LONESOME IN TOWN.
Ths long day wanes, the fog shuts down.
The eave-trough spouts and sputters;
The rain sighs through the huddled town
And mumbles in uue gutters.
The emptied thoroughfares become
Long streams of eery light ;
They issue from the mist and, dumb.
Flow onward out of sight.
The snarling trolley grumbles past,
Its snapping wire glows ;
kgain where yon pale light is cast
The back man's horses doze.
tn vain the bargain windows wink,
The passers-by are few ;
The grim walls stretch away and shrink
In dull electric blue.
A stranger hurries down the street,
Hat dripping, face aglow ;
O happy feet, O homing feet,
I know where mine would go!
For oil, far over hills and dells
The cows come up the lane,
With steaming, flanks and fog-dulled bells
A-tinkle in the rain.
Youth's Companion.
The Woodman
"Now, little mother, if you say
'Roger' to me again I'll refuse to make
his acquaintance when we get back.
It's bad enough to hear the girls rave
over him and his good looks, and to he
asked silly questions about his life
abroad, and if he really is engaged to
Lady Westhrook In London. How do I
know? I told Laura the other day I
didn't know him, had never seen him,
and have a great mind to disown him
as a relative. For heaven's sake, don't
mention Roger's name again!"
Myrtle's mother, whs was reading a
novel In a comfortable chair while her
maid brushed her handsome gray hair
looked up and laughed easily.
"You can't help meeting him, child.
and knowing him this fall. He's the
lion of the house since his book on the
Central American explorations came
out. He Is a very nice, good-looking
young man ; I really don't see why you
would disclaim him for a cousin. I am
sure he wrote you quite a pleasant note
when he got back. If you had accepted
his invitation and gone on his touring
car, you would have enjoyed It im
mensely. His auto "
"Oh, yes, I know," said Myrtle,
laughing. "It is the finest motor car
ever seen in these parts. Laura told
me all about it, and how delightful
Roger made himself. If he wants to
preserve his self-respect and retain
proper understanding of himself and
his merits, he had better go back
among his Aztec ruins and the tombs of
dead kings, and get away from all
these women who flatter him and from
our sensational social whirl. I be
lieve It Is more his millions than hU
book that makes him so dreadfully
popular. I'lease don't mention'' him
again."
Mrs. Cartson smiled at her handsome
daughter, who was puMIng on her
gloves to go out, and agreed.
"Very well. We'll taboo Roger and
keep him at a distance. I daresay he
found the ancient civilization as good
as ours. The Aztecs lived in Mexico,
you know. Remember, we leave at
the end of the week. Do drive to
Then followed a list of commissions.
to which Myrtle listened dutifully Rut
when in her coupe, driving down the
avenue, Myrtle thought of Roger more
than of her shopping.
It was a relief the week following to
get away from friends and intimates
(so dreadfully prone to gossip and
scandal), the noise and dust of the city
and its manifold and sometimes wear
ing social exactions, of which Myrtle
had had rathor a surfeit all through
tho winter and the equally gay spring.
She and her mother agreed that two
months of a quiet life on the very top
of the mountains, where they would
see no one and would spend the cool
summer days driving long distances or
rambling Idly through the great prim
eval forest, would he pleasurable by
way of contrast, besides being extreme
ly recuperative.
One special June day Myrtle, coming
down a path, saw a young fellow In
rough garb, flannel shirt, leather belt,
rough trousers, boots and a felt hat,
pulled down over his face, cutting
down a towering hemlock, which had
been partly killed by lightning.
"Rest looking mountaineer I've seen
yet," thought Myrtle, sitting down on a
fallen and decayed log to watch him
I ml see the fall of the tree.
The tall hemlock quivered and shook
under the sharp strokes of the cleverly
wielded ax, and It was evident Its fall
was approaching.
Pausing and looking up to shape the
direction of Its crash, the woodman for
the first time saw Myrtle sitting on the
tog and watching him.
Seizing her by the arm, he dragged
her rapidly to one side, and none too
toon.
Quivering in Its great length and
bending, first slowly and majestically,
theu coming down with lightning sieed
and a tremendous crash, the forest
giant accepted Its doom and fell to the
earth. Its sparse branches spread
around, covering the very sjwt where
Myrtle had sat.
"I suppose my hat and sketch book
are gone forever. I'll never get them
out from under those branches, I don't
mind the hat, but I would hate to lose
mjr sketches," Myrtle said ruefully.
"You came near losing something
much more valuable," the mountaineer
old, smiling down at the purple-blue
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eyes and long black lashes. "What
made you sit so near? Did you not see
the tree was going to fall in your
direction? You would have been
crushed if I hadn't pulled you to a
place of safety. I hope I was not too
rough; Did I hurt your arm?"
"You certainly did. Rut as I owe
you my life I won't quarrel with you
over that. Indeed, I am most grateful.
If you hadn't been so quick I would be
where my hat Is now, under that huge
trunk. How frightfully big a tree
looks when It Is down ; Just see how it
has crushed the smaller ones."
"Sit on the stump while I try to un
earth your book. You look quite pale,"
he said, brushing off some chips with
his hat to make a more presentable
seat.
"A remarkable looking man," Myrtle
thought, as be sprang over the fallen
trunk and pulling aside the branches,
tried to discover the sketch book.
Returning presently with some torn
leaves he presented them to Myrtle.
"That is all I could rescue, I am
sorry to say. Did you draw those
sketches? The view of the valley and
hill Is certainly excellent."
The woodman and Myrtle met again,
this time at the weir above the mill.
Myrtle sat on a rock fishing for speck
led trout, and the woodman came
sauntering down to the water's edge,
I OWE YOU MY LIFE.
possibly to Inspect the forest growth
around.
The woodman seemed distinctly
pleased to see her, and Myrtle saw no
reason why she could not be polite and
gracious to a man who had saved her
from a horrible death a few days be
fore, so they chatted pleasantly, and
Myrtle was surprised to find it was
growing late before she knew it They
shook hands and parted.
"It's a horrid bore, but I suppose
we'll have to go, little mother. They
will le drendfully offended If we de
cline. Who wauts to dance a cotillon
at a mountain hotel? It's as bad as
bridge," sighed Myrtle.
At 8 that night they drove up to the
Green Park hotel. Getting out of the
trap and walking leisurely up to the
porch, Myrtle stopped suddenly, and
laying her hand on her mother's black
lace sleeve, said with a short gasp,
Mother!"
"What Is it Myrtle? You frighten
me to death! Are you 111?"
"The woodman! The man who res
cued me when the tree was falling on
me."
'Where, Myrtle? Show him to me.
I wish to thank him," said Mrs. Cars-
ton, raising her lorgnon. "Why, if
that Is not Roger! What In the world
brought you to these wilds? So glad
to see you. Roger, my daughter
Myrtle. Perhaps you don't know it,
but you are distantly related. How
well you are looking. Do look after
us and save us from the hol-pollol."
Mrs. Carston was awn surrounded
hy the inmates of the hotel, being a
pleasing and fashionable woman.
Roger led Myrtle to a comfortable
sofa on the porch.
Mrs. Cartson was gracious and ani
mated.
'So It was Roger who saved Myrtle's
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of the season.
Is Taking in Summer Boarders.
life! It Is preordained!" sne reflected,
with suppressed Jubilation. New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
EMFBESS PLIE3 NEEDLE.
Kalsertn Spends Moors Sewing on
Cruise of Hohensollern to Corfu.
The Imperial voyage to Corfu wat
one long delight to the Empress of Ger
many, not, however, solely on account
of the, change of scene, but because sin
was able to devote so much time dur
ing the cruise of the Hohenzollern from
port to port to an occupation not often
connected with queens that of needle
work, says the Philadelphia North
American. Day after day, seated un
der an awning on deck, she passed
hours plying the needle, the Emperor
from time to time approaching and
watching with interest the progress of
her work.
Her majesty is a cM.er needlewomai.
but favors chochet work rather than
sewing. All the embroidery of her per
sonal linen Is of her own handiwork.
She Is also an expert in the use Oi
knitting needles, and on one occasion,
several years ago, surprised the Em
peror on his birthday by presenting him
with a pair of woolen stockings which
she herself had knitted. These his
majesty, however, has never worn, but
he appreciated the gift so highly that
the stockings have occupied a promi
nent place In his private apartments
at the palace over since.
While the Imperial yacht was In
course of preparation for her voyage
to Corfu, a case was brought aboard,
with orders that It should be unpacked
and placed In the Emperor's cabin. It
contained her majesty's workbox her
only one which she had used ever
since her marriage.
The only daughter of the imperial
family, Princess Augusta Louise, Is fol
lowing In her mother's footsteps. The
young princess, who as yet has a very
limited allowance of money at her dis
posal, has to depend upon her own
handiwork in order to make birthday
and Christmas presents to her father
and mother and the other members of
the Imperial family, by whom her small
gifts are highly appreciated.
ROYAL SEAMSTRESS.
Italy's Queen Delights In Making;
Clothes for Her Babies.
Although Queen Helena of Italy is
now tho mother of a gaod-slzed family,
consisting of three girls and a boy, she
seems to enjoy preparing the most
elaborate layettes for each new arrival.
The wardrobe for the latest little
daughter, Princess Giovanni, Is even
more elaborate than the one made for
the first child, whom the whole nation
devoutly prayed might be a son and
heir, but who bears the name of Prin
cess Yolanda.
Many of the little garments were
made by the Queen herself, who Is an
expert needlewoman, like several other
European queens. She designed some of
the embroidery and the monograms
which mark each piece In the layette.
The crown is always In the monogram.
Sometimes it is embroidered on the
hem of the little dress or petticoat,
sometimes under the coat collar and Id
other conspicuous places.
Queen Helena also made the soft, ex
quisite pillow on which the babe was
placed soon after birth and presented
by the ministers to the members of the
court. According to law the ministers
must become sponsors to the nation
that the child Is really royal and not a
strong plebeian smuggled In to take
the place of a puny one. This pillow
was fashioned so that the babe could
be slipped cozlly Into the case and tied
In. It had a white satin cover under a
slip of sheerest linen and Valenciennes
lace, and the babe's head rested against
an embroidered design of the erowu
and a dove carrying In Us bill an
olive branch, the symlwl of peace.
Different.
"Did he propose to you last night?'
"No."
"Rut I heard you say, 'This is so sud
den'!"
"He was paying me some money h
owed me." Houston Post.
ItiiWntion
The Rrltish government In India 's
;onsiderlug a project to link together
the rivers Indus, Jhelam, Chenab, Beas,
Ravi and SutleJ, In order to equalize
the flow of water for irrigation pur
poses. Thus when there is a flood in
one of the rivers a part of the water
can be diverted to a point where it
may be more needed. In this way it is
believed that the district of the Pun
Jab, a name which means the Five Riv
ers, can be assured a sufficient water
"upply at all seasons.
The Philippine Journal of Science
recently published a list of 63 kinds of
trees growing in the Philippine Islands,
producing wood of commercial Im
portance, belonging for the most part,
to families and genera but little known
to the botanists of the temperate zone.
The list Includes only dicotyledonous
woods, and not. the palms, bamboos and
screw-pines which also abound In the
islands. An Interesting fact is that
growth rings seem to be characteristic
of only a part of the Philippine trees.
Many show rings of seasoned growth
when young, but not afterward.
An important phenomenon of recent
recognition In bacteriology, says Dr.
Simon Flexner, is'that of the "microbe
carrier," by which Is meant an indi
vidual who harbors disease-germs while
aiparently suffering no ill effect him
Belf. The existence of such cases has
been known for some time with regard
to the bacteria of diphtheria, but more
recently the phenomenon . has been
shown to extet for the germs of ty
phoid, dysentery, plague, cholera, and
many other Infectious Protozoa. Bac
teriologlsts are also learning, says
Doctor Flexner, that while the forc;s
of Immunity may be In active opera
tion as far as tests with blood made
outside the body indicate, the very
bacteria from and against which such
forces have developed may be still sur
viving In the body.
Commenting upon a recent German
book on the interior state of the earth,
Dr. A. C. Lane, well known for his re
searches on this difficult subject, makes
a very Interesting remark. He says
that without making a sweeping state
ment at the start, as to the gaseous in
terior of the earth, it is perhaps safe
to say, in view of what we know, that
"some of the elements of the earth's
Interior are in a gaseous condition, and
the earth, for them at least, might be
likened to a toy balloon, but one In
which the gas was so condensed, under
such pressure, that one could easier
dent a steel ball than It. Under con
ditions of temperature not easy to dis
prove, that should be the condition of
all the earth's elements toward the
center." Dr. Lane adds that the study
of seismic vibrations will probablp set
tle this question.
The average citizen, it is safe to say,
has a very hazy Idea concerning the
size and constitution of the United
States Army. A writer in Harper's
Weekly, gives some interesting facts
bearing upon this matter. The gov
ernment dreams of an army number
ing 70,000 men. The present strength
Is 57,000. Of the theoretical 70,000
soldiers the fifteen regiments of cav
alry, which never lack their full com
plement, comprise nearly 14,000 officers
and men; the six regiments of field
artillery, 5,500; the coast artillery
corps close upon 20,000; the ; thirty
regiments of infantry, 27,000; the
engineers, 2,000, and the remainder
consist of the staff corps, Indian
scouts, and a small number of native
soldiers in Porto Rico and the Philip
pines. Tho total number of commis
sioned officers amounts to about 3,900.
LONDON POLICE.
Poorly Paid Brltlxhera Who Cannot
Do Bribed.
The police of London, England, have
just been through a severe Investiga
tion by a royal commission which is
a sort of glorified legislative commit
tee. All sorts of people came forward
with charges against the police, but
only two or three alleged that they
had bribed policemen, and In every
case the charges were lacking in proof
and were regarded as merely spiteful
hy the members of the commission.
Nearly every police magistrate In Lon
don gave evidence, and they all agreed
that the police were Incorruptible.
High tribute was paid recently to
Rrltish police court methods and Brit
ish policemen by Police Magistrate
Hogan, of New York, who not long
ago was a London visitor. He said:
"Everybody is treated alike, and I like
the way your police do their duty.
They don't seera to forget things over
night, as many members of the New
York force often seem to do. I should
say that the Loudon policeman is re
markably honest and far too good for
he Job, considering the pay he gets."
The magistrate, whom the cops con
sider their worst enemy in the London
police courts, Is Mr. I'lowden. Mr.
Plowdeu's treatment of policemen, pros
ecuting In the witness box, is one of the
sights of the town. But even he does
not believe that the English policeman
would accept a bribe not to Ho his
luly.
The saloon law is very strict in Eng
land, and the opportunity Is large for
the species of "graft" said to be plen
tiful In many American cities.
The pay of the English police force
is miserable compared with American
police salaries. In London ?6 a week
Is a cop's pay after a year's probation.
With this In view possibly there might
be- more bribery and corruption, more
open "graft," but for the organization"
and discipline of the force. These are
simply superb. The roundsman, ser
geant and inspector. In England really
work. The- constable on the street
dares not get off the beaten track. The
punishment meted out to erring police
men is Intensely severe. There are no
mere reprimands. The English cop
must be without blemish or instant
dismissal without any red-tape or ap
peal results.
CEMENT SCHOOL BUILDING.
Colli nnrood School Horror Leads to
Citadel Scheme.
Following the recent Colllnwood,
Ohio, school fire horror, In which 169
children lost their lives, an unusual
type of cement constructon for school
buildings is proposed In the Cement
Age. Use of the new construction, it
Is insisted, will absolutely guard
against perils of fire and panic, such
as occurred at Colllnwood.
The main feature of the new type le
a circular, central citadel, extending
from basement to roof, an Independent
structure around which school rooms
can be built. These are connected
with the -citadel by fire doors. Inside
the citadel, which is to be fireproof,
are stairways of sufficient capacity to
PROPOSED CEMENT CITADEL.
provide for the ready exit of the chil
dren. Once inside the citadel, the chil
dren can take their time in leaving,
as it is heat and smoke proof. A stand
pipe, running from the water mains
to the roof, gives firemen an oppor
tunity to work in a protected position,
the walls being punctured with numer
ous loop holes through wheh the hose
can be operated.
WHY DTD SHE LOWER THE GASr
Man Who Proponed in the Sigrn I.nn-srnaa-e
Is Puzsled.
A certain gentleman, who is an ex
pert in the sign language, relates that
one morning lately he was on the top
of a tramcar when he became interest
ed in a discussion betwen two mutes,
says the Bystander.
"I want your advice," "said one ol
"them, using his hands as vocal organs.
"I shall be happy to oblige you,"
said the other.
"Are you well up In the tricks of wo
men?" inquired the first one.
The second man modestly admitted
that he knew something of the gentle
sex, although he disclaimed being an
oracle.
"Well," resumed the one who wanted
advise, "you know I am in love with
Mabel. At last I made up my mind to
propose to her. Last night I made the
attempt."
"And she refused you?" eagerly In
quired his friend, his hands trembling
with excitement
"That Is what I am coming to," said
the first. "I don't know whether she
did or not. You see, I was somewhat
embarrassed, and the words seemed to
stick on my hands. And there she sat
as demure as a dove. Finally my
fingers stuck together, aud I could not
say a word. Then Mabel got up and
lowered the gas."
"Well?"
"Well, what is bothering me is this .
Did she do that to encourage me aud
relieve my embarrassment, or did she
do it so that we could not see to talk,
and so stop my proposal ?"
A Man's Necktie.
Ever since a regiment of Croatian
soldiers marched into Paris three cen
turies ago with their necks swathed
In silk, and Louis XIV., delighted at
their appearance, decided to adopt the
fashion himself, the cravat In itsva
rlous changing forms has played an Im
portant part In the attire of men. And
so reliable is it supposed to be as an
index to its wearer's personal charac
teristics that Buff on, the French sa
vant, was once led to remark, "The cra
vat makes the man."
A Hard One.
Tommy Say, mamma? v
Mamma Well, what is it. Tommy?
Tommy How does a deaf and dumb
boy say his prayers when he happens
to have a sore finger? Kansas City In
dependent Sls;hs.
A maiden sighed.
Alone was she;
She was beside ,
Herself, you sea.
Detroit Free Press. -
FHE WEEKLY
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sift iss
J 215 Magna Charts signed by King
John.
1009 Champlain left Quebec to explore
the lake which bears his name.
1610 Champlain defeated the Iroquois
near the mouth of the Rlehelieu
river.
1706 Madrid entered by the English and
Portuguese.
1741 Alliance between ' George II. of
England and Marie Theresa of Aus
tria. 1745 Louisbourg, N. S., taken by tha
British from the French.
1775-:Battle of Bunker Hill.
1778 British evacuated Philadelphia.
1793 City of Archangel, in northern
Russia, nearly destroyed by fire.
1795 Union College founded at Schenec
tady, N. Y.
1S12 United States Congress declared
war against Great Britain.
1815 Battle of Waterloo.
1819-The Savannah, first steamer to
cross the Atlantic, arrived at Liver
pool.... The State of Maine separat
ed from Massachusetts.
1820 The Earl of Dalhousie assumed of
fice as governor of Canada.
1831 Reform bill reintroduced "n tha
British Parliament.
1837 Accession of late Queen Victoria
, on the death of William IV.
1839 Total defeat of the Turkish army
by Ibraham Pasha on the Euphrates.
1840 Montreal and Quebec incorporated
as cities. 1
1850 -Steamer Griffith burned on Laks
Erie with loss of 300 lives. .
1853 Termination of the Burmese war.
1856-President of the United States rec
ognized the filibuster Gen. Walker as
President of Nicaragua.
1859 Repulse of the French and English
squadron on the Peiho. . .Commodore
Tatnall of United States navy, in
Chinese waters, made his famous ut
terance: "Blood is thicker than
water."
1863 Japanese ports closed to European
and American traders. . -
1864 Alabama sunk by the Kearsarge.
1867 Execution of Maximilian, Emperor
of Mexico. .. .North German consti
tution promulgated.
1868 Mumaita evacuated by the Para
guayans. .
1869 Kansas negroes petitioned Con
gress for suffrage.
1870 Treaty of peace between Brazil
and Paraguay.
1871 Corner stone for the New York
-State eapitol laid at Albany.
1872 Earl of Dufferin assumed office as
governor general of Canada.
1890 Armenians massacred by Turk
near Erzerum.
1.893 'Monument unveiled in Waldheim
cemetery, Chicago, in memory of the
"Haymarket anarchists."
ISOo Baltic canal opened by Emperor
William.
1900 Spain ceded the Caroline Islands, to
Germany. , "v""
1903 Regina, Saskatechewan, incorpo
rated as a city.
1907 Tl;e French chamber voted to sup
press the agitation in the wine grow
ing districts by force.... The Mayor
of New York .turned the first sod la
the construction of the Catskill water
supply. . . .President Roosevelt signed
a treaty with Santo Domingo.
V iOLLEAES
The Chicago Board of Education hat
decided to bar all candidates for positions
as teachers in the public schools who ara
over 50 years old.
The Minnesota school for the deaf thik
year graduated seven, students, each of
whom has learned a trade, in addition to
his academic training.
Contractors are now at work on a
building to be erected at the Minnesota
school for the deaf, which will cost closs
to $50,000 and is to be completed this
Tear.
President Northrop of the University
of Minnesota notified the students that
any one having unpaid bills outstanding
at the close of Che school year would not
be graduated. .
At the annual meeting of the alumni
of the Minnesota school for the blind,
held at Faribault, Dr. Dorr, superin
tendent of the school, was presented witk
gold-headed cane.
At Reno, Nev., the entire State took
i holiday the other day to celebrate the
dedication of the Mackay School of Mines
and the reception of the statue of Mac
kay, both being presented to the Stata
and University of Nevada by Clarence EL
Mackay and his mother.
In revenge for the passage of a prold
Sition law in Alabama, which deprived ths
schools of Mobile city and county of $S0v
000 annual revenue, the anti-prohibitionists
at a special etectioa.- defeated a pro
posal to levy a special one mill school
tax, leaving the schools without financial
support
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