THE RED STORM
Or the Days of Daniel Boone
B y
JOEL
CHAPTER XIV. (Continued.)
"But haw shall I get out?" Inquired
the Frenchman, who could not see how
he was to be greatly benefited by the
operation which the black had suggest
td. "The best way you ken; you can't
come frew de door," was the rejoinder.
"Get me aft ax, then, and let me cut
my way out."
"How much money?" asked Andrew.
"Three silver dollars more than you
ever had In the course of your whole
life, probably."
"Hand out the currency," said the
negro.
After a few moments of reflection, Le
Bland was about to pass out the money,
when he heard the voice of Ebony with
out; but this did not discourage him,
for he believed that the African would be
disposed to sympathize with his master,
and so be inclined to favor his escape.
Accordingly the prisoner did not hesi
tate to state the proposition which he
had made to Andrew. The matter was
discussed in low voices by the two wor
thies; and they finally concluded that for
an additional dollar, they would be com
pletely justified in disclosing the place
where the ax was secreted in the block
bouse.
Should the Frenchman be fortunate
enough to free himself by the aid of that
Implement, Andrew and hU friend sup-
Eosed that they could not be very deeply
nplicated in the affair.
So the stipulated sum was duly trans
ferred (through one of the port holes
pierced in the walls) to the hands of the
negroes, and the promised information
given.
But here a new difficulty presented
itself; would not the sound of his blows
elarm all the sleepers in Boonesborough?
After considerable searching, aided by
the faint light shining in at the loop
holes, and by the sense of touch, Le
Bland discovered a place where his op
erations promised to be most successful.
But the first blow resounded loudly
through the empty structure.
"Stop dat noise dar!" cried Andrew,
authoritatively. "Massa Boone's down
by de gate."
"I must abandon the attempt," said
Le Bland, thoughtfully, for a new and
more feasible plan had suggested Itself
to his mind. "You may keep the money,
Andrew, and say nothing about what
has taken place."
"I knew you could not do nuffln In
dat line," replied Andrew; and wishing
the prisoner good night, he walked away
with the silver safely deposited In his
pocket, singing In the happiest possible
frame of mind.
The moment Andrew's voice had ceas
ed to ba hoard, Le Bland hastened to
sound Ebony's feelings in regard to his
Imprisonment, and to ascertain so fast
as he was able, whether he could reason
ably expect any Immediate assistance
from Mr. Alston.
The result was satisfactory. He soon
discovered that Exquisite Ebony had re
ceived instructions, and was ready to
favor his escape, providing that it could
be so adroitly managed that he could not
well be suspected of having any direct
agency in the same.
While a low conversation was going
on between the Frenchman and the ne
gro, Mr. Alston himself cautiously ap
proached the block house.
"Yes, I am here, my friend," said the
person referred to. "How do you find
yourself?"
"I find myself a prisoner and very
poorly treated." replied Le Bland, rather
haughtily. "Free me from this disgrace
ful thraldom. Let me not be pent up
here, while every moment seems an age
to me, and, while I appear to hear each
instant the despairing cries of Rosalthe;
and for my apparently unpardonable tar
diness, to meet her reproving glances. I
am ready to pluck out my beard with
vexation. My impatience to serve and
save the best of women drives me to the
confines of madness. And yet you come
and say, 'I am your friend; I spoke in
your behalf.' Thrice accursed are these
unyielding walls! they hold me from
action when it is most needed. Perhaps
It is already too late; the pile may be
lighted the fagots even now blazing In
flames mounting to the skies."
"Hold!" exclaimed Mr. Alston. "Your
words torture me beyond endurance. The
shrieks of my idolized girl are in my ears
her agonies penetrate my soul."
"Demolish these walls! open the door!
give me liberty! give me the free air!
This restraint will make me frantic.
To breathe this air another moment will
suffocate me. I am, while here, like
the poor fish transferred from his loved
element to dry land. I gasp I strug
gle with my fate like it. Make haste,
then, to relieve me. Consult not cold
and selfish prudence; think not of false
fears of professed friends, and the false
hood of concealed enemies. Act, and act
quickly. Your friend demands It; your
daughter invokes it."
"Before heaven!" cried Alston, "I will
comply with your request, let the conse
quences be what they may. My doubts
(if I ever entertained a single doubt) van
ish; I give them to the winds. When I
hear your tones, I hear only the voice
of sincerity and truth; I feel that there
is no hypocrisy within you, let others
cry oat as they will. Now I am ready
to serve you."
"Is Captain Boone still walking about
irithia the works?" asked Le Bland.
"No; he concluded his observations
and returned to bis cabin a few moments
since." replied Mr. Alston.
That Is well; now I must contrive to
escape without Implicating you.
"Generous friend!" said Alston, pleas
ed to behold so much ingenuousness.
"Let Ebony mount to the roof," con
tinued the Frenchman, "and remove,
rith my co-operation, a sufficient portion
of the same to allow me a comfortable
greM. Once upon the top of the block
Louse, I will drop down upon the out
side and the object will be accom
plish ed."
"The plan Is judicious and practical,"
remarked Mr. Alston. "Ebony, get suit
able Implement and climb up snd open
IA aperture of the proper dimensions:
ROBINSON
but work softly and throw yourself down
flat on the roof if any one appears."
Ebony made haste to obey these com
mands, and In a short time he was in
dustriously at work on the top of the
block house, while the Frenchman gave
directions and assisted him from the in
terior. The work progressed successful
ly; the timbers were displaced by means
of a lever. The Frenchman emerged
from the opening, and the Implements
which had been employed were so placed
as to convey the idea that all had been
effected from the Inside.
A rifle and ammunition were passed
up to him. He seized them hastily, drop
ped down upon the front side of the
block house and hurried away.
CHAPTER XV.
The hour of midnight had passed on,
and other hours had followed in its
noiseless track. It was near the break
of day; but the hush of night lay more
deeply, and far more darkly, upon the
face of the earth than since the sun
went down. The moon had finished her
course, and passing away to other re
gions left darkness and gloom on the
places where her beams had flickered so
pleasantly.
Daniel Boone and Mr. Fleming stood
near the gate that opened from the
stockades for Ingress and egress. Each
of the sturdy pioneers held in his hand
his trusty rifle weapons which had been
proved upon many a bloody day.
"This," said Captain Boone, "Is the
hour which has ever been so fatal to our
countrymen. The savages always select
it for a surprise; and how many hun
dreds have been slain between sleeping
and waking."
"Yes, my brave lads, this Is the time
when we may naturally expect the onciv
Uized critters," said Joel Logston, who
appeared at that moment, followed by
Vesuvius.
"You ought not to go abroad In the
open air until you have recovered from
your recent wounds," observed Captain
Boone.
"The alr'll do 'em good; I never was
afraid of the air; I ain't one o them
kind. I can't sleep where there's any
danger, or any reasonable prospect of a
fight. Isn't It so, Vesuvius?"
At this instant the singular quadruped
referred to began to give vent to low
and energetic growls, snuffing the air,
erecting the hair upon his back, and
walking defiantly about the enclosure
near the stockades.
"What does that mean?" asked Flem
ing. "It means that he scents somethln' as
he don't like," replied Logston.
"I suspect that there are Indians
near," remarked Daniel Boone.
"If you're allers as near the truth as
that, you won't have to answer for
much sin of that natur'," said Joel.
"Perhaps we had better call out the
men," added Captain Boone.
"I think you had, by all means; for
there'll be an oneommon uproar here
soon, 'cordin' to my notion of things,"
replied Joel.
The settlers now began to leave their
cabins and gather about their leader in
silence. Mr. Alston appeared among
them with a melancholy and dejected
air, for he was doubtless thinking of
his daughter.
"I cannot bear this torturing suspense
and Inaction much longer," he remarked,
approaching Captain Boone. "Although
not very skillful in Indian tactics, and
unused to the trail, I shall, nevertheless,
make some effort to recover my beloved
Rosalthe."
"I can appreciate your feelings, Mr.
Alston. You feel as all fathers would
under the circumstances," said Boone.
"But rest assured that there are those
now in pursuit of your daughter who
are far more experienced than your
self, and who will never return without
some tidings of the lost one.
"Yes, I must try to bear up like a
man," replied Alston, sighing. "Is there
any immediate danger of an attack?"
"I am strongly inclined to think so,"
was the reply.
"I am differently persuaded. I think
the danger has been greatly magnified.
As you are aware, I have but little
faith In this story of a fearful con
spiracy," rejoined Alston.
"Look yonder. In the name of heaven,
and tell me what new mystery Is that
which I now behold!" exclaimed the for
ester, with startling emphasis.
Instantly all eyes were turned toward
the block house, where Le Bland was
supposed to be yet In durance. Dusky
figures were seen on top of the structure,
disappearing one after another through
the roof. The hardy pioneers gazed at
this astonishing sight In mute wonder.
For a moment they seemed like men ut
terly deprived of the powers of volition.
The danger had appeared in an unex
pected quarter and in a more dreaded
form than they had anticipated.
Captain Boone was the first to speak
and to act. "We must stop this!" he
exclaimed, "or we are little better than
dead men;" and Instantly discharged his
rifle at one of the dark forms. Three
or four of the settlers followed his ex
ample. The fire was Immediately re
turned from the block house with effect,
for one of the nu n fell.
"We are to be shot down from our
own block houses and through the loop
holes pierced by our own hands," cried
the captain. "Mr. Logston," he added,
"take half a dozen men and take pos
session of the other block house and
prevent any more from entering the
works, while I try to drive the enemy
from this."
Brandishing a hatchet, the old pioneer
rushed toward the stronghold occupied
by the Indians. The little party was met
by a severe fire; Mr. Alston, who was
among the foremost, received a wound
which prevented him from taking any
further part In the struggle.
The savages had the advantage, the
guns leveled from the several loopholes
completely covering Boone and his men.
A few of them reached the door of the
block house; but it could not be forceJ
oiien. and even had tbey succeeded in
doing so it would have been rushinc to i
destruction. The consequence was, the
storming party was obliged to retreat.
Perceiving that nothing could be ef
fected without more deliberation, order,
and concert of action, they proceeded to
superintend and protect the passage of
the women and the childreu from the
cabins to the block house in the other
angle of the works. This important
measure was effected without loss, al
though they were frequently fired upon.
While these movements were taking
place within the station, there was much
shouting and tumult without. Several
attempts were made to mount the top of
the block house, which met with a
prompt repulse from the settlers, whose
position commanded the entire front of
the fort. As has been observed, the
block houses, projecting twenty iuches
beyond the cabins, prevented effectually
the possibility of the enemy's making a
lodgment before thein.
"This," said Logston, addressing Mr.
Alston, who was having his wounds
dressed, "this is the work of your
Frenchman."
"I am still incredulous," replied Al
ston. "Where is Andrew?" inquired Boone.
"Here, massa," said Andrew.
"Was Le Bland in the block house
when you went away from it?"
"Yes, massa."
"Did he make any attempt to escape?"
continued Boone, sternly.
"He spoke about dat nr subject."
"Did he offer you money, or hold out
any inducement for you to assist him to
escape?" added the forester, still more
sternly.
"Yes. mnssa," said Andrew, quailing
before the penetrating glances of Boone.
Unfortunately for him, in his perturba
tion he thrust his hands into his pockets
so desperately that the jingle of silver
coin was distinctly heard.
. "What have you got iu your jockets?"
asked Boone.
"Nuffln' but nails, massa not a single
t'ing," returned the negro, his manner
plainly giving the lie to his words.
"Search his pockets," said the captain,
turning to Logston, who stood near.
Joel, ever ready to do the bidding of
his superior, laid his hands upon the
trembling Andrew, which Vesuvius' ob
serving, concluded that it was the signal
for some extraordinary demonstration on
his part, and instantly displayed all his
sharp teeth, and approached him with
Intentions most sinister and alarming.
Andrew, overcome by the sense of so
many dangers, fell upon his knees, and
declared he would confess all about the
matter, which he did, with but a few
trifling prevarications; protesting most
strenuously that he had no intention
whatever of assisting the Frenchman to
escape.
Ebony was next questioned; but em
boldened by the presence of Mr. Alston,
fearlessly asserted that he was wholly
ignorant of the transaction, and that
the first Intimation which he had receiv
ed that anything was going wrong was
the report of Captain Boone's rifle whea
he shot at the Indians.
Although perfectly assured in his own
mind that Ebony knew more than he
chose to divulge, the forester ceased to
press his questions farther, for the Im
minence of the danger required prompt
action.
(To be continued.)
An Incident.
"What Is the color 'chatain'?" a cer
tain young man asked of a venerable
Creole lady whose hair was white as
snow.
She rummaged through her mind for
terms of explanation, being a little lia
ble to forget English words at times.
Finally, however, she replied:
"'Chatain,' dat is the color of my
hair, you understand, when I was
young!"
And then she smiled with satisfac
tion at the exact manner In which she
had explained the term, while the
questioner still wondered what color
"chatain" was. New Orleans Times
Democrat. Deitpoken.
"No, thank you," said Miss De Mure,
"I don't care to meet any new young
men." i
"My!" exclaimed Miss Gaddie;
"you're select all of a sudden."
"No," replied Miss De Mure, glanc
ing dreamily at her new ring; "I've
merely been selected all of a sudden."
Denver Times.
In Ilarslardom.
Bill Sykes I see as how de sculp
tors Is goin' ter restore one of de old
Eyetalian churches.
Jimmy Jackson Good Gawd! Youse
don't mean ter tell me dat the boog
lars ever had de nolve ter swipe a hull
church! New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Intellla-ent Ant.
Among Insects the most intelligent
are those of the ant tribe, while next
to them rank wasps. Bees come some
way lower down the scale. Beetles
are hopelessly stupid, but even they
are not as bad as butterflies and
moths.
Pronperona Japanese.
Real destitution is rarely seen In
Japan, though some of Its inhabitants
are very poor, yet all seem to le fairly
well fed, clothed and housed, and are
Invariably cheerful. Nearly all Jap
anese are of cleanly habits and rarely
untidy.
No Intentional Dlmplar.
Miss Wytheropp Mr. Newcome re
marked to you that I didn't show my
age, didn't he?
Miss Knox Not exactly. He said
you were careful to conceal it. Phila
delphia Press.
A Mlaa.
"How did Jack get out of marrying
Miss De Turmond? She fairly threw
herself at his head."
"I know, but women never can
throw straight." Cleveland leader.
t'aar'a III Katate.
The Czar has a single estate cover
ing over 100.000.000 acres three times
the size of England.
Berlin local trains now have special
compartments for "passengers with,
dogs-
7 - wm mm it ifc ir
Permanent Asa Hopper.
We all know what a bother It Is to
hare to leave pressing work to empty
the ash hopper, and how hard It Is to
lift the ashes out. It produces consid
erable vexation, too, when the wife
wants the hopper emptied and filled,
and husband thinks be hasn't time to
do It If wife has It to empty, as
many do, why not make one that she
can empty la a few minutes, without
any lifting? Here is the plan of ours,
which holds about three barrels. The
cut explains Itself. The upper end Is
made separate, boards fastened togeth
er by means of cleats, and sets Inside
or cn top of sides, and top cleat ex
tends beyond inner edges of posts, and
by raising up with lever comes through
notches in posts, thus taking whole end
out of hopper. We use a hollow tree
for trough, and If desired the whole
cai be roofed over, and made to last
alnost a lifetime. C. E. Pleas.
Coat of Feed In sr.
The Massachusetts experiment sta
tion kept track of the cost of feed eat
en by three farm horses for five years.
Tie feed consisted of hay, corn, oats
ard other common feeding stuffs. The
cost of the ration averaged from 18
tc 24 cents per head dally. At the
Oklahoma station Kaffir corn was used
quite extensively. With Kaffir corn
and ordinary corn at 20 cents a bushel,
oats 25 ents, bran 25 cents per 100
pounds, the average cost of a work
horse's daily ration was 17 cents. If
all horse owners understood how good
otts are for horse feed there would
b better horses In the country. Corn
Is almost unfit for the hard worked
horse. If you feed oats the horses may
not look quite so fat, but they will be
In better condition. They will have
more life and feel more like working,
and It is a settled fact that they will
do more work during the season by a
great deal, enough more that It will pay
well to feed on oats. Farm Home.
Good Water Trough for Host.
A correspondent of Practical Farmer
says : . I am .herdsman at the Oklaho
ma Agricultural College, and have used
the following for more than a year to
water hogs and sheep. Take a good
barrel, paint It heavily with tar or
lead. Bore a -inch hole in side of
barrel 5 Inches from bottom and a 1
lnch hole In top; then make a box 2
feet square and 0 Inches deep ; put bar
rel In box, put a plug In lower hole and
fill barrel with water by pouring In
top. Make an air-tight plug, coat both
ends with tar, drive in top hole tight,
remove lower plug and box will fill to
top of lower hole and remain there
until barrel Is empty. The barrel must
be absolutely air-tight Best to place
on a floor for bogs.
A New Movement la Education.
The Missouri State Board of Agri
culture In co-operation with the Agri
cultural College has Just Inaugurated
a new educational campaign. Lectur
ers are being sent to the country school
houses In various parts of the State to
speak to the children and parents upon
practical problems of farming. Usually
two lectures are given at eacn place,
one In the afternoon and one at night
In many places 75 to 100 farmers at
tend the meetings, often going miles
over muddy roads. The funds In the
bands of the lonrd are not sufficient to
enable It to send lecturers to every
schoolhouse, but the enthusiasm with
which the farmers receive the Instruc
tion leads to the belief that Missouri
is beginning a new era in agricultural
education.
Good liar and Tea Yield.
Ilenry Warden, of Fredericksburg,
Md., writes to Southern Planter that
one of his fields seeded with New Era
cowpeas produced a ton of hay and
16 15-100 bushels of peas per acre.
Another Acid seeded with Whippoor
wlll cowpeas produced 1.3 tons of hay
and about ten bushels of peas per
acre,
Farm Jfotea.
If you would keep up the fertility of
your farm, never sell any feed. Keep
enough stock to utilize it alL
A PERMANENT ASH HOPPEB.
in
V
WATTS TROUGH FOB HOGS.
Never trust a horse which has once
run away. There Is no excuse for let
ting him repeat the performance.
There Is an old notion that a cow
will fall in her milk when fed on pump
kins ; but there is no truth in the the
ory. 1
Farm Incomes In Canada.
One speaker at Montreal during a
recent session of the Canadian tariff
commission said that the average farm
In Huntingdon County represented an
investment of $5,000. On such a farm
there would be twelve cows of a total
value of $420. Two cows would fatten
two pigs and four calves. The revenue
from the milk and milk products of
twelve cows amounted to about $420 a
year; from the two pigs and four
calves, $100. They would sell two
beeves at $40 each. From the sale of
horses, one In two years, apples and
small stuff, there would be another
$100. The produce of the farm eaten
annually by a family of six was esti
mated at $180; therefore there was a
total revenue of $840 a year. To work
such a farm required the services of
two men and one woman, worth in all
a value of $450 and their board at $0
a month. Then there would be expendi
ture for blacksmith's service, harness,
and various items of wear and tear, to
amount to $100. Thus, the total ex
pense reached the sum of $772, which,
deducted from a total revenue of $840,
left a balance of $G8. Another speaker
gave the balance sheet of an average
dairy farm, showing receipts of $1,205
and expenditures of $503, leaving $000
for living, clothing, education, excur
sions, etc.
Potato Eyea Mailed.
Many of the seedsmen mall potato
eyes put up in plaster, so that they
will reach planters in good shape. The
eyes are taken out of the tubers with
a knife made expressly for that pur
pose, which carries a pretty good-sized
piece of the potato. They are quite
sure to grow and make a fair crop re
gardless of the small beginning. This
is a cheap means of getting started In
new varieties or of obtaining pure
stock from some of the standard varie
ties. One hundred eyes, assorted to In
clude a half dozen sorts, may be or
dered packed In one box. These will
cost about $1, with charge prepaid.
The cost Is hardly worth mentioning
having some pure stock of known va
rieties. They are not mailed until
danger of freezing is past
A Portable Stock Fence.
The frame of this portable fence is
made 12 feet by 8.5 feet of 1 by 6
Inch lumber, that will not twist or
warp. The pieces are securely nailed
at the corners. Wire fencing is stretch
ed over the frame and well stapled.
The hurdle is made of three pieces of
the same material as is used in the
frame. Nail them together as Illustra
ted and cut a notch in the crosspleco
at the bottom to receive one of the
tongues on the fence frame; the other
tongue rests In the crotch formed by
the two upright pieces. Farmers' Bul
letin. Stapendona Farm Wealth.
The wealth production on farms In
1905 reached the highest amount ever
attained by the fanner of this or any
other country, "a stupendous aggre
gate of results of brain and muscle
and machine," amounting in value to
$tl,415,O00,(!OO, an excess over last year
of $250,000,000. The wealth produced
on farms In l!H.r) exceed that of 10O4
by 4 per cent, that of lfMi.3 by 8 per
cent and that shown by the census fig
ures for 189!) by 30 per cent Should
there be no relapse from his present
position as a wealth producer three
years hence the farmer will find that
the farming element about 35 per cent
of the propulatlon, has produced an
amount of wealth within ten years
equal to one-half of the entire national
wealth produced In three centuries.
Care of Stock.
The care of stock takes precedence
of other kinds of work at this season.
The animals are now in their winter
quarters and wholly dependent on the
owner or caretaker. Their present con
dition and future usefulness will large
ly correspond with the carefulness and
good Judgment exercised In their favor
during the coming few months. Com
fortable stables, Judicious feeding and
kindly treatment are things that will
pay right along. American Cultivator.
Dark to the Farm.
A larger percentage of students of
agriculture are going back to the farm
after graduating than ever lefore. The
reasun Is that the Importance of an
agricultural education is lielng better
understood, and appreciated according
ly. Good farming Is paying lietter than
It ever did before, and It Is recognized
that more brains are required to make
a success of farming than la any other
occupation.
Dial entper.
This disease Is sometimes called
strangles. It usually causes an abscess
to form In the neighborhood of the
throat or root of the tongue and when
this discharges the horse soon gets bet
ter. A hot poultice should be applied
to the throat and changed twice a day
until the swelling bursts or disappears.
Give soft feed, do not work the horse
and give twice dally a teaspoonful of
powdered chlorate of potash.
PORTABLE STOCK FENCE.
Told by the Typewriter.
The following correspondence ei
1'laius ilsrlf:
".Mr. Thompson presents his compli
ments to Mr. Simpson, and lx?gs to
request that he will keep his piggs
from trespassing on his ground."
"Mr. Simpson presents his compli
ments to Mr. Thompson, and requests
that In future he will not spell his
piggs with two gees."
"Mr. Thompson's respects to Mr.
Simpson, and he will feel obliged If
he will add the letter 'e' to the last
word In the note Just received, so as
to represent Mr. Simpson and lady."
"Mr. Simpson returns Mr. Thomp
son's note unopened, the Impertinence
it contains being only equalled by Its
vulgarity."
A cremated adult human body leaves
a residuum of gray ashes which altogeth
er do not weigh more than about two
pounds.
There is more Catarrh In this ectlon of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the lust tew years was supposed toba
fneiiVible. For a great many yearsdoetors pro
oumc, d it a local aisease, and Pf"1
remedies, and by constantly ?ni ling to , cure
with local treatment, V"eUia!W?'
Seiance has proven catarrh total const tu
ttonal disease, and therefore requires constitu
tor treatment. Hall's ('t,l"h,t;"re!"fn,?
f secured by K. J. Cheney fc Co., Toledo, Ohio, is
the only constitutional cure on the market. It
is taien internally in doses from i 10 drops to a
teaspooiiful. It aets directly on the blood and
mucus surfaces of the system. They oiler one
hundred dollars for anv case it fails to cure,
tiend for circulars and testimonial!.
Address, K. J. t 1IE.NKV 4 CO., Toledo, O
Sold l-y Unipeists, 7.'c.
Hall s family Pills are the best.
It Surprised Her.
The amateur photographer, in the
goodness of his heart, often promises
copies of his pictures to any one who
happens to be standing in range of the
camera when it is "tired." Unfortu
nately, failing memory usually Inter
venes to prevent fulfillment of the
promises.
It happened that a young man tak
ing "views" on the summit of Fort
Hill, Vlcksburg, found a dilapidated
cabin the foreground of one of them.
"Hello, there, aunty!" he called to
the negro woman in the doorway.
"Step out on the gallery and get In
the picture."
"You goin' gimme one o' dem pic
tures?" she demanded.
"Give you a picture?" repeated the
photographer. "No. Don't think It
for a minute. Stand up and look your
prettiest, now."
The old woman looked at him a mo
ment In amazement Then she turned
and shouted to some one Inside.
"Foh de land's sake!" she said. "01
man, come out yeah an gtt youh plc
ter took. Heah's a young man dat
ain't a-lyln' about It. Dey's been two
hund'ed people tooken plcters of me
on dis gal'ry, an eve'y las' one of 'em
say he gwlne sen' me a plcter but
nary picter I ever see ylt Look youh
purtes', ol' man. Pis young man look
like he ain't tellin' no lies to us."
During the last two decades the im
provement in the reciprocating steam
engine has kept fully abreast of the re
markable progress in electrical develop
ment to such a degree that, notwith
standing the multiplication of gas en
gines and turbines and the wide distri
bution of water power bv electrical
transmission, the use of the steam en
gine is increasing faster today than
ever before. Many mammoth indus
trial plants are exclusively engaged in
building feteam boilers and engines, and
it ia the proud boast of one of these, the
Atlas Engine works, of Indianapolis,
that it averages a complete boiler and
engine outfit of fifty horsepower every
thirty minutes of the working day.
When the visitor to their plant has
gone through two or three of their
great warehouses, where he saw hun
dreds of steam engines of variouB types
and sizes, and emerges upon a boiler
fard of twenty acres, that looks like a
perfect sea of boilers, the old question
of what becomes of all the pins is for
gotten and he wonders where upon
earth use can be found for all the boil
ers and engines turned out by this one
concern. But, if he will watch the
loading process, he will see ten or
twelve trainloads per day go out, label
ed for destinations all over the world
and will gain some notion of the mag
nitude of the world's work. Then,
when he is told that this one concern,
leviathan of the trade though it is, does
not produce ten per cent of the world's
output of steam boilers and engines, he
will begin to realize bow vast is the
production and consumption of steam
power throughout the world.
The Italian; Paaaloa.
Old Stoxanbons Are you sure that
you can no longer control the thing?
His Chauffeur Yes, sir. I'm afraid -it
will get away from me very soon.
Old Stoxanbons Then for heaven'i
sake run Into something cheap! ruck.
Civic Art Problems.
The treatment of minor open space
in village and city, one of the most in
tersting problems of civic art today,
will be the subject of an article by
Sylvester Baxter in the April Centnry.
Among the illustrations, by Jules One
rin, of Mr. Baxter's text, will be pic
tures of Grand Circle, with the Colum
bus monument, and Coenties slip, New
York, the first showing the effective
ness of formal treatment of an open
space at the conjunction of important
streets; the second the possibilities of
securing a restful effect of roominess
in a limited area.
According to Mr. Baxter and quite
contrary to the popular impression
the Boston Public Garden has exerted
most demoralizing influence upon gar
dening art in the United States, be
cause of its lavish employment of rich
and expensive material "in a fashion
nnguided by any true principle of de
sign." Other examples, good and bad, of
public squares in different cities and
Tillages will be treated in Mr. Baxter's
article.