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M 1 I I I I TT'I.I'T Tbe Doctor's pemma By Hesba CHAPTER XXII.-Contlnued.) " That lame evening I received a note, desiring me to go and sea him Immedi ately. He was leoking brighter and bet ter than in the morning, and an odd smile played now and then about his face as he talked to me, after having desired Mrs. Foster to leave us alone together. "Mark!" he said, "I have not the slight est reason to doubt Olivia's death, except your own opinion to the contrary, which is founded upon reasons of which I know nothing;. But acting ou the supposition that she nay be still alive, I am quite willing to enter into negotiations with her. I suppose it must be through you." "It must,", X answered, "and It cannot be at present You will have to wait for some months, perhaps, whilst I pursue my search for her. I do not know where she is any more than you do." A vivid gleam crossed his face at these words, but whether of incredulity or sat isfaction I could not tell. ''"But suppose I die In the meantime?" be objected. "I do not know that I might not leave you in your present position," I said at last; "It may be 1 am acting from an over-strained sense of duty. But if you will give me a formal deed protecting her from yourself, I am willing to advance the fuuds necessary to remove you to purer air, and more open quarters than these. A deed of separation, which both , of you must sign, can be drawn up, and receive your signature. There will be no doubt as to getting hers, when we find her. But that may be some months hence, as 1 said. Still I will run the riak."" "For her sake?" he said, with a sneer. - "For her sake, simply," I answered; "I will employ a lawyer to draw up the deed, and as soon as you sign it I will advance the money you require. My treatment of your disease 1 shall begin . at once; that fulls under my duty as your doctor; but I warn you that fresh air and freedom from agitation are al most, if not positively, essential to its success. The sooner you secure these for yourself, the better your chance." Some further conversation passed be; tween us, as to the stipulations to be in sisted upon, and the division of the year ly Income from Olivia's property, for I would not agree to her alienating any portion of it. Foster wished to drive a hard bargain, still with that odd smile on his face; and it was after much discus sion that we tame to an agreement. h'ad the deed drawn up by a lawyer, who warned me that if Foster sued for restitution of his rights they would be enforced. But I hoped that when Olivia was found she would have some evidence in her own favor, which would deter him from carrying the case into court. The deed was signed by Foster, and left in mf charge till Olivia's signa ture could be obtained. As soon as the deed was secured, I had my patient removed from Bellringer street to some apartments in Fulham, near to Dr. Senior, whose interest in the case was now almost equal to my own. Here I could visit him every day. Never had any sufferer, under the highest and wealthiest ranks, greater care and sci ence expended upon him than Richard Foster. The progress of his recovery was slow, but it was sure. I felt that it would be so from, tne nrst. Day Dv day watch ed the pallid hue of sickness upon his lace changing into a more natural tone. I saV his strength coming back by slight ' but steady degrees. The malady was forced to retreat Into its most hidden j citadel, where it might lurk as a prisoner, but not dwell as a destroyer, for many years to come. There was uo triumph to me in this, as there would have been had my patient,! been any one else. The cure aroused much interest among my colleagues, and made my name more known. But what was that to me? As long us this man lived, Olivia was doomed to a lonely and friendless life. . I tried to look into the future for her, and saw it stretch out into long, dreary years. I wondered where she would find a home. Could I persuade Johanna to receive her into her pleasant dwelling, which would become so lonely tq her when Captain Carey had moved into Julia's house in St. Peter port? That was the best plan I could form. CHAPTER XXIII. Julia's marriage arrangements were go ing on speedily. There was something ironical to me in the chance that made me so often the witness of them. We were bo merely cousins again, that she discussed her purchases and displayed them before me, as if there bad never been any notion between us of keeping house together. Once more I assisted in the choice of a wedding dress, for the one made year before was said to be, yellow and oid-iasnioned. But this time Julia did not Insist upon having white satin. A dainty tint of grey was con sidered more suitable. Captain Carey en joyed the purchase with the rapture J had failed to experience. The wedding was fixed to take place the last week in July, a fortnight earlier than the time proposed; It was also a fortnight earlier than the date I. was look, ing forward to most anxiously, when, it ever, news would reach Tardif from Olivia. ' Dr. Senior had agreed with me that Foster was sufficiently advanced on the road to recovery to be removed from Ful hm to the better air of the south coast We required Mrs. Foster to write us fully, three times a week, every varia tion she might observe in his health. After that we started them off to a quiet Tillage In Sussex. I breathed more free ly when they were out of my dally sphere of duty. But before they went a hint of treach ery reached me, which put rue doubly on my guard. One morning, when Jack and I were at breakfast, Simmons, the cabby, was announced. He was a favorite with Jack, who bade the servant show him in. "Nothing amiss with your wife or the brats, I hope?" said Jack. "No, Dr. John, no," he answered, "there ain't anything amiss with them, except being too many of 'em p'raps, an.l my old woman won't own to that. But there's something in the wind as con cerns Dr. Dobry. so I thought I'd better come and give you a hint of it "Very good, Simmons," said Jack. "You recollect taking my cab to Gray's Inn Road about this time last year, when I showed up so green, don't you?" he kd. "To be sure," I said. "Well, doctors," he continued, "the very last Monday as ever was, lady walks slowly along the stand, eyeing ns all very hard, but takiug no need of any of 'em, till she catches sight of me. The lady comes along very slowly she looks hard t ue ile nods her head, as much as te .at. . . i..i.i.ijlx,haa,i I TIT rTTTITTI1 1 Stretton say, 'You, and your cab, and your horse are what I'm on tha lookout for;' ant! I gets down, opens the .'.oor, and sees her In quite comfortable. Says she, 'Drive me to Messrs. Scott aud Brown, in Uruy's Inn Road." "No!", I ejaculated, ' "Yes, doctors," replied Simmons. " 'Drive me,' she says, 'to Messrs. Scott and Brown, Gray's Inn Road.' Of course I knew the name again; I was vexed enough the last time I were there, at showing myself so green. I looks hard at her. A very fine make of a woman, with hair and eyes as black as coals, and a impudent look on her face somehow. She told me to wait for her iu the street; and directly after she goes in there comes down the gent I had seen before, with a pen behind his ear. He looks very hard at me, and me at him. Says he, 'I think I have seen your face before, uiy man,' Very civil; as civil as a orange, as folks say, 'I think you have,' I says. 'Could you step upstairs for a minute or two'.'' says he, very polite; 'I'll find a boy to take charge of your horse.' And he slips a arf-crown into my hand, quite pleas ant." "So you went in, of course?" said aJck, "Doctors," he answered solemnly, "I did go in. . There's nothing to be said against that. The lady is sitting in a orflce upstairs, talking to another gent, with hair and eyes like hers, as black as coals, and the same look of brass on his face. All three of 'em looked a little under the weather. 'What's your name, my man? asked the black gent. 'Waler,' I says. 'And where do you live? he says, taking me serious. 'In Queer street,' I says, with a little wink to show 'em I were up to a trick or two. They all three larfed a little among themselves, but not in a pleasant sort of way. Then the gent begins again. 'My good fellow,' he says, 'we want you to give us a little information that 'ud be of use to us, aod we are willing to pay you handsome for It. It can't do you any harm, nor no body else, for it's only a matter of busi ness. You're not above taking ten shil lings for a bit of useful Information?' 'Not by no manner of means,' I says." "Go on, I said impatiently, OFF WITH HIM - "Jest so, doctors," he continued, "but this time I was minding my P's and Q's. 'You know Dr. Senior, of Brook street?' he says. 'The old doctor?' I says; 'he's retired out of town.' 'No,' he says, 'nor the young doctor n'ither; but there's an other of 'em, isn't there?' 'Dr. Dobry?' I says. 'Yes,' he says, 'he often takes your cab, my friend?' 'First one and then the other,' I says, 'sometimes Dr. John and sometimes Dr. Dobry. They're as thick as brothers, and thicker.' 'Good friends of yours)' he says. 'Well, says I, 'they take my cab when they can have it; but there's not much friendship, as I see, in that. It's the best cab and horse on the stand. Dr. John's pretty fair, but the other's no great favorite of mine.' 'Ah!' he says." Simmons' face was Illuminated with de light, and. he winked sportively at us. "It were all flummery, doctors," he said. "I jest see them setting a trap, and I wanted to have a finger In it. 'Ah!' he says, 'all we want to know, but we do want to know tbat very particular, Is where you drive Dr. Dobry to the often est. He's going to borrow money from us, and we'd like to find out something about his habits. You know where he goes in your cab.' 'Of course I do,' I says; 'I drove blm and Dr. John here nigh a twelvemonth ago. The other gent took my number down, and knew where to look for me when you wanted me.' 'You're a clever fellow,' he says. .'So my old woman thinks,' I says. 'And you'd be glad to earn a little more for your old woman?' he says. 'Try me, I says. 'Well, then,' says he, 'here's a offer for you. If you'll bring us word where he spends his spare time, we'll give you tea shillings; and if it turns out of any one to ns, we'll make it five pound.' 'Very good,' I says. 'You've not got anj information to tell us at once?" he says. 'Well, no,' I says, 'but I'll keep my eye upon him now.' 'Stop,' he says, as 1 were going away; 'they keep a carriage, of course?' 'Of course, I says; 'what's the good of a doctor that hasn't a car riage and pair?' 'Do they use it at night?" says he. 'Not often,' says 1; they take a cab; mine if it's on the stand.' 'Very good,' he says; 'good morn ing, my friend.' So I come away, and drives back again to the stand." "And you left the lady there?" I aak ed, with no doubt in my mind that it was Mrs. Foster. "Yes, doctor," he answered, "talking away like a poll-parrot with the black haired gent. Tbat Were last Monday; to-day's Friday, and this morning there comes this bit of a note to me at our house. 1 hat's whut's brought me here at this time, doctors." He gave the note into Jack's hands; and he, after glancing at it, passed it oa to me. The contents were simply these words: "James Simmons is requested to call at Gray's Inn Road, at 6:30 Friday evening." Tbe handwriting struck me as one I had seen and noticed before. I scanned it more closely for a minute or two; then a glimmering of light began to dawn npon my memory. Could it be? I felt almost sure it was. In another minute I was persuaded that it was the same hand as that which had written the letter announcing Olivia's death. Proba bly if I could see the penmanship of the other partner, I should find it to be idea- 1 !HfS m mm lMik I Mil MM tical with that of the medical certlfleata which had accompanied the letter. "Leave this note with me, Simmons," I said, giving him half a crown iu ex change for It. I wax satisfied now that the papers bad been forged, but not with Olivia's connivance. VVas Foster him self a party to it? Or had Mrs. Foster alone, with the aid of these friends or relatives of hers, plotted and carried out the scheme, leaving him in, Ignorance and doubt like my own? I crossed in the mail steamer to Guern sey, on a Monday night, as the wedding was to take place at an early hour on Wednesday morning, in time for Captain Carey and Julia to catch the boat to Eng land, The ceremony was to be solemn ized at seven. Under th.'se circumstances there could be no formal wedding break fust, a matter not much to be regretted. Captain Carey auJ I were standing at the altar of the Mil church some minutes before the, bridal procession appeared. He looked pule, but wound up to a high pitch of resolute courage. The church was nearly full of eager spectators, all of whom I had known from my childhood. Far buck, half sheltered by a pillar, 1 saw the white bead and handsome face of'my father, with Kate Daltrey by his side. At length Juiia appeared, pale like the bridegroom, but diguitied and prepos sessing. She did not glun.ee at me; she evidently gave no thought to me. That was well, uu.i as it should be. Yet there was a pang in it reason as I would, there was a pang, in it for me. I should have liked her to glance once at me, with a troubled aud dimmed eye. I should have liked a shade upon her face, as I wrote my name ite'.ow bers in the register. But there was nothing of tbe kind. She gave me the kiss, which I demanded as her cousin Martin, with out embarrassment, and after that she put her hand again upon the bridegroom'a arm and marched off with him to the car riage. A whole host of us accompanied the bridal pair to the pier, and saw them start off on their wedding trip, with a pyramid of bouquets before them on tbe deck of the steamer. We ran round to tbe lighthouse, and waved out hats and handkerchiefs as long as they were In sight. That duty doue, the rest of the day was our own. It was' almost midnight the next day when I reached Brook street, where I found Jack expecting my return. A let ter was waiting for me, directed in queer, crabbed handwriting, and posted in Jer sey a week before. It had been so long on the road in con sequence of the bad penmanship of the address. I opened it carelessly as I an swered Jack's first inquiries; but the in stant I saw the signature I held up my hand to silence him. It was from Tar dif. This is a translation: Dear Doctor and FriendThis day I TO THE CARRIAGE." received a letter from mam'zelle; quite a little letter with only a few lines in it. She says, 'Come to be. My husband has found me; he is here. I have no friends but you and one other, and I cannot send for him. You said you would come to me whenever I wanted you. I have not time to write more. I am in a little village called Ville-en-bois, between Granville and Noireau. Come to the house of the cure; I am there,' "Behold, I am gone, dear monsieur. 1 write this in my boat, for we are crossing to Jersey to catch the steamboat to Gran ville. To-morrow evening I shall be In Ville-en-bois. Will you learn the law of France about this affair? They say the code binds a woman to follow, her hus band wherever he goes. At London you can learn anything. Believe me, I will protect mam'zelle, or I should say mad ame, at the loss of my life. Your de voted TARDIF." "I must go!" I exclaimed, about to rush out of the house. "Where?" cried Jack. "To Olivia," I answered; "that villain, that scoundrel has hunted her out In Nor mandy. Read that. Jack. Let me go." "Stay!" he said; "there is no chance whatever of going so late as this. Let ns think for a few minutes." But at tbat moment a furious peal of the bell rang through the bouse. We both ran into the hall. The servant had just opene-1 the door, and a telegraph clerk stooil the steps, with a tele gram, which1 he thrust into his han.la. It was directed to me. 1 tore it open. "From Jean Grim out, Granville, to Dr. Dobree, Brook street, London." I diJ not know any Jean Grimont of Granville; it was the name of a stranger to me. A message was written underneath in Nor man patois, but so misspelt and garbled in its transmission that I could not make out the sense of lU Tbe only words I was sure about were "mam'aelle," "Fos ter," "Tardif," and "a l'agonie." Who was on the point of death I could not tell. (To be continued.! Tnlkinghorn'a House to' Jiuappear. Yet another famous house has to make way for street Improvements. It la the mansion in Llnooln's-ltin-tielda , " V 6' II' lill VVIU1U111 flUU UUl adjoining Sardinia street, and wag refreshments by no means a poor sub built from the designs of Inlgo Jones stltute In a border town barren of so- for the Earl of Lludsey. The right- hand room on tbe first floor of the house was chosen by Dickens for the scene of the assassination of Mr. Tulk- lngiiorn, fair Leicester JJedioek s law- j ycr, in "Bleak House." Already, bow- ever, the painted ceiling, with the Ro- man soldier pointing his truncheon to the body of the dead solicitor, has dis- appeared under a foat of whitewash. ' wickedly applied a few years ago. ' London Globe. Ills Words Indorsed.' It was the worst domestic storm tbey had ever encountered. "You don't deserve even hanging," be said as be left the house. "I deserve it better than you dor sba sent after him as a parting shot Phil adelphia Times. COLLAR OF HIS OWN. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S MUST BE MADE TO ORDE.R. Not to Be Obtained in the Shops A Lit tie Disquisition on the Btylea of Neck wear Affected by Our ('resident af Kecent Years. "President Roosevelt is liable to rev olutlonlsse the collar business if he doesn't change his style," said a Broad way haberdasher the other day. "Since he became President we have hud a number of calls for the Roosevelt col' lur. Of course, there Is no such collar in the market either as to name or style. It ia my opinion that the Presi dent has his collurg made to order. Un questionably there Is more comfort in the kind be wears than in most others, but they are not becoming to every' body any mom than the high turn overt would be becoming to President Roosevelt. The Roosevelt collar, if you care to; get at its genesis, came in Presidential favor when Grant was elected the first time. But Grant wore a bowknot tie, which gave tbe collar a different appearance from that worn by President Roosevelt. "Lincoln was tbe first of our Presi dents to discard the old-fashioned stock, which, If worn now, would make a man look as if he hud a Bore throat Lincoln's collars when he became Pres ident were part aud parcel of his shirt 'sewed on,' as a woman would say. I am told that Lincoln was not noticeably tidy In his collars. They bad a wilted look always. His favor- lte neckwear was black silk tied in a careless way quite becoming to blm. When Andrew Johnson succeeded to the Presidency the old stock returned to the White House. He wore the wide stand-up collar, which, was enclr' cled by a black satin stock with a short, stiff bow. "Mr. Hayes' collar was a broad, turn down with long points, but It was not high. It didn't make much difference what sort of tie he wore, as bis shirt front was covered by his beard. Gar- fields collar was rather tasteful, a turn-down with square points. His tie was black satin with a square bow. "Mr. Arthur was the most correct dresser of recent Presidents. He wore a high collar wltb points slightly turn ed out. The fit was always perfect. He was the first President to wear a fancy scarf, which was always set off by a handsome but never loud scarf pin. He bad, so I am told, the biggest stock of neckwear of any of tbe Presi dents. He was rather partial to black with white dots. -, "Mr. Cleveland's collars and style of neckwear looked as if they had been made from tbe same patterns as those worn by Andrew Johnson. However, Mr. Cleveland never confined himself to one kind of collar. I saw him at bis second inaugural ball, when be wore a plain, wide, turndown, under which was a white string tie. . "President Harrison wore a turn down collar, broad and simple, and a plain black tie, except on state occa sions, when bis neckwear was conven tional. ' j "President MeKlnley usually wore a standup collar with slight flare points. He liked to be at ease, and that's tbe sort of collar for a man to wear if be wants to feel comfortable In a stand up. Mr. McKlnley's neckwear was in keeping with bis character, simple and unaffected. "There have been a good many changes In Presidential neckwear since 1825, when John Q. Adams wore the high collar which was completely en veloped by the great bundle of material that was the fashion of the statesmen of tbe early period. I think he was the last President to appear in that style. But for plain, common-sense, uncon ventional style, the Roosevelt collar is, like Its wearer, a style of Its own." New York Sun. ABOUT WOMEN'S CLUBS. The Work They Are Doing; and What They Mean to Do. It any one should doubt tbe desire Qf the small remote town to make Itself intellectually worthy, let him read the program prepared for the winter work of a club which occupied a prominent social position on tbe prairies of the Middle West. Here are some of tbe topics for papers, all to be prepared without the advantages of a library, either public or private, and with no educational advantages beyond a local newspaper: "Was the Victory of Wel lington at Waterloo a Triumph of Medi evalism or of Democracy?" "Is tbe French. Republic or Ours tbe Best Il lustration of tbe Political Ideas of Rousseau?" "The Race Froblem of Southeastern Europe," "The Pessimism of the Russian Novel," "Will the Com mon Hatred of the Japanese and Chi nese for the European Form a Bond Strong Enough to Hold China for tbe Yellow Man?" "Will Christian Ethi cal Ideas Be More Easily Grafted on the Cold Selfishness of Confucianism or on the Self-Respecting Ideals of Buddhism r Does not this illustrate the Idea that when an American woman determines to do a thing she does It, without stop ping to Inquire if it is among the possi bilities? How well she does it Is an other matter. My recollection suggests, says Helen Churchill Candee in the Century, that In this case she laughing ly evaded most of the questions, and made np by general cordiality and light cial life. Of two hundred clubs In New York State half are literary. This spark from the log of statistics shows the popu- larity of the self-culture club. There undoubtedly Is something In It whlcl appeals to the vanity which shapes oui ends. It Is gratifying to be considered erudite, to know a little more than your neighbors know. It la like a more sumptuous edition of the teacher's mandate in baby days: "Ton may step np to tbe head of the class." And yet, notwithstanding its popu larity, an unquiet longing possesses, to some extent, the club which bang out Ha banner for self-culture bearing the name of literature, art, music, or cur rent topics. And this longing illustrates tha trend of the day In women's clubs; U is a longing toward practicality. AJ- trnlsra being the watchword of the day, and brotherly love an Increasing pas sion, women are not long content to serve only themselves. And so the' clubs for self-culture are feeling rest less stirrings of wishing to do some thing for the community. Fortunately, there are appropriate objects for them all, and perhaps they will advance to ward these. HEIRESS, SHE DIED A PAUPER. Woman In a Poorhouaa Eight Years, with a Fortune Awaitinar Her. To die a pauper In tbe poorhouse was Mrs. Mury Mluicu's lot. Yet for eight years, all the time she was an aim- house charge, she was heir to $40,000, while a firm of New York bankers were scouring the United " States fo ber, Only to-day did their representative leard about ber, and then she bad been in her grave at the poorhouse a twelve month. The $40,000 . was left by Rudolph Bach, a wealthy bookbinder of Brook lyn. He died Nov. 27, 1803, without having made a will. Ladenburg, Thai man & Co., of 40 Wall street, were made administrators, with orders to turn the money over to Bach's next of kin, his niece, Miss Mary Bach that was. All the bankers knew was that years ago Mary Bach had been a belle in Wllkes-Barre. She was the daughter of Rudolph Bach's only brother. Her marriage was a fashionable one. She plighted her troth to Dr. William Min lch, Wilkes-Barre's foremost physician He died thirty years ago, aud Instead of a fortune, as all thought he bad, be left bis widow only a legacy of debt Reared In luxury, Mrs. Mlulch found herself without a penny, and there was nothing for the one-time belle to do but earn her own living. She found em ploymeut with Jacob Matthias, who kept a roadhouse up In the mountains "Seven-Mile Jake's" It was called. For years Mrs. Mlnlcb lived on the mountain-top. One day Matthias was found murdered In his bed. The mys- utery was never solved. The woman who had kept house so long for him de clared she was his widow, aud put In a claim for a third of bis estate. The legal battle that followed was long and wordy and she lost. Sinking lower and lower In poverty's scale, the woman In 1893 she was then 79 was sent to the poorhouse Just at the time that Rudolph Bach died in testate. The bankers sought strenu ously for Mrs. Mlnlch, but she was then known as Mrs. Matthias, and ber Identity was swallowed up. So it was that year after year the old woman lived on at the poorhouse. Just outside of WMlkes-Barre, not knowing that $40,000 was only waiting to be claimed to be hers. To-day Poor Director Tiscn, says a Wllkes-Bsrre special to the New York World, led the bankers' representative to the lonely grave on the hillside. "She has been lying there since last autumn," said she. "She died at the age of 80, never knowing of this good fortune." He furnished legal proof of the death, and now the $40,000, unclaimed for eight years, will go to some cousins of the name of Buch, who live here. ABOUT INDIGESTION. What Cause It and How It May Be Avoideil. America has the reputation, less de served now, perhaps, than it was half a century ago, of being the land of the dyspeptic. When we consider the causes that were formerly at work to prevent healthy digestion, we cannot wonder tbat so mauy suffered from this malady. The men were too busy to devote the necessary time to their meals, and bolt ed their food without the thorough mas tication that Insures the proper begin uing of the digestive process. The wom en had more time to eat, If tbey would have taken It, but they went out little, taking almost no exercise, and the quantity of food eaten was almost al ways Iu excess of the needs of the body a most favorable conjunction for the production of dyspepsia. Finally, tbe food Itself was of such a kind aud prepared In such a way as to tax the digestive organs to the utmost The frying pan reigned supreme, and greasy, smoked and corned meats, wltb hot salaratus biscuits orvbeavv pan cakes, led the assault at breakfast time upon the sorely overworked stomach, hardly recovered after a night's rest from Its herculean struggle with tbe hot bread, pie and doughnuts of tbe pre ceding supper. So much has been said and written on this subject that these causes are less active to-day, but they are still suf ficiently so to briug misery to large numbers. The familiar symptoms of dyspepsia are a coated tongue, a disagreeable breath aud a bad tnste In the mouth. The appetite may be poor, or it may be ravenous,' there may be nausea and vomiting, a feellug of weight In the stomach and often of oppression In the chest. There will probably be much flatulence and heartburn, and more or less acute pain. Youth's Companion. An Unfortunate Selection. - An Instructor In a Wisconsin normal school had come to a serious point In a lecture on psychology, aud was dlscuss,- Ing with his class whether the Idea which first enters the mind when cer tain words are written or spoken Is gen eral or specific. How be succeeded Is told by the Milwaukee Sentinel: Does the mind think of one certain object designated by the word, or the whole general class which Is embodied In that word?" he asked. To bring this mental problem more clearly to tbe attention of the students. the Instructor said be would write a word on the blackboard, after which one 'of them must tell instantly what impression was made upon ber mind. He called upon one of tbe young women to be ready, then turned to the board and wrote the word "pig." All the class saw It except the girl whom be bad asked to answer the ques tion. She was standing In such a posi tion that tbe word was hidden from ber by the professor's shoulders. Well what do you tee?" be asked. sharply. - Why, I tee you, sir," she replied. In nocently. A doctor never "gives up" pa ties t until he ia pretty sura, SOUTH AFRICA OF TO-MORROW. Team' Will Pais Before Real Pence Conies Between Boer and Br tin. These are the general conditions a physical situation which must be faced by settlers in South Africa. But there Jare still further considerations In the question of South African development. The settlement of new countries and the Increase of population in old sswr' tries by Immigration are, to a consid erable extent, questions of competition. Few emigrants go out wholly In tbe dark concerning the conditions to which they go. A v igorous booming might land hundreds, or even thousands of settlers In South Africa. Their success or failure woukl soon be advertised. Others purposing to leave their homes for some new country would weigh the advantages and opportimlf.es of this region against those of other lauds which, for many years to come, will still remain open to the surplus thou sands of over-crowded populations. Home-making In arid South Africa will be weighed against life In Canada, In the far West of America, In distant New Zealand and Australia, In hot North Borneo, and on the pampas of South America. Cuba offers homes and the promise of prosperity to several millions; Egypt, with Its new system of irrigation, has attractions for oth ers; the Argentine holds out possibili ties of ita own. South Africa has no monopoly of new lauds or prospective wealth with which to tempt the Intend ing emigrant. Enthusiasm may talk loudly of trade and population follow ing the flag, and of a vast Influx Imme diately upon the conclusion of hostili ties In South Africa. Calmer Judgment halts at such ready opinion, and notes that Canada, Australia, North Borneo and even Cape Colony have been under tbe British flag for many years, and are not yet densely populated, though each of them offers greater promise of com fort and prosperity than does England's latest acquisition. Political and social conditions will re main, for many years, Important fac tors In the development of South Africa. The war has stimulated an existing race antagonism. More than one gener ation must elapse, says a writer In the Forum, even though England's flag shall fly throughout the whole country, ere English neighbor and Dutch neigh bor will forgive and forget. Peace may be declared, but many years will pass ere real peace will come. The con quered will hate the conqueror and the conqueror will triumph over the conquered and glory In his triumph, unless human nature can be changed by royal flat. Boer and Briton are not of one blood, and the present struggle Is but tbe culmination of nearly a cen tury of antagonism. The Intensifica tion of the old bitterness will remain as a barrier to the peace and harmony of South Africa, until a new people shall arise who can forget Slachtersnek and Boomplatz, Amajuba and Ingogo, Lady smith and Splnkop, Jameson and De wet, Kruger and Chamberlain. This Is not for the children of to-day, and it may not be for their children's children. LATE JUDICIAL DECISIONS. In Pennsylvania the wages of a mi nor child cannot be held by the em ployer for the debts of the father with out tbe minor's consent, unless the contract between the employer and the father expressly stipulates for such ap plication. 10 Fa. DIst. B. 243. A person who has loaned money to a priest to pay a note due by the church of the priest to a bank, and the money loaned has been so used, may recover from the church the amount of the loan, though the priest had no author ity to borrow the mouey. 10 Pa. Super. Ct. 444. ' An agreement to give a person em ployment at stipulated wages if be will give up his buslncijs aud enter the serv Ice of the other party In a business of a similar nature Is not a violation of tbe anti trust law, as being a combination restricting trade or commerce. 8 Ohio N. P. 311. A pledgee, who holds commercial pa per as' collateral security for the pay ment of bis debt, has. no power. In the absence of special autlwrlty, to sell It on default of payment, but is bound to hold and collect It as It becomes due, and apply the net proceeds to the pay ment of bis debt. 92 111. App. 05. School orders, drawn by the Presi dent and Secretary of a School Board on the Treasurer of the Board, are not negotiable, and the transfer of such orders to an Innocent holder does not prevent the School Board from setting up any defense against the Indebted ness for which the orders were given. 10 Pa. Dlst. K. 135. A. and B. made a contract for the purchase and sale of certain land, tbe coal underlying it, and mining rights belonging to a third party. Both par ties understood that only a small' part of the land was underlaid with coaL whereas tbe entire tract had coal. Held, that there was a mutual mistake, and speclflc performance would not be en forced. 31 Pittsb. .Leg. J. (N. S.) (Pa.) 205. Width or a Lightning Flash. The width of a flash of lightning has been measured by George Bumker of tbe Hamburg observatory. A photo graph was secured last August as light ning struck a tower a third of a mile away, and from tbe distance of the tower and the focal distance of the camera objective it was possible to cal culate the breadth of tbe discbarge shown in tbe picture. It bas been deter mined that tbe flash was one-fifth of an lncb wide. Ramifications shown In the photograph on each side of tbe main discharge are attributed to tho strong gale tbat, was blowing, the phe nomenon appearing like a silk ribbon with shreds Coating In tbe wind. A Vurrr Choice. Towne I see a Kansas college has elected a woman to Its chair of mathe matics. ' v Browne How ridiculous! Why, thei never was a woman wno could reckon up ber own age correctly. Philadelphia Press. Grab Strert l p to bate. Jo! i. n-It doet-n't seem quite right to call Scribbler a literary hack. Ha makt's a lot of money. lKl...n Well call him a literary an- U-mubile. then. SotiwrvUIe Journal. GEO. P. CROWELL, rsucif nitor to K. L. Smith, Oldest Established Home In tbe valley.) DEALER IN Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Flour and Feed, etc. This old-established house will con tinue to pay cash for all its goods; it pays no rent; it employs a clerk, bnt does not have to divide with a partner. All dividends are made with customers in the way of reasonable prices. Davenport Bros. Are running; their two mills, planer and box factory, aud can till orders (or Lumber Boxes, Wood and Posts ON SHORT NOTICE. DAVIDSON FRUIT CO. - SHIPPERS 0 HOOD RIVER'S FAMOUS FRUITS. PACKERS OP THE Hood River Brand of Canned Fruits. HANUPACTCKEKS OP Boxes anil Fruit Packages DEALERS IN Fertilizers & Agricultural Implements THE REGULATOR LINE., Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation Co. DALLES BOAT Leaves Oak Street Dock, Portland 7 A. M. PORTLAND BOAT Leaves Dalles 7 A. M. Daily Ex cept Sunday. STEAMERS Regulator, Dalles Gty, Reliance. WHITE COLLAR LINE. The Dalles-Portland Route Sir. " Tahoma," - Bttweea Portland, The Dallas and Wiy Point TIME CARD Leaves Portland Tuesdays, Tliundavs and Saturdays at 7s m. Arrives The Dalles, sums day. 5 p. m. leaves The Dalles Sundv, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7 a, m. Arrives Portland, aaiae day, f p. m. This route has the grandest icetfiic attractions on earth. Str. '"Bailey Gatzert," Daily Round Tripe, except Sunday. TIME CARD. Leave Portland... 7 a.m. I Leave Aitoria.....7a.m. Landing and ofhee, loot of Alder Street. Both 'pbonea, Main 861, Portland, Or. E. W. CRICHTON, Agent, Portland. JOHN M. FILLOOK, Aent. The Dalle. A. J. TAYLOIt, Agent, Astoria. .1. ('. WYATT, gent, Vancouver. WOLFOKD 4 WYKKH, Agta., White Salmon. K. B. ILUKETH, Agent, Lyle, Wash. PRATHER & BARNES, Aganta at Hood Klver OREGON SHOrjT LINE amd union Pacific m mW KloLSo H Mo DirAM TIME SCHEDULE! from Hoop- 8lwr. A'T lalt take, Denver, Chicago Ft. Worth.Omaha, Portland special Kama Oitr, St. Special 11:26a. m. Louis.Chicagoand 2:06p.m. Eaat. 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