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IIAIhitn Unit f vuiiiiG iiaii f A Tal8 cf the Early Settlers f ci Lcmsiana, i BY AUSTIN C. BURDICK J CHAPTER XIV. (Continued ) "Simon Lobois," she said,- in a freezing tone, "spare me from your professions of love, for they only add to my misery. Now answer me a solemn question: Where Is my brother?" "Vnni- hmthorV" Simon uttered, start ing in soite of himself. ."What should I Itnnw nf him?" "Tint rlo vnu not know of him?" she ked. looklnir him steadily in the eye "I do not." But he tremDiea wuue uj spoke; he could not help it. "But you know he was seized by the Indians ou the same night that I was." "How should I know?" "Simon. It Is stranee that you have never once asked me concerning the event of my abduction!" "I I a have had enough to think of without that. My love for you has engrossed my every thought, and claimed my whole attention." "Then you know nothing of him?" "I I why, how on earth should I?" "Never mind. If you do not, then that is enough. Now, appoint the time for the wedding when you will." "It shall be this very day." "As you will. If it must be so,-1 care not for time. Henceforth all times are alike to me." "Ay, sweet Louise, all of Joy." "Yes such Joy as the lost child feels In the deep wood; such Joy as the poor orphan feels when she stands by the onld rornse of her dead parents!" "Nonsense! But come; you shall find Wter minrters than these. So Simon Lobois led his promised bride forth from the prison house back to the dwelllntr from whence she had been tan en on the previous night, and then he went out to hunt up some more fitting earb for her to wear, lie went to the Governor, and there he succeeded in pur chasing a suitable habit. It was a dress made after the fashion of the times, of kbIa hlue silk with scarlet facings, and worked with silver lace and thread. It belonged originally to one of I'erier's rtni?liter. hut she had never yet worn it, it having been made for her wedding dress, and her lover dying on the eve of marriage. The dress fitted Louise to a fault, and when thus prepared, Bhe suffered herself to be led to the church, for Simon had dstormined that there should be no sub sequent question about the legality of his marriage. When they entered the rude church they found quite a number of people collected, and the aged priest was there in his robes. The poor girl's head ached, and when he stood before the priest she trembled violently, and even Simon was startled when he saw how pale she looked. "Go on," she whispered. "0, go on, and let me out from here, or I shnll die!" The priest commenced the ceremony, and Simon answered the questions dis tinctly. Then the holy man turned to the bride,, and he asked her the usual questions. She looked up, and In a faint, forced voice, she replied: "To the best of my abilities I will do all this." What more could human law require? Even Simon was surprised, for he had feared she would hesitate. But he knew not how sick and faint she was, and that she might have answered thus promptly in order to hasten the ceroiuony, for she wanted fresh air. The ceremony was fin ished, and the nuptial tie had been form-, ed, and the marriage was registered in the great parchment book of the clerk. The fee was paid, and then the bride groom turned away. "In heaven's name, my wife," cried Simon, as they reached the open air, "what is the matter? What is it that thus affects you?" "O, I am sick sick as death!" was the faint reply. "Hasten hasten to our home, or I shall fail and sink by the wayside!" Simon saw that his companion spoke tha truth, and with quick steps he hur ried on, sometimes bearing his bride in his arms, and anon helping her to walk. At length they reached their dwelling, and Loppa was at once sent for the phy sician. The old man came, and at a glance he saw that his patient had a re lapse of her fever, and this time he shook his head as he remarked: "We can't drive it off this time. Mon sieur Lobois. It is firmly seated, and must have Its run. But the lady has a sound constitution, so you need appre hend no danger. Bnt she has not fol lowed my directions, I am sure, or she " would not thus have sunk. Has she had the nutritious food I ordered'" Simon stammered out a reply to the ef fect that the negro woman might have neglected it. The physician dealt out his medicine, and having given directions for the care of his patient, he retired. Simon pro cured for his wife another attendant, so as to have two of them, and then he in formed Louise that his business called him up the river. "To the chateau?" asked she, faintly. "Yes. I was in hopes that you would have accompanied me, but that is now Impossible. However, I must go, though I shall return as soon as possible." "And what will you tell my father?" "Simply that you are my wife. Of course I shall explain how I rescued you from the savages, and how, in return, claimed your hand. But I have prepared the best of care for you during my ab sence, and you shall not want for any thing. The physician will be regular in his visits, and I hope to find you well when I return." The invalid betrayed no sorrow at the departure of her husband, nor did she exhibit any extended signs of deep affec tion at his adieu. She closed her eyes as he spoke the parting words, nor did the open them again until old 1.0;pa came and whispered in her ear mat ner nus- band was gone. "Yes. lie says he Is sure, and If he feels so, then it is so." , "Then our only hope is in enlisting the whole French force in our behalf, for these Chickasaws are a powerful, war like people,-and not easily overcome. . T j- !. ..otiirfipit the An, we cannot uu marquis, sadly. "The Governor I ener is not a warm friend of mine. He baa set his eyes upon this place before 1 bought it, and he meant to have gained it free of cost. He dares not show open hostility to me, but he would not help me " ' "Then," said Goupart, "I will myself go in search, even though I disguise my self in the outer semblance ot the reil Tut the marquis shook his head dubi ously at this. "No, no," he said. "You would, only throw away your own llfe.and then I should be left all alone. I could not live, Goupart, if you. too, were gone. Alas! what of life is left to either of us now! I had just seen the opening of life's promise-the budding of my sou U great hope-when this drear midnight came!" , ,, . . For a while after tins iney in silence. AH search had been made that could be planned with reason, but in ... ru Klin was amok of u, vain, - .... ... and who had not forgotten the Ud life of his youth, had followed the tTai of the marauders a distance oi lu.ij anft there he lost it upon a branch of CHATTER XV. I'd and down the wide walk in the gar den paced Brion St. Julien and Goupart St lenis. The old man was pale and wan, and his steps were short and treiu nlous. The silvery streaks seemed to have multiplied themselves upon bis head, and surely many a deep line of care was added to his brow. St. IVnis looked not so pale, but a sorrowful look was upon his face, and in his dark, rt brown eye dwelt a melancholy light, sui h as could only come from a bruised and bleeding heart. His ban is were fol led upon his bosom; his eyes bout upon the - ground, while within his own stout arm was locked that of his companion. "We can search no more," said the marquis, in a broken voice. "They must either have beefl slain, or ele borne away off to the far homes of the Chickasaws." "And do yoo think-old Tony's report can be relied jonT asked Goupart ....... .u n. rr.;i,fh Tli a tra ed in a auuw- IUC - a easterly direction, so toe had not a shadow or uoum "7nt and Louise had been taKen to vu -homes of the Chickasaws. The day was drawing nrar i " when one of the remuie nomraw... into the sitting room aud announced that Simon Lobois was coming. "ula " marquis and St. Denis staneu io w feet, and gazed upon each other earnest; "O," uttered the old mnu, -knew that Simon was Innocent of all i ti.i. " The words were spoken with strong, sudden emotion, and show ed that the speaker had been rac-Keu uu dark doubts. ' "I would not say that ne is guuiy all this," returned Goupart; "but things rest most darkly against him. However, we can easily tell. His face Is very apt to reveal the emotions of the Inner man. and I feel assured lie will betray hlm- """ . A The marquis took a turn up and down the room to compose himself, and by the time he had doue this, Simon's footstep sounded in the hall, and in a moment more he entered. He moved quickly up to St. Julien and caught him by the hand. "Ah, my good, kind father," he uttered, "I have been detained longer than I ex pected. But 1 am' happy to tind you well." Then the black-hearted man turned to Goupart, and with" a stiff, formal bow, he said: "Monsieur St. Denis, I hope you are well." Rut tho untile vonth spoke not In re ply. He could not. Ho detected in Si mon's eye a look of triumph that was not to be mistaken, and from that moment his suspicions were all alive again. "But I do not sea Louis. Where is he?" asked Lobois, after he had iancn ti npnt. Tk. niui-nnU o-nipil fixedlv into the speaker's eye, but he could detect no;h ing there out of the way. "Louis U is gone!" the old man ut . "How? Have you not found him yet?" "Then you knew he was gone?" said the marquis, with a quick glance or icar, 'Va I knew thnt both your chillnn were gone from here." "How?" the old man asked. "Louise herself has told me the story,' was the calm response. Both the old man and the young start eil to their feet. "Louise! Louise told you?" gas?e.l finnnnrt. "Yes. monsieur," returned Simon, g:iz- na nnon the youth with a look of malig nant triumph. "I had the good fortune to rescue the loved damsel from the hanJs nf the Indians. At this juncture the marquis sank back .to his scat, and Goupart followed his ex ample. , "And where is she now?" the stricken parent asked, in a whisper. "She is at New Orleans. I should have brought her wilh me, but the state of her health would not permit. She has a fever; but you need not fear, for I have left the best of care for her." But how where did you hnd hcrr It was most strange," answered Si mon, assuming a devout look. " bile in New Orleans, I heard that a small party of Chickasaws were on their way to wards Lake Tontchartrain with a white girl a prisoner. I knew, of course, that the red villains had been lurking about here; and, moreover, I knew of no other point from whence they could have brought such a prisoner, short of the fort at Natchez. The fear became so firmly fixed that I resolved to set out; so I en gaged the services of one who knew the region round about the laKe, ana naving hired some men who belonged to a ship then lying in the river, I obtained two small boats and set out We crossed the lake, and landed as near as we could to the opening of the trail that I had been informed the Indians were upon. We mounted the bank, and almost the first thing that met my eye was the form of an Indian pacing up aud down by the side of an open space in the woods. I knocked the sentinel down, and in a mo ment the whole party were upon their feet. At a little distance I saw the form of a female asleep upon tiie grouati. i demanded that the prisoner should be given up to me, but I had to use some heavy threats Derore tiiey woutu yiei.i. At length, however, upon my promise that I would not cause them to be mo lested further, they gave the prisoner up, and you can imagine my deep Joy when 1 knew that I had saved Louise St. Julien." For some moments there was silence in the room. Goupart who was very pale, but whose lips were firmly cum nresed. was the first to break it. "How long ago-was it that you found the lady?" he asked. "About two weeks," was the reply. "And has she been sick ever since?' "No. I had meaut to bring her with me. but she was taken down with a fever on the very day before I started. "St. Julhn," cried the youih, turning to the old man. "I will away at once and seek her, and as soon as she is able she shall be with yon. Tony shall gj with me." A satanic smile dwelt upoa Sim .rfs features as Goupart ceased speaking, and in a tone of the same nature be said: "You need not trouble yourself. Mon sieur St Denis. I assure you I should not have left Louise, had I not seen her in the care of those who will be faithful. She has her own servants to attend her." Her own servants!" uttered Gojpart, changing color. "Yes, monsieur. " "But Goupart had better go down, Si mon, an l come home with her," suggested the old man. "Kit-use me," answered Lobois, "if I object to that. Mnienr St. Penis Is not just the man that ( should select as sn es-ort for my wife!" Goupart St. Penis started half np from his seat, and then sank ack like a man -"ho has received a shot through tr.a hesrt His face was deadly pale, and his hands were clutched upon his knees. "Your wl I lfe!" gasped the old man, starting up and taking a step towards his nephew. . "Yes, my dear father," Lobois replied. "I am the happy man. The sweet child has accepted me as her husband. And why should she not? She owed her very life to me, and In gratitude she rewarded me with her hand." "But not yet, Simon! You are not mar ried?" "Most assuredly we are." "No. no; thut is impossible! Louise would never have done " "Hold, sir! We will have no argumeiu about It. Here is the document that will satisfy you." Thus speaking, Simon took a paper from his pocket, which ha opened and handed to the marquis. It was a legal certificate an attested copy of the rec ordbearing the seal and signature of the colonial clerk, and vouching for the looni mnrriiiiFR of Simon Lobois and Louise St. Julien. The old man read it, and then, with a deep groan, the paper fell from his hand. Qul:k as thought, n,mnnrr nicked it UP. The hope had flashed upon his mind that the document ha a forcprv: but as his eye rested upon it, the hope passed away, for he knew it was a legal transcript of the rec ord. The paper dropped from his hand. nn he sunk back into his chnir. The thing had come with a thunder-crash tip him ami for the moment he was un able to speak. But one iook iuiu ui ... of Lobois started his heart to life again. (To be continued.l VV - V v SINCE WE GOT THE MORTGAGE PAID; E'VE done a lot of scrtmpin" an' llvln' hand-to-inonth. We've dreaded, too, wet weather an' we've worried over droits ht. For the thlug kept drawln' Int'rest. whether crops were good or bad, An' raisin' much or little, seemed it swallowed all we had. The women folka. were savin' an' there ain't a bit of doubt "" But that things they really needed lots of times they done without, So we're breuthln' somewhat easy, an' we re reeim- less arram Of Providence's workln's, since we got the mortgage paid. I wish I'd kept a record of the things that mortgage ate. In principal an' Int'rest from beglnnln' down to date! A hundred dozen chickens, likely fowls with yellow legs, A thousand pouuds of butter, on' twelve hundred doien eggs. Some four or live good wheat crops and at least one crop of corn. An' oats an' rye-It swallowed In Its lifetime sure's your're born, Bt-Kldes the work an' worry, ere its appetite was stayed! So we're feellu' more contented since we got the mortgage paid. We've reached thn point. I reckon, where we've got a right to rest. An' loaf arotm', an visit, war our go-to-meetln' best Ni'slrctin' nothln' urgent, understand, about the place, But simply slowln' down by bits an' restln' In the race! In time I'll get the windmill I've been wantln', I suppose; The girls can have their organ, an' we'll all wear better clothes, For we've always pulled together, while we've saved an' scrimped an' prayed, An' It seems there's more to work for since we got the mortgage paid. ro..nA...n tj, 1? 1 . flmlth. Oldest Lubhahd Hotu in in vsUsy-I DEALER IN Designers' Chief Concern Is to Balk the Ingenious Counterfeiter. First in consideration in making a bank note is to prevent others from making a counterfeit of it. Therefore, nil the notes of a certain denomination or value must be exact duplicates of one another. If they were engraved by hand this would not be the case. Hand r. PnnA fimbriae engraving is more easily counterfeit- LM J V3UUU0, Ul UlMWf ea man tne work aone Dy tne process actually used. Rftflta anfl ShOfiS. V.vurv nnto" oolrl an official of OM "v,w" " ' ' of the leading bank note companies, is printed from a steel plate, In the preparation of which many persons take part. If you will look.at a ?5 greenback you will see a picture in the center, a small portrait, called the vig nette, on the left and in each of the upper corners a network of fine lines with a dark ground, one containing the letter V and the other the figure 5. "To make a vignette It is first neces- NOTHING GOES TO WASTE. Chemistry Has Found Uses for What Were Once Kefn I'ro 'uct. Thpro la n such thine as waste prod uct in the Industries of the present day Everything is wheat that comes to tne mill of the manufacturers. In every big factory now there is a chemist, whose busiuess it is to nna out wum can be done with the refuse. In the packing house every particle of grease is extracted from it and sent to the soap factory. The res'due Is eonvertea into a fertilizer and sold to the rarmeT. iui tons and knife handles are made from the horns aud bones and the scraps are ground into bonemeal for feeding poul try. Glue and gelatine come irom me hoofs aud the bristles and hair are used In making brushes and for putt.ng into mortar. The hide, of course, is tanned and made Into leather. in mnklne coal gas, ammonia, car bonic acid, acetic acid, coal tar and various nitrogen compounds are also j produced. From coal tar many nue dyes are made. From crude potro'eum are made kerosene, gasoline, naphtha, paraliln and vaseline. A still heavier oil, left as a residue. Is used fof axle rensp, aud the carbon Is turned m.o sticks for electric lights. The sulphuric acid used for purifying the products of petroleum Is recovered nnd turned Into fertilizer for farms where mere is ioo much phosphate rock, which Is thus dis solved. ; Cream of tartar Is made from the residue of wlne-fnctorlos. Cotton seeds are stripped of Hut for making paper. They are then crushed for the oil and the meal is pressed, into cakes for feed ing stock or burning as fuel. If the cakes are burned the ashes are so rich in potnsh thnt they are used for fertiliz ing tobacco plants. From the oil conies a good quality of salad oil. Combined with beef suet It makes cottolene. which Is used as a substitute for lard. The crudest part of the oil goes to the soap factory and the various washings and refinings make It yield glycerin. Ihis in turn, besides being used medicinally, helps to make nitroglycerin, the explo sive. These are only a few Illustrations of how the chemists make profitable use of refuse, a branch of the various In dustries that people In general know little about. STORY CF OLD AGE, THE WAR EAGLE. For centuries the eagle hes been the emblem of liberty, the inspiration of poets and the terror of his feathered friends. The king of birds has fur nished the story writer with count less Incidents, from aerial battles to child stealing. One of Victor Hugo's greatest poems begins: "L'algle-c'est Ie genle-Olseau de la tempete, qui do mont le plus haut cherche le plus haut falte." The poet parallels the struggles of genius with the battle of the eagle for existence, till both spread their wings In the plenitude of power. These are the fanciful ways of look ing at the bird of freedom, and It was doubtless similar Ideas that Induced Mk m , mmm IV Www She selects her own threads and threads her own needles with her tongue. It Is said that her patchwork oullts are as neatly and as attractive ly made as any in that part of the country. She also makes great quanti ties of knit socks, which are sold for her. The busy fingers are never idle for a moment. She Is very cheerful and extraordinarily fond of children. Another sort of work which inter ests the blind woman Is the making of pretty and tastefully arranged box cs out of cigar-box wood, covered out side with plush and Inside with satin She evinces great taste in the making of this sort of work and her boxes bring good prices at the county fairs. All the money she makes by the sale of her handiwork Miss Reed uses In charity, for she is a member of a well to-do family. OLD ABE. HIGH ART IN BANK NOTES GEO. P. GROVELL, Hardware, Flour and Feed, etc. This old-established house will con tinue to pay cash for all ita goods; It pays no rent; it employs a clerk, but Anam tint. llAVA to divide with a partner. cary to make a large drawing on pa- An divl,iendi ,re made with customers. per wun great tare, .uu . u.sur , fa reMOn,ble prices. I- than ti-Ai, fri tha on frra vur 1 - IJPO ' UCU fllU W UW fcUB... who uses a steel point to make on it nil the outlines of the picture. The plate is inked and a print is taken from It. "While the ink is still damp the print Is laid face down on a steel plate, which has been softened by heating it red hot and letting it cool slowly. It Is then put in a press and an exact copy of the outline is thus made on the steel plate. This the engraver un Isbes with his graver, a little tool with a three-cornered point, which cuts a clean line without leaving a rough edge. Now, this plate is used for roak tag other plates it la never used to print from. It must be made very bard, and this is done by heating it and cooling it quickly. A little roller of softened steel is then rolled over it by a powerful machine until its sur face has been forced into all the lines cut into the plate. The outlines of the vignette are thus transferred to the roller in raised lines, and after the roller is hardened it is used to roll Lumber Wood, Posts, Etc. Davenport Bros. Lumber Co. Have oiened an office in Hood River. Call and get prices and leave orders, A Question of Bills. A traveller In England rested at noon at a wayside Inn nnd took luncheon, 'ine landlord was a social- person and after presenting his bill sat down and chatted with his guest. "By the way," the latter said, after a while, "what Is your name?" "Sly name," replied the landlord, "is rartridge." "Ah," returned the traveller, with a humorous twinkle In his eyes, "by the length of your bill 1 should have thought It was Woodcock!" This story, as It appears In a recent book by a distinguished English diplo mat, Is credited with having amused Bismarck. the bnvs of the Eighth Wisconsin In fantry to adopt Old Abe, the celebrated war eagle, as their mascot in me civu war. Abe's public' career began in 180L He had the true spirit the poets sungof. Terched on his stick, Abe fearlessly watched the horrors of twen ty-seven severe battles and as many sklrnil'bhes. When his company was mustered out the eagle entered civil life with the grace he had shown In war. He was exhibited through the country at soldiers' reunions, attended the sanitary fair at Chicago, occupied a prominent place at the Phlladcipuia centennial, and was the means of rais ing funds for many a good cause. Abe gave the alarm of fire at the Capitol, which broke out near his cage, and when he was rescued It was found the smoke had injured his lungs. He died March 20, 1881, and his body, handsomely mounted, Is an object of great curiosity In the War Museum at Madison, Wis. Tipped the Chief Justice. Not unlike" some other great men, United States Chief Justice Marshall gave little attention to dress or to per sonal appearance, although his face was unusually handsome. A story is told of a young man who had recently removed to Bichmond. This newcomer saw In the market a rusty-looking old man making bis way through the en trance, and, walking up to him, abrutly asked him If he would not like to make a quarter by carrying a turkey home for him. The old man quietly took the turkey and walked behind the newly arrived citizen without a word until the latter had reached his own gate. "Catch!" said the young man, tossing a quarter to his hireling. The old man caught the nlnepence, and as he turned to walk away a gen tleman passing by bowed deferentially to him. "Who is that shabby old fellow?" asked the turkey buyer. ."The Chief Justice of the United States," was the reply. "Impossible!" stammered the blun derer. "Why did he bring the turkey why " ' "To teach you a lesson In goodbreed- ing," interrupted the gentleman. . "He will give the money away before he gets home, but I have no doubt he is enjoy ing the Joke you have so condescend ingly given him." Llpplncott's Magazine. THE GLACIER Published Every Friday $1.50 'A YEAR. A REMARKABLE OLD WOMAN. The Joke on the Joker. A Long Island Justice has decided that to seud a worthless package by express to a person, requiring the re cipient to pay charges, conies under the head of petty larceny and is puulshable as such. In the case the Justice decid ed one man had sent by express a worthless package to another as a Joke. The express charge was 35 cents. The man who got the package couldn't see anything funny In the business and complained to the magistrate, who en tered a charge of petty larceny and ex tortion and fined the Joker $5 and costs. Sit. Mr. Me l lrarav "As to this here plau to kill moskee- tcrs with coal oil," said Mr. Mediler grass. while the grocer was filling his can, "I don't know that It Is fatal to them Insects, but If they are anything like about a dozen hired girls lhat has started the breakfast fire In this town and subsequently gone out through the roof. It will be hard times for them Jer sey biters when the coal oil campaign sets in In dead earnest." Baltimore American. Reforms!. "Willie, didn't I see you matchluj pennies with Willie BlInimerK" "-yes, mamma!" "Well, don t you know Us very wicked r "'Deed I do, mamma T' "Then don't you do so. ajain." "1 w-won'tmanima-riu busU-iT' San Francisco Mullet i a. Bereft nf Thr.a Senses, Her Life Is btill Full of run.hlne. A most remarkable woman Is Miss Lucy Reed, of Panby, Vt., who, al though deaf, dumb and blind, leads a useful and cheerful existence. Danby Is a quiet little village In the heart of the Green Mountains. There for seventy-sis years Miss Reed has lived. During sixty-five years she has been In her present plight. At the age of 10 she suffered from scarlet fever, which left her deaf. Lobs of speech soon followed, and a year later the added misfortune of loss of eight was visited upon her. But the little body did not despair. She rapidly learned to do all sorts of useful things about the house. She darned the stockings, mended the clothing and even made new garments. She evinced a passion for making patchwork quilts, in which she became very expert. The old woman cuts out the blocks after various patterns which she de vises herself, selects the colors by the sense of taste or smell, and rarely errs In the selection of the proper shade. The Girl that Everybody Likes. You, have undoubtedly met disagree able girls who, without doing anything especially spiteful or mean, have im presed you as a girl to avoid. But have you ever met the girl that you as well as everybody else likes? You are unfor tunate If you have not met her. She Is the girl who Is not "too bright and good" to be able to find joy and pleasure all over the world. She is the girl who is not aggressive and does not find joy in Inciting aggres sive people. She Is the girl who never causes pain with a thoughtless tongue. She Is the girl who, whether it is warm or cold, clear or stormy, finds no fault with the weather. She Is the girl who, when you Invite her to any place, compliments you by looking her best. She la the girl who makes this world a pleasant place because she Is eo pleas ant herself. And, by the by, when you come to think of It, Isn't she the girl who makes you feel she likes you, and therefore you like her? Ninety Years In Name House. Miss Sarah Wolstenholme, the old est resident in Radcllffe, England, has lived for ninety years In the same house. She is now bordering on her ninety-fifth year. . ... ... I whtVi u-!U a nrnmnt.lv filled. over plates of softened steel ana tnus - ' make in them sunken lines exactly like those in the plate originally engraved. "The center picture is engraved and transferred to a roller, like the vlg nette, but the network In the upper corners and also on the back of the note la made by the lathe. This ma chine costs $5,000 a price that puts it beyond the reach of counterfeiters. Its work is so perfect that it cannot be imitated by hand. The lathe en graves the network on softened steel and the figure in the middle of it is then engraved by hand. It is now hardened and transferred to a roller like the others "The plates from which the notes ire to be printed are of softened steel and large enough to print four notes at once. Four engravings of the note nflist, therefore, be made on it, and this is done by rolling the hardened teel rollers containing. the raised pic tures over it in their appropriate places until the pictures are pressed Into its surface. "The fine lettering around the bor ders of the note is transferred in the same way, but the other lettering is nut on by hand. This process Saves i great deal of time and it secures ab solute uniformity In the four engrav ings on the plate. "The back parts of the note are printed- first and when the ink is dry the green back is printed, to be fol lowed by the red stamps and numbers. It is then signed and issued. Kor greater security one part of the note Is engraved and printed at one placo and another part at another place, when it is sent to Washington to be finished and signed. "But, needless to say, after all this rare and all these safeguards many ikillfully executed counterfeits have been made and issued; some of them to good as to deceive expert judges of money." New York Herald. Advertising, 60 cents per inch, single column, per -month one-half inch or less, 25 rents. Beading notices, 5 cents a line each insertion. THE GLACIER prints all the local news fit to print. When you ace it in THE GLACIER you may know that others see it. W 1 UNCLE SAM GOVERNS HIS CLOCKS BY OBSERVING ONE OF TIIE FIXED STARS. MM The V.rTirt. "Look here. Iiunwell, how do you manage to bring out all your apart ment hotihe debtors? When I rin; the bell no one shows up."" "It's dead easy! I go down d!sgn!rd as a health food sample distributer. In two minute every occupant f the bouse Is In the hall." Chicago Neu s White blackberr.es and grera n.s.s have been propagated In Louis aua. HE United States government doea not make use of the sun In reckoning time, but Instead one of the 'fixed stars" as they are called. Every clear night an astronomer with a big telescope looks at certain of these start and makes bis calculations, from which he can tell Just when the aun would cross the 75th meridian. One of the great clocks in the observatory Is called the transmitter, because it trans mits or sends out the signal that keeps standard time. This clock is set aud regulated by the atar-tlme and then every day at 3 minutes and 15 seconds before 12 a switch Is turned on and the beats of the pendulum of this clock are sent by electricity over the wires to the telegraph offices in Washington and New York. When the telegraph operators hear this sound on their Instruments they know thnt the noon signal Is about to be sent out and they at . . . h. i.,iocrroi.i, vim with other towns and cities until once begin 10 cot""- ...... - In a minute or two the "tick, tick" of the clock at Washington Is heard In hundreds of telegraph offices. The beats stop at 10 seconds before 12 as a notice that the next tick will be the noon signal, and so as to give the opera tors time to connect their clocks. There are time balls In a great many cities usually on top of some prominent building, where they can easily be seen. The one at Washington is on the roof of the State, War and Navy Impart meut Building, at the top of a high pole, ready to drop the Instant the signal rom-s over the wires. In the government offices at Washington and In many places In other cities there are large cim-ks connected with the observatory by electricity. These are so arranged that when the 12 o'clock signal it flashed over the wires the hands of each one of these clocks spring to 12. no matter what time the clock may show; In this way hundreds of clocks are set to tht correct time each day. Well, the moment the sun is supposed to cross the i5th meridian the telegraph instruments give a single tick, the time-balls drop, the clocks begin to strike and everybody in the district knowa It Is 12 o'clock. FORMER NEW YORK GIRL. . Now On of th. Moat Ruecessful Enter tainer, la Loudon Society. One of the most popular American women in London society Is the young Countess Donougbmore, formerly of New York. She is the daughter of Mi chael Grace, broth er of William R. Grace, former May or of the new world metropolis. Miss Grace was one of the belles of New York and was noted for her beauty, wit and charms. She is not unmindful, even DOHOCGHiioBE. amid the gay scenes of foreign society, of her bid home, and frequently visits New York. Her hus band is very wealthy, baring mads many millions In successful speculation . l YI'U I. T in fsoum America. nutu m wiuuuu, they entertain lavishly and the coun tess is regarded as one of the most suc cessful hostesses in the English capital. SkattnK a Very Old Art. To what race belongs the credit of having first invented skating Is still a problem over which men of science are disputing. There Is much doubt among historians upon the subject, for traces have been found among pre historic remains all over Northern Eu rope Indicating that the art was prac ticed by primitive peoples- The Eski mos of the farthest North are also found to be in possession of runners carved from whalebone. Skating Is mentioned by a Danish historian about 1184. and Fltzstephen In his "History of London" says that In the twelfth century young nien fastened leg bones of animals under their feet by means of thongs In order to slide along the i Ice, This statement is confirmed by the pair of bone skates of that period now In the British Museum. It la like ly, however, that these early London ers borrowed the Idea from Holland, probably via Lincolnshire, where skates have been used on the frozen fens from very remote times. Not a Definite Reply. Deacon Johnson What yo' doin now, Abe? Abe Hardcaae Cleaning out a bank. Deacon Johnson Pres.uent, cash er. bookkeeper or janitor? Leslie's Week- fSBsI OREGON SlIOIT LINE amp union Pacific Bs.t X" ChlCRto Fslt Uke, Denver, 4:90 p.m. I'orllMid Ft. Worth.Omaha, Special Kiiiim City, St. ;-ju. m. Ixuii,Cblcfoaul via tail. Huntington. At'sntie Bt. Paul Fast Mall. 10 :30 a. . Express t .lb p.m. via Huntington. 1 SUP.nl Atlantic Express. 7:14a. 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