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"Tii me gin I lo'e thee;
fiSfo'yourser.
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Keir York News.
A Woman's Choice
matmr
LARGEST OF DEEP SEA FISHES.
ARGARET ASHTON gazed
dreamily at her own reflection
In the mirror, and a little smile
of satisfaction played around the cor
.., nf her daintily curved lips.
voo she was Deauuiiu, uui. i-uigui
. 1.1. v.- lnvaltoat fnr wb o
she mUBI loo ucl v
was to attend the DeForsh's hall, and
fhnrlev wa9 to be there.
Rho nut a few last nnmumg umcnen
, her hair ami clasped the rirl neck-
lace carefully about ner mroiu, men
picked up the two separate bouquets
that lay awaiting her.
White roses and lilies of the valley;
she raised the latter to her lips softly,
for they were from Charley, of course.
Tbey were her favorite flowers and
he alwayii sent them, and the roses
were from Gerald Lorrimer.
She held them up against her dress
to note the effect, and Instead of the
usual card a note fell from each.
She opened Charley Hamilton's first;
It ran as follows:
Dearest Margaret You were to give
me my answer to-night. If it is yes,
as I fondly hope, please wear my flow-
ra as a token.
Margaret I plead my love for you
at the only basis of my hope, knowing
how unworthy I am to become your
husband. .
But, Margaret, I love you with all of
a true man's devotion, and will work
for you as I never have before.
Perhaps some day I will be able to
lve you all the luxuries you now have
nd deserve. I pray God that I may. .
Think of my love, and if you can
give me any hope, wear my flowers
this evening. Your old friend and tame
lover. CHARLEY.
Her eyes shone softly and her Hps
trembled, as she read It through the
third time.
She picked up the lilies of the valley
and pinned them tremblingly against
her corsage.
Life with Charley! What meant pov
erty or care or anything else, so long
as she had his love? -1
" Then she noticed the other note lying
all forgotten at her feet.
She picked it up and opened It. -
Let us glance over her shoulder.
My Dear Miss Ashton I take this
opportunity of proposing for your hand
In marriage.
You may be surprised, but I have had
you in mind for some time as a most
proper person to share my wealth and
position.
I can give you anything you deilre,
as you well know, and shall think your
beauty and wit a fair return.
it your answer is favorable, wear
my roses to-night at the De Forsh's.
Yours truly,
GERALD LORRIMER.
It was short and to the point.
Her face grew pale and she shivered
slightly as she read it.
There was no mention of love. Well,
he was glad, for she hated him.
He was selfish and contemptible in
ner sight.
She read the note acain.
Yes, he certainly could give her ev-
rj'tnlng to which she was accustomed.
Hewaswealthy beyond a doubt.
he was sorely tempted. Life with
n'm meant wealth and ease. Life with
Charley, economy and toll.
She held up one slim hand and ex
amined It carefully. It was never
meant for hard work.
"e unpinned the flowers and put
them in a bowl of water, then pinned
me roses In their Disc.
She sat back in the corner of the
carriage with her wrap drawn closely
arouna her, as she was driven away.
" was rather late, but what did it
'natter? Nothing muttered now.
She decided tn mnrrir Mr lorrimer
She must have wealth and Charley
wuiun't give it to hw.
Her uncle wouldn't be expected to
keep her in luxuries after she was
married, so
She had put love and gold In the bal-
we, and jrold nurwltrhi lovo.
Weighed In the balances and found
wanting.
Would she be happy?
Charley's face was continually be
fore her white, and 'hoDelees: she
wouldn't shut it out.
Poor Charley, how he would mist her
nenoshlp, how lonely he would be,
uu Bne
What -would she do without Mm?
oe loved him.
White paper, without any detail,
does not represent snow in a picture,
and contrast is generally heightened
by the detail in tree-trunks and other
objects in the picture being lost in
solid black. Where such cases of un
derexposure occur, throw away the
negative and try again with double
the exposure, developing in a metol-hy-drokinone
solution diluted with double
the quantity of water and at a normal
temperature. Camera and Dark
Room.
Home Portraiture. The usual de
fects in portraits made out ui doors
by the amateur are heavy shadows
under the eyes, nose and chin. These
are due to the excessive amount of
light coming directly from above. To
rewtnly them, rig up eouie sort cf a
screen a few feet above the sitter, and
also arrange a reflector such as a
piece of white card, or a board covered
with a white sheet Inclined on the
ground so as to reflect light upward
on to the face. These measures will
modify the shadows and give a much
more pleasing portrait. Another point
to be borne in mind is to use a de
veloper of moderate strength. If pyro
soda is employed, the pyro should not
be more than 2 grs. per ounce. With
many plates 1 gr. is sufficient. Those
who use the ready-made developers,
of which they do not know the compo
sition, should add an equal bulk of
water. Excha nge. ' .
Reduction Formula. Prof. Lainer
gives the following formula, by which
a very slowly proceeding reduction of
the negative is obtained: Fixing soda
solution 1:4, 100 c.cm.; iodide potas-
r.'"rrv 1 AM-or nn hour the reduc
tion is perceptible; after eight to ten
hours action . even a dense fog will
disappear.
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Here Is a drawing of the largest fish that ever came out of the lowei
depths of the sea. Jt Is five feet long and was caught by C. H. Townsend.
of the United States Fish Commission, on board of the government steamer
Albatross, off the coast of Chill., It was drawn to the surface by a trawl
(a big drag net) from a depth of 6,300 feet, or about a mile and a quarter.
By an unfortunate accident the flsh was afterward thrown overboard, with
a lot of refuse, but luckily not before Its photograph'bad been taken. In
color It was grayish, and Its flesh was soft and flabby, like that of other
deep sea fishes. It had thick Hps, Bmall teeth and a projecting lower Jaw. It
took three hours to pull up the dredge, a fact which gives a vivid notion of
the great depth from which the animal came.
They were nearly thwe now.
She called to the coachman, "James,
drive back to the house as quickly as
possible; I have the wrong flowers."
And as the carriage turned she threw
the white roses far Into the street, to
be trampled under foot.
Love had won. Indianapolis Sun.
OLD HAYILAND INN TO BE
TURNED INTO A MUSEUM
For 200 years the old Havlland Inn,
In Rye, Westchester County, New
York, made famous by the visits of
Washington, Lafayette, John Adams
and other fathers of the republic, has
escaped destruction, and now it Is like
ly to be turned into a historical mu
seum. '. , ;
WUllam Raymond, owner of the
property, was about to tear it down
and erect a business building on the
site, when John E. Parsons, WiUiam
H. Parsons and J. H. Whlttemore,
their cousin, purchased the property
for $15,000.
The Inn stands in the village square,
and dates back to 1731, when Peter
Brown presided over Its affairs. After
wards the widow Havlland came into
possession, and In Washington's let-
possible the control of trade between
Lake Nyassa and Lake Tanganlcka.
"Land is given to . prospective set
tlers In German East Africa under
the most favorable conditions. It is
interesting to note, in this connection,
that a large number of Boers have set
tled in our colony. German ' East
Africa's mineral wealth has been only
partly exploited. At Tramba, In the
Killmagaro, a twenty days' Journey
from the coast, gold mines exist. Ger
man East Africa has an abundance of
cattle, which are exported. Game also
abounds.
"Slavery In East Africa Is gradually
becoming a thing of the past, slave
dealers Being severely punished. The
result has been that many Arabs form
erly engaged In the traffic have be
come very poor. We are still permit
ting the so-called house slavery, which
can be abolished only by gradual pro
cesses. (
"Daaresaalam, the capital, is Increas
ing in size and is becoming an Im
portant shipping center. It has the
best harbor on the African cost, and
Is equipped with a dry dock.
"The climate is very enervating, baf
no worse than that of India and Cey-!
Ion. In the highlands of the interior
a delightful subtropical coolness pre
vails. We are now planning to es
tablish In the Usanibara mountains,
where the good coffee Is raised, a hill
station, in which to spend the warm
season, patterned after similar ones
In India. We shall also establish a
biological experiment station, similar
to the famous one at Bulten Zorg, on
the Island of Java."
Count von Goetzen's rule of East
Africa has met the entire approval of
the German government. ' He was sent
to Africa not merely as a military man
but as one who by travel and numer
ous explorations had become thorough
ly acquainted with African life and
rA I--vt-i IT 1m n Aliwla tin va noan
ters mention is maae of the very neat t and ln every pebble
and decent inn" at Rye. at which he artIye rt to
stopped Oct 15, 1788. -inewyepwpw the toerchants and ,anterB Tta ,n
gave Gen. Lafayette a great. mep c frequently holds meet-
lngs at wnicn tnese elements are pres
ent and hears from them their griev
ances. He has solved the difficult
problem of how to obtain men to
work on the plantations by bringing
natives from districts In the. Interior.
It is his aim to put the colony on
such a financial basis that it shall
be self-sustaining and financially In
dependent of the home government.
Gov. von Goetzen is popular with
Child Labor
in Chicago.
There are at least 15,000 children reg
ularly employed ln factories and shops
in Chicago. Probably the etl num
ber is much larger, for the State Fac
tory and Workshop Inspector has not
a sufficiently large force at his com
mand to make a complete and thor
ough inspection. Of the 15,000 children
actually found at work' many are ap
parently less than the legal age 14
years though in each case an affidavit cn,ld been tne ages of 14 and
required from the child's parents
setting forth that It Is not less than 14.
In spite of the laws which are In
tended to check and control the em
ployment of child labor, and ln spite of
the work of the State inspectors, the
number of children employed ln Chica
go has largely Increased during the
lust four or five years at least so far
as is shown by the reports of the Inspectors.
Outside of Chicago the number of
the parents, who swear to the truth
of the statements made. In other
States different means have been taken
to Insure a greater proportion of truth
ful affidavits. In Massachusetts, for
instance, all such affidavits are issued
by the school authorities, ln New York
by the Health Board, and ln Detroit,
Mich., all affidavits must be obtained
from the State Factory and Workshop
Inspector on duty there. Iv. -h of
these cases the only officials who are
empowered to grant affidavits are di
rectly Interested in seeing that the law
is enforced, and as a consequence It Is
not so easy to evade the law.
In New York State the law goes
much further, and provides that no
10
years shall be employed ln any manu
facturing establishment unless it first
procures from the local Board of
Health a certificate showing that It Is
phj-Bically able to do the work ln
which it wishes to engage.
In many States also It Is required
that children under 16 years of age
shall be required to demonstrate their
ability to read and write English be
fore they are permitted to go to work.
New York, Pennsylvania, Massachu-
HI8TOBIO HAVILAWD IN1C.
children employed in the factories and 0hlo and Indiana aU enforce
snops or me arare is comparuuvtu, . oth gtate8 require
proof of school attendance, and ln Ohio
the factory and shop Inspectors are
given the power of truant officers. In
Illinois there are no educational quali
fications of any kind required of work
ing children, though in some of the
larger establishments the lack has
been recognized by the voluntary es
tablishment of primary schools, which
the little employes are required or en
couraged to attend.
Another respect ln which Illinois Is
behind the other great manufacturing
States Is in the limiting of the hours
of labor during which children under
18 years of age may be employed. The
Illinois law provides that children un
der 16 may not be employed for more
than ten hours a day or sixty hours a
week, but it is found hard to enforce.
Meanwhile New York, Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts, Ohio and other States
have passed laws providing that sim
ilar protection shall be extended to
young workers until they reach the
age of 18, and In several cases, notably
that of Ohio, it Is not lawful to keep
children under 18 at work for more
than fifty-five hours ln any one week.
Chicago Tribune.
CHILDREN !A.T WOBK IN A SHOP.
taoA n-tion h was touring rrom
111 JOJTX, II -
Boston to New York, and tne rencn
hm Klent in the same room occupied
hv Washington. For generations the
etn.ro punches from Boston and New
. ... , j j
York stopped at tne uye inn mm uc-
poslted travelers over night, many ra
mous Americans oeinu iuhb
The action of the Parsons family h
the old landmark is greatly ap-
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predated by residents m tne a'8 tho natives, whom he has. endea
the
small. Three-quarters of all the work
ing children ln the State are found In
the big city.
More children are employed ln the
great department stores than ln any
other single line of business. Alto
gether more than 2,500 children work
in these great shops. Nearly 2,000 lit
tle ones earn their living in the garment-making
trades, nine-tenths of
them being little girls, while ln the de
partment stores the sexes are almost
evenlv divided. Something like 1,300
ANTHONY HOPE, IT IS SAID,
WILL WED AN AMERICAN GIRL
it u Raid the Place is to be filled
uuu " - . .
miti roiiPH nnd souvenirs connectea
niiu v.av.
with Rye, since It was a parisn
Great Britain In low.
of
GERMANY'S AFRICAN COLONY.
Work Being Doe to DeTelop Re
sources ox tne wnnirji
ed to treat humanely and fairly. He
hopes y establish a native council,
somewhat on the same .principle as
that adopted by the British In India.
An Anecdote of Dumas.
Speaking of Alexander Dumas a
writer says that his chief characters
tic was his utter disregard of money.
. . - a tint th onlv Amerl
7 t.,i.i.atui mle over He made millions, but never had a
Can WOU1HI1 t hi. mmnnrt "Vnr m.
--i l1 nmn ro. HflVB ue Denill i'"- -, -
LrresDondent of the New York Times, pie." said he. "upon one occasion Du
a .imllar Dosltlon Is also held by. the mas had invited company to dinner,
rmVntesa von Goetzen, who is now In and, finding mat ne aia noi sianu pes
,.: t, husband Count von sessed of a single cent, drove to
T- the governor of German East friend's and asked him to lend him
Goetzen, tne gov Thlg w fr,end refldlly d,d
t,na in nrlln on a re- and as Dumas was taking his leave
.i,..n, talked ln an suggested, as he had Just been get
TTll manner of the country of ting some very fine pickles, he would
mf fg.m "!or ' . be glad to give him a Jar to add to
"German East Africa is double the his dinner. The servant was sent for
of Germany," he said, "and has a the pickles and when he put the Jar
i Mnf 6 000 000. of which only ln the carriage, Dumas, having no
Kla"!nrTC country Is other change about him. dropped the
trv oroductlve and rich ln mineral two louia ln the man's hand."
Very V -lrln an1tnl tnr
Cnurpose' gliding a railroad to All other leakage. In the .family to-
the Purpose - neljthborhood come become needle's eyes by comparl-
connect Klwt. la the J01 wlth the hg hoIe through which
SP r money must pour for a child', educ
of immense Talue, for It wm mane i uu
The announcement ln London that
Anthony Hope, the novelist, and Miss
ITItmihefh Rholftnn nlatpr nf RunnnnA
boys and about 150 girls are employed gheldon, the actress, will be married
in tne meiai-worning lauunnn, ouu in
wood-working 1,100 boy. and more
than 150 girls. The big packing and
slaughtering houses employ more than
500 children and printers and publish
ers nearly as many more.
As an Indication that many children
below the legal age of 14 years are
employed,' It Is noted that the school
'Annua nf InRt vpnr shows no less than
4,000 more children between the ages
of 0 and 14 years old lu the city than
are accounted for by the returns from
the private schools and from the pri
mary and grammar grade, of the public
schools. The reports from the public
schools also how that during each
year about 7,000 children between the
ages of 10 and 14 year, quit school.
Altogether there would appear to be
more than 40,000 children below the
age of 14 years who are not attending
school. These figures are, of course,
only approximate and may be some
what misleading, but, even after allow- uas created a Dig sensation in jjonaon
lng for a large element of error, thert society, where Hope i. one of the most
are left thousands below the lejal age popular bachelors and heretofore re-
who are probably working ln ne way garded a. the most confirmed one.
or another. Mk9 Sheldon 1. a beautiful Amerl-
rtimmiHir of mforrlnr the law can girl, and is said to have quickly
which forbids the employment of chll- won Hope', heart. The wedding will '
dren who are less than 14 year, eld Probably take place in the United
lies In the fact that the Inspector, have oiaxes.
IV
no way of going behind the affidavits
wLlch are made by the parent, of the
children, and which set forth In each
case that the child Is at lea st 14 year.
old. i
TTnW fha Illinois law sn-r nntnrv
...lu. .t.n.Lvi r. -ar, .nA..t. Ther sav that every man 1. crack
and many of these official., issue them on soum ujn.u v,
on demand without at all 1 questioning What 1. your .peclalty ?
.1
rig Iron Production.
The production of pig Iron In th
United State, last year wa. 17,821,30
gross ton.. In 1001 It wa. 15,878,3?
and In 1000 It wa. 13,780,242 ton., t