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THE RED STORM Or the Days of Daniel Boone By JOEL ROBINSON CHAPTER XIV. (Continual.) "nut haw thill I get out?" Inqmrl the Frenchman, who could not see how he irai to be greatly benefited by the operation which the black had suggest ed. "The bent way yon ken: you can't come irew de door, waa the rejoinder. "Get me an ax. then, and let me cut my way out. "JIiiw much monev?" asked Andrew, "Thra ailrar .tollara mora lhan roll ever had In the course of yvur whole life, probably. "Hand out the currency, " said the negro. After a few moments of reflection, I.e Bland was about to pass out the money, when he heard the voice of Ebony with out; but this did not discourage him. for he believed that the African would be disposed to sympstlii.e with hi master, and o be inclined to favor his escape. According! v the nrlsoner .li.l not hesi tate to state the proposition which he naa made to Andrew. The matter was discussed in low voices by the two wor thies; and they Gually concluded that for n additional dollar, they would be com rletely justified iu disclosing the place where the as was secreted In the block house. Should the Frenchman be fortunate enough to free himself by the aid of that Implement, Andrew and his friend sup posed that they could not be very deeply implicated In the affair. So the stipulated sum was duly trans ferred (through one of the port holes pierced in the walls) to the hands of the negroes, and the promised Information given. But here a new difficulty presented Itself; would not the sound of his blows latin all the sleepers In Boonesborougb ? After considerable searching, aided by the faint light shining in at the loop holes, and by the sense of tonch. Le Bland discovered a place where his op rationa promised to be most successful. But the first blow resounded loudly through the empty structure. "Stop dat noise dar!" cried Andrew, authoritatively. "Massa Boone's down by de gate." "I must abandon the attempt." said Le Bland, thoughtfully, for a new and more feasible plan had suggested Itself to hie mind. "Ton may keep the money. Andrew, and say nothing about what has taken place." "I knew you eonld not do nuffla In dat line," replied Andrew; and wl.Mnr the prisoner good night, he walked awy wun me silver aafely deposited ha his pocket, singing In the happieat possible frame of mind. The moment Andrew's voice had ceas ed to be heard. Le Bland hastened to aound Ebony's feelings in regard to his Imprisonment, and to ascertain so faat as he was able, whether he could reason ably expect any Immediate assistance from Mr. Alston. The result was satisfactory. ITe soon discovered that Exquisite Ebony had re ceived instructions, and was ready to favor his escape, providing that it could be so adroitly managed that he could not well be suspected of having any direct agency In the same. While a low conversation was going on between the Frenchman and the ne gro, Mr. Alston himself cautiously ap proached the block house. "Yes. I am here, my friend." said the person referred to. "IIow do yon find yourself?" "I find myself a prisoner and very poorly treated." replied Le Bland, rather haughtily. "Free me from this disgrace ful thraldom. Let me not be pent up here, while every moment seems an age to me, and, while I appear to hear each Instant the despairing cries of Roalthe; and for my apparently unpardonable tar diness, to meet her reproving glances. I am ready to pluck out my beard with vexation. My Impatience to serve and eave the best of women drives me tlf the confines of madness. And yet you come end say, 'I am your friend; I spoke In your behalf.' Thrice accursed are these unyielding walls! they hold me from action when it is most needed. Perhaps It Is already too late; the pile may be lighted the fagots even now blazing In flames mounting to the skies." "Ilold:" exclaimed Mr. Alston. "Your words torture me beyond endurance. The shrieks of my idolized girl are in my ears her agonies penetrate my son."- "Demolish these walls! open the door! five me liberty! give me the free air! This restraint will make me frantic. To breathe this air another moment will suffocate me. I am, while here, like the poor fish transferred from his loved element to dry land. I gasp I strug gle with my fate like It. Make haste, then, to relieve me. Consult not cold and selfish prudence; think not of false fears of professed friends, and the false hood of concealed enemies. Act, and act quickly. Your frieud demands It; your daughter Invokes It." "Before heaven!" cried Alston, "I will comply with your request, let the conse quences be what they may. My doubts (if I ever entertained a single doubt) van ish; I give thorn to the winds. When I Jiear your tones, I hear only the voice of sincerity and truth; I feel that there Is no hypocrisy within you, let others cry out as they will. Now I am ready to serve you." "Is Captain Boone still walking about within the works?" asked Le Bland. "No; he concluded his observations and returned to his cabin a few moments elnce," replied Mr. Alston. "That is well; now I must contrive to escape without Implicating you." "Generous friend!" said Alston, pleas ed to behold so much Ingenuousness. "Let Ebony mount to the roof," con tinued the Frenchman, "and remove, with my co-operation, a sufficient portion of the same to allow me a comfortable egress, Once upon the top of the block Louse, I will drop down upon the out pide and the object will be accom plished." "The plan Is judicious and practical," remarked Mr. Alston. "Kboipr, get suit able Implements anil climb up and open a aperture of the proper dimensions; but work softly and throw yourself down fiat on the roof if any una appears." Ebony made haste to obey these com mands, and In a short time he was in dustriously at work on the top of the block house, while the Frenchman gave directions and assisted him from the In terior. The work progressed successful ly; the timbers were displaced by means of a lever. The Frenchman emerged from the opening, and the Implement which had been employed were so placed as to convey the idea that ail had been effected from the Inside. A rifle and ammunition were passed np to him. He seined them hastily, drop ped down upon the front si.le of the block house and hurried away. CHAPTER XV. The hour of mi.lnlizht had passed on. and other hours had followed in its noiseless track. It was near the break of day; but tlte hush of nicht lay more deeply, and far more darkly, upon the face of the earth than since the son went down. The moon had finished her course, and passing away to other re gions left darkness and gloom on the places where her beams had flickered so pleasantly. Daniel Boone and Mr. Fleming stood near the gate that opened from the stockades for Ingress and egress. Each of the sturdy pioneers held in his hand his trusty rifle weapons which had been proved upon many a bloody day. "This." said Captain Boone, "is the hour which has ever been so fatal to our countrymen. The saragesj always select it for a surprise; and how many hun dreds have been slain between sleeping and waking." "Yes, my brave lads, this Is the time when we may naturally expect the oneiv ilised critters." said Joel Logston. who appeared at that moment, followed by Vesuvius. "You ought not to go abroad In the open air until you have recovered from your recent wounds," observed Captain Boone. "The alr'll do 'era good; I never was afraid of the air; I ain't one o them kind. I can't sleep where there's any danger, or any reasonable prospect of a fight. Isn't It so, Vesuvius?" At this instant the singular quadruped referred to began to give vent to low and energetic growls, snuffing the air, erecting the. hair upon his back, and walking defiantly about the enclosure near the stockades. "What does that mean?" asked Flem ing. "It means that he scents somethln' as he don't like," replied Logston. "I suspect thst there are Indians near," remarked Daniel Boone. "If you're allera as near the truth as that, you won't have to answer for much sin of that natur'," said Joel. "Perhaps we had better call out the men," added Captain Boone. "I think you had, by all means; for there'll be an oncommon uproar here soon, 'cordin' to my notion of things," replied Joel. The settlers now began to leave their cabins and gather about their leader In silence. Mr. Alston appeared among them with a melancholy and dejected air, for he was doubtless thinking of his daughter. "I cannot bear this torturing suspense and Inaction much longer," he remarked, approaching Captain Boone. "Although not very skillful In Indian tactics, and unused to the trail, I shall, nevertheless, make some effort to recover my beloved Iiosalthe." "I can appreciate your feelings, Mr. Alston. You feel as all fathers would under the circumstances." said Boone. But rest assured that there are those now in pursuit of your daughter who are far more experienced than your self, and who will never return without some tidings of the lost one. "Yes, I must try to bear up like a man," rpplied Alston, sighing. "Is there any immediate danger nt an attack?" "I am strongly Inclined to think so," was the reply. "I am differently persuaded. I think the danger has been greatly magnified. As you sre sware, I have but little faith In this story of a fearful con spiracy," rejoined Alston. "Look yonder, In the name of heaven. and tell me what new mystery is that which I now behold!" exclaimed the for ester, with startling emphasis. Instantly all eyes were turned toward the block house, where Le Bland was supposed to be yet In durance. Dusky figures were seen on top or the structure, I disappearing one after another through ' the roof. The hardy pioneers gazed at mis asiumsuing niKui iu muie wonuer. For a moment they seemed like men ut terly deprived of the powers of volition. The danger had appeared In an unex pected quarter and in a more dreaded form than they had anticipated. Captain Boone was the first to speak and to act. "We must stop this!" he exclaimed, "or we are little better than dead men;" and Instantly discharged his riile, at one of the dark forms. Throe or four of the settler followed his ex ample. The fire was Immediately re turned from the block house with effect, for one of the men fell. "We are to be shot down from our own block houses and through the loop holes pierced by our own hands," cried the captain. "Mr. Logston," he added, "take half a dozen men anil take pos session of the other block house and prevent any more from entering the works, while I try to drive the euemy from this." Brandishing a hatchet, the old pioneer rushed toward the stronghold occupied by the Indians. The little party was met by a severe tire; Mr. Alston, who was among the foremost, received a wound which prevented him from taking any further part In the struggle. The savages had the advantage, the guns leveled from the several loopholes completely covering Booue and his men. A few of them reached the door of the block bouse; but it could not be forced 1 open, and even bad they succeeded Iu dolus so it would have been rushina to i destruction. The eonseiiuctiis wn, the storinieg party was oM.ned to retreat. Perceiving that nothing could be ef fected without more deliberation, order, and concert of action, lio. pr n eeded to superintend and protect the passage of the women nnd tlie children from the cabins to the Work house iu the other angle of the works. This Important measure was effected without loss, al though they were frequently tired upon. While these movements were taking place within the station, there was much shouting and tumult without. Several attempts were made to mount the top of the bhH'k housv, which met with a prompt repulse from the settlers, whose position commanded the entire front of the fort. As has been observed, the block houses, projecting twenty Inches beyond the cabins, prevented effectually the possibility of the enemy's making a lodgment before them. "This." said logston. addressing Mr. Alston, who was having his wounds dressed, "this is the work of your Frenchman." "I am still Incredulous," replied Al ston. "Where Is Andrew?" Inquired Boone. "Here, massa." said Andrew. "Was I.e Bland in the block house when you went away from It?" l es, massa." "Did he make any attempt to escape?" continued Boone, sternly. "He spoke about .lat ar subject." "Did he offer you money, or hold out any inducement for you to assist hint to escape?" added the forester, still more sternly. "Yes, massa." sail Andrew, quailing before the penetrating glances of Boone. Pnfort unately for him. in his perturba tion he thrust his hands into his pockets so desperately that the jingle of silver coin was distinctly heard. "What have you got in your joekets?" asked Boone. "Muffin' but nails, massa not a single t'lng," returned the negro, his manner plainly giving the lie to his words. "Search his pockets." said the captain, turning to Ixgston, who stixxl near. Joel, ever ready to do the bidding of his superior, laid his hands upon the trembling Andrew, which Vesuvius ob servlng, concluded that It was the signal for some extraordinary demonstration on his part, and Instantly displayed all his sharp teeth, and approached him with Intentions most sinister and alarming. Andrew, overcome by the sense of so many dangers, fell upon his knees, and declared he would confess all about the matter, which he did, with but a few trifling prevarications; protesting most strenuously that he had no Intention whatever of assisting the Frenchman to escape. Ebony was next questioned ; but em boldened by the presence of Mr. Alston, fearlessly asserted that he was wholly Ignorant of the transaction, and that the first Intimation which he had receiv ed that anything was going wrong was the report of Captain Boone's rifle when he shot st the Indiana. Although perfectly assured In his own mind that Ebony knew more than he chose to divulge, the forester ceased to press bis questions farther, for the Im minence of the danger required prompt action. (To be continued.) An Incident. "What Is the color 'chataln'?" a cer tain young man asked of a venernblo Creole lady whose hair was white aa snow. She rummaged through' her mind for terms of explanation, being a little lia ble to forget English words at times. Finally, however, she replied: "'Chataln,' dat is the color of my hair, you understand, when I was young!" And then she smiled with satisfac tion at the exact manner In which she had explained the term, while the questioner still wondered what color "chataln" was. New Orleans Times Democrat. Drapukrn. "No, thank you," said Miss De Mure, "I don't care to meet any new young men. "My!" exclaimed Miss Caddie; "you're select nil of n sudden." "No," replied Miss De Mure, glanc ing dreamily nt lor new ring; "I'vo merely been selected nil of n sudden." Denver Times. In llurij lrclni. Bill Syke I see as how de sculp tors Is goln' ter restore one of de old Eyetallan churches. Jimmy Jackson Good Gawd! Youse don't mean ter tell me dat the boo lara ever bad de nolve ter swipe a hull church! New Orleans Tlraes-lK-nio-crat. The Iatelllarent Ant. Among Insects the most Intelligent are those of the ant tribe, while next to them rank wasps. Bees come some way lower down the scale. Beetles are hopelessly stupid, but even they are not as bad aa butterflies and moths. Proaperona Japanese. Real destitution Is rarely seen In Japan, though some of Its Inhabitants are very poor, yet all seem to h fairly well fed, clothed mid housed, uinl are Invariably cheerful. Nearly nil Jap anese are of cleanly habits und rarely untidy. No In tenllonul Display. Miss Wytheropp Mr. Ncwconie re marked to you that I didn't show my age, didn't he? Miss Knox Not exactly. He said you were careful to conceal It. Phila delphia Press. A Mlae. "IIow did Jack get out of marrying Miss De Turrnond? She fairly threw herself at his head." "I know, but women never can throw atralght." Cleveland Leader, ( ur'a II I v Kstata. The Czar has u single estate cover ing over 100,000,000 acres three times the size of England. Berlin local trains now have specim compurtinenta for "passengers wl'li dogs." RS9K fMlifS Nrmistsl Ash Hopper. We all know what a bother It Is to have to leave pressing work to empty the ash hopper, and how hard It Is to lift the ashes ut. It prodiuvs consid erable vexation, too, when the wife wants the hoper emptied and filled, and husband thinks lie hasn't time to do It If wife has It to empty, as many do, why not innke one that she can empty In a few minutes, without any lifting? Here Is the plan of ours, which holds about throe barrels. The cut explains Itself. The upicr end Is made separate, tsutrd fastened togeth er by menus of cleat., and sets Inside a rtBUANi.iT ash noma. or on top of si dew, and top cleat ex tends beyoud Inner edge of posts, and by raising up with lever coipea through notches in posts, thus taking whole end out of hopper. We use a hollow tree for trough, and If desired the whole can be roofed over, and made to last almost a lifetime. C, E. Picas. Coat of FoodlosT. The Massachusetts exerlment sta tion kept track of the cost of feed eat en by three farm horses for five years. The feed consisted of hay, corn, oats and other common feeding stuffs. The cost of the ration averaged from 1H to 244 cents jt head dally. At the Oklahoma station Kaffir corn was used quite extensively. With Kaffir corn and ordinary corn at 20 cents a bushel, oats 23 cents, bran 23 cents per UW pounds, the average cost of a work horse's dally ration was 17 cents. If all horse owners understood how good oata are for horse feed there would be better horse In the country. Corn la almost unfit for the bard worked horse. If you feed oata the horses may not look quite so fat," but they will be In better condition. They will have more life and feel more like working, and It la a settled fact that they will do more work during the season by a great deal, enough more that It will pay well to feed on oats-Farm Home, Good Water Trnoab for Hon;. A correspondent of Practical Farmer says: I am herdsman at the Oklaho ma Agricultural Oil lege, and have used the following for more than a year to water hogs and sheep. Take a gixd barrel, paint It heavily with tar oi lead. Bore a Vj-lnch hole In side of barrel 5 Inches from bottom and a 1 lnch hole In top; then make a box 2 feet square and B Inches deep; put bar rel In box, put a plug In lower hole and fill barrel with water by pouring In top. Make an air-tight plug, coat Ixith ends with tar, drive In top hole tight, remove lower plug and box will fill to top of lower hole and remain there until barrel Is empty. The barrel must be absolutely air tight Best to place on a floor for hogs. A New Movement In Education. The Missouri State Board of Agri culture In co-operation with the Agri cultural College lias Just Inaugurated a new educational campaign. Lectur ers are being sent to the country school houses In various parts of tho State to speak to the children and parents upon practical problems of fanning. Usually two lectures are given nt each place, one In the afternoon und one at night. In muny places 73 to 100 fanners at tend the meetings, often going miles over muddy roads. The funds Iu tho hands of the board are not sulllrleiit to enable It to send lecturers to every school house, but the enthusiasm with which the fanners receive the Instruc tion leads to the belief that Missouri Is beginning a new era In agricultural education. Good liny and Pus Yield. Henry Warden, of Fredericksburg, Md., writes to Southern Planter that one of his fields seeded with New Era cow peas produced a ton of hay and 10 15-100 bushels of peas per acre. Another field seeded with Whlppoor will cowneas produced 1.3 tons of hay and about ten bushels of peus per acre. Farm Notes. If you would keep up the fertility of your farm, never sell any feed. Kiri enough stock to uilllye It all J3 151 WATEB TROUGH FOB 11008. Never trust n horse which has once run away. There Is no excuse for let ting liltu repeat the pel foi manco. There Is an old notion that a cow will fall In her milk when fed on pump kins; hut there Is no truth In the the ry. Farm Incomes In f'anarfa. One speaker at Montreal during a recent session of the Canadian tariff commission said thai the average farm In Huntingdon County represented an Investment of fo.tHsi. On such a farm there would le twelve cows of a total value of fl.M. Two cows would fatten two pigs and four calves. The revenue from the milk and milk products of twelve cows amounted to slsmt fV.N) a year; from the two pigs and four calves, !. They would sell two beeves nt f it) each. From the sale of horses, one In two years, apples and small stuff, there would Ih another Hs. The produce of the farm eaten annually by a family of six was cstl nulled nt fl.NO; therefore there was n total revenue of $s-0 a jear. To work such a farm required the services of two men nod one woman, worth In nil a value of Jl.'il and their board at f't a month. Then there would l cxpendl ture for blacksmith's scrvhv, harness, and various Items of wear and tear, to amount to $lon. Thus, the total ex IsMise reached the sum of $772. which, deducted from a total revenue of f H left a balauiv of $'is. Another speaker gave the balance sheet of an average dairy farm, showing receipts of fl.23 ami expenditures of $.Vk.'l, leaving J 'I'-1 for living, clothing, education, excur sions, etc. Potato Krrs Mailed. Many of the wedsmrn mall Ktato eyes put up In plaster, so that they will reach planter In good shae. The eyes are taken out of the tuber with a knife made expressly for that pur pone, which carries' a pretty good at ted piece of the potato. They are quite sure to grow aud make a fair crop re gardless of the small beginning. This Is a cheap means of getting started In new varieties or of obtaining pure stock from some of the standard varie ties. One hundred eye, assorted to In elude a half dozen sorts, may be or dered packed In one Imix. These will ciist about II. with charge prepaid. The cost Is hardly worth mentioning when compared to the advantage of having some pure stock of known va rieties. They are not mailed until danger of f reeling Is past A Portable Stork Feaee. The frame of this jmrtable fence Is made 12 feet by 8.0 feet of 1 by 0 ixrr roBTAHtje stock rtKcr. Inch lumber, that will not twist or warp. The piece are securely nailed at the corner. Wire fencing I stretch ed over the frame and well stapled. The hurdle Is made of three pieces of the same material as Is used In the frame. Nail them together us Illustra ted and cut a notch In the crosspleoo at the bottom to receive one of the tongues on the fence frame; the other tongue rests In the crotch formed by the two upright pieces. Fanners' Bul letin. Stupendous Farm Wraith. The wealth production on farms In PM'fi reached the highest amount ever attained by the fanner of this or any other country, "a stupendous aggro gate of results of brain and muscle and machine," amounting In value to Jii.ll.l.iHHUHKi, an excess over last year of $J."i;,iSKi,iKH). . The wealth produced on farms In 11)1)3 exceeds that of lisil by 4 iier cent, that of l'.Hi.'l by H per cent and that shown by the census fl u res for IH'.rt) by 3d per cent. Should there l) no relaime from his present jiosltlon as a wealth producer three years hence the farmer will find thnt the farming element, alsut-33 ler cent of the propitiation, has produced an amount of wealth within ten years equal to one-half of the entire national wealth produced In three centuries. Car of Stork. The care of stock takes precedence of other kinds of work at this season. Tho animals are now In their winter quarters and wholly dependent on the owner or caretaker. Their present con dition and future usefulness will large ly correspond with the carefulness and good Judgment exercised In their favor during the coming few months. Com fortable stables, Judicious feeding and kindly treatment are things that will pay right along. American Cultivator. Hack to the I'lirm. A larger percentage of students of agriculture are going back to the farm after graduating than ever before. Tho reason Is that the Importance of an agricultural education Is being better understood, and appreciated according ly. Good farming Is paying better than It ever did before, ami It Is recognized that more brains are required to make a success of farming than in any other occupation. Illstentprr. This disease Is sometimes called strangles. It usually causes an ahsoesh to form In the neighborhood of tin throat or root of the tongue and when this discharges the horse soon gets bet ter. A In t poultice should be npplle to the throat and changed twice a ila, il'itll the swelling bursts or dlsapcars Che s -ft feed, do not work the hors md give twice dally a teaspoonful q ,. w.leied chlorate "f p"tash. PA 'I .1.1 lit II. e T i"' rl'cr, T''e lolhiwlug col I e-qioUilelli O CI l.i nt 1 1 t If; Mr I lio npHoii pio-eiils bis cmiipll. inci.ls to Mr. Simpson, and U'us I lciiics Hint he will keep Ills plgi(4 ho. i It c-pa sting i.ii his gi'oiiu.l." "Mr. Simpson present his compll luciils to Mr. Thompson, and request thit In future he will not spell Ills plgs w Ith two gees." "Mr, Thompson" respects to Mr. Simpson, ami he will feel obliged If he will add the letter "e" to (he last word In tho note Just received, so us to represent Mr. Simpson anil lady " "Mr Simpson return Mr. Thump sou note unopened, the luipcrtlucmv It contains being only equalled by It x ulgwi it) ." A cremated adult human body leaves a residuum of gray ashes nlilch altogi'ili rr do not wriiili mure limn about two pound. I hnre l more Cstsrrh tn this section f h r.m, in Ihsn all olio f itlsrases mil losellier, an. I no III the !! law T' " l.'l " ' ln.i nai.le. K..r aur.-almsny wars.l.o i..ii i r... iVnuif .1 It I'"' .llwa.o, and l.rr.ci 1 1 .ml lt l rxnie.ll.'s, an. I l- e .n.ianlly lalllns lo no HUH local tieatiitriil, .roionun'r. II liirnral l. -m t 'ii en haji l aiairh to ls a i-oii.tim. ti..nal .llcaa. and I'.etrlora rfipilrt-a. - II ...l nxai.oriit Mall's alarili nir, iiiaioi ta. l..-e l l.y V I M. li.-)f .H o .loln.lo, IH.I., Is IU.' on I y const 1 1 ii 1 1 "ii a I cure on Ilia in nil at. It Is 1a4.11 Internally In i1.. Iroin In .1 r.. a a !!.. .....ii I n I. It a. a it i recti y oil I lie III 1 atol muc'ois mi 'acis ol I I.e yslein. "I lie olt. r oi.a hnn tre.l .tolU's lor aiw i bmi It falls l rum, hen. I ..rrlreiilai aiol le.tlinoiilal A t ire-,.. r I ( IIKNKX A I U , lolado.O H..I I l l .rilifli, ' ... Hall I au.il) l-llla are Ihe best It Surrlril Her. The am Hour photographer. In tho Kixiiliicss of bis hcait, often promise copies of his picture to any one who happens lo be standing III range of tho camera when It 1 "tired." t'nforlu HBlely, falling memory usually Inter venes to prevent f iiltllltueul of lb promise. It happened thnt a young man tak ing "views" ou the summit of Fort 11111, Vlckshurg, found a dilapidated cabin the foreground of one of them. "Hello, there, aunty!" he called to the negro woman In the doorway. "Step out on the gallery and get In the picture." "You goln' gimme one o' dem pic tures?" she deuinuded. "Hive you a picture?" repeated the photographer. "No. Iou't think It for a minute. Stand up and look your prettiest, now." The old woman looked at him a mo ment In amar.eiueut. Then she turned ami shouted to some one Inside. "Fob de land's sake!" she said. "Ol man, come out yeah an' glt youh pic ter look. Ileah's a young man dat ain't a ly In' about It. Iiey'a been two hlllid'ed people tooken plctrrs of tn on dis gsl'ry, an' eve'y las' one of 'em esy he gwlne sen me a plcter but nary plcter I ever see ylL Iook youh purtes', ol' man. Ills young man look like he ain't telliu' no lies to us." During the last two decades the im provement in the reciprocating steam engine ha kept fully abreast of the re markable progress in electrical develop ment to such a degree that, notwith standing the multiplication of gas en gines and turbines and the wide distri bution of water power by electrical transmission, the use ol the steam en gine is increasing faster today than ever before. Many -mammoth Indus trial plants are exclusively engaged in building steam boilers and engines, and it is the pioud Ixiast of one of these, the Atlas Kngine works, of Indianapolis, that it averages a complete boiler and engine outfit of fifty horsepower every thirty minutes of the working day. When the visitor to their plant haa gone through two or three of their great warehouses, where he saw hun dreds of steam engines of various types and sir.es, and emerges tiMn a boiler yard of twenty acres, that looks like a perfect sea of boilers, the old question of what becomes of all the pins is for gotten and lie wonders where upon earth use can be found for all the boil ers and engines turned out by this one concern. But, if he will watch the loading process, he will see ten or twelve trainloads per day go out, label ed for destinations all over the world and will Rain some notion of the mag nitude of the world's work. Then, when he is told that this one concern, leviathan of the trade though It la, dues not produce ten per cent of the world's output of steam boilers and engines, ha will begin to real lie how vast is the production and consumption of steam power throughout the world. The Italian- Pnaalon, Old Rtoxanbons Are you sure that you can no longer control the thing? His Chauffeur Yes, sir. I'm afruld It will get away from me very soon. Old Stoxanboiis -Then for heaven'a Bake rurf Into something cheap ! Puck. Civic Art Problems, The treatment of minor open spaces in villagu and city, one of the most in tending problems of civic art today, will be the subject of an article by BylvcHtcr Baxter iu the April Century. Among the illustrations, by Jules One rin, of Mr. Baxter's text, will bo pic tures of Oram! Circle, with the Colum bus monument, and Cnenties slip, New York, the first showing the effective nt'HH of formal treatment of an open space at the conjunction of important streets; the second the possibilities of securing a restful effect of roominess in a limited area. According to Mr. Baxter and quit contrary to the popular impression the Boston Public Garden baa exerted a most demoralizing influence upon gar dening art in the United States, be cause of its lavish employment of rich and expensive material "in a fashion ungulded by any true principle of de sign." Other examples, good and bad, of public squares In different cities and villages will be treated In Mr, Baiter's1 article. '