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About The Columbia register. (Houlton, Columbia County, Or.) 1904-1906 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1904)
II ;K M f 1 , . m. ml au aa k v v.V..ve v..v. n't '.V: V w rm ym J Ki: Al JJ V.V..' n OIR DLSPtSLO GRANDMOIHtRS' SPUNDID PHYSIQUE. ar ! rereea. W. cannot nowaday open a newspaper with out hearing of soui department of athletlre In which women bav taken part Tba picture published of women's hockey (earn art about as DUtueruua aa thoe of meu'a cricket eleven. Worn an carry eff golf and lawn tenuis cbauiploiiatilp. perform amaxlng feats of pedestrlaulatn, rids bi cycles for unusual distances at unbroken records of speed, awltn, shoot, flub farther, fatter, better, or at any rate as far. as fast, as well as moat male com petitors. The twentieth century woman has therefore passed Into a proverb for atreotrtb and activity. Ho It baa become tbt habit to compare her with ber grandmother, to the latter disadvantage. Uramlmammit was a Door creature, a soft drooping tlilnif that shrieked at the flight of a mous and fainted at that of a row; that eiclalmcd "U. on all occasions and waa always blushing; that wrote a fln hand and expressed herself In precise English. Bhe scarcely knew what lay beyond ber garden gate, far leae traveled by herself half over the known globe. Shs became crimson at the mere mention of men's nether garments, far leu put them on for bicycling or mountain climbing purposes. 8b hardly went for a walk, let alone a croo country tramp. Bhe ahrleked at the sight of a gun, and nothing would have lernaded ber to touch It A mild rubber of whlat waa the only, game ahe ever played. Rh knew bow to keep bouse. but ahe bad never beard of th "Wgiier matn.inaucs. i think she would bavs disapproved of her descendant quite a markedly as ber descendant derplaes ber. Yet, after all, when one comes to analyse the two women from au Impartial point of view, grandmamma does uot compare so unfavorably with ber stalwart granddaughter aa ahe la suppoaed to do. Rhe waa not au athlete. But aa far aa endurance went, her granddaughter cuta a poor figure beside ber. To begin with, grandmamma bad no nerves. She did not know what the word meant If you had talked Ifor her of a "rest cure," you might Just aa well have been talking CbUiese. Her tears and ber fainting fit were merely the weapons In her armory, cunning little grand tnarumat She did not waste them on the wrong young man Again, grandmamma, when ahe married lu ber teens or early twenties, looked forward with perfect equanimity to the bearing of a round dozen of children. That ber descend ant with all the allevlntloua of modern science, thinks differ ently Is the complaint of Prealdeut Rooaevelt, ir by any chance grandmamma did lenvs her peaceful lavender and .roue sceuted garden and went out Into the world, she emerged after a Journey of half a doieu days and nights sitting up In a stage conch fsr more freah and smiling than ber granddaughter after eight hours In a sleeping car. MARRYING A MAN TO REFORM HIM. Bf ' OMfleM. The new cult which declares love a disease and counsels Its treatment as such Is scarcely new. Centerlea ago Shakspear wrote: "Love Is merely madness, and I tell you deserves as well a dsrk house and a whip as madmen do; and the reason why they are not so punished and I cured Is that the lunacy la so ordinary that the whlppera are lu love, too." Moreover, Shakspeare lis said to have borrowed the Idea from a far cuore ancient writer. It la probably due to this fact, the lack of reason, which Is part and parcel of love lo general, that so many good women are willing to marry men who have absolutely wallowed In pitch, such as none can touch and not be de nied, fondly believing that love for themselves shall change the leopard's spots and wash the black sheep as white or whiter than any In the flock. In truth, the better and purer the woman the more ready Is she to assume the task. Ho, A an 1 also, the profeasedly penitent rascal who confessed to sins msny and grievous and pleads for a helping band lu bebair of lovs. has a better chance with the best of women than he who, while actually turning his back on a discreditable psst refuse to acknowledge bis trsnsgresslona or to Tut forth bis nsed of saving womanly grace. Sometimes the venture Is successful, but rsrely. Usual ly the trusting wife learns through much tribulation and many heartaches the all compelling power of old associa tions, tba Inflnlts strength of long established bablt Much MMIIIIIMMMHIIMIIIMMMMIMMIIMHUIIMMM MASTER OF THE MINE I By Robert Buchanan. lMMHMMIMMIHIIIIIHIMIIHHIimiHIIIIM oCo CTIArTEIt VII. Thus beg an my knowledge of the mine; from tbtt dty forth my Interest In It deepened, and It haunted me like a pas sion. Iti darkness snd perils bsd a fasclnstlon for me, snd I wss not content till I bad explored every cranny and fa mlllarlxed myaelf with the mining srt or science. I resd every book on the sob- lect that I could bur or borrow, and In has beeu said and sung of th power of women' Influence a short time I could hsvs psssed a pretty re over th men who lor them; history and romance ar full ,tiff "smlnation aa an engineer. eaairr iw uiiiuriicw men iwr oil uiau ir 11, it tim I had exchanged the duties of may n sumcieni 10 seua a stone aown oiu, worn iue ui- clerk for that of auirtint overseer, snd most strength of a teaui of oxen will scarcely avail to has! then, on th death of Mr. Redruth, for It slowlv un ths steen Incline. In oolnt of fact the inflo- those of overseer-ln-cblef. Behold me, enc of th bnaband over tbe wife I ususlly much greater tnn. at twenty-two yesrs of sie, the than that of th wlf upon the husband. It I often bard to narafon bo"o-- overcom. evil with good; far easier 1 It to coodooi , th. rp-,;;;. ye'rr iii vi wivtvu Btuiivr, ui iu ur ku mitu w i occurred sn event which wss destined to white. exercise no little influence over my whole Tbt miserable husband Is th man who cannot bring s future life. Kittn hill Af mnril halti tn iiU mirriir. Th lover onirbt I waa standlna one dar on tbe cliffs, to be a better and mor unselfish man oo the eve of bis c,OM moutn 01 tut mine, wnen i marriage than on th eve of bis propoMl. Ha bas bad a 7 ?m'n fI.m ih iL" chanc. wltn th strongest Incentive, of breaking off bad Xnnef Dow t com;,y yonnf wwntB. th bablt and undesirable, not to say evil, associations. Neitli- other was young George Redruth, whom er should ha, as some men ar apt to do, regard this partial I bid scarcely set eyes upon since the reformation as merely a temporary aacrlflc and look for- time or bis fathers desth. wsrd to relapsing Into th old way when one b is Th'T were tslking esrneatly, end did marrid. 1 r ,9 my"r iuiij t saw Anon kit a ninico iook In my direction, snd afterward they sp prosched together. He strolled up csre I'Mly, swinging his csns snd smoking a cigar. Ah, Trelswney," hs said, with a nod; your couiln Annie haa been telling me recognized the power and Influence of bablt a a that there are complaints again about iJ I factor In moldlne the destinies of animala and tbe outlying ahafta of tbe mine. So I'm fy plants. An excellent Illustration of tbe adoption lojng down to hsve a look round." of a peculiar bablt Indeed is that afforded by the . S L '1:71"!! f ' . iL ,j , . , . . , , In my own mind why Annie bsd chosen JL ways of tbe rlflo fish. Tbl flsh 1 a near relation t0 mk, berelf of of th perches. In Its own special family circle mt0t -AA We Qnd at least two epeclcs Included. It bas a "I suppose It's safe enough V he said, short and comnressed body, endln: forwards In a distinct after a moment "You know, though I anout," while the lower Jaw projects beyond the upper. ,m mlne owner, I don't know much Tbla conformation of mouth bears a distinct relation to f.b.,ut. bul": J to lesve sll iia iiecuimr imc me. wwu.uubuu.i v. iuL.u.r, ,u it l, 0nly right" waa my reply, "taht words, bas followed alteration In th way of life. We find ro ihwild Jud.e ,tt iafetT for yonrMif. here two of a family that do not agree In tbe regulation or If anything happened, you would be re- following of existence. Tbe peculiar bablt of this Dsn Is sponsible." found In It mod of capturing th insect prey on which it "l"(t th men, of course; but It's their lives. It bas acquired the power of ejecting drops of water U'lng, and no doubt they know how to forcibly from It. mouth against th. Insect, which .ett-e on ;rm.k.T.d TrelawnT fo ?m leave adjacent to tbe water. Bo accurate Is Its aim that it going down tt on " rarely raiia w nil lis prey ana to Dnng aown me quarry into w.iked off toward the offlce. Look- the water, where It I at th. mercy of lta captor. Tb lng back over my shoulder. I ssw him water pellets may be ejected In a stream 'or slugly. Tba glance after me, and then, with a con- particular form of the mouth la adjusted to the ejection of temptuoua laugh, say lomethlng to Annie. tUm hnmhaMtnir rfrona. So that the mndlflcat on nf Imh t a1' 'x uollei angruy. ana my cneeaa in respect of what life doe. bas taken place with alteration 7 "J;, " TY.LLt of the machinery on which the performance of the habit the offlce I found my uncle, who bsd Just depends. come no from underground. I told him The "first step" may have commenced by the simple, the young master waa going down, and he aimless ejection of water from the mouth; then might bav. wss delighted. succeeded chanc. shot, which had th. effect of brluirlnir DrT lad, Msster Jarge, Yes," ssid my sunt nodding her kesd. I ha' witched 'em, and I know Annie favors Hugh, if ever any lass fsrored a lad." Well. I do hope you'm right Mar tha," my nncle returned. H be a good lad, and 1 shall be glsd to call him my son." a penny bss been spent on It within my htd , kDockK,own bk)W, nd i memory. stirrer! nndee it a hit. Annta love mef "You are a pretty fellow, a very pretty .K. M t. i.i. ...t fellow. Yon want to ruin me, ehT' I. . .11 . 1. .w . ,1- At any rate, air," I returned, follow- t 1, w ,1,.. lng hlrn -yon will have the outer gal- tigM ' m By eonita CM fof NATURE MAKES US CREATURES Of HABIT. Br Antrim Wlln. Naturalists, whose hualneaa It la tn atudv the i A ways and works of tbe children of life, bav long DANGER OF FLOATING MINES Instrument of Ieth Deposited by Bosala May Menace Nentral Bhtpa, Naval authorltle tb world over are discussing the danger to which not only tbe war vessel of non-combatant ' nation, but merchant shtpa In all part, of tb. world may be subjected to Rus sia's unprecedented and unlawful plac ing floating mine In tb open sea. To place mine, at tbe entrance to a bar- and tt I almost Incredible that sane men ahould add high explosives to the wreckage, timber, Iceberg, and other drift that are always a menace and for which aeafarer. ar. Incessantly on tbe lookout What might happen next winter? The fierce winter monsoon blowing off the land carries much debris from Japan and Southern China to the Phil ippine Islands and all other part, of th. eastern islands world from For- he 1 a U 1 . a th Insoota tn th water. Animal Ufa Is not alnvr tn 1 "lea. 1 " fw wi un, ana snaw nn . . m - tfu.IS. . at . . . WUriB IUV TT It tTJ UfClftlUK UW TT Saw tSK aav.niage o. u iru.ia 01 enenence, anu, aa uracuce Krn,h -.m. .iOB- and make, perfect, w. might tbu roughly figure out th. be- f0itow.d ba into the office, where ev- glnnlng and perfecting of markmanshlp of th rifle flan, eral woolen costumes were hanging. He Perbapl also the rising of tbe flsh to the surface may bav. laughed gaily, aa he transformed himself been connected, aa In some other fishes, with a uecesslty mto s miner. My uncle led tne way . .1. Kmathlnir Rut thla taat la nnra onnfanttir Tlia I down the trap, showing infinite care and case, none the less. Illustrates excellently the difficulties of tenderness for the young msster. The accounting for the beginnings of thing. .... mm tha ht of ,Mdie- stuck In our hata. seta slowly along the coast, of Brit- From ladder to ladder we went uu we f.K vrK kT,. th. TTntto reached the central platform. Then aown ws crept agniu, nu me ic.tii mi w .Jsf , I J-VT: , SMl ' ,..T w r. ' y. it- er.. . "A ' . 'I ' - " v W tt Z ;i Jttm and Lower California, ultimately ter"" "JCZZ. J ,.t.. ii lowest gslleries, snd became conscious of "'"'" u"lu'm' vui.uu tne -name.ike figures it work in tne branch that sweep aouthward along inbmarine darkness. My uncle still led our coasts 1. known a. th. California th way. stopping from time to time to current The northward branch wash- pilot Redruth over awkward stones snd e. the shores of our Alaskan iBlands. dangerous trap-holes. Our progress waa If explosives get into the main now very alow. Walking, stooping, tream of the Koro Slwo coaBtal crswling, climbing, descending, we pro . ... ceeded: now erosslng black abysses, thin- and deepsea vessel, along the rtlJ?B em route between the American Ta- with short pickaxes at the ore; and as we clflc and Asia will be liable to meet went, the roar which had been in our ears WARSHIP RUNNING ONTO A MINE FIELD. bor in case of war, for blockading pur pose, i. according to tbe laws of na tions, and this i. what Japan ha. done at Port Arthur. .In retaliation It .eem. beyond doubt that Russia placed a number of floating mines In tbe open eea off Tort Arthur, in the course fre quented by Japanese war vessels, in the hope of thus entrapping and de stroying the enemy' ships. It was one of these floating mines which de- , stroyed the Japanese battleship Hats use with several hundred men. Since that time newspaper correspondents' boat, have reported seeing mine, float- . lng on the high seas. The tremendous . peril which la thus threatened to oth er, than participants In th conflict is apparent Everybody ahould know, write. Cy rus D. Adams, in the New York Times, , that the flotsam and Jetsam , of the - seas are carried by current, and wind. into all tb. pathway of ocean travail mosa and Borneo. Drifting explosives in good condition set afloat in the neighborhood of Port ' Arthur might bring the same danger, to shipping In the East Indies archipelago that now seem to threaten life and property In the more northern waters.. Torpedoes would be Just aa likely to b. carried Into the channel, among the Philippine Islands aa the Asian debris that now flats in them to be dashed against the shore. But the danger might travel further. Any floating object from these Asian coast, may be swept into the great main .tream of th. Euro Slwo, the wide ocean river that .weep. In a vast crv. across th. North Pacific. The Great Clrcl .teaming route followed by some of the steamships between American Paciflo porta and Japan dip Into the southern edge of thla stream Although' the Kuro Slwo gradually loaaa the character of av current it At last we re-ascended to tba sunshine. "Deal sit e for msT I said, "I i3 be late te-slght" "Where are yo. going to, Hog if ail ed Annie, carelessly. "Back to th offlce, I've got te g down th mine again, too." I pat my arm around her should gave ber a kiss at which ay aont and nncle la orbed d.!;hted!. I had gone enly a little way. when I suddenly remembered tbst certain ac count books which I iboald nd tsit night wers In my room at the cottage. 1 tamed back to get them. W hen I reach- i"'" wrijui auu yiuiwi i iwium aurr K- 1. Vl.k .. that aubaqneoua darkness! Redrnth . t . . . , ,i,-l ..4 ,w 1 1- . k .,,i. v. k. Pn. or the night was sultry, and .ook- i. . J LI -1 . ... m .1. 1 w"u,"""ri vV'a-1':, . My sunt snd nncle still sst la moch n- .n. L. Mi.t. 1. a ... J . ths same position they bad ocopied when r, iv T' u , " " I left them, but Annie waa gone. I waa hia labors down below. . . ( A "IlhrVJ,y.t.HD lXtJon. wUb t0 snd acquaint them with my return, whea porxr aaaea iwearoiu. aoarpiy, as w . v,...j ,u. ... . siooa loaeiucr ai uiv ulucv uuur. Nothing more than I have already reported U writing. The whole mine wanta repair. Patting aside the outly ing galleries, where the sea msy enter at any minute, tbe engines snd machinery need replacing, the ladders are rotten; in fact verythlng Is in the last stage of de cay; and no wonder, aeelng that scarcely , , " f. ' " w ' meT I glanced back on all tb years 1 " MW7. ,or 5n,.qnC'V n together, and I concluded "Who askedl year he cried. "lour ,h,t ftK , ,t ht u ,b,e Bot place is to report not to sdvise. As to . .... ... ,, . t iamI ahanyswf cea.ing to work the outer f allertea, I sup- had notIced thtt n(J wondered a blt. ,u auvw u. Vl now mt,tniBg ot lt ,eened clear. An- ore runa there, and that the Inner por- n, mJ ,,ttl, Annle whom , ki(J tlon of the mine Is slmost barrenT Yon ,irded M , ,i,ter ,nd . child, had aeem to prefer mutiny and diaaffectlon deTeioped into . woman and was iapabl to study ot your employer's interests. I . n. . u.. tell you flatly. I don t intend to listen to , t0 0WD feeIlnri such nonsens Tnanks to yoa, the mine ,nd to prononnc, npon them My ,ffec. at present yields little or no profit, snd t,on for her w of that ttron d I sm in a fair way to become a beggar. utw thtt j B, Qt hiT, mttAxm h foP inen yon win ao noimngr u thtt ,H-,brbing episode of "I will do nothing under your sdrlce. 4 h,d Wlu Ea for I don't trust yoa. A gentleman in ,ftef , h of th, th ht of whom I have the utmost confidence will - ki .t.i. i be her. to-morrow morning. You will ac- Te,n Ind mf heart be,t p,lnf aIy of imT' 1 X . . '. ' all this the old people knew nothing; they 7 V ,, Zi. v iV v iTt J evidently msde op then- minds tbst I shsll then be gnlded by his sdvlce, Ann,e nd , wef, exrt,y ,nited t0 M not by your. mother, and onrht to be man and wife. Soon after aunrlae the next morning. f . hfld , ,htnk d aa I eat in tne offlce. I waa visited ty tne on gnbJ th, k,tcben iK)f person to whom young Redruth had al- d Annle herBe,f mpfaiind m tareiB. luded. He waa a thin, apare, aandy-halr- 0,d gh, won a , b,,ck cloak whica ed young man of about thirty, with a h fo,ded t, bt, ,ronnd hep ,boo,d. mean type of countenance, and an accent d h hood C0Tefed her heaL which waa a curious compound of Cock- m , down th, Ti,u t neyisms and Americanisms. He had been ..... . . - . born within the sound of Bow Bells; but having spent a portion of hia manhood in the United States, he affected the free and easy mannera of a Yankee citizen, telling me hia name was Ephralm John son, s civil engineer, from New York. He Informed me that he had been Instructed by MrC George Redruth to go down the mine, and report on ita prospects and con ditions. I treated him as civilly ss possible, swer to her mother's question. (To be continued.) TWO GREAT CITIES Hew Landon and New York Differ Good and Bad Polnta of Each. New York baa a great Initial advan tage over London. It puts lta best fac j forward to the visitor. Approach and we made the tour of inspection to- ed from the sea. It la unrivaled. A gether. When we came to the outlying I f ew yards from the landing stage and gallery, above which the eea waa than- are amonj ,tg stupendous bulld- aenng, ne iremoieo a gooo aeai ana ". . M ,h n, ,ta hll(r Tf other signs of agitation, and he did not L . T a ! i i- Z recover himself until he hsd regsined York ,a entered the New York the open air. Curious to know what be Central the first Impression Is equally would say to hia employer, I questioned I favorable, aa tbe visitor is put down him: "Well, Mr. Johnson? Did I exaggerate when I aaid that the mine waa unsafe?" He answered me sharply snd impu dently, but averting hia small, keen eyes from mine. In the very heart of the city, close alike to the business center and the residential quarters. But London, unlike the other great capitals of the world, puts Its worst "Excuse me, young man, I shall report face forward. Whether you come to my opinion to Mr. George Redruth, not it from Liverpool to Euston, or from to you. I don't mind saying, however, Southampton to Waterloo. London has ibo:ieVUeM e"Kerate' on a forbidding aspect The few who You didn't seem to express that opin- nrnve D ine nns may De impress ion when yon were down belowr ed by the Immensity or tne snipping: What do yoa mean?" he cried, turn-1 and the activity In the docks, but the lng crimson. "I mean that you seemed rather in a hurry to get back to tbe terra firma, up here!" He did not reply, but gave me a look full of malignity and dislike. Then he walked out of the offlce, but the next terrible disaster. from the beginning deepened, while the solid rocks above us seemed quaking in the act to fall. "Where are we now?" asked the young master. "Whar. Master Jarge?" repeated my uncle, with a friendly grin, "right dawn under the sae. Twenty fathoms under The Luxury of Debt Since tbe Indian has laid down his tomahawk and come-in off the war path, the post trader's store on an In dlan reservation bas become the gen eral gathering place where the white tne ea ievet and three hundred feet or and red man meet on a common level more, out beyond low water mark. with a feeling of good fellow-shin. "Well, where's the damage? It all With tba Indian's sdontlon of tlin seems snug enough.' " 1 . . . a- m white man's civilization bas come tho Vm tnw w'' M"ter Jarge: sain adoption of his evils. The proneness m "1' of the white man to purchase beyond for two of UB t0 8tand abreart gud. nis aoiuty to pay nas Deen speeany denl- we found ourselves ankle deep in Imitated by the red man. If a personal water, and at the same time thick drops appeal for credit does not avail, he like heavy ram fell from the rocka above uusually attempts a written one. us. My uncle reached up witn bis nanas, The following is a copy of a letter and touchea me roor, wnicn waa par- tlally fortified wltn wooa ana cement. .Vvlcu iv "-s ""!'"'. i piU(?g'd this yar last night Master acquired some knowledge of the Eng- Jtrge ne explained;- "the salt water Hsu language as uue ui wo govcruuu-ui were streaming in I1KO a iau. boardlng schools which he attended As he spoke, the roar deepened to a for a few years: "Big Turkey Camp, Wososo, S. Dak. "My Dear Trader. I shake my hands with you with a good heart, sir. You crash, and we could distinctly hear the sea grinding on tne pen Dies, rignt a Dove our heads. It seemed momently aa if the whole fabric of the rock would break In, under the flux and retiux of the roll . 1 in. uuuva ' know I am your honesty friend and inj waTes. 1 saw Redruth start back now I would like to owed you some- and glance toward the gallery down thinats. This Is what I owed you for: which we had come. But he recovered A Klna nanta fnr 1 RA 1nat An. nr- I his sans frold in a moment fume 25 cents worth, a coffee for 50 I "How thick .is .the ceiling here, Tre- i. m a llawnevi ne asKea. cents ana one gum w cuew lor uvw ..g,- feet ,t the thicke8t, elr; at the cents worth. Now for this you can thinnest, where you see the wooden plug. nave cnarge against me always on not mor than three. paper, and I paid you when I sold my cattle. Your truly honesty friend, "Mr. Mark Long Pumpkin." Young Redruth looked up again, and taking a candle from his person, exam ined the rock, lt waa actually percolat ed with sea water oosing through the ... a.l a. 1 1 ! 1L irki. w.. . n. . HnK. I solid namuc mass, dui mrougu an ui Mother-Johnny, do stop teasing -h that cat How would you like to be . . if flnMt and mogt Dreeioua lod. treated to, do you auppose, If you m the whole mine. were a cat? "Why, It's almost solid ore," he said. Johnnv In that case I presume I "Iss. Master Jarge," returned my un- hould have a blaa, the .ame a. Kitty de, "but na can't go no further this waya has, but don't you think It quite un- wiwow : nooumg .uaiu w,uu.u u necessary to suppose anything so fan- w" ,., hea t0 kee t,ht and' clful, mamma? Boston Transcript safe aa lt be." The young master made no further re- . , i x uo juuuk luaoiui uirud uv auiwic w- Some men seem xo nave xne none- mark jigt bnt hIa exam- less brand of horse sense. Ination of the other parts of rhe mine. In several other places the roof was . , ... i I u several viuu wio.-. tuv . u ... Occasional alienee would improve dan eroUfc My cIa out ttt som peopla'a conTersatlon. various nasals portions. subsequent railway Journey Is over the tops of little gloomy houses Inhabited by the poorest In East London there are miles and miles of these mean streets of little brick houses, with tiny courtyards, sometimes relieved by minute he put his head in again at the I blocks of model tenement dwellings; and standing high up above the dead level are the board schools and the churches, as beacons of light and lead ing in a region of depressing gloom. London, unlike New York or Paris. door. "You think yourself smart" he said; but you'll have to get up early before you're as smart aa me. I mean to do my duty, young man, and so you 11 find afore very long." He left me with this curious valedic- lor Berlin, or almost any other great tlon. I saw neither Redruth nor John son for some days. Then I heard casu ally that tbe latter had gone back to London. About a week after his depart ure, I saw it publicly announced that ar rangements' had been made with George city, does not confine Its poor to one quarter or try to hide Its misery. There are quick transitions between the poor quarters and the wealthy and business districts. The cheerless dark brick Redruth, Esq., the proprietor, to turn St houses, the slatternly women standing Gurlott'a copper mine into a joint stock company, the said George Redruth, Esq., receiving half tbe purchase money and retaining the other half In fully paid-up shares. Nothing was said about the pre cise amount of commission money which went into the pocket of Mr. E. S. John son, but the name of that worthy waa down on the prospectua as surveyor and Inspecting engineer, and I had no doubt whatever in my own mind that he had made a very excellent bargain. by the doors, tramps lolling about the street corners, all contribute to the first bad impression. But the great city province Improves on acquaint ance. Soon the visitor finds much that Is picturesque and beautiful among the streets, but he has to find lt And he will learn that there is much refine ment and luxury behind the dismal looking exteriors of the mid-century grim brick houses In the west central squares and streets. New York rebuilds Itself at a rapid rate. The system of land tenure In London deters rebuilding untl the end CHAPTER VIII. A little after the establishment of the London company, Johnson came down to St. Gurlott'a and took lodgings In a farm house in the neighborhood. ' Although the stranger waa formally installed aa of long periods of forty or more years, resident inspector and aupervisor, no at-1 when larsre areas are reconstructed. tempt was made aa yet to remove me ThIs j8 happening at present in the from my former position. I soon saw of, sf,,i that Johnson waa completely in young . . . . noHrnth'a onnfipn.. iTniW rtvi. Thames, a property belonging to Mr. nothing whatever was done to amend the Astor, and lri Bloomsbury, which Is be- condition of affairs in the mine, the fit- lng covered with high class apartment houses. The only similarity between houses In London and In New York is In apartment houses and in suburb an residences, and In these cases styles tinea and machinery of which remained aa dilapidated as ever. On my own re sponsibility, ' however, I closed up the dangerous outer galleries, and forbade the men. on Dain of dismissal, from work ing the ore in that direction. Although omer. ine uuuook. Johnson heard of thla, and doubtless re ported lt to his superior, neither of them made any communication to me on the subject just then. I had noticed for aeveral weeks that some Important secret communion waa going on between my uncle and aunt What it waa all about I couldn't guess. but It waa evidently connected in some way with myself, Great Praiae. "I have always heard It said that your wife Is a woman of her word, said Gazzam to Bickers. "That's quite right" added Bickers, "quite right She Is not only a woman of her word, but a woman of a good I often caught them many words." .: , ' looking at me, and, when detected, ex changing glancea of Infinite meaning. I was beginning to think of asking for an The Beneflta. Opdyke What's the use of arguing; explanation, when accident made me ac- with a woman? You can never con- aualnted with th whole mystery. I had returned borne one evening too vince her. Depeyster True But think of tho late for the ordinary tea. and waa eittlng , ft , woman.Town 1 kail tft return to the office araln I "Da" Country. that night and might probably hav to go down th mine. : xh meal over, I got op. and wished them all gooa-nignt On many railway, cement ties are displacing wooden ties.
