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Show WORLD. VOL. VI. AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, RALPHS TEMPTATION. To bars fl,000 a year, and spend or leu, means a probable competence for the future; to have 81,000, and pend 11,000, means no present dishonesty, but probable future distress; to hare 81,000 and spend 81.200 or more, means Just such temptation as the one which came to Ralph Lambert on a certain day In July, IS. He and Mariana had not begun right, when at the time of their marriage they had bought a 810,000 house with the 82,000 which belonged to her, leaving an 88,000 mortgage, the Interest of which must be paid twice a year. They had hoped, In the beginning, to reduce the mortgage gradually, but how could that be done, when the needs of the household required more than 's every dollar of the salary? A smaller house in a leu stylish J800 bread-winner- neighborhood would have made them much happier In the end, for the struggle to make both ends meet would then have been entirely unneoesury. Mariana was at first kept In Ignorance of the fact that their bills were not all paid promptly. She then made a brave effort to economise, hut Ralph could not bear to see her without all the comforts to which she wu accustomed, and did not heartily second her efforts. Being of a sanguine disposition, he thought that In time there would be some way out of their difficulties, and that everything would be paid. But on the day we speak of, a crisis seemed to have come In their affairs; something must be done or their pretty home must go. Notice had bun received some weeks before, from the Trust Company holding their mortgage, and Ralph knew that the 8200 Interest must be raised within a certain time. At present, he only had 8100 at his command, and part of that would have to go towards household expenses. He had tried lo borrow from ume of his friends, but they all seemed to be as poor as himself. Once or twice his uncle, the president of the bank In which he was employed, had helped him out, but It rewas always with a more for than money spending proof was warranted by his Income. Then a thought occurred to Ralph. Why could he not borrow from the hank? It was a rich and soulless corporation, and no one would suffer for the act It would only need the careful alteration of one or two figures In his bookp, and there would be no chance to discover any discrepancy until long after the money had been replaced. The thought came again and again, as he walked towards home that afternoon. The most plausible arguments on the difference between borrowing and stealing tried to Insinuate themselves Into his mind. His wife was not usually very demonstrative, but to his surprise, she met him at the door and threw her arms around him. Oh!" she exclaimed, as they went In together, "I am so glad you have come, and so Inexpressibly glad that I married you Instead of Miles Rush-ton- ." half-year- ly well-merit- ed "So am I, but what makes you go back to those old days?" "Havent you seen this morning's paper? He has been arrested in Vernon for defalcation. You know, hes been cashier of the bank there for years. This has been going on for some time; first, very small sums, and, afterwards, Increasing. He only Intended to borrow at first, but, you know, that Is what nearly all defaulters say." Ralph was quiet and very pale. His wife saw that he was more affected by the news than she had anticipated. She ran for some water, and soon returned, saying: "Ralph, Id rather live In two rooms knowing that you were honest, than in a palace with anyone capable of a dishonest act like that" Oh! Mariana, do you really mean that?" exclaimed Ralph, and In a moment be found himself unburdening his heart to her. She was shocked at first to find that even he, whom she considered the soul of honor, should have been assailed by such a temptation; hut the feeling was succeeded by one of supreme thankfulness that the thought had not been carried out "And If the choice lies between that and having the home sold over our heads, do you mean to say that you would choose the last?" asked Ralph. a question!" answered "Without MirUna, fervently clasping her bus bands band. There was a courage about her which ould not but communicate Itself to him. Then a thought struck him; perhaps she did not know the worst, and there could be no better moment than the present one of high resolve, to communicate It to her. "You know at a forced sale a house rarely. If ever, brings anything like Its value. Your two thousand would have to go." "Better that than your honor or mine," she answered firmly. "Perhaps It might be better In the end after all, for If we were In a smaller, less stylish house, we might live within our Income, and you have no Idea how the thought of debt weighs upon me." Ralph remembered that his wife had more than once proposed to sell the house and move Into a smaller one, but he would not listen to her. Would that be had done so before the necessity for selling had become imperative. I cannot help feeling that Qod has saved us from something far, far worse than poverty, and I am sure that if we tty to do right and ask His help, that He will help us." And they did ask Him, and new courage seemed to be given to both for all that might He before them. Ralph promised that If In any honest manner the house oould be saved from a forced sale, he would take immediate steps to dispose of It In a way that would Involve lees loss. They would then begin life over again in a smaller house, better suited to their Income, and with the firm resolve to let "pay as we go," be their financial motto. His uncle was taken once more into the young mans confidence, and to Ralphs own surprise, the whole story was told to him. It was like a leaden weight removed when his uncle grasped his hand with more cordiality than was wont, saying: "Thank God, Ralph, that He saved you from that first downward step; and that you and Mariana have been brought to see the folly of living a little beyond your Income, Instead of a little within It" Being convinced of his nephews Intention to alter his style of living as soon as possible, he prevented the forced sale of the house, and assisted In disposing of it. A new home with a very small Incumbrance upon It, was exchanged for the old one. The freedom from anxiety about endless debts, fully compensated DISCOURAGING TIPS. English Railroad Officials Trying R Break Up tha Bract lea. It was stated recently by several officials of railway companies having termini In the metropolis that the question of the tipping of porters had been engaging the attention of the respective general managers, says the London Times. The subject was one which bristled with difficulties. Inasmuch as the traveling public encouraged, rather than discouraged, the practice. In the rules and regulations for the observance of the staff of each of the railway companies there was a clause specially directed to the question of the acceptance of tips, which provided that any servant detected receiving gratuities Of was liable to instant dismisany kind ' sal. Unfortunately, passengers were not aware of the existence of such a regulation or totally ignored tt. If the public would only report cases of Incivility on the part of porters on occasions when tips were not forthcoming, the railway companies would be In a position to deal more effectively with the question. The companies desired It to be known that the directors did not, as had been suggested by the men, take Into consideration the amount a porter was likely to receive in tips when fixing the wage of an employe. The wages paid to the men were commensurate with the services rendered to the companies. The managers were, of course, well aware that at many of the larger stations a porter could easily earn, in the nature of tips, on an average at least 1 per week. Taking Franck Leave. When the Chevalier de Grammont was on an extraordinary mission to the court of King Charles I. of England, the handsome but volatile young nobleman became engaged to a Miss Hamilton, one of the belles of the period. The flighty chevalier, however, grew tired of this attachment, and took advantage of an early recall to France to set out for Calais without taking leave of his betrothed.' The brother of the forlorn maid Anthony Hamilton, the famous author on. hearing of Grammonts treachery, started off in pursuit of the runaway, and overtook him at Dover, Just as he was about to set sail for France. "One word, Chev- -- 18!)!). NO. 8. MEN OF THE KLONDIKE MAGIO OP BRAIN 8UROBRY. THEY SELL THEIR WIVES FOR GOLD. Better Halve Cea Be Purchased or Traded Like Ordlaarj Cattle Some Startling New team the Land of the Yellow Metal. The Startling reports regarding the extent of the traffic of the Klondike country is the sensation of Vancouver. That a man can get a wife-selli- ng wife for fifty blankbuxom, dark-eye- d ets would seem a sort of fairy story were not the facts so serious. Robert Stead Dun, a graduate of Harvard, and formerly editor of the Harvard Monthly, has JuBt returned to civilization after a trip by the Edmonton overland trail to the Klondike. It was here at Fort Graham that Mr. Dun discovered the polygamous trafficking In young women. He found that nearly all the clerks and employes had no difficulty In buying wives. And they bought them. Sparkling Eyes, a noted Indian belle and the daughter of a prominent chief, was considered the prize of the Northwest From far and near came offers for her hand. Ponies, guns, trinkets, brass watches, yards of tin foil and bales of copper wire were offered for a quit claim deed to the maidens heart But the grim old warrior was not to be caught by any ordinary purchaser. He wanted something besides personal property. Ho was ambitious for a family alliance with Borne man of social standing and Influence In the community. Thus It was that when Factor Fox, a big medicine man, a superintendent of white faced employes, made overtures, with due ceremony and elaborate array of technicalities. Involving the highest etiquette of the land, the d chieftain Immediately became an eager party to the negotiations. Then Factor Fox took the girl to his cabin, decked her out in beads and gorgeous trappings, with yellow handkerchiefs for her head, purple scarfs for her neck, resplendent brass rings for her ears and fingers and a peck of flashy pins for other features of her adornment She modestly appreciated her exalted position In the new life, and although she did not seek to ostentatiously queen It over the employes of the factory, yet she had an air of authority and that won her the respect of the boys of the settlement The old Indian chief must have picked up some new points from the whites, for when he found that his daughter was a Jewel of a wife, about the finest thing on Ice in the West, he demanded a codicil to be Inserted In the deed. He struck for more blankets. If Factor Fox had no blankets to spare the chief would take dogs, brass watches or money, but he preferred guns if he could get them. Mr. Fox refused to be blackmailed. It should be explained that the copper-colorfather had threatened to give a low whistle from the parapet of the fort that the girl would understand and she would run away. But the factor had treated her too well and she knew a good thing when she had 1L She refused to leave home; she said he liked the white mans tents and his children, and for the first time during her painted career she had found domestic happiness. The old chief was furious and made wild threats of vengeance. But the girl was true to her last love. When she looked Into the big warehouses snd saw great boxes of brass watches and barrels of copper beads, crates of hardtack and best of all. several barrels of forty-ro- d whisky, she remarked to her oldest White daddy, heap good. stepson: The boy gave an Indian grunt, acquired only after long practice, and his father was the best man he had ever known. The wife then sent a clerk to warn her father to keep away from the fort until he could behave himself. flfteen-hundred-ml- le copper-colore- big-head- ed on ed "THANK GOD, RALPH, THAT HE &AVED YOU." alier," said Hamilton to the French man; "la there nothing you have forgotten to dor Yielding to a generous impulse, the Chevalier turned back. "Pardon me, he replied; "I forgot to Lotterla aod Ohirm. marry your sister." Grammont returned to London, married Miss HamIn the Prussian Budget for 1898 ocFrom lot ilton, and took her to France. This In- curs this curious Item: about Tba Small! lalaod la tha World. marks 82,000,000 teries, cident gave rise to the expression, Rockall Is, perhaps, the smallest of our money. These lotteries French leave." "taking are conducted under the direct sancIsland in the world. It Is situated In tion of the state and are managed as the Atlantic over 00 miles west of 60 CMt-Chonestly as any game of chance can The One. Scotland, and Is a mere rock about be. The Italian lotteries yield 815,000,-00- 0 25 and feet Her voice is like the ripple round, arising feet high a year revenue; those of Denmark, Of a sparkling little rill. from a reef of sand. The rock Is basalt about 8250,000; of Holland, 8250,000; of And the glances from beneath her and granite, very magnetic. It Is s, mackerel and the Portugal, 8L825.000. Lashes haunted by give me many a thrill; of the surrounding seas are very fins. But, alas. Ive got to lose her The average number of horses killI am sad and she Is glad Of course. It was never inhabited, and ed In Spanish bull fights every year Ive been talking with her lover. is very seldom visited, owing to the exceeds 5,000, while from 1,000 to 1,200 And Im nothing but her dad. difficulty of landing on it. bulla are sacrificed. for the change of home and neighborhood. Many of their old acquaintances ceased to remember their existence, but the Joy of a contented mind was theirs, and the assurance that Gods blessing rested upon their home. ff sea-bird- N Knlfa LI Bop for tha If -tally Cnsoaad. A Washington dispatch states that among the recent visitors to that city Is a St. Louis surgeon who has made a special study of brain surgery and Is gathering material for a publication on that Interesting subject, which, almost more than any other except abdominal surgery, shows the progress of the past half century or less. "The type of all cases of pressure from fracture of the skull," he declared, "Is that of the man who was kicked by a horse. As the animal raised Its leg the man shouted Whoa, but was d struck on the bead by the hoof before he could complete his sentence. He remained unconscious for three days. When an opening was made In the skull, the Inner table was found to be depressed and pressing on the brain. The instant this was raised, consciousness returned and he completed the cry which he began three the animals days before Molly! name. Where his mind, soul, spirit, vital spark, or whatever presides over consciousness was during all that time Is a mystery that stumps the philosopher. It Is astonishing that Robert Louis Stevenson and other literary men have been able to describe so well some forms of Insanity resulting either from a clot effused In the brain or from Injury to the head. In the case of Mr. Henry, In the Master of Ballantrae, he has given an accurate picture of the progressive Insanity following an effusion that results from a paroxsym of anger. A particularly straight-mindeand considerate man, alIs ways temperate and transformed Into an Inebriate and a repulsive object whose most Intimate friends have to recall with an effort his earlier qualities In order to tolerate his presence. Stevenson has been hideously true to the record in depicting this once admirable character, changed almost to a monster by the smallest clot of blood escaped from Its channel in the minute vessels of the brain. It Is appalling to think on what a slender thread hangs our sanity, our affability, and even our affections. Of course, Shakespeare remains supreme In his portraiture of one form of Insanity. He was far In advance of the medical knowledge of his time. No modern alienist has ever presented Hamlets type of mental disorder so accurately. So exact and comprehensive Is this product of the Insight of genius that MaudBley prefers it to any other as the basis of a study prefers It to Esqulr-ol- s record of actual cases of lunacy In the Paris hospital for the Insane. The war has brought to the public attention about all that Is to be said of the safety of modern surgery the freedom from the formerly fatal sequences of the knife. A sceptic or antiseptic surgery, the prevention of poisoning by specific germs, makes It possible to open the abdominal cavity and the skull with nothing like the former danger. This danger was never from the cutting away of the tissues, but from the shock and the poisoning that so often followed the operation. It Is now possible to cut away a cancerous part of the stomach to take out sections of the Intestines or tie up any number of perforations such as a gunshot makes, to remove the spleen and parts of the kidneys, and to cut out sections of the brain, with a fair chance to recovery and the perfect cure of disease. There Is not unreasonable hope that surgery may effect the cure of germ disease for the successful treatment of which no toxin has yet been obtained. A couple of years ago Dr. Marks of the 8t. Louis City hospital made experiments that led him to believe Asiatic cholera can be cured by the surgeon, even in the stage of collapse. His Idea Is to open the abdominal cavity and flood the Intestines with an antiseptic solution capable of destroying the baccllll without Injury to the patient The discovery that bacteria are the cause of many diseases and especially those that are responsible for the greatest mortality has been of no benefit to the physician. It has been highly valuable to the sanitarian, who can more easily prevent Infection, but there Is nothing the physician can do to check the development and fatal activity of germs, except In the case of diphtheria. In all others he Is forced to continue the process of drugging that was based on another theory of the etiology of disease. In thm Iron-sho- d, level-head- ed self-contain- Suitor Your daughter, sir, is the light of my existence. Her Father thats it, eh? Ive often wondered how you could ever see her, with the gas tuned so low. Oh, |