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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1904)
5econd Cousin 5arah ok rim avtiioh or rt "Anne jvdok, .wn.iTr.H," "umk katk or, 3 ere, r.rc. CHAl'TUIt XXVI. (I'uiitlniliMl.) Thin u na I ho mini whom alio ! nil aeon nt Imt father's house, who Iiml lodged with them in the Ijii 1 1 on fnriiir)', iiml of whom tliu I1111I omight n glimpse oven Hedge Hill. Tutu mill Julm .lennlnga Were In tliu iiiiiIii llniroughfnrii of llol borne, Imlli Inlercntoil In tin' almii, when lin touched Tula on lliu nriii. "Don't on know inu" he naked In n httaky volri'. Tola gave i lllllv scream, nml clung more, oloaely to John Jcntilnga, "Oil! ilon't let lilin I all 1110 ntvny!" aim rrli'il ill once. "I dnn't wiiii I In In Uii nil nwny, Bee tle -I only wnut to yak you how yon lit", lifter nil thi'an inonlha," anlil Thomna Unallioll, offering n very illrty hainl In til" rhllii to alinliii. "('iiiiii', joii let her nlonc, will yon 7" tnld .lohn li'iinliiiia sharply. John did not ml i ill rn the loolta of the limn who Iiml forced himself iiion the. notice of lieu lien'a ndoiloil rlill.li John held Tola In trust, nml nn watchful of hla chnr,te. Tim mnn lieforo him wna n forlorn sped Inrii of Immunity, ragged nml illrty. John lllil mil know Thoniaa I'nsilioll nt flrat tight, lull lin wnn n Judge of dlaropiiln t ll 1 1 " li Iiml ai'i'ii an -in ncli of it III Hope ntreot -h hnil become eo dlareput- his lilmaiilf. "I tin vo ii a Hindi right tn the child na roil hnvi'," anlil Tom In a surly lone, or na yonr tnnatcr haa, for the iniilliT tif llinl. Tho chllil' ailit ut nml yun know It." "1 ilnii'l know It." ".li.l Ka father "III come to rtnlm It precious quick, too ai' If hn ilon't nml you vim trll Mr. f'tiWIck, too, dlrcckly f oil Ki't homo. Kay Tom linatbell tohl I tat an or Vlrtolilul. You ouiiht to know Vltnohliil of Ilia Hnje-tlotha." "Vou nn Thomna nnathall, llirn 7" "Yea, nml I ilon't enru who knowa It, You enn glvu mi' In charge. If you llki any for mining Inat yenr I ahnll ilo It myaclf In nil hour or two, If you-ilon't I lint" thu workua, nml It'a nwful cold otltatiU thn irlou. Where'a Hnlly?'' "Your nlatPr, ilo you menu?" "Yra, of course I ilo," nnawercd Tim; "alio ain't nt Hedge lllil." "Never initial whore ahe la." "Oil. I ilon't mini). Hho won't help me I'm her only brother, nml etnrvlng In the streets. Hut you rnn tnkn my omillinciils to her, Mr. Jennings, nml I'm to Im hi'nnl of nt thu 'Mnmiti'.' " Ki'uIm'Ii wna hnnl nt Trumpet work when John Jennings nml Tola arrived home with thv new a of thulr mooting llli Thomna Enathcll. IIk wna working ngnlnat thus enmcwhnt, hut he act hla pell anlil" to llitcu to John Jeiitiltiga' n-rltnl nml Tola" soared liittrifllntlona. fmylng pnrllciilnr ntti'iuloii to Mr. Hnat iell'a Informntloii t lint the rlilhl woulil 1'0 fetched nway presently hy hrr fnthor. "Ami hit mlil Hint Hnrnh might henr of him at the 'Mngi'lo?' " "Yea," ntienercd John Jennlnga. "John," lio f nlil ainlili'iily, "you iiiuat take n U'ttiT to Knrnli nt once." "Very m vll, Mr. Reuben." "Don't any nnythlng of your meeting with hrr hrothi'r." "Trust inc for tlmt," anld John know ingly. "Mli" la lint atrong enough for any frcali troubl"," anhl Iti'iila'ii, na hv drrw a sheet Of liota patter townrd him mill wrote Tory rrluctautly an riruao fur not tiolug nble to see her na hit hii'I iiromlapil, lie nllog ril no ri'iiaun hv wouhl oiiil.iln nluui lis nw nor, ho anlil nml h rc-ranj the littrr aoiiicwhat critically ntlor hu hnil flulalii'il lliu writing of It. It wna n hrlcf oiilatli-i lin ahouM o hor to mor row, hu hoi'il, nml Hint woulil he tltno rluiugh for i'iiunatliiu of hla hronch of romli'. Hnrnh trualoil him Imi'lUUly, mill wouhl know Hint only litialnoaa of Impnrtnncr roulil kooi him from her. Hhu lllil not I'lpoi-I n long luttrr from Mm, ml n lionp of rrnaona, nt Hint huay hour of Hip dny. xl the Irllor go. Ill tho t'ronlng, aiunt'whnt Into, Itculien Cululck, not ton fnalilonnhly nttlrml, una nt thu "Mngplo." It wna olght o'clock or Inter, wlu-n Thomna Knathell'a pock mnrkoil couiii"nniici pwrcil round om- of thn awing ilmira. Tho "Mngplo" wna Tom'a forlorn Impo. II" hnil aont n tnoaangii to hla alati-r, nml aim might nt ton. I to It. Who knowa? Hn ciiught alght of Itouhi-n Culnlck, ami hla 11 ml luipillai' wna to hnrk lulu tho atrcot. Thou he wnrrrcil; nml whllo he wna hcaltntlng Iloulii'ii enmo from thu public Iioiiiu mid coilfronti'il Mm. "You nci-il not run nwny, Tom Knat lioll," anld Itoiihrn. "I liiirrii't iliiiui you nny hnrm," ho roturiu-il; "I hnirn'l ilono nolmdy nny liiirni iiovor. All Hint you hnvn honrd nlNiut lliu hna hoi'ii n pnek of Ilea, l'vr liui'li na liolirat na 1 could ho, nml t tils la whnt rnmca of It. I'm hnnl up I'm atnrvlng, Mr. Culnlck, I hnrvn't tnatcd food to-ilny." "Whom lire your frlenda?" "They turned in" out of their liouae. Til")' anld I wna g blundering fool. One of them klekoil me, Inat time I inn him." "Tho Cnptnlii?" Tom nnathell Imighed anrdonlcnlly. "No, he cnu't kick. Ho hrok both hla lega III the country, Jumping from n window of Ihu button fnctory to get nut of the wny of (ho police. Ilo enn only iwonr nml cuaa ni" now." "la IIiIk IMwnril I'eteraon tho fnthor of the little girl you met tlila niorulnst?" "He auya ho la. Ho kiito mo mnnoy to tnku enra of her nltogother. Hut It wnau't eiiouuh, no I hint her," anld Tom coolly "or Nither," ha lidded, Interpret ing Iti'Ubeu'a look of dlaguat correctly, "my old woinmi toat her. It wna hor fniilt. Hho never Iiml n mite of feeling In her for nnyhody anvo horaelf." "And 1 found the child when alio wna ,loat." ' "And then I'eteraon turned up, nnd formed mid rnved nt me, till I told Mm where the child wu. mid he atolo It from you hack ngnln. Ilo wna fond of that child when ho wna In n (rood temper, which wnan't often though," "Hla wife la alio dond?" "Long ngo. he tolls mo." "Where la IMwnrd Petornoii now ?" "In Worceater Mltchoaon'a place, nenr tho river mid you can put tho liobhlea on to Mm, If they're not tnklug euro of Mm nlrenily. Ho bus treated ine Lnd enuugli." "Who la with Mm?" "An old aweathenrt, who will marry lilm when hla lega get hotter." "la It Mary Holland V" "That'a her name. The woman who wna nt Sedgo Hill. You know her well enough." ' "And alio In with Kdward I'eteraon at Worceator?" "Yen," Hcubcn Oulwlck waited for no f urthor nowa; ho had loarned morn than ho had anticipated, ho thought ho aw nil very clenrly to the end now, nnd whero hla duty lay. Ho dnrted from tho friendly aheltor of tho "Magpie," and hurried Into Hnlborn, and from Ilolborn through aun dry back turnings Into Drury Lane, jvliero ho mat John JcaulngB, vho uasned a grout donl of hla time walking np and ilonn ihealreot In which Iteuben Cilhrlck realiloil. "John," anld he, telling Mm hy the iirm, "you miiat go to your alatur a liuuan I'lud Hnrnh Knatbcll. Tall lur I hnru dlacovercd Hint Mlaa Hollmid la In Wor coaler, Hint I hnve loft Loudon In imrrli of her, ami to end nil auatianaa it once her auapriiae na wull na nil mi. I liopt to be back on Monday." "la Hint nil?" "Yea. Now ha off nt once." ltoulM.il hurried to hla lodging, bag god hla Iniidlndy to be careful of Tola till hla return, lookiM In nt Tola alatplug cnlmly In her little crib, atooped ovur her nml klaaed her without nwnkeulng hor, mid than hurried nway to the mil way illation, In Hie hop" of cntchlug a night mall thnt ahould enrry lilm on a portion of hla Journey toward Worcca tor. CIIAI'TKU XXVII. Ileubrii Culwlck wna III Hie loyal city anrly the licit dny. The catlirdral holla worn ringing when he wna aenrchlng 111 .Mllclipaoira plncii for Kdwnrd rutoraon The in nn who had Inn pod from the top window of the bill Ion fnctory and broken both hla lega wna not dinieult to find the liihabltnnta of Mltrheaon'a place Knew nil nhout lilm, who lit wna nnd where he wna, nnd the country poller I. ml been wntrlilug for hla couvnleacrnca for wreka pnat, In order to conduct LI in to anfe (junrlera. IMwnrd I'eteraon wna too III to be removed nt preaant ludieil, or Inlr ilnya the police had not liven vlgl bull, n turn for the worae baring taken plnce In the alok man'a condition, nml It being tolornbly certain thnt bo wu drift lug from the law a of hla country III on line linale. Iteuben undoratnod the poaltlon before he hnil renehrd the liouae a policeman on iiuty in I ho atrtet gave him the full eat pnrtlculnra. It wna the back room of the flrat floor to which he had been dlrei'teil, and where ho knocked aoftly for nduilttnlice. Home one croaaed the room lightly, opened the door, and looked hnnl nt lilm, with the color flickering faintly on her chreka. It wta Mnry Hoi Innd, pnle and thin, who fnced lilm on the binding place. "You have found me nt laat, HienV" alio luiiiilreit. They did not ahnke hnmla Hit ihadow of the paat mlatruat wna atlll between them, and there waa no getting from It In the flrat momenta of their meeting. "You know Hint we hnve been aearch Ing for you adverllalng for you?" anlil Iteuoeii. "lea; hut I did not coru to anavrer )et, ahe replied. "You are attending upon Edward IV li raon?" "My huabniid yea." "Your huabniiill" repeated Heuben lowly. "Ha la wholly frltndleaa now bo la terribly nlnne and at the laat I have found the cournge to do my duty," he anld. "Then the little girl Tola " "la mine. It waa hla promtae tint I ahould have the child back It wu the revrlnllon thnt eb lived that kent me allellt when my auaplclulla might have given n clew to the trutha which per pleird you. To have betrayed lilm nt that hitter hour wna to kill my llttlla girl, lie anore It nnd I knew how deapernte n mnn he waa, yeara ago," ahe added, andly. "When he flrat came to tJnlge lllil I wrote, wanting you of uttngrr hut not knowing what tha dinger waa which threatened Ha rah Knatbell." "I ace," murmured Iteuben Culnlck. "I wna a womnn III the tolla, nnd knew not what to do," ahe continued. "Whan Hnrah had dlanppenrcd, he anld ahe ahould return In anfety to Hedge Hill If 1 would keep my peace and I wnn forc ed to truat lilm. Ah, air! do not blame me too hnrahly It wnn my ohlld't life, my oil M.I hnppliieaa ngnlnat Barh Kaat boll'a, mid I acted like a mother. In the one bono of clnaplng her to my heart. I could not have brought your coilaln back hnil I owned that man for my hua band I waa In the dark with you nnd my llttlo lleaale lived." "And you love till man?" Hho anawered: "He killed ' my love yeara ago. 1 do my duty In calm ap athy, that la all. Yeara ago he waa my hero. He wna honeat then, and I waa very young," ahe aald. "We were mar ried aecretly. When he grow tired of me, when ho went wrong, ho abandoned mo without remorae, and took my child with lilm, In a aplrlt of revenge that nearly broke my heart. My marriage and that clilld'a birth were not known to the world 1 found at Worconter although your mother alwnya doubted me. I tried hnnl tn live npart from the pnat, when I helloved my little girl waa dead, but It all 'came back Inat nutumn. Thin," alio added, almoat bitterly, "la a strange time for cx'ilanntlon." "I hnve uot come for explanation I havo no right to demand It," aald Iteu hcu; "hut let mo ask If my father knew of your marriage to Kdward I'eterton?" "I dared not toll lilm. I waa very roor I waa alone In the world, without a friend, mid he hnil confidence In me, and liked mo for my dead fatber'a take. Would ho have wlahed you to marry mo bad he dreamed of thin?" the added, with mi imprcsalvo gcature toward the dour of tho elck room. "Why did he wlah thla marriage " aid Iteuben. "He told me on the day ho died that he had ruined my fnther decelvod Mm In ome wny at hualncaa and got rich by hla dlagrnce," alio anld. "Heaven known If thin wcro true, or tho wander lugs of a demented mind. It la beyond our guoaalng at, and belongs not to our preaont lives." "Mary Holland, It waa true," said Iteuben, sulcmnlyj "I bring a proof of It In hla atonement reparation." "Inipoanible. "lie ban left you all bin money." There waa n wild crenui nn awful yell from tho room which Mnry Hol land, or, rather, .Mnry I'eteraon, line quitted, mid Mary ran back Into the chainlier, followed by Iteuben In hla liaato to bo of nsalstauce to thu alTrlght- oil woman. It was only n cry of delight, Captain 1'etcraon hud honrd all the news. "Ia It nil true?" he gasped forth, turn ing to Iteuben lie if to a friend on whom, in this crisis of hla life, he might rely. All the money Is loft to Mary Hol land," answered Ilcnhen, How a t how Is It tliat tnat this can be?" ho Inquired, catching nt lieu ben's hand and clasping It with his trem bling fingers; "you boo how excited I am, but I can bear good nowa. Good newt will ave meyot, please heaven," "There has been dlscovtred another will, signed by my father the day before his doath. In It my father bequeaths ilia wholo of Ma property to tils faithful friend and housekeeper, Mary Holland." Thnt'i ray wife," sola I'eteraon, qulcklyi "don't forget "he's my wife. I We wcro legally innrrlvd yearn a g4, npon my mil, I awenr It It'a enally proved - lau't It enally proved, Mnry? Toll him o- -don't stare nt me llko that." "Yea, I inn bin wife," anld Mary, thus upponled to; "I inn not Mnry Holland." "Oh, that makes Ilo difference," cried l'oleraoiij "you were Mnry Ilollnnd, you have alwnya boon known by Hint iiniuii to old Oulwlck, mid It's your money I know Inw enough for Unit. All yours and all your liuabniid'a why, It'a aa clear aa ilnyllgbt. This bring mo buck to lifiil Where la the will'" "I have brought It with me." "(llvii It to me," anld Tolerant! ; "It Isn't aefe In other bund. I I will keep II till rin stronger." "Let hint have It," anld tho wife, care leaaly; "It will cnltti Mm, and rcat la necvstiiry," "I would prefer your taking It, Mrs. I'eteraon," anld Iteuben, producing the will; "butter atlll to leave It with A trust worthy solicitor to act upon. There will be no opposition to It In any way from Hnrnh i:natbell." "It will be safe enough In my htta bnud's keeping," anld Mnry, with atrnngo llatleaaneaa, Itetibeu gnve her the will, nnd ahe croaaed with It to her buabnlid's aide mid placed It 111 hla hmida, which with gre.it dllllculty bo an n to unfold the paper on which Hlmon Culwlck'a laat teatnmoiit wna written. "I I ahull be glnd when I'm better," IMwnrd I'eteraon wlilapared nt Inat; "you enn put It under my pillow now." "And the child?" naked Iteuben, curl oualy. A gesture, quick nnd deprecntory, from Mnry IIoIIhihI dime too late tn nrreat the queatlou, or to check the eicltemeiit of the prostrate vagabond, who hnlf rnlaed lilinaelf III bed In Ida vehotnrnce. "I'll never ace the child again I'd rather die than see her. Hho ahnll never be moro tli nil the boirgnr'a brat ahu la!" he abouted. "Whnt hna alio done?" "Hhe turned ngalnst her own father when there wnn n chnnce of mnklng money, it wns she, thnt cursed child, who betrayed me." The color vmilahed from hla fnce again, nnd once more the lendelt hue eliffuscd It. and the eyea closed, aa by the prea aure of the baud of death Itself upon them. Mary wna nt hla aide, when life seemed coming alowly buck again, sbo aid to Iteuben I "I-nve me now. You see whnt ho Is what he hna ever been. I would pre fer to be alone to the end." Itritla'ti pnaard from the room and left the dying mnn to his strnnge wlfv'a enre. He bnd done hla duty, he had sur rendered hla fnther'a will Into the ban la of tboao It wna to benefit, and It had been coldly, almoat unthankfully receiv ed. lA-t Mm get back to Harah Lnstbell mid to the brighter life wherein aha moved. (To bo continued.) DOME TEN TONSOF FRUIT. Knornioua I'roduct of the HuttioueBunta Ititrliarn Grapevine. Tbo lurgcat Krnpvvliie In tho world wna one Krowlwc nt Huntn Hnrbnrn, ('til. Tbero la no record of Ita ni?e nt thu time It withered nml died u few yenra ngo, but from events connected with the fiunlly upon whoso wound it crew It wna bellovcu to lie i. or iisj years old. The measurement of Ita trunk Is given na three feet ten Indies In circumference and the nrlior wna about seventy-live feet square. Its dentil wna liellcved to be jiremnture, the result of changing Hie course of u amnll nt rea in Hint bad (lowed nenr Ita roots. Hut another vine nenrby, n cutting from the original, bnd attained to near ly tlila size, so that Hnntn Hnrbnrn, could atlll boast of having "the biggest grape vine In the world. In 1SIO this vino siiccmnlicd to n disease of tho roota, perhaps Invited by ngo, nnd Its lody now n-tV In Hie Hnntn Ilnrbnru Cham ber of Commerce. Ita regular triinlc nt talned n girth of four feet four Inches nt eighteen Inches hIkivc the ground or tlvu feet seven inches nt forty-two Inches, and its maximum yield wna four tons In n seitson. It was believed to bo seventy-live yeara old. In the Cnrpltiterhi valley, n few miles further from the city, a third vine hna surpnsscd both of tbo others In size. It was planted In 18-12 by Joaquin Lugo I)c Ayiiln nnd luia, therefore, Just com pleted Ita tlirec-Hcore years. The first election In Hiiutti Ilnrbnra comity under American rule was held beneath Its ample shnile. Thla latest cnndldate for tho world rocord Is double from the surfneo of the ground up; the two parts nro knit together In u Davlil-nml-Joun- thnu-Ilkc embrace to n height of nbout tlvo feet seven Inches, where they sep arata Into hnge branches, tho largeat having it circumference of three feet. MIt l,i"lift(t nlim-o file irrnmiil tho elno measures eight feet live nnd one-half Inches In circumference and It covers nn nrca of 110 feet square (the. wholo baok yard), sixty posts supporting tho franiowork. The owner siiys thnt, wcro provision made, It would spread over n great surface, but It Is pruned every year. Fabulous titles nre told of tho grapes this vino produces. Thnt It did actually yield ten tons In n recent sen son seems to bo authentic. Au effort wns tnndo to secure n part of the original Montcelto vlnoj taken to Ohio lifter the centonulal for tho Sontn Hnrbnrn exhibition nt the world's fair, but terms could not bo made with tho owner. At the time of the suc ceeding midwinter fair nt San I'mnelu co nn offer of f 1,000 for the Cnrplnterln vine was refused elso Its lease of life would hnve been cut short. llnd n Fuel Supply. The 7-yenr-old grandson of Wllllnm Dudley Fuulke, tho Civil Service Com missioner, went with bis grandmother to tho Senate to hear Senator Till mnn's speech. They had fine sents In the front of tho member's gallery, nnd the little clinp ninile n hrnve show In his velvet suit nnd long curly hair. Ho listened Intently, but didn't mnlto out much of It until Senator Tlllmnn re ferred, with much emphasis, to "nn- tliraclto coal." Then ho piped tip Joy ously, so ho wns heard nil over tho chamber! "Wo'vo got sonio; wo'vo got somo," New York World, Kxtremoljr Iinprobntile. "Another thing nbout theao apples," the denier snld, opening the barrel for his Inspection, "Is that If you put thorn In ft cool place thoy will keep all win ter." I am qulto noslttvo they won't," said the cttstomor, who happened to bo tho father of a half grown boy, "but I'll take them." Every ono desires to llvo loug, but no ono would bo old. Swift I DOCTOMNG IN IIULANI). A physician In tliu out of tho way corners of Ireland linn many oiipor- ttinlllos to laugh, although bis amino iniiitt must bo mingled with anxiety, for his Ignorant pullents do strange tilings. They have great faith In the doctor, n superHtltlous faith In his drugs and appliances, but they often ninkn iionneiisu of his orders. Mr. Ml chnol MncDntiotigh, In bis "Irish Life anil (,'liarurtiy," gives sumo Instance! ot Irish simplicity In dealing with the physician, A dispensary doctor once prescribed two pills for a sick laboier, which he sent by the man's wife In n small box, bearing the direction, "The whole to be taken Immediately." On visiting tho patient n little Inter, tho doctor wna surprised to find thnt the pills had uot helped lilm. He asked the mnn's wlfo If she had given him thu medicine. "I did, doctor," replied she; "but maybe the lid hasn't come off yet. Tho tick man had swallowed box and all. Mrs. Murphy's husband was ex tremely III, and she consulted the phy sician. "I'm sorry, mndum," bo said grave ly, "but your husband Is dying by Inches." "Well," alio said, with an air of hopeful resignation, "wan god thing Is, ma I wor man Is six foot free In his tockln' feet, so he'll lasht tome time yet." An Irishman who had sent for the doctor for the first time In his llfo watched with astonishment while the physician took his clinical thermome ter from Ita case, slipped It under tha patient's armpit, And told him to keep It there a accond or two. Mlko lay still, almost afraid to breathe, but when the doctor removed the thermometer he drew a long breath nnd exclaimed, "Ah, I do feel a dale bettber already, sorr." 1'oru Has a, High Hallway. One of tho most Intereitlng trlpi nfforded by tho present transportation facilities of I'eru la that over the Oroyo railroad, which now runt from Cnllao to tho gold fields of Cerro do I'asco. It Is considered one of the wonders In the Permian world and the original contract was taken by Mr. Melgga at 127,000,000 In lionds at 70. It la certainly the grenteat feat of rail road engineering In either hemisphere and as a specimen of American enter prise and workmanship It suffers noth ing by comparison. It was begun In 1870 and finished In 1670, and addi tional work has since been done on It. Commencing In Cnllao, It ascends tho narrow vnlley of the Hlmac, rising nearly 6,000 feet In the first forty six miles. Thence It goes through the Intri cate gorges of the HIrrras till It tun nels the Andes at an altitude of 15,- (Uf feet, the highest point In the world whero a piston rod Is moved by steam. Tho wonder Is doubted oil remember ing thnt the elevation Is reached In seventy-eight miles. One of the most reinarkubic things In connection with this rond Is thnt between the coast nnd summit there Is not an Inrh of down grade. The difficulties encoun tered In Its construction were extreme landslides, falling liowlders, scroche (or the dllllculty of breathing In high altitude) nnd verrugas, a disease known only along tho line of this road, characterized by a species of warts breaking out nil over the b.-dy and bleeding. About S.000 workmen wero et!gnged nt one time nnd between 7,00 and 8,(tX per-ons died or were killed In the conatmctlon of the road. Engi neering Mngaxln". A Serious OfTonsc. Mr. Ban Us had acquired a dictatorial maimer 111 his youth, nnd It hnd grown with his years. When he gradually be came near-sighted he refused to wear glasses, and held other people respon sible for nny difficulties Into which his falling sight led lilm. One dny he clutched by the coat sleeve n man who was hurrying past lilm on tho street. "I want a word with you, Mr. Griggs," ho said, sharply. "I will de tain you only n moment." "My name Is not Urlggs. You havo made n mistake," said the man. "Your name Isn't Griggs!" said Mr. Hanks, atlll detaining the stranger and peering Into his fnce. "I should llko to know why not?" Locating New Oulana. Having returned from British Guiana to England, Itcv, Mr. Crookatl, ns he relates In his book on his mis sionary experiences, visited n public school to tell tho children of the for eign Innd. "Now, children," he said, "flrst of all, where Is Hrltlsh Gnlnnu?" A number of hands went up, nnd tho missionary called upon the nearest pupil. "On tho map of the world, sir," was tbo ready answer. 1'rnolionl Koonomr. A mnn whoso Impecunious condition is chronic, nnd who borrows with the airy graco of n beau In nn old comedy, recently approached an acquaintance, nil smiles nnd geniality. x-..', l.l 41... T n-nnlnJ fn sec," hu said. "Could you lend mo ?3 Franklin to Anthony S. Stlckuey." for n minute." Anthony S. Stlckney was tho father of "I could," said the acquaintance, ' Major Stlckney. Ths cup has descend dryly, '"but let mo tell you. bow to snve'ed from father to son nnd Is now the that f Walt a mlnuto nud you won't property of Mrs. Entwlstie, who has need It" What (Started It. First Awful Punster Who Is that Dl,,l,.el,lnil mnn with thn tinnnl look? Hn,i itemi Punster Whv. he'. ' lumberman. I know that ns soon as I , torenco In Its appearance, sawdust on his clothes nnd tho way A fact concerning the naming of Tu be planked down hla monoy wheu tho lea wns brought to light when the hotolclcrk thought he had him stumped ,nls'ory 0,f,tUoJoId CUp "P' with his charges." Ur l"0'1 8ay 0,6 5 And when tho policeman found who nmcd 0 n mmei Dan- thoy were ho let them tight It out In the hope that ono or the other might be killed. Philadelphia American. How to Mnnsgo It Lady Caller But I thought children woro not tolerated In these apart- mcnts? Hostess Ah, hut you see, we named tho baby after tho Jaultor. Town Top. ICS. 8WEET HERDS, Don't I'omet to riant Cot nip for lie Ilulit of l'liaay. In any garden, save one of very lim ited dimensions, Indeed, a sthall spaco may vtell be devoted to tho cultivation of tweet and medicinal herbs. They are easily grown, and onco well establish ed requlra llttlo care beyond the keep ing freo from weed. Any thrifty housewife who has once stuffed her Thanksgiving turkey, her Christmas goose, her every day dtickn and chick ens with a fresh blend of aromatic sngo, summer savory and sweet mar joram grown In her own kitchen gar den will be loath ever after to employ tho dust of herbs told In paper pack ages of uncertain date nnd doubtful origin. Home of these herbs make a novel bouquet or give nn added sweetness to n bunch of roses or sweet peas, llx collent for such n purpose aro the pnle pink blossoms of the thyme and of tho French marjolalne, the fragrant stalks of ambrosia and lemon balm, the bright yellow umbelt of the sweet fennel, the finely cut-Heel blue leave of the mo nnd the long, glossy oval of the bergamot Agnln, to those who are Interested In the brewing of refreshing plck-me upn and who, In the "good old sum mer time" Is not? herbs like tho spearmint of old-fashioned gardens, that readily parts with Its essential oil, the blue flowered, hairy-leaved borage, which Is cool ns any cucum ber, and the bitter wormwood, all ap peal In a subtle manner. After a little experimenting the "herb habit" Is formed, nnd a very healUiy one It Is. No tender-hearted lover of cats can fall to plant In some old corner tho catnip, that very common weed which fills pussy with such delirious oy. No owner of a well-filled linen chest but will wish to perfume her shining treasures with the sweet lavender, cherished by all worthy dnmei, be they colonial or of more recent growth I If to these herbs of varied uses we add lovage, whose strongly aromatic root, when candled, makes a delicious sweetmeat, coriander caraway, whoe sugared seeds from the heart of tho pink and white "comfits" dear to nil children, and tarragon, greatly prized by the French as a flavoring In vine gar and salads, our list of some twenty herbs out of a possible 200 and more will Include perhaps the most desir able herbs for domestic use. Country Life In America. WEIGHT OF HUMAN BRAINS. IntclllKent Men Have the Heaviest and Moat Delicate. It has been for a long time asserted that the weight of the brain of edu cated persons Is greater than that of the common crowd. Some results hav ing appeared to shake this belief. It had begun to be assumed that the qual ity of the brain, and not its quantity, has Ita share of Importance In tills re spect 1 It certainly appears rational to take quality Into account In certain special cases, but, generally speaking, the first named statement appears to be correct. In other words, the greater Intelli gence of the man corresponds with the weight of bis brain. M. Mathlegn, an anthropologist of Prague, has Just set tled the matter beyond all doubt Having flrst ascertained that the male brain weighs on an average 1,400 grammes and the female brain 1,200 grammes, between the ages of 20 and 60, he has. gathered the following sta tistics, based on the study of the brain of 233 persona, differing widely In their occupation and Intellectual culture: Grammes. Day laborers 1.-4O0 workmen and unskilled laborers. . .1,433 rorters, guardlanj and watchers. .. 1,430 Mechanic! 1,450 Business men and photographers' assistants 1,400 Physicians and professors 1,500 From this table It will be seen that the weight of the brain Increases In gradual progression. It appears, moreover, from M. Mat htega's researches that the manufac turing or sale ot alcoholic drinks is not favorable to cerebral development Judging by the light weight of the brain of brewers, beer shop keepers and waiters In cafes. The average weight among this class Is only 1,410 grammes, whereas It rises to 1,442 among cabinet makers, 1,440 among shoemakers, and 1,-147 among black smiths, locksmiths and other workers In Iron and steel. New York Herald. RELIC OF BEN FRANKLIN. Toledo Woman Una Bllver Cop Once Owned Hy Him. One of the most Interesting relics owned In Toledo Is a silver cup belong lug to Mrs. J. Entwlstie of No. 620 Bush street nnd once the property of Benjamin Franklin, says the New York Herald. It was made- under his supervision In Europe about 140 years ago, the date, as near as can be ascer tained, being the year 1703. Mrs, Entwlstie Is the widow of Two Stlckney, son of Major Stlckney, one of tho first settlers. In whose family the nam of Toledo wns first sug gested, The cup is about six Inches high and of solid silver. On It this Inscription; "Legacy by the will of Benjamin the precious relic In a safety deposit vault In one of our local banks. The workmanship of the cup Is very fine and tho wear of two centuries seems to have made no perceptible dlf- 1 rv1" tnttt edo1waS TiT1 ,by tto Stlckneys. The history of Spain wns being Btudled, and when the name of Toledo in Spain was reached Two sUckner suggested that the settle- menta then called Vistula nud Port Lawrence bo named Toledo, as there wfla no other Toledo In the United motes. From this, it Is said, tho mime of Toledo came. H-H-H t -r-H 1 111 II l OLD f FAVORITES 44 tr I I V It I I II I I t It II I II- H The Moneyless Man, Is tliero no aecret place on the face of the earth Where charity dwclletb, where virtue hnth birth, Where bosoms In mercy and kindness will heave, And the poor and the wretched shall ask and receive? Is there no place at all where a knock from the poor Will bring a kind angel to open the door? Oh! search the wide world, wherever you can, There Is no open door for a moneyless mnn. Go look In yon hall where the chande lier's light Drives off with Its splendor the darkness of nlxht; Where the rich hanging velvet In shad owy fold, Sweeps gracefnlly down with Its trim mings of gold; And the mirrors of tllrer take up and renew In long lighted vistas the 'wllderlng view; Go there at the banquet and find If you can A welcoming smile for the moneyless man. Go look In yon church of the cloud-reach-Ing spire, Which gives back to the tun his same look of fire, Where the arches snd columns art gor geous within, And the walls seem as pure as a soul without sin; Walk down the long aisle see the rich and the great, In the pomp and the pride of their world ly estate; Walk down in your patches and find If you can. Who opens a pew for a moneyless man. Go look to your Judge In his dark flowing gown. With the tcnles wherein law welghetb equity down; Where he frowns on the weak and smiles on the strong. And punishes right while he Justifies wrong: Where Jurors their Hps to the Bible have laid To render a verdict they've already made; Go there in the court room and find If you can Any law for the caute of a moneylets man. Go, look In the banks, where Mammon has told His hundreds and thousands of silver and gold; Where, safe from the hands of the starr ing and poor Lies pile upon pile of the glittering ore; Walk np to theJr countert ah, there you may stay Till your limbs shall grow old and your hair shall turn gray. And you'll find at the bank not one of the clan With money to lend to a moneyless man. Then go to your hovel no raven hat fed The wife who has suffered too long for her bread: Kneel down by her pallet and kiss the death frost From the Hps of the angel your poverty lost; Then turn In your agony upward to God And bless while It smites you the chast ening rod; And you'll find at the end of your life's little ipan There's a welcome above for a moneyless man. Henry Thompson Stanton. SOME SWEARING DEFENSIBLE. Many Great and Good Men Have TJted an Occasional Oath. Accordlug to the Anti-Profanity League the swearing habit Is "the na tional evil." Undoubtedly tho use of profanity Is extremely prevalent; a person needs merely to keep his ears open on the street to learn this, says the Boston Transcript But whether It Is so general as to Justify one In term ing It the national evil Is a matter of opinion. Not all swearing, moreover, Is wholly Indefensible. There are vari ous kinds of swearers and It will not do to lump them In one class with a single label. Besides the habitual and commonplace swearers, whose profan ity Is mere redundant and colorless verbiage, and the vulgar and diffuse swearers, whoso oaths are rank and noisome, one must recognize also as a distinct category the discreet and mod- ornto swearers who employ an occa sional oath with fine emphasis and ar tistic effect' Many great and good men belong to tho last class. Even the father of his country Is said to have sworn vigor ously when the emergency seemed to require departure from his customary rule of unvarnished speech. This sort of discriminating profanity la vastly different from the causeless and gra tuitous swearing of habitual and vul gar oathmongcrs. Indeed, the man who now and then vents his emotions In nn oath Is rather preferable to the one who always bottles up his feelings, however strong the provocation to break forth. A robust ebullition Is bet ter than Ingrowing profanity. Silence may bo as profane as words under cer tain circumstances. A saying of Jo seph Choate occurs to tho settler In this connection. A noted prelato was once playing golf with Mr. Choate, and after foozling a tee shot egregloutly, stood looking at tho ball for several moments. After waiting for the bishop to say something, Mr. Choate remark ed: "Bishop, that was the profunest si lence I ever heard." As for the Antl-Profan!ty League, the purpose of the organization Is cer tainly worthy, but somehow tho settler cannot develop a high degree of en thusiasm In such a cause. He Is a bit weary of antl crusades ot all sorts. Movements for the suppression of tills and thnt and what not fall to Interest him profoundly. It seems to him that what is needed tn the field of social re form Is' not bo much the suppression of bad things as the promotion of good things. Kefornicrs should concentrate their energies on positive and construc tive work, rather than purely negative and restrictive undertakings. If a man loses all his money he also manages to lose nearly all his enemies. Tho velocity of the wind at the height of ono mllo nbovo the earth U four times as great as nt tho surface. A man worth $3,000,000 to-day la no richer, nt related to the aggregate wealth ot the United States, than a man worth 1370,000 In 1800. It Is not generally known thnt tho fur seal wns once a Innd animal. Tho baby seals nre actually afraid ot tha water, they would drown, If thrown Into It, and have to lenrn to swim by repeated efforts, When onco they have been laugbt to swim, however, they soon forget to walk. The largest room In the world, un der ono roof nnd unbroken by plllarn. Is at St Petersburg. It Is 02O ftet long and 150 feet In breadth. By day light It Is used for military displays, and a whole battalion ran completely maneuver In It By night twenty thou sand wax tapers give It n benutlful appearance. The root Is a single- arch of Iron. There have been thirty-three Speak ers of the national House of Iteprcsent atlves. Eleven of them became Unit ed States Senators nnd ono of them, James K. Polk, of Tennessee, Presi dent of the United Stated. The posi tion has been filled by only one mer chant one physician, one preacher, three editors, whllo twenty-four of tbem have been lawyers. Koreans wear full mourning for their fathers. Tho dress is of hemp cloth, with hempen girdle. A face shield Is used to show thnt the wearer is a sinner and must not speak to any one unless addressed. The costume Is retained for three years, the shield for three months. This Is worn for a father only; secondary mourning Is worn for a mother, nnd no mourning at all for a wife. The bat Is of wicker. Most animals are nfrald of Are and will fly from it In terror. To others there Is a fascination nbout a flame, and they will walk Into It even though tortured by the heat A horse In a burning stable goes mad with fear, but a dog Is as cool In a fire as at any time. He keeps bis nose down to the floor, where the air Is purest, and sets himself cnlmly to finding his way out Cats in fires howl plteously. They bide their faces from the light and crouch In corners. When their rescuer lifts them the; are, as a rule, qulto docile and subdued, never biting; or scratching. Birds seem to bo hypno tized by fire and keep perfectly still; even the loquacious parrot In a Are has nothing to say. Cows, like dogs, do not show alarm. They are easy to lead forth, and often And their way out themselves. FORE8T FIRES. Warnlnjr leaned by the General Land Office at Waeuliigton. Every summer and autumn large areas of public and private forests are devastated by fire. This destruction U a universal Injury. It not only de stroys a valuable asset in the list of the country's resources, but Is pro ductive of floods. The forest Is the most effective means of preventing floods and producing a more regular flow of water for irrigation and other useful purposes. To prevent tho mischievous forest flres Congress has enacted a law which forbids setting Are to the woods, and forbids leaving Ares (camp flres and others) without flrst extinguishing the same. The law provides a maximum fine of $5,000, or Imprisonment for two years, or both, it the Are Is set mali ciously, and a fine of $1,000, or Impris onment for one year, If the Are Is duo to carelessness. It also provides that tho money from these fines goes to the school funds of the county in which the offense is committed. Commissioner W. A. Richards of the general land office has issued circu lars, warning the public against .care lessness, inasmuch as many flres start from neglected camp fires, and makes the following requests; 1. Do not build a larger fire than you need. 2. Do not build your flres In dense masses of pine leaves, duff and other combustible material, where the Are la sure to spread. 3. Do not build your fire against largo logs, especially rotten logs, where It requires much more work and time to put the Are out than you are willing to expend, and where you are rarely quite certain tiiat the fire Is really and completely extinguished. 4. In windy weather and in danger ous places dig a fire hole and clear oft a place to secure your fire. You will save wood and trouble. 5. Every camp flro should be com pletely put out before leaving tho camp. C Do not'bulld Arcs to clear off land and for other similar purposes without Informing the nearest ranger or the supervisor, so that be may assist you. As hunters, Ashers and campers will soon haunt the woods and streams, It Is hoped that newspapers everywhere will circulate this warning and Infor mation. No Sentiment About It Somo one heard that De Wolf Hop. per sported a hair ring. From being a dainty gold circlet with a tiny lock, It grew to a wide band with large twisted strands. There wns consider able excitement about It. I Finally a friend said to him: I "Say, haven't lost any of your Im mediate family?" pointing to a ring on the actor's band. I "Not that I know of. Why?" I "Well, it's whispered on the Rlalto that you wear hair in your ring, and I thought you might carry a curl around with you for sentiment." "Oh, no," Hopper looked sadly at his friend's head, covered with base ball hair. "The hair In that ring camo from tbo front side of my own bead years and years ago, and I keep It so that I may have somo to stand on nd during Arst nights, as of old." German Soldiers aa Swimmers, All German soldiers must learn to BTvim. Some of them ore so expert that, with tbelr clothing on their beaiU land carrying guns and ammunition, they can swim streams several hun dred yards wide.