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: . " Ami np the stalts. and threnih Jhe en less corridors, that other groaning, scarcely living burden; up always until a disused chamber in a remote corner ol the old tower ia reached, where it I be yond probability that any one in the house tare these three who know, will ever seek to penptrate. (To be continued.) HATS OF OUR ANCtSTOR' BOLD . BLACK BART. PICTURESQUE HIGHWAYMAN OF CALIFORNIA. CHAPTER XVL-ContIoued.) ' That night Is atill as death Itself, and the sparkling brilliance of the slow mov Ing waters contrasts with It In tender fashion. Strangely attracted by It, era goes forward, mores down . the atone steps that lead to the garden, and with eager footsteps gains the little pathway, steep and sudden, that leads to the beach. Suddenly she draws In her arms, and a shiver runs through her; she turns her head to see Dysart .'.'. i "Ton are going to marry Lord Sbel ton?" be says, his tons more assertive than qnestionlng. "It Is an Impertinent question, says Miss Dysart, calmly. "You are disingenuous. If be has not jet asked yon, you know be only waits the opportunity to do so. When be does " He checks himself abruptly, knowing he has gone too far. A little flame leaps Into Vera's eyes. "Has It occurred to you that I am very forbearing V ahe asks, with a curious mile. "Does It not strike you as very remarkable that I do not on my part question you back again? that I do not ask you whom yon are going to marry? Ht looks as if he was about to make her an angry rejoinder, but sht checks him. "No don't be afraid, I am not going to put the question," she says, coldly; "and after all, why should I?" "Do you mean," he goea on, "that you know of someone I want to marry?" "Let there be an end to this hateful hypocrisy," cries she, turning to him with a burst of passionate anger. "You acted your part for Griselda this morning most admirably." "Vera!" cries he, hoarsely. She turns as If startled by thst Impas sioned cry, and then, he hardly knows how It Is, he hardly dares remember af terward, but aomehow she Is In his arms, and he Is looking down Into her frighten ed eyes with a terrible entreaty in his own. "Do you know what you are doing? he says, bis miserable voice scarcely above a whisper. "My darling, my soul, have pity!" More closely bis arms bind her. He bends his face to hers nearer, nearer still, and then, suddenly, a great loathing of himself fills him. He draws back with a sharp shudder, and almost ouahes her from him. "Go!" be says, ve hemently; and In another moment she has turned the corner of the winding stairs, and is gone. ' Qone! With a heavy groan he flings himself face downward on the cool, sweet, slutt ing sands, that moon-smitten lie trem bling, waiting for the dawn. that. I don't I'll back you up as fresh as though it was only yesterday we'd agreed on on you know what Ha, ha, ha!" The old man suddenly stiffens himself, and looks straight at Sedley. "And now what Is It you want?" he asks, tersely, his tone ringing cold and clear through tbe room, though very low. "Now, I like that. I want part o' tbe swag. Five thousand pounds," says the other, coolly. "Five thousand pounds! You must be mad." "Not one peuny less. My silence Is worth that and more. Come, don't im agine you can Impose on me. I tell you, I would think as little of golug into that room out there and telling your nieces of that first will, as " "Hush-hush!" says Dysart, In a sharp tone, wild with fear. "Not another word, not a breath on that subject here. Walls have ears. You know the old ruin at the end of the far garden? Meet me there to-night, and I shall see it we can come to terms." With a last word or two he succeeded In getting Sedley to the door, and there summons Grunch, who In truth Is mar velously handy. Crunch! Will you see to Sedley 7 ne Is as old a friend of yours as of mine, I think," says Mr. Dysart, in so genial a tone for bim that Grunch involuntarily glances at him. "He Is tired, and no doubt hungry. Make blm comfortable In every way." "Yes, sir," says Uruucn, respectiuuy. She leads Sedley down the passage, and then, with a muttered word to bim that she should get the keys of the cellar, runs back to Dysart, who stands staring after them with an unfathomable expression in his eyes. 'Your will quick I" she says, in a low tone. 'Keen him out of slsrht. Let no one see him, or guess at bis presence in this house," whispers Dysart, fiercely, after which he steDS back iuto his room ana slams the door, and locks it behind him In a frenzied fashion. " CHAPTER XVIII. It is ten o'clock, and night, like a heavy shroud, lies over wood and garden. Tom Peyton Is treading with cautious stops the upper part of the garden on his way to the ruin. Safely he makes his way to the old house, to get the letter he knows will await him there. Poor darling, what will be in It? Further vexations? With a desire to avoid all risks, he elects to enter by the back, where a large rent In tbe dilapidated walls will enable him to squeeze through the room where the letter from Griselda will be. Voices decidedly, and In the next room. The speaker at this instant Is Mr. Dy sart. The second voice is strange to him coarse, vulgar and dictatorial, and very threatening. The voices grow in wratn; tne un known one being loud in vituperation. And now, all suddenly as it were, the voices cease; there is a strained silence, as if each man waits with drawn sword for the other's next word, and then a sickening sound. A dull, awful blow, as of oak meeting flesh and blood, a ghastly groan, and then silence. Great heaven! What has happened? Has he killed that old man? Peyton springs forward, looks upon tbe Inuer room, he stops short, as if shot, to stare aghast upon the scene before him. Upon the earthen floor lies a huge fig ure, apparently dead, while standing over it Is Mr. Dysart, his face alight wita a ghastly hope, his wild eyes gleaming. A heavy oaken stick Is In his hand. The murderous bludgeon is uplifted to com plete crime already begun to finish his work, to make sure of the helpless vic tim at his feet, when Peyton, uttering a loud cry, rushes from the spot where until now be lay concealed. There Is an instant s hush, a strange hush, and then a convulsive shiver runs through the old man. An ashen grayness as risen from chin to brow, lie nings up his arms, for a second or two, clutches foolishly at the air, and then falls with a dull thud across the body of his enemy. Peyton runs through the garden, never pausing or drawing breath until the house is reached. Knocking Impatiently with bis knuckles and receiving no an swer, he so far gives way to the agi tation that is consilium bun as to smasu a pane with a stone. This brings Seaton to the window in a minute or two, par tially dressed. It is I, Dysart Tom I'eyton. uome out, oome out quickly. Your father. panting, "is hurt is very 111! "My father! says Seaton, as II not believing. "But where bow? In the garden up there in tbe old ruin. Oh, hurry, man, hurry; you can bear all afterward!" Seaton hardly dares to venture a re mark, but, having with trembling fingers clothed himself, follows Peyton out through the window in the chill night air, and soon tbe two young men are tearing like bunted things through the gardens to that fatal old ruin at the end of thfin. Here everything is just as reyton lert it Tbe old man lying dead, with a more peaceful expression on his face than had ever been there while he lived the oth er, the stranger, almost as motionless as his enemy, save for a faint quiver of the Hps and nostrils every now and then. Who wss he? What had brought bim here? Teyton turns to Seaton with these questions on his lips. It is imperative that something about the stranger be dis coveredand at once. Seaton is still holding his father's body In his arms, inexpressible grief upon his countenance. The old man bad been stern, hard, begrudging, but he had loved his son well, and the son knew It. Pey ton touches him lightly on the shoulder. Rouse yourself," he says, in a low. earnest tone. lou know this man; "No not at alt. I never saw him be fore." "Whst! yon can tell me nothiug? Oh, thiuk, Dysart!" says Peyton, with In creasing anxiety. "If yon kuow nothing we shall scarcely be able to see how to act. Exert your memory, man." "It is useless. I swear I never saw him before." He compels himself to look again at Sedley, and a shiver of disgust shskes him. "I know eoly this that be has killed my father." "You forget" says Peyton, very quiet ly. He would have been thankful, glad, to be able to leave his friend in this be lief, but be knew It would be impossible. "I saw the whole thing. There was a quarrel, about whst I did not hear, but It was your father who knockrd that fellow down." "Well, It killed him." ssys Seaton, ex citedly. "The excitement of thst quar rel was too much tor him. I still main tain that that man caused his death." He covers his face with his bands. "Nevertheless, we cannot leave blm her to die. Come, Seaton. take your courage In your bands. Tbiuk If there tie ao wsy to avntil tbe scandal that must necessarily arise out of all this. For for the sake of your poor father's mem ory, bestir yourself." It ia a potent argument. Seatoa flushes hotly, and the old touch ot power returns to his face. Together thry carry the two bodies Into the house, under cover ot the silent MSB beat, avysart; never lose sight of j aught Mr. Pytart to his ows room, aad Changes that Hits Trksa Place In Manufacturing Headgear. "Speaking of the hat business," said a veteran of the business to the local historian, "most wonderful changes have taken place since 1850. In olden times soft felt and derby bats wore not known, and It was as '.ate as 1843 when silk dresa bats were first Introduced la this country, tbls being a French In vention, and all silk plush used for hats In the world was, up to this time, made In France. When Kossuth came to America he Introduced the soft felt haU, wearing one himself. It did not take American hatters long to take up the Idea, and in less than one year old and young Americana covered their heads with Kossuth hats. Tbey were In shape nearly tbe same as tourist hats now, only being trimmed up with nice, long ostrich plume. Along about 1858 an Eng'.lsh tourist came along with the derby hat, and In a very few years they became the general head gear In the country, and up to the pres ent date the demand for soft bats and derby bats Is nearly evenly divided. "In those days all the best class of soft hats were Imported from France, and stiff derbies from England. This, however, has taken a material change, as American hats are now sold In all parts of the globe, and It Is a known fact that we produce the most tasty and best bats made. Before the arrival of Kossuth and the English tourist, however, the Americans did not go bareheaded, but contented themselves with napped otter and nRpped beaver hats, for the more expensive, and the so-called scratch-up or brush hats for the cheaper. Brush or scratch-up de rive their name from the fact that nap was raised on them by means of a stiff brush constructed of whalebones. The first manufacturers who made Ameri can production In those goods popular and world-renowned, and who forced French and English bats out of this market, were Rlnaldo M. Waters, John B. Stetson, J. D. Bird and B. J. Brown. "During the early periods of 1840 and 1850 a dealer was a hatter In fact, else there would have been no room for him, as all made tbe hats they sold, all handwork, no machines of any kind, and one who knew how to make a nap ped otter or beaver bat was an artist, earning $40 to $00 per week being nothing unusual, many making from $75 to $100."-St. Louis Globe-Demo crat. The Jekyll and Hyde Career of a Mage Robber Who Terrorised the Pacific Blope am". Kluded the Officials for Many Years-Attain at Work. There Is good reason to believe that Black Bart, the boldest ud most no torious highwayman ever 4nown to California, is ope rating again. Tbe five robberies of stage and coach on louely mountain roads In- northern California and southern Arizona during tbe last few mouths have abun dant earmarks of the famous lone mm tim--' wV-rs ,...J BLACK BAHT. keep pecking and pecking at Ic on ev ery occasion and If occasions do nut arise naturally, they make them. In tys nagging, sarcasm, or Irony, bear a leading part A thing may be said once or twice as a pleasaut raillery, In a genial humor, but when repealed over and over It ceases to be fuu. It then cuts. Sarcasm Is two-edged tool; It cuts and wounas me out. , gUar.makjllg prevails. whom It la aimed, and It lrrltatea ana j Cultjvator corregl)ondent supplies the roughens tbe one who uses it. " ' dangerous tool for one to use who wishes to be either kind or just It comes easily0 to the Hps and tbe In tellect takes a certain kind of delight in aptness. Ingenuity or sharpness. Its, use grows ou one. At least the bablt becomes so habitual that It Is used unconsciously. However good-natured ... eem to take It. It Is nlniost cer tain to leave a sting; there Is a wound that hurts. Struggle against It as oue will, there will often be an Impression carried that some part of It Is meant In earnest Too often do all of us wound the feelings of others by carelessness In highwayman of tbe ! speech. We cannot too eareiuny Sierras. More tbuu i guard ourselves against the nagging this, two of the passengers in the held- j habit It rasps and wears out tne ud staeos knew something of Black ' host of dispositions. Let us endeavor Bart when he held central California I cver to make our Bpeech kindly, even treeR three-eighths or one-half Inch In torrnr 9(1 warn aim. and. from bis when ntiliced to find fault. A Plow MAKING MAPLE SUGAR. Method of' Gathering the Sop and Botlinic the 8irnp. Maple sugr and sirup are favorite sweets the country over, and this fact gives a general interest to some Infor mation about the maple sugar Industry which has practicnl value also for the sections where this particular kind of An American following details: The evapoiutor Is the first and most Important consideration: The point to be considered iu nu evaporator is the one that can make the best sugar in the least possibletlme with lbs least amount I of fuel. Evaporators are made of gal ! vaulzed Iron or steel, copper or tin. i They are usually supported on Iron ! arches lined with brick, but sometimes i the arches are made entirely of brick, j Storage tanks, draw tanks, sirup tajiks, j buckets and pails are of galvanized steel, tin or wood. We consider gat vaulzed steel tbe superior article be cause It will not rust. Bucket covers can be of wood or tin; spouts, steel or tin. Take a sugar place of 3,000 trees or, rather, one that uses 3,000 buckets Wheu the "boss" thinks It Is time to "sugar," the men are set to tupping tne GEO. P. CROVELL Successor to 8. L. Smith, ' Oldest Established Hoss in the valley. speech and figure, are sure that their j with a word robber Is tbe noted bandit. Moreover, Mow with a i r.o one seems to kuow what has be come of blm sluce his release from San Quciitln prison, where he b.id been sentenced for elj,'ht years. Tho trial of Black Bait for highway robbery In Vlsalla. Cal.. In May, 1884. revealed a mass of Information about this unusual bnudlt. For 17 years high way robberies by Black Bart had taken place at Intervals and lu least expect ed localities, all the way from Port land, Ore., to Yuma, Ariz. His arrest came about lu this way. In March, 1884, the stage coach that traveled the rough road over the deso late hills and through the lonely I bit is used, nnd In large trees the hole Btrikes deeper than a ; g bore(j fl,out two Inches deep, lu rord." We shall never smnner trees only about one ud a half err bv sneaklnc too kindly. I uese inPhes. Snouts are driven or screwed naggers are often kind at heart and : jn tmekets bung to each spout and cov would not' willingly wound another. , erg lf tney have them. They have formed the habit uncon sciously and are not aware of how frequently they Indulge In that kind of talk. It does not occur to them that any one may take a further mean ing than they have meant, or that any part of It will be taken seriously. It Is unavoidable, however, that this Is so. " The nagging habit Is the real reason why some women find It difficult to re tain servants. It Is for tbe sharpness of their tongues that some really ex Some trees are tannend In two or three and oftentimes four places, hang- the making of a true American, for ha would not acknowledge defeat What be ?.-rote was 'This is know good.' "It vras not until some time after ward that I heard of this, when the woman with the skin trouble was show- j Ing me tbi copied charm. When I saw I the trick the boy had played on both; of them I thought my vindication had n n J nrnrAr'iAO truly cotfie. But when I explained it ui V UUUUO, V4I VVVi iw, .... . ... ,. .1 l. .. A..l.n.n - V a 41 . all to ner sue met wuu me iu-iuw argument: "'Well, miss, it cured us both.' "What could I say to tbnt?" MISTAKES ABOUT LINCOLN. He Was Not an Obscnre Public Man When Nominated. An Iowa writer who Is telling about the number of great men which bis State has produced In tbe past few years snys that although Secretary Leslie M. Show bus been only four or five yenrs In politics, yet "he Is far better known to the nation than Llu colu wus when he was nominated for President." Tbe notlou that Lincoln wus unknown outside of bis own State until bis nomination for Presi dent has been expressed by better In formed writers ibau the Iowa inun here referred to. but It Is a delusion just the same. Lincoln served a term In Congress In tht latter part of the Mexican war. and though be did not make a national reputation then, be was sufficiently well known throughout tbe country In 1S5C. at the time when the Republican party's first iintloual convention was held, to get 110 votes in that conven tion for Vice President on the ticket DEALER IN Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Flour and Feed, etc. This old-established house wi'l con tinue to pay cash lor 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. gulches from a gold mining camp lu , peop,e are avol(le(1 and dlsllked held up by a masked, loue highway man; whom the driver aud all the pas sengers recognized by his manners and speech as none other than Black Bart, Tbe veteran highwayman hod reduced his mode of robbery to a science, and when be had quickly harvested a crop of gold watches, purses and bits of Jewelry, he shouted to the driver to go ahead. j In society. People dread the tongue j lashings that slip so easily from the I Hps and without real malice, but they, j nevertheless, cut deep. Let us put a j ' guard on ourselves and see that this j bablt of sarcastic speech and nagging Is uot ours. The Chinese have a say ! Ing that "A man's conversation Is the 1 mirror of his thoughts." There Is a truth. In it. lf we habitually talk In CHAPTER XVII, As Mr. Dysart takes his way slowly around the house, the sound ot running footsteps coming toward bim from side walk attracts his attention. It Is Grunch. wild-eyed, haggard, her thin gray locks, unbound through her unusual haste, flying at each side ot her lean, for bidding face. "Mora haBte, worse speed," says he, sarcastically. "Is the house afire, or my precious nieces dead, that you rush upon me with such Indecorous abandon?" "Hush," says she, sternly, with a glance behind her, "this Is no time for words like those. Think only of this, Dysart," pausing and panting for breath, "that I have seen a ghost." The old man laughs. "Be silent!" hisses the woman savage ly; "cease your gibes, I tell you. The ghost I have seen Is Is " "My worthy father, for example," sug gests he, with a sneer. "No? Well, come, who, then?" "Michael Sedley!" Tbe words fall from her as though they burn her lips in pass ing. The sneer dies from Mr. Dysart's lips; a dark flush suffuses his face, turning it almost black for the moment to fade presently beneath the ashen hue that makes him look like a corpse a corpse with eyes of fire! He staggers back against a tree, and his hands catch con vulsively at tbe bark ot it "You are mad, woman!" he says, in a terrible voice. "Ay, may be. So I say. Mad I am. It It was bis ghost I saw. But if I saw him in the flesh, how then, Dysart? Why, sane. Well," with growing excitemeut, "shall It be mad or sane?" "Mad, mad, mad!" shrieks he, furious ly. "All my life you have been my bane, my curse, and now, now ,what is this news you would tell me? Sedley! Why, be Is dead, woman dead, I tell you! Where have you seen him? Speak, 1 command you," cries he, seizing her arm and shaking her violently. - "On the avenue. I was there watching Miss Griselda, as you told me to, lest she should go Into the woods again, when he came slowly toward me through the trees, prowling about. He's changed he's gone to bone a deal; but I'd know him still among a thousand. Ay, and you'll know him. too." It Is characteristic ot the iron nature of the man that rose above all petty cringings to a miserly fear that as he enters the presence of the one creature whom on earth he dreads, be does so with a calm visage and one expression less. His step Is slow, methodical as usual; his face, gray in iti pallor, a very mask. His brilliant eyes alone betray the keen life that still lingers In the gaunt old frame, and they look through and through the unwelcome visitor with aa unblinking gate, "Yon!" he ssys, softly, nay smilingly, extending a graceful hand, with a good deal of languid Indifference. "Jnst that" says Sedley, uv a tone so loud and common as to contrast painfully with the polished accent that had gone before. "Years since we met mate. "Many," says Mr. Dysart. sinking care fully Into a rickety old chair near him "And yet It seems like yesterdsy that we parted. . "Take it like that! it shows what downy nest you ve been lyln In, says the large, coarse-looking man, with distinctly aggrieved air. "There's the in justice ot It You've as much right to this place as I have, when all's told. And If I csnl get my aba " 'Sh I" breathes Mr. Dysart, softly lifting one band. "And well, so yon have come back? Pining for the old country, ear "To look yea up," doggedly. "To whether yon wers la th grave or out f It partner." "Partner t" repeats Dysart as If gentle Interrogation. "Ia crime."' roughly, as lf angered by the other's tone. "That's what they'd call It Drsart at the Old Bailey, whatever court It might com before. I'm att particular, "No no," assents Mr. Dysart. with gentle acouragement "I aevsr blamed yon, mind yon that But a lawyers a worriting sort o var xnlnt A man should stick to his word, aea L and when the old gov-aer refused to stick to his, after all his promises to yon. why. If yoa kept him to it ia spite of him, whoa ho had ao longer power to kick well, wko'a to say yoa were wrong, ek?" "Too are very good; very sustaining," says Mr. Dysart. slowly. His tone is, porks pa, Hi tie f sin tor. "Ay, that's what 1 am to then as ataads by m. Aad yoa sad I a r hi tho The Dahlia's History. More than one hundred years ago Baron Humboldt discovered the dahlia, a small, single flower, in Mexico. Could some prophetic vision have revenled to him the dahlia of to-day In Its duzzllng hues and varied forms he might, per haps, have been prouder of that dis covery than of all his other scientific achievements. It was sent by him to the Botanical Gardens, Madrid, where It received the name of dahlia in honor of the botanist Prof. Andrew Dahl. The same year It was introduced Into k Sim Jm 'MWm Davenport Bros. Are running their two mlll, plsuer and lioi liciury, and can till oidun lor Lumber Boxes, Wood and Posts ON SHORT NOTICB. THE REGULATOR LINE. BOILING THE SYRUP AT THE CAMP FIRE. A MEETING WITH BLACK BART, When the coach had rumbled out of sight ou the way down the mountain side Black Burt turned his attention England, where It was cultivated un- to splitting open tho wooden box con ing n bucket to each spout, of course. Then, the weather being right, the sap runs, aud the trams are started as soon as possible, for the quicker the sap Is made Into sugar the better the sugar Is. Men with pnlls holding sixteen quarts vn tn Pflch tree, collect the sap and ' empty It into the draw tauk, which Is ; being hauled about on a "sugar sled" ;by a pair of horses. These tanks hold anywhere from twenty-flve to fifty pall ! fuls. When a load Is secured, tbe team 1 is driven to the sugar houses, and the ! sap, by means of four-Inch pipes,. Is i drawn from the draw tank to the stor I see tank. ' " ' I The storage tanks are placed on a a certain way, we grow to be tbnt way .taci,12 0n the outside of the sugar In character. Milwaukee Journal. der glass. For a few years It was lout to cultivation, then reintroduced Into England. Cultivation soon developed the double form, and every color ex cept blue. For many years the Ideal dahlia of the cultivators was a per fectly flouble, ball-shaped flower, Those who remember the compact flowers of thirty or forty years ago know how nearly that Ideal was real ized, and remember the deserved popu larlty of the dahlia of that day. But people soon tired of the regularity of that type, and for a few years it was neglected. Florists were giving time, labor and thought to the development of the rose carnation, chrysr nthenium and other popular flowers. At last some far-seeing cultivator recognized the possibilities of the dahlia, and In new, Improved and more beautiful shades of color It resumes Its sway, and to-day greets us In so many varied talniug the Wells-Fargo Express Com pany's treasure. Something must have disturbed the highwayman wuue u was gathering up the money from the treasure box, for when the stage coucu passengers had armed themselves at the next station and hurried back to the scene, later In the day, they found among the debris of papers, empty purses and wrappings of parcels a linen cuff. Tbe robber eviuenuy uau dropped It In a hurried tight to bis refuge. The cuff was turned over to the ex press company detectives. They found, after weeks of Inquiry, that the Indeli ble laundry marks were those of a Chinese laundry on Bush street In San Francisco. When the detective had learned from the Chinese laundry man that the marks on the cuff indi cated that It belonged to one Charles E. Bolton, a regular patron of the ltfiuse and connected with the evap- Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation Co. and attractive forma that every taste laundry, they set about to hunt up may be suited. London Globe. He Koto from tbe Ranks. Prince Chllkow, the minister for rail ways In Russia, commenced his career by making a tour of the world In order to take note of all the latest Inven tions, and especially to study the Inner workings and control of foreign rail ways. He first took a position as an ordinary mechanic in the locomotive works at Liverpool, and, after serving some years as a laborer, was raised to the post of railway guard, and after ward station-master at a small suburb an station. When "he returned to Rus sia he again worked his way from me chanic to station-master, and, after working tor several years In the latter capacity on the Trans-Caspian and Varsovie systems, be was made In spector general and Anally minister of railways. V Sacrificing Ho Curls. A pat illustration of the sort of man who "breasts the blows of circum stance" Is -given tn a story told of a dashing, handsome Englishman who came to Canada In 1832, took up sev eral thousand acres In tbe Huron tract and began building a homestead. He wore long curls, then the fashion One day the mortar needed for the building of the flrep'.ace lacked hair, Mr. Ralusford cut off the "Hyperion curls." chopped them Into suitable lengths and mixed them In the mortar. "Tbe chimney-corner to this day, says "The Canada Company." "bears testimony to the riches on the outside of a cranium and to tbe bump of deter mination they covered." in Hardly Sn. In no situation, probably, la tbe stam merlng Infirmity more calamitous than tn making a proposition of marriage, An exchange gives s this dialogue: Mr. Stutterly to Miss Grace M-ui-m-lB G-G-G-G-G-G-Grace, I I I I w-w-w-w-w-want you to b-b-b-b-be m-tn-m-m-my " "What did you say. Mr. 8tutterly" "W-W-W-W-W-W-Won't yon b-b-b b- be iny wu-wu-wu-wu-wlfe. I I-I-M-l s-s-s-s-s-saldr "O, George, this la ao sudden!" In t l-olnc 'tsm Temptation. Mother Johnny, have you been swimming? Johnny No'm. Honest I ain't Mother Then what makes your hair oo wet? Johnny I got all aweaty runnln' away from the boy that wis goin' Bwlniaiin'. New York Journal. Mr. Bolton. It came out that diaries B. Boltou. who owned the cuff, was a i quiet, unobtrusive, spare man of about 60 years. He lived In a modest and quiet boarding house, where sedate, old-fashioned business men had rooms, and every one there was bis friend. When a detective went to live In the same boarding house he found that Mr. Bolton was a studious mant lived correct me, was a reauer oi uew books, dabbled in poetry, and every few weeks went away to visit one of the several little mines about Califor nia in which he had Investments. Bol ton was an expert whist player, and evidently he had traveled far and wide In bis early life. His bobby was water colors, aud be spent whole days In painting bucolic scenes alone In his rooms. Then when be bad dlued In atyle along with the other bachelors In tbe boarding house he went alone to the theater, where he took tbe least conspicuous seat He never got mall and never sent letters, but be devoured the dally newspapers at times. Never theless It did not take the detective long to connect this quiet, polished gen tleman with the most dreaded outlaw In California. For 17 years he had kept half the sheriffs and constables, a lot of detec tives, and all the United States mar shals lu California ceaselessly watch ful for a fresh deed by Black Bart He had many a time walked down to a local bank carrying a snug fortune In bis gripsack the proceeds of a re cent affair out on "the road" past hundreds of Sun Franclico people, while they were excitedly discussing Black Bart's latest hold-up. Tbe outlaw was convicted and be cause of his confession and apparent determination to lead a new life he was sentenced to San Quentin prison for only eight years. lie was a model pris oner, and be earned all tbe commuta tions of bis sentence for good conduct He was librcated In July, 1800. For a few daya be lived In Sacramento, wait ing, be aald, until be got some money from Eastern relatives, when be meant to go to Seattle aud earn an honest liv ing. Then tbe man disappeared. There la no doubt In the minds of the officials who participated In Black Bart's capture before, but that tbe ac complished stage robber Is again at work and will once more lead the of ficers of tbe law a merry chase before, he ia apprehended. When a Man Falls Down. Slippery sidewalks tend to bring out emphatically one of the peculiar sides of human nature. No matter bow much the fall Injures a man physically, It j seems as nothing to the damage to bis self-esteem if perchance his misfortune happens to be witnessed by some ouo ! else. The first thing the unfortunate does after picking himself up Is to look all about him with an Idiotic smile on his face, Just aa lf he took the whold thing as a Joke, but anxious to see If any oue has seen his tumble. If there happens to be some one near by who has witnessed the fall the smile vanishes, and there Is a display of tem per that Is ludicrous. It Is bis bat that suffers. It la pounded Instead of brush ed, as lf that hat was responsible for the humiliation, or ns If he could get square with the hat by a "rougbbouse" sort of brushing. If, however, no one Is In sight, and no face Is seen at a win dow, the unfortunate goes his way af ter a few preliminary limps, as If the thing was a matter-of-course Incuient, that must be taken good-naturedly In common with the other trifling affairs of a lifetime. Tbe result Is about the same when a soft, slushy snowball, hurled by a smoll boy, finds its murk on fne broud back of an otherwise dig nified person. Washington Star. TAPP1NO THE MAPLE TREES. This la the Difference. 'Yes, that Is where he made a mis take," said McLean, referring to tne latest act of stupidity on the part of McFarlane. "I don't call such an action as that a mistake," cried old Cormnck, dlctato rlally; "I call It a blunder." "Well, Ifa all the same thins." re turned McLean. "No, you're wrong there," was Cor mack'a reply; "there's a good deal ot difference between a blunder and a mistake." "I should like to know what It Is," orators by rubber hose or Iron pipe, the flow of sap from storage tank to evap orators being regulated by automatic valves. Thust be sap enters one end of tbe evaporator, working back and forth tliroiiKli partitions and corrugations till It reaches the other end of the evap orator, when It Is drawn off as "sirup." Tbe sap Is not "handled" any from tbe time tbe men pour It Into the draw tanks until It conies out a finished ar ticle, I. e., made sirup at eleven pounds to the gallon. This may be put away In sirup tanks and allowed to cool and settle, and then, lf the sugar Is wanted, tbls sirup Is put into the "sugaring off pan on a separ ate arch and boiled down until the right pitch Is reached, when It Is taken from tbe fire, stirred geutly and allowed to nni nnil then nut Into tin cans or wood- I cn tubs, nnd it Is then ready for market i In the form of maple sugar. with Fremont as compared with 40 for Banks, who had Just been elected Speaker of the House lu the longest nnd most exciting contest for that of fice which lias taken place In the his tory of tbe country, and 43 for Wll mot, the author of the celebrated autl slavery proviso. Dayton, however, was nominated. Thnt was four years before Lincoln's nomination for Pres ident. In 1858. when he cauvassed Illinois ngalnBt Douglas in the contest for tho Senate, be won a reputation which extended all over the couutry. and which brought his name up In conuection with the Republican na tional leadership. That was nearly two years before the convention met which nominated him for President. Tbe person who asserts that Lincoln was suddenly sprung upon the coun try as a Presidential quantity Knows nothing about tbe politics of isru-iw). When Lincoln, by Invitation of a New York Republican club, made bis his toric address at Cooper Institute, In New York City, on Feb. 27, 18(10, the Tribune declared next morning tnnt since the days of Clay and Webster no man has spoken to a larger ossein blage of tbe Intellect and culture of our city." lie hnd powerful friends among the Republican statesmen and m.wsnnners of every State In the Union at that time, and that was near ly three months before the convention met which nominated blm. On the first of tbe three ballots lu the convention in which he was nominated he bad otes from New England and the mid die States, as well as from bis own quarter of the country. Careless or Iguoiant persons, In pointing moruis or making antitheses, are .In tbe habit of insinuating that Lincoln, at the time of i.Im nomination in 1800, was a sort of a dark horse or an accident, but sncb assertions make a wide diversion from the facts.-St Louis Globe-Democrat COMMENCING JAN. 1, lt02, And continuing until March 1, 1903, this company will have but one steamer running between The Dalles and Tort- and; leaving The Dalles Monday. Wednesday and Friday, and Portland Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. STEAMERS Regulator, Dallei City, Reliance. answered McLean skeptically, Well. suoDose vou went to call on THE POWER OF SUPERSTITION e!Ant nut an nlri timhrplln into I .urn The Gypsy Charm and It Alleged ine Biana ouu iwjs. - Miroeulons Cure, when you lert mat wouia oe a mis-1 SurK.rstuion Is a force to be reckoned taite; but suppose you put uou a u. wlh and not demised by those wbo la- one and brought away an old one, that would be a blunder, d'ye see?" I McLean admitted Ibat there was a difference after alL-Buffalo Enquirer, j A Smart Man's Clever Ruse. j "I aaw your wife In a car with you . the other day," said a friend to the gay Wall street broker. "I thought she i - a-. asiVt avam Tha nnn. : was go.UK i j dnw out from tue snvjn(ts bank , ,arg( .w i.. .-" .,! th. hrok-' of her little hoard of savings, and, .;r..S:: ... .J,.. .man ; 1 W of all my protests, paid It to erauiucu. - eynsv woman on tbe outskirts there ror a ion, me, auu , - - charni chsrm con nir tne not to tell her to come back . . . Just yet" AU students In tbe laboratory course In tbe University of Heidelberg are re quired to take out life Insurance. Each of the Queta's state horses car rioo 1-W pounds of barneoa. bor for tbe good of the poor In the large cities. A philanthropic woman of New York tells tbe following experience: "A poor Italian housewife, living In Mulberry street had a swelling of the knee. She told me of her trouble and I gave her tbe address of a free dispens ary, where she went for treatment Th treatment did not cure bcr aad she of CANNED HORSE. WHITE COLLAR LINE. The Dalles-Portland Route Sir. " Tahoma," Bstwasn PorlUn4. The Dallas sni Wif Points TIKI CARD Leave Portland MonilsTS, Wednidsi and Friday! t 7 a. m. Arrivea The Dalles, sums day, 5 p. m. keave ins uaues iupsuayh, juurstmya ana Baiurilays, 7 a. m. Arrivea Portland, aaine day, i p. m. This route has the grandest acenlc attractions oa earth. Str. "Bailey GatzoH," Dally Round Trips, except Sunday. TIME CARD. Leave Portland. ..7 a.m. I Leave Aatoria...7s.m. Landing and ofhee, loot ol Aider street Both 'phones, Main Dal, I'ortland, Or. K. W. CRICHTON, Agent, Portland. JOHN M. F1LLOOK. Agtnt. The Dalles. A. J. TAYLOR, Ageut, Astoria. i. C. WYATT, Rniit, Vancouver. WOLFOKD 4 WYKIIH, Agta., White Salmon. H. B. (ill.BKETH, Agent, Lyle, Wash. PRATHER & HEMMAN, Agouts st Hood Rtvor "How did you manage It?" "I didn't write for her to come back. I Jnst sent ber last month's gas bill. It waa for 11 cents. She got here two days later, and her trunks have beeu coming In on every train alnce." Then they both amlled. New York Presa. Tunnel Cnder North Channel, The estimated cost of a submarine tunnel from Wlgton, Scotland, to Lame. I Ireland, twenty-three miles, Is $30.000.-' 000. There la no Immediate-prospect of , Its being built Population or Venice. j Tbe Increase In population in Venice has been 50.000 during tbe last twen-' ty-flve year. During the last ten year it baa been nearly li.OOO. Bubaldiains; Manufactorlna. Under a law passed two years ago I k. TTnnffarlnn vorornment mar aubsl- able habit Into which aom people faU ! kln, of B.nBf.ctor- NAGGINQ. Ouo of the Kino that Deotroj Hoaso Comfort. There la one exceedingly disagree- Cayuses Costing $3 Make Sixty round of Meat tor txnort. The horse-pickllng works at Llnnton will probably resume operations by the middle of next mouth. 1 ms statemeut in face of the fact that Oregon cayuse nnn I os are meeting a better demand now than for many years, seems odd, but It Is true and there Is good rcasou for It. While 10,000 or more cow ponies have eone from the ranges of Eastern Ore gon this year to supply the needs of the British armies lu South Africa, and thousands are yet to go, and tbe price paid has been very satisfactory to the nroducer, the fact remains tuat grea numbers of scrub ponies are left on the ranees ornery, uubroken. intractable, useless little brutes, consuming feed that ought to go to the fattening of meat cattle. The British army will take smaller animals than will find a ready market elsewhere, but they must be sound and well broken to ride. Tbou sands of the cayusos will not meet these specifications. Not only will they not bring $35 each from tbe British, but they are not wanted at any price by the British or anybody else. They are either uot sound of wind and limb, or are untamable, or both. Tbey are a drug on the market. They belong to anybody who cares to put a brand on tlipm. Tliev are wild borsea. and no body wants them; but each of these animals takes as much range as would be required for tbe sustenauce of a steer that will dress 1,000 pounds. The stockmen want the range for their cat tle, and tbe railroad companies are glad to assist In taking the useless cayuse ponies out of tbe couutry. so there will be more room for stock that will ylc'.d money to producers and carriers. Therefore the railroads are willing to make a very low rate for carrying tbe cayuses to the Llnnton abattoir, and the movement thither will soon be re sumed. The average cayuse pony taken to the Llnuton abattoir yields only about sixty pounds of merchantable meat, the rest of the carcass going Into fertillter. glue. leather, etc. This meat la carefully olckled In tierces, and Is shltiped to market In France and Holland, where tbe prejudice against horse meat Is not so strong as It la In this country. These Oregon and union Pacific Dsn st Chicago Special 11:26. as. pot an river 1:27 p.m. slsted of a piece of parchment on which were written some queer char acters. The whole was tied up in a lit tle bag and was suspended by a string around tbe patient's neck. When she showed It to me I laughed tbe thing to scorn aud tried lo show ber bow foolish she was to pay hard-earned money to a miserable quack. I could not convince ber of the folly. howeer. and so gave np the efTort. trust'ng to time to prove me right "The neighlors of the woman with tbe swollen knf mn heard of her L'yiisy i barm. a;ul one of them who bad an eruption of the skiu which bad long defled the power of medicine to remove I' U'jrzcd lor a copy of the charm. Tbe Br-t woman was ready to do Ibis favor to her fellow -sufferer, and as neither could read nor write they used a to'enr-olri son of one of them lo make . i.ii ...hn..i hi. narnnt. were ! horses bring from $2.73 to $3 each, de- i exceedingly proud of his ability to read leered at the railroad. They are most 1 and write American.' But the lad could Ij owned by Indiana, the animal own- Mail and Kiprass 11:42 p. as. TIMiTiRHCOULEI from Hooal BKr. alt lake, Penvar, Ft. Worth.Omaha, Kansas iiy, St. Louia.Chicagoand tat Walla W alla Lewla- ton,Hptkaii,Min lirapnlls.Ht. Haul. nuliith, Mllwan- ke,t'blcago4ut Salt Lake, Denver, Ft. Wnrth.omaha, Kansaa City, Ht. Iu is.t'o icago aud tail. Aaaiva Portland Bpaelel 1.-06 p. m. Portlan tKt,a, Mall aa4 Kxprwa t.42.a. OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE VKOM PORTLAND. IMo.i All Bailing aataa subject to Chang For San Frncleo ball vry dors :. aa. Dny Ex. Sunday oo aa. fratnrdav te w p. m. .t.n. aa. Sunday rota a. Tut., Thur. aiiaKat. Cosmkla Rlr (twanrs. To Astoria na Way Landlug. WIIImmM tinr. Oregon Cut, Mv. brg, Bim, lud. fendenc a Wag attding. 0,s. ax. Sunday :.. aa. Suadar wUlaaten Vsav am airw. Oregon CUt Ion, A Vtai Laa mg-m. D.T. 4- make nothing of the gypy writing on WI3b ber first engagement ring a girl the parchment He was jual to the have to aay and tbeaJet U lions, bat ; lms glues life for her has Just bogus. occasion, however, and showed he be without seeming to notice It Tbls la nagging. They cannot aay 'ht tbey ed by white men seldom being ao use less aa to find their best market for tbe shamble. Portland Oregoolaa. 46 at. To., Thar aaaBu. Lv. Rl porta li. dally VIH1BMtt JtTf, Portland to Corrai lla Wag Landing. huxs Rrvta. Klpsrla to Lowlatoa IU p.m. Mob., W4. aaaFrL t n.K. Hon., w4. BodFrt. Lv.Lawlttou task. dally Foe lo rate and other loformattoa write to A. L. CRAIQ, ""'' l Faatngr agtat, FerUta. 0. fm aAI. 4(t, Ifood RItm.