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Second Cousin arah
Br THC
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ere. ere.
CnAPTEB H. (Continued.)
Sedge Hill was a staring edifice of con
siderable proportions, with an aspect cf
newness about it that fourteen years had
not done much to soften. It had been
built to the order of the present proprie
tor, who had made much money by cot
ton stockings, and had risen from twen
ty shillings a week at the loom to the
splendor of his present life. It was a
new bouse to suit the new man who had
been lucky enough to get rich. There
were spacious grounds beyond, and there
was a big room at the side, that was new
to Reuben Culwick since he had last
stood in his father's house, and It was
this that he pulled up bis horse to in
spect before turning into the carriage
drive.
Then he went rapidly along the drive,
drew up in front of the house, and step
ped lightly and briskly from the trap,
giving the reins to a rosy-faced young
man in livery, who emerged from Fonie
tabling in the rear, to be of service to
the newcomer.
"Old Jones has gone, then?" he said to
the servant.
"Yes, sir. He's with Squire Bluck of
Holston."
"And you reign in his stead. Well,
we cannot all reign."
lie knocked and rang, looking teod
lly through the glass doors the while.
Another new face a smart young house
maid, whom he bad never seen before, to
replace Mrs. Perkins, who was stout and
allow, came to the door and admitted
him.
"Is Mr. Culwick in?" ,
"Yes, sir, but he's engaged Just now."
."You will be kind enough to give him
my card?"
The maid servant took the card nnd
departed, and Reuben Culwick, like the
merest stranger, and feeling like a stran
ger, very doubtful of his reception, walk
ed up and down the spacious hall with bis
hands behind him, and his hat in bis
bands.
Presently the servant reappeared.
"Will you step this way, if you please,
!r?"
Reuben followed the servant along a
corridor to a door at the extremity the
door of the new room, he was certain,
Cr
"WHO AHW VOLT" iJKXlAMJHO KKUBKN.
from his old remembrance of the house.
The door was opened and his name an
nounced, and he felt that he was passing
Into spacious apartment, the walls of
which were bright and rich with :nany
pictures, and the ceiling paneled and
massive, with ground glass in the panels,
for the1 proper transfusion of light on
Mr. Simon Culwick's "collection. When
Simon Culwick had lost his son Keub,n,
he had taken to the "masters," ancimit
and modern, and given them all the love
that was in his heart.
But it was not at the paintings which
enriched the walls that Reuben Culwick
gazed with so much of curious earnest
ness, but at the big broad-faced man sit
ting before the fire In a capacious leath
ern chair, and who was looking curiously
and steadily at him. There was a pret
ty, fair-haired young woman, in gray tills,
sitting at the table in the recess of a buy
window, reading, and Reuben was con
scious of her presence that was all. She
rose not at his entrance, only looked to
ward him with a certain decree of curi
osity as he advanced, and then turned
to the pages of her book as he livid his
hand out to his father.
"So you have thought of me at last,
have you?" was rolled out in a gruff bans,
as a large, white gouty-looking hand was
placed in that of his son.
"So I have come back at last," answer
ed Reuben Culwick.
"You can sit down," said the father.
"Thank you," said the son.
This was the meeting after five years'
absence the calm after the great storm
which had happened in that house five
years ago. This was the home that the
on bad never liked, and that he felt he
did not like now, although he had come
to It of his own free will. There was
pause, during which each man took
tock of the other without nny particu
lar reserve.
"I got your letter," said the father,
"and I might have senp the carriage for
you had it not rained so much."
"The horses might have caught cold in
stead of me," said the son dryly; "but I
didn't want the carriage. I was glad that
I had not further to go last night than
Worcester."
lie looked toward the lady In the bay
window at this juncture, and his father
noticed the wandering gaze, and paid no
attention to the bint which It convoyed.
"Well, what have you been doing?
What do you propose doing now that you
are here? I suppose, after all that has
passed, you have uo intention of sitting
down In the house and waiting compla
cently for my death and my money?" the
father inquired.
"You told me that I should never have
a penny of your money, if you remember,
ir. I have never expected it after that
day," said Reuben Culwick.
"Why should you?" said Mr. Culwick
In a loud tone of voice, and yet without
betraying any passion. "Have I been
known in all my life to break my word?
Has not sticking to my word, through
thick and thin, in evil report and good
report, made me what I am? I would
rather break my own heart than break
my word. You know it," said the father
boastfully.
"Fifty hearts as well as your own
yes, I know-it," answered the other, with
an unflinching gaze at his father, "nnd
hence 1 come to you not for assistance.
I don't want it; not for affection. I don't
expect it but with the simple moiv.
which I hope that my letter conveyed to
you last week, to see you, to express sor
row for a king alienation, to feel j,l;id
that you are well, to tell you that I am
aot unhappy, and to go away sgain."
The son's tones seemed to impress the
fsther. who subsided Into his easy chair.
Jrom which he had leaned forward, as if
AVTHOX Of
cowed by the cold, clear-ringing tones
of the voice which fell upon his ears, a
voice which subdued him, and an arro
gance that bad always been difficult to
oupII which touched him, though be
never owned that which made him even
prouder of his son, though the time ner
er came for him to own that, either.
The young woman in the background
leaned forward with clasped hands until
he caught her glance again, when the
once more turned her eyes upon her book.
"Have you made your fortune?" asked
the father, in a different voice.
"On the contrary, I have been some
what unsuccessful.
"How do you live?"
"I write a little." he added modestly.
"It is a long story, that would scarcely
interest you."
"It would not interest me in the least."
There was another long pause, during
which the son, still at his ease, still singu
larly hard, despite his respectful man-
ner, glanced round at the pictures on the
walls, admired them even, secretly but
not enviously, wondered at their cost, and
looked once more in the direction of the
lndy, whose pensive face and quiet grace
he admired also, and at whose presence
he wondered in a greater degree, though
he repressed ail exhibition of surprise.
Suddenly the father said, with that tin
gular abruptness characteristic of the
man:
"Yon can stay here if you like."
."For how long?" asked the son, sur
prised at last out of bis assumption of
stoical composure.
"Till we disagree Rgain," said the fath-
er, with a short, forced laugh; "that will
not be many days, I suppose?
"One moment, sir," said Reuben Cul
wick, with grave politeness. "A mis
take parted ns, and we are laying the
foundation of another already, unless I
explain the first.
"Go on."
"I was hardly twenty-one a rash and
foolish young fellow when you wanted
me to marry your friend's daughter."
"You would have been rich you would
have been respected it would have been
for the best."
"I refused to entertain the proposal, if
you remember.
"Remember! remember it!" cried the
father, turning pale with anger; "do you
rake this up ajrnln to insult me?"
"No, to enlighten you," said the other;
"nt that period, Mr. Culwick, I bad prom
ised my mother that I would not marry
the lady."
CHAPTER III.
The effect of Reuben Culwick's an
nouncement upon his father was remark
able. The big man rose from, his chair
with his two large hands clenched, and
his face of a deep purplish hue, and
glared at his son In speechless wrath.
Then he sank slowly and heavily into his
seat again, and panted for awhile. The
dark coloring left the face, but the bushy
black brows retnined their loner curves
ovpr the eyes, and the mouth was hard
and fixed, until the lips parted slightly to
allow a few words to escape.
"And this is the first time you tell me
that you were in league with your moth
er?" "Yes," answered Reuben, politely. "I
was a willful lad who had not been
brought up well or looked after carefully,
and I had been only taught to fear you.
My mother, who had been separated from
you for some years, I was learning to re
spect then. When we quarreled, I went
to take care of her as well as I could. I
was with her when she died."
"You know how I hated your pl.-iy-act-ing
mother how she hated me. Why do
you tell me that you sided with her, when
it would be so much the better policy to
keep this to yourself?" said the father,
bitterly.
"Because I am not afraid of you any
longer because I see now where you
were wrong."
- "And you expect me to forgive this de
ceit, as old men do at the end of a play?"
"Or toward the end of their lives," add
ed Reuben,
"Don't talk to me of the end of my
life," be cried; "I dare say you have
thought enough of It have considered
that it would be as well to sink your
cursed pride and your curseder temper,
and come here in prodigal-son fashion.
But It won't do; I'm not a man to be
hoodwinked In that way."
"I ajn not sorry to have seen you, fath
er," said Reuben, rising; "I came out of
my way a long way out of it to reach
Worcester. I am glad to find you Tell.
Good day."
lie extended his hand again, but this
time his father refused to take it
"You have come out of your way to
give me a fresh wound, that' all," said
the father, sullenly, "and you have done
It effectually. I don't want you to trou
ble me again. You will not come here
again at my invitation. I can't forgive
you why should I? I never forgave
anybody. I never forgave your mother.
Your two aunts offended me years ago,
you know. Have I ever forgiven them?
One died last summer, and I wouldn't
go to see her wouldn't go near her and
the other one is in St. Oswald's alms
houses, blind as a bat. nnd living on
eight shillings a week. Eight shillings a
week, and those pictures there cost me
eighty thousand pounds."
"A good investment," said Reuben Cul
wick, coolly, and critically looking round
the walls; "they will increase in value
year by year, sir."
As he looked round he became aware,
for the tiM time, that the lady in the bay
window had disappeared. She had pass
ed from the room silently, through a sec
ond door at the extremity of the picture
gallery.
"And I never gave her a penny In my
life." added Mr. Culwick. senior.
"Tfoor nM 14trh -hlintt i that But In
the almshouse, too! I am sorry. 1 liked
V v I - ' J I . ,." 1
! '"I v"' it 1 c 'i J J J s '
I old Sarah," said Reuben; "she was one
' of the few frienda I had when I was a
I boy, and when yon were not rich. But I
am detaining you, and I am pledged to
reach London to-night Good by again."
I When he bad reached the door, Simon
Culwick called out his name, and Reu
ben paused and turned.
I "I am not deceitful," said the father,
"and I may as well tell you that I have
made my will, and that you will never
be a penny the better for it. It is all left
all," he added, "away from an undutl
ful son."
There was a moment's pause, and then
Reuben Culwick quitted his father's pres-
ence and closed the door after him. He
went from the room Into the corridor, and
thence along its entire length to the din-
lUK room, uem uo uircw uiiiistrn iutj a
chair with so thoughtful a mien that be
.... .
was not ror me moment aware tnat tne
young lady iu gray silk whom he had seen
in the bay window was stepping back
from the big fleecy mat at the door, to
allow of his egress. When he saw her,
sue put her nnger 10 ner nps, anu ne
repressed an exclamation of surprise.
"Go back," she said, ..with an excite-
a. .1- . 1- ! ,1 I V. ! . 1)1 i
meilC lUHl HBIUIIJRUCU U1U1, UUUl glV
a Mm liiro th.t it'. ..
last chance."
AWH u n c vecu iioitriuug, biiiu ucu-
ben, coldly.
"To every word," was the honest con -
fession; "and you have not said a word
lo y lease mm. auu uiucu w uueuu, ivhj
did you come, if In no better spirit than
this? Go back to him. Tell him how
sorry you are for everything do some-
thing before you go that will leave be-
hind a better impression," she urged
again,
"No, I can't go back."
iT . t 1. f f t .
.. , a K ' CT' these high priced implements have
"a If It mattered what you (aid to him I ' , , . . , ,r
as If it were not worth a struggle toi been Introduced at a lower cost, lhe
regain your position here!" apparatus here shown does not even
Grasping her wrists, while her hands require a special table, but can be
covered her face to hide it from his fierce 1 played on the dining table, with the
gaze, Reuben exclaimed In a wondering au 0f a cushion of webbing stretched
tone, "Who are you?" I arouna- tne edges by means of corner
"Only the housekeeper, sir," she said, hrn.oti The ,,,,-k-t, for the Dool
quaintly; "keeping bouse for Simon Cm-
wick-and In your place. You should
hate me as a usurper already," she add-
ed, mockingly, "if you had any sp rit In
you."
"The housekeepeir yes but " he
said wonderingly, and without regarding
her strange taunts. "I was not aware
n7,n. .u ...m k
about me, you who are a. quarrelsome
and strange as your father, and have
Uent away so long? There, go home and
think of the best way to bring that old
man to his senses."
"And Interfere with your chance," said
Reuben, lightly. He was in better spir
its already, and the odd manner of this
young lady Interested him.
"I have no chance, she answered, or
I should not be very anxious for you to
get back 1 should be too selfish I
should try and keep you away, being as
fond of money as your father is."
"I hardly believe this."
"Mr. Reuben Culwick can believe ex
actly what he pleases," said the young
lady, spreading out her skirts and mak
ing him a very low obeisance, which be
felt bound to return, after which be
would have continued the conversation
had she not darted out of the door and
disappeared.
(To be continued.)
NOME VERY RICH IN GOLD.
Value of the Deposits In That Reg-Ion
I Now Folly Established.
It Is not at all surprising to be told
by those familiar with the facts that
the gold output of Nome this year will
probably equal that of the last two
seasons put together. This la what
everybody believed who knew any
thing about the conditions. It has
pleased the sensational newspapers to
represent the Nome Incident as a mere
feverish excitement, which disappeared
with the vanishing of the supposed fic
tions that began It It pleased the
cities w hich Seattle has outstripped to
take the cue and to speak of the gold
product of the north as waning. At
these things we can afford to smile.
The record of the Klondike, about
which exactly the Bame things were
said, is there. The record of Alaska's
gold output is there. The record of
Nome will take care of Itself.
This Is the first season that there has
been any opportunity whatever to
measure rationally the possibilities of
Nome as a gold producer. The first
summer was one of a mad rush by In
experienced people to get Into the coun
try, believing that all they had to do
was to shovel up free gold on the
beach. They tumbled over one another,
Impeded or excluded the real' miners,
and brought back the stories of dis
appointment and disillusion insepara
ble from such an enterprise.
Both the first and the second season's
work was done under Inconceivable
difficulties. There was, worst of all.
the judicial wrangle, the endless ap-
rx-al to the courts, the tvlnir un of som
of the best properties and the check
upon prospecting and development by mous wa" wmcn malKea ule "m or
the certainty that the first move must, 018 Roman Provlnce- After an lst
he a lawsuit There was th wort of 1800 years the walls of the
kind of weather, late spring nnd early Nation, five feet thick, are In a won
fall, too much Ice and too little water. derful Btate of Preservation. The gate
The country was bare of those neces-,'1 ar8 noble 8PeelmeD9 of Koman
sary accessories to mining on a gener- 1rork- Some of the wedJ?-BnpPd
ous scale-water and fuel. A more un-, 'tones In the arches are still to be
favorable condition for producing gold
in large quantities it would be hard to
Imagine.
Now for the first time Nome is In a
position to show what she can do as a
gold-producer. ' A strict administration
of justice has bold down the unruly
elements and given certainty to titles.
The worthless and the inexperienced of kidnaping ants which make organ
element has largely disappeared from lied attacks on other ant villages for
the country. Capital has gone there In
large quantities. Fuel and water are
to be had In abundance and claims can!
now be worked there with the advan-
tages available elsewhere. The first
result Is the announcement that the
year's output will probably equal the
entire product of the past Seattle
rost-Intelllgencer.
Mildly Krbukcd.
'Didn't you say that it was going to
rain to-day?"
weather'
j
'I did," answered the
prophet
'But there hasn't been a sign of
mntfatlll-A H
I am perfectly aware of the fact. All
I rtfinlit An warn in nflfop tha Ho.t nnlnlm,
on the subject that I could arrive at If
could accurately foretell events, I j
honlH nnlt working f. . .!... . I
make a fortune In the stock market"
Washington Star.
8o Thoouhtfnl.
She There, dear, haven't I been
thoughtful of you and unselfish
He Howl
"Why, I kept all these bills of mine
away from you until the middle of the'th, opfa g8t rmgtn flee it
MEW GAME APPARATUS.
In the whiter season, when outdoor
t sports must be abandoned, aside from
skating, tobogganing and kindred
j amugement8, the search for new games
. , . t
j occupy the long evenings begins.
I If ft tn annnlr ni thla rfpmflnii for Itnv-
1 rvj ---
eltle to fill In the winter season that
; a number or Inventors nave rouna ror-
, tune smiling on them In earnest, and
j discovered that some simple game or
pUic. which rame to them Derhaps In
an Instant has made them rich. So
It Is not surprising that a host of new
amusements makes Its appearance ev-
I ery year, and that old favorites are
. duvu uinytaieu Him nun imu .
later date. In the picture we show
1 a new adaptation of a game which
j would bave been popular many years
. . . s .iu
, af ,ad1,t ot been fo' the ,h h Prl"
01 the Implements with which It Is
played. It Is unnecessary to refer to
the aetual cost of the table, cues and
, balls which go to make up the pool
and billiard outfit, as these are well
known, but recently substitutes for
. ...mi M,ir
flme eonslst f tpJfm"a' bICk!'
which rest on the table and have each
apex bored out to a depth sufficient
to contain the ball. The latter must
be struck with a cue and driven up
tjje jncined surface of the pryamid
guffleient force to drop It Into
the pocket at the top. It would seem
j that no small degree of skill will be
j necessary in oruer 10 iouKo iu im
. In the pocket, neither overshooting
nor falling short In the attempt
twills
General Andrew Jackson's statue In
Lafayette square, Washington, Is the
oldest equestrian statue now standing
In the United States.
The first equestrian statue erected
In the New World, which still stands,
Is a colossal statue of Charles IY. of
Spain, In the city of Mexico.
The sixteen thousand monastic es
tablishments of France have about
four hundred thousand inmates, or one
to every one hundred of the popula
tion.
The Washington Elm at Cambridge
is now old and feeble. A plain tablet
near the trunk bears the following In
scription by Iiongfellow: "Under this
tree Washington first took command
of the American army, July 3, 1775."
Iu central England there Is a broad
region among the mining and manu
factuiing districts which lies more or
less continuously under a pall of
smoke, and where an area of land,
estimated to cover fourteen tthousand
acres, Is burled with ash heaps and
refuse, on which a little grass grows.
This Is significantly called the "Black
Country."
M. Tesslpoff, a Russian naval sur
geon attached to the Baltic Sea fleet
has beeu experimenting with an appa
ratus for taking photographs of the
sea floor at any depth; and, It Is re
ported, with such success that reli
able records of submarine life may
now be reckoned among our available
sources of biological knowledge.
South American cities have many
equestrian statues, but the most nota
ble Is that of Bolivar, the Venezuelan
liberator, which has a prominent place
In one of the parks of Caracas. It Is
estimated that there are almost four
hundred equestrian statues In the
world. At present Washington has
eight, or one-fiftieth of the entire num
ber scattered among the cities of all
countries.
A most Interesting memorial of the
Roman occupation of England has
p Deen som uuaer lne auctioneer s
hammer. This Is the Roman station
of Amboglanna, the largest on. the fa-
sen on tue lne lnterlor or
tn9 camP ,a male1 rltllM"1nes of
streets and the ruins of buildings.
ANT8 KIUNAP THEIR FOE&
Balds Neighboring Villae. end C.rry
Off Many Prisoners.
Dr. H. C. McCook tells of a species
the purpose of capturing slaves. Here
Is an account of the attack:
"At last the muster Is complete.
Mysterlouslv but effectively the signal
'Forward!' Is given and the column
moves from the hill. There Is no
regular alignment, but a show of sol-
Idarity, a holding of the ranks within
close compass and touch a 'rout step,'
In fact There is no general; there are
no subordinate officers, but such Is the
sympathetic unity that they seem to
mT In response to one will and com-
mand. If every warrior Is a law unto
'himself the law so binds and an
imates and compels all alike that the
enda of an tan w nort are servea.
ASSBUll, Dame uu iiuiukb ioou
,ulek1' nPn the "T Tb bJe0t'
,Te P'nl 01 xne " ",l " ""'
nunorea Varus uiBiaui . . ruscnu
yards
Tillage. The route thereto lies across
the edge of a grove, over a footpath,
along a fallen tree, under whose shelter
and shaded by tufts of grass Is the de
voted commune. It Is feeble In num
brt and there Is a bare show of de
fense as the freebooters burl them
selves upon the hill ind plunge Into
the first onset through unassalled or
seewt passages. Some run the eaunt -
let through the assaulting rankf. All
who can, carry a part of the family
treasures eggs, larvae and pupae. Like
their brobdingnagian brothers of the
i human race, when disaster befallB,
' .L.I. A A ha 1c fsti. thai I ntfarwliMT
incir uisi mm in Uuo,.....B.
The fugitive mount Into nearby
clumps of low wood plants, whence
they look down upon the devastation or
their homes with what feelings? For
one must suppose that the midgets ao
feel, though sometimes he would fain
hope Otherwise.
"Meanwhile the Invaders issue from
the gates, bearing In their Jaws the
Fuscan young ana occasionally an
adult. They take tne nome trail, uut
not in ordered rants, u is go-as-you-
please now. iney are weicomeu dbck
by their black confederates, who re
ceive the captives and take them
their very own sisters perhaps into
the domestic quarters. The soldiers
hurry back to the scone of action, for
their work Is not yet finished." Har
per's Magazine.
FOE OF THE BATH-TUB.
Dr. Robertson, Who Says Body Wash
ins! Is Not Healthful.
"Don't!" says Dr. John Dill Robert
son, of Chicago, when you speak of
bathing. "It may kill you.
"I have not had a
bath In two years,"
said he In confirm
ation of the theory
advanced by him at
a recent meeting
of a Chicago socie
ty and which has
been made the sub
ject of not a little
ridicule. "In fact,
I have not had
more than four or
five baths In the
last 10 years, which
DR. ROBERTSON.
about covers the Derlod of mv medical
career. My skin is Just as clean as
when I used to bathe, I weigh 172
pounds, and I have better health than
I ever enjoyed before, whereas, form -
erly, when I tried baths of various
kinds hot, cold and tepid I was
scarcely ever free from a cold lu the
bead. To be clean Is not to be moist,
but to be dry; not to bathe, but to
keep clean clothes 'yy changing gar
ments often. Is j. miner dirty Just
because he Is covered with carbon?
Is the diamond dirt because It Is car
bon? For what do you bathe to be
clean or to look white? The bath
causes a useless waste of fat, which
must be replaced with tissues of the
body. Soap and water loosens and
destroys' this fat, and nature is kept
busy manufacturing more. Boys in
the swimming season lose flesh and
get poor. To bathe much Is debilitat
ing. Many peoplo are bathed out of
the world. Bathing, especially In win
ter, Is frequently the cause of pneu
monia and other dangerous diseases.
"Nature warns us against bathing in
winter by freezing nil her bath tubs.
Few animals bathe In winter. Alco
holic drinks and bathing are respon
sible for nearly all our pneumonias;
both send the blood to the skin, caus
ing it to glow; both predispose to cold,
by dilating the blood vessels, and both
are dangerous. A skin that Is bathed
frequently also has a greater growth
of bacteria thnn one which Is not sub
Jected to soap and water In a word,
he who bathes much must necessarily
be filthy, because, first, by rough fric
tion he scars his skin and makes It so
that loose particles of dirt will cllnj
to It, and, secondly, he makes the
skin do part of the work of the kid
neys, and anything that carries sew
age can never be clean. To be clean,
then, is not to bathe, but to keep clean
clothes."
ONE OF DOWIE'S STORIES.
An Old Fcotclnnan Who Went Thronir
Bankruptcy.
John Alexander Dowie is opposed to
the bankruptcy laws, which he regards
as dishonest Mr. Dowie holds that if
a man owes a debt he owes it till it Is
paid, and no law on earth can absolve
him from It. In his hotel one after
noon, during his New York campaign,
Mr. Dowie told a reporter a bankrupt
cy story.
"In Scotland, where 1 come from,"
he said, "there used to live an old man
named Fergus MncGregor. Fergus car
ried the bankruptcy law to Its logical
conclusion, and proved, unconsciously,
its fallacy.
"The old man was a chandler. He
got Into dirflcuflles, failed, went
tlirough the bankruptcy court, and was
let off at the rate of 5 shillings to the
pound. Permission was given him,
that Is to say, to liquidate each Just
debt of fl by the payment of only 5
shillings.
"Well, Fergus was a happy man
when the order of the court was an
nounced to him. He paid all he owed
at once. He said he saw his way clear
to growing flch. And next morning
he started out to do a little shopping
for his wife.
"He went to the grocer's and bought
potatoes, tea, oatmeal, sugar, eggs, and
so forth, to the extent of 2. At the
end, taking up his parcels, he laid
down 10 shillings in payment
' 'Fergus, man, this is not right,'
said the grocer. "Your bill Is 2, not
10 shillings.'
' 'Oh, yes, that's all right,' said Fer
gus. 'I have permission from tie Judge
to pay 5 shillings in the pound.'
'Fergus, you see, thought that the
judge's order was to hold good for the
rest of his natural life, and It was a
hard business to convince him to the
contrary. What I say Is, why shouldn't
the order have held good? Why isn't
it as right to pay future debts at the
rate of 5 shillings to the pound as to
pay past ones?"
Merer Touch. d Him.
'Hello, old chap!" said the chronic
borrower as be met an acquaintance,
"you're looking well."
-Yes, and I'm feeling well," replied
the other, "since I gave up my worst
habit."
-What was thatr asked the c. b.
-I gave up giving up," was the brief
but significant reply.
Not Much of an ImproTemnt.'
"Do you think siiat man descended
frnm mnn k p v 7"
"Som. n".nnl" .n.wri ml.
Cayenne, "and some merely dress 6if-
ferently." Washington Star.
M
1 ARTIC LITERARY PILGRIMS,
,,. Kspertmo-,-or...t.dMwt.
i with ilnportt Sncce...
( expedition left Copenhagen for
Greenland In July, 1002. Its purpose
was not especrally exploration, the in
' . , , . . t 1 1 . l
leiHion ueing raiuer iu coueci guuu inn
'terial of nil kinds for a general descrlp
ton ot tije i8iand and Its people.' It
( wa8 caie$ n Denmark the Danish lit
era,.y Greenland expedition.
rerhaps the word "literary" has not
been appiii before to a company of
geographic travelers. The Germans
. ha ve not ouite n)a je out tne ,,,
and g0 liae duljl)ej the party the so-
callei literary Greenland expedition,
In gpIt? of ltg nnmei tue party uag
done very prediie WOrk and already
carTled out tlie greater part of Its pro
gram. Arriving at Godthaab near the
end of the summer of 1902, It went by
boat to Jakobshnvn, on the neighbor
ing mainland, and established winter
ijuarters there.
In February the expedition started,
Just as the sun appeared above the
southern hills, for Upernlvik, the most
northern village of the Danes In Green
land. Then a genuine piece of explora
tion was mostly successfully carried
out.
March 24 Erichsen, Knud, Rasmus
sen, an educated Pane v.io was born
,in Greenland and is a perfect master
of the Eskimo language, and Harold
Moltke, the artist, started along the
coast to follow It to Cape York, the
southern limit of the habitat of the
Smith Sound Highlanders. The news
that the party skirted the whole coast
from Upernlvik to Cape York shows
that it accomplished a piece of explo
ration which has several times been
attempted, but has never before been
achieved.
One of the Teary expeditions suc
ceeded in surveying the northern half
of the wide Indentation of Melville
Bay south of Cape York, but the entire
' (coastline of this famous bay had never
been revealed. So rnapmakers have not
! been able to place on their maps of
1 Greenland the outline of this part of
the western coast. In completing this
survey the literary fellows from Den
mark have made a distinct contribu
tion to the mapping of arctic regions.
The physician, Dr. Bertelson, who
was with the party to study the dis
eases of Greenliftid and the influence of
the dark period of the year upon the
quality of the blood corpuscles, com
pleted his investigations, and then de
sired to reach the east coast and to
make similar studies among the 500
Eskimos on that side of the Island.
The doctor was only about 250 miles
from them, but he was compelled to
take a very circuitous route to reach
them, and he will not arrive at Ang
magsallk colonoy until next summer.
In August last he returned to Copen
hagen on the steamer Godthaab, ond
next spring he will go on the steamer
to Angmagsallk.
This party is not a government expe
dition, but was sent out at the ex
pense of various societies and private
indjvlduuls. The last result of the ex
pedition will be a book which, It Is ex
pected, will be both good reading and
scientifically accurate. It will Include
researches In several departments of
science and also the first complete map
of the west coast of Greenland. New
York Sun.
MAYOR HAS LARGE SALARY.
London's Kxecutlve Spends More Than
He Receive. In Entertaining.
One of the best paid officials in En
gland is the lord mayor of London.
Nevertheless a poor man cannot af
ford to accept this office even if he
Lcould get It, for large as the compen
sation is It does not suffice to meet the
outlay required of this official. At one
time the election of Loudon's lord
mayor took place on the feast of St,
Simon and St Jude (Oct. 28). Then It
was changed to the feast of the Trans
lation of Edward the Confessor (Oct
13), but since the year 154(1 it has In
variably taken place on Michaelmas
day, says the London Chronicle. The
lord mayor receives out of the city's
cash 10,000, more than twice as much
as was received by Lord Mayor Wilkes
in 1774. But his expenses are usually
much in excess of . his allowance,
Wilkes' account showed a balance of
expenditure over receipts of f3,337.
Among other curious Items of revenue
was 702 from the "cocket" office, an
annual present of plate from the Jews,
worth 50; alienation of a young man's
place, 40, and sale of a young man's
place, 1,000.
Many lord mayors besides Whlttlng-
ton have risen from low estate. Sir
William Staines, who was lord mayor
In 1801, has been a common bricklayer.
An old lady foretold Sir William's
fortune. She said he would be lord
mayor during a period of turbulence
and scarcity; that we should be at
war with France, but that during his
mayoralty peace and plenty would be
restored. The prophecy was fulfilled
to the letter. At the beginning of his
mayoralty we were at war with our
French neighbors, and Nelson was pre
sented at the Guildhall with the sword
publicly voted after the battle of the
Nile. There was also great scarcity,
bread being 12d the quartern loaf.
Bread riots were the order of the day.
Before Sir William Staines' term of
office had expired peace was declared,
and It was hoped that bread would
fall to Od the quartern loaf.
A Mistake.
"If you only knew it," said the pa
tron to the cigar man, "that wooden
Indian is a mistake.'
"How so?"
"Why, It Indicates that you cater to
the Indian trade, and any old plug to
bacco will satisfy an Indian. Why
don't you put out a sign that will
catch the discriminating smoker?"
"I've thought of that," replied the
cigar man. "I thought of putting the
figure of a real swell out there, but
the fashions change so fast that he
wouldn't be a iwell more than two
weeks. That's where the Indian has
an advantage as a sign." Chicago
rost
Method la HI. Madneu.
Peckem I lay, old man, why In the
world do you wear iuch a disreputable-looking
hat?
Enpeck Because my wife has em-
phaticaily declared that she will not
wn on tbe ,treet witn me unle
I get a new one. See?
GEO. P.' CROWELL,
iPuooMiior to E. I, Smith,
,lblititd Housi iu the v.Uer.
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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.
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which will be promptly filled.
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