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The occupant oT tho see of St. Peter
Is frequently the recipient of strange
gifts, the London Globe Bays.
Some time ago a present of lions
arrived. These are fortunate animals,
and the pope at considerable expense
has had them Been red In large dens, In
which they ran ramble at will. All
they can desire Is free run of the
guldens.
Another remarkable gift, according
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ial group In Iron of St. X. driving
back Attila from the city of Z. The
names are purposely omitted because
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portune moment of gonerosity forced
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are easily discernible to day on the la
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At. trior f "A Crooked Path." "Maid, Wlfn or Widow," "Dy
Woman' Wit." "IlnHon's Bartfaln." "A Llfo Interest."
"Mona'i Choloo." "A Vomn' Heart."
CHAPTER XII.
j Rack in bright Paris, now docked In
her grnlcn party dress of chest nut
i blossoms, lilac:i, and laburnums, some
' kIx nr seven months afterwards,
j Mrs. Snville liad fent. a very tran
quil winter. S'm hrvl rarely 1 n freo
from Irritation for t-o bn:r a period.
I For a week or two at. (iiii.'tmas sho
! had Inn a good deal tried !y a visit
from lier son, who, to her surpn;''.
brought his cousin, George Lumley,
with him. That over, she settled down
again to her l ooks, her faney work, of
which she was rather proud, her panic
of whist with some old Oafs and Par
ous attnehed to the little court, some
r wl.om liad nanm-n ...
ami even spent a rew jram m i"n""".
and frequent visits to the opera, for
nlmost her only real pleasure was mu
sic. If, six months before, Mrs. Saville
had missed her companion when she
was absent for a couple of days, tho
Idea of parting with her now would
have struck her with dismay. She had
Boflened gradually but. considerably
,o gradually that Hope Desmond had
td look back and recall her first Im
pressions to measure the change.
The weather was fine, Ihe sky blue,
aid sunshine beautified all things. It
seemed Impossible not to partake of
tho general exhilaration which pervad
ed tho atmosphere. Yet Mm, Saville'S
expression. If less hard, was Infinitely
sadder than formerly, and, though
Miss Desmond's eyes were ca!m, and
lior air composed, there were shadows
beneath the former and a somewhat
worn look In her expressive face. She
was thinner, too, as If she had borne
some mental strain.
H was afternoon, and the Champs
Elysees were crowded with streams of
equipages pouring out to the Pols.
Stemming this current, Mrs. Saville
and Hope returned from their earlier
drive, and on arriving at the hotel
found nnother open carriage drawn up
at tho entrance, from which a gorgeously-dressed
lady was leaning while
sho spoke to the porter. He made a
pestnre towards the new arrival,
whereupon the lady looked round and
displayed the well-known features of
Miss Dacre.
"How fortunate!' she cried. "Hero,
open the door; let me out!" And Bhe
sprang upon tho ground.
"My dear Mrs. Saville, I only Just
heard by the merest accident that you
were In Paris. We have been nt Pan
for two months, and are on our way
homo."
"Oh, Indeed." returned Mrs. Savl'.'e,
rather dryly, as she descended very de
liberately and submitted to ho kissed
by her young friend. "I am sorry for
your poor father. Why could you not
let him rest in peace among his tur
nips and mangel wurzels?"
"Why, I must thlnl. of myself, you
fcnow. How do you do, Hope? I am
o glad to seo you! I can't say you
are looking very nourishing. I sup
pose you nro coming In, so I can pay
you a nice visit, though I have a hun
dred and one things to do. I suppose
you have your old rooms, Mrs. Saville.
Wo are at the Prlstol. I wonder you
stay here, It Is so slow."
"Quite fast enough fur me; but come
un-stalrs."
"She is as cross as ever," whispered
Hope laughed and shook her head.
"You are comfortable enough here,
I must say." resumed Miss Dacre, look
ins round the handsomely-furnished
room, which was sweet with flowers
and flooded with soft light, the strong
Bunshlno filtering through the outer
blinds.
"Well, dear Mrs. Savillo, and how
ere you after burying yourself alive In
Germany all the winter? It Is such a
queer place to go to."
"I like Germany, and I am remark
ably well."
"Well, you don't look so. We had a
wild ilme at Herondyke. I was there
for nearly a month. Lady Olivia Is
quite too good natured. Then sho nnd
tho girls came over to Castleton. but
your son persuaded George Lumley to
go with him to Dresden. A great mis
take! Captain Lumley was quite crpss
when he returned said it was a God
forgotten hole! I met Mr. Vlgnolles
at Pau" etc.. etc. And Miss Dacre
turned on a rapid flow of gossip. As
noon ns she made a pause for breath,
Mrs. Savillo said, wearily:
"Miss Desmond, tho tea Is ready.
Clve me a cup."
"Ily ull means. The Parisians have
Improved Immensely, hut they have
not arrived at the height of good af
ternoon tea yet."
Silence on the part of Mis. Saville,
whihi Miss Dacre sipped Iut tea.
"When do you. c omo back t Lon
don. Mrs. Saville?"
"Not till: year. I may go to Inglo
fi' ld In tho autumn."
"I suppose you know Pilchard Is
brin:'in-,c out a work on 'The Romans
In Lincolnshire,' Illustrated, wiih
tiote'i and !iipi ndixesV It will cost a
small fortune, they my.'
"They say ? Who say?"
"Oh. the literary world. I am think
ing of publishing extracts from the
Archives of Casiletou ForeHt. There
are. lots of old deeds and letters In the
muniment room, especially about the
Long Parliament times. One must,
really write tnim-thlng now."
"Indeed! Can't you compile a time
table of the trains between Castleton,
I'pton, and London, copying Mradshaw
freely? It would answer all purpos
es, and give you very little trouble.
ST" ll A
uy
"Dear Mrs. Saville, what r.n Ilea!
N'ow I want you to do me a faor. It
Miss Desmond come with me to tho
Opera Comi'iue thU even In:?. My
father has instituted a headache, and I
rather want a chaperon. It will not
be very late."
"Miss Desmond in perf'etly frre to
do as she likes."
"If yon can find nny other chaperon
I am quite ready to slay at home,"
said Hope, smiling.
"Now, do not be disagreeable. I
want you to come with me."
Hope did not answer and It was ar
ranged that Miss Dacre should call for
her favorite confidante that evening
en route for the theater.
"I have a hundred nnd one th'ng.i
to say to you," whispered Miss Daera
when Hope Desmond escorted her to
tho stair after she had taken leav? of
Mm. Saville. "Tho same mysterious
fate still dos me. I do not know what
spell binds George Lumley to silence.
Poor fellow! I am so sorry for him!
I rather Imagined he thought I was
going to Dresden last winter heaven
only knows why. ' You will he ready
at 7:30, will you not?"
"Yes, certainly."
CHAPTER XIII.
When Hope returned to Mrs. Sa
villo she found that lady's maid re
moving her out-door garb nnd arrang
ing her mistress on the sofa as ir for
a sleta.
"I would have saved you from this
Infliction If I could," she said, pres
ently, when Hope thought she was go
ing to sleep. "Mary Dacre was always
foolish; she Is now absolutely Idiotic.
I am not surprised that Hugh had no
patience with her; Hugh was always
instinctive. He Is liko me In many
things."
Hope listened with n:rvotis atten
tion, growing alternately red nnd
white. Never before had Mrs. Saville
named her offending son, and Hope
feared to utter a word that might of
fend or divert tho current of her
thoughts.
"I am always doomed to disappoint
ment," she went on, aa If speaking out
her thoughts. "There Is Richard; he
will ho a dilettante nr.d a nobody all
the days of his life. I never wnsted
any anticipations on him. nut Hugh
might br anything a statesman, a
leader ot men. I would have done
anything to push his fortunes. All
my hopes, all my ambitions, centered
In him; nnd you know you mu3t have
heard how he repaid mo."
"Yes, I have heard," returned Hope,
in bucIi tremulous accents that Mrs.
Saville looked up, as If surprised and
touched by her keen sympathy. "It
seems very cruel."
"Seems! It is. To be forgotten,
thrown over, for tie sake of a pretty
face, a whim of passion, after years
of devotion! It Is Intolerable; It Is
not to bo forgiven. An unsuitable
wife Is a millstone round a man's neck
that will drag him to perdition; but
I leave her punishment to him. Ho
will tire of her, and he will curse the
day he ever saw her, and sacrificed
his mother and his career everything
to a passing fancy.
"It wns a terrible mistake, a
Sho stopped suddenly.
"Are you 111? You look white and
faint!" exclaimed Mrs. Saville, roused
to attention by tho sudden cessation of
her voice.
"Only a little giddy and dazed; the
sun was so strong to-day," returned
Ilopo, steadying her voice by a strong
effort. "I felt fnlnt when we were
driving round the lakes. But, denr
Mrs. Saville. may I say that greater
blame attaches to the girl who allowed
your son to sacrifice himself for her,
than to him?"
"No doubt she Is a designing minx
Rut she will find that she reckoned
without her host when she caught my
son. Existence as tho wife of a poor
naval ofllcer is not quite a bed of
roses."
"And suppose sho proves a devoted
wife, prudent, careful, self-denying;
would you not In time forgive her, nnd
pardon him for his misfortune In fall
ing a victim to her designs?"
"You suppose what Is highly Im
proi.aiue; nut even ir tnis woman
prove a gem of tho finest water, that
will do nothing towards pushing my
son In his career. All must como from
him; and a wlfo endowed with money
or Interest, or both, can do so much
for a man. Maddening ns all this is
what embitters me most Is my son's
contemptuous disregard of me. To
marry without a word of notice, nil at
tempt to win my consent, was nn In
sult."
"Put Mrs. Saville, If I may venture
to speak on a subject so near your
heart, do you not think that the hope
lessness of gaining your consent held
him back from making the attempt?'
"It should have held him back also
from such ungrateful disobedience. He
knew be would break no, not break
my heart mine Is not the kind of
heart which breaks--but harden it
w mi a iianri"ss mat. pains, wiiii a
dull. Indescribable aching." And sho
pressed her hand on her bosom.
"Oh, yes. It was w rong - terribly
wrong, cried Hope, and there was a
sound of tears In her voice, "but you
Know your sons nauire. uinlitlv or
wrongly, he loved this girl with all his
heart, nnd she was Hlngularlv desolate,
friendless, penniless. How could he
desert her, being the arm he t' p,v,v
could he help her cffectuallv save as
her husband? It was Imprudent. I
know, und very wrong, but not unpar
donuble. Dear Mrs. Saville, thluk Uow
ft
tinnappy ywir eon mnst tm, fmrted
from you aa he Is, and oh, think of
the and future of aelf reproach and re
pret you are creating for hla onhappy
wife."
"Do not tlk such sentlnent8l rub
bish to me, Miss Desmr-nd. It Is not
like your usunl quiet good sense. Has
Mr. Rawson placed you with me to
plead Hugh's cause? If so, It Is wast
ed Ingenuity. I will not be talked
over; nor does Hugh think It worth
TThlle to make any attempt at recon
ciliation." "Probnbly he fears It would only
embitter you were he to try."
"Xo; It Is pride nnd obstinacy. lie
has something of my own nature. How
proud I was of him once!"
"And so yen will be again," cried
Hone, cheerfully. "Foolish, faulty, ho
may be, but b has done nothing tin- i
worthy of a man of honor. Does a 1
marrlnzo ef affection Incapacitate a i
man from distinguishing himself in ;
his profession? Do you not believe ;
that when the heart Is satisfied and at i
rest, the Intellect works more freely
and clearly?"
"And do you think that the heart
v. ill long rest satisfied when the lot of
Its owner Is poverty nnd obscurity?
There, that is enough. I will not hear
excuses or pleading for my son. If I
thought Mr. Rawson suggested such In
terference, I would beg you to leave nt
once."
"Which I can do tomorrow, If you
wish," said Hope, her pale cheek flush
ing quickly, though she spoke with a
pleasant smile.
Mrs. Saville laughed. "You know I
should not like you to leave me," she
said, more genially than Hope once
thought she could ever speak. "Nor
need yon do so. if yon will avoid vexed
questions." Hope bent her head. "Tell
me," resumed Mrs. Saville, "if you did
leave me, what; should you do?"
I am not absolutely without re
sources, returned nope, ana i snouia
try to find pupils or some similar em
ployment to this."
'But you would prefer staying where
you are?
"Yes, very, very much."
"There is a tone of sincerity In
your words. Tray read to me for a
while, nnd let us have no more agita
tions." This long-wl&hed-for opening appear
ed to Hope to have done very liille
good. She wrote an account of It. to
Mr. Rnwson. Indeed, her correspond
ence with the Rawson family was very
constant. Every week a thick letter
went to Miss Rawson, and every week
came a punctual reply. Sometimes
these letters sent Hope to her dally
task with a soft, happy smile on her
lips; sometimes her quick-falling tears
bedewed the paper ns she read. But,
through smiles and tears, she never
failed In her duty to her employer,
who grew more and more dependent
on her daughterly care and attention.
(To be continued.)
PAINTED WALL SIGNS.
Why Lettered In F.nKllnli, liven In
DUIrletn. Intensely Forelicn.
To be sure," said a man In the wall
sign advertising business, according
to the New York Sun, "there are vari
ous districts of the city populated al
most exclusively by people of foreign
nationality, still speaking their native
tongue, iract.ically foreign quarters
within the city's limits; and you might
think that in painting wall signs In
these localities we would paint them
In the languages there most familiar;
but we don't; almost all wall adver
tising signs of a general character are
everywhere painted in English.
"Of course In these various locali
ties you would find no end of strictly
local signs, store signs and so on, In
tho prevailing language of tho neigh
borhood; but I am speaking now of
wall signs of a more or less general
character.
A while ngo we painted In an Ital
Ian quarter of the city,' for a city
clothing concern, a sizable wall sign,
covering the side of a tenement, in
Italian, but this was an exceptional
case, where the store and the patron
age sought were not very far apart;
while tho bulk of the wall sign adver
tising Is of things Intended fur use
everywhere and these signs are com
monly painted in English wherever
they may be placed.
Over on the east side of town, In
tho Jewish quarter, we have painted
a few wall signs In Yiddish. In these
signs, advertising a food preparation,
appears the figure of a man in cos
tume, and this figure Is, of course,
painted here the same as everywhere;
a picture, aa you might say, appealing
In a universal tongue, and the name,
the title of the preparation, is here
put up In English lettering In its usual
form, but the rest of the lettering, the
descriptive matter, is done In Yiddish.
"These wall Blgns in Yiddish would
be novel and striking to anybody, nnd
they have proved attractive and Inter
esting to the people living in that lo
cality; nnd still they are unusual;
even In districts foreign such signs
are commonly painted with their reg
ular English lettering. Everywhere
the children go to school and learn
English if their elders do not; and
then we have many foreign citizens
of various nationalities who speak
English as well as their own native
tongues, and everywhere there are
people who. can read the sl:,'tis for
those who cannot; nnd then living In
or passing through our foreign dis
tricts there are always more or less
people to whom English Is the moth
er tongue.
"So as to wall signs of a general ad
vertising fa' ure it Is commonly con
sidered good business to make their
lettering in English wherever they
may be put: und 1 suppose you might
say that besides serving their primary
puvpo.-e the-.e signs thus lettered are
In some localities in a measure edu
rational." II rr Hope.
"This play In Its intensity," said the
go-out bctween-the-acts young man,
fairly takes my breath away.
i only wish It would!" gloomily r
marked the lady In tho next seat. Tit
Pits. Nn Miilli-o Aforettiouifhl.
lie How is It you are always out
when I call?
She Just luck. Life.
THE AIM.
0 Th,:i who lovcHt not alone
1U" swift success, the lint;t goal,
Put iiast a lenient eye to ii' irli
Th'j failures of l?f inconstant i-onl.
Cons'der not my ll'tle worth
Tho mean achievement, scamped In act,
The high lesolve nnd low result.
The dream that duMt not face the fact.
riuf count the reach ot my desire,
Let this be s.-methlnn in Thy sight
1 have not. In the slothful dark.
Forgot the Vision nnd the Height.
Neither my body nor my soul
To earth's low eusn will yield consent.
I praise Thee for my will to strive,
I bless Thy goad of discontent.
-CharIes G. D. Roberts.
Meeting of
Marwln, from San Francisco, s!ep
ied from the Pullman to the platform
?f tho Fm:;il station where the east
bound flyer had drawn up to await the
passing of the flyer going west. It
was barely dawn. The dampness of
the night was still upon the sweet
prairie air and he threw back his
broad shoulders, breathing deeply
once, twice, thrice, before the head
light of the coming train appeared
like a star upon the horizon. Then
he walked rapidly buck and forth, In
tent upon getting as many of tho
kinks out of his travel-stiffened legs p.i
possible before his train continued on
its flight to the East.
"Exercise without definite object,"
he told himself, quoting from some
thing he had read while at school, "13
worse than none at all. Ergo, have an
object. I do. I walk down on one
side of this train and back on the oth
er, my object being to er walk down
on one side and back on the other."
There were faces in the windows of
the coaches, and he glanced up at them
curiously, wondering what nature of
beings they were that they did not get
out into the air and kick a bit while
they had the chance. He reached the
end of the train still wondering. Tuen
his attention was attracted otherwise.
A young woman was sitting wiuiin
the netting of tha rear platform. She
was Bitting on a camp stool, and sue
was quite alone. Marwln grasped one
of the platform Irons aud looked at
her in bewildered astonishment for a
full minute. She flushed to the roots
of her hair, and her glance fell. Mar
wln ypoke, lifting his hat.
"Good .morning, Miss Dartlln," he
said.
"Why, Mr. Marwln!" The young
woman arose hastily from the camp
stool and held her band toward him.
"I thought it looked like you, but it
didn't seem possible. Where In the
world did you drop from?"
"San Francisco," said Marwln, sim
ply. He noted with some Interest that
the young woman's eyes were full of
reproach, and that her manner was
constrained. "I am on my way to Now
York," he added, after a short Inter
val; "my first visit In three years."
"And I am going to San Francisco,'
said the young woman. "How strange."
"How long are you expecting to
stay?" asked Marwln.
"I don't really know. I had ar
ranged to remain Indefinitely, but clr-
' cumstanees may In fact, are
qulte
likely to alter ony plans materially.
Are you to bo In New York a great
while?'
"It Is Impossible for me to say. 1
had hoped to transact my business In
a very short timo. but one can never
tell until one finds out, you know. The
person I was going to see may be er
out of town or something, and I
have registered a vow not to return
without a definite statement from her
his own lips."
He looked at his watch and stepped
to the side of the platform, glancing
nervously toward the station.
"You see," ho continued, "It Is real
v a most Importnnt matter. I under
took the commission only under pro
test, becuuse It Is one Involving sev
eral extremely delicate considerations,
and 1 am not good at such things. I
am a natural blunderer. You know
that well enough."
The young woman lowered ner eyes
again
"Yes." said she, "I I have known
you to blunder."
Marwiu climbed over the railing and
seated hl.uiself upon the platform steps
at her feet. It was an Impulse char
acteristic or it i m. ami tne young worn
an smiled as If pleased.
"We won't talk business any more,"
said be. "Business Is an abomination.
I want you to tell me a Utile just a
little- about yourself. You are not
er married yet?"
The young woman winced, but he
did not notice It.
"Of course you aren't," he went cm,
"or you wouldn't be sitting out here
at this time 111 the morning alone
What have you been doing since that
I t'me hundreds of years ago, when you
j and I last met?"
"Nothing worth men.lenlng, I be
I Hive." replied the young womaa. "I
i ky
K V i'i'fAf
the Fleers
have laughed a little and wept a great
deal. I have been sick, and have been
restored to something which bears a
close resemblance to my normal con
dition of health, although It Is not
really the sa-rne. I am taking this
trip with a definite purpose; the doc
tor thought it might make me feel
better."
"Did he recommend California?,
asked Marwln, quickly.
"No, he merely recommended
change of air and scene. I chose Cali
fornia of my own accord."
"Why?" Marwin's tone was eager
and his hand clutched the platform
Iron convulsively.
"Because because I wished to see
California."
''"uu .uarwin raised his eyes
suddenly to hers, and there was bup
plication in them "tell me all about
it. We may as well understand each
other. We are to part in a little while
Perhaps we will not see each other
again ever!"
"About what?"
About your tears. Why did you
weep? You were not much given to
weeping once upon a time. About your
sickness. You used to be as the trees
and the birds and the winds of the
prairie. About your determination to
visit California. Was It was it be
cause I was there?"
"Do you thjnk It could be possible?'
bhe spoke reprovingly, and Marwln
bowed his head.
"No," he replied, gloomily, "it was
ridiculously presumptuous In me to
suggest it. I I had hoped it might
be so, that Is all.
The young woman placed her hand
lightly upon his shoulder, and he
quivered at the touch.
"Russell," said she, "three years ago
you honored me by a proposal of mar
rlage. 1 deferred by answer for one
week. I was in doubt regarding my
own .mind, but I had a good reason
And you did not come back for your
answer. Why?"
"Why?" Marwln repeated the query
as one dazed.
"Yes, why? I had a right to expect.
something better of you than I re
ceived. I waited for you. but you nel
ther came nor sent word of explana
tlon. There was but one inference to
be taken, and I took it. You changed
your mind; I could forgive you for
that, but it was cowardly not to let ma
know. It was cruel. It hurt me, Rus
sell, more than I can tell."
"But your letter "
"I wrote you no letter."
"I received a letter, Marlon" Mar
wln spoke slowly, alter the manner
of one who has been stunned "writ
ten by you. It contained one line, and
that line was, 'Russell, my answer Is
no; I cannot." It was delivered to me
by your maid. I did not tnlnk Is nec
ossary to see you after that. I thought
you did not wish me to."
The young woman stood up excited
lv. then seated herself, blie was
laughing, but there was a look of pain
upon her face, and her eyes swam wun
tears.
"I understand it now," she said
brokenly; "1 see how It happened
My brother was In trouble. He and
father had disagreed over the payment
of certain debts, and he applied to me
for money. I gavo it to him poor boy
until my allowance and my patience
were exhausted. He had sent an ap
peal for money on the day you re
celved that letter. I wrote to him
saying that I could not give him more
I put the niessag. In an envelope, and
told the girl to take it to Mr. Ru
sell. You nnd he have the same name
The stupid creature took It to you.
I never know."
"Ob, my dear" Marwln grasped her
hand ami fondled It.
"Alter thai," s.i continued, hurried
ly, "I seemed to lose my strength. I
was attacked cue night on the street
by a mull a huge, coarse brute, who
threw his arms about me and stuffed
a handkerchief into my mouth. 1 was
not able to utter a cry, so suddenly
did he civue upon me. 1 was saved by
sheer chalice. A gentleman saw the
wretch attack mo aud rushed to the
scene. He did not even take time to
cit'l for the police. lie was very
brave. He was not so large as my a--sa:l.tiit,
bill he grappled U:m le.ui
ly, und and was stablo-d with a
knile. I knew nothing after that. I
fainted. When I returned to con
sciousness 1 was in mi ambulance
rumbling toward home. The police
knew nothing i f a light, they said, be
yond the fact that tho pavement was
covered with blood. They seemed
quite dKgnsfod win ii they found that
1 bad not been murdered. 1 told
them ull 1 knew, and that ended it, so
far us they were com i rued ; t ut so
fur as 1 was concerned
well, It was
weeks before the doctor declared the
danger of brain fever passed."
She looked down Into Marwin's up
turned face tenderly, and tome thing
she saw there Impelled her to lean
forward and touch his forehead with
her lips.
"Marlon, dear," said Marwln, gently,
I would confess to you. During those
days when you were waiting for me
was following you like a dog. I
wanted to be near you. I was near
you that night."
"Then It was you who "
In answer he pulled up his eleev
disclosing a long red scar.
'It was a small price to pay for the
opportunity of fighting for the girl
I loved," he said. "I went away aftei
that quite satisfied. I felt that It had
been worth while, after all. I "
There was a sound of escaping air
beneath the Pullman, hihI the train be
gan to move. Marwln stood up and
made a movement as If to Jump to the
ground. Then he turned to the young
woman and put his arm around her.
"I think I'll go with you, dear," he
said.
They stood inus, tha morning buh
bathing them In a radiance akin to
that which they felt within them, as
they passed the eastbound train. Both
were laughing like children.
"I say!" called Marwln, waving his
hand at the engineer of the eastbound.
you were right, it was fate; tell th
conductor that I proved it to be sol-
"I wonder what's the matter with
that lunatic," said the engineer to taa
fireman. Then he clambered to his
place and the eastbound train went oq
Its way. Waverley Magazine.
ALASKA'S POSSIBILITIES.
ionth of (he Yukon I n Reajlnn tot
the A (rrlotiH nrlat.
All newcomers to Alaska exclaim at
the luxuriant vegetation, the abund
ance and variety of flowering plants
and the thrlftlness of the gardens,
says Alfred H. Brooks In the American
Review of Reviews. There seems to
be a general Impression that when Pu
get Sound Is left behind the barren
grounds are close at hand. Yet Alaska
is to-day supplying probably 20 per
cent of its own vegetables, besides con
siderable hay and forage plants.
Even those fairly familiar with
Alaska can often see no possibilities"
of agriculture. They naturally com
pare It with such rich lands and fa
vorable climates as those of Califor
nia or Illinois, forgetting the sturdy
race of farmers bred on the stony hill
slopes of New Englnnd or the agricul
ture of Northern Europe. They forget,
too. that our rich lands are being rap
Idly taken up, and that nlmost no ex
tensive aroas remain unoccupied In
the States, except as they are devel
oped by Irrigation or new methods of
dry-land farming. Y'ear by year the
northern limit of grain ripening Is
pushed farther toward the pole, so
that lands which would have been con
sidered valueless for farming a gener
ation ago now support a thriving ag
ricultural population.
That the hardier grains, vegetable
and fruits can be ripened In much of
Alaska lying south of the Yukon there
Is now no doubt. Equally well known
Is the fact that the territory contains
very extensive creas of magnificent
grass lands. Horses have frequently
wintered without any attention In the
sheltered valleys of the Inland regions.
These animals pawed away the com
paratively light fall of snow and sub
sisted on the self-cured grass under
neath. It Is not to be implied that
this method of wintering stock Is rec
ommended, but serves to show that
stock raising Is not Impossible. Such
an industry would probably require
the cutting and curing of the hny and
the housing of animals during uif
coldest months.
Wind Wan-hen for Living;.
Winding watches for a living?
Pre
posterous!
No; surest thing, you know. Out
at the exposition, says the Seattle
Post-lntelligencer.
It la one of the occupations which
has developed out of life movement
and energy which are the prominent
characteristics of the exhibits In Ma
chinery hall and tho Liberal Arts
building of the exposition.
A well-known watch company, In
conjunction with a model manufao
Ing plant in lte booth, has on display
some 1,200 watches, which are keeping
time. Like most watches, they have
to be wound each day. Ordinarily,
the winding should be done by a spe
cially constructed machine, but in
shipping across the country and
through rough handling this delicate
piece of machinery has been damaged.
Five Seattle girls have been engaged
to do the work that was allotted to
the machine.
It takes practically two minutes to
wind a watch, unless one is anxious
to send It to a repair man. and, as
there are 1,200 watches, this means
that it will take 2.400 minutes, or
forty hours, to do this work by hand.
Five glrld, working eight hours a day,
can accomplish this seemingly simple
task, each girl winding ns her share
some 240 watches. Such a job as this
might at first hand be thought to be
something of a snap, but stop and
think that for eight hours a day the
girls must do nothing but move their
lingers over the stem of a watch and
decide for yourself wbetli, r it won't
becuiuu tedious.
Mile in Hold III (mn.
"You say Juii enjoy bavin;,' book
iigi nts ci lie aruuini
"Yep," answered Farmer C'orntossel.
' But y i'i nre not fond of reading?"
"No. But 1 have made several book
agents pay 10 .cuts a g'a-s for con
densed m'lk tin' I purty near sold one
of 'em a boss." - Washington Star.
T ru u li leu 1 Seii-tict-.
Everything has to I e scieiuifn.
nowadays; looking. beVeiMg.--, educa
tion, spurt, bookkeeping, law, hygiene,
sociology --that Is what we teach our
children. No wonder tho worb". Is so
dull. To enjoy one's self is n n scientific.--Paris
Journal.
Had I renin.
"You were crying In your sleep last
nlubt; did you have a nightmare?"
No. 1 dreamed I was married.
Houston Post.
When a married woman gets a real
nice dres, whut nn event It liecorrres!
About 10,000 beds are required t
hold London's sick and maimed.
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