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t," If gOLANDE I DY WILLIAM BLACK TOTWTOWfWWtyWWW CHAPTER XX. "Vou have dono well you will suc ceed." Yolamlo rend ami again read that brief note, pondering over It In se cret: ami always with an Increasing Joy. Ho had seen; ho had approved. And now when she was walking about the street pf Worthing with her mother, she found n strange Interest In guessing M to which of those houses he had llred In while, as she assured herself, he was keeping that Invisible- guard OTer her. Was It this one. or that? or perhaps the hotel at the corner? Had he been standing at the window there, and re garding her as she passed unconscious? Had he seen her drive by In the little peny carriage? Had he watched her go along the pier, himself standing some where out of the way? She had no long er any doubt that It was he who had gone to the offlcc of Lawrence and Iang on the morning of her arrival in Iondon. She was certain he must hare been close by when she went to fetch her mother on that fateful evening. And her heart was full of gratitude to hlras and her brain was filled with fan cles about him; and her Imagination (which refused to be controlled by all the vows and resolves she had made to herself, and which, moreover, had plenty of scop for exercise la the monotony of that Worthing life) went away seeking In strange and distant places, wondering where be might be, and what he was do ing, and whether he was ever casting a look behind him. And Indeed, as time went on. It became more and more cer tain that that forgetfulness to which she had looked forward was still far from her: and now she began to regard with n kind of dismay the prospect of the Master of Lynn coming to claim her. She knew It was her duty to become his wife; that had been arranged and ap proved by her father; she had herself pledged away bcr future; and she ha 1 no right of appeal. She reminded her self of these facts a hundred times, and argued with herself; she strove to ban ish those Imaginings about one who ought henceforth to be as one dead to her: nnd strove alo to prove to herself that. If she did what was right, unhapplness could not be the result; but all the time there was growing up la her heart a fear nay, almost a conviction that this marriage was not possible. She tarneJ away her eyes and would sot regard It; but this conviction pressed Itself In on her whether she would or no. And then slie would engage herself with a des perate assiduity In the trivial details of their daily life there, and try to gain forgetfulness that way. This was the letter she wrote to the Master of Lynn. In reply to his. It cost her some trouble, and also here and there some qualm of sclf-reproacC; for she could not bat know that she was not telling the whole truth: "Worthing, Wednesday afternoon. "Dear Archie I am exceedingly griev ed to hear of your trouble with your family, and also to think that I am the cause of It. It seems so great a pity, and all the more that. In the project cir cumstances. It Is no anneesary. Vou will understand tbat the duty I have un dertaken Is sorely before any other; and that one's personal wlaes must he pat asMe, when It Is a question of what a 4aughtr owes to her mother. And to thiak there should be trouble and dU senstou now over what must In any ease be so remote that seems a very pain- fat and unnecessary thing; and surely, dear Archie, you can do something to re store yourself to your ordinary position with regard to your family. Do you think It Is pleasant to me to think tbar I am the cause of a quarrel? And to think also that this quarrel might be continued In the future? Hut the future U ao uncertain now in these sew eJreum stances that I would pray you not tc think of it, but to leave It aside, and be come good friends with your family. And how, you may ask? Well, I would eon alder our engagement at an end for the present; let It be as nothing; you will go back to Lynn; I am here la the posi tion that I cannot go from; let the fu ture have what it may In store, It will be time to consider afterward. I'ray be lieve me, dear Archie, it Is not In anger tbat I write; or any resentment; for I understand well that my papa's politics are not agreeable to every one; and I have heard of differences la families on smaller matters than that. And I pray you to believe that neither my father tier myself was sensible of any discour tesy no, surely every one has the right to choose his friends as he pleases; nor could one expect one's neighbors to alter their habits of living, perhaps, and be at the trouble of entertaining strangers. No, there Is neither resentment nor an ger Jn ray mind; but only a wish that you should be reconciled to your friends; and this Is an easy way. It would leave you and me free for the time that might be necessary; you can go back to Lynn, where your proper place Is; and I can give myself up to my mother, without other thoughts. "80 now I will Bay good-by, dear Ar chie; and I hope you will consider my proposal, and see that It Is wise. What may occur In the future, who can tell? but In the meantime let us do what Is best for those around us; and I think this U the right way. I should feel far happier If I knew that you wcro not won dering when this serrlco that I owe to my mother were to end, and also feel far happier to know that I was no longer the cause of disagreement and unbappl ness In your family. Give my love to jour sister when you see her; and If you hear anything about the Gross people, 1 should be glad to hear some news about them also. "Believe me, yours affectionately, "YOLANDE." The Master of Lynn had spent the whole morning In arranging affairs with bis father's agent. He was anxious to get away from this dawdling life In In verness; but on the other band he waa not going back to Lynn. He still felt angry and Indignant, he considered he bad ba badly used, and it is far from I t WWHTK Improbable that If. at this moment, Yo lande had been differently situated, and If Mr. Wlttterbourno had Wen likely to give his consent, he, the Master, would now have proposed an Immediate mar riage, leaving his father and aunt to do or think as they pleased. Hut In the present circumstance, that was Impos sible, and he did not know well which way to turn, and had generally got him self Into an unsettled. Impatient, Irrita ble condition, which boded no good either for himself or for them who had thwart ed him. Ho thought he would have a stroll away through the town and out by the harbor, Just to think over this that had occurred, and what was likely to occur. In the future. It happened to be a very bright and cheerful afternoon: nnd he walked quickly, with a sort of glad con sciousness that now he was master of his own destiny, and meant to remain so; and when he came In sight of the ruf lied and windy blue sea, that had sug gestions of voyaging nud the seeing of strange places that were pleasant enough. Hy and by a very uncomfortable sus picion got hold of him. He had no very largo experience of women and their ways; and he began to ask himself whether the ready acquiescence he had yielded to Yolande's prayer would please her over much. It certainly was not flat tering to her vanity. For ono thing, he could not wholly explain his position to her. He could not tell her that he had virtually said to his father, "Here Is a way of getting back Corrlevreak; and getting the whole estate Into proper con dition. You refuse? Very well; you mayn't get another chance, remember." He could not fully explain to her why her proposal. Instead of bringing him dis appointment, was rather welcome, as of fering him means of vengeance for the annoyance he had been subjected to. And so he began to think that his letter, breaking off the engagement so very will ingly, might not wholly please her; and as he was well disposed toward Yolande at this moment, and honestly desiring that they should part the best of friends, be slowly walked back to the hotel, com posing a few more sentences by the way. so tbat her womanly pride should not be wounded. He went upstairs to bis room, and packed his things for the Journey to Ion don, while thinking over what he would say to her." And It was very near din ner time before he had finished this ad dendum to his previous letter: "My Dearest Yolande." he wrote, "1 want to say something more to you; If you get the two letters together, read this one second. Perhaps you may think, from what I said In the other, that I did not sufficiently value the pros pect that was before me at one time or else I should say something more about losing It. I am afraid you may think I have given you up too easily and lightly; bnt you would make a great mistake If you think I don't know what I have lost. Only I did not want to make It too grave a matter; your letter was very serious; and I wanted you to think, ami I want you to think, that there Is no reason why we should not continue on quite friendly and intimate terms. Of course, I know what I have lost; I wasn't so long In your society without seeing how generous you were, and sincere, and anxious to make every one around you happy; and If it come to that, and If you will let me say It, a man naturally looks forward with some pride to having al ways with him a wife who can hold her wn with everybody in regard to per sonal pa pears nee. and grace, ami finish of manner, and accomplishments. Of course I know what I have lost. "If I should get reconciled to ray peo ple Lynn will seem a lonely place after this autumn; ami I suppose I shall con ceive a profound detestation for next year's tenant of Allt-nam-ba. Probably two or three bachelor fellows will have the Lodge. They wob'I know that there was once a fairy living In that glen. Hut I don't despair of seeing you again In the Highlands, and your father, too; nnd, as they say the subject of deer forests Is to be brought bfnre the House, he will now be In a position to talk a little common sense to them about that sub ject. Yours, most affectionately, "AUCHIK LESLIE." It was a clever letter, he considered. The little touches of flattery; the business-like references to the topics of the day; the frank appeals to her old friend ship these would not be in vain. And so be went In to his dinner with a light heart, and the same night went comfort ably to sleep in a saloon carriage bound for London. CHAITKU XXI. The Master of Lynn was not destined to get to London without an adventure an adventure, moreover, that was very near ending seriously. The night train from Inverueiw stops for a considerable time, In the morning, at Perth, before setting out again for the south; and this break hi the Journey is welcome enough for passengers who wish to have the stains of travel washed from their bands and faces, to get their breakfast in peae and comfort and have their cholee of the morning newspapers. The Master of Lynn bad accomplished these various du ties; nnd now he was Idly walking up and down the stone platforms of the wlde-resoundlng station. He was In a contented frame of mind. There had been too much trouble of late up there In the north; and he hated trouble. Suddenly he was startlod to find a well known face regarding him. It was that of a young lady who was seated In a corner of a second-class carriage. The moment she saw that he had noticed her she averted her ejei, and pretended not to hare seen him; but he Instantly went to the door of the carriage. "It isn't possible you are going to London, MUs Stewart?" said he, In great surprise. "Oh, no. I am not going so far as that." "How far, then?" he asked for he saw tbat she was embarrassed, and only wishing to get rid of him, and certainly thnt afiA wnnM ffrtrit iiaa Infni-miiilnn Dial wasn't asked for. "I am going to Carlisle," said she, not looking at him. "My brother's friends will bo waiting for me at the station." "Oh, you must lot mo accompany you, though," said ho, quickly. "You won't mind." Ho did not give her the chance of re fusing, for ho had little enough time In which to fetch his things along from the other carriage. Then ho had to call the newsboy, nnd present to Miss Stewart such an assortment of Illustrated papers, comlo Journals, and mngatliics ns might have served for a voyage to Australia. And thou the door was shut, the whistle shrieked, nud the long, heavy train mov ed slowly out of the station. "Well, now," said ho, "this Is lucky! Who could have expected It? I did not soo you at the station last night. I did not even know you were In Inverness; I inoiigni you were at Aberdeen." "1 have lieon In Aberdeen." said she. "I only wont back a day or two Ago to get ready for going south." "1 suppose 1 mustn't ask you wht Isa taking you to Carlisle? and yet wo used to be old friends, you know." Now Miss Stewart was a little bit an noyed at his thrusting hhiiclf on her so ciety, and she was very near answering saucily that It was the train that was taking her south: but a little touch of feminine vanity saved him from that reproof. Shena Van was rather glad to have the chance of telling him why shs was going south. "It Is no great secret." said she. "I am going to stay with the family of the young lady whom my brother will marry ueioro mag. it appears that the profes sorship will be worth a good deal mors than we expected oh, yes, Indeed, a good deal more and there Is no reason why ho should not marry." "Well, that Is good news." said the Master cheerfully. "And what sort of girl Is she? Nice?" "She Is a very well accomplished young lady." said Shena Van. walth some dignity. "She was two years In (lermany at school ami two years In France, and she is very well fitted to bs a professor's wife, and for the society that comes t6 my brother's house." He had time to regard her. He had never seen her look ho well. She had made ample use of the clear water sup plied at Perth station, ami her face was as fresh as the morning, while her pret ty, soft light brown hair was carefully brushed and tended. As for her eyes those strangely dark blue eyes that ho could remember In former years brim mlng over with girlish merriment e grown pensive with Imaginative dreams he could not get a fair glimpse of them at all, for when she spoke she kept mem averted or turned down. Once they were away from Stirling, he determined at all hasards to startle her. "Shena," said he. "do I look III?" "No." "I ought to look III I ought to look unhappy ami miserable," said he, cheer fully. "Don't you know that I have been Jilted?" Well, she did not quite know what to say to that. He looked as If he was Joking; and yet ft was not a thing he was likely to mention la Joke and to her. "It is quite true, I assure you," said he, seeing that she did not make an swer. "You said you had heard I was going to be married. Well, It's all brok en off. Please don't waste any pity on me. I don't feel very miserable. I feel rather the other way. 'Ah, freedom Is a noble thing.' I am free now to follow out my own wishes; and that's what I mean to do." "You are going to live in London, per haps r said Mts Stewart, regarding him, but not betraying any keen personal In tvrott "Why. this is the point of It," said he, with greater- animation, "that I don't in the least know where I am going, and don't much rare. Ami now If you, Shasta, would tell me something very fine and pleasant for me to do, that would be a kindneiM." "In the meantime." said she, with a slight smite, "1 w-Uh you would call me by my right uame." "Do you think I can forget the days when you were always 'Shena'?" said he, with a sort of appealing glance that her eyes were careful to avoid. "Don't you remember when I brought yon the whits kitten from Invent, and how It was always pulling It collar of daisies to piece? Don't you remember my getting you the falcon's wings? Why, I had to lie all night among the rocks on Cam-nan-(3ael to get at that falcon! And you were always 'Sbena' then." "Hecause I was a eh I Id," ski Mlssa Stewart, with a slight llueh on the pret ty, fresh-colored face. "When we grow up we put aside childish things." (To be continued,) Him Hail No Noriinlnn. He had brought Ikjiiiu a jmckngo of brick cheese ami bad rubbed a $10 bill over It Just before he entered the Louie. Hut when ho nroso In tho morning the HKinoy Imd beou attracted from his vest IHK'kut. "I didn't think you'd take that bill," he sakl to his wife with a reproachful look. "And why not?" "Hocause It Is minted money." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cautious Fervor. "Whon the crowd cheered Klosomnn quite forgot hlmsolf for tho moment nnd tossed his hat In tho ulr with tho others." "You're mistaken. He didn't forget hlnisolf qulto. It was another man's hat he tossed up." Philadelphia Press. The number of petitions filed for dis solution of ninrriugo In Knglnud nnd Wo Jon In HXXJ was 1,050, ngulnst WW In 1001. Tho annual nverago number of petitions filed In llvo yours (lfi!l3-HXC-') was 853. Tho number of petitions filed In 1002 by husbands was 000; by wives, 411; total, 1,050. Sir Henry Mortimer Durund Is said to be tho first Hrltlsh ambassador to thoroughly nppreclato American Jokes. Funny stories with tho finest points he seos Instantly and enjoys to the full. All the money dropped In frenzied flnunco Is dropped by men who ara try ing to pick It up; Hltn.tr for Small Stock, Most farmer iniiko soiuo attempt to provide ulimlc In tint pasture for their horses nnd eons, but let lh swine, sheep nnd laiultry go without It, which Is certainly a mistake, for hII nnltuala and birds like simile In slimmer. It Is nil easy mutter to erect n number of sinnll tditulc plneos on the pasture, nnd nt Niinill expense, If one Is willing to Invest the small uiiiiiiint of Inlmr neeos snry. If there Is n wood lot on the f ii rin wlint Is cnslor than to cut n limn Iter of polos to uso for posts, nnd then n number of lighter brunches to uso ns the foundation for the roof. Set the poles firmly In the ground, milking four posts for tlm corners, then, with tin branches nnd n lot of waste hay or straw, n ttmtclicd roof Is easily con structed. Spend enough time on the work lo make It strong enough ao that the wind will not blow it over. When you finish '--? ynu will have a shade hotiso something like that shown In the cut, ami the stock wilt enjoy It and be all thobottor for It. They would thank you for It If they could, so spend a little time build lug some, even two or three, by wny of experiment. Indianapolis News. l'srdlnu Tm Many I'ntili. When the batching season Is over there Is no nerlty for retaining the rmstors, as the hens will lay without their presence, and their room Is val uable, while they cost more for food than they are worth, says Fann and Fireside. It Is well to rotaln the best of the early pullets, but all pullets that do not show evidence of thrift or of reaching maturity before winter should Ih dispose! of. The young cockerels should be dlsjmsc! of Just ns wwii as they are large enough for mar ket or the table. It Is bettor to give the growing stock plenty of room than to crowd them. The poultry house Is usually a wnnn place In summer when well III led with birds, duo to the ani mal heat of the bodies, and the Hock should consequently be reduced to the lowest number consistent with the fa cilities. Harrowed Troubles. There are ieol wIhi have genuine troubles, but the woe of genuine trou ble Is nothing compared to troubles which are exerted ami which never come. Too many farmers borrow trou ble, when It rains. because of the fear that the rain will continue too long the downfall will bo too great. When It discontinue for a few days the fear ami the prediction Is that h drought la In prospect that will destroy the crops. All this borrowed trouble Is wholly un necessary, and If It affects the general result at all, It affects It for the worst. It Is better to be cheerful and make tho most of conditions as they arise nnd take chances for the future with out worry. Journal of Agriculture Hliroixhlre Hum, THE (IIAMI-IO.X Slllini'AlllllR. This champion Shropshire mm Is owned by Ocorgu Allen, of Vermilion County, Illinois. Potutn Quality, Tho quality of potatoes Is tho sub ject of Interesting tests by tho New York Experiment Station, There Is reason to bollovo that good quality Is dorelopod in n sol! tempornturo qf 03 degrees to 75 degrees, nud tho tubers growing from one and two to five Inch es below tho surface nro subject to thoso conditions. Great fluctuation In tho soil temperature Is detrimental to tho best development of potatoes, nud tubers growing too near tho surface nro subject to this fluctuation. A too low temperature also Injures tho devel opment of ripening nnd tho soil tex ture probably has soint'tlhiig to do with ripening and flavor. Hence, If pota toes nro planted shnllowor than throe Inches or deeper than six Inches tho conditions nro unfavorable. Treatment for Fence Posts. A cheap and effectual method of proventlng tho rotting of fenco posts Is aid to bo prnctlcod by French fann ers. Tho posts aro piled In n tank and tho whole thickly covered with a quick lime, which is gradually slacked with water, Anothor plan, used In tills country, Is to char the posts to the deptii of half en Inch, and then dip r- UV. J- - ' a v ; . V W" 'vV'tiiiVl.-K'V mmmmr them In conl tnt but (ha coal tnrl should bo ao used as to extend nbovo the surface of the ground, when the posts nro In place, While this iiiny not prevent ileciiy, yet It will prolong tin period of durability of the posts, WorkhiK In the Wliriilfleld, Most people are probably fiiiulllnr In a general way with the principles and methods used In wheat shocking- Vet there are details dm conformation to or neglect of which iiinkes nil the dlf forvueo between a first class Job nnd n poor one. I wish to show here some of the details which make for convenience and excellence In the work, ii)a a Mitral New Yorker writer. I find the following plan of setting up a shock most satisfactory: Set down four bundles In a row and follow with one In the middle on each side. Now place a bundle In each of the four vn cant platv and put on two caps. For caps select bundles with long straw atmve the taints. They will cover the shock better and will not fall off so easily, place the heads of the caps In the direction from which the strongest winds blow. If the heads face lliel wind the caps will not blow off as readily as (hoy will If the butts face II. Here are n few general suggestions: If the shock has been set up as here directed It will contain twelve bun dles. Uxperlence tenches that this Is very nenrly the right number. Homo little variation, of course. Is allowable. Hut If n shock Is iintrli smaller It larks stability, and the same Is true If the shock Is much larger, especially If the wheat Is dead ripe. When the wheat Is dead ripe the heads stand out, nud, ospoelnlly In n large shock, the bun dles an liable to fall down. If the heads stand out It Is n good plan to hug the shock tightly ln'foro capping. In a large shock slightly green wheat Is apt to mold. When starting a shock If convenient start It In thn middle of the bunch of bundles. This will save the time and lalxir Involved In carry ing bundles around the shock. A New Apple I'lrher, A Washington State frolt grower has tut ruled an apple picker which attracts considerable attention among fruit growers In that section. II seems to Ih a telescopic dece which can lie Instantly adjusted to reach the fruit on any level of the tree. At the Hpjier iwirt Is a ring with the cutting edge ofemleil by a trigger. Hie ring cuts off the fruit which drops from the horn, or lelescoiM, to tlte caiuas bag attached to the shoulders of the opera tor. It Is claim! fruit can be picked without bruising and In about half the tltno required by the common method. Lawliowrn Work for Corn. Whoever raises sorghum for any punosft but grating and cuts corn stalks wtmlo will need a low-down rack for this sort of work. No Job on low ixjwk lurit. the ordinary farm Is more laborious than cutting and handling this kind of forage and anything that facilitates the llftlnir slid hmillni? Is n immm! llilnc lo for both com stalks ami sorghum, ami specially the latter, are very heavy to lilt ami man on a nign meg. in tue absence f a "low down" wagon, a rack like the accomanylng Illustration will be found to be a great help, IttiKtlsti Mine Hiilplmr Dip. In KuglaiHl, an experiment was made In dipping sheep with a llmc-siil-plmr dip containing 2T turn mis of sul phur per l'JVi i wm mis of lime. A quan tity of water was used sulllrleiit to give n dark red color, and toforc nam the llquhl whs diluted to HO gallon. Tho dip proved effective for sheep scab nud did not materially Injure the wool. Wlienl Hcreeiilous. Wheat acroelilliirs. el I her crnnml or unground. are very satisfactory for sheep feed. At the Minnesota station ' It require! 1H per cent nmro wheat screenings than wheat to produce a given grain. As the screenings are n production of the northwestern wheat . fields, their value as a feed may easily bo seen. HettclliiK Herd Potatoes. Varieties of potatoes may bo pre vented from running out and even Im proved by selection. To select ota toes, dig by hand-picking which will separate nud select tho see! from tho best hills. In a few years by this process tho yield of merchantable pota toes can be easily Improved, Fiirm Notes, Poor food for the cow and poor treatment effect tho milk supply, Cowa In tho stnblo can be protected from lilts; nuts nud screens nro both used. Sponge off tho horso thoroughly and dry him woll before putting him In his stall. Now York City consumes on an aver age about 115,000 sheep and lambs weekly. Do not uso nny preservative to pre vent milk from souring; keep It' cool nnd clean. Keep a wet spongo, straw hat or cabbago leaf on Ui6 horse's head on warm days. Pick tomatoes as soon ns they begin to turn color nnd spread them out un der glnss. This will help thorn to ripen quickly. Pull up onions as soon as tho bulbs nro well formed and loavo thorn on tho ground until cured. Then spread thorn thinly under cover until wanted, t2t VA'WWSAVA It Is naturally presumed that thn dear lady In Chicago who wants to put it Imn on .Mother llnoso reads Homer to her little hip dug. Philadelphia Telegraph. When the Kaiser has completed hl i task of looking after other people's business ho might go liomu nud spend a few mouths building his own fences. Pittsburg Dispatch. Tho popular contempt of warfare against Hie inosqitllo proves the en. parity of tho American public for straining at n gnat nud swallowing an epidemic Now York .Mall. A tuaii Is largely determined by his eiiilroiiiueuts. Christopher Columbus might hne been a New York police man for twenty years without discov ering oven a iMHilnxiin. Puck. If old man Whenuaii had only walled around long enough to see Die peace envoys start for Portsmouth ho might not have omitted such a rnnlHiikerous opinion about war. Philadelphia Tele graph. Turkey has ordered In France n tor pedo boat destroyer, three gunboats, two transports ami artillery linings, nud It Is rumored that as soon as ihm.i are delivered the Sultan Intends to put out his tongue at the Csnr. Imdmi Punch. The "Hugo" of tin yellow fever re Hirta might bo applied to the dally news from the Agricultural Depart ment at Washington, New "foci" ami "sub-foci" are constantly appearing un der Secretary Wilson's nose. Spring. field KeptlhllCMIl. Portland, Me., la scouring the coun try for subscriptions to Its Thomas II. I teed memorial fund. They want fl,. li ami have on ha ml about ir.i). Tom wouldn't have aprovd this dun ning tits friend for such a pun". IWmIoii Herald. A woman swearing offends ns utorn against morals than a man swearing, but site offends more asm Inst manners, and by alxml as much is we are the more shocked at her swearing than at his by hi much do we bold manners above morals. IJfe. Our okl friend, Wu 'ling Fang, Is sahl til have hen rwnnlsMned by thn Pekln court for the task of forcing this country to a fair course of treat moot of Chinese subjects. The childlike Mr. Wu knows us well, and bow to pinch where It will hurt us the worst. Huf fab Courier. The llusslaii government, according ' to a St. Petersburg dlsitatrh, lias iVf elded to Issue a second Internal loan. The amount is said to lie $KU.(), The KtissMU Internal mhmi of f tui.us),. ' ! last March came like pulling teeth: this one. It Is fair to presume, will bo like killing the nerve Hartford Con rant. The dirt at Panama Isn't flying, ami the government 1ms at last decided that It won't lly until sanitary condi tions are mi Improved tbat a suttlcient uunibor of workmen can I attracted ,i . UUimiis. The orlsriual Idea ilt lh- tmXy tWw)t nul to Insure the ,,! W(M ,b mmiy ttl(, XtU ,,. ,untlally mwllftrd.-HmTan. Courier. Ko many aubjecis of his majesty lib wanl VII. fear that America's future is threatened by China ami Japan, tho yellow peril, that there routes an Irre sistible temptation to remind them that the lulled State has managed lo Increase some ?o,ti,H) In imputa tion In the last century without an ori ental market. We ran proltably play along Seattle Post Intelligencer. Senator Mitchell, or Oregon, has been trie!, rouvlctisl ami sentenced to six mouths' Imprisonment and to pay u mlH '" M'.si; mil sun Holds on to Ills seat as a Senator from OrviMHI. Tho salary, mllejge and perquisite f Sen- Hr Mitchell for a year will about tay ,,u """ ,ml N'1" l " ""w "'' '' ," ",,,c' of I'Mllwl Slates Senator, ""4 wl" Pro'Wy l' very unpopular. I.nnuviii post. The suggestion that (hero be a na tional celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of Heiijamlu Franklin's birthday next January was to be ev peeled altout this time. The day will surely be observed In various places, and one of them should be llostou, which Franklin run uvviiy from at an early age. A truly national celebra tion, however, might bo dlillcult to miiniigo. Springfield Hepubllcan. It would bo Interesting to know how much money lias been spent, first an) lust, on the search for tho north pole. When tho Imposing total has been as certained, the iiiomIoii may be asked whether more prulltuhlo results would not have been obtained If the money had been spent In somo other way. Tho backers of an nrctle explorer Imvo a right to spend their money on him If they please, but they would benefit humanity more If thoy put their dol lars Into model teueinunt houses or consumption hospitals. Chlcngo Trib une, Another plot hits been discovered In Constantinople tho purpose of which wits tho removal of tho Sultan. Tho Sultan's time Is nil filled dodging bombs when ho Is not dodging bills. Chlcngo Inter Ocean, Short- Personal. Tolstoi spends much of his time roaming through tho woods. (leu, Hooth, commander of tho Hslvs lion army, Is said to bo a slave to work. O. H. Ituitard of Duluth. Minn.. Is a direct descendant of tho old royal family of Norway, 4 V r T C Ii t) Ii. 01 Ui tr () V. c UI si Ii sc SI Sll SI) 1 v: H . i I