OID TIMfc CANST THOU FORGET? Ily ORACB f 't r at I Vi n I f anvmA ?tra Jane Lippincott, better known in literature in "firnce Greenwood," th name under which hor publications have appeared, wan born in l'ompcy, Onondaga County, New York. September '.El, 1823. Her maiden nnme was Sara Jane Clarke, which wta ch.mgii by her marriage with Mr. Lcandtr K. Lippincott, of Philadelphia, - . ..u, I'll, U 1, ill.L-ll 11 From out the ahaclowy culma of doubta and ilreann, To know love's perfect stmiixht round us breaking, loathing our beings in it g'.orioua glcama Canst thou forget' A 1;y of ro.e and gold wna o'er u glowing. Around us was the mornintr hcenth nf M.iv: Then met our soul-tides, thence together Howinit, Then kiaed our thought-wave, mingling on their lanm inou lorgei. Cant thou forget when tint thy loving finger Laid gently back the lock upon my brow? Ah, to my woman's thought that touch "till lingorj And aoftly glidca along my forehead now. Canst thou forget? Canst thou forget when every twilight tender, Mid dews ami awecta, beheld our alow sten rove. And when the nights, which come in atarrv splendor, Seemed dim and pallid to our heaven of love? Canat thou forget? Canst thou forget the childlike heart-outpouring , I),' her whose fond faith knew no fa!tring fears? i Tl" lashes drooped to veil her eye' adoring. Her sneaking silence, and her blissful tears? Canst thou forgot? Cast thou forget the last most mournful nicetinff, The trembling form clasped to thine anguished brcat; The heart against thine own. now wildly beating. Now fluttering faint, grief-cruris, anil fear-oppre3.i'd Canst thou fori;ct? Canst thou forget, though all love's spells be broken, The wild farewell which rent our soiila apart? And that ln-t gift, affection's holiest token, The severed tre, which Ly upon thy heart Canst thou forget? Cart thou forget, belov'd one comes there never The angel nf sweet visions to thy rest? Ilrinjs (die not back the fond Iriprs fled forever. While one hut name thrills through thy sleeping breast? Canst tiiou forget? WHEf! THE HEART IS YOUNG I r-r yrov refuse to uiarry hor.' exclaimed SI;- Charles Y'uld..grave. stopping lu bin wall; to face his rebel lious son. "What do yen want? Kvn Crantholm Is beautiful. Hor face and figure arc p.rfect. That she Is wealthy should be ii'j disadvantage In the eyes of your father's son. Egad, Harvey," he Added somewhat more mildly, "when you have come to my years, the nge of discretion for n YVnldegrave, you will understand that a substantial hank balance is not the least nss?t In many a fair lady's claim to beauty." "Not In my eyes." retorted Harvey Waldegrnve. "When I choose tl wife I shall certainly not consult her bank er before I allow my heart to throb for her." Sir Charles curled his lips supercil iously, but bis voice betrayed bis anx iety as be replied: "An I to understand from your remark that your heart is already in ths throbbing stilt?, that the lady Is already found? If so I warn you that In this matter I have made my stand. Either you marry Eva or I need not put the threat In words. I Lave no wish to quarrel with you, Har vey," he r.di'.ed mmcwhat sadly, "but I love the homu that I was born In and It has p'.casrd mo to Bee my sentiments shared by you. It would kill me to see the place In strangers' hands, to know that you would not be Its mas ter. That Is v. hat your refusal means to me to you. That my extravagances have brought our fortunes to this pass does not brlp to makt; the matter Ics3 bitter to me." Harvcy'g handsome face softened. "The very reason you have given, dad. Is the on which Impels me to pursue the roiir.-:e which I have cho sen. Pucilcaliy pen nl less, possessed of nothing but an hoaorable? name, I shall not stoop to sully It by bartering U for money. With regard to your other question. although I do not think you put It seriously, so far I have seen no girl with whom I would wish to hare that name." His words appeared to afford his father satisfaction, for laying bis hand upon his s ui's arm be said pleasantly, "Until then tin. threat I made Just now Is held In reservatlca. and per haps before that time the discretion I spoke of may have coine." Yon condemn me to a long course ft celibacy, dad." laughed Harvey, "if I have to wait till your age." "My age! You speak is If I wero a rival to M'thuselah. I was forty-nine last March, and d i:ot feel a day older than when I was the age you will be Jiext mouth. Egad, boy, If you dare to teaife mo about my age I may enter for the matrimonial stakes against yon nnd back myself to carry off the prli-.e." "So far ns I nm concerned," retorted Harvey, h'.s eyea twinkling with merri ment, -you would have no cause to fenr, but even supposing we were both to rim, who kuowa whnt the lady might have to say? Her feeling's would have to be consulted. Beauty nnd money, the combination, as you fcay, l. peerless. Kh may know her value nnd not let hersif be won." Sir Charles ga-ed nnnifedly at his handsome son. Tpon my word. Harvey, were I to close jny eyes I mi','bt wonder If you were my sou. AVliou I was your ajo every girl w.n lo be won." "I rh.illengo you ro win her," an swered llnrvey smlllii). He believed that Sir Charles was Jesting, and was well pleased t nnd the eonvc-intlo:i which had begun so ominously brought to nn end to pleisantly. "At my age undoubtedly It will ben ncrlfk-e, but win, n tuidiitlful Mn who nhsoluiely refusestoald me I shall linvc to make It nnd pursue the mnlter to nn end. What that end mnv be thirty days will prove, but come, Har vey. It Is time to drtss for dinner, 'flu thought of what I linve embarked upon will make It a pleasure to me. Old n 1 am I will let you see that I hare not forgotten how to woo. The lesson may be useful to you." - The dinner gong had soundtd. 'Im patiently Sir Charles fretted about the room, for young as ht connldered him aelf lit had (euclied an age when din ner becomes on Important eveut In tho dolly round of life. f "See If Mis Grantbolm la coming, Mary." ha began querulously, frbeo the door wit thrown open and Era FAVOMTES UltKK WOOU. mi fla . . -1 . : way; was ushered In. Ills sentence ended abruptly In a scarcely restrained ex clamation of admiration. "I am afraid I am late," she said with n smile to Sir Charles, which In stantly caused any recollection of his late Impatience to disappear, "but If you will forgive me I shall make amends In future." He drew her arm through his, nnd ns Harvey followed with his sister he failed to catch his father's answer; evi dently It pleased her. for sjie laughed merrily, but pleasant as the laugh was it jarred on Harvey. Somewhat discontentedly he took his place opposite her at tho square table, but sullcnness was not n natural at tribute of Ids. nnd throwing It off he endeavored to talk on topics likely to Interest her. but although Eva an swered frankly, she made no effort to pursue tho subjects, but turned nt oneo to Sir Charles and listened with spark ling eyes to his discursive stories of the. days when he was In the Guards. A quite unusual frown marred Har vey's faeo ns dinner ended. sir Charles, with old-fashioned gallantry, opened the door for Miss Grantbolm, nnd laying his baud on bis heart bowed deeply as he did so. Sir Charles' face was beaming ns he resumed his chair. Filling hi plnsa ho held it In the air. "Miss Grantbolm, Harvey. A 1'ou tranee, my bor." ho ndded merrilv. n he placed the empty glass upon the tauie. "A l'outrance," cried narvey mock ingly. "You mean to enter for the nrlze." cried Sir Charles, but his voice showed no enthusiasm. "I did not say so." retorted Harvey coldly, though his pulse was runnlnu at twenty over normal rate. "In the menmimo you have tho advantage, and " "I mean to keep It." said Sir Charles dryly, ns tlu sound of the music reach ing them he le.'t the room. Harvey lingered oyer his wine. "Tho mere fact that I nm practically penniless debars me from wooing her," he muttered, gloomily. t-'lr Charles had left tlu door ajar and the pure tones of a rich contralto voice wero borne Int the room. An ni-.L-at lover of music. Harvey listened entranced; then, unable to keep away, he In bis turn entered the drawing rco:u to 11 u J his father banging over Miss Crantholm :u:d urging her to slug a;;aln. Day after day passed and Sir Charles was constantly nt Eva's side, while Harvey studiously tried to avoid her compauy. but without avail. Her laugh in the garden, her volco In tho hall, Irreslstllily drew him to her side. Ho know be loved her, that no other woman could occupy the place she had taken In his affections, but ho feared his lovj was bopelisj and steeled him self to regard her as bis future step mother. Tho thought mado ills blood curdle, but a word, n smile, from her nns sufllcletit to make hope rlso within him, and for the tlin? being lu would forget his father's more successful wooing. 'With cui-h n word nnd smllo she greeted him oiu afternooa when be found her seated lu tho garden. She made room for him by her side, hut somehow cor.vcratloa seu-.cd to fail tr.rm. "I hope you have enjoyed your visit," lu said iunvdy. for oho was leaving on the morrow. "Vc shall miss you." "I nm glr.d of that," she nnswered hesitatingly, "for your father lint nskod me to " Shu paused abrupt ly, nnd n dainty blush ins to tier cheeks, but Harvey's fnea bad sudden ly neeoam white and strained. ' "Has nsk?d yon to ?" ho repented, his voice trembling. "To como back again." she said, with a ilttb nervous laugh, "nnd I hnvo promised to come; that Is. If you and Mcry will be slad to havo me." , Her eyes wero fastened on the around, but aha nolo n hasty glance at htm and saw the misery upon bis face. "My father has naked you to return; dooa that mean" bo hesitated to ask the question which was life or death to bltu "that luui one hero Una gained our lovef - It was not the queatlon aba bad ex pected idni to ask, and bar Jaco wa almost as pale as his on she forced her lips to uuswer. Tho word came faint ly, feebly, but Harvey heard It and It was "Yes." He had been holding his stick ncross his bent knee, nnd nltbougb the strong wood broke in hnlf his face showed no sign of the pain which rut bis heart. "It Is far too cold for sitting out of doors," sounded Sir Charles' voice from twenty ynrds away. Before Eva could stop him Harvey hnd leaped to bis feet and joined his father. "So yon have gained the prlste," he said hoarsely. "Allow me to congrat ulate you. Benuty nnd money, youth and love, n prize worth winning." Sir Charles stared nt him with undis guised astonishment. "What does this pleasantry mean?" he whispered angrily, looking to where Eva sat. Then, plnclirg bis arm through Harvey'a be led him out of earshot. "You conceal your joy admirably," continued Harvey sneeringly. "What Joy?" asked Sir Charles, fenr Inp his son's reason had been suddenly nffected. "You need not conceal It: Miss Grant holm has Just told mo that she has accepted you." "Tho deuce she hns!" exclaimed Sit Charles, blushing under the tan of ac tive service. "An hour ago she told me no, decldely." "She refused yon!" cried Harvey, hardly believing that be heard aright, "yet she Is coming back." "Miss Grantbolm has the good sense not to ullow my mistimed proposal to stand between her and your sister's friendship; she knows I nm n gentle man nnd will not presume again." "But she said that you that some one here had won her love, stam mered Harvey. "Are you sure you have not .misunderstood her?" Sir Charles smiled grimly. "She mado It very clear." Then his lips relaxed Into a well pieosed smile. You love her. Harvey. Love makes one cowardly, but were I In your shoes I should require no incentive to send me to the woman who has confessed her love for me." Without a word Harvey left his fath- er's side, and ten seconds later be had found Eva still seated where he had loft her. "My father has sent me back to you," he said gently, and as he spoke he took her hand in bis. She made no ef fort to withdraw it, and his courage rose. You told me gome one had won your heart, the heart which I would give my life to win. My fears told me that all hope of happiness for rje was dead, but now I have come back to nsk you If you spoke the truth to tell you that I love you. Darling, I have loved you from the moment I saw you. " "Yet you said you would not stoop to woo me, that your name should not be sullied by sharing it with me," she said, but there was no anger In her tone. "What nonsense Is this, Eva? Who hns dared to credit me with such an Insult to you?" She laughed merrily. "It Is useless to deny It. I heard you and your father talking; I heard you say the words you now so Indig nantly deny." In an instant It came back to him. "I forgot," he said sadly, "but If you heard you know my reason. My love has made me forget lack of fortune. I had no right to speak." "It Is no lack lu my eyes," she whis pered tenderly. Forgetting all else save that she loved him his arm passed round her and he pressed his lips to hers. "I meant to teach you both a lesson," she whispered ten minutes later, "but you have taught the teacher what It la to love." Tho Tatler. Tim Crncoriil Dentist. "I wish we hnd a crocodile plover here. It would amine the children ." said John LoVer. a keeper at the Zoo. "What sort of a bird Is a crocodile plover?" some one asked. "It's tho crocodile's dentist," Lover replied. "It keeps the crocodile's mouth In good condition. "The crocodile," ho went on, "Is much annoyed by n parasitic Insect that enters his niouth and breeds there In crannies that lu can't get nt. The plover fi'eds on this Insect, and will go Into a crocodile's mouth fearlessly af ter It. The crocodile seems to recog nize Instinctively that tho bird is his friend. He lets It hop In and out of his mouth without molestation. The hildrcn would bu much nmuKed to see such a sight. We ought to get a croco dile plover by nil means." "Crocodile plover. Humph!" re marked n bystander In a pointed man ner. Philadelphia Itecord. lailj C'nrion's I'nlqn alonor. A noticeable feature lu the Durbar honors list Is tho fact that the name of ono woman only nppears. Never theless, everyone Is gratified that on the occasion of tho Durbar for the proclamation of King Edward VII. as Emperor of India his Majesty bus been pleased to confer on Lady Cur zou, tho wife of England's chief rep reseutatlve In India, "The Knlser-l-Hind Medal for Public Service In In dia" of tho first class. This Is the second time Lady Curzon has received nn Indian decoration. In February, ISOit, thero was bestowed on ber tho decoration of the imperial order of tho Crown of India. As most people know, Lady Curzon Is ono of the numerous band of American women who have married English noblemen and who have gained still wider recog nition nnd populniity by tho force of their own charming individuality. iAindon Madame. A Lona; Hantancau A sentence which will almost equal the record made by the famous excise aentcuce passed on n man in Vermont a few years ago wna lately given to one John Fickler by Judge Adams, ot the United States Circuit Court, In St. Louis. Fickler was sentenced to bard labor for life and twenty years In addi tion. He was convicted of holding up and robbing a mall carrier. He got tea ycara at bard labor for robbing tbe mall by intimldatiug the carrier; Im prisonment for life at hard labor for robbing tbe registered mall by placing the life of tbe carrier in Jeopardy by tbe use of dangerous weapons, and ten years imprisonment at bard labor for intimidating with dangerous weapons the carrier. Tbe eentencei were made' eumulatlre. Vjjjffly"1 LATEST UMytWM YORK. FA&fWNS New York Clty.-Tasteful necllffeea are essential to comfort and become economies at the snme time. Inasmuch aa they are apt to aavo tho wearing of TASfEFCL HOUSE COAT. gowns suited to more formal use. Tbe very pretty May Muuton one Illus trated Is a modification of tho Japanese model which has grown so familiar and la so much liked. In common with all Eastern garments It Is loose ond flowing, but the hnlf-fltted back render It somewhat more shapely than the original model. As shown It is made of white China silk, showing a design of pink flowers, with banks of pink with white, but various combina tions might be suggested. Simple cot ton crepes are charming with bands of contrasting color In the same mate rial or of silk. Albatross makes up most satisfactorily with silk bands, and numberless cotton fabrics are available. The house coat Is mode with loose fronts, that are gathered at the upper edge nnd Joined to yoke portions, backs and aide backs. The neck and frotit edges are finished with double bands thnt are shaped to give the correct outlines. The sleeves are In bell shape with applied bands at their lower edges. The qunntlty of n-.aterlal required for the medium size Is four nnd one-half yards twenty-one Inches wide, three nnd three-eighth yards twenty-seven Inches wide, two and three-fourth yards thirty-two Inches wide, or two yards forty-four Inches wide, with ono and one-fourth yards of slik for bands. KnVctlre and Kmart. Shirt waists made with slot seam ef fects are exceedingly effective and eml- "SLOT SEAM" SHIRT WAIST nently smart. The stylish May Man ton example In the large drawing Is shown In cream white brllllantlne with stltchlngs of black cortlcelll silk and large' pearl buttons, but tbe design suits all tbe season's wool and silk waist materials as well as the heavy and fleece lined cottons that are ao much liked. The lining, that can be used or omit ted a preference and material may decide, is snugly fitted and closes at the centre front. The waist proper consists of back and fronts only, that are laid In slot seams from the shoul ders -and -a centrul ,.ot p'oot. The sleeves are In the new bishop style and fall In soft puffs over the pointed cuffs. Tbe collar also Is novel and Is pointed at the front to match the cuffs. The qunntlty of mnterlal required for the medium size Is four and one-elghtu yards twenty-ono lnchea wide, three ond seven-eighth yarm twenty-seven Inches wide, two and one-half yards thirty-two Inches wldo, or two and one elghtb yards forty-four Inches wide. "Slot seams" make tbe feature of tbe latest aklrta, rtd promise to gain In favor both this season and next. Many of tbe advance models show them both In skirts and jackets, and all indications point to an extended vogue. Tbe stylish skirt illustrated la of checked tweed In light weight showing lines of varying shades of gray, and is trimmed wltb bands of plain gray held by cut atcel buttons and stitched with cortlcelll silk, but all suiting and aklrt materials ore appropriate. The aklrt la cut in seven gores and Is laid in Inverted pleats at each seam and in the centre of each front and aide gore that are stitched to flounce depth at tuck width from tbelr edges and so form the "slot seams" wblcb conceal all seems and whose fulness provides the graceful flare at the lower portion. The back is stitched flat In habit atyle, the pleata providing grace ful fulness where they fall free. To cut this aklrt in tbe medium size ten and one-half yards of material twenty-one inches wide, nine and one fourth yards twenty-aeven inches wide, or Ave and one-balf yards forty-four Incbea wide will be required. White Koltatr tm Bariajm. White mohair, with a allky surface. It tp have aa onyraoadanted reigp tola spring. Entire gowns aeparote waists, and short nnd jjng coats are made of this material, und ore trimmed wltb embroidery, lace and fancy braid; fot the plainer models machine stitching brnbl nnd ninny penrl buttons are used. The dust-reslstlug, non-creasliitf qualities of mohair render It an ad mirable mnterlal for traveling nnd gen eral utility gowns. These gowns nre smnrt In the brown sliadcj, dark bines, grays nnd black, and are bound to be leading favorites. Baantlfnl Krenlna; Wrapa. Bonutiful evening wraps seem nl ways to Introduce somewhere a glow of pink, which serves well to brighten the complexion. Lining or trimming furnishes the color, nnd sometimes the whole gurment Is built of the sortest pink satin. One of these Is combined with chiffon of a blush rose tint merg ing Into mauve, nnd a cobwebby lnee of white, with fairy outlines of black There Is n wide collar of ermine,, and the ermine tnlls used ns fringes nrc combined with festoons of pink roses. Fruit Danlcrna. Fruit designs have now outgrown the grape, which has seemed to monop olize ornament In dress, and strong rivals nro found for It In cherries, plums, currnnts, apples nnd pears. In both laces nnd embroidery these nre used In the form of flat applique ot pendant designs. This In an era of ex travagance In dross, and tbe coming season will disclose yet more luxurious taste In the decoration of n'-l kinds of women's upparel. Paatal Hhailaa Popular. Postel shades will be much worn during the spring months, the fnshlon oracles say, and nltbougb tbe pouched bolero will not be altogether abandoned there will be many other sytles of equal popularity -to prove formidable rivals. The Spring; Rut a. The new hats that nre to lead the spring styles are on the "shepherdess" nnd picture order, with long plumes, soft laces and folds of chiffon and tulle. Nothing severe or hard Is shown to be worn with any smart gown. Beautiful Chiffons. Beautiful chiffons In the painted ef fects are being heralded, and. over the Interlining of plain white or black chiffon grounds they show floral de signs of exquisite softness and delicacy of coloring. Blossoms and foliage ap- AND "SLOT SEAM" SKIRT. pear as usuul in tuuuy of the patterns, but there are also the conventionalized designs and nondescript effects, some of them kaleidoscopic. The loveliest of all Is probably the moire chiffon, whict Is seen In dainty pinks, g'reens and blues, as well hs cream. M liana' Hhirt Walat. Plain shirt waists ure always smart and uhvuys in vogue for young girls at well as for grown-ups, however mucb the fancy ones may vary from year to year. This very excellent model If shown In blue mercerized cheviot wltb large pearl buttons, but la adapted to silk and wool wulstings as well as to cotton and linen fabrics. The lining Is optional but la to be commended for all waists of tbe nou-washable sort Tbe waist consists of the fitted lin ing, tbe full fronts and plain back. Tho fronts are gathered at the neck edge and again nt tbe waist line and blouse slightly over the belt, but the buck Is arranged In gathers at the wnlst only and is drawn down snugly. The sleeves are In shirt style, wltb straight, narrow cuffs, but are full at the lower portions, In conformity witb the latest style. At the oeck la a pointed stock. The quantity of tn.iterlal required for tbo medium size Is three and one half yards twenty-oue luches wide, missis' bhibt waiar, three and one-fourth yards twenty seven Inches wide, two and three fourth yards tblrty-two Incbea wide, or two yards forty-four In (tea wide. DEATH VALLEY'S Strange Discovery After Fifty Years of Re mains of a Missing Caravan A Tragedy Enacted Near a Poisoned Spring. MMtlE treacherous, merclle" sands of . Death Valley 'y r have yielded up the story 51 K of another gruesome, ghastly- tragedy fifty years after It was en acted. Yearly, aa the white men trav erne that trapdoor of the nether re gions, tbey play their Uvea against tbe tales of yellow lucro that He under it, nud some lose. The next year, says the San Francisco Chronicle, their mummliled corpses nre found by oth ers, who may pity tbem as "good men;" they played the limit and lost. Here's the next that tries, Fifty-one years ng.i a party of men women and children twenty, all told- left Independence, Mo., In two wagons druwn by oxen, bound for the gold fields of California. From that day un til now they have never been henrd of, and their fate has always been a mys tery. All these years the bare desert held the secret securely locked, and only recently have Its restless, crawl lng sands disclosed the key a huge rusted Iron hook of an ancient ox chain. Don Pickett is n prospector with n frame of tempered steel and thews nnd muscles as tough ns whang leather He Is not well known lu San Fran clsco, but Is a familiar figure from Carson to tho Mexican line. He has Just returned to San Francisco from a prospecting trip to Tonopah through tbe Panamlnt country and Death Val ley by way of Mojave and Kccler. "poison I" At tbe foot of a spur on the Pana mint Mountains, on Us northeastern slope, be, with his pnrtner, Len Gorson had stopped to lest themselves nnd their burros from the exhaustion at teudant upon tbelr trip across Death Valley. Where they stopped a spring or perfectly clear, cold water bubbled from the rocks and lost Itself in tho sands a few yards further on. They did not drink of tbe water; they kuew It; so did their burros, and the animals hardly sniffed at It ns they turned to nlbblo the scant herbage. It was dead. ly poison, and tho arsenic contained in a good draught would kill a drinker. xears ago some prospector had scrawled the word "Poison" on a board from a packing oox nnd had fastened It to a stake by the edge of the spring, It was while resting in the shade of tho rocks and the brush that Pickett saw, n few feet from him, the top o n rust-eaten hook projecting above tbe sand. He took hold of It, but it did not come away easily, ond, exerting his strength, ho uncovered an ancient ox chain forty feet in length, tho kind that is practically out of use now. From its rusty condition ho and his partner estimated that it must have lain burled in the sand for at least fifty years, and knowing the manner In which the desert concealed Its secrets, they took their prospecting picks from their packs, nnd began drawing them through the sand. Tho points of the picks turned tip none arter bone and pieces of wagon Irons. Some of the bones were of oxen, and some were of human beings, a few evidently being those of women and children. They relnterred In a trench In the sand the human bones they had uncovered, and then packed on across the dreary waste that stretched away before them. They told tho story of their find to Indians nnd old white settlers in the Amargosa country, nnd from one and another of tbe old men they gained the follow ing story: THE LOST PABTY. It was In tbe fall of 1S51 that a party came down' Amargosa way with two worn-out os teams. The party bad left Independence. Mo., thnt aprlng. but had been delayed by sickness, and had once logt its way and had left the trail. Consequently they did not approach tho Sierra Nevada Mountaina until the nearness of winter prohibited their passage. They hud turned south from Humboldt sink nud bud taken the Southern route by tho way of the old Salt Lake and the Los Angeles trail. One or two of the women and several of tbo children hnd died on tho way. nud one of the wagons hnd broken down, and the oxen were so thin and worn that nil were attached to the best wagon and tbe other abandoned, as were some of the goods. The remain- women, children and outfit were acked la one wagon, und, with ihe un on foot tbe little cavalcade tolled ..u toward El Dorado. Nothing more was seen or beard of them by the Amargosa settlors, nnd It was pre sumed that they had gone through in safety. It Is a long, thirsty way from water to water between the sink "of tbe Amargosa and Death Valley If oua does not "know" and tlA party from Independence did not. If they had they would have dug a few feet in tbe dry sand of the bed of tbe lost Amar gosa and found water, bitter, it Is true, but It would have preserved life. Neither did they know that If with axe or hatchet they bad split the huge "bull" cactus they would havo found an ncrld, juicy pulp that would have moistened the parched throats of their oxen and themselves. But nil this they did not know, und struggled on with staring eyes nnd parched end cracking tongues through the hot and stifling alkali dust, straining their eyes across tha ttrwry, dull gray wasto for a spot of green tint might iua;U the presence of water. They saw thnt spot at tbo foot of a spur In the northwestern slope of the Panamlnta and hcatled for It, goading on their dragging. Jaded oxen. They reached It nnd nil drank their fill. Thnt was fifty -one years ago, and their dry bones have Just been found. AM ITC wmtBss. Charles II. Fish, of San Francisco, thinks he remembers the party. He crossed Death Valley in 1S51, and, de lirious from thirst, he finished the trip with a rope around biro, led by bis partner, air. Flab remembers that in tha upper part of tha valley tbey passed a party In which were aome women and children who begged jflteoualy foe water, but at and fell SECRET REVEALED pnrtner hnd none for themselves. Thai was fifty-one yenrs ngo. After regain ing consciousness the first words Mr. Fish remembers were from a stranget to his partner: "Water nnd whisky nre the same price you can have yout choice." Thnt part of Denth Vnlley lying be low the sea Is only about eighteen miles long nnd three or four miles In width, but tbe Death Vnlley proper 13 about seventy-five miles long and from five to fifteen miles wide. As miles go, the distance, with water, t not fnr off; without water, eternity lies between one nnd tbe little black dots on the map thnt mnrk the location of water. There nre true nnd correct mnps of the valley, but they nre seared on the brains of a few hardy pros pectors. BOr.rtORS OF THB TALLEV, In the cooler seasons men Inured to the hardships of tho desert have been known to go several days without water, subsisting on tho Juice of the cactus; In the summer season from twenty-four to thirty-six hours is suf ficient to unsettle their reason. A new comer, a "tenderfoot," will go stark, raving mnd In from four to eight hours In hot weather if he has not water. To such men three gallons of water per day are necessary the hot, dry at uiosphere causing n rapid evaporation nnd phenomenal thirst. During the days in the middlo of tho summer the thermometer stands nuywhere from 125 to 135 degrees In the shade In the coolest place that can be found. On tho sand In the sun the height to which the mercury climbs is almost beyond belief. Only tho excessive dryness of the at mosphere permits one to live In such heat. It Is this terrible heat that boils the blood of a 'tenderfoot'" until the steam cooks tbe brain and drives him. a naked maniac, shrieking wildly across the blistering sands. Those who "know," in going from one waterhole to nnother, always carry enough wnter to last them there and back in tho event tho objective water- hole should be found dry. There Is watei nt certain points in Death Valley, but unless ono knows the exact locntion of these springs or waterholes it is death from horrible torture to attempt to traverse tho valley In the summer months. The deadly sameness of tbe country Is such that all mountains nnd rocks look alike to the stranger, and he may pass to his death within a few yards of where he could have found life. CURIOUS FACTS. Cats nnd other beasts of prey reflect fifty tlniss ns much light from their eyes as human beings. To economize time In memorizing a poem ft should be read as a whole; that Is. entirely through each time. Tests made in psychological labora tories show that to memorize one verse et a time takes one-fourth longer. In China tho down of the thistle Is gathered and mixed with raw silk so Ingeniously that even experts are de ceived when the fabric la woven. It Is also used to stuff cushions as a substi tute for eiderdown, nnd a very good substitute it makes. A novelty In the way of an alarm clock hns been perfected by an Amer ican jeweler. It is about the size of a hazel nut. It Is made to wear on tbe finger. The alarm Is not a bell, but a shnrp pin, which pricks the finger at the tiuio the wearer wishes to rise. Fancy two plants being so unfriend ly that tbe mere neighborhood of one la death to tbo other! Yet this Is the case with two well-known British plants. Theso are the thistle and the rape. If the field Is Infested with this tles, which come tip year after year nnd ruin the crops, all you have to do Is to sow it with rape. The thistle will bo absolutely annihilated. Dr. Sckndecbcrg claims to have dis covered In the Philippine Islands the largest flower In the world. The na tives call It the "bolo." It is a flve potaied blossom, as large as a wagon wheel nnd weighs upward of twenty pounds. The petals are oval shaped; of a creamy color and grow around a centre filled with a great number of long vlolet-bued stamens. In Germany electricity, among other curious results, has rehabilitated the discarded windmill. At Neresholm a windmill applies power for thirty-six incandescent lamps that light a large paint factory. Another in Schleswlg Holstclu keeps a steady current of thirty volls. At Dusaeldorf a wind mill winds up a heavy weight of which tho descent works a powerful dynamo. Tba Prluolial Weapon a ot Death. Tho fifteen principal causes of death, with the rate per luO.OOO, as made pub lic by tho Census Bureau, are as fol lows: Pneumonia, 191.9; consumption, 191.5; heart disease, 124; dlarrhocal diseases, 65.1; kidney diseases, 8S.7; apoplexy, CO.O; cancer. CO; old age, 64; bronchitis, 43.3; cholera infantum, 47.8; debility, -15.5; inflammation of brain ond menlnge, 41.8; diphtheria, S4.4; ty phoid, S3.8, nnd premature birth, 33.7. Death from all principal causes shows a decrease since 1S90, the most notable being consumption, which shows a de crease of 34.0 per 100.000. Dietetic end Hygienic Gazette. A Chaaea Jor s Hero. The obsolete English battleship Belle Isle, which bat already been made the object of experimental battering, la to be fired at once more, tbls time to as certain the effect of shell splinters on tha engine room. At tbe last firing some rata were placed in the conning tower, and tbey came out uninjured. F. T. Jane, tba naval expert, suggest that aome officer volunteer to atay on board this time. In order to see person ally tbe affect of tba battering; for in tbia way only will tba experiment really be of value. Mr. Jfaae baa sot tvlnnUewi klai , . ,
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