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MASTER OF THE MINE
By Robert Buchanan.
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CIIAPTKR XIII. I
It seemed 9 If the days of my boy
hood had onme back to me. Never since
then had 1 experienced such feeKnga a
now filled my heart, for with Madeline's
fading they had faded, and during the
years of our separation I had passed
my time with tolerable tranquillity; but
now that she had been so miraculously
restored to me, the old fire was rekin
dled in my soul, and I became another
man. Her very presence in the house
that night drove away all thoughts of
Bleep.
All that day, overcome by the fatigue
through which she had passed. Madeline
remained in her chamber; while I, utter
ly unable to work, hung like a restless
spirit about the houae. The next morn
ing she awoke refreshed; and when we
three sat at breakfast, she astonished us
all by appearing amongst ua, fully dress
ed, and looking bright and well. .
As all her own clothes had been lost
in the wreck, she wore a dress of my
aunt; over it she had thrown the cloak
which she had worn on the wreck. She
came forward languidly, leaning on the
shoulder of her black attendant, and sank
down into the chair which my uncle had
placed for her, while the native began
crying and kiting her hands. They spoke
together in the foreign tongue; then Mad
eline raised her eyes and looked quietly
around. Her glance swept the room and
finally rested with a look of recognition
on my face. I felt the hot blood mount
to my temples.
"Am I mistaken?" she asked, softly;
"did you take me from the wreck?"
I bowed my head. In . moment all
her languor disappeared, the old fire
darted from her eyes, the lod flush suf
fused her cheeks she was the Madeline
of my childhood once mora. She looked
at her hands with one quick movement
pulled off the most valuable of her rings,
and hold it toward me.
"Will you not take it?" she said, with
a bright smile. "You saved my life."
Her whole manner was that of a lady
peaking to an inferior. Under my ex
citement I hardly notieed it. Scarcely
knowing what I did. I sprang forward
and took the ring; then, eagerly kissing
her hand, I placed it again upon her fin
ger. "Madeline," I said, "don't you know
Die? Madeline Miss Graham!"
She looked at me more critically and
shook her head.
"Have you forgotten Munster's?" I
Mid, "and Hugh Trelawney?"
If I expected a wild outburst of pleas
ure at the mention of my own name, I
was quickly diaappointed. She only
smiled; and, with her eyes fixed upon
vacancy as if she was reviewing the past,
aid:
"Munster's? Hugh Trelawney? Oh,
yes; of course I remember now! Hugh
Trelawney was the nicest of thore Mun
ter boys, and we were friends; but,"
he added, fixing her eyes anxiously up
on me, "surely you are not that boyT
I replied, "1 am Hugh Tre
lawney;
Her eye opened wider, she glanced
from me to my uncle and aunt, then
round the kitchen, then she was silent.
I felt that some explanation was due
to her, and I gave it I told her of my
father's death of the kindness of my un
cle and aunt, and of my subsequent life
at St. Gurlott's.
t "St. Gurlott'.r she said. "Is this St
Guriott s, in Cornwall? I have an aunt
and took her away, and right glad she
was to go, poor lass!"
She showed me a five pound note which
Madeline had given her, borrowing it
from her aunt to do so. She put the
note Into an old work box where most
of her treasures were kept, and set about
getting the tea, imagining that the ro
niauce of last night's wreck had ended.
er relations. They are troubling me
with questions, so I have iw-ut Anita to
satisfy them as to my safety. Vet I
suppose I f hall seme day have to go."
Mie tried to speak carelessly, yet I
fancied I detected a ring of rearet In
her voice, and I quailed before the feel
lug of desolation which her words
brought to my heart.
In that one sentence she had unwit
tingly shown to me myself revealed to
me the terrible secret which I had been
vainly trying to crush from my heart.
Even as she had intluenced my boyhood,
she had Influenced my manhood.
I loved her with the same unthinking
love which had filled my soul as a boy
loved her even while 1 felt that Mich
I em rtflei and artillery the less ! the
percentage of men killed. During the
Seveu Year.' War betwen Germany
and Austria and the dyuastlc wars of
JUDICIAL DECISIONS.
The advtiabllltjr of documentary
donee tending to establish the guilt of
tlio eighteenth, century th. rival armie. If n f offon. charged to
opened fir. at dl.tanc. of on. huu- "'M In Adam, v.. New York, advance
dred yard., and after the flr.t few P' 87 V '.'Vh f
...,h ,.,,.,t ..r t'" fact that It was In violation of
volleye charged with the bayonet or , ' l" " "
pike. The average loss In these war. j 11,0 M ,tu''" Prohibition against
, mi, i t-n-niii,ijit, vnrviies tuiu etui.
Tho constitutional guaranty of rollg-
Rural Kre. Delivery an Aid.
At the recent liitonmtllmtl Good
lloiids Convention, at St tools, Hon.
was seventeen per cent of tho total
number of combatants. 1 Hi ring the
time of Uie Civil He volution and the
Napoleonic era the losses were sixteen
per cent In the Italian war and Cri
mean war, with Improved weapons,
living m a place of that name. Perhaps
you may know her; her name is Mrs.
Itedruth."
"Wha, that be our master's mother!"
broke in my aunt. But I added:
"Are you sure it's the same. Miss Gra
ham? This Mrs. Itedruth has a son who
owns the mine."
"Yes, I know my cousin George!" she
answered; while my heart misgave me
at the familiar manner in which she men
tioned the name. "Oh, it must be the
same," she continued, enthusiastically;
"and to think I should be shipwrecked
here, of all places in the world! Mr. Tre
lawney, are they far away? Would it
be possible to let them know that I am
here? Perhaps if you tell her the story
and show her this," she continued, draw
ing a quaint signet ring from her finger,
"my aunt will come to me. This was my
dear father's ring, and she knew it well,
for he always wore it and he had it on
even when he died!"
I started off on my mixtion. The
events of the last few hours had made
me a changed being. I bagan to wonder
If It was all real. It was clear to me
now that she thought little of the past.
While I had been living upon the memory
of those dear days, she had let other
events obliterate it entirely from her
Blind. Well, It clear I must do the
ame. I must deliver her up to the cus
tody of her relations as coldly as if she
were a strnnger who had casuully been
cast in my patn lor a day
Having made my division, I became
calmer, and walked with a steady step
lip to Redruth House. I inquired for
the young master; learned that he had
left for London two days before. I ask
ed for the mistress, and she saw me. She
listened to my story quietly enough;
when I showed her the ring, her white
face flushed, her band trembled, and her
eyes filled with tears.
"It Is my brother's, my poor broth
cr's," she said, more to herself than to
ine; then she added: "My niece is at your
consge, you say r
"Yes, mail.'iine."
"Tell her I will come to her at once."
I li ft the house and, Instead of return
ing to the cottage, walked straight down
to the mine. Where was the use of my
rooming to Madeline; to stand by and
that grim and stonyhearted woman
bring to her queenly eyes the light of
happiness, to her lips the cry of lay.
which the sight of my face hid failed to
do?
All day I worked with fierce persist
cure which alarmed me. I looked at my'
lf In my mining suit, then recalled
Madeline ai I had seen her that morn
ing with her soft hands sparkling with
gems, and the black rervmt crouching at
her feet and realised mor. than .ver th.
distance that divided us from on. an
other. I relumed bom. In th. evening
and fonnd th. cottage much th. same as
It had alwsys been. Madeline wai gone,
"She be up it Itmlrirth House, Hugh,"
aid my auut The awld missus cam.
CHAPTER XIV.
For some days after that I saw noth
ing whatever of Madeline. One day,
the seventh from that on which the life
boat had brought her to shore, I made
a minute inspection of the mine, which
every day grew more dangerous, and
came up from my work covered with filth
from head to foot I had passed the last
ladder, and stood at the mouth of the
mine, daxxled by the quick transforma
tion from pitch darkness to broad day
light, when my ears were struck by th.
sound of a voice which passed like sud
den music through my frame. I rubbed
my eyes and looked about me, and there,
not far from where I stood, was my old
sweetheart. She was dressed now in an
elegant costume of gray, which fitted
her to perfection; a little hat with long
plumes was on her head, and her face,
looking lovelier than ever, glowed and
sparkled in the light; with her rich
brown skin and sparkling black eves.
her erect carriage, graceful tread, ahe
looked like some Eastern princess! She
was walking toward the spot where I
stood; George Redruth was beside her;
while behind followed the black girl,
Anita, her dark eyes fixed upon her mis
tress. This sudden encounter nnnerved
me. Quickly recovering myself, however,
I was about to move away, and so avoid
embarrassment, when the master's voice
arrested me.
.trelawney, he said; one moment
Miss Graham wishes to go down the
mine. I tell her It Is impossible. What
do you say? Is it fit for a lady?"
"Don t worry about it, George," Bhe
said, "I've abandoned the idea." Then
stepping up to me, she held forth her
little gloved hand. I bowed over It but
did not take it, giving as an excur that
I was not fit to approach her.
"I daresay you were in quite as forlorn
a condition the other morning when you
suatcned me from the wreck," she said
yet you did not hesitate then, when
your own life was In peril. Mr. Trelaw
ney, take my hand."
I did as she requested, I clasped the
little hand In both of mine and raised
it respectfully to my lips. In doing so,
I caught a glimpse of George Redruth's
face: it wis black as the pit mouth.
Now, my dear Madeline," he aald.
Impatiently, "shall we go back?"
But Madeline was not ready, or per
haps she waa too imperious to be bo or
dered by her cousin. She had abandon
ed all intention of descending the mine;
but she was nevertheless anxious to in
spect the outside of it.
"But yon can go," she said. "Mr. Tre
lawney will escort me."
"Nonsense!" returned her cousin. "Tre
lawney has got fail work to attend to.
I will stay."
And he did stay for fully two hours;
at the end of which time ihe allowed
him to take her away.
Three other days passed without a sign
from her; then I encountered her again.
It was in the evening, when I was walk
ing home. This time she was alone;
except for the servant, who walked at a
respectful distance behind her. She came
up to me unreservedly, and again held
forth her hand.
"I came to walk back with yon." she
said. "Do you mind?"
"I mind?" I repeated in amazement.
"You forget, Misa Graham, it is an honor
for me to walk beside you."
She gave a little impatient toss of her
ead, and we walked on together. For
Rome time not a word was spoken, but I
felt that she was watching me keenly.
presently she faiil:
'Do you know what I have been doing,
Mr. Trelawney? I have been trying to
hud in you one trace of the boy I knew,
years ago, at Munster's and I have
failed."
"I don't understand."
"No? Well. I will explain. The boy
I knew was kind to me; frank, open
hearted, generous. Y'ou are somewhat
unfriendly, reserved, harsh, and, if I
may say so, churlish. Why are you so
changed
I am not changed. Miss Graham; or,
if I am, it is but with the tide of for
tune, which has ebbed and not flowed
with me fince we met before. When we
were at Munster's I believed we were
equals, but now you are Miss Madeline
Graham; I am overseer of your cousin's
mine.
"Then you wish us to remain as stran-
....... .
.... . .-- -... -, .. . ., v,.ii f n,u iT.,it.-i ui.tu. io louriecu per cent in
a love nngnt ne tne means or ungating;- - lsrtil In h. n,,,..!. .,,i.,.t
nwisr., i i... .w .,m .,,., Postotllce Doimrtiuent delivered an 1,1 tuo r of 1 rus"" Wlnst
of It. for was she not n far removed address lit which he aald; Austria, with Improved needle -gun.
from me as the moon was removed from "The establishment of Uio rural free "'""'r '"anoe, ui. losses were
the sea? and vet I felt at that moment U.ii.r f ...-li !.,, Th.mt th. ,,. "pr cent, in ttie Franco-Prim
mat to love ner so, oe it oniy ior one
hour, was worth whole centuries of pain.
(To be continued.)
WAGNER AS A HUMORIST.
How He Compiled with the Pagcestloa
of a London New .paper.
Richard Wagner was not a man to
whom one would naturally ascribe the
faculty of ready Joking. It Is not from
the creator of the serious, somber,
"Flying Dutchman" or the composer of
the half mystical, half religious opera
"Parsifal," that one would expect
cheerful pranks at the expeuse of oth
er people. Nevertheless, au Instance
Is on record of how the great tone
painter of Bayreuth played a very
funny trick on a newspaper and prob
ably a good many of the readers ac
customed to relying on what It said.
It was In the '50's. Wagner, then still
climbing the ladder of fame, was
conducting the Philharmonic concerts
In the British metroplts for a season.
Being, as he remained to the end, a
very ardent admirer of Beethoven,
and, la fact, knowing thnt master's
nine symphonies by heart, he select
ed several of them for performance In
the said series of concerts. The first
time, then, that Wagner conducted a
Beethoven symphony In London, the
public received the rendition kindly
enough, but the next morning a cer
tain newspaper with a very large cir
culation came out with a rather severe
criticism. The author of "Lohengrin",
was In cold print, but In unreserved
terms, scolded for directing a sym
phony by the Immortal Beethoven
without a score In fruut of him.
Such a proceeding, to which London
was unaccustomed, was sheer pre
sumption, so ran the criticism. And
after further uncomplimentary re
marks, the great and Influential jour
nal advised young Herr Wagner to use
a score when he conducted a Beethov
en symphony again. Well, soon Herr
Wagner did, this time with a book
of music open before him on his desk.
He was seen to turn over the leaves
with a certain amount of regularity,
too. His reward came, next day, in
the form of a commendatory article
In the aforesaid newspaper, which
praised hlin for a very much better In
terpretation of Beethoven than his
last, due, of course, to the suggested
use of the score. Whereupon Wag
ner (we think our pun Is Justified In
this particular Instance) announced
the fact that the score In front of
him the previous evening waa that
of Rossini's opera. "The Barber of
Seville" turned upside down. Col
lier's Weekly.
loin freedom I. held. In People v..
Plenum (N. Y.), (13 I- it. A. 187, not to
ho violated by a .tntute requiring tho
furnishing of medical attendance to
minors, where the constitution pro
vides that liberty of conscience ball
tint Justify practices Inconsistent with
the safety of the state.
The right to Interrogate a witness n.
to his belief In a Supreme Being who
would punish htm for false wearing,
for Uie purposo of affecting his cred
ibility, l denied In Brink v. Strotton
(N. Y.), 03 L. it. A. IN'2, when the
constitution provide, thut no person
shall be Incompetent to bo a witness on
account of his religions belief, and ab
rogates all disqualification from civil
right, because of ueh belief.
A stipulation in a railway pass that
the company shall not be liable to the
llshment of th. free delivery ysteni. ulu let f Wr " '"m t0 , "tl'r y circumstances, wlioth-
Nearlv every portion of the country, "'" " 1U'" "r or negligence or agents or oiuorwmu,
where road condition, will warrant it, M. A. Bortlllou h for any Injury to the person." is held In
I. now supplied with this service. But slww,' """V M ' Northern Pacific Hallway Company v..
slun war the losses sank to Ave per
cent Thla la both fortunate and un
fortunate, according to one', view
point. But the nnnnctal argument for
peace cannot be gainsaid.
try has produced a marked Improve
ment In the condition of the highway.
When there Is a prospect of rural free
delivery In a community, work Imme
diately begin, on the roads. There
are now In operation 23,000 rural
route, over which carrier, travel 550,-
000 miles delivering mall to about Trsmefer Left br Ink Which May Urn
.l lr thn 1.VOOO Keadlljr Developed.
bridge, have been con.tructed over l wirltl wn " ' of lnk
stream, that would not have been n ordinary paper placing the .hoot
built if It had not been for the estab- tUorough blotting u contact with
INVISIBLE HANDWRITING.
In many sections the bad conditions of
the roads, or the lack of bridges, pre
vent the extension of the service. The
rural carrier of a standard route is
! now expected to travel about twenty
! five mile, each day to earn his salary
of $000 a year. Ho Is required to fur
nish and maintain his own outllt and
use of curtain methods. In fact, a let
ter placed for several hour, between
the leuves of a book will leave Its
secret In this book, and a falsification
In a ledger may be proved by the ex
amination of the page against which
Uio falsified page rests.
A Swiss Investigator (It. A. IleUs, of
. . . . . , . ...m Lausanne) has recently made Investl
team, and to give a bond of $.i0 for '
,...,., in. duties. Ktloll reference to the above pile-
"' "V":. :. ' :,::. iioinenon and In reference to the con-
experience una ueuiuinmun.- mv .
,, I . . ....... n, I dlt on. under which It may be pro
distance Is too great on account of the . . .. ..... .
..., ..i "e .. ...a.u s m,.v ' " appear, mat we toriiia
:.:.,: ;:: 1 I n".,,, eB. the Image depend, principally
. . . .' ii,. i on the Ink, although It was discovered
lug much confusion and labor in tne "
........ ,k., i.t !. that the latent Image may be produced
Ut 'it I I in t. u v.. ilia k tuc . . , , I.
' , u.ii . .,1,1 by pary one half of the Inks In cur
i,:,V r "1 : .li t use, out of U,lrteen different varle
. . ,. . , , ties of Ink seven having produced a
r ers of the country. This Increase of ... 1
salaries amounts to about $4,000,000 a
year additional that the department
has to pay to matntaln this service on
Account of bad roads. Over a good
graveled or macadamized pike road a
carrier can easily make twenty-flve
positive result It further appeared
that the formation of the Image de
pended upon the presence of acids In
the colored mixture, the gum and the
sn'iir having no part In the phenom
ena, although the paper on which the
gers.'
"I. think it would be better."
"Ah! you are crueller than I thought;
If you will not accept my friendship for
the sake of the old days when we were
boy and girl together, you will, at least,
have some pity upon me. I am lonely
and among strangers here. You seem
ike an old friend. If you will suffer me
to talk to you sometimes it will make
my stay here more pleasant.
Her pleading won the day, and we be
came friends. I never went to Itedruth
House, and she never came to the cot
tage. I never sought her, but quite In
noceutly and frankly she sought me. We
often went on-the moor when, after my
long day s work, I was making my way
home, and I could not regard these meet
lugs aa purely accidental on her part.
She was always accompanied by the
black girl, until one evening, when rhe
appeared alone.
"You are looking for Anita!" said
Madeline, noting my glance. "She his
gone to London with tny aunt's maid
and will not return till close on midnight.
My cousin counselled my staying at home
to-night, or allowing him to accompany
me. I knew I should not want for coin
piny, so refused to submit I may not
enjoy these walk, much longor."
"What! ar. you going away?" I ask
d, In torn, alarm.
Shi shrugged her .honlderi. "Per
haps! I do not know; certainly I shall
hav. to go sooner or later, but I trust
It msy not b. sooner. When I was ship
wrecked her. I wn on my way to Lon
, don, te tak. up my abod. with soni. oth-
Saved by Chnnce.
"nis life was saved by a button?"
"How fortunate. Tell me aliout It"
"A girl asked for a button as a sou
venir. He gave It to her. Then he fell
In love with her and she fell In love
with him. ' They were married.
"But you said she saved his life?"
"Oh, yes. His wife would not let him
go to wnr, and the man who took his
place was killed."
1'ubies to Hum.
Teacher Johnny, what are you go
ing to name the twins at your house?
Johnny Anthracite and Bituminous,
I think.
Teacher Aren't they rather strange
names?
Johnny No, ma'am; I guess not. I
heard pop telling the man next door
that he now lmd babies to burn.
Philadelphia Telegraph.
' I ... I I I .. 1 I .-I .. . I ,
miles a day six times a week. With " ""'
.. . .. . i results. The beat result, were obtained
whether the next Congress will not be PP we I .l.l and poll tied, for
called upon to add another $4,000,000 he reason that the contact In thla cat
f (h .:..,i. f th e.rrier. cloer. tnu favoring the production
..rT,i. ti,- i.. f ,t nf the of the Image.
Western State, at the present time The ration. of th. contact I. not
work is done upon the roads In the fall neoM1,r ? lo"K' n Ke"eral ,boUt .""
K th .,H. m.d districts, when nour. 8 ln orai ' "'
there Is no work to be done on the 8 w very .Imple measure, ar. r.
form. In tha .rtn this work dlssn- orteJ t0- Tn nMt nlethod ' 10 P
pears." Nothing permanent remains, P'T tbe bnck of the sheet on which the
and the roads are ln a. bad condition. "lD - " "w"" " "
or worse, than they were before. The ' "
t f onnr t titnm . mil. for th. In P,ac lie PnPer Khtly
construction of hard roads ln this browned, after which the linage will
xv.t ,H. I. t ,t In nt appear .omeuine. very clear aim com
Instances, for road district., towu.hlp. Plcte- The other method doe. not make
and counties to bear: neither Is It l'l'r
rlhr th.t thev .honld hsr th. entlr. we1' consist. In placing In con
t tm,. hii .t ir. rhih .h.. tact with the latter a .beet of nitrate
directly or indirectly In" the benefits. of ,llver Photographic paper for sey
should contribute to the expense, h"1 hour-s!x to twelvo-the two
There never will he rood road, ln this heet beln "Posed to the light 1 he
country until the National Government Photographic paper will completely
takes the Initiative In this movement, Ucka' blut the 'a,ont ,mn9 , wll
and the respective States of the Union stRnd fo?D TBry dtliiotly. It should
Join in with liberal contributions, and b9 ,tated tuat tl,e, U'af ,on wnlph
thl. ncrnln I. nnlen,ented hv !.! 'Bten' n" 'o"e 'i. Image by
, rn,.ti v v contact with water or alcohoL rarli
Tv.lcr.,1 ora svtvnrtwl with I IUUStratlOtt,
inUVi (I UU tICIII lilt U V ' 1 V.V. li i UJ
hard broad pikes built at the expense
of the governments of those countries.
Adams, Advance Sheets U. H. HXi.'l, p.
4M, to violate no rule of public policy
and to relieve the company from liabil
ity for personal Injuries resulting from
thofordliitiry negligence of Its employe.
to one riding on the pass with knowl
edge of It. conditions.
A promise by a conductor to assist n
fetnnle passenger who Is purlliilly blind,
In alighting from the train at her des
tination, Is held, In Southern Hallway
Company vs. Hobbs (tin.), 113 L. It. A.
US, not to amount to an undertaking
on the part of the conductor to enter
the car ln which the passenger 1. rid
ing, assume charge of her bundles and
escort her from her seat down the aisle
mid out upon the platform, unless the
passenger Is so helpless as to reiiulra
this extraordinary attention and th.
conductor has notice Unit such 1. the
case.
The right to cross examine hand
writing experts In order to prove their
ability Is sustained In llong vs. Wright
(N. Y.), (13 L. 11. A. 1(13, and It 1 held
to be error to strike out an admission
by such an expert that he had been
mistaken a. to signatures which he had
pronounced genuine, although the trial
Judge might, ln lit. discretion, have ex
eluded an effort to secure such admis
sion In the tlrst Instance. The other
authorities on examination of witness,
es to handwriting by comparison are
collated and reviewed In a note to thla
case.
A combination prohibited by tho act
of Congress of July 2, 181s), I. held, ln
W. W. Montague & Co. v.. Lowry (C.
C A., Oth C), 03, L. II. A. M. affirmed
advance sheet. U. 8., 1U03, p. 87, to
1e constituted by an association to
unite all "acceptable dealer." engaged
In certain business ln certain city
and within 2m mile, therefrom and all
American manufacturer, of their sup
plies, the rule, of which exclude un
acceptable person, from membership
and prohibit their purchasing supplies
at less than list prices, which are more
than double what members of the asso
ciation pay.
The Qreat Ilusslan Lake.
T.flke Baikal, which fliruroa so milch
No country in the world ever yet had , th .,,,.. .Ittir, i. . .,,,.
or ever will have permanent and pass- ,..,,. ral-u,1,llo ,,,, , ..,. ,
able highways constructed and main- nnme g a of the xurkl.li
tallied by local authority. kll. ..... ,kw..lh ri.fri,..n llB.
"Sixty per cent of the population of .........,,,- tn . .,..,,, fllill
this country lives in the cities and vll- wl. .,.,,,,, lt .wnrm.
IndUcretlon.
"Isn't the perfect trust and confi
dence engaged people have in each
other perfectly beautiful?".
"Perfectly Idiotic, I should say."
"Why?"
"Because when I was engaged I told
my future wife all about my Income
and prospects; and now I can't spend
a dollar on myself without her know
ing about lt."
Bnittd HI Hurroundlns;s.
Lady I wish to select a pet dog.
Dealer Live In town, I suppose,
mum?
"Yes, I live in a flat."
"Then I would advise an Italian
greyhound, mum. No matter how
much you feeds a greyhound he al
lers stays narrer."
An Art Critic.
Ethel What do you think of this
landscape, aunty?
Aunt Hannah Well, er I don't
think so much of the trees, but thut
grapevine is pretty good.
Ethel Grapevine? Why, dear, that
Is the artist's slgnuture. Philadelphia
Record.
A Case In Point.
"It was ShakMpeure who wrote:
'Wlmt's ln a name?' "
"I know it, and it's funny, too. If
they could prove that Bacon wrote
ShaUspcnre's works most of us
wouldn't think half as much of them
as we do."
luges; 40 per cent lives tn the country.
It is not fair or Just to place the en
tire burden of good roads upon the
shoulders of the farmer. The general
public shares directly or Indirectly ln
the benefits and should bear the ex
pense of an equitable tax for this pur
pose on all assessable values. The
weight of lt upon the Individual would
then be as light as a summer shadow.
While this specter of taxation may
frighten some of our skittish country
friends and cnuse them to rear and
plunge a little, they will find on closer
Inspection that the. goblin Is a harm
less creation of tho Imagination. Tbey
will get back ln benefit, ten time.
more than they will pay out ln taxes.
"Why some of our friends spurn
Government aid when It Is offered
them I cannot understand. Tbey claim
to be opposed to lt on principle, and
can see no good ln lt. There are some
people so constructed that when look
ing Into a pool of water they can nev
er see the sky and the clouds above It
reflected on Its surface, but only the
mud at the bottom.
"This Government never falls to do
the right thing ln the end. It will not
fall to do the right thing ln this In
stance. The Impetus given to this
movement by a few progressive states
men who Introduced measures In Con
gress last winter authorizing national
aid ln the construction of highways,
will ultimately produce the results
aimed at. It cannot fall to do so be
cause the public Interest demands lt;
the progress of the age demands lt,
the welfare and development of the
country at large demand it, and lt 1.
bound to come ln spite of those who
raise tholr voices ln opposition to lt"
The exiled Marlus sitting among the
ruins of Carthage 1. a spectacle thut
his moved many a schoolboy to o"
atory.
Lake Baikal Is tho third lhrgest body
of water In Asia. The Casplnn and
Aral seas are the two larger. Both are
salt, however, while Baikal Is fresh.
It Is, therefore, the largest fresh wa
ter lake ln Aslu, and the sixth In size
In the world, the live Great Lakes of
North America each exceeding lt in
area. Its waters occupy a remarkable
depression ln the vast plateau of Cen
tral Asia. The level of Its waters Is
1,300 feet above the sea, while the bot
tom of the lake Is, ln some places,
more than 3,000 feet below the soa
level. Its depth Is, therefore, 4..'oo
feet In the deepest parts.
The lake Is 330 miles long, and from
nine and a quarter to forty miles wide.
It. waters are a deep blue, and re
markably clear. There are a number
of Islands tn It; the largest Olkhon, Is
forty-two miles long. There are nu
merous hot springs on the shores, and
earthquake vibrations are frequent.
The annual value of Its salmon, stur
geon and other fisheries Is about one
hundred and sixty thousand dollars.
Fresh water seals are abundant, and
they are caught for their fur. It re
ceives the water, of several a Veil in a,
the main one being the Rulnega Hlver,
eight hundred miles long. The upper
Angara Itlver, also of considerable
size, enter. Its northeastern end. Its
outlet Is the tower Angara, on which
Irkutsk Is situated.
The reason why the Rlberlan Ball
road was not built around the southern
end of the lake Is that the solid rock
of the mountains reaches to the wa
rer's edge, and the task would be her
culean. Events In Uio East may com
pol lt nevertheless.
WOMAN CLERK8 IN GERMANY.
Consolation.
It may be dat yo' sweetheart
Done lef yon feelln' bin..
But de melon coolln' In d. well
Fewer Death, by War.
If a French writer on military sub
ject. I. correct, the advocate, of peace
nttrt Isvrifrm fnll r i n tr ti.tnn nto ' m In. I
creaalng destructives, to human life At g ,er '
a. an argument On the contrary, be
claims that experience .how that the ' Consider the other ilde. You mil
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l.rvaitu iu9 usiHiikui yvwvi vj. uivu- i uv uuieusvuaoie.
Hteadjr Progreu of the He. In BplU of
ConurvatUiii.
Women hnve become an indispens
able factor In the German postal tele
graph and telephone service, It seems,
In spite of the conservatism which pre
vented the utilization of feminine ac
tivities In public work In Germany
until nearly half a cnitury Inter than
In France and England. - I'nlted State
Consul Moiinghan, of Chemnitz, In hi.
recent communication to tho United
State, department of commerce and
labor, reviews briefly the condition,
nnd requirements which are of Interest
as showing the progress of women la
tho fatherland.
It I. not every woman who can ob
tain a position In the German postal
service, so strict are the government
regulation, respecting .go, character,
education and health. A government
medical examiner pronounces upon the
health, which must lie perfect; the
age must not txceed 80 or be uuder 18,
and a good common school education
Is a primary requisite. Possessing all
these qualifications, the woman can
didate Is eligible only to a position
as usslstnnt In the postolllco, and the
highest sulnry she can hope for 1.
$110 a year. In tho telegraph and
telephone service, however, all grade,
of positions are open to women,
though tho rule, of admission are
equally strict, and no women with
children aro employed. Four thousand
women are now engaged In the tele
phone service of the German empire,
It Is stated, 1,(MH) of them being In
Brlln. The hours are light, ranging
from six to eight a day.
The highest pay which a woman can
(Irnw In German telephone oilier. 1.
$.'!."7, which Is said to afford a com
fortublo living In Germany, hut I. a
low wogo compared to that to be ob
tained In England, where experienced
telephone clerks get $1X10 am chief
supervisor, are paid as high as $2,rT0.
In Germany, however, It must be not
d that women on tholr withdrawal
from active lalior after the prescribed
number of year, of faithful work are
warded a government pension on the
same plane with the men.
A Dividend.
Conductor I got your fare before,
sir.
Passenger I know; thl. nickel 1. for
th. company. Judge,