SOUNDEST OF HEALTH
UNKQUALED 3HOWINQ OF
PROSPEROUS CONDITIONS.
Uncord of lluilnciM Failures for 1800
1l ttie Smallest Average of I)e
finlteil Liabilities KTcr Knoitn In tlio
United Stales.
S splto of tho casualties among
fi&nnclal concerns In tho closing daya
oC tho old year, produced by purely
syiculatlvo causes, tho fact remains,
ntCordlng to Dun's Review, that the
failures of 1899, l.ho great year of Dlng
Inf tariff prosperity, were In amount
smaller than In any other year of the
pffat twenty-nvc, excepting 1880 and
1881, whllo tho avcrago of liabilities
$77.60 per firm was smaller than In
any previous year; and, most Impor
tant test of all, tho ratio of defaults to
ao'vont payments through clearing
houses, 97 cents per $1,000. Is not only
tfr Btnallest ever known In any year,
bA smaller than In any quarter savo
otrn. tho third of 1881. The failures
fOfT" $100,000 or more In the past six
yciTrs have ranged between $31,522,180
In 1.899 ahd $98,603,932 In 1S9C, the dc
crjrso being moro than two-thirds, but
tho small failures ranged betwean
$F?,35G,703 In 1899 and $127,592,902 In
W0, tho decreaso bolng moro than ons
Jialf. But from tho nest of failures result
ing from tho speculative collapse In
Boston In tho latter part of December,
the aggregato for tho year would have
been about $21,000,000 less than It was.
As the record stands, however, and In
cluding tho failures Incident to over
speculation in Now England and tho
brief but sovero panic In Wall street,
tho failures In 1899 aro the smallest
ever reported slnco 1881, with tho low
est avcrago of commercial liabilities
ever reported, and with greater evi
dence of commercial soundness and In
dustrial prosperity than has over be
fore appeared In an annual statement.
Not only havo failures been smaller in
tho aggregato than in 1898 or prcvloas
years, but they have been smaller In
every section of tho country. Such uni
formity of Improvement throughout
tho country Is extremely rare, and
would scarcely be possible unless busi
ness of all sections was exceptionally
60und and prosperous.
Tho Massachusetts manufacturing
defaults, in spito of the Influence of
the lato December banking collapses,
wero tho smallest In any year, as wero
thoso of tho other New England states,
Now York and the middle nnd central
states. Tho Now England disaster
swelled trading defaults by $3,920,000
In flvo .vcv'.alin failures, besides two
banks, with liabilities of about $13,
GOO.000, nnd two brokcrago firms for
$250,000. In New York tho manufac
turing failures wero only about a quar
ter of thoso in two years of tho pre
vious flvo, nnd not halt thoso of two
other years, whllo tho trading failures
wero also much less than half those
of four previous years, but In broker
age tho liabilities were nearly as large
as in two other years, and In banking
larger than In any provlous year.
But In other middle states manufac
turing and trading liabilities presented
the samo bright contrast, whllo in both
other linos tho failures would havo
been almost nothing but for that of a,
elnglo largo stock concern at Phila
delphia wrecked by crime, and In no
way caused by business conditions. Tho
central states also showed trading de
faults from $3,000,000 to $11,000,000
smaller than In any provlous year,
though some brokerage and promoting
failures at Chicago swelled the "other
commercial" defaults abovo the returns
of previous years except one.
Tho average of defaulted liabilities
per firm is a test which serves bettor
than most to show how tho defaults
comparo with tho extension of busi
ness, but this year that average is for
the first time less than $80, tho lowest in
any previous year, having been $93.03
In 1880. A much batter test Is tho ra
tio of defaults to actual payments In
(solvent business through tho clearing
houses. Hero tho ratio for 1899 is less
than $1 per 1,000, namely, only 97
conts, tho lowest by moro than a fifth
ever reported in any year, and the low
est over reported until this year In any
quarter, savo tho third quarter of 1881.
Tho failures for $100,000 or moro
wero only 34.7 por cent of tho aggregate
last year, 38.9 per cent In 1898, and
35 per cent in 1897, but 43.G per cent
in tho bad year, 189G, and 42.2 per cent
in 1895, and 38.3 per cent In 1894. Tho
amount of such failures, and of the ro
malnder for less than $100,000 each,
nro hero shown for six years, and de-
servo especial attention:
Largo Small
Totnl. Failures. Failure.
ISM $ W.879.8S9 J 31.523.1SG t 59.3.1G.703
18!M 130.CC2.893 50.875.912 79,780,978
1S97 151.331.071 Gl.005,987 100.32C.OS4
S'J 226.0110,831 9S.W3.932 127.592,902
1MI5 173.19C.00J 73,100.109 100,029.951
1891 172.992.850 C0.21S.310 100,711,516
It will be seen that for four years
thero was comparatively llttlo chango
In tho small failures, but tho decllno of
about a fifth In 1898, and the further
decllno of nbout n quarter In 1899, aro
highly significant.
It Ig In such facts and ligures as
these that wo find tho truth regarding
the phenomenal Improvement In busi
ness conditions that followed straight
upon the election of William McKlnloy
and tho restoration of tho American
policy of preserving tho homo market
to tho domestic producer.
Kverrboily Hlinulil He Satisfied.
End of tho year reports confirm those
made earlier, and show that tho woolen
business, which was In desperate
straits during Cleveland's frco-trado
administration, and which showed only
loss to those engaged In It, has qulto
redeemed Itself under the moro favor
able conditions produced by the Ding
ley tariff law. Business has been grat
lfylngly active, sales enormous, nnd,
"for tho flrf.t tlmo In tho history of the
trade," says n dispatch from Boston,
"wool has been exported, and In large
quantities, too." Tho troolcn manu
facturers hare profited, but tho wage
earners havo not been forgotten. Tho
American Woolen company, which con
trols tho production of worsteds, has
advanced tho wages of Its operatives
10 per cent, to tako effect Jan. 1. And
with all this the peoplo In general havo
moro and better clothes than they had
beforo tho present tariff law was cn-
actcd. Thero doesn't seem to bo any
reason why everybody should not bo
satisfied with tho stato of things tho
consumer, as well as tho producer.
Everybody Is satisfied, In fact, so far
as appears, except thoso who must havo
all their clothes from "Lunnon."
PROTECTION'S TRIUMPH.
Illustrated In tho i:xicrlcnco of the
United Slates ami (lermatir.
Georgo Alfred Townscnd, tho well-
known newspaper correspondent, In
his last weekly letter in tho Boston
Globe, quotes n scholar In New York
who has been a great traveler, as say
ing: "I regard tho doctrlno of freo
trade carried to a pernicious height as
a main cnuso for tho decllno of Eng
lnnd. At present Germany stands
clearly out as tho foremost power In
Europe, with England n bad second.
And Germany, which Is a very scien
tific nation, deliberately selected pro
tection lnstcnd of freo trado as tho
prlnclplo of her manufactures and ex
ports. Sho stimulated both her agri
culture and trndo by putting an export
bounty upon beet sugar. Sho built up
her motnl factories, llko Krupp's, by
a collusion with tho Btatc."
Tho scholar quoted Is evidently a
keen observer. For somo years Eng
land has been losing ground. Tho
United States and Germany, tho two
great protectionist nations, havo been
underselling her In tho markets of tho
world, both In agricultural products
and In manufactured articles. By ex
tending to their manufacturers tho
protection of tho homo market, tho
protective countries havo given them
a solid foundation upon which to build,
nnd havo attracted capital nnd skill
Into manufacturing enterprises to such
nn extent thnt German nnd American
products excel In qunllty ns well as
undersell in price. Tho English manu
facturers can no longer play their old
gnmo of rushing In goods and selling
them below cost until tho homo manu
facturer Is ruined, for tho tariff pro
tects him and still gives him tho homo
market If his foreign market Is cut off.
Thus Iho British manufacturer who at
tempts to play this game finds himself
ruined beforo hla Gorman or American
competitor is.
Thero is no doubt thnt England, If
sho Is going to retain her placo ns tho
world's workshop, or even as one of
tho world's great workshops, will be
compelled, sooner or Inter, to give her
manufacturers somo protection by
ndoptlng tho protcctlvo principle. Great
Britain can no longer forco her manu
factures into foreign ports through tho
bulldozing tactics of her navy, for tho
United States and Germany nro coming
to tho front ns naval powers, and will
demand, and will bo ablo to enforce,
equal trndo privileges at all ports.
For many years England flourished
under frce-trndo policy because of her
unnpproachnblo navy. But her domi
nance ns a sea power Is near Its end.
Times have changed, nnd England will
havo to chango her industrial policy
to meet changed conditions. Minne
apolis Tribune.
THE IDLE HAND OF 1895 AND
THE BUSY HAND OF 1899.
It Mates n Difference.
"Tho prophets have again gone
wrong. This tlmo It Is those knowlcdge
oub gentlemen who predicted that,
another bond Issue would bo necessary
beforo 1900, and who now boo tho gov
ornment redeeming lnstcnd of Issuing
bonds." Loulsvlllo Courier-Journal.
Yes; it seems to mako somo differ
ence whether the country Is going to
ruin under n free-trade, bond-Issuing
administration, or Is enjoying a hither
to unhcard-of prosperity under n pro
tectionist, BurpltiB-nccumulntlng ad
ministration. Doubtless this Is tho
Idea which Mr. Wntterson Intended to
cbnvey.
l'lmsllillllles or riitx.
Tho flax Industry In this country is
or.o which tho free-traders havo been
disposed to treat as of small conse
quence, but it will not bo a long tlmo
beforo wo shnll rnlso nil our own flax
and manufacture all Its product's. Dur
ing tho past year North Dakota form
ers havo raised flax to tho value of
about $10,000,000; nnd a largo mill has
been erected at Fnrgo for tho reduc
tion of flax straw beforo Bhlpmen! to
Niagara Falls for manufacture Into
manlla paper. A flax mill, with n capi
tal of $250,000, Is projected at Taton.
The Protectionist.
No Came for Tears.
Increased wages for tho opnatlves
In tho cotton mills of Now flnglond
ought to causo the Demo-Pops to wlpo
away tho crocodllo tears they fhed in
such profusion on nccouut of tfce stpg
nation in thnt Industry a year or bo
ago. Topoka (Kas.) Capital.
A OREAT CENTURY.
Tremendous Output of Manufacturing
'id Agricultural Products In tho
Northwest.
Exjrn interesting facts concerning
the unparalleled business activities of
tho gicat protection year of 1899 como
from tho treasury bureau of statistic!!
relative to th. tremendous output ot
tho fvrent producing nnd manufactur
ing legions bordering upon tho Great
Lakes, as Illustrated by tho report ot
tho business passing through tho Snult
Stc. Marie canal connecting Lnko Su
perior with Michigan, Huron, Erlo and
Ontirlo. Tho report shows nn lncrcnso
in tho number of vessels, number of
passengers, quantities of freight, and
In nrnctlcally all of tho classes or
freight passing through that grcflt
waterway, nnd makes for tho year 1805
tho highest record of business activity
on tho Great Lnkes. Tho number' ot
sailing vessels Increased T per cent,
38 compared with last year, tho num
ber of steamers 15 per cent, tho number
of unregistered vessels 29 per cent,
tho quantity of registered freight 18
per cent, tho quantity of actual
freight 19 per cent, passengers 13
per cent, lumber 1G per cent, nnd
thnt great factor In manufacturing ac
tivities, Iron ore, 30 por cent. In nil
theso important features, which show
the activities of tho producing cu
mnnufncturlng Interests, tho record ot
lako commorco In tho year 1899 sur
passes that of nny preceding yenr, tho
only case In which tho year's record
falls below that of nny preceding
yenr being in wheat and flour, of which
tho supply of 1899 was slightly below
that of nny ono or two preceding years,
and tho foreign demand materially bo
low that of 1898.
A study of tho figures of the busi
ness of tho "Soo" In 1899 compared
with that of earlier years Indicates tho
wonderful growth of tho carrying trado
on tho Great Lakes, nnd of tho pro
ducing and manufacturing Industries
of the sections contiguous to them.
Tho number of sailing vessels, which
In 18C9 was 939, was In 1879 1,403, in
1889 2.C35, nnd in 1899 1,776; tho num
ber of steamers Increased from 399 in
18C9 to 1,618 In 1879, G.C01 In 1889, nnd
14,378 In 1899; tho number of persons
passing through the canal Increased
from 17.C57 In 18C9 to 18,979 In 1870,
25,712 In 18S9, and 49,082 In 1899, nnd
registered tonnage increased from 021,
885 In 18C9 to 1.C77.071 in 1879, 7,221,
935 In 1889, nnd 21,958,347 In 1899.
In tho Important articles ot freight,
such ns flour, wheat and other grains,
conl, iron ore, copper, lumber nnd
building stone, tho growth Is cqunlly
striking. Flour Increased from 32,007
bnrrels In 18G9 to 451,000 barrels In
1879, 2,228,707 barrels In 1889, nnd 7,
114,147 barrels In 1839; wheat from
49,700 bushels In 1870 to 2.G03.GGG bush
els In 1879, 16,231,854 bushels In 1889,
and 58,397,335 bushels In 1899; other
grnln, from 323,501 bushels In 18G9 to
951.4C9 bushels In 1879, 2,133,215 bush
els In 18S9, and 30,000,935 bushels In
1899; Iron ore, from 239.3C8 tons In
18G9 to o40,0'.5 tons In 1879, 4,095,855
tons In 1.889, nnd 15,328,240 tons in
1899; copper, from 18.GG2 tons in 18G9
to 22,309 tons In 1879, 33,400 tons in
18S9, nnd 120,090 tons In 1899, and lum
ber Increased from 1,2GO,000 feet In 1869
to 35,598,000 feet in 1879, 315,551.000
feet in 1837, and 1,038,057,000 fcot In
189?.
VERY MUCH ALIVE.
Wli tho Tariff Question Hn Not Ileon
Taken Out of I'd I ties.
Under this heading tho Hon. Albert
J. Hopkins, representative In congress
from Illinois, contributes nn Interest
ing artlclo to tho January Forum.
Rightly ho combats tho view that tho
tariff as been taken out of politics
and relegated to tho domain of aca
demic discussion. Neither docs ho bo
llovo that tho subject of import duties
is evr going to bo referred to n non
partisan commission acting lndcpcnd
cntl.7 of congress. A tariff commission
vested with these powers could not bo
created under the constitution, and an
amendment to tho constitution having
this for Its object is a long way off, if
not nltogetbcr Impracticable.
The tariff will ceaso to bo a live Issue
only when Ameiicnn free-traders ceaso
to be solicitous In behalf ot foreign
producers, cease their clamor for unro
sttlctcd foreign competition, and censo
their denunciation of protection ua rob
bery of tho many for tho benefit of tho
fosv. If In tho next eight years the
Democrats should elect n president and
obtain working majorities in both
branches of congress, docs nnybody
suppose thnt tho Dlngley tariff Inw
would be allowed to remain on tho fed
eral statuto books? Democratic oppo
sition to a protcctlvo tnrlff Is not dead;
It Is only asleep, or, what Is more near
ly the fact, raeroly "playing possum."
Tho tariff Is a llvo Issuo, and It must
remnln allvo until tho two dominant
parties aro In accord on tho question of
nn economic policy thnt shall secure
to domestic industry tho full posses
sion of tho domestic market,
Aiiirent Oversight.
Somehow tho Brynnlstlc nowspapora
who were bo skeptical about tho preva
lence of prosperity nro becoming sig
nificantly silent on that point. Tbey
hnvo apparently overlooked tho dis
patches announcing another 10 per
cent advance In tho wages of tho New
England mill operatives. Burlington
Hawk-Eye.
Hlioulil Not Force.
Tho changes In tho wage b:1o of
Massachusetts havo invariably been in
favor ot tho mill hand since tho now
tariff went into effect. Undor the Wil
son bill the changes woro Invariably
tho other way, and tho mill hands are
not llktjly to forget tho difference.
?eorla (Itl.) Journal,
AND AFTEE?
The Woman in White had passed
through a most triumphant day and
was weary. Sho tossed her hat to a
bed, her gloves and fan to a chair, and
sho horself dropped Into a great willow
rockor a mass of fluffy whlto dra
peries, hor dcorllko head, with Its
crown of red-brown hair, lifted abovo
tho foam. Tho Woman In Whlto had
been younger, but sho had never been
so beautiful.
Becnuso sho had won him nnd bo
cauao sho had no right to him. Bo
causo ho had onco scorned and floutod
her, and hnd passed her with his wlfo
on his arm and a look of cold con
tempt In his eyes nnd becnuso now
ho had followed her for days and days,
and sho had mado him sua for n kind
word from hor her, tho scornod nnd
despised. Bccauso sho had laughed In
his face and had baited and lured him
until ho had thrown to tho winds his
decent life and all tho yong years of
uprightness nnd tho position among
men for which ho had struggled, and
was ready to follow hor to tho world's
end. And because ho was the ono man
whoso scorn had cut deep Into what
she called her soul.
Sho looked at tho radiant thing In
tho mirror and laughed and turned tho
flnsning bracelet about and around hor
wrist; and n something almost woman
ly came Into her eyos aa sho roallzcd
that It was not tho diamonds sho cared
for no! alio would havo lovod a rib
bon If ho hnd given It hor with that
look on his faco, and would havo kiss
ed It as sho did this, with n passlonato
delight.
And tho Womnn In Gray, standing
In tho door, saw her kissing tho brace
let. "May I talk with you a few min
utes?" asked tho Woman In Gray, as
tho Womnn In Whlto saw hor refloc-
tlon In the mlrrow. What sho saw
was a Blender, gray-clad woman, with a
pale, palo face, and dark oyes with
darker shadows under then), and brown
hair that was beginning to whiten
with early frost.
Tho Woman In Whlto stnrcd Inso
lently at tho reflection In tho mirror
and smiled,
"I don't know what my servants enn
bo thinking of," sho said, without turn
lug. I really have nothing for you,
ay good woman. Perhaps, If you go
down, somo of my people will show
you to way out."
"But I must see you for a llttlo
whllo," Bald tho Woman In Gray, put
ting asldo tho insult and coming slow
ly noaror, and thero was a deadly still
ness about her as sho drow n chair
forward and sat down In It. Then they
looked nt each other tho Woman In
Gray and tho Woman In White.
"I think perhaps you know mo," snld
tho Woman In Gray. "No doubt peo
ple havo pointed mo out to you as tho
wlfo of of "
"They havo," said tho Woman In
Whlto, haughtily, taking up n steel pa
per knlfo from tho tablo near nt hand
and playing with It. "To what i'o I
owo tha honor of thto visit?"
Tho Woman In Whlto looked at tho
paper knlfo nnd smllod wearily.
"You mistake mo," alio said. "Some
women might havo thought of that
but you will llvo. See! tomorrow I
go upon a long Journoy, and I know
thnt I must see you faco to faco boforo
I went."
"What possible Interest can I havo
In your plans for traveling?" crlod tho
Woman In Whlto contemptuously.
"Pray consult your dressmaker Instoad
and toll hor for mo that sho should
bo killed If sho ovor dresses you In
gray again. It Is not becoming."
"You aro bitter," said tho Woman
In Gray; "and wo havo so llttlo tlmo
and wo aro so near tho tragedies ot
both our lives. A llttlo whllo ago 1
was bitter against you, too; but now
I nm too sad to be very bitter. I see
how past romody It Is. I am not horo
to beg you to bo merciful. Even If you
nished you couldn't glvo mo back what
( havo lost,"
"Well, you have had your chance,"
tried tho Womn In White. "And you
' ' " "YOU H AV IIAD CHANCe"" '
tiavo lost Itl Who but yourself is to
blamo?"
Tho Woman In Whlto had thrown
prudenco to tho winds wJl that spcoch
and now rngo and Jealousy and Inso
lent triumph woro curiously blended In
tho beautiful face, nnd flushed in a rod
glow from tho eyes.
"Yes I have lost It," said tho Wom
nn In Gray. "And having learned this,
past all doubt, 1 would not try to keep
him If I could. I nm going away, nnd
ho shnll llvo his Ufa in peaco. I havo
merely como to ask you what kind of
llfo It is going to be."
Tho Woman In Whlto throw herself
back In her chair and raised hor beau
tiful arms abovo hor head.
"Oh, you cold-blootlod woman," sho
cried, clasping her hands abovo tho
shining coll of hor hair. "You Icy wives
that go your round of what you call
'duties,' and sow on buttons and have
good dinners, nnd sit nt tho head ot
tho tablo, ns Interesting ns that Droa
den shophcrdess, month after month,
and year nftnr year, and then nro
shocked nnd outraged when ho moots a
flcsh-and-blood womnn and loves hor!
What kind of llfo will ho havo7 Why,
he will learn for tho first tlmo that ho
Is allvo! What right havo women llko
you to talk nbout love! women who
glvo a man up tho flrat tlmo ho looks
another way! Why, I would mako my
self tho most beautiful and most at
tractive crcaturo In tho world to him,
so thnt ho could never even look at
nnothor woman nnd then. It ho look
ed, I would not go away and leave him
I would kill him!"
Sho clutched tho paper knife In her
right hand and lifted tho loft hand
and kissed again tho flashing circlet on
tho wrist.
Tho Woman in Gray looked at hor,
and tno sight was branded on her
memory. Whon sho apoko again, It
was in lower tones. Hor oyes woro
fixed on a ring n loose, looso rlng.that
sho was turning around on her flngor.
"Perhaps wo wero mistaken about
having loved each othor," sho said ab
sently, us though sho woro talking to
horsolf. "Wo woro both so young and
bo Ignorant. Wo woro married earllor
than wo had Intended bccaiiBO my
mother died, nnd I was left nlono, nnd
was such an unprotected child nnd bo
wo wore married; and wo agreed that
wo wero to study together, bccauso wo
woro both so ambitious for him. And
perhaps I couldn't havo kopt pace with
him, at my boat; but I had to tako In
sowing to help him along, so I hadn't
much tlmo and In a little whllo ho
was away beyond mo. I havo novor
caught up with him Blnco but I havo
always gono on studying bo that I
wouldn't qulto dlsgraco him when ho
becamo n distinguished man."
Tho Woman In Gray stopped to put
a dollcato and tromulous hand to her
throat.
"When ho was studying law," sho
wont on presontly, "his eyos woro trou
bling him, and bo' I read aloud to him
for many hours every dny. Somo-i
times I almost wished his oyos would
fall a llttlo moro a great doal more,
so that ho could bo moro dopendont on
mo for I was very young and Ignorant
then; and, you hco, 1 thought I lovod
him!"
Tho Woman In Whlto did not sponk,
Sho was sitting qulto still, us though
sho were n mar bio woman.
"And ovon uwny back at tho first,"
tho Womnn In Gray went on, In that
dcsolato self-communing, "whon wo
woro Ignorant hoy and girl togothor,
we had qulto sottled It with ourselves
that ho was to bo n distinguished man.
Wo even mado a llttlo piny of It, toll
ing ono nnothor thnt peoplo would
ono day point out with prldo tho poor
llttlo houso whoro wo had lived, and
whoro wo had bo much troublo paying
tho ront; and then wo would lnugh so
merrily oh, whoro has tho laughter all
gono! And so wo went on, looking for
ward always to tho day when ho would
bo famous, and working nnd planning
for It and I always pictured mysolf bo
proud, bo proud of his triumphs! Wo
cold-blooded women feel very deep
sometimes, and think long thoughts!
And now h has won the honors wo
droamed of nnd tomorrow I am going
on a long Journoy I"
She slowly aroso, and tho marblo
Woman In Whlto saw for the first
tlmo that Bhd had a llttlo packago lu
tho thin hand,
"I havo something to loavo with
you," said tho Woman In Gray; "some
thing to glvo you, Soo, It Is a llttlo
bttndlo ot letters. Ho v.roto thorn
during my mother's Illness. They are
tho letters ot an undeveloped and Ig
norant boy to a poor llttlo girl. I havo
chcrlshod them a long time but I glvo
them to you now, bocnuso thoy havo
already gono out of my life."
An hour nftorward tho Woman la
Whlto found that alio had bcon nlono
for n long tlmo, nnd that tho last ot
tho poor llttlo lottcrs was open In hor
hand. A withered roso had dropped
from It and lay In hor lap among tho
folds of fluffy whlto. Tho nlr was
filled with tho frngrnnco ot tho llttlo
old-timo roso, which scorned to bo part
of tho old-tlmo boyish lovo that was
dead as tho rose. Onco, long ago, In
her llfo also
Tho radiant faco of tho Woman In
Whlto was palo and old nnd weary
looking as she tied tho lcttors In tha
packet again nnd laid this peucllod
lino upon them:
"Do not go on tho long Journey for
I go on a Journoy of my own." Thon
sho slipped tho bracelet Into Its volvot
enso and scaled and addressed it, and
called a servant to go on two errands.
"I am going awny tonight, John,"
sho said, as hla foot hesitated on tha
stair. "Send Susnn up to pack."
And then sho stood in tho mlddlo
of tho room, hor head dropped, press
ing back something that tried to como
to hor eyes.
"And now for now flolds," sho said,
despairingly. "And tho llfo In
them ?" Julia Smith Bishop, In
St. Louis Globo-Domocrat.
ROAM1NQ SCIONS OF PHARAOH
Nomads of Itgjrpt Aro of Undoubted
Royal Descent Wherever They Are.
A band of gcnulno gypsies, whoso
members trnco their genealogy back to
tho days of tho Pharaohs, through the
Stanley or English branch of tho gypsy
family, Is enenmped for tho winter sea
son nt tho Philadelphia Driving park,
Point Breeze, nnd finds this Hold a
profitable ono to cultlvnto. Tho camp
is in churgo ot Queen "Molllo" Markls,
now Bovcnty yenrsof ago, nnd hor son
Thomas, now ofllclntcs ns chief of tho
band. Tho Mnrkls family consists or
theso two nnd Annlo, wlfo ot Thomas,
four children, nnd Mngglo and Annlo
MnrklB, Bisters of tho chlof. A number
of othors nro ulso with tho bnnd. Their
outfit Is woll adapted to their nomadic
llfo. The qucon'o wagon Is sumptuous
ly fitted up with red upholstery, laco
curtains nnd bedding of tho finest ma
terial. Another wagon, which cost $500,
Is tho traveling conveyance ot Mrs.
Annlo ttlnrkls and tho chlot'B nlotcro.
This vehicle Is nlso handsomely fitted
out, with yellow nnd gold hangings,
Inro vurtulns and silk bod clothing.
Chief Mnrkls says his band Is undor
command of Great Chlof Stanley and
Quoon Molllo, his wlfo, who nro wlu
torlng nt Omaha, Neb., they bolong to
ono of tho 350 fnmillcs undor Stanley
as king. Chlof Markls has bcon wan
dering ovor tho earth for thirty-two
years, hnvlng traveled from .Cnlro,
Egypt, through Germany, Russia, Atiln,
England, Franco, Mexico and nearly all
tho United Stntes west ot tho Now
England states. IIo Bays tho western
states nro tnoBt suitnblo for their no
madic life; Its camping grounds are
more plentiful; everybody Is willing to
trndo horses, nnd nil femlnlno mem
bers ot tho population bolng anxious
to havo their fortunes told, Queen
Molllo Is considered an oraclo, palmist
ry bolng her strong point. Sho Is
hardly conversant with tho English
language, ns in prlvnto conversation
they all speak tho gypsy lingo. Tho
women folks of tho baud claim that
Philadelphia is n great Hold for for
tuno tolling, nnd tho mon Bay that with
horso trading nnd racing they oxpect
to put In a profitable winter. Phila
delphia Record.
"Tea" School.
Tho oddest school In tho United
Stntes Is now In dnlly session at Pine
hurst, Summcrvlllo, S. C, says tho New;
York Journal. Undo Sam's patornal
and finnnelnl part In tho Institution1
makes It of Interest to tho nntlon. It
Is situated In tho heart of tho tea lands
nbout Summcrvllle, and Its odd featuro
Is tho curriculum, Undor tho super
vision of u competent teacher thirty
South Carolina plcknnlnnlcs nro
aught tho thrco old fashioned It's
"readln. 'rltln' nnd 'r'thmctlo" and.
ten picking. And tho last is not tho
least Important study. Tho rapid de
velopment of tea raising In tho South,
has recolvod additional Impetus from
tho announced Intention ot Sir Thomas
Upton to Invest $500,000 In ten cuf
turo In South Carolina. Sir Thomas Is
familiar with tho soil nnd cllmntlc
conditions of tho stato, having nt ono
tlmo worked ns u luboror on a rlco
plnntntlon In Georgetown county.
Tho "United Stntes Dopnrtment or
Agrlcuhuro Is taking a lively interest
In tho "tea school," nnd has given it
fluunclnl nld.
tlood Ileiifon.
From tho Now York World: A
"Would you start out on a Journey on
Friday?" B "No, lndood." A "Why
aro peoplo so superstitious?" B "But
this has nothing to do with supersti
tion. I got paid on Saturday."
The Nightingale' Song.
The nightingale's song can bo heard
at a distance of a mile,
Only tho very "poor or the very rlci
can afford .o keup dog.
