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I The Last Cruise off
£ the Little Mother |
« By JOHN IL ♦
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Tom Claflln was 10 years old when
his family moved from Chicago to San
Diego, Cal. His father, a consumptive,
was no longer able to work. His moth
er. a tiny, cheerful, busy woman, with
three small children besides Tom, had
her hands full with nursing her hus
band, making, mending, cooking and
caring for the family. They bad been
In their new home for three months,
living away their small capital and
with no prospect of earning a dollar.
The boom was over. The town was
overrun with easterners, men and wo
men in frail health, willing to work for
small pay at anything that would yield
them sustenance. And so Tom, the
hope of Ills courageous little mother,
had tried everything and failed to get
work.
It was then that he hit upon the idea
of becoming a fisherman. For a week
before he broached the subject at homo
he had patrolled the shore from Point
I.ouia to the Coronado beach in search
of a boat. He had only sl.", and of the
scores of small craft that could be
bought at all there was but one within
his means. A leaky lugger, with fray
ed old sails and an impossible Spanish
name, stinking of fish and with a dirty
black hull, lay moored off the Portu
guese village on the north shore of the
bay, and thither day after day poor
Tom trudged, big with his secret.
One Saturday night he startled the
family with:
"Well, people, I'm a sea captain at
last, and no joke. Mother, behold your
son. Captain Thomas Claflln of the
good ship Little Mother."
The little woman's blue eyes were
filled with tears when her boy showed
them the bill of sale to the effect that
he had bought a vessel for $12.50, and
thus, like a true blue Chicagoau, risked
Ids all In the only business venture in
sight.
"1 named her for you, mother, and
you must christen her and take a sail
11. Kll'KHrroVV ". ,» iiaii
and shovel for clams the Claflin fam
ily, with Tom proudly leading the way,
went down to the beach in the morn
ing. Sure enough, there lay the Little
Mother, swinging gracefully at her
moorings, no longer dingy and black,
but radiant In a coat of fresh white
paint, her sails mended and shipshape,
the stars and stripes fluttering from
her peak, and her name in bold blue let
ters across her bows. Tom's little
brother and sisters danced with de
light, new light came into his father's
eyes, and as for "little mother," the
patron saJnt of that first voyage, she
laughed and cried by turns as she sat
In the stern of the boat and watched
Tom, the captain, and little Charley,
the "first mate," both bubbling over
with excitement and nautical terms,
tugging at ropes, running about like
regular Jack tart and making all ready
"to put to sea," as Tom said.
As the boat, driven by H cool sou'-
eust breeze, stood out across the bay
for the Lonia lighthouse Tom showed
them all the new handpump he had
rigged into his little "ship," he explain
ed the centerboard, pointed out the
Imaginary beauties and qualities of the
Little Mother, boasted of -what he
meant to accomplish as a professional
fisherman and made everybody so hap
py that It seemed no time at all till the
sun was dipping into the sea and the
first cruise of the Little Mother was
over.
And the boy made good money with
his modest venture. He would rise with
the sun each morning and with his din
ner pall and coarse tackle make for the
boat that had become to him both
sweetheart and provider. His greatest
difficulty was his need of an assistant,
and many were the barraeoua and
giant Jewfisb that escaped him In his
lonely all day cruises up and down
that matchless summer sea. Some
times he would Induce some lazy wharf
Idler to accompany him; sometimes old
Pedro, the retired Portuguese from
whom he had bought the boat, would
hall him as he stood out to sea and help
him with the work. Sometimes, when
the sea was like a floor of gleaming
onyx, his father would sit In the stern
sheets, and little Charley would "man
the Jib" or troll a line for small fish,
but alone or with a crew Tom never
failed to bring home at night enough'
fish so that his earnings at the end of
the week were almost enough to pay
the running expenses of the frugal lit
tle family.
It was In the end of August that the
Monterey, the monster coast defense
monitor, returned from her first cruise.
She had been In South American wa
ters for four months, and the crew got
Its first shore leave on American soil at
San I>lego. The big war vessel was
thrown open to visitors one Sunday
morning, and all that day Tom Claflln
carried sightseers from the Santa Fe
pier to the Monterey. Good seaman
that he was, he was fascinated with
the dazzling spotlessfiess of the mon
itor, and every nigkt while she lay In
port Tom came aboard to revel In t&e
ship talk and yarns of officers and
He soon knew all the officers by &&&$
and had formed a close friendship tvltb
a seaman named Hansen, who wfts hall
fellow with every man in the crew.
Hansen was killed the night before
the Monterey sailed for Frisco. He bad
gone ashore with a guard to nrrcst a
half breed Mexican stoi;< r who had
overstaid his leave. The guard sep.
arated to scour the town for the de
serter, and Hansen, alone, had the [
misfortune to corner him in a Chinese ,
dive at the lower end of town. A knife ,
In the dark as he was dragging lils (
prisoner through an alleyway, a panic ,
of chattering Chinamen, who quenched S
their lamps and bolted their doors, and |
poor Hansen was left dying In the i
mire. It Is but four miles to the Mei- !
lean border from San Diego, and thith- |
er It was supposed the murderer bad j
tied.
The mayor of San Diego offered S2OO ;
reward for the capture of Hansen's j
slayer, the little police force was j
thrown Into a fever of activity, the j
Monterey delayed her sailing for three ]
days, and then the crime began to be j
forgotten. Torn sailed out to the Ash- ;
lug grounds every morning with whom- |
ever he cotild pick up.
It was nearly a month after the mon
itor had gone when a lone fisherman
sitting at the end of the jetties that
reach from the crescent end of Coro
nado island hailed him. Young Claflln
stood In for the landing and Invited the
stranger aboard. He wanted something
to eat, and the boy, with a sudden flut
ter in his heart, opened his pail and
bade the stranger make himself com
fortable. They fished all that day with
rare luck, and at sundown the Little
Mother was deep with her cargo of
barraeoua. Once under the lee of Point
Lorna on the homeward trip the breeze
died out, and the boat went drifting
with the tide. The southern reaches of
the entrance to San Diego harbor are
covered with sand bars and shallows
that extend two miles along the inner
side of the Coronado.
The tide ran out while the Little
Mother was drifting above these bars,
and when darkness fell she went hard
aground. A dense fog came with the
night. The channel buoys disappeared.
The distant lights of the city were
blurred and quenched in the thick
haze, and by the time flood tide came
again it was impossible to steer the
boat with certainty or safety.
"We'd better anchor till the fog
lifts," said Tom, wondering what his
mother would think if he staid out all
night.
Ills comrade sullenly agreed, and so
they dropped anchor and lay rocking
In the calm cloud of mist for hours.
The stranger fell asleep in the bottom
of the boat, but Tom, big eyed now, his
heart beating with wild excitement, sat
In the bow watching. It must have
been near midnight when he crept
down Into the hull and unshipped the
little pump. The tide was going out
again, and as he dropped the disman
tled apparatus into the sea he heard
the water gurgling into the hold. Tho
stranger was yet sleeping when Tom
slipped over the rail, breast high In the
water, and headed for shore.
It was 2 In the morning when he
reached the police station In San Die
go. He was bareheaded and wet, his
bedraggled shirt and trousers were
clustered with burns and thorns, his
feet were bleeding, and he could hard
ly speak the words:
"Captain, I've got the Mexican that
killed Hansen."
It was daylight when they surround
ed the scuttled lugger. The Mexican
was awake, clinging to the half sub
merged mainmast. The rickety l>oat,
i loaded with fish and bumped by the
j now running seas, was going to pieces
plank by plank. Tom didn't waste a
thought over the captured murderer
i after he saw the police lay hands on
him, but he shed a weak, unwilling
1 tear over the wreck of the Little
Mother.
i "Why did you wreck your boat,
i Tom?" asked his mother that day
while the story of her boy's heroism
j made him the talk of the town.
"Well, mammy," he said, "I was
| afraid the Mexican'd get away to sea.
I wanted him, you know, but what I
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ey."—Chicago Record-Herald.
Sicily « Xalriral Garden.
The natural fertility of Sicily Is In
deed remarkable. Without the use of
fertilizers three different growths
olives, vines and wheat—flourish In
close proximity, writes a correspondent
«in tho New York Post. Great sections
already artificially watered are among
the garden spots of the world. The
"Piano del Cappucinni" at Trapani, ou
the western shore, the far famed
"Conca rOro," near Palermo and the
eastern coast north of Catania are sec
tions which surpass in fertility the fa
vored valleys of Tuscany. Already
10,000,000 orange trees, or two-thirds
of the total number grown in Italy,
flourish on the island, while cotton and
linseed, the almond, the olive, the
carob and the mandarin are extensively
raised.
The Rio Grande railroad in Colorado
has equipped its locomotives with a
novel train robber killing device, says
a writer in Locomotive Engineering.
It is a means of playing scalding
water and steam over the bandits.
There Is an extra piece of steel pipe
running up from the bottom of the
boiler to the back of the engine cab,
where It is flattened out fan shaped,
the ankle of the fan embracing th«
front, top and sides of the blind bag
gage arid express. Another device of
practically the same kind covers the
front, lop and sides of the locomotive
itself. Other engines have a steam
pipe and hose just back of the engi
neer. where it is handy to grab quickly.
Down near the floor of the cab, in
several places where they can be
reached easily, are little innocent look
ing buttons that connect with the air
valve fitted to the steam pipe. In less
time than it takes to tell it the engineer
or fireman can touch a button and send
back over the coal pile lu the tender
the hotest Jet of water that any robber
ever saw. The boilers carry a pressure
of about 225 pounds, so the water near
the bottom of the crown sheet will be
at least at the boiling point.
The amount of execution one of the
"cookers," as they are called, can do
In a few seconds Is frightful.
A utoinohlle HHIHYR} *.
The Austrian minister of railways
has ordered an automobile railway car
riage. It is to he of the dimensions of
an ordinary third class European rail
way carriage, with 32 seats and stand
ing room. Under the flooring will be
placed a 'JO horsepower four cylinder
motor, with the mechanism and sup
plies necessary to enable the carriage
to travel independently at a speed of
SO miles an hour. The car necessitates
the services of only one man and will
probably be put Into use on the South
western line In lower Austria.
Tlif Irnie of Comfort.
Husbnno- Don't forget to wako me
at 7 o'clock, as usual, tomorrow morn
log.
Wife—Why, you don't have togo to
the office. It's a holiday.
Husband 1 know, but wake meat 7.
I want to have the satisfaction of roll
ing over and going to sleep again.
Philadelphia Press.
| The Eleventh |
« Juryman
Htt Wai ObitioaU, bat Had Xi
O Kenton* For KJU Obitiuac;. ©
We had been out of court 24 hours and
stood 11 to 1. The case was plain—at 1
least we 11 thought so. A murder ol
peculiar atrocity had been committed,
and though uo eye hnd witnessed tb*
deed circumstances pointed to the prison- '
er's guilt with unfailing certainty.
The recusant juror had stood out from
the first. He acknowledged the cogency
of the proofs, confessed his inability to
reconcile the facts with the defendant s
innocence, and yet on every vote went
steadily for acquittal. His conduct wus
Inexplicable. It could not result from a
lack of intelligence, for, while he spoke
but little, his words were well chosen and
evinced a thorough understanding of the
case.
Though still in the prime of manhood
his locks were prematurely white, and
his face wore a singularly sad and
thoughtful expression. He might be one
of those who entertained scruples as to
the right of society to inflict the death
penalty. Put no, it was not that, for in
reply to such a suggestion he frankly
admitted that brutal men, like the vicious
brutes they resemble, must be controlled i
through fear, and that dread of death, th»
supreme terror, is in many cases the only .
adequate restraint.
At the prospect of another night of j
fruitless imprisonment we began to grow (
Impatient and expostulated warmly ■
against what seemed an unreasonable 1
captiousness, ami some not overkind re- |
marks were indulged in as to the impro- j
pricty of trifling with an oath like that
under which wo were acting.
"And yet," the man answered, as
though communing with himself rather
than repelling the imputation, "it is con
science that hinders my concurrence In a
verdict approved by my judgment."
"How can that be?" queried several at
once.
"Conscience may not always dare to
follow judgment."
"But here she can know no other
guide."
"I once would have said the same."
"And what changed your opinion?"
The speaker's manner was visibly agi
tated, and we awaited in silence the ex
planation which he seemed ready to give.
Mastering his emotion, as if in answer
to our looks of inquiry, he continued
"Twenty years ago I was a young man
just beginning life. Few had brighter
prospects and none brighter hopes. An
attachment dating from childhood hod
ripeued with its object. There had been
no verbal declaration and acceptance of
love, no formal plighting of troth, but
when I took my departure to seek a home
in the distant west it was a thing under
stood thut when 1 had found it and put
it in order she was to share it. Life In
the forest, though solitary, Is not neces
sarily lonesome. The kind of society af
forded by nature depends much on one
self. As for me, I lived more in the fu
ture than in the present, and hope is an
overcheerful companion. At length the
time came for making the final payment
on the home which I had bought. It
would henceforth be my own, and in a
few more months tny simple dwelling,
which I had spared no pains to render in
viting. would be graced by its mistress.
"At the land office, which was some 00
miles off, I met my old friend, George
C. He, too, had come to seek his for
tune in the west, and we were both de
flgbted witn me meeting. tie 800
brought with him, he said, a sum of
money which he desired to invent in land,
on which it was his purpose to settle. I
expressed a strong wish to have him for
a neighbor, and gave him n cordial in
vitation to accompany me home, giving
it n3 my belief that he could nowhere
make a better selection than in that vicin
ity. He readily consented, and we sat
out together. We had not ridden many
miles when George suddenly recollected
a commission he had undertaken for a
friend which would require his attend
ance at a public sale on the following
day. Exacting a promise that he would
and having given minute directions as to
the route, 1 contnued my way komeward,
while lie turned back.
"I was about retiring to bod on the
night of my return when a summons from
without called me to the door. A stranger
asked for shelter for himself and horse
for the night. I invited him in. Though
a stranger, his face seemed nut unfamil
iar. lie was probably one of the men 1
had seen at the land office, n place at
that time much frequented. Offering him
a seat, I went to see to his horse. The
poor animal, as well as I could see by the
starlight, seemed to have been hardly
used. His panting sides bore witness of
merciless riding, and a tremendous
shrinking at the slightest touch betokened
recent fright. On re-entering the house
I found the stranger was not there. His
absence excited no surprise; he would
doubtless soon return. It was a little sin
gular, however, that he should have left
bis watch lying on the table.
"At the end of half an hour, my guest
not returning, I went again to the stable,
thinking he might have found his way
thither to give personal attention to the
wants of his horse. Before going out,
from mere force of habit—for we were as
yet uninfected by either thieves or police
men—l took the precaution of putting th«
•tranger's watch in a drawer in which I
kept my own valuables. I found tb*
horse as I had left him, and jave him the
food which he was now sufficiently cool
ed to be allowed to eat, but his master
was nowhere to be seen. As I approach
ed the house a crowd of men on horse
back dashed up. and I was commanded
in no gentle tones to 'stand!' In another
moment I was in the clutches of those
who claimed me as their 'prisoner.'
'"I was too much stupefied at first to
ask what it all meant. I did so at last
and the explanation came. It was terri
ble! My friend, with whom I had so
lately set out in company, had been found
murdered and robbed near the spot at
which I, but I alone, knew we had sepa
rated. I was the last person knowu to
be with him, anil I was now arrested on
eusplcion of his murder. A search of the
premises was immediately instituted.
The watch was found in the drawer In
which I had placed it aud was identified
as the property of the murdered man.
His horse, too, was found In my stable,
for the animal I had just put there was
none other. I recognized him myself
when I saw him in the light. What I
said I know not. My confusion was
taken at additional evidence. And when
at length I did command language to ffive
an intelligible statement it was received
with sneers and incredulity.
The mob spirit is inherent in man—at
least in crowds of men. It may not al
ways manifest Itself in physical violence.
It sometimes contents itself with lynch
ing a character. But whatever its form,
it is always relentless, pitiless, cruel.
"As the proofs of my guilt one after
another came to light low inutterlngs
gradually grew into a clamor for venge
ance, and but for the firmness of one
mun, the officer who had me In chsrge,
I would doubtless have paid tho penalty
of my HUPOOM II offense on the spot. It
was not sympa'hy that actuated my pro
tector. His heart was as hard as bis
office, but he represented the majesty of
the law and toolt a port or grim pride in
the position. AM much under the glance
of his ».vc as before the muzzle of bis
pistol, the cowardly clamorers drew back.
Perhaps they were not sutfiriently nu
merous to fi'l the full effect of that
mysterious refli x influence which makes
a crowd of men so much worse, and at
times so much better, than any one of
them singly.
"At then end of some months my trial
came. It could have but one result. Cir
cumstances too plainly declared my
guilt. I knew they lied. The absence of
the Jury was very brief. To their Ver
dict I paid but little heed. It was a sin
gle hideous word, but I bad long antici
pated it and it made no impression. As
iltU« Jynrouiiiofi wna Hindu liv the Wordl I
tfm "I. 0. 8. Illutralad." Copyrliht. 1901, bj »h« Colliery ln|l««ir I'owpiaT.
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Martin Schweitzer, Montour House Danville, I'a.
of the judge which followed it.and his ;
solemn invocation that God might hare
that mercy upon me which man was too
just to vouchsafe sounded like the hoi- j
lowest of hollow mockeries. It may be
hard for the condemned criminal to meet
death; it is still harder for him who is
innocent. The one, when the first shock
is over, acquiesces in his doom and gives
himself to repentance: the heart of the |
other, filled with rebellion against man's
Injustice, can scarcely bring itself to ask
pardon of God. I had gradually over
come this feeling in spite of the good
clergyman's irritating efforts, which were
mainly directed toward extracting a con
fession, without which, he assured me,
he had no hope to offer.
"On the morning of the day fixed for
my execution I felt measurably resigned.
I had so long stood face to face with
death, had so accustomed myself to look
upon it as merely a momentary pang, that
1 no longer felt solicitous save that my
memory should one day bo vindicated.
She for whom 1 had gone to prepare n
home had already found one in heaven.
The tidings of my calamity bad broken
her heart. She alone of all the world
believed me innocent, and she had died
with a prayer upon her lips that the
truth might yet be brought to light. All
this 1 had heard, and it had soothed, ai
if sweet incense, my troubled spirit.
Death, however unwelcome the shape,
was now a portal, beyond which I could
see one angel waiting to receive me. 1
heard the sound of approaching footsteps
and nerved myself to meet the expeeter
summons. The door of my cell opened
and the sheriff and his attendants en
tered. lie held in his hand a paper. It
was doubtless my death warrant. He
began to read it. My thoughts were
busied elsewhere. The words 'full and
free pardon' were the first to strike my
preoccupied sen»en. They affected the
wa;-TT was pardoned for an offense I had
never committed!
"The real culprit, none other, it is need
less to say, than he who had sought and
abused my hospitality, had been mortally
wounded in a recent affray in a distant
city, but had lived long enough to make
n disclosure, which had been laid before
the governor barely in time to save me
from a shameful death, and condemn me
to a cheerless and burdensome life. This
is my experience. My judgment, as yours
in the ease before us. leads to but one
conclusion, that of the prisoner's guilt,
but not less confident and apparently un
erring was the judgment that falsely pro
nounced my own."
We no longer importuned our fellow
juror, but patiently awaited our dis
charge on the ground of inability tc
agree, which came at last.
The prisoner was tried and convicted at
a subsequent term, and at the last mo
ment confessed his crime on the scaf
fold.
Mont Desirable Home In the World.
Stafford House, the London residence
of the Duchess of Sutherland, is said
to be, taking everything into considera
tion, the most desirable of any home in
the world. You can't express the value
of Stafford House In coin any more
than you could put a figure on St.
James' palace, just around the corner.
Conceiving such a thing possible, Staf
ford House would bring much trie bet
ter rate of the two nt an auction sale.
Although it is not so vnst as liueklng
hani palace, It Is Infinitely preferable
as a place of residence, a fact that the
late Queen Victoria neatly expressed
on one occasion when she was the
guest of the late Duchess of Suther
land, mother of the present duke.
"Duchess," said tlii? queen on her ar
rival, "I come from my house to your
beautiful palace."— Buffalo Express.
Brightened tho Scene.
Referring to the recent Henley regat
ta, a writer in a Loudon journal says
of the American women who were
present in large numbers to see tho
contest between the University of
Pennsylvania and Leander crews:
"What nice, gracious, frank and gener
ous creatures those American women
tire! They took to Henley one feature
of brightness that we have been with
out all this season—namely, color. It
was delightful to see again pink and
green and blue and yellow flaunting
bravely under the summer sun. Indi
vidually nearly all women look their
best in either black or white, but col
lectively general half mourning haa
proved exceedingly monotonous and
has dulled the season sadly."
tirade Sheep.
It Is doubtful If a pure bred sheep
makes a more desirable butcher's sheep
than the cross bred or high grade lu
these days of light, bandy weights,
says Wool Markets and Sheep. We
of course do not advocate decreasing
the number of pure breds. Neverth*.
less we will always want more and
better pure bred rams to Improve our
common stock.
A Plioto«:rfiphlc Menace.
Blood poisoning from handling bi
chromate of potash Is reported by Mr.
W. L. Jenkins, a London pbotographcy.
An assistant was affected from time to
time with a rash on the hands, eblcfly
around the nails, and in the hot weath
er of last August a violent red rash,
very painful and Irritating, appeared
on his face. The victim was sent to a
hospital, and It was three months be
fore he recovered.
COVER HER WITH FLOWER 3.
[From the Spanish.]
Come where inv lady lie 9
Sleeping down the gulden hours!
d'over her with flowers.
Bluebells from the clearing,
Flag flowers from the rills.
Wildings from tlie lush hedgeruws,
lx-lii ato daffodils,
Sweellin;:* from the formal plots,
Hlos<oms frum the bowers —
Heap them round her where she sleeps.
Cover her with flowers.
Sweet j•<-.-* and pansy.
Red hawthorn and white,
Gilliflowers, like praising souls;
Lilies, lamps of light;
Nurslinns of what happy winds,
Suns and stars and showers —
Joylets good to see and smell.
Cover her with flowers.
Like to ekr born shadow*
Mirrored on a stream, 1
I.et their odors meet and mix
And waver through her dream.
La«t the crowded sweetness
Slumber overpowers.
And sin- fet Is the lips she totes
Craving t'nrough the flowers.
—W. i:. Ilenley in North American Review. !
LONG AND SHORT.
Tlewn of the Advoeotes of the lafi<
House unci the Small Iloase.
M. Sumner Perkins writes to The
Poultry Monthly:
"I believe in poultry colonization—
that is to say, many small coops and
houses scattered over large areas and
occupied by few fowls rather than a
few very large houses occupied by
many fowls. Better put 1,000 fowls
iuto 50 different houses than into only
two or three large houses, even if tho
»auei n-any contains the same area as :
the former. We don't want too many j
under the same roof. It is the same j
case as It is with the human hablta- |
tions in congested city quarters, the so
called tenements or rookeries where
men, women and children are so hud* '
died together that they arrive at net i
ther physical nor mental standards ot i
proper development. So with poultry,
It won't do to crowd them. They need
abundant air space and to be so sep
arated into small numbers as to avoid
contagion from disease. The small Iso
lated house Is the ideal plan at all
times and especially as summer comes
on foraging room is needed and u lib
eral area for each colony of birds. Un
der such conditions strong breeding
stock and vigorous laying stock may
be maintained. It Is very good policy
to have light coops and fencing built
in sections so as to be taken apart und
put together at will."
The editor of The Monthly responds
as follows:
"We publish the above not because
we believe it or indorse it in toto, but
because we wish to give all sides of
such questions. The colony bouse lias
Its place, especially for breeding stock,
its greatest advantage being that it al
lows the use of larger yards in connec
tion therewith than are possible in
connection with a long house cut into
comparatively narrow pens. But for
houses for laying stock, especially
where hens are kept by the thousand,
and more especially for winter laying,
these colony houses come well nigh be
ing impracticable.
"The assumption in the above that
the fowls are crowded or suffer from
Impure air or disease simply because
they are in large houses in large num
bers Is entrirely wrong. Some of the
worst cases of overcrowding and filth
and disease we have ever seen or heard
of were in small houses. The compari
son between the crowded city tene
ments and large poultry houses would
have had more force a quarter of a
century ago. Today some of the most
sanitary dwellings in the world are
some of these modern city tenements
and apartment houses. The average
poultryman will keep a large house
cleaner than he will a lot of small
houses of equal capacity, simply be
cause he can do It easier. On the score
of economy of material, of time and of
labor the long house is ahead. It Is
cheaper to build and cheaper to care
for and keep in repair. It Is less ex
posed. to storms in winter, and every
thing can be better kept under the eye
of the overseer. I.et some of the advo
cats of colony houses try to care for
I,<>oo hens each kept in 50 colony
houses in separate yards during some
of our northern winters. Let them
visit these houses several times daily
to feed, water and clean platforms and
replenish grit and shell boxes and sup
ply new litter and spray the roosts and
gather eggs and a few other details,
and some one would be looking lor an
other job before many weeks had pass
ed. It Is well to have some colony
houses. They are good for the breed
ing stock during spring and summer.
They are good for the young stock
during the growing season. But when
it comes to keeping hens by the thou
sands in houses accommodating only
20 each they are not what are wanted.
The long house is the only one to econ
omize labor, allow the use of labor sav
ing devices and reduce cost of care to
the minimum."
Redeemer of Slum Children.
At the ap; of s ~ Mrs. Smjiy, a phi
lanthropist, lias just died in Dublin.
Store than 1,000 children are maintain
ed in lioini s established through lier
exertion*.
While slid a young woman she
founded a little school for poor children
in a hay loft In a Dublin slum. She
collected not less than £l-.' per an
aum in the cause of the destitute <!,il .
dren of Dublin. A ■: result of her la
l-ors seven lionet an I four free da\
j schools have been established in the
I city and, in <*u <:• st • n with ihe
Bird's Nest at Kin t -i. h.-n- turned
many thou rands of !. «» less simu chil
dren into i- ' !'i:i ,• tizens ■ t
the Hrltlsh emyli-e.
Ililn rem (!,,,•• lile t. -i 1.
They are ia!!:iiin alioul how they
happened to many
"I married ni\ wile." said one after
the others lino ali ha i their sa\ "lie
cause she was so ditVeieiit from any
woman 1 had ever met."
"Mow was that?" chorused the
others.
"She was the only woman 1 ever
met who would have me."
A Name Twice Made
Famous, Now a
Shining Mark for
Imitators.
j The name "Chase." twice made famous,
Is a shining mark for the unscrupulous to
pounce upon and appropriate in order to
foist upon the r üb!ic their worthless pre
parations. 1 hoe birds of prey, by using
the name Cexpect the public to be
foo'ed in!" bcheving they are the medi
cines of l»r A. W. I ha«e, who first be
came noted as the author of the world
fan. -ii Dr. t base's recipe book and family
phsstuan. and whose fame is now doubly
increased by the wonderful success of his
Keive Pills, with Nerve, Brain and Blood
troubles. They play upon the name Chase,
but dare not use the initials "A. \V."
Thev imitate, but dare not counterfeit the
portrait and signature of Dr. A. W. Chase,
which identifies the Nerve Pills now recog
nized as infallible for building up pale,
weak, thin-blooded, nerve exhausted suf
ferers,
Who are nerve-tired and brain-weary.
Who are easily exhausted.
Who are wakeful —cannot sleep.
Who have nervous headache.
They remove the cause of blood impuri
ties, securing refreshing sleep and impart
strength.
They build up people who find their
strength and vigor waning.
They settle irritated nerves, replace lan
guor and lassitude with energy and anima
tion, Cure Nervous Dyspepsia.
Th» above is the right kind prepared by
the Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo,
N. Y., 50 cents ptr bo*. All cthors ar«
imitation#. . ..
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SEVEN DEVELOPED
GOLD MINES.
60 ACRES OF GOLD ORE.
THE ARENA.
Gold Mining & Milling Company
CRIPPLE CREEK, COLORADO.
This Property is Estimated to be now Worth More than
SIO,OOO per Acre and will be Worth over One Hundred
Thousand Dollars per Acre,with Proper Development
CAPITAL STOCK, $1,000,000.
'Divided into Shares of SI.OO Each, Full I'aid and Non-Assessable.' ya®
The Arena Company otters 50,000 Shares at 50 cents each
in a Property that is Worth over §OOO,OOO.
For the purpose of raisin;; money to purchase 1 lie necessary machinery
to make the mines produce daily fully Three Thousand Dollars in Hold,
tlius enriching every individual shareholder according to the shores he hold*.
You can hny any number of Shares you Wish,
and make more money than can he made in any other line of invi st iik nt. 1 lie Mold ore is In
these seven developed "mines. There are S.UWI feet of ore in a vein, and these veins are true
mother veins, held within walls of granite.placed there by nature. I he ( onipany has already
developed this propertv to demonstrate that it is cue of Ihe targett gold properties of the
Cripple Creek District which is the greatest gold-producing camp on tarlh, us output last
\ ear aggregating 8N.000,000 or nt at l> double Ihe anion nt i rod need in t he wholt Mate of Call
iornia.
At "•<) cents per share the Company is iji\ ing you a dist ount nt 111 eenls per share lostart
with, making 20 cents on the dollar. As already Mated, this is ti. ue foi the pnt'ioseof rais
ing ♦21,000 lo puichase Improvi d maclnnerj , air i 1 mi ressor drills. :in<l t lcc ric plant. We
nave two large hoisting engines on ties pro] crt\ ,a commodious shaft-house,t Hi t buildings,
hoarding bouse for the men, stables, a powder-house, a large quantity of tools, tic. The re
ports on these mines, made by one of the best mining t tigimei sin tt.e state, succinctly de
seribe these improvements.
XASIKS OF MINKS.
AZTKC, 210 feet in depth, with shaft-house, boiltr and engine for hoisting, well timbered all
the way down.
B< >NI)H<)LIJEK, 2tm feet deep, iioisting engine and boiler, large iron shait-hou»e.
ME X Hi t and MA Ml All.a N'. both over 100 feet deep, on sane vein as the A zlec mine.
CRYSTAL, J Asl'KK and tilth AT KAs'ITHN. on the sah.t vein as the landholder and open
ed in depth toover 100feet,and tit velopmentsalmuiy mailt sin « o\t i -1,1(0 kit ol ore.
If you want to make money out of nature, become a producer of gold tin of her treasure
vaults. The Arena group of mines will do it for you.
We can furnish the best of references—bank and miningengineers and cur title in the
property is perfect, coming, as it dot s patent from the (ioveruient. With more im
proved machinery, from S:i,neo to S.l.rtO per day \\ i.l b.> a conservative estimate of the output
of these mines.
Kememiier that only -10,000 shart sof this stock areforsale at in tints on the dollar.
Orders mr the number ol shart silt sin d, accompanied by 1 'rait, Mont \ l »rdt is Kxpress or
Cash in Registered I t Iters, can besent to
The Arena Gold Mining Milling Company,
501 Equitable Building, DENVER, COLORADO.
PLANING MILL? j
HOOV ER BROTHERS
MANUFACTURERS OF
Doors, Sash, Shutters, Verandas,
Brackets, Frames
and Turned Work of all Kinds.
Also Shingles, Roofing Slate, Planed and
Rough Lumber.
muwiwriir —i—p
RIVERSIDE, IMORT'D COUNTVj
PURPLE FRINGED ORCHID.
OrrV.ii!, my ' r M, it' I r.a!;e a dell
Of mossy v. rds, wood mirrors of oark tpcetti j
Ami with tt | urple "J.ovr" alone alight,
A , m all <A gloaming moi. -■ !>
'1 t Ira Is through glimmering leafage of j
til' Ugl't
Unto one rosy blossom in the duSkf
Mv orchid, i! I shut you in iny In art
.Si ib tlit- hemloi'k twi.i_;ht ■ 112 its star,
Wlii.m none but 1m is find, and who finds nob)
Hut lovers, sit!' e tiie time and long before
'I I,•• Cherokee's 112 t upon the mossy marge
l'a- d ; u ntemptuous, as the mountaineer
Nov. idly notes and nothing heeds;
My ■ r i!. W ! S«>* > rs. ent a \ 'lie
Strange as the sphinx'-, riddle, h. w your flower
Is human and inhuman, part of man
Arid Infinitely apart from man, who plucks,
liut cannot take your beauty when he goes,
Who brought y ur beauty with him when he |
c*lue.
(i orchid, purple eToud of winged stars:
(ip rple (r . n and sweetness »i the <lark
Spilit, in 'it this it., dust , 112 speech
And rise up limit at its somber heart
'! > mi thv more dy with a rosy "Love!"
It is all made • 112 grace and fantasy,
All made 112 fragrante and of purple air;
It is kU mad.: ~1 death for life to be;
Find it who tan, and how he finds beware.
—Joseph Kuss< ll Tailor in Scribner'9 Magazine
Scandinavian Cngllrh.
Sir Herbert Maxwell gives In his
"Memories of tli«• Months" the follow
ing copy of a beguiling advertisement
set forth by a Scandinavian who could
"spik luglis" and who had a shrewd
idea of luring tourists to his salmon
river:
Look Herl Salmon! The honorable travelers
are averted to, that undersigned, who lives in
Fjorde pr. Vol. den Romsdals county, Norway,
short or long time, hires out a good Satmonriver.
Good lodging finds. Didrik Ma an.
344 Terry
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