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CHAPTER II. Continued.
Beginning with a glass of vodka,
which evidently sharpened his nppe
"ttto, Radaloff enjoyed with apparont
zest the viands Bet before him, and
liavlng lighted a cigar paid his hill
and withdrew.
The restaurant ho had Just quitted
was only nn occasional resort, hut a
visit there was necessary becauso
Itadaloff hud need to interview this
waiter. Tho fact Is that Radaloff and
the waiter both served tho samo mas
ter, and drew their Income from the
samo source, the secret service fund
of tho Imperial police. There was one
customer of this restaurant regarding
whom It was essentia' to ascertain
certain facts. It was this particular
Individual to whom tho obliging and
observant waiter referred In his brief
conversation with Michael Radaloff.
Hadaloff after leaving tho restau
rant hailed a second-class drosky. A
drive of some twenty minutes suf
ficed to bring him to another point In
Ills allotted pilgrimage. This time tho
lrosky was driven up to the door, tho
driver paid and dismissed, and Itada
loff entered with tho confident step
of a visitor on familiar ground. Tho
place was a bookseller's shop. Indi
cating a fine edition of Tennyson
which was conspicuously displayed,
Itadaloff signified n deslro to examine
it more closely. With a polite bow
tho proprietor, taking tho work,
begged his customer to examine it at
his leisure, at tho samo time leading
the way to a private ofllco In the rear
of tho store. Wo will leave Monsieur
Itadaloff to the perusal of England's
famous poet-laureate. It would be
useless to await his exit from tho
private offlco. As a matter of fact,
when ho did leave tho establishment
It was by tho door of a house round
the corner In another street, thcro
ing a secrot means of communication
between the two. And when lie did
appear no 0110 would have recognized
in tho scholarly-looking professor,
with tho packago of books under his
arm, tho trusted and trained pollco
agent, Michael Radaloff.
CHAPTER III.
( t The Nihilist Propaganda.
Nihilism, at tho tlmo of which wo
write, was, manifesting Itself In many
ways and was sufficiently aggrc3slve
to cause his excellency, tho minister
of police, no small degree of anxiety.
In all revolutionary movements there
aro to bo found two classes, tho ex
tremists and the moderates. Tho rev
olutionary party of Russia at this
tlmo was perhaps as striking an ex
ample of divided councils aaU could
liavo been found in history. .
Among tho largo class of educated
and Intelligent Russians who belioved
that the time had como for tho sub
stitution of a constitutional govern
ment instead of an autocratic and
despotic .monarchy, tho views of tho
extremists found little favor. Most
of the ruling spirits of the party of
tho people were too well informed not
to perceive that' the assassination of
any one man or of dozens of men,
for that matter never accomplished
tho regeneration of a people. Those
who held this view wero no common
conspirators. Many of them held po
sitions of power and Influence.
The end they sought, they were
convinced, could best bo obtained by
a propaganda of education using tho
word In its best and truest sense.
They wero nu courant with tho devel
opment of political economy in most
of tho countries of tho world, and
their friends kept them well supplied
with such publications as were essen
tial to keep them in touch with tho
advanced thinkers of tho day. Tho
rigid censorship prevailing In Russia
at tho tlmo made It somewhat difficult
on occasions for the leaders of tho
movement to obtain Interdicted litera
ture; but In spito of all the vigilance
of tho government many forbidden
124 7vzE? zcnztp&a) vapour
hocks and pamphlets had found their
way. Into tho hands for which they
wero destined. Especially was thlB
true of a recent number of a publica
tion bearing tho Imprint of n Geneva
publishing house. It gave a thrilling
account of the recent death by starva
tion of a number of political exiles in
Tobolsk In Western Siberia.
"Let tho monbter," concluded this
article, "pay the penalty of his crimes.
His hands are bathed In tho blood of
the lnnocont, and the avengor who
shall put an end to his bloody caroor
will bo blossod by tho Russian people
for all tlmo to come."
Within four days aftor Its publica
tion iu Geneva the article had found
RUSSIA
Its way Into St. Petersburg: had been
reproduced and scattered broadcast
throughout tho empiro. It wns on the
first discovery of this paper that
Gortshakoff had summoned tho minis
ter of police. Ho had In no uncertnln
mnnner Indicated that tho perpetra
tors of tlila latest outrage against the
peace and dignity of tho czar must bo
discovered. It was then that ho ut
tered tho words still ringing In tho
ears of Constnntlno Karslchoff "Do
something." And It was In pursuance
of his determination to "do some
thing" that Karslchoff had sent Mi
chael Radaloff on his mysterious mis
sion. Mndanie lo Baroness von Rhine
berg, widow of the banker Ferdinand
vun Rhlneborg, of the groat banking
house of Von Rhlneberg and Strauss,
sat In her luxurious boudoir In her
princely residence In tho most fnsh
lonablo quarter of tho city. She was
a true type of tho upper class Gor
man, and although sho had lived most
of her life In Russia and spoke tho
lnnguago like a native, sho had never
entirely lost her national characteris
tics. Her pink and white complexion,
light bluo eyes and wealth of light
golden hair, gave her somewhat the
appcarancoof a great doll of the most
approved pattern. A letter sho had
been reading had fallen from her
hand and &ho sat, with a rather seri
ous look upon her face, gazing-out of
tho window.
"Poor child."
That was all; and having murmured
tho words, almost lnvoluntnrily, tho
baroness relapsed Into her reverie.
Alone in the world, for her marriage
had been childless, tho baroness found
a certain degrco of happiness In shar
ing other peoplo's miseries. When
Ferdinand von Rhlneberg departed
this llfo ho left his disconsolate wid
ow tho possessor of a fortune which
mado her ono of tho richest women,
In her own right, In St. Petersburg.
There was but ono family, however,
to whom sho was always at homo and
In whoso house sho found congenial
companionship. Strangely enough,
tho house was that of Constantino
Karslcheff, minister of police. Not
that between the cold, haughty and
ambitious countess and tho warm
hearted and affectionate Gorman lady
there could bo much In common. The
Intercourse between the baroness and
the Countess Karslcheff was confined
to those social amenities and every
day courtesies that pass current In so
ciety, and aro sometimes mistaken for
friendship.
Between tho baroness ana Olga,
however, there was a deep affection.
Had they been mother and child It
could not havo been more profound
and sincere. In fact, Olga Karslcheff,
loving and gentle as sho was by na
ture, had never felt for her own moth
er anything like the love she be
stowed on tho baroness. Nor is this
to bo wondered at. Katherlno Karsl
cheff was neither of a loving nor a
lovable nature, and the gentle Olga
rniild rnpnll tho tonrs qhpil In nil I 111.
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isn sorrow ;u iiituiy u rupuiuu ui uiu
girlish affection offered to her moth
er only to bo refused. And so It hap
pened that tho baroness becamo the
repository of Olga's childish affec
tions. Always earnest nnd thoughtful,
Olga .now seemed to bo under tho In
fluence of a deeper feeling than usual.
With affectionate concern tho baron
ess could not fall to percelvo that
Olga was dally becoming mora nnd
moro preoccupied with her own
thoughts, and that on moro than ono
occasion her reveries were ended by
a sigh. She know Olga's melancholy
to bo duo to the odious position in
which slip was placed. Sho was mere
ly used as a pawn In her mother's so
cial gem, nnd compelled to marry a
man In tho selection of whom sho had
neither voice nor choice.
"Olga," soliloquized- tho baroness as
she again glanced over tho letter, "has
not soon Alexis for two years. Sho
doubtless fcols that tho rough and stir
ring life of the camp may have
changed him since they parted since
the timo when sho had been Informed
by her mother that sho was destined
for the wife of Alexis and forbidden to
refer to tho matter again in any way,
other than to regard it as a fact, set
tled beyond controversy. Alexis," the
baroness recalled, "had boon urged by
his father to propose as a matter of
form, and Alexis had proposed in a
perfunctory way. been accoptod in a
half-hearted, listless stylo as some
thing that could not be hepcd, and
then ho went off to tho wars to win
the glory that had glided his career
ever since."
Tho baronorfs sighod.- Hor mind
went back somo two and twenty jeara
to another marrlago do' convonanco
to another drama of high life in Eu
rope In which sho herself had playod
a part. Then thoro camo across' tho
vista of vanishod yoars tho memory of
a young studont.
A knock at the door Interrupted the
reverie.
Como!"
Marie, tho baroness' own maid, en
tered nnd preaonted a salver upon
which was a card bearing tho name:
"Pror. Nlcholul Kasovltch,
"University of St. Petersburg."
"Horr Profossor. waits in tho library,"
said tho maid, "and begs the honor of
n personal Interview with Madame the
Ilaronoss."
"Very woll. Say that I will como."
The groat bankor Von Rhlneborg
had boon all his life a devoted biblio
maniac, and his reputation as a col
lector 'ho rare and curloun fn
bockn and prints was well known.
Hcnco it was no uncommon thing for
the possessor of choice lltorary treas
ures to call to dispose of works that
possessed sufficient value to bo doom
od worthy a place In such Illustrious
company.
When tho baroness entered, n tall
man, bearing In his every nppearanco
tho marks of tho student and scholar,
arose and bowing respectfully said:
"I havo takon tho liberty, Madamo
ilaronoss, of calling to brIc your grnci
loits Inspection of this work" laying
a largo hook elegantly bound on tho
table. "It Is a present to mo from an
English friend Professor Mullor of
Oxford. My circumstances are such
that I am obliged to i-n't with It for
for for" and a suspicious husklnoss
In his volco gave evidence thnt somo
strong emotion was struggling for ex
pression. Tho baroness boenmo Interested nt
once. "Prey, sit down." sho said
kindly, pointing to a chair.
There was silence for a moment.
"You wero about to say" tho bar
one?s sympathetically suggested. Then
waited.
"I need tho money this work will
'If f 4
"rsjsx?'swr rasa:. . .'"
bring to send to my brother who la
who Is " and tho voice becamo low
er "a political exllo In Siberia."
"Poor fellow!" Tho baroness sigh
ed. "What Is the value of the work?"
She had not oven asked its name.
Tho story rather tho manner in
which It had, been told, for tho story
was an old ono bIic had heard It a
score of times had touched her.
"That Is for Madamo le Baroness
to decide."
"Oh, no!" exclaimed tho baroness.
"I could not think of such a thing.
Besides," she ndded, "I am no Judgo
of tho value of rare books."
"We professors havo hoard differ
ently, madamo, and It would be diffi
cult to make tho literati of St. Peters
burg believe It of the possessor of
tho finest library In the city."
"What Is tho book?"
"A volume of tho poems of Alfred
Tennyson, and the rarest and most
valuable edition published. It Is too
great a treasure for an humblo profes
sor llko myself to possess, however
much 1 may appreciate It. And," ho
added, after a slight pause, "its valuo
will enable me to bo of service to my
poor, poor brother."
A sudden impulse moved tho baron
ess. "I will gladly give you tho
amount you deslro for tho work and
and you can keep tho book if
you "
Tho old professor roso to hla feet.
"Pardon, madamo," ho said, with a
touch of sad dignity in his voice, "I
am poor, but I am not asking "
"Pray, don't mistake me." Inter
rupted the baroness, "and bellovo mo,
I had no deslro to hurt your feelings
In tho slightest degree. But since you
decline to place a price on the work,
of tho value of which I am totally Ig
norant, what am I to do In order to
serve you?"
The professor paused a moment.
(To bo continued.)
Remarkable Game of Chess.
A game of chess under extraordi
nary conditions was playod a day or
two ago at a fashionable Iondon club
by somo ultra-smart men. Sixty-four
squares were chalked olit upon a
billiard table, and tho pieces wero
represented by bottles ' containing
wines of various qualities. Cham
pagne was tho king, claret the queen,
Burgundy tho bishops, port tho cas
tles, Madeira tho knights, while pint
flasks of common Hungarian vintages
stood for tho humble but effective
pawns. The most rcmarkablo of tho
rules laid down for observance was
that which rendered it obligatory
upon every player making n move to
ompty his piece at a draught. Faith
ful compliance with this ordinance,
howover, was found upon oxperimont
to interfere somewhat prematurely
with tho progross of tho game, for
by tho tlmo the opening moves had
boon executed upon strictly Bacchana
lian principle tho players wore under
tho table.
Woes of Authorship.
Mr. William Bean Howolls' daugh
ter whon a very llttlo girl mado a
childish lltorary vonturo In tho form
of a book of verses. The linos wore
coplod out In a round, unformed
schoolgirl hand and tho shoeta Hewn
together, a labor of weeks. The
volume was put on sale at a church
fair. Tho day aftor tho fair tho llttlo
girl sought her fnthor to toll her ex
perience with heartbreaking sobs. Sho
had stood all duy watching tho book.
A few had glanced at It, hut no ono
had bought It. Mr. Howolls soothod
hor. "My doar," said tho distinguish
ed novollst compassionately, "you aro
bocomlng acqualntod too oarly with
tho woos of authorship,"
SSEEkJF5
Mm THE WORLD'S
BEST
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
Tho Decnlogue Is as good a labor
platform as any. Ijuv has always
failed to adjust wages. In practical
religion wo find tho highest form of
solution yet offered. Carroll I).
Wright In n public address in Now
York.
It is nn old thought thnt If employ
ers, instead of thinking how low
wnges they could pay, would think
how high wages they could pay, and
If employes, Instond of thinking how
high wagos they could get, would
think how low wages they could tnke,
there would bo no room for dispute.
Each side would thou ho doing Its
host for the other.
Human nature, however, Is selfish,
chlelly because all men think that
they are better than other men.
Therefore they demand larger sharoa
of tho earth's fruits and of tholr great
er ability ns mon. but because they
think they aro hotter than othor
men as men.
Those who wish to llvo In tho
world will, of course, havo to keop
on dealing with huinnn nature as It Is
made by this jmlvorsal delusion, at
lea-t until the millennium comes. As
the millennium Is universally deemed
dcslrnble, It is evident that tho quick
est way to bring It In Is to ondenvor
to overcome this delusion by every
mnn's doing his best to treat very
other man as not Inferior to himself,
but as Just a man llko himself.
The "practical religion" whjch Br.
Wright, after years of study, finds "tho
highest form of solution yet offered"
Is merely the gospel of tho Man of
Nazareth. Chicago Inter Ocean.
THE RUSSIAN PERIL.
Whenever Russia does wake up,
then, Indeed, beware of tho Russian
peril! Peasant France, freed, overran
Europe, Ignoring the boundaries of
kingdoms as if they were chalk marks,
and upsetting thrones as If they wero
toys on a nursery floor. In three years
the revolutionists mado moro great
generals "out of mud" than the mon
archy had mado out of porcelain In
three centuries, nnd from their loins
sprang Nnpolean nnd his marshals.
To-day only n few thousand persons
constitute Russia. No ono else has
anything to say or anything to do,
except to pay tho bills and carry tho
guii3. But when tho more than hun
dred million Russians ench becomes
nn active "unjt In the nation., when
their energies, pent up and denied for
centuries, are loosed in the service of
tholr country, Russia then will reallzo
the great picture which Milton drew
In these memorable lines:
"A noble and puissant nation, rous
ing herself like a strong man after
sleep and slinking her Invlnclblo
locks." Boston Globe.
THE PRICE OF FAME.
When ono considers how much tho
people lovo to' bo humbugged, It Is
surprising that thcro aro not moro
peoplo engaged professionally In the
business. A map with a very brilliant
mind may make a brilliant address
before a brilliant audlenco, nnd there
tho brilliancy stops; but a man with a
mind about tho size of a shrlvoled
walnut, may talk a lot of nonsonso to
an audlenco of no or of averago or
unusual Intelligence, nnd Immedi
ately he becomes famous. An educa
tor In a recent religious meeting told
a fairly Intelligent audience that danc
ing wns tho closest approach to Para
dise, and to-day his namo and theory
Is known from Maine to California. A
University of Chicago professor tolls
wherein Rockefeller Is superior to
Shnkespeare, and while tho oil mng
nato modestly protests, tho professor's
mall is overwhelmed with request!!
for photographs and locks of his hair.
A Harvard professor, who teaches
Slavic literature, and who Is a natlvo
of Russia, expresses tho hope that
his fatherland will bo defontod In tho
Eastorn war, and ho gets half a col
umn of attention, where his senslblo
utterances had never won him moro
than vory moderate attention. And
so, If a man must simply bo foolish to
become famous, Is it any wondor that
almost everybody to-day Is famous?
Baltimore Herald.
PREPARATION FOR TRAVEL.
"Thcro Is ono thing which Is of
great importance if ono wlshos to
bonofit by travel," says Rev. Mlnot J.
Savage in the Four-Track News. "Ono
should make euro what ho Is going to
sco hoforo ho loaves home. The story
Is told of Humboldt, the great and
wondorful travolor, that on a certnln
occasion, he was talking to n frland
who had Just returned from Palestine.
As the great sclontist talked about
tho points of lnteroset, mentioning
buildings nnd streets and ruins In tho
most familiar Kay, his friend askod
him whon It was that ho had boon
there. Ho replied thnt ho had novor
been thore, but on a cortaln occasion
he had expected to go and had read
up In regard to It by way of prepara
tion. In London, for oxample, or
Paris, thoro are many streets, build
ings, monuments, pictures, historic
spots to bo vlsltod, that no man can
expect to bo otherwise than lost as in
n wlldornoss, unless ho has read and
studied beforehand and knows what
lio wishes to see."
WRITERS
migz&at&m
OUR DAD COLLEGE SPELLING.
Much In said In tho papers nbout
college English, says Leslie's Weekly.
The peoplo within nnd without collogo
wnllH declare that students write bad
ly. But there Is a thing more funda
mental than tholr poor English style;
It Is the matter of their spelling. Many
collogo mon, as proved by tholr es
says, rnnnot spell. They frequently
make tho mistake of transforming
writing Into wrlttlng, and of dining
Into dinning an ocho probably of the
noise of u collogo dining-room.
But poor spelling Is not confined to
collogo students. College profossoni
nro not free from tho blame. A lot
tor lies before the writer In which
tho distinguished head of n mont Im-
portant department In nn American
collogo declares that a certain candi
date, whom ho hns recommended, Is?
competant. A Now England college
profossor hns recently said that In
making application for n place In Eng
lish, Bevornl candidates wroto of tho
snlory. Of course, also, a man may
lack culture and spell correctly. Spell
ing Is moro or less a matter of nn
arbitrary hit of knowledge. But what
ever may bo tho psychological rela
tions of the art, tho schools should
tench boys and girls to4 spoil. By In
correct spelling the higher ranges of
learning nro rendered loss linprosslvo.
A STRIKING SUGGESTION.
In a vory Interesting tablo showing
the nccuiuulntloiiB of monthly snvliigs
of ono dollar to twenty dollars, whon
Interest 1b compounded Homl-nnnually
at the rato of 3 per cent per annum,
It Is shown thnt a monthly Baving ol
only fivo dollars a month for ten years
amounts to ?G99.C8. In ton years ten
dollnrs Baved monthly nmonnts to
$1,399.38, nnd twenty dollnrs to $2,
798.9S. Thrift Is not ono of tho American
vlrtucB. Most Amerlcnn families
throw away enough food to keep a
French family, for exnmplo, In health
and comfort. Nor Is It characteristic
of Americans to savo money. We
hnvo about us bo many instances of
great wealth rapidly acquired, the
country Is so prosperous and money
so ensy to get, that wo do not count
tho pennies or tho dimes, but scatter
them right nnd left In tho serene
though Insensate confidence thnt we
shall find dollars growing on tho
trees at tho next turning In llfo's path
way. Our habits, UmTaro luxurious. Wo
all buy things continually lor which
wo havo only a momentary deslro and
no need whatever. Do wo not all
know of at least fivo dollars wo havo
wasted every month?
It 1b not necessary to arguo as to
the folly of this national weakness,
for Its folly Is self-evident. Nor 1b it
necessary to point out tho advantages
of thrift and economy.
It Is suggestive enough to call at
tention to tho fact that self-denial to
tho ,oxtent of a very fow dollnrs a
month will in a short time fortify n
man ngatnst the sudden assaults of
adverso fortune. Chicago Journal.
SUBATOMIC ENERGY.
Tho disintegration of n gram of
uranium, or thorium, or radium, Bets
frco nt least a million times as much
energy ns that which Is represented In
any known chomlcnl change taking
plnco within a gram weight of any
known compound substance. Tho ex
perlments of tho last eight years havo
then marked a rcmnrkablo ndvance In
science, In thnt they havo proved tho
existence of nn immense store of sub
atomic energy. It seems highly Im
probable, liowover, that this energy
can evor bo utilized on tho earth to
sorvo man's economic needs, for thus
far wo know of but three substnnccs
which nro disengaging it, and thoso
aro changing so slowly that tho rato
of evolution of energy Is almost Infln
Itcslmnl, Radium may possibly prove
to bo of Bomo practical valuo In tho
euro of disease, although It Is too
oarly yet to assert ovon this with cer
tainty. But oven If no practical appli
cation of thoso discoveries should he
found, radio-activity will nevertheless
havo served one ot tho most useful of
all ends, namoly, that of onlarglng
mnn's knowlodge of tho ways of na
ture and of deepening his Insight Into
tho constitution of mattor. Prof. R.
A. Mllllkan, In Popular Sclonco
Monthly.
THE BLESSING OF FREE LABOR.
Tho hlghost devolopmont and tho
wldost distribution of wealth have
boon secured whore labor was free,
and tho loast where slavery prevailed.
Tho efforts that are being mado by
organizations of work people to load
thomsolvos with despotic restraints
aro tho result of wild dreams that
thoy can Impose tholr restrictions
upon others and leavo thomsolvos free.
Such a state of things can nover be
roallzod. Even If tho socialistic no
tions could be carried to tho oxtont
of socurlng for tho whole pooplo con
trol of all tho machlnory of produc
tion, and a distribution of all wealth,
tho conditions of equality would not
Inst a fortnight. In a vory brief time
thoro would arlso a class that was
fast monopolizing tho wealth and ex
orcising all tho public power of con
trolNew Orleans Picayune
NOT A TEN-WORD 8COLD.
Angry Wife Needed More Than That
to Do Subject Justice.
Thoro wero llttlo rod Btroaks In her
fnco nnd a hlnzo In hor oyo as sho
camo Into tho tolegrnph offlco and
said:
"I want lo tologrnph to my hus
band." "Yes, inndnm." responded tho oper
ator, handing hor nomo blanks.
"How much will It ho?" sho In
quired. "I don't know, madam," replied tho
operator with kcon politeness and a
faint Btiillo.
"Don't know!" Bho exclaimed.
"What aro you hore for?"
"To Bond and receive mossagos,
mutlam."
"Woll, why don't you know how
much a telegram will cost?"
"Because, madam, 1 don't know
where It Is to bo sent."
"Well, you needn't bo so smart,"
sho Btinppod. "It's to go to Chicago."
"Then It will cost -it) cents."
Sho mndo no further remarks,, but
took tho blanks nnd In tho course of
tlmo returned with about six pages
of rather closely wrltton mattor.
"There " Bho said, laying four dimes
down with tho mossnge, "sond that."
"But, mndam," explained tho oper
ator, "It Is 10 conta for ton words."
"What!" Bho ejaculated, "you can
only Bond ton words for 40 cents?"
She looked him square In tho faco at)
sho tried to suppress her feelings.
"Aro you a married man?" alio asked,
"Yob, madam."
"Well, you must ho vory Btupld If
you don't know a woman can't' glvo
her husband a pleco of her mind In
ton words," and without waiting to
hear anything more she glided out of
tho office, tnklng her message with
hor.
DEATHS FOLLOW DOG'S HOWL.
Tom Sawyer's Theory Vindicated by
Strange Occurrences In Maine.
A black dog whoso ownor Is nn
known has been howling for, two
tveekn around Elm street, Snco. Ho
ilts In front of n house with his head
.urnod skyward and keeps up a con
tinual unearthly howl, which can be
Ucard within n rndlus of a quarter of
a mile.
Thoro havo been nn unusual num
oer of deaths in this neighborhood
recently, and It is, claimed that this
dog has howled In advance in front
of every Iioubo In which a death has
occurred. Tho superstition has hold
good in six instances, and Saturday
tho dog was dividing his tlmo botween
two houses in which there Is sickness,
howling for a whilo before ono of
them nnd then tnklng his station ho
foro tho othor. Somo peoplo In tho
neighborhood aro a good deal worked
up about It.
Nobody haB boon able to got near
enough to tho dog to not a shot at
him, and whon driven off ho soon
returns. Tho superstition Is as old as
tho hills, It Is claimed that within a -radius
of 200 yards from a central
point In thnt neighborhood tvvolvo
deaths havo occurred within less than
that numbor of months. Bangor
Nowu.
The Ridiculous In Poetry.
It is the custom of tho, American
Journalist, who respects nothing and .
invents llttlo but his facts, to enliven
his pages about this tlmo of tho year
with ridicule of "tho spring poet."
Poetry Beems to tho trans-Atlantic "
nowspapor mind especially ridiculous.
And, indeed, there Is something pa
thetically old-fashioned in tho bard
sitting down to string rhymes together
on tho fact that for nobody knpwa
how many thousandth tlmo tho dayB
havo grown wnrmer and longor, nnd
tho leaves como out and tho flowers
peeped in tho hedges and over tho
meadows. Bosldos, when tho spring
poetry appears In a monthly magazlno
readers will remember that it was
probably written during tho autumn
of tho year before last. That is about
the timo that tho wlno of poesy takes
to filter through tho editorial strain
sr. London Tattler.
Our Tasks.
For what wo cannot do, Oiil novor nsks:
IJoyonil what wo cun Iwir, Ha never
trios,
In sweet fulfillment of the llttlo tunkn
We make our preparation for the skies.
The restless heart ueeks to do something
Brent,
And lets the common things of llfo
slip by,
ForKPttlnK that tho trlllos Indicate,
Which jmth we're taking for eternity.
London Sunday School Times.
They Belonged There.
At tho latest of tho ladles' clubs a
"pots' room," with llttlo stalls for
dogs ami cats, lemurs and lizards, all
the small creatures that a lady finds
necessary as companions, Is provided.
Ono of the most enthusiastic mem
bers was showing her frlonds of her
box over tho establishment, and opon
od the door of tho "pots' room" with
proper pride.
Thore, lh the center of tho room, on
two chairs, Bat two Immaculatoly
clothod young men, grave of face, but
with a wicked twinkle in their oyos.
"Don't you know this Is tho Indies'
'pots' room'?" asked tho onthuslastlc
mombor, with some acerbity.
"That's why wo are hero," replied
tho moro sorlous of tho two young
mon, with becoming gravity. Sport
Ing TJmos.
Reforming Colorado Boys.
Hundreds of boys from the Donvei
Juvonllo Court will bo sent into the
sugar beet flolds near Longmont,
Colo., to work. Tho boys will bo son!
out in parties of twonty-flve each, Ir.
charge of a probation officer, and will
bo oqulppod with tents and camping
outfits. They can earn from $1.20 to
2 a day each