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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1904)
Second Cousin 5arah g nr : Aviittm nt "Anne Jvmit. arirtitr.H," "limb katk urir." irri . rrt. Tin. il.mr wna .In.,., I, nllfW r triifcilivr lii secret i.iiiieri-iu e, r,ibi.ti mill hla mini, wllh Ilia aeeund eimaln hkv n fnli-, thmlowy mill mill and vtuMnnt There wm n ainiill table ilrnwn H,,. , llin heilhrnd, Willi wrlllii materlnla upon It, Mini n lllllv lending lump. Hnrili ivm right. At n slraiiifti hour, nti.l In elratiga r million, wlilili hit coming on, I illMMtnl, tlio old wouinii lying ihere Im.l thought uf Iiit Inet tluty In Mif v Ini!. mill waa now In eoger hml in .-,, pieio II JIMI'TP.Il XVII. (floiitlnued.) ei II II I r.tae HlMl aloud Ileal. le , , i. full iipuii Hnrnli Unm lit, hliii Stii" Win ) 1 1 the clear limit In Hi.. I i. t..n.l nil deceit, I. mi' till my iiiUitiiIiIu i f .r n nlill II will In. i I I , . II,,, II li.ll ttlllik, llllll i lull . , i n , . i, now, fur nil our , , I I, .mi mi falao a frl.ud i ii ni in" In n 1 1 mi, i f ,.!,! undiralntid If why .11.1 frii, i II. ..I., n fiilwlikr she euld, "Yoti have tint shaken handa with me ! I. , i "" I aharplj -"why .11,1 vuu lit ulirti," tint iail, ami t lie alirlveli-d hand ' I ..ii l'.i gnnranee .ii ii u Mule form will, Hie old diiiirully from tin. j Iml, mid he Innk II III his own, mi, I fi ll l,, ih t tint jrou linul.l mil , rllnit In lilt mm nml ili'lnln le , i i. wrat, I know," she anld, have rubbed jrem of your birthright, Itru- it.. I r queaHim llrl. "mill , hen -nml Hnlly sara I hnve hne iu I mm InriiiHK Ihuao I l.i men hear me mi III will." i, i.l ii. i "iH-nn! four letter." . ,,i,r, rtuiinle," t hluiaelf now." Blll'l ,i, ,r In. llilnki we are i.i.l i ,i i.i he tins thought f in . i ,n I.. ,t nwn xi limit, we tiroly fioin liU In- , ,i nml her hand wern kit I" hrr brenat tu till H , i,, xl.ilc Msry ll'illuii'l 1 1 . i nrin, as it 1, Inn . n,i. ...iirr ilmir, followed by , i ,. I. II, aiiiiuunrtil a late I . Hill I. ..Ill vim wuiiimi whla- t.i m-nt aeroaa thi ilra'vtu i ,i marble chequered hill, , i lull- auateuae, mill with I, t.,iifi'iii'ii fur n 1 1 in- In I n a,-rvnlit, with a limiil , .., in I li nirrlilur were. " I nml t'niitnlii Irlwrii , , i n wnlrtl caat nf ,-iillili-, i n .rlnl with r ilrmiix wm Hit qui, k an rr llir Jour WM lowi-r . .. nr-.J. nml ii lull man .ft i -1 Into hit fathrr'a If fw lb. Err ii - It' hit lltl cum," rrlnl I i if-illr. anil f.tri(.-lilnj I, . ruin III hrr tlrlUbl at r i c- mm! Unit waa i nly .in' alio ran tuwar-l him, . .. al,il liU llurk, tn hla i tu r ttanntb nf wrltttllip , , fn.1,,1 at Irill whom alt I Ilia! H luTu iiMiif." , .l.r ahrank fntin til I linniltr, anil Mr-ii i -.1 .Ii. ika tit llarr ll-l ,i II,- amllnl ami It waa - i... k eiramltiK frmti hla I'l.r- Mrlmuie lll4Ki , .ii,ii(i- a nHllra.t la hla . i , 1'it h'.iiai. ii i t nit xviii. i - ..olliig farva In lie - , -,rri,lr rmlcil al.tuii. 1 r .,f thr Jilrturr .-all.rjr a- 1 1 h ItrAllien t'lllnlrk'a I ii., i In- tiitrti-l at Dial ii glaum! atHliC Itir r,,r- inrlirtl to Ma Hull 111,1 i i i',r KilU-r) Y' lic lii,iilt-,l I I la aah-rlt, allil -.11 ,ii alioiihl hate ti-lrrali"l IMBifaaiu i i i luit luat llnir lijr I ho . ir ill,- h,iuir, unit thfri in I i nn-,1 to lutruat with t, ,1 fr,,n .nr tn tilt ntlilif ru- l It. ii I'ulwlrk .mllftl. i o .iiii.Ii. of nKiihtralora we IKar I. I - "hut t Ii r fart la. Jbtvl' I -ill au.l hla aciliallltaili-ra 'utioi.it in), inln, I -if Into ft i, f. nr.il that 1 1, la ilar w.iiiIJ jini ii. ,i ,,ii uiliihi tHiu,-rlra .i . In, i f nil' i III L I . i , .tai ." ho rolllllltnit. "I ,i.l, ii. i M. ll.tllaii.l. nml h r i , imru int. uhrn it crlaU i.f ' 'ii i "I uhlrll It hn. Kill - rr r-.in'a alatrr, nll.l Tmii'a ra r- m-a hml l.i hi rpaHotnl. llo- Ii" g-I.I. ,1. ' 1 ivna afrahl nf inii.1 lfr.i I ...Ii..,.! Sarah ISaallM-ll. "Of r ! j nr lurnliiB n. In my Drurv I.nne aanapil ,,rr,-rinK mi- ..nr runmaaahm, nin ivii :iit in,. Itj- ,nir aaalatnnrt-. I r -r i ii,,.t.., Im-h.i, Hurnh, aiul -if t lit- aiifu-iillik' llllllli-lli i of aro- OK-Jlt.su, . i iiii.h-raiiuiil jiiii, Mr. f'ulnli k." . ii, i.ii -o,ty imw; "hut I iii'i-.-r r tin ti, , tit, -r nf that. uii ,irn hi.- I mi- thnt'a nil I iH-rii-lvo at ftlt ' i-ii j nr vl.n I,, mi, ,. innriilitit 6V a gr- it ili'nl nf k.mhI," hn (iui.li-- mi "I iilniii nf III furthrr "o.auri',1 an ion iii-rn a Ei-lllllllo yiiuni! wnni- ul th-'ii 1 una mi iilil fool: thnt 5 on alti.nl thu w'lirhl, nut I iJIJu't, Aiul Mi.. Ilullnnifa ilnnc.-r ali.-ii.-il. I jtl linvt. .tiniu In K"i tluii' to Hi-tlut- flMlhl Jfou?" ah,- rrh-il. hnlf Inoitliiitir Tbnlf rryinu Imw. Ilaa l;niln. hanllr Minna wh.it ir pom in 1,1-in.vii, .Mr. Uulnlrk," auhl . ii. inini.i nt thin juncture, "inn u r a nml rnciulra nr hnielraaly luti-r- Jliiuli Ihni you iiiuat ho my f rh-n I." piirnn I'xti.niiiuK hrr hnuil to Iiit at 1 nririiv mo If I hnvo hii.n lntr.l Hit " hnml wna on tho ilrnwlnir mom hWi.'ii a t.li rill volt-,-, iinmlaiiiknlil.i. UstnrllliiK nt thnt hour, n-hoiil thruuuh OlINO yuhfii Cilhikk, Ii (hnt you?'' 8 I Wo ollllir wnmi'll nml Ida liltr UCil mini lic-livi-i-n them imiim-,1 nml i ni fiu-H other. Hurnh IJu-illn-ll en-il iiOfniiilmolluTl" i 'I I" I," nnaiviTinl Iteiilii'ii. gnitt upatnlra illrei'lly, nml tlon't jttiij tni.iy wiiii you nml then the t ,'uk I'iiiHlhi'll npiienretl over the i iiuiuatera In the well alulr- to her." anhl Hnrnli nnilniialv. IwiiiiM in, i k ii umeuila fur helnn In iiiu i ra nuiiav. Don't thwnrt her." n lUMilien CulwlcU hail rencheil the ! miiKo from which the lisml of llllllt hml nillienri-d. Iiti (.itinn In n Hop In hla aurprlae nt illacoveiluj gi-Hiiiii couaiu riiirnh wna follow Inif j5''hi inn hern nt Inai ..,, r.,11,,0. Jlinvn Mwnlloweil your prhln, uml t" wt'ro "' nr"t wonla f -...inln iiiini uio neii into which hi neon uaaiatei, nml heforo which ilnwii. vo awnllowiHl my nrlile. mint, nml Jo aco yon," ha anhl In her own SBbky for you," aho nnawercj, "for, m 1 ,'H'ln t tell Hnlly ,0, I wna not atu ho alhjhted by u bit of n Iwy "lli-nrin fnrblil awnr, "Vour falher'a mull ay hna not iIoiih tut nny giMHlaml Ihla litif. enhl plan- la aa tlark anil dull ami empty nt the ol.l nlmi In. mi- wna - only not an warm, ami Hilly not alwaya at my title imw. Kail; never allghletl in. nt Hi. Ilawaltl'a, uiln.l you, that'a the rurloti. part of It. I tlmrt i what It tu h-oom of her, eiartly, when I am lint here tn look nflrr her," l, the Mlii, I woinnn ijualntly, "I'm unaet t lil almul her na I wna when you i-amo to me nt Wnrreater, fur ahe'a an uiiaet llnl klllll nf rlllltl, ami tlura atrailtfr ihliiKa I tllil not want htr in mci j,,u. but the vioiiM rim away nt Int. Voii klinw my Kfoiitlaoll Tom hat come to tee me'" "till, yea" "I have Tom tu think of, too II.'i a Chh1 In.I. He hain't forgotten ma 1 hat people to forge! me, ItruUu Willi, rially't rltht, nml neither the nor I--nor Turn, for that matter haa any hua.neaa with your falher'a money. I tlljn't are It quite tn rlenrly a Utile whit. .,..,,( an hour alurn aa t tin now." "Hut " "There ynu go," a aid the oil woman, qiierultiutly, "what'a the ua nf Interrupt Ins IHHtple while they are talking? When I got rirh, Iteiihen, I grew greetly, rome how . If rlehea, after all, were any ! tu me! Waan't I a happy unman at Kl Oawaltl'a? 1 haven't U-en happy .lore then When my fmillih brother lefi ire mniiey, he left we tmulile, ton, ami I waa iim iihl for Irouhle Nnw about my Hatly a willful girl rnuugh. but true aa atrel. Iteiihen " "What of her?" ol.l IteuUn, luoklng ni-niM at Karali. who aat with her nrma i r,j.e,, ami her fare bent very low, like a woman aahrep. "I thluk that I ran trutt you to tee efi. r my family, If I leave you nil my money, aa the wlihea Ymi are not likely tn turn your bark upon Ha rah or Tom beraiiMt It la Harah'a with that I glvtt up every penny of my own free will." "Karah U raah," uiilltrrrtl lleubrn Cul wli-k. "very raah." "I think II la merdolng It myaelf," aaltl the fl.l lady very calmly: "hut what ieacr hall I have until It's done? Hat my itiahl put -n. ami Ink, anil pni-rr on that table? Von are a erhntnr write out my will, llriiben, In half a ilotrii llnea. I'm It all down to youraetf freehold, li-tiaehnld, money, iilcturra, (ilate tha old iniiaii gltea It all." "At hrr gramldaiicliler'a wlah?" "And at her own In common fnirueaa, lieu, to my dead brothrr'a aon. There, rile, ami let me algn It." Iteiihen lookrtl irttiii at Sarah 1gnln I'min the ahadowy barkgniiind the madi a geature of naariit, eartirat, lmpTatlfe, and euppllratury. "Ami Ihla atrange Idea la my aem'i.l rnualn'a?" Ileuben aahl, atlll lonklng at her "She truala me an much, knowing an little of me. Ill a fi,i?ir ilrpam tt r.t I . lih.-iigh Tom may he a ' intlmi. She thliika of my wronga. nt a iil ii one Ihoroii.-hly , t'm learning to forget them. ' him " She anx-pta tlettemli-nre, the rlaka iot- ii l,.ti he la." aahl Sarah, rrty and privatum, nml putt hrraelf en- tin-ly In my mwer. "ICutlrely." replied the old woman: Itn't It aafer "It la romnncc not reality. A wild folly, nml not the rnmmnn prudence that ahouttl regulate nil llvra. I will have nothing tn do with It. Ilt-ahlea, he who wrltea n will ill which he la luterratcd, ami by which he la to profit, tinea It nt I I. own rlak n very great one In Ilia eyea of the hi iv, mint," continued Iteuben, "mid after nil the document may lint lie wnrth the pajicr on which It la nrltlin. Hence your will would get Into Chancery, Mra. Kaatbell, depeuil upon It. I'll give ynu my idea, if you'll keep quirt for fur liiluutca." "I ilitli't think much nf your Idena," bhI.I Mra, Knathcll, cainlldly, "hut go oil. ' lleiila-u Ink up u pen, dipped II Into the Ink, nml cmumi-niTtl writing very rapidly. The old woman Iny buck mid ll.tt'tu-l in the erralchlug of hla pen Umiii the p iper, mid Snrnh l!natl'll, lutcnacly curl. ma. mlvailcetl oil lopliK- tnwnnl hlln, mid re gnrtlcil la I m iletlninly na he curved hla hnml tu-fiiro Ida work nml looked hnnl nt I. it, wllh hla mouth twltchlug nt the cor ucra, na If hla nld nggmvntlug amlle were tlllllcult to repreaa. When ho hml flulalietl writing, he anhl: ".Now, Helen. 'I, Surah Ilaatbcll, nf Sedge Mill, In the County of Wurcvaler aliln1, relict of ' " "Never mind Hint ruhliihh," 1iiIcitiii.',1 Mra. lAalbi'll; "nli.it dot-n It menu when )ou hnve got Hirough It nil?" "Thla," reilUtl her neiiew, looking it t hla at't-niiil rniialii ngnlu, "that you leave nil our property to your Krundilniightt'r, Snrnh." "No no!" cried Snrnh, tnken off her gunrd, ami coming Into the foreground, rehellloua nml nligry; "I will hot have thla Jugglery, grnnilniother I will not hnve thla done." "(loud grurliiual" cried Hie old lady, "lire yon here, too? Why don't yon ahrlck n littlo louder, or tiro a bluuder liii.a off In my enra, ur aoiuelhlug, Hnlly? Of nil the nggriivntlng people III the world 1 think you nre tho worat, plnylug nt ahuttlrcnck with my money, mid not letting mo hnvo n word to any nliout It for myaelf. I'll dlo without n will now nee If I don't! Ami hero goea, too!" Mra. KiislMl Hopped wildly over in lint, uml turned her bnclt upon them. "See whnt your obatlnncy hna ,lnu,i!" Hold Snrnh nugrlly tu her coualn. "One moineut," anld Iteuben; "thla la mi Iden, Mra, Knatbell, by which n lurge iinioiint uf legncy duty la aaved. You ciui truat Hurnh ao can I." "yen, but linw'a It tn end?" anld Mra, IOnatU'11. "Only In one. wny, nml (hut I aubmlMo jour kind coiiBldorntlon. Aunt," he e.tid ill nil eurnrat tone, "before I leave Sedge Mill I ahnll nak your permission to pny my uddrcaaca to my Rccoiul-coiulu Sarah. I nm not worthy of hoi' aho knowa Hint I but I hnve Icnrncd to love lior very much wlllilu the lost four-nnd-tweuty lioura." Tlioro was a long alienee before Mra, ISaitbttll anld in a husky voices "You don't uicnn to any, Iteuben, thnt you hnve been thinking of my Sally? I 'ml .,! ,,,, ,, ,,n, v,,rr t.ru.gi.i ,i ,,,, ,, , Hnlly'a fond of , "I' ui Mii-liiiiioiiiia' I never anld ," kl'"li I ... ait t..-II. wllhuut lower l" '" I I.iiii.I. frnn, ,f fut.u. What n horrlhh. atory-teller yon are!" i rl, , l,. r Knindmiiihi'i'. "It la ii miriiiinry mnleli," anhl lieu hen, "I ,,(rr myaelf, without a penny In tin- world, in n rich yniilig helreat, oho ..iilil ,l ,,iiifli ta-iter for heraelf, and who l fur nhovo me In every reap,-t -whn la even too young for me, cmnMi-r 1'ig what nil old fogy I hnve grown nf Inie dn)e " "You're tin great cnlch fur Hnlly, tt-r lalnly," nhaerred Mra. Knatlwll. "but If Hally anya ahe'll hnvo you, It i-mla the bnlher of the money In n proper aort of way." "All your money tn Hnrnh Ilanlrt II, It being privately uniieratood Hint Hnrah la nut to forget hw brother Tom. or - her aei'iiml-enualn lleiibeu," aald our hero, Inking up the pen. "Yea, Turn ami you can both truit Harnh." Mra. Cnathell reilled. Snrnh llaalhell wna even lion- at-.ir.--ly anllalletl wllh the drawing up of Hie will In her furor -It wna not what ahr hnd wlahed hnd alie been leaa confuaed. leaa bppy. alio might have auggrateil freah nildltlniia nml eondltlona; hut the atootl on the Ihrrahold of n new world, with the man who wna the hero of her life In ihv foreground of It brlghtneaa. She aet-uiet In hraltnto na her linuila Wert lowered from her face, and Iteuheu nld mean ingly: "And Sarah Knathell can truat me, I linpe?" "Yea," the nnawcred to hla opp.-al, "but the will ahouhl any " "The will mint any uellher more nor leaa than that you are aula legatee I will not have my name In connection with thla money," he anld very firmly; "and I prefer." hr added lu a different and aofier tone, "to he wholly at lh lueicy of my aerond couaiu." Sarah aald no mora In argument, if there weru a man to be truated In the world, It waa Iteuben Cul wick; or If Iter were a man leaa likely to l, moved from hla poaltlnn. It waa aiirrly he alao. Hh allppetl quietly from the room, leading Iteuheti with her grandmother, and went tlnwnatalra Into the drawing room. She took her place before the fire, faat dying out wllh neglect, and thought of the end of all antlety and uncertainty, and nf the beginning of her happluraa, wllh Ileuhen'a love growing atronger er ery day, and Ileuhen'a tmiihlea at an end forever. (To be roDtlnued.l 'Ttyliltjln,fl FAULTS OF LIFE IN LONDON. RUSSIA'S Weakest Link A t.llUI'-ir nt tAKl. flAIKAI.. Difficulties of Transporting Men anil Supplies Over the Siberian Railroad. i?.s.ia ff .SMRi MOSCOW V fit jCN2A PA VI . if : u. Vwowt ej y u' HER "YARD," TCA. nhe Waa Not Cured by the Tonata: 'Doc tor'a I'reacrlinlnn After Alt. I r I'haae haa not long hnd the priv ilege of writing "M. I)." after hla name, which may uccoiint for hla belief In the rornctiuwa uf hla own thitirlra. He la fond of experimenting with new ilruga, ami linn n aturdy fnllli In hla own meth od nml hla own preacrlptlona. lie had liecii working aaaldiioualy un a grip remedy, wiya the Chlragti Newa, ami wn rngiT to prove Ita virtues to two akeptlcal colIoftKiira. At length hla op portunlty enme. Old Mrs. I.mhcr. who hnd never bern known to employ a doctor, etit for him. She undoubtedly had the grip. The doctor called twice n ilny, and wntclnil cloaely the effect of hla treat ment. Ho reported the aymptouin to hla two frlenda, tho other doctors, and told them how sure he felt of vic tory. The old lady did. Indeed, begin to iiieml. Finally the day came when the dlaeaae wan undoubtedly checked. Then tho young doctor called tn his friends. "Now Just tell these doctors. Mrs I.uther," he began, affably, "how pleasantly the medicine has affected you. and nil nliout It." The old lady Angered the bediullt nervously, and flnnlly aald, "Well, tho truth Is. doctor, t took only one dose of your medicine. When tny old man gets sick I have an awful time getting him to awnllow the yarb tea I make, and when I tasted that tncdlclno of yours and found It so nice and aweet I says to myself, 'Now the old man would hike this without n hit of trouble. I'll tare It till lie needs It some time, and I'll go on drinking my yarb tea. It's only fair If I hnve the doctor that he should hnvo the medicine.' And I've gut along pretty well, doctor, now hain't I?" The young until Joined, although rnthrr lamely, In the laugh thnt followed. One or the greatest problems of Itus alu In her war with Jupnii Is that of truiiaportuttoii. In lending men nml auppllea to the far east alio must rely largely umhi the railway. The dis tance between St. I'etersburg nml Vladevoatoi-U Is B.737 miles, nml be tween St. Petersburg and l'ort Arthur BXit miles, and for more thnn 4,000 miles of thla distance the only rail way t the Triins-Slberlan, which, al though It cost .V,ori.ooo In construc tion, Is only n slnglo trark road. The weakr-at part of the system Is u gap -10 miles wide at Ijike Halkal, nearly 4.000 miles from St. Petersburg and i!,000 from Port Arthur. Commu nication is carried on over the lake In a haphazard ninuner. In summer n steamer conveys the trains nrross the atrrtrh of water. In winter. If the Ico IMTtnlts. mils nre luld on It and the tralna glide over them from one to the other side Sledges nre nlso extensively used, anil sometimes when the Ire will not permit the laying of rails nil Ico brraMng steamer Is used and n pan sageway Is kept open for the regular steam ferries. Tor the guidance, of atettiri-H tr,-,.tt nrm ,n,nl. in .1... ... intervals ncross tho 40 mile stretch rrom shore to shore. In considering the gordlun knot In Itusslu's main line of military trans ! portatiou from her baae. the casual ob j server asks. "Why did Itusala lay out j the road to this lake?" The answer to this query Is told bv the map. It was the shortest and only practicable route In the traus-Aslan survey. Ijike Ilalknl lies 111 a generally north and south direction. It is 400 miles long, ami surrounded by tall moun- Q,z Tn '- M. I .oy v ui :. . -.'.. .1,1 i r-"j CHINESE EMPIRE, SRpMF Alan Amrrloan. When young lleorgo Kmerson grndu ii ted from Harvard, he was the llrst schohir In his class, and accordingly gave the oration. Ur. Kdward Everett Hnle tells in his "Memories of a Ilun dred Yisirs" with what nil apparently unsympathetic blessing hla cousin, llnlpli Wnldo Kmerson, wished tho young niaii success In life. The chapel, writes Doctor Hale, con tained two or three hundred of his friends mid the friends of his olass mates. After the exercises were over, Doctor Hale crossed the chapel to apeak to ltatph Wnldo Kmerson, who stood alone, as It hnppcncd. under tho nailery. He Introduced himself to Km erson, and congratulated him on the success of his kinsman. nmersoii suhl, "Yes, I did not know I hud so lino n young cousin." "Ami now," ho added, "If something will fall out amiss If he should be un popular with his class, or if hla father should fall, or If somo other inlsfortiino tan befall him all will be well.' Doctor Halo wna Indignant with what he called the cynicism of his speech. Ho thought It tho affectation of one who felt Hint ho must say bouio thing out of the wny of common con gratulation. "Hut I. learned nfterward," Bays Doc tor llnlo, "what hi; hud learned then, that 'good Is n good mnster, but hail Is a belter.' And I do not doubt now that the remark which seemed cynical was most nffectlonntp." IH SSIAN OKFICEHS OKOS8I.VG LAKE BAIKAL. tains. Those to the south are an Im passable range, and on the far side Ho still other ranges, In northern Mongo lia. To pass around the north end of the lake would have lengthened the lino about 1.000 miles. In a country composed entirely of mountains. The original plan for building the road embraced a line around the head of the lake, or south end. Work on this connecting link was left to the last in the general rush to push the road for ward to the Pacific, nud so little has been done on It that under the most eUlclcnt engineering direction and with ample labor It probably could not be completed within two years from this date. The distance n round the foot of the lake is 157 miles and the route to be taken by the railroad Is ISO miles i There are 10 tunnels In the proposed j route, the longest two miles In length. Many marshes, ravines and gorges will need to be bridged. ! I'ntll this work can be done, In all probability. Itussla must depend on her ferry across Lake Halkal to take care of the trans-Siberian traffic when tho lake Is not frozen. Further than this, the Trans-Siberian railway for most of Its way Is rudely constructed and not suited for heavy transportation. It was knowledge of this condition that rendered Itussla so anxious to delay the struggle with Japan. Every month of delay meant a bettering of the road, a little advance In tunneli and on permanent bridges, a little more ballasting of track, addi tions to rolling stock and further steps toward closing the gap at Lake Baikal. Boclol Chaiiiira llar llean Oreat, but Not Alwaya for Ilia Hatter. One la constantly hearing Jeremiad nbnnt thn eniittllloti nf aruilntv nt tha ... - ... present day, about Its Immorality, It extravagance. Its vulgarity and nil tho other sins In either tho social or thu religious calendar. I do think that tliore ha been n growth of oxtrara gnnco In living In London during tha last decade or two which has Its dan gers. A att old Londoner of thirty four years' standing I have n changes In tho manners of tho city which amount to a complete transfor mation. I remember well the time when there wasn't really a good restatl rant In all London and when men had to bo content with dining ami supping In the back parlors of public house. You got very good food In those dark, low-celllnged, stuffy rooms, nml I ro member when you wer considered to bo doing very well when you handed the somewhat time-worn and Ill-clad waiter twopence or threepence a n tip. Nowadays you go Into a restaurant which Is palatial, and you see men especially If they belong to the Stock Exchange giving lingo Hps thnt In olden times would hnvo paid tho prlca of a wholo dinner for half a dozen friends. And the tipping never seems to end. You Up ono waiter for on thing and another for another, and you tip the carver ami then you Hp tho man who gives you your wine, and an you are leaving you Hp the porter who puts on your coat and tho other porter who calls your cab. It Is, In fact, be coming almost Impossible for men of moderate means tn go to most of the restaurants of to-day. Society has been transformed and not altogether for the better by two things that have been going on togeth er. The first I the Impoverishment of one great class and tho other tho en. rlchment of another. There Is not so pitiful or helpless a being In the world as the English aristocrat who has fall en on evil days, and countless numbers of them are In that position. The re duction of rents to a half or a third of what they once were Is not accom panied by the power to abandon title and several country scats ami town houses and armies of servants and all the other things which appertain to an ancient family. Thus there comes that economical problem, which Is quite the same In es lence, whether It deals with large sumn or small, whether the people who are assailed are splendid paupers In Bel gravla or sordid paupers In Whltechap. el. Side by side with this Impoverish! ment of a section of the upper classes there are the gigantic fortunes which have been made la the course of a few years, especially In South Africa and Western Australia, and It Is this com bination which Is accountable for soma of the evils of our time. London M. A. P. LIFE OF THE MARINES. Uncle Bam'a Hoya Having a Good Time on tha Panama lathttiua. The general commanding the Pan ama soldiers stationed at Panama and bis staff visited our camp tho other day, writes a soldier at the marine camp on the lutinim to the Washing ton Star. His staff consisted of two colonels, one major and their Interpre ter, and they were accompanied by a newspaper correspondent. Tho corre spondent took pictures of our camp We were not wildly excited when the news reached us that 2,000 Colom bians were approaching. It turned out that the papers In general were wrong. ly Informed. But we prepared for all possible danger. There was a report current that 1,300 men were working on the Culebra cut of the canal. Another report was that 1.000 were at work. I went out there the other day and was told by one of the workmen that there were only 100 engaged and that the report of there ;4r---j,-. - "V i .' UNITED STATES MAUINES IN COLON. The Optlrolatlc Mnltt. Although not pretty now, I kuow, With this thought I'm consoled: Vhin I hnvo reached thrce-coro-iind-ten I'll then bo pretty old, A whistling moth Is an Australian rarity. Thero Is a glussy space on tho wings crossed with ribs. When tho moth wants to whistle It strikes theso ribs with Its nntennae, which have a knob nt tho end. Tho sound Is a lovo call from tho male to tlio female. Modesty6i;Idom resides lu a breast thnt U not enriched with nobler vjr. tuoa.- Coldsmllh, aud the otilcerj and many of the ma rines. The general la a very small mau: he looked llko a boy about 15 years old. II wore a white suit, rub ber boots and a campaign hat. The two colonels and the major wore white suits, too. but no boots. We will never forget the beautiful cenery here. Beyond tho hilltops we so the rising and setting suu. A beau Uful rainbow over our camp spans the laud from ocean to ocean nearly every day. Th climate Is mado for peoplo who dou't wear many clothes. The location of our camp Is unique. The surroundings nro uusurpussed In beau ty. All around the camp Is a mass of fruit aud flowers. No matter which dlroctlon one may go thero Is a beautiful view. It Is not wise to hurry and worry. It Is a hind for Idling. Every ono Is kind to us and all regard us as a great people. Peoplo living along tho line of the rail road visit our camp frequently, and all make complimentary remarks about the American marines. Many of tho natives about here have never seen Colon city or Panama, but havo remained hero since childhood. Many don't know their own ages. Ev ery ono of thoni, however, la very hap py and contented. If pooplo In Washington think that wo nro sick with fovcr nnd tho other complaints that wero predicted bcfor wo came hero they nvo much mlstakeu. Our condition U qulto the contrary. Our camp la high nud dry. clean and healthy. Our ofllccr nro kind anil cou slderate. Good nature prevails through out tho camp. being 1.300 there was circulated to frlghteu the Colombian soldiers. The negroes here are the descendants of Afrlcaus wlio were orlglnally brought from Africa to the Island of Jamaica. French contractors stopped at Kingston while on their way to the Isthmus nnd by means of extravagant promises that were never fulfilled they Induced many of them to come here to work on tho canal. The French con tractors took "French leave," abandon ing many thousands. Those who were not able to go back to Jamaica phil osophically remained nml made for themselves littlo homes. When the canal work begins again It will cer tainly prove a big "boom" for those de serted blacks, who will probably be employed. Most of the blacks are now nt work on plantations growing banan as, oranges and cocoa nuts. WATER FOR LOCOMOTIVE8. Roads Croaalnir l'lnlna Guard A&rulnet Holler IXatrojrera. The annual expenditures of railroad companies for purposes, concerning which the public takes littlo thought, are enormous, according to tho Wash ington Star. One of the Item of large oxpenso Is the softening of water used In locomotives, experlonco having dem onstrated that It Is cheaper to Install water softeners than supply these lo comotive with raw water. Ou tho middle division of tbo Atchi son, Topeka nnd Santa Fa railway system the sum of $27,375 Is expeuded anuully for this purpose, the softener being used at SO water stations where tho water has been found unsuitable for boiler purposes. The locomotives passing these stations use, on an aver age, about 000,000 gallons of water dally. The water from nearly all these sources contains lncrustlng constitu ents; that Is, the sulphates and carbon ates of lime and magnesium, and, In many cases, corrosive substances, such ns chloride of calcium and magnesium, are present In troublesome amounts. The lncrusUng solids contained In 000,000 gallons of water used each day In the year amount to over 8,200 pounds, or, In the course of a year, nearly 500 tons. This amount of In. crusting material deposited tn the bolt er would. In the first place, damage the boiler plates and cause an enor mous Increase In tbo consumption of coal. The removal of this scale would cost probably from 0 to 10 cents per mile of distance run. At theso 20 water station water softeners have been erected at great Initial expense. The maintenance of these softeners requires the expendi ture of about fl7 per day for chemi cals and an additional charge of about J5S per day for services of attendants, making a total of $ 75 per day, or $27, 375 per year. The cost of construction of theso water softeners was not made public, but, If tho cost of mainte nance represents 4 per cent on the In vestment, the total amount expended for water softeners Is nearly $700,000. The same experlenco holds true of other railroads. At 10 water stations along the Union Taclflc 2,700 pounds of solids nro removed from the water each day, almost as much a Is re moved from the water of 29 stations along the Santa Fe system, although, at the 10 Union Pacific stations, they use about 50 per cent more water than at the Santa Fe stations. Tho chemical survey of natural wa ters which Is being made by tho dydro economic experts of the geological sur vey Is directed. In part, townrd tbo lo cation of available waters which may bo used for boiler purpose without treatment. If, by extensive surveys, such waters can be discovered and their location made known, tho saving of a tremendous amount of money will bo effected. In the case of railroads tho cost of such great losses, a above mentioned, Is due largely to lack of Information concerning tho sources of water suitable for boilers, and they will becomo tho greatest beneficiaries of this phaso of the work of the gov ernment. A Growing; Climate. Tho Professor Do thing grow rap Idly In your part of tbo country? Young Housekeeper I should gay they do. When I order lamb from tho butcher It always grows to mutton on the way home. 'Woman' Home Com panion. Tho short-sighted girl who wears glasses may not be vain, but sho know eho looks better with them, L HE "LOOKED IN." Maybell Can you keep a iccret? Elizabeth Ye, easily. But I can't hlp any one else keep one. Ex. Only a narrow alley separate th pressrooma of two of tho afternoon paper of Chicago. Both go to pre at the same hour. When tho warm copies of the 3 o'clock edition of ono paper come forth, a copy Is taken at once to the city editor of tho other pa per, who scans it closely, to catch for hi own later edition anything he may have missed. Meanwhile a similar scene is enacted across the alley. On afternoon, as tho city editor of on of the paper sat at hi desk, a young: man walked briskly In and ad dressed htm.. "City editor?" he asked. The editor nodded. "I'm from the Mall," said the young man. "Mr. Smith sent me over to seo what you had that we haven't got about that school story." The city editor sat aghast, "ney? What?" he stammered. "Say that again, young man." "Mr. Smith want to know what you've got about that school story that w haven't" "Say here get out, you!" explod ed the city editor. "I don't know who you are, bnt eet out of hero, quick!" Then taking down his telephone and calling up hi rival across the alley, he asked: "Say, Smith, who did you send over here?" "I didn't send anybody over. Why?" The editor of the Newsletter related the Incident. "What did be look like? Oh, I say, here, I know. That was my 'wild man.' I hired him yesterday. It's hi first Job. I told him to 'Look In th Newsletter, and see what they'd got on the school story that we haven't' He looked In, did he?" There was a roar of laughter In both offices, but It wa turned to the "wild man'" side-when tho managing editor, who heard the story, declared that a man who went ahead when he thought he was right was worth a higher sal ary. Kara Distinctions. The politician who endeavors to make a new speech from tlje rear plat form of a car at each station of railroad baa often to cudgel hi brain for Inspiration. The Chicago Trlbun tells bow one of them left a fine Im pression. "What town Is this?" he asked hi secretary a the train stopped. "Ionia," was tho reply, "My countrymen," said tho politi cian, Impressively, a moment later, "your beautiful and thriving city ha a rare distinction. Besides its com merce and manufactures, beside It charming location, besides, I may add, the stalwart men and fair women who Inhabit it, so many of whom I sea before me, besides the bright and win some children who are also here, the hope and mainstay of tho republic besides all these, I say, your lovely city" He grow truly eloquent. Ills eye flashed, his tones rang clarion clear, and be shook his clenched list at th zenith, "ha the rare distinction of bear ing a namo that has only five letter and yet has four syllubles!" The applause, a tho train moved awny, was deafening, Some children cry, wullo othor bawl.