lashing the tall, rolling over and over, covered with ants which soon mastered nml devoured thorn. Twice in the middle of the night wo havo been roused by such Invasions of tho marching army ants, and bad to rush out of the bouso and wait tilt the foray was over. llut wo were consoled by their leaving us n clean house, for the nuts sonrch the thatch through and through, plunder the wasps' nests which lino our caves, and drag from hiding every tizarti, cockroach and spider. PLUCKING OSTRICH FEATHERS, rrocesa la Doth Blmple and Palaleaa to the IllrJ. Many hnvo wondered whether the os. trlch felt inln during the plucking of his feathers, and whether the opera tion was cruelly performed. Tho pro cess Is both Blmple nnd painless. Over tho head of the ostrich Is placed n long bag with n breathing hole In one end A limn then hold tho bird while another cutB with shears tho long feathers. Only those of tbo wings and tail nro taken. Tho short feathers, being ripe. nro pulled out without pain, as they would 80011 drop In tho course of nature. Great caro must bo taken not to In jure, tbo feather root, for If a "socket" Is destroyed, n feather cannot grow ngnlu. Tho stumps of thoso that aro cut remain In until tlireo months Inter. Sometimes tho bird picks them out herself, mid often tho keeper assists her. To pluck this terrible creature Is often a dangerous operation. Caro is taken to stand behind It to cscnpo Its kicks. Tho feathers of tho back and ab domen drop off nnd nro gathered In bundles. Natural colors nro black, white nud drab. Tbo black ones aro kept for black entirely liecnuso of tbo natural shade and tho line, silky down. Tho feathers of tho innlo bird, says tho Christian Kiule.-ivor World. nro tho most valuable. Also, those, from a live os trich aro better than thoso from a dead one, Tho plumage, of wild oues Is held In higher esteem than of tamo varie ties. Thoso of the female birds nnd of tho youug rank ns second iiuallty. Tho wlilto feathers nro often very puro nnd beautiful. Thoso of tho tall nro dingy nnd Inferior In quality. Tho various kluds of feathers nro put Into separate bags tall feathers, wing feathers, white, black, grny. They nro theu grad ed, weighed and shipped to feather dressers, wbcro they nro washed, sowed together, dyed and curled Into many styles. The U-nbarraeseil Whale, "I do not mind tho notoriety so much," soliloquized tbo whale, after It had left Jonah on tho beach, "but those smart young vvhalcs In our set will hi sura to always ba asking me to take something for tho Inner man, or to to spouting around nbout how hard It In to keep a good man down." Uultliuote Auicrk-uu. GLORY OF THE GRADUATING GIRL 5IIU was on Iho platform reading' her essay. She looked as If she liail Just stepped out of a flower tied. In her cheeks tho carnation had left Its glow and her Hps had robbed tho roses. Kho was a healthy, fragrant, glowing, American girl, of a typo that wo lovo and protect nud honor. Her essay or oration? Something thnt told of throbbing hope nnd ambi tion and rosy skies. Hard knocks aro tew In tho chrysalis period. Why shouldn't this graduation girl for a lime bcilevo In the entire goodness of the world; bellcvo In perpetual sun shine? Tho band plajs rangy music for her now; her pulses quicken and she Is happy. It Is well. Why should she know that further down the path there are no Mowers, the bands do not play and the clouds often shut out the sun? It her have her good times, this Oraduatlon Girl,. It her glory In her triumphs and be proud of her attain incuts. There can never be too much happiness In the world; there Is always too much sorrow. Down In thn front row ar father and mother, a man and woman who have tolled nnd suffered and borne much. It Is the common lot. It puts deep caro lines Into faces, and sometimes It wrinkles hearts, but not always. If yoi will look closely you will see that that old couple have Just one object In llfo-tbe girl. She Is of their blood. She Is slipping awny from them as the years go by, and often the mother cries silently because of sorrow that Is too deep for words. She Is proud of her Graduation Girl, but her arms aro empty, and there Is an ache In her heart for the baby that has blossomed Into a woman. Men love deeply and truly, but there Is a holy nfTectlon that Is denied them. Mothers know It mothers only. The csaayl To those old folks It represents the climax of wisdom, the culmination or learning. The words flow like music, and there Is a hymn In every paragraph. True affection wears rose-colored glasses, you know. And then, when It Is all over, a queen goes to her home. She seems Just a little bit higher and holler than any other girl, does this graduation daugh ter, nnd she talks to father about It and to mother, and her eyes shine, there Is n sob In her throat, and she discovers, all at once, that It wasn't the applause, of the great world she yearned for, but the grand appreciation of an old man and an old woman; not so much a desire for fame and a career as to Justify their wonderful faith In her ability. There you have the story of a great many graduation days. They are a One Institution, and they contain much of education not found In books. Des Moines News. FORT WASHINGTON HAS A STRONGHOLD SEVERAIi months ago a Washington man, who takes a deep Interest In local history, read a paper before the Columbia Historical Society In which he drew attention to the fact that when Lord Cecil Calvert sailed up the Potomac In the "Ark and Dove." with the first settlers of Maryland, the first village of any considerable size which he encountered was that of tho Placataway Indians, located on the present site of Fort Washington. It was at this point that the Indians made a hostile demon stration against Calvert, who, by bis tact, coolness and Judgment, man aged, however, to pacify the savages and bring them to terms. He showed, further, that the strategic value and Importance of the rising ground on which Fort Washington now stands was recognized by the American Indians long before the advent of tbe whites In this country. In proof of which be cited numerous extracts and passages from old writers, showing that, at tbe time of tbe settlement of Maryland, It was here that tbe Plscataways bad their chief stronghold; that It constituted a sort of rude fort, from which they defied their enemies, the surrounding tribes of Delaware and Powbatans, and tbat It was here that they gathered In great numbers to stay the advance of Lord Calvert up tbe Potomac Hirer. The fact tbat men think and act pretty much tbe same In all ages and countries, an anthropological truth only realized of late years. Is thus strikingly exemplified In Fort Washington, and, of late, certain things hare como to light, not only confirming tbe statement that the Indians recognized the military Importance of tbe Fort Washington site, but that even paleolithic man was alive to Its value as a location both for defense and offense. Dur ing the last month the officer In command at the fort awarded the contract for the leveling of a considerable area on the bluff top, which It Is Intended shall be used for a parade ground. The now been at work nearly four weeks, and In tbat period hardly a day has passed In which they have not found grounds for surprise and wonder at the unusually large number of flint arrow-heads, stono hammers and ax beads that are unearthed by the steam plow and the picks of the workmen. Tbe evldenco Is clear that far back In Potomac recognized tbe value of the This Is only one of a number of our modern cities, forts and railroads roadways used long prior to the landing of Columbus. Speaking of this Archer Butler Hulbert, In his recent of America," says: "It Is very wonderful that the buffalo's Instinct should havo found the very best courses across a continent upon whose thousand rivers such great black forests were thickly strung. Yet It did, and tbe tripod of the white man has proved It; and human Intercourse will move constantly on paths first marked by the buffalo. It Is Interesting thnt he found the strategic passage-way through tbo mountains; It Is also Interesting that tbe buffalo marked out the most practical paths between the heads of our rivers paths tbnt aro closely followed to-day by tho Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio, Chesapeake nnd Ohio, Cleveland, Terminal and Valley, Wabash, and other great roads." He spoke also or ono stnmng case between Grafton and Parkersburg, W. Va where the road follows tbe old buffalo trail throughout Its course, and of Instances of tunnels where the trail runs exactly over the top of the underground passageway. OLDEST JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. Daniel Shaw Haa Bervad In That Ca pacity Nearly 70 Ycara. Probably tho oldest Justice of the Deuce. In point of service, In the coun try. Is Daniel Shaw, of Kingsbury, Ind. lie has been justice of tho peace In La ports county for more than sixty years, and has been elected to Berve in that capacity until 11)08. From the date of bis first election ns a Justice in La porte County to tho expiration of bis present commission DANIEL SUAW. the tlmo Is soventy- ono years. Mr. snaw was born in Washington County, this State, In 1814, n 183T ho struck out into the newly opened wilderness of tho far West, and In tho same year was elected a Justice of tbe peace In La porte County. His first court was held under a tree near what is now the settlement of Kingsbury. Whllo nt Chicago that year Mr. Shaw was offered forty acres of land for his team of oxen. The offer was refused. To-day thoso forty acres aro worth many" millions of dol lars. Mr. Shaw has never used liquor or tobacco, and notwithstanding his great ago ho reads nud writes without the aid of glasses. Ho looks twenty years younger than he Is and promises to live at least ten years longer. Ills Compromise. Mr. Potter was giving his son a few words of fathi-rly counsel as to his treatment of his young wife. Now when you have any little dif ferences of opinion," said Mr. Potter, tn his most Judicial manner, "It you can't persuado Margaret that you aro In the right, you must compromise, my boy, compromise with a good gracs." READING HER COMMENCEMENT ESSAY the omr. asxxvvxiE. BEEN USED AS SINCE PREHISTORIC TIMES contractors and their employes have the stone age the dwellers along the site as a place of offense and defence. similar Instances going to prove that occupy the sites of towns, forts and work entitled "The Historic Highways in point on tbe Baltimore and Ohln. "I'll try to," said the son, respect fully. "1 well remember a little experience I bad with your mother the summer after we were married," continued Sir. Potter. "I wanted to spend six weeks at Saratoga, and your mother preferred to spend the time In taking a trip through Canada. It's thirty odd years ago, but I well remember the argu ments we bad before I comuromlsed. How did you do It?" asked the son. "We spent Ave weeks and a half In 1 Canada." said Mr. Potter, "and from ' Friday night till Monday morning In ouraioga. Tho Itoy and the Farm. Teachers and farmers teach thn Inn and girls to bo honest and imrl-M in 1 every sense, but by all means tench ttvm can reai1- Education Is not per them to work. It won't hurt them to ' ""ed t0 e'ern women. They hare do a llttlo farm work. Send them to no Part Practically, In the Mohamme collcge It you can; but let's keep all ' dnn religion, which Is a man's faith, the college boys and girls on the farm Tnl lenorance and vacuity of life be that we can, and then the farmers' i lungs to all classes, high and low. Interest will bo looked after better. Their life Is an animal one. Under We will bare better schools, better thtso circumstances. It Is not strange churches nnd better society. Insist on that tho women of the Orient are usu- trying to keep tho boys on tbe farm oner mey nave received their educa tion. They can keep tho farm books and will lend an nlr of Intelligence to tho town. Wo need moro educated people on the farms, wheu ivo will have less boys and girls going to the cities from tbe farms. An Opinion. "Well," said Nurltcb, who had been showing Kander through bis nw bouse, "what do you think of the turn. Ishlngs?" "They er show a great deal of. taste," remarked Kandor. "Think so?" "Yes, but It's all very bad." Phil delpbla Press. Of course It was an Irish philosopher who said; "If you would koep your,1 unm awn nmvi juu mint mi mi mi grass grow under your feet1" I kSBBwention The nurora borealls, as lately seen In It. a ii i .1 tf I iV Mn l-. tl .1. observer, appeared as a black arch wiin iiincK streamers against a biua sky. Tha sun was shining brightly, and somo bright white clouds were being driven rapidly In front of tha aurora. Ily means of a new system of print ing called "callltypy," the ordinary typewriting machine can bo employed for making the matrix from which printing types are cast By special devices the difficulty of bringing the ends of the lines Into vertical adjust ment and of making corrections has, It Is asserted, been successfully over come. A rise of body temperature from D8.4 degrees I- the normal to 107 de grees Is speedily followed by death. Drs. Halliburton and Mott find that cell-globulin coagulates at the tatter temperature, and they conclude tbat the fatal results of high fever are due to coagulation of this proteld In tbe cells of the nerve centers and other parts of tho body. To eye strain, usually unsuspected, Dr. George M. Gonld attributes much of human misery. He finds evident that It was Indirectly responsible for tbe opium habit of De Qulncy, caused the morbid condition and breakdowns of Carlyle, and gave Browning bis headaches and vertigo. Printing books In white Ink on black paper Is a sug gested means for lessening eye strain. According to W. E. D. Scott of Princeton University, there Is special cruelty- In the manner of killing bird In Florida for use on women's hats. The huntsmen take advantage of the devotion of the parent bird to their young by lying In wait near the nests, before the young birds are able to fly, knowing tbat their cries will bring back the parents again and again. In spite of the disturbance made by the slaughterers. With Flobert rifles the devoted birds are picked off at & dis tance of only ten or twelve feet lleptlles and amphibians are attract ed to water from such distances that Dr. F. Werner, of Vienna, supposes they must be endowed with a special sense. Sight Is found to bo the most acuta of their ordinary senses, but alligators and crocodiles see a man not more than ten times their own length, frogs sea about fifteen or twenty times their own length, fishes not more than halt their own length. and snakes only one-fourth or one eighth of their own length. Most rep tiles and amphibians are totally deaf. None are entirely without taste; and the snake's tongue rapidly vibrating the air, seems to feel objects without actually touching them. Some fifteen years ago a Virginia gentleman purchased In Alexandria, Egypt from a native who had found It In tbe wall of a building broken during a conflagration, what appeared to be mass of corroded copper weighing twenty pounds. 1 It was kept as a hearth ornament until recently It was found to consist of about 500 Roman coins, struck In tbe days of the early Caesars. Professor Dunnlngton, of tbe University of Virginia, finds tbat the coins contain one part of silver to four of copper, but when dipped In acid a part of the copper disappears, leaving a silvery surface, which wears" as a white metal. He be lieves the coins passed for sliver. The mass bad become encrusted with a double skin of malachite and of red oxide of copper, nnd remarkable changes had gone on wltbln. although tbe lettering and the dates remained legible. WOMEN OF THE ORIENT. No Place In All tha World Ba flood aa Cairo to Htndr Them. In no other city of the Orient has one so good an opportunity to study the women of the cast as In Cairo. In this, the "smelting pot" of tbe Moslem races, Persians, Arabs, Turks and Greeks, together with a halt dozen other races, dwell side by side, mixing with the native Egyptians. Womes) of all these races are on pa rade every afternoon on tbe Mousky or Mobnmmed-AIl street the shopping street for tbe rich residents. All these women walk abroad heavily veiled, each one closely accompanied by a eunuch. In these afternoon prome nadesfor shopping Is with them mainly an excuse for a sort of half- freedom they show by their eyes, whkli are the only parts of their faces not bidden by their Tells, tbat tbey would not be averse to a little flirtation, but the alert scowling eunuch keeps them moving on. The mn hammedan woman of Cairo Is limited to ber husband and her attendant eu- nuch. Tho promenade Is their one glimpse of freedom. Otherwise they dream their lives away In vacuity. None of ally better and finer physical sped meus than their men. Tbey hare noth ing to do but cultivate their bodies. Tho Copts are exceptions. They are Christians, and, while the men hem their women about to an extent un known In the west, they aro still free as eagles as compared to tbe Mos lem women. Even among the Copts, however, there Is a certain amount of polynniny. If the life of tbo aristocratic woman Is one of vacuity, that of the low caste woman Is one of absolute slav ery. Tbey are made burden bearers from tho age of 10 or 12. Thoy, too, aro fins animals. I havo often watched a group of these vomcn sitting at rest along the river banks. There they sat, staring nt upthlng and doubtless thinking of same thing. As Is Usual In Egypt, the flics wero thick nnd Tn ' omuus. I myself had lu beep n sfunll borso hnlr wisp busy warding them from my head nml eyes. llut tliero these women sat with the files warm ing over their eyes, their lips, their . throats, and never so much as lifted a hand. A cow or horso would bar lushed out vigorously, but they made tM tTl D V R I "What Is the use?" that was their thought, If they thought Of tho mat ter at all "They would only come bark again." High and low, rich and poor, tholr lot Is one of legal slavery. Marriage Is a purchase. The market price of girls has been falling steadily, until, In tho lower classes, n girl without ex ceptional charms Is a drug on tin market. Fifty dollars, or even less, will purchnso a good animal, sound tn wind and limb. I was much amused by a talk which I held with a young Arab of fashion, a man of exceptional Intelligence. He wns about to b married. Ills father hod Just bought htm a wife, whom he bad seen for tho first time. Ho was tremendously elated over tho fact that sho was a large, flno specimen of a woman, nnd was correspondingly grnteful to bis father for the liberality of tbo gift QET8 ROYALTY FROM KIPLINQ. Ilrljtht Amarlcan Hoy Hnaraeatcd a Ba rlaa ofBtorlea to Kngllah Author. Mr. Doubleday, who Is ono of tha American publishers of the books of Rudyard Kipling, has a small son who Is bound to make bis mark In tbe busi ness world. When In America Mr. Kipling was a frequent visitor at the Doubleday home and the small boy's admiration quickly grew to devotion. Ua watched with the most fervent In terest every step of progress In a book of Mr. Kipling's as It went through tha publishing house, and he had a moment of real ecstacy when he held In his hand tbe first finished volume. One day be came to his father with an eager, questioning face. "Papa," he asked, "don't you believe Mr. Kipling Is going to write any mors children's stories, something like the 'Jungle Book," you know?" "Don't know, my son," answered Mr. Doubleday, "but I wish be would." "I've been thinking of something," ssld tbe boy slowly, "and I've been writing a letter about It to Mr. Kip ling. I think he could make great sto ries out of 'Where tbe Camel Got His Hump' and about 'What the Elephant Puts In His Trunk,' don't you?" "Do you mind It I send him the let ter?" Not at alt Mr. Kipling wlU ba delighted to bear from you." 'And now, papa, I want to make a business proposition. If Mr. Kipling should write some of these stories I bare asked htm to and If you should publish them and they should sell like hot cakes, would you be willing to pay me 1 per cent royalty for thinking up new plots?" I shsll be most happy to, my boy." And draw up a regular contract aa you do with authors?" Most certainly." 'And advance me 5 cents now oft my royalties to mall a letter to Mr. Kipling?" - Mr. Doubleday gravely laid a nickel In tbe boy's hand. The contract was drawn up that af ternoon. One month later came a cordial let ter from the famous author to say that the suggestions were fine, exactly what he wanted, and that already be was at work on the first story. Last Christmas Master Doubleday re ceived his first check, the royalties of 1 per cent on the "Just So Stories." It amounted to $300. WARDS OFF THE LIGHTNING. Clothing: Warranted to Protect Wearer from Klectrlc Btrokea. Thanks to the researches of a Rus sian savant, man mny now, like Jove, defy the lightning's stroke. lie has In Tented a garment that Is said to be a certain protection against a stroke of the electric fluid. It Is light nnd flex ible and does not In tbe least Interfere with tbe movements of the wearer. The garment Is mado of flno gauze, of brass threads, and consists of a shirt and trousers that reach below the feet. Tbe sleeves eud In gloves thnt are pro vided with buttons for fastening. A hood covers the head, buttoning on tho body part of the safety garment When tbe wearer of this garment ap proaches too near the current of an electric machine, Intend of harming him, the current Is conducted to the ground by tbe suit of gauzo and the person Inside experiences no Inconven ience. The wearer of this suit can stand between the two poles of a high tension current of electricity nud the sparks will pass from ono to the other across his Intervening body without shocking him, tbo discharge going through the metallic covering. Tha inventor of the lightning pro tector donned his gauze garment and placed himself under a conductor tbat had a tension of 60,000 Tolls. With his bands, his elbows, his arms and bis head bo attracted brilliant sparks, but was not the least Inconvenienced, lie grasped with his hands two electrodes of 1,000 Tolts pressure and caused to pass through the protecting garment electricity amounting to 100 amperes, current so strong that when he with draw his hands an electric spark two feat long shot out from tho machine. At the termination of tho experiments It was found that the gauze garment had not been damaged by the sparks, with tbe oxceptlon of small holes at tbe points of contact, that did not Im pair the protecting action of the Inven tion. A Piccadilly Rebuke. Even pickpockets should have clean hauds. One tried to remove the valu ables of a Piccadilly "Irreproachablu" as be sauntered to his club the other morning. Tho Irreproachable seized tbe thlet by the wrist, gazed at his filthy paw, and flung It from him with disgust saying! "For goodness save, my good man. wash your hands before you put them In a gentleman's pocket" London Ex press. There are some positions that seem to require men who don't know very much. t i