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THE GIRL WITH A MILLION By D. C Murray CHAPTER VI frinntln,. O'Hourk walked out to th front of in Hotel and awaited tbt arrival. Whoa they cam It waa Dlain to hi. th.t Maskelyne' depression of two or three y go bad Dot altogether left him, and. indeed, he had eo. In the visit ha had made to Butler la the Interim, sign that thia depression deepened. But alnce Ms klyna depression obviously meant bla owo victory, It waa not In human nature to be greatly grieved by It. The signs or toe young American a despondency were not risibl to all the world, but O'Rourk waa a keen observer when h choea to watch with extreme closeness. Angela reached out ber band with fraDkneaa altogether encouraging, and O'Kourke accepted It with Bnely toned air of deference and respect All three or the newcomer had alighted and en tered when Farley came downstairs, and the young American aaw bla ready rival take an Immediate place by Angela. "It waa I who brought thera together,' be aaid to hlmaelf. "I have wrecked my own chaocea. And I never gav him a warning word. O'Kourke lan't the maa to Intrude himself between a friend and hia hopes If he had only known." At thia moment bla late delicacy seen d overatrained and extravagant. "I am not worthy of her," be said. "O'Kourke la a better man than I am He's not an object lew, good-for-nothing fellow like me, with nothing but dollar to recommend blm. A man with a career before him. and a good beginning behind blm. A handaome fellow, too; bright, receptive, quick. A man with everything In hia favor. Why ahouldn't girl lika tlm?" , While O'Rourk talked In hia gay and sympathetic faabloo. and Maskelyne look Ing out of -window Indulged the thought, there cam a tap at the door and the landlady entered. "A telegraphic dispatch for Monsieur O'Kourke," aald he, giving the nam a queer-aounding foreign twist, at which everybody smiled. O'Kourke took the di patch, asked to be excused for a moment and opened it. II read It at a glance, crushed It In hi hand and atood with an expression of dlapleaaure and lrreaolution in hia face. "No Ul newe, I hope?" aald Farley, ap proaching him. "For me," aald O'Kourke, looking round at hia friend with a sudden bright amile, "the wretchedent ill newa In th world. A whip" he held tha crumpled telegram up before them "a whip of scorpions. be added, with a laugh. "It drivea m from your presence." Me bowed to Lucy and Angela a he aald thia, and went on with a sudden seriousness. "Yea, I must go. I had an Idea of refusing for a inula Instant but that la a thing mustn't do. Farley, order a carriage, and pay my bill for me." He thrust ,a pui Into hi friend' hand.. "I ahall mis th local train, I know, but I can catch th mail on th main line. I muit go and pack, and I haven't a minute to loe. am the unluckieat of men. Hack to work again from tbia psradlse of quiet. And to aniss th tour of the world." He made hia excuie and dashed 'away to pack with an alacrity and eagernesa which had all th vivacity of bustle, and somehow missed ita vulgarity and avoided Ita noise. He waa down again in a min ute or two, portmanteau in hand. "I leave th heavier thing behind," he aaid, gayly. "Tbia will suffice for a day or two. I am aorry to go, but pari la mentary whip dare not be disputed." Then ha let bla face cloud somewhat, nd. walking to a window, began to drum with absent-seeming finger on th sill. By and by h turned and met Angela'! gaie. "I am aorry to go," he aaid, softly, "very sorry. Th carriage Farley had ordered drew trp to the door and th departing traveler hook hand all round. There waa no rhanc for a private word with Angela, but he threw Into bla parting glance and hand shake all he dared to expreaa at auch time. "Five franc If you catch tha mall," he cried to tha driver aa b mounted. The man cracked hia whip and started. O'Kourke waved bla hat to the little party gathered about th door, and hi last glanc was for Angela. "I disappear with an air of noma Im portance," he aald to himeelf, "and that la something. Poor Maskeljne look a bit too cowed to play up with any spirit for a while, and I ahall be back again In three days. That again la something." CHAPTER VII. O'Rourke's departure affected th vari ous member of the party variously. Mas kelyne brightened up ever o little to be gin with, but seeing that Angela bad suddenly grown grave, be bimaelf grew graver than ever and dropped Into a ver itable sbyss of despair. Angela did not need to be told more than ahe learned In that parting glance nd pressure, and while O'Rourk rod to ward the railway station In full assurance of faith that he bad already conquered, ahe. In thinking of him, waa Oiled with cold indignation that he should have dared so to presume upon ber Innocent freedom with him. "I am a flirt," b told herself: "a co quette. II saw it, and took advantage f It." The novelist, wtie strong point was love-making, and who rejoiced in the dis section of the ferainln heart on paper, waa beautifully Ignorant of th drama of which on seen waa being enacted under bla no. Hia wife, who dissected noth ing, knew all about th case, and would hare loved to bring th two young peopl together, for, like all good women, h waa match-maker at heart. Aa for th major, be waa a match maker, too, but he knew do mor than Noah whether or not the two young peopl had th faintest leaning to each other. Th dinner passed off fairly well, and then cam th mild dissipation of th evening. Th large room of the Hot! d Vill waa found to b artificially dark ened, for the evening light atlll ruled out aid. Ranged about th chamber were number of little tables, supporting little boxes, which stood back t back, with petroleum lamp between each two of them. In front of each bo a pair or etereoocople Wneee, and at th aid little hand! to tnra tha riewa, Scat tered here and there were a fw erly rle itors already trylag their eyee at leose. amongst them Mr. Zeo. bowed with great pollteoee ?f rival of th party from th Hotel de Post. Mastr Aaatla went off Health, tlpts. t. jol. tha artful for- inf. t kk "! called kla stteot. la Wboriooly cks rfngl. word. - "Mountain. Eh? High. Oh. so high. oif vita. Hoow. Vmr, nnfc EnT . tan uaser." Aftsr om flv minute of thia amuse ment Mr. Zeno aDDeared to tire f l nd leading th little fallow across th cnauoer. raised his hat to tha mother, surrendered hi charge, bowed all around. ih io cnamber. It waa a vry aimple entertainment, nd yet It entertained, and the visitor went solemnly round from on littlo box to another for th space of half an hour, by which tlm all had Miff necks and acning ye. "My dear," aald Austin. "I feel aa If i nan traveled far enough for alngl jouraey. "And I, too," returned Lurv. "Really," aald th major, "they're re- " ' pru'' Dut OM eU tired." "W must com back for another van- in, said Angela. "Tha 8 wis view ar really charming." Thia waa to Muskelyn. who aald, "Yes, very," In an absent manner. Suddenly from the far end of tha room arose a cry. "Oh, mamma, mamma, mammal Look here!" "Hush !" said mamma, crossing over to mm. Little gentlemen never shout In that way. What la It. darllnr "Mr. Zeno," said the boy, clapping bla nana and laughing. "Mr. Zeno." Lucy took th seat and looked through tha aterescople lenses, and thera waa Mr. Zeno, sure enough. Mr. Zeno wi talk ing to somebody else, and be and his companion were curioualy out of propor tion with tha rest of the picture. The photograph represented court in th Vienna Exhibition, and It seemed proba bl that at the Instant of time at which th artist had lifted his little shutter to catch th moving crowd Mr. Zeno and hia friend bad stepped Into th Held of view. Th expression of both countenances waa clearly defined and animated, and th figure were so large that they only came Into tha picture to th waist. Tha two were arm in arm, and Zeno had turned with a stretched forefinger toward the other, aa if to Impress him with sense of importance In what be was saying. "Yea." aald Lucy. "It la Mr. Zeno. certainly, Austin," she said to ber hus band, who bad followed half acroaa th room, "this la curious. Hero I an ac tual portrait of Mr. Zeno." "Who la Mr. Zeno?" asked Angela, crossing over, whilst Farley stooped to look at th picture. "I h friend of your?" "No," answered Lucy I "a atranger, But he I staying at our hotel. Mr. Farley thought at ona time that he was a apy, and he I not a nice person at all. He seems very fond of Austin, though, and It I certainly curious to find hi portrait here," "Here's an odd thing, Lucy," said Aus tin. "There's a fictional use In that, if I could only aee my way to It," Crash went something close at hand, with a sound of breaking glasa. Angela had somehow overturned th box, and had broken th lamp behind It. She waa on ber feet, and ber face, dimly seen In tha aemi-obscurlty of th chamber, wore a look of mor alarm and amasement than than so simple a disaster seemed to warrant, She lifted the box from th table, and Farley Instantly put out tha light of th broken lamp, and extinguish ed with his handkerchief and foot a de tached stream of burning oil which had already begun to trickle from th table to th floor. While this waa doing, Angela with th box in both bands, had walked across the room, and at the door bad encountered the woman who had charge of the exhi bition. "Madame," aha aald, rapidly In French, "I have by accident broken a lamp. Let m pay you for it, Hav you a private room here? Show m to It, if you please." Her breathing was so quick and dis turbed that thes simple phrases were panted rather than spoken. "Certainly, madame," aald th woman. and led th way Into a aid room Illum inated by a brae of tall candle. Angela set th box ah carried upon tha table between the candle, and turned it rapid ly thia way and that. "How do you open thia box, madame?" "Ho," aaid th woman. In surprise, pro ducing a small key, and suiting the ac tion to th word. "Take out the photographs. If yon please." The woman obeyed, wondering more and more, and Angela, taking them from her band, selected that which bore the portrait of Mr. Zeno. "I wish to buy this," she said, drawing forth ber purse and laying a gold coin upon the table. "Will that pay you for the broken lamp and the photograph?" "Assuredly, tha woman answered. The whole thing waa curious, and ah would have been well content to have It ex plained, but her visitor chose to offer no explanation. Angela thrust th photograph Into her bosom, and, having rearranged her dress. rejoined her friends. "I hav paid for th broken lamp," he aaid to th major. Half an hour later Butler demanded bla carriage, bad bis host and hostess adieu, and went away with Angela and Maskelyne. Th girl was silent all th way horn, but when th chateau waa reached, she found herself alone with Miskelyn and spoke. "Mr. Maskelyne, may I ad yoo to oo m a very greet favor?" "I shall be delighted," said Maskelyne. "Let ro explain." ahe aald. rapidly and eagerly. "You know tbia face?" sne held th photograph before him, and In dicated Zeno with th tip of a finger. "Ye" said Maskelyne. "I know th face. Th man at th Hotel dee t'oatea Zeno." "You aee he I In close conversation with som on there?" "Ye." That man with whom h la walking and talking there, arm in arm. la Mr. Dobroskl' bitterest enemy tola. Out a py In th pay of th Russian government." "Too. know that 7 said vaaieiyaa, looking np at bar. "Mr. Dobrortl snowed rs nia pono graph a week ago. I Drui4 anew we maa among thousand." "It to not a fac eftoot wmcn on could et!y b mistaken." Maaaoiyn allowed. "Wlit most I dor TVi too see to wht te eompajuow- .ki- - tui two men and thia maa'i preeence ber point T aha aakad him. "Toa r oo t Uln toe. a or "s Maskolya?" -i .kOJ ho very mock Inclined to . retnraed Maskslra. "tbat It polata U the direction of Mr. Farley-i UT. and thia follow Zeo la a apf frtkK Of swaree la wpal I b a chance, and Zenoa being here ae accident." "IH you think that very probable, Mr. Aiseijner n may be." aald Maskelyn. "But w cannot tell. What am I to do, Miaa But lr?" Mill yon " aha began, and brok off there, "Mr. Itobroski has gone to Brussels. H left this afternoon, and gav th peopl of th Chval Blane no address. He la a known figure every where, and It will be easy to find blm." "You wish ms to find him. aad to let him know of this?" "To put it In kla hands," answered Angela. "Y," bo said, accepting the proffered photograph and bestowing it in his breast pocket. "1 will tak th morning mail." CHAPTER VIII. Th driver, bearing in mind O'Rourke's promise of flv franca In ess the station were reached In tlm for tb mall train, pat bla fat-ribbed, heavy-footed horse to th road at auch a pec that O'Rourk had five minute to wait for tb train. He secured a ticket for th Brat stage of hi Journey, aad walked oo to th platform carrying hia portmanteau. Ha had been thinking of Angela and Maskelyne and hia own chances all th way; but now he suddenly recalled Dobroakl to mind. That venerable conspirator and be would travel to England together, for Dobroakl was on (he tmiu. Nothing occurred to mak th Journey particularly remarkable, and tha two companions were silent for tha most part A brace of early tourists recognised Dob roski and O'Kourke at Brussels, aad pointed thera out one to another; and at Dover they were known again, and cre ated a little attr aa they walked up and down the platform, aide by side, waiting for tha train. They arranged where to meet again, and Dobroskl betook himself to ths street, whilst O'Rourks went upstair to sleep, giving Injunctions to bis servant to call blm In four houra precisely. But after entering th bed chamber and lock ing the door ho stood awbll In thought, and then suddenly reopening th door, de scended to bis private working room, and there wrote a telegram. Th telegram waa addressed to George Frost. Esquire, at a bouse In Plmllco, and ran thua: "Call at once. Special." It did no tpurport to come from Hector O'Rourk e, but from on O. Johnson of Acre Buildings. Any way, at 1 o'clock precisely a gentleman with a peaked beard, a furtive eye, a soft hat and an accent blended of th accent of Erin and Columbia, presented himself at tha door of tb house in which O'Rourke had chambers, and sent In a card which bore tb nam of Mr. George Frost In flourishing copperplsts. II waa ahown np, and when th door wii closed behind him, the occupant of tb room rose with a amlla of welcome and gripped him heartily by the hand. (To bo continued.) tH-tttiiit M 1 1 ; 1 8 111111111 n m m n HOW TO KEEP CIOASS FBZSH. Varioas Devices to Prevent Tfcelt Molataro frosa EvopormtlBar, "Yea, air; cigar require cars to keep them freah," aald a wholesale cigar dealer yesterday to a Kansas City Star man. "If gooda are kept la warehouse where there la beat they are bound to dry out more or less, although they may be sealed virtually air-tight In the Individual boxes. Steam beat la the hardest on cigars. If left exposed at all they dry out very quickly and lose much of their flavor. In the big ware houses where large quantities of cigar are a to red the Jobbers have "uuinl dora" Installed. Tbey are simply wa ter containers of one style or another arranged so that the water la open to the air for evaporation. The presence of the water prevent the air from get ting too dry for the cigars. Even In the big, show casea In tiie Jobbers' aales rooms the same precaution la taken to prevent the stock from drying out Molateners made by placing water sou ked pada In tln-llned wooden boxes re placed in the compartments with the boxes of cigars. The careful re tailer la Just aa particular with hia ci gars and keeps a soaked sponge or some sort of molsteuer In bla a how cane with bla goods. "A brick thoroughly water-soaked Is good to put Into a showcase with ci gars. The brick la so porous tbat It will soak up nearly its own bulk In water. When a soaked brick la placed In a showcase the water within It evap orate alowly, Just enough to keep th cigars soft "If cigars are packed In good tight boxes tbey will retain their flavor. And the flavor of good cigura cornea from the tobacco alone. It Is a mistake to think tbat anything else la used to en hance or qualify the flavor of first class tobaccos. It's only the poor ci gura that are 'doctored.' "How? Well, with drug or chemi cals. The poor qualities of tobacco used In making cheap cigars haven't much flavor, so very often tha manu facturers provide an artificial flavor with various drugs. They treat them o they give forth the odor of good to bacco, too. if you're a smoker you've probably picked up an Inexpensive ci gar that smelled aa If it were made from the best of tobacco. Wben you amoked it you found It contained abort filler and sadly lacked the smoking qualities of a cigar made from good to Daeixx. That was a Moctored' cigar. Often cheap dgara look aa If they bad a glaxe on the wrapper and when placed in the mouth the smoker 4o tecta a sweetlah flavor. The are evi dence of drug. As far aa I ever herd the drugs used are all perfectly harmless. "Nearly all chmp clgara are made of short filler, that Is the Inside of the ci gars Is composed of broken bits of to bacco lea Tea. Only the wrapper and binder are of large perfect leaves. In the cheap grades of Spanish and Cuban made cigar there Is no binder. The small bita are simply Inclosed la the single outside wrapper." KElillTCillMSS, !: -unions of Oreat Papers on Important Subjects. M 1 1 1 4.444,!, t I I t I HI M I I 14 ! II t 11) t W His THl WCUt SHOP MUST 00. ' PUona of drink and n ff, bUck,t ,bP sponsible for th. fall of mor young men than any other rux Th bucket shop la a legalised form f uabllng, ,nd U good to see that It bTk" attacked both by th. courts and by tb leglalature. of varloua Btatea. Arnona the Btatea tint Mte recently passed acta practically closing up the concern. ir, Maine, Indiana. Missouri and Iowa. Blmlwr bllti r pending j Masaacbuaetta, Michigan and Penuiylvanla. Tbo Maine act typlei of the othera prohibits the ale of securities' on a margin, providing a fine not to exceed $3,000, or imprisonment Commission merchanta or brokers sr required to furnish customers wrltteu statements showing from whom property waa bought or sold, the time o lh transaction and tbo consideration. Failure to furnish such written statement Is accepted as evidence that tbt trading was Illegitimate. The United State. Circuit Court of Apeals In the State of Waahlngton recently gave the bucket shops a black ' eye In ordering the repayment of IN.ooO trust funds, th. bolder having lost It Id the stock market To the plea that the bucket ibop did not know the money was part of a trust fund, the court held that aa no defense, that the money had been gained In a pure gambling transac tion, tbat no value had been given, and that the sum must be repaid to the person defrauded. The finding applies In any case, to a bank clerk or any other person holding a fiduciary position who so betrays bis truat This finding ind others, together with the activity of State Legislatures aad growing public sentiment, have already exerted t wholesome restraining Influence. The next step must be the abolishment of th. entire system everywhere. St. Urul Chronicle. JAIL TOR BZCKLESS MOTORISTS. I OK the first time since the regulation of auto- moblllsti became a matter of serious Import ance, tb Justices of Bpeclal Sessions have sentenced a reckless chauffeur to Imprison ment. Hitherto the courts have used repri mands, threats and flnea In the punishment of motorist convicted of Infracting the law, with the result that prosecution have bad few terrors for those s sal nit whom they have been undertaken. That a short Jail sentence will be a more severe pun ishment than a heavy fin for this class of offenders Is beyond doubt The man who drives bis own car does not want to spend even a minute In prison, while he bas Blight objection to laying a good sum for Indulging bis need mania. The dlitionest chauffeur who rides about In his eniployer'i car when Its owner thinks It Is In the garage may pay a fin and conceal his arrest If be Is aent to prison bla misconduct must become known to the man who pays his wages, and the conaequencea are likely to be serious after he regains bis liberty. In comparatively few of the cases In which the public has cause to complain of automoblllst' excesses are the car owners luatlv to be held to entire responsibility. Their P . machines are taken out without their knowledge or con sent and put to uses of which they disapprove absolutely. This eta be done frequently without detection, ana a record of the worst vlolstlons of the law that bave at tracted attention would enow that la a Urge majority of them tho ownera were not present. Jailing the law violating chauffeurs will make the unauthorised use of cars more dangerous and should contribute materially to the safety of the streets. New York Bun, DON'T WHINE. ERTINENT and pointed was the advice which Booker T. Washington gave to a ne gro organization In West Virginia. "Civili sation," be aald, "soon tires of a race, aa of an Individual, that continually whluea and complains." Tbat advice la good for everybody, no matter whether bla akin Is white or black or bronze. Great achievements In art, science, literature and Indus try are rarely accomplished by the man who whine. The movement which help civilization along seldom get sn effective boost from the man who whine. It Is not to the whining and complaining Individual that eople turn when things need to be accomplished, when large plans are being formulated and when sound advice la required. The man who makea the most of bis oppor tunities and who looks on the bright side, even when things aren't altogether to his liking. Is the one who gets there. The man who slugs at bis work sccompllshes more than the one who makea a apeclalty of grumbling. The optimist frequently succeeds where the pessimist Is sure to fall. Tbe chap who walks on the sunshiny side of the street and who bas a kindly word radiates good cheer, exercises a useful Influence and usually does things. Whining Is a poor Investment for a young man to make. It never pays dividends. Tbe person who sits back and complains because things aren't different make little progress. The man who makes the best and the most of bis surroundings and keep bis nature cheery Is the one who Is tbe moat likely to move np and to get ahead, Hartford Times. ED PRICES OF CANNES GOODS. NK result of the law requiring can packed provisions to be genuine and prepared In a wholesome way Is an increase In their price. Canned meat prices bave been raised, ac cording to a table published In tbe Kansas City Journal, oue of the headquarters of tbe canning Industry, from 20 to 100 per cent. Thia Is equivalent to confession that they were cheating the consumers before, as waa alleged by health authorities who analyzed the stuff they were Imposing on the public. The price of canned chicken bas gone up from 03 cents for a dozen quarter-pound cans to $1.75, and canned corned beef, in half-pound cans, from fl.25 a dozen to $1.00 a dozen. There baa been no rise In the price of chlckena and beef cattle to warrant auch ad vances. Boston Herald, Cwwla rrev Allfcl. Doctor (to bla patient, who Is 111 with typhoid fever This probably caus ed by aum water you bave drunk. When did yoa last take some Patleat About three years ago. I think. Slmpllclastnrua. Hmt4 la the (ma Kesaa, fire Actor Congratulate me, old man. I nave Been aoamed Joel tan yeara to-day to one woman. Second Actor Tbara nothing. I been married twice to my pressol wtfe la Bra roara, More Interesting than the hasty towu-bulldlng along the line of a rail way extension Is tbe planning of a new city on a barren shore of Lake Michi gan. A year ago there was an Im mense tract of land, studded with few sparse trees sod "me rank under growth. In the northwest of Indiana, Just where Lake Michigan touches the Hoosler State. At present 15,000 men are working over this desert, and tn three years It will be not only a place on the map. but the thriving city of Gary, an Infant phenomenon, a baby western rival to Plttxburg, with a pop ulation not far from Kki.Oiio. The story of the building of Gary Is one of the romances of Industry, and la fit to Inspire the writing of an epic on the age of steel. For Gary la to be a steel city. That Is what It Is being built for. As It Is the I'nlted States Steel Cor poration which Is performing this won derful feat of railing city from a prairie, and as It stands ready to de- rote $75,01 0,sjO to we work. It la no mere gossip to say Gary will be a model municipality and neenive of Indus try. As the steel company not per. mltted by it charter to engage In tb real estate business, a separate com nanr has been formed for tbe Dumose of building the town, laying It out and disposing of real estate. Merely aa a venture In real estate Gary will be a profitable Investment About 6,ai0 acre bsv already been acquired by the corporation at a cost of about fniKV1"- 'rite tracts of land are being added to this nucleus, and It Is expected tbat eventually 10.. ono acres will P ,n, ,h bands of these new city build" The lend lies long the shore of the lake from Clark Junction on the t almost to the mouth of Grand Calumet River on the east The depth of th. tract averages atmut two and a tlf mU,- the south ern limits skirting tb town of Tolles ton, Ind. In the elaborate p'n for the crea tion of Gary, tar "bl'MVb lnl0 P prcrprlation ! $l0.""n. there la con tem.lted tbe epln 1 itralght nlng of the Orsnd C'lR,,,,, the removal of the V"9'? tion to make "V '"LTr0"1 the building of rt harbor aad dorks, the conwtloe of tbe lake with the Grand Calumet tT mean, of a canal, the lerellng expanse of sand dunes, th ""''bmetit of a comprehend. rtern. re routing tb. rtrer It may be narinbl. ! & a. H.nood. Ind- T a af dark Jaactloa la b) 6 Uf bolu a4 car- half to tbe other i ar -"-stx. sw rled a mile and side of tbe river. Gary, which Is designed to be the greatest steel plant In the world. Is about twenty six miles from Chicago. Chicago Is a center of skilled and un skilled labor, t'pon It the Steel Cor poration will be able to draw for men In emergencies. Gary will have the benefit of the superior railroad con nertlon of the Western metropolis. That Is a vital consideration In a busi ness age that makea every minute, every Inch and every cent count Out weighing every other argument In favor of the site which Gary Is to occupy Is the location of the wonderful Iron ore ranges from which tbe raw ma terial will be drawn. If one were to stand with 'a compass In what is soon to be the middle of Broadway In Gary tbe needle would point acrosa the waters of Lake Michigan almost direct ly toward the depnslta of red hematite In the Mesaha, the Marquette, the Gogebic, the Vermillion and tbe Me. nominee ranges, which furnish 80 per cent of all tbe Iron used In this coun try. Latest figures on the extent nd capacity of the mills Indicate the com pany will handle 6,000.000 ton of ore annually, and will produce 2.500,000 to 2,700.000 tons of steel. There are to be sixteen blast furnsces, thirty-four oen hearth furnaces and six rolling mills. In steel rails the prospective production Is 73,000 tons per month, or 000,000 tons annually. The portion of the plant equlped for the manu facture of steel ralla will coat $2,500, 000. According to present plana the com pany contemplates the employment of 23.000 men and a city large enough to accommodate 100,000 Inhabitant Tbe re Is to be no overcrowding, no stuffy tenement bouses, but plenty of fresh air, light and elbow room. The Ctrl e . The other afternoon a young Denver lawyer received a telephone message from a Kansas City girl whom be nad met while visiting In the city at the mouth of the Kaw. She said ber moth er and she had etopped over In Denver on their way to Salt Lk. City and that they would be glad to take dinner with blm at one of tbe hotels at fl o'clock, and th Invitation was accept ed, according to the I'ost Looking over the bill of fare that evening the young man noticed sijuab on It "Mis Blank." be aald, "do you like T11,Dr . ... "No, I haven't any ne for them. Why did you aakT abe replied. "I thought I might get one for you." "So. thank you." the g1H said with a amlle. "I wouldn't want ona of th. awful things around." The young mn locked it ber tn snr- P,-Tdo'it bH.r yon know whst a qusb la." be ventured. "Of course I do." sha replied, feign ing Indignation. -Well, rbat la a equabr be seked. -A squab la a womaa Indian," aald th girl from Kansas nty. Divorce Is the slip knot of marriage teak MAKING OJ" SMYRNA CARPETS. Emptor Thousands of Poor, Mostly Worn, asd t'blldrea. The celebrated "Smyrna carpet" I not made in Smyrna; It la a product of the rllayet of Aldln, of which Smyrna Is the capital.' The chief places of man ufneture are tbe vlllagea of L'schak, Koule, Ghlardls, Melessos, Klrkagatscb, Makrl, Axar and DeralrdJI. Tbe industry glvea employment to thousands of Ieo ple, especially women, who are obliged to do the work almost entirely, while the men spend their time tn the coffee bouses drinking strong coffee and smok ing numberless, clgnrettes, all In true Oriental fashion. Little girls are com pelled to take up the work early, at 7 or 10 years of age at tbe latest, and they keep at It unceasingly until they go to their graves. The market for the wools Is held every Thursday from dawn to sunset In the bazaar of l'schak, which Is then filled with purchasers who bave arrived on buffaloes, camels, donkeys and other picturesque beasts of burden. The spun wools are not dyed by the weavers themselves, but by special dyers. More than .V0 female weavers are employed at l'schak In the preparation of carpets. The oerators are gen erally members of the same family, but there are a number of girls who earn about 6 to 7 cents ier day. The Ghl ardls carpets are generally smaller than those of l'schak. Very fine prsyer carpets, closely woven and or harmo nious colors, are produced In imitation of the Persian carjH'ts. The carpets are made Into bales of ZSO pounds each snd covered with goat skins. Tbe caravans pass the night In tbe open country at the foot of som. bill, the drivers under tents and the camels and their loads In tbe open air. Very large carpets, too heavy to be packed, are folded and thrown across the backs of two camels In the form of a covering. When the carpets arrive In Smyrna they are spresd out. beaten, broomed and repacked In bales, weigh ing S00 to 000 pounds each, for expor tation. Ills Leraahle' Aaalaable. Amhsssador Choate tells a story of the bishop of Bochester, England, tbe divine who waa so fond of cricket tbat be used to play tbe game with an ex pert local team. It appears that one day when the bishop was bsttlig the bowler pitched very wide. "Please keep the bsll In the parish!" commended the bishop, testily. The next ball the bowler sent In caught the right reverend gentleman full In tbe waistband, whereupon th. bowler observed: "I tbUk that's somewhere about the diocese, my lord." Harper's Weekly. HOW TO BE A CENTENARIAN. Is Lasav Nraslas'i Ale Taeae Who Weal Meeteh lOO. Though three- -ore years and ten la generally rvgnrded as too normal au of life, there are no lusurable rea sons. In the opinion of Sir Lauder Bruii ton. why It ehould not bo tbe rule ratti er than tbe exception for men an. I women to retain their activity uut.l yo and even 100. "The number of men living to 1" years per 100.0U0 of tha population from IHVl to 1U00 Is only seven ami women twenty-four, as compared wltrt fifteen men and thirty women In lKlS to 1834." be eaye. Dust Sir Lauder Bruntoa regards sa one of the greatest enemies of old sge. since It Is a frequent cause of colds and other respiratory disease. "At tbe time when I used my con sulting room nt a library," be says, "I found very frequently tbat If 1 bnI occasion to consult a book from one of the top shelves I waa apt to get a cold In my bead. "This occurred with such regularity that at last I took to sponging tbe top of tbe book with a solution of csruollc acid before using It" Chills and especially local chills sro to be guarded against "Wind which comes fairly In oue'e face la little to be dreaded, but if wind catches oue at tbe back of tbe neck. behind the ear or even at the side of the bead It Is much more dangerous. Largely oen windows are compar atively safe, but a chink through which the air blows with f-rce Is to be care fully avoided. "One reason of this probably Is that wlud blowing through a cblnk cause a more rapid current of air and thus chills the part of the body against which It Impinges much more quickly than air moving alowly and still mor than air which Is not moving at all." Iuiproer mastication of food Is alo fruitful cause of organic diseases la middle age. "Tbe practice of gobbllug," Sir Ijiu- der Bruntou says, "may to a certain) extent at least, be responsible for tho larger proportion of cancer of tbe stom ach which occurs In men more tbau In women at tbe age of 53 years, the uuiu bera being 3,244 and 2.MJ7, while at US years the number are nearly equal, be ing 2,083 and 2,017 and at higher agea they are reversed." I-ondon Lancet. WHISKERS, HATS AND CANES. How They Have narea la Maa-a Varioas Little Vaaltle. An honest history of tbe beard would lay open an undercurrent of petty van ity lu mauy of the world's greatest fig ures. Henry VIII, for Instance, shaved until be learned that Francis I of France wore a beard and then he luldi aside bis razors and strops forever. Even the gentle Sir Thomas More bait a bearu wuicn was ms joy aim uia pride. When be waa on the scaffold and the beadsman was about to lift tbe fatal ax Sir Thomas baited him. saying: "Walt till 1 put aside my beard, for that baa committed no trea son." Again there was the Celebrated bUliopj of Clermont, who waa appointed to that oulee shortly after tbe council of Trent and who precipitately fled bis bish opric one Easter Sunday morning rather than suffer the loss of bis beard. What faults of feature In the good bish op, a retreating Jaw, a fat neck, blub ber lljia or what not, might have been revealed through the agency of the scis sors and razor we know not, but tbat the concealment of such facial flaws has always been to a greater or lena degree the motive for the growth of beards Is certain. In Mexico and other Spanish coun tries the hat baa for ceuturlea been tha object of man's rsnlty. The custom found It origin In the days when the Hapsburg power was supreme. Ona of the most cherished privileges that tbe old grandees enjoyed waa tbat of wearing their hats In the presence of royalty. The absolute power of tbelr monarch left them little else to do but enter Into rivalry with one another In regard to the splendor of their bead covering. The gay conceit spresd rapidly throughout tbe Spanish dominions ami even to-day characteristic sugar loaf bata may bo found in Mexico for s.ilo at the astounding price of from $.V.O to $1,000 for a single bat When our soldiers Invaded Cuba and Porto ft lew In 1KM the Spanish style struck their fancy and most of those who did not come back to the Statea In hospital ships returned with their sedate cam paign bnts trsnsformed Into contrap tions with high pointed crowns after tbe Spanish fashion. From the time when man wandered through the pathless forests besrlng on bis shoulder a murderous bludgeon with which to strike down bis enemies tbe cane bas never gone entirely goua out of fashion. Tbe modern fop would feel as much at sea without It aa did tbe beau of whom Steele's "Tatler" spoke In 170(t, w hen It said that the cane bad "beivma as Indlsjienaable as any other of bla limbs," and that, with "the knocking of It upon bis six, lesnlng one leg U.n It or whistling upon It with his mouth be does not know bow be should be good compsny without It" It msy be flattering to tbe vanity of such a ono to know that the grotesque knob and arabesque heads that be delights In displaying on bis walking stick sre lln- esl descendant of the carved baton that tbe foola and Jesters of the mlddia agea wielded. The Oeeaalea af Revelatlaaa. "I suppose yoa know all about tola titled son-in-law you are to have?" aid tbe familiar friend. -I don't know aa I do," confessed Mr. Cummx. "It appears like nobody koowa all about anybody these days until somebody In tbo family goes In to court for a divorce." Washington Star. It baa been demonstrated that -banaal" will do for Jingo purpose aa wall aa "hurra " Will i la a ftaaief "W. are going to establish a shelter for cats where they can stsy till they get a good permanent borne. What name would you suggest for Itf "Why not call It a pouase cafe?" Baltimore American. Two aUee lo It. -It's an old eayln, yoa know, that tbe more we get tbe more we wsnt" -Tea, bat It s Just aa true tbst tb more we want, tha less we get" Philadelphia Pre. Tho -Maral' Asaeet. Wbea a man ciauzia be won a "mor al" victory It means be bas had tbo stuffing licked oat of bias. Topeka Capita. i