SI The Contrabandist; I 1 " THE 1 III One Life's Secret! Is I CUAPTEIl XVII. r The party had established themselves at their hotel In L.uons, there to remain for tome days, before proceeding to Paris. It was here that Hose had some hopes of meeting her father. She could not but be sad as she thought of him. and the difference between hU fortune and hers; of his poverty, his loneliness; of his homeless wunderiugs. It contrast ed so bitterly wilh her lot that she wept over the reflection. I So Rose waited, and from morning till night she listened and watched an I prom ised herself that she should presently see him. But the first day went by, and the second, and the third; and stl 1, i though every possible attempt was made to find such a person, it was in vain. The marquis, or I.ouis, or both, were away from dawn till dark, seeking tid ings of him, yet no satisfactory result followed. Uose did not despair, how ever. She always said to herself, "If he is here they- will find him." It was on the fourth day that, as Louis was passing along one of the principal streets, he suddenly observed approach ing him In the crowd a figure that seem ed familiar. Almost immediately he lost tight of it, and hastening' forward, It again appeared in the distance. A nearer view caused him to utter an exclamation of. satisfaction, and the next moment he stood face to face with Jacques Lfroux. "Monsieur!" he exclaimed, with a broad glow of pleasure, astonishment and satis faction lighting up his rough face, as he .returned the frank and well-pleased ' greeting of the count "monsieur, you in Lyons? Why, I thought-but no matter. I was thinking of you just now. We have not met since I saw you at the chateau, after that lucky escape of yours." "No. Where have you been, my friend?" said Louis, clasping his hand warmly "where have you been?" "In Lyons, monsieur." , "In Lyons?" "With Master Hugh." . "Is it possible? I wish to meet him. Rose is here in the city and desires great ly to see her father. And now, Jacques, nerbans this is an impertinent question; but I certainly ask It with the best of motives. Can you inform me what are th circumstanees of Hugh? Is he in novertv?" "No. monsieur. He lives In a quiet neighborhood, and in a comfortable though lonely home, at some distance from here. I am his only companion, and servant as well. He Is not poor, and ia quite content." "Wilt you give him a message from me, Jacques?" "Fifty, if you have so many of them, monsieur." "Tell him, then,-to come to me aa oon as he can, to-day, if possible. Tell him that Rose wishes to see him. She is with the Marquis of Montauban and his daughter Helen." "Very well, monsieur; I will tell him." "And yon are sure he will come, Jacques?" "He will come, monsieur, I think you may be sure. He will be glad to hear that Mademoiselle Rose is near him." "That is well. And now, Jacques, I have an offer to make you. You have done me, on more occasious than one, auch services as I shall never forget. I thould like to have you near me. If you are inclined to enter Into my service, 1 will take you and pay you well; if not, I shall give you such a sum as may buy handsome farm in the country or act you np in business in the city. Come, what do you say?" "In the first place, monsieur, I am very much obliged to you for your kindness. But I must stick by Master Hugh; I have been wilh him for many a long yenr, and now he is knocked about, here and there, I do not like to leave him. I have got nsed to hlin, and he to me; and he isn't the sturdy fellow he was oucc; so you aee he needs me about him. And then. It was not for pay that I helped you out of a close corner once or twice, nion aieur, but because I liked you, and was not over-foad of Gaspardc. I shall share the fortunes of Master Hugh till the end of the journey; sometimes I think it's not far off for him." The poor fellow's voice grew husky and alightly trembled. Louis was affected, spite of himself. "Well, then, Jacques," he said, "since yon must stay with him, and will receive no compensation, perhaps I shall think of some other arrangement. Hereafter, I wish you would keep me advised of your whereabouts; I may want you occa sionally. Will you do so?" "If yon desire it, monsieur yes." "Coodl" Hastening to the hotel, he ran quickly upstairs and entered the apartment where Rose and Helen were sitting. He imme diately imparted to the former the intel ligence he had received concerning hei father. The young girl thanked bim a thousand times. "I shall see him to-day I am to glad! How good you have been to take all this trouble for me!" she said, gratefully. "AH this trouble!" exclaimed Louis, tally, as he kissed her; "I know no trou ble when I am trying to gratify you, my Rose. I am as happy as yon are." At that moment the niarqnis entered and heard the news which had preceded hla arrival. "It Is worth coming to Lyons for ia It net, Rose, my darling?" said he. But though ail waited with impatience, Hugh Lamonte did not come that day. The marquis and I.ouis wondered at the delay; and the bright eyes of Rose grew dim with watching. But the day passed and the evening went by, but he did not come. "He will come to-morrow do you not think so?" asked Rose, anxiously, as she looked up at I.ouis. "Undoubtedly, my darling," answered Louis, with a smile of sanguine cheerful ness. "Something mast absolutely pre vent him, or he would be here to-day You know he would hasten to seek you Rose. But he will come to-morrow; and, at all events, I have his address. O, he will come, never fear" It was noon of the following day. All the morning Rose had bwi waiting, with the utmost impatience, for the appear ance of HuL-h; but, as yet he bad failed to come. The countess and Helen were in their respective apartments. The mar- finis and I.ouis had gone out. after await In since early morning the arrival of the expected visitor, but had promised to return shortly. Rose aat alone, count In the moments and striving to find amusement in watching the scene with' out in the busy street. Every figure thst nasxed slie scanued eagerly; every fa.-a underwent the scrutiny of her anxious dance. Su ldenlj she was attracted to one In particular a figure and countenance and bearing, Iv yet ualite inoae oi aer iui er a person who aeemed to be seeking nome place In this wilderness of struc tures, consulting, at the same tim?. a card which he held in his hand. How eagerly she bent forward! He crossed looked up met her glance. Yea it was Hugh Lomonte! But how changed! He disappeared in the entrance beneath. She sprang to unclose the door of the apart ment. A familiar step was just without; it paused, and as the door opened, Rose lirheH him before her. "My dear father!" she said, joyfully, as he clasped her silently in his arms. "You are glad to see me, then, mig nonne ?" "Glad? ah, yes! I have waited till I was ready to cry, papa." Holding him still by the hand, she led him in. Rose saw. now. though she would not seem to remark it, the reason of nis altered appearance, which had at first prevented her from recognizing him. For now, iustead of the coarse and bumblo Barb ordinary with him, he was clothed in the attire of a gentleman, In garments of a fine yet plain material, suiting weu with the undeniably noble and striking form and natural grace of the wearer. The profusion of hair, formerly roughen ing and disguising his features, had been partially removed, and the effect was no less agreeable than astonishing. No wonder that Rose had acarcely known him. You would not have guessed that this man had ever hewn wood In the forest, and dwelt, a peasant laborer, In a peasant's hut. But Hugh, for reasons of hia own, had chosen to cast off tho character in which he had ao long appear ed, in this visit to Rose. Perhaps he had endeavored, by this change, to pre vent Rose from being obliged to contrast, with feelings of pain, his apparent pov erty with the luxury of her position. A it was, she wondered silently at the change, yet, much aa she desired to In quire Into his circumstances, a feeling of restraint, or delicacy, prevented her at first. They sat there conversing for upward of an hour, during which she informed him of all that had lately taken place with regard to herself; of the discovery made touching the romance in which Louis and herself had been concerned, and of her approaching marriage with him. Hugh listened to her story, amiled at the romantic part of It, and was grave again. "I knew, Rose," be aald, "who Robin was." "Yon knew, papa?" "Yes. But I saw that the count waa honorable and aincere in hia affection for you, and permitted him to think his dis guise safe. I would not have allowed you to marry a peasant, Rose." "Father, why not?" "You will know one day, my child." She looked perplexed a moment; then Elancing up Into her father'a face, said: "You heard of my Imprisonment In the cavern, father? "Yes. Jacques told me. Ah, my child, how happy I am that you escaped! What do "we not owe to the count and to our faithful Jacques?" "What, indeed?" echoed Rose, warmly "But. she resumed, "Uasparde waa killed, papa." "I knew of that, also. The wretch will meet a just account." "He said he was not my cousin. How was that, papa?" "He told the truth. He waa no rela- tion of yours; only I had known htm since he was an innocent, or, at least, an Innocent-seeming boy, when you first saw him in your infancy, anil then, you know, I bade yau call each other cousin after wards. "But how wicked ht was a brigand chief! Ah, If we had known It, papa. how much more dreadful he would have seemed! We should never have dared to have him come into the cottage." With abruptness Hugh turned the con versation. It touched himself and his affairs. Rose found that he was living in quiet retirement in the old city of Ly ons. "And I am not poor, Rose; do not let that trouble you, for I know you will think of It, he said. "I am not poor. have enough to support me to the end of my days In comfort and plenty. "Oh, father, I am so glad!" she return ed, her eyes filling with tears. "I am ao glad! You do not know how hitter has been the thought, sometimes, that I waa about to marry a wealthy and titled man, and leave you, perhaps, in poverty and want. I have a thousaud times felt that I was committing a sin that I would rather come back to you and share your lot, humble as it was, than wed in splen dor and magnificence and leave you." Think no longer, then, of suih things,' said her father, gravely. "Take the hap piuess which is offered yon, and in which I, also, shall be happy. I should be ill at ease, my child, if you were to descend to vour former rude station again, lhink of me always, Rose, as in good circum stances; do not compare your, station and mine, and make yourself nnhuppy be cause I do not share the advautagea yon enjoy. I do not want them, Rose. should spurn them! lie spoke excitedly, and then, pressing his hand to his brow, sighed deeply. Then he continued: "1 be lieve you will be nappy with the count, your future husband. How soon are you to be married In two or three months, papa, an twered Rose, slightly blushing. Let me congratulate you now npon the approaching event, if that be the case; for I shall not see you again proba bly for some time. "Ah, why is that, papaT" taid the young girl, anxiously. "I have business to which I must at tend, and which will occupy me closely for some months. "And yon will not even come to my wedding?" Her tone waa low and sor rowful. "I may not, dear child. But I shall pray for your happiness. One day, shall come to look upon the old place. Till then, my home ia in Lyons. And now. I must bid you adieu!" And he rose. "Deal father, why will you go ao soon? The mirquis will be disappointed at not eeeinr you; and Louie " "I cannot atay, Rose; do not ask me. Believe me, it ia best to. And now that I have teen yon this once, it must con tent nt both for a long time." "I may come and tee you, father." "I think it better not; for I am very often away, and yon might not find me. Now, my little Rose, adieu!" He waa gone; and Rese, despite his cheering words, wept sorrowfully. The marquis wat astonished, on hia re turn, to find that Hugh had come and gone again. Hia deeds, so carefully pre pared, were useless. He wat vexed and disappointed. And Louis could not con- ceal hia regret at not having net him. Tbe object of their ttay in Lyont wat accomplished, and now they prepared to proceed to Paria. . CHAPTER XVIII. Helen Montaubau looked forw.rd to Paris. This Journey, so long this long er delay, fretted her already tortured spirit. She had acarcely believed at first that she should need patience to support her in the carrying out of her dark reao lution she, the calm, firm, eelf-possessed and self-reliant! She had prepared her self for long waiting, for daily endurance, while awaiting the coming of a day which was to bring her full recompense for past agony. But even she had not sutBcient strength of will to bear herlhrough with out a terrible atruggle, to enable her to maintain ber customary manner, to keep her from betraying the fierce and con stant misery which she endured. For ahe waa always with them, from morning till night; compelled to witneas a happiness which had wrecked her own. All this was harder than ahe had imagined it would be, and it became a daliy torture. She niast "meet her ousin Louis aa ahs was wont, before the knowledge of her own fate of a rival't triumph, was given her. Still, he called her his awect cousin his beautiful cousin Helen and tat by her, talking of a thousand plans for the future his future and that of uose- and niade her his confidant as of old, stinging her to the heart with his Innocent, hap- pv, nnconscioua words, and she must bear it. He talked to her of nis oeauuiui bride-elect. You art her sister, dear Helen," he would say; "take care of her, cherish her for me, till the right it yielded up to me till you give It up to me, cousin." Yes yes: I will take care of her I will take cart of herl ' answered Made moiselle Montauban. Her countenance was concealed from Louis; he could not aee how white she was; he did not mark the shudder that passed over her framo; he knew not that the small hand with drawn from his affectionate clasp waa rmlv clenched and cold at marble. But feeling of deadly sickness stole over her; her head whirled; the agony of that moment waa awful. And Rose, too our fair, innocent, con fiding Rose dally and hourly was with her, constantly, not alone by her wordt and acts, but by her Tery presence itself, implanting in Helen Montauban'a heart many a thorn that rankle deeply tore ly. But the preserved the old demeanor; ahe schooled herself to her part till it waa perfect; and Rose never dreamed that the gentle kiss she gave waa the kiss of t murderess that the heart npon which her loving head waa laid, in her girlish confidences, wat even then filled with the blackest, bitterest natreo, wnicn drove out every other emotion and that ahe was the object of that hatred. (To be continued.) PARKS IN LONDON. Breathlnar P paces Tbat Have Been Created in Twelve Tears. The London county council, If It had achieved no other good work, would still deserve some measure of praise for the wise and regular addltiong it hat made, and continues to make, to London's open space. When the council superseded the Metropolitan board of works, in 1889, it took over the control of 2,042 acres of breathing space. Since then only one y ear (181)0) Aas passed that baa not seen extensive additions to the parks and recreation "grounds of the city, which now total 3,770 acres. At present the council is negotiating for the acquisition of seven more open spaces In different districts. The larg est is an addition of forty-two ana a half acres to Brockwell Park, and an ofllclal of the council.lnformed a rep resentative of the Daily Mall that the negotiations had been practically com pleted. At the time of the council's succes sion to the management of London's open spaces the largest was Black- heath, with 2G7 acres. The most ex tensive now is Ilampstead heath, which since the addition of Parliament hill numbers no less than 507 acres. The ninety-three parks, gardens, and open spaces at present under the Juris diction of the council vary In size from that of " 'Arry's 'appy 'untlng ground," aforementioned, to the quarter of an acre at Putney known as the "Bridge shrubbery." The most eventful year In the history of open-air London was In 1887, when the diminutive Bridge shrubbery was acquired. But not solely for that rea son; for it was In 1887 that such desira ble places as Battersea Park, Victoria Park, Wandsworth Common, and Clls solil Fark became the property of Lon don ratepayers. In that one year no less than ten parks and open spaces were acquired. This number was ex ceeded by one In 1890, but the additions were by no means so Important Curi ously lugubrious is the fact that out of these eleven new open spaces six were churchyards! Food for philoso phers here. Including the great parks controlled by bodies other than the county council Loudon generally credited with being the most overcrowded and stuffiest city in the world possesses the respectable total of 5.G55 acres of public parks, gar dens, and recreation grounds. Roughly speaking, this gives six and a half square yards of sylvan retreat to eveiy man, woman, and child In Greater Lon dona priceless possession that Is, per haps, not appreciated to Its full worth. Within this vast are four important provincial towns could be built and still leave 434 acres, a space equal to Hyde Tark and thirty-four acres over. The municipal area of Salford, Man chester's thriving neighbor, la 1.320 acres, and In this space are crowded 101,000 souls. One of the other towns selected, Burnley, also In Lancashire, has a population of 58,731 within a municipal borough of 1,731 acres. Even then there would be room left in Lon don's combined open spaces for the two cathedral cities, Durharp and Worces ter. Altogether, a population of close npon 200.000 could be housed within the area of London's public parks, gar dens, and recreation grounds, leaving for the enjoyment of this unbuilt city a verdant resort a mile and a half long and three-quarters of a mile wide. London Mail. Fy.tematle K oxnotr. The Idea of your telling me. I'm ex travagaut!" protested Mr. Chugwater. "when I've saved $500 In the last ten years on one item alone, by a little self-denial." "What Item la tbat 7" demanded Mrs. Chugwster. "Cutting down my life Insurance from $3,000 to $1.000."-Chlcjo Trio- j una. Science ' aM-- . at. Th hirda of Lapland ara reported by H. Goebel 'to number 108 species. Of these 133 certainly breed In that country, thirty-four probably do so, seventeen are stragglers and six win ter visitor, one it an ocean species and seven ara seen only In tha Solo- retskl Islands. A novel watch In Zurich is In the form of a ball which moves Impercept ibly down an Inclined plane without rolling. There Is no spring, the sliding giving motion to the hands, and the trip from top to bottom of the Inclined sur face, a distance of sixteen mcnes, re- onlrea twenty-four hours. The ball Is then lifted ag&Ia ta the top. The Highland Railway Company of Great Britain announces that it nas completed arrangements for telephonic communication between trains and sta tions on Its line, thus not only greatly lessening the danger of wrecks on the road but also enabling Its passengers to communicate with friends and busi ness associates while traveling from place to place. A tree using aluminum almost to the exclusion of other mineral elements has been reported in New South Wales by " H.' G. Smith, of Sydney. It Is known botanically as Orltes excelsa, R. Bri, and the aluminum Is deposited as a basic succinate. Other flowering plants show only a trace of aluminum, although It seems to servt as a food of cryptograms, Hugo Halberger, of Munich, . Ger many, has found that when an elec tric current Is tent Into the earth by thrusting one of the terminals Into the ground, the worms and snails within a radius of six feet or mora crawl out and get away from the affected area. Their behavior seemed to bim to Indi cate that tbey were distressed) by the electricity, and he suggests that the remarkable effect of an electric cur rent In stimulating the growth of plants may be really due to the exter mination of parasites about their roots, rather than to a directly beneficial In fluence upon the plants themselves. A comparison between the heating properties of acetylene and coal gas thows that the heat units developed per cubic foot are 1850 and 630, re spectively, the temperature of the acetylene flame being about 2,000 de grees Fahrenheit With an acetylene burner consuming two cubic feet of gas per hour a quart of water was brought from a temperature of about 50 degrees to the boiling point In about eight and a half minutes. Under sim ilar conditions It required ten and quarter minutes for the illuminating gas to accomplish the same results, tbongb the burner used sixteen cubic feet of gas per hour. King Menellk of Abyssinia, propos ing to take advantage of the scientific methods of minting coin which prevail In tbe civilized world, bas just Import ed from Germany an outfit of machin ery for his mlDt, which Is to be set ip at bis capital, AddlsAbaba. Tbe last stage of the long Journey of this ma chlnery will be by caravan, and a month will be occupied in thus trans porting It from the nearest railway sta tion. It Is said that Menellk, who for several years has had a limited silver coinage circulation In his kingdom the coins were struck for him In France has accumulated more than 110,000 pounds of gold bullion, besides a' still larger amount of silver, await ing tbe arrival of the mlntlng-ma chines. DISCOVERY OF RADIUM. It Is Product of Pitchblende Us Effect on the tody. No one, not even Mine. Curie, the discoverer, bas jet seen radium In pure state, says Theodore Waters in Everybody's Magazine. It has been possible to obtain It so far only In com blnatlon with other material. It Judged by the effect of Its properties, which are truly remarkable. It is product of pitchblende, which Is found deep In the earth. The quautity al ready found is so small that the ugur atlve price of a gram bas been placed at $10,000. It may be that there are large quantities of It stored under the surface somewhere, but the man who found a quantity of It In a state of any thing like purity would probably not live to tell the tale. The particles which fly from It are Aarged with elec tricity, and -at night it sbtnes forth with a phosphorescence which bas been shining since tbe beginning of all things, and which will go on shining until the final extinction of all matter. A small quantity of It In the possession of M. Curie bas caused the most painful blisters when brought In contact with the skin. . A small par ticle of radium salt was sealed in a glass tube, placed In a pasteboard box and tied to Prof. Curie's sleeve for an hour and a half. It produced a sup purating sore, which did not beal for over three months. Prof. Curie thinks that a person entering a room contain ing a pound of radium wouia te wind ed. The first suggestion toward the dls covery of radium came when a west ern college professor demonstrated the fact that many common substances have the power of storing up sunlight .nd emitting It again at night. Com mon sugar it the most luminous of hone substances. Not only does the sugar emit light at night, but the dis coverer was able to taae pnoiograpus uy means of It in an otherwise perrecuy wlih the suear was uranium, an ore which, not ne " -" ... as Becquerel discovered, ooes not need sunlight to enable It to give Hot Beea w1'" . . . t,f,U mlta fhAm on raaiaiiona, um tiuivu - . ,..l .11 th time, night and day. Following the lead of BecqiuTel. j Mme. and M. Curie made an exhaustive examination of tbe pitchblende, wblcb! was radio-active. It was a task of ( endless scpsratlons, continual divld- in nf constant asaylngs, until at last nothing was left but the salt tbat Is now known as radium salt The material possibilities of radium are enormous. . Among many suggea-.-. n h note -.me avre: The trani- - of n . .1. (th. maklua- of c Id no Wat, solving the problem of .Ubt without' htat, the perfection t wire - 1 lest communication, the cure of cer tain phases of blindness, new sources of beat, and, since It would now seem that there Is, after all, but one sub stance In the world (which appears .to our untutored sense to assume various forms merely becavfse each form con tains a special number of particles to the atom), chemistry may undergo such a rejuvenation as will result in the most unheard-of discoveries. Already a hypothesis has been work- ed out to the effect that the emanations from radium and kindred substances are on a par with the rays which go to make up the aurora borealls. ' It Is, in fact thought quite possible tbat the aurora Is merely cathode or Roentgen rays on a gigantic scale, and the phe nomenon of Roentgen rays Is analo gous to tbat of radium rays. . Out of this has come the suggestion mar we , may soon be able to predict weather i chances with greater- accuracy than heretofore. The bearing of the dis covery on astronomical speculation also Is Important IN OLD DAYS OF THE BUSES. . Philadelphia Han's Collection of the first Tickets. It is odd to think of a common ex change ticket having a greater com mercial vulue than one trolley fare, and yet E. H. D. Fraley, of this city, has a collection of somewhat similar coupons tbat be would not sell for Tery nearly tbe cost of an entire line of street cars. For tbey are none other than genuine tickets for the first line of omnibuses ever operated in Phila delphia. . .. , - When Mary Descbamp Inaugurated, tu the early '30s, the first Philadelphia bus line, she stood supreme in a vast and unlimited field. She was French, as her name Indicates, and when still young In her business career linked both her financial and matrimonial for tunes with an enterprising fellow coun tryman, Joseph Glcnats. The busi ness prospered amazingly, and was ex tended so frequently that Glenats be came universally known as the "Na poleon of omnibuses." . Tbe Napoleon aqd has wife soon bad over 200 buses In operation on most of the principal streets of the city. The starting point for all the routes was tbe old Merchants' Exchange, now the reconstructed . Stock Exchange, at Third, Dock and Walnut streets. All tbe business life of Philadelphia cen tered at that place, and from there all tbe buses started, at half hour In tervals, their trips northward on Sec ond, Third. Fourth, Fifth aud SlxtD streets. The upper end of the route was usually Poplar street and tbs stable was located at Beach and Pop lnr streets. The Deschanip-Glenats alliance, how ever, was not always allowed to tread its "primrose path", unchecked. After some years of prosperity a formidable competitor arose In shrewd Jacob Pe ters, whose new Tenth street line thrived amazingly. It is said to hae prospered largely on account of the lw-mu lcus methods of Its proprietor. It Is even asserted tbat in squaring recounts with a certain driver one evening the employe misappropriated 5 cents belonging to the bus magnate and was discharged on tbe Bpot Phil adelphia Record. Her Voice liivea. In a quiet little bouse on the South Side a song Is sung every evening by the voice of a mother, who has been dead more than a year. Two tiny or phans, a boy and a girl, set on their heart-broken father's lap each night and are soothed to sleep by the lullaby their mother sung to tbem . when she was living. The singing Is done by a phonograph, but the father has taught his little ones that tbe voice Is their mother's, and they never go to sleep without hear ing it. It Is Just a year now since this fath er bought a phonograph the only mu slcal Instrument he could afford. He took It home, and then, out of curiosity more than ' anything else, he had bis wife sing Into It a lullaby she crooned to her babies. Tbe proud father took records, too, of his children's cries and prattles, spending all his spare change for blank records. The young wife had a sweet, clear voice, and other rec ords were mnde of the favorite lullaby, but all were not equally good, and only one was preserved. Three days after the song was re corded on the phonograph cylinder the young mother was taken sick. A week later she died. Several days after her burial the heart-broken husband brought out the phonograph again, aud, taking his babies on his lap, he heard the living voice of bis dead wife croon: Rock a bye baby in the tree top, When the bough bends the cradle will rock. When the bough breaks the cradle will fall. Down will come tree-top, baby, and all And every night since that time the phonograph has sung tbe two children to sleep. Chicago Inter Ocean, Why "Can Not" la Popular. "Have you ever noticed," said the man who finds fault, "how many peo- nle avoid the contraction" 'can t now adavs and make use of the two words, 'can notr I hsrve been so much struck by the prevalence of the latter expres sion that I took pains to inquire Into the cause of It. "I find tbat many people have adopt ed the double terra because, having been brought up in a locality where the short sound of 'a' prevailed, they rf it imnnsclhl to tw 1st their toneues sround 'cahn't,' and since they believe! ihnt nlaln. every-day 'canf stamps cultivate can not. 1 al'l.a aMiitrM 11 ft nflPT Si - Tin ,ctu"" " though its persistent use ' " .,.,of,n i, .trikea the oersons who can not get arouna csnn r as a great Improvement on the short 'a 'can t Epttapft. . n haJ t andwho raa tell IIe niignt perchance have gotten well; pt rTerythiiig folks said would cura h took. The end waa swirt and aura. -Washington Star. Ucmember, Algernon, that your best girl can buy better ready-made poems than you could write in a thousand . J years. - A bride la highly prized, yet she , given away. Burnt gypsum Is called plaster-of- parts, because the Montmartre Gypsum ( Quarries, near Paris, are, and have been, famous for affording It " The most economical processes are used In the Lake region for the recor- j ery of copper, so that it Is found that ore yielding 1V4 per cent will pay costs ' Old aa tbe history of the world It self is that of the queen of flowers. The ancient Greeks and Romans re veled in roses. They were used lav ishly at tbelr feasts. In a bog on tbe Island of Zeeland, Denmark, a votive bronze chariot bat bMn fouud wItu tUe mlage of a borM ten ,ncheg n n ,u frout and wltn an Inlaid gold sun on one side. Alabaster Is a flue-grained variety of j gypsum, either white or oeneaieiy j shaded, and occurs In fine quality at, Castellno, Italy, whsnce It Is taken toj Florence for the manufacture of vases, figures, etc. One of the oldest coins In the world, tbe German thaler, Is disappearing. It Is to be replaced by a four-mark piece, equivalent to our American dollar, as the five-mark silver pieces have been found tp be too heavy. The electrical roads of the country have a nominal capital of $l,iOU,ouu,- 000, employ three bundled thousand persons who are paid $230,000,000 a I year and run sixty thousand ears over twenty thousand miles of track, len miles of electrical road are building to one of steam road. Tbe word Bible furnishes a striking Instance of a world's rise from very low to high estate. To the bulk of Kngllsb-speaklng folk It now mians the book of books. In Chaucer's day it meant any book whatever, or scroll to speak by tbe card, lest equivocation undo us. Tracing the word Bible straight home we find It as bublns. but nother name for the papyrus reed of Egypt HE FELT LIKE A SWINDLER. Man Who Fooled the Doctors Re- proached by Uta Conscience. Htre and there, along life's busy and diversified pathways, curious reasons for curious moods In man are some times encountered, says the Detroit Free Press. "Ever since I've begun to get well," eald a pale-looking gentleman who was strolling along a sunny sidewalk with comrade, "I've had the blues, now and then. Naturally, I'm very glad I m alive; but there are circumstances which rather make me feel myself a humbug au out-and-out humbug. It's this way, you see. All the doctors said could not get well I positively could not get well. Of course, that aroused the neighborhood; everybody began to shower me with attentions and kind nesses. All kinds of Invalid food de lightfully prepared poured In upon me; flowers and fruit came nearly ev ery day. The men of our block clubbed together and sent me a beautiful Mor ris chair; and the club fellows, down town, sent me a loving cup, touchlngly engraved with sentiments of friend ship. Dainty china articles for my In valid's table were given me; and so on I can't recount the half! "Well, I gave the doctors the slip, and here I am, almost well, and feel ing that I shall soon be sounder thau ever Derore my uiness. iw, ni gives me the blues Is this: 1 have got these things on false pretenses. I've fooled all these people aud It makes me sad. Tbey can't have any confi dence In me hereafter. No, you can't console me I'm a fraud and I feel like fraud." Gave Him Away. Two young fellows at Liverpool, partners In the tea trade, were the be st of friends, and their Intimacy extended to personal as well as to business mat ters. One of them, a simple-minded fed- low, was a bache-lor, and was in tne bablt of reading to his partner ex tracts from letters of an ardent and affectionate nature from a lady Id tha Sorth of England, who signed herself Susie." The married one went to China for twelve months, and returned Just in time to attend the wedding of his part ner. "I hardly feel like a stranger," he said, In his sweetest tones, addressing the bride. "In fact, I feel as though 1 ought to be well acquainted with my partner's wife, since he has often done me tbe honor to rend to me ex tracts from his dear Susie's letters. The faces of the husband and the wife were studies, as tbe bride drew herself up and said, emphatically and distinctly, "I beg your pardon my name is IWenr Hia Load Went Free. Warren Severy, one of the long-time residents on Severy Hill, Dlxfield, snd whose ancestor, Indeed, were the first settlers there, is proud of the history of those men.- Tbe Severy wit Is fa mous, and Severy delights to tell the various stories of their shrewd re plies, or their quickness in profiting themselves. One day two of his un cles were traveling with heavy bags over their shoulders. Coining to a toll bridge, one asked the rate of toll. "Make any difference If we have a load on our backsT" be asked latter. "Oh, no," said the toll man in sur prise. Thereupon the first man grabbed the fellow traveler and slung him over nis snouiuer, iuu uum( ui iuu . Not All Hia. I. I . I A. brand-new young father had bem talking a blue streak abjut hla baby t one of the Brooklyn clubs. After he had gone away one of the we.iry listeners said: "To bear bim take on you'd think hU was tbe only younger ever. Why. hang It, tbey say a baby Is born every five minutes In New York City." "Yes," responded au eld rlj mm. whabad once biH-n a y ui:g fathtr him- - 'solf, "but yon see, they're not all his." Come to think of It, that's prob.ib'y so. There ta one redeeming feature abmi la suicide; it usually strik.s the riS:t per Jsou. 'GEO. P. UROVVELl iPucwMor to E. L. Smith, .mabllshed Home lu 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 lor all its goods; it pays no rent; it employs a clerk, but dots not have to divide with a partner. ah civi'-enua are hiuu mm in the way ot reasonable prices. Lumber Wood, Posts, Etc. Davenport Bros Lumber Co. Have opened an office in Hood River. Call and get prices and leave orders, which will be promptly filled. THE GLACIER Published Every Thursday $1.60 A YEAR. Advertising, 60 cents per Inch, single column, per month; one-half inch or let-s, 25 cents. Reading notices, 6 cents a line each insertion. THE GLACIER prints all the local news fit to print. When you st e it in THE GLACISH you may know that others see it. REGULATOR LINE PORTLARD AND THE DALLES ROUTE Ail War Ludinri. STEAMERS BAILEY GATZERT" "DALLES CITY' "REGULATOK" -MKTLAKO" Connecting at Lyle, Wash., with Columbia River & Northern Railway Co. FOR WahVlacua. Paly, Centervllle, Goldendals and all Klickitat Valley points. Btcameri leave Portland daily (except Sun- dav) ii.ni., connecting with O. R. it N. tra ns at Lyle 5:1 p. in. tor Uoldemlale, arrives The .. Dane o:wi p. m. BU tmer teavet The DalUa daily (except Sun day) 7:3ii a. m. 0. R. & N. trains leaving Ooldendale 6:15 a, m. connects with this steamer for i'uriland, ar riving Portland 6 p.m. The steamers Dalles City and Bailey Oatiert leave Portland 7 a. m. Tue(layThurnilflys and BaturdayH; leaves The Uallua 7 a. m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Round trip tickets between these points 50 cents. Good on steam ers "Bailey Gatzert" and"lallet i itv" only, aft. T'IIiik an excellent opportunity tu view the nagnitlcent scenery of the Cclumtila river. r xcellent inenln served on an neemers. t ine accommodations for teams and wagons. For detailed Information of rutex, berth res ervations, connections, etc., write or call on nearest agent. H. C. Campball, Gen. otlice, Portland, Or. 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