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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1904)
Toilers of the Columbia By P71UL Dll L71NI1Y nuthor ol ".on nf the Deeert," "Onion Hketehee," nnd other 1'itsllle lionet Htorlee CIlAlTKIt XlVCoiillnueil. Tim norllisldcr guarded lliolr traps, It won believed lint wltli tint approach of nlghl tlitt aout IibIiIuih would steal upon tho traps In squads nnd nttompt lliolr destruction. The trouble had hern too long Inuwltig to iilvn up after one alight engagement. The ilahcimou mi tiotli allien nit that n irlnclpl wsa 1 n vol vixl mid they woro there to cult If It by might. Tim Klllneltora declared Hint tlio trnpn wore gradually destroy-I lni( tlio run ol lluli wlillo th trappers claimed that tlm glllntts woro OotiiK renter harm to the Industry than tlio traps. Tho men had spent their 1 1 vos flthliig, tlio support ol lliolr families depended upon It, and It was liuly n vital lamia with them. The nm of llili wa getting Unlit" uvery year mid whatevor tho fault inlKht I hi It wm evident that tlm In dustry would aiMin Wome a thlntt ( the paat. It was natural that both shir ahoiild atrlko hard now nn eucli Tmpi'ttlvoly considered that Ihu other waa the cauaa of the dying Industry. The ahoie people had comiiiuiihatrd with tlm men on the wattir auveral times during tlm day. Tlio women had prepared liirala and aent thvin out liy tlio Iwya of the village to a number of tlio men. Hut thu llahvruiuii vierebnd ly ecalteied nnd many ol them went -without mcala. Hankala had madu many Inqulrlc fur Dan Ijipliam hut ho had not been niyiii aliico the departure of tlio bout a from the north ahoro. He had led the way and given direc tion fci the men to follow. Hut no one who had coma aaliore could glvo any lldlngi of thu young flalieriiian. Hankala had prepared two meals and eent them out hy the lioya hut they were unaliln to liml him. When night came allll thoro waa no tiding from the young fisherman. The girl could endiiro It no longer. Bho prrpaird enough lunch for a siege mid allppnl away to the heach iinob eivcd. Hhe knew that If Dan had not hern kllltxl or captured, he would lie found near Ida trap at tlio lower end of tlio hay. The nliiht waa very dark, and a storm waa brewing, hut aha tiullevod that she could make It to It la trap be fore It grow too dangerous. Bho tried the flililng loat hut her atreiiKlli waa not etilllclont to launch It. Then (ho drew a mi all aklff to the wnter'a edge. It would not live In n heavy rtorin, but Hankala knew that If ahe could reach Dan Ilia atroiiK anna would briiii; her aafely aaliore again. The roar of the aorf on the bar waa already diatlnct. An occasional while cap leaicd ahovo the linn ky liorlion to thu aotithwert. Dark, miaty clouda obscured tha Uat atar. The wind waa already moaning in thu Iwugln of the tall fir on the hllla. Hankala shoved the light craft Into thu water, and, guided by the Interval Hashes from Cape Ditappolntment Unlit lionae, alio pulled towaid the foot of the rorka where lay the ilah trap tended by Dan l-aphsm. OIIAlTKIl XV. Itcacticd 1y the Knemy. An accident had befallen Dan Lap ham In the early morning engagement. In tlio riioh for houta before It waa rtlll daylight ha had tiikrn the lliat ono lie ciinip to. lie lid thu way to the place v. here ho expected to llnd the miuthsldurs, anil waa followed by the long array of northaidu fishermen In their Imata. Ho waa far in advance of tlio other fishermen, expecting to locate thu ene my mid then nwnlt the imivul.of liia colleague! nnd nwilat them In tlio at tack. Ilofotiin alngle allot una II led nnd be fore daylight began to dawn Dan came to grief 111 n moat unexpected manner. The river Inotight with it all klnilt nf driftwood from nbovo. The fishermen were couatantly on the lookout for thla, for large loga, famoua the world over for thulr length and alio, often coma down with a apecd and force miillrlcnt to cruali n river atenuier, and tlio amall craft of the fishermen would eland no more allow beluro these than would an egg ahell. Hut It waa not ono of tliero that canned Dan trouble, It la the con cealed from which moat harm cornea In all of tlio experiences of life. It la tlio hi. Men that token man unnwnrea nnd dashes Ida hope to pieces or frits liutcH hla plans nt the most unex pected moment. We may battle with tha open enemy with hope of success, but tlio ono In ambush takes us at a (llracliuitngo and destroys or la victor ious over u h boforo wo nro even prepar ed for defeneo. Dun was keeping n filial p lookout fot tlio enemy. He know tho plans nf tha southsldera nnd expected to In tercept them before thoy should ill vldo up Into squiile, Whlla thoro waa still none In sight ho was pending his frail old crnlt llko n cutter through tho wntor. An old unrig was slowly beating its way with thu current and tide to the ocenn, It wns ono of thoso heavy, pitchy fir trunks whoso weight kept It ueop In tha water. Only n few Inches of n knot, dark as the wator itsolf, projected nbovo tho surface nnd tho thing stood llko'a rock directly In ironi oi uio iiBiiorinan b boat. Unconscious of its presence ho sent tho old craft against It with n torrlflo sweep of tlio oars nnd the rosults woro as sudden ns n flush. Tho boat wna nl ready running doop In tho water from tho wolght of tho eon which It had taken fiom below, nnd when Its rotten hull Btruck tho snag It wna practically torn fiBuuuer, It wont ilown llko n rock, nnd tho young flshormnn had cither of two al ternatives, uno Wns to take routes hv dinging to tho cnuea of his disaster juid tlio otnor wns to swim for tho le land. Hut there was no tlmo to wnsto un der such conditions. As soon as ho liad recovered from tho shock which Iiad Bontlilm deop below tho surface he nrose and awnin for the ruing which danced about for n moment, after Its ! contact with tho boat, like n top. ! He clung to thla for several ino- i incuts when ha discovered that It wna taking a (oilrao ranging farther from tho laland and bending directly for Disappointment rocka. Tho experi enced fisherman knew what this meant, Italalng his head as high aa ho could above thu surface of thu water lie sighted the ilaik on 1 1 f no of the near- eit point on Hand island aa maiked by the accumulated drlltwnod, taking Tillamook lighthouse for his guide, mid swam In a soulhwoaterly direction. Dan Jjipluuii w" n good swimmer mid waa strong and axperiencvd, but tha water waa cold and the current pulled nt hlin liku a thing of life. Haltllng to keep from being drawn to Disappointment rocka and at tho same lime to gain the nearest point of thu Island he noon found It telling upon hla strength. Hcuiiuihcd and exhausted ho felt that earn) coming over him which ia never experienced except under certain condltlona. Ho had heard men rescued from drowning, tell of thla senratlon. He knew nt once what It meant. Hla alrokea grew weaker, nnd In splto of thu fact that n cduaclouaucna came over him that hu waa gradually giving away he felt a certain amount of rellel that la aald to always come to the wr lahlng man In his last moments adli xy, lulling feeling that makes death rather wuliomo than appalling. A dull biuilng Bound entered hla cara. Hla llmba moved aa if In n dream. The water scotned (iced all nt onco from Ita chill. Tho darkness gathered morn deelpy but It was as gentle aa the shadows of sleep. The waves rocked him ca amoothly as a babe in a cradle. "Hankalal" ho apoko. "Rankalat It cannot bo! I cannot leave you. I mutt not surrender. Anns and lega, you havo nevei failed me. Ilcait. send forth that blood you owe to Hankala and revive thla body tohattlo tha wave and live for the poor, unfortunate or phan girl!" With a apaamodlo effort he aroae from hla sinking attitude Ho shot forth his limbs with forced mid auk ward motion. It was then that Dan Ixpliam discovered tho weakness ol will power compared with the grip of fate. He paw that youth, atiength, deteimiiiatlon, must all yield to tho in evitable. Hut tho same fnto that had carried 1 1 i tit to thu border of the dark shadow now threw a straw within hla reach. A dark solid ohjict grated against hie aide. He waa cuught by it and carried along nt n alow but sternly inteof speed. He rcarhed out Ilia hand nnd clnippd the limb of u tree. One of the (alien monarcha of the ilper country had been caught In the Hood and was being can led to tha ocenn. Ijiplmm drngged himself upon its branches nnd cIokhI hla benumbed hnnda upon two of them that hu might not Imi swept away. Tims, cxhunatcd and In a semi-conscious condition, ho lay upon the drift, which was pursuing Its cournt toward tho ocean. "Steer clear of that drllt, male," exclaimed n man's voice, low und huaky. Five men were rented in a boat. Four of them were lying upon their oars. Tho tilth una steering the craft. The men weru merely using their oars to keep tho liov.t from drifting prnwiird mid the steersman una holding her along side tha cunent. While the men held tho cart) in their hnnds long, black gnus lay across their laps. It was the advance guard of tho soulhsldcrs. Thoy were In uniting for the approach of tho northshle Usher men. A slight rmlnrss nbovo tho horl rim to the east Indicated that morning wns approaching. Tho men had been watching for tho approach of the north sldeis for soveinl moments. They were tho lower guards, who expecte I to apprehend tho llshormon of the traps in the lower bay. A largo log with brunches extending In many directions had almost run into them. Po dark wna thu night that It had nppronchod them very closley before they paw it. It was this that had called for tho com mand to tho steersman. "Hicru is n man aboard that drift!" exclaimed ono of the men. "Tlo on to tint drift," raid tha leader. Ono of tho men grubbed n branch of thu drllt nnd thu hont nnd log floated along together. Tho mau'a dead." remarked one of tho fishermen ns he came near thu ob ject. "Hrlng him' aboard, nnynny," paid tho leader, "and wo will bury him on thu sand spit." Then tho flshormcn raised Dan Lap ham from his place on tho drift, fairly prying his clinched hands from tho branches of the treo, and laid him in tlio boat ut thoir feet. CHArTKK XVI. Paring tho Elements. "Give him n drop of whlaxy. Ho la not doad by nny menns." "Kalso him up light In. boys, ana rub hlml Ho is ono of old Bendog's slaves, but ha la human mid wo will treat him ns such." Thus spoko thu men who had rescued Dan Laphnm Ironi tho llontlng timber. Thoy worked with him sometime bo foro ho was restored to n thoiough con sciousness, Tho men know him well and treated him kindly, though they now regarded him as a legitimate "prisoner of wnr." Lanlinm wnn favorably known by nil of tho fishermen nnd boatmen of tho rlvor. ills oxtraordlnnry strength gave lilm piomlnonco among tho tollers ol tho river, wlillo hla courono nnd kind ness gained for him thoir respect. Tho hnll-drownod fisherman received tho Bnmo caio and attention ns would one of thoir own number. Ono shared a dry vott with him; nnothor had mi oxtrn rain coat nnd with this garment nnd that ho was Boon warmly clad, and with youth nnd reviving strength he was soon hlmsolf ngnln. Hut tho scones were rapidly shifting Dawn was breaking nnd the apposed of tha rinrthaldrs had been dlrcovcred. Tha boats Ix'gan to line up for tho rap tu I u of the flaherineii from the north ahlo who were supposed to bo Ignorant of tlm preseiico of tho aoiitusldcrs. Dan Ijiriliam was placed In a (icctiliar position, but ono common In war. He was to alt side by aide with tha enemy liml recolvo tho lira of hla friends. Ho ) know what his companions In lliu hont did not know. He knew that tho north slda flaheirnen wcrn arrmil, nnd that 1 thoy would como prepared to do war , unto death. Ho knew that ho would soon ho aiilijrctrd to their flio and that they would shoot to kill. Closer ami ntill cloaer tha northald era approach)!. Thoy Unix! up through tha gloom of dawn like so many specks on the river and hay. Thu southsldera lay upon their oars with guns In hand, Tu row down upon them and capturo them nt a given signal was the pre viously arranged plan. The keen whiirtlu of a small launch rang out over tho water from tha head of tha southaldo flotilla and the littl fleet moved to tha north under the steady atrnkea of the oarsmen. "Hingl rang out a ride shot from tha north aide. "Hingl Hingl Hingl" followed a succession of shots from tha mine di rection. Tho snuthalders were taken complete ly by auiprine. They had coma to capture, not to fight, hut now that tho trouble waa on, It waa left to tln m to fight or to flee. The bitter feeling so long existing between the two stubborn factions would not permit tha latter alternative, and as if fro" common command, the soilthaldera rained their rllli'B and poured fyrtli a volley In the direction of their comvtltnrs. This wai leturned by a heavy volley from the north lido, and then a deaultoiy firing began all along tho line. Thu fishermen were not accustomed to tho uau of flro anna nor thla manner of warfare and it was better for them that they weru not. After the second volloy the rnemiiers of each contending (lenient began to fall back and the noata tcattered In every dircetion. Hut neither Bide would abandon the stiuggle. It was the purpose of the southsldera to deitroy thu traps, while it was the determination of the north alders to defend tin m to the last. At tha very first volley from the north a illle bullet sttuck the fisherman di rectly in front of Dan Lapham, the very man who had aided In resuscitat ing their captive. He waa wounded in the side and fell into Dan'aanns. Dan begged them to pull for the laland that the wounded man might receive better care. Hla request was granted, for the fishermen now weru anxious for an ex cuse to get out of a fight that was cc much moru real than they had ex pected. (To tc raattncvl) Don't Orlt Your Teeth. "No teeth to till," the dentist said to the man In tho chair, "but you are grinding off your teeth more than you ought to. Do you grit your teeth in your aleepV" And tho man said he didn't stay nwnke long enough to know about that, but were they much ground off? "More tlnm they ought to be at your age," said the dentist. "Vou havo woru the enamel off from some of them and got down to tho dentine." "Whiit'a going to happen?" nsked the victim. "Why, If you keep on grinding them off," aald the dentist, "thu teeth will hollow out nnd we'll have to put plugs In them with gold top to give them new grinding surfaces." This wasn't u very pleasant pros pect, so Inter the man sought to as certain for himself whether he did grit hi teeth unduly. Am! while he wns Htltl iinnhlo to stay nwnke long enough to llnd nut, he did dlhcuvcr that he had a habit at times of gritting hla teeth In his waking moment, when he silt back from his work to think of t-ometlilng, for Instnnce. And he msiilu up his mind tlmt hu would stop that, anyway, mul he hoped that he might thus stop grinding his teeth In hi steep. If ho did so grind them. For. line ns they might be, hu didn't want nny nf thoso nice little gotd-ciipped plugs put In his teeth' If ho could help It New York Bun. Iteinenilior tho tins. The wedding wns to occur soon, and aha wns telling her mother about her plans. "W4ien Fred Is out late nt night," sh said, "I shall not scotd htm. I shall try to be reasonable. I think I shall go so far as to keep a light burning for him to make him cheery when he re turns." - Her mother was silent. "Don't you think It would be a good Idea to keep the ll;;ht burning?" alio pendstcd, "Well, It might do very well for tho first month or so. Hut after you havo paid a few gas bills you'll probably conclude that it will be Just ns well to put tho matches where he cau llud them and turn the light out." Growth or Kuropcnn I'opitlntlon. Few persona havo any Idea of tha extraordinary milliner lit which tho population of Kuropo has Increased during the last century. A cording to statisticians this population has moro thnu doubled Itself from 1SS0 to 1000. To thla hlcrcnae tho I.ntln nation of tho west nnd southwest contributed tha least and tho greatest growth wna In tho cast, where the people have not yet beeomu thoroughly saturated with tho Idcna of modern civilization. Anxious in Know. Mr. OrajrheaM You aay you liuva been using tlio "Hoiuowlfo'a Never Full Cookbook" for twenty year. I am do lighted to hear tlmt.' 1 am the author of that book. Have you tried many of tho recipes? Mrs, llomelwdy Nearly all. Mr. Griiybeard Glorious! You are Just tho person I've been wanting to meet, uiu any oi tuciii worm Estimated cott of the I'auama canal, $200,000,000 Tho best mathematics that which doublet tlio most Joya aud divides tlia most aorrowii The skeleton alone of an averagt whale welglia twenty-five tona. In lillrneaa there la perpetual despair. Carlylo. craJiui'lu. n ZiSV ffMnififtftri ii liiiifii-i.f-"(r-i rf-it-W1 tf-''ai 3 mt sunsiiNESs or women in public. fir Heir-nhuegntlnn la usually claimed by woman as her eirpeclal virtue, yot It la the wirinlon ut Uie average btMlin-na man that no woman knows where her rights reuse and where ttioao of others begin. In crowded street cara women generally re fuse to move down to the middle of the car un less the cotidnetor literally compels them. Nine ilniet out of ten a womnn hangt to the strap nearest the door, thus making every newcomer crowd paat her. Often on the elevated trains during tho ruah hours men are compelled to ativ on woman' drcsaes or elo kick them out of the way. Under tlieae circumstances I some times hear men any, "Don't move; I can pusli hy," probably becnuae they havo lea met! by experience Uiat It would do no good to nak the women to more down. When I aee women doing tho aame thing In elevators refiwlng to step back In the van, I wonder how they can be willing to appear ao aeltlali. Who crowds In ahead of n line of men waiting to pur chase theater tickets. Never any one but a woman. Wil ls In aurJi a hurry, and, of course, Just ono person crowding In could not make much difference. At the bank who at tempt to get to the paying teller's window ahead of o long line of watting men? Hut what can men do when a woman refuses to await her turn? They rauat cither Buffer In silence, depend on the vigilance of Uie attendant, or. If they renlure to mnorutrato In peraon, draw down upon tliemaelres tlio wraUi and acorn of tlio woman Interfered with. Walking three or four abreaat on a crowded stret le n form of selfishness one seldom sees, but one often sees groups of women bux-ktng up doors and paawsgeways I 'n Ming a prominent oltlce building one day recently 1 saw three young women standing In thn entrance, grouped In audi n way that the passage waa completely blocked. A man approached the entrance; Uiey did not move. He hes itated a moment, said 'Tardon me." and crowded through the group aa beat he might. One of the girls look oil after him SK-orrifiilly- "Well," he exclaimed, "aren't men the rudest things!" The man heard, but It waa not tho part of a gentleman to reply. Another form of woman's selflsJineas In public places Is typMed, by a trailing aklrt on a downtown atreet. Most women admit the Inconvenience to tliemaelres of wearing a too long aklrt downtown, but I never heard a woman apeak of the Inconvenience to which alio puts other people by wearing auch a garment If she bolde up ber aklrt she dlAcoimnodct herself; If alio lets It drag ahe discommodes others, who must walk around It to avoid stepping on It Tilt POWER Or VYILU Br Tlie lateet development of the belief In the power of the will la shown by doctors. Two French physltcans have Just written a book de scribing their treatment of disease by merely ttrenxtlienlng the will of tlielr patients and giv ing them the desire and determination to get better, nils treatment Is entirely free from any tusplclon of hypnotism or faith healing. Quilt the contrary. In cure made by hypnotic sugges tion the patient's will Is entirely suspended while tho more energetic one of the operator reigns supreme, and so far from the actions done wlillo In the sleep strengthening the mind and repairing brain wasta as well ns bodily Inflnniiy. tt Is well known that the effect of hypnotic treatment Is often mentally Injurious. There are few things more comforting In lllnem than a good talk over Its symptoms and Its Inconveniences. And THE CZAn'8 GREAT PALACES. How Million Ar Bqnandcred bjr the Potentate of the Knavlae. The Czar of Ituasla own 100 pal acea and chateaux, scattered about his vast empire, and each ono of them la ninrrploiialr furnished and mnrvelous- ly filled wIUi aervant. Bomethlng like ' whole, the leading place In tho eeteem 83.000 butlers, grooms, footmen, val- of these wood-lot ownera. who. by win eta. chefa. coachmen, gardeners, etc., i ter cutting, were able to turn to good CZAH'S WINTKll 1' ALACK AT ST. PETEUSUUKQ. are housed In Uie hundred residences, account tlmo for which farm occupa and their total salaries amount to the tlons gave no other employment enormous sum of 20,000,000 frnuc or , Chestnut Is not exacting In Ita soil 800.000. requirements. Its roots spread com- In the many atnbles are 5,000 horses, 1 paratlvely deep, so that It la not so while the heads of cnttle may bo sensitive to Are or humus destrucUon placed nt 50,000; the number of dogs, from nny cnuse ns most species. Its Inhabitant of the Cznr'e kennels, nro sprouts grow so fast Uiat nt a height Innumerable. Naturally, the Czar Is of seven or eight feet at the end of not familiar with nil hla palaces nnd the first eeason la not uncommon, nnd chateaux. Out of the 100. Indeed, Ita (stumps nre ao vigorous that ono there nro no less than 02 upon which will often produce forty or fifty he has never set eyea and which ho sprouts. Not more Uion one In eight or never will see. Hut the Bervnnts are , ten of these will mature, but by e there. and everything Is ever In read!- lectins the most promising the full vlg- nesa in case tho Czar ahould take it Into hla head to look Just onco upon his truly magnificent abodes. CHE8TNUT8 IN WOODLOT& How Growth of Tree Mar lie Improved Kxplullied lijr llureun of Foreatrjr. Throughout the Northeastern State from Massachusetts to Maryland, nnd as far west aa Indiana, chestnut holds an important place ns n iimuer tree, Oomnierclaly, It Is chiefly In demand for ties, telegraph uud telephone pole and posts, for all of which purpose, ns woll ns for some constructional uses. It Is especlnly adapted by its pe culiar power to realst decay In con tuct with tho soil. It Is also lnrgo ly used for fuel and general farm purposes. In Maryland alone, accord ing to the twelfth census, Its annual market yield of lumber, railroad ties nnd telegraph nnd telephone polos amount! to over $100,000, besides largo supplies of material for local consump tion. . It happens that chestnut la especial ly ftttod for management In farmers' wood lota. Before sclentlQo forestry began to be heard of In Uie United States, and when forest preservation wns not uncommonly talked about a! a sentimental fad, the thrifty ownora of tho small traots of woodland which cover so much of Bouthorn Now Eng land, New York. Pennaylvnnl and Join A. ItenUnd. MOW OHt COUNTY were meandering most enterprising washing and tearing ing Uie rock pita; Mrt. r. P. CCoanor. nelghborlnc States had long been cut ting successive crops of Uie hard woods which sprout rapidly from the stump. Urns practicing more or leas rudely what the forester calls Uie "pure cop pice" method of management The su perior market for chestnut combined with Ita rapid growth, gavo It on Uie or of the pareut stump may be con ) centrated on them, to the great im provement of their rate of growth. The observations made by the bureau have proved Uiat low stumps produce moro vigorous sprout than high ones, and that winter or spring cutUng 1 fol lowed by better result than that dono In the summer or fall. Telephone poles .re cr0wn. In Maryland, from healthr i stumps In from thirty-five to thirty- olstit yenrs, nnd tlee mny profitably be cut In about twenty-nine years. Too early cutting of tlea should be dis couraged ns wasteful In tho long run. The practice of permitting contractor! to cut unrestrictedly for a given aura Is ono which works much Injury to tho permanent productiveness of tho woods. VEGETARIAN SWIMMERS. They Trlanipk Over Meat Katere In Canadian Contest. In a long-dlstanco swimming raco rocently across Toronto Day from the Yonge street wharf to Uie swimming club, on the Island lngoon, says the Toronto Star, thero was fought a bat tle between vegetarians and meat eat ers, Tho courso was about two miles In length and II. F. Strickland, of To ronto, a vegetarian, made the Journey In tho record time of fifty minutes. George H. Oorson. another vegetarian, made the courso in fifty-two minutes. we do not also know the difficulty of finding n sympathetic ear reedy to listen to our Jeremlada? Now, the first prin ciple of this new school la that the doctor should take the place of a confessor, get at every detail a to the origin, tlio progress, and the present condition of the malady. He then confides to the patient that which has hitherto always been composed for n doctor's own private reference or for a consultant's Information, viz., a history of the case. Just think of Uie new and delightful sonsatlon for A sick room of reading over Uie history of your own case. The will euro, wjilch we must call It for want of anoth er name, though claimed to be helpful in all diseases, la particularly recommended for nerve trouble. And here the "doctors differ" maxim Is seen once moro exemplified. To arouae Uie attention and Interest la, of course, Uie first step In nervous attacks, but instead of a patient being advised to aeek distraction In change of scene and In varie ty of amusement quite Uie oposlte course to adopted. The patients are once more put to school, aa It were. In severe neurasthenia, for example, concentration of attention atitet extreme fatlguo. Bo conreraatlona, lectures, mental exercise and writing are all Included In Uie earlier stages of th cure. The steps taken to gradually build op Uie char acter are lengthy. Indeed, a description of the treatment reads llko a mixture of tho curriculum of a truant scboo' and a bok of spiritual meditation. SECURED GOOD ROADS. Br Jom rarsoe. Hillsborough County, Florida, affords an In teresting example of modern methods of road building. Until the last year this county had only fourteen miles of bard surfaced road out side of Its cities and villages, although it bad a population of 80,060 and contained over 1300 square miles. Outside of these fourteen miles, nearly all of which was Immediately adjacent to Uie city of Tampa, practically Uie only roads road through tho woods. A few of the of Uie citizens discovered that here and there through Uie county were occasional deposit of rock, and an energetic campaign for good roada waa begun. An Issue of $100,000 of county bonds was Issued. From the proceeds of these bonds $31,000 was devoted to Uie pur chase of nnrt-class road machinery. Including eight miles of twenty-five pound steel rails, with sufficient five foot ties) a sixteen ton narrow gauge locomotive, and ten dump '-are of four ton capacity. The machinery Included a ten ton ateel roller, three road graders, a rock crusher of eighty ton capacity, a steam drill, large pump, and bose for down the overburden of sand cover twenty horse power boiler, and a thirty horse" power boiler and engine on wheels. Several rock pits In different part of Uie county were bought for a trifling sum and the work was begun. It baa been determined that the cost of clearing a road way forty feet wide run from $50 to $130 per mile, and that the complete cost of a mile of road from the time Uie surveyor begins hi work unUl the I&st surface application has been rolled la aa low aa $1,200 where the rock pit is near by, and ranges from that to $3,000 In the case of roads eight to ten miles away from the pit The frequency of these pit ha made It possible for the officials to plan for Uie construction of over 150 miles of road from the proceeds of $400,000 of bonds, after paying for their road machinery, and the best of all la the fact that they are actually "good roads," as bard and smooth as any well macadamized city street With a magnificent harbor and roada running In every direction. It Is expected that within two yeara every part of Hillsborough County will be so closely connected with Uie port by the best of roads aa to Increase Uie spprcgate value of farm land far more than the amount of bond Usued. Two Englishmen had come over to swim In the race sturdy beef eater from the land of roast beef but they found the pace too fast and dropped out midway on the course. It waa a handicap contest, but In actual time vegetarianism scored a decisive vic tory. The race waa not announced aa a contest between vegetarians and meat eaters, but Messrs. Strickland and Coreon resolved to give It that turn. They entered. Like other they train ed. On the day of the race their sole diet was pea butter. The last week they reduced their ordinary vegetarian diet to simples, such aa pea butter, peanuts nnd raw fruit Hefore settlnrr out In the race they Informed the as tonished meat-fed Englishmen, who v ere supposed to be tho best men In the contest, that they were vegetar ians, hnd eaten no meat for year and ' Intended to prove the superiority of their diet They did It As they glided through the waves they were borne up by the consciousness that they were vindicat ing vegetarianism. To others It was a race for glory; to Messrs, Strickland nnd Corson It wns an opportunity of showing a meat-fed world the error of Its ways. They were men with a mis sion. A great cause relied on them and Inspired, fired by this knowledge, they slipped through the water with ease and made their ment-laden com petitors look like stationary objects. A long swim Is one of the severest physical tests to which a can can be put nnd In order to settle conclusively the respective merits of pea butter nnd beefsteak nnother race, specially or ranged for the purpose, should ho brought nbout, two men a side, over a rwo-mlle courso. It would draw a large crowd of butchers and mnrket gardeners to cheer their respective champions. Bavins; Ilouse-Itent. Having learned by experience that one paying rent will In a few years pay out a sum equal to tho value of the house In which ono lives, with a vory small beginning we Invested In a building lot, and In a small way bo came our own building aasoclatlon, W'o applied first to a building and loan association, but It wns soon clear to us that tho Interest demanded wns greater than Uiat required by a bank, Then wo made arrangements with a bank, by giving n mortgage on Uie house. Of courso, tho prospect of owning n home Inspired us to vnrious small economies, nnd In a few years the property was paid for, as the ex pense, including Interest, Insurance, taxes, etc., was at least one hundred dollars less than We bad been paying for rent The house, being new, neod ed no ropalrs, nnd, plnnnod according to our own Ideas, wns more convenient and comfortable than nny we could rent. 'Woman's Homo Companion. At the Seanoe. Widower Is that my wife? Medium It certainly Is. Yldowor Lord help me! And to think that I put ten tons of granite over herl Atlanta Constitution, The young Idea Isn't taught how to boot in cooking school, yet the re sult U often Just as fatal. A WISE LITTLE QIRL. flli Find 1'UrmtlM and I'Urthtnae in the Weed Around Iter Home. Across the common from us thew standi a little brown house, wherv noUitng thrives but poverty nnd weeds and happiness. Year nfter yrnr tint garden falls and tho flowers die, but the weeds grow tall and straight niitt strong, and bring Joy to tho I.lttlit Girl. Tho I.lttlo Girl Is a strnnga lit tle girl. All tho drowsy summer after noon ahe Ilea In tho shade of the great ragweeds, and dreams Mint plays. To her tho ragweeds are not ragweeds; they nra tall, glorious trees, wherein dwell wondrous hougstors; a ladybug Is a rcdhlrd nnd n wnndorlng fly a nightingale. At her head In a break In the ragwoeds grows n tall bnttonwood. To the I.lttlo Girl It rich, golden blossom Is ns beautiful as the choicest rose. In Uie center Is a wonderful bed of Btnmons nnd tint sepals and petal nfo a gayiy pnlnto-I fence. Or, sometimes, tho Little Girl turns them upside down, nnd lol thero stand nn nnclcnt dame In green klrtle and crumpled yellow petticoat!, Tha aeed-pod 1 no less wonderful to her. Many a tlmo she has pondered ovor Its wondrous molding, and the blend ing shade of green, light nt the top) and shading down Into dark, nlmost black. This, Inverted, Uie Little Girl use as a potato masher for her peb ble potatoes but In her heart there U no lack of reverence. At her feet In company with the "tickle-grass," tho bull nettle nnd night-shade grow side by sldo. To tlio LItUe Girl the berries of the latter two nre the most beautiful of nil tho weeds. Hlg brother hnvo forbidden her to touch them, but ahe does not understand, and Uie green-golden ber rice of the bullwccd furnish ornne dnlly for the dolly's table. Tho strango structure of Uie night-shade berrle she cannot understand; the thin trans parent green walls through which th tiny seeds can be seen puzzle her. "I guess they woro made that way so that they could look up and see tho atnrs," she confided to me one day. She meant the pure white, stnr-shnped blossoms with their protruding llttlo yellow eyes, and I could but agree. A vigorous growth of smartweeil with Uie delicate pink nnd red whlto blosoms fringes ber playhouse some of Uie plant at least two feet high. These Uie LitUe Girl does not valuo so much; she plucks them to pieces, part by part, to see how many differ ent colors of pink she can find, anil then, in a fit of contrition, drops the poor mangled blosoms Into the pan of cool water placed In the weeds for Uhe chickens. But far In the neart oi ine great weed patch there Is a rich growth of goldenrod, and this, unsullied by tho name of weed, Is dearest of all tha blossoms in the Little Girl's eyes. This she never plucks, but often, from my window, I see her bend over anil press Its sprays to her cheeks. Her big brothers havo never penetrated. even in their wildest games or niae- nnd-go-seek; only tho Llttlo Girl, see ing with finer eyes, knows the heart of gold In Uie refuse. Ana so an in terest subtle and strange as the fra grance of the goldenrod, hang over the-Llttle Girl and her treasures. St Nicholas. The United Statea lighthouse service; costs $4,500,000 a year. There are no poorhouses in Servla. Even the poorest people own property. Greece has as many people aa Michi gan and as many acres as West Vir ginia. The House of Representatives cost! $3,000,000 a year nnd the Senate $1, 400,000. A new kind of lightning, vortex lightning, has been photographed In Switzerland. Tho Magyars rule Austria-Hungary, although they number but six or seven million in a total of forty-threo mil lion. The secretary of tie Aeronautical Society of Great Britain expects tho kite to be the base of the future instru ment of aerial navigation, the aero plane. The Agricultural Department baa 107,000 voluntary crop observers. Cot ton Is reported on seven times a year. wheat eight times, corn and oats each six times. The number of Irrigating ditches and canals In operation in the United States exceeds twenty thouand, aud their combined length Ii not less than fifty thousand miles. A pleco of camphor gum Is a very good Indicator of what the weather Is going to be. If when tho camphor Is exposed to the air the gum remains dry, the weather will he fresh and dry, but It the gum absorb the mois ture and seems damp It Is a sign of rain. We learn that there are over two thousand miles of streets, covering nearly ten thousand teres. In London, and that along these streets are 115 miles of tramwnya; There are eighty seven miles of main Intercepting sew ers, to say nothing of the sewers under the control of the borough councils. These carry tho drainage of bousea In habited by over five millions of people. The monkey lives In the forests of nine-tenths of Africa, from the moun tains of tho Atlas ranges In tho north to the Orange Itlrer of the south; and Is also seen In great numbers und vari ety throughout India, Ilurma and Cochin China, the Islands of the In dlan archipelago and parts of south ern China and Japan. Strange to say, ho draws the lino at New Guinea and tha neighboring tropical coasts of northern Australia, where he Ii con spicuous for his absence, though tho conditions thore seem to bo favorable for his prosperity. One thing about an Idle womant she does not stand on the street and bore people with her "views," as an Idle man docs, -j- Even a pessimist will "smile" occa sionally If you Invite him to do so.