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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1905)
The By "tit lV' CHAPTFK I. I know how silly it is of me to frt over this separation of a few weeks Jack, but I'm suffering from that most feminine of all feminine ailments resentimcnt. I have a horrible dread that you will not come back to me just the same as you leave mo." Jack lornton knew this was all very foolish, lie loved pretty Ethel Mallett very dearly; ., instead of putting hi thought into words, he kissel the tearful face ami lovingly comforted her with Tows of eternal constancy. "You know I needn't stay down there until the pictures are finished," he said "As soon as I have the sketches well forward. I shall come back and complete tho larger pictures from them at home mid, though I shall be working very liard, that will not prevent you from coming every day to watch my progress and cheer me up for an hour or so in the afternoon." Ethel smiled It was rather a pitiful attempt and turned resolutely to the breakfast table. "It was good of yoc to think of com lug to lireakfast with us, so that we might see the last of you before start lag." she said bravely, as she busied lierself with the co.Tee cups. Mr. Mai lett came down a few moments later, and breakfast was got through with due decorum. In deference to "papa's dislike to emotion." Shortly after the meal Jack was tramping away his portmanteau in one hand and a portable easel in the other. He had been engaged to Ethel Mallett for two months, and they were to be married as soon as he could provide a suitable home for her. A fortnight after lie had obtained the reluctant consent of Mr. Mallett to this arraugement. a cer tain Lord Summer, attracted by two water colors of Jack's in a fashionable gallery, had found him out and offered liim a liberal commission, to execute a series of six picture, the subjects to be selected from the immediate neighbor hood of his lordship's place in Exbridge- shire. Jack had jumped at the offer, see ing that it would enable him to place little Ethel in a home of her own two months sooner than he anticipated. So here he was, after a two hours' run, hard at work in the woods of Mal lingford. skillfully and rapidly filling in the leading features of Mallingford House and its surroundings. While his fingers were thus busy, he was recalling the conversation he had had with Lord bummers upon the place of his first sub ject. "Would yon wish me to begin with Bummerfield?" Jack had asked, when taking his final instructions from his Lordship. "No; I should like to be at Summer- field myself when you are there. I think you had better make Mallingford House your first subject. It Is about ten miles from Summerfield, and you can work your way toward there. I shall be down by the last week of July, and hope to hare the pleasure of showing you some hospitality." Jack bowed his thanks. "You will be delighted with Mailing- lord, ins lordship went on. "It is a noble place, and I have a rather peculiar Interest in the property. The late owner. Sir Paul Mailing, was a most eccentric man, with a very exalted notion of his own importance as head of the house. He had never manv-1. and was mortally offended with hi brother Geoffrey be cause he took unto himself a wife at the age of thirty-eight without first consult ing him. Poor I'aul.' He was a great friend of mine; but I'm bound to confess that he was of a most unforgiving dispo sition. Would you believe it, Mr. Dorn ton? He was so unjust as to disinherit Geoffrey and leave the whole of his prop erty to his only sister's only child, Pau liue Lufton. liis will confirmed his rep utation for eccentricity, for he made even her inheritance conditional; first, upon Ler taking the name of Mailing, and, secondly, upon her not marrying under the age of twenty-five without her guar dian's approval and consent. A very awkward thing for the guardian. I am that not-to-be-envied person. So, you see, should the young lady in question happen to fall in love with some poor beggar of a fellow, I could not consist ently give my consent, and she would have to give up either her love or her position as owner of Mallingford, one of the finest seats in the county." "In which ease?" Jack said, interroga tively. "In which case the disinherited broth er would have his own. lint I am glad to say that my charming ward will be twenty-five In September and will then be in a position to please herself in her choice of a husband for which I am de voutly thankful, as it relieves uie of a serious responsibility." "I can quite understand that." "I was in hopes at first that I should not be called upon to exercise my guar dianship at all. When Sir Paul died, Pauline was away with her father In Italy. He was a sad reprobate, and spent his time chiefly in gambling houses, leaving his motherless girl among all kinds of people. Well, as fate willed, this Luftou died Just a mouth before Sir Paul, and, though we made every effort to find his daughter, we could ob tain no tidings of her. We traced the father and daughter to Naples, where the former died; but after that we could hear nothing of her. We sent out agents, we advertised, we did everything we could. At last, after five mouths of fruitless inquiry, and just as we were losing heart, aud wondering whether we should not begin to hunt up poor Geof frey, she appeared suddenly at my so licitors' offices. She looked wretchedly 111, said she hud been working her heart out as a teacher of English at a Spanish school, and had only recently seen one of our advertisements. She was nine teen then and that Is nearly six years go." And now, as Jack Dornton stood In the shady wood, with the noonday sun mak ing little patches of white bare aud there ( Wife's iccrct, OR A BITTER RECKONING S CHARLOTTE M. HRAI-MU wherever It could pierce the thick foil age above, and with a hnxr.iug of insects in his ears, he was weaving all sorts of romantic fancies concerning the owner of all the beauty surrounding him. CHAPTER It. From behind the bole of a large tree Jack Dornton was being narrowly scan ned by a young lady, who seemed well pleased with the inspection. She watch ed him at work for some minutes with a decided look of admiration in her eyes She turned from her survey presently. and stooping down, crept away slowly among the brushwood, making a detour with the evident intention of reachiug the spot again. In the meantime Jack, stretching him self after his spell of work, noticed a small natural mound covered with soft velvety grass. Tho more he looked the stronger became the temptation to take ten minutes' rest. He yielded at last. and found the mound an excellent pillow. IU'fore he had enjoyed two of the al lotted ten minutes' rest, his open locket. containing a portrait of Ethel, dropped from his hand, ami a myriad of gnats buzzed and whizzed in happy freedom round his head. Jack Iorntou was fast asleep. At that moment a woman came glid ing by in full view of the easel. She was a woman of surpassing loveliness. tall, stately, with mass of golden plaits coiled round and round her head, full melting brown eyes and ripe red lips, a skin rivaling the peach in its delicate coloring, and a carriage queenly in its every movement. Her dainty cambric gowu. cunningly made to "more express than hide her form," trained carelessly among the ivy roots and brambles be hind her. Her simple straw hat she car ried in her hand, and her whole air sug gested the pretty "maiden 'meditation fancy free." She gave a well-feigned start when she had come well in view of Jack's easel. It was not pleasant to watch the swift change that came over the beautiful face as she marked the vacant seat and thought herself alone. It revealed un mistakably the defects of her character as indicated in the cruel little curves at the corners of the mouth, which were generally concealed beneath the pretty confiding smile that from long practice had become habitual with her. Advancing cautiously, she glanced around, and soon discovered Jack's whereabouts. She went quickly to the easel, and critically examined the morn ing's work. Turning aside, she remarked to herself, "With such decided talent and such an appearance, he would be sure to succeed If he were properly taken up." She then walked on tip toe to Jack, and scrutinized him quite as crit ically as she had scrutinized his work, and evidently with as much approval. Then her quick eye detected the open locket by his side. She looked carefully at the sleeper and having assured herself of the soundness of his slumbers, went down upon her knees by his side, the better to examine the portrait. She started visibly when her eyes fell upon the sweet face smiling at ber from the tiny trinket. She rose quickly and walked away a few yards. "So she is this landscape painter's 'village maiden!'" she muttered vindic tively. "Surely there is some fatality in his coming here! I can't be mistaken, it is the same insipid babyishly pretty face that Ijord Summers pointed out to me in the parS the other day. And she loves this Apollo, does she? And per haps he thinks he loves her. Well, we shall see what we shall see! There was a significant glitter In her fine eyes, and an iustantiueous tighten ing of the red lips seemed to tell of a hard, cruel heart beneath the fair ex terior. Hut the expression of her face changed as if by magic when Jack roll ed over on to bis side and showed signs of waking. She had posed gracefully before the easel, and awaited him. "I believe I've been asleep," he mur mured drowsily, raising himself on one elbow, when his eyes fell upon the daz zling loveliness of the girl so earnestly regarding his picture; and in the first glimpse of Pauline Mailing, Jack's senses aud artistic perceptions were alike rous ed, and, springing to his feet he went toward the easel. "I beg your pardon for the liberty I have taken in examining your picture," murmured the woodland nymph melodi ously. "I hope I did Lot disturb you. May I be allowed to continue my inspec tion V" Jack, hardly awake even yet, mut tered something about "too much hon or. You are Mr. Dornton, are you not?" she continued, still looking at the pic ture, and giving Jack time to pull him self together. "1at1 Summers told me he was going to ask you to make a pic ture of my house." It was Miss Mailing then, and no woodland nymph, after all. Jack felt dis appointed, though he could not tell why. I suppose you will remain here for some days. May I offer you a little hos pitality during your stay? The village inns arc, I believe, wretchedly uncomfort able, and I should not like a friend of my guardian's to be driveu to their shel ter while I am at home. We are two lonely women just now, and but dull com pany, I fear; but we will do our best. to make you comfortable fur this week at least. Next week I am off again until the end of the season, and shall have to leave you to the mercies of the ser vants. Say you will come. "Thank you very much," Jack began hesitatingly; "but I did not anticipate In fact, I made uo preparation "Is that the only difficulty?" she In terrupted gently. "Pray don't let that stand in the way. Mrs. Sefon and I will shut our eyes to the enormity of a morning coat at dinner, aud will promise to think no less of you on that account. Wa dine at half past seven, so that we may have an hour or two of these lovely summer evenings In the gardens." Jack raised his soft felt hat, n,l watched her graceful figure ns she glided away down the dim leafy vista of the wood. He wished that she had stayed longer, that he might still be looking Into her glorious eyes, watching the ever changing lights that came nod went as rapidly as scudding clouds across a sum mer sky. When at last n curve lu the path hid her from view he turned again to his work with a heavy sigh, wishing it was already half past seven. CHAPTER III. "Now you are to consider yourself quite at home, Mr. Dornton," Miss Mai ling (Mill, as she rose from the table. "Stay and meditate here in solitude, or come out on the terrace, as suits your in clination." The moon came out by an. I by, throw ing from behind a curtain of tender gray clouds a soft, silvery, shimmering light over the landscape. After Mrs. Softon had gone Indoors. Pauline led the conversation in a manner that quite entranced hr companion. The witchery of the evening, the beauty of the woman, and the spell of her fasci nations wrought upon Jack's impression able nature, aud his dreams that night were of lovely women with golden hair and liquid brown eyes. A week later. Jack Dornton stood at the breakfast room window, apparently absorbed in the calm, radiant beauty of the scene before him; yet his breast was torn with conflicting passions. Pauline Mailing was returning to town by the midday train, and the pain that her proposed departure hal caused him had also opened his eyes to the hateful truth that he had been unfaithful to his little Ethel's memory. "What a blind fool I have been." he told himself, wrnthfully, "to stay here day after day, and not see my own dan ger! Miss Mailing has been very kind and gentle; but I dare say she looks upon me as belonging to a very inferior lass to her own; and I, to show my gratitude, must return her womanly kindness by presuming to fall in love with her! Apart from my supreme con ceit with regard to Miss Mailing. I have behaved shamefully to Ethel," he went on; and a flush or seir-comleuinatlon crept over his handsome face. " I've been away from her a whole week, and only one short note have I svnt her." He seated himself at the writing table in the window and seized a pen. lie nibbled the penholder, as if In expecta tion of receiving inspiration from the t. P.efore he had quite made up his mind ns to the wording of his overdue love letter he heard a rustle at the door, and Miss Mailing entered in her elegant traveling costume. 'How I shall miss your pleasant lit tle morning chats, Mr. Dornton" with a gentle sigh "our happy sketching expe- litions, and our delightful evenings!" 'You ennot miss them as I shall," Jack returned. 'You think not?" raising her eyes slowly to his and dropping her voice mournfully. "That shows how little you know and appreciate your gain In pos sessing the hearty love and esteem of a few true friends, instead of the monoton ous adulation of a horde of mere fashion able acquaintances. You cannot under stand, because you have never experi enced it, how the- emptiness of our lives sometimes palls upon us butterflies, and what we would give at such times to have a real oblect in life; how we long for the affection of one disinterested creature!" Here Jack would have precipitated himself bodily into the yawning chasm she had so conveniently opened for him, but for the entrance of Mrs. Sefton, who proceeded to dispense the comforts of the breakfast table in her own inimitable manner. The carriage wus at the door before the meal was properly over. "Good-by, Mr. Dornton," said Pauline, as she stood with one dainty foot upon the step. "I shall hope to find you here when I return; and I fear," she contin ued, again lowering her voice dangerous ly, "I shall not be able to endure much of London's vapid society after the in tellectual intercourse we have enjoyed lately. I shall be back in a fortnight. You will not forget me in that time?" (To bo continued.) Fickleness of Woman. Gray Hello, Smith, old boy! And ho you are married, oh? Smith That's what the parson told me. Gray Ami, of course, you nre hap py? Smith Well, I don't know about that. To toll the plain, unvarnished truth, I'm Just a little bit disappointed. Gray I'm sorry to hear that. What's the trouble? Smith Well, you see, during tho courtship stunt she used to tell me how strenuously she loved mo, but we had no sooner got spliced, than she gave up her $10 a week Job ns type writer thumper. That goes to show how much you can bank on a woman's love. What He Was Afraid of. Rounder Is It true that you are en gaged to that young widow? Gayboy Not at the present writing. We were engaged, but I broke It off. Rounder Aren't you afraid she will take It to heart? Gayboy No, but I'm afraid she will take it to court. Told In Confidence. The Caller The man who wrote that poem you printed yesterday didn't know what be was writing about. The Editor Of course not. Other wise it wouldn't have been poetry. Putting- Mini Wise. Her Father What are you and young Rhortlelgh going to live on In cuso you marry? Ills Daughter Well, If you must know, papa, go look In the mirror. Htrenuoue Hint. Husband Let me see, how long bat It been since Uncle John was here? Wife Oh, It must be several years. He was here the week after I got my last new bonnet. Detroit Tribune. Uulte Likely. Little Wllllo Say, pa, what does'..,, a(iUBt exactly to the form of the this paper mean by "ties of blood7" Pa Must be a new shade of red necktie, tuy ton. New Apron for Mllktnu. The :i vera go man on tho farm docs nil sorts of work, hence his clothing I generally full of odors which, its they would I n absorbed by the milk, makes It desirable that he be dressed especially for the- work while milking. A new Idea for a milking apron I here given with exact dimension for Hie mil it of average- build. This apron Is llfty-two Inches down the center of the I rout; one half of top In front, seven inches; one half of hip measure, twenty-live Inches; length of extension at back, thirteen Inches; suspender, thirty inches. Leg at lower edge 14 Inches w Ide. To make the apron cut It from blue tltMilm iir heavy unbleached mus lin, with center of front on fold of piods and piece out the extra width on sides. Slit the center of front to within twelve indies of the waistline, being careful not to get this slit too high or It will not protect the front of the trousers. Hind the i .!!' licit ly nil nround with cotton braid or a bins strip of the g Is. Make two straps to hold the apron snugly around the trousers leg. milking the straps of ample sie to slip over the foot and leg or else arrange ho that It can be buttoned at one side. Iiutton the buck edges to hold apron around hips ami fasten suspenders nt front and buck. Eor a large man two full lengths of goods, each one mid one half jards long by thirty-six Inches wide will be required. Iu the Illustration the side view shows exactly out-half of tho apron and from the Illustration any housewife can 'cut and make this apron. Indianapolis News. Feeding Hog:. A hog fed at fair profit until It reaches 'iSi pounds will give less profit with each additional pound, and a point can be reached at which further feeding can be done only at a loss. A reliable authority says that a certain amount of food being require! to make a gain on a hog of 35 pounds, It will require 4 per cent more food with u hog of 70 pounds to make the same gain, 14 per cent more with one of l'J.'i pounds, 'SI per cent more on hogs of 'J'Jo pounds, ami 70 per cent more oi; those weighing .'(-." pounds. The tests upon which those figures nre based wore not olllclal, but It Is a well known fact that with In crease of ago more food Is required to effect a gain than at earlier age. Hut the light weights, those under 'J1) pounds, cannot be so well handled at paokeries, and hence those who are feeding for market should bring thorn to that weight smooth and well finish ed. At less weight or In bad condi tion, It will bo found that the discrim ination against t twin Is strong, so till It will always be best economy to bring them to the most rigid require ments of the market. Agricultural Epitomist. Serviceab'e Horse Kvener. Here is a sketch of a three-horse evoner which I use on wagon and disk harrow. A hole Is made lu the tongue 0 Inches back of the regular one and a hammer strap with two holes In It (to match the two holes In the tongue Is put on. Strap Iron Is used to connect the 2-foot and 3-foot eveners. Will say that If a man has THREE-HOUSE EVEN EH. four horses It Is best to use them all on the disk barrow. F. Ames, in Farm Progress. Fitting; the Collar. The horso collar Is made over a iorm while wet and suits the taste of the maker. Then why not make the collar fit the form of the neck that Is to wear It? To do this, select a col lar that will tit as nearly as possible the horse It Is Intended for. On an evening thoroughly wet cloths enough to wrap It up, leaving the collar In that condition all night. It need not be a new one, an old one may be treated the same way. In the morn ing, and whllo wet and soft, put the collar on the horse, adjust It proper ly; also the names and name tugs, and work the horse moderately dur- i., ti10 day. when the collar will dry IJOck ot the norBe whose collar It must b fti0I)g, t by getting fatter AI'IKIN loll Mil KINO. or leaner tho shape of the neck Is changed, a reshaping of the collar Is iiilvlsiiblo, which can ho done as In the first place. Trentlnu Winter Wheat for Keeil In each of six years, experiments have boon conducted at the Ontario Experiment farms lu treating winter wheat lu different ways to kill the stinking smut, n ltd (he results have boon very satisfactory. 1' lit rented seed produced nil ttvnago of II (I per coiit of smut lu the crop of last year Mid IK! per cent of smut lu the crop of this season. Seed wheat which was Immersed for twenty minutes In a solution made by adding one pint of formaldedydo (formalin) lo forty two gallons of water produced nu average yield of grain per acre of fifty bushels In 1WI and .'(). S bushels In ItHK"), and that which was uutreat ed produced only 40.(1 bushels, and forty three bushels pel' acre for Hie corresponding two years, thus making nn average saving of nearly six bushels per ncro. The treatment here mentioned was easily performed, com pa rii t holy cheap, orYoclual In killing the smut spores, and Instrumental lu furnishing iu largest average yield of wheat per acre of all the treat-' incuts used. I'tranlnu t ' for Winter. Gather the crops clean. Such as nre gathered for sale can be proper ly stored away and thou go over the Held again, gathering up the odds it i I emU which often make more than clii wagon load ami representing sev oial good foods for some of the slock. If one can turn sw Ino or sheep Into the Held to clean up It can generally be done with prollt. Any plants with tops like asparagus may bo mowed and thousands of woods thus destroy ed If the tops are burned. Then tho Holds are In bettor condition for the manure when It Is time to supply It. 'L'he weakening meadow may be braced up by the top dressing of manure put mi late, the corners can be cleaned out; the tools be taken under cover and cleaned, preparatory to being painted later on. Itreaks lu tenoos and leaks In roofs can be re paired. There are pi 1 1 1 y of things to look nf, or and the doing of them moans money saved or earned lu every case. Try It. Trotiuh for Fowls. Almost -ryouo who has tried food ing common! to chickens has had difficulty In doing It satlfat torlly. The latest Idea seems to be to food It dry. The trough shown herewith Is de signed for feeding dry meals, either run rr.nu.xo dry meal. Indoors or out, and for chickens ns well ns hens. The flat edge pieces, snown clearly In the cross-section prevent the meal from being thrown out of the trough, while the roof pre vents rain wetting the meal or fowls getting Into the trough. I'rnnlnif Raspberries. After the fruiting son son Is over Is a good time to cut out the old wood Mid leave nothing but this year's grow th of canes. The canes that Heat fruit this year will not boar fruit another year, consequently they should lw removed, mid the sooner this Is done after the fruit has boon picked the letter. If they are out out at that time, the plant foist taken up by tho roots, all goes Into the young wood, thereby Inducing mure vigorous growth. This method Is not to be recommended, however, for sections where there Is much danger of win ter killing. Strulnliitf tin- Milk. Milk should always be strained and cooled by dipping, stirring and sur rounding by cold water , Immediately lifter milking. It should always be aired whore the air Is pure, at least llfty feet lor more if possible) from any swill barrel, hogpen, hog yard, lood trough, bariiyaid, milking yard or dusly road. Two or throe thick nesses of chocNoclolii iiinke a good strainer. Cloth strainers should nl ways bo thoroughly washed, then boil ed and hung iu a puro atmosphere to dry. Ifnme-Grown Mutlon. In a tost made at the New Jersey station a homo-grown ration made up of thirty-six pounds of oowpen sllngo and ten imiuikIs of crimson clover hay, with six pounds of corn and cob ineul, costing 10.57 cents per cow per day, produced as much milk and but ter as a ration In which two-thirds of the protein was supplied by dried brewers' grains and cottonseed meal costing 17.15 cents. Poultry Pic kins. Disinfectants are cheajHT than dis ease. Keep pure, fresh water always within reach. To avoid disease, It Is better to breed away from It. Fowls In confinement,, to do well, need a variety of food. When chickens have bred disease, look out for large lice. The falling off of the rooster'a comb shows him to bo In bad health. In selecting a location for a poul try yard, choose a light, sandy aoll. Manure piles are good for the pro duction of gapes In chickens. Do not condemn a breed simply be cause a few fowls do not come up to your expectations. The guinea-fowl Is a greater forager and destroys many Insects that other fowl will not touch. Hubert II. McCurdy, who teslMml before tho Insurance Investigating committee In Now York, that from IMiia until the pres ent lime ho has re ceived hundreds of thousands of dol lars lu commis sions. Is the gen eral liltiniiger of tho Mutual Life and also Is a trim to.t of the Inslllii. Hon. Ills father Is its president. Th younger McCurdy Ill I II I M l I IIIO . begun his Insurance career In IHS, after his graduation from Harvard. In the Metropolitan agency of Ihe Mill mil Life, and Ihe years later ho was trade superintendent of the foreign department. lu I'.SKI he was chosen ginoral manager. Mr. McCurdy was lorn In New York City. May L'O. Js.V.i. I'.osbles his position lu the Mutual 1. 1 Co ho Is a director of the Astor National Hank, of the Windsor Trust Company. and of the Casually Company of Amotion, and also Is connected willi other financial and business corpora Hons. Waldo Sti.ry, the Huston London sculptor, who Is to execute Ik s'alue nf the late Sir Wilhnin Vernon Hare.. art for the House of ('minions. Is the first American to be thus honnrr.1. I'liiliils Kossuth, under whose lead ership Hie coalition parties lu Hungary are said to be desirous of effect log or ganization in op position to Alls ttlii n control, Is n son of the cole brntisl revolution 1st, Louis Kos suth. For years he has boon nu Influential lender of the Hungarian Independent party aud tin chaiiipboi of popular tights. Formerly ho was MIAM I Klinhl III. a civil engineer, but abandoned that profession to enter polities, and for u long time has I n a thorn In the tlesli nf the government, on several occa sions It has boon reported that Frauds Kossuth would be made premier. For a time lu IM'.I the elder Kossuth was governor of Hungary, which had de clared Its Independence, but be was compelled to floe from bis native coun try and lived In exile many years. Gen. (. W. Mln. III. Foiled States np praiser of diamonds that come into New Y'ork, declares that they have advanced ,50 pi-r cent In value lu ten years, aud that the lucrrase will continue. William Caryl F.ly. who has been elected president of the reorganized American Street and lutcrurhuu Hall way Association, Is a citizen of ItulTiilo mid well known ns a busi ness lawyer. Hn served lu the Now V ii r k Assembly from 1NS3 until lH-S.'i, and was tho Democratic nom inee for Speaker. Ill lM'.M bo nlsit was honored with t Ii o I leiiioi ratlc nomination for Justice of the Supremo Court. He was one of the promoters of tho Niagara Falls Power Company unit of the Huffalo and Niagara I'n I Is Fleet lie Hallway. Mr. F.ly was born lit Mlddlotlohl. N. Y.. In l.H.'.tl. mid Is a graduate of Cornell. In lss'j he was admitted to tho bar. Ho Is a Mason. The late Gen. Sherman was one of the men that haunted the cloakroom of the House ami Senate for a good story. Dr. Victor NilsHou of Minneapolis has been chosen to eilit the new monthly mu sical journal of tho American I'nion of Swedish Singers. Charles Fvaus Hughes, who wntj nominated for Mayor of Greater New Y'ork by the Hepublloan city conven tion, Is a lawyer whose achievement for years have kept hi in In the public eye. Just now he Is attorney for the Armstrong commu nion of tho New York State Legisla ture, which Is In vestigating the methods of the big life Insurance com panies, and It wan i has. IHIUIII.U, under his direction that the commis sion has been able to bring out so much evidence of how tho public's money Is Juggled for the benellt of tho olncerB and their friends. Mr. Hughes was born at Glens Falls, N. Y April 11, 1802. The late Hermann Nothnaglo, the famous surgeon, wrote an essay some years ago In which he endeavored to prove that the moment of dying was la most cases absolutely painless. Hj own deuth evidently confirmed this doc trine. s :- Hey. (1. V. McPherson, one of the best known evangelists of New York City, plans the building of a great evan gelistic hall seating U.OOO persons and having In connection with it a training school for evangelists. , . II. fluffy -i t i n- - n W. f. u.. yj