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oidenhuicsttlHallj WALTER : BLOOMFIELD Copyright 1S4 by Bum Bowk's Bon. : CHAPTER XVIL Continued. ' My father rallied faintly. "As you •will,” bo replied. "Tbet Is u much i* I hoped of you. And now to epeak tf ■ more congenial aubject. I shall ’.le sorry to be without you (or u (ew month#, though o( late we bare not been auch good companion! ai we once were. However, what benefit# you, can yield mo nothing bnt pleorare; ao go, my boy, and peep at that world which you bare not yet (een, and God be with jrou and protect yon. I will Impose no limit on the duration of your abeence, and your mean aboil be the belt I can afford. I ( It li your wlih to riilt your uncle, I hare no objection to your doing m; but I hare no message Tor him.” . The reit of the Interview woe more nffeetlng than Intereating, and noeda not be chronicled here. Perfectly aml- rablo relation, similar to what pre vailed before I bod seen my uncle, warn re-established between father and 1 eon. But there now took root In my mind a horrid doubt of my uncle's honesty; and only those who have experienced It can know the pain of discovering a hideous fault in an Idol which one bas set up for one’s self; And Samuel Trueman bad been to mo is an.Idol. His coolness, his wit, bis self-reliance, bis magnificent success, had moved me to adoration of the man. If my uncle's unconcealed love of the power which money confers had Indeod induced him to rob his poorer brother of a quarter of a million of se quins, then I was sorry for humanity, , My father bad given me (260; and on that modest sum I resolved to travel ' round the world by easy stages, so as to reach home again at the end of six months. My plan was to go direct to New York City (1 could not make np my mind whether I would call upon ray uncle or not, hut at least I would look at the house where he lived, If only for the sake of my lingering af. faction for bis ward); thence, but with many stoppages, across America to flan Francisco. Prom tho City of the Golden Gate I resolved to cross the Pacific to Australia, and after visit ing tho principal places of Interest In that country and In New Zealand, to return direct to the continent of Europe. In planning my tour I wan conscious of reversing the usual order of an Englishman's travels; but a keen desire to sea New York, tho na tive city and home of Constance Marsh, had taken possession of me; end I re solved to gratify it with as llttlo de lay as possible, . For the next few days I was busily- engaged In preparing for my depar ture. Fortunately, my personal ex penses during my four months of mop ing had been nil, and I now found the accumulations of my pocket money for that period very useful In pro viding additional clothes, and other necessaries for my Journey, without encroaching upon my (250. My unwonted activity benefited me greatly, and left no doubt that In the hustle of the busy world, surrounded by new scenes, the depression from which I had so long suffered would altogether pass away. I The ere of my departure arrived, and was spent In quietude with my father. All my arrangements had been made, and I was to leave for London • by the first train from Bury 8L Ed mund's In the morning. My fear that my father would again talk of our stolen treasure was 111 founded, for he never once referred to the matter or mentioned the name of my uncle. He regretted that be bad been unable !o find out the whereabouts of Annie Wolsey, which he thought might pos sibly have been discovered had I been In a condition to assist In the Inquiry he had made (which had not been the case), and furnished me with the ad- .dress In Australia from which my grandfather had lastwrltten;“though," he added, "I don't suppose there will be much use of your calling there, for It Is more than likely that your grandfather Is already on his way to _ England.” I took the address and placed It In my pocket book; but the matter engaged very little of my at tention. When the hour of my departure had come, John Adams Insisted upon ac companying me to the station. He had not taken the reins once since his Ill ness. end was still In a very weak stale; but all that my father and 1 could urge In opposition to bis wish availed nothing; the old man was ob durate, and with some skill turned ottr objections against us by admitting his feebleuees. and representing that It was not Improbable that he might never see me again, but that be par ticularly wished for an opportunity to talk with me once more before 1 went away. The old servant pre vailed, and after 1 had taken a most . affectionate farewell of my father, we lAirted (Ur - Bury St. Edmund's. Aa soon as we were on the high tuad tbs old man opened the convcrsa- Uin by obsurvlw: - ‘-These ba woeful bad times, Master ^^Yes, vary bad. Indeed." I agreed. VI.hear as Sir Tbonss Jarvis have in Us hands .which he can’t find tenants for, though he hare reduced the rents something wonder ful.'' “I am sorry for It,” I said. “Yes,” continued the old man; “and corn at twenty-seven sblUln’s! Why, the country will soon be quite ruined If them foreigners ain’t stopped sendln' their cheap produce over here. You'll excuse me what I’m going to ask you, won't you. Master Ernest?” "Certainly; ask me anything you please." "Well, I’m an old man—sixty-six come Michaelmas, though some folks tell me I look younger. Your father has been a good matter to me, and I bare saved more in his service than I shall Uve to spend. Knowln’ how bad the times are for landlords, and that you’re agoln’ on your travels, I want to make you a present,” and the old servant placed In my hands a small canvas bag, such as Is used by banker*, strongly fastened with coarse string. “No, no," I said, returning the bag; *1 appreciate your kindness very much, but you must really excuse me. It would be quite wrong In me to take your money.” There Is no more potent despot than an old family servant If he falls to work his will one way be will succeed In another; and be has generally many strings to his bow. My protests were powerless against the pertinacity of ms. When, as I paced the plat form of the station a few minutes later, I opened the bag and found that It contained fifty sovereigns, my con science smote me for the uncharitable aspersion I bad recently cast npon my benefactor. Though I lost some what In dignity by accepting this gift, I gained a welcome addition to my parse. .Alas, that these two things should he so often Inseparable! CHAPTER XVIII. ns roan orrr. I remember asking my uncle, soon aft A I first became acquainted with him, what sort of a place New York was; to which Inquiry he made the characteristic reply that It was a very line city, with more thieves to the square Inch, than any other place on tho earth's surface.' That was all I could get my relation to say of It. BUedeker's account of New York, my only reading while on tho Atlantic, was more detailed, but less Interest ing. Indeed, ono of the first things to Impress' a traveler Is the Inade quacy of pH descriptions of places, for the faces of men do not differ more' widely than their Ideas of the sub lime and beautiful, the sordid and hid eous It was with great satisfaction that I found myself at Iasi In New York harbor. The steamer which bad brought mo to America was of recent construction, well found, swift, and luxuriously appointed; but none the less was I heartily tired of the voy age. My first forty-eight hours at sea bad been spent In a way too com mon with travelers to uccd more than passing reference. Fear that the ship would go to the bottom soon changed to fear that It might not; and that mental condition departed on the re newal of health and appetite. Then came the days on deck, spent In watch- lug Jho restless waves and the mag nificent rising and setting of the sun. varied by occasional studies through a field-glass of some fifteen hundred Russians huddled together on the fore part of tho deck, the most filthy and repulsive mass of humanity conceiv able-material destined for speedy con version Into American cltlsens. Bar tholdi's stntue of Liberty, the npigulfi- cont suspension bridge connecting tho populous cities of New York and Brooklyn, the multitudinous ships from all parts of the world, and the commodious ferryboats keeping up continual communication between New York and various points In Long Isl and and New Jersey, taken altogether form undoubtedly oue of the great sights of the world, quite captivating the stranger, and worthy of all ad miration. Uy foot first touched American soil at one of the slips on the North lllver, near Courtlandt street. I at once en gaged the services of an Irichmsn, the proprietor or custodian of n cumber some four-wheeled vehicle something like tho London growler may be sup posed to have been la an early stage of Its development; and having se cured my portmanteau and handbag, the only luggage with which I was encumbered, bade him drive me to the Gllscy House In Broadway. Immedi ately the vehicle began to move I perceived the necessity for Its strength, for the roads were extremely rough —In some places paved like the bye- strccts of Norwich and other English provincial towns The fine width of the avenues and streets, and the height and grandeur of some of the commer cial buildings, pleased me greatly. Having secured a room at the Gll- sey House, refreshed myself with a bath and a "good square feed” (to use the language of an American gentle man who sat next to me at dinner), l adjusted my watch to American time, and sallied forth Into the street to observe the qualities of.the people, or whatever else might attract ray attention. It was the first time that I had been so far from home, or had so much as (300 In my possession, and I greatly appreciated my responsibil ity and felt very manly. On coming out or the Gllsey House I turned to my left and proceeded what the New Yorkers call down town, nntll I reached the region of City Hall Park, Printing House Square, and Bowling Green. It was scarce midday when I ar rived In New York, and three hours latet I dispatched a telegram to my father Informing blln of my safe ar rival. The month was September, and the fierce glare of the American snmmer had subsided and given place to beautifully clear bright weather which rendered walking very enjoy able, especially to one just released from the monotony of a sea voyage. Continuing my walk up Broadway, I observed that the street which ran out from It on each side were num bered, not named, ss In the older por tion of the city about Caatlo Garden, and my heart beat faster, and my mlud became confused with resolves and counter resolves, as I thought that each step brought me nearer to the home of her wbo bad caused me to travel so many miles. What folly Is all de ception, and most of all that which 1s designed to deceive one’s selfl I had told my father that I bad aban doned all hope or thought of Constance Marsh, and at the moment the words were uttered I had honestly believed them to be true; but now that 1 was within a mile or so of her home, and with nothing bnt my own will to re strain me from calling there, their unreality became more and more ap parent. Should I call there? I hod bad no quarrel with my uncle. On the contrary, I had championed his cause against my own father; and that with wbat pain none but myself con ever know, for no words of mine can ade quately describe It No; I would not coll there—at least not to-day. But there could be no harm In looking at my uncle's house. I would be careful not to be observed, and would not suffer any sudden Impulse to Induce me to break my resolve; If I went there at all. It should be after maturcr de liberation. Full of these thoughts I quickened toy pace and noon found myself at Union Square,where I exam ined the few monuments and rested myself on a seat at the font of the Lafayette statue. I did not remain there for long, but soon struck Into East Fourteenth street, and thence Into Fifth avenue, continuing along that fine thoroughfare of palaces until. I reached East Thirty-fourth street, Into which, with much trepidation, I turned. No. —, a large house built of brown stone, was only a few doors off Fifth avenue. I looked at It for a moment from the opposite side of the street, and noticing that a canvas shade projected from every window to protect the rooms from the sun, I crossed over and observed it more particularly. To do so did not engage me more than a couple of minutes, and I returned to Fifth avenue and contin ued my walk up town until 1 reaches! Central Pork, passing on my way the magnificent palaces of many celebrated millionaires which I had not yet learned to distinguish. After spending nearly four hours In wandering over Central Park I be gan to tire. The park Is admirably planned and well kept, and few stran gers will willingly quit It before they have seen It nil. A xoologtcal collec tion, to which a part of the park Is assigned, the deep golden tint of the declining foliage, the nursemaids with their Infant charges, and the numerous languages one constantly hears spoken among the people, were sights and sounds quite new to me, and Interested me greatly. Though there remained much which I would gladly have noted, 1 wisely resolved to return to my hotel and get to bed quite early; but whether on the following day I would visit my uncle or leave New York for Chicago I could not yet de termine. Making my way Into the main road, I began to retrace my eteps. It was now nearly 7 o'clock, and the roadway wos fairly well filled with carriages occupied by that section of society which had already returned from mountain, lake or spring—for the exodus of wealthy New Yorkers from their city In summer is very complete. I was walking briskly along when a sight met my eyes which set my brain In a whirl, and In an Instant threw me Into all the pangs of jealousy. An ele gant open landau, drawn by a pair of grays, In which, seated side by aid?, was the Rev. Mr. Price and Miss Marsh, passed swiftly by and disap peared down the road. Oh, the miserable weakness of man! Or can It be that I am different from other men—that I am a feeble embodi ment of sentiment and Impulse, with no well-defined object rationally and perseverlngly pursued? It must be so, or human society could not endure. Yet am I powerless to help myself. I am as I am, and know nothing In my self tor which I should reproach my self. To be continued. a Conscientious Dogger. As he stood on the stoop before tha lady of the house he made a figure battered, but polite. His boots es pecially were in the last stages of de cay. and some half a dozen’ of his toes peered from them pitifully. He called attention to the fact with a Chesterfieldlan wa e of the hand. And I would not ask ye .even for a pair of shoes, mum,” he protested, but tbe truth Is that theie.be bor- tied, and 'tls to day I promised to ray- turrn tbim.” — New York Commercial. Advertiser, - - -— I • o ® ® /\dv©nt\ire. FIGHT WITH A CUTTLEFISH. HE destruction wrought among the fish along tho boy by small sharks and' seals Is forcing same of the best of the population to seek homes In other places, writes the Gaspe Basin (Canada) correspondent of tbe New York Sun. Unless the Gov ernment lends Its aid to the fishing business tbe Dominion Is In danger of losing one of Its Important Industries. All classes of tbe community are call big for a system of bounties upon both seal and dogfish, such as Is paid for tbe scalps of wolves. If that were de termined upon, fishermen would real larly undertake the destruction of these pests. Experiments made not long ago show that work would thus be afforded to the men in the depth of winter at a time when there Is little else to do. Not far from the Anticosti coast long lines of stout rope wereTet down more than 100 fathoms, These were fitted with shark books and baited. Evi dently shark provender wa| scarce, for the fish bit greedily and were easily captured, made helpless, perhaps, by the sudden change to tbe lower press ure of water near the surface. Observers say that the dog flah or mackerel shark seeks tbe deepest water available for his winter quarters, per haps for the sake of warmth. It was In these waters that old Jacob Longtln received a shock and an Injury which sent him away from tbe seaboard to .work In an Inland town. The old man bad been one of the most adventurous souls along the coast. Ho It was wbo, when acting as bar pooner In Hudson’s Bay was knocked overboard by n blow from a while's tall and dragged through tbe water be cause a bight of the "fast” tins bad twisted around bis ankle. Ho contrived to get at bis clasp knife, open It and sever the Jlne. Though much exhausted be managed to'cling to the bucket to which the line bad been attached until picked up by tbe boats of another ship. He Insisted upon setting his own broken leg dud made a good Job of It, too. According to bis own statement he never lost his grip altogether until one day when, as he was drifting In his fishing boat past Anticosti he Idly threw an old bolt Into wbat looked like a mass of well washed wreckage. Im mediately there arose a great hooked beak, "as big as a water banker,” Longtln declared. In an Instant the head was alongside the slowly moving boat, and from the depths came two long, pink arms, twenty feet of them, with pnd-llke suckers on one aide. These two feelers colled themselves about the boat and oue of them fast- ened on the man's bare arm. Longtln declares he thought his very life and soul were being dragged out of him. Ho was being'palled from bis seat when his hand met the linudlc of his axe. In a moment he struck at tbe head, but the blow glanced from the curved bill as from solid horn. His next blow was st the great limb which grasped hlm.and this he maimed seriously. Tbe pain In the Injured arm Increased tenfold, bnt another hack at tbe snakellkc tentacle severed It alto gether, and the monster sank beneath the surface. Asked If he noticed any discoloration of the water, as Is usual when the cut tlefish retreats, Longtln Invsrlably an swers, "I tell you, everything was block just then, and all I am sure of Is that my arm hurt os though the devil had hold of It, and I was as seasick as a baby.” The wound on bis arm never healed. The doctors said It was as though be had been cupped, the marks of the teeth with which t-nrh sucker la armed being distinctly risible. OLD DAYS IN OKLAHOMA. The Guthrie (Okla.) correspondence of tlie Kansas City Star says: "This Js the time of year In Oklahoma when a man feels something pulling him Into the open country," said Governor Fer guson, who Is a frontiersman by pref erence and a pioneer by Instinct. Ills father went from Iowa to Kansas .when game was abundant everywhere, and became one of the most successful hunters In the southwestern country. .When n small boy Governor Ferguson was bis father's companion on many expeditions Into Oklahoma and Indian Territory. “I do not suppose that I shall ever overcome the keen regret that Is felt In thinking of tbe old days that are gone forever,” said Governor Ferguson. "Oklahoma seems lonesome to me now iwhr I travel over It and, pass con stantly In sight of towns and farm- hoases where once I saw nothing but the prairies, the bills and the tlmoered streams. It was my delight to ride as the crow files—straight across the coun try, unobstructed by wire fences and section-line highways. Spring was a glorious season. The sir was fresh and pure, the earth mantling with green and brilliant with flowers, and the sun just far enough north to thaw the win ter sluggishness from a man's blood and set every nerve tingling with hap piness. The plaintive note of a mead owlark always makes me homesick and brings back to me a vision of the prair ies. It was no less enjoyable to ride In the big timber In the river 'bottoms.' musical with the songs of countless birds. The song of what we called the •sugar writer’ bird, probably the tohee, bad a melancholy sweetness that makes a man's heart thump even now. "I went with my father on many hunting trips from Chautauqua Coun ty, Kansas, Into Oklahoma. The re gion between the South Canadian River and the Smokey QtU rut (he best buffalo country to the West. Along the Sait Fort to Northern Okla homa I have seen buffalo as far as the eye could reach. We came often to the fall, with ox teams, and retaffiedwlto our big wagons loaded with winter meat We camped one afternoon at Buffalo Springs, Just north of Hennes sey, and turned our oxen out to graze without unyoking them. They began snorting, and, fearing * stampede, we chained them to our wagons. We looked everywhere for the canse of alarm, but could see nothing. In about ten minutes a low, rumbling sound, like deep, far-off thunder, came from the west, where clouds of dust were rolling high In the sir. We knew that a herd of buffalo was coming. Almost before we could realize It the herd was upon us, rushing headlong for the spring, where they crowded upon each other In a mad frenzy for water. Their tongues protruded as If they bad been pursued by hunters, which was prob ably true. We killed nine, all we needed. In a short time. 'It may be unwise to destroy tradi tions, bat the story that Tat Hennes sey Is burled In tbe town of Hennessey Is untrue. Hennessey was burled near Buffalo Springs, and I saw his grave within a year after he was killed, and many times afterward In driving cattle the trail. Tbe grave was marked by stone on which was 'P. H., 1874,' If I remember correctly, the year of his death.” A PLUCKY LIEUTENANT. Reuben Plnkhara, a native of Nan tucket, made his first trip as third lieu tenant on the ship Potomac, which crossed tbe North Pacific, a region little known to naval vessels to the early thirties. Plnkbam had been on several whsl'ng voyages, and was fa miliar with those waters. Tbe author of “The Island of Nantucket” says that one day, near sunset, be had the watch, while the commodore was pac ing np and down tbe deck. Suddenly Plnkbam gave the order, Man the weather braces.” "What's tifat for?” asked the com modore. "We shall have wind In a moment." The commodore went to the lee roll and scanned the sea and sky. “I see no signs of wind," he returned. "Let the men leave the braces.” The crew dropped the ropes. "Keep bold of the braces, every man of you!” called out Plnkham, and the men resumed their grasp. Tbe com modore flushed with. anger and ex claimed In peremptory tones; Let tbe men leave the braces!" and again (be braces were dropped. 'Don’t any of you dare to drop the ropes!” shouted Plnkham, shaking bis trumpet at the crew, who once more took holp. Just then the wlud dropped entirely; not a breath stirred. “Taut, taut! Haul, all of your* called Plnkham, and the ponderous yards swung to reversed position. The wind came out of the opposite quarter and struck the ship like a sledge hnmmer. The vessel staggered, shook tho spray from her bases and dashed ahead. The commodore disappeared Into bis cabin without saying a word. Presently, he sent the first lieutenant to relieve Plnkham, requesting to see the latter Immediately. When Plnk ham entered the cabin the commodore said: “I constder'that I am Indebted to you for all of our lire#; but I will tell you frankly If that wind hadn't come I should have put you In Irons In two minutes.” ^ ' « A GIANT OCTOPUS. One of the moot interesting objects In the Natural History Museum In Trondbjcm. Norway, Is a large octo pus. E. R. Kennedy, the author of "Thirty Seasons In Scandinavia,” not only saw the -octopus, but a little later heard the stoi-y of the capture of It, as related both by tbe fisherman whose boat It attacked and also by two Inde pendent wltnes see. The fisherman was leisurely rowing on a calm day close to the rock bound shore of one of the fiords situated some fifty miles north of Trondhjotn. Suddenly a long and glistening arm swept over tbe stern of the boat and remained there. The fisherman, astonished at this unwonted apparition, dropped bis oars and sprang to bis feet. Like magic an-, other hideous looking arm shot over the gunwale. The boat canted. Tho man, realizing that he was attacked by some monster against which his old fish knife was the only available weapon, seized his oars and labored with mlgbt and main to get bls-bo^t Into a crevice of the rocks, all the time yelling for his mates, who were not far off. He bad to strain every nerve to drag his hldoous cargo after him, for the suckers never relaxed. When half exhausted, he got the bow of hts craft within reach of willing bands. It tool* the three men to haul It up a alight Incline, for the monster still hung on, even over the bare rocks. Then they belabored Its head with oars and clnba Having safely secured It, they sent off to the nearest station and telegraphed concerning their prize. It was at once purchased by the mu seum and carried there after It bad been photographed. They stretched Its arms out before preparing it The longest weye each five alen. or ten feet four Inches, in length. Over all, to gether .with the great carpetbag body, the monster measured over thirty feet across. Political Qualifications. A Congressman Is reported to have said not long ago In a speech, “The unexpected generally happens, some times." "That's a pretty definite statement,” remarked one of his opponents, “and I am surprised that he didn't add, ‘fre quently And to some cases, but this must not he construed to mean al- ,w*jr*,’” the ciant tree* On. of Thoht Would Malta a FOUOO «* ThA ahlf way wc can comprehend the* sSfsawsssK! being transplanted to the Hotel look like n cotUV. aD J - largest tree now w^ ofT, tan Island were placed on WiP the Flatiron Building, it would to the shade of the big tree s upper branches. General WelteuffeI not long ago that If be could have^bad one of these big trees to'throw W* the Fel-bo River upon the arrival c the International army, it would have served as a bridge across which bo could have marched the entire eO.OOO men into Pekin in forty-five minutes. It Is estimated that some of these trees contaio 750,000 feet of lumber, and we may get an ldyaof w^at to means when wc hear' that it would moke a board fence six fact high and twenty-four miles long, or that it wonld supply cnoi-gh telegraph poles to sup-, port a line of wires running from Kan sas City to Chicago. If the tallest tree you know of were ent down bent into a circle, it would Just about make a ring to fit tho base of one of the big trees. But it Is not their size alone wbteh makes these giants so impres sive; their age Is still more remarkable. When Cheop’s nnny of 100,000 men be gan to bniJd the great pyramid of Jcezeb. over 2000 years before Christ, these Sequoias, as they are called, had bark on them a foot thick; they were old. old trees when Methnsaleh was a’ bn by—they are the very oldest llvinif things on the face of the earth. And we Americans should regard them ns a. priceless heritage, which once taken from us could never be replaced, and we should at any cost guard them for ever from those who with nx and saw would in one week undo the work of S000 years.—Woman's Home Compan ion. I Utilising the Dead Sea. It Is believed that before very long the Dead Sen will be exploited for in dustrial purposes. French engineer* arc at work on three different project* with this purpose In view. The level of the Dead Sea being more than 1300 feet below that of the Mediterranean and lted seas, it Is thought by connect ing cither of these two seas by means of a canal with the Dead Sea, a stream, of water would flow with a velocity calculated to produce some 25,000* horsepower. There is danger, it Is asserted, of an overflowing .of the Dead .Sea, for the waters there evaporate at so great a rate (G,000,000 tons a day)* that the incoming waters would make- no appreciable difference in the level.. One project is to start the canal from the Bay of Acre, lead It southward past Mount Tabor, and let It join at Bataan, the waters of the Jordan. An other plan is to build the canal along the railway line from Jaffa to Jerusa lem. But this would mean blasting a tunnel of some thirty-seven miles through the mountains of Old Judea. The third project, the cheapest, pro poses to start at Aknbn, .in the Red Rea. and pass through the desert of Wady-ol-Jebcl. Having obtained power In this manner, It is thought many in dustrial works will be carried on.— London Dally News. f Radium m m Pain-Killer. United States Consul General Guenther, of Frankfort, writes as fol lows: Dr. Darier, of Paris, describes a ense of cancer of tbe face which, through application of radium, had been rendered painless. Similar re sults have been obtained by other noted experts. He has nteo found quick and pain-killing effects of radium in certain diseases of the eye. Tho influence of radium upon the motor- ;ierve centres he considers of still greater importance. In two enses of nervous spasms, which occurred three or four times a week, weak radium preparations were applied to the tem ples for two or three days, when the spasms ceased. In n case also of pre sumptive inability of motion, caused by nervous debility, radium effected a complete cure withiu three days—pro- ably, however, through suggestion. In acute facial paralysis of entirely new origin, radium effected a cure in one day. Samples of weak radio-activity are now rather Inexpensive, so that other physicians are enabled to verify ♦hese results. Batted In nt the Wedding. Land office regulations unfeelingly “butted in” on the plans of Cupid the other day at Waurlka and stopped a wedding. Samuel Hosier, a beme- stesder of that vicinity, has arranged .to wed Mrs. Mitchell, a buxom widow, ,who had but recently made her final proof before the local court commis sioners. Just before the ceremony was performed word came that g wit ness’ failure to properly aign his name had caused rejection of the papers by •the Interior Department. The wed- iding was postponed, the groom to be ppparerjpy being more willing to tem porarily relinquish a bride than to per- «naneatly relinquish a farm.-Mangum {Texas) Sun-Mirror. Old English Castoma. Sir Walter Bestnfs study of old Eng- liah customs shows that the doctors of several centuries ago prescribed for fevers "a cold water affusion" with drinking of asset' mlJk. When the queen was 111 to 1063 they shaved her stead and applied plgeona to her feet. Powdered mummy for s long time wss considered to be s apecific against dis eases. It It said that tbe reason It went out of use wss tost dealers took to embalming bodies and then opldll (ken tor genuine (select mummies. J V