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Chautauqua pooquamme. Arrangement! I'lnlihed (or Cxercliei it Glad. ilone Park. Oregon City Mny 22, Arimigo tnonts have Ix'tiii completed for tho ex orcises ill Gladstone Park, July i)-l!l. Thomas .1. Morgan, of New York oily, will Ijo tlm orator on tlm Fourth of July, ami will litter give n ledum on thu "Negro I'roliluni," Others wlio will deliver two Iccturos are, Dr. OhulroH llayuril Mitchell, of tho Hen nepin avonuo Methodist Episcopal cliuruli of Minneapolis; Dr. J, M. llushford jircMldeut of tliu Ohio Wes I yii'u university. Lecture will ho de livered liy Dr. Alexander Illaoklmrii of Portland ittiit Dr. A. .1. Front of I, oh Angeles. The J'nrko Sisters of Now York city will give two instrumental concert anil Folk Miller will glvo two evening of enturtiilnniunt on "South cm Life." Mimical concert will lie under thu direction of Frof. Iloyer iiinl the Che iitnwii Indian Imnil will glvo dally programmes, Thu climn instruction will Imj h special feature mid thu in Ktructors will Im) thu same us hiHt year except that Miss May Ncal, of North went University, Chicago, will havo jhargo of reading and elocution, and l'rof. J. Ivey, of Lim Angeles, will have charge of thu art classes. RICH HAY DISTRICT. Meadow Undi In Idaho Which Product lluvy Yield. Washington, May 21. A report lias leoii received hy thu department l agriculture from a special stuti tleal agent who hint recently traversed tho great hay district of Northern Idaho. Along thu St. Joseph and tho St. Mary's rivers, and subject to ovornow during tnu spring, aru tlioti nnds of acres of rich mendow lauds which produce heavy yields of wile hay. Timothy, wliero howii, will yield from two to three tons iier acre, In thu Indian recurvation thu land in practically given over to wild ha hut olsowhoro timothy in usual 5 oultlvated. Farmers noar thu navi gable parts of tho rivora halu their liny ami ship it down tho Htrcam to thu markotit of thu river or hiko towns. Tho larger part, however, l tlio nay raided in tlio district Im ile voted to stock feeding, u thriving industry. Much of tlii.i district is heavily tlnilxtrcd, tlio principal varieties Ik)' inj; whito pine, red llr, cedar, yellow pine and tiunarac. Timlier cutting in carried' on extensively and thu cloured lands converted into farms. Strawberries uro a prolltahlo croi High price aru obtainable licciiusc lwrrios from this diHtrict como iiM)ii tho market u week after those from other sections are sont. ECLIPSE OF THE 8UN. -' MV IM IM 'JI. . . , , r V- Cloudt In the Sky Interfered With the Ob uvatorlei, San Francisco. Mny 22. A cable cram received from Fadauir. Sumatra. from Professor CD. Ferime, in charge of tlio Crocker eel ipso expedition from tlio Lick observatory, stated tliat tie sky was partially clouded ut thu time of tho eclipse. Tho programmo was considerably luterforred with, but it in hoped that results of valtio have been secured on n part of tho pro gramme, i no lorni oi tlio corona was similar to that observed at the col Ipse of 1898 and 1000 in that the .equatorial extensions of tho corona wcro prominent. Tho sky was con niderablo darkor than on tho occasion of tho eclipsu lust year, but still was hardly so dark as expected. Do tailed results of thu expedition will Im cabled us far as possible in two or threo days after tho photographic plates luivo 1m?oii developed. The health of all tho members of tho ex pcdltion is very good. WITHDRAWAL OF AMERICANS. General Chalfe lnuei an Order Ending the Keller Expedition. Fckln. May 22. General Challeo at midnight last night issued n farewell order terminating tlio American roiioi expedition in China. The American troops will board tho transports Wed nesday at Taku and Thursday will leave direct for Manila. M. Fiction, the Fronch minister, left hero for homo this morning. A meeting of tho foroign minister will bo held tomorrow, but it is not likely that much will bo accomplish, cd, as fioino of the ministers havo not yet received instructions from tlioii homo governments. Remey Goes to Auckland Washington, May 21. A cablegram received from Admiral Romoy at the navy department announces that he will leave Molbourno noxt Sunday for Auckland, N. Z., wliero tho Brooklyn goes at tho invitation of the colonial government. Japan's New War Loan. Yokohama, May 21. Tho govern ment has announced tho issuo ol 0,000,000 yon in oxohequor bills at 1 per cent, ropayablo in six months, to defray tho expenses of tho China campaign. The Concord Orderd to Alaska. Wellington, May 21. Tho navy department hua ordered tho gunboat Concord, now on tho Asiatia station, to proceed to this country for duty in Alaska. She will assist in tho striot enforcement of tho liquor laws of the gold country. Newfoundland Seal Plshery Tho Newfoundland seal fishery this year will bo oho of the most successful In years. THE STJtIKE IS ON FIFTY TH0U8AND MACHINISTS QUIT WORK YE8TERDAY. Machine Sliopi Are Tied Up V rom Atlantic to Patlflc-Slrlke Ooei Not Include Men In Employ of Government-Allied Tradei In Sympathy, and Some Have Already Gone Out With Machlnhli. Washington, May 21. Annroxl mutely BO, 000 machinists throiiL-h out tho country struck yesterday for n uiue-noiir nay, a soulo of wages oquul to tho present 10-hour day seaio, ami inner iieinamis. Tills Is a rough estimate of Fresldent O'Con nell, of tho national association of machinists, based on telegraphic ad vices tliat havo reached him today from tho machinists headquarters in tho various cities. Tho striko thus far has not extended to tho allied trades, save in onu or two instances, as at Horiiiiton. Fa., whom men In u part of tho allied trades aru out. No machinists ciiuiiia.il in L'ovorninimt work aro affected. This is duo to tho fact that on such work an nlirlit.bnnr day schedule already prevails. Jiuiirtmd machinists, as n rulo. aro not engaged in tho strke. thoutrh tho men on several roads are out. Mr. O'Conuoll said last niirht that up to 5 o'clock reports show that !HM firms, employing approximately 30.- 000 men, had signed agreements for tlio utile Hour day or nuido satisfactory arrangements with tho local organiza tions. The Strike at San Pranclico. San Francisco. Mav 21 Hixtv fivn hundred union machinists and other iron trade workers afliliated with them quit work in this city yesterday. It Is oxticcted that ulwut 1,000 moro men will join the striko as soon as they are ordered to do so by their ro scctivu national directors. Among the latter aro tlio iron moldurs and core makers. Tho other crafts affect ed include almost every branch of tho iron shipbuilding and boilor making trades. Of tho -l.OOO men employed at tho Union Irom Works, 3,700 went out. At tho Jtisden Iron Works, 050 men started to work yesterday morning and only CO of them remain there. On the pay roll of the Fulton Iron Works there aro about 000 names nnd fiOO of thenr voluntarily quit work to day. From theso three establish ments alone -1,000 men havo walked out. In the local industry there are 01) shops and of theeo thero aro only 10 that employ moro than 100 men. j Kight of tho smaller concerns acceded! to tho demands of their men prior to yesterday morning. All tho others refused to sign tho agreement submit ted by their union employes. A Struggle at Cincinnati. J Cincinnati. O.. Mav 21. At n meeting lato yesterday afternoon of tho employing machinists, thov de cided to close down their plants in definitely us a result of tho strike. A numlier of tlio larger firms declare they have enough finished product on hand to tulo tlicm over u strike with out inconvenience. At a meeting of tho strikers last night, Dusiness Agent Schilling, of tho combined machinists unions, of this city, announced that tho tio up in (Jincinnau is mo most comnlcto in tho country. Ho said thero wcro but IOO union machinists at work todnv. asiuo irom tno uuu who havo already nccn conccucu their terms. These 100 ho pledged would not work to morrow. THE TURKISH APPOLOQY. Effort to Close the Mall Batf Incident at Constantinople. Constantinople, May 21. Ahmed Towllk Fusha, Ottoman minister of foreign nil airs, called upon tho am bassadors today and notified them of Turkey's desiro to re-establish tho status quo ante in tho postal ones tion and tho intention to send high functionary to upologizo for tho vio unions oi tno loreigu mail bugs. The ambassadors met yesterday at the rosidonco of tho German ambassador to determine what attitude to adopt in view oi tho completo submission of thu sublime porto. It is under stood that tho German ambassador considers tlio incident closed. Tho other powers, however, dcclino to regard u return to tho status quo auto as an adequate settlement; and tho British, ivrcnoh and Austrian em bassies havo oven declined to transmit tho explanations of Tewllk Pasha to thoir govcrnmnots. Burned By Molten Lead. Youngstown, 0., May 21. Two men aro dead and fhreo aro oxpected to dio as a result of an accident in tho Ucssomor department of tho Na tional Steel Company's plant today. Tho accident was caused by the cover of a mammoth converter be coming detached and allowing several tons of molton motal to ilow over tho mill. Tho dead aro two unknown Hungarians. Tho body of ouo of tho Hungarians was literally burned to a cinder, whilo that of tho othor was nearly as badly burned. Goldsboro Disabled. Soattlo, May 21. Tho torpedo boat destroyer Goldsboro broko hor star board' engine cccontria rod toddy dur ing a trial run, necessitating tho ves sel's return to hor dook. It was statod that tho rod was mado of do- fectivo stool. Tho Goldsboro had boon but 10 minutes on her course Another run will not bo mado before tho last of tho wok. WA8HINQTON QOSSIP. Serious Condition of Affairs In Alatka-Na (lonal Homes for Disabled Soldiers, A serious condition of nll'uirs is re ported in Alaska in letters which como from nrmy ollicers on duty in that torritory, and especially from those stationed at Fort Davis. Tho forago at last accounts was nearly bx haunted. The price of supplies which must bo shared by civilians as well as thu army, lias greatly increased, and there was every indication that thoso who had made money in Alaska would havo every opportunity to sikjikI It for wiu necessities oi me. uoai, ior hi stance, brought as much as $00 per ton. Tho national homos for disabled vol im tor soldiers aro open to regulars unit volunteers alike who havo served in any war, the board of management, in the discretion allowed hy law, con struing service in the Flulippiuea as equivalent to service in a war. The proposition lias leen several times ad vanced to throw tho volunteer homes open to regulars without regard to war service, and an amendment was oiler ed during tho lust cession of congress with that obiect in vciw. Hut it was defeuted because of strong opposition to endangering the rights of the vol unteers, and also Ijcciiuso the regulars have a national home at Washington. surrounded hy beautiful grounds, an ideal place, which is in part support ed by contributions of 13 cents de ducted from tho monthly pay. There are in addition to these 30 state homes whero tho volunteers of tho various states may find shelter in their old age. Commissioner Fowdorly wants the head tax on immigrants coming into tho country increased to not less than $2. At present this tux is $1. He recommended to congress that tho increase be made, not with n view of imposing hardships upon tlio new comers, but really to help them, He says tho increase imposes no severe burden upon those, seeking homes in this country, and it would insure tho accumulation of a fund suflicient to construct suitablo and comfortable buildings whenever needed for the comfort and safety of thoso awaiting inspection, as well os for tho adminis tration of tlio law relating to immi gration. Tho tax of?l upon each im migrant makes up a fund used in ad ministering tho immigration laws, Last year this amounted to $570,088. Admiral Dewey favors u neutral isthmian canal. leing opposed to its fortification. Tho neutrality of tho canal can bo guaranteed by our fleet. The canal is to boa commercial water way, and neutralization, therefore, will mean its preservation. Mrs. Jcsslo Denton Fremont, widow of tho "Futhfindcr," has a claim against tho United States government for lands taken from tier in uainor nia. Theso lands ,wcro appropriated as far buck as 1803 for military pur poses. They had cost her moro than $50,000, to say nothing of the interest since, and she has never been paid for them. Gen. Miles mado an investi u-ation. nnd ho promises her right to restitution to bo unqusctiouablc. F. C. Knox is tho eighth attorney concral of tho United fatatcs taken from Pennsylvania. At tho communion servico in one of tho Presbyterian churches in Wash ington recently, tho bread and wino wcro passed by two admirals, a gen eral, two supremo court justices and a former secretary of state.. Tho prtvato lettor books of Robert Morris, tho financier of tho Devolu tion, wcro brought to light in Wash ington recently. In order to ccoiiomizo timo and physical effort, Secretary Doot has re duced his official signaturo from "Elihu Root" to "E. Root." Tho trado balances in favor of tho United States in its foreign commerce during tho last threo years have amounted to moro than nil tho gold in all tho banks nnd treasuries of Europo, including tho British Isles. Wu Ting Fnng was recently nsked about tho status of tho legal profes sion in China, Ho replied, "Lawyers aro prohibited in China." Unolo Sam is making all tho way from .f lO.OOO to. $00,000 a day in stamps upon stock bought nnd sold on tho Now York stock exchange. Every transaction hns to pay whether it is a salo or pucharse, so that Unolo Sam catches tho speculators "coming and going." Judgo George E, Daldwln, United States consul at Nuremberg, Ger many, in 1808 nominated President MoKinley for tho first public ofllco ho over hold, that of prosecuting attor ney. One Thousand Fltlpplnos Freed. Manila, May 23. Gcnoral Mac- Arthur celebrated tho surrenders of tho insurgents Lascartln and Lacuna by releasing 1,000 Filipino prisoners. Tho Insurgonts aro still in possession of tho mining town of Paracolo, North Camuriucs. Tlio nearest troops aro at Indan, 30 miles away. Pounder of Texas Sittings Dead. Now Yow York, May 23. Alex ander Edwin Swcot. founder of Texas Sittings, and a humorist of national roputation unuor tho pen names of "Colonel Dill Short"- and "Rov. Whangdoodlo," died at his homo in this olty of heart discaso, from which' ho had sueffred. for sovcral years. Ho was a native of Nova Scotia nnd CO years of ago. I F'ROM j CMAFTKK VI. Sfnry linil been nt tin1 poorhouse about tlirer weeks when Miss CJnimly one day ordered her to tie on her umi-hoimot anil run firros the tuenilnw nnd through thu woods until shu cntiie to n rye stubble, then follow the footpath nlotiB the fence until shu mine to mother strlf) of woods, with a brook rutinfinc throush It. "Anil Just on the fur edge of them woocln," snld lie, "you'll see the men folks to work:' ami do tell 'em to come to their dinner quirk." It wns a mild Heptcmbcr day, nnd Mnry determined not to hurry. Khc had not Kotie far when she came suddenly upon a boy nnd two little KlrU. who seem ed to bo plnyinc nenr the brook. In the features of the Iwy slio recognized Henry Lincoln, nnd reinemberluK what Hilly had said of him, she was about turning awny when thu smallest of the xlrls espied her, nnd called out: "Look here, Itonc, I reckon that's Mary Howard. I'm irolnif to speak to her." "Jenny Lincoln, you mustn't do any such thins. Mother won't tike It," an swered tho Klrl called Hose. Hut whether "mother would like It or not, Jenny did not stop to think, nnd Kolng toward Mary she said: "Hare you come to play In the woods?" "o, was Mary a reply. "I come to call the folks to dinner." "Oh, It was you that screamed so loud. I couldn't think who It was, but it can't be dinner-time?" "Yes, 'tis; It's noon." "Well, we don't have dinner until 2, and we can stay here till that time. Won't you play with us?" No, I can t; I must ko back and work," said .Mary. "Work!" repeated .Jenny. "I think It's bad enough to havo to lire In that old house without working; but come and sec our fish pond;" und taking Mary's finnil, she led her to a wide part of tbci stream where the water had been dam med up until It wns nenrly two feet deep and clear as crystnl, looking in, Mnry could see the pebbles on the bottom, while a fish occasionally darted out and then disappeared. I made this almost all myself, said Jenny. "Henry wouldn't help me be cuuse lie's so ugly, and Itosp was afraid of blacking her fingers. Itut I don't care. Mother says I'm" a great great I've for gotten the word, but It means dirty and careless, and I guess I do look like a fright, don't I?" Mary now for the first time noticed the appearance of her companion, and readi ly guessed that the word which she could not remember was "slattern." She was a fat, cTiubby little girl, with a round, sunny face nnd laughing blue eyes, while her brown hair hung around her fore head In short, tangled curls. Altogether she wns just the kind of little girl which one often finds In the country swinging on gates and making mud pies. Mary was nnturally very neat; and In reply to Jenny's question ns to whether she looked like n fright, she answered. "I like your face better than I do your dress," because it is clean." "Why, so was my dress this morning," said Jenny, "but there can t anybody play In the mud and not get dirty. Jenny drew nearer to Mnry and said: "If you'll never tell anybody as long as you live and braenthe, I'll tell you some thing." Mnry gave tho required promise, and Jenny continued: "I shouldn't like to have my mother know it, for she scolds all tho time now about my 'vulgar tastes,' though I'm sure Itoso likes the same things that I do, except Billy Ben der, and it's about him I was going to tell you. He was so pleasant I couldn't help loving him. If mother did say I mustn t. He used to talk to mo about keeping clean, nnd once I tried a whole week, and I only dirtied four dresses In all that time. Oh! how handsome and funny his eyes looked when I told him about it. He took me In his lap, and said that wns more than ho thought a little girl ought to dirty. Did you ever see any boy you loved as well as you do Hilly Ilender?" Mnry hesitated a moment, for, much as slie liked Hilly, there was another whom slio loved better, thougti he had never been one-half ns kind to her as Hilly had. After n timo she answered: "Yes, I like, or I did like, George More land, but I shall never see him again;" nnd then sho told Jenny of her homo iu England, of the long, dreary voyage to America, and of her father's death; but when sho cuine to tho sad night when her mother nnd Franky died, she could not go on, and laying her fnco la Jenny's lap sho cried for a long time. Jenny's tears flowed, too, and she, softly caressing Mnry, said: "Don't cry so, for I'll love you, and we 11 nave good times together, too. Wc II vo In Doston every winter, but It will bo 'most six weeks before we go, nnd I mean to seo you every day." "In Boston?" said Mnry, Inquiringly. "Gcorgo lives in Boston." Jenny was slleut a moment, and then suddenly clapping her hands together, sho exclaimed: "I know Gcorgo More land. Ho lives Just opposite our house, and is Ida Seldon's cousin. Why, ho's 'most as handsomo as Billy Bender, only ho tenses you more. I'll tell him about you, tor mother says ho's got lots of moucy, and pcrhops he'll give you some." Mary felt that sho wouldn't for the world havo George kuow sho was In thu poorhousc, and sho quickly answered, "No, no, yon mustn't tell him a word about me. I don't want you to. Prom Isa that you won't." CHAPTER VII. Ono afternoon about the middle of Oc tober Mary sat under an applo treo In tho orchard, weeping bitterly, It wus In vain that Alice, who was with her, and who by this timo was able to stand alone, climbed up to her side, patting her cheeks nnd trying in various ways to win her nttcntlon. Sho still wept on, unmindful of tho sound of rapid foot steps upon the grass, nor until twlca re pented did she hear tho words, "Why, Mnry. what Is the matter? What's hap pened?" Then looking up she saw Billy Bender, who rnlsed her In his nrms. Laying her head on his shoulder, she sobbed out: "She's gone she's gone, nnd there's nobody left but Sally. "Oh dear, oh dear!" "Gone! Whose goner asked Billy. "Jenny," was Mary's reply. "She's gone to Boston, and won't come back till next Mny; nnd I lorcd her so much." "Oh, yes, I know." returned Billy. "I met them all on their way to the depot; but I wouldn't feel so badly. Jenny will como again, nnd besides that, I've got some real good news to tell you," "About Kiln?" said Mary. "No, not about Ella, but about myself; I'm coming hero to Ike with you." "Coming here to live!" repeated Mary with astonishment. "What for? Are your folks nil dead?" Billy smiled and answered, "Not qnlte so bad as that. I went to school here two years ngo, and I know I learned more than I ever did at home In two seasons. The boys, when Henry Lin coln Is away, don't act half as badly ns they do In the village; and then they usu ally have a lady teacher, because It's cheaper, I suppose, for they don't pay them half as much as they do gentle men, and I think they are a great deal the best. Anyway, I can learn the most when I go to a woman." "But what makes you come here, and what will your mother do?" nsked Mary. "She's got a sister come from the West to stay with her, and as I shall go home every Saturday night, she'll get along well enough. I heard Mr. Parker In the store one day Inquiring for a boy to do chores. So after consulting mother I offered my services nnd was accepted. Won't we have real nice times going to school together?" " , Three weeks from that time the winter school commenced, and Billy took up his abode n't the poorbouse, greatly to the satisfaction of Sally and .Mary and great ly to the annoyance of Miss Grundy. "Sninrt Idea!" said she, "to have that great lummox around to be waited on!" nnd when she saw how happy his pres ence seemed to make Mary, she vented her displeasure upon her In various ways, conjuring up all sorts of reasons why shu should stay out of school as often as pos sible, and wondering "what the world was coming to, when young ones hardly out of the cradle begun to court! It wasn't so In her younger days, goodness knows!" Much ns Mary had learned to prize Sally's friendship, before winter was over she had cause to value It still more highly. Wretched and destitute as the poor crazed creature now was, she show ed plainly that nt some period or other of her life- she bad had rare advantages for education, which she now brought into use for Mary's benefit. Each night Mary brought home her books, and the rapid Improvement which she made in her studies was as much owing to Sally's useful hints nnd assist ance as to her own untiring persever ance. One day when she returned from school Sally saw thero was something the matter, for her eyes were red, and her cheeks were flushed as if with weep ing. On inquiring of Billy, she learned that some of the girls had been teasing Mary about her teeth, calling them "tushes." As It, happened, one of the paupers was sick, nnd Dr. Gilbert was at that time In tho bouse; to him. Sal immediately went, and after laying the case before him asked him to extract the offending teeth. Sally was quite a favorite with the doc tor, who readily consented, on condition that Mary was willing, which he much doubted, ns such teeth camo hard. "Willing or not, she shall havo them out. It's all that makes her so homely." said Sal, and, going In quest of Mnry, she led her to tho doctor, who asked to look in her mouth. There wns n fierce struggle, a scream, and then onu of the teeth was lying upon the lloor. "Stand still," said Sal, more sternly than sho had ever before spoken to Mary, who, half frlghtcucd out jot her wits, stood still whilo tho other ono was ex tracted. "There," said Sal, when the operation was finished, "you look a hundred per cent better." For a time Mary cried, hardly know ing whether she relished the joke or not; but when Hilly praised her improved looks, telling her that "her mouth was real pretty," and when she herself dried her eyes enough to seo that it was a great Improvement, she felt better, and wondered why she had never thought to havo them out before. ltapldly nnd pleasantly to Mary that winter passed away, for the presence of Billy was In Itself a sufficient reason why she should be happy. He was so affec tionate and brother-llko In his deport ment toward her that she began question ing whether she did not love him as well, if not better, than sho did her sister Ella, whom she seldom saw, though she heard that sho had a governess from Worcester, nnd was taking music lessons on a grand piano, which had been bought a year bo fore. Occasionally Billy called at Mrs. Campbell's, but Ella B'-emed shy and un willing to speak of her sister. "Why Is thero this difference?' he thought moro than once, as he contrast ed the situation of tho two girls tho onu petted, caressed and surrounded by every luxury, and the other forlorn, desolate, and the iumnto of a poorhouse; and then be built castles of a futuro when, by thu labor of his own head or hands, Mary, too, should bo rich and happy, CHAPTER VIII. As spring advanced Alice began to droop, Sally's quick eye detected In her infallible signs of decay. But she would not tell It to Mary, whoso life now seem ed a comparatively happy one. Mr. and Mrs, Parker wero kind to her. Uncle Peter petted her, nnd even Miss Grundy had more thnn once admitted that "aha was about ns good as young ones would average." Billy, too, had promised to remain and work for Mr. Parker durlnif the summer, Intending with thu money thus earned to go the next fall and win ter to tho academy In Wlllbrahnm. Jen ny wns coming back ere long, nnd Mnry's step was light and buoyant ns she trip ped, singing, about thu house, unmind ful of Mrs. Grundy's oft-expressed wish that "sho would stop Hint clack," or of the anxious, pitying eyes Snl Furbusli bent upon her, ns dny nftcr day tho faithful old crcaturo rocked and tended little Alice. At last .Mary could no longer bo de ceived, nnd one dny when Alice lay gasp ing In Sally's lap she snld, "Aunt Sally, Isn't Alice growing worse? Sho doesn't play now, nor try to walk." Sally laid her hand on .Mary's face and replied: "Poor child, you'll soon bo all nlone." There was no outcry no sudden gush of tears, but nervously clasping her bans upon her heart, as If tho shock had entered there, Mary sat down upon her bed, nnd burying her face In tho pillow, sat thero for a long time. But shu snld nothing, nnd a careless observer might have thought that she cared nothing, as it became each day more nnd more evi dent that Alice was dying. But theso knew not of the long nights when with untiring love she snt by her sister's cra dle, listening to her Irregular breathing, pressing her clammy hands and praying to be forgiven If ever. In thought or deed, she had wronged the little one now lei v Ing her. And all this time there came no kind word or message of love from Ella, wh. knew that Alice was dying, for Billy had told her so. The end came peacefully. There was some talk of burying the child In tha poorhouse Inclosure, but Mary pleaded so earnestly to have her laid by her mother that her request was granted, and that night when the young spring moon came out It looked quietly down upon the grave of little Alice, who by her mother's side was sweetly sleeping. Three weeks had passed away slnco Alice's death, and affairs at the poor housc were beginning to glide on as usual. Mary, who had resumed her post as dish washer in the kitchen, was almost daily expecting Jenny; and one day when Billy came In to dinner he gave her tho Joy ful Intelligence that Jenny had returned and had been In the field to see him, bidding him tell Mary to meet her that afternoon in the woods by the brook. Mnry bounded joyfully awny to tho woods, where she found Jenny, who cm braced her in a manner which showed that she had cot been forgotten. "Oh," said she. "I've got so much to tell you, and so much to hear, though I know all about dear little Alice's death didn't you feel dreadfully?" Mary's tears were a sufficient answer, and Jenny, as it suddenly discovering: something new, exclaimed, "Why, what have you been doing? Who pulled your teeth?" Mary explained the circumstances ot the tooth-pulling and Jenny continued: "You look a great deal better, and It your cheeks were only a little fatter and your skin not qnlte so yellow, you'd ba real handsome; but no matter about that. I saw George Morcland In Boston, and I wanted to tell him about you, but I'd promised not to; and then at first I felt afraid of him, for you can't think what a great big fellow he's got to be. Why, he's awful tall and handsome, too. Itosa likes him, and so do lots of the girls, but I don't believe he cares a bit for any ot them except his cousin Ida, and I guess he does like her." Hero tho chatterer was Interrupted by Henry Lincoln, who directly In front of her leaped across the brook. He was evidently not much Improved In his man ners, for the moment be was safely land ed on terra firma he approached Mary, and, seizing her round the waist, ex claimed, "Halloo, little pauper! You'ro glad to see me back, I daro say." Then drawing her head over so that he- could look Into her face, he contin ued, "Had your tusks out. haven't you? Well, It's quite an Improrement, so much so that I'll venture to kiss you." Mary struggled, and Jenny scolded, wlfle Henry said, "Don't kick and tlounco so, my little beauty. If there's anything I hate it's seeing girls make believe they're modest. That clodhopper Bill kisses you every day, I'll warrant." (To be continued.) New Ideas. The Kaffirs have had an opportunity to Ienrn something of the art of surgery since the soldiers and the military doc tors have overrun Africa Possibly nd vnneed methods will not altogether supersede primitive surgery among these people, however, for they are not fond of clinuge. Time was when n Kaffir with a broken leg submitted to peculiar treat ment. It was customary to placo tho limb In n holo dug In the earth, nnd keep It there till the bones were knit together again. Tho Leisure Hour tells of a case In which the bones of a certain KaUlr lad, having been set by European nld, the Kntllr father dissented from the meth od employed. He bad the splints re moved, carried tho boy homo on horse back, and then took the usunl courso of setting the limb In tho earth. Tho consequence was that It took six mouths to effect n cure. Kntllr doctors are hereditary, tho cle verest son In tho doctor's family being usually chosen to succeed his father. There are other modern things that a Kaffir has to learn besides tho nowest mehods In surgery. In his lnnguago thero Is no such term ns "Thank you." Ho Is beginning to Ienrn It, however. although he does not think It becoming to show nny emotion whether of grat Itudo or anything else. When two Knlnrs meet ono says, "I seo you," wuicn is nnswercu by "Yes." Moro poetlcnl Is bis pnrtlng word, "May penco go with you," to which comes tho response. "Mny penco stay with you." An litTect Spoiled. "After tho ceremony the brida wept." "Grief nt leaving her homo?" "No; she forgot herself, and held up her beautiful long satin train going down the aisle." . CM