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ii Tbe Special CHAPTER X. At on o'clock In the afternoon the train stopped at Merv station, over five hundred miles fnm Caen Ada. We have even hours to atop at Merv, ami In company with Major Noltlts I "do" the town. On our return to the atation l'opof runs up to me, saying: 'I know the name." "And It JaT Ten Lou, the great mandarin Ten Lou of Pekin." "Thank you, Popof." I rush to the telegraph office, and from there I send a telegram to the Twenti eth Century. "Merv, 10th May, 7 p. in. 'Train, ft rami Transasintio. just leav ing Merv. Took from Douchak the body of the great mandarin Yon Iaiu coming fiom Persia to rekin." It cost a good deal, did this telegram, but you will admit it wns well worth its price. The name of Yen l.on wns imme diately communicated to our fellow trav elers, and it seemed to me that my lord Faruskiar smiled when he heard it. We left the station nt eight o'clock precisely. Forty minutes afterward we passed near old Merv, and the night be ing dark. I could see nothing of it. Our train is running northeast. The atation are twenty or thirty miles apart. We cross the desert, the real desert, without a thread of water, where artesian wells have to be sunk to supply the reservoirs along the line, Gradually my companions go to sleep, and our car riage is transformed Into a sleeping car. The train enters Tchardjoul Station to the minute. Our atop here ought to last quarter of an hour. A few traveler light, for they have booked to this town. which contains about thirty thousand In habitants. Others get In to proceed to Bokhara and Samarkand, but these are only second-class passengers. This pro duces a certain amount of bustle on the platform. I also get out and take a walk up and down by the side of the front van, and I notice the door silently open and shut. A man creeps out on to the plat form and slips away through the atation, which is dimly lighted by few petro leum lamps. It is my Roumanian. It can be no one elae. Ho has not been seen, and there he is, lost among the other trav elers. Why this escape? Is it to renew his provisions at the refreshment bar? On the contrary, is it not his intention, as I am afraid it is, to get away from us? Shall I stop him? I will make myself known o him; promise to help him. Be hold me then following him without ap pearing to do so. Amid all this hurrying to and fro he is in little danger of being noticed. Neither Popof nor any of the company's servants would suspect him to be a swindler. Is he going toward the gate to escape me? No! He only wants to stretch his legs better than he can do In the van. After an imprisonment which has lasted since fad left Baku that is to say, about sixty hours he has earned ten minutes of freedom. He is a man of mid. He height, -lithe in his movements, and with a gliding kind of walk. He could roll himself up like cat and find quite room enough in. his 'case. He wears an old vest, his trous ers are held up by a belt and his cap Is a fur one all of dark color. I am at ease regarding his intentions. He returns toward the van, mounts the platform and shuts the door gently be hind him. As soon as the train is on the move I will knock at the panel, and this time More of the unexpected. Instead of waiting at Tehardjoui one quarter of an hour, we have to wait three. A slight Injury to one' of the brakes of the en gine has had to be repaired, and, not withstanding the German baron's remou Htrances, we do not leave the station be fore half past three, as the day is be ginning to dawn. At 5 o'clock in the morning the train Mops at the capital of the Khanate of Bokhara, 1,107 miles from Ubun Ada. Bokhara, the capital of Khanate, is the Itome of Islam, the Noble City, the City of Temples, the revered center of the Mohammedan religion. Major Noltiti advised me to visit the town in which he had lived several times. He could not accompany me, hav ing several visits to pay. We were to start again at 11 o'clock in the morning. Five hours only to wait, and the town some distance from the railway station. In four hours I have seen most of the notable things in Bokhara, and at 10:30 I alighted at the railway station. I see at a glance that all my numbers are on the platform, including my German bar on. In the rear of the train the Per sians are keeping faithful guard around the mandarin Yen Lou. It seems that three of our traveling companions are observing them with persistent curiosity; these are the suspicious looking Mon gols we picked up at Douchak. As I pass near them I fancy that Karuskiar makes a signal to them, which I do not understand. Does he know them? Any how, this circumstance rather puzzles me. The train is no sooner off than the passengers go to the dining car. The places next to mine and the major's, which had been occupied since the start, ere now vacant, and the young China man, followed by Dr. Tlo-KIng, take ad vantage of It to come near us. Pau Chao knows I am on the staff of the Twentieth Century, and be is apparently as desirous of talking to me as I am of talking to him. I am not mistaken. He is a true Pa risian of the Boulevard, in the clothes of a Celestial. He has spent three years In the world where people amuse them selves, and also In the world where they learn. The only son of a rich merchant In Pekln, be has traveled under the wing of this Tlo-KIng, a doctor of some sort, who Is really the most stupid of ba boons, and of whom bis pupil makes a good deul of fun. The breakfast continued pleasantly. Conrerfcation turned on the work of the Russians In Asia, Pan ('lino seemed to me well posted up in their progress. I need not say 'that during this talk the Baron Weisssrhnltxerdorfer was fully occupied in clearing dish after dish, to Correspondent the extreme amaxcnient of Doctor Tio- Klng. For the same reason, I suppose, nelth er Faruskinr nor Ghauglr took part In It, for they only exchanged a few word in Chinese. Hut 1 noticed rather a strange elreuin stance which did not escape the major, We were talking shout the safety of the Grand Transasiatic across Central Asia and Pan Chao had snid that the road waa not so safe ns It might be beyond the Turkestan frontier, as, in fact. Major Noltitt had told me. I was then led to ask if he had ever hoard of the famous Ki-Tsang before his departure from Europe. "Often," he said, "for Ki-Tsang was then in the Yunnan provinces. I hope we shall not meet him on our road." When-he tutored the name of Ki Tsang Faruskiar knit his brows and his eyes flushed. Then, with a look nt his companion, lie resume! his liaMtual In difference to all that was being said B round him. CHAPTER XI. The train is running at high speed. In the ordinary service, when it stops at the eleven stations between Bokhara and Samarkand, it takes a whole day over the distance. This time it took but three hours to cover the two hundred kilo meters which separate the two towns. and at 2 o'clock in the afternoon It en tered the illustrious city of Tamerlane. Samarkand is situated In the rich oasis watered by the Zarafehane in the valley of Sogd. A small pamphlet I bought at the railway station informs me that this great city is one of the four sites in wnich geographers "agree" to place the terrestrial paradise. I leave this discussion to the exegetists of the pro fession. After a stop of six hours our train started off again at 8 o'clock. During dinner I noticed that Major Noltltx continued to keep his eye on his lordship Faruakair. Had he begun to suspect him? Was it of any Importance in his opinion that this Mongol seemed to know, without appearing to do so, the three second-class travelers, who were also Mongols? Was bis Imagination working with the same activity as mine? And waa he taking seriously what was only a Joke on my part? As for me, I had soon forgotten all about the Mongol for the man in the case, If I get a cnance to visit him to-night I will. It was about half past eleven when 1 decided to open the door of the van. which I shut behind me. I knew that the young Roumanian was not always shut up in his box, and the fancy might just have taken him to stretch his limbs by walking from one end to the other of the van. The dark ness is complete. No jet of light filters through the holes of the case. That seems all the better for me. It is as well that my No. 11 should not be surprised by too sadden an apparition. He is doubt less asleep. I will give two little knocks on the panel; I will awake him, and we W'U explain matters, before he can move. i ieei as i go. iiy nana touches the case; I place my ear aganst the panel and I listen. There is i yt a stir, not a breath! Is my man no. here? Has he got away? Has he pped out at one of the stations without my seeing him? I am just going to knock, when the locomotive's whistle emits its strident trow as we pass through a station. But the train is not going to stop, I know. and I wait nntil the whistling has ceased. I then give a gentle knock on the panel. There is no reply. I knock more loudly. This time it Is followed by an invol untary movement of surprise and fright. "Open, open!" I say in Russian. "It is a friend who speaks. You have noth ing to fear!" If the panel Is not lowered as I had hoped, there is the crsck of a match be ing lighted and a feeble light appears in the case. I look at the prisoner through the holes In the side. Tliero is a look of alarm on his fare; his eyes are haggard. He does not know whether he is asleep or awake. "Open, my friend, I say; open and have confidence. I have discovered yonr secret I shall say nothing about It, On the other hand, I may be of use to you. You are a Roumanian, I think, and I am a Frenchman." "Frenchman? You are a Frenchman?" And this reply was given in my own language, with a foreign accent. One more bond between us. The panel slips along its groove, and by the light of a little lamp I can examine my No. 11. "No one can see us nor hear us?" he asked in a half-stifled voice. "No one." "The guard?" "Asleep." My new friend takes my hands; he clasps them. I feel that he seeks a support. He understands he can depend on me, and he murmurs: "Do not betray me do not betray me." "Betray you, my boy? Can yon be lpleve that I, a Journalist " "You are a journalist?" "Claudius Bombarnnc, special corre spondent of the Twentieth Century." "And yon are going to Pekin?" "Through to Pekln." "Ah! Monsieur Bombarnae, Providence has sent you ou to my road." "Anything I can do for you I will. What is your nanieT "Kinko " "You are a Roumanian, are you not?" "Roumanian, of Bucharest." "But you have lived in France?" "Four years In Paris, where I was apprentice to an upholsterer in the Fau bourg Saint Antoine." "And you went back to Bucharest?" "Yes, to work at my trade there until the day came when It wns impossible for me to resist the desire to leave" "To leave? Why?" "To marry!" "To marry Mademoiselle Zinca Klork, Avenne Chu-Coua, Pekln, China." "You know'," "Certainly. The address is on the box." "She is a young Roumanian. I knew her lu Paris, where she was learning the trade of a milliner. Oh! charm-' Irnr " j "I nm sure of it. You heed not dwell on that." " I "She also returned to Bucharest, until , she was Invited to take the management j of a dressmaker's nt Pekln. We loved, monsieur; she wont and we were sop. ii rated for a year. Throe weeks ago slin wrote to me. She wns getting on over there. If I eould go out to her I would do well. We should get married without delay She had s.-vod something. I would on earn ns much as she had. And hero I am on the rod, in my turii, for China." "In this box?" "What would yon have, Monsieur Boiuharnae?" nsked Kluko, reddening. "I had only money enough to buy a packing case, a few provisions, and get myself sent off by an obliging friend. It costs r, thousand francs to go from Titlis to Pckin. But as soon as I have gained them, the company will be re paid. I assure you." "You may rest assured I will neg lect nothing which will enable you to ar rive dry nud In one piece nt Mademoi selle Zincs Klork's in short, in a per fect state of preservation." "I thank you," said Kinko, pressing his hands. "Believe mo, you will not find mo ungrateful. "Ah. friend Kinko, 1 shall be paid. and more than paid." "And how ?" "By relating, ns soon as I can do so without danger to you, the particulars of your journey from Tiilis to Pekin. Think now what n heading for a col umn : "A LOVER IN A POX ! ZINCA AND KINKO!! L.VH) LEAGEES TIIKOIG1I CEN tra i. asia i.n a leg gage van::.- The young Roumanian could not help smiling. Then I went to the door of the van to see that we were in no danger of a surprise, aud then the conversation was resumed. Naturally. Kinko asked me how I had discovered his secret. I told him all that had passed on the steamer during his voyage across the Caspian. But. said he to me. lowering his voice, "two nights ago I thought all was ht. The van was closed. I had Just lighted my little lamp, and had begun my supper, when a knock came ngniu&t the panel " "I did that. Kinko. I did that And that nigtit we should have become ac quainted if the traiu had not run into a dromedary." "It was you! I breathe again!" said Kinko. "In what dreams 1 have lived! It was known that some one was hidden in this box. I saw myself discovered, handed over to the police, taken to pris on at Merv or Bokhara, and my little Zinca waiting for me in vain: and never should I see her again, unless I re sumed the journey on foot. Well, I would have resumed yes, I would." Brave Kinko! I answered. "I nm awfully sorry to have caused you such apprehensions. Now you are at ease again, and I fancy your chances have improved now we have made friends." I then asked Kinko to show me how he managed in his box. Nothing could be simpler or better arranged. At the bottom was a seat on which he sat, with the necessary space for him to stretch his legs when he placed them obliquely; under the seat, shut in by a lid. wore a few provisions, and table utensils, re duced to a simple pocket knife and metal mug; an oven-oat anil n rug hung from a nail, and the little lamp he used at night time was hooked on to one of the walls. The sliding pnnel allowed the prisoner to leave his prison occasionally. But if the case had been placed among other packages, if the powers had not deposit ed it with tbe precautious due to Its fragility, he would not have !een able to work the panel, and would have had to make a friend somehow before the end of the journey. Fortunately, there is a special Providence for lovers. He told me that every night he had taken walk, either in the van or else on the station platform where the train had stopped. I do not believe I am in danger of eing discovered," he said, "unless nt the Chinese frontier or rather at Kaoh- gar. "And why?" "The custom house Is very keen on goods going into China. I am afraid they will come round the packages." I shall be there, and I will do all I can to prevent anything unpleasant hap pening." "Ah, Monsieur Bombarnae!" exclaim ed Kinko, in a burst of gratitude, "how tan I repay you?" Ask me to your marriage with the lovely Zinca." "I will. And Zinca will embrace you." "She will be only 'doing her duty. friend Kinko, and I shall be only doing mine In returning two kisses for pne. We exchanged a last grip of the hand; dnd, reolly, I think there were tears in tbe good fellow's eyes when I left him. He put out his lamp, ho pushed buck the panel, then through tho case I heard one more "thanks" and an "au rcvoir." I came out of the van, I shut the door, assured myself that Popof was still asleep. In a few minutes, after a breath or two of the night air, 1 go In to my place near Major Noltitz. (To be continued.) Jersey FohhII. "This tusk," said the Jersey com muter, "I dug up In my garden. It's all of four feet long. Remarkable, Isn't ttr- "Yps. It's very probably the bill of prehistoric mosquito." Philadelphia ubllc Le!ger. A pproprlute. Rodrlck Now they are thinking about bringing out the life of RalsuH. Van Albert Well, It would bfl rather expensive. Rodrlck How so? Van Albert It would have to be bound In Morocco. Horry He Bpoke. Rggy Jah Jove, there are a lot of people who sing songs these days ulid don't even mean what they slug. Miss Rose You are right, Reggy. Iast night you sung "Good-by, My Iidy Ijove" at 10 o'clock, and didn't leave until 12. Industrious wisdom often prevents what lazy folly thinks Inevitable. Simmons. I For Takiiiu Up llnrtt Wire. Take a pair of cultivator wheels, make an axle to tit, out of 2xt oak, :i Inches hum. Side piece should be l'i Inches by 2 Inches, 4 feet long, of hard wood. Bolt to axle securely. The up rights should lo 2 Inch by 4 Inch pine. riii, 1. securely bolted to side pieces, nud high enough to reach above wheels. The cross f ir may be I'j Inches square. lends round for handles. The whole (sec Elg. li should be well brace. I, as It must be strong. For windlass axle il'lg. 2, take oak. l'a Inches s.U:tri. 2d Inches long, tit crank on one end; for reel, take barb-wire revl, cut hole through It Miiiare to tit nle. To take up wire, fasten end to reel, take cross bar in left hand, turn crank with light. wi. 2. The cart Is propelled by winding wire on reel; when one reel Is full, slip off and put on another. Sylvauus Scott. lirccdiuif Tolled Calve. Answering the query, "Are double standard Polled Durham bull as sure to get polled calves from horned cows as are Angus bulls?" F. S. Hines says In Breeder's Gazette: Without knowledge ns to the per rentage of polled calves got by Angus bulls used on horned rows It would naturally seem that the Angus bulls would be the surer detiorners, as they have been bred hornless for many gen erations, winio roiled ituriiam are not many removes from horns. 1 low- ever, there are many Polled Durham bulls that have made excellent records as dehorners, some having as high ns U0 per cent of polled calve from horn ed cows. If your rorresKndent wishes to brood polled calves hi best course would be to buy an ag-d Polled Dur ham bull with a good record as a de- horner. There Is a great deal of the lottery about this "breeding off the horns," Just as there Is In breeding In general, and some bulls with many polled rrosses are not as sure dehorn ers as those with only one cross of polled blood. Therefore I should ad vise your correspondent not to try a young bull, but to get oue that la known by his works. Hand Caltlvator. Take a board "0 Inches wide and long, and rut a wheel out of It. Then make a frame of 1 Vs-tnch-sijuare lum ber, and two small brace strips near wheel, of light lumber. (Jet a black smith to make the scufllehoe out of steel, as shown In figure 2, with four small short rods, riveted back of blade. These little rods are curved up, and turn up the roots of weeds to tho sun. You can take this device off and put on a shovel if you want to cultivate deep. It runs light for amount of WEED KILLLH A.NU CULTIVATOR, work done, and is superior to any $5 wheel hoe I ever saw. J. Holmes Wil son. Ropy Milk After Retting;. Bacteria in one form Is probably re sponsible for the ropy milk that we hear about coming after setting for the cream. In such rases the first thing to do i to thoroughly disinfect the stables by the use of carbolic acid and then a thorough whitewashing of walls and roiling. Then turn atten tion to the utensils used the milk palls and the other vessels. The chances are they at the liottoin of the trouble and need scalding repeatedly with hot water, nnd then more cleansing, such as only the sun will give. If these remedies abate the trou ble, as they probably will, then re member that this scalding with hot water should be done dally with every vessel used In the dairy. Hot water and sun are death to bacteria. When Lambs Need Dipping;. If mature sheep are troubled with ticks and lambs run wltb the flock most of tbe ticks In two or three weeks after shearing will have left the old sheep to live upon the tender skin and amid tbe longer wool of the lambs. It Is therefore evident that money will be saved by dipping the Iambs. In badly Infected cases a second dipping will prove advantageous unless the old sheep were dipped at the first applica tion. Ticks multiply very rapidly, and even If a few escape death their pro geny will cause tbe whole flock untold discomfort. American Cultivator. Huy Versus Corn Fodder, It Is dlttlcult to make a comparison between corn fodder and hay, because the Quality of either largely depends upon the curing. Bright green corn fodder, shredded or cut line, Is superior to Improperly cured liny, while good hay Is far superior to corn fodder that wns not cut until the leaves turned yellow. If fodder Is lender nnd Juicy the nnlnuils will prefer the stalks to the leaves, ns the stalks are rich In sugar, but much depends upon the stage of growth nt which the stalks were har vested. Fnrm Visitor, Hiili-SolUmi for Orchards. Fruit trees, and particularly apple, require n deep soli nnd. of course, one that Is f.iliiy rich. There are hun dreds of acres of rich clay soils that would do splendidly for apple If prop erly prepared. Trials which have re sulted In falluies have hi-rn almost wholly due to the fact that the soil had not been opened ih-p enough to penult the rinds of the trees properly to penetrate It. If such soil had been subsolled, tiHlug the Implement made for that nirM)se which does not throw back a wide funow, the mots would have n chance to get Into the soli several Inches deeper than otherwise, an I lifter that woi.ld be strong enough to pierce the soil below without Its being loselied. Of course It must be remem bered that If the soil below tho ills tance penetrated by the sulisollor Is wet and leimiliis so, It Is not suite I to tree roots, tin the other hand, If It Is simply wet en uigh to retain n riod amount of moisture, the tres will then make a most deslrablo growth. Water for Hwlnr, There are farmers who raise swlni' nnd never feel It necessary to give them water to drink. They argue that as the slop Is composed largely of water that Is all that Is necessary It probably Is, In many rases, where the slop consists of one part solids and nine parts water, but If the slop Is nutritious, as It should be, nud If corn Is fed lu addition, the swine need con slderablo water. Men of experience claim that swine carefully wn tered are rarely diseased, nnd they have llttlt' difficulty In preventing them from mak lug wallows. As a matter of fact, about half of the Hastiness of the hog Is due to the cnrelessuest of Its owner, Give the hog half a chance aud ho or she will be reasonably clean. Try the trough of cold, clean water at feeding time and see for yourself what the swine think of It. Harrow for btonjr Ornuml. Take six pieces of .'H-jX'J Inches. Plane them and set them us shown In Illustration. Sink the wing Into the center piece Inch. This saves mak lng mortise. Get Inch 1m. It with heads and bore holes a shown by dotted lines. The hinges, etc., can bo IIAHUOW KOK STONY UROL' 51). made of old wagon tire. Set teeth slanting, and attach chain. This har row with twenty-four teeth Is made to work a width of 0 feet, nnd I of light draft. It can be made by any one handy with tools, and If well made, Is strong, tasting and effective. Poultry I'U kings. Try feeding little chicks a dry ration of cracked grain, seeds, etc. It Is bet ter than Johnny cake, corn dough or mashes. Place a self-feeding box of grain In tho coop no the chicks can eat what they want. There Is little danger of over feeding jrowlng stock on free range. If hens on free range are given a small feed of fresh-cut bone once a day, or a box of beef senilis and granu lated bone Is placed In the henhouse, they will produce more eggs. Keep the brooders and colony houses clean and look out for red mites aud lice on the chicks. Incubator chicks are hatched free from lice, but It does not take long to contract them. Set turkey hens this month and If you have plenty of eggs, till the Incu bator. Arrange so the hens and incu bator will hatch at the same time, then you can give all the polts to tho turkey lien. Plant sunflowers outside the wire of the poultry yard and In and by waste places. They will afford shade during the summer and the hens will relish the seed. If planted Inside the yard they must be protected until out of reach of the hens. Oarden Hints. The suckers of gooseberries, currants and red raspberries should bo rigidly pulled. In making the home garden do not overlook garlic, chives, shallots, herbs, etc., as they are exceedingly deslrablo for flavoring purposes. This season's growth of raspberry canes should bo pinched off and they will throw out fruit laterals. This Is Important, for on It depends next sou son's crop of berries. Early varieties of dwarf peas can be grown between the rows of tomato plants. By the time tbe tomatoes are large enough to occupy tbe ground the peas will be out of the way, The pea vines may be removed or left as a mulch for the tomatoes. In May the seeds of sweet corn and all the wrinkled varieties of peas should be sown and a little later cu cumbers, melons, squashes, pumpkins and gourds may be put in the open ground. A fork full of well rotted ma nure in the hill is the proper food for these plants, It Is stated that In his next annual message President Roosevelt wl'l roe ,.mmend Dint the balance of f'.'ZlXNMNN) due this country from China as In demnity for the Boxer outrages be re lensed from payment ou condition that China devote the money to education. Tho claims for Aiiiencau missionary property destroyed, amounting to 12,. INMI.INH). hnve been sntlsdiHl, nnd the cost of our expedition to Pekln wn not over $1,(1011,1 mi. An award of $2&, IHH1,(HK) Indemnity to the I'nlted State wns felt to be excessive, though n larger In proportion than the amount agreed ou for the other nations that marched to the relief of foreigners In Pekln. But the Idea of taking tho amount awarded Is distasteful to this country for several reasons. It Is far too much, under the circumstance, and China' helplessness appeals to sympathy. The plight of the Inimeiiso Chinese empire excites compassion, Its territory Is a battle ground for other nations, nnd tin- neutrality of Its har bors Is violated by belllgi-r'-iit. Non resistance Is a terribly poor national policy. On the part of the Lulled Stale there Is n sincere w lh that (iiliin may be a Mo to claim a place among nations In which It can not be wantonly Imposed Upon. 'To h.ijid (lie $,.".'.i.isni to China without condition might bo construed as a criticism on the countries that take all the Indemn ity awarded them. But China can ac cept our share n n girt to an object which It hold III high esteem, that of education. American do not wnnt tho money n a windfall. They wish for Chin better time nnd nntlonnl se curity, a piMlflou In the world where It con respect Itself and cot'nand the re spect of other. The rellnnulshinent of the f22.4NK).iNiO will strike the peo ple of the I'nlted State favorably. From the I'nlted Stnte Census Bn renu hn recently come the report of the first complete census of the Phil ippine Island Nearly eight thousand people were employed In gathering the statistics, snd all hut 12o of them were native Filipino. This census, therefore. Is the first In m.Mieni time which a tropical people have made of themselves. Many Interesting fact were disclosed by the canvas of the Island. In the first place, It was found thnt the population numbered 7,kNt,ooo; thnt near 7.nn.inn possessed some degree of civilization nud pro fessed the Christian religion. It wa also discovered that almost the whole population live in villages, a there are nearly 14,(ns villages with an av erage population of ,Nt. f if the larger towns, as have S.inni population each; four hnve in.tsio; mid Manila has 220.- 4NN). The people own the houses, or "hut," In which they live only (1 per cent of the house are rented and the farmers own their farm. AlKiut 4NNt children are enrolled In the schools, and they are said to be eager to learn. The night schools In Manila, 21 In number, have an enrol ment of more than 4,(KK) adult who are studying English, The Cuban minister, Honor 5oti7.nlo (juesndn, says that In some respects Havana can give Washington a few points on the management of schools. writes a correspondent from the capi tal. Some months ago the municipal authorities of , Havana Introduced a system which I gnidually becoming popular In every part of the I'nlted State. It is called the "School City" and the system menus simply govern ing the school ns n township, electing a Mayor, a Board of Couiicllmen. and every officer needed for general govern ment, even to that personage who com- mauds tho respect and admiration of the small boy In every part of the globe, the policeman. The poor urchins of the Cuban capital are enthusiastic over the plan, and the schools are filled to overflowing. Mr. Quesada Is author ity for the statement that nothing In troduced since the Spanish departed has so aroused the pride and good qualities of the Juveniles. A new carpet has been purchased for the United States Henate a limit IKK) yards of material I required, and the cost of tho carpet Is a trifle over f2,(KX). Carpet concerns all over the country had their agent In Washing ton in tne nope of landing the con tract. Colonel Ransdell, sergeant-at-arms, chose a green Wilton carpet made by a New England firm. The average life of Senate carpets Is four years. Tho Panama rnllway board of direc tors has decided to double-track the road across the Isthmus to accommo date the Increased business due to the construction of tho cu mil without In terfering with tho ordinary freight business. Tho chairman of the Canal Commission has been made president of the railway company. Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen eral DoGraw has mndo public a report an the rural free delivery service In the United States, showing a total of ,'iO 1W2 routes In operation Muy 1, with 4,708 p-tltlons for tho servico pend ing in me postomoo department. On April 1 last there were 20,01)11 route In operation and 4,521 petitions pend-' lng. Of the 4.708 cases ponding, RSI hnve been assigned for establishment cither May 15 or June L leuvlna a.fCJ petitions unacted on.