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Prisoners and CaplSves Dy II. S. MERRIMAN sH(3); In i CHAPTER X. Clnud Tyar walked through th nar row streets, westward, without notice ble hsste. Ilia gait was D. i;!n-f iiutt of busy city mi-reliant nor th aty lornge of llii sailor out of work. Pre- en'ly he seemed to recognize some famil iar landmark. He turned sndd.-nly up a narrow passage ami, puahinaj oen a swiog glass dour, climbed a flight of If ail covered step. Oil tils second floor b stopped before a iloor bearing on a amall lirnK plate (ho mime, "M. .f. Kaaton." Without k no king b opened the door, and on his entrance an elderly man rose from liia at at a low table, and, after a quirk glanre, lowered hia colorless eyes, bowing gravely. Tyara returned tba al utation with ahort nod. The elderly man then turned to go Into a room beyond the mall, bar office, When he turned hia bark, thla pity rlerk was no longer elderly. Ida bark waa that of a young man. Addressing him elf to aome unseen ieron In the Inner room, he uttered two worda only the name of the visitor waiting in the outer ufiii-e without prefix or comment 'tome in, Tyaral" palled out a cheer ful tenor voire. Immediately; and th plerk, turning Into an old man again piejipen amue to let the viaitor pass mrongii the doorway. The man who roue to greet Tyara, hold Ing out a thin hand arros the table at whlrh he had lieen aeated, waa alngularly aJiunt. Ilia narrow ahouldere alnped at a larger angle from the linen of hia ain wy neck llian la usually to be found in men of the Anglo Saxon rai-e. The hand held out waa unsteady, very white ami long. The fare waa narrow and extreme ly amall; at arhool Matthew Mark Fas ton had been nicknamed "Monkey" Kaa ton. lepite hia youthful apearance It waa aome yeara alnre he had left arhool. and imbed men of hia year at Harvard were mostly married and elderly, while r.aaion anil retained hia youth. In addi tion to thla enviable possession there waa atlll noticeable In hia appearance that . alight resemblance to monkey by whlrh he had acquired a nickname alngularlv appropriate. It waa not only In the amall. Intelligent face, the keen, anxiotia rye and thin lips, that thin resemblanre made itself dia.-e-,ible, but In quickness of glance ami movement. In that refined and fiervnita lanul,.n t . , , , . . ........... .,... , airi Wnin la only loumi in monkeys and' all the lower aui uiaU. Hy way of greeting thla man wblatled rwo or tnree bars of "See the Conquering j.r-.u monies aortly through bia teeth, u.i ioiiiie io a rhair. "Smith," be aaid, raising hia voire. yon may aa well g0 to the bank now with those checks." There rame no answer to thla sugges tion, but preaently the dior of the outer Office plotted quietly. 1 rail him Smith." continue,! v..tnn thin and nleasnnt t. - distinct American arrent. "because hia name ia Pavloski. That unfortunately luxuriant prop of gray hair atanding atralght up give, him foreign appear ance, which the name of Pavloski would aeem to confirm. Hesldes. It takes auch long time to aay Pavloski." While he waa speaking Easton's fare had remained quite grave, and. conse quently, very sad. There waa ahort al ienee. Moth had much to aay. and they appeared to be thinking ami aearrhing for a amiable beginning. Kaston apoke flrat. I ace, he aaid. "that you are trim and taut, and ready aa usual. The ex ecutive keepa up to the mark." 'i'YP"'" ,l'li'', Ty"r"' department la In working order. The ahlp ia getting on well, and I have fouud my firat olli- The alight, delicate man looked at hia companion', large limh. and half ui prrssed a aigh. Hi, wi.tful little face v-.iiirncieu into a grave smile, and nodded hia head. "I dislike you." he anld In l.i. ...... n ly huinoroua way, "when you talk lik imi. ii aeema to Imply an evil i. J"T phyaiml superior- Ity, whlrh. after all. ia fleeting. Vou re only dual, you know. Hut but It ia rather poor fun staying at home and uull lug atnnga feebly." v "It haa ita advantagea," .aid Tyara. In n unronsrioualy thoughtful tone, which brought the reatleaa eye. to hi. fare at on.. "Hcaidea," he added, more lightly. yon do not pull feebly. The tug, are pretty at rung, and the atring,. you must remember, rearh a good distance." "Yeea!" Mathew Mark Kaaton had a Ingular habit of elongating the little word Into several syllables, aa If in order to gain time for thought. "Y.-ea ' I auu. P",7 ll h"' I,ut" b Mi(I. '"lnf him aelf, I have not been Idle. That ia to aay, Smith-Pavl.wkl Bmlth. you kw II. haa two working terrlflrally hard' 1W MU,w! Hi. wife I. out there., Kara.l "Yea, I know. You told me," Inter rupted Tyara. and hia manner uncon rioualy Implied that a fart once Impart ed to hi in waa never forgotten. "Haa he heard from or of her yet 7" "No, not for two yeara. J, H.ipv ahe ia alive atlll, and report eame from It ma that he had been aent to Kara." The F.ngliahuian listened without com meut. Ilia atrong. bearded fare waa not jdenaant to look uixin Just then, for the massive Jaw waa thrust forward, and there waa a peculiar dull glow in bis placid eyea. "There waa child, you know," con tinued the American, watching the ef f.tt of hia worda, "to be born In prison In a SilM'rlan prison, where the attend ants are the riffraff of the Russian .riny more lirutea than men. That would probably be a year ago." He paused, hia thin voire lowering to ward the end of the ecntenee In a way that rendered hia American accent alngu larlv Impressive In ita simple narrative. "I wonder," he continued, "what haa become of that refined lady and that help less infant now. It brlnga the thing before one, Tyara, In rather a bright light, to think that that man Sm Tav loskl. who cornea here at half past nine every morning, goe. out to lunch in a amall eating house next door, and goes home fo h(s lodging at five o'clock ; that that man baa a wife In a Silerian prison. A w ife a woman whom he haa lived with every day day after day; whose every tone, every little gesture, every thought, I. familiar to him. I surmise that It must be worse than being In a Siberian prison one'a aelf !" It la easy to aet down the words, but to render the alight twang, the wonder ful power of expressing pathoa that lay bidden In thla man'a tongue, la a tack be yond any pen. Tyara atopped him with a quick gesture of the head, aa If to Inti mate that all thla waa no nwa to him. "Why," ha aaked, eurtly, "are you howerlng all thla upon maT Do you think that I an the tort of fallow to turn kackr "Ok, no !" ana wared Eaaton In an alter ed ton, Than ha turned In hat chair and, unlocking drawer In i)m pedestal I kla wtltlof table, it drew fort aav- he ar- e aense eral leather-hound books, which be aet upon tbe table In front of him. "Oh, no!" be aaid, turning the pagea. "Only you aeemeil to be of opinion just now that the paa'ime of staying at home and pull ing airings had ita advantages." "So it haa," waa tbe cool reply; "but that in no way altera the rase aa far aa I am concerned." "Then I apologlxe." aaid Kaaton, raia- ing hia eyea without moving hia head, thought, perbapa well, never mind!" "What do you think?" "I bad a eort of notion that aome other interest had sprung up that you were getting aick of all thia long preparation "And wlahed to bark out?" auggeated Tyara in hia high-bred Indifference. A. he .poke he looked up and their eyea met. A atrong contraat these two palra of eyea. Tbe one. large, placid ; the other quick, keen and restless. Although Kaaton'a gaxe did not lower or flinch, hia eyea were not still ; they seemed to aearch from corner to corner of the large glance that met bia own. "I am afraid," he aaid. Ignoring the guest ion, "that I am getting a trifle skep tical. I have had more than one dis appointment. Our doctor 1'lillippl, you know haa been appointed aanltary In spector of the town of Lille, or something equally exciting. He baa intimated that while fully sympathising with our noble seheme, be can only help ua now with hia purse and bia prayers. I do not Imagine that bia purse will aaslst you materially to steer through the Ice on a dark night in the Sea of Kara." It cornea, no doubt," aaid Tyara, half apologising for the French doctor i treachery, "from hia failure to realize the whole thing. The nation took up tbe question of the alave trade without momenta hesitation, anil that waa one upon which there were undoubtedly argu ueuts ujKin both sides of equal weight, We are not sure now that the com para vely amall proportion of the human race victimized by tbe alave trade haa really lenefited. The state of Russia and her yslem of government ia a disgrace to ha whole world yet the whole world lose, it, eyes to the fact. The Siberian xiles. In my estimation, call for more sympathy than those thick -skinned, dense- rained negroea." Kaaton aaid nothing. Ilia father had been a alave owner, but he fact waa unknown to Tyara, and he did not think it necessary to mention It. Had the alave trade never been suppressed, Matthew Mark Kaaton would have been one of the richest men in America. As It was, he sat daily in thia little office in the city of Loridon conducting to all outward apiiearancea a amall and atruggling com mission agent'a business. It was some what characteristic of tbe man and his country that Claud Tyara ahould be al lowed to remain In ignorance of these matters. Kaaton now turned to the leather-bound books, and tbe two men sat far Into the lay discussing questions strictly technical and strictly confined to the fitting out of the small vessel lying in the London dock for an expedition to the Arctic seaa. F.ven In the discussion of these detalla each man retained hia characteristic man ner of treating outward things. Eastitn waa Irresponsible, gay and light, while beneath the airy touch there lurked a truer, firmer grasp of detail than la pos sessed by the majority of men. Ills queer little face was never quite grave, even while apeaking of tbe moat aerloua matters. Ilia manner waa, throughout, suggestive of the forced attention of a schoolboy, ready to be led aside at the slightest Interruption, while the relation of hard facta and the detailing of long statistics ran from his glib tongue with out the least sign of effort. Ull. notlceshU In the man called P- loskl. They were evidently foreigners. They apoke Knglish remarkably well, and ,a,i. r.ai m smkes in arammar. re.vived tbeui with a few worda of wel come. Tyara," he aaid to each In turn, has found a gentleman who will serve aa first oflh-er. He bringa him to-night." "Is." inoiilred the atout man, who waa nf a aouiewhat ceremonious habit. Mr. Tyara well?" "Quite well, thanks; at leaat, I eur mise ao," was the answer. I The two younger men heard the news ' without comment. Without awaiting an I invitation Pavloekl drew a chair for ward to the hearth rug and aat directly in front of the fire, holding hia two hands out toward the warmth. In this position It became evident that he wss a contem- Dorarr of tbe two younger men, wno tiresentlv moved toward tbe Ore and etoo! talking together In their peculiar Kng lish, while Kaston and the stout gentle niao exchanged meaningleaa platitudes. Tbo three younger men bad thui grouped themselves together, and when laced In proximity there was soma sub tle point of resemblance between them which could not at first sight be defined. It Uv onlv In the eyes, for In build and complexion there waa no striking like- t"ch at these three men naa a i I SI Kill .-S. J I rf J Vl rue a ,A Will HAST To I i Jr tiffAIV. .1 1 'A III H WKk -a-eftV?" 1 'ex V.i.i; A. :$mirlM? terns Expzdtti On the top of, untaln of Virginia. aUty mile tn,h.t of WnaliliiKtoti ainifularlv alow glance. They raised tneir aa the cloud. ,lni la Moil"' Meuwier, eyes to one's face rather after the man- and on Its js., tbt nieteorologlcul ex- ner or a wnippeu uog, ...u ... jhtiii are at work nerfei'""k aysieiu up there waa noticeable a droop of the of U)Ug f tber forei'OKtliig no lower lid which left a space of whit, be- the nrwlliw- lo the PPII of th. .jr.. " umtle by iw WIHI. U Moor. In trough great hardship or an un.pe.k- Vrk that before the -tot. of abie aorrow. Such eyea aa IDeae apeag "rouicr n,uj be ion-tutu u.u. for themselves. One can tell at once that ately a month In advance. Crop fore thy have at one time or other looked canting will also be taken up by the upon something very unpleasant. Finally I weather bureau aa soon the weather Tyara entered tne room, ciosei, .oi.w.. forecasts have advawed satisfactorily. Dy IISWID t-irare. There were thua aeven partakera of the gcod things provided' by a neighboring confectioner four Kuasiana, two Eng lishmen and an American. There bad been no secrecy about their coining; no mystery tape at the door, no atrange sounding passwords. Moreover, the cou versation waa of a simple, etraigntror' The IniiHirtaiice or ,u, h foreknowledge a will enable men to forecast the liar vent, cnntiot be estimated. I'rofeHNor M(H,re ba aioken once; now he Is silent; but altnt though he be to lay. It , 'r-Ihle to give after the milliner of a himian an account of tursnrion wns OI a BlllllJie. irniKunuc . . - ward nature, without dramatic relief In l'"'""Ks of the men on Mount U eath the way of ambiguous and irrelevant re marks respecting the length of some alle gorical night and tbe approach of a sym bolic dawn. CTn Tie continued. I THE CACTUS CHEESE. or whose minds urefllbi! wltla the hope Hint they are about to seize the secret of the sky and mm, and by correlating them lenrn to kno on what days It will rnln or snow and on what days there will he calmior hurricanes. The observers on Mount Weather are FAMOUS FERRIS WHEEL. Attraction of Tw Great Kihlbl tloaa Now a Heap of Junk, CIIAPTKIt XI. More consplraciee have failed from Im-IM-cunlouslty than from treachery. If a man haa money in sufficient quantity, se crecy is easily purchased. Kven if he has enough money to buy a respectable coat, he Is already on the high road to success. If the conspirators assemble in swallow tall coats and white tiea, they are almost free from danger. Suspicion fixes herself upon the Impecunious, the unfortunate, the low in station. She haunts the area atepa, and flies at the luxurious sound of carriage wheels. She never enters the front door, but if she wishes to reach the uper floor, creepeth up the back stalra. I'nder the respectable shade of a silk hat, gloved and washed, any of ns may trespass where he with but a shabby coat and forlorn boot a will call down Ignominy on hia bead. Well dressed, we may ateal horses; shabbily clad, we must not even look over walla. There waa in the temperament of Mat thew Mark Kaaton that amall aeed of ag gressive courage which makes conspira tors, agitators and rebels of sensible men. I'nder the influence of such men as Claud Tyara and I'arloskl, be waa capable of developing great energy, and there is little doubt that these two, unconsciously working together, forced the American to assume a gradually increasing weight of responsibility, to the dimensions of which he remained partially ignorant. In persuading Tyara to espouse a cause of whlrh the particulars will be hereafter narrated, Kaston had, some years previously, unwittingly cast his own lot with that cause to a greater ami fuller extent than his easy going nature would ever knowingly have allowed. He had set tbe torch to a brand of which the flames soon enveloped him. Meeting Ty are at an International aquatic compe tition, a friendship had sprung up be tween them, both being lonely men with no sisters or cousins to admire their prowess. These slight retrogressive explanations w ill serve, perhaps, to make clear the po sltlon of Matthew Mark Kaaton with re gard to Claud Tyara in the eventa that follow. To some extent the outcome of these past Incidents waa a dinner party given by the American one November evening. Of those assembled some are living to this day. but others, though yming. are now dead, leaving to the aur v Ivors the memory of a brave example, the unanswered question of a uselesa life lived and lost. ' There waa nothing singular or remark able about the fare provided. It was. In fart, supplied "ell hot" by a neighboring confectioner, but the guests formed aa unique a collection of feasters aa could well be found even In the metropolis of Kngland. Among the first to arrive waa Smith "V. Smith," a Kaaton playfully called him. The old young clerk of th little offlc In the city, Tavlratkl Bmlth, waa dressed In Irreproachable swallow tall coat and whit tie. II shook band with Kaaton, bowing hia gray head In a pe culiar Jerky manner, as If they had not parted at the offlc two hours before. After hia cam at Interval three men t th first elderly and stoat, th oth er two yoangsr, bat all alike bad that nttiia ranoas) c manasrr walca tu las Any Wood Coma Oat of lb trying to fix the law which governs the Thurar riant of tba liesert r variations from time to time of the A new tame oencacy una cine out uot which conie tn the earth'a atmos- or Mexico, ami a correi Rumen i or tuo pherlc enveloi from the sun. It Is the .New lorg r.vening roxi aaya tuai ic can be produced with eijunl facility and In unlimited quantities ou the hitherto practically barren plains of the Southwest The Mexicans call It oiieao de tuna," which, being Inter preted, means cactus cheese. The one- T,,e) famous Ferris wheel, which wa tus plant Is covered with sham sulnes. one the creut attractions at the which protect It from cattle and other World's Fair at Chicago and again a animals which would devour and ex- the St. Louis Kxhlhltlon, was blown up terminate It If It were not so guarded ''X dynamite recently by the wrecking by nature. It grows so abundantly ou eompunjr which had purchased the sal the plains of Mexico and our own upon the fHlr grounds. The wheel Southwest that for two or three yeara weighed 4,3)0 tons. It bad an altitude scientific exierts have been trying to " nearly 100 feet, and when built flf discover some use for It, being cou- teen years ago In Chicago cost $750,000, lured that nature would uot have It was built to eclipse tbe Klffe Tower made ao much of anything that was "t the Paris Exiwitlon, and wns the good for nothing. Their efforts have marvel of the world, more than 0,000, been rewarded. From the cactus. WO persons from lererj corner of the despised and rejected of men and habitable, globe biff been carried In ueUHts, to the cactus cheese, guaranteed lta cars. f effect of the sun's bent on the atmos phere which governs the weather. There Is a iKTlodiclty of sun ku, and sun ss.ts have a governing Influence, so it Is that the problem of the sMts Is being studied In connection with pres sure, density and volume In the matter of the varying bent The theory Is that If the law of all these thliius can once be determined, an advance can be made from mere sea sonal predictions to actual diurnal fore casts. There are, of course, local Influ ence which may war against external Influences, but w ith study It Is believed that the relutlous of the two can be ascertained, and that true prophecy A genuine lock of Charles IXckeus' liuir, said to have been received by one Thiinnm Whlti renin I ili'Luiiu' MlwtMe.ln. sent Into the np.er air with automatic law. j,, H.r,!, wh WU11 wlth tlllt registering attachments for recording fullloU!i noVellst at the mom-nr wbnn conditions. Temi-rrtture. moisture nr..! he hlld flltll, muviilt W1U mvl4t- sold In New York for $10. PBor. wn.ua i- uoobe. concerning weather conditions for all sections of the country can lie made. I nder authority of Congress the sta tion at Mount Weather, Virginia, was established three years ago. It Is de voted to meteorological research, and the plant Is adapted especially to the study of atmospheric conditions. Dully on Mount Weather the study continues, and at Intervals kites and balloons are air movements at great heights are as ccrtalued by means of these balloons and kltea; the absorption of solar heat by the asmoNphere Is measured and de termination Is iniide of the dissipation of solar light and bent. In addition to this the observers are engaged In a work which would seem to belong rath er to the field of MKtry than to the field of silence the aim ly zing of the sunbeams. At Mount Weather, as Is learned from a brief statement of the Secretary of Agriculture, the observers are at inly ing "the relations to the atmosphere of the magnetism of the earth, the tem perature of the soil and even the mo tions of the earth. All these phenom ena have been shown to have more or less Intimate connection with meteorol ogy." As a part of the system of experi mentation which It Is hoied and be lieved, for that matter will result In making long-distance forecasting possi ble, balloons are lllrt-rnted from time to time at muny of the weather stations In different partB of the country, the balliKin work being in connection with that at Mount Weather. It Is consid ered of the utmost lniMrtance that the condition of the atmosphere above the Innd to the g rent est attainable heights should be known every day of the year, esieclally In the time of storms and of Intense cold. Two years ago Senator Hard of Cali fornia Introduced a bill in the Semite authorising the treasurer of the United States to pay $150,000 In prizes to prophets who could give evidence that they were able to tell a month ahead whether It was to 1 cold or hot, of whether It was to rain or snow, or to be as dry as the bone of proverb. Th A clean copy of the rare first edition of "The Vicar of Wakefield," by Ollvnr Goldsmith, in a beautiful binding by Ulvlere, was one among inuny ra books sold by the Anderson Auction Company lu West IKHh street. New York, the other day. No work of the eighteenth century, It Is said, has maiW greater advance lu value than the first edition of this classic, which was printed at Salisbury in 17f.il. It sold for $-ir to (J. I. Smith. The Appleton copy sold for $O10 and the FrencU copy for $010. Jeremiah Curt In, the only authorized translator of Henry k Slenklev Icz, the great Follsh novelist. Is at present en gaged in writing an Important work, to be called "The Mongols, a History." Mr. Curtln nicnt three months among the Kurlats, the only trlle of Mongols who have retained the horse sacrifice and preserved the splendid creation myths of their race. Mr. Curtln Is the author of 'Creation Myths of Primitive America." "Myths and Folklore of Ire lund," "Myths and Folk Tales of the Kusslans," "Western Slavs and Mag jars," and other authoritative volumes of a nl in liar description. Polish is said to be but one of seventy foreign lan guages with which he Is familiar. Mr. Curtln has received from Ilenrjk Sleu klewlea the exclusive right of trans latlng all that author's works Into Kn glish. Sir Caspar 1'urdou Clarke's asser tion, at a recent luncheon lu New York, that Mark Twain Is loved and admired even more lu Kntlnnd than in th United Stutes, has a strange sound for the average Amerirun, but any ono who has traveled widely abroad cannot bill was eleven pages long, and to the but have been Impressed by the differ-Inyman's-eye the whole thing looked euro In the minlity of the rvirard in It was which Mr. Clemens Is held across the like eleven pages of humor. laughed out of the Senate Into a com mlttee room, anil there It lies to-day, to delight epicures who have learned to like It, Is but a step. The corre s)ondent Intimates that fondness for this cheese, like that for aome other brands, must be he acquired, but once acquired Its Indulgence will be a Joy forever. One learns that the fruit of the cac tus "looks for all the world like a flue grade of chocolate." It Is put up lu packages attout the size of a Kund of butter, and, when wrapjieil In tinfoil, Is safe from deterioration. Another use to which the plant Is put Is the manufacture of syrup, and a sort of Jelly can be produced which Is said to resemble Snitch marmalade In the ease with which It lends Itself to pleasing combination with bread or crackers. Since the discovery that the cactus could le made to minister to human needs, the Department of Agriculture has been exerliiientlng with a view to learning whether It might lie treated so as to provide fodder for cattle. It Is found that If the plants are cut and left to "soak In their own Juice" for half a day, the spines become harm less, and cattle are very fond of tbe cactus In this state. An attempt Is being made to develop a amooth type of cactus, and while It Is possible that. without care, a Harmless plant so rel ished by several animals besides cattlo might become extinct. It Is believed that a variety without spines might b cultivated with profit Wast Sb Wasttd Mrs. Newed My denr, I wish you would letm e have a little pin money. Newed All right, sweetheart How much tlo you need? Mrs. Newed Two hundred dollars. Newed .reat Scott! Two hundred dollars for pin money? Mrs. Newed Tes, dear. It's for a diamond pin. Other Side of It. "Why, young man," said the stern parent, "you certainly don't think I would Is? foolish enough to let a penni less youth like you marry my daugh ter, do youT "Well. It's up to you," rejoined the poor but nervy youngster. "It's a cinch that no rich young man would marry a girl as homely as a he Is." Oaa lllcker. Cadley No. he Isn't In our social set any more. Wiseman So I understand. tailley es, he dropped out time ago. Wiseman Why. he gave me to dcrstand be elln.lied out-I'hllndelphla Press. some tin- Jinny have lot the deaths It has caused among thfworkmen who have labored lu thV.rk of setting It up, taking It dowmnd re-erecting It In the several migrating it has had In Its fif teen years ofaljtence. Daring rides have been tokanimn Its outer rim. on Its cross-rods upon, the roof of Its cars while In notion by those who had no fenr of altitudes. Many coupls longing for new thrills In the innrrlap ceremony have elected to be Joined a redlock In one of Its cars while thtpeat wheel slowly cir cled In the air. The wheel atio money for Its con cessionaires at tbe World's Columbian Kxposltion at Chicago I" INK-', and after the clns0f that fair It was dis mantled and m up lu a summer gar den In North Clark street In Chicago. It did not prove so profitable an at traction there, md liefore the opening of the St Looli World's Fair It was purchased for C(K),oi)0 and re-erected un the exposing grounds. At St. Loulitt also proved a money maker, but after the fair, although It wns still In t00(j eondltlon. it was de rided tlint Ita nnnpy getting days were aver, and that It should go to the Junk SUINS OF SAN FRANCISCO'S CITY HALL ... .- ; i Ijj. ,4 . . n ocean. To his countrymen he is tho humorist first and last, the merry au thor whose lightest saying is listened to with eager and amused attention; while to the world outside lie Is fun damentally an optimist and a philos opher. There his humor has not hid den his genius, as it has to a certain extent for his American readers, though his inspiring philosophy, com ounded of abounding love of his fel-low-nien and belief lu the fundamental good In human nature, Is coining to be felt more and more. Perhaps this dif ference Is due In some part to tho fact that a great deal of humor Is necessa rily untranslatable, and thnt therefore Twain's works In foreign languages show more clearly their underlying basis of sober truth and high Ideals, FKAKFUL SCENE OF HAVOC BY EAHTIIQUAKE AND FIRE. The most striking Illustration of the havoc caused by the great Pacific const earthquake Is to be found In the ruins of the City Hall, San Francisco. The fire came along afterward and did much to destroy the building, but nevertheless, the greater purt of the damage resulted from the earthquake Itself. The great central tower, which Is seen In the picture, was entirely strlpiied of the utotie and brick work, exssliig the steel skeleton and spiral stairway leading to the dome. The street back of the City Hall was piled high with shattered columns anil portions of the upticr structure. These columns for the most part were made of cast-iron, and the hollow Insldes were stuffed with a mixture of mortar and broken bricks. The columns were of such height that In fulling, (tortious of them landed on the sidewalk on the opiK slte side of the street The Corinthian capitals became separated from the columns In frilling, and struck the street with such force as to become Im bedded In the bitumen pavement. The City Hull cost nearly $7,000,000. During the construction of the building, years ago, there were stories thnt Inferior workmanship was done Uon It. Whether or not this was true, the fact remains that the building went to pieces In the shock, and the bricks fell apart as If held together bv sand Instead of cement and mortar. Tho entire building, which stretches over nearly two blocks of ground, must tie torn down. Fold In a- I'mlirella. Sumo Inventions are lorereatfna' by ream.n ot tiit.fr mliuiillrlty ; atlmrm lr reason of their Impracticability, and the bnlance because of their originality. One which Is Ingenious on Its face, and which bears the earmarks of origlnal- Ith broad corridors, spacious courts, open galleries, store rooms In which stand huge Jars, three to six feet high for storing grain, oil and wine; am END OF THE OKEAT FKKKIS WHEEL. la a Smart Set Warsrrr. Vlsltor-So that Is the mamma doll U' Aml ,h "ther. I auppnse. Is the papa doll? Owendolyn-Oh. no. you. stupid: That Is a friend of the tnsmm. i Tbpnp. doll I. .way from home.- ot.la bat .o,. Mlldrtd-l don't bellev It Btalla But br husband It r.cu ana awrully homely. wfullj boo. lat. ,h. sooia, for M Wf "-TraVbt "bnh. come. eap. o,le hundred P"nd of rl,,,,lt "ere require , reduce t i""""" 'Bec to th. eondltlon seen In the ac companying photograph "paTaxTot- knossos. A,f'"lo,P, rreasarrs Pisco e,r ' f l""""- r,,,,r n"N south of Cnn.lia. between the r.d to i;ku mi :,rpfl ' hl-torlc p,,,, of Knosso. C,h.it..qtlan V,,, article on Crete Arrhne,),g,(n1l si.re. were urned P Imost h, .uTnief "-"tchlng ot the stirfa ".cr dlggln great i the AW rea of covers between V, nd ! ,,k Tlryn.J Jyoena. In ArgoMa, thla greTtcslUa. neither fortl- 1 nor did? Jsse- twtur.Hr d- beneath tbe floor are lead-lined atone cists for the concealment of treasure. One of the most Interesting cham bers la the well-preserved throne room where stands a carved stone chair tbe oldest throne In Euros saya Mr. Evans. Three columns of cypress wood suptK.rtcd the roof; and the walls, throne, and even the floor were bril liantly colored. These wall paintings of Knossos are the very ls?st examples of pre-clnsslcal fresco work. Among the most remarkable Is a cup-bearer, the life size figure of a hoy carrying a tall funnel shnjied vnse.a painted frieze with men and women In ceremonial pro cession, the scenes depicting women seated at palace window or wandering In the gardens. These women bavt been' called by a clever FrencU woman "true Parisians' because of their star tling modern attlra and coiffure. In one of tbe northern chamber a bull ts modeled on the wall plaster In low re lief and of nearly llfaslse, and from I he rest of the conqmsltlon It Is reeog- zeu ss a representation of a combat itetwecn man and bull, possibly the leg endary Theseus and Minotaur. Ilia Owa Ei eeatloaer. CAJf BE CARRI.ED Iff THE POCKET. Naughty boya used to be sent to cut lty' tne 'hJlng umbrella, Invented by the birch rod with which the master an h, D,an- n ' constructed that whipped them. A most satisfying case the u"n,,l nl canopy can be folded of similar poetic Justice Is resrted In ,n IIrh dinner aa to be conveniently the Parla Journal, and concerns a c"rrled inalde of a hand satchel or French architect. Monsieur Ueorgel. tucked In the pocket. The aversion to He was sitting In his ofilce when he cpTlng an umbrella, especially If th heard a knock at the door, but as he de- aa7 18 clenr, Is common with everybody Tbe traveling salesman would welcome auch an umbrella as this Instead of having one, the end. of which project distastefully licyond the edges of his suit case. The hnndle of this umbrel la Is divided Into a number of plvotetl sections, which fold one over the other. The rllrs of the canopy also are col lapsible, the covering folding Into a nent parcel. -t to in; tt.oi.e, ne iook no notice, and vein on wun ins work. A few moment. inter ne nearu a key moving in the l..ir Not doubting that his visitor was a I,..-! trlar tit n tlil u. a . '"""-i arnieii Himself with revolver ami quietly hid hehlml .... i t, .. .. , u. ......... . reseniiy ti)e thief entered n...t i.sTeiim in rine the room. Then suddenly he started, and grew pale In mirror he bad seen a revolver ipi . I.I. I -J m .... " 1 .i ... ...-mt in.in nenind the curtains. "0n the window." ordcre.1 chltect "and shout 'Police!" T-llA I.IIPff OR l....t - .. ., alternative k. mw v iui t wj, n...i no summoned the officer " - - 1 , . mini Him. Clerical Milk Dealer, .. Charles Kirkpntrlck. of the Eng. Ilsh football team, waa .ln..Li i... i.i- . ..ma uulu m a Phlladeluhl hotel. lllk la - a . . . .. . a goou arink." a --1,1 .iniiur "Ves." agreed the other, ".n-i roe t libs It I .l.i.... . ' ai 1 1 rrr titm a - . u,, country place. This curate had a amall salary .nd a fle lot of cows. He decided, therefore - to T" !.,,.n'.ry- f. he P little -".- a wagon, and on his . V "''"'""''-volin Vln.ent A- ," V". "n xt,,T'1 n,an. you see. and proud of hi degree "Hut one morning he overheard two farm band, talking befr. the "'Wot dtses the "M. A " me that there slgnr aaid the first 80 answered."'-' ' , A T'f tnv,enry " kP himself clean first, his bouw .econd; a worn- mum wuura.7 ui ro keep the cleaa flrat and hemif and. Kleelrlrllr la 1st Home. Electricity, mo extensively used In the commercial development of civilisation, la rapidly becoming an Important fac tor In the modern conveniences of the home, aaya American Homes and .-. dens. Employed In Its earlier stages of use chiefly In the larger enterprises, such aa power plants for railways or lighting systems of cities and towns. It Is now being Incorporated I of tbe household for Tsrlous purposes, and surprising progress has been made by manufacturers of electrical appara tus In the Invention and production f utensils and devices designed for domes. ne service. In certain centers containing on... lent sources of electrical lunni. where the people are more ro,in- wlth electricity than Is usually the case with the average citizen, we And ho.. equips! throughout with electrical de Tlces and apparatus which hava t.. entirely obviated many former necessl. "tanoe' coa'' "1 Illumin ating oil. ! Rlaraa III.. He They used to sins- nf a m built for two. but- Bhe Itut whstf . He O.te me a sofa hi.nr. for one-,ery Urns, -J
