LET NOT LOVE GO. TOO.
Kow thn purple night is past.
Now the moon more faintly glow.
Dawn has through thy casement cast
Honrs on thy breast, ft rose.
Now the kinscp are all done,
Now the world awnkes anew;
Now the charmed hour la gone
Let not In ve go, too.
When old winter, creeping nigh.
Sprinkles raven hair with white,
l)1ms the brightly glnnolng eye.
Laughs (iwny the dancing light.
Rosea may forget their sun,
Llllca may forpet their dew.
Realities perish, one hy one
Let not love go, too.
I'alares and towers of pride
Crumble year hy year away:
Creeds, like rohes, ere laid nstdo;
Kven our very tombH decay!
When the all-conquering ninth and rut
clnaw the goodly garments through.
When tho dust returns to dust.
Let not love go, too.
Kingdoms melt awny like snoiv,
ods are spent like wasting (lames.
Hardly the new peoples know
Their divine, thrice worshiped
names!
At the lust great hour of all.
When thou makest all things new.
Father, hear thy children call
Let not love go, too.
-Alfred Noyes.
i
CT2rcc gound
4- 4
MiiBtapha AH, kadi or chief of the
tribesmen of Ben Hassan robber anil
gentleman sat In his spacious tent,
sheltered from the glare of the tropi
cal sun, slowly deciphering a letter
that an envoy had Just brought hlm
from Rabat.
" 'Tls well! lie consent. -i to pay the
ransom for the girl. Two hundred
pounds," he said aloud, when he had
mastered the contents of the docu
men. "Bring the maiden to me,
Mulai."
The turbaned Moor, who had been
standing like an ebony statute await
ing his chief's commands, salaamed
and withdrew, returning In a minute
with a pretty, vivacious English girl
of 18.
The tent was Ill-lighted, and. coin
log from the brilliant sunshine. It
HA8 IIB SENT THE MONET FOR MY BAN
BOM?" was a few seconds before' the girl
made out the figure of the Moorish
chieftain seated on some cushions,
millng blandly upon her.
"Oh! you're there, Kaid," she said,
when her eye3 had grown accustomed
to the gloom. Then, noticing the letter
tie held In his hand: "Ah, I see you've
ome news for me. You've beard from
dad? Has he sent the money for my
ransom?"
"No, but it is arranged. The gov
ernor of Kabat's headsman will be
here at sundown with it, and then you
will be free."
"What a pity," said the girl, with
a sigh, sinking on to an old but gorge
ous divan near Mustapha. "You seem
In a terrible hurry to get rid of me."
"You prefer bondage?" Tho Kald
smiled. "Blsmlllah! Though an In
fidel, you are truly a woman."
"Yes. I prefer this bondage If you
can dignify my holiday here with
such a name to the real bondage my
father wishes to Impose on me mar
riage. Marriage with a man I've
never seen Just because he's a lord."
"You are not obedient to your fath
er?" The Kaid frowned and shook bis
Bead. He did not approve of disobedi
ence In women. "If I were yoir
father, I should "
"If yon were, that would put & dif
ferent complexion on the matter,"
laughed the girl. "But you're not,
Kaid, luckily for you. Oh! I say, I
suppose you thought yourself rather
clever in capturing me, didn't you?
Well, you weren't a bit. I got myself
captured."
The chief of Ben Hassan smiled in
credulously and shook his head.
"what, don t you believe me! It's
true. LiBten. The lordllng was com
ing to Rabat on a visit to meet his
prospective bride; me you know.
Well, I didn't want to see him, and
I told dad so, and we had a row
shout It. and he said nasty things to
me. Feeling desperate, and having
heard you spoken of In Rabat as most
gentlemanly, I determined to come to
see you for a holiday. So, after in
quiring the way, rode out to you, and
here I am. But I did hope you'd keep
me prisoner at least a fortnight
You're most Inconsiderate. I've only
teen here tfcree days, and now I'm to
be sent back to Rabat, and shall have
to meet that lordllng after all. Can't
you keep me a bit longer till till
he's gone?
"I fear that cannot be. I have sworn
by Allah to deliver you up tonight,
and "
"Yes, yes, I know you wouldn't
mind robbing a man, or killing one
for that matter, but you won't break
your word. Well, I'll have to go, I
suppose, but 1 won't marry that lord
ling. I'd marry a nlggpr sooner or
even you."
WBfm
"That may not be. A trns believer
may not wed with an Infidel, like
you."
"Excuse me, you're the Infidel, at
least, so I've been taught to believe.
But then every religion treats a rival
like the pot does the kettle."
"And you are not fat enough to
marry."
"Ah! I'd forgotten. You fatten
your girls for marriage as we do our
turkeys for Christmas. I shall have to
look elsewhere for a husband."
"I have another captive an Eng
lishman, who Is at your disposal. If
you really want a husband."
"That's very kind of you, Kald. Do
you make a practice of giving men
away? If so, I've a heap of spinster
friends at home who'll be glad of an
introduction to you. What's the man
like old and ugly?"
"No, he Is young, but a most blas
phemous Infidel. He called our prophet
a rotten Impostor. I should have killed
him on the spot, only your English
government makes a great fuss about
such matters. Still, he shall suffer
I will marry him to you."
The girl laughed heartily at the
Moor's unconscious humor.
"You're really too cruel," she said.
"No, I can't lend myself for such an
awful chastisement. Besides, I don't
want a husband, I only want an ex
cuse for refusing the lordllng. If I
married your captive, he might want
to follow me home. I'd like to see
him, though. Where is he?"
The Kaid clapped his hands, an at
tendant entered, and the captive Eng
lishman was sent for.
"Don't let him know I'm English,
Kald. Say I'm French," said the girl,
arranging the mantilla she was wear
ing so that It partly hid her features.
"As you will," replied Mustapha,
as the Englishman, his arms bound
with stout cords, and struggling In ths
grip of three brawny Moors, wfts
thrust roughly Into the pavilion.
Half choking with suppressed rage
at the treatment he received, the man
strode across to where the Kala was
sitting, and, putting his face close to
the Moor's, hissed out between his
teeth:
"Look here, you Kaffir, if there's
anything of the man about you, take
off these cords and I'll fight you and
any two others of your gang with any
weapons you like."
"That's splendid," murmured the
girl. Then, speaking aloud, with a
foreign accent, she added: "Oh, mon
sieur, you say a bad word before
me."
"I beg your pardon, mademoiselle,
I didn't see you. But this old rogue
here would provoke a sulnt."
"I have found ze Kald charmant."
"Have you? Well, you must have
very queer taste." Then, turning to
Mustapha, he demanded: "What have
I been sent for now?"
'This Franklnsh maid has need of a
husband. Will you wed her?"
"I?"
"If you agree, she will pay the ran
som for your freedom," continued the
wily Moor, with a leathery grin at
his own astuteness.
"Eh?" exclaimed the girl siiarply.
"It is but 50, my daughter."
"Oh!" And she nodded acquies
cence.
The rites were performed accord
ing to the ritual of the church. A
slight hitch occurred when the priest
asked the bride her name. She at first
declined to give It, then, finding she
must do so, she said 'twas Julie Fran-
caise.
"Es? Ah, capital!" cried the Eng
lishman. "We'll make it an interna
tional union. ' My name's John Bull."
The priest smiled, but made no de
mur. He was to oe wen paid, ana
their real names were not his concern.
"And so you're going away to try
to find her?"
"No. I thought of doing that sev
eral times before I met you. Now It's
all changed." He came and leaned
over her chair. "Oh, Nell, it's wrong.
I know, to say It, but It will out. I
love you. I love you as I never dream
ed I could love a woman. So madly,
so passionately, so vainly, too. For
give me, Nell, I ought not to have told
you. I'll go good-bye." He turned
abruptly from her chair and moved
off quickly.
"Bob! Stop a minute. I've some
thing to tell you," she cried, rising
and going to him. "I've let you fall
in love with me, when I knew all the
time you were married. You can't
escape from her. Bob; she has your
signet ring, with your crest on It.
What have you to Identify her by?"
"Nothing."
"Kiss me. Bob."
She was facing him now; her right
hand was on his shoulder; her happy,
willful face, with pursed-up Hps, was
offering Itself to him. She held her
left hand before his eyes, and he
saw upon the third finger his signet
ring. "Here Is my right to your kisses.
See!"
"Why, It's It's my ring, and you.
Oh! my darling, you are my wife!"
Frederick Jarman In M. A. P.
Wanted an Encore.
Robert, the small son of Mr. Brant,
has lately acquired a stepmother,
Hoping to win his afTectlon, this new
parent has been very lenient with him.
while his father, feeling his responsf
blllty, has been unusually strict. The
lioys of the neighborhood, who had
taken pains to warn Robert of the
terrible character of stepmothers in
general, recently walled on him In a
body and the following conversation
was overheard:
"How do you like your stepmother
Bob?"
"Like her! Why, fellers. I Just love
her. All I wish 13 I had a stepfather,
too." Woman's Home Companion.
lie Knew.
Her (reading) And to they were
married, and that was the last f thel
troubles.
Him (sotlo voie) La at, but not
least! Cleveland Leader.
A Financier.
Customer I'lease, u.'jter, I can
remember what ma ftnt me for, but
you can give mo two cents' worth of
peppermint candy, 'cause slio said I
J could keep the change. Lentury
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Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
THE BLACK HAND.
MORE systematic method in vrlme, a
I broader organization, have been revealed
I In the Black Hand than police authorities
iltlVC -ITI iH'IHir I'T-ril I rnu J lu iiti ,
The type of criminal who employs ths
Black Hand ways. In spile of the terror
he Is enabled to creuto. is of a low order.
His intelligence Is often sermlnr.ly more bestial than
human. The discipline of a larne band of workers, the
secrecy necessary, and, al-ove all, the division of spoils
these call for an ,und rstandlr.g and a singleness of
purpose that the ordinary Sicilian and Calabrlan rogue
does not possess.
Because of the recent revelations the alarming sug
gestlon has been made that native American criminals,
confidence men and cracksmen of superior wit and re
sourcefulness have entered the field. This would ac
count for the oranlwitlon discovered. It would explain
tho apparent subservience to a leading Intelllgenre and
It would satisfy questions the police ask as to the ex
lstencs of a central "fund and a working arrangement
common to several sections of the country. The Ameri
can criminals would naturally hide themselves under
aliases of Italian names, and, too, they would have all
arrangements so that the foreigners and not themselves
should suffer In case of discovery.
Ths Black Hand is probably no worse than other
forms of blackmail except In so far that it causes a
greater fear among Its victims and a more general un
easiness among the police. The methods used In the at
tempt to break it up have proved of little avail. A
penalty as severe as that for kidnaping might tend to
crush It It Is worth trying. Toledo Blade.
MRS. THAW'S BOOK.
RS. THAW, the mother of Harry Thaw,
has written and published a book in
which she makes a bitter attack npon
those whose duty It is to administer jus
tice in the courts of New York. She
makes District Attorney Jerome an es
pecial target, declnring that he has gone
(MJ
outside of his Jurisdiction several times to persecute
her son. Tha public will hardly be led to take any
different view of the Thaw case by the publication of
this book than It already entertains. It will, however,
bs disposed toward charity and excuse the foolish ful
mlnatlon upon the ground that it Is the case of a
mother fighting for her son.
Money was the greatest curse which ever fell upon
the Thaw family. If the mother had taken a different
course when her son was young; if she hnd limited
the amouunt of his spending money, and if rhe had
Insisted that he be put to work when not in school,
the later years of her life might not have been clouded
with this great sorrow. Because the Thaw family was
rolling In wealth, it was considered ridiculous that
Harry should be other than a gentleman of leisure.
There was never a more tragic illustration of sowing
the wind and reaping the whirlwind. To-day he Is a
Chester bustled in with an air of
great importance. Taking off his bat
he reached up and hung it on Its hook
Instead of giving It the careless twirl
by means of which It customarily at
tained that position.
Say, Dave," be began, "there's a
new kid comin' to-day and we bet
ter "
"Well, don't I know it?" Interrupted
David. "Think you're tellln' me a
secret?"
"Aw, g'wan!" exclaimed Chester.
"You never knew a thing about it till
I Just told you."
"I did, too," retorted David. He add
ed, chuckling: "You kin learn a lot If
you git down early enough."
"Well, anyhow," pursued Chester,
It's a good thing for the boss that
he made up his mind to get in anoth
er helper. I tell you I wasn't goln'
to stand for it much longer. It's a
fright, the way we had to work and
me bavin' so much responsibility an'
all. Just between me and you I was
ngurln' on looktoi' for another "
Chester's voice died away as the
Office manager appeared with a red
haired boy in tow.
"Good morning, boys," said the
manager. "I've brought you an as
sistant. This is " He turned In
quiringly to the red-haired boy.
"John Fitzgerald, sir," supplied the
youth, promptly.
"Well, John, hang up your hat and
the boys will tell you about the
work." The manager walked away.
"Well, John." began Chester, taking
possession of the floor with an imi
tation of the manager's manner, "I
might as well begin to put you wise
to ths job. There's a lot to learn In
this department. We have to copy
all the letters and index the letter
books and sort out the mail, and an
swer the switchboard and run the
buzzer rails and chase out on er
rands. I gen'lly run the switchboard
myself beeuz Mr. Selden'a awful par
ticular 'bout the phone calls, and I
guess David better do most of the
lndexln' and ropy in' for awhile and
you kin run the errands and answer
buzzers at first, till you get kinder
used to the work."
A whirring of tho switchboard
drew Chester's attention aside for a
mi.ment. Tho new kid thereupon
winked an Impudent Kri-r-n eye at
LU'.vli. who responded by half-closing
a round bluo orb.
"Well," li'Huini'il ('heifer, turning
again to the now kid, "let me c.e
o!!. yes. They're awful particular
ali;,ul hi in' respectful to tho lic-aiN
of (1pj u t;r.; .n's 'i on ml here, too, so
when yiu bpeak to tuo you'd bwtter
Ju.-t call me 1:' "
Cluster jiauv il rr !r: l iv! !y. T'.w
Il'J.V I Id, b'i:i! f-.. ill.it 11 Libit.
li'.- il ! ;-. lii thies: Ills hands
I i o liij ,"(('('. ! c: d le.' irdi'd Chester
1j ;.'m.! pa: t:y ;'. eycll l."i.
"..'. 1. u j av. 1 id." tin remarke.:.
.t!!-;i. !.:.'v "; i :i ; v u tiy to work
: -'.Lizzer-tlll-yo-.i-
t't !(.!!
i.e.u !
!-;!( .
III-. -
-::. t ' ' i t, ;:u. ., i a me. I In
t ii .c .'.. a: ,i i o;i! 'd more
.! fv-r Ken in your
1 i u:i a: iv o'.J kind of a
murderer and deservss life imprisonment, if no greater
punishment. Hs has escaped prison on the flimsy plea
of mental unsoundness. He ought to ba thankful, as
had the members of his family, that he has made so
good an escape from the electric chair. However, the
family Is turning heaven and earth in an effort to
have him proven sane. It Is hardly conceivable that
the courts of New York will permit so great a travesty
la the name of Justice. Meanwhile Mrs. Thaw's book
wilt take Its place among the curiosities of American
literature. Des Moines Capital.
love has to sit on the doorstep and wait.
All through the year 1908 the little god has been shiver
ing outside many homes where he had every expectation
of spending a cozy and perfectly delightful twelve
month. And during the year of hard times marriages
fell off 0 per cent.
In Manhattan Borough alone nearly 20,000 persons
are going about in single blessedness or otherwise, as
they take It who ought, from the statistician's point
of view, to have been married last year.
The statistician takes a cold-blooded view of It, mere
ly marking It dewn as an Interesting fact to be "footed
up" with other interesting facts. He hasn't a word to
say about love's young1 dream, and hope deferred, and
all the furtive tears for which those 10,000 non-existent
marriages are responsible. You can't make averages
of such things as a young man's disappointment and a
nice girl's heartache.
The results of hard times are always, first of all,
fewer diamonds Imported and fewer marriages record
ed. Jewels and matrimony go hand In hand, as Indica
tions of a rising or falling In the barometer of pros
perity. New York Times.
WHY
LL the
daylight hours available for recreation.
In the summer time, when the evenings are long, It
Is proposed to "knock off" an hour earlier than Is now
the custom, and so that this should not disorganize in
dustry by reducing the number of working hours In
shops and factories it would be necessary to begin work
earlier In the morning-. But why should the clocks be
set an hour ahead? Cannot workingmen be made to
acquire the habit of early rising (an excellently good
habit In the hot season) without making prevaricators
of our clocks? Philadelphia Record.
switchboard that ever was put in."
4Ie drew one hand from his pocket
and leveled a forefinger at Chester.
"And, look here," he said, "you better
not come round me with any of your
fresh talk 'bout me calltn' you 'sir,'
unless you want to get pasted one in
tho lamp. I ain't lookln' fer no scrap,
but If they's goln' to be one It ain't
me they'll be carryin' out feet first
when it's all over. See!"
He straightened up in a leisurely
manner, strolled over to the switch
board where Chester sat and gazed
calmly down upon the enraged but
speechless youth.
"Now," he observed, "If you're
through throwln' bokays at yerself,
an' one o' you klds'll- put me wise to
where you keep things In this little
old Joint and who belongs to the buz
zers, I'll get to work." Chicago Dally
News.
TERRAPIN AND FROO FARM.
Scheme to Italae Dellcarlea on Long
laland for rw York Market.
There is an industry out on Long
Island which is yet in the very earliest
stages of Infancy and about which its
sponsors are exceedingly reticent. It
Is the rearing and marketing of terra
pin and frogs, strictly according to
the rules and regulations laid down by
the Secretary of Agriculture.
Bo far the names of only three mon
interested In the prospective terrapin
and frog farm have reached the public,
but there Is reason to believe that a
number of others are considering the
whys and wherefores o? lending some
thing more material than merely their
moral backing.
Cuthbert M. I-everidge, of Boston,
who Is reputed to be an expert In mat
ters appertaining to the domesticating
and nurturing of terrapin In the
South., has succeeded In enlisting ti e
interest of two Brooklyn dentists.
They are Dr. F. C. Royce, of 65 Greene
avenue, who Is not at all sure that
he Is willing to be mentioned In con
nection with this undertaking, and Dr.
David S. EUlnner, whoBe home Is at
75, on the same street.
Dr. Skinner would have been will
ing to divulge the details of the
scheme, It seemed, had It not been
for two circumstances. The first was
that his co-workers were anxious to
keep the matter to themselves for the
present, as Dr. Skinner Indicated by
putting an index finger to his lips as a
token that silence had been enjoined
upon him. The other was a certain
backwardness on his own account.
New York Sun.
A rilllnu Itetlupllon.
"Do you know what un oath Is, lit
tle. Kill?"
"Yes, sir; I must always tell the
truth."
"If you always tell tho truth, where
will you go when you die?"
"1'p to heaven."
"And if you tell lies?"
"To thn naughty place, sir."
"Are you sure of that?"
"Unite."
"l et her lie sworn. It Is ipilte clear
tibe knows a great deal more than I
do." Modern Society.
and women -" little else but
make trouble other, but If a
ten-foot board wall built between
them, they would break It down to get
J through.
HARD TIMES AND MATRIMONY.
"B lH.'nV la t.rnloklu i - m
- . r,uiniui;i mure uinn a into
I tlon of 1 per cent of truth In that un
j I pleasant old proverb, "When poverty comes
in ai me aoor love nles out or the win
dew," but it is not to be denied that when
poverty is the first to take possession, poor
CORRUPT THE CLOCKS f
advantages derived from the Cln-
J. I cinnatl "daylight" ordinance, and similar
"yV I measures proposed elsewhere, could be ob-
Mlllllll niiii"" ,n.i...r, w
clock and all other public and private
tlmepleccu. The principal advantage
sought is an increase In the number of
X HOW A RACCOON THINKS. J
That animals do not reason Is the
uncompromising conclusion reached
by E. T. Brewster In an article print
ed in McClure's Magazine. Incident
ally, he finds that men do not often
reason, and that many of the processes
which they dignify by that word are
not reasoning at all. Some of the ex
periments on which his conclusions
rest are amusing as well as Instruc
tive this one, for instance, with a
raccoon.
The animal was fed from a box with
an outward swinging door, which he
learned to open In one second after
it had been fastened by a bolt on the
left Bide. The bolt was removed and
the door closed by a lever on the right
side. Imagine for a moment what a
man would do; then compare this with
what the coon did.
Although the bolt had been re
moved, the coon continued to work
away at the place where It had been,
trying to push something where noth
ing was. He roiled over and over In
the vlolenc of his efforts, until he ac
tually stood on his head to work.
Then by accident his left foot slipped
off the corner of the box, and hitting
the lever, released the door.
Ths next time he was hungry, like
a wise coon, but not like a wise man,
he got In front of the box, stood on
his h.ad, and pawvd the corner of the
box until his foot slipped again.
Eight times he followed this proce
dure; then he discovered that, after
his hind foot struck the lever, an ad
ded push with his fore paws helped
to expedite matters. At the twenty-
eighth trial he discovered that stand
ing on his head was not an essential
part of the process. Nevertheless, he
still persisted In putting his hind foot
on the lever before pushing It down
with his fore paws.
In short, the coon hit upon the prop
er action by pure accident. Then, be
ing a clever little beast, he kept re
peating as many of these random
movements as he could remember.
Being clever, he used his hand to help
out his foot. Being also scatter-brain
ed, he forgot on the twenty-eighth
attempt to stand on his head.
Obviously the coon did not reason.
Yet If the right man had seen him
for the first time when he was mak
ing the hundredth trial, and after he
had forgotten to stand on his head,
and forgotten to use three paws, and
forgotten everything else except to
put out one hand and push, what a
story It would have madot
4 hoeiilate.
Although tho "drink called choco
late" did not appear in England until
1657 Its restorative properties soon be
came generally known. Thus, pn May
24, 16l, after an evening of carous
ing, I'epys "worked In the morning,
with my head In a sad taking through
the last night's drink, which I am
very sorry for; so rose and went out
with Mr. Creed to drink our morning
draft, which he did give me In choco
late to settle my stomach.'
If you attended a party, and didn't
have a nice time, think It over: wasn't
it because some one else did all the
talking?
GOOD SHORT
STORIES
Former Representative Amos J.
Cumnilngs, of New York, was once
city editor of the Sun. One Saturday
night. It was announced that all the
saloons were to be closed next day.
Cummlngs railed his star reporter,
Murray. "Tom," he said, "go out to
morrow nnd find out if the saloons
are selling liquor." It was Thursday
when Tom again appeared at his desk.
"They were," he reported.
In one of the smaller cltlos of Now
England there was an Episcopal
church, which had two mission chap
els, commonly known as the East End
Mission and the North End Mission,
from tho parts of the city where they
were respectively located. One day
the rector gave out the notices, in his
most distinguished, high-church tone,
as follows: "There shall bs a service
at the North End Mission at 3 o'clock,
and at the East End at 6. Children
will be baptized at both ends."
Roger, the celebrated French tenor.
on one occasion was engaged for the
sum of 1,000 francs to sing at the
house of a rich financier. Roger sang
his first song magnlflcenVly; but no
one paid him the slightest attention.
and the guests talked their loudest.
Presently the host thought the time
had come for another song, and sent
for Roger. He could not be found.
and that evening was seen no more.
Next day a note came fiom htm, ac
companied by the sum of 2,000 francs.
The note ran thim: "I have the hon
or to return the 1,500 francs which I
received for singing at your party;
nd I beg leave to add COO francs more
for having so greatly disturbed the
conversation of your guests."
A misguided woman once ventured
to remonstrate with Worth, the man
milliner, because he charged her $600
for a dress. "The goods," said the
lady, "could be bought for f 100, and
surely the work of making up would
be well paid for with $25 more."
"Madame." replied the outraged tailor.
"go to M. Constant, the painter, and
say to him: 'Here Is a canvas and
colors, value $1. Paint me a picture
on thnt canvas with these paints, and
I will pay you 33 1-3 cents. What
would be the answer? 'Madame, this
Is no payment for an artist.' No, but
I say more. If you think my terms
are too high, keep the dress and pay
me nothing. Art does not descend to
the pettiness of haggling." History
does not record the lady's reply.
In the first year of his practice,
Judge Royce of Vermont was called
to prosecute in a Justice suit, and.
fresh from Chltty, filed a plea In
abatement, which he duly discussed.
The Justice, In deciding the case, said:
"The young lnwyer has filed what he
calls a plea in abatement; now this
platntlff seems to be a very Ignorant
man, and his lawyer about as Ignorant
as he is, and his writ doesn't seem
to be a very good writ, and doesn't
resemble one much more than it does
a hog-yoke; but tho plaintiff seems to
be an honest man, and If he has a
lust claim against this defendant, he
hall have judgment." Whereupon,
Judge Royce, elated at the result, but
tomewhat disgusted with the remarks
f the Justice, arose, and. making a
rery profound bow, said to the court.
1 much thank you, d n you."
Hualnlaa la Bnalnlae."
The Immigrant from southern Eu
rope la often a person of unpromising
appearance, bnt he sometimes displays
a surprising amount of Intelligence.
Not all the queer English of this let
ter which an alien fruit-dealer recent
ly wrote to the New York Times can
conceal Its shrewd philosophy and
brisk common sense.
It Is twenty-seven years I live in
the City of New York. I walk all
day long In the dangerous streets,
neve; tfet invested by electric ct.rs
nor automobile.
The only blame Is mostly of the
Persons are sleeping or want too much
commodity mistake the streets for the
sidework.
When you cross a busy street at
first watch the automobiles electric
cars etc. Run that moment till you
reach the sidework and everything
will be all right.
Walk slow when yon are in the
sidework but run when you cross the
streets.
Time Is money. Buslnlss Is busl
nlss. Sideworks for the pedestrians,
streets for the cars, automobiles etc.
If a driver have to watch eveiy mo
ment child, sleeping Persons, In the
streets take V day from Harlem to
reach the Battery.
About children, Instead te waste
time to trouble automobiles etc why
do not make a new Law? One root
garden in every tenement house, and
force by Law the Landlords (or Land
lady to do It and to send the chil
dren In the roof?
I am been plenty times In the roof
garden of E. Broadway, corner Jeffer
son (Manhattan) In the hot months.
The children Jump, play balls, sing in
that little Heaven all glad to enjoy
such pleasure; nice shade all around
on the top of the roof plenty flowers
all around, water for drink etc.
Patroulz the roof gardens and send
the children to play In It do not
sleep when you cross a street and do
not be afraid of the automobiles
trucks etc. Sidework for pednstrlana
streets for horses, etc. Buslnlss Is
buslnlss. Time la mom y.
L. P. of Fruit Store.
IN A REVOLUTIONARY CAMP.
I.cllrr of t.rii. (ireene ntaoiiKKlua,
NlratPKlra of 1TT7 In a Kule.
A particularly good letter of Gen.
Nathaniel (ireene was sold in Philadel
phia a few diys ago, the New York
Times says. It Is addressed to Cien.
Varnum and Is dated "Cani' at Cross
Roads, Aug. 17. 1777." It Is In part:
"I readily acknowledge the propriety
of your observation that delays are
dangerous, and that the prlnm of the
season Is wasting while we are bisk
lng in the sunshine ot Pennsylvania;
bnt repentance often comes loo latex
Could we have divined how Oe. How
would have directed hi future opera
tions some part of your plan might
have been carried Into execution. The
destruction of Gen. Burgoyne's army
Is one of the first objects upon the
continent, but how to effect It Is the
question. "You see, he moves with caution.
notwithstanding our army flies before
him. It Is now a month since he land
ed at Skenesborough, his advanced
parties have advanced only about
twenty or thirty miles and nothing.
or next to nothing, to oppose him.
Sure I am he never would have dared
to penetrate an Inch If he had met
with a serious opposition.
"Could I persuade myself that Bur-
goyne would not retreat upon the
northern army's being reinforced, I
would run all the hazard to attempt
his destruction, but I am well persuad
ed that he would retreat Immediately
to TIconderoga, where It would be out
of our power to do him any great In
Jury 'Our situation Is not a little awk
ward, burled In the country out of the
hearing of the enemy. His excellency
(Washington) Is exceeding Impatient,
but it is said if Philadelphia Is lost all
Is ruined. It Is a great object, to bo
sure, but not of that great magnitude
that It claims.
"Rest assured we shall not remain
Idle long. This Is a curious campaign.
In the spring we had the enemy
about our ears every hour. The north
ern army could neither see nor hear
of an enemy. Now they have got the
enemy about their heads and we have
lost ours.
"I ran assure you I was no advocate
of coming so hastily here, for I ever
thought Gen. Howe's motions very(
equivocal; but the loss of Philadelphia
would Injure us more than our taking
,New York would them, and It Is not
certain our rapid march did not hin
der the enemy from coming np tho
hay to the city. That they were mov
ing about the coast for several days Is
very certain."
This letter brought $195 at tho Phil
adelphia sale.
FOXY GERMAN EMPEROR
Hm Got IS, OOO Square Mile iroaa
Ilia Friend, Abaal Haaald.
The kaiser, finding himself isolated
as the result of Frtnca and British
diplomacy, debarred on every hand
from territorial expansion In Europe,
had dreamed of a commercial empire
In Asia, F. Alexander Powell says in
Everybody's. But WUhelm la the kind
of a man who prefers to see things
with his own eyea, and that la why.
In the spring of 1897, he set out on
his spectacular tour of the near east.
He i ode through Palestine in a theatri
cal uniform mad a for the occasion,
with a great cavalcade behind him.
At Jerusalem he laid the corner stone
of a German church; at Haifa he ad
dressed a great assemblage of German
colonists; from Damascus he carried
away with him the priceless furnish
ings of the palaoe which he occupied,
loaned, for the occasion, by the neigh
boring pashas; at Ba'albek a peculiar
ly hideous tablet was placed In tho
Temple ot Venus to mark his visit,
and so he came to Stain bo ul, where
Abdul Hamld, his friend and brother,
awaited him.
Imagine, If you can, a more queerly
assorted pair. The sultan, crafty, cau
tious, tLmld, patient; the kaiser, 1
bombastic, blatant, hotheaded, domi
neering. This meeting of the mon
arch was as curious as any In mod
ern history the one a ruler in epito
of hi 8 physical cowardice, and tho
Bhrewdest diplomat In Europe; tho
other a sort of footllght king. Hum
ble, patient and furtive, the master of
Turkey listened, while the war lord
thundered. Always he dilated on his
great Idea, tho Drang nach Osten
that onsweep to the east of German
Imperialism. This strangely mated
pair, these masters of eaat and west,
made a compact that the one would
abstain from intervening In Crete and
would use his influence to obtain the
withdrawal of the International sol
diery from the island, and that tho
other would give him, In payment, a
right-of-way for his railroad across
Turkey-ln-Asia. And eo they arrang
ed It between them, the bilious, sallow
faced, silent little man with his eter
nal cigarette, and the stou-tiah, aggres
sive, domineering Teuton who puffed
intermittently at a black cigar.
The sultan had, Indeed, bartered a
kingdom for the kaiser's friendship.
To tho German concessionaires was
given the exclusive right to cultivate
the land within this railway zone
18,000 square miles in all, and every
foot of U, to all Intents and purposes,
German soil to work the mines and
the forests within the radius; to grow
wheat, tobacco and cotton; to colonise
and to navigate the streams, not to
mention various subsidiary rights.
The concession admits moreover, of
the concessional res utilizing all war
ter along the route for electric pur
poses; and such power will eventually
be used, It Is planned, for lighting
their towns and running their facto
ries. A Iteflectloa.
"To my annoyance," she said, l
found he had a lock of my hair. How
he got U I can't Imagine."
The older girl smiled oddly.
"When you were out of the room,
perhaps?" she hazarded. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Village fiuAnlp.
"Is Squire Whetstone considerate of ,
dumb animals?"
"I don't know how h treats em."
answered Si Simling. '"But J.e certain
ly speaks mighty kind of Vm when
he's engineerln' a hos lunle" Wash
ington Star.
With the IlntMn- i.irU.
Pearl Let us gj oi:. i ihi. surf, my
dear. I want to leur.i liow to float.
Ruby Oh, you ar- . Le irn how
to sink. Then sotn 'i .inline young
man Is sure to dud'; .,i and rescue
you.
The Met'buulr r Kuulrur.
Sulci he, with despair I:. . i. look:
"You carry your in-c: I i ;i scholar
Intent on an upper Oe If i o. -!.
Bald she: "It's only mv loliar."
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