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SCENE OF HIDFOIS ATROCITIES
1 HE Y EIA E IN THE SEA T0M4S ESTRADA PALMA,FIRST PRESIDEST OT CIBA
IN WEST Al RICA BROKEN IP.
PEARL DIVERS OF THE PACIFIC
OCEAN.
Thursday
Island, Between Australia
and New Guinan, la the Center of the
Ku-best Pearl Fisheries in the World
dear at day's break,
stealing H«bt;
1» ,h? f
9ee .un'a awake,
fa
alld bright.
When de»»
, rnt dear to guide my band.
■A Daugerous Calling.
.
I ’“s
m V
-
I san’ my dear.
^Lippinco" »
SMt WAS DISCHARGED.
0K0THY BENSON laid dowu
1H.r ¡><‘11 with a sigh
satisfac-
tion "There, that is too good for
tUhug aud ought to go Into my new
““V but ho. bum! such bits make me
Xableto the Tow« aud Home, aud it
mean a f»w
on mv 8M1“ry
■“iin the in'« nian buys Into the flrm,
homier who be is with all his dollars
Ld a librarj' bee in his bonnet. If he
‘.it »lease not discharge me until 1
’ mam.ua a summer lu the country
I will be thaukful. Al>. mamma and I
‘ |10t fear poverty, for pupa's losses
allJi.uiorable ones aud his name
was kept dean; 1 think the poor dear
.»mid nd have <He<l in peace
bad
owed a Penny- with ,hat t0 kevp "S
happr munisy will not uilsa her high
teas and I"-here n little lump came in
her throat-"! shall not miss being out
of the 'set' ”
-They want the copy for the second
form" aald « 'ok'e
her elbow' ulul
the musings of the pretty young usslst-
,UI editor were cut short while she
made numerous scrawls on the top of
urious manuscripts such as "ten-
olnt leaded," or "close up" aud "cuts
o follow." and the begrimed l>o.v dis-
ppeareil behind the great doors that
but the wbirrlir; inaclilues from the
ommoilious oflii < s.
Miss Benson leaned back and closed
er eyes for a moment, and as she did
o the face of Jack Macomber lose In
er vision, and she let herself dwell oil
be past
She often dreamed of this face-
ometiuies it seemed happy and care
's* of her sufferings, but to-day she
uw It grave and sad, as It was that
»st day when cruel words had Sep
rated them.
-I would own how sorry I am If I
ieie not so poor and he so rich, but to
peak now is to allow him to think pov
rtv”- but this was as far as she could
hink. for the tears were coming fast.
1'11 go home now and see little mother
nd she w ill cheer me up; my article on
Criminal Children' is so good I can
leep happy."
She went out Into the spring after
won and walked down the avenue.
The 1.5th of April—and only two years
go Jack and I went to .Al----- ou a little
lorseback party and he bought me a
rent bunch of violets and fastened
sein on tlie bridle!” She liouglit a tluy
Stub uow and placed them In her coat
■just for "auld lang syne.”
As she climbed the stairs to her tiny
partments she felt that it was not
fell, and she was not surprised to find
er mother quite ill. and all thoughts of
>lf ami her own heartache were ban-
heil.
It was a week before she was able to
turn to the office, the proof pages
ere sent each morning and she work-
I on them hurriedly, and that was
hy she woke one morning with a sud- i
in start and the Instant wideawake
eviction that there was an error in a I
atemeut In her last article. She felt
cold sweat break out ujion her fore-
•ud as she thought of It, but she de-
rniined to go to the office at once and
irrect it.
" hen she came to her desk she found
covered with mail, which she put
lide and went at once to the mana-
■r s room. She could hear the presses
inning at full speed and she knew at
rery pound that dreadful error was
■Ing run off.
She found a fresh sheet on her way
id opened It. but to her astonishment
eerror had been corrected. She won-
■re<l who bad discovered It. for the
nns were electrotyped, and to change
word meant to chisel off the old aud
Ider on the new—quite a delicate
•k.
She did not change her mind, how
er. but determined to "own up" and
xrlogize for the error. ”1 bo(>e the
1» owner has not heard of it, whoever
l may lie," sbe thought.
"Ah. yes. yes, a slight error,” said the
•nager, "but don't take It to heart—
r Macomber saw It before the pages
*re electrotyped. You tuay think him
■ u. Mr. Macomber. Jack, one moment,
<ant you to meet our assistant editor.
Jas Benson." Jack's tall, athletic fig
» rose from behind a roll-top desk
a pair of loving eyes met a pair
frightened ones. Jack—a popular
oh man. downtown in business—and
L’ very magazine—and her new em-
">yer. "Ab, I see you have met be-
and the manager went back to
■ corner.
-e pair looked at each other, stam
^tlfig. confused, but very happy. In
monieDt all barriers were down.
I am sorry your first duties were to
|rrwt my mistakes,” she said, and her
)> * was low and aa courteous as It
i' uld have been to an employer. There
*’ • twinkle in her eyes now.
't was a happy employment, and I
u* to coriect others one. In fact, that
ade me miserable for two long
I ‘orotby Ren*on made hfr retreat in
I m.ize Of complex thoughts. It was
L”*** to «ee |,jm _(o bear his voice;
‘ * "’l l «he do? She could not
' « •■■ -ry d . \ .i nd under
I . ' ’n'!'re<J what new purpose had
n • soui to bring him into bu«l
and whv-but the office l»>y laid a
‘ '"•b *s If in answ er to her
be»-« ’’
r*F,|,|,F xtrltten:
* ’ found no other way to
r_,
T'”‘r l,f* forgive me--|
ri»
1
***
*n,i
i* a time y«n would find enough
A large proportiou of the pearls that
deck the fair throats of the geutle sex
are touud lu the 1‘acitie ocean, and ouo
of the richest of the pearl fisheries is
near the rocky shores of Thursday
Island. This island is oue of the tuosl
curious aud luterestiug lilts of laud on
lue globe. It is the commercial eeu'.er
of a race of people who live practl-
cully in the ae*. They are the pearl
divers of the Paeitie oceau
Thursday island is one of the little
group of coral formations lying be
tween Australia aud New Gu.uea. Tait-
eu together the largest of these Islands
constitute a calendar, with an Island
for every day of the week. beginning
Ileeently a British expedition in AAest Africa, known as ttie Aru hern o.ree
w ith Suu lay Island. Thursday Island
broke up a fetish saentieial resort that lu it» horrors has been ul.»ur■
I t.y
commands Torres Strait. Represeu
any of the hideous superstitious, accompanied by cruel butcheries that iflli.t lives of nearly all tlie uatlous of t
the benighted continent. The place (shown in the cutl is ■ ailed the I..u • I . , Ju.
and is located at Aro-Chuku. It was used by the Aro chiefs to plav on the tar East may be seeu any day ale
superstitions of the Il>o and other races, who were lured to tlie grove and its shores, disparting themselves tu the
Ju-Ju spring to consult the mysterious being (or god) a bo was alleged to live water—FHipiotis, Japanese. Chinese,
there. The result, of course, was that the supplicants were either »1.1 into Last Indians. ITJImis. Papuans. To the
slarery at Betide and at the Aliai Aro slave markets, or. If old aud unfit for right of the island, running for 1—<*»
slavery, or eveu too powerful chiefs, they were sacrificed. All sorts of stories miles down the Australian coast, is a
are told of this mystery. Huudreda of people visited the place yearly and never stretch of waving given vegetation, ap
returned. Some who never absolutely saw the grotto, being blindfolded, stood parently afloat upon the surface of the
in the water by the cave, and heard mysterious voices talklug all round them,
plae d ocean. This Is the top of the
while the cattish nibbled at their feet and splashed about in the pool. If they
Great Barrier Reef, the most notable
were to die the water was supposed to pour nut of the source the color of bl.... I.
This was probably done by some rascally old priest inside the cavern. There coral reef in the world, Throughout
is an entrance into the cavern at the back of the Ju-Ju, and there are to be its length Its banks are lined with pearl
seen the scaffold and sacrificial knife. The most loathsome thing about the oysters.
place was the altar of skulls, the stack of captured arms auruaomited by a
Thursday Island forms the great
skull, ami the alligators and catfish, which were fed ..n the bodies of those .»sc- market for these oysters. Alsiut tJOO.
rificed. Oloko, the stronghold of AVarau Tarti, one of the most powerful of the
worth of shells are raised annually
chiefs, was destroyed by the British af'er a difficult march through hilly country. along the reef and on the western coast
of Australia.
The business of pearl
good lu me to make at least a friend, so. it is pregnant with serious conse fishing is conducted on the basis of '.he
and I have no other purpose In life than quences to the Issues of war anil to profit from the oyster shells. The peirls
to be worthy of that But since I have individuals Influenced by It.
are dear gain, the value varying a
looked Into your eyes. I have dared to
it is necessary to realize that some great deal. Due pearl found in HUM»
hope that it has all been a bitter mis errors of Judgment are inexcusable be sold for T'.’.tssi, another for tl.5u<>.
take. and that you will let me say all cause Inconsistent with recognized Pearls worth £20 are quite common.
The shells of pearl oysters are of
that is in my heart, “Meet me at the standards; and that dlsoliedienee of
noon hour" (doesn't that sound like a orders is on its face a fault, a disre enormous size, measuring frequently
working man?) and we will go to a gard of a settled standard, of an estab eighteen Inches across. The oysters lie
quiet little corner, my princesa, and lished rule, of such general application tn the sea fastened to locks, especially
then I will tell you that you are dis- that upon the person who commits It coral rocks, and quite away from sand
charged and that we must find a new rests the burden of proving that the and dirt. They hang by thread-like
tihimeiits, alsiut a dozen in a bunch.
assistant editor. With all my heart. I circumstances commanded his action.
The business of the diver Is to cut
am
Y<>1 It .1 A''K
The presumption, in the case of dis
"Oh, I meant to be so brave and to obedience. is not innocence, but guilt. this thread and bring up the oysters.
take care of munisy, and now I shall Mere rule though it be. ill its narrow Tlie shells are worth from £101) to £2<K>
end with being taken care of. Just like construction anil rigid framework the a ton for the best; the poorest from ¿15
any silly, dependent woman! But. ah, rule of implicit and entire obedience to £tki a ton. The natives trade them’
for Jack's sake 1 could do anything— rests upon reasons so sound tlint its In for merchandise, and realize alsiut ¿15
even give up a career."
fringement lu action can rarely be con a ton on the average.
Fishing is done in small boats or lug
Jack was waiting for her at the door doned. when not thoroughly approved.
and they went down the avenue to
Nothing i nn be more disastrous than gers. Each boat has a pumping appar
gether. "I almost wonder we don't to trifle with the cornerstone upon atus to f tree air to the divers under
walk hand in hand." be said, for he was which rests the structure of coherent, water. The smallest boat, w ith appar
like a school boy In his happiness, and unitied action. The admission into the atus. is worth £tkM>.
The business Is very dangerous. Poi
in mischief she looked up anil said: "1 military mind of anything approaching
liad so hoped the new owuer would irreverence for the spirit of military sonous fish, sharks and squid abound.
raise my salary and—Instead he has obedience, or levity as regards the let Sharks rarely attack divers, but con
ter of the rule In which it Is embodied, tribute Immensely to their uervous-
discharged me!”—Indianapolis Sun.
is tlie begetter of confusion; and that Hess. Squid exude n quantity of Inky
In turn Is the forerunner of defeat. To black liquid, which dangerously cloud*
TESTS OF DISCIPLINE
sit loose to this obligation weakens the the water.
Obedience nud Disobedience on the
Japanese are the best divers. They
sense of responsibility, upon the due
. Purt of Military Men.
realization of which rests not merely stay under water longer, dare more.
No clear-cut absolute reply, no vade
and can be relied upon better than any
tuecutu for pocket use, can be furnish literal obedlenece, but Intelligent and of tlie other types, Among the Malay
deserving disobedience, In the occa
ed defining Just when and how, In all
sional circumstances which call for natives women are successful divers
cases, a man is Justified in disobedi
[ They go down without diving suits,
ence, nor even when he is Justified by that.
The recognition of responsibility by fastening stones to their feet to help
blind obedience; although the balance
a re
the
individual, the consciousness that them to sink. Natives and divers
of professional Judgment must al
serious regard to It Is governing his de not allowed to open the oysters, A
ways incline lu favor of the latter al
the
terminations. Is tlie best moral equip careful watch Is kept to prevent
ternative. writes Captain Alfred T.
ex
theft
of
gems
undor
the
eye
of
an
ment that a mail can have to enable
Malian in the International Monthly.
or
him to sustain the burden of violating perlenced foreman. A good operat
AV ben a doubt arises, as it frequently
instructions, deliberately undertaken can open a ton of shells In one day.
doe«, between strict compliance with
upon his own Judgment. It Is the mens
an order and the disregard of it. in
RESCUING A CAT.
consda Tectl in a serious problem of
whole or in part, the officer is called
Kt. Louis Mun Climbed a Hiah Pole to
u|*ou to decide a question of profes action-
sional conduct. Personal Judgment The Or.gin of "Uni-le Tom's < aliin
necessarily enters as a factor, hut only
Dr. Newman Hall, the evangelist,
one of many; and, to be trusted, it needs who died recently, tells In his autobl
to be judgment illuminated by profes ography of bls visit to Harriet Beecher
sional knowledge and fortified by re Stowe. At that time Mrs. Stowe was
flection. Short of that, it is not a safe living nt Hartford In a comfortable
counselor and has no claim to consid house built with the proceeds of "Uncle
eration if cited before a court of final Tom's Cabin.”
AVe spent u long forenoon together,
appeal.
The officer at the moment should con writes Dr. Hall, she finishing a draw
sider himself, as he in fact Is. a judg > ing. I coloring a sketch. Mrs Stowe
deciding upon a case Hable to lie called told me how her tale of Uncle Tom
up to a superior court, before which originated. She was at a communion
his conclusion lias no claim to respect service when suddenly the death scene
because it is Ills personal opinion, but of the story was presented vividly to
only In so far as it Is supported by the her mind This was the germ of the
evidence before him. There Is, of whole. It was written first and sug
course, the necessary reservation that gested the rest of that marvelous book
the final Judgment upon himself for his
Extremely Si pare.
professional conduct as Involved In his
Subbubs
(on a visit to Citlinani I
decision, will lie rendered upon the
thought
you
said you bad a spare room
facts accessible to him, and not upon
those not then to lie known, though af In your flat?
Cltlman—This Is It.
terward apparent.
I
Why.
Subbulis- AV hat! this closet?
Unless qualified by these grave con
square,
siderations, tlie phrase, "error of Judg this is barely four feet
Cltlman—Well, what could be more
ment.” so facilely used. Is misleading
spare
than that? Philadelphia Press
to the popular understanding. Not only
¡«live un Animal.
At tlie risk of bis life AV Illium
Clynes, of St. Louis, climbed a flagpole
seventy-live feet high to rescue a help-
leas cat. This piece of heroism, report
oil among the lesser events in the dally
news columns, bail no motive but sym
pathy with a dumb animal In distress.
Three days before, the cut bad run up
the tall flagstaff in Carr Park In her
pursuit of a sparrow. AVhen she was
within three feet of him. the sparrow
flew away. '1 hen the cut. Instead of
turning buck, continued to climb until
she reached the golden ball nt the top
of the pole, and this, too, she sur
mounted.
After a brief rest she tried to de
scend. Then her feet slipped, Htid she
made tlie dlsi-overy that her claws, al
though excellent for climbing, bead up.
were useless when she put her weight
upon them head down. The rotundity
of the ball or fright at the elevation
seemed to deprive her of the power to
descend backward; so she sat clutching
the bull at the top of the swuying pole,
and cried piteously.
I
Through all of one night of misery,
through the following day, and then
through another night she clung, cold
and hungry, to her narrow perch. On
the third day a park keeper nnd a po
liceman tried to reach her The police
man climbed forty feet and was then
obliged to give up “Can't some one
saie the poor creature?" lie naked s> m
pathetically, aa he slid down
Then AVIllIam Clynes. a tinner In a
stove factory, pulhd off bl« coat and
started up the pole. Foot by ftsrt lie
went, until he bad reached the point,
forty feet nlsive the ground, where tlie
light topmast win spliced on. Up this
thin, swaying stem, which to the people
lielow lisikeil like a reed, and which
bent and trembled under (Tynes'
weight, lie slowly worked his way.
<>n«-e. when near the top, he sllpp««!
back a few feet. Tlie crowd gathered
below shlvereil. and many of the spec
tators called to lilm to come down.
But be only gripped the jsile the harder
with his shins, and slowly worked bis
way np. until he was i
» cat five feet, two et A moment
top. ami wraje
er lie had galncij t
hand firmly
ig Ills legs and o
he reached the
out
the
slender
»ta
and
are
hurled
in
a
prom
AVithin a few month« thanks to the
ball, and gent
other hand over the c
on the sidewalk, or can
humane sentiment of Americana, a
ra. To see a d< >g IImrt is i pleas- ly picked the cat ft I her place of
for
hou
will
probably
most necessary reform
n Riel i mid danger Then lie slid >wn the pole to
the average 1
lie well under way in Porto R • o Cru ore to
tired
horse fai In Amd ia c iblieil. the ground where I k i.a>! a moment
n
hen
a
elty to animals will henceforth be •
the cat before
f .r tl.e crowd to ln*p
vaya K
crime The l’orto Rican is es«entlally the nai tlve .¡tei-tntor
r some milk.
port of al
be tuoi her off to get
oat
shocking
a
The
mi
cruel Const deration for an;mala seem«
ever, a nd one which tb*- Hartl
MOLD PLANTS.
to be !>eyond bi« comprehension
Is Inter ded to ■
1
cattle
»here
get
little
food
Horses an«!
I
bort
distilo
• -X The only Interfer- Every
and many • blows
of re< reatl >n
rvt
the
bnit-xl ty everywhere ap of San
HV’P wit J
• and a apr. it
bv Americana as Individuals.
nar**i»t
Catara Bai
Chickens are tied together, s- met mea
P e Iras
in hunches of from eight to a dozen.
PORTO RICAN COCK FIGHT CORRAI
SHE LEARNED HER FATE.
Ms Ides Took a I’eep Behind Future’s
Mystic Veil and F'ound It Boay.
A young woman In the throng In '¡th
■ venue paun-d before a show window,
but not to inspect the goods therein,
as Indicated by her actions. Her eyes
wamlereil to a quaint figure of foreign
outline a man In the rouianttc garb of
Italy. He was standing In patient at
titude hex de a high trl(>od on which
rested a birdcage with many feathered
oceupanta of gaudy colure.
Suddenly the young woman gathered
her aklrts about her and passed ou.
keeping her face turned resolutely
away from the Italian
She crossed
the atreet and nurried into a neigh
boring store as though fleeing from
some Invisible pursuer. Directly she
reappeared, plainly under the strange
domination of the Italian, who stood
stolidly beside bls birdcage. Iler eyes
rested u[»ou him wistfully while ber
teeth were sunk Into her lips, She
moved toward the crossing slowly anti
w ith heightened color. Her mind WH«
not made up. She Itn.-iglneu the gaze
of the public consuming her with curi
osity, (>erhai>s reading her purpose, for
all she knew. Abruptly, as she stood
upon the curb, she frow ned at the pass
Ing populace defiantly and with resent
ment. Determination seized her. She
step[H'd from the curb and swiftly ap
proached the spot where stood the
Italian.
Just then a party of shoppers greetist
her by name, and she gas|H-d as though
struck; but the eonaclouanesa that she
had not committed herself enabled her
to face them and smile She passed
un active and prominent on. not daring to look at the Itallau.
Tomas Estrada Palma Is a little, olu I'alma
man
He wears rusty black clothes part.
At the first side strivt she left the
In INtiN, when open war begun, be thick of the crowd and her pace slack
He moves nervously and quickly, wink
lug Ills blue eves ns he talks. He Is lav was one of the leaders tn the newly- ened gradually. She watched the ve
ishly |H>llte. after the manner of the old formed legislative body. Ills home hicles speeding across the rift of ,'tli
Spanish school. His chin Is more than town was the first upon which the avenue In the distance, still thinking
strong aud aggressive, being what Spanish troops descended. The pat of the Italian, though she had turned
country people call Jumper Jawed, riots. loving It devotedly aa they did, her back upon him. By turns she stoo I
which means that bls chin betrays for It was an old and pleasant city of still or forged ahead until she bad
strength anil aggression raised to the h unes, burned It to the ground, so that reached the middle of the block. There
the oncoming regiments should find she wheeled and retraced her steps to
highest power.
The Pres dent of the republic of Cuba neither food nor shelter there.
1 «th avenue with her head down and
During the guerrilla campaigning of her step firm. Once more her eyes
Is «7 years old He was born at Bays
mo. In the province of Santiago. His the Ten Years' War Palma was elected w«e upon the Italian, steadily but
mother tried to keep him out of the President of a republic organized by furtively, fearing |>erhaps to encoun
revolutionary movements which were the troops. In 1N77 he was captured by ter the gaze of others, lu her glove
brewing In the Island during Ills youth. the Spaniards, Imprisoned for n short she clutched a small coin, which she
She even went so far ns to restrict him time In Havana, and later taken to produced In silence. Iiamllng It to the
to the boundarli's of the Buyamo estate. Spain, where lie was confiued In nn old foreigner beside whom she stoppisl.
Associates she knew he must lune, castle for over a year.
He smiled like a graven Image coming
but Ills boy friends had to come to see
He takes care to give the Spaniards to life Without a word he opened the
him; he was not allowed to visit them. their due. and says he was treated witu cage A bird from Its perch flew down
The father had died when Tomas was great kindness and respect by them.
to the tray of printed curds Iwfore the
very young. When he was 15 years old
After bls release lie was postmaster floor, One of these carila the bird
ho broke from his mother's lending general of Honduras for live years, and seized In its bill and the Italian sign!-
strings and went to llavann to study. then came to the United States, where fled that his fair client should take It.
Soon after that the death of Ills mother he established a collegiate school for
She took It nnd tied not even stop
left him In sole control of a great es Cuban and South American boys at ping to rend, snys the New York Tinies,
late. He went back to Baynmo to man Central Valley, N. Y.
but. nevertheless, convinced tlint the
age It.
During the last struggle for Cuban story of her future wns In her grasp.
By this time rebellion had broken out Independence he was the bend of the Turning Into 5th avenue she «inootheil
actively and Palma east Ills lot with Junta which, with headquarters In New out the i-runi|H'd card and sennned It
the island party. Years of agitation York, raised money and carried on a eagerly. Then she flushed with anger.
and organization followed, lu which propaganda In behalf of the cause.
The legend on the enrd ns follov
• •••••••••
"vOiiR FutUrE Is IlilGHT,
scope, declare that the mold plant la a gotten over their fears of the Insur
You AA'il.l bE tile FaTIler
most lovely creation. Indeed, a writer gent* and are thinking solely of their
OF A glteaT
In the Kitchen Magazine says that share In the tremendous betterment
I'oEt "
nothing In nature Is more beautiful that Is to come.
These plants are associated In our
"Laws have been drafted aud are
minds with death mid decay, mid so an uow before Congress, which, when
unreasoning prejudice has developed passed, will throw open the nlmost In
against them, lu many cases they do conceivable riches of these Islands to
accompany decay, but ns the lily rises American development. Capital has al
nlsive the foulest pond, so a mold mnj ready begun to come In. and at least
develop Its frost like daintiness and two big syndicates have been organ
cleanliness. Its exquisite coloring. In ised. one of |2.(Nk>,()0U ami one of »1,-
Shetland's shortest night Is
the midst of putrefaction. Still thej oOO.OOO. Hut laith are, I think, prema hours, but her longest Is ov«r eighteen
also thrive In the cleanest soil, and are ture. though they may be all right If hours.
wholly harmless In their growth.
reorganized as soon as the new laws
The greyhound, which can cover a
The most common of the molds Is the are enacted.
mile In Im. 2Na., Is the fastest of quad
Penlelllium glaucum. well known to
"I am having the Invaluable advan rupeds.
housekeepers ns the fungus, against tage of the advice of men here who
In both the provinces of Ontarla and
w hich a tight Is made at canning time have simile 1 the situation from the be
It first forms a grayish green mat, and ginning. and know the conditions. I Quebec fhe birth rate Is steadily de
If removed, gives forth a line, powdery also have the advantage of an exten creasing.
The Chinese have the Idea that milk
dust. Under the microscope It Is a sive acquaintance among the wealthi
wonderful thing, but housewives are est and most Influential natives, obtain revives the youthful powers, and that
probHbly less Interested In Its form ed through Introductions, which gained It has special virtue as winter food for
old people.
than In methods of combating It.
for me their confidence at once.'l
In their struggle for existence the
The first salt was produced tn this
plants are very hardy and obstinate,
Hopeless.
country prior to 1020, and In the vari
^ind nature lias provided them with n
Irving Bacheller, the scene of whose ous reports of the federal census men
way of upsetting the most careful pinna stories la laid In the north country tion Is made of not less than thirty-
for their undoing The spores, which nround the Nt. Lawrence River, gave, I two States In which salt has at some
take the place of seeds, sometltiKS, for at a meeting not long ago. a humorous I period been produced In considerable
n reason thus far unknown to science, mid pathetic sketch of the degeneration quantities In 1WM) Utah produced 233.-
pass Into a resting stage. Instead of of a once prosperous country. The «71 barrels of salt, equivalent to 1.-
sprouting at once, they lie dormant for Bookman quotes tlie dialogue which 178.355 bushels, nearly all of which
an Indefinite period, mid germinate ap Mr. Bacheller described himself as was made by solar evaporation.
parently at their own sweet will. A holding with n seedy man sitting on a
There Is a railway over tiie Egyptian
German scientist Ims dis overed that a dllnpaldati-d doorstep.
desert which runs for forty-five tn I lea
spore may lie quiescent for two years,
"(¡Ind to see ye,” said he.
In a straight line, but thia Is easily
nnd then under favorable conditions
“Thanks,” said I.
beaten In Australia. The railway from
of heat mid moisture, develop Into a
he.
“AA'e've heerd about you,” aald
Nyngtin to Bonrke, In New South
sturdy growth.
and they say you done noble.”
Wales, runs over a plain, which Is as
TIHs Is probably the reason why fruit
“AA'ell. mid bow are you?” aald I
level ns a billiard table, for 12« miles
may exhibit no mold for mouths, and
"l’orely,” said he.
In a mathematically straight Hue.
then suddenly make the housekeeper's
“How's that?” said 1.
There Is hardly an embankment, no-
heart to faint by a thick green growth.
“Jest innkin' a bare livin’,” aald lie
where a curve, and only three very
Here, aa everywhere, "eternal vlgl
"AA hy don't you go away?” aald I.
slight elevations.
lam e" only may ex|>e< t to w in the day
"Can’t," sal J he.
A bet was recently made by a man
"AA by lint?" said I.
who asserted that the Tremont build
MANILA AS IT IS TO-DAY.
"Morlgngcd," said he.
Ing In Boston covered more groiin-1
"That's bad," aald I.
War F.nile I So Far «1 llr IsCnncerned
than Is included In the Granary bury
” 'Tie," said lie.
Embracing American Ideas.
ing ground, next adjacent. The as
"You don't seem to have much to
The following letter, written lately
sessors' books show that the Tremont
by an American business mail now In live for." said I.
building stands upon 25.4<»l square feet
"Don't want to live,” said he.
Manila, gbea an Interesting description
of land valued at II.11H.IMM), while Gia
"You might die." said L
of the situation lu that city as It Is to
Granary burying ground contains N7.-
"Can't,” aald.be.
day. It reads as follows:
I Isa) square feet, aaseseed at 82.7X>,tMW.
here
and
"AA by not?" said I.
• "I wish you r mid get out
The King's Chapel cemetery has H>,-
"Mortgaged," aald be.
see this country. You would have one
200 feet of land worth flMMUNM), and thu
of the greatest surprises of your life
lot upon w hich King's Chapel Is situat
Bearing Reverses.
nnd matter for thought for a long time
re- ed lias a value of nearly $l,fMM),(MM).
As
a
rule,
women
bear
fortune's
to come. The country Is beautiful, the
versos better than mon. A woman per
Marriage brokers are a regular Insti
climate delicious, though warm to one
forms little acta of self denial as s mat tution In Italy. In Genoa there are
accustomed to the temperate zone The
ter of course; she gives up her own per several marriage brokers, who have
sun Is hot at mem. but shade Is always
sonal luxuries, or eveu necessaries pocketbooks tilled with the names of
uear and somewhere a breeze Is always
without comment or complaint; there marriageable girls of the different
to l>e found Tlie nights are comforts
fore her deeds of unselfishness often classes, with notes of their figures,
ble all the year roand.
escape notice. The average mail can personal attractions, fortune and other
"The war sceius as far off here as It
not do this. Ho may relinquish some circumstances These brokers go about
did In Chicago It affects Manila aul
Idg thing w ithout a growl; bls conduct en leavorlng to arrange matrlmonl il
tlie other principal cities Just as much
In a great renunciation may lie charac alliances In the «ame offhand mercan
nn tlie war against the Hloux or
terized by the same exemplary pa tile manner which they would br.ng
Apaches used to Interrupt the business
tience which marks women at such a to bear upon a purely business trans
In New York. Boston or Pnltadelpbta.
time, but, aboulil the string of unaccus action. and when they succeed they get
There are a few skirmishes In outly
tomed poverty be so severe as to take a commission of two or three per cent
ing districts, of oourse, but they are
from him any of the trifles which be upon the dowry, with such extras of
of little or no Importance. No one
treats as a matter of course, he be bonuses s« may be voluntarily bestow-
ever speaks of any war here It Is all
comes morose, and his teiiqier suffers ed by the party.
finished from a local point of view, aud
In consequence.
every man Is straining each nerve to
Changed Ills Mind In a Harry.
solve the mighty problems of peace
The Uri-li lamgiis ge.
The
army department telegraphed to
"Tlie rapidity with which those prob
At a recent eisteddfod at Dolgelly. an officer In San Francisco who had
lems are be,ng mastered surpt sea one W l'ale«, one of the principal speakers
la-en ordered to the I'blllppines; "You
In ten years a new civilization will stated that In IN71 as many as I.OIMI.-
hare permeated all the Islands In five 11*1 persona «poke AA'elah, but In lsi)l can go to New York and sail on trans
port that goea by Silex If you choose."
years I bellevs we will see a new M.i the numlier had fallen to 9II.2WD a do-
The answer was se. t back: "Would
nils. Already the Filipinos of rank crease of
though tbv population prefer to eroga the ITictflc direct. ’
and means are feeling the contag,on of bad meanwhile Increased
Then the department wir».I him:
American optimism and are looking to
"Transport will make good time, lias
bo
A
week
after
the
funeral,
the
the future with glowing hopes
Ex
sixty women school te.-ichers abroad
Insurgent generals sre taking post* un reared husband attracts no more at*
The young lieutenant answered;
der the government on all sides, and tentJon than a brldegro m a week after
"Saie me a tiertb on truns;sxL’
I
the
ceremony.
those who have l>een always loyal have I