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WICKLY'S WOODS By It. W. sss lwtss O CHAPTER XVIII (Continued.) So the foroiixn of the second day of (lm "Knllroitil War," as It was. after want jestingly denominated by tho hu morous Hoosicr. wore away. The mill fin hitil been out all night, and two half lays. And the Overcoat rortd had he" "kept warm" by the friction of tho Ms bare lioofit of courier homes galloping hack and forth. The population of Sand town, and, in fact, of all the dependent district of the Wabash country, ntoincn Urily in expectation of some startling ovent, nrc at length gratified by tho np lcarance of an unusually largo squad of tho volunteer couriers. And at oneo the word goes round, from mouth to mouth, dint Ooonrud ' Uehlen Is only a little way back escorting the representative n the Sandtown and Southwestern Itallrond the opposing organisation to the Sandtown and Northwestern to the court houso wiuaro. where the sales would proceed at once. Lixxy Wlckly and nor mother baring cone Kick to their own little home, so near the very rnd of tho Overcoat road that from the bedroom window up stnlrs evcr thing wns plainly visible, only three hundred feet away at the court house, aat there and looked and listened. Presently she saw the name carriage in which she had Keen Mr. Mnon drivo through the streets two days ago. Then she remembered that Coourod Keddeii bad said threateningly that ho ought to "bo hosst up," and that he would bo if he darn) to poke his uose into Sandtown again. Hut now he drives confidently In, and lth no less a person than Coonrod lied den seated beside him on the front seat of the carriage, nnd two gentlemen on the other scat One of them may be Air. Huntley for aught she knows. Uut really, she scarcely thinks abotjt it. There is almost an endless array of this spontaneous levy of Wabash car nlrymen riding along after the carriage. These battalions are headed by some of the Dlkctcs and the Kllets. And she knows from this fact thnt the furious people from Big Itattlesnake Creek have been placated in some mysterious way. As the head of the column comes near ly opposite, Sir. Mason looks up, smiles, and raises his hat. Then Coonrod Hod den sees them at the window and leans out and wares his hat and shouts some thing at them. Hut not a word can bo distinguished Ix-cause at the rery first ware of the hat a rast shout starts at the front among the Dikeses, and goes in an increasing ware back to the Tcry rear or the line, half a mile away, wbero it sounds like a shrill and high-keyed echo of the nearer and louder shout- Some body below the window calls out: "What Is ut, Jim? What did you fcl ler do, anyhow?" "Come up to the court house ua sec! Come on; come right on, everybody, up to the court house yard!" Then the words are drowned In an other one of those odd, strange and almost frightful shouts that, beginning among tho DIkeses In a stentorian roar, goes back along tho line, rising In vol ume and rising in tone as the sound viare sweeps back, until it is pitched two octaves above in a wild, shrill, treble half a mile back, among the boys of fifteen, who again proloug It and raise it up after it has almost died away. A horrible suspicion flashes upon Lizzy. She remembers in an Instant all the slow-growing antipathy of these peo ple to Mr. Mason. She remembers the serious charges that they hare made and I filtrated against him. She rememliers, too, the dark and ominous words of Coon rod Itedden. And she knows that If the old Iloosler does no more than to remain quiescent, those whooping and yelling savages from Hlg Rattlesnake will wreak a terrible and public vengeance upon the doomed man. So maddening was this terrible appre hension that after the first moment of fnintness and utter Iucapacity which It caused, she must hare become almost ob livions to everything not directly per taining to the circumstances Immediate ly environing this man, who had gone past ber to his grave, placid and smil ing. She had no recollection of bow and when she left her. mother, or how she pushed and crowded bur way through the throng to the south door of the court room. True, every rough and uncouth rider or footman of them all instantly gave way when be saw her, and even reached out to pluck the sleeves or col lars of others in front who could not see her, and hence blocked up the way. "Iet 'er pass along thar, boys! Crowd back thar a I if tic, and let Lizzy Wickly git apast! She's Intrusted en this theng niore'n anybody. She wnwuts to see 'at she giu her rights!" called out Iilg Jim Dikes, as he set about pushing this way and pulllug that. In order to make a path for the greatly agitated young woman. "Uetter let 'er go up stairs thor, Jim! She can git to the winder en the shufs room, un see ut all, 'thout gittin run over by the crowd. Little Seef Oary's gut the key. Seef! H-yur!" That was young Starr Go-uns, she knew. Then the door was reached, and the stair door to the left being unlocked nnd Instantly locked again after she had gotten Inside, she found there was some one on the steps a little way above ber, "Come right up h-yur, Lizzy, if you wawnt to see the show, I guess the shurf'a room's open. Yes, h-yur bit li! The winder's up, too! Now, ef you don't mine tho crowd a-lookln ut yuh, h-yur's a good plalst," said the young Doc Dikes, as he pulled one of the large, yellow wooden armchairs up beside the window. Til kine uh stan' h-yur eu front uv yuh, un they calnt see yuh quite so plain. It's the biggest crowd I've seed h-yur senst the Red Line run against the Nigger Itaby, un beat 'er! Wbur do all them slick lookln' fellers lire at, I wonder? Ilaint ut funny 'at youh don't know no body, bar'ly, when you git up over um thlsaway un look down at ura7 Why, I acalcely knowed old Coon Itedden. They all looked the cuerstest!" Lizzy scarcely heard a word of the runniug comments of the young Doc Dikes. Tho carriage was drawn up at the fence, about sixty feet from the north door of the court house, and she could H Mr. Mason sitting there calmly, with Id TAYLOR 4?Wto4WF a surging, roaring throng of armed men all about him. Inside tho court house yard, tho crowd was so dense that men could scarcely move about, and their red nnd heated faces all looked strained, ex cited and threatening. Not a word could bo distinguished In the roar of loud nnd vchemeut illsputa tlou that seemed to be going on. Now there was a rush of tho buzzing mass toward some dlstsnt point, and the ex clamations. "Fight!" "Fight!" could bo heard. Then the crowd would settle lack, and the roar of excited voices go on again as before. Once the keen, loud rciort of a rllle caused the crowd to stream round the two shies of the court house. Hut presently the reflux of the tide sot In, nnd swept them nil bnck itgntu. What a strange spectacle this wild, hot, angry, roaring crowd, pushing this way nnd thnt, and filling the summer air with the roar of their voices, and jet remaining a riddle to tho lookers on so far as anything that wns thought or said or done, wra concerned. "Hnlnt much satisfaction n lookuti thlsnwny!" the young Doc sshl. "Yon cnlnt tell nothtm at they're snun ur a do-un, no moren ef you wns ucrost on h-yan side n the river." Uut at this moment the tall form of Coonrod Itedden wns seen to clamber up to the top bonnl of the court house fence "Llssunl LlsKuu! Shet ui your talk- un! Coonrod's n go-un to tunke n speech! Llssun! Llssunl" were the numerous ex emulations under which the ronr died away In a swift diminuendo, and perfect silence prevailed. "Gen-tub-men!" began the old Hooslcr. with a short jerk of hU left forearm and extended palm, forward and to the left, and then bnck to his side ngnln "We've cum h-yur to en-quar ento some thengs cawn-cern-un uv the Sandtown Farmers Hank, un nsll'o cawncernun uv a lot ah moggijls uv ourn at walr hilt by the Farmbers Hank, when hit busted. Tham moggijls have ben foreclosed, un the lan's gut to bo sole to-day. They hnlnt no glttun roun that. Hits the law Un the law's gut to be Inforcod. Hut we know at somebody's ben a tryun to git the best ur urse Sandtown farmbers." Angry and threatening looks are here directed toward the carriage In which Mr. Mason sits, calm and unmoved, save perhaps that slight pallor of the fac which betokens the greatest determina tion, the most unfaltering purpose. Not alone threatening looks. There Is a low growlf that seems to come from the circumference towards the center of the throng, stirring it in an Inconceivable manner, as If the growl emanated from a sudden concentric earth-wave that Im parted its sound and its undulatory move ment to each individual of the vast mass. "Jlit keep kino nb qul-ut. men! Wo don't wawnt no furse'u h-yur, lemmy tell yuh!" He looked round over the crowd as he spoke, and then glanced covertly back Into the carriage. CH.VITKIt XIX. Again there was the sudden concentric, undulatory movement thnt seemed to Impel the croud to a position more com pactly about the carriage, there wen loud, Inarticulate cries and the brandish ing of guns, held in excited hands. Men nnd boys began to climb up Into already filled wagons, holding on to those who were standing In these vehicles packed about the streets like a regiment of ar tillery. From their position In the wide doorway of the court house, the very elaborately dressed Congressman Idler, probably at the suggestion of the two or three gentlemen who sit behind him, nml who represent the S. & N. W., as against the S. & S. W., gets upon a chair, nnd begins to admonish the crowd to keep order. "You shet np. Hilly Hller!" roared old Coonrod Itedden, in a voice that effectu ally "shet" Mr. Hller up, whether he would or no. "I'm a do-un the talkun now! You'll git a chalucte nfter a spell, ef you've gut anytheng to say!" Hilly Hller grins In some confusion at this rude and unexpected rebuff, nnd a rast shont of laughter ripples outwnrd an. eccentrically from the carriage to where the regiment of farm wagons is packed. "I hope they are getting over that sav age humor," Lizzy said, standing up In her excitement. "Don't yon think they are? Don't you think by their laughing that way, that they are?" The young Doc Dike shook his head. "Yon calnt tell nuthun by tluir laugh un 'ataway. Kf they was plum reudy to boss up a feller, un anytheng funny ud happen, they'd stop n minute to laugh, un go right awn a bossun ur 'im up, Ats the kine a fellers they air." "Tbey's a man h-yur at'n ben with lime un ben rlspectud un treated right by urse Sandtown farmbers," went on the stentorian voice of old Coonrod Redden. "Hut 'e halnt treated urse right. IIo's ben a snake en the grasst At's whut he'a ben." Now Indeed Is there a very tidal wave, of upheaval, and with it not a growl, but a leonine roar and n vast tumult 'about the carriage, around which In a llttlo contused and narrowing space men struggled with each other. "What are they doing? O, what are they doing?" Lizzy cries, in a spasm of horror. "Hy gum! they're a go-un to hoss up tho feller, right h-yur en the court house yard! There goes the Judge un the shurf! Hut they'd uz well keep outen thar. No! Hy gum! they'vo gut um kine uh quieted down. Coonrod un Uncle Jim Dikes uz knocked dowu bout fifteen ur twenty a thnra Rcelfoot IW fellers. 'Ats the only way you km git any snlncu ento tham fellers' heads Is to knock ut ento um. Yon git Coonrod un Undo Jim Dikes un the Sparks' boys tog-yuth-er, un hlt'll take a purty good crowd to pile tham." There was on Indefinite and Inde terminate period of the wildest uproar and confusion all about and In the court house yards. Everywhere the judge, the sheriff and Coonrod Redden could be seen gesticulating wildly, seizing men by tho arms or collars, nnd shouting at tho tops of the highest voices In all tho Sand town district. Finally they seemed to succeed in restoring order, to some ex tent; and Immediately tha selling was begun by the sheriff, In the loud, official monotone of the public auctioneer, Snle after sale was mndo In the very shortest tluio of tho incro formal and foregone ottlclitl net. Hut as each snlo wan announced with the nnmo of tho pur chaser, there wns. uotlecnoly, nn nlr of surprise nnd wonder over tho wholo as sembly. Men whispered to each oilier In little groups, nnd there wns n rlslblo settling bnck of the heretofore nggrosslvo nnd otfpreaslng tendency of tho throng, with even n slight tendency to cheer some results. "Hy gum! ef thnttnlr feller Huntley hnlnt " Hut here n demonstrntlon below cut off the young Doe's remnrk, nnd Coonrod Redden Is calling for "Odder; odder, men! Odder, for Jlst a minute!" I And having secured order for Jnat a minute, he went on; "All these h-yur sales ats ben made h-yur the Inn's ben bought en by Mr. Huntley, ur the Sniitown an South western Rnllrond fur the benefit uv the farmers. They kin hare thur own time to pay on the notes. I'n they wont b no Intrust tell nfter a yur from the data a this sale. You fellers kin go to plow un fur wheat, soon's you've n mine tuhl" What n roar of whoops nnd yells nnd cheer for Huntley. Then somebody sug gested grtmus for Mason; nnd they wers given with a heartiness thnt created nn Inexplicable amount of merriment Imme diately about Mr Mason. Whnt could he find to laugh at In the hearty eccrn tlon of the crowd nhout him? One more sale wns nunounccd by ttia sheriff. And now there wns n hitching forward of the chairs occupied by tin gentlemen in the doorwny. Mr. Hller wns regarding Mr. Mmwi over the heads of a part of the audience with nn otut smile of cunning, wonder, amusement nml nduiirntiou. Liny could see this look, for Mr. Hller had stepped out be sldu the sheriff with n mpr In his hnnd, upon which something wns scrawled thnt looked like figures. What did thnt look menu? Was there still another surprise and menace for Mr. .Mason? She hardly heard the rapid call of th sheriff. In fact, thinking shout the Im minent peril In which Mr. Mason had Just been; and then of the great execra tion In which this Impulsive nstemblngs evidently held him, she could only burden her mind with devising ways for his es cape. O, that he had remained away! O, that he had never come! And so she had failed to hear anything of the uual description of the land to be sold, and of the rapid opening bids that kept the sheriff turning this wny nnd that, from Congressman Hilly Hller to the carriage In which Mr. Mason was bidding for Mr. Iluiitlejr, his principal. Hut a great nnd all-jwmerful excite ment had seized uton the young Doc, communicated from the squeezing, crash ing, pushing crowd below. "This sale will hnf to stop ef you don't git back." the sheriff nrccd agnln nnd ngnln. Then she heard his cry for the first time distinctly: "Eight hundred thousand! Klght hun ! night twenty five! Klght fifty! Nine! Nine twenty five! Fifty! Seventy-five! Nine hundred nnd seventy-five thousand! One million! Oue million! One million!" To li continued.) STRAWBERRIES BRING WEALTH. T.one Island In Snnke Hirer Is n Gar den Hpot, A desert Ihlund In the middle nf Snake river Is one of the most tinbtie Mtmwbcrry punlens In the Stnte of Washington, says the Snn Francisco Chronicle. The land Is surrounded by water and yet ho dry that even shko brush and desert weeds will not grow except under Irrigation. For six months Hi the year the resident nre pructl- eally cut off from coinmuiilentlou with the outside world of Immnulty. Illgli i waters make the river too dangerous to toi In IxMts and the Ice of winter closes nil approaches from cither shore. On tills lonely sjiot grown tho first strawberries of the Northwest. Strawberry Island Is government property. The laud Iihh never been sur veyed ami prnlmldy will never be pint ted as available for the homesteader. It Ih n great inns of sand dunes and cnctllH covered stones. The Snake river curries down ftom Its mountain source immense dciHislta of sand bearing gllst filing ilnkot of irold. Many ncres of bind have been created from these de posits. Tho winds awcep up the river mid great dust storms obscure the nun for days nnd even weeks In the sprlm; months. Yet the Btrnwbcrrlea grow nnd ripen to perfection. The loan claimant of this Island has nix ncrea planted to early ntrawberrlen. Surrounding tils cabin Is a great field of forty acres planted to alfalfa. Ho keeps a band of cattle nml requires tho help of innny women nnd children In linrvostlnjr bin bcrrlen nnd caring for the milk nml butter. When other nee tlons tiro clothed In mantles of snow thin nnndy deHort is ripening the straw berrloH for which tho people In tho In land cltlpH of Spokane nml Hutte pay STt to 10 centa n cup. The grower ro colvoH.from ft to ?0 a crate for his fruits. IrrlKntloii Ih the secret of success In producing ijtruwbonieH from the des ert. Wutor Ih lifted from the river by means of current motora or wheels lashed to a movable hcow. Sometimes, the river runa twenty feet below the level of the beach. Then tho plpen, attached to the water motor nro mado longer and tho water lifted to n higher point. When the river Is high nnd threatens to wash nway the Island the water wheeU work enslly and pump great volurnen on the lund. Small ditches carry wnter from tho pump'a point of discharge to tho fielda, wbero It In distributed in furrows. Strawberry island Ih n great prodticor of wealth. Tho owner linn nn income of about $500 an acre every year. Last boa ho 1 1 he mndo a net profit of $1,000 from tho field of nix ncren planted to berries. IIo grows none but the largest nnd brightest colored varieties and does not attempt to compete with tho gen eral market. When othcra nro ship plug their berries he has completed his work and tho remnant Is given to fam ilies of campers, who pitch tents about the Island to fish for the great Colum bia river salmon. 'A, ,iE "wiT'wvy -ZunL tlll - ALteOT a L fi.-fl i-r aSfc-SxHwrfS Tlie Ifniitilittt of the Krttte. There ure ninny farmers In need or soiiietliliig convenient to bang In rue kettle tin. Mniiy support the l,l, on three stones which Is unsatisfac tory, especlnlly If the bent cnu'ks one stone nnd the kettle tips over. The HivoiiipiitiyliiK eiit Is drnwii from h photograph I took recently on n neigh boring fHriii. mid It comes very near to oxpliiliiliis Itself. The device con sists of three mmteralely heavy pieces vt wood for legs, which nre itttHcueti together nt the op by it henvy Inilt. Some six or eight Inches below the union of the three legs n henvy clevis Is secured to the middle leg From this I'levls two cIutliiH extend tlowinvnni w tinnier distance it ml double Imekwnnl to fasten on to the ears tif the kettle. tit tf BA. t SgW -" .2" kkttli: ritorrni.r srsr:snr.i). which then hangs suspended. I he length of the legs will depend on itiu- venlence and the size of the kettle they nre to support. Those shown In the cut nre eleven feet In length and were mndo from medium sized well seasoned fence rolls. When the der rick Is not In use It can be lowered, folded together null laid n wny. Cor. Orange Judd Farmer. l'runlnic HimiU of Trees. While there may be merit In the method of planting known as the Strlngfellow plan, which provides for cuttlnj; uway most of the roots of the young tree ns well as the top. It Is n plan which does not work well with nit species of trees nor In nil soils. As n result the nventgo orclmrdlst will stick to the best of the old methods which provides for a cutting Imck of the top so ns to form n proper bond ...., i,,,!,..,,.!,,,, the roots somewhat nf- ,r , mllr r the lower cut In the I lllustnttlon. The ifpper cut shows the roots of the two'year-okl tree after It now roots axb riiu.sjKti. Is dug In the nursery nml the lower drawing shows how nil the mass of fibrous nsits, which would die anyway after exposure to the sun, have been cut away and most of the longer roots shortened. It Is easier to plant a tree prepared In this manner and strong young rootlets will form from the ends of the roots which were cut, forming a must of roots during the one grow ing season following planting which will give the young tree n good start In life. ludlanupolls News. I'ate or tha Old Hen. After the old hen tins raised her crop of chicks, she Is not a fit subject for the carcass market. Turn her out on tho range to get strong and In good shapo to be fattened for the summer or early fall mnrlcet. If she Is not to be carried through another winter, It will cost llttlo or nothing to feed her through the coming months nnd with a few months or even two months on the range sho can bo plumped up so ns to fatten nt the smallest possible expense, and tho carcass will bo rea sonably tender and fulrly satisfactory to the buyer. If she In not to bu set again don't be In a hurry to take her away from the chicks. Let her run with them as long as they will stay with hor, for she can do no barm, ami may be ablo to help them moro or less even though they may be half-grown, Don't bo too quick to nay the old hen Is no longer useful or profitable. I'erscrvliiK the V.uuot Hy the water glass method eggs may he preserved, nml bu In good condition for uso suveral mouths later, although they will not puss as strictly fresh uggs, The procedure Is as follows: Oi'Uiln tho water glass from the' drug yqpBc wr iian iAT "SSJKjs Jt MAIvi?ji . HY U A-. AIjX ras8""' miliw i(iJ .1- -i!,. r I rx.-' - rss?j A ff CO VI J .... VCV yT&- .!! rJ4-r-'? - - AW 111 -n2?JirW-5'v' AW .hi i'. gfltews """fff' gist and dilute one pint of It with nine pints of water. Use a vessel of some kind not metal. Tint old-fashioned crockery three or four gallon Jnrs are Ideal. Have the eggs fresh, put them In dnlly nml see thnt the shells are not cracked. Hut thn water glass solution In the crock and then put In the eggs, seeing that the eggs nre completely covered with the solution nt nil times. When the eggs nre taken out of thn solution rinse them In clean water, wipe them dry nnd (hey nre ready for use. Oronrtli or Autlciltture, Acconllue to the stntlstlcnl abstract of the FilTted States. Issued from thn Department of Commerce nml Labor, there wen. In IIHH), .VltK.ipT farms In this country, an Increase of I,l7n.illtl Hi (en years. There were engaged In agriculture. In mm. ti.:js,ani persons, while In 'Mmj tli-re were S.f.itt.lCll. an iierease of I.S-'.'.atw. The Increase In he total iNiniihitloii for tint iiKrio.t statist was lj.07I.tHI. so of this In reuse over II per cent must have eu gaged in funning. Tho wiluc of farms ami farm prop erty Increased from ? ttl.itKf.Vil7.iLSH In INHI to $20.!i UHM.VIS In ipoo, a dif ference of $l.l,1l,7SI,l. The vnluo of farm uroduets lucrimsed $l,:ul,070. 'J.VJ, the value In HHH) being $.1,7111,177, 7(sl, This does not Include tnluu of products not feil to live stock. The total number of acres In farms In HH was KW,.V.)I.77I. the average number of acres to n farm being lltl.S, while In INH) It was KM..'.. The per cent of. Improved farm laud wns de creased S per cent In the hist ten yeitrs. The greatest lucrtHtse In the number of farms has been In the Stales of Col orado, Arizona, Idaho, Montana nml New Mexico. In the production of corn mid wheat there lias heoit n corresponding In crease. In IHtH) there were I.1SU.II71). (MM) bushels produced nnd 111 HHH) J.UlC.Kl'.'.r.li) hunhels, while of wheat III IMS) the crop wns 3lW.2rt2.(Hl bush els and It Increased to .V.H.'.'.H.ni,r" bushels In HHs). Thus It will be seen thnt whatever the gulu In commerce mid manufac tures the relative gulu In farming has held Its own. Agriculture, too, has been lifted to n higher plane thnti for merly. It Is no lunger said thnt "any body can farm." Agriculture Is rapidly attaining the dignity of n profession, tlslutr Free llel... FrciUctit reference has been nmde to the advantages of using the Stnte experiment stnthyis, which land own its In each Slate help support, hence have an undoubted right to nsk their help when needed. The director of one of the State stations told the writer not long ago that he hoped the sub Ject might not lie urged too hard, else the stations might be In the same troll hie he was with n farmer In his State. This farmer makes It his busi ness to send to the State station a sample of everything he buys for the farm in the way of stuck food nml fertilizers nnd has profited gritly by the plan. If he Is attracted to a cer lain jftoek food, for example, he will buy the smallest purchasable quantity and send a liberal sample to the Slate experiment station and obtain Its opin ion ns to Its worth, lie banes further purchases on the rewirt received from the station nml b this plnn saves many dollars. Do thou likewise. Do not be afraid that you will give the station men too mui-li work. Some of them need moro work, while tfie majority of them will be more than glad to be of use to you, for they wilt see the beginning of an era of useful ness which has hitherto been denied the stations ami solely because the worst enemies of the Institutions have been the vry people they were Intend ed to help the farmers. Try the plan the next time you buy grain or mixed feeds for the Htock. You will learn much and save more. As to tho Htruwlierry, In some cases ami with some varie ties It will pay to crop the same bed of strawberries, two or even three years, although most growers go to the other extreme and take but one crop nml do not use the siime soil again for berries until the thin! year. Fosslhly this Is carrying the rotation too far. Wo plan to net the berry plants nfter n crop of com, fruit them two years and then plow under ami set to tomatoes, pota toes or beans, sowing crimson clover In midsummer and plowing under the following spring, when the ground Is again set to strawberries. Some of our neighbors go its n year better and sow com the year follow ing the turning under of tho crimson clover.putllng the berry plants out tho spring following the corn and permit ting the ground to lie fallow during the winter, Tho plan works well, though wo dislike the Idee, of not hav ing the ground covered during tho winter, However, as this may bo n matter of personal opinion, we have no comment to make beyond the ouo that we like our plan best nnd consid er It tho most profitable one, II ii on Ooo.c V.vtt, F.nrly In spring give a hen four to six eggs, according to her slue, A large Cochin bun can Incubate six or seven eggs In a warm nest. Hut eggs on tho ground If pnsslblu and use sumo straw in tho neat sJWx JW m r I - 0 - 'mtnijhwS. - Itll ls(!ll?S3SvV! - rlU4riTti- Solf-governiiient In gindimlly ilerel onliitf In the IMillliitilllcN. In HMKt Con gress passed n law which provbbtl that a census of the population of tho Islands should be taken, and that with In two years after the completion of tint census a lepresentitllve popular lusembly should bu clecled, The con nils wns completed on March !!7lh or the present year, and on that day (lor (nior Wright Issued n proclamation fixing March '-'7, 1007, ns the dale for Hie lli-itl irniinrnl Kllliilno election. The legislative body to be chosen Is to contain hetweeti Ml mid KM mimiiiers, elected hv noiiuliir vote, nml Is In form, jointly with the Philippine Com mission, the two-ehiimbered legislature nf the new government. This legisla ture, besides making laws, Is to elect two commissioners to represent them In Washington. It Is expected that these commissioners will be allowed to sit In the American Congress much as the territorial delegates now have seats there. t : Moroccan affairs continue to hold an ImiHirlnul Place In International dis cussion. The desire of tlermaiiy. ns stated In a memorandum to the United States. Is for the maintenance of the "onen door" In Morocco, for the preser vation of the status iiio, and for the protection if the commercial Interests of all trading nations. It Is pointed out. however, on the other hand, that the Anglo-French agreement of April. HHH. expressly declared for the princi ple of commercial freedom. April tltb, King Kdwanl. on his wny to Join (Jueeii Alexandra nl Marseilles, pnld n brief visit to I'resldciil lmbet nt I'nrls, nml the Incident, following so soon upon the call of ICuipcmr William at Tniiglers, was Interpreted by tin French press as h reaillrmallou of the Anglo-French agreement. ! i- A reduction In freight rates on the I'MtiHiun railway was suggested to Sec retary Taft by the minister In Wash liiKtou of the republics III Central America and on the west coast (of South America. They said that It cost much more to ship gmsts to New York by wny of this rallwny thnti to semi the same goods tu !omloti hy the Straight of Magellan. They also nsked Hint equal facilities be granted to goods shipped by all steamship Hues, and charged thnt under the old man ngement that Is. before the United States gained control of the rond - various lines were discriminated against Secretary Taft promised thnt the discrimination would cease nt once. i The President has. by proclamation, Invited "all the nations of the earth to take part In the commemoration" of the Mmi h anniversary of the first Kllgllsb settlement III America, nt .Iniiiestowii, "by sending their nnval vessels to the Nthl celebration and by making such representations of their military organisation a may lie prop er." The festivities are to last from May to November, HH7. and are de scribed as "an Internatloiwl naval, mil Itary and marine celebration." (leu. Fltxhllgh Leu, the president of tho managers of the exioltlon. at t list limn of his death, was engaged In persimil lug the various Stales to be represent ed at the xHislthiu In some olllclal way. i John Day, when an undergraduate nt llmwn University, assisted In de fending some lower classmen from un fair treatment In a luir.lng cplsoile; but when n classmate recently wrotn him nhout the Incident, he humorously replied, "I remember nothing of my hemic conduct In the Cordon case, Hut my recollection of everything In those far-off dnys Is dim, and heroism was my dnlly hnblt. I couldn't sleep nights If I hadn't no veil Himebudy's life. Now I only save n nation now nnd then." Socrctnry liny, Just before tin replied to the letter, must hnve been rending sumo Washington correspondent's de scription of how he lind prevented tha dismemberment nf China. Chinese Neutrality. It has been of. Ilclally disclosed ut Washington Hint the movement In February, 11HI, for concerted action by the neutral power to Induce the belligerents In the far Hast to respect the neutrality of China was mndo by the United States at the Initiative of (lermony. Tim reason that this fact was not made known at the time. It In Milled, was that tho (ionium Kmperor felt that the sugges tion would be more certain to be adopt ed If It emanated from Washington rather than from llerlln. i ; With the beginning of the new ad ministration for the second time In suc cession there Ih no change of party control, whereas from (Inrfleld'a In auguration to McKlnley'a there wua nvory time nn alternation from parly to party, which made the retiring I'rcsl dent seem almost like a captive elder gracing the triumph of a conquoror. In the Sunday hcIiooIh of the United States there are fewer pupils by about flvo millions than tho number enrolled In the public schools. Putting the fact In nnother form, of every three girls and boys who attend the day schools, only two go to Sunday school. It would be a delicate task to appor tion tiu responsibility for this stnto of affairs; but It Ih fair to suggest that ivhen children stay away from tho pub lic schools their pnrcuU arc held responsible. -S HP Mi t. Of 4 i