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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1905)
HdtTTaTsciB n 111 CHAPTER in. Fonr years have passed away since th'nt October night I urn now eighteen, t am the last one left of Mr. Porter's olil pupils; they hare all been "bagged by some grim custodian, ami carried off I know not whither. Others haTe taken their place, but I am still loft. I am melancholy, moodr and dreamy. Mr reading I" limited to a few scml-rellglou book. How ardently I loug for a copy of Shakspeare, bnt not one penny of pocket monejr haa ever been given me; neither wonld the Iter. Mr. Porter hear of such a look being brought Into his house. Every Image of that one lueak In iny monotnnona existence Is Indelibly (lied upon my memory; aud I can never disassociate mat mysterious child that I met tinder the old Norman gateway with the Juliet of the play. What a strange memory she has left npon my brnln; she Is ever with me In my dreams. Shall 1 ever see her again! I am ever asking myself. Yea: I feel assured shnll. I feet that she Is In some way Inierwoven with my destiny. We never saw Joslah Cook again, but I heard that lie had gone away with the the.itriral company, who left the town shortly after the time that marked my ailvciitnre. The llev. Ohadlah Porter, of course, at onco settled his eternal pros pecta by condemning hint to the bottom' less pit. During my boyish days the post of servant was-occupled by a very cross om woman; but a twelvemonth previous to the period at which I have arrived, she left, ana ner place was taken uy young woman of about twenty years of age. When I ceased to attend the school room I was consigned to the kitchen, and helped In the household work. Martha and I soon became fast friends. She used to say that had It not been for me ahe would not have remained a month In the house. In the winter evenings, after she had finished her work, when Mr. Porter did not require our presence at Little Bethlehem, or at -religions ex ercises, we used to sit by the fire" and talk. She had but little education; but her shrewd mind was a better tutor for me at that time than would have been a mora learned, sedentary companion. The second person of whom I must speak conjures up a very different set of Images. I remember the first time I taw him was the very evening after my mem orable escapade. We were at prayers; there waa a loud. Imperious knock at the street door. The Rev. Mr. Porter paus ed and signed to the servant to answer the knock. The next moment there entered the parlor a tall, elegantly dressed man. with a remarkably pale face, the pallor of which was greatly enhanced by a full, glossy black beard, black curling hair, and large black eyes. One of those strange shudders, at which the supersti tious cry out that somo one Is walking over their grave, ran through me as I looked up at him. lie stood In the door way, aud cast upon the group a glance of Infinite acorn. "When you have finished your devo tions," he said, with a sneer, addressing my tutor, "I have something to say to jou." The Itev. Obadlah Porter colored, hesi tated for a moment, and then rising, aald, with his devotional whine, "We will ask a blessing upoiv all here, and pray no more to-night." With an exclamation of contemptnoua Impatience, the stranger threw himself upon the sofa, his head still covered. We were quickly hustled out of the room, and the tutor and his daughter were left alone with their Irreverent visitor. More than a twelvemonth passed away before he came again to the bouse. Then, little by little, he became a fre quent visitor. Miss Judith and he were very frequently together. I used often to see them stroll down the road arm-in-arm: and by and by I began to ob serve how anxiously ahe watched for his coming. Martha soon comprehended how matter stood. "I don't like that Mr. Rodwell," she nsed to aay; "and if Judith wasn't qnlte no high In her manner I should take the liberty of telling her so." One evening 1 was summoned from the kitchen to attend Mr. Porter In his "study." When I entered the room he bade me shut the door, and take a scat I obeyed him, wondering what waa com ing. "Silas," he began, fixing hla small, sharp eyes upon me, and brushing back the rebellious hair from his low fore head, "can you remember anything of your life previous to the time that Provi dence entrusted you to my keeping? Don't hatch a lie." he said, sharply; "re member the fate of Ananias." "Indeed, sir, I have no such thought," I answered meekly. "Remember how young I must have been .when I first came to you, and " "Don't beat about the bush," he cried, yet more sharply, "You are concealing eomethlug: you can't deceive me." Then suddenly changing bis tone to his usual one of shuffling hypocrisy, he added: "Si las, I am asking these questions for your good for the sake of those carnal In terests that must be looked to while we are sojourners In this world of slu." He leaned forward with hla arms upon the table, and fixing his anake-Ilke eyes upon me, as though to read my very aoul, ha began In a low voice: "I will tell you all I know; perhaps that will help your memory. Thirteen yeara ago, a middle-aged woman, looking like a gen tleman's housekeeper, or something of that sort, called here to ask my terms for taking charge of a child of five years old. She bad seen my advertise ment, and thought It would ault the pur pose she bad In view. She waa most particular In her Injunctions that you ahould be reared strictly and religiously. Two days afterwards she brought you here. She gave the name of Carston, and aald that you were to be called Silas Carston. The money was to be drawn half-yearly, of Messrs. Foglo and Quirk, solicitors. For the aake of the precious aoul entrusted to my keeping, I tried as discreetly a possible to glean a little more information; but she was very close, and awfully stern, and I could not get even an address out of her. The money ha alwnya been paid regu larly to the day. Once I called upon Messrs. F.ogl and Quick; but I found them stiff-necked men, of hard and unre generate hearts. Two years ago I wrote to aay that, aa yon had passed beyond the school boy age, I wished for further lustructlons. About n week after, I got a short note, aylng that you were still to remain with me; but aa they desired that you should not contract Idle habits, I waa to give yon some sort of useful employment Why don't you ay eome thlug, Silas?" he cried, striking the ta ble sharply with his fist "What what do you want m to aay, slrT" I atammered. The truthwhat you know." "I don't know anything Indeed, t do not" There was a savage look about Mm, as though he would have liked 'to have squeeied something more nut of my throat. Then he took out of a desk be side him a small goM locket, and passed It to me, saying. "This was sewn up In your frock when you wel-e brought here. I don't think she' who brought you knew anything about It. It contained tho portrait of a tcry beautiful young woman a foreigner, should have Imagined: dark hair, ollve- tlnced complexion, also a lock of brown hair; and upon the back was engraved the Initials "F. H." and "K. M." Joiued together by a true lovers knot. "The woman who brought you here, he went on, "waa tall; and blg-boued thin, white lips; a nose like a parrot's beak; light gray eyes, as com as atone. She wore a front of dark brown hair, dressed In small flat curls, and bound round the forehead by a band of narrow blsck velvet: she was dressed In black silk, and wore a musllu handkerchief crossed upon her bosom." hile he spoke, a veil seemed lifted from my memory; the woman seemed to stand before me. I had trembled be fore those cold, stong eyes. That por trait, too my heart told me It was my mothers and a shadowy remembrance came upon me that I had been at some time fondled by such a face. The llev. Obadlah Porter was evident ly disappointed at the result of his reve lations, lie snatched the locket out of my hand, and thin locked it up In the desk again. WelL well. If you can'.t remember. yon can't," he said. Irritably. "nut when yon are alone, or In bed, try and think. Who knows? yon might be the child of some great or rich people." he added, cunningly. "Think what an ad vantage It would be If yon could find this outl But we won't talk any more of this at present I have something else to speak to you about Silas. It has much troubled me. for some tine, to see a youth of your appearance and proba ble prospecta doing menial work. I've long been thinking whether I couldn't more profitably employ you: and. after a talk with my daughter, I've come to the conclusion that you shall, henceforth. assise ner in me care or tne boys.' My duties as tutor were to commence on the next day. I realty felt very prate to him for what appeared, to my unso phisticated mind, a great kindness; and so I told Martha when I went back to the kitchen. WelL I don't know about being grate ful, Silas," she cried. "Depend upon It matter's serving his own turn. Mis Judith s getting very tired of the work and if she was to go away, what would he do? It wouldn t suit him to hare a stranger In the house. Now don't lou see that he couldn't do without you that you re tne very thing he wants: Martha's worldly view of the matter aomewhat dashed my exalted feelings of gratitude; yet, for all that I still felt very thankful .for the change. CHAPTER IV. In less than a week I found myself sole tutor to. tne itev. Obadlah Porters pupils. Martha was right: Miss Judith had grown tired of the work, and, sell ing tne opportunity of my Initiation, re linquished It altogether. I now dined In the parlor, but took the rest of my meala In the kitchen, where I also spent my evening. By and by Martha called my attention to a great alteration that had taken place In her mistress. There was a worn, anxlons look In her face; and she seldom quitted her own room. Then we began to notice that Mr. Rodwell'a visits grew more infrequent, and at last ceased altogether. . One day Mr. Porter Informed me that he was going to London for a few dayjs. Such an event bad never happened in my memory; it was to me the climax of all the changes. "To you, Silas," he said, "I commit the care of the precious Iambs of my fold, and you must also give an eye to household affairs, as my daughter's health Is not strong at present It It a great trust but you will prove worthy of It Yon are almost like a sou to me, Silas." He paused upon the last words like one struck with a sudden Idea, and while he stood gating at me. a strange look stole across bis face. For the first time nl bis life he took my hand; hia clasp was cold and clammy; he meant to be kind and caressing, but I had never felt so re pelled against bim. I shuddered, with a boding presentiment of evil. While he waa away Miss Judith took all her meals In her own room. Thus the house was almot entirely under the care of myself and Martha. On the fifth day after his departure, at fi in the evening, Mr. Porter returned. I was In the front garden. Now this ground was kept sacred to him and his daughter, but having a great love of flowers, and having acquired some knowledge of gardening, I had of late been privileged to tend the beds, und prune the shrub of this excluaire spot. I had no desire to presume upon this privilege, as I greatly preferred the more extensive grounds that lay at the back, which were free to all. A wall of about ten feet in height separated this garden from the road. When I aaw Mr. Porter come through the gate, I was busily em ployed In cutting away the dead blos soms from a very fine rhododendron bush which stood near one of the parlor win- dows. Although I waa In full sight, he did not perceive me. The bush stood between me and the window, which was wide open, and entirely concealed me from any one who might be within. I beard my master enter the room, and a minute afterwards he waa Joined by hi daughter, whom I beard eagerly ask Mm, "What he bad done bad -he been suc cessful?" "He has gone to Paris," wa the reply, In a harsh tone. "Gone to Parlsl Oh, what will be come of me what will become of me?" I beard Judith cry, In a tone of despair. "I loved him very dearly) Hut he can not he will not, he shall not desert me!" "But he has done It HI Inst letter waa quite enough. And now he's gone off to Paris, to get out of the way of your reproaches," "But If he went to the world' end, he should not get beyond the reach of my revenge!" she cried, excitedly, "But how do you know he'a gone? Who told yon ao? Perhaps you have been pur posely deceived?" "Not auch a fool. They'll have to get up betimes to deceive me! In the first place, I never made any Inquiries my self: a friend that tbey couldn't suspect did that for me. He left ten daya ago." "What ahall I do what shall I do?" "Aud what shall I dor' be cried, In a savage tone. And I heard him smash ' Ms fist down upon tho table, and could almost fancy I heard the grinding of his teeth. "Rut In the meanwhile w must think of the present time. We are In snug quartern here, and I don't feel In clined to give them up. Remember, It I lost my chapel, I should lose the buys, too; for although their friends would re ceive the tidings of their deaths with the utmost satisfaction, yet their consciences and their sense of duty wonld be trou bled by the thought that the unhappy little wrctrhra were under a master of lax morality. With such people, you know, everything la doing the proper; they don't care for the humane. Now the very day I started for tho city an Idea came Into my head, which a chance circumstance has since strengthened, It all depend upon you whether jou'll act upon It." He paused, as though expecting an an ewer; but none came. After a moment, he resumed. In a somewhat hesitating tone. "You'll tare when I tell you what It Is; but for your own peace of mind, as well as mine, yon must be married." "Married to whom?" she asked, drear ily. "Suppose I were to tell you that I had a husband In my eye? What do you aay to Silas Carston?" I could scarcely repress the cry that rose to my Hps at the sound of my uame so strangely associated. "What!" she cried. Impetuously, "I marry that puny, contemptible, sucaklng boy! You are mad!" "He would make a very good hut-" band." "A very meek one, no doubt," he aald scornfully. "Listen to me. Worm as he Is, It may be a better match than you suspect. I thought I would call upon l-'ogle aud Quick. In the first place, to endeavor to get the money Increased, In consid eration of his aire; and In the second place, to try and glean a little In forma tlon. Just as I got within sight of the door, who should I see coming out but the identical old woman that brought the boy here. There was no mistaking her; she seemed to havo on the very same dres that she wore thirteen year airo; and as to her face. It Is one of thoso Irnu faces upon which years seem to have no power. 'Here a myVrhance, I thought 'I don t lose sight of you till you re earthed.' So, Instead of calling npon the lawyers, I followed the old woman at n respectful distance. At this point of the dialogue, to me the most Interesting, I lost the thread. Two pleasure vans, full of peaople who had been out holiday keeping for the day. were returning to the town; the occupants were singing, shouting and laughing. In a most vociferous strain. To make the matter worse. Just as they got beyond the house, a delay of some kind occurred; either something waa wrong with the carriages or the horses. hatever It might have been. It detained them for two or three minutes, during which the bawling aud ahoutlng contin ued so loudly that I could not catch a word that was spoken in the parlor. When at last the noisy crew drove away the revelation that I so eagerly desired to hear had passed. 'May be he would not have me. were the first words that fell upon my ear. How could be help himself. If I wer determined upon It? Besides, you could soon make him a poppet In your hands." Don t let us talk auy more now. ' Very well. Aud here comes Martha with the dinner." And so the conversation ended. I heard Martha come and close the win dow, and draw down the blind and then I crept from my biding place, and got ronnd to the back garden. For a time I could not go Into the house: every nerve waa trembling. I felt like ens surrounded by a circle of fire the victim of om foul plot the exact natnre of which I could not understand, but from which I could perceive no escape. (To be eontlnned.1 PAIRING OF AGE AND YOUTH. Rarely Doe a Young Man Starry an Old noman Kxcept for Money. The Countess of Huvenswortb, Eng land, aged CO, has married her coach man, who is young and smart. This Is her third venture In matrimony, nnd her friend will opine that It Is not her best Women of her age are not sup posed to be consumed by the passion of Juliet, nnd Romeos do not tumble head over heels In love with matron of wide experience, who are oM enough to be their mothers or grandmothers. There Is a veal love, to be sure, which attacks the subject at the necktie age, and la commonly disclosed by becom ing enraptured with the school-teacher, or with some woman cousin a dozen years older than the admirer. This Is transient, and Is almost never discov ered In a case where the sclioolniann or the cousin Is gray-haired nnd has rheumatism. There Is, frankly, but one construction to put upon a wedding of this sort, nnd It Is that the man lias married for money, nnd the woman has married because she Is susceptible to flatter-. Youth and age never paired well In the marital relation. If the matron Is tolerably well preerved nt the time of marriage, thore conies a time, and It Is not far, when the young husband winces for eaue. He probably absents himself often nt his club, If he can And one open to him, nnd walls In such patlenco us he may for his wife to illo and leave her money to him. In mar riages of this kind, which are fortu nately few, It will generally he found that there Is a social disparity be tween the couple as wide as their years. Self-respecting men do not mar ry for money, any more than they sell their honor for money. Unless, of course, tbey are brought up as they are In Europe, to look on marriage as a commercial convenience, and hall tho arrival of an American pork packer to pay their bill. We hear n good ninny excuses for the commercial or the state marriage; that the cases of dissatis faction which follow such are no more numerous than they are in marriages of love, and all that sort of thing, which Is shown to bo untrue by the conduct of kings; but In our own land we have our opinion of the man who takes a wife for tho sake of her dol lars, nnd'lt Is not an opinion that ho cares to hear. Brooklyn Eagle. The bodies of men who have per ished In sandy deserts become so thor oughly dried by the sun and wind a to be reduced to SO per cent of their weight In life. The light of the firefly Is produced by some combination of phosphorus, though In what manner has not yet been determined. Charity and personal force are the only Investments worth anything. Walt Whitman. He who desires Is always poor. Claudlanus. IN THE BOWELS ENTRANCE TO THE STALACTITE CAVERNS Ono of the strangest holiday resorts, and one of the most Interesting, Is that recently made accessible to the public nt Pndlrac, In the department of Lot, France. There a wonderful aerie of caverns, containing magnificent stalactites and n subterranean lake nml river, has yielded Its secret to tho adventurous explorer, nnd tho danger of the visit hnvo now been Ingeniously reduced, ao that tho nverngc sightseer may traverse thrse "autre vust" with case nnd safety. For ages tho cave remained absolutely unexplored, but by the enterprise, of M. Mnrtcl, n barrister, they have been thoroughly examined nnd described, nnd by means of Iron stairways nnd galleries Imvu been rendered accessible. The vast crater-llko opening figured In our Illustration Is .100 feet In circumference, and when M. Mnrtel mado tils first visit to the depth he had to descend on a bonnl attached to two rope nfter the manner of a swing. He went down 300 feet, nnd, with several com panions, began an extraordinary series of discoveries. The chief of theao Is an underground river, which he navigated In n collapsible boat. In removing a needle from the Uch Ir E, W. 8heIton first locates It by n'Ciin of Roentgen rays, then moves the limb about until the needle appears as a single point. An Ink spot Is placed over each end. and the two spots are pressed together, slowly forcing the sharp point of the needle through the skin. For two years the conviction bat been growing upon Dr. Mcnzer of Halle that articular rheumatism I a parasitical disease, duo to a strepto coccus that enters tho organism through the lungs. Acting on this the ory, ho has prepared a curatlvo scrum, with which he has very successfully treated both actlte nnd chronic rheu matism. An Investigation In asylums of the United States, Canada nnd England, with a total of 10,512 patients, has shown Hobart Langdon only 703 Ill ume people with light hair, and only sixty-six with red or auburn linir. That Is Od per cent of Insane are bru nette, with brown or black hair. Among the blonde Insane, however, the percentage of Incurables Is- much the greater a fact, like that first stat ed, for which no explanation appears. Ihe discovery a few years ago liy Professor Boys that fused quartz can bo drawn Into exceedingly line libers. which are superior to nil otnera ror many laboratory purposes, has liecu followed by Professor Shenstone with similar experiments with sonpstone. hen highly heated, sonpstone melts Into n clear glass, which can be drawn into fine libers, possessing all the iu.il Hits of elasticity nnd resistance to chciLlcnl reagents that characterize quartz fibers. Tin great bulk ofthe supply of Ivory tusks hoarded by native chiefs In Af rica, and shrewdly dealt out by tiwin to traders In such a manner as not to glut the market, come so sny London dealers from "elephant cemeteries," places to which elephants are said to resort when about to die. These spots are met with occasionally In tho Jun gle, nnd tbey bear evidence of having t-ccii frequented by moribund ele phants for centuries. Not more than J5 per cent or tne ivory now ouinineu In Africa comes from animals kim-d by hunters. A report to the Department of Com merce and Labor from Rio do Janeiro joints out the warning afforded by Brazil, concerning tne effects of forest denudation. Through the destruction of trees In northern Brazil, the report nays, largo states have been brought to tho verge of ruin. In Rio Orando de Norte and Ccara chronic droughts occur, causing famine and depopula tion In regions which were onco rich ly timbered nnd well watered. The Brazilians are beginning to calf for the scientific replanting of their devastat ed forests. The electrical treatment of sowngo, as tried by Dr. Rldeal at Guilford, England, seems to havo proven slin plo, Inexpensive and effective. A so lution of salt and water, or oven ordi nary sea water, I decomposed In a special electrolyzer of large surface and using a large volume of current, and the so-called oxychlorlde solution resulting Is added to the sowago In quantity varying with circumstances. Any kind of sewage liquid may bo treated. Tho worst forms are readily made as free from bacteria as drink ing water, and raw sewage receiving 18V, gallons of solution per ono thou- sand gallons showed a reduction of or OF THE EARTH. PAUIRAO. ganisms rrom SI.200,000 to MO pet cubic centimeter In Ave hours, bacilli allied to thoso of typhoid diminishing from over one million to none. AN ELECTION TRICK. One Rumple of the Dodge to Which Tliey Itroort In llnulund. Canon J. George Tetley tells the fol lowing story of tho late Justice Den uian, who In 1S03 ran for election ut Tiverton, In England. lie wns adver tised to address the elector on a cer tain morning. In order to fulfill hU engagement It was necessary for him to leave by the 0:15 express. He hail taken the precaution of ordering a cnb overnight, nnd was quietly entlng un early breakfast when attention wns called to two or three men who seemed to be hanging about In the neighbor hood of his house. He thought little. however, of the matter, but presently sent his servnnt to put his luggage on the cnb, which was due to arrive. Tho i nb approached the ilnor, but before the liortinniitenu could be located one of the mysterious strangers Jumped In and wns drlvt-n rapidly uwny. And when this happened n seeond time It been me evident that something very definite wns Intended. So Mr, Dcnmaii consulted his watch, nnd, di recting lit luggage to be sent nfter him, he buttoned his coat, nnd, cnlllng to his aid all his old t'nnibrtdgo train lug, took n bee line for tho station. Ho met not one empty cab till too near the terminus to be of any, service to him. He dashed through tho "booking of fice" on to the platform, seized the handle of n carriage door ns tho train was actually starting, and Hung him self Into n compartment. On arriving nt Tiverton lio found his committee In n stnto of extreme nnx- lety, which gave place to astonishment and relief on his iippenraure, for tho walls of the town were covered with placards warning the Liberal elector that their cnndldnte would not keep his engagement to address thein. llallad of Fashion. Where arc the fashions of yesterday Garments our elder soiiietimo wore? Styles that, smiling, we now survey In many a mngailno of yore. Where are those garbs ourselves for swore And scornfully dropped beside the way? Knocking, In truth, nt To-morrows door. There aro the fashions of Yesterday! Peg-top trousers that long held sway, Casing the legs of far-back beaux. Of tailors' gooses were lata the lay (Is It geese, or gooses, who knows, who knows?) Skirts that flared over dainty toes Flare again o'er the toes nf May! So chic a damsel you d scarce suppose Would wear the fashions of yesterday! And points, outre, are again au fait! (Ring the knell or the bull-dog Inst) And thicker aud thicker come tripping gay Thoso high French heels of tho froncd-on past! And punctured sleeves are Inflating fast. And laces slip from retirement gray, Aud-pokes and bonnets their shadows cast Hall to the fashions of yesterday! Man and maiden, who'd scorn, egad, Things in the augment senso naase. This very moment, dear hearts, you're clan Simply In fashions of yesterday! Edwin I. Habln In Puck. First Campaign L'mblem. So far as known, tho first campaign emblem was a finger ring of copper. It was worn by the adherents of John Qulncy Adams In 1825, when he ran for President, and was Inscribed, "John Qulncy Adams, 1825." Tlntypos and medallions were among tho Insignia of the 1800 campaign. OF SEWER FARM OF PASADENA, It Prove to lie n Hotirce of Consider utile l'rollt. The) city of Piisudcun, Cnl., lias n sewer farm which, according to thu New York Tribune, promises In bo n source of great profit t thu city. It Is In tho San Gabriel valley, n few miles north of los Angeles. It Is n ranch of 1100 acres. From It hist year enough English wnlnuU worn harvest rd to net thn city treasury from $1,000 to $5,000, to sny nothing of tho profit derived from many tons of alfalfa. Pasadena did liot go Into agricul ture ns a business speculation, but as a public necessity, Far from tho ocean nnd surrounded by great hills nnd low ering mountains, mul with nothing moro nvallahln as u waterway In thu neighborhood than (ho wash of tho Arroyo Heco, tho question of disposing of tho flow from tho city sewer was n vexing one. When, somo fifteen your ngo, It became evident to the founders of Pasadena that there was growing up among the orange groves of tho original colonists n city that was becoming n homo of the ultra- particular pcoplo from the East, they were wise enough to know that future prosperity nnd growth would depend to u great degree upon tho establish- jinent and maintenance of n perfect system of sewerage. The pioneers of Pasadena were of a thrifty turn, so they purchased 800 acres of mw ranch laud about six ' inllea from the city, mid there, by .means of u gnut outfall pipe, was conducted nil of the How from tho sewers and spread upon the land. 1 Sixty acres of English walnuts were planted, nnd thn water wns also used '.A i I....... M,.. tr..irM iw Muslin- mini, iiiiii. ,ii hitter Is yet grown upon tunny ncres of the ranch, and not only supplies all tho liny for tho horse of tho city's tire and street departments, but many tons nro annually sold nt good prices. The alxty ncres of walnuts originally set out are Just reaching tho full bear ing ago, and Inst year produced be tween -too and 500 sacks, which were disposed of In tho Eastern markets nt about $ 10 each. So profitable has tho culture of walnuts proved that an other grove of thirty acres was plant ed somo time ngo, nnd Is Just now coming Into bearing. When tho old grove and the new grove havo reached maturity tho city's Income from wal nuts wilt not fall far short of $ 10.000 n year. To this must be added tho value of the hay, which. If not grown, would havo to bo purchased. The sower farm Is almost n hobby with Mayor Weight, who Is of n very practical and utilitarian turn of mind. Under his direction nnd Hint of Wil liam A. llelss. n practical farmer from tho live atock districts of town, tho exteuslvo raising of swlno for tho market has Itccn undertaken. The present herd of 100 brad Is to bo In creased to 30O and possibly 500, tho number, In fact, to be limited only Ky the ability of tho ranch to produce feed. Their staple provender Is com and pumpkins, which grow luxuriantly under sewer Irrigation. It Is belloved by the present administration that when the herd of awlne lias reached the proportion Indicated It will prove a remunerative to the city a wal nuts. The sewer farm Is also con venient as a retiring place for the horses of the flro and street depart ments that have grown old In service and too stow for active work. NO CHILDREN AS BEARERS. Undertaker Protest Airnlnst Youths Olllrlutltiir wt l-'uneraU. '.My patrons usually find tuo very accommodating," said the undertaker. but there Is ono arrangement they frequently make that I light against 1 religiously. That Is the Impressment , of children Into service ns pallbearers. To my mind It Is n reprehensible prac tice. From the purely sentimental standpoint It probably looks pretty to seo n tlttlo child carried to tha cravo by Its playmates. Doctors and under takers, however, are seldom senti mentalists, and as they look at tho thing from a strictly profisislonal point of view they seo harm In tho custom rather than beauty. "It Is harmful to tho children. This thing of serving ns pallbearers Is not a pleasant duty for anybody not Inured to the business nnd naturally It Is par ticularly trying on tha nerves of chil dren. Many a time I hnvo seen tho little tots slinking 111 their boots ns It ciimn time for them to lift tho colli n nnd on a few occasions I hnvo seen ono of them keel right over. By tha friends that sudden weakness was at tributed to grief, but It wns nothing of tho kind. Probably thu child did feel badly over tho loss of Its com panion, but sorrow would never nf- lllct It so sorely. It was puro nervous ness that caused tho cAlhipso. I have known nil exceedingly sensitive child to ho nil unstrung for weeks after such an ordeal. "Fortunately, parents do not Insist upon tho practlco so much an former ly. Even If they do lucllno to tho idea at first, I generally tlnd It posslblo to talk them out of the notion unless the child lias been precocious In such mat ters and has requested that certain little friends act as pallbearers, which sometimes happens. In that case I find all arguments unavailing and, much as I dlsllko tho custom, 1 am obliged to conduct a funeral with youthful pallbearers." Now York Press. Hagged at Last Not even tho best friends of Mrs. Cobh could claim for her tho gift of gracious speech, although they laid great stress on her kind Intentions at all times. "Well, well," snld tho good lady, breathlessly, ns sha grasped an ac quaintance by tho arm coming out of n crowded concert hall, "hero Pro been on a wlld-gooso chaso all day long, and at last find you whero I should novor havo thought of looking!" Too Much of a Conundrum. Highwayman How much money have you got? Holdup I couldn, t gueos. Highwayman You can't guess the amount? Heldup No. Highwayman Thon giro it up. Cleveland Plain Dealer. A NAIIIIOW ISCAI'C s Tho arrest of u foreigner suspected of being n spy during thn naval ma neuvers off Mil ford Haven, Enghllidi reminds n correspondent of Smith' W.ockly of tho narrow cseitpo of it . friends of his, n retired olllcer of tho Herman army, who tunilo himself use ful to his government liy gathering In formation !u and round Paris, lie was walking In tho neighborhood of fortifi cations, making menial notes of what ho nw, when suddenly three police men Jumped out upon 1)1 in. nnd naked him what ho wns doing there, Ho had n plausible answer ready. hut their suspicions were roused by his accent and III soldierly bearing, anil they Insisted nu his neeiiinpniiyliig them to tho pnlleo-stiillon. Then lh situation became serious, for lie was currying three compromising letters In his pocket. On their arrival nt tho station they found the Inspector was out, and Hint they must wait for his return. Tho spy said ho supposed ho might smoke, and tho iHilleeiuon said, "Certainly." Then he offered each it clgnr. took ono himself, brought out one of tho com promising letters from Ills pocket, slowly twisted It Into a spill, lighted It at the lire In tho most cureless way Imaginable, gave n light to each of tho policemen, lighted his own clgnr, and Hung tho rest of the letter Into tho lire. There were still two letters to bo got rid of, nml the Inspector wns ev povtisl every Instant, If ho went caught It meant nt least live j cars' penal servitude, lie had never known such an anxious moment. lie decided It would be quicker to let Ills clgnr go out rather than amnko It through nnd light another. It mviii cd as If the clgnr would not go out, and every Instant ho thought he heard footsteps outside. At last he got rid of tho second let ter without exciting suspicion. Then he puffed away at Ills clgnr with all possible speed, nnd hud Just lighted another when the Inspector came In. The spy was searched, and thn search revealing nothing Hint compro mised hlni, he wns relciined with apolo gies. But had the lns-tor arrived it quarter of n minute sooner tho Her man would hnvo been undone. LIONESS QOE8 UAD. Altitun! Trainer Wlin Kit HU llusl- itr TlioioiiulilX Drunk or sober, Htcrtvtt knew things nliaut animals Hint all my years of experience and study nover Inught me. It wasn't that ho got on better with them than most, for his own Hons hat ed htm, which Is unusual. Hut he had onio method of Interpreting their sign Hint was tx-yund me. When the Tiger Prluctvu wns going to give up one of her okl performer U-cnuso he wa getting sulky and peevish, Hterrett looked over Hie troupe and said: "That one la all right, hut tho one over In the corner will bear watch ing." "Why. Uio man talka llko a fool." said Iho prince. 'That' Zulka. She' tho best actor I've got" Btcrrett laughed. "Train an under study," he advised. "I'll give Kulka three weeka to retire from the stage. She' going bad." .ulka waa a very beautiful young lioness; ono of the best trick boasts I've ever known and ono of tho very few that M-omcd to have a genuine af fection for the trainer. As a rule, tho felines don't exhibit the softer emo tions. They feel for ninn either Indif ference or distaste. But this Hones used to show signs of pleasure when her mistress entered Ihe cage, and I'vo k'cn her put her imixxlc up against tho bars to fawn on Ihe queen. Two weeks after Sterrelt's advice, to which ws paid little heed it was when I know less about him than t subsequently leurimll I saw the lioness caressing Hia woman at the close of the perform ance. As tho Tiger t'rlncoss entered the cngo Uio next day there waa a snarl and n scream, nnd she wns down. X.ulkn had her. Fortunately, some of us wcro near. Wo beat tho animals off of course, somo of tho other beasts had to pitch on, seeing their tyinnt dawn and got the woman out with no worso Injury than n broken arm nnd n badly clawed back. Me Cliire's. Nevor Was a Wild Animal. Of all domesticated nulmiils tho sheep has from time Immemorial been most closely iissoclatisl with mankind. An erudite author sixty years ngo, having laboriously collated nu assort ment of allusions to sheep mado by sacred mul profane writers, conclud ed that "the history of thoso nnlmiils Is so Interwoven with tho history of mini that they nover existed In a wild stnto nt all. "Biblical history from tho tlmo of Abel Is full of allusions to tho Hocks which formed the chief possession of tho Jewish people and their neighbor. Tho spoils of wnr and tho trlhuto of vassal kings largely consisted of sheep. Thus wo rend that Mesh.i, king of Monb, was n sheep master, and ren dered unto tho king of Israel nn hun dred thousand lambs and an hundred thousand rnms with tho wool, Moses nfter his victory over tho Mldliiiiltc obtained ns loot no less than fl7fi,O0O sheep nnd long before tho Christian era sheep wero culUvated In western Europe. Spain nnd Italy possessed them from nn unknown period, although long aft,cr Homo was founded tho In habitants had not leqrncd to sheer tho fleece, nnd, until thn tlmo of Pliny, the practlco of plucking It from tho skin was not wholly uhiiudoucd, so that tho liumblo shepherds of Syria preceded, In their knowledge of ncc essary nrls, tho future conquerors of their country," Outing, It Appointed Work. Does tho sun undcrtako to do tha work of tho rain, or Aesculapius tho work of Uio Frult-bcaror (tho earth)? And how Is It with respect to each of tho stars, aro they not different, and yot they work togcthor to the snmo end? "Thoughts of tho Emperor Mar cus Aurellus." The first Mormon templo ever erect ed In Europo has been complotcd In Stockholm,