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MOONLIT MEADOWS.
On these white nighu, when over hill and
wood
The brooding mystery of midnight lies,
Beneath the glad enchantment of the skies
The moonlit .meadows spread their
quietude. .
Drenched in the deluge of effulgent light
Their dew-swept reaches, sweet with new
mown hay,
Into the hazy distance stretch away,
And lose their brightness in the folds of
night.
The far-off hills recede Ueyond the plain,
And this expanse of moonlight meadow
seems
The lan1 we may have visited in dreams.
But may not find when day returns again.
Earth's weary train of days remoter
, grows,
The voice of care sounds faint, and dies
away
.And all distress that waits upon the day
: Fades from the memory like forgotten
woes.
Peace on tlie troubhd earth when day is
flown !
Silence that falls across the clash of
strife
And fleeting glimpses of that higher life
That speaks In other language than our
own.
Fair moonlit meadows! Nature's open
page
Which we with clouded vision vainly
trace,
Yet Ml to read the meaning of its grace
Whose message is withheld from age to
age.
Youth's Companion.
I accepted my Aunt Maltrevor's in
vitation to her river picnic, for the
simple reason that I dared not refuse.
A broken leg or a doctor's certificate
that you have something Infectious ace
the only excuses Airs. Maltrevor recog
nizes, and I could produce neither, lie
sides, Dulclnea was sure to be there
and public opinion would exiiect me to
be In attendance.
I may, perhaps, say a few straight
forward words about Mrs. Maltrevor
later. Dulclnea you will take for grant
ed. I cannot describe her she is
neither the most beautiful, the most
accomplished nor the cleverest of the
girls I know; but there Is that about
her wbjK'h is beyond the power of ad
Jcetlvea to describe. Most men will
.-understand nit, they all know at least
one girl of that sort.
I perhaps might mention that I have
always known Dulclnea; we grew In
beauty, so to speak, on opposite sides
of the same road ; and when she put up
her hair, I started smoking. When
"She left school, 1 proposed and she re
fused mo. Unfortunately our friends
(and for the moment the definition
must Include Aunt Maltrevor) don't
know this, and they smile on us both
In the fatuous way that the world al
ways does reserve for matrlnional fol
ly. And when Dulclnea gets up a prom
ising flirtation (as she did with Jack
Guthrie In the spring) people only
murmur "Lovers' quarrel," while if I
pay ardent if somewhat spasmodic at
tention to some other girl (Dulclnea
declares I flirted outrageously with
Daisy Gordon at the Hockey Dance) I
only hear a whisper, "Oh, those foolish
young people." So you see my position.
Now about the picnic.
Mrs. Maltrevor's picnics are pretty
Important things. The country people
are always represented, and as many as
three motor cars have been garaged on
her tennis lawn at the same time; while
the reporter of the local paper always
spreads himself on a florid report of
the function, which I (acting under my
aunt's orders), rigorously sub-edit.
On the present occasion I rather
wanted to see Dulclnea; she bad Just
had her twenty-first birthday, and 1
had sent her some red roses and n short
poem which began :
A poet, miss, would write a sonnet
Felicitating you upon it.
so naturally I wanted to see how she
would take It.
Arriving punctually at 1 :."0, at the
lock which Mrs. Maltrevor had ap
pointed as rendezvous, I found the lady
surrounded by the youth and beauty of
Maston (this phrase I deleted regularly
from the local reporter's outburst) and
simply overflowing with good humor.
This, as I discovered later, was partly
because my Uncle Maltrevor had got
toothache, partly because sre had roped
In n broken-down baronet for the picnic.
Dulclnea I could not see for the mo
ment (she had gone off, I found, to look
for forget-me-nots with Jack Guthrie),
so, having been presented to Sir Hugo
Jones, I retired Into private life and
made myself agreeable to Daisy
Gordon.
A small flotilla of boats lay In the
stream ready for us, and as soon as my
aunt had Introduced the baronet to
everyone except Mrs. Neville Ponsonby
and the lion. Ethel Ponsonby (whom
she had asked specially to snub), we
Hgan to embark.
I watclunl the process with admira
tion. My Aunt Maltrevor being my
uncle's mistake nml not my own. I do
not pretend to understand her, but
there Is little doubt that, excluding her
toupee, nud her complexion, she Is com
posed mainly of tact. If such a thing
had been conceivable, I should liava
said she winked at nie as she despatch
ed Jack Guthrie off with Daisy Uordoti
on one of the first boats to start, ami,
conceivable or not, I believe she did
wink as she waved her hand to me In
parting, having left Dulclnea and me to
bring up the rear lu a single sculler.
"Too cannot flght against Fate when
it has Mrs. M. on Its side," I observed
as I handed Dulclnea Into the Saucy
Jane, "i'ou know It's really rather
funny the way people throw us at
each tther It ought to amuse you."
"It doesn't to any extent," said Dul
clnea, moodily steering Into the bank.
"If you don't want to take the over
land route, perhaps I'd better row."
"Perhaps I'd better steer, you mean,"
I retorted. "You've got the ropes cross
ed. Pull your left quick." Too late
crash ! I had seen, but not soon enough
to avert a collision, that we are bead
ing straight for a barge moored by the
towpalh. We did not capsize, but we
lost a lot of paint and woke up the
bargee. At Dulcluea's request I rowed
as fast as I could to get out of earshot
Indeed, we should soon have over
hauled the rest of the party had not
Dulclnea suddenly burst out with a
slight exclamation:
"We have sprung a leak," she said
tremulously.
I stopped rowing. I knew' Dulclnea
well enough to be sure that the tremor
was on behalf, not of herself, but of
her elegant river gown, for she swims
a little better than a mermaid; but the
leak was a leak for all that, and from
behind the steering-seat came a little
gushing stream of water, bubbling quite
viciously around Dulclnea 's shoes. I
rowed quickly to the nearest shore
I lint of a little wooded island, twenty
yards across, In the middle of the river.
Here we debarked In good order, but
even ns we did so Fate stepped In again.
The boat in some inexplicable way
wrenched Itself out of my hand and be
gan to drift down the stream.
"I believe you did that on purpose,"
said Dulclnea, as I leaned over In a
vain effort to reach our craft.
"Just like your beastly vanity," I
said in a brotherly way (Dulclnea had
often offered to be a sister to me).
"Why, do you suppose I want to be
cooped up on a desert Island with you
In your present temper? Fortunately
I have plenty of cigarettes."
"Oh, very well, then," said Dulclnea,
with withering scorn. "So long as you
are happy, I don't mind starving for a
few hours."
(She had, I know; lunched at 1; it
was now 3.)
Shortly afterwards she turned her
back upon me and began pensively nib-
bllng at dandelion leaves. I commend
ed this step highly, and told her they
were most' nourishing, though rather
bitter.
I supposo we must have sat In silence
for quite half-nn-hour after that. I
smoked and Dulclnea sulked. At the
end of that time she asked me In her
brightest way the date of the Tennis
Tournament. (This Is a desperately
Important affair and as many as five
motor cars have been garaged In the
town at one and the same time during
Its progress.)
I told Dulclnea the date, and slanged
the style of all the local ladles lu a
way that went straight to her' heart.
We conversed quite amicably.
"Guthrie Is almost sure to win the
Singles, of course," I remarked care
lessly. "Is he?" said Dulclnea, apparently
neither surprised nor Interested. "But
where do you come In? You used to
play some sort of a game?"
"O, I shall enter, no doubt," I ad
mitted. "But Uuthrle'll win. I hear
he's come on a lot."
"Perhaps you will have a chance In
the Mixed Doubles," suggested Dul
clnea, Inocetitly. "Who are you play
ing with?"
"I may not enter at all If I see any
really good couples," I countered. "You,
for Instance, If you have a strong part
ner. Let's see, It's Guthrie, Isn't It?"
"Possibly," agreed Dulclnea.
"I mean, has he asked you to play?"
I went ou.
He had not. for Dulclnea was almost
disconcerted, and swished her gloves at
a harmless butterfly.
"Never mind," I said, "he will."
"I didn't say he hadn't," said Dul
clnea. sharply.
I lit a cigarette.
"And If he does," she declared, In a
sudden burst of graclousness, "I I'll
play with you, If you like."
Dulclnea Is never so dangerous as lu
her gracious mood.
"Dulclnea," I said, kneeling on a
wasp by her side (how hard It Is to
kneel gracefully ou a wasp), "Dul
clnea oh, hang It all!"
The plash of oars fell on my ears,
and I started to my feet. What had
haiiH'ned was only too clear. Our ab
sence had been noticed, and a relief ex
pedition was ou Its way, conducted by
Mrs. Maltrevor, whoso stentorian tones
I could already hoar.
Bather sheepishly we advanced to
the edge of the water, and as we did so
I not lml that the Saucy Jane had mere
ly drifted across the river, and was
resting serenely against 'tne opposite
rushes. The leak was evidently not a
"it's really ratiieb funny."
serious one, for I could not dedect that
she was lower In the water.
Mrs. Maltrevor seemed to have
brought about twenty people to witness
our ridiculous plight
"We're awfully sorry," I began, as
the party bore down upon us. ,
"Awfully sorry," echoed Dulclnea.
"But we sprang a leak "
"The water simply rushed In," Dul
clnea corroborated.
"And Just as I was going to see
whether I could stop up the hole. It
drifted away," I concluded, with a
complete and desperate disregard for
the rules of syntax.
Mrs. Maltrevor's smile simply fascln
a ted me. I think she said she quite
understood. At any rate, she was in
an excellent temper this, I afterwards
learned, was because Matilda, her eld
est and most hopeless, had that very
afternoon brought to book the senior
curate of All Saints'; while the broken
down baronet, fortified with cham
pagne, was at that very moment flirt
ing openly and outrageously with
Evelyn, another of Mrs. Maltrevor's for
lorn hopes, to the complete discomfiture
of Mrs. Neville Ponsonby and the Hon.
Ethel Ponsonby.
It Is against Dulcluea's principles to
let a little thing like Mrs. Maltrevor
disconcert her, and It is due to her to
say that she never lost grip of the sit
uation. She conversed amicably with
the Junior curate of All Saints', then
with .Mrs. Maltrevor herself, and
kindly Inquired after Mr. Mal
trevor's toothache. She was rapidly
disarming suspicion when young
Perkins, who had been landed on
the other bank with a view to the
salvage of the Saucy Jane, suddenly
called the attention of the party to him
self by a loud exclamation.
"What is the matter, Mr. Perkins?"
said Mrs. Maltrevor sweetly. "Is the
leak a bad one?"
Young Perkins laughed. (I detest
him.) "Very serious indeed," he re
plied, holding up in each hand the half
of a lemonade bottle, which he had ex
tracted from a hamper behind the steer
ing seat. "As you see, the bottle not
only leaked, but burst It's quite done
for."
"But what about the boat?" Inquired
Mrs. Maltrevor, still more sweetly.
"The boat? Oh, the boat's ail right,"
remarked young Perkins, as he boarded
her, and with a vigorous shove brought
her over to the Island.
For a moment there was a silence.
Then a roar of laughter in which Dul
clnea Joined and I tried to. I think
Mrs. Maltrevor repeated that she quite
understood ; at any rate, In her most
ostentatiously tactful way she gathered
her irnrty on board and announced her
Intention of departing forthwith in
search of tea.
"You can follow at your leisure,
dear,;' she remarked to Dulclnea, with
a meaning look at me. I knew the look.
It said, "If you haven't proosed, do it
now." r
Dulclnea had gone back to her old
seat. As I Joined her I noticed that ray
old friend the wasp was still there, but
I carefully avoided kneeling on him. -
"Dulclnea," I said, "Dulclnea, it's no
good my trying to tell you all the nice
things I think about you, because you
know them already. And you know
that I shall be waiting for you to marry
me ten years hence If you won't do it
before, Dulclnea."
I felt I was doing It very badly; 1
was convinced of it by Dulcinea's next
remark.
"I've never been so badly proposed to
before," she said serenely. "Why, you
did it better when you were eighteen.
However, tills Is the last time."
"The last time," I queried. "Why,
Dulclnea, you're not angry with me, are
you?"
A smile spread from the corners of
her mouth, dimpled In her cheeks, and
I knew my answer even before she
spoke.
"This is the last time," she said slow
ly, "because the answer this time Is
'Yes.' "Philadelphia Telegraph.
Too Ai-Kiiiiientatire.
Two are not always company In spite
of the proverb to that effect. Ou the
Western plains the sheepman goes out
with several thousand head and one
human companion. The natural result
is that the pair, forced ou one another
when they least want It, get to hating
each other. This, at least, Is the the
ory that a writer In the Philadelphia
Ledger formulates. He tells this story,
which was narrated by an ex-sheepman
:
Let me tell you of a fellow I once
rode with. We had finished supper one
night, and were rolled up in our blau
kets. Not a word had passed between
us for more than a week.
"Hear that cow beller?" he asked,
suddenly.
"Sounds to me like a bull," I said.
No answer, but the next morning I
noticed him packing up.
"Going to leave?" I asked.
"Yes," he replied.
"What for?"
"Too much argument."
Aunt Mahuly'a Expedient.
"These stockings are so full of holes
that they are worthless, Aunt Mahaly,"
said a lady to an old colored woman
with a large family, who was a pen
sioner of her family.
"Xo'm, dey ain't," replied Aunt Ma
haly, ealmly appropriating them.
"'Bastus en' Verbena got such black
lalgs dat de holes wou't show, nohow,
en' dem chllluns what got jailer meat
kin wear two pairs at de same time;
en' you kuows, Mis' Jo, dat de holes
In all dem stocklu's ain't gwlue hit de
same places,"
One little mistake lu a drug store
may cause more trouble than two bulls
lu a china shop.
Disordered Perspiration.
The perspiration is a watery secre
tion of certain curiously colled glands
In the skin. It used to be thought that
It served a useful purpose In removing
waste matters from the system, and
there Is no doubt that It does so In a
measure, but It cannot compare In this
respect with the secretion of the kid
neys. Indeed, it is ninety-eight and
eight-tenths parts water, and the solid
part Is chiefly chlorld of sodium, which
gives It the well-known salty taste. Its
function is to moisten the superficial
layer of cells In the skin, and so facili
tate their removal ; but Its chief use is
believed to be to regulate the tempera
ture of the body and prevent, by evap
oration, excessive and dangerous heat.
The quantity secreted depends njuch
upon the temperature of the air, exer
cise, aud the amount of fluid drunk;
but it averages between thirty and forty
ounces a day.
It varies In Inverse proportion to the
secretion of the kidneys. The secretion
is constant summer and winter, day and
night, but ordinarily evaporation keeps
pace with It, and It does not appear as
moisture on the skin ; this Is called the
Insensible perspiration, while that vis
ible as water Is called the sensible per
spiration. It Is decreased in amount In certain
diseases, such as diabetes, In which the
kidney secretion Is enormously increas
ed, and In Ichthyosis a dry scaly dis
ease of the skin.
Increased perspiration may be purely
nervous In origin, as seen In the beads
on the forehead of one who Is embar
rassed, or the cold sweat of fear, or
some other powerful emotion. In some
cases the increased perspiration is local
ized in the hands and feet. If this is an
expression of general weakness, tonics
and good food may correct the condi
tion, but usually local treatment Is
called for. Immersing the palms of the
hands or the soles of the feet lu water
as hot as can be borne for about five
minutes, and then, after drying, dusting
them with a very finely powdered boric
acid Is often of great service.
The moist hand may be kept dry by
frequent application to the palms of a
saturated solution of boric acid In co
logne water.
The perspiration that occurs at night
in consumption and other diseases ac
companied with hectic fever Is often
very distressing. The quantity of water
exuded Is sometimes enormous, soaking
not only nightclothes, but the entire
bedding and mattress. If the patient's
condition will permit, a hot bath of four
or five minutes' duration at bedtime
will sometimes prevent or lessen night
sweats. If this Is not permissible,
sponging with hot vinegar and vater
may be tried. A glass of milk and half
a dozen crackers taken at midnight will
also oceaslonaly be found useful.
Vouth's Companion.
SUMMER BEDROOM FURNITURE.
The sketch shows some of the new de
signs in inexpensive bedroom furniture,
the drawing being suggested by a cer
tain guest room In a country house.
This room had a sunny exposure and
got a great deal of light, so cool, rest
ful tones were selected for the furnish
ings. The furniture consisted of a sin
gle Mission bed, a dressing table, high
chest of drawers, and several comfort
able chairs in Mission style and in
wicker. The wicker furniture Was
stained soft green, the pieces In Mis--slon
being finished In green also. The
wall paper was lu green and white
stripe, but plenty of life and color was
given to the room by curtains, cushions
and chair covers of rose flowered cre
tonne. The clothes pole shown In the
sketch Is very convenient and is espe
cially useful when cupboard room Is
limited.
CONVENTION OF 1912.
Effort Should Be Made to Eliminate
Boiler Shop" Features,
Detroit and Milwaukee are already
making efforts to secure one or both of
the national conventions lu 1912, says
the New York Times. However tedious
the big, noisy, protracted conventions
may be to the delegates and however
dispiriting to the whole country, they
are profitable to the cities in which
they are held aud therein lies the dan
ger that the plan lately suggested by
Champ Clark and approved by the
most intelligent men of both parties,
to reduce the number of delegates by
one-half and limit the seats for spec
tators to 2,000 will not be adopted.
The prevalent Idea that a national
convention must be made very profit
able for somebody cannot easily be cor
rected. Growing cities are always
looking for means to increase their
growth and prosperity. Probably Chi
cago will not be so anxious for a con
vention four years hence as It was this
year. The aruount of money expended
by the delegates and the throng of un
official visitors does not count for so
much in so large a city, but many of
the smaller cities are anxious for the
money a convention brings In and the
supposedly valuable advertisement a
town gets from four or five days of po
litical hullabaloo.
Yet there Is little difference of opin
ion as to the undeslrabllity of repeat
ing every four years such senseless ex
hibitions as those at Chicago and Den
ver. They waste time and money and
detract from tba dignity of our politi
cal system. Uytlr. Clark's plan Is car
ried out the work of the conventions
can be conducted more rapidly and
with more regard for form. On the
other hand, the western towns will not
be so eager to have them.
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ur. to. Mu&ni:
The Miami and Mohegan.
The original Hoosiers Inhabitants oi
Indiana, dwellers by the banks of the
Wabash were the Miami Indians, who
occupied large sections of that region
long before the white man came, and
who still hold a fragment of the land
their forefathers called their own. Al
gonquin of race, of medium stature, aud
much inferior to such Algonquin tribes
as the Delaware and Shawnee when it
came to war, the Miami held a fairly
prominent place In the councils of the
nations.
Their ablest chief was Little Turtle,
who was wise in war craft and a
shrewd old leader generally. Under his
command the Miami took part in the
defeats of Ilarmar and St. Clair, but
did not hold fast to the confederacy of
.tribes In later years. In 1812 the
Miami did not Join the British cause,
and some of their warriors even took
part with the American garrison dur
ing the siege of Chicago, but fled at
the first volley when the famous mas
sacre began.
The tribe divided about twenty years
later, part going to Kansas, and ulti
mately to Indian territory, while the
rest remained in the ancestral home.
Those who went west now number
about 100, nearly all mixed bloods, and
mostly classed as. white men In the
federal census. Those who stayed In
Indiana number 439, according to a re
cent payroll, while only 243 of the
number had enough Indian blood to be
classified as red men in the United
States . census, the rest being seven
eighths white. In all probability the
Ulauii never totaled more than 000
souls.
The Mohegan, a branch of the Dela
ware, and ranking specially high In the
aristocracy of that tribe, Inhabited
Connecticut when the Pilgrims landed.
They became friendly with the whites,
and aided In the wars -with the Pequots
nud King Philip. Treated with the ut
most kindness by the people of Con
necticut, they were given lands, mis
sionaries, and every Incentive to civil
ization. They still remain on their farms in
Connecticut, and are officially recog
nized as owning a reservation, so far as
the State Is concerned, while they are
not even mentioned In the United
States Indian reports.' About 225 of
them, of whom 150 have the appear
ance of full-blood Indians, yet linger In
Connecticut, the remnants of a people
that must have numbered 1,500 or more
years ago,
A Brave Man. .
Captain," said the first mate of the
good ship Cauliflower, while the storm
was at its height, "the ship has sprung
a leak, the watertight compartments
are full of water, and the vessel is go
ing down. What shall we do?"
The gallant skipper's face blanched,
but only for one-eighth of a second did
he lose his self-control.
"Don't waste a moment," he replied.
"Frepare'at once an address thanking
me for my coolness and heroism In the
face of deadly and overwhelming peril.
Let not a boat leave the ship's side
until every man and woman has signed
t." Detroit News-Tribune.
That Prosperous Look.
"Well," said Hinckley, 'Tve got to
go around among my friends and bor
row money."
"Is that so?" asked WInckley sym
pathetically. "Yes," said Hinckley, "but I have got
to go and get a new suit at the tailor's
first." Yonkers Statesman.
Seventy Time Seven.
From a Paris paper we take the fol
lowing conversation in a police court:
The President It appears from your
record that you have been thirty-seven
times previously convicted.
The Prisoner (sententiously) Man
is not perfect. Home Herald.
A Logical Conclusion.
"Mr.. Purslngton says he believes a
man should pay as he goes."
"Judging from the way he gets In
debt, he must he accustomed to travel
lug backward." Washington Star.
A Choice.
'"Excuse me," sputtered the victim oi
the barber ; "but If you Intend to put so
much lather In my mouth I wish you'd
shave me with whipped cream or may
onnaise dressing." Judge's Library.
One very effectual way to simplify
spelling would be for more people to
learn how.
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1248 Construction of the Cathedral of
Cologne begun.
1401 Louis XI. of France crowned tt
Rheinis. .
1643 Peace concluded between Sweden
and Denmark.
1670 John Dryden created Poet Lau
reate of England.
1741 Behring, the navigator, discovered
East Cape. '".
175G Fort Oswego captured by th
French under Montcalm.
176r Pontiac's war for the extermina
tion of the English in America came
to an end. .
1775 Liberty Tree In Boston conse
crated. 177G Constitution of Maryland adopted.
1780 Americans defeated British and
Tories at battle of Musgrove Mills.
1S02 Bonaparte invested witih 'power to
nominate his successor as ruler of
France.
1804 Work begun on the first public
road between Georgia and Tennes
see. - .
1807 British army Invested Copenhagen.
1830 British Parliament passed the Dl
senters' Marriage Act.
1838 The first United States exploring
expedition sailed under Commander
Wilkes.
1840 Gen. Kearney took peaceable pos
session of Santa Fe, Mexico.
1800 The Prince of Wales- (now. King
Edward VII.) arrived at Quebec, -
186S Cabul recovered by Shere Ali. ..
1884 Muie. Patti sued for divorce from
Marquis de Caux.
18S8-More than 100 lives lost in col
lision of the German steamers Thing
valla and Geiser off Sable Island.
1891 Between 300 and 400 lives lost in
earthquake in Martinique.
1803 The Bohring Sea' arbitration
award ?vas delivered.
1004 Russian and Japanese warships en
gaged in battle off Vladivostok.
A trial week of dispatching trains by
telephone from the stations of the Lack
awanna system has resulted in the adop
tion of the phones.
The line of the Wisconsin Central road
from Ladysmith to Superior has been
completed as far as the Northern Pacific
crossing within the Superior city limits.'
Several hundred thousand freight cars
may be standing idle, as tne railroad
managers tearfully protest, but some Kan
sas grain dealers complain that they are
finable to get box cars enough.
In the Circuit Court at Chicago Judge
Kohlsaat enjoined the issuance of trans
portation by the Chicago, Indianapolis
and Louisville railway to the publishers
of Munsey's Magazine in exchange for
advertising. He held that the contract
under which this transportation was is
sued is in violation of the Hepburn rats
law. The railroad company gave notice
of an appeal to the United States Su
preme Court.
At Helona, Mont., legal representatives
of the government began suit against the
Northern Pacific Railway. Company, ths
Rocky Fork Coal Company and the
Northwestern Improvement Company to
Lfeco'
ri8
rrri
ecover title to valuable coal lands which
charged were procured through mis
representation. The lands in question
contain coal mines from which the rail
way obtains great quantities of coal
through its control of the subsidiary com
panies. Presumably -due to the industrial de
pression of the past year, the death rats
from accidents by rail appears to be on
the decrease. The Accident Bulletin of
the Interstate Commerce Commission for
the first quarter of 1908 shows a total
of 125 passengers and employes killed,
as compared witih 220 such deaths in the
preceding quarter, and with 846 in the
one before that The latest record Is the
smallest since these statistics were first
collected in 1901. During the first quar
ter of thfs year the number of deaths of
passengers and employes from all causes
was 728, against 1002 in the preceding
quarter. In the same period the number
of casualties was 13,441, the least within
three years.
The- right of shippers to combine small
quantities of freight of various ownership; '
either, by arrangement among themselves
or by a forwarding agency, was confirmed
by the Interstate Commerce Commission
"n a decision recently rendered.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
has published the final figures of the In
come of the railroads for the last fiscal
year. The total net earnings amounted
to $S40,rS3,944, which Is an Increase of
554.tK)0,3iV9. The total number of em
ployes on the pay roll on June 30 wm
1.072.O74, against 1,521;355 a year ago.