f
AN OLD-FASHIONED SOUL.
Not hers the New Time's lofty lot
To questions big replying;
She only knows to keep the cot
And soothe the cUildroa'i crying.
Not hers to stand in temples bright.
Sad stride for strife returning;
She-only knows the lamp to light
And keep the Dome tires burning.
Not hers to more with ir:n will
In piths of strnnge endeavor;
She only knows that Home is still
The sweetest name forever!
There are her joys, and there her tears
A life so sweetly human,
The world shall whisper through the
years:
"God bless that little woman!"
Atlanta Constitution.
A BANK BURGLARY.
IT was not, often that Mr. Butler,
manager of the Cable street
branch ot the London and South
western Bunk, had occasion to visit his
offices after business hours. But a
banking business is like no other a
bank manager Is a man upon whose
shoulders rests much responsibility.
Mr. Butler had been worried during
the four hours which had elapsed since
he put ou his coat and hat and left the
building at 5 o'clock. It was a tricky
calculation that worried him, and he
was not quite certain, as he dallied
over his coffee, whether or not he was
on the eve of making a great mistake.
That Is why, contrary to his custom,
he ordered his electric brougham, drove
to the city, and seated himself again
In his office, with bis back to the safe
and the big ledgers before him on the
table.
Ills brow was wrinkled In thought,
and his keen, gray eyes rapidly flew
over the bewildering mass of figures.
He became absorbed In his work so
much so, Indeed, thnt he did not hear
the creak of the little door on his left,
nor did there fall upon his ear the soft
breathing of a man at tils side.
A few moments later he was star
tled by feeling something cold pressed
HI BECAME ABSORBED IN HIS WORK.
to his temple, 'i-e bewllderlug multl
tude of figures which were simmering
in his brain melted away for he was
looking down the barrel of a revolver,
then along the hand which held It, and
the arm, until his gray eyes rested on
the face of a man. The first glance
had been to the revolver, and he In
stantly recognized It as his own. In
the face of the man who held the re
volver he recognized the features of
Georgo Carrington, lately one of Ills
own clerks. He leaned back In his
chair and sighed heavily, but said
nothing.
"You look surprised, Mr. Butler,'
said the burglar, as he steallthiy crept
round the table. "But don't be afraid
lam not going to shoot you unless you
make a row."
"You have come to rob the office?"
"Yes, sir; that is my intention. You
have saved me a great deal of trouble,
The safe Is open, there are aecuriti?,
there la money there. I am going to
have them, and I am going to secure
you so that you cannot disturb me."
"Indeed," said the banker, in a chil
ly tone. "This Is a desperate enter
prise of yours, Mr. Carrington."
Mr. Carrington grinned.
"Desperate ills require desperate
remedies," he replied. "You sacked
me, Mr. Butler."
The bnnker pursed his lips. "Quite
true," he said, "I sacked you."
"For no fault of my own," said the
burglar.
"Exactly, Mr. Carrington, for no
fault of your own. Matter of reduc
tion of staff, that's all. Somebody bad
to go, and it fell to your fate."
"That was two mouths ago, Mr. But
ler. Since then you haven't cared how
I've lived, eh?"
The other shrugged his shoulders
somewhat impatiently. .
"It is not my business," he said.
Then, after a pause: "So you are go
ing to rob the bank, eh?"
"I'm going to ask you to hand out all
tb money you've got In the safe.
I'm going to gag you and bind you io
A FONTGON BRIDGE
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PERMANENT BOAT BRIDGE OVER THE INDUS AT KHUSHALGAR.
The boat bridge at Khushalgar Is one of the most Important pontoon
bridges over the Indus, on the northwest frontier of India. The Indus has
always been difficult to bridge, owing to the rapidity of Its current, more
especially during what" Is known as the rainy season, when It becomes
much swollen. The picture represents a convoy on Its way between Kobat
and Rawal Plndl crossing the river at Khushalgar. This bridge Is permanent,
and not temporary as might be supposed, and It was over this bridge that the
Tlrah expeditionary force advanced into the AfridI country In 1807, the rail
way at that time only running from Rawal Plndl to Khushalgar, which lies
on the left bank of the Indus. The simplest form of permanent ferry con
sists of ropes stretched across the river by means of which rafts, similar
to those depicted here, can be sheered or hauled backwards and forwards
from bank to bank. The Khushalgar bridge Is, however, the ordinary float
ing or pontoon bridge. It is capable of bearing any traffic with the excep
tion of heavy siege artillery. The banks on both sides of the river are very
steep, winding up the cliff at a steep angle as shown here. The surround
ing country 'is rocky and barren.
that you won't create a disturbance.
I shan't hurt you, Mr. Butlor; don't
fear that."
Oh, no," said the banker quickly.
"I don't fear that you will hurt ine;
that Is, I don't think I shall sustain
much physical damage at your hands.
It Is the other thing I am thinking
about the mental hurt"
"They can't blame you," said the
burglar.
"I'm afraid they will," said the
banker, dubiously. "Banks are robbed
time and again. It is nobody's fault;
but the manager doesn't get praised."
"I suppose not," said the burglar re
flectively. The banker looked up suddenly, and
his clear, gray eyes rested upon the
young man's face.
"Now, then, George Carrington,
what's your trouble? Out with it"
The other mumbled.
"I was hardly done," he said In n
sullen tone. "I ought not to have been
sacked. I was In debt. My house
was cleared of Its furniture, and my
wife, myself and my child were left
to starve. I had been sacked from a
bank, and when I want another post
tlon nobody would give It to me. I
never robbed a man of a farthing In
my life. I was driven to desperation."
"That's hard," said the banker. "But
realize, George Carrington, what you
are going to do. Yoa are going to rob
this bank. At present the matter rests
lightly upon your mind. You w!Il
probably get away safely. You will
tlee to America or somewhere. You
may set up In business and become a
successful man. But have you ever
thought of what will come after, when
you get, say, my age? Then will be
the time for you to repent and to
shun the light of every honest man
your soul blackened and your mind
uneasy forevermore."
The other was silent.
"I have in my pocket," continued ttaft
banker, "the sum of 50 pounds In Bank
of England notes. I om going to give
you these notes so thot you can make
a fresh start In life. I have also In my
pockethook a letter from a good friend
of mine in the Argentine Republic, who
requires an under manager In his bank,
The salary is $150 a month with rooms
over the bank. I am going to write
a letter to my friend suggesting you as
a most likely canuidate f6r the posi
tion. There Is no necessity to wait for
the reply, as I have been asked to send
out the man whom I think best by a
boat which leaves Albert Docks on
Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock."
The burglar's Jaw had dropped, nis
eyes were staring wildly into those of
the banker.
"You don't mean " he commenced,
"I never say anything that I don't
mean." said the banker. lie drew
ON THE INDUS.
."3 if-.
forth his pocketbook, took out soma
notes, then calmly wrote a short letter.
The burglar grasped the notes. He
looked with swimming eyes at the let
ter which had been written. But he
was not fool enough to let the point
of the revolver drop. He crushed the
notes and the letter Into his pocket
Then, with a burst of feeling, he flung
the revolver from him.
"By the way, Mr. oarrington." said
the calm, imperturbable banker, "don't
make a scene. You had better go
now." He got ud and held out hln
white hand to the burglar.
But before you go there's one little
Ml i Tl T T U'onf an t mu -
vol"ver w'hloh you took" my inner
office was not loaded, and during the
i uur uuuversuuon you nave
been sitting In a chair which contains
patent electrical device. It would
have electrocuted you In the briefest
!? C0"LelVabl?.had I mere-
L 7 T ,? 18 on lDe
leg of the chair at my side."
Good-by and good luck."-lndlan-
npolls Sun.
Has to Work In Holland.
The man who is too lazy to work
keeps out of Holland if he is wise or grat that began to pour into Can
makes his escape as soon as he dls- ada ia jooj hs settled in three of
covers that there, at least a means has these territories. The tide of pioneers
ueeu iouuu to make mm work.
When a prisoner or pauper refuses
to work he Is lowered Into a cistern,
which is provided with a pump at the
bottom. A stream of water Is turned
Tt' ldlt'r 'u19"1"8 0W" stories, and the country will keep fill
h ,? . Jh6 ?PaCUy f .th PTP 18 to with people for years to come, for
but slightly in excess of the stream
flowing into the tank and to keep his
head above water he must keep pumo-
tag. As a rule, he spends some little
7Ve "e ,1,ms u,ut lue water 18
slowly creeping upon him.
He la not urged to go to work, but
presently he takes his place at the
handle and begins the task. By work-
lng quickly he Is able to Clear out the
water after a short time, but he has
ij m-i-p m worn u ne wisnes to Keep
his feet dry.
seoinu Things
Mr. Crimsonbeak Wife, we'll have
to get rid of some of those hatracks In
we uaa-
Mrs. Crimsonbeak What on earth
are you xaiKing aDoutf we're only got
one natrack In the hall!
"Why, when I came In last night, I
thought I saw six or seren." Yonkers
sstatesmon.
in m taie, ror instance. .
lummy-rapa, is a man. wiie ms
better half?
Papa Sometimes, Tommy. And
suuieumes sue a nis lour-muis. do-
iron inuune.
TWO NEW CANADIAN PROVINCE8
With Saskatch-waa and Alberta the
Dominion Will Have Nine "ota.es."
The word province in Canada has
the same significance as the word
State In our country. When we say.
therefore, that the Dominion has or
ganized and Is about to take In two
new provinces It means that the seven
States are about to be increased to
nine. The seven provinces are Que
bes, Ontario, Nova Scotia, Prince Ed
ward Island, New Brunswick, Manito
ba and British Columbia. The two
new provinces are Alberta and Sas
katchewan. The Interior department
at Ottawa has Issued a map showing
the boundaries of these two enormous
new provinces, and the map printed
here has been made from It
It la thirty-eight years since the Do
minion of Canada was formed by the
confederation of the provinces then ex
isting. That was the birth of Canada
as a nation. Two years later the Brit
ish Parliament passed the Rupert's
land act, which provided for the ac
quisition by the Dominion of the vast
prairies of the West, which were call
ed the Northwest Territories. It had
already been discovered that wheat
was a wonderful crop In the southeast
part of this region, and so many set
tlers flocked into the little corner call
ed Manitoba that in 1870 this territory
was admitted into the confederation
as a province. As a State of the Do
minion, Manitoba is Just one year older
than British Columbia.
But none of the other fonr b'g ter
ritories has ever had a government of
its own, Asslnlbola, Alberta, Saskatche
an, and Athabasca were simply lump-
wan, and Athabasca were simply
lumped together as the Northwest Ter
ritorles. They had a common capital
at Reglna, Asslnlbola, and have al
ways been ruled, under the Dominion
Parliament, by a Lieutenant Governor
and an Executive Council Out of
these four territories the two new
States have been formed and the
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CANADA'S TWO NEW PROVINCES.
In m'p tt?naSt.Poe.t,f Vhtef t&V b.VY Vr'm?i the dott Unti
Northwest Territories will now disap
pear from the maps.
ment f them , n0 longer BultaWei
because their interests are becoming
.. mmri Tn 1001 thpIr nnn.
ulatlon wag 158i94a No Mn8U8 hali
been taken since, but the Candlan gov
ernment estimates their population to
day at about 500,000.
Over three-fifths of the large Imml-
pouring over these wheat and cat-
tle lands of Canada,
Tf h ' Tpt rPBh(H, AthflhBcn.
but farmhouses and hamlets have been
the lands still unoccupied are almost
MM A(s yet,
the newcomers
have hardly more than touched the
outsklrta of the wheat lands,
Manitoba is only one-fourth as large
ag fte old territories of Asslnlbola,
SaBkatchewan and Alberta, but she
had over 2,000,000 acres in wheat-last
wnlle the territories gathered a
' hMf rnn from onlv 575.fin7 ncren
Thlg acreage in the territories was n
mere bagatelle compared with their
enormous area of fine farm lands.
The government, after careful lnves-
tigatlons, has reached the conclusion
that the amount of desirable farm
Ian(ig gtm unappropriated In Asslnlbola
is 19,000,000 acres; in Saskatchewan,
17,000,000, and in Alberta, 10,000,000
acres.
It wm take hundreds of thousands
0f farmers to cut up all this land Into
homesteads, but the process la going
, on an(j hen these lands are all par-
celed out settlers will begin to move
, ,nt() Atnabasea, whose agricultural ca-
pablllUe8 hare Just been inrestigated
. oomnaratlrelv thorough 'manner.
andi lt lg wltn astonishingly fa-
Torable result
rni buu creating the provinces pro-
vide that each shall be represented In
the Senate of Canada by four mem
bers and In the House of Commons by
five members, 'the number In the lower
house being readjusted from time to
time according to population. Each
shall have a Lieutenant Governor and
a Legislative Assembly, to be com
posed at the outset of twenty-five
members.
The government of Canada Is to pay
to each province the sum of $50,000 a
year for tlfe support of its government
and legislature. The Dominion lands
will continue to be vested In tho
crown, but the Canadian government
will compensate the provinces for
them by a series of annual payments.
Thf present estimated value of the
public lands is $1.50 an acre.
The map shows that the two prov
inces take In all the territory of the
four territories excepting a little of the
eastern parts of Athabasca and Sas
katchewan. The time will probably come when it
will be deemed best to divide theso
provinces again Into smaller ones.
Each of them Is about four times as
large as New York State, and their
total territory is about as large as
Central Europe.
This is a great region, which, with
Manitoba, Is estimated by the Deputy
Minister of Agriculture to be destined
within ten years to produce annually
350,000,000 bushels of wheat 200,000,
000 bushels of oats, and 50,000,000
bushels of barley, and this without
cropping more than about one-third of
The two provinces divide the vast
area nearly equally. Reglna will be
the capital of Saskatchewan; the capi
tal of Alberta will be temporarily at
Edmonton until the Legislature of that
province decides upon its permanent
situation. Washington Post
Little Lord's Plain Dreae.
Both of the best-known American
duchesses are becoming Increasingly
economical In the selection of their
children's frocks, says the New York
Press. Time was when their graces of .
Manchester and Marlborough thought
the sheerest of fabrics not rood
enough for their youngsters; when
neither thought of paying less than
$100 apiece for their infants' robes and
wnen the rest of the baby attire car
ried the total of every day-s apparel
to an absurd figure. But the Princess
of Wales, noticing a tendency on the
part or wealthy women in England to
overdress their young hopefuls, began
putting the simplest of clothes on her
own children and the Duchesses of
Marlborough and Manchester were not
slow to copy her sensible example.
Any one seeing the Manchester and
Marlborough Juniors in their wares
abroad would hot dream they were
the children of parents with duchies
and ducats. Duchess Helena even goes
to the extreme of putting her pets In
ginghams o' mornings, and Duchess
Consnelo hr.s been soon looking at or
dinary prints in Ixmdon bazaars.
Ho Fixed Him.
In the course of an open-air revival
meeting in a Georgln town a man in
the audience interrupted the leader
with the question: "Where would re-.
Uglon be if you took the devil out of
lt?"
The leader looked the man over and
replied:
"Ask the devil yourself. I Judge,
from your looks, you're on speakln'
terms with him." Atlanta Constitu
tion. Saved.
"So your daughter graduated?" said
Duddson. "I suppose she saved the
country on commencement day?"
"Yes," answered Mr. Briscoe, "she
saved the country a great deal. She
was taken 111 suddenly and couldn't
read her essay." Detroit Tribune.
To the man working In the sun: The
man lying In the shade Isn't having as
good a time aa yoa think he Is.