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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.