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7VVODER./V \5ERM07Nv5 The tru'.y modern preacher Discusses every fad That comes to public notice • If it be good or bad. He speaks with graceful accent On "Should Our Hair Be Dyed" Or tells his congregation "The Proper Way to Ride." He wails "The Curse of Checkers." Or "Why We Leave the Farm!" But none has used this topic, "Turn In a Fire Alarm." He talks on "Mo.iern Writers," Or "Can Our Votes Be Bought,' .And sometimes he's just lovely On "Thoughtlessness of Thought." Some day an innovation Will suddenly be sprung Some conscientious preacher Will turn his silver tongue To words of hope and lieaVen And grace his voice will fill. And we'll get more religion And less of vaudeville. —Chicago Times-Herald. it*** rj =55? The Clutch of Circumstances. BY E. C. WALTZ. (Copyright, 1901, by Daily Story Pub. Co. When the wind swept the boat across the waters, tossing it to and fro in a mocking and mad glee, Carter Starr had only the one thought to save his companion and himself. The boatride was a mad* escapade on the part of both—a daring defiance of the old quarrel between her uncle and adopted father, Beiden Storms and his own family. But when the fates threw them together for a fortnight's sojourn at the sideside hotel, the two saw a humor in the situation that drove them into follies and pranks undreamed of before. He knew that she was pretty and an heiress. He knew that his own fortunes depended upon the caprice of his grandfather. She admired him with a woman's admiration, because he was forbidden to her by every tra dition of the Storms family. Introduced by accident and among strangers, the two laughed into each other's eyes and defied fortune and tradition. They met afterwards by those strange accidents^ that seem ar ranged for such cases, in the eaily morning dip in the sea, in the nooks of the long porticos, at night during the pauses of the dance—and, on an island party over the bay, in the dance itself because it was safe enough. But this afternoon had been utterly with out precedent. He had strolled away in his flannels for a smoke and to read while the hotel people napped after luncheon. And, in the shade of a great rock, he had chanced upon Eloise Storms awake, alert, saucy and mag netic. An hour later they went out for a sail over to Idle Rock. That was the story—only they had not counted on what might happen. What did happen made them help less, their boat disabled in a few mo ments, at the mercy of a wild sea. ,Then was the dreadful darkness of the m r~ ■ge / \A )j Jii "We shall be carried to sea." tossing waters and a blinding rain. Eloise's red parasol went to and fro toward the shore like a gay buoy at ■the first gust. And after it went her pique cap and his own soft felt, mere links in a chain of evidence in after hours. It was hard to say which was the paler face in the first realizations of the moment. But Eloise recovered herself with the courage of her race. ■'We shall be carried out to sea." • He looked at her with trembling lips ' "I should have known better than to have brought you." I She smiled bitterly. "And I should not have come. We are even. Can we get through the storm?" He looked out to the infinite, om nipotent sea. His reckless moods fell from him. The wind blew the girl's brown hair about her shoulders. He could not see her face. He tried to keep a control of the rudder for a long time but gave it up as useless. Out, out into the darkness and tossing wa ters they went with the receding tide. Finally he crept along close to her and took her hands. "You have been very brave—I think I will tell you that the boat may break up—later. It is an old one and leak ing horribly. Here is a rope. I will tie it about you and myself as well •as I can and to the mast and deck piece. Believe me, I will do all I can to save you." She put her hands on his shoulders and looked into his eyes. "Forgive me." "For what?" "Folly. I knew better than to dare Fate so." "So did I. You must forgive me A man should be wise." "And a woman discreet. What would my uncle and aunt say now?" He was knotting the rope about her. "We may never know. Now we cannot be separated. If one drowns, the other will. It is just, is it not? And it makes chances." "I would not have it any other way. Who wants to go into the Unknowa alone?" He rose up .suddenly. "Eloise, the worst is coming. Give me your hand, no, hold to me. See She looked seaward and saw that which made her shriek and cling to him. on a as Two hours later they lay somewhere on the sand, still in a terrible darkness and the storm raging about them That they were alive seemed a miracle. When consciousness returned to him the sea was washing their bodies. He had dragged her higher onto the sand and discovered that she was not dead. Now her head was pillowed on his shoulder and her face hidden on his breafct. "Where are we?" "I do not know. We must wait for light. It may be an island—it may be the shore." She laughed bitterly. "It does not make much difference, I shall never go back." "Why? 0, I know, I know!" "You do not know the Storms. I am forever disgraced in their eyes, would rather be dead. I shall never go back. Get me away somewhere and let me disappear. I will work, any thing, anything, rather than face my uncle." Her voice was scornful and dreary enough. He smoothed her wind roughened hair. "Do not think that I do not know. I cannot see that my own case is very different. I, too, have offended against the unwritten laws. I also must bear my punishment." "Which will be " "My grandfather never forgives." "I know that well." After a long silence during which the wind seemed somewhat less ter rible, he said, in a low tone: "But I will make it up to you." "How can you?" "I can at least save you from the worst." "The worst," she shuddered. "I can make you my wife." "You? And I was to make auch a great marriage.' "So was I. Perhaps this is one. We can call it so." She wrung her hands. "I cannot go back alone. I cannot. But nothing could be worse than the return. I see no other way. Can you brave it?" He smoothed her hair from her fore head. "We know the world and we see the situation. We were saved together and are known to have been out on the sea by this time. I will take you back as my wife. That will be the only thing now—as I see." "But marriage—marriage is a sol emn, a sacred tie." "So it is. We will try to do our duty. I think death has purified our souls tonight. So be comforted and we will see what the light brings us. It may solve the problem of what to do next.". In the faint gray dawn he awoke from a troubled sleep. They were on a long sandy beech. Clear across the bay were the buildings of the great hotel. Beyond and above them was a small village and the cross of a tiny stone church showed over the trees. "The way is found," he said, calmly, "come, we will go yonder." The news of their rescue went by telephone to the great hotel and the whole house, excited by their disap pearance and survival, waited on the piazzas and at the wharf for their re turn on the coast steamer. The people at the village had given them some clothing but they presented a strange appearance as they stepped on shore. At the gang-plank stood a white-haired old man and a red faced middle-aged man. They were both stern and choleric, their great relief finding vent in hot anger. The culprits came together. Carter Starr held his head high and his lips were as set as his grandfather's own. Eloise was wan and clung to his arm. There was a loud huzzahing «f the passen gers and a dash forward to shake hands. "Wait," he cried, "and I'll give you something to halloo for. Miss Storms and myself have been very near Death 1 à r* ft - m They were both stern and choleric. and have come back as we were saved, together. We were married this morn ing at St. Stephen's across the bay." The old man's eyes at once met those of the red-faced man's in a look of intense relief. He caught his grand son's arm. "And you did right, you scamp!" he roared out, "You are always a gentle man." And Eloise felt her uncle's wet cheek against her own. "The proper thiag," he sobbed, "the proper thing—and, under the circum stances, the only thing." Assistant Secretary Sanger a Worker. One of the hardest workers and most industrious officials of the United States government, according to The Army and Navy Register, is W. Cary Sanger, the assistant secretary of war. He reaches his office about 8 o'clock in the morning and keeps at work with only a short interpaission for a noon day luncheon until 6 o'clock and after. He finds time to see everybody, and to talk according to the merit of the case. Where Cotton-Orowlnj Has Increased. American cottonseeed is responsible for a tremendous increase in the pro duction of cotton in Russia, middle Asia, Bakhara and Khive. The year 1900 shows an increase of 44 per cent over 1899 in the Asiatic lands, and the increase in the Russian district is 2S per cent. Most of the former corn fields are now being planted with cot ton. Too Much for Him. She—Don't you love to hunt four leafed clovers? He—No; I hunted them with an other girl once, and we ran upon one in a jeweler's window—green anc white enamel—diamond dewdrop in the center—$25. Happy is he who lets himself o"w< no mau and lets AO man owe him. WORKS IN UIQ WORDS Zlty Official lanvuage He Does Not Understand. There is a certain city official who, although capable enough in his busi ness, is notorious for his lack of knowledge of the king's English anrl for his fondness for big words, says the New York Times. He came to his office one misty, muggy day and, noticing that the air was foul, called out to one of his subordinates: "Open that win dow and putrefy the air!" On another occasion, when called upon to take ac tion for an infraction of one of the city ordinances, he was asked where he got his information. "Oh, I got word through a unanimous letter that this work was being carried on supersti tiously." Speaking of his horse, a tine trotte!;, which he drives almost daily on the speedway, he remarked: "I can't drive out for some time because Jack (the horse) has a spasm on his hind leg. On another occasion, speak ing of a severe storm in which he had been caught, he said: "It was a per fect toronto." Once in ^peaking of his daughter, who, he said, was inclined to be musical, he remarked: "I am joing to send her to the Controversy of Music." Once he felt ill and blue, and, o a friend, he remarked: "I am çrowing feeble and feel as if my work ng days were about over. I am a poor 3ian and suppose I'll have to pass my ast days in some institution for in iignant old men." f5c Wonders of Dying Dolphin. We were on a sailing ship, seven passengers of us, bound from Rio de laneiro, Brazil, to New York. Our ship was a bark, the Adelaide Pender ?ast, owned in New lork. She had been long out from her home harbor, ärat to Cadiz, Spain, with merchan dise; thence to Rio de Janeiro, for :offee, with which she was now laden. Her crew were Norwegians, her master 3apt. John Lawson, as jolly an Irish man as ever sailed the salty waves, äays a writer in Forest and Stream. 'Hurrah!" cried the captain one day. 'Here is something new for you! Come and se£ a dolphin, most beautiful fish that lives in water." We made a rush for the bulwarks, and to our de light saw swimming along with us sev eral emerald-hued fish, from three to five feet long, graceful in shape and motion. Their bodies were like satin, of a delicate green shading to a deeper hue at the fins. Darting and whirling, they changed places rapidly, moving from one side of the ship to the other. "I'll give you a sight you never saw before," exclaimed the captain. "You shall see a dying dolphin." He brought his gig, a small harpoon, with its cruel fishhook darts, and fastening a line to its long handle, made it secure around his wrist. "Can't hook these fellows with a hook and line," he said. We had already been regaled with shark and barracuda from the line that hung at the stern. The captain leaned over the rail. With lithe motion the fish darted under the weapon suspended over them. A quick plunge, with sure aim, a green flash through the air, and the struggling, leaping victim was landed on the deck. And how we saw the dying dolphin. Let scientists ex plain how it changes its colors; we can but make record of its appearance. The glowing green died away to silver. This became spotted with blue, which gradually spread until the whole fish was a sapphire color. Waves of gold flashed over it, growing deeper until it was golden fish, only to be trans formed into a roseate one by spots which came and extended. Thus from color to color changed the gleaming sides of the quivering beauty of the deep, until pity was almost forgotten in admiration and we exclaimed: "Never have we seen anything more beautiful than a dying dolphin." We were practical enough to enjoy the friend fish, of a delicate golden brown, which was a welcome relief to our salty bill of fare; but that is common place recollection compared £n the mind's eye with the memory uf the fish, which, swanlike, yields its charms in the dying hour. ble of I in How Jamie Landed His Bip FTsh. A fifty-two pound catfish was taken from a shallow pool formed by the subsidence of the Platte river, à f days ago, says a Fremont, Neb., c spondent of the Nebraska State .. nal. Jamie McLean, a boy of about 15 years, was going after some of his father's horses in Saunders county and nappened to hear a splashing; of the water behind him. He looked around and beheld a fish of huge proportions floundering around in the pool. He at once formed a lasso of the rope he was carrying and proceeded to fasten it round the head of the fish. While he "was thus engaged the creature knocked him down once with its tail, but he finally managed to get the rope in place. He then mounted his horse and fastened the end of the rope to the saddle and started for the shore. The fish was s® strong that progress was made but slowly, and at one time the horse bfigan to sink in the quick sand, but after considerable pullin;; and hau'.ing the catch wa-s safely landed. TOLD OF JOB JEPWiRSOK. Variation to Suit the Periion Of »I Very Old Story-Identlfled Ulm «elf. 7 >re Joseph Jefferson became so weli known, and during the memorable' run of "Rip Van Winkle" at Booth's i old theater at Sixth avenue and Twen ty-third street, somebody sent him ftj check made payable to himself. The' amount has no special bearing upon the* anecdote. Jefferson needed the money, and, after indorsing the check, present ed it for payment at the bank. "You will have to be accompanied by some one who will identify you before I ! am privileged to cash your check," said the paying teller, politely. Jefferson insisted that it was impos sible for him to do so before the time came for the bank to close, and that he was in immediate need of the money. But the paying teller was immovable. Turning away and walking toward the door, Jefferson said, sadly: "If my dog Schneider was here he would identify me." "Here," called the paying teller, "Mr. Jefferson, hand me your check. There's but one man in the world who can say those words."—New York Times. How'» Tbl«? We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for anj jase of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall'i Catarrh Cure. P. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, a. We, the undersigned, have known P. X Cheney for the last 15 years und believe him perfectly honorable In all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obliga tions made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggist»,. Toledo, " Ktnnan & Marvin, Wholesala Druggists. Toledo. Ohio. Walding, _ Toi Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free; Price f5c per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Hall's Family Pills »re the best A New Theory of Evolutiw». According to Nature, a most reputa ble authority in scientific matters, a. "momentous discovery" in roiatlon to the origin of species among plants has been made by Prof. de Vrles, the fam ous botanist and biologist of Holland, Hio observations indicate that new plant species appear suddenly by muta tion, never as the outcome of a pro gressive variation; and he claims to have been able, for the first time, to watch the formation and development of new species. In commenting on thi» discovery Nature says that it is inaugu rates a new period In origin of specie® and evolution theories. PATIENTS. List of Patent« f«»wed to Northw« North «renter» Inventors. Otto A. Bronson, Minneapolis, Minn., coin -ccntrolllng weighing device; Fred erick R. M. Cutcheon, St. Paul, Minn., timed electric switch for multiple-rate meter system ; Edwin E. Darling, Ana conda, Mont., electric breke-release; I i deli s Lucking, Detroit City, Minn.» secondary electric clock; William P: Shpttv.ck, Minneapolis, Minn., envelop*. Lothrop & Johnson, patent attorneys, Oil * #12 Pioneer Pre3S Bldg., St. Paul, Minn. Telegraphy and Matrimony. The English government gives away $50,000 a year, more e« less, to encour age matrimony among the women em ployes of the telegraph service. Wo men enter the service at the age of six teen. After six years, when the operat or has reached the official marriageable age of twenty-two* she is entitled to an allowance from the state. For each year of service she can draw^ one month's pay. As her salary is $25 per month, she can then claim $150. If she waits until she is twenty-eight she can. draw $400. In practice the average sum paid has been found to be about $20u. Are Yon Usina; Alten'« Foot-Ease? It is the only cure for Swollen^ Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and bunions, Ask for Allen'» Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad dress Allen S. Olmsted. Le Roy, N. Y. Natural Clay Images. Many beautiful and really wonderful concretions are found in the clay bed® of the Connecticut valley. A recently published description of them says t'hat. they appear in four principal types— disc-shaped, cylindrical, grape clusters and imitations of animal forms. The latter are the most striking, the forms» imitated being those of fishes, birds, el ephants, ant-eate«», dogs, babies? feet,, etc. Each bed' ba=» a form peculiar ti> itself. Mri. Wlnsto-x'» woottitng Syrup. For children teething, th^gnm», reduces tw Oainm»tlou, allays paln.r- . as wind colic. 35c a bottlfc. The Reformer's Way. "That social reformer has a very spectacular way of presenting some ex traordinary theories.' "Yes The man is either posing, or supposing all the time."—"Wartiingto» Star. Teachablei Wirabletofi.—Hello, old man! Have you taught your dog amy new tricks yet? Q'iimbleton—Yes; I've- been teachin& hlra to eat out of my iKtnd. He ate a bis Piece out of it yesterday—Fun. Changed Clrcnmstan««®. 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