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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (July 10, 1903)
CIIAPTHIt XI.-Ctmtliiiirit, The iimmlng after Mr. Unallng' visit, letter onino i .Mr. May toil, nuiinuuolng Hint (Hie nf hli hnllllfa waa ftitppntictl In have tubbed 1 1 1 1 1 1 in m ciiiinhlcnihlo ev tent. 'I'lin inn ii li I n hk I r had im hlo.i Unit lie wai u IimI, I'rniii'lH C'lnjrlnii win IimIiIo hluiielf; liu vnui'it tcngoiiiicc, agnluit lliu delinquent lio would eeiiiilel Mill lio would gel litn trniiapiricd--lila Wifo mill olilUici uliotilil lio reduced In uttnino mill hfggn iy 1 "1 flllil I ulinll hare la go Imrk In Eng Inn. I." lio tulil hlii wife. "I thall leave ymi here, nml tiiiurn far you III a week or ten da." "Uli, 1I0 mko inn with yon, I'mnrls," nlil Ilia llllli) hypocrite, protending to luuk dlanppullili'd. "Palinwl I tell fail It U not raiirrn Imit." "Hilt what nm I to lo If roil go? I rnnnot go to nil those hull mul dinners wo nro niKiiKi'il to, nlone." "Nomcine. Mndnmo do Hi. Gcrnn will clin lioruii you If j 011 Mill want 11 chap eron," mtilt'il t lio agreeable hiiahaiiil, with n twer. "Him hiiotVH every friend uml ncquilliilnnoo wo hnve In I'niU." Mmlmnv do Hi. (lernn was 11 11 1 I friend nml llnnio of Frniuia Cln) (ou'h, mill she hail fur doiiiii r i-n mill tolerated whnt alio railed "her Kiiiill.li lu ir." Frniuia Clay Inn. niiiiilinr llio privileges of 11 11 olil frli'inl, paid Iiit n mont uiifnahliinnhly rnrly visit, mnl alio received him In u ilrinltollol nf elegant aliiipllolty In tier own boudoir, nml wan ino.t graciously pleased to nl'ri'.lc to hla request. "It'll iiiitilmiii1, your wife, uliu anlil, III pnrtlnif. "thnt nt nloo o'eloi k thli evenliiu rhlldren had perpetual nllercnlluiiai nnd. 1 ahnll linve the honor to roll for her to latterly, Mra. Champion nml her dnuiili tnko her to thu oieru nnd afterward to ter deemed far lea nttncheil to eni h oth tho hall kIvcii hy tho Durhoaa do Heu , er than formerly. Klorn Uhamplon wna cour." 1 mihaiipy nml dlieonteuted. Her nlm In Alld IVnnela Cln) Inn bent over her llfo wna to innko n brilliant marriage, and liniul mid klaaed It In n luauiier that 1 nlm fnlled. inliilit have edllled mid nitoiilnhed inn-1 Krene between her nnd Sir Ilonnrd dame, Ida wife. Then ho returned 10 the were of frequent oecurrenie. Hhe ipui. hotel, delivered the meaaaire, to IVe, bade rele.1 eoiutanlly with her brother, nnd the her Kood-by, nnd kUnlni: her coldly. Jump-1 laat nml eronnlin; purl of her mortlhVa cd Into Ilia brilUKliam, which va In nt- j tlou wna that he hml fallen deapernlely trndniieo to romey him to the atallnn. In love with Winifred l!yro. When Mr. Mnil.inm do Kt. (lermi enlled for Mri. rinyton nt I lie .(ippolnled time, nm! they apent two houra very pleainnlly nt the opera, durliie which aevernl tieiitlrmen uf their nriiinlntnneit droppeil In to i'o them, nnd paid their court to either lady, m tfltto or diplomacy augKcalod. Ohio or twice tho l'Veneliwoninii looked curl otnly at her lovely eompnnlon, who for mire wna n bright nml sparkling na In the olden da) a. "How la It poaalble," alio thought, "for n mail to bo IndllTeri'MI to a creature ao dltlno!" They had wen ctioush of the opera, nnd their rarrlnitn belnu called, they ilrove off to tho ball. Ill the tirat room Mra. Clayton met with Mr. Ilnitlnga. Sim look hla nrui, nnd they Joined the dnnrera. "My hnabnnd la nwny," alio whhiereil, "mid I ahall dance to night to my heart' content. If ho were here he would uot let me." , Tho dnnco wna over, nml they were Wiiliderlng together through the inngnl llcelit conaervnlorlea that led from tho ballroom. Kuddculy Mr. Ilnallug felt 1,1. roi,inniiliin,H hand treiublo vl utly , ..1 I.Ij arm mnl Iiit l.wiL'iiil ililUII (I nleklv 1 1..,.. i..., ii ...... 1. wiiii I 1... ."....!. .. iiv" -,.r .. 1.1. ii... i.,., ... ii.'.. '...,., i, miL.1. 1 til.. r c.,1 .PA-nllur nilvniirloir. I Wna dlacroetly allent. A quick glniice, tin undecided bow. pnaacd between them nnd they both moved on. When Mr. Clayton returned to llnd Madame de St. (leran. Col. d'Agul.ar formed one of tho knot of men who atood talking uiih her. 1 They weru obliged lo apeak then; nnd. iignlliat her better Judgment, ngnlint her own renolve, ahe went buck to the ball room 011 hi arm. They were perfectly dlncrcil, their lvornallon wnk elmply nilcli that the tuereat ncquaintiiucoa uiigiii liao held: tho dnuger wna III tho fnacl- nntloii the iireaenco of each had for llio other. Hhe did uot ilauco with lilm any more than ahe did with Mr. Hnatlng; but When ahe went home alio repronched her aelf bitterly for the time alio hnd apent in Ida aoclcty, whllo abe never gnvo a alii gle thought to Krrol Ilnatlnga, It wna threo weeka before Mr. Clnyton returned to l'nrla for hla wife, nnd dur ing thnt time alio mot Col. d'Agulbir nl moat every day. l'Yo wnntel to do her duty wnntcd with nil her might. If brand Clnyton Jim) been n Hill" kind nnd forbearing to lior, aha would Dover luiro Buffered a thought even to bo fnlie to lilm. Hut ho won cruel, tyrannical nnd nuiplcloua nnd mid well! alio nluioat limed lilm. Now mid then ahe would mnko n great effort, 11 ii.l atrlvo to bo good nnd patient nnd keep from qunrrellng with lilm, but ho wna ao bonrlah and Ill-tempered that her dealgn nlwaya fulled, Kho wna mukliig freali resolve na alio ant looking pensive ly Into tho fire, 011 till particular morn ing, but nil of n sudden her thought wert most unexpectedly put to lllghttby tho abrupt entrance of her buabnnd. "p'ritncla!" alio exclaimed, rising nnd kissing lilm. "yea. I auppojo you did not expect me. What n wretched li rot I 11 m almost frozen, and tho room la na cold na dentil. King tho bell nnd order 1110 aonio lunch." A terrible four aelxed on Pco, If ho wus angry nnd Jenioua about Mr, Hast ings, whnt would ho any when ho know that during Ida nbscnoo alio hnd been constantly In tho society of Col, d'Agul bir? HIio had never fully rcnlliod her Imprudence until thin moment. What could ahe do? If alio told him, ho wna certain to bo very violent; If alio conceal ed It, nnd ho been ma uwnro of it, tha lonaequeiicoa might bo teitlble, "It la bolter to get It olT my mind nt ouce," ahe determined, "Mr. Hustings wns hero this morning, dear, lip ciime to wish 1110 good-by," "In anticipation of my return, I sup pose." "Itenlly, l''riincN, I hnvo aenrcoly com mon pntlinco with you. Whnt n poor opinion you must have of yourself to be ao suspicions! Mr, Hustings la going to Knghtiid on husliicas, mid Col. d'Agullnr la going with li I in." "D'ABiilbirl" cried Frniiela Clnyton, starting, "bus ho been hero?" "Yes." "And you hnvo met lilm?" "Yea." "And spoken to lilm?" "Yea." "And dnnced with lilm?" "I plend guilty to thnt also," answered Fee, trying to speak gnyly, HIio wna nc- customed to violent outbursts from her huabnuit, but the pnaaloiinte violence bo gave wny to oil this ueenxlnn Hurpassed hnvo ror my wito innu 1110 promicsi prin nnyihliU she hnd ever witnessed. , cess In Hurope," IW sulJ uuch tenlble thliif lo hey, j Ills reflections were nil cut short by NLY A FARMER'S DAUGHTER. AftS. POMiUSTlUt. Unit, trembling, frightened, nit she waa, her Indignation win icruntcr. Shu walked straight up lu lil in. "How ilnrv yon no mrh words to mel" Im crloil. "How ilnro on utter your Imae-mlnded ausplchuia before ini'l I would not lower myself no much In my own eye 1111 10 miciupt to Justify my conduct. Von nro n poor, tnUuriihln tyniut, with v 1 1 j 1 1 It In Impossible for 11 Woiiinu to II vn nml ri'lnln her self-respect. I villi not stop iimlcr I lio iun toof wlih y mi another hour, from tliln iiiomi'iit I li'iini you," nml hIio awepl to- wnnl the iloor. Hut lio wan there liofora Iiit, mil loin I with III back ligllliut It, to prevent her egress, "I forhlil you to lenvo thla hotnier "Henceforward you hum 110 iiulhorlly over my nctloua, lliu wlfo replied, coldly, "I leave Paris to-night." "Then you go without servants or clothe." "Hit It ol I corn not how, hut go 1 will." Ho unw thnt ulie whk resolved, nml lie win nfrnld of her, I In tried to Juatlfy himself to make up the ciunrrcl; she wnulil not henr n word. Then lio apolo glreil, linmhly, nhjectly; mid nt lam she i-oiiiciitcd to rendu, lil mnemle. Their misery nm scaled from Hint hour. I low could n 11 1 11 n with n mind llko Clayton's eer pnnlnii n woman who hud no lni liillliiled III 7 Tho Champion were perhaps not llio limit united fninlly III llio world. Mr, Champion wna prororhliilly IndllTereiit to hla wife: Kir Howard nnd hla Krnnd I.yro died, Kir Howard had uoiio to the I'nrm mid offered to tnko Winifred to tho Munor. Hut alio refined not bitterly, not aiiKrlly, but Amity. "Thank ou," ho aald, "I am anre you mean kindly. You deaplaeil nnd alighted my dear, dear father rthen be waa nllie, mid I will not nceept anything nt your hainla now." And Kir llownrd, Inalead of being dlnpleaaed mid offended, wna rnther grill I Hod by mi Independence of aplrlt which he eonalder ed due to the blue blood alio Inherited from the ('hamplona. Meantime Winifred very gratefully ac cepted another offer that wna made in her. Tho moment kind l.ady (Irnco hoard of her young frleiid'a trouble he ciiine to her nnd wanted to take her awny to I'll don Vale nt once. Hut 110 peraunalon could Induce Winifred to Iciivu the I'nrui until lifter tho funeral, nnd even then alio clung to her old friend, Mnilnmc do Mull tolleu, and could not beur tho thought of leaving her. Hut l.ady (Irnco wna bent on having tho girl, nhom ahe had couio to caro for very dearly. Ko alio finally pcratindcd .Madame de Montnlleu " K'vit !' "'r 'le go with Wnl- fred to l'.udoii aIo. To returii to Flora Champion. Tho retribution which her conduct toward Mr. Vane deaerved hml orerlnkeu her. He "a Lord Lancing now: hla fnther had been dend alx inontua, mid he wna na Indifferent to her na alio had formerly been to him. And, worao than all, their '""""' "V , ' .. ' "T,? m back, and when that failed, alio atrove, with nil her atrcnglli of will, to luaater her unremitted attachment. Lord l.nn dug never alighted her he was far too generoua minded for that; be paid her tho aiime attention in public that he bad nl wnya done. Hut ho never, na long na ho lived, uttered nnothcr word of love to her. Ho wns kind mid tender to her, for tho sake of olden limes, but n bravo, gener oua heart llko bis could never again lovo n woman who hnd been cnpablo of cold ness and cruelty. "I will marry I" b'lorn vowed to her- aelf, "mid mnrry well. 1 ahull never love any 0110 but Evelyn, and be doea not onro for me now. If n mnn as old aa my grand father naks mo to bo Ida wife, nnd he bna rnlik mid wealth, I will tnko hint. Surely I hnve atill beauty enough to buy lore!" and Flora Champion looked proudly Into tho long mirror before which she was standing. ClIIAPTKU XII. Winifred was no longer unhappy. Sho had not forgotten the old tlo that had been snapped ao rudely, but others hnd wound themselves round ber. Sho had two mothers now her dear old mndomo and kind l.ady (Iracc; each seemed to vlo with tho other In tenderness and enre for her. It was a bright, treacherous morning In early April, and alio hod Just come in from her round of visits to the conserva tory nnd hothouses, laden with choice Powers. Sho laid them carefully on the long table by tho window, nnd proceeded to mnko selections. Kho was bending over a cut crystal vino, her hands filled with dellcnto ferns, when tho door wns thrown open nnd a servant announced "Mr. Hustings." Ho wns In the room be fore sho hnd tlmo to turn. A quick thrill of plensuro danced through her veins, then alio drew herself up Into haughty coldness memory nnd pildo hnd couio to her old. Mr. Hastings wns certainly neither bashful nor nervous, but on (lull ing himself thus nlone with the girl whom ho had loved, ho felt a very pardonable nwkwnrdneas. Ho chose to face It brave ly, though. Ho went quickly toward her, uttering her namo In n low voice. She drew bnck a atop or two, nnd looked at him with proud coldness. Ho stopped suddenly, looked at her, mid turned awny deeply mortified. "I will tell r.ndy drnce," Winifred said, quietly, nnd would hnvo left tho room, but Mr. Hastings confronted her. "Do not go yet," ho exclaimed, "listen to me for n moment first. Will you nover forgive mo? will you not let mo ntono to you?" "I will never forglvo you," bIio cried, tho pnBslonnto tenrs welling Into her eyes, nnd sho swept past him nnd left tho room, Mr. Hastings stamped with futile nnger on tho ground, "How could 1 be such n fool?" ho mut tered between hla teeth. "I hnve lost nil hope of this girl, whom I would miner the entrnriee of f.ndy Oraee. Mln w very glad to ai lilnii naked him why bp hnd not lieen over before, nnd n lliou amid qiieallnna nboul hla trnvela. They hml been tnlklug aome twenty mmiilea when the door opened, nnd lo bla ur prlae Mlaa lOyre entered, with mi air of perfect unconcern. I.mly (Irnoe, vlilenl- ly not knowing they had em h other that day. Introduced them. They bowed coldly. "Though I think you have ni"l befoie?" her bnlyahlp remarked, Interrogatively. "Mr. Ilnalliiga culled once nl the Turin to ace my fnlher about aonielhlng. Wo did lint meet na equal," nnd ahe gov him n defiant llnh of her proud eyea. Her Indyalilp preaieil Mr, Ilnallug 10 dine mid alay the night nt Hndon Vale, but he plended all engngement nt home. Hhe Inalaled, however, on hla taking lulMi before departing, nlnl to that lie con.eiu ed. During lunch hla hoaleaa dlai'imacd her projeela for tho coming aenaon. "I nm about to appear In n new role." alio aald. with n kind glnnce nt Winifred; "lint of chaperon. I inn going lo bring out my mlnplcd dnughter. nnd I truat ahe will not dlanppnlnt my eip-ctnlbma." "Mlaa Hyre will, I doubt not, more than renll.e the fomleat nntlclpntlom," aald Mr. Hunting. "Hlr Clayton bna taken n houao In Hilton Kquaro for' tho aenann," alio cji- llniied: "we propoae to commenco occu pying It III n fortnight. I hope wo ahnll aee you rouatnntly. Mr. Ilnalliiga." "I ahnll bo very glad," nafented llrrol. "I propino to be In town n good deal, and huo taken n act of room In I'lcca dllly." Hlr Clnyton n voice mmle llaeir nearn at till Juncture, almoat for the firat time. "Arc jou going bnck to tho Court tbl nfleruooli. Ilnatlnga?" Ilrrol nnawered In the nBlrmntlve. "Then Mlaa Kyro and I will benr you rompntiy part of tho wny. V have or dered tho horaea for threo o'clock." Winifred bit her Up with vexation; and Mr. HaallngB aaw It, mid would have ex cuaed hlmaelf had It been poaafblc. Tho horae came round; ho offered to mount her. "No, thank you," alio anld. coldly; "I llko to be put up by aome onu nhoiu aklll I hnve tented. Kite aeemed to delight III wounding him. Hhe kept pemlatently on the other aide of Hlr Clnyton, nod acarcely apokc. rre' ently they came to n gate, from widen the two top railing" hnd leen brolten. "Come, Winifred," aald Hlr Clayton, "there I n capital piece of practice for you." Tile groom hml gone up If on fiulcn It. "Don't open It, Mnaon!" about ed the baronet. "Mlaa Kyro la going to leap It." And Winifred Immediately put her home at It, nnd waa over III a iioment "Doea ahe alt well?" Sir Clnyton aaked, triumphantly, turning to Ida companion. "Harold Kraklne taught her to ride." Ilrrol'a reply wn I cm enllnnlmlc than It would have been If the Inat aentenre hnd been iinnpoken. Hut, nercrthele, he admired the graceful figure before him very ardently and genuinely. When they parted. Sir Clayton prenaed lilm to tllno there the following week. Heforo he muttered, be looked at Winifred, whoso gaio waa fixed blankly In the dl tance. "I will mnko her love mo!" ho rowed. Impatiently, and be accepted tho lovlta tlou. (To lie continued.) PORTUGUESE HOTEL CLOCKS. Hielr lrrltetlni; Irilliience Upon Btran uer Trjln-r In .'eep- It la tho fashion for Portuguese clocks to strike the hour twice over. Heaven only known why, for certainly the peo ple nre not n keen about the profitable use of their time thnt they require to be tcmlmlcd thus of Its IllKht. The habit I npt to be Irrltn tine, ispecl.illy In the night, when your bed (like enough a nti-iivc niattrcsji nnd a bran pillow) chances to be nenr one of these uum atom, which rings its four nnd twenty strokes ut midnight, with a piling be tween the dozens which merely stlmu linen expectation. If there nre live clocks I11 the establishment, nil with sonorous works (nnd the supposition Is reasonable), they will, of eourso, dif fer widely, so that twenty-four limy be striking with Intervals, during; a mad dening half-hour. You may happen to want to know badly which of the monsters Is the lenst mendacious, and the bells nt your bed head communicate with two servants, 0110 a (iullego mul the other n Portu gese. In such a case ring for the despised stranger without hesitation. Hu will be with you In n mlunte, fresh nud smiling, though lmlf-unked, and. If hu distrusts his own Judgment about the clocks, he will not mind saying so, nud will hasten to awaken tho landlord himself rather than that you should remain lu doubt. I regret to add that bis nioro conceited fellow servant will more probably say whatever first comes to bis tongue, more heedful of his own comfort than of your desires. Thus Is the Insinuation of the Oallego waiter in Portugal Justified, as that of the Oer nminSwIss with us. Chambers' Jour nal. The Wandering Hliaile. As I wandered down tho street I no ticed that tho said street was paved with divers and many bowlders which doubtless were the remains of soma- ancient fortification, They wcte rough and full of scums and ridges nnd val leys, and I marveled greatly how tho people of this otherwise progressiva modern city stood for it, Just then n passing vchlclo caught my fancy. "Gndzooks nnd by dcrnl" thought I, uut uiciiinii.3 1 win uuvu 11 riiie; lor, not since the days when wo rode In, tal iKrtTk aid vhere presided sedan chairs a id upon joggly war,J ' khld o( mel nro horses hnvo I ridden save on tho wings , .l:L...i..i .;.,V,,p,,., r.,- iw .,.i nr. of a thin mist. So I climbed upon tho wagon and smiled a ghostly smile of rare content- munt. Hy castor nnd Jlng!" quoth 1, "but this Is the real thlngl" Just then, however, wo struck another of tho buwldcred places, and, nfas! my spectral spine was driven Into my an cient and honorable skull so that I was forced to fade away swiftly nnd rco.N gnnlzo. For, by my halldom! nothing of tho days of yore was r-vor so soul-destroy. Ing as tho things I snag upon fit this modem city, Sou Francisco Uulletlu. ltulao Pay of lOinployes. Tho New Zealand government Is rais ing tho wages of Its railway employe- to tho extent of $100,000. Tuo nverngo savlugs bank deposit In this country Is moro than $ 100; In all Eut'opcau countries It Is -bout $100 MA'S MASTERPIECE. Hum yenrs ago there cum ter town, a tencbln' folks ter pnlnt, A feller with sum colors an' n plrter of a anlnt. (A sample of tho kind o' work ter be perdooced by each O' the favored Individuals he undertook ter tench ) Ho rum ter ua n-canvnsaln', nn' inn, she tumbled quick. Ho looked so aorter Frencby-llke an' talked ao glib an' slick. Kho bought o' him sum Paris paints, an' bedn't worked a week Aforo she got ter talkln' 'bout "feelln' " nn' "teckneek." An' she brought ua hum a plcter, as 1 guess they alius does Her "masterpiece," she called It, an' I cilkerl.ile It wuz, I dunno wbat the subjee' wuz. It didn't her no name, Jlut 'twn 'bout ono-quartcr plcter an' the other three wuz fame. An' we bung It In the settln' room, conspicuous to all Admlrln' acquaintances who happened In ter call. Wall, pa o' course bo flggcred ma wuz 'bout the best on earth, An' he uster ask 'er regiar what she thought tho thing wuz worth. An' it really wuz amusln' ter observe the modest wny That ma wud turn an' answer him, with "Fifty dollars, say?" An' pa wud settle back an' smile, an' squint ter beat the cars, A-takln' In the beauties 0' that masterpiece 0' ma's. A year ago wo pulled up stakes an' auctioned everything, An' we flggered quite extensive what thet masterpiece wud bring. Pa didn't want ter let It go, but ma said times wuz bard, Ho wo put it with the other goods plied up around the yard. The time they wux a aellln It I climbed tho fence ter see Who It wuz thet got tho plcter an' how much the price wud be. An', I tells ycr, I cum mighty nigh a-fallln' off the fence When I heard tho feller holler. "Coin" gone, fer fifteen cents!" Hut he bedn't fairly sorted out another bargain, when Pa hustled to the front an' bought thcr plcter back again. Wall, ma, o' course she see the Joke wuz mostly all on hen Hut pa, he 'lowed seen Incidents wuz likely ter occur. Ho sed a prophet never yet wuz north a straw ter huir An' he 'lowed tho greatest plcters alius brought the smallest sum. lie told us 'bout the "Angelus," an' how the thing wuz sold, Fer nothln' most, when It wuz new, an' thousands when 'twas old, An' added, sorter spunky-like, thet now he knew fer sure 'Twus a masterpiece, an' no mistake, an' eighteen carat purel So when we left the farm behind, an' drur ter take ther cars, The only thing pa carried wuz thet masterpiece of ma's. William Cary Duncan. In l'arm and Home. OUR VALUABLE FORESTS INDUSTRIES TO Nl EXT to agriculture the forest portance to the people of the United States. The list of these Indus tries, given by Ernest Uruncken la North American Forests nnd 'orestry. Is too long to transcribe in full, but a few of the forest products may be mentioned: Fencing long logs for piles under the foundations of buildings, railroad tics, hop poles, bean poles, Christmas trees. These and various .other products of the woods have the peculiarity that even In this age of machinery tbey are chiefly supplied by the labor of Individuals armed simply with ax and band- saw. Charcoal-making Is a forest Industry which employs not n little capital and a great many workmen. The making of wood alcohol and other products of dry distillation Is an Increasing buslners. The ancient Industry of making pitch and the like Is flourishing In many parts of the Southern pine regions, as Is the making of turpentine, which Is produced mostly from the long-lea ved pine of tho South. Modern Industrial civilization has added a number of entirely new forms of utilizing forest products. One of these is the making of excelsior, the narrow strips of shavings which everybody yiow knows as a packing mate rial. The making of boxes of all kinds has opened a market for many kinds of wood, such as poplar, which was formerly considered quite worthies". The most astonishing case of the rise of a new Industry Is the making of wood pulp for paper, which was qulto in Its Infancy twenty years ago, but now produces goods of the value of more than a hundred million dollars annually. A very Important product of forest Industry Is bark for tanning purposes, lly far tho most Important tree of this kind In North America Is the hem lock. Tho hemlock Industry furnishes a striking Illustration of bow the American forests have been drawn into the circle of the world's commerce. One of tho centers of tan-bark production is the eastern portion of central and northern YVlsconsln. Within n few years large tanneries have been set up in the very midst of the forest, and raw hides are brought there from Argentina to be treated with the bark of the trees growing near by. The most primitive of all forest Industries still remains one of the most Important of all. That Is the cutting and consumption of tire-wood. For Instance, the management of the celebrated Hlltmore forest In North Carolina has, during recent years, made enough out of the sale of tiro-wood to pay the considerable cxpeuso of managing that property according to sylvicul ture! methods. ONCE A SLAVE. II la Now a KcapccUd Judge In the State of WUconaln. The current discussion over the measure of political rights which should be accorded to tho negro gives n special signiu cance to the elec tion to a judgshlp In Wisconsin of a colored man, tho first Instance of tho kind, it Is said, lu the history of the State. The position might bo more cor rectly defined as that of a Justice of tho peace, a Judicial office re quiring no legal training, but a highly important one, nevertheless, for Justices' courts come . . , ,.,. ., ..,,. tremendous Influence for law and or der. The chief requirements for a pre siding magistrate In 0110 of these courts are good common sense, a well balanced Judgment, and an impartial mind. Such are said to bo tho quali fications of J. C. Perkins, who a few weeks ago was elected Judgo of the local court In tho town of Shelby, near tho city of lM Crosse, Wis, Judge Perkins was born In slavery In 18i0, live miles from Holly, Miss., and at tho outbreak of the war went Into tho Confederate army as tho servant of MaJ, Perkins, whose namo ho assum ed.. In 1803 ho Joined tho Union army mid wns In tho battles of Shlloh, Qunntowtt amlNashvllle, besides many minor skirmishes. Judge Perkins went to Chicago at the close of tho war and later opened a barber shop in Galena, III, Later ho removed to Milwaukee and entered tho Turkish bath bust ness. Ho met (len, Grant during the war, and when President Uoosovelt vUltcd Lit Crosse, April -1, he was thu I J. o. rcmuss. AND THE WHICH THEY GIVE RISE. Industries stand In the order of Im material of all kinds, telegraph poles. only colored man to shake his hand, presenting him also with a bouquet of American beauty roses on behalf of the colored population of Western Wis consin. An Air-Tight Fit Mrs. Jennings and her city cousin were exchanging news of their old school friends. "How nbout I.ucv Morse?" asked the cousin. "Has she kept on growing fatter and falter?' "Well, all I'll say Is this," said Mrs. Jennings, "Annie Fall told mo last year tliat when I.ucy pent home from Nashua, where sho was nursing her uncle, to have a silk waist made, Au nle realized she hain't got any meas ures; and then she remembered that the last time I.ucy was there she stood up by the big alr-tlght stove, mid An nie remnrked (to herself) the resem b'atico between 'cm, And she took the measure of that alr-tlght, and cut In a mite for the waist line 'bout as much as a knife marks warm molasses candy nnd made tho waist according. ty, tent it on, and I.ucy wrote back It was an elegant fit." An Unanswered Query. "Why do you stop hero?" "I know tho landlord." "You are lucky," "Am I?" "Yes. - nut how nbout tho landlord." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Automobile, Perils, "Yes, our 'Hlack Spook' was demol ished by running Into n barn." "Then I suppose you had lo walk?" "No, wo had to run. The farmer came after us with a pitchfork and a bulldog." Philadelphia Itecoid, The I'avmiio. Though Gibson girls and Wcnzol girls Attract ty ciiarms ami airs. Most follows seem to want a girl W hose name will change to theirs. New York Times, Ouo wny to mnko horses fust U to cut off tho food supply. 1 THE OTHER MAN'S HOUSE j? r7OMi: at Inat: Jnl mn',r'"n dropped ifiom tho girl's linnda. For tho Inat four days she hnd sat In her Pullman section, picturing this home eoiiiing, add now that It wns n deed nernmpllahi'd she could have cried an ahe bugged the hideous old marble lion Hint gun riled Hie atepa. Snfely home! Yes; but explanation would be lit order; nnd from tho nb donee of lights It would seem that ber fniher wuh dining out! Well! A shrug; a laugh; and ahe run up the Kteps. The ball was unchanged; the same earved elmlrs, the same lounge by Hie ataliensc. The laat time she had slid down those banisters Ilnrduick Hoi- den had caught her as she bumped up against the post at the bottom, nnd laughed 11 loud over her performance. A step pounded on the upper stairs. then n cough. "Muster's out," nn In visible noun' one remarked; and lies darted through the nearest door. The voice was n strange one, and she waa not prepared to mnko explanations to new servants. She laughed again as she tiptoed Into the hnlf lit -library. What right hnd father to break Into ber plans this way by being out? What would he think of her crossing tho continent alone? What would other people think Aunt Annie and Hnrdwlck Holden, for Instance. Ilardwlck bad no busi ness to think anything; she had not come to see him! Heas smiled serenely; but the se renity chunged. Wbat ailed the li brary? .Mother's picture had been taken down, and the table whr. tho dear old library table was gone! Hhe had sat on that table when she was a mite and played checkers with father during the black, creepy hour of U and 7. In later years she bad hat there nnd wept over her first geometry problems, which father in despair had tried to soho for her, and couldn't; nnd life had been a howling wilderness to them both un til Hnrdwlck brought sage counsel and arranged to come In evenings and help her. That table would have to eonio back; It shouldn't be pushed aside; it stood for a big slice of home. ,vnd the dear, old, beautiful times were all going to come back, too. les, everything would be Derfect now, uess ucciueo: as she smoothed back ber hair; for Ilardwlck had so much tact Tact? Supposing Ilard wlck, with his superabundance of tact, should consider It necessary to keep, out of the way! If he once made up his mind to It, he could be come Invisible, even If his great, empty, lonely house were only across me street. She knew that of old; It had happened once when, among oth er things, she had told him to mind his own business; and the time that followed had not been a pleasant one. I be room bad become uncomfnrin bly hot, and Bess pulled off her Jacket witn a sense of injury. He needn't have been so stupid as to write on to .eiv lork three months before and ask her to marry him. The next moment sho was scramb ling her belongings together and had slipped into tho chubby hole of a room adjoining the library; for tho step that uau nrst sent her flying Into the li brary was abroad In the hall. Ten minutes later Hess was roused by the sarcastic comment, "Don't let me disturb you. Take your own time." inis must be a new butler. "Look here " IJess began, sharply; but me man interrupted. un, 1 see. All right A precious mess you've made. Did these raes come out of that drawer?" He picked them up. "Look as though they might nave ueen a suubonnet once. MasterTl be mortal angry over this." Bess stamped her foot "Mnn!" "Young woman, more'n likely you'll go to tne lockup But Just then n voice outside the door iuterruptcd voice that was well known to nor. "What Is It, Itoberts?" "Please, sir, this young person "Yes, I see. You can go, Itoberts." "bhali I go for the police?" Roberts asked, hopefully. "No! Get out, will you?" Itoberts vanished. Then Ilardwlck Holden came forward, hesitated, stop ped. Something in the girl's eyes for bade further approach. "If you wero so terribly nnxlous to get rid of these these things" her voice was llttlo more than a whisper as she pointed to the Uttered desk and floor "why couldn't you have sent the tho letters to mo when I was In New York Instead of seudlug them back home?" Bess, how did you get In?" ho ask ed, bewildered. "I have a latchkey, of course." "And the desk? I thought It was locked," Ilardwlck said, uncertainly. It s my desk. Don t you suppose I hnvo tho key to It?" Sho laughed; but ho came forward with au exclamation of dismay. Bess, did you tear up that sun- bonnet?" He snatched tho piiik tat ters from tho table. "Yes, and I burned up the collec tion of dried flowers In the old eather pocketbook you used to carry; also the butt of the riding whip I threw away two years ago on Tlno Itldge and have never seen since until to-night. I had begun on tho letters " sho went on with growing scorn; but he Inter rupted. Bess, what right had you to do that?" To save father the trouble of car ing for them any longer." Ho has nothing to do with it. These things aro mitiol" Her eyes narrowed as she looked at lilm. "Considering tho fact that this rubbish was sent here to our house " she began, flippantly; then, Where's father?" she burst out. Ilardwlck walked over and kicked the andirons. Then ho came back again. "Did your father know you wero coming?" "No. 1 wanted lo surprlso lilm," "You haven't had any news from here lately, havo you?" "No-o. Why, Ilardwlck " Sho was beginning to be frightened. "Then why have you eonio?" "I came to lie with father. Ills let ters hnve lieon so queer. And when ever t naked to couio bnck, Im said no, for me to stay nml enjoy myself as though I could hnvo n good tlmo any place so well its at homo with father." Bess dabbed her eyea fierce ly. "So 1 came on without aklng leave; nnd then I found that you had sent nil my letters bnck, Just boon urn Here Bess suddenly collapsed, nnd, sitting down, dropped her head on the desk, "I wish you would go nway; you've spoiled my wholo home coming." "Hess!" Ills voice wns stnrtlngly near. He must be bending close above her. "Why did you refuse to marry me?" "I I wouldn't have done It if you hadn't asked me." An Interval of bewildered silence. Then, "supposing 1 were to ask you again?" he ventured. "But you sent back my letters nnd n lot of other things I didn't even know you had," came nn Injured voice, from among the notepapcr confusion of tho desk. "I sent none of those things back; but I can't explain until we nre en gaged." She looked at the floor. Ilardwlck waited; then he pulled out his watch and handkerchief. "I'll give you one minute more," he said, delib erately. "If by that time you haven't said you will, I shall consider it done." Bess wheeled around and stared at the watch with fascinated eyes. "Half a mlnuto gone," he said. "I I oh, I Ilardwlck, put up that watch!" she ordered desperately. "All right. Now I'm going to dry your eyes oh, that's orthodox; en gaged people always do and you are not to be frightened at wbat I am go ing to say. You see, there really Is no cause for worry; It's going to turn out all right Why, In three years he'll pull out as good as new! But last spring, wbat with stocks going down, and the mines, things looked pretty black. He s been up at tho mines for the last six months and, Bess, tho bouse bad to go." "The house? This house?" "Yes, your father had to sell It You see, there was a mortgage on it and enormous Interest " "Oh, Hard " "But I bought It in " "Oh-hP "Because we couldn't havo strangers living in the old home, could we, Bess? And now " "No." Bess shook herself free and pressed her hands to her cheeks. "You mean we're poor I'm poor!" "Poor? Owning me?" "Don't laugh. I can't be engaged to you now!" "But you are," he laughed. "But I refused you when I thought I was rich " "Sweetheart," he whispered, draw ing her close, "I thought you would feel that way; that's why I wanted you to promise before you knew." "But " "What difference docs It make? There's only one thing aren't you sorry you pried Into my thbigs nnd tore up the pink sunbonnet?" Half an hour later, when Ilardwlck was taking her over to Aunt Annie's for the night Bess confessed that she was. New York News. HORSE THAT SHOWED SORROW. Repented the Coat of Moment of Folly. An Incident which may servo as an Illustration of "horse sense" was wit nessed last winter by a uumbtr of Brooklyn gentlemen who were on their way to the railroad station. When within a few yards of the building tbey noticed a large gray horse belonging to a brewer, whose stables are In the rear of the depot. It was plain that he bad escaped from his stall, as the stableman was making vain efforts to catch him. He would not be caught He had stolen a few moments to cut up pranks In the snow; and with bead up and mane flying, he was throwing the snow Into the air with his hind feet, and snorting with delight. He was not alone In his enjoyment A beautiful Scotch collie belonging to the same man, and no doubt tho stable friend of the horse, Joined In the fun, now Jumping at the horse's mane, and now nt his tall. It boked for all the world like two schoolboys, overflowing with life and spirits, who bad escaped from au overheated class room and embraced the opportunity to frolic In tho snow. But the dog's pleasure was brought to a sudden end. The Iron-shod heels flew out and met an unintentional vic tim. It was pitiful to henr the dog's moans of pain, as be lay In the snow ten feet away. The stableman ran forward and carried him Into the of fice. Then came the display of "horse sense," The old gray, when ho heard the painful yelps, Instnntly stopped In his antics, and with neck extended and nose almost touching the ground, walked after the man, and stood mo tionless while the dog was laid on a blauket In the ofllce; then be turn ed toward the stall. Ills gait was now as If be were drawing a heavy load. He looked neither to tha right nor to the left, his bend was lowered, bis steps wero slow and heavy. He remained perfectly still while the driv er put on the harness for tho day's toll. A more moving or convincing picture of repentance would be hard to find. The men who watched him felt sure that bo was saying to him self; "Wbat a fool I was to do that! The few minutes of fun hare been the means of Injuring my poor friend. I'm sorry!" Youth's Companion.