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By Order of the Czar A Story of Russian Power By MARCUS EASTLAZE CHAPTER VII. Continued.) 1 griud my truth la an aire of Inipo teut fury. 1 clutch tha air with a wolllih hunger to fly at tha throat and rruth tha Ufa out of thla lualgnlflcaut fat Uox loin reptile. Marum-ha." I begin, -thla Isajeff baa ba ever accosted thee?" Hha benda her look to tha (round, and I, Intent on every algn her fara may dlwIoM, obaorv tha vivid color rlae, d)lng her neck, ber cheeka, her brow. "I Ilka not tba man, Vlndlmlr. Ila la an Impudent fellow" aha hcaltatea. I graap her arm almost aavagely. "llaa ba dared to apeak to theaT I gasp. "Tell ma tell nie. what baa ba an Id? If ha baa luaulted thea by ao mui'li aa a look a word I will go now, at once, and tear the tongue from bla throatl" My Tebemeiit word are earrely ut tered era I am regretting them, for I aia the fenr aprlng to her ejra. And now aha will not tell in a the truth. She latigha unenally. "Now ae bow thou takeat tblnga tip!" aba any. "For Indeed there ia none to tell. The man bna ulwaya been civil to me, only giving me 'good-day' iia I went and enme, or passing a remark on the weather. It la only that I bare taken an tinreaaonnble antipathy to Mm a quite unreasonable and nnjnatlllabl an tipathy, Vladimir. Thou knowrat my atrnuge temper! Aud thou art wrong," aba continue, in nervou haste. "Aa auredly thou art wrong that Ianjeff ba Informed tba police. Why ahould be? Ami bow ahould ha anapeot " "Ha watched tia leaving tha lodging. He followed ua along tha colonnade. We lioth aaw hi in aa we mounted tha droakl to come here, lie baa driven after ua spied on ua " "1 will tell thee wbat I will do only only give me time, Vlndlmlr." She preaaea her hand to her able. I am aubdued. To anotha her, rnlm ber. undo the mlachlef 1 have dona la now my only thought "My aweet love, forglva ma!" I beg. "I have frluhtened thee!" She amothera bravely a atorm of rlalng anli. at ill holding me with both her email lunula until aha haa aufflclcntly controlled heraelf to apeak. "I need neter go back to my lodging he need never eea me again," aha beglna, watch ing the affect of her worda with wide eye fattened on my face. "Go back," I repeat, thrilling with apprehenaioti at th rmere auggeation. "Thou wilt go from here to Olga Petrov na'a, and quit not ber lodging aavo to go to tha atatlnn and take train for thy home! 8t Peterahurg la no place for thee. Maruacha. Promla me thnt thou wilt leave It to-morrow never to return." "I promlae but but I owe a wcek'a lodging I muat give notice my clotbea!" "And thou wouldat take Into consid eration auch paltry matter whero ao much la at atakc!" I cry, bcaida my aolf. "Listen to renaon, Vladimir," aha fal ter. "If I pay not my landlord he will bare aa excuae for Inatitutlng a search for me. Thou art ao violent that I can not get In a word. 1 will go to Olga, and alia will pay tha money for me, and bring away my thlnga." ' "So that he can follow her and find thee! No, that will not do! And yet," I any, moderating my tone, "thou art per- nnpa right about tha money I uiuae a moment, "then Olga muat And aomeona 41ho to pny it, nnd Invent aome lie. He must be led to expect my return. Ray that tlioil hast been called away audden ly to a dying relutlve!" I laugh grim ly nt the glibneaa of my inventions. "She tin been commiMaloned to take part of thy wnrdrobe to aend after thee. Thou canst give her a line for the acouudrtd to thnt effect." "Yea, yea," Mnruacba agreea eagerly. "That la well planned. And a proof thnt I am returning everything will be left atnndlng in the room my stove and all my belonging." "Thou wilt be atroug uow aa thou haat ever been, my brave one!" I any encour agingly. "Something tell me our part ing will be brief. And I will write to thee aa aoou aa I am over tha frontier. Olga will forward my letters." In a moment her featurea begin to work, and era I am aware aha ha caat heraelf at my feet, and la 'clasping my kneea. "Thou cauat not mean It, Vladimir!" he gasps. "Thou wouldat not drive ma from thee before before the Inatl And whither wouldat thou go to-night? Whore wilt thou hide? Oh, leave me not in Ignorance, or I shall go mad!" "I will write whenever I can. But, Maruacha, I muat also hear from thee. I will make for Luza first write to ma from thy homo to the postofflee there." "How ahnll I addreaa thee?" "Ah, yea, I forgot that I am namelesa! I will keep the name that Ivan gave me to the landlord it will do na well aa any : "Waldcmar Nlcolalvltch Alikan off. Thou wilt remember?" - "Waldcmar Nicolnlvltch Allkanoff," repeats Maruacha, slowly. "Aud for heaven'a Bake, word thy let ter carefully, ao that If It reache me not, and the official open it they will ee nothing to make tnem suspect aught I will observe tha aama caution In writ ing to thee, and will sign my assumed name." "I will be careful," aha murmurs, with another heart-broken sigh. "And now, my own Maruacha, fare well until our next meeting our joyful meeting to part never again! Think of that, only that, my lova, and tha time will aeem abort" Her arma are about my neck. I hear tier laboring heart throb against mine, A long, last klaa. My anguished soul In--rokea tha blessing on her that my quiv ering Upa refuse to utter, and I tear my elf away. One look back I take to see her totter a few ateps after me with arms out stretched, and atop. I wave my land and flea aa If lashed by furlea from the sight of her agony forward on wardInto darkness and uncertainty. CHAPTER VIII. Where am I? I halt and gasa around m la stupid bewilderment The east la glimmering la cold, silver aheen, throw- Ing an uncertain, mystic light on the faintly deilnad landacap. I look back along the atralght, white road, with ita tall telegraph poata starting up at regu lar Interval. A audden flaah like a golden needle plercea tba dim distance, j A bnll of gold begin to burn lower down on th horizon. They are the apir of th Admiralty and the dome of Nt. laak'a In Nt. l'etcrabiirg. which I have left behind m. Can It be possible that I hav cpme ao far? It ha been weary work trading along that road! I take out my handkerchief and wipe the drop from my face, with a woful atah of doloroiia recollection of the touch of Maruacha' little fluttering, aolieitoiie hands a she put the handkerchief into my pocket. In returning It my hand cornea In contact with a pnrcel of aand wirhea. Again Maruacha! I draw them forth, for I am raveiioualy hungry. I eat with a vision of ber aa she stood at the table In Ivan' room, forgetful for the moment of her grief In minis tering to my needs, ber aweet, pole face downcast and absorbed. At lnat I am treading the margin of the wood am entering H atately alalea. And now that, effort I no longer Imper ative, my limbs begin to yield under me. I atngger rather than walk, catching at tha bole of the tree for upport Yet a few atepa farther Into the ahade a mls rise before my eyea. I lurch for ward prone on the ground, and become instantly oblivion. An Inceaaant tapping over my bead I the first thing I am aware of. I open my eye In vague curiosity and aee the dark, Interlacing branche of a pine tree above me, and lower down on the red atciii a green woodpecker diligently at work. From forca of habit I Inaert my fore finger and thumb In the watch pocket which waa wont to contain a watch, and am withdrawing It with a foolish, bodied laugh, when my finger come In contact with aom small object. I diva for It and pull up a watch key; but that I not all It la tied with a bit of blue ribbon which la attached to aomethlng else. Another pull and I bring to light Mamacha'a tiny watch! It la there In tha palm of my hand the little toy of a thing ahe haa worn at her girdle ever since I have known her. I gaze at It with auch a mighty ruah of emotion that my whole lmdy thrills with a aharp shock of electricity. I perceive that the tiny monitor I am gazing at point to the hour of five. I wind It up, and returning It to where the tender, aubtle fingera had placed it In preparation of a surprise for me, scram ble to my feet. A long, profound sleep in the Invigor ating atmosphere of tha sun-steeped plnea haa put new life Into me. It la only my feet that are swollen and pain ful, and I hobble, rather than walk, to tha margin of the wood. If I enn but get a lift of any kind, I think I will take a bed at an Inn for thla one night to give my feet a chance of recovering. I atand and look up and down the Inter minable road. - Iu advance there la a long cavalcade of carta laden with firewood winding alowly Into the distance, each with ita attendant Mujik trudging beside It or seated on a shaft of bla cart. Toward me a peddler' wagon lumbers on creak ing wheels. Ita owner aita nodding cn th box, framed lu the opening of the canvas tent that arches above him. The two little nnga crawl alone with droop lng heads, aa if they, too, were Indulging In a nap. I take a good look at the peddler. He Is a middle-aged man, with a atrong, grizzled beard and broad, Slav countenance. The nose iu it is like a potato. There are good-natured creases about the comers of the eyes, ao I take courage. "Good day I GoiT aaslat you!" I ex claim amicably. The peddler Instantly removes his cap, while a alow smile gradually spreads over and broadena his henvy featurea "God be with you, Gentle," he replies. "Whither are you bound?" I question "My destination la Kovuo, but to-night I make halt at the village of Little Kolga." "Ah, that la my way. Would you ob ject to give ma a lift for a compensa tion'" The Gentle will honor me!" The peddler leaps down from hla seat with aa much alacrity aa hla lumbering body and enormous boots will permit "Would the Gentle like a seat on the front of the wagon, or would he prefer to recline ou the merchandise? "With your permission, little father, I will get lnlde," I aay. Aa I advance to mount the wagon he remarks on the lameness of my gait "The Gentle baa hurt himself?" he ob serves. "My boots cripple me somewhat," 1 reply carelessly. "That la bad, If the Gentle haa ao far to go." "I go to Lnga. I am a student and have been sitting rather closely over my books, ao I thought the walk through the country would clear my braina a lit tie," I laugh. "The Gentle ia right,"- agreea the ped dler. "There la nothing like the country air for bracing the wits, or helping one to think out a weighty matter. I make all my calculations In the open. The Gentle will feel the benefit of It even though he ahould be obliged to continue his journey by post from Little Kolga He will atlll Inhale the fresh air." After thla he relapses Into alienee and whips up hla horses. When noontime comes I share bis frugal repaat and fall into a doze until at nightfall we reach the village of Little Kolga. - - "Has the Gentle aver been to a hang ing?" I feel the blood ruah tumultuouBly to my smooth-shaven, tell-tale face. A hanging? I hem no, l have never seen a thing of the kind," I stammer. "Perhaps the Gentle likes not such spectacles? I never miss a chance, like to Bee perish the enemies of our fath er, the Czar." The peddler lifts his cap. "When I liit visited tbt city I weot to hanging. Tbtrt war flv of thetn flv gallows lu row, and maa for each. Ah, that wa a lgbt! Tber wrr thonaands went to It aud I went early and aecured a food plica. There ia course la 01 Russians area la tba worst of a. Wa know bow to meet death. Tbey wer traitor all. bat they die. jk drsv men. I assar you. raacal aa they were, my heart glowed to wltneM bow they died! There waa one what limbs th fellow had! II waa nobly built the dog, and h had a face aa handsome a s aalnt P-tich a beard! Bach eyea, dark and horning! I could not take my eye off th fellow. I aaw only him all through th banging. And when ba apok bla word were like arrow: 'I repent not,' he tald, the sin ner, yet he wa a brave one." , He looka atralght before blm aa If conjuring up th seen and coutinnea: And what an affair that waa! Shall I ever forget It? Th rope broke ere be waa flu lulled. I waa carried off my feet for the populace In their rag rushed for ward to effect a rescue. Burcl? the Noble muat have heard of It?" Ah, well, I doubtless heard it apok en f at the time, but I take littl Interest In ii-h thing." "No? Yet there are alwaya student t the hangings. There were- many at thl one. Tber wa oue close to me went clean mad at the breaking of the rope, and made a ruah, but the aoldlera drove him bock. He had hi sweetheart with blm, and ahe fainted. It I abom inable that delicat women will go to aeo theae alghta! They scream and faint and yet they like It They will not stsy sway." I answer nothing. I have an uupleaa- ant feeling aa of a rope being tightened about my neck, checking the free conra of my breath. 1 take out my handker chief and mop my face with It "The Gentle fwla It warm under th cover," observes the peddler. "Will be not ait awhile in the front of tha wagon for change of position?" I gladly scramble to the front of the vehicle, where I ait crouched like a grasshopper, because of my height The peddler regarda me from he nil to foot 1th twinkling eye, and at length breaka into a laugh. "I crave pardon," he says, "but Just auch a frame bad that aturdy rascal who perished on the gallows. Just ucb length of limb and breadth of shoulders; yet methink he wa stouter," still obaervlng mil critically. Then doubtleaa perceiving how I color under hi fixed gaze he adda quickly: "The Noble baa a aplendid body, and ao had the fellow I speak of, but there the resemblance ceasea. God for bid that I ahould give offe&e!" After thla he relapse Into alienee and whlpa up bia horse, for the light ia fad Ing from the sky in which th evening tar la brightening. We boob begin to pass a smoke-stained cabin here and there by the roadside, and then a long. low wooden building, with benchea and tablea before the door, rbere we make halt The peddler throwa the reiua on the horse' backa. "I put up here," he aaya. "and I thank the Noble for hla good company; there la good accommodation at the post ata tlon, not five minutes walk from here." I thank him for hla kindness and slip a rouble Into hla hand. He begina to expoatulate, but with a "good-nlghf and wave of my hat, I turn from him to ascend the unpaved, straggling street which constitutes Little Kolga. (To b contlnued.i Kamllyleaa New York. Walking up Fifth avenue' and out through Central Park the Sunday that I landed In New York, among all the varying and sad Impressions made upon nie, I was especially moved to inquire, Where are American families? Wbat In the world Is the matter with American men, and who taught Amer ican girls their manners? I saw men and women promenading together and I saw not a few children romping unattended by their elders or elne In the company of nurses. I saw nowhere what makes the chief beauty of nil Paris avenues and parks Sunday afternoons Innumerable family par tiesfathers and mothers with their children, small and big, often the grandparents, too, gayly going along, glad of the sunshine, the fresh air, the exercise, and, most of all, glad to be together In their pleasure. Then the girls I saw on Fifth av enue, promenading in pairs or In groups, with swinging stride, laugh lng loud, and talking louder. Where do they get their manners? In Paris, tbe borne of the grlsette. les-petites femmes, it Is the rarest possible thing to see a girl of Immodest bearing on the street myself, during two years residence here, I hare never seen. It This, I think, results largely from the subtilely refining Influence of schools taught by rellgeuses. Harper's Ba car. Convincing the Barometer. Sir Archibald Gelkle tells a story in his book, "Scottish Reminiscences," which he says is characteristic of the simplicity of some of the Scots. It concerns a farmer in the Cheviot Hills who had been told thnt it would be useful to have a barometer in the house, for it would let him know whether the weather would be good or bad. After he had been persuaded to buy an aneroid barometer, which has large round dial, be hnng It up In his hall, and duly consulted it each day, but without much edification. At last there came a spell of wet weather. The barometer continued to record, "set fair." The rain continued to fall heavily, and still the dial made no sign of truth. Then the farmer's temper rose. i , . He took the Instrument from the nail and marched with it to the bot tom of the garden, where a brook, Bwollen with the drainage from the up per slopes, was rushing along, brown and muddy. He plunged the baro meter Into the flood. "Will you believe your aln een now, then!" he cried, angrily. Throw aside your dignity, and romp and play with children; muke them love you by loving them, and you will add years to your life. HORSESHOE LUCK. S)prtlUa Carala Crcnt H Iron All bat L'alvaraal. The origin of belief la "horseshoe lurk" la ao ancient that tta origin baa .never been determined with certainty. and do superstition la more universal, Kr i,nr. ,.... .... those rresrenta of iron have been ac counted lucky emblems of all peoples. races and nations that have been ac quainted with their use. The Chinese, for Instance, say they nail them up over their doors ss a charm against evil aplrils, because of he cloae resemblance in ahape between them and the arched body of the sacred snake. Nagandra. oue of tl.lr trln- Ipal deities. Ask a Turkish Mahometan for Infor mation on the subject and be will tell you that It Is because they are In form like a crescent the sacred em blem of Islam. A Polish Jaw will explain that at the Passover the wood sprinkled npon the lintel and doorposts. In tbe manner directed by their ritual, forms the chief points of an arch; bence, obviously, tbe value of arch-shaped talismans ucb as horseshoes are. The stolid and unimaginative Rus sian peasant, on the other band, main tains that the luck associated with tbe boriM-shoe is chiefly due to the metal, irrespective of Us shape. Iron being traditionally a cbarm wherewith to nullify toe malevolent designs of evil spirit and goblins. Very different is the story by which the Irishman seeks to account for his liking for the same tallsmanlc symbol. The name "Ironclad" or "Ireland," be will tell you, originated as follows The whole Island was once sub merged In tbe sea, out of which It rose only once in seven years, and then only for a short time. Many attempts had been made to break the spell aijd Induce the country to remain perma nently above the waters, but all were vain until, one day, a daring adven turer threw a horseshoe from a boat on the topmost peak of WIcklow moun tains, just as they were disappearing beneath the waves. 'Then, at last, wag the ban removed. The Emerald IsJe began forthwith to rise again from the ocean depths, into which It bad sunk. And It has been dry land more or less ever since, In England, up to comparatively re cent times, horseshoes were extensive ly nsed almost everywhere as anti- witch charms, and the custom la not even yet an extinct one. No witch, it used to be said, could enter a building over the door of which a horseshoe or, better still, three horseshoes had been affixed, prongs downward. The origin of this particular belief la referable to the old legend of St Dunstan. This versatile English ec cleslastlc was a skillful farrier, and one day, while at work In his forge, the Evil One entered in disguise and requested Dunstan to shoe his "single hoof." The saint, although he at once recognized bis malign customer, ac ceded, but caused him bo much pain during tbe operation that Satan begged him to desist This Dunstan did, but only after be had made the Evil One promise that neither he nor any of the lesser spirits, bis servants, would ever molest the Inmates of a house where a horseshoe was displayed. Chicago Cnronlcle, CHARGED MILEAGE. S A Boston surgeon of national repu tation was spending a few weeks In a little hamlet in the north of Massa chusetts. It was before the days of rural free delivery, and tha trip to the post office was one of tbe excitements of the day. Many of tbe Inhabitants exchanged their daUy gossip while waiting for tbe mail. The doctor now delights to repeat the following pleas ant chat which he overheard: You live over at the Four Corners, Bill. What kind of a feller is the new constable? I've heard be was meaner than a potato bug." "Well, I don't know as you'd call him mean, but he is a little mite pru dent Jim. Knows the value of a do! lar and ain't negligent about the cents. I suppose some folks would think he was mean. "Is he as mean as Jabes Althing?" "No," answered the other, in slow deliberation, "he ain't quite so mean as Jabes. Now, fer Instance, Friday he had to serve an attachment fer tho new carpenter on Mrs. Bowles, who wouldn't pay the carpenter for build ing her henhouse. When he got over there he found she didn't have any thing he could attach except the hens. So he had to get them all together, somehow, and he chased each one around the house about forty times be fore he catched 'em. I guess he was at it nearly half the morning. You know he'd driven three miles to get there, and the law allows so many cents per mile he has to travel. "Well, when I went by the bouse ho was flgurin' and multiplyln and dl vldln' on the back of a shingle, and I says to him, 'Howdy-do, constable? What are you calculatlnT An' be says' to me, 'I'm calculatin' how much mileage is due me fer chasln' them hens.' That s what makes me think he ain't downright mean, but just pru dent" Youth's Companion. Crooked. Bill You could tell he is crooked by his face. Jill Sure, he can't keep a straight face. Yonkers Stntesman. Fight Outside. She Do they fight much In yout church choir? He No, they generally wait until they get outside. Yonkers Statesman, JAPANESE DEMONSTRATE HOW A MODERN MOHTAR BATTERY WORKS. . Tba mortar Is a type of ordnance employed for high angle fire. It la not as weU proportioned or as graceful In Its dealgn as other forms of ordnance, being far too short for the product of American and English gun notion of wbat a great gun should be. One of these monsters of civilized warfare exhibited at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Illustrated this grow ing tendency of gunmakers to improve upon the mortar's proportions. In this unique demonstration of the methods and armament of seacoast defense the War Department furnished a well devised and adequate popular Illus tration of a subject which was not only necessarily unfamiliar to dweller in the great interior of the continent, but, because no person is ever permitted to examine the coast defenses themselves, was of equal educational service to visitors who live within sight of those carefully guarded earthworks. Although the United States has been foremost In its employment of the mortar for coast defense, every seacoast approach In the country being provided with an elaborate system of mortar battery protection, England has not been laggard in the same direction. France, although she has for many years taken the lead In the manufacture of this type of ordnance, bas been slow to adopt It for the defense, of her seaboard. The use of field mortars bas not yet been put to the actual test of modern battle conditions. It was tbe hope of military observers that tbe present conflict In Aala would serve as an experimental Issue for field mor tar warfare. That this exploitation of the gun was expected to take place may be accounted for by the fact that at the beginning of hostilities Russia led the world with a regularly organized and equipped division of twenty four batteries, six mortars to a battery. That the anticipations of the foreign military observers in the field have not been realized la explained by tha continuous retreat which the Russian land forces have been compelled to maintain. Contrary to tbe original expectation. It is now tbe Japanese that are likely to demonstrate the efficiency of the mortar as a field resource. With the almost incredible adaptation which they have shown in so many ways since the beginning of the war they have begun to turn the very weapons which were designed to assist in their overthrow against their would-be destroyers. EDISON IS FAILING. Great Scientist la Constant Fear of Cancer of th Stomach. "I am feeling poorly very poorly. Tbe old X-ray trouble is after me. It won't let go. It killed my assistant Yes, sir; killed him by Inches. Now it's after me. Knots all along my stom achgreat big ones running In a semi circle. Can't eat anything nowadays. It isn't indigestion, either. Tbe doc tors don't know what to make of it Old Father Time will have to diagnose it I guess." It was a gray-haired and seemingly palsied man who spoke thus, says the Chicago Inter Ocean. The world calls him Thomas A. Edison, the greatest in ventor that history has ever known. He is spending bis time nowadays in a weatner-oeaten nouse caiiea ine Monastery," three miles outside the vU- lage of Stewartville, N. J. The vener- THOMAS A. EOISOIT. able shack gets its odd name from the fact that no women are allowed there. The X-ray ailment developed several years ago while Edison was experi menting with the Roentgen rays. He it was who perfected the fluoroscopy An assistant named Dalley helped him in his work. Dalley had his face near the X-ray. Edison had the strange light near his stomach. Dalley developed a cancer on his face. It killed htm a month ago. Edison is now in constant fear of a cancer in his stomach. That is why he bad to give up his X-ray ex periments. Partly for recreation he began visit lng "The Monastery to work on a new invention In cement. And in this he is now engrossed. He retires at 3 o'clock in the morning and rises at U a. m. The rest of the day is spent in work or "day dreaming." There is something weird about these "dream lng spells." t or nours ne sits in a chair, his massive head buried in his breast, his bands clasped together, and his thumbs twitching convulsively. No one can rouse him at these times. Birds hop at his feet and perch upon his shoulder. Caterpillars drop from the trees and go on exploring expedl tlons through his shabby clothes through the shabby clothes of a man whose wealth is placed at a low est! mate at ?4,000,000. Always when he emerges from his "dreams" he has some fresh Idea, some new plan to pur sue. The people In Stewartsville love and fear this wonderfully weird man. He has changed greatly, they say. In only 0ne respect, declare the knowing ones, is he the Tom Edison of former years THE EFFICIENCY OF FIELD MORTARS. slxe of Its bore. Tba most modern builders la mora like th accepted he can and does still swear volum inously and with great art when his temper la aroused. LANDSLIDES OF THE PAST. Other Election Hav Beau Fully a Onarglded aa th La teat. - In the history of this country there have been political landslides, besides that of Jot. 8 last Thomas Jeqerson was elected President In 1304 by 163 votes to 14 for Charles C. Plnckney, the Federalist candidate. In 1820 the re-election of James Monroe would have been unanimous except for the desire of one elector to reserve to Washington the exclusive honor of a unanimous choice. Accordingly one vote was cast for John Qulncy Adams, the remaining 231 votes being given to Monroe. Andrew Jackson's second election In 1832 was by a vote of 219 to 49 for Henry Clay. Martin Van Buren defeated WUliam Henry Har rison four years later by 170 to 73; and at the following election the ta bles were turned by a vote of 234 to 60 in favor of Harrison. Tbe next two elections were closer; but in 1852 Franklin Pierce defeated Wlnfleld Scott by a vote of 254 to 42. Lincoln defeated McClellan in 1864 by an electoral vote of 212 to 21, al though this result was greatly dispro portionate to the popular vote, which was divided: Lincoln, 2.216,067; Mc Clellan, 1,808,725. Grant defeated Sey mour in 1868 by 214 to 80 votes. The only electoral plurality since the great war, to exceed that for Roosevelt was obtained by Grant over, Greeley in 1872. Grant's vote was 286 and Gree ley's 42. The death of Greeley oc curred between the dates of the popu lar election and tbe casting of the elec toral vote and the Greeley electors of live States cast their votes for Thomas A. Hendricks. Cleveland's election in 1892 was by a great electoral plurality. The divis ion was: Cleveland, 277; Harrison, 145. Cleveland's popular plurality was nearly 400.0C0. McKlnley's second de feat of Bryan was also overwhelming. The electoral vote was 292 to 155, and the popular vote 7,218,353 to 6,357,807. Chicago Daily News. Varied Farms of Oklahoma. The first Journey of the missionary superintendent was made to Colony, From Oklahoma the route lies wester ly seventy-six miles, over the Choc taw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway. Aa the train laves the metropolis it glides along rich farm lands, where preparations have already begun for fall sowing of wheat, or near cotton fields, whose dark green foliage 1h decorated with the silver white bolls, even now bursting open to tempt the hand of the picker. Side by side with thla leading prod uct of the South may be seen broad acres of tall corn, with leaves already brown, and golden ears hanging grace fully, ready to be plncked by the shucker who drives his team and cart in this forest of fodder through which his cattle will roam all winter and grow fat upon the rattling leaves. Fields of luxuriant alfalfa are on either side of the track, and great watermelon patches, on which the luscious fruit Ues so thick that it would be Impossible to drive a team across without crushing monsters weighing from forty to sixty pound ach. Christian Intelligencer. Time for Berlous Reflection. "When does a young man commence first to think Beriously of marriage?" "Usually about two months aftet he's married." Philadelphia Inquirer. N ' - . .