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IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS Tuesday, April 10. Washington, April 10. For seven hours today Die house had under cnn uleration the postolllre appropriation till, but In only a few Instances were tht provisions considered. During the cVhate on the special appropriation for railway mall pay, bitter wonla wera exchaiiired between representatives from North Carolina, Arkansas and Kri.tuckv, but all wera within the rules t( the home. A numerous perch waa made by J. Adam Ilwde, Minn., and Charles A. Towns, New York, spoke In behalf of the Jamestown exposition. Both Bade and Tonne rep resented the Ditluth district In Minne ota in other congresses. They wera warmly congratulated on their speeches. Washington, April 10. For mor than four houra today Bailey held the undivided attention of the annate with a speech in reply to Hpouner and Knox, and Just before ita concluaion there waa a significant suggestion from Hale Indi cating the possibility of an understand lug and an early rote on the railroad rate bill. The day waa one of the moat notable In the recent history of the aenate. Very few aenatora were absent at any time during the day and every aeat In the galleries, public, private, senator! al, eix'iitlva and diplomatic, waa held by lla occupant with marked tenacity. Monday, April 0. Washington, April . Mclaorin and Morgan addressed the aenate today on the railroad rata question, the former advocating the legislation and the lat ter opjwmlng. The Mississippi senator announced li la intention to eupport an aiuendnient providing for a court re view of the decisions of the Interstate Commerce commission and alao etstwl bla adherence to the Hslley amend ment, prohibiting the temporary sus jmnalon of the commission's orders by the Inferior courts, lie criticised what he chara"terlzml aa an effort to inject politic Into the consideration of the bill. Morgan- took the position that the proposed legislation waa an Inter ference with the righta of the atatei to control the corporatlona created by themselves, and said that the heit way to check exorbitant railroad rates waa to keep the waterway! In audi condi tion aa to Inaure competition. Wellington, April 9. Notwlth etanding that this was Eistrict day In the house and that body resolved Itself into a common council for the purpose of making laws for the District of Co lumbia, general Interest waa shown In the hills requiring non resident pupils to pay tuition and regulating the em ptoyment of child labor. Hepburn, of Iowa, replying to a long speech of Sims, cl Tennessee, In which be contended for self government for the people of the District of Columbia, made a ue fenae of the form of government, but criticised lta administration. He did not think two newspaper men and one army officer, who constitute the board of commissioners, the proper personnel for such a government. Saturday, April 7. Washington, April 7. The house did not induge itself in the usual half holiday Unlay, but continued the con sideration of the postoflke appropria tlon bill, and in the latitude acrordod under general debate the discussion took on a wide range, including rail wat mail pay, inrreared pay for rural letter carriern, the American smelter trust and the corrupt use of money in elections, with side lights on na turalixation laws. Dalzell, Republican, of Pennsylva nla, called up the bill amending the in ternal revenue laws to prevent the double taxation of certain distilled epiriti. He asked that the bill be con ider(nl by the house as in committee of the whole, possibly anticipating some debate. Before he could make any statement, the speaker had the bill read a third time, indorsed and passrd, while general laughter over the erpe ditious way the speaker disposed jf legislation ran around the chamber. Friday, April 0. Washington, April 6. In making an effort today to get the senate to agree upon a date for taking a vote on the railroad rate bill. Tillman made the important statement that one week more probably would eihaust the gen eral debate. Ho failed, however, to secure the consent of A Id rich, who said that he would not be willing to agree to vote on the bill until it was more 1 May End Race Problem. Washington, April 10 Dr. 8. Har ris, professor of medicine in the Uni versity of Alabama, at Mobile, talked to the president today about the ravages of consumption among the negroes of the South. He expressed the fear, and be added that his opinion was concurr ed in by the medical fraternity general ly in the South, that the negro race was likely to become extinct in this country. Statistics showed, he declar ed, that the death rate among the mem bers of the negro race in America was greater than the birth rate. Question for Steel Trust. Washington, April 10. After a con fe ence with the president today, Gen eral Qrosvenor, chairman of the house committee on merchant marine and fisheries, announced that his committee proposed this week, in connection with bearings on the ship subsidy bill, to interrogate ofllciala of the United States Steel corporation regarding the report ed selling of steel products abroad at a rate cheaper than was given to consum ers in this country. nearly perfected than It now Is. During the dsy there were three speeches on the rateliill. The first of these was made by Elkins, who, while expressing the opinion that the situa tion demands legislation, Indicated many defects In the - pending bill, (iamble followed In support of the bill, and Kean cloned in opposition. F.lklns was frequently Interrupted, and several spirited colloquies maiked the progress of his remarks. No senator being pre pared to speal tomorrow, the senate adjourned until Monday. Washington. April 6. Tariff railway mail subaldlea, denatarlsed alcohol and enlarged postal facilities for Western cities were the festures of the debits in the house today. What were al legod to be the iniquities of the Ding ley law, so far as the manufacture of watches is concerned, were discussed by Halney, of Illinois, whose tariff revis ion speech waa listened to with much Interest. The 'stand-patters" made copious notes for the discussions on protection which are foreshadowed. Without touching the merits of the poatofllce appropriation bill, which nominally was under discussion, the house at 6:15 adjourned until noon to morrow. Thursday, April 5. Washington, April 5. The poatofllce appropriation bill, following an imme morial custom, was made the vehicle for a number of speeches today having no bearing on the subject undtr dis union, but of general Interest to the country The tighta ol labor were die- cuseed by Towne, of New iorx: goods road, by I-ee, of Georgia: railway mail pay by Sti-enrrson, of Minnesota, and protective tariff by Ralney, of Illinois. Incident to his spetch on labor, Towne spoke of the increased power given the speaker of the house by the rules now in force. He said that, if the house ever has its ancient dignity ana power restored, it will be after it has vindi cated the right of discussion of all pub lic questions. Washington, April 5.- In the senate today there was a re-echo of the White house conference of last (Saturday rela tive to the pending railroad legislation, and, while the discussion ended in good J nature, there was a time when the feeling wa quite intense The Incident occurred at the close of a speech by Stone, which was devoted largely to a discussion of that conference. Elkins has given notice of a speech on trie rate bill lor tomorrow and hailey for a speech on that subject Tuesday. The Texas senator will reply especially to the criticisms made by Sponner and Knox, of his plan for a limitation of the powers of inferior courts in granting injunctions in rate litigation. Newlands contlnueud his argument in support of his proposition for the national incorporation of railroad com panics. Wednesday, April 4, Washington, April 4. In the senate today Newlands discuwed the railroad rate bill and Daniel the question of the lack of representation by the Southern states in the public service. New landa advocated amendments to the rate bill providing for the national in corporation of railroads, and announced himself as favorable to the govern mental ownership of these utilities. Daniel's speech was based on a provis ion in the urgent deficiency appropria tlon bill for the representation of the United Slates at the next Pn-Amcrl can congress, to be tielt in Kio de Janeiro next July. The deficiency bill waa amended so as to provide lor more delegates, and as amended was passed. Washington, April 4. The house during its session to-lay listened to a criticism of the president on the part of Fitzgerald, New York, for the fail ure of the chief executive properly to advise the boost) as to the objections he had to the bill opening 505.000 acres of land for graxing purposes in Okla homa territory, instead of advising the members of the Indian Affairs commit tee as to tiie weakness of tue measure, so that it might be amended to meet the wishes of the commissioner of In dian affairs. ilia postomce appropriation bin was taken up, but beyond an explanation by the chairman of the poatofllce com mittee, uveratreet, no Headway was made. No Limit on Use of Franks. Salt Lake, April 10. That there is no law limiting or prescribing the char acter of printed matter which congress men may authorise to be sent throuph the mails under official frank, is the gist of a decision rendered here today by Judge John A. Marshall, of the United States District court. L. R. Anderson, chairman of the Republican committee of Sanpote county, Utah, was indicted lor alleged illegal use of the frank of Congressman James A. Tawney, of Minnesota, for distribution in" Utah of political matter. Seattle Objects to Negro Soldiers. Washington, April 9. Seattle is vig orously protesting against tne assign ment of a colored infantry regiment to Forts Lnwton and Wright, in place of the Tenth infantry, that goes to Alaska in August. The appeals of Senator Piles have been without avail and he is informed that Washington must have its share of colored soldiers. The de tall of colored troops to the department of Columbia will not Include Vancouver barracks. The detail is for two years. OFFER TO ARBITRATE. Miner Willing to Let Conciliation Board Settle Trouble. New York, April 6. Having failed to come to an agreement themselves, the hard coal miners of Pennsy'.vania, through their representatives, todsy projKjaed to the operators that all mat ters In dispute be referred to a board of arbitration for settlement, the tribunal to be composed of the board of concili ation which was created by the award of the Anthracite 3trik commission In 1903, with Judge Gray, of Delaware, or any person he may appoint, as chair man and umpire. If the operators ac cept the proposition and a convention of mineworkers approves the plsn, the 1(10,000 men now Idle In the anthra cite fields will return to work at once. While it bad been reported for several days that the miners, might ask that the differences be arbitrated, the prop osition came to them aa a great sur prise, as they did not believe the onion leaders were ready to leave the contro versy to a third party at this time. That the operators will accept the miners' propossl a submitted is not generally believed ; Intact, it Is inti mated they may flatly refuse ths offer, on the ground' that existing conditions are the result of arbitration. The em ployers hsve decided to consider the miners' latest move and promise to give Preeldent Mitchell and his men an answer on Monday, when another meeting of the two sub-committees will be held in this city. The anthracite board of conciliation consists of six members three repre senting the operators and three the miners. This board held frequent ses sions during the last three years, settling lo-al disputes in the anthracite region. The award of the strike com-mlr-sion provided that, when it could not agree, a Federal jude in the Third Judicial district should appoint an umpire, who should make a decision. Judge George Gray, president of the strike commission, made the appoint ments. During the first two years he seWted Carroll 1). Wright, ex United States commissioner of labor, as the umpire, but during the last year Charles P. Neill, the present labor commissioner, acted as the arbiter. FURIOUS WITH FOREIGNERS. Chinese Excited by Picture of Magis trate Killed by Priest. Pekir., April 6. The Nanchang affair of February last, during which a Chi nese magistrate met death as the result of a dit-pute with French Catholic mis sionaries which caused a riot and the killing of a number of French and Brit ish missionaries, continues to inflame the Chinese. The native papers in the north of China this week print pictures of the magistrate'! orpe, showing his wounds, with sensational articles writ ten in a style which appeals to the lower claws, exhorting the people not to forget the outrages and to pn pare to defend themselves against foreign bru talities. The belief that a French priest mur dered the magistrate is universal and probably no other incident ever excited such widespread resentment against the missionaries. In many places the Catholic converts and the other Chinese are living on the basis of armed neu trality, and but for the presence of the troop stationed near the missions by the government's orders, the slightest friction would result in massacre. Disturbance In Coat Field. Philadelphia, April 6. The situv lion in me coal fields remains un changed. Occasional disturbances are reported from various sections, but they are regarded as inconsequential. As a result of the attacks made on the breAkers of the Fernwood colliery, the F.rie, company, w hich owns the land occupied by the mineworkers, han er deretl them to vacate the property The miners are said to have shot out nearly every window in the breaker. A detail of state police today arrested seven Italian laborers at Mccanaaua. near W ilkesbarre, who yesterday pre vented non-union men from operating the West End washery. They were sent to jail. Wants All Railroads Appraised. naahington, April 6. By unani mous vote today the National associa tion of Railway commissioners adopted the resolution of B. H. Meyer, of Wis consin, offered yesterday, declaring it to be the sense of the association that the congress of the United States should authorize and direct the Interetate Commerce commission, or some other department of the Federal government, to ascertain the inventory value of all railways in the United States, and to fix a valuation on the railway property ol eacu state separately. Viosca Has Been Vindicated. Washington, April 6. Charges made against James Viosca, the American vice consul at La Pax, have been inves tigated by the State department and the Navy department, and the result is a complete vindication of Mr. Viosca. It was charged by Chirles Pauson, who, until bis death a short time igo, was employed at the United States na val coaling station at Pichilinque bay. that Viosca withheld part of the py of employes at the station. Will Build Island for Fort. Washington, April 6. The creation of an artiflcai island in the middle of the entrance to Ch espeake bay is pro posed by the joint board on coast de fense, as an absolute essential to the defense of the National capital and the cities of Baltimore, Norfolk, Newport isews ana even Kicnmond. The gov eminent will dump stone on the middle ground as foundation for a tort. for The Term ofjlis Natural Life By MARCUS CLARKTi CHAPTKrt X. (Ont!io1.) The red llp parted, snd ths blue eyes. brighter thin ever, stared vacant ly around. The sound of her father's voice seemed to have roused her, for she began to speak a little prayer: "God blew papa aaj mamma, and God blew all oo board this ship. God lie me, and make ms food girl, for Jeans Christ's sake, our Lord. Amen." The sound of the unconscious child's simple prayer bad something awesome In It, and John Vlrkera, who not ten minutes before would bars aealed bla own death warrant unhesitatingly to prr aerrs the eafety of the vessel, felt bla eyee fill with unwonted teara. Ths con traat waa curious. From out the midst of tbst desolate ctan in a fever-smitten prUon ship, league from land, sur rounded by ruffians, thleres and mur derers the baby voice of an Innocent child called confidently on beaten. Two boors afterward aa the Mala bar, eacaped from the peril whfch had menaced her, plunged cheerily through the rippling water ths mutineers, by their spokesman, Mr. Jamaa Vetch, con feeaed: "They were very sorry, and hoped that their breach of discipline would be forgiven. It was ths fear of the typhus wblch bad driven them to It They had no accomplices either In ths prlaon or out of h. but they felt it but right to aay that the man who had planned the mutiny was Itufus Dawes." The malignant crlnole had e-ue&aed from whom the Information which had led to the failure of the plot had been derived, and this waa bla characteristic revenge. Extracted from the Hobart Town Courier: "The examination of tha nrlsoners who were concerned In the attempt urxin the Malabar waa concluded on Tuesday laet The four ringleader, Dawea, Gab bett. Vetch and Sandera, were condemn ed to death; but ws understand that, by ths clemency of bis excellency tbs gov ernor, their sentence has been commut ed to six years st the penal settlement of Mscquarls Harbor." CHAPTER XI. The southeast coaat of Van Diemen'a Land reaerables a blaenlt at which rats hare been nibbling. Eaten away by the continual action of the ocean which. pouring round by east and west, baa di vided the peninsula from the mainland of the Australasian continent, the shore line is broken snd ragged. From the sentinel solitude of the Iron Pot to the smiling banka of New Norfolk, the river wlnda in a aluceesalon of reachea, nar rowing to a deep channel cleft between rugged and towering cliffs. The climate of Van Diemen'a Land la one of the loveliest In the world. Laun- ceiton la warm, sheltered and moiot; and llobart Town, protected by Bruny Isl and and Its archipelago of D'Encaa- treaux Channel and Storm Bay from the violence of the aouthern breakers, pre serves the mean temperature of Smyrna; while the district between theie two towna apreada la a aucceaslon of beau tiful valleys, through which glide clear and sparkling streams. But on the western coast, from the steeple rocks of Cape Grim to ths scrub encircled barrenness of Sandy Cape, and the frowning entrance to Macquarle Har bor, the nature of the country entirely changes. Along that Iron bound ahore, ell la bleak and cheerleaa. Upon that dreary beach the rollers of the southern sea complete their circuit of the globe. snd the storm that haa devastated the cape, and united In ha eastern course with the Icy blasta which sweep north ward from the unknown terrora of the southern pole, crashes unchecked upon the II uon pine forests, and lashes with rain the grim front of Mount Direction. r urmua gales and sudden tempests affright the natives of the coast Nav lgation Is dangerous, and the entrance to the "Heira Gates" of Macquarie Harbor Is only to be attempted In calm weather. "Heirs Gates," formed by a rocky point which runs abruptly northward, almost touches, on Its eastern side, a projecting arm of land which guards the entrance to Kings river. In the mid die of the gates is an Island, which, lying on a sandy bar In the very jaws of the current, creates a double whirl pool. Impossible to pass In the roughest weather. The headquarters of the set tlement were placed on an Island not far from the month of this Inhospitable river, called Sarah Island. Snrah Island Is long and low. The commandant's bouse was built In the center, having the chaplain's house and barracks between It and the jail. The hospital was on the west shore, and in a line with it lay the two penitentiaries. Lines of lofty palisades ran round the settlement giving it the appearance of a fortified town. These palisades were built for the purpose of warding off the terrific blasts of wind, which, shrieking through the long and narrow bay as through the keyhole or a door, had In former times torn off roofs, and lev eled boat sheds. The little town was set, as It were, In defiance of nature, at the very extreme of civilliatlon, and Its Inhabitants maintained perpetual warfare with the winds and waves. But the jail of Sarah Island waa not tha only prison In this desolate reeion At a little distance from the mainland la a rocK, over the rude side of which the waves dash In rough -weather. On an evening In December, as the sun was sinking behind the tree tops on the left side of the harbor, the figure of a man appeared on the top of this rock. He was clad In the coarse garb of a con vice, and wore round his ankles two Iron rings, connected by a short and heavy chain. To the middle of this chain a leathern strap was attached, which, splitting in ths form of a T, buckled round his waist, and pulled ths chain high enough to prevent him from stum bling over It as he walked. His. head waa bare, and his coarse, blue striped shirt, open at the throat, displayed an embrowned and muscular neck. Emerg ing from ouKa sort of cell, or den. con trlved by nature or art In ths side of ths cliff, he threw oa a scanty fire, which burned between two hollowed rocks, a email log of pine wood; and then, returning to bis csve, and bring ing from It an Iron pot wblch contained water, be acooped with Ma toll hardened bands a rertlng place for it in the ashes, and placed It on the embers. It was evident that the cave was at once bla atorehouse and larder, and that the two hollowed rocks formed bis kitchen. Having thus made preparations for supper, be sscended a pathway wblch led to tbs highest point of the rock. His fetters compelled blra to take short step, and, as be walked, be winced as though the Iron bit him. A handkerchief oi atrip of cloth waa twisted round bla left ankle, on wblch the circlet bad chafed a sore. Painfully and alowly he gained hie destination, and, flinging himself on the ground, gated around him. A brig wss being towed np the harbor by two convict-manned boats. The sight of tbls brig seemed to rouse in the mind of the solitary of the rock a strsln of reflection, for, sinking his chin npon bis hand, be fixed bis eyes on the incoming vessel, and immersed him self In moody thought The ehlp an chored, the boats deUched themselves from her sides, the sun sunk, and the bay waa plunged in gloom. Lights began to twinkle along the ahore of the settle ment The little fire died, and the water In the Iron pot grew cold; yet the watch er on the rock did not stir. With his eyes staring Into the gloom, and fixed ateadily on ths vessel, he lay along ths barren cliff of his lonely prison as mo tionless ss the rock on which be had stretched himself. This solitary man waa Itufus Dawes e e In the house of Major Vlckers. com msndant of Macquarie Harbor, thert waa, on thla evening of December, un usual gayety. Lieut Maurice Frere. late In command at Maria Island, had unexpectedly come down with news from headquarters. The Ladybird, gov ernment schooner, visited the settlement on ordinary occasions twice a year. To the convicts the arrival of the Ladybird meant arrival of new faces. Intelligence of old comrades, news of how the world from which they were exiled, waa pro gressing, hen the Ladybird arrived. the chained and toll-worn felona felt that they were yet human, that the nnl verse waa not bounded by the gloomy forests which aurrounded their prison. nut that there waa a world beyond. To the convicts the Ladybird waa town talk, theater, stock quotationa and latest telegrams. She wss their newspaper, poatofllce, the one ' excitement of their dreary existence, the one link between their own misery and the happlnesa of their fellow creatures. To the com mandant and the "freemen" this mes senger from the outer life was scarcely less welcome. There waa not a man on the Island who did not feel his heart grow heavier when her white sails dis appeared behind the ahoulder of the hllL On the present occasion bnslnesa of more than ordinary Importance had pro cured for Major Vlckers this pleasurable excitement It had been resolved by (jot. Arthur that the convict establish ment should be broken up. A succession of murders snd attempted escapes bad called public attention to the place, and jts distance from Hobart Town render ed It Inconvenient and expensive. Ar thur had fixed npon Tasman's penin sula as a future convict depot and nam ing it Port Arthur, in honor of himself, had sent down Lieut Maurice Frere with inatructiona for Vlckers to convey the prisoners of Macquarie Harbor thither. Seven classes of criminals were es tablished, when the new barracks for prisoners st Hobart Town were finished. The first class were allowed to sleep out of barracks, and to work for them selves on Saturday: the second had only the last-named Indulgence; the third were only allowed Saturday afternoon; the fourth and fifth were "refractory and disorderly characters to work in Irons;" the sixth were "men of the most degraded and incorrigible character to be worked In Irons and kept entirely separate from the other prisoners;" while the seventh were the refuse of this refuse the murderers, bandits and villains, whom nither chain nor lash could tame. They were regarded as so cially dead, and shipped to Hell's Gates or Maria Island. Hell's Gates was the most dreaded of all these houses of bondage. The discipline at the place was so severe, and the life so terrible, that prisoners would risk all to escape from it. In one year, of eighty-five deaths there, only thirty were from nat ural causes; of the remaining dead, twenty-seven were drowned, eight killed accidentally, three shot by the soldiers, and twelve murdered by their comrades, la another year one hundred and sixty nine men out of one hundred and eighty two were punished to the extent of two thousand lashes. During the ten years of Its existence one hundred and twelve men escaped, out of whom sixty-two only were found dead. The prisoners killed themselves to avoid living any longer, and, if so fortunate as to penetrate the desert of scrub, heath and swamp which lay between their prison and the settled districts, preferred death to recapture. Successfully to transport the remnant of this desperate band of doubly convicted felons to Arthur's new prison was the mission of Maurice Frere. "Well, Mrs. Vickers," he sold, as he took a cup of tea from the hands of that lady, "I suppose you won't be sorry to get away from this place, eh?" "No, indeed," says poor Mrs. Vlck ers, with the old girlishness shadowed by six years; "I shall be only too glad. A dreadful place! John's duties, how ever, are imperative. But the wind! My dear Mr. Frere, you've no idea of it; I wauted to send Sylvia to Hobart Town, but John would not let her go." "By ths way, how Is Miss Sylvia?" Tralre-Frere, with the patronizing air which men of his stamp adopt when they speak of children. "Not very well, I'm sorry to say," re turned Vlckers. "You aee, It'a lonely for her here. There are no children of her own age, with tha exception of the I pilot's little girl, and she cannot asso- cUte -with fcer. I5-.it I A'.l not l'.ks t lesve her behlud. and endeavored u teach her myeelf." "Hum! There was a ha governeee, or something, was there aotT" aU Frere, staring late his teacup. "That maid, you know what was her name?" "Mies Purfoy," said Mrs. Vlckers, a little grsvely. "Yes, poor thing; a uJ story, Mr. Frere." Indeed! I left yon know, shortly after the trial of the mutineers, and never heard the fall particulars." He poke carelessly, bat be awaited the re ply with keen curioelty. 'A aad story r repeated Mrs. Vlck ers. "She was ths wife of that wretch ed man. Rex, and came oat aa my maid In order to be near him. She would never tell me her history, poor thin;, though all through the dreadful accusa tions made by that horrid doctor, I beg ged her almost on my knees. You know how she nursed Sylvia and poor John. Really a moat superior creature. I think she must have been a governess. Her conduct waa most exemplary, aod dar ing the six months we were in Hobart Town she taught little Sylvia a great deaL Of coarse she could not help her wretched husband, you know. Could shsT" "Certainly not!" said Frere, heartily. I heard something about him, too. Got Into some scrape, did he not?" 'Miss Purfoy, or Mrs. Rex, as she really waa, though I don't suppose Rex Is her real name, either, came into a little legacy from an old aunt in Eng land and left my service. She took a little cottage on the New Town road, and Rex was assigned to her as bex servant' "I see. The old dodger ssya Frere, flushing a little. . "Well?" "Well, the wretched man tried to es cape, and aha helped him. He waa to get to Lannceston, and so on board vessel to Sydney; but they took the unhappy creature, and be was sent down here. She was only fined, but it ruined her. Yoo-see, only a few people know of her relationship to Rex, snd she waa rather respected. Of coarse, when It be came known, what with that dreadful trial and the horrible assertions of Dr. Pins you will not believe me, I know; there wss something about that man I never liked she wss quite left alone. She wanted me to bring her down here to teach Sylvia, but John thought that it was only to be near her husband, and wouldn't allow It" "Of course it waa," said Vlckers, 1s ing. "Frere, we'll go on the verenda. She will never be satisfied until she gets that scoundrel free." "He's a bad kt then?" says Frere opening the g'ass window and leading the way to the sandy garden. "Oh, a very bad lot" returned Vlck ers; "quiet snd silent but ready for any villainy. I count hhn one of the worst men we have. With the exception of one or two more, I think he is the worst" "Why don't you flog em?" says Frere. "I cut the hide off my fellows if they show any. nonsense." "Well," says Vlckers, "I don't care about too much cat myaelf. Barton, won was here before me, flogged tremend ously, but I don't thingk it did any good. They tried to kill him several times. Yon remember those twelve fellows who were hanged? No! Ah, of course you were away." , "What do you do with 'em?" "Oh, flog the worst you know; but I don't flog mors than a man a week as a rule, and never more than fifty lashes. They're getting quieter now. Then we iron, and dumb-ells, and maroon them.' "Do whatr "Give them solitary confinement on Grummet Island. When a man gets very bad, we clap him into a boat with a week'a provisions, and pull him over to Grummet There are cells cut in the rock, you see, and the fellow pulls np his commissariat after him, and lives there by himself for a month or so. It tames them wonderfully." "Does Itr said Frere. "It's a capital notion. I wish I had a place of that sort at Maria." "I've a fellow there now," says Vlck ers, "Dawes. You remember him, ol course the ringleader of the mutiny in the Malabar. A dreadful ruffian. He was the most violent the first year I was here. Barton used to flog a good deal, and Dawes had a childish dread of the cat When I came, he'd made a sort of petition to be sent back to the settlement Said that he was innocent of the mutiny, and that the accusation against him was false." (To be continued.) As a Picture Is. "Yes," said Mr. Goodiey, "6he made quite an impression upon me; reminds me of an old-fashioned picture " "Ah!" lntrrupted Miss Chellus, "you noticed It, then?" "Noticed what?" "That she's painted." Philadelphia Press. Hta Garret Fire. Tall Artist DeSmears was telling me that be was using more charcoal than ever these days. Is he selling many charcoal drawings? Short Artist He Is not selling any. He has bought a charcoal stove to keep him warm. Mere Thought. New Clerk I think I understand the business pretty well now. Employer Yes? Keep at it four or five years. Terhaps you'll understand It then as well as you think you do now. Philadelphia Ledger. Straining; a Klaa. Eva Did you ever kiss a girl through her veil? Dick Yes and got quite an impres sion. Eva Of the girl? Dick No, of the veil. What Did He Meant "What makes you look so wor ried?" "I can never get a dress suit to fit me." "Ferhaps you don't get there earlj enough." Cleveland Leader. A concrete chimney completed re cently for a Tncoma smelter Is 307 feet In height and is said to b the highest in the world of Its kind.
