CtlAPTEB lU.-tContinued.l
Rtanrllnr unon a mound near her, she,
places her hands to her pretty month,
and, with a simple eloquence that cannot
be too highly commended, cries "Hi!" to
UilU, ai IUK lUy Ul Un HW
Whether the breeze has played traitor,'
or whether the bending fignre Is of o
gross material as to be deaf to this' bril
liant appeal, who can say. At all events,
he never stirs or lifts himself from his
task, whatever It- may be. Nothing
daunted, Griselda returns to tht attack.
"Hi!" cries she again, with a sharper,
freer intonation And still nothing comes
of It Tht bending figure refuses to
straighten his back, and things remain as
before. It la really too bad. Getting
down from her mound she clambers up on
a higher bank, and once more sends out
her voice upon the world:
"Hi, my good man!" This does It. As
If compelled to acknowledge this tribute
to his virtues, "my. good man" uprears
himself, looks vacantly round him at ev
ery point but the right oue first, and at
last sees Griselda. The effect produced Is
not only instantaneous but marvelous.
Down goes his rod, bis cast, his choicest
fly an admirable orange grouse and he
comes steaming toward her at about
twenty knota an hour.
His eyes, ever since they first lighted
upon Griselda, have seemed to grow to
her, and now; as he draws nearer, she
too sees and recognises him.' The knowl
edge thus gained so surprises her that
she very nearly falls oil her high bank,
and then grows very charmingly rosy,
and a charmingly confused. It is none
other than the young matt who had helped
to restore the carriage to Its legitimate
position.
CHAPTER IV.
"It Is really you?" cries he, with unaf
fected delight, coloring warmly.
"It la you, too," replies she, reflectively,
and as thnueh it is a little unfair to
throw ail the personalities at her. j
"So it is," says he, smiling gayiy. "Ton
wanted me? I hope you had not to call
often?"
"Very often," smiling, too, and Jumping
down off her pedestal. ' "I thought I
should never make yon hear. Do you
know the road to Greycourt? I don't."
"I (in.. It is a tedious way,' and com
plicated. But if you will permit me to go
with you and show It to you, Miss Dy
sart?" "Oh, no5. No, Indeed. It Is giving you
quite too much trouble, and how do you
know my name?" asks she, with a shy
glance at him from under her long lashes.
"I asked somebody in the village," con
fesses he, honestly, "and he told me you
were Mr. Dysart't niece. You don't mind
, (hat, do you?" . ;
"No. I, too, Beard ef you," she says,
"but then I didn't take for granted every
thing that was told me." .
"What did you hear of me?"
"That you were a young man 'down
from Lunnon town, an' as full o' tricks as
a ezir's full o mate.' " replies she, de-
miirelr. evidently ouotlng somebody, and
with a glance so "full o' tricks" on her
own account that he laughs in spite of
himself.
"Well." says he, "I'm not from 'Lun
non town,' certainly, and I hope I'm not
a greater wretch than my fellows. As to
my 'tricks, I don t ne'ieve i ve one.
"If not from London, from where?"
"Ilather close to you. My sister lives
just over the border of this county, a
matter of twenty miles or so; and I spend
most of my time with her.
"It was a very good thing for my sister
and me that you came fishing," says Gri
selda; "or I suppose we should both be
BOW either dead or dying." Here she
looks round her. "Have we very much
further to go?"
"About a mile."
"I wish it was less," nervously. "I am
' afraid Vera will be frightened at my long
absence, and and that my uncle will be
ansrrv."
"Perhaps he won't hear of It," says Mr.
Perton. hopefully. Griselda shakes her
head.
"He looks just like a person who would
hmr everything the says.
"I've heard a good deal about him off
and on. People will talk, you know, and
he's eccentric, Isn t be?
"If you mean weak in mind you went
never further out in your life," says Gri
selda, mournfully. "He is all mind. In
mv oDinion. There Isn't a weak spot In
him. By the by, have you ever been to
Greycourt?" ...
"No. I've often thought I should like
to to ori some Wednesday or other."
Some Wednesday! What Wednesday?
And why Wednesday? lirlselda is dis
tinctly puwled. but hardly likes to ask a
Question on tne suDjeci.
"it'a a auaint old bouse, she says.
"and might be lovely, I think, if the trees
were cut away and some aunlight let Into
It and a H'" rurnunre. it a -empty,
positively empty.
"Surely you forget the galleries?" says
he. : "la It indeed possible that yon do
not know tha those picturea of your an
cestors are absolutely priceless? Pnre
Lelys and Knellers, Gainsboroughs and
Reynolds. .Why, those galleries at Grey
court, I've often heard my father say, are
about the finest in England. Your uncle
is good enough to open them to the pub
lic every first Wednesday In the month
at the very trifling charge of half a
crown."
"Why!" crlet Griselda, flushing to hot
a color That-the tears grow within her
eyes. "Oh. you can't mean that"
"Well, why not?" says the young man,
boldly, preparing with a stout courage
to defend a vile cause. - "It la to Improve
the tastes of the multitude that he doe
it, of course. And if he choose to repaV
himself for the wear and tear of his car
pets, who shall say he has not common
ease on his s.de?"
At this moment the chimneys of Grey
court shone through tht interstices of the
trees on her left, and. with the knowl
edge that tht bad gained her home,
come, too. the sound of running water,
and the thought that all through her re
turn, walk through the leafy woods that
music had rushed as a chorus to her
words.
"Ah! now .1 knowP crlet she, stopping
abruptly, and looking full at her com
panion, who grows somewhat guilty in
appearance. "That noise of running wat
er! that it tht river that flows beneath
Greycourt It I had only followed it I
need not have given yon all this troJble."
"It U ne trouble," says he, plainly.
She holds out to him her hand. "Good
bv." she saya, gently.
"Oh. not good-by, I hope," returns n.
anxiously, taking the tiim little hand and
holding it as warmly at M dare, per
hap more closely than he it quite aware.
"I shall see yoo tgain?"
"Oh. no. No. Indeed." toftly. "You
mutt not think that Uncle Gregory does
not permit us to know our neighbors.'
He lifts bis hat and Griselda. giving
him a rather solemn little salute, turns
away from him. A second later, however,
ahe finds him again beside her.
"It there is sll the appearance of corn
Int rain in the sky," .he says, gravely.
Don't too think so? I fear we shall
hire a perfect storm before long.
thought I'd tell ion, so that yoa might
get as much good out .of these woods as
nossibl before the deluee. mis wees.
now. might be fine, but I should not an
swer for tht next; and. Indeed, if 'oa will
permit toe to advise yoa, I should reeom
nirod U takt a walk to-morrow. Who
fahall u; that rain might not fall the day
after r
Who, indeed? "
' It seems the soundest reasoning. So
Griselda, having shuwn herself impressed
by It, Inclines her head to him once more,
and, a turn in the path hiding him at last
from view, takes to her heels, and hard
ly draws breath until, having found the
small iron gate that admits to the gar
den at Its lowest end, she enters by it
and feels herself at last a.t home.
On the hall doorsteps, as it lying in
wait for her, atands Mrs. Grunch, the
housekeeper.
"Dear me, misa, and so yoa have re
turned," says she. "Dear! but master
will be main glad to hear of it He was
that upset by your absence that we
daren't so much aa approach him." Gri
selda's blood grows cold. "But now he'll
be sure to tell you himself how glad he la
to see you back safe and sound."
CHAPTER V.
Mrs. Grunch, as Griselda left her, turn
ed aside, and with darkened brow made
for the library, Mr. Dysart't usual abid
ing place. Not finding him here,; the
hurries onward down the hall, until ahe
comes to a heavy curtain, once handsome,
now moth-eaten and dingy, and pushing
It aside, reveals a long (lagged passage,
with a high, narrow door at the extreme
end. . ,
Stooping as she comes to It, she peers
through the keyhole, and finding it emp
ty, tries, with a cautious, quiet grasp,
the handle of the door to find the latter
locked. Still very cautiously she slips her
hand into her pocket, draws out a key,
well oiled, and iuserting it in the keyhole,
aoftly opens the door. .- .'
A grim smile overspreads her face as
she looks toward the further end of the
room. There, on hit knees beside a cab
inet, kneels Mr. Dysart It is open, and
Mr. Dysart, in his worn and shabby old
coat la kneeling before the secret open
ing, gloating openly upon its contents.
Piles upon piles of yellow sovereign are
so built one on the top of the other that
they reach from one narrow resting place
to the other above, and ao on. Dull, heavy
gold that scarcely glitters, save In the
eyes of the wretched miser bending, over
them. ? . i
Yet It is not so much on the money as
on a paper he holds in hit hand that his
attention is concentrated. He is so. bent
on the perusal of It that he hears neither
the turn of the key in the lock nor the
woman's entrance. And now, aa a mali
cious chuckle breaks from her, it so star
tlea him that he springs to bis feet as if
shot, and a sharp, horrid cry, that, is
almost a shriek, escapes him. His face
has grown deadly white, great dropa of
sweat stand out upon his brow.
"Comforting yourself with a look at It,"
says she, with a malignant leer. As she
speaks she points not at the gold, but at
the paper he bas tightly clutched in his
hand.
"How did you come nere, woman?" de
mands he, in a shrill tone. He is trem
bling, and with nervous fingers presses-!
the paper into the secret recess in the cab
inet, and shuts to the oaken woodwork.
"Why, through the door," retorts she,
sullenly. How else? You should remem
ber to lock It when engaged on work like
this."
t couia nave sworn i locked it. says
he, still snaking. bee! bere is the key
in my pocket. I tell you," with Increas
ing agitation, "I did lock It Are you a
fiend that you can follow me through
bolted doors r '
"Hush! Don't give way to foolish fan
cies. And after all, why need my com
ing fluster you? Surely," with a mock
ing air, "your occupation was an inno
cent one; you were but refreshing your
self with a glimpse of
"Be silent, woman! Are you mad?"
cries he, lifting his arms like one In. mor
tal fear.
"You're but a poor aort after all," ahe
aays, contemptuously. "Too poor for
faith or trust of any tort What! can
you hot even believe in me, who has
served you and yours long and faithful
for forty years? Is it likely I'd betray
you now for his children?
"Ay, ne servea you taiseiy once," says
Gregory Dysart a savor of pleasure in
hia tone.
"He took my best my life, my soul-
the heart of everything," says she, slow
ly beating one withered hand upon the
other. "Though years have rolled by 1
have not forgotten; I shall not forget a
all. When first I saw them I felt as
though, if power were given me, I could
have blasted as they ttood those Insolent
hussies upstairs." . , .
Something out of the goodly' past, tome
vague touch of decency belonging to the
days when he was young and happy, and
when honor was will word to which he
clung with all his might, renders tbit
coarse epithet, as applied to the pretty or
phans committed- to his care, insupport
able. - -
You hardly remember, perhaps, that
you are speaking of my nieces," he says
with aa angry frown. -
Hoity toity! None of your airs with
me, say she, sternly. She advances a
step nearer to hini "Remember, Dysart,
that I can either make or mar you. I,
and I only." . ...
I would I were aure of that," aays he.
moodily. "But ' Have you forgotten
Sedley? He kuew."
Pish! He's dead: let him rest. What
a one you are to worrit! Twenty years
and more, and no algn of him, and I ask
you waa be the one to remain quiet it he
taw a way to forcing a aovereign out of
you?"
"True, true," tayt Dysart, eagerly
patching at this suggestion. "And yet 1
would give much to know that he waa in
the grave. ' -
"Ay, and I la mine! I know you,"
saya she, with an evil look. . "You fear
me."
"I fear nothing," says he, coldly.'
"What," says she, slowly, regarding
him closely; "not even that your son
should know?"
She pauses, pletsed with her work. All
at once, as it were, on hearing thia ques
tion, the old msn quails before her like a
beaten bound. The life goes out of him.
he seems to shrluk into himself, and puts
out his handa aa though to ward off tome
fatal blow.
"Not that. Anything but that," he
mutter, feebly.
"Well, don't drive me to It" aya she,
sulkily.
"Remember, It was for him I did it"
cries he, shsrply. "After all my lore, my
care, my tecrecy, to have it now laid bare
to him! I tell you" his fingers working
convulsively "rather than that he ahoutd
know. It teemt to me that it would be a
sweet and simple thing to murder him
who would betray me."
"I'm not going to betray yoo," tays
she. "And as for saying 'twas tor, him
yon did It, why "
"Fur him. For his take only."
"Partly, I think." tays she, dryly. -
"Entirely; altogether. What other crea
ture had I ta love me to love? Hit
mother, as yoa know, hated me; and
whea ahe died I waa glad," tayt he.
crushing hia fiugert together.
"Yet the deed wat scarcely necetstry
if dose foe him," tayt Grunch. holding
he ground. "That old aunt of hit the
mother's sister put wtnt out of the que
tioo for t ax.
"I knew noth nf of hrr desire to make;
him her heir then."
"Ton know it now. anrwsi." savs ah. !
with a nasty sneer. "AaJ it is never to
late roend t find by accident taad
paper yon have Just locked up."
"I have thought of It," says he. with
lowered brow and eye bent upon the
ground, "dreamed of it: and all my
i warning has but convinced me that
things had better. stay as they now art.
Into-what better hands could they, havt
fallen? 'Who would have husbanded it
all like me? You know the care, the
trouble, the. sleepless, days and nights 1
hare devoted (o-tbe management' of of
It. - Y6u know, whe.her it has ever been
a joy to me rather a grief, a wearying of
the flesh, a curse!" The word comes from
herween his lips with a little hissing
sound. "But it is all for him, for him,
be says, in a dying tone.
With restless, feeble steps he begins t
pace the room.
"He believes In me. He trusts me; he
alone now! But if ever he were to learn
the truth he would suurn me from him.
I swear to you" he turns and fixes, his
burning eyes on hers "I'd strangle you
with these hands," holding them out be-;
fr, her. trembling- with passion, yet
ttrong and lithe, "before the words co.uld
pass your lips."
"I'm not going to play traitor.' I've
told you that," says she, frowning. "I've
had a chance before this if I wished to do
It: and I'm not going to help his children,
whatever happens." Her brow growt
black and her eyes lighten. "May curses
follow him wherever he be, even through
the gatea of death!"
"Amen," saya Dysart, carelessly. Then,
In a different tone: "Seaton is coming
home to-morrow."
"You have a design," say he, fixing
her sharp eye on him with a searching
regard.
"True: and I think well of mentioning
it to you," says Dysart, slowly. "After
lone and careful thought I have decided
on abandoning more ambitious schemes
and wedding him- to my elder niece,
Vera."-'-''
i (To be continued.)
DOROTHY DREW.
Anecdotes of the Late Mr. Gladstone's
Little Gr.in td inahter.
Dorothy Drew, Gladstone's famous
grandeHild, whose loving companion
ship added so much to the bappluess
of his later years, U the subject of a
yery- Interesting sketch" In the Young
Woman. We learn from It that before
her fourth year her political views bad
become decidedly radical; to her mind
the House of Lords was a most repre
hensible Institution, and the House of
Commons the mainstay of tbe nation.
When the House of, Lords was spoken
of in her presence as the "Upper
House," she would retort: "You man
the House of Commons!" She visited
the latter dur.ng her third year, and
for a time thought herself In church.
The frequent rising and sitting of the
members sxm und.cjlved her, how-
ever, and frcm these movements ar.d
tbe oratorical gesticulations of the
speakers, she fancied herself In a gym-
naslum--an Impression derived from a
previous visit to such a p'.ace. For
some time after this, the Commons was
"the place where grandad goes to do
his 'nasties," or, on occasions, "the
place where grandad goes to do bis les
sons." .
Her visit to Queen Victoria was a
momentous episode In her younar life,
and from the artl.le above nvnlmid
we quote the narrative of her de.lght
ful experiences:
Dorothy relates bow she went down
the very long co.rlJor to put on her
neflr white frock -and her Bilk gloves.
anij now a grand servant all dressed In
red came to say that tne gueen was
waltlrg.
"The Itdlan man whom the Queen
likes very much was at the door, and
the next moment Dorothy stood .before
the great Queen w tom her grandpapa
had served for sixty years, - But Dor
othy thoi ght nothing of ths vastness
of the empire," or of the length of the
reign which all tbe world was cele
brating. It was nothing to ber that the
kludly gray haired lady before her was
mis: re sj of one-quarter of the whole
human race.
To Dorothy she was Just another
woman like grandmamma, with a
white cap on her h.-ad; aud Dorothy
courtesled and kissed her, and told ber
her name was "Dors e," that Bhe called
Mr. Gladstone "grandpapa," that they
all had pet names at the castle, and so
on and so on; and many Interesting pet
names were revealed on both sides.
"Th Queen put da ber glasses and
asked me to go to tint other side of tbe
room, so that she could see me better,"
Dorothy explains, "and then she took a
little Jewel-case and said: 'This Is for
you.
"I opened It and saw a darling little
brooch, with a diamond V and a dla-1
mond R and a turquoise I, and a little
crown at the top made of red enamel.
I courtesled and kissed her hand and
said: 'Thank you very much.' She
looked very nice and kind, aud I liked
her very much."
Then the Queen kissed the little debu
tante again, and Dorothy and her moth
er returned to town.
Kipling, who Is numbered among the
celebrities who have sought Dorothy's
...,,alntanr,a folia OTI O m !, d I Tl C ntnrv tt
their meeting. They had been In tbe
grounds surrounding Hawarden for
some time together when Dorothy.
mother appeared, saying:
"Now Dorothy. I hope you have not
been wearying Mr. Kipling."
"Qh. ty; not a bit," was tbe frankly
unconventional reulv. "Mr. KlDiinir
bas been wearying me!"
Chinese Compliments.
There Is one point in which Chinese
etiquette, so often absurd, is much
more sensible than ours. That Is In Its
failure (o regard tbe Imputation of ma-
uce.nge as a discredit to either man or
Tvoniao, or, on the btber hand, the ini-
putatlon of youthfuluess as a compll-
ment to persons of either sex. An ex-
ample of -Chinese politeness, connected
with the visit of tbe Prince and Prln-
cess Henry of Prussia to Shanghai, Is
amusing, as It reflects on our own false
notion of the complimentary ln such
matters.
TheGerman prince and princess were
visiting a notable mandarin, one of
whose first questions to tbe prince
es being an Invariable matter of Chi-
nese politeness wa:
"How o'.d are you?"
"A little more than thirty-six," an
swered the prince, smiling.
"Indeed!" said the mandarin. "Your
highness appears fifty."
The mandarin then turned to the In
terpreter Herr Volght, a German
and Inquired the princess' age. She an
swered. "Thirty-two." The Interpreter
Interpreted, and the mandarin made a
remark" In-Chinese evidently intended
to be complimentary. The interpreter
. . . . . - - ......
blushed uneasily, and hesitated to
translate the remark. The prince saw
the difficulty, and laughingly com
manded: ' "Cfut with It Tolgbtr
-Ue says," the Interpreter then trans
lated to the princess, "that your high
ness looks like sixty r
He had meant It well, and of course
the princess bad sense fnougb not to
take It ill.
One rich man owes bis wealth to the
gammed, newspaper wrapper, and the
genius who put a piece of rubber in a
circle of tin and attached it to tht and
j a Ud pencil mad his fortune.
science.
gBVention
France bas now the deepest well la
the world. It Is 3.09 feet aud the tem
perature at the bottom Is 117 decrees.
The largest artesian well In the
world Is fourteen luches lu diameter
and 18-1 feet deep. It Is at Cerrltos, In
California.
E 1h the most common letter. In oue
thousand letters E occurs 137 times lu
English, 1S4 times In French, 145 lu
Spanish, ITS in Ceruuut. .
In three hundred years the average
length of liuuniu life has been doubled.
lu the sixteenth century it was between
eighteen mid twenty years; ut the close
of the eighteenth century It was a little
over thirty years, aud lo-day It Is over
forty years.
The internal beat of the enrtb Is a
survival of tbe time when It was a
glowing bull aud was turning oti its
axis with a velocity four times as
great as at present. It was slowed
down principally by the action of the
tides, Internal and external, these being
one of tbe results of tbe moon's attrac
tion. The rotation of tbe moon In such n
way that it shows to us always the
same face was sbowu to be the conse
quence of the tides lu the molten moon
due to the attraction of the earth. The
earth has not surrendered itself to the
tides caused by the moon because they
are relatively go feeble. It will, how
ever, without doubt ultimately present
always the same face to the moon.
Gunnar Anderson, a Scandinavian
botanist, makes a specialty of tbe
study of plant growth inside the Arctic
circle. Tbe total uumlier of flowering
species so far Identitied Is about nine
hundred, of which 435 are In Iceland,
28(1 In Greenlaud, and the .rest mostly
lu Spitzbergen. Tbe Arctl6 summers,
though short, are often hot and dry,
aud the lack of moisture keeps plant
life dwarfed. Many of the species are
the same as In larger forms In southern
lands.
The resistance of cedar wood to de
cay has lone been famous, and cedar
fence-posts often last for generations,
A remarkable Instance of the Inde
structibility of cejr.r has been noted In
the State of Washington, where a for-
est of hemlocks, near Acme, has grown
up over an ancient uuricu forest or ce-
dais. The trunks of cedar, although
lying In a moist soil, have been almost
perfectly preserved for at least 150
years, the length of time that the rings
of growth show the hemlocks to have
been growing above their fallen prede
cessors,
j Inpolntlngoutways to Increase Amer
ican trade In China our consul at Nluen-
I wang, Mr. Miller, calls attention to
some interesting peculiarities of the
Chinese people. It is one of their traits,
be says, to handle the things they use
very carefully, and for this reason they
' make cheap and poorly made articles
last much longer thau do other people,
They make things in what seems to us
a flimsy way, and are very economical,
iMrplf quantities of old scrap iron are
Imported Into China to be worked' over
Into cheap, useful articles In the small
blacksmith shops scattered throughout
the country. The Intense love of the
Chinese for pictures and artistic orna
ments causes them to buy cheap arti
cles of that kind, such at in our country
can only be distributed gratis for ad
vertising purposes.
ABOUT MISDIRECTED LETTERS.
Surprisingly Large Nnmber In the
Postofiice at Cincinnati.
At tbe request of the Postmasters'
Association of the United States, Post
master E. It. Mou fort of Cincinnati,
has prepared a paper on the subject of
"Misdirected Mall.". It hns been order
ed urluted. says the Cincinnati Corn-
nu.rc-lal Tribune, and Is to be sent to all
,lie nOSt0ilices of the country as' the
opening move lu arousing the people
generally on this matter. Cupt. Monfoi t
says In part:
In March, 1901, I found by the re-
1 nnHfl .,. ln the.Clncinnatl Dostofflce
thnt there had l)eeI1 ian(led ln the
I mailing division 043,385 and in the de-
llvrv .....i,,., rmots niaklne a total
of , 47(. 000 misdirected letters in one
, year. This appalling fact led me to
examine into methods and ascertain
cause for this condition and to seek a
remedy which might result lu an im
provement of the service. I found that
the newspapers were ready and willing
to render assistance and publish the
conditions and a warning to the public
to exercise more care. But this remedy
seemed Inadequate. I addressed a letter
to Dr. R. G. Boone, superintendent of
''e P"1'1 fuool,s- 'nformed him
of the nuu,ber of Isdireeted letters
passed tnrougn i.i.s o.nce. a, u
us " " u,tu 1,1
tlle conditions fully, could not be read
1 1 tle pupils In the public schools, so
a awaken a disposition to exercise
more care in auuressing letters.
I ad
vised him that mistakes were not con
fined to Ignorant people, but that a
large proportion of letters which failed
of delivery were from families having u
moderate education and from profes-
slonal and business men and women,
and that mistakes were largely due to
carelessness. Dr. Boon responded
promptly and effectively. He called
bis 000 teachers together and read
them the letter and Instructed them to
give flfteeu minutes' time each week
to special Instruction on tbe question of
addressing mall. It Is too early to
give the results of this teaching, but
we have uo doubt It will be far-reaching
and show a decided Improvement
In this location
If these instructions
ln all the schools of
could be given
the country aud the children Impress
ed with the Importance of special care.
this process of education would bring
marvelous results to tbe country."
ARE KNOWN BY THEIR EARS.
Crlaainala May Be Detected bjr tbe
Shape of Their Aural Organ.
It Is well known that lunatics are
distinguished by tbe peculiar develop
ment of their ears. "The insane ear"
can be detected at a glance by an ex
pert alienist It is now claimed that
i " .7'""' T ",ul
'of a crowd by the distinguishing mark
upon their ears. A new investigator Id
this field of work, Arthur Keith," pre
sents some Interesting facts regarding
the significance of the variation of hu
man ears. Mr. Keith, In the first place,
points out how seldom the ear Is de
scriljfd In llteratture a compared with
the space devoted to other features.
He roughly divides the extremes of ear
types Into two classes, the small, com
pact ear and tbe Urge, broad ear that
often stands out from tbe bead like
"wind sails from the portholes of a
steamer." Tbe comnact ear be calls
the "orang type." and tbe broader ear
tha VhlmnlDYM Irn.1 Avww,r.l?na t,
the -chimpanzee) type." According to
bis olasslBcatlorj tb? "shell like ear" of
novelists, supposedly ao Indication of
high birth. Is nearest the orang type,
and be notes that "of eight peeresses
five have ears -of tbls type, which cer
tainly lends tome support to the popu
lar supposition, Ou the other baud, of
five leading lady singers only one
shows this type of ear." As the broad
type figures very little In fiction there
teems to be no .popular conclusion re
garding Its significance, so Mr. Keith's
Investigation bas a marked element of
novelty.
In examining the criminal, the Insane
as well as the normal classes. In order
to find tbe ratio of prevalence of these
contrasted ear types Mr. Keith discov
ered:
That taken as a class, not as Indi
viduals, criminals show a departure
from tbe sane In their physical consti
tution. But what does this really
mean? It means, I take It, that tbe
criminal class Is recruited In undue
proportion from the group of men who
manifested the 'orang type' of ear and
tbe women who possess the 'chimpan
zee type.' A larger proportion of indi
viduals of these two classes Is predis
posed toward crime than those with op
posite types. But clearly the preseuce
of the orang type ear In any Individual
is of Itself no evidence of this predis
position."
Mr. Keith, however, not only studied
the variation In the orang and chim
panzee types, but In that type of ear
which possesses an ear tip or pointed
effect on tbe outer edge, as well as a
weak Inner convolution, and be says
of the studies:
"All that can be deduced from the
present investigation Is that a slightly
greater proportion of the people wtio
have ear tips aud retrograde heUces
give themselves over to crime thau
those In which these two features are
absent. The evidence Is just sufficient
to justify the suspicion that a small
proportion of criminals are criminals
because of their physical construction,
and It is certainly the duty of every
anatomist to discover how such Indi
viduals may be recognized. As yet all
the criminal marks we know of can
only be stated In relative terms of the
class and have, unfortunately, no ap
plication to the Individual".
HOW DOG SAVED MASTER'S LIFE.
Beegan Wat CauBht Under Tree and
Tiger Took Hit Boot Home,
John Reegan, a farmer of Gulf Sum
mit, Pa., went out upon a hill near bis
house to cut down trees, takiug with
him his dog Tiger. He cut a tall oak.
which fell In such a way tnat it
knocked him down and imprisoned bim
in a little depression. Had It not
been for tbe depression bis life would
have been crushed out. but as It was
be was held a prisoner and, struggle
as be would, be could not free him
self. He shouted and bis dog appeared.
Tiger apparently realized at once the
dangerous predicament In which his
master was placed and also tbe fact
that he could do no good ou the spot
He tugged awhile at the Imprisoned
man and then started off for home on
a wild rush. ,
Arriving at the farmhouse be set up
such a bowling that the attention of
every one on the place was attracted
to him. All wondered what could be
the matter with him, never suspectiug
the true cause of his trouble. No at
tention was paid to his uolses except
to scold bim.
The dog now made off bock to where
bl$ master lay, and a few moments
liaer was again be&i-d howling at the
farmhouse door. The first person who
approached bim saw that he had one
of his master's boots lu his mouth, and
It was at once surmised that something
was wrong with Reegan. aud that the
Intelligent brute was trying to convey
a message.
M- u .1 , l.n.l.al with itallirht tt-hon
several of tbe farmhands set off with
him to see what was up. Tbe men found
Reegan almost unconscious and suffer -
Imr ereatlv. says a New York World
special. The unfortunate man was re
leased and was found to have suffered
no serious Injury.
Tiger Is now a great hero.
TEA AT $50 A POUND.
That la What Borne Kplcurea Pay for
the Leaves.
' Washington Is a good tea market.
Dealers In the fragrant leaves aver that ads tne teacher to attain results. Prob
no statistics are at hand indicating theauyi arui most likely, the lack of the
extent of tea consumption in the dis- j (0reign student of this essential Is ou
trlct, but they say tbe fact Is apparent acc0Unt of the system of supervision
thnt Washlngtonlans drink tea. Not an(j restriction that obtain abroad. It Is
only do they driuk much of It, but they aim0st a crime for a junior cierK to sug
drlnk the best that Is, what passes for ge9t au Improvement to the manager
the best on the market tea that Is 0f a corporation aud likewise It Is con
worth from 80 cents to $1.25 a pound. I gidered very bad for a student to ad-
"It would surprise you," said a dealer, vauce any ideas in class,
according to the Washington Star,"that Any one of the foreign schools Is bet
some tea sells for $50 a pound. I think ter equipped, more expensive to main
It Is not worth It. but that Is the price tain and better fitted to exert an Influ
asked and the price puld for a peculiar ence in tbe student body than ours, but
variety that comes from Ceylon. There the medieval practice of restrictions
are other varieties of Ceylon tea which places them beyond the pale of our
sell at $40. $25. $15 and $10 a pound, i work. Omitting the English schools,
and some of the commonest grades of any one of the others has a distinct ad
teas drunk In the cities come from that vantage over our schools from the - fact
far east Island. It Is the opinion of tea
dealers that the maximum price which
can legitimately be asked for tea Is $4
a pound. The prices that I previously
quoted are fancy prices and are will-
lngly paid by rich people with whom
the gratification of appetite outweighs
gold. The first pickings from the tea
bush are tbe choice leaves. They are
long and full of tbe essence that epi
cures In tea demand, and they have a
flavor absent In later leaves. There Is
no difference in the curing processes,
so It is only because the leaves are
themselves the select few that the
price is so high. The picking Is done
from tbe youngest plants and before
tbe first leaves on these plants attain
maturity. The astringent flavor notice-
able In most teas Is not In tbe leaves I
describe, but there are not many per
sons who pay $50 a pound for tea."
Btrange Etiquette.
If the King or Queen of England
sign their name Id a visitor's book. It
Is customary to provide them wiib a
new pen, which hi not used by tbe
hosts or tbe other guests unless It be
banded tbem by tbe royal visitor. An
other small point of etiquette connect
ed with pens and paper Is that in writ
ing a letter direct to tbe British sov
ereign. It Is written on thick, white
An n n n !.!.. nnlv a nit I a nlaw.1
(jairci, vu - - -
In an envelope large enough to con-,
tain the letter-unfolded. I
Forgot Her Prayers.
A 4-year-old girl was spending a
night away from borne. At bedtime
she kneeled at ber hostess' knee to
say ber prayers, expecting tbe usual
prompting. Finding Mrs. 0. unable to
help ber out she continued thus:
"Please, God, 'scuse me; I can't re
member my prayers, and I am staying
wfcth a lady that don't know any."
It Is easy for women to be good. Af
ter a wc.au bas bad children, tbe
'only temptation she meets Is one to
1 1 n,Aw fmm fliIp t.aliL-B
borrow money from their bauka.
I
STRANGE SERPENT SUIN IN EVERGLADES.
.a" r tV
"DRAGON OF THE EVERGUADES,"
..
N enormous re&tile, more ukb ne myiuica , u.. -----
has been killed by a hunter in the lower Everglades. ! or WO years it
hns no. only beea tradition among tbe Seminole Indians who Uve In
the Florida everglades, that an immense serpent maue us """"" "
and they affirm that two Indian had been carried off by the monster.
RecenUy Bs,er Ferrel. one of "tbe boldest and most noted hunter, at Okoch
bee. who for twenty year, ba made the border of the lake and h eW.de. h.
home, on one of nis periouicai .vw "",;" ....,, u-.
noted what he supposed to De tne paiuway u ....... -r
eraldays he vtsi.ec I the locality for the purpot. of killing tht .aunan
unsuccessful in finding nim. . th
Finally he decided to take a stand in a large cypress tree and await tn
coming of the alligator, taking provisions to last him several days.
For two days he stood on watch, with his ride ready, but without the desired
success He was becoming discouraged, but determined to give one more day
to the effort On the third day. before he had been on hi. perch an boar, he was
almost paralysed by what looked to him like an immense serpent gliding along
tne a. pposeValUgafor track. ' He estimated it to be anywhere from I twenty to
thirty feet long and fully ten to twelVe inches in diameter where . tht head jo ned
the hodv and as larire around as a barrel ten feet farther back. Hie stirs
o'p Vi in eas leach o, his gun and raised its head to take . Prec.tio.,ar,
-lew of it. .urroundingt. A. it did Ferrel opened fire e. it. -jhooUng at It. hea
Taken b, .urprise, the serpent dashed into the marsh at railroa d speed wtul.
Ferrel kept up fire oa it until he had emptied the magaa.n f his rifle, but failed
t0 Aboin'four day. afterward he ventured back Into tht borhod U jet
how thing, were, and about a mile from where he first urn r the
a large flock of bumrds and went to see what they were after and M
?ound the creature dead and its body so badly torn by the bunard. th.l It was
imDoss ble to save the skin. He however, secured ita head and has It now in
hTsTom. on the Kislimmee river. It is truly a frightful looking object, full, tea
inchea from Jaw to jay, with ugly, razorlike teeth.
AMERICAN SCHOOLS EXCEL.
Cblcasro Professor Give Particular o
Deficiency in European Schools.
The American schoolboy Is two Incbet
taller than tbe average European
schoolboy of a like age, writes Prof.
Watt of Chicago. I am positive of this
declaration after a tour of luspectlou
of the various schools of Europe, aud
I place the usefulness of the instruction
Imparted, from an educational and a
hygienic point of view, as follows:
First, the United States; second, Eng
land; third, Germany, closely followed
by France and Russia.
There is a great difference In the
school systems, but In two ways is this
more noticeable, viz.. Inspection of
school work and Its results. Tbe system
of Inspection abroad bas been develop
ed to such an extent that It Is more of
a science thau an ordinary routine, as
in this country. The luspector spends
at least a day a month In each room,
making copious notes of both teachers'
and pupils' work, criticising In open
class the deficient studies and com
mending those that are satisfactory.
I am willing to concede that It is pos
sible to be more definite abroad than
at home, owing to more specific alms ln
AMERICA.
ENGLAND.
the minds of both the educators aud
text-book writers. Text-books are rare
ly changed abroad, and a student Is
taugut ratner to grasp
tailed Information than look for It In
! himself. Blinders, as
placed on bis eyes, so hat he Is unable
to look sldewlse. Certainly these schools
are more advanced In theory thau ours,
hue we surely excel them from a practi
cal side. We aim to Impart a theoreti
cal aud practical education combined,
and more nearly to procure the acme of
usefulness In after years. Then, too, the
natural teudeucy of the American
youth to apply knowledge as soon as
acquired is a superiority that greatly
that reading and spelling are mastered
in three years, because words are
spelled as spoken. Many of our pupils
are unable to read English after ten
years' steady application. Arithmetic is
much easier abroad, because tne tables
n founded 0D tbe declmal system, like
our money, and require very little mem
orizlng. It Is conceded that a boy com
ing out of the preparatory school on
tbe continent Is about two years abead
of our boy of the same age who Is grad
uating from our high school While
this Is true, our boy bas doue at least
three years more work In mastering tbe
reading, spelling and grammar of our
difficult language with Its barbarous
spelling aud numerous Irregularities of
grammar.
j Then, too, our high schools take ln all
clasesa of boys who can afford to re
main in school, because we are an edu
cated people, while In Europe no com
mon boys attend tbe secondary schools.
Only those who are In training for pro
fessional careers and wbo are supposed
to be specially well endowed mentally
enter those schools at all. Again, tbe
matter of fitting a pupil so that be is
able to step Into an office as soon as be
is out of tbe high school Is not consider
ed abroad as It Is here. Little or no at
tention Is devoted to what we call com
mercial training, such as shorthand.
typewriting and commercial law
This
luatructlou Is only obtained by a Euro
pean stndent In a college course.
Tbe sa-fiie openness of mind so notice
able In tbe American youth Is totally
lacking In tbe foreign student, and be Is
held to'tbe facts in bis books until be
has no breadth of range. He spends
much less time In the open air and
takes less exhilarating exercise thau
our boys. Add to this the scientific ven
tilation of our classrooms, tbe dash of
our methods, shorter hours of Instruc
tion, more cheerful methods, periods of
relaxation more frequent and it is no
wonder our boya grow two Inches taller
than the foreign boys when taken age
for age.
Tbe American does not work a colt
before be has jrown. aud It Is on this
"J-.a- . am. I
FROM A SKETCH BY AN INDIAN.
.l-.-i hn ii land teroent
For tev
but waa
Idea that our educators refrain from
putting our students to the severest
mental test. We do not ask how niueu
can Dossiblv be accomplished by a
child, but bow much Is best for bim.
The fullest auswer to the whole ques
tlnn is to compare the ages of the aver
age college graduate. In tbls country It
averages about 22 years, while abroad
It Is about 28 years, and from that we
see that our pupils progress slowly In
an educational line at first, but after
the faculties are thoroughly developed
a very rapid advance Is made, and we
aim as nearly as possible to devolep the
mental and physical natures of the stu
dent at the same time. The success of
tbls plan, I think, is evident t orn the
number of young men at tbe head of
the many large Industrial establish
ments successfully competing with the
product of the world In every line.
WEPT HIS WAY TO VICTORY.
Candidate W aa Doped, bnt Hia Tear
Were Eloquent.
"There are all sorts of tricks In a po
litical campalgu." snld the ex-member
of ih- Legislature, "and one was play
ed upon me when I was doing my flvst
stumping that was Intended to lay me
6KHMANT.
F BANCS.
out flatter than a pancake. I was
ollied to speak at a certain village, und
I prepared a first-rate talk for the oc
casion. Half an hour before 1 was to
take the platform I was Invited to
have a ulp to brace me up, ami ten
mlLUtes after imbibing I didn't know
whether 1 was on foot or riding a
camel. As a matter of fact, I bad been
'doped' In order to prevent me from
speaking. When 1 began to rall-feuce
around and tulk nonsense they tried to
t.-ike me away, but I became as stub
born as a mule and iuslsted upon
speaking. It would be a "all lu my
colliu to show me off in a drunken con
dition, and I was finally pushed for
ward. I was simply conscious of tbe
fait that I was making a fool if uiy
self, aud after uttering a dozen words
I begun to weep. There was a goo3
deal of laughter at first, but pretty
soon a man culled out:
" 'Look here, fellers, this man ain't
crying for uotblng.'
" 'You bet he ain't,' shouted another,
" 'He must be weeping over our high
taxes,' suggested a third.
"'That's it, and It shows his true
feeling,' added a fourth. Here's one
vto pledges himself to work und vote
for him.'
" 'Aud here's another,' called out
twenty men In chorus as I was led
away with tears streaming down uiy
cheeks.
"That was my speech," sold the ex
solon, according to the Detroit Free
Press. "The people laid It ail to emo
tion, and that town gave me a major
ity to make my hair stand up.
couldn't reduce their taxes, but 1 got
a bill through against any one owning
a bull without keeping an iron ring In
his nose, and did not lose any of my
admirers."
Family Pride.
"Mr. Cumrox Is only suffering from
an ordinary cold. I believe," said tbe
sympathetic visitor.
"Well." answered Mrs. Cumrox.
"we've done our best to keep It from
being ordluary. We've seut for ths
most expensive physician in the city."
Washington Star.
Obviously Not.
"That baker keeps presenting bis
bill" said tbe debtor, "aa If be needed
tbe dough."
"Perhaps," said tbe highly humorous
friend, "If he doesn't get tbe dough be
cau't knead any more."-Baltimore
American.
Suicide in Freucb Army.
According to a rrench army paper,
suicide Is more common in the French
army than tn any otber In Lurope. Of
tbe .nnual death rate in all branches
of the service suicide accounts for
per cent
No Deer.
"Ba scorn will never be mistaken fji
a deer."
".No, ne t more apt to oe mixed up
with tbe modest animal that display
ears In place of antlers." Washington
Star.
Tbe C'onnt Came l-'ir.t.
"Miss Boody bas marked
blot, in ing titled foreigner.
Couutr
"I tbluk be did."-Smart Set
Too many people do what tbe;
should do aud theu eau'it credit for It
GEO. P. CROVELL,
SuceeMOt to E. L. Smith,
Oldest Etbllhed House In tht valley.)
DEALER IN .
Dry Goods, Groceries,
Boots and Shoes,
Hardware,
Flour and Feed, etc.
flu's old-ettaUislied lionse wi I con
tinue to pay cash for all its goods; it
pavs no rent; it employs a clerk, but
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 csn till orders for
Lumber
Boxes, Wood
and Posts
ON SHORT NOTICB.
DAVIDSON FRUIT CO.
SHIPPER! Or
HQQD RIVER'S FIMS FRUITS.
PACKERS Of THS
Hood River Brand of Canned Fruits.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Boxes and Fruit Packages
DEALKKB IN
Fertilizers & Agricultural Implements
THE REGULATOR LINE.
Dalles, Portland & Astoria
Navigation Co.
COMMENCING JAN. 1, 11'02,
And continuing nntil March 1, 1902,
this company will have butonesteamet
running between The Dallas and Port
land: leaving The Dalles Monday.
Wednesday and Friday, aud Portland
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
STEAMERS
Regulator, Dalles Gty, Reliance.
WHITE COLLAR LINE.
The Dalles-Portland Route
Sir. " Tahoma,"
BstwMn Portland, Ths Dallas ana Waf Points
time card
Leaves Portland Mondavi, Wednesdays and
Fridays at 7 a. m. Arrives The Dalles, n.m
dar, 6 p. m.
leaves The Dalles Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Batiirdays, 7 a. m. Arrives for eland, lime day,
4 p. lu.
Thia rout has the grandest scenic attractions
on earth.
Sir. "Bailey Gatzert,"
Dally Round Trips, except Sunday.
TIME CARD.
Leave Portland... 7 a.m. I Leave Aatorla 7 a.m.
Landing and ofhee, loot of Alder street. Both
'phones, Main 361, Portland, Or.
E. W. CRICHTON, Agent, Portland.
JOHN M. FH.UION, Agent. The Dalles.
A. J. TAYLOR, Agent, Astoria.
J. C. WYA'iT, - ireiil, Vancouver.
WOI.FOKI) & wykkh, Agts , White Salmon.
K. U. UILBRKTU, Agent, Lyle, Wash.
PRATHER & HEMMAN,
Agouti at Hood River
Oregon
Shoit Line
and union Pacific
Darisr
TIME SCHEDULES
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Aaaiva
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Kanaaa City, 8t.
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tail
Mall and
fcipreas
IVM p. m.
Mall aaa
Kxpreas
t.iia.m.
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For San Franriaro
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Saturday
Mi Un p. m.
Cehnakla Rlnr
tUesttra.
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To Astoria and Way
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landings.
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and tri.
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