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X i . I Tbe Special CHAPTER XII. In 1S70 the Russian endeavored, without success, to tal!ili a fair at TaRhkend. which would rival that of Nijnl-Novgorod. Some twenty year later the attempt would hnve succeeded, nnd as matter of fart the fair now exist, owing to thp making of tho Transenpsion to unite Samarkand nnd Tashkoud. We left Tashkent! ut precisely 11 o'clock In the morning. As soon as we are on the more I be gin to think of Kinko. His little love romance has touched me to the heart; this sweetheart who sent himself off thin other sweetheart who Is going to pay the expense. I am sure Major Nol titi would be interested In these two turtle doves, one of which Is In a cape; he would not be too hard on this de ft under of the company, he would be in capable of betraying him. Consequently I have a great desire to tell him of my expedition into the baggage van. Hut the t-ecret is not mine. 1 must do noth ing that might get Kinko into trouble. And so 1 am silent, and to-night I will. If possible, take a few provisions to my packing case to my snail in his shell, let us say. Aiid is not the young Hon-luanin-i like a snail in his shell, for it is s much as he can do to got our of it? We reacli Kliodjend about throe In the afternoon. Tho country is ferule, green, carefully cultivated. It is a succession of kitchen gardens, which seem to be well kept, immense fiehk sown with clover, which yield four or five crops a year. The roads noar the town are bordered with long rows of mulberry trees, which diversify the view with ec ctntrie branches. Beyond Kokhan we shall run due east, and by Marghelan and Och pass through the gorges of the Pamirs, so as to reach the Turkesto-Chiuese frontier. The traiu had only just started when the travelers took thoir seats at the ta ble, where I failed to notice any fresh arrival. Kphrinell is in his usual place. With out going as far as familiarity, it is obvious that a close intimacy, founded on a similarity in tastes and aptitudes, exists between Miss Horatia Bluett and the Yankee. There is no doubt, in our opinion, but what it will end in a wed ding as soon as the train arrives. Both will have their romance of the rail. Frankly, I like that of Kinko and Zinea Klork much better. It is true, thJ pret ty Roumanian is not here. The dinner lasted till rather late, ami terminated in an unexpected manner by an offer from Caterna to recite a mono logue. Our train more and more resembled a small rolling town. It had even its casino, this dining car in which we were gathered at the moment. And it was thus in the eastern part of Turkestan, four hundred kilometers from the Pamir plateau, at dessert, after our excellent dinner served in a saloon of the Grand Trausasiatic, that the "Obsession" was given with remarkable talent by Mon sieur Caterna, grand premier comique, engaged at the Shanghai theater for the approaching season. "Monsieur," said Tan Chao, "my sin cere compliments. I have heard young Coquelin " "A master, monsieur; a master!" said Caterna. i "Whom yon approach-; " " R es peet f u 1 1 y very respectfully!" The bravos lavished on Caterna had no effect on Sir Francis Trevellyan, who had been occupying himself with enoma topie exclamations regarding the dinner, which he considered execrable. He was not amused. And yet nobody took any notice of this grumbling gentleman's re criminations. Baron Weissschnitzerdorfer had . not understood a single word of this little masterpiece, and had he understood it, be would not have been able to appreciate this sample of Parisian monologo-mania. As to my lord Faruskiar and his in separable Ghangir, it seemed that, in spite of their traditional reserve, the sur prising grimaces, the significant gestures, the comical intonations, had interested them to a certain extent The actor had noticed it, and appre ciated this silent admiration. As he rose from the table he said to me: "He is magnificent, this signeur. What dignity! What a presence! What a type of the furthest east! I like his companion less a third-rate fellow at the outside." During dinner the train had passed Kastakos Station, situate in the center of a mountainous region. The road curv ed a good deal, and ran over viaducts and through tunnels, as we could tell by the noise. We enter Kokhan Station at 9 o'clock in the evening. The stoppage is to last two hours. Wc get out on to the plat form. As we are leaving the car I am near Major Noltitz, who asks young Pan Chno: "Have you ever heard of this man darin Yen Lou, whose body is being tak en to Pekin?" "Never. Major." "But he ought to be a personage of consideration, to be treated with the honor he gets." "That in possible," said Pan Chao; "but we have so many personages of con sideration in the Celestial Empire." "And so this mandarin Yen Lou ?" "I never heard him mentioned." Why did Major Noltitz ask the China man this question? What was he think ing ubout? CHAPTER XIII. Kokhan, two hours to stop. It is night. The majority of the travelers have already taken up their sleeping quarters in the car, and do not care to alight. Here am I on the platform. This Is ratlier an important station, and from the engine house comes a more powerful locomotive than those which have brought tho train along since we left Uzuu Ada. These early engines were all very well as long as the line lay over an almost horizontal plain, but now we are among the gorges of the Pamir pla teau, there are gradients of such steep ness as to require more engine power. I watch the proceedings, and when the locomotive has been detached with lu tender, the baggage van with. Kinko in It 1 at the bead of the traiu. Correspondent i The idea occur to me that the young Roumanian may perhaps venturo out on the platform. It would be an Im prudence, for he runs the risk of being seen by the police, who move about tak lug a good look at the passenger. What my No. 11 had better do Is to remain in his box, or, nt least. In Ills ran. 1 will go nnd get a few provisions, liquid nnd solid, and take them to him, even before the departure of the train. If it is possible to do so without fear of being noticed. , The refreshment room at the station Is open, ami Popof is not there. If he was to see me making purchases be would be-astonished, as the dining car coutains everything we might want. At the bar I get a little cold meat and some bread. The station Is not well lighted. A few lamps give only a feeble light. Popof is busy with one of the railway men. The new engine has not jet been attached to the train. Tho mo ment seems favorable. It is useless to wait until we have left Kokhan. If I can reach Kinko I shall be able to sleep through the night and that will be wel come. I admit. I step on to the train, and after as suring myself that no one is watching me. 1 enter the baggage van, saying as I do so: "It is I." In fact, it is as well to warn Kinko i'l case he is out of his box. But he had not thought of getting out, and 1 advise him to be very careful, lie is very pleased at the provisions, for they are a change to his usual diet. "I do not know how to thank you. Monsieur Bombarnac." he says to me. "When shall we be at the frontier?" "To-morrow, about one in the after noon." "And nt Gaehgnr?" "Fifteen uoiirs afterward, on the night of the nineteenth." "There the danger is, Monsieur Bom barnac." "Yes. Kinko; for if it is difficult to enter the Russian possessions. It Is no less difficult to get out of them, when the Chinese are at the gates. Their iJ cials will give us a good look over before they will let us pass. At the same time they examine the passengers much more closely than they do their baggage. And as this van is reserved for the luggage going through to Pekin, I do not thiuk you have much to fear. So, good night. As a matter of precaution, I would rath er not prolong my visit." I have come out; I have regained my couch, and I really did not hear the starting signal when the train began to move. The only station of any importance which the railway passed before sunrise was that of Marghehan, where the stop page was a short one. Beyond this station the road reaches the frontier which divides Russian Tur kestan from the Pamir plateau and the vast territory of the Kara-Khirghizes. This part of Central Asia is continual ly being troubled by plutonian disturb ances beneath its surface. Northern Turkestan has frequently suffered from earthquake the terrible experience of 1S87 will not have been forgotten and at Tashkend, as at Samarkand, I saw the traces of these commotions. In fact, minor oscillations are continually being observed, and this volcanic action takes place all along the coast, where lay the stores of petroleum and naphtha, from the Caspian Sea to the Pamir plateau. In short, this region is one of the most interesting parts of Central Asia that a tourist can visit. CHAPTER XIV. The Pamir, or Bom-l-Douniah, Is com monly called the "Roof of the World." From it radiate the mighty chains of the Tl.ian Shan, of the Kuen Lun, of the Kara Korum. of the Himalaya, of the Hindoo ICoosh. This orographic system, four bundled kilometers across, which lemaiued for so many years an Impassa ble barrier, has been surmounted by Rus sian tenacity. The Slav race and the yellow race have come into contact. The travelers of the Aryan people have all attempted to explore the plateau of the Pamir. Without going back to Marco Polo in the thirteenth century, what do we find? The English with For syth, Douglas, Biddulph, Younghusband, and the celebrated Gordon, who died on the Upper Nile; the Russians with Feud chenko, Skobeleff, Prjevalsky, Grombt chexsky, General Pevltzoff, Prince Galit zin, the brothers Groun-Grjimuilo; the French with Auvergne, Vonvalot, Capus, Pa pin, Breteuil de Rhins, Joseph Martin, Grenard, Edouard Blanc; the Swedes with Doctor-Swen Hedin. This roof of the world, one would say, is lifted up in magic hand to let us see its mysteries. We know now that it con sists of an inextricable entanglement of valleys, the mean altitude of which ex ceeds three thousand meters; we know thut it is dominated by the peaks of Gouroundi and Kuuffmnnu. twenty-two thousand feet high, and the peak of Ta garma, which is twenty-seven thousand feet; we know that it sends off to the west the Oxus and the Amou-Radia, and to the east the Tarim; we know that It chiefly consists of primary rocks, In which are patches of schist and quartz, red sands of secondary age, and the clayey, sandy loess of tho quaternary period which is so abundant in Centrul Asia. The difficulties the Grand Transasiatic had in crossing this plutouu were ex tiaordiuary. It was a challenge from tho genius of man to nature, and the victory remained with genius. Through the gently sloping passes which the Klrk hlzes call "bels," viuducts, bridges, em bankments, cuttings, tunnels had to be made to carry the line. Here are sharp curves, gradients, which require the most powerful locomotives, here and there sta tionary engines to haul up the train with cables; in a word, a herculean labor, su perior to the works of the American en gineers In the defiles of the Sierra Ne vada and the Rocky mountains. The desolate aspect of these terri tories makes a deep Impression on the Imagination. As the train gains the high er altitudes this impression Is all the mora vivid. There are no towns, no villages nothing but a few scattered tuts, la which the Pamirlan lives a soli-1 tary existence with bis family, Ms herds of yaks, or "kontar," which are csttls with horses' tails, hi dlmlnutlv nhcrp, his thick-hatred goat. The molting of these animals, If we may o phrase It, Is a natural consequence of the climate, and they change the dressing gown of winter for the white fur coat of summer. It Is the same with the dog, whose coat be come whiter in the hot senson. A the passe are ascended, wide breaks In the range yield frequent glimpse of the more dlstnnt portion of the plateau. In many place are clump of birches and Juniper, which are the principal trees of the Pamir, and on the undulating plain grow tamarisk and sedge and mugwort, and a sort of reed very abundant by the side of the saline pool, and n dwarf labiate called "ters kenne" by the Klrghixes, The major mentioned certain animal which constit-ite n somewhat varied fauna on the height of the Pamir. It In oven necessary to keep an eye on the platforms of the cor in case a stray pan ther or bear might seek a ride without any right to travel either llrst or second class. During the day our companion were on the lookout from both end of the cars. What shouts arose when plan tigrade or felines capered along the line with Intention that certainly seemed suspicious! A few revolver shots were discharged, without much necessity per haps, but they amused a well a reas sured the travelers. In the afternoon we were witnesses of a magnificent shot, which killed instantly an enormous pan ther Just as he wa landing on the side step of the third carriage. It was our superb Mongol to whom we were indebted for this marksman's masterpiece. "What a hand and what an eye!" snld I to the major, who continued to look on Faruskiar with suspicion. Among the other animal of the Pa mirian fauna appeared wolves, ami foxes, and (locks of those largo wild sheep with gnarled and gracefully curved horns, which are known to the natives n nr kars. High in the sky flow the vultures, bearded and unbearded, and amid the clouds of white vapor we left behind u were many crows and pigeons and turtle dove and wngtp.il. The day passed without adventure. At C o'clock in the evening we crossed the frontier, after n run of nearly two thou sand three hundred kilometers, accom plished in four days since leaving I'zun Aila. Two hundred nnd fifty kilometers beyond we shall be at Kaohgar. Al though we nre now In Chinese Turkes tan, it will not be till we reach that town that we shall have our first experience of Chinese administration. Dinner over about nine o'clock, we stretched ourselves on our bods, in the hope, or rather the conviction, thut the night will be as calm us the preceding one. It was not to be so. At first the train was running down the slopes of the Pa mir at great speed. Then it resumed its normal rate along the level. I It was about one in tho morning when I was suddenly awakened. At tin1 same time Major Noltitz and most of our companions jumped up. There were hmd shouts in the rear of the train. What had happened? Anxiety seized upon the travelers that confused, unreasonable anxiety caused by the slightest incident on n railroad. "What is the matter? What is the matter?" These words were uttered in nlnrtn from all sides, and In different languages. My first thought was that we were at tacked. I thought of the famous Ki Trang, the Mongol pirate. In n moment the train began to slow, evidently pro paring to stop. Popof en me Into the van, nnd I asked him what had happened. "An accident." he replied. "A coupling has broken, and the two Inst vans are left behind." iTn b eontlnaed.l Knglish Kplgram to Date. Queen Victoria transformed Grout Britain Into a crowned republic, a na tion In which the will of the people la th supreme law. Andrew Carnegie. Great poetry Is the surest antidote to the prevailing virus of materia llsm. Alfred Austin, the Poet Lauren to. The educational system of this coun try Is chaotic and utterly behind the age. Prime Minister Balfour. In dealing with education the first thing is to consider the children; the churches come afterward. Austen Chamberlain. We want sometimes In this country a little more of the spirit of tolerance. Earl Spencer. This Is above all a reading nge, but how many people read the Bible? The Bishop of Manchester. Plenty of porridge and milk will do more for the physique of a nation than the most up-to-date physical drill. Professor Laurie of Edinburgh Uni versity. We must dispel the blight of Inquis itorial oppression which stunts, dis torts and withers every branch of the national life of Ireland. The Right Honorable George Wyiulham, Chief Secretary for Ireland. The bicycle nowadays Is part of the necessary equipment of a lad. County Court Judge Sir A. Marten. New York Sun. Better thun Anttfat. Wogglns Blowltz, tho pugilist, loRt 130 pounds of flesh while training for bis last light Snoozem Got out! What are you trying to give me, anyway? Wogglns Straight goods. His wife eloped with one of his trainers.' Knew Whereof He Rpoke. "One-bulf the world," remarked tho party with the quotation habit, "doesn't know how the other half Uvea." "I guess that's right," rejoined the married man, "but the feminine half works overtime trying to find out." Where They Differ. "Theory nnd practice are different things," Bald the professor. "Yes, Indeed," assented the medical student. "I pay for theory and Inteud to be paid for practice." The worth of a state, In the long run, is the worth of the Individuals composing it. J. S. Mill. tjUAvJyify'f , "' " mongrel u a pure bred, and Oood Chlrksn t'oom This t especially valuable for rais ing early chicks. One nnd two are two common window glasses, which are fastened In grooves In the boards. The opposite side of tho coop I simply plastering Inth. The roof Is composed of two door which can bo raised when sunlight or more air is wanted than can bo had at tho ends, which have n short piece of lath nt tho top. The small door slides up nnd down, and can Ni kept at any desired height by n nail being put through the hole In tho door Into tho hole In the board ntove; if the coop Is set on a board platform It will be vermin proof. This coop Is cheap, durable ami can be made of any size. Heat Home to KaUe, There Is no doubt that the best horse for tho farmer to ralso Is tiie draft horse, Lie farmer need sometimes to raise roadsters and driving horses; but In tho main the drift loads nil oth ers. The demand Is not so much for an Improved kind of horse a for n first-class nnlmal of the kinds we now have. The draft horse can U raised with little expense to the farmer, nnd he Iteglns to iay his way tn-fore the time comes to market him. Trie draft colt works In easily with the general work of the farm. The fanner may find It difficult to sell a light harness horse for carriage purposes, but he never has trouble In selling a first class draft horse. In any event It should be remembered that It requires no more labor to care for a good draft horse than for a poor one. The horse of quality will consume no more feed than the other, but the margin between cost ami selling price Is very much greater In tho case of the good horse than iR'tween the cost nnd selling price of the Inferior horse. The Pllo. King gives the following statements in regard to building stone silos, says Hoard's Dairyman: "The portion of tho silo wall which Is below ground better 1 nKut two feet thick and laid In cement rather than lime, the cement being desirable because lime mortar becomes hard so very slowly In heavy walls, especially below ground. After the wall Is two feet above ground good lime mortar may bo used, but In this case there ought to be nt least two months for the wall to season and set before fill ing. Tho upper portion of the silo wall need not bo heavier than eighteen inches, and If the size of stone permits of it the outer surface of the wall may be drawn gradually to a thickness of twelve Inches at the top." Sorting Potatoes. Make a bos 12 feet long nnd 4 feet wide, like the Illustration, with three partitions, the back piece should be about 4 feet high, the next 3 feet and FOB BORTISQ roTATOKS. the next IVi feet high. Null pickets on for first Incline, and further apart on the second. This sorts them In throe grades. Shovel them on the top or first Incline and poke them down, and you have them sorted In threo grudes. Delivering Creum to Creameries. Ia the summer time, at leant, cream must be delivered to the creamery every day, If a good article of butter is to be made. In the winter a sys tem of delivering cream every other day mny do well enough, but It should not be made to suit tho situa tion In summer. Wbeiivwholo milk was hauled to tho factory tho fanner realized that It was necessary to haul It every day. With the hauling of the cream tho work Is greatly re duced, because a lighter rig may bo used. The patron should therefore be contented with this saving in cost and not try to double the saving by establishing a system of every other day delivery. Abolish the Mongrel. The mongrel fowl should be given no place eltlior on the farm or the city lot It costs Just as much to feed and care ooon nucKtx coop. tho profit are nowhere near so great, to say nothing of (ho pleasure derived Iroin a nice, uniform flock of fowls. I'retlt In IMg. A good way I to have pigs come in March or April, and that they may enjoy plenty to eat, feed the hows' on waste milk with buckwheat meal, bran nnd oats ground together, or corn and pea meal. A sufficient quantity of this should fu due time be put In a shallow trough, set In n separate part of the pen Into which the pig, but not the sow, enn go. As soon as pastur age I ready they should Imi turned out to feed, nnd by sowing a early as pos fclble three pounds of rape per ncre on good land, preferably that which need summer fallowing, the pigs mny be put on to tills with excellent results along lu the latter part of summer, provided a portion Is reserved for recovery after feeding, while the rest I fed down. Giving three or four pounds of com meal n piece per day, will nicely fatten the pig while on the last of the rape; but If so desired, they may be finished on grain, screenings, com or peas and oats ground together. The fosllng value, of these grains. Including bar ley, Is Improved by having them ground two or three mouth In-fore using, only In that case the meal must bo kept dry, and not allowed to bent or get sour. Set In barrels lu a dry store room Is flu;, best place for It. Feeding of llrmi to Poultry. It Is certainly excellent for poultry and one point In the favor of brnn Is that It contains a much larger propor tion of lime thnn any other cheap food derived from grain, nnd, ns the shells of egg are composed of llmo. It Is es sential that food rich In lime should be provided, writes A. V. Meersch In Western Poultry Journal. It may Iw urged that the use of oyster shells will provide lime, but It will be found thnt It Is the lime lu the food thnt Is most serviceable because It I In n form thnt can be Ntter digested And asslmllntod than carbonnte of lime. Clover Is cer tainly also rich In lime, and when a mash of cut clover and bran I given to the fowls they will need no oyster shell or other mineral matter ns n source from which to provide lime for the shell of eggs. Helf-t'lrnnltig CUtcrn. Owing to the natural tendency of sedimentary deposits lu tho cistern to settle and accumulate In the bottom, all users know how difficult a matter It Is to nvold stale water condition. To BKLK-CLKANlffO CIHTKRX. relieve such conditions Is the object of this Invention. In ordinary construc tion, overflow action Is Intended to merely prevent running over, conse quently the top water only Is drawn off, while all sedimentary elements gravitating to the bottom, remain. W. J. Slack of Fort Wayne, Ind., conceiv ed the Idea that overflow action brought through nnd from the bottom of the cistern would prevent this trou ble. "Cut" shows how automatic over flow action Is brought about. Alfalfa for Hog l'uaturc An experiment station has stated that on good ulfalfa moro thnn 2,000 pounds of pork should lie produced each season from on ncre, nnd that half of this at least should bo credited to tho pasture. This being the case It Is about ns valuable a crop as can be grown on tho land for feeding pur poses. Farmer's Advocate. Chunge of Feed Dexlrable. Milk producing foods should be fed to the dairy cow, not fattening foods. A variety should be provided when pos sible, A change In the feed every few dnys will bo quite acceptable to tho dairy cow. Chicken Note. Green bono should lxt fed threo times a week to tho laying hens and dally to tho male bird. Remember thnt a lousy hen cannot give you the results that she could If free from llco. A few drops of tincture of Iron In the drinking water mako an excellent spring tonic for the fowls. All deformed chicks should be killed as soou as hatched. It is a wasto of time to try to ralso them. If the eggs from a certain pen are found to be largely Infertile, lose no time In getting a new male to head the pen. Never set a deformed or 111 shaped egg. It Is a waste of time. Select the best shaped eggs and be sure that they are from strong, vigorous stock. Com mercial Poultry. OCX r? ,iVvv:---y.'.'-: '.':: " v( :' ;''!' ' ' ::. '.; ...v..;.;-.-..- : v!-----X-X-vyv V ' -to v- : Mnple sugnr-mnklng Is getting to bs a restricted Industry, nnd may, Indeed, become a lost art. The Bureau of For estry, which has recently inn do n study f the business, hns brought some Infer eating facts to light. Since IMftO the area of mnple sugar farming hns great ly chnnged and shrunk. In enrly days msple sugar wns made even In th South, locnus cane sugar wn senrce and ! pensive. In New England, New York and a few other State the In dustry hns held Its own or been ex tended. The bureau finds that seven eighths of what I sold ns mnple migar or maple syrup Is spurious; but In most cases the adulteration Is the work of middlemen, not of the producer. The net Income of a mnple sugar guve Is conservatively estimated at $.1 nn ncre; nnd since the work can be done nt n time when there Is little other farm employment, nnd the grove will nlso furnish the family firewood without deterioration, n igur orchard Is a fair ly profitable Invest incut. .Greater secrecy than ever before will bo exercised this year concerning tho scores uinde nt target practice by the various Vessels of the Atlantic fleet. While some of the detail of the re sults may be made public. It Is not the Intention of the Navy Department to give out the score. This government hns never been able to gather Informa tion concerning I he target practice of other navies and there 'cents tn , tut renson why the score of our nnvy should be made public. Great Britain carefully guards nil of the score mado by her wnrshlps. Some year ago an officer of n British vessel on the Asiatic station told of the results of the tar get practice then Just . finished. Tho Information reached this country nnd was published. A thorough Investiga tion wns made and the officer would have been court nmrtlaleil If It hud been possible to produce positive proof ngulnst him. The expenditure of the government exceeded its current Income by moro thnn lfl,tiOO,(HK) in Aj.rH, and the tren ury deficit for the first ten months nf the tlscnl year Is upward of J.'i I.imni,. (km). While the month of Mny ami June nearly nlwnys show n huliiucc on the right side of the government's ac count books, many fenr that the de ficit nt the end of the fiscal year, Juno .10, will reach $:10,us,(ni. The problem of the deficit I a serious one lii Ihe opinion of the treasury officials. The cash balance In the treasury has de clined to $1.13.11,777. Including the amounts held by the national bank de positories, nnd Secretary Shaw tins found It m ssary to withdraw from the banks $L'0.ihhi,(N)0. The cash bal ance actually on hand lu the treasury Is snld by some to hnve fallen below the point of absolute safety. "Beware of the high rate of Inter est." Is the lesson of most of (be swin dle ngnlnst which the post office De partment has recently lssue. fraud or der. An offer of exceptionally large returns for either labor or capital should nt once awaken suspicion. If the enterprise Is so promising, why docs not the person who controls It keep It for himself? The fact that there nre n few, a very few, case where large risks have been tnk m ami large profits have been realized Is the argument most used by those who have patent rights, gold mines ami oth er such properties to sell at a thou sand times their value. The person of moderate menus cannot afford to take such risks. In 1!04 tho number of nrrlvnls nt Ellis Island wns fMxl.ooo, the number In the entire country being SOO.ooo. (if these 1M3.510 settled down In New York City, and the great majority of the re mainder went to other cities ns labor ers, etc., where they nre not necdd. It Is now estimated that one million Immigrants will come to this country during the year l!Mt."i. The task of ab sorbing this great mass Into the politi cal system Is one of the penalties which life United States pays for Its unrival ed economic opportunities, Ms relief from great standing iiimles, and its at mospheru of freedom. During the last yenr moro thnn Ave thousnnd rural mull routes have been established, and during the coming summer a thousand more will bo open ed. Every route over which the enr rler takes bis little packet Is a thread which binds this great, spreading coun try Into moro solid unity. Expansion seems still to bo tho na tional watchword. The general staff of tho army has decided to lengthen the United States bayonet by four Inches. Still, It was a dictum of Oliver Wendell Holmes that as nation lengthen their weapons they narrovr their boundaries. I.ubor Notes. The teaching of typewriting will be begun lu tho normal school at Zncatecus, Mexico. Tho government of the Ntots has hns bought a innnlr of machines of the most modern and best types for the school. Chicago and Alton employes have been Instructed not only to give up drinking Intoxicating liquors, but to stay away from gambling places and dance halls. The compuny snys It means to keep Its men up to as high a physical und mental standard as possibly.