CHAPTER VII. -(Continued.)
"You don't know what a strange place
this world Is, Miss Mallett," h began.
"Your father loves you, and takes every
care of you. You must therefore bear
this lu wind, and not be hard ou the fail
ings of others who have not had your
privilege. My wife poor girl! had no
mother when I first, met her, and wa
totally dependent on her father for so
ciety. It was a bad training for a young
woman, for her father was a good-natured,
careless fellow, always avoiding re
pponsibility as long as was possible, and
when at last compelled to show authority,
making up by ex.igserated harshuess for
Ms previous neglect.
"My wife was a high-spirited girl and
could not submit to the alternate fits of
indulgence and tyranny, She was about
seventeen when I first met her, aud her
father's treatment was becoming unbear
able. I became desperately sorry for
her and suggested the only means la my
power to help her, which was to make
her my wife. It was a foolish proceed
ing. I know, but I was young then, and
had not begun to look at life seriously,
or I should hare asked myself how her
position would be bettered by being tied
for life to a helpless, penniless fellow, as
I was then. Well, we were married
privately, of course and for a few
weeks thought we loved each other very
dearly: then she had another fearful
quarrel with her father and begged me
to take her away to a home of her own.
I was earning a beggarly pittance at that
time. I explained my position to her,
nd advised her to wait until I had ob
tained a certain appointment, of which
I was almost sure. She lost her temper,
poor child, and vowed ahe's never
come near me again. The very next day
I was telegraphed for to England. I
wrote to her, asking her to be patient for
awhile, telling her that I would work
hard and get a permanent post now that
there was a necessity to work, and prom
ising to come back shortly to take her
from the cruelty to which she had to sub
mit. "On my arrival In .England I found
that an almost unknown uncle had left
roe a property amounting to nearly three
thousand pounds a year. You can Im
agine how glad I was for my poor girl's
sake. I made np my mind to surprise
ber and personally communicate the good
news, so did not write. I got through
the nsual legal formalities as quickly as
possible, and rushed back to Rome only
to find them gone! Some told me they
had gone to one place, some to another,
until I was utterly at a loss what to do
However, I traced them, after a month's
search, to Naples, and then it waa only
to find that her father had died a few
days previously and that aha had disap
peared no one knew whither.
"I did not know any of her people,
ao I was compelled to search single
banded. For six months I went np and
down like a restless spirit in search of
peace. At last I found heir or rather
ber grave for she had died; she had
died in a convent, where she had been
teaching English. By the help of a ser
vant I obtained permission to see ber
grave. There was a plain atone with her
Dame only, and the date of her death,
which took place some few weeks prior
to my visit Poor child! I cannot con
vey to you how great a blow It was to
me, and my grief was not lessened by
the fact that she bad died at enmity
with me."
"We must hope she forgave you, al
though you did not see her," Ethel said
quietly.
Felling did not answer, and there was
silence for a time. It waa a relief when
Mr. Mallett spoke.
"She must have been of a most unfor
giving disposition to resent your pov
erty so bitterly, and to nurse her hatred
in her dying moments,"
"I don't think she did that Indeed,
the chances are that. In her poor little
way, she was looking for me as anxious
ly as I was for ber. It waa one of those
strange fatalities that human foresight
seems utterly unable to prevent"
He rose aned shook himself, as if wish
ful to put away the memories that had
crowded upon him while speaking of the
long-silent past
"You will think me no end of a bore
for annoying you with all this history;
but, if you can imagine the relief it has
been to me to speak of it and you have
any human kindness in your hearts, you
will forgive me for the infliction. But
my poor sketches? I have it! You must
come down and spend a long day with
me on Sunday. What do you aay, Miss
Mallett?"
Ethel looked perplexed. She had hoped
against hope that Jack would return ev
ery Sunday since his departure, and went
through a torment of expectation as the
day wore on. This had taken place for
the last three Sundays; but she went on
hoping. II" father, recognizing the diffi
culty in which Ethel found herself, came
to the rescue.
"If Ethel can arrange mattera, It shall
be as you wish. I cuu't say more; for
it is not uiy affair, but hers."
"Thank you very much."
Ten minutes later the captain stood
alone at the gate, watching the dog cart
disappear down the road.
"So it's Ethel's 'affair " he said.
"Well, I hope they'll come and bring
Ethel's 'affair' with them. I shall be
better able to judge of my own chance
after I have seen my rival."
CHAPTER VIII.
It was a day or two after Ethel's
visit to Wimbledon that she sat reading
a curious letter, which ran as follows:
"Your lover cares for you no longer.
His honor and his pity for you alone
keep him to his given word. lie makes
light of you to others."
Ethel did not quite believe all this;
but she believed enough of it was true
to justify ber in giving Jack an oppor
tunity ..of freeing himself from bis en
gagement. She decided that she would
not worry her father, but would act for
herself. Acting on this decision, she
wrote:
"My Dear Jack You hart uow been
The fttfc's Sccrct
OR A BITTER RECKONING
By CHARLOTTU M. BRAUMU
away three weeks. As yet you do not
say anything about returning, but, on the
contrary, speak of your work as being
likely to keep you for several weeks
longer. In the three weeks of your ab
sence yon have written me four letters,
and those have evidently been an unwel
come task. Io yon guess what I am go
ing to say? I wish I were sure you
knew, that I might be save,! the pain of
writing the words. I think you have
found out that you do not care for me in
the way you thought you did, and your
sense of honor alone is keeping you to
the letter of your engagement to me. I
have reasons of which you know nothing
for believing this to be the cine; so we
have both made a mistake, and that, if
you are willing, our engagement had bet
ter conic to an end.
"Please don't think I blame you In
any way; it was only one of those mis
takes that everybody is liable to make.
"Ever your sincere friend,
"ETHEL MAI-LETT."
Poor Ethel! How she cried over that
letter! How she hoped against hope that
Jack might not be willing to end the
engagement! How carefully she read the
words through to bo sure that she had
not definitely settled the matter that,
In fact, she had done only what she in
tended given Jack a chance of accept
ing his freedom if he wished for it!
Had the matter-of-fact little epistle
arrived at a more favorable moment,
had Jack had leisure to read between the
lines and discover the wounded pride
and self-respect that had dictated every
word, his manhood might have asserted
itself In Ethel's favor. As it was Jack
read the letter impatiently at first, but
as its meaning dawned upon him he
turned back to the top of the leaf and
read It again, assured himself of the un
equivocal nature of the offer of freedom.
thrust It into his pocket and went off
whistling enegetically to meet Miss Mail
ing at the station on her return from
town.
Pauline saw at a glance that some
thing had happened, and, knowing what
she knew, guessed shrewdly what that
something was. She had not beeu five
minutes In Jack's society before she felt
a subtle difference in his manner toward
her.
"I am ao glad to find you still here,
Mr. Dornton," she said at luncheon,
glancing at him bewitchingly between the
leaves of a palm plant "We were ao
afraid that you would not have been able
to endure a fortnight of this terribly dull
place. Weren't we, Mrs. Sefton?"
"lou forget that Mr. Dornton has
had a real occupation to make the dull
ness endurable. His life Is not passed in
killing time, as yours is, dear."
"To be sure. I had forgotten to ask
how the pictures have progressed."
"The view of the house from the
woods is finished as far as I can finish
It here. The rest of the work I must do
in Newman street
"That is where your studio Is, Is It
not? I should like to see some of your
completed pictures. Will you ask us up
some day to look at them?"
"Any day you please. Say the day
after to-morrow."
"I cannot go back to dusty London
again so soon. I expect my first batch
of visitors on that day, too. At last I
shall be able to do something in the way
of entertaining you, Mr. Dornton, and
show my gratitude to you for enlivening
our aolitude in the past"
"You are too kind. But I have made
arrangements for returning to town to
morrow." "Nonsense. Y'ou speak of arrange
ments in such a serious way that one
might Imagine you had a wife and chil
dren; Instead of which you are the en
viable creature a man without a tie."
She paused an Instant, dreading bis
reply. He made none; but a dull red
crept slowly up his face to the roots of
his hair. She read thia sign to suit her
self, and went on:
"That bejng the case, aa you have no
one to claim your presence as a right,
why not favor me with it as a pleasure?
I should advise you to stay, Mr. Dorn
ton. There are some really charming
people coming on Thursday whom you
should know."
Mrs. Sefton was the embodiment of
discretion, a very model for lady-companions.
She walked away, and Jack
followed Miss Mailing to the picture
gallery.
They were standing In front of the
easel on which Jack had placed his paint
ing of Malliugford House. It was a
charming picture.
"You must do me a copy of this, Mr.
Dornton," said Pauline, "as a memento
of that first morning when I found you
asleep in the wood."
"And awakened me!"
The words were simple enough, but
Jack threw a great deal of expression
Into them, and his eyes conveyed a world
of meaning. .uss Mailing tlushed a
glance at him as she asked:
"Did I wake you? It was quite unin
tentional on my part." v
"And Involuntary on mine."
Pauline, fearing that the conversation
was getting beyond her control, turned
quickly and caught up the first picture
that came to her hand from the opeu
portfolio.
As was to be expected, Jack had spent
many of his spare hours during the last
lonely fortnight in puintiug her portrait
from memory; aud it was this that she
caught up in her nervous haste.
"Oh, Mr, Dornton!" she exclaimed, In
rapturous tones. Even her vanity was
satisfied, and she blushed genuinely at
the lovely picture Jack had made or her.
"I am sorry you found uat, You will
perhaps think it gross presumption; If so,
I can destroy it. I can't wish it undone,
for it has given me so many pleasunt
hours."
"Presumption? No, Indeed! I feel as
tonished at the truthfulness and the flat
tery you have managed to combine In
the picture."
After that there was an awkward
pause. Pauline half wished to bear Jack
say that be loved her, and she half dread-
' d It, for ahe had not yet made np her
mind as to how she would answer him.
Her wish was fulfilled sooner than ahe
anticipated.
Jack showed her bis sketches one after
another, and they were discussed, criti
cised and replaced. As he put the last:
one back Into the portfolio he turned and
addressed her abruptly. With such Im
petuous force did his words How that
sue was compelled to listen to the end.
' "With regard to my staying here, Miss
Mailing, I did not care to discuss the
matter further before Mrs. Sefton at
luncheon; but I must do so now."
He drew a deep breath, and clinched
his hand firmly ou the back of a chair.
"I cannot I dare not stay here with
out telling yon the truth; for, if 1 allow
my feelings to become any stronger than
they are. and meet disappointment In the
end, I'm afraid I shall not be responsible
for my actions. Miss Mailing, I love
you madly. While I am telling you
this I know the chances are that you will
presently turn your back aud say, as you
leave me, 'Please quit my house at once;'
yet 1 now tell you, because 1 cannot
stay in your presence with safety another
hour unless you give me some hope. I
have loved you from the moment 1 vvoko
and saw you that morning in the wood.
You will s:iy that Is not very long; to me
it Is a lifetime. I never lived until that
moment. 1 shall never live again if you
send me away."
His face was very pale when he censed
speaking. Pauline stood near him. the
color coming and going in her cheeks, I
her eyes fixed on Ins face; but she said
never a word. hen tie spoke again nis
words came slowly, hesitatingly, and his
voice had a stilled sound, as if choked
w ith despair.
"You have no answer for me; but you
do not tell me to leave you! it cannot
be that. Pauline; heart of my heart
qiieen of my soul, yon love me!"
His last words died away to a whisper
of intense rapture; and. as Pauline felt
his arms encircle her, his kisses on her
lips, she forgot all the shadows that
lurked in the past, forgot all tho ques
tionable means she had employed to at
tain this end. She only knew that she
loved him with all the force of her na
ture, that she was loved in return; and
for the moment there was iu her heart
as supreme a joy as was ever felt by a
woman.
(To be continued.)
CAR WHlELS AND CURVE&
Scientific Amrriciin A ns wrr Question
Ketcurdinic Tlietu.
One of the questions from corre
spondents that comes to this otllce
wiui persistent reiteration is mat or , tm, Illoni,,B t r.,m, so after they
the possibility of one or the other ofliavt, p,m, t0 r,Hlst prinkle 11 little
the pair of wheels ou a railroad axle, ! pnltll , ,.llafr on the floor to keep
in passing around the curve, slipping tluMU llllsv tll tlll. morning until they
on the rail over which It is rolling,
while the other wheel does not slip
ou its rail, says the Scientific Ameri
can. Although we have frequently ex
plained how this condition Is possible,
the question Is one that evidently
continues to puzzle a great many
people In which respect It la first
cousin to that other much-debated
fact, that the portion of
the periphery of a rolling cart
wheel that is near the ground Is mov
ing more slowly with relation to tho
earth than is the rest of the periphery.
In the case of the two wheels on any
axle of a railroad or trolley car that
Is passing around a curve It is evident
that In a given length, say loo feet of
the curve, measured on a line lying
centrally between the two rails, the
Inner rail will be shorter than the
outer mil, and this for the reason that
It Is struck to a radius that Is about
four and three-quarters feet shorter.
Now, when a pair of wheels passes
around the curve it follows that, be
cause of the difference In length of
the two rails, either the Inner wheel
must slip backward on the Inner rail
or the outer wheel slip forward on tho
outer rail, for the two wheels, being
fixed on the same axle, move at tho
same peripheral speed over different
lengths of rail In the same time.
It is probable that the excessive
wear of the rails on curves Is duo
chiefly to the slipping of the wheels.
Not long ago some remarkable facts
on rail wear on curyes were brought
out In the course of a paper read be
fore the New England Street Railway
Club by the rondmaster of the Boston
elevated rond. The road Is exceeding
ly crooked, over 40 per cent of the lino
consisting of curves, many of which
are very sharp. There are eighteen of
less than 100-foot radius and sixteen
others w:lth a rndlus of less than 150
feet. On the sharpest curve, which Is
of only 82 foot radius and where It Is
claimed that the traffic Is heavier than
that on any other steam or heavy elec
tric rullroad, the life of ordinary steel
rails averages only forty-four days, tho
head of the rail wearing down from
0.00 to 0.77 of an Inch In that time.
The great Inconvenience en used by tho
constantly recurring repairs led tho
company to experiment with hardened
steel rails and when sonic nickel steel
rails were put In on the curves tho
wear was reduced to 0.53 of nn Inch
In 204 days. A manganese steel rail
Is now being used with good results
nnd the wear of these Is only about .13
per cent ns rapid ns that of the nickel
steel rnll nnd about 0 per cent ns rapid
as that of the carbon steel rails.
Atfiie.
"But I thought you told me this was
such a congenial country," said the
man who hud Just moved out In tho
suburbs.
"And It Is," replied the suave agent
"Why, it Is full of mnlnrla!"
"And that Is why I think It Is so
congenial. You see everybody la al
ways Blinking
Natural Deduction.
Oruff Patient Are you quite sure
you understand your business, sir?
Physician Well, I've been practic
ing medicine for fifteen years and not
one of my patients has ever com
plained. Gruff Tntient Huh! Probubly not
Dead men tall do tales.
Winter Home tor Turkey,
While the i,oa of the turkey I. i
ivost high, this prlvl.cgo ciiimot ulw l)
! be accorded If a struituro Is to be pro
vlded for the birds In which to roost.
If they are to roost In the trees, then
they may choose their own limb. It
Is a good plan to make tho turkey
house low, but placing the roosts as
high us possible without humping the
birds up against the roof. The ven
tilation In such n bouse must largely
be provided from th bottom, nn.l till
Is done by having n row of windows
r
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WIHTKU Tl ltKKV Hot SK.
not over eighteen Inches high at tho
bottom, so arranged that they may be
lifted up to penult u current of ulr to
enter.
These windows will also light the
floor of the house, ami n larger window
may bo placed 011 the opposite side,
but higher up. In order properly to
light tho bouse. The turkeys will be
1Ixd!( t(l K,,t out of , I,,,,,,, oarly
are let out. Turkeys on the range must
be well fed during the period they are
under cover, particularly at this time
of year when the feeding on the range
is poor, and when It Is essential to
keep them In good tdmpe ami able to
fatten readily a little later. India nap
oils News.
For Drlvlnn Hog.
This Is another Idea which the one
mnn fnrmer will fin 1 exceedingly use
fill If he has to drive hogs for any
purpose. It needs but one experience
with the beasts to convince any man of
the dltilculty In making K K " here
desired. The hurdle described will help
wonderfullv In this work. Use slats
of one bv three material and mnko .1
Lurje two nnd one half feet high n:il
about four feet long. Make It or light
weight material, so that It may be
easily handled. In either end piece,
at top and bottom, bocks may be placed
so that the hurdle may be attached to
posts if required at any time. Then
make handles to muke It convenient
In manipulating It One should be ou
the center upright near tho top and
one ou either side of the upright in
about the middle. These handles are
mude by fashioning a strip of wood
lurge enough to get hold of, nnd then
nailing it ou to a block and through
the hurdle material. Made light, in
tho manner described, one can drive
a uumber of hogs with ease and also
ward off tho quarrelsome boar If a
member of the herd. In the Illustra
tion the small cut ot the left shows
tho completed handle and the one at
the right the manner of fashioning the
bolt through the block of wood, nnd
the end of the nail or screw going
through the slat
World's Milk Production.
It Is estimated that the total weight
of cows' milk produced In tho world
is 2J,400,(MX) hundredweight, distrib
uted us follows: United States, 0,100,.
000 hundredweight, Russia 3,500,000;
Germany .1,000,000, Trance 20O.00O,
Engluud 200,XK), Austrlu 1,700,000,
Italy 1,450,000, Canada 1,.100,000, Hol
land 1,200,000, Sweden and Norway
800,000, Switzerland 700,000, Denmurk
(.00,000, Belgium 000,000, Australia
550,000, Spain 500,000 and Portugal
500,000. The production of milk In
Europe is 18,450,000 hundredweight
from 45,000,000 cows. Tho number of
milch cows in tho world Is 03,800,000
15,040,000 In tho United States and
10,000,000 in Russia. There) are only
six bead of homed cattle In Spain to
each 2Ya acres of cultivated land, whllo
In Franco there are thirty-four and lu
England fifty-six. This allows tho
poor condition of cattlo breeding lu
Spain, and explains the constant In
crease In the price of butcher's meat
for publlo consumption.
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HURDLE FOB DRIVINO nOOS.
Illlakilitf lorn,
My far the most serious tank lu rais
ing corn Is Hie matter of husking It lu
the Held. Up to date 110 practical ma
chine adapted to this purpose has up
pea roil. Many have been tried, bill
they usually fall short lu some Import
ant particular. None of them has be
come popular, and 11 fortune awaits
the man who perfects a thoroughly
practical corn busker, which will be
as successful relatively us the modern
busker Is for corn fodder, says Orange
Judd Parmer. When corn Is to be
husked direct from the standing corn,
It should be allowed to mature qultu
thoroughly, part Icularly If It I of 11
variety with large ears ami large cob,
containing a high percentage of mois
ture. This must be determined by ex
amination. Some seasons husking be
gins the latter part of September,
while lu others It Is not safe to begin
husking until the middle or end of Oc
tober. The time will also depend
largely iijmii the variety. Early ma
turing kinds have small cobs, and they
an be husked nun h culler than Inte
muturliig and large cur varieties. Corn
when llrst placed In the crib contains
i:i to :!.- or l per cent of moisture. A
common practice lu the great corn
States Is to start through the Held
marking a "down" row. Husk two
rows to the l. ft of the wagon and tho
one row that is under It. Go around a
good-sized "land'' In this manner. The
next time through the Held and every
succeeding time thereafter have tho
team straddle the last husked row
next the corn that has not Ih-cii
husked. This will prevent the noiiw
slty of picking up a down row each
time, aud w ill enable the busker to do
bis work. The ordinary wiigou box
will hold from twenty live to thirty
bushels. When the corn Is exception
ally good, a skillful busker will U- able
to more than till one wagon box In
half 11 day. The capacity of a Imix
may be Increased by putting on nddl
tlolial sideboards. On the right side ot
the wagon box It Is desirable to place,
one or two extra Isiards to act as
bump boards. The busker will not
need to use so much care lu throwing
In bis work. A good busker so gauges
the distance from the row In the wag
on box that It Is not necessary for I1I111
to look where he throws lila ear.
KcrllltxInK the Harden.
There Is no better way to fertilize
the garden than to haul fresh manure,
from the stables aud spread over the
surface during the winter. Contrary
to the common belief, there Is never a
time when manure Is so rich In plant
food as the day It Is made, and th
sooner after that It can be got to the
place where It Is to be used, the more
value It will add to the soil. It Is al
most Impossible to put too much ma
nure on a garden. We would not hesi
tate to put It a foot thick ou the sur
face, for It will leach only so much
more plant-food Into the soil, nnd by
plowing time next spring will Ije set
tled down until It can easily lie plowed
under to furnish humus for the better
ment of the physical condition of the
soil. Wood ashes makes an excellent
fertilizer for the garden, but It should
be saved and npplleil on top of the
soil after It Is plowed in the spring, as
potash Is one of the plant foods that
may be washed too deeply Into tho
soil to bo reached by the roots of gar
den plants, many of which are shallow-rooted.
Fattening Hteers.
The old method of cramming coi-n
Into a steer regardless of whether or
not he digests It, depending on hogs
to pick up the undigested corn, Is u
poor as well ns nn old method. To put
on good flesh nnd to put It on fast a
steer should digest thoroughly all tho
food that he takes Into his stomach.
The food should be prepared carefully
In order that perfect digestion should
take place. I.e.-s corn nnd more en
silaged foods should bo used In tln
Ishlug a steer for 'he market, for the
old idea that corn Is ti.i only food that
will llnlsh a steer properly Is demon
strated to be a mistake t 0110 by ex
periment stations conduct d by respon
sible men sclcdcd by the government
Kxhihltinif Fruits at Fulrs.
One of the handsomest and most at
tractive exhibits of fruit wo have ever
seen was that shown by Lucas County
at the Ohio State fair. Tho fruits,
which comprised practically the whole
list of those available nt that scn:u,
were nei.tly arranged on a large table
ubout twenty feet square and In such
11 manner that the combination of va
rieties nnd colors nt once attracted at
tention nnd prompted comment on Ihu
beauty of tho products. Too frequent
ly color on exhibition tables Is over
looked. Exchange.
Land thutHliould He Drained.
It Is estimated that there are about
one hundred million acres now unpro
ductive which can bo reclaimed
through dikes nnd drains. This land
would have a productive capacity equal
to four times that of the Stnto of Illi
nois and would considerably exceed
the productive area which can be re
claimed by Irrigation.
Cost of Filling Slloe.
The cost of tilling silos was esti
mated by the Illinois Station from rec
ords obtained from nineteen farms In
various parts of the State and the fig
ures showed a range of forty to
seventy-six cents per too, the average
being fifty-six cents.
Our Audubon societies linve now
succeeded lu gelling every soft of bird
pretty well protected ecept the stork.
New York Evening Mall.
Notice II list of deeds John I). Rock
efeller has done lu n year. A list of
Individuals would be more to the point.
New York Evening Telegram.
The only reluming Russian gcncrnl
who has had a triumph at St. Peters
burg unfortunately achieved It by get
ting killed. New York Evening Mull.
A California paper says bad water
kills as many pie ns bad whisky.
Maybe It docs, but we don't have to
buy It nt 75 cents a pint.- Roticeverte
(W. Va.) News.
Senator Depew says It Is not wise
for corporations to contribute funds to
political campaigns; Indeed, It's quite
otherwise If It gets loiind out -Houston
Chronicle.
If Mr. Rockefeller can convince the
coal barons that there lire things bettpr
than "mere money gelling" he will
have done the country ' 'eul service.
Chicago News.
it begins to look as If Secretary
Tuft didn't sit upon that Chinese boy
cott long enough while In Hongkong
to in ipllsh Its complete collapse.
I ictrolt Journal.
Some men lire born Infamous, soinn
gradually lose their reputations ami
some have their reputation taken
aw.ty from them by eoinmlltccs of In
vestigation. Houston Chronicle.
If It Is true that W. T. Stead says It
Is every husband's duty to whip bis
wife once lu a while, evidently anoth
er term In Jail for W. T. Stead might
be w holesoine. Muffalo Courier.
Hereafter the Meef Trust Is to pay
for the Inspection tags which b:ivo
been ct'Ktlug the government $"o,(ss n
year. Rather, the beef consumers ar
to pay for them. Atlanta Constitu
tion. Miguel Gomez Insists that I'ncln
Sam ought to take a baud In the Cu
ban situation. It looks as If I'ncl.i
Klin would get tired tilling the Job of
wet nurse after a while. ltlruiliigli'irt
News.
China's determination to get her rail
roads out of the hands of the foreign
ers may be due to Wu Ting fang's o!
servatlotis of the part our railroad
piny In the government. Pittsburg
Dispatch.
Three burglars In New York claim
to have robbed 400 homes. It's a great
record, but It looks dim beside the n-e-ord
of three Insurance companies, who
have touched about 4,00l,tNNI homes.
Montreal Star.
The denial from Secretary Tuft that
he Is on the outs with Chairman Shouts
Is welcome news. Another change lu
that olllclal family Is the one thing
the government cannot afford at this
time. Pittsburg I (Ispatch.
Pat Crowe now admits Hint he In
tended to kidnap John l. Rockefeller
and hold him for a f 'J.imio.im) ransom.
Pat Crowe talks like a man w ho docs)
not know the Rockefellers. New
York ICvenlng Telegraph.
When one observes how Stoessel,
nllve. Is disgraced by his government,
nnd Ko: tradeiiko, dead, Is honored, one
may be excused for surmising that
good Russians must be like good In
dians. Indianapolis Sentinel.
Alwnys learning something. Mr.
McCurdy now Informs us that n mu
tual Insurance company Is nn eleemos
ynary Institution, which fact Is Infer
entlnlly set forth In Its circulars.-
New York Evening Telegram.
The I'ciuisylviinlaiis who used odious
libel laws to gag the newspapers have
irwakened the people of Philadelphia
ho wide awake that it Is plain they
will never ngaln sleep without one eye
open. St. iouls Glolie-Democrat.
One of the life Insurance presidents
who was nuthorlzed to tlx his own
salary drew tho line nt if 100 a day,
Sundays Included. This moderation In
tempered with the Idea of a frequent
raise. St. Louis G robe-1 temocrat.
The Supreme Court of Kansas has
gravely decided that n pool table is a
billiard table. This Is one of tho most
notable decisions since George E. Cole,
then Slate Auditor, held that thero
were .10 days In February. Kansas:
City Star.
Mark Twain's opinion that the pence
of Portsmouth "Is entitle, I to rank -14
the most conspicuous disaster lu po
litical history" marks Mark Twain ii
the most conspicuous Dick Deadeyo hi
Hie United States. Syracuse Post
Standard. Hon. William E. Chandler feels pret
ty sure that neither this session nor
next session will bring forth any rate
regulating legislation to which the rail
road companies and the $1.1,0OO,00O,0X)
behind them seriously object. Hart
ford Cournnt.
Mrs. Russell Sngo hns donated $75,.
000 for a public school building at Sag
Harbor, A few more of such offen
sive performances nnd Uncle Russell
will bo coming In for some hot shot
from tho nntl-wealth agitators. Mil
waukee Sentinel.
That New York man really ought
not 10 feel proud of his record of 400
burglurloH In the last two years, with
loot of nearly $1,000,000. Look at the
Equitable Llfo Assurance Society; it
has moro than (100,000 policy holders.
Minneapolis Star.
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