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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1905)
I lOdftd by a Spell CIIAt'TUH VIII. Jiiillth was quite right: although lirr word filled me Willi fp.it. they could not destroy, or even weaken, tlie fascl nml"ii he nxerrfted over riie. Oiir mar ting day wns fixed. How dlstlfieti.v I remember every nlnect nnd event of tlml day. Tlit ceremony waa, of ccurse, to t celebrated at Little Bethlehem by llii- bride's father. All tli principal mernlier of the cotigregatlmi were In Ik of til party, anil the Itev. Ohadtnh Toi ler provided llio entertainment Willi no niggardly hand. When I entered the parlor I found It full of neonle. Of these two solemn' looking young men, whom I had often seen nt chanel. renresented the groom' men. and two remarkably eouHonklni girls, daughter of Mr. Humphries, the bridesmaid. Two or three dark-looking cab were Ht the ante, nnd when all wan ready we stilled forth. Martha wn standing In the lull, holding the house door In her hsnd. I hail never exchanged a wora with her since that night when she way laid mo upon the landing: Indeed, had never en her, except when she wailed at meal time. How sorrowfully she Innked at me that moraine! A I passed out Into the garden with Miss Hum phries npou my arm, ahe threw au oM ahoe after me. The young lady was astounded, and 1 heard, her master pause for a moment to rebuke her for anrh a "heathenish" act, aa he wai plcaicd to tilt. It. Although In the height of summer. It waa a moat miserable morning. I rem edge to edge of the horizon, the aky was one of uniform leaden hue; there waa a flue, aoaklng rain, that blurred and blot ted to tho eye every more distant ob ject: the aaturated treea kept up a con stant drip, drip: the calyx of every Bow er waa a miniature lake: and ou the point of every leaf and blade of grass )UlTereil globules of wnter. Large poo' la) In the graveled path, and the earth was soddened. The little chapel was chill and gloomy at a vault, and the damp atmosphere clung upon every object dimming the windows, end half-vetllug the cold, gray light that struggled through them. "Not a pleasant day for a marriage, remarked Miss Humphries, solemnly: it was tho Erat remark she had addressed to me. "More fitting for a funeral." I answer ed drearily. She looked at me rather strangely, and It cirtalnly mast bare sounded a some what strange remark in the mouth of a bridegroom. The ceremony, according to the tenets of these people, commenced: and aa I took her band, I looked at Judith for the first time that morning. She teemed unconscious of my glance. Her face waa deathly pale, and very rigid. Hie one who had nerved herself to a terrilde and renuliire task, aa indeed die had. The touch of my hand awoke her from ber revtrie. She shuddered: but I thought there waa less of hardness and scorn In her manner, aa well I might, for ber tears were falling fast. Mr. 1'orter also was not quite him self; he seemed agitated and nervous. To Id fancy his prayers sounded like a eerrice for the dead. At last It waa all over. The whole party was gathered near the door preparatory to lent Inc. Judith and her father had gone Into a little room that stood near the Mtnnpe. where she had left her wrap- plugs. I was the last. Moodily I was f'owlng the rest, when my eyes lap prned to fall uion a small glittering ohiect It was a goldeu locket. In pick. In; it up my finger pressed the spring and opened it What a thrill ran through me: It contained the portrait of a girl of almut 14. It was the face of the child I bad met in the Norman gateway! Who had dropped It or how hs.t it come here? ruling It Into my pocket. I revolved to carefully note any pernio who should appear to or speak of having lost anything. The cabs conveyed ns home again, and the dinner was waiting. Towards ercn- Inr the company dlsiiersed, but no per son snoke of a loss, ond the mystery of the locket remained an iuscrufcble n.jucry. I would not make any In quires for thewuer. as I had resolved nor to nart with It. I hugged It treasure: and. somehow, amidst the mis ery ot that day. it fell upon my heart like a zleam of hope. While waiting, nt table Marthn con- trhed to slip a piece of paper Into my hi ml. My linger Instinctively gruriied It Our visitors had gone. Judith had retired to ber room to chauge her drees, nml Mr. l'orter was in his storeroom. I , Ixcd the iipiiortiiuity to exnmlne the paper. It was n note, out written in srrivl almost Illegible. It ran thus. "This Is my last dny here. I leive to-morrow. Always to tie heard of at No. a Ual:strnw building, Camden Town. Take ear of yourself. God bb-M Mill. MAItTHA S.. I was deprived ff my only fiieiid I was now utterly alone in the lion's din. A new feeling of fear and disso lution fell upon my heart town I would sell the bundle ot clothes, and the money would provld me with food and lodging on the way. I had no conception of the road, but I resolved that I would take the one down vflilth I had seen her disappear. She ssM that she understood that to be tho right one. I would follow In her steps. The day was Just dawning when I came upon a large, OM-rasnionen village. "Leave the clothes with mo. I dop't wont to look nt them. I wilt lend jou five dollars. That will taka yon. to jour friend, and leave somo money to boot If. vnnr iweket. Any time von bring me or semi ma the money you shall have rone clothes back asnlu. A mil anil a half from hero It the railway ststlon. In half an hour a train will slop there. You will be able to catch that comfort ably. I will walk a little distance with you. and put you In tha right path. Stop a minute, and I'll urtng you m u'tihmit wniilnir to listen to my fer vent ihsnks. ha left the room. Never In my lift had I feit so light-hearted and hopeful. , .. 1 rose from the chair to take the clothes out of the handkerchief and iniuili Uim. aa they must have l-ccn somewhat crumpled by doing service as a pillow; also to take out the change of linen which I could not do without, m doing so, my eyes fell upon a portrait. hung In a dark corner or me room, u was that of a woman, with bright au- ITt.HM.1 In t-lnUtlt Yn-t. BIhI CXHattSt- cd for wont of food, for i had eaten Um hnr tfun.pjreotiv f,lr complevlon. nothing since dinner time the day bo.orts ,)u(1 K Tfry tautlful. pensive face, my steps began to flag. I looked ronnil ... .--...i-i-, in that came back CHAI'TISn IX. I could endure It no longer, and so I fle.1. One month after my nvuiung nigh I left that roof forever. Upon what panted during that moutli 111) llpt are sealed. To no living beiug shall I eicr reveal the story of my sufferings during Ihnso thirty-one days. On the night of the 31st of Augutt. 1 crept out of my chamber, ascended to the boy" room and. unseen and unheard by thein, opened their window and de scended to the garden by meaus of the pear tree. Vividly did my frightful dream come back upon me at that mo ment, and I almost expected to see the red snake with his glittering eyet writh ing round some leafy branch. Hut I reached the ground In safety, without encountering any object, fanciful or r.-al. In Icbs than three mluutes more I was lu the high road, a vagabond, n homeless tulcast but a free man. All my worldly possessions were the suit of clotbea I wore, ond my wedding stilt nnd a change of linen that I carried tied up lu a bun dle. It was a bright moonlight night. t ... n. r.r..vll uluiire upon the only I had ever known and wolled I r. I - Anu.n.1 I made towards Itury. I passed Lit tle Bethlehem, aud thought, with a shud V;. . ,,.h,u. dnv. Then I en tered tho town, and took the street that i... ... ii,.. MA Abbey mint. I bad iinter seen them since that October night. I stopped at tht old Norman gate way, and peered into Ita shadows, almoat expecting to encouuter the sweet, pale u.i.i. lint all was silent and .u...i n soul was In sight. Whither was I going? 1 wat going to Martha. I had carefully preserved her note, I knew ahe would give ma a fhel ttr until I could obtain aome kind of .mnlovment When I reached the next nme lilsro to rest: there was no ilgn of lUt In any of the houses all seemed buried In sleep. 1 walked slowly on until I came to a little swing gate, which led to the village church an anil-nt looking building, embossed In ttces. Here. I thought. Is a quiet spot where I can rest a little while. I opened the gate, and passed through. It was n pretty, quiet spot. I could not have found a better for an hour a rest. There was a heavy dew upon the long glass, so I stretched myself upon a high, flat tombstone, and placed my bun dle beneath my bead. I was very weary, and In spite of the cold air of the dawn, that made me shiver, I fell fast asleep, with the twittering of the waking birds sounding In my ears. When I awoke the snn was shining brightly, and the birds were In full song. Vat a moment I could not comprehend niy position. I sat up and looked round, lint my doubtt were only of a second. Then 1 knelt down agalntt my stone lied nnd offered up .1 thanktgirlng Tor my deliverance, and a fervent prayer for my future safety. When I rose from my knrs I became conscious that I waa not alone. Seated npou a tomb a little distance from me. ami attentively watching me, was an old gentleman dressed like a respecta ble farmer. "C!ood morning, young man," he said. in a cheery voice: "you've had rather a cold bed. I'm thinking. I suppose you ve been traveling all night r Yes, sir. I answered. "From Bury. by. that isn't more than ten miles! You should have had a little more sleep In your bed. my lad. and have started about this time. Enough to give you your death of cold to lie ont here and go to sleep In the dew. You don't look very strong, either. herever yon re going, you won't get on now till you've had a bit of breakfast" I colored up at the mention of break fast I had not a farthing ot money, and until I could dispose of the con tents of my bundle, I could not procure a mouthful I thanked him. took up my bundle, wished him good morning and turned to go. "Stop, stop! come here a minute," he called out I advanced a few steps nearer to him. He scrutinized me more carefully than ever, with tbe expression or a man wno was about to make a proposition of doubtful prudence. Here, here! you snail come and break fast with me," be said, after a minute a pans. "I like the look ot you, and I don't think von're a tramo." I thauked him very much for his kind- I nest, which, under the circumstances. I certainly bad .not strength of mind enough to decline. We left the church yard aud proceeded down a lovely green lane canopied wltn trees. I alwaya rise at nve, said the old gentleman, as we walked along; "and. unless It is very bad weather, take a walk as far as the churchyard. It's been my custom for many years, and, I suppose, will continue to be so until some morning I am .carried there, never to come back again. Nothing like exercise. honever. aud the early morning air, to delay that litle event; but not sleep ing on tombstones," he added, with a laugh. Aft,-r about ten minutes' walk we stopped liefore a dor in a high garden wall, which my conductor opened with a key. and facing us at the end of a gar den path was the prettiest cottage I bad ever seen, very oio-rasiiioneu, ami cu- ircb covered with roses and woodbines. that loaded the whole air with delirious perfume. The garden was beautifully laid out In flower beds; on one side was a grape house, on the other a conserva tory, filled with tbe most brilliant col ored plant. The rays of the morning sun were slanting brightly across the scene, aud Imparting to it the most joyously cheerful air. "How different to the house I have just left!" I thought, "Pretty place, isn't It?" said the old gentleman. "Sweetly pretty." I murmured. He led the woy Into a little low roofed room, -darkened by the overhang lug blocMims that bung thickly over the latticed window. It was eon-fortnbly. Iiidred. handwmely. furnished. The table nils laid for breakfast. A second cup and saucer and plate were soon produced by a kind-looking. inidd!-aged woman, and I was soon sitting before a sulMtan tlal meal ot eggs aud bacon, and cold beef, to he washed down by plenty of strung coffee. Never bad food been so grateful t'l me before, and I certainly lid ample justice to it. I could per elve that uiy host every now and then aid a curious glance nt me. ns though 1 nrcM-iited something of a puzzle to Mm. "Now, if I might be permitted to haz ard a guess, I should fancy you W(-re something in the parson Hue," he said. leaning bark In his chair. I disclaimed the honor. "Well, It was the long hair and the queer-looking blurk clothes that put that idea into my head; and you look so seri ous for a lad of your years. I have It! You re a school usher. I confessed that .his last guess was correct Ah. noor fellow! No wonder you look so miserable!" he said, compassion ately. "It must be a hard life, anil badly paid one: and I suppose lou've left your place? Where are you j.oing now?" I am col ne to the city." You've friends there. I suppose?" I have one, sir, who I think will help iinou me like a memory. " seemcu 10 nie that I had seen that face somewhere. While I ttood trying to remember, the old gentleman re-entered the room. "Ah. you're looking at my poor gitl a portrait," he said, in a sau voice. "Your daughter's, sir?" "Y mi only one." "Is she still living?" I asked, some what hesltatinclr. "She hat been dead these eighteen rears." he answered, sorrowfully "I must be mistaken; I waa oulr an Infant In arms at that time," I thought. He gave me the money, but would not listen to mv thank. "Tut, tut!" he said; "that nothing. I'd give you more. It I really knew you were all right: but I have been so often taken in that I'm doubtful of even body now. Hut I like your looks; but I've liked others that have beeu the property ot great vagabonds. (To be continued.) DRAUGHT DOQS IN HOLLAND. Animal Doea the Work of the Donkey In the Law Countries la Holland and llelgluui tbe. dog oc cupies the place which tbe doukcy docs lu several oilier countries. In the former the sight of a. couple of dogs dragging along a pushcart loaded with vegetable. Bowers or shining tulllt cans Is a familiar one. They trot along underneath the cart, with in easy reach of the blunt toe ot the sabot of the woman, who walks be hind it to guide It by the bandies at tached at that point In Itelglura the dogs are hitched In front, as the Russians attach their horses to their droskles, three abreast and are guided" by a pair of rope reins fastened to a muzzle about the nose of tbe dog in tbe middle. Itceently tbe National Cart Dog As sociation, organized to regenerate the original race of Belgian mastiffs, held Its first exhibition of cart dogs. The FIcnihh breeders have found that In crossing the Belgian mastiffs with the Great Danes, with the Idea of Increas ing the size of tbe cart dogs, and so securing additional strength, thejr made a mistake. Tbe result proved to be animals with weak hindquarters and disproportionate limbs. Now they are endeavoring to revive the original stock. The women and dogs of these two little countries are another evidence tbat human and canine nature are the same tbe world over. When one sees the whlte-cnpped Belgian milk woman with her dogs standing near a well, tbe woman having a battered can slung on ber forearm, one Instinctive ly becomes suspicious. The suspicion Is confirmed when one discovers a po liceman detaining at tbe roadside a pair of sulky-faced milkmaids, with their dog team and cart laden with slender-necked milk cans, while be Jots tbelr names lu bis little book against a charge of watering milk. When tbe cart comes to a standstill the dogs are no longer draught ani mals, but dogs. They sit or He com placently down and loll tbelr tongues from tbelr open mouths. Apparently they have forgotten tbat they are ani mals Intended for human companion ship, but condemned to hard labor for life. i i i lr'?4iiB...,.,.' V WW I f iiAiW lnn . A k. M TO1 fctfEF JU:JMMZk.KZ limit. .V . '.v. i..v . ' . V.Tsi! WHY THE IIUSBIND SHOULD HILX. fly ntltn OHIItU, There is a strong tcudency.ln tho present dny among women who rail themselves, "advanced" to protest against a mini's authority In Ills own household. Women, they say, ire fully equal to men lu common sense, judgment, and, when the opportunity Is afforded for Its exercise, In execu tive ability- To this question there la but one inswer vis.: every government require a nom inal head, and custom and tradition, ns well as tbe fact that It I the duty of tho man to provide for bla family, ai hla superior physical atreugth etuible hltn to do, as a rule, assign him tlit place In bis household. Well regulated couple never quarrel over this. Much pernicious nonsense Is talked, often by people who ought to know better, about men being "masters In tbelr own bouses," of wives who "do not tlaro to call their souls their own." Not long since a woman's paper, which counts Its circulation by tens of thousands, published a story of a wife whore husband bought her clothes did the family marketing, etc.; a woman who, when, like a worm, she turned at last, told ber oppressor that alio Intended to leave him beeauto she never had S cents wherewith to ouy a postage stamp. "Can such things be?" On the other hand, much poor, wit has been leveled nt the house hold In which "the gray mare la the belter horse." I'ojsb bly the home, where tho wlfo rules and tho husband sub mits to her sway for the sake of iieace and qulotness, may be a little less tulterablo than the one where tho husband Is a tyrant and tbe wife a spiritless slave; since women are usually pleasant when they have their own way, and It Is the mistress of tbe house who makes it a home. There can be no peace where there Is contention, and happiness can exist only where there Is the perfect lovo which casteth out fear, and which Implies perfect equality; where each Is anxious to please the other, aud their wills never come Into conflict. Tho hand of steel In a glove of softest velvet Is the Ideal thing; strength behind, but all softness and gentle ness to the front. There are some with whom It I nil steel and no velvet; which may compel submission, but does not make It willing; that a willing obedience Is many times over worth that which Is paid as a hated tax Is a secret of good government which It behooves every matter of a household to learn ere he takes the reins. DEAL AND REAL 10VL. Ilr Mrs. OesHoatf Ifumpsrsrs. Most women set out In life with an ideal ot manhood, knowing little of the nature ot a man. A girl's love la only too often a romantic longing for tiio Impossible; a desire for Impassioned adoration, such as she has read of In hooka such as few men aro capable of giving; the rea son being that while tbe girl la going through an Initial stage of comprehension, the man has long passed It. He knows u great deal more about her thau she knows about blm, ami while she regards marriage ts a revel of exactions and petty tyrannies be begins to assert himself after tbe first captivity of courtship. A love fc .nded on mutual sympathy and appreciation Is tbe only love that can stand the severe tests of tllne, of hu man Infirmities, and human weakness. To Idealize tho lover It often a girl's mistaken method of Idealizing love. Hut there is a wide gulf between the feeling and the author or Insplrer of that feeling. He may be, and often Is, the reverse of the Ideal. But she Insists on Imagined perfections Instend of testing the actual good qualities he may posses. Then conies tbe Inevitable disillusion; the dlteovery of the feet ot clay, and the broken reed, and all the other sadly sentimental reproaches heaped by women on tbelr fallen Idols. Marriage may be tbe Institution of reason and neces sity. But love Is a demand. And considering It aa such the wonder Is that the demand ts so lightly answered, so readily assured. Tbe call of heart to heart, of kindred soul to kindred soul Is no light thing. On the contrary, It Is serious, solemn, nnd often tragic. It seems strnnga thing that out ot a world of millions ono Individual Is poa Ittvely confident that his or her life choice Is Uio one p fectly suitable, sympathetic, and eternal, TOUCH HIDE ESSENTIAL TO BUSINESS SUCCESS. nr Jon A, nowiAKo, The man who ran stand criticism unmoved Is tho man who cannot be Interfered with, swerved aside from his purpose, ami the Idea of success Implies this marching straight forward toward a definite end. You believe you have the ability to gain the object of your ambition; don't shrink nnd waver then becaiiso of (hn criticism nnd disparaging nllltud of others. Ignore stric tures on yourself and your methods; hold to your fit 1 1 It lu yourself nnd march on. Consider the motto of the soldier: 1 enro nothing for wounds; I earn only to defeat the enemy." This uisn who marches on regardless of what everybody thinks ot him may be little or ho may be great. That depends on what there Is Inside his thick envelop brains or sawdust. But whether he comes out well or III tho remit will be something definite, clear cut. Whether ho mako a success or failure ha will learn something from the result. Keep your eyes fixed unwaveringly upon the mark you have sot yourself, without taking too much heed of criti cism upon your efforts. Ilemember that no man of force and distinction ever yet failed to make some enemies and to bo stung by bitter criticisms, Only be sure you are right and don't worry about what people think ot you, If you are too sensitive to the other inn if opinion, you may meet the fate of tho man who, from riding tho ass, rommnndrd his sou to help him carry the beast, because somebody told him that was tho right thing to do. The man who trlea to pleats everybody, pleases nobody, and becomes a fool for his pains. RESPECT THAT IS DUE TO THE LAW. Br fret Ollrsr. srsA As a branch ot social science law lias been a most potent factor In promoting human wel fare, l'or eight centuries of continuous growth tho sages of the bench and wise legislators, with keen conception of private right aud distributive Juttlco, have given the best, of tbelr lives to Ita construction. Aud yet there are well meaning people who profess a contempt for the law, and, on an occasional miscarriage of Justice In Its ad ministration, aro quick to denounce it as utterly Inadequate to effectuate Justice between man and man. They lose sight of the fact that wo lire in security ot rights of person and property because there la law; tbat becaiiso of Ita sta ble and beneficent principles and a general belief that when violated those principles will be vindicated we are per raltted to enjoy the fruits ot our labors. There ts another class ot people who profess to recog nize the rule of law nt right and proper, but who con acloutly violate tbem, Tbo violation! are usually thote which affect property right. They are prompted by per sonal greed, Unlawful combinations for the purpose of de stroying competition, unlicensed encroachments upon tbe property ot others, reckless and extravagant management ot corporate property for the purposo of Inviting mortgage foreclosures and securing the appointment of receivers, corrupt acta of boards of director under the dictation of large stockholder for the purposn of squeezing out small holders are violations of frequent occurrence In thlt day of strenuous commercialism. These men do not belong to what It popularly designated as the criminal rlats, but, excepting violence and Intimidation, their arts are about at reprehensible aa tbose of the footpad. In timet of peace tbe ordinary citizen, not the lawyer, nor the officer ot the law whoae sworn duty It It to stand for the law nnd Ita execution but the business man nnd laborer can furnish no higher proof of patriotism nor do more for tho advancement and happiness of humsnlty than by teaching, by precept and example, high respect for the law and the means by which It may be vindicated. He must have thought me very close nnd thurllidi, to be to sparing of my un awers after his klndnest; but the fact Is, that I was undecided at the moment whether I should make a clean breast of all my troubles to him; be seemed so kludly hearted that I felt sure be would pity me. But the natural reticence of my disposition, rather than any feeling of mistrust prevented me. "But jou're not going to walk?" he Questioned. "Yes, sir. I hava no other means of getting there. I have a suit of clotbet In this bundle, that I Intend to tell as soon as I come to a town," I faltered. The old gentleman-paused, and looked very hard at me seemed, for a moment to revolts an Idea and then said, CHEATING 8WEETMEAT VENDO Oriental Btory with a Moral Told ut n Recent Hupper. The Sabebzadu Nuxlr All Khan i.pent several weeks In New York In 1 December, the guest of Jeffrey Durcen. ' The Kabebzuda I a graduate of the . University of Oxford. On New iear'it eve, at a supper party In bis honor, tbe talk turned to tbe subject ot cheating and deception, and thereupon the young man said: I suppose tbat our oil Itampur sto I ry of the cheating sweetmeat vendor Is ' new ber e. It fs u story with a good 1 moral, and therefore I will tell it to jou. There lived In Itampur a vendor or sweetmeats whose wife had we'ak eye. 1 One day this man went to see a friend nt-the bazaar, and he left bin tttiill lu j the womun's charge. I " 'Be e-nreful, mind you, about the change,' be said to ber; but neverthe less, when he returned home he found that sbe had taken lu a bad rupee piece. . "He could hardly sleep tbat night for rage and borrow. In -the morning he rose cetrly, nnd, determined to get rid of the bad rupee, he set out tliront'li tbe town. "Boon he met a boy. "Boy, be said, 'do you know the sweetmeat shop of All? (AH was a rlvul vendor.! Well, take this rupee, go to All's shop and spend a pice for sweetmeats there. Tbe sweetmeats you may keep I want the change. "The liy departed merrily, nnd n u little while returned with his mouth full. " 'Ho you got the change without trouble, eh?' said tbe man, us be count ed It. 'And did All make no examina tion of tbe rupee'' " Oh,' said the boy, 'I didn't go ns far bb All's. I got tbe sweetmeats at your shop.' " THE GIRL OF 1005. 8h Wear Wide Rklrts and Is Called th. "Ootd Field dirt" "Looka like a 40cr," said an old fel low from tbo coast. "An" she I a 4'.er," said another. And a 40er she certainly -Is. The girl of MOT. who stepped aero the threshold of tbe New Year, all blush ingly, brought to the mind, not the days of 1830. nor the dnys of IBiiO. She Is not an empire girl, not a girl of the Victorian era. not a girl of the 18S0 days, but a "4t)er," true and un mistakable. The girl of 100." wear round skirts, all ruffled and made to stand out. She will carry a reticule. And her orna ment will be a little fun. I'lion her hands there will be long black gloves, and she will wear a pokp Iioiinet and NEW INTERNAL COMBINATION LOCOMOTIVE. The. Southern I'urillc Itallroad Company I experimenting with n loco motive that Is exported to revolutionize the transportation system of the world. It I literally n power bouse on wheels nnd it designed to cover 100 mile lu nn hour. It Is tireless, smokeless nnd waterless, Its builders claim that It I capable of hauling a 'AOOO ton train from New York to Kan Fran cisco without a atop. The locomotive I propelled by a combination of com pressed air. fuel oil power and electricity. It ha long been realized by engi neer that the limit ha been practically renebed In the construction of steam locomotive, and It I believed by tho best qiinlllled to form nil opinion that this new Invention I ili'Mtlned to supersede nil steam propelling devices, at least n applied to railway l!e. Cold-lllooded. "I came very near freezing Inst night'! said the mosquito. "But It wasn't cold," protested tho fly. "No," rejoined the mosquito, "but I tackled a Boston man by mistake." Tbe average man derives a lot ot pleasure from spoiling some other fel low's too. tup. uint. or 11)05, tbe sweet smile which goes with every poke. The girl of 1UO0 does not too at an like the girl of a year ago, Never was there so radical a change wrought In au Individual In one year. Khe has stepped out of her clinging skirts Into full ones, and she has thrown aside her picture hat for another one still more picturesque. Her clothes are nil pUture clothes, and she will be fash ionable like a doll and destined to do nothing, more useful than to look pretty. ' In 181D yellow was the color. And the new girl of 1005 wears yellow a grcnt denC gold nnd Ivory nnd yellow colored lace. Bhe Is called "the gold Held girl." Are Blondes to Disappear? The somewhat startling 'statement has been mnde tbat tbe blue-eyed, golden-haired, aud llght-complexloned variety of the human nice I In the course of extinction, nnd tlmt. within in few more generation, blondes) are likely to become so rare In the world' population thnt they may he looked upon as curiosities, somewhat ul- , In nos are today. The blonde typo I has bi'on so oftep chosen by artists I unci poets to represent tjiolr noblest conceptions of human beauty that no ' one can regard even the bare sugges tion of It extinction without dismay. Moreover, some of tho world's great est races and many of Its most mn- i terful personalities have belonged to till type, and It admirer have some- limes gone so far as to aver thnt light complexion, and in particular light- i entered eyes, aro tbe favored livery of the highest genius. This Is undoubtedly nn extremo and untenable Claim, yei u cannui uu uv nled thnt history shows nn extraor dinary number of men and women of tbe first rank In all tne mguer neios of intellect who possessed the charac teristic marks of the blonde, nnd this not only In countries where tbe light type prevails, but also in lands like Italy, where the general complexion of the population Is dark. Oarrctt I. Hcrvlss, In Huccess Magazine. The Home of Musloal Fish, Lake Battlcaloa, Ceylon, bat tho probably unlquo distinction of being tbe home of musical fish. Tbe sounds emitted by tbeso are said to bo as sweet and melodious as those which would be produced by a series of Aeo lian harps. Crossing tbe lake In a boat one can plainly distinguish tbe pleasant sounds, If an oar is dlppod In the water tbo melody becomes loud cr aud more distinct. Bacon Why does be call bis dach shund "Procession " Egbert Beoaut It takes blm so long to pass a given point. Yonkert Statesman. fAMOUS OLD STAIEIIOUSE NOW A RAILROAD STETI0N. Through the lower story of tbo his toric old statehonse In Boston, built In 1743, are tbe entrances to tho Devon shire street station of the newly open ed Kast Boston tunnel, Tho royal gov ernor under tho first throe Georges occupied these quarters when .Massa chusetts had a colonial government. Here John Hancock was Inaugurated first governor of the commonwealth In 1780, and the State's general court sat In this building until 1708. Tbe city government had possession from 1830 to 1830, In recent years tbe upper part of tbe building has been given to toe collodion or me iiosion Historical Society. White man Is using bis Angers to measure drinks, opportunities slip through them. PdEPEHO QAHU OK NATURE. Chlin psttate Hliock Bishop of Hltrrn l.ooiio and Ills I'limllr. Mnsuii Mitchell, former rough rldor, now United Hlnlcs totitnl lit .anil bnr, linn found limny ixhl diversion to enliven hla exile mid plcasn lilt tatto for African adventure, hut timitng hi African nciiunltitnnce liuuo held high cr favor than "Brooks," n chlinpanzoe whoso almost humnn qualities and cultivated presence, nln. nro missing from druwitig-room and pronitmndo. Ho wns captured when quite young by tho Mnnynmns In the west Congo district, near I.nkn TiiiipmlUI, and after adventures unrecorded wn brought down tho const nml given to the bishop of Hlerrn Loone. Hem ho remained (or n year n a pet of tho eccleslnstlcnl household, and was taught many tricks by tho bishop, At length tho bishop was married nml his wlfo objected to tbo presence of Brooks without clothing. As tho satdt "If he's to be treated like a child he mutt he properly brought up and taught to wear such garments ns aro seemly and decent." A suit ot clotbea was made nnd put on for the first time on n Hunday after noon, when a ten wat to bo given on the lawn. Wheu all tho guests wore seated beneath the grateful shado of a cocoanut tree Mr. Brook wns led out lu his new nnd nwngger suit, a cut awny coat, while waistcoat nnd check ed trousers, and given hla customary teat nt table, where he hai always ronducted himself with the utmost rate and dignity. On this occasion ho behaved with propriety until his share of the rat able hsd been tucked awny. Then, seeing that there was nothing to lose by expressing 1:1s pent-up emotion or protest, he tprang from the table and rapidly climbed to the top of the over hanging cocoanut tree, splitting his now coat up the bark In hla reckless haste. Safely perched aloft, bo pro ceeded to tenr off hla clotbea, swear ing scnndnloiitly, nnd threw the shred ded garments at tho guests below. Not satisfied with this expression of opinion, Mr. Brooks picked Iho cocoa nut from near by branches and hurl ed them with deadly slip at the table until the bishop and his guests fled for their lives and the afternoon tea was a total wreck. Outing. WHAT IS HEAD IN GERMANY. How th I.lteraluro Dlllcr from tbat of America. Tbo Germans are essentially a read ing people ns much as. If not more so than, any other In the world, says tho Itovlow of Bevlews. The periodical literature, however, extensive and hlghciat as It Is, Is very different from that of Kngland or the United Btatos, and even from thnt of other continental European countries. In tbe first place. It Is n fact thnt the fsrther south and eaat oua goes In Ku rope, the lots Influential does he And public opinion nnd the more servile tbe press. The French press tins less freedom than that of ISnglaiid, and the German leas thnn thnt ot France. German pe riodicals differ from those of tbo Unit ed 8 la tea and England In another re spectthey nro more minutely differ entiated. The Germane havu month He, weeklte nnd dallies, and those are usually devoted to some, particu lar branch of literature, art, education or Industry, and tbern la no publica tion combining fact and fiction, Illus tration, poetry, hlttory and humor, In nil Oermnnysuch n we find so many examples of In this country and In Kn gland. If tho Kngllah. and American press Is commercial, and the French artistic, the German may be said to be techni cal. There Is an Immense number of periodicals devoted to technical Indus tries ond handicraft. The literary tyle of German pcrlodli-nl I not so polished ns that of the French, nor are theto periodical to attractive mechan ically nt a general thing, hut they are moro honest nnd reliable than the French : and. Instead of being concen trated In tbe capital or In any other one large rlty, they aro published at widely scattered points. THREE MILLIONS A YEAR, Hum Out of Which Jaiuinrs llmixror Must Keep tip III Household, Tho Ktnperor's yearly expenso of living Is limited. Fur till purpose he draws threo million dollar from the nutlonal trcntury, HI perHon.il wealth U not to bo spent on hi own living, so thnt threo million dollar I lenlly his yeurly salary uh manager of tho country. Ho bn got to puy out or it some one thousand employe. llio lndy-ln-waltliig I said to bo paid ono hutulrod and llfly dollars monthly. I havo no doubt thnt even n washing girl Is paid nbout seventy dollars. Japsn is n country whero a laboring mans wnget arc not more innn niiy cents dnlly. The cnier cook or tue imperial palace la paid two hundred dollars a mouth. Tho Kmperor dnlly fnre Is Jnpnn- eso. He It periecuy Hniisiieu, ror breakfatt, as a common Japanese It, with a bowl of bean soup und ii few similar dishes. But his dinner usually appears In splendid style, In some twenty course, although be always denounces It as a utele extrava gance. When any official feast Is held -the chorry-blossom-vlowlng parly at tho Kloshlkawa botanical garden, or tbe chrysanthemum party at tbe Aka sakn pnlnce, for Instance be will not spnre nny expense in preparing nn elegnnt Uuropenn bnnquot Tbe Em press It the msntger ou such an oc casion. She Is a noted economist. She always gives a bint to her court ladles and the wires of the minister! how to arrange tbelr dresses and bow to save expense, Hho 1 regarded as an exemplar of loveliness ond woman ly sweetness. There never wns a woman truer to tie old teachings In respect to womanly disposition and demeanor. Buccesi Magazine. Handy to Have Around. "You don't mind 'hiy leaving so many of these bills, do you?" said the. collector, with a touch ot sarcasm. "No, Indeed," replied tho woman In tbe door, "Wo rather Hko It. The children do tbelr examples on tbe bicks of them." Keep one eye on your enemies and two eye on your friends.