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'FT CL. The Lonesome fa By O. (Copyright by Alnslee Magazine Co.) ItOWN as a coftoo berry, rugged, pis toled, spurred, wary, Indefeasible I saw my old friend, Depu ty-marshal Duck Ca pcrton, stumble, with Jingling rowels, Into a chair in the mar shal's outer office. And becauso the courthouse was al most deserted at that hour, and bo cause Buck would sometlmos rclato to me things that were out of print, I followed him into talk through knowledge of a weakness ho had. For cigarettes rolled with sweet corn husk wore aB honey to Buck's palate; and though he could finger the trigger of a forty-five with skill and sudden ness, ho nover could learn to roll a cigarette. It was through no rault of mine (for I rolled tho cigarettes tight and smooth), but tho upshot of somo whim of his own, that instead of to an Odyssey of tho chaparral, I listened to a dissertation upon matrlmonyl This from Buck Caporton! But I maintain that tho cigarettes were im peccable; and crave absolution for myself. "We JUBt brought in Jim and Bud Cranberry," said Buck. "Train rob bing, you know. Hold up the Aran sas Pass last month. We caught 'em in the Twenty Mile pear flat, south of the Neuces." "Have much trouble corraling them?" I asked, for hero was the meat that my hunger for epics craved. "Some," said Buck; nnd then, dur ing a little pause, his thoughts stam peded off tho trail. "It's kind of queer about women," ho went on; "and tho place they're supposed to occupy in botany. If I was asked to classify them I'd say they was a hu man loco weed. Ever see a bronc that had been chewing loco? Ride him up to a puddle of water two feet wide, and he'll give a snort and fall back on yuu. It looks as big as the Mis sissippi river to him. Next trip he'd walk Into a canyon a thousand feet deep thinking It was a prairie dog hole. Same way with a married man. "I was thinking of Perry Rountreo, that used to bo my sldoklcker beforo ho committed matrimony. In them days mo and Perry hated indlsturb arices of any kind. We roamed around considerable, stirring up the echoes and making 'cm attend to business. Why, when me and Perry wanted to have some fun in a town it was a picnic for the census takers. They just counted the marshal's posse that it took to subdue us, and there was your population. But then there camo along this Mariana Goodnight girl and looked at Perry sideways, and ho was all bridle-wise and saddlo broko beforo you could skin a year ling. "I wasn't even asked to tho wed ding. I reckon the bride had my pedigree and the front elovatlon of my habits all mnrped out, and she de cided that Perry would trot better in double harness without any uncon verted mustang like Buck Caperton whickering around on tho matrimonial range. So it was six months before I sitw Perry again. "One day I was passing on tho dge of town, and I see something like a man in a little yard by a little houso with a sprinkling pot squirting water on a rose bush. Seemed to mo I'd seen something like it beforo, and I stopped at tho gate, trying to flguro out its brands. 'Twas not Perry Rountreo, but 'twas the kind of a curdled Jellyfish matrimony had made out of him. "Homicide was what that Mariana had perpetrated. Ho was looking well enough, but ho hud on a white collar and shoes, and you could tell In a min ute that ho'd speak polite and pay taxes and stick his little finger out while drinking, Just like a shorp man or a citizen. Great skyrockets! but I hated to see Perry all corrupted and Wlllle-ized like that. "He came out to tho gate, and shook hands; and I sayB, with scorn, and spoaking Uko a paroquet with tho pip; 'Beg pardon Mr. Rountreo, I believe, seoms to mo I sagatiated In your as sociations once, If I am not mista ken.' "'Oh, go to tho dovll. Buck,' sayB Perry, pollto, as I was afraid ho'd bo. " 'Well, then,' says i, 'you poor, con taminated adjunct of a sprinkling pot and degraded household pot, what did you go ad do It for? Look at you, nil decent and unrlotous, and only fit to sit on Juries and mend the woodhouso door. You was a man once. I hnvo hostility for all such acts. Why don't you go In tho houso and count tho tldle3 or set tbo clock, and not stand out hero In tho atmosphere? A Jack rabbit might come along and blto you. "'Now Buck.' says Perry, speaking mild, and somo sorrowful, 'you don't understand. A married man has got to be different. Ho feels different from a tough old cloudburst like you. It's sinful to waste time pulling up towns Just to look at their roots, and playing faro and looking upon red liquor, and such restless policies aa them.' "'Thoro was n time," I says, and I expect I sighed when I mentioned It, 'when a certain domesticated llttlo Mary's lamb I could name was somo Instructed himself In tho lino of perni cious spiightllnes8. I novor expected, Perry, to see you reduced down from a full-grown pestilence to such a frivolous fraction of a man. Why,' ays I, 'you've got a necktlo on; and you speak a senselesss kind of indoor drivel that reminds mo of a store keeper or a lady. Vou look to mo like you might toto an umbrella and wear cuspenders, and go homo of nights.' "'Tho little woman,' says Perry, 'has made some improvements, 1 be lieve. You can't understand, Buck. I haven't beon away from tbo houso at night since we was married.' ra HENRY "Wo talked on twhllo, me and Per ry, and, ns sure as I Uvo, that man interrupted mo in tho middle of my talk to tell mo about six tomato plants he had growing In his garden. Shoved his agricultural doprcdation right up under my noso while I was telling him about tho fun wo had tar ring nnd feathering that faro dealer at California TotoV layout! But by and by Perry shows a flicker of sense. " 'Buck,' says ho, 'I'll hava to ndmlt that it is a llttlo dull at times. Not that I'm not perfectly happy with tho little woman, but a man seems to re quire somo excltomo now and then. Now I'll tell you Mariana's gone visiting this afternoon, and she won't bo home till seven o'clock. That's the limit for both of us soven o'clock. Nelthor of us over stays out a minute after that tlmo unless we aro togeth er, Now, I'm glad you came along, Buck,' says Perry, 'for I'm feeling Just like having ono moro rip roaring razoo with you for tho sake of old times. What you sny to us putting In the nfternoon hnvlng fun I'd like it fine,' says Perry. "I slapped that old captive rango rider half ncross his little garden. " 'Get your hat, you old drled-up al ligator,' I shouts 'you ain't dead yet. You're part human, anyhow, if you did get all bogged up in matrimony. We'll take this town to pieces nnd seo what makes it tick. We'll make nil kinds of profligate demands upon tho sclenco of cork pulling. You'll grow horns yet, old muloy cow,' says I, punching Perry In tho ribs, 'If you trot around on tho trail of vice with your Undo Buck.' '"I'll 'havo to be home by seven, you know.' says Porry again. "'Oh, yes,' says I, winking to my self, for I knew tho kind of seven o'clock Porry Rountreo got bnck by after ho once got to pnsslng repartee with the bartenders. "Wo goes down to tho Gray Mulo saloon that old 'dobo building bv tho depot. '"GIvo It a name,' says I, as soon as wo got ono hoof on the footrest. " 'Sarsapnrllla.' says Perry. "You could havo knocked mo down with a lemon peeling. "'Insult me as much as you want WE OPENED THE to,' I says to Perry, 'but don't startle tho bartonder. He may have heart disease. Comn on, now; your tongue got twisted. The tall glasses,' I or ders, 'and tho bottle In tho loft-hnnd corner of tho Ice chest.' "'SnrsRpnrllla,' repeats Porry, nnd then his eyes get animated, nnd I seo he's got somo great scheme In his mind ho wants to emit. " 'Buck,' ho says, all Interested, 'I'll tell you what! I want to raako this a red-Mter day. I've beon kooplng closo nt home, and I want to turn mysolf a looso. We'll havo the highest old tlmo you ovor saw. Wo'll go in tho back room hero and play checkers till half-past six.' "I leaned against tho bar, and I says to Gotch-cared Mlko. who was on wntch: "'For God's sako don't mention this. You know what Porry imed to be. Ho's had tho fovor, and tho doe tor says we must humor him.' "- " 'Give us tho checkerboard and tho men, Mike,' says Porry. 'Como on, Buck, I'm Just wild to havo some excitement.' " 'I went In tho back room with Perry. Beforo wo closed tho door, I says to Mlko: " 'Don't ovor let It straggle out from under your hat that you scon Buck Caperton fraternal with sarsaparllla j or persona grata with a checkerboard, or I'll mako a swallow-fork in your other car." "I locked tho door and mo and Perry played checkers. To see that poor, old, humiliated pleco of household bric-a-brac sitting there nnd snigger ing out loud whenever he jumpod a man, and all obnoxious with anima tion when ho got Into my king row would have mado a sheep dog sick with mortification. Him that was once satisfied only when ho was pegging six boards at keno or giving the faro dealers nervous prostration to see him pushing them checkers about llko Sally Louisa at a school children's party why, I was all smothered up with mortification. "And I sits there playing tho blank I mi MKmm w Jml 4 men, all sweating for foar somobody I knew would find It out. And I thinks to mysolf somo about this marrying business, and how it seems to be the same kind of a gamo as that Mrs. Do ltlah played. Sho give her old man a hair cut, and everybody kuows what a man's head looks llko after a woman cuts his hair. And then when the Phnrlsees camo around to guy him ho was so shamed ho went to work and kicked tho whole hoUBO down on top of tho whole outfit. 'Them mar ried men,' thinks I, 'lose all their spirit and instinct for riot and fool tshness. They won't drink, they won't buck tho tiger, they won't oven fight What do they want to go and stay married fort' I asks myself. "But Perry seems to bo having hilarity in considerable quantities. "'Buck, old hoss,' says ho, 'Isn't this just tho holl-roarlngest tlmo wo over had In our lives I don't know when I've been stirred up so. You seo, l'vo been sticking pretty closo to homo since I married, and I haven't been on a spree In a long time.' "'Spree!' yes, that's what ho called It. Playing checkers in tho back room of tho Gray Mule! I sup pose it did seem to him a llttlo moro immoral uud nearer to a prolonged debauch than standing ovor six to mato plants with a sprinkling pot. "Every llttlo bit Perry looks at his watch and says: " 'I got to be home, you know, Buck, at seven.' "'All right,' I says. 'Romp along and move. fFhls hero excitement's killing mo. If I don't reform somo, and loosen up the strain of this check ered dissipation I won't havo a nerve left.' "It might havo beon half-past six when commotions began to go on out sldo in tho street. Wo hoard a yelling and a slx-shooterlng, and a lot of gal loping and maneuvers. '"What's that?' I wonders. ' 'Oh, some nonsonso outside,' says Perry. 'It's your movo. Wo Just got time to play this gamo.' " 'I'll Just tako a peop through the window,' says I, 'and see. You can't expect a mero mortal to stand the ex citement of having n king Jumped and listen to an unidentified conflict going on at tho same time.' "Tho Gray Mule saloon was one of thoro old Spanish 'dobo buildings, nnd tho back room only had two llttlo win dows a foot wide, with iron bars in 'em. I looked out one, nnd I seo the cause of tho rucus. "Thoro was tho Trlmblo gang ton of "em tho worst outfit of despera does and horse thloves in Texas, com ing up the street shooting right and loft. They was coming right straight for tho Gray Mulo. Then they got past the rango of my sight, but wo DOOR EASY. heard 'em ride up to the front door, nnd thon thoy soakod tho placo full of lead. We heard tho big looking-glass behind tho bar knocked all to pieces and tho bottles crashing. Wo could see Gotch-eared Mike In his apron run ning ncross tho plaza llko a coyote, with tho bullets puffing up tho d-ist all around him. Then the gang wnnt to work In tho saloon, drinking what thoy wuntcd and smashing what thoy didn't. "Mo nnd Perry both know that gang, and thoy knew us. Tho year before Perry married, him and mo was In the saino ranger company and wo fought that outfit down on tho San MIguol, and brought back Ben Trlmblo and two others for murder. "'Wo can't got out,' says. 'We'll havo to stay In hero till thoy loavo.' Perry looked nt his watch. " 'Twenty-flvo to seven,' says ho. 'Wo can finish that game. I got two men on you. It's your movo, Buck. I got to bo homo nt soven, you know.' "We sat down and went on playing. The Trimble gang had n roughhouso for sure. They wore getting good nnd drunk. They'd drink awhile nnd hoi 1 awhllo, and thon they'd shoot up a fow bottles nnd glasses. Two or throo times they camo and trlod to open our door. Thon thoro wns somo morn shooting outsldo, and I looked out the window again. Ham Gosett tho town marshal, had a posse In tho houses and stores across the street, and was trying to bag a Trimble or two through tho windows. "I lost that game of checkers. I'm freo In snylng that I lost threo kings that I might have saved If I had been corraled In a moro pencoful pasture. But that driveling married man sat thoro and cackled when ho won a pleco llko an unintelligent hen picking up a grain of corn "When tho game was over Porry gets up nnd looks at his wntch. '"I've had a glorious tlmo, Buck,' snys ho, 'but I'll have to bo going now. It's a quarter to seven, and I got to bo home by soven, you know,' "I thought he was Joklnc "They'll clear out or bo dead drunk In half an hour or an hour,' says I. 'You ain't that tired of be ing married thai you want to commit any moro sudden sulctdo, aro you?' says I, giving him tho laugh, " 'One tlmo,' says Porry, 'I was half an hour late getting homo. I mot Mariana on tho street looking for me. If you could have seen her, Buck but you don't understand. Sho knows what a wild kind of a snoozor l'vo been, and sho's nfrnld Bomothlng will happen, I'll nover bo lato getting home again. I'll Bay good-by to you. now, Buck.' ''I got between him and tho door " 'Married man,' says I, 'I know you was christened a fool the mtnuto the proscher tangled you up, but don't you novor sometimes think ono llttlo think on a human basis? Thero's ten of that gang out in thore, and thoy're plzcn with whisky and desire for mnr dor. They'll drink you up llko a bot tlo of boozo teforo you got halfway to tho door. Bo intelligent, now, and uso nt least wlldhog sense. Sit down and wait till wo havo Bomo ctianco to got out without being carried in baskets.' " 'I got to bo homo by soven, Buck,' repeats this honpecked thing of little wisdom, like nn unthinking poll pnrrot. 'Mariana,' says he, ' '11 bo looking out for me.' And he reacheB down and pulls a leg out of tho checker tnblo. 'I'll go through this Trlmblo outfit. says he, 'llko a cottontail through a brush corral. I'm not postered any moro with n desire to engage In rucusos, but I got to bo homo by seven. You lock tho door aftor me, Buck. And don't you forgot I won threo out of thorn five games. I'd play longer, but Mariana ' " 'Hush up, you old locoed rond run nor.' I lntorrupts. 'Did you over notlco your Uncle Buck locking doors ngnlnst troublo? I'm not married.' says I, 'but I'm as big a d n fool as any Mor mon. Ono from four leaves threo,' says I, and I gathers out another icg of tho table. 'We'll get homo by sovon,' says I. 'whether It's tho heav only ono or the other. May I boo you homo?' says I, 'you sarsaparllla drink ing, checker playing glutton for death and destruction.' "Wo opened tho door easy, and thon stampeded for tho front. Part of tho gang was lined up at tho bar; part of 'em was passing ovor tho drinks, and two or threo was peeping out tho door and window taking shots nt tho marshal's crowd. Tho 'room was so full of smoke wo got halfway to tho front door beforo thoy noticed us. Then I henrd Berry Trimble's voice Bomowhoro yell out: ' How'd that Buck Cnrrlon get In bore?' and ho skinned tho sldo of my nock with a bullet. I reckon ho felt bad over that miss, for Borry's tho best shot south of tv Southorn Pa cific railroad. But tho smoko In tho snloon was somo too thick for good shooting. "Me and Porry smashed ovor two of tho gang with our tablo legs, which dln't miss llko tho guus did, nnd as wo run out the door I grabbed a Winches ter from a fellow who was watching tho outside, and I turned and regula ted tho account of Mr. Berry. "Mo and Porry got out. nnd around tho corner all right. 1 never much expected to get out, but I wasn't go ing to bo intimidated by that married man. According to Terry's ldoa, checkers was tho event of tho day. but If I am any Judgo of gentlo recrea tions that llttlo tablo logs parado through tho Gray Mule saloon do sorved the head linos in tho bill of particulars. "'Walk fast,' says Porry, it's two minutes to sovon, and I got to bo homo by ' ' Oh, Bhut up, says I. 'I had an ap pointment ns chief performur -t an In quest at soven, and I'm not kicking about not keeping it.' "Wo had to pass by Perry's llttlo houso. Ills Mariana was standing nt tho gate. Wo got thoro at five minutes prit soven. Sho had on a bluo wrap per, and her hair was pulled b;fck Bmooth llko llttlo girls do when they want lo look grown-folksy. Sho didn't seo us till wo got closo. for sho was gazing up tho othor way. Then sho backed around, and saw Perry, and a kind of a look scooted nround ovor hor faco dnngod If I can describe It. I heard her brcatho long, Just llko a cow when you turn ber calf In the lot, and sho says: 'You'ro Into, Porry.' "'1'ive minutes,' says Perry, cheer ful. 'Mo nnd old Buck was having a gamo of checkers.' "Perry Introduced mo to Mariana, and they ask mo to como in. No slrco. I'd had enough truck with mar ried folks for that day. I says, I'll bo going nlong, and thntl'vo spent a very pleasnnt afternoon with uy old part ner 'especially,' snys I, Just to Jostle Porry, 'during that gamo when the tnblo logs camo all looso.' But I'd promtsod him not to let her know anything. "l'vo been worrying over that busi ness over slnco It happened," contin ued Buck. "There's ono thing about It that's got mo all twisted up, and I can't flguro It out." "What was that?" I asked, as I rolled and handed Buck tho last cigarette. '"Why, I'll toll you. When I saw tho look that llttlo woman give Porry whon she turned round and saw hlrn coming back to the ranch safe why was It I got tho Idea all In a mlnuto that that look of hors was worth moro than tho whole caboodle of us sar saparllla, checkers and all, and that tho d n fool In tho gamo wasn't named Porry Rountree nt all?" Ready Remedy. "What's tho matter with the kid now?" "Husband, tho lessons at school aro too difficult for him." "Then buy him somo patent brnln food. And don't com to me with ovcry llttlo trouble." Use Rays of Sun. Curved mirrors, concentrating tho sun's rays upon n point benoath them, constitute a machlno being tried out lit South Africa to smelt metals di rectly from the ores. Hours to Remembor, Tho hours 1 remember most Joy fully aro tho hours In which some un selfish effort or sncrJflco stirred the sluggish pulses of inv lienrt J Bald win Brown rt j -v t r S n" - T? - f Al " Y 1 pffiMi What Shall It Be,? UMaLffTW u'vyHBi i rvrwi T"50JqEw J Bf! 1vwj iwi witiMinr MARINE ENQINEER7 An occupation within the reaoh of any boy with a liking for machinery and sufficient ambition and perseverance to make himself matter of It It demands a long and faithful ap prenticeship, but the outcome Is most satisfactory How a bright and energetlo boy of 14 may be come head of a big engineering department before he It middle aged. By C, W. JENNINGS. HEN you mndo that long delayed trip to Europo you perhaps noticed, when sauntering nbout tho deck, a trim, strong-looking man in blue coat, with tho words "Chief Englncor" on tho front of his cap. Ho was apparently a man without work to do; for ho strolled nbout tho dock sunning himself, occa slonally stopping to oxchango a word with a passenger, and evidently didn't hnvo a caro or responsibility In tho world. And ho was only nbout thirty five or forty. And yot that same- man was one of tho most nlort on board; for on him di rectly rested tho strain of getting tho hflge vessel across tho soas on sched ule tlmo nnd with duo regard to the safety of the passengers. Tho rumble of tho engines six or eight storlos bo low was as familiar to him as tho tonos of your boy's volco, nnd was noted constantly. It Is a flno occupation, that or mar ine englnor, and ono thnt offers almost unlimited opportunities for advance ment to tho young man possessing nmbltlon nnd energy. As In all other occupations, thoro ore many who do not appear to get ahead very far; but tho rewards aro adequate for the ono who works nnd studies to lncrenso his efficiency. Yen, your boy v be a marine en glncor. It is simply up to him to get nt it, no matter what his agu or edu cation, so long ns ho Is nt least four tcon or fifteen and Is in good health. Strangely enough, tho best way to mnko tho Btnrt, It ono l)as high am bitions, is not in n vessel at all, but In a mnchtne shop. To bo sure, the logi cal way would seem to bo to get a Job as fireman on a tug or ferry boat or other small craft nnd so work up, nnd many havo begun In that very way; but a full knowledgo of machinery must be a'ttalncd somehow beforo tho worker can got very high, nnd It Is difficult to do so In nny othor placo thnn where tho mnchlnory Is mndo and put togothcr. Your boy Is looking nt tho end rather than tho mentis, nnd prefers getting ns much experience ns he can before, at 21, ho takes his ex nmlnatlon for engineer. (Undor gov ernment regulations ho must, bo of ngo beforo ho can do this.) So, nt tho ago of 14 or 15, lie goes to tho foreman of a shipbuilding nr re pair plant and npplIoH for n Job. Whon ho gctB It ho will bo nothing, for a tlmo, but a machinist's helper, arid will do only tho most ordinary kinds of manual labor, such as wiping off ploces of stool for tho machinists, run ning orrnndB, carrying things, etc., nnd will bo paid only $3. GO or $4 u week. Aftor n whllo ho begins to got ac quainted with tho different tools lit use nt tho shop, learns what thoy nro used for and how thoy aro oporntod, and In courso of n fow months will bo doing somo of tho less Important work of the regulnr engineer. And so he goes on ndvanclng In capability and pay until, nt tho end of tho fourth year, ho will bo earning $9 or $10 weekly. This completes his period of appren ticeship, and ha Is a full-fledged Jour neyman machinist, entitled to $3 or $4 n day. Now, ho should not go at once to a vessel expecting to make an engineer, but Instead should re main In tho machinist's trade, for two or threo years moro to gain experi ence. Furthormoro, It will bo bolter for him to go to other shipyards and work, so ns lo become acquainted with the different mothods of con structing nnglnes, bollors, oto. In this way ho will broaden his knowledgo until ho can meet nny mechanical emergency thnt Is likely to occur. Uy tho time ho Is 21 or therenboutB he should go to tho chief engineer of somo steam vessel and nsk for a job as flrcman, water tender, or oiler, to gain tho practical exporlonco aboard ship. Undor Undo Sam's regulations ho must hnvo a year of this work be foro ho Is qunllfied to tako tho exam ination for third assistant engineer. Of courso, ho passes tho test given him by tho local government Inspector of boilers, and Is then ready for his first regulnr Job nt engineering. His pny at once oxpnnds from tho $15 n month and board ho received ns ollor to $70 or $85, also with board, and ho stands ono of tho regular watches of four hours. Engineers work four hours nnd hnvo eight off In regulnr sorvlco. Ho also helps at making ropnlrs to tho mnchlnory nnd wntchos tho pumps, dynamos, etc. A year of this, and ho may tako the examination for second nsslstant en gineer, at $80 to 1116 a month, and this work will bo a llttlo moro Im portant, paitlcularly as ho haB had tho groat advantage of n thorough mochanlcnl training. Perhaps he will havo chnrgo of tho boilor room and most of the ordinary ropalrlng on his own Initiative. At the end of thnt year ho Is quali fied to bo oxamlncd for first nsslstant, who draws $90 to $125 a month. This, of course, Is tho most Important Job In tho onglneorlng department, noxt to tho chief hlmsolf; for tho first assist ant Is really the acting chief when tbo lattor Is uway, and hns tho handling of tho mon nnd tho overhauling of ma chinery. Aftor a year as first assistant, your boy will bo qualified to tako tho final examination for chief engineer, and, as far as regulations nro concerned. will bo ollglblo to tako ontlro chnrgo of tho onglno department of any American stoam vessel In tho mer chant marine. The pay of chief is gonorally from $135 to $176 a month and board. However, it would bo almost un heard of for so young a chief to bo given ono of the largo Atlantic liners, ovon though ha .might, be competent; for thoro must first bo a vacancy, and tho seniority rule obtains pretty gen erally. Thoro aro chiefs on liners In their enrly 30s, and ono of tho largo companies has as superintending en gineer on shore n man of only 35. The noxt stop Is to this position of superintending engineer, who Is chlof of the engine departments of nil vos scls on the lino. Ho Is consulted by tho vessol chlof s as to all Important repairs nnd alterations In mnchlnory, tho Installation of new equipment, and Is tho company's highest authority on all mattors In this branch of tho busi ness. His pny when first appointed Is usually about 60 por cent, moro thnn ho received as chief; but ho has to pny his own living expenses ashore, which lessons tho dlfforonco to thnt extent. Advancement boyond that point rosts entirely upon your boy's capa bility. In many Instances, almost In numerable ones, these mprln engi neers have gone Into special work as consulting engineers nnd have receiv ed high positions in shipbuilding plants, somo of them earning very largo salaries. Tho writer knows ono who was token from a llnor on tho Pacific ocean nnd mndo head of tho engineering department of tho Inrgost iron works nnd shipbuilding plant on the Pacific const. This pnrtlculnr young mnn (he wns undor 35 when ho received this ad vancement) was nol exceptionally brtl llnnt naturally; but he was a hard worker and didn't neglect tflnglo op portunity during nil tho 15 or 20 years of his work to learn nnythlng nnd everything ho could nbout nil phases of engineering. Ho studied nt odd hours nnd evenings, took up sovoral speclnl courses of study that ho could work at nights and when off duty, nnd, In short, mndo IiIh work his plensuro and ltid n real joy In accomplishment. Generally about tho tlmo ono takes his first examination before the gov ernment ho bocomes a member of tho Marjno Engineers' Beneficial AhrooIr tlon, composed ontlrely of mnrlno en gineers, which gives him n test nnd certifies ac to his capability when ho npplles to Undo Sam. Tho advantago of this Is that ho Is thus endorsed by men of exporlonco and standing, who know what ho has dono nnd how cap nblo ho Is, and this Indorsement counts for n great deal. (Copyright, 1310, by tlio ABSoclatcd Lit erary Press.) Auld Brig of Ayr. Is tho Aid Brig of Ayr a fraud or a gcnulno rollo of tho pnst? Somo tlmo ngo thero wns nn out cry against Kb proposed demolition and Scotsmen nil tho world over sont money for Its restoration. A fow weeks ngo Lord Ropobcry reopened tho Auld Brig nnd rhapsodized ovor It. But Mr. Hall-Blytho of Edinburgh boldly nnnounced himself nt tho town planning conference as "ono of tho most actlvo persons In condemning tho Auld Brig of Ayr." "It Is noither usoful nor ornnmen tal," ho said, "but people desired to roiuln it becauso Burns wroto a poom nbout It. Yot tho Brig of Ayr Burns wroto nbout was not this brldgo nt all. "It Is a mad and wild dcslro to ro tate such nn ugly brldue," Mr Hnil Iilytho declared. Splendid Work of Women. During tho past twenty-flvo years, Amerlcnn women havo piled up n rec ord of achievement In the public serv Ico with which tho nation must rockon, Thoy have dono big things and they hnvo dono llttlo thlnga; and thoy havo dono both big things nnd llttlo things Wfll Thoy have been the Instruments of tho preservation of somo of tho world's greatest natural beauties. Thoy havo snatched from tho ruining lmnris of tlmo and uncortaln memory somo of tho country's most precious historical treasures, Thoy havo mndo presi dents nnd congress, legislatures, nldor mon, councils and politicians, pauso and glvo heed to them. Munsoy's Magazine. A Servian Love Tragedy. Mnrko Rndlyovltch and Lazar SI mltch, both enamored of Mllcnn Spas sltch, tho prottlost girl In tho vlllago of Dragovlts (Sorvla), agreod to fin ish their rivalry by mortal combat. MHonn, much distressed, entreated them to wait nnd sho would find a way out of tho difficulty ' making hor rholco. Next day hor body wns wnshod up on tho banks of tho Sava. Way of Servants. Subbubs I soe Bllnklns hns come out as a cnndldato for govornor. Townloy Yos; ho has declared his 'great ambition to bo tho Bervant of tho peoplo. Subbubs Sorvnnt? What! Doosn't ho mean to keep the placo if ho gets it? Cathollo Standard and Times, No Longer Needs Name. Albert A dog that runs undor a car rlago Is called a carriage-dog, Is it not? Egbert Certainly, Albert Well, what would you call a dog that runs undor a motor car? Egbert Why, a dead oife ittutmtuuittnmtmttmtititmutti: ttitn To Be Conse- crated to , God If umttmsmmmtumtti: N the Old Testamont, Go4 commands that all the flraW born of both man ani beast, in fact the who! race of Israel, should be consecrated to God. They also consecrated their grain substance the tithe, of the land holy unto the Lord. In the New Testament, ell were commanded to consecrate that they might bo a holy peoplo, a chosen gea oratlon, a royal priesthood.. We lear from Hebrews that the Son of Go was consecrated forever; then let ui press Into this new and living way. Tho ministry never can have powoi with God and man, unless truly con secrated to the ono who has given thorn tho call to preach the everlast ing gospel. This ccmsecrratlon must bo kept, in spite of men or devlle. Like Potor end John, "obey God rath er thnn men." Brethren in the min istry, are wo consecrated to'God'i call to preach tho gospel, giving our selves to the ministry of the woni and prayer as Christ In the garden, Peter on the housetop, Paul In fasting nnd prayer till God spake, Daniel in prayer nnd supplication; the devil's breast-work broken down. Wo cannot blamo the latty for not wanting to eupport a man that Is not consecrated to the ministry Want Full Service. A preacher half given up to Um ministry will discourage any class and wenken their faith and, when this takes placo, those who follow (though they are men of God given up to the gospel) will suffer because of the un faithfulness. Let us hnvo a conse cratod ministry first, then, and not UB then, can we lead the flocks into a full consecration. I firmly believe that la our llttlo zlon we have somo of the moBt self-sacrificing, self-denying both In the ministry nnd laity. Tfc shephords must lead In this great bat tle ngalusl sin. Dear brethren, keep whero the fire of the Holy Ghost caa burn out all trace of things thai would entangle or hinder or divide our minds. We havo often had th question put to us, "What will be come of our families? Our Income will not permit uo to lay aside any thing for tho future." Wo can oaly trust to tho ono who has called os v.ith tho hicbc&t. calllnc Hero agaJm is the keoplng of our consccratloa fully. Oh, for that spirit of Paul who nald, "Be yo followers of me evon as I also am of Christ;" again, "de termined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ and him cru cified." Will Win and Keep Flock. Oh, my beloved brethren, a min istry "crucified with Christ" will carry an influence that will stimulate and win the confidence of Gc4's people. Without having tho confidence of God's people, the shepherd, never caa lead thorn. A consecrated and sancltl fled preacher Will proVe himself, It may tako time, but with patience let' us possess our souls. Brethren, we aro apt 'to think too .much of our selves. Tho life that is pourod out for others will receive the richest treasure "Give and It shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and run ning ovor." Many of God'B servants full to go far enough along this line. Brethren, God being our helper, lot us vonturo farther out on these exceed ing great and precious promises; then, ns our consecration unfolds, oh let us plungo deeper Into tho fountain that cleanseth from all sin. God'B servant who lives these truths before the flock will surely find those who will be ready to pluck out their eyes (read Gal. 4:6); yea, glvo of their hard earned means for the support of God's called man. If you suffer tho .will of God "Ye do well," yo do well, do well. E. J. Managh, In Gospel Banner. Working With God. Man can only work successfully on God's lines, In every successful achievement there is always more of God than of man. To win we must find out his way and let him work for us. In pliybiual things T70 have. learned to let God in Nature's forces carry our messages, turn our wheels, and pull our coacheB. Not less so, ,in tho spiritual world, wo shall only reach good works by Joining ourselves to his power. There Is no hlch good, ncss outside of divlno grace. Yet even God cannot reach his ond without us. His path to his highest purpose flows through man's will and needs man tor Us full accomplishment. Neither faith nor works is God's final goal, but faith that forms character and works that spring from character. Hnppy Workers Do Bett Work. Every master knows how much moro work can bo got out of a servant who works with a chcory heart than out of ono that Is driven reluctantly to his task. You remember our Lord's parable whero ho traces idleness to fear: "I know theo that thou wast aa austoro man, gathering whore thou dlilBt not strew, and I was afraid, and I wont and hid my talent." No work wnB got out of that servant because thoro was no Joy In him. Tho oppo site stato of mind diligence In right eous work, inBpirod by gladness, which in Its turn is inspired by tho remem branco of God's wayB Is the mark of a true servant of God. -Alexander Maclaron. Life With Power. Rend Uio gospels sympathetically ind study the revelation of Jesus la regard to the deeper Issues of life his thought of God, of man's duty to God, of man's obligations to his fel low man. Is there anything like It to bo found olec whore? The mero read ing of his words carries conviction of their sincerity and truth. Jesus live tho truth he taught, and did we aB follow him In this regard, we shoul both know and show the power of his word, in the matter of making the best of llfo in both worlds, "never man spake like tils mnn " i Y4 V jll ."1 jil - -ill rVJ I Ol 1 fit i -T 1 wl 1 -3 1.fl Si v 6 m - ; ......rJ.frflijfe n ' VJ ' IftisiMmi .