i
. 1 1 I
A GHOST IN AFRICA.
HAUNTS THE GENERAL POSTOF-
FICE IN CAPE TOWN.
CHAPTER XIV. (Continued.)
"So, o you were spying on me!" crlet
he, In little gasps. "What brought you,
eh?,' That door below was locked hat
been locked for fifty years. Is there
conspiracy airauitt mo, then, that you
ran thu force yourself into my presence,
In pit-of bolts and bars?"
"The 'lock gar way," ttammert Vera;
'Ht must have been old. broken by age,
rutty. I had Bothlng to do. It was by
the merest cbanee 1 cam here. 1 am
sorry, sorry." ( Her voice dies in her
tbront.
"I don't believe it: there Is Wore that
you keep behind. Speak, girl; speak, I
command you! 'Who showed you the
way here?" ''
"I have told yon," says Vera, tremu
lously; "you must believe me. If I had
known I should not hove come. I I am
sorry I have so frightened you, but "
"Who says I am frightened?" He turns
upon her with a bitter scowl and a pierc
ing glance. "Why should I care about
being disturbed when I was merely Idling
away a dull hour by looking through my
own will?" ' '
"Yours?" asks Vera, Innocently enough.
"Ay, whose else?" he asks, with a
snarl of anger. "What do you mean,
girl? Do yon doubt my word? Whose
else should it be eh, eh? Go, leave me,"
cries he, furiously; "and cursed be the
day you ever saw my house!"
He waves to ber to leave him, and,
more unnerved than she has ever been
In. all her life before, she retreats behind
the heavy curtain and runs with all her
might down the dark corridor without,
down the steep stairway, and to out into
the passage into the hall.
CHAPTER XV.
, . . Going to where Tom Peyton Is dill
gently weeding, Griselda takes him to
task.
" "Why didn't you tell me your sister
j was the sweetest woman on earth de-
' tunnels she, in quite an aggrieved tone.
.- "Because she isn't," says Tom, striv
ing with a giant dock that has treacher-
. ously concealed Itself beneath the spread
ing leaves of a magnificent dahlia; "you
are that."
"Nonsense!" tays Griselda; and then,
"Oh, Tom! what do you think she is
going to do at once? She Is going to
make an effort to induce Uncle Gregory
to let Vera and me stay with her at The
Friars!- Only fancy if the tucceeds!
" Wasn't It perfectly lovely of her to think
of it?"
"Oh, she isn't bad," says her brother,
broadly; "but may I ask how she pro
poses tackling the old gentleman?" -
"Through Sea ton."
"If Benton helps her "
The words die on his lips, hit jubilant
air forsakes him having turned a cor
ner of the secluded pathway they bad
chosen, they run right into the armt of
Seaton Dysart! For a moment tha two
men gaze blankly into each other's eyet.
"What Is the meaning of this masque-
tie Flossy, mildly; "perhapt that't why
he won't marry you."
"It was true, then,"- thinks Vera. A
great sense of disgust rises up within
her, swallowing all other thoughts. And
vet he would have forsworn himself!
Would have nay. he would do to still
Oh, the shamelesROess of itl
Perhaps something of her secret scorn
communicates itself to bim, because even
in the midst of his apparently engross
ing conversation he lifts his head abrupt
ly and his eyes seek hers, and read tbem
as though he would read ber soul.
And then a curious light. Sashes Into
hit face. He makes a movement, quick
ungoverned, as though be would rise and
go to her. but, even as he does to, some'
one steps out from the shadows behind
her, and, bending over her, holds out his
hand a yonng man, tall, well favored,
smiling, with an air about biin of sud
den, warm delight.
"You remember me" he saya, to dis
tinctly that Seaton can hear him across
the room. To tniuk that 1 should have
the happiness of meeting you here to
day and after so many vain inquiries,
How it brines back the past to see you
Venice, Rome, that last carnival. Vera,
say you are glad to see me!
Some people walking past tbem, and
suddenly standing still, obliterate them
from Seaton't view, but when next he
looks the stranger Is sitting beside her,
and Vera, with flushed cheeks and bril
liant eyes, full of an unmistakable wel
come, is murmuring to him in low, toft
tones.
"Who it the man talking to my
cousin?" asks Seaton, Indicating Vera
companion by a slight gesture, and
speaking in a tone so changed that Mist
Butler involuntarily littt her head to look
at him.
"Lord Shelton," the tayt. "George
Sandes he was. Don't you know him?
Great hunting man. He came in for the
title about eight months ago. That
brought him back from his big game In
the East,
Peculiar Apparition It Been by Bev
cral Member of- the Niaiit Force,
and Appear to Bo a Spirit of Soma
Malignity and Great Activitjr.
I have Just arrived In Eugland from
Cape Tow n, and during my ttay there
I beard a cunoug ghost story, wimu
was, and still Is, causing considerable
aensatlou In the place. ibe general
postofflce. a fine four-storied building
In Adderly street, the principal tuor-
ouglifare. Is haunted by a genuine
spook. Most people would consider
that South Africa Is too modern anu
co-ahead a locality for such oldfusu-
CHAPTER XVI.
In the last four days Peyton bat mys
teriously disappeared, no one knows
whither, except perhaps Uriselda,,bis sis
ter and two others. "North" he was go
ing, he said to inquiring friends. To-day,
however, he has turned up again, admira
bly dressed as ever, and as radiant as
rood conscience should make any man.
"I'm so glad Tom has got back In
time," says Griselda. "I quite feared
Uncle Gregory would be too many for
him. Vera, what makes you look like
that, darling? Now tell me what it
that hat annoyed you."
"I must be mad to be annoyed," sayt
Vera, with angry telf-contempt.
"Seaton again?"
"It It always Seaton," with an increase
of her irritation, "when it isn't hit fath
er. ' Was there no other path Into which
fate could have flung me, except this?
and sell the old plant or parts of It
Here would be a second-band smoke
stack. Second-hand stacks are bought
by various users. It may be that the
smokestack: of an establishment is
worn out and that the boiler Is not and
that a serond-hnnd stack would last
out the life of the boiler. In such a
case the user would get a second-band
stack If he could find one suitable. Second-hand
stacks tuny be used with va
rious temporary plants set up by con-,
tractors ami others. A smokestack may
be blown down In a windstorm and
the user supply the place of It with one
bought second baud.
A steel or .Iron stack costs about balf
as much as a brick stack. A second
band Iron stack costs about balf as
much as a new one. Stacks of metal
are made now usually of steel. The
steel used costs now less than wrought
Iron. There Is tfn Increasing use of
steel Instead of brick stacks. Steel
stacks up to six and seven feet In di
ameter would be classed as portable
loned visitations, but the followlug Is
the story, told by one of the telephone gtack9; larger stacks would be of a
operators, a member of the Cape Civil permanent character. Steel
Service:
One night about the end of October
last, be was sitting In front of bis
switchboard the time was near mid
night, and very few calls were being
made at that hour when he was sud
denly aroused by a knock. Receiviug
no answer to his Inquiry of "Whos
smokestacks are now made up to elgb
teen feet In diameter. Very large
smokestacks niny be llued with brick.
Second-hand smokestacks up to two
feet In diameter are likely to be found
In stock In the yard of the dealer In
second-hand bollert and machinery and
he is likely to have stacks of larger
if)
1
there?" be lqoked around, and. to his g,7M elltewnere. There Is always a de-
flstonlshuient, saw a strange ngure
bobbing up aud down on the other
side of the glass partition which sep
arated bis room from another. At first
he fancied he was dreaming, but on
maud for seeonl-hand smokestacks.
New York Sun.
NEW YORK'S MACARONI.
rubbing bis eyes and looking again he it la Made In "Little Italy" Just It
perceived that the figure possessed the
head and body of a man, but the lower
limbs were lost In a sort of lnist. The
eyes were terrible to behold, and seem
ed to blaze with red aud green fire.
At first the clerk was naturally very
much alnrmed, but be soon screwed up
enough courage to accost the specter
with the first words that came Into bis
head, which happened to be, "What
bo!" The ghost did not deign to re
ply, but, gliding through the locked
partition, advanced toward tho terri
fied man and then baited. In sepul
chral tones It now addressed him with
these words: "1 want X " (men-
la Acroie the Sea.
liown In "Little Italy" on the east
side In Roosevelt street In James
street. New York, there are several
places where the customs of Italy of
the middle ages prevail, where the peo
ple live, think and work as they did
when Columbus was still drawing
maps. Those are the macaroni shops
where spaghetti and vermicelli are
manufactured by the same primitive
methods that existed hundreds of years
ago. I
One may wander down these narrow,
gloomy streets and with little effort
Imagine lie Is In the Italy of long ago;
tlonlng the name of one of the clerks the ancient bouses, the narrow door-
In the department). The man was
speechless, whereupon the apparition,
seemingly displeased at bis silence,
glided nearer and glared angrily at
him. A few minutes later the night
watchman, going his round below, met
a shivering Individual with bis hair
ways and the nondescript costumes of
the people all will help the deception
along. Over some of the windows and
doors are signs painted In drunken
looking letters that read: "Fabrica dl
macaroni, spagetl e paste."
For all that could be proved to the
USE AND ABUSE OF SLANG.
By George Ade.
The dictionaries,
with each revised
edition, grudgingly
make room for a
crop of new words.
Whence come these
words? Some are
deliberately made
to order by scient
ists and scholars In
order to provide
titles for the lutest
devices of our com
plicated civilization. The others spring
from the playful imagination of the peo
ple in the street.
These latter are the parvenus and up
starts of our vocabulary. Tbey savor f
the toil and come with a breezy Impu
dence aud they are not Immediately ac
cepted as belonging to polite uicilou.
They are on probation.
Since onr language is constantly being
enlarged, if not enriched, by words and
phrases springing from our careless,
idiomatic, everyday dialogue, it is idle to
make any sweeping condemnation of the
use of slang. It ii dangerous to snub and
insult one whom we may hud jn teiy se
lect society next year or the year after.
The fact is that a tremendously Huge
majority of the American people use more
or less slang, principally more, it is io
be admitted that there are a lew, a nj
few, persons who never, never use slung.
But what an effort it must oe lor nui
to restrain themselves!,'
Since the spoken language of any peo-
nle aooner or Inter crystallirea into pnnt-
.,! ilti.rntni-i' it is certain that the
American language is constantly re-
relviuir additions aud will continue to re
ceive them. But why become aiarmea:
Most assuredly the law of the survival or
the fittest will coutmue to operate,
Words which perform no good service or
which are essentially vulgar aud repul
sive cannot endure. If the others endure
it is because they appeal to the Ameri
can love of picturesque brevity aud the
American sense of buinar.
A man who cannot express himself ex
cept in slung is poor indeed. On the
other hand, it is nicre prudishness to be
honored by offensive slang. In the mat
ter of the use of slang, it might be well
for each person to adopt this rule for
bis guidance: "Don't be afraid of slang
and don't strain yourself Inpursuit of it."
mA 1 1 mm
literally on end with fright, and wltb contrary, these signs might have been
difficulty recognized blm as B , the
telephone clerk. B 's story was en
tirely disbelieved by the watchman,
but to reassure blm, and out of pity
for his fearful state of mind, he went
up wltb him to search for the specter.
Nothing, however, was to be seen.
The next night the same thing bap-
dolng service In the crooked streets of
republican Naples. So might some of
the people they look old enough, wrln
kled and worn enough. From Inside
comes the clacking of primitive ma
chinery, hand-turned presses and baud-
turued cutters of macaroni paste. Long
lines of stringy dough are stretched
pened, and this time the clerk Bed In across the rooms, long ribbons of dough
terror from the building. On the third fringe the edges of gloomy shelves,
night he refused to go on duty without Sheets of dough like washed shirts
a companion. This was granted hlra, nung out to dry decorate the wulls;
and the two went on together. Again wherever one turns there Is dough.
the specter appeared, repeating the for- Swarthy men stripped to the waist
mer request One of the clerks there- pus around the wooden poles of the
upon seized a ruler and made a frontal macaroni presses, while underneath
attack upon the supernatural visitor, tDe i0I1g wblte strings are squeezed
Presidents have almost succumbed under
the strain, particularly President Ar
thur, and President McKinley, to whose
impaired health may be attributed his
inability to recover from the shock of the
assassin's bullet. The great weight of
the pressure for office ought to fall upon
the cabinet ministers and the President
ought to have more time for important
things.
What is wanted in the person of Mr.
Roosevelt, aud in every other person
whom the twentieth century may see in
the White House, is a President who
will be allowed to serve the whole peo
ule with all his heart and strength, with
all his mind and body, in the discharge of
his official duties, unhindered by the pres
sure upon him of to many thousands of
bis countrymen as have in recent years
encroached upon the time aud patience of
our Presidents and kept them from tneir
public work or compelled them to do it
by Impairing their physical health and
overstraiuiug their mental powers.
The time has come when access to the
President, except at public receptions,
should be limited to the cabinet ministers,
Senators. Representatives aud ambassa
dors, and to such other persons only as
are given interviews for public purposes
after written applications have been re
ceived and carefully considered. The pub
lic receptions of the President should be
few, and there should he no intrusions
upon his sodal life, which he should bJ
allowed to regulate according to hi own
will 'and pleasure.
This needed change of custom will at
first no doubt be unpopular. It will re
quire, to begin the new rule, a President
who has been a man of the people, who
is known to he at heart thoroughly demo
cratic in all his ideas and ways, and who
Is also strong in his convictions aud fear
less in his actions.
Yes. it Is Seaton."
But why think so much about him
rade?" demands Dysart presently with He cannot Interfere with you now, be his
on anery frown: "what brings you here, father never bo persistent in bis idea
Peyton, la that dress, and with my marrying you to him, because all the
cousin?" world can see he is as good as engaged
"You certainly have every right to to Miss Butler."
ask." tart Peyton, with a rueful glance "I oitv her, then, with all my toul!
at his damnatory clothing, "but surely What a family to enter! She Is too good
you might guess the answer. The fact to be sacrificed so cruelly. I believe he
is. I'm in love!" He makes this con- is employed by hit father to watch me,
fession with a careful artlessnest not to to report all that I tay or Ah!" she
be surpassed. breaks off abruptly, and points almost
In love?" exclaims Dysart, frowning triumphantly to tne patnway ouiaiue,
still more darkly. where indeed Seaton stands.
'Quite so," amiably; "five fathoms That it is one of the most public waiM
deep. And your father being to so ex- at The Friars, that Seaton might have,
elusive," making a hard light for a civil nay, indeed has, come this way without
word, "I couldn't manage to tee her in intention of any. kind the doet not allow
any orthodox fashion, to I took service herself to believe.
here." "I told you," she says, vehemently, "it
.. ..i. v -b. r.-..- is to spy upon my every action he la
color. A sudden light flashes into his erel .0h'tooi that J 1 W"' t0Jdrea,m of
. eves: to him. at to Tom I'evton. there s eiiiK ,u' c"u '"" ""'a'
but one "her" in the world.
"Why, Griselda," tays the latter, as If
. amazed at the other's ttupidity.
-- "And what do you suppose will be the
upshot of all this? sternly
but It Immediately melted away
through the glass partition and disap
peared.
A week later, about 0 o'clock in tna
out of perforated sheets of Iron.
Macarronl and spaghetti are staple
articles in the Italian district and while
many people will use only the Imported
She has come a step or two forward; a
scarlet tide ot inuignum ruuuhbiiou ana
dved her cheeks. She still points toward
Seaton with one trembling hand, -while
he, advancing slowly, looks with some
"That, my dear fellow, is what I have anxiety iron, ner to '. ""'""'-
never yet gone into. But marriage. I 'f "ouuieu, u i
hope."
tiou.
"Psliaw!" tayt Dysart Impatiently;
"end what of Griselda?
"Gritelda has confessed that she likes
mo a little. 1 tay, Dysart," with a sud
den change of tone, "you won't tell your
dad-eh?"
"1 am much more likely to tell your
lister, tays Seaton, angrily
"You needn't. She knows. She was
here just now, and is full of a desire to
kidnap Griselda and carry her away to
. The liars. I say, Dysart, my sister de
pends upon you to make your governor
give his consent to the girls going on a
visit to her; you won t disappoint her,
eh?"
"I'll do what I can," gravely; "but 1
shouldn't advise you to be too sanguine
at to the result of my Interference.
True to hit word, Seaton managed, af
ter a hard fight, to secure his father's
I think you must be mistaken, dnr-
ling." she says, nervously, laying her
hand uoon her sister's arm. "I feel sure
Seaton would not undertake the part you
have assigned him. Seaton, speak to her;
tell her it is impossible that you should
do this thing.
What thing? Of what does she ac
cuse me? his brow growing darn.
"She imagines or, of course. It Is all
a mistake but sne nas somenow goi u
Into her head that you are here to to
watch her.
Is that how It strikes you? tayt he,
slowly; a Hidden, short, miserable laugh
breaks from him. "So that is how you
look at it? Great heaven, to think how
I have loved you such as you so poor
a thing! It shames me now to think of
it!" He draws his breath sharply,
though she writhes. "No, you shall hear
evening, a watchman on the first floor nrti0ie there are others who think the
saw a headless man walking about He home-made product Is Just as good and
gave chase, but It vanished as tne the number of manufacturers Is In
other bad done. On another occasion creasng. i 0ne of the New York es
at midnight a watchman declares that tabllshments only 'imported'' goods are
he distinctly saw a man dressed in ,na(e- The shrewd proprietor suld:
khaki sitting at one of the office tables.
He spoke to blm and asked what be
was doing there. The man thereupon
fad.'d away as mysteriously as the
others A great many queer noises ana
rapplngs are continually being beard,
causing men to fight shy of night duty
In the postofllce, even at the risk of
losing their appointments.
A member of the Psychical Research
"I buya da empty box and fllla dem
here. Twenty-five pound I sella ftr
one dol'; no one know da dlf."
To prove bis cleverness he showed a
stock of boxes which bad come filled
from Italy, but Into which the New
York product bad been packed with
"Intent to deceive."
The tubular article Is the macaroni
and this Is made In various sizes, but
PRESIDENTS WASTE TIME.
By Km. t. ChMnaler.
A President has
now only three ob
jects in life first,
to see 20.000 per
sons a year; second,
to accomplish 2,000
little things; and,
third, to try to dq
200 great things. In
.the seeing of so
many thousand per
sons about trivial
matters, nnd in giv
ing his attention to the' thousands of
little things, the President is worn out.
and becomes physically unable to grap
ple with the great problems to which
he ought to give his undivided attention.
3it )
WW
In a moment of time Is stricken by death,
compels his friends to bury him; leaves
bis family destitute and objects of pity
and charity.
Thqugh I should live a thousand yeart
I never could forget the picture of just
tuch a scene as this I saw in Mt Hope
Cemetery a few days ago the one that
Inspired this sermon. I was called upon
to preach the funeral sermon of a man
who was a Clerk In one of the great rail
road offices. He hud a beautiful little
home, a lovely wife and child. He lived
s life of simple, happy fasei In vain
did insurance agents importune him to
carry just a little Insurance. He lived
each week to the limit of his small sal
ary, laving nothing. He refused to be-j
come a member of any secret order on
account of the expense.
One day he was sitting at his desk
writing and whistling, when suddenly
bis whistling ceased, his writing stopped,
his head drooped forward on his book,
and his heart, ever light and gay, ceased
to throb.
Wkn Ilia arconnta were footed up he
had nothing. The boys In the office had
to buy his coffin and defray all tunenu
eiDenses. and thev were just as poor i s
he. One dollar a week Invested in life
insurance would have avoided all this.
The saddest sight I tliiuk 1 ever wit
nessed in my life was bis frail, deli
cate little wife, standing beside that open
grave, with the cold winds whistling
through the barren trees, sobbing as if
her heart would break, with not enough
money in her pocketbook to buy her a
lunch and pe.y her way back to her cheer
less home.
And after she returned to her nome,
what then? No bread in the pantry, no
money in the purse, no coal in the bun
ker, and the next month's rent due. I
have no sorrow for that dead husband.
My sympathy is all for the poor, desti
tute and unfortunate wife. It is a pity
that such men cannot suffer the penalty
of their owu folly: but, unfortunately, the
suffering it endured by their luckless
wives and innocent children.
GEO. P. GROWELL,
i Successor to E. t. Smith,
,Ubllhed Houm in the valley.)
DEALER IN
Dry Goods; Groceries,
Boots and Shoes,
Hardware,
Flour and Feed, etc.
This old-e"tftlli6hed house wi'.l con
tinue to pav eath for all its goods; it
piivs no rent; it employs a clerk, but
does not have to divide with a partner.
All dividends are niadw witli rustoniert
in the way of reasonable prices.
Davenport Bros.
Are running their two mills, planer nd Ikx
Itciury, and can till orders lor
Lumber
Boxes, Wood
and Posts
ON SHORT NOTICtt.
THE REGULATOR LINE.
IMPORTANCE OF LIFE INSURANCE.
By Rev. R. K. Ryn.
I am no lusurance agent; but
I do not hesitate to say that
modern insurance comes nearer
to giving something for nothing,
and uiuking this something sine
;md certaiu than any other
known institution of our times.
Indeed, so sure, cheap and certain has
it become that no man, however poor, is
without excuse who does not take advan
tage of the inducements offered him to
lay up a little money to bury him when
dead, and provide support for his afflicted
and stricken loved ones when he is called
away.
It is nothing short of an unpardonable
crime when a father and husband, .with
a wife aud children depending upon him
for aupport, neglects this sacred obliga
tion; uses up each week his wages, and
GROW OLD GRACEFULLY.
By Elizabeth Cao Stanton.
I attribute my
vigorous old age in
part to advantage
ous circumstances,
in port to a happy;
iWment. a keen sense
of humor, sympa
thies for all my fel
low beings and a
deep Interest in all the vital questions of
the hour.
One must have an earnest purpose n
life beyond personal ambition and family
aggrandizement. Self-centered characters
do not possess the necessary elements tf
a high development. If one would have
. kunl.il Oil A70 the first couditlon is a
sound body; to that end exercise, diet,
dress, sanitary coudltiont are all impor
tant My philosophy it to live In the present.
Regrets for the past are vain; the page
is turned; there Is no remedy for what it
done. At to the future, anxieties are
equally vain; we do not know what ouo
day will bring forth; what we hope or
fear may never occur; the present Is all
that is ours.
Dalles, Portland & Astoria
Navigation Co.
COMMENCING JAN. 1. K02,
And continuing until March 1, 1902,
this company will have but one steamer
running between The Dalles and Port
land; leaving The Dalles Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, and Portland
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Society was taken through the build- the lenKtns are nn tbe same. The ends
Ing. He heard the noises, and said he, or ,crflpg of tbe various sizes are pack
would Interview the spirit of spirits. e(J , boxeg an1 goI(1 at re(juced rates.
He changed his mind, however, tho gome of tnls italan gtnple g goia out
reason be gave being that It was a aM he itniinn district, but the greater
very angry and dangerous spirit, which part ,g conguraed there and the manu-
ne woum noi care io weei. am uu.u- facturerg gay that the fact that their
Ion did not succeed In consoling the own peopiei who are g00(j judges, buy
night Btaff. who declare It Is the ghost ,t ,g f of ltg gm,erorlty.
of a man who was killed during the
construction of the telephone depart
ment On the day I left Cape Town
a thorough examination of the post
office was contemplated. Correspond
ence London Graphic.
THERE WAS A LIMIT.
Another branch of the business, saya
the New York Tribune, Is making noo
dles. These are stripes varying In
width from one-thirty-second to one
fourth Inch. The paste for these Is
better and It Is sold almost exclusively
to the Jewish population on the east
side.
vMl .i,of v.. .n.i r3r!.i.i. mii,. me I have heard mucn from you, nrst
pay a two weeks' visit to Lady Rivert- nnu 1 , '""" " J
jMe Here, even now, in mis nioiuem wueu i
It Is quite Bve o'clock when they ar- h J00 ,0, "0Sn" comempiinie m
r wa unit Bittsp tha annrlntia hn ll nt Th. creature, It Is my misery to know that I
Kriars. that now Is filled with a delicate, tm lore yo,l! Day aft"r,daJ oa h.aT
somber light A crimson stream from a heaped tnsultt upon me. lour every loot
painted window, tomewhere In the dit- "as neen an anroni. j u.t .am io
tance, casts a flood of glory, blood-red, at much," he continues, wearily, but with
Vera'i feet, and a comfortable tinkling a little eloquent gesture sne renuert mm
nf ennnna plinkinff airalnut china amltna I tllent
their eart. "Oh, not too much, but perhapt
At th tnn at th room, nolinlnir In a enoush ' she tmiles again, mat cruel
rather listless fashion on tome velvet
cushions, are two little girls, quite lovely
enough to arrett the gate of any casual
observer. 1 hey hive given in to the cu
riosity attendant on the entrance of the
smile that hurts him like the sharpest
stab "surely it would be hard to expect
you to find another insult to-day. To
morrow, perhaps. Anu now let me tay
..... i ti i . .
one Utile woru. unr i uu ibubp iu
nia- mlPKta. ami fix fhpir larro will .... I doubt VOU?"
on Vera. who. In turn, tookt back on "None, none!" declare! he, vehemently.
thm vith oort.in intorat She throwt out her hands with a lit
Ladv Iliversdale. hv a word an In. tie expressive movement. "I leave that
tensely proud, fond word-had Intimated to your own conscience, to your own
til!1 trior Vara Vinr a-htMrtn Th. ...nn tense of right and wrong, the says.
er. taking her courage la both hands, thrugging her throuldert, Bnely. "But
.11,,. k.. i;,, i. .n. nn., th. once for til. raising ber voice and
narmw M l.an.ln. tha. .1 n r n Vara throwing up her head, "I wars you,
wrUt. and begint to push them up and Rather than mtrry you, making a alight
down with a childish, diffident gesture, gesture of horror. "I would accept the
Wbat'i your name?" askt the, gravely. Brit mtn that tsitea me.
v.ra " I A faint rustle) among the bushes out
"Verar Both children repeat the side, a footstep-and Lord Shelton tteps
Vnr.1 with a mrf nt .r. tiflVa tl.in 'Rilt I lutO View.
-tell us yon have another name, haven't "I hold yon to your woroV.criei he,
y,uy Igayly; he ttepe lightly within the flower-
-nraart ." mn.o.a h. anftlr 1 crowned archway, and looks straight at
"Vhv. that's Beaton's name." cries Vera. He it willing, but undemetth the
Ttnllv. hrl,htonln anil Innklna- nn at tha I amile lie! 1 longing to be taken terlOUsl.V
tall vniinv man arhn la ctandina- near "You . give me t chance," be says; "I
them; "isn't it Seaton? Why, you must
be something to bim. Sister eh r
"No," tays Vera, shaking ber head.
"Yoi can't be hit mother?" hatardt
tbe ynunger child, uncertainly
Vera laugrt lightly.
again
here, before witnesses, declare myself a
tultor for your hand" hit expretsion U
still wavering betwixt mirth and gravity
and he holds out to her both his hands.
"Too are not however, the first to ask
No," the tayt her." tayt Dysart. in a voice vibrating
with manv and deep emotion. Hit brow
The Library Wae to Be Liberty Hall,
Where Comfort Keigned.
Tbey have Just moved Into their new
home on the West Side. Everywhere
there are signs of luxury, comfort and
good taste. An old friend dropped lu
on Sunday to have the midday meal
and after that was over the hostess remarked:
Now. then, 1 know you want to
moke, so Just come up to the library
and enjoy yourself."
Arrived there the guest commented
on tbe beauty of tbe room and Its ex
cellent appointments. The wife was
obvlcisly pleased, the husband stood
by assuring tbe visitor that It was all
due tr. his better half's exquisite taste
and Judgment
"Yes," she went on, "I made np my
mind that this room was to be Liberty
HalL Here tbe only question was one
of comfort
Tbe visitor glanced about at the big.
roomy chairs, tbe cozy lounge with Its
heaps of embroidered cushions and flu
ally seated himself In an armchair
near the window.
"It la comfortable," be said.
"Well, I'm glad you tblnk so," she
answered, "this is to be our living
room." Suddenly she turned and ber
voice was troubled, tremulous: "Oh. for
goodness' sake. George, don t sit on
those cushions'."
And the hapless husband, says the
New fork Times, just about to Bod re
pose amid the downy richness of the
multiple cushions, sighed softly, cross
ed over and dropped Into a chair, re
marking meekly:
"Light up, old chap; anything goes;
this Is Liberty Hall, you know."
And then he winked.
l'lir Living In Luxury.
At Epplng, England, Miss Emily
Hampton was summoned to court for
keeping a pig In a manner which was
dangerous to health. The Inspector of
nuisances said he found tbe pig occu
pylng the whole of one room In the
defendant's house. It was lying be--tween
clean sheets on a feather bed
covered with a white lace counterpane.
Its bead rested on a pillow. Tbe room
was furnished like a parlor. There
were Illuminated texts on the walls,
and defendant was kneeling down kiss
Ing tbe pig and calling It "a naughty
boy" because It bad eaten a small por
tion of Its pillow. A card In the win
dow read: "Sixpence to see the pig.
Defendant said she bad educated tbe
animal to act as a Christian. She bad
reared It from Infancy, and when
young It used to occupy a sofa. It al
ways asked to be let out when it want
ed to take tbe fresh air; It never kicked
the clothes off the bed, and It was most
quiet and peaceable. Ladles and gen
tlemeu came In carriages to see It
The magistrate gave the defendant
six weeks In which to And fresh lodg
ings for her porcine pet which Is of
considerable weight.
. THE FALL OF A GENERAL.
Beached His Finish at the Hands of a
Sleepinic-Car Porter.
"In my recent trip West," said a De
trolte" who returned to California the
other day, "I was accompanied a part
of the way by an acquaintance who Is
something of a Joker. As I was ready
to leave Chicago I saw blm talking
with tbe sleeping car porter, but bud no
suspicions of what he was up to" until
a couple of hours later, Then the porter
called me 'Olneral and tumbled over
himself to wait on me.
"I ought to have denied the title at
once, but It had such a pleasant sound
In my ears that I made-no protest. He
must have spread the news that there
was a 'Ulneral nuoaru, as an me peupie
In the car soon addressed me by tlfe
prefix. This didn't lust very long with
most of them, however. N hen 1 was
asked about the battles I bad partici
pated In I had to own up that I bad
never had a uniform on.
"This was humiliating enough, bul
there was much more In store. The
couductor wanted me to stop over at
Denver and attend a "veterans' meet
ing; I was asked by a man who was
writing a war book to write a preface
for It and four or five people wanted
my photograph to put In their albums
of heroes.
It was the porter wbo gave me the
finishing blow, however. hen we
reached San Francisco I figured that a
dollar tip would be about the right
thing In his case, nnd, after I hnd been
duly brushed and bowed to and grinned
at, I handed It over. He reached for
the bill with a smile as big as a bouse,
but no sooner bad he glanced at the
figure In the corner than bis smile
'faded and be froze up as bard as rocks.
" 'With the General's compliments, 1
said as I put on my lint.-
"He slowly thrust the bill Into his
pocket bowed as If he had a poker
down his back, and wltb the utmost po
llteness replied:
' 'Corporal, I thank you, sah. "-De
trolt Free Tress.
A BOY AT EIGHTY-ONE.
SECOND-HAND SMOKESTACKS.
"I have it! t know it!" exclaims Dolly Is black, and anger fights for mastery
the wise, clinrinc no triumphantly: "yov with despair in hit dirk eye.
' are-his wifer Vert, pale at death, but with a little
This innocent bombshell tpreadt dit- I indignant frown, ttept between the twe
mav in the ratuo. I men.
- -Who It that pretty little girl over "What doet It all mean?" the asks.
there?" Vera asks, with wild longing contemotuoutly: "would yon make a tra
to change thlt embarrassing converts- gpdy oat of a ftree? If to, it least be
. tion. minting to where the girl who hid tood enough to issiga me ao part In It.
nt attracted ber It fitting, "quite opno- She tweept both mea out of her path
site, in tbe red tod white gowa? Do by a tlight imperkmt gesture, knd 'past
yen tee her?" Ing them, wilkt twiftly away in the di-
"Oh! that It Mary Butler. Don t yoa I rectioa ef the house.
know her? Everybody kaowt Nary Rut
ler. Wt love ber. to doet everybody
' alee."
"Manna uyi eata io," tayi U
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To be eontianed
The population of the world Increases
10 per Bl every ten years.
Article Not ia General L'ae. Yet Al
ways In Demand.
Among the very great variety of
things that may be bought at secou I
President McKinley and Hermann
Madame Adelaide Hermann, the
widow of the famous prestidlgltnteur,
relates the following amusing Incident,
which occurred at the last meeting of
President McKinley and Trof. Her
mann, between whom a stroug friend
ship existed:
When be was last In Columbus. Ohio,
Prof. Hermann called on MaJ. McKin
ley. who was then governor. As be
started to go Prof. Hermann said:
"Major. I may not see you toon again,
and 1 have never given yon anything
by wblch you may remember me; Let
ihe make you a present of this."
Taking bis nand be placed fine dia-
J ay Cook It Passing Hie Last Duja in
Peace and Happiness.
Jay Cooke, the famous financier, now
81 years old. still takes an active Inter
est In business affairs. From Novem
ber till April. Mr. Cooke seldom misses
more than a day or two at a time In
bis regular morning visits to his of
fice, at 4th and Library streets. New
York, over the banking house of his
successors. Charles D. Barney & Co.,
f v i
I s. JSWw i " J
JAT COOKC AT 81.
i-i i.e. nn nti. nt 1. 1 W r. ..n f a 1
hand are smokestacks of Iron or of jdcKln'.ey t bunked him sn1 admired tha ' where nU n m ,4W ua uu,,ou
steel. It may be that an establishment ornament. Shortly after Hermann left uccessfully engaged In the pur-
- . . I nil it in wtiipii hp fraiueu luruiiie a uu
n' ' bv't r win rJt -before Ihe oldest member ! broadside weight of metal thrown from
gone.
puts In a bigger boiler and wants a
bigger stack. If It b) using a steel or
an Iron stack tbe old one it taken down
carefully and new one set np. The
old stack may be sold to a dealer in
second-fcand boilers aud machinery or
tbe owner may keep Tirana sen it nim- tions a)oiit the mystery Hernuiun
self to aomebody that wautt a secoud nS( eft as a memento, instead of tbe
hand smokestack. If It It sold to a ring the memory of a very clever trick
dealer he may remove it to his owu of wuj,., the Major was the victim.
yard or It may be that t5 original .
owner keeps It on bis premises until . Tuber. nlola In Glasgow.
th dealer bst told lu A manufartur- ' The death rate In Glasgo-v from lu
er nuty tnovt from one place to another , berculosls is atiU '."O per l.iU
of the Union was nn Inspiration to the
patriotic millions, who hoped aud
feared as the fortunes of war shifted
In the balance. The gracefuluess of
passing years never was more charm
ingly shown than through the evening
of Mr. Cooke's well-spent life. He Is
one of those exceptional men who nev
er grow old; who simply sail placidly
over the receding waters, leaving Ihe
memory of happy ways aud good deeds
to brighten other lives. No one can
visit the quiet and restful retreat at
Ogontz without being lifted up as he
listens to the delightful talk of a host
who has always believed - that this
world was made for the highest enjoy
ment of those who live In, it. His own
life has been in faithful conformity to
the highest precepts, yet without os
tentation, a modest dally illustration
of the beneficent Inllueuce of well-ap
plied Christian principles.
.More 'than half the year Mr. Cooke
spends In outdoor recreation nt his fa
mous picturesque lodge In the North
ern Pennsylvania wilderness, the sea
side and at Gibraltar, Lake Erie. As
a fisherman his zeal and patience com
mand the admiration of visitors, for
he seldom Is without guests. His fish
ing preserve covers eight miles of one
of the best trout streams lu this State.
Here his enjoyment Is Intense, and far
and wide he sends the speckled beau
ties, with his best wishes, to friends
In town ntid country. At Harnegat. In
the enrly spring, he and Jolly old
"Cnn'n Sam" have greot Rtiort. At tbe
famous Put-ln-Rny resort, where bun
dreds of the best knowu men In the
land have partaken of his generous
hospitality during the past forty years,
Mr. Cooke revels In buss fishiug and
sailing for mouths at a time.
Dusing the winter the Ogontz home,
where Mr. Cooke lives with his sou-lu-law,
Mr. Barney," Is supplied with ap
pies, cider, 4iuts, Jams. Jellies, etc.,
from the well-cultivated mountain
patch where the Lycoming County
lodge Is located. -
BATTERIES OF THE WARSHIP.
Pennsylvania and Colorado Are to He
Packed with Gun.
The descriptions of tbe two armored
cruisers, the Pennsylvania and Colo
rado", uow building at the Cramps'
yards, bring out the fact that they will
be nacked with guns. Earn vessel will
carrv sixty six pieces of ordnance,
rnnglng In caliber from the 8-lueh-
breech loading, high powered rifle to
the 1 -pounder. Each vessel will mount
four 8-liah and fourteen 0-Inch guns.
which will constitute the main batter
ies. The auxiliary armament Is made
ud of eighteen 3inch. twelve 3-pound
ers. eight 1-pounders, two 3 pounder
field guns, two machine guns and six
automatic pieces.
Such an aimanietit reveals a teuden
cv to return to the old method of glv
Ing a ship as many guns as she could
carry and serve effectively. In the old
days of the sailing navy some of the
llue-of-battle ships, notably the I'enn
sylvanla, carried as many as 130 guns.
Very few of these pieces were ot
heavier caliber than the 32 or 4'i pound
ers. The OS-pounder was then regard
ed as a very heavy caliber, and tbe
larger shcil gun was supplied but spar
ingly.
A ship like the Pennsylvania of the
old days-she was burned at the Norfolk-navy
yard In 18;i required from
1,000 to 1.2DO men to perform the du
ties of seamen and artillerists. Tha
EX-EMPRESS EUGENIE.
She Has Asked Peruilselon to Copy Her
Own Letters in the Archive.
Ex-Empress Eugenie, who has ap
plied, to the authorities In Paris for
permission to copy some of her old
letters In the achlves of the second
empire, Is now In her 77th year, and
Is reported to be In excellent health.
The former empress of the French has
many friends and not a slnuJe enemy
In all Paris, from which she fled un-
mi JM
of tbe present firm was born. He takes a ship of this class was very light as
was
metal
The Covrrnor held op , band but' ,n du,n8 ! . """ Til" ""'!.TJ,!J
..i,...ui.Mi t a -...'money kings, and bis auvuts it as tooay. ami iuv ..uvuui . u,,v.. .-
" na ""-i ; - - . . O. ..:l In r,.liim Ih nll I
There was no wed to ask one eagerly sought at ever oy mm o. .e m.r rtu,.
afValra i u.-... - '
But school Is out and It is now play- J thrown by twenty fivo 42 pounders,
time with tbe man who stood by tbe each of which was served by a crew
rnited States Treasury In the dark of six or eight men, would not equal.
riara when the Tery life of the nation or more than eqnaL the weight of one
was at stake, and whose wonderful modern projectile of tbe highest typ.
confidence and eatbstlatm In tbe caute BotXo Transcript.
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STEAMERS
Regulator, Dallei City. Reliance.
WHITE COLLAR LINE.
The Dalles-Portland Route
Str. "Tahoma,"
Belwttn Portland, Tht Dalles and Wi Point!
TIHC CARO
Lexvei Portland Mondavi, Wedneidayi and
Friday! at 7 a. m. Arrive! The Dalles, itima
day, 6 p. m.
Leave! The Pallet Tueftdayi. Thuridnyi and
Batunlayi,7 a. m. Arrives Portland, same day,
p. m.
Thla route baa the grandeit icentc attraction!
on earth.
EX Ell PRESS EUGENIE.
der cover of the night nearly tblrty-
wo years ago. On that memorable
occasion she landed at Hyde. In the
Isle of Wight, und soon afterward Join
ed the emperor at Hastings. The Im
perial exiles subsequently went to live
t Camdou House, Cblselhurst, where
the emperor died In 1870. Eugenie
began to devote her life to her young
son, and has never recovered from the
shock occasioned her by bis tragic
death In 3870.
On tho City's Edge.
Stories of brute toughuess and Ho
meric endurance are tenderly preserved
In the folk lore of the waterfront. How.
for another Instance, Solplo Flanagan,
the biggest nigger in the business,"
supported the entire weight of an Im
mense packing case, weighing upwards
of eighteen hundred, on his prostrate
body. The uegro held the hand truck to
receive the case, w bleb, lu the hauds of
half a dozen men, was being balanced
at iust the right angle to slip Into place.
Hut It hit the edge of tne true anu
knocked it away, and the negro unluck
ily lost his footing and fell flat with the
great box ou top of him. He shrieked In
terror and groaned. It was said, like a
syren whistle; but when a gang of fif
teen men lifted the thing bodily and
pulled blm out, all he did w as to screw
his fists Into his eyes like a big child,
stretch his long limbs grotesquely and
return to work. Of course be talked
about this feat for many a day. Frank
Leslie's Popular Monthly.
Str. "Bailey Gatzort,"
Daily Round Tripi, except Suuday.
TIME CaHD.
Leave Portland...? a.m. I Leave Aitorla.....7a.m.
Landing and office, toot of Alder street. Both
'phones, Main 351, Portland, Or.
E. W. CRICHTOV, Agent, Portland.
JOHN M. F1LLOON, Aijeiit, The Dalles.
A. J. TAYLOR, Agent, Astoria.
J. C. WYATT, gent, Vancouver.
WOLFORD & WYKRH, Agts., White Salmon.
K. B. till.BKKTH, Agent, l.yle, Wash.
PRATHER & HEMMAN,
Agouti at Hood River
Oregon
Shoit Line
AND Union Pacific
Diraar
Chicago
Special
11:26a. m.
Spokane
riyer
1:27 p.m.
Mall and
Kipreaa
11:42 p. m.
TIME SCHEDULES
From Hood Dinar.
gait take, Denver,
Ft. Worth.Otnaha,
Kansas I'ity, SI.
Lmiia,(:bicagoaud
tau
Walla W alla lwls-
ton, Spokane, Mm
nenpolls.m. Haul,
Diiliitli, MIlKan-ket.VI'icago.ltasl
Rait lake, Denver,
Ft. Worth.Oniaha,
Kama City, St.
lxuts,Caicaiioaiid
fcaL
A 111 VI
Portland
Apeclal
Portland
Fiytr
tHt,a,
Hall and
Kspress
4 .42 a. na,
OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE
most rOKTLANU.
I.l
Ao Heirloom in the Family.
Tbe person w ho is Inclined to boast of
his valuable possessions Is likely to
have the laugh turned upon him on oc
casions. A wealthy man was once
proudly exhibiting to some acquaint
anccs a table w Llcb be had bought and
which be said was 500 years old. "
"That Is nothing.' said one of the
company. M have In my possession a
table which Is more than 3.000 years
old."
Three thousand years old:" said hit
host "That la impossible! Where war
It madef
"Probably In India."
"In India! What ktud or a table
tr
"The multiplication table." London
Tlt-Blta.
A horse fell on tbe streets to-day.
and hurt one of bis hind legs. "He hat
hurt his back leg." said a child who
was standing Mar.
It's long racetrack that dotranl
marat a fool from bis Mlo. '
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All sailing dates
tubjecl to change
For Ban Francisco
bail ery a days
Dally
Ej fuii day
:0U d. ra.
t-aturday
II. W) p. m.
:4ta.m.
ki. Sunday
?:Ma.m.
Tu., Taiir.
aud Bat.
I 46 a n.
Taea-, Tkmf
aca Sal.
Lt. R I parte
:J.s a m.
dally
Ctolll Ulrtf
t Matters.
To Astoria and Way
Landings.
WHIaawn thee.
Orrron City. New.
barg. Salem, in. la-
peniienre at Way
i-anai
Inge.
4:.Ba,
1m.
Kz. Sunday
:, m.
It. auadar
WHIaaiett and Tut
hill glwra.
disss City. Day.
ton. A Way Laud-li'gs.
WMtaasettt (War.
Portland ta Corral,
lie A Way Laud,
lag.
Sisais Rivta.
Biparlata Lewlsloa
t p. ns.
Won , Wad.
aadfrt.
p. sa.
Hon, i
andFrt
Lv.I-ewlsto
ta m.
dally
Fw lew rate and other tnlormatloa write ta
A. L. CRAIO,
""""TV Paaarnger Ageat, Portlaaa. Ot.
t. igaal, Hood Ulvor.
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