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
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She saw a sight that dumbfounded her.
sight that domfounded her. Th
ntc. flrot lilra a dream to her. It
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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.