Opinions of
STRENGTH OF SHIP IS
ROBAl'.LY our navy is ss
wo are not fool tab If we think It tho best.
There are complaint against .all navies.
Many years ago, when the Inflexible vai
on the storks In England, able constructors
provetl by mathematics that when launched
slie would turn wrong aide up, but she did
not. The Philadelphia of our nivy was top-heavy and
narrowly escr.pod turning oer. Her top hamper was re
duced, with the eflVt of adding to her stability, hut
without curing entirely a fundamental mistake In the
calculations of the coiiMr.utor, and she has jcoue Into
permanent retirement. Hut none of our t-hlps built since
her time have been a-runed of being top-heavy. A Ger
man paper is now publishing a series of articles attack
ing the value of German warships and denouncing the
Minister of Marine. Probably no warship is indestructi
ble. The Jaip.iips war vessels might have been de
stroyed by RoJcstvcns.Vy's puns If the Russians had hit
them. In the language of .the Wild West, the Japanese
' fleet "got tho drop" 0:1 the Russian ,vese!s. When two
fleets meet, tho one whi).se (tun are the poorest served
will be destroyed. Philadelphia Record.
THE NATION'S BREAD.
1 1 AT bread is justly entitled to be called the
"staff of life" la fully borne out by Investl-
Al gallons of the 1'nlted States Department of
I iVnniuirK anil Tjihor This dloiinrtment
made an Investigation to determine the
amount spent for food by a "normal" la
boivr's family. The data obtained from
the 11,150 families whose expenses were studied showed
the average amount six'iit for food by a family consisting
of husbund, wife and Ave children to be $329.19 per year.
It U Interesting to noto how the so-called normal family
of the average laborer, which seems rather above the
normal In size, apportlous its money for food and other
necessities. Tweuty-nlne dollars and twenty cents Is ex
pended for bread, flour and cereals, and while the cost
of the bread Is small compared with that of other foods,
the amount of nutriments and energy derived from It Is
large. The lalsirer's meat bill is the largest of all.
Ho sjiends $110.50 per year for all kinds of meat, three
and a half time as much as for bread. Ills butter costs
him about as much a bis bread, and sugar half as
much,, while about the same nun Is spent for potatoes
and vegetables as for bread. Thirty-eight dollars goes
for milk and es. More coffee Is used than tea ; about
$10 Is spent for the one and $." for the other. Religion,
charity and tobacco claim nearly equal amounts, while
Intoxicating liquors come lu for a
Labor organizations get about $'.) per
Is contributed to the support of State
HE FOUND A FRIEND. 1
A thinly clad young man was walk
ing along a city street one winter
toaornlng, eating peanuts from a flve
u Bent sack in his coat pocket, In lieu 'of
breakfast, whsn he saw a number of
boys tfrytng to attract the attention of
floc'k of hungry pigeons in the street
by tsslng cracker crumbs at them. He
-tr;,)fJ and Joined In the fun by shell
ing some of .his peanuts, breaking the
kernels into small pieces, and throw
ing theru on tho pavement near the
birds.
Recognizing a new iM'iiefactnr, they
flocked round him, eagerly picking up
his offerings, but keeping an eye on
him meanwhile, prepared for instant
flight In the event of his becoming too
familiar. Ixng experience had taught
them to be suspicious of strangers,
Stooping down and holding a tempt
ing morsel between his lingers, he call
ed the birds gently.
At first they shrank back, hut pres
ently an old bird, having first lusiected
him critically with one eye and then
With the other, stepped forward ginger
ly, plucked the titbit from his lingers,
and darted away.-' Not finding the ex-
erlenoe so very terrible, tho old bird
oon came back, nad was rewarded
With another choice bit of peanut. The
ether pigeons speedily followed the ex
ample.
"That's more than they'd do for any
of us," said one of the boys.
The young man gave the pigeons
about half hla stock of peanuts, aud
tnen straightened up.
'That's all I cau spare, you this
time," he said starting away.
A middle-aged man who had been
watching the performance with consid
erable Interest tapped hlni on the shoul-
"Young man," he said, "are you look
log for work?"
"Am I?' was the response. "I've
been tramping over this town for a
week, hunting a job."
"What can you do?"
"I'm a sort of Jack of all trades.
lan carpenter a little, run an engine,
lepeir bicycles and "
"Can you take care of horses?"
"Can I? said the young man, his
ace lighting up. "I was raised on a
farm."
"Well, come along with me. I need
a. coachman, and I'm not afraid to trust
toy thoroughbreds with you. I'll take
he recommendation tho birds have Just
given you. Will you work for me for
thirty dollars a month and board till
fo And something better?
Would he? Well!
The young man Is now his middle
aged employer's trusted man of all
work, with a wa;" to co-respond, and
the nlgons have never had otvasiou to
retract their re o;nnioicV' ! kn.
Died i:ull- ..i.Uim.i l;irtor.
While rummaging among the simple
mountain folk lu the province of Cau
sal the Kaiser ell.-: o.civcl a good-sized
tillage withi-ut a physic -Ian In It.
"How can ymi ppiplo get alum? wit!
out a physician?" queried bis mijesty
Whereupon a man of mi to N." answer
d nonchalanTy : "As well as we may
Tour majesty, we liml it quite easy to
cflle without doctors when our time has
tome."
Tho average n. u U s.icu a baby 1u.1t
evtfy time the potatoes are not fried
to suit him, he got 11 look on his face
a If he were playing the star part
la "Driven from Home.
i
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Great Papers on Important Subjects
MIM.
menu in the form ef taxes, Sickness and death en tt
average claim $20.M. It la quite apparent that breed
and flour do not form a very large Item of the food ex
pense of the normal laborer's family, as only ft per cent
of the coat of the food goes for bread and 81 per cent far
all other feed articles. Harry Snyder, la Harper's
Monthly.
good aa any, ami
countries as Itussla and Germany, In France and Italy,
where Immense standing armies are nalntalaed and do
civilian Is quite so good as a man In uniform, the mili
tary spirit la dominant But here In peaceful America,
which maintains an army eo small that moat ef Its la
habitants never see a regular soldier, we call on the
army In emergencies, Just as a street car motormau tele
phones for the "trouble wagon."
If there la a formidable riot the army la called upon
to suppress it; if there Is a celebration the army must
be in the parade; at the funeral of a noted man the
soldiers must march in the procession. They open new
lands to settlement, police wild mining regions, look after
vast parka and forest reserves. When disasters come
they act aa life savers, salvage corps, firemen, police
men and distribute of relief. When a great fire sweeps
Baltimore they are at work before the ashes are cold,
and they are the first to respond to the danger call when
terrible earthquake, with its following flames, laye in
ruins San Francisco. They string telegraph wires to
Alaska and march to Goldfleld to preserve order. In
times of war all armies are busy in the tented field ; but
the American army Is kept pretty busy in times of peace.
Baltimore Sun.
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and hopes the lesson will be taken to heart by other
heiresses of marriageable age. But It never Is. The
lure of tho title is still potent. Yet It la doubtful If
Congress can do anything about It Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
much larger share,
year, while $o.79
and local govern
REMARKABLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
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CURIOUS RESULTS OF A COLLISION NEAR LUDHIANA, INDIA.
A remarkable collision occurred near Ludhlanu, on the Northwestern
Railway of India. The engines on colliding reared upright, and remained
so with their foreparts together In the air, forming an arch. The debris of
the trains was heaped around on all sides. In the accident twenty people
were killed. The Sphere.
BADITJM TO PHILIPPINES.
OncK-Thoaaaullth of Gram for El-
prrlmrnla Cool SH.OOO.
The bureau of lnxular affairs recent
ly paid the largest price for the small
est shipment ever sent to the Philip
pines, says a Washington correspond
ent of the New York Tribune. It has
bought for $.1,000 one-thousandth of a
gram of radium, which Is equal to
.01M1 of a grain, Troy weight Th
purchase, which was made In New
York, in for tho bureau of science of
the 1'hiHppines, which purposes to use
the radium in a series of experiments
It is about to conduct.
The insular bureau Is in something
ef a quandary as to how it shall ship
this precious mineral speck, but It Is
assumed ' that the New York concern
from which It Is bought will manage to
pack It In a Kuttlclcut number of wrap
pers to plve It at least tangible bulk.
When the requisition reached the bu
reau the act in-,' chief calmly called for
quotation mil iv.diuiii by the ikiuihI or
ounce, but the New York purveyors evi
dently feared that the price on radium
In Filch quantities would cause mental
and pliyniral collapse In the bureau
and aecordiiij;ly disregarded the speci
fications and quoted a price of $.'l,tKM)
for the quantity above noted.
Major Mclntyre, It Is stated on trust
worthy authority, put on his stroiiet
Fiiectaclcs and then sent for a magni
fying glass merely to read th qiiota
, tlon, after which he aent It by wire to
OUB BUSY ARMY.
HOUGH Anierloana are always for peace,
even If they have to right for It; though
they are constantly advising other natloaa
to disarm, and are given to the holding of
peace conferences, they produce officers and
soldiers that measure up well with those
of any other country on the globe. In euch
EXPERIENCE NO TEACHEB.
appear to be certain well-denned
abuses against which It Is useless to legis
late. The law's baud is often clumsy and.
unfitted to deal with matters of delicacy,
Every time an American girl trades a for
tune for a title and then lives to regret It,
the American public sympathizes with her
I ," f !"'T '.W'cyiciriliimi ten f lie .'l',;'i'''WI,iccjc, i 1. cccjJMcy m IJjSJ
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Manila, but with little expectation that
the offer would be accepted. Greatly
to his surprise, however, he received a
reply a few hours later saying, In ef
feet, that tho bureau of science would
like $3,0(X) worth, but would regard
the price as too high If uny extra
charge was made for boxing or ship
ping. Accordingly the radium will
soon be forwarded.
The I'alnpcra of Newport.
Some of the palaces of the wealthy
at Newport have surrounding lawns
ami gardens covering as much as leu
neres; but most of them lie close to
gether In bewildering succession. In
Kuropo touch magnificent structures
would each own a magnificent park
of many hundred acres. The Newport
villa Is built, however, not for comfort,
not In rhyme or reason, but purely for
show.. It Is a stupe suiting, gorgeous,
gleaming, golden.
ine Is surrounded by a tree-crowned
wail, which cost over $Kic",()00. It li
empty; the owner is away In Europe.
That while marble palace, a Vanderbllt
residence, Is also unoccupied. There's
"Tho l'.rctikers," 11I.su owned by the
Vandei'bllts, the maintenance of which
costs a half million dollars a season.
And the Iierwind villa, the fair and
famous garden of which so displeased
Its mistress that she turned It over to
her servants and will not enter" 4 1
Every man has a right to keee his
I opinions to Limself.
BOY VANI3HED IS THE MAN.
eM................s'asMsca'Me
Ixstt I have loat him I When did he go)
Ughtly I clasped blui. How could I know
T Out of my dwelling be would dvart,
Even ns I held hlin close to my heart?
Lost 1 I have lost him I Somewhere betwaea
Schoolhouae and collef elast he was seen.
L'ps full of whistling, curl-tangled h Mr
Lost I I have loot hlM I Would I kbew where.
Iiost I I have loot him, Chester, my boy t
Flcturo book, story book, marbles and toy,
Stored in the attic, useless they lie.
( Why should I care so mnchT Mothers, tell whys
Yes, he has gone from me, leaving no sign,
' But there's another calls himself mine.
Handsome and strong of limb, brilliant is he;
Knows things that I know not. Who caa It bet
Face like ihe father's face, eyes black as mine.
Steps full of manly grace, voice masculine;
Yes, but tlie gold of life has but one alloy,
Why does the mother heart long for her boy
Ixng for the mlsehevlous, queer little chap
Ignorant, questioning, held In my lap?
Freshman so tall and wise, answer me this?
Where Is the little boy I used to kiss?
Cork Examiner.
CINDERS
naif way through the park the boy
itth the dog stopped and looked around
him. A chill wind bad sprung up, and
the wide, elm-bordered puth was almost
leserted.
"Jlmlny!" muttered the boy. "This
log-steallu' ain't what It's cracked up
ter be. I've a good mind now ter leave
the little beast where he Is:"
It had been growing ou the boy for
an hour this terror. All the elation
Df that first moment of smvessful theft
bad fled, leaving behind a lively fear of
pursuit and punishment The Incrimi
nating collar w ith Its uame and address
bad long ago been thrown away, to be
Jure; but there yet remained the dog
"Cinders," according to the collar.
"Taln't wuth the risk," muttered the
toy at last; and with another swift
lance about him he tied the end of the
dog's leader to 1 convenient settee, and
ran down a se path toward xthe ave
aue. '
For one amazed Instant the dog stay
ed motionless, then he strained at the
cord with all his wuall might, giving a
terles of frantic barks and whines. Two
men and a woman, coming up the path,
(lanced at the do?, swerved, and pass
ed by ou the farther side. A small boy
ihled a stone, then ran; hut a back
sard glance assuring him that the cord
till held, he turned and shied a larger
one.
Tbe wind from the east grew sharp
tr. and brought a fine, cold rain. The
flog, exhausted, frightened and hope
lessly miserable, crept under the bench
for shelter. He was there yvhon the
tall, blue-coated man came llown the
path ten minutes later, u'ndso he es
caped the cold gray eyes of Officer
O'Callaban.
The rain Increased with the dark, lly
midnight, hunger, cold and terror had
driven the dog almost wild. Little by
little his Jerks and pulls loosened the
cord about his throat, until one last
frenzied effort disentangled the knot
and set him free. lli paused, then
rushed down the path, leaving behind
blin the cord still fastened to the settee.
At the edge of the park the dog
Itopped. The endless blocks, the lights,
the shadows all were unfaniifiar and
confusing. Cinders, born and bred In
the Western town that was his master's
borne, had never been in New York
antll that morning when he had come
with that same master ou a visit East,
only to be stolen at the very rallroiA
station by the In.y who had so quickly
abandoned him. No wonder Cinders
fyed his surroundings In dismay ! Up
one street, down another, across a third
trotted the weary little feet, hour af
ter hour, until at dawn tho dog reach
ed once more the park, nnd dejectedly
flragged his way to the bench which
had so recently held him n prisoner.
' It was then that there began for Cln
flers a new existence. An existence of
anxious days aud apprehensive nights;
Of little food and less shelter; of small
boys with stones, and big boys with
ticks. Ills long, silky hair grew soiled
and matted, his body lean, and hi eyes
wild and terror-filled. Once n blue
coated, heltneted man with short club
chased him for some distance, but In
the bewildering maze of paths he elud
rd his pursuer and crouched under a
low-hanging bush until the man, pufllils
and awearlng, had passed him by. It
was a trying experience, but a neces
sary one; after that Cinders hid when
a blue coat came in sight.
Roth the park and the adjacent
streets flinders cluluied as home, but
'after his experience u'ith the blue-coat
ed man ho grew more wary; and when
In the park sp'-nt most of his time hid
ing under shrubs or behind trees until
night brought darkness and safety.
Aa for food sometimes u bread-cr:mr
designed for a squirrel was snatched
up by h-Is own hungry little Jaws, and
once it was the squirrel Itself that
made bis dinner. Occasionally a child
with a cooky, ir a man with a sand
wich, strolled along unaware of tin
hungry eyes that peered out from be
omeath tangled hair and watched for u
itray crumb thrown aside.
1 It was toward the end of the week
that Cinders, skulking under the trees
In tho twilight, came face to face with
B shabby, hollow-eyed man on one of
the park settees.
"Hullo!" .erected the man.
Tho dog backed away.'
"Well, by Jove! ypu look a little
hiore hard up than I do. f.'oine here,
lr."
The dog did not stir.
"Pretty tough old placed this world
eh?" said tliu man with a weary
smile.
Rill the dug did not stir.
HungTy r
Two mournful eyes gaze1 unseerr-
I
Ingly Into the man's face. The duat of
the dog'a heela stirred faintly with the
slightthe very slight motion of a tail
feebly wagged.
"Hump!" gnfnted the man, thrusting
his hands Into his pockets and pulling
out a dime and four copper cents. He
glanced from the coins to the dog, and
from the dog back to the coins.
"Humph!" he grunted again, rising to
h'.s feet. "Reckon you need 'em the
most, old fellow." And he smeblded
down the path that led to the avenue.
When he came back some minutes
later he threw a hurried look about
him, then drew a sandwich from the
paper bag In hla hand.
"Come, air, come good fellow l" he
called softly.
A bird ehlrpe,d overhead.
"Come, sir, come! Where are yon,
Weary Willie?" called the man again,
peering Into the shadows.
The Hlleuco w as unbroken.
Until It was quite dark the man sat
on the bench and waited ; then he roso
aud walked away.
Ou the next night twilight found the
hollow-eyed, shabby man on the same
bench. Tho dot?, too, found him there
"Humph!" growled the man, throw
ing that same quick look about him,
"THINK IT'S A JOKK, W TOD?"
and dragging from his pocket a paper
bag. "Seems to me you were a good
while coming 1" He extracted a sund
wlch, broke off a generous piece, and
tossed It to the doc.
"Snap went the famished Jaws and
the dog came at ones to "attention."
"Ah, ha!" crowed the man. "So you
were hungry!" He threw a aecond
piece, then another, and another.
"There!" he exclaimed, when the sand
wich was finished. ' "How do you feel,
Weary Willie?"
The dog whined, and took a tentative
step forward.
"What's your nau e 'Jack'?"
There was a slow wagging ef the
dog's tall.
"'FldoT
The tall wagged harder.
"'Rover'?"
There waa a quick, abort bark.
"Come here, air," ordered the maa
but at the outstretched hand the dog
turned and ran; the memory of those
friendless days and nights waa set to
be so lightly cast aside.
It came to be a regular thing after
that for the shabby man to bring
nightly sandwich to the bench In the
park, aud for the dog to come and eat
It. There was always an exchange of
courtesies in the shape of Jovial greet
lugs aud sharp barks, and gradually
the dog lost his fear. Three times h
tried to follow his new friend home,
but the sharp "( back, sir, go back!
brought the little eager feet to s halt
and hcut the dog slinking back to th
shadows, there to stand with wistful
eyes gazing after the shabby figure d
appearing down the street.
"After all, Where's the use of It,
Weary' Willie?" asked the man one
night when, the sandwich gone, the two
s.it together on tho bench. "Where's
tin) usu of It? There's no one to care
what becomes of us, you and me. Ia'Vh
chuck it!"
The dog thumped his tall against the
leat.
Humph! Think It's a Joke, do you?
Well, maybe 'tis, maybe 'tis."
There was something queer about the
man that nUht. His voice shook, ami
was not quite clear; his step, too, was
far from steady, and he dropped on the
seat with a curious relaxation of all bis
muscles. The next night It was worse,
and tho next worse still. There was a
(tat bnttlo which be brought again and
agftln from his pocket and put to his
I1(is after a cautious look about him.
8s flared toafer anl letter eaek tight,
ia fedmeUi he aeemea to sleep, so
lev was Kta head bowed on bis breast
At iocs times the dog spent long mla
ate la motionless watehlng of the si
lent figure ftriof eccasloaaJly a low
whine a wblae watch met with no re
sponse.
There had bee almost a week of
this when one night the rata slipped
from ths seat and jay half oa the
ground. Cinders leaped to the man's
tide and licked h1 face, his bsnds, aad
again hla face. Be whined, then bark
ed, thea stood flulverlngly alert for the
slightest movement At that instant
down the path came several boys eat
ing bananas.
a
There waa a chorus of Jeers, then a
fusillade of banana skins. Cinders,
fierce and bristling, faced the crowd
and barked. He growled sad shewed
bis aasll white teeth, aa from all sides
came men sad boys oa the run. More
banana skins, aad even small stones,
struck the man, fhe dog and the ground
nearby. Still the dog atood firm, thrust
ing his tiny, fierce little self between
the Inert figure and the crowd.
Suddenly tue maa opened his eyes.
One glance at the mob, the dog and the
flying stones and banana skins cleared
hla brain. With a snarl of rage he
caught the quivering little dog In his
arms and staggered to his feet There
was a cry of "The cop's coraln' 1" sad
the maa found himself all at once alone
with the dog, while up the path came a
blue-coated, hurrying figure. Clasping
the dog yet more firmly In his arms,
the man turned aad walked rapidly la
the opposlt direction.
"Come, come, what's the meaning of
all this?" called the policeman, between L
short, panting breaths, aa be realised
the shabby msa's llde.
Nothing," returned the man, lacon
ically.
"But the crowd what were they do
ing?"
"Stoning the dog and me."
"Stoning youl Been drlnkin'r
"Do I act drunk?" retorted the man,
sharply.
The policeman gave him a long,
shrewd glance.
"Mighty near it," he growled. Then
he tried a new tack.
"Whose dog Is Itr he demanded.
"Mine." There waa a ring of defi
ance In the man's voice. , .
"Where's Its collar? Got a license?"
probed the policeman.
It will have by this time to-mor
row,"
"Looks to me mighty like the little
devil of a beast I've been chasln' In
these 'ere parts fur the laat month. I've
had more'n a dozen complaints of a
stray dog; but I couldn't catch the lit
tle varmint"
"You'll not have any complaints of
this dog," said the man, quietly, aa he
tdrned off at one of the side paths.
It was then that existence for Cin
ders changed yet again. It became
now a thing of kind words, scanty but
gladly given food, and a bed In one
corner of a sparsely furnished room tip
many flights of stairs. There were the
same walka In the park, only now he
both went and came with the man.
There was the same bottle, and there
was the same cautious tipping of It to
the man's lips but perhaps less fre
quently now. At all events, there nev
er again came a time when the man
wss not fairly erect and In his right
mind ss be sat on the bench.
As the ' summer passed the man's
clothes became more ahabby, and his
cheeks more hollow. At first he had
(hie away from the room each morn
ing and returned at night clinking a
few loose coins In his pockets; but
now days and days passed when he did
not leave the room until night, appar
ently preferring to Ho for hours on the
bed In the corner with bis face to the
wall.
"Where's the use?" he would say
more end more frequently, as Cinders
would leap upon the bed and coax him,
dog fashion, to go out for a walk.
"Where's the use, Wenry Willie? If
there was some one to care, I'd quit
It" he went on one day. "Perhaps
I'd never even have begun. She cared
once, Weary Willie 1 she said she did;
but it didn't last It didn't laat She
got tired and skipped skipped." There
was a long pause, then the voice began
again. "You don't blame her, do you,
Weary Willie? Maybe you'll aklp some
day eh? She aald 'twas Inoompatlbll
lty, eld fellow ; ln-cem-patl-blllty. Long
one, lan't It? But net half bo long as
the misery It holds. B'pose It will be
that war with as, eld boy lncompatl-
Wlltyr
The dog whined and leaped to the
fleer.
"Ual" cried the maa. whimsically,
"to yon do want to leave me, sir? By
.Tore, old fellow, I should think you
would," hs added, suddenly, getting to
his feet "Come, lefs go for a walk!
'Days paaaed. Both man and dog
grew thinner, and the nights when the
sasa came home clinking coins In his
pocket grew fewer and fewer. Even
the walks at twilight were not taken so
frequently now, and the man had fall
en Into the way of passing long silent
evenings, gazing blankly Into space.
Sometimes there was In his hands
gleaming thing of polished metal, which
he handled llngerlngly, almost lovingly
"Come, let's chuck it. Weary Willie,
you aud I," he would say. And when
the dog barked and whined, he would
mile aud lay the thing aside with the
luughlng reproof: "Why, old fellow, it
doesn't hurt I It's all over beforo you
even know it's begun I"
Thero enme a day when Cinders had
no breakfast, no dinner, no supper. All
day long thd man had been tramplu
the room like some wild thing. He,
too. had not eaten, but bo had twlc
picked up the gleaming thing of polish
ed steel, only to lay It down again.
At dusk his Jaws rot In sudden stern
lines. With one stride he reached the
table, clutched the revolver, and raised
it to his head. Almost Instantly there
came a frantic bark and a sharp report.
Tho woman coming up the stairs
thought the two had occurred at thj
same instant; but the man In the bare
room on the top floor knew that the
bark had come Just In time to startle
him so that the ball had found a harm
less ret lug place In the wall across tho
room.
"Good God I can't you let a fellow
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be t- h stormed at the d at th re v
rolver fell from his relaxed bands. The!
next laataat be strode to the door In'
answer to a frightened knock.-
"Oh-hlH breathed the woman on tsldej
In glad relief, as she saw that the maa,
was at least alive. "Torn! bow could!
you? Ae you hurt?" she cried, step-'
ping swiftly Inside and closing th
door.
The msa fell back In amazement
Sally 1 you?"
Tes, dear, yes. I've come back
Tem. I'te been miserable, wretched
without you. Twas my fault, dear-
the whole of It I've come back. Won't
you take me?"
A ahamed red came Into the man'
fsce.
"But, Sally, I " his eyes swept
ths bsre rootri, and a despairing ges
ture told how little he had to offer.
"Yea, yes, I know," murmured the
womsn, comlung close to his side. "You
get discouraged, and things went
wreag. But we'll change all that now..
We'll begl again. Why, Tom, I'm'.
K... r. . W'1 1 afncf f.1
gather. Tom, don't you want me?"
"Want you! Sally!" And his hun
gry arms closed about her.
Leag minutes afterwsrds the man,
the wemaa and the dog sat down to
gether. -."After all. Weary Willie," said the
maa, softly, ss be patted the dog's
bead. "I reckoa It's Jnst as well you
did bark wbea you did, a little bit ago.
There's some one now to care." 1
Ssa Iranclsco Argonaut
Tke Try rlalrcBcl Hu,
la the early stages of a Journey
wkkih VL W. nowe, the editor of the
totalson Globe, has recorded In lila-
recent book, "Dally Notes of a Trip
Around the World," a railroad man
came Into the car In which he was
traveling and took uLs railroad tickets
and Pullman tickets. Mr. Howe says
be would have given the man his mon- . ,
ey and Ws watch had he asked for
them, for he haa learned to trust rail
road men. Then Mr. Howe tells how
this came about The foreign railroad'
men taught him to trust his brethren
everywhere. It.
A good many years sgo, Mr. Howe
continues, I bought a long tourist tick
et from Parle to London, by way of .
Switzerland, the Rhine, the battlefield
of Waterloo, and so forth. When I .
first started on the long tour, with Its I
many changes, I would collect my bag
gag , and attempt to get off every time
the tram stopped, but a railroad man
would shove me back.
Wfcen I finally arrived at a Junction
point a railroad man would, appear at '
the car door and pull me out When
my train departed, the same man would
shove me Into the proper car and
cloee the door. I couldn't speak a word
of his language, and he couldn't ppeak
a word of mine, but he took the tiest
possible care of me.
All this Impressed me so much that
turned myself over to the railroad
men unreservedly, and enjoyed my trip
without the sllghest care.
At one place no trfdn was waiting "
when the railroad man pulled me out
of the coach, and I Judged that the
train on which I should resume my
Journey was not due for some time. 1 ,
therefore concluded to go uptown and , ,
look round, knowing that the railroad
man would look after me.
The town was Lausanne, and aftet
I had looked about for an hour or two,
a married man generally has to get vrg
began pushing me toward the station.
It seemed that he had conslderabls
trouble In finding me, for he was In a
hurry, and pushed me along rapidly.
Arriving at the station, he shoved ma
Into the proper coach, handed In. my
baggage, and closed the door.
I visited a great many points of in
terest, necessitating a very circuitous
tour, but I never missed a connoction ;
the railroad men took care of me nnd
they found me very willing and apprei
dative.
The tour Included a trip over the
Alps by stage and when the tourists
arrived at the place where they were
to change stages, they dashed Up to ths
stage station and secured all the seat a
But I knew the railroad men would
look after me, since I bad a ticket, sa
I was vary deliberate and waited.
When It was time to start over the
Alps, and It was found that I had no
seat, the agent ordered out a carriage,
and I rode In It all day long, while ths
piggish passengers the passengers who
did not trust the railroad inee were
crowded Into the stages, luslde and
outside.
Tee Hlarh. 7 '
"The autumn," said Bben EL Emery,
New York's weather forecaster, "Is by
far our finest American seasoa. For
eigners visiting as should Invariably
come In the autumn.
Suddenly Mr. Emery smiled.
I am reminded of an old autumn
song," he said. "'A thousand leaves
are falling' Is the way it begins. .V
lady, at a church concert, rose to sins
thla song.
" 'A thousand leaves are falling, sha
carolled, and then her voice broke lnt
a screech, and she had to stop, for sha.
had pitched the song too high.
" 'Start her at 5XV shouted an auo. j
tioneer from the gallery."
Decidedly Darular-Proof.
A reranrkabl. burglar-proof safe haa .
been placed In a bank lu England. At
night the safe la lowered by cables Into
an Impregnable metallic-lined sub
vuult of masonry and concrete. After
reaching the bottom It Is fastened
down by massive steel lugs, operated
by a triple time lock. Until these lugs
are released automatically at a desired
tlmo no human agency can ralso the
safe, and to break lu through a mas
of stone and concrete which measure
10 by Id feet with dyuamlte would,
wreck the building without making It)
jiosslblo to get at tho safe.
Nut an Oullnv.
"Ever beeu lu Siberia?" asked the re.
porter.
"Er yes," answered the distinguish
ed Russian refugee. "I took a knoutlnj
there one Bummer." Chicago Tribune.
When a very old girl becomes en
gaged, she doesn't care If peottlf
know It
