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CHAITER I.
It was wintry weather down in Wor
cestershire, theugh the May of the year
in which our story opens was already two
weeks old. It was a lute spring, the
country people said, meaning that the
bail, and sleet, and rain, and bitter east
- winds were still in the ascendant, and
that there was not a glimpse of sunshine
from week's end to week s end. Times
were hard and business was bad, and peo
ple already croaked about the danger
to the harvest. It was a world that shiv
ered by tlie fire still, and waited for a
change. Weather-wise folks looked up
at the leaden sky ievery day, shook their
beads and said "more wet"; and the wet
came down as though they had asked for
It, and washed out the energy from
three-fourths of the human-kind in Wor
cester. It had been raining all day in the loyal
city, just as it had rained the day before,
and the day preceding that. It was lam
ing at ten o'clock in the evening in as vig
orous and lively a fashion aa though it
bad just commenced, and the wind had
turned out with extra strength to add to
the dark night's discomfort. Worcester
had lost heart and given up and gone to
bed, and at the railway station, where,
by the tables, one could ascertain that a
train was behind time by three minutes,
there was a faint semblance of life, more
.depressing than the elements. There was
one fly, with its driver asleep in the in
terior of his vehicle, and its diytbhy horse
coughing like a man. There was a wet
old gentleman, glittering like a beetle In
his waterproof as he walked op and
down, under the dim gag lamps of the
station. 'There was a railway porter's
head peering occasionally from a half-
open door, and declining to allow its body
to come forward until the glaring (yes
of the engine were seen advancing
through the miseries of the night; and
there was a short, thin, haggard scrap of
youth, in tattered corduroys and a red
comforter, curled up on a porter'i truck,
and sleeping placidly.
The train that waa overdue was not
calculated to rouse the officials into en
rgy. It came from a dull, dead branch
line, and was going on to Gloucester; It
was not likely to land many travelers or
take op many at that hour of the night
When it arrived at last, it came into the
station noiselessly and in a spiritless con
dition, as though the steam were low and
the engine-driver had just buried his
wife, and only one bespotted window was
alowly lowered in a third-class carriage,
aa the train glided to the platform.
From this window an ungloved hand
and arm protruded and unlatched the
door, and then a stalwart man of four or
five. and twenty years of age, a bright
faced, brown-bearded man, stepped out,
dragged forth a portmanteau and a hat
box, stood aside to allow of the brisk en
trance of the man In the shiny water
proof, and looked around him in that
hal(,-sharp, half-vague manner common
to individuals who find themselves in
places that are new to them, or have
changed mnch since their last farewell.
The guard banged the door to, the engine
gave a melancholy wall, and toiled on
with It burden; the youth in corduroys sat
op on the barrow and stared at the port
manteau and hat box rather than at their
owner; the fly-driver, who had roused
mmaelf, called out Carnage, sir?" and
not receiving a response, cut the coughing
horse viciously under the chin with bis
whip and drove off at full speed.
The traveler, after a hasty glance at
the sky, called out in a sharp, clear voice
to the porter:
"I expected a carriage for me to-night."
"What sort of a carriage?"
"A private carriage from Mr. Cnl
wick's, of Sedge Hill. Do you know Mr.
Culwlck by sight, or his coachman?"
"There has been nothing here but cabs
11 day and there's nothing likely to
come now, I reckon."
"Do you want anybody to carry your
luggage, sir?" asked a weak voice, and
the lad who had been dozing away time
en the barrow obtruded in an edgewise
manner into the conversation. The trav
elerd glanced at him and said:
"It is too heavy for you, my man."
"No, it isn't," said the youth with alac
rity. "I'm very strong! I have been
waiting for a job all night, sir if you
don't mind, sir for I'm very strong, I
am, indeed!"
The eagerness of the request, the reiter
ation of his powers, the contrast which
his words presented to his white cheeks,
and eager, dark eyes, attracted anew the
attention of the gentleman for whom no
carriage bad arrived, before the rahvay
porter turned upon the applicant.
"You get out of this, young shaver;
you've been here a sight too long al
ready," crlij the porter, "and I've bad
my hi on you these two hours. It'a no
use your hanging about as if "
The boy cowered for an instant, and
then turned quickly on the man.
"And I'm very strong, sir," he urged
again; "may I try? I'll carry it easily;
aee now!"
The portmanteau was raised and flung
upon his shoulder, the other hand caught
op the leather hat box, and the white
face looked round the burden inquiring
ly. "Where to, sir?"
"To Muddleton's Hotel."
The youth strode into the wind and
rain, and then the traveler, after giving
a tug to his cap, put his hands in the
pockets of his coat and followed his
guide across and out of the station yard.
The youth turned a corner with the lug
gage, and the proprietor found him lean
ing against the brick wall of a house
when he had turned after him.
"Which way, sir?" he inquired.
"Which way!" echoed the stranger;
"why, straight along there. Don't you
know the way?"
"(."on't sny that I know mnch about
hotels I haven't been at thia kind of
work a great while, air."
"How long?" inquired the traveler,
somen lint curiously.
"Three hours and a half."
"Come, that's perseverance, if we take
the weather into consideration. Yon are
the lad to make your way in the world,
la good time. Three hours and a half.
What have you been doing before this?"
"Nothing particular."
The lad trudged on. He wavered more
in his gait, and splashed the legs of his
companion with superfluous mud and
water; and the man walked by his side,
studying the roadway and unobservant of
the failing efforts of the weak boy whom
he had intrusted with a heavy task.
"Who are yon. boy?" he said, without
looking op. "What have yon come to
this sleepy city for?"
"1 don't know," was the reply, and a
more sullen reply it was than usual, de
spite its jerkiness.
"llr yon run away from home? Ia
that ur
The man looked at the lad at thia query
looked with a grave earnestness that
betokened a keener interest in him than
he hid hitherto shown.
"If that's It, we are in the same boat,
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boy," said he. "I ran away from home
ever so long ago."
"Because " snd the lad, curious in
his turn, and even stopping short for an
insSiint for the answer.
"Because there was no place like home!
no place so confoundedly uncomforta
ble, and unsympathetic and hard-corner
ed and so I put on my hat and walked
out. And yet, after all " he paused and
made a clutch at his portmanteau, that
he suddenly thought was In peril of slip
ping from the lad's shoulder Here, bold
hard, youngster; what a the matter r .
"It's all right, let me be; I can carry
it. I said I could," cried the boy, with
excitement, and marching himself mid
luggage away from the touch of the elder
man. This sudden effort seemed too
much for the overtaxed strength of the
porter; he reeled away toward the foot
path, and went On with weak and totter
ing legs for a few moments, when he
suddenly collapsed. ,
"You are ill you are hurt," said the
man.
"No; let me be, I shall get op In a min
ute. I'm a little bit giddy the street
turned round all of a sudden but I will
go on with the luggage presently."
"Oh, no, you won't," said the man,
dryly; "you should have never attempt
ed it. I was a brute not to aee the boy a
going to faint."
He put his arms round him and lifted
him into the doorway as he might have
lifted an infant, and looked again at the
white, wan face under the old scotch cap.
'Toor little beggar!" he muttered;
"why did I load him like thia, and loaf
along by his side. Here, what's your
nnme? Can't you open your eyes, just
for a moment, till I
Here his anxiety took the form of ac
tion, -for, still holding the boy'a head on
his shoulder, he kicked with energy at
the door against which he was leaning,
and awoke the whole house.
A snuffy old woman, in an old black
cap weighed down by grimy artificial
flowers, was the first to wrench open
the door; she had been aleeping by the
fire, sitting op for a late husband, and
ahe appeared with a bound on the door
step, and nearly fell over the strange
couple in her haste.
"Water a glass of water, please,"
cried the traveler. "This child has faint
ed." "What who water whose child Is
it?" she called forth. Then she realized
the urgency of the case and ran back
into the room, returning very quickly
with a light in one hand and a glass of
water In the other, at the same time as
heads peered down the narrow staircase,
and some one opened a window above
and asked twenty questions in stentorian
tones, without getting an answer to ona
of them.
"You can come into the house, if he
ain't going to die, mind you," said the
woman. "Has he been run over?"
"No crushed, that's all. Give me the
water. Take off his cap and then let him
be. He will get the air that way."
The Scotch cap was twitched off, and
the woman and the man who was support
ing the lad leaned forward and btored
with amazement at two email side-combs
which were In the head, and which had
been used for fixing and drawing up-be
neath the Scitch cap a profusion of raven
hair.
"Mussy on an, It's a gal!" cried the
old woman. "Why, what's her game?"
"Ay, whot'e her game?" eaid the man
very thoughtfully, as he echoed back the
along question of his Interlocutor.
The girl heaved a deep sigh, and put
thin hands to her head, as if she missed
her cap already.
"She's been shommlng," said the old
woman, who had grown strangely un
charitable within the last few moments.
"She will do if we can get her home,"
said the traveler. "Are you. better?
how do yon feel now?" he asked kindly.
"I'm all right," was the slow answer;
"I I think so. What has been the
Then she stood op slowly, with her
hands pressed to her temples, glared
from the traveler to the woman witli the
light, gave a faint little scream of sur
prise, snatched suddenly at the cap dang
ling from the fingers of the woman, and
with one wild spring forward, passed
from them into the rain and wind, nud
vnnished away in the darkness.
The traveler made one or two strides
after her, and then stopped.
"Why should 1 follow her, and annoy
her further?" he said, as he paused.
He remembered that he had given his
strange porter no remuneration for ser
vices thus abruptly terminated, and start
ed off again; but it was too late, and an
other memory coming to him that he
was leaving bis luggage in the street, he
went back for it, and discovered that it
was being taken Into the house by the
Samaritans, with a certain amount of un
due haste.
"Thank you,", he said, politely. He
shouldered-his portmanteau, picked np
his damaged hat case and marched off to
Muddleton's Hotel, where the waiter re
ceived him urbanely, but was puzzled at
the quantity of mud which he brought in
along with his luggage.
CHAPTER II.
Sitting in the coffee room of Muddle
ton's Hotel, his slippered feet planted on
the old-fashioned brass fender, the man
who had come to Worcester thought out
the incidents of the day, and sketched
forth a map of progress for the mor
row. Warm and dry, and at his ease, the
wan face of the masquerader of an hour
ago came before him more often than he
had bargained for, the girl being apart
from hii life, and only a stray Incident
by the wayside of a career that bad been
eventful and varied.
He was a man of the world, and had
aeen strange sights and met with strange
chances and mischances, and yet he bad
not been at any time more perplexed than
on thia night of coming back home. There
was a stern story, be was sure, of much
privation marking the life of that weak
woman mho had struggled Into a man's
dress, snd bung about Worcester railway
station for man'a work and man's wages;
and he had experienced privation him
self, and lived U down in some degree,
not losing sympathy with it, or growing
callous to it. Terhaps it wss on his con
science that the girl had toiled hard for
a si i pence, and he bad not rewarded her
for her labor. He rang the bell aad the
waiter entered.
"If anybody should ask for me"
"Yea, sir what name, air?"
"Reuben Culwick," ha replied; "but
he she will not know my name. The
party who helped me with my portman
teau from the station, I mean, and who
left me In a harry. She he ia aware
that I am staying her for the night;
therefore, be good enough to ask him
her the lad, I mean, or whoever comes,"
h sdded with a dash, "into the room
to-night or to-morrow morning. Do yon
understand T" he inquired, as the waiter
listened open-mouthed to these rambling
Instruction,
Anybody who
Yea, sir," he
"Stop one moment," said Mr. Culwick,
aa the man flitted toward the door; "1
shall want a trap to take me to Sedgo
Hill, and bring me back to Worcester.
at ten in the morning," and the waiter
having withdrawn, he set himself to his
coal-fire studies once more. The instruc
tions which he had given had sufficed
to turn the current of his ideas, and the
adventure of the night passed away from
his mind with the deeper thoughts that
followed it.
"And return," he said, and laughed to
himself more than once and odd laughs
they were, of various degrees of hilarity,
from the hearty and unaffected to the
laugh with the inner ring in it, the un
dercurrent, aa It were, of something
which was scarcely irony, and which
might have been Interpreted into a lurk
ing sorrow or regret by any one who had
known his history.
"Yes, Reuben," he said when, at a
Inter hour, he was going upstairs to bis
room, "to return; positively the last ap
pearance of Reuben Culwick at Sedge
Hill. Will there be much of a crowd
to see the gentleman under those inter
esting circumstances?"
He had made op his mind to solve the
riddle quickly for himself, and at ten in
the morning he was standing in front of
Mr. Muddleton's Hotel drawing on a pair
of gloves and critically inspecting the
animal which the proprietor had harness
ed to the dog cart Reuben Culwick look
ed op and down the street, and thought
of his little adventure in Worcester last
night The waiter, not too busy, was
standing at the door, interested in the
temporary departure of the customer,
and lteuben turned to him.
"Has any one called thia morning for
me?"
"No, sir."
"If any one should call about helping
me with the portmanteau last night, give
hlin half a crown. And ask her to
call again," added Reuben Cdlwick, aa he
sprang into the trap and drove off.
"Give him a half a crown and ask her
to call again," aaid the waiter, looking
after him. "He doesn't know what he's
saying. The old man at Sedge Hill will
never make him out A regular Culwick
he ia, and-no mistake about it
(To be continued.)
A D4Y, MORE OR LESS.
Crossing; the International Date Link
in the Pacific Ocean.
Few Incidents of a trip to the Phil
ippine Islands, which so many Ameri
cana now have occasion to make, are
more Interesting than the crossing of
the International date line, that Imag
inary boundary where, In going west
ward, a day Is dropped from the calen
dar, and In going eastward one Is aded.
A California Congressman and bis wife
happened to reach It, on the outward
trip, at midnight of July 3, so that they
woke up to find the next morning the
5th, and that they had lost the na
tional holiday for the first time In
their lives. To have a September 23
for two days In succession on their
return would, on grounds of sentiment,
be an Insufficient compensation.
The teachers who go out on the
transports to the Philippines usually
arrange elaborate entertainments to
signalize the date line. One of their
number Is often dressed up as Nep
tune, and other characters follow in a
procession around the deck. The fes
tivities are made as fanciful as the
resources and Ingenuity of the party
permit. Sailors on merchantmen as
well as passengers on the fast mail
steamers are accustomed to observe
the day with some celebration.
One of the old governors of Massa
chusetts, on being asked to speak at a
State normal school which he was vis
iting, submitted this conundrum:
"Would a person who had traveled
around the world 305 times in an east-
early direction be a year older than
the records In the family Bible show
ed? If not, why not?" The governor
explained that such a traveler would
actually have lived one day more for
each trip than the calendar showed as
having passed.
In practice, the length of the trip
around the world Is such as to discour
age most people from adding to their
days by this roundabout process. Trav
elers between New York and Chicago
are constantly having days of twenty
three or of twenty-five hours, accord
ing to the direction In which they are
going.
Like the boundaries of our standard
time-belts on this continent, the inter
national date line has been so drawn
as to occasion the least possible Incon
venience. It deviates from the one
hundred and eightieth meridian enough
to leave all the Islands as well as each
continent wholly on one side or the
other.
DAIRY SCHOOL ON WHEELS.
Woman Makes a Success of Unique
Mutter-Making Enterprise.
A traveling dairy school, conducted
by a woman, was one of the rural feat
ures during last summer In Nova Sco
tia, that ancient land of Evangeline.
Miss Laura Rose, a graduate of an
agricultural college, Is In charge of the
school, and great success. It is reported.
has attended her efforts to teach farm-
era' wives bow to Improve the quality
of their butter. Every farmer's wife
who can possibly do so attends It when
It stops In her neighborhood, and an
officer of a local agricultural society
said that Miss Rose did more In a two
dnys' visit to his part of the country
than could have been effected by years
of Incessant writing In agricultural pa
pers, instructions from butter dealers
and public lectures.
Miss Rose travels with her dairy In
a big covered wagon, taking with her
from town to town a couple of churns.
a separator, a butter worker, a milk
tester, tinware, salt, butter color and,
in fact, everything which Is necessary
for the manufacture of first-class but
ter except the cream, which Is sup
plied by the agricultural societies. She
did the same work for the province of
Cape Breton last summer, and her dai
ry school is unique In Canada, There
have been other traveling dairies be
fore. It Is true, but the Instruction has
heretofore been given by means of
demonstrators, which are never so sat
isfactory, it Is said, as work actually
done by the pupils themselves.
New Rice-Growing Territory.
There ia a marked Increase in the
growth of rice in Texas and Louisiana,
so marked that the Industry Is spoken
of as being transferred from the South
Atlantic States to this new territory.
ratlence is the king of content Ma
homet
"Yes, sir perfectly,
comes, man or wouian.
said with great briskness.
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Ketchikan, Alaska, Correspondence:
Frontier life lost none of Its flavor
when the trail of the American pioneer
awerved. from the West to the North.
The fortune hunter lost none of the
perils of his calling when he aban
doned the train of the setting sun to
go In pursuit of the north star. But
he pays no more heed to the menace
of the arctic than be did to the vicis
situdes of the desert He follows each
stream as long as Its sands will show
color of gold, and the coals of his camp
fire are hardly dead before there Is a
town site where he pitched his tent.
The way is hard on account of nature's
resistance to his encroachments upon
ber domain, but the result Is always
the same he triumphs and goes bold
ly onward. Everything In this world
has Its price and the gold-hunting men
of the North must pay In some coin for
the privilege of the trail.
The loose way in which fortune
flings ber favors Is unaccountable. One
night some bunko men of the gold
fields sold a tenderfoot an old claim
that was supposed to be worthless.
The knowing ones said they would not
have it as a gift When the raw East
erner took possession of his property
he was the butt of many Jokes. How
ever, the swindlers and the jokers soon
laughed out of the other corner of
their mouths, for their dupe began tak
ing such quantities of dust out of the
abandoned claim that It soon turned
out to be a bonanza. Up to this time
it has paid blm nearly $300,000.
TRADING POST
Teh scapegoat son of a down East
preacher drifted Into the Klondike to
make a new try at life. He had
sown enough wild onts where he came
from to make a bountiful crop of re
morse, and it would seem that one
who had played so hard and fast with
good opportunities would hardly be en
titled to hit upon the best claim in
a thousand. But he dld He took the
precious stuff out at a rate that was
astonishing and broke the record for
riotous living. His good resolves
couldn't stand prosperity.
Many who are well schooled In the
craft of hunting gold may stumble
over It while the uninitiated often run
right into it The man who was re
sponsible for the discovery of the rich
est fields In the North tramped over
them for years, vainly seeking his for
tune, and finally came out with hardly
enough money to pay his way home.
Before the ship reached Seattle he was
robbed of the last dollar he had in the
world. On the same boat was' a young
Californlan who had tackled the frozen
North with less than $100 and had no
experience, who had $140,000 worth of
nuggets to show what his luck had
done for him. All signs fall in a dry
time, and no man can tell much about
the hiding place of gold.
In 1SS0 a French Canadian nomed
Joe Juneau wandered up Silver Bow
basin, the beautiful canyon back of
the town which bears his name. II
panned the first gold from a field that
bas enriched the 'world by many mil
lions, and which will continue to con
tribute to Its wealth for many years
to come. Juneau was one of those
fearless characters who helped to con
quer the wilderness. He was a path
finder in the full sense of the word,
yet he died penniless. When the news
came to Juneau that the old man was
lead In Dawson and It became known
that his last wish was to be burled on
the mountain overlooking the town
that was named for him the money
was quickly subscribed to bring his
body to the spot where he said he
wanted to wait for the Judgment
Idioms of the North.
The people of New England, as well
as those of Dixie, have a distinction
In their language, and so do the resi
dents of the far North. Many worJs
are In use here that are not known
elsewhere1. When a person arrives he
is not known as a newcomer, but is
mentioned as a "chee-chowker." A pi
oneer Is not known by that came, but
Is called a "sour dough." Anyone who
has braved the hardships of one wlnttr
in the gloomy arclic can then take to
himself the honor of being a "sour
dough." The word for "move on" Is
"mush." This odd word of command
originated with the dog drivers. The
word "mush" Is to the Alaskan flinlce
dog what "amen" la to the trained
canine that says Its prayers in the cir
cus a signal which be un.li-rinnils
and a t upon, and cne fur whl b be
will not accept a substitute. Although
"mush" had its origin as a woid for
dogs. It grew In popularity until It be
came the generally accepted oider for
anything or anybody to move on or
get out.
The vernacular of the cold country
has a strong hold upon Its people, as
shown In the .Incident win n a couple
of returned prospectors went into a
restaurant Id Srt sto g.t tiilr Lrak-
fasts. As soon as they were seated a
waitress came forward and said
"Mush, gents r They took their hats
and left the place, muttering as tney
went They wondered why she had
ordered them out. and she, In turn
wondered what possessed, them. "If
they didn't want mush, they might
have said so," she growled; "guess
we've not good enough things to eat
to satisfy anybody." .
The extreme Northerners have man
nerisms which are as odd as their
forms of speech are peculiar. One day
I was In a Jewelry shop In "Dawsou
when a miner came In to get a watch
that had been left for repair. He put
It in his pocket and without a word
about the price handed over his sack
of gold dust to the Jeweler, who pro
ceeded to weigh out the amount of the
charge. The miner not only failed to
ask the price, but turned around to talk
to some one standing near, and did not
even look to see bow much was be
ing taken out. Gold dust is worth
$10 an ounce, and It would have been
an easy matter for the Jeweler to have
poured out half as much again as the
watch was worth without his action
being seen or the overcharge known,
After the miner went out I asked the
dealer If many of bis customers were
so reckless with their dust. ' He re
plied: "A man has to be honest np
here, whether he Is naturally so or not
When men place absolute confidence
In each other there are few who will
abuse It Unless a man has a mean
IN ALASKA.
streak in him he will do what Is right
when he Is taken for a gentleman.
got a good profit for fixing that watch
and there was no need of Bteollng from
my customer and, mind you, if a fel
low ever gets caught cheating here he
might as well pack up and get out
for he will be a marked man."
Everybody Has Credit.
Everybody has credit And most
everybody will pay some time. One
cannot well ruu away. The Impossible
distances can be well understood from
the treatment of the prisoners In the
federal jail at Sltka. When there are
no ships In port the Inmates of the
jail are let out to haul water and
chop wood. No guards are necessary,
because they would surely starve if
they ran away. It Is altogether too far
from civilization for a man to think
of making his way without provisions
or means of transportation. Several
men have tried It and were glad to
come back. But the situation is sot
without Its agreeable features for the
prisoners, for, although It Is against the
rules, the fishermen among them some
times manage to wntch over a pole and
line near where they are working, and
It Is even said that the ball players
do not nllow themselves to get out of
practice.
The one thing above all others which
Is characteristic of the North Is the na
tive dog. The horse, automobile, ships,
trains, nothing can turn Its face to the
wind with the assurance of that child
of the arctic, the malapoot When Ice
chokes the rivers and snow blocks the
way of the trains be Is put in harness
and goes where none can follow. Half
brother to the wolf, no living thing
knows better the way of the wild or
how to survive Its rigors. He turns
his keen nostrils to the. wind and scents
with unfailing Instinct the approach
of the storm while It Is yet afar; he
knows how to break through the Ice for
water when he Is thirsty, as well as the
trick of making his bed in the snow.
Although be has been made the slave
of man, the wolf In him does not weac
out with work, and he has the cunning
and endurance to take his food alive
as It runs.
The Saltiest of Salt Lakes.
Probably the most remarkable lake
In the world Is one with a coating of
salt that completely conceals the wa
ter. It may be seen at any time dur
ing the year, fully exposed, being even
at Its best when the sun Is shining
directly upon It
This wonderful body of water Is one
of the saltiest of the salt lakes, and Is
situated near Obdorsk, Siberia. The
lake is nine miles wide and seventeen
long, and within the memory of man
was not entirely roofed over by the
salt deposit Originally evaporation
played the most important part in
coating the lake over with salt, but
at the present time the salt springs
which surround It are adding fast to
the thickness of the crust.
In 1S7S the lake found an under
ground outlet Into the River Obi.
which lowered Its surface about three
feet The salt crust was so thick,
however, that it retained Its own level,
and now presents the curious spectacle
of a salt-roofed lake.
OliuloiM to liaseia
In 109 10,393 metric tons of German
cellulose were exported to Russia, and
In VX)2 only 2,078 metric tons.
POPULAR MEDICAL DELUSIONS,
Aa Old Family Physician Tells of
Some of .His Experiences,
Tradition and superstition, it ia said,
die hard, and even In this twentieth
century, the age of education and pro
gress, it is surprising what erroneous
and delusive ideas prevail regarding
medical matters, says a doctor In the
London Tit-Bits.
In some of the more common ail
ments of children a doctor hears at
times peculiar views expressed. Many
patients are quite under the Impression
that It Is for their children's welfare
that tbey should contract while young
such diseases as measles, whooping
cough and chicken pox, or glasspox,
and tbey will even go so far as to ex
pose them to Infection, so as to, as
they express It, "get It over and done
with."
As a matter of fact there Is no rea
son or necessity why any child should
suffer from any one of these diseases.
Happy Is the family that escapes them,
for then there Is a chance of the young
sters growing up healthy men and wo
men and useful members of society.
Most erroneous Ideas prevail as to
the effect of these complaints of child
hood. I have often heard it aaid, "Oh,
it's only measles!" or chicken pox, as
the case may be, quite oblivious to af
ter effects. Any one who would take
the trouble to read health statistics
would soon be convinced that measles
especially Is not to be trifled with. And
yet medical men as a rule find a reck
less disregard for Isolation, and in
many cases not even the precaution of
calling In the family doctor, the result
being naturally that the disease
spreads at Its own sweet will and often
works havoc.
In the treatment.of this complaint,
again, delusions and erroneous Ideas
exist -among a large number of the
community. Tradition, so It appears to
me, Is more prevalent with regard to
measles than almost any other chil
dren's disease.
A remedy that has been handed
down from mother to daughter for I
don't know how many generations Is
saffron. Now, what effect saffron has
upon this particular fever no doctor
knows. Certainly there is no peculiar
element in Its composition that makes
it a necessity. When one remembers
that saffron Is merely a dye principal
ly used commercially In that role and
that It possesses no medicinal value,
one falls to understand why it Is so
universally used. The only thing to
be said in Its favor is that while being
useless, It Is harmless.
A favorite addition to saffron Is
brandy; but as saffron- la harmless,
brandy, on the other hand, especially
with babies and young children, is pos
itively injurious, and should never be
given except under medical advice.
Children are always thirsty in their
feverish aliments. Yet how seldom the
mother thinks of giving her child water
to drink. It Is nearly always milk
another popular delusion. Milk Is an
excellent food, but It doe not quench
thirst; In fact, it Increases it Give
the child cold boiled water and it will
become quiet and less fretful
A very popular error Is thnt spirits
keep tne cold out As a matter of fact
they do Just the opposite. Alcohol In
creases the action of the skin, opens
the pores and makes the individual
more liable to contract chills and colds.
often with serious rerults. A glass of
not milk is far better and much cheap
er unu purer.
Cost of Food in Manila.
Many travelers in the Philippines, as
wen as many who have had to live
there on duty, have reported that the
cost of living Is high, but the Dartlcu
lars have not often been set forth, save
the BoRton Herald. An advertisement
in the Manila Freedom of nrioea nf
provisions at the Philippine cold stores
arroras some specific knowledge on the
suDject.
For beef the price per pound is (in
cents): Blrloln, 65; runm 60: tonalde
50; round steak, 45; rib roast 45: blade
chuck, 40. For mutton the pound price
is: Leg, 45; shoulder, 80; loin choDs.
85 to 45; stew pieces, 15. For pork:
Leg, eo; loins, 60; corned Dork. 45 to 50.
Rabbits are 00 cents each; hares, 75
cents; calf's liver, 40 cents a pound;
sausage, 40; smoked cod. 45: salmon
10 to 60; honey, 40. and butter. 11. or.
Most of the meats are imported of
course, but thy are rather necessarv
to the diet of an American. It must
be taken Into account also, that the
currency is silver. Doubtless there are
native diets fish and rice, for exam
pie that are cheaper. But the sunnlv
of rice is now rather limited, and the
local government is procuring: and dla
trlbutlng it to the famishing.
West Indian "Life Plant."
Tnere is a creeping moss found In
Jamaica, In Barbauoes. and other 11.
ands of the West Indies, which Is
called the "life tree," or more properly
the lire plant Its powers of vital
ity are said to be beyond those of any
other plant. It is absolutely Inde
structible by any means except immer
sion In boiling water or application of
a red-hot iron, it may be cut un and
divided in any manner, and the small
est shreds will throw out roots, grow.
and form buds. The leaves of this ex
traordinary plant have been placed In
a closed air-tight dark box, without
moisture or any sort, and still they
grew.
Worth the Trouble.
"Don't you find It tiresome." said
Marc Antony, "to devote so much time
to literature In addition to your va
rious wars?"
"Yes." replied Caesar, "but it navs.
There is nothing like being your own
military critic. "Washington Star.
Entitled to Another Dividend.
Beggar Please, boss, won't yon
gimme a dime to
Jenkins See here! I gave you a
dime yesterday.
Beggar Well, havei 't yer earned
any more money since den? Philadel
phia Ledger.
Oldest r-hlp in the World.
The old at ship in the world, the mail
schooner Vigilant, running Into St.
Croix, F. W. I., although now under
the French flag, was built of Essex
oak, at Essex, Mass.. In 1S02.
Yon can't discourage the prohibition
movement by throwing cold water on
it
GEO. P. CROWELL,
'Sui'eespor to E. L. Smith,
Oldest Etblthel 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 for all 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 opened an office in Hood River.
Call and get prices and leave orders,
which will be promptly filled.
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C. R. di N. trains leaving Goldendale 6:19 a.
n. connects with this steamer for 1'orlland, ar
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Portland Ft. Worth.Omaha,
Special Kanaas City, St.
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via taut.
Huntington.
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Ixpreas
1:15 p.m.
via
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Fant Halt
4:00 p. m.
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70 HOURS
PORTLAND TO CHICAGO
No Change of Cars.
Lowest Rates. Quickest Time.
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VKOM POKTLAMU.
tOO p.m. all tailing dates 6:00 a. Da
subject to Chang
(or Ban Franclii-o
Kail every 4 days
Sally Celvnhls River 4 00 p. m.
Ex. Sunday gleaners. Kx. Sunday
I m t m.
Saturday To Astoria and Way
M:W p. m. Landings.
S Ms m Silllaatens lifer. in. b.
Hon., Wad. Tuea , Thu.
SfidFrL Balem, Indepen- feat,
denre, Corrallli
snd way landing!.
1:00 a.m. YamaMI liter. 4 SO p.m.
Tun.. Thur. Won , w4
sad Bat. .Oregon City. Dayton and Frt,
and waylaodiup.
Lt. Rlparta leaks llrar. Lv.Lawtstoa
4:04a.m. Mia
twilyaioept Riparla to Lewltton Dally eases!
Saturday Friday.
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CtBeral Psaeanget Agant, Portland, Or.