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Prisoners and Captives By II. S. MERglMAN " CHAPTER XXII. Ml! Hark Easton waa a qalck thinker If not a dwp en, and it la thoM who think quirk) who (Ira quicker. Thl man bad something to give, something to tear away from kla own heart and hold out with nrou, smiling ey, and, -bm- ror Ulna Winter a door had clsud bo bind hlin, the sacrlfic wa made. IU railed a hansom cab and drove straight to Tyars' club. IU found hla friend at work among his ahip'a papers, folding and making up In packets bia receipted Ills. "Morning." aaid the Englishman. "These papera art almost ready to ba banded over to you. All my stores art on board. "Ah I" Tyars lonked up shtrply, and aa sharp ly returned to hia occupation. Easton waa grata, and Tjrara knew that he had coma with news of soma sort. He waited, however, for the American to begin, and continued to fold and arrange his papers. "I have," aald Eaaton, sluing down and tapping the neat toe of hla boot with hi cane, "hit quite accidentally upon a dis covery " "I'oor chap!" muttered Tyars, abstact-dly. "Vvhlch will make a difference In A.te crew." "What?" exclaimed Tyars, pausing In the middle of a knot. "One role," continued Easton, his queer little face twisting and twinkling with some amotion, which ha waa endeavoring to conceal, "waa that no sweetheart or wives were to ba left behind." "What ara you driving atr asked Tyara, curtly, In t singularly lifolee waii, old man, I have discovered a wee t heart." Tyara threw the papera In a heap and rose auddenly from hia seat He walked to tha mantel piece. Of course," ba said, "your discovery can only relate to one person. "Tea; you know whom I mean.' Tyars nodded hia head In acquiescence and continued smoking. Tha little Amer ican aat looking In a curious way at this Urge, Impassive, high-bred Englishman aa If gathering enjoyment and edification from tha atudy of him. "Well," ba drawled, at length, "you aay notning r "There la nothing to aay." "On tha contrary," returned Eaaton. "there la everything to aay. That la one of tha greatest mistakes mada by your people. I have noticed It aince I have been la this country. Tou take too much for granted. You let thing aay them eeives too mucn, ana yoa think It very one to be Impassive and apparently Indlf ferent But It la not Una thing, It la allly and nnbualneaa like. Do you give up Oswin Grace T" "Certainly ; If you can get him to atay behind." "He will run hla head against a wall If ha can. That la to aay, la there la thick enough wall around." Tyara beaitated. "I am not quite aura that it ia my business," ha aaid. "I hate meddling In- other people's affair, and, after all, I eupios Uraca knowa best what ha Is doing." "Men rarely know what they are dol unclvr these circumstances," observed K little pause, Grace went on, la measured, thoughtful tones, carrying with them tha weight of deliberation, There ia on point,'' ha aald, "upon which I think there must ba an nader- etandlng." "Yea," aald Tyara anxiously. "Any rieks extra risk, inch a beat work, night-work up aloft these must be mine, t rom what you have aaid, I gath er that your Intention waa to ba skipper, and yet do the rough work aa well. When anything hasardoua la to be dona, I shall do It. You must stick to tha ship. I hava ao doubt," aald Tyara, seating himself at tha table and beginning to open hia letters, "that wa ara all con structing a very fine mountain out of ma terial Intended for a molehill. I, for one, hava no Intention of leaving my bone in tb far North. There la no rea son why wa should not all ba back home by thla time next year." Nona at all, agreed Oswin aomewbat perfunctorily, adding, with suspicion of doubt the next minute: "Suppose w ucceed ?" Well, what theaT Suppose we get there all right, rescue the men and go on safely: wa get over the element! dssgsr, and then w be j "I do not see It," replied Tyara. "Wa aell tha ahip at San Francisco. Half tha crew expect to ba paid off there, tha other half will disperse with their passage money In their pockets, and very few of tbem win Ond their way back to England. Our doctor I a German aoclallat, with several aliases ; oar second mate a aim ple-mlnded Norwegian whaling skipper. Tha exilea do not know a word of Eng llah, or pretend they do not. and nona ot the crew apeaka Russian. There will be absolutely no Intercourse on board. and only you, the doctor and myaelf will ever know who the rescued men really ara. The crew will Imagine that they ara the survivors of a Russian Ivory hunt ng expedition, and If tha truth ever cornea out. It will ba Impossible to prove taat you and I knew better." But It will not ba easy to keep the newepapera quiet. Wa ahall not attempt to keep them quiet. It will only be a local matter, Ihe Baa Francisco papers will publish llbeloua woodcut of our countenance and column or two purporting to ba bio graphical, but tha world will ba little tha wiser. Ia America auch matters ara In tereatlng only In ao much aa they ara ner- sonai, and there la la reality nothing eader than tha suppression of ona'a per sonality. There la no difficulty la kick ing aa Interviewer out of tha room, juat aa on would kick oat any Intruder; and wa are quit Indifferent aa to whether tha American newspaper abuse us or not after having been kicked. Aa to tha de tails of the voysge, I shall withhold those with the view of publishing a book, which ia quit tha correct thing nowadays. The book shall always ba In course of prepara tion, and will never appear." In tbla wise tha two men continued talking, planning, scheming all tha morn ing, while they worked methodically and prosaically. The eleventh of March waa fixed for desert. And then, after air all tha wait, ing, tb preparation, the counting of mo menta, and the calculating of distance the bell In the engine room came aa urpris. There waa something atartllng in th clang of goug aa tn engineer re- ulied. Helen waa tha last to rise. She stood holding the shawl which Oswin had spread over her knee, aud looked round with a strange. Intense gaae. 7 h ateam er waa now drifting alowly on th tide with rest ins enclnea. Ther were two boats rowing toward her from Oraveaend Tier, en a low, green painted wherry for the pilot, th other larger boat, with stained and faded red cushions. Th can th torpid, yellow river, th aor dld town and low riverside warehouse could scarce have been exceeded for pur, unvarnished dlsmalneaa. Already tha atepa were being lowered. Ia a few momenta th larger boat awung alongside, held by rope mad faat In tha forecastle of th Argo. A general move waa mada toward tba rail. Tyara passed out on tha gangway, wber be tood waiting to hand tb ladle Into th boat. Helen waa near to her brother; aha turned to him and kissed him la al ienee. Then aha went to th gangway. Ther waa a little pause, and for mo ment Helen and Tyara wer left alona at th foot of th brass-bound steps. "Oood-by." said Tyara. Ther waa a alight prolongation of tha laat syllable, aa If he bad something ls to say ; but he never aaid it, although she gav him time. "Oood-by," shs answered, at length ; and ahe, too, seemed to have something to add which waa never tld. The- .he stuped !!;ht!; '.bio lam boa and took her plac on th faded red cushions. The Argo went to sea that night Ther was much to do, although everything seemed to ba In Ita plac, and every maa appeared to know hla duty. It thua hap pened that Tyara and uraca bad not moment to themselves until well on Into th night. Th watch waa aet at 8 o clock. For a moment Tyara pauaed be fore leaving hla chief officer alone on th little bridge. "What a clever fellow Eaaton laT ha aald. "I never recognised It until thli afternoon. (To b continued.) ?'T7w v ...3.v.-.A, "Hill ' ' v:"v; vv.-;.:ytii '"H'l . D. Hll.ua. ROUNDUP OF WILD HORSE. ton. II waited patiently, hat In hand, to Var what Tyara had to aay. While he tood ther, Mugglna, th bull-terrier, rose from the bearth rug, stretched himself and looked from one to th other In an In quiring and anticipatory manner. He took It to ba a question of going for walk, and apparently Imagined that the casting vote wa him. "All right," aald Tyars, auddenly, "I Will speitk to him again. "To-day?" pursned Easton, following up bis advantags, "or to-morrow at the latent." "Yea; to-morrow at the latest." Then the American took his departure, and Muggins curled himself up on the hearth rug again with a yawn of disap pointment. Oswin Orac was seated in tha bright little cabin at a table writing out lists of stores. Many of these same stores were piled on the di-ck around him, and there waa a pleaaant odor of parafline In th air. Tyars closed the cabin door with his Ihow. ."I do not see," he said, slowly and un comlortably, 'how you can very well go wnn us. Grace laid aaide hla pen and raised his keen, gray eyes. His brow wa wrinkled, uis up set. nis eyes full of fight itecsuse, suggested Grace, In a hard voice, I am In lov with Acnes Win terr Tyars nodded his head and stooped to pica up nis gloves. Holding them subse quently close to the bare of the atove, wher they steamed gayly. There w.. . alienee of som duration, and evers aeo onu inrrrBwu me aiscomtort of Claud lysrs. -Ann you, continued Grace, at length, very wnorrsieiy, iov Helen I lyar tool upright, so that bis head was very nesr th beams. He thrust his gloves Into his pocket and stood for some econds, grasping hia short pointed beard meditatively with th uninjured band. "Yes," h said. "I do." Orac returned to hia ahlp chandler's Din with th air of a barrister who, having established hla point, think It prudent to allow time for It to aink Into tne nraina ot judge and Jury. "I do not mind telling you," he added, carelessly, almost too carelessly, "that Miss Winters la perfectly Indifferent on th auhject." "Do you know that for certalnT asked Tyara, sharply. "8he told ma so herself," answered Orac. with a peculiar little laugh which was not pleasant to th car. Ha waited obviously for reciprocal confldejie on th part oi Tyara; but he waited In vain. "Of rouree." he said, "I have na deslr t meddle with your affaire. I ask no questions, and I look for no spontaneous confidence. It will b better for you to los eight altogether of th coincidence that I am her brother." Tyars had seated himself on the corner f th cabin table, with hla back half turned toward hla companion. He had pkked up a plec of straw, of which ther waa a quantity lying on table and floor, nd thla be waa biting meditatively. It waa aa yet entirely a putsle to him, and this waa only a new complication. He could not understand It. just aa better men than Cland Tyars have failed to un derstand It all through. For no one, I take It, doe understand love, and no maa can aay whither It will lead. There need," continued Oswin Grace, pe'forat.ng a aerie of email hole la hi jAntlng psper with th point of a cedar od pencil, "b no nonsens of that sort. I am going to take It anon myself to vetch over Helen's Interests; they are touch safer In your hands than tn mine." Still Tyara aald nothing, and after a the aalllng of tha Argo, exploring Teasel, dieted through the means by .Ing and Ea.ton'a chief thought on the aub- purpose la to be acoompllshe Can- Ject was a vague wonder aa to what ha t'erhSDa thla la th. Lr f nrou M Ho with himir ... i.. i ernapa una ia tne beat t would do with himself after ahe had rone. The Argo waa to pasa out of the tidal basin Into the river at one o'clock, and at half-past twelve Easton drove up to rne noca gares. ue nrought with him the last itema of the ablp'a outfit In the ahane of a pile of newspapers, and a bunch of hothouse roses for the cabin table, for mere waa to te a luncheon party on board while steaming down the river, lie round Admiral Grace strolling anout tne accx wun Tyars, conversing in quite a rrlendly way, and endeavoring honestly to suppress his contempt for seamansnip or ao young a growth as tha of his companion. The ladies were below, Inspecting the ship under Oswin's guid ance. "She Is," he said, addressing himself to the admiral, with transatlantic courtesy, "a atrange mixture of the man-of-war and the yacht do you not find it ao sir?" "She Is." answered the old gratleman, guardedly, "one of the most complete ves sel I have ever boarded though her outward appearance is, of course, against her." "One can detect," continued the Ameri can, looking round with a musing eye, "the Influence of a naval offlcer." Th old gentleman aoftened visibly. At this moment the ladiea appeared, escorted by Oswin Grace Miss Winter first, with a aearchlng little amile in her eyes. Eas ton saw that she was very much on the alert. "I feel quite at home." ahe aald to him, looking round her, "although there are so' many changes," "8o do I ; the more ao because the changea have been mada under my owa direction." They walked aft, leaving th reat of the party itandlng together. Aa they walked, 0wln Grac watchd them with a alngu lar light In hla clear gray eye; lingular because gray eye rarely gliaten, they only darken at rime. Presently th vessel glided smoothly be tween the slimy gates out into th open river. Th tow-lin waa cast off, and the Argo'a englnea started. The vessel swung slowly round on the greasy water, point ing her blunt, stubborn prow down th misty river. She settled to her work with a docile readiness. Ilk a farmer's mare on the outward road. CHAPTER XXIII. Had an acute but uninitiated observer been Introduced into the little cabin of the Argo during the consumption of the delicate repast provided by her officers, be or she could scarcely hava failed to no tice a certain recklessness among the par ty assembled. Admiral Grac waa th only one who really did Justice to th steward' maiden and supreme effort, and he, in consequence, wss singular In fall ing to appreciate the witticisms of Mat- thew Mark Easton and Oswin Grace. This wss. perhaps, owing to th fact that when we have passed the half way milestone In life, we fall to appreciate the most bril liant conversation. It la Just possible that Admiral Grace did not think verv much of the wit taken aa wit pure and simple. Ills position was not unique. Once or twice Easton'a word recurred to Ml Winter: "I Intend to be Intense ly funny, and I guess you will have to laugh." Thla wa her cue, and abe acted upon It. The meal came to an end and move waa made. There wa nothing else to do but to go on deck. The momenta dwin dled on with the slow, dragging monotony which make as almost Impatient to e th last ot face which we ahall perhaps never look upon again. Preeentlv. the town of Oraveaend hov In eight, and all on the quarterdeck of the Argo gaaed U It aa they might have gased oa amne an- known Eastern city aftr traversing the "at ! f WaafclaaTtwa tw Be Clrw4 f Graaa Caaaaanera. On of tb most exciting cbaaea, If It may De ao called, that baa token place slue tb era of th grand buffalo bunt ended on tb great plateau," la tb pro posed round up of 18,000 wild boraea In Douglas Count, Washington. As ached uled, 400 cowboys will take part In tb rid aftr the wild creatures of th rang. Tb purpose Is to rid tb rang of tbls great band of grass consumers snd tb effort, prMomsbly, will be to dispatch rather tbaa capture tb horses. Thee untamed artel practically un tamable animals are th product of na tur left to Itself on th great range for thirty years. Tb stork Is Interbred nd, of course, underbred, and bas no plac In th economy of civilized life. While Its extermination will be a rain to tb legitimate, etock breeding and raising interests of the section over wblcb tb horses have so long roamed t will, th Instincts of humanity are shocked at th cruelties that will be In- which thla accomplished. that can be done at tbls stage of affairs to rid wide section of the country of a verita ble pest to the stock Induntry. Like many other scourges, (he remedy for tbls plsgtie of wild borses lays In pre ventlon. The careless settlers of thirty yesrs ago who allowed their ponies to run unoared for on the range yenr after year were culpable In thla matter. The result has been a multiplication of un profitable animals that have enten out the grass on the range for years to the detriment of the Interests of a legltl mate stock Industry. Now conies the necessity of repairing the consequence of the settlers' carelessness and "roundup" looking to the extermination of thousands of these wild crentures, with such cruelties as will he necessary to accomplish thnt end. The chase will be an exciting one, no doubt, and th ultimate result will be beneficial. form Growers Ara Waslefal. While fully recognizing the value of corn crop In all sections and partlcu larly In the West, where It Is so largely grown, the fact remains that more of It Is wasted than should be. Western farmers wear out themselves and their horses plowing under constnlks which could be put Into the ground much more easily and Inexpensively by cut ting the stalks, shredding them ami feeding them to the atK k, so as to have the manure for the soli. If humus I needed It can be much more easilv suppnea man by plowing. under corn '" Tanner or tne Kast rannni understand why their brethren of the West follow corn with corn: nerhaim In the East, It Is realized that the time has been when the changes was forced on them, as It must be. eventually. In the West We may follow corn after corn now and for some years to come successrnny, but well have to stop it sometime. Further, why should we continue It until forced to stop, either in me west or elsewhere? T - . I 1 M ... .i nuu.m nnTe round tne rotation of crops profitable Is there any renson to assume tnat It will not be eousiiv successful elsewhere? On the nth.. nana, ir sou is able to grow cmn .t t. r . .... . . ...... ,u, success, is It not iair to assume thst a short rotsti, say three years, would give crops which wo.na oe more profitable and leave the son in mucn netter condition? Think It over. or. better still, experiment a little on small plots, and see what tb result Is. GOOD TBIUTIPHAST 0VTB LYTL. By Rr. Ntwmll D wight Hill I. True optimism Is based on a stir try of sll the blackest facts In so ciety, but It goes on to and a "'"r tbat make for righteousness and lor, tbat can overrule these dark event and transform evil Into good. Browning ba followed the prodigal in his downward career. He has made bis way Into the wine shops, be bath stood midst the din of the market place .! the stock exchange. He knows the haunts of vice and crime, snd Is familiar with the hovels of the poor and the palaces of the rich. He knows the newsboy, the working girl. n" princess, the courtier, the soldier, the miser, the bero, aud the patriot. At the end or nis career be affirm tnat iov is airouger man nine, tbat knowledge will niske Its way in the face of Ignor ance, that life a lord over death, that, come soon or come lute, God will triumph. The lieut la still to be, Our time up bis band. Yontb shows the path, trust Ood, see u II. iiur he afrxld. A man's reach should exceed bis grasp, or what ' a heaven for? That he may prove the ultimate Inevitable triumph of food over evji. j;0a;iiiHg t.llScS 1110 WeillU'St iMiHMlbie em budiuieut of purity, goodness and love. He passes by the tutesman, una takes a little friendless waif, tiuined Plppa, aud he tells us tbat thla child of 10. this girl, friendless, liomelexs, untaught, can, by purity, prayer, faith and love In her, become the chapel through which Ood and Ills spirit work, ao as to work miracle of trans fornmtlnn In hi. .infill world. For In every realm Ootl I stronger than h principle of Sutan. Christ It victorious over aln, Iov conquer bate, and light smites darkness, and life Is victorious over death. SWEARTHn IW TTTBLIC. By Wllllmm Wnlty. No greater annoyance exists to-day In public places. Including the streets and convey a aces, than the Indiscriminate awearlng on tb part of men. Most of them are young, some of tbem ar mature, few or none of them ar old and thla Is exceedingly suggestive; old men know too touch to swesr. Of course, mark of it is entirely thoughtless, and the result of a vicious habit working Itself out "Profanity " ssys a wise man, "Is more of less a profession of jour loyslty to th devlL" It Is certainly only toe true that the average man does not hesitate to us tb most awful language som of It be does not even seem to think 1 awful. I recall asking a nan of singularly uprightness of life what waa wrong In cursing "It" He replied, "Who made 'If and all there T I waa a small boy, but It served to point out something tbat should be mor or less ob vious. Curses do come bom to roost. If not In tb way first thought, then In another way. Men In the habit of profanity swear at those whom, In their saner mind, they would not think of cursing. It Is certain that, If they bad not the habit, they would never find themsehes In as miserable a plight as they must be In If they bare any thoughtful momenta. A boy's swearing Is largely due to a father's louse habits, and a boy who has beard his mother cursed Is not likely to have any scruples afterward In cursing bis father. Some men swear In what they think Is a gentleman-Ike manner, by scrupulously omitting their ostbs la the pre. ence of women. For so much let tbsnks be given, sine nothing Is mor annoying to a person of seuslbllltle than to bear those who have not vn tbat much self-restraint It la In many cases a also tbat a' man or boy swears at home and In the preene of tb women of bis own family when be does not bold In at any time; of course. If he la able to draw th Una, It merely prove be bas enough command over himself not to swear at all But In any event swearing la awfuL Tbe proof la to be found In tbe crawling repulsion felt when a woman swears. WHT HTTSBABUS DESIST THEE& WIVES. By Erattt P. Blckatll. One promlneut Cblotigo society reports tbat oue-fourtb of tb families wblcb -applied for Ita assistance In 1U05 had been deserted by the husbsnd or wife. Another society found tnat during the aame period one In ten of the families asking It help bad been deserted. Causes are subtle and complex. One man will go away from home In good faith In aearcb of employment Hard luck attenda him. he drifts rrom piac to place. gradually becomes a!Senated,nd final ly ceases io commuuicat with bla wife. Another man will leave borne In auger. In which case the deciding quarrel ia usually tb culmination of a long series of bitter wrangles. A well defined class of deserters Is composed of bus- bands wuo leav bom Just befor tb birth of a baby. iue members of this class usually return after charity bus seen tb wlf safely through tbe crtsle and baa paid sa wie accompanying expenses. Certain European countries hav lawa against deser tion wnicn appear to be worthy of trial In tbe United States. Under their operation a deserting husband la sentenced to prison at hard labor. Tbe atate or munlci. pallty allowa a dally wage for bla work, but Instead of pitying it to him paya It to bla family. It la aald that wnen a man one finds that he cannot escape tbe auDnort of bla family, he prefers to labor out aide, rather than lnaia. tn prison walls. TKTJE BASIS OF THE HONOR SYSTEM. By Prof. Wood row Wilton ot Prlncotoa. Tb bonor system Is tb nam given to tb practice of conducting examinations nndr the self direction ef tbe pupil themselves. If those who take the examinations are expected to cheat and watcbera are set to prevent tbem, tbe mor adventurous and less sensitive smoug uiem, me lazy men who are sharp wltted and those who regard cxamlnatlona aa a mr offi cial Inqulaltorlal process at best fel that a sort of challenge bas been flung out to tbem to circum vent their academic masters If they can. Tbe only thing tbat can prevent cheating la a atrong feeling on the Dart of tbe students themselves thst It Is dishonorable. Tbat feeling must precede the establishment of tbe honor system." That system la a method ef self gov- ernment Under It every student of conscience fels bound to take notlc of and report any Irregularis on th part of a fellow student, and th atudat convicted of offense Is dismissed aa a person-who has broken the understandings and fallen short of the standards of tbe little community. In such an atmosphere offenses grow very rare Indeed and practically never escape detection. RECLAIMING ARID LAND. I Hrr r'armlaa- the Mutalloa at a aaaer ml I'reselaar I'rublviMS t Contrary to commonly ttci-eptcil Ideas as tbe statement may be. It Is, never theless, o amply demontratetl fact that wherever In tbls great arid empire tbe annual rainfall average aa blgb aa twlv Inch, aa good crop can be raised without Irrigation aa with It aays tb Century. Tbls mesne tbat al most every acre of th great plains be tween tbe Missouri 'liver and the Rocky Mountalna, and most of th Intermountatn parks and plat jus be tween th Rockle and tb Pacific, will produce aa abundantly as will tbe rich prslrl lands of Iowa, Missouri and 1111 nola, and much mor abundantly than th richest of the land In any of th older State along the Atlantic sea board ; thst there Is enough land now ntlllzed. If at all, only for grazing to make possible tbe trebling or quad rupling of the present farming popula tion of tbe United States; that outsld of comparatively small areaa In west ern Texaa and in portions of Utah. Ne vada, Arizona, Idaho, Wyoming, South Dakota and southern California ther la little arable land In the great west that may not be divided Into forty-acre farms, each one of which will be capa ble of supporting an average-sized family. Probably there Is no exaggeration In the statement made by on writer that the region between the foot bills of the Rocky mountains, bounded on tbe south by tbe Rio Grande and on tbe north by tbe Canadian border, la capable of pro ducing fruits, cereals, vegetablea and live stock, sufficient for the support of tba. entire present population of the globe, This vast area of fertile, and as yet almost unutilized land. Is tbe foun dation upon which tbe American peo ple must build for th continuance of tbIr prosperity for at least a century to com. Properly ntlllzed. It mar solve many perplexing problems. It will relieve the congestion of the cities. provide an outlet for superabundant capital, and afford opportunltlea for the enterprising and discontented for decades. It contains tbe richest re sources, the most fertile soil, and tbe most genial and salubrious climate on tWs continent What Its development and exploitation would mean to th transportation, manufcturlng,vmTean tlle, financial and labor Interests of tbe nation cannot be even dimly fore shadowed. It would furnish a stimulus that would be feK not merely In tbe great eentera of population and Indus try, but la the remoteat hamlet and on tb most Isolated farm In tbe republic. JTBST AID TO UirajTJRED. X MM THE TERRIBLE SALISBURY WRECK. aa Slaew. "Do you aee that dlatlngulahe.1 Ing man over there with glue-colored whiskers? Well, he furnishes the bone and sinew of the nation." "You don't say. I. be tbe bead of physical culture colleger "Nope." "Recruiting station?" "'Way off." Then what Is his liner -Why, be rnna a 8rent lunchroom Oea Game. Gunner They .ar. dewnit- .w-.- letharglcnesm the peopj. of rhll.del phla are dead game snorts. Ouyer I anould aay they lr. a Kitoe sports. Tbey still ... pong. Columbus Dispatch. r : X : , . v p-y -ft Initio- cdSLS TS5 SHATTERED REMAINS OF THE EXPRESS TRAIN terrible railway accident oceurre.l at Salisbury England, when the special boat train from Devouport, left the rails with disastrous results. The train was making a nonstop run to Waterloo and was carrying forty-two of the first-class passengers from the American liner New York, which had arrived at Plymouth a little behind time. The train appears to have passed through the station at Salisbury at a high seed and then to have Jumped the track at a point where a severe curve begins. The engine crashed Into the rear coach of a u.i... .train traveling In an opimslte direction and then it lilded with the low girders of a bridge. Tlie girders dcilected tbe engine from plunging Into the street and It finally collided with tbe engine of a stationary train on a third set of rails. The noise of the cntasrrophe was beard all over tbe cathedral city, and doctors, official and breakdown gangs were soon upon th scene. It was some hours, however, before the powrrfal cranes could clear awsy the wreckage for tbe removal of the dead and dying from tbe remains of the train. The death roll amounts to twenty-seven. AMERICAN CRIT. Was Wf Show. i. Kaallaa mk Whea TweatrSBt Were Kllleel. seems tli rony of fate, says a It London writer, that after repeated ex presslons of satisfaction on the part of the British pren that the great train disasters In Aruerli-a were not dupli cated In this country the majority of the victims In the rir.t serious rallw.iy disaster of recent years should be Americans. I was at RnllKhury that Sundty morning. a fPW hourt after tne terrible tragedy In which twenty-eight people were killed, and uie seen well nigh ballled description Two features of the catastrophe especially Impressed themselves on the British mind. The nrst was the ahsolute snng frold of their American cousins who were caught In the wreck snd escaped with their lives. Perhaps tbe mt remark able exhlbitiun of "nerve" wss that of a New York l.m,!u,w man. whose first thought after extricating himself from the debris was fr bl camera. "It will e daylight In a tew hours." ne saiu coolly, as be reartl',,, uecktle, na i (l nk. tn tet some sn.npsnots. Just to show people at home thst there are railway wreks In 'I'1 country." The splendid courage of little Miss Anna Koch, of Alleotown, Pa., won the aamiratlon of everyon- ner raioer was Instantlr ktnl and ber mother I taken to tb Salisbury hospital with severe Injuries, but tbls brave girl, alone In a strange land for the first time, never lost her spirits. She was badly bruised, her right eye being dis colored and useless as the result of a heavy blow. Rut she went about the old cathedral town with a smile on ber lips, though with sorrow In ber heart trying to cheer np the other women who lost relatives, and staying for hours beside the beds In tbe bospltsl wards where her friends were figbtlug for life. Taken all In all. I think this wreck has given Itrttons at least those who have never visited America a new In sight Into the American character. Many people have been Inclined to gauge all Americans by an objection able few who wear the 8tara and Stripes on their coat sleeves and talk loudly In the London bars about tbe great American eagle. Rut tbe Brlt- ona admire pluck, and there was plenty of pluck exhibited at Salisbury. Molsed Abroad. "Last night fieorge," aald the sweet girl, "you told me you loved me more than tongue could tell, and O! George that wasn't true." "Why, darling, whst do you meanT proteted (ieorge. "I mean that It wasn't more than my little brother' tongue could tell. II heard It all" Philadelphia Press. It la hard to keep kin from Quarrel- lux. Tha Nan Taxedo. Th Taxedo coat got Its name from the fashionable colony of Tuxedo, and . i. i i . . . ' uriaimii nnnif or tne place waa Duck Cedar. Lot of the old natives still call It Duck Cedar. George Tld beth, one of the original settlers of the country, named the place. The lake waa then much tnaller than It Is now and wna mnply known as the fish pond. un aay old Tklabech and bis sons had gone there to shoot game. Tbe ducka were verjf plentiful; numerous cedar trees were growing out of the rocks along the shore. "Let us give this place a name," said the old man. "Let us call It Duck Cedar. So Duck Cedar It waa and continued to be for many years until the name was changed to luxedo. Twa Sides ml the Pit-tare. Knlcker Rockefeller said that mere money getting wasn't all there la In life. Rocker lie' a right There 'a an aw. ful lot of mere mouey-loslog. New Tork 8un. Dear. "This Is such a dear little home you have," she cried, enthusiastically. "Yes," ber friend sadly replied, "the landlord has Just raised the rent $10 a There Is one very pleasant feature met In tbe remlnUcenca, ef - oM couple: Tbey were not married under canopy. Every one knows tbat measures for the relief of the San Francisco suffer ers were put Into operation with a promptness quite unprecedented In tbe knowledge of men. But there Is a point before which even this prompt ness seems slow a- polut which Aunt Martha Hitchcock, of Hitchcock's Cor ners, would like to have explained. Aunt Martha and her husband were seated at the kitchen table, looking over aome Illustrated periodicals giving de tailed accounts of the destruction and desolation In San FrancUco, and of the measures for relief of the people. Presently the "Oh my's" and the "Bless my soul's" ceased on Aunt Martha'e side of the table, and she bent In si lence for aome time over one page. "See here, Cyrus," ahe broke out af ter a little. "I Jubt want you should look at this! Have the magazine folka gone plumb crazy, or what does It mean? "Right along here with the pictures and stories about helping those jioor folks I found this funny-looking map. I can't make head or tail of It It looks like one o' the old bird's-eye views you used to see hanging on walls. See, Its sll kind bf speckled and mottled- like. See these little x's here and there? Well, first I thought niebby they could be th places where the Red Cross folks sre distributing victuals. It's got something to lo with dis tributing supplies, of course, because It's a relief map. But, Cyrus, see here. It aays 'Relief Map of Han Francisco Before the Earthquake.' Now, what doea that mean? What could they be doing about relief there liefore tbe earthqusker How ta Save tha Young:. Fairies still play a prominent part la the life and twllef of the Irish people. It la lucky to aplll milk, a servant as sured ber mistress, when ah one dropiwd a Jugful. "Them Httl peopl will be pleased with th' sup ye're lavln tbem," she added. It waa the sain aervant aaye a writer In tbe Grand Magazine, who aald that the good, folk war very dainty In their habits, and would not touch anything tbat was aolled or dirty. i "Let me tell ye," she continued. "M own little nephew In the County TIp perary, a lovely young b'y of three weeka, waa plnln' away, an th,' poor mother waa distracted to know what waa allin' him, till ahe called lr a wo man who bad tb' nam o' bela' wise -an' abe told me sister th' fairies waa takln' tb' child. "'An' what'll I dor asked m alster. "'Smear him wld dirt.' said th' wo man, 'for whatever annywuy dirty tb' falrlesll lav after them.' "Me slater done that an th voune child recovered, for when they aeen tb dirt tb' falrlea let him be." Th Re alt. "My first husband," ahe sobbed, "waa kind, gentle man, alwaya consider ate of me. He alwaya let tn hav my own way." "Yea," growled th second, "and hk at th result" "Result? What resultr "Why, he's dead I" Cincinnati Post Oat tba Worst af th Barala. II (tauntingly) Your father we. In trad when I married you, wasn't b? 8b (bitterly) I aunnos so. TT. was sold. In any event A man aald to this reporter to-day t How do you pronounce tbe word 'hoa. pltable? " "I don't know." the renort.. replied; "I would Ilk to know myself