THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBUPO. P
The Hermit
of the
Bay.
On a reef Jutting out Into New
York Ray from the Jersey shore
liere is a lighthouse an oasis In
the water. It Is built on a rock
i "nidation and the walls rise
i flight from the water. There 1b
i garden, no promenade, no plctur.
;,ie surroundings, ns are found In
; :i!ntlnss of lighthouses. The reef
. rithoiise was built for service, not
nppoarnnce.
Old Crofnt had lived so long on
the buy that he was soured on hu
nanlty. He talked with himself so
long that he cared for conversation
with no one else. Once every two
weeks he rowed to the shore It
was a pood two-mile pull over chop
py wa'er and brought back his sup
plies. He also brought a cask of
oil, a Jug off, j i. ...
whlBkey and J JJJil
a pound oil
tobacco. )
This was
the one In
terruption to
the solitary
life of the
hermit ofthe
bay. He was
a hermit in
truth more
so than the
mr.n who
lives alo n e
In the woods.
One day a"The photograph was
boatj scraped that of his lodger."
against fid Crofllt's front door. A
man 1 ast thirty years of age, well
dressed, and evidently a nervous
person, entered the lighthouse. Old
Crofflt stared at him in surprse. It
was hi.-i first visitor in many years.
"Well?" said Crofflt, at last.
"My name's Elklns," said the
stranger. "I've comu out to call on
you." And be smiled In a peculiar
manner.
"Well?" said old Crofflt, once
more.
"You see, It's like this," said the
stranger, or Elklns, as he should
' now be called. "I want to stay with
you for awhile. Oh, I'll pay you
well," be added hastily, as he saw
the frown gathering on Crofflt's face.
"I think two or three weeks In the
-'.Iddle of the bay would do me good.
n run down In health too much
.tenement and work."
"Can't do H," said Crofnt.
'Gainst the rules. Nobody but a
jol 'ud want to stay here anyhow."
"That's all right," said Elklns,
"I'll pay you well for your trouble
and no one will be the wiser. You
see I get funny notions sometimes.
I saw this light aa I was riding on
a ferryboat and the Idea of living In
the middle of the bay has taken Buch
a hold on me that I can't shake It
oft. I've Just got to live here."
Old Crofflt shook his head.
"See here," persisted Elklns. "I
am prepared to fix you up all right.
What would you say, now, to $159
for two weeks' board In your
house?"
Old Crofnt still shook his head,
but the light of greed was beginning
to show in his eyes. He was as
much a miser as any feci u Be becomes
while living alone.
"I'll make It double the amount,"
said Elklns. "You see I am deter
mined. This may seem peculiar to
you, but then I am a peculiar man."
"Well," said old Crofflt at last, "If
you want to be a real fool I guess I
might as well take advantage of
your crazlness. It's a risk, but
I'll chance It."
Elklns brought In his suit case
and made himself at home. For
three days he did nothing but smoke
and walk nervously from window to
window In the lighthouse.
He made Crofflt nervous, but the
old man was willing to put up with
the Inconvenience for the money. El
kins rarely slept. He Just walked
back and forth In the room and
smoked Incessantly.
At the end of a week he did not
look well. He became feverish. The
old man fixed him up In a bunk and
gave him gome simple remedies, but
Elklns continued to grow worse. In
another day he became delirious.
"He ought to have a doctor," so
liloquized Crofflt, "but that means
that I'll be found out and get fired
for having a boarder. I guess quin
ine's what he needs, the dampness)
was too much for him."
So old Crofflt made his patient
comfortable, barred the windows,
and after locking the door from the
ouilde, rowed to shore.
While waiting his turn In a drug
Rtore, Crofflt picked up a newspaper
and casually glanced over it. A pho
tograph on the front page caught his
attention. He looked at It closely,
then hastily read the article accom
panying It. It told of the robbery
of a New York trust company. The
teller walked out with 176,000 in a
suit case.
Old man Crofflt's heart began to
beat fast. The photograph waa that
of his lodger the sick man In the
lighthouse. And there waa tea
thousand dollar reward for his cap
ture. ,
Crofflt waa fairly daaed. After
awhile hla excitement cooled. He
took his quinine and going to his
boat sat down in the stern and
thought over the whole matter.
Tfn thousand dollars! That was
a whole lot of money. lie did not
mind giving up another man and see-
Ins him go to prison. Not If the
recompense was ten thousand dollars.
Crofflt quickly made up his mind.
He had a friend, a detective, who
worked along the water front. ' He
hunted him up and, first, in crafty
mnnner, binding him to a division of
tin! promised reward, told his story.
The detective went with Crofflt at
euro.
They were in the middle of the
bry, tossing along on the rough wa
ter, pounding the reef, planning Just
l:o-.v they would take Elklns when
they were Interrupted by a long
dr.iwn out yell.
Crofnt paused on his oars and look
ed toward the lighthouse, Then,
leaping to his feet he pointed to the
platform in the top of the tower.
Thpre, dancing about and waving his
arms, cWarly out of his mind, was
the sick man.
"I never thought of him climbing
to the light," said Crofflt, as he bent
to his oars. "We'll have to hurry."
Finally, when the boat was quite
near, the sick man ceased his fren
zied dancing and yelling, and regard
ed the man In the boat.
"Ho!" he shouted, laughing wild
ly. "You think you can catch me,
eh? Well, you can't. See there's
the water and It's cool. My head is
burning. The old man lit a fire in
It as I slept. He wanted to use nie
as a torch In the tower. Hut I'll fool
him."
"Crazy as a loon," muttered Crof
flt, still rowing fiercely.
"I'm going to put out the fire,"
yelled KlUins, and with another un
earthly howl of laughter, ho leaped
Into the bay. His body was caught
in the swirl
of the Ude
and quickly
carried away.
Crofllt and
t'.ie detective
were as
tounded. They rowed
to the place
where he
bad go n e
down and
hovered over
spot for a
1 a 1 f hour.
Then they
entered the"With a howl, he leaped
I 1 g hthouse. into the bay."
The detctlve, purely professional,
immediately began prowling through
the effects left by Elklns. He forced
open a suit case and bundles of
green notes bulged out and fell upon
the floor.
Both men were silent for a long
time. They continued to stare at the
wealth before their eyeB.
"It's frightful, isn't it!" finally
whispered old Crofflt.
The detective did not answer. He
was narrowly eyeing Crofflt as well
as the money.
"Crofflt:," he said at last, In meas
ured voice, "Crofflt, we're out in the
middle of the bay."
"Yes?" said Crofflt.
"No one but we two saw that poor.
crazy fellow Jump."
"No one," said Crofflt, his face
flushing and his features straining as
he comprehended.
There was another long silence.
"Crofflt," finally said the detec
tive, "Crofflt, how would you like
to quit tending lighthouse? Say
how would you?"
And that's how it came that the
hermit of the bay resigned his posi
tion two weeks later. That's why
the trust company never located Its
missing teller or the stolen property.
Abyss of Ocean.
More than half the surfaoe of the
globe is hidden beneath water two
miles deep; 7,000,000 square, miles
lie at a depth of 18,000 feet or
more. Many places have been
found five miles and more in depth.
The greatest depth yet sounded is
31,200 feet near the Island of Guam.
If Mount Everest, the world's
highest mountain were plucked from
its seat and dropped into this spot,
the waves would still roll 2,000 feet
above its crest.
Into this terrible abyss the waters
press down with a force of more than
10,000 pouuds to the square inch.
The staunchest ship ewer built
would be crumbled under this awful
pressure like an eggshell under a
steam roller.
A pine beam fifteen feet long,
which held open the mouth of a trawl
used in making a cast at a depth of
more than 18,000 feet, was crushed
flat as if it had been pressed be
tween rollers.
The body of a man who should
attempt to venture to such depths
would be compressed until the flesh
was forced into the interstices of the
bones and his trunk was no larger
than a rolling pin. Still, the body
would reach the bottom, for any
thing that will sink In a tub of water
will sink to the uttermost depths of
the ocean.
The Kartte Tree Makes flutter.
In the search for new plants of
utility attention has been drawn to
the Karlte tree of Fienoh West Afri
ca and the adjacent territory to
the eastward. This la not a forest
tree but grows In open spaces and In
gardens. Its fruit IS edible. The
hard shell contains a fatty substance
used by the natives aa butter and It
la suggested , that this substance
should be valuable for other pur
poses. The gum not like rubber
In to which the sap coagulates is an
other artlole of possible commercial
value.
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WHERE GUNUA FAILED.
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A Lesson On Temperance Which the
Pntliydernin Did Not Itellsh.
Out of the kindness of Its corpor
ate heart a big brewing company
sent a score of :-tout beer kegs to
the Now York Bronx Park Zoo ro
ccntly, accompanied by an explana
tory note to Director Hornaday that
they were to be used for tha humani
tarian purpose of aiding the bears
and a number of other of the larger
animals to drive dull care away.
Among those outside the immediate
bruin lamily who were favored with
the gifts were Gunda, the huge In
dian elephant, and Pete, the youth
ful hippo.
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GUNUA AND HIS TRUNK LINE.
It was one of the hottest days of
a torrid spell when Keepers Thiininn
and Hayreuther rooler. Chtrdu' kfg
into him. The Intelligent pachy
derm hailed Its advent w'.th loud
trumpetlngs of Joy and and with a
mighty heave landed It h!gu above
his head on the shelf beside his b'g
square savings bank.
Tugging impatiently at the buns
Ounda had It out in a Jiffy. Then, a
beatific smile overspreading his ex
pansive features, the Ingenious ele
phant improvised a beer pipe by ex
tending his trunk to the bung hole
and expectantly awaited results. It
took Just about thirty seconds for
the thirsty banner-pachyderm to
realize thut he had been hoaxed.
Then he angrily broke the cask
to smithereens.
When the brewing company man
agement heard of Gunda's disap
pointment they wanted to send the
boast a full keg of their wares, but
as intoxicants are not allowed on the
Zoo reservation, this could not be
done. Instead they presented the
big fellow with another and a stouter
empty, so strongly riveted and bound
with cast. Iron hooks that all the ele
phant's attempts to wreck it have so
far been defeated.
The Training of Dogs.
Nowadays there Is a great craze
tor acting dogs dogs which come on
tte stage and do things by them
selves. In every case the trainer be
gins by leading the dog through the
movements he has to make, and at
each lesson the trainer does exactly
the same thing in the same way and
uses the same words in giving a
command.
A dog is taught to beg by being
first backed up into a corner where
he has two walls to rest against. He
is taught to walk on his hind legs by
by being led about In this position
while the trainer supports his front
legs. Jumping is a very easy trick
to teach. The trainer begins by
holding a stick co low down that th
dog cannot walk under it. By de
grees the stick Is raised until the dog
is compelled to Jump In order to get
over it, and directly he does so he is
well rewarded. Performing dogs re.
celve most of their food In the
shape of rewards tor good conduct.
Every now and then one hears of
an outcry against the cruelty )t
teaching dogs to perform tricks. The
outcry may b Justified 1c the case of
dogs that are taught to Jump over
very high obstacles, because that is
about the only kind cf a trick which
can be taught wi'h a whip. It Is
possible to "whip a dog" over a high
Jump. Tho audience does not see
the whlpper because the do& starts
hjs "run up" out or Bight at one side
of the stage. A whip is worse
tnan useless to the trainer who is
teaching a dog to do a trick in which
the animal appears to thinK.
A dog is taught to apparently dis
tinguish between colors by learning
a secret signal glveu to him by his
trainer when he gets to tne desired
color. Sometimes the signal Is the
snapping of the lingers done very
softly, and In . way not noticed by
the audience. Sometimes the sig
nal Is even less noisy than that, and
consists in the clicking of the ualls
of the thumb end first finger. Once
train a dog pick a thing up when
he hears the stgnai to do so, and you
have taught him a variety of tricks
such as adding up a sum, telling the
time by looking at a watch and so
Elephant vs. Railroad.
Elephants are one of the perils of
railroac life In Indo-Chlna. The
Bangkok Times says that when the
morning train from . Bangkok was
near Bad Klap an elephant walked
on to the track. The engineer
Bounded bis whistle hut the elephant
trumpeted loudly, lowered Its head
and. charged the oncoming train. So
great waa the Impact that the ele
phant waa killed on the spot and tb
engine derailed and badly damaged.
The elephant's tusks were smashed
off, but when a search waa made for
them they could not be found. Some
one bad walked off with them.
AN AHT OK SMILING.
And a Lost Art at That to the
Wo m mi villi a Smirk.
What charm there Is In a smile, yet
what a rarity these days! Many of
us, especially women, Jiave lost the
art. We have smiled so much and
so often to order, from a sense of
duty, that nov the charming sponta
neity of the act has entirely dis
appeared. A smile to be worth anything must
nn be a continuous performance. The
hablMinl smile of society Is tola!!)
devoid of charm from Its unchanging
and unbroken quality. It has no
more meaning than a mask. !!!'
which It may ho removed nt win.
What do society maids know, tho 'r
who are called bright, anltnnt"!,
spuikltnir, cf the genuine, the- en
constralned smile? When the sun
bma'.is out of a cloudy sky, then the
heavens brighten. So tho suiMc:i
light, eraditlng a grave and tender
face Is the glow that counts, thi (lash
that Is Irresistible.
Many a demure little mouse of a
woman receives love where the bril
liant society favorite must be satis
fied with admiration, all beciuuJ
some man has been caught by the
thrill of tho soul-smile. It Is a gift of
the gods Just as beauty Is or pleas
ing voice.
There are features which do not
lend themselves readily to smiles.
yet a plain face at a momentary
lighting up may become Irresistible.
Expression can change tho counte
nance almost beyond recognition.
Nothing is more difficult to pnln than
a smile. A grin may be photograph
ed hut rarely a smile; for Instead
there appears a smug expression
which lrrltatos while it amuses.
The rainbow smile bo'.ongs to po
etry. "With a smile on her lip and
a tear In her eye," says Scott. This
brings to mind the sort of heroine
h loved brave, tender, sympathet'e
nnd exquisite. Sweeter than all Is
the smile of sympathy; a word Is
said, a meaning grasped, a shade of
feeling understood, and Instantly
comes the answering glow. It may
flash from the face of a stranger, yet
is always welcome nnd fascinating.
Often It sows the seeds of love.
How exquisite la the book that
passes between mother and child, or
between man and woman who live
only for each other! The genuine
smile is a sure passport. Coming
from the heart It fascinates man and
woman alike.
It coaxes tne most unrelenting. It
softens ill-temper and goes twice as
far as servile tip or lordly command.
This Is the heaven-sent smile. It
cannot be aehle.ed by art; It is the
outcome of a sweet, sunny nature.
A Dlrectolre Gown.
So much has been written of the
Dlrectolre dresses that have scandal
ized even Paris that one shies at the
name, but a dainty and highly ap
proved type of the present French
rage Is typified In this dainty toilette.
The skirt Is divided, but after the
Ures of a tunic, there being an under
skirt of soft moussellne de sole In
stead oi the tights ueed in the
Frencn Dlrectolre dress. It Is
smooth fitting about the hips and
trimmed with graduated tucks at the
front.
The bodice is made of moussellne
de sole, matching the petticoat. It
Is trimmed with tucks and medal-
A DIHECTOlRE GOWN.
Hons of bebe crochet lace, arranged
about the square cut neck, down the
front and along the centre edges of
the sleeves. And, by the way, the
sleeves though much smaller than
Japanese effects, are cut In one with
the bodice fitting into the shoulders
without a suspicion of fulness.
The oversklrt of thin figured pon
gee and the moussellne Is In a dell
cate shade of ecru. No other color
is introduced Into the decorative
scheme of the toilette, even the net
reflecting the same tones.
Candle Stains.
Candlo grease stains are easily re
moved.. Scrape off as much of the
grease aa possible, then place the
material between blotting paper and
press with a hot iron. Change the pa
per .requently.
If the material Is very fine,
sprinkle French chalk over the
grease spots, cover with blotting pa
por and let It remain for a couple of
day's. If you cannot let the material
stand that long press with a warm
Iron.
" yate wood of Australia has the
tensile .strength of good cast Iron.
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Western Knihv.iv Sn v They Must
Not lie Thrown In Stations.
Young folks thing along the line
of the Chicago and Northwestrrn
Railway, are convinced thnt It is
mistake to accuse a corporation of
having no soul. At any rate thut I
the opinion of the lender beings who
are contemplating matrimony.
In the first place the railroad In
augurated a honeymoon spoci:il to
California some time ago. That l'i
Itself was a great bid for popularity
with the brides and bridegrooms to
be. But It was nothing In gencrnl
application to the latest move on the
part of the road.
This is nothing more nor less than
an order forbidding the throwing of
rice, old shoes and other wedding ac
cessories In or about Chicago and
Northwestern trains.
"Something s.n.ply had to be
done." said an ofllclal of the road.
"Enthusiastic friends of the bridal
couples were carrying things to an
extreme, and a check was necessary."
"Young couples would come down
to the train with large satin bows
tied on tho rear of their carriages,
tnd as they started for the train a
terrific storm o. rice and old shoes
would break loose. Innocent and
inoffensive people who were board
ing the same train, but had not been
guilty of anything, not even mar
riage, would get most of the missiles.
Hence the new order, which will be
enforeud In the strictest fashion."
Old .Miner's Propositi.
Annual proposals of marriage are
mid-t by Bohemia Sharpe, an old
m'ner, to the stenographer of Ore
gon's Oovernor, whoever she may h .
Sharpe has Just made his yearly
visit to the State Capitol, and Incl
dentally called at the Executive office
and made a formal offer of hU heart
and hand to Gov. Chamberlain's
stenographer. As has been the rase
many times in the past, the offer
was refused, but it is expected the
hardy old mountaineer will return
next spring to renew his overtures.
Sharpe is now over 70 years of
age, but Is still an active prospector.
It Is said that he Is quite wealthy,
but his riches do not help to dl-'el
the loneliness of his Isolated home.
Sun Francisco Chronicle.
"Kaln" in Moving I'Mures.
Moving picture films aro practical
ly spoiled long before their useful
ness hhould end because of the
"rain" which blots out the clearness.
This Inury comes from the continu
ous wlndln? and rewinding of tho
film through tho machine at the rate
or a foot a second, forming static
electricity. The electricity attracts
all the particles of dirt and diint
tl'-stlng in the atmosphere to the
f.l'iitt, and In pulling the film up
tiKht tnoe particles scratch, hence
the "ruin.-
The Xlgbt of HliiulnoKH.
Tho poets have taught us hew full
of wonders U the night; and the
night of blindness has its wonders,
too. Tho only llghtless dark Is the
night of Ignorance and insensibility.
We differ, blind and seeing, one from
another, not In our aenses. but In the
use we make of them, in the Imagi
nation and courage with whlrh we
seek wisdom beyond our senses.
Helen Keller, In Century.
Peculiarities of the Fhcb.
A biologist says that the two
sides of a faee are neve. alike; one
ye Is stronger than the other In
even cases out of ten; and the right
ar to faawnUy higher than the
left
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Wliut Yule Men lint.
Somo statistics have been publish
ed by the Yale Dlnln;? Club to show
what the 1,008 members of tha. or
ganization who eat at the Yal com
mons manage to got away with In the
line of food. In a week, for In
stance, 6,000 pounds of meat, 90b
dozen of egf;s and 9,100 rolls ani
loaves of bread disappear down the
Yale throat.
The dally consumption is about
like this: Nine hundred nnd twenty
nine pound:! of meat. 101 loaves of
brend. 1,200 rolls, .10 pounds of oat
meal, 1.200 quarts of tnllk. 120
quart3 of cream. 1-0 pounds of tahle
butter and a likp iiiiiount for cook
ing purposes, as well as 20 bushels
of potatoes. Two hundred gallons
vi soup Is preinred daily for two
meals.
Cornell's Yellow Slickers.
The distinctive wet weather dress
at Cornell Is a yellow oiler, and prac
tically every student sports o:'.i when
It looks rainy. The effect Is hound
to be a little tdd, and It plves the
person who sees It for the first
time the idea that he la In u fishing
town, or at lea:t In a feiuviast place.
To be sure there's water u plenty
all around Ithaca, but the slickers
and the mountalnc make a contrast.
"It Is the little rift wltliiu the lute
which ever widening, makes the music
mute." It is just a little rift In the
health of a woman often, which gradu
ally takes the spring from her step, the
IUht from her eyes, the rowe from her
cheek and the music from her voice.
Perhaps the bug-bear which has fright
ened tli woman from the timely help
needed at the beginning has been the
dreaded questions, the obnoxious ex
amination, the local treatments, ofthe
home physician. There is no need for
these. Nor Is there need for continued
Buttering. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre
scription can be relied on by every
woman, suffering from what are called
"female troubles," to renew the health
and cure the disease. Women are as
tonished at the results ef the use of this
medicine. It not only makes weak
women "robust and rosy cheeked "
but it gives them hack the vigor and
vitality of youth. This is not a "pat
ent medicine" but a prescription of
known composition in which pure,
triple-refined glycerine is used instead
of alcohol. Each bottle-wrapper bears
a full list of ingredieuts upon it.
The people who want to get some
thing for nothing can always ao-t'pt
advice.
The soothing bphay of Ely's Liquid
Cream Ilulm, used in an atomizer, U
an unspeakable relief to sufferers from
Catarrh. Home of them describe it as
a Uodsend, and no wonder. The thick,
foul discbarge is dislodged and the pa
tient hreatl s freely, perhaps for the
first time lu weeks. Liquid Cream
Hulm contains all the healing, purify
ing elements nt the solid form, and it
never fails to satisfy. Bold by all dru?
gUds for 75c, Including spraying tube,
or mailed by Ely Bros., 50 Warren
Htreet, Ntw York.
Birth is sometimes an accident from
v. hich it takes a lifetime to recover.
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