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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1907)
.iiiiiiiiiiiiiLiiittiitttl.v'..x.'...T. .,. THE IRON PIRATE 1 A Tlain Tate of Strange Happening on the Sea By MAX PEMBKRTON v IV T 1 H T T T t - T ' -ooo- CtTAPTEn XXII. (Continue.) No man has over looked on a mnr aw Tul sight. We hnl struck the battleship low amidships we had crashed through the thinnest coat of her steel. She had heeled right over from the shook, so that the Kuna had east free from the carriages, nnd Hie seas had filled her. Thua for one terrible minute she lay. and then. with a heavy lurch, she rolled beneath the wares: and there was left but thirty or forty struggling soul, who battled for their lives with the (treat rollers of the Atlantic. Of those a few reached the aide f our Rhip and were shot there aa they vlung to the ladder. For ourselves we lay, our bow split with the shook, our engine room in tear ful disorder. The other warships wvre yet somr distance away: but they opened fire upon us at haxard. and. of the hrst three shells which fell, two out our docks: tnd sent clonds of splinters of wood and of human flesh flying in the smoke-laden air. At the fifth shot, a gigantic crash resounded from below, and the stokers, rushed above with the news that the fore utoke hold had three feet of water in it. The hands received the news with a deep yroan. They bellowed like bulla at Black ; they refused all orders. He shot down man after man. while I crouched for safe ty in the tower; and they became but fiercer. Our end was evidently near. Anon they turned upon the captain and myself, and fired volleys upon the conning tower: or, in their terrible freniy, they pitched themselves Into the sea. Through all this our one engine work ed; and so slowly did The great ironclad draw upon ua that the end of it all came before they could reach us. Suddenly the men rushed to the boats and cast them loose. Fighting with the dash of mad men,, they crowded the launch, they swarmed the jolly-boat and the lifeboat. We watched their insane efforts aa boat after boat put away and was swamped, leaving the men to drown. When 0 o'clock came. Black and Karl and myself were alone upon the great ship. Black pulled me by the arm and said : "Boy. they've left nothing bat the dinghy. The old ship' done; and it's time yon left her. "And you?" I asked. He looked at me and at Karl. lie followed me slowly, as one in a dream, to the davits aft, and freed the last of the boats. Then he went to bia cabin, and to the rooms below ; and I helped him to put a couple of kega of water in the frail craft, with some biscuit, which we lashed. When all was ready, the captain went to the engine room and brought Karl to the top of the ladder; but there the Ger man stayed, nor did threats or entreaties more him. "He'll die with the ship." said Black, and I don't know that he Isn't wise;" but he held out his hand to the genius of his crime, and after a great grip the two men parted. For ourselves, we stepped on the frail est craft with which men ever faced the Atlantic and at that moment the first of the ironclads fired another shell at the nameless ship. It was a crashing shot, but it had come too late to serve justice, or to wreck the ship of mystery ; for Karl bad let the hydrogen Into the cylinders un ohecko. And In a cascade of fire, light ing the sea for many miles, and making as day the newly fallen night, the golden citadel hissed over the water for one mo ment, then planged headlong, and was no more. A fierce fire It was, lighting sea and sky a mighty holocaust; the roar of great conflagration ; the end of a mon strous dream. And I thought of another fire and another face the face of Mar tin Hall, who had seen the finger of Almighty God in his mission ; and I said, "His work is doner But Black, clinging to the dinghy, wept as a man stricken with a great grief, and be cried so that the coldest heart might Lave been moved "AIy ship, my ship!" CHAPTER XXIII. Abont midnight a thunderstorm got up from the south, and the sea, rising some what with it, wetted us to the skin. The lightning, terribly vivid and lncesss ant, lighted ip the whole sea again and again, showing each the other's face, the Tace of a worn and fatigue-stricken man. And the rain and the sea beat on until we shivered, cowering and were numbed. Yet Black held to silence, moaning at rare Intervals as he moaned when the great hip sank. It was not until the sun rose over the long swell that we sdept for an bour or more ; and after the sleep we were "both calmer. The captain was very quiet, and he gazed at me often with the ex pression I had seen on his face when he waved from bis men. "Boy," he said, "look well at the sun, lest you never look at it again." I am looking," I rplied ; "it Is life to me." "If," he continued, very thoughtful, "you, who have years with you, should live when I go under, you'll take this belt I'm wearing off me ; It'll help you ashore. If it happen that I live with you, it'll belp both of us." "We're in the track of steamers," said I; "there's no reason to look at H that way yet." "That's your way, and the right one," lie answered; "but I'm not a man like that, and my heart's gone with my ship; we shall never see her like again." The captain pulled himself together with a great effort, and sat aft, sculling with the short oar in a mechanical and altogether absent way. ' Black continued to brood, and when the un fell low In the west, and the whole Leavens were as mountains nad peaks of crimson fire, I knew by bis muttering that the freniy of madness was upon blin. He raved with fierce threats and awful cries at the American he had burled, or mads duavcraM appeal to tout appari . v V sK -W NA tion that came to hlui In his dreadful dream. But at rho last be gTew almost Incoherent. I wan nigh dead with want of sleep and fatigue, for I had not routed during the fight with the ironclads, and I went to sleep at Inst. When I awoke for the third time, the dinghy was held firmly by a boat hook, and wns being drawn towards a Jolly boat full of seamen. I rose up, ruining my ryes as a man seeing a vision ; but, when the men shouted something to mo in Gorman, I h.id another exclamation on my Hp; for I was alone iu the boat, and Black had left nie. Then I looked across the sea. and I saw a long bla"k steamer lying to a mile away, and the men dragged mo into their craft, and shouted hearty wool of en couragement, and fell to owing with great joy. Yet I ivmomhered dreaming, and it seemed to me that the voice I hud heard in my sleep was the voice of Black, who cried to me aa he had cast himself to his death in the Atlantic. Was the man dead? Had he really ended that most remarkable life of evil enterprise and of crime; or had he by some miracle found safety while I slept? Had the man gone out of my life wrap ped In the mystery which had surrounded him form the first? Or had he simply cast himself from the dinghy In a fit of in sanity, and died the terrible death of the suicide? I could not answer the tremen dous question; but I had not reached the shelter of Che steamer which had saved me before I made the discovery that the belt of linen which had been about Black's waist was now about mine. I found that it was filled with some hard and sharp stone. Instinctively I knew the truth ; that in his last hour the mas ter of the nameless ship bad retained his curious affection for me; had made over to me some of that huge hoard of wealth he must have accumulated by his year of pillage : and I restrained myself with difficulty from casting the whole there and then Into the waters which had witnessed his battles for It. But the belt was firm ly lashed about me, and we were on the deck of the steamer before my benumbed hands could set the lashing free. It would be Idle for me to attempt to describe all I felt as the captain of the steamship Iloffnnng greeted me upon his quarter-deck, and his men sent up rounds of cheers which echoed over the waters. I stood for some minutes forgetful of ev erything save that I had been snatched from that prison of steel ; brought from the shadow of the living death to the hope of seeing friends and country and home again. And then there came a great sense of thankfulness, and tears gushed up in my eyes, and fell upon my numbed hands. With many encouraging pats on the back, they forced me down their com- panionway to the skipper's cabin, and so to a bunk, where I lay inanimate, and deep in sleep for many hours. But I awoke as another man, and when I bad taken a great bowl of soup my strength seemed to return to me with bounds, and I sat up to find they had taken away my clothes, but that the belt which Black had bound about me lay at the foot of the bunk, and was unopened. It was not heavy .being all of linen finely sewed ; but when at last I made up my mind to open it, I did so with my teeth, tearing the threads at the top of it, and 'so ripping it down. There fell upon my bed some twenty or thirty dia monds of such sire and lustre that they lay sparkling with a thousand lights which dazzled tbe eyes, and made me utter a cry at once of surprise and of admlra tiou. White stones they were, Brazilian diamonds of the first water; and when I nndid the rest of the seam, and opened the belt fully, 1 found at least fifty more, with some superb black pearls, a fine em erald, and a little parcel of exquisite rabies. To the latter there was attached a paper -with the words. 'Take these; they are honestly come by.' And let me write while I can that I have loved you. Remember this when you forget Captain Black." That was all; and I Judged that the stones were worth five thousand pounds If they were worth a penny. The Hoffnung was bound to Kontgs berg, but when the skipper and I had come to understand each other by signs and writing he, with great consideration, offered to put into Southampton and leave me there. I put off in his long-boat with a deep sense of bis humanity and kind ness, and with hearty cheers from his crew. I should have gone to the quay at once then, but crossing the roads I saw a yacht at anchor, and I recognized her as my own yarfit Celsis, with Dan aboard. To put to her side was the work of a mo ment, and I do not think that I ever gave a heartier hall than that "Ahoy, Daniel !" which then fell from my lips. "Ahoy!" cried Dan in reply. "Why, if It ain't the guv I'nor I" And tbe old fellow began to shout and to wave his arms and to throw ropes about as though he were smitten with lunacy. CHAPTER XXIV. I bad sprung up the ladder before Dan had gathered his scattered wits to re member that It was there. It was worth much to watoh that honest fellow as he gripped my hand In his two great paws. I asked him If Roderick and Mary were aboard. - . . .,'' "They're down below, as I'm alive, and the hands Is ashore, but they'll come aboard for this,. Shall I tell 'em as you've called In passing like? I can hardly see out of my eyes for looking at you, sir." Poor old Dan did not quite know what he was doing. I left him In the mldxt of his strange talk and walked softly down the oompanlon way to the door of the sa loon, and I opened It and stood, I doubt not, before them as one come from the dead. Mary, whose childish face looked very drawn, was sitting before a book, open upon the table, her bead resting up- n her nand. and a nt rnrt expression of melancholy In her great dark eyes. But Hod.rlck lay upon a sofa bunk, and was ? fi 1 ( ,1 APr .V " 1 V MV1 Li. Vv f fast asleep, with the novel which ho had I Z-vALVM SrF I "-Vr4ilf-A V ii"""; been reading lying crumpled uku thtf f , if.lfir J3 I . fdtt?Zj.tl'!i ttliHf 7 ,.. ., , u ifMiJ&mM wither of them moved ns I entered tho , VViV V Tf'W1 '.UftW-j room. It ws (o in. (ho host moment of TJ'mr& l J tL- '- ' i. my life to l. looking again upon thorn. !&U!7c5V and I waited for ono inlnulo until Mary Y raised her bond and our eyes met. Then 1 bent over (he cnMii table and kissed her, ami I felt her clinging to me, nnd though she never spoke, her eves were wvt IVltll tltlt t.,ll. t.,,.1 It llnll .1,., ,,il..l . , , ! it ... V... . r " . '""'"" oiiHui nuiiiigiii smiling utroiign n rum - shower. In .noiher .nomont .liore was nothing hut the expression of great child- Ish Joy on her face, and the old Miry siHke. "Mark, I can't believe It." she said, hold.ng me close lesi I might go away again, anii i always gnossoij you it con But Uodoriok awoke with a yawn, and when he saw me ho ruMs'd his eyes, and said as one Iu n doani : "Oh, Is that you?" The tea which Marv made was vert fragrant. It was a long story, and oouM give them but the outline of It. or, In turn, hear but a tenth part of their hVi if . ' - ",rt" " ' failed to rvturn to the hotel on that nk-ht when I followed Paolo to the don In the Bowerv. Ilodorl.-k h.i.l .t. nr nn o fhn yacht, and there had learned from Dan of my Intention. He did not lose an In- stant in seeking the aid of tho llee, but I was even then astern of the Ijiibfttdor, ami the keen search which the New York detectives had made was fruitless even In gleaning tidings of me. Paolo was fol lowed night and day for twenty-four hours; but he was shot In a drinking den before the detectives laid hands on hint, and lived long enough only to send Mary a message, telling her that her prettv eyes had saved the Crisis from disaster In the Atlantic. On the next day, both the skip per and Roderick made public all they knew of Blaik and his crew, and a greater sensation was never made in any city. The news was cabled to Kuro over half a dozen wires, was hurried to the Pacific, v nanurnr IM-n li Bills, K IIIU IlltVJOS IU t), ,rt,M -wk . ...n...... known, and for some weeks it paralyzed all traffic on the Atlantic. Cruisers of many nations were sent In the course of the great ocean-going steamers; arms were carried by some of the largest of the passenger ships, and the question was asked daily before all other questions, "Is the nameless g"-lp taken?" Meanwhile Roderick and Mary, who suffered all the anguish of suspense, n turned to London, there to hear the whole matter discussed In Parliament. Several warships and cruisers were dispatched to the Atlantic, but returned to report the Ill result of their mission. Nor was my oldest friend content with this national action and the subsequent offer of a re ward of 50,000 for the cairture of the nameless ship or of her cow. for ho put n the tnnrket, nocordlng to a Pennsyl the best private detectives In the city at I vnnln t)Ui,.tin. Timothy sells for n the work, sending two to New York and j , , , , , t,)0 thfm O,hor others to Paris and to Spezla. When the', , , . , m , ,.i.. weeks passed and I did not come, all Ua n1 rr-RnW as bol. mrtl.ti thought that I had died In my self-np-1 ry adapted to dorse. It is deficient pointed mission another of Black's -viol In protein, and for tnat reason should tims. It was but a few days after this sor rowful conviction that Black and I went to London, and were seen by Inspector ttIM)ttlr Uj. nu,i oats. It Is less vtilu King who had watched night and day nb,e for cattl nI(1 CUvi.T llny for the man's coming. The detective had immediately telegraphed to the Admiralty, and to Roderick, who had reached my hotel to find that I had already left. Then he had hurried back to Southampton, there to hear of the going of the warships, ami to wait with Mary tidings of the last great battle, which meant life or death to me. Long we sat discussing these things, and very bright were a pair of dark eyes that listened again to Roderick's story, and then to more of mine. But Roderick himself had awoke from his lethargy, and his enthusiasm broke through all bis old restraint. 'To-morrow, why to-morrow, you'll as tound London. My dear fellow, we'll go to town together to claim the .V),0O0 which the Admiralty offered, and the 20, 000 from the Black Anchor Line, to say nothing of American money galore. You're made for life, old man ; and we'll take the old yacht north to Greenland, and hunt up the place and Black's tender, which seems to have escaped the Iron clads, and it'll be tbe finest trip we ever knew.1 "W. Hoe Marv av?" I kp,i she still held my hand. "I don't mean to leave you again," she answered, and as she spoke there was a great sound of cheering above, and a great tramp of feet upon the deck ; and as we hurried up, the bands I loved to see crowded about me, and their shouting was carried far over the water, and was taken np on other ships, which threw their searchlights upon us, so that the night was as a new day to me, and the awakening from the weeks of dreaming as the coming of spring after winter's dark. Yet, as the child-face was all light ed with radiant smiles, and honest hands clasped mine, and the waters echoed the triumphant greeting, I could not but think again of Captain Black, or ask myself, Is the man really dead, or shall we yet hear of him, bringing terror upon the sea, and death and suffering; the master of the nations, and the child of ambition? Or is his grave In the great Atlantic that he ruled in the mighty moments of hi power? Ah, I wonder. ' (The End. Wlllloar to Obllwe. . Wiggins I'd like to borrow your lawn nvower, old man. The doctor says I need a little exorcise. Illgglns AM right Come over and I'll let you have It long enough to wow my lawn. 1 ' New Idea, for Vlmr. Manager I've got a new Idea for a melodrama that ought to make a hit. I'lay write Whut Is it? Manager The Idea Is to Introduce a cyclone In the first act that will kill all the actors. "fwas Kver Thus. Interviewer And do you always wait for Inspiration before beginning a poem 7 Great Poet Oh, do. Sometimes I need the money. lrlln Knur Horses Atiprnsl To drlvo four liorsos nbrcnat. two 1 , . , . . . "f ,,,M!" nr0 "ot ""''I.V l.o ,'nry nrrnngem.Mit such ns that own In tho mvoinpany lug Ulustia It Ion can bo lined. II B 11 It nro tho bits. A A nro ordl- nary driving lines on tho inliUllo. lu.ru cs. V V nro strnpa roun mo inaiuo ring of tho outside liorseH' bits fasten oil to tin Imino rlns of tho Inside borm-s. 1 D nro stmps or extra linen rcuolilntf across from tho ordinary lines to tho outside ring of tho bits of tho I.outUlo horses. As n mutter of con venlenco. ono may nttncli those to tho ,. t thp lllu.U0 )(lt that plan tut this objection. If tt.o outside horses nro "'" l"1'' " tendency to pull tl10 Vw ,,ut to f"r "N'1 worr-v tl1" '. Insldo horses' mouths. This cult be , entirely overcome by matting I J lone j rr nnd attaching It further towird tho blind of the driver. If ono Is driving ron krivixq rom iroasr. , , , , , , . , Unbroken or vicious horses It Is a good i P'"n to run I'll out far lnouu miu the driver cau slip his hands through tho loops thus nuulo nnd uso them us a pair of holders aro used on a hard mouthed driving liorso. In tho second Illustration tho Insldo horsvs aro shown with n tlo strnp fas tening thorn together. In driving, tlo tho hand pieces of ench off rein togeth er, also thoso of tho near horse, w hich, If of cHjunl length, enables tho driver to handle four horses with as much ! ense as two. Ttmotkr and C lover Ilr. Timothy hay Is the one most com monly grown on tho fnrm nnd found be fed with n grain ration of a nitro genous nnturc. For horses no better basis for a ration enn bo found than Is next to timothy In common use, nnd the two nro more often found mixed than either is found olone. Tho nitro genous niituro of tho clover nlds In supplying tho deficiency of protein Iu the timothy. Clover Is more vnluiiblo thnn timothy for cnttlo and sheep, but Is not considered so satisfactory for horses. An Antl-Klrklnsi Ivlee. An arrangement which will cure tho worst kicking cow thnt I have ever seen Is shown In the sketch. Take a strong strnp sucn ns a heavy harness line and bucklo It around tho cow's body Just In front or tho udder. One must bo very caro ful In placing it first on tbe kicking stoap in place, cow and not buckle It too tight She will probably object and Juini) around a little nt first, but will soon becomo used to the arrange ment and will not raise any more dis turbance. A rope Inny be used Instcnd of a leather strap If It la not tied too tight Be gentle with tho cow and treat her right and In a few weeks you can take off the strnp and she will remain quiet In ense she begins to kick again, replace the strap and leave It on her for a while. C. II. Purker, In Tarm and Home. Salt for Dalrr Cows. Tho carefully kept cows on the De troit dairy farm reccrves four ounces of salt dully, mixed with their feed. They eat their food better, and tho owner thinks they do better when they have this amount than when the allow ance Is smaller. The cows are fed three times a day .and the salt is di vided between the three feeds. Fine table salt Is Invariably used. The cows prefer It to coarse salt SprtosT Pastures. Wnen the spring opens there Is a temptation to put stock on the pas tures rather early In the season. This should not be done, as tramping by tho animals may do harm. A heavy roller should be used over the posture field so as to press down and smooth the sur face for the mower, if the field Is cut for hay. Very young grass or rye Is laxative, and cows will fall off In the yield of milk If put on too earl or kept on tho pasture too long. farm Brevities. Never pasture the alfalfa the first year. A healthy flock of sheep is a profit able flock. Mutton eaters are Increasing faster than mutton. A.tle Sreiltlna. Wo nro naked the. question If tin seedling used In grafting tipplo exerts nuy Influence on tho tree ns to hanll ness nnd If so what aro tho Is-st to use. ThonpploHts'tlllng Is tho foundation foi tho tree, ns tho scion depends on this nt least tho first two years Tor establishing Itself and forming tho illi cit us of tho future tree. Ill tlio past there has not i(en given tho attention ns then, should have loeii to hardiness niii' adaptability of the stocks of our different fruit trees, and It has Jut commenced to ho agitated by horticul turists the last few years. It has lieon th custom of many iiurscrliw to lin srt from Pnuuv sisslllugs of French crab nnd domestic apples for griirilng on Many of theso nro known to ! ten der and heiuv many of tho losses from tfeos dying out could bo traced If wo knew directly to tlio st.sks on which tho tree had been grafted. If wo were to save seed from such varieties us Duchess of Oldenburg, wealthy, north western gnvtilug, etc., wo would soon a marked difference In tho hardi ness of our trees. Some of our pains taking nurserymen nro very careful on thin nocount and buy their npplo woods In Vermont or northern Now York, where It Is washed out of tho pumice of the elder mills In sections where they bare had for years largo seedling or chard. While tho fruit wns Inferior, yet tho trees wero hardy, and this Is the only requirement In a stock, ns tho quality of tho treo will nlwnys Ik In flmncvHl by tho scion. Twcntluth Cen tury Fanner. lrunlns the I'lnm Trw. It bus boon frequently noticed that old plum trees do not produi ns good qunllty fruit ns n rule as tho younger trees and sometimes lHooiiie very In forlor nnd unproductive. In uinn.v ensos tho old trevs would 1h benefited by se vere cutting back, and besides thnt. It woul be well to keep tho plum tree In bettor training than has been the usu nl practice In tho west; cutting bnek tho long nnd spreading brunches, nnd compelling them to head In short nnd close to tho trunk. This might not bo g.Hsl practice for nil varieties, nnd It would U well to undertake It with some enro, selecting some few Individu als nnd noting the effect of such prun ing ujn them. Rural World. Ilalfrr Tl. The necessity of making a knot In the end of tlw halter every time tho horse Is tied In the stall U done away with by tbe Inven tion of a North Dakota ranchman. Where n hundred or more horses aro employed tho time Involved Iu tying i them In tho stalls each day Is consid erable. Tho halter tie, as shown In the Illustration, Is cannot slip. made of one phs-e nt mptnl thromrli which extend two slots. Theso slots nre wider at ono ! end than at tho other. By placing a rojK through one of tho slots nnd pull ing on the same the rope Is sure to lieoomo wedged In the slot tighter and tighter. The halter tlo Is nnlled at the lioud of tho stall In advance of the horse, so that the latter In pulling on the rope will force It more tightly Into the slot Only a few seconds nre re- J quired to slip tlio rope Into the slot and over a small hook at the Inner end. While In this position there Is no dan ger of the horse working the bolter loose and ronmlng In the stable. f'nltlvaf InsT Yoone; Trees. The soil will dry very rapidly and to a great depth If allowed to got hard and compact There Is but a small space left for air In solid soils, nnd from this fact they become hot and dry to a great depth In summer, while If clr Is present, as It Is In looso soils (be ing such a poor conductor of boat), It will allow only a small portion of soil to become hot which soon cools ut night and Is filled with a copious dew, 1 not only retaining the moisture al ready In the soil, but nlno adding to It at a season when moisture Is especially desirable. Newly sot trees are always benefited by cultivation, because all their roots are surface roots and can not thrive In a hot, dry, compact soil, hence tho necessity of summer surfuco cultivation of newly set trees. I'olsonlng- Cutworms. Recent experiments In poisoning cut worms, which have been working on wheat and alfalfa, have shown tho fol lowing mlxturo to be superior to spray ing with parls green, as formerly rec ommended : Thoroughly mix while dry 1 pound of parts green and 60 pounds of wheat bran; muke moist but not sloppy, by adding water In which a quart of cheap molasses has been dissolved. Place this mixture In sioonful piles where the worms are working. It attracts the worms from the wheat and oats. It Is also good grasshopper poison. Dlrds the Farmers' Friends. Professor Cook of the national agri cultural department declares that of tho 800 different kinds of birds, but three are the farmers' foes, tho En glish sparrow leading. He held that, while tho robin Is looked upon as a destroyer of early fruit, his diet Is but 1 pound of fruit to 0 pounds of In sects. TRUMPET CALLS. Ham's Horn ....U a Wnrnlnar NolS It. Ihe I nrr.leenied. .Homo people g through the world gniHshopicr fash ion. They Jump first, nnd then look to moo where they have lauded. Tho preacher of ten needs a chango of pisiple nUillt n much ns (ho people need a change of preacher. A stray dog will follow anybody. Man Is llko a wheel nnd runs Itest lf n groove. God's rnlnbow come nfter the storm, not ttcforo It. Tho more tho Chrlsllan prays tho less ho will grieve. Trying to look llko a sh.vp won't put tiny wool on a goat. There Is no bU'gor fool than tho one who fools with sin. Tho comvlted man Is not only dog mntlc, but bulldogiiiiitlc. When faith moves a mountain love ought to say where It shall go. Tho man who fall to decide for him self IHs tho devil decide for him. A politician can sov no more of the public giHsl than ho can see from tho public crib. Tho widow who gave the two inlteS could not have pleased the l,ord any tettor with a barrel of money, There Is little use Iu pra)lng for the sJmiers In tho stns-ts while no preach ing Is being done to the sinners In the IH'WS. SEES A MONARCHY COMINO. Mark Twain .- Amvrloana Ar Unman I. lite lllhrr NeHuns. Human nature being what It I". I itipiMiao wo must expect to drift Into monarchy by and by. It I a sadden ing thought, but wo ciintiot chnngo our nature; we nre nil nllke, we human Is'lngs, nnd In hr Mood nnd Im.iio, mid Inerndloublo, wo carry tho mms out of which monarchies nnd nrlstocraoles are grown worship of gauds, titles, dis tinctions, power. Wo have to worship these things nnd their pYsoors ; we aro all trn so nnd wo cannot help It We have to U despised by somebody whom wo regard as als.vo us or wo nre not happy; we have to have soinelsidy to worship and envy or we cannot be content In America we manifest this In all tho ancient and customary ways. In public wo wstff ut titles n nd hereditary privilege, but privately we banker nfter them, nnd when wo get n chance wo buy them for cash and a daughter. HollM-tlllies WO get a good mail and worth the price, but wo are ready to tnko It I ii anyway, whether he lm rl; or rotten, whether ho ts clean and decent or merely a basket of noble nnd sacred and o!ig-dccoiidsl offal. And when we get him the whole nntinii publicly chaffs and scoffs and privately envies, and also Is proud of tho luiiinr which has Iss-u conferred iiioii us. We run over our list of titled pur chases every now nod then In tho newspnKrs nnd discuss them and caress them mid nro thankful nnd happy. In n monarchy tho psple will ingly nnd rejoicingly revere and take prldo In their nubilities and are not humiliated by the reflection that this humble and hearty homage gels no re turn but contempt. Contempt dues not, shnme them; they are usisl to It nnd they recognise that It Is their proper duo. We aro nil mndo llko thnt. In Europe we easily and quickly learn to tuke that attitude toward the so erelgns and the aristocracies; more over, It has bivn observed that when we get the attitude wo go and exag gerate It, presently Incoming more ser vile than the natives and vainer of It The next step Is to rail and scoff at republics and domy-ruclcs. All of which Is miturul, for we have not ceased to Is- human being by Ite comlng Americans nnd the human nice wns always Intended to tie governed by kingship, not by popular vote,- North American Review. Fruit Tree Wood. Many farmers who occasionally or der the destruction of fruit tree on account of advanced age or unfruitful iichh uro quite unaware of tho value attached to much of tho wood thux sacrificed. Cherry wood Is largely used In furniture and when polished reveals a beautiful color nnd provides a passable Imitation of mahogany. A; plo tree wood Is remarkably well adapted to turner's work and Is In de mand for milking cogwheels on ac count of Its great strength and dura bility. Tho cogs of wooden mill wheels are often made of npple wood. It Is also extensively used for fruit 'presses, whero It proves very durable. Tha valuo of walnut wood In fine cnblnot work Is well known, and good prices are obtained for this beautiful and popular wood. London Times. Wise Youth. I told you," said tho merchant, "to mark this box 'handlo with care. What's this nonsonso you've painted here?" "That," Bald the college graduato, "la tho Latin for 'Handle with care." "How do you expect a baggageman to understand that?" "He won't, and therefore ho won't get mad and smash tho box," A woman hns this way of Judging whethor a looking glass Is good glass. If sho looks pretty In It, she concludes It Is good glass. Find fault with your neighbor If you must but And fault with yourself first. fs0 ill f