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F u m -H i .Ä v u fe -H - * - »« -------------- ? I he Î ’s Ç ê cre t, U OR A BITTER RECKONING By CHARLOTTE M. BRABMB «orte m t » l t t +++-H -+++++ I U M I t w * * * * * * * * * ************ away three weeka As yet you do not say anything about returning, but, on the contrary, speak o f your work aa being likely to keep you for several weeks longer. In the three weeks o f your ab sence you have written me four letters, and those have evidently been an unwel come task. Do you guess what I am go-, lng to aay? I wish I were sure you knew, that I might be saved the pain of writing the words. I think you have found oqt that you do not care for me In the wAy you thought you did, and your sense *of honor alone is keeping you to thq, letter o f your engagement to me. I have reasons o f which you know nothing for believing this to be the case; so we have both made a mistake, and that, if you 'are willing, our engagement had bet ter come to an end. “ Please don’ t think I blame you in any w ay; It was only one of those mis takes that everybody Is liable to make. . “ Ever your sincere friend, “ E T H E L M A L L E T T .” Poor Ethel! H ow she cried over that letter! How she hoped against hope that Jack might not be willing to end the engagement! H ow carefully she read the words through to be sure that ahe had not definitely settled the matter— that. In fact, ahe had done only/what she in tended— given Jack a chance of accept ing his freedom if he wished for it! Had the m atter-of-fact. little epistle arrived at a more favorable moment, had Jack had leiqpre to read between the lines and discover the wounded pride and self-respect that had dictated every word, his manhood might have asserted Itself In Ethel's favor. As It was Jack read the letter Impatiently at first, but as its meaning dawned upon him he turned back'to the top of the leaf and read It. again, assured himself o f the un equivocal nature of the qffer of freedom, thrust It Into his pocket and went off whistling enegetlcally to meet Miss Mail ing at the station on her return from town. {T Pauline saw at a glance that some thing had happened, and, knowing what she knew, guessed shrewdly what that something was. She had not been five minutes In Jack’s society before she felt a subtle difference In his manner toward her. “ I am so glad to find you still here, Mr. Dornton,” she said at luncheon, glancing at him bewltchingly between the leaves o f a palm plant “ W e were so afraid that yon would not have been able to endure a fortnight of this terribly dull placa. Weren’t we, Mrs. Sefton?” ‘You forget that Mr. Dornton has had a real occupation to make the dull ness endurable. Hla life Is not passed in killing time, aa yours la, dear.” “ T o be sure. I had forgotten to ask how the pictures have progressed.” “ Th e view o f tbs house from the woods ia finished as fa r as I can finish It here. The rest of the work I must do In Newman street. “ Th at is where your studio is, la it not? I should like to see some o f your completed pictures. W ill you ask us up some day to look at them?" ’Any day you please. Bay the day after to-morrow.” ‘ I cannot go back to dusty London again so soon. I expect my first batch o f visitors on that day, too. A t last I shall be able to do something in the way of entertaining you, Mr. Dornton, and show my gratitude to yon for enlivening our solitude in the past.” “ You are too kind. But I have made arrangements for returning to town to morrow.” “ Nonsense. You speak o f arrange ments in such a serious way that one might Imagine you had a w ife and chil dren; instead o f which you are the en viable creature— a man without a tie.” She paused an Instant, dreading his reply. H e made none; but a dull red crept slowly up his face to the roots of his hair. She read this sign to suit her self, and went on: “ That bejng the case, as you have no one to claim your presence as a right, why not favor me with it as a pleasure? I should advise you to stay, Mr. Dorn ton. There are some really charming people coming on Thursday whom you should know.” Mrs. Befton was the Embodiment of discretion, a very model for lady-com panions. She walked away, and Jack followed Miss Mailing to the picture gallery. They were standing in front of the easel on which Jack had placed his paint- iug of Mallingford House. It was charming picture. “ You must do me a copy of this, Mr. Dornton," said Pauline, “ aa a memento of that first morning when I found you asleep In the wood.” “ And awakened me!” The words were simple enough, but Jack threw s great deal of expression Into them, and his eyes conveyed a world of meaning. »xim Mailing flashed a glance at him as she asked: “ Did I wake you? It was quite unin tentional on my part.” “ And Involuntary on mine.” Pauline, fearing that the conversation was getting beyond her control, turned quickly and caught up the first picture that came to her hand from the opeq portfolio. A s was to be expected. Jack had spent many o f his spare hours during the last lonely fortnight In palntlhg her portrait from memory; and it was this that she caught up In her nervous haste. C H A P T E R V III. “ Oh, Mr. Dornton!" she exclaimed, In It was a day or two after Ethel’s visit to Wimbledon that she sat reading rapturous tones. Even her vanity was satisfied, and she blushed genuinely at a curious letter, which rsn as follows: “ Your lover cares for you no longer. the lovely picture Jack had made or her. “ I am sorry you found w at. You will H is honor and bis pity for you alone keep him to his given word. H e makes perhaps think It gross presumption; If so, I can destroy i t I can’t wish It undone, light of you to others.” Ethel did not quite believe all this for it has given me so many pleasant but she believed enough o f It was true hours.” “ Presumption? No, Indeed I I feel as to Justify her In giving Jsck an oppor tunity of freeing himself from hie en tonished at the truthfulness and the flat gagement. She decided that she would tery you have managed to combine la not worry her fsther, but would act for the picture.” A fter that there waa aa awkward herself. Acting on this decision, she pause. Pauline half wished to hear Jack wrote; aay that he loved her, snd she half dread “ My Dear Jack—Toe have new b< C H A P T E R V II.— (Continued.» "Y ou don’ t know what a strange placa this world is, Miaa Mallett,” ha began. “ Tour father lores you, and takes eeery care of yon. You must therefore bear this In mind, and not be hard on the fall ings of others who hare not had your privileges. M y wife— poor girl!— had no mother when I first met her, and was totally dependent on her father for so ciety. It was a had training for a young woman, for her father waa a good-natur ed, careless fellow, always aroiding re sponsibility as long aa was possible, and when at last compelled to show authority, making up by exaggerated harshness for his prerious neglect. ■ ... .. “ My w ife was a high-spirited girl and could not submit to the alternate fits of Indulgence and tyranny. She waa about serenteen when I first met her, and her father’s treatment was becoming unbear able. I became desperately sorry for her and suggested the only means in my power to help her, which was to make her my wife. It was a foolish proceed ing, I know, but I was young then, and had not begun to look at life seriously, or I should have asked myaelf how her position would be bettered by being tied fo r life to a helpless, penniless fallow, as I was then. Wall, we were marrled-*- prlrately, of course— and for a few weeks thought we loved each other very •dearly; then she had another fearful Quarrel with her father And begged me to take her away to a home of her own. I was earning a beggarly pittance at that time. I explained my position to her, and advised her to wait until I had ob tained a certain appointment, o f which I was almost sure. She lost her temper, poor child, and vowed she’s never come near me again. The very next day I was telegraphed for to England. I wrote to her, asking her to be patient for awhile, telling her that I would work hard and get a permanent post now that there waa a necessity to work, and prom ising to come back shortly to take'her from the cruelty to which she had to sub mit. “ On my arrlvsl In England I found that an almost unknown uncle had left me a property amounting to nearly three { thousand pounds a year. Yon ean im agine how glad I was for my poor girl’s sake. I made up my mind to surprise her snd personally communicate the good news, so did not write. I got through the usual legal formalities as quickly as possible, and rushed back to Rome— only to find them gone! Some told me they had gone to one place, some to another, until I waa utterly at a loss what to do. However, I traced them, after a month’s search, to Naples, and then It was only to find that her father had died a few days previously and that she had disap peared no one knew whither. “ I did not know any o f her people, so I was compelled to search single handed. F or six months I went np and down like a restless spirit In search of peace. A t last I found her— or rather her grave— for she had died; she had died In a convent, where she had been teaching English. By the help o f a ser vant I obtained permission to see her grave. There was a plain stone with her name only, and the date o f her death, which took place some few weeks prior to my visit. Poor child! I cannot con vey to you how great a blow It was to me, and my grief was not lessened by the fact that she had died at enmity with me.“ “ W e must hope she forgave you, al though yon did not see her,“ Ethel said quietly. Pelting did not answer, and there was silence for a time. It was a relief when Mr. Mallett spoke. “ She must have been of a most unfor giving disposition to resent your pov erty so bitterly, and to nurse her hatred in her dying momenta.“ “ I don’ t think she did that— Indeed, the chances are that. In her poor little w ay, she was looking for me as anxious ly as I was for her. It was one o f those strange fatalities that human foresight seems utterly unable to prevent.” H e rose aned shook himself, as If wish ful to put away the memories that had crowded upon him while speaking o f the long-silent past. * “ You will think me no end o f a bore for annoying you with all this history but. If you can imagine the relief it has been to me to speak of It, and you have •» any human kindness in your hearts, you will forgive me for the infliction. But my poor sketches? I have it! You must come down snd spend a long day with me on Sunday. W hat do you say. Miss Mallett T ’ Ethel looked perplexed. She had hoped against hope that Jack would return ev ery Sunday since his departure, and went through a torment of expectation aa the day wore on. This had taken place for the last three Sundays; bnt she went on hoping. H er father, recognizing the difli culty in which Ethel found herself, came to the rescue. * “ I f Ethel can arrange matters. It shall be se you wish. I can't say more; for It is not my affair, but heru” “ Thank you very much.” Ten minutes later the captain stood alone at the gate, watching the dog cart • disappear down the road. "So it's Ethel’s ‘ affair,’ " he said. “ W ell, I hope they’ll come and bring Ethel’ s ‘ affair’ with them. I shall be better able to judge o f my own chance after I have seen my rival.” ed It, for she had not yet made up her mind aa to how she would answer him H er wish was fulfilled sooner than ahe anticipated. Jack ahowed her his sketches one after another, and they were discussed, criti cised and replaced. As he put the last one back into the portfolio he turned and addressed her abruptly. W ith such Im petuous force did hla words flow that sne was compelled to listen to the end. “ W ith regard to my staying hare, Mias Mailing, I did not care to discuss the matter further before Mrs. Sefton at luncheon; but I must do so now.” H e drew a deep breath, and clinched his hand firmly on the back o f a chair. “ I cannot— I dare not stay here with out telling you the truth; for, If I allow my feelings to becoms any stronger than they are, and meet disappointment In the end, I ’ m afraid I shall not be responsible for my actions Miaa Mailing, I love you— madly. W hile I am telling you this I know the chances are that you will presently torn your back and say, as you leave me, ‘ Please quit my house at once;’ yet I now tell you, because I cannot stay in your presence with safety another hour unless you give me some hops I have loved you from the moment I woke and saw you that morning in the wood. You will aay that Is not very long; to me it is a lifetime. I never lived until that moment I shall never live again i f you send me away.” H ie face was very pale when he ceased speaking. Pauli te stood near him, the color coming and going In her cheeks, her eyes fixed on his face; but she said never a word. When he spoke again his words came slowly, hesitatingly, and his voice had a stifled sound, as if choked with despair. “ You have no answer for me; but you do not tell me to leave you! I t cannot be that, Pauline; heart o f my heart queen -of my soul, you love me!” H is last words died away to a whisper o f Intense rapture; and, as Pauline felt his arms encircle her, his kisses on her lips, she forgot all the ahadows that lurked in the past, forgot all the ques tionable means she had employed to at tain this end. She only knew that she loved him with all the force o f her na ture, that she was loved in return; and for the moment there was in her heart as supreme a joy as was ever felt by a woman. (To be continued.) CAR W H c E L 8 AND C U R V E & S cie n tific A m e r ic a n A n s w e r s Qnenttona R e g a r d in g T h e m . One o f the 'questions from corre spondents that comes to thin office w ith persistent reiteration Is that o f the possibility o f one or the other o f the pair o f wheels on a railroad axle, in passing around the curve, slipping on the rail o ver which it Is rolling, w h ile the other wheel does not slip on Its rail, says the Scientific A m eri can. Although w e have frequently ex plained how this condition la possible, the question Is one that evidently continues to puzzle a grea t many people— In w hich respect It Is first cousin to that oth er much-de bated fact, that the portion of the periphery o f a rollin g ©|rt- wheel that Is near the ground Is mov in g more slo w ly w ith relation to the earth than Is the rest o f the periphery. In the case o f the tw o wheels on any a xle o f a railroad or trolley car that Is passing around a curve It Is evident that In a given length, say 100 feet o f the curve, measured on a line lyin g centrally betw een the tw o rails, the inner rail w ill be shorter than the outer rail, and this fo r the reason that It Is struck to a radius that Is about fou r and three-quarters fee t shorter. N ow , when a pair o f wheels passes around the curve It fo llo w s that, be cause o f the difference in length o f the tw o rails, either the inner wheel must slip backw ard on the Inner rail or the outer wheel slip fo rw a rd on the outer rail, fo r the tw o wheels, being fixed on the same axle, m ove at the same peripheral speed o ver different lengths o f rail In the same time. I t Is probable that the excessive w ea r o f the rails on curves Is due chiefly to the slipping o f the wheels. N ot long ago some remarkable facts on rail w ea r on curves w ere brought t In the course o f a paper read he re the N ew England Street R ailw ay Club by the roadm aster o f the Boston elevated road. Th e road Is exceeding ly crooked, o ver 40 per cent o f the lino consisting o f curves, many o f which are very sharp. There are eighteen o f less than 100-foot radius and sixteen others w ith a radius o f less than 150 feet. On the sharpest curve, which is o f only 82-foqt radius and where It Is claimed that the traffic Is heavier than that on any other steam or heavy elec tric railroad, the life o f ordinary steel rails averages only forty-fou r days, tho head o f the rail w earing down from 0.60 to 0.77 o f an Inch In that time. Th e great Inconvenience caused by the constantly recurring repairs led the company to experim ent w ith hardened steel rails and when some nickel steel rails w ere put In on the curves the w ear was reduced to 0.53 o f an Inch In 204 days. A manganese steel rail Is now being used with good results and the w ea r o f these Is only about 83 per cent as rapid as that o f the nickel steel rail and about 6 per cent as rapid as that o f the carbon steel rails. C A arne. “ But I thought you told me this was such a congenial country,” said the man who had ju st moved out In tbe suburbs. “ And It Is,” replied the suave a gen t “ Why, It Is full o f m alaria!” “ And that Is w hy I think It is so congenial. You see everybody la al w a ys shaking.” ~"T l _ y * * N a tu r a l D ed u ction . Gruff Patient— A re you \julte sure you understand your business, sir? Physician— W ell, I ’ ve been practic ing medicine for fifteen years and not one o f my patients has ever com plained. , G ruff Patient— Huh I Probably n o t « H a s k in s Corn. W ia ta r Hom es fo r T u rk ey ». W h ile the idea o f the turkey Is to roost high, this p rivilege cannot alw ays be accorded i f a structure la to be pro vided fo r the birds iu w hich to ro o st I f they are to roost In the trees, then they m ay choose their ow n Umb. It la a good plan to make the turkey house low, but placing the roosts aa high as possible w ithout humping tbe birds up against the roof. Th e ven tilation in such a house must largely be provided from the bottom, and this Is done by h aving a row o f w indow s wnrrxB tu rkxt house . B y fa r the most serious task In rais ing corn Is the m atter o f husking It In the field. U p to date no practical ma chine adapted to this purpose has ap peared. Many have been tried, but they usually fa ll short In some Im port ant particular. None o f them has be come popular, and a fortune aw aits the man w ho perfects a thoroughly practical corn busker, which w ill be as successful relatively as the modern busker Is fo r corn fodder, says Orange Judd Farm er. W hen corn Is to be husked direct from tbe standing corn. It should be allow ed to mature quite thoroughly, particularly If it Is o f a variety w ith large ears and large cols containing a high percentage o f mois ture. This must be determined by ex amination. Some seasons husking be gins the latter part o f September, w h ile in others It Is not sa fe’ to begin husking until the middle or end o f Oc tober. Th e tim e w ill also depend la rg ely upon the variety. E arly ma turing kinds have sm all cobs, and they can be husked much earlier than late- maturing and large-ear varieties. Corn when first placed In the crib contains 13 to 35 or 40 per cent o f moisture. A common practice In the great com States Is to start through the field m arking a “ dow n” row. Husk tw o row s to the le ft o f tbe w agon and the one ro w that is under It. Go around a good-sized “ land” In this manner. Th e next tim e through the field and every succeeding tim e th erea fter have the team straddle the last husked row next the corn that has not been husked. Th is w ill prevent the neces sity o f picking up a down row each time, and w ill enable the busker to do his work. T h e ordinary w agon box w ill hold from tw en ty-five to thirty bushels. W hen tbe corn la exception a lly good, a skillfu l husker w ill be able to more than fill one wagon box in h a lf a day. T b e capacity o f a box m ay be increased by putting on addi tional sideboards. On the right side ol the w agon box it Is desirable to place one or tw o extra boards to act as bump boards. T h e husker w ill not need to use so much care In throw in g In his w ork. A good husker so gauges the distance from the row In tbe w a g on box that it is not necessary fo r him to look w here be throw s his ear. not o ver eighteen Inches high a t the bottom, so arranged that they may be lifted up to perm it a current o f a ir to enter. - ■— These w indow s w ill also ligh t the floor o f the house, and a larger w indow may be placed on the opposite aide, but higher up, In order properly to light the house. T h e turkeys w ill be anxious to get o a t o f the house early lii the m orning to roam, so a fte r they have gone to roost sprinkle a little grain In the chaff on the floor to keep them busy In the m orning until they ere let out. Tu rk eys on the range must be w ell fed during the period they nre under cover, particularly a t this tim e o f year when the feeding on the range Is poor, and when It is essential to F e r t iliz in g th e G a rd en . keep them In good shape and able to Th ere Is no better w a y to fertilise fatten readily a little later.— Indlanap the garden than to haul fresh manure oils N e w s from the stables and spread over thé surface during the w inter. Contrary F o r D r iv in g H o g s . This Is another Idea which the one- to the common belief, there is n ever a mnn fa rm er w ill find exceedingly use tim e when manure In so rich In plan t fu l I f he has to d rive bogs fo r any food as the day It Is made, and th* purpose. It needs but one experience sooner a fte r that It can be got to the with the beasts to convince any man o f place w here It Is to be used, the more the difficulty In making a bog go w here value It w ill addi to tbe soil. I t la al desired. Th e hurdle described w ill help m ost Im possible to put too much ma w onderfu lly In this work. Dse slats nure on a garden. W e w ould not hesi o f one by three m aterial and make a tate to put It a fo o t thick on the sur hurdle tw o and one-half feet high and face, fo r It w ill leach only so much about four fee t long. M ake It o f light more plant-food into the soil, and by w eigh t material, so that It may be plow in g tim e next spring w ill be set easily handled. In either end piece, tled down until It can easily be plowed at top and bottom, bocks may be placed under to furnish humus fo r the better so that the hurdle may be attached to ment o f the physical condition o f the soil. W ood ashes makes an excellent fertiliser fo r the garden, but it should be saved and applied on top o f the soU a ft e t It Is plow ed In the spring, as potash is one o f the plant-foods that may be washed too deeply Into the soil to be reached by the roots o f gar- den plants, many o f which are shal low-rooted. F a t t e n in g S teers. HURDLE ro a DETVTHO HOGS. posts I f required at any time. Then make bandies to make It convenient in m anipulating i t One should be on the center upright near the top and one on either side o f the upright In about the middle. These handles are made by fashioning a strip o f wood large enough to get bold of, and then nailing It on to a block and through tbe hurdle material. Made lig h t lu the manner described, one can drive a number o f hogs w ith ease and also w ard off the quarrelsom e boar I f a member o f the herd. In the Illustra tion the small cut at tbe le ft shows the completed handle and the one at the right the manner o f fashioning the bolt through the block o f wood, and the end o f the nail or screw going through the slat. W o r ld ’ s M ilk P ro d u c tio n . Th e old method o f cram m ing com Into a steer regardless o f whether or not he digests it, depending on hogs to pick up the undigested corn, Is a. poor as w ell as an old method. T o put on good flesh and to put it on fast a steer should digest thoroughly, all tbe food that he takes Into his stomach. Th e food should be prepared carefully In order ttiht perfect digestion should take place. Less corn a fid more en silaged foods should be used in fin ishing a steer fo r tbe market, fo r the old Idea that corn la the only food that w ill finish a steer properly Is demon strated to be a mistaken one by ex periment stations conducted by respon sible men selected by tbe governm en t E x h ib it in g F r u it s a t F a irs . One o f the handsomest and most at tractive exhibits o f fru it w e have ever seen was that shown by Lucas County at tbe Ohio State fair. Th e fruits, which comprised practically the whole list o f those available at that season, w ere neatly arranged on a large table about tw en ty feet square and In such a manner that the combination o f v a rieties and colors at once attracted at tention and prompted comment on the beauty o f the products. Too frequent ly color on exhibition tables is o ver looked.— Exchange. I t Is estim ated that the total w eigh t o f cow s’ milk produced In the world Is 20,400,000 hundredweight, distrib uted as fo llow s: U nited States, 0,100,- 000 hundredweight, Russia 8,500,000; Germ any 3,000,000, France 200,000, England 200,000, Austria 1,700,000, Ita ly 1,450,000, Canada 1,300,000, H o l L a n d th a t Sh ou ld He D ra in ed . land 1,200,(K)0, Sweden and N orw ay It Is estim ated that there are about 800.000, Sw itzerland 700,000, Denmark one hundred million acres now unpro 000,000, Belgium 000,000, Australia ductive which can be reclaimed 650.000, Spain 500,000 and Portugal through dikes and drains. This land 600.000. T b e production o f milk in would have a productive capacity equal Europe Is 18,450,000 hundredweight to four times that o f the State o f 1111- from 46,000,000 cows. T h e number o f nota and would considerably exceed milch cows In the w orld Is 03,800,000-*- tbe productive area w hich can be re 15,040,000 in the U nited States and claimed by irrigation. 10.000. 000 In Russia. T h ere are only six head o f horned cattle in Spain to ” Coat o f F i l l i n g S lloe. each 3 ft acres o f cultivated land, w hile T b e cost o f filling silos w as esti In France there are thirty-fou r and In mated by tbe Illin ois IStatlon from rec England ^fifty-six. T h is shows the ords obtained from nineteen farm s' In poor condition ofr cattle breeding lu various parts o f tbe State and the fig Spain, and explains the constant in- ures showed a range o f fo rty to ernase In the prise o f butcher's meat seventy-elx cents per ton, the average fa r public consumption. being fifty -«lx cents. ^ V A A A A A A A A A ^ v Our Audubon societies h ave n ow succeeded In gettin g every sort o f bird p retty w e ll protected except the stork. — N e w Y o rk E venin g Mall. N otice a list o f deeds John D. Rock e fe ller has done In a year. A list o f Individuals would be m ore to the point. — N e w Y o rk E venin g Telegram . Th e only returning Russian general w ho has had a triumph at S t P eters burg unfortunately achieved It by get ting killed.— N e w Y ork E ven in g M alL A C aliforn ia paper says bad w a te r kills as many people as bad whisky. M aybe It does, but w e don’t have to buy It at 76 cents a p in t — R onceverte (W. Va.) News. Senator D epew says It Is not w ise fo r corporations to contribute funds to political campaigns; Indeed, It’ s quite otherw ise I f It gets found b u t — Hous ton Chronicle. „ I f Mr. R ockefeller can convince the coal barons that there are things better than “ mere money gettin g” he w ill have done the country a real service.— Chicago News. I t begins to look as If Secretary T a ft didn’t sit upon that Chinese boy cott long enough w hile In H ongkong to accomplish Its com plete collapse.— D etroit Journal. Some men are born Infamous, some gradually lose their reputations and some have their reputations taken a w ay from them by com m ittees o f in vestigation.— Houston Chronicle. Jt it la true that W . T . Stead says It Is every husband’s duty to whip hla w ife once In a while, evid en tly anoth er term In Jail fo r W . T . Stead m ight be wholesome.— B uffalo Courier. H erea fter the B e ef Tru st Is to pay fo r tbe Inspection tags which have been coating the governm ent |70,000 a year. Rather, tbe beef consumers are to pay fo r them.— A tlan ta Constitu tion. M iguel Gomes Insists that Uncle Sam ought to take a hand In tbe Cu- ban situation. ^ I t looks m I f Uncle Ram would get tired fillin g the Job o f w et nurse a fte r a while.— Birm ingham News. China’s determ ination to get her rail roads out o f the hands o f the foreign ers may be due to W u Ting-fang’ s ob servations o f the part our railroads play In the go vern m en t— Pittsbu rg Dispatch. Th ree burglars in N e w York claim to have robbed 400 homes. I t ’ s a great record, but It looks dim beside tbe rec ord o f three Insurance companies, w ho have touched about 4,000,000 homes.— M ontreal 8tar. T b e denial from Secretary T a ft that he is on the outs with Chairman Shonts Is w elcom e news. Another change In that official fa m ily Is the one thing the governm ent cannot afford at this time.— Pittsbu rg Dispatch. P a t C row e now adm its that he in tended to kidnap John D. R ockefeller and bold him fo r a 82,000,000 ransom. P a t C row e talks like a man who does not know tbe Rockefellers.— N e w Y ork E venin g Telegraph. W hen one observes how Stoessel, alive, Is disgraced by his governm ent, and K o : iradenko, dead. Is honored, one 1 may be excused fo r surmising that good Russians must be like good In dians.— Indianapolis Sentinel. A lw a y s learning something. Mr. McCurdy now Informs us that a mu tual Insurance company Is an eleemos ynary institution, which fa ct Is Infer- entially set forth In Its circulars.— N ew Y ork E venin g Telegram . Th e Pennsylvanians who used odious libel laws to gag the newspapers h a re awakened the people o f Philadelphia so w ide aw ake that It Is plain they w ill never again sleep without one eye open.— S t Louis Globe-Democrat. One o f the life Insurance presidents who was authorized to fix hla ow n salary drew the line a t 8400 a day, Sundays Included. This moderation is tempered w ith the Idea o f a frequent raise.— St. Louis G robe-D em ocrat The Supreme Court o f Kansas has gravely decided that a pool table Is a billiard table. This Is one o f the most notable decisions since George E. Cole, then State Auditor, held that there w ere 80 days In February.— Kansas C ity Star. Mark T w a in ’s opinion that the peace o f Portsmouth “ Is entitled to rank as the most conspicuous disaster In po litical history” marks M ark1 T w a in ns the most conspicuous Dick Deadeye <n the United States.— Syracuse Post- Standard. lio n . W illiam E. Chandler feels pret ty sure that neither this session nor next session w ill bring forth any rate- regulating legislation to which the rall- rond companies and the 813.000,000,000 behind them seriously object.— H a rt ford Courant. Mrs. Russell Sage has donated 875,- 0O0 fo r a public school building at Sag Harbor. A fe w more o f such offen sive performances and Uncle Russell w ill be coming In fo r some hot shot from the anti-wealth agitators.— M il waukee Sentinel. That N ew York man r e a llf ought not to feel proud o f hts record o f 400 burglaries In the last tw o years, w ith loot o f nearly 81.000(000. Look at the Equitable L ife Assurance Society; It has more than 000,000 policy holders. — Minneapolis Star.
