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jj Secret of ft? Plundered Sfef C 7 EMILK GABOXIAU l CIIA1TEH XXL Continued.) But la tht middle of tht night all tht aymptoms suddenly changed for Ibt worst. Tht psla la tht hd wss sue remltd bjr fsarful oppression, and tht Irk man thua Buffered torturt trying to get hla breath; daybreak fonnd him till tossing restlessly (nim pillow to pillow. When tha doctor rania early in tht mornlnjf ha appeared very much aurprla d at thla rhangt for tha won. Ha In quired It the had not adoilnlatered an oteraoaa of morphine. Manual anld that ha had put tha bllater on hla master, and tht dortor'a dlractloua had been accu rately followed. Tht doctor, after harlnc examined Menoul. and found hla breathing heavy and Irregular, prescribed a heavy doae of eulphata of quinine; ha then retired, aaylng ht would return tha next day. nut Menoul grew no better. In aplte of tha moat careful nuralng hla symn toma changed, but ahowad no improvt nient Each attack was mora violent than tht preceding. On tha fourteenth day of hla Itlneaa, after lying In etnpor for arveral noun, at revived aufflclently to make Louie promUe to carry on tha Ironworka, em braced him for tha laat time, and aunk back on hla pillow In a dying atata. Now, Louis waa In reality a million aire. Two weeka later, having made rangementa with tha englueer In hargt of tht Iron worka to attend to everything during hla absence, ha took tie acat In tha tralu.for Tarla. Ha bad ent tha following telegram to Raoul tha night prevloua: "I will aaa you to-morrow." CHATTER XXII. Although now Immemely rich, M. da Clamtran revolved to make no change In hla atyla of living, but returned ta hla partmenta at tha Hotel du Louvre. Loula' dream, tha height of hla ambition, was to bt ranked among tba great man ufacturers of Franca. Ha waa prouder of being railed "Iron-founder" than of Ida marqulsatt. Loula now thlrated for tha homage of the world. All tha badly digested humlllatlona of the past weigh d upon him. Ha had suffered ao much contempt and acorn from hla fellow men that ht burned to avenge himself. Af ter a disgraceful youth ha longed to llva a reapected and honored old age. Tba flrat Interview between tha aci-om-lllcea took place at tha Hotel du Louvre, llaoul, having a practical turn of mind, eild ht thought tbey both ought to bt contented with tht reault already obtain ed, and that It would be folly to try and grasp anything mora.' "What mora do wt want?" ha aaked lila uncle. "We now poeaeaa over a mill ion; let ua divide It, and keep quiet Wa "had better be aatlafled with our good luck, and not tempt Providence." But thla moderation did not ault Loula. "I am rich," ht replied, "but I dealrt more than wealth. I am determined to marry Madeleine; I awear alia ahall be my wife! In the flint place, I mndly love her; and then, aa the nephew of tht moat eminent banker In 1'aria, I at once gain high poaitlon and public considera tion." "I tell you, uncle, your courtahlp will Involve yon in great risks." "I don't care If It doe. I chooae to run them. My Intention la to share my fortune with you; but I will not do ao till the day after my wedding. Modt lelne'a fortune will then be youra." "You don't seem to anticipate any -difficulty In carrying out your wishes," lie said, discontentedly; "how are you to account for your auddenly acquired fortune V" "Tht banker, hla wife and Madeleine must bt Informed that Menoul of Oloton wished to leave hla fortune to our fam ily. Five days hence I will call on M. Fnuvel, and confirm the notification sent lilm by my notary at Oloron that the money deposited In the bank now be longs to me. I will ask him to keep the money until I call for It, aa I have no occasion for It at present You, who are so distrustful, my good nephew, may regard this deposit aa a guarantee of my sincerity." "We will talk of that another time, do on." "Then I will go to Mme. Fauvel and any: 'Being very poor, my denr madam, necessity compelled me to claim our assistance In the aupport of my brother's eon, who la also yours. Thla youth la worthless and extravagant.'" "Thanks, my good uncle." "He hae poisoned your life wheu he should have added to your happiness. He la a constant anxiety and sorrow to your maternal heart I have come to offer my regrets for your past trouble and to assure you that you will have no an noyance In the future. I am now rich, and henceforth take the whole responsl " blllty of Raoul upon myself. I will pro Tide handsomely for him. " "Is that what you call a scheme?" "Yon will see whether It la or not After listening to this speech, Madame Fauvel will feel Inclined to throw herself In my arms by way of expressing her gratitude and joy. She will refrain, however, on account of her niece. She will ask me to relinquish my claim ou Madeleine's hand, now that I am rich. I will roundly tell her, No. She has been promised to me, and I must Insist npon thla one article of our agreement This must be the price of my silence. And, to prove that I am not Influenced by fortune, I give you my sacred promise that the day after the wedding I will aettle on Raoul twenty-five thousand per annum.' " Louis expressed himself with such convincing candor that Raol, an artist In knavery, waa charmed and astonished. "Beautifully done," he cried, clapping his hands with glee. "That last sen tence will create a chasm between Mad ame Fauvel and her niece. The promise of a fortune for me will certainly bring my mother over to our side." "I hope so," said Louis, with pre tended modesty. , "But remember you must scorn to receive any assistance from me. You must declare that you will brave all privations, want famine even, rather than accept a sou from a bnst man whom you hate and despise. But you know exactly what you are to aay. I can rely upon you for good act ing." "No one can surpass ma when I am In terested In my part" "But thla disinterestedness need not prevent you from resuming your dissipa tions . Yon must gamble, bet and lost mort money than you tver did before. You must Increase your demands, and aay that you must bavt mouey at all cost You teed not account to ma for any money you can extort from her." "I can promise you, no time ahall bt wasted." "Now listen to. what you art to do, Raoul. Before tht tnd of three montha you must hava exhausted tht resources of these two women. You must force from them every franc they can raise, ao that tbey will bt wholly unable to pro curt money to supply your Increasing de mands. In three montha I must find them penniless, absolutely ruined, with out even a Jewel left." Raoul waa startled at tht passionate vindictive tone of Louis' volet aa ht uttered these last words. "Tht day on which you lead Mme. Fauvel and her niece to tht extreme of tht precipice, pointed out Ita dark depths, and convinced them that they art Irre trievably lost, I ahall appear, and res cue them. Why, It will bt tht crowning scene of our drama. I will play my part with auch grandeur, auch lofty mag nanimity, that Madeleine will bt touch ed, will forget her past enmity, and re gard me with favorable eyes. When she find that It la her aweet aelf. and not her money, that I want, she will soften. No true woman can bt Indifferent to a grand passion. I don't pretend to aay that aha will love me at first; but, if sht will only consent to bt mint, I ask for nothing more." Raoul waa shocked at rhla cold-blooded perversity of hla uncle, but Clameran showed bla immense superiority In wick edness, and the apprentice admired tht master. "You would certainly succeed, uncle," ht said, "were It not for tha cashier. Between you and Madeleine, Prosper will always atand; If not In person, cer tainly In memory." "I don't mind Prosper or attach any Importance to him." "But ahe loves hlra." "So much the worse for him. Six months hence ahe will dispise him. He la already morally ruined, and at the proper time I will make an end of him socially. With your aid I will ao rover him with disgrace and Infamy that Mad eleine will drive every thought of him from her mind, and her love will turn to hate." Loula' tone of rage and vengeance startled Raoul and made him regard the affair In a worse light than ever. "You have given me a dastardly role to pluy," he said, after a long pnune. "Still, I have never been rich enough to be honest, but I must aay it goes hard with me to torture two defenseless, frightened women and ruin the character of a poor fellow who regards me as hla hist friend. It la a low bnsluess." "You are the most absurd, ridiculous fool I ever met," cried Louis. "An op portunity occurs for ns to make an Im mense fortune. All we have to do is to atretch out our hands and take it, when you must needs prove refractory, like a whimpering baby. I suppose you prefer theft on a small scale, stealing by drib lets. And where will your system lead youT To the almshouse or the police station. You prefer living from hand to mouth, supported by Mme. Fauvel, hav ing small aums doled out to you to pay your little gambling debts." "I am neither ambitious nor cruel." "And auppose Mme. Fauvel dies to morrow. What will become of you 7 Will you go cringing up to the widower and Implore higa to continue your allow ance?" "Enough aald," cried Raoul, angrily Interrupting his uncle. "I uever had an Idea of retreating. Thla arrangement aulta me very well." Finally, after long debate and much recrimination the matter was arranged, and they shook hands before seporaf lng. This waa the cruel scheme. How It was executed to the final point' of forc ing Mme. Fauvel to assist Raoul iu rob bing her own husband's safe we have seen. CHAPTER XXIII. Reaching Paris at 0 o'clock In the evening, not by the Lyona road, aa he had aald, but by the Orleans train, M. Verduret hurried up to the Archangel, where he found the cashier Impatiently awaiting him. "You are about to hear some rich de velopments," he said to Prosper, "aud see how far back into the past one has to seek for the primary cause of a crime. All things are linked together and de pendent upon each other in thla world of oura. Valentine de la Verberle la pun ished In 1800 for the secrets of 1840. Nothing la neglected or forgotten, when stem retribution asserts ' her away. Listen." As Prosper listened to the narrative of events happening twenty years back It sounded more like romance than a statement of plain facts. AH these in genious explanations might be logical, but what foundation uid they possess? Might they not be the dreams of an ex cited Imagination? M. Verduret did not finish his report until 4 o'clock In tht morning; then he cried with an, accent of triumph: "And now they are on their guard, and sharp, wary rascals, too; but they won't escape me. Before a week Is over, Pros per, you will be publicly exonerated and will come out of this scrape with flying colors. I have promised your father you shall. And now what have you been doing during my absence? Have you heard any news?" At this question Prosper,, turned crim son. But he knew that It would never do to keep silent about his imprudent step. , "Alas!" he stammered, "I read in a newspaper that Clameran was about to marry Madeleine,- and I acted liLt a fool." "What did you do?" inquired Verdu ret, anxiously. "1 wrote aa anoayaoas Utter to U. rauveL" IS. Verdant here brought hla clinched fist down upon tht littit table near by, with auch violence that tit thla plank waa shivered. Hla cheerful fact In an Lusts ut clouded over. "rt'bat folly r ht exclaimed, "how could you go and raia everything T Ht arose from hla seat and strode up and down tht room, oblivious of tht tenanta below, whose windows shook with every sngry stamp of bis foot "It was night, monsieur." ht hesitat ingly said, "and having a violent head ache I took a walk along tha quay, thinking there was no risk In my enter ing a cafe; there I picked up a paper and read the dreadful announcement" ' "Did you not promise to trust every thing to mef "You were absent monsieur, and you yourself might have been surprised by an unexpected". "Only foola art ever surprised Into committing a piece of folly," cried M. Verduret Impatiently. "To write an anonymous letter! Do you know to what you expose me? Breaking a sacred promise madt to ont of tht few persons whom I highly esteem among cy fellow beings. I shall bt looked upon aa a liar, a cheat I who" He abruptly atopped, aa If afraid to trust himself to speak further; after calming down a little bo turned to Pros per and said: "The beat thing wt can do la to try and repair tbt harm you bavt dont." As M. Verduret bad anticipated. Troo per's letter bad a terrible effect upon M. FanveL It waa a terrible blow to a man whose life hitherto had been an un broken chain of prosperity, who could recall the past without one bitter regret, without rememWring any sorrow deep enough to bring forth a tear. What! bla wife deceive biml Aud among all men, to choose one vile enough to rob her of ber Jewels, and force her to be hla accomplice In tht ruin of an Innocent young man! After a long and painful meditation the banker finally decided to wait and watch hla wife. There waa ont simple means of ascer taining whether the diamonds had been pawned. If the lettjr lied In thla In stance he would treat It with the acorn it deserved. If, on the other hand, It ahould prove to be true! Hurrying Into Madame Fauvel'a room In her absence, ht opened tht door of tbt chiffonier, where sht kept her Jewels. The last dosen or more leather and velvet boxes, containing superb acts of Jewelry which he had presented Jo her, were gone! Twelve boxes remained. Ha nervously opened them. They were all empty. Tht anonymous letter had told tht truth! Nothing but death could wipe out aa Injury of thla nature. But the very bit terness of his resentment enabled him to restrain himself until the time for pun ishment came. With grim satisfaction he promised himself that hla acting would bo as successful aa theirs. The next day he reaped the fruit of his pmdeuce. Among the letters which his valet brought him at noon was ona bearing the postmark of Vesinet Ha carefully opened the envelope and read: "Dear Aunt It Is imperatively neces sary for me to see you to-day; so do not fall to come to Vesinet I will ex plain why I give you this trouble, In stead of calling at your house. "RAOUL." "I hsve them now!" cried M. Fauvel, trembling with satisfaction at the uear prospect of reugeance. .Eager to lose no time, he opened a drawer, took out a revolver and exam ined the hammer to see if it worked easily. He Imagined himself alone, but a vig ilant eye waa watching his movements. Gypsy, who had been instructed by M. Verduret, stationed herself at the key hole of the atudy door, and aaw all that occurred. M. Fauvel laid the pistol on the man telpiece, and nervously resealed the let ter, which he then took to the box where the letters were usually left not wishing any on to know that Raoul'a letter had passed through his hands. He was only absent two minutes, but, inspired by the Imminence of the danger, Gypsy darted into the study aud rapidly extracted the balls from the revolver. "Thank heaven!" she murmured; "this peril is averted, and M. Verduret will now perhaps have time to prevent a mur der. I must send Cavaillon to tell him." She hurried into the bank, and sent the clerk with a message, telling him to leave It with Mme. Alexander, if M. Verduret had left the hotel. (To be continued.) Origin of the Monetary Names. "There has been a scarcity of small change of late," Bald C. M. Binghara ton, for 40 years with the United States Treasury Department. "All sorts of reasons are assigned to ex plain this condition, but, whatever the excuse, It Is vexatious. However, It Is not so bad now in the way of ex changes as It was In the olden times. "The early Italians used cattle In stead of coin. A person would some times send for change for a 1,000-pound bullock, when he would receive a 25 pound sheep, or, perhaps, if he wanted very email change, there would be a few lambs sent back. The inconven ience of keeping a flock of sheep at one's banker's led to the Introduction of bullion. "Feople often wonder where certain monetary names came from. I'll tell a few of them. "Formerly every gold watch weigh ed so many 'carats,' from which It be came usual to call a sliver watch a 'turnip.' " '"Troy weight' Is derived from the extremely heavy responsibility which the Trojans were under to their cred itors. "The Romans were In the habit of tossing up their coins In the presence of their legions, and if a piece of money went higher than the top of the ensign's flag it was pronounced to be 'above the standard.'" Louisville Herald. . . Long Drawn Out. Wife Did you notice how full of bis subject our pastor was this morn ing? Husband Tea; and I also noticed how slow he waa In emptying; himself of It. M is.. mm mm A Modern Balnt. "I think If I were In ber place I should want to be told," aald the vole f the old doctor. "But she Is so young!" replied her mother, and her voice broke Into a sob. "Yes, she Is young." said the doctor, "but she has character, and I think; the truth will help her to adapt herself to her life. She will get well the faster for being told the truth. Bad as it Is, It iKirt the worst" So the wise doctor's advice was tak en, ami the 14 yenr-old girl was told that ehe would recover from the ter rible illness, but that when she went from her sick room It would be with ber pretty, girlish Azure twisted into the UKly form of the humpbacked woman. Could she bear it? At first it seemed a doubtful battle. The little hualid was silent for hours at a time. The tears came often, and her depression of spirit reacted un favorably on her frail body. But there came a day when the girl's whole nature gathered Itself to meet the Inevitable. From that time there were no tears, no complaints, no apparent thought of herself. She ab sorbed herself In others. Her room became the center of the whole house. The children brought their Joys and their sorrows to her. There was al ways cheer and to spare. Years went by, and at school and college the humpbacked girl made many friends. When' she came to be a teacher, no room In the great public school was so popular as hers. The number of girls who "took a fresh start" under her Influence" was legion. There seemed to be no limit to her ac tivity and her interest Although her strength was often taxed to the ut most her enthusiasm never flagged. She had the true missionary spirit Wherever outside her own small cir cle there was a soul that needed light and guidance whether it was In the slums of her city, In a mmlng town In Arizona, or in the heart of China there the warmth of her nature reach ed put to that soul and gave help. She died at home at the age of fifty. The city had never seen such a fu neral. There was no display of flow ers or of music, but the great church was thronged to the street with friends who mourned her. and for whom the world would be forever a better place that she had lived in it It was a tri umphant funeral as If for a connupr- ing hero. Who should say that she was not one. The battle had been set In the srirl s sick room, when she was first told the terrible truth. It Lad been waged year after year. If there was ever defeat. It was covered by a new victory be fore It was known. No crusader was ever more loyal. No nilssionarv waa ever more self-forgetting. Youth's Companion. India. Most eloquently and pathetlcallv do these, figures set forth the intellectual and spiritual needs of India, contain ing one-fifth of all the earth's inhab itants: Forces of darkness: 30 centuries of Hinduism.' 288,000,000 population. 240.000,000 unable to read or write. 40,000,000 women secluded in ze nanas. 27,000,000 widows. 6,000,000 under 14. 2,500,000 wives under 10. 250,000 widows under 14. 14,000 widows under 4. 50,000,000 outcasts (pariahs). Forces of light: 100 years of Protestant Christianity. 50 years of enlightened British rule. 25,000 miles of railroad. 25,000 miles of Irrigating canals. 50,000 miles of macadamized roadl 63,000 miles of telegraph. 5,000.000 students in 150,000 schools. 80,000 university students. 122 hospitals. 104 dispensaries. 184 physicians, 65 leper asylums. 4 translations of the Bible. - 18,000 Protestant missionaries. 391 branches of Y. M. C. A. and T. W. C. A. 397 societies of Christian Endeavor. 2,923,349 Christians, Protestant and Catholic. Reformed Church Record. Courage. The greater part of the courage that is needed in the world is not of a he roic kind. Courage may be displayed in everyday life as well as on historic fields of action. The common need is for courage to be honest, courage to re sist temptation, courage to speak the truth, courage to be what we really are, and not to pretend to be what we are not, courage to live honestly with in our means, and not dishonestly upon the means of others. , No Christ, or No Home. In the city of Kuang-uen, Sl-chuen, which is said to be a specially idolat rous city, a woman recently burned all her Idols and her ancestral tablet 4 m wan t tht grave of her deceased husband, ! who during his lifetime forbade her destroying tht Idols. When sht be came released from his yoke ahe em braced her earllert opportunity of giv ing effect to her long cherished desire. The position of women in China being what It Is, It la not often easy for them to follow th'elr convictions when tbey are out of harmony with those) of their husbands. When the ques tion of believing the gospel Is Involved, It n frequently a choice between home and religion. China's Millions. Io Not Fret. Let us not live fretful lives. God will never stretch the line of our duty beyond tht measure of our strength. We ought to live with the grace of the flowers, with the Joy of the birds, with the freedom of wind and love. Without question this is God's ideal of human life. We are expected to do no more than we can do with the time granted us, with the tools, the material, and the opportunity at our disposal. We serve no Egyptian task inn ster who watches to double the tale of bricks, but a generous Lord who waits to make our duty our delight Rev. William L. Watklnson. Open tht Door. You close your doors and brood over your own miseries and the wrongs people have done you; whereas, if you would but open those doors, you might come out Into the light of God's truth, and see that His heart Is as clear as sunlight toward you. If you would let lilm teach you, you would find your perplexities melt away like the snow in the spring till you could hard ly believe you ever felt them. George Macdonald. 1RAVEL8 OF A GRAPHOPHONE. Invention Will No Doubt Shortly Bo Fonnd in Deaert of Sahara. Nothing so marks the advance of civilization as the grapbophone, esteemed by some persons as instru ment of torture, and by others the greatest of modern blessings to hu manity. Go Into the most remote sub urban places, and there, as soon as you step from the train, you will hear from a bumble cottage near at hand the strains of "Marching Through Georgia" by a full brass band and the grapbophone. Visit the bouses of the extreme poor, and upon their center tables, in the place the red plush album used to occupy, there will be seen a talking machine covered with a cloth. Its little pile of records beside it waiting for Sunday to come, so that it may please the indolent with its tones, comfort the weary and soothe the ill. Word has not lately been received from any traveler, who has gone to that continuous wood where roils the Oregon and hears no sound save its own dashing, but when it Is, It is quite certain that he will report that the Oregon Is now being regaled with "Hiawatha" as sung by somebody in some music ball and given by such and such a grapbophone company. The unhappy city dweller who lives near an apartment house not only has one talking machine to sooth his slum bers he has a dozen and, what adds to the interest, each one plays a dif ferent air at exactly the same time. Medleys are popular In these days, but sometimes it is reported these are too medleylsh. It is a curious thing, but true, that Sunday Is the day usually selected by the owners of the graphophone and its variations as being particularly suit able for concerts, and so the old hymns are sandwiched between coon songs and two-steps as a sop" to the proprieties, and no one except the neighbors across the way who don't like graphopbones seems to see any thing inconsistent In it It is certainly not too much to say that the various types of talking ma chines have penetrated to spots the sewing machine has never gone. They have covered an area that the auto mobile can never hope to cover; they have. If one may so express it, gone hand and hand with the potato-masher and the end, alas! Is not yet. If one wishes to escape this invention, after awhile he will have to betake himself to the Desert of Sahara, and even there, no doubt, he will find an Arab sheik sitting on top of a camel listening to "Way Down on the Suwa nee River," and trying to think he Bees an oasis In the dim distance. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Very Strange. The corn has ears and cannot hear, Potatoes", eyes, but cannot see; Which state of things is rather queer, Or that's the way it seems to me. The melon has a tender heart, But still he does not love, they say; The onion's skin will never smart, Although it has been built that way. The bamboo always sports a cane; The oak has limbs, but never walks; The willow never weeps, 'tis plain; How strange the tulip pever talks. The pickle has no hands, but still Has warts to spare, I understand. The trumpet flower must think it ill; She cannot join a circus band. The barley has a beard, and yet A barber shop he never seeks, And here I say it with regret No kisses press the apple's cheeks. The blades of grass I do not fear; The rubber plant can never see. Which state of things Is rather queer, Or, that's the way it seems to me. Chicago Chronicle. She I can tell a person's sense of - 1 V, V, t . AT- numor uy me buoc ui juis wvuui; can you? He No; I usually tell by the sound. -Detroit Free Press. A woman's shoe Is usually large foi ita site. fail Bow-Lega, This Is one of the commonest of de formities in childhood, and Is by n means rare in later life. It seldom begins after the age of six or eight years, although older youths may ac quire a greater or less bow of tht legs from excessive horseback exercise, and, a fracture of one or both legs or dis ease of the knee-joint may result in the deformity. A baby may be bora with bow-legs, as It may be born with clubfeet, but the trouble Is seldom no ticed until the child begins to walk. Then, If the bones are soft as a conse quence of rickets, the weight of tha body causes the legs to bend, and at the same time the ligaments on tha outer side of the knees usually yield. Increasing the outward bow. Tberels ordinarily no pain connect ed with bow-legs, although sometimes, when the knee-ligaments are very lax. there may be a little soreness or acha In these joints. It Is a pity perhapa that there is no pain, for If there wera greater attention would be paid to the treatment, and there would bo fewer bow-legged persons In the world. There is a current popular belief that a child will grow out of hla bow logs, and for that reason treatment la often neglected, to the little patlent'a detriment It is true that there is a natural tendency to spontaneous straightening of bowed legs, but tho tendency la frequently thwarted by the weight of the child. It Is better, therefore, never to depend upon na ture's healing efforts, but to assist these and accelerate them by properly conducted manipulations, which aro made Just as one would straighten a bent stick. The mother should carry them out under the doctor's Instruc tions at regular hours three or four times a day. The child ought also to wear properly fitted braces to support the legs, and especially the knees, while it stands and runs about In neglected cases In adults, when the bones are set, an operation is the only remedy. The operation consists in forcibly breaking the bones, or in dividing them with a chisel, and then keeping them In splints until they hava Bet in a straight position. But thla operation Is an avoidable misfortune, happily, If the case is conscientious ly taken in hand early in life and un der the supervision of the physician. Youth's Companion. THE NEW COMMANDER OF ME SALVATION ARMY. From a bare-headed lass who, with her aweet voice and tambourine, led street meetings in the slums of Lon don to the leadership of the Salvation Army In this country is the story which a few weeks will see completed In the career of Eva Booth. Before the month Is ended it is expected that KISS EVA BOOTH. Mlsa Booth will have arrived from Canada, where she Is commander ot the Canadian division, to assume the leadership of the, American division. Her brother-in-law, Commander Booth Tucker, who Is now the head of the army In this country, has been bo de pressed since the death of his wife in a railroad accident a short time ago that the work of leading the Salvation ists has proved a load which he la unable to bear to his own satisfaction. With the appointment of Eva Booth to fill the position comes the culmina tion of years of hard work In the ranks of the Salvation Army. Acting on the Hint. "Mine is a fashionable congrega tion," whispered the young minister as they entered the pulpit, "and I hope you will not use any er vul gar or plebeian terms to-day." "I'll try not to," replied the old-faab-loned preacher, humbly. And, turning to the assemblage, he stated: "My friends, we will begin, services by singing, 'I love to embez zle awhile away!'" Houston Chron icle. ' Statues for California. California's space in Statuary Hall, Washington, has not been filled, but, at the suggestion of United States Sen ator Perkins, the pioneer women of the State are going to take the matter up and decide whose statues are most worthy for niches in the hall of, fame. It la difficult for some widows to keep up a sorrowful appearance long enough to collect the life insurance.