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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1904)
A DOCTOR'S Ml$$ Olkniiov," CIIAI'THU XVl.-tCcmllnunl.) "lint Hlr Kreliinlil ciiuidcIIciI 11, I begged ami entreated hi in In kii'iihk inn; I tuM lilin It m luful, tint lin Hew Into a paaslun, nml hade tun dloly hi in (ill III" peril nf hl everlasting diauliuia tire. Hlr, I wn hnmclcaa, nml he wan Irk! Wlmt wu I to do'" "Forglm in! Vno nuur lit 1 1- elrl. 1 waa f nut nml cruel In my Judg I. Vntl Wrtc, Indeed, obliged In a-xi'l'llt III vlln plans lit I In' tmri t. There," added hr. tenderly, as he cln.w hrr lintels from her (mi', oml tvltli I1I4 handkerchief wiped away lirrlvura; "weep no more; jhiii virro nut tii blame. Clillil. give me your Ii ii titl In token ni fiirglrcncaa." "Then you iln nut deanlait m)" "Desplso yuu? Nil! im! 1 only," Im stopped; he wit nlimit In aay "lure you," lillt rcmotnla'rltig hla vow, he added auft- ir. Miy ymi. "Vm, toii mar pity me! Oil, auntie, ".untie! why dlil 1 ever promlne ynu to funic to tills, Mrctrhed placet" was tier usiliiitf cry. Still huldlng her hand In Ida, ami also lnMnj Irani licr tho candle, tin iurti.il Ktnl Ilii her down the long, ilrni stairs, Only once ill,! :tlitl speak, then sIij inciuly said; "Hlr Itrifliinlil will In very angry If lio I, ran nf Juiir entrance hem! Must Im liu told?" "I will tlilnk It over ati'l Irt ymi know to morrow. You mutt sleep tu night and so tirurrr iroui this iicrvuusuesa. They suun reached the bnttuni f t ulr. mill entered the rorrlilar. Then llihcl renumbered Unit her work was but half iluui', nml tin mi I'uulJ tint 1"' firfoiii plliJicd until I r. Ulfeiistelti hud left her. Turning tu lilm, she said: "Will ran klmlly toll ma how yall en tern) this plarot Yuu mint leave um lluw, ifulllg silently in yull came." "I will. I came through the rulna. I sv you upon n duor and rrnch fur a Mikcl, then I Inatintly entered. "Hut surely. I fastened It again?' "Vhii were so agitated, you forgot to i It. I crrtnlnly opened It. without dir llrtilly. ml crypt nftrr ynu, eager to aulto I ho inyatrry uf I ho haunted tuwrr. which 1 thru, fur the tint time, Li-itoli to connect Mltli yutir mm eiinmu. Hut j nn are weary now, so 1 will leave yuu, snJ return ns I came." filling bark tin" candle, he tuok her hand mm wn Juat saylnc. "IuhmI night Miss Novcrgall," whvii inl,fi nly both tupped ihurt In Ihi-lr walk; both I urn nl itmilly pnli-, ri it tliurt, UrnuKr, loml repirt, iliac by their can. Harlot ami cutiinuiiurtl them. Thru, to their horror, omethlnz dartc townril llii'iii, it hues form awoupoil mt, iliiahlne the rnniHe to Ihu Krouml, lllila ritlnulatiliu; It, Icnvlnu them III totiil ilnrkiien mul cIikiiu. Oh. wlmt la It? What la ItT crlni tint 'rrrlheil iilrl, alio" liealletl cloae to her cnmpaiiloii, while he, acnrrrly rralli IliK whut he iliil, threw hla arma aroun.l liLr fenu. to protect her fnun ho kii lint what. Hu.l.liiily a wild, unearthly Inuch, nr yell, floaleil to them from the other rim of the corridor, mid aa It pniil, Dr. Klfelialclll pnuaiil the k'lrl he held diner to hla heart, and laid hla cheek nk'ulmt her frlfclitenril fnco. "Oh, do not leave tnel I ahull die! I hall die!" uu-l'i-l IJthcl. "I will not. You are not o afraid now, and tliua, rloae to me, lire you, dear?" "No; not aa fearfully afraid as I waa." Oviilly Mruklui: her hair, the j untie man felt, even In the terror, Inaplnil by thrlr ilrvAiU ill poaltlmi, n feelim: uliuoal of rapture aleal orer him. aa ho held her Hum cloae In hla anna, with hrra cllimliii: to hla wulat. Hut auddenly. rnlnirr relleetlolia came; he felt thla thine liiuat lie aii'li tu; whatever prenenec had bitit near them miiat be dUeovered, and that he ontfht to follow up the aouinl. "Child!" he whlapcrcd, "Hhatever haa been near ua, I know by that liirt cry, Ima eacaped Into the rulna, thrmiKh the dimr by which I elilen-d. Thnt LeiiiK ao. I miiat III duly curry you to n plain of aafety, then aearcli around to aev what It could have been." Inataillly, then, It llaahed over nihel' liilnd, that the ape. Sir Itcitliiiild'a cliuleu coiiiviiled trenaure, hud eacnpisl, mid that the knife he had ao careloaaly islvcn him hud donii the di'id. lie had cut hla way out. Oh, the terror thla thonitht thrust Into her heart waa nlmoat iiiiheiirnble! At once, he liecwuc, ua It Mere, a dead welitht nuiiln In the doctor' nrnia. Then anollier tlioui;lit canie that Im parted new life. Her oath had been tak en never to reveal the citlateiteo of that animal, nor of the concealed room. In order to keep thla vow, Dr. Klfeimtclu inuat not oxitlillno the premlaea. She knew well now the mcanliiK of that llrnt report. The beiiat hud knocked down the Iron ahi'lvin, liurat oicn the iiineli, and In couaequriice II llcht would BhoW the doctor that opening, mid the room beyond. No! ho inuat never oxnin inn thla corridor. Nervine herwlf for u new taak, ahe aald: "Doctor, I cannot coiuient to heliin left a moment here nlono! Nor will 1 con aeiit to your cjpoalnit jouraelf further tu-nlitht. Tako me, then, to my riMim, und wo will lock uii thla place, and you can ntciil softly from the houae another way." "Hut, Mlaa Ncrcrk'all, aurely thla ouifht to bo liiventlisateil." "Oh, no, pteiiao do not Invcatkatcl I ciinnot allow it, cannot endure It!" Aa liho apoke, a lone, deep aliiiddrr paaaed over her frame, and the doctor, notlclni: It, knew at oneo thnt her nii v oua ayatem could atiiud no more, there fore, felt It wiw bwt to yield. "rlhull I not, lit leant, IIkIU the can dle'" "No, no! I cannot hear It!" murmured the poor k'lrl, horrllled at the tliouisht of what n Unlit mlnht reveal. "Tell me, then, which way your loom Ilea, mid 1 "hull carry you thither nt once!" "Slralsht! Jut beyond t.ho door by which you entered, throiiKli n paaniue way, my room Ilea opposite Ita door," lie returned, "Hut, Indeed, doctor, I can walk, If you will only let lue hold to your arm. 1 would rntlier. "Well, bo It ao!" returned the man, re loaalnu her, yet atlll retnlnlni! her hiiiul, which he drew under hla arm, When they wared the door of the ruin, however, Kthel felt it Hlniiiu 'current of ulr upon her cheek, which roveiihil the fact thnt It alood whin open, mul In ataillly a deadly four of the horrible creature that hud caeupcd, beluu atlll near, aelied her, and nitalu alio ahrauk cloaor to her friend, while her faltcrliiK stop told of departlnit atremtth. Without a word, Uarlc Ulfenaieln llft vd her lu hU arma, mid bo puaactl iuto Uie uCv IIV tMILV THORNTON Author of " Hoy KutMCM.'ii Kvi.n," "Tub rAsiiiuNAiu.it Monti-.," ICrc. imaaaifuway. Iti'iiiemberliii: that lilt prcamifii there inuat Iw kept a ancret, the yoiini; flrl whlapered: "Ktep miftly, let no one hear!" "I will," he breathed back, and xulil iil by the dim UkIiI under the door In dlealml, he paaaed through, eineritlnif from the open wardrobe, Into the bed room beyoiid. I'liielnif her In a larite eaay chair, lie lopped hack, cloaed and fnateiied both dimra, then returned to her aide. "I'lennc, doi-tor," he miirtuiiml, "ei nnillie every part of thla mom before you Bo, to In, a lire the dreadful the dread ful," ahe healtaled. "Yea, 1 know," he Interrupted, "and you will anon aen you ore perfectly aafe." Olii-yhiii her Hlah, ho I hen inniln a thnriMiKh aenri h of room mid cloaot. Hut aa he atipponcd, nolliliiK waa to bo mi-n. "Now, lion ulll you leovu the huiiao?" he murmured, anxiously. A aly liNik back towarda the corridor cnuaiil hrr to eji'lnlni, In n wtilaper, aa he laid her hand cutrcutliinly on hi arm: ".Not there, doctor, priimUo me yuu will not return to that placo thla nlclit, but will ko directly home." Au'alll IJarle yielded to the pleading of the awitt k'lrl healdo him, und uinlli inl aw r red: "Then I mint either drop from your window ur ko through the hall, Bloy! t rev a almiiit itrap amuud your trunk. It la the very thing! 1 will faaten it to the balcony, and to allp down by lt aid to the cnnnid. Are you willing?" "Perfectly. UiK-tur," the whlapered. "do you know I aliould have died from fright had ymi not U-en there'" "Yea, I know; and now, befure 1 aay good night, I hall mix you a compil ing drnught, and then you mint pruuilio me, In go Inatantly to your bed, n wmii aa you take In the atritp, and clow the window, and the laat thing, awnlloiv the lirepnratlun I aliall leave. Will you do i Ii la. In return for my not iiiveatlgatlng further, what I MO you do not wiah ex plained ?" Clhrl healtateil, then remembering that he could not aee Kir ltrgluald that night, he gave the proniUe, A moment more paxrd, and then tha trap had been fastened, the doctor had whitpered "Hood nlglH," nnd ahe watch ed him disappear amid the darkiu-M and tiinn. Darting out, ahe arcureil the atrap nithoiit trouble, fastened douu the win dow, ami aoim alopt under the elTccta of the ainalyue bo bad au thoughtfully left for her use. Well Indeed waa It fur hrr Hint alio could tlrrp, fur without aomo rest the enuld neier havo Ininie the terrible ex citement that awaited her In the nearlug huura of tho coming day. CIIAITlUt XVII. The next murnlng Kthol attemptiil to rlar, aa iiaiiol, but fuuud herself ao III wilh a alck headache that the attempt wa vain, livery time ahe lifted her head from her pillow, It throbbed wild ly, while a blind dliilueaa ciimo over her to such ail extent that ahe felt it Mere better to keep atlll fur u while until It pasted away. At nine o clock a aervant came to her room, and she out an excuse to the family for her uou nppcarauce. About ten a message ciimo from Sir Itegiiiald. asking how toon she could come to him? She returned for answer that her head was atlll in such pain that he feared not until afternoon. About live Dr. l.lfi'llsli'lll culled to see hla patient, and his lordship at once re quested him to look alter his secretary, ayiug Ihnt she Mas not able to come to him, while he was most anxious tu see her. Mrs. I'reiloii was then dispatched to Minn Nevergnll'a room to prepare her for n visit from tho doctor. A a the young man entered, he was really startled to see how wun and pale the excitement of the night before, mid a few lioura' illness, had made her. She hud made several attempts to rise, and had succeeded ill dressing herself, hut the exertion hud overcome her, mid oneo more she hud been obliged to recline up- ii the bed, while her largo dark eyes, and Murk drcsa, made her cheeks seem almmt like snow. 'Oh, doctor!" she sighed, as he ad vanced and took her hand In hla. "Can you give lue something to slop this head ache, so that 1 can go to Sir Itegiiiald? Ho has wanted me nil day, and has sent for mo several times, nml I must sou li I in. hut I cannot seem to get there." "You have done right to keep still. I will give you a remedy thnt I think Mill cause you relief In mi hour's time. Un til then, you ahould try to sleep." rrcpurlug a liiiuid, he carefully held the tumbler to her Hps, saw her drink It, then throwing n light shawl over her, left, saying ns he did so: If you sleep now, I am almost certain you can visit hla lordalilp In the length of lime I mentioned," It seemed that tho medicine, nnd his calm, kind words did soothe her, for ut oneo alio fell Into the reatful sleep ao much needed. Tho nap proved quite n long one, nnd It waa seven o'clock lu the evening before she crept through the hull, und with a trembling frame but head greatly relieved, entered Sir lteglunld'a presence. At once sue snw that tier III ueaa had discomposed Mm, mid that he nan unusually Irritable und nervous. "I um sorry I could not eonio to you as usual," she begun, but ho Interrupt ed her by raying crossly: t)li, yes: I iluro say. won all apolo gies and while we uro alone tell mo If you obeyed my orders lust night." i did," faltered the poor girl. Did tho thing work well?" asked he, eagerly. It did. I hud no troubto lu the Tow er, nt nil; hut, O, Sir Hegliinld, souio- thing terrible lina happened! " What?" exclaimed tho sick man, starting up In so sudden n maimer that it caused him to fall buck with a groan, nllhoiigh ho kept a firm grip on the arm he had seized in his excitement regard less of tho fact that Ills tight grarp caus ed her to turn pale with pain. "1 dre.id telling you, but Just us I lort ho Toner to push buck tho panels a frightful noise of a heavy fall came, nhcii u large monster durted out, dnslied the caudle from my hand, nnd with u howl disappeared, leaving me half dead with flight." (Ilrl! girl" yelled the Infuriated man, his fiii'o turning purplo with rage, "what Is this you toll mo Oouel Kscnpedl Speak!" added he, roughly blinking her by the urin. leu ino n is u in. u no that you said Just nowl" No. Sir itcginuiu, returned I no painu UUiel; "It l the truth, Whatever you i had tlirrt got out last night and ran oil through Hip ruins!" j "What did you do wrong thnt mnda una nappen aiiiiut, or 1 will tour you to pleiiHi!" "Iteleasn my arm, sir! You are i rnal III your rage! You hurt me!" "Kpenk then, How did he get out ol Ida prison?" Willi a faltering voire the frlghiened girl, while writhing In his grasp, uiui mil red: "I ilmpped I ho knife on the shelves a few nights Is'foro and forgot It. It whirled around, and I knew by the cry he gavn that lie had It." "Idiot!" returned the enraged being before her, as he gave her ami suiii a fearful wrench that It dlnloealeil Win el bow. "Out nf my sight; out of my hoiiup thla Instant! You have ruined me with your careleaaiiMa! Not another night hall you sleep under this roof!" Once again ho ralacd hla arm this lime to atrlke. Hut fortunately, with a moan of pain at the injury she had al ready sun allied, the had darted back, and ao the blow deaii-inled on empty olr. Without auolhrr look at the man be fore her tho poor young girl crept from Ida pri'ii'tirc, mid dragging herself hack to her room, fnateiied heraelf In, while tie sought to prepare for her departure. With her arm hanging umlionloa by her side, and ne.irly wild with pain, aha opened her trunk and thrusting her vul uablea Inrlde aa well ns she could with one hand, she locked Ihetn and dropped the key Into her pocket. l'enring, she scarcely knew what, she pill the package of papers her nuiit hud given her, with her purse, also in her pocket, that she might he certain of their safety. Then hastily putting comb, brushes and night apparel In a hand atchel, she paused to rest. Advancing to her window, she found that a heavy ruin waa atlll fulling, and that darkness wna even then over the earth. Throning her waterproof over her hoiilitera, with lla hood drawn over her hut, aim opcurd her door and glidid through the hall, down the ulnlra and out uf the front entrance, fortunately with out lining seen by any of the family. As she had paaaed the Nick man's room she knew by the sound uf many excite, voices within that they had gone to hla naaiatnnei', uud ahe Judged he must h un injured Ida hip by Ida passionate frenzy. While ahe pitied the man, ahe feared him, and never breathed freely until mil aide the dunr. Then with n hurried alep he paaaed don n the ramble. Once away from the house and beyond the reach of Sir lteglniild'a wralh. she paused to consider nhitlier alio should go, and what she should do. As she paused one thing seemed plain She could do nothing until a physician attended to her Hounded arm. In order to have thla accomplished. It waa evi dent that she must artk I Jr. Klfen-tcln at hi home. She shrank from doing till. Still It could not be helpiil. Her arm could not be raised, mid on that arm she de pended now for her dally bread. Once in the road beyond ahe could aee light in windowa of dwelling hoiiaea fur donn the road. The first of them he knew was w here Dr. Ktfctistein livi d, and hope revived once more, and iJie pressed on. thinking soon to lie there. (To bo continued.) OVEHSTRAINED YOUTH. Kxtterta Sny Unit tJerinnny' Coiiimer clul HI" llua Hern ut (Ircut Coat, l'ntasliiii mllltnry nuthorltlc arc be coming iiliirint'il nt what tliey term tho degeneration of the Ccrtnnti youth. In coiintrlcK like (icriiiiiny, where n term of inllllnry service In required of every Hide man, the rxiuiiliititlnii for iinny lltncsH nro pretty npt to Indicate the true stale of the iiiiIIoii'm hen I 111. und w hen M'vcntecii out of every thousand applicants have weak hearts. It Ik no wonder that tho authorities decide there Is noiiictliltiR wrong. Hetwecti Hie j-eiirs lbSl nnd 1SM1 tl,o nnmiiil nvcrnge of persons with lienrt trouble wna low, only 1.5 per thou Mind, nnd high-water mark wna reach cil In 1WIS, when tho uveniso was found to be 17.1. l'crhnpx the best opinion on the cause of till state of affairs Is Unit offered by Dr. Strieker, an nriny mir geon. wlio lias given the mutter care ful study. He dcclnrcn that overwork, Irregular exercise, uud Immoderate and tin) curly use of tobacco nnd Intox icants are responsible for much of the trouble. Another point to which the Doctor calls intention la the practice of putting children at work too early. Ah tliey often nro required to toll be yond their hlrongtli. the Mrnln, with Irregular bonis of rest. results In prem ature breakdowns, which, the Doctor Is positive, have Hindi to do with the general standard of health. Washing ton l'ost. .Modem Convenience In the. Alps. Tho inotiks of St. Heinard have taken advantage of modern Inventions In their work of saving lives. A short time ago two Swiss nlHnlst8 sturtod out to go to the hospice. Half way up they were oiertiikcn by a snow storm uud lost their wity. After wandering around I lie summit for sevcinl hours tliey caiuo across one of the new shel ters built by the monks. In it tliey found broad, cheese, wine, a spirit lump und a telephone. With the lat ter they called up the hospice mul usked for help. Hy the time they bad llulshed a good meal n monk and a dog; arrived to show them the way. Tlio telephone ut these shelters lias saved many lives during the winter. A Novel liisiu-iint'o Case. A friend lu .Mobile, Alabama, writes that recently a young man In that sec tion bought a largo quantity of fancy, high-priced smoking tobacco, had It Insured for Its full value, smoked It up uud then put n claim In for the In surance, slating that It had been de stroyed by lire. The cnsn was taken to court, the Judgo deciding In favor of tho young smoker. Next, the in Hitranco company had tho young man nrrcnted for Retting lire to his own property, and tho saino Judge ordered 111 in to pay n fat lino and ulso gn to Jail. Vuuulnntloii In l'r.iiicc. Vaccination is now compulsory It Franco during the first year of lifu and lovacciiintlon timing the eleventh and twenty-Hut years. Auto In German Army. Automobiles mado for tho (leiiiian army haul live tu eight-ton loads through hilly country. l'coplo are never so careless ns when they have a big lot of explosive around. Hank records show some Mitpilsltij, things abouf "good" men. A color Benin prepared by J. V. To rher, V. I. C for clarifying hnlr, rep resent & different color of human hnlr. To prevent train derailment a Ocr itinn railroad olllclnl, Herr Oehrlcko, linn Invented an adjuitahle rail, to bo attached to tho truck of cars parallel Willi tho in leu. and carried about an Inch nbnvo tho truck rails. If tho wlicnl Jump tlio track tho cross mils Just described will Itnmedlnlply reat upon tlio track rail mid prevent the wheels from touching ..ic ground, nnd tlio cur will slldo tilling, borne by tho cross rails. To diminish the Jar tho cross rails nro supplied with springs, nnd projections beneath them nro cnl Pointed to prevent tho derailed ear from swinging aside from the track. Not all fishes are dumb, but iiuitiy species emit sounds nnd n few give re innrknlilo concerts. Instance of the latter have been collected by lOnrl Couplii, n French author. On the western const of llmiieo. I'ruyer one night licnrd musical sounds varying from tho resonance of nn organ to the soft tones nf nn Aeolian harp; and In tho t'hlim Sen, n I'lilted State nnvul olllcer wis struck by an extra ordinary blending of tlio low note of nn organ, the iioIho of bells nnd the sound of n grent linrp, tho Intensity causing the vessel to quiver. The pogotilns or tnmliotirs of tho tropical western const of tho Atlantic sometime congiegnlo about resects, producing a maddening chorus. Tho deslruHlve power of nnvul KUiis becomes every year more terrible. The latest typo of gun Introduced In tho Hrltlsli navy I remarkable for Its great length, over II" feet, combined with Us relatively small diameter, ill) Inches nt tlio breech and 1H Inches at the muzzle, nnd Its comparative light ness, 2S tpns. It bore I D'J Inches, Its project llo weighs 3.SO ihiuiiiIs, and nt 3,X)0 yards till missile can bo driv en through 11 Inches of Krupp steel. Tho barrel Is made up of an Inner tube, enclosed 111 n Jacket of wound steel wire. Tills gun Is reckoned equal In destructive power to the ia'4-liieli boro guns that preceded It. which have moro than double It weight. Tho muzzle velocity of the projectile Is 2, IHX) feet per second. The success of the ostrich-farms In California Im recently led to tho es tablishment of a similar farm In Ari zona and another In Florida. It la wild that tho feathers of these American raised birds arc actually of better qual ity and command higher prices than those of South African ostriches. The birds on tlio farms nro larger than tlioso icon In traveling menageries, their weight running from to 4M pounds, and tliclr full height, with head upraised, from 0 to S feet. A blow from nn ostrich's foot Is danger ous, but It tuny be avoided by stooping low, ns the birds cannot deliver nn effective kick under a height of three feet. Tor this reason they are easily driven by dogs. In Florida a team of ostriches, broken to harness, Is mid to have paced n mile In 2:30 TO SAVE CHILDREN. tiijslcnl Culture ua n JIcuii toWurd (lir Tuberculosis. An athletic club, which fixes Its dues at tho extortionate figure of one cent a week, suggests an unusual departure In tho world of clubs. .Moreover, for tunny other reasons, the Children's Athletic Club of l'hlladelphla, com posed entirely of the children of tlio poor, organized to tight by physical training the ravages of tuberculosis, mnrks an Important Innovation lu tho charitable work of that city. Mrs. Florence I.. Williams, tho founder of tho club, has certain definite- objects to accomplish with tho sixty little pu pils under her charge. That she Is able not merely to bring muscle nud health In place of weakness nnd even dlse.180 through a careful system of physical culture, but also to develop a trick team capable of performing acro batic feats of no little dUHculty, proves the elllcacy of her methods. For her clientele Mrs. Williams de pends entirely upon the children of the crowded quarters of the city, where poor food and unhealthy surroundings render child life unwiioiesoino ami make physical development Impossi ble. From tho children of theso quar ters of the city Mrs. Williams has or ganized her classes, the membership of which has grown from three to six ty. Hut even hero tho selection of members Is made from the weaker ami tho moro imaeinlc; from the children who already show signs of tho Inva sion of the "grent white plague," who90 tiny nrms and hollow chests lu- dlcato lack of vitality. With sueh subjects It Is natural that at tho outset the exercises of the class os should bo of the mildest sort live minute drills with the lightest of dumbells. Interspersed with frequent rests. Special breathing exercises me prescribed for tho new members, and they are expected to contlnuo this ex ercise at home. Ono of these exercises consists in the usual exhaling and In haling, but Uie method of accomplish ing It Is novel. Tho children are ranged lu rows, with their hands on their hips, nud each child puts n quill tooth pick lu Its mouth. Then, nt a word of command, they Inhale deeply through the nostrils and then exhale slowly through tho toothpick, this device making tho exhalation slow and avoid ing all chanco of strain. Tho tlio drill Is another Important exerclso lu the development of Inug power. As tho little arms and legs got hard and tho chests aro dovelopod tho more advanced pupils nro taught to tako the weaker ones across their shoulders and carry them out of tho reach of the fancied Mamcs. Hut the Ideal of all tho children who belong to theso clauses Is to develop strength and skill enough to Join tho trick team, for when tho danger of dlsenso has been banished and tho puny llttlo figures with narrow chests nnd round should ers have been doveloped Into erect, sturdy bodies, then tho gymnastic feats of the moro pretentious athletes are attempted and achieved before ad miring public audiences. The development of muscle Is at tended with a similar stimulation of the moral sldo of the child, and It Is to accomplish the latter that the penny weekly fee Is charged, giving the chil dren a sense of membership and right fill claim to the advantages of the club, which Is lacking In the mere t-harltablc work, which does not per mit even tho slight contribution of tha children themselves. Tlio results of this physical training nro striking. Children who, when they Joined tin club, were too weak to endure even the least tiring of tho exercises, under this regimen develop strong, healthy and even athletic frames. Moreover, the tendency to consumption Is chocked, I and with tlio Increase of physical Ktrength there Is a corresponding men lal nnd moral development. Finally, tho lessons of the gymnasium, the knowledge of the proper method of breathing and of walking, are remetn bored long after the actual class work has ended, and serve to keep tha I health tlio exercise ha won. New York Tribune. ! i THI8 CAT IS A PARADOX, Adopted Four Mice Instead of Making , ii Dinner of Tlieiu, 1 Husy Hody, n big Maltese cat who ' makes her home nt the Indianapolis 1 I'hlon Hallway shops, and Is the pet of every one from the. president down1 to tho humble employe of the road, after establishing a record of killing j more than 10.000 rats and mice, has, wun ciinruutiK reiine inconsistency, adopted four tiny mice. The enso Is one of the moit remark able on record and It Is doubtful If scientists or menageries can point to a like one. Three weeks ago Husy Hody gave birth to four kittens and with them seemed In an clement of happiness. Hut the little fellows required such a large amount of nourishment that sbo began to look emaciated and a good nit or mouse diet was suggested for her. Thursday afternoon workmen about the shops discovered a nest of six mice In a sawdust pile, and, thinking of tho faithful "tabby," caught them for her. They were nllvo and thrown Into her box and the men expected to seo an Immediate slaughter. Imagine their surprise when Husy Hody merely looked up rather sleepi ly, took a look nt the mice, carefully licked them over and then as they nestled beneath her. went back to sleep. Since then she has looked after them tenderly, as much as she has her kittens, and the kittens nnd mice take their nourishment side by side. One of the iqlce died and another lost Its life through an experiment. The men thought that If a cat would act so remarkably with a mouse that a dog would surely do likewise. One of them was carried to Fanny, a dog who Is nursing a Utter of pups, for her Inspection. The Inspection was a brief one. and before the men could prevent her Fanny bad swallowed the mouse whole. It has not been decided what will be done with the mice, should they grow up. nor are the men about the shops sure that Husy Hody will not regain ficr old appetite for rodents and eat her adopted babies. Husy Hody belongs to Master Me chanic O. II. Jackson and Is rj years old. She was taken to the Union rail way shops three years ago after she bad lost an eye which disfigured her couutenance. The shops were former ly overrun with rats and mice, but she has gained a remarkable record for killing them and It Is asserted that no less than 10.000 Is the number of her victims. Indianapolis Star. A llcuntll'iil Custom. Ill the mountains of Tyrol, It Is the custom of the women nnd children to coiuo out when It Is bedtime, and sing Their husbands, fathers, nnd brothers answer them from the bills on their return home. On the shores of the Adriatic such a custom prevails. There, the wives of the fishermen come down about sunset, nnd sing a melody. Af ter singing the first stanza, they listen awhile for an nnswerlng melody from off the water, and continue to sing and listen till the well known voices conic borne on the waters, telling that the loved one Is almost home. How sweet to the weary tlshermcn, ns the shad ows gather around lilin, must be the songs of the loved ones nt home that sing to cheer him, and how they must strengthen and tighten the links that bind together these dwellers by the sea ! Sent tlio hctter Any way. Raines H. Hyde, of New York, treas ures n letter that was recently re ceived by the Insurance company with which he Is connected. This letter runs as follows: "lientlenien I am sorry to Inform you that I have lost my Insurance pol icy. Will you be kind enough to send mo n duplicate policy at once? You will Und a stump Inclosed. s. Since writing the above 1 havo found my policy. The duplicate, therefore, need not be sent. Fray do not trouble to return tho stamp." Washington Tost. II irttiworins vs. Gophers. Darwlu concluded that tho earth worm In llvo years brings up soil enough to cover the ground one Inch thick, and that, therefore, the result of Its labor Is of vast Importance. I reckon that the pocket gopher does this In llvo months. It does not do It In the same way or so effectively, be cause the earthworm actually digests the substanco of Its castings; but It Is evident that tlio pocket gopher's meth od uuswers the purpose of fully dis integrating and mixing the dead vege tation with tho soil to produce a rich and fertile black loam. Century. It Waa Himself llo Haw. "Honest, now, Jones, did you see a burglar In your room when you called tho pollco?" "No; my wife had shifted the mir ror In my room nnd I didn't know It." Detroit Free Frcss. Tho Main Consideration. ' "Young mail, have you stopped to tlilnk where you will go when you dlo?" "Gnd, no I hnvcii't even thought whil-e to go on my summer vacation." l'uek. WWWWII'IfKI-rtWtfH OLD FAVORITES A Forest Hymn. The grove n-erc Ood'a first temples. Ero man learned To hew the shaft and lay the architrave, And spread the root abort them; ere he framed Tho lofty vault, to gather and roll back Tho sound of anthems, in tha darkling wood. Amid the cool and silence, he knelt down And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplies Hon. For hla simple heart Might not resist the sacred Influence Which, from thu stilly twilight of the place, And from the gray old trunks that high In heaven Mingled their mossy boughs, and from the sound Of the invisible breath that swayed al once All their green tops, stole over htm, and bowed Ills spirit with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible majesty. Ah, why Should we In the world'a riper years neglect Ood'a ancient sanctuaries, and adore Only among the crowd, and under rooN That our frail hands have raised? Let me. at least. Hero In the shadow of this aged wood, Oder one hymn thrice happy If It And Acceptance In HU ear. Father, Thy bond Hath reared these venerable columns. Thou Didst weave tills verdant roof. Thou didst look down I'pon the naked earth, and forthwith rose All these fair ranks of trees. They In Thy sun Hudded. and shook their green leaves in Thy breeze, And shot toward heaven. The century living crow. Whose birth was In their tops, grew old and died Among their branches, till, at last, they stood. As now they stand mossy, and tall, and dark, Fit shrino for humble worshiper to hold Communion with his Maker. These dim vaults. These winding aisles, of human pomp or pride, lioport not. No fantastic carvings show Tho boast of our vain race to change the form 0 Thy fair works. But Thou art here; Thou fill'st The solitude; Thou art in the soft winds That run along the summit of these trees In music; Thou art in the cooler breath That, from the Inmost darkness of the place. Comes, scarcely felt; the barky trunks. the ground, The fresh moist ground, are all instinct with Thee. William Cullen Bryant, MADE PURSUIT OF WEALTH. Thoae Who Hove Won a Competence Should Hctlre from Iluainen. In the United States leaders In every Hue of activity. In politics and busl ness. have been conspicuously prone to die, as It Is said, id harness. The death of -Mark Ha una Is a case In point. Hut the list of those distin guished for their successful attain ineut of wealth and fame, who have continued their activities long after the advance of age and the diminu tion of physical strength must have warned them of the approaching end. Is a very long one. In the older couu tries of Europe, on whose civilization that of the United States Is founded. It seems easier for men who have more or less successfully obtained the ob ject they aimed at to retire and enjoy freely the prizes they have gained, although even there the old barbaric struggle Is In many cases kept np to the cud. l'ubllc opinion there, too, Is more tolerant of those who lay oft the harness before being compelled to do so by tho decree of fate. In this country, however, there seems to ex ist In the mind of the ordinary man u certain contempt for those who give up the strenuous paths of labor atid ambition before their strength has wasted away. The successful men of the United States who have sprung from the masses are Imbued with this opinion. Until within the last twenty-live years the Idea of retiring from active life and settling down to a life lu which personal tastes and proclivi ties could bo followed was regarded as at least eccentric. There have always been two neces sary steps to be taken before retire ment from active life could with safety be accomplished; one was the acquirement of wealth and tho other provisions for Its sufekecplug. As civilization pi-ogresses the second and more Important step can be more eas ily managed. The ludlvldual no longer has to depend upon his own efforts to guard the store set asldo for his fu ture support. The power of corpora tions, originally directed simply to the accumulation of wealth, Is now to a very great extent applied to Its con servation. In tlre.it Hiitnln there has always been a wealthy leisure class, aud nat urally thi'ro has been a systemutlza tlon of the manners ami customs con sequent on such nn association of wealth and leisure. Public opinion Is more tolerant of a man who wishes to do what he likes with his own than It has yet becomo In the United States. Tho existence of n leisure class, ablo mid willing to enjoy their lives rationally mid Intelligently, Is a check on the wilder exhibitions of leisure on tho part of suddenly ac quired wealth. It nlso holds out something beyond mere money-gettliig as the goal of a successful life. It encourages retirement after reason nblo fortuuo has been gained and dis courages to sonio extent the piling up of exaggerated redundancy. Tho ef fect of a moro philosophical view of llfo on the part of our own business men will tend to a moro even distri bution of wealth and a leveling of tho Inequalities now so frequently point ed out. Banker's Magazine. A Good Ilulo. Look for goodness, look for gladness, You will meet them all the while. If you bring a smiling visage To the class, you meet a smile. Alice Cary. 1JARQON OF ENGLISH TRAMP8. It Date from the Itcformatlon and Is Picturesque I. annum. The Rngllih government Ii folnj to consider tho vagrant. Vagrancy b engaged tho attention of the nuthorl- I uiu ever sinco it sinncu 111 mo w no:- me line wun uie reformation, in good Queen Hen' days a vagrant was whipped for helnif ono tho first time, he had a portion of his right ear cut off If he repeated tho performance, nnd If he was convicted a third time ho was sent ti n long Journey from which there Is no olblllty of return. .Mild er statutes came with the Georges. Our present vagrant act was passed In 1821 and amended In 18IW. Tho va grant has not been amended at all. Tramping runs In families. I have traced tho history of a tramp family back over 100 years', and found that flvo generations of them have been born In tho workhouse and all had been lifelong vagabonds. They are a conservative people, and It Is Interesting to noto that many of the words which were trumpi' lan guage when llannnn compiled Ids dic tionary In lt,m are In the tramps' and thieves' vernacular at this very second that ticks from the clock. The "boosing ken" of tho sixteenth cen tury Is the "boosing ken" of the twen tieth. Tho "beak," n constable, has become tho "beak," n magistrate. "Dilde," clothes, have become "duds;" "cassam" Is still cheese, "auteiii" Is still a church, and "niort," slightly al tered, Is woman, nnd nn "autem niort," or church woman, a wife. "Haltee" (soldli are still pence, nnd the th!?.' and the vagrant still reckon In Italian. "Trny Hilloo" Is three pence, "chlnker Kaltce" Is five police, eight pence Is "otter snltre," nine pence Is "nobba sal tee" and ten pence Is "dacha snltee" Italian, trc, cinque, otto, nove, dlecl six pence Is some times a "tester," which was its otU clal name In the days of Henry VIII,, and a shilling Is n "boons," Italian, bianco white. "Home." which meant good or chief, Is to-day "rum." In the language of the road In Elizabeth's time tiie queen was the "Home mort," and London was "Home vllle." In buskers' slang, the manager of a the ater or a show Is today "tho rum cull." The tramps are an ancient fraterni ty. If they are forced off the road Into labor colonies, 1 wonder If their venerab'" Jargon will gradually pass away? I don't tlilnk so, because It Is a secret language, and at no time wl:i a tramp find n secret language more useful than when he and bis fellows aro In difficulties. I can Imagine no dltllculty greater to the true born tramp than hard work. London Itet oree. 1 FOLLOW INO HIE LEADER. This Incident Is quoted from the New York Evening Post, not as an ex ample of one man's superiority to tha common herd, but rather to show that masculine wisdom Is not Incomputlb.e with considerable folly. The man who had been discussing his fellows at length said, with a sud smile: "If anything were needed fo prove that mankind are like sheep, the doubter ought to go to one of the elevated stations where the company has Installed two ticket sellers. If half tiie people would go to one window and half to the other, nobody would bp delayed. Hut nobody ever saw this happen. "Suppose." he went on, "the plare Is empty at some particular moment, and that twenty-two men tile In nt regular Intervals of four feet. The first man sees the nearest window and makes for It Eight men follow hi in without looking to right or left, and there Is congestion nt once." "And execration of the company," temnrked a listener. The speaker nodded and continued: "All of n sudden the ninth man gets to the top of the stairs and sees the vacant window. It Is an Inspiration, and he rushes over to It. "Numbers ten to nineteen follow him, and they pile up there and fidget, while the first window Is de-erted. Tho last three men finally Jump for It, and nlmsit fight to sec which gets his ticket first. it Is often pointed out," conclud d tho critic, "that men know how to form In lines and wait for turns, while women don't. Hut to form In two Hues Is something men can't seem to learn." For a Cliango. There was good talk at a tea party given once at the observatory of Cam bridge, England. Sydney Smith wus there, and although ho took the won derful work of tho placo seriously, he had a light manner of expressing him self. The party had been led up to look at Jupiter, aud this was his com ment: 'Jupiter? If you hadn't told me, I should have taken It for a bad shil ling." 'Where Is Sir John Hcrschel? ' asked one of the guests. 'He Is at the Cape of Good Hope," said tho astronomer, Airy. "He was ordered there to observe tho stars of the southern hemisphere." 'Ah," said Sydney Smith, "I sup pose you astronomers, when you aro 111, are advised to cuango your stars Just as we. ordinary mortals aro told to chango our air." i Cariiuiloii I'nriii. 200-ucro ranch In Santa Monica, Cnl., Is devoted to carnations as an outdoor crop. Tho growir Is n retired bunker who follows flower culture as a recreation. Ho started with two acres, which lmvo been Increased to !0 acres, and It Is expected that final ly tho whole of the ranch will be de voted to tho culture of this flower. The carnation fields aro yielding on au avcrago from 0,000 to 10,000 flowers every day, aud the demand Is stated to bo greater tnau mo supply, a carna tion field remains In bearing from two to three years, aud is then renewed with plants obtained from cuttings. Tho n ants are set in rows uirco reet apart, and tho plants two feet apart In tho rows, thus permitting cultiva tion with machinery. It Is easy to see what should bo done; but only a few are ablo to do It