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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1905)
ftf'tf'- - nu ,1 4 t Is ! U CKLY ft Dy II. w eO- ClIAPTRIt Nil. Omtlnned.l rin wind Increasing almost momenta rily, seemed to bo blowing the nln away, for It was not now descending In the white strip iikI riblmn of water that had swept tho wood clean all day. Still there were Interval Ih which little spurt of ruin dahed In thoir face, now com ing with the harder wind from tho cool northwest. The level meadow that toy between the Hodden residence ami tbe edge of the tillage looked white ami HquM a If It were n llttlo bike, or alt arm of back water from the Wabash. Acres It, ami far down Into Its seem Inn depth glimmered the bright yclmw reflection of a few steady lights blazing put of oHti door ami uneurtnlBed win dows, and showing where other watcher held lonely ami anxknt vigil ou account of tle dear to thefli. and who m' In pain ami peril. Following as well a she could In tho exact step of her guide, l.ixay managed to keep out of the deeper water ami mud, ami skirting the grassy side of tho lane put nut upon tho watery, canal-like cjHMihtg of Overcoat road. The wind was roaring ami tosdng the great ttmli of the oak about In a way that recalled to I-isay's recollection the first onslaught of that dreadful cyclone whoe path through tho tall forest she could distinctly see by the little starlight that tegan tu tc reflected faintly through the thinning margin of tho smaller clouds, into whkh the wlml was break ing Hi tho groat solhl, vapor-loaded chud of tho Jay. At the Tory uttermost cml of this hurricane path there gleamed a faint red glow agalaot the sky. "Ioek lack hit moat bo suae boe nharnua. Hut 1 lM't know whutfur Imho bit cowM bo. They kalnt nobody nlimn up thar 'at I knows ar." Mrs. Hodden mM, in a kw voice, almost swept away by tho wtml. They woro at tbo exact spot where tho Overcoat rand merged and ht Ha Motility In tho "main street" around tbo -Hollo! I that yon. Mb Iteddeur ene rose called oot front an aneeon locality near them. "Yes; who h ntT "A huutua Ctumbjre. air ynhT' eon tiniHsl tbo- roko. witboat dboTerinc tbo bend and rfcx that omitted k. "So; I ramo up to And Coonrod. I tHt awnoasy 'boot "I" astaynn so bng. VoM, now. yoo'rf atbanttrar said the voice, Wginninc to matertalixo in tho shadowy dark figaro that Mrs. Hodden rocegnkod at once as tho young Doe. He's gene a trip 'at I wouldn't go fur a purty! lie's gear np awnte tho Dig lUttlosnako. ciur up to the Backbone Itidge, at the far ceml nh year tan, l.lay. They'a a lot a' raiiread fellers rtmiHil np thar. an they're ben bub a little shootun' nr one another. Ua Ceoa roJ ho went abg wMi the shnrf to 'rot a lot nr nut Masoe, an s'wuro ur unt, fur intent to Wll." CIIAITKK XIII. "Hew fnr is nt. Doer aked Mrs. Ileddeu In a Ttnce tkat snowed she was thinking struugly. "You baint a ru-un to try to go thar to-night, sir yon? I w,mMn't ef I was yon! They way bo a cd big fnrse fore tboy rh tbroagb with It. Thais raHrrat! feUors has rut thnr woapnss with um. ln they're boa a nsoo nr urn party llroly Uiek. Doc said they was tiro ur six ur in shot some pony bad. Hat I've rnt to harry on. lMlle Jim Dikeso yoangost loy is sick; nn liat vtithoat to)pin; to hear abont tbo poribt of little Jia Dikt-tos yonagost boy, Mrs. Itvddoa bad turned aboat and bo pan walking slowly ami aMorrtalaly back along the Orercwat road, with Lluy fol lowing Ikt, and also deep la thought. If thro men bad booa shouting each other, ierhaps Mr. Masou. and even I'rof. Huntley, might be atnoar the wounded; tho dangerously woaaded. And If so, she would only be ln4ng a Hoosler girl's duty, to go and nurse and care for the (nan who bad certainly saved her life. "I'm a groat miod to walk tkat away, Uxzy! We aoedu't go any furder'a wo wawnt to, you know. We kin come baek wbenuver wo'vo a mine to. Vu we aaoat moot CwmriMl. .mr'rs awn tbo rood, mebby. Think you cvatd walk at?" Mrs. Iteddea said, a lit t Jo bosiutiagly, bat gatherhtc asaaraaoe at tbo soasd of hr voice and tbo plaaiblity of her state ment, as sbe wont oa. "Oh. yes. I think I wM like to go all tho way if wo ooahl. If tboro arr men hurt, tboy will notsl woatoa tboro to hoip pronnre for tho turtutm. Moo can't boat Hater and tear bamUfffw and get kan. and tuwob ami all tboso ihinck that aro no4o4 whore pMpfc sro hart. You rosmanbor how it wa hat fall n bom tbo tbroabiag ouaiuo blow an." IJaay said, (julto rbeorfailly and anbaaUodly. Mrs. Itoildon rosuomborH m maeb ! rbout that iaetdoat Uiat it startosl bar upon a stronm of ironoral ronvdnmooaemi that. Itram-bine oat as it did into wind ing hayoa of mdaMforaowl aecidoata. ruwbtod ! but forever. HappUy Iaay was m eaaoUtatod Jbat sbo was not euttspottod to follow tho throml of Mr. Itnldoa's opisodea. Oa tbo ountrary. sbo lust thow Kotly in a sort of ovh lis rating ffljoymaat of the night, and tbo high wind, and tkp ruariag breakers of foUago fussing antTswayiag alHt whb a sort of wareiiko erasb that r luiinlcil hor of tbo dMiant bat dbttiaet ly audibte aound of the sea, whore bo bad hoard it ouro a loug tiwe ago. Is this human lore t tbo night for a timit nl roting about ami locking- at all in sillier of sights and beariealug to all manner of sounds, to be taken to mean that man is n uigbt prowler out of that animal instinct that survives the long post progression beyond the four feet armed with claws, ami the elongated pu pil and ortt'tile oars? Not at all. It only means that night, being the time of rest, Is best suited to amusement and relaxation. And there- fore people arail themselves of their only opportunity. The two women having satisfied their consciences upou the question of the riiiht of going upon aucb an expedition, drew themselves more closely into the shelter of their ample shawls and so, like con led devotee of these Druid temples M v ' woo s W. TAYLOR of the primeval wwhK went hurrying on In tho growing wind and tho declining rain. So bng n they could follow tho broad ami generally anfoncotl ooarso of tho Overcoat road there was llttlo or no dltfl oalty In picking tholr way In roasonaolo soonrlty from little stumps of tdnok-Jacks that had boon cilt down lit sohhj omor-IN-noy of transferrins tho roadbed a few rods to this sblc or to that, to nrohl a newly formed mud hob. or a fallen troo. r MiiiH' other of tho nuruonHts obstnelos that loot now roads hi a now country. Nor did tho long, arching black rasp berry vinos am) blackberry stems, with, sharp ami tctMcbuis thorns, lay hold up on tho mhWch fibers of tho shawls, and Insist upon a tariff levied upon the spot, ami only to be measured by tho lHlnta of contact. lt when, after awhile. Mr. Itcdden. eiimlag npon a plain wagon road that came into tho highway of Overcoat read out of an unpromising shadow of tbo great forest, turned unhesitatingly Into it ami to tho northward, all the circum stances seemed to bo suddenly changed for tbo w orse. It was no longer possible to sec one ard of the suddenly narrowed road, ami they woro eoMtpelted to concentrate all their senses of alertness Ih their feet, that now cautmusly. but quickly ami uh hekatingly. felt the way. Lltay here Implicitly followed her agile and fearless leader, dodging with her bead this way and that, throwing her toft arm up here and her right arm up there, in anticipation of some Imaginary slender ami drooping branch. Turning one of the many short and almost seml-df-Hlsr curves In this un- trammohxl woods-read, they came sud denly within tbo broad dare of a light which they had seen for brief moments ami at Irreyular intervals during tho lat ter portion of their long ami rapid walk. The light appearing to cwmo oat of a small roaml rent la tho very curtain of tho night itelf, moved and oscillated croos thou- path, while a low ham of voice could bo distinctly hoard only a little way from them. Tbo two women continued to advance slowly and wondoriaaiy. hearing tho bam of voice iaterrupted by a short laugh. and then totally sappmed by a per ftuptttry oJaratatioM m a voice that one of tho adventurous Ilevslor womos was familiar with. "Coonrod! Is that yoa? Coonrod Hodden!" said Mrs. Hodden, raising her voice so as to be distinctly hoard, above tho wind, ami all Its woodland reso nances. One man stepped out of the black shadow ami came forward. Uxxy had ample time to observe hlra narrowly, and to see him perfectly. Kor the strong cone of yellow light, wavering a llttlo from side to ldo. centered upon them, and In cluded him whhln Its glow. Kroat the first step that he took for ward out of tho darkness, I.buy WIckly, with a sudden leap of her heart, recog nised hint. It was Mr. Mason, certain ly. Uot what a change ia him! And '.a what was duo tho change? His ordinary dark, plain and unpreten tious dros bad become totally supplant ed. Ho woro a high, black, rimless cap such as men of tbat day sometimes woro In tho later autumn. A short. Mack, gam-enameled cbttk was fastened about bis shoulders and thrown slightly baek from tbo ctoso-fitting and broad-belted blouse. Iong leather boot covered his legs above tbo knees, giving bim a jaunty, dashing, cavalier air so totally new and strange and foreign to him, as she had heretofore known bim, tkat she was Im movable from sheer astonishment and growing wonder. The metallic gleam of weapons in tho btoad leather belt, and the glistening bar rel ef one of tboso wonderful, new, many shotted carbines protruding from under the cloak and lying easily across his right forearm, brought her baek to look more cfwsely at his face as he came rapidly forward. Then she saw that bis loug ami some what faded brown bair bad disappeared, ami a rather close cropped coat of black bair came down to bb temples under the rap: and she remembered like a flash wbat Cooarod Hodden bad said about it. Yes. he had worn a wig! lieyond a duabt be bad worn a wig! Ho bad played a part! He bad bees a cunning and a skilled IrtsiasaMtor. Ilk) bold. Jaunty mannor. his changed 4r. his oaay and asoared smile, and above all. tho youthful of his always fresh, ruddy face, now framed ia the rWo black bsir ami the briaandkih rap, were in their totality as well as la these partiealarity. irrefragikie proof of the fart that bo wa a skilled dWimalalor! Alung with this sadden oasttiaohin. ar rived at within three ample iwcsmtia of time, covering porkaps. Ion thousand evo lutions of tbuagkt, memory and com parkwa. there was a sharply deaWd rr carreare of that sense of loss that she had felt wbon she bad looked at this ma a and pereoived some alteration in bust vbile bo had drive pa kor on yester day la tho streets of Sandlown. Ho is about to apeak. Ami she feels tbat ko must not lose his asaalles ward ; hi least gesture: kk mot aVeting glance. Kor tfposi Ike depend something. Home thing of greatly supreme womoHt to her. Sake feels and knows. f'HAITKK XIV. "Mr. Hedden. I am sorry to say, Is not now hero. Mrs. Iteddeu." he said, taking off bU eap and bowlug in a very formal ami elaborate manner. "He came up this afternoon upou Important business, but lias gone on further much further than our camp. I can assure you, though, that be Is safe and well. Mlia Lizzy, lias your hurricane experience made you admire storms to such a degree that you take the numerous risks of accident from falling limb and tree without hesita tion, on a cloudy day and Inclement nighty While a alight sarcastic smile linger ed about hla lipa, there wa a puckering of the brow and a glitter in hi dark eyes, made darker by the black border of hair and cap, and also a certain harsh ness In th tone of hi role tbat corn- blned to make, her feel thru she was put upon tho defensive, nihl under censure, and reproof. "1 do imt know Hint I thought of the danger," l.laay answered, blushing n lit tle. "I suppose tluU nftor so recent nu eerleitco " "You ought to hnvo thought of It." ho suggested. "Nndnnbtl No doubt. Hvwi by opcilence we mortal leant but slow ly, and after munv leasou. Mr. Hod den, .ion will not think of going on fur ther In search of your liusbaiul? t'nn't you take my word that he Is noil and mi fe?" He stood cloe to IJtay even touch ing her with tho folds of hi gum-enamored rein cloak, while ho fnced Mrs. Hod den. "1 nioiit tuck your word fur tit, Mr. Mason, of ut ml nbeti three-four week sins said the determined and plain soken old Hooslee woman, defiantly. "Hut you Imlnt as much thought uv, nur your word lis I tit ns good as hit walr then. 1 come up hy-ur after my matt, un I want Mm before I go Ixick." There was n moment's jmuse. In which Mr. Manm seemed to be upon the border line between anger nud surprised amuse ment. "I am sorry to have lost tho good opinion of yourself and tn many of the kind-hearted people of ttatultown," ho said earnestly, ami with a return toward something like what might to termed his Samltown manner. "1 must beg you both to believe that 1 have not willfully Injured nnjtody In what I have done. 1 have had )our Interests In view, ns well "Yes. hit kmk kick Ht. don't ut." broke In tho determined ami Independent old woman. "Hit looks lack hit wn to our Intrust to git the l-'armer' Hank Into kh a tight plaist ut It had to bust up. un lmt up every farmrr on Hodden township un all 'long the Wabash. Ami you come down h-yur uh bid In alt ar moggijls fur little ur nttthiin." The amount of scorn thrown Into her vigorous sentence by her staccatos of emphasis was surprising to contemplate. I'nder this Invective Mr. Mason kept his gate steadily and searchlngly upon I .buy Wlekly's face, while his face remained turned toward the angry visage of tho blunt ami fearless obi Hmoder woman. "I certainly hare bad no hand In the misfortunes of tho Karmors Hank." ho sakl quickly, and keeping hi eyes axed upon I.Uay' In that searching, questh'n ing look thatplatn!y asked hoc what she thought of theo charge. "And so far as tbo mortgage sales are concerned, I had only thought of doing a favtr to one of the mortgagor by compelling the mortgagee to pay s-imothlng like tho fnll value of tho property. Hut if there are many sufferers I shall make an effort " "Many! They's about urrerybody at I know. Vn mmt uv um he thur farm, too. 1'n thur fambly will suffer. I reck on. Hilly Hiler tole C'ounrod " Cogreman Hiler I tho attorney for tho railroad that ia rkxing up tho Farm ers' Hank, Mrs. Htsblen. Yon know that fact, so you can put a proper estimate upon every bit of Information that comes ! through him, Mr. Mason sakl, looking hard at I.ixzy for symptoms of some ef fect ef his words, and seeing those symp tom very cvblontly. "Hilly Hiler! Hilly Hiler ml no more do slch a thong than he'd put his head en the fire!" sakl Mr. Hedden Indignant ly. "We're knowed him too long fur that. Hut I reckon. I.Iuy. wo mout as well go back. I've klae nh gjt over my awneasy spell 'bout Coonrod. He's allways tuck k-yur ur hisseff. Hut I felt mighty awneasy mighty awneasy." I.Iuy, signifying that she wn quite ready to set out on the return walk, Mr. Mason, resuming In n great measure the Jaunty air with which bo had met them, volunteered to ocurt them, and offered his arras to both ladies. -No, thanky, mM Mrs. Hedden, much molltSed. "I kin walk alone yir. You moat help I.lixy thar. She's purty well tard out. I reekoa. Vn young g-yurls needs a sight -more armuti tin krppun along, un oh? weemun does. I'll lead out, un you two kin follow, mebby." Acting Instantly upon her own sugge. ttoa, Mrs. Hedden "led out" with the long swinging stride peculiar to the obi time Hoosler dames, who walked every where, when the "bosses" were at work, ami before "riduu-nags" became plenti ful. (To be roDtlDUed.1 EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH. No Itctter Holovrd, Nor More Un fortu nate, Hovcrriifn In History. The Kmperor Framd Joseph I prob ably as thoroughly Itelorcd by hi sub jects a any sovereign In history linn ever been. His great misfortunes fearful defeat In the wars with Franco ami Germany, tho itukrklo of hi only Mtn, the assassination of hla wife, and family troubles In more recent times, have thrown aUHJt bim an atmosphere of romantic syHijiathy; while liking for bl kindly qualities- Is mingled with re spect for bis plain common m-oc. During his stay In Heritn I met him a mcosmI tine. At my lirst presenta tion at ireadofl. two year before, there was little opportunity for et tend ed conversation; bstt be now hfioke at length, ami In a wanner wbiob snowed him to be observant of the world's af fair eren In remote regions. He ills cuesed the recent Increase of our army, tbe progroM of our war In the I'hlllp pine, and tbe extension of American enterprise In various tart or tho world. In a way which wa not at all perfunctory, but evidently the result of large Information and careful ot lervatWtn. HU empire, which I a hoethlng eaklrtm of bale, racial, re ligkriM, political ami local, is held to gather by love ami ropect for him; but when be die this personal tie which unites all these llfferent races, parties ami localities will disappear, ami In place of It will come the man who by force of untoward ci re u in stances Is to be his succosHor, and this Is anything but a pleasing pronpect to an Austro-IIungarlnn, or Indeed to any thoughtful observer of human affairs. Century. I'roof Knongb. "Ob, mamma, I know there's a flea on me!" cried llttlo Ethel.' "How do you know It Is a flea, dear?" naked mamma. "Why, becauce 1 can't catch ltt" Yonkers Statesman. 5 Conquest sE5 Great I American Desert (Jrent trrluntloii rrojerts, Survoya hnvo licun coiiiplotctl for thirteen grout Irrlgntbm project III n ninny different States, eoiitemplntlim' the recliiitintlou of 1,1:11.000,000 nerea of desert land, at a coat of JM.aWl.OOO, or mi itvcrago of. (ST.'.'tl perjietx'. Tlie mud tints Improved will bo sold to tho public at that prleo In ten minimi In stallments, mid llni the entire amount of money expended will bo refunded to the government. The Tresldeut la greatly gratified nt tbo rapid progress Unit l being made by the Irrigation bureau.. Contract have been let and thousand of laborers aro ulrvmly em ployed In Arizona, Colorndo, Idnho, Ne brnskn, Nevada and Now Mexle1. The law allow enough laud to each settlor to support n fntnlly. No vnali pnymenta are required; no contiuutn tlous, but tho settler must actually live on It and cultivate It for five year ami pay JU.iH) an acre each year for ten years, when ho will receive a title to the I a ml nud own the water rights without additional payment, l'rivnto land which receives tho ben efit of tho water must pay at the Mine rote 52.00 per acre for ten year. After ten payment the owner of the mud will have tho water right free or cost for all eternity. Tho land la good for alfalfa, sugar beets, jiotntoc ami all the root cropi nud frulta of the temperate zone. It Is only twelve hours from .San rrnnclsco by rail, fifty utiles from the capital of Nevada, nud I surrounded by mining settlement la every direction. Part of the land reclaimed will be the old Forty-Mile Desert, or Carson's Sink, which wa a horror of early em igrant the worst spot on tho over land trail; ami wai lined the entire distance with the bones of men ami annual. Thousand of poor creatures died tboro from thirst and exhaust Jon. Farmer who plow there now turn tip I n almost every furrow gun barrels , wj,ca wore driven Into the earth to mark genre ami bare since lecii buried deep In the drifting sands. As an Illustration of tbe perversity of na ture, the engineers who have been lay Ing out the proposed Irrigation yitetn have found an nbumlanco of cold, pure water a few feet below the surface wherever they hare made boring. All of this desert will bo redeemed, and when the present proposition I fin ished the works will be extended to tho Humboldt and Walker rivers, which will bring several hundred thou sand acre more under Irrigation ami make a paradise of what I now the most desolate iot In Nevada. How One County W'ua Itedronird. Thirty-two year ago there wa only one house In the town of Fresno, In tbe central desert of California, says a writer lu the World's Work. A hole was dug under It. forty feet deep, Into which the inmates lowered themselves by a bucket ami a windlass, to escape the heat of tho day. Around It, a far a tbe eyo could see, stretched tho glaring deiert, unbroken by any culti vated stNjt of green. Tbe whole coun try seemed a hopeless waste dead and profitless. To-day this spot s the center of a cheerful community of fi.000 homes, In a land made fertile by Irrigation. Ten thousand children attend lu public schools. Tlie Industrie there yield $1-1.000,000 annually. The raisin crop of 1003 put Into tbe farmers' bank accounts $'A3O).0O0. All the. raisins Imported Into the United Mate In IH02 amounted In value to only W0O.OOO. In 1U02 the oil well of Fresno County yielded 670, OuO barrel of crude petroleum, worth 'JOO.OOO before refining, lilghty-nlne thousand head of cattle graze on lu rich alfalfa. When tho few straggling fortune hunter came to the county late In the 0' they were welcomed by this sign hung over Fresno's one building: "Hrlng your horse. Wnter, one bit; water and fool, three bits." Fresno wa a "watering station" only. In IbiL', however, M. J. Church conceived the Wen of bringing water In dltche from King river, twenty mllos away, to irrigate the I ml. HI proposal was laughed at a a dreamer's scheme. Hut persistence won: In 187fl be had water on la nl within three mile of the town of Fresno. himI the float yeara crop proved tho soil to lie fertile. The aren of watered ground wa rapidly ex tended. To-ilay there are K0.000 acres under Irrigation. CASTRO A REMARKABLE MAN. Ilrunn Kevnltitlfiii with 211 Men and 1'oiiulit ills War to residency. For a little South American dictator Clprlauo Castro. I'resldent of Venexue la, Is making a lot of trouble lu the world of International politic, In many ways, write Wllllnui Thorp lu the New York Times, he Is n remark able man. He first appeared In Cii rut-as, the capital, several years ngp ns a legislator. He was sent tn Congroa as a deputy from the State of Lo An des, his native place. Ills fellow mule teers and cnttlc smugglers elected bim, and at that time he knew prac tically nothing of life outside of the mountain village In which he was born. Only one memory of bis brief career as a legislator Is preserved. Day by day be went to the hall of Congress In a tlght-flttlng pair of very shiny patent leather shoes. As soon as lu was comfortably seated he bent down and removed them from his cramped foot, anil placed them on the desk In front of him. He sat patiently through th long-winded ttrtintcn which Hotith American politician love, novor ottering n word op hi own, and nt tho oiid of vnch session he put on those lljrht boot ngnln ami we.it hack to ,., t....... i ,..i ,jt ...... ...... i... i .... 1 1 us curap nuiei, ii cuiusn '" novor worn boot before. Nobody doe wear them In I si Amies. it goes without say hit; that tho ar njre from thu back of beyond wn thu butt of hi eolloagiirs In Congress Most of them are now .lend, alnln on the tmttlelleld, or rot I hut tn the fright ful dungeons beneath the old fort at Mnrncnlho, or In exllo In Ciirncoit, l'nrls, llogutn or New York. Clprlnno t'ustro came baek lo Cam en at the head of nu nrmy made up of hla muleteer and smuggling friend lie started hla revolution with precise ly -3 men at his hnek. It wna locnl at llrst, but ho won small victories and then big ones, until In the course of three month ho had drawn enough men to hi standard tn be nblo to ad vance on Caracas and tliiht for the presidency. When he wa In sight of the city an accident happened that would have ruined the chance of any other revo lutionist. Ho wa thrown from hi horse and broke both hi leg. The government army wa facing hi force. From a horse litter he direct ed tho battle, won u great victory, ami subsequently bought over the govern ment general. Then he marched Into I'liMinc.-tT CArno. Caracss, made himself I'resldent. and suppressM a revolution nlmost before he couhl manage to hobble around. All tbo ministers slavishly Imitate Castro In everything. He 1 not only President, but !rd High Kverythlng Kite In Venezuela. The beads of all departments, the members of the Leg islature, and even the Judges are mere ly hi puppets. Castro Is supremely Ignorant of tho affairs of other nations. Ho ha never seen but "tie battlbihlp lu his life up to tbe time of tlie Intrrnatkiual cpkxMle of lt and ho spook with contempt of the power of (lermany. tlreat Hrlt- aln and other foreign nations. Castro la very democratic. He never surrounds himself with guards or so crot service men, though he ha a many deadly enemies a a Russian grand duke. Hut ho always csrrle a revolver In the top left-hand pocket of bl frock coat. So far is known, only one attempt has been made to as sassinate him. It was when he was rkllng through tbo street of Caracas, soon after he became President. The man's shot missed him, but bo put a bullet through the man's leg before any of ht suit realized what was hap pening. Then bo not only magnani mously pardoned the follow, lint actu ally sent his own doctor to attend to him. Castro I undoubtedly the strongest man tn Venezuela to-day and there I no one a yet lu sight who Is iower ful enough to oust him from Ihe presi dential chair. Illsitiivery or I'nul lUlli The discovery ef the tattle of peat baths wa made accidentally many year ag. On the coast of France thure lived at one time h oor family. The father of the family eked nut n scanty living by killing aged rattle ami dlveatlng them of their skins. The ghastly remain he sold lo tan tiers mid reHuers. Of the three rhlklrou which belong ed lo till couple one wa h NMir crea ture, delicate ami wretched nud npMr ently half-witted. The mother whs so ashamed of this Iniy that ahe could not bear to have the child In her sight. Cous-Minently be spent' most of til time half clothed and Imdly fed. roll ing nboul In Ihe pent hog which wera behind the cottage. Utile by llttlo it was noticed that the child whs Im proving In health, that bl skin wn becoming as fair nud soft a n pouch, his eye bright and hi spirit nud no tion those of a strong, healthy boy Instead of a Imlf-wlttcd little iinlmnl. The old country physlolim on ouo of his rounds noticed the Improved condition of the boy mill mentioned the fact nnd the cause nt a medical conference In Paris. The result wn the use of the pent bnth, which leave far behind any other kind of hydro therapy cure known to this day nnd Its aucceai Is becoming greater each season. We don't know much, hut wo know too much to play a slot machine, nnd every man ought to hnvo as much sense ns we have. The cards are stacked against you when you play a slot machine. Take care of your pennies while young and giro some chap n chiincn to bunko you out of your dollars when you get old. mL i-ftirC iv fc-7 fei W The most Hinvessfiil lioolc ilnnllng with the llllssi) Jiipiiiicso loiillli't broitghl out In Kmtliiml Ihla year is "Tho Yellow Wnr," Ihe iiiilhur of wlileli eoueeiil himself under tlu ihih- h".y " "lenul .or I n iiihii wn... beeutise of hi piilllirnl nud personal Importance, una iihle to see niin-ii iIMir of the iit-tUMl lighting limn Um kkiuthi run of I'orreepondeulM. , Mrs. II. M. Mdhrtip .Margaret Kid. myi Is engaged In completing thu tenth of the famous Pepper honks, "lieu Pepper." which Ihe ldhrop, 1,4m r. mt Hheiwrd ComMiiy have lu press for publication upon their lolhiop lint 'during the present season. Tlie piipii lar demand for these remarkable book I continually increasing; Ihe sale dilr Ing Ihe past eeisoti sliraHlng nil pre vious records. Miss Itraihleii Is so sure of reader that a story by her Is always welcomed by the iHMik seller. Hhe ha one com lug out shortly called "The Hobo of Life." a modern romance story of good and bad soflely, with n heroine ns In nocent nud charming as (ioeihe's Oretehen. The liook has glluiiMe of the trivial life of tbe Uiuduu season and there Is more than n gllme of tlm literary lfe lu the itemou of a Mt whose fate Is (he tragedy of (ho story, which for Ihe ret end happily Mr. Alec Tweedle. whose excellent hook on Mexico In well known, writes In the lmiloti .Magasllte on lienors! Porforbt Diaz, whom she describe as a man whp made a nation, and now publisher are trying o Induce her lo wrlle a book on the general's life As no one has yet writ leu an account of the life of that remarkable man, and a Mrs. Tweedle wa twice the guest of the general ami hi wife In .Metlco. she may ! prevailed iiihmi lo wrllo such a look. In view of the suceesM of II lllder Haggard's latest book, "Tbe Hrelhren ' ami iHhora that bare mute before. u ii a ".She," "Allow Vuartenualii." etc it I amusing tn hear that tho flrst ihrvn tMtok written by this gifted rwniam ir brought htm In Ihe enwruMOis sum ( leu pound sterling A ran rendl'y be understood, Hie young author was a Utile discouraged by this showing, but resolved on iw more shot, and pro durcd "King mdtMuon's Mlnee." wbliii made Mm famous at once The latest novelty Is a magualn called the Nolol Magazine, published by Arthur Prarson. It Is a novel because It Is a lok of Oct bin only. It Is a novelty tccaii It I the only Hritlsh magatlim devoted to rlftloii alone Hut It Is not the first time such a thing. Ihi been tried. Home years ago a Hiagnsine of this sort was brought out, but It did not succeed Until HtlsreliaHcoU" artlckw were blended with Ihe stories', so It wTrt' Im Interesting to see If Mr Pearson can make bl flrtwu magazine ty lly the term of tlie will of (I oners I l.ow Wallare all of this author's pro erty. iMith real ami eronal, I b'M lu hi wife, without condition. The will I very short, containing only four sen tence. (Seneral W a I wee left a con siderable iMttate, ami Mrs Wallace will have not imly the revenue from Ihl. nut she will also. In future, be entitled to the royalties from the iwile of bis ttook. which amount lo a good deal In the course of tke year Indeed, tho Harpers report that now. over 20 years after publication, tke demand for "lira Ilur" I as groat ever. PLAN NEW OVERLAND ROUTE. 1'ansdlau to lliillr) n Line 2l,fltM Ml Us lo tbe Const, The length of the umlll line -the new transcontinental railroad In Canada -from Monotou lo Port Hlmpsou, Is r tlmatcd at .'t.WMl tulles. It I oxjerted to cost III the neighborhood nf Ji'i' 000,000. of which fisYirtsMKX) arc fur the eastern section, to be blllll by the government, nnd f '.( ).0ti0 for Ilia western section, to be built by Ihe rail way company. In addition tn the main lino there arn several projected branches, some l connect with the principal towns and cities tn the south of the railway, and other lo open up new district still farther north Nothing here bus been definitely decided, but It I practically certain that. In tbe east, lira nr be will connect the new transcontinental rail way with .Mnu I era I, Torouln. Kault Hie, Marie nud Fort William; while in the west branches will lie built to Iteglim, Calgary. Prince Albert ami other lin IHirtnnt eeutera In the wbent and ranching districts. In Hritlsh Columbia connection will probably be made with a line running uurth from Vancouver, ami n branch Hue will run north to Dawson City. A Itosslblo development nf the future may be n brunch from some point on tho eastern section extending northward to Hudson Hay. Hallways to Hudson Hay hnvo been projected nml chartered time nud again during the last II) or Ifl yenra, hut have always fallen through because of the luimeue ex pense Involved nud tlie uncertainty a to the forthcoming prollt for many ( year nfter completion. Willi the new triiuseoiitlueutiil iood opening up Hf w much of northern Ciinmla, the cost oJM n branch (o Hudson Hay would ho'ipiK' terhilly reduced and Its commercial aueeoH correspondingly Increased. Kucceim. Apples nu "NlKhtnnp." Tho apple Is such n common fruit that very few persona nm, fnmlllar with Its remarkably elllcnclous medi cinal properties, Kvery one ought to know that the very best thing he can do Is to cut npplo Just before retiring for tho nlu'ht. riitnlly Doctor.