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rmT TT? H7B-'.A MITI YTVT FliTD IT? O P VOLUME XXI. FRANKLIN. N. C WEDNESDAY, JULY 18 1906. . NUMB EK 29. TO SUNSET GUN. JtaMtBtt IbV riy the- flu li flung Thjfi wUali Ittt catch the bugle long, Jtol thaw It onward, glelng tongu "Woer-hoae fnlntlr sweet and long. Hf WMIt cloud!) In tta western sky Uftb'snw with rcu raya ot the tun. And through the forest ooata a also Tht whispers that the day It don. . The mn dins lower, lower then The cloud b'ase out In richer red Tbt seems reflected back again From the brave banner overhead. The shifting colon, pink and gold, And red, like fabrics In the loom, Cbange aubtl.t. stripe and stream and (old Ana now there cornea mellow boom. The Second Time. The north wind was howling round the solid walls ot Cranford Lacy, but within the cozy rooms of the old Tudor maslon all was warmth and brightness. The firelight from the biasing logs danced over the oak panels of the lofty dining room; the daintily shaded lamps shed a rosy glow over the long table, which, with Its snowy damask, glittering plate, and decorations of ferns and monster chrysanthemums), seemed to smile a welcome to the merry rapty who were gathering round It. "Only a few old friends tonight Dick," observe Mrs. Cranford to her cousin. Sir Richard Ruston. "It 13 so provoking that your godson Jack ia not here yet; but I do hope he may be with us before the Southport Hunt week. He is always the life of our party!" she added. It appeared to Sir Richard that the members of the family and guests al ready assembled were little In need of more enlivening Influence, for, led and encouraged by the master of the house, they were positively overflow ing with high spirits. He confided this Impression to his hostess, who smiled Indulgently, say ing, "Yes, they are a merry set; and some of them come here every year. I think you know them all well, ex cept old Mrs. Doyle and Capt. Barker." "Who Is that fair girl In the white frock?" "Oh, that Is only Joyce Lldell. Surely you remember the vicar's twin girls?" "No, Carry; I can't say I do. Prob ably Miss Lldell was In the nursery when I was here last Remember it Is four years Blnce I was In England." "Yes, four long years since we have Been you. And how delighted we were -49 tefcTyTTureOiraJeiAs-At JaU" said Mrs. Cranford, looking very kind ly at the big dark-faced man beside her. "And uncommonly nice It is to be with you all again," answered Sir Richard, while his eyes wandered rather absently from her good-natured plump countenance to the pretty girl who was sitting near the opposite end of the table. Certainly, Joyce Lldell's beauty was of rather an .uncommon type. Her V"TeTt(urea were so delicately chiseled and the black arched brows above her forget-me-not blue eyes were such striking contrast to her pale golden hair. She was very tall and graceful In every movement. Mrs. Cranford, who was not unob servant, smiled and said. In a lower and more confidential voice, "I was telling you about Joyce. She Is only nineteen. And I am going to take ber to the Hunt ball, as she has never been to anything! But after that she will go back to college, for'she hopes eventually to earn her own living as high school teacher." - "She is much too pretty for a blue stocking! " "Well, perhaps her face will be her fortune. The vicar Is dreadfully poor, and there are so many children. I can't Imagine how the girls manage to dress as well as they do," remarked the wealthy chatelaine of Cranford Lacy. Sir Richard Ruston, at the age of forty-one, was a pleasant-mannered If rather staid bachelor. Owing to the death of an elder brother, he had late ly succeeded to a baronetcy and a . large fortune, after spending a con siderable portion ot his life working hard as a civil engineer In Ceylon. Twenty years before the date when this story pens our hero had been most cruelly jilted by a woman a few years older than himself. Thenceforth he had hardened his heart against the fair sex generally, and had firmly de termined that the Joys and troubles of a benedict should never be his por tion. . But twenty years Is a big slice out of the allotted three score and ten; and perhaps (though he was hardly aware of it) the old wound had heal ed long before that winter's evening , when his eyes strayed so often in the direction of young, Joyce Lldell. ' . Friendship may ripen very quickly in the country If circumstances throw two people together who are mutually satisfied with the arrangement This fact Sir Richard Ruston and Joyce discovered when the former had been but a few days a guest at Cranford Lacy. ' A hard frost, holding the earth In an Iron grip, stopped the hunting, while It provided another pastime in the shape of skating over a very fair alxed lake. Thither from early morn till twilight flocked all the young and active neighbors; and Joyce from the rlcarage and the Cranford' Lacy party were ever among the merry crowd. Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Cranford cared greatly for the delights of the Ice, and, rather Inclined to regard their digni fied cousin, 8ir Richard," In the light of "Mrs. Grundy," gladly sent oil the young people under his care and chap ronage. He took great care of the vicar's daughter, who was but a no vice In the art of skating. He assisted her shuffling," sliding ' efforts, -. and pushed her in a chair when she was tired, receiving In return the most grateful of glances and miles. Bhe never talked much, hut she proved a very sympathetic listener, and the visually reticent bachelor found him sWt developing brilliant and hitherto " undreamed-of powers In, the conver sational line. ' V r ' : -..j-;- ". J But one cold gray morning the skating party was suddenly broken pp by an unexpected change in the The flag glide downward to be furled, ana mist ana cioua ana ifir sir uw Their sunset glory In fbli world. A roll of drums, murmured tunfcot The flagstaff, tapering and tall Then to the vanished afternoon Then lifts a Belting bugle call. The shadows of Bight's arm? come In serried ranks adown the hill With neither trumpet, life nor drum And all Is strangely bushed and still. Up from tb east the first stars rise, Out from the west In red and white The sun sends bars that atrlpe the sklea- Tne old flag bends a bore the night. W. B. Keablt, In Chicago Tribune. A ROMANTIC SHORT STORY. weather. The wind lifted Its voice with an angry moan, and great flakes of snow came falling helterskelter, thick and fast, upon the surface of the Ice. "W are likely to have a bad storm, so we had better all go home at once," Sir Richard said to Joyce, and, with an air of calm authority, he led her to the bank, removed her skates and suggested that she should wrap her cloak around her and wait until he collected the remainder of his flock In order that he might escort her to the vicarage on the way to Cranford Lacy. She was obedient enough; but his cousins and their kindred spirits were very much more difficult to control; and it was only when they encounter ed the full fury of tho gale on the homeward road which led across an exposed moor, -that they were con vinced that Sir Richard wa3 right. Joyce, struggling with a cloak which showed a decided Inclination to whirl round her head, was not sorry to hear a kind voice behind htr saying, "Take my arm, Miss Lldell this weather Is too rought for slender folk llko you"; or to be guided through tho snow un til she had nearly reached her father's gate. "How should I have got home with out you! You are always so kind!" said the girl, gently, looking up at her companion with tho most tender and grateful of blue eyes. Kind to you! I think It Is quite the other way. Ydu have been very good to me. Why, you did not even call me an old fuss when I told you you had better come homo! Now, Miss Clarke called me something very like It," said Sir Richard, laughing. 'Of course, I should not be so rude or so stupid! You are not old, and you are not a, fiissleg-rfTTt-rBfhTr vehement reply. "Compared to you I am decidedly elderly!" said the other, looking well pleased, nevertheless. "Well, of bourse you can call yourself what you like, but you are much nicer to talk to than that stupid Capt. Barker, or any of those boys who are staying at Cranford Lacy!" answered Joyce, with the engaging candor ot extreme youth. , .-- ' Blr -Rlehard slopped abruptly on the road and caught the girl's hand In his. "Do you really mean that, Joyce?" he asked, very gravely. "Of course I do! Why not?" she replied. Then, catching an expression in his dark eyes which filled her soul with sudden shyness, she drew her hand away, saying, saying, "I must go now. Father will see me from hlB study window and wondor why I don't come In!" "Wait one moment. When shall I see you again?" "If the storm Is not too bad I am coming to tea at Cranford Lacy this afternoon, and Janle is coming, too. She Is at home now! You have not seen her?" But Sir Richard ' as not Interested In Janle, or In any other member of the vicar's family but the one he was now trying to detain by the gate. "And If the storm keeps you away this afternoon, when shall I see you?" he asked. "Not tomorrow, for I am going to Barminster for two days to stay with my aunt. But 1 shall be back for the Hunt ball. You are coming to that, loo? It Is my 'coming out' ball, you know!" "Certainly I am going to It. And you must give me tho first waltz!" exclaimed Sir Richard with all the ardor of flve-and-twenty, as Joyce, with a merry laugh, disappeared through the paternal doorway. s When the skating party reached Cranford Lacy they found that Jack, the eldest son and the pride of the family, had at last come home. A general favorite, lively and amusing in his light-hearted, irresponsible fashion, his timely appearance more than compensated for the disappoint ment caused by the storm; and under his leadership the majority of the guests found no lack of amusement for the afternoon In the billiard room. But Blr Richard, shivering at tho in clemency of the weather, sought the solitude of the library, where, before a cheeful wood Are, he Indulged in quiet meditation while smoking a big cigar. And the subject of his thoughs was none other than Joyce Lldell, for, In spite of his forty-one years and calm Judgment, he had actually fallen desperately in love with a little girl ot nineteen. "I wonder If It would be possible for ber to care for me," he muttered aloud. And the cigar being finished, he tossed the stump Into the Are, and, leaving his chair stood before a large mirror gating long and critically at hlg own reflection. "No, a young girl could never care for such an ugly looking fellow," he thrmght, sadly; then again he told himself that Joyce was different from other girls, and ' that she really liked htm for his own sake. But he tried to put away that last flattering thought, and contrasted himself with Jack Cranford who had all the best of his life stilt before him. "What a lucky lad! Careless, untidy chap, too!" mused his cousin as he glanced at the big writing ta ble where his godson had left a writ ing case open and papers scattered fa all direction! after dashing off a hasty note for the post. One letter was lying spread open on th floor. Blr Richard, orderly soul that he was, decided to. pick it up. Jack's correspondent wrote a large J clear hand; every tetter was distinct as naw siaj fvcyoi isifj uu tw aw-? vn words as he placed It on the blotting pad. Ah! how those lines stabbed him, and what a weight fell suddenly upon his heart: "Get your godfather to pay this bridge debt. I feel sura he is good-natured. But you must flatter him well, and take him th right way." More followed, but Sir Richard had seen quite enough, for, bis eye had not failed to observe the bold signature, scrawled across the paper, "J. Udell." Sir Richard seldom Indulged in the luxury of afternoon tea, so his absence from that cheery meal was hardly noticed. But a couple of hours later Mrs. Cranford, reading quietly in her own boudoir, was interrupted by the entrance of her husband and cousin, the former evidently annoyed and ex cited. "Here, Carry! Dick has to go to town on business. He heard by the evening post. He has only ten min utes to get to the station, and he ought to have twenty!" And the as tonished lady found her hand warmly shaken In farewell long before her somewhat slowly working brain had time to grasp the situation. a A thick fog in town. Sir Richard Ruston was horribly bored. Already he was tired of his club, and tired ot the friends he met there. He felt out of touch with English life; he wa weary of the coming election; he had no desire to talk politics, wMeh seem ed to be the one subject his acquaint ance cared for at present. What a fool he had been to run away because he had been mistaken in the character of a little unformed schoolgirl! Why had he ever taken any notice of her? Why had he been caught a second time by apretty face, which no doubt was tho mask of a false soul? And that very evening he was to have met her at tho Southport Ball! He had actually asked her for the first waltz. Woll, bo supposed she would now give that dance to Jack. And yet he could not stifle his de sire to see Joyce at that ball. Ho longed to let her know In some way that ho was well aware that she had tried to fool him. That at least would give him some satisfaction; and per haps eventually he would play the part of the benevolent relative, and pay Jack's gambling debt. Yes, he would run down to Southport for the ball that night, and claim his dance with Joyce. Apres ? Well, at least he would have the consolation of a few days huntlncArom Cranford Lacy. Tho mm success, as vehicles of all decrlpt? from the ancient station fly to tuo smartest electric brougham, deposited party after party of young men and maidens, chaperons, local magnates and officers from the barracks at the brllllnntly illuminated Tow While the first bars of the "Rosen bus dem Suden" waltz were floating off the fiddles, Sir Richard Ruston, tall, dignified and outwardly noncha lant, strolled slowly Into the ball room. Aready Jack Cranford was dancing, and Joyce was his partner Joyce, looking very lovely, but more animated, more sparkling and coquet tish than she had ever appeared be fore. But who was this standing be side Mrs. Cranford, who lifted a. blushing face as be drew near, and such gladly welcoming eyes? "I kept your dance for you. I knew you would come!" she whis pered. "Joyce! Is It you, or have you a double? I saw you dancing with Jack! he exclaimed, In utter yet happy be wilderment, unheeding th exclama tions of satisfied astonishment which his appearance had called forth. "That ia my twin sister, Janie, and of course, you have not heard the news. She and Jack are engaged!" Modern Society. QUAINT AND CURIOU8. Mushrooms grow all over the world, and are good In Siberia as In the trop ics. In Belgium, by a recent regulation, all bulls and cows are to wear rings as Boon as they have attained tho age of three months. The average woman carries some forty or fifty miles of hair on her head; the falr-halred may even have to dress seventy miles of tresses every morning. "Colored rain," in the shape of mil lions of little red, green and yellow Insects, fell recently at Angers, France. So numerous were tire In sects that they choked the watorplpe in the town. In Russia it Is unlawful to give kisses in public. A kiss In the street is penalized by a fine of one dollar and on a tram-car by a fine of five dollars. Declaration of love on a post card renders the sender liable to a fine of two dollars. Consul Johnston of Algiers writes that the adulteration of olive oil with cottonseed oil has caused a law to be promulgated there requiring all ad mixtures to be so marked plainly and with the proportions of adulterations. Any deception In Its ' sale will be punished according to law. A little Topeka girl came home front church the other day and was asked wbat the minister's text was. "I know it all right," she asserted. "Well, re peat It," ber questioner demanded, "Don't be afraid and I will give you a bcdquilt," was the astonishing an swer. Investigation proved that the central thought of the sermon had been, "Fear not and I will send you a comforter," An extraordinary sudden death oc curred the other day In Paris. A sex agenarian went to have his photograph taken.. He sat In a chair before the camera, and as the photographer ut tered the customary words, "Pler.se don't move," down fell the old man on the floor. It was naturajly nuppoted that the Sexagenarian, was In. a faint ing lit, but he was ia reality dead, as th doctor who was sent for testified iter a brief anamination of the body. mm I Uarl iiid Silly Demand for Dairy Products. There Is no danger of any great or permanent over-Bupply of dairy products. The demand for first-class milk, butterand cheese will be equal to the supply, but with better cows, better feeding and more Intelligent care, tho production must be in creased and the cost of production decreased, says "Hoard's Dairyman." Handy Weed Cutter. A weed cutter may be fashioned out of an old flat file, sharpening the up per end like a chisol and inserting the other end in an old hoe handle. It becomes a useful tool for clearing out burdock, docks and thistles from the yard and lawn. In the case of bur docks cutting should be followed by a dose of kerosene oil administered from a large size machine oiler. Special Work for Seeds. It Is special work to grow seeds on the farm, and any farmer who de pends upon himself for the seeds to be used next year must be very care ful or his Varieties will be mixed. The wind, bees and other Insects distrib ute pollen, and, although the effects of Involuntary crossing of varieties may not be noticed this Beason, there will be no mistake ot results next year. Drained Lands Fertile. Wet land should be drained, as It may be the most fertile on the farm. By the use of drain tile there will be no unsightly open ditches, and the field can be cutlvated as easily as any othor. If the land Is not very wet the cost of drainage will be but Utile, and such land will be Just as valuable for pasture as before, with the added advantage of being adapted to a greater variety of grasses than form erly. Water for Milch Cows. Experiments show that a cow when to 2000 the avei testing. cow at all of the year. In every 100 quarts of milk the farmer sells about 88 quarts of jvater and when the cow ce.n not procure water at all times she will fall off in yield. Early Chick Preferred. When I set eggs from my own pens, however, I prefer to have them hatch out sometime In April. To be sure, March eggs are apt to be Ipso fertile than those laid during the next month or two, but one can easily overlook this because of the numerous advantages early chicks have over later ones. But eggs set during the next six weeks should hatch well, the chicks grow rapidly and mature In timo to make early winter layers, as well as to be In the best condition for the winter shows. Bushes in Meadow Land. While the meadows are still frozen, the ground should be gone over with the brush ax, and the alders and brush cut off close to the ground. Sprouts will come up during the sum mer, but they will be tender, and may be cut off with a heavy hoe at the end of the season. After that but few sprouts will come up, and they can be kept down If the mower is run over them every season. Tho success of the plan depends on cutting close to the ground the first time, leaving no stubs. For Repairing on- th Farm. Much valuable time Is lost on the farm for lack of carpenter supplies. There should be plenty of farm-raised or second-hand lumber on hand, a supply of nails of all sizes, staples for wire fences, plenty of bolts and screws, an assortment of bits and drills, a good hammer and hatchet, various saws a square, pliers and wire cutters, also a little forge and blacksmith tools. With this outfit al most anything can be done on emer gencies, -and the time and expense saved from a trip to town In the busy season. How to Plant 3had Tra. In planting out shade and fult trees set them In the same rrJlive position to the sun as they had where they grew, to Insure a good growth against sunburnlng, says the Indiana Farmer, those that grow in open, ground. Cut the tops back well, and Wrap the trunks from ground up to limbs with heavy paper, and let It remain until It rota off. Set a little deeper than they - grow and leave ground dlskluf to catch water. Cover ground a few feet around with straw or com stalk litter to keep weeds nd grask down and to keep In mois ture. v - Sane JotVScal Cure. The following is formula recom mended In dealing with the Ban Jose Scale: Dtssolvu t pounds, of whale oil soap In 1 gallon ot boding water, to this add 1 galloa of kerosene while boiling, (rub always away from the Are). With a pump or some swift agitator pump the mixture back, into Itself .while hot This emulsifies at once. It la to be diluted with six gallons of water while hoi. It Is read, for use as a spray after getting cold. It It Is to be used as a paint with a brush the quantity of kerosene sh?ld be two quarts, and only enough w&ter to make the mixture hare the con sistency of soft soap. testing Firewood Quickly Dried. Farmers, by no means considered shiftless, get caughf out ot a supply of dry,, wood. Green wood cut into stove lengths and cut fine will dry quickly if spread in a sunny place for three or four days. It Is surprising bow much more quickly the bulk of the moisture will dry out in this way as compared with wood piled up or even thrown Into a heap. Some kinds of wood will lose one-third of its weight in two days. It is easier to get wood if It Is cut Into stove lengths lu the woods Instead of hauling it as cord wood; but if woodlots are dis tant It may be more practical to do tho work at odd times and haul the sticks to the farmyard In lengths as long as can be easily loaded and handled. Th'e wood supply Is largely a matter of habit, and the farmer who once gets Into the way of cutting wood one winter to last until tho nest will never give up the practice. Drinking Vessels. We who keep poultry in a half hearted way, especially those among us who have other work to do, seem to forget that the drinking fountain for our chickens should be cleaned, and we allow the fowls to drink from It Just as long as there Is any water left. We seem to forget that the im purities of the house and yard are imbibed by the fountains, and that tho fowls are drinking disease germs all the time. This is a serious mistake. The fountain should be scalded every week, and fresh water should bo giv en twice each day, especially during the hot months of summer. A small piece of lime, dropped in tho fountain, will materially aid in keeping It pure and fresh. Fowls do not drink much water, but they drink often, and they should not be compelled to drink ftom stag nant pools or filthy fountains. Little chicks need f: eslrVwater, and fountains should be proviOed for them, arranged in some way to that ot disturb then? melons every Kear, selling tbem at re- tall In a loca market I usually sell about $85 to $100 worth therefrom, says a correspondent of the Indiana Farmer. I break and level early in the year, then open furrows every eight feet, running twice with plow to make them deep; then I put three shovelfuls of manure every seven feet and mix it well with the boII. I spilt some pieces of wood long enough that tho plow will not cover, then stick one in every hill, and He till planting time. When ready tor planting, hills can be mado with rake and hoe. 1 plant eight and ten seeds In a hill and thin out to three good plants when out of danger from bugs. I give the row several hoelngs before vines cover the ground. I cultivate middle with harrow and cultivator as long as pos sible. For bugs I dust the plants with lime as soon as they are up and un'.l. (hoy are out of danger. I put the lime in a corn sack and go over the plants while dew Is on them. I can dust an acre In an hour In this way. Cover the plants thick with It and keep them covered. It won't hurt the plants, and the bugs won't either. I also give them a top dressing of ni trate of soda, about (0 to 75 pounds to an acre, before the blooms open. I think this pays because It makes the melons grow and helps the vines to yield more blooms and melons. I also protect it from late frost with paper at night. There are a great many varieties but I prefer Dixie and Mclver sugar melons and I will plan' them as long as I run a farm. Bluegrsss Seed. The House Committee on Agricul ture of Washington, D. C, has favor ably reported the bill introduced by Representative Trimble fixing penal ties for the adulteration of bluegrass and other seed. Tho bill was report ed unanimously and is therefore ex pected to pass the House at an early date. Under the old provision in the law the Secretary of Agriculture wa simply directed to- publish the. name of grass adulterators. This, the new bill declares, is not sufficient, as they should be prosecuted. In his report to the House Representative Trimble says: .' " Reports from the Agricultural De partment Introduced by Mr. Gallo way, Chief of the Bureau of Plant In dustry, demonstrated to the Commit tee on Agriculture the character and extent to which seeds are being adul terated. Kentucky bluegrass seed is mixed with Canadian bluegrass, about half and half, and It Is impossible to detect tj.e adulteration except by an expert under a magnifying glass. The Canadian bluegrass Is absolutely worthless as a pasture and with it the most obnoxious of all weeds, the Canadian thistle, has been Introduced Into this country. Within the last seven months over 400,000 pounds has been brought ' into the ' United States, and practically all of It has been used for adulterating bluegrasa. The adulteration of the orchard grass and red clover la carried on to the same extent as the bltmgraas, Meadow fescue, English rV grua and Italian 170 grass are used to adulterate or chard grass, while. . yellow trefoil la used to adulterate red clover and alfalfa. , II . There is a great demand in foreign countries' for Kentucky bluegrass seed, and If .something Is not done to prevent Its adulteration our export trsde will be ruined. a AN EARTHQUAKE CITY. 8AN FRANCISCO USED TO SHOCKS BUT EXPECTED THI8 DISASTER Only Recently Have They Had Cour age to Put Up Skyscrapers Part ot City Which Suffered I On The Flat and Made Lands A Stupid Water System. Although San Francisco has always Been known as an "earthquake tovn," frequency of shocks rather than vio lence has been characteristic of Its seismic history. There was a violent shock In 1856, when the city was only a mining town of small frame buildings. Several shanties were overthrown and a few persons killed by falling walls and chimneys. Next in violence was the shock of 1872, which cracked the walls ot some of the public buildings and caused a panic. Thero was no great loss of life. In April, 1898, Just before midnight there was a lively shakeup which caused the tall buildings to shake like tho snapping of a whip and drove the tourists out of the ho tels into the streets In their night clothes. Three or four old houses fell, and the "Bcnlcla navy yard, which is on made ground across tho bay, was damaged to the extent of about $100, 000. These were the heaviest shocks. On the othor hand, light shocks have boon frequent. Probably the sensible quakes have averaged three or four a year. Theso are usually tremblings lasting from ten seconds to a minute and Just heavy enough to wako light sleepers or to shake dishes about on tho sholves. Tourists and newcomers are generally alarmed by these phen omena, but old Californians havo learned to take them philosophically. To one who Is nqt 'afraid of them, the fonuatkm on one of theso little tremblers Is rather pleasant than otherwise. Yet the fear of a great earthquake disaster has always been over San Francisco. It has accounted in great degree for the peculiar architecture of the place. It was only In 1830 that any one ventured to build a high structure, and tho Inhabitants have been Bhy of brick and stone. The houses and the business blocks, to some extent are of wood mainly California redwood. Brick residences arc not common. With the steady trade winds which prevail there at all seasons of the year tho city should have been wiped out by a great conflagration long ago, and would have been but for the pe culiar quality of California redwood, which smoulders in a lire and re fuses to break into a bright and ener getic blaze. Given a good water sup ply the fires are such that they are handled by the fire department. here has never been before it be called a conflagration In San Francisco, To understand this disaster It Is necessary to consider tho peculiar physical characteristics of the land upon which San Francisco Is built. The original site was a bunch of high and abrupt hills ending In a penin sula, whoso furthest reach forms one side of the Golden Gate, tho entrance to Sao Francisco Bay. The greater part of the city proper Is on the Inner side of the peninsula, facing on the bay and not on the Pacific ocean. The city has been growing out toward tho ocean, however; and Golden Gate Park, which starts as a broad ribbon of land at about tho centre of the town, has reached an ocean frontage. The city now has a population of more than 400,000. The four or fhe high hills were ap propriated early in the life of the city as a residence district; and with the exception of Telegraph Hill, at one corner of the city, they hold the homes of tho wealth and well-to-do. The business district was sot on the low lands in the clefts between tho hills, and, of course, as close to the wharf room on the bay as possible. Such land being valuable, this dis trict has been gradually filled In and extended for fifty years. "When the water came up to Montgomery street" la a San Francisco phrase describing the early days. Now there are ten blocks of business streets between Montgomery street and the water front. Here lies the warehouse and wholesale district. The heart of San Franslco is "News paper Corners," only a block Inland from Montgomery street, and therefore verging on the old waterfront and the made lands. Here, on four corners, stood the Chronicle .building, eleven stories, and the first high building In San Francisco; the Call building, twenty stories high, and the tallest structure In the city; the Examiner building, eight stories, and the new Mutual Bank building,' twelve stories. Just on the edge of the made land stood tho Palace Hotel, not a high building, but covering a block of ground and one of the largest struc tures in the city. Across from it was the Crocker building, ten stories, and the smaller Hoburt building, In which the . Postal Telegraph Company was housed. At the centre ot the Muare formed by the newspaper buildings stood the fountain presented by the actress Lotta to the city. As has been eald, the fear of what might happen In an earthquake, com bined with the scarcity of nearby quarries and brickyards, kept San Francisco people from building with a show of permanence. The first to break the tradition was M. H. De Young, who put up the eleven-story Chronicle building In 1890. . This was In the early days of skyscraper con struction, and the framework of the Chronicle building was not of steel but of wrought iron, while the shell was ot brick. J The building stood, weathered a few small earthquakes and had nothing happened to It. Ban Franciscans took heart and began1 to experiment with tall buildings. In 1894 John D. BpreckTes put tip the Call building, noted as one of th few really beauti ful skyscrapers In the country. This stood out of the city likrvrt tower as viewed from the hills and was the most conspicuous feature on the land scape of San Francisco. The Crocker building, the Emporium building, the Wells Fargo building, the new Bald win building and bait a dozen other followed. '""sulry J W I irl 1 . The business district lies all along Market street or north of U, Market street, even after It geta past the area of made land. Is In depression. Al most all of the district south of Mar ket street is on low lands, originally tide flats. Here are the dwellings of the poor, corresponding to the tene ment district of New York, except that tho poor of San Francisco are housed not in tan tenement buildings, but In frame houses often of flimsy construc tion. , Experience with earthquakes has shpwn that low lands, and especially made lands, suffer the most. That seems to have been the case of this earthquake. It ripped thihgs up in the wholesale district of made lands, devastated all Market street and tumbled about the tenement district. Just across the Bay from San Fran cisco, and on the eastern shore. He the suburbs of Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley. Oakland, a city of some thing more than 70,000 Inhabitants, is to San Francisco what Brooklyn Is to New York, except that It Is further away about Blx miles by ferry. Here are all the terminals of the direct overland lines, and all pas sengers, except those coming by the southern routes, take ferry at Oakland for San Francisco. Further along the bay shore, and adjacent to Oakland Is Alameda, a residence town on very. low land. Hitherto Alameda hasjvttf fered from tho slight oarthqia'kes In that region more thangtm Francisco. On the other sldo jut Oakland, east ward of it on tiie overland routeB, Is the college town of Berkeley, the Bite of the University of California. Although tho water supply of San Francisco was ample, and was helped out for fire purposes by a system of salt water mains, the system was made to bo the prey of earthquakes. The greater part of the supply came from tho Spring Valley lakes, some distance south of the city on the pen insula. The chief main ran along the backbone of the peninsula for some distance, but upon approaching the city It took an abrupt turn to the cast and tan along the made lands until it reached the business district. From that point It was pumped to reser voirs on tho crests of tho city hills, where it got the fall to supply the residence district. That disturbance of tho made lands, which, of course, broke tho water mains, cut off at once nearly the whole supply of tho city. That possibility had not been fore seen in planning tho San Francisco water mains. Tho San Francisco newspapers never mentioned the possibility of a disastrous earthquake, but the subject was always in the public mind. A common subject of discussion In San Francisco was the effect of a Bhake upon the new tall buildings. Almost all ot the urchltccts declared that they stood a vastly better chance than low of brick and stone or ordt- The Interlock- declared, would swayaIiirT?niS' tUflt could be expected would be the bom bardment of tho streets caused by their shaking oft their shells. WHEN SCIENTISTS ERRED. Dr. Lardner Maintained Steamer Could Not Carry Enough Coal. It occasionally happens that tho predictions and theories of mathema ticians and scientists are woefully up set and contradicted by actual re sults. Every one Is familiar with the story of the editor who. In the days f Stephenson's early experiments In railroading, predicted that a speoil of more than 12 miles an hour by rail would bo impracticable If for no oth er reason than that tho human sys tem would not withstand traveling at a higher rate of speed. In the early days of steam naviga tion also, Dr. Lardner delivered an ad dress before a Bcentlftc body, In which he maintained that transatlan tic steam navigation was impracti cable, mainly because of the inability to provide room aboard ship for tho coal that would be necessary for the voyage. The meeting had scarcely adjourned before tho news arrived that a ship has just completed a transatlantic trip under steam. In another case a number of Indi viduals seriously promulgated their belief that it would never be possible to successfully lay a cable across the Atlantic, because, as they said, tho density of the water below a certain depth would be so great that the ca ble would not sink to the bed of the ocean. Regardless, however, of these predictions, tho cablo promptly sank to the bottom of the sea. At thaf time also, it may be noted, the great est ocean depths in which cables were laid waa only about 16,404 feet. Within the past year a cable has been successfully laid by a German com pany in the Pacific ocean in the vicin ity of the Lnlkln Islands at depth ot 46,246 feet In still another Instance the author of a welt known text book on telegra phy, publlxhed In the sixties of the last century, expressed the opinion that while the idea ot duplex telegra phy, or tho sending of two messages at once over one wire, was very beau tiful In Its way. It must be looked up on as little more than a feat of Intel lectual gymnastics, and quite useless from a fmctlcn' nnlnt of view. With in less than decade after the v cation ot this opinion not only was the duplex telegraph In practical op eration, but quadrupled telegraphy or the sending of four messages at once over one wire, was also an accom plished fact : Notwithstanding that Instances of this kind could be multiplied, there are still to be found people ready to write themselves dowa to posterity as erring prophets and so "It will doubtless he to the end ot the chap ter. Fortunately, however, for the sake of progress, Ihere are, on tho other hand, always optimists enough to offset the discouraging view of the pessimists. Cassier's Magastne. '" ''..li '.-. . Nothing 'to Far. v. ' "Were you frightened when you arose to make your first speech t" "What should frighten mer "The audience." "The audience left as soon as my name was announced." Cleveland Plain Dealer. FAME IN FAST COLORS. In IMs rapid a:e. r-slHr, when then'S no Mif'.i Hilnit in reir, There Is plnr all (01. nr-tlug for the man . who d hi best : "ln!. Ilir itri m! sii.-rjftit author when . hi' hilncM out Novel 2 Ills l)x ir ti l, k Ih rnnily. and th public jells: "You're through !" Then-- thr flnnn. ler of Wall Street, who hm won one lonpnome game He think he. In the numtcr ot a nag that . itn't ico ln;m : ; v lint when h nk nnother, doea ha coma a -ro(-r? - H'tilMV I , a ; For hi- tut of irlrki Is empty, and th ' " public yells: "You're through 1" 'I'lierr'n ihe linn'l-onr.. nterllntr aetor, who h:is k-oiti n rii'HR-sult plnva ; . lie thinks t 11 li- hns rllnrhed tilings with hi rroivil-i! maflnceH: Hut he tilrs to n!ny 1 he ilnsile, and B fiil"H Into ih" stew l or hU bx of tricks Is empty, and the public yrlls: "You're through I" Tnl:e the M of tVip hour In the pugilistic ... ' nine Or Hi" lnnl ulio in politics has gained a w Idc-Mirceri fnire: Snr.i" irow iesn limdi upon them, and they .loin th" Ii.if been crew Their box of h-l.'ks 1 empty, and the pub-lb- yells: You're through I" . So.-inlisfs and dreamers, when yon fix this worbl aright. -i I'lrnse dip fnme In fast colors, ao 'twill 'it n flny nnit night: -Just mnU s.me fadeless chapleta, and atop the gali'ry's "Itoo!" When one box r tricks Is empty, and the public yells: "You're through !'' Denver Ucpubllcan. - : "Ton mtiRtn't kiss me until we are formaly engaged." "Do you alwayB in sist upon that rule?" "I've always tried to." Life. Flattery Is to conversion what lie kiss is to lovemaklng; of the least value, but valued the most. Satur day Evening Post. Mike Th' rich live by robbln" the poor. .. Pat Yis; 'tis a mystery phwere th' poor git all th' money they are rob cd of. "Isabel says she will never marry -any man who Isn't a hero." "But she can easily convert any man Into a hero." "How?" "Fly getting him to marry her." Cleveland Plalndealer. i Mrs. Stingy What do you want to leave us for, Bridget? I'm sure we have "rented you as one of the family. Hrlilget Indade, an' you hov', ma'am, an' Oi'vc slood It long enough. Life. "I notice that your verse is inclined to be hailing," talil the editor to the younp; man with the celluloid ce'lar. "Yes, sir," replied the poet. "That's when my fountain pen balked." Mil waukee Sentinel. "A man must know a great deal , kJ)R of amch s;alue toFllr corpora- iii'ii. nn, nnm.cii'ii en. iuoviu Slnx, "and on the other hand he must sometimes forRet a great deal." Washington Star. The Tramp You're one man In a : hundred. 'Taint often I meet anybody that'll tnlk to me two minutes without nsliin' why I don't go to work at some trade. The Remarkable Man Oh, I can tell by looking at you. Puck. "Don't be so sweeping In your judgments. There's that prominent . man I mentioned Just now, who, I am sure, has always pursued an upright lite." "That may be, but he's never caught up with lt."--Baltlmore'Amert-ca n. "After all," said the transcendental 1st, "what Is art?" "I don't know exJ actly," answered Mr. Ctimrox, "but In a general way I should say it was most , anything that cost you more than two dollars a Beat to look at." Washington Star. "There are no noblemen In this tountry, are there?" observed the ti tled foreigner. "Oh, yes, there are, plenty of them," replied the American good-naturedly, "only we don't have to tag them over hore." Detroit Free Press. Connoisseur Ah! This Is a copy of a Titian. You will pardon me, I am -sure. If I say that It is an Imperfect one. Artist Certainly. As a con scientious painter, I had to copy all the imperfections of the original, you know. Chicago Tribune. Newrlch (furnishing his library): -lx t me see. Now I've got all the sets of standard authors bound In calf Dickens, Scott and all them feller. Clerk Yes, sir. Newrlch Now I'll want something to read. Say, have you got a complete set of "Old . 8leu'th?" Philadelphia Record. s An Orchid Romance. Orchid lovers have for many years been watching for the rediscovery of Falrie's lady's slipper orchid. - They , wanted it, not merely because It had .. been utterly lost to cultivation, but because It was the parent of many of the most beautiful hybrids We have. That Falrie's orchid has eventually been rediscovered and reintroduced la the direct result ot the British gov ernment's mission to Tibet. They were rushed to the - auction rooms', and so keen was the excitement In the orchid world that plants of two or three growths sold, at prices rang ing from 1300 to $500. The secret of another shipment being on the sea bad been well kept, but It afrrlved In , due time and today the lady's slipper,; tost for half a century, can be pur chased In good specimens for 125. Al ready American collectors are In pos session of the rarity, and It baa even flowered In the collection of Mr. Brown, at SL Louis, Mo. Tha Garden Magaslne. ; ; r: '"' " ' Steal PriurroV-Y-v After the excitement when a womaa, was arretted tor threatening to ahoot Mr. Steele of J. P. Morgan tt Co., one ot the lawyers Involved In the case and two reporters, were discussing the case.' "v.- . . ' ' - - -I ."Well, t hop we won't be around if she does any shooting," said one of the reporters with a laugh. "Don't worry about It," said his f 1 low. "She Isn't after- common stock." "No," chimed the lawyer, "this 1 1 a case ot Steele Preferred." Bust, i Record. i., .