DISCOURTESY TO THE CHINESE.
By Secretary ot Commerce Strauss.
As the laws nre framed It would
npiu'iir tlmt tlm purinso was rljtidly
to exclude person of tin Chinese
race In general, mid to nd.it it only
such persons of the race us full with
in certain expressly stated exemp
tions riis If, in other won!, exclu
sion wits the rule nnd admission tho
I regard
tt"jf Al Vi ilP l'CM'tlt hWS a
fraught with Irritating consequences.
' i t, administration of laws so
o. 8. 8TKAIM. f,.am;.(i, notwithstanding the ear?
taken to treat persons or the Chinos- vaee lawfully en
titled to iidinission wilh Hi" some courtesy and considera
tion shown to oilier foreigners, it is Impossible that per
sons who have to enlir.v re -pi I foments imd foi nullities
peculiar to themselves t iiould fail lo take offense and
to resent ns n humiliation th( manner in which by law
they nre distinguished from natives of other countries.
Laws so framed can only he regarded" as Involving n
discrimination on account of race, and it is n.oedloss to
point out that discrimination on account of race, color,
previous condition or religion are alike opMised to the
principles of tho republic and to tho spirit of Its Institutions.
DEATH ROLL OF RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
By Railroad Commissioner Wood.
If I were to tell you that nn earthquake
l:ad shaken down San Francisco and killed
100 persons', if I were to read n telegram
that yellow fever had 'ieeome epidemic in all
Southern cities, !f I should announce that
war had been declared between Spain and
YH I me vouch muie mm n-ir iiiru kiiii-u in
QSi I battle, your attention would bo instantly nt
' traded. Hut 1 urn not so sure of persuading
your practical interest when I present to you tho solemn,
disgraceful fact of the railway deatli roll.
During the fight years from lSr7 to VMi, inclusive,
there was a sieady Increase in tho number of casualties.
The total number of killed during that period was (il',213
as if n community as large as Salt Lake City had been
wiped out by a Midden and terrible catastrophe while
4.l.L(i2 were injured as if every man, woman and child
iu Buffalo had been maimed or otherwise hurt.
If eas-unlties continue to increase at the same rate for
eight succeeding years, from I'.Klo to 1!12, there will bo
lin.aSl killed and 1, lot, OS.'! injured.
That is, at this rate there are upward of 100,000 peo
ple lu the United Stales under sentence of death, to bo
xe-Mitod on tho railway before tho close of 1012, nud u
larger number are doomed to be ma lined or otherwise
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S A IEGIIHIATE APPLICATION.
Miss F.staorooli's system of philoso
phy is so satisfying to her that she
likes to acquaint others with it. Sel
dom, however, does she find so ready
and sympathetic an acceptance of her
point of view as siio encountered the
other day In an adherent of a Well
known peripatetic school of philoso
phers. She was taking her regular
four-uiiio-n-d.iy exorcise along a coun
try road, when she met a tramp to
whom, earlier in the day, she had
given a quarter. The benevolent lady
called after him :
"Just a moment, there, my man, if
you please!"
The tramp paused doubtfully.
' I merely wished to state that In
granting your request just now I am
wholly free front the common delusion
that any real harm could result to
you. even supposing that you arc not
ually in want and unable, by your own
conscious effort, to extricate yourself
from apparent deprivation of good,
knowing, as I do know, that an abso
lute justice, Insuring the Individual's
welfare, reigns throughout the cosmos."
The tramp stared, rouud-eyed, open
mouthed. "Xor do I cherisli any obsolete notion
of myself as a 'Lady Bountiful.' My
actual motive In giving tho quarter
should properly Ik? clashed as 'selfish.'
Not having as yet quite fully overcome
foolishly sympathetic temperament,
I should undoubtedly if I had not
given' tho money have been annoyed
for some time afterward by mental pic
tures of you as suffering for food. In
short, I did what I did simply to make
myself slightly more comfortable.
"That Is all. I merely wished to
explain my motive," added Miss Estu
brook ; for the tramp lingered, gazing
with glistening eyes at the countenance
of his Ix-nef actress, whore the linos,
with merciless accuracy, reflected her
habitual pnlnstitkiugness.
"Ves, ma'am, an' I ketch on all rigid
now," he aid, eagerly, In his eye
no such alxsent expression as Miss Kstn
brook is becoming accustomed to see
lu the eyes of relatives and friends to
whom she conscientiously cxHuuds her
philosophy. "An" I'm interested in them
inside workin's o' your mind! But say
inn am, you u sure otignter tliink a
little mile more anoiit tlieni feelin's
o' yourn. I bet you'd feel downright
conif'lalile all through, for oncet In ver
life, ef you'd jest make this quarter
a dollar."
Not crlivlii About Thul.
Mrs. Verdigris was enumerating her
various ailment. "I haven't kept
track of all of 'em," she said, "but out'
of U't ilrst tilings 1 had was the luin
tiago in the small of my back. Then I
had the Intluenzy aw! a! l,i,l. The next
thing was the rhcumnti.. Since then
I've had neural-'.v; nervous headache
sore throat, indigestion. :i breaking
out on lay skin and ever so many otlic
penny iiiie irouiiics mat i cant re
member."
"It would lie an Interesting list
said her svinpathizing iicighlmr. "Whv
didn't you take an Inventory?"
"I'm not certain but. what I di 1,'
answered Mrs. Verdigris. "I took ever
so many things. I'M try It if you
think it. I help me, but itul.'is it's very
mild I Jmn know It won't stay on my
ituuiinick." Youth's Companion.
Why He Wii-i Suiixxh.
"That convict I was talking to,
aid the visitor at the prison, "seems
to be a smooth kind of man."
"DOUK10S3, replied the warden,
-'You see, he was ironed when he go
"here." Baltimore Arierleau.
Injured than the entire population of the District of Co
lumbia, Delaware, Montana, Arizona, Wyoming, Nevada,
Alaska. Idaho and the Hawaiian Islands. Leslie's
Weekly.
UNITY OF MANKIND IS ATTAINABLE.
By Annie Besant.
this feature of
111111000
pwni'P nnd
And, inasmuch as the ignorant will copy tho more ad
vanced and the lowly the highly placed, the example
must be set by those who lead the social and Intellectual
world. f
The dawn of the sixth race Is yet afar In the future,
nnd of that the keynote will be unity, not Individualism;
brotherhood, not combat; service, not oppression; spirit,
not intellect. And the birthmark of the spirit is the
longing to pour Itself out In sacrifice, never asking what
It can take, but only what It can give. The fundamental
unity of mankind is the central truth of the coming
race, and tho nation which Orst grasps nnd practices that
great conception will lead the future, humanity falling
Into lino behind It. Those who see It, who teach It,
may fail for the moment, but in their failure Is the seed
of Inevitable success.
CLEVER WOMEN
search for the most beautiful womeu.
In Paris, and In all other cities which are under
Parisian influence, beauty as such has ceased to be val
ued. Elegance, culture, rather than plastic beauty, count
In present day society. A beautiful woman without other
charming and elegant attributes docs not count. A cul
tured, charming nnd clover woman, even If not beautiful,
counts In accordance with her higher attributes. Tell
a Parisian woman that she is beautiful, but that she does
not know how to dress or to do up her hair, and Bhe
will bear you a grudge all her life long.
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THE URCHIN'S GRIEVANCE AGAINST 1908.
Smnll Boy (to youthful year) Say,
main hollerdays nt dor end of the weeks, where they won't do a feller no
good? N with Christmas on a Friday,
school.
PHOTOGRAPHING MARS.
Soni Detail of the Making of tbe
Andes rhotoa;rapha.
The Andes photographs of Mars were
mndo with n large planetary camera
which carries with It an amplifying
lens, says E. C. Slipher In the Century.
Tho camera was fastened to the lower
end of the large telescope of eigliteen-
Inch lens nnd each of the many little
Images shown on the plates was taken
separately. The telescope was ad
justed so that the planet was In the
enter of the camera field ; then the plate
holder was placed In the currier of the
planetary camera and set In position for
the first .linage, theslide then being drawn
from the plate holder. A bulb In the
right hand opened the shutter of the
camera, allowing tho light from the
planet to fall on tho sensitive plate.
Then a bulb In tho left hand shifted
tiie plate a quarter of nu Inch for the
succeeding juiage and so on through
the entire series of Images taken on one
plate. Sometimes tho plate was ar
ranged to shift from right to left anrj
sometimes in n vrflcnl direction.
Inasmuch as the photographs were
made ut night, virtually no light except
that from Mars reached tho plate, nnd
the latter was not incapacitated by on
exposure from receiving oilier sensitive
impressions. About half nn hour wns
consumed In taking the sixty images
on some of t lie plates and eight or ten
plates were exposed in one night's
work. Iu all about 10,0)0 negative
Images were taken.
As the best "seeing" occurs iu
Hashes," tho successive Images on the
.-a!:!0 negative may differ somewhat In
wealth of liner detail ; to the skilled
eye all show tho larger canals wilh re
markable clearness, though tho more
delicate details are lost In reproduc
tion. Of the 10,000 separate Images
of the planet none is destitute of canals
and in some cases as many as twenty
live or thirty canals have been counted
iu a single imago. Several of the pre
viously observed double emails show
their duality on the plates taken dur
ing the Intervals of best atmospheric
conditions.
Tlip Whirling DrrvUhra.
Those spirits on the hunt for "sen
unburn" iu Constantinople will wish
to "take in" the dervishes. The whirl
ing clan have a convenient convent on
the Grand Hue, where their clrcumnav
igationa may h witnessed at 7:30
o'clock on Friday evening for the od
mission of 10 .cents. This weird per
formance personifies tbe solar system
Intellectual, artistic, spiritual wealth In
creases In the sharing:, each who shares add
ing to the Btore. This Is the fundamental
reason why progress towards pence nnd con
tentment must be towards Intellectuality,
artistic development and spiritual life, nnd
not towards material splendor and the vul
garity of outer ostentation. These are for
the undeveloped ; the others for the developed.
TO SURF ASS BEAUTY.
By Marcel Prevost.
If some nntlqunrlun of a century or two
ahead should run through the pages of our
present day Journals he probably would con
clude that we are greatly concerned with
feminine beauty. In his Investigations be
would find many magazines nnd journnls Il
lustrated with pictures of the "most beauti
ful woman in tho world." lie would find
that continents have been drawn Into the
kid, wot you mean by puttln' all the
we won't have but one week out o'
and Is exactly ordered In all its phases.
liter preliminary circuits of the ring
in single file to the discordant accom
paniment of flute and tambourine the
robed and turbaned dervishes com
mence their turning. With armB out
Btretohed, the rlcht
beseech blessings, the left depressed
io signiry mercy bestowed, the head Is
bent upon the right shoulder. The rap
id revolving upon the rkrht hi I. r.
footed by employing the left toes as
motive power. As the circling accel
erates, the long white skirts dilate un
til cney stanu out stiff after the man
ner of the attenuated earmnt nt th
premiere danseuse. Very little space
Is allotted to each nrlest.
strange that there are no collisions.
ine ounce ceases in an hour or so
with the men exhausted. Travel Mag.
azine.
blunts Mot Lung Lived.
Giants are not long lived, sava rw
Woods Hutchinson, In the American
Magazine. "Of nearly 100 names re
corded I hnve been able to find' the
uges nt death of only eighteen, as fol
lows :
Lewis Wilkins u
The Giant ConRtantin in
Charles Byrne, the Irish Giant. ..... 22
Cornelias McGrath "-i
James Toller t -jj
Thomas llasler 2i
TIip Minnesota Giant jij
Tlifl Norfolk (iiant 4-1
I'ntri-k Cotter jr
Clerk in Bank of I'.nglnnd
C. Minister -t
J. WinckelineiiT
The Kentucky Giant
Lady Aatna
S. Botis '
Peter Tu'lian
. .IS
..37
The Peruvian (iiant ;-g
AntonuiH of Synu 05
"Tills makes nn average longevity nt
barely twenty-eight years, or only a
tiiirti ns many years us they hud inch,
es. A giant living to n good (J,l II 1-41
U a tiling unheard of."
What llriped.
"I hoard you let something drop In
tho kitchen, just now, Kate. Hid yOU
break anything?" asked the lady of
the house when dinner was being
served.
"Only ono leg of the chicken,
ma'am!" replied the girl Innocently..
Charity.
An lades.
Knlcker What is their social stand
ing? Booker Do they call it a barn, stable
or garage? New York Sun.
THE SMILE OPAWOMAIT.
The smile of a woman It brings back the sun
When shadows drift down and the daylight rs donl
The smile of a woman it lifts am! It leads
Tho heart thr.t Is heavy, the spirit tlmt bleeds;
The smile of a woman In worlds that nre tllght
With garments of winter, wind driven, nnd white,
I.iwns down the dtrk valleys nnd over tho hills
Till vriiiR laughs again on tho lips of the rills.
And summer's soft morning conies bnek to tho land
With a rose in its hair nnd n bloom In Its hand I
The smile of a woitinult brings to the earth
The music of mora on tho red lips of mirth.
The hope nnd tho J-iy nnd the dreaming of res
Where Ixwe holds little one's face on bis breast I
-Batlmore Sun.
THE TRESPASSERS 1 1
1 r
The young man paused beforo the
cottage and Btnred at It In surprise.
It was a pretty cottage with a well
kept lawn, and roses climbing on the
porch, and white curtains nt the win
dows. There wns r red nig on the
porch floor that gave a pleasing totmh
of color to the pale green tint that
dominated tho paint on porch and
house. There were potted plnnts on
the porch nnd n hnnging basket tilled
with creeping things swayed from
above.
Tho young ninn took In all theso
pleasing features with a quick glance
and tho faint lines In his forehead
suddenly deepened. Then he went up
tho walk and ascended the porch
steps.
But beforo he could ring the boll ho
was confronted by 11 young woman
who suddenly came around tho house.
The young woman wore n Kg sun
bonnet and a simple frock and long
gloves and she carried a pair of
shears.
"How do you do?" she said.
Her voice was very pleasant.
"I'm reasonably well, thank you,"
he answered as ho removed his hat.
"May I ask If you represent Mr.
Grlsooni?"
"Yes," ho replied, "I represent Mr.
Grlscom."
She looked past hint nt the door.
"Would you mind sitting out here
under the apple tree?"
"Why, no," he answered.
There wns a bench under tho apple
tree, a stout bench painted the same
shade of green ns the house. Thero
was n light rooking chulr near the
bench. Tho young woman motioned
tho young man to the bench nnd took
tho chair herself. Then she removed
her sunbonnot and laid it on the grass
beside her. She wns a pretty young
woman with her suiihonnct on, nnd
even prettier with It off.
"Well," she said, "what nre you go
ing to do with us?"
"Do with you?" ho exclaimed.
She noddod. ,
"Lot mo know the worst. It's tres
pass, of course, but I don't think it's
forcible entry because the door wns
unlocked. You can't niuke It destroy
ing property, because there's nothing
destroyed. On tho contrary, the place
looks 200 per cent bettor than it did.
You must admit that."
"It looks very attractive," lu said.
"That's what I think. It seems to
mo that In Its present shape It should
sell for quite n little more than it
would In Its former condition. Are
you n lawyer?"
"I know something nbout law."
"Then perhaps you know whether
the crime of trespass carries with It
a Jail sentence or not or Is it simply
a flno?"
"I would have to look that tip," said
the young man. "The laws cliango
frequently, you know."
"Of course It doesn't make any dif
ference," Btiid the girl. "If It's a tine
I couldn't pay It so It will be Impris
onment either way."
The young man, who had boon look
ing at tho girl In n somewhat sur
prised nnd altogether admiring way,
suddenly stooped and picked up Her
sunbonnot ami gently shook three
predatory grasshoppers from the
crown, then laid it beside I1I111 on the
bench.
"l'orhnps It would be well to tell
me the story," ho said.
"Do you think you care to hear It?"
stio naked. "I'll have to tell it In court,
of course. You may Hud it monoton
ous." "At the same time I think it would
be well to hear It now."
Sho nodded and drew t quick
breath.
"I suppose I'd bettor tell ny real
name. Otherwise you'd have o call
Uio Jane Deo In the legal papers,
wouldn't you?"
"Yes," ho gravely answered. "It
would Iiuve to lie either Juno Doe or
Roberta Iloo."
'! don't like either name," fho said.
"I inn Helen I leering. My mother Is
Mrs. John I leering. Wo are trespass
ers, ono of us being deliberately guilty
and the other entirely innocent Please
keep this distinction lu vour wind. I
tilone am guilty."
H" tloddi-d.
"Are you a ware that what fou say
may bo. used against yon?"
"Ves. And I realize, too, tint I am
noting without advice of oountcl. But
now for my story. My father Is I'rof.
John I leering. lie has ccu in Ill
heal I h for some time and not utile to
work. lie had when ho left Ihe uni
versity several thousands of dollars.
Most of tills lie put Into an Alaska
mining scheme, by the mlvli-o of a
friend. There were others wle invest
ed nt the same time, and when returns
fulled to 01 they held a inetting nnd
decided to si nd my father to lie min
ing district to investigate. When my
father starti-d for the far NVrtbwest
my mother nnd I moved into t'ds sub
urb because it was eheaiM-r. We had
a small house uhout u mile frMn he-e.
My futher left with my mother five
hundred dollars for current tnpenws.
Four hundred of this, wlthoflt con
sulting me, she loaned to an Irrespon
T
sible relative. The place where my
father Is going Is quite remote from
postotnee facilities. We knew we might
not hoar from him for several mouths
and we haven't heard from him since
he left the steamer. When our money
was exhausted our landlord told us to
move. Of course we didn't know where
to go. I looked around aad found this
place. It was shabby nnd unkempt
It had not been for rent for many
months, they told me. I went home
and told my mother that I bad found
n place we could live In until a pur
chaser could be found for it the con
dition being Hint we put it in good
order. Of course I was a little des
perate. , The neighbors told me they
hadn't seen Mr. Orlscom, the owner,
for a long, long time. I simply took my
chances, hoping every day to hear good
news from father." She looked at him
suddenly. "That's nil."
"May I risk how you live?" he pres
ently Inquired.
"You haven't any designs on our In
come?" "No, no."
"It amounts to Just twenty dollars
n month. It comes from my grand
mother Stark. Sho was a great-granddaughter
of General Stark, of Ben
nington. She Invested a sum of money
in bonds for mo and I draw Interest
monthly nt the bank in towu."
"And can, you live on that?"
"Nicely. But we can't pay the rent."
"I understand."
"I can't promise you we'll move, be
cause we have nowhere to go."
"I understand that, too."
"What will you ony to the owner?"
"Tho owner?"
".Mr. Grlseoin." '
"Oh, yes. Mr. Orisconi Isn't well.
Thnt's tho reason I came down in his
place."
"Lo you look after all his places?"
"To some extent."
"Doesn't It harden you?"
"I hope not."
"They sny he owns half tho town.
But that wouldn't prevent him from
missing even so small a cottnge as
this. I wish you'd tell him that I have
tritnl to improve the place. Look at
my hands."
She held them out to him. He look
ed at them critically. There certainly
were callouses in the little palms.
Ira nfrnld this would be of no
avail with Mr. Grlscom," ho said.
"He's very near-sighted."
She looked hurt
"Do you know," she said, "that I be
lieve my story made very little Im
pression on you. Rent collecting cer-
tainiy has hardened your sense of
sympathy."
"You can't mean the sort of collect
ing I nm doing here," he said. "There
Is nothing hardening about this."
She looked at liliu reprovingly.
"You will leave us a notice to emit.
of course?" I '
"I will leove you a notice," he said.
"How long will that give us?"
"Three1 days."
"And then?"
"If you niw not ont, a suit of eject
ment will b brought against you."
"TJiank you. You didn't notice aar
doslrublo-looklng empty liousea as you
came along, did you?"
"No," ho answered. He scribbled
a few lines on a slip of pnper. Thea
he arose.
"There Is your notice," he said.
"Bead It carefully."
The girl looked nt him with a little
smile.
"I hope you won't sot us out on the
sidewalk on n rainy day." she said.
"That will depend largely on the
weather," ho answered. He bowed po
litely and turned away.
Tho girl watched him until he dis
appeared. Then something seemed to
rise iu her throat. Sho half sobbed.
"iln was a gentleman," sho mur
mured. "What, will ho think of me?
llidoesu't dream that I wunted to cry
all tho time I wns talking that non
sense," "Who was that 'man, Helen?" came
a voice from the porch.
"Soiueliody to look nt the house,
mother."
A little later tiie girl found the op
portunity lo open tho notice and rend
it unobserved. This is wliat who read:
".lane J too, alias Helen Deorlng
Yon ill hereby take notice that I do
sire possession of the promises now
occupied by you, to wit, the story und
a half cottage with n lot of land uihiii
which It is situated, In the town of
Knst Meredith. Your prompt compli
ance with this notice will prevent
further legal proceedings being taken
-always providing and excepting you
take no uctinii In this matter until
further notification ' Is personally
served by tlm duly qualified agent of
tbe owner of said property."
And beneath tills somewhat remark
able legal document was t lie signature:
TKTLIt GUISCOM. by A. II"
The girl laugli-sl hysterically.
;iie wants 1111 excuse ror coming
again," sin. said nnd laughed nguln.
Then sho went down to the gute and
walled until the postman went by.
l-'our rtnye later the young man came
again. She met him with a little nod.
"Xet yttV be said In WTecteJ
surprise.
"Nowhrre to go," she answered. "All
tbe empty boa seen to be filled.
Uow Is Mr. Grlsoom?"
"No better. He has turned this place
ever to me. It will bo In my charge
until be gets welL"
"Did you tell blm about tbe tres
passers?"
"Certainly not That's my guilty
sorrtt"
"What is your name?" she asked.
"My naaaer
"Tea, that's not a guilty secret, too,
is Itr
lie flushed.
"My name is Arthur Evans."
"Well, Mr. Arthur Evans, will you
accept a seat on our porch I mesa
ywur porch or rather, Mr. Grlscora's
perch?"
"Thank you. It will give me pleas
ure."
"But dou't let any false hopes buoy
you up, snld the girl, "We have
hoard nothing from father."
So the young agent became a regular
visitor at the home of the Deerlnga,
He came professedly to see if the prem
ise were in order, really to see Helen.
And still no letter same from tbe ab
sent father.
She bad warned the young maa that
he flight get into trouble in protecting
them. He bad laughed and said there
was no risk. The bouse was not suf
fering from their occupancy. It was
only a case of non-payment of rent
Then one day she met him at te
Then oneday she met blm at tbe
gate. He saw that her usually good
spirits were depressed.
"What's wrong?" ho asked.
"We had a letter from father this
morning. It Is very discouraging. He
Isn't coming borne for some time. And
be says nothing about money."
Ho looked nwoy across the pretty
garden.
"I think It Is time for you to move."
"Yes." I
"Don't think I'm a brute. I I Lavo
another house in view for you."
"But you know otir circumstances.
We can't go into 0 rather bouse as we
have come Into this one. You you
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T1IKT CAUSED WHERE A VIEW COULD BK
SECURED OF THE VALLET.
have been very kind, but you have no
right to burden yourself with our trou
bles." "Walt," he said. "Te bouse I refer
to caa be occupied by you on one con
dition. I am empowered to make tbe
arrangements. You would only have
to deal with me."
"But the owner?"
"The owner Is a little eccentric.
Come, I think I can point out the bouse
to yo." She followed blm, wondering.
He was not quite like himself, this
rent collector. They went down the
roadway a short distance and paused
where a view could be secured of the
valley in which lay the town, and of
tbe hills beyoWi that formed tbe back
ground.
"Tbe air Is hazy," he said, "but can't
you Bee across there on the west bill
the bouse with tbe tall white pillars?"
"Why, yes," she answered; 'that Is
the beautiful Everett borne. Is the
toonse near there?"
"Yes," he answered, "very near." ne
looked around with a sudden smile.
"Yoa will be surprised to leara that
the bouse you now occupy is a part
of tbe Everett estate."
"Why, I thought Mr. Grlsoom
"Oriscom is merely the agent."
"Oome," he said, "let us go back to
the porch. It is beginning t0 rain.
This Is a very midden shower."
The drops were falling fast when
they reached tho house. There they
found a boy awaiting their coming.
He had a wellow envelope la bis band.
"A telegram," said the girl "From
father." 1 4
It was not until the lioy bad hurried
away tlmt she had the courage to open
the envelope.
Then she handed the message to the
man.
He read aloud:
"Mine worthless. Scheme a swindle.
Am coming home. ,T. D."
The girl wos looking up at tbe com
ing storm. Tliero were tenrs In her
eyes.
"We are In for a lively blow," sold
the man. "Where Is your mother?"
"At a neighbor's. They'll take good
care of her."
A sudden boom of thunder came
across the valley. The rain fell faster.
"There Is only ono thing I fear," said
tho girl. "It Is lightning."
And then a white gluro filled the
room nnd n terrific crash seemed to
rive the roof above them.
"Arthur!" screamed tho girl, and
flung herself against tho man und pil
lowed her head on his breast.
He held her close and soothed her
with gentle words.
And then she suddenly drew away
from him mid burst into tears, and her
pale face reddened with shame.
"Oh. oli," she suld, "what hnve I
done?"
IIo laughed Joyously.
"You have saved mo that difficult
task of asking you to bo my wife," he
cried. "And now you can movo Into
that new home without delay."
She looked ut him through a mist of
tears. The sky was clearing. Tbo
thunder faintly , muttered lu tho dis
tance.
"Would you take advantage of my
Billy terror?" she asked blm.
"Yes, yes," he answered. "And you
will marry tbe rent collector.1
Kne looked wp at bins shyly. i
"Yea," she murmured. Then her Ik
manner suddenly returned. "Anythlntj x.
to avoid paying the rent" she InughJ
ed hysterically.
"Wen, be said, "Che first thing for!
tbs rest collector to do is to eject you1
from this bouse. Tbn you will bav1
to move late the bouse be pointed out
before that blessed storm came um
Tbe bouse with the white pillars."
"Tbe Everett bonne V
He laughed merrily.
"Tea," be answered. 'The rent wl
be tbe same."
Sbe stared at htm dumbly. Bhe'
could not comprehend.
"I haven't been finite frank with
you," he said. "I told you my name
was Arthur Evans. That's true as far
aa It goes. But It Is also Everett,
Arthur Evans Everett, If you want the
wibole mouthful. And the Everett
house and some other things happen
to be mine."
He strode to the window and pushed
up tbe shade. A patch of blue sky
showed above the western hills. A rayj
of sunshine touched the girl's brown'
hair. W. P. Rose, In Cleveland Plain.
Dealer.
woarsir ov japajj.
Kaow Their fUbta and Iaalat ea'
Havfasr Tktn.
As I sat at a formal dinner In the
city of Osaka, Japan, not long since t
asked a Japanese gentleman beside mej
a highly educated and polished man'
the world, who ta adviser to thai
Chinese goveromeat If. with the great
advancement In Japan In so many re
spects, tbe status ef woman Is advanc
ing, says Henry George, Jr., In The
ard.
"Which woman?" he asked. "Th
laboring woman? Tes. Tbe woman'
bred abroad or of necessity part of tbo
diplomatic world? Yes. And it Is to
be doubted If their advancement to the
state of woman In Europe and Amer
ica will add to their attractiveness or
their happiness, since conditions hers
are and must be so different Aa foe
thft women of the domestic circle that
wife, the mother, the sister, tho daugh
ter in tbe great middle class of Japan
her status is not changing. Nor,
should It Any chnnge that will brlngl
ber out of domestic retirement will,
expose her In a field for which naturJ
unfits ber. The wife is the borne min
ister, with full Jurisdiction In tbe homey
circle. Her husband Is premier. He,!
besides, attends to all tilings outsidoi
the household. This Is as It should!
be, for In this way there is, and only'
in this way can there be, perfect do-i
m a tic happiness."
At another time I sat at luncheon.
with a fascinating Japanese lady of
blgb standing In Tokyo. Sho had grad
uated from Vassar College, of which
New Yorkers are bo proud I Bhall -
not say how many years ago. Suffice'
It that she possessed the ease of speech,
and frankness of manner of an Ameri
can girl. I related to her the sub
stance of the Osaka gentleman's state
ment nnd asked her opinion.
Bosh!" she exclaimed, with smil
ing vivacity. "We Japanese women
are coming to kaow our rights and the
men are afraid ef us."
Here are two viewpoints or, rather.
two attitudes tfhat of a conservative
man and that of a radical or progres
sive woman. Which Is right may at
first puxale tbe newcomer to deter
mine. But we reach clear ground when
we study tbe pew Japanese code.
which certainly indicates a very decid
ed advance for woman.
KINO OS TUB MOSCOES.
Hla Power la Kotvlag White Mea
Off Part ( Oaurlbbeaa Coaat.
Dr. L. B. Flanagan, a former citizen
of Charlottesville, TS, but who has for '
tbe last five years been living at Cape
Gracla, an Important town en tbe east
coast of Nicaragua, is at the Belvedere.
The doctor Is a friend of Gen. Zelaya,
President of tbe republic ef Nicaragua,
and has been hnorcd by blm wJUl
several important efflccs, according ta
the Baltimore American.
"There Is probably no richer com-)
try in tbe world than Nicaragua," said,
Dr. Flanagan. "It is, however, almost:
in a virgin state, as there has ben
scarcely any development of Its gresi
resources. President Zelaya, tbe able
and energetic chief executive, la giv
ing tbe country a most excellent ad
ministration and enjoys tbo absolute
confidence of tbe people. Tbs natives
of the Mosquito- coast, as my section
is called, are known as Mosco, or Sam
bo Indians, and are a queer mixture
of Indian, negre and Caucasian eie-i
mentis, with tbe native Indian type pre- '
dominating, though most of them show
their strain of African blood by a klnw
lness of tbe hair, wblle others are fair-
haired and light of skin, as a remain--
der of Scotch buccaneer progenitors.
Not one In fifty of these Sambos ever
slept in a bed and not more than one
In five ever bandied a piece of money.
The older members of the family sleep
in hammocks woven from tbe fibers of
the hennequin or tbe banana stalk,
while the Juveniles curl up on the
floor. They are about as near to na
ture as any people under the sun, for
nature supplies them with everything
necessary to sustain life.
"These Sambos are nominally under
the Nicaragua government It is true,
but they pay direct allegiance to a
king, a monarch of their own trll.e.
Ills authority extends over many vil
lages and settlements, embracing a
coast line of 150 miles, and he Is by no
means a figurehead, for In periodical
revolutions he ofteu holds the balance
of power and dictates terms to the con
tending leaders. The Mosquito coast
is tho most backward, commercially
and industrially, of nil tho'teglons bor
dering on the Cnrlljbeau, and for thU
the Sutnbo king Is directly responsible.
He is shrewd enough to know that
wherever the white man gets a foot
ing the native soon vanishes, and
therefore has he refused tbe grunting
of copeesslong for the exploitation of
the valuable forcsU of bis kingdom, njr
will he allow his subjects to soli their
lands. Thus this wily Indian ruMr,
who can't write his name, has man
aged to bold bis territory in Its primal
state against tbe avaricious schemes of
the white men. His people obey bin
Iunqueetlonlngly and the geuerat gov-,
ernmeut Is content to let bin alone.