know there must b am good reason.
HtM waited. In order to f' "
3
r.t,iK.rtunit of setting forth bis food re
Prisoners and Captives
too, but h refused to tak it. and h
never had tb satisfaction of bearing
from bia own II pa.
(T b continued.)
raWVPiTl.
Dy H. S. MCRRIMAN
FEAT IN RAILROAD LIGHTING,
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CflAPTER XX.
On morning, about a fortnight latter,
Matthew Mark Easton received a letter
which caused him to leave bia breakfast
uutssted and drlv off in tba Brat haoaom
cab ba could And to Tyar' Hub.
The waiter whose, duty it waa to look
after tba fear resident member informal
tb American, whom ha knew wll by
'flit, that Mr. Tyara waa not downstairs
yet.
"Well," replied Easton. "I fueaa I'll
wait for him : in fact, I am going to bar
breakfast with him a boiled egg and two
Jileces of thin toaet.
He waa abown into tba room occupied
by Tyara, and proceeled to make bimaelf
exceedingly comfortable In a larga arm'
chair, with the morning newspaper.
Tyara waa not long In making bia ap
liearaoc trim, upright, atrong aa uaual,
and conveying that unaaaertlva aena of
readiness for all emergencies which waa
at timea alinoat 8gf ressiv. Ha carried
hi band In the aiualleat and moat unob-
truHive allng allowed by the faculty. At
hia heel walked Muggins tba grave, tba
pink-eyed. Muggins waa far too gentle
manly a dog to betray by algn or sound
that be considered tbia visitor' behavior
a trifle too familiar.
"Good morning, captain," aaid Eaaton,
rheerily. "Well, Muggins, I trust I
you In the enjoyment of health."
Tba violent chuck under tha chin with
which tbia hope waa emphasised received
but scant acknowledgment from a very
stumpy tall.
"1 have news," aald Eaaton, at once,
laying aside tha newspaper ; "nawa from
old Smith Pavloski Smith."
"Where from?" Inquired Tyara, with
out enthusiasm.
"From Tomsk. It la moat eitraordl
nary how these fellows manage to alude
the police. Hera la old 1'avloakl an es
raped Siberian exile a man they would
give their boots to lay their banda on
goes back to Russia, smuggles himself
acroaa tha (jerman frontier, shows that
solemn face of hia unblushing in Peters
burg, and Anally posts off to Tomsk with
a lot of contraband luggage aa a mer
chant. I thought I bad a fair allowance
of cheek, but these political fellowa are
far ahead of me. Their cheek and their
calm assurance ara aimply unbounded."
"The worst of It," aaid Tyara, turning
over bia lettera witb amall interest, "is
that the end ia alwaya tha same. They
all overdo It sooner or later."
"Yes," admitted tba American, whoa
sensitive face betrayed a passing discom
fort, "but It la no good thinking of that
now."
"Not a bit," acquiesced Tyara, cheerful
ly. "Only I aball be rather surprised
if I meet those three men up there. It
would b better luck than on could
reasonably eipect."
"If one of them geta through with his
party, all concerned ahould be very well
pleased witb themselves," said Eaaton.
"Now listen to what 1'avloakl aaya."
He .unfolded a letter, which waa ap
parently a commercial communication
written on tbe ordinary mail paper of a
merchant, and bearing tha printed al
dress of an office In Oronstadt.
On the first page waa a terse advice,
written In a delicate, clerkly hand, of the
receipt by Hull steamer of a certain num
ber of ranks containing American applea.
"This," said Easton, "Is from our stout
friend. H has received the block soups
and the Winchester cartridges."
He then opened tha letter further, and
on the two Inside pages displayed a close
ly written communication In a peculiar
pink-tinted ink, which had evidently bei-n
brought to light by some process, for tho
paper was wrinkled and blistered.
"'I have," read the American, slowly,
as If deciphering with ditliculty, 'reached
Tomsk without mishap. I have bought
a atrong sledge, wholly covered In, and
Instead of sleeping lu the stations, usually
lie down on the top of my casea under the
cover. I give as reason for this the In
formation that I have many valuable
watches, rings, trinkets and, being a
young merchant, cannot run the risk of
theft to save my own personal comfort.
I have traveled day and night, according
(o the supply of horses, but have always
succeeded hitherto in communicating with
those who are to' follow uie. One man on
my list was in tbe prison indicated; be is
probably dead. I find great Improve
ments. Our organization is more mechan
ical, and not so hysterical this I attrile
uta to tbe diminished number of female
workers. All the articles with which your
foresight provided me have been useful,
but the great motor In Siberia la money.
With the funds I have at my command I
feel aa powerful aa the Ciar. . I can buy
whom I Ilka and what I like. My only
regret la that the name of C. T. haa to
be euppresaed that the hundreds of In
dividuals who will benefit by his grand
generosity will never know the name of
the Englishman who haa held out hi
laden hands to those groaning under the
yoke of a barbarous oppression. When
we are all dead, when Itussia la free,
bis name will be remembered by some one.
Tha watchea will b very useful; I have
aold two at a high price ; but once be
yond Irkutsk, and I will send or give one
to the master of each Important atation,
or to the atarostl of each village. Hy
this mean those who follow me will know
that they are on the right track. I have
enough watchea ,to lay a train from Ir
kutsk to the spot where I assemble my
party. I met my two companion by
appointment at the base of the Ivan Vel
iki tower In the Kremlin, and we spent
bait an hour In the cathedral together
within musket shot of tbe Caar, and un
der th very nose of the cream of his
police. Since then we have not met, but
are each working forward by th pre
scribed mute alone. I see great changes
her. Russia 1 awakening she is rub
bing her eyes. God keep you all three I"
Matthew Mark Easton Indicated hy a
little Jerk of the bead that the letter was
finished. Then, after looking at It curi
ously for a moment, he folded it and put
it away In hia pocket.
"Old Smith," he aald, "waxes quite
poetic at times,"
"Yes," answered Tyars, pouring out
his coffee, "but there is a keen business
man behind the poetry."
"One," observed Kaston. In his terse
way, "of th sharpest needles in Itussia,
and quit th sharpest In Siberia at the
present moment."
"11 will need to be; though I think
that th worst of his Journey Is over.
The cream Is, a he say, at Moscow.
One beyond Nljnl he will find milk, then
milk and water, and Anally beyond Ir
kutsk th thinnest water. The official In
tellect In Siberia la not of a brilliant de
scription. Pavloski can outwit every
gendarme or Cossack commandant h
meets, and one out of Irkutsk they need
not fear th law. They will only bar
Natur to compete with, and Natur al
waya give fair play. When they har
assembled they will retreat north like aa
organised army bfor a rabbi, for ther
x at enough Cooaarka and ndrm
In Nonaern Siberia to form anything
lik aa efficient corp of pursuit. They
may follow, but I shall hav th fugitive
on ooarq and away long omiu uy
th seaboard.
"How man ara ther In Yakutsk?"
"Two thousand altogether, soldiers and
Cossacks. They hav no means of trans
port and no commissariat corps. By th
time that th news travrla south to Ya
kutsk. that ther iw a body of supposed
elites to th north, our men will hav
gained such an advantage that pursuit
would be absurd."
"It seems." replied Eaaton, "so very
elm pi that I wonder no on ha tried It
before."
Simply because do on has had th
money. 1 know several whaling captains
who would b ready enough to try, pro
vided they were paid. Th worst danger
waa th chanc of th tbre men being
captured aa aoon a they entered Itussia.
They ar now at their posts in Siberia.
In May they meet surreptitiously on tbs
southern slop of th Verkoloniska, cross
th mountains, and they ar safe. Tha
thre leaders will then b together, and
they will retreat north a arranged.
scaring th Y'amscbicka Into obedience,
and taking all th post deer and dog
with them, so that an Immediate pursuit
111 be Impossible. I think," added th
organiser of this extraordinary plot,
'that w aball succeed."
Aa th middle of February approached
Claud Tyara was tranquilly engaged In
hia preparations. Several ladies were
pleased to express tbelr disapproval of
thla affectation of hard work and failed
to ae why hia evening ahould be de
voted to a task for which be bad plenty
of time during th day.
It would be bard to determine bow
far Tyara realised hi position. II waa
disciplinarian of tbe finest mold, and it
a probable that b bad never, up to this
time, allowed for a moment the fact that
he loved Helen Grace. Thla determina
tion to cultivate th blindness of those
who will not see waa not dictated by cow
ardice; because Claud Tyara was, like
most physically powerful men. Inclined,
to exaggerate the practice of facing dis
agreeable facts with both eye open. II
bad refused to real lie this most Incon
venient truth, because b waa oppreaaed
a vagu fear that realisation meant
betrayal.
II now suspected that Miaa Winter
had known all along that Helen Grac
was not th same to him aa other worn-
Added to thla was a suspicion that
ah calmly and deliberately undertook
th task of forcing him to say as much
Helen herself. He could think this
now without vanity.
Matthew Mark Eaaton stood and
watched, aa you may hav watched these
strong rivers, and knew that his
friend was passing on to some new coun
try with a purpose which he could not
stay nor turn aside. Probably ha felt a
littl doubtful of Claud Tyars felt that
be could not rely upon him to act Ilk
other men. At any moment th unexpect
ed might supervene.
IVeply, however, aa be felt his respon
sibility, anxious as he was, b never lost
spirit. He waa on of those, men whose
courage rise to the occasion, and while
he recognised fully that without Claud
Tyara failure waa Inevitable, he would
not blind himself Into the belief that the
leader was absolutely aafe.
CHAPTER XXI.
At the risk of being accused of betray
ing tbe secrets of tbe sex, thi opportunity
is tsken of recording an observation made
respecting men. It I simply this: That
we all turn sooner or later to some wom
en In our difficulties. And when a man
has gone Irretrievably to the dogs, his
descent I explicable by the simple argu
ment that he happened to turn to the
wrong woman. Matthew Mark Easton
had hitherto got along fairly well with
out feminine interference, but this in no
manner detracted from hia respect for
feminine astuteness. This respect now
urged him to brush his hat very carefully
one afternoon, purchsse a new Aower for
bis button hole, and drive to Miss Win
ter's. He found that lady at bom and
alone.
"I thought," he aald, as he entered the
room and placed his hat carefully on the
piano, "that I ahould find you at home
this afternoon. It ia ao English outside."
"Th weather does not usually affect
my movements," replied Miss Winter. "I
am glad you cam this afternoon, because
I am not often to b found at horn at
this time. Tell me, how is Mr. Tyar?"
"He I well," wa the answer, "thank
you. Hia arm la knitting nicely."
There wa a littl pause, then be add
ed, with a marked drawl an Ameri
canism to which he rarely gave way :
"Ho-w Is Misa Grace 7"
Agnea Winter looked up sharply. Mat
thew Mark Easton met th gaze of thosa
clever northern eyes with a half smile.
She gave a little abort laugh, half pleas
ed, half embarrassed, like the laugh of
some fair masker when she find herself
forced to lay aside her mask.
"I wonder," shs said, "bow much you
know?"
Th strange, wrinkled face fell at once
into an expression of gravity which ren
dered It somewhat wistful and almost
ludicrous.
"Nothing I guess!"
"How much do you surmise?" she
amended, unconsciously using a word to
ward which he had a decided conversa
tional penchant.
"Everything. My mind la In a fevered
state of surmise."
"Is there anything to b done?" h
asked, after a lengthened pause.
"I counted," he answered, "that I
would put that question to you."
"iHin't you see that I can do nothing,
that I ara powerless?"
"And," he continued, Imperturbably,
"what am I to do?"
"Well. I .hould go to Mr. Tyars and
say, 'Claud Tyara, you cannot go on this
expedition you have no right to aacrl
lice the happiness of of another to th
gratification of your own personal ambi
tion.' "
"I cannot do that." he said, "because
Claud Tyara has bound himself to go,
and I will not let him off his contract.
It is my expedition."
He hardly expected her to bellev It,
knowing Tyara and himself aa she did.
Hut he was quite aware that he laid him
self oen to a blow on tbe sorest spot in
hia heart.
"Then why do you not go yourself, Mr.
Easton?"
He wince,! under It, all the aame,
though be made no attempt to Justify
himself. She had touched hia pride, and
then I no prouder man on earth than
a high-bred North American. II merely
sat and endeavored to keep has lips still,
as Tyara would have managed to do. Ia
a second Miss Winters saw the result of
the taunt, and her generous heart soft
ened. "I beg your pardon," ah said ; "X
Kaallaa Llao T Nw trstosa
Wklfk Ureaflr Maaa taat.
A new and Interesting engineering
test and one of considerable value to
railway couipaule aud of great coin
urvlal posMlbllltle Una been uiude uu
I ho Great Euatern Hallway or Greu
Britain, say tuo New York Tribune.
It to demonstrate he value of a
ne aystetn of lighting 'railway train,
which la kuown aa tbe Leltuwr-Lucu
system.
Tb dynamo wer entirely sealed
up; that Is, the oil wells, brush, and
rtvinlni( gear. Tbe automatic cutout
were similarly placed under seal, us
well aa tbe storage battery, tbe seal
lug being dou by the railway com
pany lu ucb a way that uo replace
ment or repairs could be wade, uo oil
added to the well or any part of the
iiiucblnery aud no water or acid added
to tie butteries. Mr. Leltuer's claim
was that under these conditions be
would light the carriages designated
during tbe time they would cover
distance exceeding tho circumference
of tbe earth at the eUutor aud during
the most exacting period of the yeur,
from October to the end of leceuiber,
Ou Jan. 1 the dlstunce agreed on
bud been exceeded, the two couches
used for the test ou arriving at Pud
dlngtou from Cornwall having covered
miles. The light bud not failed
ou any occuslou, tbe Illumination be
ing aa bright ou tbe lust Journey aa ou
tbe tlrst. Tbe light were kept sup
plied witb au electric current at a
practically constant voltage, running ot
standing. Tlie seal were taken off,
and It wu found that though tbe dyua
mo bud not bud a drop of oil, nor
tbe accuiuulutor a drop of water or
acid, they were lu first rate condition
and could buve gone ou for another
uiontb or more, still under seal, and
supplied a good and suillclent light
The result of this test In a commer
clul point of view I tmit during twelve
week aud for a dUtunce of 25,200
miles, couches were effectually and
even luxuriantly iiguiea, practically
without any human, attendance at all,
and without renewals, replacements or
repair In other words, without any
coat, except for more coal, theoretically
consumed ou tb locomotive, which La
such an Infinitesimal amount a not to
tie traceable.
Mads tao Bear Work.
BUI Winter, of whom tbe Boston
Herald telU, ls one: of the heroes who
use bis wit to are hia strength. During
campaign trip In tbe Maine woods
BUI wa easily the laziest man la the
party.
Finally his exasperated comrades
told him that If be did not kill some
thing besides time they would pack him
off borne.
Tbe next morning BUI borrowed a
rifle and went off up the mountain.
Two hours later the men men In camp
saw Bill running down again a fust
a be could come, aud close- behind him
wa a bear. Tbe men watched tbe
chase with loaded rlrte ready. On
reaching camp Hilt turned und shot
tbe bear.
When the men could stop- laughing,
one of them said, "Bill, what on earth
possessed you to run that distance,
with the hear so close, when you might
bare killed bliu on the bill aud saved
your breath?"
Bill smiled slowly. "What's the use
of killing a bear In the mountains and
lugging him In when you can run him
In?" he asked.
If tho Heart Slops Ilratln.
When the heart stops tbe circulation
ceases, the capillaries of the lungs be
come gorged with stagnant blood, whll
the Mood In the brnln no longer car
ries away the waste products and
brings the oxygenated fluid to restore
the tissues. As the blood takes about
hiklf a minute to circulate through the
whole system. It may l3 taken that ot
the end of this period after the sto-
page of tlie heart the arteries would be
filled by tbe lust effort of the left ven
tricle, while the veins would lie pour
ing their contents Into the right aurl-
ch In a few seconds more the nor
tous center would cense to net, and
probably by the end of the minute the
subject would lie practically Ucad from
suffocation, although reflex musculai
action would probably keep up the an
jiearani'e of life for some second
longer.
HenaoarreHs of Uealas.
The editor Itioked over the manu
script submitted by tbe village poet aud
frowned.
"Here Is one line," be said. "In which
you siieak of the 'music of the cider
press.' How would you undertake to
mltate the 'music' of a cider press?"
'I should think It might be done
with a Juh harp." answered the poet
'hlcngo Tribune.
A IHseoaraaremeat.
"Why don't you write your prescrip
tion In plain Kuglish?"
"What's the use?" rejoined the phy-
slelan. "I write my bill In plain Eng
lish and a hit of eople don't seem to
make any sense of them." Washington
Star.
Woman's Rlakta.
He Ton say a woman has no right.
.She That's what I say.
"Why. a man has to go to the Leg!.
lature to change his name, while a
woman only has to go to the preacher."
Yonkers Statesman,
IndeBteoavse.
Don't you feel that you owe some
thing to the public?"
No." answered Mr. Dust In Stat
Tbe principal object of my financial
career ha been to keep the public In
debt to me." Washington Star.
Acbllle J. OLshel, a New York law
yer, who wa born In Italy and waa
formerly the Marqula de Sanrla. say
that he would "rather be an American
cltlsea than any sort of mnjul."
Thr ar four mllIlooies) a Britain
to en la franc
Opinions of
4 I I "I' M
XHI PASAMA CANAL.
N tlx fur tnn '"' tn " w" Pn""d
"to prorU for ,n i"on,,u'tlon ot 0,DI
connecting the water of the Atlantic and
PaclUo Ocean" many problem bar
arisen In relation to the Panama Canal and
so many persou hav expressed opinion
ihmit them that som one ha receutly ald,
"W are getting on well with the Panama Canal our
writer are steadily work on U'"
Where to build tb anal, what kind of canal to build,
bow long It ought to take, how much It ought to coat,
whether the Polled State, government 1 eoueteiit to
build It, whether tbl or that official la doing bia work
properly all the thing have been abundantly dis
cussed. To th ordinary rltlxen one thing I evident: the prob
lem of business, of politic aud of engineering In the
construction of tb eal ,r reat th"t ol,ljr tlH,,,e
who nave full information and are expert In these and
kindred problem ro totia an opinion worth consider
, Ing. Tb enterprl ta tremendous, and the corisiratlon
that ba undertaken to perform It, the American gov
ernment, ha never hemre attempted anything like It.
The canal cannot b bu"' without perplexities, delay and
blunder seen to b blunder a good while after they ar
committed.
The Bane American, while he exercise hi right to
receive and deliver opinion with democratic freedom,
will remember at the ' time that those who are lu
the work know more about It than most of those who
are not The administrator, legislator, engineer aud
ther In authority are probably doing their part with
kill aud Integrity, tlle Part of m,0Ht every one
else I to trust tbem cheerfully and wish, them well In
a atuueudou tiuk. VuuttT Compaulou.
A rjETIKITIOtf OF SUCCESS.
UIUMi coiiiineiu'ement season, when so much
advlct I tendered the graduate and so many
deflnltlou are given tbe word "Success," It
la worth while to quote tbe definition made
by Richard I.e Gulllene: "Success consist
In getting out of yourself all tbe good there
Is In 7tw or out of Uf all of worth there 1
D
lu It or you."
That U comprebenslv. Let u note where tb em
phasis 1 placed : Success consists In getting out of your
self, not all that I in you, but all the good that I In
you. It couslst In getting out of life, not all there Is
la It for you, but all of worth there I In It for you. First,
get out of yourself U tlie good ther I In you. That la
done by education. For tbe real meaning of education
I In tb meaning of the word from which It come
educate which, meini to draw out You are to draw
out of yourself all tbe best that I In you. You may be
educated. In a sen nd draw out of yourself all that I
bad within you. loo can aharpen all the faculties of
shrewdness Into ntcallty If you o desire. Trickery,
hypocrisy, deceit nuty b bellied by education. Or you
may draw out of yourself the Inherent goodness that
abldea In honesty, deivucy, sympnthy.
.Th education tint I merely mental may be a curse
rather than a blesilni. And so of the success that comes
of getting out of lift what there Is In It you can get that
which la unwortlr If you desire. You can get those
exterior thing r?h your real self will one day declare
to b false and IW- Those things are unthinking wor
ntilli money, pmou, places may become the most mis
erable baubles wth which the soul bus tilled it ache.
Success. Whit a glittering, fusclnatlng word! What
A PEEILOUS EXCURSION.
"1 know of uo siHit more beautiful
than that which we must pas8 this
morning. But rv path Is no ordinary
one. The Journey can be done only ou
foot," said Pudr (Jlulo, who was the
companion of Reginald Wyoti lu his
Journey to the source of the Clernn,
over the border from Montenegro. In
"The Balkans from Within" Mr. Wyon
describes this perilous excursion.
"Go carefully:" exclaims Pudre Glu
lo, as I come slipping and sliding after
him. "Look!" ami seizing me firmly
by the hand, be bids uie look beneath
me. We are on the brink of a precl-ph-e
the sight of which makes my blood
run cold, so suddenly and abruptly
does It sink from the curtain of bushes
before us.
Very carefully we proceed, sliding on
the slippery gran and clutching at the
bushes. No need to adjure me to cau
tion after that terrible glunce Into the
ravine.
The forest break off suddenly, and
brings us face to face with the source
of the Clerna. Out of the living rock
rush of creamy water plunges Into the
steaming depth, a little higher a
streak of silver conies down the precip
itous mountain. Slielve of pine-clad
rock rise In ridges, until the final bar
rier of native cliff cuts Into tbe blue
ky In a wild. Jugged outline.
It Is romantic and savage enough to
characterize Its nilsslon as boundary
between two nations who have lived In
blood feud with one snot her for more
than Ave centuries.
For some hundred feet we descend
teeply, and the gorge surround us like
the walls of a prison. A thread, scarce
ly more than a foot wide, skirts the
bare rock, and dlsapjiears round the
bend of a cliff, the summit of which
overhangs the base. At least w can
walk upright Thl I no place to con
template the roaring cascade. The cor
ner la passed, the cliff ha receded
somewhat from our path, which Is,
however, still
QKn a steeply sluntlng
angle.
"It wa her that a woman fell last
year," explain the padre, aud scarce
ly have the word left his lips when we
round a bend, and Hud an old woman
and two young girls staggering under
juge load of wood. They are stand
ing helplessly, tmj as we come up to
them th woman and a girl lie down
on the upper side of the path to let us
pas, and we see tbe second girl In a
terrible predicament
Her foot ha slipped over the lower
Ide, and she balancing between life
and death. The load upon ber back la
too heavy to permit her to rise, and tbe
loose earth on the shelving bank allow
no foothold.
A grasp of band, and b I np
afely once tnort on th path, smiling
ryly, a It wer a tnot common acci
dent. It I ometlmM esiler to figure the
ther man' proflu than your owa.
Great Papers on Important Subjects.
I f U 8 I I I U
THE PBESS IS
kT ba
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HI
expenditure of money I rightly accounted on of th
master virtue. The ecret of th rise of many In world
ly estate 1 to be found In the undevlatlng practice of
jiendlng lea than la earned. Tbl may Involve Spartan
sacrifice In some Instances, but It comprises the art of
getting on In the world. Tbe maxim, "Spend lea than
you earn," la easily understood, yet the majority of per
son, beada of families, are ao constituted that no mat
ter what the earnlnga may be, the standard of living rises
with the financial resources of the family, aud at th
end of the year the debit and credit side of tbe domestic
account balance, or, perhaps, the household I grievously
in debt The piling up of debt for domestic expenses Is
Inexcusable, save in case where no amount of prudence
will keep the wolf from the door. Philadelphia Ledger.
BERLIN IS MACHINE MADE.
English Writer f all It Bttff, Rlarld,
Hrellllnear aad Only a Vlllaare.
Was Berlin made last year or the
year before? It 1 lmimaxlble to say
from looking at It Some of the tree
in the street look at least ten year
old, but they must have been planted
long before the city wa thought of
the houses and the street and the lump
post and tbe statues are all much too
t.eat aud new to have endured the rain
of more than one winter. It Is all, In
fart, quite too new to be comfortable,
One feels afraid to sleep In any of the
bouses lest rheumatism should be lying
at wait In room where the plaster ha
not had tlmo to harden.
I drove from the station In a "drosh-
kl" with a monstrously old horse. Time
had bent his foreleg Into a very good
imitation of a swltclvtmcic railway
and a we plodded solemnly along the
lirand-new asphalt roadway, with the
brand-new bouse on either side and an
occasional brand-new electric car, with
a brand-new driver in a brand-new uni
form, I found myself wondering what
(lint old horse must think of It all. One
day he may have been grazing In an
open field and when be passed that
way a week or so later he found a new
hroad boulevard, with hotel and shop
Mid churches and great Mocks of flats,
nil sprung up like mushroom.
Berlin, then, I a great deal too per
fect to be satisfactory. It Is the ma-clilne-inade,
not tbe hand-made article
It wa very decidedly made, not born.
There 1 no spontaneity In It no life;
compared to, say, Londou; It la like a
beautiful marble statute to a living
woman.
Berlin I. In fact, an awful ohject
Irsson to emperor ami other who try
to make a capital city out of a resjieo
tohle village. It I easy to put up Im
posing buildings If you have tbe
money and to out out broad tree-lined
ruails and have everything neat and
nice ami fine but you only make your
village bigger and Oner without making
It any the more a capital city. There
Is no got t Wig away from tbe feollng
that Berlin I a village a big village
a beautiful, rectilinear, new-out-of-the-bamlhox
village, but a village all the
same. Ijomlon Chronicle,
live ky the In.
Little spider of certain specie are
er.rrled on the back of their female
parents. In some case for six or seven
months, without taking the slightest vis
ible nourishment This fact ba led the
Imaginative but learned and eminent
French naturalist M. J. II. Lahre, to
conclude that the young spider live by
the absorption of solar light and heat
A lie word It, "tb motor bewt In
these young animal. Instead of being
released from food, might be utilised
directly aa the un, ourc of all life,
radiate It"
"Why In th world did yon nam
yonr car The Scandal Monger f "
"It alway running people down,"
Houston Post
4 4 4 ! t U l l ! l -t
a cruel farce It sometime play In the heart of men. If
uccea be fairly woo It may be known by the peace It
bring ; If unfairly won It become Ilk dead ashes to th
lips. When one geta a large measure of good out of him
self and of worth out of life be la hero conqueror; when
one get a large measure of bad out of himself and of
rnwortblnesa out of life be la cheated lu th end.
Gallleue put th aUndard high necesaarlly but not
too blgb. None of ua get all tb good out of bimaelf, or
out of life, but the nearer we come up to tb standard
tbe more nearly do we come to success. Indlauapoll
Sun.
THE MODEKH SEARCHLIGHT.
HIS English army, which for centuries ba
been fighting Inferior race, ha a new
weaion against the savages. Iu fighting
the Zulu It ha been found that tbe search
light cornea lu bandy. When the light I
turned onto their camp lu the night tbe
frightened native funcy th ey of God 1
ujkiu them and they fly in dismay.
Modern civilization haa also It searchlight: Tbe pre.
Tbe llmellgbt of publicity la the great discoverer and tb
great deterrent of evil. The old scripture ar true to
day a thousands of year ago "Men lot darkness rath
er than light because their deed are rrll." And when
the searchlight of the newspais?r la thrown upoa their
deed what a eoatteruieut and a terror!
Especially within the past two year ha th search
light been efficient It lu been turned on evil In high
pluces and baa sent guilty w re to he to suicide and exile.
It ba condemned the mighty to wither In tbe sight of
men or die la shame. The searchlight la turned upon
th predatory raid of the millionaire and be quail le
for It It flushes Into th light of public scorn th loot
er of great Insurance companies and blast aud rulna
whole families. It throws Its beams upon the people'
representative and each man stands revealed. And now
It Is turned upon tbe corporation that are monopolies
and now uion the graft and corruption of the railroads.
All hall the searchlight I No danger of excesses so
long as tbe press couflne Itself to fact. Let tbe truth
apiear though the heaven fall. And let the potential
wrongdoer who contemplate new robberies atand lu ter
ror of the light More power to the ray of tb earch
light St. Louis Chronicle.
RUNNING INTO DEBT.
been said that next to death or serious
Illness tbe most distressing thing In the
household I debt The general thrift of the
member of one of our most highly respected
religious societies Is doubtless du to tb
fact that they are enjoined to llv within
their mean. With thla sect prudent In th
WHAT MEXICO OWES DIAZ.
Almost Incredible Improvement Kt-
fectrd Ilarlnar III Loner Hale.
For 300 years Spain ruled MexliM In
the same manner that she ruled her
other colonial possessions, for the bene
fit of Spain and Spaniards. Snaln'a
colonies were regarded only as trlbu
tarles to the mother country ami the
conquered people becnm'e littlo less than
slave to the conquerors. Yet with it
all there waa among the people an up
ward development which culminated lu
revolt and the overthrow of Spanish
authority. The flag of revolt wa
raised on Sept 111. 1S10, but liideiend
ence wu not proclaimed until Feb. U4,
1821. On Sept 27 of that year Itur-
blde made hi strlumphal entry Into the
capital.
The next sixty year marked a lie
rlod of almost Incessant domestic war
fare, during which the land was dren. 'ti
ed lu blood and comparatively little
progress was made. Then came Mex
ico's atrong man, Porflrlo I Mat.
I'nder tlie rule of this large-minded
statesman Mexico has become a new
land. lie Introduced sweeping and
practical reform measures, Increased
revenue without seriously Increasing
the burden of taxation and set on foot
plan for the development of national
resources. Ho maintained eace at
home and established friendly relations
with foreign tower. The result of
the new lley were soon apparent.
I Max saw that political iea and In
dustrlal prosperity were alike depend
ent uHin railway communication. In
1875, two year before the first election
of General Diax, Mexico had only about
.0 nille of railway. Twentv vmra
later she had neaijy 7,(hs miles ind
she haa to-day approximately 10,000
mile. Much of this work ha jcen
done by a costly system of subsidies.
nut mere can tie no question of the
wisdom of the Investment. Aside from
the effete of the railways on the Indust
rial growth of Mexico, witliout them It
would hav lieen practically ImiNisslble
for President I Mas to put Into effect
those Milltlcal reform which have own
verted the country from a land of al
most uninterrupted domestic war Into a
laud of iieace and law and order.
A quarter of a century of good gov
ernment ba effected an almost Incred
ible change In Mexico. There are "00-
01) scholar enrolled In t)i ....i.n..
.w 'UI1'-
school and 12.1,000 more enrolled In
private school. Education la compul
sory, although the law cannot be rigid
ly enforced. There were In l!si3 thirty
seven museums. 12.1 libraries and 477
neweps tiers. Telegraph line run to all
parte of the country. Waterwork and
ewer systems ar In operation and In
process or installation. "A quarter of
a century ago," y Frederic R. Quern.
ey In th Atlantic Monthly, "Meilco
wa a congerle of Jealoua and Isolated
province, ine wort or Porflrlo DIi
baa been tbe creation of a tron ai.
vent and efficient nation. Truly a great
man in a country or great poolbllltlaa."
.rw i org su
WaTrar"la
Both th Krupp girl aro engaged.
Million ar no bar to matrimony.
New York American.
There I such a thing a making It
too warm even for th Ice Truat
Philadelphia North American.
At any rate. Mr. Thaw will not have
any worrlea about tbe place In which
to atietid th summer. Philadelphia
Ledger.
John D. ay American pend too
much. He could help them out by re
ducing tbe price of oil. New York
American.
Market report ay that turkey will
he "plentiful and of fin quality." which
la aurely matter for thauksglvlug. New
York Herald.
An Indiana locksmith hot tbe girl
that Jilted hi m, so ther I one at leut
tLat love shouldn't have laughed tt
Sew York Herald.
Tbe assessor who fixed the value of
Bryan' bee at $3, referred only to
those on hi farm. Philadelphia
North American.
Nephritis Is the latest penalty for
the automobile scorcher. Nature, tt ap
pears, baa certain speed law also.
New York, Tribune.
For a time the lawyers will attend
to the exjieiullture of Mr. Thaw'a au-
aual $HO,000. And then some more.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Even If Pennsylvania employe can
not keep their stock, they retained It
long enough so that tt will keep them.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Speaking of courts, tbe Court of Pub
licity now seem likely to acquit Whit
and find Thaw guilty of aa unprovoked
act. Philadelphia Inquirer.
By the time the Thaw-White case la
washed out, tbe citizens of Gotham will
think a new packing house ha been
turted up the creek. Washington Post.
The man who rocV the boat would
how some consideration If he didn't
take so many other with him when he
;oe to the bottom. Philadelphia
Press.
The utility of canals I a common
theme now, but the whole truth can
not be learned until there shall be com
munication with Mars. Philadelphia
Ledger.
Would It not be well If the Pitts
burg multl-mllllonalres and their fami
lies would only give the candal-mou-gerlng
public a few day' rest? Phila
delphia Record.
The President having congratulated
the Kaiser on becoming a grandpop, tbe
William wou't rest easy until be re
turns the compliment Philadelphia
North American.
Harry Thaw' friends are doing a
lot of talking about "the unwritten
law," but unfortunately for hi in, he
will not be tried under that kind.
Washington Post.
Returning the coal-stock graft will
not lessen the wrong done by the rail
road officials who guaranteed discrim
ination against Independent. New
York Commercial.
We ore Informed thut every bad man
In Pittsburg Isn't a millionaire and
every Pittsburg millionaire isn't boil,
which 1 a fact well worth believing.
Philadelphia Press.
It has been decided that a young
man can marry on $10 a week, but a
Chicago authority says It I bard to
find girls there who are earning thar.
New York Commercial.
Constant Header. Oh, yes; the Kai
ser's grandson has both a father aipl
mother, although you might not think
so from the Euroicnii dispatches.
Philadelphia North American.
The fact that the crown of King
Haakon of Norway was too big for him
show that, unlike many others, hi
head ha. not been swollen by hi ele
vation. Philadelphia Record.
Ten Japanese are here to study our
railway method, and two or thre
year from now the Hochl Shlnhun will
print: "Extra! President Kasokl
Coal Graft 1" New York Herald.
"Wanted A respectable boy for beef
sausages, rends on advertisement In
the London Mall. Even Chicago wa
never that frank about the content
of It sausages. Washington Post
If the Douina succeeds, like the En
glish House of Commons, In getting
hold of the pursestrlngs. It will prob-
nbly find the Czar ready to listen to
Its suggestions. New York Tribune.
Secretary Wilson say the Govern
ment will not put It seal iiion any of
last year's birds' newt. But bow about
the cold-storage spring chicken of the
vintage of 1004? New York Tribune.
The President Is going to Panama to
see that they make the dirt fly down
there. Should take some of our poli
tician with him. They are adept In
that line of business. New York Her-
ld.
There I a shortage of small bill
In the United State Treasury. Per
haps thl will help to explain to a great
many people why they are abort on
amall bill also on those of hlaiier de
nominations. New York Tribune.
Kojcstvensky wa unconscious when
he surrendered, and he pleads guilty
The many other Russian admirals ami
generals who were conscious when they
gave up llave not been so frank with
the court martial. New York Commer
cial. President Faunce of Brown I'nlver-
Ity regard athletic aa a training
school for arbitration. Hon. William
Lloyd Garrison regard football aa tha
fount and origin of war. Another mat.
ter for Intercollegiate arbitration. New
tore pun.
Russian and Japanese envoy min
gled In a mot friendly spirit In tha re
cent Red Cross convention In Genera.
r.uy now v ny anonld there ha
war but for th folly of ruler and the
plgheadednes 0f politician ? New
York World.