Jbe Doetor'$
By Hesba
CHAPTER XXV.
"I will send the child to you in a cab
on Wednesday," the woman said, a I
rose and made my way towards the hall;
'you have not told me your address."
I paused for a moment. Dared I tell
her my address? Yet my money was
paid, and if I did not, I should lose both
It and the refuse I had bought with it.
Besides I should awaken suspicion and
Inquiry by silence. It was a fearful risk
to run; yet it seemed safer than a pre
cipitous retreat. I gave her my address,
and saw her write it down on a slip of
paper. , .
In the afternoon the little girl arrived
quite alone, except that a man had been
hired to carry a Bmall box for her, and to
deliver her into my charge. This was a
great relief to me, aud 1 gladly paid the
hilling he demanded. The child was
thinly and shabbily dressed for our lon
Journey, and there was a forlorn loneli
ness about her position, left thus with a
stranger, which touched me to the heart.
We were alike poor, helpless, friendless.
"I'm so glad!" she said with a deep
drawn sigh of relief; "I was afraid I
should never go, and school is such a
heavenly place!"-
The words amused yet troubled me;
they were so different from a child's or
dinary opinion.
"It's such a hateful place at Mrs. Wil
kinson's," she went on, "everybody call
ing me at once, and scolding me; and
there are such a many people to run
errands for."
"What is your name, my dear?" I ask
ed, sitting down on my box and taking
her on my lap. Such a thin, stunted lit
tle woman, precociously learned in trou
ble! Yet she nestled in my arms like
a true child, and a tear or two rolled
down her cheeks, as if from very con
tentment. "Nobody has nursed me like this since
mother died." she said. "I'm Mary; but
father always called me Minima, because
I was the least in the house. He kept
a beys' school out of London, in tapping
Forjst, you know; and it was so heaven
ly! All the boys were good to me, and
we used to call father Dominie. Then
he died, and mother died just before him;
and he said, 'Courage, Minima! Uod
will take care of my little girl. So the
boys' fathers and mothers made a sub
scription for me, and they got a great
deal of money, a hundred pounds; aud
somebody told them about this school,
where I can stay four years for a hun
dred pounds, and they all said that was
the best thing they could do with me.
But I've had to stay with Mrs. Wilkin
son nearly two'months, because she
could not find a governess to go with me.
I hate her; I detest her; I should like to
spit at her!"
"Hush! hush!" I said, drawing her head
down upon my shoulder again.
"Then there is Mr. Foster," she con
tinued, "he torments me so. He likes
to make fun of me, and tease me, till I
can't bear to go into his room. You'd
hate Mr. Foster, aud Mrs. Foster, if you
only knew them."
"Why?" I asked in a whisper. My
voice sounded husky to me, and my throat
felt parched. The child's impotent rage
and hatred struck a slumbering chord
within me.
"Oh! they are horrid in every way,"
she said; "they frighten me. He is fond
of tormentiug anything, because he's
cruel. But they are very poor poor as
Job, Mrs. Wilkinson says, and I'm glad.
Aren't you glad?"
The question jarred iu my memory
against a passionate craving after re
venge, which had died away in the quiet
and tranquility of Sark. Ought 1 to do
anything for him? Was there anything I
could do to help him?
"He is ill, too," pursued the child; "I
heard him say once to Mrs, Foster, he
knew he should die like a dog."
III! dead! My heart beat faster and
faster as I pondered over these words.
Then I should be free indeed; his death
would release me from bondage, from ter
ror, from poverty those three evils which
dogged my steps. I had never ventured
to let my thoughts run that way, but
this child's prattling had now forced
them into it. Kichard Foster ill dying!
what ought I to do?
There was one thing only thut I could
do, only one little sacrifice I could make
for him whom 1 had vowed, in childish
ignorance, to love, honor and cherish in
sickness and in health, until death parted
us. A home was secured to me for twelve
months. I had enough money still to
last me until then. My diamond ring,
which had been his own gift to me on
our wedding day, would be valuable to
him. Sixty pounds would be a help to
him. I set the child gently away from
me, and wrote my last letter to my hus
band. Both the letter and the ring I en
closed iu a little box.
A great thump against the door brought
a host of fears upon me. But before 1
could stir, the insecure handle gave way,
and no one more formidable appeared
than the landlady of the house,-carrying
before her a tray on which was set out
a sumptuous tea, consisting of butterel
crumpets and shrimps. She put it down
on my dressing table and stood survey
ing It and us with an expression of be
nign exultation.
"Those as are going into foring parts."
she said, "ought to get a good English
meal afore they start. And this, my mas
ter says. Is a testimonial to you."
I could hardly control my laughter,
and I could not keep back the tears. It
was a long time now since any one had
shown me so much kindness and sympa
thy as this. The dull face of the good
woman was brightened by her kind heart
ed feeling, and instead of thanking her
I put my lips to her cheek.
The next morning found us in France.
From Honfleur to Falaise warm, genial
sunshine filled the air. The slowly mov
ing train carried us through- woods where
the autumn seemed but a few days old.
We psued through miles upon miles of
orchards, beneath which lay huge pyra
mids of apples. Truck-loads of them
stood at every station. The air was
scented by them. Children were pelting
me another with them. It almost
like going into a new world, and I breath
ed more free.ly the farther we traveled
down into the interior. At Falaise we
exchanged the train for a small oninifcn.
which bore the name "Xoireau" conspic
uously on its door. At length we started
off on the last stage of our journey.
Finally our omnibus was jolting and
rumbling down some steep i.n I narrow
treats, lighted by oil lamps swung arr ss
them. Only at the iun where e stop
ped was there anything lil.e life. 1 woke
up Minima from her tie. p aud heavy
sleep.
"We ar here at Xoireau!" I said. "We
have reached our home at Inst!'
The door was oHned before the chill
was fairly awake. A small cluster of
bystandcrs gaiheri d rutin J u i as we
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alighted, and watched our luggage put
down from the roof. Minima was lean
ing against me, half asleep. A narrow
vista of tall houses lay to the right and
left, lost iu impenetrable darkness. The
strip of sky overhead was black with
midnight
"Xoireau?" I asked in a tone of inter
rogation. "Yes, madame," responded a chorus of
voices.
"Carry me to the house of Monsieur
Emile I'errier, the avocat," I said, speak
ing slowly and distinctly.
The words, simple as they were, seem
ed to awaken considerable excitement.
The landlady threw up her hands. wl;h
an expression of astouishment. Was it
possible that I could have made a mis
take in so short and easy a sentence?
I said it over again to myself, and felt
sure I was right. With renewed confi
dence I repeated it aloud, with a slight
variation.
"I wish to go to the house of Monsieur
Emile Parrier, the avocat," I said.
But whilst they still clustered round
Minima and me, giving no sign of com
pliance with my request, two persons
thrust themselves through the circle. The
one was a man, in a threadbare brown
great coat, with a large woolen comfort
er wound several times about his neck;
and the other a woman, in an equally
shabby dress, who spoke to me in broken
English.
"Mees, I am Madame Perrier, and this
is my husband," she said; "come on. The
letter was here only an hour ago; but all
is ready. Come on; come on."
She put her hand through my arm. and
took hold of Minima's hand, as if claim
ing both of us. A dead silence had fall-
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"MADAME UNLOCKED THE DOOR."
on unnti th little crowd, as if thev were
trying to catch the meaning of the Eng-
lish words. But as she pushed on, lead-1
ing us both, a titter for the first time ran
from lip to lip. I glanced back, and saw
Monsieur Perrier, the avocat, hurriedly
putting our luggage on a wheelbarrow,
and preparing to follow us with it along
the dark street.
1 was too bewildered yet to feel any ,
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remote part of France, and I did not
know what Frenchmen would or would
not do. We stopped at last opposite the
large, handsome house, which stood in
the front, in the photograph I had seen
in London.
"It is midnight nearly," said Madame
Perrier, as we came to a standstill and
waited for her husband, the avocat.
He passed through the garden gate and
disappeared round the corner of the
house, walking softly, as if careful not
to disturb the household. At last wbe
reappeared round the corner, carylng a
caudle, which flickered In the wind. Not
a word was spoken by him or his wife as
the latter conducted us towards hitn. We
were to enter by the back door, that
was evident. She led us into a dimly
lighted room, where I could just make
out what appeared to be a carpenter's
bench, with a heap of wood shavings ly
ing under it.
"It is a leetle cabinet work of my hus
band," said Madame Perrier; "our cham
ber is above, and the chamber for you
and leetle mees is there also. But the
school is not there. Come on, mees."
We went down the broad gravel walk,
with the pretty garden at the side of us,
where a fountain was tiukling and splash
ing busily in the quiet night. But we
passed the front pf the house behind it
without stopping at the door. Madame
led us through a cart shed into a low,
long, vaulted passage, with doors open
ing on each side; a black, villainous look
ing place, with the feeble, flickering light
of the candle throwing on to the damp
walls a sinister gleam. Minima pressed
very close to me, and I felt a strange
quiver of apprehension; but the thought
that there was no escape from it, and
no help at hand, nerved me to follow
quietly to the end.
The end brought us out into a mean,
poor street, narrow even where the best
streets were narrow. A small house
stood before us; and madame unlocked
the door. We were conducted into a small
kitchen. There was an oil lamp here.
Madame's face was illuminated by it.
There was not a trace of refinement or
culture about her, not even the proverb
ial taste of a Frenchwoman in dress. The
kitcheu was a picture of squalid dirt aud
neglect. The few cookiug utensils were
scattered about in disorder. The stove
before" which we sat was rusty. Could
I be dreaming of this filthy dwelling and
this slovenly woman? No; it was all too
eal for me to doubt their existence for
an instant
She was pouring out some cold tea into
two little cups, when Monsieur Perrier
made his appearance, fcis face begrimed
and his shaggy hair unombed. He stood
in the doorway, subbing his hands, and
gazing at us unflinchingly with the hard
stare of a Norman peasant, whilst he
spoke in rapid, uncouth tones to his wife.
, I turned away my head, and ahut my eyes
to this unwelcome sight
"Eat, mees," said the woman, bringing
us our food. "There is tea. We give
our pupils and instructresses tea for sup
per at six o'clock; after that there is no
more to eat."
We had the same vaulted passage and
cart sited to traverse on our way back
to the other house. There we were ush
ered into a room containing only two beds
i ai.4 our two boxes. I helped Minima to
undress, an! tucked her up !n bed. Bha
put her arm round my neck, ana drew
down my head to whisper cautiously Into
my ear.
"They're cheats," she said earnestly,
"dreadful cheats. This isn't a splendid
place at all. Oh! whatever shall I do'
Shall I have to stay here four years?"
"Hush, Minima!" I answered. "Per
haps it is better than we think now. We
are tired. To-morrow we shall Bee the
place better, and it may be splendid af
ter all. Kiss me, and go to sleep."
I was awakened, while it was yet quit
dark, by the sound of a carpenter's tool
in the room below me. Almost immedi
ately a loud knock came at my floor, and
the harsh voice of madame called to us.
"Get up, mees, get up. and come on,"
she said, "to the school. Come on, quick!"
The air was raw and foggy when we
turned out of doors, and it was so dark
still that we could scarcely discern the
outline of the walls and houses. The
school, madame informed me, was regis
tered in the name of her head governess,
not In her own; and as the laws of
France prohibited any man dwelling un
der the same roof with a school of girls,
except the husband of the proprietor, they
were compelled to rent two dwellings.
"How many pupils have you. mad
ame?" I inquired.
"We have six, mees," she replied.
"They are here; see them."
We had reached the house, and she
opened the door of a long, low room.
There was an open hearth, with a few
logs of green wood upon it. A table
ran almost the whole length of the room,
with forms on each side. A high chair
or two stood about. All was comfort
less, dreary and squalid.
But the girls who were sitting on the
hard benches by the table were still more
squalid and dreary looking. 'I h Ir faces
were pinched, and just now II. ie with
cold, and their hands were swollen and
red with chilblains. They had a cowed
and frightened expression, and p. cited
askance at us as we went iu bih.nd
madame.
"Three are English." said madame,
"and three are French."
She rapped T)ne of the swollen hands
which lay upon the table, nnl the girl
dropped it out of sight upon her lap,
with a frightened glance at the woman.
Minima's fingers tightened upon mine.
The head governess, a
Frenchwoman of ,
about thirty, was now introduced to me.
Breakfast was being brought in by one '
of the pupils. It consisted of a teacupful
or collee at tne Dottom ot a ing uh.-iu,
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Inmre fnhlesnnnn to feed ourselves with.
nnil a henneil nlnteflll of hunches of 1
bread. I sat down with the teat at the
long table, and ate my food, with a sink-
lug and sorrowful heart.
As soon as madame was gone, Minima erg are now buBy raaking over anj re
flung her arms around me and hid her i heirioom8. pearls, sapphires
ta.'..niLb0S?"!- ..., ,MM mJand emeralds are to be the favorite
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four vears. and It will kill me. I shall
die if you go away and leave me."
"We must make the best of it, Min
ima," I whispered to the child, through
the hum of lessons. Her shrewd little
face brightened with a smile that smooth
ed all the wrinkles out of it,
That's wharrathers7id!" she cried;
"he said, 'Courage, Minima. God will
take care of my little daughter.' God
has sent you to take care of me. Sup
pose I'd come all the way alone, and
found it such a horrid place!"
(To be continued.!
THEIR LUNGS KEEP SOUND.
Batchers Are Immune from Consump
tion in Any Form.
"Butchers never die of consumption."
The big man with his sleeves rolled up
wielding the cleaver at the block said
this as he threw a bock steak on the
scale.
It sounded more like a trade supersti
tion than a fact, but so far as diligent
innulrv has been able to discover it is
true, although not generally known out-
side of the meat chopping craft.
Eutehers are uo longer lived than men
In other walks of life. They are sub
jected to all the other ills that human
flesh Is heir to, but consumption they
do not have.. So far as a reporter was
able to learn, not a single case is on
record of a butcher In this city being af
flicted with the Incurable wasting of
the lungs which claims Its hundreds of
thousands of vlcitlms annually.
The fact Is well known among butch
ers and has been often the subject of
their comment, although none of them
can give a reason for It
"No," said a man who has swung
sides and rounds In Washington mar
ket for the last twenty years, "I have
had rheumatism and typhoid fever and
lots of other things, but nothing has
ever been out of gear with uiy lungs
and the same Is true of every other
butcher in this town. I know nearly
all of them and I never heard of one of
them having consumption. They don't
drink blood or take any especially good
care of themselves either. I don't know
why It should be so, unless it's because
the continual inhaling of an atmos
phere of fresh meat is strengthening.
"I have often thought when bearing
of consumptives going to Colorado and
Egypt that I know of a climate nearer
home that would do the business Just
as well If they would stay in this
stall for a while and swing meat they
would get tfell quite as quickly as they
would on the top of Pike's Peak."
New York Mail and Express.
The follies of youth are drafts on old
age, the payment of which is Irnpera-
, tive.
EDWARD'S CROWNING
ROBES TO BE WORN AT THE
COMING. CORONATION.
Rules Concerning Display at England's
Great Ceremonial Uo Not Please
Ladies Keaeat Queen's Request That
No Imported Costumes Bo Worn.
London aristocrats are feeling
gloomy over the duke of Norfolk's sup
plement to the London Gazette, iu
which as earl marshal of England he
gives detailed regulations concerning
robes and coronets to be worn by peers
and peeresses at the approaching coro
nation. The disappointment Is chiefly
among the fair sex. They are not to
be allowed all the furbelows and tin
sel which, to feminine minds, form the
"slue qua nou" of such Important cere
moniuls. To begin with, Queen Alexandra's re
quest that all coronation gowns should
be made of English goods and by Eng
lish couturiers has had anything but
an enthusiastic reception. Heretofore
the white satin dresses and ruby velvet
robes have come from France and
Dame Fashion stubbornly refuses to be
satisfied with the home supply. It has
Just leaked out that the wives of three
prominent diplomats have secretly
passed In their orders to a Rue de la
Pais firm, and It Is more than proba
ble that many other gowns signed by
French houses will find their way Into
the royal cortege.
Another cause for pouting lips Is the
regulation that peeresses must wear
their robes over the usual full court
dress, Instead of over the white satin
toilets elaborately trimmed with gold
laces and embroideries which were "de
rlgueur" In former days. One thing
alone remains unchanged, and that Is
the robe. As In George IV.'s time It
will be of ruby velvet, the cape furred
with miniver pure and bordered with
rows of ermine, the number of the lat
ter varying according to rank. The
duchesses may show four rows, the
marchionesses three and a half, coun
tesses three, viscountesses two and a
half, while the baronesses will have to
be content with two.
An Innovation, this time In gentle
men's attire, which will detract not a
little from the gorgeousness and pomp
of the spectacle, Is the fact that peers
are ordered to wear their robes over
full court dress, uniforms or regi
mentals. At all previous coronations
they were worn over white satin doub
lets and trunks and white silk hose.
But what has caused the greatest dis
content Is the restrictions regarding
coronets. The clause stating that "no
jewels or precious stones are to be set
or used In the coronets, or counterfeit
pearls Instead of the silver balls" came
like a thunderclap to many, especially
to the dames who had already had
their blazing diamond circlets pre
pared.
It is now definitely settled that only
the king and queen and the duke and
duchess of Cornwall will wear Jeweled
coronets. All other coronets are to be
of silver gilt, caps of ruby velvet, with
ermine lining and having a gold tassel
on top. The baron's coronet will have
six silver balls on the rltn, the vU-
count's Blxteen, the earl's eight, with
gHi,j strawberry leaves between the
poIrjts; tne marquis' four silver balls
,, ,.. itprnntplv mid
tne
duke's eight gold strawberry
leaves,
If peeresses cannot wear Jewels on
their heads they evidently plan to do so
on their bodies, and all London Jewel
stones. Ropes of pearls are to be
worn from the shoulders as though
fastening the velvet ruby robes, some
what the same way In which Queen
Alexandra wore them at the opening
of parliament.
Contrary to expectation no new
crown will be made for the queen.
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enlarged, but it will undergo no other
modification. His majesty on this
eventful day will appear before his
subjects In the same elaborate robes
worn by his granduncle, George IV
This costume consists of three parts.
The most Important Is the "dal
matica'" or Imperial robe. It Is a
three-cornered mantle forming an In
verted "X" and fitting very closely
about the shoulders. All over It are
' mn1l a ml, iv, Mo roil nrnfiaoa
Beneath It Is worn the "supertunlca,"
a sort of short pelerine having sleeves
of gold cloth embroidered with gold
flowers. Above both dalmatlca and s
pertunlca Is worn the "armllla," which
Is also of gold cloth, but hag a deop
ermine border. It Is placed on the
king's shoulders by the archbishop of
Westminster, who exhorts his majesty
to see In this mantle "a pledge of d!
vine grace enveloping him completely."
Chicago Dally News.
DAKOTA'S WILD WIND CAVE.
Cavern 3,000 Feet Below Earth's Bar-
face Acqn red bj Government.
Dakota's famous wind cave has late'
ly been acquired by the government,
and Is to be made a show place. It well
deserves Its name, for the log cabin
built over Its mouth has had to be fas
tened to the ground by heavy timbers.
and the logs mortised and pinned to
prevent the building from being raised
from its foundations and hurled sky
ward by the Immense force of the wind
from within.
The first explorer of the cave dis
covered that when the mouth was clos
ed by heavy timbers the motion of the
wind ceased, and a person Inside did
not feel it except at a few particular
points. It was for this reason that the
cabin was built over the entrance, with
an Inner door fitting closely against
the portals of the cave Itself In such a
way that the air was completely block'
ed.
A siglitseerer came to the door of the
Utile hut and heard a roaring sound era
anatiug from the earth, followed by
such a slamming of door that the build
Ing shook. It was nothing but the open
Ing of the inner door to allow ot the
exit of a guide, but It had a terrible
ou ml.
Within the cabin the visitors saw
cothlug but a cupboard, from wibch the
two guides provided them with candles
NEW TRIBE OF
V-' i I X ?.'jZtflSrj r
Sent out to examine the native races of the North Pacific and Arctic coasts,
the Jessup North Pacific expedition has just made a valuable anthropological re
port in the shape of a series of striking photographs of Eskimo tribes rarely, pos
sibly never before, visited by whites.
A full set of illustrations and measurements were made of the inhabitants of
two small villages. They show many peculiar characteristics possessed by these
people which are totally difl'erent from those of neighboring tribes.
Three types which have almost been isolated from outside communication are
here shown. The inhabitable area of these people is far inland in Arctic Alaska,
east of the mouth of the Mackenzie Tlver. They belong to two tribes, called
the Koukpagmiut and Xunatagmiut. Their physical characteristics are so differ
ent that It almost warrants the supposition that they are the remnants of some
lost tribe that originally emigrated from Asia.
in tin candle-sticks attached to strips of
wood. The party then formed In line,
as the Inner door could be opened long
enough to admit one person at a time.
If It were kept open the wind would
tear the building to pieces.
A guide went first. Seizing the bar
fastening the door, he turned It slowly
to near the end of the clamp that held
It; then, giving It a quick wrench, dart
ed through the door as the force within
sent It open. As soon as be was Inside
he seized an Iron ring, and, adding his
strength to that of the guide, who had
remained without, slammed the door.
With one man on the Inside and one
out, It was much easier for the guides
to handle the door, and each member
of the party ran through In turn as the
door opened.
The cave Itself Is a wonderful place.
The guides have explored 2,000 rooms,
covering a lineal distance of ninety
miles, but tbey say that the extent of
the cave Is not yet known.
Forty miles north of the entrance Is
another and almost equally beautiful
cavern called Crystal cave. The guides
believe that some day It will be found
that one Is a continuation of the other.
Some parts of the Wind cave are
3,000 feet below the surface of the
earth. All kinds of weird and beauti
ful effects are gained by burning lights
within one or another of the rooms.
Stalactites cover walls and ceilings in
many of the caverns, and the cave Is
full enough of terrors and delights to
satisfy the most exacting cave hunter.
PATRONIZING.
When the Gods l'leane Him the Chinese
Emperor Grants Them Promotion.
Like many official papers of Euro
pean courts, the Pekin Gazette an
nounces all acts of State aud ceremo
nial proceedings of the national gov
ernment; but in one particular It Is
unique among court circulars, for Its
habit Is publicly to commend and com
pliment the State gods when the em
peror is satisfied that they have done
they full duty toward Chinamen. When
some particular god distinguishes him
self by an extraordinary service, his
rank among the gods is raised by Im
perial command.
Not long ago the department of the
God of War was Increased In Import
ance by reason of the great armaments
which the government undertook to
support, so after he had shown bis
benevolence by allowing the Imperial
troops to defeat a body of rebels, he
was metaphorically patted on the back
and raised to the same rank as Con
fucius, who bad hitherto held the first
place In the State Pantheon.
A few years ago the following an
nouncement appeared In the Gazette:
"The governor-general of the Yellow
River requests that a tablet be put up
to the River God. During the trans
mission of relief rice to Honan, when
ever difficulties were encountered
through shallows, wind and rain, the
River God Interposed in the .most un
mistakable manner, so that the trans
port of grain went on without hin
drance. "Order! Let the proper office pre
pare a tablet for the temple of the Riv
er God."
"A memorial tablet," says another
Gazette, "Is granted to two temples Iu
honor of the God of the Locusts. On
the last appearance of locusts, last sum
mer, prayers were offered to this deity
with marked success."
HOUR GLASSES IN DEMAND.
Many Purposes for Which They Are
Superior to Watch;,
"Most people think that hour glasses
went out of style years ago," said a
clerk in a Twenty-third street store,
"along with perukes and knee breeches,
but as a matter of fact we have more
calls for them to-day than we have
had at any time within the last ten
years. That this renewed popularity
of the hour glass augurs its universal
acceptance as a timepiece by the com
ing generation I am not prepared to
say, but If such a renaissance were to
become assured It would be no more
surprising than some of the other re
cent fads based on a revival of lost
customs. Anyway, a brief study of the
hour glass will do nobody harm. There
are thousands in this generation who
have not the slightest Idea what an
hour glass looks like, and It won't hurt
them to broaden their education a lit
tle along certain lines.
"Of the'hour glasses sold at present
the three-minute glass Is In the lead.
This glass Is use! almost exclusively
to measure time In boiling eggs and
Its usefulness naturally places Its sales
a little In advance of the more senti
mental varieties. Next come the five,
ten and fifteen-minute and full-bour
glasses, which are bonght chiefly by
musicians for piano practice, and by
lodges and secret societies.
"The sand used in an hour glass Is
the very finest that the world affords.
The western coast of Italy furnishes
most of It. as It has done for ages past
The cost of hour glasses is regulated
by the ornamentation of the rranies.
A glass set In a plain rosewood case
can be bought for f 1, while a mahog
any frame comes to 11.50 or $2. Of
course, the price can be brought Bp still
higher by fancy carving and decora
tloa. Swell ledges sometimes g? to
ESKIMOS POIND.
v- - 1
I
mwmn
satisfied with the cheaper grades."
.cw iorK sun.
ATCHINSON GLOBE SIGHTS.
Comments on Every Day Hattera By
an Orimnul Genins.
The less a man knows, the greater
the subjects he tries to discuss.
An old man's idea of a good time Is
to get an unbroken night's rest.
When a loafer does go to work he
expects everyoue to sympathize with
him.
A promising young man is one who
pays attention to the advice of older
men.
Have you ever noticed how some
girls go visiting aud stay, and stay, and
stay?
As soon as a man gets In the poor
house he begins thinking of getting
married.
So many women Indulge In cheap
dramatics; in a sort of ten, twenty aud
thirty show.
When an old man goes to see a young
girl, he begins by telling her how much
life Insurance he carries.
The Atchison girls are pointing with
pride to one of their number: A man
came a thousand miles to propose to
her.
A woman puts on a thousand little
things to make herself look pretty, and
then gets mad If a man looks at her ad
miringly. When a man has a cold, his old fash
ioned friends complain thnt the day
and generation do not pay enough re
spects to the onion.'
When a woman appears In a new hat
or new cloak, Ihere Is a suppressed
scream from the other women of, "I
don't see how she can afford It!"
When a man complains of the bills
for the children's shoes, all the sympa
thy he gets from his wife Is that he
ought to be thankful that the children
are able to wear out shoes.
Atchison girls who have studied
palmistry, and who read the lines In
the woman's hands, say thnt it pleases
the average married woman to bo told
that she will be married twice.
When a girl gets to be twenty-five
she gets up an afternoon club. Why?
Because the boys have shelved her for
something younger. All the women
who belong to afternoon clubs have
been shelved.
Soaring; the Shepherds.
There Is au Irrepressible satisfaction
in finding that a great philosopher Is,
In the Innocent ways of life, very much
like other men. Marcus Aurellus Au
tonius, whose "Meditations" have been
the guide of thinkers for centuries,
wrote some exceedingly human letters
to his teacher and friend, Marcus Cor
uellus Fronto. One of them contains
the following spiee of boyish fun:
When my father returned home from
the vineyards, I mounted my horse, a
usual, aud rode ou ahead some little
wav. Well, there on the road was a
herd of sheep standing all crowded
together, as If the place was a desert,
with four dogs and two shepherds, but
nothing else. Then one shepherd said
to another shepherd, on seeing a num
ber of horsemen:
"I say, look you at those horsemen!
They do a deal of robbery."
When I heard this, I clap spurs to my
horse and ride straight for the sheep,
In consternation the sheep scatter,
Hither aud thither they are fleeting and
bleating. A shepherd throws his fork.
and the fork falls on the horseman who
comes next to me. We make our es
cape.
Costly Experiment.
Sir Hiram Maxim, the Maine man
whose Immense fortune and more re
cently his knighthood came from the
Invention of the rapid-fire gun which
bears his name, has never lost his Yan
kee quick wit and readiness to cope
with a difficult situation. That charac
teristic appeared very clearly iu the
first government test of bis gun.
The rapid-fire weapou, then a novelty
was offered for test In the presence
of a number of military experts und
government officials.
The Inventor was asked to have 10,
000 rounds fired at the greatest pos
sible speed. This was readily done,
but the experts were still unsatisfied.
"Can you guarantee," ine of them
asked Maxim, "that your gnu would go
on firing automatically for twenty-four
hours V
"Certainly," nnswered Maxim, quiet
ly, "on .one condition."
"What Is that?"
"That the government shall pay for
the ammunition used."
This seemed reasonable, but when the
experts figured It out that the twenty
four hours' test would take over NV
000 cartridges, and Ibat the cost would
be about 'iS.0C4. they maguanlmously
withdrew their request.
"If I were left a million," said a girl
to her steady to-dty, "I would give you
half." "I think. tinder the circum
stances." he replied, "that you ought to
say thrt you would give It all to me."
Keep your friendships out of a atom
If you don't want to be distressed tj
them shrink.
GEO. P. CROVELL,
Succfwior lo E. L. Smith,
Oldest Established House tu the valley.
DEALER IN
Dry Goods, Groceries,
Boots and Shoes,
Hardware,
Flour and Feed, etc.
Thin nid-onulilialieil bouse will con
tinue to pay cash (or all its goods; it
pays no rent; it employs a clerk, but
dries tint. hnvA in divide with a nartner.
All dividends are made with customers
in the way of reasonable prices.
Davenport Bros.
Are running their two mills, pinner and box
factory, aud can till or Jen (or
Lumber
Boxes, Wood
and Posts
ON SHORT NOTICE.
DAVIDSON FRUIT CO.
' stiiprKtiS or
HOOD RIVER'S FAMOUS FRUITS.
PACKERS OP THE
Hood River Brand of Canned Fruits.
MANVFACTVRKRS OP
Boxes and 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 City, Reliance.
WHITE COLLAR LINE.
TheDalles-Portland Route
Sir. " Tahoma,"
Between Portland, Th Pallet and Way Points
TIMS CARD
Loaves Portland Tuesdays, Thnridayi nd
Hmurdaysat 7 a. m. Arrive The Dalles, a,m'!
day. & p. ni.
leaves The Dalles Sundays, Wednesdays and
Fridays at 7 a. in. Arrives i'ortlaua.sauie day,
4 p. m.
This route has the grandest scenic attractions
on earth.
Sir. "Bailey Gatzert,"
Jjaily Konud Trip!, except Sunday.
TIME CARD.
Leave Portland. . 7 a.m. I Leavo Astoria.....? a.m.
Landing and ofhee, foot of Alder street. Koth
'phones, Alain 8.M, l'ortland, Or.
E. W. CKIf'HTON, Aitent, Portland.
JOHN M. K1I.LOON, AKent. The Dalles.
A. J. TA YLOK, AKnut, Astoria.
.1. C. WYATT, ui tit, Vancouver.
WOI.KOH1) A WVKItS, Akis., White f-atmon.
K. 11. UlLlilitTH, Acent, I.yle, Wash.
' PRATHER & BARNES,
Agonts at Hood Kiver
Oregon
Siiohj line
and union Pacific
;Bnlt Lake, Denver,
Chlcatro Ft. W orth, Omaha, Portland
special Kansas City, Ht. Kpeclkt
11:25a.m. Ixuis,Chicugoand 2:06p.m.
Last.
Walla Walla Lewls-
BpoVan ton,8pokana,Min- Portland.
Flyer ncapolts.Ht. Paul, Fiyer
1:27 p.m. Dultith. Militau- 4:3ua.u.
kee.CbtcagoJtEajt
Fait lake, Denver,
Mall and Ft. Wurth.Omaha, Mall and
Express Kaunas City, Ht. KxpreKa
ll;42p. m. I.ouis,Chlcattuaud 6.42a.m.
East.
OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE
FltOH POKTLAMl.
.-00p.m. All sailing dates 4:00 p.m.
subject to change
For Pan Franci.ro
bail every i daya '
Dally Colombia gt 4 00 p. m.
Ex.NiuitlaT lleastert. Kx. Bunder
s ou c m.
Saturday To Astoria and Way
Hew p. m. landings.
iSam Willamette (tlver. :p. n.
ax.buudar Oregon city, New. Ex. two. lay
twrg, ifelein, Imle-l
retiiienee ttajr '
andinga.
7:00 am. WlllaxHts arte Tan- : p. m.
Tuee., Thur. km ll.ers. Hon., Wel
aud Bmu and rrL
Oreaon City, Day.
on. Wa; Laud-
luga.
45am. wnusMHe llrer. 40p.nt.
Tue., Thar Mon.. We4.
and Bat. Portland lo Corral. and FrL
In Way Laud.
iDg.
Lv. Rlparla Ssaai Rivia. Lv.t.iatoa
::V. am. Riparia to Lewiiton tain.
dally dally
For tow rates and other Information write le
A. L. CRAIG,
General Paaeenger Ageut. Portland, 0t
1, BAG LET", agent. Hm4 Klvar.