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THE CHURCH AND LABOR.
By Bishop ft. C. Potter.
It Ib not the giving of money or the
creation of charitable Institutions
that builds up tho feeling of brother
hood among men. Tho poor man re
sents our condescension, lie does not
want Unit or your gold ; ho wants
recognition of bis manhood. The shop
girl wants you to honor her woman
hood ; to respect her lu the task In
which she Is tolling and suffering.
You can do much to make that task
easier and create an atmosphere In
which she and you can move alike us
bishop roTTKK. members of the same divine society
and fellow soldiers under Christ. Tills brings Into view
the relation of the church to great social problems. You
and I somehow or other must bring the man who works
with his hands to recognize his place, his right, his office,
bis calling In the church of ("Jod. The first business of
the church is to place her houses of worship at the serv
ice of tho -people who work with their hands and then In
the life of the church to encourage that spirit which will
ghelp us to understand and to serve It. There Ib but one
way to do that. Instead of turning to any "Ism" of the
hour or theory of social reconstruction, or any new
philosophy which undertakes to recreate society upon
theories which are essentially barbaric In their nature,
you and I must go back and look Into Uie face of the
Master and find' In Him the secret of our service and our
triumph.
IS THE ELACK MAN DISAPPEARING t
By Prof. Glddlngs ot Columbia.
The real negro question In the South Is that
the white people do not. believe that it would
be advantageous for civilization and American
institutions to permit the general amalgama
tion of the white and negro blood, and they
cherish this view with Intense bitterness and
prejudice on account of pasnt traditions, and
exclude the negro from social equality with
white men. It is not merely political tradi
tion; It Is not merely economic oouuV.tion. It Is a race
Instinct, and Is especially held by the women of the
South, that If the negro were admitted to Join In every
thing socially and equally with the white man, nothing
could prevent the amalgamation of the blood of the two
races. That amalgamation they do not believe to be for
the highest Interest of the South and the civilization of
the white American nation.
However, notwithstanding this attempt of the white
people of the South to exclude the negro from social
equality with white men and to prevent the intermar
riage of blacks and whites, the negro Is fast disappear
ing. As years go by the population of the full-blooded
negro of the American population Is rapidly and surely
disappearing, and In his place we have the mulatto, the
Quadroon and octoroon.
This moans, of course, that, notwithstanding the legal
attempt to prevent the Intermarriage of blacks and
w kites, and the reproduction of a race of blacks and
whites, the reproduction goea steadily on.
AMERICAN WOMEN ARE THE BEST.
By William Jennings Bryan.
The American woman Is undoubted
ly the finest In the world, and I want
to add that tho American man far sur
passes the men generally speaking, of
course of any nation of men the
world over. Of course, my hurried
visits to the various countries did not
permit mo to make a studied observa
tion of the people, but I saw enough
to convince me of this. ,
J. biitait. Tho women of this country are far
ahead of those of any other country. They have more
liberty. I think this accounts, in part, for their su
periority. They are more Intelligent They possess more
energy and more Infiueace than any other women of tha
world.
The attitude of our wmen, shown In the various
fields of 6tudy of problems that prescut themselves for
solution In this country, surpasses the work or Interest
of women engaged In similar work anywhere. One no
ticeable feature of progression In this country is that
men and woinev work as copartners. The result of such
co-operation speaks for Itself, where conditions have been
made better and progress la shown In work of vital ben
efit to tie community and the country at large.
A PADLOCK FOR MUCK-RAKERS.
By United States Senator Foraker ot Ohio.
It would be most fortunate If a pad
lock could be provided for the muck
rakers all of them, high and low,
big and little, well-intentioned and
evil-lntentloncd for It Is high time
to quit slandering the American peo
ple. They never less deserved It.
They nevor never more worthy of
praise and eommendaton.
There were never higher Ideals and
moral standards among the business
men of tho nation, and there were
j. b. forakek. never better methods employed by
them for the control and transaction of business. In thlB
we should not only find hope and Inspiration, but also
a command to administer our public affairs on the theory
not that all men are dishonest, but that, with the ex
ception of the few, nil men are upright, and that as to
even the few who may not be upright, they are entitled
to the presumption that they are, and to have a right to
bo heard before they are condemned.
if n -m
THE PLUCKY SHAH
poin'l Propone to Have Bomb
llnrled n-t Jtlni Without a Froteat.
The now Shah of Persia la a pretty
ood fellow and Is willing to concede
I point to humor Ms subjects In their,
to him, ridiculous
mm
BI1AU Ok 1'LUMA.
asplriitions toward
what they term
freedom. His
father granted the
1 people a constitu
tion but when tho
son came to tho
throno he forgot all
about It until his
subjects threatened
to make things
mighty unpleasant
for the King of Kings as ho calls him
self. Rather than have any hard feol-
Eugs over so small a matter he told
hem to go ahead with their parliament
land if they got any fun out of It, ho
Would be satisfied. Put when It comes
o heaving explosives at him ns he
basses along tho street, ho draws the
pne. He doesn't see any Joke In a dis
gruntled subject hurling a bomb at him
Snd It didn't take long for him to say
o.
He was driving through the streets
tf Teherau. Ahead of him was his au
omoblle, which, for some reason or
Other, he was not occupying, perhaps
Ipelng for tho moment tired of his new
ilaything. Suddenly from across the
itreet some ungrateful fellow hurled a
omb at tho automobile. Tho machluo
'vas torn into kindling wood, but even
the chauffeur was not injured. Nobody
Could tell Just wild slung the deadly
feilsslle, so in the hope of hitting tho
fight man the Shah ordered his body
guard to fire. The result was that
two of his personal attendants, his
royal executioner and two Innocent
jjltlzens were killed while a policeman,
fl grocer, nn ofllcor of gendarmes and
two private soldiers were badly In
jured. The Shah was pretty mad. He tnrn-
on his heel and wulked home, refus
ing to ride In spite of the entreaties
f his frightened escort. The next day
Is majesty came down town and with
stick he beat the governor of the
,own soundly. Then ho called tho chief
f police before him and told him if he
ertnltted any more such nonsense as
ml) hurling lie would have him Mown
from the mouth of n cannon. Since
then corner loafers with bundles under
their linns have I toon Invited to move
ll without any hesitation.
Mohammed Ail Mir.u isn't the kind
Ef man the anarchists can scare. They
lay succeed in killltig him, but they
Cannot frighten him. lie Is .".(i years
pld, powerful of hui'd, widely traveled,
S. firm believer in his divine right to
uie and has occupied tm- throne but
ttlo more than a your,
rendu has a population of about 9,
frfXl.OOO, of whom J,(MK),ih) arc members
Of nomadic tribe. A very large part
bt tho country is des-rt. Tin army
lias a nominal-strength of 1hum;i), but
fi large proportion of lhe soldiers are
ndrilled. In religion the people are
lohanuuedniis.
and went slowly downstairs, trying to
recall any possible forgotten Miss Fos
ter. At tho parlor door she stopped.
It was an agent the showy dress, the
exaggerated appearance of ease, the
sharp, searching glance all betrayed It;
an agent, moreover, of tho type she
most disliked, and who had lied to her.
Involuntarily her face grew stern, but
before she could speak the woman an
swered her thought.
"Yes, I lied. It was the only way
to get at you. I don't suppose I'll
make anything by It, but at least I
could get in out of the cold a minute.
Maybe you'd have lied, too, If you had
tramped five hours and made fifteen
cents."
For a moment the two women, the
gentle, delicately cared for one and the
bitter daughter of toll, looked at each
other ; then Mrs. Amies stepped to her
tea table, arranged for her afternoon's
callers, and lighted her alcohol lamp.
"I am afraid I shall not care fjr
what you have to show," she said, "but
at least I want to give you a cup of
tea before you go out In the cold
again."
The young woman stared, started to
say something, and apparently changed
uor mlud. Bho answered only lu mono
syllables to Mrs. Amies' attempts at
conversation, and accepted the tea and
little cakes without a word of thanks.
Hut when, tho teacup and plate both
emptied, Mrs. Amies said, brightly:
"And now, Buppose we talk business,"
she shook her head.
"Not after that," she returned. She
drew on her gloves, and then rose.
"Now and then," she said, "there's
folks that treat me like Christians. I
try to be honest over It, and there Is
one now and then. But I never had
any one treat me like a lady before,
and T ain't going to spoil It."
Mrs. Amies, returning to her fire, sat
a long time looking into the flames. It
was n problem she was more puzlcd
over it than over before.
"Hut at least," she sighed, "I'm glad
I gave her a cup of tea." Youth's
Companion.
a cup or TEA.
Vha Akl-iiI l.'l.l di Wish to Spoil
Jl-i- 1 ui-tiM-rtt-il ltiT'illon.
"'.Ml: Helen lnster.'" Mrs. Amies
Toad tho curd perplexedly. "Hut I
don't Know any Helen Foster.
Are you sure that it isn't Nnh agent,
.Wary?"
"She sai l -.-! vo:' ! ':ieiw--Hint you
Worn evpeciiiig !.-. r,'" .Mary replied.
"Very well, 1 v. ill he down at u:i e."
Mr. Armts ni"''. . : 1. Kb.- put the hist
touches to her psvtty uftiwua g-nu
STRANGE DIHES
ad
I. Ion's Hnh, Tisrr'a Meat
linked Klrpbanl'a Foot.
Lion's llesh Is said to furnish a very
good meal. Tiger meat Is not so pal
atable, for It Is tough and sinewy. In
India nevertheless it is esteemed, be
cause there is a superstition that It Im
parts lo the eater some of the strength
and cunning that characterizes tho an
imal. This notion Is not, of course,
held by the followers of liruhma and
Huddha, whoso religion forbids the
eating of llesh.
There appears to be considerable dif
ference of opinion among authorities
on the subject ns to the merits of ele
phant's tlesli as nn article of diet By
some it is considered a dainty. But
there Is the authority of at least one
European against it. Stanley suld that
lie frequently tasted elephant's flesh
ami that it was more like soft leather
and glue than anything else with
which lie could eniunare It. Another
explorer, however, declares that he
cannot Imagine how an anliilnl so
course ami heavy as the elephant couh
prod nee such delicate and tender llesh.
All authorities agree in contmendini:
the elephant's foot. Even St inley ml
Iiiimou in n nai.i-u cicpnam k Tool, was
a di.h lit for a king. It Is the great
est iien aey mar can no given lo u
Ia!!ir. ?"f- Ijoius ncpiioiic.
A few 'Jays later the average man
!...gins to !..'.;, it of the good deed he did
l.y m.. : i..'.
Pit ;;,;;es we anticipate seldjlll cvlue
up to t!.e ape. itii all. iii'j. .
KILLED RARE ANIMALS IN TIBET
Maaon Mitchell Senda Specimen to
the Kntlonal Illatory Maaenm.
Mason Mitchell, actor, rough rider
and friend of President Roosevelt, has
added to his achievements by exploring
Tibet and killing animals which few
white men have slain, says tho New
York Herald.
Those who doubt that there are tak
lns, gorals, serows and blue bears will
absolve Mr. Mitchell from even a sus
picion of nature faking by going to the
American Museum of Natural History
and looking at the skins, skulls and
horns which have Just been received
from Mr. Mitchell. As a consul in the
Chinese city of Chungking he was not
far from the Tibetan border.
Mr. Mitchell accompanied his gifts
with scientific data and Is sending pho
tographs showing what tho animals
looked like In life.
Taklns resemble antelopes, but are
much larger, a full-grown specimen
weighing 1,000 pounds. Tho goral Is
a Himalayan goat of hermit proclivi
ties. The scrow Is rare. It Is some
thing like a goat. Tho skins of Uie Ti
betan blue bear and clouded leopard
sent by Mr. Mitchell are excellent spe
cimens. The consul also killed several birds
above tho clouds, and ho writes from
Tachinglu that when he gets a chance
to consult a natural history he will try
to Identify them. If they are slightly
known to naturalists he will add them
to the collections In the museum.
Mr. Mitchell has also given to the
museum scrolls once owned by a band
of Tibetan priests, who lost them In
fighting a punitive expedition sent
against them by tho French. The
scrolls are covered with allegorical fig
ures and are written In Sanscrit. They
are apparently centnrles old.
Many lands have known Mason
Mitchell since ho left his native town,
Onondaga, N. Y. He was n scout In
the Kiel rebellion In Canada, where ho
obtained a liking for military life.
Later be brought natives from Samoa
to the Chicago World's Fair and took
them back In a 200-ton schooner. Ills
ofllces were also called Into play by
the Kan Francisco fair, for which he
brought mony natives of the FIJI Isl
ands. He enlisted with the rough rid
ers and was wounded at Snn Juan
hill. On his return from the SpanlBh
Amerlcan war lie stumped the State
when Mr. Roosevelt was candidate for
Governor. Ho also was an actor, play
wright and lecturer. Before he went
to China he was 1'iUted States consul
at Zanzibar, where bo found recreation
In killing elephants.
TUB TRICE OF LIFE.
U'onian F.plorep Telia of llao
n-itierlrnrc In African Wllda,
Of nil the countless perils of tht
African bush none Is moro dreaded
than the "driver" nut, a creature, not
more than half an inch In length, but
of tho most voracious and Msllferou!
kind, whose jet trick Is to invado the
hnnilxto huts of tho whites and natives
and literally force them to vacate their
homes, writes Miss Ida Vera Simonton,
n daring Pennsylvania woman, lately
returned from n trip In the wilds of
western Africa.
One night I was awakened by some
thing crawling over me, nnd, uHn hear
ing the yells and shrieks of the natives,
was horrilied to see an army of ants
swarming Into our hut. There Is only
one thin? to do when these Insects take
sissession of your abode, and that Is
to move out at once. F.von as I Jumped
out of IkmI they covered tho Hoor and
stung my feet. Their slings are some
thing awful. They had been drawn
Into the hut by the smell of the palm
kernels that 1 used In. cooking and by
the candles, for they dearly love grease
of all kinds. Well, they simply took
complete possession, and when we en
tered our home In the morning It was
as clean as n new pin. They had eaten
up every bit of dirt and dust and. be
ing sallslicd, lllcd off again, making a
road through the Jungle. They are the
great scavengers of Africa and perforin
a service of vast value In llils respect.
These anls travel In armies, tliow
Ing out sentries and scouts, tho latter
nosing around to discover good feeding
grounds ami runulng back to report to
the main body. Their speed Is littlo
short of electric. They also have a
corps of engineers, whose special busi
ness is to throw bridges over obstrui-
tlons nnd crevasses, hundreds of ants
lugging pieces of twigs which they
place as girders nnd filling up tho Hoor
of the bridge with grasses and earth.
Then tho millions of ants move over
with Incredible swiftness. OTtcn they
travel scores of miles on a single Jaunt.
Their tiny roads may be seen all
through tho African bush. Often an
army of them can bo seen, each one
carrying n twig or piece of earth on
his back. At sudi times they are emi
grating to a new homo and carrying
their building material along. Miss
Slmonton's first experience with them
was when a string of the posts dropped
from a tree and literally covered her,
Inflicting a score of painful sting
Fortuaatoly these stings are not poi
sonous. There Is no defense against them ex-
oopt Ore, said she, and it was ono of
the grandest, most spectacular sights
of tho Jungle to see the blacks boating
back the nnts with flambeaus of bam
boo. With the forests and picturesque
bamboo huts as a background and the
forms of the men sluhouetted against
tho gloom by tho flickering flames of
their bamboo whisks the scene was one
that would have made a wonderful pho
tograph could It have been taken. The
blacks looked all the world like so
maay devils fighting spirits. As they
advanced with their flaming sticks
they had to keep brushing off tho ants
from their bodies with their bauds and
elbows.
Besides these little, red-brown nnts,
Which the natives call Ntyuna, the bush
is full of other pestiferous creatures,
some of which are deadly poison and
a menace to human life. Amoug these
are scorpions, huge spiders and house
lizards. Eternal vigilance Is the price
of life lu thosu vast, uncultivated
wilds.
A Tllle oC Two 'lllea.
Chicago had a population in 1900 ot
1VV4'.,(WM.
Berlin had a population la 1900 of
U.Oiai.ooo.
Chicago bus ;a area of BK) square
nil I cs.
Berlin lias an area of twenty-four
and a half square miles.
Chicago's jHillce force numbers (pu
trolnieu) :i,t"!l, or nineteen for eacli
square mile.
Berlin's police force numbers (pa
trolmen) n,:;ii:!, or 21J for each square
mile.
Bach Chicago policeman Una 501 peo
ple i.i look nTii r.
Bach Berlin poii -er-iM, li: s ;;SS pco.
pie to look after.
The Chicago p..l!ce for.-,. r (Hired
(o cover about e.'lit tuns as nuir!! ter
ritory as fie i:ei!i:i (on c. ---
Tribune.
It's hard f i' o"e woman Ui firglv
a another fyi lii vl i; done her u favor.
It Is not alwnys wlso to force uion a
people now customs, evon thoao of ad
vanced principle, in the face of long-es
tablished tradition. Lady Burton dis
covered this truth when she attempted
to Introduce European courtesy Into the
Orient She tells of her experience in
"Inner LIfo of Syria." Tho Incident
occurred at one of her owu receptions.
It Is do rlgueur every time eoffot tea
or sherbet comes la for every froh re-
lav of visitors that I should take It
with them, and drink first. When I
first arrived I used to get up as a mat
ter of course, make the tea and coffee
and carry It round. The dragomans
would sit lazily and watch.
One day I asked them to get up and
help me. They were pleased to do so,
and willingly handed the refreshments
to any of the Europeans, man or worn
an, but not to their own ladies, who
blushed, begted their pardon, and werr
quite confused when I made it known
this attention was for them as well a
for others. Tho women looked appeal
lngly at me, and stood up, praying no!
to be served. Ono man, who was really
In love with his wife, a beautiful crea
ture, gavo her teacup as If it were a
good Joko, with a little sneer. She bent
kissed his hand, and begged his pardon
I felt quite Indignant with the men
for so behaving to their wives, mother!
and sisters, but one said to me:
"Bray, Mrs. Burton, do not teach our
women things they do not know about
and never saw."
After that I held my tongue, but I
let him know that with Europeans It
was the height of had taste uot to wait
un any woinau.
AnloiiiU nnd Mu-lc.
Tarantulas do not dance to the Found
of the violin, but let Uie peoplo tliej
bite do tho dancing. Scorpions, how
ever, enjoy fiddling, according to ttw
Westminster Cazelte, anil lizards g
crazy fur music of any kind. As foi
serpents, the bou constrictor nnd py
thon are neuseUss to melody, but tin
cobra Is fascinated by the tltite nnf
still moro by the fiddle. Polar bears
enjoy the violin; so do ostriches
Wolves will stop In the chase ti llslet
to a cornet. Elephants u''o fond of th
flute, especially the upper notes. 'I'!
fcrs, wIiIIh appreciatlm; violin an4
llV.e, c.innnt stand tin hnruioYicoa
while the musical seal shows n- onto
tlo'i on hearing a :y iiisU ameiit, no
c e:i t lie lu !r:rn.
S'i!:n; I'll' i I '.. they are in irtyr
A.:- love Jf tiny kc-v.! 'h C'eir haadj o
i V'.u i-i a t'.rl'a drc.ii.
THDTGS THAT MAKE GREATEST CITY IN THE WOULD.
C- -na"V f-m... jf-!""" '.r'-y' V
The founders of Chicago did not have In vleir the
building ef a great city. W hat they aocampltahed In this
direction was only Incidental to the ordinary pursuit of
th varied activities of life, bt their efforts have resulted
in tho greatest material development the human race
tvsr has witnessed In a similar length of time. The com
bined populations of Boston an4 alt. Ixuits, two of the
large cities, are not equal to that of Chicago; add Cln
clanatl and Indianapolis and you haven't got a Chi
cago; then, after adding Omaha and Denver, you still
wfll have to throw la Iea Moines to make a Chicago.
Chicago covers an area of nlaety-als square miles, has
4,200 mJles of streets, 1.C0O mles of sewers, eight large
parks, forty-five small ones, aud forty-eight jidles of
boulevard. The l!2,00O manufacturing plants, with $700,
000,000 of Invested capital, paying $240,000,000 In wages
and turning out product to the value of $1,100,000,000 an
nually, aliow that Industry has not been neglected. The
stock yards and packing plants occupy 000 acres of land,
ship annually 12,000,000,000 ponds of beef, and other prod
ucts In projiortlon. Chicago Is ths largest grain market
In the world, having ninety elevators, with a combined
eapaclty of 75,000,000 bushels. Tho receipts of grain
amount to 450,000,000 bushels anuually. Chicago's com
merce by water surpasses that f New York, Boston, Phil
adelphia sad Baltimore combined. Ia the Iron and steel
Industry Chicago does more than twice the business of
all other cities west of Pennsylvania ; she produces more
tool rails than any other city In the world.
In the downtown district a spot a mile square can be
po Inn red out lu which more business Is done than la
any similar space In the world. By actual count the
average nunAer of drays, delivery wagons and atreet cars
that cross the corner at Fifth avenue and Lake street
during business hours Is thtrty-one per minute. More than
forty mtlk companies distribute milk to tht people of
Chicago, and one of theso companies runs 1,100 wagons
in supplying Irs Chloaga customers.
Within on area of half a mile by three-quarters in the
loop district there are 110 bnlldlngs ten or more stories
high, twenty-one that contain fifteen or more stories, and
six in which tweuty or more may be counted. The fed
eral building does uot come in this list, although It Is the
most ponderous structure In ths city except the court
house. It cost $5,000,000, and ths courthose a little more.
The largest office btldlng In ths world Is the Monadnock,
seventeen stories, which contains 1,2iV4 offices and twenty
el ga-t stores. 9
Chicago Is able to boast of the largest department
stores, as well as the largest mall order houses, in tho
world 5 one of the former employing t.OOO people ; tha
daily postage bill of one of the latter Is $C,000. In na
room there are .100 girls who do nothing but open and
assort letters. Chicago does mors than four times as
much business as ths great Stnto of Iowa. This requires
the handling of vast sums of money, but fifty-seven basks,
fifteen of which arc national, seem to do It efficiently.
One of these banks Is the second largest In tha United
(States. Its capital Is $10,000,000 and deposits $1H,
000,000. Chicago trades with every civilised country on ths
globe, which necessitates extensive trannportatloa facili
ties. This business Is divided between thfrtj-tw rail
road and twenty-eight steamboat lines. Every day It
requires 1,200 trains of six cars each to carry Uie people
who come to Chicago on ths steam roads, 2S0 of which
are through trains and 080 suburban. Twenty-four sur
face and seven elevated car lines nui from the outskirts
to ths business center. Trains run every three minutes
on tho elevated and several of the surface lines, four or
five cars each to the former and two to th latter. Dur
ing sixty trips on Madison street no two were mads
with the same conductor; nor did the Investigator re
member seeing any particular passenger twice. Tho total
dally arrivals within the downtown square mils by all
conveyances amonnt to a half million.
The total municipal expenditures of Chicago are now
$15,000,000 a year, but the rapid growth of population
and tho vast Improvements Increase theso figures every
year. Ths 3,500 policemen Involve an expenditure of
nearly $4,000,000. Chicago possesses a larger number of
the "greatest things ou earth" than any other city la
the world. Phe has the largest car factory, Is tho largest
manufacturer of telephones and other electric supplies;
her commerce by water Is greater than that of any other
city; In every respect she Is the greatest railroad center;
Is ths largest agricultural Implement market; has tho
graudost park and boulevard system In the world.
Chicago speaks more languages than any other city,
and publishes A larger number and the greatest news
papers In ths world. Chicago Is great not alone In ma
terial things. She Is devoted to all the activities that
develop the higher Ideals of life. There are 908 public
school buildings, and In considering the great tilings of
Chicago her big heart must not be overlooked. No other
city has shown tha humans attributes to such a degree
or manifested such a spirit of generosity. She Is ever
ready to help the newly or aid and encourage whatever
Is for tle public good or the uplift of humanity. She does
everything on a grand scale. Chicago Tribune.
THE CONQUERED.
Wt who so eager started on Ufa's race.
And breatlilns ran, nor stinted any
whit
For aching muscles or the parching grit
Of dust upon the lips ; who set the face
Only more dnspnratoly towards the pi act
Where the goal's altar smoked, If run
ners knit
.With stronger Kmbs outran us; we
who sit
Beaten at last for us what gift or
grace?
Though ws have been outstripped, yet
known have we
The Joy of contest; ws bavs felt hot
life
Throb through ear veins, a tingling
ecstasy
Our prize is not tb wreath with envy
rife,
Bat toMiave been all that our souls
rohht be;
Our guerden Is tha passion of that
strife.
Osntury.
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The door of his cabin stood open aud
a shaft of light stole In over his shoul
der as though to examine the fireplace,
and the pans and kettles hanging pic
turesquely about the walls and tho two
r threb extra bunks for posslblo visit
ers, and tho floor ana quaintly carvan
tools all as bright and Immaculate as
though presidod over by a woman ; and
another shaft came down through the
follago and rested upoIT the bowed,
whitening head, and upon tho rough
knotted fingers that were unconsciously
botraylng tho longings of a repressed
soul to the familiar, responsive strings
of his violin.
A boat catno noisily up tliekrlver and
was fastontd to the bank below the
cabin; then two men hurried up tho
slope, leaving a third to follow more
leisurely. But still Bat I'lnaud played
on unmindfully, unconscious.
"Oh, I say," called ono of the men
Impatiently, "that's awful fine, but will
you please stop Just a minute?"
Tho bow poised In tho nlr and then
flnshpd a final staccato across the
strings.
"Aro you Bat Pinanil?"
"Ou!, nnd monsieur?"
"Oil, I'm Doc Wlllets, and my friend
hero Is Col. Case. Wo and Jack Phil
lips down there have Iipimi camping on
tho big lake for the last two months,
What wo want with you is this," lower
ing his volco and glancing over his
shoulder to see that their companion
was still beyond hearings "we're up for
a day's fishing in tho rive-, and Case
and I have each ls-t $100 with Phillips
thut we'll get the biggest creel. Now
wt. understand that you're Intimate
with every fish In t lie Penobscot, and
what wo want Is for you to place us on
tho river tomorrow so our Is-ts will be
sure. See?"
Yes, Bat saw perhaps more than
they intended, or would have llkt-d. I lo
had heard of I oc Wlllets and Col.
tlnse, and of reckless, good natured
Jack Phillips, who allowed tho shunt
ers to bleed him on every ponslltle pre
text, Mid in a way that was put ut to
everylkxly but himself. "Old, sure
meut," he saw.
"Kverythlng all right?" usked Jack
Phillips, as lie Joiactl the group, "suit
ivr and breakfast iiecomiuodat ion: for
the ullit. and nil that uort of thing?"
'Haven't hail thuo to at.k yet, you
followed US up so close," rejoined Doc
Wlllets, lipping a wink of kvrecy to
llat nud at file Mime time Jingling some
olns in his po. ket, "but I suppose
.hcrc'll lie no trouble, eh, guide?"
Bat rone 'lowly and carried his iiddle
U:to tho cublii. Whcu ho I'umij out Ve
waa again the obliging, matter-of-fact
trapper and guide.
"I a'pose niaybo I fixed up all those
things," ho said graciously. "Now, you
go In the cabin or sit down under the
trees, whatever you like best Soon's
I bring things up from the boat we'll
luivo supper."
It was dark before the supper bad
been prepared and eaten, and then, at
their request, Bat took them down to a
doer run to try tholr Iuck at flashlight
The next morning they wore out with
tho day, nnd after a hasty' eating of
breakfast and a careful preparation of
lines, they followed llat a mile or so
up the river to whore he Bald tno fish
ing wan good. As they paused on th
bank, Doo Wlllets and Col. Case tried
to catch Bat's eye and again audibly
fingered the coins In their pockets. Bat
looked up and down the river criti
cally.
"I s'pose maybe Mr. Wlllets better go
to that little cove there and fish from
the point back to the big whits rock,"
he said at length. "I've caught more
fish there than I could carry. Mr. Case
I will take up round tha bent. Plenty
fish there. And Mr. Phillips," looking
nt him as though somewhat In doubt,
"maybe I'd best siow hlin beyond tho
rapids. I catch fish there sometimes
and sometimes not. Mybo ho'll do
better. That suit?"
"Oh, yo, that's Just the thing," cried
Doc Wlliels, and "Just the thing,"
echoed Col. Case. Then they both rub
bed their bands and looked nt Bat ap
provingly. Jack Fhllllpa did not evon
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"OKUCED BAD LUCK.
Uy. "I was counting on this to to
Ho flushed recollecting and was silent.
Jack Phillips smiled satirically, but '
said nothing. Presently ho turned to
Bat.
"Pretty lonesome Mfe here In the win
ter. Isn't It?" he nskod. "When snow
shuts you away from everything. Still
I supposo you have always been used
to it."
"Folks can get used to anything and
like It," Bat replied Bhortly.
But a little later when rhllllpa
moved down the river he followed.
"No, I haven't always been used to
It," he said abruptly. "I lived in a city
until I waa over 20, then I got mad
and played the fool and came ff here.
The girl waited a year, and married
another man."
"Why do yon call yourself a foolf
asked Phillips, looking at him curi
ously. -
"Becnuse I am one," harshly. "I
didn't think so for a year, until I heard
she was married, then I know. And
I have been living hi the woods for
thirty years, and knowing It more posi
tively every day. I have never apok
n of It before."
"Why do you tell me?"
Bat looked him square in the face.
"I found a photograph In the bushes
today, up above tho rapids," bo said,'
his voice softening. "I saw you throw
It away. There Is nothing but good
ness in that face, and the girl's soul is
In her eyes. I am nn old man, and
you are young and hasty. One fool in
the world Is enough. Here is the pict
ure. Tho girl's eyes aro looking for
somebody, and you and I both knowf
wtro it Is. Go back to her."
Jack Phillips hostltuted, thon held
out his hand.
"Give It to me," stld he, his voloe
trembling. "I have been trying to con
vince myself for a month that I wasn't
a fool, but It has been a losing fight.
I am sorry for you." 1
Bat I'lnaud stood on the bank as
rney pulled away, then went back up
tho slope to his cabin. And so the
moon roso up from the for bank of tho
river, sending Its spiritual light Into
the ondcr spaces of tho forests, the
music of his fiddle rose and swelled
out through the swaying aisles and
across the water of the river, bearing
on Its plaintive tido the past of tho
bowed figure whoso gray beard was
bent close, close to the responsive in
strument, as though listening to Its
own heart throbs there. Now Orleans
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hear, llo waa gazing gloomii across
the river, his thoughts evidently else
where. An hour or so later, as Bat was cir
cling from ono to another, watching
and giving bits of ndvic, from his own
experience, he came upon Jack Phillips
beyond tho rapids. The young man
had drawn something from his pocket
snd was looking tit it hungrily, olillvl
oils of everything around. His rod and
lino lay upon the hank unnoticed. As
Bat turned to steal away bo heard
Phillips utter a stilled groan of reuun
elation and despair and saw the object
cast into the underbrush. Then Phil
lilts caught up his rod and went crush
ing through the bushes along the river.
When lie was beyond view Bat went to
the place where be was standing and
found th photogr:h of n beautiful
young girl, whoso eyes looked up at lilin
wistfully and nptcnlingly, Bat thought
llo gn.ed at the picture for some mo
ments, his face whitening; then ho uod
(led reassurance to the eyis.
When darkness brought them togeth
er it was found that Jack Phillips, In
spite of his desultory fishing above the
rapids, hud (aught moro than both tho
others.
"Well, I suppose it's all luck," Ioc
Wlllets grumbled despondently. '1K'U-
eed had luck, thought, I think." Thou:
"Hay, Jack, old man, you'll have to
w:dt a week or two for your money
I'm broke."
"Me, loo," t'ol. Cast- admitted gloom
American Tentperainentand Art.
Tho majority of tho men and women
who gavo American life Its form and
direction wero not tho children of an
artistic race, though they wore tho
liclrs of a great literature. They do
seendisl from n peoplo who have never
pursued art as an end and whose first
instinctive expression In meeting great
experiences has never been artistic,
but who have never divorced action
from vision nor failed lu the long run
to match power In action with some
kind of beauty In speech. From Its
Knglish ancestry the country has In
herited an Ingrained and Ineffaceable
klofiliaii of nature, which enormoua
tasks and hitherto Incredible prositer
lty have at times smothered and blight
ed, but never destroyed. From other
races have come richer temperament,
quicker sensibilities, craving for Joy
and lovo of beauty for Its owu sake,
which have already Immensely enrich
ed Amerleun art and ure mibsolllug
American life. Hamilton Mablo In At
lantic. After IUe I'roui,
Ethel Was ho satisfied with ant
kiss?
Gladys Humph. I tMi k ho waa sat
isfied with all of them. Yale Itocord.
What has bc-omo er rtio old-fashioned
woman who gavo her sous med
icine when they fell lu love, aud theUr
upitetltOB fell off?