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CHAPTER I.
tleforn commencing the narration of
Uit strange, extraordinary series of
eeuts which began In my fourteenth
year, I limit (lance back at the earlier
year of Hi childhood, and at thou who
Influenced It
My earliest recollections are of Tab
ernacle Home; previous to those, all la
dim and ahadoTry. Tabernacle Hnuie
waa an establishment keDt by the Iter.
Obadiah Porter, for the reception of
some half doien boy.
The reverend pedagogue waa a man
whole satyr-like face greatly belled hi
profession of profound piety. I could
not noderataud, child a 1 waa, how It
ever rame Into hla head to ret up na a
tutor, or how parent or frienda could be
Induced to confide the education of chil
dren to the care of a man deficient In
the rainmoneat rudiment of learning,
Ilia original occupation waa that of a
shoemaker, and hla hands still retained a
coarse, crimed look. Itli bullet-shaped
head waa covered with a thick mass
of hair, which had a shaggy, ragged ,ap
pearance. Mom being cnt In irregular
lengths, or rather chopped away In
piece. Ilia forehead waa very low. He
had thick, shaggy eyebrow, and small,
anakc-Uke eyea. In atature he waa abort,
thickset, bnll-neckedi hla arras were re
markably long, hla feet tplay and 111
ah aped.
Obadiah Porter waa a widower, with
one daughter. So powerfully hare terri
ble eTcnta engraren her after-image upon
my mind, that I can acarcely recall it
first Impressions. I think she mutt bare
been about fifteen or sixteen, I being
acme fire or alz, when I first aw her.
She did not bear the slightest resrm-
blance to her father; she waa tall, thin
her balr waa bright red, her complexion
pale, her eye large, her featurea deli
cate, and sharply cut. To this jnung
lady waa handed over the tuition of her
father pupil.
There were fire beside myself. There
waa a atrange bond of aympathy be
tween ua all not one of u knew any
thing of our parents. One knew an
aunt, another an uncle, third a grand
mother, or a grandfather, or a guard
Ian, but no father or mother.
It waa a peculiarity of Mr. Portera
establishment that he did not take boya
who had parent. Ills advertisement In
the newapaper ran thus: "The Hever
end Obadiah Porter undertakes the crre,
education and religious training of or
phan boy from the earliest age. Un
exceptional references as to piety and
discretion will bo given. X. D. No hol
iday." It I not my Intention to linger upon
this period, or euter into any minute de
scriptions of our uninteresting, monoton
ous life. The jears crept on, and were
almost wholly passed within the pre
cinct of Tabernacle House. It waa a
fine, old-fashioned dwelling. It had Urge
gardens back and front the latter be
ing screened from the road by a high
wall besides an extensile orchard and
a paddock. Altogether, It was quite a
gentleman a house. Hut rents are won
derfully low in these parts. Mr. Por
ter was very well-to-do. His boarder
alone brought him in a respectable In
come; hi chapel waa well attended; and
be ii umbered many of the most prosper
ous Mawworma of the town among hi
congregation, to one of whoma Sirs.
Humphries this bouse belonged.
By and by there were changes. One
boy left, and then another; but others
took their places. Urim-looking persons
came to take them away: but, except in
one case, we knew nothing of their fu
tare destiny or destination, and they
dropped out of our lives completely. It
seemed as though we were interlopers
upon the world, and ought never to have
been born.
The exceptional case I mention was
that of a boy named Joslah Cook, whom
Mr. Porter had transferred from his
care to that of a printer In the town, as
an apprentice. I little thought that
Cook's transference, to Bury would so
materially influence my own future life
that out of that event would spring an
Incident destined to shape its whole fu
ture course.
There was one large room at the top
of the house. In which we six boy slept,
two in each of the three beds. Cook
was my bed fellow, and we were fast
friends and companions. He was a bold,
venturesome boy, and on the last tdght
of his sojourn amongst us he proposed
the daring plan of some night- paying us
a secret visit and relating all the "ad
ventures" be ahould experience In his
new home.
"I can easily climb over the garden
wall from the next field," he said; "so
look out, boys: If you hear a stone
thrown up at your window, It will be
me.
Six months passed away and we
heard nothing more of Cook. He was
ranldly fading out of our thoughts, when.
one autumnal night we beard a sharp
crack at our bedroom window. The bold
est of our number gently lifted the sash.
and peered out It was n bright moon
light night, and he saw, standing In the
garden neneain, me weu-xnown Ugurc
of our old companion.
The back of the house was covered
with a fine old pear tree. It had not
been pruned for several years, ai.d had
thrown out Its wood somewhat wildly. A
few whispered words, and Cook was
mounting the tree with hand and foot
almost as easily as though he had been
ascending a ladder. When he clamber
ed Into the room we all gathered round
him In a sort of nwe-atruck manner.
"Now, look here, boys," be said; "what
do you think has brought me her to
night r
"To see us," we supposed. ,
"Well, that of course; but do you
think It would be the thing In me to
, "tome and make your mouths water with
th story of all these nice things, unless
I had something to pop into them 7"
"He has brought us something nice to
oat" was the Idea uggested. II ut when
he unfolded the meaning of his symbol
ical speech, our hairs positively stood on
end. Of all the delights experienced by
liliu In hi new sphere of life, that upon
whlcji he most glowingly dilated was the
theater. His master printed the bills
for that establishment, and he was fre
quently employed to carry them to the
manager. He thus gained admission be
hind the scenes, while his acquaintance
with the bill-sticker gained him an occa
sional order for the pit His proposal
was to present us with somo of these or
ders. "You can tosa up which shall go first,
nnd when old Porter think you're nug
In bed, you can Just drop down that tree,
take a run and there you are at the the
ater." We knew no more about a theater
than we did about the Temple of Iels,
except that the Rev. Obadiah occasional
ly referred to It a the abode of Satan,
and th house of sin words which I ven
tured to quote to our tempter.
"Abode of fiddlesticks!" he cried Irrev
ereutly; "how Jolly green you are to be
lieve what that snuffling oM hypocrite
tell you I It's the Jolllest and love lest
place In the world. Abode of Baton? , t ,. htr j wollM not, sh, took
At those words she drew back a few
teps, and something of mistrust crept
into her race,
"How strange that we should meet!'
the said, In a dreamy voice. "I think I
can show you your way. I would take
you. but I dare uot," she added, with a
shudder. "Hut first look out In tho
street, and see If any one la about.'
I went to the opening of the gateway.
and looked out. .Not n soul was lu sight
I beckoned to her and she glided to my
side and pointed out the way I was to
take.
"I think this Is my way," she said,
Indicating an entirely opposite direction
then added. In an anxlou tone, "Hut
you will not tell any on that you have
seen met
is more use me aiKHie or aneeisi ntr, . l... ... i i .
the women are the beantlfulest crcaiuree titvtt wlth h, Mi moonnt ,hng
..... ..-.,.,r,l.,. uown upon us. I could not talk. I felt
vVrvi '"7 diTnv.,,,r!S: . I ot" dented f the power of speech
nrrnvinj nun iMiiiii ni HH n" j &Dll TOlltlOD,
?i A. VI . w "I wonder If we shall ever meet again?
...... u . in usiiimcr. " It Is not likely." the went on. with a
... iuiii.1 .... , , cn -T-hSt I. Tour rjoiWl l.i
she lightly pressed my hsnd, and with
one more glance from those sad eyes she
hurried away,
In less than half an hour I was In
the garden. Aa I began to climb the
tree the bedroom window was cautiously
raised, my companions were sitting up
for me. Tho clock struck twelve. My
escapade had escaped detection, I waa
overwhelmed with eager questions. I do
not know what I answered. I had fall
en back Into my dream. I do not knoiv.
wnetner I slept at all that night; my
senses were steeped in a delicious lan
guor. In which the play and the after In
cident were Inextricably woven together
lu which I bad chanced my Identity
I was Itomeo, and she whom I had so
mysteriously met wai Juliet. With her
I acted all the scenes of love that I
had witnessed; but mingled with them
were new elements, shadowy. Intangible
flitting too quickly to be grasped, but In
wnicn Juuttn loners face was strange
ly mingled. And so these phantoms
chased each other through my brain, un
til at the last a fair head, with delicate
waxen features, wan and colorless, lay
dead In my arms.
(To be continued.)
er Is well known. We were tstuously
Weak mere puppets In the hands of this
experienced boy of the world.
He produced two coins from his pock
et, and before we knew what we were
about, he had Initiated ua Into another of
the sins stigmatised by our tutor Hiss
ing. The fates decided In my fat or.
tried to get out of it; but such wa
the Irresistible Influence that Cook exer
clled over us that we had no power to
struggle against his will, and I felt my
self compelled to acquiesce In his pro
posal that I should hold myself ready
any iilght that I heard a pebble throw
against the window to arise, dress my
self, descend into the garden aud make
for the theater. The cold perspiration
started from every pore at the thought
but with a trembling voice, I promised,
for all that.
Shaking hands with ns all round, and
reminding me once more of my appoint
ment. with threats of vengeance if I fail
ed, this wonderful phenomenon scrambled
out of window, and In a few secouds we
heard him thud upon the ground be
neath.
Friday evening came. Eight o'clock
was our hour for bed. It so hsppeued
that on that particular night Mr. Porter
hurried us away rather earlier than
usual.
Crack! There he was! My heart leap
ed Into my mouth, and I could scarcely
repress a cry, so excitedly nervous had I
become. I gently opened the window and
looked ont. There was Joalan, looking
up at me.
"Come on. I heard him whisper.
CHAPTER II.
How I managed to descend the tree
without falling I cannot understand; my
hands and limbs shook as with a palsy,
and my head swam as .with a deathly
sickness. When I reached the ground
I w.is so faint that Joslah had to support
me for several seconds. When I recov
ered, he helped me over the garden wall.
The whole way, Joslah never ceased
talking; but I waa too bewildered to heed
his words. I waa ouly roused to atten
tion when, upon halting before an ex
tremely gloomy, solitary looking build
Ing. my companion cried, "Here we areT
We plunged down a narrow passage, Jo-
iah presented a small slip of paper to
a man who stood behind a half-door, ami
we entered the pit of the theater.
It was really a Hall of Dauling Light
The play, I have since ascertained, was
Shakspeare'a "Romeo and Juliet" Sit
ting in that little country theater, wit
nessing what was, perhaps, only a third-
rate provincial performance, a new world
was opened Jo me the glorious world
of poetry and Imagination. I trembled
with a daxed delight at the soft beauty
of the love scenes; my heart swelled with
kindred fire at the passionate outbursts
and I sobbed at seeing the lovers die In
one another' arm. It wa no fiction to
me. but a reality, beautiful almost be
yond realization, yet painful almost be
yond endurance.
When the curtain fell, I fell with It
from my Elyslan heights. With a shiver
I awoke to the dull realization of myself.
My first action was to tarn to Joslah,
aud grasp bis hand In silent gratitude.
I did not wish to see any more; I
wished to get away now, to dream over
what I had seen. Joslah bad to go be
hind the scenes to get the proof of the
next night s bill, and I waited outside
the stage door until he returned. In a
few moments he came out In a great
flurry.
"Look here, Silas," he said; "I can't
go back7 with you. I must get home di
redly, or there'll lie an awful kick up.
Come along; I'll put you In the road, so
that you can t miss your way.
I shall never forget the sense of deso
lation that fell upon me when I found
myself alone In the street All the direc
tions Josian bad given me vanished In
an instant from my memory, and I stood
helpless, not knowing which way to turn,
I was In the outskirts of the town. It was
nearly eleven o'clock, and not a soul was
about I walked atralgbt on, fervently
hoping that it might be In the right direc
tion.
Finally I was lu the middle of a long
street, one aide of which was occupied
by ordinary bouses, but that on which
I found myself was distinguished by a
line of vast gloomy looking buildings,
turreted walls hung with ivy, and broken
ruins. I felt awe-struck at the mighty
plies of masonry that towered above me.
I was standing right before an archway
of a grand Norman tower, I walked tim
idly beneath Its black, vaulted roof, to
the iron gate at Its runner end, and peer
ed at the line of crumbling ruins that
rose among the trees and shrubs, white
and ghastly, in tbe moonlight
As I stood thus, I beard a rustle,
Chilled with a sense of fear. I turned
quickly round. Through a rent In tbe
wall, many yards above my bead, came
a broad ray of white light Aa I turned,
it was falling upon an object that fasci
nated my gaze. It was the bead and
iace of a beautiful girl, but so pale, so
rigid, that for an Instant, I thought they
were those of a statue. She was crouch
ing In the deep shadow of the black
walls. For a, moment I stood spell
bound, my eyes fixed upon her. She
wa the first to break the spelL Rising
from her crouching position, she timidly
advanced towards me, and laid a small
white hand upon my arm. The touch
thrilled me like an electric shock.
Yon will not hurt me, will you?" she
said In a soft, pleading voice. She waa
a slight delicately formed child, about
my own age, my own height, clothed in
a dark gray dress. Her features were so
delicately moulded that they seemed
rather those of a wax doll than of a
human being, except In their expression,
which was full of soul. Her eyea were
wonderful; I have never seen eyes like
them they were so sad, so abstracted,
lu their far-off gaze; and, as she fixed
them upon mine, they thrilled my very
oul.
Hurt you?" I echoed. I knew not
what to ay; my brain wa too confused.
"Can you tell me the road to the
city?" she asked, In the same low voice.
I answered that I bad no Idea that I
bad lost my way, and knew not where I
was.
"What part do you want?" she asked.
with a look of deep Interest
"I want to get to Little Bethlehem
Cbapil; then I can find my road," I answered.
WARRING. CATS SEEK TRUCE.
Presence of an Hereditary Kneray
Keconcltee the Two Tabbies.
Two Statcn Island Tbomn cata
were settling their difficulties tho other
day In the manner approved among
Thomas cats, while the cause of the
disagreement sat on a neighboring
doorstep washing her face and disin
terestedly watching the fray. , In the
next yard a third Thomas larked be
hind a tree, taking lu the contest from
a safe distance.
Finally the smaller of the combatants
was worsted, and with a last deaperab
jowl broke away from his enemy and
darted for the back of the yard. Tho
victor wa not yet satisfied with glory,
however, and Immediately put out
arter bis late rival.
A tree In a neighboring yard was
evidently the destination of the fleeing
cat, but so intent was he on reaching
it before his pursuer overtook him and
so Intent was the pursuer on overhaul
Ing him that they both failed to ob
serve a large white bulldog slumbering
under trie tree.
me ursi cat lanaea run upon him
but managed to scuttle up the trunk
before the dog recovered from his sur
prise. The second cat wa going too
last to stop wnen be saw the rampant
terror with bristling back and snarling
teem at whlcn be wa hurling himself
mil tilt
There wa only one thing for him to
do, and, like a general, he did it He
cleared the dog with a mighty bound,
landing naif way up the tree and
scrambling the rest of the way before
tbe dog could turn.
Cautiously and gently, with all the
fight gone from him, he ventured out
on the same limb with his late rival,
All cause of enmity wa forgotten.
United against the common danger.
they oat there, huddled close together.
craning their necks down at the leap
ing, barking nog.
Hack in the yard they had left the
third Thomas ventured forth from se
clusion, and after n few preliminary
advances ambled serenely off down the
street with the fickle cause of tbe dis
turbance at bis side. New York Sun.
"'a.-.l
II
ALSSI
ONE WHO REMEMDEHED.
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
Tho Distressing Abuso of Christmas Present.
iipnthlsc with a writer In the
vlio complains that the custom
degenerated Into a system of
no uiircvng auuso oi
MANY people will syiup
Nineteenth Century, wb
of gift-making has dci
barter.
Dow true this Is we all mint reallr.o with tho approach
of Christum and' the shopping It entalK Pretty soon we
suaii it down some morning, look over our meinorand
And out who sent ua presents last Christmas, remember
what was the approximate cost of each, ami then start on
a tour of the shops to purchase gift of about tho same
value. And these we ahall send to our creditor friends
with a written mcssngo of Christian charily and holiday
good cheer, but heaving over each parcel n heavy sigh of
relief mat this la oil our minds and wo are even.
Nor Is that the worst of It, for very often we seriously
embarrass our finances by paying our obligations of this
sort and many a bill collector has made n, mnti's life miser
able for mouths because of such meaningless tokens of
love and affection that generally do not exist.
Aa a matter of fact, the Christinas present, like tho wed
ding present, has become a nuisance. It bad Us origin In
a aweet sentiment, but that sentiment, except In tho cases
of families that are closely knit lu genuine fondness (and
bow mnny are they?) has long since been destroyed by the
ever-increasing costliness of gifts. The generous aim
pltclty of the past Is gone and ostentation has taken Its
place.
If you doubt this. Just try sending no Christmas gifts
next Christmas and the Christmas following, and see what
happens, ion will And that the man who gives no pres
ents gets none. Even the glowing and philanthropic uu
maulty of the Christmas season takes account of the dollars
and cents and Insists upon value received.
It la time for a reform of the abuse that have sur
rounded and spoiled the beautiful custom of celebrating
Christ's birthday with evidences of peace on earth and
good will toward men. As It Is practiced now it la com
merclal, sordid and destructive of everything but hypoc
risy. Chicago Journal.
WHAT Is tbe logic of keeping criminals
public expense? Why should the com
give a man free board and lodging for
because be has broken the law? If
Is unlit to be at large In society, then, I
FAMINE IN SEA FOOD DUE.
Belief that the Supply of Hdlble Fish
Will Boon lie Exhausted.
The marvelous Increase In the fartll
tics for distribution has widened the
field and enormously Increased the de
mand for tbe food products of the sea,
Fresh oysters, clams, lobsters, shad,
rockflah and mackerel from the Atlan
tic coast; oystera, crab, shrimps and
red snapper from the gulf coast and
lake trout plko perch and wblteflsh
from tbe great lakes, now And their
way dally In their season Into every
State and Territory of the Union;
wane tbe Pacific coast and Alaska
send fresh halibut, steelhead trout
nd royal Crtnook salmon all over the
United States and to Europe, the fish
reaching their destination as fresh and
sweet a when taken from the Colum
bia of the Icy waters of Alaska,
To expect unaided nature to keen
pace with the ever-Increasing demand
for aquatic product Is aa unreason-
ble as It would be to expect the un
cultivated land to meet the demand for
grains and fruit and the butcher's
food.
Cultivation of the coastal and In
terior waters Is as possible and lmper-
live as is cultivation of the land, and
promises quite as rich returns. An
acre of water can be made even more
productive than an Here of land. On
land, tho producing nrea is a surface,
but the total producing area of a body
: water is many times the superficial
area of Its bottom. The time will sure
ly come when the oyster harvest of
Chesapeake Hay each year will be
fully equal to the total hurvest of the
last fifty years.
Oyster culture and fish culture nre
still in their infancy, nnd I am con
vinced that the time la not far distant
when, through flh cultural operations.
tho annual catch of each of many of
our important food fishes, particularly
tbe shad on the Pacific coast and In
Alaska, will be many times greater
than It has been In the past Nation
al Geographical Magazine.
A Land lor Iclons of All Nations.
HAT Is tbe logic of keeping criminals at the
mmunlty
his life
a niau
unlit to be at large In society, then. If self-
preservation Is tho first law of nature, society has
the right to eliminate him. This It does, fool
ishly, nt present, by locking him up for a term of yenrs
or for life. In a few cases society kills the criminal, and
thus gets rid of him Irrevocably and cheaply; bu,t this Is
hard on the criminal who may not be Incorrigible. Hence
capital punishment would be too severe for crimes less
than tbe most heinous. The maintenance of prisons, bow
ever, 1 a heavy drain upon tbe tnxpnycr. Moreover,
prisons are not reformatories, but rather colleges for edu
cation In tbe criminal arts and for the formation of the
professional criminal character. Therefore, they are men
aces as well as burdens to society.
Some nations have made a compromise with logic by
establishing colonies, where felons arc permitted. In a
measure to shift for themselves. Hut these colonies nre
only half-way measures. Tho logical, humane and most
effectual solution of the problem would bo the setting apart
of some great territory say the heart of Africa or some
Urge Island, not too fertile ns u general dumping ground
for tbe criminals of nil nations. There the outlaw could
set up a society of their own. Necessity would compel
them to dig aud build for themselves. They would have to
work or starve. The frontlern or coasts of the felons'
land could be policed by a patrol composed of detachments
from the armies and navies of all the nation In order to
prevent escapes. Ifunimnry death should be. of course.
the penalty for breaking bounds. The powers, however,
could refuse to take any part In the Internal administration
of tho territory set up. Tbe criminal could do what thej
pleased, have anarchy or a communism, a republic or an
nutocracy, whichever suited them. Han l'ninclsco .Bul
letin.
A
At Wlmt Men Work.
TAlU.i: of the division of labor In different coun
tries, published In the "Industrie Zcltutig," of Her
It it. presents some Interesting facts ami offer aomt
profitable suggestions. Occupation nre divided Intt
three claasea namely, agriculture, horticulture and forest
ry; manufactures and mining, and commerce, nnd trans
portation, it la Interesting to observe that In the last
named class America leads all (he world save only Holland,
With that one exception a larger proportion of our pcopli
are engaged In commerce and transportation than of an;
other lu the world. That Is doubtless because of the enor
mous development of railroads In America. Our percentiigt
of men thus engaged 1 lll.l. while Holland' Is 17.'.', En
gland's Is only 1.1, Germany's Is 10.(1 and Franco's 0.1.
In manufactures and milling America has n compar
atively low rank, her percentage being only -1.1. Scotland
leads all, with 00.4, followed closely by England nnd
Wales with WCt, Oermauy tin 37.4 and Franco 83.0. Bel
glum, Holland and Switzerland also, of course, rank high,
each of them having more than one-third of the working
population thus engaged. In the llrst class, of agriculture
nnd allied occupations, America linn n percentage of .'1.1.0,
while (icrmany ha .17.R, France 4I..1. Austria and Hun
gary, respectively. and fkS.O. and Italy (10.4. The only
nations having snialleV proportions In this class than Amer
ica are Holland, with 110.7; Belgium, with 21.1; Scotland,
with 12, and England and Wale, with only 8.
It may be seriously questioned whether It la well fot
a nation to show so great a disproportion among Its occu
patlons as England does, with only K per cent agricultur
ists against CS.3 In manufactures and 13 In commerce: ot
as Hungary dors In the opposite direction, with (18.(1 pet
cent engaged upon the land and only 12.(1 In manufacture!
and .1.1 In commerce. A mora even balancing among tin
classes would seem to be preferable, such as that uf the
United States, In which the balance Is aiost even of all,
with tho possible exception of Holland. There Is an old
warning against carrying all the eggs In one basket, and
farmers have long since learned the disadvantage of de
pending upon u single crop. Ho It la not well for any na
tion to devote itself too much to n single department ol
Industry. The more varied and well balanced Its ocupn
Hons are, the more self-contained and Independent It will
be. Now York Tribune.
May Test Drltalns'sj Strength.
T Is evident that In some Continental capital the Idea
I cherished that tbe opportunity for a blow against
British sea power Is to be expected before the end ol
the conflict between Japan and Russia. Any Power thai
Is to be drawn Into the attempt will be expected to use
not only Its navy, lint as much of Its army as can be made
available. We think that bold and farslghtcd statesman
ship might prevent any such combination being brought
Into existence. But If the ill,lty exists, It ought to be
(he basis of all Oreat Britain's naval ami military arrange
incuts. It Is such n combination ns this which ought to be
the hypothesis lu every scheme of Imperial defense. The
people of this country ought to be well aware that a com
blnallon against them Is possible. They ought to know
that this Is the one danger against which their prepara
tions should aim at rendering them reasonably secure.
nnd that security against the most dangerous attack would
Involve greater security against less formidable form of
conflict. Recent ministerial account of the Ideas of the
Committee of Defense hardly carry the conviction that the
hypothesis ha been worked out. Yet there never was a
time when both the political and tbe strategical vigilance
of a British Government were more urgently necessary than
at the present moment. London Morning Post.
The New Member t'oiild fee Why th
(lid Member W I'niiulur,
Mr. Hates Joined Ilia club Just ns
Mr. Ames loft It Ilia very week, ln
deed, after tho Ameses went It) Ari
zona. The newcomer vn aware that
Mrs, Ames had been prominent In the
social life of the (own, and expected
to hear a good deal about her; but she
owned to herself a Utile surprise, at
first, at the form of tho tributes ren
dered at till Impromptu memorial
meeting,
"I wonder If we shall get any birth
day letters after this?" tho secretary,
for one, had said, "Mrs, Ames al
ways remembered when her friends'
birthdays came," she explained tu the
stranger, "and alio never failed to
send n Utile nolo of love nnd brut
wishes."
"Bo you suppose there's any one nt
ua who could tell the favorite flower
of every other member?" the minis
ter' wife nsked. with n lauuli that
yet had a Utile quiver In It. "I couldn't,
I own. but I'm sure our friend could
have done II. If ever any one was III,
It was her favorite Mower Unit Mrs.
Ames nlwnys sent."
"There's no one left who rim 'Imppl
fy' our old folks the way she could,"
another added. "Iinw much good It
used to do mother to call there! Mr.
Ames remembered all her little peon
llarlties and likings, and never omitted
Ilia small attentions that elderly peo
ple appreciate, and n half-hour spent
with her used to make mother fee
cheerful and comfortable for u week
or two."
"Mrs, Ames never forgot anything
bless her!" tho minister's daughter de
clared, energetically.
Not n word alxuit Mrs. Ames' wealth
and beauty, her social pre-eminence or
the high K)sltloii of her family! Tho
stranger wondered a Utile. But tlm
secretary summed up tho whole mat
ter a moment later.
'We loved her because she did re
member all tho little things that
make so much of life," she said. "I
suspect nnylxxly ran do a heroic deed
or make a generous wicrlllca once In a
while; hut the people who make this
earth worth living on are the peoplo
who ore always ready to give the 'cup
of cold water' naturally and graco
fully and with a loving heart."
Youth' Companion.
STORY OF THE KOHINOOR.
Ilo
TRAVEL BY Ala
UsIttK Collapsible Air-Hog Inside Bal
loon Proper Sleet with Success.
To regulate the height to which a
balloon shall rise or fall Is one of the
Interesting problems of aeronautics,
and It usually has been solved by
throwing ballast overboard or nllow
Ing tbe gn to escape. In ballonet-
balloons, which have recently been
tried in successful experiments, this
Is accomplished by having collapsible
air-bags Inside the balloon proper. Into
which nlr can be forced or withdrawn.
While the Idea Is old, going back to
the time of the first hydrogen balloon
in 1783, It has only recently been put
Into successful application, though In
1SS4 nlr-reservolrs were employed to
regulato the shape of balloons. During
the first yenr Henry de la Vaulx and
Henri Havre have made Improvement!
whereby successful ascents nnd voy
ages have been made, nnd tbe altitude
of the balloon nicely regulated. The
ballouet la uu annular compartment of
lens-shaped section placed around tbe
lower part of tho balloon proper and
rovlded with suitable valves. By
forcing air In or out of the ballonet
tho displacement, and consequently tbe
buoyancy, Is altered. Thus In the first
gscent made by M. de la Vaulx a cross
ing of the English Channel was mnda
at a height of about 1,000 feet with
the ballonet filled. On rising above
the clouds tho sun's rays would bava
expanded the gas within the balloon
proper and carried tho aeronauts to a
strata where they would havo been
driven toward the Arctic Sea by the
prevailing southerly winds had they
not been able to descend to a lower
level by using the ballonet. Thus they
were able to proceed In tbe desired di
rection on this particular voyage, laud
ing in Yorkshire after n trip of sixteen
bourn. By regulating tbe position of
tbe balloon with the ballonet it Is pos
sible to save ballast, so that much
longer trips can be taken with favor
ble winds. Further trips In tills bal
loon were equally successful, and dem
onstrated the success of the ballonets,
nd this arrangement should bo ad
vantageous In dirigible balloons or on
Ir ships, as they would supply a sim
ple means of regulating the buoyancy
of tho envclopo containing the gas.
The, pleasantest things In the world
are pleasant thoughts, and the great
est art In life I to bava at many of land Captain Haskell began to bend to
Chased by a Wlilto Whale,
Spouting and thrashing the water
with his big tnll, the monster white
whale, which ImB been sporting off the
north shore from Lynn to Rockiiort
for two weeks, gave two Heverly fish
ermen a chase.
Friday Captain John Haskell, who
commands tho steam yacht Aurora,
owned by Dudley h. Plckmun, u Vev-
erly summer colonist, was out fishing
when tho whale camo up near li 1 m.
Tho whale spouted and ncted ugly, so
that Captain Haskell, experienced as
bo Is, begun to glance shoreward and
figure, on tho distance to the beach.
Tbe wbalo began to bit up his speed,
them a possible. Emerson.
j the oar. Hoping to stop the fish. Cap-
POWERFUL SEARCHLIGHTS AT PORT ARTHUR.
One of the big searchlights used by the Russian at Port Arthur la
shown In tho Illustration. From the forts these projectors were worked
Incessantly at night, and their Intense white rays disclosed whatever move
ments tho Jnpaneso mndo. The light, when thrown on an advancing enemy,
also tends to dazzle and confuse them. In conjunction with tho electric
projectors the Russians also used star shells, which in exploding brilliantly
lighted up the Immediate territory.
tain Haskell threw one of his extra
oars overboard, and then bent down
again. He did not watch to see
whether the ilsh swallowed the timber
or not, but pulled hard for the shallow
water and was soon out of danger.
Former Alderman Fred W. Trowt,
of Beverly Farms, also had nn ex
perience with tho monster which ho
does not enro to repent Ho vn out
fishing off Pride's crossing when tho
whale suddenly appeared, headed di
rectly for the tendcrbont Tho former
alderman concluded that discretion
wus tho better pnrt of valor and be-
gAn to lilt up a fnet stroke toward tho
beach. Ho also escaped the fish by
running Into shallow water, tho wbala
being unablo to follow him In. New
York Herald.
Personality,
Behind nearly every great public
man there Is nn army of secretaries,
erks, Insplrcrs, understudies, wlre-
Ijullcrs. very onen uio great man is
ljut the voice; the thought, tho pro
posals, the Information, havo all been
supplied by this unseen cohort of ob
scure colleagues. One can easily ex
aggerate tho nmount of merit that be
long to either the one class or tho
other of those co-opcratlve laborer.
Tho great man usually gets tho bettor
part of the bargain; he alone I large
In tho public eye, and the public Is
only too willing to pay court to tho
Webster' Lost Opportunity,
Tbe campaign of 1ft 10 had a dra
matic and unexpected sequel. Thar-
low Weed, beforo tho meeting of tho
whig convention, sought out Webster
and urged him to take second placo
on the ticket with Harrison, but tho
suggestion was rejected with scorn.
An acceptance of Weed's advice would
hnve made Webster President In little
more than a year.
Fish' Tenaotty uf Digestion.
A singular Instance of teuuclty In
the digestion of fish Is reported from
a fishing vlllago on the Atlantic coast.
Tho fish, which I a ling, four feet
long, had what appeared to bo 'an ab
normally hard liver. But tho cutting
up process revealed something far
stranger. Tho supposed bard liver
turned out to bo a piece of stout net
ting, over two yard long and fourteen
Inches wide, which had been pressed
Into tho form of u football. How this
great mass of Indlgcstlblo material
cumo to bo swallowed by , tho creature
Is n mystery, nnd tho suggestion that
the Ilsh caught In tho tolls of a fish
erman's net solved tho problem of how
to cscapo by devouring his prison
walls Is not considered sclontlllcally
practicable.
Taking Up The I'ubllu Lands.
More than 22,821,200 acres of the
public lands wore turned over to pri
vate Individuals last year. This moan
that an area almost equal to that of
tho Stato of Indiana has within that
time been added to tho productive re
gion ot tho United Btatoa, Most of
theso newly opened lands were home
steaded by farmers.
th K in on. (1cm Came In ll
Among I'tiulUli t'nrau Jewel.
In a recent speech lu Umdiiii !ord
Ctirxon of ICedlcstoii, the Viceroy of
India, referred to hla predecessors In
tho government of that empire ns men
who "worked between an eorth Ilka
Iron and a sky like brass, laying the
foundations of empire." None worked
more valiantly than (he great pioneer
of material and moral progress, the
Marquis of Dalhousle, to whom I
mainly due the unity of the Indian
Empire. As governor-general Ixml
Dalhousle Introduced the telegraph,
built railways, nmstnictist cuunls, re
duced iHistsge. and organlxcd depart
ments of public Instruction.
It Is to Dalhousle that tbe English
owe their possession of Ihe great Kih
hlnoor diamond, a Jewel of famous
history. In 1H13 Ilunjret-Hlngh, an In
dian (Kitrntate, extorted It from a po
litical refugee. After the second Hlkh
war In 1810 Iml Dalhousle confis
cated It nn account of the heavy debt
owed to the East India Company by
tbe Lahore stnte.
Dalhousle' latr.st biographer. Hlr
William Ie-Warner, says that the
company Imagined R was to become
their property, but the governor-gen
eral sent It to Ijilecn Victoria. Those
were adventurous times, and It was
only by great care that the Jewel
reached lis destination. For weeks
Ihe governor-general wore It on bis per
son night nnd day.
The tassels of the armlet In which
tbe diamond was set had been rut off
to diminish Its bulk, and I-mly Dal-
houslo bud euclosisl the Armlet with
Its Jewel In n leather ling. This bag
was sewed Into a cashmere belt lined
with chamois, which Lord Dalhouslo
woro constantly.
Two dogs, Huron and Hrndnr, wero
chained to tho governor-general's bed,
so the safety of the. Jewel was Insured
while he slept. As an additional pre
caution, no one save his wife nnd mm
near relative knew Its whereabouts,
and It was finally safely conveyed lu
(Jueen Victoria. Youth's Companion,
Iron sinking In Early History.
Iron wns used before history was
written, Tbe stone reconls of Egypt
nnd the brick hooks of Nineveh men
tion It Genesis (Ix. 22) refers to
Tubalcnln as "an Instructor of every
nrtlllcer In brass nnd Iron," and In
Deuteronomy (III. 11) the bedstead of
tho giant Og was "n bedstead of Iron."
'I ho galleys of Tyro nnd Kldon traded
In this metal. Chinese records ascribed
to 2000 B. C. icfcr to It. Horace apeak
of It as superior to limine. The bronzo
age came before tho Iron ago becausx
cop(ier, found ns n nearly pure metal,
easily fuses, nnd Willi another soft
metal tin or zinc alloys Into hanl
bronze, whllo Iron, found ouly as uti
ore, must havo (be Impurities burned
and hammered out by great heat and
force before It can bo mndo Into a tool.
Iteason for Marrying.
Tbey wero talking about a friend of
hers who had married n bishop sta
tioned In Kamchatka or Timbuktu or
some other heathen land.
"I never could understand why alio
married blm," said tho young woman.
Hho seemed the last girl on earth to
marry n bishop. Hho cured so much
more for having n good tlmo than she
did for church work nnd sowing cir
cles."
'Girls nre pretty wlso nowadays,"
said tho young man, "and they gener
ally havo a' good reason for marrying
tbe way they do. A girl friend of inlno
married a doctor so she could always
bo well for nothing, and imiybu this
girl married tho bishop ho she could
bo good for nothing."
When wo read of a party now, anil
tho sentence occurs; "Refreshments
wero served," wo shiver.
Did you over Wear nn undershirt
that dldu't have alcoves a mllo too
long?