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a I IIERR STEINHARDTS NEMESIS j S BY I. MACLAREN COBBAN. i "T..--JMtk fc tl i.l ;n dtv Jiv ill i CHAPTER VI Continued. I took this as a dismissal, ana going. "Unwin, bide, lad," eaid Birley. "I want you to be witness of what I have to say: I may as well say it now; it's been bound to come for a long while. You pee that man there that foreigner, that German that grinds our Lancashire folic small under his great clumsy boot, and that threatens now to ruin me that's what be means by saying I'll repent this I took him into my office when he was a raw lad, with no recommend but that he was willing to work; I gave him a better place in my print works; I was his friend ; I treated him like a brother." The dear old man's voice well nigh broke; it was not pleasant to see the unrelenting, uncompromising malignity with which Steinhardt listened "I gave him money to get him a partner ship with Paul" "Which I paid back," inteirupted Steinhardt. "Av. lad." said Birley, "you paid me back more than that; you paid me back for all I did in your own way vou took mv nrint works from me "Your own mad extravagance did that " "You set my friend Paul against me," continued Birley, waving away his interrruption; "you've got my other shop now almost into your hands " "Ynnr bad management Las done that." "You've done with Paul's money as If it were your own ; and you ve pro posed to me that I should agree to your . . i il. 1 taking that ZU.UUU pounas oi we iw suit from his girl's fortune." "Soh!" erowled Steinhardt, beconv ing more German in his rage. "It is nnw done! There is an end 1 We are no more to ach other!" "I know that, 'Manuel, my lad. And vou're clad of it, and so, I think, am I. And now you may finish me off .-but vou Shall not beggar the orphan oirl. Now mv sav is done. You're verv croud tonight of having deceived an English court of law; but don't vou holloa so loud till you're out of the wnod : von haven't done vet with law nnr with Lancashire." The old man turned and left the room, looking ten years older; he seemed to falter in his step, and the usually ruddy tints in hia face had died out, leaving his cheeks and lips of an aahv hue. I followed him without word. In the hall he took his hat; I did the same and accompanied him in . silence from the houee and through the village ; I would have seen him home but he insisted on my leaving him when mv lodgings were reached. I went indoors, but I could not stay I was in the wildest perturbation of feeling which. I think, I had ever ex nerienced. The close air of my little sitting room stifled me, and when I left it the air of the village oppressed me almost as much. I could not, strive as I would to turn my attention to other things, get rid of the burning impres' sion of that painful scene in the dining room of Timperley Hall. My resent ment of the brusque treatment I had myself experienced from Steinhardt was keen; but it was nothing compared with the indignation I felt at the ter riblv pathetic tale of ingratitude re vcaled by old Birley 's words; and that again had to give place to a feeling of horrible dread and loathing of that ua crupulous, overbearing German ruffian I had watched him ci03eiy, even wun certain fascination of intentness, an throughout the scene I had caught not go much as the wink of an eyelid or the movement of a single nerve or muscl indicative of anything but the most un wavering determination to aefert him self and his will, no matter what came in the way. I was appalled, I may say frankly, terrified at the exhibition of such remorseless inhumanity all the more so that I did not find it out of keening with anything I had before known of the man. If another stood in his wav. he would not merely tread on his toes with a crunch of his bi; hoot; he would lift him iu his stron German arms and fling him aside. He had "eaten up" his old friend Birley from no small vindictiveness, it was , evident, hut from an all-devouring self. aggrandizement. And what greater enormity would he hesitate to commit so long as it brought him nearer his chief end? To what did all this vague dread and surmise tend? To my horror I found that the suspicion of what had been Lacroix's fate, which had hitherto been whirling and curling in my Imag ination like a lurid vapor, was now assuming definite shape and settling upon Steinhardt! Why should he liavi done to death his partner? I could not toll; I could scarcely make a guess worth the name. If he had, was tli method of it such as had been indicated in Dick's confession? If he had how where had he bestowed the traces the crime? CHAPTER VII. Next evening I went to Freeman' who was going away for his holiday the second morning alter. I wished to re' mind Freeman of his promise to make inquiries in London concerning Mr. La croix, and especially to underline cer tain places for inquiry. The reader will understand why I advised M Freeman to institute careful inquiry at the stations of the great railway lines that run northward from London most careful inquiry at the station of the Great Northern Railway; but Mr. Free man did not readily understand why I should urge these points. "Come," said he, looking at me hard, and in evident surprise, "what' in your noddle now? what new sus picion have you worked up?'" "Don't look so surprised at mej" I was piqued into saying, when I felt his soIxt scrutiny would 1 turned Uon mv structure of evidence I doubted for the time its coherence -and stability and thiK doubt in myself I resented: "I am quite sane and serious. I have had 'borne in' upon me the impression I can't otiite say how it came that I-acroix left London that night" "What night?" "Thursday, March the sixteenth of last year. Miss Lairoix has told me he was at his hotel, it has been found, on that day." "I hadn't heard the date named be fore I then told him how, on turning over e pages of my Bradshaw, I had din- vered the existence of a very late! the mv train from Ixndon "But," said he, "there are train alnmst as late on other lines." "Put not so quick," said I. "Beside," said he, "you don't know that the train you mention was running more than year ago." "'o; I do not." I wa a little pat out. Still I urged, "I have, however, nother strong reason which I do not think I am quite at liberty to tell you at present why I believe my specula tion that ' he left London that night may turn out true." 'Left for home, I suppose you think? But why should be sudden!) set off home late at night without intima tion?" "I cannot tell. But might he not, for instance, have heard somehow, or have suspected, that Steinhardt was still using the patent they had been fined so heavily for infringing; It is clear, surely, from this recent law affair, that Steinhardt has never left off using it. "Of course," eaid hef looking very serious and meditative, "that certainly might be. But," ho continued in a new tone of alarm, "what does all this speculation mean? You Burely haven't let your suspicion go so Jar as to im agine poor Lacroix came home to to find a violent death? Have you really let yourself think so morbidly of things as to suspect Steinhardt of causing it? He, I know, is without much scruple ot conscience but that, my friend, is al together too horrible! too incredible! Besides, why " he Btopped, but I could see what he would say in the careful, considering look he gave me. "Yes," said I, "I know; you think why should I imagine that this should ave remained undiscovered unsus pected, if you like for a year, only for me to find out, or suspect me, a man of no extraordinary perception or dis crimination. "Well. Unwin," said he, "I will confess I did think something like that. You must excuse me. Certainly. But I don't pretend to have lighted on the things that make me suspect through my own shrewd nes of suspicion ; I don't pretend to be the mover in the matter at all. In deed, when I look back over the few months I have been here, I am sur prised to see how the several points of my suspicion have been aloiost forced on my attention in ways that appear to me quite unusually providential Freeman turned and looked through the window, very grave and thoughtful. "It is perhaps," said I, now roused to a considerable pitch of feeilng, "not a very Christian doctrine, but I believe, or I imagine, there is a conscious divine vengeance that broods upon the world, and that takes severe note of the per sistent evil deeds of evil doers, and marks them out for unrelenting pun ishment, secret or open, slow or swift, and that chooses lta instruments, or agents, of punishment in a fashion of its own." 'Good gracious! Unwin what dreadful belief!" "I don't think you would have much to say against it if you had been with me last night in the dining room of Timperley Hall, and seen our dear friend Birley moved almost to tears be fore that German ruffian, and then seen him leave the house a ruined and heart broken man." He sat in silent amazement; and I related the scene I had witnessed. After hearing all that," I said "and teeing how Steinhardt behaved and looked, I can believe any cruelty or wickedness of him. I do not think that even you now will consider my horrible suspicion so preposterous. Freeman sat silent, pulling hia big beard. "I think," said he at length, with a thin smile, "nature after all can't have intended me for a criminal investi gator; I couldn't find it in me to think any human being capable of such a crime as that then perhaps you would say Steinhardt is not a human being; he is only a foreigner sent for our sins to poison us with his diabol leal chemistry "As I said, the instinct of detection or suspicion even, is not very strong in me. But I will do my best for you in London. "And," said I, "I think I can make particular inquiry at ' King's Cross easier for you. I used to be very friendly with an official there of high standing; I will write to him. I wrote to my old friend as soon as I returned to my lodgings; I related the circumstances of Lacroix a disappear ance, and mentioned the suspicion which "those who are interested in his fate entertain," that he really set out by train, probably from King's Cross, to return home, and asked him to be good as to give such help as he could to my friend Freeman in his attempt to find out whether that were so or not. It was very late next morning on re- turning along the Lacroix Lane from the little station to which I had ac companied Freeman and his wife that I met Louise near the pond again. She came toward me at once with a look of premeditation. "I hae been looking for you," sa she. (How sweet those words sounded.) "I knew you were gone to the station I have something I wish to say; will you come with me into Uncle Jacques cottage? we shall be there safe from being watched." What suspicion, I wondered prompted that? I entered the littl octagonal building for the first time and was immediately in the presence of the old paralytic, who sat huddled and wrapiHM in blankets in a great arm chair, with hia lifeless hands lying limp in his lap. It was with a strange feeling of pity, and something like awe, that I looked upon this fceDle, almost lifeless, remnant of a famous historic family, spending the last flickers of his existence in a humble cottage in a for eign land. A single flash of fancy was enough to show nie behind him a long line of warriors, statesmen, courtiers, and priests of the old French regime, from which stood out near the end the figure of the white haired old soldier of the Bastile falling slaughtered amid the Paris mob and that the glory, and honor, and courage of the past should end in this and here! Was it not sufficient to fill the heart with an un utterable sadness and despair of life? His eyes were bright, but there seemed to be no speculation in them; his toothless gums mumbled, but no found was uttered. "He cannot speak a 'word," said Louise to me; "and I do not think he can quite hear now;" but for all that she spoke in a low voice. "He looks better, though, since the rammer be gan, poor Uncle Jacques. The old man ho look after him is gone out, so we nwy talk as if there were no one here." She threw iff her hat and ja.ket, for the air of the room was very clon?: small fire burned in the grate. I felt impelled to sit so that I could observe the old man without turning, for his appearance fascinated me. "I want to go away, Mr. Unwin," he becan at once in a low toue of in tense feeling, "out of this terrible place, away from the despot, Mr. 6teln hardt; I want to go and find out what has become of my poor father, and I want you to help me to go, if you will be so good." ,-, "Has Mr. Steinhardt, then," I asaed, "been sa ing or doing something to yon?" " 0 "Oh, yes, indeed! Yesterday, you know, I saw Mr. Birlev, and he said vers eadly, almost with teara.'that he must not come to see me any more. I asked him why ai.d then it all came out: he told me you know it all how Mr. Steinhardt has been so terribly un grateful, how he has ruined him. His name, he said, would appear any day now in the Gazette. In the evening, then, I told Mr. Stienhardt that I wanted some of my money, or of my 'father's money, to help Mr. Birley. He laughed and said I had no money, and what little of my father's was left could not be touched till his death was proved. I then, I think, was angry and called him ingrate: and he was angry, in his way, and rude. He called me a rude, immodest girl. He said I It thought of men before they asked me f don't know at all what lie meant). He told me I must make up my mind to marry Frank, as he wished and as my father had wisehd, or I should not stay long in his house. I said, my father would have never wished me to marry anyone without love. He answered, that was of no consequence: le was now in my father a place, I eft him and went to my room, and. thinking it over, it came to me how he must have disliked my poor father, il he could speak to me so, and how he, perhaps, did not much wish to have father's death cleared up. Then thought that it was likely he had not taken much trouble to inquire about him in London all that, you see, was in his hands. But now I will go to London myself, away from his rude- ness, ana nna out tiie wnoie matter ior myself if you will help me." (To be continued) How He Could Dliptnt Them. A street preacher in a city in Scot land called a policeman who was pasa ing and complained about being an noyed by a certain fection of his audi ence and asked him to remove the ob jectionable ones. "Weel, ye see." re plied the cautious officer, "it would be a hard job for me to spot them, but I'll tell ye what I d dae if I were yon "What would you do?" eagerly inquired the preacher. "Just gang roon' wi' the hat." For French Academicians. The French Academy has appropri ated a sum for the maintenance of an album in which three photographs of every immortal one showing the full face and two the profile will be care fully preserved. When an academician dies it i-i usual to adorn what maybe call' d the literary Hotel des Invalides with his bust, but occasionally the sculptor Hi eriencen difficulty in find mg a trust worthy representation of the departed great. Why F.ajttr it a "Movable" Feait During all of March ti e sun is com inz farther north. About the 20th i shines directly on the equator, and the day is just as long as the night. The time of the old Jewish passover, and hence our Easter depends on this date, This latter always comes on the Sunday following the first full moon after the sun crosses the line. This accounts for its l.eina so "movable" a feast. Ladies' Home Journal. Immense Output of Petroleum. If all the petroleum produced last year in the United States was put in standard barrels, and the barrels placed in a row touching each other, the line would completely belt the earth Enough coal was produced to give three and one-half tons to every one of, the 76,000,000 persons in the United States, and enough gold to give every American a gold dollar. Speedy Long-Distance Delivery. The speediest longdistance delivery of mail ever accomplished in the world was that of the consignment wb'ich left Sydney, Australia, October 15, for Lon don, England, by the American route A distance of 15,205 miles was covered in 31 days, a saving of four diys over the Suez canal route. The Way to Keep Good. Brooding over the evil that you have done will never correct that evil Rather will it make possible a repeti tion of the thing dwelt upon. Set your mind the other wait. Think honest pure, kind, courageous thoughts all the time, and your mind will have no time for their opposites. Success. Flag Has Peculiar Interest General Eugene Griffin has in his possession the American flag made by the sailors in Lieutenant Gilmore party out of patches and stripes of their clothing after their rescue from the in surgents in the wildest part of Luzon Value of Cotton Seed. In 1900 cotton seed added 1 J cents to the value of each pound of cotton, or $54,000,000 t ) the wealth of the cotton raisers. The return would have been $80,000,000 if all the seed hud been crushed for oil. Confederate to Eu'ogize Grant United States Distri. t Judge Thomas G. Jones of Montgomery, Ala., will do liver the Memorial day address Grant's tomb this year. He was one of the Confederate soldiers who surrend ered to General Grant at Appomattox.' Athens City of Marble. Modern Allien i a city of marble. Many of the dwellings and business houses and nearly all thepub'ic edifices are oi that ninter al, and even the side walks on gome of the street are paved with it. An LVorlunaf Baby. At the pre i-e minute when Print Henrv rei'che l Inoiai aixnis, a baby man u ; '. .. i m si. i ii ti born to Mr and Mr, rrnesebell. The . , i i i ,. parents have condemned the little one L .... l- .h- of Prime Henry Proesebell. Work of Joel Chandler Harris, Joel Chandler Harris, the author, lives in a little frame cottage in At lanta, Ga. He rites from six to seven hours a day, turning out f n ni 1,500 to 2,000 words, using a typewriter. . Denial from American Scout Major F. R. Burnham, an American ,cout, who served with the British rv airy in the Boer war, denies that he has applied for the place of instructor of scouts at Aldersl.ot. fchitle in Old Mexk. The ancient Mexicans had a species of whistle which produced at least three notes. It had two finger hole and j mouthpiece on the lidt T ivention , , ,, . , . In regard to the world s centenarians. la onlri Hint mn IlPOIlIp live to 06 more than 100 In warm climates than " , ,, .! n the higher latitudes. Here are some figures recently published: The Ger man Empire, with 55.000,000 Inhabit ants, has 778 centenarians, trance, with 40,000.000, bos 213. England has only. 140 and Scotland 40. Sweden has 10. Norway 23, Belgium 5, Denmark 2, Spain 401 and Switzerland none. Ser- ia, with a population of 2,2o0,000, lias 75 people over 100 years old. It l Id that tne oldest persOD living i Bruno Cotrlm, of Rio Janeiro, aged 150. Sir Hiram Maxim, whose large flylng- inacufEe was wrecked during prelimi nary experiments In England a few ears ago. recently Informed the Aero nautical Society lu London that he be lieved thnt a flylng-muchlne was now not only possible, but practicable. Uo based the statement mainly on the Im provement In motors and in structural materials since his experiments were made. He thought the petroleum mo tor would now yield the best results, and at present engineers have at their disposal aluminum alloys that are as strong as wrought Iron and nearly as light as pure aluminum. He believes that a machine on a large scale can db made to develop a lifting power greater than Its own weight. It has been the custom lately to fasten wire ropea and chains at peril ous placea on the Alps to assist climb ers. Some of these are to be seen on the upper tower of the Matteruorn, where the climbing Is most dangerous. But last summer's experiences have In dicated an unforeseen peril arising In uusettled weather from the wires and chains themselves. A number or tour ists were severely shocked and stunned hv charges of electricity passing through thi aafetv guards, which" act as lightning conductors. Any one who has been on the Matterhorn can easily understand how a shock of that kUia. einerlenced at certain points, might. without being severe enough In Itself to produce fatal effects, cause a terrible disaster. Wrlttnir of the recent observations made by himself and others on that part of the solar spectrum which lies beyond the red end of the ordinary pris matic, or vlslb e. spectrum, auu con tains about four-fifths of the radiant energy of the sun. Trofessor S. P. Lang- ley says thnt we are beginning to that the seasons, "which write their coming upon the records of the spec trum," may, in the future, nave tueu effects upon the crops foretoia ny mentis somewhat similar to the lore- casts made day by day by the Weather Tturenu. hut In ways Infinitely more far-reaching, and thnt these predictions may come from the direct study or tne . lnl,nttnna in sun. mere are strong luuna. the direction of a future power or pre diction as to coming years of plenty and of famine. A GIRL'S QUEER PIN CUSHION. Absentmlndedly Jabbed Two Hatpin Into a lon' Back tit the Theater. "You know how careless 1 am about hatpins," began the Absent winuea Girl to her most Intimate friend. "I stick them In all sorts of queer, out of the way places, where I never find them agnlu, and I've lost severnl really good ones. B'ut, my dear, that's noth ing to what happened the other day. I'd rather have lost every single one I have than to have done what I did then. It all cume from my being so late In Btnrting for the matinee. When I reached my seat the curtain bad been up for 5 or 10 minutes, and you know how exasperating that Is. Things bad been going on Jjust long enough for the actors to get well Into the first act. and If you don't know anything about the play-as I didn't-It's awful ly hard to cntch up and understand what It's all about. "Well, ns I sat down and begnn tak ing off my lint I had my eyes and thoughts fixed on the stage. In my usual absent mluded way 1 drew out both hatpins and jabbed them Into the nearest thing thnt came hnndy. That happened to be the buck of the seut lu front of me. lu which sat a poor, unoffending man. As I stuck the plus lu he gave the most tremendous Jump you ever saw. Then he turned around with nn expression of utter bewilder ment on his face. 1 was as red as fire, and all 1 could stuuimer out was an apology and the Idiotic sounding ex planation that I didn't think about the pins going through the back of the sent. He was very nice about It, In deed. I suppose I looked so distressed he felt sorry for me. "As I thought It over, 1 couldn't help admiring the masculine superiority lu the manner of taking attacks like that If It hnd been a woman. Just imagine bow she would have screamed when she felt those pins so suddenly! It makes me shudder to think of the scene there would have been, whereas, as It was, hardly auybody noticed It I tell you. I have been a great deal more enreful about my hatpins since then." BLUE LAW VERSUS CUPID. Little Ood Had Hough Road Some time Among; the Puritans. In view of the fact that the ancient case of the people against Murllne bas been drawn out of some ancient pig eonhole and dusted off and paraded be fore a smiling public. It may be par donable to cite another action of a similar character wherein the Judge permitted mercy to temper the rigors of justice. It will be remembered that In the case against Murllne the de fendant bad been caught kissing Sarah Tuttle, contrary to the statutes of the New Haven colony, and that after a ,u" "'" "- 1 Aiit hn.t uinrunruul hAfh i 1-. m ti . , ofl ,n,,, i ,,. . " .. , In the other case the particulars are , . - cleaned from a t me-worn d arv that , .. , ... i date bnck neftrly 250 re""- The ex- tracts bearing upon the special episode referred to, Bays the Cleveland Flaln Dealer, are as follows: "April ys three Thyt daye did Doro thy and mee walk acrosse ye publlcke common and Dorothy never looked sweter. She bad on the kerchief that her Aunt Hester gave her and ber hayre was lyke a tangled web of sonneshlne. And it wag at the closing of ye daye. And strange to tare tho I bad much to tell ber I coulde not frame the words, but w ronton tn walke in quiet by ber syde. with the ! folds of her frock sometymes touching me and oe sending lytU thrills thro my blud. And when we reacbt her father' dommyclle lingered o'er the paylings. Then Dorothy leaned a lyttle toward mc and ayd In her gen til voice 'Good nyght to yoo, Philip.' And of a suddyn my hart welleJ and I was oear to cbakyng, and erj I knew what 1 bad done I leaned across ye payllnga and kyssed her! "Apryl ye four I have been sum moned before ye governor's counsel to answer to ye charge of unlawfully kysslng Mlsstress Dorothy Graham. It appears that Abljau Claniplll saw me from behynd ye hedge. I am grieved for Dorothy' sake, but care uaught Th canuot takfl kys9 from mee. "Apryll ne nineteen Thys dny was ye trlnl. Abljah gave bys testimony and I told ye governor It was truely reelated. 'It was alle my faulte,' I added, 'and I humbly confess my gut.' And then of a suddyn Dorothy arose In ye courte, and of a sooth she never lookt aweter, and sayd: 'I share ye blame. If Philip stole ye goods I stood Idly by and saw ye lnrcemy accom pllsht Punish mee, too.' And then of a suddyn a quick smile crost the gov ernor's fuce, but bis voice was harsh when he sayd: 'Ye have bene found gllty of a heinous offence ngnynst the goode character of ye colony, Philip Ames. It is deserving of severest pun ysbmente. but beenws of youre youthe und more especially beenws of ye verry grate temptayshuii, here he caste a swlfte glance at blushyng Dorothy, 'I hereby decree thnt the sentynce con cerning you be that you shall pay a fyne of 1 shyllyng Into ye colony treusuree and I put ye, Philip Ames, ou probnytlon until snyd shyllyng be paid." Then 1 lookt the governor full In ye eye and snyd: 'If It please youre excellency, I will pay the shyllyng now?" And so I did. And then Doro thy and mee, In full sight of ye coun syl, walked forth . syde by syde. 'It was a grievous price,' said Dorothy, with a lyttle sigh. 'It would have been cheap at a thousand times ye sum, I cried. Then Dorothy lookt uppe at me with a roguish air. 'Mayhap the av erage costs can beo cut down,' she sayd, 'when ye goodes are taken in wholesale quantities.' And so next Sabbath dny our bnnns will be first called by Pnrsou Tomllnson In ye new meetyng house.' " ENORMOUS FEES. Royalty and Rich People Fay Dearly for Medical Treatment. In the medical world some enormous fees hnve been paid from time to time. In 17G2 the famous' Hertfordshire phy sician, Thomas Dlmsdule, was sum moned to St Petersburg to vaccinate the Empress Catherine II. He was In the city less than a week, but so suc cessfully did he accomplish his task that he was paid a consideration of 12,000, in addition to a life pension of 500 a year. Another costly vaccina ting operation was that performed a few years ago by Dr. Butler upon six Indiun Itnjahs, and from each of bis patients he received 10,000 for less than a day's work. When King Edward, or the Prince of Wales, as he was then, lay at death's door with typhoid fever, the famous William Jenner was called In for a period of four weeks, and In return he wna paid at the rate of 2,500 a week and given a baronetcy Into the bnrgnln. Nor whs It by any means unusual for him to receive a fee of 500 for an hour's consultation with less celebrated patients. But royalty Invariably pay their med leol attendants highly. The late Sir Morell Mackenzie journeyed to Berlin to relieve the sufferings of the Emperor Frederick during his hist Illness, and secured a fee of 20,000, while Prof. Zocherlne, of Moscow, who was called to Llvadln when the Czar Alexander III. lay dying, was presented with a check for 15.000, In addition to nil ex penses, for a two day's attendance upon his Illustrious patient. Dr. Yowskl, the famous oculist pocketed a fee of 7,000 for attending the Shah's son at Teheran some years ago, a figure completely put into the shade by thnt captured by an English army surgeon, who paid occa sional visits to the Itnjnh of Rampur, India, when thnt potentate wns sufl'er liiff from an ncute attack of rheunia tlsjn. The patient did not wult for him to send In his bill, finding his treatment beneficlnl and rewarding him with a drnft for 10,000. The highest medical fee ever paid, however, became the property of a blind physician, Dr. Gale, of Bristol, who cured a wealthy patient of a dis eased knee by electric treatment and In return found his banking account richer by 50,000. Pearson's Weekly. The "Poverty Luncheon" Is Popular. "Poverty Luncheons" offer a good way of combining pleasure aud phllan- thropy. Half a dozen girls agree to meet at the home of each. In turn, once a week, or once a rortnight, for lunch- eon. At every meeting each guest brings fifty cents, which Is given to some charity, and each hostess pledges berself not to exceed three dollars lu preparing her entertainment These price, and contributions may. of . , . . , . . course, be varied at pleasure. At the , .u i it , . .. close of the meal the hostess must tell the price paid or each article of food. which the guests note upon heir menu C!?k A118araP1.eme"u1w uldbe;Ca"- ned bouillon (lo cents); creamed cod- fish, served In green peppers (10 cents.; two pounds of chops (50 cents); with puree of French chestnuts (15 cents); salad of chopped apple and celery with mayonnaise, served In red apples (35 cents); pineapple Ice served In the whole rind (45 cents); coffee (S cents); $2.23. Ladles' Home Journal American Are Great Readers. "The bablt of reading Is becoming national In this country," writes Ham-1 Ilton W. Mable, In bis Literary Talk In the Ladles' Home Journal. "There is a great and Increasing number of American who rend habitually for In formation, for Instruction aud for pleasure. And, with a few exceptions, this multitude of reader selects good books; book which have some striking quality of thought or style or dramatic Interest Book which were, widely read twenty years ago would receive mail attention to-day. The reader who can appreciate 'The Choir Invisi ble. 'Hugh Wynne.' The Cavalier and The Ruling Passion" would fluJ neith er profit nor amusement In many of the itorie which were popular twenty . years ago. With few exceptions the novel which have reached a sale of two or three hundred thousand have been wholesome in tone ana many or them have been excellent tn form." Mail Delivery Iloute. It 1 estimated that the value of land along rural delivery route ha In creased from two to three dollar an acre. Then, too, there Is an educa tional value In the rural free delivery In that thousands more magnzlnes and periodical are finding their way to people' homes. There 1 only one "r" in revenue, but we have noticed that lot of people pronounce It ag If it began witk sis r'. Look out for them; their (hooting may be bttr than their spelling. Self-distrust is repousib!e for most ot life failures. aH.t4."4.4.t WHEN THE if CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN. :lmh.h..j..hw OR three months the huge pos ters In red and blue Ink hnve flmneit forth. There Is the "Blood Sweating Behemoth of Holy Writ," with an open mouth six feet square; there is "Mine. LIsette. Gorg eous Queen of the IIoo.ps of Fire," clad In pink tights, leaping through billows of flame; there Is the "Unsurpassed. Unparalleled, and Unequuled Union of Unique and Mighty Monsters" leering out through bars of, iron; there are a hundred other marvels, any one of which Is enough to throw the sniull boys Into spasms of excitement. When the first bill goes up they all begin to make plans for going to the circus. In divers ways they begin to get together the money needed for a ticket. They save rags and old Iron; they cut lawns; they pick strawber ries; they chop kindling and carry lu wood. Every penny is saved. To the children the coming of a circus Is the greatest possible Incentive to Industry and economy. This Is a virtue which, strangely enough, the modest circus manager has been slow to Claim. And then finally comes the parade which Is really better than the circus Itself. The "show-lot" Is always on the flats at the other end of Main street. You got up at 0 o'clock In the morning and hurry down to see the circus "get lia" and unload. Terhaps If the fates are kind you get a neaven sent chance to carry buckets of water until your buck aches for a ticket of admission to the show. Thnt makes you an object of envy to all your fellows. You stay and watch the canvasmen drive their pegs, rig their poles, and build a canvas city while the ordinary man would be marking off the site. You see the animals fed and your eyes stick out like hard boil ed eggs when a beautiful youug wom an with red cheeks and a short white luce dress is let Into the cage with the lions. Finally the crisis comes. From the far off end of Main street a wild strain of unearthly music sweeps up the packed street It is the steam calliope in actlon-an Instrument which Rounds like a score of tug whistles blowing at once. At the sound all the horses in healing rear and plunge and their own ers rush frantically out to wrestle with them. Meanwhile the town mar shal Is running down to the slreet to have the calliope turned off before the town is torn to pieces. Ear ahead or the rest ot tne proies- slou ride two men in a sniny victoria, drawn by two wuite anu two jei mum horses, wearing sliver mounted bar- ness with yenow reins, uue oi me u'eu is a j-i i - - est suit of black clothes and a black slouch hat He owns the show but he cuts no figure In the eyes of the popu- le in comparison with the gorgeous glltterliig nd v dual who rides with him. This tat er wears 8 red waistcoat with blue polka dots, white waisnoni iu , .,, i snats. sh n ng patent leathers, and al- coat aBd a tall silk ' gua , ,u ,en. a ' ,e h crog8ed by an enormous gold chain, which mean- alsQ once or twlce aroimd blg k ,Q hlg blg red neckto gulDeg a d,ftnlond grpater and more brilliant U)nn the Kohlnoor. ! T.,,.. ,n ,, hiock ag hp nroceeds ; ,n hg triuuipbal progress up Main gtreet thig glittering personage rises to , i.t. and lifts his silk hat reveal ing a bald bead as shining as bis bat. lie opens his mouth and out of It comes a voice like the blast o a trum- pet ' "Come one! Come all!" he bellowg. "On behalf of the matgigement I am authorized to announce that Immedi ately before the performance under the large canvas Mme. Lissctte will perform the unparalleled aud stupen dous feat of dancing the skirt dance while suspended in midair on a glack rope stretched between the top of the wagon factory and the roof of the vin egar works. Entirely free, gratuitous, and complimentary. Without money and without price the gifted little lady will disport Id mldspace. Come one! Comr all!" Then he would make a bow and sit down, while the small boy gasped wiib awful admiration and envy. Then you art on the dead run up Main street to get the seat In the sec ond gtory window over Brown gro- ,r, which ha been reserved for you. Already Main street I packed with people. One row la sitting down on the curb, with tbelr feet In the gutter. Behind them stand other row reach ing back to the front of the stores aud then climbing to point of vantage on tee top of dry goods boxes. All the window are full, anxlou mother clutching with nervous hands the waistbands of small children, who do their best to fall out Into the crowds below whenever a stray strain of music come floating up from the di rection of the clrcHS lot 11 you have earned a ticket or bare a.i extra quarter In your pants' pock ets you buy a big bag of peanuts, the shells of which yon throw down front your high perch on to the beads of the i; THE PARADE PASSES UP MAIN STREET. ? P ft i m people on the sldewnlk. When the shells strike you turn your eyes away and look as unconscious as possible. Now the town marshal emerges from the crowd ou the other side of the street, dragging by the collar a young mun who Is denounced as "one of them city thugs." He starts down the ecu ter of the street with his prisoner, fol lowed by a street full of excited men and boys, to whom nn arrest Is as ex citing as a declaration of war. It Is the marshal's dny to shine. He gets to within a block of the lockup, under the engine-house, when a farmer's team, frightened half to death hy the unusual noise and by the swift np pronch of the crowd, breaks away from the hitching post at the curb, stand up on their hind legs, nud start to paw holes lu the atmosphere. With out stopping to thinkv the marshal drops bis hold on his prisoner nud grabs the horses. The pickpocket slips away to safety, but the horses are stopped from running avny. A dozen times there are false alarms that the parade has started. Each time the crowd along Main street surges Into the street, and up the street come the huge gilded cages full of cooking utensils and baggage, with tightly closed sides and big signs warning the crowds to "Beware. Dan gerous," Up comes the den of lions, with the lady In pluk tights sitting ou a cracker box In the midst of them. Cp comes the clown, riding on a little donkey that stops every fifty feet nud kicks up solemnly, while the crowds roar with laughter. Up comes every thing belonging to the circus that can walk or be moved on wheels. Tbeu the Inst wagon swings round the cor ner and the crowd flows Into the street behind it There Is always the awful possibility that father won't let you go to the cir cus. Once there was a small boy lu a couutry town who had pot hold of DO cents mid wanted to go to the circus so budly that he fnliiy nched nil over. But his father said: "No, I don't be lieve In going to too ninny circuses. You're too small to go nloiie, and I can't spare the time. You'll have to stay at home." The small boy, desperate with disap pointment, ran away nud went to the circus with another youth In similar straits. They got their tickets, went lu. looked at the animals, and then took their scats lu the circus tent. Be tween the acts they looked around them. Presently the small hoy, glanc ing up, saw his futher sitting six rows higher up. At the same Instant his father saw hlni. Neither of them gave any sign of recognition, aud neither referred to the subject afterwards. Only by the fact that he was not taken out Into the wood shed after he got home was the small boy certain that he had not been mistaken. As a rule you didu't stay to "the grand vocal, Instrumental, and terpsl chorenn concert in the mnin canvns Im mediately after the conclusion of the performance." With the afternoon concert over there was still the even ing performance to look forward to. Then the town relaxed back into Its normal condition. Expensive Coronations. It may be of Interest to polut out at this time thnt the most expensive cor onation on record was that of the pres ent Czar of Russia. Upward of $15, 000,000 wa spent by the government alone, and fully another $5,000,000 by the public authorities of various Rus sian towns. The representatives of other powers view with each other in lavish outlays, and, counting the sums spent by other persons, the coronation of Nicholas II. cannot have cost much less than $25,000,000. The coronation of Czar Nicholas I. was also a very expensive affair. The then Duke of Devonshire was the Brit ish representative, and be speut fully $150,0(H) of hlg own money In connec tion with It. The coronation of George IV. wa the most expensive In British annals, and thli cost only $1,230,000. Of this amount $125,000 wns expended on the coronation robe and $225,000 on the crown. The cost of the coronation of George HI. did not amount to half that of the coronation of George IV. The whole cost of the coronation of William IV. amounted to only $150,000, aud that of Queen Victoria to $350,000. A Musical Btalri-ane. A -staircase bas just been Invented wblcb pluys tune as It Is walked up and down upon. A series of Dins are pressed by the feet and piny gone and drums, wbile others are connected with collapsible chambers wliicb blow trumpets and other similar Instru ment. Velocity of the Wind. At the height of one mile the aver age velocity of the wind is four times as "great as at the earth's surface. The Test of Merit. Customer Are you sure this is a good cook-book? Salesman Ye, indeed. Thpy're talk ing of drmniatlzlug It Judge. jK,aai - 1 T GEO. P. GROWELL, iSut'cfsnor to E. I.. Smith, .stHblishfil llimsu in tho valir? .1 o DLALLR IN Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Flour and Feed, etc. This old-established house will con tinue to pay cash for U its goods; it pays no rent; it employs a clerk, but does not have to divide with a partner. All dividends are made with customers in the w ay of reasonable prices. Lumber Wood, Posts, Etc. Davenport Bros. Lumber Co. Have opened tin office in Hood Kiver. Cull nud cot prices and leave orders, which will be promptly filled. Regulator Line STEAMERS Regulator and Dalles City Between The Dulles and Portland Daily Except Sunday. Leave Dalles 7 A. M. Arrive Portland 4 P. M. Leave Portland 7 A. M . Arrive Dalles 5 P. M. Leave Hood River (down) at 8 :30 A. M. Arrive Hood River (up) nt 3:110 P.M. W. C. ALLOW AY, General Agent. White Colter Line Portland -Astoria Route Str. "BAILEY GATZERT." Dally round trips except Sunday. TIMK CAKU. Leiivra Portland 7:00 A. M U-avi's Astoria .7:00 P. M Through Portland connection w ith Steamer Nahcntta from llwacii aud Ixiug heach pointa. White ( nllar Line tickets interchangeable with O. K. & N. Co. and V. T. Co. tickets. The Dalles-Portland Route STEAMERS "TAHOMA" and "METLAKO" l)aily trips except Sunday. Str. "TAHOMA." Leaves Portland, Mnn., Vt'ed., Krl 7:00 A. M Learua The Dalles, 'files., Tuum. SaL,7;li0A. M Str. "METLAKO." Leave Portland, Tiles., Thu., Sat 7:011 A. M. Leaves The Halles Mini., Wed., Krl 7:00 A. M. Landing and ortice: Font Alder Street. Both phones Main :('!. Portland. Oregon. AGENTS. JOHN M. FII.LOON The Palles, Or A. J. TAYLOR Astoria, Or J. J. Li t KKY Hood Hiver. Or W OLKOKD .v. VYYEKS White salmon, W ash J. :. WYATT Vancouver, Wash K. P.. tilLUUKTII Lvle. Wash JOHN M. ToTToN Stevenson, Wash IIKNMY OI.MSTKD ( arson, Waah WM. HI TLKR Mutler, Wash E, W. CRICHTON, Portland, Oregon Oregon Shqit Line and union Pacific Dkpabt TIME SCHEDULES .,. Portland, Or. Al""yl Salt Lake, Denver, 4:30 p. m. Ft. Worth, Omaha, I Kansas City, Ht. Lou is, Chicago and Last. Walla Walla b wii- 8:10 a.m. ton, Hnoksii. Mni nesin0s, St. Paul, Duliith, Milwan ke,cliicat:i.tKat a Salt Lake, Denver, 7:00a. m. Ft. Worth, Omaha, Kansas City, St. ni!s,Crti(-Hgoaiid Last. Portland Special 8:00 a. in. via Huntington. At antic Enpresa 8:u p.m. via Huntington. St. Paul Fast Mail 6:l.'i p. in. via lokaiie OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE FItOM 1'OliTLAM). tttip.m. lAll sailing dates .Ul'jrel lo change For San Francisco - 4 :00 p. m. Sail every 5 daya Dally Columbia Rlv.r Fx.suiola. il.am.rt. Kit) ii. in. Saturday ,1o Astoria and Way ll'.wi p. in. Landings. Mp.ni. 1 Ki. Hmidar fi.4.ra.m Hon., Wed. and Fri. ' Wlllamtt lf. ! 4: so p. m. 1 I Water permitting. ki. Sunday Oregon city, .New. I berg, Salem, Ill.le-. pendenee, Corval-I ; lis ami a lAiid-, 1 ing.. I 7.10 am. WlllaiMHi an4 Van-1 S:jnj.m lin, Thiir. Hill Kl.tra. -i Won.. We.l and Shu water permitting. ami Fri. Oregon ll). Day- ton. 4 Way l-aud-: I ig- I.T. Rinaris j Saaka tint, Lt.UIioii Vwi a. m. i I i i.i m Daily except P.lparla to Lewiiton Dally eirept i jioauay. A. L. CRAIG, General Paaeefiger Ateut, Portland, Or. A. X. HOAR. Agent, Hood River.