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Topics wis tenure of office to continue only nd conduct or tne ey wish, also, ui- . I "T, ' plete Auierlcanlxuilon m i"" tne l lmes . ThH ollly ..u. t the passage f .1 . .. i.iuii Mill- Lsr-., - ,s.-,-..mI'i awn a IMW I tue ueaire .v 'WPWMTWWWWf I . .,. ,i,aiili1r IX rreaaiiM-u iu irii.i ......... - I' during efficiency an OI highest grade. They .1 ti ?' plete Auierlcanlzutlot M . a a a !-""-? The Firm of The low lies of h tctnl-rature may be Jiiilgtil by Hi.' hlghuera of the coal neu's splrlta. When on "smells a rat" It la not a I "lei-e of cheese. Among lie many thing tu the credit of Mm. Kiisnell Sage la the la rife mount of her personal tain Jim Crow telephones are propisied In Omaha. Why not Jim I'iuw KHtuw titma ami Jiiu Crow milk tickets. It Ions k. l kua In tha list of aiMlla over wnnu (, bava some control. With duw men's organisations unaiilmoua for tha merit system, no man lu Congress can rationally srgue that tha system la n..t practical. I Girdlestone t There la reason to believe that there are umi nntioim that would rather see the Culled Stutcs and Japan tight lun eat. ' Death hy suicide during 1007 num bered 1H.7SJ. That's a gisslly num Ikt for the doctors to eseae being blamed for. I '(in -r,,Mn Ktt (f.il! ,f0 d'.HeOOrsj?? slang? Mere la a preacher declaring from the pu!plt that "a woman la u bellll'iflll, ripe 'Uch." The Japunese ure now Mid to be af filiated with the popular song cruise. Another gol algn that they will noon I In a lighting mood once more. A churuiiug tttuUjiuutlM tsc6d''t. 1 writing of woman. says, "A niau of In-1 telleetual tastes U unuuiy uisp".. aa a rub", to value franknea. and this auallty la not on that women rate very high." If one looka closely Into the alight feminine aversion to frankneaa It is awn to feat on the Idea mat a frank atuteuiefit la bound to be a dl- agreeable one. If 1 hare a atoop, my frankeat friend tel! me of It. If my French accent la bad, my aoup too aalt, my new wallpaper too vivid, or my spring gown unbecoming, I learn these facta from the varloua folk wno oo- lleve In shaking out what they think. On the other hand, my complexion or my preserves are praised by those gen tle aoula who ure not poaaewted by any lofty sense of duty toward aoclnl truth- f:'!irvi si:.! rhu ivhs"(T t?ie!r fjwn- meuilatloiia aiailogetleally. ae If they decrleil their own euthiiHlaaina for lie lug leaa useful than the fault -flndlnga of their critical nelghlMir. Women nice women have leen tuilgbt for cen turlea that approval may be mistaken BY A. CONAN DOYLE MIchlKiin la the mi-ond atate In the production of grliulhtonea." We believe he alao atauda well up toward the rront 'n the production of breakfuat fiaala. .Mine. Tetrazzlnl. who geta -'.3il0 a night for iM-rformlng mm-, om-e aang for fJH a month. Thla ahowa ua the 'mportance of getting a good manager. A w hole lot of people would be per fw tJy willing to put up with the Incon- tenlencea of being proaecuted aa truat ownera for the mike of tha constant ad vantage of that (toHltlon. It la announieil that the Culveraity of Chh-ago campus la to be changed Into a miniature Venice. rn learneu ln- feasors at the school must have dl eovereil a way to ml oil and water. for purault. So they reatrlct aiprovu to glance and smile. They may spen their free uilixl In that gloomy region where cnudemnatlon awaits the shrink Ing victim, but not In the aunahlne, even If that does fall on the just and the unjust. I'ntll we ran aeparat frankneaa from nulnglvlng In the thought of women, their masculine friends must continue to bewail tbo woman'a tack of frankness. The truer and deeiier the womanliness of the woman, the more she shrinks from In dieting suffering. Even when It might be wholesome, she avolda It; and to give pain In the Interest of an ab stract Ideal of frankness seems to her little lea than an outrage. Is ahq wrong? CHAPTEIt III I Continued.) "You're raving, namaser," said MJ Cluttrbuek. eiciledly. "W hy. man. th r unM are above suplc!on. Tbey are looked upon as tha soundest vm-ern li tha city." "Iat may be; dat may M." the tier msn answered atolldly. "Wliat I know I know, and what I any I say." "And bow d'ye know itt P'ye tell ni that you know more about it than the men on 'Change and the tiu.1 that do buslnena with them?" - know what I know, and I say wt.a! I ssy," the other repeated. "And you won't tell me where yjii beard thla of the (ir(lletones !" "It would be no good to yon. U I enough that what I aay Is certain. Lot it aulllce that they are people what are bound to tell other people all that the know about anything whatever. "'ou don't make It very clear now," the old soldier grumbled. "You mean that ttese secret societ.es anj socialitl let each other know all thai cornea .'i their way, and have their on mean ol getting information. "iJat may be, and dat may o tt be, the German answered In the Mini eracuMr Tolce. "I thought in any ca. my gool friend Clutterbuck. that I would give you what you call It in English the straight tap. It la always well to have rac straight tap." "Thank ye, me boy," the major aiid heartily. "If the firm's In I bad way either the youngster doesn't kaow of It, or else be'a the most natural actor that ever lived. Tbere'a the Uy-bell ; let'a g-'t down before the bread anj luttber 'a finished." him at the olbe.. lie " i for It bore ,b. M.Jeira "' " from kissJA'"; ure. Tb, ctrr.M hardly sutfiWeot to iefra, ,h. ZXPr 9tZ chant read It. h7k'', druo1' , Ubl. .nJ he enled alo"J- -BO,lwr of he pri wh'pheld lm from rum UU SUSpiSHt twMS UHU. . , . - TL- . ill- iaun " .1.. through thi but there was . ronatia in eny them. Il. .. V,,. a bAuk manage. informing him that hi. , w" what ovenlrawn. h'r 'l Insurance Agen,-, po ntln out t IwlHlea on two of ve - unlew ,.ld wlthia a certain date. Tb. louda were .i,.rin( very dirkly or.r the African firm, ret tne om . i- . . m, th iinumies ll In pursuing his studies as an etli iiolitglst I'rof. Htarr has dlax-overed that the I nltiil States la In dnugiT of becom ing a nutlon of Jesters. The professor alioiilil not take the Jesters , so seriously. I'lieuds of tlcj lluiigarlau count who iiiiirrlcd (iladys Vamlerbllt dtvlare that he did not take her for ber money, lai-aime be has plenty of money of Ills own. This may Ih- true, but the ludy tin no title of her own. A minister asserts that young men hesitate to propose marriage because they luck "sand." The reverend ben tleuian bus mixed hi metaphors. Most youiia men hnwitat tha rt(r of nist- riiuony becuime they have not struck pay dill." In order to convey an adequate Idea of the magnitude of the work at Pan ama, the latest canal rejsirt savs that the amount of concrete to he used In building the liN'ks would lie aiilHclcnt for the construction of more than twenty-two thousand elght-risim city houses. This Is certainly a case where the concrete Is more Impressive than lie abstract. writer whose Christinas money pei hiis ran short, nml who Is obvious ly trying to comfort himself with the thought that "her" birthday la yet to come, remarks that "the one kind of gift always acceptable to a woman Is " thing, anything, In cut glass." it Is s wise saying, anil one to be explain ed on the principal that like attracts like. She. like cut glass, reveals new beauties the longer one studies ber. N the ancient pride nf race gradual ly failing away U-fore the leveling In flucnccs of m.Hlern cwmoHltau life? Are men still proud of having WM Ison In Itostoii or Paris or Keokuk or I ml.lt ii v There is an old story of a licnocse gentleman who met a Floren tine gentleman. "If i rre not a ie iim'te." said the former politely, "I in ne a Florentine." To which ,ne latter, Wth e.pial suavity " A'"l If I were not s Floren tine, I should wish to 1m a Floren tine" lief ore a mixed audlen.e, which applaud.sl the statement, Ir. I,yman til Mr r -nl.l it,- ..it...- . . ' ' "y: ir I were nor a i nnstian, I should want to lie . Jew." He might have added that It matters far less what a man's race or nain.nalit.v I than what his charaetei I'"' Irlshmn was both wtiv and philosophic when he replied to the .pi.-siiou what be would like to be If he were noi an irishman: "Sure, If "oi insn, in iNw,, jj iisi.amisi or myseir. inn Interests w as Two years ago Congress yl.J,1,sJ to inch lii..rtni.lty from tM.. Imslnewa lie country, whose cause "upM.rte, t,y rreshletif It,,.v,. and by Secretary of State II.H.t, Bml passci a consular reform bill, it ,1, not pass the bill that bad U-en d. maii.led of It. but Its "half a loaf" was regardiil a eonshlorahlv M.tt..r than no bread at all. Hy executive order the President add.sl o-rtalu oth er reforms, but bis system of appoint incuts may Ih changed bv anv s.i.-.sMi. Ing President who d.s-s not like It. amf n is imis.rtant that the servl.v ls put permanently on a higher basis. The National Ituslncss League has Ncn must active for the Introduction of the merit system and other nfortns. and tioiy the way and means committee of the Chicago Ass.vhitlon of Commerce lias passsl resiiitlona urging the pas sage of a pending hill. Iloth asa.x-la-tlotia want to s.s. a thorough going merit system of apMlntuirnt ami pro notion Intr-sliniM. They want all ap lilntees t, know at least one modern languag.. Nstldca English, and to have wtuer quallflcatlona for the work. They The unveiling of a statue at Indian apolla to (ten. Henry V. Law ton, who was killed In the Philippines, renews the public appreciation of that soldier's long and faithful service. In three cuniptilgua (Jen. Law ton signally dis tinguished himself, aa the printed ver dict of fellow officers bears testimony. Enlisted at the time of the Civil War, when only IS years of age, he rose rui Idly, and at 1!2 was brevet ted colonel for gallant and meritorious service. Af ter the battle of Nashville Ueu. CI rose wrote of young Law ton: "Cupt. Law ton, with tils officers nnd men, has my grateful tlwuks for will ing obedience to orders, brave and effec tive execution for every duty upon the battle field and during the campaign." of l.nwtnn's work during the Arl xona Indian troubles It was said: "It will go down In our history as one of the greatest achievements of In dian warfare. Ills untiring energy and ceaseless vigilance put down the upris ing. To his men kinder officer never lived, and he would never send any one to a pla-e where he would not go himself." Of his part lu the Spanish War the testimony Is no less clear and decided. "I.uwton, the commander of the di vision, Is the Ideul of a be-iu snhreur. If there ever was one. He sits on his horse so well It aeema pity he should ever leave the saddle. Every feature reveals the tenacity and punsse of the nym." "Splendidly prepared, determined, dauntless, and Invariably successful at a lighter, he la also an orgnnlwr and administrator of the first order. Sim ple In all ways, true as steel, a born leader of men. he la modest, loyal, un selfish and patient.' Mrs. Hob ins was In the hi'nt of fur- Ishlng her lodgers with an evening mesl t a small sum per bead. Tbe;-e was only certain amount of bread an 1 butter sup plied for this, however, and ibose who came late were likely to find an emp.y platter. The two Itoheuilans telt thai the subject was too grave a one to tr ll" with, to they suspended their Judgment upon the (j.rdlestones whlltf .hey clu rred down to the dining room. Disaster Ahead. "In my school days," said torj teller who was trying to Illustrate the alwurdlty and futility of unfounded fears, "we used to have a leiture every Friday afternoon. One clay the lec turer, was a geologist, and chose XI agara Falls for his topic. "lie told us about the geological for mation or the falls, descrllMM the dir. ferent s-rlods to be trmvd In the .r and then went on to say that the falls were aimviy wearing back toward Ruf. raio. and that In the course of some two nunilred thousand years they would have worn buck to Erie. Penn. sjlvanla. and that town would be left uign ami ury. "Suddenly one of the girls In class began to sob convulsively. "'What is the matter?1 asked teacher, In alarm. "'Ml.' walled the lives In Erie!'" the girl, 'my sister CHAPTEIt IV. Although not a whisper haJ :een heard of it in ordinary commercial circles, thera was some foundation for the forecast which Von Itaumser bad ma I" as to tl.e fate of the great bouse of 4)tdlestoni. For some time back matters had been go ing badly w;tt the African traders If the shrewd eyes of Major Tobias I lutter- buck were unable to detect any Indica tion ot tnta stata ot attain iu the man ner or conversation ot the Junior partner, ths reason simply was that that gentli! man was entirely Ignorant of the immi nent danger which hung over bis bead, As far as he knew, the concern was a prosperous and a flouriahiiu aa It hid been at the time of the death of John Harston. The momentous secret wi locked In th breast of bis grim o'.d father, who bore it about with him a the Spartan lad did the fox without a quiver or groan to Indicate the care which waa gnawing at his hart. Placed face to face with ruin, Uirdlestone fought against It desperately, and, witnal. cool ly and warily, throwing away .10 chance and leaving no atone unturned. Above II, be exerted himself and exerted him self successfully to prevent auy rumor of the critical position of th firm tro.n leaking out in th city. Many things had contributed toward thla state of affairs. The flr-n bad bern Involved in a succession of misfortune, some known to the world, and others known to no one save the elder viirdle. atone. Line of fine vessels from Urei pool and from Hamburg were tunning o th Wert coast of Africa, and comneri. tion bad cut down freightage to the low- eat possible point. Where the HirAl tones bad once held almost a monopoly thtre wer now many In th field. Again th negroes of the coast were becoming u.icu, aim uao a seen eye to busl nesa, to that the old profile were no longer ooramame. The days had fonj by when flint-lock (runt and .Manchester prima could be weighed in the balanst Kiiipt ivory ana gold dust Whlla H i .. " , , causes were st .h i. . O,mrortun bad befallen ' vjiruii-atoue. r nd na th their fleet of old sailing veM... we're to low and clumty to compete with more r "' la'J "M bought in tw, nrm-rate steamera. One wa the Prov.. 'r1 or ""' bun- "Lh!. ln'1"i Even. both classed A 1 at Moyd'.. tmti:: ,h?r "o ". 'd nest determine . i ". "' """nce be .. . lu.ure ait new vessels j i'i i una, ror a paid rsncy premiums for wim an eve to Kettle flrliUe nf the Cossacks. At. L I.I. ...... - . n.. Biiiuonty declares thai the most remarkable bridges In, the orm sr.. tne kettle bridges, of which ..m-scs souners are extort builders The material of which they are con structed are the soldiers' lances ...i .-.s.klng kettle. Seven or eight lances n- piisMsi umier the handles of a tiniulier of kettles and fastened hy means of.M-s to form a raft. A suffi cient nuinl.-r of these rafts, each of which will N.ar a weight of half a ton are fastemsl together, mid In the spa. of an hour a bridge Is formed on w hl n an army may cross with confidence an.i safety. At HaaVllffe. g-Whom was Hussell Hall named after? A.Mrs. Ilussell. g-Aha: And now tell me whoro Russell Annef was named after A Mr. Ilussell Harvard Lampoon. A milliner aayt that eveiv trm who ever trle.1 on a hat In her store first said by way of prenaratlon t. hair lsi't fixed right," Uirdlestone had always hadVwes.ii 'bleb be hsd ao manr -n ..t.i - ' " with no disaster. .r.i. x."-Z m ful clipper, were safe' ul""!"?" . -- -!, now th Even- turelT rh.. - ... urw poWl r- ever, ny ttrsng- lurk h.. ing Star wa. teaming Tp Channel .n"' LZlVhS nn f,Kht ln, l-rovi' which hsd .tarted that verv moei . ' nrr. pon her'SoT; ,f The Providence wa, ,mo,t ri J' and sank within five minute,. takiniV ' I- casln and ,it of Z rVC ZT Evemng Star . so much dal;," a ..nkinc condition. That d..'. i. the AM flrm mlnTt' thirty thoi.Mnd pounds. "and- "in-r mishaiM had n-ruA . i o Weak-,, lth f,. "nior partner h,i rart from their trad, m Birwtilutiori without th knowll of n.n nun. nn.i t r-.v. sn,, whi;;;; -;:; flu Ptaai a .. ing cnnsiny reeled before ll T?h- .7 nl.s:one had not Mid . wil l .U'r' thi. to hi. aon. etalm. . ' J tl'-l them i the be. i? '"" h ml p...ed ,he7LTb1erd.'. h- .hould hsr, to give a L?' "t their flnsnc al gainst hop. ,h ZZ, "-rriv of .vKrHl&'EL!: ii o iraiiiMt niUf..run Wltn . I. lltrla fVKkm .mi va ua I l lnat in II. 1 1 k ' " vith hi. he.j ,llnk upon hi '"east, an.l 'll. thatched eyehro lr,w0 ioWn J'T hit keen grey eye.. II ws . -.. i...- i. . ..me wh.-n h must ii. n .line nan . enliahten his n to the true siaie their affairs. With bis co-operat Ion li.' might carry out a pln "h'1'. n" . " maturing for some aionth. In b, b"'I, A moment or two later thu green baixe .liKir flew open, anil th .voung man cam In. throwing hi. bat and coat down on one of the chair.. It waa evi.leut tliit ...met hill ha, I hi tCUIIier. "(lood morning," lie I1 brusquely nodillng hia head to bit father. . "What'a the matter with 7011? Vol don't look yourel, and haven't for aopie time back." "Husliiess worrlf. my boy, business worries," John Uirdlestone answeied wearily. "I have sot got a gd balance t the banker's" "I-retty fair, pretty fair." hi. eon Bald, knowlnglv. olckln no the long thin rel ume In which the finance of tie firm waa recorded, and tapping it rgainst the ta ble. "But the figure, there are not corre. Exra," bia father said. till m-re huskily "We have not got nearly ao much a that." "What !M roared th Junior partner "Huah ! Don't let the clerk hear you We have very little. In facr, Exra. w bar next to nothing In the bank It all gone." For a moment the young man .food mo tionless, glaring at hi. father. The ev presslon of incredulity which had appear ed on bl. feature, faded away before ti c earnestness of the other, :ind waa placed by look of such malignant pas sion that It contorted hia whole fate, "You fool !" be shrieked, springing for ward with the book upraised as though he would have at ruck the old merchant "I see it now. You have heel speculif, Ing on your own hook ! What have you done with Iff" He selxed his father by the collar and ahook him furiously in his wrath "Keep your hands off me !" the senior partner cried, wrenching himself free from his son's grssp. "I , niy bct with the money. How dare jou address me so?' "Did your best!" hlasrd Ei-a, hurling the ledger down on tne table with a crash "What did you mean hy tiieculuting with out my knowledge, and telling me at the same time that 1 knew all that wat done? Hadn't I warned you a thousand time, of the danger of It? You are not to be trusted with money." "Hemember. Kin," hi" father aald with dignity, r'urarfn himself in the chair from whldbe had risen, In order to free himself fto his son' clutches, "if I lost the money, I also made It. Thi waa a flourishing nncern before you were born. If the want comet to the worst jou are only when I started. But w am far from being akolutely ruined a yet.' "To think o k!" Eira cried, flinging himself upon th. office sofa and burying his face In bia Un,lt. "To think of all I have said of r money and our re sources! What fill Clutterbuck and the fellowa at the ob sat? How can The gliTH not a had looking ne. Put?' aid you had several plana. Let ua ome of the other ones. If tbe' woest cornea to the wirst I might consent te that on condition, ot course, that I hould bava tbe whole management of th money." "gulte ao quite so," bia father aaiJ hurriedly. That' a dear, good lad. A you aay, when all otber( thing fail w can alwaya tall back, upon tnai. i pm ent I intend to raise aa much money I ran upon our credit, and invest It In such manner aa to bring la large and immediate Drofit." "Ani how da yoa intend ta So Ills" -I Intend." aald John (iirdlestone, sol emnly riaing up and leaning hia elbow an Inst the mantelpiece. "I Intend to njake a corner in diamonds" RAILROAD OVER OGEAII 11017 diliG TRAINS JUST STB ETCH 1 Henry M. Flagler Ha Lin Key WmI Already Partly Completed. to CONCRETE ASCHES AEE USED CHAITKR V. John Girdlestone propounded hi In ten lion with such dignity and emphasis that he evidently expected tbe announcement to come aa a aurprlse upon bia too. II o. he waa not disappointed, for the young man eta red open-eyed. "A corner In diamonds !" be repeated. "How will yon do that?' "You know what a corner la," haa farh er explained. "If you buy up all th cotton, .ay, or sugar In the market, so a to have the whole of it in your own hands, and to be able to put your own price on it In selling It again that 1. called making a corner In wheat or cot ton. I Intend to make a corner In dia inonds. Of course, I know what a corner Is, r.zra aald impatiently. "Hut bow on earth are you going to buy all the dia monds in? You would waut the capita' of a Itothschlld." "Not so much aa you think, my boy. for there are not any great amount of diamond, in tbe market at any one time. The yield of tha BoRth Afrii-an fields reg ulate the price. I have had this idea in my head tor some time, and have studied the details. (If course, I should not at tempt to buy in all the diamonda that are In the market. A small portion of them would yield profit enough to float the firm off again.' "But If you have only a part of the supply in your hands, how are you to reg VotI Ena;lnrlnf Teat Za Deaerlbed a th Moat Remarkable la th World. Th most remarkable railroad In the world, which Henry M. Flagler I build Ing on concrete arehe through tha shal low water of the ocean along the gar land of palm grove that cover the keyt aoutb of Florida, I now In otieratlon for a dlatanc of eighty-one mile to Knight' Key, and regular tralna are running over It. Through aleeplng cart will be provided from New iorg and Chicago, and they ultl.untely will be carried across on a ferry.from Kej Want to Havana, making the distance In alz hour. The railway Is more than half done, and, a the present termlnu at Knight' Key ha all the facilities for handling the trnjllc. Mr. Flagler decided to plac the completed portion in operation and have Raasl la Jarlaatf Mapped Oat far Wrars kr V ' 'I seas. A new method lias Ist-u prosMsi, whereby women are to lie made Iihk pler. It seem to have la-en launched In New York City, where a woman of the artist class has prosiiiiids ber the. orle ujton The Joy of Dully Living, for the benefit of her sex. The aet-ret of "the Joy of dally llv Ing" I dally and hourly stretching. Just how far the new stretch system to go !a i:ct ka&na, lul dr.,.i.!;.ig last rejsirts from the front the limit has not been reached. The stretch Is advocated In all the dally walks, rides and other oivupatlona of life, and Is giinnleed to cure dyi-psla, discon tent, red nose, blues, humpback, bad temper and running the shoes over at the heels. It Is to be practiced at the dlshpan. In the parlor, with a broom, and Is particularly re.iiiinnended for the bargain counter and the bridge table. Thla conscious stretching and govern ing" H the muscles of the laaly with every movement, suys the enthusiastic advocate of this system, can be. done anywhere ami everywhere. It will give women grace, youth, beauty, iind, final ly and most Itmtortimt. It will have an effect Upon their characters and make them a positive Joy to themselves and to every one about them. We see hundreds of women who oodles are little more than moving masses of contented flesh. If they would begin a gradual system of stretching the muscles, so fast asleep In their cushions of fat, the adljiose tissue would work off. Stretching Key West. I'rsctlcally 80 per cent of u tne construction work Is done and ererythlnf will be ready for through train to Havana by the opening of the tourist season next winter. It earning tbe expena of maintenance, at least, while 1ZT .7 T" "..''"'"T h- ,,.ij, - . , . ... . I sow, airong nircicniiig is me on y the remainder of the track Is finished to L.. ,. , ?,. ....... ... ' ..j ivf is, iiih u'c &AfJt-a ute a iu ilia human form. If you are nervous stretch. If you lack repose of manner, stretch. If you are giving a dinner and your husband falls to put In an appearance, stretch aa you meet the guests and you can down to th. price, at which other bolder, aouth of Miami. fortr-ven mile, north !arry o(r..the ',l,uaUon r"'fu"y- 1 1 . I ' w - 1 f-11 tr air alii f na siil a I niAiiianla rT iir are sening. 0f Xer West and IIS mll-a neth ,.r "Hat ha I Very good! eery good!" the Havana. The road between tinn.i old merchant said, shaking bis bead good- Knight's Key I built twenty-eight mile. 1T, ' tJ h.v'.nJ0.n11t ""th" mT,pon ,h mln '"""l riortd. and plan yt. You have not altogether grasp-Lii.t- .ii u ed It. Allow me to explain to you. I -ros. ami oeiween did mm business in diamonds myself l'""ro or nearly one-hair or when I waa a younger man, and ao I bad tIe dutan the railway track passe Knight' Key, the present terminus ulate tbe market value? You must com of tb Flagler system I 100 mile I an opportunity of observing their fluctua tion! in the market. Now, there ia one thing which Invariably depreciates the price of diamonda. That ia the rumor of fresh discoveries of mines in other part, of the world. The Instant aucb a thing gets wind the value of the stones goet down wonderfully. 1 he discovery of dia monds In Central India not long agu had that effect very markedly, and they have never recovered their value since. Do you follow mer An expression of Interest had come over Ezra's face, and be nodded to show that he wat listening. (To be continued.) BODE ON THE FIRST TRAIN. over the water on concrete arehtw, whose foundation rest upon the bottom of the sea. At the town of Homestead, twenty- eight miles south of Miami, the track leaves tbe continent of North America and starts upon Its way over the ocean. Seventeen mllps south of that point It reaches Key Largo, the largest of the keys, which la fifteen miles long, and from there Jumps from kpy to key by means of massive masonry and em bankments of cement and coral rock. In crossing the deeper channels seven drawbridges have been provided to per mit of tbe passage of vessels. The In tervening water between the forty-two keys varies In width from a few hun dred feet to two miles or more, and fact, at all the crucial moments of life emember th slogan, "Stretch." &twit7i&(& 1 alter the ways 0) life that I have learn ed?" Then suddaly clenching bi hands, and turning upon kit father, be brok out, "W must hav Itback, father ; we must, by fair meant otfuul. You must do It, tor It waa yoa tbo lost It. What rau we do? How log have w to do It in? Is this known la th city? Oh, I shall be ashamed to thnr my fac on 'Change." 80 b rambled 01 half-maddeoed by tbe pictures of th fitur which rote up In bis mind. "B calm. Etrt, b cahn !" hi father said Imploringly. "Wt bav many chancea yet If we only oak tb beat of them. Ther ia no uet lamenting the past. I freely confess that I wa wrong In using thla money without your knowledge, but I did It from tht belt of motiree. W mutt put our h.d together now to re trieve our Iiscmi, and there are many wayt In which that may be done. I want your clear common tense to help me in the matter." "I'ity you didn't apply to that before," Ears said sulkily. "I have suffered for not doing so," the old man answered meekly. "In consider ing bow to rally uridr thla grievoua af fliction which hat rum upoo ua, w must remember that our credit I a great re source, and one on which w have never drawn. That gire. ut a broad margin to belp ua while art carrying out our plana for the future " hat will our Mxtlt be worth when tblt matter le.ki out?" Hut It can't leak ant. No one suspect It for a moment Ther might imagine that wt are suffer, n from aom tempo rary depression of tr.de. but no one could Possibly know th ltd truth. I have mor than one nlan is my head by which our affairs may be restablithed on their oiq tooting. If esn once get eum- clent money to satisfy our present credit- ", ana so tide over thi run 01 oma ne-. the current will set It th other way. and all will go well. And first of all, ther I one question, my boy. which I should like to ask Ton u-k.f An vou think of John Harston't daughter?" '8hs right enough," the young man answered brusquely. "She't a good .ui Exra a thomngh od girl, and a rich girl, too. though ber money is a smalt thins in my eyes coin- pared to her virtue." toung Uirdlostm,. sneered. Of course," hf mid imp)l,,Dtly. "Well, go on what about h.t- Just thJs. Er ht there Is no girl n the world whom I ihould like better to receive as my daughter-in-law. Ah! you ropie, you pjj pome round her; you know you could " Th "' nan Poked hi Ions hon. Sneer In the direction of bia mn'i rib. with rlnl play'"101""- "h, thafa tht jea. la It 7 remarked th Junior partner wb ry unpleas ant smile. Yes, that I. on. Mv out of our dlffl- eultlea. Rhe has thousand pounds. which would h more than enough to aav th Ann. At ths asm time you would gain a charming wlfs." " w art reduced te ' B exT01 I think I can tBiwr fer at raaUt Stepkea Dabola, llaskr at .Mnetv- fn.r, Is Sola Sarvlvlaar Paeaee. As an example of mental and physi cal vigor ot the age of M, Stephen Smith Dubois, who recently completed the task of cutting and stacking the roiluct of a five-acre field of corn at Xoi-wimmI, I.. I., Is probably one of the most remarkable old men In the conn- try of whom there Is a record, says the New York World. He la the only liv ing man who rode on the first sissen ger train run on a steam railroad lu America tlifl Mohawk Hudwm whose eulls mtiiiwlMl Albnnv stul Trov. Not only Is Dubois the only living link that j 'eeln now the Atlantic Ocean looks connects the railroad history or the Australia has come to the front In a legislative action which Is, we believe, without precedent. There has been established an "Australian Men of Letters Fund" to which the common wealth voted during the last session $i!,500. Another vote of a similar sum Is expected during the present session. John Oxeiihum first visited the Island of Hark a few years ago and now sM'iiIs several weeks there each year. He has In preparation a new novel to lie called "IVarl of 1'earl Is land," the scene, of which Is laid part ly In London but chiefly In Sark. Tha curious suiH-rstltlons and romantic at mosphere of the Island are rcprodm ed In the story and given even a morn Intimate acquaintance with the Sark s former In depth from a few Inches to thirty M . . ... .1 iiiiiuiniv mil ufiiin (1 111 r mill 1 feet The em bank men t. are r-rapped I . . vith f- ..... .1 ," of to-day than Mr. Oxeuham 1 wita rock to prevent washing, and are I. .. W..n.lrf I., ll ..... OOOK on toe Slinjecr. . j 1 - - . . . , v.nj umpf uw vice that the engineers could Invent to protect tha roadway from the at tacks of tbe water, which la sometime stirred up Into great violence by th force of the wind. The track la thirty- one feet above high water, so that the passengers In the railway trains may sit In the windows of Pullman cars In serenity and have an opiiortunlty of In a gale. past and present, but he waa one of the two passengers who rode In the conch drawn by an engine culled tha Yankee. The other passenger was hi uncle. ' It wa the first official trip and with a foresight which hns not Been follow ed In later year the Inhabitant of rr .-. . 1. - & . I. - .1 1 . A 11,. I 1 roy lllBimeu liini l in, 01 1 r iui n i .ua road should assume the first risk, for there wa nobody willing-to take the chance of a ride behind a "contrap tion" that they believed waa likely to blow up at any moment. "I wa born up In Cayuga county," said the old gentleman recently, a be rested for a moment from sawing a thick stick of timber, "and came to New York In 1841). My youngest son, the baby of the family. Is m and a very gxl boy. That I am the only living man who rode on the first railroad train must ts true, because I was only a boy of lrt at the time, and the director I rode with were grown men, wane of them old men. , "When I first came to New York th northernmost house In the city wa on 2tith street, near Mndlwm avenue. He yond that waa all green fields. Cor poral Thompson's cottage was built a few years later, I think, or If It was built It was not used as a half-way house In 147. Over on the east aide there were only a few shanties above 12th street You had a clear view of the Eaet river from what Is now Cen tral Tark. "I oast my first vote for John Qulncj Adams. We used to have some pretty hot lilitli-al fights In those days, but I never mixed up In politics. I learn ed the trade of disk building and built or he!sd to build, a big sectional dis'k for the government In when It looked as If the war was going to continue Indefinitely. When Lea sur rendered and pea-e wns prcs-lalmed. the government had no use for the dtxr. and I think what Is left of ber Is ever In Erie basin. "When I was a boy up In Cayuga, Indians of the fences tribe yon know Seneca county Is close by used to come Into Waterh. where I lived for a time, but we didn't pay much atten tion to them. They were alw.ys peace able and never harmed anybody so far aa I know. I waa 34 years old when I came to New Tork In '47, and If I do say It myself, I wouldn't glv way to any man In any kind of a contest When I wa 60 years old I waa at good a most men it 23." THOSE CONCRETE HOUSES. Eminent Philanthropist Will Build City of Edison Homes. Working together, Thomas A. Edison, wizard of East Orange, N. J., and Henry Pblpps, a New York millionaire, believe they can solve the tenement bouse problem. They plan to do this by erecting an entire city of concrete houses, Mr. Edl son having perfected plans recently whereby, be says, be csn bulid within 12 hour and at a cost of from ll.'sj to $1,20 a beautiful nine-room house, suitable for two families. Each apart- nuint nf these double houses can be 147. My wire aieu in T(.ntfi profitably at 17.50 a month, ac cording to Mr. Edison, thus saving to the working man now paying 110 a mouth for a two-rwsn home in the tene ments, enough money each .iionth to cover bis carfare expenses to and from his wrork. Mr. rhlppa, who in 1!X5 give $1.000,. 000 for the erection of model tenements In New York City, recently sjsMit an afternoon In Mr. Edison's laboratory at East Orange, discussing with him the possibilities of the cement or concrete bouse. The steel manufacturer waa ac companied by a coq ot architects, builders and concrete experts, who made a careful Investigation of ths Edison plan. When they teft they were enthusiastic over Its possibilities, Mr. Edison purposes to build these bouse by forcing a concrete mixture Into cat Iron molds, which are to be set up after the excavation for the basement I complete. j, . r rarasaa Wlae Aleahla Prlsa. Henry Farman. the French aeronaut baa won the lleutache-Arcbdeacon prise of $10,000 promisedeto the first person who should make a circular kilometer In an airship heavier than air. Mr. Far man did even better than the conditions of the test required. Ilia outer mark waa S12 meter, from the stsrt and bis curves were sucb thst he actually covered 1..100 meters. Aeronauts consider this exploit th greatest since M. Santos Du mont circumnavigated the Eiffel Tower In a dirigible balloon, and aa being of far more prospective valu than Santo-Du-mnnt's performance. The aeroplane weigh 300 pounds. A framework of a.h nd piano wires support two borliontal parallel planes of light sail cloth 30 feet long. A fifty horse-power motor Is placed just behind and ahov tbe Itvel of th lower plan nf the forward set of sails. With a preliminary run of a hundred yard over th ground, the aeroplane had risen to a height of 12 or 13 feet hfor It reached th atarting pole. Then, with outetretcbed wings, it ssiled out across tbe Held at a height of from 23 to AO feet and at a (peed of twenty-firs miles a hour. Th test took place about five Takes Its Owa OaJt. Time wait for nobody," alghed th senior partner. True," rejoined the Junior partner, "but th offlc boy worrte each after- bom kwaftiaa it will hurry for xboy.- mllM ttom Vum A. W. f'fnerd 'is submitted his Ideas of 'The Fleshly Bool of Fic tion" to the Iiondon llookman. In which he says; "I don't read much Ac tion nowadays, but I have made It my business to glance at some novels be longing to the fleshly actusd. One of these, written by a lady and put for wurd boldly as the work of the great est living English novelist, would In reVpeet of Its eoinxsltlon reflect small credit iimii a kitchen maid. As to certuln detulls of the story, few kit chen nuilds, I trust, could be so d. praved as to- comvlve them. Such productions are In my opinion most Irnlelous. They owe their vogue, which Is unquestionable, to publishers without conscience and reviewers without honesty or without brains. The new edition of "Lorna Donne will have Illustrations of all the places Identified with the story of the Dimuib country. The church at Clare, the real "Plover's narrows," the "long gun at Yenworthy," the "Spit and Grid Iron" where Jan Kldd bought his powder ami lead, the church where Ixirna's mother was hurled and the Warren farm, where so many Dismes were slain, all aps-ar In the Illustra tions. The reol eople of the Disuie story have been Identified almost as successfully as the places. No real Ixirna has been found, but Jan Kldd appears In an old legenu associated with the family of a John Kldd, who was church warden to the novelist's uncle and who was stated by Hlack niore to be tbe original of (iirt Jan. The problem of how fur the Doolies really existed and how far they were legendary la not solved entirely, but the evidence of Miss Ilrowne (Audrle Dootie) Is set forth and a reprisluctlou of an old pnlntlng. Inscribed "Sir Ensor Doone, 1671," la given. I'aeaaaeloaa Iroar. A New England man sny that nn night last winter when the thermometer fell below aero bis wife expressed her concern for the new Swedish maid who bad an unhealed room. "Ellta," said she to the girl, remem bering the good old custom of her youth, "as It Is bitterly cold tonight, you'd better take a flatlron to bed with yoa" "Yes, m'm," said Kllr.a, In mild and expressionless assent. In the morning the girl waa asked how she passed the night. With a sigh, she replied: "Wail, m'm, I gat the lrnm most varm berore morning. - nuriHrr Weekly. A Diplomat. "80 you gave your husband a boa of cigars?" "Yes," answered young Mr. Tor- kins. "Did he appreciate them?" "Indeed he did. He values them highly that he Is smoking a ple. so as not to use them up tins fast" Washington P-tar. Th average woman's experience with financial matter ba been such that he 1 usually more than half In faeor of br daughter marrying fee? money.