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$01$ I mBD TO KNOW if KIKDKIt llkii tho old onit, The HonKH I lined to know In the dear old countty vlllnRf, Of tlio denr old lotiff '. I kinder like the mtmlo of Jten Unit, nnd oilier lime They Fang among the cedar In the ncentccl, unioroiia June When the corn bean to tllHNfli When the lny summer breeze Mhook thn perfume from the floworn An It filtered through tho trees, With the minllRht of the m-amm flllnlltiK whero the (iraiwcH unread, Where the rosen fell In clilMerx, lllunliliiff mvcotly, deeply red Ah, yex, I llko the old songs, The kind they ttocd to ulng When life wax llko n tulinroHo J lint bliixtlntf In the npilng. Somehow I llko the old hoiikk Yeu, Thf Maple on the 1 1 III. Home Twenty yearn Afco, Toin. And dear old Vhlio .will; And HlHrry Nlicht for Jluinlile, And Coming Through tho J lye, And other dear old melodic They kiiiik to you and I Ah. yin, I like the old nonun, Tho kind they lined to Ming When life wan like u primrose JumI. b.irnl (uc In thu HprliiK. Oh, how t lovo the old Hong I hoard lit mother' knee, Tho aweet, entrancing melodies Hlio used to slug to mo! The dour old funny Frog hoiiij MIxh Motnde hy hi xldo And the nong of Old Aunt Nancy, Tho old gray goose that died, And the song uuout the foxes, And the thliiKM tho foxes stole Oh, the mellowing railenceiit How they sting u fellow'n soull Ah. vrn( i Uko tho old songs, Tho kind they ined to mIiik When life wim llko a prliiiroHii .Iunt liuriitliiK In tho spring. New OrlviuiH Times-Democrat. sis JUL 3$S tilro nnd adoration at tlio feet of tho younger Girl. Nor was sho less at tracted by tho dark faced foreigner with tlio soft black eyes. As Miss Anna watched them It all came to her and sho saw, not n through a glass darkly, but m In tin Blare of tho morning light, how It all' was und would be. She had built up theso two, had given them sustenance from hor own nature, had fed their soitto and warmed their hearts, for thin very thing. And what could bo better, sho thought, than that these two young things, full of life and lovo and tho sunshine of tho present and proinlso of tho future, should lovo each other. Nothing, she told herself, noth I rig could be better. It was natural. It was right. ' As alio stood in front of hor glass the looked closely at herself, scanning hor features critically. "You thought you could bo young again?" sho said, "but you had more l!inn ten yenr against you." Sho looked closely nt her heavy brown hair and noting the few gray nalrs about the temples hIio timllcd a Illllo sadly to herself. She looked lov iugly at Saldlo, asleep on the bed, nnd Bald softly: "Ho Ir her Johnnie Morgan," and t'.icn with a weary sigh. "Oh, how glad l am that Wellcsley needs another drawing teacher next year." If Saldlo hud been awake Instead of ncleep sho might have acen nbovo the head of St. Anna, the ting of whlto light which crowned the head of this Monarch of The Seas Rctvizsxn, Gresvtest of Battleships, Just Completed R3 When tho Russian unfurl the blue cross of St. Andrew on lta Held of milky white over the taffrall of tho Rotvlzan, a few weeks hence, he will possess the greatest battleship, In many respects, of which any navy can now boast. To dud out If all this la so, the Cramps, who created tho ves sel, nro ready to take her to sea for a preliminary trial, which promises to be of world-wide Interest. This hlp, more than any other that Is oven approaching completion, em bodies every dovolopment of tho mon ster man-of-war which had for Its first model EricsBon'n tiny monitor; and tho czar's ofllcors, who have watched hor grow from tho simple center keel plate smllo now and nro Impatient to exhibit their prlzo to naval Europe. A battleship of noarly 13,000 tons, that can run as swiftly as an ordi nary accommodation train on a first class railroad; that will house ueary 800 men, nnd which, nt a dlstanco of ten or a dozen miles, can hurl 3,400 pounds of chilled steel nnd high ox ploslvo against nu enemy from the four great guns that peer o"it of tur rets of steel, which resemble In shape nothing so much as the skull of nn considered that the United States government proving course off tho New Englund coast Is only fifty knots long nnd that Undo Sam's chips steam It over twice to provo their merit tho difficulty of having deep-sea room enough to run a vessel twelve hours nn a stretch nnd all tho tlr.io nt olKht een knots an hour niU3t be ovldent. Ilultdrr' Trt In Interfiling. Hut there Is a way to overcome this difficulty. Tho modern battleship Is nothing If not n, piece of machinery, and machinery well geared, like figures correctly totaled, never He. So they will run tho Itetvlzan ovor tho meas ured course, and knowing the exact distance from mark to mark, will keep a record of the revolutions of tho big twin screws until the tlmo comes when n carefully measured space Is covered exactly at tho required speed. Thon tho tlmo will be rlpo for the mnln test, and for twelve hours the ship will bo forced onward over a courfo laid anywhere in tho sea that gives tho required area of deep water, and throughout tho revolutions of the propellers must average at least up to' the turns that wero found necessary to make tho contract speed. Her Johnnie Morgan, BY WILLIAM WENDHAM. CopyriKht, 10I, by Dolly Story ruh. Co.) Ills namo wiih not .lohnnlo Morgan; It ,wn Antonio Panaudo. But from that day almost a year ago when sho first heard and saw him, ti vory dirty nnd very picturesque Italian violinist, fiddling his way through the tightened purso tarings nnd Into tho hearts or all who heard him, sho had christened him and to herself had called htm ".lohnnlo Morgan." Almost a year It was nnd to her tho Hhortest your 8ho had ovor lived, for It seemed ub If thin Antonio had brought with him Into her llfo tho blue sky and thu mmshlno of his own Italy. Miss Anna Gilbert was tho teacher p drawing and painting l:i tho Olrln' College at Mndlsonvlllo, und wuh inoro beloved than any tenchor of tho col lego had ovor boon before. Tho title which tho girls had given hor, "Snlnt Anna," was truly deserved, for so thickly did alio sow tho Bocds of good uoss about hor that hud hor harvest of thanks from poor struggling Htuduuts boon wheat nt thu. right tlmo of tho' market It would havo given her princess' Income. During her youth, tor It must bo contessod her youth was mostly bo hind her, ahu had worked and saeri tlcod for her parents until their death and. then sho struggled for tho educa Hon of- her youngor brother und na ter. ; Olio gray October morning on hor way to work sho had been struck by grow Immediately from three to thir teen. To his patroness he owed all, nnd never did ho coaso to pour out to hor his gratitude. Ho treated hor with tho grentest rovorenco und when walking homo with hor or meeting her coming "Ho Is hor Johnnie Morgan.' saint In this her aupromo hour of sacrifice. NEW RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP RETVIZAN, LOOKING AFT. tory a ngrthwrst course will carry tho vessel far nway from the track of any regular liners or coasters and tho swarthy Russian rallors will be given their chance to participate In tho af fair. This they will do by firing each gun at nothing but tho water, flret with half n scrvlco charge of powder nnd then with tho regular war charge nnd projectile. Tho ofTccts of each shot on every plate, beam and stanchion will be noted, for the great guns use iQ pounds, of tho highest power smokeless nowder to hurl their 850- pound pointed clylndora of steel, and tho crush and shock of nuch a dis charge Is little less than n small earthquake. There Is one thing sure In connection with the Retvlzan. Sho will never catch lire. Tho lessons of tho Ynlu river, Manila bay and Santiago nro now too deoply rooted in tho minds of tho Russians to permit them to use wood In any form in tho construction of their ships. So sho has nsbestos bulkheads lu all the living Bpaccs and tho entire Interior la shenthed with tho samo fire-proof material. Even hor boats will bo of metal, a step which has not been taken by the United States yet, though tho newer ships have precious little wood about them. It will bo only a few days boforo tho world will know whothcr this M.000,000 combination of stcol is a success or n failure, and if she proves tho test, ns everybody believes sho will, then tho world must bow, for tho era of the 18-knot battleship has come. KING AND A PEASANT'S COW. itniimi orang-outang elliptical balanced tur rets, tho plana call them that Is tho Retvlzan. Wnrahln builders tho world ovor Ilulcr Ounrda Animal for nn Aged Woman. Some days ago tho King and Queen of Italy took a long promenade in th( innw that tho czar wanted ships a few to her duties ho would hold open tho neighborhood of their chateau of Rac years ago. and nil figured on how best gato or ralso his hat as It sho wero a conlgt, their summer residence The to nleaso tho Imperial marine ministry. Queen suddenly became Intensely jjut tlio czar not only wanted vessols thirsty. Perceiving nn old woman noai no wanted them of a type vastly im- who was watching a cow tho King re proved and, moreover, he wanted quested hor to glvo him a little milk, thorn quick. Thon It was that Tho peasant, Ignorant of tho quality Charles R, Cramp figured out tho pos princess. Then sho got Into tho habit of nsktng him to como In when he walked homo with her nud ot making a cup ot tea In her llttlo bachelor room, which always seemed cony and pleas ant to tom both, nud hnd made his ot hcr gUC8ts, pretended that hor cow slbllltlcs, first of tho Varlng. now tho inanKB overnow m niees ahihi. oho Kavo no mki ..Dt yo iinvo some crack protocted cruiser of tho Russian discovered that ho wnB saving almost wator nt yom. nous0'. continued the navy, nnd second of tho Rotvlzan. all his earnings toward a sum which would onablo him to bring over his old father und mother. Ho poured out his music to Miss Gilbert, as ho did his troubles, with thoso "foolish glrlB who will not work nt 7.0 Iobbqu." And to nil his plans and troubles sho listened with sym pathy, na sho always hnd done to any of tho studonts In whom sho was tak King. "That' yos," replied tho old wo man. "Could you got Bomo for mo?' A Hard l'roldein. latter which needed tho "If you would keep my cow whllo I m08t flgUring. To build a Bhlp ot tho went for It." "Agreed," replied Vlctoi A re(jUjrcll, displacing approxl- Emmanuol in tho most Borious fashion maloiy ooo tons 12,775 to bo exact In tho world. At tho end of ten mln- aml flont lt ln iess than twonty-slx utos tho old woman roturncd with n foct of wator Was tho proposition, nnd bowl of fresh water. "Hut how docs lt Jtfl aMBWOr jH the huge craft now about happen." domnnded tho . King, "that tn anpk M, BCI. to try herself. Tho ..,ii i.,t,...u it, .t a. ...,,!,,. .v... . "! " v...... ,i.ii wnicn carries uiu lyinuui nutuy- and friSdll . ni wort ' heart W", 'avo all gone down to , 'Amerlcan llneH tUat mcan graco .., wiw.., 4i. , lu the chateau to boo the Klng.the Queen ,, R1,mt la 38t f0ut long between handsome and manly, Is going to grow n!a tho "l,,f u ml wc perpendiculars, and Bov.cnty-two foot Into lovo na Buroly as tho ncom which 0,(1 ""f8 01,0 ,caves a,1 th".h,?"a two nnd one-halt inches wide, and as Damo Naturo nlso planted Is going to al'Who will nover hco thorn. nut 8U0 uC8 now tj,ero aro nlno luches of grow Into an oak. co thcm- mV worthy womnn," re- Kn,ppe(i armor spread over tho mns- Ono Juno day after ho had walked Hd tho King, giving hcr a now gold ',vo Bidca for two-thlrda tho ontlro homo with her alio at ln hor room vlwo. "Wo nro tho King nnd Queon." ionBtu. Abovo this bolt thoro 1b six nnd with many blUBhus faced It faced no pcasuni woman uognn 10 iromuie lnchC8 to tho deck lino; tho gun post thin fiict that Hho loved tho violinist, und lu despairing volco cried! "Par- Uon8 ln caBOments above, havo five Tho song was all truo: Sho lovod hor don mo, Slro, I did not know." The incneg 0f plating. Bnck of the urmor "Johmilo Morgan." And why not? bIio Queen had all tho trouble In tho world , tho curved protectlvo deck, which asked hcraolf. Had sho not worked to calm tho poor woman, who kepi thn vltnls of tho ship. To keop hurd for others all her llfo and boon repeating: "To think that I havo given out any Htray raking aliot that might faithful in nil things? Wan it not my cow to guard to tho King!" g0 through and disable a gun or two, right that tho sunshine of lovo and ncavy armorod bulkheads ate worked unppiucBH milium cuiiii) iiuu nor mo. avr i.0,in Cubby. n nt tho ends of tho main anil case Sho dreamed that night ot a cottugo A London "cabby" says that onco mato belts. llllOd With thO niUSlO Of a VlOlln; nud .w ,HHtliiLMilHlied ntrnmrorn hiillnd hint TMu la thn first hattleshlti built In novor had she looked bo radiant and at Westminster pnlaco and bade him this country with a coniplotq Installn bo young ub sho did tho noxt dny. t,rlvo at top Hne0(, lo Marlborough tlon ot wator-tubo bollorp. This wns "I hnd n lottor this morning from i,oubo. After a moment ot recollection ono of tho novel features Involved ln my llttlo slBtor, sho said to Antonio ho r0c0iinlzGd tho Prlnco of Wains nnd thn nrnmn nlun nnd nil tho machtn- tho noxt ovenlng as ho wnlkcd homo hls MmA tho KlnK ot rjclglum. An cry la with her. "Sho Is coming next weok awUward attempt at nn obeisance from typo of to Bpend hor vacation with mo." , ,inv wno mi,i,..i . i A picturesque Italian violinist. the evident genius of tho young Italian, who wus playing his violin on tho street. Always nttracted by music sha Htoppcd to listen und wan struck by thu combination of poverty und genius in tho hnuduomo young fellow, Ho certainly was unuaitally hand some and ho- looked oven younger than ho was for hla faco possessed a groat sincerity ami lngennousmo of expros Hlon. Tho soft dark oyoo nnd ollvo iiklu wero enhnucod by tho exceeding thlnnoHB of tho fuuo and by tho hutv iry look lu the eyes a hunger for Bplr Itual antl mental a8 well as phyat cal food, which, Bhlntng from thoso dark oyoa appealed dlroctly aud power fully to tills warm-hoartod woman. Knowlug of an opening lu tho college she quietly put tho man aud the op portunity together, with tho result that the Italian, within a month, wbh glv ii loMnns tit a nlawi. Ant tk cla "Ah, tho llttlo slBtor. I shall love tho llttlo child for tho snko ot Saint Anna," exclaimed Antonio. Saint Anna laughed, "Oh, sho'a not so small us nil thnt," sho roplled. Snldlo Is eighteen und n great tall girl, but I call hor my llttlo sister because alio always has boon my baby, Sho has boon nt Normal school nnd noxt booboh she will begin to teaeh." Saldlo came, and n rosobud ot raro perfection bIio was a. perfect typo ot blonde beauty, with a warm heart and n vivacity which chnrmcd all who met her. To hor physical charms sho add ed a character built on atrongost foun datloiiB, for to this baby slBtor had Miss Anna given all tho loving caro aud earnestness ot thought, all tho building up of Ideals thnt sho hnd missed In hor own girlhood und ac quired In hor hurd buttles with tho World, Tho next tlmo Antonio walked homo with his "St. Anna" she tuolstcd thnt he como In and scu tho "IIUV. sister." Ho camo nnd they hnd a cup of too, und Antonio, who was prepared to make himself ugrooublo for tho sako of hla patroness aud friend, soon for got all about her lu tho prcseuce ot tho sparkling youth and boauty of Sut die. Ho camo uuro otton than over aftnr thoL mid t lu niulUniiUnd rait. particularly adapted to this bollor. Thoy will mako tho tho box was promptly rebuked, and atoam that will glvo tho two ponder tho cabby settled down to hla business ous trlplo-oxpanslon engines tho pow of driving his royal guests aa fust ub er to whirl tho shafts with tho strength a hniiBom may go lu liondon streets, of 16,000 horso. Thon tho twin Thoy Btoppcd nt Marlborough houao 25,000 pound propollcrs will be called and it was tlmo to pay. 'Well driven, upon to push tho ship ahead nt tho cabby," said tho prlnco; "what do I rato ot olghtcon knots an hour, owo you7" "Please, sir, I'vo already though It would bo hard to find a man 'ad a Bovorolgn nnd a 'art lu tho 'an- at Cramps' who doos not bellovo that some," replied cabby, bowing' to tho tho Indicated horso power doveloped prlco and tho king of Belgium. "Horo's will bo much In oxcess ot tho roqulro- for the king ot Belgium, then," said monts nnd that tho speed will bo tho prlnco, hnndlng tho driver a bov- nearer nineteen than eighteen knots. viui", w , nuun, ll.l lt-MMlr., TnK. When thn RiiRBlnns accent n chin " . thoro Is no chanco of their getting auy- uomion ib immujr wh.uk us position thi,1K i,ut what' thoy order. A United na u port, mr u.u uoaur i peopm con- 8tate8 K0Vernment trial, sovero as It Is, trolling Its docks aro Pitifully behind whim tho VOBSol ,R forceil at top tho times. Grimsby and Hull nro solz- apm,a ovcn th0 (leop oour8o botwoen uig mi our vnim,. i.tvurpoo. ami south- Cap Anu atul Cap iorpolBn for tour nmpton nro ion oenung inuon; nud om.B wouU, novor B.ul8fy tho cznr'a UOUuriiiun. iimio, uuiucuut, nrcmon ,,, Thnv linvn not nf testit nf their The coming first trial of the big bat tleship is culled a preliminary, or builders' test, but it la much more interesting, and fnr morn Important thnn tho final ncccptnnce trlnl of twolvo hours, for lt really shows the qualities of tho ship for tho first time, and In addition, ovory gun will bo tested, a feuturo totally eliminated from United Stntos warship trials. Their guns keep sllenco until long after tho vessel Is In commission, thon tho firing trial Is ordered. Him n Tcrrlllo lluttnrjr. Tho Retvlzan carries a terrific bat tery and tho big guns arc novel to merlcan oyes, tor tho Russians manu facture all their own heavy ordnanco nt tho Obrukoff works. They nro really a modification of tho famous French Canet typo nnd havo practically tho samo style of breech block and, llko all such weapons, arc fired by electricity and loaded by machinery, except for tho pushing of the shell Into tho yawning breech. Thoro aro four twolvo-lnch, twclvo alx-inch and twonty threo-lnch guns ln tho main battery, whllo tho second ary group is mode up of twenty forty-saven-mllllmctcr Hotchklss rupld-flro cannon. Every ono ot these has to bo tested, not because tho Russians fear tho efficiency of the gups them selves, but to enablo them to learn just how the carriages and tho fittings stand the strain nnd nlso what sort ot a gun platform tho vessel Is. Therefore tho Cramps will man tho ship 'with a crew from their yards, all of them skilled engineers nnd firemen, nnd Cnpt. Stcchensnovltch, tho future commander, will take aboard gun crews mndo up from tho 100 or moro mon who urn hero ns n part of tho crow thnt will take tho ship home. Onco compauC3 aro adjusted thu noso of tho Rotvlzan will bo pointed out of tho Delaware capca to tho opon HAUNT OF WILD BIRDS. Crnnlle Cliff Near North Cnnc, Holland, Literally Covored With Them. Ono of tho greatest haunts of wild birds in tho world Is HJolmso-Staurcn, a mighty cliff of granlto rlslug from tho ocean near tho North Capo, Hol land. It in a. precipitous wall noarly 1,000 feet in height, whoso surfaces aro broken by niches nnd Bholves nnd llttlo crovlces evidently caused by the disintegration of the rock, writes Wn. E. Curtis in the Chicngo Record Hor nld. Tho sea birds of tho Arctic have found It of great convenience and mako It their headquarters. Tho wall is protected from tho wind by its pe culiar position, and tho instinct ot tho feathered populaton of this region has taught them that it is tho Bafest place thoy can find. Henco every llt tlo nlcho contains . a neat. Nobody knows how many thoro are, but dur ing tho season when little birds am matting and nesting and until tho llt tlo ones are old enough to tako caro of thomselves the cliff Is covored with them. The captain ot the approaching Btcamcr gives to his passengers notice of his nearness to tho plncc, creeps up to tho sldo of tho cliff as quietly as n stenmor enn go, and whon ln the prop er position blows a whistle, fires a can non, lets off a lot of skyrockets and makes as big a nolso us possible, which frightens tho birds, and everything with wings starts shrieking into the air. Tho sky Is filled with, them like a cloud of smoke, covoring the vessel for a fow moments until they Bcatter In tho distance, and aftor a whllo re cover their couruge and come back gradually and congratulate themselves upon their escape from death and dis aster. iA photograph cannot givo any kind of nn Idea ot the Bceno. Tho birds aro so small nnd the rock Is bo largo that they arc mere atoms In tho at mosphere. But thoso who hnvo wit nessed tho nvnlnncho of frightened birds, nnd hnvo henrd their plaintive, walling cries, will nover forget lt. This colony, tho captain declares, numbers millions. Thoy consist of gulls, sou Hwnllows, older ducks, loons nnd pulllns. "Oh!" gnsped tho beautiful woman as she fell back, clutching nt her und Hnmburg nro nlso benefiting. London Is no moro tho warehouse of tho world. Rotterdam Nlouwo Cour-unt. own devising thnt, It practiced on nil tho ships of foreign navies, would likely result ln half of them being declared failures. First they wantod no assisted or forced draught lined; next thoy Insist Sebool Work In l'lilllpplnra, IMucntlon In tho Philippines prom laos to'bo tho moat Inspiring feature that tho vessel shall maintain tho con. of Bchool work under the American tract speed for twclvo consecutive ilitK. It U worth whllo to go thcro and iwura, and incidentally they stuuu do noblo ichool work. Journal of Ed- about to watch the Indicator cards ueatlou. I nI ee that It Is done, W.Uen U Is ONE OF THE RETVIZAN'S POWERFUL GUNS. sea and she will bo run slowly to tho deep wutor that lies Just beyond tho Flvo Fathom banks, porhnpa slxteon miles off Bhore. Then, botweon tho northeast und aouthwcBt, light vessels ot the Bank, known to bo Just UU knots apart, the first gpecd run will ba made, and when all la found aatlsfac- heart and permitting tho telegram to flutter to tho floor. Hor fashlonablo guests rushed forward, crying; "What Ib It Has your husband mot with an accident?" "No no," Bho moaned; "It Is from -my son-tn-lnw. I am a grandmother." Chicago Record-Herald,