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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1904)
A DOCTOR'S MISSION "OLKKhOV," OlIAPTHH XXIV.-IC:iiilliiUed.) 1 1 otillltix her nwnr fruin lilm nt IcmiHi fur another luuk nl Iter beautiful face, liv added : .uy cnuu, Ton are (lie perfect linage nf your mother, mill lu my partial eyes Hie will I Iil mum ben iilirnl women hnve ever seen." These word were spoken In so low n tour ttiitt tin- Indira present Inn! nut caught llii'lr meaning, ami iiiiirniurliii! In return that she must IntrinJiit-u lihn tu the waiting duello, lie allowed Iiit lu lent lilm forward while tlm presented lilm ns "my fin her. Drawing close to Iiit grace, 'in being Hum Introduced, ha lurnitl a lint quli ileal luuk full upun Iiit, which raiiss Iict In spring up lii-lnnlly n alio met It, exclaiming: "IMwnrdl Unn thli Im my aon Ed ward?" "Sly own, ik'nr mother! thru you ilu know urn after all these year J" tln answer as Im held furlli hi arms to em brnre h-r. Aluaicd at thin uiilookrd fur revelation, Dllii'l ami t.ady Claire rlnspnl bunds In mutual sympathy, mid looked un In si lent wonder. ' A Hit thin fund greeting, the duke turn nl and ulutvd hl alstrr's rhlld, whom li had never seen, after which he took Klln-I's hand and lending her to hla moth er, aid: "Now, dearest mother, let nir auk for a share of your lo to Im given to my daughter, Lady Ethel Worlhliigton, fur In her )uu te your own granddaugh ter." "IJdward, this It n surprise, hided," re turned her grace, ns alio reied the sweet girl to her bosom ami hissed her bright yoiinit brow. "Ethel Inn already Moll our affections iliirliik' her hrlef resi dence here, wlthuut knowing Hull she could Inn fully elnlm them. Hut now, pleaar, tell your moUii-r ho you mar rled, mid why you kept your marriage so long a si-en-t?" "liefer answering ynur nuratlnn, my dear mother, wo will prnci-d to open the parkin: o left In Elhcla charge. " Taking the small himdle of what reined papers and letters from hla daugh trr'a band, the duko cut the atrliiKa mid drew lorth the rutitriita. Tho llrit thing to met the eye waa marriage ri-rtlllcntc, setting f'ir.li that on Orl. 1H, IS, Just twenty two yenra tie- fore, In New lurk lly. I M ward Wor thinglnn, unly aon of Charlia, tenth Duko of Wrsttinorrluiid, was united In mnniaiie to Florence Ncrrrgnll, daughter of the late Johu Nerrrgall of Iniduii, hy Iter. Henry Morris, I). It, Next camo to view n lunKiilflreut circle dlnnlund ring which he had given to her n ttho time of their engagement mid plain gold hand, i-ontiiliilug their joint Initial and the date of their mnrrlnge. The Inst wna hla wjfe a weildlug ring! '1'lir-n nppenreil n small locket, set with diamonds, eoiitiilulug the IlkciHxwca nl laith; mid aa he threw the gold chnlu, to which It wn nttni'hed, over Klhel'a ucck he Imdo her wenr It hereafter, "fur tho nko of her pnn'iila." Aa the ducheaa and l.ndy Claire huiked nt the tieniitlfiil face of Klln-ra ixmr, young mother, they uctm each "truck with the Hkeiieaa he hore to the picture. niiil thought alio uilgtit nluiuat hnvu heeu Ita original. "Now, my denr mother and daughter, I will tell you why I hnte. ao long con cealed tho fact of my marriage. Vuu, in,,: her, enn aenrcely blnuie me, when yuii remiMulier the eet and ateru dlaiHialtluii tny father ever poicaed. Hla will wna Inw, hit rule n rod of Iron, and a child jarlug to dlaiihry hint wna aure to In- pull UIiinI with tho utiuoat aeverity. "When I wna only a atrlpllug of nine teen yenra I had nciiiiupiiuleil my fnlliiT to a lot hunt, nud after the cluiae wna over, on our rrtuni ride he inininrnciM talking nUiilt my being heir to hla title nihl wealth, nud nhout the luti-nae dinlro he hnd that when I married I ahould lect a wife from a certain number of la dli'i Udonglug to the nubility. " 'I'nther I replied, M hnve nlwayn ex ecteil to love aouie .wet young girl, nud on til ut nccouut aolely to marry her!' "'Then your etpectntloiu will meet n udden and grlevoua dlaiipMilutiiieiit, wna hla atern reply. "Wheeling hla hone an Hint he fnrod me In tho run. I, he extended hla right hnnd tnwnrda henvru, and then ill id there tuok thla aoleinn oarh: " 't)ucc fur nil, I'Mward, hear me nnd ninrk what 1 any: 1 solemnly en II ou lieu veil to wltneai Hint never will I con sent to your wedding nny (icraoii not lu your own rank lu life! Never, buy; re member thnt. Never.' "From Hint hour matrimony nnd Indlea loat nil ell n run for me. I, na you know, inlugliHl little In society, nnd found my chief nuiuaemenu lu atudy, hunting nud traveling. When nhout twenty-six yenra old I went to America, and while in New York I iiccldentally met (lertrude Not or gall, who wna tho daughter of Kir Geof frey (ilciiileiinlng, our neighbor at the lull. SI"'. In making what they consid ered a plebelnn marriage, hnd been enst (iff nnd disowned by her proud father nud all her friend" and relatives. "With her liiwlinnil ami Ids young or phan sister, Klorenco Novergnll, they liuil lert uugiauu; una iervrgail loon bo I'liiiio talented lawyer, respected, and received Into tho bust society lu Nun York City. "It was then, at their houae, I II rat met nnd pnsalonntely loved my beniitlful Florence. Infatuated to tho wildest de gree with this young lady, I could not lenve the place, nud before innuy weeks passed I discovered that alio reciprocated my wnnn devotion. "When sliu did coufwa her feellnga, I nw nt ouco Hint asking for, tho consent of my father would be useless, so I urg ed n prlvitto mnrrlnge. To this she con sented, If I could gain tho approbation of her brother uml his wife, "In lenii'inbrnnco uf their own happy life, brought about by a marriage aololy for love, lliclr consent wim sixiu given, nnd lu tlielr preacuco wo were united. I lived with her tho happiest year of my life, under Hie slniplo inline of KUwaril Worthlngton, "Hut, nlasl our Joy win but for brief period, for when our little girl was only three weeks old, alio left me for n bright er world a nevcr-fndliig heritage ou lilifh. "After her death I wn Inconsolable. Life for mo wan nluilcas; so I cared not what became of me. Then Mrs. Never gall came with her sisterly udvico nnd consolations, nnd In her pious efforts I again regained my outwnrd composure, "Mrs, Novergnll, wlUi the consent of her good liunbnnd, then offered to tuke chnrga of my Infant child, saying that perhaps at present I wight not tleslra to liY CMILV IIIORNION Author of " Hov Kusskm.'s Rvt.n," "Tint I'ASIIIONAIiLl! Monir.it," UtC. niiiiouiicn my marriage, or her eilstence, to my proud nllil stern father. "After giving tho matter consideration I consulted to their plan, and made up this package nt that time, tu be keot un til this blrthduy. I charged Hum to keep u imtidioiiie K'mitH from all purls of my secrot saci.-lly, and to give my Utile , iri,Vni. b, ,,,, ,r thorn valuable TfZ '';'"" THT ho refused to tnar been neluiilly their own. r' ""' l'"'""'', selected were uncer- "I Inrorined them that on this birth ''iiioiilously deported, day she might be I,, Id this Mory, but un-, Hlnco the Institution of this human til I reclaimed her I deilred her to rn-1 benuty farm forty model marriages llllllll with them. If at tills dato my ' linn, taken ulneo unit nver KMI i-bllilroii I ii tu it still llvrd, I should settle upon her a suitable allowance, and perhapx visit her occasionally In Now York with out his klloH'ledge. "One jear ngo he died; and 1 at once wrote to Mrs. Nevergall tho fact, and told her that 1 hnd now Inherited the dukedom, and should consider myself free to rrra.ll my child. "Hhe blatantly aniweml to the address I had given her, eommuiilentlng tint fact that alio was a widow", Tory near her end, and Is'gged me to leave Kihel with her until li'io should pnss away, or until, at miy rate, the llftli of October. Khe told me shii should anil for Fiiglnnd very xhjii, taking Ftliel with her, and said that I oilld hear nt her at the residence uf her cumin, Mr. Itogers, at any time. I call eil there Inst week, ns dlrectiil, only to hear uf my kind friend's death, ami the astounding news that my sweet daughter was even then an Inmate nf Castle ( aim. "(Ilnilly I repaired hither to meet at once daughter, mother nnd niece. May we never mure ho parted! Amen, any I to that! ' elnculntcd the happy duenna. "I hnve been lonely. In- (red, without my miii. Now I am old and need a son'a care and attention." Which enre, rest nssun-d, nhnll nl- wnya be yours," again repented the duke. as he Nioopcd and pressed a warm kiss upon li'-r still handsome cheeks. When In the morning Dr. (ilendenuliig railed and was told the news tbut the poor guveruesH was no other thnn Indy illhel Worthlngton, acknowledged dnugh ter of the Ilnkil nf Wi-nttnorelnml, hla heart sank within lilm, and he could only whisper in trembling totiea; "Will this noble relationship cause you to regret our engagement' till, Ktliol, Flliel, will thla part us?" "Never!" wan tho glad reply. "My father knows too well the value of n true lore, nnd he surely will not refuse hla consent to our union, if he does, I nm of age, and haro promised that nothing shall t mi. In tho way uf our marriage." Nothing did sepanito them. The duke wax much plcaacd with !r. II lend, -lining's manly demeanor, ami when he tim idly aaked for his daughter's hnnd he lulled brightly and gave Ilia consent. Hu I.ady llthel Worthlngton married Dr. Fnrle lllfcnstclli tileiidennlng, amid great rejoicings and vast displays of wealth, beauty and fashion, after which the "buimle" bride wns welcomed gludly to the rcunslclcd nud grcntly improved ball, n place that still bore to Ktrnngu a history. Sir I'ltiroy lived nearly two yearn af ter the uuirrlnge of his aon, nnd these years were unclouded by n single sorrow, lie loved his children fondly, and was greatly beloved by them in return, lie died at Inst ipllte suddenly, nnd woa laid to rest beside Ills brother Arthur In the family vault. Kir Fnrle Flfcnstcln (ilcndennlng, M. 1)., and his beautiful wife, l.ndy Kthel, were ever regarded with true affection hy all their nclghUm and tenants; and when, at last, the duke, after his iiiuth er's death, did, lu his luueliuiws, lore slid wed n second time, n lady of rank, the Countess Terean I.orell, they found In the new durhcas a rare addition to their circle of dear ones, nnd the most happy intercourse ever existed between tho two families. l'oor Constance Cilrmlenning, In losing husband, title nnd wenlth, became a mel ancholy Invalid. The fnto of her former lover, whom she denrly loved, was so im pressed upon her heart and Imagination thnt nftcr sin) he.ird It In all its liidcsiu uess the very mime uf her husband in her presence brought on nervous trem bling to such nil extent that the subject hnd to be bnulshcd entirely from her hearing. he horrible exposure of her husband's sin produced at length another revulsion of feeling, and with deep rcmorso her henrt returned to her early love, cling ing ever to his memory, only to shed tours over hla sorrowful fate and devotion to herself, tenrs of unavailing regret. Ko she hnd lived and so at lust she lied, .lust two years lifter the left the hull she breathed her sad life nwSy, nud her Inst words were; Arthur, Arthur, my only love, I ronie to thee now, nevermore to bo pnrlrd." (The end.) A Perploxril I'orter. One certainly meets with queer ex iHrleticen while traveling," remarked the pei'Min of roving teiidemieH. "One time, for example-, when on my way to Chicago, I a woke In tho morning to II tid n boot nnd hboe tiutler my Itcrth Instead of tho pair 1 had left there the night before. Not wishing to appear tints In public, I called tho porter nud showed III in tlio error. Ilu appeared somewhat bewildered, and finally re marked In n tone of mingled perplex ity and surprise: "Well, tint Biittlnly nm mighty pecu liar, lilt's do second tlmo dat's Imp peuded ills inawnln'." Yiiliio of HlorkN to Kgypt. Wero It not for tlio multitude of storks thnt throng Kgypt every winter there would bo no living lu fottio partK of tho country, for, after every liiuti ilallon, frogs appeur lu devastating swiinns. Am to Figures, "Do figures ever Ho?" ho asked, As ho looked out to sea, "Some may but initio docs not," khe mild, Then blushed delightfully, Cincinnati Tribune, Too Hasty. "Jones una a, now addition to his family." "Indeed.? I must cougrntulatu lilm!" "Hold on It's a bou-Iu-IiiwI" Atlan ta Constitution. There Is something about u motlier-In-law which overy wise, sou-lu-luw rocogulzes, and that Is that she Is of groat strategic vuluc. nUQBIA'8 DEAUTY COLONY. "An Kiiillitr Olympus Peopled frith Apolloa nml Ifcliea At the tlinu of the- IliisKo-Turldsli war M. Itcsliotiilkuir, struck with the inferior, Ill-noiirlslivU pliyskiue of many recruits, act ushlo niimiiilly out of Ills largo foi ttino the until of 10MHJ rublcj fur tlio purpose of cllinltiiitliig the unlit by uiicoiirnglug murrlugu only between yoiinjf pi'opio of exceptional beauty health nml Intolllgenco. To itttnln thin end lie employed at workers on bin estnto only the band oiliest anil healthiest villagers. These hu encouraged to enter upon matri mony by free xmntii of land, payments of nil marriage fees nnd an annuity of (W rubles a year for every child born. He mieceeded In removing from bis i-stiiti- by miller liarsh means all de formed nml sickly persona and attract Ii.ivo been born, nearly nil of them be ing Immensely superior to the average Russian peasant children In strength uml beauty. Tho girls lu particular nro rotnaikablo for their graceful car riage mid lltlio, Active forms. A marriage lias Just been celebrated (hero with exceptional display owing to the fact that the bridegroom nnd till brlilu nro the tlrst couple both of whom sprung from unions arranged by M. Iteahetnlkoff. 1 lie bridegroom, n handsome peasant named ViislllefT, of splendid physique. Hid the bride, n lovely girl of 1H, were driven to church In M. Iteshetiilkoff's carriage nnd given as dowry a large wooden cottage and a plot of laud. Hundreds of persons witnessed the cer emony, nnd nt the wedding breakfast M. Iteshetiilkoff delivered an eloquent I eb, In which he welcomed "the sec mil generation of his nurslings who are ' to make holy Itiiaaln an earthly Olf m I ,,s (in.,,!,.,! tnlll. A Il. ..,,1 lluU " The man who first made steel pens got $1 n piece for them. It Is said thnt tho Turks were the first to bury their dead In cemeteries adorned with ornamental headstones. The United .States produced nlnn thousand (wtind of tea the past year, tho farms being lu North Carolina and Texas. Johns Hopkins lias one professor to every four students, Yale one to every nine, nnd Columbia, Harvard nud l'cimsylvanla one to every ten. Solomon .Shnttuck, of Ilollls, claims to haro tho best teeth for a man of hU years In New Hampshire, If uot lu New England. 11c Is 'JU yenrs of ugp, and with the exception of four wisdom teeth, which were extracted several years ngo, nnd one lost when a boy, lie has all his teeth lu perfect condi tion. Local dentists ray his Is the most remarkable ense they eer knew of. The United States constitutes th richest nation on the globe. Mulhall furnishes these figures: I'nltrd Slates, $S1,7W,(SS),(00; (lre.it Ilrltaln, f.V.V o:so,sx,(x; France. Jt7.(ro0,000,0j (lermany, $ ICStW.WO.OOO; ltuasla. $12, l'.'.I.OOO.O'!; Austria, $22,5iO,OUMXiO; Italy. $ir.,MMj,OCsJ,lKSl; Spain, $11,300. (SKMsiO. These computations are based upon values as shown by real estate records, buildings, merchandise and railways, as well as too circulating medium In each nation. Three of the live women on the Itevolutlonary War pension roll New i:nglanders. They are Hnimali Newell llnrrctt, of Iloston, Mass., aged 10,'t, pensioned by special net as the daughter of Noah Harrod, who served two years as private with tho Mnssn ehusetts line; Ksther H. Damon, of Plymouth. Vt., W). pensioned ns the widow of Noah Damon, who served In the Massachusetts line from Apri', nT.'p. to May, ITS); nnd Ithodn Au gustn Thompson, of Woodbury, Conn., nged 63, pensioned by special net ns the daughter of Thnddeus Thompson. who served six years as private In Col John I.am's Now York regiment. Prof. Hans Mollsoh of Prague has reported to the Vienna Academy of Sciences the discovery of n Inmp light ed by mentis of bnctorln, which he clnlms will give a powerful light nnd bo free from danger, thus being vnlu nblo for work In mines nnd powder magazines. The lamp consists of n glass Jar In which n lining of saltpetre and gelatine, Inoculated with bacteria, Is placed. Two dnys nfter Inoculation the Jnr beooms Illuminated with n wonderful bluish-green light, cnused by the Innumerable bnctcrln which hnvo developed In the time. The light will burn brllllnntly for from two to three weeks, nftcrwnrd diminishing "n brightness. It renders faces recognu able nt a distance of two ynrds, nnd lnrge type Is easily legible by It. Prof. Mollsoh asserts thnt the lamp yields u cold light, which Is entirely safe. A llonplliihle. llourt. Frederick (ioodall, of tho Itoyal Academy, tells In his "Hcmlnlscenccu" n good Btory of Jenny Uml. The Swe dish singer never iptlte mnstered our laugunge, and her hnblts of thinking nnd feeling remained Just what they had been In her childhood. Her Ideas In Kugllsh were perfectly charming, although they were express ed with a foreign accent. The nalveto In many of her remarks was captivat ing. Once when tho talk turned on the subject of mice, an anlnuil for which ladles are uelloved to entertain feel ings akin to torror, why I hnvo never been nblo tu understand, Jenny Llnd contributed to the discussion tho quaint phraso: "I Imvo n holo In my henrt for zo leetlo mouse." Sometimes It happens thnt n mnn W no cross nrouud home thnt there Is as much excitement wheu he smiles ns thero wns when ho smiled when ho was a month-old baby. A woman may enjoy having an oper ation performed by a noted doctor, but n limn doesn't GOOD J i- tones -H r 'H H' I Captain Cuttle's famous watch, which would keep "correct" time wily by various shakings mid shifting of the hands during the day. Is matched by u Yorkslilreiiian's clock. Hu re anted the Imputation that there was .inytlilng wrong with It. "It goes reet men fof tlilrn that knau how t' read it,' he snlil; "when Its hands are at twelve, It strikes two, nnd then uw ktiail Its hnlf-p.lst seven." He Wolr Hopper n.iys that his small ' uopliow was given a diary, nnd one of I Ills tlrst entries In It wns "got up at i seven." He showed It to his mother, and sin corrected his sentence. "Dot up!" she exclaimed In horror; "does the sun get up l( rises!" The youngster firi-f ully erased the offending words, .mil wrote, "Hose nt seven." And on retiring for the ulglu he carefully In scribed In his dlnry, "Set at eight " An ordinary echo Is a curious thing; but according to the statements of u Frenchman nt a watering place in the Pyrenees, one iiiio on the Fr.inco-Pms- slan frontier Is fur from ordinary. "As soon as you have spoken," said the Frenchman, who had secured an audi ence of wild-eyed tourists, "you hear distinctly the volte leap from rock to rook, from precipice to precipice, and as soon as It has passed the frontier It assumes the Kpanlali tongue: ' The story Is told of a meeting of credltora who were trying to settle the affairs of a men-hunt who had failed for a large amount. He Insisted that his assets were absolutely nothing that his wife owned the house In which he Jived; that the family farm was the property of his daughter; thnt the store hclougi-d to his son. "I have nothing," he said, "except my body, which you can divide among you." "Well, shentlc men," spoke up a Jewish creditor, "If you do dot, I speaks right uow for his gall." A I-ondon playgoer, who had drunk deeply at his dinner, appeared at the box otllce of one of the principal thea ters, and put dovrr. a sovereign, asking for the best sent In the house. Ills condition was so evident that the man lu the box otllce politely declined to sell him n ticket. "What's matter?" demanded the nppllcnnt. "what's mat ter with me?" "Well, If you really want to know," responded the ticket seller, "you're drunk.' The frankness of this reply hnd rather n sobering In- lluence uion the playgoer. He gather ed up the sovereign with dignity. "Of course I'm drunk," he said, cheerfully, he turned to go; "I wouldn't come to we this play If I were sober, would I?" At the Democratic convention, Will lam J. Ilryon wns held up by a lot of camera Sends, for whom he obllg- ngly posed. A stranger, accompanied by his .Vyonrold daughter, came up, announced that be had voted for Ilryan twice, and asked the privilege of slink Ing hands with lilm. The privilege wn grnnted, and llrynn also took the little girl's band. As be did so, a camera Held shouted: "Hold her hand, Mr. llrynn." Mr. Ilryan complied. More photographers appeared on the scene, and desired the pose to continue. It did continue for over Ave minutes, "I'm glad my wife isn't here," said Mr. Ilryan, when he was at last released from his captivity; "holding a girl's band this way for five minutes In public street!" ORIGIN OF SUPERSTITION. Natural Burrouudlnira of People He aponatble for llcllef tn Umena. The first dawn of Imagination re sults In superstition. The lowest type of African savage Is devoid of either. The moment he develops Into a crea ture rather more removed from the brute crentlon he begins to feel the fascination of the unseen. The tribes that Inhublt the forest land aud moun tain regions are the most superstitious. Tho trees shake and moan in the winds. They are credited with spirit life. The caves of the mountains with their hollow echoes, are the homes of the gnomes that guard the earth treasures, the gold nud silver mines; the rivers nre full of mock ing wnter spirits uncertain In temper as the capricious element In which they dwell. Theism comes from the desert, with Its vast spaces, Its Intense loneliness. Hut even the desert wor shipers of oue great spirit hnd their superstitions. At night, as they watched the stars that shine with im- equaled brilliancy lu Uiose burning re gions, they not unnaturally conceived the Idea that many of them were tho outward expression of one of the great spirits that minister to tho Most High, and were permitted by Him to exer cise a special Influence over the des tinies of this planet nnd the lives of the humnus that Inhabit It Out of these beliefs grew up the so-called nclenco of astrology, with Its easting of horoscopes aud Innumerable pre dictions. We nre the children of our ances tors, and even In this twentieth cen tury aro not yet delivered from the hereditary Influences of tlielr super stitions. The number seven, for in stance, has always been regarded as a mystic number. Seven angels stand before the throne; u seven-brnnched candlestick was commanded to be used In the temple; the seventh day of tho week wns ordered to be kept holy. and nowadays the seventh son of n seventh son Is credited In rural dis tricts, nnd especially In various parts of America, with almost supernatural towers. Witchcraft, that curious mix ture of hypnotism and charlatanism, has been practiced from time Imme morial. Tho Witch of Kndor was ev idently possessed of great hypnotic power, nud worked her wonders by means of mesmerism nnd suggestion, a Is evident from her terror when the spirit of the prophet really ap peared to the Jewish monarch nt her summons. Why Is the number thir teen unlucky? This superstition Is ap parently derived from the fact thnt there were thirteen at that I-ast Sup per which terminated In the great tragedy. To this same feast does tho : Short Gt, superstition about upsetting salt be long. In stretching out to dip liU hand In tho dish Judns is said to have upset the salt, and the ancient paint ers of that sacred repast often dit plct an overturned salt cellar. Why Friday, n day sacred to Vennl, should be considered unlucky It Is dif ficult to any, unless we refer the Idea to thnt Itnllnn proverb which declare! that ltacchus, Tobacco and Venus are the cause of all the misfortune! of men. The mysterious Influence" of horseshoes Is still believed by un In credible uurnber of people. 'J'hU su perstition owes Its origin to the cres cent moon, to the horned head-dress of Isls, and of Diana, who wore Ui crescent above her brow. Many cu rious superstitions are attached to por traits, which are derived from the mythology of the Kgypumis. Certain persons grately assure one that the wrath of the departed has power to materialize now and then, nnd to watch over the living members of his race mi long as his portrait exists. It was to keep for the departed some portion of their earth life that the Egyptians devoted such attention to the preservation of tho mummy. Su perstitions are illlnVult to shake off. It Is consoling If a trayful of glasses fails down to remember that broken glass Is lucky; and If one Is nnnoyed by a spider thnt persists In holding high revel on one's pillow, one likes to say to one's self that a spider seen at night Is un excellent omen, nnd so ou. Howvcr, like the belief In fairies, our superstitions will, no doubt, slow ly disappear nnd only lie remembered ns subjects for Jeering by Hie matter-of-fnet mortals of the twenty-fifth cen tury. Indon Doctor. Chinese school teachers do not strengthen the brains of children with algebra aud calculus, but stuff them with Confucian morals, says a writer In Hie Chicago Itecord-Herald. He further declares that In China he found no wit or Imagination, but tells the following Incidents, which prove that the Chinaman has good unconscious substitutes for one or the other: One day In Shanghai, when I was feeling sick, I called a Chinaman to me and said, "John, do you hare good tloctors In China?" "(!ood doctors!" he exclaimed. "China have best doctors In wo'ld." "Kudon, over there," I said, point ing to a house covered with a doctor's signs, "do you call him a good doc tor?" "Eudon good doctor!" he exclaimed. "He great! He best doctor In China. He save my life once!" "You don't say so!" I said. "How was It?" "Me vclly sick," be said, confiden tially. "Me callee Doctor Han Kou. Glvea some medicine. Get relly velly sick! Me call Doctor Sam Sing. Glioo more medicine. Me grow worse. Go ing to die! Bllmeby call D'octor Eu don. He no got time, no come. He snvee my life!" In Chefoo my wife engaged a Chi nese cook. When he came she asked his name. Shaking hands with him self and smiling, he said, "My namee long Hang Ho." "Oh, that's too long!" said my wife "I can't remember all that I call you John." "All light" he said, smiling. "What your namee t "My name," said my wife, slowly, "Is Mrs. Melville D. Landon." "HI!" cried John. "Too long namie! Can't 'member all lot. Callee you Char ley." MANY USES FOR PAPER. Japanese Uxcet In Manufacture of Till Product From the bark of trees and shrubs the Japanese make scores of papers, which nre far ahead of ours, says the i National Geographic Magazine. The walls of the Jnpnnese bouses nre wooden frames covered with thla paper, which keeps out the wind, but lets In the light and when ono com-, pares these paper-walled "doll houses" with the gloomy bamboo cabins of the Inhabitants of the Island of Java or, the small-windowed huts of our fore fathers one realizes that without glass and lu a rainy climate, these Ingenious people haro solved In a remarkable way the problem of lighting their dwellings and, at least In a measure, ot keeping out the cold. Their oiled papers are astonishingly cheap and durable. As a cover for his lond of ten when a rainstorm overtakes htm the Japanese farmer spreads over It a tough, pliable cover of oiled paper. which Is almost as Impervious ns tar paulin and ns light ns gossamer. He has doubtless carried this cover for years, neatly packed away somewhere nbout his cart The "rlklsba" coolies In the large cities wear mantles of this oiled paper, which cost less than l.S cents and last for a year or more with constant use. An oiled tissue paper, which Is as tough as writing paper, can be had at the stationers' for wrapping up deli cate articles. Grain and meal sacks are almost always made of bark paper In Japan, for It Is not easily penetrated by weevils and other Insects. Hut perhaps the most remarkable of all the papers which And n common use In the Japanese household are the leather papers of which the tobacco pouches and pipe cases are made. They nra almost as tough ns French kid, so translucent that one can nearly see through them, and as pliable and soft ns calfskin, tne material or winch they nre made is as thick as cardboard, but as flexible as kid. Her Challenge, They sat on the rustic bench count ing tho fireflies'. "Darling," he whispered softly, "may print n kiss on your cherry Hps?" Tho beautiful girl stared at him senrchlngly. Do you belong to the Printers' Union?" she asked quickly. Chicago News. ltenson Enough Tor It. Cholly i'our dog looks sad. Hobby Yes; sis says she guessed ho knows I named him after you Phila delphia Bulletin. OLD5 FAVORITES -t----l-M4--M-M--l----W--l--l-4--l Yankee Xloodlc, Father and I went down to camp, Along with Cap'n Good'n, And there wi saw the men and boys At thick at hasty puJJIa', Chorus Yankee doodle, keep It up, Yankee doodle dandy Mind the music and the step. And with the gitli be handy. And there we see a thousand men, As rich as 'Squire David; And what they wasted every day I wish It could be saved. The 'lasses they eat every day ould keep a house In winter i They have so much thnt I'll he bound They eat It when ther"re tnlud ter. And there I see a swampln' gun, I-nrge ns a log of maple, Upon a deuced little cart, A load for father's cattle. And every time they shoot it off It takes n horn of powder. And makes a noise like father's gun, Only a nation louder. I ses a little barrel, too, The heads were made of leather! They knocked on It with little clubs To call the folks together. And there was Cap'n Washington And gentle folks about him; They say he's grown so 'tarnal proud He will not ride without 'em. He got him In his meeting clothes Upon a slapping stallion A givin' orders to his men 1 guess there was a million. The flaming ribbons In his hat They looked too 'tamal fine, ah, I wanted packlly to get To give to my Jemima. And then they'd fife away like fun. And play on cornstalk fiddles. And some had ribbons red as blood All wound about.thelr middles. Old Uncle Sam came there to change Some pancakes and some onions For 'lasses to carry home To give his wife and young ones. I see another snarl of men A-dlgglng graves, they told me. So 'tarnal long, so 'tarnal 0ep They 'tended they should hold me. It scared me so I hooked It off. Nor stopped, as I remember. Nor turned about, till I got home Locked up In mother's chamber. Dr. Richard Shurkburgh. Joke on the Joker. One day In Milwaukee, Eugene Field was walking along with his friend. George Yenowine, when the latter halt ed In front of a bookshop and said: "Gene, the proprietor of this place Is the most serious man I ever knew. He never saw n Joke In his life. Wouldn't it be a good chance to try for that ex purgated Mrs. Hemans?" Without a word Field entered, asked for the proprietor, and then made the usual request 'That Is rather a scarce book," came the reply. "Are you prepared to pay a fair price for it?" For Just a second Field was taken aback: then he said: "Certainly, cer tainly; I I know It Is rare." The man stepped to a case, took out a cheaply bound volume, and handed It to Field, saying: "The price Is $5." Field took it nervously, opened to the title page, and read In correct print "The Poems of Mrs. Felicia Hemans, Selected and Arranged with All Objec tionable Passages Excised by George Yenowine, Editor of 'Isaac Watts for the Home.' 'The Fireside Hannah More,' etc., with the usual publisher's name and date at the bottom. Field glanced up at the bookseller. He stood there the very picture of sad solemnity. "I'll take It." said Field faintly, pro- duclng the money. Outside Yenowine was missing. At ,111s otllce the boy said that he had Just left saying that he was going to Stand lug Hock, Dak., to keep an appointment with Sitting Hull." Saturday Evening Post. Photographing Lightning. Any ooy or gin wuo uas a camera and a good stock of patience may se cure n photognph of lightning. The patience Is needed lu watting for the lightning. When a thunder shower "l -"'"i- ior tiu uppuiiuuuj iu actum your pic ture. You cannot get a picture of lightning during every thunder shower, Clouds or a heavy downpour of ralu often conceals tho flash from view, and we have "sheet lightning." It Is useless to photograph this, but you may by Its light get an Interesting pic ture ot the landscape. When the sharp "chain llghntlng" conies, select a window from which you can see it well, or, If It Is not rain ing, go out of doors aud set the camera on the tripod focused as for a distant view and pointed toward that quarter of the heavens In which the lightning Is most frequent. Tho diaphragm should be set to the largest opening that Is ever used, the slide drawn, and the lens uncovered ns for a time ex posure. Then follows a wait or oue, two, five or even twenty minutes, until a bright flash conies within the field of view of the camera, when the lightning takes Its own picture. Then cover the lens, push In the slide, and you are ready to try again on a fresh plate. St Nicholas. Has u Level llontl. "That architect Is makliig a big hit with his new scheme for suburban res idence." "What's the game?" "To every man who gives him a con tract for the building of a suburban residence he guarantees a constuutsup ply of servant girls for ten years' time." Philadelphia Press. After a man has boarded u number of years, he beglus to think a vege table garden a moro beautiful sight than n flower garden. Some women weur whlto dresses too long, LAD'S TROUT PRESERVE. DUcovcrj Mndo by dome Angler In, the White Mutiutnltia. A little party of trout fishermen hnve been resting here for a few days after an excursion Into tho northern part of Mnlno. They had Intr-ndcd to try their favorite lly nt Its native place, Pnrmachcnee Lake, and they were tired out, though not from landing fish, The fine trout served fur breakfast at one of the hotels excited their curi osity not a little. "Caught right here, gentlemen, brought In Just about alive by a slip of a boy no taller than that," was the reply tlielr questioning brought A careful wntch wns set and the lad wns captured as he came to the kitchen door with u tin Mil full of handsome nnd uniform three-quarter pound ilsli. Liberal offers of silver In duced Li I n to take the men to his stream that evening. At his suggestion tho anglers took their customary tneklo with them, though thero wns not much sense nor any fun about lly-llihlng In n two-foot. wide brook In the depths of tho alder woods with nine-foot rods. However, by following directions, standing well back from the water, and using very short lines, a few little trout were taken, some of them as much ns live Inches long. "That's the way It used to bo Willi mc," commented their young guide, "It was n good while beforo I got Into tho way to ketch the good ones. Y'ou hov to kind of work up to It, I guess," Now, one of the anglers wns up to most of Uie tricks of the trnde, nnd ho noted two fncts which rather upset hla fnltli In the good Intentions of the guide. One wns thnt tho boy did no fishing himself nnd the other wns thnt the tlngerllngs enptured wero In gen eral nppearanco very unlike the crim son beauties furnished to the hotel. This angler had a private Interview with the lad beforo they parted, and by skillfully dangling a J." bill before his eyes managed to exact a promise from lilm to furnish further Informa tion respecting the trout fishery next morning. Accordingly, last Tuesday, found tho old angler nnd the lad at daybreak In the heart of the woods, a mile or more back from the famous Notch, and a good half mile from the brook. Covered In by rank growing ferns and willow brush was an evidently artificial ditch, fifty yards long and three feet deep, fed by a mountain spring and trick ling out through a stoutly plied dam of round stones. Into this the youngster scattered handfuls of chopped liver and a pickle bottle full of smothered grasshoppers. The water was fairly alive with trout, which were seemingly nccustomed to be fed by hand, as they were qulto bold In coming to the surface after the hoppers. Slipping back Into the woods for a mlnuto the lad reappeared with a square wire frame. This fitted Into Uie sides of the dlteh, between stones set for the purpose. The young fisherman then stepped Into the water a few yards below the screen, and walked up toward It. When about three feet from It he dug a scoop mndo like a square landing net with wire meshes Into the water, and brought It up to the surface, half full of beautiful trout, similar to those sold to the hotels. The righteous soul of the angler was mightily grieved for the moment until the guileless lad volunteered the Infor mation: "It was marm nnd me worked this thing out. It cost $15 to get the dig ging done, and then we bought the young flsh from a traveling agent two years ago. "There ain't such an awful lot of money In It as you'd think. Last year all we got was ?13, because the flsh was only little. This summer what you're going to give tne makes us $80, and pop says maybe we'll git our S per cent out of It. "Y'ep, 5 per cent that's $150, yon know. The whole thing cost us $30 all right enough. Pop says It's no sort of "vestment ns don't give 5 per cent" The lad was no poacher after all. He was simply an active partner In a flsh preserving company of original Ideas respecting percentages. New York Sun. ELECTRICITY ON RAILROADS. Experiment Tried lit Great Britain Promises to Save In Cost Some luteresUug facts concerning the economy of operating motor-propelled trains upon the subsidiary nnd feeding sections of n trunk railroad, In comparison with Uie expense of main taining and working similar lines of steam locomotives and short trains, have been furnished by tho Tnff Valo Itallrond of Great Ilrltaln. The running cost per train niilo by motor car equals 1.18 cents, as com pared with lO.C'J cents by steam loco motive and four carriages of tho or dinary Hrltlsh type. The cost of re pair and renewals of the motor car Is much less than that of the other sys tem, being only 2.0" cents per train mile, as against 12.41 cents for the steam-propelled train. The wages rep resent S.Sd cents In the former ease, aud tl-01 cents lu the latter Instance. Taken on the whole, therefore. It will be observed that the total cost per train mile of Uie motor car works out at only 10.9U cents, while Uie cost for tho loco motive nnd carriages Is SO cents per train mile, representing a saving In tho use of tho former of 10.01 cents, or some IK) per cent cheaper. The econo my thereby effected Is very appreci able, and represents quite a consider able sum In the course of a year's oper- tlon. 'Ihls result Is highly encourag ing, and will lead to a moro extensive development ot Uie motor-car system f handling short-distance tralllc. Already several of the other trunk allroads of tho country, Impressed with tho Hgures obtained by tho Taff Vale ltnllroud, are completing arrange ments for tho Introduction of motor propelled coaches upou their systems In those secUons where the capacity of the trnfllc does not sufficiently warrant tho employment of a locomotive and train, and wherein tho working of the latter at present represents a heavy loss. How tho people do lovo something for nothlug.