THE PSIMS0S1! PATH.
HOW FBEKCH SEA HEX ABE TBAETE2).
lie green fana of the chestnut tree
Are all unfolding one by one,
Xbe breath of April' in the breeze.
Toe long streets (listen in the sun.
Xb tasseled lilac in the square
Are full of nods and whisperings,
While black-boiled poplars stir the air
Vtitn ninia or nappy secret things. '
' ' ''
- he town S all so fair and fine.
The streets they make so brave a show ;
Ifl yet- an yet Corinna mine,
TU now the pale primroses blow.
'he woods are calling us to-day '
Where grassy hills fall- fold on fold ;
Come, let us take the primrose way j
, And gather wealth of faery gold. ;
i ' ' ;
Put off your dainty silks and lace
; For leathern shoon ' and homespun
gown r,
Come, leave this bustling market place
To play the truant out of town. f
For though in town the sun shines gay,
You cannot hear the sweet birds sing;
Come, my Corinna, come away, ' '
And let us go a-primrosing. r
Rosamund Marriott Watson. ;
A HEROINE-
-of Necessity
A way to the right, as far as eve
could see, stretched the shimmering
ocean, the sunlight dancing on the
waves and turning them Into a carpet
of gold. To the left lay glorious
patches of purple heather, broken here
and there by big gorse bushes, covered
with golden blooms and soft greeu
spines. Overhead the seagulls whirled
lazily across a turquoise bay, uttering
their plaintive notes as they greeted
one another In passing. v
And one, at least, of the millions of
created beings was thanking God at
that' very' moment,' as she leaned her
arms on the slight railing which formed
the only protection from the cruel shin
gle below the edge of the steep cliff.
Fate had been more than ordinarily
kind to Chrlstabel Tredennls up to now.
She had never known a single sorrow
all her life through; twenty years of
unspotted peace lay behind her. She
was young, fair to look upon, wealthy
beyond the dreams of most women, and
dear to a manly heart, now far away'
In Western' Africa, fighting his coun-
try's battles in skirmishes wJUr tribes,,
with a plui'k that was tenfold more
"I DO NOT WANT TO GO ALONE."
I thorough because of her.
j Mrs. Tredennls had come to the quiet
! little village of Croone, on the Dorset
! shire coast,' because she had happened
j. to see a highly colored pnnt pf It in
j some one's photo album. It had not
"turned out to be all that It was palnt-
ed what does? upon closer acqualnt
i ince, but Chrlstabel and she liked the
i .K-enery and the solitude and stayed on.
l I'his was about their last day. ,
She was thinking of her soldier-lover
a 'ar across the waters, as she gazed,
i ' hen her mind was suddenly recalled
I to her present surroundings by a mut
tered exclamation borne to her ears
on the soft summer wind. She turned
round hastily and saw, a little farther
ou, a tan, spare ngure standing on
the very edge of the cliff, an edge that,
s Chrlstabel knew, was unprotected.
To call out would be to startle the
rash adventurer,' whoever It was; but
the girl crept softly across the heath
er that lay between the figure and her
self till she was Just behind her.
The woman turned round and almost
streamed, Chrlstabel, with fear knock
ing at her heart, brought there by the
look In the eyes riveted on hers, laid
a hand on the other's arm.
"Come farther from the edge; It Is
dangerous,', she said.
The woman, who looked anything
from 30 to 50, laughed.
It's the edge I like," she answered,
eliaking' her arm free of the detaining
hand and taking a step forwardl "Have
you ever walked over a cliff? . Should
you like to come with me and try the
sensation now?"
Chrlstabel looked round wildly, Thera
was no one In , sight ; the-only sound
to be heard was the mournful cry, of
the gulls.
A story she had once ,beard came
Into ber mind at , that .moment. ,
"It's nothing to walk over a cliff,1
she returned, trying to steady her voice.
"It would.be much more "wonderful if
you started at the bottom to wait to
the top! .
The other shrugged her shoulders.
"It's a matter of opinion, of course..
she said. "Let us try my way first, I
want to go to bJm: Don't you see be
la beckoning to me over there?
She glared ferociously out to sea.
and grtpped.the girl's arm la a rlc,- -
K t
fT ' '
"He? Who?" asked Chrlstabel, hop
ing thereby to gain' time. '
The rise was for a few moments suc
cessful. The woman drew a photo
graph but of her pocket, and thrust It
under the girl's nose.' 1 '
Chrlstabel started.; the blood had left
her face, and her heart seemed to stop
beating. It was a portrait of her lover
Jim Blaklston Bhe would know It
In a thousand. It had been cut out of
an illustrated paper and gummed on
to a correspondence card."
"This man what Is he to you?" she
asked hoarsely.
The woman laughed again gleefully.
"He he is handsome, enough, isn't
he?" she queried. "You seem to ad
mire his picture they all do. Come,
we will go together and see him. He
will be surprised; he loves me he
loved me once, and they said he died"
she lowered her voice, then raised It
again suddenly "but It wasn't true.
He is beckoning to me to come, and we
will go together, you and I for I do
no want to go alone. Ko? Then I will
go alone!" '
Whereupon a .fight, swift "and sharp,
raged .In Christabel's heart. Why should
she not let this mad woman perish?
Why save her for hfjn? the being she
loved best on earth. A maniac I WTell,
she1 would hot be missed, she only mar
red God's sunlit world I Let her go
go ,
Then a great revulsion of feeling
came over the girl's soul. She saw the
hideous temptation ; she knew that,
come what might, think, what she
would, she must save a fellow creature.
It became no longer a" matter of voli
tion It was a matter of necessity, for
action and self-sacrifice, which comes
to every human being born into the
world, with his or her share of respon
sibilities with regard to another. Why
save a lunatic? Why should a aane wo
man die for an insane one? Why? Be
cause the Instinct Is there, whether she
will or no an Instinct which dies
hard. Of necessity she must sap e her
sister, be the exchange ever so. un
equal, the1 result of so little apparent
satisfactions ,
AH these thoughts surged momentar
ily through Chrlstabel Tredennls' mind
as she stood on the sunlit cliff ; and
then she wrestled and struggled as she
had never though to wrestle, with all
the luck of, a long line of dead and
gone ancestors, wrestled till she felt
herself growing dizzy and faint; and
the edge of, the cliff drew ever nearer
and. nearer, and ever that mad, mad
face, with those ferocious eyes, gleamed
luto hers. '
' A strong ban thrust them apart ; a
atern voice thundered a wrathful In
quiry. , The' woman sank trembling on
the heathen ber whole figure shaken
wJt$'spb, hrBtabel, breathless, white
faced, white-eyed, stood shaking In ev
ery limb from her recent straii-bOt
safesafe! ( '
' "Poor, thing The doctor looked
pityingly at the woman, '- ".She has es
caped again. but" they never thought of
looking here,' I suppose. You have had
a bard fight yes 1 understand r
: "For . Hf." Pt In Chrlstabel,1 with
lip that trembled, as a shudder passed
through, her frame. ' " , ; j
. The doctor. whipped out a flask and
held it , to her , month. "Drink," he
commanded. And when she had done ,
his bidding, be turned and spoke kindly
to the cowering lunatic, "Come home
now," be said. "Miss Lacy, do you know
rreucu seamen are notably active and agile and this Is due, so It Is
averred, to the training they get while they are in their apprenticeship. Agility
Is systematically encouraged' and lightness of movement Is considered a very
great accomplishment Among the exercises given the younger seamen when
they enter the service Is that of rope ladder climbing, and the fellows soon
become as proficient at this as monkeys and climb up and down with great
speed. But the exercise. Is not restricted td the younger men alone, for It Is
quite necessary that the sailors keep In trim, so they are kept at the practice
a share of each week at least, and this Is why they have become famous for
their agile nioVemehts and their quick work. For many years they have had
a prestige for nimble movements, andvthat .this may in no wise be lost the
officer see to it that training is kept up throughput the naval service.
-V
jf..M i.r .attf.r
It fa nearly teatlme, and Masom will
be wondering where you are. You
should not take such long walks alone ;
they are not good for you."' The matter-of-fact
tones reached the poor dazed
brain; she still clutched the photo
graph. The doctor, raising bis eyes,
saw Chrlstabel looking at It with a
queer expression on her pretty face.
"Her lover," he supplied briefly In
low tones that reached only her ears.
"Poor thing, he died of cholera In India
ten years ago, and that was what turn
ed her brain!"
His name?" breathed Chrlstabel
"Henry Blaklston. Did you know'of lta ;own' conducted on modest prin-
him a lieutenant In the navy? She is
under a delusion that he is calling for
her, and that we are keeping them
apart. It Is getting damp on the
heather; we must be making tracks
now. I am more sorry than I can say
that this should have happened "
But the face Chrlstabel lifted to his
astonished him beyond measure. It lllslOT' ol wew ung.anu."
was radiant, glowing. I One hundred chimneys were leveled
"I am engaged to his brother," she 0 the roofs of tue nouses and fifteen
voluntered shyly, "and he is so like hundred were shattered In part The
that picture " ' i streets were covered with bricks which
"Ah, I see you Imagined they were had faIleD The ends of brlek Louse8
the same." The doctor was only hu-1 were tnrown down'
man and chuckled at the coincidence lt was flrst ,ntroduced with a noise
which had meant so much to his com-. llke Beveral coaches rattling over pave-"
panlon. "I congratulate you and must ; ""k or ratber llke mauy cart-loads
wish you good afternoon." j of PavIn stones thrown down. The
. He shook hands, and then proceeded flrst motlon wa8 a 8trong Pulsatlon
to lead bis patient away, without a'iwbJch tbTew house upward, imme-i
backward look. Chrlstabel turned her i dlately after a treujor succeeded, then
face towards the setting sun and her
lips-moved. "Thank God 1" h
fervently.
When Jim Blaklston came home not
many months afterwards on long
leave, he was told the, whole story.
"I should have let her , im. I'm
afraid. I should never have
ber," he said, looking at Chrlstabel's
happy face In wonder.
"You would have saved her," she an
swered proudly. "You are so brave;
besides, I can't explain properly, but I
did lt of necessity."
And then and there It dawned on the
young soldier that the reason account.
ed for many so-called mysterious things
or everyday lire. There are many he-,
roes wno are heroes "of necessity," of
whom the world never hears but they
are none the less heroes because of
that Philadelphia Telegraph.
Tht Old Sweetheart,
I saw an old sweetheart to-day, "
The one I loved of old, 1
And there were wrinkles in her cheeks,
And gray threads In the gold
Of her thick locks, gray for the years
The Jong years she bad told.
And we two talked of various things
: She said, "I thought I told.
You ere you left tha house ibis, mora
To leave some money." Cold
Was her tone and hard her look,
This sweetheart loved of old.
Houston Post ' :
MI -OI trail Bl-l.sr. 108.000.
. Raphael's portrait of the brother1
of Pope Leo X, dated 1514, has been
sold for ; $106,000, a, record price In
the Berlin art world.
Profit, of Britala'a Cotto Tns..
' The , capital represented by Great ,
Britain's cotton trade Is $2,000,000,000
a year, and the profits $350,000,000 a
y?af" ' ' j
Few photographers would care to'
take people for what they are worth,
BTJSSIAU BOYS ABB TJUBU1T.
Spirit aad Idea el Revolatloa ! All
Cluaea aad A(M.
The revolutionists, who constitute the
only single-minded, selfless organization
in Russia, are working early and late
to embody their ideal. And they are
manifestly making headway and gain
ing partisans. Peasants, workmen, pet
ty landed proprietors, schoolmasters,
ruidwlves, badly paid officials, embit
tered students, are all imbued with the
new Idea, which they In turn are
spreading. Whole categories of the
population, whole provinces of the em
pire, are possessed by the leveling
spirit' The southern and southeastern
Russian provinces, several districts on
the Volga, in the Caucasus and Poland
are Inoculated with the revolutionary
bacillus. Students In universities, boys
in Schools, children In the nursery, are
affected by this peculiar form of mad
ness. Instances are numerous. On March
2 a number of boys convoked a politi
cal meeting In the halls of the State
Grammar School of Tlflls and proceed
ed to make speeches against the gov
ernment The director, entering, sum
moned them to disperse, but they re
fused :and, employing force, drove the
director from the room.. In the Com
mercial SchooJ.of the FJpance Minis
try in the capital the boys of the two
classes ordered their teachers to give
them full marks for four months in
chemistry and Russian. Tiie masters
refused to deal with the matter other
wise than on Its merits, disorders en
sued and the two classes hindered other
classes from going to their lessons.
They also insulted the director, but the
School Board did not venture to punish
them. ' . -
Russian children are becoming "ex
propriators'highway robbers is the
term usually employed by Europeana
The other day on the outskirts of the
city of Krassnoyarsk three boys .of 14
set up as expropriators and assailed a
well-to-do peesant who came their way.
Three Davids against one Goliath.
They asked him for -.s money and
threatened his life. But the farmer,
being a muscular man, resisted, where
upon the boys opened fire upon hltn out
of a "monte crlsto" and a bullet en
tering his mouth knocked out a few of
his teeth, but he disabled them and
had them arrested. In Dunaburg a
number of children summoned an Im
portant meeting In the synagogue and
when the caretaker appeared and or
dered them to quit they wounded him
with a knife. Contemporary Review.
A BOSTON EARTHQUAKE,
Few cities have had experiences
I which will bear comparison with that
jof San Francisco and Kingston, but
Boston indulged once In a little "shake"
clPle8'yet spreading disaster and the
i 861186 rterror- 0u Nov. 18, 1755, "a
little after 4 on a 8erene and Pleasant
night," Boston was roused by an earth-
quake wblch lasted nearly five mlu
j ute8, A wrlter of the times glve8 au
account of the catastrophe, and Rev.
IIenry White quotes U ln his "Early
1 in8tanly a qulck vlbration wlta sudden
Jerks followed..
The first view I had was of the
steeples of the churches, and was glad
to see them standing, but the spindle
and vane of Faneull Hall Market were
thrown down.
Many persons ran Into the streets,
shrieking with apprehension of 1U be-
,ng ,ast day or the JudSment and
some thought they beard the last trum
pet sounding, and cried for mercy. The
beast creatures lowed, the birds flut
tered In surprise, and all the animal
creation was filled with terror. Every
face looked ghastly and many knees
sm0e tgner. isever was such a
Beene of dlsaster ,n New England be- j
The Chana-ea.bl. Man.
He said : "I'll go and seek my fate,
I'll pop the question, as to that!"
And thinking that attire had weight
He changed his hat
Remembering that women seem
To trust completely to the ey
Before they lapse in love's young dream.
He changed his tie.
"And," he observed, "one's footwear must
Be very stylish when be wooes,"
The pair he wore was flecked with dust
He changed his shoes.
"A woman's queer," be murmured then,
"She estimates my bat and boot
And tie" and so he stopped again
And changed his suit'
II. .t.rft nt an1 rl f r,t.
The way to pop the question best:
C1"4 nd fter thoughtful scan.
He changed bis vest.
. ...
Alas ! the lovelorn maiden waits
And tries to call herself resigned ;
Th man 00 longer hesitate .
H chn1 mlDl
"Chlcat port-
Many a man becomes a Jailbird
through his strenuous ehorts to feather
his nest. ' '
The first known book catalogue was
Issued In 15G4 In Augsburg, Germany,
by one George Wilier. It was a quarto
oi mueieeu (rages, ana recoraea ; ine
uues or two nunarea naa aity-slx
books arranged in classes. . i
IT 1 It.- . i . i . , I
:r "IUri" .- Promptly replied
- w UJ -uuauo Aieuiei Wr
vicuicim;, ui ouusuurg, wuo printed
the flrst edition of the Bible In 1405
or 1406. The first catalogue-In Eng
land was printed in 1595 by John Win
det for Andrew Maunsell, a bookseller.
Richard Harding Davis will make a
contribution to motor fiction with his
forthcoming book, 'The Adventures of
the Scarlet par." It Is an'aqcouut of
some exciting experiences that hap
pened to the Scarlet Car" and to the
girl and the men who were In lt. The
new story will be illustrated by Fred
erick Don Steel. .
The Cambridge History of English
Literature, which Is to follow the nlan
of the Cambridge Modern History, will
be published in fourteen volumes and
will cover the whole of English litera
ture from Beowulf to the end of the
Victorian age. Each chauter will be
the work of a writer especially familiar
with the subject, and the purpose of
the history Is to 'give a connected ac
count of the different movements, to
treat the minor writers adequately and
not to allow them to be overshadowed
by a few great personalities.
The largest ''library in the world.
which Is the BIbliotheque Natlouale at
Paris, contains three million volumes.
The next largest library is lu the Brit
ish Museum, where reposing ou musty
shelves are two million books. The
Imperial library at St Petersburg con
tains a million and a half volumes. The
New Xork City library Is the luraest
ln the United States and contains one
million fourteen thousand books. The
Harvard library Is the largest college
library la America, containing nine
hundred and ten thousand volumes.
The manuscript of Arthur H. Smith's
forthcoming book, "America and
China," bas reached the publishers
from Shanghai. Dr. Smith's skill as
a statesman has more than once called
him Into action as an unofficial repre
sentative of the United States In China
and as an ambassador of China In
America. The new volume attempts to
point out America's opportunities, ad
vantages and disadvantages as well as
responsibilities In the new era now
dawning In China. The author calls it
"an outline sketch ln charcoal of the
general relations between America and
China."
Commenting on the dispute between
Mr. Zangwlll and Bernard Shaw as to
how far they are merely commercial
ly minded ln Joining the Society of
Authors, Clement Shorter' says: "I
know no author who Is better at a bar
gain as to so much 'per thou' than
i Mr. ; Zangwlll ; I know no Journalist
who has given editors so much trouble
in past years as to the precise amount
he should receive per column as Ber
nard Shaw. On the other hand Mr,
Zangwlll bas given to the Ideal some
. of us think a most fantastic Ideal
(of Zionism an Infinity of labor which
.If he devoted to wrltlnar new novels
I would have brought him hundreds of
shekels that he has had to forego. Ber
nard Shaw again Is the least mercenary
of human beings. He Is generosity
personified, although bis hatred of cant
sometimes leads to his being uilsindor.
stood on this point."
WHEHE GYP WENT,
Jmr.red 184 Rf Ilea la a W.ek to
... H.r p.BDl.
Gyp, an 18-months-old fox terrier, be
longing to Harry C. Fisher of No. 0H0
Fast Seventh street, south, has distin
guished herself again,' writes a Suit
Lake City correspondent to the Boston
Evening Globe.
While on a visit at Weston. Idaho.
with her master during the last sum-,of
mer Gyp first attracted attention. Mr,
Fisher stayed at a ranch owned by
August Jensen. One day by barking
and yelping and jumping lu front of
her master she aroused his curiosity.
This done, she led blin to a litter of
llttJe blinking puppies. Gyp's family
dwindled down to two before many
weeks bad passed. When Mr. Flshe
was ready to come home Gyp bad been
with her little charges six weeks.
The time bad now come to say trood-
u n 1 t . . . ei .u r i I
ujr, ujy wua uruugui it) jsmi i.HKe ana
her ntirmies wer. ktmt at th Jonun
ranch.
About four weks ago Mr. Flaher
missed Gyp. Believing she hud goae
but a short distance, he did not become
worried until she had been away from
home for a whole day. The Fisher
family grieved over their loss, thinking
. . .....
Gvd bad been stolen or killed
A happy thought struck Mr. Fisher
two weeks ago. He dropped a post
card to August Jensen, Weston, Idaho,
and a few days later an answer was!atly r8r'lzed ' " Ms. Turning
received.' , j around, be Inquired bow much be ssk-
Tbe message brought the startling
lnformatlonn that Gvd had reachl
the Jensen ten days before.
"TIa si rrlva 1 wttttm tha amssIaii
much rejoicing In the kennel." read the ' , Now 7 "V? fcetul dlsposi
note. "The two pups and Gyp barked Jlon, my friend let the matter go. at
and rolled each other aroond in great at Can ouat New Yor
nape." Bun- - - , , ,;
Gyp covered 124 miles In six or seven ' Tha path of duty leads to. bappl
days to see her two babies, neas. ( ',, ,.t
itci , n ua iio WLUOiuu ul .
"William, were you ever whipped at
school?" queried the visitor. "Only by
the teacher,", was the rather signifi
cant reply. , .
11 "Harry ," said the visitor, "do von
; know your letters yet?; "No, ma'am,"
' repiied the little fellow
"i m not the
mail carrier."
"Now, boys," said the teacher, "how
many months have twenty-eight days?"
the
youngster at the foot of the class.
Mamma Why. Tommy. I'm surprls-
ed at your actional Small Tommy--
You're always beln' s'Drised at me.
mamma. I guess I'm a rezular s'Drise
package, ain't I? - . ":
Little Dot My dollie's mamma must
have beeu an awful wicked lady.
Mamma Why do you think so, dear?
Little Dot She never taught her to
say her prayers, 'cause her knees won't
bend.
A little 5-year-old miss was standing
on the hotel steps gazing anxiously up
the street "Are vou looklnir' for
husband, little girl?" asked one of the
guests. "Yes, sir," was the prompt re
ply ; "for mamma's uusbund."
Little Elsie's big sister was exnlaln-
Ing to her the wonderful powers of tha
sun, saying: "It shines everywhere on
the earth." Elsie, after thinking for
a moment, asked : "Then why doesn't
lt shine In grandpa's bedroom?"
Anxious Mother Why, Johnny, what
has become of your baby sister? John
nyI dunno. ; Anxious Mother-r-But
she was here In the rpm with you a
rew minuies ago. johnny Well, don t
worry about her. I guess you'll find
her wheu you sweep. .j ,,
Little 4-year-old Helen, was dlulnir
with her mother at a neighbor's, and
the hostess, In an attempt to be en
tertaiuing, asked her it she liked kit
tens. Helen looked suspiciously at the
chicken potple on . her plate, then re
plied: "I dess not; I dess I'd ruvver
have some cake." ; . . . ' '
TONS OP PRECIOUS ST0NE3.
Eatlmat of . Output of Dl
Sllnea ThroDg-hout the World.
Like all precious metals and stones.
the unit of weight usunlly employed ln
regard to diamonds Is the carat, of
whlcu 151 go to make un a slnirla
ounce. To think of sacks of diamond
by the ton staggers the huugluatlon ;
indeed, the average annual output pf
the Klinberley mines Is not more than
half a ton all told.
Statistics have been nubllshed recent
ly at Cape Town giving the outnut for
several years past of the Klmberley
mines and the river diggings. These
yielded In the three years 1003-05 near
ly 7,2o0,000 catats, iay, a ton and a
half. The monetary value of these dia
monds was 14,450,000.
Since the first diamond was discov
ered on the banks of the Vaal in loUT
down to the end of 1000 It Is estimated
that the total weight of diamonds ex
tracted from tae Urlqualand mines l
over thirteen and a half tons, of a mar
ket value of fully 95,000,000.
If statistics of this sort can be trust
edand In the case of fho South Airl
can yield they closely approximate fro
the facts only seventeen tons of dia
monds had been mined all over th
world to the end of 1901. With th
same relative output since that vmp
from Brazil and India the world's out
put of diamonds is now more than
twenty tons.
The figure seems small, considering
the ages diamonds have been workirf
In India and elsewhere In the East,
and ; must be largely guesswork ' wlta
respect to the output In antlauitv: i
is, however, certain that more dia
monds have been placed on the tr.rket
In the last forty than In the previous
1 " T lmj ". PV'
thousand yearsPall Mall Gazette
GOT WATCH BACK CLEABLY,
Lock of m Victim of Pickpocket In a)
Thaw Crowd. 1
"Having his watch stolen from him
and offered for sale back to him In an
hour was what happened to a friend
mIne vhm crowds gathered at tha
newspaper imiietin boards waiting for
news of the Thaw Jury," said a citi
zen. "It happened this way:
"An old friend of mine was standing
among others waiting for news of the
Thaw Jury when suddenly he felt 'a
twitch at bis watch pocket and bis
wutch was gone. Not being sure of his
ground, be kept his loss to himself and
walked away from the crowd. '
"After transacting a little business
In the neighborhood he turned toward
.- v
, drink be Stepped Into a saloon
nome. Keuiemuering tnat he wanted a
"IIe was ,n the midst of his story,
tellln the sympathetic bartender of bn
experience, with bis back to the door,
when a volee batk of hhn broke lnt
jthe conversation, ordered a drink and
a8ked the tfrluk mixer if he had any
' uw for a watch, mentioning the fact
. that thniA n oa nnn 4. Kn I. .. 1 ...
The barkeeper, having my friend .in
mind, asked to see the watch and turn
ed H over to my friend, who immedl-
,M ror tno,mei)lece' rne tWet..wco.
nlzed hl ,at vktlm ail1 maJ lt
for the door, taking good care to leave
the watcu behind.
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