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Mm I. Little one, my little one, Wlien first you walked alone. With eager trust you kept your hands Held out to grasp my own Toward me was hent each step you tool;, And by your anxious, pleading look Your faitli was sweetly shown. II. Little one, my little one. Since you arc larger grown, Forgetting to depend on tuc, You run about alone , Yet When your little troubles rise Ah, you return with tearful eyes, And my protection own. III. I.ittte one, my little one. In weakness I am prone To crave His guidance, to depend Upon His love alone Hut when my step grows firm I let My faith lie sleeping and forget All glory save my own. IV. Little, one, iny little one, Your childish ways have shown That I am weak, that I am still A child, though larger grown; In weal I boldly cope with men, In woe I turn to Him again, Afraid to walk alone. S. E. Kiscr. Journal of a Contented Woman. BY SARAH ROGERS. (Copyrliilit, 1001, by Dally Story Tub. Co.) Novombor 1 I havo dccldod toduy to bocomo coutontod, whatever my enrth ly lot. I havo boon so discontented lately that any change will bo wol como. And has not Shnkospoaro said: My crown la In my heart, not on my lientl; Hot dcuk'd with diamonds and Indian HtOIICH, Nor to bo neon my crown Is call'd con tent! A orowti It Is that seldom kings onjoy. Ho I am going to bo contented nnd woar my unseen crown upon my heart, knowing that fow kings enjoy n llko prlvllogo. Fate has made mo tho only rolatlvo ( woll-groomed. ordinary business man. at a business brothor. Now nt tho very Htart In order to oxplnln, If not Justify cy dlccciiicst, th'.r 5s unt In tho le;.;t what I should havo apportioned for fiiynolf. I nm not ovou dotormlncd tlmt I should havo selected a brothor au iv military rolatlvo, but If I lmd, ho Hliould lmvo boon a distinguished, unl ivuralty bred person, culturod to hlo Jlngor-tlps and president of Harvard no leas, nnd clvcn to entertaining tho greatest litterateurs of tho day. What Dcnllny has chosen for mo in tho shape of Tom Is a hrindsomo, woll-groomod onllnury business inau, dovoted to tho manufacture of Bllvcr-plated tnblo jwure. Tho Orolghton knives nnd epoous and forks nro tho best In tho Child 7ZZ CS53 mnrkot, na Tom 1b certainly tho very denrcat follow in tho world, oven though I say I should not havo soloctcu him for a brothor If I woro ordorlng ono. Nor would I havo chosou Orton as a placo of rcsldouco, proforrlng nthor to rosldo at Cambridge with my presidential brother. Orton 1b a mass of factory chlmnoys which Bpeu out tno won! commerco ovory day In tho woolc except Sunday, I havo novcr seen Cambrldgo, but I Imnglno It n cloistered, Ivy-clad colony of undent buildings faithfully guard Ing all tho traditions of culturo. And so bore Is tho problem which Dostlny has sot mo, and which I enn solvo only by putting my lnvlslblo crown firmly oil my heart. Orton has ono Bailout udvantngo; bo Ing given over to commorco. It Is com morclnlly situated; It 1b a seaport town, Thero Is a dlBtlnct profit for a porson who loves Bunsots nnd moon-rlsos; for n bit out of tho town whoro tho fac tories lmvo not yot ponotrntod tlioro s superb stretch botweon tho salt meadows and tho sea. Ono can walk directly Into tho vory heart of tho sun sot tho changing, mysterious heart of tno sunset wmcn lias always nail n Htrango fascination for mo. What n wonderful picture I suw thoro the othor ovonlng ns I took my solitary stroll along tho "loud-sounding" seal It was oxtromo low tide, and tho sand flats lay In long, dark-brown renches amidst tranquil pools of wator which reflected faithfully tho thousand brilliant colors of tho west. Far out at son tho wnvos wero breaking In a white lino ngalnst tho dark, sharp lines of tho sand. A wholosomo tang of nalt waH In tho air, which blow In freshly across tho wldo oxpnnso of delicate sapphlro-tlnted Rca Tho sun had disappeared behind a bank or rose-colored cloud, and no words of mine can express tho glort ous symphony of golds and purples nnd scarlets nnd pnlo-greon and rndlant blues, which changed nnd doeponod and brightened In tho sky, and throw ltsolf doop down Into tho pencoful beautyot tho salt pools, tunong tho long stretches of blnck sand. Such things must bo soon to bo appreciated, but no ono can look upon such divine lovoll hobs without becoming n bettor man, I folt no It l had boon In church nnd hnd heard tho angola singing. When tho last triumphant uoto of color hnd died nway In tho doop Bky nnd night was Bottling down tranquilly ovor tho sea and tho meadows, 1 turned back again toward Orton with n feeling that my crown wub vory firmly lodged upon my heart, and that all Orton couldn't shake It off. All Orton was probably too buoy to try. Tho factory chlrnnoys wore all standing thick and tall and black against tho opal sky exactly as I had last scon thorn when I turned my back upon thorn for tho sunset nnd forgot them. Llttlo golden tails of flro wcro nickering nnd darting from their mouthH, and I folt a great nnd sudden compnsslon for tho thousand tolling men nnd women who wero thero nt work In those grim, gaunt buildings, so far away from tho glories of tho sun Bot. I felt nil tho sorrier becauao 1 know if by eomo sudden caprlco on tho part of tho bo3s n, holiday might bo theirs, thoy would not wnsto It In tamo ly walking along the meadows by tho sen nt sunset, but would fly to tho bargain-counter among tho haunts of men. What would thoy do with my lolsuro, my woll-to-doncss, my certainty of an excellent dlnnor at tho ond of my long walk, my solitude, my books', my Tho "loud-sounding sea." though tii 7 Not ono of my beloved Ideas would thoy adopt, and as I looked nt tho thouuaud dancing llttlo tongues of flamo I scorned to sco tho toll and sor row and loss of nil thoso who woro loss fortunnto tlran I, but who would never know It, nnd tho lust for gold soomed to wrlto Itself all over tho sky In thoso lllckcrlng flames, and to cry down tho glorious wondor of tho great sun which had sot. I folt of my crown In order to mnko quite certain that It was still In my heart, nnd then I fell Into lino botweon tho rows of prosaic houses nnd went prosaically homo to dlnnor. It Is so much caslor to bo prosaic when tho sun has gono down nnd darkness Is upon tho land, so I was not so shocked ns I might havo boon when Tom told mo triumphantly that tho silver business was booming awfully, nnd that an or der for throo thousand spoons had Just como In from Chicago. Japs Find n Now Iilnnd. According to tho Japan Times a new Island Ihib been dlscovorod in the Sea of Jnpan. From a statement appearing in tho Nlchl Nlchl It appears that tho island Is situated at a point between Ul-long-do Island, off Korea, and tho Okl Archipelago, off tho coasts of tho San-ln-do, tho dlstnnco from cither Hi iO being 30 miles. No mnps over pub lished contain any rofernco to tho Isl and, which Is reported to bo about two miles In length and about tho samo In breadth. It was about a year or two ago that tho Island was first discovered by a flshorman of Kyushu, who found tho waters in its neighborhood full of Bca horses. New KtiRland Famous for Tnlinccn. Thoro nro In tho United States 700,- 000 acres of land dovoted to tobacco, of which 1,000 acres nro In Now England. Tho annual ylold ot all kinds In tho country Is nbout G00.000.000 pounds, ot which Now England raises 19,000,000 Tho avorago ylold por aero throughout tho country Is 700 pounds, but In Now England It Is 1,700 pounds. It Is Inter estlng that all tho tobacco raised In tho country bolongs to two or throo botanical species, yet thero nro moro than Blxty vnrlotles grown commercial ly all of thorn quite distinct in shapo, color and qaullty of leaf. Harper's Weekly. Thn Cocon Hon. According to n government publica tion, tho cocoa beau from which choc oluto Is manufactured is produced In Its finest form In tho republic of Von ozuela, though various otlnr parts of Central and South America grow nnd export largo qunntltlos. Two crops of tho bean aro gnthored each yoar, and tho manufacture consists simply In grinding up tho beans Into a monl and then adding Btignr and arrowroot, with tho necessary flavor generally vunll la or cinnamon. Tho mass Is thon moistened until It Is In a semi-fluid stuto, after which It is run Into molds of tho propor shape. llft'looii (!nr Up 38,000 leot. Tcl8serono do Rort, tho French noro- nnut, has secured tho lowest torn poraturo mark on record 72 degrees contlgrado. or 97.0 dogrces Fahrenheit, Tho reading was registered ou a thor - momctor In n trial balloon sont ui: recently, which roso to n holght ol 58,009 fct. 11m Mniiy ClirUltnn Nmnoi. Tho Duchess ot Cornwall Is blessed with a llbornl assortment ot Christian names, eight in nil, Should sho eventu ally nhnro tho British throne sho enn eolect from tho following; Augustine, Louise, Olga, Pauline, Claudlno and Agnes. Mr. Roglnald do Kovon hns'complot- cd tho'scoro for "Tho Daughters Do- Ilghtful," n plcco for which Mr. Ocorgo V. Hobart has written tno llbrotto. A!s ihe World ReVot)es Age of Ihe Theorists. Tho National Civic Federation will hold a conference In Pittsburg or Cleveland to find a solution for labor problems; to evoke some plan to avo.d strikes, and to formulate an ngroemcnt through which n shorter work day may bo brought about without resort "to tho revolutionary method of strides, with tho attending distress nnd too freuuont bloodshed." The Intentions of tho gentlemen who compose the Indus trial committee of tho Civic Federation nro porhaps well Intended, But what is tho use of such a conference? Wherein will discussion by theorists nnd doctrlnnlrcs, with hero nnd thero a practical suggestion, benefit either employers or tho employed? What In formation enn tho men who will dis cuss tho question In n public meeting gl''o either manufacturers or workmen? What lnfluenco can they exert on men with grlovanccs or on two parties In controversy? N. Y. Sun. -A n Industrious Macedonian. Constantino Dcmctcr Stephnnovc, a natlvo of Macedonia, who nfter seven years' work has taken tho degreo of master of arts from Yale, supported himself nearly nil that tlmo by work- SO CONSTANTINE STEPHANOVE. Ing ns a conductor on n trolley car In Now Haven. When ho first enmo to this country ho worked on a farm whllo ho learned tho language. Then ho went to a preparatory school and from thenco to Yale. Next fall ho will Co to Germany to contlnuo his studies. Prosperity of Ihe Farmer. Encouraging reports contlnuo to como from tho different agricultural states In regard to tho condition of crops. Kansas In particular Is rejoic ing over tho third largo wheat har vest In threo successive years. These favorable reports aro of Importance not to tho individual states alono, but to tho ontlro country, for tho real pros perity of a country is nt bottom do pendent on tho products of tho soil. Successive good harvests havo placed tho farmor on n higher level, nnd pros perity has led to greater prosperity. This year ho will havo moro ready money than at any tlmo in tho his tory of tho wost. His Investments In self-binders nnd traction engines, thrashers and Boparators have proved profitable. His work Is moro agree able, Is attended with less nnxlety nnd 1b moro productive. In tho farmer's homo affairs aro much moro satlsfac tory than formorly. St. Louis Globo- Democrat. Prince Jfapolcon Coday. A correspondent who, tho other day, saw In Brussels tho head of the houso of Bonaparte, Prlnco Napoleon, as ho is now called, describes him as a very handsome man. Ho is tall and well innde, tho uppor part of tho face bo ing astonishingly llko that ot Na- PRINCE NAPOLEON. polcon I, whoreas tho lower, with Its sweeping mustache, bears n ntrong re semblanco to tho prlnco's grandfather I Victor Emmanuel II. Prlnco Nn ' Ioleon, who Is n studont, speaks Eng- llsh, Itullun and Qcrmau with remark ablo fluency. "Russia a Home Producer. A St. Petersburg dispatch dated tho -1 tli Inst, speaks of "tho Increasing disinclination of tho Russian nuthorl tics to permit tho importation of any goods which tho Rusnlans can produco no matter what thoy cost." It cayi that tho snmu policy which has die tntod tho rejection ot foreign goods In Russian government factorlos and works Is pursued whorovor tho govern mcnt lnfluenco uxlonds, "Inasmuch ns thla lnfluenco Is limited only by will a Bomownnt pessimistic vlow of tho Ifuture of foreign trado is hold bore.' SAW and DOINGS The Curtain Fall. Edward Parker Deacon, member ot ono of Boston's wcalthtost families and for many years prominent In society nnd club llfo, died last wcok, a victim of brain disease. Ho had spent much of his llfo abroad and in 1892 was ono of tho principals In a shooting which caused n great sensation both In Eu rope and America. Mrs. Deacon beforo her marriage was Florence Baldwin of Cincinnati, daugh ter of Rear Admir al Baldwin ot tho United States navy. Sho was ono of tho beauties of tho so clal set In tho Ohio N city, nnd her father opposeu tno wee ding for some Urn owing to her youth. Howover, ho finally withdrew his objec tions, and when tho marrlago was solemnized In 1879 It was ono of tho most brilliant society ovents Cincinnati had over witnessed. Tho young couplo removed nlmost Im mediately to Paris, where they took partmcnts at 14 Rue Plerro Charbon. Deacon was Immensely wealthy nnd spent money lavishly. His homo soon becamo tho center of nttractlon for tho American colony in Paris, and for ton years ho was known as ono of tho most liberal of entertainers. During that tlmo four children wcro born to tho couple. Deacon, howover, tired of society, whllo his pretty wlfo fairly reveled In It. Sho soon drew nround her a clrclo of male admirers, whoso adulation seemed to turn her head. Among them was Emllo Ablollo, n Frenchman, whom Deacon killed In his wife's apartments In a hotel at Cannes, France, In 1892. Coming Et)ent in Fart's. Princess Cnthcrlno Yourlovsknln, daughter of tho murdered Czar Alcx- er II. and of his morganatic wife, 'rlncess Dolgoroukn, is said to bo en gaged to tho Due d'Clmulnes. The PRINCESS CATHERINE. wedding will bo celobrated In Parle and Is expected to bo brilliant. Mr. Choate's Foolish Hope. Ambassador Choatc, at tho Fourth of July dinner In London, expressed tho hopo that America's presont pros perity would produco young mon who would not need to work for a living, and therefore could devote themselves entirely to tho public service. In other words, Mr. Chonte took tho ground that tho futuro of this nation could bo worked out best by a lclauro class Tho theory that men born to riches nnd leisure mako tho best public scr vants 1b a protty one, but nt most It Is only a theory. That a prlnco ot tho blood must provo a bad general has been a truism In European wnrfnro for moro thnn 200 years. That tho highest European nrlstocracy furnishes tho worst cabinet ministers and am bassadors has been self-evident for an equal length of time. Tho weakness of n lclsuro clnsa ns public servants Is two fold. Its members do not feel tho spur ot material necessity to urgo them on to nchlovoment. Having seldom had tho dlsclpllno ot obedience, thoy aro unfit to command. When a nntlon nowndnys comes to depend upon Its mon of Inherited wealth or rank for guides, It la Indeed n caso of tho blind following tho blind. In nlno cases out of ten both fall Into tho ditch, Chica go Intcr-Oconn. Marriage Jfot a Failure. A Now York minister says marriage Is not n failure, and tlmt moro than 2.G00 of tho 3,012 couples ho has united aro happy. His advlco to thoBe who would wed and bo happy ig largely nummed up In tho following half dozen don'ts: Don't marry when too young. Don't marry until you enn support n wlfo. Don't marry n girl who can't cook and sow. Don't live In six roorn3 when throo are enough, JDon't marry unless you suit enoh othor, Don't como to mo for a divorce, mmgCm Kly 'Panorama. The Lorillard Family. Pierre Lorillard was born in 1833. As tho oldest Bon of Peter Lorillard, ho Inherited n fortune of a million dollars. Plerro bought out his brothers and sla ters In tho great tobacco works In Jer sey City, and built up n colossal for tune. Ho was an enthusiastic yachts man and horse-owner. Ho built Tux edo. Then ho bought Ochre Point, at Newport, and built tho Brcakors, now tho property of tho widow of tho late Cornelius Vnndcrbllt. His Rancocas stud at Jobstown, N. J., has 1,600 acres THE LATE PIERRE LORILLARD. of highly plcturesquo land and Is nmong tho most thoroughly equipped stock farms In America. In about olghteon years during Its early his tory, Mr. Lorillard expended ?l,000, 000 on tho estate, his Income then amounting to $100,000 a year. Mr. Lorillard was tho first American to own n derby .winner, the famous Iroquois. Later ho followed up tho vic tory by landing tho St. Leger. An estrangement between husband and wlfo took placo soveral years ago. Mrs. Lorillard was tho beautiful Em ily Taylor, tho daughter of a clergy man. Three children wero born Pierre, Jr., who married Miss Caroline Hamilton; Emily, who becamo Mrs. William Kent, and Maud, now Mrs. Tailor. Tho son nnd daughters were all grown when tho differences bo tweon tho parents arose. They never becamo reconciled. Tho dispatch tell ing ot his death at tho Fifth Avenue Hotel said: "Threo hours before his death Mr. Lorillard inpsed Into a semi-comatose condition and thus died. At brief In tervals ho regained consciousness and recognized the members of his family. From ono who had been unceasingly at Mr. Lorlllard's bedsido slnco his 'ar rival from Europo on tho steamer Dcutschland It was learned that Mr. Lorillard realized that his days wero numbered when ho was carried to his apartments. This mnn said: 'The Joy of seeing his children was a tonic to Mr. Lorillard, It served to prolong his life. Ho realized that ho bad not THE WIDOW LORILLARD. mnny days to live, but ho fought against tho Inevltablo manfully." "Mrs. Lorillard was not at her hus band's death-bed." Plerro Lorillard leaves a fortuno ot $7,000,000 to bo divided among his chil dren. fare XOatcr and Uhoroutfh "Drainage. Tho most serious problem, disturbing tho centers of population Is that of a pure water supply and sanitary drain age. Now York city finds that even usablo water can no longer bo obtained from surfuco sources In tho vnlleys ot near-by mountains. Other cities draw ing supplies from running streams meet a similar difficulty. Tho Croton watershed has many springs in tho mountain sido3 which supply tho creeks nnd larger Btreams. Tho most of tho water going Into tho aqueducts, however, comes from tho surface. In dry tlmc3 Now York feels a water famine. With coploua rains tho famlno ceases. Tho Increased flow la tho washlngo of tho hl'lsldes, contaminated with decaying vegeta tion or animal filth. New York Is look ing claowhero fo.t water. The samo difficulty confronts Philadelphia, Bal timore Washington and all tho cities supplied with water from rivers flow ing toward tho ocean. 1 A 7 y