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.