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HERE STEINHARDT'S NEMESIS :i BY I. MACLAREN COBBAN. CHAPTKR V Continued. That was all I wanted, and I soon left the little draner. I went to call on Freeman. X found him sitting with his pretty, pleasant wife at an early dinner. They invited met to til down and partako. I declined, on the ground of having juBt had breakfast. "I." said he, "have managed with more economy. This is my breakfast and dinner combined." "I wished," said I, "to have a little talk with vou." "If," said he'it is about that affair of the night, say on; I and my wife are one." I then told of mv (tossip with the draper and its purpose. "You need not have gone to him," said he: "I could have told you that there has been no death of that sort since we have been here, and that's nearly five years. Of course, it's ab surd to suppose that the death of 15 years ago is the one poor Dick was thinking of. No: I've come to the con clusion that he had some hair breadth escape from death in bis mind, and that the rest was'delirium." "But, dear," said Mrs. Freeman, "don't .you forget, both of you, that ' DicVa confession, according to himself, was of murder which has not been found out?" "You are right, my ,dear," said he. "But, at the same time, there has no one been missed who could have been disposed of in that way. Two men, I remember, have disappeared, but they had nothing to do with chemicals, and they were last seen near that deep pond in the clough ; it would be detective speculation thrown away to imagine how they could be done to death in a chemical vat. Come," said he. seeing my serious, anxious look, "let the mat ter alone, we can do nothing with it. The chemical works are an abomina tion, but the only recent death I can suspect them of is that of an unfortu nate dog; someone had dyed him a blazing scarlet; for a while he slunk about the streets, an object of loathing to himself, and of terror, curiosity and scorn to the whole dog world; then he disaDoeared withdrew, probably, in shame and despair to that pond in the clough and put an end to the glaring anomaly of his existence. - But, after all. I think the chief harm they do is to every green thing and to Steinhardt' t renutation for honestv. I see this morning." he continued, turning and picking up the newspaper, "that he is again in court for infringement of some patent." Our talk then turned on the former case of the same kind, the heavy dam ages paid, and the strange disappearance of Mr. Lacroix. I asked him if tie Had ever heard the romantic history of the Lacroix family. He knew all about it; he had heard it from fiirley. I broached to him my hope of either finding the lost Mr. Lacroix, or at least of finding out what had become of him; and I told him I had written some weeks before to some friends who, I had thought, might make inquiries for me in London, but that I had heard nothing from them, and that therefore I thought of going to London msell on that errand as soon as my six months had expired. He shook his head. "I fancy," said he, "all inquiries have been made. However, since it is desirable to find out if possible some thing for certain" he paused and looked at me "I tell you what. We are going foi our fortnight's holiday at the end of the month: I will gladly do what I can if you like." I agreed with him that it might, or might not, result in something: a very safe concord and so it was settled that it less than three weeks he would be in London doing his best to emulate Le cocq. CHAPTER VI. I had tacitly assented to Freeman's suggestion, that no more was to be thought or said of Dick's horrible pan tomimic confession; but it impressed me as being too vivid to be lightly diS' carded as without any basis of fact. I continued to think of it very much: I thought of it more because, in spite of the unreasonableness of such a conjunct tion, and its manifest "waste of detec tive speculation . (as Freeman would have said), the vapors, so to say, of Louise's dream would persist in ming ling in my imagination with the va pors of Dick's delirium. Could it really be that Mr. Lacroix had met, his death in some such way? And if he had, how had he come by it? and where? Was it even possible in the mystery of things that Lacroix had been smothered in one of his own vats? But a discovery I made about this time trivial, apparently, yet to me significant fixed ray idea more firmly in my imagination. One night while I sat thinking of my return to London I took up my Biadtthaw, and carelessly began noting the times of trains from the neighboring large town to the me tropolis. The lines of three companies passed through it, and I became inter ested in noting how the rivals ran fast nd atill faster trains against each other. In this survey my attention was fixed by a very small fact: one company ran one of its two quickest trains so that it reached the neighbor ing town about midnight the only very quick train within two or three hours of that time. I found easy op portunity to test in some degree what sieniticance this fact might have. Early '''in the week following Dick's confession, Mr.. Steinhardt had gone to London to attend his trial, in the court of Queen's bench, I think it was. lie would be absent for more than a fort night, and I had therefore many wel come chances of being in Miss La croix's company. I was asked several times to dinner, and was encouraged to find other and sundry occasions for calling. On one of these occasions I found Mis8 Lacroix alone. After some casual remarks I began to work toward my purpose by alluding to Steinhardt'a business in London. "It will be a serious thing for him," raid I "wont it? if he should be so unsuccessful in his defence aa your father was?" "He will not be unsuccessful as pour father was," answered she, with sad shake of her beautiful head; "Mr. steinhardt is not scrupulous as father was; he tells falsehoods with rude sim plicity, like his' great chancelloi, and so people think him to be all honest truth. He will succeed in his case, I think I have heard him talk it to Frank and he'will come back more aespot than ever. Poor father!" She leaned bark, and looked sadly out over the Taller, from whith rose the mke and sound of its daily toil, fatigued and forced, I thought, on that warm imar afternoon "I have thought a geat deal," said I, seizing the opportunity her exclama tion afforded, "of that strange dream you told me of." "Yes," said she, turning with sud den interest. "Do yon still dream it?" I asked. "Yes, I'do; but not often now." "ft is a veiy strange thing. Does the dream come at any particular hour of the night?" . "It does," said she; "and that, daresay, makes me think more of it. It always comes two or three hours after I have gone to bed. I dream it, and then become wide awake; and after I have lain awake a little I always hear the hall clock strike two my room u over the hall." "And the first night yon had the dream do you think it came then about the same hour?" "Yes," said she, "I think so. But," and she leaned forward. eager and pale, "why do you ask nie these questions? Have you found out something from your friends in London, perhaps? You had heard nothing when last I asked you, I know. Tell me have you heard something now? "No, I am sorry to say, I have not, Still I do not despair, I have a hope I may learn something soon." "Oh, what?" she eagerly demanded. "I think," said I, "you had better not ask me; It may only end in disap pointment, and this matter already preys upon you too much." "You are very kind to me," said she. My pulse beat tumultously, and I was on the point of saying something rash concerning my devotion, when she added, almost as if she knew what I was thinking of; "But I can think of nothing else much J can be interested in nothing else. It is very foolish of me. but I caunot help it. Mr. Stein- narut sometimes is rattier rude to me about it; he wants me to niarry Frank," said she, simply; "but I do not wish to marry Frank, and Frank does not wish to marry me. I do not wish to think of marrying at all just yet. ( "I suppose," said I, piqued, and jeal ous, too, I dare say, "Mr. Steinhardt wants you to marry his son that he may keep your father'i money, which you will inherit, in bis business." i ao not tmnK," said the witb a smile, "that there is much now of poor fathers money; Mr. Steinhardt reckons off it that 20,000 pounds which, he says, father lost without any cause." "But does Mr. Birfey, your other guardian, agree to that fraud? for fraud it is." "I do not know," said she listlessly "But I think dear Mr. Birley is some' how in Mr. Steinhardt'a porter; I think he fears to say much." Mr. Steinhardt returned from London resplendent with success and self satis faction. He had won-his case. He had been able to lead the court to be lieve that he had found out for himself the chemical process for which the plaintiffs had taken out a patent, witn this difference, that he had employed a wet method, whereas they used a dry or vice versa; I do not remember which it was. The plaintiffs were going to carry their case to a higher court, but be did not care for that. He called together his friends and his neighbors to rejoice with him, of whom I was one; for since he got the better of me over the lecture affair he had been as amicably disposed as before. The din ner was a very sumptuous affair, and Mr. Steinhardt thought himself so' much master of the situation that: I think. he indulged rather more freely in wine than was his habit. In the drawing room after dinner his eye was the brightest and his talk the loudest and most voluble. He watched bia son paying gallant little attentions to a strange young lady, while Miss Lacroix was surrounded by the beaua of the neighborhood, and he called him, in audible asides, "Fool!" "Idiot!" "Blockhead!" At length he became so impatient that, shouting "Frank, I want you!" he strode out of the room. Frank at once arose and followed him in evident alarm. After some time he returned, looking pale and agitated. He came up to me (I sat talking with Mr. Birley), and to my great surprise said : "Mr. Unwin, the governor wants to spea.k to you in the dining room." I had a disagreeable recollection of a former interview there, but before I could say anything he continued "I'm afraid I've got you into a row, without meaning aught of the sort. The gov ernor's always at me to to make love to Louise; he wants me to marry her." (Mr. Birley shifted uneasily in his seat.) "That was what he called me out about now; he jawed me, and I told him I didn't want to niarry Louise; he got very angry, and then I said, what was the use of my making love to girl that was in love with somebody else. I shouldn't have said that, I know, but I was very riled; I am very sorry." The hot suspicion now dawned on me that I was the fortunate "somebody else" of his legend. I felt I grew burning red ; I scarcely heard what he said afterward, but it was to the effect that this father angrily dismissed him with the order to send me to the dining room. B.rley sat unusually silent and disturbed. I also was silent a moment. I turned to him. "Do you think I ought to go?" I asked him. "Yea, lad; go," said he, laying his hand on my shoulder, "and I'll go wi' tha." We entered the dining room together. Steinhardt stood on the hearth rug. Hi frowned and pulled his great moils tach on seeing Birley with me. "I wished to speak to Mr. Unwin privately, Jim," said he. "Well." said Birley, "I've come to be a sort of interpreter, 'Manuel, lest you, being a foreigner like, leastways not altogether English yet, mightn't nmlestand some things an Englishman like my friend here would very likely say. You see 'Manuel, for one thing you don t seem to understand that an English clergyman is not the flunkey you may get a pastor of the fatherland to be. Yon mustn't say 'Come he"!' and ,rV this!' or 'Don't do that!' with out any rhyme or reason but your own high and might) will. That may be Bismarckian, 'Manuel, bnt it's not English. An Englishman would say, 'You be d d, sir Who are vou talking to? A dog at your heel'" as. I daresay, my friend here would say if he didn't happen to I a parson." "when you ve quite done, Jim" said the brother-in-law. "Eh?" said Birley, as If he caoght faintly a distant interrupting sound. "Ferhapj, Mr. Birlev." said I. "I had better hear what Mr. Steinhardt withes to say to me." "lea. of course, said ha, and im posed an nnwelrom silence upon hLav Miami HITS lelf. "! only wish to tell yoo( Mr. rnwln," said Steinhardt, looking hard at me, "since you have seen good deal of my ward, Miss Lacroix" (Bir ley gvidentiy chafed at that), "especial ly lately, I understand, and since it may have entered your head that some time she might make you a beautiful wife, I wish to tell you that you' must give up thinking anything of the sort, poranse she is going to marry my son Frank." "Oh, that d d for a tale, 'Man uel" exclaimed Birley, before I could say a word. "Will you be quiet, Jim?" said Steinhardt, with restrained voice, but glaring eyes, and that apoplectic, pur plish Hush suffusing bia head and face. "Nay, lad," said Birley; "thafa a pointon which I mun ha' my say. Be fore you tell anybody Louise is going to marry Frank, you must get the consent of at least threw ipeople the girl her self, your son, and her other guardian, that's me." Steinhardt looked at him in unfeigned surprise, but he went on: "Your son, that's your affair, of course; but the girl, that's partly mine; and I shall not see Paul's Louise engaged to marry anybody against her own wish and liking." "Liking!" scoffed Steinhardt. "What has liking to do with it? Lik ing should come after marriage with a proper, modest girl, not before." "That may be your foreign way, 'Manue, but it's not our English way, nor our Lancashire way, nowther." "Confound your Lancashire!" cried Steinhardt. "It it had not been for Lancashire, my lad," said Birley, thoroughly roused, "you wouldn't be the big man you are!" "Are you mad?" exclaimed Stein hardt, striding up and down the hearth rug, and glaring from Birley to me. "You shall repent this! Mr. Unwin, I had better have a talk with you an other time." (To ba continued.) LINCOLN LETTER FOUND. War-Timt Missive to th Mother of Five Son Who Wert Slain In Battle. Soiled and faded, torn and .frayed, a letter written by Abraham Lincoln a few months before hia assassination has been found in some rubbish and papers on Broadway, near the post office, says a New York report. It reads aa follows: "Executive Mansion, Washington, November 21, 1864. To Mrs. Bixby, Boston, Mass. : I have been shown in the file of the war department a state ment of the adjutant general of Massa chusetts tha you are tbe mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. "I feel bow weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should at tempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consola tion that may be found in the thanks of the republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may as suage the anguish of your bereavement and leave only the cherished memory of loved and lost and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid to costly a sacrifice upon the altar of free dom. "Yours very sincerely and respect fully, A. Lincoln." Rugy With a History., The king's coronation crown is to be adorned with what is termed "the Black Prince ruby." It is not gener ally known that this stone, which now forms the center of the Maltese cross on the late Queen Victoria's crown, is not a ruby at all, but , simply a red spinel. It is of large size, and if it were a true ruby would far surpass in value the Koh-i-noor itself, for rubiei never run to the same size as diamonds, and being also far rarer are consider ably more valuable in price per carat. A four carat ruby, for instance, would be worth about $10,000, probably even more if it were a flawless stone; a four carat diamond would not be worth the half of that sum. The so-called "Black Prince ruby" derived its name from the fact that it was given to Edward, the Black Prince, by Don Pedro of Castile in gratitude for the victory of Longoro in April, 1367, which restored the throne of Spain to Don Pedro. Henry V wore it in his helmet at the battle of Agin court, and it has ever since formed part of tbe crown jewels of England. In spite of its having been proved to be nothing but a spinel it still figures in the description of the regallia "as a "ruby," and as such was shown at the famous exhibition of 1862, vghen the royal jewels were one of tbe most in teresting exhibits. Harding; Davit' Ideal Htrott. When Richard Harding Davis was in Philadelphia the other day' he was in terviewed by the representative ,of a literary periodical, who proceeded to put to the young author some very lit erary questions. Mr. Davis declared that his favorite hero in notion waa Henry M. Stanley, and bis favorite heroes in real life Mulvaney, Otheria and Learoyd Philadelphia Press. No Snow in Sit in. "This is the first snow storm I've seen in 26 years," said William Hessel, of Bankok, Siam, to a Philadelphia re porter the other day. "Snow is un known to Siam. When we went to Bankok we had a picture representing a snow atorm and Mrs. Hessel intrusted it to a Siamese artitt to be cleaned. The latter took the inowflaket to be spots or daubt of paint and carefully covered them over." Qutta Alexindn't Vlollniit Queen Alexandra's appointment of Lady Halle aa her majesty's violinist is taken as another instance of the warm favor with which the sovereign hat al ways regarded her gifted compatriot. It is well known that the marriage of the great ilanish violinist to the late Sir Charles Halle waa brought about through the friendly intervention of Queen Alexandra. Millions Livt M tht Octaa. The population of the ocean ia esti mated at 3,000,000. That ia to aay, the number of tailors and othert whose business is on the high seat equalt the inhabitants of tbe 13 original colonies. Ijtst year more than one-eixth of this ocean population, or to be more exact, (50,000 officers and men, of 4,343 Tea sels, entered the port of New York. Popvlatioa si Rohm. Under the emperors tha population of Rome wat more than 2,500,000. During the middle age it wat red seed to 14,000. When Victor Emmanuel made the city hit capital it wat 184, 000; in 1880 it had increased to 311, 000; in 1890 to 450,000, and in 1800 to 500,610. The estimated population in 1902 is 550,000. Trot Caeajn, Tbt trouble with moat of nt it sot to much that we have a bard row to so bat that we ditlike booing. Pack. TRAMP TO GOVERNOR CHAPTER IN THE CAREER OF JOHN P. ALTGELD. Bio Trial and Hardehips a Farm Laborer in MlMourt Hia Early Love Suit Spurned and 'the Pathetic Be an It. In the spring of 1873 the late John P. Altgeld. then 20, waa working on a railroad grading contract In Southeast ern Kansas. He had drifted west from hit Ohio home In the effort to better bit couditlon, but opportunities 'were scarce and money was still scarcer wltb him. To live be bad to work, and day labor waa tbe only thing that he could find to do. While employed on tbe rail way Job, be waa taken HI with a fever. He wat taken to the rudely constructed temporary hospital maintained by tbe contractor!, and there he lay for tome weeka while the fever ran Its course, When he waa discharged as cured and essayed to take up his work agnln be found that he was unable to do the labor expected of bim. He had to abaii don the Job; and penniless, weak and emaciated, be started to walk to the State capital, wbere he hoped to ob tain occupation more suitable to bis condition. Cared for by a Farmer. When three miles east of Topeka be stopped at a farmhouse and asked tbe farmer to give him some light work suitable to hit condition, asking In re turn only board and lodging for a abort time. The farmer liked his appearance and modesty, and, being a kindly dis posed man, took Altgeld In. In tbe fortnight be remained there be recu perated with wonderful rapidity. Hun ger and the severity of the fever bad weakened him both physically and mentally, and the Interest of tbe farmer and bia neighbors led them to debate tbe advisability of sending Mr. Altgeld Into tbe city and procuring bit admls alon to one of the city hospitals for treatment Young Altgeld hotly op posed tbe wishes of bis new friends on this point, and, fearing they would send him away without his consent, re solved to go away himself. He quit tne farmhouse late one night, and some weeka later appeared on tbe streets of St. Joseph, Mo. He bad tramped the entire distance. His clothes were In tattert, and In place of shoes he bad hit feet bound up In rags, hit shoes having given out on tbe tramp. Thus attired be started out to get a situa tion. From place to place Mr. Altgeld went in search of employment, and man after man beard his hard-luck story without offering blm any encouragement. After putting In a week at this discouraging work young Altgeld arrived at the con clusion that be must move further on. Again be started on the tramp, and finally. In Andrew county, be obtained work on the farm of Henry Mueller, who gave him bis lodgings for his la bor. He chopped wood all the first morning of hit ttay, and at noon sat down to rest and told of his troubles and travels. Mueller became Interest ed, and was shrewd enough to discover that there was metal of worth in tbe young fellow's make-up. His sympathy wat aroused, and be made hi in a mem ber of bia family circle. For $10 a month wagea Altgeld worked for two yean, during which his strength re turned and bia recovery was complete. He bent bit energies constantly to ward the acquirement of means to tbe study of law. He tried for a certificate to teach a district School, but found that he bad not knowledge enough to pass the required examination. Farmer Mueller and David Kea, afterward a member of Congress, fixed It so Altgeld got a certificate, and he also got a school that paid blm $23 per month. Judge Rea loaned young Altgeld law boks and after the day'a work he would sit down at night to store bis mind with the knowledge that was to arm blm for battle with tbe world. In a few months he became so tremen dously earnest that Rea took blm Into hit office, where Altgeld read law for tome time. From that period the determined Ger man ttudent worked witb tbe star of success glimmering as a faint possi bility In the distance of the future. He ' went Into politics and soon had hit name up for prosecuting attorney on the Democratic ticket In a strong Re publican county. A bnrj fight was be fore blm. but he wor through sheer persistence, and the admiration whlcb he excited In the minds of the farmers, who, to tbla day, refer to him as "Pete Altgeld." His Love Suit Rejected. About this time there entered, for the first time, at far at It known, tbe ole-! ment of romance Into Mr. Altgeld't life. One day, while In Savannah. Mo., be met Mist Anna Iiohrer, daughter of George Rohrer, the President of the State Bank of Savannah, and one of the wealthiest men of the town. To the young lawyer the girl appeared the Incarnation of bit Ideals, the realiza tion of hia dreams of womanhood, and It teemed that a rosy world of bright possibilities bad suddenly been dis closed to him. With characteristic de cision he aet to work to win her. His tult did not prosper, however, and tbe girl's father at last gave him to under stand that hia visits to their borne must eease. This waa a bard blow, not only to the affections bnt to the pride of Alt geld, and for the first time in bia life be found himself face to face wltb an f obstacle which be could not turmouut. ! Never did he lose sight of bis intent, j and later, when the tltuation became leaa strained, he visited Mist Rohrer' tgaln. He made a formal proposal of marriage, but was refused by the young woman. In obedience to tbe wishes of her father. He at once made an effort to get away from Savannah, altbongb be had serve. I but six months of bia two years' term at prosecuting attorney of Andrew, County. He made arrangement! to that end, and toon told bit law library for $100 and tb prosecuting attorney f Andrew County left for Chicago, JOHN P. ALTGELD. where he practiced litw Htid wbere till ubspqtietit career is famlllnr history. Miss Robrer, who was one of the brightest as well as prettiest girls In Andrew County, In tbe meantime mar ried the man of her father's choice.the cashier of Rohrer't bank. He lived recklessly, and finally died, leaving the wife poverty-stricken and with five children. A few yeara ago she appeal ed to Mr. Altgeld to send her and tbe children to tome friends In Syracuse, N. Y and he responded. She Is dead now. and Mr. Altgeld later made a contribution for tbe support of her chil dren. WHERE TRUE DECORUM REIGNS. Stranger Aro Awed by the Dignity of tbe Supreme Court. The Supreme Court Is a ceaseless source of Interest to the stranger la Wathlngton. Even when the court Is not In session tbe chamber In wblcb It tits It viewed by a constant stream of visitors, who enter It with quiet Rever ence. Ordinarily It la the dullest place where men assemble to do business. Tbe decorum Is painful, but this does not deter tbe American who comes to inspect the seat of government from lingering fondly about the place. When tbe famous Kentucky case was argued not duly waa the chamber filled, but a long line of visitors' waited In the ball. tays the Washington Post Tbe manner of these pilgrims at the shrine of the law does not indicate any loss of respect on the port of the plain people for this august body. Tbe two places In Washington where he van dal stands In awe are tbe Supreme Court and the White House, and the latter has not been afforded Invariable protection. In all other places may be found the dirty finger prints of tbe vandal. The monument lr chipped, statues are marred, fragments are cut from the hangings of tbe Senate and House of Representatives, names have been scratched Into the marble and on the bronze doors, but something holds the most ruthless In check when he comes to the Supreme Court There Is no talking among tbe specta tors when the court Is In session, and even when the bench Is vacant and strangers are viewing the deserted chamber they uniformly speak In whis pers. The old white-bearded colored man wbo sits at tbe door is the person! flea tion of silence and dignity, and the sight of him Is enough to make tbe most frivolous grow grave and walk on tbelr tiptoes. He silently opens the door for each comer and noiselessly closes It If the chamber Is full he stands with his back to tbe door, and. without uttering a word, keeps other from attempting to enter. The other day two lawyers met In front of the courtroom doors, one attired In a light suit and tbe other In dark clothes. The one In a light suit remind ed the other that he had on dark clothes, but a purple necktie. The colored tie did not bar him. But the lawyer In the light suit could not venture into the cham ber. Though they were merely specta tors, they must wear dark clothes If they would appear within tbe bar if the court. What awful thing would happen If one should appear before tbe bar of the Supreme Court In a light suit Is not known, for no one has ever had the temerity to try It REBUKED THE KING, Noted Preacher Accused Kdward VII. of Violating the Sabbath. Because King Edward VII. of Eng land attended a Sunday concert he has been taken to task by the famojs Con- g regatlona list pre a c h e r , Rev. Joseph Pa rker, D. D., of London. Durlngtbe course of a sermon In the City Temple Dr. Parker said that what' the king does is likely to be Imitated by others; therefore If (he king goes to a Sunday concert he kev. dr. i'akkek. deai8 a deadly blow to the Englishman's Sunday. This sen timent was warmly applauded by the congregation. Rev. Dr. Joseph Tarker, D. D., has been preaching since 1S48. Since 1809 he has been In London, where he built tbe City Temple nt a cost 0? $:50,000. This church h.is many branches and missions throughout London and en Joys large reevnues. Tbe pastor Is one of the finest orators and most popular minivers In tbe great metropolis. lie declares be wears a gown in the pulpit because be has the worst coat In the congregation. Rev. Dr. Parker has published a 'Teople't Bible" In twenty five volumes, being a series of sermons expounding the books of the Bible. STILL HALE AND HEARTY. Old Ex-Confederate Waa in Eighteen Engagements. G. W. Bradley, of Brownsville, Tenn.. 03. Is sold to be the oldest living ex Confederate veteran. He was born near Lynchburg, Va.. and was In eight- !l:iil:":fllif; O. W. BRADI.tV. een engagements, skirmishes and bat tles In tbe Civil War uuder Gen. Ster ling Price, and In the Osage. Pea Ridge and Islington campaigns. lie was torn to pieces by a shell, had one leg broken, an -eye put out and a heel torn off. In spite of these Injuries he la still bale and hearty. Tabloid Kratanrant Tor Chicago. A "tabloid" restaurant Is promised for Chicago. "Here." says the Hotel World, "food will be given In tablets resem bling caramels and a meal c-au be car ried In the vest pocket. The promoter says that mankind needs nutriment In homeopathic dosv. not gTeat bulk that has Uttle nourishment. There will 1 no great tray of dishe under which struggle muscular waiter. The taUloiil ran lie shot through tutes to the dining table and no one will be visible but the guest who swallows a done and sud denly fiuds that hunger has departed. When we ter a boy readlug a novel la (he middle of tbe day. and smoking a cigarette, somehow we dou't like b!u. jajfiVention ves. Although general conclusions cannot be drawn from a tingle example, tbe result of a careful examination of tbe brain of an Eskimo man by Dr. Ales Herdllcka possesses much Interest. As a whole, lie found tbe brain to be heav ier and larger than the average brains of white men of similar stature, while the cerebrum rather exceeded the av erage-white man's brain in certain de falk whlcb have usually been regarded as indicating superior Intelligence. Tbe American opossum, says A. C, Uaddon, Is on of the most curious1 an luials living in the United States. It Is the only one that carries Ita young In a pouch, like the kangaroo. It It the only animal that can feign death per fectly. It Is remarkable for banging by Its tall like a monkey. It has bands resembling those of a human being, Its snout Is like a bog's, while Its mouth Is liberally furnished wltb teeth. Its eyes are like a rat's, and It hisses like a snake. M. Stazzano has heretofore noted several facta going to show that the aurora borealls Is of terrestrial origin that It Is intimately connected with phenomena classed as meteorological, and now shows from statistics that low pressures of tbe barometer are tbe sign of the most direct connection, auroras Increasing In frequency with low pres sures. They act not only to extend the auroral zone, which in both heml spheres follows the line of low polar pressure, but also the period of the low pressures, influence both the diurnal and tbe monthly period of tbe aurora. Geologists and geographers will be glad to learn that they may toon ex pect tbe publication of a new map of Iceland, on wblcb Mr. Tboroddsen, whose labors In bis native Island are so well known, has been engaged for twenty years. It Is on a scale of 1-000, 000, or about twenty English mllet to the Inch, and thus affords at a glance an excellent picture of the general physical structure and geological char acters of th country. But It Is also replete wltb details wblcb are express ed In symbols that take up little space and are readily Intelligible. . The map, of .whlcb we have seen a proof copy, Is excellently engraved and prluted In colors at Copenhagen, and will be Is sued under the ausplcea of the Carls- berg Fund. The title and table of signs and colors are in English. Much Interest has been aroused, among all wbo follow the enormous strides that the practical application of engineering and mechanical science Is now making, by tbe recent comple tion of the great power-station of the Manhattan Elevated railway In New York City. It Is the largest power- station In the world. Its immense en glue plant comprises eight units, each possessing a maximum of 12,500 horse power, or 100,000 borse-power for the entire plant There are seven sub stations located at different points In tbe city, and the nialn station Is ca pable of delivering 00,000 electrical horse-power, in tbe form of a three- phase current fcr driving the trains on the elevated railway system. The alternators, witb their rotating mag netic fields driven by the engines at the central station, are 42 feet In-dl amcter and weigh each 445 tons. Tbe rotating "field" alono weighs 185 tons. WORK OF SALVATION LASSIES. How They Toll Pay and Night Amid Sickness, Want and Vice. Where hunger, sickness and vice stalk band In hand the Salvationists are the most active. The familiar haunts of this dread trio are marked off by the army Into districts. Each soldier of the Salvation Army has a prescribed territory. A certain block of houses or a certain number of tenements Is patrol led by each. The soldier, usually a las sie, starts at tbe top of each of the great buildings, teeming with life, and visits every family, even into the very basement Then, when her territory has been covered, she reports the In stances of ueed. These needs are sup plied as soon as possible by the Salva tionists sometimes through tbelr own resources, sometimes through the aid of friends who do their charity through the army. In what Is perhaps the very poorest quarter of the city is the day nursery of the army, wbere for S cents a day some of the lassies care for the chil dren of working women. Tbe little ones have a sunny playroom; they are fed when they grow hungry; and when tbey are tired they are tucked away In little white beds to sleep. In many dark rooms, cellars or garrets, whlcb people call "borne," tbe cooking, tbe cleaning, all the housework. Is done by Salvation Army women. In tbelr strange poke bonnets, while the mother Is too 111 or weak to care for her family or herself. t)n the Bowery la the worklngwom- en's hotel of the army, tbe only place In all New York wbere some of Its women, and among these tbe very low est, would be allowed to sleep. Every nlgbt this place gives refuge to women who are turned away from the doort of lodging bouses. They reel and ttagger up tbe steps of tbe worklngwomen't ho tel and are cared for. Not all of those wbo sleep In this lodging house, tayt a writer In Leslie's Weekly, are of this clast of women old, dissipated and des titute, the unutterably tad and ugly remnants of a brief and glittering relgu. But the ensign In charge of tbe hotel turns no needy woman from her door. There are 103 beds, and every nlgbt nearly all of tbese are filled. DIED AT AGE OF 112. gallic Waters, an Ex-Rlave, Was Yonng Woman at Tims of War of 1SI2. Sarah, or "Sallie," Waters, an old Virginia negro woman, wbo went to New Orleans with her young "mars ster'' and mistress wltb Gen. Andrew Jackson wat preparing to wblp the British Invaders at Cbalmette. died at her daughter's borne at 1528 North Der blgnay street In that city, recently, at the very advanced age of 112 yeara She was laid to rest in tbe new Lin coln cemetery In tbe rear of tbe city, and numerous children, grandchildren and great grandchildren followed the remains to tbe burial grounds. There can be no dispute about the old woman's age. She wat between 25 ai.j 30 year of age when she came to tbe Crescent City just a few months before the battle of New Orleans. Sallie r as a slave and was bought and sold sev eral timet. One time she was stolen from her master In Virginia and brought to New Orleans and sold to a Mississippi planter. Aunt Sitllle. according to her ttory. wat born in Mecklenburg County. Vir ginia. Her father wat a Creek Indian. She belonged to the Vont family of Vir ginia. Mr. Vont business carried aim to (Menu on more tfeto one occa sion. Tbe young woman made one of thpse trips in a wagon with her master and young mistress, ft took tbe party over a month to come from Virginia to this city. One day. after they had been out for a week or so, the saw a blue spot on the tun. Every one thought it an Ill-omen they thought the world was coming to'an end. Tbe young mistress was greatly frightened and became deatbly tick. The hutband. who wat dearly devoted to hit young wife, rushed about from place to place, seeking a doctor. He finally reached one and hit wife waa soon able to resume tbe Journey south ward. At a place In Alabama tbe party found tbe ground literally covered wth locusts. A peculiar thing about the bugs wat that each one bad a kind of letter on Its back. Tbe young master picked up a number of bugs and spelled out Sally't name. "Lordy! lordyP' ex claimed tbe darky, not knowing what to make of the strange phenomenon. The travelert reached New Orleans a short time before the battle of New Orleans. Aunt Sallie was the cook of tbe party. She managed to get about occasionally, and on one of her trl.is saw Gen. Jackson. Mr. Vons returned to Virginia shortly afterward and took tbe cook wltb blm. Mrs. Vons died and Aunt Sallie was then sold to Iry Nun of Maryland. When her new master died the was stolen, with four children, two boys and two girls, and brought to New Orleans and sold to Jack Doty. She and the children were sent to Mr. Doty't plantation, In Wilkinson County, Mis sissippi, wbere she remained until tbe close of the Civil War. The old woman was the mother of about a score of children, says a Ne 7 Orleans special to tbe St. Loult Post Dispatch, thirteen of whom were reared. Of tbese three are still living, tbe eldest wbo It between 70 and 7o years, being the eighth illd. Tbe other two children are 53 and 49 years of age, respectively, the youngest child having been born when Aunt Sallie wat 63 yeart old. More Serious than an Operation. "You oughtn't to have turned me down that way, Luella," tald young Spodnaraore, at they rode borne from the twell party. "In what way?" Innocently asked Mist Quickstep. "Kept me dancing attendance on you all evening, and when I tried to talk to you, at I did several times, you turned your back on me. It tbat tbe way all young women treat tbe men they're engaged to marry?" "Yes, If tbe men are too fresh." "Wat I too fresh?" "A little, dear." "Did you want to humiliate me be fore all those people?" "Oh, no," she said, lightly. "But you needed tbe treatment or suppose we call It an operation and I had to per form the operation. If everybody taw it I couldn't belp It." "So you call It an operation, do you?" be said, glaring at ber In the dark ness of tbe carriage. "Well, It was more than tbat!" "What was It?" "It wot a clinic." And tbey rode on In alienee. Japanese Life. Tbe Japanese do not use milk, cows being an animal almost unknown In Japan. Milk, an animal product, falls under the condemnation which ex cludes everything that has pertained to life fro.n the list of articles used for food. Animals taken In the chase are excepted, as are fish. The Japa nese mother nurses ber own child, con tinuing sometimes up to the sixth year. though other food Is given In addition after tbe first or second year. The main food of the Japanese mother con sists of rice, fish, ghelltlsh and sea weed. Wine or alcoholic products are never used. Medical men think that tbe large use of the products of the sea Is tbe reason why rachitis Is un known. Of course tbe Japanese know nothing about butter, cream, cheese, etc., but tbey make an excellent sub stitute from a bean, rich not only In oil, but also In nitrogenous elements. tet consumption la common among tbe upper classes In Japan. Mountaineers are, however, exempt rrom tuberculo sis. The Japanese are a small people, smallness with them being a race char acteristic. Cod I .liver Oil from Beans. During tbe wait between acts a med ical student and a young woman wbo sat together became slightly embar rassed for topics of conversation. Fin ally and not unnaturally in view of the nature oi the young man's ttudlet their talk drifted to the subject of disagree able tasting medicines. Among the horribles they mentioned were cod liv er oil and castor oil. "I don't tee," mused the young wo man, "bow any one can bear to eat the beans that stuff It made of." 'What kind of beam do you mean?" Inquired tbe young man. Why, cod liver oil beans, to be sure. Aren't you thinking of cattor beam?" ventured ber companion. Why, I always thought cod liver oil waa made from beans," the tald. and the good breeding of tbe young man wat tbown by tbe fact tbat be didn't even tmlle, but several of those who sat near by hadn't equal control They Were AIL Boys. Mrs. Sarah Barker Brandon It a widow at Moundtvllle. W. Va. Sht waa tbe third wife of Charles Brandon, wbo died of a broken heart became hit wife left blm after having given birth to fifteen sont of the old man. Hit second wife bad borne blm eighteen tons and hit first wife died after the birth of ber second ton, making a to tal of thirty-five aont to hit credit These tont were good toldlert In tbe Civil War, the father furnishing sev enteen volunteers for the tervlce. Tbey were la Ohio and Indiana regiments and only one of them waa killed In bat tle. Tbe old man waa a celebrated Indian fighter and a veteran of tbe war of 1812. Hit father wat killed br Indian when be wat S yeart old. Tbe Indlant kept blm a prisoner In Pennsylvania until be waa 15 yeart of age, when he escaped and went to West Virginia. Mrs. Brandon la now i9 years of age. Honsesi t"ur the Pour. Glasgow hat decided to seek narlia meniary powera to borrow 750.000 to nuiia nouses tor tne poor. This stun will build 400 tenement! of thru tv ries. accommodating 3.000 famlllea. To Improve French Canals. Tbe French waterways bill comprises nprovetnentt la the existing canalt ai cost of $12,100,000. Tbe most txaaneratlna- neraon in th. world Is tbe one who gives jrou tbe feeling that you would like to get be hind and push blm. When a uiao get made enough tu stop speaking. It la a sure tlga you bar blm over a barrel. GEO. P. CROWELL, Suecwwor to E. I.. Smith, Oldrnt Exlabllshed Houw In the valley.) DEALER IN Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Flour and Feed, etc. . This old-established house will con tinue to pay cash for all ita goods; it pays no rent; it employs a clerk, but doet not have to divide "with a partner. All dividends are made with customers in the way of reasonable prices. Lumber Wood, Posts, Etc. Davenport Bros. Lumber Co. Have opened an office in Hood River. Call and get prices ami leave orders, which will be promptly filled. Regulator Line STEAMERS Regulator and Dalles City Between The Dalles and Portland Daily Except Sunday. Leave Dalles S, 7 A. M. Arrive Portland 4 P. M. I-eave Portland 7A.M. Arrive Dalles 5 P. M. Leave Hood River (down) at 8 :30 A. M. Arrive Hood River (up) at 3:30 P.M. W. C ALLOWAY, General Agent. White Collar Line Portland -Astoria Route Str. "BAILEY GATZERT." Daily round trips except Sunday. TIME CARD. Learea Portland 7i 00 A. M Leaves Aatorla 7:00 P. M Through Portland connection with Steamer Kahcotta from Ilwaco and tout; Beach point. White Collar Line tic-Vets interchangeable with O. R. i. N. Co. and V. T. Co. tickets. The Dalles-Portland Route STEAMERS "TAHOMA" and "METLAKO" Dally trips except Sunday. Str. "TAHOMA." Leaves Portland, Mon., Wed., Fri 7:0 A. M Leaves Tha Dalles, Tues., Tburs. Sat.,7:U0 A. M Str. "METLAKO." Lsaves Portland, Tues., Thu., Sat 7:00 A. M. Leaves Tbe Dalles Mon.. Wed., Fri 7:00 A. M., Landing and ofllce Foot Alder Street. Doth phones .Main 8..1. Portland, Oregon. AGENTS. JOHN M. FlLI.0O.N The Dalles. Or A. J. TAYLOR. Antorla.Or PRATHKR & HEMMAN... Hood Rlvar, Or WOLFORD & WYERS White Salmon, Wash 1. C. WYATT Vancouver, Wash R. B. OILBRKTH Lyle. Wash J.OHN M. TOTTON. Stevenson, Wash HENRY OLMSTED Carson, Wash E. W. CRICHTON, Portland, Oregon Oregon Shoit Line and union Pacific DirttT TIME SCHEDULES Pettlins. Or. Salt Lake, Denver, Ft. Worth.Omaha, Aaaivt Chlcasjo Portland Special t:uoa. to. via 4:30 p ra. Kansas City, Ht.i iuiB,iut-aioaui Earn. Huntington. At'antie Express :V) p.m. via Walla W alla Uwls. ton. Spokane, Min nraKilis,St. Paul, Duliith, tlllwan kee,t'bicai(o.VEaat : 10 a. m. Huntington. St. Paul Fast Mall t:l.s p. ra. via Spokans Salt Lake, Denver, Ft. Worth.Omaha, Kanmu Cltv, St. l.ouis,Cali'aguaiiil East. 7.00s. nt. OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE FROM PORTLAND. Mip.sa. All sailing rlatrm subject tu change 4:00 p. ra. For Ban Frand.eo Sail every & daya Dally t.x. Sunday I i i at. raturday k' uu p. ra. CthHRkla Rlisr ttaaanrs. To Astoria and Way Landings. 4 00 p. m. Kx. Sunday t .'a m Mon., W ed. and Fri. WlliaaMft II nr. i W aier bermltttt. ' 4:a. m. Ki. Sunday lnton City, Naw.' oerg, wi. in, liie. pendency. Corral.: us and Way l-aud. lags. I 7 00 a m. ' Wlnaawrte ens Vaav ; l an n m and Sat Water pernm.lng. ' "d I ton. A ay Laud-1 . Lv. Ripaiia aalis lint, 'i.v ttr,ion Monday. A. L. CRAIQ, 6eBsraJPsas.ngerAg.BI. Portland. Or. M-o aLivyO J! NlO A. . HOAR, Ast. El. I