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HERR STEllARDT'S NEMESIS 1 BY J. MACLAREN COBBAN. CHAPTER I Continued. "Ah," be said to me, "so you've come to try end enlighten our Hotten tot about a thing or two in tliii world and the next. Weil, you can only do your beit, you know; we'll try to make you . comfortable and back you up. Come all the way from London today, I euppore; have yon got yourself fixed up vet in the village? what snme author chap Matthew or Mark Bum mat or other calls a 'Lancashire Hell-hole. Well, we're not quite to bad as that yet here, but we're getting to it. But it can't be helped, you know; we ha gone forrard and weniun go forrarder, as the rabbit aid when be let th' weasel get bim into a hole. Yes, 'Hell-hole;' but it should be oseful change for you ; it may give yon n idea when you want to describe to your congregation the real" "Jim, lad," interrupted his sister, "you're forgetting youreell?" "Eh? Oh? ah, well I can remem ber, you know, when all round about here was as sweet and pretty a place I was born back o' th' White Moss" (in dicating that locality over bis shoul der), "Ioppleton way." Thus the full, quaint and careless stream of his talk flowed on, meander ing about one person and another, this subject and that. He seemed a well of curious and fearsome Lancashire lore lore of the days when spinning and weaving were done in the cottage homes of remote hamlets and homesteads, when Lancashire energy applied itfelf to useful work and not to useless toil, when its fabrics were made to be worn and not merely to be sold the days when the steam engine was not yet with its all-devouring, all-enslaving ma cbinerv. We had talked thus for at out an hour or, rather, listened to Mr. Birley talk when be paused and looked round (he had been fidiceting in bis chair for some time.) "What's got "Manule?" he said, ad dressing his sister. "Is he stuck till midnight in his laboratory again? Doesn't seem as if that smoke was to come off tonight. In Paul's house now it used to be 'Smoke where you ple:ue' drawing room or anywhere. Poor Paul!" I was astonished and alarmed to see Miss Lacioix rise hurriedly, and glide without a word from the room. Mrs. r-teinhardt made as if site would follow her. but she did not. She sank back in tier chair with a sigh. "Jim! Jim!" she exclaimed, t proachfully.. "Why will you say things, when you know the poor girl cannot bear allusions to it? "Ah." said Birley. humbly. "Poor lass! Her father," he explained, turn ing to me, "has never come back from London. Poor Paul!" He was visibly affected. "He had to go to the law courts there." said Mrs. Steinhardt, "more than a year ago, about some dreadful buhinesg of the chemical works he was my husband's partner." "Hildercheimer v. Lacriix and Stein bardt" (Frank turned on the music stool to correct his uncle's pronnncia tion.) "Well," said he, "that's all right; anyway that was the case May be turning again to me "you remember it in the papers. It was about the infringement of a chemical patent 'Manuel had put them up to in his eternal laboratory. "Nay, uncle," interrupted Frank flushing up. "It wasnt' father's fault more than anyone else's." "Ay, lad," said Birley, "or course you know all about it. But you're right to stand up for your father. How ever, Paul, as the chief of the firm went up to London to fight the case; he fought and lost to the tune of 20,000 pounds damages which, I suppose drove him mad, poor fellow, for he's never come back made away with himself, very likely, or, somehow, got made away with." "But, surely," interrupted Frank again, "it could hardly be the damages did it, uncle? You remember he went to Paris after the trial about some pat tern business for the print works, and then got back to London again." "Ay, lad out 20,000 pounds dam ages can mnke a man feel very queer all the way to Paris and back. At any rate, poor Paul's gone -lost in the great London wilderness. ' "It is a very extraordinary affair,' said I. cut 1 dont remember seeing anything of it in the papers." "It got into the papers, though,' said Birley, "to some extent not much. We didn't want a noise about a private, painful thing like that,." "But," said I, wondering, "I sup pope inquiries were made?" " They made inquiries high and low,' said Birley; "they laid detectives on and everything, but nothing came of it Did there, Frank?" "No," said Frank "nothing at all "Did vou try to trace him out of Lon don?" I asked. "I suppose they did,' aid Birley. "Yes oh yes," said Frank. I wondered that Birley should keep using the word "they." Had he borne no share in the investigation himself? I had my thought antwered at once. "I wasn't able to go to London my self,'' said Birley; "I was laid up with a broken leg; and, when I got better, I didn't think it was any use my going. There wairan end of Paul that was certain ; for he wasn't the man to knock under like, and get lost just." In a little while Miss Lacroii re turned, with apology for her with drawal. "I bad a little of headache." said she. I now saw more clearly the encroach ments which grief, and whut I cannot describe by other words than "anxious waiting," had made on a young li'e which would, nnopprewed, I was sure, have been so full of spirit and mirth. I longed there and then with an earnest desire that I might do something to brighten ber life, to remove the weight of uncertainty and grief which burdened it, and preyed upon it. But I had little further opportunity for talk with her that night. In a few minutes Mr. Steinhardt returned. We heard then what were the causalties re sulting from the falling of the bell tower. A horse had been killed, as, also, had been a sow with her litter: and two pigs bad been so injured that the butcher had to be summoned. We were now invited into the smoking room; but Mr. Birley rose, and said he must be going; he would smoke his pipe on the way home "wi' th' parson "Parson smokes, I suppose?" said be, laving his hand on my shoulder. Po he and I departed together. The valley was asleep under a white pall of " fog; but the weird tongues of flame still flickered on the slope a-d ridge behind and beyond ns(from ci te oven, any companion explaiueJ), ulJ the tall : chimneys dreamily and intermittently smoked. The great chimney of the chemical works, however, emitted not so much smoke as a thin pinkish vapor, which stole away imperceptibly over the neighborhood to poison all green things, and to filter through the cracks and crevices of doors and windows, to trouble sleepers with lethargy and head ache, i "By George!" exclaimed my compan ion. "He'll get fined again some day. Paul used to be always at bim about it. Poor Paul!" fc'o ended my first evening in Timper- ley a memorable evening for me. I had made the acquaintance of one whom I have reason now to call as dear friend as I have ever known, and as eood a man as fortune has ever ne glected, and of another who- is now the dearest of all earth's creatures to me. CHAPTER II. I frequently looked in upon the ladies at Timperley Hall, and took a four-o'clock cup of tea with them (not, however, to the neglect of other, if less pleasant, parochial visitations). Dur ing these visits we talked without tliat constraint which somehow Mr. Stein- hardt's presence imposed upon us. Miss Lacroix and I agreed in our opin ions concerning the ruthlessness with which Lancashire pushed on its indus trial way: we often astonished poor Mrs. Steinhardt (sometimes even our selves) by the warmth with which we would discuss the outrage done to man and nature. One afternoon we talked thus. . It was well on in springtime; the stream was running full and all nature, in spite of drawbacks, was striving to look green.- I told them how that morning I had stood by the little plank bridge just below Timperley Hall, look-rig across at the dreadfully lumbered little peninsula on which the ruined spinning mill stood, when theie turned up at my elbow an old man whom I knew by tight as an ex-handloom weaver. A fine brook, that, parson," he said. Yes," said I, suiting my reply to what I thought his persiflage; "what a pitv no trout teem to know of it! "Ah. but." said he, sadly, "there were trout in'itwonst; though there's been none for mony a day. Trout! Aw defy onything to live in that, bout gettin' cured firtt, like a red herrin' or a tallymatider! There was a lad drowned like as it might be this spring, and he were never found till like as it might be next back end. down theer in that mud; he were not gone at all, hut he were cured thro and thro ; black, mon black!" This I told ; and - then I continued "Drowning, they say, is an easy death'; but to drown in such a stream as that seems horribly repulsive. I fancy no one would care tocommit suicide in it." I perceived my stupid blunder as soon as I bad spoken; I bad not thought that what I said could betaken as "allusive" to the disappearance of Mr. Lacroix. "Excuse me," said Miss Lacroix, ris ing hurriedly, "I do not feel very well. Do not come, Mrs. Steinhardt; I shall get better by myself." I of course made apology to Airs. Steinhardt for my stupidity. Yes, said she; "you see she can t bear any kind of allusion to her father's end. She told me soon after she came here (she couldn't, you know, go on living in that big house up there all by herself) she told me a strange dream she had once or twice when her father was missing the strangest thing, but I scolded her eo, she has never said another word to me about it. Still I fancy she thinks a great deal about her father, though she does not say much; they were rare and fond o' one another, That very evening I unexpectedly learned from Miss Lacroix herself what that strange dream was. I was return ing bv moonlight from the house of parishioner along that same road which first brought me upon the valley. Pass ing the pond on my right (which I be fore mentioned as reflecting the lighted windows of the many storeyed mill), I observed a figure, cloaked and hooded standing on the margin of the pond under one of the trees. I paused minute, while my heart beat with ap prehension, and then I passed through a gap In - the fence and approached The figure turned quickly, as if impa tient at the intrusion, and in the pale moonlight I recognized the face of Miss Lacroix. "Miss Lacroix!" I exclaimed "Yon here!" "Oh, Mr. Unwin," she begin, in evident tension of feeling, "I could not rest indoors, and so I came down to see Uncle Jaq lies; I could not remain with him, and so I came out here to look at this, which aUaya fascinates me 'Look!" I stood by her side and looked; thi is what I saw: An inverted reflection of the tall chimney of the chemical works which was emitting, as it often did late in the evening, its strange pinkish vapor; this vapor in the re flee tion looked as if it were slowly rising irom trie bottom oi the pond, and, as its color blended with the tints the water somehow took as the breeze ruf fled it this way or that, produced the impression of a slowlv simmering caul dron of red, green, and copper-brown flame. This was so wonderfully weird a fancy that I confess I felt my skin creep. I turned my eyes away, and then looked again, and again, but the impression was ever the same. "It's indeed very strange!" I said. "Is it not?" said she. "You ' see it also? Mr. Unwin," she went on, turn' ing suddenly to me, and speaking with a vehemence which increased as the words came, "I have wished to tell you, You ate a clergyman, and must hea me make my confession; and yon will keep it secret to yourself. You have heard, perhaps, that my father my dear father! is thought to be dead now just a vear ago?" "I have," said I. "He went to London and to Paris on business, and be never came hack It happened while he was away that I lived all by myself at borne. I slept sound that night without dreaming when suddenly 1 had a dream. I saw vapor or flame slowly rising just like that I raw a man plunge into it, and 1 knew the man was my father I felt he was. I awoke at once all trembling and did not go to sleep again. -That was all my dream." Are you bim, , I said, " that von had not heard some one Mrs, Stein' hardt, for instance suggest that he had been drowned, and then von went and dreamt of the peculiar appearance of this pond?" "No, no, no!" she protested with rapid vehemence. "Did I not say that I dreamed it tl e very mLt on whi all tiace of Mm was lost from his hotel in-London? Nobody thought then that be was not coming home soon. And I do not think I bad noticed this pond then. I have dreamed the same dream several timet since, but that may be nothing at all. I shall very likely dream it tonight." I turned away from the pond and she followed me. We walked along in silence for some distance. "Oh!" she exclaimed, at length, "I do long so very much to know what has really happened to my dear father my poor father!" "I wibIi l could neipyou vonnaouv, I said,; "indeed I do. You may be sure I shall think of all you have told me, and shall try to discover anything more. I have friends in London who may be of use, if I may mention it to them." "Oh. rertainly."ehe answered. "You are very kind. Bacon's Hotel, Great Queen Street, it where he was last heard of." At a certain corner where the lane to Timperley Hall diverged from the way through the village, she insisted on parting from me. I let her go with lit tle hesitation, for I knew there wat no fear of her being molested. It may be presumed that while I smoked my post-coenal pipe I thought over the strange scene at the pond, and II that Miss Lacnox had said. It was certainly very mysterious, but all the conclusion I could reach concerning it that night was a resolve to go and look at the pond by day. (To be continued) A Double Turn. A man who was bicycling in South ern France was pushing his machine up steep hill when he overtook a peasant with a donkey cart. The patient beast was making but little progress, al though it was doing its best. The benevolent cyclist, putting his left hand against the back of the cart and guiding his machine with the other hand, pushed eo hard that the donkey, taking fresh courage, pulled his load successfully up to the top. Vt hen the summit was reached the peasant burst into thanks to his bene factor. "It was good of you, indeed, mon sieur! he protested. "I should never in the world have got op the hill with only one donkey." Whert th Home Acted Mistily. The house does funny things some times. It pawxl a bill the other day establishing a lighthouse on the coast of North Carolina. The second section of the bill provided that the "act ap proved March S, 1901, be, and the same is hereby repealed."- The act thus wiped off the statute books at one fell swoop was the sundry civil appro priation bill, which appropriated mill ions and millions of dollars for the ex penses of the government. In the sen ate the bill -was amended so as to be less sweeping in itt effect. Washing ton Post. laduitrlal Conjumptlon of Cold. The industrial consumption of gold in the United States in the calendar year is estimated to have been f 18, 667,500, and in the world approxim- iately $75,000,000. Although the United States led the world last year in the prodction of gold, our imports of the metal exceeded our exports by the sum of $12,866,101. The stock of gold coin in the country, including bullion in the mints, at the close of the fiscal vear was estimated at (1,124,652,818, and the stock of silver coin at (610, 477,025. Khaki Color Doomed. The British war office has decided that after the Boer war is over khaki will not be used, but a working dress will be made ef a peculiar drab mix ture, which is said ' to be ol a more neutral color than khaki serge, so that the present campaign will doubtless be handed down to posterity as the khaki war. This material, it is complained, has not enhanced the appearance of English soldiers, and the authorities are by no means satisfied that it has added to their safety. Worth ef a Compliment Most compliments sound something like this: "They say he is a thief, but he never stole anything from me It may be because I have watched him closelv, but so far I have never missed anything." vt hen yon feel that your friend deserves praise, why pay tribute to his enemies in praising him? So Stupid. "Who wat that you just spoke to?" asked the first Chicago woman ; 'his face was rather familiar to me." "I believe," said the other, "hit name is Jenks Henry Jenks." "Oh I to be sure. How stupid of me! He was my first husband." Philadelphia Record. Annual Boiler Cxploitont. In 1900 there, were in the United St.tes 873 boiler explosions, by which It 8 persons were killed and 520 in jured. In Great Britain during the same period only 24 persons were killed and 65 injured by boiler explosions. German Army Reserves. The German army reserves are great- iy increasing in number, for next salary ony $10,000 less than that re year's 13 day of drill 6,530 non-com- ceived by the chief executive of the missioned officers and 48,111 privates will put in an appearance. This it nearly double last year's numbers. Growth of RuiiImb Tows. Vladivostok, which 40 years ago con sisted of four Chinese fishermen's hut, is now a flourishing city of 60,000 souls, and Khabarofsk and Plagovest chensk are not far behind in wealth and population. Illiteracy ef Portugese. Portugal is the most illiterate conn try in Europe; 67 per rent of its popu lation cannot write. In Italy the pro portion of illiterates is 63 per cent, in Russia S3, in Spain 9 and in Britain only IX. Venerable English Preacher. Mr. Robert Chapman, one of the Plymouth Brethren, is preaching ia Devonshire, England, at the age of 100 years. He has preached for 70 years without a break. He once was a Lon don lawyer. Pneumatic Postal Tub. Pneumatie postal tubes make slow progress in this country. In London theie are 81 pneumatic tubes for the dispatch of postal packets, and their aggregate length is 34 miles. Disgusted. Manager What's this item in year ex penee accon nt for " hard ware, $50"? 8al?ma Hardware? Oh, yea; that's for poker. I thought it would look better put in that way. Vealej let Keys Fight Dr. Temple, the archbishop ot Can terbnry. declare that it it not a bad thing for boys to fight occasionally, pro vided there 1 b feeling ef BJtUic. ERA. OF BIG SALARIES MEN WHOSE ABILITY COMMANDS GREAT PAY. Heads of Large Corporation Who Draw Annually in the Neighborhood of 30,0OO for Their Bervlcee-Borne Completion Example. The present seems to be the era of high salaries. When Lyman J. Uage left bis $8,000 cabinet place In Wash ington to become President of the United States Trust Company, at a salary said to be $50,000 per year, certain business men In Chicago ex pressed a doubt of lilt ability to earn (bat enormous amount That any man should render a. 11. DU.AFit.LD. actual eervlcet commensurate with a salary of $50,000 a year is really beyond the understand ing of the average toller whose stipend Is $2 or $3 a day. Nevertheless, In this matter-of-fact age there are prob ably very few persons receiving pro digious pay who do not earn every dol lar of it. Some months ago Secretary Uage told an assemblage of bank clerks In Denver that be could place at least 20 young men, If they bad the ability. In financial Institutions of the country at a salary of $23,000 a year each. His remark doubtless wat In tended to lay stress upon the fact that a score of young men worth $25,000 each could not easily be found. Some High-Salaried Men. Some months ago, when Charles Counselinan was elected President of the American Fisheries Company, a concern that has control of many of the canning factortet In the State of Washington and along the shores of Alaska, It was announced that bis sal ary was to be $50,000 a year. Mr. Counselman Is a Cblcagoan, and be has bad a long and successful experience l i , - as a gram mercnant on me rwaiu ui Trade, an owner of grain elevators, a builder of skyscrapers, a dealer In real estate and a man of large business In terests generally. He began wltb lit tle or nothing, and such education as be possesses he acquired In the school of experience. He It to-day a man of large fortune and great commercial ac tivity, still In the prime of life. There Is another Chicago man who It said to be receiving a yearly salary so big thnt many would consider It a fair fortune after a life time of Industrious effort. This Is Con rad II. Matthleson President of tht Chicago Sugar He fining Company, some times called the Glucose Trust He it now about 35, and hit annual salary bat been va rlously ttated as $05,000 and $73,000. . aby. . At any rate. It It big enough to be high ly exceptional It is but fifteen years since he left college, and at first be worked ten hours a day, carried bis lunch with bim, and earned $12 a week. Step by step be mastered every de tail of the business and rose to be manager. Then a crisis arose, calling for the highest executive ability, aud he wat equal to the emergency. His company was In a rate-cutting pool and Itt profits bad disappeared. Upon his aggressive Initiative It withdrew from the pool, Inaugurated a fight of Its own and within two years was paying 30 per cent dividends. This triumph inspired In Mr. Matthleson an ambition to control the entire field, and this was accomplished under his direction. Most of the concerns absorbed by his com pany were losing money, but under the combine which he organized tbelr stocks were transmuted Into gold. This young man earns bis princely salary by successfully handling $40,000,000 of combined capital and conducting the glucose business, comprising some 20 departments, in such a systematic and prosperous way that the shareholders are well satisfied. He says that hard work Is a tonic to him and be keeps at It early and late, never asking a subor dinate to do more than he does him self. He knows no other secret of suc cess. Bank President' $40,000 Salary. When Richard Delatield, President of the National Park Bank of New York, had bis salary raised from $23,000 to $40,000. early last year. It was said that no other bank President In the United States re ceived .such big pay for hit serv ices. The reason given for this In crease wat that the bank't business bad expanded so much C M. SCHWAB. mnA th Maimnil. billtlet of its executive head had be- come to ercat that be well deserved a nation. As the custodian of $70,000,000, to be successfully handled In tuch financial operation at are open to na tional banks, bit responsibilities are tremendous. Mr. Delatield begin his business career as clerk In a mercan tile house on a salary of $5 a week. There has been much talk about tbe salary of Charles M. Schwab. President of the United States Steel Corporation. It Is pretty well settled now that be re ceives $100,000 as annual salary, and an additional $25,000 as a contingent fee. a time more toan two years ago, Elbert H. Gary, who at that time re- tided at Wbearon, III., a suburb of Chicago, was elected President of the Federal Steel Company, which Is now an Integral part of tbe tteel combina tion, and bit salary was fixed at $00.- 000 a year. Having previously been at torney for tbe Illinois Steel Company, be bad mastered the legal aide of the great Industry before be was able to command such blgb wages. He tpe clalised his knowledge, and thus was aiJe to attract tbe attention of the cap Rallsts In control of tbe vast enter prises. At chairman of the Executive Committee of the great tteel trust, he probably receive fully at much as be drew when President. The two highest paid men In tbe American pulpit are Bishop Totter, of New York, and Rabbi Era II G. Hlrwh. of Chicago, each of whom draws $15, 000 annually. PECULIAR DREAM STORY. Lidx SeeeVUIon of Home and IHr elt Facsimile ef Ghnet teen There. Horace t. Hutchinson, wbo ba bet'ii lisoontnlnj on "Dream" In Longman's Magaxine, gives tbe following peculUr Instance: I amimmmmtmnl I I n A certain lady dreamed frequently of a certain house until It bad become exceedingly familiar to ber; she knew all Its rooms, Itt furniture; It wat as well known to ber as that In which she lived her waking life, and, like a good wife who bas no secrets from her bus band, she often talked over all the de tails wltb him a very pleasant fancy. One day they husband and wife went Into tbe country to view a house that they thought of taking for the summer months. Tbey bad not seen It, but the account In the bouse agent's list had attracted them. When they arrived before It they gave a tlmultaneaus ex clamation of surprise. "Why," said the husband, "It Is your dream house!" It was. The coincidence attracted them. They took the house. In the course of their occupancy they learned that the bouse had the reputa tion of being haunted; that several peo- pie before them had taken It for short terms, but had eeen-or fancied they , bad teen-"somethlng." and bad left before their term of tenancy expired. - a . . . .-.. nn hrAllyll t , Haa inese new iwu their own old servants with them. It la likely that tbey would have had some difficulty In whipping up a domestic staff, so uncanny was the reputation of their apparently reputable house. The new tenants dwelt In the house with all satisfaction and peace through the summer months until their term of tenancy came to an end. On leaving, husband and wife expressed their satisfaction to the local agent "The only thing." said the wife, "that we were disappointed in is that we nev er saw the ghost" "Oh, no!" said the agent. "We knew you would not see the ghost." "What do you mean?" asked the wife, rather nettled. "Oh," the agent repeated, "we knew -ftM not see the aiiostl You are the ghost that people have always seen here." Malagasy Funeral Custom. Tbe funeral customs of the Malaga ties vary according to the tribe. The burial places are surrounded with stones placed erect, when any are to be found In the vicinity, but, If these are wanting, with stakes more or less carved and figured and surmounted wltb ox horns. After a person dies, the"1)ody Is preserved In the but for several days, during which time former friends and acquaintances unite around the bier in order to sing and dance and mnke copious libations In the deceased's honor. When the day of funeral arrives, the coffin Is covered with rags of different colors, and above the head Is placed an umbrella to pro tect the face against the heat of the tun. Young glrlt form the head of the cortege, dancing and singing and mark ing time by clapping their hands, and Beryed Teloclty of tl)e elpRnslon exact sometimes marching around the body. . . t veIocit, of nKht That I The bearers of the coffin stop at cer tain places and turn It round and rouud In order to drive away evil spirits. Behind walk the aged, and after them the cattle of tbe deceased, If be or she owned any. The grave, which Is not very deep, Is Immediately after the burial protect ed by an Improvised wall or a pallsadu. In the construction of which all hands take part. After this there begins a festival which t prolonged until night fall Same Old Trouble. It wat a frequent custom with Lin coln, that of carrying his children on his shoulders, says the Wtersry Di gest. He rarely went downstreet that he did not have one of his youngor boys mounted on bis shoulder, while another hung to tbe tall of his loug coat. The antics of tne boys witn tueir father, and the species of tyranny they exercised over bim, are still subjects of talk In Springfield. Mr. Koland Dlller, who was a neighbor of Mr. Lin coln, tells one of the best of the stories. He was called to the door one day by hearing a great noise of children, aud there was Mr. Lincoln striding by witn the boys, both of whom were walling aloud. "Why, Mr. Lincoln, what's the matter with the boys?" be askei. "Just what's the matter Wltb the whole world," Lincoln replied. "I've got three walnnts, and each wants two." The Jap's Kindne to Animals. Prof. Morse bas borne convincing tes - tlmony to the free and happy relations existing between tbe human and the brute creation in Japan, where a Soci ety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals would find no ralson d etre. There he says: Birds build their nests In the city houses, wild fowl geese and ducks alight in the public parks, wild deer trot about the street 1 have actually been followed by wild deer In the streets, nibbling melon rind out of my hand, as tame as calves and lambs on farms. A dog goes to sleep In the busi est streets; men turn aside so as not to disturb bim. One day a beautiful heron alighted on the limb of a tree, and the busy Jostling throng stopped. Every man'e band went Into bit pocket, and out came pencil and tketchlng pa per. Chinese Nerreleune. A North China paper Is responsible for tbe statement that the quality of nervelessness distinguishes tbe China man from tbe European. The -Chinaman can write all day, work all day, stand In one position all day, weave, beat gold, carve Ivory, do Infinitely te dious Jobs for ever and ever, and dis cover no more weariness and Irritation than If be were a machine This qual ity appears In early life. The China man can do without exercise also. Sport and play seem to bim so much waste labor. He can sleep anywhere, amid rattling machinery and deafening uproar. He can sleep on the ground, on the floor, on a chair, or In any po sition. New York Ledger. Not 80 Greene aa Uer Name. Prof. Syle of the State University of California, who spent the holidays la New York, tells this story of himself. At the beginning of the last session, while calling tbe roll of bis new schol ars, be came upon tbe name Miss Greene. He stopped anj expressed ms disapproval of the final e In her name by asking: "O-r-doubie-e-n-e. uoe iuai .pen Green or greenier Mist Greene responded promptly: "8-y-l-e, does that spell Syle or sillier Then tbe roll call proceeded amid suppressed laughter-New York Times. A Res-Tiaa Comment, The refrain." we said to our neigh bor at tbe vaudeville performance, while tbe popular ballad wa being ren dered, "I prettier than tbe verses." -Yea." be agreed. "I wish he would refrain altogether." Baltimore Ameri can. Husband Now, dear. Just as soon as you arrive yon must telegraph. Wife All right How much shall I telegraph for? Town Topics. Many a girl's distant wanner may be traced to tbe fact that ane bad ot lona for dinner. -Science ll-VfclIllU.I Tbe tea It a great denuding agent; but Its work It more constructive than destructive. It Is the workshop where nearly all tbe stratified rocks have been accumulated and ranged In layers of strata. The rivers and ocean cur rents continually bring in fresh sup plies of debris, even for hundreds of wiles. While In South Africa, Major H, A. Cummlugs found that the air of the Pretoria valley beeoinee very hot and dry, and tbe severe storms generated include whirlwinds carrying dust. ..... k t From a eelatlne ' expoge(l one gecond t0 a dust 8to thougands of coionet of bacteria m developed. It Is believed that d (n tnlg wtTi and the . noaaihip distribution of tropical epioem- r let Is appalling. When the model of the great extinct dinosaur called tbe trlceratops, which was shown at the Buffalo Exposition, was In process of making, considerable difficulty' was anticipated In sustaining the huge armored skull In its proper position. But when tbe attempt wat made there wat no difficulty. Then it was found that nature, whose lines had been carefully followed In making tbe model, bad so cunningly balanced the parts about the Junction of the head with the neck that a tingle pin In the base of the skull sufficed to carry It The reputation of Germany as a country where life Is regulated as much , . as possiuie in accoruuuee wn bests of science is borne out by the regulations of tbe German miltlary au thorlties concerning tbe marching and physical training of troops. The "physi ology of marching" has recently been the subject of careful Investigation, and the results obtained are taken ad vantage of for tbe benefit of tbe Ger man army. Among the conclusions reached Is that during continuous heavy marching the rations supplied are not sufficient to replace the waste of carbo hydrates, and that a day's rest Is re quired after every three days' march ing, to enable the body to recover Its normal power. Among the many suggestions offered to account for the swift expansion of the nebulous rings surrounding Nova Persel, none seems more captivating than that of Prof. Kupteyn In a recent number of the Astronomlsche Nach rlchten, where be suggests that tbe phenomenon may be due to the echo ing of light At the probable distance of Nova Persel from the earth the ob- being so, it Is only necessary to sup pose the space surrounding the new star to contain scattered nebulous or meteoric matter, from which tbe light of the explosion that produced the star Is reflected to us at greater and great er distances from the star as tbe light expands around It It Is like the re flection of the sound of an explosion taking place In a hilly country, and coming to our ears In a succession of echoes as It reaches more and more distant ranges. INDIANS AS HOUSE SERVANTS. Nevada Town that Ha Had Some Sue cess with the Experiment. Carson, the capital of Nevada, Is Drobably the only city In the country where the "hired girl" is a squaw. The Eastern tourist Is apt to think that the Western Indian is a myth. At Denver be will tee him only at the annual fes tival. In New Mexico and Arizona he will find him truly, but he Is tbe Pueblo Indlnn living In his own ancient vil lain. The Indian of the plains, the hero of frontier romance. Is secluded on the reservation. But nt Carson he Is an all-pervading element of the landscape. In the mouu tains roundabout Carson live tbe retn nants of three tribes, the Plutes, the Washoes and the Shoshones. They are not upon any reservation, nor do they receive Government support. They are absolutely free, left In possession iof these sterile uplands wblcb tbe white man does not want Each day companies of them come down Into Carson and, swathed In bright blan kets, sit playing Piute poker upon ev ery vacant lot You will often see the squaws sewing there also, making gar ments of Turkey red and other gor geous cottons. Tbe pappooses play about the brilliant sun throws out the flaming scarlet of tbe blanket and tbe rlcb coppery hues of their skin. It Is all wildly picturesque. Now. It Is this picturesque personage. male and female, who helps to solve the servant girl problem In Carson. Other help Is scarce and blgb, and In spite of the fact that neither buck nor squaw can ever be pinned to regular labor, tbelr occasional services are wel come. To tbe Carson housewife every buck Is Jim and every squaw Is. Sally. Sally opens tbe kitchen door without the formality of a 'knock, and tayt: "Mahaylle (woman), yon want work done?" or. tlmply, "Me beap bogadi wblcb ttgnlflei that sbe Is very hungry and desires to work for a meal If yon are an Eastern woman this la apt to frighten you Into fits the first time, and It Is likewise terrifying to look up and find a buck's swarthy face plastered against the outside of your window pane. It takes a little while for you to thoroughly learn that there Is nothing to be feared. But after bit you welcome Sally gladly and set ber to scrubbing tbe floor or washing dishes or clothes. Very rarely there Is a Sally who will eome regularly for weekly wash day. But generally they will wcrk only when they are driven by hunger. Sometimes Sally comes shivering to the door In winter wltb baby under ber blanket Sbe la "heap cold." and wanta to toast herself and the queer, silent little morsel of bu manity on ber back at tbe kitchen fire. They are often ragged and Insufficient ly protected from tbe cold. Sometimes Sally will bring an armful of baskets to at your door and then the Ea8t. ern woman welcomes her with Joy, for ,De knowI ,he ran plck np for a few cent, haskett for which she must pay donar In the ebops -of Carson. Tbe housewife likes to get a Pfute Sally to work ror ter If she can, for sbe Is cMner and more Industrious and adaptable than ber sister of tbe Shoshones and Washoe, Wben Jim Is "beap bogadi" be will cut wood, mow the lawo and do other odd Jobs. Tbe Indians never stay In Carson over night and no Eastern woman fails to look from ber window at sunset and watch them slowly making their way along tbe trail In Indian file In and out wlndt tbe long line, across tbe face of the darkening mountain, the last eunramt lighting np tbelr barbaric trappings, each Jim Invariably with hi own Sady. the quaw alwayt carry- Ing tbe pappoose. but tbe buck eome- J time tbonlderlng tbe stumbling tod- dlert; np, np, to the brush tepee at Um bel line, where each tribe In Its own place, seperatet from the other two, cooks Itt scanty foodoverlUlittlccamp nre and goes to sleep among the moan ing pines.-Wasb!ngton Evening Star. SENSATIONAL SMUGGLING. Feat of Skill and Darin; by a French Maater of DUgniae. . Tbe most sensational trial of smug glers which baa taken place for many years wat neia at romunier, uu mr Frunco-Swlsa frontier. The leader -of tbe band, a man named Derobert and 224 of bit associates are charged with attempting to clandestine ly pass a large quantity of tobacco and phosphorus across the French frontier. Seventy-eight French and Swiss cus toms officers are cited as witnesses. Derobert, a man of extraordinary cun ning, was known on the frontier at tbe king of smugglers. His ingenious ruses were worthy of Sherlock Holmea. At hla bouse were discovered hundreds of disguises, consisting of false beards and mustaches, wigs, and complete aulta of clothes, representing workmen, gentlemen, commercial travelers, etc., In every trade and profession, and cor rect In every detail Derobert's method was daring aud most cunning. Accompanied by a tin gle confederate be would disguise him self and take a first second, or third class railway ticket (according to bis disguise). He would then take tbe train at a Swiss station, generally at Geneva or Lausanne, where confeder ates awaited bim wltb large quantities of tobacco and phosphorus carefully concealed In boxes as baggage. At toon at the train started be would commence concealing the dutiable goods. Cushions would be ripped open. beams would be drilled through, the floor of the carriage taken up anr care fully readjusted after the tobacco bad been put out of sight Derobert even bad false keys for opening tbe guard's private drawers and boxes. In wblcb he often concealed bit goods. The smuggler generally took by pref erence a rast nigbt train, wnen tne frontier was crossed and the custom house passed, he would replace tbe to bacco, etc., In the boxee or traveling bags, which were then handed over to accomplices awaiting their chief on tbe French stations. It Is estimated, according to tbe pros ecution, that by these means tbe French Government has been robbed of nearly 10.000 pounds during the last two years. Tbe custom house officials were aware of the leakage, but all their plant and rules failed In discovering tbe cul prits. Derobert wat at last arrested a little while ago while crossing tbe fron tier with a large consignment of to bacco and phosphorus Ingeniously In serted Into hollows made In tbe wood. London Mall. DESERTERS FROM THE ARMY. Five Thonaand Soldier Laat Year Quit Uncle Barn's Service. There were 0,000 desertlous from tbe United States army In 1001. The War Department Is therefore turning its at tention to solving tbe problem thus presented. An army officer who bas given the situation bis best attention announces that "there Is no cause for it In the service. It's not the treatment the men receive or lack of privileges or anything else we can alter. It't Just pure cusseduess; that's my conclusion after years of experience." He goes on to state that these men wbo desert are of a roving disposition, anyhow. They bave always been ac customed to roam. Tbey have been wont to take a new boss, and, after trying him a while, to discharge him and get another. Uncle Sam can't be discharged, as the men who try it find out. For the deserters are nearly all caught As some one has put it. It's no trouble to get away. The trouble Is to stay away. In spite of tbe great number of desertions the number of successful ones Is on tbe decrease. A man usually makes at once for home, ani the local officials bave been In formed of tbe desertion, and are on tbe lookout for him when be arrives, for there It a $30 reward out for hit cap ture. Then again a deserter bas a curious habit of sooner or later trying to en list a second time. If be hasn't been caucbt before, be surely is now. For the government has an elaborate card system of detection. As soon as a man enters the service a complete descrip tion of bim Is placed on a card, which it catalogued at the surgeon general's office In Washington. Each new re cruit as he enlists must, after he has passed all other examinations, pass tbe last test as to whether or not be has ever been In the army before. The In formation Is all at band there In tbe card catalogue. It It consulted, and wben a deserter is found applying for re-enlistment be gets promptly Into prison Instead of Into tbe army. No man wbo bas once deserted can ever enlist again. Tbe government doesn't Intend to bave tbe army used as a convenience by a class of men wbo want to get In It to tide over time of trouble and then want quickly to set out of It. Philadelphia North American. "Faithful" Service Rewarded, The late Judge Smyth, to much bet ter known as "tbe Recorder." used to bave reminiscence of another lawyer wbo now enjoys much distinction at tbe bar and for a time rejoiced in Ju dicial honors, but who was at the time managing clerk of a law office on the same corridor with that of the future recorder. "I met bim In tbe ball one day, said the old Judge, "and be was evi dently very mucb agitated. I Inquired the nature of bis trouble. Almost weeping, he answered: 'I have been discharged, discharged without a word of explanation, after five years of faithful service. It Is very hard.' Aud then be quite gave way. and added. In tears: 'And you know, Mr. Smyth, you know wbat affidavits I bave made for that man.'" New York Times. Tbelr One Attraction. "Jane, where on earth did you get all these almanacs?" "Just think! The druggist let me bare tbe entire lot for a nickel!" "But tbey are last year's." "Yee, but tbey were such a bargain. dear."-Cleveland Plnln Dealer. 6htniee Habit in Turkey. Horses, mules and donkeys go losded to market In Turkey, but the road Is strewn wltb grain leaking from the old tacks, and thousands of turkeys, which may be bought at 12 cents apiece, feed on tbe dropping grain. young y, are DKed by j rii ,hat -n, t il.ter to . .hnuM , ,nH ... ,- K. , ,,,,. t0 yon.- nw ln We eftea wonder If clerk la a store j pa far the cigars tbey tmoke. GEO. P. GROVELL, Sucoowor to I. L. Smith, Oldeet Bausllstaed House in lhvlly.) DEALER IN Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Flour and Feed, etc. This o!d-etatlielied house will con tinue to pay cash for all its goods; it Says no rent; it employs a clerk, but oes not bave to divide with a partner. All dividends are made with customers in the way of reasouable price. Lumber Wood, Posts, Etc. Davenport Bros. Lumber Co. Have owned an office in Hood River. Call and get prices and leave orders, winch will be promptly filled. THE REGULATOR LINE Dalles, Portland & AstorU. Navigation Co COMMENCING JAN. 1. 190J, And continuing nntll March 1, 1901, this company will have butoneiteamtr running between The Dalle and Fort- land: leavine Tbe Dallet Monday. Wednesday and Friday, and Portland Tuetday, Thursday and Saturday. STEAMERS Regulator, Dallei Gty, Reliance. Portland -Astoria Route Str. "BAILEY GATZERT." Dally round tripa xept Sunday. TIME CABO. Learti Portland Laavea Aitorta ...... 7:0A.M .7:MMC The Dalles-Portland Route Str. -TAHOMA" and "BONIT A Daily trlpa .xoept Sunday. Str. "TAHOMA." Uarei Portland, Hon., Wd., Frl f :W A. kt Uave Tbe Dalles, Tuea., Tkur. Bat,7:M A. at Str. "BONITA Leave Portland, Tuea., Thu., Sat. 7:00 A. kt. Leave Tta. Dalle Hon., Wed., Frl 7 :M A. kt. Landing Foot of Alder Street, POBTLAND, ORROOK. Both 'Phonei Mala ML AGENTS, JOHN M. FILLOON Tn Dallet, Or A. ). 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