THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBUROu 1X
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The Fair
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Unknown j
Bii-"iin nit im
' "Good-by, old fellow. You'd better
brace up and come along."
Eugene Merle stood at the bead of
the wide stairs and looked after tho
speaker without replying. His face
was dark, moody, weary; he shrugged
I !s shoulders and turned away with a
future more eloquent than word.
It's all very well for you to say
! it, my fortune friend," he thought.
;. he made his way back to his studio.
Merle was an artist who lived and
orked on the fourth floor of a largo
. partment house devoted to profes
L.onals. "It's easy to say brace op," ho mut
tered as he entered the studio, tho
door of which had been left ajar dur
ing his brief absence.
"1 can't stand it," he said aloud. "I
am In debt, penniless I have pawned
everything on which I could raise a
cent"
He sprang to his feet and paced the
floor In nervous excitement.
lie went to a little cabinet and took
out a dWll bottle of dark liquid, eye
ing it with a gleam In his eyes that
suggested Incipient madness.
"A few drops of this and all would
be over," he muttered. "All the strug
gle and disappointment and poverty
It's the only way to get the best of
fate. Shall I do it?"
Something stayed his hand. V.'h-i'.
was it a spirit from the other world.'
A slender form In gray draper'.c
with a misty veil, enshrouding !:"
face, stood beside lilni, and a white
band took the -glass from his lipu
Merle stood transfixed.
"Who are you?" he asked In low
tones.
"Your guardian angel," said a sweet,
tremulous voice. "You must not do
this thing you contemplate."
"My God!" he said, In low tones.
"I was going to kill myself! But how
carae you here?"
Even then it seemed as If that gray
clad figure must be Bupernatura'..
"You have saved me," he said, emo
tionally, "I I am weak, 111, but that
moment of madness Is passed. You
believe me?"
He took the bottle from the cabinet
and emptying the contents Into tho
glass, threw away the entire quantity.
"Tell me now to whom I owe this
debt of gratitude," be said, but the
gray-robed figure shook her head.
"Remember only my words; keep
i courage," she answered, and moved
uy.
Slowly the moved toward the door,
r-.d Merle was too bewildered to do
got but stand there and look after
Ljr nntll she disappeared.
At that Instant he caught sight of a
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upon the floor near the chair, and
leaning forward he picked it up. In Its
folds was a bill of small denomination.
A hot flash swept over the artist's
face. She had left the money for
him!
He rushed out Into the hall, but she
Was gone; he came back, picked up his
hat and hurried to the street, but
there was no sign of the lady In gray.
"I might Indeed think It was an ap
parition but for this." he thought clos
ing his fingers on the bill. "This U
substantial enough. 'Keep up cour
age. she said; well, I'll try. I was a
mad fool to think of ending my life,
bat God knows everything was against
me!"
He went Into the cafe, ate his din
ner, and went out to consult a physi
cian. Then be went to his studio a
changed man.
Two days later a letter reached h!::i
from a wealthy, retired gentleman liv
ing in the suburbs, and he desired as
Interview with the artist.
Eugene Merle felt that in some way
the Fair Unknown had something tu
do with the message, and he quickly
observed the summons,
When he saw Mr. de Monda he
found that the old gentleman was u
lover of art and a liberal patron.
"1 want a portrait of my daughter."
be said. "You have been recommend
ed to me. The sittings will have to
take place here. Will that suit you?"
Merle replied that It would.
, Mr. de Monde sent for his daughter,
and. as she entered the room, Eugene
JMerle was conscious of a strange emo
tion, a mingling of hope and disap
pointment that made him at once elat
ed and downcast.
The young lady was slender and
graceful, with large, dark eyes and
luxuriant black hair.
"My daughter Alberta," said the old
man, and the artist bent over the
-white hand In silence.
Merle began his work the following
day. All the while that he was trans-
fen-lag Alberta de Monde's high-bred.
brunette beauty to canvass, his heart
an mind were full of conflicting emo
tions. "How stupid I am!" be thought on!
day. "It Is not likely that she has
aught to do with the Fair Unknown
My fancy traces a resemblance that
is atl. Alberta de Monde la as dark as
the other one was fair, and yet her
yes, her voice but there, what non
sense! Dark eyes and silvery voices
are not uncommon, after all."
The portrait was a complete sue
cons. Merle knew that much depend
cl upon It, and he worked as he nover
worked before.
It was finished, liberally paid for
"id he had no excuse to visit the de
Monde mansion any longer.
After that, other patrons of art
I'tme to bis studio, and the artist
found that his tide of fortune had
turned.
Over a year after they had sailed
for foreign shores, the de Mondes io
turned, and by that tlmo Eugoiie
Merle was on the top wave Of success.
He was attending a fashionable re
ception one evening when he saw a
furalllar, graceful form In rosy gauzo
gliding toward him, and the dark,
handsome face of Alberta de Monde
came through tho throng.
She was surprised to see him, but
nhe greeted hlin pleasantly, although
there was a constraint in her manner.
"I have heard of your success, Mr.
Merle," said she. "Papa and I are
greatly pleased."
"I see him coming this way, now,"
said Eugene, and at that Instant Mr
de Monde approached with a. beautiful
girl beside him.
Her slender, graceful form was
robed In white, and strands of pearls
banded her throat and arms. Her
yellow hair was secured In a loose
coll by a Jeweled filet, and her eyes
shone like stars.
"Mr. Merle, my daughter Fay," said
Mr. de Monde, and the artist knew
that the moment he had longed for
had come.
He was standing face to face with
the Fair Unknown.
"I know you, Miss Fay," he said.
"Why did you wish to deceive me?"
"I thought It were better you should
not know; It would have been embar
rassing for both of us," she answered.
"In the first place, I had no right In
your Btudlo. I had gone to see a girl
who painted on satin for me; your
door was open, and the picture on the
easel attracted my attention. I saw
that the room was empty, and I step
ped In with the notion that the room
might be Flora's. Then you returned,
and I hid behind a curtain, hoping you
would go out again, and scarcely
knowing what to do. I Induced papa
to send for you, but I did not want
you to see mo. I knew we were going
abroad soon, and I did not think you
would ever suspect my complicity In
the matter."
One summer night just such a
night as It was when Eugene Merle
saw that lovely vision on the moon
lit balcony the artist walked through
the fragrant, shadowy garden with a
white hand resting upon his arm and
a sweet, fair face uplifted to his,
while he uttered fond words of lovo
and listened to her soft responses.
All his hopes were fulfilled, his
dreams realized; he had won from
Fortune every gift she could bestow.
ELLA RANDALL PEAUCE.
Why Horses Shy and Donkeys Don't.
A curious question In evolution was
once put to a scientist prominent In
the service of the Government. "Why
Is It," some one asked, "that horses
shy and donkeys do not?"
The answer was to the following ef
fect:
The ancestors of the horse were
accustomed to roam over the plains,
where every tuft of grass or bush
might conceal an enemy waiting In
ambush. In these circumstances they
must have time and again saved
their lives by quickly starting back
or else suddenly jumping to one side
when without warning some strange
oDject appeared to them. The habit
must have indeed been a strong one.
seeing that so many years of domes
tication have not eradicated It
On the other hand, the donkev is
descended from animals that lived
among the hills, with the usual nre-
clplces and dangerous declivities;
and from these conditions. It would
appear, there resulted Its slowness
and surefootedncss. The donkey's an
cestors were not. then, so liable to
sudden attacks from wild beasts and
snakes. Moreover, sudden and wild
starts would have been positively dan
gerous to the donkeys's forebears.
consequently, they learned to avoid
the characteristic trick of the horse.
The habit of eating thistles, peculiar
to the donkey, seems also to have
been Inherited from Its ancestors. In
the dry, barren localities thev inhabit
ed there was often very little food;
therefore they learned to eat the hard.
dry, and even prickly plants and un-
dergrowth when nothing else present-
ea itseir.
Sea Mystery Solved.
Another mystery of the sea him
been settled, apparently. The British
steamer Loch Vennacher left the
Clyde for Adelaide on June 14. 19ur.
and was never seen after September
14. A bottle containing a slip of pa
per, purporting to have been written
by one J. B. Gllllngham, of Glasgow,
ana dated 3 a. m October 29, has
been found off the Australian coast.
It states that the ship had struck on
the Althorpes, near Kangaroo Island,
and was not expected to float more
than half an hour. Boats were being
launched, but K was not'thought that
they would live, as the sea was very
rough.
Promising New Fruit.
A promisng new fruit from Uru
guay .grows on a laurel-like plant hav
ing leaves that are green and shin
lng on the upper surface. The fruit,
described as having the size of an
apricot has the shape of the apple, Is
yellow and scarlet when mature, and
it has a perfume of a delicacy equaled
In no other fruit The seed Is like a
large hazel nut. The edible fleshy
part la small, but Is expected to In
crease with cultivation, and its taste
Is extremely agreeable. This edible
pulp Is credited with remarkable di
gestive properties.
Got There.
Trotter When young Burkina left
college a few years ago, he declared
he was going to forge his way to the
front Did he make good?
Homer As a forger, yes. He's now
occupying a front-row cell In the pen
Itentlary. - . .
BIG EAGLE FOUGHT
OF
America's Great Bird Had Been
Caught Trying to Carry Off
a 35-Pound Boy
BOLDLY SWOOPS DOWN ON CHILD
Battle Royal Ensued Between Farm
era Armed with Pitchforks and the
Magnificent Eagle Men Won but
the Bird Carried Off Honor of War.
St. Charles. 111. In a battle royal
between a collection of farmers arm
ed with pitchforks, sticks and stones
on one side, and a lone eagle, but of
magnificent size, on the other, the
men finally won, although the fighting
honors rightfully belonged to the bird,
which hnd been Interfered with In Its
atttempts to carry off the three-year-old
son of Peter Johnson.
Fully a score of persons participate
ed in the conflict with the eagle, and
pitchforks, clubs and stones were
brought Into service before the bird,
exhausted from Its efforts, gave up
the fight. Johnson .was terribly
scratched in the encounter, although
his son was unhurt
The Johnson boy, was playing on
his father's farm near St Charles
when the eagle was first observed.
The great bird circled about the vi
cinity at a great height for several
minutes. Suddenly, with the speed
of a lighting flash, It darted down,
and its steel like talons had caught
the child's dress.
The child's surprise for a second
struck him dumb, and the eagle, using
every ounce of Its strength, bore the
boy upward. Surprise gave way to
alarm. The child screamed for aid
and struggled vigorously to free him
self from the eagle's clutches.
The boy Is a stocklly built lad,
weighing about 33 pounds, and tho
bird was unable to make great pro
gress.
The father heard the screams of his
child and hurried from his home. He
saw the boy in the bird's clutches and
ran toward the scene of the struggle.
With all his strength he threw him
self on the eagle and bore it to the
ground. The child was saved and ran
shrieking for assistance for his fath
er. The man and the bird were lock
ed in a death grip, the eagle using its
claws, while Johnson struck out with
his free hand as he held the bird with
the other.
Neighbors were soon on the scene.
From the start they were determined
if possible, to capture the eagle alive.
Sticks and stones fell on Its body,
while both wings were immediately
crippled.
The breaking of the wings made es
cape of the eagle impossible, but for
two hours it fluttered along the
ground, fiercely repelling every attack
until, completely exhausted, It was
pinioned to the earth by two pitch
forks. The eagle when measured proved 1
to be twelve feet from tip to tip of
its wings and a perfect specimen of
Its kind. It is believed it will speed
ily recover from the Injuries received
in its struggle with the men, and
Johnson plans to present it to some
zoological garden.
Although Johnson is Buffering in-1
tense pain as a result of the scratches
received in the fight, none of his hurts
is regarded as dangerous, the worst
wound being an immense gash torn
In his left shoulder. He was greatly
weakened from loss of blood. I
The boy Is none the worse for his '
avnarlanna anil lVaa Via trmntnd An- '
light in watching the imprisoned bird
A STRANGE NEW PERIL.
Travelers Tell of Cactus That Jumped
at Them.
. Torreon, Mexico. Travelers return
ing here from the mountains have dis
covered a new species of cactus which
they have named "catcuss" because
they say it springs upon travelers
like a cat and makes them "cubs."
The paper says that the "Catcuss"
grows upon a stalk and is shaped like
a small ball and covered with spines.
Travelers claim that it is attracted by
the warmth of a human or animal
body and that it springs from Its stem
onto the passerby, the spines piercing
the flesh and holding on like a cac
tus spine.
BROTHERS KILLED SAME WAY.
Interval Exactly Four Year Both
Rin Over by Train.
Redding,' Cal. At the same spot
and in the same way in which, four
years ago to a day bis brother was
killed, Daniel McKenzle, a farmer liv
ing near Lamolne, was killed by a
train.
.McKenzle lay down and went to
sleep on the track half a mile north
of Lamoine. Train No. 228 struck
him and cut his body In twain. The
engineer saw McKenzle as the train
came around tho curve, but not in
time to come to a stop.
Ha an Albino Pheasant.
Albany, Ore. On the farm of Peter
Byrne, three miles east of Halsey, Is
a pure white China pheasant It was
captured last fall and so far a can
be learned 1 the only albino China
pheasant In existence. It has all of
the characteristics of an ordinary
China pheasant except that its feath
er! are sure white. y..' .
BAND
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FRS
HOW OLIVK OIL IS MADE .
Fruit Is Crunhcd to a Vate From
Which the Oil Is Pressed.
The finest olive oil m the world
Is grown In Ttiscnny the garden of
Italy.
The trees blossom In Tuscany In
the mcnth of May. The fruit be
gins to ripen In November and Is
Ktncrally in full maturity by Janu
aiy. It is a rlBlty crop, maturing as It
does during winter weather. A
cold snap with frost may cause great
damage to the fruit.
Sometimes the fruit remains on
the trees till May, yielding a palo,
very thin oil, appreciated in some
quarters, but which speedily devel
ops rancidity.
The process of extracting the oil
Is simple In the extreme; the fruit Is
first crushed In a mill to a uniform
I cste, then the paste Is transferred
to circular baps or receptacles made
of vegetable fibre. A pile of these
are placed In a press and the exuding
ell flows into a tank below.
Essential conditions are that the
mill should not revolve too fast, or
It will overheat the olive paste and
give a bad flavor to the oil; that the
.bed of the mill should -nt be of
metal ror the same reason
Also the degree of pressure, when
the object Is to get the finest quality
of oil -"oil from the pulp" as the
term runs must not be excessive.
The finest olive oil Is essentially a
cold drawn oil. llent is prejudicial
to q'iailty.
However, when all possible enre
hr.s boeu taken In the process the
fact remains that olive oil can be
made t.nly from freshly gathered,
perfectly sound, ripe olives of the
proper kind. The big fat olives of
hot, subtropical climates can never
yield a dellcateiy flavored oil.
The newly ninde oil must be al
lowed to settle. It Is then clarified
simply by passing it through purified
cotton wool In a suitable filter.
Really fine olive oil calls for no other
treatment whatever, chemical or
otherwise, to render It fit for the
table. On this point It is as well
to be clenr, as reference has been
made l.efore now to processes of re
fining c live oil so as '.o obtain a spec
ially fine quality one might as well
try to "paint tho lily or adorn the
rose!"
After being brought to America,
the clarified oil lj preserved in ware,
houses in larga slate lined tanks,
holding up to 20,000 gallons each,
wherein the oil is maintained at an
equable temperature. For bottling
rnd can filling purposes It Is trans
ferred by pipes from these large
tanks to other smaller tankB in the
packing rooms.
Politeness Lcnguc In France.
A number of people in Paris have
decided to form a league to encour
age politeness in France. It will be
known as the "League of Respect to
Women." One of its founders In
explaining his object Fald:
"For many years past we French
men have been losing our old repu
tation for politeness. In fact, we
i.re no longer as polite to women as
are the English, or the Italian, or
the Austrlans. This is evidence.!
dall" in a hundred Httl ways.
"For Instance, a Frenchman will
seldom if ever, think of giving up his
seat In a tramcar or omnibus to a
woman who may be standing on the
platform outside. Men smoke In
non-smoking compartments without
as much as asking permission of any
woman who may be present
"Saluting women is much less re
spectful than formerly. We do not
wan. to go back to the old and some
what ridiculous form of ceremonious
politeness which Frenchmen former
ly V.owed toward women. But we
do wish to keep alive, or rather to
revive, something of the traditional
French courtesy toward women,
which, unfortunately, is fast dying
out. Hence the formation of our
league.
"We propose, If the omnibus and
railroad companies will allow us, to
stick up in the railway carriages,
tramcars, omnibus stations and other
public places a small placard, 'Be
polite to women.' " Modern So
ciety. Humming Bird Is Fearless.
So unafraid are humming birds of
man that they will readily enter open
window of houses, if they see flow
ers within. I have even read of their
visiting the artificial flowers on a
lady's hat when she was walking out,
and other writer speak of their tak.
lng sugar from between a person's
lips.
a room they become confused
and, being so frail, are apt to injure
themselves striking against ob
jects. More than once I or members
of my family have caught the fright
ened little waifs for their gooJ, and
released them in the open air.
It is no use trying to keep them in
captivity, unless possibly, it were In
a green house where there were plen
ty of flowers, for no artificial food
has ever been found which will nour
ish them. Yet even there they would
probably kill theniBelves by flying
against the glass. Outing.
Inn COO Years lu One Family.
It was stated at the War eh am
Petty Sessions, on the occasion of
the transfer of the license of the
Ktng's Arms from the late MIks
Surah Hoare to her sister, Mrs.
Elizabeth Grant, that the inn had
been kept by members of the same
family for 200 years. ,
A web two end a quarter mile
long, ha been drawn from the body
of a single spider.
Tho Kind You Have Always
in uso tor over no years,
ana has been made under his per.
fyfXr. onal supervision since Its Infancy.
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Alt Counterfeits, Imitations and Just-as-irood" are baft
Experiments that trifle with and endanger tho health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment,
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Stomach and Dowels, giving healthy and natural sleep
The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.
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A m.nv fl lid U nlwuvn an anxlt-tv
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