j godnd by a Spell
CHAPTKB Vt (Continued.)
After t had nit thtu meditating for
about Un minutes, I began my work. I
wrote very Quickly, and In less than an
hour I had finished my task. I opened
mr door anil an quietly as I could, with
out in appearance of stealth, descended
the stairs, hoping to reach th kitchen
unobserved. But my master was watrh
Ing too vlgllantlyt ha came oat of the
parlor ks I reached Uie landing place.
"What do you want creeping; about
the house at this time of night?" he
asked. 'sharply, i
"I Trao going dowp Into the kitchen
t. get a Rises of water," I answered,
"t here flnUhed mr work."
"Yon can't go Into the kitchen: Mar
tha has gone to bed. Yon can go into
my room and get witter, and then so to
bed."
Without answering him. T remounted
the stairs and heard him following me. I
went into his room and drank a class
of water, for t was really parched with
thirst. While I was there I heard him
ascend the second flight of stairs and
no Into my mom. As t reached the door
I met him coming out, with the envel
ope In his hand. I wished him Rood
tiljtht. tint he did not answer roe. I
wstrhed him over the bannisters, heard
Mm pass along the passage, lock the
street, door, take oat the key, and then
re enter the parlor.
"I am n prisoner," I thought: "and he
will take good care that I have no com
munlration with Martha."
Suddenly I remembered the way I
got out of the house on thst memorable
October night. As soon as all were abed,
I would creep up to the boys' room
they might all be asleep, and not hear
me; and It they uould, l aia not be
lieve that they would betray me; I had
always been as kind to them as I hid
dared, shielded them from punishment
when I was able, awl I believed mat
they liked me.
I felt renewed confidence after this
thought. "I had better lock my door,"
I thought, "In case he should com op,
and find me not In bed."
The key was not In the lock! It must
have been takeu ont while I was getting
that glass of water. This last incident
shook my courage severely. "Perhaps
they want to enter my room, and smoth
er me In my sleep!" was my first thought.
Then I remembered that I had heard my
master say that he should' not resolve
upon any course of action until he had
satisfied himself of what I knew.
While I was thus revolving in my
mind every Imsginable horror, I heard
footsteps ascending the stairs. I put out
my light, and tore off my boots and cost,
and then jumped Into bed. The foot
steps stopped outside my door, psused
for several seconds, theu I heard the
handle cautiously turned, and a light
began to creep through the slowly open
ing door. The agony I endured at that
moment I shall never forget I could
not move nor speak, but lay watching
the stream of light gradually broaden,
until It was darkened by the figure of
Mr. Forter standing upon the threshold.
The rays of the candle fell npon his face;
Its blotches were Inflamed with drink,
but otherwise It was very pale, and
there was a haggard look upon It As
he caught the expression of my tsce, he
started back. I am certain It must have
been very ghastly. As he stood thus. I
fsncled I saw a black shadow flit sud
denly behind him.
"Ain't you asleep?" he said, In a thick
voice.
"No, sir. Oh, how you frightened
me!" t cried. I could not help it
"Thst shows you have a sinful con
science; the righteous are never fright
ened. I am never frightened. Trey
pray, and then go to sleep."
He was more intoxicated than I had
ever seen him before. He cloned the
door; then I hesnl him put the key in
the lock; then, clickl The key was
turned!
My last hope was gone. I was power
less, helpless; a prisoner, utterly at the
mercy of this man. I sprang out of
bed; I searched for a match there was
not one In thu room. I drew up my
blind, but the night was moonless and
cloudy. I opened my window, and look
ed out All was deathly still; not a
leaf rustled; not a ray of light any
where: nanght but black shadows. I
was looking down npon a gulf to which
there seemed no bottom.
Once, In my desperation, I half resolv
ed to cast myself out bnt the depths
looked too awful. I closed the window
again, lest the temptation should be too
powerful to resist. Bathed In perspira
tion, yet shivering with cold, utterly
prostrated by the brooding horror thst
was npon me. I threw myself upon the
bed, and waited my fate.
CHAPTER VII.
How or when I fell asleep I eonld
never remember. But I did fall asleep.
Neither can I remember how long I
slept From the time that I threw my
self despairingly npon my bed, all Is
haiy. I can never precisely separate the
vision from the reality.
First, the dream. I was living back
In the past It was the very October
night that I have so minutely described.
I was standing at the window of the
boys' bedroom; I was surrounded by the
old faces that had departed long ago;
the moon was shining brightly, ss It did
on that night I thought that I had
Just shaken hands all round, and was
looking below, half fearful of the peril
ous descent I was about to make. Stand
ing out clearly In the broad light, with
her face upturned towards mine, was the
child of the Norman gate, her face color
less and statuesque, ber hair glistening
In the moon's rays. Just as I bad seen
It once before. She was waiting for me.
We were going to fly together, whither I
know pot I had begun my descent, and
was rapidly Bearing the bottom, when
my steps were stlddenly arrested. Just
on a level with my head, writhing and
twisting Its colls round one of the pro
tuberant branches of-tbe pear tree, was
a red snake; but although Its body was
a mass of moving colls, its head was
perfectly motionless; and out of It glared
a pair of cold, stony eyes that held mine
with a horrible fascination. I tried to
take away my gaze from them, but they
held me with a resistless power. All
strength deserted me: my hnnds relaxed
their grasp of the boughs, my feet slid
powerlcssly from their hold, and I fell
The reality. I awoke not with a
start, but I slowly rose up Into a sit
ting posture, n though nn Iron leier.
worked by some hlddenu power, bad
pleased me upwards. I could feel that
my eyes were wide open and staring
my whole body locked and rigid.
Upon the desk at the foot of the bed
stood a lamp, the light of which was
strongly Intensified by a reflector. Its
glare fall full upon a woman's face. In
an Instant I recognized Judith Pnrter.
Bhe was attired lu a dress of black vel
vet, made high np to her throat: draped
behind her head was a curtain of black
velvet, npon which was, as It were,
thrown In .powerful relief her pale coun
tenance and red hair. Her eyes were
unnaturally dilated and died. They
seemed drawing my soul ont of my body,
and absorbtug It In themselves.
My next sensation was that I was
speaking answering questions, of what
nature I could not tell, for the answers
were made without any volition on my
part; they seemed drawn by come occult
Influence from the most secret recesses
of my memory,
Br and by all consciousness deserted
me. end I became motionless. When I
awoke I was lying Just as I had thrown
myself, half dressed, upon the bed. The
dull light of a lowering sky, ont of which
the rain was descending In torrents, wss
upon ine. My visitant had left no trace
behind her: every article waa preclely
In the same condition, as far as l could
rtmtmber. as when I retired to rest.
I got off the bed and bathed my head
and face with cold water. This revived
me: bnt there was a dullness about the
brain that I coukl not clear away. As
my fsculties resumed their functions, I
brcamo conscious of sensations yet more
strange. There was a feeling of vold-
ncse, as though some vital principle had
been drawn from me; but. alwvo all,
there was an intense' longing to be again
within the Influence of those eyes yet I
shuddered at the thought There was a
spell upon me a spell that drew me
Irresistibly towards Judith Porter.
Mr. Porters threat was no Idle one.
Body and soul was. through his daugh
ter, utterly subdued to his will. Out
of her presence, I felt that I could not
exist I followed her about like a
spaniel dog. I was ever trying to catch
her case: a few seconds beneath Its In
fluence reduced me to a trance-like state.
In which my soul seemed to pass from
my keeping Into hers. My sleep when
I could sleep, which was seldom wss
hrnnted by the wildest fantasies. My
health soon began to suffer: my cheeks
became hollow, my looks emaciated. It
was as though a vampire was preying
upon my life. It was not love that
she Insptred me with, but a fearfnl fasci
nation: while I lay at her feet- passion
ately Imploring her to take pity npon me.
to rive me her love, to become my wife,
1 would have given the world to have
possessed the power to fly from her to
the furthermost extremity of the earth.
I waa her alave bound to her by chains
stronger than were ever forged by hu
man hands.
And she was merciless In her power.
She hsted me, losthed me, despised me!
She did not tell me so. but my instincts,
now preternsturally sensitive, ueeded no
words to divine her thoughts. While a
free agent I hsd refused, shrank from
an alliance with her, and she was now
enjoying her vengeance.
"You shonld have taken me when I
was offered to you." she said, mocking
ly, "now it Is too later
I knew 'she did not mean the latter
part of her sentence. I knew thst after
she hsd glutted herself with my torture,
she wonld become my wife. I could read
It aa plainly aa though her mind had
been a printed book open before me.
1 still went through the form of super
Intending the boys, but I was very little
use In this pitiable condition, and Mr.
Porter himself was oftener in the school
room thsn I bad ever known him before.
He treated me the same as usual, but he
never regarded me without a cunning
leer of triumph. Except during the
school hours I was never suffered to
enter the kitchen, or to exchsngn a
word with Martha. I afterwards learn
ed that she msde several attempts to get
to me, bnt all these efforts were balked
by the vigilance of her master or mis
tress. As for me. I made no effort to see ber.
neither had I any desire; I was alienaied
from eery object In life ssve one. One
night as I was going to bed, I found
her standing close against the wall npon
the first landing. She laid her baud
upon my arm, and said. In a whisper,
"What are they doing to you. Master
Silas? What has so awfully changed
yon You don't look like a creature of
this world. Can I do anything for yon
"Yon can't do anything for me, Mar
tha. Thank yon for your offer," I said,
pressing her hsnd.
"Is It true thst you are going to mar
ry Mis Judith ?"
"1 hope so." I answered: and yet I
shuddered as I spoke.
"Poor boy! Whatever can it be that
alls you I do believe that woman has
bewitched your'
Before I could answer, the sounl of
footsteps In the passage warned ru that
spies were at hand. I blew out my
candle and crept upstairs; and Martha
disappeared in another direction.
One evening, several of the principal
members of the congregation of Little
Bethlehem were Invited to tea. I was
present, and was seated next tn Judith,
who was kind and almost affectionate in
her demeanor towards me.
When the meal was over, we went
and sat together at the window, she
drawing her chair close to mine, now
and then laying her hand upon my shoul
der, suffering her long hair to brush
against my cheek as she pointed out
some object In the garden, and now and
again casting a furtive glance from be
neath ber drooping lids that shot throngh
me like a flash of Are.
At the other side of the room Mr.
Porter was talking to his friends In a
subdued voice. I and Judith were the
subjects of the conversation. A portion
of It occasionally fell upon my ear.
"He dotes on the ground she walks
upon," I heard him say. "It is sinful
to so lore a creature of dust: but she
is a treasure more precious than gold."
"Yes; she has always been a pious,
modestly behaved young woman," an
swered one of the tea drinkers, Mrs,
Humphries, In a modifying tone: "bnt
what has become of that Mr. Itodwell?
I thought there was going to be a match
there?"
"Could I trust my precious lamb to
that man of sin?" ejaculated the rever
end hypocrite. In a voice of pious horror.
"I had hoped to turn his heart from the
ways of the wicked: but it was callous
and unregenerate; and finding that, J
bade him go his ways, .and told him my
child was not for him."
The party groaned an approval of this
conduct.
"This young man," be went on, evi
dently referring to me, "has nothing
neither money, nor birth, nor friends;
but, thanks to me, he has a humble
heart that reverences those who have
been good to him. And Is not that tar
above the riches of this world, which are
but as dross?"
"Yet a little worldly wealth Is neces
sary to us while we are sojourners in
this vale of tears," remarked Mrs.
Humphries,
By and by the party left and wo were
alone. I and Judith sat still at the win
dow, watching the angular, gloomy look
ing figures go down th garden walk,
preceded by their host.
"Ah, If yon would always be to me as
you have been this evening!" I said to
her, gently laying my hand upon hers.
"Poor Idiot!" she cried, with a niock
Ing laugh; 'Mo you think dt was for your
sake that t played the fool to-night
It was only to throw dust lu the eyes
of those hypocrites, and give a color
tn what I have to do. You see, I have
no secrets from my lover." she went on,
with momentarily Increasing Irony. "You
will not be able to accuse me hereafter
of having deceived you. My candor
relieves you, too, from the trouhltt of
eavesdropping. You can learn nothing
'fresh from behind the rhododendron
bush."
"You know, then, that?" I began,
faintly.
"I do know that, and every secret
thought of your soul," she Interrupted
fiercely. "There ts nothing that you tan
conceal from me, I have but to ask,
and you must answer."
I shuddered, but could not speak.
"Now listen to me. Silas Csrston, or
whatever your name may be. You have
made me drink my degradation to Its bit
terest drop t My father asked you to
tuske me your wife; and you refused me
you, a base-born, pitiful, mean hound
like you, refused me you. whom I look
upon aa dirt beneath iny feet! Had you
spared me that degradation had you
taken me then, I wonld have fought
against the contempt I felt for you; I
would have done all In my power to
have done my duty. I would hae even
been graterul to you. Now I hate )ou,
I loathe you: and yet I will marry Jim,
that I may degrade you. make )ot my
tool, and your life a curse! I tell jou
all this boldly and fearlessly, for you
cannot shake off my power. You will be
my slave, as much as ever, and crawl
and fawn upon me and Implore my lore
aa mucn as you did before.
(To be continued.)
HIS TITLE IS THE STAKE.
French Count Wilt Ine Ills Bank Un-
lew lie Weds Itlch Wife.
Count Alphonse De Campau has
come to America to get a wife. Tho
brutal frankness with which he has
announced the object of his visit is
toniewbat humiliating to American,
pride, but It la not altogether repre
hensible. Count De Campau is willing
to marry pretty much any girl who
has fair hair, bine eyes, a graceful tig
ure and $50,000 a year. In exchange
be will bestow upon ber his title and
a certain dominion over bis family es
tates at Toulouse. In explanation ho
says: "If I do not get $50,000 a year
the estates pass away. If the estates
pass away, there Is no need of per
petuating my family. Therefore 1 have
no need of a wife. It I have a wife
I must keep the estates. It will tnko
at least $30,000 a year to maintain
them. Therefore, If I have a wife, I
must have $50,000 a year; do you sec?"
Of course we see. The whole thing
Is as plain as the nose on Count Da
Campau's face. We would not see
quite so clearly, perhaps, bad not the
same thing been done so often before,
but in the circumstances there Is noth
ing for It bnt for the American people
to see In exactly what estimation their
young; women are held by any and
every titled foreigner who Is willing: to
bargain for one of them. Any girl
who has money enough can have a
more or less noble husband for the ask.
ing, and there does not seem to be any
so Ignoble foreigner who may not pro-
Tide himself with a rich American
wife If he Is tn the matrimonial mar
ket.
See? Why, how could anyone help
seeing, with the landscape from Bos
ton to San Francisco Uttered up with
modest maidens who are perpetually
hawking their charms, plus a pecuni
ary bonus, about this and other coun
tries. We have no doubt in tho world
that Count De Campau will bare little
or no trouble In obtaining the wife
ho is looking for. If he were a Turk
Instead of a Frenchman, he might have
a score of them. He has a commodity
to sell that commands Its own price
and of which the supply never seems
to equal the demand. The American
who was ass or Tulgarlan enough to
make such an exhibition of himself
might be treated with derision and
contempt by the rich young women of
the country, but Count De Campau
will not be thus despltefully used.
Were he without bis title, the proposi
tion which be has to make to tho fair
balred, blue-eyed, graceful, flfty-mll-llon-dollared
' young femininity of
America might seem Insulting, but us
It Is not one In thousands of them
will take it that way. The transaction
which Is proposed Is legal. It has the
sanction of society, and It I not even
popularly reckoned to be iinvlrtuous.
Far from It We have no doubt that
quite a number of beautiful and
charming young ladles, through their
duly accredited paternal or maternal
matrimonial agents, will hasten to en
ter Into negotiations with Count Do
Campau. In fact, we would not be
surprised to see quite a bargain day
rush to marry blm If he should con
sent to mark himself down to $10,000
on Mondays and Fridays. Charleston
News and Courier.
Has Ho Ileen Around?
One man with horticultural accom
plishments Is turning his knowledge
to account these days In a novel way.
He poses as a flower doctor. Patients
are secured by scouring the streets
where bouse plants ore displayed In
the windows and offering to treat thoso
that present a faded appearance.
"I gee," he says to the woman who
comes to the door, "that your plants
are not up to the mark. Most house
plants have a ragged look In tho
spring. These are very flue plants,
and It would bo u shame to lose them.
With n little attention given them bo
fore they are too for gone they tan
be braced up and made as vigorous
as ever."
Nine times out of ten the man gains
permission to examine the plants. No
body knows Just what he does to them.
To all appearances he doesn't do much
of anything. Ho picks off a yellow
leaf here, punches a twig there, and
pokes the earth some place else, and
thus ends the treatment
For each professional call the man
gets 10 or 15 cents, according to the
generosity of the householder. Some
times bo heals as many as twenty
lots of flowers a day, which at least
Insures him a lodging and. something
to cat'
Opinions of
Tho Dandier U Bound
AWIM.IXO Is one of the
TT I women that fall. Thero
JRflf I hours In tho day, and It Is
.. ... .... ..
tlelng It.
The dawdler commence
fore he gets up. His alarm clock rings nt 11
o'clock, and that Is the hour at which
Hut he Ilea abed, stealing catnaps, for
hour, and then Jumps out In a hurry and
It was Just as hard to leave tho bed
six as It would have been at six, and
loitering baa been tho loss of fifteen minutes out of the day.
ltemembertng that ho Is late, the
first garments In a great hurry, but
ens. He yawns and stretches himself
three-quarters of an hour In his ablutions, shaving and
attiring. At breakfast he reads the paper leisurely, ami
the meal takes up Knottier halt hour. Then he loaves tho
house to go to his office, where ho arrive thirty minutes
later than ho ought.
Although late, ho does not plunge briskly Into his work.
There are several other palters to glance through, and
over these he waste the major portion of an hour. And
when, at length, he lays aside tho papers and turns to his
dultes, ho does not keep nt them assiduously.
Thrirt is not nn Egyptian mystery known only to a
few favored Initiates. Everybody sees In what thrift con
sists, but not everybody having the knowledge puis It tuto
practice.
By dawdling two hours a day, one wastes a twelfth of
his entire life. One month out of the year, one year out
of twelve, goes for nothing. This waste, remember. Is tn
addition to all holidays and vacations. What man, having
bis way to make lu tho world, can afford to drop a month
out of his year What man can afford, at the end of
every eleven years, to cease all work for a twelve month
Dawdling wastes times In small portions, but the total
loss Is enormous and costly. San Francisco Bulletin.
Navies of Today and of
HEN one comes to think of It, nothing so elo
quently emphasizes the meaning of evolution
to a greater extent than the marked changes
In the complexion of the world to-day with that
existent a century ago. Naval warfare and
naval construction has undergone a most com
plete change. From sails to steam, from wood
w
en hulls to steel, from two, four and elght-poundcrs, mere
popguns, to the terribly destructive twelve and thirteen
Inch rifles, whose projectiles, weighing nearly 1)00 pounds,
nothing can resist, save the great and massive belts of
steel, toughened by selcntiflc process, which line the vitals
of the big warships of to-day. So destructive, indeed, have
the big rifle guns of to-day been brought that a single
cruiser of moderate tonnage and of the latest model could
have, under steam, manouvered about the fleet of the great
British admiral. Nelson, and destroyed every unit of It,
without ever coming Into striking distance of Its guns.
That tells the whole story of the revolution In constructing.
propelling and arming warships.
Let us compare the nnvy of England
ment of the nineteenth century with that of Great Britain
to-day. In 1803 England possessed 450 ships, with a ton
nage of 401,000; guns, SLSOO; men, 180,000, and cost 12,037.-
000 pounds sterling. In 1004 Great Britain has 472 ships,
of a total tonnage of 1,8(17,250, armed with 1,800 guns.
manned by 131,000 men, and the cost of the vessels footed
up to the big total of 30,883,000 pounds. The most remark
able difference here. It will be noticed, ts tn the number
of guns, and the cost of the vessels. Tho average number
of guns to each vessel has dropped from fifty-five In 1803 to
fifteen In 1003, which goes to prove and accentuato the
enormous Increase In the destructive power and range of
the modern gun. Comparing Nclsou's flagship. Victory,
Any one who has seen vt thorn on a
stalk knows that plants aro urmed
against their enemies, which they have
in common with all other living things.
But plants are not content with de
fending themselves with spikes nml
thorns; they have other weapons of
defense. Moreover, says John J. Ward
in Harper's Magazine, many plants
have weapons of attack.
Some plants, like the poison oak or
Ivy, have poisonous acids, which are
a warning to animals to keep their dis
tance. Others, like some species of
cactus, have disagreeable smells, that
punish the Intruder for bruising them.
Not only do growing things shield
their lives with suits .of mall, but they
form alliances and protect each other.
The gorse, or furze, which Is well
armed, selects the most exposed situa
tion It can And, open heaths and stony
wastes, where It fearlessly holds up
Us yellow blossoms for the bees to fer
tilize. Straightway less protected
plants seek Its shelter, nnd so a mutu
ally protective plant army arises.
Self-defense Is abundantly exhibited
in vegetable life. Sometimes, although
less often, plants actually attack ani
mals; A very pretty, simple example
of attack is found In tho English sun
dew. This insectivorous plant grows
lu bogs and on wet ground. The leaves
are covered with glandular hairs,
which secret a sticky fluid to entrap
various small, flying Insects, which, on
alighting, get entangled In tho gummy
slime. The hairs then bend over and
pour out still further quantities of this
digestive liquid, which dissolves out ull
the nitrogenous matter from tho In
sect to serve as food for the plant
Nitrogenous matter is bard to get In
boggy places, and so tho plant is equip
ped with this mechanical means of
obtaining It
The pitcher-plant attracts animal life
by a sweet liquid. Tho Insect crawls
down the pitcher, but cannot return,
for the passage Is barred .by recurved
hooks. As wonderful as any Is tho
American Venus' lly-trup." The leaves
aro hinged nt the center and close rap
idly enough to entrap un Insect. They
remain closed whllo tho Insect strug
gles, but when It becomes exhausted
they open to catch other unwary prey.
Occasionally plants innlto allies of
their enemies, A troplcnl acacia,
known as tho "bull's-horn thorn," ac
commodates and provides for ait army
of ants, to check the depredations of
ferocious, leaf-cutting ants, Tho
branches bear hollow thorns, whero
the ant garrison lives and rears Its
young. Tho plant supplies not only
lodgings, but board as well, In tho form
of a special honey, which makes tho
garrison a good breakfast, and, mora
wonderful still, solid food In the form
of Uttle, yellow, frultllke bodies, which
Great Papers on Important Subjects.
to rail.
chief alna of men and
nro only twenty-four
possible to dawdle
...hit.. i.n.iiH .
pounds.
Taking Into
In the morning be
ho ought to rise.
a quarter of an
pounds, while tho
proceeds to drest,
ammunition, iti.it
at a quarter past
the result of tho
Thus, It we have
dawdler pulls on his
bis pace soon slack
and spends halt or
tho Past.
derers. Washington
there has been a
at the commence
Immigration to serve
It Is said that
Buffalo Express.
nrc developed on the leaflets nnd do for
dinner. When nn enemy approaches
the hired mercenaries drive It nway.
Thus the plant hires and supports un
army.
HOD CARRIERS JOIN THE DODO.
Wheel Ilrlcks to Blevatore Instead of
Cltmbtni; Ladders with Load,
If the hodcarrlcr who remarked that
he bad nothing to do but carry bricks
up a fourteen-story building and watch
n man up there do the work was satis
fied with conditions that existed In
his line when that Joko was sprung
several years ago, the hodcarrlcr of to
day must be convinced that life with
him Is one long drawn Cut dream of
uninterrupted bliss. For nt the present
time the hodcarrlcr doesn't even hnvo
to carry tip the brick. Ho, In the spirit
of the Joker's argument, he has nothing
at all to do.
There are In Chicago at the present
time about 4,000 men who make a busi
ness of carrying tho hod. That Is, they
are styled liodcarrlers. and lu a gen
eral way tho classification Is correct,
but In n great number of Instances the
hod Is n wheelbarrow. .Modern Inven
tion has done uwny to n largo extent
with tho old time, trough-shaped bur
den loaded with bricks, which In days
gone by, and even now on smaller
buildings, wus carted up and down lad
ders. Instead of this slow process of
lifting building material above the
street level steam lifters aro used.
Thcso have been common In work on
tall structures for a long time, nnd are
now being used on smaller buildings.
Tho contrivance consists ot two lifts,
operated on tho same principle, as nn
elevator, and this Invention perforins
tho heavy work which formerly was
Imposed upon tho hndcurrlcr. One mnn
below carts tho material to tho lift In
a wheelbarrow, whllo another removes
It when It has been raised to tho floor
on which tho work Is being done. One
lift is going up whllo tho other Is coin
lug down, nml the system Is much
faster and much lighter on workmen1
then the old plan of carrying tho hod
up nnd down it ladder.
Thus It Is that the old relic of early
building days, with Its long handle and
padded shoulder piece, has become
practically oxtlnct urouud tali struc
tures (ina has been relegated to smaller
buildings In residence districts. Tho
hodcarrlcr has lost nothing, however,
through this revolution In his lino of
business, Hundreds of them continue,
to carry tho hod nnd will as long as
contractors build flat buildings and
structures of tho sort where height
docs not require speed and distances
do not provont a laborer from bearing
his burden with satisfactory results,
Many laborers who formerly carried
tho hod now nro employed as helpers
on big contracts, receiving from 25 to
35 cents an hour. Chicago Tribune.
Time goes twlco as fust when you
are frittering It away, (
with Uio newest ltUXKMon battleship ot tho King Edward
VII. class, It will bo found that while tho Victory's heaviest
shot was sixty-eight pounds, the twelve-Inch guns of tho
King Edward VII. will lire a projectile weighing 850
consideration another and decidedly Im
portnut element of comparison, the relative, cost of ancient
uud modern vessels. It will be found that a 100-gun wnrshlp
of Nelson's time cost (excluding armament), but '.17,000
King Edward VII., without guns and
the great sum of 1.3dH,MU pounds (over
$0,000,000), or twenty times its much ns Nelson's Victory,
gained greater speed, projectile power
and resisting strength, we certainly have paid a largely
lucreatcd price for It. Brooklyn. Timet.
Tho llcorllctsnest of,n Etg City.
HEUH recently appeared In a New York news
naiier the account of it man having committed
i I suicide In that city because he couldn't succeed
I l,i ,r,ltlii9 fttmilnvimiitt Wn ili iif iti,,,.,! I..,,
the hardship. There can be no more miserable
plight than that of n man, able and willing
to work for Ms livelihood, friendless, adrift In
a great, noisy city; knowing nut where to turn for shelter,
food, or kindness. Indeed, It Is quite msslli, tn under
stand the ultimate surrender to diwlr under olreuni
stances ho Intolerable. What we do not and cannot under
stand, however, Is the persistent refusal of these unhappy
waits to leave the overcrowded town ami look for oppor
tunity in the rural districts. No one capable of perform
ing useful service, even of the humblest kind, need ever
starve tn any agricultural region, It Is safu to say. Indeed,
that no one willing to work, though temporarily unfit,
would be left to perish like a dog by tho wnysldo In such
a community. There Is nothing s callous and cruel as tho
multitude of a metropolis. Humanity prevails In wider
spaces and among less concentrated populations. A starv
ing wretch would bo overlooked on Broadway, Uo would
attract Immediate attention In a country road. Men die
In cities and their fellow-creatures neither know nor rare.
Groaning under a hedgerow twenty mllca-awny they would
nt once command the sympathy and ministration of every
passerby, Wc have never been able to understand tho
fascination of the big, careless, thronging city for the
neglected castaway. Sometimes we are moved to think
that such poor creatures must be mad as well as friendless.
But sulcldo It an tinusnl remedy for these miseries. Tho
conditions geenrally breed thieves and tramps and mur
Post.
Canadian Immigration.
t" Lr s!"T A-AIA bM UN'" "eeklng settlers from this
I ff I side of the line for a number of years, but has
I I drawn most of these Immigrants from the
I I v.,,.. m rs,.iin,. ....... ...i i... i ,
,-.. m M,M(,,M I u. 1111, naiUIII-r HUB l!tC
stationed In Boston, to entry on nn emigration
campaign among tho farmers of New England.
The site Is well chosen, since for many years
westward movement from New England.
The settlers rounded up by this commissioner will do
something to offset the movement ot French-Canadians
Into New England. But what a testimony to tho friendly
relations existing between the two countries Is to be found
In this open appointment of a Canadian commissioner of
In Bostonl
within the last fifteen months, 50,000 peo
ple from this side of the line have moved to the Dominion.
Canada Is to be congratulated upon the character ot this
element of Its Immigrants, It draws from nowhere else a
class so well iltted to derelep the Canadian public lands.
But It would be Interesting to know how many Canadians,
tn tho same time, have come to this country to live. There
Is a continual movement to and fro across the border and
there has been a Canadian loss as well as Canadian gain.
A Omnia KiwicU.
Those who nre In the habit of ar
riving home In the early hours and
finding their doors and windows lock
ed nnd their "folks" asleep beyond the
power of the door-hell to awaken them,
will 11ml comfort In n new recipe for
their relief offered by the New York
Evening Pint.
A man who had banged tho front
door and rattled tho knob for nearly
nn hour appealed to a policeman to
help him break a pane of glass or open
a window.
"it Isn't necessary," said the police
man. "I'll wake up your family."
He walked up tho street to a pile of
building material and brought back a
piece of board about five feet long.
This he slammed llat-slded against the
side of tho house with a tremendous
whang.
"I guess that'll rouse 'em," he said,
"You see, that sort of a blow sets the
whole-house to vibrating, and makes
tho folks Inslilo dream of dynamite
explosions."
He had hardly uttenil the words
when n front window opened nnd a
head appeared.
"O olllcer," gasped n wninnn's voice,
"what In goodness name was that aw
ful noise?"
I.nw on Hating,
On Nov. 1330, n law came Into
force In Knglnud for the regulation
of meals and continued to have n placo
on the stntuto book until 1857. It
was designed to check the evils re
sulting from niPexcesslve use of cost
ly meats and enacted Hint no ono
should partake at any place or tlino
(except on specified festivals and holi
days to tho number of sixteen days n
year) of more than two courses, each
not consisting of more than two sorts
of victuals, either flesh or llsh, with
the common sorts of pottage, and Inex
pensive sauce. On nam oil feast days
three courses wero allowed.
This law was nn extension of nn or
dinance Issued by Edward II. In 1315
regulating the mm Is of his nobles, tho
greater of whom were allowed In ad
dition to two courses of two kinds of
meat n side dish of one sort.
All net of 13113 enacts that ncrVmits,
artisans nnd laborers "shall he served
to eat nml drink ouco n day of llesli
or lls.li and remnant of other victuals,
nit of butter, milk and cheese, accord
ing to their station in life." London
Tclegrnpln
Unsafe Depository,
"It's odd In what peculiar places
people put their money and then lose
It."
"Yes, Vnrp put snmo of initio on a
horse," Cleveland Plain Dealer.
How tha world runs off and leaves
a mnn who does not caro for Christ
masl Too woman who marries for money
gets all sho deserves.
QUEER TAOTEQJN POOD.
Knalla Now Eaten In London - Hear
1'itvorrd In tlerinuiiy.
The popular prejudice ngnlnst
mills Is Incomprehensible when tho
fnof nt oysters, periwinkles, mussels
ami cockles Is considered. In many
London restaurants, particularly In
Holm, says tho London Globe, snails
now llgure on the dally menu, This Is
nil Imported taste from France, but In
the west country niiiiIIs nre highly
esteemed by thu luwer classes. A year
or two ngo it clergyman cited as nn
Illustration of poverty lu Bristol that
ho had seen working girls pick snails
ulT it wall ii nd cut them,
As it matter of fact, the minll It ex
tensively eaten lit Somerset nnd (Hoil
eestershlre, both as it dainty nud it
medicine. Thero nro men who tuakii
it living by collecting snails nud sell
lug them under tho name ot "wall
Hull. Dolled in their shells they nro
picked out mid euton with bread nnd
butter, being accounted a great lux
ury nml very nourishing. In pulmo
nary discuses they popularly rank us
a specllle.
Frogs aro another dainty whlrh
prejudice denies to the Englishman,
though In the United Wales nud Can
udit they nre esteemed us highly as In
Frnneo. Spasmodically a sturgeon Is
offered for salo lu Loudon mid the
accident of Its capture affords it novel
dish which should not be passed by,
for It Is generally sold at 8 pence n
pound. Cut mid cooked ns n cutlet It
tastes rather like venl, without u sus
picion of llsh nbout It.
In Germany hour's llesli Is grenlly
favored nnd smoked bear tongues,
hums nnd sausage are both iippctU
lug and expensive. Ever since Paris,
In tho siege of 1S70-I, wus driven to
eating up the animals at the sou earn
el's flesh bus been demanded by
French gourmets, Itemnrkiibly Ilka
beef in appearance, It Is us tender ns
veal nud thero aro Parlslaps who Im
port It regularly from Algeria, On tho
same testimony, Hon steaks nro re
imrtcd to be only moderate eating,
whllo tiger Is both lough nnd sinewy.
Jaguar flesh, however, Is delightfully
white nud toothsome nud alligators
nnd crocodiles provide a meal of tho
most delicate flavor midway betweou
that ot venl and pork.
Beef mid mutton, with pork, mi en
tirely make up the menu Hint we nctu
nlly regard Intuit nnd veal ns distinct
dishes. Why should not goat flesh bn
Introduced Into the bill of faro It Is
good eating, us Itoblnson Crusoe mid
Don Juan testify, In Franco It Is
largely eaten, Parts alone requiring
100,000 goats annually for the table.
Our neighbors nlso enjoy the donkey,
whose flesh, when klllinl young, re
sembles that of the turkey, though of
much finer flavor.
Though n hlpophnglc banquet ar
ranged by tho late Kir Henry Thomp
son was hehl In Iuidon some years
ago, It Is still almost dangerous to sug
gest horse flesh (o nn Englishman ns
food. In reality It Is very excellent
eating, and only prejudice can gainsay
tun fact. Old nnd woruont horses
cannot afford either nourishing or pal
atable meat, but that of a horse reared
like nn ox, for tho table, hns a finer
fiber and flavor than beef, though
darker lu color. It Is served In tho
best French restaurants, as well as
being largely eaten by the people.
"It was In Paris," wrote Mr. Van-
dam, tho author of "An Englishman In
I'nrls," "that I learned how tho cat
bad been misjudged. Call tho dog
the friend ot man If you like, but don't
eat him. Fry him, stew, boll or bakn
hlui, do what you will, his flesh Is mid
remains oily and llnbby, with a strong
flavor of castor oil. But I 'declaro
that stewed puss Is fur liner than
slewed rabbit."
Another neglected article of food la
the guinea pig. Were the edlblo vir
tues of tho hedge hog known It would
rival ortolans In epicurean favor. As
cooked lu rural England, It Is dell
clous. The correct way Is to lucaso
the hedgo hog, bristles and nil, with a
tnick cont or soft clay nnd placo It In
tho glowing embers of n fire to bake.
The bristles and skin come off with
tne Hardened clay, leaving tho tender
est and most dellcato meat Imaginable,
Afternoon Tea.
The earliest mention of aftrmnnn
too la by Curlylo of Invcresk, who,
Writing of socletr at tin rpil if n tn In
17113, says, "Tho ladles gnvo afternoon
tea and coffeo lu their turns."
In 17IUI William Dutton wrnti. lmt,,
from Eton College to his fnilmr i
Sherborne, "I wish you would bo so
kind ns to let mo have ten and sugar
to drink In tho nftcrnoon, without
which there Is no keeping company
with other boys of my standing."
Dr. somerrllle, minister ot Jed
burgh, writing of social habits I
land In his early life (1711), says,
"Most families, both In tho hlL-her nml
In tho mlddlo ranks, used tea nt break-
rust, but among tho hitter It wus only
recently Introduced In the iifti
on tho occasion of receiving company,"
inncKcray, in j-tio .Neweomes"
(1853). alludes to the llirht ri.fr,.
halfwuy between lunch and dinner ns
If It were already a fiishloiiablo Insti
tution, "Dames Nowcomo comes overy
day from the city, drops In nnd drinks
leu nt o oeiocK." i.ouuon 1 1 lobe.
Winning An Opponent.
In the campaign of ID(X) Senator Cub
lom was called on to face n large audi
enco In his homo city of Hprlnglleld,
Ho saw In tho audlenco n fellow
townsman who had formerly been nn
Influential llepubllrmi, but tvho hud
Joined tho opposing party and display
cd a dangerous activity In Its support.
This man arose from his sent nnd ap
parently wub ready to begin a series ot
"catch questions." Beforo this lutoii
tlou could bo put Into execution Sen
ator Cullom paused lu his speech and
In n conversational tone called out:
"John Simpson, you'ro too old a man
to stand up In any audience that I
talk to. Just como tight up hero and
hold down this chnlr next to nilno,"
Tho Invitation wan accepted mid at
tho close of .no mass meeting tho man
announced that ho was "bnck In tho
fold," nnd had "como to stay."
The Hangings.
"Have the Nowlrrlches cot nultn (-.
tied In their now mansion)"
"Oh, yes. Thoy'vo got all their nn
cestors hung except a few who wer
hanged on earth," Town Topics,