Topics of '
the Times g
as
9
4nmp'Sf Ifi"
!t will be noted thut .Mr. u.ssHeTT
make no dtinctl u nil kind of an
archists hiih tl alike l him.
tabor, of Increasing cflMency In th
tank, of wldeulng opirtuiiltle fir
repfaw-e or refusal, of d.-e-iiliig com
prehension of the meaning of work.
tlllH U tO nUIHtlf fMM Of til gMttest
rta of Hf.
It bul.l 'cm th.it Mr. Humphrey
A'ard hits b yet en.s.untered hi
In no one with the i-oiirageou triemi
in.css 10 rii-lHln to her gently 1,111
e '" '."J."" I firmly that her Innocent reference, to J
.". i .j.i, ! "Anicrlcsn ! "Mm', -h'uJat. 4T
The Firm of
Girdlestone
which he had allows the to alip
tbroufh his nngr. , g fy an hour
before b tiually ahaiidouea 'reh,
and acknowledged i0 miulM.f that ba bad
ts-en booilwlnked fr tm) ,bird time, and
that a Ion wk wJUj tapse beforo
h could bare snt,,r aoc of solving
the mystery.
II turned at m M,,iy and reluc
tantly away from t ,,; and walked
across to Waterloo bri,tf. It waa some
consolation, however. that he had bad one
fair crack at Kara iir,i,e. He glane-
eu uowu ai uis kim.ki,., whi,b were raw
I.rlef message, but he probably thlnka
tlie liluck Hand needs manicuring
The I'nltcd Wiites of Hussla has been
pr.s-lalmed. hut will probably Uot be 111
working order for some time to come.
Canadian girls are very successful
nurses. Many of them come to the
Htates nml marry a doctor Inside of
all mouths.
A rciuiHylvanlu wlfe-beuter waa scn
temssl to "go home and pray." For the
second offense the Judge nuiy avuiis'l
li i in lo go to churi'h.
A minister iiiiincd Pysho Jumped
rnmi an in'iiiii liner ami was drowned.
And now there are more gisid fysiic in
?: li i r ..: re.
So in lie li cure seems to be essential
to our health In I hew days that the
wonder Ih that anybody survived under
the old condition.. And yet millions
did.
The i!,iivery that Hie carry mill
Ions of germs on their feet will arouse
a still greater hatred to the bahl man
on whom bond the tiles will wle tlielr
feel.
Commislore Vanderlillt and Jay
(Jould were pretty constantly before
the public, notwithstanding the fact
that each sun-cried In avoiding timtrl
iiionlal mistaken.
The Uiissliin dumii Is reirtcd to
have voted b) Increase the salaries of
Ita members. The Increase In probably
demanded on the theory that doing
nothing Is hard work.
Many women s'mre Emma Goldman's
sentiment conci ruing the matter of
talking when she pleases; but, for
tunately, most of thorn are polite
enough to refrain from using the em
phasis employed by Emms.
The time may come when In addition
to the book tlM'y have published and
the clulia to which they belong people
who get Into "Who'a Who" will be re
quired to mention the ruse In which
they have figured a co-respondenta.
A New York doctor linn carried n
rabbit', foot for five yenra nml claims
to have ewaped all Injury during that
time. Hut Hint's nothing strange. A
good many of us have been currying
aci'ident policies wllll the wime result
According to riporlM, the Peking lu
r.ette, after n brilliant but brief exist
ence of only till years. Is nlsmt to mis
js'iid. Roino of the "Old Subscrlliers"
who have "been taking the paper ever
since It started." probably have become
illvsatlNflcd and withdrawn their sii-port.
Kvery young man ought to snder the
advice which a successful lawyer gave
lo the niciiilH'ts of a college debating
sis-lety the other day. He said : "There
are many audletii-es awaiting you, anil
when you address them you must first
hnve made out your seeeh. your argu
ment, nnd you must present your cause
so that when people are passing out
you can hear tlicm say, 'Aye, that la
true: I Is'lleve what he has said.' If
you hear them say simply that It was
a good spi-eeh, then you hnve made a
good scceh, nnd not a good nrgu
inent."
I'anlcs, not financial, but of the type
which stampede rattle on the plntns
are n-spniiMlble for more loss of life at
tin's t tin ii any other cause. The peo
ple In the burning building lose their
self control, and are moved by the brute
Instinct of self preservation, regardless
of the coiisHuence to others. In the
'oIIIiiwimhI school all was orderly until
the bead of the priM-esslon reached the
door. There was an obstruction and a
pressure from behind. Then pnnle! The
more those In the rear pressed forward
In their frenzy, the more Impossible
was escape. The same thing would
have happened If the imprisoned throng
bad tiecn grown men Instead of selnsil
children.
. rew weeks ago there is-curred In
one of our New Kngland factory town
an event of isvullar significance In
these days of grave and x rplexlng la
lHr problems. It was the funeral of. a
iiieiory worker-an old woman who
had never lit her life received nmro
than a dollar nml a half a day. In
111 she entered the employ of the emu
puny, and In the forty stx yer since
that time had missed but, flvibiys
from i,it machine. When, nftir l,,n
service, the is.mp.niv offered to retire
her, she refused When they wl.1
to raise her pay she refused again, say
lug that her work was worth no more
than she was receiving Receiving less
than Ave hundred dollars a year, s!i
had work. si happily, lived coiitent'e ',y,
and even saved a too.lly sum. Wlicii
she died, the factory was clos.sl fr nn
entl -c day. im.l lis nltbrs, from :!lf
pres dent down, ami the thousaud ci
iloj..s followed her to her grave.
age n lieu tll( material denu; :nl, of ;r,.
are Increasing so rapidly that jrst r
day's luxuries Uvoine to d i.v's n'-.
lies. It gives one mi use to .1 is-over wrh
bow small means the great things. Joy
In work, content, honor, may stili b,i
von f the soul Is resolute. To have
more than wo use, we are told. Is rich
es; to refuse ottered aid Is power; t.l
work for pride In one's work Is Joy.
All these-easily for less than Pvs
bim.lr.sl a -year; and all the v-n,i.,.
this quiet worker had learned ths great
svn-t that the true wealth 1 In iue
faithful doing f the work, not In the
dollars It brings. It Is an old lesson,
but one that cannot ls graven too deep
ly uhiii our hearts. To put oneself it0
one's work, looking fr reward in tha
Joy of having a plac la the world's
..te the Indlclous grn-ie. luey in
dl. nte what. If one dared haxard such
an Imis rtlneni'e. might be called
bland, early Victorian Ignoran.-e of
America which shows how little Mrs.
Ward hna read of .Mr. lloweus. no
little she has gathensl from Mrs. Kree
man. Mr. Wlster, or any of the dis
tinguished realists she so jfMbly mum.
The American peasant!" Imagine one
of the Yankee farmers In a Mary Wil
kin novelette addressed as a peasant.
We guarantee there would Is" some
echoes of "the shot heard roumi me
world" right there, while the applica
tion of such nn epithet to any or iu
flourishing models from which Mr. is-
ter drew would lie extremely iiazariious
In their habitat. It Is to lie fear.sl
Mrs. Ward's easy reference to Mrs.
rYct-nVm rf-.in.r :;v. uMvr vi-rut
denote not so imieh nn acipmlntani-e
with them as a knowhslge of the pres
ence In her nndleiiee of their creators.
This Is an amiable device of public
speakers, and In this case It explain
why Mrs. Ward so Ingenuously cites
work that conclusively shows the non
existence of the subject of her dis
course. Hut Mrs. Ward has ts-en In
Washington recently, nml she undoubt
edly was enlightened there by some
of the several hundred friends of the
"American farmer." Peril np It has been
revealed to her that he Is not only not'
K8snnt,M he I the great American
sovereign, the bos of tho country. HI
wife patterns her attire after the city
modes, hi daughter marcel her hair
and knows nil about Ethel Harrymore,
and his son I a varsity man to n con
siderable degrts?. if there are nny
American peasants In America Mr.
Ward Is the sole custodian of their se
cret whereabout. In America we feel
assured that, like the celebrated Mr
Arris, "there nlu't no slch person."
A. CONAN DOYLI
ifWfWTfWfWfMf,
CHAPTEK XVI. (Continued.)
Telling about the Indiana of the Pa
cific const as he found them In 184(1,
Paul Kane, the Canadian artist, tried
to give an Idea of their language a he
found It at that time. The example
which he quotes would have delighted
Max Muller, and It may Interest some
readers la till country. In his "Wan
derings of nn Artist" he seems not to
rerull any particular Individual of tho
name of Clark who might have Im
pressed the Indians of the Columbia
Itlver, but American readers will nt
once think of th comrade of Major
Lewis In the famous expedition of 1HIKV
I would willingly give a ssclmen of
the bur! xi rous language of this people,
wvre It possible to represent by any
isimbluatlon of our alphabet the hor
rllile, harsh spluttering sounds which
priH'issl from their throats, apparently
uuguldisl either by tho tongue or lip.
say Mr. Kane. It I so uiltieult to
acquire a mastery of their language
that none have been able to attain If,
except those who have bis-n born among
them.
They have, however, by their Inter
course with the English and French
traders, siHS-eechsl 111 amalgamating,
after a fashion, some words of each
of these tongues with their own. and
In forming a sort of pnlols, hartmrnu
enough certainly, but still sumVlent to
enable th.un to communicate with the
traders.
This pntols I wan enabled after some
short time to acquire, and could con
verse with most of the chiefs with tol
erable ease.
Their common salutation Is Clak
hoh nh ynh, originating, as I lielleve. In
their ancestors having heard. In the
early days of the fur trade, a gentle
man named Clark frequently addressed
by his friends. "Clark. Ikiw are you?"
This salutation s now ii)lled to ev
ery white man, for tlielr own language
affords no appropriate expression.
Wash Uar at l-nllman.
The I'll 1 1 inn n Company, whose presb
dent, Hubert Todd Lincoln, is the only
living sou of the Isst friend the plalii
ssple ever bad. Is strong on economy.
Those of us who know have I .t t
grumbled at the fact that the .rter.
who close down the lllileniilit.sl iipHr
berth where one's ..,d m,.,, i(
hardest. Is paid only $jr. a niontli.
Now, the Interstate Commerce c
mission tells us that of tin $,;n,,
year the porter must giP np to i.
company each year I.Mi fur two mil
forms of a grade which whoh.,i,.
clothiers have offered to supply ., 4,p
per rent less. Three four! I,' ,,f ,;.
porter's wnges Is paid by tl. ir.ue;.
I:;g public in the form of tips
The Pullman Company Is . ,.
I.'ed at $:"ini,n;o, and t ,,.lirM
Its etis kliobb rs rut a "melon" (.f ,,,
1-V; but does Its frugality it" .p.
Cilnk you. at holding up t. ,rtr!l
the public an. I the railroads? k.t
fr-ni It! Herewith is a further er,,n,i,
of Information from that hard wovj, .
commission :
r.sMictlc travelers have liHiUeil apu,
fnor on the praeti.-c ,,f rov.riir;
tl.e blankets in n IstiIi with a .!,.., !
l,.le sh.el. This is In ,-,. f,,r ,,!
wi-i int Is known ns il ,tr,
sli.vt rule." wbli h as inlopt-d J;,.,,,,
nrv 1. p to that tirce th-
Pullman Company waslie.1 the bliink.-s
every sit months. Nw the blankets
are washe.1 every elKhteen months, or
st P.tervals of a year nnd a half:
till, fortunate traveler. Ignorant C
the disclosures of tha high official
tnuckraker :
"Tliou hast no tlgure, nor no fan
tasies. Which busy cure draws n the brnln
of men ;
Therefore then sleep'st to sound."
Success Mngizlne.
It was Saturday tlie linru paiuruay
in. CinlleHiono and bis ward bad di-
SMared. niuisdale bad fully made np
bis mind that, go where he would, Exra
should not escape him this time. On two
consecutive Saturdays the young nier
chant had managed to get away from him,
and had been absent each time until the
Monday morning. Tom knew, and the
thought was a bitter one, that these days
were spent in some unknown retreat in
tlj- evtew.y.of K.nte snd.of per guardian
This time at least he should not get away
wilhotit revealing his destination.
The two jouug men remained in the
olliie until two o'clock. Theu hra put
on his hut and overcoat, buttoning it up
close, for the weather was bitterly cold.
Tom at once picked up his wide-a-wake
and followed him out into rVuchurch
street, so close to his heels that the
iu Inging door had not shut on the one
before the other puss.nl through. Ezra
glanced round at hi in when he heard the
footsteps. There was uo longer soy pre
tense of civility between the two, and
whenever their eyes met it wns only to ex
change glances of hatred and defiance.
A hansom was passing down the street.
and Exra, with a few muttered words to
the driver, sprung in. Fortunately an
other had just discharged its fare, sad
was still wai'ing by the curb. Tom run
up to it. "Keep I but red cab in sight,
he said. "Whatever you do, don't let it
get away from you." The driver, who
was a man of few words, nodded, and
vhipped up his horse,
It chained that this same horse was
either a faster or a fresher one than that
which bore the young merchant. The red
cab rattled down Meet street, then dou
bled on its tracks, and coining bark by
Mt Paul's pluuged into a labyrinth of side
streets from which it eventually emerged
upon the Thames embankment. In spite
of all its efforts, however, it was unable
to shake off its pursuer. The red cab
Journeyed on down the Embankment, and
across one of the bridges, Tom's sble
charioteer still keeping only a few yards
behind it. Among the narrow streets on
the Surrey side Eira's vehicle pulled up
at a public house. Tom waited patiently
outside until be should reappear.
In a very few minutes young (iirdle
stone rame out again, accompanied by a
tall, burly man, with a bushy red beard,
who was miserably dressed. He was help
ed Into the reb by Eira, and the pair
arove on together. Tom was more bewil
dered than ever. Who wus this fellow,
and what connection had he with the mat
ter on hand? Like a sleuth bound the
pursuing hanilsnia threaded its way
through the torrent of vehicles which pour
dts-n the London streets, never for one
niomeul losing at,ht ot us qnnrrj. Pres
er.fly they wheeled Info the Waterloo
road, close to the Waterloo station. The
red cab turned fh;irp round and rattled
up the In. line which l, n,U to the main
line. Torn sprung out, tossed a sovereign
to the driver, and followed on foot at the
top of his speed.
As he ran into tlie station Ezra (Jlrdle
t.uie and tl.e red-bearded trnnSer were
inmiedintely in fmut of him. There was
a great swarm of ,Ms,,,e all around, for
as it was Saturday there were social
trams to the country. Torn was sfraid
of losing sight of the U0 men in ,ne
crowd, so he elbowed hi, way through a.
quickly as l,e could, snd got immediately
behind Hiem-ao close that be could hnve
touched them with his hand. They were
approaching the honking ,,., wh R
gl,nced round and saw In, rival standing
hT. half r . W"','r'-'1 -"" to
urne, sn 7 1 fmi""'io"' The latter
It is one thing, however, to ratrh a
man by the throat. . ,n()h)lr "J.
17 !Ti,llVh''n "'"t
P er T T ,B.l,."""ln.l football
m tin k JSm r-'l l"ard.sd rough,
ho charged bun so furiously, was nth
nml c... . , " '"oscuiar arms,
unci gme a l ,,.,,..... ... .
. r jcrs in wincn
articipated. The
.a i ud bieediug, ''hi,s -.. .i.,-.- of at!afar-
nissusi. win, a half smile He
i.ui urn mjurea nana ia bis pocket, nd
locking up once more laius awara that
a red faced gentle,,,, wa, aproaching
...ra.u amgni, excited umllDer.
It could not be ...jj ult ,he red faced
gentleman walke.1. llHitll.r it be ,aiJ
that the red-faced g-.uieman ran. His
made of progress-ion mKUt be describ
ed as a sun-esslon of ,lort .nd unwieldy
Ji.nisi, which, ss he w, rather stout
gentleman. aps-ared t0 idicste some very
urgent and pressi,,, ,,, fof nurry. hj,
fu.-s wss bathed iu ,,Kl,inlill. .nd bis
.s.llur had bes(me ,vij inJ shaMless
fiom the same can,, jt apieared to
Tom, as he gaxed at th.sie rubicund,
thjugli anxious, feaiiih- , ihev should
b well known to Uita 'TUnt gu)nHy bat.
those specklcss gaiter. i the long frock
coal, surely they ,!,i i,,.,, to none
'very min 0( hi, ,
red l..r,l,.,l ... i'srucipatp,,. ltlt
ha!f,;;n:ri,,",;;;,;,,,r,,7" ,lrib'1
,i "lr' nd he rauie down
" r IW VOitmnt
rhsi,i,h,i,o,e e . ,,; r 7"n,,,n
i.m l,i. ",,'rJ particle of breath
"ni Ins enormoiu ly
""is liirlitmst hl,...i .... .
now no, I i "o aiiams
laili.-r n ml t , , ...
mollier sere ..... . . """" "r nw
" "'e wnula as he saw
J- to d
iB, f f . nothing loth, but
iii,h 'a 1 ' w..h
.m,!lv .,,,.f .. ' U'n
hii :m 1 ,, . rr ' l'r'
W never knew a person who was
ot saturated with soma fool notion.
'""'t'fll ,,.
"''"er. Mil I,,,,, , n .UPT
'-" was a short. ea,.r rallv
'"'I S'Tir I ,...,1 ....I..;.
mot I . j 1 1 . 1 ii,.,. , "'rr 'I
n ''' '" ".uld hardly follow
1,. '! ' " r""'' "f railway servants and
'or.. 11
" " 1 " -li m I,,.
f .i: 1. r,,.,
... . . i.'i.i
1 1 '1 . ' 1 .1.. i . r t
- "' 11 nn.L-.... ....... 1 , . ,.
.. i. mm 11. ami uieeu nz
stne.'s!l.., furiously .to
'li the result that Ihev
lln.i. , ,, "pari. i-.ventimliy
""il r.un by the i-ol-
i '" n vice,
"I 'T.. .y. ... m .... .' . .
, .-rnniriK His
.V llfl.T ."
' ti.ar
' 'a iisii,i,,.r. Tom had
forih,.ni where a blow
H"s Mi.il t iiitf out the
I n. I,
'll.T.
"I f irtf,.
'"'''I li'ii, a.
11.,
'Irn
1. 1
"He'll
bis
eneinv,
I k y.
'l".. n.n
n: some
t II tl
'loin.
"I'h.
f tl
snd the guardian of
"'i.iitiially. ". K-nVliuan
' sshsined. Keep
I'd J'T then !" Thi. la.t
"ne inlly energi.ti,. effort on the
Wo
i'r.si.ner to recover his free-
I know they will '."
t'H .... .
1 1 in ... .. .1
hi. ,.., '"'spsir, for both Ezra and
Hurt f )"'" H"" n"n' "lier than
''"" I,,.",,"'""'1"'-4'' M 'lit-pesr-
f..'nIl'Tr ,n too well
. ' lt be succeed..,! in
the constable's
no trace of his ene-
'.'stanilers gave a dosen
. ""''"If from
; " " c.,,,1,1 r,n,,
" " a iloren
rushed frntnon" A'' ""r m,"'"""-- "
the gre :,f.r.m to 'no,h'r ow
I hi. k.,. .. . ' eontfl rare torn
lUia bair at tus tboush. .... ...
-as . sea imw mj ua
other than the gallant Major Tobias C'lut
, iirr Jllljesiys Ili'lU Ol
tin Line.
As the old soldier approached Tom he
uuo-sriieu ins po.-e, , t(,Ht when be even
tunny mine up with him be could only
pun ami pant and holdut a soiled letter,
"Iteud !" he iniinm.,.,! . .iaculnte.
Tom osned the l.ttPr nad glanced bis
eye over tne contemn, ,ilh , fa, w,,.h
had turned as pule ai the uiujor'a was
red. m nen be tinisli. ;, , turned with
out a word and began to run in the direc
tion from which he had w, the major
loiiowmg aa quickly u bU breath would
ptruiit.
. CHAPTER XVII.
tr . . v -.
oau come out with some ague
idea of making a last atruirsle for her life
ana ireeuom. W Itli the couraae of de-
spsir, sne rame straight down to the ave
nue to the sole ot wb-re esi-ape seemed
possinie.
(food-morn in', missy. cried Stevens.
as she approached. "Vou don't look extra
bright this niornln', but you ain't aa bad
as your good guardian made me think.
You don't seem to feel no diliicultv in sret-
liu about.
There ia nothing th- matter with me.'
.. - ,
in. sun answereu earnestly. "I assure
ycu there is not. My mind Is as sound
as yours. '
That's what they ill saya." said th
ex-warder with a chuckle.
Hut it is so. I cannot star In that
House longer. I raiinot.i .Mr. Stevens. I
cannot! My guardius will murder me.
He nieana to. I read if iu bis eyes. He
as giMid as tried this morning. To die
without one word to those I love with
out any explanation of what haa passed
that would give a sting to death."
' Well, if thia ain't outragia!" cried
the one-eyed man, "perf-ctly outragia ! Go
ing to murder you, sayi you I What'a be
goin to do that for?"
"lie batea me for Home reason. I have
never gone against hit wishes, save in
one resert, and in that I can never obey
uim, (or it is a matter in which be has
no right to command."
Quite sol" said Stfvens, winking his
one eye. I knows the feeling myself."
Why won't you let aie pass''" pleaded
Kate, "lou may have had daughters of I
ymir own. va no ir . if j
were treated as I nave seen.- n i nau
money you should-hart it. but I have
lo. do let me gos -.maps wnen
I- 1 . u
you sre on your is1 imi " ..-ui mi
memory of this one good deed may out
wrlgh all the evil that you have done.
See here is mj watch and my chain.
You shall have tnai Ju "i ' uie
through." , .
"It'a see It l" "l"1"' 11 smi r.xnm-
Ined it critically. "Eighteen carat it a
only a Geneva inougn. " ex-
pest for S Uelievs
e , n I..,., fifty n.iin.1. u-
"And you hiisii '
t t k to 111.V friends. l)o let me pass.
good Mr. Stevens, for my guardian may
return at any moment."
See here, uiissy, pievens sain soieiiui-
ly "dooty Is nooiy. "
you through that gate. As to this 'ere
watch, if so be as you would like to write
a line to your friends. I II post It for you
at Pedsworth In exchange for it, though
It be only a Geneva.
Vou sood. kind man, cried Kate, all
excitement and delight. "I have a pencil
in my pocket. ust snail I no lor pa-
tier?" She loosed eagerly rouno ami spun
a small piece wiu.-u .n iiiiuiix .."
wood. With a cry or joy sue picseo u
out. It was very coarse ano very .....j.
but she managed to scrawl a tew lines
upon It, describing her situation and ask
ing for aid. "I will write the address
th long dusty lane, with tha bar, with
ered hedges upon either aide, and the
dreary line of the railway embankment
beyond. There waa no pony carriage iu
sight.
tihe hardly expected that there would
be, for she had taken a short rut, and
the carriage would bars to go soiue dis
tance round. The road along which it
was trsveling ran at right angles to the
one which she waa now overlooking, and
the chan.-es were equal as to whether the
ludy would turn round or go atraight on.
In the latter raw, it would uot be possi-
Me, for bee to her -irtrnH.-.n ... U.r
AUNIBALISM STILL PRACTICED CT THE SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS
r
rj
hesrt seemed to stand still with anxiety
aa she peered over the high wsll at the
spot where tlie two roada crossed.
Presently she heard the rattle ot
wheels, and th brown pony trotted round
the corner. The carriage drew up at the
end or the lane, aud the driver seemed to
b4 uncertain bow to roceed. Then she
took the reins, and the H.ny lumbered on
along the road. Kate gavs a cry of de
spair, and the laat ray of hop died away
from her heart.
It chanced, however, that the page In
the carriage was just at thut happy age
when the senses are keen and 'on the
alert. He heard the cry, ami gluucing
round be saw through a break in the
bulge that a lady was looking over the
wall which skirted the lane they had
pissed. He nelitioiied the fact to his mis
tiess. "Maybe we'd better itor back.
ma'am," he said.
"Maybe we'd better not, John." said
the buxom lady, "people can look over
their garden walls without our interfer
ing with them, can't they)'
"Yes, mam, but she was a hollerin' at
u.
"No, John, was she though? Maybe
this is a private road aud we have no
right to be on it."
"She gave a holler as if some one was
a-hurtin' of her," said Johu with decis
ion. "Then we'll go back." said th lady,
and turned the pony round.
Hence it rame about that just as Kate
waa descending with a sad heart from her
post of observation, she was electrified to
see the brown pony reappear, and come
trotting round the curve of the lane with
a rapidity which was altogether foreign to
that quadruped's usual habits. Indeed,
the girl turned so very white at the sight,
snd her face assumed such an expression
of relief and delight, that the lady who
waa approaching snw at once that it was!
no common matter which had caused her
to summon them.
What is it, my dear?" she cried, pull
ing np when she rame abreast of the
place. Her good, kind heart was touched
already by the pleading expression upon
the girl's sweet face.
Ob, madam, " said Kate, In a low,
rapid voice. "I am shut up In these
grounds, 'and shall be murdered unless
help conies."
Be murdered !" cried the lady In tin
pony carriage, dropping back In her seat
and raising ber banda in astonishment
It is only too true, Kate said, trying
to speak concisely and clearly so as to
enforce conviction, but feeling a choking
sensation about ber throat, aa though an
hysterical attack were impending. "My
guardian has shut me up here for some
weeks, and I firmly believe that he will
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A Ak. I
Je"V fc'issw I
X r vY Jxl ' til
luteaUxttiiou pi'"? tliut
catiiillinlisiii riot only still
exists, but Unit It la prac
ticed to-day In maybe twen
ty spots nu thu earth's sur
face. Tho evidence brought
to Seattle allows thut the
j natives on many of the
South Sea Islands or the
Pacific? have never given up
their taste for human flesh.
Within the pust three or
four years these shocking
fensts bnve taken pliu-e In
the Solomon group. In the
Admiralty Islands, New
Guinea, New Hebrides, St.
Matthias, the FIJI Islands
and elsewhere in the great
western ocean.
It Is only a few, inonH.s
since nn authentic ruse of
cannibalism wus reported
to the New Zraluinl iiutliorltlrw from the Solomon Islands. A famous war
chief muiietl Oneliungu wu the chief culprit. A giuilM.iit was sent to the acen
ami Chief tliieliuiigu was ronie!ed to pay a tine of Indemnity In pearls of
a value of .-ii,o anil sign nn agreement to abstain hetviifn-r from such
orgies. Chief Oneliungii Is shown at the right of the picture.
Ciiiiiilhullsiu In tho Solomon group is common. Tlie wives of the Solomon
Islanders nre their slaves, to fondle or kill, us they please. Should a wife dis
please her lord he promptly kills her. and with Ills remaining wives he feasts
upon her reiiiuliw. Conditions are much the same in the Admiralty group ami
In New Guinea. In some pnrts of the latter group the children are taught
iimiihnllHin at the nge of or 7 years.
Native custom ri.s-s not permit the Intended victim to know Ills fnte. He
may have assisted iu building the house and launching the ramie. Jn surh
event, he la simply knocked In the bead 'from behind without a word of
warning."
The illustration shows a war canoe of caniilbuls nnd cannibal wnrrlors
sli.H.tlng arrows from ambush
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W AT tTTT SifTY sn wa . ) ansa
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It Is not often that a person who
haa been Iu the rlaws of a tiger ran
tell later how the exerlenoe seemed
to hi in. John P.radley. on Kngllsli
siKirtsman, had the good luck to escape
with his life from auch a predicament
and In bia "Narrative of Travel und
NIori- teua what the sensation was
like. He waa hunting tlgera In the
eaatern part of Iturma when he met
with the adventure. Two other Eng
lishmen were with liltn at the time.
We marched along carelessly with
out observing order or caution, and
were not prepared to take advantage
of A k bar a warning, when he exclaim
never let m out alive. Oh, don't pray Ln ..ti... ...km. ... . r..n
don't think me mad I I am aa sane as ,, ' . ...
. t.- I l"1". O" Ill I Hl...''.
you are." (To b continued.)
PETEB THE CHEAT'S WINDOW.
,,,H,n the back," she said. "When you
get to Hedswnrth you must buy an en
vIoe and ask the stotnie people to
copy the address on it."
I bargained io post u for uie nrnni,
ba said. "I didn t biiruain to buy envel
opes snd copy address.. That a a nice
pencil case or yourn. .now i ii inns
clean Job of it If you'll throw that in."
Kate banded It over without a iniiruiur.
At last a sninll ray of light seemed to be
finding Its way through th darkness
which had so long sinrniiniled her. Ste
vens put the watch and neil case in his
p.s-ket, and took the litile scrap of paper
on which so much (leN.ndrd. As Kate
Handed it to him she nw over Ins shoul
der tliajt coming up the lane was a small
IjM.ny carrfnge, in which nil a buxom lady
mid a very small pn--e. The sleek little
hibwn jMiny which .h-,.w jt .imbbsl along
lit a metlioilicai pace Mn.li snoweu inn.
it was entirely must .-r of the situation,
While the whole turnout hml sn indeserib
alde sir of rouifort ami t,Hsl nature. Poor
Kate bad Ihm-ii so separated from her kind
that the sight of peopl.. h. if not friend
ly.- were at least not IkhmIi- to her. sent
a, thrill of pleasure into 1,,-r heart. There
was something w lio.,,m, nml prosai.,
itiieh
mind so
too, alsnit thia homily eiiipac,
was inexpressilily sooth;,,, to a
worn by successive terrors.
: "Here's some one a-eoniin'," cried Ste
vens. "Clear out from here It's the gov
ernor's orders."
. "(Ih. do let me Mar and say one word
to the lady I''
Stevens seized hia frP:1f ,i ii k savagely.
"Clear out I" lie cried jn a hoarse, ntigr.v
voi.-e, and made a step tnnr(ls her n if
,e would strike her. she shrank away
from him, and then a and.lcn ttioimlit seis
ed her, she turned n, nn through the
woods as fast as her f.,.,,. atrength would
allow. The Install, that she wss out of
sight, Stevens very deliu-rstely and care
fully tore up the little slip of pnir sith
which she hsd entriut,.rf him. and sat
tered the pieces to the wnil.
Kste llnrston tlw) quickly ss she
could through the Wn(M .ninil'ling over
the brambles snd rra,,jrf through the
brisrs, regardless nf fin 0r wrstches or
snything else which r,,,, atand Is-tween
her snd the possibility f safety. h
siswi gained the ahi tBj msnsged to
mount on the top of it p; the aid of the
barrel. Craning Lr neck, sb could set
How h fireatesl f th Romanoara
Mullf h VUr of t. reterabarav.
I.I t tie nirtre lhan 2N) year bar
elapsed since leter tlie tireat, after
driving the Swedes from tho delta of
the river Neva, laid the foundation of
St. Petersburg, which he described na
his "wludow losiklng out Into Kuroie."
Ouly a monarch possessed of the In
domltnble will nnd of the despotic pow
er of the most roinarkuble of the Ilo
innnofTs could ever have succeeded in
building a metropolis on such a site.
For it Is set Iu a swamp on the
banks' of the Neva, at the mouth of
tlit river, and when viewed from uuy
lofty height, conveys the Impression of
ii huge flout laden to the very water's
edge and riding on the surface of tho
waves.
Peter suiwrlntended In person the
building of his capital, making his
home In a small cottage, which la on
record as having been the first building
In .St. Petersburg, and which Is still
preserved on Ita original lite and In Its
pristine condition In the island citadel
of St. Peter and St. Paul, carefully
protected by another structure built
over and around It.
Its length Js about S5 feet: Its
breadth SO. It contains two rooms and
a kitchen. The room on the left was
Peter's sleeping nnd dining room, and
Is now used ns a chapel.
Among the relics of Peter the Oreat
which nre kept In this cottage Is a bout
w hich he built w ith his own hands, the
remains of Its sails, nnd the bench oil
which be was wont to sit nt his door..
When he started building St, Peter
burg. Its population consisted of a few
thousand soldiers and sailors. At his
death the Inhabitants numbered nearly
tisri.txm. To-day Its population excc-rii
a iiill'lon and a half.
I ntil a few years ngo the law enact
ed by Peter the (Jreat remained In ex
istence, requiring every vessel arriving
In St. Petersburg or Kmnstadt to brlrr"
a quantity of stone commensurate with
her tonnage for use In paving tie
streets and In formlni the foundations
of buildings, esplanades, etc.
Peter netn.illy went to the length of
Issuing n ukase prohibiting, under the
most dreadful penalties, thp construc
tion of stone houses anywhere In his
dominions save nt St. Petersburg, nnd
isnnmanding nil provincial authorities
to dispatch every stone nmson on whom
they could lay hands to his new me
tropolis: while for a long period 40.000
men werp drafted annually from other
provinces to St. Petersburg and employ
ed In constructing the new capital, un
der the sTsonal supervision of Peter
the Croat, the real founder of the huge
Muscovite empire.
The cottage In which Peter lived for
a time while studying shipbuilding in
Holland Is still In exlsten.-e. It was
bought by the first (Jueen of Holland,
a Ilusslnn grand duchess, and was pre
sented by her to her brother. Cr.ar
Alexander I. It remains to this day
the projierty of the Muscovite crown
a little bit of Russia In the Nether
In nils.
Possibly no other city of St. Peters
burg's slr.e and age Is able to point nut
one man as Its builder, and show
house In whh h he once lived.
Encourage the modest man too much,
and b will become tain.
A straggling volley was fired after
it. and although evidently not struck,
the beast stoped, and rearing up on
its hind legs, clawed the bark of a
tree Just as a rat scratches th leg
of a chair or a table.
Mr. Orant and I firm Imullnneoiis
ty, but without effect, and iiefore a
thought of the rrenture's Intention had
time to flnah through my mind, I was
down under Its paws.
Seizing me by the left thigh, the
tiger shook me as a dog shakes a rut,
and then, growling horribly, dragged
me nt a tremendous rate through the
thick undergrowth of the forest. I
heard the frightened shouts of my
companions and the report of several
shots, nnd then n dlz.lnrss on me over
me; but I did not lose roiisclousness.
As I wns Jolted through the forest.
I several times caught hold of the
trees; but the tiger, growling fiercely,
shook me free In an Instant. All this
time, although quite calm and collected,
I felt a atrotig desire to preserve my
existence, and never for a moment ex
perienced that apathy with regard to
the danger that some persons have de
scribed under similar circumstances.
How long I was In the Jawa of this
brute I cannot tell. It seemed to me
nn nge before the creature st(med.
My companion afterward declared
that I had been dragged at least half
a mile from the spot where I was
flrst seized. They followed as fast ns
they could run. and although I was
unaware of It at the time, never lost
sight of the beast. To this circumstance
undoubtedly owe my life, for had
there been nny delay In rendering me
nsslstnnre, It must buve Isvn fatal
to tne.
The moment the tiger liultisl It re
leased my thigh, nnd seemed to Ik at
tracted by the approach of my compan
ions, although as yet I did not si
them myself. Taking advantage of this
release, I tried to escape to the shel
ter of some tall bushes near nt bund.
In nn Instant nnd with a terrible
ronr the crenture pounced iiim.ii me,
seizing me this time by the shoulder,
and at the snme lacerating my chest
with Its rluwa.
A shot wns llroil, nnd I henrd the bul
let whistle overhead. Fear of hitting
me had caused them to n I m too high.
A seisuid nnd third shot were eiuiilly
unsuccessful ; and the tiger, nguln re
leasing me, began to lick up the blood
which rsir.ed through my Jncket. I be
gan to feel very faint, nnd could not
suppress a groan. Several times the
tiger dnbls'd his paws, apparently In
play, nlsmt my fuce, but did not use
Its claws, fortunately for tne.
Presently the lienst seemed to ls
seized with a Midden rage, nnd Is-gin
lo spit like nn angry cat at some one
approaching. wiHso fisitsteps I could
hear, but whom I could not see, owing
to my position, for I was lying flat
on my back. There was the sharp
hang of a rifle close to my head, a
heavy weight f.-el across me, and then
I comprehended that my friend wns
pulling me from under the dead body
of the tiger.
A HOUSEHOLD HINT.
Artirl Pat A war t Keep Shoal4 B
Alphabetical!? ralala;ae4.
The mistress nf the house waa look
ing for something that she bad put
away safely and aecurely. She thought
h bad put It In a certain trunk, and
opened that trunk and scattered th
contents nil over the Ibs.r. Hut It was
uot there, and finally she put all the
stuff back In the trunk and searched
elsewhere.
At lust she found the thing she had
been looking for in the rlght-hiind cor
ner of the top drawer of a bureau In
another room. She did not seem much
annoyed by the uiincvssnry effort, but
the man of the house smke up.
"Why wouldn't It be n grand thing to
catalogue things tlmt you 'put away.'
so thut you would know where to find
them?" he asked.
"An actuHl catalogue?" asked the
mistress, thinking of the boxes and
barrels and trunks full of things that
she "huted to throw away."
N hy not?" demanded the head. "If
you would make a catalogue of the
things you put away from time to time.
and arrange It alphulietJonly. say a
page or two for each letter, vou
wouldn't have to go through a dozen or
more trunks and boxes when you want
ed to find something."
Y es," assented the mistress - "but I
generally find what I'm looking for
right awsy."
Tho head .11.1 not press tlie point.
A lllfe Inter ail soMlvcraore nrn
slon came round on which the mistress
wanted to wenr great grandmother's
on m co brooch, which she had not worn
for ten years. Hhe went to get It out
and It was not there. And then:
'Where could I have put It?" said
she. "1 was sure It was In the small
est sole leather trunk, In that plnk-and-blue
box."
Then began the search for It, with
the brooch, always dearly prized, grow
ing dearer every moment that It was
missing, and the search ts,k hours and
cost great trouble anil worry.
"Here It Is!" the mistress gleefully
exclaimed. when she found It. "Where
do you supHise It wns all the time?"
"Don't know," said the head, who
hud been wheedled Into the hunt for
tlie brsM-h. "Hut If .when you put It
away you had set down the plac,
where you put It In the catalogue I
sjK.ke to you about, there wouldn't
have been all this fuss."
"Oh, I always find things sooner or
later," returned the mistress. "What
worried m waa thinking we might
have been burglarized and not have
known It." Youth's Companion.
Apple Pie and Jaallre.
The routine of the criminal court
pr.K-eerilng had lieen mnrked by only
one unusual Incident, und that was the
alacrity with which a certain hard
character was sentenced for sixty days
to the workhouse. "Judge," observed
the district atto.-ney nt the close of the
dreary session, "you seem to relish the
privilege of sending that man. to the
workhouse. IMd I Is cose Impress you?"
"Now, look lit re," whispered the
Judge ns he beckonis! the attorney
aside, "that man is a worthless fellow,
always drunk and never contributes a
rent to the support of his wife, who Is
a most deserving woman. I feel sorry
for her. nml whenever be Is in prison
she conies to our home nnd nss'sts m.f
wife In the kitchen. And." chuckled
the Judge as he tapped the attorney'
shoulder cheerfully, "she ihss know
how to bake apple pie." Argonaut.
Fall of nemlnlseenee.
At the different army stations In the
West It Is the tiractlce for the officers
on leaving their post for some distant
station to sell off everything tl.ey dn
not enre to keep. In connection with
this custom In "rtenilnls ices of a
Soldier's Wife" Mrs. Ellen p., Idle tolls
on amusing story.
There wss a very estimable woman
living nt the garrison, a veritable Mrs.
Malaprop. She told us of some Jew
elry she had lost, and among tho
things was a b.png chain with a beau
tiful "pendulum."
Tlie lady hnd nn auction before she
left, after her husbands death, and
when some silver-plated knives were
put up for sale she rose and In a sob
bing vole said : "Oh, dear, no I I ran
not sell them! They have been In dear
John't mouth too often!"
If your mother was one of the kind
who let the children play with every
thing In th house, you had a good
time, but you haven't any heirloom.
Somehow, we always dislike to
a cook amok or chew tobacco.