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    Jephthah’s Daughter:
A Story of Patriarchal Times.
By JULIA MAGRUDER...
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CHAPTER IV. |
Bot Nam*rmli raised ner hands and
hil her fare tram aigbt. and Adina *
*•»•* ***** «o tremble as be spake to
her again and Maid, fall tenderly :
lAdst thou not know Namarah
when I told tbar I would wend thee a '
**"■■**«*• by thy bird, but that 1 la* ked
the <uurage. that that message was my
Wire for thee* As tiod beholds me
maiden my he»n hath eren been knit
to thine stare Irvt my eyes fell on
ttnee and if them kite me not. my life
is at! tutor for tar *
htill was silent the maiden Namarab.
so that Adina s heart grew told with
•'a* wiTfctQ U ni and bis %*.»»• e i.rake j
as he spake usr more
" I go forth to battle « maiden, to
hght agamet the enemies at the Lord
sod to shield tb* father It may be
that death awaits me and if thou
bast .a thy heart aaght of tenderness
toward me. 1 pray thee speak or let m« i
«*■ to death aad silence and forgetful’ ,
Then 414 X*marsh turn to him a |
saddes trembling i»r over her
• hoi* aody and dropping her hands
from before her far she stretched
them uni toward him. Whereat ]
Adana fell upon his knee* and bowed
h » h«nd. "Unking it was her to be
et *• her b>asitg spue him in token
«d eterna* farewell Bat with a swift
and sliest motion Nam* rah was at his
side and befote he could lift his bend
ed head her soft nrms clung around
hi# murk.
Ma*dm * he muttered In a tone
•ecp »tfb p*sw» m. shtlr b* reached
epmard his strung i.m. and held her
in a ci«a# and gentle clasp, though be
roar not from ha lowly posture, “tell
me 1 pray thee what thou meanest. Is
it for pity thou dost «la»p me* If
Mat Xatnarab best her head above
him and made answer'
Xc not pity-love. ~
then did he spring to his feet, and
stand erect in nil the « omely beauty
«f hi* goodly youth and draning her
dose against his breast, he bent his
head and kissed her. It was to Va
mamh the ftrat time she had ever felt
her heart respond to any sign of love,
and Adtna * heart was even a* virgin
a> her own It was this in the heart
of erch that made that moment's rap
ture. It so a long long time that
neither spake Their arms were fold
ed close about *a b other and oo<e
and again their lips met* sad clung {
to those sweet and mm red kisses w hich
are the pre. tows fruit of parity of life.
Then spake the young auia Adma:
Mil* thou hate me tell thy father.
Xantrth that we may hav* his bles
sing on our betrothal* - for I think he
will not turn him from me seeing he
hath but Lately told me that he oweth
unto me hi* life.*'
Mot Nam* rah aa»«c:*-d
\af I would have fa.tB go forth to
the igfaf. as hath been his wont of
ywrr. be.ieving him*etf my only object
«f care and love and prayer. He
hath told me that be wills that I shall
marry- snd whew tboti come*: back
with him %1'toriou* then will I tell
him nil. and ask h:» blessing But. ‘
ah Adtna. my most loved one. my
newfound joy and hope how if the
enemies of the Lord should slay thee. *
tint tbor return*-*! to mt no more"** 1
AM At them word* »be frit to top
ing aod aobbed upon hi* brea*t. But
Mitt imlorud b#r strongly, and
<*4e brr pray to God ntth faith tell
ing her be felt wttkia !«*!( that
(Mi Autf.d pro* per the a my of her
father Jephthah and bring thm u*< k !
Then will I ruiitt thee for toy •
bride. X* mar ah t bun fairest of tuon
and tatM«» and Joy oill br- oars as
ioog mm Me abaii la*! "
KiBAntA i Laep*d bin * U*»er yet. and
turned bet face ppoard to receive bis I
kum, and behold a* hi* lips rested
.pa bars the? beard tbe doves near ■
by oaiAg and calling
Tbon kbait give m* <*# of thy
birds. Xanarab * Ad;a* said: "aod I
ndi nabe for it a little cage, and carry
It • ttb nr. and when tbe enemies of
the Lord shall have b**a vanpaiebed
then nil! 1 send tbee tbe tidl&g* on
tbe * tng* of tby bird
And tb* idea pleased Xanarab. and
side by side tbe? neat together to
• her* the dovea slept, and Xanarab i
.prprd tbe door and called then
to bet ottb tbe little rail they knew
m, wet! aod although tbe tine was
tat> bsms straag* (bey nr* led round ,
brr b«nd and otr of then settled oa
bee shun Hire Xanarab took it geatlr
ua her band and ere she gave It over
to Adma she kissed tbe treat of Its
too 'While bead
Tam iorl to nr la peace and trl
copA . she said
And then, obea Adiaa bad taken
•be dove Iron bee abr realised that
tbe mart' of pan tag oa* mho and.
oitb a great ••*«■ of love aod tender
mesa and ang'.ng sweeping over her.
•be gave herself into her lover's arn»
to receive bis last embrace
muMno aod *o«wt and si Seat it *ra*.
there tn tbe holy moonlight; and shea
at last abe raised her bead to speak,
three nere brave words us her tips.
Tka 1 nooeel the meaniag of oar
rtifrs mane *h* said "Take It for
aa ones to comfort tbee and rewt tby
heart and 1 will even rest so on it.
“T«a I know It " le answered; then
booed b» bsr one more, and murmur
ing the sord M»rg**L' between hi*
half parted tip* be turned and left
bee alone.
CMAKTf-H V.
I* was many a wear? day that NV
narab saHM for I k ing* which rncta
tf— it was her habit to sit at work
with b«e ddlfcS* opoo the roof, or else
high ep it tbe tup chain -r of the
bouse, and a'«ays she would place
herself near to the window which
looked toward the field of battle, and
none knew why it was that she
^trained hei e\es so wistfully into the
air, as if she looked for and expected
►ome token in the heavens. Often
her work would fall from her fingers,
and she would rest a long time idle,
with no sound escaping her. except the
de*P'drawu sighs which none knew
how to interpret. The maidens that
were her companions looked on at
this and marveled. They knew that
Xaniarah was ever a loving and solici
tous daughter, but it was not uncom
mon for her father to l>e away and
in danger, and this was something
more than her usual concern for him.
She had lost heart in her work. also,
and * ared no longer for the amuse
ments and pastimes with which it had
formerly been her wont to occupy her
self. But. in spite of this, her inter
cst was more tender than ever before
in those who were sick or in trouble,
and she sjient much time in prayer.
Her chief amusement and diversion
during this time were her doves, and
sometimes after feeding them she
would plai-e herseif on the garden seat
and let them climb and flutter all about
her. and take their fowl from her
mouth and fingers, and even from the j
me>hes of her hair. She had told to <
no one the secret of her heart, and j
th*»e silent witnesses of her meetings
with Adina seemed now the nearest
thing to him that there remained to
her.
' 3K;n one morning, wnen .>a
tuarah had grown paler than was her
wont, with long waiting and watching. 1
she stood at the casement of her cham- j
l»er, and her listless gaze that had been
long fixed wearily upon the distant i
s ene, became in a moment alert and j
animated. Far up in the blue she had 1
seen a flying bird and at that sight
her heart within her always trembled. !
Perhaps it was a skylark, or even one J
if her own pets, wandet u farther j
than its custom away fro home. Yes.
it was a dove—a snow .uite carrier—
and surely, one of 1 r own. as there
war none like them in that region. She
had never known one of hers to fly
so high as that bebae. and the throb
bing of her heart grew violent, as she
looked up and saw it pausing and cir
cling above her head. Surely she
• aught sight of a tiny object, not a
feather, between its wing and breast,
as the bird swooped downward and
flew into the pigeon house.
With limbs that shook with hope and
fear. N'amarah stole softly through the
Hient halls and chambers, down the
garden path and into the place where :
all her birds were together. They
»*:e cooing and muttering and gab-j
bliag as if something out of the com- I
nnui had happened to them, and when
she paused in the doorway and called.
th*y ali <ame fluttering to her. One |
*’> she touched them with her
hinds and felt beneath their wings.
1 uey mere too exactly ea< h like each
to distinguish among them, but all of
tu rn came tamely to her call, it be
ing her habit to stroke and smooth
’iern as she would. Just as her heart
tiegan to sink with disappointment, she
n-'iced on* with broken feathers, and
her ling*!- tombed something smooth
and hard, and lo. there was. indeed, the
vung she nought a tightly folded pa
P* * tied with a small cord under the
t rds wing Her bauds trembled as
she loosed it. aud she hid it hurriedly
in her bosom Then she ran swiftly
Titru*.gn in** garden paths and back
to her own room, where she shut her
• f :n. and taking out the precious
paper. pr« ss*d it to her lips and then
:jm»n her knees in prayer. She
entieaied (P**i most earnestly that the
t:ri(ug.- might l»e good: her heart
■welled with praises to His holy nam**,
and her faith was strong in the answer
u» her prayer* as she opened the pa
per and read These were the words: !
Most I tear Maiden it hath pleased
tne God of Israel to send the hosts of
Jephthah. thy father, a complete and
mighty »i< tory. and we be. even now,
upon our way to thee, returning in
triumph and great thankfulness of
heart. Thou will greet me as thy
< h«<^*-n and sanctioned husband. Na
marah for thy father hath so com
mended my liearing in the fight, where
in I wa« able to render him good serv
ice. that he hath promised me that I
■hall choose my own reward, and I
have > h<»an even the maiden Xamarah
to be my wife. I have even so spoken
to thy father, feeling sure that at that
moment he would not say me nay. and
be hath even given me his blessing,
and avowed that I have found favor
in his eyes. The white bird will bear
!«> ibee those tidings, and liefore set
of *un me shall he with thee. God
grant to me. O maiden, that thy heart
may reach forth to mine with the same
love wherewith I feel mine reach to
thee. 4* I write these lines, to be held
in thy dear hands beneath thy dear
eyew. THY ADINA.”
Now as the maiden Xamarah read
theae words, there rose within her so
great a rapture that her very face did
glow and become radiant with joy.
For until her eye* had rested on the
young man Adina. she had known not
what it waa to feel the mighty love
wherewith a lender virgin loveth. with
bet *4mi] and heart at once, the youth
whose nobleness and virtue command
her worship and devotion, and the ex
«ceding joy of this moment wrapped
her aoul in a great wave of ecstasy,
that make the shining of her eyes like
unto the light of stars. To feel that
Adina loved her. be who was unto her
eye* the very prince of men. and that
tier well-beloved father looked with
favor on their union was a bliss so
great, that almost she felt as if her
heart within her must burst for very
>uv. As she sat in her chamber alone,
and read again and yet again the pre
cious message that the bird had
brought, such visions as ever fill the
minds of maidens when love is come
in truth passed like pictures before
her. She saw herself meeting with
Adina without the need of concealment
and she felt again those arms about
her and those kisses on her lips, at the
mere memory of which she thrilled.
She saw the calm delight upon her be
loved father's face, as he blessed her
union with Adina. and gazing further
yet into the future, she saw herself
the happy wife and mother.
CHAPTER VI.
Now when the sun began to sink
toward the west. Namarah called to
her maidens, and arrayed herself in
garments richly wrought and beauti
ful. as one that keepeth a great feast.
Her robe was all of white, embroid
ered with gold, and the encrusted folds
fell heavily about the splendid curves
of her most noble figure. In her loos
ened hair were twisted chains of gold
that wrapped it in and out. and made
a light and darkness beautiful to see.
About her shoulders, which her robe
left bare, she wrapped a scarf of
golden tissue, through which her
gleaming neck and arms shone fair as
moonlight seen through sunbeams.
And when the maidens and all the
household of Jephthah wondered to see
her so adorned, she spake, and said
unto them:
“I go to meet my father Jephthah
and his host returning from victory.”
And when they asked her:
"How knowest thou that he hath
won the day. and is returning?”
She made answer, as the saying was:
"A little bird hath told me.”
And they knew not how true indeed
were the words she spake.
And as the sun sank lower and lower
and it began to draw toward evening,
behold, there fell upon the ears of Na
marah and her maidens the distant
sound of tramping horses and anon
the notes of a trumpet.
“They be notes of victory; even as
thou hast said,” spake one of the maid
ens. while Namarah stood and listened,
breathless and half troubled, like an
image of too perfect joy. And Nama
rah said:
"1 will even go forth to meet them.”
Whereat her maidens wondered, for
it was her custom to await her father
within the house, a feeling of timidity
ever preventing her from appearing
before the eyes of the soldiers. But
now there showed in all her bearing
a very noble pride, so that she looked
no longer a shy and trembling maiden,
but a woman and the daughter of a
conqueror. There was a most rich
hue of roses on her cheeks, and her
great e>es blazed and sparkled, so that
Namarah looked that day a being of
such glorious beauty as none who
looked on her had ever seen before.
(To be continued.)
OLD WITCHCRAFT.
John FUke. the Celebrated Historian
Talks of the Delusion.
The Lexington (Mass.) Historical
Sovietv observed Forefathers' day with
a public meeting, held in the Hancock
Congregational church. The special
feature was an address by John Fiske,
of Cambridge, on "The Salem Witch
craft," who spoke as follows: "The
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
were the flourishing ages of the witch
naff delusion. Withcraft. in the early
ages, was considered one of the gieat
est of crimes, as much so as murder,
robbery, or any other serious offense
asrainst the law, and the belief in it
was -hared by the whole human race
until fhe latter part of the seventeenth
century. In England, in 1664. two
women were tried before Sir Matthew
Hale, (barged with bewitching several
girls and a baby, and they were put
t ) death, for at that time the evidence
seemed perfectly rational. In 1615, iu
(Jen^a. 500 people were burned to
death on the charge of witchcraft. It
was thefproud boast of a noted execu
tioner in northern Italy, at this time,
that in fifteen years he had assisted in
burning 900 persons charged with sor
cery. In Scotland, btween 1560 and
l*»o0. 8.1*00 people were put to death,
an average of 200 a year. The last ex
ecution for witchcraft in England took
place in 1712. in Scotland in 1722. in
Germany in 1740. and in Spain in 1781.
In 1b5*l Mrs. Ann Hutchinson was tried
before Governor Endicott. found guilty,
and hanged on Boston Common. In
the next twenty or thirty years there
were a number of cases tried, and,
strange to say .a number of those
in.vv ■ i ii me i tiiiiv d»
John Bradstreet. of Rowley, was ac
cused of intimacy with the devil, and
sentenced to pay a fine or be whipped.
A noted ease was that of a woman em
ployed by the Goodwin family in 1683
in the fact that Cotton Mather took
an active interest in the case. This
woman confessed, thinking that clem
ency would he shown her, but she was
hanged." Professor Fiske gave a brief
resume of Mather’s life, and said that
early historians had not done him jus
tice. and that his memory had been
held up as that of one who more than
any other man stimulate the delusion
of withcraft. This, the speaker said,
was not so. and the first man to do him
justice was the poet Ixmgfellow. in
1868. and. later. William Frederick
Poole, the iatter giving a most accurate
view of the case. The speaker then
came to the Salem cases. He said that
in 1692 the circumstances favored an
outbreak of witchcraft. Everything in
Massachusetts was going wrong, it was
believed that the devil was in their
midst, and the reverses in Indian wars
and other afflictions had wrought the
minds of the colonists up to a high
pitch.—Boston Herald.
Shocking th« Earth.
The revelation of Professor Milne’s
observatory on the Isle of Wight of the
manner in which earthquakes send
their impulses thousands of miles
through the frame of the globe are a
source of ceaseless wonder. In Sep
tember last Professor Milne's instru
ments detected remarkable tremblings
of the earth on the 3d. 10th, 17th, 20th
and 23d. Since then he has traced the
origin of the shakings on the first
three days named to Alaska, on the
20th to Asia Minor and on the 23d to
Japan. But every earthquake does not
thus set the globe in a tremble, for, the
shocks at Darjeeling, in India, on Sep
tember 25th and 26th were not felt at
the Isle of Wight, the reason being,
Professor Milne thinks, because those
j shocks were due to local landslips.
QUEEN VIC'S LIFE.
SHE DRESSES PLAINER THAN
HER SUBJECTS.
Lives More Fruc»UT *nrt SI* In tain* a
Greater Air of Couifort and Homeli
ness About Her Private Rooms—Her
Daily Labors.
The home life of Queen Victoria has
ever been a subject of widespread in
terest and sympathy. Her somewhat
dull and monotonous childhood, her
idyllic married life, her long widow
hood and her peaceful by busy old age
have alike attracted both writers and
readers on every hand. Perhaps the
most remarkable feature in the queen's
career has been the skill with which
she has contrived to maintain the sim
plicity of an old-fashioned English
home life, notwitshstanding the pomp
and ceremony which necessarily be
long to court. This is largely due to
her early training. The daughter of
the duke of Kent, a prince of very
limited income, the young Princess
Victoria saw little of the luxury which
is commonly supposed to abound in
royal circles. Strict economy was the
rule of her early home, and the lesson
has never been forgotten.
Amid the costly magnificence which
characterizes the state apartments the
queen’s private rooms are always not
able for their comfort and homeliness.
In matters of dress, too. Queen Victoria
is far more economical than many of
her middle-class subjects.
The queen attributes her long life
and excellent health very largely to her
practice of spending as much time as
possible in the open air every day. In
her youth riding was her favorite recre
ation. and in Scotland she has almost
lived on pony back. Now. of course,
carriage exercise has taken its place.
Every morning her majesty goes out in
her Httle pony chair, often visiting the
farm and stables in the course of her
drive. Sometimes her chair is drawn
by a beautiful donkey which was pur
chased in the south of France by his
royal mistress to save him from ill
treatment. This donkey rejoices in the
name of Jacko. and on holiday occa
sions wears a curious harness adorned
with bells, and with two foxes’ brushes
hanging over his blinkers. The greater
part of the forenoon of each week day
is devoted to business, for no woman in
the land gets through more actual work
in the course of each week than the
queen. Her dispatch boxes are ar
ranged on a table set in Windsor park,
near the Frogmore teahouse, whenever
the weather permits. Here the queen
carefully reads and annotates the in
numerable dispatches which come to
her from the foreign and home offices,
for It has been the rule of her life to
attend personally to all important af
fairs of state.
But this by no means represents all
the multifarious occupations of the
queen. Her private correspondence is
enormous, for it is a kind of unwritten
family iaw that all her children and
grandchildren shall write to her every
day. All important housekeeping ques- !
tions are settled by the royal mistress
herself, who often orders the meals and
even keeps an eye on the household
linen.
]
E»en the smallest details of domestic '
economy are not regarded by the queen
as leneath her notice. A story is told
that on one occasion she went into a
practically disused room at Windsor
and noticed a cabinet that had evi
dently not been dusted that day. She
promptty wrote the royal autograph in
the dust, and beneath the name of
the particular maid whose duty it was
to dust the room. This may seem rath
er a small matter, but when one re
members that nearly 2.000 persons are
employed in Windsor castle and its
precincts It shows a very remarkable
knowledge of the personality of so vast
a staff.
Tli» Power of Imagination.
Stories illustrating the power of im
agination are many. Here is a new
one. It comes from a recent number
of the Psychological Review which re
lates an interesting experiment made
by Mr. Slosson with the view of dem
onstrating how easily this faculty of
imagination mav be called into play.
i
In the course of a popular lecture. Mr.
Slosson presented before his audience
a bottle which he uncorked with elab
orate precautions, and then, watch in
hand, asked those present to indicate
the exact moment at which a peculiar
odor was perceived by them. Within
fifteen seconds, those immediately ir
front of him held up their hands, and
within forty seconds, those at the
other end of the room declared that
they distinctly perceived the odor.
There was an obstinate minority,
largely composed of men. who stoutly
declared their inability to detect any
odor, but Mr. Slosson believes that
many more would have given in. had :
he not been compelled to bring the ex
periment to a close within a minute .
of opening the bottle, several persons j
in the front rank finding the odor so j
powerful that they hastily quitted the
room. The bottle contained nothing
but distilled water. It would be inter
esting to know the effect of the ex
planation on the audience, but this j
part of the story is lefi to the imagina
tion of the reader.
Age Limit for CHcmc.
“A few days ago.” said. Harry Cun
ningham. of Montana, ai Chamber
lain's. “the late Charlie Broadwater,
of our state, gave a banquet to about
a score of his personal friends. It was
an elaborate spread, and one of the
chief items was some twenty-year-old
brandy that cost Mr. Broadwater a
fabulous price and regarding which he
spoke with much enthusiasm. At the
w'ind-up of the feast cofTee and Roque
fort cheese were brought in. though the
latter was not commonly down on
Montana menus at that period. Sit
ting near the host was one of his spe
cial friends, who, after eyeing the
Roquefort a trifle suspiciously, tasted
It, made a wry face and shoved his
plate to one side. 'You don’t seem to
like that,' remarked Mr. Broadwater.
‘Indeed, I do not, Charlie. Your tw'en
ty-year-old brandy is all right, but 1*11
be d-d If I like your twenty-year
old cheese.' ”—Washington Post.
God works through human instru
ments, through the natural laws that
he has Instituted.—Rev. P. C. York*.
STOPPED DRINKING.
Orleans Drunkard Saw a Verbatnm
Report of His Monologue.
‘There goes a man whom I reclaim
ed from the Demon Rum,” remarked a
New Orleans court stenographer re
cently. ‘It happened in this way. He
is a tip-top fellow, and has no end of
ability, but four or five years ago he
began to let liquor get the best of him.
He had a fine position at the time, and
I don t think he exactly neglected his
work, but it got to lie a common thing
to see him standing around barrooms
in the evening about two-thirds full
and talking foolish. A few of his close
friends took the liberty of giving him
a quiet hint, and as usual in such cases
he got highly indignant and denied
point blank that he had ever been in
the least under the influence of liquor.
All the same he kept increasing the
pace, until it became pretty easy to
predict where he was going to land
and it was at this stage of the game
1 did my great reformation act. I was
sitting in a restaurant one evening
when he came in with some feilow and
took the next table, without seeing me.
He was just drunk enough to be talka
tive about his private affairs, and on
the impulse of the moment I pulled out
ray stenographer’s note book and took
a full shorthand report of every word
he said. It was the usual maudlin rot
of our good fellow half seas over, shad
ing off in spots to boozy pathos, where
both gentlemen wept in their beer, and
including numerous highly candid de
tails of the speaker’s daily life. Next
morning I copied the whole thing neat
ly on the typewriter and sent it around
to his office. In less than ten minutes
he came tearing in. with his eyes fair
ly hanging out of their sockets. ’Great
heavens. Charley!’ he gasped, 'what is
this anyhow?’ ‘It's a stenographic re
port of your monologue at-’s last
evening,’ I replied, and gave him a
brief explanation. ’Did I really talk
like that?' he asked faintly. ’I assure
you it is an absolutely verbatim re
port.’ said I. He turned pale and walk
ed out. and from that day to this he
hasn't taken a drink. His prospects at
present are splendid—in fact, he’s one
of our coming men. All that he needed
was to hear himself as others heard
him.”
SOMETHING NEW AT BULL FIGHT
Some of the Spectator-* May l^>»e Ttieir
Sight.
A disgraceful scene was witnessed
in a bull ring, when there was a strug
gle between a small panther, an old
lioness, a large hear, and a powerful
bull, says a Madrid correspondent of
the London Standard. In a short time
the hull terribly gored the panther and
tne lioness, but he had more trouble
with the bear, which required several
terrific tossings and wounds from
which blood flowed freely, before the
wretched animal gave in. The proceed
ings were witnessed by 12,000 specta
tors of all ranks, who were so much
engrossed in the fight and so enthusi
astic over the victory of the bull, that
they hardly noticed the report of a gun
fired by the keeper to goad on the wild
beasts when at first they did not show
fignt. About twenty persons, however,
hnrriedly left one of the stone galler
ies. and when the performance was
nearly over it was found that these
twenty spectators had been wounded,
several seriously, in the eyes and face
by the slugs fired at the animals. All
the injured were instantly attended to
by the doctor of the infirmary at the
hull-ring, who stated that one man—
an Austrian baker—would lose the
sight of both eyes, while another would
not be able to see again with his left j
eye. On hearing this the crowd be
came very demonstrative toward the
tamer, who was at once arrested and
taken to the office of the civil govern
or by the gendarmes. He is to be
prosecuted for having caused the in
juries to the occupants of the gallery.
The Madrid papers denounce the au
thorities for allowing the use of fire
arms in a crowded bull-ring, but only
El Correo and El Correspondencia have
the courage to lament the fact that
such scenes are possible in the capital
of Spain.
Prehistoric Man In California.
The antiquity of man in America is
an important problem, and W. H.
Holmes in The American Anthropol
gist revives the evidence relating to
auriferous gravel man in California.
His conclusion is that the testimony
furnished is greatly weakened by tne
facts (1) that the finds on which it was
based were made almost wholly by
inexpert observers, and (2) that ail
were recorded at second hand. Noth
ing short of expert testimony, amply
verified and vigorously stated, will
convince the critical mind that a
Tertiary race of men. using sym
metrically shaped and beautiful im
plements. wearing necklaces of wam
pum and polished beads of marble or
travertine bored accurately with re
volving drills. fishing with nets
weighted with neatly grooved stone
sinkers, and having a religious system
so highly developed that at least two
forms of ceremonial stones had been
specialized, occupied the American
continent long enough to devolp this
marked degree of culture without hav
ing numerous and distinctive traces of
its existence. All these objects re
semble modern implements in every
essential respect. They are such as
may have fallen in the mines from
Indian camp sites or been carried m
by the Indians themselves.
Would Have Them.
Visitor (looking at portraits)
-What a lot of ancestors you ve got!
Porkenchopps—"That’s dead right. 1
didn’t want so many, but Sarah she
insisted.’’—Brooklyn Life._
A Contrary Man.
Nixon—“Would you call Dickson a
contrary man?" Fundenberg«p"Con
trary* Why. that man would tr> to
toboggan up hill!“-Harper’s Bazar.
Kara with the Train*.
\ common sight in Cape Colon.' is
a herd of ostriches accompanying a
railway train as it speeds or its way.
Collect* *“ lndl*'
India now has HO colleges ana 1«0.
000 students.
PECULIARITIES OF GENIUS.
Stories of Mme. Sembrich, 8lf. T»“
mag no and Slg> FolL
One prima donna at least has been
known to take her own cook to prepare
dinner for her when she was invited
out to dine. Mme. Sembrich is not so
exacting in her requirements. In one
respect she is unyielding—everything
she drinks must be warm, even cham
pagne. The other night at a large
dinner party she surprised her hostess
by asking for a pitcher of hot water.
When it was brought to her she pro
ceeded to dilute the champagne in her
glass, “to keep,” as she expressed it.
"from taking cold.” Her husband,
possibly fearing that writh such a sen
sitive organization Mme. Sembrich
might take cold if he failed to pour
hot water in his champagne, followed
the same hygienic course. But Tamag
no was the trying one, when it came
to dinner parties. Upon one occasion,
the last, indeed, of the kind, he was
invited to dine in the sacred and inner
most circles. Some of his fellow sing
ers. including the De Reszkes and
Mme. Melba, were also invited. The
first thing he did was to open his opera
hat and put it on the floor beside his
chair. The soup, fish and the earlier
courses passed without surprise. But
after awhile hothouse grapes, bon
bons and other edibles found their way
into his hat. With each relay he
would say briefly. “For my daughter.”
Finally, when the company arose from
the table, his colleagues completely
overcome with chagrin, he took the
bouquet of the lady who sat next to
him. calmly saying. “For my daugh
ter.” and placed that on top of the
collection, put his hat under his arm
and marched out. Signor Foli some
years since took part in a concert at
St. Helen’s, where he sung “The Raft.”
He had just finished his first verse
when an infant in arms made the hall
resound with its cries. Foli commenced
the second verse, the first line of
which runs “Hark WTiat is that which
greets the mother’s ear?” He could
get no farther than the end of the
line by reason of a fit of uncontrolla
ble laughter. He left the stage, but
soon returned, smiling, and sung in
his inimitable style. "Out on the
Deep.”—Denver Times.
REBUKE TO A BRIDE
DotIdj the Honeymoon That Tasted
Through Her tlfe.
“Never shall I forget,” said a bride,
i “the first word of criticism I received
; from my husband. Everything was
' moving along beautifully. There had
n’t been a single cloud over our honev
i moon. Then one morning I found Hal
standing before my dressing table
looking down disgustedly at the comb
lying there. What was the matter?’
Here two cheeks blushed like scarlet
geraniums. Well, I had it full of
combings, a habit, r frankly admit. I
had always been guilty of. This time
it got me into a jlckle. Hal held that
comb out at arm’s length, the untidy
mat of hair clinging to it, and I will
say he tried to make his voice nice and
lamb-like, but I saw by the line of his
lips and the flash of his eye that he
mas thoroughly put out. Elizabeth,’
he said. *1s this your comb?’ just as
if he don’t know it mras the very comb
he had given my last birthday. I
meekly answered ‘ves.’ ‘Then.’ he
said. T would try to keep it like a
lady’s comb.’ With that he turned on
his heel and stalked out of the room,
leaving me sniffly and terribly abused.
But it was a wholesome lesson. I
never forgot it. and my comb rested in
spick and span cleanliness on my
dresser ever afterwards. Not that
comb. I packed it out of sight, hand
some as it was. that very morning, and
couldn’t bear to use it again. But I’ve
never been caught napping with its
substitute. Not a single hair is al
lowed to remain in it over time.” This
bride s husband had the courage to
correct her for her fault. How many
men. though, naturally neat them
selves, have to endure the petty trials
of a wife who is careless in just such
toilet trifles?—Philadelphia Inquirer.
A Scientific Beqneet.
An important bequest has been made
to the University of France by M.
Raphael Bischoffsheim. the banker of
Dutch origin who became a naturalized
Frenchman nineteen years ago and
now' sits in parliament for a division
of the Alpes Maritimes. He has made
over the freehold of the Nice observa
tory. founded by himself, with its
branches, instruments, library and
lands, to the university, together with
a sum of £100.000. to be devoted to the
maintenance of the establishment on
Mont Gros. so well known to English
visitors who patronize Nice or its
neighbors in winter. The total value
of the Bischoffsheim bequest is esti
mated at 5.000.000 francs, or £200.000.
The Nice observatory has done good
work and scientific men are glad to see
that its future is assured through the
liberality of fts founder.—London Tele
graph.
The Byzantine Ltnpire.
Byzantine Empire was the Roman
Empire of the east. The name was
derived from Byzantium, the ancien*
name of Constantinople, the capital jt
the empire. As a separate power ’t
began its existence in 395 A. D.. when
Theodosius the Great died, bequeath
ing the Empire of Rome to his two
sons, who divided it—Arcadius taking
the eastern half, with his capital at
Constantinople. It was a rich and
powerful sovereignty, and continued
to exist for over ten centuries. Dur
ing the last few centuries it was grad
ually but surely declining before the
Turks and Saracens, and ended with
the Mohammendan conquest of Con
stantinople in 1543. It was also called
the Greek Empire, and was the home
and head of the Greek church.
Spread of the KngtUb Language.
Writing on the decline of the French
language. M. Jean Finot points out
that at the end of the last century
French was the language spoken by
the greatest number of civilized people,
w hereas now it stands fourth. English
is spoken by 116.000.000. Russian by
85.000.000. German by 80.000.000. and
French by 58,000,000.
A yneon's Collection of Dolls.
Queen Wilhelmina has preserved her
dolls and adds constantly to her col
lection.
THE MORMONS DID IT.
V/HAT WE OWE TO BRIGHAM
YOUNG’S FOLLOWERS.
They Were tbe First to l’at Into Oper
ation tbe Idea of Irrigating Arid
Region*—Ha* Grown Into Va*t Pro
portion*.
(Boise. Idaho, letter.)
Criticise the Mormons as you will,
they must be credited with the won
derful system of irrigation by which
the wastes of the western states have
been redeemed. On July 24. 1847
Brigham Young and his little band o
pioneers began the construction of the
first irrigation canal ever built in the
United States.
Irrigation made of Utah s desert wil
derness the garden spot of America. It
is doing as much for Idaho, where the
mountains are so located that ample
valleys, and plains of millions of
acres, may be easily and economically
watered. On the Nile, in Italy,
Spain and elsewhere in Europe, irri
gation has prevailed for centuries. In
deed, 60 per cent of the world’s bread
stuffs and cereals are grown by irriga
tion.
Where “the vine-clad hills and citron
groves" around Vesuvius in sunny
Italy are found, a great population has
been sustained for many thousand
years—and the land has never worn
out—its wonderful vitality being due
to underlying strata of lava which
some curious chemistry renders the
soil immortal.
Idaho's wonderfully productive so.i
covers lava strata deposited by volca
i coes long ago extinct. The rejuvena
tion of the land results not alone from
this lava, but from rich fertilizers an
nually brought to it by the irrigation
waters. It is almost an aphorism that
land is good where sage brush grows.
Marvelous must therefore be the fer
tility of Idaho, for everywhere the
green of the sage is seen. Wheat.corn,
oats, barley, alfalfa, timothy, rye, flax,
tobacco, broom corn, sorghum, sweet
and Irish potatoes, beets, cabbages,
hops, and fruits, such as prunes, ap
ples, pears, plums, peaches, cherries,
apricots, nectarines, grapes and all of
the small bush products, grow profuse
ly. Particularly do the apple, pear and
prune attain to perfection in size and
flavor.
Alex. McPherson of Boise City real
ized $600 per acre from apples. Geo.
L. Hall of Mountain Home sold $800
worth of peaches from one acre. T. J.
Phifer of Boise City realized $900 from
1 two acres of Italian prunes. Instances
like these can be multiplied ad infini
tum.
But Idaho does not depend entirely
; upon agriculture. Its mountains are
Ailed with mining camps which furnish
a home market for far more agricul
tural products than the state ia now.
able to produce.
Snake River Valley contains about
3,000.000 acres and some of the finest
pastoral scenes there presented are ia
the midst of gold placer raining opera
tions. Many farmers there realize
handsomely for w*ork during spare
hours—washing shining powdered gold
from the river’s bed.
In a state having so many productive
portions to select from it is hard to
suggest particular locations, but set
tlers will find room for any number of
new homes.
Different state and private agencies
are sending out printed information
about Idaho. Perhaps the most con
servatively prepared matter is that
now emanating from the general pas
senger agent of the Oregon Short Liue
at Salt Lake City. Utah. This railroad
permeates almost every agricultural
region in the state and stands ready
to furnish to homeseekers every cour
tesy in the power of its officers.
At the present rate Idaho will soon
be as thickly populated as Utah. It
is in the same latitude as France. Swit- i
zerland, Portugal, Spain and Italy, and \
Its climate is incomparable.
Vast timber areas furnish lumber of
excellent quality. Cyclones and de
structive storms never occur. The win
ters are short and people work out
doors all the year. The annual death
rate is the lowest of any state in the
Union.
Verily Idaho is a wonderful state and
destined to become the home place of ■
many times its present population. /
Senatorial SnnfTtaker*
There are but two confirmed snulT
smokers in the United States senate
at the present time. Senator Turner,
cf Washington, and Senator Car
ter of Montana. The old custom of J*"
taking snuff has about died out.
Rroken-Nrckrd Man (Jetting Well.
Walter Duryea. whose neck wa;
broken early last summer, by a dive
into shallow water at the Duryea
country place. Glen Co’ve, L. 1.. and
who has since been a patient at Roose
velt hospital, is steadily improving.
He has n*w fuH control of the mus
cles of the upper part of his body and
though the lower part of his body is
still paralyzed and he is unable t >
walk or stand, sensation has returned
which fs regarded as a hopeful sign.
He is confident of his eventual recov
ery.
C'KiengoV Kxtort ionata Tax Kate.
Because of the multiplication of
governments in Chicago, due to the ex
istence of seven townships in Cook
county; the per cent cost of collecting
taxes is 6.68, as compared with .57 in
New York proper. .06 in St. Paul, and
l.»2 in Boston.
Feminine Rank stock Owner*.
The amount of the national bank
stock held by women in America it
estimated at $130,000,000. and th >
amount or private and state hauk
stock at $137,000,000.
Remarkable Showing
The latest report of the New York <
savings banks shows a tremendous ad*
varce In the welfare of the poorer V
moderately well to do classes of th?^
*tate- D‘,rinK the Just closed the
gain in the resources of these banks
was over $76,000,000. This is greater
than any ever made before during a
I ke period In the history of the stat?.
in V/Tri °f the Havln8« banks
.* ,hp sta*e hav* passed the billion
SjJ’jJo Mafk# Th*y ®KKregate $1,000 -
209,099.61 * of which $887,480,650.30 is
»ho»e deposits average J