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a fellow, it ®u,‘ 11 Eugene Weekly Guard. ♦ < AM l'BKI.L BBOH,, Froprlrt or». ♦ EUGENE ......................... OREGON. «-----------------------------------—------------- - Kipling's "Beware of the Bear that Walk« hike a Maa" 4a «1*. popular I d Japan. In the eye» of the government ent ploye. no man 1» truly great unle»« bl« birthday 1» made an official holiday. Wu Ting Fauit »ay» the American ■ Ivll war *1« not a failure. Thia •arm» to be about the tir»t tblug Amer han that Wu has approved of. | “young Sa(»»leons of finance,“ seem» to have concluded that he was Invinci ble. He luveuted several maxims which probably be himself believed at tbe time. He openly approved specu lation ami de< lared that "human life Is too short for tbe slow pro« esses of thrift." It was bls theory that "no tnau should work after be Is AU." aud lie believed that all his good fortune came a» "tha result of taking chances." lie fouud success consisted "in an In domitable faith In your own proposi tion." Probably bls philosophical view of gambling se<-in-xj correct at the time. Ills tsiastful sayings doubtless In no v ay overstated hi» faith In himself. That be should have dipped lot.» spec» ulatlon once too often and brought > himself Into a predicament in which not even his "indomitable faith" «-ould save bint wa» Inevitable. He has sue i ceeded In wiping out his fortune in a hurry. Not being an earner or a saver. 1 but having been trained throughout , Ilia life to the Idea of getting money without labor, It Is uot surprising that he should have embexaled funds In trusted to hl» keeping From the bank of which he was vice president be took 11,iTas ».« mm », leaving alm«» lately n«» security. HI» fortune 1» gone ami so ia his credit. Any clerk who manages to set aside *2 of his earnings weekly is now bet ter off than th«- erstwhile rich and I Isiastful speculator. Youths w ho may be tempt«-«! into »|s-culation would <lo well to note his example. ' OWN8 THE LARGEST FARM. Woaderful Recor«ls of Ihs Past Year*» W.ok. David Rankin, of Tarkio. Mo., owns tbe largest cultivated tract of land in tbe world, says tbe Cincinnati En quirer. To those who have never vis ited a large ranch the uieth«»da nec essary to carry on the vast amount of work would seem a great problem. Mr. Rankin owns fourteen ranches, containing 22.0UU acres; 700 teams and 220 men are reqnlrsd to operate tbe dally routine work In tbe busy season while tbe crop» are under cultivation. Each ranch has an overseer, wbo Is required to make a monthly report ami to submit tbe same to Ids employer. The record» of the past year’» work over all tbe ranches show that a to tal of 7X30 bead of cattle had been sold for *172.520 anil 8.249 bead of b«/gs for *111,84»! The total clearance for tbe year 1000 amounte«! to *1UO.<M)0. The ex|»en»e» Including Interest. ieadie«l tin- sum of *91.851 13. The rno»t profitable ranch 1» the one looke«! after by Foreman George Roaa. whose yearly report contains tbe fol lowing statements: Numtier of acres. 3.280; cattle. 1,328; net proceeds from cattle. *44,508 90; hogs. 1.232, «-ash for the same. *17.9.54.19; expense per acre. *4 39; corn l»»ught, 98,720 busbela. Mr. Itankiu Is a close observer and soon picks out the g<»»l qualities of bls men. He is pleasant and accom modating. daring ami energetic, which qualities have won for him tbe wealth he now commands. B«*»ldea bls farms be has an Interest in several banking concerns, but to these latter he gives little attention, ami »pends most of his time riding over the ranches to see tbat proper car«« is tieing given the stock. Sometimes he lend» a helplug hand In pulling a steer from the mud; again he will assist In building a shed for the fattened bogs. CHAPTER XIX Of that night's fatal work the country^ Brilliant remark by a New York ed side remains in complete ignorance itor: "It take» more than an III or a Mr. Dysart's sudden death it beara the hill to down a Theodore Roosevelt." following morning with a feeling of The .Mail and Kipreaa la the guilty strong curioaity. but with none of re*r’‘*- The funeral that takes place on the third »beet. day is small, certainly, yet. considering all thing»- the «lead tnan'a open hostility A doctor »ays every mouthful of to hi» neighbor«, aud the dearth of hos food should !><• chewed seventy two pitality that characterized hit aojourn times before It Is swallowed He among them larger than might have doesn't go so far. however, as to lu been expo< ted. and at all event» select. »1st that a cash register should be Among others Ix>rd Riveradale attended used in order to prevent mistake». —out of compiment. it waa auppoi*e<l, to .Heaton, aa he and the old man bad never "tine of the best parishioners" of a ao much a» seen each other’s features. But it wax found impossible to conceal certain well known clergyman u»«-«l to the exiMtetace of Sedley from the two say that there were four occasions girl». Peyton bad undertaken to give when he made It a point to lie iu bls them a rather careful account of what place at church. "These were, when had happened; and in truth, when all It was a stormy Bunday, when tbe was told, he was almoat as much at tea church was without a pastor and »«»me about it a» they were, a» the stranger re For maity years there has been an mained a utranger to him. Sedley had body had to read a sermon, when a d<*termined to reveal tbe secret hold be stranger preached, and when Ills own aluiimt continuous discussion of what hail had on Mr. Dysart to Seaton, think minister preached." The conclusion might tie called th«- age queatlon. It ing the latter would make good bis fath Is Irresistible. If a special collection haa been said that as men grow old er’s promise». unfortunately fulls upon a stormy Hun they find It hard to secure employ It ia in the old man'» private den that day, any minister may confidently tell ment, and »«M-lologlial Investigations he does th!». Going _ up _ to the old-fash- have shown Hint the old age of the ar this anecdote on the following Holiday ioned bureau he, by a subtle touch, un tisan or the lalstrer is often one of — and take the colln-tlou over agalu. locks the secret spring «-onalderable hardship. For the last 'J’he door falls back, the huddeu shelves few- weeks In particular attention has and their content» lie all unconcealed. Typhus fever broke out some mouths Seizing upon a fast yellowing parchment, ago on tbe Island of Arraumore off tbe been called to the allege«! discrimina Sedley draws it out. and overcome by «-oast of Ireland, and a panic seised tion of certain employer» against men fatigue and excitement, drops upon his over 45. It was for this reason that both the iHlauders and the resilient a knees. Eagerly be opens and »cans it, Mr. Schilling. In addressing tbe Chi of the adjai eut mainland. <»ue heroic aud theu bolds it out to Dysart. cago rbllosopliical Sis-lety, said that doctor, William Smyth. rowed himself "Compare that.” says he, in a high every day to the Island, and single- one of the three things that the Na tone of triumph, "with the will of your grandfather, that left all to Gregory Dy handed fought the disease In the midst tional Civic Federation should do was sart, cutting out the elder son. Compare of poverty and tilth. When condition» to find an answer to the query: How It, I say, aud you will see that this was In the cabins liecame Intolerable, he la tbe man over 45 to mak«- bl» living? executed three year» later than that oth It cannot Is- denied that this «piestion carried the patients to Ills I mat and Tbe poisonous pro|H-rtle» of the toad er—that other which is now in force, aud rowed them over to tin* inn Inin nil and presents »«»me difficulties. At the have long been regarded as fabulous; has been these twenty years.” bls own house, lie saved the little « huh - time th«- humlri-ds of thousands Mechanically Dysart takes it. No word but recent Investigation lias prov«-«l Island community, but. worn out by of men over 15 who are »till capable escapes him. Speech, indeed, is impoati- that the skill of a specie» of toad se ble to him, so busy is his mind trying to of their best work show clearly that bls exertions. coutrncled the dlaeaso cretes a poison similar in action to digi take iu all the miserable dishonor of the himself, ami died. The people of Ilia no |«erfi-etly precise age limit «-an be set. The hero of Addison's satire lu talis. Tin* venom of the toa«l has had story that as yet has but the bald out vicinity who refused to aid him lu the the H|«ecliitor pn|»-r» died of <»ld age th«- reputation of possessing poisonous lines laid before him. time of dlr<- need are now contemplat "No one knew* of it but me," says Sed al 24. The captain of the Evanston properties from a very early periisl and ing a memorial to Ills heroism. life saving crew Is doing the i-apslze was probably one of the earliest forms ley, feverishly, yet with an undercurrent drill with great itgility at an age which of animal poison known. The old tra of delicious excitement iu the recital. When Victor Emanuel succeeded his is so it<lvaiiced a» to Is- a subject of dition that Klug John was |H»lsoued by “But me and Crunch. What she made father on tin* throne of Italy It was endle«M »|s-eiiliitlon among tbe stu a frlnr who drop|x*«l a toad into his out of it no oue can tell, as the old chap’s freely pnsllctetl that bl» reign would dents of th«- university. Tbe vita! wine wu» regariled ax a ridiculous fa gone, but she's as kuowing a file iu my opinion as you’d meet in a day's walk. lie a short one. but th- young man powers Inst longer In some men tliau ble until some years ago. when It was You can see our two signatures. Eh, lias managed »<> wisely that he Is in others. Home men die lu their bools dl»cover«xl that the skill of th«* toa«l can’t you read ’em? We witnessed it. strong In the affections of Ills ptxiple. ami some after they have shifted to Hecreti-s a body tlu* active principle of We alone knew, and he bought us over. and were lie to abdicate and stand for Hie »llp|H-r«xl pnntaliHm. One cannot which "plirynln.” Is a |»>lsoti of consid Well, 'twas worth a quid or two; *tis a tine old place.” election as the president of republican sat rims long »halt thou work and erable power. Dysart makes no answer. He has sup Italy, he would probably win over all no longer In the case of artisans. In Nature Notes mention» a curious Inci ported himself against a table near him, otliera. Of course the young king Is some trade». who have reused to be liable to be assassinated at auy time capable of ns full n day's work ns dent which was wltne»e«l nt Helper, a and is gazing blankly, hopelessly, through the window at the dull landscape outside, by anarchists of whom the country Is they oms- accomplished, titers Is still small town not far from Derby. Eng lie sees nothing, heeds nothing, save the full. Centuries of despotism luive made tin- device of pbx-v work, which will, land. l-alt* one afternoon three rats voice of the man wbo is speaking. these anurehlsts possible In the re to some extent, relieve the situation w«-r«- seen crossing a yard from tlie di " 'Twas felony, mind you, besides the action against tyranny anarchism has If a man Is paid according to what he rection of the fowlhouse. < tie rat hail fact of having to give up the money, and a hen • «-gg between Its fore logs nud property, and all, so I know 1 could turn beeu born. Victor Eiuaiiu«-I la likely d<s-a the employer cun not complain, t<> go koine day as did Ills father, lvlug lit Is, of course, to lie expected that If Its «noiitli ami was being carried by the on the» screw ns tight as I liked. But," other two, on«- at each end; that la. they be laughs, “you see, 1 counted without llumtsTt However lliat may be, (hi Hu- employer 1» paying hl» men by Hie king Is following In the footsteps of Ills «lay In- should wunt meu who can do were cnrrylng iu their mouths the other my host. I never dreamed the old man would show' fight like that. He took it father In modifying some of Hie most . :i full day's work. If, however, he In rat with Its back downward. A «lay or hardly, my return guess he believed me objectionable features of ithsoliitelsm paying them by the piece, any ten two afterward the correspondent heard dead, and resented the breath in me— Republican seutlinent la stroug In i dem y to discriminate again»! older a »«pjeallng noise In the fowlhouse, and I shouldn't wonder if, after all these Italy ami It 1» with the rs-pillillcHii» In men w h«» may do less work than the more nk>- that of n child than that of years, he had got to believe the place, a goverumental way tluit the king Ims young oti«-« la largely checked. As a rat, so lie opened the dtx»r aud there money and everything, was legally his to deal They have a large vote lit the the worker pa»»<s Hu- perhsl of his was a rat on Ills buck, with the egg as own ” Still Dysart says nothing He ha« in- parliament and couie near to control gr«-at«-at efficiency ami d«»-llms« In Ix-fore □.etiHoiied. ami two others en deed withdrawn his dull eyes from the ling If A h-tor Emanuel had shown the strength ami »kill, lu- can »till receive dcavorlng to ral»<- him nud tak<> hint acene without, and is now staring with Impulsiveness naturally attaching to a return for bls labor, and though away. unseeing eyes at the parchment that tells A inemlter of the medical faculty of him how the property was never his fath moat young rulers lie would have la-eti Ills «-arnlngs will doubtless d-s-re«»«-. «lepom-d I n -fore tills But lu- has Is-en they will decrease only In priqwctlvn the I'nlversity of Michigan has «llscov- er’s, but was left to his uncle, and how ered that n galvanic current promotes his father suppressed the will, ami kept wise enough to make concessions as to Ills falling powers. the growth of tissue. Two cages of the property in spite of law and honor, they linve tw-en demanded by public gutm-a pigs, six to the cage, were ex- and all things that go to give a sweet sentiment. He has Instituted reform» NOW IT’S A HAIR ML ix-rliuent«sl with. The guinea pigs were aavor to man's life on earth. It had never and reduced taiatlon He Ims heard been his father's, all this huge property, om> of the first to Introduce this new ail exactly the same age. Through one it never would be his. And if not, whose? all grievances and disposed of all mat Idea In hair ornamrnta was nn English of th«- rag«* an elix-tric current was Vera’s? He starts as it shot. torn purely on their merit. womnn famous for her taut«- lu mstters passed day ami night. Th«* other « age "Is that all?" he asks. That Hit- fashion was not was In no way electrlctltlcd For a "Well. no. Not quite. Your fare says Homebody wants to know If long of «1res« hair la an evidence of genius, and liera alone was proved by th«- fact that stattsl perlml the mil ma Is In noth cages very politely that you’d be glad to see my points to the shaggy h» k«-d artists w ho at the same Him- she appeared nt the were fe«l with precisely equal quanti back, but business first, pleasure after have bec-ome famous Long hair Is opera wearing a golden net one of New ties of f«M»l of the same quality The ward.” He grins. “It is as good for us to come to terms now as later.” mostly an evidence of eccentricity. York's smart set displayed the same ex;H-rlment proved that guinea pigs “Terms?“ repeats Dysart, gazing at kItul of ornament In her tialr. Since w ho lived In tlu- electrithsl cag<- gained combined with shrewd business jmlg him darkly. In might «luring a measure«l time 10 ment «ni the part of tin- owner of th«- then the fad haa grown. “Ay, why not? D’ye think you’ll get With the knot fa«teiie«l at the crown lie* cent more than tb««»«* In th«- non out of it scot free?” uiofsi AA e worship lm|H>rte«l genius of th«- heail and the pompadour puffe«! clevtrlc cage. If. as a result of these iu this country. Sometimes we make Dysart stares at him as if scarcely fool» of ourselves In the presence of cut and roll«»! lilgli, lu modish fashion. experiment», electricity t»e appll«»! on n comprehending "Want time to think It over like your large scale to the fattening of animals th«»»e who have attained a lilgli place used as ftxal possibly "electric h»con" respected parent?" with s sneer. “Not in th» art of pleasing the eye or the or ' el«-ctrl«- beef" w ill command a »pe for me, my lad. We ll settle now or nev ear And Euro|w ls-arneii that A inert I er. You »ee you're in my power, and dal price ca did not ex|M»-t to ace Genius ap|H-ar I I’m not the one to---- ” In a bualneM suit. The public de 'Sir. I am tn no man's power,* says The Winner. oiandod men who looketl Hit- part, men | Dysart, calmly. "I trust I uever shall He eat» potatoes with his knife. who were not Uke other men In ap be. This will." ■triking it with bis hand, He speaks of “the old woman" when I “through which my uucle aud bis dangh pearauce The result was a few steam I! e makes a reference to his wife. ter have been been fraudulently" he •r loads of fellows who could fiddle But be receives salutes from ne-n »ays the word with difficulty "kept out ami palut and slug, all m-s-dlng a hair Who have no time to notice me. of their property for so many years, shall cut. and most of them willing to adopt Ilia s|«e«x h is riple and rough, be'a eut be at once re*t«»re*i to its proper owner." any kind of a freak uiake-up tn order | From coarst- material, and he A yellow tint overspreads Sedley's fai'e Haa done tbe world no service—but to coax dollar» out of American pock »la if entirely overcome, be sinks upon a He’s making money. •la It I» cheap advertising In> you chair. auppose that a bevy of excited New- “You’ll surrender?" he says with a Art Is to him an empty word. gasp “And your father’s memory? How York wonieu would have a«sall«wl To him tbe bar«! is hut a jest; will you like to hear him branded aa a l*sd«<»w»kl with kisses aud tears had No gra«-eful sonnet « ver stirred common swindler, whom death alone sav h» look«-d Uke a fat fa- «si. proa|H*n»u» Responsive chords witbin hi» breast; ed from the law’s grip?" broker or mercliant? It I» doubtful. With elbows sqiiarvil lie crowds along. Dysart blanches Involuntarily he pnts There la romance In the piano playing All Ignorant of culture's laws. out his ha ml and selves the chair next 1'ole's hair, romance and mid and all And gentle |*e«*ple in the throng him and •'lings to it as If for support. No. •orta of occnlt poaalhllltlaa It tusk«*» Bland back am! bow to him Ix-cauae uo. that he could not endure. He's making money. a fit setting for a pair of dreamy eyes “1 will give yon £300 the day I see - Vhicago Record-Herald. and It api»eal» to the audlen«-e tiefor» you on board a steamer sailing for Aus tralia,” says Dysart with dry lips and a tbe great artist haa dealt tbe piano A Prrtllclion l»v Engineer Aiaits. heart that seem» dead within him “I tbe opening thump. Darhapa when the net Is put on to drop below the It la rvlate-l of James It Es la. th* am now, comparatively speaking, a poor America gets deeper luto art and mu- twist. It curve» to fit around tbe knot, engln<-er of the St. I avu I s bridge and at«- It will l«e |»>s»lble for Europesu extemls almost to Hie ears and rounds other great works that »»me years mac." his worsts coining from him slowly, mechanically, in a dull, expressionless «•elebrltie» to shed their locks and yet at the («ottotii A fair lialre«l society ago be made thia prediction concern ng way "I ivin •ffer “ you no more " maintain their bold on Ibe iiearta of beauty wore a net of this kind. Th«- "Double it,* «ays Sedley, "and I'll the city of St. Louis: "Gne of these tbe public. The lime is nut ripe yet. fine threat!» of gold were woven In a days this will I h - the |«as»ing point of leave the «-ountry to-morrow " because of tbe papular love for tbe dlnmoml shaped mcsli, an«! fitt<><! loose "I haven't It at thia moment, but I two enoiuious chaunels of trade The spectacular ly over the softly puffed hair With the one will l*e In an iron way over the dare say I shall be able to manage It," sa? s Dysart, in the same womout. Indtf yellow, glistening ha nils twirling her As as rxsuipla of tlie destiny of gohieu balr. th«- effect was mor» than great West, th«- other n waterway «|, wn ferent manner. "In the nieautinie. while the Mississippi, across the isthmus an«l 1 try to get it. I shall require of you that those who embrace get rich quick" uurrely pretty It s«-em«-«l to t«e a bap schemes and »--om the old fashioned py ami effeatlv» combination of the an up the raclfic. The one wlwll repre you stay within thia house ami bold sent »peed, th«* other etsmomy. ami the speech with no one save Grunch.” methods of Industry and thrift one dent am! medieval with tbe modern conflict betw«-en the two will have all1 "Well. I guess l‘ll chance it." says Frank C. Andrews of iMrolt cannot ley after a long glance at the y the bittern«-«» of a fratricidal war " Flernal I'rublem Answer»«!. l»e said to have spent Ills life lu vain man’s pale, earnest face. "If a ablp. ” l»-gau th» «xtnn-dlan with Mr. Audrews la a young man wbo AA arrior. the rose-tint«-d t-eard, "la Uli feet long CHAPTER XX arrtv«-«l in 1 »étroit a few years ago Jester I met a man yraterday w I m | With the fatal will clasped In his with a capital of *125 By dint of ami forty f«-et wide, aud It» masts are ha« t-een through many battle» hand. Dysart g-*«*« straight to tbe small uerve and quickness in taking advan list feet high and tbe l»o'sun 1» bowleg Jlmson Army ort!«-er? morning room, where he ka-wa be will iage of opportunities be secured a foot I ged. what does tbe capstan weigh F' Jester Nope, prise fighter. Ohio I be . ire to find Vera Twilight Is begin hold In the si«ec«il»tive world aud front I "It weighs tbe aocburF* hoarsely State Journal. a n< t fall, an«! already the swift herald that time on made nn-ncy rapidly, be . shouted tbe audlm-e. as It grabbed of »tgtet s prorialnWng tbe appr-vach of Alen are »it« 1« bar» Let a man stay tbe bench««» to prevent Itself rising co «Vining a uillliou.ilr» Always a hint his k r.g She start» slightly as he cornea sut advocate of the lucky throw as op masse and doing violence to tbe Tbe» I up until midnight for a week and he I ia. will tell you that be never goes to t«e«l | "I am «-rry to disturb you." »ays Dy l«»srd to caution, sound methods and (San« Baltimore American. before that hour. aart. with an effort at calmnewa. "but it •ens-nir »ays the Chicago News, be ' »«real « owniry. but Few People waa ao ne«-esaary that I »h<>uH c«ne. haa «lune what he <x»uld to Imperil th« 1 A\ub a |»<pulath»n of only 21t'«.iaa> In many famine», they «loti t have that---- " »••neral pr.-s|«ertty of tbe publie liar ' vtanit«-t»a «-«pials In s.se tbe wb«4e of I cream five breakfast but hav«, Mtead. I "I am glad you have >-ome I. t«x>. ug been lucky Andrews like otbe« Great Britain aud Ireland. tb» t--p of tbe t .» waa auiioua to see you." Ver A. a touch of nervousness in her tone, you must know it is impossible that we should »tay here any longer. Our wbo was our guardian, 1» gone and — »he has risen to her feet and is looking at him in sore distress—"I have wanted to speak to you about it for a long time. I thought, perhaps, you would help us to find another home." He can see that she suffers terribly in having to throw herself upon his gixxi nature, to open.« demand his assistance. "AAe must leave this, and at om*e," says she. stammering a little, and with a slight miserable break in her voice. "You will not have to look for another home,” says be; "this is your own house." "Oh, no!" drawing back with a haughty gesture; "I have told you it is impossi ble. I shall certainly not stay here." "As you will," quite as haughtily. ' It will be in your power for the future to re side exactly where you please, but if the feat of seeing me here is deciding you against this place, pray be satisfied on that point; I have no longer tbe smallest claim to consider myself master here. AVarned by a change in his manner. Vera looks at him "Something has happened?" she say», abruptly. "Yes: something 1 find it difficult to ex plain to you.” Still he manages to tell her all an«! to show her her grandfather s will—the will which liis fathiT bad suppressed all these years. "But this ia horrible!” she says, faint ly. when he had finished. "I won t have it!” She throws out her bauds as though iu reuuu.iatiou. "AVhy should I deprive you of your home? Give me enough to live on elsewhere with Griselda, but---- " "You are quick to fall into error," says he, grimly. "I have begged you already to try to grasp the situation. It is I, it appear», 1 who"—he hesitate», and after finding it impossible to speak of his father, goes on "who have deprive«! you of your home. You must see that. I beg,” »lowly, “that you will not permit yourself any further foolish discussion on thia subject.” There is He turns away abruptly. something so Solitary, so utterly alone in his whole air. that without giving her self time for thought she springs to her feet and calls to him. "AA'here are you going? To sit alone? To brood over all this? Oh. do not. AA’hy," going swiftly to him and standing tiefore him with downcast lip« and trem bling fingers and quickened breath, "why not stay here with me for a little while and let ua discuss all this together aud try to see a way out of it?' "My way is plain before me; it wants no discussion,” says Dysart, resolutely, refusing to look at her. "Y’ou mean," tremulously, "that you will not stay?” One white hand hanging at her side closes upon a fold of her soft black gown and crushes it convulsiv«>ly. "I mean," in an uncompromising tone, "that 1 fully understand your mistaken kindne«.« the sacrifice of your inclina tions you would make—and decline to profit by it.” "You are disingenuous. What you really mean is," in a low tone, “that you will not forgive.” "There is nothing to forgive, save my presumption." He opens the door deliberately ___ and closes it with a firm hand behind him. Vera, left standing thus cavalierly in the middle of the room, with the knowledge full upon her that she has been slighted, spurn«-«!, her kind intentions ruthk-ssly flung back upon her, lets the quick, pas sionate blood rise upward, until it dyes cheek and brow. She presses her hand upou her throbbing heart, and then all at once it conies to her that she is no long er poor, forlorn, but rich, one of the rich est commoners in England. An.i with this comes, too, a sense of deeper deso lation than she has as yet known. Drop ping Into a chair, she covers her face with her hands and cries as if her heart is broken. CHAPTER XXI Three months have come anil gone. Great changes have these Hire«- months brought. They have unhoused S. ton Dysart ami given his inhentan«» into the hands, the in««et unwilling hamls, of bis <-ou»in. Hands t«»> small to wu-ld »<> large a scepter. But Mr l'eyton ha« nobly «-otne to her rescue. It is to hint that moat of the innovation« owe their birth. The Imml some landau, the pony trap, the single brougham, all have been Ixmght by him. He has perfectly reveled in the < housing of them, ami has perforce draggl'd the r«-- luctant Vera up ami down to town, aid «-d manfully by Griselda, now his wife, who has also been reveling, to view the several carriages, ami give her verdict thereon. To-day is rich in storm and rain The heavens seem to have opened. Ttown from their watery home come the heavy drops, deluging the gaunt shrubberi«-«, ami beating into the sodden earth such presumptuous anemones and daffodils as have darts! to show their face«. Vera has just enscom-eii herself coxily before the leaping tire. txx>k in hand, having resigned all hope of seeing visitors to day. wheu the sound of carriage wheels on the gravel outside the window, the echo of a resounding knock, startle her out of her «-ontemplated repose. And now there is a little quick rush through the ball, a springing step up the staircase, the rustle of silken skirts in the ante-room beyond, a voice that tn hex Vera start eagerly to her feet, and p es ently Mrs l'eyton. looking supremely happy, and. therefore, charming, fling» henself into her sister's arms. “Oh. I am too glad to be aurprised." aaya Vera, fondly. Y>u're an improvident peraon." say« Mr«, reyton. beaming on her from ut the masses of furs that clothe her da’ ity form. "Gra«'r telegraphed for ua. to help her with a dinner party that la to come off t.* night, so come we did. And. being so close to you. I felt I should see you or die." "It'» selfish. I know, but I'm so g'ad to hare you. l*t me take off your fur». At hat a delicious coat! You ha«ln't that when 1 was down with you. eh?” "No It's a « new one, one Tom gave It to me. He's abeurder than ever. But I haven't braved the elements to talk about him. It is about Seaton I want to tell you." 9eatanf To <*otn» out snch a day as thia to talh of Seatoul But why?1 It must be something very aeri„»e. ■ays Vera, changing color perceptibly. A er». I ctnnot he p regarding u» you ■nd ay «l ia part cr.mluia Four, dear been a blow to lose UNCLE SAM EXACTS .. ,<0Op. AnJ *•< In tbe Trea.ur, j. e. erjtbitiX u> ““ ha,e jone tbxn wh»t Employ»» Docked for Minute a L.,«, „’y*•« ’“*1 TT’^T o tbe half Ot oar kin««!«»™ Jm. b«t. - J- know« b. "It’s an old story that the p States ocoasiotiaii, tditcu“ed I warrants Treasurer for the sum of 1 cea/to ltors of the government." »»¡.j' department clerk the other .la,** ** “The 1 ' h de#ire. ■ lonjing h. it's not so well known, but ? f. ireier. au I be h g m(wt true, nevertheless, that bome itural one, io »««- clerks are sometimes docked 1 overstaying their annual leave !* ute or a fraction thereof. |a tlle T‘L4 ury Department in particular t|, is Inflexible that a clerk wb0 ■* ^•Afleit'tb^t'iab:» he pula It- the regulation leave even for a In a year shall forfeit a pruponi?* Can he ...me? lf amount of bis pay. you were to drop’him a line and ask him "Tbe taxation of delinquents rw> It would be the no.l graceful thing, at eternal vigilance and careful esi, tlon. but it is regarded as es^i a An'hour later Griselda drive» b»ck to to the best interests of the serv* the Friars with the coveted note from No fractions of a minute are Vera to Seaton in her band. ered aud there is no penalty les«-1* (To be continued.) a cent. Tbe salary per minute ¡,? termined by dividing the annual BREAD 1,800 YEARS OLD. ary by all the working day», Loa Tea that »ere Being Baked AA hen exclude Sundays and holiday», tnj 5 lowing seven hours for each day l-ompeil Baa Deetrogad. Sufferers from Indigestion are ad- that basis it is computed that tb» Tlsed to eat stale bread; the »taler the aries of government clerks aveC better, they are told. There 1» In the about a cent a minute, of museum at Naples some bread which some get more and others les». * ought to be stale enough for anybody. that covers the most of them. "It does not seem much to deduct ij It was baked one day In August, «9 A. D., in one of the curious ovens stUl cents from tbe *1.200 salary of » who has exceeded bis <!«> days' |nt( to be seen at Fompeii. More than eighteen centuries, there by ten minutes, but he Invariau, fore, have elapsed since It was drawn treats such action as a great outran "all hot” and indigestible from the on bis rights as an American citii£ oven. So it may claim to be the old Tbe other day a woman In the Tn* est bread In the world. You may see ury upset tbe entire office in whid it In a glass case on the upper floor of she is employed for almost a wbo» tbe museum. There are several loaves day,” says the AVashington Star, -j of It. one still bearing the Impress of her persistent efforts to get back ;• cents for overstaying her leave »boon the baker’s name. In shape and size they resemble the quarter of an hour. She nearly small cottage loaves of England, but Into hysterics, but the authorities wer, not In appearance, for they are as firm aud she had to submit," black as charcoal, which, In fact, they closely resemble. This was not their HAVE BEEN MARRIED original color, but they have become SEVENEY-IMO ÏEAR carbonized, and if eaten would proba bly remind one of charcoal biscuits. Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Brown, wb, AVhen new they may have weighed home is at the edge of Hagentoti about a couple of pounds each, and Ind., are thought to be the oldest tut were most likely raised with leaven, ried couple now living in the State m as is most of the bread In oriental Feb. 24), 1834), they were married a countries at the present time. Jefferson Township. AVayne Count) The popular idea that I'ompeli was Indiana. destroyed by lava Is a fallacious one. Brown was born near Cytithism If a lava stream had descended upon the city the bread aud everything else in the place would have been utterly destroyed. Pompeii was really burled under ashes and tine cinders, called by the Italians lapilli. On that dreadful day in August, when the great erup tion of Vesuvius took place, showers of tine ashes fell first upon the doomt*«l city, then showers of lapilli, then more ashes and more lapilli, until Pompeii was covered over to a depth in places of fifteen and even twenty feet Other comestibles besides the bread were preserved, and may now be seen In the same room in the museum. Thera MK. AND MRS. ELISHA BROWS. are various kinds of grain, fruit, vege tables and even pieces of meat. Most has 11 v«-d in the same township tut interesting Is a dish of walnuts, some since. Mrs. Brown was Miss Marjsw cracked reedy for eating, others whole. Burns. She was born near AVayw Though carbonized, like all the other ville. Ohio. July 17. 1811. She fit eatables, they have preserved their came to AVayne Township at an eir) characteristic wrinkles aud lines. age. Tbe old couple are in fairly pig There are figs, too, and pears, the health. They were the parents of rir former rather shriveled, as one would en children, five of whom are <H| expect after all these years, tbe latter There are fifty grandchildren and for certainly no longer "Juicy.” But per great-grandschildren living. They ta haps the most interesting relic In the among the wealthiest people of th room Is a honeycomb, every cell of township. which can be distinctly made out. It is so well preserved that it is hard to THE PRESIDENT'S LITTLE JOKE realize that the comb is no longer wax, Mr. Roosevelt Tendered Liquid Be nor the honey, honey. freshmenta to Chief Officers. A pi«*ce of the comb seems to have To his other qualifications as a pops been cut out. and one can Imagina some young Pompeiian having helped lar man President Roosevelt add*« himself to It and sitting down to eat fondaess for a good-natured Joke. 4 It. when he had to Jump up and fly for Washington correspondent recalls tlu his life. Oue cannot help wondering amusing incident of tbe time whentt* what b«*eame of the piece—whether the President was Assistant Secretary X young fellow took it with him and ate tbe Navy: The squadron had been out for tn It as he ran. or whether he left it on his plate, intending to return for it days at target-practice, aud the ctiet when the eruption was over. officers had been invited on board ut flag ship as tbe guests of Mr. Hon* How a Filipino Die». velt. Tbe conversation on marine tt The general. In a white hat, was ics was long, and for some time ti>»» marching in advance of the tiring line, had been a clearing of throats and s when the discharge of a rifle was heard significant exchange of glances. In the yard of the bouse next to the Roosevelt took tbe hint. road, says Harper's AVeekly. Several "Will you step into the cabin soldiers rushed Into the yard, but uot have some tea?” be said. In tlm- to prevent two more shot», Tbe movement toward the cabin which came whizzing In the direction prompt and unanimous. There. In B* of the general. At this moment I came center of a great table, rested a to a break In the hedge, where I could bowl of magnificent proportions, fill« ««•• what waa going on. A young Fili nearly to tbe brim with a liquid a st1111- pino was alioiit thirty yards off. He darker than amber. In its center flu* was turning this way and that like an ««1 . island of lee. Sprays of mint® animal at bay. thoroughly frightened. tended their slender leaves over '• He had a r tie In his hand. It after brim, and pieces of lemon and other ward turn'd out that this rifle was fruits fl-it«*! on the surface of then“ <11 k «1 The soldiers were breaking down the high hedge to get In Sudden and tempting flood. The old commodore, with the < a >' ly the Filipino mad«- a run for life, lie of tbe sun on bis face and the dryow* got through th«* ti«*«lge some way and «lashed across an open field. Three of tbe desert In bls throat, turned eaf» ly toward this oasis. He stirred t® shots followed, all of which took effect. ladle lovingly In the bowl, while ott*” Th- wounded matt turned, ran side ways a few paces, lay down on the gathered about him. He held his C1” tilled to the brim, between Ills eye grouud and a «*«*. out! after was dead. I got a good sight of the whole Inci the sunlight that came in through dent and so naturally did the Filipino cabin window, and the clatter andeli** stret. h himself along the ground and of glasses soumled through tbe '« • rest his head upou his arm that I as each officer tilled to the oc«'S»ilin With an air of contentment snd thought he was shamming An exam ination a minute later proved that he tlclpated Joy the commodore brou* was dead. There Is this difference be- the glass to his lips. Then, as *•'i; tw en the manner in which American ed their glasses to follow his exs®P‘t and Fllip no »oldh rs d e-the American a look of astonishment passed over falls In a heap and dies hard; the Fil face. His hand ttembled. and tbep* ipino stretches hlmaelf out. an.i when llmost fell to tbe table. "Re Mowed if it ain't tea!" he i*’1* dead bi always found In some easy atti tilde, And. indeed, that Is Just exactly »* tude. generally with his head on his arm«. They die the way a wild animal it was. die* in Just such a position as one Repaid. finds a de^r or an antelope which one has shot In the Woods. At a certain ball in the country » other evening a gentleman uud«r!>i Made It Herwelf. to introduce a companion to * P' "Did yoo dream on Amy's wedding but somewhat stout lady who s*®* cakeF' • to !>e pining for a dance. "Mm—ye». I thought it was safer to "No, thanks, old fellow; I doo*1*’ put tt under my pillow an.i (Ir(.am OQ to waltx with a cart.” It than to eat It and have the night A "cart" Is understood In tbe di#f mart. -Philadelphia Bulletin. refem-d to as a partner who *** do her share of the dancing, but No High Price% "They aay every man has hix price" to be drawn round. Ye», and bow cheap one always feels A few evenings later tbe same y when be get. roid.-'-Philadelphi. Bui lady, who had overbear.! the Bation. beheld the young man ’e'1 The royal crown of Persia Wh>h an introduction and asking if be -lares back to remote M i. have tbe honor, etc. , form of . of fl J "No. thank you.” she replied. 1 b^an uncut rab, £ be a cart, but I am not a donkey**' —London Tit Bits. 0,(2 el»e Who ■ Compositors must be jolly < “ low», fur they are always »etti«* ' op. o