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CHAPTER XV. Indian Telegraphy A Captive. When the bub wag a little lesa than two houra high the smoke began to curl from the rlmrocka at the point where the raiders' outlook had stood at noon. The Warm Springs war riors, headed by their chief and Dan Follett, had made a detour to the aouth of the main trail and hoped to avoid the band of warriors from the southwest by hiding among the sand dunes until they had passed. But when they discovered the smoke rls-, Ing from .the rlmrocks they fearea that they were discovered and thai the Snakes were already signaling their whereabouts to the two ap proaching bands. The war party from the southeast, which had been Joined by Old Egan himself early in the forenoon whose horse had escaped tiie vigilance of the raiders the previous night, upon reaching the noon camp of the Warm Springs party had sem a scout to search the plains for the escaping raiders. He had no sooner reached the summit of the rlmrocks than the cloud of dust among the sand dunes showed him that the raid ers and their horses were there; and the cloud of dust farther on to the Bouthwest gave him the further knowl edge that the other band of Egan's warriors had seen the early morning signal fires and were coming to aid In recapturing the stolen horses. The lookout gathered several arms full of sage brush from among the rocks and started a fire, the Indian means of telegraphy, and soon signal ed the two Piute bands ol the whole situation. With a shout of exultation Egan's braves hurried toward the common center. The only hope before the raiders was to evade the Snakes until night fall and then make their escape In the darkness. It was their Intention, In case they encountered the Plutes, to have 40 of the warrlora under their chief and Dan Follett engage the enemy while ten of the raiders would attempt to escape with the horses. But In case of defeat the raiders were each to select- an extra horse., abandon the others and make their way out of the country as best they could. If night should come upon them before the arrival of the Plutes, then they had great hopes of escaping. But they were doomed to disappointment. Shortly before sundown a band of Plutes from the southwest was upon them. The raiders took shelter be hind the sand dunes and with this advantage, held their enemy at bay for Borne time. The men with the horses proceeded at a rapid pace. while the fight continued In their rear and as the Piutes pressed the raiders they backed from sand dune to sand dune, disputing every inch of the ground. While it was a warm and determined engagement there was but little fatality as the men of each side sheltered themselves behind the sand dunes. But this scene was changed about the time of sunset. The other band of Plutes arrived and attacked the raiders from the other side. . Thus attacked from front and rear the Warm Springs warriors were compelled to retreat and as they did so a great yell arose from the Plutes who gave them a warm chase. When the raiders overtook the party In charge of the stolen horses they hur riedly took possession of an extra torse each and abandoned the others, hoping to escape In the darkness. But the Plutes were not satisfied with finding a portion of their horses, Flushed with victory a majority rushed on while a few stopped to cor ral the horses that had been aban doned. Dan Follett was no less daring than he was a villain. Seeing In the dusk of night a small detachment of the Plutes. he turned and drew his re volvers and faced them, considering that every moment's time should be gained at this point that was possi ble. He was a splendid marksman and when the Indians had approached within range of his revolvers he be gan firing, and In his madness rushed toward them. He repulsed and routed them for a moment, but In his ceal he made a fatal mistake. Flushed with his gain of time he had crowded them still farther when, sud denly, he discovered that a larger de tachment of well mounted Piutes had encircled him and cut him off from the main band of his friends. He turned and attempted to ride through the Piute lines but discovered that his revolvers were now empty and tEere was no time for reloading. They surrounded his Instantly and took hlra a prisoner, and when the dashing marauding chief, for it was Old Egan himself who led the band, laid his hand upon Follett, he exclaimed: "You make better Piute than Warm Springs Indian. Warm Springs Indian coward, run away and leave you, Piute stay with you, and now you stay with Piute." chuckled the old chief as he ordered his men to bind the captive securely and guard him closely. The Plutes pursued the raiders for some distance and took several more horses and prisoners before they abandoned the trail. It was late In the night before the camp was established, and the Piut?a were tired and hungry, but there was one prisoner whose security was lcoked after and his name was Dan Follett. CHAPTER XVI. A Big Haul. Bertha had spent several days with her father and provided for his every wish. Hammersley had rearranged things generally about the place, giv ing his home a bPtter appearance. Jul ian Byrd, the cowboy, had also been busy and besides providing game and other essentials a good supply of wood had also been storrd away for the approaching winter. It was mt known how long It would take Al. Beach to ferrlt out the whereabout of William Lyle, or his descendants and It was decided to wait his re turn before action and. In the mean time, preserve a silence as to the safe ty of Bertha and her father as well is to keep secret all of the matters agreed upon. As the episode of Bertha's arrival and the stirring events thereafter had prevented the trapper from looking after his traps for a longer period than usual. It was decided that he should now make the rounds that he had started upon In which he was thwarted by discovering Old Eean and his party with their captive. Pre paration! were completed on Bight for the trip. Julian was -to accom uanv the tranDer. while Bertha r malned by her father and adminis tered to his wants. She was admon ished by the trapper to remain close and at no time show herself should anyone appear. He gave the place the usual appearance of his absence, after Bertha had taken her quarters In the secret chamber, and he and the cowboy left early In the morning to visit the traps, expecting to be gone several days. The first day out was spent in lng coyotes from the traps near at hand. These cunning animals had occasionally been caught by the bait set for them, but yielded the least percentage of revenue, according to numbers, of the animals that fell vic tims to the trapper's strategem. The plains fairly swarmed with these ani mals, yet the number of marten and wild cat caught by the trapB was al most as large. The trapper paid es pecial attention to the latter class of animals, however, as their skins were much prized in the market ami brought large prices. When they had reached a point among the most cavernous rlmrocks the traps showed greater success in the finer fur catch aa thla was the abode of the marten and wild cat. After they reached the outskirts of the last natural meadow, and were at the edge of the great barren waste that extended to the rocky gorges sur rounding Stein's mountain, they came upon the big traps. Here they found evidences of big game also. While passing along a deep gorge the trapper's eyes brightened and he exclaimed: "Grizzly, sure as you live!" He then pointed to where he had left a huge trap and then to the trail left behind where the bear had dragged It, and the heavy weight at tached to It. no the gorge. The trao per Immediately looked to his rifle and followed the trail eagerly. It brought back the old times the occu patlon which he had followed so long alone and the exciting events In a trapper's life. "Be on the lookout!' cautioned ths trapper to his companion, "he may show fight when we come upon him and It will not do to get too close to him." On they followed the trail losing It occasionally among the rocks but as soon as soil and sage brush were found they found the evidences again They had entered a sub-canyon and were passing through a point at which a late spring seep from the mountain side had moistened the ground and produced a high growth of sage brush along the banks of the channel of the gulch and the trapper again preserved unusual precaution. As they were elbowing their way through the tall sage brush that over lapped the channel, the trapper carry ing his rifle ready for action, there was a swish, an unearthly cry, and a mountain lion sprang up In the sage brush to the left and tried to leap upon the two men. But Ham mersley fired Instantly and the charge entered the animals heart. They approached the dead animal cautiously and found why It had reared up so straight in the air and had been unable to leap. 'One of Hammersley's great traps had cut Its saw-teeth deep into the animal's left hind leg and held It fast The animal had been caught sev eral days previously, and had dragged the trap to this point where It be came entangled and could get no farther. They lost no time here, how ever. This was a big haul, but the trapper was more desirous of over taking the grizzly. But they were not kept long In sus pense. They came to a narrow point In the canyon where the big animal had attempted to force the heavy weight that was attached to the trap between two huge boulders and had pulled upon it so strongly that It had become fastened and the animal could go no farther. With a surly growl he warned them of their danger -before they even saw him. As he tore against the chain attached to fhe trap for his freedom, however, they saw the side of his huge body beyond the boulder. Hammersley watched the great an imal for a few .moments and then ap proaching the boulders cautiously, he placed his rifle on the boulder and fired a ball Into the animal's brain, killing him Instantly. Grlzzlys, even In those days, were rare catches and the trapper informed Byrd that he was now satisfied with the trip and they proceed to skin the animal and prepare for the return. It was necessary, to spend the night here, which they did, but before it was late they had the skin of the mountain lion also beside the grizzly's, and early the following morning started home, gathering up the hidea of marten, wildcat and coyotes as they proceeded; and it Is needless to say that when thty ar rived home they were loaded down, in fact, the horse which had been left hobbled on the way was pressed Into service and was also loaded with Ml that could be conveniently packed up on him. Bertha was greatly surprised and Interested In the skins of the great wild animals, but she had news for tbem that she deemed of more Im portance to their future and the pro jects they had In view. While they were absent some one had entered the fiont apartments of the place and had spent the night Woman's curiosity led Bertha to break the admonition given her by the trapper. She, had done so with out exposing herself or the secret chamber, however, and this mitigate! her crime.' But the discovery that .he made, she thought might be of jtrportance to her friends. Upon looking through an aperture Into th front room ah had aeea a 41 vzr - -J She saw a sight that dumbfounded her. sight that domfounded her. Th ntc. flrot lilra a dream to her. It i CIV. D Rem ,.uv -- - seemed darker and wore a more for lorn look than when she had last seen It. The man was barefooted and bare headed and he bad no coat, tiig ieei were a mass of wounds, freshly made, and she knew that he must have trav niari mnv milpH over the sham rocks and through the sage brush, for his pants legs at the Dottom were worn Into shreds. a crain onri amln mTia waterier! him nf,"'" . o ar- he prepared and ate his meal. She knew that she had seen him before, but where? But when he prepared to leave m tne morning sue recognizes him Ho r.1nrrl ft nnlr of the tranner'B old moccasins on his feet, after he had wrapped them well, placed a bun dle of food in a bag and then took an A tiat ha fnnnrl hnnrln? nn thn wall. when be placed the hat on his bead, the broad brim snaaea me iace ana cui thn nroflle down .making It recogniz able. It was Dan. Follett! (To be Continued.) AN ARTISTIO ROMANCE. Discovery of Paean Bat-Relief la Con vent Where Nna Had Slaaked It. A Paris convent would appear the most unlikely of places to shelter a masterpiece by Clodlon, but a most Im portant work by the 18th century sculp tor, whose inspiration was so pronounc edly pagan, has been brought to light in a convent In the Latin quarter. Its history Is rather curious. The building in which the Clodlon has remained un appreciated and In which Indeed it presence has been resented for over a century, was not originally Intended to serve as a convent It was constructed by Brougniart for Princess Louise of Conde and gallantly decorated by sun dry of the first artists of the day, Clo dlon Included, who executed a baa re lief of very considerable dimensions representing a number of fawns, nymphs and Cupids at play. It fell out that destiny was uuktnd to Mile, da Conde. She lost ber heart to M. tie la Gervalsals, who was several yeurs her Junior, and of no birth to espouse a lady of ber rank. They exchanged some very pretty love letters, which were published not long ago by M. Paul Vlollet, but the opposition to their mar riage being Insurmountable, the prin cess renounced the world, took the vows, and became the Mother Superior of a community of Benedictine nuna who took up their quarters In the new ly erected palace. The Clodlon was en tombed. The expression Is literally ac curate, for at a period which is not known with precision the master's work, condemned as a 6ource of of fense to pious eyes, was hidden from view by a plaster wall specially erected to mask it Iconoclusin has often been drastic in Its methods, so the nuns may be pardoned. Still, but for an acci dent the very existence of the' Clodlon might long l,ve remained unsuspected. During the bombardment of Paris by the Germans the convent was struck by a shell, which brought down the plaster wall and showed the bas re lief, happily without damaging It The work has since been allowed to see the light of day, with the result that that most Indefatigable of searchers, M, Le notre, the author of "Vlellcs'Malsons Vleux Paplers," got wind of Its exist ence, and called the attention of the Society of Lovers of Old Paris to his find. All risk of the Clodlon coming to harm Is now at an end, but what will be Its ultimate fate is uncertain, as, though the City of Paris Is anxious to acquire possession of It, the price de uianded-$40,(XJO-ls a dittlculty.-PaJil Mall Gazette. LARGEST WHEEL EVER CAST CAN BE OPERATED BY ONE MAN. The largest commercial wheel ever cast has been Bet up In the shops of its makers, the Robert Pool & Sou Company, of Baltimore, to be tested before being shipped to Its owner, the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, of Michigan. Its height, or diameter, rather, la 65 feet, and with its supports It weighs more than 1,000,000 pounds. It Is to be used to carry away the refuse from stamp mills. The wheel Is known aa a sand wheel. Upon the inner surface of Its rim will be arranged 550 buckets, each measuring 4 feet 6 Inches by 8 feet As the mighty wheel revolves each bucket will scoop op Its capacity of earth and refuse, which It will dump Into a trough at the top. The shaft for tbls mass of steel came from the Krupp gun factory. It is 32 Inches In diameter ai d 27 feet long, with a 26-Inch bole through the center. Its weight Is 42,000 pounds. The wheel is so perfectly adjusted that one man can turn It The Mourning Evil. The use of crepe for mourning veils Is becoming less every day, and In summer the crinkly fabric Is scarcely seen. Many physicians protest agalust women wearing crepe veils at any sea son or the year, and the nun's veiling, grenadine, and similar materials have to a large extent replaced the crepe drapery that formerly was a distinctive badge of bereavement For widows or other women wearing crepe mourning It is the fancy at pres ent to wear a short veil of fine grena dine or gauze, falling In graceful folds at the back and draped on a bonnet frame of light weight edged with a narrow band of crepe. A bow of crepe adorns the front of fie honn- t When a cross baby cries to go to Ita mother, Ita father Is perfectly willing for once that It should have just what tt want. A ItoaSTEB WHEEL. OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS Dowie as Man and Autocrat. DIVESTED of his mantle and other accessories, Dowle Is, In fact, a Scotchman, a former minister of the Congregational Church, a faith-healer, and the Gen eral Overseer of the Christian Catholic Church lu Zlon (John A. Dowle, owner and proprietor.) Pos sessing all the usual characteristics of the first three of these, and being the only example we have yet bad of the fourth, he Is susceptible of ready analysis and examination, lie has a long head for business, a cannlness that passes belief, and a bump of acquisitiveness that recalls at once the fate of Mark Twain's three Glasgow Jews, who could not get car fare to escape from Scotland. He has implicit, unquestioning faith In God, a tendency to believe that too large a share of this world's good things cannot come his own way, and another tendency toward finding the band of God In all that pleases him and the unconquerable force of the Adversary In all that does not He has a piety that Is not cant and a sincere goodness (when be Is uncrossed) that wins the love of all who become Intimate with him. As a faith-healer be bas a power which, with the present slight understanding of such phenomena, approaches the marvelous, and which, by virtue of hypnotism, telepathy, or some subtle suggestion, actually does relieve great numbers from pain. As head of the Christian Catholic Church In Zlon (it Is as General Overseer that he Is almost always referred to by his followers), he possesses the most auto cratic power It Is possible to wield In this republic, having absolute spiritual and temporal sway over all who believe In hi in. In his city of Zlon, which is the capital of the world to the "Dowleites," he is supreme. Wherever a dollar Is In the pocket of a Dowlelte, there Is ten cents that belongs by right to Dowle, and ninety cents more that he can have If he really needs It, as he often does. Wherever the cross and crown of Zlon are found, there no alcoholic beverage or tobacco is used, no pork or oysters or drug Is consumed, no card game played, no profanity Is heard; for these things Dowie, as General Overseer, has tabooed. Moreover, he is plain John A. Dowle, citizen of Illinois, a very human man, and one well worth studying and know ing. Century. Consolat'ons of Old Age. OLD age has Its consolations no less than youth. Sup posing the windows are darkened and the light has gone from the west. Some prefer the soft starlight to the glare of day. It Is something to have lived and seen and been a part of many things. What man having lived would begin again? The test Is good. The fearful schoolboy, looking ahead to the advancing years, dreads the added tasks that are set before him. But the years arrived, the tasks at hand, all seems easy and natural and right Providence has made it so. It Is doubt ed if a man ever feels truly old. The spark of youth some where within us burns to the end, and feelings and desires belle the face In the looking-glass and the pitying looks of friends. No matter how slow, stealthy, and Insidious the approach of the Pale Pretorlan, when he comes he Is un expected, unlooked for. As long as life Is In him, man Is filled with the thrill of the living. Therefore, why fear old age or give It thought? It is only a scarecrow at best It will come upon you before you know, and even when It comes It Is doubtful If you will realize. Hear Stevenson: "A sort of equable Jog trot of feeling," he says, "Is substituted for the violent tips and downs of passion and disgust; the same Influence that re strains our hopes, quiets our apprehensions; If the pleasures are less Intense, the troubles are milder and more tolerable, and, In a word, this period for which we are asked to hoard up everything as for a time of famine Is, In Its own right, the richest, the easiest, and the happiest of life. Live so that when the so-called evil days come, you will still be able to rule yourself." Des Moines Register. Liability of Express Companies. THE decision In the United States Supreme Court de claring that express companies may not arbitrarily limit their own responsibility for the goods Intrusted to their care is in accord with good sense and plain everyday Justice. The express companies are com mon carriers. They perform a semi-public duty and are well paid for the work they do. When they take a pack age and contract to deliver It they should not be allowed to say how far they will suffer for their own carelessness. They should be held to deliver the goods which they are paid to carry or forfeit their full equivalent In money value. t A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION & T VARY B. VILKINS. KIT brother Lemuel married Me I Y 1 hituble Pierce when he was I I quite along in years. Nobody I 1 thought he'd ever get married at all, any irjore'n my brother Reu ben and Silas. The three had lived to gether and kept bachelors' hall ever since our mother died. I was married and away from home long before she died. I didn't know how they would get along at first, but all of the boys had been used to helpiu' ma a good deal, and they were real handy, and when I asked if they wasn't goin' to have a housekeeper, they wouldn't hear to It They said they wasn't goin' to have no strange women round in ma's place, nohow. So Silas he took hold and did the washin' and ironin', and Reuben did the iweepiu', and Lemuel, he was the youngest, next to me, did the cookin. He could cook a dinner equal to any woman,' and his pies beat mine. My husband said so, and I bad to give in they did. Weil, they seemed to get on so nice, and none of 'era had ever seemed to think much about the girls, not even when they wa boya, that I must say 1 was aston ished when Lemuel lie up and got roar ried to Mehitable Pieroe. She was a little along in years, too, rather more eo than Lemuel, and a dreadful smart piece. She was good lookln' and she had prop erty, but she was dreadful smart and up an' coram'. I could never see how I Lem uel ever got the courage to ask her to have him, he was always a kind of mild spoken little fellow. Reuben he declar ed he didn't He vowed that Mehitable asked hint herself. He said he knew it for a fact and he aald it with the tears rollin' down his cheeks. Reuben was the oldest and he'd always been terrible fond of Lemuel. "That poor boy would never have got in aech a fix ef th.it woman hadn't up an' asked him, an' he didn't have spunk enough to say no," said Reu ben, and he swaliered hard. Mehitable had a nice bouse of her own that her father left her, all furnished and everything, so of course Lemuel he went to lire with ber, and Mehitable'a houxe was pretty near where I lived, so I -uid ee everything that was goin on. It wa'n't very long before I aaid to Han nah Morse, my husband's old maid ras ter that lives with ua and teaches school, that I believed Lemuel was henpecked, though I hadn't anythin' against Me hitable. "I don't see what else anybody that married Mehitable Pierce would expect" said Hannah. She spoke real sharp for her. I'ts always kind of wondered if Hannah wonld bare bad Lemuel if he'd asked her. "Well," aaid I, "I hope poor Lemuel will be happy. He's always been soch a good, mild, willln boy that it doe seem a pity for him to be rode over rough-shod, and have all the will he ever did have trodden into the dust" "Well, that is what will happen, or I'll miss my guess," said Hannah Morse. For a long while I thought she was right It was really pitiful to see Lemuel. He didn't have no more liberty nor will of his own than a 5-year-old boy, and not so much. Mehitable wouldn't let hlra do this and that, and If there was Anythin' he wanted to do, she was sot against it, and he'd always give right In. Many's the time Lemuel has run over to my house, and his wife come raciu' to the fence and screamed after him to come home, and he'd start up as Beared as he could be. And many's the time I've hoen in there, and he'd started to go out, and she'd tell him t'o set down, and he'd iet without a murmur. Mehitable she bought all his clothes, an' she favored long-tailed coats, and he bein' such a short man, never looked well in 'em, and she wouldn't let Mm have store shirts and collars, but made them herself, and she didn't have very good patterns, she used her father's old ones, and he wasn't no such built man as Lemuel, and I know he suffered ev erything, both in his pride an his feeliu's. Lemuel begad to look real downtrod. He didn't seem like half such a man ns he did, and the queerest thing about it was: Mehitable didn't 'pear to like the work of her own hands, so to speak. One day she talked to me about it. "I dunno what 'tis," aaid she, "but Lemuel he don't seem to have no go-ahead and no ambition and no will of his own. He tries to please me, but it don't seem as if he had grit enough even for that. Some times I think he ain't well, but I duuno what ails him. I've been real careful of him. He's worn thick flannels, and he's had wholesome victuals; I never let him have pie," . "Lemuel was always dreadful fond of pie," I said. I felt kiud of sorry, for I remembered how fond poor Lemuel had always been of mother's piea, and what good onea he used to make himself. "I know It" said Mehitable. "He wanted to make some himself, when we were first married, but 1 vetoed that I wasn't goin' to have a man niessin' round makin' plea, and I wasn't goin' to have hlra eatin' of 'em after they were made. Pies ain't good for him. But I declare I dunno what does make him act so kind of spiritless. I told him to-day I thought he'd better make a resolution for the New Year and stick to it and see if it wouldn't put some spunk Into him." Pretty soon she went home. I could see she waa real kind of troubled. She alwaya did think a good deal of Lemuel la spite of everything. The next day was New Tear's, and In the afternoon Mehitable came again. She didn't have her aewin' as she generally did, she waa a very industrious woman. Sht Jest set down and begun twisting the fringe of her shawl as if she wai real nervous. Her face waa pucke.'ed up, too. "I don't know what to make of Lemuel" aaid ahe, finally. "Why, what's the matter?" aaid I. "He ears be'a made a resolution for It Is an old habit of corporations of thla sort to make arbitrary rules which they force upon their patrons. In some States the courts have compelled railroad companies to give transportation for which they have been paid re gardless of the artificial limit of time which they put upoa tickets, and In others It has even been held that they can not divest themselves of liability for accidents by any form of agreement with patrons, even with the recipients of free transportation. These decisions perhaps go too far In limiting capacity to contract away rights for a fair con sideration in the way of passes or reduced rates. Undoubt edly, however, the tendency to forbid contracts freeing a company of responsibilities la In the direction of sound public policy. The corporations having practical monopo lies of semi-public business are in position to dictate their own terms of service to the people unless the law restrains them, not only In the matter of rates, but also In the matter of liability for failure to do their work properly. New York Tribune. Our Inadequate Schools. WHAT the distinguished president of Harvard University had to say about our common school system would shock us beyond measure If ut tered by a foreign educator provided the criti cism did not simply Incite our derision. Is not our school system the Inner ark of our covenant with our selves that we are the world's leading nation?' President Eliot finds it wanting, and holds It responsible for mob violence, gambling, Intemperance, the spoils system, In deed, most of the worst Ills of the body politic. And also "It has failed to cultivate sufficient reasoning power In employers and employed to prevent strikes, violence and loss." The bill of particulars Is full and explicit, and drawn as It Is by an educator who at thirty took charge of a college which he has made one of the world's great universities, It Is the expression of one competent to speak. The remedy proposed is more money to provide better primary educa tional facilities and to Improve the personnel of the teach ers. "Greater effectiveness means greater costliness," he says. "But could any one Imagine it to be unreasonable ness to spend for the moral and mental training of a child as much as Is spent on his food? If that equality of ex penditure could be established over the Union there would result a prodigious Improvement In the public schools." When we desire to think with pride of our educational system shall we be obliged, after all, to look back to the little red schoolhouse whence our Clays and Websters and Llncolns came? What the Instruction of that period lacks In frills was compensated for in character building. New York World. Success. THE Impression that they alone are successful who amass great wealth or achieve marked distinction is an error of education which must be corrected before we can cheerfully and hopefully accept and dis charge the duties and responsibilities, often Irksome and unpromising, that environ us here. In the great ma jority of addresses and appeals to young persons the ca reers of men of exalted station, attained often by superior and exceptional gifts and favoring fortune, are held up for emulation. The corollary to such appeals Is that only the exploits that bring men and women conspicuously before the world are worth essaying, and that lives not thus glori fied are hopeless failures. To make the most of ourselves we must have high ideals; but the true philosophy of life, which Is learned by experience and from broad views of human capacity and destiny, magnifies the Importance of discharging the small dally duty consclentously and with out undue concern for the repute that comes sooner or later to all who give faithful service. This Is a trite Injunction, and has lost much of Its force by Iteration; yet like the familiar virtues which constitute the character of a good man, Its observance lies at the foundation of and consti tutes every really successful career. A successful man ts he who Is affluent In friendship. In goodness rather than greatness. Victor Hugo, In closing the volume de voted to the reminiscences of his full and varied life, says that he has grasped the hands of the most famous and the most obscure of Frenchmen, and that before heaven there Is nothing worth kneeling to but goodness. A worthy aspi ration "is a possession as solid as a landed estate, a for tune which we can never exhaust" That way lies the most satisfying success. Philadelphia Public Ledger. the New Tear," said she, "and that he's goin' to keep it." . "Weli, what is It?" said L "I dunno," said she. "Well, if it's a good one you don't care, do you?" said I, "and it could be anything but a good oue if my brother made it." "I dunno what it is," said she. "Won't he tell?" "No, he won't I can't get a word out of him about it He don't act like him self." Well, I must say I never saw such a change as come over Mehitable and Lem uel after that. He wouldn't tell what his resolution waa, and she couldn't make him, though she almost went dowu on her knees. It begun to seem as if she was fairly changing characters with Lem uel, though she had a spell of bein' her self more'n ever at first, tryin to force him to tell what the resolution was. Then she give that up, and she never asked bim where he was goin', an' he could come in my house an set Jest as long as he wanted to, and she bought hlra a short-tailed coat and some store collars and shirts, and he looked like another man. He got to stayin' down to the store nights, an' talkin' politics with the other men real loud. I heard him myself one nignt and I couldn t believe it was Lemuel. Well, Lemuel he never gave In, and he never told till the next New Tear's day, when he'd said he would. He'd aaid all along that he'd tell her then. I'd got most aa curious as Mehitable myself by that time, and New Year's mornin' I run over real early they wasn't through breakfast I knew the minute 1 saw them that he hadn't told. He said he wouldn't until he waa through hia break fast He waa most through was finish ing up with a big piece of mince pie, and he'd made it himself, too. When he'd wallowed the last mouthful, he looked np and he laughed, real pleasant and sweet, and yet with more manliness than I'd ever seen in him. "S'pose you want to know what that New Year's resolution was?" said Lem uel. "I guess I can atand It a while longer," said Mehitable. Now the time had eouie she didn't want to act too eager, but 1 showed out Jest what I felt "For the land sake, Lemuel Babbit what was it?" aaid I. Lemuel he laughed again. "Well, it wasn't much of anythin'," be said, in hia gentle drawlin' way. "I didn't make do resolution, really." "What Lemuel Babbit!" cried Mehit able. "No," said he; "I couldn't think of none to make, so I made a resolution not to tell that I hadn't made any." The Housewife. When a man returns from his "vaca tion," be usually looks as fagged out aa a girl who la getting ready to bf married. . GEO. P. CROWELL, i Successor to E. L. Smith, ;stablihed House in the valley. DEALER IN Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Flour and Feed, etc. This old-established house will con tinue to pay cash (or ail 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 way of reasonable prices. Lumber Wood, Posts, Etc. Davenport Bros. Lumber Co. Have ojiened 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 Dulles and Portland Daily Except Sunday. Leave Dalles 7 A. M. Arrive Portland 4 P. M. Iavo Portland 7 A. M. Arrive Dalles 5P.M. Leave Hood River (down) at 8:30 A. M. Arrive Hood River (up) at 3 :80 P.M. W. C ALLA WAY, General Agent. White Collar Line Portland -Astoria Route Str. "BAILEY GATZERT." Daily round trips except Sunday. TIMK CAKD. Leaves Portland 7:00 A. M Leaves Astoria 7:00 P. M Through Portland connection with Steamer Kahcotla from llwaco and Long Beach points. White Collar Line tickets interchangeable with O. K. & N. Co. and V. T. Co. tickets. TheDalles-Portland Route STEAMERS "TAHOMA" and "METLAKO" Daily trips except Sunday. Str. "TAHOMA." Leaves Portland, Mon., Wed., Krl 7:00 A. M Leaves The 1ml lis, Tues., Thurs. Bat, 7:00 A. M Str. "METLAKO." Leaves Portland, Tues., Thu., Sat 7:0C A. M. Leaves The Dalles Mon., Wed., fri.... r.tU A. M. Landing and otllce: Foot Alder Street. Both phones Maiu Sol. Portland, Oregon. AGENTS. J. W. CTWIITOX The Dalles, Ore. A. K. FILLF.R Hood Klver, Ore. WOLKOKl) & WYF.RS... White Salmon, Wash. HENRY OI.MSTKAD (arson, Wash. JOHN T. ToTTKN Stevenson, Wash. J, O. WYATT Vancouver. Yah. A. J, TAYLOR Astoria, Ore. E. W. CRICHTON, Portland, Oregon Oregon Shoit line and union Pacific Difast T'"E MHEDULES ...... PortUna. Or. ARaiva Chicago Salt Lake, Denver, :30 p.m. Portland Ft. Worth.Omaha, Special I Kansas City, St. t:U0a. m. Louis.Chicagomid via Last. Huntington.1 - - : At'antle Walla Walla lwla- 8:10 a.m. Express ton, Spokane, Min 8:oU p.m. neapolis, St. Paul, via Duliilh. Mlluan Huntington. kee.ChicagnAKan I St. Paul 'Salt Lake, Denver, 7:00a.m. Fast hi ail Ft. Worth.Omaha, e:lft p. m. Kansas City, St. via Ixuis,Ciileagoaud Bpokaiie Last. OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE KKOM FOKTLAND. Ml p.m. All tailing dates 5:00 p.m. subject to change For San Francisco -Sail ever; t day a Dally Chaikla ftlnr 5 00 p.m. Fx. Sunday tt.aimrt. Ex. Bundar S:Uid. m. Saturdav To Astoria and W ay Hj.uu p. m. Landings. 4.'i a m wlllsmtft. tlvw. About Jlon.,Wrt. i Waifr permltiing. ft-Mip m and Fri. Oregon City. New- Tues , Thu bera. Saieiu, Imle pendenee, Corval lisand Ma Laud- lugs. 7:00a.m. jwillaaMrie ana Ta- l JO p m Tm.. Thur. Ml llwi. Hon.. WL and SaL I Water permitting. and Fri. Orraou cur, lav. ton. Way Land Inga. Lv. Rlparla tmkt liner. Lv Xewtstoii 4 io a. m. w a. bb. Daily except Rlparla to Lewiston D.ilv .xeent ,urd j .Friday A. L. CRAIO, General Peaaenger Agent. Portland, Or A. K. HOAR, fgtmt, Hooa Blver.