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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1904)
A DOCTOR'S MISSION "(Jlknkov," CIIAI'TItU XVII.-IConlluued.) Hut lb nuil seemed very roiiicli. dreat ruli hsd lirtu mail In the earth, f (oiirtl by Hi" lunir rain, and tlir caused ln-r to trip nnl Ml twice. Moth limes It had jarred her anil mnl dranu furtli tears of anguish. At lull the gate was readied ii.l opened with dlllloully, Ih.n r dltsy feeling came over hrr, and Just her feet stepped on tlm porch tli fell for ward In a long, death-like swoon. Dr. Hlfcniiteln hail gone Into the coun try, after hla cult at tlm baronet's, tu visit a rather critical esse, and did nut return until jiiltn Into. lit had reached his home, given la tat horse tu the man In waiting, and thru turned to niter lila door. Hut what wai this lie iaw Ijrlnic In a heap upin tlm porch KIihpIiik tu discover If It might not be- a large, slrsnge dog, hla Angers entile In contact with a human hand, ami from Ita amall alia ha knew it belonged tu child or woman. Throwing open the door with Mi latch Vrjr, th light from the hall revealed Hthel Nevergsll'a pair, unconscious face tu hit sslonlshed gate. "Ethel, here senseless! Oh, my darl Inr, in darllngl" ha murmured, aa hp lifted hrr III hla anna and bore hrr to the parlor safe. "What can thla uiesui" Placing hrr thtre, ha rail to tin foot of th atalra aud called Mra. Chun to hla asslslsure. With Jo;, at laat, the aaw hrr eyes open; hut the cry of pain that fullunnl tilled both with surprise. "Mr arm! my arm!" she cried. "You ' hurt injr a nn I I cannot atlr my hand or arm, and fear It la broken. 1 cam here to ahow It to you." "Thru It waa hurt before you left the Hall)" returned the doctor, paaalng hla hand orrr the uaeleaa lueiiiUr, lu order to aee the natura of the Injury. "In order' to replace It, I fear 1 timet cause you pain. It will be lnioralble for yon to go out again In thla efnnu, therefore Mra, (,'luni, uiy houaekrrper, iiiuat prepare you a room, and you will remain here to night. After he haa made you comfortable lu your bed, I imiat re place t l(o iHinea, and then you mint keep perfectly quiet, or, after all thla eielte Uieut, you- will be thrown Into a fever." (living Mra. t'liim several instructions, ho aaw ber leave the room to prepare one for poor Etbel'a reception; then, and liot until thru, be bent orrr the aofa where the lay, aud asked her lu a low voice: "Why did you not tell me thla, Inatead of coming out lu the etoriu, whru 1 waa at the Hall thla evening r "I did nut know yuu were there, and could not have aerii you If I had known It. Hlr Iteglnald flaw Into a furloua pas alon aa toon aa he aaw me today, aud bade me Inatautly leave hla home. Aa my arm waa hurt, 1 waa obliged to come to you." "Mlaa Nevergall, how waa your arm dislocated? ami what lueaua the mark of thoae Augers, which I aee upon the sur face " "Do not aak me, doctor, for I cannot tell you!" "Well, If you cannot tell me that, why did Hlr Iteglnald bid you leave bis housei" "( cannot tell you!" waa still ber only reply. "Waa It for any willful fault you had committed? "Not oh, no! I had mrt with an acci dent the nature of which I cannot ex plelu. In abort, I had, without Intend ing It, neglected a duty he had charged me with on the day of my fright by the railroad. My nervouanraa then cauaed me to forget aomethlng. lie had Juat dlaravrred It and flew In a rage." "Then the brute aelied your arm and gave It thla wrench! You nred not tell me, child, I know It by Inatlnct. it la well I wna not there, for one reason." . "Why" "I ahould have etruck him aa he lay htlpleaa In lad. I could not havo helped itl Hut you are aafe now; he ahall never touch you again, Htay here, of courae, until you are well; then a place will be provided, never fear! I'rouilae me one thing now, wiilrh la, not to worry about the future. Leave everything of tint nature for time and Providence to make plain, and try to compoae yourself In or der to recover the sooner. Will you do thlr He took her well hand kindly, almoat tenderly, aa he apoke; and, meeting hla anxious, beseeching gate bent upon hrr, the blushed faintly and save the requir ed promise. CIIAPTEH XVIII. That night an urgent call came for the doctor. It waa to attend a rich and ca- tirli'loua patient whom he had formerly ; now ii lu the village, but now very 111 at a town nearly a hundred mllra away. Heforv ha drparted, Elfenstelu aaw to It that Ethel's arm waa well cared for. Leaving explicit luatructlona aa to ber caae with Mra. C'lum, he left home, ex pecting to return the next day. Hut In thla he waa dleappoluted. Hla patient waa quite III; he lualsted on the doctor remaining conatantly at hla aide, and policy and real concern for him kept Earle away for nearly two weeka. A vuit aurprlae greeted Klfenatelu when lie returned home a perfect ecrlos of tleni, lu fuct. During hla abaenca two very Important thlnga had occurred, Hlr Iteglnald had died suddenly, death prob ably being hastened by hit recent great excitement, and Bthet waa no longer an Inmate of the doctor'a home. Mra. Cluui told him how the young girl bad remained two daya. Her anil had come to rlglita quickly. The death of Hlr Iteginuld had shocked her, and, she eeemed nervous, worried, eager to get away from the scenes that had horritled ber. Hhe had left a tear-etaliied note, fervently thanking the doctor for all hla kindness, and saying that she felt the inuet get work and support herself, lu thla she had been successful. A few miles distant was the borne of tho Duchess of Westmoreland. Ethel had somehow learned that she wished to en gage u governess for her daughter, Lady Claire Lluwood. Hhe had applied for the position, and had secured It. One day Dr. Hlfeneteln rode over to the sumptuous baronial home, lie paw ed an hour In the company of Kthel. When he left bit heart was hard and cold, and she, poor child, waa tortured with the anguish love only can feel, lu foot, ISarle hod aaked for an ex planation of her seeming part In aiding dead Hlr Iteglnald to frighten the simple natives with the superstitious Idea that the tower was haunted, Kthel remem bered her solemn promise. Hhe dared uot break It, The doctor grew from sus picion to distrust, so a baleful cloud arose between them About three days afttr tilt burial of the baronet, Uthl Never- BY IMILY THORNTON Aullior of "Kov Kusskm.'ii Hui.e," "Tiiic Fashionable MoniK," Krc. gall, with I.ndy Claire I.lnwood, accom panied by a groom, started out for their iiausl horseback ride. Holh were skillful huraewoiiien, and both wrro extravagant-. I)' fond of the saddle. This morning they' had resolved to follow a wild looking path, lending through n deep wood, omi they never had noticed, In rides past the spot, until the day before. Kuiblenly, after an advance of about half a: mile, both girls noticed at once Hint footetepe had diverged from the beaten path, and looking towards the point to which they seemed directed, they wero nrtunlsheil to see the opening en trance to what seemed n large cave, over bung with vines of thick luxuriance. These vines seemed lately tu have been parted. Itelnlug up their burses, they paused Ixfure the spot, lu order to sur vey It more rloarly, when all distinctly heard low inniins of pnlii, Issuing fruui a iHiltit near the entrance. HiiruiUIng at once that some fellow bring was In dlitrras, Kthel requested the groom to dismount and Investigate the place, and Immediately return to report the cause of the apparent suffering with In. The man dismounted as requested and disappeared from view, only to re turn with the news that an eccentric bookseller, who had recently made hla appearance lu the neighborhood, and who was known ns the Iter. Edwin I . Htylea waa very III lu that remote and bidden a ot. Illdillng Itoger aailst her to the ground, Kthel at once hastened tu the side of the elrk man. Hhe found him stretched uon an old rot bed lu this damp and gloomy retreat, far away from the haunts of men. Hhe noticed a few artlclea of furniture, aud n few utensils for dally use, but saw no trace of tire or food. On it rude bed lay stretched the form of the eccentric bring who had been much talked of during the pant few days. Hla cheeks were flushed with fever. while the weary movrnienta of hla heail told of Intense pain In that region. Clasp ed In his thlu, white hands upon his hrenst lay a small wallet. Heelug at once that the poor creature was very low, perhaps near death, Kthel Hepped back to the entrance uf the care and requested Itoger to ride with all peed to summon Dr. Klfrnstcln to his side. Hhe alto rrqueated I.ady Claire fo remalu within call, while abe hrrarlf would watch over the sufferer until aid should come. At once Kthel returned to her aelf-aa-sumed charge, and endeavored to arouse him from the stupur he waa In, In order to ask of bis relative and home. The effort was vain. A low. Incoherent mut tering, lu which the words "brother" and "fv me," weru mingled, was all she could hear. It seemed a long aud weary while to the anxious girls, before voices were heard In the distance. Dr. Klfenstelu waa the first to enter the cheerless place, while two lueu liealdn Itoger followed, ready to bear the euffrrer In their anna to a wagon quite a dlstauce down the road, beyond the narrow pathway the girls had pushed over on the backa of their gentle horses. The doctor paused a moment to exam ine the patient, but looked very grave as he did so, and whispered to Kthel: "I think we aru too late to save him. lie will live but a few hours, as death la even now upon, him. He must be re moved, however, at once, and aa I know of no other place, I ahall take him tu my own house." Taking the wallet lu his hand to draw It away, hu found It Impossible to do so, aa the death clutch of the dylug fingers upon It waa tight and atill strong; so leaving It where It waa ou his breast, the doctor summoned the men, who gent ly raised the alight form in their anus, aud bore blm forth. Boon the poor man waa lying on blankets and a soft pillow upou the floor of nn easy wagon, while the doctor aat by his aide, carefully fau lting away the flies that might annoy, nud thua they wended their way back to their homes. A few hours later. In the comfortable guest chamber at the young physician's home, the poor wayfarer breathed his last, and na the sympnthlilni; physician closed his eyes mid straightened his form he drew away the wallet carefully and folded the poor, thlu hands upon his breast. After dispatching a messenger for an undertaker he summoned Mrs. Clum aa n witness, and passed to his private office In onler to examine the mysterious wal let, that should, be hoped, reveal the se cret of the wanderer's family and home. CHAPTUIl XIX. "Miss Nevergall," said Andrew, a pompous footman at Castle Calm, as he knocked at the door of Lady I.lnwood's boudoir, nikl waa bidden to enter. "A geutleman Is In the drawing room who wluhea to aee you." "Do you know blm?" queried Ethel. "I cannot call hla name, yet 1 have often seen him." "It Is of no consequence. I will be with him presently," returned the gov erness, at she resumed her Iwok, and continued the lesson she was giving her charge. Ou no account would sho neglect a duty for any iwrnon whatever. When tho task was finished, and not until then, she descended the grand broad stairway, and entered the drawing room of the castle. There a aurprl'e, Indeed, await ed her, lu the presence of Hubert Olen dcuntnr, Certainly she bad never anticipated a visit from her former tormentor, and the tight of him now brought back many unpleasant recollection. The young num started forward and placed himself be tween the door and her slight figure, thus completely preventing her flight, "Pardon me, Mlts Nevergall," he re marked In a perfectly reepectful manner, very different from his former unpleas antly familiar one, "I am very auxlous to have a little conversation with you, before leaving this place, forever, and therefore I beseech you to remalu i fow minutes, I promise not to detain you long." "Very well," returned the young girl, irravely, taking the teat he offered ber. "Why do you IcRvet" "The death of my uncle hat, of course, deprived my tleter and uiyaelf of hla care and guardianship. Aa the title and ertate now fall to hla younger brother, lntiroy, the present Incumbent must re move and leave the hall, to be occupied or not, by the new boronot, na he tecs fit. I.ady Constanco will teck a reel dene with tome relative In London, and we thai) makt a home somewhere togeth er, unless unlett " Here the young man paused, greatly euubarrid for a proper conclusion to the truteiicn he had commenced. Itretk lug the silence again, for It was becom ing oppressive, he resumed: "Mlaa Kthel, I come this morning to lay hrfurr you a proposition that I hope will meet with your aaiictlon. I mult drat, however, express to ynu my deep regrets Inr the offensive manner lu which I lued to treat you. I know not why I was led tu make myself so disagreeable. I was probably prompted by a aplrlt of mlsclilrr, but as soon aa you left the hall so suddenly J became aware of my great mistake. I loved you, but I felt It was without hope. In my egotistical hastu I knew that I had won, perhaps, what I merited, your contempt. TVdny I felt that I could endure this mliery no long' er. 1 resolved to are you. to ask for giveness for my course In the post, and to crave the privilege of retrieving my former mistake by being allowed to visit you aa a friend until I can win your love, and ask you to become my wife." "Mr. (Ileiulenuliig," Interposed Kthel, "what you propose la an utter Impossi bility. I can and do forgive the annoy ance I confess your conduct occasioned me III other days, hut the proposed visit I must positively decline. It could never result as you seem to Imagine, fur I aa sure you my affections cuuld never be won. "You are hasty In thus answering," Interrupted the lover. "You surely can not thus foretell what your feelings would lie under such different auspices." "Indeed. Indeed, Mr. Olrndriiulng, I must Interrupt yuu by distinctly saying that, aa I am situated, I cannot receive visits; therefore, I must beg you to re celve this, my Una) answer. It would be the same after years of friendly Inter course. I do not lore you, and I never can love you. I forgive you, and will ever think of you kindly; beyond that we can never go." "Then there Is no necessity for my re malnlng," be said, sadly, as he arose to leave. "None whatever," was the Arm reply. "Miss Nevergall, believe me, as long as I live I shall regret having made your residence at the hall so disagreeable. You certainly had enough to endure In belni; under obligations to amuse an Irri table Invalid. The rude manner In which you were dismissed excited my deepest sympathy." "For which I am very grateful," kind ly returned the young girl. "If ever, as a friend, I can serve you In any manner, will you allow me to do sor "I will. If I know your address." "That la not quite decided, but I will leave It with the postmaster of this place. And now, thanking you for your kind for giveness, although feeling deeply my un requited lore, I will bid you farewell." Hubert (llendenulng held out his hand as he spoke, and seeing that genuine tears were floating In his eyes, Kthel laid hers In It without hesitation. .Stoop Init over the little white hand, he pressed his Hps upon it, then hurriedly left the room, and she saw his face no more. That night the whole family left the hall, and the grand old mansion was closed, waiting for the arrival, or orders, of Hlr Hlttroy (llendennlng. The residence of this gentleman was unknown, but It wn believed that he went to America, therefore every effort was to be made by the proper ones to discover his retreat, In order to make known to him the honors that awaited his acceptance. Yet. while this resolve and duty was to be Immediately put In force, many heart rebelled against his return. All united In feeling that, although ac quitted by law of any knowledge of his unhappy brother's fate, circumstances still looked very dark where he was con cerned. (To be continued.) HEALTH IS WELL GUARDED. Substantial Preaireae la flsnltatlsa le lletnsr Made of Late Years, People lictir wi much about lienltli Institutes nowadays that they are apt tu be a little tkeptlcal as to their effi cacy, and to retfnrd them aa larevly inoiiey-innklng arrangements. In Knulnnil almost all matters con cerning: tho public health aru treated at Institutes, like the Hrltlsh Sanitary Institute, for Instance, nitd every pub lic man thinks It hit duty to patronize It. At n late meetluic of the Institutes the question rent rnlseij at to what hail becu accomplished by these Insti tutes, and It wiis found that since pub lic health became a telence at the be rIuiiIiik of the late qucon'a reign- the average life of a man lias been In creased by three yearn and that of a woman by live years. That the doctors do know something Ih evidenced by the fact that thirty yenrs ago typhoid fever killed 374 peo ple out of every 1,000,000 In Oreat Hrl'aln. To-dny. with an enormously lucrcnwil population. It kills a bnre loo per l.ooo.tHxj. Typtius, wnicn sixty years ago struck down another 300 per l.OOO.COO, bus been literally stamped out by sanitation. Statistician! coin- put o that the London County Council lias unveil 1U000 lives, mostly Infants, slnco Its creation. In the days of "Oood. Queen nets" the death rate was 80 per 1,000 per annum. Deaths from fever bare fallen by 8.1 per cent, typhoid by 00, scarlet fever by 81, and consumption by 4S per cent. Krom 1801 to 1805 scarlet fever killed US2 persons per l.OOO.OOOj It now barely carries off 100. The death rate In consumption Is also declining. During 1801-05 death by consumption claimed 2,520 persons yearly out of every l.COO.OOO living. To-day a beter acquaintance with the laws of health lina cuctitcd dentil of half the harvest of 1801-05 from this d'scase. Ho that the various Institutes of-med icine nml sanitation do much good cvn If no more than to Induce better modes of living. Boston Globe. Too I,ato. Kitty What did you do when he threatened to kiss you? Hlauche I didn't do anything. Why should I? 1 Just waited until he bad committed nn overt act. Kitty And then? Hlnnrlic Why, then, It was too- lato to punish him. Huston Transcript, Didn't Mako Illm Hick Arthur I was given tny first cigar last night mid It didn't make me sick. Horace That was because you did not smoke It. Arthur Hy Oeorgel What a chap you are to 11 ml out things! Hoston Transcript, When n boy Is given iermlsslon to go on a trip, tie ucgins to scnenie around for R plan to get off without bidding tho kin good-bye. The average man boasts seventeen times as much about what he's going to do as be does about what h bai done. SPAIN AS IT IS TO DAY. fly Eugtnlo Monttro ftes, rrttldtnt Spanlih Jlsnafe. As a general rule, a distinct Idea la enter tained In foreign countries of what Hpsln Is, thinks and desires; and America Is by no means free from the mistaken notions. Kven as regards our dress and our manners the same false Ideas pre vail. The typical Hpanlnrd, as shown In Illus trated papers and engravings, Is the Andaluslau dnger or dancer, the smuggler of pictorial art, the' twnggerliig dandy, and the gypsy tatterdemalion; types which are as foreign to the general life of the nation as they would be In America, and which are to be found In Hpiilti only In the booths at fairs, on the stage of music balls, at balls, at carnival time, and In shows of like nature. We have no need to Indulge in empty self glorification. Hlnce the time of our colonial disasters Hpuln has broken with the romantic and the i-ple. Hhe has proved ber perfect solvency, even to the point of prodigality, In the manner In which she paid debts for which the bad only a secondary responsibility. Our securities are quoted at a higher figure than that at which they stood before tho war, the wealth or the Inhabitants Is Increasing, our Industry and commerce have notably developed, and one may nay In general that, now that Kpnln Is more concentrated III herself, her efforts have gained lu Intensity what they have lost In extenslve ncss. No one can forget the vital energy revealed by a country which, In the space of a quarter of a century, has transported more thnn 800,000 men In her own ships across the Atlantic, has spent more than 8.000.000.000 pesetas, and has got so far with the liquidation of the debt thereby In curred tli at more than two-thirds has already been paid off. I do not suggest that we do not dream of further adven tures; when we count our hopes aa to the place In the world which destiny reserves for us we do not forget that powerful Kngland was, In the reign of Charles II., In a worse position than that In which we And ourselves to-day; that (lermaiiy fell far lower after the Napoleonic wars than we ever fell; and that Italy, which Is now courted by the great powers, served for centuries as tho cockpit of the kings of Kurope, who ever treated her as the spoils of war are treated by the conqueror. THE TRUTH ABOUT THE YELLOW PERIL. By Count Okuma, At present we ore confronted with a great transformation lu Kastcrn politics, and the eyes of all the nations are riveted on the Island empire In Uio Par Kast. Under the circumstances It may not be altogether amiss to clear off some misunderstandings with regard to the real posi tion of Japan In the world. Let us consider, Unit of all, the question of the yellow peril. His tory tells us that the so-called white people suf fered from the Invasion of the Mongols, who came crossing over the I'ral Mountain range and pushed their Interests at far to the Danube. In 123. Ogdal dispatched armies In many directions. One was directed torious and always advancing, the Mongols moved on Into Hungary and Poland. Genghis Khan enemy of the nations of the tA-elfth century. Wherever be went he scattered his enemy and made havoc of everything with which he and his soldiers came Into contact The word Tartars created consternation among the peo ple at that time. The germ of the yellow iii i ii in , ii 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 r i. A DOG WHICH SAVES LIVES. -M-H"l--t--H--H--e-'.-i- "Itngt" la a four year-old do$, un kempt and Ill-looking, but a heroic heart beats In his shaggy breast. Hags has saved more than forty lives. His field of fervlce Is the Klondike, where be aud bis master have wintered for several years. The Philadelphia North American tells of two of the dog's ex ploits. In tho winter of 1U01 a number of men belonging to a Pittsburg mining company were prospecting lu Alaska. They lived In a little wooden hut, from which they went out In pairs to ex plore. They wero away beyond any sign of civilization, and the weather was so severe that they endured a good deal of suffering. One day two of the men out on nn expedition were caught In a sudden and terrific storm. They started back for camp, but the trail was rapidly covered by the drifting snow. On and on the men plodded, each falling now and again, only to be roused from the death-dealing sleep and hustled nn by bis companion. At last both sank, aud the suow drifted over them. The men In the camp, alarmed by the non-appearance of their comiade, started out to rescue them. Hags went along, too. Straight as an arrow he followed the trail, and before long a sharp yell told the party that their friends had been found. The two .nen were completely burled in the snow, and help had not come one moment too soon. This was Hags' first exploit. At another tltno he went out as the leader of sixteen dogs which were dragging a rescue team to relieve n party of snow-bound miners. As the team was plodding steadily along Hags suddenly gave n cry, broke from the traces and bounded away. Think ing be might have fouud the trail, the party followed, nnd by the time they had reached htm Hnge bad dug away enough snow to allow an entombed miner to crawl out Hags has saved forty-six lives and made several record-breaking rescua trips. Ills badge of honor Is a gold collar on which Is Inscribed a list of bis deeds. DISPLACING STEAM POWER OH and Qua Kuslnea Superseding Them oil Land und 8ea. I have been led lately to think the wholo development of tho steam en gine, to the exclusion of tho gas en gine, has been a mistake nnd that wo are now at the beglunlng'of a new era In tho use of power. Engineers could to-day gain better and more eco nomical results by abandoning steam and using Internal combustion engines, even In largo establishments. The gain In economy tu fuel will advance with tho size of the establishment. With the Internal, combustion engine a brake horse power can bo produced ou a pound of coal, This could uot be done with steam under any condi tions, So great u revolution has come about In methods of producing power that a 10,000-ton cruiser of twenty-one knots an hour could to-day proceed around the world nt fourteen knots without taking on fuel and without sacrificing any of her war efficiency. Oil engines, utlng crude petroleum, will be developed ns soon as the do mand Is felt for them, but even hero the, fuel can be made Into gas and buried thus with far greater economy against Korea. Vic was a formidable peril was already ILL-FATED STEAMER GENERAL SLOCUM, WHICH BURNED IN EAST RIVER, NEW YORK The steamer General Slocum, which was burned In the Kast River, New York, causing a frightful loss of life, was the largest and probably the best known excursion boat running out of New York. When not engaged specially for some huge private or seml-prlvate excursion party, the General Slocum ran between Manhattan nnd Hockaway Ucach. The boat liad a capacity of about 2,000 passengers aud was almost Invariably chartered whenever any large party of visitors was to be shown the sights of New York by water. For this reason the General Slocum is familiar to many persons In all parts of the country, as delegates to many conventions held In New York In the summer time have sailed on the steamer to many shore resorts near the city. The General Slocum was built at nrooklyn In 1891, and was of 1,281 tons burden. It was 250 feet In length, with a breadth of hull of 27 feet 0 Inches. It had two boilers and four furnaces. The boat was built especially for the excursion trade. than Is possible when the oil Itself Is burned under boilers or gasoline can be used. In an ordinary 3,200-horse power torpedo lioat forty-three tons of coal would be used In ten hours. With gasoline the radius of activity of .the same torpedo boat can be more than quadrupled, for 8,200 horse power can be produced from 3,200 gallons of fuel. Hrlefly, 10,000 pounds of gasoline will do the work of 00,000 pounds of coal. The cost of the fuel Is higher, but with a gasoline plant In a torpedo boat only two njen are required In the en gine room and none at alt lu the flro room. The dangers of steam at high pressure are avoided and the complex ity of steam machinery done away with. Owing to the certain saving to be secured In coal consumption and to the simplicity and reliability of the gas engine plant, we shall witness n gradual forcing out of the stoani plants In futuro power plants for lighting, pumping or factory use, and It will bo a question of but a short time before many of the existing steam plants will bo replaced. Lewis Nixon, In World's Work. Vertloal Orain Flooring. "Vertical grain yellow pine flooring," road tho sign ou the fence of tbo lum ber yard; and "Vertical grain floor ing!" said a man In the office, "why. that's nothing new, "Hut you never beard of It before! Well, vertical grain flooring Is sawed from logs that have first been quar tered; at quartered oak Is sawed. Flooring sawed In the ordinary way, with Its grain lying flat. Is more or less liable to splinter; vertical grain flooring, sawed from quartered tim ber, has Us grain on edge, tho rings that mark the timber's growth show ing in parallel lines, for which reason vertical grain flooring baa sometimes been called comb grain flooring. "Vertical grain flooring does not splinter, but will wear smooth down to the beams ou which It Is laid; and It 1 . , ... found there, to that It Is by no means a new phenomenon; but In the twentieth century, with the development of the Island empire In the Kast, the old fear of the yellow race again took possession of the Kuropeans. Yet It It histori cally true that the Mongols marched against China, Japan and India. Kxpedltlons against Japan were several times repelled; the last. In 1281, on an Immense scale, met with hugu discomfiture. China was often attacked by these ma rauders. And It appears from historical study that these barbarians have been holding their stronghold In Ituasla for the last hundreds of years. The real cause of the yellow peril docs not lie with Japan or China, but with the gigantic neighbor of the north. It Is said by some that Japan Is a heathen nation; she Is not to be relied upon. Nothing could bo more mistaken than this notion. The old characteristic civilization of Japan lias assimilated Christianity, giving birth to some thing better. Japan's progress for the last thirty years does not necessarily depend upon Christianity, but. upon the peculiar attractiveness of the Japanese character. . While Japan was practically a sealed country for over two thousand five hundred yenrs, the world outside was making rapid progress. Kngland, Prance and America un derwent respective reformations. With the arrival of Com modore Perry Japan awoke from her long slumber and did everything she could to Introduce Western civilization. SUCCEED BY LEARNING EMPLOYERS' VIEWS. By Join A HowUnd. Viben the Inexperienced youth enters the business field the first thing be runs up against Is the other man's point of view. He starts oat full of hlnuelf and of what be can do, and of bow excellently well he can do It. After a time he begins to wonder why he doesn't get on; If he Is an Inferior man he never finds out, for the In ferior man goes through life fighting his employer all the time. Whatever the employer wants such an employe feels bound to look at with more or less an tagonism. In other words, the ordinary employe the one who drudges at the foot of the ladder all his life Is the one who sticks to his own point of view. If you are eager to rise In the world, consider yourself In relation to your employer's business from his stand point. Try to get at his alms and difficulties and consider your work In relation to those alms and difficulties. Ak yourself whether your work Is furthering his alms, not yours primarily. If you want to know whether you are making progress toward ultimate success. Try to think out your employer's method of dealing with his problem and with bis employes. Not till you have gained some Insight Into these things are you In a position to take the first step toward the realization of your ambition. It ought not to take much argument to convince a man that If he believes himself capable of realizing his ambi tions, then the methods, the routine, the business Ideals that are best for his employer are well worth his study. Avail yourself of your opportunity to study your employer's meth ods; If he Is a successful man what you learn Is of greater value than any service you can render him, and you are paid for that; he gets no pay for what he gives you full opportunity to learn. You who have fixed your attention on your own, the employe's, point of view, turn square around, take your employer's viewpoint of your work. If you are ambitious to rise In Jhe world. makes a very durable and handsome flooring besides. "Vertical grain yellow pine flooring Is laid In places where the floors are subjected to great wear and where freedom from splinters Is especially desirable. It has been used for school room flooring and It Is used In stores aud office bulldluirs. and In fltlA lflth. ens. It costs more, of course, than or dinary flooring. With the regular flooring at $27 to ?30 a thousand ver tical grain flooring would coat $52.50 to 54.50 a thousand. "Maple floorlug, costing (iO to $15 a thousand, Is now also used to fill the same requirements for a good floor, but there are people who still prefer the vertical grain yellow pine." New York Times. Tho Hlg Boll of Burma. One of tho sights of the Shwe Da gone pagoda In Uurma Is a gigantic bell of bronze, weighing 42 tons and said to be the third largest bell In the world, the largest being In Moscow and the next largest In Mlnglu, also lu Burma. After conquering Huruin tho Hrltlsh undertook to carry the great Hnngun bell to Calcutta as a trophy, but dropped It overboard lu the Hnngun Hlver, where It defied all tho efforts of the engineers to raise It. Somo years Inter tho nurmese, who hail not censed to mourn Its loss, beg ged to bo allowed to recover It, Their petition whs granted, and by attaching to-lt nn Incredible number of bamboo flouts the uuwleldly mass of metal was finally lifted from Its muddy bed and triumphantly restored to its place. Tnoso St. Louis Ulrls. "When will the St. Louis Fair be held?" Inquired the diffident young man from New Haven. "I think that Is for you partly to decide," murmured Miss Whllllug, the St. Louis young woman who has never been accused of procrastination. Woman's Home Companion, Every new Invention Is expected to revolutionize things but It doesn't, WEST POINT'S AFICHITEOTURR. Aim of the Peelanere to Preserve) Distinctive Natural features. In developing tho now character of West Point, It has been the aim of the designers, both of tho fundamental plan and of the buildings, to preserve the natural feature which give to the) alto an extreme distinction of land, aenpo. To use their own language, they seek to make the architectural stylo "harmonize with tho majority of the existing buildings, prolong rather than revolutionize tho spirit of th place that has grown up through many generations, emphasize rather than an tagonize tho picturesque natural sur roundings of rocks, cliffs, mountains and forests, nnd be capable of execu tion at the smallest cost consistent with the monumental Importance of the work." As to the last considers tlon, tho stylo chos'en peculiarly meets the requirements of economy, for It adapts Itself most flexibly to existing conditions of site, whereas, In a more formal style, the slto has very largely to be adapted to be architecture. The ground plan blends tho pictur esque Irregularity called for by land scape condition; of exceptional wild nets with the formality of logical re lations among detached groups of buildings that monumentally make a complete ensemble. Hence there la a system of roads that follow tho topo graphical contours In natural lines, taking the easiest grades and most convenient routes to tho points sought. Again, among the Individual buildings and separating the several structural groups, there are long, straight ave nues, syinmotrlca! plazas nnd formal open spaces. From these tho visitor will enjoy a succession of splendid vistas and stately effects of monumen tal architecture, the sites so studied as to show each odlflce at Its best. Century. A tSEflL CANINE. Landlord Charles W. Ttced of the Orange House at Orange Is the owner of u big Ht. Hcrnnrd dog that Is mak ing himself exceedingly useful about the house, and 'earning, besides bit keeping, a place In the annals of dog dom seldom accorded a representatlvo of the canlno race, says the Boston Globe.. Mr. Heed has had constructed a ma chine 'of the trea linlll pattern, In which the dog has been taught lo work. This machine It attached to a shaft which can be connected by bedU TREADIHQ THE FREEZER. to a grindstone, a meat chopper and an Ice cream freezer. The dog likes the work, and wilt take his place in the machine volun tarily when he sees that things are In readiness for his period of labor. When his stint Is done, the knives sharpened, the hash made up and the dally supply of Ice cream properly frozen, his stipend Is a generous al lowance of meat, and words of praise which be seems to fully understand and accepts with a Joyful wag of his tall. The dog la not yet two years old, but weighs about 1J0 pounds, and his master expects that with Increasing age nnd consequent Increase In avoir dupois and wisdom, his scope of use fuluehs will be considerably broadened and his value as an attache to the res taurant kitchen Inflated beyond ordl- nary comprehension. This Industrious dog has been named Percy. VOCATION OF THE WIFE. Mar Btay Too Loujr at Hooks, but Can not He Overedncatcd. Now the occupation of being a wife. Including presumably, as It does, the occupation of being a mother, Is one of extremely comprehensive scope. Some women who seem not to have bad very much education do very well at It. and some women who have been profusely educated make pretty bad work of It It Is a calling In which health goes for more than accomplish ments, that phase of wisdom which we call "gumption" for more than learn ing, Instinct for much, and character for most of all. Hut you cannot over educate a girl for the occupation of being a wife. You may keep her too long at her books and out of what we call "society;" you may teach her to value unduly things of minor Import ance; you may misdirect and mlsedu cate her In various ways; but you can't educato ber to think so wisely on so many subjects that she will be above that business. Nobody Is really so superior as to be too good to marry. Plenty of wom en are too good to marry this or that or the other Individual man; too many women, perhaps, lu these days, are ed ucated beyond tliu point of being sat isfied with any man who Is likely to want to marry them, but tho woman who seems "too good for human na ture's dally food" hasn't been over educated. The troublo with her Is that sho doesn't know enough. She Is not over developed, but stunted. Educa tion Is the development of ability, and a wife and, even more, n mother can't have her abilities too much developed. Her placo Is a seat of power, and all the knowledge that sho can command will find a field for Its employment. Harper's Bazar. The Hale llatlroad. "Mlsther O'Tunder," said Mr. O'Toole, "can yo tell me wan thing" "01 kin tell ye more than thot," as serted Mr. O'Thunder, "Thin tell me this: Is a railroad a rale rale road J" "It Is not, Mr, O'Toole. A rale road Is wan thot has barses on It an' a railroad Is wan thot hasn't, by reason av th' fact thot a harse hasn't th' con vnynlcnces fer walktn' on a railroad thot It has on a rale road." Judge. The men stand going to church pretty well until the tall slrauger gets up, and begins to talk about raising more money for the foreign .missions. All false teeth are made to look too young.