CHAPTER It—(Costisobd.)
*‘I fancy I shall never marry,” said
Carrlston, looking at me with bis soft,
lark eye*. "You see, a boy who has
waited for years expecting to die,
loesn’t grow up with exactly the tame
feelings as other people. I don’t think
I shall ever meet a woman I can care
for enough to mak* my wife. No, I
expect my cousin will be Hlr Ralph
yet.”
I tried to laugh him out of bis mor
bid Ideas. "Those who live will see.”
I said. "Only promise to ask me to
your wedding, and better still. If you
live la town, appoint me your family
doctor. It may prove the nucleus of
that West end practice which It Is the
dream of every doctor to establish."
I hove already alluded to the strange
beauty of Carriston's dark eye*. As
soon as companionship commenced be
tween us those eyea became to me,
from scientific reasons, objects of curi
osity, on account of the mysterious ex
pression which I at times detected In
them. Often and often they wore a
look the like to which, I Imagine, Is
found only In the eye* of a somnam
bulist—s look which one feels certain
la Intently fixed upon something, yet
upon something beyond the range of
mis’* own vision. During the first two
sr three days of our newborn Intimacy
I found this eccentricity of Carriston's
positively startling. When now and
then I turned to him, and found lilm
■taring with all his might at nothing,
aiy eyes were compelled to follow the
direction In whlrh his own were bent.
(t *h at first Impossible to divest
►ne’s-self of the belief that something
should be there to justify mo fixed a
gase. However, as the rapid growth
•f our friendly Intercourse soon showed
me tbat he was a boy of most ardent
yoetlo temperament- perhaps even
more a poet than an artist—I laid at
the door of the muse these absent looks
and recurring flights Into vacancy.
We were at the Kalry Glen one morn
ing, eketcblng, to the best of our abil
ity, the swirling stream, the gray rocks,
ind the overhanging trees, the last just
growing brilliant with autumnal tints.
3o beautiful was everything around
that for a long lime I worked, Idled, or
(reamed In contented silence. G'arrls
lon had set up his easel at some little
distance from mine At last I turned
to see how his sketch was progressing.
He had evidently fallen Into one of his
brown studies, and, apparently, a hard
er one than usual. His brush had
fallen from his fingers, his features
were Immovable, and his strange dark
eyes were absolutely riveted upon a
large rock In front of him, at which he
gazed as Intently as if his hope of
heaven depended upon seeing through
It
He seemed for the while oblivious to
things mundane. A party of laughing,
chattering tourist girls scrambled down
the rugged steps, and one by one passed
in front of him. Neither their pres
ence nor the inquisitive glances they
cast on his statuesque face roused him
from bis fit of abstraction. For a
moment I wondered If the boy took
opium or some other narcotic on the
Sly. Full of the thought 1 rose, crossed
sver to him, and laid my hand upon
his shoulder. As he felt my touch he
rame to bimself, and looked up at m<
In a dazed. Inquiring way.
“Really, Carriston,” I said, laughing
■y, “you must reserve your dreatnlnc
A to until we are In places where tour
lata do not congregate, or you will b<
thought a madman, or a leaai a poet.’
He made no reply. He turned awtj
from me Impatiently, even rudely
then, picking up bla brush, went oi
with his sketch. After a while hi
seemed to recover from his pettlshness
and we spent the remainder of the daj
as pleasantly as usual.
As we trudged home In the twilight
be said fo me In an apologetic, almos
penitent way:
“I hope I was not rude to you Jus
now?**
“Wheo do you mean?" ! asked, hav
Ing almost forgotten Mte trivial Inc!
dent.
“When you woke me from what yoi
called wy dreaming?"
Oh, dear no. You wero not at ul
rude. It you had been, It was but th
penalty duo to my presumption. Th
Algbts of genius should be respe <#4
uot checked by a material band ''
'That to nonsense I am not a gen
lua, and you must forgive me for m;
rudenswe. ‘ Mid Cerrlsten simply.
After walking some duunre It
•ttone*, he spoke again “I wish whet
yew era with me yew would try aa<
•top me from getting Into that etatr
It decs m* no goad '
Hewing ha was la eprnaat. I pro mum
la de my hast, end wee cwrtoos enoogl
■a aeh him whither bto thoughts wan
feted dart eg I bone abstracted mo
manta
**1 aa scarcely tell yew.' he said
t*T«esntly ha ashed, speahtng will
heotlaUaa "I swppus* yew never fee
that nndee rwetatn dreams! an me elr
lumetaaree which yew t annul egptnii
- yew nilghi he ehto to see thing
whtoh are invisible io ethers?”
'Tn wen thing* Wist thing*f*
“Thing*, ee I Mid whtoh nesMste
•*n aw* Yen ato*t hnew there ay
people she p iSMs this power,'*
*1 know that muit people knee *a
eerted that peeseee whet 'her t«i| sw»
twd w*ghl, hut the esuerttuw to tow ah
turd to waste lime In refuting '
“Yet,* aald fhrrtotom dreamttt **
know that If I did not strive to *vui<
tt mm enrh power would mat* to me
■'Yvw are to* rtdtowtom* t'errtoton
| anUL “Hotne people we what other
don't, because they have longer eight.
Ton may, of course, Imagine anything.
But your eyea- handsome eyes they are,
too—contain certain properties, known
an humors and lenses, therefore In
order to aee-”
“Tea, yes," Interrupted Carrlston; "1
know exactly all you are going to nay.
You, a man of science, ridicule every
thing which breaks what you are
pleased to call the law of nature. Yet
take all the unaccountable tale* told.
Nine hundred and ninety-nine you ex
pose to scorn or throw grave doubts
upon, yet the thousandth rest* on evi
dence which can not be upset, or dis
puted. The possibility of that one
prove* the possibility of all.”
“Not at all; but enough for your
argument,” I said, amused at the boy's
wild talk.
“You doctor*,’’ he continued with that
delicious air of superiority so often
assumed by laymen when they are in
good health, "put too much to the credit
of diseased imagination.”
"No doubt; It’s a convenient shelf
on which to put a difficulty. But go
on.”
"The body Is your province, yet you
caa’t explain why a cataleptic patient
should bear a watch tick when It I*
placed against bis foot.”
"Nor you; nor any one. But perhaps
it may aid you to get rid of your rub
bishing theories If f tell you that cata
lepsy, as you understand It, I* a disease
not known to us; in fact, It does not
exist.”
He seemed crestfallen at bearing this.
"But what do you want to prove?" I
uultmei “Wh at hflVA vnu vntirn#lf
seen?"
“Nothing. I tell you. And I pray I
may never see anything."
After this he seemed Inclined to shirk
the subject, but I pinned him to It. I
waa really anxious to get at the true
state of his mind. Inanswerto the lead
ing questions with which I plied him,
Carrlston revealed an amount of super
stition which seemed utterly childish
and out of place beside the Intellectual
faculties which he undoubtedly pos
sessed.
Yet I was not altogether amused by
his talk. His wild arguments and
wilder beliefs mads me fancy there
must be a weak spot somewhere In his
brain even made me fear lest his end
might be madness. The thought made
me sad; for, with the exception of the
eccentricities which I have mentioned,
I reckoned Carrlston the pleasantest
friend I had ever made. His amiable
nature, his good looks, and perfect
breeding had endeared the young man
to me; so much so that i resolved, dur
ing the remainder of the time we
should spend together, to do all I could
toward taking the nonsense out of him.
My efforts were unavailing. I kept
a sharp lookout upon him. and let him
fall Into no more mysterious reveries;
but the curious Idea that he poss.ssed,
or could possess, some gift above
human nature, was too firmly rooted
to be displaced. On all other subjects
be argued fairly and was open to rea
son. On this one point he was im
movable. When I could get him to
notice my attacks at all, his answer
was;
"You doctors, clever as you are with
• 1.A KaiIv Irnnw ftB little* Ctf iiuvfhfilOD'V
as you did three thousand years ago.”
When the time came to fold up ray
easel and return to the drudgery of life,
I parted from Carrlston with much re
gret. One of those solemn, but often
broken, promises to Join together next
year In another sketching tour pass-d
between us. Then I went back to Lon
don, and during the subsequent
months, although 1 saw nothing of him,
; I often thought of my friend of the
autumn.
III.
N THK spring of
IHtib I went down
lo Bournemouth to
•ee. for the last
lime, an old friend
who wee dying of
consumption. Dur
ing a great part of
the journey down 1
had for a traveling
cumpanton a well
dressed gentleman
• ly uian of about forty years of age.
We were eloae In the compatlatent,
and after Intel< hanging asm* small
' civilities, such as the barter of news
papers. glided Into conversation My
i fellow traveler seemed to he an Intel
1 leclual man. and well posted up In the
1 doings of the dny. lie talhed luently
and easily on various t*pl>s. and. Judg
lag from hie talh. must have moved m
' good society Although I fancied hie
• features bote traces of hard living
end dlmlpattsa. he was not usy repos
teasing la appeal ears The gi •at«et
fault* la hla far* were the remerhable
iblaaeat of the lips aad hie eyes being
| a shads etoast together than use cares
ta eas With a casual sequel sisa.e
t such peeultartttee are af little moment,
( hot for my part I should not chouse for
a friend eao who peeiesei'd them, with
out due trial aad search lag proof
i At this Urn* the Kaglteb public wero
, much interested la an Important will
case which was then being tried The
rsveratoa to a vast eom of money da
, ponded upon tha '••urn# • eaaliy or
Insanity I.the meat ether peep I* we
doty die»ua»#cl the matter I suppose
I from o*ms of my remsrho. my torn
I pea tee understood that I was a doctor
• tie ashed me s goad many technical
question* and I described eecetsl cull
I sue eases of mania which had name
under my notice. He seemed greatly
Interested In the subject.
"You must sometimes find It hard to
say where sanity end*, and Insanity
begins." he said, thoughtfully.
"Yes. The boundary line Is. in some
Instances, bard to define. To give, In
such a dubious case, an opinion which
would satisfy myself. I would want to
have known the patient at the time h«
was considered quite sane."
“To mark the difference?"
"Kxactly. And to know the bent of
the character. For Instance, there is a
frelnd of mine. He was perfectly sane
when last I saw him, but, for all I
know, he may have made great prog
resa the other way In the Interval."
Then, without mentioning names,
dates or places. I described Carrfston s
peculiar disposition to my intelligent
listener. He heard me with rapt In
terest.
"You predict he will go mad?” he
said.
“Certainly not. Unless something
unforeseen arises he will probably live
and die as sane as you or I."
"Why do you fear him, then?"
"For this reason. I think that any
sudden emotion violent grief, for In
stance—any unexpected and crushing
blow—might at once disturb the bal
ance of his mind. I>et his lif* run on
In an even groove, and all will be well
with him."
My companion was silent for a few
momenta.
"Did you mention your friend*
name?" he asked.
I laughed. “Doctors never give names
when they quote cases."
At the next station my companion
left the train. He bade me a polite
adieu, and thanked me for the pleasure
my conversation had given him. After
wondering what station In life he oc
cupied I dismissed him from my mind,
as one who bad crossed my path for a
short time and would probably never
cross It again.
Mflurl llDie miu wuuiu yiuumvij i
Although I did not see Charles Car
rlston I received several letters from
him during the course of the year. He
had not forgotten our undertaking to
pass my next holiday together. Early
In the autumn. Just as I was beginning
to long with a passionate longing for
open air and blue skies, a letter came
from Carrlston. He was now, he said,
roughing it in the Wewtern Highlands.
He reminded me of lard year's promise.
Could i get away from work now?
Would I Join him? If I did not care to
visit Scotland, would 1 suggest some
other place where he could Join me?
Still, the scenery by which he was now
surrounded was superb, and the accom
modation he had secured, if not luxuri
ous, fairly comfortable. He thought we
could do no better. A postscript to his
letter asked me to address him as Cedi
Carr, not Charles Carrlston. He had a
reason for changing his name -a fool
ish reason I should no doubt call it.
When we met he would let me know it.
This letter at once decided me to
accept his invitation. In a week's time
my arrangements for leave of absence
were complete, and I was speeding
northward in the highest spirits, and
well equipped with everything neces
sary for my favorite holiday pursuit.
1 looked forward with the greatest
pleasure to again meeting Carriston.
I found him at Callendar waiting for
me. The coach did not follow the routs
we were obliged to take in order to
reach the somewhat unfrequented part
of the country in which our tent was
pitched, ho my friend had secured the
services of a primitive vehicle and a
strong shaggy pony to bear us the re*
mainder of the Journey.
TO SB OOSTIMOSIM
A I'ollr** Klndrut as Blacksmith.
At Cornell all tbe mechanical engi
neering students have to learn seven
trades. One of these trades, that of
blackemith, Is very distasteful to some
of the students, but it hss to be learned
all tbe same. One young fellow, who
was unusually averse to soiling his
hands, begged hard to be exempted
from wearing the leather apron, but
the profesor took special care that there
was nothing larking In thoroughness of
his training at the forge, lautt fall tht
student went to the professor and
thanked him for beiug compelled tc
learn blarksmithlng. "You see," he
said, "I am now superintendent of a
mine sway back ta Colorado. Inst
summer our main shaft broke aad
there was no one In the mine but my
self who could weld It. I didn't Ilk*
the fob. but look off nty coat aad weld
ed that shaft. It waaa't a pretty fob
but she's ruantng now. If I couldn't
have done it I d have had to pack that
shaft oa mule bach end sent It <M)C
miles over the muuntalaa to bo hied
and the miae would have had to shut
down till It got bach. My ability U
wend that shah raised me in the eye#
of every men In the mine nnd the burn
rawed my sulary Pittsburg |>i#
patch
* Masai HraMUi
• My fiWad. ' enld the trawWr hate
you a half# about youP‘
"Na». but you II tad a fork la ib«
ruad yonder '
' Years bright slat you’'
' Naw, I m Urea a ' Atlanta Coast!
toMna
mrsegtU el e to*a sf ep»4e« ana
Mr* fur ale# a throod ud spider etii
w decidedly tougher than a bar of steel
An ordinary thread will beer a aeight
uI three grata* Thw W |uor about
Ally pet -eui stronger than a iMl
thread ef the same thl knses
Paiene
Tu have ap laves Hue protected all
over the aurld M la ae. salary te taht
out silly four pateaie la as weay dlf
fereat veuairtee. the eel taw I *4 mat el
• Sok W sheet It Mu
LASSOING A MOUNTAIN LION
Dragged At the Hnli of a Dana at
Rraak Neck Speed. 3
Two young men living In Green Val
ley, In the mountains east of San Die
go, had a lively experience with a
mountain lion Friday, coming out
ahead of the king of the deeert by
strategy, says the San Francisco Chron
icle. The boys were on their way to
the Griffith ranch on horseback and
Mrs. Hobbs, mother of one of them,
was with them. Young Hobbs was rid
ing ahead with Griffith behind him.
when a sudden turn In the creek bed
through which they were passing, took
Hobbs out of Might for a second. In
that brief space there was an unearth
ly howling and screeching, followed In
stantly by the rearing and plunging of
the horses. A mountain Hon had
Jumped out upon young Hobbs, utter
ing ferocious cries as It leaped on the
horse's shoulder and used Its hind
claws with great rapidity. Hobbs' leg,
fortunately, was Incased In long bootM
of heavy leather, which resisted the
lion’s onslaught. The horse In plung
ing dislodged the screaming brute,
which darted back under the shadow
of a heavy chemlsal thicket. Hobbs
reached for his gun to prepare for an
other attack. Griffin bad had bis hands
full In looking after Mrs. Hobbs, whose
horse had become unmanageable. Plac
ing her at a safe distance In the rear
he returned and hastily put up a
scheme with young Hobbs to take tfe
big brute alive. Hobbs was to draw It
from the thicket, while Griffin, with a
lariat ready, was to rope It. Griffin re
treated a few steps, making bis lariat
ready, while Hobbs, with a war whoop.
(lashed toward the clump. The Hon,
crouching In the shadow, screamed
with rage and Jumped out toward him,
frothing at the mouth and spitting.
The horse trembled with fear. At that
moment Griffln spurred forward, threw
the lariat with steady aim, and in an
other second had the Hon struggling In
the dust with a tight rope around his
body. It clawed and screeched, mak
ing a frightful uproar, but Griffin,
sinking the spur In deep, dashed down
the road, dragging hts feline captive
over rocks and cactus. Hobbs ran back,
got his mother and returned, bringing
up the rear. Griffln kept up a lively
dog trot. In order to keep the line taut,
while the Hon wasted Its energy claw
ing at the rope, occasionally making a
sally toward the horse In front of him.
Hobbs, by attacking it from the rear,
distracted Its attention, so that before
long the ranch house was reached.
There another lariat was secured, and
the Hon was conquered and placed in
a cage. It was a fearful spectacle, cov
ered with dust and blood and utterinfe
fierce growls as It turned Its great yel
low eyes upon its captors. It was very
lean and hunger had evidently Impelled
its luckless onslaught.
A Klrh Negro's enterprise.
From the Atlanta Journal: W.
C. Coleman, of Concord, N. C., one of
the wealthiest negroes in the country,
is now promoting an enterprise from
which he expects profitable results for
himself and his race. He proposes to
build and equip a mill for "the double
object of teaching and giving employ
ment to negroes as cotton mill opera
tives.” He has disposed of nearly all
of the $50,000 worth of stock with
which the mill will start, and will be
gin work on the building in a few
weeks. There Is at present no cotton
mill in the United States which has
negro operatives. Negroes are em
ployed in a knitting mill at Columbia.
S. C\, and there is a plan on foot to
build a cotton mill In Alabama in
which negro convicts will be worked,
but the experiment at Concord will
probably get under way first. Its pro
jector is confident that negroes can be
used as cotton mill operatives, satis
factorily to the mill ownerB and great
Iy lU LI1V* pw uuiai J auvauia^o wi iuc
negroes themselves. After having
tried In vain to get some of the mills
already established to change their
class of operatives, so as to give the
negroes a chance to demonstrate their
ability In this respect, or to obtain the
consent of white mill men to build a
mill especially for that purpoae. be set
about the task of raising the necessary
money to build a small one among the
members of his own race, and be has
succeeded beyond his expectations,
OIU llndc Is 1'WMU.
Young Kit her I've Just made a big
deposit In a savings bank. In trust for
my baby boy. When he Is 31 I will
hand him the bank book, tell him the
amount of the original deposit and let
him see how things count up at com
pound interest.
Old Oeatleman Won t pay I tried
that. My boy drew the money and got
married with It aad ae* I’ve got to
support him aad his wlfo aad eight
children t'earoon’s Weehl*
Aa >»»«e**ss.
"You ran'! always loll a maa ky ike
company ha heap*
‘•Why not*"
Why. there* Uuiger. fur inetaace.
juat aa kite a fellow ae eve* lived
but what shout him?*
Why. ho a as nominated for the
lag lain I ore." Imtroit Neva
Uymaoatsma Mash 1st ml OU
the gymnasium was a font are of al
imM every anrteni llreeh community,
oitgmsily tt one merely an open spare
of ground ubefe athletic eaeretaee
sere practiced hut Inter large build
ingn elaborately decorated were arwei
*4 and Ir«uueally Itkrartee and leeture
•mgr were combined with w
Mwt Isa UI4 vs Me
giahup Ml licet t of Mrtotd and
UkMurdM. *ho la ft yente of ago. ban
taken up the bteycle
^TRAVELERS’ TALE^J
A Lone Isle of the Has.
A British ship recently touched at
the far-away Island of Tristan d’Ac
unha, the principal amongst a lonely
group of volcanic rocks In the Soutb
| ern Atlantic. Its population numbers
barely 100 souls, and they are of British
descent. They are all Intelligent and
well spoken, but clothed In the most
primitive fashion. In garments made
of albatross skins, goat skins, or can
vas. The aged Governor arts as chap
lain, doctor, etc., and for some forty
years past has been the mainstay of the
tiny colony, which lives In some twenty
or thirty huts clustered round a well
built little church. This latter edi
fice Is of stone plastered with mud. and
contains a small organ, altar, and pul
pit, presented some years ago to them
by the Queen. The Island Is very
healthy, and crime is utterly unknown.
The principal food consists of goats’
flesh, fish, and potatoes, and once a year
a British man-of-war calls to supply
flour, sugar, tea and other necessaries
and luxuries.
The Hindu "■'•utlvul of l.amps.”
Amongst the Hindus throughout the
whole of India there Is a holiday cele
brated In honor of Lakshml, the god
dess of wealth and good fortune,
whereon gambling Is universally re
garded as a religious duty. It Is
known as the Festival of letups, and
on this day all classes Indulge In games
of chance with shells, coins, cards,
dice, etc., and the playing of the indi
vidual, whether good or bad, Is looked
upon as a forecast of bis wealth or
poverty during the ensuing year. The
women take a most Intense Interest In
the proceedings, and. If fortunate, ex
pend their winnings In the purchase of
sweet-meats and fruits, as gifts to all
their friends and relations, toys for
the small children, and fireworks for
the boys. At Benares, their sacred
city, as night approaches, small earth
en lamps, fed with oil, are kindled
making the outlines of every mansion,
palace, temple, and minaret vlsable.
All vessels In the river are also Illum
inated; so that the whole city is one
blaze of light.
In I be Frozen North.
A. W. Crawford Lindsay, late sur
geon of the steam whaler Hope, in a
recent article entitled, ‘ Towards the
Frozen North,” says: When the first
few scattered pieces of Ice are sighted,
one’s feeling* ate difficult to analyze;
delight and astonishment. Interest and
expectancy, are so Jumbled together in
one's brain. The Arctic Ice, of which
we have read so much, is before our
eyes at last; the lovely white pieces,
cut and hollowed into wonderful
shapes, surround us on all sides. Here
Is one portion shaped like a huge rock
Kurmounted by a castle, the turrets
gleaming with opalescent colors, and
the crevices and interstices shading off
into the most delicate blue the eye
has ever seen. With a little imagina
tion, one can make anything out of
these pieces—birds, boats, palaces,
huts, mitres, etc. The deep blue of
the sea (the color becomes of an In
tense blue north of the Arctic Circle),
the diamond-spark tints where the sun
strikes the glittering masses, the pen
ciled azure shading, making up a spec
tacle of color which must be seen to
be thoroughly appreciated.
New Colne In France.
An Ingenious experiment in coinage
is said to be in contemplation in
France. The French government hav
ing felt the unquestioned scarcity of
its copper coinage, has proposed to sup
plement it by the use of nickel, which
is undoubtedly more attractive for such
a purpose, even though Its resemblance
to silver renders it liable to be fraud
ulently passed for coins of very much
greater value. Nickel coinage has for
many years been used in some of our
colonies. A good many years ago pen
nies were Introduced into Jamaica, In
uiuvi iv uv whu iup cviuagr vi
the little three-half-penny piece, which
wu locally called "quattle,” or “tup,"
such a term aa three-half-pence being
absolutely unknown to the native. It
was quite common tn the early days
after their Introduction for the coins
to be passed on the unsuspecting ne
gro for two-shilling and half-crown
pieces. The French government has
awakened to this possible means of
fraud, ahl proposes to prevent it by
having the pieces pierced with a hole
In the middle, so that they may be
strung on a string as If they were Chi
nees *Vesb London News,
Irrwli la Urh
During the past year lll.lto persons
aere arrested In New York city, &M
less than during the previous year Of
this number Tt.UT were held for trial.
There has be n n decrease of T.IM ar
rest# for misdemeanor* The number
ef arrests for being drunk and disorder
ly one W M er an Increase of Leo over
last year
He* SegUaS.
fb# facetMue highwayman held hie
knife under bis vleilme sens ‘This
te a pretty knife." said he. "you're
liable te get stock on it Yuo
need* I skplnin lb# lube," said the
other, ah« waa not an ttngltenman, "I
.an eee Ihe point Philadelphia Mee
nsd
tscvuqe lit* nnw tw#
The Ispsii bridge, built eves an
arm af ibe t'btaa gea. is •*« an tea
tong a Mb wn arvhee of stone, seventy
feet bigb and eavsnly Ni broad each
ptiiar support tag a nvarbte Itea lemty
•ae feet tn length The vest ef the
| bridge is oahnuwa.
;-—
AN IMPULSIVE PRESIDENT.
■ r»|«r'i Violent Temper noil Nulerjr
of Himself.
Bosshoff, president of the Orange
Free State, has made prisoner some
Transvaal burghers, who had been un
der bis (Krueger's) orders, says Har
petr's. In the language of Krueger's
friend, who was present: "When hear
ing this, the president at once saddled
his horse and rods to the Orange Free
State as quickly as possible, Inform
ing Mr. Bosshoff that hs ought to set
those men free and hold him (Krue
ger) Instead; that those men had mere
ly carried out the orders given by him
self as subcommandant of Pretorlous.
This was about 1857." It certainly is
not common in modern war for an of
ficer to offer himself as oensom lor
the men who have been taken prisoners
while acting under orders. The presi
dent. has a violent temper, and his old
friends think that of late years he haw
had Increasing difficulty In restraining
It. But quickly as he Is roused, so
quickly does bis passion cool again;
and no man more frankly asks forgive
ness for a wrong committed. One day
in 1884 Krueger and bis minister *
state, Dr. l<eyds, had a sharp alterca
tion. Strong language was used, for
the minister, too, was a man of emo
tion. At length matters came to such
a pitch of passion that Krueger burst
out with these words: "One of us must
get out." Of course Deyds said: "Then,
of course, I am the one to make way,"
with which he took his hat and went
home, supposing that his career in the
Transvaal was at an end. In the mid
dle of the night came a rap at the door
of Dr. Loyds, and In walked the presi
dent. He had saddled his horse and
come over by himself, explaining that
he had been unable to sleep, and bad
come to say that he had been In fhw
wrong and to ask Dr. 1.0yds that wh&i^
bad passed might be completely buried.
This story Dr. Leyds told me to illus,
trate the president’s generous nature,
and, above all, his mastery of himself.
A FORTUNE IN THE WASTE.
Having the Capper la the Water Taken
from Mine*.
Talking about the Having of the cop
per held in solution in the water taken
from copper mines, says the Denver
Republican, John D, Henry, an old
Montana miner, said recently: "For a
long time the water from the copper
mines at Butte was allowed to run off,
the owners of the mines not, seeming
to understand the importance of treat
ing the water for the copper in solu
tion. A few years ago. when the wa
ter from the Anaconda mine was leased
to an old i^eadville miner, who took out
$120,000 in three years at a trifling ex
pense, it was borne in on the company
that the loss from that source had
amounted to a very handsome sum, and
since then every gallon of water that
comes from the mine has been saved
and the copper extracted. Some years
ago I visited the copper districts of
East Tennessee In the Interests of some
parties who were talking of engaging
in the business, and while there saw
a very important factor in the saving^
of values. The time was very wet and
the ore was extremely susceptible to
the action of water. The operators
discovered this fact very soon by hav
ing to replace their iron pipes at very
short intervals. They then put in
wooden pipes and treated the water
with scrap iron in settling tanks. As
soon as the water had been exhausted
of its metallic value it was pumped
to a point some distance away from the
shaft and permitted to percolate slow
ly through the crevices of the vein,
and by the time It reached the pump it
was again so heavily charged with cop
per that it was treated over again.
The owners told me that the copper re
ceived in this way represented the prof
its of their operations. In Butte mines
the water is so heavily charged with
copper that certain parts of the pumpa
have to be replaced every forty-eight
hours.''
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Unties Always In Karins Trim.
The shapes of Ashes have often been
studied with a view to determining
the beat shape for boats with regard to
speed. There are many Ashes whese
Ans, or a part of them, at least, shut 1
down Into gutters, so that when dosed
and not in use they make no projection
beyond the body, but fold down luto
these depressions. Aush with the sur
face. and offering no obstruction what
ever to the rapid passage of thiw Halt
through the water when swimming at
speed, driven by its tall-dn used A
as a propeller The slime with which ’
every Ash la coated which la la various
ways essential to Its comfort and ealst
mce, helps ths Ash also to slide more
easily and rapidly through the water,
la fact, the Ash. studied hy men for
Ideas In modelling. Is not only speedy,
but It Is, as oae might any. always
black-leaded <,ad ready tee racing
Mis Meads >w«tl»S SIMM
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la duaday school f
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Mother Mew dose It happea that j
year bead* smell Ashy *
Charlie I carried hum# the duaday
sr boot paper an lh sMtsbt* la all abeot (
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Mrs l-ucretta Matey, whe had at least A
.01. e>realrU idea. dt»d at Hand Of tb* 1
May IsdltaJ. Me at the ages t tel. 1
and left la the aurwe wbw had sa#ed for
her daring her tael tltaeee a jar ef bat
ter which she had had la hat irnah fwr
twenty seven yearn The hgAier loubed
well, thaah yww
wattsaed "
rnead see that the papers *««
omptaiatag ef evarerwwdtag ea the d
are of yowr Mae " dtreet MaMway Dt J
(wetet tee bust. .. bee b^» fall ■
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