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CHAPTER XIL
1 A-Compact. -
When Hammersley entered hi
home he found three of the cowboys
who had started in pursuit of Egan
and hlg band of warriors to' recap
ture Bertha Lyle. They had followed
the Indians to a point opposite tho
trapper's abode and had come to his
place-the night before to secure hid
advice and assistance. One whose
habit it was to stroll about camp in
the early mornings had taken his
j stroll this morning with the fatal re
sult already known to the reader.
Hammersley concluded that it was
proper to Inform these brave men of
the situation. He told them that
Bertha Lyle was safe and advised
them to bury their dead comrade
while he returned to escort her into
camp.
On the previous night when, the
trapper had left Bertha concealed !n
the opening in the rlmrocks two of
the Indian searching party had come
so close that she became alarmed for
her safety and stole away as quietly
as a shadow. She foon found herself
safe, however, as fie footsteps and
low gutteral-like murmurs of the Ind
ians indicated that they had passed
on to the north. But she had acme
difficulty In flndng her way back and
he bad not felt sure of flndng the
trapper again, who was now diligent
ly searching for her, until she ran
almost into his arms.
The trapper had proceeded with her
as near his home aa be thought was
safe and had left her secreted with
the admonition not to leave under
any circumstances until his return,
end proceeded cautiously on foot.
While approaching a secret passage
that led to his cavern, In the early
morning, he heard the rifle shots and
Immediately ascended to the summit
of the rlmrocks to reconnoitre. .When
he discovered what had taken place
he supposed that a band of cowboys
had taken lodging in his quarters, as
was their custom, and that the Ind
iana having attacked the place the
white men were defending it to the
best of their ability.
Having a greater object In view
than the ordinary 'warfare with
Indians, be signaled both sides to de
sist and while the white men did so
cut of respect for tbe trapper's judg
ment, the Indians did so because it
was the best thing for them to do.
It was late in the forenoon when
the trapper returned with the young
woman. The men had buried their
dead comrade in the crude manner of
the burial of the desert. They had
wrapped his body In his blankets and
placed it deep in the sands and piled
the lava rocks upon the grave to pro-
vent the prowling coyotes from dU'
interlng It. They were sore at heart
over the loss of one of their best
companions, but the thought of the
safety of the niece of the Lord of
The Desert and the honor of escort
ing her into his presence, somewhat
mitigated the terror of the blow.
Hammersley had a great task be
fore him. To acquaint Lyle, the in
, valid father, of his daughter' prej'
ence and to bring the daughter to the
disfigured father whom she believed
was dead, was a trying ordeal for
such a tender hearted man. Then ho
felt It Incumbent on himself to ac
quaint the cowboys of the truth of
the whole matter of their employer's
guilt, of the presence of the long Ioct
Lyle and of the plans on foot to right
the numerous wrongs which had been
perpetrated. He had only entered the
apartments of the Invalid that morn
ing hurriedly to explain the cause
of the rifle shots from the front of
the cavern, and to let him know of
his return and to ascertain his Im
mediate wants.
While James Lyle was maimed and
disfigured In body be still possessed
a clear brain. And the brain of the
confined Invalid, when clear, seems
to be brighter than the ordinary.
Whether the vigor intended for the
weak points go to the brain or the
prostrated invalid concentrates all
force upon this organ, or whatever
may be the cause, this often proves
true. Hammersley needed counsel
and, while the daughter was bright
and possessed extraordinary Intelli
gence for one so young, he decided
first to consult the experienced father.
Having provided temporary quar
ters for the young woman and re
quested the cowboys to remain un
til he could consult with them on
matters of Importance the trapper
quletlystole away to the Invalid's
room. The consultation lasted sev
eral hours but when he returned It
(fid not take long to begin the plans
formed. He went straight to Bertha
and acquainted her with the fact that
fcer father still lived, and then con
ducted her to his presence. The
aeene that followed Is doubtless fa
miliar to the reader's Imagination.
'The trapper left them alone together
and returning called the men to
gether and made them acquainted
with the entire situation.
When these hardy men of the des
ert heard the story of the trapper
to say that they were Indignant would
be putting !t mildly. They had never
suspected treachery in the myster
ious disappearance of James Lyle and
now that the wicked Lord of The
Desert had been proven guilty and
had also conspired to have the child
murdered by Old Egan, they were
ready to attempt anything. The
further fact of ttielr long chase and
the loss of their rorcrade In the cause
did not soften their tempers. They
would have gone straight to the
tone house and deliberately killed
Martin Lyle and his colleague, Fol
lett, But ' Hammersley impressed
them that there was other work more
important Just at tills time.
The cowboy of the Oregon desert
of those days, like the cowboy of that
section today, wrs a man of Intelli
gence. Some of them may have been
guilty of some has'y committed of
fense In the east which was the real
cause of their presence in this coun
try, but as a rule they were men of
courage, honor and Intelligence.
The story.of James Lyle had opened
ft way not roly to punsh Martin Lyle
and Follett but al?o to right the
wrongs done other persons. , It was
. decided to make the work complete,
and the cowboys and the trapper
then and there entered into a solemn
compact to give the matter their un
divided attention until the wrongs
were righted.
For many year he trapper had
been saving his earnings to make n
trip to New York and attempt to
carry out the plans of James Lyle.
He had no other motive than ferret
ing out a rrest wrong and punishing
great crime, and all of this waa In-J
spired in him through sympathy for
the invalid under his roof. It was his
Intention when his earnings were suf
ficient to take some one into his con
fidence whom he could leave In
charge of his invalid friend while he
was away, as it would require con
siderable time to look after the de
tails of the matter, even should he
be successful In getting a starting
point
But now that he had three colleagues
in the persona of the three cow
boys, the sailing appeared more easy.
One of them, Al. Eeach, was especial
ly shrewd and had Lad experience '.n
business In the East, and it was there
fore agreed that he should make the
trip while one of '.he other men, Oscar
Metzger, should return to the Stouo
House, report that all wera killed ex
cept himself, and at the same time do
a little detective work by "pumping"
Llonldas Liggett, the cook at the Stone
House, whom it was thought knew
more than he had ever divulged.
The third, Julian Byrd, was lo re
main about the place for an emerg
ency, while Hammersley should pur
sue his vocation of trapping as if
nothing out of the ordinary had
transpired.
The following morning every per
son set about to perform his re
spective portion of the compact.
CHAPTER XIII.
Jim Lyle'a Story.
The cripple had told Hammersley
long before, and had repeated to bin
daughter, the plot into which he and
his brother had entered to defraud
the elder brother of his inheritance
and of the Lord of The Desert's sub
sequent attempt to put him out of the
way. They had seen an advertise
ment In a New York paper stating
that William Lyle had inherited a
Al Beach.
fortune and the legacy, which con
sisted wholly in ensh, was ready for
delivery upon proot of the identity
of the person named. They went to
New York and Martin, who somewhat
resembled the legal netr, swore to the
rights of William Lyle and James
swore to his identity, the agreement
Deing mat they should share the ill
gotten gains equally. They remained
iu New York until communication
could be had with the courts ol
Scotland. The evidence sent was so
accurate as to details that the monoy
was sent without hesitation.
During their stay in New York
they busied themselves looking up
the whereabouts of the defrauded
brother, who was a dissolute fellow
and who had become a physical
wreck at last accounts. He had mar
ried in New York, and had one child
a boy, and later had drifted to
Chicago and then no trace had been
heard of him. But they learned that
there was a sailor who was intimately
acquainted with the cirenmstances,
but who at the tme had gone on a
long voyage to sea. They had taken
the precaution to find the salor's ad
dress and the cripple had remembered
it. It was the purpose in sending Al.
Beach to New York to find this sailor
if possible and then trace down the
rightful heirs to the property, hoping
by this means to bring the Lord oi
The Desert face to face with the law
and mete out punishment to hlra.
This had been the sole desire of the
cripple and trapper for many years,
and they had been working together
to carry out the plan prompted by the
sole desire that Justice be done.
The cripple had long since paid
the penalty of his crime and while he
related the circumstances with some
embarrassment his conscience was
now at ease for the part he had taken
lh the swindle, except that he desired
to Bee the real heirs in possession of
their Inheritance.
But the part of the story that made
tears come to the eyes of Bertha fol
lowed this. On the return of Jim and
The Lord of The Desert to their
ranch where now stands the great
Stone House the brothers grew
more distant from each other.
Scarcely a civil word ever passed be
tween them and Martin was continual
ly plotting with Dan Follett.
One cold winter day while James
and Follett were riding the range
they took ehelter from a snow storm
In a cavern in the rimrocks. Unex
pected to James the Canadian ap
proached him from the rear and gave
him a stunning blow across the head'
with a branding iron which he had
carried into the cavern. He repeated
the blows until he thought his victim
was dead and dumped his body Into
a crevasse by the wall of the cavern.
It was the following day before James
Lyle regained consciousness, and the
snow and sleet had blown in from
above almost covering his body. His
hands and feet were frozen, but not
withstanding this condition he
climbed out of the crevasse and half
walking and half-dragging himself, he
started for the ranch to inform his
brother of the murderous assault of
the Frenchman,
He arrived late at night In a blind
ing snow storm and was about to en
tor the house when he saw the
Frenchman and his brother In earnest
conversation, and heard the French
man give the details of his own mur
der and saw his brother pay hiu
$500 for the deed.
He went to the stables, procured a
horse and rode away In the blinding
storm. After this he lost consrions
resg and did not regain It until he
found himself in the trapper's home,
who had found him and rescued him
from the storm on the plains.
CHAPTER XIV.
Surprises.
Dan Follett reached the Warm
Springs village and found the war
riors of this tribe anxious for a raid
en the Piute camp. They were large
ly In the minority, and of a Icsb war
like spirit, but had suffered much
from the denre.lationa nf h n-eatei
tribe. When Dan told the chief that
Old Egan had a Urge number of
mules and horses In camp near Ash
Butte, and that there were only about
35 men In charge of them, the leader
of the Warm Springs band was elated
and lost no time in selecting 60 of bis
bravest men and setting out with
them on the warpath. Follett adopted
the Warm Springs head dress and, al
though he needed but little painting,
be also did tbls out of an abundance
of precaution that the Snake warriors
might not discover him and wreak
vengeance upon the Lord of The Des
ert for the betrayal.
As stated at the beginning of this
story, the Snakes were the most cun
ning and most treacherous Indiana of
the desert. They were feared anil
dreaded by all other tribes and were
rarely ever caught napping on th9
war trail. After recovering the ad
ditional band of ponies for the sup
posed murder of Bertha Lyle, Old Egan
had only .rone 60 miles away and de
cided to spend a few weeks on tba
good grazing grounds at the foot of
Ash Butte, where water and game
were also abundant.
He had played a clever ruse on the
Lord of The Desert. When he first
had to abandon hope of recapturing
Bertha Lyle he was for a time at a
loss what to do. But Indian sagacity
is as deep as Indian treachery and k
Snake was never known to stop at
anything short of accomplishing an
end. The Chief knew of the es
trangement between the Lord of Tho
Desert and the trappr and rumor
had gotten abroad among the Indiana
that the Lord of The Desert had com
mitted some crime which was the
cause of this estrangement. He con
cluded after weighing matters care
fully, that it would be doubtful If the
trapper would permit the girl to go
to her uncle and he decided to take his
chances at least In getting the re
ward for putting her. out of the way
before the Lord of The Desert learned
of the escape, and then he would take
his chances on settling the matter
with the man of the Stone House,
who dared not push the matter too
far for fear of exposure. Searching
among his large number of scalps
torn from the heads of Immigrant
women he had found one that com
pared with the color of Bertha Lyle'a
hair and rushed on to meet hlg engage
ment with. Follett and received the
reward without question, as the read
er already knows.
He had Joined the main marauding
party at Ash Butte and sent couriers
to his other war parties to Join him
there for a few weeks celebration. He
only had 36 men with him now and
these spent their titne in various
ways; tending the band of horses, a
little independent scouting and hunt
ing, but mostly in the Indian's favor
ite pastime of lounging aoout camp.
Dan Follett knew- the lay of the
country as well as any Indian of the
desert. There was not a foot of It
that he had not ridden over time and
again, and not a watering place at
which he had not camped. He led
the Warm Springs warriors to the
place In the night time and it was
decided to make the raid at midnight
and get a good start before the fol
lowing morning.
While the Snakes felt reasonably
safe, yet they guarded their band of
stock with care. The animals were
all driven to camp at night and pick
ets were kept on the watch to keep
them from wandering away or to
keep the Lord of The Desert's cow
boys from retaking them should he
discover the fraud of the scalp. But
cautious as they had been the Warm
Springs warriors led by Follett,
dashed suddenly upon them In the
cover of the darkness of the midnight
hour and drove the entire band of an
imals away exchanging only a few
shots with the surprised guard.
The raiders decided to make the
The Canadian gave him a stunning blow.
return to the Warm Springs camp In a
round about way so as to throw tho
Plutes off the trail, should they at
tempt to follow. They therefore drove
away in a southerly direction. Out of
an abundance of precaution the stock
were driven far In advance of the
main band of Indians. Ten young
warriors were assigned to this duty
and Dan Follett and the chief and 40
warriors acted as a rear guard.
"Pretty easy work!" remarked Fol
lett to the chief in the latter'a tongue,
for the half breed knew all of the
Indian languages of the plains.
"Ugh!" replied the chief pointing
back toward Ash Butte.
"Old PJsan has not been aleeDlne.'
replied Follett, as he .saw a rich
flame of Are rise from the summit of
the peak and then saw It smothered
and flash up alternately.
It was evident to them that the
Plutes were signaling to other war
parties of their tribe, and they had
wasted no time In doing so. It had
only been a few hours since the raid
was made and yet the Plutes had as
cended this high peak and started
their signal fires.
It was nearly noon the following
day before the raiders stopped for
rest and to prepare a meal. They
had Just passed through a canyon and
had entered another plateau. A look
out was sent to the top of the rlm
rocks near at hand to make observa
tions. He had barely reached his
station when he made hurried sig
nals that put the whole camp In tur
moil. Two bands of mounted Piute
warriors were approaching from dif
ferent diretiong at a rapid speed
one was coming from the southeast
and the other wag coming from the
southwest and each of these bands
outnumbered the ralderg.
All was hurly burly In the camp
and the meal was finished as they
moved along, every warrior taking a
piece of mule meat in his hand and
fating It as they hurried away.
The wary Egan had discovered the
rente taken by the Warm Springs
warriors and had signaled his bands,
who were coming to Join him accord
ingly, and they were at once put upon
the trail" of the raiders and Old Eean
had already Joined the band coming
from the southeast In person.
Dan Follett bow became the most
active man among them.
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OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
Bad Spelling.
ONLY 50 out of HI freshmen at the Northwestern Uni
versity were able to pans nn examination in spelling.
They were tested with ordinary words, not with difficult
and perplexing ones; and the test was too much fur roost
of them. Probably similar examinations at almost -iiuy
American university would show substantially the same re
sults. Spelling Is not an accomplishment in which college
youth excel. Nor do the graduates of the common schools dis
tinguish themselves in this useful, but now somewhat kuht
clliously regarded branch. The letters of the average public
school graduate or university graduate are likely to be prolific
In bad spelling.
Prof. Clark, of the Northern University, says the trouble
is with the so-called "scientific" method ef teaching spelling.
The public schools turn out graduates who have learned with
great pains bow not to spell.. The undergraduates and gradu
ates of the colleges probably spell a little or considerably worse
than the public school children.
But the great thing Is the method. Nothing can equal the
pity which the euthusiasts of the new method bestow upon
children who' have learned to spell without reliance upon it.
Spelling is nothing; method is everything. Let us remember
that, when we come across a fantastic or blundering speller.
The worse he spells, the more superior Is the method by which
he came to that pre-eminence as a muddler and twister of
orthography. New York Sun.
, The Bible-Reading Habit.
THE Boston Herald, speaking especially of New Eng
land, says that not many years ago "orators could make
no point more certain of instant appreciation than one
which turned on an illustration from the Bible, even
from its least read portions. Nowadays it is hardly safe
for a popular orator to venture on any allusion outside of the
gospels and the Psalms." The reason why it is "hardly nafe"
is that Bible reading lias become obsolete in many families, so
that quotations from the Scriptures are not recognized by the
masses. We suspect there is much truth in that statement.
The exodus of the native stock contemporaneously with the
influx of foreigners has caused many changes iu New England
and is largely responsible for this one.
But that is not the only explanatory fact. Formerly the
average family had but few books and ho daily papers. This
gave the Bible a better chance than it has in these days of
cheap printing, free libraries, a multiplicity of newspapers,
an infinite variety of weekly and monthly publications all at
Insignificant prices and a vastly improved postal service. The
waning of the good old habit oi reading the Bible is regretta
ble on other than religious grounds. Ignorance of the Scrip
tures disqualifies one for appreciative reading of many of the
best pages in general literature. To become a fairly will
educated man or woman, a boy or girl should become familiar
with the Bible and with rural scenery a:d country life. With
out such helps much of the best of the world's literature it but
a desert waste. Washington Post
Universal Language Again.
N the Educational Science Section of the British Association,
Sir Frederick Bramwell took down from a high shelf that
out-worn debng'ng society topic, "A Universal Language,"
dusted it carefully, and tried to set it in a new and attractive
light. The learned baronet eschews Volapuk, and that must
be accounted unto hlra for wisdom; but In point of practicality
his suggestion that England, France, Germany and the United
States should agree upon one language, such as Italian, for
universal use in commerce and literature, is not very much in
advance of the proposal that the nations should discard their
own tongues in favor of a common gibberish, however scien
tifically based and built. We cannot, In our mind's eye, picture
the. pushful bagman of Chicago studying an Italian grammar
in liis spare moments at a quick-lunch counter, or his Glasgow
rival taking evening classes at the Athenaeum. Are we not
frequently advised that the Latin races are moribund, and that
their languages are doomed to extinction? So far as the lan
AN INHABITED
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V'A'vJ
INHABITED BRIDGE IN THE KWANO TUNG PROVINCE.
At Chau-Chau Fu, iu Kwang-Tung, there is an extraordinary bridge, which at
once attracts the rare tourist who finds his way to the town. For one thing it Is
an inhabited bridge, and the inhabitants have not only chosen a site in which
they obtain more fresh air than is usually to the taste of a Chinaman, but have
embellished their ramshackle box dwellings with litle pot-gardens, A market,
too, is regularly held on this bridge. But the greatest peculiarity about the struc
ture 'Is the pair of hurdles which we see suspended in mid-air. At nightfall
they are let down, like a portcullis, to the level of the stream, not as yon would
imagine, to bar the passage of stray cattle, but to keep devils from going through.
The Chinaman, though described ofton as a materialist, has a profound belief that
the air Is full of wandering spirits, and the notion that foreigners are a kind of
devil is due not only to their light hair and un-Chinese features, but to the very
fact that they have wandered away from home.
PROFITED BY WATERLOO.
Nathan Rothschild Made Mi Million
Dollars as Restilt of Battle.
There la probably no more pictur
esque and unique bit of financiering Iu
history than that by which Nathan
Rothschild made $0,000,000 as a result
of the battle of Waterloo. The story
is told by Henry Clewa In bis book,
"Twenty-elgbt Years In Wall Street."
Rothschild had followed Wellington
during his campaign against Napoleon,
and at Waterloo the "man of money"
aat like a soldier in a shower of ralu
and bullets, watching the battle. Aa
aoon aa he observed the arrival of
Blucher and the rout of the French,
Rothschild set spurs to bis horse and
rode awlftly to. Brussels. A carriage
whirled hlui to Ostend, nnd the next
morning be was at the Belgian coast.
The sea whs so rough that be bad to
pay $500 to a boatman to carry him
across the channel, and be landed at
Dover in the evening. The next morn
ing he waa In London before the open
ing of the Stock Exchange. It whs
known that he bad come direct from
Wellington, and must have the latest
news. He had outstripped all the cou
riers and messengers of the nation.
There waa no telegraph then. In an
awer to the anxloua Inquiries for the
newa of Welllagton, Rothschild dis
creetly said nothing of the battle of
Waterloo.
Instead, he alghed, and told of
Blucber'a previous defeat at Llgny, and
aaid that as a result there could lie lit
tle hope for Wellington. The. gloomy
report caused a panic on the exchange,
and when the market had reached the
bottom Nathan Rothschild bought ev
erything that he could And money for
all being done quietly through his
brokers. Then came the newa of the
battle of Waterloo, Engiand'a victory,
the final defeat of Napoleon. Securities
scale? It seems
a growth and not the
uiasgow Herald.
exhibition. We
another s ear; we
which to afflict our
fresh air will soon
shedding brightness
Detroit News-Tribune.
BRIDGE IN CHINA.
lit mi
.-jo-
of all kinds went up with a rush, and
Nathan Rothschild, being well stocked
at small cost, made great profits about
$0,000,000. He was one of the five sons
of the original Mayer Anselm Roths
child, who began his career In a little
money-loaning shop in Frankfort, Ger
many, and founded the richest family
in the world. Leslie's Weekly.
MILLIONS FROM COTTONSEED.
What Was Once Deemed m Nniaanca Is
Now a Bon res of Profit.
One of the romances of the census is
the story of the cottonseed oil and
the millions of dollars it yields annual
ly, where a few years ago the seed waa
a nuisance, outlawed by the States of
the cotton belt In the Mississippi
laws of 157 waa one Imposing a fine
of $20 for every day that cottonseed
was left around a ginhouae to menace
public health.
In 1ST0 a process for extracting oil
from cotton seed had been discovered,
and a product worth $14,000 was
realized. What waa deemed a nui
sance in 1S57 continued to prove valu
able, through Invention, until In the
census year of 1000 It gave a return to
the mill operators of over $12,411,000.
Cottonseed oil la used on the table,
rivaling that of the olive and threat
ening to drive the latter from the mar
ket The o Q also enters Into soap and
butter making, aaya the New York
Commercial, and la burned In miners'
lamps. The bulls are used In making
paper, fuel and fertillaer, while enor
tnona quantities of the seed Itself find
a market aa food for cattle.
Every candid man must occasionally
admit that the churches would have a
hard time getting along If no one gave
more than be did. ,
There la nothing like politic to un
mask a man's egotlam,
guage of commerce is concerned, is not the rivalry between
English and German, to the exclusion of other tongues, with
the weight of American influence thrown into the English
probable that the considerable audience at
tracted to the learned baronet's lecture by curiosity went empty
away from a purely academic discussion, which invariably
walks round the prlmarj philological principle that language ii
product of any process of manufacture.
The Demon of Worry.
THE demon of worry seems to invade almost every home,
and more frequently seeks out as ita victim the mother
of the family, with all her cares and vexations. Worry
leaves the system exhausted, and the mind suffers loss
of vigor. The habit, however, may be cured, if only one
has the will power to assert the fact and then keep to it.
There an many practical ways in which this can be done. One
is to restrain the outward expression of the feeling itself. Wt
may not be able at once to say, "Peace, be still," to every anx
iety that wells up within us, but we can by effort repress its
need not pour out our fancied woes into
need not carry a dismal countenance with
neighbors; we can at least keep our worries
within our own breasts, and as a plnnt that is shut out from
wither, so these anxieties and fears, if de
nied an outlet, will lose much of their Innate force, Let ua
encourage the cheerful smile, the frank, clear look, the hearty
band grasp, the cordial Interest in those we meet, and while
upon others, we shall find many of our own
worries slipping away even from our own anxious hearts.
Irregation and Deforestation.
F the 23,394 square miles of primeval forest not long ag
(I existing in the State of Washington nearly one-third bas
I been destroyed, and the major part of the portion de-
II stroyed by fire. That report was made before the recent
forest fires, which have swept off some thousands of
miles more. What has thus been done and is being done In
Washington has been and is being done In nearly every State.
Frobably np other country in the world was ever so rapidly, so
recklessly and so disastrously deforested as the United States.
Now, here is the grimly ironical significance of the situation.
While a national Irrigation congress is being held to promote
the Irrigation of arid lands, and while vast sums of public
money are about to be spent for that purpose, reckless and
criminal men are making other lands arid at a still more rapid
rate. The so-called lumberman, who wastes ten times aa much
as he markets, nnd the man whom we shall not venture to
characterize who wantonly sets fire to forests, are doing more
harm In one year than all the irrigation promoters can undo in
ten. It Is a good thing to water land. It is a better and a
wiser thing to protect watered land from becoming arid. Mill
Ions of acres of the best farming land In America, hitherto
amply supplied with moisture, are now menaced with drouth
because of reckless timber cutting and forest fires. Turn the
water on desert lands by all means. But let ns not cut off the
water supply of the fertile regions. New York Tribune.
Passing of the Clay Pipe.
T is curious how th long clay pipe has dropped ont of usage.
But its tradition lingers. Last evening an American dining
at an old-fashioned Fleet street inn which trades on its sur
vival, called for a long clay and smoked it in the belief that
he was doing in London as London does. But the man who
wants to buy long clays would be puzzled where to find them.
Yet thirty years ago there waa not a provincial town without
its shop devoted exclusively to the sale of specially manufac
tured clay pipes, and the business was a flourishing one. The
long clay, of course, la a serious thing, and, unlike the cigarette,
cannot be combined with walking or writing. That perhaps
is the explanation of lta present disfavor with smokers.
London Chronicle.
POOR MIN KEEP SECRETS.
Refuse to Divulge Them, Though
Tempted with Much Wealth.
Some men poor in this world's goods
hold secrets that are worth fortunes,
but refuse to divulge them, though
tempted by the prospect Of money
enough to enable them to pass the re
mainder of their lives in ease and lux
ury. In England there Is a small cot
tages among the marshes on the
Thames which holds a secret that
RussTa offered $200,000 for less than
ten years ago. It la the spot that la
the key to the situation of the sub
marine mines guarding the world'a
metropolis. It Is situated among doz
ens of similar structures and five men
who go to and from their daily work
like ordinary beings alone know which
it la and how the electric awltch-board
it contains can be ao manipulated aa
to sink a powerful fleet in ten min
utes. At a certain seaport on the east coast
of England there lives a grocer who
could let his premises to a European
power at a rental of thousands of
dollars a year if he chose. Adjoining
his cellars are the passages communi
cating with the mines which control
the entrance to the harbor, and even
he Is not permitted to gratify his cu
riosity, for several sets of doors fitted
with secret locks defy the Intrusion of
any unauthorized Individual
Whenever a secret treaty la arranged
between this country and foreign pow-'
era It Is duly "set up" and printed by
government printers long before the
public has any Idea that negotiations
are In progress. The printers are paid
no exorbitant wages for their silence, '
though any one of them could sell
the heads of the treaty to a foreign
nation for a small fortune. I
In an American battle ship there are
said to be over 500 secrets, any one of
which would command a fabulous
price If put up for aahu In building
the ship a small army of workmen are '
engaged, to whom the majority of
these secrets are perfectly lucid. But, I
In spite of the fact that their wagea'
average, about $20 a week. It la an '
unheard of' occurrence for a piece of
secret Information to leave a dock
yard. Tbe postmaster of a small village In
Ohio owns a secret which many un
scrupulous folk would pay mnch to
know. Ills name la Guatave Francka,
and, being an experienced chemist, he
hit upon a method of removing Ink
stains from nsed postage stamps a
short time ago, and to hla credit ba
It aaid that he laid tbe discovery be
fore the government lie waa offered
$50,000 for hla silence, a bribe which
he atoutly refused on the grounds that
hla honesty waa above price.
English Fakir In India.
In British India there have been dur-,
lng the last thirty or forty years quite
a number of Englishmen who, yield-1
lng to some monomania, have adopted)
the role of fakir and have ended their
daya aa hermits, subjecting themselves
to. all those dreadful forma of aacet-!
UI.M - . . ..
Indian dervishes.
No matter how poor a man la, h
aeema to think that he la rich enough
to engage a hack to ride to the court
house when be gets bla Uceosa.
GEO. P. ChOVELL,
JSucceiwor to E. L. Smith,
Oldest Established House in tbetalley.r
DEALER IN
Dry Goods, Groceries,
Boots and Shoes,
Hardware,
Flour and Fed, etc.
This old-established house will con
tinue to pay cash for all ita goods; it
pay a no rent; it employs a clerk, but
does not have to divide with a partner.
All divk'enda 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 Dulles 7 A. M.
Arrive Portland 4 P. M.
Leave 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 ALLAWAY,
General Agent.
White Collar Line
Portland -Astoria Route
Str. "BAILEY GATZERT."
Dally round trips except Sunday.
T1HE CARD.
Leaves Portland ..7: SO A. M
Leaves Astoria 7:00 P. II
Through Portland connection with Steamer
Nahcotia from Ilwsco and Long Iiesch points.
White Collar Line tickets interchangeable
with O. K. Si .N. Co. aud V. T. Co. tickets.
TheDalles-Portland Routs
STEAMERS
"TAHOMA" and "METLAKO"
Daily trips except Sunday.
Str. "TAHOMA."
LeaTcs Portland, Mon Wed., Frl 7:00 A. M
Leaves The Dalles, Tues., Taurs. 8at.,7:V0 A. M
Str. "METLAKO.'
Leaves Portland, Tues., Thu., 8at 7:00 A. M.
Leaves The Dalles Uon., Wed., Frl 7:00 A. II.
Landing and office: Foot Alder Street. Both
(hones Maiu Sbl. Portland, Uregou.
AGENTS.
J. W. CRimTON The Dalles, Ora.
A. K. Ft'l.LKR , Hood River, Ore.
WOI.FORD & WYEKS... .White Kalmon, Wash.
HKNRY OLMSTKAD ( arson. Wah.
JOHN T. ToTTEN Ktevenson, Wash.
J. C.WYATT Vancouver, Wash.
A. J. TAYLOR Astoria, Ore.
E. W. CRICHTON,
Portland, Oregon
Oregon
Shot Line
and Union Pacific
DEMIT TIME SCHEDULE!
"K"T PortUna. Or. A"T'
Chicago Bait Inke, Denver, 4:30 p.m.
Portland Ft. Vt orth.Omaha,
Special Kansas City, St.
:uia. m. Louis.Chicaijoaud
via tau
Huntington.
At antic Walla Walla fowls- 8:10 a.m.
Express ton, Spokane, Mm
1:60 p.m. napolii,Ht. Paul,
via Diihith, Milau-
Buntlngton. kee,Chicago.t:East
St. Paul Salt l ake, Denver, 7:00a, as.
Fant Mail Ft. Worth, Omnha,
6:16 p. a. Kansas City, Si.
via I(als,Calcaoud
Spokane task
OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE
FKOM PORTLAND.
I Ml p.m. All sailing dates t:Ot a, sa.
subject to change
For Ban Pranclseo
feail every t daya
Dally Cshiokla Rlr IMrn.
s,aSUt,ni? "' ti.uoday
Saturday To Astoria and Way
Ui.uu p. m. Landings,
41, a in Will. .n
Hon., Wed. Waier permitting. Ix. ajadiv
aud FrL Oregon City. ,w. '
berg, Salem, In. I,
pendenee, Corval
iisaud way Laud-
7:00 a.m. Willamette and Tata- l sn
Tuea.. Thnr. kdl ainrs. Hon
aad 8ak Water permitting. aao FrL
Oregon I'lir, Day.
ton, A Way Laud
ing. l:irS' v,u
I Monday.
A. L. CRAIQ.
Jeaeral Faaaengar Agant. PorUaa4.0
A. . HOAR, ifnt, U4 Bivar.
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