Toilers of the Columbia
By PAUL DE LXXEY
Tluthar ot "Lord ot the Desert," " Oregon Sketches,"
and other Pacific Coast Stories
CHA1TKU V.
Ringwold Ami Sankala.
"How ilM you nmko it at school to
day, my child?"
"Jint fine, except Hint Hazel Peadog
was raoro rude than ever. Jly father,
I nin klml to ilnsel. I do not antago
nize her intentionally, ami yet flio
seems tn dlepiw me. She Haunts the
tact in my fo thnt lier father owns
many tlshtrnn ami lina a cannery and
thnt lliey are rich, while my Father in
n common fisherman, fa old and poor
ami lives In a cabin, and they liu in n
bin house with gloss windows, and have
a jdano,
"Father, I don't caio (or this. I
m happy with you. I don't envy
Hazl, and why should eIio dlsplse me
atiovo all others?"
"My child, there la an intuition
sometimes that tells us more than wo
know. There is often a guilty con
science that is handed down to posterity
and while the posterity knows not
what it is, it feels it keenly. In the
case between yon and Hazel her intu
ition tells her that something is wrong;
thnt ycut existence is dangerous to her
wclfaroand yet the doea not know
why. If you knew the farts, child,
you would understand, you would un
deistandl" "Tell me, father. Why doca Ilaxel
feel this way toward me."
"I will not tell yon all now, but I
can tell yon much. I bavo a long
time contemplated telling you about
yourself, but you are yet young too
young to grasp the meaning of the
things of a wicked world.
"Jlut you are old enough now to
know who you are, who I am and what
the future may be to yon."
"Why, father, I know who I am.
I am Sankala, you are Father Ring
wold and my future shall be devoted
to. my dear father. You know you are
getting too old to pull the boat, father,
and they pay it does not look so well
for gins to mingle with the fishermen,
hut I shall help you at the oars and
nets until I have completed my educa
tion and then X will teacli school or
Keep books or do something that girls
should be respected for doing and take
care of my dear old father.
There was a long paui-e. The griz-
iled old man sat in one corner ot the
cabin gazing into an open fireplace fed
by pieces of dritfwood cf various size
and length. These had been gathered
from the beach by the girl upon her
arrival from school.
As the child bnsied herself with the
dishes and light housekeeping the old
man sat deeply absorbed. He was
thinking of the past. An inky dark
ness prevailed outside. A stiff wind
hurled sheets of mist upon the roof
which fell ftom the eaves in heavy
drops.
As the wind arose and whistled
around the corners of the cabin the
old man startled aa if awakened
from terrible experiences of the past
It was a small structure nestling In
the tall timbers near the beach, scant
ily furnished. A few cooking utensils
on the open fireplace were used for pre
paring the meals. A large bed' and a
email couch furnished the sleeping
quarters in the same room. Though
the place was much crowded, every
thing was kept as neat as a pin.
The man waa nearing his four score
and ten. The girl waa a few days
past fifteen. She bore a refined air in
enlte of her surroundings. Her cloth
ing was of the cheapest kind, yet it
waB clean. Her garments were not
made in the latest style, still they were
neat. Her hands and feet were small
though the former showed the marks
of toll. Her eyes were older .than
those of most gills of fifteen, hut they
were no less beautiful. They looked
deep into things with an intelligence
and Innocence that commanded re
spect. '.'Yes, Sankala, I told you I would
tell you some but not all. The Seadogg
do not like us. They do not know
why, but there is an Intuition that
tells them we aie dangerous to their
welfare. Those letters you have
brought me from the postofiice all
these yea 1 8 are bringing to a consum
uation the plans which have to long
occupied my time. It has been a
long and tedious duty but it shall bd
performed ere the last spark shall leave
me.
"Sankala, you have been told the
stoiy of the shipwreck by the old
women time and again. I have seldom
spoken of it. It is a link in the story
of your life that Is ol the greatest im
portance to you.
"I am the only person living that
knows you, I am the only person
living that knows the facta which shall
dome day make you free from poverty.
Which shall enablo you to live the life
that you deserve will enable you to
complete your education and to out
shine Hazel Seadog and all of the Sea-
doc family.
"They are sailing under false
plumes, Sankala, they nro sailing mi
dor fulse plumes. They are wearing
that which of right belongs to others
"Sankala, I have always passed I
your father. I love you better than a
father ever loved his child. The idea
prevails among tfio fisherman that only
your mother was urowneu anu mat i
your aged father, who had taken u
young wife at the age of tluee scoro and
ton had clutched you in my aims at
the last moment and that fate had cast
ua ashore.
"We were cast ashore together. It Is
true, you a five-weeks old babe In my
arms, but your mother and father both
went down to o watery grave."
"But you are my father now," broke
in Sankala. "I love you aa my father
and (ball always love you as such.'
"That is true, my child, that ia true,
but your real father Is dead. It is this
that places a heavy responsibility upon
you and roe. Your father was much
wronged and it ia left to you and me
to right the wrong. Should I continue
to live. Sankala, I will right the
wrong, but should I die the duty falls
on you. You are young, I know,
but you nlready possess a woman.' in
telligence and with ih data before you,
yod will lie able to complete the plans
which I havo inaugurated, should die
worst come. I am failing rapidly,
Sankala, I am failing rapidly."
"Hut you will live, father, you will
live," sobbed the girl.
"I intend to, my ch'ld, hut should
I fail you mut finish the work. Un
del ih liwtlh there is concealed a
small box. It is a small metal affair,
but contains much of Interest to you.
It contains evidence, Sankala, that
shall some day make you the queen of
the tithing village. It will do more
Sankala, it will enable you to tiavel
and to sea the gieat world.
"I shall sever forget your mother's
dying request. It was on that fearful
night just fifteen years ago when the
old ship made such a gallant fight on
the bar and finally went aground on
Sand Island.
"Your father1 was assisting tho sail
ors and had been swept from the deck.
You were born aboard the ship after
we had left the old country. The
ship's smgenn had given a certificate
of your birth. Your racther knew how
important that certificate waa, San
kala. and when all were lost but the
captain and you and I; she came to me
and threw you Into my arms. She had
imbedded the certificate of your birth
in wax and thrust tbia deep into the
inside pocket ot my vest. She said.
calling me by my right name:
' 'I have a presentiment, iou will
live and rescue the child. I will be
lost. Upon the very eve of reaching
the place we so long sought, my poor
husband went down in sight of his own
wealth. I must suiely follow. Take
her, my dear ftiend, take the child and
see that she gets what belongs to her.
In the name of Him who will reward
you, I beg you to be brave and do that
tor which you are now intended.'
In a few minutes all was lost.
God spared me the sight of seeing your
mother go. I lashed myself to a spar.
clutched you in my arms with the grip
of death and became unconscious, as
the sea cut the icmaining timbers
from the vessel."
CHAPTER VI.
Disturbed Teace of the Seodogs.
"I do not know why it is, husband,
but our Hazel, young as bIio Is, is wor
rving a great doll. That girl. Sankala,
disturbs her peace of mind. She does
not like her. The poor girl is kind to
our Hazel and all of that but our child
seems to have a moat natural antipathy
for her.
"Sankala ia the most popular girl at
school. The teachers love her, the
girls run after her and the boya wor
ship her. They look upon her as some
superior being and yet she is only a
poor little waif that you remember was
cast ashore hsre many years ago.
"Old Ringwold, her father, is drink
ing more and moie whenever he can
get it, and the child, poor thing, much
as as she disturbes our Hazel, seems
more devoted to the old man every
day.
"It would be better for her if he
should die, but then it would almost
kill her, for the poor thing worships
the old fellow. Hut it would bo bad
for the village if Ringwold should die.
There would be no one to fill tho difll
cult piescrlptiona at the drug store and
I do not know what poor Gosnell would
do without him.
"Do you know, husband," spoke the
woman more cautiously, "I do not like
that girl Sankala. She is all kindness
and deceiving, but I do not like the
child. Her name disturbs me and
when T see her a peculiar feeling comes
over me which I cannot explain. I do
not wish the girl bad luck, but I do
wish that something would take her
away from the village where I could
not eee her and where she would not
disturb our Hazel."
Thus epoke Mia. Seadog, the wife of
old Beadog, the ruling power in the
great fisheries on the north side of the
Columbia river near its mouth.
"I do not like the kid either, wife,"
said tho rugged old capitalist, who had
msde his wealth In various ways. He
had pulled oars through the storm-driven
waves. He had sold goods over the
counters of his great store at cnoimous
profit. Ho had dispensed whisky over
his bar that was tatd to have been of
his own make and was warranted to
contain snakes to the quart ; he had
thrown Chinamen from his cannery in
to the bay because they did not earn
ten times their wages; he had robbed
tho fish traps of his neighbors, stolen
their property rights by night, and was
charged with having sent gillnetters to
the bottom of the river. Upon all of
this, old Beadog had built up an im
mense fortune, but it was whispered
about that he had come to the wealth
which constituted the foundation of his
fortune through some foul means the
details of which were shrouded in mys
tery. "No, I do not llko the kid, either,"
he continued. "And much less do I
like the old bunch ot mystery who Is
known as her father.
"Do you know that when I learned
that they had drifted ashore from that
vessel, he more than half dead and she
but little more than spawn, I felt an
noyed by it. In spite cf the fact that
there could bo no harm in them I
would rather that all on board should
have been lost at the time. And it is
remarkable that the oldest and young
est should have survived the very ones
that under the laws of nature should
have been lost. The weakest are ac
counted lost on such occasions under
the law, yet that old duck and the
young minnow broke the record.
"I don't like to think of those times,
and yet I do. My trial for boarding
that wreck gave me a close call. In
apite of the fact that it waa shown that
I did not attempt to carry away any of
the valuables, and I made the plea thai
the boys and I were only trying to save
life, there waa a strong suspicion that
we bad some wicked motive in board
ing the wreck and the. Jury hung out
on tho case until things looked shaky.
"Then it has Its pleasant side. Up
on that wreck I found tho evidence that
I put my mind to rest forovor on ono
point that Is, It should havo done so.
I four ' tho evidence ot thodeathof tho
only ?firaon living who could dlstntb
me hero. Ho went to tho bottom of
the sea. I know ho was on the vessel
beyond all reasonable doubt and when
1 found his name on the ship's legister
then all questions were settled.
"When I tound a woman's name on
tho register identical with thnt of his
own I did not understand. Hut upon
investigation I found thnt ho was mnr-
tied n year before r.ilting and this
cleared all matters on this point. She
went to the bottom of the sea with
him.
"I first had tears t-at this Sankala
might have been ot their lsue, hut I
find from tho ship's register that ono
Ringwold and his wife and child were
aboard and Biiiro old Ringwold claims
her that set all doubts stialght on this
point.
"Ringwold was very old at the time,
but he appears to have had a younger
wife. Besides the old fellow is half
ernsy and docs not Know what be is do
ing halt tho time.
"Hut it this Sankala should have
been tho child ot tho son ot my only
brother, tho could never prove it. All
records not in my possesion are de
stroyed. Hut, still 1 am like you. I do
not like either the old man or his
daughter. She gives mo that same feel
ing of uneasiness or rather unpleas
antness and he, well, he reminds me of
a rival ot tho olden time.
"That rival was about his height,
but ho was slender and stood high in
life. Ho was even a druggist to tho
czar. Hut I, a mere commoner, won
out over him and it cost mo my coun
try. I had to escape by flight and
come to America. He sworo vengeance
on me and I should tremble in my
shoes were I sure he is living today.
"This Ringold hns eyes like the fel
low and I do not llko him tor this reas
on. Hut he as a different kind ot man.
He was quick motioned, had a springy
step, wore no beard and kept hla hair
cut short.
"But Ringwod is like him in another
chaiacteristic, though a mere imitator.
While Ringwold is considenle an expert
prescrlptlonlst for this fishing village
my rival was the best chemist ot all
the Russians. The cazr prized him
above all others. No other could fill a
prescription foi his family. His posi
tion was that ot royalty."
"What rivalry existed between you
nnd this man. my husband ?" inquiied
the interested wife.
"Oh, it is a long story, my dear.
There was not a woman in it. Theic
coes woman's curiosity. Hut, never
mind, I will tell you the stoiy anothei
time.
"But this Sankala and the old fel
low! He is getting old and ennni t last
much longer. When he is dead thn
girl will have nothing to keep her
here. She can do us no harm; nut
still, I would like to see them away.
They seem to he a menace to the peace
of the Seadog family."
(To te canUncvl)
Queer Place Tor a Ma?nzlnr.
An American traveler who explored
the northern part of Siberia states that
newfound In the hut of a Korak peas
ant a picture of Mayor Dlx cut out of
a copy of Harper's Magazine. The
Mayor's picture was enthroned on a
wooden shrine, and adored by the
Korak nnd his family as their house
hold deity.
This Is probably the most extreme
case on record of veneration for a mag
azine page. Hut fifty years ago In this
country It was not uncommon to find
a single copy of a magazine being road
by fifteen or twenty families every
month, and regarded by all aa an In
fallible authority.
It Is said that when the Shah of
ropsla visited England several years
ago It was one of hLs chief delights to
buy a dozen magazines and "read the
pictures," As there are only about
3.000 people In Persia who can read
and write, his amazement at the num
ber of magazines Is not surprising.
Woman's Homo Companion.
Nothing White There.
Albert, the young man of the fam
ily, was undeniably 111. The doctor
was sent for. He pronounced it a case
of Jaundice, as Indeed the parents nad
suspected, from the patient's yellow
ish appearance.
Albert's little sister was explaining
to a caller.
"He's got the yatler Jandors," she
said. "The doctor says so,"
"Hut bow could th doctor tell, Bes
sie?" asked' the caller.
"Easy enough," replied Bessie.
"Anybody could tell it by Jes' lookln'
Into the tho yelks of his eyes."
Taking Illrn at III Word.
"I didn't do It, your honor."
"Hut two witnesses here say they
saw you pick his pocket"
"I II tell you how It was, Judge. We
were on tho car coming home from the
races. I remarked that I wondered
where I was going to get the price of
a night's lodging and this gentleman
replied: 'You can search me.' Well,
I searched him. Nothing wrong In
taking n man nt his word, Is there?"
Kansas City Journal.
The Lesser of Two Evils.
Nervous Passenger (as the train stops)
I say. conductor, are those two men
taking u straw vote?
Conductor No; they are taking up a
collection. Train robbers, you know.
Nervous Passenger Oh, then It Isn t
as bad as I suspected.
All Hols Off.
Miss Lakeside (of Cleveland) You
can Just bet your sweet life that I'll ha
wearing an engagement ring before the
end of tho season.
Miss Browning (of Boston) Excusa
me, hut I do not care to wager my sac
cluriuo vitality.
How Ho Got if.
Blnks' Queer that Charley Mohter
could acquire such an automobile face.
lie never drives Ms machine over eight
miles an hour.
Jinks I know, hut he got It when his
first month's bill for the repairs cams In.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Couldn't Head Sluslo.
'Twat's that, Jfolk?" asked Pat as
be picked up a Hebrew newspaper.
llgorry, Ol duuno of wat tune It do
be," replied Mike. "Ol'm not afther
knowla' wan note from another,"
THE FLIGHT THROUGH THE DESERT.
My hissing Insh curled writhing n round tny courser bravo,
Aa we ttought the lUiurne of Safety, far to tho purplo wave.
Heavy the nlr with spice, heavy with gold the wheel,
W'liou I lied from tho nwtul Arabs Hod tholr avenging steel.
llthlnd us rose the dtist-wrofltlt. before us ln,v the sea,
And I bent to my dauntless coursers ami shook my scourge free.
Over the sand of tho desert, weary and worn wo sped.
Till I saw the llrst louo snow drift on tho first fair mountain's head.
And we won the Bourne of Safety with our priceless caravan,
Ami I slept at the feet of my horse the sleep of a tolt-spent man,
Alden Charles Noble, In Itltie Sky.
HOW BOB PAID HIS FARE
OTTO'lK stunt ship Falcon leaning gal
II Inntly to the wind, was making
her way down the English chan
nel, hound for America. The sails had
been reefed, tho cables colled, nnd
everything made snug for the night.
C'npt. Parker iaced to and fni oil his
quarterdeck, grutlly humming a little
song. ('apt. Parker's song was Inter
rupted by n sudden commotion In tho
forward part of the vessel. There was
n sound of angry voices, n hasty scuf
fling of feet, followed by the fright
ened sobbing of n child.
"Hello!" exclaimed Cnpt. Parker,
"what Is the moaning of that row?"
"A stowaway, sir," answered one
of the men from below.
"A stowaway on my ship!" growled
the captain, "llrlng the rascal hens
We will give him a taste of the rope's
end llrst. mid thenhut what Is that?"
"The stownwny, sir." was the re
sponse, as two of the crew approached.
lending between them n-vory small and
rugged boy.
The anger In ..ie captain's face gave
plnco to a look of pity as his eye rest
ed on the shivering form of the In
truder, but his voice was stern as he
asked:
"What nro yon doing here?"
"Nothing, sir," was the trembling
reply.
Who are you, and where did you
come from? Speak up. no nonsense!"
growled the captain.
"Im Hob Hob Winter, sir." a'd
mm
HOB'S RESCUE O
tho boy between his sobs. "I live lu
London, by the tlucks, sir."
"Well, what are you doing here,
then?" said the captain, eyeing the boy
with a tremendous frown.
The boy made n brave effort and
looked at Capt. Parker through his
streaming tears.
"I haven't nny father or mother,
you see," ho faltered, "and I have to
earn my own living. I can't get Jobs
and I can't gei clothes, and everybody
don't want me, an " n fresh Btorm of
sobs shook the small frame.
"But you haven't told mo what you
are doing on board this snip," said the
captain.
"They said the ship was going to
AmerloV' answered tho boy, "and
everybody Is rich In America. Every
body wnnts a boy there, you see. Tom
Bell went there, and he makes a pile
of money."
"That's all very well," responded the
captain, "but people who go to Amer
ica pay for their passage, and to hide
away so as to go without paying Is
Just the same ns stealing so much
money. Don't you know that?"
Bob looked up at the captain's stern
face with a frightened and startled
expression.
"I I didn't think," be muttered,
nnd began u hurried search In the
pockets of his ragged Jacket. Prom
ono ho drew forth two coppers, from
another a sliver sixpence, nnd from a
third n shilling, much battered, clipped
and defaced. Thete he held out to thu
captain.
"This Is all I've got now," he Bald.
"It's most enough I think, and I will
cum tho rest soon when I get to Auiet
lea."
"And what am I to do with these?"
asked the captain gravely.
"It Is to pay my fare," replied the
boy.
A smile lighted up Capt. Tarker'a
rugged features, as ho said kindly:
"There, Boh, keep your money, my
boy. You shall stuj with me on tne
Falcon nnd we will mako a man of
you. How will that milt you?"
Bob Winter was delighted, of course.
The sailors who nro wonderfully
handy nt such things mnde him a great
handy nt such things mnde him a suit
of clothing. Ho speedily became n
great fuvorlto with the crew of thu
Fnlcon, proving himself to be active
and Intelligent, and truthful. The cap
tain had grown very fond of Boh, nnd
as for Boli well, It was not long bo
fore everybody on board know what
Bob thought ot Cnpt. Parker.
Tho Falcon, which was n sailing
vessel, had met with head winds con
stantly since leaving the Channel, nnd
on the fourth week out waa struck
by a heavy gale from tho northeast.
All da'y long tho good ship labored
with tho mountainous waves, leaping
and plunging till It Becmed as though
tho groaning, creaking masts would
come out of her, Hut she was a stanch,
well-built craft, nnd had passed
through many a worse tempest.
With the fall of night the gale In
creased In violence, Tho sails had
been reduced to the heavy lower can
vas, Just sufficient to steady tho ves-
BBBBBBBBg
P
el. The captain remained on deck
taking a position near the rail, where
he could keep nn eye on tho rigging.
Near him, sheltered by the bulwarks,
sat little Hob on a coll of rope.
At llrst the noise and confusion, ttie
thunder of the water, the shriek of
the wind through the cordage, and the
wild pitching of the ship had fright
cued the boy. Hut when by tho light
of a lantern near by. he saw the calm,
resolute expression on the captain's
face, he felt relieved, and rather en
Joyed the excitement.
Suddenly, Just as the cnptnln was
shouting an order through tho trum
pet, a vast billow seemed to rise out
of the gloom and bear down upon the
ship. It struck the vessel s side with
an awful roar, throwing tons of water
on the deck, llefore he could save
himself, the captain was lifted from
his feet and lluug overboard Into the
sea. Almost nt the same Instnut n
small figure was seen to leap upon tho
rail, cling there a moment, nnd then
spring outward into tho darkness and
dlsnpxar.
".Man overlsiard!"
Tho terrible cry rang above the mar
of the tempest. I-'or n moment all was
panic and confusion. Then under the
mate's command, the ship was round
ed to wltli her head to tho wind and
a boat ordered to be lowered.
"No use." said one of the men to
the mate, who stood by the rail, near
where the captain had fallen over
F THE CAPTAJN.
board, "wo could never find them In
tho daytime, let alone such u night a
this."
"I am afraid not," answered the
mate, sadly, "Por old maul Poor boy!
Hark, what was that?"
"Fiileon, nhoy!" The shout came
loud and strong out of tho darkness,
not twenty yards from wheru the ship
lay.
"The captain!" cried a dozen glad
voices.
"Stop your Jaw, there you lubbers!
Tall on to that Hue and haul us aboard
or we'll be adrift."
"Unci Ua!" What could bo mean?
But the mate had already discovered
a curious thing u light, big, strong
rope, fastened to n ring In the bul
wark nnd extending outward Into the
darkness toward the spot whence the
captain's voice proceeded. It was
drawn tight ns If some heavy burden
were towing ut the end of It
In an Instant sturdy arms wcro pul
ling nt It with a will. Then a stout
rope was lowered, and up It, like a
monkey, scrambled Hon, followed more
slowly by Cnpt. Parker.
Then a great cheer went up, drown
ing the roar of tho storm Itself, as the
crew gathered nbout the dripping
forms of the captain nnd his little
friend. A few words served to explain
what had happened.
Hob, with his eyo on the captain,
had seen him curried overboard. He
knew that ono end of tho light tough
rope on which ho sat was secured totbe
bulwark, for he had tied th- Knot that
very day. Without pausing to think
of his own danger, ho took tho free
end of tho rope between his teeth and
was In tho water almost ns soon us tho
captain himself.
Though bo could swim llko a duck,
he was homo helplessly along ou the
crest of tho waves almost Into the
arms of Cnpt. Parker, who caught him
ns ho wns sweeping by. Tho captain
fastened the lino nbout their bodies,
and partly swimming nnd partly tout
ed by the ship, they had mannged to
keep their heads nhuvo water until the
Falcon was hove to,
Tho storm blow Itself out during the
night, mid tho next day dawned clear
and culm.
Early In the morning Capt Parker
sent for Hob.
"My lad," said he, "Inst night you
saved my life; now tell mo what I
cuii do for you?"
Hob twirled his cap, nervously, nbout
bis hand, and glancing shyly Into the
captain's bronzed face, said:
"Is a man's life worth a lot of
money?"
"Yes, my lad," replied tho captain.
"And you Buy I Bavcd yours?" con
tinued tho boy.
"Your certainly did, Boh. And what
then?"
"If It waa enough to pay for my
passage," shimmered Hob, "I would be
so glad, for then I shouldn't have been
stealing."
Bob could not mako out why the
captain's honest eyes suddenly grew
moist, nor why his strong right arm
almost iqueezod the breath out of bis
little body nor yet why tho captain's
voice should bo ho husky, ns ho said:
"Boh, my lad, while Tom Parker's
old hulk holds together nnd n single
timber of him tloats, you shall never
want for a berth or bo without a
friend." Ulliilrn Telegram.
THE EMPEROR OF BUUAKARTA.
Ho I Perhaps Ilia Htrunurst nod Odd
rat Hntcrluu In tho World.
There Is an empire on this planet
which rur strange, originality might as
well bo situated In Mars, It is gov
eruwl by two emperors nt thu sanio
time, and withal Is not larger than thu
Statu of Delaware. Both emperor re
side In the same city, each has his own
rnqilondcnt court, enormous: revenues,
armies. Imperial chancellors, govern
ment ollleers and courts of Justice.
Hilly one of these emperors Is known
to the outside world, Hand he only to a
slight extent. The name and titles of
tho loading one would easily till a col
umn: his subjects. l.lHHUKKi In number,
call him the SuhUhuuan, and he him
self modestly signs himself Piikoo Bo
wono X, "Null of the Universe, the
Toiith." In him his people vencralo not
only their sovereign ruler, but also
their religious pontiff, placed so high
iilsive them that none dare approach
him upright or cover him with a
glance; his state ministers, and even
his own brothers, crouch before him
with folded liaudi as If lu prayer, mid
with downcast eyes. Yet he Is a pow
erless puppet lu the hands of a small
Muropeaii nation, and may not even
recti vi or dispatch n letter without
previously submitting It to the Jnvau
representative of thu Dutch. Ho actu
ally rules his empire, every square Inch
of It. which ho calls Id personal prop
erly: yet he may not walk or ride out
side the palace gates without the for
mer's permission. He keeps thousands
of troops at hla own expeine, men with
modern swords and ritles, Amazons
with ancient laueis, Ikiws nnd nrrows;
yet lie Is virtually it prisoner lu his
own palace, the grounds of' which cov
er nearly a square mile, where there
are hundreds of buildings, the most
sumptuous halls, luxurious chambers
and store rooms and stables, with
unity thousands of attendants. Still
lie has no kitchen and no rook, his own
meal being sent tn him dally from
outside. Ho Is absolute master over
all his people, who depend for their
livelihood entirely upon him; yet he
may not trust any of the men, nnd sur
rounds himself entirely with women.
Thousands of the Utter are nt his beck
and call; hundreds Im calls his more
or less legitimate wives, who hnvo
borno him ninny sons: yet ho has no
direct hcJr to the throne, whlrh Is ono
of thu oldest and most eminent In
Asia.
This curious personage Is his Majes
ty the Umperur of Surakarta. Cen
tury. New Metnlltu Process,..
The Engineer gives publicity to n
new process of galvanizing, which has
now reached n commercial stage. It
Is known as "Sherardlzlng." The point
of Interest nbout It Is that Iron nnd
steel can be coated with n thin, even
deposit of zinc at n temperature below
tho melting point of zinc. Tho llrst
step In the process Is to free tho Iron
from scale ami oxide by any of tho
well known method, such as dipping
In mi acid solution or sand blasting.
Tho articles to be rendered rustless arn
then placed In n closed Iron receptacle
charged with zinc dust, which Is hoot
ed to a temperature of from MK) to 000
degrees P. for a few hours and nl
lowed to cool. The drum Is then open
ed and tho Iron articles removed,wun
they are found to tie coated with a Hue
homogeneous covering of zinc, the
thickness depending nn tho tempera
ture and tho length of time of treat
ment.
It will be observed thnt the tempera
ture required to bring nbout this re
sult Is nbout "00 degrees below tho
melting point of zinc. Tho low tem
perature required makes the process
cheap ns compared to the process of
dipping In molten zinc, nnd hns the
additional advantage that It does not
deteriorate Iron or steel of small sec
tion to the some extent ns hot gal
vanizing. Tho whole of the zinc Is
consumed; there is no waste of zinc
as In the hot galvanizing process. This
new process of dry galvanizing Is not
limited to the coating of Iron with
zinc, but It bus been successfully up
plied to coating Iron with copper,
aluminium nnd nntlmony.
Wuiuod nn Owl lor rloiip.
They nre comparing notes and tell
ing amusing Incidents of recent trips
abroad when n charming daughter of
tho Kmcruld Isle, who wns sitting
dreamily In the corner, apparently tak
ing no Interest In tho conversation,
suddenly chirped In with tho follow
fiR: "All of which remind mo of nn
Incident which happened whllo I lived
in Cork. There poulterers' stores aro
scarco because of the proximity of thn
country, but a coal heaver of my no
cmnlntnnce, owing to tho lllncsa of his
wife, wos anxious to secure a fowl In
n hurry; so he strolled along Patrick
strcot In a forlorn hope of sonio sort
of success, nnd when he enmo to a
taxidermist's whoso window displayed
nn owl under n glass enso, why, poor
Paddy thought that hern wns tho end
ol his quest, so ho entered and In-
liilred:
How much for tho llnt-rncoil bin
In tho windy?'
" 'That's no hen,' tho surprised shop.
niiin answered: 'Ihnt'a nn owlt'
'Ycrrnh,' whispered Pal; 'sliuro, I
don't euro how on Id sho Is, 'tis for
soup I wnnts her!' "
lli-iitltiido.
Mr. Sklnnlong I hopo, dear, that
you will ho happy now that undo lias
left us n fortune.
Mm. Bklnalong Yes, but don't you
suppose wo can break tho will? Ho
lias left $1,000 to charity. Dotrolt
Free Press.
Hipurt Advloo.
Mrs. Bourly, you've boon married
for Boveral years, nnd I am about to
tako unto myself a husband. What ad
vice yould you give me?"
"Loam to play BOlltatre." Detroit
Freo Proas.
We suppose that when a woman who
has had twins begins to talk, all thn
othor women suddenly keep stilt
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Cno Hundred Your Aqu.
The remodeling of (be While 1 1 mil
at Washington at a cost of from six
teen to twenty thousand dollars win
Ktarted.
Pniueo contemplated taking po's
slon of tho Neapolitan fortiviwe In
case of war Willi llusla.
Tho British list India Company
distributed it largo sum of money
nmoug the ollleers ami crew of tho
Chinese squadron for tho protection
they gnvo the company' snips ngalllit
the Trench,
According to the new divorce law
of Prance, a twelve mouths' residence
wns compulMiry.
An unfounded report of hostilities
on tho part of Morocco brought two
American men-of-war to that country.
A Dutch ship on entering a Japan
ese port and rebelling nt the custom
regulations of the country Hied i-ii
the shore, but afterward surieuileicd.
l'lvo thousand Irmps wcro orderrd
from Cuba to Florida to defend tint
territory against expedition from tho
United State.
Soontytivo Ycors Aqo.
Tho Society of Friends In America
published an octal o edition of tho
Bible lu largo tyx nnd ou lino pap-r.
Washington Irving accepted tho
post of secretary of legation to the
court of St. James.
Tho ship Constitution arrived nt
Norfolk Willi setenlwii mntlurcrs who
wcro to be tried In the States.
The thirteenth nuirndinciit was rati
fied by it two-thirds vote.
An expedition lilted out by private
Individuals left Now Bedford. Conn,,
on nil exploring trip to tho South Sen
Islands,
A mill for cleaning rlco wns tutiiit
ril by Itavenel of South Carolina, thin
remedying the dlllli'Ulty which had
hitherto prevented Its largo cultivation
and sale.
A table wns published giving thn
whole number of vote nt tho recent
Presidential election ns I.IKH.HIo, of
which Jnckisin received 071,170 nnd
Adams 517, 17S.
fifty Years Aqo.
Tho grand European "Tnrtar boa"
was stalled on It mission from Tur
key. Many English emigrants were onm
Ing over from Camilla ami settling In
Michigan.
Thu Russians closed the harbor of
Sevastopol by sinking seven ships in
the entrance.
The reciprocity treaty between tho
United States nnd Cnn.ida wits signed
by the governor general,
A British steamer collided with n
French hark near Capo Race, enliillliig
a loss of over three 11111111011 lives.
Owing to the conduct of the crow,
not n woman or child wns saved.
Con. Santa Anna left the City of
Mexico and retired to Tncabaya In
roni.equcnco of popular dcmnustiu.
Hons.
The United Slates ship of wnr Al
bany left Aspluwiill mid never again
wns heard of.
forty Years Aqo,
(Joid was quoted nt 1011 a decline
of INI cents, during a week of Union
mllltnry successes, ,
John C. Fremont withdrew 11 n
caiidlduto for President, to which ho
had been nominated by the Cleveland
convention.
(len. Sheridan defeated thn Confed
erate forces under Early for a sivond
time nt Fisher Hill.
Governor Brown of Ocorgln wns re
ported to jiave withdrawn tho Klalo
militia from Hood's army.
The vicinity of Pulaski, iVnn., wns
I ho battleground of lighting between
Confederate raiding forces under For
rest and Union forces under Rousseau.
f flirty Year Aqo,
Francis D. lloullon wns arrest. 'it
under two Indictments for Iliad grow'
Ing out of the Beecher-Tllton scandal.
The overflowing of tho Segre Itlver,
In the province of l.erlda, Spain, was
attended liv crent loss of life ami the
destruction of much property.
Tho Prince of Wales accented thn
Grand Mustnrshlp of the order ot
Freo Masons,
Munv bulldlnirs wore lovctcil ntwl
over 1,000 persons wcro killed In u
typhoon that swept over Hongkong.
Iwcnty Yonr Aqo. ,
A stnttio of Bach, tho compoor, win
unveiled nt Eisenach, Germany, In tho
presence of Liszt, Joachim, Vllllera
nnd Stanford.
Tho British gunboat Wasn was
wrecked oft tho const of Donegal, Ire
land, nnd llfty-two members of tho
crew were drowned,
Juilgn Greshnni was awnrn In Hoc-
rctnry of tho Treasury to succeed tho
lato Secretary Folger,
Fourteen fishing smacks were dis
covered engnged In smuggling Chlncso
from British Columbia Into Washing
ton nnd Oregon.
Icn Years Aqo.
David B, Hill was nominated by
Now York Democrats for Governor.
The practicability of using fuoi oil
on tugs was demonstrated by tests In
tho Chicago rlvvr.