Tze
Ood called n Utile noul
Forth from Ills quiring
a miiu Binrii, spourss
Out of
Ills
multitude
"Wilt leavo the Rlorlrs of My throne,
And venturo thee In 'warn unknown,
To acqunlnt thyself, from youth to age,
With yonder human heritage?
"Woaponod for warfaro shall thou go.
In armor such as mortals know,
To wrcstlo through the unresting ycuri
With nlns and sorrow, foes and fears."
"O gallant quest! O high emprlxc,
To tight beneath my Father's eyes!
Thou, Lord, my perils proudly punt,
Hhall crown me victor at tho last!"
A weary noul, one midnight late,
Knocked humbly at the heaven gate,
With dinted helm and broken sword
And downcast head before the Ionl.
"Through mist and storm, Thy will
nought;
Witness tny wounds that I have fought;
The Unequal strife wus tierce and long,
Alasl I bring no triumph songl
"Nor wiles I had nor countermines
Against tho cunnlni; foe's deslguv;
I can no more my strength Is spent
Uld nio, disgraced, .to banishment!"
Then did the Lord upon Ills breast
Fold that poor bleeding noul to rest;
"Thou strlvost well, my child," said He,
"1 spalto not aught of victory!"
Crushing ajcorpion,
BY REBECCA L. FRIPP.
(Copyright, 1S00, by Rally Story Pub. Co.)
It wag tho year 1883, that momorablo
yoar which did more to change tho
geography of tho South Sea archipel
ago than over Napoleon did to change
tho map of Europe At tho tlmo of
which I wrlto, the city of Aujor, with
Its (fo.OOO bouIs, Btlll rested In fancied
Hocurlty upon tho Bhorea of tho Java.
For thrco months tho solid earth had
boon trembling and Krakatoa had sot
aglow a lamp which wont out uolthcr
night, nor day. Tho pcoplo had grown
used to It, They did not shriek now,
nor otart up In terror when tho
rhythmic tremor of the earthquake Sot
tlio n-lndowa rattling. Haul It was
nothing a mcro undulation. An for
Krakatoa tho old mountain would
burn Itself out, and then thero would
be an end of all this. Tho ordinary
avocations of life woro resumed nt
morn tho Ashing boats set sail, nt .ovo
thoy anchored In tho bay.
On tho hillside a mile or two inland,
a number of Europeans had sot their
beautiful and comfortnblo villas, thus
escaping tho Intenso heat and deadly
malaria of tho lowlands. Hero thoy
llvod sumptuously In tho midst of a
cosmopolitan civilization with all that
wealth could lond to mltlgato tho
pangtr of exile. Thoy, too, had grown
heedless of the unnatural conditions,
Krakatoa had broken out In May. It
was now mid-August, and nil thut tlmo
tho warning had not ceased to bo hoard
In tho dull rumblo of tho carthquako,
It was tho morning of tho 12th of
August, n glowing, Sabbath morning.
Tho foreigners wcro sipping early tea
on their vorandas. dorgeous, bewild
ering In Its lavish profusion of beauty,
tho tropical landscape lay beforo thorn,
tho dow still glittering on tho rich and
varied follngo of tho undergrowth,
Groat tropical flowers glowod llko
many "colored lumps In shadowy ro
cesses under giant pnlms.
A young girl and a young man camo
strolling leisurely down a llttlo path
almost hlddon In tho donso shrubbery.
Thoy woro unmistakably of Anglo
Snxon blood. Tho girl was very beau
tiful, with thin pallid, fragllo beauty of
oiio who had long languished undor
tho Influence of an enervating climate.
Thero was no healthy color In her
lovely, oval faco, though sometimes it
fluohod llko a Juno rose as her com
pnnton whloporcd something for her
car ulono. Tho man was of a different
typo; bin was a mature youth. Ho
A young girl and a young man
was perhaps thirty years of ago, tall,
sunbrowned and sturdily built. IIo
had an air of self-reliance and rcspon
Blbl Ity that sat well upon him a
strong man In every way ho soomod.
Tbo girl was tho oldest daughter of
a rich American merchant, whoso pal
atini villa dominated tho holght abovo
thsm. Tho man was a member of tho
British Geological Survey, at prosont
ttatlonsd, In Java In ordor to Investi
gate tho recent bcIbuiIo disturbances.
Mir?
mm
iJ km
to Illrn,
nornphlm,
wuiie.
of light.
It was but nntural that ho should
spend much of his sparo tlmo nt tho
American's hospltnblo home. To n
man wearied with wandorlng In mnny
lands, It waa llko a bit of Eden. It
was but natural, too, that ho should
loso IiIh heart to tho loveliest of, tho
lovoly daughters of that Eden, al
though to her It scomod n tit ran go and
wonderful thing. It was a short woo
ing, whoso end was from tho begin
ning. Tho glory of first lovo lay around
tho girl; her footstops trod In an en
chanted lnnd. As for him, no one clso,
ho told himself, had ever flllcd his
A lone lino of fire.
heart boforo no ono olso'had roallzcd
tho Ideal of his dreams. IIo was as In
toxicated with her beauty and graco as
any boy might havo boon. To find hor
hero, In this out of tho world plnco, It
was llko tho fairy stories of hU almost
forgotten childhood. Sho was llko a
roro songbird that had flown out of
this llttlo world of flowors to blossom
In his heart. IIo laughod at himself
ho had a trick of laughing when ho
did not caro to annlyzo n thought too
deeply. IIo did not want to go beyond
his Jovo nnd hnpplnoss today. Ho
would let no vision of his haughty
English mother dUturb him; nor did
ho pauso to consider tho difficulties of
his choson career today hero, tomor
row at tho othor end of tho world.
What buslnoss had ho with a wlfol
Lovo paused not at ouch questions.
Family prldo. lntorcat, ambition, woro
moanluglcss words beforo tho deeper
reality of this, Lovo nlono was Ufa. Sud
denly, across tho path, a little roptllo
darted. Tho girl sprang bnck, scream
ing, "A Bcorplonl" Bho cried.
Hor lovor lnughed, nnd aimed a care
less blow with tho knotted stick he
carried, but boforo It could descond
n great stone, loosonod porhnps by on
uarthquako tromor, went rolling down
and crushed tho creatine to atoms.
It was a trifling lncidont, unworthy
of montlon, but tho girl was 3trnngoly
filinkon.
"It meant to sting yon," sho declared
with trembling lips.
"lOvcn bo. Sweetheart." ho answered
lightly, Indulgently. "You boo tho
dovll takes caro of his own."
"How can you!" Bho protested, tho
indignant color flashing In hor fuco,
"It Is a poor nubjoct for a Jest. Tho
Btmg of tho Bcorplon Is doath."
"I know I know: but Vivien.
Sweothoart, I am too happy to bo ho
rloua about llfo or doath. Let mo
laugh whllo I can. When I get you
over In England, away from this
beastly malaria, you'll laugh, too. I
want to Bhow you to my cousins. You
will bo llko n Illy among rod rosos.'
Sho Bhlvercd In tho warm air and
drew closer to him.
"Lot ub go back," alio aald, abrupt
ly; "It la growing hot. and tho
ground, how It la shaking! Will these
awful earthquakes never oudl"
Below them tho city of Anjor lay
In Its Sabbath rcposo. In tho bay, tho
empty fishing boats woro anchorod.
It was all vory beautiful and poaceful.
"Look!" crlod tho geologist.
Far out nt sea, thirty miles away, a
great tonguo of flro darted up, from
tho bosom of Krakatoa!
If hwivcn was In tho heart of Conrad
Dunlow, hell burned In tho bosom of
Antonio Mcnzada, tho dark-browed
Spaniard. In vain tho girl assured
him that she could novor lovo him
ho would not ,bo denied. With fren
zied jealousy ho watched her growing
interest in the young officer, and
warned her, in noto after noto, that
ho would brook no rivalry. Sho
scorned to nnswer, and bado tho sor
vnnta rcfuso him admittance. When
alio told Conrad, ho laughed, as ho
laughed at everything.
That vory morning Antonio's worst
fears had been confirmed. A mall
clous scrvnnt from tho villa told him
of Vivien's betrothal to tho English
man, and then fled for llfo beforo tho
demon ho had aroused.
Thero was nothing generous or great
In Antonio at any timo, and now his
wholo bolng wag concentrated upon
mo Idon rovcngel Antonlo'o stllotto
glittered as ho let tho sunlight fall
upon it.
IIo was tho only son of a rich coffco
planter, and had novcr known a wish
ungratifled. To bo foiled In tho su
premo deslro of his llfo was more than
ho could bear. To tear tho girl from
hor lovor wns now his ono thought,
nnd It possessed his bouI llko a dovll.
Tho boarcr of evil tidings was gone.
IIo otood upon tho shoro alone. A
l.ttlo boat rocked idly on tho waves.
IIo untied it, Jumped in, and seized tho
oars. A fow minutes brought him to
a vantage point, whonco ho might sur
vey tho American's villa. It was au
old trick of his. With tho aid of a
small glass, ho singled thorn out In tho
llttlo group upon tho veranda, Tliq
tea-drinking over, ho saw tho young
couplo wander away, through tho trim
garden out into tho ncreonlng foliage
of tho woods. With clenched tooth
nnd muttorod curses, ho turned tho
boat toward nhoro', conscious of tho
keen stiletto by his sldo ns of a living
presence.
Ho had nearly gained tho shoro. A
fow moro otrokos and ho would be
within reach of vengeance. What was
tho matter with .his arms! Strlvo and
strain ns ho might, ho could not ad
vance ono Inch. His muscles otood
out llko knotted Iron, but their
strength was useless now. Slowly, ro
Blstlcssly, tho boat wits dragged back
ward as by an unseen cablo. A great
hissing roar becamo audlblo, und look
ing up at last ho saw a long lino of
flro rising from tho very bosom of tho
sea and oxtendlng ovon to Krakatoa It
self) Tho ocean was pouring Its
whole volumo Into tho abysmal Arcs
that yot woro not extinguished, and on
tho crest of that awful and majestic
cataract his llttlo boat whirled on to
doom. The cowering wrotch sank down
and hid his faco. Tho tremendous
roar of tho watoro drowned out his
fronzlcd prayers nnd curses. He
strove to mako tho sign of tho cross
In tho cold sweat on Ills brow.
In that Inferno of waters, his now
senseless body was drownod and
crushed, beaten and burned, Into its
elemental atoms.
From tho commanding holght abovo
supporting tho fainting girl in his
arms, Conrad Dunlow watched with
fascinated horror tho eceno bolow. Ho
saw tho Ashing boats drawn ono by
ono Into tho Aery whirlpool, nnd know
not that In ono of them, a scorpion lay
crushed.
Thoro camo a mighty roar, a univer
sal crash as of a world In dissolution
Tho air grow black around him. Ho
closed his eyes for ono Instant, and
whon ho looked again, tho city of An-
or, with its C0.000 bouIb, was gono, nnd
tho hungry waves of ocenn hollowed
at his feet
The drum of Coliiiubns.
Christopher Columbus, tho dlscovorcr
of America, died at Valladolld, Spain,
May 20, 1506, and was burled thoro; but
in 1513 his remains' woro romoved to
Sovlllo, whonco, In 1530, with thoso of.
his son Diego, thoy wero tnkon to
Santo Domingo, In Hlspnnlola, now
commonly known as tho Island of Hny-
ti. In 179G they wcro, it Is stated,
transform! to tho Cathedral at Ha-
vann; but thoro Is aomo reason to bo-
llovo that by mistake It was tho bones
of tho son Diego nnd not thoso of his
fnthor which wcro removed on that
occasion. At present both Havana
and Santa Domingo claim his ashes ns
their treasure
Itolloetlon Cnwolcome.
Clara Well, nlint, havo your photo
graphs como from Mr. Snappcschotto'a?
Miss Maydoval (angrily) Yes, and
they wont bnck, too, with n noto ex
pressing my opinion of his Impudence
Clara Gracious! What was It? Miss
Maydoval Why, on tho back of ovory
plcturo wero theso words: "Tho orig
inal of thlB is carofully preserved."
Stray Stories.
DrntH In n Mosquito's Sting.
A mosquito caused tho death of Mrs.
Anna Lnwler of Elizabeth, N. J. A
fow weeks ago alio was stung by tho
Insect on tho nnklo and blood poison
ing followed. On a recent Tuesday sho
was burled.
Hipnrts anil Imports of Gold.
In 1800 wo sent abroad J79.000.000
moro of gold than wo rccolved; In 1898
wo rccolved f 104,000,000 more than wc
sont; 1" 1899, 51,000,000 moro; last
yonr tho excess of oxportB was ?3,G93,
575, ICiiger for Itevonge.
Flat dweller Say, wo had a robbery
In our hotol last night. Detective So
I've been told. I am working on It
now. Flat dwollor Say! I'll glvq you
$10 It you'll arrest tho ( Janitor. Som
orvlllo Journal.
Bosldes being "Autocrat of all tho
Russlas" and head of tho Greek Ortho
dox faith, the czar has always ovlnccd
a deslro to bo tho leader of his pcoplo
in matters of Industry. As president
of tho Trnns-SIberlan railroad ho often
presides nt tho meetings of its direct
ors, and It is his prldo that with his
own hands ho drove tho first spike In
Jts construction, eight years ugo, at
Vladivostok.
Under his rule Siberia has become
tho garden spot and bono of tho Rus
sian empire. American seed grain has
bean Introduced, nnd Yankco methods
of agriculture nro taught by specialists
who travel from district to district.
Model farming villages have bcon
built by royal command all through
Siberia and money advanced to tho
now settlers, to whom every opportun
ity has been offered to become inde
pendent farmers.
With 90 per cent of his 140,000,000
subjects depending on tho soli, the
Llttlo Father at St. Petersburg nntur
ally glvc3 much of his tlmo to tho con
sideration of different plans for tho
amelioration of their condition. Tho
Russian niujlk, or pencant, Is not pro
gressive; moreover, ho is hard-headed,
profcra his primitive plow, which,
without much exertion on his part.
BRINGING IN
may bo mado to scratch tho soil; 'looks
with horror on Innovations unknown
to his fathers, and absolutely refuses
to alter his mothods, unless at ex
press command of tho czar. No Rus
Blan would disoboy tho Whlto Father,
any moro than ho would commit snc
rllego, or show dUropoct to tho Ikon,
or holy picture, which hnng in tho
room of every Russian, high or low.
Evidently tho czar relies on tho forco
of example for carrying out his re
forms. Everywhere on his appanages,
or prlvatp lands which ombraco thou
jands of squnro miles In various parts
af tho empire every known agricul
tural Improvement has been lntroduc-
sd; further Btlll, on these groat planta
tions aro maintained numerous ex
perimental agricultural stations. In
Central Asia it is tobacco and cotton
aoed from America that aro experi
mented with, and tho peasants nro
sent to learn tho best methods of cul
tivating tho now products. In tho
Trans-Caucasus, tea-growing has been'
successfully introduced, and tho pea
sants aro bolng Jnltlatcd by Chlna
mon Into tho nrt of preparing tho
loaves for tho market. In tho Caucasus
FARMING IN
ind tho Crlmoa, the vineyards aro be
ing brought to perfection1.
Royalty has organized a tomporanco
.aiovomont on a grand scalo in tho
largo cities, where free, open-air con
lorts! are given, at which tea and soft
flrlnks nro Boryed. Temperance res
:aurants havo been established,, and In
lummor great barges take tho pcoplo
jut on river excursions. Tho temper
nco movoment Is growing, yet thero
ro wholo districts In Slborln that
iro deserted, Blmply becauso tho bread,
niado from tho wlioat grown In tho
lamp cllmato, formonts to such nn ex
tent that It causes a light form of lu
toxicatlou. Theczurspares nolther effort nor ox
oenso in ulaclnc object lessons beforo
SCHOOLBOYS RECEIViNG A LESS SON IN AGRICULTURE.
his simple folk. Immense barges, a
thousand feet In length, orr tho open
decks of which experimental farms are
operated, float down tho great streams
of Russia, stopping at every village.
Tho peasants arc invited aboard, and
thero given practical lessons in mod
ern farming, and In this way new
methods and plants aro introduced.
Children of the peasants attend
schools where, in addition to reading,
writing nnd arithmetic, they learn
vnlunblo lessons In practical agrlcul-J
ture. On Arbor "Day thoy plant varl'
ous kinds of trcc3, over which thoy aro
expected to watch, nnd in summer thoy
assist in harvesting nnd in haymaking.
Alexander Humo Ford.
THE SHORT SKIRT.
Itcactlon In ICnglantl Against Dust-Itnls-lug
Garments.
Is thero going, to bo a reaction at
Inst ngalnst the long skirt trailing on
tho ground? Tho English woro tho
first, .a good many years ago now, to
protest, to givo effect to their protests,
nnd, indeed, to chango tho fashion.
But tho chango did not last long.
Short skirts produced pretty boots,
nnd wo heard a great deal about com
mon sense. But common sense and
THE HARVEST.
ladles' dress do not always combine
Paris restored tho trailing dress, arid
English ladles abandoned common
senso, not for tho first time, In favor
of tho Paris mode. Tho Parisians, In
deed, know what they wcro about. As
a rulo, they havo not pretty foot, hut
they havo a peculiarly graceful way of
catching up their dress from behind,
nnd it Is an nrt which our country
women havo never mastered. English
ladles Inelegantly clutch at and bunch
their petticoats, whllo tho French wcll
consldercd grip Just lifts tho rim of
tho long dress from tho ground nnd
glvc3 a pretty disposition to Its folds.
Now, however, comes tho change, and
It comes not from Englnnd, but from
America. In Switzerland this year
many Indies aro wearing short In
deed, very short skirts. Of courso,
for ascents, or oven for smalt climbs,
tho gain Is considerable. Whon you
uro trusting to your alpenstock you
havo not tlmo to think much about
tho rim of your petticoats. And you
don't. But pcrhaprj that Is not all.
For, though American girls constitute
a vory fair proportion of Swiss tour
ists, still thoy mostly keep in tho vnt-
SOUTH RUSSIA.
loys, whero thoy aro Beon to grent ad
vantage, and raroly do much In tho
Alpine peaks. But tho AmoricanB aro
a practical people, and short skirts nro
obviously tho sonslblo thing to wear.
London News.
COSTLY HAY FIELD.
Is In New York City, mill Is Worth
81,000,000 nn Acre.
This year's abundant hay crop flllcd
with rejoicing tho hearts of Fifth and
Madison avenuo residents in tho ex
cIubIvo neighborhood of tho 70s, Now
York. Tho hay flold of this section Is
on a ono nn'. a hulf aero plot, valued
at $1,000,000 par aero. It yielded
narticularlv good crop, and hay is
v.
high this year. Tho owners look for
ward to getting nil of $22 n ton for
tho liny. This Is said to bo tho most
valuable hay Acid in tho country. It
is part of tho Lenox library proporty.
It can bo improved only for library
purposes, nnd, consequently, has been
left as a field, ns the library building
ls sufficiently largo for present require
ments. It has 200 feet frontage on
Madison avenue, 300 feet frontngo on
Sovontleth street, and 300 feet frontage
on Soventy-flrst street. Tho Lenox
library and its yard occupy tho Fifth
avonuo frontngo. Tho hay Aold Is par
ticularly valuable, real estate mon say,
because- it Is one unbrokon plot and
occupies nn entire block, with tho ex
ception of tho library building. Twcn-ty-flvo
foot lots tho samo distance
from Fifth nvcnuo havo recently
brought J80.000 apiece. Tho plot would
mako twenty-fonr 25-foot lots. It is In
a neighborhood of fine houses. In tho
immcdlnto vicinity nro tho houses of
Joseph Eastman, G. II. Benedict,
Charles Wcisman, Henry O. Hnvc
moycr, H. A. C. Taylor, Richard M.
Hoe, E. P. Swensou and Adolph
Hirsch.
St. Jnmes' Protestant' Episcopal
church is on an opposite corner, and
the Presbyterian hospital Just across
Madison avenue. From tho ward win
dows tho patlonts havo boon gazing,
engerly ever sinco tho harvesting be
gan. To them tho hay field was Ionff
tho most entertaining feature of tho
neighborhood.
About Modern Americans.
"But the American army is much
larger than It was. It seems to mo It
grew very quickly. Only a short timo
ago I read it was les3 than 50,000, now
it Is 100,000 or more." I told him that
100,000 was tho maximum; that tho
minimum was much less. "But you
build great battleships the best In
any nation." I agreed to this. "It Is
n pity you think you neod any battle
ships. After tho Pleiad tho writers
America produced In tho civil war you
can now only show as your most bril
liant brain, Carnegie, the millionaire.
(Ho pronounced tho word Carnejl.)
You had Thoreau, Ballou, Emerson,
Longfellow, Whlttlor and Walt Whiti
man. It was your Homeric ago.. Then
rose tho Achilles among statesmon,
Abraham Lincoln. All these were a
giant constollation. Your war fovor is
over, but gold has you now. Your
great mon nro your millionaires."
Count Tolstoi.
Menu Trick.
Not long ago, relates the Kansas
City Journal, tho wife of n westorn
Kansas politician asked him to lay
aside politics long enough ono day to
dig tho potatoes In the garden. Ho
agreed to do it. After digging for a
few minutes he went into tho house
and said ho had found a coin. He
washed it off and it proved to bo a
stiver quarter. He put it in his Jeans
nnd wont back to work. Presently ho
wont to tho houso again and said ho
had found nnothcr coin. Ho washed
the dirt off of it. It was a sliver halt
dollar. Ho put it in his Jeans. "I
hnvo worked pretty hard," said ho to
his wife; "I guess" I'll take a Bhort
nap." When he awoko ho found that
his wlfo had dug nil the rest of tho
potatoes. But she found no coins. It
theri dawned upon her that sho had
been "worked."
KntlTt) I'upulittlon Growing.
Tho census returns show that tho
native whlto population of tho United
States exceeds tho foreign-born olc-
incnt in tho ratio of moro than flvo
to ono, thero being moro thnn 5C.O0O,
000 whites against a llttlo moro than
10,000,000 foreigners. Of tho "natives
something moro than 41,000,000 nro
also of native parentage. A more
striking fact brought out Is that since
1890 tho natlvo whlto clement has in
creased 23 por cent, nnd tho foreign
whlto element only 12. If this ratio
continues tho foreign clomont must
steadily becomo a smaller proportion
of tho entire population, which is only
another way of Baying that tho popula
tion will becomo moro homogoneous
as tlmo passes. Washington Times.
How Detroit Drinks.
"A Detroit woman has beon trying
to sco how mnny drinks sho could ab
sorb without being Infected by tho
stuff." "Something with water In it,
T suppose?" "Water? No. Don't you
know that Detroit Is tho City of tho
Straights." Clovoland Plain Dealer.
Not a Missing I.lnlf.
"I'm glad I'm not greon llko you,"
taunted tho monkoy to tho parrot. "I
may bo green," replied tho pnrrot
freezlngly, "but I'm glnd I'm not a
missing link." Exchange
Thut Settled It.
Brlnkorhoff I thought you Intended
to becomo a piano virtuoso, Beecroft
I did; but my barber Bays that I will
bo prematurely bald. Brooklyn Eagle.