1
CHAPTKK XIV. (Continued.)
"So. o you were spying " me!" rri(,s
ho, In little KM"- "What brought you,
ch? Thnt door below was locked has
boon looked for fifty year. Is there a
conspiracy against me, then, thnt you
enn thus force yourself into my presence,
in spite of bolts anil bars?"
"The look gave way." stammers Vera;
"it must have been old, broken by ape.
rusty. I hud nothing to do. It was by
the merest chance I came here. 1 am
sorry, sorry." Her voice dies in her
throat.
"I don't believe it; there Is more that
you keep behind. Speak, girl; speak, I
command you! Who showed you the
way here?"
"1 have told you," says Vera, tremu
lously; "you must believe me. If 1 had
known I should not have come. I I am
sorry I have no frightened you, but "
"Who says I am frightened?" He turns
upon her with a bitter scowl and a pierc
ing glance. "Why should I care about
being distutbcd when I was merely idling
away a dull hour by looking through my
owu will?"
"Yours?" asks Vera, innocently enough.
"Ay, whose else?" he asks, with a
snarl of auger. "What do you mean,
girl? Do you doubt my word? Whose
else should it be cb, eh? Go. leave me,"
cries lie, furiously; "and cursed bo the
day you ever saw my house!"
He waves to her to leave him, and,
more unnerved than she has ever been
In all her life before, she retreats behind
the heavy curtain and runs with all her
might down the dnrk corridor without,
down the steep stairway, and so out into
the passage into the hall.
CHAPTER XV.
Going to where Tom Peyton is dili
gently weeding, Ciriselda takes him to
task.
"Why didn't you tell me your sister
was the sweetest woman on earth?" de
mands she, in quite an aggrieved tone.
"Because she isn't." says Tom, striv
ing with a giant dock that has treacher
ously concealed Itself beneath the spread
ing leaves of a magnificent dahlia; "you
are that."
"Nonsense!" says Grisclda; and then,
"Oh, Tom! what do you think she Is
going to do at once? She is going to
make an effort to induce Uncle Gregory
to let Vera and me stay with her at The
Friars! Only fancy if she succeeds!
Wasn't it perfectly lovely of her to think
of it?"
i "Oh, she isn't bad," says her brother,
broadly; "but may I ask how she pro
poses tackling the old gentleman?"
"Through Seaton."
"If Seaton helps her "
The words die on his lips, his jubilant
air forsakes him having turned a cor
ner of the secluded pathway they had
chosen, they run right Into the arms of
Seatou Dysart! For a moment the two
men gaze blankly into each other's eyes.
"What is the meaning of this masque
rade?" demands Dysart presently with
an angry frown; "what brings you here,
Peyton, in that dress, and with my
cousin?"
"You certainly have every right to
ask," says Peyton, with a rueful glance
at his damnatory clothing, "but surely
you might guess the answer. The fact
is, I'm In love!" lie makes this con
fession with a careful artlessncss not to
be surpassed.
"In love?" exclaims Dysart, frowning
still more darkly.
"Quite so," amiably; "five fathoms
deep. And your father being so so ex
clusive," making a hard fight for a civil
word, "I couldn't manage to see her in
any orthodox fashion, so I took service
here."
"Her? whom?" asks Dysart, changing
color. A sudden light flashes Into his
eyes; to him, as to Tom Peyton, there is
but one "her" in the world.
"Why, Grisclda," says the latter, as if
amazed at the other's stupidity.
"And what do you suppose will be the
upshot of all this?" sternly.
"That, my dear fellow. Is what I have
never yet gone into. Hut marriage, I
hope."
"Pshaw!" says Dysart, Impatiently;
"i-.nd what of (Jriselda?"
"Griselda lms confessed that she likes
me a little. I say, Dysart," with a sud
den change of tone, "you won't tell your
dad ch?"
"I am much more likely to tell your
sister," says Seaton, angrily.
"You needn't. She knows. She was
hero just now, and ii full of a desire to
kidnap Oriselda and carry her away to
The Friars. I say, Dysart, my sister de
pend upon you to make your governor
give his consent to the girls going on a
visit to her; you won't disappoint her,
eh?"
"I'll do what I can," gravely; "but I
shouldn't advise you to be too sanguine
as to the result of my Interference."
True to his word, Seatou managed, af
ter a hard fight, to secure his father's
consent that Vera and (Jriselda might
pay a two weeks' visit to Lady Itivers
dale. It Is quite five o'clock when they ar
rive aud enter the spacious hall of The
KHars, that now is filled with a delicate,
somber light. A crimson stream from a
painted window, somewhere in the dis
tance, casts u ilood of glory, blood-red, at
Vera's feet, and a comfortable tinkling
of spoons clluking against china smites
their enrs.
At the top of the room, reclining in n
rather listless fashion on Homo velvet
cushions, are two little girls, qu'te lovely
enough to arrest the gaze of any casual
observer. They have given In to the cu
riosity attendant ou the entrance of the
new guests, and fix their large wide eyes
on Vera, who, in turn, looks back on
them with a certain Interest.
Lady Itlversdnle, by a word an In
tensely proud, fond word had Intimated
tliat they were her children. The young
er, taking her courage In both hands,
slips her Uttlr slim fingers under the
narrow gold bangles that adorn Vera's
wrist, and begins to push them up mid
dowti with a childish, dlllldent gesture.
"What's your name?" asks she, gravely.
"Vera."
"Vera!" ltoth children repeat the
word with a sort of gratification. "Hut
tell us you have another uanie, haven't
you V"
"Dysart," confesses she, softly.
"Why. that's Seaton's linnie," cries
Dolly, brightening, and looking up at the
tall young man who is standing near
them; "isn't it. Sen ton? Why, you must
be something to him. Sister ch?"
"No," says Vera, shaking her head.
"You can't be his mother?" hazards
the youuger child, uncertainly.
Vera laugrs lightly. "No," she says
again.
"I have It! I know It!" exclaims Dolly
the wise, glancing up triumphantly; "you
are his wife!"
This innocent bombshell spreads dis
may in the camp.
"Who Is that pretty little girl over
there?" Vera asks, with a wild longing
to change this embarrassing conversa
tion, poiuting to where the girl who had
first attracted her Is sitting, "quite oppo
site, in the red-and-whlte gown? Do
you see her?"
"Oh! thnt is Mary Butler. Don't you
know her? Everybody knows Mary Itut
ler. We love her, so does everybody
else."
"Mamma says Seaton does," snys lit
tle Flossy, mildly; "perhaps that's why
he won't marry you."
"It was true, thwn," thinks Vera. A
great sense of disgust rises up within
her, swallowing nil other thoughts. Aud
yet he would have forsworn himself!
Would have nay, he would do so still.
Oh, the shnmelessness of it!
Perhaps something of her secret scorn
communicates itself to him, because even
in the midst of his apparently engross
ing conversation he lifts his bead abrupt
ly and hU eyes seek hers, and read them
as though he would read her soul.
And then a curious light Hashes into
his face. He makes a uiovemeat, quick
ungoverned, as though be would rise aud
go to her, but, even as he does so, some
one steps out from the shadows behind
her, and, bending over her, holds out his
hand a young man, tall, well favored.
smiling, with an air about htm of sud
den, warm delight.
"You remember me?" he says, so dis
tinctly that Seaton can bear him across
the room. "To think that 1 should hare
the happiness of meeting you here to
dayand after so many vain Inquiries.
How It brings back the past to see you.
Venice, Home, that last carnival. Vera,
say you are glad to see me!"
Some people walking past them, and
suddenly standing still, obliterate them
from Seaton's view, but when next he
looks the stranger is sitting beside her,
and Vera, with flushed cheeks and bril
liant eyes, full of an unmistakable wel
come, is murmuring to him in low, soft
tones.
"Who Is ;he man talking to my
cousin?" asks Seaton, Indicating Vera's
companion by a slight gesture, and
speaking in a tone so changed that Miss
Hutler Involuntarily lifts her head to look
at him.
"Lord Shelton," she says. "George
Sandes he was. Don't you know him?
Great hunting man. He came in for the
title about eight months ago. That
brought him back from Lis big game Lu
the East."
CHAPTER XVI.
In the last four days Peyton has mys
teriously disappeared, no one knows
whither, except perhaps Uriselda, Ills sis
ter and two others. "North" he was go
ing, he said to Inquiring friends. To-day,
however, he has turned up again, admira
bly dressed as ever, and as radiant us a
good conscience should make any man.
"I'm so glad Tom has got back in
time," Bays Grlscldn. "I quite feared
Uncle Gregory would be too many for
him. Vera, what makes you look like
that, darling? Now tell me whut it is
that has annoyed you."
"I must be mad to be annoyed, says
Vera, with angry self-contempt.
"Seaton again?"
"It is always Seaton," with an Increase
of her Irritation, "when It isn't his fath
er. Was there no other path into which
fate could have flung me, except this
Yes, It is Seaton."
"Hut why thluk so much about him?
He cannot Interfere with you now, be his
father never so persistent In his Idea of
murrylng you to him, because all the
world can see he In us good uh engaged
to Miss Hutler."
"I pity her, then, with all my soul!
What a futility to enter! She is too good
to be sacrificed so cruelly. I believe he
is employed by his father to watch me,
to report all that I say or Ah!" she
breaks off abruptly, aud points almost
triumphantly to the pathway outside,
where indeed Seatou stands.
That it is one of thu most public walks
at The Friars, that Seaton might have,
nay, indeed has, come this way without
Intention of any kind she does not alluw
herself to believe.
"I told you," she says, vehemently, "It
is to spy upon my every action he Is
here! Ob, fool that I wus, to dream of
being free for even these few days!"
She hus come a step or two forward; a
scarlet tide of indignant humiliation has
dyed her cheeks. She still points toward
Seaton with one trembling hand, while
he, advancing slowly, looks with some
anxiety from her to Grlscldn, who lu sore
ly troubled, as if to demuud un explana
tion. "I think you must be mistaken, dar
ling," she says, nervously, laying her
bund upon her sister's arm, "1 feci sure
Seatou would not undertake the part you
bavo assigned him. Seaton, speak to her;
tell her It is Impossible that you should
do this thing."
"What thing? Of what does ihe ac
cuse me?" his brow growing dark.
"She Imagines or, of course. It Is all
n mistake but she hns somehow got It
Into her head thnt you are here to to
watch her."
"Is that how It strikes you?" snys he,
slowly; n sudden, short, miserable Inugh
breaks from hlin. "So thnt Is how you
look at It? tirvnt henveii, to think how
I hnve loved you such ns you so poor
a thing! It shames me now to think of
It!" He draws his breath sharply,
though she writhes. "No. you shiill bear
me! I lime heard much from you, tirst
nnd last this shall be the Inst. I swear!
Here, even now, in this moment when I
tind you so altogether - contemptible a
creature. It Is my misery to know that I
still love you! Day after day you have
heaped Insults upon me. Your every look
hns been an n (front. I hnve snld too
much." he continues, wenrlly; but with
a little eloqueut gesture she renders him
silent.
"Oh, not too much, hut pcrhups
enough" she smiles ngnln, that cruel
smile thnt hurts him like the shnrpest
stab "surely It would be hard to expect
you to find another Insult to-day. To
morrow, perhaps. And uow let me say
one little word. Have 1 no cause to
doubt you?"
"None, none!" declares he, vehemently.
She throws out her hands with n lit
tle expressive movement. "1 leave that
to your own conscience, to your own
sense of right nnd wrong," she snys,
shrugging her shroulders, liuely. "Hut
once for all," raising her voice and
throwing up her head. "I wnru you.
Itntber than marry you," making a slight
gesture of horror, "I would accept the
first man that asked me!"
A faint rustle among the bushes out
side, a footstep and Lord Shelton steps
Into view.
"I hold you to your word," cries he,
gnyly; he steps lightly within the llower
crowned archway, and looks strnight at
Vera. He is smiling, but underneath the
smile lies n longing to be taken seriously.
"You give me a chance," he nays; "I
here, before witnesses, declare myself it
suitor for your hand" his expression is
still wavering betwixt mirth aud gravity,
and he holds out to her both his hands.
"You are not, however, the first to ask
her," says Dysart, in a voice vibrating
with tunny and deep emotions. His brow
Is black, nnd anger fights for mnstery
with despair In his dnrk eye.
Vera, pale ns death, but with a little
Indignant frown, steps between the two
men.
"What does it all mean?" she asks,
contemptuously; "would you make a tra
gedy out of a farce? If so, at least be
good enough to assign me no part in it."
She sweeps both men out of her path
by a slight imperious gesture, nnd pass
ing them, walks swiftly away in the di
rection of the house.
(To be continued.) '
THE FILIPINO SCHOOLBOY.
lie Learns Very Little About tbs
United State.
It has been frequently remarked that
the Filipinos could hare no conception
of the extent and resources of the Uni
ted States or they never would have
been deceived Into the hallucination
that they could successfully combat us.
In going through their school here I
found a little manuscript volume In
which. In less than a hundred manu
script pages, was comprised nil of syn
tax and geography that was taught the
children here. And It must be remem
bered that Malolos, before the Insur
rection, was an Important city In this
part of the world, and one where the
children would be expected to receive
the average education. Turning to one
of the pages In this book that I picked
up, I found the United States of Amer
ica discoursed upon. Immediately after
Nlgrlcl.i, and Just before Mexico. Hero
Is the entire lot of Information given
as to the United States, In the form of
questions and answers:
"Where Is this country (the United
States) situated? In North America.
"What are Its boundaries? To tho
north, British America; to the east, the
Atlantic ocean and the Bahama chan
nel; to tho south, the Strait of Florida
and the Gulf of Mexico, and to the
west, Mexico and the Grande (Pacific)
ocean.
"What Is the form of government?
It Is a federal republic.
"Of what H this republic composed?
Of forty different States.
"What are Its rivers and mountains,?
The most notable rivers are the MIs
Islpl (lltoral spelling), the Niagara, the
Missorl (ngnln tho literal spelling), the
Colorado and the St. Lawrence, and tho
principal mountains are tho Cumber
land and Hookies.
"What U the capital? Washington,"
but tho most important city Is New
York.
"Protestantism prevails, but there
are Catholic archbishops."
And this Is tho sum total of what
the average Filipino boy has been
taught about our rather considerable
nnd somewhat prosperous country.
Manila Letter In Leslie's Weekly.
ftliltc anil liggs Hd Diet.
"People over 30 would do well to
give up milk and eggs lu nny form ns
a diet," said u well-known physician.
"These nro tho structure-forming food
of animals which mature In a short
time, and when taken lu quantities by
human beings whoso structures have
already formed they tend only to the
hardening nnd aging ot the tissues. I
hnve seen people who were beginning
to find stair climbing difficult, nnd who
were losing their elasticity, much bene
fited by eliminating these articles from
their diet That there has been a great
Increaso In the duration of life below
tho ago of 30 statistics prove, but be
yond thut period there has been no Im
provement In my opinion, tho person
over 30 would have ns good a chance to
preserve llfo ns tho child Just begin
ning Its struggle with existence If ha
would only suit his diet to his years."
A Unrein Car,
Central Asian railroad managers try
to meet the desires of their public A
harem car with latticed windows has
beon constructed for the Emir of
Bokhara.
The population of the world Increases
10 pi cent, every ten yeans.
HERE'S AN INTRICATE MACHINE THAT
CAN UTTER DISTINCTLY ITVE VOWELS.
A remnrknbio triumph In iiiechsnlrnl Invention hns Just been achieved by
)r. Marnge of London, who hns succeeded In constructing a machine that ran
utter plainly nnd distinctly the live vowels- n, e. I. o. it. This rcnuirknlilo result
is achieved by passing currents of nlr through a series of receptacles, tho Interior
tinpri of which are exnetly llko those of tho hmnnn month when It pronounces
tho vowels. The first Illustration shows the machine, nnd the second shows the
waves of vibration of various vowel sounds.
Although many nttcmpts lmvu been made, it Ii only now that success hns been
attained, nnd before long we mny expect to hnve a mnchlnu thnt can really
tnlk. Of course, thu phonograph Is not n talking mnchlnr, becnusn It merely
Hives off a record Hint hs already ben made UMin n cylinder by nil actual
ho m nu voice. Dr. Marngo'i machine, however, cruntrs tho vowel sounds at first
hand.
This machine, ns will be seen by the Illustration, hns been constructed so ns
to reproduce the Interior of a person's mouth while pronouncing tho different vow
els, using the plastic substance employed by dentists.
These fnlso mouths, ns It were, nro mads of plaster of pnrls and are fitted to
irrns giving the appropriate combinations of sounds. Dr. Mnrugo then sots his
machine in operatlou, and tho vowels nro produced synthetically.
Dr. Marngo purposes to modify the steam sirens used on shipboard so thnt
they will Imitate the vowel sounds. Thus different phonetic syllables miy b
obtained which may bo used as nn International alphabet.
IN A MORALIZING MOOD.
The Children Hnve n Hunt Time of It
According to Tills.
How useful children me! When I tun
Ill-tempered I don't swear any more
1 simply spank one or the children,
snys n writer In the Yellow Hook. Now
don't sneer nnd set mo down ns a
mean, contemptible man. You do It
yourself. If you have any children, nnd
If you have not you hnto them till on
general principles. Come down off
your pedestal. Illustrious sir or iiiailiiiu.
mid analyze your actions with an X
ray. There, now, didn't 1 tell you so?
Thnt conscience of yours doesn't look
very well lu print, does It?
However, let us return to our chil
dren. They nre Just ns useful when
we ure lu n sclf-satlsflcd mood. When
I feel like swelling out my manly bos
om nnd am nenrly bursting with pride
I don't tnlk about myself ns I used to.
I Just blow about tho children nnd
make myself dlsngreenblo without
laying myself open to the charge of
conceit.
And whnt slaves children are! From
morning till night they nre bossed
nround by everybody from their mlgtity
father down through the descending
acnle of elder brothers nnd sisters, ser
vants, neighbors, tradesmen, street
cleaners, policemen, to their own moth
ers. Think of the "Don'ts" a small boy
liwirs In one day. All the'books "Don't"
ever published wouldn't mnko up the
sum of "Don'ts" my smnll boy hears
In the waking hours of nny twenty
four. How In tho world ho ever accom
plishes anything. In spite of such nn
nvalancho of "Don'ts" I fall to see.
Hut ho docs, sturdy littlo Titan that he
Is.
Heboid him now. He Is playing foot
ball with his baby sister in the title
role. I suppose I ought to stop and
yell "Don't" nt him. Hut there, his
mother has saved mo tho trouble. And
baby sister Is madder nt the Interrup
tion than he Is. How esscutlnlly femi
nine! The same chord has been touch
ed that makes n woman mad when you
Interrupt her husband while he Is beat
ing her. Hut stay! I must not begin
to moralize about women. That Is a
task that would take a lifetime.
ENDED UNPLEASANTLY.
Baseball Argument Between Two
Nclghbora Ilndn In n Quarrel.
Mr. Mixer and Mr. Hrlggs were visi
bly agitated. They had been friends
nnd neighbors for years, but now tho
roots of brotherly affection were In dan
ger. "I'll tell you," said Mr. Mixer ve
hemently, "that It Is all nonsense to siiy
that a swiftly pitched ball can be bat
ted ns far ns u tossed one."
"Much you know nbout It," said
Hrlggs hotly. "The resiliency In the
fust ball when opposed by a swiftly
moving but naturally "
"Hot!" cried Mr. Mixer. "Anybody
with half sense can see that a slow
ball "
"Itubblsh!" snorted Mr. Hrlggs.
They glarrd at euch other.
"Sny." said Mr. Mixer, "let's get the
Hnmmond boys to go with us to the
vacant lot buck of my bouse mid I'll
show you Just where you ure off your
base."
"Agreed," said Mr. Hrlggs.
Ten minutes later Mr. Mixer with a
bat In his hand was fuelng Ted Ham
mond In the vacant lot.
"Gimme a slow one nbout here," said
Mr. Mixer, ns he Indicated a height
from the ground of some three feet.
Along cume thu ball a slow nnd aggra
vating twister. Mr. Mixer smilingly
awaited It. Then he limited back and
swathed a great gash In the innocent
atmosphere.
"One strike," yelled Hud Hnmmond,
who held the sphere in his big mitt.
Mr. Mixer expectorated on his palm
and there was blood lu his eye. Again
be swathed the quivering utmosphere.
Again Ihe giggling Hud called a strike.
Hut tho third time ho lilt tho ball. It
went directly upward, nnd when It nl
most reached terra llrmn was nabbed
by the clever Hud Just n foot Inside the
diamond.
"My turn now," said Mr. Hrlggs with
nn air of poorly concealed triumph.
"Your record with tho slow ball Is Just
twelve linear Inches. Gimme a hot one."
Tho hot one came, but Mr. Hrlggs
yfOB not reudy for It. It Ucw by blm and
struck with ii dull thud In Hud's mitt.
Another hot ono was eqtinlly fortunate.
"Oh. hit tho ball." said the disgusted
Mixer. "Foul It or something."
Mr. Hrlggs did foul It. He fouled It
with such signal success thnt It Hew
from his lint lit a merry tutigeiit, aud,
cnlchlng the mulling Mixer under tho
Jaw, almost tore his bend loose from Its
fastenings. Two minute later any
passer-by with ordinary eyesight might
have seen a tull. thin man with a base
ball bat In bis bund wildly cavorting
around that two-acre lot, with a vl-clous-looking
fut man In hot pursuit,
followed closely by a boy with n big
in 1 1 1 nnd another boy with no special
mark of distinction. Around and
around the lot they went, until tbero
came n blesed Interruption.
"Pa," shrieked Utile Jane Mixer over
ttip back fence, "supper Is ready." Tho
inerry-go-rotind reused, the two princi
pals walked away with glances of limit,
ternble contempt. And the great scien
tific problem remains unsettled. Clcvo
luud Post-Dispatch.
CLUBMEN IN AMERICA.
Tlicrr I ii Very Hituill Cln nm Yet nf
Professional Iillera.
Nothing better proves thnt thin town
In n community of busy men than the
peculiarities of tho clubs. In all tho
great capitals of Kuropo tho clubs an)
frequented nt nil hours of tho day aud
fur Into tho night. Most of tho New
York clubs nro nearly empty during
business hours, nnd few of tlicin nro
open long after midnight. The class
of professional Idlers Is relatively so
smnll In New York that they mnkc up a
coiislderablo proportion of tho mem
bership of very few clubs. In the large
clubs they are an Insignificant fraction
of tho membership.
Most New York clubs hnvo nn enrly
breakfnst hour, nnd In nenrly nil of
them there nro members who would
llko to hnve tho hour earlier than It Is.
On nil business days most of tho club
habitues breakfast between 7:30 nnd I)
o'clock. After 10 o'clock tho breakfast
room usually hns three or four occu
pants. A few men of lelsuro breakfast
later, but between 10 o'clock und 11!:30
It would be hard to find n score of men
In any one of tho great clubs unless
wimo special occasion had brought them
together.
Within the Inst ten or twelve yenrs
luncheon has become an Important
meal at many up-town clubs. It used
to be thnt only a few men of leisure
took luncheon nt their clubs. With the
up-town movement of business, how
ever, hundreds of men hnve adopted the
habit of taking luncheon nt some one of
the clubs between -'Otli street and GOth
street. A good many clubs, Indeed, owo
n considerable part of their member
ship to the fnct thnt they nro con
veniently situated for business men
who prefer luncheon nt their club to
luncheon nt a restaiirnnt. Men estimate
that they enn literally save money by
Joining a club that furnishes luncheon
nt n moderutu price. Tips given at 300
luncheons equal two-thirds tho annual
dues of the ordinary club, and food nnd
cigars nre a littlo cheaper at a good
club than nt n good restaurant.
The club luncheon hour v un unusual
ly pleasant one, very different from the
same hour nt a down-town restaurant.
Hut most men do not linger long even
nt the club luncheon. Tho business
bnblts of the town assort themselves
oven hero. New York Hun.
Tyburn,
Tyburn wni tho place of execution
In Loudon for felons, and wns used for
this purpose from the relgu of Henry
IV. 1309 1413 Tho bodies of Crotn
well, 1 ret on, and Hradshnw wore ex
posed nt Tybur'i, Jan. 30, 1(101, The
last execution nt Tyburn took plnco In
November, 1783,
Miiilio's Library.
M mile's circulating library In London
hns 3,000,000 books constantly lu cir
culation, nnd employs I"? people.
Locomotive Ft uros.
In fifteen years a locomotive will run
2-10,000 miles nnd earn JIIOO.OOO.
Konttlo Ai-sny Olllco.
The Seattlo assay olllce has hamllod
$55,000,000 slnco Us eslabllshmeiit.
ninod In tho Human Itoily,
The amount of blond In tho human
body Is 1-13 of the body weight.
WON'T 8ELL TO AMEMICANB.
I'lUpluo nt Hun 1'rrMiiiidit Oppimcil lu
Viiuliro lliislnrxN Men.
American enterprise In Ihe Philip
pines Is meet lug with opposition at
sumo places where the natives lmvu
Hupped lighting, but nro evidently not
ready Tor Yankee business methods,
one of these places is Han Fernando,
capital of l.u Union province, In thu
Island of Luzon.
Ihe city bus n population f nhniit
1:1,000. nnd Is 171 tulles north of Mnulln,
with which It Is connected by wagon
road. The province Is fertile, raising
much rice, coin, tobacco and sugar
cane.
Hold Is found In the sands of the liv
ers of the province, but It Is conrse.
San Fernando has a good niirnor on urn
western const of l.tl.oti.
Naturally some of ihn Americans In
the Philippines have been attracted to
this fertile purl of Liiaon. which Is
peaceful now, hut their reception. In a
business way. has not been a hearty
one. nconllng to 11 correspondent of tho
Manila I'rceilotn. Ho snys:
"The effect of American Justlco nnd
discipline Is very noticeable lu this
province nnd In adjoining districts,
llverybody Is at pence with his neigh
bors, und Americans pass through hern
often without arms.
"Tho natives are thoroughly con
vinced that bamboo canoes with tin
cans iitnl chunks of barbed wlro nro no
check to American soldiers, but they
nro stubbornly opposing American oc
cupation und enterprise by refusing to
lease or sell vacant land In lot for
building purposes.
"I know live American citizens who
hai. been trjlng for more than 11
month, two of Ihein for two months,
for 11 locution upon which to erect busi
ness buildings. The presldento Is thu
chief monopolist und succeeds very
well In discouraging Americans mini
locating here.
" This place has a tine harbor -me
ho! 1 here Is on the western const, with
possibly one exception. It has line until
nil drainage, Is the gnteway to tne gom
deposits of lleiiguel and Lepnnto prov
luces. San Fernando Is the shipping
point for the famous Nlgtillllan tobaecu
district.
"If the civil commission will look up
the titles to term llrniii about hero it
will perform a benellt which will bo
appreciated by nil well-illspiwed per
sous residing here. Oh. for nlxitit 75.000
Tagil logs from the vicinity of Manila
to soldo here nnd tench tho doglnthe-
iiuuiger llocnnos what civility and prog
ress are.
"With that number of energetic Tnga
logs planted In this province, with Its
iinturiil nilvnntnges. It would become
the garden spot of the archipelago."
"I'lpC-OlO CIllllllltlH.
"Have you ever noticed." said an up
town physician the other day. "the
number of young men who nre nursing
soro chins? Some hnve swellings on
one side only; the majority have them
on both sides. Not one In llfty of those
young fellows knows what Is tho mnt
ter with hlin. Most of them linnglim
that their blood Is out of order, and go
dosing themselves, but tho disease still
slays. Do joti see this?" And the man
or medicine pulled 11 smnll bulldog plpu
out of bis emit pocket and placed It In
bis mouth. "I put the pipe to the right
side, nnd note where It rest. The bowl
almwt Invariably comes In contact
with the skin Just at the forward bend
of the chin, and the heat of the lighted
tobacco acts like a poultice nnd draws
to a bend whatever Impurities mny be
In tho vicinity. I hnve treated some
twenty cns'S. nnd ns soon ns the short
style dhudeen wns abandoned for the
straight stem variety, the trouble
ceased. I think that I am the original
discoverer of tho malady and hnv
called It 'plpoosls clilniillla.' "-I'lilla-dolphin
Ilecord.
Poverty nnd Prldn.
Tho Woman's Aid Society of this dry
has many cases of Improvidence on rec
ord, nnd one of the best of them is the
story of the woman whoso husband
was In Jail nnd whoso family hnd hecn
supplied with food ami clothing by the
society. To tho woman herself they
gave $10, thinking she would know the
wants of her destitute family better
than un outsider. A week lifter the gift
a deputation of members called at lite
tupiulld home to see the results. They
found no betterment lu tho condition
nf the home, so one uskeil:
"Well, Mrs. Nolan, how are you get
ting along?"
"Fine." Mrs. Nolnn snld.
"Did the clothes lit?" And did yon
Und 11 place for the money?"
"Sure. The clothes lilted flue, aud,
d'ye know, they looked so nice that I
had nil the children's pictures title with
tho money you gave me, mid I'm going'
to have me own taken this week, to
send to the old folks In Ireland."-Now
York Commercial Advertiser.
Didn't bum 10 Itlslc II.
Inhabitants of a Minnesota town re
member libun Jones, the crabbed mill
ionaire lumberman who hired nil the
mill bauds himself. One day a Hwedo
applied to the Irritable old man, and se
cured a place on the saws.
I As be was leaving ho said. "Mcstor
Yones, In dees yob you gcef me doaller
I an hallef a day. Besides dut, do you oat
I me or do I cut myselef?"
1 "Oh. eat yourself!" replied th old
man. "I have dyspcola,"
Ills Privilege,
An author wrote to his publisher;
"Can I hope for any royal Ilea fm
ray book this year?"
The publisher replied:
"Yes: you can hope. There'B Hothmg
In the world to hinder you." Atlanta
(Jenstlttltlon.
A shiftless man Is always boasting
t what he would do If he had money.