II 11 PHI GIFTS
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Government Has Given to Settlers 112,000,000 Acres, and Has
More than Enough Left to Make Four States as Large
as Texas Vast Projects of Irrigation.
No wonder the world calls us rich.
What other country could make the
prodigal gifts to Its people which Un
tie Sam tins lnnde from the public do
inaln. ' This government has already
lven to settlers 112,000,000 acres of
land
But what the government has given
away Is only a small garden In com
parison with what It has to give. The
public domain, taking into considera
tion land of all sorts, good and bad,
amounts to the colossal sum of 754,
805,280 acres more than enough to
make four states as large as Texas,
it Is true that almost half of this vast
area Is in Alaska, where farms will
always be about as valuable as as they
re at the north pole. Out it is also
true that there 200,000,000 acres of
public land in the United States proper
that, sooner or later, will be devoted
to agricultural purposes. In the arid
XVest It Is all a matter of getting water
on the land. In the cut-over timber
regions of the lumbering states all that
Is needed Is to keep off the forest fires
and give the soil an opportunity to recuperate-.
Water Did It All.
The United States government owns.
In Utah, for Instance, more than
enough land to make another state as
large as Michigan. Nobody who has
ver climbed the foothills of the Wah
satch Mountains and seen what Brlgh-
im Young and his followers did for
DRAWING NAMES FOR
Salt Luke Valley need bo told what the
rest of Utah will some time look like.
When the Moinons went to Utah the
country around Salt Lake was as deso
late as the mind could picture. Now
the River Jordan winds through as
beautiful a country as Ill's outdoors.
"Water did It all water from the river
and water from the mountains that
was sluiced over the land. And In that
state the United States government
owns more than 36,000,000 of other
thirsty acres.
The national government also has
large holdings In twenty-four other
states and territories. Uncle Sam owns
enough land In New Mexico, for in
stance, to make two states almost as
large as New York and Indiana ;
nough In Montana to make another
commonwealth far exceeding In area
the great State of Illinois, and enough
In Nevada to make twelve states as
large as New Jersey. He could carve
out five states as large as Massachu
setts from what he owns In Idaho, and
seven VermoSits from his unused lands
In Arizona. And thnt Is saying nothing
about his 2,000,000 acres In North Da
kota, his 17,000,000 acres In Oregon, his
.6,000,000 acres In Washington, and his
8,000,000 acres In California and his
24,000,000 acres in Colorado.
Some of this land has nothing but
sold and silver In It. The rest of It Is
heavily freighted with tho latest possi
bllltles of potatoes, alfalfa, wheat, oats,
orn and fruit. All that this latter
-class of soil needs to make it produc
tive is water. In the old days this
seemed to be an insurmountable dlfD
culty. Arid land boomers talked to
their prospective customers in vain.
"This land needs only water and
good society to make the country a
paradise," said one of these gentry, ac
cording to an old Joke.
'That's all the Infernal regions
need," retorted the traveler from tho
East, who had Kentucky relatives.
Bmr with Irrigation.
But things have chanced since then
The government has become very busy
In the Irrigation business. It Is pour
ing out money like water for tne pur
pose of getting water. At this very
moment the government has under way
LARGEST AND
The engine and tender combined are eighty feet long
and weigh 2Stl tons. The engine alone weighs 2oS tons.
It was built for the purpose of assisting trains over the
trades of the Erie Railroad near Susquehanna, and can
twenty-eight tremendous irrigation
projects, as the result of which water
will be turned on to more than half a
million acres of land this year. At
Uoosevelt Ariz., for Instance, public
funds are being expended to throw
across Salt River a dam 2S4 feet high
that will hold back enough water to
put a slice two feet thick over the
whole state of Khode Island. The dam
will not be finished until 1010, but
when it Is completed it will convert
Into gardens 210,000 acres around Vfcce
nlz that are now good only for the buz
tarda to fly over. The agricultural de
partment has analyzed the soli and
found that it is remarkably fertile;
the climate cannot be excelled, and, as
soon as the water comes, no region
will bo more productive.
Then there is California. Anyone
who has ever entered'the Golden State
at the little southern town called "The
Needles" doubtless remembers his
amazement that the state should be
called tho "land of sunshine, fruit and
flowers." The sunshine Is there, all
right, but the fruit and flowers can be
found only In the dining car. Outside
there is only sand, sand, sand mil
lions of acres of it, as far as the eye
can reach fiid cactus bushes. It's the
lower end of the Mojavo Desert. Fur
ther to the north Is Death Valley, and
as one looks out tho car window he oc
casionally sees o mirage that may bo
anything from a green-flelded farm-
LAND ALLOTMENTS.
house to a ship sailing in the Clauds
bottom side up.
Government's Great Project.
However, all this is to be changed.
At Yuma the government has made
start toward supplying water to the
desert, and while the task may not be
completed for years, part of the arid
land will be reclaimed within the next
two years. The undertaking now un
der way consists of damming the Colo
rado River at Yuma and diverting Its
waters into two channels by means of
which the adjacent country on both
sides of the stream will be watered.
About 84,000 acres of land will be
made productive by this work alone.
By similar means 12,000 acres will be
reclaimed In northern California.
The government bus also done some
thing and Is doing more to bring back
to life some of Nevada's 61,000,000 dead
acres. At Truckee the melting moun
tain snow Is diverted to the parched
tracts far below In the valley. The
work has already progressed so far
that water has been turned on to 50,-
000 acres, and within a few mouths
Irrigation ditches will be ready to sup
ply 1,000 more eighty-acre farms. This
Is only a start, of course, and does
not amount to much. But when the
fact Is considered that the government
haw enough arid land In Nevada to
mnke two strtes as large as New York
It Is evident that the small start that
hns been made Is but. the forerunner
of a great finish.
Candutt Through Mountain,
Out In what Is known as the "Gunni
son country" In Colorada, another gl
gantlc undertaking Is under way. At
the bottom of Gunnison canyon Is a
picturesque little stream called the
Gunnison River, that up to this time
has served no other useful purpose
than to Increase the beauty of the seen
ery nnd hold speckled trout to lure
fishermen hundreds of miles. But the
Gunnison River will soon be known
no more to the fishermen. Within a
year, probably, It will be shunted off
Into a tunnel. This tunnel will take
the turbulent little stream through the
heart of a mountain and dump It over
140,000 acres of land. The conduit
through the mountain will be almost
six miles long. Work has been going
MOST POWERFUL LOCOMOTIVE
on for four years, and five miles of the
tunnel are already completed. Forty
five miles of canals will also Irrigate
60,000 seres of land In Grand Valley
In the western part of Colorado.
Then look at Idaho. When the cen
sus of 1900 was taken, the government
enumerators found In that state only
1.0 persons to the square mile. In
Idaho the United Stuies owns almost
27.000,000 acres of land. Think what
will happen to the population of that
state when the work now under way
Is completed snd water is turned on
to 372,000 acres of land. The Payette,
Boise and Snake rivers, In the south
western part of the state, are simply
being turned out of their beds. The
work Is so far advanced that settlers
are already beginning to file on some
of the lnnd that Is to be benefited. At
Minidoka, another point on the Snake
River, a huge dam will divert water
to supply 130,000 acres. The work is
already practically complete and water
will be turned on next spring.
Others of Importance.
An extensive system of irrigation ds
vices that extend along the North
Tlatte for nearly B00 miles will, when,
completed, supply water to 200,000
acres of land in Wyoming and an equst
area In Nebraska. In fact, water was
turned on to 40,000 acres this year.'
Settlers are taking up land rapidly.
Besides all this, work Is under way
to put water on to 200,000 acres lni
Montana, 40,000 acres In North DakoJ
to, 30.000 acres In New Mexico, 10,000
acres in rtansas, 220,000 acres in north
ern California and southern Oregon,
270,000 acres In Washington, 40,000
acres in Utah, and 100,000 acres in
South Dakota. And, as a people, we
are Just beginning to realize that It Is
good public policy to spend money for
the Irrigation of arid lands.
Those who are best able to judge
believe that, in this way, we shall re
claim from 60,000,000 to l.V,000,000
acres of land. In fact, the experts in
cline toward the lnrger figure. And
what does this mean? It means that
we shall put under cultivation 234,375
square miles. Figuring the population
at the same density ns that of Kansas
eighteen to the square mile It will
mean that the government land will
provide homes for more than 4,000,000
persons. And, using the snme multi
plier, more tlyin 3,000,000 persons are
now living on land that the government
orlglnaly gave to settlers. (
For Intensive Tlllane.
But the possibilities of what might
be called the nenr present are dwarfed
by the probabilities of the remote fu
ture Some day stern necessity will
compel us to be economical In the ise
of our land, as we are Just beginning
to learn that we should conserve what
remains of our coal, timber and Iron.
Some day we shall learn that no one
can really till 200 or 300 acres of land,
or even 40 acres. We shall lieoome
masters of Intensive agriculture and
produce more from a few well-tilled
acres than we do now from the great
tracts that we cultivate with little or
no realization of the great opportuni
ties that we overlook. We shall learn
a lesson, perhaps, from the French
peasants, who let not a foot of ground
escape untitled and make the fences
hold up the grapes for the sun to ripen
them.
And when that time conies the land
that the government yet has to give to
settlers may support a population of
hundreds of millions. Scientific agri
culturists say that Texas alone has
enough land' to support live times the
present population of the United States.
The Modest Third.
Early In the Congressional career of
Mr. Blaine, says a writer In the New
York Tribune, when Thaddeus Stevens
died, who for ten years had dominated
Congress, Mr. Blaine, who entered the
House the same year as the late Sen
ator Allison, remarked to a friend in
the rotunda of the Capitol, "The death
of Stevens is an emancipation for the
Republican party. He kept it under
his heel."
"Whom have you got left for lend
ers?" queried tho friend.
"There are three young men coming
forward," was Mr. Blaine's reply.
"There is a young man to bo heard
from, "pointing. to Allison, who was
passing. "James A. Garfield Is an
other." There was a pause, aud tho friend
asked, "Well, who Is the third?"
Mr. Blaine gazed up in the dome, and
said quietly, "I don't see the third."
Pear of the Law.
The literal strictness of German
rules and regulations hns always been
a matter of amusement to other nations
which do not insist so rigidly on the
letter of the law. A writer in the
Washington Star recently told a story
Illustrating this point Two men,
Schmidt and Krauss, met one morning
In the park.
"Have you heard," said Schmidt, "the
sad news about Muller?"
"No," said Krauss. "What is it?
"Well, poor Muller went boating on
the river yesterday. The boat capsized
and he was drowned. The water was
ten feet deep."
"But couldn't he swim?"
"Swim? Don't you know that all
persons are strictly forbidden by the
police to swim in the river?"
When the members of a standing
committee meet they usually sit down.
A mnn who has fished much can
readily detect a He In a fish story.
IN THE WORLD.
haul a freight train of 250 cars, two miles long, carry
ing 10,000 tons of freight, at a speed of eight miles an
hour. If this freight consisted of grain it would repre
sent the harvest from twenty-six square miles of farm
land.
Old Favorites
Tell Me, Ye Wlaced Hindi.
Tell me, ye win Rod wlrt1.
That round my pathway rosr,
,Io ye not know sorao pot
Where mortals weep no more?
Pome lone snd plrnxant dell.
Some valley In the went.
Whore free from toil and pniu,
The weary sou I inny rest?
The loud wind dwindled to a whisper
low.
And sighed for pity ns It answered "No.
Tell nie, thou mighty derj,
Whose billows round nie play,
KnowVt thou ome favored spot.
Some island far away.
Where weary nmn tuny find
The bliss for which he sighs
Where sorrow never lives.
And friendship never dies?
The loud waves, rolling In perpetual flow,
Stiiped for a while, and sighed to ani
swer "No."
And tliou, serenest moon,
That, with such lovely face,
IHwt look upon the earth.
Asleep In night's embrace;
Tell me, in all thy round
I last thou not seen some spot
Where miserable man
May find a happier lot?
Behind a cloud the moon withdrew Is
woe,
Aud a voice, sweet but sad, responded-
"No."
Tell me, my secret soul,
O tell me, Hope and Faith,
Is there no resting place
From sorrow, sin and death?
Is there no happy spot
Where morthls may be blest.
Where grief nmy find a balm,
And weariness a rest?
Faith, Hope and Love, best boons to mor
tals given.
Waved their bright wings, and whispered
"Yes, in heaven.'
Charles Maekiiy.
The Sonic of the Mystic.
I walk down the Valley of Silence
Down the dim, voiceless valley alone)
And I hear not the fall of a footstep
Around me, save God's and my own; "
And the hush of my heart is as holy
As hovers where angels have flown !
Long ago I was weary of voices
Whose music my heart could not winj
Long ago I was weary of noises
That fretted my soul with their din ;
Long ago l was weary of places
Where I met but the human and sin,
In the hush of the Valley of Silence
I dream all the songs that I sing;
And tho music floats down the dim Valley,
Till each finds a word for a wing.
That to hearts, like the Dove of tht
IVluge,
A message of Teace they may bring. I
Do you ask me the place of the Valley, '
Ye hearts that are harrowed by Caref
It lieth afar between mountains,
And-God and His angels are there;
And one Is the dark mount of Sorrow
And one the bright mountain of Prayer
Father Ryan. , i
Styles In Shoes.
"We are going to give femininity
something of a sensation this fall,"
paid the shoe manufacturer, "by putting
out shoes with fancy buttons. This li
very uovel, but the greater the noveltj
the more my lady likes her shoes. The
fancy button follows, naturally, the
fancy buckle fashion of the spring and
summer. Some will have buttons with
imitation sapphires In them, and some
brass military buttons, and there will
be all the variations on these two ex
tremes that you can Imagine.
"Other novelties will be elght-lncb
boots with tops of a military blue; pat
ent vamp boots with lead color uppers,
and there will be colors and shades un
limited. The smartest woman will have
a boot to match every gown, wbelhei
It be her street suit, afternoon costume,
or evening gown. There will be 'don
key grays' for the tailored suit of 'egg
plant,' which is a sort of dark red
brown. For tho afternoon costume
there will be the catawbu, which Is a
very delicate shade, and also the wis
teria, which Is, of course, a beautiful
shade of blue. For evening wear there
are going to be many fancy leathers In
sllpiiers, crowding out of place a little
the silk, satin and ooze slippers which
were so popular last year." Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Ilerthoven's I'lnno.
A company of young American tour
Ista visited the home of Beethoven, Ii
Bonn, and were unrestrained In thelt
expressions of wonder, admiration and
approval of the room where the master
hnd lived and worked. They asked
maiy questions about Beethoven, nn)
finally one young lady seated herself
at his piano, und proceeded, with true
American confidence, to . play the
"Moonlight Sonata," Beethoven's own
work, In his own room, on his own
piano. Such an Interesting combina
tion! The old caretaker stood there, stem
nnd silent When the performance wus
over, the youn? lady turned to tho old
mnn and suld:
"I suppose many musicians have been
here, and have played on this Instru
ment?" "I'udorewKkl wns here last year, mad
am "
"Ah!" she sighed.
"But," continued the faithful guar
dian, "when someone urged lilin to plaj
on Beethoven's piano, he snld, 'No; I
am not worthy !' "
A Had Dream.
It is not likely that tiny ICnglUr.
speaking people uiulcnttand so keen niic"
punctilious a devotion to the nh-eile
of language ns that which characterize
the French grammarians. We may hel
ourselves to understand It perhaps 1
reading a story told i f Mr. Lainauy.
One night he awoke nnd sprang
of bed with a wild cry. His wife tan
running. He wan In alarm and l
spalr.
"Why, what Is the mutter?" ?
gasped.
"I dreamed," said the professor.
I had a horrible, a licari ::..
dream I"
"What was It?"
I dreamed I was talking, and i
tlnctly heard myself utter a .
Which had a grammatical error
THE CLOSING
Faster than petals fall on windy days
From ruined roses,
Uope after hope falls fluttering, and decays
Ere the year closes.
For little hopes, that ojien but to die.
And little pleasures
Divide the long sad year that labors by
Into short measures.
Tet. let them gol onr day-lived hopes are no
The life we cherish ;
Love lives, till disappointments are forgot.
And sorrows itcrish.
On withered houghs, where still the old leaf clings,
New leaves come never;
And In the heart, where hope hangs faded, springs
No new endeavor.
W. Bourdlllon.
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A NIGHT ON THE
LONELY PRAIRIjp
"Now, Luclle, it's your turn!"
"But I don't know any ghost stories.
Let somebody else tell onel"
"Oh, there needn't be anything like
a ual live ghost In it Just anything
that's thrilling and mysterious 1"
"Well," replied Luclle, thoughtfully,
"the most thrilling story I cau tell Is
something that happened to me last
summer."
"Good!" "A real experience!" 'This
Is the host of all !" cried several voices.
A group of college girls had gnthered
nbo-.U the big fireplace in the reception
hall. Tho room wns unllghted except
for the flames that, leaping from the
great logs, Illuminated the eager, happy
faces and threw wavering gleams Into
tho distant dark corners.
Tho listening group drew a little
nearer the fire and turned expectant
faces toward Luclle, who leaned for
ward from her pile of cushions.
"Since I have been back at college
this year I have snld very little to any
ono about the Incident, for the reason
that I have wished to recover from Its
effects as soon as possible, but I think
I enn relate It to-night."
The look of interest grew more in
tense as Luclle proceeded.
"You know that after college last
June, I stnrted on a trip through the
far West with a party of friends. We
spent several weeks In traveling, and
had a most delightful time. After
reaching California the party broke
up, and I planned to remain a few
weeks with a friend who was to come
East with me and pay me a return
visit.
"I had been with my friend only a
few days when I received a letter from
my mother, saying that she had Hot
been well, but was now recovering. I
Wns therefore utterly unprepared for
tho telegrnm that came three days
Inter, summoning me home nt once, ns
my mother was In a very critical con
dltlon.
I "I started at once nnd alono. You
can Imagine the apprehension-' with
which I began the long Journey. It
seemed as If I could never cover the
vast distance, and the train seemed to
crawl as we dragged through the weary
hours Into the second day.
"At last we reached a wide stretch
of prairie country. I had slept little
the night before, and tho strain was
beginning to tell upon me. When bed
tlmo came I took a simple sleeping
powder and -went to my berth early.
The powder had an almost Instant
aneous effect, and I was soon asleep.
Then began a series of haunting
drenms. I seemed to pass through ca
lamity after calamity, Indefinite and
awful. At last the dream took tangible
form. I was on the swiftly rushing
train. A terrible collision was about
to happen. In the distance I could hear
shouting, followed by several sharp ex
plosions. Another moment- and the
crash would come! Then with a strug
gle I awoke.
"As I became conscious of my sur
roundings I realized that the car was
In confusion and the train slowing up.
My dream, then, wns prophetic! With
a shudder I remoinlered thnt the car
in which I was sleeping was near the
front of the train, nnd In the event of
s collision its occupants would be at a
disadvantage. Others hnd evidently
realized the same thing, and were rush
ing to get out.
"In trembling haBto I drew on my
shoes, and throwing my dressing-robe
around me, I ran down the car to
where I saw people hurrying through
the door. In the mingled confusion of
Cream and waking reality, I paid no
attention to the group, except to see
that they were In frantic haste, and
thnt they were all crowding down the
I steps on one Bide of the car.
I "Fer a moment they seemed to hesl
' tate, as If to make room for me. 'Don't
! wnh fil mat' T nrlnjl T nrlll ' tiimrt
.1 . . k VS. . . . ...B,U. . ..... I V ... I '
from tfcls side,' and I made my way
down the steps In eager haste.
"By this time the train had nearly
stopped, and I found no difficulty In
swinging off the lower step to the
ground. By the dim light that came
from the train I could see that I was
the only one who had alighted on my
side of the track; the others had es
caped on tho opposite side. A feeling
of great thankfulness came over me
when I thought I had been saved In
what seemed a wonderful way.
"But as I watched, a mlghy wrench
seemed to shake the train from end to
end, and Instead of stopping, It seemed
to gather motion. Car after car pnssod
me with Increasing swiftness, and as
the last one whirled by, I looked about
for those who, like myself, were left
landing by the tracks. I was alone!
"With terrified eyes I peered Into
the darkness on all sides, but not a
living thing could I see. The only
mnd that broke the stillness was that
of the truln as It made Its echoing way
arosa the prairie. The only light was
that of tho train lamps that every mo
B.ent twinkled more feebly In the dis
tance, and the light of the stars that
showed the faintly gleaming rails
Stretching away In the darkness.
"I covered my eyes with my band
YEAR.
and snnk shuddering down on the
ground. Surely this was some trick of
the fancy, some awful delusion I When
looked again It must vanish Into
reality! I did look, and there again
wore the moving lights, now mere
specks In the distance, and there again
were the gleaming rails that led sway
Into a brrror of darkness.
"It must be some awful dream
surety i was on tne train that wai
nio-lrg away In the night I I pinched
myself; I cried aloud. Surely I could
feci, and I could hear the sound of my
voice. With the feeling of horror still
upon me, I rose and started along the
track after the train.
"Once I stumbled and nearly fell, at d
for a moment the shock brought me to
myself. As I lifted my head a fa
n.lllar sound caught my ear, and away
In the distance I could see coming to
ward me a moving speck of light My
dream was merciful at last! The train
that had whirled away In the night,
leaving me In that terrible loneliness.
wus returning. I should dream that It
stopped nnd took me aboard, and the
horrible nightmare would be ended.
"As I lookf.-d and listened thi light
became big nnd bright, and the sound
rew until it became like the rushing
of wind. I stepped aside just In time
to allow the Western Express to race
by me. Again I was walking along the
tracks, and It seemed that I had been
walking thus for cycles upon cycles of
time.
"Gradually I becamo aware that a
change was taking place about me.
raised my eyes and saw along the
eastern horizon a faint unearthly light
creeping into the sky. It slowly
strengthened, until above tho horizon
showed the slender crescent of the
waning moon.
"A few hours more and the strain
upon my reason would doubtless have
been too great, but before long morning
"A BEaL EXrEBICItCE !"
began to approach. The air took on a
new freshness; the stars paled, then
disappeared, and the watery moonlight
lost Itself in the light of the coming
sun.
As the landscape grew In the
morning light the unrealities of the
night began to pass, and I began to
comprehend what bad happened. I
stopped and looked at the tracks that
stretched away to the vanishing point
before and bahlnd me. There was only
one explanation possible. I had had
some terrible dream, and under Its
spell I had In some miraculous manner
got off the moving train. The group
that I had seen hurrying through the
car and down tho steps had been only
the shadows of a dream.
"Gradually the difficulties of my
position forced themselves upon me.
What was I to do? Here I was, alone
upon the great prairie, with no habl
tatlon within miles. My clothing, my
ticket nnd my money were all on the
train that was fast making Its way to
the East There was only one thing I
could do. In some way I must stop the
next train.
"In the meantime I continued my
way. The morning light was now suf
ficient to give me s clear view, and
efter a little, as I looked far ahead
down the narrow, glistening tracks, my
heart gave a great leap. Surely there
In the distance was a building near the
-.racks.
"It was still early morning when,
footsore and exhausted, I reached
little telegraph station, where I found
a sleepy night operator. He opened his
eyes wide when a young woman, at
tired In a dressing-robe, a young wom
an whose hair was disheveled and
shoes scratched, airpeared before him
I told my story ns coherently as pos
sible, and was relieved to find that be
agreed with my explanation.
"'Yes,' said be, when I bad finished,
'you muxt have bad the nightmare, and
had It had. But how you ever got off
that express trnln without breaking
your neck Is more than I can see.'
"I never think of thot night operator
without a feeling of gratitude. He
was a man of resource. In a few mo
ments he had made and placed before
me a cup of steaming coffee, clear and
strong. " 'Now,' he said, 'we must plan
what's to be done. In about an hour
your train will reach Hamlin, where It
makes a stop of twenty minutes. I will
telegraph there to have your things re
moved from the car and held for you.
Then I will get orders to have the next
express stop here and take you aboard.
It will not delay you many hours,'
Tie seated himself at th listrs-
ment, and then began the click I click ji
that seemed to me to continue a: y
wesrr minutes. At last he furiosi t
me with a smile.
M 'It's all right,' he sat. They wilt
take your things from the train, snd
the next express, that gees tbreagh l
about two hours, will step- Jer yea.
Doubtless your dlssppearasc has not
yet been discovered, snd wea't he satlf
the train reaches Hamlin.'
"Another weary wait Began, srekeai
at last by the Instant click ef the tele
graph. As word after wers ef th
message was spelled eut by the Instru
ment, a look of surprrlse sad keen In
terest cnnie Into the face ef the eser
ator. At last ho turned and leaked at
me curiously.
"'Well, young woman, ke exlalmed.
at last 'you have had aa experience
and no mistake I One that yen wea't
forget in a hurry, or I alas my guess V
Then he told me the Message that
hnd Just come over the wires. Mjr
train had reached Hamlin, and 1 1;
absence had not been discovered sntil
then. So far nothing very rtartling,
but listen to this! When the traU
from which I had made sweh a mys
terious exit reached Ilamlta it had a'
strange tale to tell. The algkt kefer
on the open prairie It had seen keardi
ed by a large band ef tsala rekkera.
There bad been a brief straggle, la
which the robbers had keen saccesafall
repulsed, and the trala kad gane en its
way.
"A few weeks before there kad kee
n daring and successful rekkery ea ene
of the roads In the Southwest A large
sum of money bad been taken freas
the express car and the smIIs rtfed.
The detectives who had werked 9m the
case believed this robkery wts ene ef
a scries that had keen carefully
planned, and had warned all the West
ern roads to be on the alert Wkea the
train on which I bad takes passage
started for the East, It had ea heard.
all vrknown to the passengers, a stress;
guard.
"In the struggle that fell wed t'la
attempt to hold up tho train, the. rob
ber soon saw that they weuld ke ever
powered, and sought to make Xkelr es
cape. To create vonf nslon and t make
It more difficult for the gaard h th
express car to shoot they kad ptaaget!
through one or two of the ether cars,
nnd so off the train. My ear had bees
ono through which they had rushed,
and it was this band of desperate men
that I had followed la the affrigkt of
my awakening.
"The train had been hreaght nearly
to a standstill, and that Is why I kad
no greater difficulty In getting off. Of
course when tho robbers reached the
ground they scattered In aH directions,
and hence I saw no one kesMe tte
tracks when the train had passed.
"You can Imagine the feelings with
which I heard the operator's tery. It
was a relief to know thst I kad net
been the victim of a sleeping delnslea ;
but when I thought of the algkt, t o
lonely prairie, and the desperate men,
a new terror took hold of me.
'The rest of my Journey was without
Incident The anxiety la regard 1
my mother kept In check the nervosa
reaction that might have fallowed tka
terrible experiences ef tamt aagkt
When I reached home I feamd tke
critical point In my metherti Blaeea
past and the danger ever. M was then
that the reaction came, aad far days I
was almost prostrated. Rvea new th
terror and haunting reality ef that
night on the lonely prairie will seize
upon me, and I imagine I shall never
get beyond the spell of that experi
ence." Yonth's Companies.
Helafal II lata.
I would rather be akle be make pea-
pie appreciate things tkey aaa'l get
than sell them things that tkey dea't
appreciate. In fact it Is very ataek
easier to sell them thing tkna ahey
think they appreciate.
It takes genius to let year katr grew
and yet make plain people believe you
are sensible. There are only rwe ef us.
Buffalo BUI and myself, aad I don't
tulnk so very much of Buffs ! BnL
The most comfortable way be ecanem-
lze Is to travel with a good spender.
You can't fool all ef the people all
of the time, but you doat seed ta, to
make a good thing of It
Don't make fun of religlea aalesa yen
are sure of your audience.
Be good to people and yen will Had
them easier to work.
wise fake goes a long way.
Anything Is a thought that gets
printed. Judge.
Hassan KleetrlnaJ Maah.ia.aa.
Dr. McConnell recently bold tha
Mothers of New York that men and
women were nothing else fcut elaehrWal
machines, which (or wha) wkea mat at
order could be put together again kike
ordinary electrical apparatus. Th Idea
Is bright and the great FouruJer, la
his 'Theory of Electrons," saggeets
something of the same kind. Dr. Mil
ener of Buffalo would, however, appear
to disagree with the Idea. Ke placed
under observation nineteen f an em
ployes In the Niagara Eleetaic Weeks
and drew the following ceaolaslan lria
bis observations:
When the men were hreaght lat da
proximity with the electrleal dyaaaae
they experienced organic disorders ef
the stomach, loss ef appetite, faalty
digestion and became as pale as lime
kiln laborers. The doctor attrfbatea
these phenomena to the chemical tadu-
ence of the electrical raitutUas, r ef
radiations of a nature as yet akawa.
The late Sir Henry Tkoansea, bk
London surgeon, was of aplataa that am
abuse of electricity in th kime ied t
baldness, bad eyesight, wrhnkled skin
and rarely failed to dlsturk the normal
circulation of the blood.
Forced Kooaaasr,
"Poor Tom, it cost him a berrlWe lot
to give up his sweetheart"
"Then why did her
"Because it would have east Mat a
great deal more If be ha-'t" LaeaHa
Tatler.
Take cents' worth ef eettea was hi
goods, a rose er two, a pair ef akees.
and a hat and put them ea a lt-year-
old girl, and you have a great result
Marriage consists ef Sva miautea at
the head of tha proceaslva, aad a Ufa,
time In tha ranks.