(
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.