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1 l 1IERR STEINHARDT S NEMESIS BY I. MACLAREN COBBAN. CHAPTER IX Continued. 0 Oh," said she in a terrified voice, "Mr. Steinhardt looked terrible! He asked me if I bad written telling tome one to auk inch questions. I answered at once, 'No; but Mr. Unwin has.' I Winn I bad not eaid that; for be said at once, 'Ob; Cnwin; I'll make short work of him.' So, please! do be care ful! I could see in bis eyes bow cruel he might be. I said, 'Surely there is no harm in trying to find out what has become of my poor father?' 'Oh,' said he, 'no harm at all none at all,' and went away." , I could not but regret this very much. It was, therefore, with some anxiety that I received and accepted an invita tion to an interview I had almost said, t collisionwith Steinhardt that evening at seven o'clock in the labora tory of the Chemical Works. I had never yet been within the mysterious, tainted precincts, and it was with some thing of a shudder that I asked myself why he should have invited me to call upon him there, and at an hour when probably there would be no one In the place except himself and the watch man. I went, however, with the stern est courage I could summon. I cannot describe the laboratory, for I clearly saw only Steinhardt, red as a Mephistophelean all else was a jumble of retorts, taps, tubs of raw color and what not. He was very civil. "I asked you to come and see me here, Mr. Unwin," he began, "because I am watching an experiment which I cannot leave, and I wanted to see you at once. You have not taken my word for it that Miss Lacroix is not for you ; you have been seeing her at times and places when you should not." He paused and looked at me, as if expecting me to cay something. I was silent, and he went on, "Miss Lacroix is not a girl to be the wife of a clergyman who has his way to make; she is beautiful, I know, but she has no money nothing to speak of. Your time here will be up in another week or so ; you have been trying to get a place near here, but you cannot; it will not do to stay about in this neighborhood. I will help you to get a good place in the south a living of your own I know where I can, and you must go away tomorrow. There is a cheque I have written for your quar ter's salary." "I am sorry, Mr. Steinhardt," said I, "I cannot go away tomorrow; and I cannot promise to leave the neighbor hood." "Oh; you cannot. Think again: if you do not go, I must send away my family." "My mind is quite made up," said I. "It is? Very well." He rose, as if to end the interview, and I rose also. You had better take the cheque," said he, pushing it toward me; "it is al most due, and I shall not want to see you again." I took It, and was going. Involun tarily I glanced about for any vat or vessel which I could think of as that which had figured in Dick's confession. He seemed to notice my curious glances. "You have never been in here be fore," said he. "That is the most in teresting place" pointing to a small door "would you like to look in? I call it the Experiment Bath." I said I would ; and my heart beat wildly. "You must let me tie up your mouth and nose then," he said, taking some kind of muffler from a drawer. I wondered whether this were the place, and whether he was going to show it me out of bravado, or whether he was quite unconscious of my suspi cion. I determined to go through with it. I was muffled, and he muffled him self. He opened the door; and I saw a small chamber, filled with purplish led vapor, in which a gas jet burned dully, and with an unwonted tint. "Enter," said he. I entered, and he followed. "This," said he, raising a lid by some arrangement, "is my experi ment." Vapor rose more densely from the vessel, whose outlines I could not dis cern. I felt stifled; I gasped for breath. I tugged at the muffler; I could not help it. I reeled; I felt his hand on me whether to snatch or to push me I cannot now say but I thought then the former; with a vio lent effort I recovered myself and turned at once to look at him, and saw great heavens! the very counterpart on the wall behind him of that shadow, with head and hands outstretched, which Dick's delirious figure had cast, only vaguer, because of the vapor! "What! Again!" I Involuntarily cried, and dashed fiom the chamber. I had to sit down to recover myself ; I trembled violently. I thought, when he undid his muffler, he looked paler, and more open-eyed. Did he suspect now my suspicion? "It is very risky, you see," he said, calmly enough, but with a very keen look, that longed, no doubt, to read me, "very jisky to enter my bath!" I said not a word, but after a moment or two rose with a "Good-night," and wnet out into the air. Had he intended to suffocate me? Thinking calmly of the adventure now I do not think so. I think the danger I escaped was altogether owing to my own rashness and folly. CHAPTER X. I was scarcely surprised when next day I received a hurried note from Louise. They were all going away at once, she said all except Mr. Stein hardt. He had come home late, and told them they must pack that night, to be ready to set off in the morning to the seaside somewhere where she did not know yet, but she would write to me as soon as she had an address to give, so that I might send her any news. How I treasured that little note! It was the first bit of writing I had had from her; and I read it again andagain that day, and for many days, and'tried to conjure a hidden meaning, a lurking touch of tenderness or con cern out of its ordinary words. A strange feeling of being alone, and for saken, seized me a foolish feeling, which I could not shake off for some days. I looked in upon old Jacques, as usual. He had been recovering hin elf since I had seen him first; at least, regaining a consciousnMa of his own existence, and of the exittPnre of things about him. I thought that day I could see a something in his eyes and in the twitching of his mouth, which told that he mimed the presence of his niece. He gazed at me king and keen ly, UU I felt rather disconcerted, looked down at his hands (the fingers of the right band trembled a little), and ot S. 1 I tered some guttural sounds, as If in an effort to articulate. I talked to him a little, though J was not sure he could tear me; or, hearing, could under stand; I told him his niece had gone away to the seaside; I hoped it would do her good, for she had been in a very anxious state of mind since her father s loss. It gave myself some relief to speak these, things. When 1 rose to go away, he looked me shrewdly up and down, and watched me to the door. A week or two passed before I saw him again. My time was taken up with attempts to provide a post for myself against the day when I should leave that at Tim- perley. Under ordinary circumstances I would have taken the opportunity of the season of the year, and such a junc ture in my affairs, to spend a holiday among my friends; but I was now con vinced the mystery I was pledged to clear up was in Timperley, and I was resolved to sit down and besiege it there the more obstinately resolved, since I knew Steinhardt so heartily wished me away. I wrote letters; I made journeys to this vicar and that rector in the neigh boyhood, who then needed, or soon would need, a curate, with the same result in all cases. . I would not do; I was not just the kind of man they wanted; they were not sure that my opinions were quite as they would wish the opinions of their curate to be. It became plain to me that I was to be boycotted : the word had been passed round, apparently and by whomJf not by Steinhardt? Again and again I tried, though with little hope now, to find a curacy even in the neighboring large town; but nothing came of my efforts except dis appointment, and weariness, and dis gust. My time was up in Timperley, but I still retained my lodgings there (they were cheap and comfortable) ; I held them like an outwork advanced against the enemy's position. The situation was, indeed, becoming like a duel between Steinhardt and me, in which, for the time, he certainly had the best of it. My anxiety was not lessened by the fact that in the three weeks which had passed I had not heard a word from Louise, and did not know what had happened to her, or even where she was. I finally went to the girl whom I had seen Frank with, and from ber I found out that he had written from an address (which she gave me) in Doug las in the Isle of Man. At the end of another week, not having recieved auy reply to a note I had written to Louise, I confess I was tempted with weak thoughts of giving the whole matter up, of surrendering my position to Steinhardt, and going away. I was earning no money, and my quarter's stipend of 22 pounds 10 shillings- was rapidly disappearing. What could I do, when it was all gone, but surren der? I am not ashamed to confess that, oftener than once, I was betrayed into an unmanly prostration of disap pointmentof despair, I may even say and grief. But remember that I was desperately in love (I suppose a clergy man may be as desperately in love as another man) with a young lady, who might be dead, or diyng, or mairied, for aught I knew; that I was sojourn ing, so to say, in a strange land, whose chief was bitterly hostile tome; that the affair upon which I had staked my success in love had not advanced an inch during those long and lonely weeks. I do verily believe that, in spite of the conviction which usually sustained me of the final revealation of the truth in spite, too, of the obstinacy of my nature, and the high reward of success which I had hoped to gain, I would, indeed, have soon beat a retreat, if it had not been for a visit I had from my old friend Birley, and the results that immediately followed upon that. One evening I heard a loud, cheery voice there was no mistaking ask my landlady, "Is th' parson at whoam, Betty" a question which I answered myself by calling, "Come upstaiis." "Well," said he, "you haven't come to see me since I've come back" (he had been ill, and absent from home for some weeks) "so I ha' looked you up." I said I was very pleased indeed to see him (he looked much older and greyer than when I had teen him last, poor old gentleman). "Now I've come," he continued, "to ha' a bit of serious talk with you, my friend. You know I wish you well lad, and that I'd do all for you that a broken old chap can do; but there's no sense, tha knows, and no policy in sticking here wi' nought to do not even courting. You love a lata, and, of course, naturally, hang about her; but, deuce take it, lad, what do you expect to get by hanging about the place when she's miles and miles away? Is it that the ground whereon her gentle feet have trod eh? Come now, lad, let's talk the thing out; we cant' ha' the folk about here that used to think so much of you getting to look at you as a sort o' harmless luney." "There is at least one person in the village," said I, somewhat nettled, "that does not believe me harmless, whether he thinks me a lunatic or not." "Well," said he, "you munna be offended at my saying that." "No, certainly," said I. "If there is one man who could never offend me, it is you, Mr. Birley. But, when I think of it, I am not surprised that people should begin to look upon me as a maniac, since nobody but myself knows altogether what I keep staying here for." "Ah, well, of course," said he, look ing mystified, "but talking on at a venture, according to his wont, "you know your own affairs best but you think nobody else knows this alto gether. ell, I daresay "I daresay," said I, interrupting him, "I am a monomaniac." The im pulse siexed me to take him into my confidence; I felt it would relieve and cheer me to talk to him about the mat ters that occupied my thought so much ; he must know them sooner or later, and, by knowing them at that juncture he might give me a useful hint. "Per haps," said I, "you will think me mad if 1 tell you what really keeps me here. It is not, as you imaigne, that I am in love with your ward, or with the ground she hat walked on ; I don't deny that I am in that condition but it it not that keeps me here. I wish to tell yon what it is, but you must promise aie to keep it locked up in yourself." "Nay, lad, if it's some very private affair of your own, do not tell me." "But," said I, "it is no private affair of my own ; indeed, it concerns you at least quite as much as me; and I think, perhaps, you might help me a little on it." I then related my story, point fcy point, not even omitting mention of Louise's repeated dream, or of my own recent adventure in the chemical works. The effect my story bad on him caused me great anxiety. Being, by nature, more of a Ialker than a list ener, he could not refrain, at first, from breaking in now and thtfn with a "To be'sure," a "Just so," or an "Ah, yes there you are ;" but as the point of the story took bold of him, his talking instinct took vent in occasional grunts, while he became paler and paler, and more and more moved. He did not for a moment doubt that my suspicions pointed to the truth; he adopted them at once, and was enraged that he had not formed them for himself before. "Stupid old idiot," he exclaimed, "that I was, not to ha' guessed afore that 'Manuel would stick at nothing to get Paul eaten completely up! And Paul was a hot temper, and, if he had words wi' 'Manuel, there would be th' devil to settle! And, of course, Paul was likely to come home unexpected, to catch 'Manuel on th' hop, so to say, wi' that confounded patent again! Lord, Lord! if I had only thought of all that a year ago, it might ha' been easier to clean it up! Well, now, what can we do eh? what can we do?" ' I answered that I had been striving for weeks to discover what next to do but I had not yet discovered it. I was anxious, too, new, I said, about Louise. "Oh," said he, "I expect she's all right with my sister, in th' Isle of Man." "I think," said I, "it's rash ever to expect that anything is altogether right that Steinhardt is concerned in." "True for you, lad," said he. "Besides,"! continued, "she prom ised to write to me, and she hag not written ; a week or more ago, when I found out the Douglas address, I wrote and asked her to send me only a line to allay my anxiety but I have bad none." He looked very grave. (To b continued.) THE CAPITOL'8 FLAGS. Rcgulattd by Strict Rulti When Flying; at Hill-MuL : The flying of flags over the capitol at half-mast, says the Washington Star, is regulated by the strictest rules. Whenever these flags are seen floating half way down the mast it is a sure in dication that a vice president, senator or representative is lying dead, or that the action Is taken in response to a presidential proclamation ordering the flags on public buildings at half-mast in respect to the memory of some pioin inent official of the government who has passed away. When the sergeant-at-arms of the senate or house of rep resentatives learnt of the death of a member of either of those bodies they at once order that the flags over the senate chamber or hall of representa tives be half-masted. This is often done before the houses of congress themselves are officially notified of the death. A good deal of discretion Is exercised in the manner of placing the news of a death of this kind officially before the senate or the house. Upon such announcement it is customary for the houses to adjourn in respect to the deceased senator or representative, and in order that current business may not be stopped early in the day the an nouncement is generally made just be fore the houses are ready to conclude their day's work. Officers of the sen ate and house, when they fly the flags at half-mast in response to a proclama tion by the president, regard their ac tion as one of courtesy, as they do not recognize the power of the president to order congress to do anything except to assemble in extraordinary session. Learned Trio. Only three women have taken de grees at the University of Beilin. Two are Americans and one a Jewess. The latter was one of the first women to en ter the university and the first to win degree. Her name is Bertha Neuman. The family formerly lived in Poeen. She is a phenomenal mathematician, and can calculate an eel ipse without using pencil or piper and can recite pages of logarithms from memory. The American girls are Caroline T. Stewart, of Texas, and Mary W. Mont gomery, of New Haven, Conn. To Rcitort La Rtbldt Convent Archaeological and historical soci eties all over Spain have been urging the repair of the famous convent of La Rabida, associated with Columbus. The buildings are fact becoming a ruin. Thus far tba societies' appeal has met with no response. The recent loss of that colonial empire of which Colum bus planned the foundation, La Rabida, seems to have rendered the Spanish na tion indifferent to the memory of the great discoverer of the now world. For Her Special Benefit Lady Butler is probably the only English artist for whose sole benefit a cavalry charge was ordered. When she was painting her stirring picture, "Scotland Forever," she one day ex pi eased a regret that she had never seen a body of cavalry in the act of charging, with the result that a gen eral in whose bearing she bad spoken, arranged that a charge should take place for her special benefit. Cassell't Magazine. Religions of the World. Of equal interest with the popualtion of the world it its division into relig ious beliefs. 1 be estimate of M. De Flaix, a noted French statistician, puts the Christians at 477,000,000, the Mo hammedans at 177,000,000, Confucians at 25,000,000, Hindooism at 90,000, 000, Buddhism at 47,000,0000, Taoism at 43,000,000, Shintoism at 14,000,000, Judaism at 7,180,0000 and Polytheism at 118,000,000. Hobble v Men who ride hobbies would not be nearly so objectionable if they did not want all the road to themselves. Town and Country. Canada has a group of young sculptors of w hom much is ex pected. One of them, Hamilton Mc Carthy, of Ottawa, is making the bronze statue which the govern aieut of ova Scotia will erert in Halifax to com memorate the services of Nova Sco- tians in the South African war. Chkkuu' Tail Twelve Feet Lout;. A new breed of chickens just received in New York from China have tails 13 feet leng. They are kept in cages, and when ther are taken out for exercitq an attendant goes along to hold op tho feathers. The hens Uy 30 eggs a jnear, which are hatched by other hens. Senator Kerns Outdoes Depcw. Until Senator Kearns of Utah ar rived Senator Depew's watch was the costliest watch in the senate. Now Mr. Depew asks Senator Kearng w hat tint it is. pup) jt;. PLACE OF PRAYER IN POLITICS. By Rev. J. P. brusalnghtm. D. D. It is a gratifying assurance that the Almighty does not answer all prayer in the form iu which it is offered. Two opposing ar mies meet in con flict, either at the polls or on the but tlefield. Sincerely prayerful hearts upon both siilex ask for victory. Even omnipotence cannot DR. BBrsIIlNOHAM. answer all these prayers except in the reflex power for good which all prayer has upon honest petitioners to the throne of heaven. The real object and benefit of prayer Is not to change the mini of God toward the world, so much as to change the mind of the world toward God. "The fervent, effectual prayer of the righteous man availeth much," but the righteous man must be careful lest he offer a selfish prayer for his side to win. Perhaps his side may not be alto gether God's side. The only legitimate prayer In politics Is this: "Thy will be done," or, "May heaveu. bless the nation aud guide those who are iu authority." To pray for the election of cue prominent candidate and the defeat of another, both of whom are confessedly upright men, is a piece of Impertinence repugnant to fine Christian sensibility. There is just about as much sense in some suggestions of "prayer in politics" as there was Iu Prof. TyndalPs materialistic prayer test some years ago viz.: Let there be two sick wards in a hospital, and let prayer be offered for one ward, while the other ward is omit ted at the hour of devotions. Would it make any difference in the recovery of the patients in either ward? All such tests are but perversions of prayer from its high purpose. It has been said often: "Vote as you pray." Why not reverse the prayer: "Pray as you vote." In other words, both pray and vote your best convic tions. I have always prayed in the spirit of the Lord's prayer: "Thy king dom come." I would not be understood as advocating an agnostic position upon prayer and politics. Napoleon believed God favored the strongest battalions and heaviest artillery In war, yet. who will not say that the Boer patriots have not been inspired to persevering heroism by their deep religiousness. Who will say that prayer did not help such men as Gen. Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson de fend the "lost cause" with a mistaken but heroic zeal? To be sure, political contests are defi nitely decided by votes and not by pray er. Yet when men have faith enough and zeal enough to pray for a cause they will the more earnestly work for its triumph ant issue. OUR GOVERNMENT'S FOUNDATION. By Hon. Chtunccy M. Depew. The foundation stone of our government the constitution of the United States, that great charter of rights and liberties, has alone survived the resolu tions which have overturned or radically changed every other government since It was adopted. And yet while time has brought changes to our sister nations of the world; has overturned dynasties; chang ed kingdoms to republics; wrested from the hands of monarch! the power that was theirs; witnessed the rise and fall of nations, this great foundation of our laws and liberties remains at it came to us from its franiere except as to the amendments necessitated by the Civil War. Wise and far-sighted as were its au thors, they never dreamed that in it A PROLIFIC WRITER. Frank R. Stockton the Author of Many Popular Tales of Fiction. Frank K. Stockton, who died at his residence In Washington recently, was one of the best known of American writers as he was also one of the most prolific. For more than forty years he had been writing tales, the last one oomlnor from the yjT press but a month ;CyV before hls death- X lie vuiumtra uc is sued number more I than the contents of f. n. btocktow. rles and cover a wide range of subjects. . Francis Rich ard Stockton was born In Philadelphia sixty-eight years ago and early started on a journalistic career. He gave up reportorlal work shortly and began to write stories for the magazines. He met with success as a writer of fantas tic tales for children, but It was not until 1879, when he wrote "Rudder Grange," that he Jumped Into a promi nent place in literature. In 1884 his most popular story, "The Lady or the Tiger," appeared and was well receiv ed by the whole civilized world. Prob ably no book of late years has caused so much comment as this aggravating enigma. For a long time the author was pestered with inquiries as to the true answer to the question witb which the story ended. "I don't know myself which it was," he responded to one of these Inquisi tions; "I never knew whether it was the lady or the tiger. Honestly, I would like to know myself." It was told that an enterprising mag azine offered him $10,000 for a brief sketch by way of sequel that would re veal the true end to the famous tale, but Stockton' was true to his story and declined the offer. Mr. Stockton usually dictated bis books to bis wife, who acted as his amanuensis, and the flow of his words was rapid. The last chapters of a book he frequently dictated first after be had mapped out the tale In his mind. He lived for many years In New York aud Washington. He also pent considerable time In Florida and the Virginias. The picture of Mr. Stockton repro duced above was taken several years ago, but represents him as he is best known to the rending public. KEEPING OUT THE MOTHS. Case Where an Ounce of Prevention la Worth a Pound of Core. When the habits of moths are under stood they can be more effectually pre vented. The moth millers make their appearance in early spring. They are torpid during the day, but are very act ive in the evening. During May and June they deposit their eggs In dark places. When a moth miller has laid Its quota of eggs It dies. The eggs are very small and are batched in about two weeks. The young worm begins Its destruc tive work at once and continue until cold weather. It is torpid and nann ies during the winter. In late winter tt change Into a chrysalis and later Into a winged moth. If these winged moths are not allowed to enter the bouse to deposit their egga there will I .T - ' ' -1 L THE were the powers which would carry and sustain the republic through foreign wars and domestic strife, and be as per fectly equal to the government and wants of a continent and islands on the other side of the globe and peoples alien in race and civilization, as It was for the young and sparsely settled States of the Atlantic for whom it was created. Its deathless spirit has marched with the years and kept pace with progress iu the advancement of human rights, the assimilation of millions from foreign lands, the growth of great cities, the mu tations of Intelligence and the changes In laws and customs necessitated by steam and electricity. To some it has been a Fetich, and to others a Frankenstein. But, unlike Shelley's masterpiece, it Is endowed with a soul, and has been the source of blessing instead of a curse. NEWSPAPERS WHAT WE MAKE THEM. By El-Speaker T. B. Reed. Nobody can fail to notice the tre mendous growth of newspapers, not only in numbers, but in size. To-dny the journals of the cities are no longer resumes of the day, all of which are to i. i r & dered, but they mc havtt become en- THOS. B. beed. cyclopedias of what has happened all over the world. They are getting to be read only in headlines, except those items which concern each particular reader. What the end will be no man can tell. Newspapers are what they are by vir tue of a power greater than themselves. They are much more the product of the readers than of the editors and publish ers. A great man once gave me a dis course at least an hour long about the follies and shortcomings of newspapers, all of which I recognized, but when he had finished I said to him: "Don't you see that newspapers are what their readers make them, and hence all you have said is an indictment against the human race, to which you and I belong?" He was silent a moment and then said, "I am afraid you are right." Of course it Is every man's duty to aspire to the loftiest models before his eye, but he as truly does the Lord's work who lifts a mortal from the pit to the surface of the earth as he who raises him from the earth to the skies. News papers, In season and out of season, do both. BRING THE BUSINESS CARES HOME. By Mrs. Roger A. Pryor. If a man has married a wom an in whose intelligence and af fection he has confidence it should prove the greatest help to him to seek her advice and counsel In the thousand and one difficult matters which arise iu the course of the business day. Her point of view would aid him Im measurably In everything that does not involve the sacred confidences of other people. The lawyer cannot proclaim the secrets of his office, nor the physician be tray the weaknesses of his patients, nor the clergyman the sorrows of those who seek his prayers and advice. Hut in ev erything outside of these departments a be no trouble with moths. The window and door screens should be placed In the windows and doors early in the sea son and a close watch kept for the moth miller. Moths always work in the dark. Furs and woolen clothing have a special at traction for them; and a soiled gar ment' or a dirty spot on a garment will attract them; hence every garment should be clean when It is put away for lhe summer. Furs and all woolen clothing that ore not needed during the summer should be hung out In the open air and gently beaten and well brushed and then wrapped In newspapers with plenty of camphor gum. Newspapers are good for wrapping about clothing because the printer's Ink Is offensive to the moths. When wrapped put In a cedar chest; if a cedar chest is not obtainable use an ordinary box and paste thick paper around the edges. Woolen garments that require washing should be washed and packed away in the same manner. It Is a good plan to write on the box the names of the dif ferent garments placed inside. When the carpets are taken up In the spring the floor should be washed to remove the dust; then washed In water to which turpentine has been added In the proportion of a tablespoonful to each, quart of water; care being taken not to neglect the cracks and places where heavy pieces of furniture are placed. When dry sprinkle ground black pepper along the base boards. What to Eat OUR POLAR POSTOFFICE. Point Barrow the Northernmost Office , in Uncle Bam'i Domains. "I suppose that Nome, Alnpka, Is the postofflce In the United States which has the distinction of being about as close to the arctic circle as one may with convenience be located," said a man at the stamp window of the city postofflce as he gummed a 2-cent stamp on a letter Intended for the town on the cape near the outlet of the Yukon river." "Oh, no," replied the clerk. "It Is true that Nome hugs the circle rather closely, considering the frigid condi tions there prevailing, but the office at Point Barrow puts Nome to the blush when you talk about getting right next to the north pole Itself, for Tolnt Bar row Is about on the 70th parallel, well up Into the Arctic sea, and miles and miles above the arctic circle and nearer the north pole than the northernmost shores of Iceland. "In short, to be accurate," continued the clerk, according to the Washington Post. "Point Barrow Is 420 miles by overland route north of Nome and sev eral times this distance by the water route through Bering strait It Is vis ited once a year by revenue cutter and a I'nlted States signal station Is located there. Unless they have re ceived the news by the overland route the men at the station will first hear of President WcKlnley's death next sum mer when the cutter gets up through the Ice and the postmaster will also re ceive his supplies to run the northern most postofflce In the United States or Its possessions." lntelliarble Annoancement. An American woman who under stands Italian, bnt has not learned to comprehend Italianized English, bad at woman ought to be a true helpmeet to her husband. She should be able to lift in a thousand ways the burdens which daily bear him to the earth, and uone of these things could she do unless be is willing to assist her with his con fidence as well as to give her his affec tion. It perhaps may not be a nice thing to say, and I dislike to muke the statement, but It Is a fact that while it is right and just that a man should unburden him self and seek the counsel of his wife, the minute a woman occupies her evenings in recounting and bewailing the manifold and trivial vexations which have occur red in the domestic regime during the day, the result is absolutely and inevlta bly fatal to the happiuess of the home. The home is distinctly the woman's province, and she should rule in it as does a general his forces or a man his ofhee. But never, as she desires to keep her husband's love and affection, should she be tempted, as some women have been to their everlasting mortification and sor row, to lay her domestic worries at her husband a feet. Again I say that, apart from those things a man should keep sacred, there Is no true marriage unless a man con fides in a woman and lets her help him to bear the trials and tribulations which crowd a business man's life. Such a union only Is ideal when the husband and wife share the mutual re sponsibilities', and only in this complete relationship .can the latter attain the grandeur of the true woman. BANK ACCOUNT'S MORAL VALUE. By B. J. Greenftuf, A man without a bank ac count, or the equivalent. Is like a ship without a rudder; he is at the mercy of every caprice of fortune, and his mind is in a constant state of unrest with regard to the future. A man who desires nowadays to feel secure, like the house founded upon a rock must be the rock himself. He must be able to feel that whatever turn events may take, he is, at least to some extent, independent, if only for a short time. Prosperity engenders a large circle of friends adversity scatters the collec tion. True, there are exceptional cases in which the friend In need comes along; but the majority of acquaintances can not be depended on to extend help of a tangible order. The man without a bank account soon finds that out when slight reverses come upon him. He has no nest egg and therefore no self-confidence. The man who Ifves his life with a view to the future, who lays up for a rainy day at least some little trifle, the man who is careful and thrifty, has no in ward misgivings when clouds gather on the horizon. He feels a certain confi dence in himself; a sense of security which enables him to face his destiny, whatever it may be. He runs no risk of being suddenly reduced to penury; he at least has time to look around If fickle fortune should play fast and loose with him. Every man should save something, however little, out of every dollar. The man who can always keep even one cent out of every dollar he earns Is learning the lesson that alone can lead to perma nent success. The great men in history have been the thrifty men, not those who always had their salary mortgaged. To be economical does not mean to be close fisted. H is a duty one owes to oneself. And what a moral effect this has upon a man I How it braces him up to con tinue the struggle! And the very self confidence that has been generated In him by his sense of independence proves his best weapon for the fight. Independence raises a man in his own estimation, and we are generally esteemed by our neigh bors at our own figure. An old adage runs: "A boy's best friend is his mother." Well, a man's best friend is his bank account. a hotel In Florence an experience which she relates with glee. She had asked that a carriage might be ready for her at a certain hour. She waited In the parlor for it to be an nounced, and when the time had passed she made complaint that her request had not been regarded. "But, madam, I send up a boy where you and the other madam were sitting, ten mluutes ago, and command hhn to announce your equipage," said the clerk. "A boy said something In the door way," snld the lady, doubtfully, "but as he spoke In a language unknown to me, and did not seem to be addressing me, I paid no attention to him." The boy, being summoned, gazed with brown, reproachful eyes at the lady. "But I speak America," he sMd plain tively. "I bow my head, and say, fast very fast 'M'd.irm, ni'darm, c'rldge, c'rldge, redee, redee,' aud make my de part" WHERE THE COD WINTERS. They and Haddock Found at Great Depths in Sea. Dr. Hart has made the remarkable discovery that away out in the open sea, where It was several thousands of meters In depth, he found fish as it were in layers or ocean strata. Some re quired a line as long as a monument to reach down to them; others were in still lower depths which would sub merge St raul's and the monument on top, and with many thousand feet of water below them. There In these still and dark and hitherto supposed barren regions of the sea he caught great cod aud haddock, sometimes In quantities. The import ance of this discovery Is that It proves that not only fish brood, but mature fish also, exist in the ocean, and that what have been looked upon as typical "ground fish" and "local" sorts are to be found at other places as well as near the coasts. Not of the least significance is the finding of cod In the deep places of the sea, says the Nineteenth Century, as In this discovery we have the key to solve the mystery as to where the cod abides when be withdraws from the coasts. In the great cod fisheries off the coast of Newfoundland the fish ermen find the fish at the commence ment of the season In April In the shallow water near the shore and use their lines of thirty or forty feet. In creasing the depth as they find the fish receding, until they have to fish at over 200 feet for them In Decem ber. To Reserve Hallway Seats. The Western Railway of France Is about to try a device by which passen gers may retain their seats In a railway carriage without resort to the expetll ent of placing luggage on the seat claimed. Over each place In a com partment Is placed a disc, and as each Is occupied a nuiiilx-r Is placed on the disc and a counterfoil is handed to the passenger by the guard. By a recent judicial derision no passenger can claim a seat by placing objects upon It Many a man who Is capable of giv ing good advice isn't capable of earn ing bis salt to the fact that she la continually try ing to Improve on the work of nature. DANCING UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Girl Learned the Art in Spits of Paren tal Opposition. A chsrmliig young married woman, whose fund of umor Is nicely balanced by her good sei ie, was telling the oth- j er doy of the struggle she had to learn to dance. Her mother did not favor the pastime and the daughter wus forced to learn the steps from her girl companions. Having had It dinned Into her ears that "piano practice made per fect" she applied the advice to her dancing. "I was Just crazy to learn," she said, "for I could see no barm In It, and as soon as mother was out of the room I would begin sailing around. No UmUcr what I was doing dusting, sweeping, washing the dishes or preparing a meal I would work In a few steps. To me now It seems the most comical thing In my life. Fancy me with dustrag polishing the back of a chair and then waltzing over to the center table, from It gliding to the piano and after a few dabs at the mahogany sailing over to a picture, always humming a waltz tune for my dancing feet, but shutting down quickly when mother's steps would be beard. ?. "The funniest thing happened In the kitchen, though. My sister and I di vided the housework, but rotated the work so that twice a week I bad the kitchen to myself. I just luxuriated there. All the work was done to a hipplty-hop. Even a big panful of dish water would be given a whirl around the room as If It were a roul Johnny, and when I used the scrub brush one of Strauss' lovely tunes sent It merrily over the floor. "I must confess that mother's crock ery disappeared rapidly while my crazy fit was on and I was often put to It to Invent excuses for breaking the dishes, but the climax came. I could not ac quire the 'reverse' easily, and when alone In the kitchen I would draw a circle on the floor with a piece of chalk and would practice the step and, of course, always with something In my hands. "Starting to put away a platter with two fine rolls of butter on It one day t could not resist the magic circle when I started for the refrigerator. With the platter elevated on my finger tips 1 pirouetted and pranced when pop the rolls of butter slid off the platter and landed on the top of the hot stove. You may believe things were lively for a few minutes, and while I was strug gling to put out the blazing stuff moth er oppeared In the doorway. She must have known what to do, for -the 'fire' was soon out and the remains of the sputtering rolls were picked up. "There was a very penitent girl, but penitence didn't save me, for butter was butter at that time and what hap pened me It Is best not to tell. I gave up home practice, though, for the time being," concluded the young matron, according to the Detroit Free Press, "and now I never get upon the floor in the 'mazy' but I think of the ridicu lous figure I cut that morning of greasy memory." FOOTBALL IN TURKEY. Attempted Introduction of the Game Produces an Official Panic. It Is difficult, indeed, to be a sports man In Turkey. One Rechad Bey tried It, with consequences weird enough, as the London Telegraph relates them, for the basis of a detective story or a comic opera. The young Turk organized a foot ball team among his friends, together with some Greeks and Armenians, and began practicing. Not very long after, In the middle of the night police came to his house and carried him off to Scutari; there he was submitted to it long Interrogation as to the club and the game of foot-ball. Matters only grew more complicated, us the Turkish word for ball is top, the same as for cannon. Thrf authorities were convinced that they had found a great plot, and that the club must be a secret society. A special messenger was sent for the ball, and that was duly examined, and fount, to be an Infernal machine. The rules of the game were considered to be another piece of damning evidence, and still worse were the swenters and colors of the club, which showed .a complete organization even to a uni form. After long deliberation, the culprit was sent to the higher police authori ties In Stamboul, who went through a second long examination, and came to the conclusion that the empire bad been saved from disintegration by the early discovery of a great plot. They dispatched the whole matter to be In quired Into at Ylldiz. So the young man, the foot-ball, the rules and tho sweaters and kickers were all solemn ly taken to the palace, and a special commission took the matter In hand. After much careful thought and ex amination of the evidence, tt was de cided that there might be nothing In It but It must not be done again. Ac cordingly, the young mnn was appoint ed vice consul at Teheran, and bundled off the same day. Why lie DM n't Need One. The Rev. James Dodds of Titusville, Pa., tells the following story on him self: "After preaching one Sunday morning to a country congregation 1 was Invited to dluner at the home of a member of the congregation. When we were all seated at the table my hostess discovered that the napkins had been neglected. These were soon pro vided, however, and, as I was adjust ing mine, the small boy of the family, who had begged for a seat beside nie. looked up at me and gravely remarked: 'Mamma don't give me one because 1 don't slobber.' " Trouble in a Boston Suburb. "A wild cow knocked down four per sons In one of Boston's suburbs the other day." "That's strange." "Wasn't It? One of them had forgot ten her spectacles, the second had stooped to pull up his goloshes, the third was reading her Greek lexicon and the fourth was trying to think or the pet Latin name for cow when the rude animal bumped him."- Clevelaud riain Dealer. A Little Too Sensitive. "You made a great mistake to-night when you Invited Mr. Van Guldeu to 'chip In' for the club diuner. Ills wire felt awfully about iu" "What was there wrong In that?" "Don't -yon know?" "Of course I don't." "Why, Mr. Van Guidon's pranjf.itti er made all his money ppddling kind ling wood." Cleveland Plain Dealer. After a woman has U-en married a few years, she looks at young gri ii, wonder that th.-y -an fin J so niui-u t laugh about In cold weather, a woman feels per fectly comfortable If Le lias a I tt: something thrown aiouuj her sLnu. derm. GEO. P. CROWELL. (SuccPteor to E. I.. Hmlth, Oldeat Established House iu the valley DEALER IN Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Flour and Feed, etc. This old-established house wiil con tinue to pay cash for all its goods; it rays no rent; it employs a clerk, but does not have to divide with a partner. All dividends are made with customers in the way of reasonable prices. Lumber Wood, Posts, Etc. Davenport Bros. Lumber Co. Have opened an office in Hood River. Call and get prices and leave orders, which will be promptly filled. Regulator Line STEAMERS Regulator and Dalles City Between The Dalles and Portland Daily Except Sunday. Leave Dalles 7 A. M. Arrive Portland 4 P. M. Leave Portland 7A.M. Arrive Dulles 5 P. M . Leave Hood River (down) at 8 :30 A. M. Arrive Hood River (up) at 3:30 P.M. W. C ALLOW AY, General Agent. White Collar Line Portland -Astoria Route Str. "BAILEY GATZERT." Pally round trips eicept Sunday. T1MK CAK1). Lenvct Portland 7:00 A. M Leavea Astoria 7:00 P. M Through Portland connection with Steamer Kahcolta from llwaco and Long Heaeh pointH. White Collar Line tickets Interchangeable with O. it. & 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., Frl 7:00 A.'.M Leaves The Dalles, l ues., Tburs. Sat., 7:00 A. M Str. "METLAKO." Leaves Portland, Tues., Thu., Sat 7:00 A. M. Leaves The Dalles Mon., Wed., Kri 7:u0 A. M. Landing and office: Foot Alder Street. Both phones Main ail. Portland, Oregon. AGENTS. JOHN M. FILLOON The Dalles, Or A. J. TAYLOR Astoria, Or J. J. Ll'CKEY Hood River, Or WOI.FOKI) A VY VERS White Salmon, Wash J. O. WYATT Vancouver, Wash R. B. GILHKKTH Lvle. Wash JOHN M. ToTTON Stevenson, Wash HF.NRY OLMSTED Carson, Wash WM. BUTLER Butler, Wash E. W. CRICHTON, Portland, Oregon OREGON Shot Line and union Pacific ffifPi' I Perils nd. Or. A"'T1 riilcapo salt Lake, Denver, 4:30 p.m. Portland Ft. Worth.Omalia, Special I Kansas City, HI. t:ooa. m. I Lonis.ChicaKoaml via East. Huntington.' At'antio Walla Walla lwls- 8:10 a.m. Express tou.Spokaiis.Miii :M p.m. neapoiis.Ht. Paul, via Duliiili, Mllwan- Huntington. kee, Chicago.lt East fit. Paul Fait Lake, Denver, 7:00a. ra. Fast Mali Ft. Worth.Omalia, 6:16 p. to. Kansas City, rtl. via Louis.Cnk'agoaud Spokane East. OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE FROM POltTLAMD. s.-oup.m. All sailing dates 4:00 p.m. subject to change For San Francisco bail every days. Dally Ctlumfela gl.sr 4 nop. rn Fx. Sunday Stsaanr. Ex. Sundav S:lll.m. ' Saturday To Astoria and Way Ki:Ul p. m. Landings. :4Aa.m WlllaantM tlrtf. 4:S0p m Mon., Wed. ater permitting. Ki.Sua l.r ud Fri. .Oregon City, New berg. Salem, lmle. pendence, Corval. lis and W ay lud- inga. I " 7:00 a.m. lllsln sa4 Vsat- I SO p. nv Tues., Ihur. ! kiH llmt. Hon., We4. ud Sal. , water permitting. and Fru Oregon clly. Day. Ion, 4 Way Laud ing!. Lv.Rlparla tasks Rlnr. Xv lrlton 4:06 a. m. I 7 wa. m. Daily except Rlparla to LewUton I-ailv eicept Monday. j Monday. A. L. CRAIO, General Passenger Agent. Portland, Or. A. H. ROAR, A gear. Hood Klv.r.