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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1904)
"A LASS A las am I, nml I wait my day; To Homo 't will bo nay, but to ono 't will bo yea; When the llino comes, I shall know wlint to say, Tbo winter goes, and tlio wnrm wind blows, And who shall keep tlio color from the red, rod rose? A lass am I, neither high nor low; My heart In mtno now, but I'd have llic world know, When the wind's right, away It will go. The brook sings bolow, nnd the birds sing abort, And sweeter In between sings tlio lover 'to his love, John Vanco Clicney, In tlio Century. THE PARTiERS $ m V-?3 Ci t; : -I- -C: Z s UDDY COVE called Ell Zltt a K "hard" man. In Newfoundland w that means "hardy" nofbad.' 1511 was gruff-voiced, loworlng-cycd. unkempt, bin; ho could swim with the dogs, out-dare all the reckless spirits of the Cove with the punt In a Rale, bare his broad breast to the winter wilds, travel the Ice, wet or dry, shoul dcr a barrel of flour, ho was a sturdy, fearless Riant, was Ell Zltt of Huddy Cove. And for ...Is the Cove proper ly called him a "hard" man. When Joslah Hunger, bis partner, put out to sea and never came back- an oil-short gale had the guilt of that deed Ell scowled more than over and said a deal less. "He'll bo foolln' bad about Joslah," said tlio Cove. Which may have been true. How ever, Ell took care of Jostab's widow and son. The Cove laughed with de light to observe bis attachment to the lad. The big fellow seemed to bo un able to pass the child without patting him on tho back; and sometimes, so exuberant was his affection, the pats were of such a character that Jacky lost his breath. Whereupon, Elt would chuckle tbe harder, mutter odd en dearments. and stride off on bis way. "He'll be llkln" that lad pretty well." said the Cove. "Xar a doubt, they'll bo partners." And It came to pass, as the Cove sur mised, but much sooner than the Cove expected. Joslah Hunger's widow died when Jacky was 11 years old. When the little gathering at the graveyard In the shelter of Great Hill dispersed. Elt took tbe lad out la tbe punt far out to the quiet fishing grounds, where tbey could be alone.. It was a glowing evening red and gold In the western sky tbe sea was heaving gently, and the face of the waters was uutllrued. "Jacky, b'yl" Bit whispered. "Jacky. ladt Does you hear me? Don't cry no inore!" "Aye, EH!" sobbed Jacky. "I'll cry no more." nut be kept on crying. Just the same; for be could not stop; and Elt looked away quickly to tho glowing sunset clouds. "Jacky." be said, turning at last to tbe sobbing child, "us'll be partners Jus' you an' me." Jacky sobbed harder than ever. "Won't us, ladi" Ell laid his great band on Jacky's shoulder. Then Jacky took his fists out of bis eyes and looked up Into Ell's compassionate face. "Aye, Ell," he said, "us'll be partners you an' me." From then on they were partners; and Jacky Hunger was known in the Cove as tbe foster son of Ell Zltt. They lived together In Ell's cottage by the tickle cove, where Ell bad lived alone since many years before bis mother bad left him to face the world for himself. The salmon net, the her ring seine, the punt, tbe flake, tbe stage these tbey held In common; and they went to the grounds together, where they fished the long days tlirogh, good friends, good partners. The Cove said that they were happy; and, as always, tho Cove was right. One night Ell came ashore from a trading schooner that had put In In tbe morning, smiling broadly as he entered the kitchen. Ho laid his band on tbe tabic, palm down. "They's a gift for you under that paw, lad!" he said. "For me, Ell?" cried Jacky. I "Aye, lad for my partner." Jacky stared curiously at the big hand. He wondered what It covered. "What Is it, Eli?" ho asked. "Come, show me!" Ell lifted the hand, and gazed at Jacky, grinning tbe while, wltb de light It was a Jack-knife a stout knife, tbreo-bladcd, horn handled, big, serv iceable; Just the knife for a fisher-lad. Jacky picked It up, but never said a .word; for his delight overcame him. "You're wonderful good t' me. Ell," be said at last, looking up with glis tening eyes. "You're wonderful good f mel" Ell put bis arm around the boy. "You're a good partner, lad," he said. "You're a wonderful good partner!" Jacky was proud of that Tbey put tbe salmon net out in tho spring. The Ice was still lingering off shore. Tbe west wind carried it out; tho east wind swept it In; vari able winds kept pans and bergs drift ing hither and thither, and no man colud tell whero next tho ice would go. Now the sea was clear, from tbe shore to tbe Jagged, glistening, white lino of tho near horizon; next, day, tbe day after, and the pack was grinding Against the coast rocks. Men had to keep watch to save tbe nets from destruction. The partners' net was moored off Break-heart Point It was a good berth, but a rough ono when tho wind twos in tbo northeast, tho waters off tho point wore clioppy and covered .with sheets of foam from tbo break ers. " 'Tls too rough t' baul tho salmon pet," said Eli, ono day. "I'll bo goln' over the bllb f Sou-west narbor for a sack o' flour. An' you'll bo a good b'y 'til I gets back?" "Ob, aye, sir!" said Jack Hunger. It was a rough day; the wind was blowing from the north, a freshening, jguity breeze, cold and misty; off to aea the sky was laden, threatening, nod overhead the dark clwids wero j AM I." 1 w w i -Z: -T: j- -gj i fTiTi driving low and swift with the wind; the water was choppy rippling black under the squalls. The Ice was drift ing alongshore, well out from the coast; there were n berg nnd the wreck of a berg of Arctic Ice, and many n pan from the bays and harbors of the coast. With the wind continuing In the north, the Ice would drift harmlessly past Hut tho wind changed. In the afternoon It freshened and veered to the east At four o'clock It was half a gale, blowing Inshore. "I'll Just bo goln' out the tickle f have a look at that Ice," thought Jacky. "'Tls like Hit come ashore." He looked over the punt carefully before setting out It was wise, he thought to prepare to take her out Into tbe gale, whether or not be must go. He saw to It that tbe thole pins were tight and strong, that the ball bucket was In Its place, that the run ning gear was fit for heavy strain. The wind was then fluttering the har bor water and screaming on the hill tops; nnd he could bear the sea break ing on the tickle rocks. He rowed down tbe harbor to tho mouth of the tickle, whence he commnnded a view of the coast north nnd south. The Ice was drifting toward the Break-heart Point. It would destroy the 'salmon net within tbe hour, ho perceived sweep over It tear It from Its moorings, bruise it against the "FOU THE Til I It D TIME, THE LITTLE PAIITNEII WAS HELPED ABOARD." rocks. Jacky knew In a moment tbat his duty was to put out from the shel tered open where the spume was fly ing and the heave and fret of tho sea threatened destruction to tbe little punt If he was a true man and good partner he would save the net "He ve been good t me. Be tnougnt. "Aye, Ell 've been wonderful good f me. I'll be true partner t' him!" So when Ell, returning over the bills from Sou'west harbor, came to tho Knob o' Heart-break, he saw his own punt staggering through the gray waves toward tho net off tbe point tossing with tbe sea and reeling un der the gusty wind with bis little partner In the stern. Tim boat was between the ice and the breakers. The space of open water was fast narrow ing; but a few minutes more nnd tbe Ice would strike the rocks. Ell dropped on his knees, then nnd there, and prayed God to save the lad. "Or Lard, save my lad!" be cried. "0, Lard, save my lad!" ho cried. He saw tho punt draw near the first moorings; saw Jacky looso tbo sheet and let the brown sail flutter llko a flag In the wind; saw him leap to the bow, and lean over with a knife In his hand, while the boat tossed In the lop, shipping water every moment; saw him stagger amidships, ball out like mad, snatch up tbe oars, pull to tha second moorings and cut tho last net rope; saw blm leap from seat to seat to the stern, grasp tbo tiller, haul taut tbe sheet, and stand off to tbe open sea. "Clever Jacky!" he screamed, wildly excited. "Clever lad! My partner, my little partner!" Hut tho wind carried the cry away. Jacky did not hear did not know, even, that bis partner bad been a spec tator of his brave faithfulness. Ho was beating out, to mako Bea-room for the run with tho wind to tbo harbor; nnd tho boat was dipping her gun wale In a way that kept overy faculty r.Iert to keep her afloat. Ell watched him until he rounded and stood In for the tickle. Then tho man sighed happily and went home. 'Us'll grapplo for tbat net tho mor row," be said, when Jacky came in. Jacky opened bis eyes. "Aye" W) said. "'Tls safo on tlio bottom. I thought I'd best cut it ndrlft t' save it" T seed you," said Ell, "from the Knob, 'Twas well done, lad! lou'ru a true partner." "Tbo knlfo como in handy," said Jacky, smiling. "'Tis a good knife." "Aye," said Ell, wltb a suako of tlie head. "I bought un' for a good one." And that was all. Ell sot about rearing young Jncky In a fashion as wise as ho knew. He ex posed the lad to wet and weather, as Judiciously as be could, to make him hardy; he took him to sen In high winds to fix hi courage nnd tench him to sail; bo taught him the weather signs, tho fish lore of the coast, th "mark" for tbe flshlng grounds, tbe whereabouts of shallows and leefs nnd currents; bo took him to church and sent him to Sunday School. And he tniiRht him to swim. On the flue days of that summer, when there were no fish to lie caught. tbe man and the lad went together to the Wash-tub a deep, little cove of the sea. clear, quiet, bottomed with smooth rook nnd sheltered from the wind by high clltTs; but cold Almost as cold as Ice-water. Here Jacky de lighted to watch Kll dive, leap from tbe cliff, float on bis back, swim far out to sea; here be gazed with "ad miration not unmixed with awe" on the mnn's rugged body broad shoul ders, bulging muscles, great nrms and logs. And hero, too, be learned to swim. When the warmest summer days were gone. Jack could paddle about the Wash-tub In promising fashion. He was confident when Ell was at hand sure. then, that be could keep afloat. Hut he was not yet sure enough of his power when Ell bad gone on the long swim to sea. Ell said that he had done well; and Jncky, himself, often said that he could swim a deal better than a stone. In an emergency, both agreed, Jacky's new accomplish ment would be sure to serve him well. "Sure. If tho punt turned over." Jacky Innocently boasted. "I'd be able t' swim 'til you righted her." That was to be proved. "Ell. b'y," said old James Blunt, one day In the fall of the year, "do you take my new dory to tbo grounds t'day. Sure. I'd like t' knpw how you likes It" Old James had built his boat after a south-coast model. She was a dory, a flat-bottomed craft as distinguished from a punt which has a round bot tom and keel. He was proud of her; but somewhat timid; and be wanted Ell's opinion on her quality. " "Tls a queer lookln thing," said Ell. "But me an" my partner"!! try she. James, Just for luck." That afternoon a full gale caught the dory on the Farthest Grounds far out beyond the Wolf's Teeth lteef. It came from tbe shore so suddenly that Ell could not escape It So It was a beat to harbor, with the wind and sea rising fast Off tbe Valley, which Is half a mile from tbe narrows, a gust came out between the bills came strong and swift. It heeled the dory over still over down down until the water poured In over the gunwiila. Ell let go the main sheet, expecting tho sail to fall away from the wind and thus ease the boat. But tho lino caught In the block. Down went the dory still down. And of a sudden It capsized. When Jacky came to the surface bo began frantically tp splash the water, momentarily losing strength, breath and Belt-possession. Ell was waiting for him, with head and shoulders out of the water, like an eager dog as he waits for the stick bis master Is about to throw. He swam close, but hung off for a moment until. Indeed, be perceived tbat Jacky would never of himself regain his self-possession for ho did not want the boy to be too soon beholden to him for nld. Then be slipped bis hand under Jacky's breast and buoyed blm up. "Partner!" ho suld quietly. 'Trat ner!" Jacky's panic-stricken struggles at once ceased; for bo had been used to giving Instant obedience to Ell's com mands. He looked In Ell's dripping face. "Easy partner," said Ell, still quiet ly. "Strike out, now." Jacky smiled, and struck out as di rected. In u moment be was swim ming at Ell's side. "Take It easy, lad," Elt continued. "Just take It easy while I rights tho boat It's all right. I'll have you aboard In a Jiffy. Is you Is you all right Jacky?" "Aye," Jacky gasped. Eli waited for a moment longer. Ho was loath to leave tho boy to tako care of himself. Until then he had not known bow large a placo In his heart Ills llttlo partner filled, how much ho bad como to dopend upon blm for nil fhoso things which mako life worth while. Ho bad not known, Indeed, bow far nwny from tbe old, lonely llfo the lad had led blm. So bo waited for a moment longer, watching Jncky. Then he swam to the overturned dory, where after an anxious glnnco toward tho lad, ho dived to cut tho gear nnd dived ngaln; watching, nnd yet again; watching Jncky all tho time ho was nt tho surface for breath. Tho gear cut away, the mast pulled from Its socket Ell righted tho boat. It takes a strong man and clover swimmer to do that; but Elt was clover In tbo water, and strong any where. Moreover, it was a trick be bad learned. "Come, Jacky, b'y!" bo called. Jacky swam toward the boat Ell swam to meet him, and helped htm over the last few yards of clioppy sea, for the lad was almost exhausted, Tacky laid hand on the bow of the dory. Then Ull pulled off one of his long boots nnd swnm to the stern, where he began cautiously to bnll tin boat When she was light enough In the water h helped Jncky aboard and Jaeky balled her dry. "tin. lad!" Ell ejaculated, with n grin that made his face shine. "You Is safe nboard. How Is you, b'y?" "Tired. 1511," Jaeky answered, "You bids quiet, where you Is," said 1511. "I'll Hml the puddles, an' I'll soon have you home." Ell's groat concern bnd been to get the lKy out of tbe wntr. Ho had cared for llttlo else thnn that to get blm out of roach of the sea. And now he was confronted with tho problem of making harbor. Tbe boat was slowly drifting out with the wind; the dusk was approaching; and every moment It was growing more difficult to swim In the choppy sen. It took him n long time to find ttie paddles. "Steaily tho bont. Jaeky," he said, when tbe boy had taken the paddles Into the dory; "I'm comln nboard." Ell attempted to board the dory over the bow. She was tossing about In n choppy sea; nnd bo was not used to her ways. Had she been n punt bis punt he would havo leou nlioard In n trice. But she wns not his punt not a punt nt all; she was a new boat, n dory, a flat-bottomed craft; ho was not used to her ways. Jacky tried desperately to steady her while Ell lifted himself out of the water. "Take care. Ell," he screamed. "She'll be over!" Ell got his knee on tho gunwale no more than that A wave tipped tho boat; she lurched; site capsized. And again Ell waited for Jacky to come to the surfneo of tho water; ngaln buoyed blm up: ngaln gave him courace: acaln helned him to tbo boat: ngaln balled tlie boat this tlmo wltb one of Jacky s boots and again helped Jncky nboard. "I'm wonderful tired, ' Ell." said Jacky when the paddles were handed over the second time. "I'm fair' done out." '"Twill be over soon, lad. I'll hno you home by the kitchen tire In half an hour. Come, now, partner! Steady the boat I'll try ngnln." Even more cautiously Ell attempted to clamber aboard. Inch by Inch ho raised himself out of the water. When the greater waves ran under tho boat he paused; when she rode on an oven keel, he came faster. Inch by Inch humoring tbe cranky bont nil tho time, be lifted his right leg. But he could not get nboard. Again, when his kneo was on tho gunwale, tho dory cap sized. For the third time tbe llttlo partner wns helped aboard and given n Iwot with which to ball. His strength wns then near gone. He threw the wnter over the side until he could no longer lift his anus. Ell," be gasped, "I can do no more!' Ell put his hand on the bow as though about to attempt to clamber aboard again. But ho withdrew It. 'Jncky. try," he said, "could you not manage f pull a bit wltb tbe pad dles? I'll swim alongside." Jncky stared stupidly at him. Again Ell put his hnnd on the bow. lie wns In terror of losing Jncky's life. Never before had h1 known such dread nnd fear. He did not dare risk over turning the boat ngaln; for he knew that Jacky would not survive for the fourth time. What could he do? He could not get nboard, and Jncky could not row.- How was be to get the boy ashore? Ills band touched the painter the long ropo by which the boat was gavo him nn Idea; he would tow the boat nsborc! So be took the rope In bis teeth and struck out for the tickle In tho harbor. "Twas a close call, b'y," said Ell when he and Jacky sat by tho kltcn-m fire. "An' 'twas too bad," said Jacky, "f leso the gear." Ell laughed. "What you laughln' at?" Jacky asked. "I brought ashoro something better than tlie gear." "The dory?" "No, b'y," Ell roared. "My little partner." Montreal Herald. Tlio Hlght Job, at List. Tbe natural disposition of tho ordi nary Highlander, writes Sir Archibald Geikle In "Scottish Reminiscences," would not often lead him to choose tho heavy work of railway construction; but during tho building of one of tho linos through tho Highlands a man enmo to tha contractor and asked for work. "Well, Donald, what can you do?" " 'Deed, I can do onythlng.' "Well, there's some spndo nnd bar row work going on; you can begin on that" "I wadna Just like to be workln' wl' n spade and a wheelbarrow." "Ob, well, thcro's some rock that needs to be broken away. Can you use a pick?" "I was never usln' n pick." "Well, my man, I don't know any thing else I can givo you to do." So Donald went away crestfallen. But being of an observing turn of mind, he walked nlong tho track, noting tho work of each gang of lalwr crs, until bo enmo to n signal box, wherein h saw a man sentcd. who enmo out now anil then, waved a Hag and then resumed his sent Donald inquired nbout tho hours nnd his rato of pay, and returned to tho contractor, who, when ho saw hbn, good-naturedly said: "What! Back ngnln, Donald? Havo you found out what you can do?" "'Deed, I have, sir, I would Just llko to get nuchteen shillings a week, and to do this," holding out his arm nnd gently waving tbo stick ho had hi bis hand. Hatting a Dinioiilt Task. "Jack, dear, I do wish you would get another photo taken." "How often hnvo I told you I will not?" "Hut why not?" (Then, thought fully, nfter a padsc.) "ato you nfrald of being asked to look pleasant?" Punch. Aftor a man has married, bis first glanco nt overy caller nt his ofllco is nt tbo caller's hands, apprehending a bill In them. DANQER IN VIOLENT EXERCISE. Timely Cniitlou to Participant lit Meres Athletic ((nines. Now that students nil over tbo conn try aro In tho midst of hard training for athletic games, somo of the nt most violence, tho opinion of medical experts upon tho effect of violent exercise on growing persons Is espe cially timely. The opinion of tho doo- tor upon this point wns emphasised at tho recent meeting of the American Medical Association nt Atlantic City, Doctors aro pretty generally agreed that violent exorelso seriously affects tno Health or growing persons. It I a notorious fact that great nthletrs as h rule are not long-lived. As tbey ar rive at full age with especially vigor ous constitutions they might ho ex pected to live to be much older thnn the average healthy person. But such Is not tho case. They sacrifice longev ity by tbo effort required In their con test nnd In the training preparatory thereto. It Is a medical maxim that men aro as old as their arteries. If one' arteries show degeneration, however few out s years, ho Is becoming nn old man. On the other hand, while his arteries retain their original elasticity and health, tho ninn Is still young, no matter how many years he may have counted. Ho has an expectancy of many years of llfo. Physicians gener ally agree that tlie great cause of ar terial degeneration Is hard physical labor. This Is specially true of labor among growing children. If the boy between 15 and 20 Is obliged to exert his physical powers to tbe utmost he Is pretty sure to Initiate arterial degen eration. When that boy Is 40 or -IS his arteries begin to thicken, becomt rigid and tortuous. They tall to per form their function In tho circulation ot tbe blood and causo an undue tit on the heart with tho roinlt of heart dlsenso or senility. Tho Initiatory Im pulse. In this case has probably been given In youth by violent exercise. Great feats of strength or wearing physical labor forces the blood Into the arteries until It distends them. Sometimes It means a lesion nnd sud den breakdown through aneurism or heart trouble. If this effect does not follow It stnrts the deterioration of the arteries, which finally ends In degen eration. Thousands of young boy who aro obliged to engage In severe physical labor for a living must pay tho penalty by premature old age. There Is no help for them. But with college athletes It Is optional whether they shall shorten their lives for little brief prowess on the field. If medical mon aro right tbey will surely do so by bard training nnd .violent physical exercise. Baltimore News. The faint meowing of a cat nailed In n box In tbo center of a three hun dred IK) nnd balo of cotton waste for two weeks led to her discovery nt Passaic, N. J., tho other day. Tho bale came from Worcester, and bad been smashing nnd banged about In freight trains for days. Some boys at Minneapolis were caught trying to rob a mall box In a novel way. Tbey bad a big grass hopper tied to tbo end of a bit of thread. Tbey lowered tlio Insect Into tbo llttlo box, and It caught a letter with Its claws and bung on to It while being drawn out Tbo boys had taken sovcral letter from the box lu this way before they were caught General von Waul, tbe now gov ernor general of Finland, has a repu tation for being fully ns severe as Bobrlkoff. When he wns chief of po lice at Kt Petersburg he dealt wltb the student disturbances with a high hand. Later tbo Czar found that some of theso disturbances bad been stirred up by the police so that Vou Wabl could Ingratlato himself with tbo Czar. The distinction of being the short est monarch belongs to King Victor Emmnnuel of Italy, who measures Uvo feet two Inches In his boots. Next comes tbe Mikado, with five feet six Inches, nnd then gradually Increasing In height tbe Czar (five feet seven Inches), the Kaiser (fivo feet seven Inches), King Ednwrd VII. (fivo feet 8H Inches), tho King of Portugal (six feet) and the King of Sweden (six feet two Inches). Tbo tallest, though not tbo greatest monarch, Is King Leopold of Belgium, with six feet six Inches. "A German traveler claims to havo discovered In tho forests of Borneo a people who still wear the tail of our primitive ancestors. He does not write from hearsay; he has seen tho tall," says tlio London Chronicle. "It belonged to a child nbout 0 years old, sprung from the trlbo of I'oenans. A nobody could speak the Poenan tonguo tbo youngster could not be question ed, but there was his tall, sure enough not very long, but flexible, hairless and about tbo thickness of one's little finger, Tbo Poennns are reported to be very simple, honest folk, with a childlike system of barter. They de posit in public places the goods tbey wish to exchange, and a row days later tbey find thero tho equivalent thoy doslro. Nobody dreams of steal ing. This Is almost ns remarkablo us tbo vestlgo of tbo ancestral tail." A 1'Iienoiiiniinl Treo. There is a peculiar treo In tho for ests of Control India which has most curious characteristics, The leave of tbo treo aro of n highly sensitive nn turo nnd so full of electricity that who ever touches ono of them receives nn olectrlc shock. It has a very singular effect upon a magnolia needle, nnd will Influence It ut a distance of even sov cnty foot. Tho electrical strength of tbo tree varies according to tbo tlmo of day, It being strongest at midday and weakest at midnight In wot weather Its powers dlsnppenr alto- gothor. Birds nover approach tho treo, nor havo Insects been seen upon it To Keep Thorn, A novel scbomo to Induco birds to stay wltb us all winter, ltstcad of going south, Is suggested by a well known New England ornithologist Ho thinks thnt If tboro woro a general building of btrdhouscs, suitably ar ranged, they would bo used as placet of shelter. PER jl&RIES Candle I'.ttlnuulslier, A groat tunny people who live In tho larger cities nml town, and then foro can obtain gn for lighting and lientlnir linriiose lit nut realize thnt there Are mnny who Uvo In tho coun try or the outer sections or tlio cities who still have to depend on candles or lamps to furnish artificial light. The novel contrivance shown In the Illustration will be of especial Interest to tho latter, but It should, neverthe less, nn account of the simplicity nnd CAMH.ll KXTIMdlltSIICn. novelty of the arrangement of tho parts nnd the unique way In which they work, be Interesting to other. Thero Is always great danger In carry ing n lighted lamp, especially In going up or down stairs, and so many peo ple realize this danger that they pre fer to uso candles. Tbo device shown hero Is slninlv nil extinguisher for candles, being adjusted to extinguish tho candle after a predetermine.! Ntnntliit nf Him Iti'ltt tins hcell consum ed. An alarm bell Is attached to the extinguisher, so that It may bo sound ed a few minutes botoro tno extin guisher can operate to enable tbe user in mtliisi It. Tlin rim on tbe left of tho handle Is In the form of a hollow cono. plvotally hinged to the cyllnclrl put bracket wbleh Is secured to the caudle. A small prong projects upward from this bracket resting ngaiuii uis caudle, while another pivot plu on the opposlto side presses Into the cau dle a short dlstanco nbovo tho prong. This pivot pin work In connection with n striking bend for tho bell, o flint wli ii tlin rniulla burn to the pivot pin tho latter I released, permit ting tbo Head to striko me noil. neii ilm cniullo burns further down to tho prong, a colled spring release tho cup. which rises and descend over the flame of the candle, extinguishing It. George SteveiiKiin, of Duuedlu, Now Zealand, Is the patentee. Htnrin Hlilelit for CiirrliiKrs. Driving, when the weather I fine and clear. Is certainly beneficial to old nnd young alike, and also an ex- KKKl'S Tlin OCUUfAKTS IHIY. cevdliigly pleasant recreation for thoso who nro fortunate enough to he ublo to enjoy such pastimes. It Is nlso a pleasure, wheu the weather Is propitious, to those wlio ore com pelled. to drive around from place to RUSSIAN PRACTICE .;Jf?i, .tll... . .' in the battlo of Llao-Yaug and lu tho general engagement In tho vicinity of Mukden tho Russians attempted to check tho Japaneso advance by milling tbo ground over which the Assailants were oxpectod to charge. Several attacks upon Port Arthur were repulsed In llko manner. The nbovo plcturu shows the effect of an explosion of a land mine. TEXA8 LEADS IN RAILROADS. Has Most Mlleago or An; Htnte-Hr 130 Hlinuld Lead In Population, It Is southwestward that tho star of omplro take Its way, for Toxas has this year passed Missouri In popula tion, nnd thero nro now only four States that contain moro pooplo Now York, Pennsylvania, Illinois nnd Ohio. In area Texas Is nearly a third larger than all four or thorn. At tho present rata of Increase ot population Toxas will pas Ohio before 111 JO, Illinois bo foro 10.'!), Pennsylvania by HMD, and Now York by 1US0, and becomo tho most populous Stnto In tho Union, It It were ns densely settled ns Now York now Is, It would contain -11,000,-000 souls; and, when It becomes nn densely populated ns England or Gor mnny now It, It will contain tW.OOO.OOO. By tho net of Congress admitting it Into tho Union, tbo Btato may bo di vided Into a many ns fivo States whenever Iho pooplo desire division; but division bus nover been seriously proposed, Slni'O 18m Illinois has bad moro mllos of railroad thnn any other Htuto till this fall; but on St'pt. 1 Texas ex ceeded It, having now 11,517 miles of main track. Tho oxports from Gal veston nro now greater than tho ex ports from Philadelphia, Baltimore qr Boston. Only Now York nnd Now Or plaeo on buslne, but on rainy ot stormy dny It I entirely a dlfferont mutter, as It I prnellenily Impossible to keep dry nnd comfortable. For doctor and other whoso duties nec essitate their Ruing out In a carrlagn every day, no matter what tho weath er may be, tbo storm b.old hown In tbo Illustration would bo of great value. The construction I such thnt . can readily bo attached or dotacbed from n buggy top, nnd when lowered exclude tbe ruin nnd wind, nt tho same time giving tbo driver free ac cess to the rein oulsldo the storm shield. Till shield can bo innd of any ullablo material and I upportod on upright, a shown In the picture, fastened by menus of books on tho top nnd side. A rubber drawing string In tho bottom of the shield hold It tnilt. On tbo front of tho buggy top two book nro placed, to which tbo shield can bit attached by mean of trnps when not In use, nnd nlso when the occupant of tbo carriage de sire to get out. Edward H. Lynd, of Orleans, Ind., I the patentee. On lit fur llnrtniV Customers. A barber Imit not much use for de vices of any kind, a nil ho needs la a razor ami some inp and bo la ready for business. Still, the apparatus shown hero would bo of benefit to I l .MUMUeit. .- 1 I .El w I. silou who t kkxt in ii n.i. the barber mid customer alike. Its object is to Indicate nnd display con spicuously who Is entitled to tho "next turn," o a to allow of no "mistake. It I designed to iuiproro the method nt present employed In barber shop fur serving customer and to Insure the serving of customers In the order of their entry lu the store, a fen turn being n ticket bolder, from which numbered ticket are withdrawn nml distributed to tho customer for their ddlKiintloi'. mid n1"' '"r dlsplnyliig successively coiisociitlio number de noting tlio service. When a customer enter the store ho secures III ticket Indicating hi number "lu turn." Each tlmo tho barber finishes with the cus tomer In hnnd ho turns n small lever on tho machine, which ring .a bell nnd nt the same tlmo change tho number, which liidlente who I next entitled to the chair. There Is no chance of n mistake being made, nnd It would bo unnecessary for the cus tomer, a Is usually tho rase, watch ing mid keeping lu inlnil who is ahead of him nnd when his turn comes. The patentee I Joint U. Shniiahnii of Worthliigton, Minn. WITH LAND MINES. leans mako larger out-bound ship ments, nnd Galveston will oxeced Now Orleans In a very short tlmo, and be como the second exporting city In America, Toxas produces nbout ono third of our wbolo cotton crop, Moro wheat Is now shipped tbciico than from both Now York and Now Orleans. Gnlveston Is nenrcr Iho trnusmliwl slppl wheat fields than any Atlantic port; nnd tho Panama cnnnl will bring; It very much nearer than It now It to tbo Pacific port both of North nnd South America. Tbo growth of tlio Southwest Is In dicated by tho. steady moving of tho center of population during tho Inst census deendo fourteen iiiIIph west ward and threo mllos southward; mid moving from Western Mississippi across tho river. Tho development of our Southwest Is n fair parallel, In somo respect, to tho mnglc growth of wbut wo onuo called tho Wost; but It goes on Iosh noisily, becnuso transpor tation Is cheaper nnd moro rapid. World's Work. After daughters marry and lenvo home, they becomo so Jealous that K tho parents havo n greater fnvor for ono thnn tho other, they havo to put on gum shoos while tbey extend It. Children who say smart thing soon grow up and are lost hi tbo shuttle. , I - V . . . 1 1