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CONQUEST fif CANAAN
By BOOTH TARKINGTON,
Autlior of "Cherry*** "Monsieur Besucalre," Etc.
O I 1 9 0 5 A E
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"Yes, ma'am—llvln' pitchers at Gold
berg's rat'skeller, and amunchoor
nlglits I nearly always done a sketch
with a gen'leman friend. That's the
way I met Mr. Fear. He seemed to be
real struck with me right away, and
soon as I got through my turn he ast
me to order whatever I wanted. He's
always gen'lemanlike when he ain't
bad too much, and even then he vurry,
vurry seldom acks rough unless he's
jealous. That was the trouble yes
terday. I never would of gone to the
Beach If I'd dreamed what was com
ta'! When we got there I saw Mike—
that the gen'leman that runs the
Beach—lookln' at my company and me
kind of anxious, and pretty soon he
sot me awayifrom Mr. Cory and told
me what's what Seems this Cory
only wanted me to gt with him to
make my husband mad, and he'd took
good care that Mr. -Fear beard I'd be
there with him. An' he'd be'n hangln'
•round me every time he struck town
Jest to make Mr. Fear mad—the fresh
thing! Yon see, he wanted to make
my husband start something again,
this Mr. Cory did, and be was fixed
for It"
"I don't understand," said Ariel.
"It's this way: If Mr. Fear attacked
Mr. Cory, why, Mr. Cory could shoot
him down and claim self defense. You
•ee, it would, be .easy for Mr. Cory, be
cause Sir. Fear'nearly killed him when
they had their first trouble, and that
would give Mr. Cory a good excuse to
•hoot If Mr. Fear jest only pushed blm.
That's the way It Is with the law. Mr.
Cory could wipe out their old score and
git off Bcot free."
"Surely not!"
"Yes, ma'am, that's the way It would
be. And when .Mike told me that Mr.
Cory bad got me out there jest to pro
voke my husband I went straight up to
him and begun to give blm a piece of
my mind. I didn't talk loud, because 1
never was one to make a disturbance
and start trouble the way some do,
and right .while I was tnikin' we both
see my husband pass the window. Sir.
Cory give a kind of yelling laugh and
put his arm round me jest as Mr. Fear
come In the door. And then It all hap
pened so quick tlint you could hardly
tell what was goin' on. Mr. Fear, we
found afterward, hnd promised Mr.
Louden that he wouldn't come out
there, but he took too much—you could
see that by the look of him—and fer
got his promise—fergot everything but
me and Cory, I guess.
"lie com&rlgfat up-to us,-wliere I was
try in' to git away.from Cory's arm—it
was the left one.he-had around.me and
the other behind his back—and neither
of 'em said a word. Cory kept on
laughin' loud as hecoald, and Mr. Fear
struck blm In the mouth. He's little,
but he can hit awful hard, and Mr.
Cory let out a screech, and. I see hit
gun go off right in Mr. Fear's face, I
thought, but It wasn't. It only scorch
ed him. Most-ot?«the other, gen'lemen
had run, but Mike made a. dive and
managed to knock the gun-to one side
jest barely In-time. -Then-Mike and
three, or four others .that come out
from behind things separated 'em, both
of 'em fightln' to git at each, other.
They locked-Mr. Cory up in Mike's
room and.took Mr. Fear oyer to where
Uiey hitch the horses. Then Mike sent
fer Mr. Louden to come out to talk to
my husband and take care of him—
he's the only one can do anything with
him when he's' like that—hut before
Mr. Louden could git there Mr. Fear
broke loose and run through a cornfield
and got away—at least they couldn't
find blm. And Mr. Cory jumped through
a window and slid down Into one of
Mike's boats, so they'd both gone.
When Mr. Louden come he only stayed
long enough to hear what had happen
ed and started out to find Happy—that's
my husband. He's bound to keep them
apart, but he hnBii't found Mr. Fear
yet or he'd be here."
Ariel had sunk back in her chair.
"Why should your husband hide?' abe
asked iu a low voice.
VaItln' fer his chance at Cory," the
woman answered huskily. "I expect
he's afraid the cops are after him, too,
on account of the trouble, and he
doesn't want to git locked up till he's
met Cory again. They ain't after him,
but he may not know It They haven't
heard of the trouble, I reckon, or
they'd of run Cory In. He's around
town today, drlnkln' heavy, and 1
guess he's lookln' fer Mr. Fear about
as hard as Mr. Louden la." She rose
to her feet, lifted her coarse hands and
dropped them despairingly. "OU, I'm
scaredl" she said. "Mr. Fear's be'n
mighty good to me."
A slow nnd tired footstep was heard
upon the stairs, and Joe's dog rau into
the roam drooplngly, wagged his tail
witli no energy and crept under the
desk. Mrs. Fear Wheeled toward the
door and stood, rigid, her hands clinch
ed tight, her whole body still except
her breast, which rose nnd fell with
her tumultuouB breathing. She could
not wait till the laggard step reached
the landing.
"Mr. Loudon!" she called suddenly.
Joe's voice came from the stairway.
"It's all right, Claudine. it's all fixed
up. Don't worry."
Mrs. Fear gave a thick cry of relief
and sank back In her chair as Joe en
tered the room. He came In sham
bllngly, with bis hand over his eyes
as If they were very tired and the
light burt them, so that for a moment
or two be did not perceive the second
visitor. Then he let his hand fall, re
vealing a face- white and woru.
"It's all right, Claudine," he repeated.
"It's all right."
He was moving to lay his hat on the
desk when his eye caught first the
roses, then fell upon Ariel, and be stop
ped stock still wltb one arm out
stretched, remaining for perhaps ten
seconds In that attitude, while she, her
lips parted, her eyes lustrous, returned
bis gaze with a look that was as In
scrutable as It was kind.
"Yes," she said, as If In answer to a
question, "I have come here twice to
day." She nodded slightly toward Mrs.
Fear. -"I can wait. I am very glad
you bring good news.".
Joe turned, dazedly toward the other.
"Claudine," be said* "you've been tell
ing Miss Tabor."
"I cert'nly have!" Mrs. Fear's ex
pression -had cleared, and her. tone was
cheerful.' "I don't 'set no harm in
thai. 'I'm sure-sbe's-a good friend of
yours, Mr. Louden."
Joe glanced at Ariel with a faint,
troubled smile and turned again to
O E S
"I've had a long talk with
Mrs. Fear.
Happy."
"I'm awful glad. Is be ready to lis
ten to reason she asked with a titter.
"He's waiting for you."
"Where?" She rose quickly.
"Stop," said Joe sbarply. "You must
be very careful with him"—
Don't you s'pose I'm goln' to be?"
she Interrupted, with a catch in ber
voice. "Don't you s'pose I've had
trouble enough?"
No," said Joe deliberately and Im
personally, "I don't Unless you keep
remembering to be careful all the
time you'll follow the first Impulse
you have, as you did yesterday, and
your excuse will be that you never
thought any harm would come of It
He's iu a queer mood, but he will for
give' you If you ask him"—
"Well, ain't that what I want to
do?" she exclaimed.
"I know, I know," he said, dropping
into the desk chair and passing his
hand over his eyes with a gesture of
infinite weariness. "But you must be
very careful. I hunted for blm moBt
of the night and all day. He was try
ing to keep out of my way because be
didn't want me to find him until he
had met this fellow Nashville. Happy
Is a hard man to come at when he
doesn't care to be found, and bo kept
shifting from place to place until
ran blm down. Then I got him In a
corner and told him that you hadn't
meant any harm—which Is always
true of you, poor woman—and I didn't
leave him till he bad promised me to
forgive you if you would come and
ask blm. And you must keep him out
of Cory's way until 1 can arrange to
have him—Cory, I mean—sent out of
town. Will you?"
"Why, cert'nly," she answered,
smiling. "That Nashville's the' vurry
last person I ever want to see again—
the fresh thing!" Mrs. Fear's burden
had fallen ber relief was perfect, and
gbe beamed vapidly. But Joe marked
ber renewed irresponsibility with, an
anxious eye.
"You mustn't make any mistakes,
he Bald, rising stiffly with fatigue.
"Not me. I don't take no more
chances," she responded, tittering hap
pily "not after yesterday. My, but
it's a load off my shoulders! I do hate
It to have gen'lcmon quarreling over
me, especially Mr. Fear. I never did
like to start anything: 1 like to see
people laugh and be friendly, and I'm
mighty glad It's all blown over.
kind o' thought It would all along.
Psho!" She burst Into genuine, noisy
laughter. "I don't expect either of
'em meant no real harm to each other
after they got cooled off a little,
they'd met today they'd probably both
run. Now, Mr. Louden, Where's Hap
py?"
Joe went to the door with her. He
waited a moment, perplexed then his
brow cleared, nnd he said In a low
voice: "You know tho nlley beyond
Vent Miller's poolroom? Go down the
alley till you come to the secoud gate.
Go in, and you'll see a basement door
opening Into a little room under Mil
ler's bar. The door won't be locked,
and Happy's in there waiting for you.
But remember"—
"Oh, don't you worry!" she cut him
off loudly. "1 know blm. Inside of
an hour I'll have blm laughin' over all
this. You'll see!"
When slie had gone be stood upon
the landing looking thoughtfully aft
er her. "Perhaps, after all, that la
the best mood to let her meet him In."
be murmured.
Then, with a deep breath, he turned.
The heavy perfume had gone, the air
was clear and sweet, and Ariel was
pressing her face into the roses again.
As be saw how like them she was he
was shaken with a profound and mys
terious sigh, like that which moves in
the breast of one who listens In the
dark to bis dearest music.
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CHAPTER XV.
KNOW bow tired you are," said
Ariel as he came back luto the
room. "I shall not keep you
long."
"Ah, please do!" be returned quickly,
beginulng to fumble witb the shade of
a student lump at one end of the desk.
"Let me do that," she said. "Sit
down." He obeyed nt ouce and watch
ed her as she lit the lamp and, stretch
ing upon tiptoe, turned out the gas.
"No," she continued, seated agalu aud
looking across the desk at him, "I
wanted to see you at the first possible
opportunity, but what I have to say"—
"Wait." he interrupted. "Lot me tell
you why I did not come yesterday."
"You need not tell me. I know."
She glanced at the chair which had
been occupied by Mrs. Fear. "I knew
last uight that they had sent for you."
"You did!" he exclaimed. "Ah, I un
derstand! Sam Warden must have told
you."
"Yes," she said. "It was he. And I
have been wondering ever since how
he heard of it. lie knew last night,
but there was nothing in the papers
this morning, and until 1 came here I
heard uo one else speak of It. Yet Ca
naan is not large."
Joe laughed. "It wouldn't seem
strange If you lived with the Canaan
that I do. Sam had been downtown
during the afternoon and had met
friends. The colored people are a good
deal Uk-3 a freemasonry, J'ou know. A
great many knew last night all about
what had happened and had their theo*
rlcs about what might happen today In
case the two men met. Still, you see,
those who knew also knew just what
people not to tell. The Tocsin is the
only newspaper worth the name here.
But even if the Tocsin had known of
the trouble It wouldn't have been like
ly to mention It. That's a thing
dou't understand." lie frowned and
rubbed the back of his head. "There's
something underno»ith it. Tor more
thau a year the Tocsin hasn't spoken
of Heaver Beach. I'd like to kuow
why."
"Joe," she said slowly, "tell me some
thing truly. A mau said to me yes
terday that he found life here Insuffer
able. Do you find it so?"
"Why, no!" he auswered, surprised.
"Do you hate Canaan?"
"Certainly not!"
"You don't find It dull, provincial, un
sympathetic?"
He laughed cheerily. "Well, there's
this," he explained: "I have an advan
tage over your friend. 1 see a more In
teresting side of things probably. The
people I live among are pretty thor-
ough cosmopolites In a way, ana. tno
life I lead"—
"I think I begin to understand a lit
tle about the life you lead," she Inter
rupted. "Then you don't complain of
Canaan?"
"Of course not."
She throw him a quick, bright, happy
took, then glanced again at the chnlr
In which Mrs. Fear had sat. "Joe." she
said, "last night I heard the people
singing in the houses, the old Sunday
evening way. It 'took me back so!'"
'Yes, It would. And something else.
There's one hymn they sing more than
any other. It's Canaan's favorite. Do
you know what It is?"
"Is It 'Rescue the Perishing?'"
"That's It. 'Rescue the Perishing!'"
he cried and, repeating the words
again, gave forth a peal of laughter so
hearty that It brought tears to his eyes.
'Rescue the Perishing!'"
At first she did not understand his
laughter, but after a moment she did
and joined her own to It, though with
a certain tremulousness.
It
Ib
funny, isn't It?" said Joe, wip­
ing the moisture from his eyes. Then
all trace of mirth left him. "Is It really-,
you, sitting here and laughing with
me, Ariel?'
It seeinB to be," she answered In a
low voice. "I'm not at all sure.1
You didn't think yesterday after
noon," he began almost In a whisper—
"you didn't think that I had failed to
come because I"— He grew very red
and shifted the sentence awkwardly.
I wag afraid you might think that I
was—that I didn't come because I
might have been the same way again
that I was when—when I met you at
the station?'
"Ob, no!" she answered gently. "No.
I knew better."
"And do you know," he faltered,
"that that Is all over? That It can
never happen again?"
"Yes, know It," she returned quick
iy.
"Then you know a little of what
owe you."
"No, no," she protested.
"Yes," he said. "You've made that
change In me already. It wasn't hard
—It won't be—though It might have
been If—If you hadn't come soon
"Tell me something," slie demanded
"If these people had not sent for you
yesterday, would you have come to
Judge Pike's house to see me? You
said you would try." She laughed
little and looked away from blm.
want to know If you would have
come.
There was a silence, and in spite of
her averted glance she knew that he
was looking at ber steadily. Finally,
"Don't you know?" be said.
She" shook her head and blushed
faintly.
"Don't you know?" he repeated.
She looked up and met his eyes, and
thereupon both became very grave.
"Yes, I do," she answered. "You would
have come. When you left me at tba
gate and went away you were afraid,
But you would have come:'
"Yes, I'd have come. You are right
I was afraid at first, but I knew," be
went on rapidly, "that you would have
come to the gate to meet me.
"You understood that?" she cried,
her eyes sparkling and her face flush
ing happily.
"Yes. I knew tbat you wouldn'
have asked me to come," he said, with
a catch in his voice which was half
chuckle, half groan, "if y^u hadn'
meant to take care of me. And
came to me that you would "know how
to do it."
She leaned back in her chair, and
again they laughed together, but only
for a moment, becoming serious and
very quiet almost instantly.
"I haven't thanked you for tbe
roses," he said.
"Oh, yes, you did! When you first
looked at theni."
"So I did," he whispered. "I'm glad
you saw. To find them here took my
breath away—and to find .you witb
them"—
"I brought them this morning, you
know."
"Would you have come If you had
not understood why I failed yester
day?"
"Oh, yeB, 1 think so!" she ^returned,
the fine edge of a smile upon her lips!
"For a time last evening, before 1
heard what had happened, I thought
you were too frightened a friend to
bother about."
He made a little ejaculation, partly
Joyful, partly sad.
"And yet," she went on, "1 think that
I should have come this morniug after
all even if you had a poorer excuse for
your absence, because, you see. I came
us in
"You did?"
"That's why I've come again. That
makes it respectable for me to be here
now, doesn't it—for me to have come
out alone after dark without their
knowing it? I'm here as your clleut.
Joe."
"Why?" he asked.
She. did not answer at once, but pick
ed up a pen from beneath her hand on
the desk and, turning it, meditatively
felt Its point with her forefinger before
she said slowly, "Are most men care
ful of other people's—well, of other
people's money?"
tooifrunncD.)
Preliminary.
Stella—I wonder why sentiment at
taches to a first kiss? Bella—It's like'
the first tooth. You've got to have It
beforo you get the second.—Brooklyn
Life.
Cat Laughter?
What was the origin of the phrase
"Enough to make a cat laugh?"
Dr. Murray's Dictionary notices only
"Enough to make a cat speak," which
is explained as signifying Something
extraordinary, especially something
very good to drink. "Old liquor able to
make cat speak" Is quoted from an
early eighteenth century source, and
therewith Stephano's remark to Call
ban Is compared, "Open your mouth
here Is that which will give language
to you, cat." Miss Squeers* maidserv
ant said that only to see Miss Squeers'
friend, Miss Price, toss her bead was
"enough to make a tomcat talk French
grammar." But even that Is not ex
actly laughing. Has it anything to do
witb the mythical Cheshire animal
London Chronicle.
On the Biai.
"What do people mean when they
talk about tacking?" asked Bobby, who
bad listened to a detailed account of
Ills sister's first experience In a sall
boat, but in much coldfusion of inlid.
"Oh, you'll know when you're a II
bit older," said his sister, but
small round face wore an expresi
of injury, and she had to explain fur
ther.
"Why, it's Just turning halfway
round," she said, with slight hesita
tion, "ajid then—and then you sail on
the bias."
AERIAL TELEGRAPHY.
I
First Attempted _,by Amonton* In th»
Fifteenth Century.
One of the first systems of aerial
telegraphy was attempted In tba fif
teenth century. .The originator vas
Amontons, at that time 'considered one
of the cleverest sclentlstiiof the world.
Yet you never hear the name nowa
days In connection wlthl-that of Morse
or Bell. Howevel-, Amontons develop
ed a system of signal tclography so
that a message could be sent from
Paris to Rome in three hours. Those
who assisted In the transmission of the
message along the line were unable to
tell the. nature of the message.
Posts were placed from Paris acfow
the Alps at consecutive points, where
men were stationed with telescopes.
Different signals, representing com
binations of letters, were run up at
each post. The man at the other end,
seeing the signal, placed a similar one
before his post, and so the message
was carried to Its destination.
The key to the signal was known
only to those who sent the messages!
la Paris and to the recipients a thou
sand miles away. Amontons was not
encouraged In his work by the puffy,
gouty functionaries of the time and
discontinued his efforts. Philadelphia
North American.
THE COTTAGE.
It Should Ba Without 8ham Elegance
and Elaboration.
There arc cottages and cottages. Any
modest, unpretentious house designed
on strlttly economical lines may be
fitly called a cottage, and It is mora
satisfactory to regard one's own sim
ple ltttte abode as a well built, commo
dious cottage than as a small house of
comparatively cheap construction aud
cramped dimensions. It Is when given
to the big swaggering seaside houses of
the rich that, the term "cottage" be
comes a misnomer aud an affectation.
To the man of moderate means the
very idea of building a cottage rather
than a house carries with it a sense of
making a home within bis means free
from vain striving for a sham elegance
and elaboration. The cottage wlilcii
apeB the mansion Is as absurd as tbe
affected and exaggerated dignity of the
pompous and undersized Individual
who seeks to create an Impression out
of all proportion to bis real Importance.
Since simplicity Is one of the main at
tributes of a well designed cottage, Its
charm and effectiveness must depend
upon the quiet excellence of Its propor
tion and the harmonious and unobtru
sive quality of Its coloring In relation
to Its surroundings.—Robert C. Silencer
In House Beauflful.
MISLED BY PARROTS
How Columbus Missed the honor or
Discovering This Continent.
A flight of birds, coupled with a sail
or's superstition, robbed Columbus of
the honor of discovering the continent.
When Columbus sailed westward over
the unknown Atlantic, he expected to
reach Zlpangu (Japan). After several
days' sail from Gomera, one of the
Canary .islands, he became uneasy at
not discovering Zlpangu, which, ac
cording to his reckonings, should have
been 210 nautical miles more to tbe
east.
After a long discussion he yielded to
the opinion of Martin Alonzo PInzon,
the commander of the Pinta, and steer
ed to tbe southwest. PInzon was guid
ed In lite opinion solely by a flight of
parrots which took wing In that direc
tion. It was good luck to follow in
the wake of & flock of birds when en
gaged upon a voyage of discovery, ac
cording to widespread superstition
among Spanish seamen of that day.
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If Columbus bad kept to his course,
he would have entered the gulf stream,
have reached Florida and then proba
bly have been carried to Cape Hat
teras and Virginia.
ADAM AND EVE.
The Forbidden Fruit, the Fall and the
Three Mystic Gifts.
Many are tbe attempts to Identify
the forbidden fruit Somfe say It was
tbe fig, others the grape, others, again,
the pomegranate, but tbe most "Ara
bian Nlghtlsh" description paints It as
an ear of wheat which looked like a
ruby and was as big as an ostrich egg
and grew on a tree whose trunk was
like gold. Its branches like silver anil
ltd leaves emerald.
Our first parents were expelled about
3 o'clock of the afternoon of Friday,
the 10th of May, having resided In
Eden seven years, two months, two
weeks and three days. Adam was
banished to Ceylon and Eve to Mecca,
and they remained apart for 200 years.
Adam, accbrdlng to some accounts,
spent half bis time weeping, with his
face to the earth. Others less chari
table aver that his solitude was cheer
ed by I.llltli, who resinned her former
relations with him.
-Wlieu he repented nnd rejoined Eve,
he begged that something might be
given him from the happy garden of
Innocence which he had forfeited,, and,
lo, In answer to his prayer three
mighty archangels were sent to him.
Michael bringing gold, Gabriel frank
incense and Raphael myrrh—mystic
gifts in after years associated with the
offering of the niagl, whom early
Christian tradition identified with
Enoch, Melchisedek and Ellas.
FLY FISHING RODS.
It lii the Weight Outboard From the
Hand That Tells.
Much pleasure will be found in buy
ing rods aud tackle. If inexperienced,
any old angler will rather enjoy help
ing., you out, or you can go to a first
doss shop, ask for a salesman who Is
an angler and tell him where you pro
pose to fish. If economy Is an object to
you, very fair working tools can be
had for a little money. It is surprising
to, handle some of the rods that are
priced at $5 to $10. I do not consider
weight In the scales of great Impor
tance, as I like a good sized, comfort
able handle. It is the weight outboard
from the handle that tells. One of the
lightest rods I ever saw weighed eight
ounces on the scales. It had a big, fat
woodeu handle and substantial fittings,
but the rod proper was very light. My
Individual preference is for a rod of
ten feet, but lots of men prefer some
thing shorter. I have seen good work
done with an eight foot rod, but there
Is a great difference in the power of
rods of the same length. A tall, strong
man can handle a rod of great power
and with a suitable line brim? out all
there is In It. lie may be able to do
this all day long without great fatigue,
^hilo a weaker person would be heav
andicapped and tired to death.—
'brest and Stream.
Not What They Expeoted.
Bride—Here is a telegram from papa.
Bridegroom (eagerly)—What does he
say? Bride (i-eadlng) Do not come*
home. All will be forgiven.
MOUNTAIN PICTURES.
It has been many years since the
great Rocky Mountain region was
wrested froui the red man and placed
In the list of civilized sections of North
America. j*(*t the memory of the Indian
1R kopt frrsh the mlnd of hte pnlo-
faced vanquishers and successors in
many ways. Though relegated to the
reservation, where his modes of living
and general conduct is watched over
(in fact laid down to him) by Uncle
Sam, his popularity is greater than one
not familiar with the subject would at
first suppose. His handicraft is In evi-
REAL COUNTRY LIFE.
Why the American Farmer Grows Old
Early In Life.
Any one who has lived on & farm
does not need to be told the reason
farmers grow .old early, for be knows
of the strain under which the Ameri
can farmer lives during the five
months of "spring and summer. His
workday Is from 4 or 5 In the morning
until 8 or 9 at night, Including chores
fifteen to seventeen hours of the hard
est kind of physical labor, and every
minute of it at high tension, especially
during harvest. Then comes a period
of relaxation In the fall, the one time
in the year when he has just enough
muscular exorcise to keep him In
health later, the winter season, ap
proaching stagnation, In which he
takes on flesh, gets "logy," and then a
furious debauch of hard labor through
the spring aud summer again. No
wonder that by forty-five he has bad a
sunstroke and "can't stand tho heat,"
or has "a weak back," or his "heart
gives out," or a cbllf "makes him rheu
matic/' and when you add to this fu
rious muscular strain the fact that the
farmer sees his Income put in peril
every season and his very home every
bad year, so that each unfavorable
change in the weather gets his nerves
on edge, it can be readily imagined
that the real "quiet, peaceful country
life" is something sadly different from
tbe Ideal.—Woods Hutchinson, M. D„
in Harper's.
An Optical Illusion.
An Interesting optical experiment
may be made with the ordinary incan
descent light. Gaze steadily at tbe
light for a few seconds, then suddenly
extinguish It. The experiment Is, best
performed in a very dark room. In
about half a miuute you will see the
perfect image of the light, with the
fine strands of wire plainly visible. It
will bored at first. In a few minutes
It will turn purple nnd then a bright
blue. Later It will apparently move to
the right. As you turn your gaze it
Will contiuue moving to the right. If
you keep your gaze fixed, it will come
back. It Is surprising how long the
Illusion will last. It will be seen for
fully five minutes, perhaps longer, and
If you turn on the light and look away
from It you will see the old image for
several mlnules, though more faintly
than in the darkness.
Saving Him.
Little Johnnie—Mother, tell me how
papa got to kift)w you. Mother—One
d&y I fell into the water, and he jump
ed In nn.l fetc-he 1 me out. Little John
nie— H'rn! That's funny he won't lot
me learn to swiin.—Tit-Hiis.
The dread of ridicule extinguishes
originality in Its birth.—Blackwood.
uslng Indian pictures as trade-marks
ami in other ways of geueral advertis
ing. The "Indian on His Mount," for
so many years used In poster form by
the Colorado Midland railway, is one
of the most familiar and widely clrcu
Intfvi livihn picturr? extant. Coincl-
THE SEVEN CASTLES.
—Colorado Midland Railway
dental with this fact, in a section of
the famous Seven Castles, through
which Midland trains run, there Is a
bangiug rock cliff which forms an al*
most perfect Indian chief's head, head
dress, feathers and all. The accom
panying picture was recently taken by
Harry E. Lee, an eminent writer on
"THE MIDLAND CHIEF."
dence from the effete east to the Pa
cific blankets, bows and arrows, pot
tery, oeads, moccasins, aud what not.
Indiau posters are, and always have
been, popular with the followers of
that fnd.
Mountains named by the red men
still retain their romantic-sounding ap
pellations.
Many business firms are fond of
BURNING MARTYRS.
animal and natural history, also a
photographer of considerable note.
Mr. Lee discovered this rock, which he
christened the "Midland Chief." The
Seven Castles are located in the Fry
ing Pan Klver valley, just beyond tho
continental divide on the Midland
road. The picture herewith repro
duced is from the celebrated painting
by Charles H. Harmou.
CARE OF CHAMELEONS.
In a
Cost of the Funeral Pyree Told
Curious Old Bill.
A bill for the materials with which
to burn Cranmer aud his fellow mar
tyrs Is probably the most curious and
suggestive document ever presented
for payment. The execution of I-atl
m'er and Ridley took place on Oct. 10,
1555, while Cranmer did not suffer
until March 21 of tbe following year.
'J'lie memorandum of the bill is in
cluded lu the book which was found
by Strype when he wrote his "Memoirs
of Archbishop Cranmer" lu 1693, In
which the expenses of tbe martyrs
Were entered during their Imprison
ment. This book Is probably some
where among the manuscripts of Ox
ford university, now a grim, matter of
fact witness to 11:fanatical hatred of
the day.
How Ba
These Little Creatures Can
Kept Alive For Years.
Chameleons can be kept alive for
years by making a frame to fit over a
plant in a flowerpot and covering
with inoscjuito netting, which must be
long cuough to tic with a string about
the pot. Keep the pot in the sunniest
window and water the plant every
day through the netting. You will be
surprised to see how eagerly the little
creatures will drink the rnifning wa
ter after they get over their fear
Set a wire flyftrap for files, which you
can liberate ljuder the '"netting. Tho
chameleous will not be backward
about helping .themselves,
Iu winter they do not require much
food, but will relish a meal worm oc
casionally on sunny days. Meal worms
The following are ex:'.c£ tvr.nscrlpta can sometimes be got at the grain
from tho bills by the person who had stores for the asking or can be pur
charge of the funeral pyre3: chased at the bird stores, or small
"Paid for the burning of Arclibisliop
Cranmer and his two 'fellow sufferers,
Ridley and Latimer: For one hundred
of wood fagots, Gs. for one hundred
and a half of furze fagots, Ss. 4d. to
tbe carriage of them, 8i. to two labor
ers, Is. 4d. to three loads of wood
spiders can be found in cracks and
crannies asleep for tho winter. They
may be frozen stiff if found out of
doors, but they revive in a warm room
Chameleons enjoy a place to sleep In
nights and winters. Take a piece of
red flannel four inches wide and eight
fagots to burn Ridley and Latimer,, inches long: roll it over a stick as
128. item, one load of furze fagots,
Ss. 4d. for carriage of these four loads,
2s. item, a post, Is. 4d. Item, for
chains, 3s. 4d. item, for staples, Od.
iten}, for laborers, 4d."—Scrap Book.
large round as your finger and sew it
while on the stick so that it will not
come unwouud then slip off and run
a wire through it long enough to sus
pend It from one of the brunches on
the plant. The chameleon will crawl
into this coxy bed and go to sleep.—St
Nicholas.
GRAFTING FISH TAILS.
An Interesting Art In Which the Jap
anese Are Experts.
Among the many interesting arts in
I which the Japanese excel is that of the
making of fish talis. Almost every one
1
has seen the "bush tailed goldfish, with
Its four, five and sometimes more long,
wavy tails, but It is hot generally
known that most of them are not its
own.
When the little goldfish are very,
very yoiiug their flesh is as clear
glass, so that one caii see eveiy bone hi
their tiny bodies. At this time the few
that are born with two or more tails
are put by themselves, aud then
queer looking old Jap, with a great
magnifying glass fastened in front of
his eye and wee sharp tools handy
reaches down under the water and
cuts off the tails of the plain little fish,
and then three or four of these tails
are joined on to the backbone where
the one was cut off and fastened there
with tiny bandages until they grow
fast.
The Japanese, who are very skillful
In queer tilings of this kind, grow the
finest goldfish In the world, and it is
very good business, for very fine fish
of this kind often bring as much as
$300 to $500, and oue sold not long ago
for $1,000.
•'V The Lady of the Lake.
"In the Days of Scott" there are two
anecdotes about Sir Walter Scott'
children in connection with his poem,
"The Lady of the Lake."
One day his daughter was met by
James Ballantyne, the publisher, in
her father's library and ask,ed what
she thought of the poem. She replied
that she had not read It and added:
"Papa says there Is nothing so bad
for young people as reading bad
poetry."
Scott's sou Walter returned from
school one day with evidences of hav
ing been engaged in a light. His fa
ther asked him what he had been fight
ing about. He replied that he had been
called a "laaaie" and bail resented it.
A little questioning showed that
young Walter's schooolfellows had
nlckuamed him *The Lady of the
Lake." which name the boy did not
understand except as a reproach to
his manliness.
Disraeli's Conticence.
Disraeli wrote a letter to his sister
In 1833 In which he said: "Heard
Macaulay's best speech, 'fehlel and
Charles Grant.' Macahlay admirable,
but/ between ourselves, I could floor
them all. This cntres nous (sic). I was
never more confident of auythlng thau
that I* could carry everything before
me In that bouse. The time will come.1
1
Deed of a Gallant Nobody.
It is not always tbe information car
ried by the recognized alds-de-camp to
on'1 from tbe commanding officcr in
battle which is of highest value. There
was a supreme moment during the bat
tle of Waterloo When (he Puke of
Wellington wao left absolutely aloue,
and that not when he was running the
risk of capture by sailing through the
enemy's lines. It simply meant that
every galloper hnd gone hW wn\ onHi
with his messnge. At thN moment, a
stranger rode up to the duke and quiet
ly asked, Can I be of any use, sir?'"
The duke took one glance at him and
unliesitatlugiy answered, "Yes, take
this pencil uote to the commanding of
ficer," pointing to a regiment in the
heat of the battle. The stranger look
the note aud galloped away with it
through the thick of the tight. He de
livered It, but what happened to him
no man knows. The duke always de
clared that to be one of the most gal
lant deeds that had ever come under
his notice. It was done without pros
pect of acknowledgment or reward,
and neither attended Its successful ac
complishment.—London Standard.
A Frost Desolated Land.
I learned from an eyewitness somo
thing about SiJltzbergen, that desert
arctic Island 500 miles north of the
North cape of Norway and within TOO
miles of the north pole a frost desolat
ed land, where the jjrass grows longer
than the trees and huge glaciers in the
ice bridged valleys amid the jagged
mountain:* move majestically down in
to tho sea until mighty icebergs, a
monstrous birth, break off and rise
to the surface an.id thunderous reports
-once the only sound that broke the
rafound silence of those awful soli
tudes. Spitsbergen is the only spot of
earth that is positively known as No
Man's land. It is the possession of
couutry and has nothing even re
sembling a specified government. The
Island seems likely to remain No
Mau's Land, though It Is said that an
effort lias been made by Norway to
establish some sort of protectorate over
it.—National Magazine.
Only Slight Mistakes.
Mrs. Lombard Is a zealous and loyal
friend, and she means withal to avoid
exaggeration, "it's perfectly wonder
ful to see the way Cousin Henry
counts bills nt the bank," she said to
a patieut friend. "Why, I thiuk they
are so lucky to have him! He'll take
a great pile of five aud ten and tweuty
dollar bills and make bis fingers fly
just like lightning nnd never make a
mistake!'*
"Never?" said the friend, who knew
Mrs. Lombard's weakness and could
not forbear the question.
'Why—no—nt least—why, perhaps he
might get 5 or 10 ceuts out of the way,
but not any more, ever." And Mrs.
Lombard spoke with the air of one
who has taken a stand and refuses all
chances to retreat.—Youth's Compan
ion.
VICTOR AND EDI80N
Talking Machines and
Supplies.
Talking Machines Bold on easy
payments. Nothing down and $1
a week until paid for. Call and
see them.
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Time Cards.
Manchester & Gneida "Rv.
TIME TABLE.
Train No.2 lonvns ManchestorHt 6-i5a. in.nr
rlvos atOnolriftatr-noa.m.Connocu
with west bouud C. ti. W. Mo. 0.
RoturuhiK leaven Ouelda at 6:47 a. ni.
arrives at Manchester atti i5a. m.
Train No. 4, loaves Manchester at 7 iR a.
arrives at Oneida at 7:48 a. m,, ooa
neets with oast bound 0. G. W. No
6. Returning leaves Oneida at 7:49
a. m., arrives al Bfauehester at 8:K
a.m.
Train No. 6. leaves Manchester at 8:66 a.
m., ar
rives at Oneida at 9:20 a.m. COD
nectswlth the north bound C. M.&
St. P., No, 82. Returning leaves
Oneida at 9:22, arrives at Manehestei
at 8:45 a.m.
Train No. 8, leaves Manchester at 2:t0p. m. ar
rives at Onolda at 2:ftn n. m. con
nects wltb C. G. W.. No. 4. east
bound, and No. 9r west bound Be
turning leaves Oneida at 3:85 p.
arrives at Manchester at 8:00 pm.
Train No to, leaves Manchester at 4:46 p. m.
arrives at Oneida ai 6:26 p. m, Con
nects with south bound O. M. ft St.
P., No, ai. ltemming leavesOneids
ai6:28p.m., arrives ti Manchester
6:45 p, ni I
I XEL8KY,
(Jen. Truffle Manager.
Through tickets for sale at Manchester to alt
points iu Nprtn America.
TRAIN WILL STOP ONLY AT
Belknap's Crnssiog, Platform at Quaker Mil
Swlicn. Franklin Street Crossing, bly's 0 rose
Ing, Mil er's oselng, Twin Crossing, West
brook 9 Cr"fibtng.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. R.
TIME TABLE.
Main Line Passenger Trains.
WEST BOUND
ol* U:K!pm
O401 it:82 pm
088 t6:63
o5 13:10a
No 8 2:54 pm
No 21 7:20 r~
MAIN LIKB
..Past Train..
Thro Express..
....Clipper....
..Fast Mail..
.Day Express.
KAST BOUND
No2* 1:48 am
No40t 8:41 am
No 84t8:6Bam
NoetlO:Ma
No 4 8:89 pa
iNoaa 7:60 pm
No 11:18 am
Ft Dodge Kx
Way Freight
CBPArt RAPIDS HttANOH.
North Bound ttet Cedar Rpd* Houtn Bound
Arrive—1 and Manchester -—Leave—-~
No.822 b:45p.m
No 334 6.ooa.m
No. 8G0 l:00p.in
...1
Passenger..
..tl*a8Benger...
....tFrelgnt....
No.M69:00a.m
No.386 6:00 p.U
No,8ti08:lG p.
•U above trains carry passengers.
•Dally.
tDally ExceptSunday.
H. G. PIBROS. Station Art.
No. S Runs to Omaha. Sioux City and 81. Paul
No. 3 Runs to Ft. Dodge only.
No. has connections to Omaha, Sioux City,
Sioux Falls, st Paul and Minneapolis and No. 8
from same points.
ompo.und Vapor, Tub and
Shampoo Baths.
Baths
I give the Co
nant eystam of
bathe, tbe moet
scientific ever in
vented or dli
covered fir pre
venting and out
ing dlaease.
Vapor,
Tub,
and
Shampoo.
Ladies'
Department
ADIES'
DEPART
MENT.
Setter Equipt
Than Ever
Before.
My ladies' de
partment ia in
charge of
Mia.
Nellie llowlck,
an expert In tbe
art ot giving
baths and sham
pooing.
Ottlce and bath rooms on Franklin
street, opposite Globe Hotel:
G. D. GATES.
J. HESNER,
Successor to Geo. B. Keyes.
Yor
Co.36'8™"1"''•NewD.0*
ilogtoo,
Branch Office, fit* Washington,
1
E. E. COWLES,
Proprietor ot
DRAY LINE
Am prepared to do all kinds of work in
my line. Moving 'safes, roueloal Instruments,
houLehold goods and heavy articles a speo
alty.
Bcsidenee Phone No 265.
Hesner'a Shop
la the place
to get a
square' Hg.
DEAL
BLACKSMITH I IMG
All of the old customers, who patron
ized me when I ran the Independent
blacksmith shop on the West side, are
invited to again 'give me their work.
I am now the proprietor of the abop
on Franklin street, formerly owned by
George fl. Keyes.
A. J. HESNKR,
Buy your Lumber, Soft
Coal, Mill Feed, Etc.,
ADELBERT CLARK, 1
®sl
Dealer in General Merchandise
Thorpe, Iowa.
When yon want
Fine Furniture
Ar-
Safe
Fair Prices
GO TO
Werkmeister's 1
AT
Earlville.
Undertaking SolicitedU
F. WERKMEISTER,
Earlville, lowa
it
PAINTING
All kinds of exterior and interior
painting, A specialty made of Car
riaee painting. Prices reasonable
ana satisfaction guaranteed.
S. J. fflaley.
Over Atkinson's Blacksmith
k?