i CHAPTER VI. The last stroke at fight lii' out from the old clock in the hall as SeHtnn Dysart enters the drawing room. The extreme diuglnes and gloom of that melancholy apartment sinks Into him as he moves rather discontentedly, but with man s unfailing instinct, toward the hearth-rug It is not all gloom, however, as he pres ently discovers, in tbis dreary place. Some one rises languidly from a low euair- girl, a lovely girl, as he instantly admits and advances about the eighth part of j an nrrlinftrv font toward him. They are wonderfully alike, the father and son, and yet how wonderfully un like. It neems impossible that with ex pressions so utterly at variance so strong a resemblance can exist, yet It is there. The one, the old face, mean, cringing, suspicious, wicked; the other, cold, honor able, earnest and beautiful. The girl, watching him with distrust in her eyes, reluctantly acknowledged this last fact. 'Tut extremely sorry If I've kept you waiting for dinner," he says, advanciug at a quicker pace, once he sees the pretty plrl id white, and holdinfr out his hand. "But the fact is I was dreadfully tired when 1 arrived, and I'm rather afraid I fell asleep." "The day la warm," says she, coldly. The likeness to his father seems clearer to her as he speaks, and kills for her all the charm of his face. "Very; but I don't fancy my absurd fit of laziness arose from that. Kather from Die fact that I haven't had a wink of sleep for the last two nights." "Two nights!" says she with a faint accession of interest. "Toothache? Sick friend?" "Oh, no. Ball cards," returns he, con cisely. "Ah!" says she, this time rather short ly. "You are Grlselda, I suppose?" says he, pleasantly. "Why should you suppose it?" asks she, with a fuiut smile. "True. Why should I?" returns he, laughing. "1'erhups because," with a steady look at her, "I have been told that my cousin Griseldn is a person possessed of a considerable amount of of charac ter." "By that you menn that you have heard Griselda is self-willed," says she, calmly. "And as it is evideut you think 1 look the part also, I am afraid you must prepare yourself to meet two self-willed cousins I am not Griselda." If she had fancied that this announce ment would have put him out, she is un deceived in a moment. "No?" says he, looking distinctly amus ed. "There is comfort iu the thought that I cannot again fall into error, because you must be Vera." "Yes, I am Vera," slowly. "1 fear you will tind it very dull down here." "Your father has been very good to us; more than kind," Interrupt she, gently, but with decision, "lie has given, us a home." "1 should think he would be very glad to get yon here," says he. At this mo ment Griselda enters the room. A charm ing Urisr-lda, lu white, like her sister, and with a flower in her sunny hair. She trips up to Seaton and gives him her hand and a frank smile, that has just the cor rect amount of coquettish shyness in It. A man, to Griselda, no matter out of what obnoxious tribe he may have spruug, is always a creature to be gently treated, smiled upou and encouraged. "So you've come at lust to this Castle ot Denpair," says she, saucily. "I must ear, you took time to look us up. But 1 don't blame you; life down her is too live ly tor most. It has quite done up Vera and me." Tlie dismal sound of a cracked old din ner gong breaks in at this instant on Gri selda's speech. They all rise and cross the hall to the dining room, but just In side it a momentary hesitation takes place. Dysart going to the foot of the table. Vera stops short, as If in some surprise, to look at him, question in her eyes. "You will take the head of the table, I hope," says he, in a low tone, divining her perplexity. "But " quickly, and then a pause. "If you wish it, of course," she says, with a swift uplifting of the brows and an al most imperceptible shrug. iler manner somehow Irritates him. "I wish It, certainly," says he, coldly. "But I wish still more to see you do only that which you like." "1 have few likes and dislikes," replies she, still in that utterly emotionless tone; and sweeping past him, she seats herself at the head of the table. As for Griselda, the little jar In the so cial atmosphere around her goes by un- noticed, so overcome is she by the nn-1 wonted magnificence of the siirht before her. a decent dinner table at Urevcourt. ! Hhe looks round her and loses herself a little in the touch of fairyland the room presents. It is, as it were, an echo from, the pHst. a glimpse into the old life when ber father still lived, that she hardly knew was dear to her uutil she had lost it. The glitter of the silver, the glass, the intense perfume of the glowing Mow er, the rich tint of the fruits, all seem part of a dream; a sweet oue, too. Mr. Dysart is wondering why both girls should have taken so instantaneous a dis like to him. As a rule, women were civil enough; yet here were two to whom he was an utter stranger, and aggressive was the only word he could apply to their looks and words, though both were stu diously polite. "Do you stay long?" asks Griselda pres ently, looking at her cousin. "I don't know how you may view it. I leturn to town the day after to-morrowvery early on that day. Whether I must or must not work for my living Is a thing that does uot coucern me. 1 work you will hardly believe it in this prosaic age but I actually seek after fame. I should like to get on in my pro fession; to be more than a mere trifler." "You are charming." says Griselda, smcily. "Yon talk like a book a blue book. But yon have not told me why your father will not let us see anyone, why " "Griselda!" say Miss Dysart. a little sharply. She rise as she speaks, aud Dysart opens the door for her. As Griselda passes him he says, easily: "I canuot tell you everything at once, you see; but I dare say there will be time given me. As for my father, he is ec centric, and. I fear, hard to live with. But if ever I can help ynu. call on me." GriseMa gives him a smile for this, and follows her sister into the drawing room. "After all. he isn't half bad," she says. wi! a little nod. "I was right, however. Did you ever see a' (at her and son so like?" asks Vera, coldly. CHAPTER VII. "Well. I'm off." says Griselds. poking h-r pretty hsd into the summer house, where Vera sits reading. It is next day. n.l . l ,r t. .-.? .lav nn "I'or jour ramble." says Vera, laying down her book. "o you won t take my advice? Verv good. Go on. and you'll see that, you won't prosper." Her tone is half gay, half serious. "And don't be lentf." entreats Vera, with a sudden rush of anxiety. "Don't, now. Yes. I'm in deadly earnest. There is that man all over :he p ace, let loose, as it were, for niy d eeomf.ture. and if he turns op In th.s part of the world I (appose I shall have to ta.k to him. v:rm VS.' .Y'r.rtW .11 "What a calamity!" sayfcOrisclda, with a little feigned drooping of her month. "In this barren wilderness even manna may be regarded fcitb. rapture even Sea tou! Better any luau than no man, say I." "So say not I, thou," with great spirit. She has leaned forward upon her elbow, and ber eyes are brilliant with a little suspicion of anger. "CJive me a desert Isluud rather than the society of a man whom I know it will require cnly time to teach me to detest. And how you can call him so familiarly 'Seaton,' passes my- A pause! An awful pause. Who is It that has turned the comer of the summer house, and is looking in at them with a curious expression round his mouth? Gri selda is the tirst to recover. "Isn't it absurd?" she says, smiliug rather lamely. "But I assure you, Sea ton, your sudden appearance quite took away my breath. You should stamp when you come to a house like this. The grass all round is so thick "Too thick!" says Dysart, with a swift glance at Vera, who has lost all her color. "For the future I shall try to remember. I am very sorry I startled you." He has addressed himself entirely to Griselda, unless that one lightning glance of con temptuous reproach cast at Vera could be counted. "But I was on my way to one of the farms, and this is the lowest, the nearest path to It. I shall never cease to regret" here he stops dead short, and turns his eyes unreservedly on Vera "that I did not take the upper one." He makes both girls a slight bow, and walks swiftly onward on the ' unlucky path he bad chosen. "Oh, Vera, do something!" cries Grisel da, in a small agony of consternation, clasping her hands. Vera, thus admon ished, springs to her feet, awl, driven half by honest shame and half by im pulse, rushes out of the summer house and runs after Dysart as he is fast dis appearing through the shrubs. Reaching him, punting and pale with agitation, she lays her band timidly upon his arm. "I am so grieved," she says, her charm ing face very pained, her lips white. "There are momenta when one hardly knows what one says, and--" "There are snch moment's, eertainly," says he, interrupting her remorselessly. "But they can hardly be classed with those in which the calm confidences of one sister are exchanged with the other. And why should you apologise? I assure you, yon need not. I do not seek for or desire anything of the kind." It almost seems to her that be has shaken her hand from bis arm, Draw ing back, she sees him proceed upon his way, and then returns to Griselda. .. "I really think I hate him," says Vera, vehemently. . The recollection of his con temptuous glance, the way in which he had disdained her apology above all, that slight he had offered her when he had displaced her hand from his arm all rankle in her breast, and a hot flow of shame renders her usuully pale face bril liant. "There, never mind him," she savs. with a little frown. "He is not staying long, fortunately, and this episode will bear good fruit of one sort at least. He will not trouble me with his society while you are away. Iow hurry, Uriselda, do." Griselda, with a light laugh, drawn Ir resistibly by the gorgeous loveliness of the lights and shadows of the land below. runs down the pathway and is soon lost to view. When she returns over an hour later she discovers to her amazement, that Vera is still in it. "You are miserable about that wretch ed affulr of the morning," cries Griselda. "Never mind it. If you will come to din ner I promise you to do all the talking, and as it has to be endured I do entreat you to keep tip your spirits." "Oh, yes. There isn't a decent chance of escape," says Vera, wearily. '"Sh!" cries Griselda, softly, putting up her hand; the -sound of coming foot steps, slow, deliberate footsteps purpose ly made heavier, smites upon their ears. "oGod heavens! Here he is," says Griselda, and Indeed they have barely time to put on a carefully unconscious demeanor, when Senton Dysart darkens the door of the summer bouse, and looks coldly down on them. "They told me I should find you here," he says, speaking to Vera. "I have come to say good-by." - "But surely you are not going so soon not before amner, not to-night; cries Griselda, thunderstruck by this solution of their difficulty, and a little sorry, too. "I am going now. Good-by," holding out his hand to her with a determination not to be changed. Griselda lakes it and shakes it genially, nay, warmly. His lui mor is decidedly hostile, and if be ac- ouaints the old father or their incivility Anything to propitiate him, all tolls her- self' wi" be ,he correct thing, and she grow positively friendly toward him, .nd beams upon him with gentle entreaty " lur y "If you must go, do us one service first," she says. "Do you see that rose?" a rather unkempt and straggling speci men of ita kind that trails in unadmired disorder just outside the door. "It has bullied me many a time, but yon are tall, oh, taller than most; will you lift these awkward tendrils, aud press them back into shape She is smiling divinely at him, a smile that Tom Peyton would have given sov eral years of bis life to possess; but Dy salt is disgracefully unmoved by it, and, refusing to return it, steps outside, and, with a decidedly unwilling air, proceeds to lift the drooping tendrils and reduce them to order. Griselda, naturally a girl of great re source, seizes the opportunity she has herself provided. Catching .Vera's arm, she draws ber back out of sight. "Now's your time!" she says. "Say something. IK) something. It doesn't matter what, but for heaven's sake smooth him down one way or another! If you don't you'll have the old man down upon us like" "1 can't," gasps Vera, fearfully. "You must," iuslsts Griselda, sternly "It's impossible to know what sort of man he is. If revengeful, be eaa play old Harry with us!" Without waiting to explain what par ticular game this may mean, or the full significance thereof, she steps lightly out side and gazes with undisguised rapture upon Dysai t's work. Dysart returns to the summer house with all the nianuer of one in mad baste to be gone. It is merely a part of an un pleasaut whole, he tells himself, that be must first say a chillingly courteous word or two of farewell to the girl who has openly declared toward bim such an un dying animosity. "I am afraid." says Vera, speaking with cold precision, as one delivering her self of an nnloved lesson, "that yon are going away thus abruptly because ot what you beard me say this morning. "You are right. That is why linp- ing, replies Dysart.dtalmly. "Yes?" in a chilling tone, and with faintly lifted brows. "I regret exceed iugly that I should have so unfortunates? oCtend yon, but to go for that it all sounds a little trivial, don't you think T "Not by rning. I think. I don't see how I can do otherwise. Why should 1 make you uncomfortable? But yon may rail it trivial if yon tike, to talk of detesting a man you have ouly seen for an hour or two, and who la those hour " He pauses. "Did I make myself so specially objectionable?" demands he, abruptly, turning to her with something that is s-m-cly auger, but as surely entreaty. In his eyes. , . ( ,"A4 I, told you before," indifferently, "one says foolish tbiogs now and then." Would you have me believe you did not really mean what you said?" "I would not have you believe any thing," returns slie naughtily. "1 only think It a pity that you should curtail your visit to your father because a chance remark of mine that cannot pos sibly affect yoi in any way." , u "Is that how you look at It?" "Is there any other way? Why should you care whether or not I detest you I, whom you saw for the first time yester day?" Vby, indeed!" He regards her ab sently, as if trying te? work out In' his own npud the answer to this question, aud then, suddenly: "Nevertheless, I do care," he aaya, with a touch of vehemence. "It la the injustice of it to which I object. You hud evidently determined beforehand to show me no grace. I defy you to deny it! Come, can you?" Miss Dysart is silent. The very Im petuosity of bis accusation has deadened her power to reply, and besides, is there not truth in it? Had she not prejudged? "By the bye," he sdjs, "I am afraid you will have to put op with me for a few hours every week. I shall promise to make them as short aa 1 possibly can. But my father likes to see me every sev eu day or so, and I like to see him. Do you think," a slight smile crossing his face, "you will be able to live through ;t?" "I have lived through a good many things," say Vera,- her dark eyes aflame. "That gives you a chance here; prac tice makes perfect. I am sorry to be obliged to Inconvenience you so far, but if I stayed away, I am afraid my father might want to know why. He might even be so? absurd as to miss me." "Why should you take it for granted that I desire your absence?" cries Vera, her voice vibrating with anger. ; "Come, remain, or stay away -forever what is It to me?" ... ,. '-. And It was thns that they parted. , (To be continued.) " KEEPING YOUNQ. German Mother of Tea Did It nth. Her "Von Little Nap." v The secret of prolonged youth or a part of the secret seems to be reveal ed In"' the modified form of "restcure" described by Clarissa Sergeant in Har per's Bazar. She pictures a little Ger man woman, the mother of ten chil dren. She was as fresh In color as a girl, her hair without a touch of gray, her face without a wrinkle, and she felt, I am sure, as she certainly looked, far younger than I. So I asked her, Anal ly : 'How do you keep so fresh and young with all your great family?" She looked at me a moment, and then laughed ber merry little laugh. You aee," she said, "I haf my von little naps." ' Your what?" I asked, puzzled to un derstand her. 'My von little naps," she repeated. But tell me, I do not understand," I said. 'Vy so," she said, In her pretty broken English, "aboud twelf o'clock, or maybe von or maybe two, as you like Is besser, I takes de baby, vlch ever lss de baby, and I goes to de room aud takes my naps." "But If the baby won't sleep at that time?" I objected. She shrugged her shoulders. "Oh, be sleep all right" "But there are so many things to do while the baby sleeps," I went on. "I vll haf my naps," was her smiling answer. 'But," I urged, "supposing some thing happens to the other - children while you and the baby are asleep?" Then she did stare at me. "There could not noting happen to dose children vorse dan I not get my von little naps," she said, Indignantly. I gave It up. This closed the argu ment. And the writer hands on the advice to all other tired mothers to try the little naps, even If It upsets to a de gree methodical housekeeping. Method Is good, but If It comes to be a whip which makes rest Impossible, It should be dropped. r .' r Not to Be Balked. A comparison made by an old car penter twenty years ago may be ap plied In a much wider sense than be had In mind. He was speaking of two boys, brothers, who had been sent to him to learn the trade.' They were bright boys, and their father, In telling the carpenter of his pleasure at their progress in their work, said he could not see but one hand bad done just as well as the other. "TJra-m!" said the carpenter. "I pre sume to say their work looks about of a piece, but I'll tell you the difference betwixt those two boys. You give Ed Just the right tools, and he'll do a real good Job; but Cy, If he hasn't got what he needs, he'll make bis own tools, and say nothing about It. "If I was caBted on a desert Island and wanted a box opened, I should know there'd be no use asking Ed to do It, without -I 'could point him out a hammer. VBut Cyt" added the old carpenter, with a snap of his fingers. "The lack of a hammer wouldn't stump that boy! He'd have something rigged up and that box opened, If there was any open to It! I expect Cy's going to march ahead of Ed all his life." Twenty years have proved the truth of the words, for while the boy who "made bis own tools" It rich, his broth er Is still an ordinary workman. Hen Didn't Have to Work. Thackeray's "Book of Snobs," com prehensive though It Is, would have been broadened and enriched by this anecdote, which Is Indefinitely credited to "an English newspaper:" A young woman of Sheffield came In to a fortune and promptly hunted up a country house, where she played the role of chatelaine to the manner born according to her own Ideas of the part. One day some of her old-time friend came to see her, and she condescended to show them all over the place. "What beautiful chlckensf exclaim ed the visitors, when they came to the poultry-yard. "Yes. All prize birds!" haughtily ex plained the hostess. "Do they lay every day?" "Oh, they could, of course; but" grandiloquently, "In our position It Isn't necessary for them to do so." Hi. Neeit. Tbe girl had just expressed her In tention ef resigning to be married. "Well," said her employer, bitterly, "If the young man needs a typewriter wor40than 1 do, I soppose It's all right". "He doesn't," she replied pOmptly. "but he need a housekeeper worse than you do a typewriter." Phlladj phia Call. At men are said to lead live and fol- low occupation, tbe performance a whole would appear tobtt game of Ug. Purtoalty I on of the form, of feral- nine bravery. Victor Hugo, KATING, say the men who deal In ?S skates and skating shoes, tippets l-' aud other things which skaters re quire, has take decided upward turn In the last few years. Skates were never before so cheap. Fifteen years ago the boy who bad a pair of "club" skates, which fastened with the magic clamp and had -none of the heartbreaks of heel plate and toe straps, was looked upon with veneration and awe by his comrades. The skates came high and most of the boys had to content themselves with look ing at them through the windows of the stores. Now the strap skate is long since banished and the "full club" skate can be bought for 20 cents a pair. Of course the dealers do not recommend the quarter skates to be full tempered steel, but they have the patent attachment for heel and toe and that satisfies the average small boy. This year the sporting goods houses are showing a more complete liue of so-called racing skates than ever before, says the Chicago Chronicle. Year after year those who go in for the sport have observed that the fast fellows, the racers who break records, wore long, thln-bladed skates, some running as high as elghteeu or twenty inches in length. These were gradually taken up by skaters who had no desire to go out after records, but who wanted to be iu the swim, and now they are quite the thing. But in feminine eyes, as usual, the question of the skates themselves 1 of secondary importance to the unending one of costume. What to wear on the Ice is what bothers most of the girls who go in for skating. Many of the modistes are showing pretty skating costumes which will be worn at the rinks of the skating clufcs, where society goes gliding. How- TRICKS OF RACING MEN. Various Methods used to Affect ths Running of Horses. Horse racing ou'eis so many oppor tunities to gain uurnlr advantage with the promise of large financial returns that unscrupulous men are always to be found who are willing to risk dis covery and disgrace for the chonce of reaching the coveted prize. This has always been so, and they will be ottl cluls of rare wisdom who In the future can make it Impossible. Turf scandals have been known ever since horses were tirst brought Into speed contests. Bridles with poison on the bits have accounted for many defeats of splendid thoroughbreds by Inferior animals. This Is a crude meth od, however, and Is now seldom resort ed to even by those of the most brutal lustlncts. At one time a trainer wish ing to accomplish a coup lu the hotting ring would select a thoroughbred known to be capable and enter hliu for a race In the running of which he would wear what are known as boots on the fore legs. These boots would be heavily weight ed with shot, and would so anchor the horse's feet that he would show far beneath his true worth. This operation might be repeated until a time would come when a raid would be made upon the bookmakers ("layers of odds" they are now called). With the wagers prop erly made the heavy boots would be removed aud the thoroughbred would run away from horses that had pre viously defeated him with ease. This came to be looked upon as a clumsy method, fraught with unneces sary danger. Then a scheme was cre ated for using soft metal between the hoof and the shoe. Loss of speed would result and the reversal would come after the horse hud been reshod in n proper manner. Vigilant racing offi cials soon discovered the secret of this piece of dishonesty, and It, too, became unpopular. It was nearly a decade ago that mys terious 8toi les began to be told about saddles with electric battery attach ments, and the wonderful speed devel oped by their use. A few such saddles have been made and used, but not many. I be drugging of horses was tuuud to be sater aud more effective. Drenching was first resorted to. Just before being sent to the starting post the horse was given a dose, carefully estimated as to quantity, of whisky, brandy, or some similar liquor. The result would bo a stimulation of strength and speed, unless an overdose was given or the start was so long de layed that the effect wore away. In either of the lust uamed circum stances the liquor would accomplish Just the opposite of what was desired. This method of drenching Is still some times resorted to, although it Is now looked upon as crude. At one time the Jockey Club ruled against It and pun ished all offenders vigorously. Now It is regarded more leniently, and some owners "drench" their horses, without any attempt to keep their methods se cret Almost every dishonest trainer has his own favorite drug and his own method of administering It. Horsed tuat Butter because or weakness or sore ness of the forelegs receive local appli cations of anesthetics that result in their hammering along over a hard track without feellug the pain that would be theirs hud they not received the attention of the veterinary surgeon. In defense of this practice the argu ment is advanced that the thorough bred has been saved unnecessary pain. The crime lies iu the act of running horse tbut Is physically unfit to com pete. Kucalne Is the drug now generally used as an anesthetic to be applied to the forelegs. Bandages are wrapped about the legs above the ankle Joiut and these are saturated with the drug about forty-five minutes before the time set for the race. The ordinary process of absorption accomplishes the rest A horse o lame that he can hardly hobble will go prancing to the post a tnougn ne una never known a pain. He Is not In a condition to protect him self, and la In great danger of breaking a leg. Such an accident often happen after eucalne has been administered Oue of the tragedies that cost the life of a promising Jockey Is generaly be- lie ed to nave been due to the deaden ing effect produced upon the forelegs of the lad mount by eucalne. It la al most Impossible to use bandage upon the hind lega. for which reason a spray of ether, cocaine, and eucalne la used. These methods are not Intended to In crcti -t speed, but merely to render the thoroughbred oblivious to pain. For the purpose of increasing speed a preparation, of which cocaine la the ma,n Ingredient la used, being; admin ktered bvpoderuilcally. The Injection u often ma1 of the Jaw. From j Point tbe drug It taken up more ! rapiuiy a on, a quicker etlect I obtained. tborougbWed are Just a. susceptible I SKATING AGAIN BECOMING A to the drug habit as are human Deings. When a horse has run a couple of races under the effect of cocaine or any other stimulant it Is Impossible Tor hlni to do himself justice unless he has had the Injectlou, which renews bis vigor. Methods of drugging to Increase speed have been here described. To produce the opposite effect It Is only necessary, as has been pointed out, to neglect the use of the stimulant to which the thoroughbred has beeu ac customed. In case the horse is not what is knowu as a "dope fiend" It is possible to render him slow and slug gish by the administration of lauda num. This is not often done. No attempt is ever made to conceal the fact that a horse has been "nerved." That means that a thoroughbred with a hoof diseased beyond cure passes under the surgeon's knife. The nerves In the leg are cut aud the animal then mny run for a time without pain. Inevit ably the hoof begins to rot, and In time It simply drops off. On race tracks "DOTING" A HORSK horses have more than once been seen hobbling borne on three legs, having thrown off a foot In the effort to. lie first under the wire. THE RIGHT TO VOTE. In England It Is Withheld from Many Fnll-FledKcd Citizens. There are many full-fledged English citizens who are disqualified from membership In Parliament and from taking any part lu parliamentary elec tions. Thus all peers of the realm (ex cept these Irish peers wbo do uot hap pen to have been elected for life to represent their order in the House of Lords), are barred from the exercise of franchise. Ko, too, are police otiiciais, blgb and low; they neither have a vote nor are they eligible. Ineligibility to Parliament extends to the Anglh-un clergy, to Scottish Presbyterian minis ters, and to the Roman Catholic priest hood. Undischarged bankrupts, and those convicted of felony, aud who have not completed their sentences, and are merely freed on tickets of leave are likewise disqualified from election to Parliament; ao. too. are young men under the age of 21. and persona who. having been Judicially de clared Insane, have not been legally restored to tbelr civic rights and privi leges. Insanity, however, does not constitute any disqualification In the case of the upper bouse of Parliament Lunatic are permitted to take part in the divisions In the gilded chamber, and at the time when the Irish borne rule bill, enacted by the House of Com mons, was defeated by the Hone of Lords, do les than three crazy peer were brought down to Westminster by their keepers from the Insane asylums In which they were held mirier r J stralnt. and voted a hereditary Ie?: ..tor. aga.ns, home rule being g:.nte,l ' AN UNEXPECTED RESURRECTION ArsaenUa Left for Dead Comet to Life ia Charca. A few weeks ago an Armenian, while w.lklug In tbe bazaar of AJuna. In Asia Minor, fell on the pavement In a lit Tbe peuple In b!a vicluuy. tnJ.ng him miconcU,u. ent ror the uiuulcl- POPULAR WINTER SPORT. ' 1 sRlU WW pnl physician, who examined him and certified that he was dead. He was recognized as being an Ar menian, so his body was handed over to the authorities of a neighboring Ar menian church. There was not enough money In his pockets to pay for the ex pense of his burial, so the authorities postponed the funeral to the next day, by which time they hoped to collect enough money from charitable Arme nians. The body was put In a coffin aud left In a tomer of the church. At night, however, the man returned to his senses, and, finding himself In a coffin, the narrowest of all prisons, be gan to shriek wildly. His voice ond the clattering of the coffin awoke the priest and attendants, who were sleep ing In an adjacent building. They were terrified, but eventually they en tered the church, and. perceiving whence the cries proceeded, rescued the man. Early next morning the latter went MAR witcTio.1 npvtn BEFORE A RACK. imo u cotlin shop, where, by a sirange coincidence, the first person he met was tlm limn t,-lin h,i,l Inllleil im hl enflln the night before. The latter took him for a ghost, and fled precipitately, shouting for help the while. The Ar menian rushed upon him, and, seizing him, demanded pecuniary satisfaction 'or the diimcge done to his clothes In the process of putting him in the coffin. The undertaker took courage on find ing that the Armenian was not a ghost at all, and retorted by demanding pay ment for the cotiin ond for his trouble the night before. The dispute was ad judicated by the other people in the colfin shop, says the London Mall's Con stantinople correspondent, apparently not to the. Armenian's satisfaction, for, having come to the conclusion that A claim Is hardly a healthy spot for him, he has removed to another town. BRITISH WASPS NOT DANGEROUS Rarely Use Tbelr St lima Have in Belf lcfcnnc. The common wasp, as a rule, keeps its sting ror self-defense. It will bite a fly In two with its jaws If It gets In Its way on a window pane, but It does not use Its sting even w hen trying to rob a bet-hive, and "tackled" by the bees. The latter will push a wasp away five or sli times, bustling hi in off the footboard, without provoking It to sting. Rut If a bee endeavors to sting the wasp. It then grapplea with It and stings back, killing or benumbing tbe Insect almost at mice. British wasps are fussy and exclta- bie, but not vicfoua. like many pf the j Indian wild bees. However crowded ' or uncomfortable they may le. they very rnrely quarrel with or sting each ether, ss. for ltit:ince. when a numlier are ou the same window pane, fretting ; ' , j they become actively aggressive, and j "' rnle """ ' uot lS"n j till the peroa who excite their fear interpose t.etv ren tl.em and the eu- t:('itt to the next. A setter deg Wa not'eed to turn sml Lite itelf. wliim- peril. g nltli pa n. Ju-t a the party were sitting down to a sliootii.g lunch- eon In the slle or a wco l iu lorkibir). av. the Loudon Mwi-taior. ever, a special costume, of course. Is not essential to run on the Ice. Society has taken up skating Vlth vim of late year and a number of skat ing club have been formed which con duct private rink where the well cos tume of the ladie will be seen. The indoor skating is popular with those who four to face the north wind, but the trim skater want outdoor skating with frost in the air aud snow on the ground and a chance to get pueuuionia going borne. Winter sport of vrious kind have been looking up in Chicago of late year ami the men who sell sporting goods ay that hockey is obtubiing a foothold. This healthful .exercise, which Is practically shinny played on the Ice, requires hockey stick which look ii! golf sticks, a "puck" or object ball made of rubber and usually hockey skates, which are screw eft to the shoe. The game require such fast skating, rapid turns and sudden stops that ordinary clamps do not prove satisfactory aud those who follow the game with much "Interest provide them selves with specially strong shoes, to which the skate are attached peruia nently. The toboggan never obtained much standing in Chicago owiiig to the neces sity for buildiug artificial hills down which to shoot the flying sledges. The natural formation of the ground lu ond around the city is against the success of tobogganing aud the public slides, at which au admission fee is charged, never attracted society people, although they were liberally patronized by those wbo went out more for fun than to display swell toboggan costumes. However, the dealers say the sport is not dead iu Chi cago by any means. The dog, being tired, had lain down on the hole of a wasp's nest, and five or six of the yellow Insects were sting lug It at once; but they did not touch the persons sitting close by. Marriage Among Australian Savages Ethnological experts agree that with most Australian tribes every woman is betrothed In Infancy, or even In an ticipation of her birth. Accordlug to some mysterious law of their own this Is arranged by the old men of the family, the women having no voice in the mntter. The age of the proposed husband Is not taken Into consideration, so that It frequently happens by the time the girl Is of a marriageable age her Intended Is an old man. If In the meantime some younger man has set his heart upon her this means a fight, lu which the uufortunate bride-to-be. as she Is dragged, away, is certain to come In for a share of the blows which the rival suitors deal out to each other. In some of the coast districts, where not all the girls are promised In In fancy, the betrothal of a young wom an to a man who follows the occupa tion of a fisherman compels her to lose the first joint of the little finger of her left bond. This slow and pain ful operation Is performed by a stout string bound tightly around the Jolut an engagement ring with which oue would willingly dispense! A mar riage license, equally unique. Is com mon In some sections, where the chief gives to the prospective groom a pe culiarly knotted string, possessing which he Is free to seek the wife of his choice. Woman' Home Companion. He t h.inj:ea His Mind. In his article nn "The Community of Zoar" In .he Wonuin's Home Com panion London Knight writes as fol lows of the founder's attitude toward marriage: During the first years of his admin 1st rat Ion Bluieler openly opposed mar riage, and devoted many long "in spired" discourses to showing the sin fulness of the relation, but finally he fell a victim to the dimples mid smiles of a village beauty, andjie immediate ly mounted his pulpit and candidly ac knowledged In effect that his wires of Inspiration were probably crossed and he had received the wrong message. Where marriage had languished It nt once grew popular, for the benedict now held forth even more eloquently concerning the beatitude of the rela tion than he bad assailed It when act ing under the false message. In his old age his enthusiasm concerning the married estate wns such as to sub ject him to the- charge of being a matchmaker, from which we may In fer that his own union was happy, for he was a sincere, earnest nnd helpful rol,n nnd togelher incapable of glr lng advice from the same motives that actuated the short-tailed fox. Plntt as a Qullibler. Senator Tlatt of New York Is the most noncommittal man In the upper house of Congress. He never makes a statement without qualifying It George Gorhani. the farmer secretary of the Senate, met the senior Renntor from New York In the committee-room occupied by tbe latter the other day. Greetings were exchanged. "Well, Senator, how are you dajF said Mr. Gorham. "I am not as strong as a horse, am not as weak as a cat," was to- but the reply. Washington Times. Empty Oceana. It has been computed b.y geogra phers that If the sea were emptied of its water and all the rivers of the earth were to pour their present flood Into the vacant space allowing noth ing for evaporation, 40,000 year would be required to bring the water of the ocean up to Its present level. To Offset 8t Louis' Heat. An air-cooling system on vast scale Is to be tried at the St Louis Exposi tion. Great fan will bring down a current of cold air from a height of 800 , feet titoYt ,ue eartD an(j t 0Ter tlie ground, on hot day. Lessen, tbe Cost of Grain. It la said that automobiles have ao cheapened the cost of harvesting grain In the Immense California UVIds that wheat can be raised at less actual coat than in thl Argentine Republic. When a man keep "going" to see girl be doesn't care for. It I. because ef his conceit: be think she lore him so much that the will kill herself. If he quit. It Is not till after a man baa married a woman that he bear, her express any fear of "losing ber individual Ity" Wrinkle tell tbe story of age to ' hose who are able to read between tbe llnea. O GEO; P. CROWELL, 0 Successor to E. L. Smith, Oldest Established House ill the valley .J DEALER IN Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Flour and Feed, etc. This old-eetal.lifihed honse wi 1 con tinue to pay cash for all its goods; it pays no rent; it employs a clerk, but does not have to divide with a partner. All divi'lends are niai with customers in the way ol reasonable prices. Davenport Bros. Are running their two mills, plsner nd box fsetoiy, ud can till orders lor Lumber Boxes, Wood and Posts ON SHORT N0T1CK. THE REGULATOR LINE. Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation Co. COMMENCING JAN. 1. ISO-', And continuing until March 1, 11)02, this company will have but one steamer running between The Dalles and Tort land; leaving. The Dalles Monday, Wednesday and Friilay, and Portland Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. STEAMERS Regulator, Dalles City, Reliance. WHITE COLLAR LINE. The Dalles-Portland Route Str. " Tahoma," BtisiHR Portland, The Dalles and Way Points TIME CARD Leave Portlaud MoikIhvs. Wedm'mlnjs and FridKjsst 7 s. m. Arrives The Dulles', nine day, 6 p. m. leaves The Dalles Tnesdays, Thursdays and Bauirdsys, 7 a. m. Arrives Purllaiia.iaine duv, 4 p. m. This route hs the grandest scenic attractions on earth. Sir. "Bailey tiatzert," Bslly Round Trips, except Sunday. TIME CARD. Leave Portland. ..7 a.m. I Leave Astoria 7 a.m. landing and nftice, foot ol Alder street. Both 'phones, Slain Ml, Portland, Or. E. W. CRICHTON, Agent, Portlsnd. JOHN M. FILLOON, Ajn-iit. The Dalles. A. J. TAYLOR, Agent, Astoria. . J. C. WYATT, .gent, Vancouver. ' WOLFOKD A WYKKS, Agu.. White Salmon. K. B. GII.UKKTH, Ageut, I.ylo, Waah. PRATHER & HEM MAN, Agonts at Hood River Oregon Shot Line and union Pacific His!' From Hood altar. A"'T inlt Lake, Denver, Chicago I Ft. Worih.Omaha, Portland Speclsl I Kanfcai (Mtv, St. Special ll:ii. m. Lniiii.Chicugound SiUop.m. Kat. I j Walla Walls Lewis. Spokane toii,Si,iniiie.Min. Portland Flyer neapulis.Ht Paul, Flyer l:Z7 p.m. Imliith. Miluau- 4:80a.m. kt,t'l,icKoAKa(l ;Blt Lake, Denver, Mall snd Ft. Worth.! miaha, Mali and Kxpreu Kan-ai City, St. Kipreis II:!.' p.m. LouiM'aii'agoaud t.Ua.m. Last. OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE fKOM I'UKTLAMU. IMO p.m. All tailing date 4:00 s.ss. subject to change For San Franclneo bail every i days Dally Celuaibia River 4 00 am. rw'J.'.'mV - . Binder heiurday To Aalnrla and Way Mi w p. m. Landings. : VMIItaette Sl.tr. ' 4:a m ki. ounday Oregon City, New. ka.SusJaf brg, Kniem, linle-iit-nilcnce 4 if -JUjmgS' j 7:0 a. sb. )Hlaais a Tsav l:r.n. Tnea . Ihur.l kill ki.trt. Won., Wed. snd Sat. ,,, TtU Oreion Cliy, pay. ton, A nay Laud. Ingv 45 m- K!awt!e Rim. 4 8 p.m. Jr Hon., Wed. aadBal Portland to Corral. sad FrL lit A Way Lam). . l. Rlparta s Kirra. j l? uWmo :iS!,m- RIrUtLa-i,ioa! tern. . 1m"y 1 J daily Fot low rat and other information writ la A. L. CRAIQ, S I'aw-nici Afeul. Portland. Or. t. BAI... .', seat, Um-4 Kiter. o