EUGENE WEEKLY GUARD. CAMFfeKl.L EUGENE .. BBO»., rr*»rl*t*rs. OREGON. If there’s a strike against the new hllllon-dollar trust. It's a pretty big contract to polish off all that steel. Compressed air for house cleaning la spoken of aa the latest. Well, that may be new the compressed part of It. Whenever a New York tuan get« In- lane he wants to flirt with Helen Go dd, but thia may be a mere coincidence. It la a little surprising to learn that Japan Is after such small game as rats, when everybody thought she was load ed for bear. In Switzerland a telephone In a pri­ vate house costs f7.5O a year. 'I he telephone ¡Msiple will retort, of course, that the expense of wires In Switzer­ land Isn't so great as It Is over here. farm to liecome rich or famous In the cities. A convention of county super­ intendents has agreed upon this as a necessity If tha country schools In that State are not to liecome extinct from want of pupils. Whether this educa­ tional movement will have any effect upon the Ililuuls cutrutry boys Is uncer tain. If it were possible to secure a ceoaoa of the country boys who have left the farm to swell the poverty and crime of the cities Instead of Improv­ ing their condition, the chance of checking the migration from country to town might be Improved. L'ufortun ately, the country boys of Illinois, like those of other States, read and bear only of the small minority who achieve a conspicuous success. The names of those who fall don't get In the pajiers Teaching agriculture by scientific meth ods will doubtless make farming more profltable and less Irksome to the leiys who remain on the farm, but the sure way for the Illinois school teachers to check the migration from farm to city will be to convince the lioys. If they can, that it pays better, on the whole, to be of some account In a country neighborhood than to liecome an tin counted unit of a city nibble. Several Americans at .Manila went down to Borneo to look at the equator, The trend of literary publications In but It was found that the British had this country partakes of the spirit of wound their section of it up on a big the times and Is almost purely cominer spool and refused to part with It at any clal In Its purpose, character, and ad­ price. vertising. The authors are not of the first rank and some of them of no rank A Pennsylvania woman who says she at all, so far as past success is con­ has lived very happily with four bus cerned, yet by skillful advertising and bands lias taken a fifth. Marriage commercial metlnsls a furore Is started seems to I* a great success with her, for their mechanically constructed but tlie vote of the husbands ha* not books and they reap temjsirary but lieen polled large profita. It Is another ¡s-cullarlty of the book - niak Illg of tlie day that It The young bride who reads with a is purely Imitative. A book rollowing proud thrill "»he swept up the aisle on a certain special line makes a succesa. her father's arm," never thinks of the Straightway books of that kind flood the after days when she will sweep up the market. New writers spring tip In kitchen and dining -room floors and not all directions mid even the old writers get even a mention in the society col- c'tcli the contagion mid leave their umns. regular field of work fur the »¡levlalty it Is asserted In England that King Edward Intends to a great extent to abolish the giving of peerages and ether honors for purely political and party services. Pulls on peerages may sometime depend solely on merit, ami there will probably not lie so many hol­ low titles A statistician puts It that Alaska lias only eleven hundredths of an Inhabitant to the square mile. Of the many pic­ tures of arctic desolation this oue of a lonely fraction hiking vainly across the bleak snow drifts for Its other eighty- nine one hundredths Is perhups the most affi>ctlng. The Governor of North Carolina Is of the opinion tlint lynching cnn be stop ¡>ed only by public opinion. Nonsense? A sheriff who knows bls duty and Is nofeafrald of It, and who la backed up by a few determined deputies, has It In Ills power to overawe the average mob As for public opinion, there's plenty of It already. The answer» of Janies J. Jeffries to a committee of Missouri physicians who catechised him ns to his habits • ud rule of training revealed again the open secret Of health and strength. The great tighter told the doctors that he sleeps nine or ten hours ami "depends more 011 that than anything else” to keep him right. The value of this great conservator of vital force la known to everybody, mid yet how many men mid women cut down tlie hours given to sleep In order to crowd a little more pleasure or work Into that day! Jeffries la a giant, but ho says, "I never let any­ body break my sleep.” Ncores of old barns In Ohio have floors and mangers of black walnut, put In fifty or seventy live years ago, when the chief endeavor of the pioneer was to clear the dense forests for crops. So popular Is Idack walnut fur lilt lire abroad that English and French agents buy even old barn timbers »nd fence rails. One of the few walnut groves left In Ohio wna sold last month for export ns lunilier. The largest tree, eight feat In diameter at the stump, brought twelve hundred dollars In view of this fact Arbor l*ay silg goats more than a sentiment; It hints also at a financial Investment. Young ¡teople who plant walnut groves or avenues may live to reap substantial profits from the tlmtier thereof. “The American soldiers. In physique and Intelligence, are superior to any other troop* In the world,” said Lieu­ tenant Colouel Lee of the British army to an astonished House of Commons recently. The speaker was military at­ tache of the British Embassy at Wash ington during our war with Spain, and accompanied our tnxqi* to Cuba. Aa a close student of military affaire, he was familiar with the personnel of the armies of the world, and was disposed to think the British soldier second to no other. Illa Cuban experiences led him to bold and hla candor Impelled him to utter the compliment above quoted. Our soldier* In China, serving aide by aide with the best European troop*, haie lieen OBtclaased by none In dis­ cipline. self control and courageous de •olloli to duty. which Is the fad. Take the historical romance, for Instance, line successful book of this kind was followed by scores, among them "Richard Carvel,” "Wl.... Knighthood Was In Flower,” "In the Palace of the King,” "The Car- dlnal'a Snuff Box.” “Under the Med Rolie,” "Janice Meredith,” and minier ous others, running up Into the hun dreds. They are not only crowding the book stalls, but flooding the stage In dramatized form. The historical rom­ ance Is uow somewhat on the wane. Readers are grow Ing tired of story after story construe ted substantially on the same lilies, with the same conventional hero mid heroine, mid the same kind of adventures, but other fads are prompt­ ly on hand. Two of these are well un der way at present. It was only neces­ sary for Mr. Westcott's "David Huruni” to prove a success to set other writers nt work making Yankee character sketches. Irving Baehellor gives us "Eben Holden,” Charles Nberlock “Your I'ncle Lew,” and Edw in A. I »lx "old Bowen's Legacy.” These are only the forerunners, but they are all suc­ cessful from the commercial stand point. The ¡Mirtralts of the authors stare at us In posters and magazine covers contain startling arrays of tig urea running Into the thousands for each first edition. Men w ho were never suspected of a literary turn of mind are launched by the publishers as success ful novelists. Another fad Just begin nlng to rage is the love letter. That adroit literary fake, "The Love Letters of mi Englishwoman,” set the ¡nice Victor Hugo's love letters have Just been published. also "The Isive Ix-tter* of a l.lar " "Bismarck's Love Letters” and "Another English woman's Love letters" are In press. I.e Galllenne has published "The Love Letters of the King” (though the title Is misleading), and “Nafsdeon’B Love Letters” mid "Canova's Love Letters to Mme. Reca inter" are announced. To keep up with these fads la exhausting, If not Impos­ sible. III such ail emergency there Is couifort In the words of the last arti­ cle written by Charles Dudley Warner: "Without special anxiety, then, to keep pace with all the ephemeral In litera­ ture, lest we should miss for the mo­ ment something that la is'riiianent. we can rest content In the vast aceiimula tlon of the tried and genuine that the ages have given us. Anything that really 1 lelongs to literature today we shall certainly And awaiting us to mor row.” HE CONGRATULATED HIM, Ami Gave the Beat of Keatons for the Fa ¡citation. HEN Presidential train starts on a long Journey across the continent, much more Is In­ volved than a(qiears on the surface. In the load which such a train carries Is Involved the possible safety and the welfare of the nation, and It Is literally the chief business of thousands of men, while the train Is on the road, to see that ft ¡Misses In safety and without de­ lays or Inconveniences of any kind. Before the route of a Presidential train Is finally settled upon there is In­ lense rivalry among ihe representatives uf competing rail­ roads to secure It as a n advertisement I for their lines. < Ince the route is fixed the successful rail­ road officials begin a season of nerve- racking strain and anxiety, which does not cease until the TSS TSSOKWSI.KSS. train with Its pre- clous freight Is delivered safely Into the hands of the company tlie lines of which form the next link In the Jour­ ney. In the first place, every division ev- superintendent, and practically | cry employe of the ■ roads over which the Presidential train passed ndvanee of was notified days Its coming. The ex­ act minute of its departure ■ and a carefully arranged schedule of Its ar­ rival and departure trom every station on the line was sent out to every station agent and sectiou band. Beginning several hours be­ fore the train was due every foot of THE PILOT ENGINE. tlie tra -k was carefully patrolled by keen eyed men. who felt the responsi­ bility which rested upon them, if President .McKinley had sat up In the observation car attached to the train he might have seen at Intervals of a few minutes nnd all night long the yel­ low lights of tlielauternsof the sleepless sentinels who were to guard bls safety and assure Ills con­ venience, I'ractl- rally It might al most be said that the train passed be- tween two lines of watch men. so close were they together and so careful was their watch. Nor does railroad vigilance stop there, That, in fact. Is only the In ginning, All day and all night long a pilot engine runs a little In advance of the Presidential train to make sure that nothing tins been over looked which could by any human pos­ slblllty endanger Its safety. Close be­ hind the Presidential train la usually sent a second en­ gine, so that It I* closely guarded be­ fore. behind, and on both sides. Still other precautions are taken. Every station agent Is no- tilled that on the night or day when the train bearing the President Is to pass his station he AWAITING THE TRAI*. must tie continuous­ ly on duty He may not leave the re­ sponsibility to hia aulMirdinates. He must personally attend to 'be arrange­ ment of the projier signals and see to it with his ow n eyes that everything pos­ sible Is done to forward the train with speed and safety, it may pass bls lit­ tle station at sixty miles an hour, but be must stay on duty and watch and wait until It flashes by In the night, and, with a sigh of relief, he can call up the next station on the wire and an­ nounce that the President's train h«A gone by, nnd the weight has been lift­ ed from his shoulders. When a train carrying a King or an Emperor leaves one of the great capi­ tals of Europe It la always possible to stop every other wheel on the line and leave the track perfectly free for the passage of the Imperial special. But in the United States the railroad manager has also the problem of running the regular passenger trains ond keeping freight train* moving with as little de­ lay as possible. This greatly compli­ cates the problem. As a matter of fact few freight trains run on the regular schedules when the Presidential train is moving its wheels, and the Traffic Manager haj troubles of his own for a day or two after It lias passed. Every train dispatcher on cadi division knows that the special has passed for several days by the complaints which come In from shippers of perishable goods, even If official notice were lacking. It is his hard task to see that everybody Is kept satisfied, even while tile demands of tlie Presidential train are compiled with. It :s safe to say that traffic will be entirely upset on every roaodunk might ¡Misslbly result in an International diffi­ culty. Th.- responsibility which every mini connected with one of tlie roads over which the train passes may there fore be imagined. HOTEL IN A SEWER. er of an hour may mean a thousand dollars’ loss. The chief dangers are cooking or burning In the summer and freezing III the winter. To provide against the first, the flsh flakes are protected all the summer through with white canvas awnings to protect them from the heat of the sun. Even with these it la Im- isissible to put the flab out on very hot days. When the flsh are burned It cnn Is- told by merely feeling of the backs of the fish underneath; they have become cooked nnd sticky with the heat. This means that the meat of the tlsh will flake off when they are being skinned, nnd will not bold together in the various proocesaea of preparing. Frezlng the flsh often occurs In the winter. If the days are too cold, nnd the trouble from this Is that they will seem to be dry, when in reality they are frozen, and will be found to lie moist when put Into the storeroom. When the flsh la really cured the ex­ pert can tell It from Its appearance, principally from the small crystals of snlt on Its surface. It must be dried just right, and It Is often necessary to hurry It off the flakes to got It In the shed In time For the United States trade a flsh which is somewhat moist Is prepared. For the old West Indies trade It Is necessary to have the flsh hard and dry for preservation In the tropics. East Gloucester (Mass.) Cor rvspondence Boston Transcript. W Hrrvsi Over Hist» Breakfasts a Day— One Thrive* in .1 Gravsvar.l. The most remarkable hotel In the world Is that situated In the Parisian sewers, almost Immediately beneath the Madeline Church, and which Is pat ronlzeit exclusively by the municipal scavengers. Entrance to it can only be had dry sliodat certain hours. At all other times a boat has to be employed. The Interior is singularly neat ami clean, despite tie- uolsomeness of the surroundings, and between <10 and 70 breakfasts and din tiers are served therein dally. There are also provided three beds for the urn- of the night watchmen who patrol the great main drain which runs tun uel wise beneath the gay city. The hotel constitutes a sort of annex to this monster drain pipe, nnd has been excavated, nt Infinite labor, out of the solid limestone rock which here consti­ tutes Paris foundations. The exact autlthesls to tills subter­ ranean ¡dace of entertainment In the Hotel Saval. located in the Chang-la. a pass In Ladak. or Western Thibet. This la the highest hotel in the world. The building Is over 10,0U> feet above the level of the sea The extreme height of the pass Is 1R.S68 feet. There Is at least one hotel In the world which Is built In a graveyard and thia hotel, which la one of the largest In Central America, and by far the largest In Belize. Honduras, la stir rounded by tombstones. As thin old and abandoned cemetery was located m the center of the town, and afforded an excellent site for a hotel, the nee< * «ary permission ««« obtained from the authorities, and In lean tnan a year a large and handsome building was erect­ ed. In digging the foundations hun dreds of skulls wen- discovered. all of w hich were carefully collected nnd In terrvd In the new cemetery. The hotel poaneanea a room In which service Is conducted by a loin I preacher every Sunday. They met In front of the Bead House One was fat and black, with a wonder ful expanse of mouth and a voice like h couple of foghorns. The other wan black and lean and wizened. Raid the fat black to the lean black: "Why tloaii ye 'gratulate me. Brudder Johnnlng?" "What fer 1 'gratulate you?" said Brudder Jolinslng "What fer you 'gratulate me? Why man, kase I done uiar'd de Wldder Jeff'a'n.” "You Is you dun mar'd de Wldder Jeff'son?’ squeaked out the lean one "I «ho' la done uiar'd dat lady.” said the fat one with an air of great satis faction "lien I does 'gratulate yer, wlf iny Events today ar*, moving with mar w hole heart. 1 slio' does.” velous rapidity Corporate combina Tin- two separated, when the lean one tlon* .vest.-rday considered fabulous turned to a knot of white gentlemen are to-day realities. Principles yester­ who had I-cen Interested and amimed day revere«! as «acred are to day re­ auditor* of the conversation, and re nounced aa puerile rot. The present marked: tendency In lea* than a decade will "Ye*. I gratulate him' Haw' haw' make a complete revolution In the char­ haw! he! he! I sho' does. He's de acter of the nation. The old man will ¡»a«* away lirfore the harvest. The w us en'my I has, an' I eert'tnly grat young man must ultimately reap the ulate* Why. bona," he said cotiflden Hally, singling out one of the aperta fruit of the seed we are now sots lug tor*. "I wun mar'd to dat 'ornan fer a CURING FISH AT GLOUCESTER Hence of all men the young man la year myself Yas. I aho' do gratulate most Intimately concerned with the cul Mack lkt>v«1< I’po* How Old l»ot Owe* It* XV orb. ml list Ion of the present policy. In tlie dat man." and be movevi off toward Market street chuckling and muttering Probably no where on earth la i the political arena the young man I* su- sun kept more constantly dow n to pretiie The energy, enthusiasm, per to himself Chattanooga New*. more grinding dally toll for the benefit »latency, buoyancy and numerical su Hai tilng In Wine. of mankind, for w hich he was created, pvrkirlty make blm a determining fac­ Malmsey Is again used In Fran<-e for tor tn the molding of public policy. If bnthlng purposes It takes a hundred that! In Gloucester Through the he will but awake to tb* realisation of quarta of wine for a hath, the French whole year, on every pleasant day he the fact, he has It within his power to character of which Is shown by the la drying tlsh on the flake* Tin re 1* direct the ueatlny of the repuldlc. Ill* fact that the wine Is poured hack Into nothing which takes more skill In the verdict concerning the present prob­ the l>areel after use. and Is employes! business than this curing of the flsh Winter and summer, without thermo­ lems whhh agitate the political .»nd In over again for the next bath meter or any definite appliance*, the duatrlal world will mean w.-ii . r > curer must watch and anti- Ipate the Her tiplalese. for the rising generation - 1 " 1 Husband I wonder why it is that all mad Jumps of our New England weath­ Country school teachers In Illlnola the misers we read of are old bache er. and provide against them. No cook can watch an oven so clueely a* th:» are to be charged with the rather Ng Wife Oh married misers are so com man. He la a chef with JskflUO p- und* task of convincing their pupils that It of meat to watch, and a slip of a quart Isn't wart* «bile to rua away from the moa they ate net worth mr altea tag I lltannia I* Building Ship*. I d case of war an efficient merchant marine is a most Important aid to a nation, and Russia Is working hard to Increase her stock of commercial »ea­ sels, with the result that within the last few years a remarkable develo; nn nt has been shown. Not long ago all she had of a merchant fleet was a few steamers and about 200 Finnish sailing venaela, which were employed almost exclusively In the Baltic wood trade. Today that fleet amounts to more than ll.ooO vessels. Including river steamers, and still is growing. The Russian government encourages the merchant marine by various laws, such as limiting the coast trade to Its own ships, though on account of the troubles with China Asiatic Russia temporarily Is exempt from this de ere*. Then. too. Russia pays the Sues canal dues oa all her ships bound for ports In Asiatic Russia, and twothlrd* of the canal dues on all her ship* which pass through the canal bound for other ports In Asia, Besides she admits duty free all anchors, chains, cables and sailing ship tackle, a* well aa foreign built Iron vessels for external naviga tlon and all vessel» for the Danube which fly the Russian flag 1'vvple frequently pass remarks, yet no one eve» sw» them. CHAPTER IV.—tContinued.) | window, she would have cried; but there With th* Utmost cure Ella arranged her was a tightness in her throat, and a pres­ sure about her head and eyes which kept long curia, and then, tying over her black the tears from flowing. She pressed her dress the only white apron which »tie hands tightly and said. “Oh, I hope 1 possessed, she started for Mrs. amp, bell's. The reuemWauce between herself shan't faint.” "To be sure you wou’t,” said a loud, and Ella Campbell waa indeed *0 atrik- ing that but for the drea* the mother harsh voice, and instantly large drops of might easily have believed it to have been water were thrown in her face, while her own child. Aa it was, »he started up the same voice continued: "You don t when the little girl appeared, and, 'lr“w' have such spells often. 1 hope, for Lord Ing her to her tide, involuntarily kwaeu knows I don’t want any more titty ones , , her; then, causing her to sit down by her here.” "No, ma'am,” said Mary, meekly; and side, »ho minutely examined her fea­ tures. questioning her meantime concern­ looking up, she saw before her a tall, ing her mother aud her home in England. square-backed, masculine looking wom­ Of the latter Ella could only tell her that an, who wore a very short dress, and a they lived in a city, aud that her mother very high-crowned cap, fasteued under had once taken her to a large, handsome her chin with bows of sky-blue ribbon. house in the country, which »he »aid was Mary secretly hoped she would not prove to be Mrs. Parker, the wife of the over­ her old home. From this Mr». Campbell inferred that seer. She was soon relieved of her fears Ella'» family uiuat have been superior by the overseer himself, who said, "Polly, to most of the Engliah who emigrate to 1 don't see any other way but you’ll have this country, and after a few more ques­ to take these children into the room next tions she decided to take her for a time to yourn. The baby worries a good deal, at least; so with another ki*s »he dismiss- and such things trouble my wife, uow ad her, telling her she would come for she's sick." The person addressed as “Polly ' gave her soon. Meantime arrangement, were making for Mary and Alice, and on the her shoulders an angry Jerk, and stick­ sama day in which Mrs. Campbell was ing the pin on the waist of her dress, to call for Ella Mr. Knight, one of the replied, "So, I »'pose it's uo matter if "selectmen," whose business it was to 1'ui kept awake all night, and worried look after the town’s poor, also cauie^ to to death. But I guess you'd find there'd the cottnge. After learning that Ella be queer doiu's here if I should be taken was provided for, he turned to Mary, away. I wish the British would stay to asking, "how old she was, and what she hum, and not lug their young ones here could do," saying that his wife was in for us to take care of. Come, child, I want of just such a girl to do “chores, will show you where you are going to and if she was willing to be separated sleep;” at the same time she caught up from Alice be would give her a home with Alice, who, not liking her handling, kick­ ed so vigorously that she was soon drop­ him. But Mary only hugged her sister closer ped, Polly remarking that “she was to her bosom as she replied, "I'd ' 1- rather mighty strong in her legs for a sick go with Alic*. 1 promised mother to baby.” Aftfr passing up a dark stairway they take care of her." “Very well,” aaid the uiaa. “I'm going came to a door, which opened under the to North Chicopee, but ahull be back in garret stairs, and Mary was startled by two hours, »0 you must have your things a voice which seemed to be almost over her head, and which, between a sneer all ready.” “Don’t cry so, Mary,” whispered Billy, and a hiss, called out, “See where the when he saw how fast her tears were immaculate Miss Grundy comes!” Mary falling. "I’ll come to see you every week, sprang in terror to Polly's side. »nd when I am older, and have money, I “Ob, what is it?” she said. “Is it will take you from the poorhouse, and Patsy?” “Patsy!” was the tart reply. “ She nev­ Alice, too.” Just then Mrs. Campbell', carriage er is saucy like that. It’s Sal Furbush.” irove up. She had been tuking her after­ Mary asked who Sal Furbush was, noon ride, and now, on her way home, and was told she was one of the poor bad stopped for Ella, who in her delight Insane inmates. She subsequently learn­ at going with »0 handsome a woman, for­ ed that Sal was perfectly harmless, nnd got the dreary home which awaited her struck up quite a friendship with her. sister. While she was getting ready At present Mary followed her guide until .Mr. Knight returned, and, driving his they came to a longer and lighter hall, old-fashioned yellow wagon up by the or “spaceway,” as it is frequently called aide of Mrs. Campbell's stylish carriage, in New England. On each side of this he entered the house, saying, "Come, gal, there were doors opening into small sleep­ you're ready, I hope. The old mare don't ing rooms, and into one of these Polly want to stand, aud I'm I11 a desput bur­ led her companion, saying, as she did so, ry, too. I ort to be to hum this minute, "This is your room, and it's a great fa­ Instead of driving over that atony Part- vor to you to lie so near me. But mind, upog road. I hope you don't mean to that child mustn’t cry and keep me carry that ar' thing.” he continued, point­ awake nights, for if she does, maybe ing with his whip toward Alice's cradle, you'll have to move into that other space, which stood near Mary's box of clothes. where we heard the laugh." The tears came into Mary’s eyes, and Mary thought she would rather do any­ she answered. “Alice has always slept thing than that. She also felt a great in it. nnd I didn't know but---- ” curiosity to know who her companion Here she stopped aud, running up to was, so she at last ventured to ask, “Do Ella, hid her face in her lap and sobbed, you live here. Miss Polly?” “I don't want to go. Oh! I don't want "Why, yes. I'm staying here for a to go; can't I stay with you?” spell now; kind of seeing things. My Billy's yellow handkerchief was and name isn’t Polly. It’s Mary Grundy, and denly brought into requisition, ami Mrs. somehow folks have got to nicknaming Bender, who, with all her iniagiuary I me Polly, but it'll look more mannerly aches and pains, was a kind-hearted in you to call me Mrs. Grundy, but what woman, made vigorous attacks upon her am I thinking of? Tho folks must have snuffliox, while Mrs. Campbell ¡tatted their supper." Mary's head, saying. ' Poor child, I can't That night Alice, who missed her cra­ take you Itoth, but you shall see your sis dle, was unusually restless, and Mary, ter often," remembering Mrs. Grundy's threat, car­ Ella was too much pleased with Mrs. ried her in her arms until after midnight. Campbell and the thoughts of the fine Then, without undressing, she threw her­ home to which she was going to weep, self upon the bed, and for the first time but her chin quivered when Mary held in many weeks dreamed of George and up the baby for her to kiss, and aaid, his parting promise to see her again. The “Perhaps you will never see little Allie next morning when she awoke, the clouds again." were pouring rain, "Billy won't come When all was ready Mr. Knight walk- to-day," was her first thought, and, ad around bis wagon, ami. after trying throwing herself upon the floor, she burst to adjust the numerous articles It con into tears, wishing, ns she had once talned. aaid: "I don’t see how in the done before, that she had died with her world I can carry that era.lie; my wagon mother. Is chuck full uow. Here is a ease of In the midst of her grief the door was shoes for the gals to stitch, ami a piller- pushed hastily open, and Mrs. Grundy's caae of flour for Miss Smith, an l forty harsh voice exclaimed, "Wall, »0 you are ’leven other traps, so I guess you'll have up at Inst, hey? I didn’t know but you to leave it. Mebby you can find one was goin' to take it upon you to sleep there, and if not. why, »he'll soon get over, but that don't answer here. I»o you used to going without it." think, we's goin' to support you in idle- Before Mary could reply Billy whisper­ DOSS?” ed In her ear, "Never mind, Mary; you Here, touched perhaps by the pale, know that little cart that I draw moth­ er's wood in; the cradle will just tit it. tearful face, uplifted to hers, Mrs. Grun­ and to-morrow afternoon I'll bring it to dy's voice softened, and in a milder tone she added, "We won't mind about It, »ee- you. if it doesn’t rain." Mary knew that he meant what he !n' it's the first morning; but, come— aaid, and. smiling on him through her you must be hungry by this time.” Mary glanced at Alice. She was sleep­ tears, climbed into the rickety wagon, which was minus a step, and. taking ing sweetly, and, though there seemed to Alice into her arms, she was soon moving be no reason, she still lingered. "What are you waiting for?” asked away. In striking contrast to this Ella, about fiv» minute* afterward, was care­ Mr*. Grundy, and Mary, with aome hesi­ answered, "I haven't »aid my fully lifted into Mrs. Campbell's hand­ tation. some carriage, and reclining upon soft prayer» yet." A change passed suddenly over Mrs. cuahions was driven rapidly toward her Grundy s face, and she turned away lew home. Will their paths in life always continue without a word. When she was gone Mary fell on her knees, an) though the thus different? Who can tell? words she uttered were addressed mor» CHAPTER V. to her mother than to God. she felt com­ How long and tiresome that ride was. forted. and. rising up. started for the with no one for a companion except Mr kitchen. It was a motley group which Knight, who. though a kin I hearted man' she iounu assetnbled around the break- knew nothing about making himself fast table, nnd ns she entered the room agreeable to little girls, so he remained a man called Unde Peter smiled on her perfectly taciturn. Allee loon fell asleep saying. "Come here, little daughter, and end though the little arm* which held let me touch yon with the ton of my her aehe-l sadly, there was no complaint fourth finger." 7 Only Mary a tears gushed forth, and About noon the cloud, broke «way falling upon the baby's face awoke her while here and there a patch of bright Her nap was not half out. and setting up Mue sky w„ t0 l>e seen. But the roa.I. a loud cry she continued screaming un­ n”. mu,,'V th,t had no hop« til they drove up to the very door of th - of Billy , coming, am] thi. |t w«», per­ poorhouae. haps, which made the dinner dishes so "For the land's sake." aaid Mr Knight, hard to w..h, an 1 which made her cry a* he helped Mary from the wagon, "hen told that all the knives and fork, what a racket; can't you contrive to must be scoured, the teakettle wiped and atop it? you'll have Sal Fnrbu«h m your set with its nose north. In what Mrs. hair, for she don't like a noise.” I.rnndy called the “Pout Hole.” .nd Mary glanced nervously round in qneat whwh proved proved to be a pl.r, nn,lel. •f the goblin Sal. bnt «he saw nothing he stair*, where pots, kettles and iron »are an idiotic face with bushy, tanglel ware generally were kept. hair, and nose flattened against the win­ All things have an end, and so did the dow pane In terror Mary clung to Mr scouring, in .pit. ot , fMr, t ight be bad the power and was come tong and, sinking into a chair a,ar the th t« take her away. “OK Bffiy. Billy," .a|d afraid you would not come , me ao unhappy.” ’ “I As Billy releascl her ••» at hearing some on« v • (Math That, I conclude, is a . hope »he won’t try It on^” ¡ Turning about he saw white-faced boy, n.-urly og his * i wteoan dress and appi-a? *A ‘•tanna that be belonged to a high, UT gr. as neaiiu wealth was concerned. ¡t w Lincoln, notorious lejth f,,r , 1 aolenee. Billy, R-hu Lincoln, had been iusulted |, many a time, and now he / avenge it, but native por,leaJ2W * I him that in the pre».-n. < .,f not be proper, »0 without a » urj ry he whispered to the iitt|e fellow lives near here, ilu,| ¡f L gives you trouble just let me kn, I "Kissed her then, didn’t yulf."’ I ingly asked Henry, retreating lt th."**! time, for there was something ¡B n*** I eyes which he feared. * 1 • I "Come into the house," aaid u “where he can't see us," anj 1^« 14,1 I way she conducted him up t0 I room, where there was no fear r I interrupted. J I Alice was first carefully , cradle, and then kneeling down at BI side, and laying her arms acroaa hu I Mary told him of everything which La I happened, aud finished by asking I long she must stay here?” *' I Had Billy's purse been as large,. k I heart, that question would have e ; I lieen answered. Now he could only c*4 I his head in reply, while Mary | ed if he had seen Ella. “I have not seen her,” returned he •> I I’ve heard that rainy as it waa thia | ing. Mrs. Campbell's mai l was out a, . I ing muslins and jaconets for her I they say she is not to wear black. ,, y Campbell thinks her too young." ** I Mary did not speak for some time L- her head dropped on Billy’s knee, »he seemed to be intently thinking 1, last, brushing aside the hair which bd fallen over her forehead, Billy „7 "What are you thinking about?" “I was wondering if Ella wouldn't get me and Alice now she is rich an> ing to be a lady.” Billy had thought the same thing, „.i lifting the little girl in his lap, he r-pbvi "If she does, I never will;” and then ha I told her again how when he was oidw 1 and had money ha would take her tn, ' the poorhouse and Bend her to school, «( that she should some time be as mu ig ’ a lady as Ella. (To be continued.) NOT CONCLUSIVE OF GUILT. Fair- M inde I X! en Are Often Deceive lb; Circumstantial Evidence. “As to circumstantial evidence, It'll queer thing,” said the man la tb brown suit. "Five or six years ago | was in a town in Indiana for a night when a batik was robbed. Next ui :». ing I was arrested as an acconiplky. ¡t being contended that I was seeu idlitg in front of the bank and evidently a.: ing as sentinel for those within. Tlim different persons Identified me as tia man and the fourth claimed to hau seen me enter tlie hotel at a late by way of a shed and a window. 1 was locked up for examination, with a chance of things going hard with ta», when evidence began to come forwart on my side. Tlie landlord asserted and swore that I was sitting in tlieorti eit 10 o’clock p. m. Two servants swore!» seeing me go to my room half an boat later. A man having rooms opf «::« the hotel swore that he saw me smok­ ing at my window at midnight. A guest of the hotel who had a room neil U mine swore that my snores disturb^ him from midnight till 2 o'clock and that he heard me turn over In bed it 3, and so I was honorably discharged from custody.” "But about It’s being queer?" wai asked. “Why, all the people on both sides were mistaken. I was not outside the bank at the time mentioned and neither was I in the hotel." "But yon were somewhere.” "Oh, of course. Fact Is I got tuasM on the landlord's daughter and went up all night on a balcony and squw hands and talked love nnd looked« the moonlight and,slapped mosquito«. Yes, sir, sat there all night like a couple of Idiots, anil though I declared I woukl die for her and she said she only want­ ed me nnd a liumlde cottage she wu married to a red headed butcher witkii a year and I was sued by a anob-nood widow for breach of promise. I <>• simply observing, you know, that <■■> cumstnntfal evidence Is a queer thlnfc and I wish to add that a jurymaa shouldn't be Influenced too much W It”—Washington Post. Chasing a Bear. Any one who has seen a bear »a!11 knows bow slowly he seems to me", and his run is a shuttling. luuil*ru| gait that Is comical to witness. t»H* he happens to be running after y* But a bear moves pretty fast, not»: b- standing appearances, nnd the grinj- which looks to be clumsier than td brown or black bear, cnn cover grow» Lister tlinn the average saddle-bor* A Philadelphia exchange prints thi* story of an Arizona sheep rancher: He wna riding In the foot-hills wt*> he saw a big, awkward silvertfp. H had a rifle, but was not certain he«»1 kill the bear at one shot and knew :!'■ he would get Into trouble if be “1** So he gave a regular cowboy yel!.« the bear started away In alarm. *“* man gnve chase, at the same tt«J keeping up the piercing yell. *ad soon noticed that the grizzly «•’ P* ting farther away. He contlaued t» chase for nearly two miles. unt;I ’ bear disappeared In the mounts!* and he had not gained a foot. In going back along the trail, he 0 e ed place« where the bear bad Jumps of fifteen or twenty L et. aI;,! ground had lieen cut np by bis claws that It looked as if a harrnw had N run over It. It la evident that 1 #■ would have no show running * race with a grizzly.. A«anre l of a Lona Li e Mra. Know it-So you are engsf« * Mlaa Sweetly? I do not wish courage you, but I undcrstan-l ahe baa aaid abe has absolntaly wish to know how to cook. Mr. Wlae—That’s right; 1 as soon aa I heard It—Baltimore A lean. Stln