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( I jT Deed of OTIi ututl. I belltv." b said, "be ll for dissolving partnership to tak account. Let ut te what acu brought Into tb flrtu." "You begin," she answered. I brought fair iblllty, energy, ambi tion, a decent position, mean of com fortabl llf and ta unbleuiUhed natue. Kvwyon Mia I wasn't ' bad tort,' aud tuor than all, 1 brought deep, true, pa slouate lov." Said tbt woman: "I brought beau ty" her statement was pleudldly true "youth. plvyslcal purity to which you do not lay claim." U bowed, "l"er hapa little else, for It waa geucrou or you to marry the daughter of an undis charged bankrupt." "What have we got out of our mar tlager coutluued the bunUaud. ,"Lot uitt speak, or course the houeymoou waa a ralhire, Poets aud uovellst" be apoke bltterly-"tell wicked talse hood about honeymoons. They aie never wholly harpy, unless, perhaps when It'a the wire's aeooud honeymoon. After that, three month of exquisite, almost mad Joy, then four mouths of happiness, followed by three of eou touuueut, ending In year of gradually Increasing misery." "Of course the honeymoon was a fail ure," she auswered. "The next three mouths were happy, the following four not bad. the subsequent three ludlffer- ent, and the year was Intolerable, You got more out of the business thau 1, for you put more In. Alaa, I had not the wad loveWapltal, aud yet " "And yet," Interrupted the man, mis understanding, "you have wasted that capital, and the beautiful mad lovt has gone, and I, who oue would have died for you-more than that, wouid have lived disgracefully for you-am eouteut to dissolve partnership, willing that we ahould part as friends." . "Content J William?" she asked "Tell me, what do you regret most J" "I regret my bankruptcy," he said. "I began our partnership with what 1 thought a splendid, Inexhaustible fund of love. 1 lo,k back to moments of hap piness beyoud description, ami uow 1 am Insolveut In love. After all, 1 be lieve," he continued, with a pleasant, manly amlle. "I believe that It Is "bet ter to have loved and lost,' even If It be the love and uot the sweetheart that one baa lost. Io you regret ootblug? What clings to your mind?" She shook her bead. "Come, you should tell me. There, ou the table near you la the deed of disso lution, the separation deed-It hasn't even been engrossed on parchment, but is printed on paper. At the eud are two seals. We execute the dissolution deed by putting our augers on the seals. The partnership was executed with our lips. In a quarter of an hour, Mr. Haw kins, the lawyer, will be here to witness the execution. Tell me." She shook her bead agaln-ber splen did head, regular lu feature, delightful In complexion, crowned with gorgeous 'auburn balr, Illumined by deep, large, tlolet eyes. "You regret nothing?" With a sigh she answered: "1 regret . that you have cast your pearls before nv Iregret that I have misprised and jloat yur love; that t gave you Utile ;1B return. 1 regret that my very In lability to return your love truly has Ir s , 'Htated me by making me feel your - debtor; that feeling of Irritation has made you miserable and me miserable. "Ttoo." , "I did not use the word regret quite In that sense," be answered. "I meant la there nothing you look back to of " bappluessa that yet Uvea In your mem ory r She put down the fan that had flut tered in her tender hamis, and, with half a smile, half a blush, she an swered, "There was one thing, one moment, that I regret." He rose and walked up and down the daintily furnished room, everything In which was a note In a dead love sou. "A year ago to-day we were at Eta pies, you recollect?" "It was for economy I went because It waa ridiculously cheap snd very pretty and I hated Boulogne." "I remember bow we wandered about, bow, alas, we quarreled in the pine woods, or, to be exact. I quarreled and you suffered, and the splendid sea shore, where I said bitter things, be cause my friends were at Trouvllle and I at the little quiet Paris Plage, and you were sad and silent." "My dear," he interrupted, "I was greatly to blame." "Hushl Yon must not Interrupt. Then one day we took a boat a clumsy boat and sailed out, despite the warn ings of the fishermen. I didn't care you didn't care what happened. We had quarreled, or, rather, I, at lunch, aid harsh things." "My dear," he Interrupted, "there were faults on both aides. They ren dered life Intolerable and love Impossi ble, but " "Hush. We rowed out. You had the sculls and I steered at least I lay In the stern and spashed the waves with my bands the bands you used to kiss so often." She paused to look at the bnnda firm, plump and white and decked with rlags of curious workmanship. He, too, looked at them and sighed. She sighed. "But out we went. Then the skies became darker, the water darkened, too, and grew rough and you tried to turn. We were far out from shore. You must have been looking at me In stead of the land, or you would have seen that we were floating fast In a current Oh, you looked splend d! Your thin Jersey showed the lines of your strong, supple body, the muscles of your arms and chest rose superbly, and your manly face, flushed and Ann. fascinated me." The man smiled, half scornfully. "You pulled bard, and I don't think I waa frightened. I didn't care what bappened. Then the rotten 'oar cracked, and you bound It round with our hand kerchiefs, but It still was weak, so you tore off a long strip of my petticoat to bind It with, and we drifted, drifted out. When at last yon tried again it snapped, and the blade fell Into the seo. Then you came to me, to the siern, and took tbe tiller from my hands. You put your arm around my waist and said: Don't be afraid, dear wlfet' I knew we were drifting out to open sea, to itorm and death, and was aware that you knew It 'Don't be afraid, Utile wife,' you said, and suddenly you put yonr arm around my neck." "I remember." "Yes, I know: Let me go on. You fcrotigbt my face to yours and laid your lips on mine. Oh, that kiss that kiss! It still stings on my lips. In It 1 felt the depth of your love. I felt that I loved you, felt that we were man and wife, and the only beings allva on Separation, I land or sea. That kiss ta what 1 regret that kiss, the oue moment of rapture In my life." She paused. " remember. "Why did that foolish steamer save us? t rould have died there, happy lu your arms -quite happy." "Quite happy?" "Yes, quite, To think that we quar reled within week at teaat I 011 aud things went worse than ever after ward! What are we women made of? Tbe old soug la wrong, we are made of gall and wormwood and marble. To think that we are here, aud that paper Ilea there! You've acted handsomely, allowlug me more titan half your In come and letting me keep tbe flat IH you think I could live In it after you had goue?" be auswered. with a break lu his voice. "There's nothing In It that does not speak of you. It's a graveyard of memories," She looked at him over the fan and saw tears lu his eyes. Then she rose aud walked across the room. "Herbert," she said, lu a timid voice. "It la o'clock. He ll be here In Dv minutes to see the deed executed." The man bowed his bead aud hid bis face lu his bauds. Site took out her handkerchief, a ri diculous bit of lace aud lawn, aud touched her eyes. "Herbert, to morrow la Just one year after that day. The night train starts at 8 o'clock. If we went to Etaples we might Bud -might find-that kiss again." They both took hold of the deed aud tore It Into two pieces, "It Is a new way," he observed, "of executing deeds of separation." From After Dluner. YOUNQ BUT PLUCKY RIDER. I out h Who Follow I th Monad with lb fcutnnaUsaa of Veteran. In a hunting community not far from this city there I a sou of oue of tbe member who seems destined to throw a famous leg over the pigskin. That la. it will be famous If the recklessuess of Its owner permit It to come to matur ity. His courage Is of the first water, his uerve without limit, but he Is only 11. and his discretion leave some thing to be desired. Ouce the ardor of the chase ta on hiui, bla father say, he will put bla "gee" at anything lu hi path, even If It ahould happen to be chun-h. He baa until recently rid den to bounds ou bla pony, but so clever was bla work that tbe atteutlon of the muster of fox bound was at tracted, aud he gave the boy recently a leg upou one of hi own hunters. The home was rangy, half bred, lttfc hands high, aud with a temper of hi own. After they were In the field tbe mas ter of fox hounds remembered " tbe hunter's pecullarltlca of temer, and hi heart misgave him. Tbe boy was excited and happy, but he looked a bit lonely aud forlorn seated ou the huge horse, and the master of fox hounds decided to ride close at band to keep a careful eye ou him. After tbe bound found all seined to go welt, however, and the master of fox bounds forgot his good Intentions bla aportlng blood rose. Suddenly be remembered and looked around Just In time to see the boy put bla mount at a five barred gate. The burse refused, and up hi neck the youngster slid. He grabbed wildly, and his tiny arms went round the horse's neck. Ho close was the horse that his bend was over the gate be bad refused, and as the boy slid off be struck the top bar. To this be bung, and as the frightened master of fox hounds rode up he held up bis hand. "I'lease, Mr. Blank, does that count aa a fall?" be demanded. "I didn't touch ground." "Why. uo. Iteggle." said tho muster of fox bounds, a he disguised a laugh In a cough. "I don't think that ought to count as a fall. Are you hurt?" "Not a bit," was the cheerful resHiise, 'and now, If you'll lend him up I'll mount from here and then I won't have to touch ground." He did. and was In at the death, and anything lie wants In that club now Is bla from the best hunter In Its stables to the master ship of the hounds when be growa up. New York Tribune. Hazing Filly Year Ago. At the present time, when so much of public attention Is being directed to hazing at college and In government academies, the following extrnct from a letter written over half a century ngo will be of Interest. The writer was at that time a freshman or Yale, but was not at the college when Inditing tho epistle. He says: ' I had a letter from the other day -they are having great times at Yale plaguing the fresh, etc. That business Is carried on to a great extent here. Many of tbe poor devils have been ducked under the windows a dozen limes, etc., etc. The greatest sport Is to break Into their rooms at midnight (n whole party of sophs at a time), make the senrt fellow get up, mount tin; table In bis shirt sleeves, answer questions lu geography, arithmetic, Latin grammar, etc. (the simplest pos sible, so as to be suited to a freshman's comprehension), read a little Greek, and then, what Is the greatest trial, de claim. If lie refuses to comply he re ceives a shower from bis water pall until he submits. If be answers well he Is highly complimented and flatter ed and politely bid goodnight," A Pumpkin Pie Paean, Let others chnnt of war. but I Would sing the praise of pumpkin pi. Of pumpkin pie whose flaky crust Brings joy to every heart that's Jiist, And unjust, too for Pie Divine, On mun thou d rawest not tbe line, Let others croon of autumn I Would lift my lay to pumpkin pe. Thou yellow-breasted comfort, blent With richest spice or fare content, Thou bringest with thee bapplne, In one-Inch layers, more or less. fjet others sing of love but I Would cling In rhyme to pumpkin pl. A mug of elder near at band, And thou before me that is grsnd, Poor Cupid feeds on smile or sigh, But charm my soul with pumpkin pie. Ho! Pumpkin pie! Thou thick-set boon, Of hunger's night thou art the moon. My muse refuses to be stilled, For with my subject I sm filled. To-night I'll sail on Fancy's wings, And drtam of thee and other things. Baltimore American. No girl has the right to impose upon the guest-; at her party by singing, un less she has earned permission by serv ing as many as six kinds of refresh ments. The law considers every man to be good until be Is proven to be bad, but tbe woman doesn't, GOLF PLAYINQ EXTRAORDINARY. ' IVorUwrst Champion Irtkes Ike Rett kit ad folded. A unique golf tournament was re veuily played In Tacoma. Wash. Mr. it. D. Bowers, who won the tournament by defeating lu the Duals Mr Ulfford of Portland, tbe champion of the North west, made a wager of a dinner with some of the players present that he could play the IS hole course blindfold ed lu ISO strokes. Of course the player was only to be blindfolded durlug the act or strlklug the bull, arier which he was at liberty to remove the bUmUold. walk up to the ball and take bis ataud with bis club resting on tire ground preparatory to striking. After havlug assumed tbe desired posltlou tbe blind fold was readjusted aud he made his stroke. The strict rules of the game governed. The difficulty of plnylng In this manner is apparent to any golfer, as the player Is unable to "keep his eye on the ball," the omission to do Which MH HOWKM STHIKINS. usually result fatally as every player know. It lu effect substitutes mem ory and mechanical motion for sight. To hit the ball every stroke as Mr. Bowers succeeded lu doing, require a machine Ilk swing which only long prsctlce and knowledge of the game ran give. Not only did Mr. Bowers succeed In bitting the ball every stroke, but be often made drives of from 11 to ISO yards, aud, lu fact, waa beyoud tbe green ou the seventeenth hole In two strokes, a distance of 3:1) yards. In putting, Mr. Bower did remarkably well, and seldom took three strokes on a green. Approaching seemed to tie bla hardest task, though at times bis work In this line was also good. The blindfold used was a heavy plush lady's work bag which waa worn like a cap, and pulled down over the eyes, nose and mouth, aud tied around the neck, thus assuring leyond cavil, abso lute obstruction of the vision, and not even permitting a glimpse of the ball or ground A LEADER IN CIVIC REFORM. Dr. Pells Ailr, Kmlnrnt Ilabrri rrhntnr and trtnrr. Dr, Felix Adlcr, the eminent Hebrew scholar, ta disgusted with tbe govern ment of the municipalities, "Wt are ruled In our cities today," be says, "by the criminal classes and by those who are In alliance with them. No problem In this dawu of the twen tieth century Is more Important than the redemp tion of our great Ml. It.V vMln ,,, ,, lua, I mean uot the establishment of a Utopia, but the liberation of the cities from the hideous state of misrule that exists." Dr. Adlcr Is taking a prominent part In the movement for the suppression or vice In the me Infills. He Is one or Bishop Potter's committee of 13. Dr. Adlcr Is regarded by ninny as the most able among our Jewish teach ers. He Is the orlglnutor of the ethical culture doctrine, which originated In 17(1, and bus organized societies for the spreading of Dr. Adler's opinions. He expound his Ideas of ethics to Inrge congregation In New York every Btmday. Born In Ahoy, Germany, In lKTil, he received a thorough collegiate training In this country and (iermany, and for a time was professor or He brew and Oriental Inngunges and lit erature at Cornell University. For twenty years he has devoted moat or his) time to ethical culture. A "Decimal" Coin. It Is not generally known that the 5-cent nickel coin or the United States currency was designed with special rer erence to Its use as a unit or weight or measurement by the decimal system, but It Is true. For some reason the metric system, though Its use has been legalized In this country, does not "tuko" with the American people, and It lias not come Into general use-perhaps never will. U ever It does, the usefulness or this coin will becomo at once apparent. It Is exactly Ave grammes In weight and two centimeters In diameter. This Is, or course, not an accident, and ir there shall be any future change In our system or coinage, other con venient measurements tuid weights, ac cording to the same system, may very properly be adopted. Wildcat Punctured the Tire. A bicyclist aud a catamount collided In the woods near Wlllliuusport, Pa., and for a short time there was an ex citing tight. Buy Clark, or Kauclitown, was returulng homo lute at night, aud while passing over a road In the woods he heard a catamount utter a cry. Then the animal Jumped Into the middle or the rond. The lamp on bis wheel showed the bicyclist that be was too close to avoid a collision. The bicycle passed over tbe catamount and the rider was thrown many feet abend of the wheel. As the bicycle struck the animal It clawed and fought the wheel, and when the machine fell over tbe animal pounced on it and ripped the front tire Into pieces, Clark had. re gained his feet by tbls time, and with stones he drove the cat away and re con red bla damaged machine Scientist In the South Seas. Interesting geological features of our new South Hea Island possessions are to be made the subject of enrcful and scientific Investigation, ir reports from Washington are to be believed, and It Is understood that the Inquiry will em brace ethnological and geographical as well as geological subjects. Geological ly the Samoan Islands are of much In terest; and tbe Investigations of Prof. Dana many years ago are about the only scientific work which has beon doue there with modern methods. "Do you know what a tragedian Is, Willie?" asked the father. "Why, he's the fellow what kills tbe play, ain't he," replied tbe boy.-Yonkers Statesman. NOT imui; year ago wis men said (list grslu could never be growa to any extent In the Argentine Republic, The country ws then Import ing million of dollar' worth of wheat every year, and the firmer who were past ni lug stork on what art now the principal wheat Held were eating flour shipped from the United Htates and Chill. To day the Argentine bss to a Urge extent the wheat trade of South America, and Is shlpplug wheat to Eu rope, It plsnt million of acre every year aad It produce from thirty to eighty million bushel a season according to th wether and to lb Invasion of the lo custs. When tbe Argentine has s'good crop the price of wheat In th European tnsrket are affected and our farmer often get less for their whest In eons queue: la the past year or so flour mills biv been springing up snd the Ar gentine b now more then WW flour mill, many of which us machinery Im ported from th tolled Biate. Th grain -producing area of tbe Argentine In creases every year. In the United Hlstes th average yield of wheat per acre, taking the whole coun try, I from twelve to thirteen bushel. Thst of the Argentine I not over ten. In Knglsml, where the suit I nmr care fully studied and eared for, the awg I twenty-ulii bushel per acr. In Hol land twenty -Ave bushels and In Frsnr eighteen. Th most of the whtst of th Argenlla la rslsed by llllna Jmtnl grants, many of wbotu fsrm th land on shsres. They do tbelr work In th rough est and most slovenly way, Much of th whest Is sowed on th ground as It Is first pluwsd, th grain being dropped among (be rlod. Other fanners drag brush uverUe Held and some of th bet ter farmers use tbe barrow. Tk plow Ins Is done with bullocks, who drag th plow through the furrow by uiesus ut a yoke sttoched to their burns. The only idea of the nun seem to I to fV wheat Into th around and then sit dow n aad wall fur th tub, The f sinter do not seem to car for snythlug but their wheat crop. Most of tbviu bsv no gar den. They run tbelr accounts st th nesrest grocery and mske snnunl settle ments when they sell their wheat. Most AMERICAN CHANCES IN ENOLAND Many Million Thar Awaiting; Immi grant of th Klabt Kind, American Immigration lo Great Brit ain souud strange, yet according to Alfred C. Harmsworth It Is much need ed aud will be equally beuotklul lo both peopie. Mr. Harmsworth ahould be an Intel ligent auijiurlty. He Is the proprietor of I'D publications lo Knglaud, Including four dally papers. one of which, the .C. lUanswoHTM. l um))m jiaiijr.Malt. has the largest circulation lu the world -1.250,tMiU copies. ftpcnkliig or American Immigrant to Knglnud Mr, Hnrmswortb says: "You ask why the British empire, with Its population of bs.s,iMsi,issi, needs Immi grants, and I auswer that we don't want them lu the bulk, as you do, but that we obviously offer unliie oppor tunities to rertalu special skilled brain workera. Take Mr. Yerkes, for exam ple. He will make more money In a day lu trausMirtlug the densely packed millions of l.ondou lu his electric tube lliau be does lu a week In Chicago. We have lot of room aud money for all your experts lu electrical transit. The bralus you have given to these matter we have devoted to shlpplug and gold mining. "We own and run under our own flag 0,000.000 of tons of shipping, with '1, Ooo.ooo under other flags, aa against less than 0,000,000 or tons owned by the United Htates, aud we also own most or the best gold fields of the world, with the coutrol of the dlamoiid Industry thrown In. But we know practically nothing about electricity, and your people can make all the money they wnut selling us the wonderrul product or American Invention and Industry. Money Is more easily made lu our couu try than in yours. "We have In that small section or the empire kuowu as Urcat Brlia.n at least 40.0011,000 of people, aud though we do not produce Itockcfellers aud Astors (I except, of course, my compatriot, Mr. W. W of Hint Ilk), we have much the richest and (iille the worst educated or modem peoples. Our American Immi grants are profiting by this luck or edit cni Ion lo seize Industries right and left, "We shall learn their methods slowly, and meanwhile they are making for tunes while we are paying the price or national npnihy In regard to modern methods of transit and manufacture. But our American Immigrants are not so successful aa they should be, consid ering the advantages they possess. Take the men who tried to capture our bicycle Industry as an example. We were the real pioneers of the cycle trade. Then you came along with an equally good bicycle, made by the thou sand by automatic machinery. You could easily undersell our liaud-mnde article. "But you suffered at first by sending us a machine uusulted to our nnflouul roads and our national prejudices. When I heard your salesmen trying to force goods we did uot want nt the cycle exhibits, 1 could not but be struck by your similarity of inlud to ours. We lose all the time by telling customers what they ought to have, while the Ger man gives them what they want. "Well, after a time your bicycle men got wiser. But what happened? The makers of all kinds of American bi cycles, good and bad, mostly bad, who bad got caught lo the slump, dumped down their stocks In England and killed the American bicycle from that mo ment. "This," continued Mr. Ilnrmsworth, "Is not the only American Industry abroad that Is being killed by the 'anlde' manufacturer. You have a big chance now ' with automobiles; tbe American shoe, too, Is making great progress. We shall shortly be spending $500,000,000 converting our horse car service to electric; you can get most or that. We must put up two or three times that amount for new suburban surface car systems for our big city. Much of that will go to the Immigrant from America. , "In the newspaper business your lm- of thrui drink to excess, and few bv any thought beyond this one crop. Tb result I that the failure of S crop uieaua psrllsl starvstlon. Tb city of Itossrlo Is th Chlcsgo of South America. It Is the chief wheat market of the Argentine Itepiibllc. It ships thousands' of ton of whest, mm snd linseed every week. Itossrlo Is sit listed ou th Psrans river shout '.'"0 miles by land from Bueno Ayrea, It la m stl mile by wster from that city and about a far Inland from th Atlantic mesii sa I'lltaburg, Ocesu steamers ssll for 2K) mile up th Itlo de la Plata paat Buenos Ayrea Into th mouth of th Pa rana, snd then for about id SI miles up th river to Koaarlo. Itoaarlo Itself a on of the thriving towns of the Argen tine, It ws founded about 173 years a so, but wheat raising In the Argentine gave It a great bourn, and wlthlu the Isst migrants have already raptured much of the rotary pros trade and nearly all the typesetting and typemnkltig, and the best snd fastest piiirmnklng ma chinery comes from your side. Our pa per wilt be supplied by our own people In Canada, who will supply you, too, uulesa I am mistaken. The American Immigrant Is selling us much of our farm machinery, and the rest of that we Import we get from Canada. In steel and Iron be will do well; In loco motives ami other railroad supplies be Is apt to make the mistake of not giving u whnt we want, but be will succeed nevertheless," SHOW A HEALTHY GROWTH, tUstern Town II a v No Keasnn to II AshmJ of I heir I'roureu, The rapid growth of the cities of New Kiigbuid and middle Atlantic states is perhaps the most striking revelation yet made by the twelfth decennial census. Of the 1,'U cities or the couu try having a population or more than Itt.tXHi, about eighty bad made a greater numerical gain In the ten years Just closed thau lu the teu years preceding. Since It goes without saying, also, that alwut the same number grew raster than the average-Ilia per cent-It Is interesting to ascertain from a study or Hie bullctlu where these cities arc, con sidered by sections Such a study af fords aa admirable test of urban growth and reveals In a striking man uer the remarkable progress or the northwestern part of the country. Of the eluveu cities In the South At lantic group or States only three grew rustcr thnn the average 'or the cottti try. These were Allnuta, Norfolk and Jacksonville. In the south central re gion only seven out of eighteen grew faster than the average, lu the west ern group six out of 'lie twelvo grew fuster thnn the average. lu the north central group, comprising the States north or the Ohio, the old free Slates, with tbe addition of Missouri, twenty two cities out or rorty-elght made more than average progress. With the coun try thus divided Into Ave great sections, none or the four so fur mentioned shows a group of cities In which inore'than hair were growing rustcr than tho av erage, The remaining section Is the north Atlantic; In It forty-two out of seventy cities have grown faster than 32.5 per cent. In Connecticut all live of Ita cities of this grade made a show ing above the average and this can be said of no other State In tbe Union, ex cept Ilhotlc Island, In which all three did the same thing. In New Jersey seven out of ten cities were above the overage; In Pennsylvania there were eleven out of eighteen; In Mnlnoone out of one, Portland, nnd lu Massnchusetta eleven out of twenty. It should bo borne In mind that the actual growth of the cities In the north central region waa faster, due to the presence of n, few cities on the great lakes, but tho number of cities to show this tendency was, na already Indicated, less than In the north Atlantic States. The stagnant cities are found In three regloua, In Eastern Nebraska, Northern Michigan and at the headquarters of the Hudson. Omaha, 1 Lincoln aud Sioux City belong to the first group; Suglnnw and Bay City to the second and Troy nnd Albany to the third. As a general rule the cities have grown raster In the regions of coal beds or of well-utlllEcd water power. Boston Transcript. PREYED ON BRITISH SHIPS. Schooner Potty, Oldest Vessel All id t, Was a Privateer In 1812, Tho recent storm ou the Atlantic const, lu which bo tunny staunch ves sels were lost, calls attention to the fa mous old schooner Polly, which was one of the more fortunate of the coast ing fleet. Tho Polly Is older than most men, for It was built In Amesbury, Mass., In 1805. If the bull timbers of the sturdy little slxty-flvc-ton ship could speak, they might tell many an exciting story of adventure on the salt seas, for they have seen nearly a cen tury of active service, Wheti the Polly had been off the stocks but soven years tbe second war with Great Britain broke out. The boat was then owned and commanded by Captain Jeduthan tea year It has almost trebled Its popu lation. It lis now about l.Vl.ooo people. It does s big wholessle snd retail busi ness, but tb most of It money ram from wheat. The wheat I bagged on th fsrm. Tb rsrs carry It to the edge of th bin IT, snd Italian laborers take the bag snd pitch them Into chutes leading to tb vrsel. Tbe bag fly down one after th other st th rste or several to the minute. At harvest time the wheat becomes congeal ed at Hosario, Th railroads bar more than they can do to carry th crop, and almost all other traitlc ha to be suspend ed. Tbe result Is that the wheat Is piled up In bag st the stations snd left there until It ru be shipped. Titer are no burns In the Argentine. The weather Is such thst tbe stock feeds out of doors the yesr srotind. There I no chance for the fanner to store hi wheat lo barns Upton, a patriot, who fitted his tiny vessel up with caution, put on board an armed crew or twenty tiieu, aud start ed out as a privateer to prey on British shipping. A few mouth after tbe Polly wns captured by hi British MaJ esty'a ship Phoebe, of forty-four guns. The Captain and tils men were taken to England, where they were Impris oned for seven months. The prlxe crew placed on board the Polly, however, re- rmt s scitoottkii r.it.t.v. volted and went over Into the service of the United States, At the present time the Polly Is owned and commanded by Captain Mc Finland, of Calais, Me. For ninety years It has been known na one of the fastest sailing vessels on the north coast, and It can still show a clean pair of heels to ninny of Ita more modern rivals. It hns been a long time since the Polly made a regular ocean voy age. It Is uow employed In trndlng between ports on the Maine coast. WATER SKI. Th Latest Tlilna In the Way of Aquatic Locomotion. An Ingenious device for walklug on water has boeu Invented by Captain Grossiiinu or Cologne, Gcrmnny. He called his apparatus "water ski," and be has shown that he can accomplish with tliem as much on some or the more turbulent waves and rails or the Ithlne as the Norwegians can with their snow skis ou the steep mountains or the WAJ.KIHO WITH SKt. North. Captain Urostmuiu'g water skis are two plain cylinders made or alumi num, thirteen feet long. They are so light that they can easily bo carried on the shoulders liko a pair of big ours. Tho skis are propelled by the treading or the root, which keep Tour oar-slinped wings In constant motion. Cnplnln Grofwiuan saved twenty lives during a recent flood. It Is claimed ror his ap paratus that It Is much more easily manipulated In rough weather than most life-saving boats, SHOPPING IN PARIS. In the Opinion of Milan Bell Karth Holds No Greater Pleasure, Lillian Bell gives the result or her shopping experiences abroad In the Ladles' Homo Companion lu.au lutur CBtlug paper entitled "Shopping in the Great Cities of Europe," Of Purls, the most delightful of nil cities for the womun who would buy, she says; . , "I consider shopping In Purls one of tho grentest plensures to bo found lu this vale of tears. The shops, with the exception of the Louvre, the Bon Marche and one or two of the large de partment stores of similar scope, are all small tiny, In fact-and exploit but one or two things. A tiny shop for fans will be next to a milliner who makes a specialty of nothing but gauze thea ter bonnets. Terhaps next will come a linen store, ' where the windows will have nothing but the most rascluatlng embroidery, handkerchiefs and neck wear. Then comes the man who sells C"ren-. i and he his to rely upon tbe railroads fot getting It to th market. Tb wheat li carried to th car front such farms ai are far from tb railroad lu bullock carta, th wheel or which are about eight feet high, A load weighing sevirsl tons Is balanced between a couple of tbs wheels, and from a dosen to sixteen bul locks are harnessed In front of It. Is some few of th larg farm modern ma chinery I used, and lb threshing Is com monly don wltb European or A merles s threshers. Tb Argentina I tubject to droughts, snd th crop rice snd fall according te th wathr, Tb worst thing, however, thst tb farmer bsv to contend wltb Is tb locust, lit peats thst Infest th Argentine ar fully as bsd as tb lo cust plsgu wltb which the lord afflicted Pharaoh, Th only difference was thst Pbsrsob bsd his locusts for s few days, but tb Argentine seems to be having theirs ss S regular thing. The locusts ar produced by the millions every year, snd a swsrm thinks nothing of a flight of MM) miles from Its breeding ground through tb heart of the wheat country, Tb locusts pper lu great swsrtns. which often darken the sun If they fly be tween you snd It. They light ou every thing green Slid begin eating. Th branches of th trees bend down with their weight, and you can hear the step ping of their jaw s they crunch th leave. They will clesn th crops from tbe fields, eating th grain down lu th ground. Sometime they will Ink th green wheat from one aide of the road snd pssa by that ou the other, and they sometimes fly ou and on for days over rich fields In feed on those beyond. Th next swarm may est thst which Is left, j This peat of tbe locust bss been so grest that tb Argentine government baa been spending Urge sums of m.,ney to get rid of them. Th method for ex terminating them sre msny snd costly. Tboussnds of dollsrs are spent every yesr lo kill them. They are caught la traps of corrugated Iron. They ar scoop ed up wltb srrspers and killed; poisons are used, snd the grass, plants and weeds sre sprinkled with srsenle, kerosene snd creosote. They are caught In bags, driv en Into ditches snd lire killed In sll sorts of wsys. In 1H1M It I estlmsted that fHO.lssi.taW worth of wbest wss destroy fd by locusts In two ststes of th Argen tine. This Impoverished tbe fanners of those ststes, and the nstlonsl government spent f0,()UI,000 thst yesr In. giving thrui seed whest. If the locusts sre t com every yesr it will b a long tun before the Argentine can bsv a serious,' permsnent effect upon tbe whest market of the world. j belts or every description, aud parasol bandies. Perhsps your next window i will bavo such a display or diamond necklaces as would Justiry you In sup posing that the stock would make Tif fany choke with envy; but If you enter you will 11 ml yourself In an aperture lu tbe wall which holds an iron safe, si two-by-four showcase and three chairs. aud you will And that everything of value the owner has, except the clothe he wears, Is lu his window. "So long as these shops sre sll crowi ed together, snd so smsll, to shop In j Pari Is really much more convenient I than In one of our laree denartment stores at borne, with tbe additional do-1 light of having smiling. Interested ser- j vice. Tbe proprietor himself enters In to yonr wants, and uses his quickness snd Intelllsence to supply your de-1 maud. He may be, and very likely Is, ' doubling the price on you because you are an American, but If your hru'aed spirit I like mine you will be perfectly willing to pay a little extra for polite ness. It Is a truth that I have brought 1 borne with me no article from Paris which does not carry wltb It pleasant recollection of the way I bought It. Can any woman who has shopped In America bring forw ard a similar state ment?" Beguiling ChlUlhiH) I. Vlieu my little sou could scarcely w alk, says Itev. C. T. Brady, a Western missionary, 1 took him to tbe cathedral , one day, when I returned for something 1 bad forgot teu after morning service, j I left the child In the nave, and when I went back to him be bad advanced hair way up the middle aisle, and was' standing where the suu threw a golden light about his curly bead. A tiny ob ject he was lu that great church. It was very still. He was looking about lu every direction lo the most j curious and eager way. To my rancy he seemed like a little angel when he said In his sweet, childish treble, which ' echoed and re-echoed beneath the vaulted roofr " I "Papa, where Jesus? Where's Je sus?" He had been told that the church was the house or the Savior, and on thla, his first visit, he expected to see his Lord, That baby Is quite grown up now, ' Not In the rainiest particular does he resemble an augel. The other day, when I rode off to the wars, he aston ished even me with this request: "Papa, If you got wounded, don't tor gel to bring me the bullet that knocks you out. 1 want It for a souvenir ror my collection." Fortuuatcly ror me, ir unfortunately ror him, I brought blm no bullet. - How One Firm Struck Oil. A peculiar accident near Six Points, Ohio, recently gave an oil-producing firm visions or limitless wealth. This firm drilled a well on the Wake field farm, near the village. All of the nitroglycerin shells were lowered safe ly Into the well except the last one, which lodged within tweuty-flve feet of tfie surface, aud was exploded In the efforts or the shooter to dislodge It. This was considered unfortunate, but to the amazement of the men the oil be gan to gush forth In a manner which promised to make It the biggest well In the history of the oil business. The flow was so strong that the derrick was almost Instnutly deluged from top to bottom, and It soon caught Are from the boiler and was burued to the ground. The Buckeye Pipe Line Company's eight-Inch line, through which 6,000 barrels or oil pass each day, suddenly Bhut down. The company stopped Its pumps and started to mnke an Inves tigation. Before many hours the shut off had been traced to this well. They discovered that tho well had been drilled almost on the line, which bad been broken by the shot, and the oil which seemed to come from the well was coming from the pipe line. This Investigation ended the career of the greatest spouter In Northwestern Ohio. No lady should listen to tbe gossip or her servant girl, or repeat It, but near ly every lady docs It Some men acquire that tired reeling from looking for an easy job, J Miriam Jack Duososp tried to kiss tut Ore times Isst night. Mellcent In deed! W hat Interrupted blm?Puck. Cook How 'in 1 golu' to make mine pie wben wt bireo't soy mine meat In tb bouse? Mrs. Feedem Put tome sugar In that cold bash. Baltimore American, "It tbe boa In?" asked the stranger, entering the drug store. "No," replied tht absent-minded clerk, "but w bsrt something Just ss good." Yonkers "tatesmsn. Clerk-Perhaps you'd like to look at tome good a little more expensive than these. Shopper-Not necessarily, but 1 would Ilk to look at some of better quallty.-Phlladelplila Press. Identified at Last: Assistant Kdltor I've found out at last who "Vox Pop all" Is. Edltor-Who? Assistant Ed-ltor-"Constant Render" under a nom de plum. Uyracus. Herald. Tbe Dl ft erne-"Oh, well; you prude, 1 don't car for your kisses." "Sour grapes." "You oetdn't send me sny over tb telephone, rither." "Sour cur rents. "-Clevelaud Plain Dealer. Bill Did you say lhat gun of yours would shoot 1.000 yards? Jill-Thai's what I did. "Well, It's marked to shoot only fiOO yards." "Yes; bnt ther ar two barrel. "-Yonkers Statesman. To the Manner Bom: Jiggles Wben on Is annoyed by conversation In a theater It la generally by the rich peo ple In the boxes. Waggles-Anotber proof that money talki.-Smart Set. Passenger (to station porter) Now, It's 4 o'clock, snd the time table sayt the trsln arrives st 3:14. Ststlon Por-ter-Oh, well, you mustn't take tbe tlm table too serlousty.-Pliegende Blstter. "Variety," said tht man who never thinks for himself, "Is tbe spice of life." "I envy you," said Mist Cayenne, "Yon envy me what?" "Your enjoy ment of tblt climate."-Washington Star. Mr. Goodboy-Ab, little mant Want to tee the wheels go round? Waldo Beanes Tbsnk you. sir; but I'm per fectly familiar wltb tbe mechanism of the modern chronometer. Harper's Bacar. "I have compelled my wife to cease strumming on .the piano," said Mr. Goldaborougb to Mr. Bunting. "How did you manage It?" "I Insisted upon singing every time sbe began to play." Judge. Sympathetic " Friend Why h.en't you exhibited anything Ibis year? Art ist I refused all tbelr offers 1 simply can't sell myself to anyone. Friend- Hum! Something like your pictures! Journal AmusanL Magistrate (severely)-How could yon be so mean aa to swindle people who put confidence In you? Prisoner Well, yer honor, I'll make It worth something to ye If you'll tell me uow to work them ss dou't.-Tlt-Blts. "What do you think of tbe Christmas magazlnea?" "Oh, I haven't paid any attention to tbelr literary merits. What I object to Is that so msny of the advertisements are duplicated." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Come, children," said Mr. Wldwer, Introducing the second Mrs. Wldwer, "come and kiss your new nvninTna?"' "Gracious!" exclaimed little Elsie, "If you took her for mew' they stuck you. pa."-PhlladelphIa Press. Mrs. Forrester Seems to- me that you would set your cap for Mr. HulL He Is evidently an easy catch. Miss Chorister Easy catch la no name ror blm. He baa been an epidemic In our set ror ten years,-Denver New. He Just bear how tbe newsboys holler! Isn't It enongh to drive on craxy? She Why, Charles, are you sure It Is newsboys? Really, It must be college boys giving their college yell. I think It la Just lovely. Boston Tran script. "Whut'a this!" exclaimed the Boer general, In a tone or annoyance. "More prisoners." "Dear me! I wish they would show some consideration rer th ract that we are trying tccouduct a war Instead or running a boarding bouse." Washington Star. "Madame, are you a womau suffra gist?" "No, air; I haven't time to be." "Haven't time? Well, If you bad tb privilege or voting, whom would you support?" "The same man I have sup ported ror tbe last ten years-ry hus band." Modes and Fabrics. "Don't smoke?" exclaimed the friend, "No." waa the reply. "I always quit Just before Christmas. I do It to oblige my wire." "But w by do you select this particular season?" "It obliges her to select something besides cigars ror my Christmas present." Washington Star. The beggar had approached the so cial reformer. "Why don't you go to work?" asked the social returner. "I never thought or that," exclaimed ths beggar. The next evening the social reformer delivered a lecture ou "Sim ple Advice to the Poor."-Phlladelphla Record. Dluer (to restaurant waiter) What have you got for dinner? Waiter Boast beef frlcassedchlckenstewed lambbashbnked and frledpotatoescol lcgepuddlngmllkteuandcoffee. Diner Give me tbe third, four, fifth, sixth, eighteenth and nlnteenth syllables. Answers Something Just as Good: "Have you Dickens' 'Tale or Two Cities?' asked the occasional customer. "No, sir," re plied the new salesman at the book store, after a glance at the shelves, "but t see we have a 'Romance or Two Worlds.' by Marie Corelll. Wou't that do?" Chicago Tribune. China lttoh in Coal Deposits, China contains some of the richest coal deposits lu the world. Last fall Professor Drake, of Tlen-tsln, visited the coal fields In the province- of Shan si, which were examined by Baron von Klchthofen In 1870, and found that they are of Immense extent. The coal area Is said to be greater than that of Penn sylvania and the anthracite coal alone contained In these fields has been esti mated at 630,000,000 tons. The Slianst coal beds are so thick and lie so unl rortnly In a horlxoutal position that the practicability has been suggested of running long lines or rallrond tunnels through the beds so that the cars can be loaded In the mines all ready ror distant transportation. Rested Telegraph Wires, Telegraph wires are better conductor! on Monday than on Saturday on ac count of their Sunduy rest; and a rest of three weeks adds 10 per cent to th conductivity of a wire. "Strong" face, applied to a man means the same as "sweet" face when applied to a woman; an absence of good looks.