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S BROTHERHOOD That plenty but reproaches mo Which leaves my brother bare, Not wholly glad my heart can bo While his Is bowed with care. If I go free, and sound and stout, While his poor fetters clank, Unsated still, I'll still cry out, And plead with Whom I thank. Almighty; Thou who Father bo Of him, of mo, of all, Draw us together, him and me, That whichsoever tall. The other's hand may fall him not The other's strength decllno No task of succor that his lot May claim from son of Thine. I would be fed, I would be clad, I would be housed and dry, But If so be my heart be sad What benefit have I? Best ho whoso shoulders best endure The load that brings relief, And best shall be his Joy secure Who shares that joy with grief. E, B. Martin. A Boomerang. BY MARY MARSHALL PARKS. (Copyright, 1001, Dally Story Pub. Co.) When Jarcd PotcrB went west to help the country grow up, Rose Hawthorne thought her heart was broken. This wan a logical sequence of tho Arm con viction that sho could not live without Jarcd, which had led her to ongago herselt to him. In accordance with thla fixed idea, she, for a day or two, re fused food, and mournfully contem plated tho prospeot of an oarly domiso. But an Immaturo mind cannot long domlnato a young and healthy phy sique. On the third day sho mado sev eral surreptitious visits to tho pantry; on tho fourth day Bho dined oponly and heartily; and tho day after she was startled by tho discovery that sho had not thought of Jared for sevoral hours. rrhn Qxnnv nllnw'n tf .TnrAd'a de- parturo, sho permitted Harold Winter set, tho son of a wealthy manufacturer from a neighboring city, to accompany her home from church and linger for an hour at tho gate; and sho was again startled by the discovery that sho en Joyed "his society qulto as much as Jarod's. Then sho went upstairs and sat down 1n tho moonlit window to consider. Sho had all the rules of lovo at her fingers' ends. She know that "Absenco makes tho heart grow fonder," that true lovo never forgets or wavers for tho fraction of a second. Sho was therefore forced to tho conclusion that sne did not lovo Jared; that sho never had loved him; and tho manufacturer's son was allowed to call regularly. Jared's letters were Intensely inter esting. Tho little western town which ho had taken under his wing was on a "boom." He had already doubled his small capital and was proceeding to doublo it again. Rose had all the rules of arithmetic also at her fingers' ends. Sho knew something of goometrical progression; and having become, in vlow of her largo experience, skeptical In regard to the tender passion, she planned her futuro operations on a strictly commercial basis. After care ful consideration, sho decided that a budding .Western capitalist In the hand was worth more than a wealthy manufacturer's son in tho bush; so she did not break her engagement; and she did not mention Harold In her nu merous and entlroly satisfactory let ters to Jared. Although his lovo was false, Jarcd bad one devoted admirer. From tho day It was declared that the red-faced mite of humanity called Jarcd was tho imago of his grandfather, tho old ma had found his chief occupation In trac ing his own characteristics in tho growing boy. "He's a Peters, every inch of him," On the Third Day. gran'ther would Bhout whon Jared's lmvlsh achievements creditable or otherwise, camo to his notice. Gran'ther Peters had always liked Roso; and of all tho grlls in tho coun trv rminil hn would havo chosen her for Jared. When, thorcfore, at ;ho ago of sixteen, Jared first wanted nomo from church with her, gran tnor re tired to tho crane arbor and chuckled till ho was black In tho face. Ho did nil ho could to foster tho budding 'X.oniance: und whon tho engagement 9 was formally announced, his rapturo nearly caused a fit of apoplexy. When a tattling neighbor brought tho news of Roso'b double-dealing, tho old man flatly refused to believo it; but whon with his own eyes, ho Baw Rose and Harold strolling by, arm In arm, in tho dusk, be took to his bed. After two or three days of misery, mental and physical, he arose and spent an en tire afternoon in Inditing a letter which struck consternation to Jared's soul. It was vaguo In manner and matter, but ho gathered from it some Inkling of tho truth; and immediately wrote not to Rose, but to one of her girl friends. By return mail ho re ceived a spicy and perhaps not unox- "I Shall Stand by Jared." aggeratod account of Rose's "carry' lngs on." Now Jared, absorbed in speculation a3 ho was, had kept a littlo corner of his heart for Rose; and thought himself a miracle of constancy becauso no had not allowed another to sharo it There are pretty girls In Kansas; and tbero was one in particular, with wondrous dimples, that he had noticed, Just barely noticed, you know so he made tho customary remarks about fe male perfidy. He wrote Rose a biting letteiS and tore it up; for a subtler revenge bad occurred to him. Ho til vined that Rose preferred him to Harold If he succeeded in making money; and he plotted accordingly. From this dato his correspondence took on a dismal hue. Tho boom was declining; and there were vague hints of pitfalls that ensaro tho unwary and the Inexperienced. Close on tho heels of these dire forebodings, vfollowed a rumor that Jarcd had como home un expectedly, looking very seedy; and it was surmised, "dead broke." Friends and neighbors, Roso and Harold among them, promptly gath ered on the broad piazza to greet tho home comer, and learn tho truth of tho matter. One glanco at tho young man's doleful face was enough. Dls aster was written on It. At first he seemed disinclined to talk; but numerous well put queries finally loosened his unwilling tongue Among tho friends Jarcd made in tho west was one who had been born un der an unlucky star. He was intelli gent and shrewd; but everything ho touched turned to ashes. Where others reaped golden harvests, ho reaped mis fortune, and his affairs became serious ly involved. Ho was too young to know that whllo there Js life there is hopo; and ono night, Jarcd, who room ed with him, came home to find his friend stretched on tho floor with a bullet through his head, and tho empty revolver In his own stiffening right hand. With tho callousness of youth, Jared adapted this young fellow's story to his own uses. Up to tho culminating tragedy, he told it as his own, and told It well. He was a clever actor, and fully realized the dramatic possibili ties of tho situation. Tho Btago setting was perfect. A rising thunder storm had dyed the summer twilight an Inky black; and continual flashes of lightning illum inated Jared's handsome, melancholy faco and sombre eyes. Ho sat oppo site his false sweetheart and Harold; and behind him, tho old man, whlfco faccd but firm-lipped, glared over his boy's head Uko a wounded Hon. As Jared's sad, mellow voice died away with a littlo break ho felt a pang of genuino emotion as ho remem bered poor Wlloy'a faco with tho bul let holo In tho forehead Roso's hert meltod. All that was sweet and worn nnly nnd good In her untutored soul roso to tho surface. Sho crossed tho piazza, and laying her hand on Jared's shauldor, resolutely faced her frown ing parents nnd tho cliagrlncd Harold. "I shall stand by Jnrcd," sho said, In ringing tones. Jnred started to his feet In dismay. This climax was precisely tho opposite of tho ono ho had courted and ox- pected. Tho faco of tho dimpled Kan sas girl flitted across his memory, and then disappeared forever. Tho boom erang ho had Inunchcd burled itself in his own heart. Tho two, young things who had been playing with the eternal verities of lovo and death, looked into each other's eyes, and, by tho whlto light of tho approaching storm, saw thero that which mado them afraid and ashamed of whntthoy had been doing saw tho dawn of an ovorlastlng affection tho affection that mocks disaster, and calmly Ignores doubters and detractors, as tho placid moon Ignores tho yellow dog that bays It. Gran'thor's face was convulsed with dolight. Tears of Joy meandered un heeded down his wrinkled checks, as, glaring at tho dslcomfltcd Harold, ho rnlscd his staff and brought It down with n forco that split It In twain. "She's a Peters, every inch of her," ho roared. "Leastways, sho soon will bo." Roso was somowhnt chocked when sho learned that Jared's woes wcro nil assumed; and that ho had prudently escaped from tho collapsing boom with tho neat littlo nest egg of ono hundred thousand dollars; but sho became reconciled to tho situation In timo. STRICTLY FRESH ECIO.S." Ton Cannot Malta liens Lay Whan They Don't Want To, With nil that men of sclcnco havo done to procure for our tables luxuries without regard to season, so that al most we say "thero Is no season," no ono of them has yet succeeded In wheedling a hen into laying her best and biggest eggs at any other season of tho year than that nt which tho primal hen so distinguished hersolf. Thero havo been many experiments of all kinds tried with regard to hatching chickens and they havo all been moro or less successful, till tho term "spring chicken" has becomo a misnomer. Or rather thero aro others besldo sprlug chickens. Wo havo winter chickens, thnnks to Incubators and brooders and all sorts of appliances, and fall chick ens and summer chickens, and chick ens in between seasons, which la ono of the compensations scattered all through Ufo if we look for them. But tho -hen plods on in that tlresomo un changing way and looks untouched by all tho means that man has Invented for hatching her eggs for her, though no ono knows Just what sho thinks Probably her lino of thought takes tho stand that you may lead a hen to any kind of artificially warmed and lighter nest, but you cannot mako her lay; and cold storage has done much to make us Indifferent to tho stubborn at titude of tho hen. Tho farmer who doesn't knqw that, ho may by the euro he takes of his hens lnfiuenco the man ner and kind of eggs they lay for him does not deserve to succeed. Hons Uko clean, sunny houses, and thoy Uko good wholesome food, and in variety, They want a certain amount of corn and meal and they dearly love a flavor of meat In their food. Also thoy like something in the nature of oyster shells that tho shells of the eggs may be up to standard quality. Housekeepers who receive day after day from their grocer eggs of not only a uniform size and of even tinting cither all white or with a tinge of brown tako it as a matter of course, and think perhaps that It is Just so In every caBe. But there aro sorters whoso business it is to put Into cases eggs that "match" in color and slzo. And they do say that In Boston tho brownish eggs havo tho first call, while In Now York tho demand is for purest white. It Is thts demand for uniform lty in bIzo and color that Induces a poultry farmer to havo his hons all of one breed. Epicure. Cottage Heirlooms In Kngland, It is still quite a common experience to find fino and even valuable sped mens of old English furnlturo, chiefly mado of oak, In thd cottages of tho village folk. These pieces of furnlturo havo been handed down from genera tion to generation of rural folk such as cartors, kecpors, woodmen and shepherds. How did tho family orlg Inally como by them? Tho explana tion Is this in many cases: Genera tions ago, when tho furnlturo, which Is onco again prized greatly, began to go out of fashion and to bo superseded by stuff which wo view with contempt nowadays, It was sold and farmers bought much of It. But by and by, tho farmer being prosperous, and desiring to be In the fashion, too, like his land lord, bought in its placo more modern chairs and tables, etc. Then the vll lago folk bought for a song tho de spised oak chairs, coffers, etc., and now, onco again, tho old furnlturo has como into favor and is finding its way back fron", the cottage to tho hall. London Ifxpress. Queen of Holland's Crown. Tho crown which adorns tho brow of Queen Wilhelm'jna Is said to havo cost 1,500. In 1829 it was stolen by bur glars, and for nearly two years ro malncd in their possession, says Homo Notes. Somo of tho stones wcro event ually discovered In America, and the remainder wero recovered from Bel glum. JQt Iccording Famous Monuments That HaJe JVetJer Heen Prop erly Constructed. Wo live In a hnlf-mado world. So It over hns been since tho Tower of Bnbol was left uncompleted, nnd so it will be, no doubt, to tho end of timo. In our hurry to begin things we forget to finish them, and all over the world today tho Great Unfinished stares us in tho face some big thing waiting its completion, says a writer in New York Press. Thero is the Washington monument, that, giant obelisk rising up from tho low flats back of the white house. Every ono is familiar with its present appearance, but few pcoplo remembor how It waB originally designed to look. This tribute of a grateful nntlon to tho father of his country was begun In 1848, and has never been completed nccordlng to the original designs. Probably It never will be. It was hnrd work to get It ns near completion ns It is. When the monument was Btarfcd all tho rulers of the world sent blocks of marble to be placed In tho interior of the ornate, columnated structure which wns'to surround tho lower part of the great shnft. Tho work of build ing wont on briskly at first, then lan milshctl. and flnnllv Btonncd entirely. It waB not until 187G that work waB resumed upon the monument, and not until 1884 that tho shaft was finished. All intention of completing tho monu ment nccordlng to tho original designs seomB to havo been abandoned, nnd there It stnndB, towering aloft 655 foot abovo tho unfinished world. Tho Grant monument as designed by Mr. Duncnn had Imposing approaches, with great fllghta of stairs leading down to tho river and many other ac cessories of which It 1b now bare. As It is, tho monument has an unfinished look, nnd a glanco at the original de signs will show how far from comple tion this memorial to the great gen eral iB and 1b probably destined to remain. Wellington's Tomb OnflnUhed. England was exceedingly grateful, too, over Waterloo, and when "Well- IAP1 T IMriw.i iA5 IT IS Ington died decreed him a public fu neral and lnid him nway in St. Paul's Cathedral to the "noise of the mourn ing of n mighty nation." But sho nover finished his tomb. Tho eques trian stntuo which was to have sur mounted tho tomb stands headless In tho crypt of tho cathedral, propped up by somo old lumber and tied about with ropes. Where tho hend is no ono knows if it wns over made and tho pedestal which was to support tho statue was never completed. Tho houso of lords surprised Itself into a discussion of tho subject n year ago, and all Unit could be said officially wns that tho money nppropriutcd for the tomb ran short and tho work had been arrested "In its present stago of development." Yet 1100,000 was ap propriated for this tomb fifty years ago. Nobody seems to care now wheth er It is over completed or not. After tho lapse of half a century patriotism Is not easily transmuted Into money. Tho iron Duke, howover, no doubt sleeps very Boundly without his eques trian ctatuo porched abovo him. London is in a much moro half made state than New York any way, and evidences of incomplotoness moot one on every hand, although your truo Briton is never tired of talking about British "thoroughness." An empty podestnl In Trafalgar squaro stands proclaiming dnllyto a wondering world thnt England has now no horo to sinml with Ncleon, Gordon, Napier, Hnvelock nnd Gcorgo IV.I Savo tho mark! And will somebody put a clock in St. Paul's tower, which was ovidontly designed for ono, and placo tho statues on tho pedestals along Blackfrlnrs Brldgo, as was orlnnlly In tended? Then there Is Wcstmlnstor Abbey, which was meant to havo a spire, and tho much-discussed marblo arch, which was designed to havo a statue on top of it. And Wcsttnlnnter Abbjy Also, Tho abbey Is perhaps tho most wide ly known specimen of an uncompleted edlfico in tho world. Whorover tho English tonguo is spoken "tho abbey makes us we;" yet It novor has boon finished and probably never will bo. Tho disastrous attempt at completing it mado by Sir Christopher Wren when he put up tho two incongruous squaro towers on the west front is a well known architectural crime, tho results of which aro enough to frighten off any other architect from trying his hand on tho anciont edlfico. Tho ex isting abbey is, in a groat degree, tho bullaing erected by Henry III. aftor ho had pulled down most of the Con fessor's building. It wns Honry who erected tho chapel of tho Confessor which forms tho rounded end of tho choir, or the apsis of tho building, tho four chapols in tho ambulatory that extend around tho choir, a consldora bio portion of tho choir Itself, a small portion of tho transepts and probably tho chapter house. Tho nave thus be gum was carried forward further in tho reign of Edwnrd I., and gradually finished with othor portions of tho odl fico in tho thirteenth and forurtccnth centuries, and tho grand closo of tho wholo work took plnco in tho reign of Honry VII. by tho erection of tho chapel which bears that monarch's namo, Tho great central tower and tho western towors wero, however, still unbuilt, ulthough tho work had boon in progress for three centuries. Knteht says: "Tho great central tower and tho western towers woro still unbuilt and so to this time the former re mains; tho lntter havo boon added to by tho architect of St. Paul's In a stylo that makes us regret that ho did not J -"- ImMmXMt LLJNGTOM MONUMENT .UfimmM to PJan confino himself to St. Paul's and works of a kindred character; most assuredly ho was profoundly ignorant of tho character and merits of tho produc tions to which ho presumptuously ap plied tho cplthot if 'Gothic crinkle cranklc " Tho first church was built on the slto of tho prcsoht nbboy In 184 A. D., nnd so, with rebuilding, tearing down nnd nddlng to, tho work of tho making of Westminster Abbey hns been going on , for 1,717 years and tho odlflco is still' Incomplete. So It will, In all prob ability, always remain, chief among tho world's Great Unfinished, Within the Inclosuro of tho Alhnm- hra at Granada stnndB tho unfinished pnlnco of Charles I. of Spain, a struc ture which tho monarch fondly Im agined would outvlo tho pnlnco of tho Moorish kings to which It stands ad jacent. CharlcB died before tho build ing was completed, and thero It stands to-dny after tho centuries havo swept by, still incomplete. Near London standB a modorn exam ple of unfinished things. It is tho so called Wembley tower, which Its pro- cctor designed to bo 150 feet higher than tho Elffol Tower In Paris. It wob to cost $1,000,000, Tho lower platform Is all that has over been built of the structure This lower platform opcu- ples tho samo spaco nB St. Paul's Cathedral. So tho list might bo1 stretched out. Nearly ovory ono will rnmombor something to add to it But thoso few examples cltod show what a half-made world this is after all. Seattle Cemeterr Scattlo hns secured ownership of a tract of 100 acres, with a vlow to con ducting a municipal cemetery, In lml tntlon of n project successfully car ried out in Cleveland. Thero a level, finely situated tract of land has been acquired by tho municipality, and bur ial plots are sold without regard to lo cation at tho uniform prico of 75 cents per squaro foot. Thla prico Includes tho nctual maintenance of tho lot at tho oxponBO of tho city in perpetuity. Tho mnlntcnnnco Includes grass seed, sowing, moving nnd goneral caretak- lng. Flowers and shrubs, whon re quired, aro, of courso, chnrged addi tionally. Tho purpose is to defeat speculation in land for burial places, and to lnsuro perpetual caro of tho graves. In Cleveland tho ont'orprlso Is self-supporting, although tho chargos aro very low. i Indian's Salvation I Work. The nttitudo of our govornmont to ward tho Indian in allowing him in ldlonesB to follow his own untrnmmol ed will on the reservation, Is a relic of tho old French and Spanish original dlscovorers. Aro these wards of tho government novor to havo homes, but bo always condomned to tribal rela tions? Aro thoy to liovor know tho mental uplifting of a wife's hands, but bo alwayB fated to burden-boarlng squaw Ufo? Somo day a statesman will arlso and point tho way for thoso aborlginnl Americans to becomo men and women among us, and truly citi zens of our' states. Until that timo until Indians aro alienated from their savago surroundings their treat ment Is a proposition not reached by any pink-ten standard of ethics, Na tional Magazine. As flood as a Corkscrew. No doubt you havo found yourself in tho predicament of having forgotten tho corkscrew, and you aro out in, tho fields trying to get a draught from a cold bottle. Horo 1b a now und slm- plo way to overcome tho difficulty, tho Invention of which is to bo accredited to a convivial young scientist.' Hold tho neck of tho bottlo firmly In your right hand and with your left hold a handkerchief against tho trunk of a tree Now with a quick blow hit tho Bldo of tho tree covered with tho handknrchlef. The cork will immedi ately fly out. Then turn tho bottlo up ward so tho fluid will not flow out after tho cork. Oen. (inrdon's llllrie. In Uio corridors at Windsor stands a littlo ebony pedestal, nnd on It a splendid casket of seventeenth contury Italian work, with sides of engraved rock crystal. Within this gorgeoua so'ttlng lies wldo open, on a ' satin cushion, a littlo woll-worn book. It Is Gen. Gordon's Blblo, and Is open nt tho gospel according to St John. Below a littlo plato bears nn inscription re cording the fact that tho Blblo was presented to her majesty by tho sister of Gen. Gordon nfter his death. This was ono of tho most prized possessions of Queen Victoria, and sho nover failed to point it out to visitors. New Htrlii Iternlrcr. Swiss military papers speak in-high tonus of tho now revolver which has been adopted for tho mounted troops of tho SwIbb urmy, and which is tho Invention of two Berlin ongincors. Tho recoil on firing brings a fresh cartridge from tho magnzlno Into tho barrel. Tho pistol weighs 11 pounds 13 ounces, and Its center of gravity lies immediately ovor tho hand of tho flrer. Tho mngazlno carries eight cartridges, and practlcod shots can fire 48 rounds in from 28 to 30 seconds. Tho callbor of tho weapon Is .38 Inches, and its rango is given at 2,000 yards. In tho Inst forty years Great Britain has produced 40,000,000 tons of steel, ,or' about one-third of tho world's total products.