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. 'rr4 Tfoe Special CHAPTER VII. We have two hours to wait at Klxil Arvat. Although the day is closing in I could not employ my time bettor thau In visiting thii little town, which eon tains newe than two thousand Inhabit ants, Russians. Persian and Turko mans. At nine o'clock the signal to start was siren. 'Die train leaving Kisil Arvat went off in a southwesterly direction toward Askhahad. alottir the Persian frontier. If I remained awake it was because I was trouble! In my mind. 1 was think ing of mr famous narking case, of the man it contained, and this very night I had resolved to enter into communication with him. I thought of the people w' had done this sort of thin before. In 1S50. 1S:1 and 1S: an Antrian tailor, Herman Zeitung, had come from Vienna to Paris, from Anwterlim ti Brussels, from Antwerp to Christian!:!, in a box. But I mint wait until Popof had re tired to ret. The train would not stop until it re.ache.l Gheok Tcte. at one o'clock in the morning. Murine the run from Kir.il Arvat to Gheok Tepe I reck oned tint Popf would have a go,d loop, an. I t'nii. or never, I wouid put in r plan hit execution. Half an hour went by. and the noise of a dour shutting on the platform of the car told me that our guard had jut entered his little lox. In spite of my de sire to visit the baggage car, I waited patiently, for it was possible that Popof was not yet sound asleep. I rise, I draw aside the curtain of one of the lamps. I look at my watch. It is a few minutes past eleven. Still two hours to Gheok Tepe. The moment has come. I glide between tho seats to the door of the car. I open it gently and shut it after me without waking any one. Assured of uiy safety, I cross the gangway and am in front of the baggage van. The door is only fastened with a bar which is hung between two staples. I open it and shut it behind me. Although the darkness is deep in the van, although there is no side window, 1 know my position. I know where the case is placed: it is in the left corner as I enter. Carefully feeling with feet end hands, I reach the case. I leaned over and placed my ear tim idly against the other panel. There was no sound of breathing. The products of the house of Strong, Bulbil! At Co., of New York, could not be more noiseless in their boxes. A fear seizes upon me the fear of seeing all my reporter's hopes vanish. Was I de ceived on board the Astara? No! Feeble as it is, I detect a move ment inside the case! It becomes more distinct, and I ask if the panel is going to slide, Jf the prisoner is coming out of his prison to breathe the fresh air? Suddenly a slight cracking greets my ear. I am not the sport of an illusion; it is the crack of a match being lighted. Almost immediately a few feeble rays pierce the ventilation holes of the case. A minute elapsed. Nothing shows that the panel has been moved, nothing gives rue reason to suppose that the unknown Js coming out. Cautiously I wait. Then I have an idea to make something out of this light. The case is lighted within. I put my eye close to one of the holes. There is a man in the box. His fea tures I can make out clearly. He is from 23 to 20 years of age. He does not ehave, and his bead is brown. He i of tho true Itoumanian type. He is good looking, although his face denotes great energy of character, ami he must be energetic to have shut himself up in a box like this for such a long journey. But what Is he doing now? Well, be is seated on the bottom of his case and placidly eating his supper by the light of a little lamp. A box of preserves is on bis knee, biscuit is not wanting, and in a little clipboard I uotice a rug and overcoat hooked up on the wall. Evidently No. 11 is quite at home. He Is there In his cell like a snail in bis hell. His bouse goes with him; and be saves the thousand francs it would have cost him to journey from Tiflis to Pekin, second-class. I. know he 1 committing a fraud, and the law pun ishes such fraud. He can come out of bis box when be likes and take a walk in the van, or even at night venture on the platform. An idea occurs to me which may not perhaps be as good as it seems. That is to rap lightly on the box so as to enter Into communication with my new com panion, and learn who he is and whence be conies, for I know whither he goes. I will tell him that I am a French man, and a Roumanian knows be can al ways trust a Frenchman. I will offer bim my services. He will have nothing to regret from my visits, and nothing to fear from my impudences. I rap the panel. The light suddenly goes out. The prisoner has suspended bis respiration. I must reassure him. "Open!" I say to him gently in Hus sinn. "Open " I cannot finish the sentence; for the train gives a sudden Jump and slackens speed. There is a noise outside. I rush out of the van and shut the door behind Die, It was time. I have scarcely reached the platform before Popof s door opens, and, without seeing me, he hurries through the van on to the engine. Al most Immediately the train resumes its normal speed, and Popof reappears a minute afterward. "What is the matter, Popof?" "We have smashed a dromedary. Poor brute! He might have thrown us off the Une." CHAPTER VIII. Before the train reaches Ohoek Tepe I am back in the car. Confound this drouodary! If he had not managed to get smashed so clumsily, No. 11 would lio longer be unknown to me. He would have opened his panel, we would have talked together in a friendly way, and separated with a friendly shake of the band. Now be will be full of anxiety, be knows his fraud is discovered, that there is some one who has reason to sus pect his Intentions, some one who may Dot hesitate to betray his secret. And than after being taken out of hi case Correspondent i (-f-M"f-f he will h put under guard at the next station, and it will be use I mm for Made moiselle 7ane Klork to expect hiiu In the capital of the Chine empire. It would bo bettor for me to relieve his anxiety this very night. That Is hit possible, for the train will soon stop at Gheok Tepe, and then at Askhahad. which It will leave In the first hour of daylight. I can no longer trust to Pop ofs going to sleep. I am absorbed In these reflection when the locomotive stops in Gheok Top station at 1 o'clock in the morning. iue train starts at 2 o'clock, after having lioen joined by a few passengers whom Popof tells me are Turkoman. I envied the sleep of my companions. Tho dawn was appearing In the east. Hero and there wore the ruins of an ancient city, a citadel girdled with high ramparts and a succession of long porti coes extending over fifteen hundred yards. Untitling over a few embank ineiits necessitated by the Inequalities of the sandy ground, the train again reaches the horizontal steppe. Wo are running at a speed of thirty miles an hour in a southwesterly direc tion along the Persian frontier. It is only bevoud Dmchak that the line be gins to leave it. Wo reached that sta tion at oYl.iek in the morning. We stop here two hours. 1 am off to look at lMuehuk. with Major Noltit as my cicerone I was led to question the major regarding the safety of the Uraud Transasiatie across the provinces of Cen tral Asia. In Turkestan, he told mo, the safety is well assured. During the years ttt Transcaspian has been at work there has been no attack to hiuder the traiu ser vice. That Is another matter." said the major. "The Grand Transasiatie Is un der Chinese control, and I hav not much confidence In that." Are there mt a lot of scoundrels prowling a!ont Mongolia and Northern China?" I asked. "My sole anxiety is that our journey may not be devoid of incident." "Iteally, Mr. Special Correspondent, I admire you. Well, I am afraid you will be disappointed, as I have heard that the company has treated with several chiefs of the robber bands. But there is one of these highwaymen who has retained bis independence and Uberty of action, a certain Ivi-Tsang. "Who is he?" "A bold bandit chief, half Chinaman, half Mongol. Having for some time been terror to Yunan, he was being too closely pursued, and has now moved Into the northern provinces. His presence has eien been reported in that part of Mon golia served by the Grand Transasiatie." ell, he ought to furnish a few paragraphs." We returned toward the station. The stoppage at Douchak had another half hour to last. As I walked on the quay, I observed something going on which would change the make-up of our train. Another van had arrived from Teher an by the branch line of Mesched, which puts the Persian capital in communica tion with the Transcaspian. This van was bolted and barred, and accompanied by a squad of Persian po lice, whose orders seemed to be not to lose sight of it. I don't know what made me think so, but It seemed as though this van had something about it, and as the major had left me, I went and spoke to Popof, woh was watching over the proceedings. "Uopof, where is that van going?" "To Pekin." "And what has it got In It?" "An exalted personage." "Well, Popof, when this exalted" per sonage gets out perhaps you will let me know?" "He will not get out." "Why not?" "Because be Is dead. It Is bis body they are taking to Pekin, where he will be interred with all the honors due to him." While I was looking at this van a new passenger came up and ertmined it with no less curiosity than I did. He was a fine looking man of about 40, wearing gracefully the costume of the richer Mongols, a tall fellow with rather a gloomy look, a military mustache, taw ny complexion and eyes that never shut. "Here is a splendid fellow," I said to myself. "I don't know if he will turn out the hero of the drama I am iu search of, but anyhow, I will number him twelve in my traveling troupe." This leading star, I soon learned from Popof, bore the name of Faruskiar. He was accompanied by another Mongol of inferior rank, of about the same age, whose name was Ghangir. As they look ed at the van being attached to the tail of the train in front of the luggage van they exchanged a few words. As soon as the arrangements were complete the Persians took their places in the second class car, which preceded the mortuary van, so as to have the precious corpse always under their surveillance. The signal is given. The passengers, old and new, hurry to their places. Among the new ones I notice three Mon gols of forbidding appearance, who jfet into the second-class car. As I put my foot on the platform I hear the young Chinese say something to hia companion In French. And so Pan Chao speaks French. What do I say? Better than French. He speaks Parisian. Most extraordinary! I must have a talk with him. CHAPTER IX. For an hour the train I running through an oasis. We shall soon be In the o)K.n desert. It la half past 10. Breakfast will soon be served in the din ing car. Where Is Ephriuell? I do not see him at lii port by the side of Miss Horatla Bluett, whom I questioned on the subject after saluting her politely. "Mr. Ephriuell ha gone to glv an eye to hi cases," she replies. In the rear of the second car Faru skiar and Ghangir have Installed them selves. They are a Ion at this moment and are talking together In a low ton. A I return I meet Ephrlnell, who 1 coming back to bis traveling companion. He shake my hand, Yankee fashion. I tell him that Mis Horatla Bluett has given m new of bim. (hi. iiys be, "what a woman yon der! what it splendid saleswoman! One of those English " "Who are good enough to be Amerl cans." I add. "Wait a bit!" ho replies, with a signl Meant smile. As I am going out, I notice that tho two Chinamen are already In tho dining car, and that Dr. Tio-Klng's little hook is on the table. t do not consider It too much of a lib erty for a reporter to pick up this little book, to open It, and to road the title, which Is as follows: "Tho Tenqtcrate and Regular life; Or. The v -Art of Uvlng I.ong In Perfect Health. Translated From the Italian of lonls Cornaro, a Venetian Noble." And this Is the favorite reading of Dr. Tio-Klng! And that Is why his disre spectful pupil occasionally gives him the nickname of Conaro! There is no change In the order In which we sit down to breakfast. I find myself close to Major Noltitx, who Is looking attentively at Faruskiar and his companion, placed at tho extremity of tho table. We are asking ourselves who this haughty Mongol could bo. "Ah!" said I. laughing at the thought which crowed my mind, "if that Is " "Who?" asked the major. "The chief of the brigands, tho famous Kl-Tsang." "Have jour joke. Monsieur Rombar- nac. but under your breath, I advise you : "You sec, major, lie would then le an interesting personage, and worth a long iterview." After breakfast I wont to smoke my cigar on the platform behind the dining car. Caterna almost immediately joins me. Evidently the estimable comedian has seized the opportunity to enter Into conversation with me. "Sir," said he to me, "are two French men going nil the way from Baku to Pekln without making each other's ac quaintance? "Sir," I replied, when I meet a com patriot I am only too glad to shake hands with him. And so. Monsieur Cuterna " ."Y'ou know my name?" "As you know mine, I am sure." "Of course. Monsieur Claudius Bom barnac, correspondent of the Twentieth Century." "At your service, believe me." "A thousand thanks. Monsieur Bom barnac, and even ten thousand, as they say In China, whither Madame Caterua and I are bound." "To appear at Shanghai In the French troupe at the residency. I may add, from sundry nautical phrases I have no ticed, that you have been to sea." "I believe you. sir. Formerly cock swain of Admiral de Boisnondy's launch on board the Redoubtable." At this point Mme. Cnterua came up. She was in every way worthy of her husband, sent Into the world to reply to him in life as on the stage, one of those genial theater folks born one knows not where or how, but thoroughly genuine and good-natured. "I beg to introduce you to Caroline Caterna," said the actor. In much the same tone as he would have introduced me to Puttl or Sarah Bernhardt. "Having shaken hands with your hus band," said I, "I shall be happy to shake hands with you, Madame Caterna." "There you are, then," said the ac tress, "and without ceremony, foot to the front and no prompting." "As you see, no nonsense about her, and the best of wives " "As he is the best of husbands." "I believe I am, Monsieur Claudius," said the actor, "and why? Because I believe that marriage consists entirely in the precept to which husbands should always conform, and that is, that what the wife likes the husband should eat often." (To he coutlnnod.t FRIENDLY QUAILS. low Farmer Glover Fed a Flock Pay After Day for Six Weeks. One cold morning Farmer Glover stood In the rear of the barn, fork In band, looking out over the fields. Snow storm bad followed snowstorm, until the stone walls were so covered that the farm seemed like n great field, with here and there a small grove to break the monotony. The cattle bad been fed and each nnlninl was munching contentedly at Its pile of hay In the sunshine, scattering chaff over the snowy barnyard. Suddenly, from the light woods near the barn, came a startled "Bob-white!" Immediately there was an answering call from the woods across the fields, and then another and another, and noon a flock of about twenty quail alighted cautiously on the ground, two or three rods from where Mr. Glover stood, and began picking up the seeds from the buy which the cattle had strewn over the snow. They scratched alMiiit like a Hock of bens, and appar ently quite as much at home, and chirped away while they worked, after the fashion of tree sparrows In the weeds down by the brook. Farmer Glover was careful not to frighten his woodland guests, and the next morning he put out wheat for them and threw handful of chaff In the hay which the cattle had left. The flock returned again and again, until feeding Die quails has become as much a part of the day's routine as looking after the hens and eurkeys. One cold morning after they had eaten, the kind-hearted farmer found the whole flock huddled together under the hay, apparently enjoying the warmth. Strango to aay, they never come for their food when It snows or rains When they have breakfasted, unless frightened, they usually walk away to their favorite haunts In the grove across the fields. They never alight on the trees, but occasionally perch on the rail fence. Once or twice, when no one was In sight, they came near the house. For six weeks the quails enjoyed Farmer Glover's bounty. When spring opens their kind-hearted protector meets them only In the fields a:id woods; bait whenever bob-white's mu sical call comes over the summer meadows It brings pleasant memories of thoss winter breakfasts In the snowy barnyard. St Nicholas. Inaevta Fatal to Corn. A millions of dollar arc lost nn nunlly through Insects Injurious to corn, a better knowledge of tho sub ject seem almost Imperative. It would pay to devote careful study to the habits of com Insects, and to those who wish to do so It Is suggested that they writ to the State Agrleul tural College of Illinois at I'rbann for a free copy of Bulletin No. IK, which contains a full description of nil tho Insects In question and ninny valuable suggestion. In discussing the effects of Insects and the general remedies that may be applied, the bulletin says: "With few exceptions, the effects of Injury to corn by Insects where they do not amount to a total distinction of the plant tuny be compared to the effects of simple starvation. Anything which lessens the store of food laid up In the corn kernel for use In germi nation and early growth, or damages seriously the roots or the leaves, or draws away the snp before It has served Its purpose In the plant, prac tically amounts to the diminution of the available food supply. An Im poverished soil, very dry weather, the capping of cells and vessels of the plant by sucking Insects, or destruc tion of any considerable part of Its roots have consequences which may be classed as starvation effects. "In view of these facts, it follows that any management which helps to maintain and strengthen the plant by furnishing It better or more abundant food will lessen or perlmp wholly prevent losses from Insect Injury, which must otherwise be serious or complete. A strong, rich soil, well cultivated, watered and drained, may grow a good crop notwithstanding an amount of Infestation by chinch bugs, root lice, root worms and white grub which would be fatal on poor land. "The good corn farmer may thus es cape with a profitable yield under In sect attacks which will leave his less Intelligent or less careful brother In debt after his crop la harvested. This Is not merely because the vigorous plant will enslly attpitort an amount of Injury under which the unthrifty THE CO K.I WORM. I.lcht and dark InrilvMiinln, pupa, moth and egg, with Injured ear of torn. one will suffer or succumb. It Is an established fact that many Insects themselves will not thrive as well or multiply as rapidly on a vigorous, quickly growing plant as on one in feeble condition. "More special measures are a proper rotation of crops, such that corn will not be exposed to Insects which have bred on the same ground the preced ing year, either In other crops or in the corn Itself; timely plowing to forestall the breeding of Insects by destroying them or their food; tlniejy planting with reference to the period of the greatest abundance or greatest activity of certain species; and the use of barriers against the movement of certain destructive species into the corn from fields adjacent, combined with Insecticide measures against hordes of destructive Insects, which If left to themselves will work great and Immediate harm." Dutter Washed in Hklm Milk. Instead of using water for washing butter, an English dairyman, F. J. Lloyd, used separator skim milk which had been twice pasteurized. Salted and unsalted samples prepared In this manner contained, respectively, 11.35 and ,11.14 per cent of water, the for mer containing only one-fifth as many bacteria. Mr. Lloyd considers that the results are sultlclently Interesting to warrant bis calling the attention of buttermakers who have a poor water supply to this simple method of over coming the dlfllculty, and states that the experiments are being repeated at the British Dairy Institute. Massa chusetts Ploughman. Leas Maple Made, But More Bold. MapJe trees now furnish but a small per cent of the commercial maple syrup and sugar. While the demand for both these commodities has con stantly Increased, the output from maple trees has decreased during the last twenty years. The trade has been supplied only by radically adulterat ing the pure goods, or by manufactur ing a product entirely from foreign materials. It Is conservatively esti mated that seven-eighths of what Is old as maple syrup and sugar Is a spurious article. Moat of the fabrica tions are entirely harmless, but they are not the real thing. Those fortu nate enough to have eaten the genuine article will always demand It, and con ditions should be suoJi that tbey may get It, If they are willing to pay the price. American Cultivator. A New Variety of Potato. The claims made for tho Early Northern potato are beauty and uni formity In form, size and great pro ductiveness, and In the tost mod during the last two years In all sec tions of the country the claims seem to have been borne out. The quality Is unusually good for an early sort, the tubers thus far have been fro from scab and have matured nearer of a site than any other sort we have tested. In the matter of productive ness the now sort Is flrst class. The writer bad ten pounds of seed for test ing purposes, and on an average po tato ground had a yield of 323 pounds, kaui.y Noimims potato. ami all salable In size. From our tests we consider the variety one that has come to stay and one which will especially appeal to market gardeners. The Illustration, much reduced, show the form of tho tubers. Indianapolis News. Commerclal Fertiliser. There Is probably more ()iilt?ltnaj over fertiliser prices than anything else that a farmer buys. Unquestion ably the cheapest way of buying fer tilizers Is to buy the several material and do the mixing on the barn floor, but assuming this Is not done, thou one should make It a point to see that they buy the fertilizer which will give them the greatest amount of the plant food they want Iu tho smallest bulk, whbi means, of course, at the lowest price. For example, If a ton of the fertilizer, according to the analysis, contain 6 ncr cent of tiotasu (or anr other plant food may be figured on the,0"8 rnn '" t"'Hve that. Kochester same baslsi, this means l'JO pounds of potash to the ton. If another fertilizer contains 12 per cent, or 210 pounds to the ton. the lat ter Is cheaper than the first by exact ly the number of cents It costs less than double the first. Reducing It to pounds, If one costs ." cents a pound and the other !), the last Is the cheap est. If you get It at tho rate a pound for the bulk. If you want potash, and pay $20 for a.ton of fertilizer contain ing 120 pounds of potash. It Is cheaper to pay $;w for a ton of fertilizer con taining 210 pouu'''j of potash. The same plan of figuring work through all the fertilizer bought, so that It Is essy to see that a fertilizer cheap In price Is not always cheap when results ure figured out. The mere matter of bulk has nothing to do with the case. It might as well be sawdust If It does not contain the oleiueuU you want and at fulr prices. Stock Itcets Compared. The yields of thirty-three of the principal German, English and French varieties of fodder beets are reported by a German experimenter, and the experiments briefly described. The cylindrical shaped varieties yielded tho largest ounutlttcs of beets, the small est quantities of leaves, and stood lowest In sugar content, while the va rieties approximating the shape of the sugar beet gave the lowest yield of beets, a very high yield of leaves, and ranked first In sugar content. The tankard varieties stood close to the cylindrical-shaped sorts In yield and composition, and the globe varieties produced very large yields of leaves and a medium quantity of beets, wltb a sugar content ranging from satisfac tory to high. The color of the beet showed no connection with Its richness in sugar. New England Homestead. Culling the Flock. The usual custom with good sheep farmers Is to go carefully over their flocks each year, and reject and send to the butcher all the aged ewes, year ling ewes, ewe lambs and rams that are not of the desired quality, or have not proven valuable as breeders. This culling process should be carefully carried out Poultry 1'lcklnara. Never give sulphur to poultry on a rainy day. Put chicks on a cracned wheat diet when three weeks old. Disinfect the poultry house am. runs with a B per cent solution of carbolic acid, and repeat this disinfection at least once a week In case of roup. Keep the poultry bouses clean, have ample ventilation, but freedom from drafts of air, and arrange the bouse so thas the sun will shine into it a por tion of the day. Cut clover Is ah Indispensable arti cle of diet. All kinds of vegetables fill a place in the ben's dieting, but they can hardly be said to be a substi tute for cut clover. If some birds have been to a show, of If new birds have been purchased for the flock, quarantine tuetn at a dis tance from the home flock for thirty flays before they are allowed to go together. Just when peace bad been restored In Colorado, Breathitt County. Ken tucky, has to loom up to disturb the national serenity. Chicago News. Professor Woodlicad, of Cambridge, says alcohol I a paralysing agent. This statement can be confirmed. It ha "paralysed" millions. New York Herald. It will be like some fool Congress man to object to reimbursing General I'orter for the money bo bus spent (uniting for Puul Jones' body. - Syra cuse Herald. "Women are far loss graceful than men," says Dr. Arnold, of New Haven. It takes a man chock full of dry scien tific data to say such a thing at that. Kansas City Journal. Henry James' dislike for President Roosevelt's literary style Is perhaps it in (hi dilution compared with the Presi dent's feeling about the stjle of Mr. I lames. - t 'III. ago New s. It Is stated that John W. Gates has earned not less lliaii half a million In July wheat, mi l yet some people won der why their loaf of bread Is so small. Philadelphia lie. or.l. It Is believed that there Is a proper nn. I necessary limit to the pntlciicu of the I'nlted States, even n regards the putty blowing President of Venezuela.--Syracuse Post .standard. Belasco Is making the. Theatrical Trust comprehend the state of public thought. At the conclusion of the case there may be an opportunity to revive "A Hole In the Ground." St. Loula Republic. It Is only a iiuesllon of time when more of Dr. Dowle's disciples will pre- for a plain financial statement to any n.l.ntloiial Inspired revelations from the founder of lou Illinois. Butte Inter Mountain. One of the first thing the Japanese coiujucrors did In Mnnehurln was to apply vigorous sanitary measures, a thing which In Itself mark the Japa nese nation as among the highly civil ized peoples. Seattle Times. Mr. Itaer says there Is no sentiment In the cosl business. When one con siders the number of persons who froze to death last winter In ttie big cities for Ihc ot "'" to '1,'nr f,",, Herald. While there Is an Instinctive feeling of repulsion at securing evidence against the Beef Trust by means of detectives cr spies, the fault lies with the packers themselves, who conspire In secret against thu laws. Kansas City Times. The president of the Conal Commis sion, with a $.'ID,(kni salary, Is also pres ident of a railroad, ami says he will not give up that position. If be can fill both places satisfactorily he must be an extraordinary man. Montgom ery Advertiser. It Is pointed out that an alliance of Japan. Great Britain and the I'nltcl States could rule tho world. Perhaps It could, but It would first have to get tho consent of Joseph Chamberlain an. I the United States Semite. Philadel phia Inquirer. Just how well our financial Institu tions lire safeguarded Is shown by the statement that tho theft of $l,r.(N),iNM from tho First National Bunk of Mil waukee by Frank G. Rigclow was dis covered by the merest accident. New York Telegram. Those Kansas City get rich quick oi erators who closed up their shop ami left a "Good by, suckers" sign on tho door must have bud great confidence In their good start and sprinting abili ties, In addition to their naivete In dianapolis News. The Czar thinks It would Injure the prestige of the Russian arms If he made peace; but we can assure htm that everybody outside of Russia knows what has happened to the Rus sian arms In Manchuria. Memphis Commercial-Appeal. The legal battle between the Mar coni and De Forrest wireless teleg raphy Interests Is said to have resulted In a victory for both sides. This as tonishing outcome ought to give Rua ulu freh hope that she may, after all, be wM,,,d '"to peace with honor. Milwaukee Wisconsin. Simultaneously with the Impending; Indictments of the Beef Trust mag nates they raise tho price of meat with out any other excuse than an npparent desire to make the public pay the cost of their defense on a criminal trial. The Increase of meat prices Just at this Juncture seems to bo adding Insult to Injury. Paterson Call. No one can blame Japan for shying a llttlo when other nations offer their "friendly ofllces." Japan's memory Is long enough to recall that It Is due to the friendly ofllces of certain powers that she had to expend the millions of money and thousands of lives that It cost to take Port Arthur the second time. Pittsburg. Dispatch. JL Philadelphia trolley car crashed Into a 'bakery wagon and sent a luud of pies through the air. What wltb germs in the drinking water and plea In the air, Philadelphia must be an, unhealthful place, Indeed. Buffalo Ex press. A Colorado clergyman says the world has but two more years to ex ist. He Js probably going on the the ory' that the world cannot stand an other Colorado election, which la scheduled two years hence, Washing ton Post