K ' 16 THE
prrTSBUHG
SUNDAY, JUNE
John thus addressed him, his words having
the genuine ring of gratitude in them:
"Once more, Mr. Hollister, let me thank
you for baying given me the command of
the Dreadnaught I trust that yon will not
be disappointed in me."
"I am sure I shall not, John," said Hol
lister. "I don't believe I could have put
the interests of our house into safer hands."
The merchant exchanged a hearty grasp
of tho hand of the voung captain and
walked away. Mrs. Allaire, followed by
the nurse and little Walt, now joined her
husband. Lew Barker and his wife were
also of the group. The moment of sep
arating was rapidly approaching. There
was nothing left for Captain Allaire to do,
save to bid his wife and family a last
goodbv. This was only the second year
of Molly's marriage and her baby boy was
hardly nine months old; but, painful ae
were the thoughts of the separation now so
near at hand, she kept back tho tear and
met her husband's gaze with unclouded
eyes. Not so her cousin Kate. She was
devoutedly attached to Molly, In whose
society she had often found comfort and
consolation when troubled and harrassed by
the violent and overbearing conduct of her
husband. But if Mollie was able to hide
her sorrow in this dark hour, Kate knew
only too well the secret suffering that op.
pressed her cousin's heart. True, Captain
John would be back again in six months,
but even that was a pretty long separation
the very first since their marriage and as
Molly was strong enough to bear up so
bravely at such a moment, it teemed as if
Kate's tears were flowing in her behalf.
As to Lew Barker, the man whose face
was never softened with a tender look, he
came and went, hands in pocket and thoughts
uo one knew where. It was only too evi
dent that he it as not in accord with the
sentiment of affection which had brought
others on board of this seabound vessel.
Turning to his wife, Captain John took her
hands in his and drew her towards him.
"Dear Molly," said he. "it will not be
long a few months and I shall be with
you again. Don't worry, dearest. "With
this ship and this picked crew no gale will
have any terrors for me. Bo strong as a
captain's wife should be. Our little Walt
will be 15 months old by the time I get
back quite a bic boy. He will know how
to talk, and the fet word which I shall hear
on my return home "
"Will te your name, John!" murmured
Molly, with a sad smile. "Your name wili
be the first word that I shall teach him! We
(hall begin the da and end it by talking
' r leii papa far away on "the sea!
Darling, w f very chance you get!
Oh, how impatient r -'nll look" forward
to your letters. Tell me eve- v nj you
have done and what you are about to'do.
Let me feel that I have not ceased to be a
part of your life"
"Yes, yes, dear Molly, I'll write you.
I'll keep you fully posted as to my mo e
ii. uts. My letters will be like a 1 book,
oiiij i.ie t will be thrown in."
"Ah, dearcsi, .iar a terrific grudge
against this sea whicn . -.. ,. 4 oil away
lrom me. How I envj iliose whose love is
not tormented by these separations but no
I mustn't think of all this."
"Mv darling, bear in mind that it's for
the sake of our little one that I go for your
sake, too, in order to make sure the comfort
and happiness of you both. Should our ex
pectation with regard to a fortune ever be
realized, then nothing shall ever separate us
againl"
At this moment, Lew Barker and his wife
approached. John met them with a smile
"My dear Lew," said he, "I leave my
wife my boy in your care. You and Kate
are their only relatives in San Diegc Look
after them welL"
"Depend upon us, John," replied Barker,
making an effort at some slight show of
feeling, "Kate and I will do the right
thing. Molly will have the best of care."
"And all the consolation I can give her,"
added Mrs. Barker. "You know how I
love you, dear Molly. We shall see each
other often. I shall be with you every day
lor a few hours which we shall devote to
John."
"Ah, yes, Kate," replied her couslif;
"he'll never be out of my thoughts."
Again Shelton interrupted the conversa
tion. -'Captain," said he, "it's time"
"All right, Rod," cried Allaire, "set the
jib and flying jib."
The mate turned away to execute these
orders which pointed to an immediate de
parture. "Mr. Hollister," said Allaire, "the ship's
launch will take you and my wife and her
lelatives back to the wharf whenever you're
ready."
"I'm all ready, John," answered the
merchant: "once more fcoodb and good
luck."
"Goodby, good luck," cried the others as
they made their way down the ladder to
boats waiting for them.
"Goodby, Lew, jroodby, Kate I" cried
John, extending his hand to them.
"Goodby, goodby !" cried Mrs. Barker,
"Come, my dear Molly, I'll go with you
to the gangway," said Allaire. The Dread
naught has caught the breeze already. She's
moving I"
Molly's heart was too full forwords. She
walked in silence by her husband, and upon
coming to the ship's side could only sink
upon his breast as he clasped her tenderly
In a last embrace.
And then little Walt,, whom Molly had
taken from the nurse, stretched out his
arms to his father, shook his baby hands
and lisped out: "Pa-pa pa-pa I"
"There, dearest," cried Molly,
"you have heard him utter his
before parting with him.
Stout-hearted as the young captain was he
could not keep back the tears, and as Molly
took their child lrom his arms its cheeks
were wet with them.
"Molly," he murmured, "goodby, good
by!" Then turning quickly away to hide hit
emotion, he cried out in a tone of command:
'Cast on" I"
In a moment after the boat was pushed off
and headed for the wharf, where its passen
gers were landed.
Captain John gave himself up completely
to the work of getting his ship under way.
The anchor had nearly reached the hawse
hole, and the Dreadnaught, freed from
every drag, caught the wind in her sails,
the lolds of which were flapping violently.
The jib had been set and caused the vessel
to lufl a little. This maneuver gave the
Dreadnaught a little more swing, so as to
steer clear of several vessels anchored at the
mouth of the harbor. Captain Allaire then
ordered the main and the fore sails to be
hoisted, which was done with an ease and
rapidity that did credit to the crew. The
Dreadnanght now caught the wind on the
starboard quarter, and took the direction of
the offing in such a way as not to be
obliged to change her tack.
An admiring crowd still lingered on the
wharf intently watching the ship, which
seemed almost coquettisnly to display her
graceful outlines as she careened gently
under the increasing pressure of canvas.
During these maneuvers she passed within
half a cable's length of the wharf where Mr.
Hollister and Molly and Lew Barker and
his wife were standing. In this way the
voung Captain was enabled to see his wife,
her relatives and his friends once more and
to shout a last adieu to them. Every voice
Answered the greeting, every hand was
waved in response to Allaire s salutation.
"Goodby, goodby!" he cried.
Cheer after cheer went up from the as
sembled multitude, while countless hand
kerchiefs like one vast white cloud hung
trembling over their heads.
The fact is Captain John Allaire was a
universal favorite and his native city was
proud of the eminence he had attained, and
lew were there in the vast crowd who did
not secretly resolve to be on the wharf
ready to welcome him home when the
Dreadnaught should make her appearance
outside the bay.
As the Dreadnaught neared the mouth of
the harbor she was obliged to luff to avoid a
long mail steamer which had just entered
the narrows. The two vessels saluted each
other by dipping their colors.
Still standing on the wharf, Mrs. Allaire
kept her gaze riveted upon the Dread
naught, which gradually disappeared, run
ning before the fresh northwest breeze. She
did not wish to lose sight of the ship so long
as her masts were visible above Point
Island. But the Dreadnaught soon passed
ated outside the bay. For a moment only
she caught a glimpse through a break In the
cliffs of the pennant flying at the head of
the topmast, and then the ship disappeared.
"Goodby, dear John, goodby," she mur
mured Why was it that a presentiment u dread
as it was inexplicable prevented her from
adding: "Till we meet again!"
CHAPTER H.
SOME FA1IILT MATTERS.
In view of her importance as a leading
character in this story it will surely not
seem out of place at this point to fill in the
mere outline sketch of Mrs. John Allaire
already made.
Molly was now 21 years of age. She was
of American extraction, but it would not
have been necessary to trace her ancestry
back to a very remote period to strike on
the generation which linked her to the
Spanish or rather Mexican race a race
from which sprang the leading families of
this section of the Republic. Her mother
had been born In San Diego and the city
was already in existence at the time Cali
fornia still constituted apart of Mexico.
This large harbor, discovered about three
and a half centuries ago hy the Spanish
navigator Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo,had first
been called San MigucL Its present name
was given to it in 1602. In 1846 this prov
ince exchanged its tri-colored flsg for the
stars and stripes of the Union, at which date
it became one of the sisterhood of States.
Of medium height, a countenance lighted
up by laTge and expressive dark eyes, warm
olive complexion, a luxuriant growth of
very dark brown hair, hands and feet a lit
tle larger than common with her race, a
carriage full of decision, but not lacking in
grace; a strong face, and yet one radient
with kindliness of heart, such was Mrs.
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Some of HoHy't lixch UneZe.
John Allaire. She was one of those women
who force you to take a second look at them,
and before her marriage Molly had Justly
been reputed as one oi San Diego's beautiful
daughters a genuine compliment, inasmuch
as beauty is no rare thing in this part of the
world.
She was nothing of a trifle?; on tho con
trary, rather deliberate, endowed with good
sense and a bright mind moral qualities
which marriage would very certainly brine
to greater development Yes, under cir
cumstances of whatsoever gravity, once
Mrs. John Allaire, Molly Would never fail
to do her duty. She had faced the problem
of existence frankly and honestly; her
views were not the result of anv deceptive
prism. She was a woman of lofty soul and
strong will. The love which her husband
would inspire in her would only serve to in
crease her devotion to her duty, and if ne
cessity demanded it and this assertion as
applied to Mrs. Allaire is something more
man a mere wordy commonplace she would
lay down her life for her husband as he
would his for her and they both would
theirs for their child. They worshiped
this infant son who had just learned to lisp
'the word papa at the moment when the
young captain was porting, witn mm ana
his mother. In feature little Walt resem
bled his father very strongly; but in his
brilliant coloring favored his mother. Ro
bustly built, there would be no cause to dread
the diseases of childhood. Besides would
not the most watchful core attend him at
every step?
With what dreams of happiness for this
little creature just budding into life had
the imaginations of these prarents already
stored the future! Assuredly Mrs. Allaire
would hive been the happiest of women if
her husband had been in a position to
abandon a calling whose greatest drawback
was that it kept them separated. But how
would it have been possible for her to
interfere when the command of the Dead
naught was offered him? Was it not im
perative that he 'should provide for the
necessities of the household, lay up store
for a family which would be pretty sure to
increase? As for Molly's little fortune, it
only yielded her a comfortable allowance of
pin money. At this conjuncture of circum
stances it was natural that Allaire's thoughts
should turn to the fortune which his wife's
uncle would leave to her, for nothing save
the happening of something extremely
untoward and improbable would defeat this
inheritance. Edward Hanson's age was
three score and Molly was his only heir, for
jjioiiy s eousin,iiate AsarKer, Belonged to the
maternal branct of the family and there
was no tie of consanguinity between her
and Edward Manson.
Therefore, was it safe to predict that
Molly would be a rich woman, but 10, yes,
20 years might go by before her uncle's de
cease would put her in possession of this
property. Hence the present condition of
affairs, to say nothing of the future, called
upon John Allaire to bestir himself, and in
the choice of employers none in his mind
was entitled to precedence over Andrew
Hollister, especially as the house had guar
anteed to Captain Allaire an interest in the
ventures of the Dreadnaught. There was,
therefore, good reason to assume now that
Allaire was enacting the double role of sea
man and trader that his labors would re
sult in amassing a competence while he was
waiting for the last will and testament of
Edward Manson to become operative.
One word concerning this most American
of Americans: He was a brother of Molly's
father, Johu Manson, and consequently the
own uncle of the young girl who had mar
ried John Allaire. It was Molly's father
Edward's senior by five or six years who
had, so to express it, raised him, for
their parents had died young, and Manson
the younger had always sought both by
affection and gratitude to repay the debt.
Fortune had favored him and he had
reached the wished for gbal, while the elder
brother nad gone astray in the side paths.
grizzlies which wear fur and claws, but a
human bear that finds his pleasure in living
quite outside the pale of what you call so
ciety. "But don't let this worry you, Molly;
you may have on old bear of an uncle, but
ha hasn't a bear's heart inside of him. He
doesn't forget what he owes to Tom Man
son, and to you, as Tom's daughter, shall
belong all the goods and chattels which I
may leave behind me.
'l think it's quite likely that it will be
worth your while to look after the goods
and chattels aforesaid Under the hammer
to-day they might bring, say 5500,000, and
they will increase in value, for my business
looks very promising. If you want to sell
things out alter I am gone, don't hesitate to
do so.
"Possibly you may think that I talk like
a backwoodsman. Well, that's just what I
am, Molly, and wheh I say a thing I mean
it. Now, there are two things that I want
to speak about:
"First I am a bachelor and shall live
and die one. It is not at all likely, Molly,
that a man of my age 60 will be fool
enough to commit the blunder of a young
ster of 20 or 30. Hence, there's not, the
slightest chance that anything will happen
to keep this property from going to you or
to your children no mere than there is that
the Father of Waters will stop emptying
into the Gulf of Mexico.
"Secondly I intend to do my level best
to keep this little fortune out of your hands
as long as possible. I expect to II veto be
100, anywayt and you musn't be offended,
Molly, at this old man's obstinacy, this de
termination to prolong my earthly career to
such a ridiculous extent.
"Now, don't take the trouble to answer
this. There is no postoffice within ten
mile of my wild lands, and we often go
weeks and weeks without-getting news from
the outside world. And I shall not write
again, "either, except it is to say that I'm
dead, but some one else will look after
that."
Such was the strange epistle received by
Mrs. Allaire. There could now be no room
for doubt, she would be the sole devisee and
legatee of her uncle Edward It miirht be
a long way off, but some day she would find
herbelf suddenly enriched a half a million
and it would keep on growing, too. Tak
ing her uncle at his word, and, from what
her father had told he, he was as tenacious
of purpose as an old Roman, her husband
had don well iu not resolving to give up
the sea. His courage, his intelligence, his
industry would no doubt enable him to
acquire a competence long beiore her Uncle
Edward would be ready to settle up his
earthly accounts.
Such was the condition of things in the
Allaire family at the time the Dreadnaught
set sail for the far Western Paeific, and the
reader now being in a position to get a clear
understanding ot the facts of this history, as
they shall gradually come to light, it would
seem to be advisable to eive a little more
than passing glance at the only relatives of
the captain's wife at San Diego, Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis Barker.
It had only been a few years since Lewis
Barker, a native of one of the Eastern
States, now a man of thirty, had taken up
his residence at San Diego. This New
Englander, with his hard features and cold,
impassive physiognomy and strongly built
frame, belonged to that class of men who
while full ot decision and action are as
silent as sphinxes and quite as enigmatical.
However, no damaging rumor had ever
been current at Son Diego concerning this
taciturn man, whose marriage to Kate had
made him the cousin of John Allaire, and
it is therefore not at all surprising that
John, not haying any relatives himself,
should nave entrusted his wife and child to
the Barkers. But, really, it was to Kate
especially that he had commended his lit
tle family, knowing as he did of the
genuine affection existing between the two
women.
But John Allaire would have been Tery
careful not to do what he did had he a glim
mer of the true facts of the cose, had he
suspected the deoeit which lor hidden be
hind the impenetrable mask ofBarker's im
Sassiveness, had he known with what in
ifference this man looked upon the propri
eties of life, how little respect ho had for
himself or for the rights of others. Pos
sessed of a certain physical attractiveness,
the man had from the start gained a strange
ascendancy, amounting almost to a fascina
tion, over Jiate, whom he had married ttvt
inclined to look upon him' simply as on un
lucky business man and not a man utterly
devoid of moral sense to whom all methods
are permissible, provided they lead to fort-'
une. And John Allaire himself, although
he had never been specially attracted by
the man, was at this moment not in the
least inclined to distrust him, and therefore
it was that during his absence he would
count upon his wife being the recipient of
Lewis and Kate's kind offices. Should the
emergency arise, should Molly stand in
need of their outstretched hand, she would
not call out to them in vain. Their house
would be open to her'and she would find a
welcome there not only the one due to a
friend, but to a sister.
Besides, how could there possibly be any
suspicion of Kate Barker's sincerity of af
fection? Her love for Molly was as great
as it was unselfish, and far from striving to
set bounds to it Lew" Barker had encour
aged it, no doubt, with some sinister motive,
some shadowy vision of future gain, which
he hoped he might be able to draw from it
He was perfectly sure, too, that Kate would
not say aught which should be left unsaid,
that she would be discretion itself as re
gards his present" condition, giving no sign
or hint as to the disreputable senemes in
which he had become involved, or as to the
sea of difficulties in which he was now
floundering. As to all this Kate wonld
hold her tongue, not even a word
of blame would escape her.
The domination of her husband was
absolute, no power of resistence was left her
although she knew him to be a man utterly
without conscience, destitute of moral sense,
who would not hesitate to commit a criminal
act And now that this man stood before
her In his true colors, how was it possible
for her to preserve the slightest regard for
him? The fact is, and,it should not be lost
sight of, she was afraid of him, she was like
a child in his hands and even now, at a sig
nal from him, had his safety demanded it,
she would have followed him to any quarter
of the globe. But after all, her self-respect
would restrain her from confessing her sor
rows even to her cousin Molly, who may
have had a suspicion of them, but that's alL
The relations of John and Molly Allaire
on the one side, and of Lew andKate Barker
on the other, are now sharply enough out
lined to render intelligible the facts which
are about to be set forth in this narrative.
To what degree these relations are going to
be changed by sudden and unexpected
events of the near future no one could have
foreseen.
' To o continued next Sunday.
Copyright, 1891, by the Authors Alliance.
HOW TO KM A SHOW.
Bill Nye Pours Out Information for
the Benefit of Portland.
ATTBACTIONS FOE EXPOSITIONS.
Punch, and Judy Will Catch English Tour
. lsts and Hold Them..
HILL, BLAIR ET AL AS FEATURES
FLOWERS ON THE TABLE.
years before in Boston, where she was living
with her mother, who died a short time after
this union, the consequences of which were
destined to be so distressing. Kate's prop
perty would have been quite sufficient to
Eupp'ort them both if Barker hadn't pre
ferred the devious to the straight paths.
But such was not to be the case. Having
wasted a goodly portion of .his wife's for
tune, Lew Barker, already in bad financial
odor, resolved to leave the city of Boston.
On the Pacifio slope, in on entirely new
country, whither his dubious reputatisn
would not be likely to follow him, he hoped
to find chances which were now denied him
in the East
Kate, who now had an inkling of her hus
band's true character, made haste to agree
to this proposition, for she was anxious to
leave Boston, where invidious comments
had already become current, and sfie re
joiced also at the proposal of meeting her
only living relative. Barker had now been
a resident of San Diego for three years, and
yet so skillful had he been in disguising the
crooked nature of his transactions that not
a breath of suspicion had attached to him.
Such were the circumstances which had
brought about the reunion of the two
cousins at a time when Molly had not yet
become Mrs. John Allaire. The closest in
timacy sprang up between the young wife
and the young girl, and although it would
have seemed more natural for Kate to exer
cise an ascendency over Molly, vet it was
the contrary that took place, ilolly was
resolute, Kate was weak, and the young
girl soon became the strong prop of the
married woman. Kate rejoiced greatly at
the projected marriage of her cousin to the
young Captain a marriage which gave no
promise of ever resembling her own, and
what sweet consolation and comfort could
Kate not have drawn from the sympathy of
the young couple could .she have Drought
herself to uncover her hidden sorrow?
As for Lew Barker, his' position became
more and more complicated. A crisis- was
at hand. The last scrap of his wife's fortune
which he had hastily collected upon leav
ing Boston would soon be exhausted This
man, by nature a gambler, or, rather, a
reckless speculator, was one of those who
regard chance as their only dependence and
who are always ready to risk everything on
a single throw. Such a propensity abso
lutely uncontrolled by the dictates of rea
son could not do otherwise than lead, and
did lead, to deplorable results.
Upon reaehinp- Ran Dieffo. Barker hnA
While his successful speculations and enter- opened an office in Fleet street, one of those
prises in clearing and opening vast tracts of I burea'us which it were more appropriate to
Fancies That Slake the Menu More Aooept-
able to the Guest.
St. Loins Post-Dlsp&tcb J
Clover luncheons are the fancy of the mo
ment, and while the fragrant pink and
white flower pom-pons lend themselves
gracefully to the most elaborate decoration,
the housewife of moderate means will ob
tain a goed effect if she has-a shallow tin
form made four or five inches wide and long
enough to reach within a short distance of
each end of the table. Fill this with wet
sand and crowd it full of clovers; fringe at
the edge with fern leaves of the blossom
and set it on the snowiest of cloths, for the
color of the clover is quite strong enough
without any millinery litter of silk sashes
and bows. There are any number of pretty
ciover coupieu mat may aoorn tnese sum
mer luncheons and menus alike.
The fragrant breach of the olorev,
As sweet as the kiss of a lover)
A handful of clover sweet,
I scatter before thy feet
The orchid menu is the newest and most
attractive favor yet Invented It is a
beautifully modeled flower of delicate papier
mache and exquisitely scented and tinted,
while the bell of the flower is the receptacle
for bon bona, The prettiest dinner table ar
rangement for summer is delightful, cool
and dainty. The table cloth is of whits
brocade satin (nice to spill claret and gravy
on). In the eenter Is a lamp or candelabra
ot silver veiled In billows of snew white
gauze, which curl outward to surround
smaller candlesticks or roses of silver, while
peeping out here and there are feathery
tern leaves, which form the only decoration.
M
fcowexffrccTPxwcai or thx distatc&
Poetlast), Objba, Jane 18.
T reputation as an
expert has resulted
in the following
communication:
Deae Mb.,Nyb:
I have just 'been
elected by a major
ity of the votes
counted assisted
by the Board of Di
rectors Secretary
and Superintendent
of the Portland In
dustrial Exposi
tion. Tou will thus
see I am to fill two
offices at once. Now, it so happens that the
office of Superintendent holds the most, and
therefore needs the most filling. The great
trouble with me is what kind of filling to
nse in order to make it look pretty in its
upholstered condition without too much
embonpoint
In connection with an exposition, a sup
erintendency is not a sinecure, they say,
(nor do I believe it is a mind oure. The man
who fills it, I'm told, gets acquainted with a
lot of queer people and some grief. I have
filled everything from an aching void to the
position of teacher in a night school, where
the boys were so big I didn't dare to see any
of the girls home, but as superintendent of
a big tair my personal experience is limited
to working for first prize in the fat hog an
nex of the York State Fair of 1869.
He Wants to Draw a Crowd.
As you were in the purlieus of Paris dur
ing the exposition, forming a large section
of the American exhibit, and climbed M.
Eiffel's tower while your salary was march
ing on, it seems to me that you might give
me a few pointers. I am particularly anx
ious to draw a crowd at the front door and
then get it inside and have some fun with it
if so disposed. I think I would like to
keep this up every day for a month, giving
proper man for you to put that question to.
You know that I am prejudiced in favor of
the ballet, and so you should not ask me
that question. But the exposition of '89
had as one feature the Algerian, which was
a very drawing card indeed It was an odd
dance, wildly hurharfit bt,a . j-:a th
decomposed Delsarte order, perhaps, with a
beautiful Algerian girl in it, of the Lalla
ROOkh VanetV. Who. I nftprrror, lpnmpd.
was a native of the Rue de Foi Gras. Many
of the visitors went to see this dance several
times, and this Algerian girl practically
owned the town, and carried away with her,
figuratively speaking, to her desert home,
the cosmopolitan pelts of those who wit
nessed her strange and yet graceful gambols.
A 2-year-old colt that has just forsaken the
home nest and made his glad debut on the
clover studded lawn is not a circumstance
to the gladness and grace of that perform
ance. You might think this over.
Humor for Johnny Bulls.
Punch and Judy would draw the English
people. It is a kind of humor that appeals
to the English, and yet it leaves the brain
tissue unimpaired It is a broad yet pure
numor, wmen is prompt in Its action on the
English mind, producing no dangerous re
lapse or secondary symptoms. Some kinds
of humor are highly injurious to the Brit
ish, because they may recur to the mind at
a future time when the victim is not pre
pared, or, still worse, the point of the joke
THE WAYE OF HERESY
Bow Sweeping Oyer the Chnrche3
Will Leave a Lot of Wrecks.
TO BE PAIR. ?AT AND F0RTT.
How Any Woman Can Become Beantftol,
Healthy and Happy.
A distinguished professor of the College
of Physicians and Surgeons gives the fol
lowing as the law of perfeat health, beauty
and longevity for women: "Eat fresh ani
mal food three times a day, and as muoh
bread, crushed wheat, potatoes, rice, eggs,
etc., as possible. Between the different
meals and on retiring at night drink a glass
of milk, if thin, or a cup of beef tea or
broth if you are stout Every night and
morning take a warm sponge bath with
water in whieh about a tablespoonful of
common salt in the basin has been dis
solved. After the bath, and a brisk rub
with a coarse towel, exercise ten minutes
briskly with dumb belli or in any way you
enjoy, breathing deeply and fre, ely.
''Sleep nine hours at night and one in the
middle of the day, and wear loose cloth
ing," and he guarantees you to be thug
'fair, fat end forty."
Wis
An American Exhibit.
The Algerian Dane.
TEE COURTESY ANB THE STEP.
wild land in Tennessee hod separated the
two brothers, for Molly's father had re
mained in New York, yet they had fre
quently exchanged letters. Upon the death
of Molly's mother, her father had taken up
a permanent residence in San Diego, his
wife's birthplace, and had died there about
the time that Molly's marriage with John
Allaire had been decided upon. The sol
emnization of the marriage had token place
a few months after his death, and the young
couple had begun life with no other in
vested funds than the slender fortune left
by the elder Manson.
Somewhat later a letter from her uncle
had reached San Diego, addressed to Molly
Allaire. It was the first he had ever written
to his niece and was destined to be the last
This communication, which will be iound
to be as concise in construction as it is
practical in tone, read as follows:
"My dear Molly Although 'you and I
live at a great distance from each other and
although I have never seen you, yet I don't
forget that you are my niece, brother Tom's
only child If I have never seen you, it is
simply because Tom and I didn't meet after
he got married, and because I live in the
extreme western portion of Tennessee and
you live in San Diego. .Now, it's several
thousand miles from Tennessee to Cali
iornia and it wouldn't be at all convenient
for me to make that journey. Therefore, if
it would be a difficult matter for me to go
to see you it would be a still more difficult
matter for you to come to see me, so pray
WJM mU Ui M
"The fact is Molly. I'm n n1iMr nf n
around behind the Coronado-Islands, situ- ancle; not one of those North American
call dens, in which any scheme geod or bad
becomes the starting point of a fraud Very
skillfulfin depicting the possibilities of a
combination, utterly unscrupulous as to the
means resorted to, an adept in the art of
persuation, with very shadowy notions of
meum et tuum, he plunged' headlong into
20 speculasions, all of which went to pieces;
but the biter himself did not escape un-
bitten, tor he now found himself literally
on the street almost without the necessaries
of life. Still, as his operations had been
entirely secret, he had some little credit
left and made use of it to launch new
schemes and secure new victims.
This conditions of affairs, however, could
not last Any moment there might be an
outburst, and the scheming Yankee who had
transported his peculiar business methods to
the Pacific slope might find himself obliged
to leave San Diego as he had left Boston.
And yet, in such an intelligent community,
a genuine center of commercial activity,
whose importance increased lrom year to
year, any man of honesty and integrity
would have found many aveuues of 6uecess
open to him. But there were needful some
thinFrs which Tw Rarfcp.r didn't, havp
moril rectitude, sfraightiorward ideas and a
mind tree lrom guile.
It is important to note here that neither
John Allaire, Andrew Hollister nor any
one else had any suspicion of the true con
dition of Barker's matters. In industrial
and commercial circles there was no ink
ling that this adventurer and would to
heaven he deserved no harsher name was
hastening to his ruin. And even when the
crash should come, .possibly they would be
Xdueatod Inflections of the Body Hare a
Language of Their Own.
In the curriculum of physical education
In advanced lines, muchimportanoe is given
to the language of the courtesy and of the
step in entering a room, says the New York
Sun. The plebian form of the oourtesy is
known as the "bob," while the cultured
and educated inflection of the body may ex
press In its dip and rise condescension, re
spect, admiration, sarcasm, pride or con
tempt, exquisite graclousness or chilling
scorn.
As for the step, the most approved Is a
traditional court step which those who can
remember the days of the Prince Consort
have seen as he led Queen Victoria into
the room before her assemblies, and those of
the younger generation who have seen Al
bam as Elsa know also in its perfeotion. It
is a slow, stately kind of glide, so steadily
accomplished that no movement of the head
or shoulders can be detected
THE STOMACH AND COKPLEXTOir.
Paris Beauties Are Learning That BlXs Well
to IJTe Like Anchorites.
The onxaplexion of the Paris woman has
undergone a notioeable change for the better,
not altogether attributable to her art in ap
plying artificial tints to her once sallow
epidermis. The lady of social place lives
like an anchorite, they say, on a most lim
ited diet, drinkinr scarcely anvthine but
milk, or if stimulant is needed, using a lit
tlepure whisky and water instead of wjne.
Hearty meat is renounced in favor of
chicken or game, and only the most easily
digested foods are transforming the sallow
French complexion to Ivory whiteness
among tile elegantes.
Another Old SoIdlorMado Happy.
During three years of the la,te war I was
a member tf Company I, One Hundred and
Forty-ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volun
teers, or Second Buektails. In the second
year of service I contracted chronic diar
rhoea, which has clung to me ever since, and
in addition to this I was shot through the
body near the small of my back (in the bat
tle of the Wilderness). One of the lasting
effects of this wouild is such that during
attacks of diarrhoea I have no retaining
fowers over the movements of my bowels,
have used many remedies, but up to Au
gust, 1889, I had supposed that there was no
remedy that would quite reach my case,
but since then myself and my family have
thorouchlv tested Chamberlain's Colin.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and have
. found it to be by far the best remedy we
have ever used for bowel complaint, and
without any hesitation whatever, I cheer
fully recommend it to my friends and old
army comrades. I value it more than its
weight in gold J. E. McIntire,
tvbu Oory Huntingdon county. Pa,
the people time enough to sleep Sundays,
and rest so they could start in fresh again
Monday. I tell you as a matter of fact we
are to have a great exposition, but I want
you to make it sure.
What do you think of Introducing the
ballet? Do you imagine that Punch and
Judy can' candidly be considered a chest
nut? What are the drawing powers of Sam
Jones and Sara Bernhardt and AUcock's
porous plaster, relatively speaking? Do
you think the Siamese twins could be re
stored with success or a galvanic battery?
What do you think of ex-Senator Blair, of
old New Hampshire, in an oration of 30
days' duration? How would he compare
with Dr. Tanner on a fast for that period of
time Could they hold the crowd, or would
we have to lock the people in? Provided I
battened down the hatches, locked every
thing up and oiled the burglar alarms, do
you believe Jay Gould in the act of shear
ing coupons would draw a crowd or an
Inference?
Watterson's Letter That Never Came.
What will remove ink from the letter
that never came from Henry Watterson to
D. B. Hill? Can you furaislLme, for fram
ing, a copy of the law preventing David B.
Hill from running for Mayor of New York
in addition to governor or and senator
from the Empire State? Can you sgnd me
for the art gallery a certified portrait of Anni e
Booney, deceased? Should ensilage be
cut often, and if so, in what quarter of the
moon should the abridgment take place?
May I safely introduce into the restaurant
of the exposition gumquats as a side dish?
Do you think it a good idea to fix special
days, suchos press day, dog days, or would
you leave it to your next almanac? Do vou
think that the free coinage of silver wiU in
terfere with the counterfeiting industry; if
so, in what respect? Could I successfully
cross the gold bug and the potato bug and
use the resultant in the fat stock show? If
not, why not? Do you think John L. Sul
livan would be out of place in the chamber
of horrors which I propose introducing in
the exposition?
These are simply details, but If you have
any general ideas upon the conduct of an
exposition, showing how it should be run,
I would like to have a few sacks of the early
variety. Yours anxiously,
K. W. Mitchell,
Secretary and Superintendent
Plenty 'of Information on Tap.
To this frank avowal of ignorance, I an
swered as follows:
Dxab Bobekt I am glad to know that
you are to have a great industrial exposition
In Portland worthy of the wonderful country
of which she is the metropolis. How you
came to be the Superintendent and Secre
tary I do not know. The Oregonians are
humor loving people, and like to put up jobs
on their neighbors. Possibly that has some
thing to do with it Expositions should
have, in the first place, a spinal column of
worthy and valuable exhibits a sort of hat
rack, if you please, upon which to hang the
popcorn privileges and other features which
are of minor importance.
I warn vou first of all, as Superintendent,
against the American commercial spirit,
which crops out at all times, but especially
in an exposition. A sausage stulhng ma
chine is one of the most beautiful sights,
from a utilitarian standpoint, that I ever
saw, but it will not bring people from a dis
tance. You must have something of art and
beauty, and an element of the wonderful.
Africa had an exhibit that ought to put a '
big blush, as wide as a Swiss sunset, on the '
face of the great civilized Kepublic which
Hnpa sn mnph tn ipn(1 miccinnarlpo tn thn t
Kongo. The diamond exhibit of that god- l droP an
may break out suddenly on a future genera
tion and create much trouble. You might
spring a subtle piece of humor on an English
man and produce no appreciable effect, but
think or his helpless grandchild on whom
the humorous heritage might fall! Punch
and Judy will appeal to those who may not
have seen anything to laugh at in Ethan
Allen. You might try it.
Sam Jones is a straightforward preacher,
cheerfully telling people what miserable
hounds they are, and warning them to flee
from the wrath to come, at so much per
warn. He will not only bring thousands of
curious people to your exposition, but he
will save quite a lot of souls at the same
time. 4
Blair Sure of a Nice Job.
Mr. Blair is not available. He is going
on a foreign mission. Possibly he will go
before this letter reaches you. He heard of
a foreign country yesterday evening that
he has not tried yet You cannot expect
him. He is almost sure that he will go
abroad, and is only waiting for a permit
which may come at any time.
You speak of Mr. Gould in a show win
dow shearing coupons off his bonds as a
feature. I would favor that, but you know,
pernaps, tnai Air. uouid cannot sit in a
draft, especially a sieht draft, as he has
, facial neuralgia or tic-$oo. Do not depend
upon him, for I am sure he could net come.
Your reference to Governor Hill is en
tirely unworthy of the important offices he
holds. Governor Hill has no notion of be
coming Mayor of New York. His other
offices entirely engross his attention. He
could not give the office of Mayor of New
York that degree of espionage which it re
quires. A man who is Governor of a great
State and Senator also does not care to be
Mayor of New York, or open expositions
with a few desultory remarks. Ensilage
should be cut as early as possible. Some
use a teething ring for cutting their ensi
lage, but I think- it injures the gooms.
Gumquats are not popular in exposition
restaurants generally, especially during the
heated term. What are gumquats, anyhow?
Something; Decidedly Novel.
-An exciting thing and a feature that has
always drawn enormous crowds everywhere
that it has been tried, is a discussion be
tween two able men on vital questions, like
xnis, tor instance: "As tne xarm a Tax?"
So many people would like to get down off
their drygoods boxes and make experiments
with industry If they only knew whether
the tariff was a tax oi not As it is now,
values are unsettled, industries languish,
resources remain undeveloped, trade be
comes atrophied, commerce ceases and our
shipping stands rotting at our docks.
I would rather not speak of Mr. Sullivan,
except in a non-partisan way. If you do not
mind. I criticised his acting once, and
from the way he acted the next time I saw
him I judged that he hated to be criticised
that way. He wishes me to say, however,
that he is not drinking any now, and will
eievate tne stasfe again next season.
If you could erect a sort of glass conserv
atory or incubator and set on old political
wheelhorse on a recently discovered mare's
nest I think it would give good results.
Did you ever try that? People would come
for a long distance and pay good prices to
see this, I think.. Yours truly,
Bill Nra.
SIGfllFICMT TALKBI PARKHUEST.
Such Men Will Not Be Bound by Anything
but Sound Reasoning.
HOT SHOT IN A SERMON AT ST. THOMAS
IB THOBOTJGHLY ANQLICIZEO.
Nellie Grant,Though Native to AmezlosvNot
at All American.
Mrs. Sartoris, nee Nellie Grant, Is a speci
men of the compUte Anglicizing that a
dozen years' resident on the other side can
make In a native American, says the New
York Evening World. Mrs. Sartoris was
born and bred in the United States, and so
were her parents, grandparents and great
grandparents before her. She married a
Briton a dozen or more years ago, went over
the seas to live with him, and now comes
back te her people and friends with three
beautiful children, named out of an English
story book Bosemary, Vivien and Lionel.
Julia, Ellen and Hiram are not so roman
tic, but they are names that her progeni
tors bore, and they ore names too, that 20
years hence in all probability the descend
ants of the Dent-Grant-Sortoria family will
prefer to their own ridiculous appellations;
By the death of father-in-law, who admired
her very much, Mrs. Sartoris inherited a
comfortable sum, which a dissolute son is
not able to touch. Although perfectly in
dependent she could not be induced to live
in America again. She prefers England
CHEATING IN BACCAEAT.
The Little Trick Gordon-Cnmmlng lsAl
leeed to Have Practiced.
It is easily understood that in playing
baccarat by holding extra chips in the hand
and leaning forward so as to bring the
raised hand, sitting: as a punter does often
with his elbows nearly on the margin of the
table, over his stakes, a man who wishes to
cheat and finds that the cards favor him con
extra chip or two to join his de-
less continent, and the methods of workine i posit, especially when the counters are
this somewhat expensive stone, attracted made of Russian leather which makes no
more attention in one day than all our oat- none, so as to increase his winning, or,
meal and atmospheric pressure. I with a finger, jerk away one or more of
Most Have Something Untnual. what he has already put up in order to
I am an American, Mr. Superintendent, , diminish his loss,
and proud of the land which gave me birth . That was the trick which was watched
after which it had a long spell of extreme t and, they say, detected- by the ladies and
mental depression but foreign nations will ' gentlemen who were with the Prince of
not put up a lunoheon and come to see the i Wales at Tranby Croft There are other
IWMTTEX TOB THX DISPATCH.
When in New York we were told that
the proper thing to do on Sunday was to go
to St Thomas' Church to hear the music,
which" was said to be the finest in the city.
Very many attractions present themselves
in the way of church going just now in the
great metropolis and it was something of a
problem where to go with Heber Newton
making a noise in the world, with a lot of
people boring Bishop Potter to have him
disciplined for heresy, with Parkhurst
doing his utmost to break the Westminster
Confession to pieces, and pegging away
apparently to upset the very foundations of
Presbyteriansm, and with Talmage pranc
ing about the stage ot his new tabernacle,
and Dr. Hall holding forth in good ortho
dox style.
With not many Sundays at command, we
did a good deal of church going while in
New York, but of course could not take in
all of the attractions. However, we did
"do" St Thomas for the sake of the music.
That was pretty much all there was of it,
except the very fashionable people who
compose the congregation and do their de
votions in the most elegant and esthetic
manner;
Not So Very Inhospitable.
St Thomas', be is known, is away up
Eifth avenue, where the "400" live and move
and have their being. As may be sup
posed, it is a very handsome church, fur
nished in the most gorgeous and orthodox
style. Before going we were told that its
members were not very hospitable to
strangers that we would, very likely, be
stowed awav in an obscure corner where it
would be difficult to either see or hear
that if we got a scat at all we would be in
luck that the gospel there was not dis
pensed to sinners poor and needy.
But let it be known to the credit of St
Thomas' that the Pittsburg pilgrims were
treated quite royally, and were handedmp
to a high seat, where they reposed -upon
downy cushions, with not a wrinkle in the
roseleaf of pleasure, nor a ruffle of care to
disturb an angelic frame of mind. No ex
pense seems to have been spared to make
St Thomas' enticing. Two grand organs
fill its stately aisles with noble melody, and
back up two choirs in their singing of
sacred songs. A quartet of fine professional
singers gave us some divine music, and the
congregation indulged in the grace of hear
ing instead of singing.
Blutlo to Be Baved Over.
What all that wealth of sacred melody
costs we do not know, but it is no longer
wonderful that people should rave over the
music at St Thomas'. The anthem seemed
to be voiced by a "heavenly host" None
of the singers being visible made the illu
sion all the more striking. The chanting
was not so good as what we are accustomed
to at Calvary, a queer mannerism and
odd accent being noticeable which sug
gested the idea that the singers were for
eigners, and did not understand the senti
ment of the words they strung off so
rapidly.
None of the music was of the depressing
or melancholy order with the effect of mak
ing people think of nothing :o much as
their latter end the near pcsibility of
their future doom being hades, there to
dwell with the devil, and his angels. In
beauty, fitness and artistic rendering it
maae me nearers leei as n "compassed
about with songs of rejoicing" and gave
them a sense of rest and refreshment
While the service impressed upon them the
fact that they were indeed "miserable sin
ners" the music had the effect of making
them feel as if there was some pleasure in
life and some hope in the future. For the
time they ceased to contemplate the bot
tomless pit and "endless fire and chains"
and the "Gulf of Dark Despair."
A Fnlplt Idea of Sin.
But If the music was entrancing;, the ser
mon was amazing. The only point made
was that "unbelief" is the deadliest of all
sins. Dishonesty, drunkenness, immorality
were all pretty bad, but the crowning sin of
all was to doubt anything in the creed or
doctrine held by the church as truth. To
keep all right, and make yourself secure for
heaven as Dr. Parkhurst says you
must "pluck out your eyes and replace your
brains with sawdust" According to this
poor little "Episcopal, no man or woman
can be on independent thinker and a good
churchman.
But if this good brother's sermon was
weakly stupid in these days of vigorous
thinking and heresy-hunting, there was
plenty of strong talk in that of Dr. Park
hurst, who boldly discoursed upon the dis
quiet of the Presbyterian Church particu
larly, and the rumpuses in the chureh at
large. This mental and doctrinal uneasi
ness he describes as a tempest sweeping.
over the entire continent not in any special
denomination, but in tne air a sort or
grip as it were. The Eoman Catholic
Church has its McGlynn element;
the Baptists are berating Bridgeman; the
.Episcopal brethren have i"bonnced" Mc
Queary and are now after Newton; the
Presbyterians are battling over Briggs,
while" the Methodists have their fight over
the heresy of admitting women to the full
privileges of the church.
Pleasures of Heretlc-Qunting
Brother Parkhurst says the church now,
as always, has a quick, keen relish of prose
cution. There js no pursuit it so much
loves as heresy-hunting. To run down
heretics and put on the screws is one of the
comforts the church enjoys. What Calvin,
or John Knox, or Cotton Mather, or any of
the old Puritonio crowd in the great be
yond will think of that sermon, there is no
means of knowing unless the Spiritualists
get a medium to tell but there is nothing
more sure than that in their times Brother
Parkhurst would be branded as a heretic of
the most mischievous pattern, and very
likely be tortured or burned at the stake.
He made bold to say in this sermon that
the Church took vastly more pleasure in
hunting down a heretic than in converting
a sinner. That it raised piles of money to
convert a 'heathen and get him into the
Church, but the moment oi extreme felicity
the time when enthusiasm flashes up into
ono compact flame of radiance and heat is
when there is a prospect of "getting a man
out of the Church " Really in this amaz
ing sermon he was about as hard upon "the
cloth" and the Church as Ingersoll himself.
Hear this: "The Church has always fought
new ideas. It never subscribes to a dis
covery in science until it has to. It always
widens its conceptions erudeinely and
sulkily. When on the frontier between the
wonld have thought to have heard
the same from a Presbyterian pulpit
by a Presbyterian preacher? Think what
the world has come to. when Brother
, Parkhurst affirms that really good Presby.
vciAuua win not De oonnu uj me ionies3ion
of Faith that they will accept no man as
master that they will not be bound even
by the Bible when it seems to contradict
Christ Christ tells us to love our enemies,
but the imprecatory Psalms encourage men.
to curse their enemies and pray against
them. In such case the reverend doctor
proposes to turn his back upon David, and
says he always reads the Pialms at his ser
vices from an edition of the Psalter from
which all of the cursing Psalms have been
expurgated.
Holdlns Past to the Old.
Then he got after the General Assembly
and Calvin and his doctrines. He asserted
that the Assembly made itself ridiculous by
confining its Committee on Revision of the
Westminster Confession of Faith within
the lines aslaid down by Calvin. He ridi
culed the idea of tieing a great church in
this live nineteenth century and in this
great country to the opinions and views of
a man who has been under the sod for 300
years. He did notprofess to know whether
as great a man as Calvin could be found in
the irresbytenan persuasion nowadays or
not, but he did not like the idea of His be
loved church being anchored to a ceme
tery. He thinks the Church must move on or be
left--that it will be a3 fatal to its future to
pin it to theold name of Calvin 03 it would
be to pin science to an old name. A six
teenth century church will not do in
these days. He has no patience,
it would appear, with those who
assert that the Bible being divinely in
spired contains no errors. He makes spe
cial protest about the little "quibblm?
ways of some in their defense of God's
Word." It is this little pettifogging, craven
cowardliness that excites the contempt of
people "who do their own thinking, and
have conscience enough to see through its
poltroonry."
Critics Will Xot Be Frightened.
The attempt to shoo off the critics at this
stage of the game, he thinks, will be fulile,
and he urges that the Bible should be open
to criticism; that the proper way to proceed
in that matter is to throw down the gaunt
let and challenge investigation; to stop the
dickering policy and let the truth come out,
or, in the words of his text, to "Prove all
things, and hold fast that which is good"
Dr. Parkhurst evidently trains with
Brother Briggs, and seems to hae a consid
able flavor of the philosophy of Herbert
Spencer. It is not often that the Church
and its people get such a hauling
over the coals by one of Its own
ministers. But Brother Parkhurst has
courage and energy, and believes evidently
ln calling a spade a spade. He preachej
the doctrine of love, and asserts that vast
quantities of this will be needed in the next
lew years "to prevent the Prpsbytcriaa
Church from becoming a veritable hades
above ground." He thinks the battle is on,
and the creed of Calvin must go. If he and
those who think like him cannot get this
done inside of the Presbyterian Church,
they will do it inside of some other church
not so hide bound. He got in a clip at
Princeton, which, he says, desires to turn
out Presbyterian preachers as a machine
turns out shoe pees, and to Rfrnr i-lmmh
unity by cutting off the legs, of those who
do not walk in step, or takin? off the heads
of those who do notthink in step.
Nobody Sleeps Thro ugh Such Talks.
This sort of a sermon attracts the multi
tude. There was no nid-nid-nodding over
these remarks. The church was packed and
everybody was alive and waiting tor what
would be said next The stalwarts will
most certainly have to be up and doing,
when such radicals as Brother Parkhurst ara
around. His hearers seemed to be with him
in sentiment from first to last It would
notbesuri.iIs ag to hear that the authori
ties proposed 10 "sit" on him as a cose of
heresy. ,
It is quite plain, however, that the Pres
byterian Church is bound to have a lively
time of it for awhile. Great bodies jnova
slowly, but the severity of the creed of Cal
vin has to be crowded out if Briggs and
Parkhurst can do the shoving and tSey at
pear to think they can. What seems str.ui"9
is that Parkhurs has not been hunted down
as a heretic long ago. What things will
come to nobody knows, but this turmoil in,
the churches, this indulgence in freedom of
thought, this demand for revision of creed
and Bjbleand the renunciation of old an.
thorities is a wonderful manifestatioa of
progress.
Judging the future by the past, when
Calvin comes down from his Tndpml f
would not be a much greater change or sur
prise if Tom Paine should be held as a sub
ject for canonization. Bessie Beaiible.
THE ENGAGEMENT EINO.
HMnjt Now Hare o. Picture of 12Zerata!
One Who Gave It.
HewTerfc Sun.
The girl that has only a emuuMgmlacs
solitaire engagement ring might Just as well
have said "No" to the old question. The
girl who tries to look down on her, with
her heart-shaped hoop of blood-red rubies
or shimmering pearls, is an object of pity,
just the same, and the victim of mistaken
ideas, for the proper ring Indicative o:
plighted troth must contain the features of
the beloved giver set beneath a large, clear
and perfectly flat diamond, in a frame of
small surrounding emeralds, rubies, or sap
phires. In exchange for this somewhat roassivo
fetter the lady gives her fiance a pencil case
of gold or silver, with a miniature portrait
of Herself set in the end of the case beneath
the large, clear diamond, in a circle of tiny
jewels.
DYSPEPSIA 07 THE HTSB.
Collet; Onuftuttes are Not ZJXcely to Sa
Beaiiy Well JZdncated.
Boitonfllobe.3
Benjamin Franklin es!d he made himself
an educated man simply by learning things
when he wanted them. Whenever he had
use for any kind of knowledge, he acquired
it His appetite was good, his mental di
gestion was in order, and hence he assimil
ated his knowledge and made it a port of
his Intellectual organization.
A man cannot be made wise upon knowl
edge which he doesn't want to learn, any
more than he can be made strong upon pla
which he doesn't want to eat Compulsory
pie con only result in dyspepsia, and com
pulsory knowledge is inevitably followed
by intellectual indigestion. There are
thousands of men who are graduating from,
our colleges at this season of the year who,
from the very nature of the case, must be
mentally dyspeptic.
EPIJNG AND ttts TVPKwmTKH-
The Popular Story-Teller Is Quite Success
ful In, ITsing tho Keys.
So Mr. Rudyard Kipling has taken to the
typewriter. His work recently increased at
such a prodigious rate that he found it ut
terly impossible to cope with it in the
Portland exposition unless you give them
something instructive and unusual.
You ask about the ballet I am not the
ways of cheating at baccarat, but in such
cases a coniederate, generally a club
servant, has been necessary.
:7ZWrJ lU!S "TM: ! "-Unary way. Mr. Wolcott Balesteir-the
man who has a new understanding of things
is always a hated man. No matter what
his character may be, no matter what his
integrity, no matter how willing he might
be trf lay down
Ills Lire for the Truth,
as he apprehends it, he is a feared and hated
man. And they always try to kill him.
And they do it as part o.t their religious
life. They think they are doing God service
by killing him, just as Saul thought when
he was breathing out threatenings against
the poor Christians at Damascus. Ortho
doxy, history through, has been happy in
shedding the blood of heterodoxy. Of
course, as civilization has advanced, modes
of burning and burying alive have been
modified and have assumed more esthetic
forms, but there is the same queer Impulse
backofitalL"
This is exactly what Brother Ingersoll
.-.- '.11 -I...-. 1 A t..
has been saying all
along; but
representative in England of the American
publishing house of Lowell came to the
rescue with the suggestion that he sbouid
typewrite his stories. Mr-Kipling adbpted
the suggestion, and he now manipulates the
instrument with considerable skill.
Mr. Besant does not use theyvpewriter
himself but he invariably gets bis stones
typewritten before sending them to the
printers. He regards the laid copy as a
proof, corrects it accordingly, and retuses to
allow his printers to make any charge for
what is technically known as "authors' corrections."
A Cool Proposition.
A small boy of 4 was riding on a rocking
horse with a companion. He- was seated
rather uncomfortably on the horse's occkJk
After a reflective pause he said: "I thinks
if one of us get3 off I could ride m
who J better.
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