LORD OF THE DESERT
By PAUL
CIIAITUH X.IICuiitinuiil.
Dnr. 1'ollfitt rime (it Mi feet in sur
prise., llul lliu chief ritmnlnml calm
ninl rontliiiiod hla converantloii. tin
told lilm tho ffirtn of Imr escape, mill
tlm f r ninl In dm scalp Im lirnl Klvi'ii
lit in. at tho aaiuo Hum ropimlliig Hint
Im ninl tin) Onnnilliui wurn friends
now.
"Hut whoro In alio?" Inquired the
Cnnnitlnii. A hundred thlnga outrroil
liln iiiIikI. With Ilertlm l.ylo In hi
PobbobbIoii, Iiii rntilil got'revfltigu on
Ilnmmcralny, on tho liril of thu
Deanrt, on everybody! With Imr
ti mli' r hlii control, ho could drmniid
n ransom. Ilo ronhl tnnhn tortus with
General Croolt, ho could possibly get
ptiBaosatiin of Hint 110,01)0. Plana
rnino on no thick mul rant Hint thny
clouded liln lirnlii, nml ho saw n
tlioiiinnil mlvnntnKoa In tho obbs
nlon of Ilertlm Lylo nn a prisoner In
mi Inillnu vlllngn.
"Whom la alio?" ho ilomnncli'il
ngaln,
"Hut wnltl" anhl tho chief. "You
vVLl v : ' ... 1., i iv.Vi I,,,, .1
rarnnoil. Tho trnimer atlll hna her!
,,,' IIII I'MIIII n I. I ......
ia hurl
"Hut 1 linvn boon to lila homo In
lila nhsonrn." anlil I'ollotl, "anil alio
wna not thoro!"
"Ilo lildn her when ho no nway,"
replied tho chief. "Ilo four aoineono
nteal hurt Now. mo ninl my mini will
aieai nor. no, ran " " '
hurry nwny tonight. Wo "I'",?,
hell trap. when, holders never fill
iia; nml If tliny nml ua iney can
nover get tin. You tnko two, rour. inn
hrnvea, go to Irnppcr'a homo whllo
ho nway nml get girl mid hrlng Imr
with yiiu! Heo! mako trapper mad,
you gel oven, nml you hnvo whllo
aijunw. Kgan n good friend na well
as had enemy."
Within nnnlher hour Dan I'ollett
mid four of Hgnn'B moat alenlthy
lirnvea were riding aeroaa Hie plains
toward tho trnppcr'H nhodo, nml
Kgan and n mnjorlly of tho chlefa
nnd wnrrlora hnd iiultted tho vicinity
of the Htonn llouao na allently na thn
deaert night lireern. Only ft amnll
Bcoutlng par-ty remnlned hehlnd.
Tile cowlmva atood nt Ihelr posts.
nnd tho ton! of llio Deaert kept watch
over nil with llio vigilance or n
trained general, waiting to see what
vigilance or
tho early morning would uring.
"Tho hlrda hnvo flown." wna thn!HnrH the appcaranco of
first expreaalon of (lcnernl Crook trap'
when ho arrived In tlm vicinity of "It hna nlways heen n great grazing
tho fitnno llouao. "Thero nro no In- plaeo for wild animals of all kinds,
dlnna about tho plnco," hn said, "hut; nml thn rise often comes down upon
they mny bo clone nl hand. Wo wlllibcm suddenly nnd nils thn banks
wait until daylight before wo up- nil nround them and breaks across
proach nearer." tho nnrrow nock yonder, Imprisoning
Ilo aocreted his men In a grovo of them completely heforo they hnvo
limit... n the moiintalnaldo. BomoiUmo to oaenpe. No living tiling can
illstanro from tho premises, and wait'
oil developments.
As soon na tho morning light be
gan to break, tho general, nccom
pnnletl by Ilnmmersley. begnn to
roronnolter. "Tho whites nro vigi
lant." ho remarked, na ho pointed to
tho rifles In tho loopholes In tho
wall. "Thoy nro evidently expecting
tho Indlnfls. but I sett no rover be
hind which thn redskins could con
ceal thcmtclvos from our vlow. I cm
of tho opinion that tho red raarala
havo 'amolt a mouao' and left during
tho ntsht. Wo must communicate
wlili tlm whites aa nutckly as poa.l
bio and get on tho trail. Can't you
creep up near that guard and mail'
ago to communicate with hlmT"
"That will bo easy," replied tho
trnpper. and ho started In n atooplng
poaturn, keeping nimaoir won niuuvn
behind tho runty Junlpora.
"Hello, there!" apokn tho trnpper
In n low tone, nt a abort distance
from tho mnn nt tho loophole.
Tho nstontahed guard looked In n
dozen different directions In nn In
stant. "I am tho trapper, returned from
tho fort with nld. Toll tho Lord of
tho Desert I wish to speak with him."
him."
In n few moments this pcrsonngo
was at tho loopliolo nml Hnmmorsley
walked to Uio plnco, being well
shielded from tho main points of tho
plain.
Daylight was rapidly coming on.
and tho Iird of tho Dosort. upon
consulting hla men. aoon concluded
that thn Indiana hnd mndo their es
cape. Tlm guards, however, wero
certain that somo of tho Indians hnd
remained until n Into hour In tho
morning ,ns they hnd boon seen
nkulklng about tho placo Just before
dawn.
A short reconnoitre was mado nnd
nnnernl Crook was Informed of tho
result. His men wero in arc hod In
sldo tho stono wall surrounding tho
Htono llouao nnd wero ordered to
proparo their breakfnst and to tnko
n fow hours' rest.
In tho monntlme, tho goncrnl hold
nn Intervlow with tho Lord of tho
Desert nnd began preparations to
pursue tho Indians as soon as
his mon wero refreshed. Scouts
- woro sont out upon tbolr trail, undor
the leadership of tho novcr-slecplng
but over-fresh Ilnmmersloy. nnd thoy
noon struck tho trnll nnd sont word
back to tho Stono Houso accordingly.
Whon Oonornl Crook Informed
Mnrtln I.ylo of tho oplsodo with Dan
Kollett, tho Lord of tho Desort went
to his tronsury and found a largo
sum of hla money missing. Ho f
enmo frantlo. Ho wnntod to go to
tho fort mul lynch tho linlf-breed:
but Oonornl Crook Informed htm
thnt they hnd "whnlo" breeds to deal
with just now, nml thnt ho would
tnko up Kollett'a cojio Intor.
Hanimoraloy, nt tho bond of tho
band of cowboys, had followed tho
trail of thu Indiana all day nnd kopt
Oonornl CUWok poBtod. Tho lattor
movod out with his command from
tho Stono Houso nt sunsot, Intending
to trnvol by night bo ns to keep tho
Indians off tholr guard. Ilo startod
out on ono of his determined chases,
novor Intending to rottirn until ho
had punished thoao bandits, tho most
troublesome, nnd bloodthirsty nt thnt
tlmo roaming tho Amerlcnfi plains,
CHAl'TKR XXIII.
..t Holl'a Trnp.
Ilammorsloy had located tho In
dians at "Hell's Trnp." Upon bolng
notlfiod of this, Oonornl Crook had
como In advnnco of bis command,
which was to march hy night, to
vlow tho situation,
It Was about i o'clock In Uio nftor
noon when ho nnd tho trnppor
stoalthlly climbed to tho top ot tho
rlmrocks overlooking this romnrknblo
placo, and lying flat on tho capstono
of tho rl in rock b, thoy looked Into tho
Indian camp bolow, Thoro wna noth
lug about tho placo to 'ndlcato a trap
de LANEY.
or plnco for n hnrah iiiimo. It wnaTnt-n loaa to uiiiloratnnil how Kollott
a Imituttful imtiinil meadow In thn
lionil of a mountain ilronm, nilr
rotiiutoil on tlirco ahloa hy towering
rlmrocka, tho rlvor running n dla
tlnct penlnaula, nlmoat creating nn
Island, an I'loao did tho nntrnnro
point of tho atrenm rnmo to tho point
of oxlt after mnkliiK tho circuit of
tho llltlo valley.
Through thla nnrniw neck tho In
diana had entered, and whllo their
anlinnl grazed on tho luxurlint grnas
they had pitched their tiinti among
tho wlllowa bordering tho atroum nml
prepared for n few daya' re.t nftor
Iholr long slcgo nt tho Klnno llouao.
Iloro gnmn nml flnli wnro jilnntlful,
nml thn haunches of deor and ante
lope, mid flali frya alternating tho
fonsts on tho Uird of tho Desert's
failed hullocka, made a garden ot
Uden for tho liravea, Inatend of n
"Hell's Trnp."
Hero they felt anfo. In thla am
phitheater they wero laolated from
tho world, and thero woro numeroiia
oiillnta through tho rlmrocka whern
'''J' p""'i ""'"' i" -cni' "
at-
Innl.,,.1 nn. lliu
, . '
y had aa prlaonrrn
four rowhoya, the only peraona thoyi"-'
had dlacovnrod nn their trail from tho
ttino Ilnuae, mid they now fait na
anfn In thla retreat na If nmong tho
lava lied a of thn Klamath country.
Thoy regarded a caaiial lookout na
helng autnelent for Iholr aafcty from
surprise, In view of tho fact that
, , , continually cov-
erlng tho territory In tho Immedlato
vicinity or I lie enmp.
It waa n contliiiioua fenat and holi
day for the hunted handlta.
"I cannot understand why they cnll
thla llell'a Trap." anlil flnnnrnl Crook,
ua ho looked down upon tho placid
aceno.
"Thero la no renaon for It now. It
la true," replied thn trnppor, "hut I
hnvo n'e n It when thn nnmn of llell'a
Trnp was not too hnrah for It. Tho
river, now ronlalilo at moat any point,
rlaea from tho anowheds of tho great
inountnlna yonder. Tho warm south
winds nt times atnrl tho anow to molt-
Int. nml tho wnler comes daahlng
" " V" i""'"' i
vinos nut gulc hca, nml theao flow Into,
Ihn rlvnr, making It n rolling sen of
wnter as suddenly na a. cloudburst. It
la on theao occasions that tho plaro
a lioll a
ford tho river during thn rises.
"Tho Indiana mnkn It a point to
tnko advantage of these rises. They
stand guard outside, nnd na aoon na
tho water Is at Its hlghcat they rush
through tho current overflowing tho
neck nnd slaughter tho animals by,
tho wholesale. In this mnnnor they
iong ago secured their winter meat I
food. Tills has given It Uio namo or
Hell's Trap.'"
After a fow minutes In sllcnco Oen
oral Crook remarked that thoro
soem d to bo four canyons, or out
lets from tho place, through tho walls
ot tho rlmrocks, besides tho mnln
cntrnnco through tho "atralt," or
neck, llul tho trapper showed lilm
tho fifth.
"To mnko a wholesale capturo." re
marked the goncrnl. "I will havo to
station mo tint all of those points nnd
chnrgo In over tho 'neck.' My men
will nrrlvo about midnight, and I
will then require your naalstanco !n
stationing thn men for nn early morn
ing nttack," ho contlnuod.
Heforo tho trapper had tlmo to re
spond. If ho hnd Intended to roply, n
sight caught tho eyes of both men
that riveted their nttontlon In tho
same direction.
They placed tholr field glasses to
their eyes nnd a groan escaped simul
taneously from each. Tho sight that
greeted them has often been aeon on
tho Amorlcan border. Human beings
nut to torturo by snvages. In full
view of friends who wero unahlo to
render them nld!
Thu savages marched forth Into an
opening four whlto men In slnglo Ilia
their arms bound to tholr sides, nnd
each being led by a painted war
rior.
Tho general and tho trapper Imme
diately recognized tho mon ns four ot
tho cowboys who hnd been sent out
on tho trail of tho Indians from tho
Slono House. This Ib the first that
cither hnd known or tnelr rato. Oen
ornl Crook, as woll as 'tho trapper.
had supposed that nil of iho mon were
Bnto. Tho lattor Had not soon thoso
men alnco two days before, but ho
imposed that they had either loit
tho trnll or wero loltorlng somewhere
closo nt hand among thn rlmrocks.
Hut thoy hnd acted Indiscreetly and
had been entrapped by tho Indlnns,
nnd woro now about to pay their last
earthly penalty.
Tho mode of tho American B.ivago'i
torturo of his prisoners Is well known
It has boon described often enough,
with Its harrowing variations. The
Snako Indlnn was tho most cruel, and
In thla cnao his Incentive was great.
Many ot his companions had fallen
before, tho loopholes at tho Slono
House, Theao men had fired tho fatal
shots In ninny Instances. It was now
thn Indlnns' turn,
Illndlnt; tho prisoners, hands nnd
feet, and tying them to short stakes
driven deeply Into tho ground, tholr
nrostrntcd uotiics wore mauo mo sub
ject of ovory Indignity, overy cruelty
nnd ovory torturo that tho dopravod
I'lutos and tholr allies could Invont,
It wna well ovon for tho Iron nervos
of tho Intrepid gcncrnl nnd tho desort
trapper that tho position of tho mon
partially obBcnrcd them from vlow,
nnd thnt thoy could not sco all that
was dono,
Tho torturo was kept up almost un
til sunsot, when tho Inst life suc
cumbed, nnd tho savnges woro ovon
thon desecrating tholr mutilated
hodlos when Interrupted by n chorus
of yells from tho contor of tho bond
In tho rlvor.
Turning tholr glasses In this direc
tion, tho two whlto men saw another
sight that stnrtlod them still moro.
A mounted party hnd Just passed
through nn oponlng In tho rlmrocks,
and wns fording tho stream and bond
ing toward tho Indian camp.
In front rodo nn Indlnn wnrrlor,
noxt enmo n whlto man bound to his
horso, thon came a whlto woman, her
fcot hound by n ropo which onclrclod
tho. horso upon which sho rodoj thon
followod two warriors mounted on
ono animal, nnd bringing up tho rear
was Pan FollcttI
"Horthn I.ylo, as sura as I Urol"
gasped the trappor.
"Ami that ciiraod Imtf-brcoill''- ox.
cloluioil Oonornl Croolt.
Tho emptier started to rlo , , and
null lo thn roacuo, hut (ho Cool
hnadnd general restrained lilm. "Cool,
my hoyl Cool!" ho advised. "Carre
fill work rcijiil ri'H careful action, nml
I boo now that wo hnvo n lot of IhHIi
on hand!"
Tho trnppor limt already Informed
Oonornl Croud of tho nntlro Rltuntlon,
ao far as ho know It. hut lolh worn
had eacaped and how ho had Bucceod-
ml In ontlcliiK Ilertha mid hnr com
panion from the aocrot cavorns of
tho trappor'a homo.
"Wo will aolvn thoao mysterious
prohlema Inter, young man," until thn
general. "Wo hnvo practical ones
ahend of ua now!"
Old Hgnn greeted follctt with full
followahlp na a chief, and cant a vin
dictive glnneo nt hla fair cnptlvo. Tho
party waa aoon dlamouiited, nml whllo
Metzkor, tho cowhoy raptlvo, was led
away and hound to n atako whern hla
Into frlonda had been confined. Her
thn waa Riven n lepeo nil to hcraelf
nmong tho wlllowa, and two lltho
aoino hravea woro placed an gunrds
over her.
"Thla rompllcatea mnttcra," aald
General Crook. "I Intended opening
tho campaign nt daybreak tomorrow
ami not leaving one of thn red devlla
lo toll tho tain, aftor wltnoaalng tho
hutchory of thoao poor fellowa n
whllo ago. hut now that cannot lio
done, for It would hazard tho glrl'a
aorety and life. It will novcr no io
hoot Into tho place while alio la In
I'll roacuo her heforo morning,
OoncrnJ." aald tho trappor.
"It'a n tlckllah Job. young man, hut
If you succeed, my men will do tho
rcatl"
Night vni now coming on, nml they
returned to tho tetnornry quarters of
thn grent Indian fighter, In n aocrct
nook nmong tho rlmrocka, thoro to
plan the roacuo of tho woman, and
thn early morning attack.
(Totxconiinuxl,)
WAS AN INTERESTING FldUfie.
The I.uto Wtlllaiu N. Kn.cli, Once Hn
alar from North Itukotu
Tho dealh of William N. Itonch, for
mer United Hlatca Kenator from North
Dakota, occurred In New ork, after a
nine months' llliiraa with cancer.
Itonch never nciulrnl eminence. In
I tnteiiinnhlp, but he wna at one time
mi Interesting Itguro nt Wnahlngton.
. " " , , .,".
,lp wn," ni 'n that city In 1810 and
wn" ''l"'l nt Georgetown College,
After the war he cmbnrked In banking
nml beenme cvt-iitunlly cashier or tho
Cltlzena' National Hank of Wnahlng-
THE LATK WILLI AU X, nOACII.
too. In 1871) he wcut to Dukota, In
vested largely In tands and became a
prosperous farmer. Then he entered
politics nnd waa a power In the Demo
cratic party. Twice be was the candi
date for Governor. In 1803 he was
elected to the United States Senate.
Then came echoes of a scandal. Ho
wns accused or Irregularities In his
connection with the Citizens' National
Hank, tho nmount Involved being $04,
000, and Senator Hoar offered a reso
lution for nn Investigation, but nono
was ever mado and Senator Hoach
senretl his term. Since 1S00 he bad
lived In New York, whero he was presi
dent of the Cuban Asphalt and Oil
Company.
Nn flquaahea.
Ono woman, according to the New
York t'ress. has rebelled against the
prevailing style of millinery. She
went tho other day to buy n simple hat.
and looked over a large variety, nil
decorated with cherrlos, grapes, straw
berries, hazelnuts, apples and beans.
"No, I don't want any of these," said
sho, putting them aside.
"l'erbnps you would prefer this clut
ter of currants!" suggested the mil
liner "No, nor squashes nor cucumbers.
These things are very necessary on the'
dhjner-tnble, but 1 object to them on
my head."
"Hut they are ao fashionable!"
"Never mind, I draw the lino at fruit
ami vegetables."
A GnstroiiDinlo IV at.
At a little schoolhouse In the north
of Scotland the K'lioolninster keeps his
boys grinding steadily nt their desks,
but gives them permission to nibble
from their lunch baskets sometimes na
they work.
One day, white the master was In
structing a elans In the rule of three,
bi; noticed that one of his pupils was
paying more attention to a small tart
than to his lesson,
"Tom ltaln," said the schoolmaster,
"listen to the lesson, will ;e?"
"I'm listening, air." snld the boy,
"Listening, nre yo?" exclaimed tho
master; "then ye're listening wl' ono
ear nn' eating plo wl" tho other!" Lon
don Tld-Ults.
inn uninumi.
In the newly Issued "double part" of
the New foigllsh Dictionary, Dr. Mur
ray gives two quotations under tho
wonl "omnibus" which nently tell tho
birth-story of tho vehicle. In a memor
andum to thn chairman or the Hoard of
Stamps, dated April 3, 1821), Mr,
Shllllbocr stated! "I nm en
gaged In building two vehicles nftcr
tho imimier of tbe recently cstnbllshid
l-'rench Omnibus, which when complet
ed I propose starting on the I'addlugton
Itoad." Mr. Shllllbecr wns as go d ns
his word. In Saunders' News Letter of
July 4 nppeaml the paragraph; "The
new vehicle, culled tho omnibus, com
menced running this morning from; I'ud
dlugton to tho city."
I
--V- 4.t
Old Oocniiiciil Tells
Eorly knllwaj History
--
In overhauling the contents of nu old
lone vault In Its Newark station oin
clula of Iho I.itcku wiiiinn Itnllrond liavu
come across a set of Interesting docu
ments relating to the curly history of
tho rond. Among them Is ono whlcti
ahowa Hint It Wna Just alxty-alz years
ago on the lllth or November that the
.Morris and Ksscx Itnllrond (afterwards
absorbed by Ilia !,iicknwutuia) waa for
mally opened for Irnfllc. At that tlmo
thero were only aeventy miles of roll
rond In Iho United States. Cara were
operated between Newark and Orange
nnd wero pulled by Iioisi-k. Tho com
umters ttt those days wero obliged to
change nt Newark to tho cars of the
I New Jersey Itnllroad mid Trnusportn
Hon Company (now n part of thu I'eim-
'aylvnula system) In order to reach .Sen
ior k. Tho rails consisted of a lint lj.tr
of Iron tVt Indies wide by ot an Ineii
thick, and were laid on timbers running
lengthwise. There nro people living In
the Oranges who atlll remember tho
Iron sheathing placed over the floor or
(he cars to prevent loosened rails from
breaking through tho car floors and In
Jurlng passengers. Horse cara contin
ued to run until 18.11, though among
the papers aro several petitions pro
testing ngalust this method or locomo
Hon. Hlenin cars were Introduced In
1K.'IT. and the first locomotive, the
Orange, made Its trial trip from New
ark to MadlMHi on Sept. 1.1 of thnt year.
Tho Ornnge.wns a wood-burning en
glne or the moat primitive type, rcqulr
lug n wootl-pnsser on tho tender (usu
ally n young fellow who aspired to be-
como engineer) to "stack "em up" for
the fireman. The first pnasenger trip
between Newark and Madison wns
undo on Sept. 22 nnd the road wns ex
tended to Dover on Aug. 1, 1B48, nnd
to Hnvkt'ttatnwn In January, 1H5I. Oth
er papers found In tho same vault In
elude n number of petitions presented
In 1818 by tbe early residents of tho
Oranges asking directors of the rend
to stop the cars at Whisky Inne, now
Orove street, foist Orange. Tho peti
tions have been framed and will be
hung In the new foist Orange station.
Perhaps the most Interesting Is one
from the women of Orange dated
March 2T, 1818, complaining or the Ill
convenience suffered by them nnd their
children In not being able to board tho
cars nt Whisky lane. Several others
from tho male residents of the town
contain the names of those whose de
scendants nre nmong the most promi
nent people In tbe Ornnges.
FACTS ABOUT OUR 8HIPPINO.
Vive Million Ton. Now Hrtjnlrcd for
American Foreign Commerce.
It would be conservative to state that
fully S.OOO.OOO tons of shipping are now
required for the carriage of our entire
foreign commerce. Toward supplying
thnt ueed home shipyards contributed
only 20,000 tons during tbe census
year of 1000, and only 200,771 tons dur.
lug the entire ten years ending with
1000. At the rate or construction In
1000 172 years would elapse before
enough tonnage would be built for tbe
present needs of our foreign trade.
The average life of a ship Is com
monly computed nt ten years, taking
Into account losses, accidents and de
terioration. Hut allowing twenty years
as the average lire of a modern steel
steamship, at tbe present rate of con
struction for foreign trade over eight
years would elapse before enough ships
would be constructed to provide for
the average loss or one year. In Great
Ilrltaln, In 1800, steel steamships to
the number of t07 were constructed,
the tonnage or which aggregated 1,3-H,-425,
while In the United States 12.1
steel steam vessels, aggregating 237,
370 gross tons, were constructed ror all
kinds of trade, Inland, coastwise and
foreign.
As a matter of fact, only one steel
steam vessel of 1,771 tons was built In
tho United States during 1000 for the
foreign trade. On tbe great lakes alone
vessels aggregating 111,211 gross tons
wero built In 1000, or 10.2 per cent of
the total tonnage built during that jear
In the United States, while the tonnage
built under register constituted only
4.2 per cent of the total tonnage, or 20.1
per cent of thnt constructed for the
traffic of the great lakes.
In number of tons tho merchandise
moved annually upon the great lakes
approximates very closely to the mer
chandise Imported Into and exported
from the United States, but the dis
tance It is carried Is very much less.
I'or this reason tho commerce of the
great lakes can bo carried by use of a
tonnngo approximately one-third as
large as Is necessary for the carriage
ot our foreign commerce. And yet,
says It. Smith In Leslie's Weekly, not
withstanding the smaller requirements
of tho traffic on the great lakes, the
tonnage built for that traffic In 1000
was nearly four times that built for
foreign trade.
SORROWS OF A GREENER.
Uxperlences of an Unsophisticated Im
migrant in New York.
In nu nrtlclo on "Tho Russian nnd
Polish Jew In, New York," In tho Out
look, 10. A. Stelner thus describes the
"greener:"
Tho "greener" Is treated with kind
ness, but Is made to feel his green
noes nt every point, Thero Is nu un
written law lu tho ghetto thnt for two
days ho must not work, but must eat
nil ho cau, for usually ho arrives hun
gry to tho starving point. Ills coun
trymen como to boo him during that
time, nsk all sorts of questions about
tho old homo, glvo much ndvlco mul
show n great deal of superior wisdom
In tho uso of Kngllsh, upon which they
prldo themselves, and with which they
freely sprlnklo their - Yiddish. Tho
moro Kngllsh they can display tho
smarter thoy nro, and usually In two
years tho "greener" has mastered this
dlfllcult language. He Is put to work
aftor tho two days aro over and this
process Is called "nusgreenen" getting
n chnnco to shed old clothes and hab
its and becoming llko us; generally he
goes Into a sweatshop as an "aprntcr,"
which means that ho learns to run n
sowing machine and for two weeks
ho receives no wages, but a good deal
' of a certain kind pt iralntm. In Hi 3
I rarest Instances U he n Inllor, belngi
almost always unused to manual !n
, biif, nnd jfioao two weeks nro tho hard'
rifl pf his existence; after thai 'timer,
bo c'nriis from $1 to $1.2. n day, nnd'
) reaches tho goal of $2 nrter n long I
apprenticeship. Out or his wages ho
aends money to bis wire nml ehll-1
dreri or aged pnrcuts whose support hn ,
Is, nnd to whom America Is atlll n
largo gold field whero money la picked
up. Tho wife mid children nro nnx-,
. loiisly waiting to Join lilm, nnd ho Is
saving money for tholr tickets.
ini
rltiriil was the story or n
preaacr who hna a wife nnd four chll -
dren on tho other aide nnd who hna
been nlmoat benrt-broken because bo
has been horo two years and has Itcen
kept by "bard luck" from sending for
them. I worked by bis aide for n day,
receiving my first lessons In clonk
pressing from him. mid thn Inst letter
from his wlfo was so pathetic that It
drew teara from my eyea and money
from my pockets toward those tick
ets. When the day's work was over
and tho possibility of aoon aeelng hla ! ,lon V """P"'1" machinery ho In
.. . .. . . . vented twn machine.
rninuy wn minoai renuzeii no bjiiu n
we parted, "I shall aleep happily to
night," and so did I In spite of heat
and soro muscles.
KINO EDWARD'S KITCHEN.
It Ie an ISlalfflrate AfTalr and l'.mptojl
Hundreds of Domeattca.
The royal kitchen Is a room of con
siderable size, much larger. In fact,
than tbe kitchens of many of tho lead
ing London restaurants, for some hun
dreds of meals have to be prepared
there every day. It Is fitted up with
black oak throughout, for which
Oeorgo III. was responsible, he hav
ing expended $50,000 In this direction
alone. Ilesldes the kitchen proper thero
nre the confectionery room, tho pastry
room and tbe bakehouse.
The clerk of the kitchen, who re
joices In a salary of $3,500 a year. Is
responsible for the conduct of these de
partments, and bo has to deal with
all the tradesmen who supply the royal
household. Hut the potentate of tho
kitchen Is the chef, who also receives
$3,500 a year and under him are four
master cooks, each of whom has con
trol of a small army of assistants,
while the confectlonery department
Is ruled by two yeomen with salaries
of $1,500 and $1,250.
Such n thing as unpunctuallty Is un
known In the king's kitchen. Tbe most
rigid economy Is practiced, and such
food ns remains unconsumcd Is dis
tributed among the poor, who apply at
tho castle gate every day.
The king's kitchen hides something
like $10,000 in copper and Iron t -
BUS 3UU eU.WV.VW III JllUtr. AI1IUUK
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11 plate. Among me
rormer snouiu ue raenuoui-u me eimr-
mous meni screen oi bohu on rnit-u
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with metal, which Is nearly 300 years
worth Is Inestimable. Then,
there are
4,000 knives, 3,000 forks nnd ns many
spoons used ror cooking and kitchen
purposes, which do not Include tbe
8,000 forks and spoons of massive sli
ver for use nt the royal table. There
are 800 pots and pans, mostly of cop
per, nnd five scourers nre solely cm
ployed to keep them brightly burnish
ed. Not far nway nre the plate rooms,
two In number, which, although they
measure only 13 by 10 feet, hold treas
ures eighteen tons of sovereigns would
not buy.
The most valuable Item In the store
room Is, of course, the famous service
consisting of plates, dishes, tureens,
epergnes nnd candelabra, all of solid
gold, which were made Ty Roundelle
& Drldge for George IV. This service
Is only used on state occasions. Equal-
ly famous Is the emperor's service of
. .....
silver gilt, the worth of which may lie
vaguely gleaned from tho fnct that
each plate weighs a stone and tbe
epergnes two hundredweight apiece.
There Is ono gold dish of surpassing
loveliness which Is supposed to have
been used by Alexander tho Great be
fore the battle of Hydaspes and for
m.n-ni-H nf ronttlrlps It hna renoapri ,
nt Windsor. Another much-valued
piece of plate Is the Bilver gilt flagon
three feet In height, which was recov
ered from an Armnda wreck three cen
turies ago, white there Is a tnblo of
solid silver, tbe surface of which meas
ures nine feet square, and Is engraved
with tho four emblems of Great Brit -
.,
am.
But perhaps one of the most cher-.
Ished relics in the king's pantry, says
the London Tlt-Blts. Is the golden eagle
which was taken from the Tlppoo Sa-,
bib's throne. It Is of solid gold
throughout, tho feather Hps being
pointed with priceless diamonds and
rubles, whllo the beak Is carved from
a uawless emcraiu.
lloje Were Ingenious
One of the many things I'rof. Brew
er ts Interested lu Is the agricultural
experiment station maintained by New
York In the outskirts ot New Haven.
One day tho professor took his sons
through the place, explaining to them
the different pieces of apparatus. They
were particularly Interested In a cer
tain machine designed to Biuoko cig
ars automatically, whereby tho finest
ash possible ts obtained and nnalyzed.
I noticed that tho boys were at
tracted by this machtno and explained
It to them carefully," said tho pres
sor recently, according to the New
l thniiL-lit nn mom about
York Times,
It, however! until one Sunday I found
our hoiiBo full of smoke. And what '
do vou Bunnoso? Bless mo If thoso
. ... 1
boys hadn't rigged up a similar ma
chlno In tho attic nnd wero coloring
a meerschaum pipe!"
Good Cause rbr ICnmlty.
Mrs. Korseley I don't seo your lady
friend with you any more.
Miss Cunnen No, but you may have
noticed my lady friend's gentleman
friend with me, so sho s my lady enemy
now. Philadelphia Tress.
Honduras No Market.
Honduras, since 1.000, has had no
market for her cattle. In tho past sho
has depended on Guatemala, but finan
cial conditions ln that republic havo
closed the market.
Sco that big, fat, red headed woman?
Well, sho Is tho slender, auburn haired
girl you used to know.
old. nnd bean, the Imperial badge of .i. j i ao" He "Once" "Indeed J Where
.. .. f t.i.i, i,. nirt-.tin. nml threads to the Inch tq one thread In 807 118 unce. inaeeai vvnere
the house of Tudor-the portcul Is and omUuarter of an were you?" "I was In an elevated car,
arms. Connoisseurs have sighed ln , ', u , u "u,piu-r " " . . ......
vnln for this meat screen, for Its 'ch d'ame'c- . 0dL a fflefhanl:
ARITHMETIC DY MACHINERY.
Ijoulerllle, Kr,i Mnn'a IlemarkabU
Invention.
Tho stereotyped remark about somo
of our modern machinery having al
most human Intelligence galna now
force as tho result of the Invention
of n Louisville man. A. 0. Scbuman,
of COO street, that city, has been
granted patents on nn nddlng machine
thnt computes nil four sums In arithmetic-addition,
subtraction, division
and multiplication.
Mr. Hchuman has nlrcndy gained
morn than local distinction by his In-
1 v,c"tl,on ln 1110 De,d BPPllcd me-
chanlcs,
I Tho manipulation of tho Invention
Involves no mental arithmetical cstcu-
Hon to assist In the working. Tho
I process Is as nearly a mechanical ope
ration as possible.
The nddlng machines now In uso aro
built for processes of addition nlono.
' It la possible, however, to use them for
simple subtraction. When Mr. Scbu
man, some time ago, turned his ntten
vented two machines.
One of these Is nn nddlng machtno
and typewriter combined, suitable for
making out Itemized bills nnd the like.
This machine which was tho first one
patented by Mr. Schuman, only com
putes Bums In addition.
Tho machine which Is available for
all our processes of computation Is lim
ited as to typewriting facilities. The
change from one form of calculation
to nnother means only tho shifting of
a bar and the turning of a crank so
many times.
The odd part of this uncanny ma
chlno Is that It computes sums in Ave
or six figures more quickly than the
shorter ones. This Is due to tho me-
chnnlcal construction. In division tho
fractional remainder Is always sot
down with the answer.
"I applied for patents on both ma
chines at about the same time, but the
letters on tho simple machine wero
granted first." said Mr. Scbuman. "Tho
machine which computes all sums was
Invented before the other."
Mr. Schuman Is assisted by bis Bon
George Scbuman. Between them they
have done some remarkable work. lor
tbe Nazareth Academy Mr. Schuman
furnished a planetarium and a tele-
lu,D- ,P,.re,,ar,Uln ",hr" ,the
sltlon ot all tbe Inner plants for tbe
century Just closed, recording transits
and eclipses. The telescope, which has
an equatorial mounting. Is an unusual
ly good one.
Another of Mr. Schuman's achleve-
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" vl.ww-
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l"T
snyg
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built a machine which will cut nnv re-
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j mi i. u ii u ui ix'r oi cues on a wneei 01
- , . - - - -
uitiici-viuie me uuporiauce oi luese
uiacnines or tne uimcuities surmounieu
In building them.
1 Sl&MES
Tbe Russian mercantile marine con
sists of 745 steamers and 2,203 sailing
vessels.
A i.. a . m rt vrrn ovor hnvo thnt f OAllntr Mr. Ycflrn
Three thousand newspaper, nnd one' wlfe FLan?cr n J 11 1"
thousand letters are received by King ,D? ,ol?utnh" V1h!B
Edward every day. ".points." Damon-So they th have
I been married bcrorel" Harris "lcs.
Last year sixty ocean-going steamers what pltr tllat Hr,t husband and that
were engaged exclusively ln the ba-' flt wIfe coMn't have married one on
nana trade. otber! They.d mnke an ideal match.
Novel flrBt-nid-to-the-lnJured boxes MrB Temperton "I've got the dear
are to be scattered ln tbe streets of ... ., ,,.u . i,.i,,t ,i,,
1 ar's' Outwardly the apparatus re-
'emlb,1es 0 lamp post letter box, nnd It
rnntnlna n amnll mfvllclnft rhAat. n fnM.
contains n smau meuicine cuest, a ioiq-
ing stretcher nnd a telephone for Big-
nallng tho nearest ambulance ataUon.
Access to tho box Is gained by break-
Ing a glaas panel.
It was disclosed by
examinations ,
mndo ln the Washington city postotBcc,
covering n period ot about two nnd a
half months, that 070.S2O pieces of paid
, and 0 000,000 pieces of unpaid
. lor iranitcaj matter oi an classes
.cut ..v,u.., .uo uu.. i
eome days running as high as 133.000.1.
127,000,120,000.125.000 and 122.000
pieces, while the percentage per dayi.,,.. rcs; he discovered that he had
would often go to about ninety, craw!-! . , . h, ,phiBrtpi.
. "P ns, h'8n BS ninety-three per cent
Ion a single day, and averaging 85 per.
I " , ' I
""
Of the four hundred Inscribed clay
slabs found In the ruins of Babylon
by tne expedition sent out by the Ger-
, man Oriental Society, but two havo
yet been deciphered, ono explaining the
Babylonian cunelrorm characters and
the other containing the litany chant-
j ......... - . .v
gna on tne return oi mo goa juaruu
to his sanctuary. .
MERCHANTS OF OLD MEXICO.
Government Controla All Ilnalneas-
Oneratlona lubltc
Tho government of Mexico exercises
n somewhat paternal control over tbo
doings ot Its merchants. Each town
keeps n register ot all mercantile
houses In Its confines, giving full par-
tlculars of the firm or corporation
property, how held, etc.
Each merchant Is obliged by law to
keep at least three books, namely, n
book of Inventories, day book and
"ledger, writes the Dallas News. No
erasures nre permitted. Tho books
must bo balanced nuuually and show
nil louiigniions. mey umsi buow ex-
.1.. ...l... ........... I, ., mninhnnl ,t ... .....
ULll Hlltll luvuuj in. wiiu.ui .i, a
out for his prlvnto use. A penalty of
not less than $50 nor moro than $300
Is Imposed for failure to keep books
In tho manner prescribed.
Merchants nre also required to pub
lish, through tho press, the class ot
business, with its essential circum
stances, etc.; to record In the public
registry all documents which the puh
11a Is Interested In; to keep strict and
nccurnto accounts, and to preservo cor-
respo denco for ten yiars which af-
i 1 , i. I
foots tholr business,
Persons who 'aavo been condemned
for offenses against property, Including
forgery, embezzling and conspiracy,
cannot engage In commerce,.
Busluess failures aro rare, not ex-
ccedlug ten yearly la tho last several
ycare,
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351.
When you aro lonesomo you real Its
what poor company you arc, Life.
"Ill, Hill, look beret I weigh four
pounds more'n you!" "Aw, y'r client
In', Skinny, Youse got y'r hnn's In y'r
pockets." Ilaltlmore News.
German Instructor (to usually late
student) "I see you nre early of latei
you used to be behind before, nnd now
you are first at last." Harvard I.nm
poon. Ills Needs Were Small. Landlady
"What portion of tho chicken would
you llko, Mr. Newcomer?" Mr, New.
comer "Oh, half of It will bo ample,
thank you." Tlt-Blts.
Mrs. Waggs "I understand that
drinking Is one of your husband's full.
logs." Mrs. Jaggs "You have been
misinformed; It Is bis most pronounced
success." Chicago Dally News.
Teacher "Johnnie, this Is tho worst
composition In the class, and I'm going
to write to your father and tell him."
Johnnie "Don't keer If ye do; be wrote
It fer me." Detroit Free Tress.
Mrs. Grady "Mrs. Dolan lolkcs her
second husband bettber than her first."
Mrs. Dooley "An' phwy?" Mrs. Grady
"Shure, he's In Jail so much she has
nearly all she earns fer hersllf."
Judge.
Consolation. "I'm feeling very 111
again, doctor; do you think I'm going
to dlel" "My dear madam, couiposo
1 yourself; that Is the last thing In the
world that Is going to happen to you."
Tlt-Ults.
"Is this, then, to be the end of our
romance)" he asked. "No," she an.
swercd; "my lawyer will cali on you In
tbe morning. I have a bushel and a
half of your letters." Chicago ltec-ord-Uerald.
"Yes, I consider my life a failure."
"Ob, Henry, how sad! Why should
you say that?" "I spend all my time
making money enough to buy food and
,.li, , - 1,. I V, ....l ,tBm.AA. ... I f I.
and my clothe, don't Ht."-Wbat to
Eat
"Ob, Major Dloodgore!" said a girl
ish gusher, "they say that during tho
war you were always cool ln action."
"Cool!" declared the major; "why, my
, . , . , ... .... .
UL'Ur KIT I. L W&H BU CUU1 1.1-1 L V. ,1 Ml I
,hlTcred peopIe insinuated that I was
trembllng."-I3altlmore Herald.
, she "Some oersons claim that thev
Rh,
at"
, 1Wll. frnH. ,,,.,
without
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i.ht , .,, fhmpl dnn-n. DM
eekly.
"But can you cook!" asked tbe pro
saic young man. "Let us take those
questions up In their proper-order," re
turned the wise girl. "The matter of
cooking Is not the first to be consid
ered." "Then what Is the first" h
demanded. "Can you provide the things
to be cooked" Chicago Evening Post.
Harris "When I meet Flanders ha
generally has something to say about
the virtues of bis first wire, and my
happened. iIe bas an awful temper,
d about oncc a momh be gets ma(1
. . .. ... ... .
m- t,u., Ml Rln.
gIelon..Aml you cai Dm a dear old
aarns af(er tha ow cau your
Temperton. "Well, you see. ba
i.r. hna a fit of remorse next dav
I always has a
hnvs me a better one?' Chicago
News.
"Ilather absent-minded. Isn't her
Extremely so. Why, the other night
. when he home he eir there was
8ometnlng he wanted to do, but he
uian-, remember what It was until ho
-, ,. OT. ttn hour .., lo
, .. r. Au, h flnnT memh
h rrM
... ... , ,.
Ue was cutting an Item from a news-
leaner. "It tells how a house was
,hh, nrt i wnnt to show It to mv
w,fe ., he explained. "What good will
that'dor a fteUd Inquired. "A whole
,ot waa the tepiy. .tjrou geei this bouao
wa8 robDcd , whIe tbe man was at
chur(.h wIlb bls wife." "Say!" ex-
, ,med tbo frlend, excitedly, "you
baTent got a duplicate copy or that pa-
. haTe soarcbl:aso Voat,
F,tPlam,tDldyou have much ot
an audience at your recital yesterday
afternoon!" Second 1'laulst "Splou-
did! There were two men, three worn.
en and a boy. The boy, I afterwards
learned, was employed about the place,
and the two meu came In for shelter, as
jt was raining at the time. But the
three women were all right They came
to hear me, I know, for I gave them
the passes myself." Boston Trail-
Bcrlpt.
' jrrs, Ferguson reached over, took a
j0Dg, dark balr off her husband's shoul-
Hnr nnd held It ud for Inspection.
irhat." ho said, angry nt her Implied
8uepiclon, "Is from the horse's mane,
i bave just been currylug him." "What
made you supposo, sue asKeu, nnugut.
... T 1 1 t. . I . ...... ....... I . I ... .
uy, 1UUI 1 lUUUKUl II UUJIUUIK
else" At which ho shrank back be-
hind his newspaper again, feeling as If
ho had kicked bard at something mid
missed It. Chicago Tribune.
Just One.
Others besides Dogberry have been
ambitious to be "writ down" In char
acter. Tubllc Opinion says that a South
Afrlcanconstabulary commander wrote
to ocaMroop olllcer, asking .If there
were any donkeys In camp.
The reply came, lu the troop ofllccr's
handwriting;
"Yes, one It. H. Symes, captain."
We have reached that tlmo of life
when we wonder that Bonio reformer
does not, In tho namo of humanity, da
maud larger print.