ij Tbe Specif
CHATTER XIV. Conttnusl
As soon its tlio train pulls up, ft dozen
travelers, of whom I am one, get out on
to the track. By the light of the Inn torn
It Is easy to nee that the break a ice Is
not due to malevolence. Hut it i none
the less true that the two Inst vans, the
mortuary van and the rear van occupied
by the goods guard, are missing, How
fur are they? Nobody knows.
You should have heard the shouts of
the 1 'era hi n guards engaged lu escorting
the remains of Yen Iou, for which they
were responsible! The travelers in their
ran, like themselves, had not noticed
when the coupling broke. It might be
an hour, two hours, since the accident.
What ought to be done was clear
enough. The train must be run back
ward and pick up the lost vans.
Nothing could be more simple. Hut
and this surprised me the behavior of
my lord Faruskiar seemed very strange.
He insisted in the most pressing manner
that not a moment should be lost, lie
poke to Popof, to the driver, to the
stoker, and for the first time I discov
ered that he spoke Russian remarkably
well.
The train began to run back as soon
as we had taken our places. The Gor
man baron attempted to complain, but
l"aruskiar gave him such n look that
lie diil not care to get another, and stow
ed himself away in the corner.
Dawn appeared in the east when the
two wagons were found a kilometer off,
and the train gently slowed up to them
after an hour's run.
Faruskiar and Ghangir went to help in
coupling on the vans, which was done
as firmly as possible. Major NoK.tz and
I noticed that they exchanged a few
words with the other Mongols. After
all, there was nothing astonishing in
that, for they were countrymen of theirs.
We resume our seats iu the train, and
the engineer tries to make up for lost
time.
Nevertheless, the trftln does not arrive
at Kachgar without a loug delay, and it
Is half past four in the morning when
we enter the capital of Chinese Turkes
tan. CI1APTER XV.
What was not done at the frontier has
to be done at Kachgar. Russians and
Chinese are one as bad as the other
when there are vexing formalities, papers
to Terify, passports to sign, etc. It is
the same sort of meddling, minute and
overfastidious, and we must put up with
it We must not forget the terrible
threat of the formula the functionary of
the Celestial Empire affixes to his acts
"Tremble and obey!" I am disposed
to obey, and I am prepared to appear
before the authorities of the frontier. I
remember the fears of Kinko, and it is
with regard to him that the trembling is
to be done, if the examination of the
travelers extends to their packages and
luggage.
It is 10 o'clock when a stroke of the
gong announces that the police formali
ties are about to begin. We leave the
table and a few minutes afterward are in
the waiting room.
A'l my numbers are present, with the
exception, of course, of Kinko, who
would have done honor to our breakfast
if it had been possible for him to take
part in it. There was Doctor Tio-King,
his "Cornaro" under his arm: Fulk F,ph
rinell and Miss Horotia Bluett, mingling
their teeah and hair, figuratively, be it
understood: Sir Francis Trevellyan, mo
tionless and silent, intractable and stiff,
smoking his cigar on the threshold; Faru
skair, accompanied by Ghangir; Russian,
Turkoman, Chinese travelers in all
from sixty to eighty persons. Every one
had in his turn to present himself at the
table, which was occupied by two Celes
tials in uniform, a functionary speaking
Russian fluently, an interpreter for Ger
man, French and English.
The Chinese was a man about 50, with
a bald head, a thick mustache, a long
pigtail, and spectacles on his nose. Wrap
ped in a flowery robe, fat as if he be
longed to the most distinguished people
in the country, he had not a prepossess
ing face. After all. it was only a verifi
cation of our papers, and as ours were
in order, it did not much matter how re
pulsive he looked.
"What an air he has," murmured
Madame Caterna.
"The air of a Chinaman," said her
husband, "and, frankly, I do not like it."
I am one of the first to present my
passport, which bears the vlsaa of the
consul at Tiflis and the Russian authori
ties at Urun Ada. The functionary looks
at it attentively. When you are dealing
with a mandarin, you should always be
on the lookout. Nevertheless, the exam
ination raises no ditllculty, and the seal
of the green dragon declares nie all iu
order.
The same result with regard to the
actor ami actress. Nevertheless, It wus
worth while looking at Caterna while
his papers were being examined. lie
assumed the attitude of a criminal en
deavoring to mollify a magistrate, he
mude the shuepiost of eyes, and smiles
absolutely the most deprecating smiles,
and seemed to implore a grace or rather
a favor, and yet the most obdurate of
the Chinamen had not a word to say to
him.
"Correct," said the Interpreter.
"Thank you, my prince," replied Ca
terna, with the accent of a Paris street
boy.
A to Ephrinell and Miss Bluett, they
went through like a posted letter. If an
American commercial and an English
ditto were not in order, who would be?
Uncle Ham and John Bull are oue as far
as that goes.
The other travelers, Russian and Tur
koman, underwent examination without1
any difficulty arising. Whether they were
first class or second class, they had ful
filled the conditions required by the Chi
nese administration, which levies a rather
heavy fee for each visa, payable in rou
bles, tuels or sapeks.
CHAPTER XVI.
Among the travelers I noticed an
American clergyman bound to Pekin.
This was the Rev. Nathauiel Morse of
Boston, one of those honest Bible dis
tributors, a Yankee missionary, in the
gutt of a merchant, and very keen in
Correspondent i!
business matters. At a venture I make
him No. 13 in my note book.
The verification of the papers of young
Pun Chao and Dr. Tio-King gave rise
to no difficulty, nnd on leaving they ex
changed "tin thousand good-mornings'
with the more amiable, of the Chinese
representatives.
When it came to the turn of Major
Noltiti a slight Incident occurred. Sir
Francis Trevellyan, who came to the
table at the same moment, did not seem
inclined to give way. However, nothing
resulted but haughty and provoking
looks. The gentleman did not even take
the trouble to open his mouth. The Rus
sian and the Englishman each received
the regulation visa, and the affair went
no further.
My lord Faruskiar, followed by Ghan
gir. then arrived before the man in spec
tacles, who looked at him with a certain
amount of atteutiou. Major Noltitz anil
I watched him. How would he submit
to this examination? Perhaps we were
to be undeceived regarding him.
Hut what was our surprise, and even
our stupefaction, at the dramatic out
burst which at once took place. After
throwing a glance at the papers present
ed to him by Ghangir the Chinese func
tionary rose and bowed respectfully to
Faruskiar. saying:
"May the general manager of the
Grand Transasiatic deign to receive my
ten thousand respects!"
General manager, that is what he is.
this lord Faruskiar. All is explained.
During our crossing of Russian Turkes
tan he hail maintained his incognito like
a great personage in a foreign country:
but now on the Chinese railways he re
sumed the rank which belonged to him.
And I had permitted myself to iden
tify him with the pirate Ki-Tsang. And
Major Noltitz. who had spent his time
suspecting him! At last I have some one
of note in our train I have him. this
somebody; I will make his acquaintance.
I will cultivate it like a rare plant, and
if he will ouly speak Russian I will in
terview him down to his boots. I am
completely upset, and I could not help
shrugging my shoulders, when the major
whispers to me:
"Perhaps one of the bandit chiefs with
whom the Grand Transasiatic had to
make terms."
"Come, major, be serious."
The visit was nearing its end when
Baron Weissschnitierdorfer appeared.
He is preoccupied, he is in trouble, he is
anxious, he is confused, he is fidgety.
Why is he shaking, and bending, and
diving into his pockets like a man who
has lost something valuable?
"Your papers," demands the Interpret
er in German.
"My papers," replies the baron; "I am
looking for them; they were In my. letter
case."
And he dived again into his trousers
coat pockets, his great-coat pockets
there were twenty of tjiem, at least
anil he found nothing.
"Be quick be quick!" said the inter
preter. "The train cannot wait!"
"I object to its going without me!"
exclaimed the baron. "These papers
how have they gone astray? I must have
let them drop out of my case. They
should have given them back to me "
At this moment the gong awoke the
echoes of the interior of the railway sta
tion. "Wait! wait! Donner vetter! Can't
jou wait a few moments for a man who
is going round the world in thirty-nine
days?"
"The Grand Transasiatic does not
wait." says the interpreter.
Without waiting for any more. Major
Noltitz and I reach the platform, while
the baron continues to struggle in the
presence of the impassable Chinese func
tionaries. I
My first oare is to look into the front
van. The custom house officers are about
to visit it, and I tremble for poor Kinko.
It is evident that the fraud has not
been discovered yet, for there would have
been a great stir at the news. Suppose
the case is passed? Will Its position be
shifted? Will it be put hind side before
or upside down? Kinko will not then
be able to get out, and that would be a
complication.
The Chinese officers have eome out of
the van and shut the door, so that I
cannot give a glance Into it. The essen
tial point Is that Kinko has not been
caught in the act. As soon as possible
I will enter the van, and, as bankers
say, "verify the state of our safe."
Before getting Into our car, Major Nol
titz as''.s me to follow him to the reur
of the train.
The scene we witness is not devoid of,
interest; it is the giving over of the
corpse of the mandarin Yen Lou by the
Persian guards to a detachment of sol
diers of the Green Standard who form
the Chinese gendarmerie. The defunct
pusses iuto the core of twenty Celestials,
who are to occupy the second-class car
iu front of the mortuary van. They
are armed with guns and revolvers, and
commanded by an officer.
"Weil," said I to the major, "this
mandarin must be some very exalted
personage If tfce Son of Heaven sends
him a guard of honor "
. "Or of defense," replies the major.
Faruskiar and Ghangir assist at these
proceedings, in which there is nothing
surprising. Surely the general manager
of the line ought to keep an eye on the
Illustrious defunct Intrusted to the care
of the Grand Transasiatic.
The gong was struck for the last time,
we hasten Into our cars. And the baron,
what has become of him? Here he comes
out on to the platform like a whirlwind.
He has found bis papers at the bottom
of his nineteenth pocket. He has ob
tained the necessary vlst and it .was
time.
"Passengers for Tekin take your
seats!" shouts Popof, in a sonorous voice.
The train trembles, it starts, it has
gone.
CHAYTER XVII.
We are off on a Chinese railway, sin
gle line, the train drawn by a Chinese
engine, driven by a Chinese driver. Let
us hope we shall not be telescoped on
the roud, for among the passengers Is one
of the chief functionaries of the com
pany, lu the person of Faruskiar.
I Our train runs at only moderate speed
' since we left Kachgsr. On the opposite
horison we can see the high lauds of the
Pamir; to the southwest rises the Holor, I
the Knchgarlsn belt from which towers
the summit of Taglmrma, lost among the
clouds.
I I do not know how to spend my time.
Major Noltiti has never visited the ter
ritories crossed by the Grand irnnsasi-
ii tie. Hlid I am deprived of tne pleasure
of taking notes from his dictation. Dr.
Tio-King does not lift his nose from his
"Cornaro," and Pan Chao reminds me
more of Paris and France than of Pekin
and China; besides, when lie came to
Europe he came by Sued, and he knows
no more of Oriental Turkestan than he
does of Kamtschntka. All the same,
we talk. He Is a pleasant companion,
but a little less amiability and a little
more originality would suit me better.
I am reduced to strolling from oue car
to another, lounging on the plat forms, in
terrogating the horizon, which obstinate
ly ret uses to reply, listening on all sides.
Halloo! there are the actor and his
wife apparently In animated conversa
tion. I approach. They sing in an un
dertone. Ephrinell and Miss Bluett are talking
away with unusual animation, and I
catch the end of the dialogue.
"1 am afraid." said she, "that hair
w ill be rising in Pekin."
"And 1." said he, "that teeth will be
down. Ah! If a good war would only
break out. iu which the Russians would
give the Chinaman a smack on the
jaw."
There now! Smack them on the jaw
iu order that Strong, Hulbul & Co., of
New York, might -have a chance of do
ing a trade!
Really. 1 do not know what to do, and
we have a week's journey before us. To
Jericho with the Grand Transasiatic and
its monotonous security! The Great
Trunk from New York to San Francisco
has more life in it. At least, the redskin
do sometimes attack the trains, and the
chance of a scalping on the road can but
add to the charm of the voyage.
Hut what is that I hear being recited,
or rather Intoned, at the end of our
compartment ?
" 'There is no man. whoever he may
he, who cannot prevent himself from
eating too much and avoid the evils due
to repletion. On those who are intrusted
with the direction of public affairs this is
more Incumbent than on others "
It Is Doctor Tio-King reading "Cor
naro" aloud, in order that he may re
member his principles better. Eh! after
all, this principle is not to be despised.
Shall I send it by telegram to our cabi
net ministers? They might, perhaps.
dine with more discretion after it.
During this afternoon, I find by the
guidebook that we shall cross the Ya-
manyar over a wooden bridge. This
stream descends from the mountains to
the west, which are at least twenty-five
thousand feet high, and its rapidity is
increased with the melting of the snows.
Sometimes the train runs through thick
jungles, amid which Popof assures me
tigers are numerous. Numerous they
may be. but I have not seen one. And
yet, iu default of redskins, we might get
some excitement out of tiger skins. What
a heading for a newspaper, ami what a
stroke of luck for a journalist! "Terri
ble Catastiophe! A Grand Transasiatic
Express Attacked by Tigers! Fifty
Victims! An Infant Devoured Before Its
Mother's Eyes!" the whole thickly lead
ed ami appropriately displayed.
The two principal stations have been
Yanghi-Hissar, where the train stops ten
minutes, and Kizil, where it stops a
quarter of an hour. Several blast fur
naces are at work here, the soil being
ferruginous, as shown by the Word
"Kizil," which means red.
(To b continued.
In a Fishing VMIajr".
It would be dilhVult to find through
out England a finer liking and health
ier set of women than those In a York
shire fishing vlll.ige, clear-skinned and
bright-eyed, with slender, upright flg-un-s,
and usually with three or four
splendid sturdy children clinging round
their skirts. They lire living proofs
that work, nml extremely hard work,
does not affect tho health. Every
evening at sunset during the summer
the tlshlng boats p out, and the wo
men come down mid help launch the
lo:its. No easy task this; It Is very
picturesque, but to do It every muscle
must l? strained ami every sense be
nlert, and when some forty boat hnvo
to be helped out every night' it means
a considerable addition to the day's
work, which Includes besides the or
dinary household tasks bringing up
the nets, spreading them out to dry
every day, and boiling them In a solu
tion of tar every week or ho in order
to preserve them.
Then, as the days shorten, the fish
ing times change, and during the cold
est part of the year every wife conies
out with a lighted kin tern between
two and three in the morning to speed
her lord on his way, (or, should the
tide be low, to dig for bait. A hard
life, one would say, and yet these wo
men are happy and contented, living
only for husband and children.
Another Pocket Device.
A typewriter for the pocket Is one of
the latest bits of American Ingenuity,
specially designed to meet the require
ments of journalists and authors who
need to take notes under conditions
where a pencil and paper would not
be convenient. It may be worked
without removing the hands from the
pocket. It Is four Inches long by three
Inches wide.
Where the Pain Came In.
"'Painless dentistry!'" snorted old
Hunks, who had Just bad a tooth ex
tracted and was opening his pocket
book with extreme reluctance. " 'Pain
less!' H'mph! You don't seem to think
it hurts to have to pay 'i for two
minutes' work!" Chicago Tribune.
Magio in Art.
There Is a magic In the word that
makes men, even when they are so
cross and Ignorant that they don't
know the meaning of It, profess a love
for art. Chicago Record-Herald.
Clay modeling In schools la con
demned by doctors as being worse
than slates for transmitting Infectious
disease, .
The Y'.ua-t.iiv Inn lien.
Since poultrynien have begun to fttm
at n high standard In egg production
ami to strive for' the two hundred
egg hen (the type not the Individual),
much advance has been made, ul
though the White Leghorn still heads
the list. Of course, there are lion
and hens even of this egg laying
breed, ami some of them fall far be
low the standard. It Is Interesting to
note the formation of the rent egg pro
ducer, and the Illustration, which has
been drawn from n photograph of n
prize egg producer, will show this for
mation very clearly, as compared with
the n vertigo hen of this or any other
breed.
The egg producer has n long back,
which Is easily noted w hen she is seen
V
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" - .-w.l Of. ,
TTI'K or HKHT I.AYKR.
with ordinary fowls. The breast Is
also low, and there Is a heaviness of
the body behind. In one word, tho
carcass may be called plump. I no
comb and wattles are fiery red, the
eyes bright, and the bird has an alert
ness which does not seetn to bo promi
nent In other Individuals not so good
layers. It pays to look over the birds
very carefully, and If one has a stand
ard to go by It will be seen that nine
cases out of ten the bird which looks
like a layer of few eggs will be found
to be so. Indianapolis News.
Simple Garden Marker.
A marker Is oue of the handy tools
of the farm, and Is readily made by
taking a strip of Inch material of the
desired length, and, at the proper dis
tance from the ends, making holes In
which to Insert poles to form a shaft
to which a horse may be fastened. At
Intervals on this strip make holes so
that the teeth may be moved as de
sired. These teeth may be made of
wood and of varying thicknesses and
lengths to suit the various seeds. A
few bolts will do the fastening per
fectly. For general use the necessary num
ber of teeth may bo made triangular
In shape, the upper end containing two
bolt boles, so as to lengthen If desired.
(See Fig. 1.) A neat adjustment of a
tooth Is shown at Fig. 2. Heavy board
teeth may bo used whero coarse seed
la to be used If one desires, the 'teeth
being attached to tho bar In the samo
manner as the others. Figs. 3 and 4
show such a tooth and its attachment
to the bar. Exchange.
Get Acqualntod With Your Cows.
That is tho advice of Wallace's
Fanner to those of Its readers who
take milk to creameries. Then the
Farmer explains what It means by the
phrase, "getting acquainted with your
cows." It Is a curious fact, but one
that Is as true as the multiplication
table, that there are thousands upon
thousands of farmers who really know
less about their cows than any other
animal on the farm. They never know
bow much milk they give or how much
butter or cheese they make or how
many la the herd are paying for their
board.
Calves Ha Led Without Milk.
A a substitute for skim milk la rais
ing calves, cocoa nut shell tea appears
to have some merits. At the Ontario
Experiment Station calves were fed
in addition to what corn and green
feel they wanted tlx to eight quarts
MAHKICn FOII THE OAUDKN.
of lea made by boiling one fourth
pound of cocoa shells In two gallons of
unto!'. They gained l.'lo pounds In
eight weeks, while two other calves
foil on two gallons of sUlui milk per
il.iy In addition lo the other feeds
gained lis pounds In the same pe
riod. The conclusion was that shells
made as good a substitute for skim
milk as could be had, bill that noth
ing could entirely take tho place of
milk for young stock.
Kftl Cure for l.niiirnru.
A roomy yard or large box stall Is a
bettor place for a horse requiring rest
on account of lameness than u gru
Held. Very often the rest lipiy be ren
dered more complete by Judicious sur
gical shoeing, which throws the part
actually Involved Into a state of rest.
Many make the mistake of turning
horses out dining the day and bring
ing them In at night. Generally speak
ing, the it li I inn I would be better off out
at night than during tin day, the ex
ception being when there Is a great
variation between the day and night
temperature. The horse Is nocturnal
In his habits; he can gra.o and get
about comfortably In a low- nuslluni
of light. If he cannot actual)' "see lu
the dark," as he Is popularly sup
posed to bo able to do, and he ran get
food, moderate exercise and the bene
ficial cflTeet of night dews and damp
grass to his feet, and Is subject to no
disturbance. American Cultivator.
Hklm Milk for lig.
On any farm whero jigs are raised
and skim milk Is available, It may
be fed with profit lu connection with
grains of various kinds. To use tho
skim milk without the grain Is not
getting tho best out of It. Tho usual
plan of feeding skim milk to pigs from
two to -three mouths old Is to make a
mixture of middlings or ground corn
with five times tho ijuantlty of skim
milk. This ration furnishes about tho
same nutriment that does the milk of
tho sow. and tho pigs will thrive on It.
Some pig raisers try n ration consist
ing of one part of mlddlfngs, one part
of oil meal and four parts of ground
corn mixed with water lu lieu of skim
milk, and find It fairly satisfactory.'
( otislderablo care must bo used In the
feeding of young pigs, and It pays to
try and arrange a ration which will
keep them growing as sturdily as ios
slble. Manuel Wnrzrla na Htork Ket-d.
David Initio, lu an address before
a Wisconsin institute, gave excellent
advice from a long experience In swine I
hrctsilng, making a few good points. '
Ho said: "1 am satisfied we must
raise inure mangels for our swine. :
They are peculiarly adapted for fur-.
nlshlng cheap nutrition, easily digest
ed and health giving. I am sure we'
must look more carefully to this iies
tlon of dry matter In roots. We have
certainly overlooked the value of food
nutrients lu this form, not only for
feeding pigs, but all kinds of live stock.
In my Judgment no other root growth
will take their place. Potatoes surely
will not. I hope fanners will earnest
ly take hold of this question and raise,
so far as their farm arrangements may
permit, mangel wur.els." National
Stockman.
To Itatleve ilciivra.
Wet all food. Feed green grass lu
preference to hay. Do not work soon
after a meal. Give half ounce Fow
ler's solution of arsenic twice dally.
Breeders' Gazette says the disease Is
Incurable, but may be relieved by this
treatment.
Poultry PUklnga.
There is less profH In half starved
hens than In those too fat.
The crocodile, the chicken and the
ostrich take pebbles with their food to
aid In grinding It
The qualifications for a successful
poultryman are patience, perseverance,
pluck, enterprise and capital.
If you do not lovo your poultry well
enough to give them the proper care,
you had better go out of business.
If there is any tendency to looseness
of the bowels among the poultry, give
them coal ashes to pick over. This
will correct it.
Milk may soil the old hen's feath
ers, but thero Is nothing better for her
In tho way of food and drink.
A good way to dean ducks, after
picking Is to rub them well with a
cloth that has been dampened atid
dipped In corn jneal.
To save the annoyance of foul-smell-Ing
chicken boxes In which you have
live poultry, slip two or threo sheets
of thick paper In tho bottom; when
empty throw theso away.
Garden Hints.
The California poppy Is the most
brilliant red annual. Do not trans
plant. Earl plants of marigold flower In
pots before replautlng, and never stop
until frost.
Zinnia is gorgeous and always in
flower. It Is well to get selected
strains for pure colors.
Bow sweet peas early and cut the
flowers promptly If you want flowers
through the whole season.
Sweet William, the "cluster-flowered
pink," la very fragrant Remember,
it likes moist rich soil.
Morning glory is the best vine for
the' trellis. Soak the seed in warm wa
ter before planting. It self-sows. Tha
first frost kills It
W ' -
"Lawsou's associates will not talk,"
says a Boston dispatch. Law son's as
sociates probably do not gel a chance.
Washington Post.
Admiral Beresford wants tho United
Slates ami Great Britain to hit vn ono
Hag. Judgment will bo suspended un
til tho Admiral specifies the Hag. Mil
waukee Sentinel,
Young Rockefeller does not deem II
necessary to defend his father. Il
Is light. Tho old gentleman Is able to
lelalu good lawyers for that purpoti.
Pittsburg tia.elto.
Russia protests that Japan proposes
to kidnap tho Emperor of Korea. Whr
didn't KuivpatMu slay and see that
the outrage w is not perpetrated?
New York Evening Sun.
Mr. Carnegie has presented King
Edward with u dlplodocus. lie neg
lected tho usual provision that ths
King should supply a dlplodocus of
equal value. Washington Post,
Tho I'nlverslty of Chicago bus "cut
out" tho lamp of learning heretofore
appearing on Its seal. This would si I
to bo a direct slap at tho Standard
Oil Company. Topeka Herald.
Talking about frenzied llnance- how
Is It that New York legislators, with
$l,riiM per annum, Increase their bank
accounts to $JYin In a single ses
sion? Cincinnati Commercial Tribune,
What boots the Czar's rescript. r
movliig tho more vexatious disabili
ties from the Poles and Lithuanians,
when ho Is Ilkciy to recall It as soon as
Iho wind changes? Boston Transcript.
Tho Duke of Manchester condemns
tho American scramble for the al
mighty dollar, but sees nothing to -'ensure
In the British scramble for rli
American heiresses. Ixuilsvillo Her
ald. While so much Is printed In' tho
newspapers about Mr. Tuft, tho aver
age citizen will feel like wondering
what has become of tho Vice-President.
No notice of his death has been
published. Birmingham News.
Henry Clews gives a list of 12 men
whoso fortunes range from $ 1. , m.
(mh to f ." s i,i m a i, n s . but It Is dollars to
doughnuts that ho did not base his es
timates on any Information gained at
tho assessor's offices. Spokane Spoke,
man Review.
Ambassador Choato Is still being as
sured by our klu across the water that
ho Is a Jolly good fellow. Mr. Choato
Is expected to bring home one of tli.
most gigantic cases of dyspepsia that
has ever been Imported. Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
If Secretary Tuft should ever hopo
for a new and an original coat of arms!
hr might have a lid rampant, a Pros
blent expectant and a Bowcn nnl
LhiiiiIs squabble cone! ant as part of
the arrangement, with a pretty kettlo
as a crest. Cincinnati Couimerclil
Tribune.
Outside of Chicago tho country U
weary of the strike and would gladly
seo It ended, though not directly con
forms!. In tho matter of the publlj
peace the whole country Is concerned,
and desires to see It m.iliifalncil,
whether tho strike continues or not.
Pittsburg Gazette.
"The professors, the teachers In col
leges and universities, these are thn
true aristocracy, these are the hap
piest men," says Andrew Carnegie.
Beginning of their three months'
vacation season convince two week
men that they are so lu fact. New
York Evening World.
Lumber Is ordered up the ladder
another round or two by tho Christian
gentlemen forming the combine to
whom, to quote Bncr, the Almighty,
lu Ills Infinite wisdom, has commit
ted the lumber property of this nil I Ion
that they may care for tho comfort of
His people. St. Paul Dispatch,
Secretary Morton Is reported to have
said that the complaints about the
railroads overcharging shippers are
mostly unfounded. It Is also reported
that Mr. Morton Is to retire from tho
Cabinet to re-enter the railroad busi
ness. Is there any connection between
tho two reports? Oakland Tribune.
A Cleveland genius has Invented a
contrivance to prevent women from
stepping olt backward when they leave
street cars. This Is u good work. Wo
hope tho Inventor will now turn hlsj
attention to the business of Inventing
some kind of a device that will keep
fi.ols from rocking boats. Chicago
Record-Herald. ,
President Roosevelt Is peculiarly
fortunate In having his Americanism
on straight at all times. In tho posses
sion of that uncommon commodity
known as common sense he Is almost
the richest man In public life In this
country. And ho long as he Is able,
by some odd process of Intuition, to go
as straight to the mark as he did In
his Chicago speeches, ho will command
tho respect of his countrymen and
win new evidences of approval. De
troit Fieo Press.
One Inkstand at $r()0 Is of Itself a
thing hardly worth talking about. But
as an evidence of that vulgar osten
tation In tho details of government
against which the founders of the re
public act their face, It speaks vol.
umes. Boston Post.
Now that there Is a discussion of
safer means for tHo transportation of
high explosives, Interest centers lu tho
method that will bo employed in con
veying Thomas W. Lawson from Bos
ton to Ottawa, Kan., for his Fourth of
July speech. Indianapolis Star.