Her Dowry
By RUTH GRAHAM
In the Rocky mountains, not far west
of Denver, there lived William Harri
son, who had taken his wife and
daughter into the gold region for the
purpose of looking in the ground for a
fortune. He settled himself and them
In a log cabin on Clear creek. He
would wash for gold until he found
himself possessed of enough of the
precious metal to keep his family for
awhile, then he would start out on a
prospecting tour, to dig holes in the
ground, hoping to find gold in paying
quantities.
But Harrison's diggings resulted In
nothing. Each day he became mow
disappointed and discouraged.
One day a stranger came to Harri
son's cabin and asked for a night's
lodging. Mrs. Harrison took him in
and gave him what she had, which
was little enough, for they were very
poor. He was waited on by Isabel at
supper and chatted with her while he
ate. He drew from her the story of
her father's efforts to win a fortune
for her out of the ground, besides a
secret that was unknown to her par
ents. She loved a young man who
was hunting for gold and had achieved
no more success than her father. He
was able to obtain only a precarious,
living for himself, and it would be a
gin tot the couple to marry while
doomed to such abject poverty.
The stranger seemed much interested
In the girl's story and asked many
questions concerning the young man.
Isabel assured him that he was of
good character and not liable to a
change or one following an Ignis fatuus,
since everybody In that region was a
gold hunter. He was the son of a
prospector. Therefore he might be
said to have been born to the occupa
tion.
The stranger seemed to be a peculiar
T with strange ideas. - Instead of
berating Isabel's father or her lover for
wasting time in a hunt that there was
not one chance In a thousand of being
successful, he said that life consisted
of taking chances, for no one could tell
what a day or an hour might bring
forth. "Life," he said, "is not even a
speculation. It Is sure to end In the
grave."
This was said with a melancholy
flplrlt. The man was ill and possibly
was Influenced by his Illness He re
mained a month in Harrison's cabin,
silnlstered to by Mrs. Harrison and
Isabel But he showed such Interest In
Isabel that he fell entirely under her
care. He was delayed by a snowstorm
that came early In the winter, and the
snow was likely to remain on the
ground for many months. Isabel told
her friend that she regretted this be
cause It covered a little grotto near the
house where In fair weather she used
to go and sew or read. He replied
that life was only enjoyed by contrasts
and the longer she was kept out of her
grotto the happier she would be to get
Into it again.
When it ceased to snow the stranger
took his departure. Before going he
said to her:
"You will receive a dowry which will
enable you to marry the man you love."
Isabel looked at him in astonishment
and asked him when the dowry would
come to her.
"When the sun Is warm enough to
r*elt the snow," was the reply.
The stranger was such an odd indi
vidual that Isabel thought little of this
statement, thinking that he was not
aware of what he said. She certainly
did not place sufficient faith in It to tell
it to her father and mother or to her
lover.
That was a long winter, and her fa
ther found prospecting difficult on ac
count of the deep snow. The family
pined for the spring to come to release
them from their cabin and enable them
to enjoy the out of door life, so invig
orating In the mountains.
At last there came a series of warm
days, and the snow began to melt and
run down the gulches In torrents. It
was so thick that It required time to
leave bare any of the soil or rocks.
One remark of the stranger Isabel re
membered. It was that the longer she
was kept out of her grotto the more
she would rejoice at re-entering it.
One morning after several warm
days she was sitting by the window of
her little room sewing The sun was
still melting the snow, shining bright
ly. Thinking of the stranger's remark
about her grotto, she turned her head
to look at it, for she could see it from
her window. The snow had been melt
ed so far as to leave several bare spots.
On the edge of one of these spots she
noticed a dazzling light made by the
sun shining on some smooth substance.
Isabel's curiosity was excited as to
what this substance was, for she did
not remember to have left any bit of
metal or glass there in the autumn.
She went out to the grotto, and there
at her feet was a gold piece.
She picked it up wonderingly, then
hunted in the snow for more. She
found no more, but the next morning
the snow had melted so far as to un
cover a basket that had been missing,
and it was full of gold coins.
The wonder stricken girl counted
them and found what was an ample
dowry.
She at once connected it with the
stranger she had nursed and put it
away for him, thinking he would re
turn and claim it. But he never came.
Isabel kept it untouched till the next
autumn came on, and then, having
heard nothing from him, she acted on
what h<« had said about finding her
dowry "when the snow melts" and ap
propriated it to herself.
Their Hero
By RICHARD MARKLEY
One of the idiosyncrasies of youth is
an overappreciation of what is pleasing
to the eye. A boy of sixteen is more
absorbed in the cut of his clothes than
ever again in his life. The love of per
sonal adornment is supposed to remain
with a woman so long as she lives.
Once out of her teens she is won rath
er by devotion than good looks. But
a girl from fifteen to twenty is as much
charmed by what is usually denominat
ed handsome in a boy a3 the boy is by
resplendent neckwear. Neither the boy
nor the girl attaches much importance
to merit.
Tom Berryman, aged eighteen, the
son of a well to do widow, persuaded
his mother to permit him to give a
house party in her country home, which
she did not intend to occupy during the
summer. The bunch Tom trained with
was composed of boys and girls of ages
varying from fourteen to eighteen,
though none of the girls was quite
seventeen. Six boys and six girls were
Invited to the house party, and all ac
cepted at once, for none of them had
ever been so honored before.
Mrs. Berryman had an intimate
friend, a Mrs. Archibald, whose only
son, Reginald, was of a proper age to
be invited to the house party. Mrs.
Berryman, desiring to show attention
to her friend, made It a condition of
giving up her country house to her son
and her friends that Reginald Archi
bald should receive an invitation to be
one of the party.
Tom consented and had been suffi
ciently trained In social dealings to no
tify the other boys that Reginald Archi
bald, being a stranger, should receive
especial attention from them. As to
the girls, Tom knew that If they did
not happen to fancy young Archibald
they would not be likely to put them
selves out of the way to do him honor.
When Reginald appeared on the
scene he was found to be what a girl
of sixteen would call handsome. His
complexion was pink and white. He
was rather tall for his age and deli
cately formed. He possessed a well
turned neck and throat and wore a
byronic collar—not at all in fashion—
which showed the features to advan
tage. He at once gave the impression
that he honored the company In ap
pearing among them and that he ex
pected to be treated with especial con
sideration.
As has been remarked, young ladies
of sixteen are like the fish that go tor
the glittering spoon that whirls in the
sunshine at the end of a line. Regi
nald's pink and white complexion, his
soft brown eyes, his artistically tum
bled hair and, above all, that throat,
rising above the broad, rolling collar,
captivated every girl in the party.
Moreover, his admirers were too young
to have received proper training in
restraining themselves in such matters,
and Mr. Archibald at once became their
hero.
Even had the girls refrained from
showing their admiration for the
youngster with the pink and white
complexion the other boys would
doubtless have discovered it They
were not envious of him, but his re
ceiving all the attention to the entire
exclusion of all the rest of them was
certainly calculated to mar the pleasure
of the party. No one of them could
make an engagement with any girl un
til she had learned whether Reginald
Archibald would honor her with a like
invitation. If a boy were chatting with
a girl she was forever casting glances
at the Adonis, evidently more interest
ed in getting him away from the girl he
was with than in her companion.
The longer this concentrated atten
tion of the girls upon him lasted the
more Mr. Archibald seemed to consider
it a matter of course. Instead of point
ing out to the girls the want of wisdom
in their course he rather encouraged
them in following it Instead of en
deavoring to be one of the party of
boys he held aloof from them, seeming
to consider the society of girls prefer
able. On the whole, the young fellows
were quite excusable in being up in
arms against both the girls and their
hero for spoiling their fun.
They put their heads together to con
coct some scheme to show up the ador
able Adonis and reinstate themselves
in the good graces of the girls. They
one and all agreed to act on the old
saying "Absence makes the heart grow
fonder." The result speaks for itself.
One morning when the girls came
down to breakfast the butler an
nounced that some of the boys had
gone fishing, some to a baseball match.
The only boy left at home was their
hero. They had him for breakfast,
they spent the morning with him, the
afternoon, and when dinner time came
he was still their only companion.
Long before the shadows of evening
came they found that Mr. Archibald
was a good deal like fish for breakfast
fish for luncheon and fish for dinner.
At the usual hour for dancing the pho
nograph was set going, and since there
was only the hero to dance with and
the girls soon tired of dancing with one
another they sat around and moped.
The boys came in at 10 o'clock to
find all the girls retired to their rooms,
and Mr. Archibald had taken the 9:15
train for home. In the morning the
I girls pouted, while the boys talked of
the enjoyable day they had spent as
stags.
For a few hours the moping of the
girls continued; then, when the boys
went out to the tennis courts together,
they were followed by a repentant
flock of misses who had concluded that
five ordinary boys were preferable to
one Adonis.
She Was Too Radiant.
The elder Swift founder of one of
the great Chicago beef concerns, hated
to see women working in bright clothes,
according to a man who once labored
for the Swift concern. There happen
ed to be a stenographer at the works,
however, who bought all the loud rai
ment she could and looked like a com
bination of a merry-go-round and a
rainbow when she walked through the
yards.
One day the elder Swift caught sight
of her. He called his assistant
"Who is that?" be asked.
"Why, that's Mr. Blank's stenogra
pher."
"How much does she get?"
"Twenty-five a week."
"Dock her."
"I'm afraid she'll leave."
Swift shot a glance at his assistant
before he answered.
"If she doesn't" be said, "dock her
again."—Earl Godwin in Washington
Star.
The Long Lived Farmer.
Man armed with a hoe protects him
self from the agencies of death more
completely than man with any other
life defense weapon. The United States
bureau of statistics-has discovered that
Important fact by a study of the rec
ords of life insurance companies. Then
"the hard life of the farmer" Is longer,
not because it simply seems longer,
but because he lives in the midst of
protective agencies. The statistics of
the entire country show that farmers
live longer than all others, fifty-eight
years being their average span of life
Bookkeepers and office assistants live
the shortest lives, thirty-six years b:»-
Ing their average limit of endurance
Among the office workers tuberculosis
Is the worst enemy of life, 35 per cent
of them having died of that disease.
Among the farmers heart disease
causes the most deaths, 16 per cent of
the total—Worcester Telegram.
Told by the Windmill.
In certain districts of Holland news
of a domestic sort is frequently an
nounced by the windmills. When, for
instance, a miller gets married he stops
his mill with the arms of the wheel in
an oblique position and with the sails
unfurled. His friends and guests do
likewise with their mills tn celebration
of the ceremony. To announce a birth
the wheel is stopped with the arms
in a slanting position, but at a more
acute angle than for a marriage and
with the two upper sails unfurled. In
the event of a miller's death his fami
ly causes the sails of his mill to be all
furled, and the mill is turned around
until the arms assume an upright cross,
in which position they are left until
after the funeral has taken place.
Contracts and tho Eye.
Lecturing on "The Effect on the Bye
of Varying Degrees of Brightness and
Contrast" before the Illuminating En
gineer society recently, Dr. James
Kerr of the public health department
of the London county council referred
to some effects which may be surpris
ing. Having to examine long lists oI
figures in black type, he tried to facili
tate his task by drawing vertical and
horizontal lines in red ink, but the dif
ferent focusing of the black and red
strained his eye nnd gave him a head
ache, which did not trouble him when
all the figures and lines were either
black or red
One of Them Did.
As good a real kid story as you've
probably noticed for awhile is related
herewith: The four-year-old son was
having lunch alone with his grand
mother. At his proposal they agreed
to play "father and mother." He was
the father, and she was the mother.
After the few words of grace he bent
forward in excellent imitation of his
father and said, "Well, mother, and
have the children said anything cute
today?"— Philadelphia Star.
Studying the Future.
"So you are going to get married,"
laid Miss Cayenne.
"Yes," replied the confiding young
man.
"Well, which kind of marriage is
it to be—one where you go to live with
the bride's folks or the bride's folks
come to live with you?"— Washington
Star.
Tho Cabbage Butterfly.
The most destructive enemy of the
cabbage and related crops is the cab
bage butterfly. This lays Its eggs upon
a cabbage leaf. The eggs hatch into
green caterpillars, and these eat the
leaves. In 1883, says the Journal of
Heredity, an ichneumon fly was im
ported from Europe to keep the cab
bage butterfly in check. The fly lays
its eggs in the body of the caterpillar;
the larvae which hatch from these eggs
eat the caterpillar's insides, cut their
way out through the empty skin and
spin cocoons from which the flies
emerge.
"It is interesting to note," adds the
Journal of Heredity, "that the parasite
is in turn preyed upon by a super
parasite, a little chalcis fly, 'and so on
down ad infinitum,' no doubt"
Korea Eate Rice With a Spoon.
While China and Japan take rice
with chopsticks, Korea eats hers with
a spoon. Prediction is that the x next
step will usher in the broad fork.
"Whence comes this peculiarity?" asks
the Korea Magazine. "One reason is
that in the Analects of Confucius a rec
ord exists that the master ate his mil
let not with chopsticks, but with a
spoon. Every saying that pertains to
Confucius is reverently regarded in
Korea, and the people of that land
would rather follow the master than
present day custom."—East and West
News.
BUBBIAN ASHY LEADER
SUPPORTED KEEENgCT
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» GENERAL SURVEY OF
THEWAB
Italian treats have taken fmi IHf
Austro-G ara&ans tfea of
Del and the ftiflin. add raw
occupy the slope api tgp of Monte fljy
Gabriels after sevtm> fighting. Hal*
embfesy in ajmottoottig Uie sap*
taire, Mid it is l6e iwwM viA
gftmed hr the Italians ainee their an*
wange itfto tfce war.
GqtHur* of aM AaetoodfaMffarlap
lfteote San wmH it
&>Moted Urbe a setter qjhours. Tke
Sflfettag in the roffoa of the forest of
TOIQOYO was very severe, as the Aue-
had assembled an enormous
artillery there. The positions
ware taken by infantry attack
tfvfeeavy cost to the Italians.
The battle has been raging twaaty
days. Last week the Austrian*
changed from defensive and began an
offensive, using masses of their bast
fcfaoos again Bt the Italian positions.
Ifr loss of San Gabriele will mean far
ttte Jfastrians, the embassy says, tka
*2* °* all the vantage points against
&e Oorisia plain and the Frigido vaL
h*.
"The Italian losses in the eleventh
feonso battle," says an official state-
IDent issued by the Austrian war of-
Qoe, "have reached almost 250,000, in*
kluding 20,000 prisoners."
The Russian army is driving back
toward Riga along a wide front. With*
tn the last five days it has advansed
snore than seven miles, the Russian
imbassy in Washington announced.
The whole Russian military estab
lishment is being re-organised under
Gteneral Alexieff and discredited com
nanders are being ousted.
First official cables from Petrograd
to the embassy were most encourag
ing. They showed that the Korniloff
rebellion has been put down without
bloodshed, the morale of the troops
1b splendid and the government
itronger than ever."
Official word that responsibility tor
Ibe tftornUo# deflection has been fixed
apon his advisers instead of himself,
is regarded here as an indication that
the famous Coseack chief will not pay
the death penalty for his crime. The
cables say the Russians are forcing re
tention of more German troops on
the eaet front now than at any time
Binoe the war began.
The Frie Zeitung of Berne publishes
an article from an Austrian official,
who traveled through several sections
of this country, in whioh the writer
states that Austria-Hungary cannot
boM out the coming winter owing to
economic reasons, as both soldiers and
oivttfans will be starved.
He gives several reasons, notably
the almost oomplete destruction of the
crops in the richest regions of Hun
gary by the cold, heavy rain, while
30,000 tons of Rumanian cereals could
not be transported owing to lack of
rotting stock, which, first of all, is
utilised for military purposes. In the
meantime, he says, the necessaries of
life are mounting to extraordinary
prices.
WOULD FREE BELGIUM
Reported That Berlin States Willing,
neee In Pope's Note.
Reply of the central powers to Pope
Benedict's peace note was received
by the Vatican, according to well In
formed officials in Rome.
It was reported the reply favors
"absolute independence for Belgium,"
demanding that King Albert's coun
try "be independent of all military
aftd economic alliances."
Formal announcement of the receipt
of the Teutonic reply and information
as to whether it was a joint or group
answer was withheld by the Vatican.
Enlletments For Navy Halted.
The navy has become so overcrowd*
ad, that Secretary Daniels has ruled
cottage men can return for this win
teffn training, though they will be call
ed back to actual service next sum
mer when more ships and stations
will be available. Enlistment for the
navy has halted because of the num
ber of men pn hand who cannot be ac
commodated in ships and stations.
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PROMPT MR. SUN.
"The fairies," said Daddy, "planned
to give a swimming party at dawn.
—. "The night falr-
I les were finishing
I a wonderful sup-
SA J per after a frolic
when the dawn
& fairies came
r . along. They were
Jm. wearing dresses
ok °* bright yellows
{fW and golds and
reds, and they
/ JOJ carried wanda
which sparkled
/ at the ends with
bright golden
The Brownies lights.
Came. " Soon along
came the sun fair
ies. They are so bright that they can
never be seen, and, of course, they like
to be this way. They want to be
around many, many times and yet
they do not want to be noticed.
"As they wear bright dresses like
the sun, they cannot be looked at The
sun is the one who can gaze at them,
for, of course, he is still brighter.
"As the sun fairies were coming
along, old Mr. Sun turned himself in
his bed behind the hill, opened his
eyes, and said:
" Dear me, if s high time I was up.'
"So with a great hurry and flurry
Mr. Sun got up. T was almost late,' he
said as he saw the fairies.
"'No, you are never really late,'
said the fairies.
"That is because I have made a
habit of being on time—of being
punctual, I think it is called.
"Tou see I even make a habit of
being on time when I am late.'
"All the fairies laughed. 'What in
the world do you mean, Mr. Sun? How
can you be on time when you are late?
The first half of your sentence doesn't
get along with the last half! They
don't agree at all. In fact, they quar
rel most horribly.'
"1 know It sounds Impossible,' said
Mr. Sun. *But it Isn't. Listen, and I
shall tell you all about It I shall ex
plain how It Is I am on time when I
am late.'
"The fairies sat around, and thought
the swimming party could wait a lit
tle while. Mr. Sun was going to be
so extremely interesting I They knew
that I
M, You see,' said Mr. Sun, *lt la all
arranged.'
"•What is all arranged?* asked the
fairies. J
" 'The time/ said Mr. Sun. There Is
a certain hour of the day I am sup
posed to get up. I get up at that
time. Then there is my going-to-bed
time. I go on time always. I may
appear to be lazy and not want to get
up, or I may appear to be wide awake
and not want to go to bed. But I al
ways do.'
" To be sure you do, Mr. Sun. We
know you are a very prompt, punctual
old soul. But do tell us about being
on time when you are late.'
"'I will take great pleasure In so
doing,' said Mr. Sun, very solemnly.
" 'lt's this way,' he continued. 'This
is the time of year when I do not care
about going to bed so early, jfhd
why? Because I am not supposed to
go so soon. Of course, a few months
ago I was sitting up much later every
night, but still the time will come
when I will go to bed much earlier
than I am going these nights.
" 'lt is then —when I am late in go
ing to bed that I still am on time. Do
you see? I go to bed at the time of
day that the calendar tells me to, and
I get up In the same way. Even when
I am late in getting up—it Is Just the
same—l am late because I am sup
posed to be late. And therefore I am
punctual, prompt, and on time.'
"The fairies —»
laughed heartily. \ \ I / /
•You've started V \ \ ' ///
our day so merri
ly for us. And -A * • A~"
now won't you _ 1' 0 w 0 y~
shine,* dear Mr.
Sun, for we're go
lng to have a 0/"
swimming party?' -""V* ffa
u Indeed, I will,' W ill,
said Mr. Sun, and rfi Am*
showed that he l f !i Zsy
meant what he
said, for the earth Ml
seemed a very 1 W " * ,mo * t
warm, sunny
place that morning, and the water was
delicious!
"The fairies wore their lovely green
costumes for swimming, the green was
the color of the pretty water weeds,
and their caps were of green, too.
"The brownies came, and of course
they wore their brown bathing suits,
which made them look rounder, and
fatter, and Jollier than ever.
"Such swimming and splashing and
diving as there was I Such water
fights! Such tricks! And Mr. Sun
quickly shown down upon them, for
he wanted to show he really was a
prompt old sun."
What Friendship Means.
The girl Is no true friend who is
willing to listen to criticism of those
she pretends to love. Some people
seem to have an unwholesome appe
tite for hearing others censured, and
they will listen with as much avidity
to the unfavorable discussion of a
friend so-called, as of anyone else.
The trouble with such a girl Is that
she has not as yet found out the mean
ing of friendship.—Girls' Companion.
GERMANY CALLS
HIM "KING OF Ad"
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BARON VON RICHTHOFEN
Capt. Baron Manfried von Richtcho
fen, commander of Germany's famous
"Tango Escadrille." The Germans
claim for him the title of "King of the
Air," as he is reported to have downed
58 machines.
SURVEY OF
THE WAR
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The British infantry "went oyer the
•op" on & wide front east of Ypres,
and the Flanders offensive is on again.
Two thousand prisoners have been
captured by the British, according to
the official report, in the drive.
The Germans have launched bo
counter attacks. They were massing
In certain places, however, where the
British guns were bombarding them.
The British penetration has reach*
ed the depth of a mile on a four and a
half mile front, which, considering
the character of the ground, is a won
derful achievement.
The British rush evidently was suc
cessful from the outset, for the cap
ture of positions of value were report
ed by Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
and the progress made was described
as satisfactory.
The renewal of the offensive came
after a long pause, in which intensive .
preparatory work had been carried on
unceasingly. The fighting in this peri
od, indeed, was such as to pile up
heavy casualty lists on both sides,
while the crushing drum fire from
the British guns has been admitted
by the Germans to have had a destruc
tive effect on their positions.
The British drive, apparently is be
ing made in the direction of Roulers
and Courtral, from which Belgian
town, according to recent dispatches
from the Dutch frontier, the German
military authorities have been evacu
ating the civilian population.
Jacobstadt, on the Dvina, has been
captured by the German forces on the
Russian front,together with the posi
tions on a front of twenty-five miles
and six miles deep on the west bank
of the river, army headquarters an
nounced.
The Russians, after giving up their
bridgehead and the terrain it pro
tected, fled to the opposite bank of
the Dvina, leaving Jacobstadt in Ger
man hands, together with more than
400 prisoners and more than 50 guns.
The German aviators engaged in the
operations at Jacobstadt were under
the leadership of Prince Frederick
Sigismund of Prussia (cousin of Em
peror William).
Official word that responsibility for
the Korniloff deflection has been fixed
upon his advisers instead of himself,
is regarded as an indication that the
famous Cossack chief will not pay
the death penalty for his crime. Tho
cables say the Russians are forcing re
tention of more German troops on
the east front now than at any time
since the war began.
STEEL CORPORATION
RAISES WAGES AGAIN
10 Per Cent. Increase to Take Effect
Oct. I—Ail Subsidiary Companies
Affected by Announcement.
For the second time this year and
the fifth time since the beginning of
1916, the United States Steel corpora
tion has made a 10 per cent advance
in the wages of its employes. E. H.
Gary, chairman of the corporation,
made the following announcement:
"It has been decided to increase by
about 10 per cent the wage rates of
the workmen of our subsidiary com
panies, to take effect Oct. 1, 1917.
Equitable adjustments will be made."
Common labor under the new wage
scale will receive about $2.91 a day,
compared with $2.67 at present and $2
before the war.
Steel men here take it for granted
that the independent concerns which
are now earning the highest rates in
their history will follow the lead of
the steel corporation. It is said, also,
that the increase which will probably
be granted by the independent con
cerns will be in the form of bonuses
rather than in permanent wages, and
that the latter will continue only as
long as the companies continue the
present heavy volume of business.
Munition Explosion Fatal to Nine.
Nine persons were killed and many
Injured in an explosion In an ammuni
tion factory in Ireland.