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CHAPTER XIV.
Two years after the events recorded
In our last chapter, there wu a Sundiiy
service of a peculiar character held un
der a railway arch. In one of the dark
eat streets of a dark neighborhood lying
between the Lower Marsh and the York
road, Lambeth. The place of worship,
the worshipers, and the one who prench
ed and prayed, were all strange together,
and there was much for skin-deep piety
to protest against, and for irreverence to
scoff and Jeer at. It was only the down'
right earnestness of these fugitive atoms
scraped together here, that put forth Its
claims to the respect of those who had
time to think of the odd forms In which
religion may assert itself. Amongst the
myriads who turn their backs on church
or chapel orthodox, there are still a few
with courage to seek uod In some fash'
Ion.
Of the tenets of this community It is
not our purpose or right to Inquire too
closely in these pages. The preaching
was simple, the earnestness was manifest,
the one text seemed forgivenss to sin
ners, and the one appeal was for their
repentance before the hour was too late.
That which was most remarkable in the
service was the fact of its being conduct
ed by a woman a sallow, hollow-eyed
female with a touch of fanaticism in her
extravagant gestures and her high-pitch
cd voice, and in the sermon which she
preached to rngscd and unkempt men,
women and children, three-fourths of
whom were full of a grave, deep inter
est, and the remaining fraction very
noisy, and watching its opportunity to
turn a portion of the discourse into ndi
- cule.
These discontents were huddled togeth
er near the door, a grinning, coughing,
and grimacing mob, whilst over their
heads, peered occasionally a policeman's
helmet, a Bign of peace and order, that
was followed by much horse play and
ironical comment on the proceedings, af
ter it disappeared.
It had been a noisy night at Jennings'
railway arch, wnere we resume our
story; the preacher had been more than
usually powerful and the opposition more
than commonly opposed to her; but the
service had reached its conclusion. From
the background of the congregation there
stepped suddenly a tall, well-dressed
young woman with her veil down, and
room was made for her into the inner cir
cle of rags and tatters by which Lucy
Jennings was surrounded.
"May I speak to you for a few mo
ments in private?" asked the stranger In
a low voice.
There was a low breath of astonish
ment, as Lucy Jennings surveyed our
heroine. Sarah Eastbell had certainly
changed In two years for the better, too,
being a tall, healthy, handsome young
woman now; but she had not altered out
of all knowledge of her friends and ac
quaintances. There was the same st?ndy
outlook from the dark eyes; there was
something of the same sadness, or depth
of thought, expressed upon her face,
though the pallor had passed away, and
there was faint rose tinges on the checks,
which Lucy had seen last wasted with a
fever from which she had helped to save
herd.
"I know you by your voice," said Miss
Jenninfis, stolidly, "and I have a mem
ory that does not fail me. I am Hbove
taking offense with any living soul, or
attributing to any human being motives
for actions which have not been explain
ed," said Lucy. Jennings; "but I cannot,
on the Lord's Day I will not under any
circumstances devote myself to anything
but his service."
She crossed her thin bands upon the
bosom of her dress, and looked up at
the stained roof of the railway arch, over
which a heavy Southwestern train was
rumbling at the moment.
"I will call on you to-morrow, if you
will give me your address," said Sarah
Eastbell.
Lucy JenningB hesitated before she an
swered, as though an insuperable objoc
tion to renew their acquaintance assort
ed itself too strongly to be resisted; then
she said:
"I shall be in Hope street to-morrow
at eleven. I will wait for you there."
Lucy Jennings moved her head Blight
ly. and Sarah Eastbell left her surround
ed by her converts.
As Sarah went out of the place one
of the unconverted picked her poek-H of
a cambric handkerchief, and was disap
pointed at not finding her purse, which
she had left at home.
Sarah Eastbell was distuined greatly
by thiB meeting with Lucy Jennings.
Her reception had not been what she
had anticipated; there had been a cold
ness, almost' a repulse, in lieu of that
welcome which she had expected at hor
hinds. Still the young lady from Sedge
Mill, Worcester, was of a nature not to
be easily daunted, and she had come to
London in hot haste, and only attended
by ber maid, on a mission of importance.
The next day at eleven she was in
Hope street, where she had been the day
before making inquiries, and finding out
the new vocation of Miss Jennings after
a great deal of trouble and perseverenec.
Hope street had changed more than her
self in the two years since she had quitted
the place. The Saxe-Gotha Gardens were
no more, and two rows of small brick
houses formed a street on their site.
There were railway arches crossing the
rond, snd In place of the house of Jen
nings, Fireworks maker to the Court,
was a black heap of ruins, shored up by
beams, and fenced around by a board
ing. At eleven to the minute, Lucy Jen
nings, in the rustiest of black, and with
black cotton gloves three sizes too large
for her, came along the street, striding
like a man. It was with the same In
flexible cast of countenance which daunt
ed Sarah Eastbell last night that she
advanced, and the outstretched hand of
the younger woman was taken almost
with reluctance, and afterwards dropped
coldly.
"I hope you will not detain me very
long. Miss Eastbell," snid Lucy, "as I
have a great many call to make this
morning. We will walk Myatt's Fields
way; and now to sive time f,r time is
valuable to me what is your first iiucs
tion?" There was no restraint in the reply,
though there was a deepening of colur in
the cheeks, as Sarah Eastbell said eag
erly; "What has become ol Reuben Cul
wiek?" "Is that the first question, next your
heart, then?"
"Yes," wss the frank answer; "why
shouldn't It be? You have seen him?
you will let me know where he Is?"
"I don't think that I shall," said Lucy
gravely, considering the matter, "when
we were friends. It wss his wish that yon
should not know what has become of
him."
"When you were friends! You have
quarreled then?"
"It takes two to make a quarrel," said
Lucy Jennings, "but there was a bitter
parting between us, and I never care to
see him again."
"I am sorry to hear this. Why does
he keep away from us? Has the loss of
his father's money set him against those
who wish to help him? Has be altered
very much? lie was so good-hearted, so
good-tempered, so affectionate a man."
"He tried hard to be and failed
When misfortune came and It came
heavily to him, and in more shapes than
one he gave up, as cowards do."
"I'll not believe it," cried Sarah East
bell indignantly; "he was never a cow
ard, there was nothing in his nature to
make him one. He was the bravest und
best of men!"
"In your Idea of what is best and brav
est, possibly," replied Miss Jennings, "but
that man is a coward who turns his face
from heaven because trouble has come
to him who grows rebellious, discontent
ed, angry who will not accept trial as
his due who goes from bad to worse in
sheer defiance who believes in himself,
and his own miserable errors."
"But you must not think, Lucy, be
cause he will not listen to your doctrine,
that he is altered for the worse. If he
never was a religious man I don't know,
I can't say whether be was or not still
he was always kind and true. Tell ine
where he Is," said Saruh Impatiently;
lie Is In distress, and you keep me talk
ing here. If you have parted from him,
still you know of his misfortunes. How
is that?"
"Why should I explain to you?" said
Lucy tetchlly; "you belong to the old set
from which I am apart. I am utterly
alane. "
'Your brother John he '
"He is atraid of me the poor wretch
ran away from me long ago.
I wish to be of service to yon, mid
to Reuben Culwick, and to your brother
John the three associated with my hap
py days in Hope street.
"Happy days!" said Lucy mockingly;
"and you look back at them cheerful!
of course, from the grand house which
belongs, by right, to Reuben Culwick."
"Which I wish that I could give hiuv
"Is that true?"
"Yes," armwered Snrnh, returning the
steady gaze into her eyes, "as I hope to
live."
'There's a deal of gratitude left still,
Sarah Eastbell riches have not spoiled
you yet, as they may presently. I wish,
now," she added, "that you came to my
Sunday services.
She strode away from Sarah Eastbell,
leaving her motionless for a while, till
Sarah recollected that the meeting had
been all in vain, and ran after her.
"You you have not told me where
Reuben Culwick lives," Sarah gasped
forth as she came up with her.
'And I never will. 'ou can do no
good yon ore a foolish child who will
only make him worse," she said, turning
away again.
"It 1b you, then, that yould keep him
poor. It is you who hate hmi, Lucy Jen
nings," cried Sarah, indignant at last.
Lucy hurried on without paying heed
to Sarah EiitbeH's reprouches. She was
very white, but very firm. The interview
had terribly disturbed her; the old world,
even yet, was not to be regarded with the
stoicism of n pure soul apart from it; but
no good could arise from this weak young
woman's meeting with Reuben Culwick,
she was sure.
"Better as it Is," she muttered; "he
Bfild that he would never see her in his
poverty."
It was at this juncture that a white
faced man, perfectly destitute of eye
brows and eyelashes, and seedily attired,
turned the corner of the hedge rows that
were still green and luxuriant, and faced
Miss Jennings.
He was engaged In smoking, but his
short pipe dropped from his mouth at the
sight of her, and he stepped into the rond
to allow her to pass, and looked sheep
ishly away.
"John," she said sharply, "a little fur
ther along that road you will find Sarah
Eastbell. She wants her cousin Reuben's
address. Give it to her. It shan't be
said that I stood in his way," she mut
tered. CHAPTER XV.
John Jennings ran his hardest aft
Sarah Eastbell. He ran hurriedly past
her, for in his mind's eye he could only
see the lank poorly clad girl of two years
ago he was even looking out for a strip
ed cotton dress the worse for wear and
tear. He would have run fairly out of
sight of her, if a female voice had not
called out "John," and stopped him. Then
he looked back, open-mouthed, and wait
ed for Sarah to approach.
"You you were running after :ne
your Bister sent you. Are you offiMided
with me too, John, that you will not
shake hands?"-
"I I beg your pardon. I hardly liked
to I I didn't know you, miss." And
then, weak, flabby John Jeniugs burst cut
crying, and put his right coat sleeve be
fore his eyes.
A little gloved hand touched his arm
and lowered it
"Isn't this rather childish, John?" said
Sarah, in a kind reproof.
"I know it is, but I can't help It," an
swered John, brushing his tears away
with a mutilated hand; "I'm not what I
used to be and seeing you has floored
me. There have been so many changes."
"And you are a lady! that's the won
derfnlest part of It."
"Now, John Jennings," she said coax
lugly, "before another word is spoken,
tell me where my cousin Reuben lives,
please. I ask It as a favor from un old
friend."
"He lives In Drury Lane No. 790
at the ironmonger's."
An empty cab pasted at this moment,
and Sarah Eastbell raised her parasol.
The vehicle stopped, snd Sarah and John
Jennings, the latter with evident reluc
tance, got into It
"Now, what has happened?" said
Sarah, after the cabman had been told
his destination and had driven on; "it is
a long story, but pray get It over before
we reach Reuben's house."
It's a short story," said John, "and
soon told. After yon left Hope fctreet
luck left it, too. The Saie-Gotha Gar
dens burst up, and let me in for a lot of
money; we were all lu trouble and in a
muddle, and the brokers were in, when
Reuben thought of the picture which his
father wanted to buv."
"Ah! I remember," cried Sarah.
"He got an artist friend to see it. and
he said that It was worth two hundred
pounds as It wis, and might be worth
mere if restored and he would bring a
purchaser in three days' time. We were
all in high spirits, though Lucy and I
had a terrible row as to what we should
do with the money but on the very day
the purchaser was coming we blew up. I
was mixing material when, bang! we
were all in the street or the back yard,
snd everything left in the house was
burned or blown to cinders! The picture t
Reuben's books and papers, furniture
everything clean gone to smash, and not
a farthing of Insurance anywhere.'
"And Reuben?" asked Sarah solicit
ously. "He waa out when he came back the
place waa a ruin. All his papers were
gone, the money that he had, the novel
that he was writing but he came to see
me In the hospital that night, just as if
nothing had happened. The worst came
after the blow-up. I had borrowed money
on the strength of selling the picture,
and Reuben had become my security; and
when I couldn't pay, be was dropped on,
and he has been working off my loan as
well as bis own ever since killing him
self with work, poor boy," and Jennings
began to weep again.
"There, there, the worst Is over, now
that I have come to help you," she said.
"We will change all this."
"He changed by degrees he became
more' discontented and aggravating like,
after bis awful bad luck. Then Lucy
went raviug mad had her 'call,' she Bays
and took to preaching, and bullied Reu
ben and me about our souls, till one day
Reuben gave her a piece of bis mind
and we all went different ways after that
She spoke to me this morning it was
the first time for six months. She passes
me like dirt she "
"There, don't begin to cry again,"
Sarah adjured; "I am sorry, but it might
have been worse. , I'm very glad that I
came to London, to lead the way to bet
ter times!"
John remained silent till the cab stop
ped in the dingy thoroughfare of Drury
Lane, before a small ironmonger's shop,
as shabby and rusty In Its exterior as the
Jew-bolstered theaters for which the par
ish is famous.
"Here!" said Sarah In a low whisper.
"He is close to his work he saves
omnibus hire and shoe leather but he
loses the country air and cheerful society
of Hope street," explained John Jenuiugs
with a sigh.
The cabman was dismissed, and John
Jennings paused on the curbstone and
pointed to an open door on the left-hand
side of the shop.
"You go tn there, and up to the very
top of all the stairs, and it's the back
room, Miss Eastbell."
"Stop one moment," cried Sarah, as
John was about to beat a precipitate
retreat. "You will not mind this. You
are not proud, and I am indebted to you
you are poor, and I am a friend with
too much money. Pray do," she said
very hurriedly, then a bank note was
thrust into his hand, and she disappeared
in the murky passage of the house, whith
er he had not the courage to follow ber.
"What a dreadful place!" she muttere-J
to herself bb she went up the dirty, un
covered stairs, glancing through the
lauding window as she passed at the
wilderness of houseroofs stretching be
yond it. Two years of affluence had set
her old life wonderfully apart from her.
She reached the top of the house, and
went with slow, dragging steps to the
back room door, on the panels of which
she knocked.
"Not in!" Bhe whispered to herslf as
she knocked again, and again the deep
silence in the room beyond her warned
her of the fruitless sequel to her expedi
tion. She tried the handle of the door,
which she found unlocked; there was an
other pause, then she opened the door and
entered the room with vacillating steps,
resolved to wait till he came back, as,
under differeut circumstances, and with
her in distress, he would have waited half
a lifetime.
(To be continued,)
LIVES LIKE A REAL SATYR.
Eccentric Existence of an American
Millionaire in the Far East
In a paper on defectives rend by Dr.
Martin W. Barr, chief physician of
the Pennsylvania school for feeble
minded children, before the summer
school of philanthropy, recently, a re
markable Instance was mentioned by
him of degeneracy that has caused
comment In London and contineutal
scientific circles. It was the case of
the multf-mllllonalre, who Is at present
living In far eastern countries, and
leading a life of such satyrlike excess
as to be almost Incredible. Attempts
to learn the Identity of this degenerate
American have been fruitless, and Dr.
Barr has taken the greatest pains to
conceal It from the public for the
wisest possible reasons.
'"According to Dr. Barr, this man Is a
neurotic. It Is estimated that his for
tune Is In the neighborhood of $10,-
000,000, but no attempt has been made
to have him declared an Incompetent;
he Is left free to run his course. His
family are refined, socially prominent
Whenever they speak of the son's
course, they refer to It as his "ner
vousness." They will not admit that
he has a deranged Intellect, though be
has left friends and position here to
take up a life among the "banins," the
gravediggers and social outcasts of the
far east.
"He was a physician, rich, handsome,
cultured, of esthetic tastes," said Dr,
Barr in bis paper, "a graduate of one
of the most prominent medical col
leges In America and a man who had
made a pronounced bit as a special
ist." Ills fortune enabled him to secure
every medical appliance known to sci
ence, and for some years be enjoyed
phenomenal success. Wine and wom
en proved bis bane. He sank lower
and lower. His excesses no longer tol
erated at home, he drifted from capi
tal to capital of Europe, and finally es
tablished himself In Japan with a
harem. With an appetite still unsatis
fied, he exhibited new phases of moral
degeneration, causing his body to be
tattooed with wonderful skill, every
picture a work of art. His back bore
a huge dragon, the shading of every
scale showing perfection of detail.
This, on re-visiting America, with ut
most vanity be shamelessly exposed.
He was turned out of the clubs. Re
turning to Japan, he bought a per
forming bear and wandered from place
to place clad In the garb of a hanfn.
exhibiting himself, his bear and his
harem and distributing photographs of
each and all In endless variety.
This past master of vice," said Dr.
Barr, "shocking both Europe and
America, and astounding even Japan,
next hires a squad of Japanese boys,
practically buying them outright from
their parents, who, attired in full uui
form, are trained In military exercises
To these are opposed an equal number
of monkeys dressed as Chinese sol
diers, and the war of China and Japan
is constantly renewed for the enter
tainment of himself and his harem,
who watch In an ecstasy of delight
the suffering of the poor brutes. It
wards are offered and the more blood;,
the contest and the greater the atroci
tlon the more In'eaue Is the gratifies
tion."-New York Commercial Advcr
Usee
ncience
ivenuon
In the course of some digging opera
tions in a garden at Haslemere, En
gland, a gardener unenrthed a num
ber of ancient vessels of peculiar
shape, together with a quantity of cal
cined human bones, at a depth of
about two feet below the surface. The
British museum authorities, who have
examined the discovery, pronounce the
vessels to belong to the late Celtic
age, about B. C. 150. Only three or
four vessels were found to be In a
perfect coudition. He computed that
twenty-two urns and pots were origi
nally Interred at the spot.
Bright colors assumed by maples,
sumacs and ampelopsls during the au
tumn months are the result of the oxi
dizing of the color compounds, or col
or generators, of the leaf cells. Long
protracted cool weather Is most favor
able to the production of autumn tints
and slight frosts that are not severe
enough to kill the cells hasten the dis
play of beauty by producing an enzy
me that brings forth the bright pur
ples, oranges and reds. Leaves con
taining much tannic acid never give
bright autumn tints, while those con
taining sugar give the very prettiest.
An Italian scientist claims to have
established that electric tramways are
great mediums In the disinfection of
towns. He points out that the elec
tric spark, which Is so frequent an oc
currence to the overhead trolley, and
the emission of light from the car
wheel when the rail Is used for the
return current transform the oxygen
of the sir Into ozone which has a puri
fying and disinfecting Influence. The
high discharges, be says, are frequent
enough to Influence greatly the atmos
pheric constituents, especially where
the Hue passes through narrow thor
oughfares. They become antiseptic
agents.
Sailors visiting the Island of Lay
san, in the Hawaiian group, are great
ly amused by the curious antics of the
Laysan albatross, or gony. These birds
sometimes perform, In pairs, a kind of
dance, or, as the sailors call It, "cake
walk." Two albatrosses approach one
another, nodding and making profound
bows, cross their bills, produce snap
ping and groaning sounds, rise on
their toes, puff out their breasts, and
finally part with more nodding and
bowing, only to come together again
and repeat the performance. Occasion
ally three engage at once In this singu
lar amusement The spectators are al
ways Impressed with the extreme "po
liteness" of the birds.
811 Oliver Lodge, eminent by his dis
coveries about electricity, believes that
he bas found a method of electrifying
the atmosphere on a large Scale, and
that In this manner dangerous fogs
over rivers and harbors may be dissi
pated. In some experiments at Liver
pool be was able to clear a space mere
than 100 yards wide In a dense fog.
He also thinks It possible that rain
may be produced by the electrification
of clouds. At a recent meeting of the
Physical Society in London he demon
strated bis method. Electricity de
rived from a high frequency alternator
Is most effective, but It must first be
turned Into a straightaway current,
and Professor Lodge employs for this
purpose the Cooper Hewitt mercury
vapor-lamp, which possesses the pow
er to rectify ts alternating current
BOY HAD PLENTY OF NERVE
Was Not Discouraged by the
Mad
Knah of Infuriated Bulla.
There was an accident shortly after
tbe close of a novllluda at the Plaza
Mexico that came near resulting In the
death of a few young hopefuls who
took It Into their heads that they would
like to Join In tbe national sport
Shortly after the crowd left the ring
a half dozen young boys of ages rang
ing from 12 to 15 years got down into
the bull ring to piny bull fight One
f the number thought the game was
ioo slow, so while the ring attendants
were busy about other work be entered
the pen where the, bulls were confined
and slyly let one of them Into the
ring.
With a mad rush the big black bull
entered the ring. One of the little
boys had been using bis plush linen
cape for a enpa in his plays with the
other boys and he was near the door i
when the bull entered. Although one
of the opposite gates was open the bull
made no effort to get away, but rushed
at tbe boy with the cape.
There was but one thing for the boy
to do, and he did It. . With all the
knowledge which be bad gnlned by
watching the matadors In the ring he
let the bull charge the cape. But his
arms were too short and the bull
struck blm a bard blow, knocking tbe
little fellow fully fifty feet and tearing
his shoulder with his horn. The angry
bull then turned his attention to tbe
red cape.
When the other boys saw the bull
charging them they fled for the fence
and climbed to safety, where they
watched the bull tearing the cape.
Finally It occurred to one of the older
boys that by all charging for the bull
he might possibly be scared away
from the prostrate body of the Injured
lad. So with clubs and boards they
drove the bull from the ring. They
gave their attention to the bull none
too quickly, for he bad tired of pawing
tbe cape and was making for tbe boy.
When the doctors got in their work
on tbe little fellow, whose name is
Angel Morelos, they found that tbe
wound was the only thing of conse
quence, and that although the boy was
senseless from the blow there was
nothing of a really dangerous nature to
fear from the accident, as the hurt
was a flesh wound. Mexican Herald.
CAIRO STREET CRIES.
Bound and Volcee that Traveler
Bar tn the I g-yptiao City.
Take a chair outside a busy cafe
near the market place and tram center
and watcb street life. There are no
hungry men, no starving, pinched
child facet, no flnger-worn mothers,
for this Is the land of plenty, and the
people's wants are few and simple.
Thus sunshine and laughter spray .a
welcome fragruuee over the novelty
and romance of the gay city's streets.
Here Is a street melodist twanging
a monstrous one-stringed "something,"
and accompanied by a nose-ringed girl,
who taps deftly on a species of tam
bourine, while bystanders ejaculate
"Allah! Allah l" the Arabic word for
appluuse. If" not quite in accord with
1 your prejudices concerning music, welt,
I inaalalah (never mind), it Is not nearly
so distracting as a street cornet at
j home, and they will go away If you
tell them to. The baboon, the donkey
and boy are In evidence, with a score
of performing tricks that are very orlg
I lnal and certainly funny, and you con
! sole yourself with the hope of a mini
mum of cruelty In the training.
A fruit seller, basket on head, with
luscious grapes and figs, saunters by
singing in a quaint minor: "O grapes,
O sweet grapes, that are larger than
doves' eggs and sweeter than new
cream! O angels' food, delicious figs,
bursting with honey, restorers ot
health!" .
There Is a drink seller, bent under
the weight of the odd-Bbaped jar slung
over bis shoulder, a lump of Ice pro
jecting from Its mouth, conjuring cus
tom lu a similar strain, as he struts
up and down, making the air resound
with the rythmical clap-clap of two
brazen saucers: "O refreshment of the
weary- O quencher .of parched lips!
O blessing of heaven!"
Another street cry which may be
beard In the main street of Abbassleb,
a suburb, contains the following en
ticing announcement: "To-morrow, O
people, I am going to kill a camel.
The doctor says It Is young and
healthy. Ob, its flesh will be tender
as the quail and Juicy as lamb. Its
price Is but IVi plasters (7 cents) a
pound. Do you lovo tbe sweet flesh
of tbe camel, then come early and be
satisfied."
Not the least picturesque figures in
tbe streets are the city police In tbelr
neat white drill and red tarbouches
In summer and blue serge in winter.
London Traveler.
SKIMMED MILK IN PAINT.
It Must Be Mixed with Cement to
Produce the Beat Keaulte.
A use to which skim milk, sour milk,
buttermilk or even whole sweet milk
is not often put Is palnt-maklng, yet
this product of the dairy makes possi
bly one of tbe most enduring, preserva
tive, respectable and Inexpensive paints
for barns and outbuildings. It costs
little more than whitewash, provided
no great value Is attached to the milk,
and It Is a question whether for all
kinds of rough work It does not serve
all tbe purposes and more of the ready
mixed paint or even prime lead and
paint mixed In the best linseed oil.
It is made as follows, and no more
should be mixed than Is to used that
day: Stir Into a gallon of milk about
three pounds of Portland cement and
add sufficient Venetian red paint pow
der (costing 8 cents per pound) to im
part a good color. Any other colored
paint powder may be as well used.
The milk will hold the paint 4n sus
pension, but the cement, being very
heavy, will sink to the bottom, so that
It becomes necessary to keep the mix
ture well stirred with a paddle.
This feature of the stirring Is the
only drawback to the pnlnt, and as Its
efficiency depends upon administering
a good coating of cement it is not safe
to leave its application to untrust
worthy or careless help. Six hours
after painting this paint will be as Im
movable and unaffected by water as
month-old pnlnt I have beard of
buildings twenty years old painted in
this manner In which the wood was
well preserved. My own experience
dates back nine years, when I painted
a small barn with this mixture, and
the wood to-day second growth Vir
ginia yellow pine shows no sign
whatever of decay or dry rot The
effect of such coating seems to be to
petrify the surface of the wood. Whole
milk is better than buttermilk or skim
milk, as It contains more oil, and this
is the constituent which sets the ce
ment. If mixed with water Instead of
milk the wash rubs and soaks off read
ily. This mixture, with a little extra
of the cement from the bottom of the
bucket daubed on, makes the best
possible p'nlnt for trees where large
limbs have been pruned or sawed off.
Sslentliic American.
Housekeeping In France.
In a talk by Miss Maria Parloa
on Trench housekeeping, she said that
economy and patience were two strong
traits of the French housekeeper. Many
inconveniences and conditions un
known to American housewives have
to be overcome, but, notwithstanding
tlis, tbe French home Is a model of
neatness nnd comfort outside of, per
hups, the one point of temperature,
for lu France the question of fuel Is
au Important one. According to Miss
Parloa, French cookery Is not compli
cated, as Is generally supposed; for ex
ample, the usual French breakfast con
sists of a cup of coffee or chocolate
without cream and a slice of bread or
roll, and high seasonings of food are
unknown, herbs and vegetables being
used In preference to spices. This
statement of the situation Is contrary
to the general belief, and certainly If
we accept It as literally true, the highly-seasoned
dishes we obtain In Ameri
can large cities must be originated by
others than Frenchmen. I
Dig aud Little Purchases.'
"O Rudolph, you must get an auto
mobile." "1 can get tbe automobile on cred-j
It, all right, but bow long would your
grocer trust us for the gasoline J
Fliegende Blaetter. I
Giant of the Equine Race.
The greatest size a horse has been
known to grow Is 20 V4 hands high.
This Is the record of a Clydesdale
which was on exhibition In 1SS9.
Sacred Convert.
Yarmouth, Enaland, corporation for
bids smoking orf Sundays In Its new
pier pavilion, as tbe band plays sa
cred music.
There are some women who never
play the piano Id any other way than
as If trying a piece for the first time.
When you obeerve somV one's, fault,
see It you can't And a virtue, too.
It Is better to escape through a little
title than not at all.
LANGUAGE OF ANIMALS.
Bom of the Lower Creatures Able to
Imitate Bound.
The cries of animals are a species
of nutural biguage, according to a
writer In Forest and Stream. The
older grammarians, I remember, tat
us that crying, weeping, laughing, etc.,
'were examples of natural language;
they were expressive of feeling
natural to men and were understood
by all Intuitively. Tbe origin of spoken
or artificial language, as it Is called,
la a large subject nnd I do not propose
to enter upon It; but I presume that
all forms of natural language, Includ
ing the cries of beasts and birds, are,
as the term Implies, natural to them,
that Is, born with them; and the spe
cific cry of any species must be Ae
teruilued by some peculiarities of the
vocal organs lu that species. For ex
ample, a crow croaks and a rooster
crows, because by the peculiar
structure of their vocal arrangements,
they can utter those sounds more read
ily than any other. Yet, by training
and effort some of the lower creation
become able to Imitate and reproduce
other sounds than those most natural
to them, Just as the first natural out
cries of the Infant give way through
culture to the myriad utterances of
artificial language.
The bawling of a cow and the roar
of a Hon are quite different sounds
and, as things stand now, tbe sound
I uttered by one of these animals would
be quite Impossible to the other; yet,
as I read Darwin, either of these out-
cries niigiu in ume come to oe me
. natural cry of the other. If the two
i species of animals could be brought
I to live peacefully together aiul to the
I lion it should become apparent that the
I voice of the cow would be of great
value to blm, say In the matter of
I securing bis food, there Is no reason
I to doubt that he might In the course
of time, from effort transmitted from
generation to generation, come at
length to possess the dulcet notes of tbe
cow.
If the giraffe, which was orglnnlly
only a large antelope, has developed his
high forequarters, bis elongated neck
and bis long, flexible upper lip, from
bis efforts to browse on tbe higher
branches of the trees, and if the
flounder, which when young has Its
eyes on the opposite sides of Its head,
as any well-regulated fish would be ex
pected to have, Is able through long
continued effort to transfer tbe eye
that rests disagreeably on the Bands
around to the other side of Its head,
where It may be of some service, there
is no telling what varieties or modifi
cations of voice or shape may be
wrought in nature In the course of the
ages.
But let us have no meandering. A
kitten cries out, because In common
with nearly all animals, It Is furnished
with a certain vocal apparatus, aud Its
cry takes the peculiarity of a mew,
because that sound best responds to
its special vocal apparatus. Hence,
and especially in view of the little In
cident which I have related, I am led
to believe that the young of any ani
mal utters the same cry as Its mother
and not from imitation. I think a
young rooster crows and a young hen
cackles, not In imitation of their elders,
but, like the poet -who "lisped In num
bers," because "the numbers caine,
Imagine If Robinson Crusoe had landed
on his solitary Island with a good,
fresh-laid ben's egg In his pocket, and
he bad put it to batch under bis pet
parrot, the rooster, If such had come
forth, would have crowed out lustily
of a summer morning, and never would
have learned to say "Poor Poll!" in the
world.
CONVERTIBLE TABLE DESK.
Article of Furniture Embracing Ad
vantage of Two Piece.
An Ingenious piece of furniture Is that
just patented by an Indiana man which
comprises a desk and table. As Is
shown In the picture, the transforma
tion from one to the other is easily and
quickly accomplished through the
unique arrangement of the several
parts.
As a table a smooth rectangular sur
face Is presented which may be used
for any of those purposes to which tbe
drawing-room table Is usually put.
Rows of drawers, dainty lockers and
shelves line the sides of the affair. Con
verted Into a desk, tbe user has the
advantage of a smooth writing surface,
pigeonholes for the writing material
and paraphernalia and an ample upper
ledge or shelf for such use as he may
desire. Taken all In all, this Is one of
the most complete and handy contiiv-!
ances ef tbe kind that has been granted
patent rights recently.
Beacons fleld'e "Don't a.
An Inquiring aud aspiring person
once asked Beaconsneld to tell blm tbe
secret of social success. "Never dis
cuss the authorship of the Letters of
Junius," was the reply.
Beaconsfleld's latest biographer Wil
frid Meynell, adds something positive
to this witty negative rule for getting
on In tbe world. A distinguished mem
ber of Parliament begged the Victorian
statesman to tell bis young son some
thing to remember; something that
would help to make blm an agreeable
and popular member of society.
Beaconsfield hedged. "Model your
self after your father," he said to the
lad.
This was not entirely satisfactory.
and the M. P. insisted upon a definite!
rule of conduct
"Well, my boy," said Beaconsneld,
"be amusing. Never tell unkind
stories. Above nil, never .tell long
enes."
THE TABLE-DESK.
GEO. P. CROWELL,
i successor to E. L, Smith,
itablished House iu I lie 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 ol reasonable prices.
Lumber
Wood,
Posts, Etc.
Davenport Bros.
Lumber Co.
Have opened an office in Hood River.
Call and get prices and leave orJers,
w hich w ill be promptly filled.
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The place tn get an easy rhave, an up to date
haircut, anil to enjoy the luxury of a norcelatn
bath tub.
fl E. WELCH,
THE VETERINARY SURGEON.
lias returned to Hood River and la prepared
to lo any work In the veterinary line. He can
he found by calling at or phoning to Clarke's
drug store.
pIE NEW FEED. STOKE,
On the Mount Hood road, south of town,
keeps constantly on hand the best quality of
Groceries, Hay, tlrain and Feed at lowest
prices.
I). F. LAMAR, Proprietor.
JTUKEKA MEAT MARKET,
MrtlflliE BROS., Props.
Pealers in Frelh and Cured Meats, Lard,
Poultry, Fruits aud VegetnLie.
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