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By Hcsba
CHAPTER XXVIII.
I do not know why tei ror always strikes
nio dumb ami motionless. I did not stir
or speak, Imt looked steadily, with n
fascinated gaze. Into my husband's rare
n worn, white, emaciated face, wltli
eyea peering cruelly Into mine. It was
an awful look: one of dark triumph, of
sneering, cunning exultation. Neither of
us spoke.
lie sank down on the seat beside me,
with an nlr of exhaustion, yet with .1
low, fiendish laugh which sounded hide
ously loud in my ears. Ills fingers were
still about my arm, but he had to wait
to recover from the first shock of his suc
cessfor It had been a shock. Ills faro
was bathed with perspiration, and his
breath came and went fitfully. 1 thought
I could oven hear the heavy throbbing of
his heart
"I've found you," he said,' his hand
tightening its hold and at the first sound
of his voice the spell which bound me
snapped "I've tracked you out at last
to tills cursed hole. The game is up, my
little lady. Ry heaven! you'll repent of
this. You are mine, and no man shall
come between us."
"I don't understand you," I muttered.
He had spoken in an undertone, and I
could not raise my volco above a whis
per, so parched and dry was my throat.
"Understand!" he said, with n shrug of
his shoulders. "I know all about Dr.
Martin Dobroe. You understand that
well enough. I am here to take charge
of you, to carry you homo with me as
my wife, and neither man nor woman
can Interfere with me In that. It will ho
best for you to come with Bio quietly."
"I will not go with you," I answered,
In the same hoarse whisper; "I am llv-
"THIS MAN IS
ing here In the presbytery, and you can
not force me away. I will not go."
"The silly raving of an ignorant girl!''
lie sneered. "The law will compel you
to return to me. I will take the law
into my own hands, and compel you to go
with me at once. If there is no convey
ance to be hired in this confounded hole,
,we will walk down the road together,
like two lovers, and wait for the omni
bus. Come, Olivia."
Our voices had not risen much above
their undertones yet, but these last words
he spoke more loudly. Jean opened the
door of the sacristy and looked out, and
Pierre came down to tho corner of the
transept to see who was speaking. I
lifted the hand Richard was not holding,
and beckoned Jean.
"Jean," I said, in a low tone still, "this
man Is my enemy. Monsieur le Cure
knows all about him; but he is not here.
You must protect me."
"Certainly, madame," he replied. "Mon
Eleur, have' the goodness to release mad
nm." "She Is my wife," retorted Richard
Foster.
"I have told all to Monsieur le Cure,"
I said.
"Monsieur le Cure Is gone to England;
It is necessary to wait till his return.
Monsieur Englishman."
"Fool!" said Richard In a passion; "she
la my wife, I tell you."
"Ah!" he replied phlegmatlcally, "but
it is my affair to protect madame. There
is no resource but to wait till Monsieur
le Cure returns from his voyage. If
madame does not say, 'This Is my hus
band,' how can I believe you? She says,
'He Is my enemy.' 1 cannot confide her
to a stranger."
"I will not leave her," ho exclaimed.
"Good! very good! I'qrdon, monsieur,"
responded Jean, laying his iron fingers
upon the hnnd that held me, and loosen
ing its grip us easily as If It had been
tie hand of a child. "Madame, you are
free. Leave Monsieur the Englishman
to me, oud go away Into tho home, if you
please,"
I did not wait to hear any further al
tercation, but lied us quickly as I could
Into tlio presbytery. Up Into my oun
chamber I ran, drew a houvy chest
against the door and fell down trembling
and nerveless upon tho lloor besldo It.
But thero was no time to lose In wom
anish terrors; my dlUlculty and danger
were too great. Why should I not write
to Tardlf? He had promised to come to
my help whenever and wherever I might
summon him. I ran down to Mademoi
selle Theroso for the materials for a let
ter, and iu a few mlnutos It was written,
and on tho way to Sark.
Tho night fell while I w-as still alone.
Suddenly there was the noisy rattlo of
wheels over tho rough pavement tho
baying of dogs an Indistinct shout. A
horrlblo dread took hold of me. Was It
possible that ho had returned, with some
force which should drag mo away from
my refuge and glvo mo up to him?
. I heard hurried footsteps and joyous
voices. A minute or two afterward, Min
ima beat against my barricaded door,
Strctton
nnd shouted gleefully through the key
hole.
"Come down, Aunt Nelly," sho cried;
".Monsieur Laurentlo Is coma homo
again!"
I felt as If some strong hand had lifted
me out of a whirl of troubled waters and
set me safely upon a rock. I ran down
Into the salon, where Monsieur Lauren'
tie was seated, as tranquilly as If ho
had never been away. In his high-backed
armchair, smiling quietly at .Minima s
gambols of delight. Jean stoo l just with
In the door, his hands behind his back,
holding his white cotton cap In them; he
had been making his report of the day a
cveuts. Monsieur held out his hand to
me. and I ran to him, caught it in both
of mine, bent down my face upon it, and
burst into u passion of weeping, in spilo
of myself.
"Come, come, madame!" he s.ild. his
own voice falterlug a little; I am here,
my child; behold me! There Is no placo
for fear now; I am king in ille-ou-bois.
Is it not so, my good Jean?
"Monsieur lo Cure, you arc emperor,"
replied Jean.
"If that Is the case," he continued.
"madame Is perfectly secure In my castle,
Y'ou do not ask me what brings me back
again so soon. Itut I will tell you, mad
amc. At Nolreau, the proprietor of the
omnibus to Granville told me that an
Englishman had gone that morning to
visit my little parish. Good! e do not
have that honor every day. I ask him to
have the goodness to tell me the English
man's name. It Is written In the book
at the bureau. Monsieur Fostere. I re
member that name well, very well. That
is the name of the husband of my little
English daughter. Fostcrel I see in a
MY ENEMY."
moment It will not do to proceed on my
I voyage."
I The cure's return, and his presence un
der the same roof, gave me a sense of
security. When the chirping of the birds
awoke me in the morning, I could not at
I first believe that the events of the day
before were not themselves a dream.
Matins were ended, and the villagers
were scattering about their farms and
households, when I noticed Pierre loiter
ing (stealthily about the presbytery, as
if anxious not to bo seen. He made me
a sign to follow him out of sight, round
the corner of the church.
"I know a secret, madame," he said. In
a troubled tone, "that monsieur who tame
yesterday has not left the valley. I fol
lowed monsieur your enemy. He did not
go far away."
"Rut where is he then?" I asked, look
ing down the street, with a thrill of fear.
"Madame," whispered 'ierre, "he is a
stranger to this place, and the people
would not receive him into their houses
not one of them. My father only said,
'He is an enemy to our dear English
madame,' and all the women turned the
back upon him. I stole after him, be
hind tho trees ami the hedges. He
marched very slowly, liko a man very
weary, till he came iu sight of the fac
tory of the late Piueaux.' He turned
aside Into the court there. I saw him
knock at the door of the house, try to lift
the latch, and peep through the windows.
After that he goes into the factory; there
is a door from It into the house. He
passed through. I dared not follow him,
but in one short half-hour I saw smoke
coming out of the chimney. Tho smoke
Is there. Tho Englishman has sojourn
ed thero all the night."
"Rut, Pierre," I said, shlvorlng, though
the sun was already shining hotly
"Pierre, the house is like a lazaretto. No
one has been iu it since Mademoiselle PI
neau died. Monsieur Io Cure locked it
up, and brought away tho key."
"That Is true, madame," answered the
boy; "no one in the village would go near
the accursed place, but I never thought
of that. Perhaps monsieur your enemy
will take the fever and perish."
"Run, Pierre, run!" I cried; "Monsieur
Laurentlo is in the sacristy with tho
strange vlcairc. Tell him I must speak
to him this very moment. Thero is no
time to bo lost!"
I dragged myself to tho seat under tho
sycamore tree, and hid my faco In my
hands, whilo shudder after shudder quiv
ered through me. I seemed to bo watch
ing him again, as he strode wcarledly
down tho street, leaning with bent shoul
ders on his stick, and turned away from
every door at which ho asked for rest
and shelter for tho night. Oh! that tho
time could but como back again, that I
might send Jean to find some safo place
for him where he could sleep! Rack to
my memory rushed the old days, when he
screened me from the unklnduess of my
step-mother, and when ho seemed to love
me. For tho sake of those times, would
to heaven the evening that was gone,
' nnd tho sultry, breathless ntp could
only come back agaiiil
I felt as if I had passed through nn
Immeasurable spell, both of memory and
anguish, before Monsieur I.nurontio
came, though ho had responded to my
summons Immediately. I then told him
iu hurried, broken sentences, what Pierre
had confessed to me. Ills faco grew
overcast and troubled, and he at once,
started for the factory. Ho returned af
ter n long, long suspense.
"My child," he said, "motisleur Is. III!
attacked, I am afraid, by the fever. I
shall remain with htm till this day. You
must bring us what we have need of, and
leave It 011 the stone there, us it used to
b."
"Hut cannot ho bo removed at ouco?"
I asked.
"My dear," he answered, "what can I
do? The village is free from sickness
now; how can I run thorlsk of carrying
the fever there ngaln? It is too far to
send monsieur to Nolreau. Obey me. my
child, and leave him to me and to God.
Cannot yon confide In me jet?"
"Yes," I said, weeping, "I trust you
with all mv heart."
"Go, then, and do what I 'bid you," ho
replied. "Tell my sister and Joan, tell
nil my people, that no one must Intrude
upon me, no one must come nearer this
house than the appointed place. You
must think of me as one nbscnt, yet close
at hand; that Is the difference. I mil
here. In the path of my duty. Go, nnd
fulfill yours."
For three days, morning after morning,
whilst the dew lay still upon the grass,
I went down, with a heavy and forebod
ing heart, to the place where 1 could
watch the cottage, through the long sul
try hours of the summer day.
Here iu the open sunshine, with the
hot walls of the mill casting its rays
back again, the heat was Intense; though
tho white cap I wore protected my bend
from It, my eyes were daxsled, ami I felt
ready to faint. No wonder If Monsieur
Lauren tie should have sunk under It, nud
the long strain upon his energies, which
would have overtaxed n younger and
stronger man. I had passed the Invisi
ble line which his will had drawn about
the place, and had halt crossed the court,
when I heard footsteps close behind me,
and a large, brown, rough hand suddenly
caught mine.
"Mam'zelle!" cried a voice I knew, "Is
this -ou?"
"Oh, Tardlf! Tardlf!" I exclaimed. 1
rested my beating head against him, and
sobbed violently, whilst he surrounded
mo with his strong nrm, anil laid his
hand upon my head, as It to assure me of
his help and protection.
"Huh. hush! mam'zelle." he said. "It
Is Tardlf. your friend, my little mam'
zcllo; your servant, you know. I nm
here. What shall I do for you? Is there
anv nerson In yonder house who fright
ens you. my poor little mam'zelle? Tell
me what to do.
He had drawn me back Into the green
shade of the trees, and placed me upon
the felled tree where I had been sitting
before. I told him nil quickly, brlelly
all that had happened since I had written
to him. I saw the tears start to bis
eyes.
'Thank God I nm here," he said. "I
lost no time, mam'zelle, after your letter
reached me. I will save Monsieur lo
Cure: I will save them both. If 1 can.
He Is a good man, this cure, and wo
must not let him perish. He has no nil
thorlty over me, and I will go this mo
ment and force my way In, if the door
Is fastened. Adieu, my dear little mam -
zelle."
He was gone before I could speak n
word, striding with quick, energetic tread
across the court. Tho closed door uuder
the eaves opened readily. In an instant
the white head of Monsieur Laurcntie
passed the casement, and I could hear
the hum of on earnest altercation, al
though I could not catch a syllable of it.
Rut presently Turdif appeared again in
the doorway, waving his cap in token of
having gained his point.
It seemed to me almost as if time had
been standing still since thnt first morn
ing when Monsieur I.aurentie had left
my side, and passed out of my sight to
seek for my husband in the fever-smitten
dwelling. Yet it was the tenth day af
ter that when, as I took up my weary
watch soon after day break, I saw him
crossing the court again and coming to
wards me.
What had he to say? What could Im
pel him to break through the strict rnlo
which had interdicted all dangerous con
tact with himself? His face was pale,
and his eyes were heavy as if with want
of rest, but they looked Into mine as If
they could read my inmost soul.
do be continued. I
Why "Wo Nceil Hobbies.
Ruslnoss Is not Inseparable from
higher things. Men tuny be born gro
cer!, but new! not live only as grocers.
Solou nnd Thnles, wise men of the
Greeks, were merchants; Plato peddled
oil; .Spinoza, the philosopher, mended
spectacles. Linnaeus was a cobbler as
well as a botanist. Shakspearo prided
himself more upon Ills success ns a
stage manager than ns a dramatist.
Spenser was a sheriff. It might require.'
a rather strong wrench of the Imagina
tion to Imagine sheriffs of to-day writ
ing another "Faerie Queen" but why?
Milton taught school, as have almost all
great men. Walter Scott, the wizard of
tho North, was circuit clerk and prac
tical man of affairs; Grote was a Lon-
don banker, Rlcanlo a stock Jobber ami
Sir Isaac Newton muster of the English
mint, Paul was a (cut-maker and tho
Great Gentleman an apprentice at a
carpenter's bench.
I practice law simply to support my
self," said one of the greatest of St.
Louis attorneys an attornoy-at-law,
not an attorney-at-polltlcs "but my
real llfo Is at homo In my library."
Thoroughly practical -people need the
help of hobbles to keep them from
shriveling up. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
High-Priced Hook.
Tho blcrL'DSt nrlco over nuld for a bonlr
nun S44.500. given for an original ennv
of the Psaltcrlum, published by Faust
In 1159. it was bought by Rcruard
Qunrltch,
Tasmania's Mlncrul AVoaltli.
Tasmania, In proportion to its area,
1b the richest In Australasia's colonies
In mineral wealth.
Lovo is tho hot wuflles and marriage
la the cold Wucults.
inr. ir.ciiNicAL men school. Mltil litili fill f I In
s-1 The Institution JS jg tt ffll.ljl PjR M
Sft4. called upon In the IftfrMlj v Su!W4
j A "unites profession- JMIIIRvSSBpLI
Iff) rtfK nl " oulture "' ' ' VySe?
iVV "'fsts Into n unity ""i' XK dL
Institution
culled upon In the
near future to sup
ply the kind of ed
it e a 1 1 0 11 which
"unites profession
al and culture In
terests Into n unity
of purpose" will
have a character
and alms distinctly
dtdcrcnt from the
other established
schools. It will be
neither a high
school nor a manual training school, nor
a trade school. It will nut bo a high
school, since the culture element will be
subordinate to practical technical train
lug. Manual training, as this term Is
now understood, will not be taught, al
though the excellencies of tills branch of
study are recognlied. instead of a gen
eral Instruction In using tools or design
ing things, the following practical sub
jects will be taught: pattern making,
forging, foundry and machine shop prac
tice. It will not be a trade school, how
ever, as Its activity Is not limited to the
teaching of one particular trade, but em
bodies In Its curriculum silch studies ns
will enable a young man not merely to
carry on his business, but will also give
him the know'edge necessary for good
citizenship and the culture deiiinnded by
the standard of life of the large middle
class. In the technical high school a boy
should be nolo to tit himself for Indus
.Tlnl pursuits and a girl should receive
Instruction in the "home making arts.'
Instruction should be practical and fruit
ful of immediate results. All tho courses,
therefore, should lead toward specific em
ployment. Heretofore the foreman In the factory,
the draftsman in the architect's olllce, the
contractor, the stationary engineer, as
well as many others in the ranks of tho
skilled workmen, received their training
during the years of apprenticeship while
doing practical work as the exigencies of
tho day demanded. As much ns time and
strength allowed and ambition prompted
they endeavored to pick up such Informa
tion and culture as a course in a night
school could give, or as conversation with
better educated men or newspaper read
lug and chance opportunity would afford.
At best It was a hard struggle, and due
appreciation of economic, social nud pro
fessional values was often gained by too
many sacrifices and the loss of years iu
unnecessary experimenting.
Many a man or a woman perfectly fa
miliar with the three "It's" of primary
education never mnstered the two "It's"
of secondary education range and readi
ness. While high school courses will give
range, which U "tho apperception of a
large number of facts of different char
acter," they may fail to Impart readiness
and mastership In one pursuit or study.
This must be acquired by practice "In
apperceiving the same or closely allied
facts." On the other hand, a trade
school, whoso aim It is to develop the
abilities of Its students In one direction,
fails to give rangu and perspective of
mental vision.
Examining tho statistics offered by the
different reports of school superintend
ents It Is Interesting to nolo that on an
average only one-third or one-fourth of
nil the pupils enrolled In tiie grammar
grades enter the public high schools or
private institutions of secondary educa
tion, un me opening day of the Ch cago
public schools the enrollment was divided
among the different divisions as follows:
High schools, 8,M5: grammar schools.
IJO.OOO: primary schools, l'Ji),S0Q. Fur
thermore, the reports of high school sint-
crintendents show that about one-third
of all the students enrolled leave during
or at tho end of the first year. Of the
remaining students about one-fifth leave
during or at the end of tho second year,
and another fraction nt the end of the
third year, so that only about one-third of
the original number of students who en
tered the high schools graduate.
hy do so few students enter tho high
school? And why do more than one-
WIFE ABANDONMENT A FELONY.
l-'lrxt Miniicnpiillu IIiihIiiiiiiI to Suffer 11
Penalty Under 11 Miiiiicnotii I.nw.
To Geotgo A. Kcnney belongs the dis
tinction of being the first man convict
ed Iu Minneapolis under the new law
treating abandonment of or failure to
support a wife as a felony. The court
was lenient with him anil gave him tho
lowest penalty only ninety days In tho
workhouse Instead of the limit of
three yenrs In the penitentiary. Mr.
Kenney's bad eminence should be a
warning to other men, says tho .Min
neapolis Tribune, who are Inclined to
neglect, evade or shirk their duty to
their families.
The Minnesota law Is a new depart
ure Iu sociology. Heretofore such of
fenses have been treated as misdemean
ors. Tho delinquent liusbaiiil could be
fined Iu which case tho wife usually
hustled around and raised tho money
to pay or compelled to glvo bonds for
good behavior or sent (o Jail In default
of security. Rut now ho Is confronted
by a hard-labor proposition.
If his failure to support his family
arises from laziness lie finds that he
has "jumped out of thu frying pan Into
the fire," In being compelled to work
for tho State under more disagreeable
conditions than free labor could pos
sibly Involve, If he has means or prop
erty ho would naturally prefer to draw
upon his resoutccs rather than Incur a
penal sentence.
It Is not to be presumed that tho aver
age man will sin more than ouco In this
direction If tho law Is vigorously en
forced against him. If he can show
that he has done thu best ho can and
that his failure to support his family
arises from Inability to find employ
ment that is, of course, a good de
fense. This law gives tho wlfo a better
chance than sho had before. Sho can
Insist that her husband perform bis
1 wrn-crwim( I nave a eimracier i-nv ' ASggw'SA . ".--I
half of these students leave tho high
school during the first two yearn? Cer
tainly often for various reasons not to
be attributed lo our educational system.
Rut it cannot be denied thnt many do
not enter, or leave soon after entering,
because the subject matter l not well
suited to their need. To supply just
such subject mutter should be the
aim of the technlcnl high school. It
should attract nil children who cannot
afford to spend four additional years of
general study In a high school, and who
are yet desirous of continuing the stud
ies they Ilka and understand, thus pre
paring themselves better for practical
pursuits. It should relievo the high
school of students who show 110 particu
lar aptitude for theoretical schooling, but
who may develop excellent qualities un
der another regime, the ends ami alius
of which are more clearly perceived and
better understood both by pupils and par
ents. LOUIS C. MONIN. I'll. I).,
Professor of Economics nnd Philosophy
In Armour Institute of Technology,
Chicago.
ENGLAND'S UIIAVL" HUKGIItH IOLS,
England has been
fighting a brave foe
In South Africa. I
believe that every
l; 11 g 1 1 s h 111 a 11 Is
ready to pay a Just
meed of praise to
the brave men who
have ngnlnst such
odds, and with a
tenacity and cour
age that are wor
thy of their raro
nnd of their his
tory, maintained for so long a time tho
resistance against the overwhelming odds
which England has thrown ngnlnst them.
They have proven a foemnii worthy of
our best efforts Iu warfare. Without dis
cussing which side has been right, no
matter whether we, ns Englishmen, con
demn the cause for which they hnve been
fighting, we laud their strategy, their
bravery, and admire their tenacity.
It behouves England to meet tho re
slstnnro with n spirit and tenacity that
is the equal of the burghers. This alone
will make of England a nation worthy
to be their conquerors iu war, and their
friends III peace.
JOS. CIIAMRERI.AI.N,
Rrltlsh Secretary of State for the Col
onies. ADVICC ON Kr.LPI,VG POSITIONS.
You ran hold
your position If you
fit yourself to Its
mold so as to fill
every crevice. Ro
like a cake. At
first It is i soft,
spungy dough, and
is poured into n
mold which. It but
half fills. As It bakes. It rises ami
crowds every dent in the mold. Not con
tented, it bulges over the top; It makes
a cuko larger than the mold will hold.
So, young man and young woman, bo
larger than your mold. After you have
filled every crease and crevice of your
position to advantage, work out at the
top. It is the largest cake that brings
the most money.
Always keep your promises. Your em
ployer will never ask you to do more than
is possible. Remember that an unful
filled promise Is as bad as a downright
untruth. I.lve within your menus. Never
let a month pass that you do not put
something in tho bank. Saving Is the
whole duty as tho family provider and
If he willfully refuses or neglects to do
so she can have him "sent up" and "
get rid of lilm. Its enact incut Is mi im
portant step In the direction of the prac
tical accomplishment of women's
rights.
NEW USE TOM TIIE LAMP.
lint water bags have grown to bo a
positive necessity lu the household of
late years, one advantage of this class
of heaters being that they retan the
wnrmth for an extended period of
time. Rut tho heat will eventually (II-
wati:i! iii:ati:ii roit Tin; itut.
niliilsb beyond tho point where thu wa
ter bug Is useful, when the water must
be renewed. As this cannot be always
done conveniently It has occurred to
Samuel A, Gotcher, of St. Louis, Mo.,
that tho wafer might bo constantly
maintained at the required temperature
by 1111 arrangement attnehed to an or
dinary lamp. He has applied tho Idea
In tho manner shown, simply connect
ing two bags with a coll of plpo In con
Junction with the flame. As thu latter
can be readily regulated It Is easy to
vary tho tempcraturo to suit requlro
incuts. Tho Inventor docs not coniluo
; . - v.'.
first great basic principle In the fonticln
lion of success. Dress neatly ntid plain
ly, for 1111 employer marks 11 man ns n
fool who apparels himself with extrava
gance ami glaring colors. Never try to
win the favor of your employer by slan
dering your elbow workers. Milliliter nl
ways slicks. Show kindness to your fel
low employes, but do not let It bo forced
kindness, for that deserves 110 thanks.
Resolve slowly, and act quickly. Re
member, It Is liettcr to bo nloiin thnti In
bad company; thnt you cannot give your
employer or yourself full value If you
try to work nfter n night of dissipations
thnt silence, liko clennllliess, Is 11 III 11 to
godliness, and thnt a clenr consclcnco
gives sound sleep nnd good digestion nnd
clothes one III 1111 luiprcgunhht coat of
mull. Jiiiuos J. Hill In Success.
NO LXCliSL I Oil l AlfUltC.
Among the tragic figures of
life Is the mail without pccullur
gifts and graces, fitted by na
ture or 1111 ordinary place, but
forced by circumstances mid nu
ll 11c persuasion Into one of eiul
iii'iicc, or nt lenst of publicity.
Just nt present the pulpit does not often
allure men who have no fitness for It
except that of Christian character, but
time has been, and thnt not very long
11 go, when the piety of mothers Induced
them to urge the ministry oil sous who,
In he most exacting of professions, could
only fall. Nothing in this world Is sadder
than wastefulness, and there Is absolute
waste when a inn 11 who could make an
excellent shopkeeper, or a notable mu
ch nolo, or a thoroughgoing fanner, Is In
stead pushed Into a place where, besides
consecration be needs love of study, per
suasive eloquence, liistluctlvo tnct, nud
nn iilmost universal sympathy. The samo
criticism npplles to others of tho lenrtied
professions. The army and the navy nro
beckoning more of our sons than of old;
forestry Is coming to the front ns n new
profession; Journalism has been added to
the vocations made practicable lu the lib
erally educated, nud III brief, a young
man with brains, pluck nud persever
ance has 110 excuse for not getting 011 If
only he can secure tho right Introduction
and beginning.
We shall have reason to hall It as n
wholesome sign of the times when Ameri
can youth cense to be Indifferent to poll
tics. A country In which any man. how
ever obscure his origin, may, through de
termination to overcome obstacles and
flue strength of character, arrive nt the
highest distinctions In the gift of tho
republic, ought to stimulate young men
to splendid endeavor and rich achieve
ment. One regrets to observe an aver
sion on the part of many mcu to study
political economy, nud 11 singular lack of
responsibility in wielding thnt power of
tho unit which in the aggrcgntu Is so tre
mendous a force hi our national life.
Mnrgnrct E. Saligster In I. miles' Homo
Journal.
WOMAN IN PUBLIC LHT.
There Is 110 point which ought
to Ih so strongly emphasized,
110 fact which so needs to bo
Impressed upon those women
who are lo work for the differ
ent politico! pn riles, as that of
their utter powerlessness to help
or hinder. The parly leaders welcome all
the grist which cuiiich to their mill; they
do not reject any fii'd which makes
steam; they accept every element which
increases the Nithuslasiii, and they hon
estly desire the sympathy and co-opora-tlon
of women. Hut, In politics neither
the lalHirs nor the opinions of women
have any appreciable inlliienco unless en
forced by the ballot. Thero are object
lessons without number to prove this as
sertion. Would It not show more wisdom, com
mon sense and self-respect In women to
organize and work to make themselves a
part of the electorate before they labor
in behalf of any political party? No 0110
party or one class of men will ever en
franchise women, but It will have lo bo
done hy a combination of thu friends Iu
all parties and nil classes.
SUSAN R. ANTHONY.
himself to the use of the healer for In
door purposes, but applies tho satno
principle to the heating of rbot-wuriiiorn
lu carriages mid sleighs, obtaining tho
heat from a lantern carried on the dash
board for lighting the roadway.
Along tint Yukon,
Tho outlook for gardening and sotno
agriculture in tho cold Interior region
of Alaska Is decided))- encouraging. Al
though the season was unusually Into
last year, new potatoes, cabbage, cauli
flower, beclH nud other vegetables wcro
ready for tho table before the middle
of August, and lettuce, radishes mill
turnips grown In the open had been In
use for some weeks. Flower gardens
containing a jnrg0 variety of aiiiitialx
grown from seed furnished last year
were In full bloom. At tho station at
Rampart, rye. seeded tho previous fall,
wintered perfectly and was rlpu lu
July. Spring seeded barley bad ripen
ed about the middle of August, and
thero was quite a prospect for ontH and
wheat to mature. E.vtcnslvn nr. r
excellent land were found on the Lower
iiikon, upon which there was an abun
dant and ofton luxuriant growth of
grasses over six feet In heiiftii- 'i-ii,.
abundant moisture anil lone: iinvn ,1,.-.
j lug tho summer mouths account for tho
surprising luxuriance of vegetation In
unit 1111- norm region.
A Willi Guess.
"LI Hung Chung Is said to hnvo hns
tened his death by a lit of anger."
"Perhaps ho discovered that 0110 of
his :i,000-year-old eggs was bad."
Clovclaud Plain Dealer.
Rig Siberian Jtlvcr.
Tho Irtish River, lu Siberia, Is 2,200
miles In length, and drains 000,000 miles
of territory.
Any naino is pretty to n girl that looks
well when engraved on a wedding
card.