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.)
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. 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