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'$ 1 i fo A fflt&fyCrefiJl-&fo ARKEST RUSSIA Y ir. an att ax uonnem.7. Copyright, I89d, by Street Smith, All rights renonrcd. VI!''"''')!'"'' CHAPTER XIII. Continued. Ho turned to Radaloft and was about to speak when- a servant ap peared. "An imperial messenger seeks Immediate audionco with tho minister of police!" Karslcheff turned pale. Nicholas, deeply agitated, placed Ills hand on his mother's arm. Katherino, with an undefined dread of something, breathed heavily in con. vulsivo gasps. Another second and tho Imperial messenger entered tho room. Going directly to General KnrsichefT. ho handed him a largo envelope .of an ominously official appearance. The minister, taking tho envelope toro it open with feverish anxiety, and with sinking heart and burning oyes read tho following: "To Constantino Karslcheff, Minis ter of Police. "Sir: Ills Imperial Majesty has been graciously pleased to make tho following orders: "I. Constantino KarsIchefT Is here by removed as Minister of Police and deposed from all other authority here tofore vested In him as such muistcr. "II. Paul, tho Count Nazimoff, is hereby appointed Minister of Police to succeed Karslchcff, deposed, and will tako possession of the official seal ttnd nssumo all powers of such min istry at twelve o'clock this day, pre cisely. "III. Constantino Karslchcff will, without delay, proceed to Siberia, where ho will act as civil and mili tary governor of tho province of To- l-1nV 1I11 rttinp .ta Tnmnrtil Af n tnok'ci pleasure. "Given under tho great seal of tho Chancellorie, Gortschakoff, "Prime Minister." With a deep groan, Karslchcff dropped the paper. "Good God, it Is the blow I feared," and he sank back In his chair. Nicholas picked up tho paper. "Give it to me," said the countess, as she almost snatched the document from his hand. A gluncc told her Its contents. She looked at tho clock. It wanted but ten minutes of the time of the hour of noon. "Ills excellency, Paul. Count Nazlm oif," announced a servant. Kntherlno stood erect in a moment. She would give no sign of her bitterness of heart, however deeply sho felt tho blow. Count Nazimoff entered the room. He was dressed in full uniform. Karlschcff half arose and then sat back. Count Nazimoff approached and ex tended his hand. "Believe me, my dear Karslchcff," he said, "I was not desirous of this position. But his majesty having sent for mo and hav ing proffered tho honor, it was not to bo refused." The suggestion of a fcmllo passed over the pale face of the deposed min ister. "I am quite sure the position cannot be in better hands," ho said. Katherlne looked at tho clock. It was within five minutes of noon. She looked at her husband and ho understood the meaning. "I have 'finished my work," said Karslcheff, turning to Count NazlmofT again, "for, as you doubtless know, I huvo succeeded in capturing the lead- ' 'T S TN DLOFriIZ4PFD. or3 of the Nihilistic conspiracy. His majesty, I had hoped, would have rec ognized my services in n different way," he said with a bitter smile, "but his majesty knows best. It is my last duty to provo my loyalty by sentencing the enomles of my sover eign and I shall do it to tho end." Ho paused. Katharine was furious. Sho detcr , mined to take matters into her own hand. "Gemeral Karslcheff " sho said to tho count, "is still minister." "Until twelve o'clock," roplled tho count; "It still wants a few minutes of the hour." "Then bring lu tho prisoners and let tho general finish his work," said Katherlne, looking toward Radaloff. Tho latter opened tho door and with a file of four soldiers guarding him another prisoner was brought In and placed in position before tho min ister of police. Count Nazimoff took u seat by the side of Karslcheff and gasod curiously at tho scene. "This is another of the vile gang of conspirators captured this morn ing," said Karslchoff to tho count, and then, turning to tho prisoner, whoso -Jjco was concealed by tho hood of nis greatcoat, he assumed a tone of judicial aevurlty, and said: "Drop ur hood, prlsonor. What is your i.arae?" The prlsonor droypod the hood and yi ! S.Ki stood like a statuo as ho answered. "Alexis Nazimoff!" "Alexia Nazimoff!" was repeated by nil in tho room all save Ivan ami Ilda. With a cry of bitterest anguish from his breaking heart Count Nazi moff staggered to his feet. For a mo ment he vainly essayed to speak, but hia tongue refused to utter a sound. "Oh, my father!" Tho cry was wrung from tho surcharged heart of Alcxi3 as ho stretched out hia shack led hands. Paul Nazimoff, weak and trembling., found his volco at last. "Alexis, my son, my boy," ho cried In anguished tones, "what does this mean? Oh, my God, my God!" He pressed his hands first to his heart, then to his throbbing brain. "I'nthorl" snld Alexis. "Speak, speak out! Oh, God, speak out!" cried tho stricken count. "You, you, my boy hero here charged with crime with plotting tho assas sination of your sovereign! Speak, Alexis; say that It Is false! Don't you see my heart Is breaking?" "I svear to you, father, it is Lot true. I am innocent." "You lion" faltered Count Nazi moff, looking wildly around. "You hoar ho is " "Ho Is guilty whoever ho may be," spoke up tho officer In command, "for I myself found concealed on his per son, in his cigar case this sign tho sign of tho assassin chosen to kill." Ho held up Lis hand! Tho Red Rouble! "My God!" Paul Nazimoff loll back and buried his faco in his hands. Tho clock showed that it wanted but a minute of the hour. "Quick," said Katherlne, rushing to her husband's side. "You have am plo proof of his guilt. Sentence him to Siberia It will bring him and Olga together." Karslchcff sat stunned! Tho tcrrlblo disclosure of Ale.Is' identity had shaken him. "Quick," urged Katherlne, "It is your last chance!" The Iron will and relentless pur pose of his wife swayed Karslcheff now a3 they had often swayed him before. It nerved him to a deed that, left alone, ho would never have dared. "Alexin Nazimoff," ho said, "there can bo no doubt of your guilt with this damning cvldcnco of your unholy purpose found In your possession. You havo forfeited your life, but my last act shall bo merciful. I spare your life. I sentence you to twenty years lu tho mines of Siberia!" Karslcheff rose from his desk. T,ho clock began striking twelve, and as tho strokVu rang out they fell like a knoll on tho ears of nearly all pres ent. Turning to 'Paul, Count Nazi moll', Karslcheff, taking a bunch of keys from his pocket, said, "My work Is finished. Count Nazimoff, to you I resign my seal, my keys, my pow ers. I havo done my duty to tho end the rest is yours!" Radaloft approached Count Nazi moff Count Nazimoff, tho now min ister of police and as ho passed tho countess ho gave her one look that repaid all tho Insult she had heaped upon him loss than an hour before. "What Is your excellency's command regarding the other 'risoner3?" ho asked, saluting Count Nazimoff. "There Is one more to bo disposed of. Sho says sho Is the wife of that man," and ho pointed to Ivan. Katherino caught the word. His wlfo! llda's brother's wife. Sho too must suffer. None of them must escape. "Count Nazimoff," sho said, "my husband laid down his work while engaged in meting out justico to thi3 gang of assassins. Thero is one more that man's wife. She too should bo punished hero and now." Paul, Count Nazimoff, looked up slowly. Ho had aged ten years in less than two minutes. "Not now," ho said faintly; "not now. Wo havo had enough of of " He could say no more. Katherlne spoke again. "It ill becomos the minister of his sovereign to show his weakness at such a time as this," she exclaimed. "My husband, at tho expense of his feelings, nerved himself to do his duty now do yours. Russia needs an example now!" Almost Involuntarily Count Nazi moff raised his hand. It was to beg Katherlne to be silent. Radaloff saw tho motion and Inter preted It to mean that ho should pro duce tho prisoner. In another moment he had left tho room and a second later reentered it with a heavily draped figure clinging to his arms. He had to support her cr sho would havo fallen. Katherlne pointed to tho trembling figure supported by Radaloff. "Sho Is tho wlfo of that man," ex claimed the countess. Indicating Ivan. "There can be no excuse for delay. Sho was captured with tho rest is It not so?" and Bho turned fiercely to tho officer in command. "It is so, madame, and sho was ar rested while standing by tho printing press, upon which wo found this proc lamation." As ho spoko he displayed tho pla card In rod. "You soo you soe, Count Nazi moff," oxclalmod tho countess, "there can bo no doubt. Act and a heavy sentence too." "Poor girl." Tho count glanced at tho veiled and ehrluking flguro before him. "She may bo inuooant. She " "Sho cannot br innocent with tiie proof cf her guilt in that treasonable proclamation," Bliotitod Knthorlno, "Sentence her!" "Whnt h your namo?" asked Paul Nazimoff In a faint volco. The girl snld nothing. Sho seemed to shrink still more. "Sponk, girl your namo! You aro ihat man's wife; do not deny It," said Katherlne. "My nnino Is " Tho vail fell, and tho palo face was exposed to tho gnzo of all present, as Olga stood forth with trombllng form and fainting heart. "Olga!" Above tho oxclamatlon of horror, surprise and nmazomont with which tho namo was spoken by all, thero rang out a wild shriek of anguish and despair as Katherino Karslchcff rec ognized her daughter. "Olga!" Again tho shriek echoed until It Etruck terror to all within hearing. "Olga my daughter his wife that man's wife no! no! no! Oh, God, Count Nazimoff, you do not be lieve this, you cannot believo this. My daughter, the affianced wlfo of your son sho hero with these thnt man's wife! It Is not so my God, my God, I Bwoar it is not so. Do not scntenco her! Spnro her! Sparo fill J. mi ufiu m x-x.Tmiiiimiin ihiiii mat "Mjxrf fmr,sa&!7Mmnr her. Here on my knees at your feet. I beg, I implore you, by tho lovo you bore your dead wife, have mercy on her. on me on all havo mercy, havo mercy!" Count Nazimoff raised his head. "You have urged my duty well, ma dame, I must perform it." "Mercy, mercy, mercy!" screamed Katherlne, fairly groveling at his feet. "I sentence her," said Count Nazi moff, "to Siberia with her parents!" CHAPTER XIV. On the Road to the Mines. Tlirco days after the events nar rated in the preceding chapter tho doors of the great prison of Pctro pavlovsk in St. Petersburg Bwung open. Tho entrance was gunrded by a squadron of Cossacks, and a lino of prison vnns stood near, ready to move at the word of command with tho first detachment of political pris oners frohi among tho hundreds ar rested during tho wholcsalo raids of the police mado by order of the min ister. Of tho prisoners arrested In tho Nihilist rendezvous, four Oramlnsky and Hersy being two were sen tenced to death; tho others, without cxcoptlon, to exile in Siberia for terms ranging from ten years to life. KIrshkin's fato alone was undecided. Ho had made a full confession of all ho know, and It was determined to keep him In St. Petersburg In hopes that ho could furnish tho authorities with still fuller details of tho great conspiracy. Two by two, heavily shackled, tho prisoners moved slowly from tho pris on and took their plnccs In tho wait Ins vans. (To bo continued.) The Latest Type of Stein. Ingenious manufacturers havo In re cent years brought out music boxes concealed in a variety of receptacles other than tho prosaic caso of fancy wood. Thus we havo iiad alubums, clocks, Jewel cases, etc., within which was secreted tho necessary mechan ism for tho rendering of one or moro familiar airs some too familiar, as many a weary listener can testify. Now comes the musical stein, for this favorite ornnment of the grillroom or bachelor's den has been pressed Into servico by tho enterprising manufac turer of tho music box. There Is noth ing about tho exterior of tho musical stein to Indicate that it is other than tho ordinary variety and one Is of heavy ware sort in green and russet tones with a windmill decoration on one side. Thoso who Ilko music boxes and at the same timo are partial to steins for decorative uso will doubt less npprovo of this 'newest device. Brooklyn Eagle. An Amendment. "All men," shouts the impassioned orator, "aro croated free and equal! Who can add anything to this noblo sentlmont which has como rosoundlng down tho long avenues of our his tory? Who can make it moro im pressive? Who can " "I can," cries a little man with wor rlod eyes, who bobs up at tho odgo of tho audionce. "All men aro croated free and equal and thoa they get married." At this point a sturdy feminine hand, wearing a plain gold ring, is soon to grip tho little man's oar and bring him back to his place. Playwright Quits America. Augustus Thomas, playwright, has decided to settle permanently In Europe. (ihiih I linn ill m l il m POULTRY i i i i - i ' f SJroh White Plymouth Rocks. The question frequently nrlses In one's mind, "What ndvantago Is thero In raising tho Whlto Plymouth Rock?" This breed, ns developed to-day, has so many good qualities that It would eeera thnt any ono of them would bo sufficient reason for a man's breed ing them. I boliovo thnt this breed Is proforablo to nil othors. I havo beon In tho poultry business for thirty years and during thnt time I hnvo bred, raised and sold mnny thousands of fowls. I havo tried about every breed ono could think of, yet nono Jiavo given mo tho results that I havo obtained with tho Whlto Plymouth Rocks. Ono of tho great advantages In raising them is tho Inrgo number of eggs thoy produce Thero is no fowl thnt will produco moro eggs In twelve months than a woll-brcd Whlto Plymouth Rock. Thoso birds maturo early, becoming of broiler slzo in six weeks, and tho pullets begin to lny nt flvo monthB of ago. They aro excel lent as market fowls and for tho table, giving n full, plump, round carcass. Tho feathers from a Whlto Plymouth Rock command a prico of from thirty two to thirty-eight cents per pound, whilo tho feathers from a pnrtl-colorcd fowl aro worth only six to eight conts per pound. This Is nnother good rea son why ono should ralso Whlto Ply mouth Rocks. During tho last flvo years I havo raised and sold over 20, 000 Whlto Plymouth ! Rocks, having shipped them to nearly every quarter of tho globo. Every person that breeds them likes thcui and thoy do well In overy climate, proving them to bo entitled to tho claim to be tho best gcnernl-purposo fowl. U. R. Fisher, Bartholomew County, Ind. Ocellated Honduras Turkey. Tho Honduras turkey was originally found wild in that country. It has been described by travelers ns most beautiful In color, equal to somo of tho most brilliant of tho phoasants. Tho head and nock of tho wild vari ety aro naked, and thero is no tuft on tho breast. The ground color of tho plumage is a bronzo green, banded with gold bronze, bluo and red, with hero and there n hand of jrllllnt black. This variety has not been bred suc cessfully as a domestic variety In the northern climates. It is doubtful if it has beon successfully bred outsldo of Its native country. Hit or Miss In Turkey Raising. Mnny years ago I mado tho state ment thnt turkeys aro hard to raise. After twenty years of oxperlen'co I am Btlll of tho opinion that a Ug flock of turkeys at selling timo is "Just as it happens." In tho last twenty years I havo raised over 2,000 bronze turkeys, and perhaps lost halt bat number. Ono year I would raise nearly all hatched, and tho next year, with tho very amo feed and care I would lose half. I could not boo why this should bo. It looked as If they had rather dio than llvo. I kept tho lico off, fed them on wheat bread soaked in wator, with black pepper and onion tops shaved fine, wheat, corn chop nnd curd mado from clabborcd milk; and whilo somo throve others nicmed to dlo from choice. But I was novor so dis couraged but that when spring came I was not anxious to try again for a good flock. I havo raised ns high as 140 In a season. Then I thought I would not exchango my business for a little gold roino. But at other times, when I havo had only 35 or 40 to sell in tho fall, It was not so nlco. It Is no troublo to Bell a lino bronzo gob bler at 5, $7.00 or oven $10 thece days. I think It pays to keep trying. I havo bred turkeys that scored as high as 07 points, and won highest honors in many shows. I am no ex ponent of "successful turkey raising" and still think it "hit or miss." Jennie Ferry, Lincoln Co., Mo. 6 To Get Eggs. I believe that tho best conditions for egg production aro thoso that exist where tho fowls havo frco rango, thereby getting grass, bugs, worms, bits of grain, etc. In tho winter, or whoro fowls aro confined, these food elements should as near as posslblo bo supplied, not forgetting plenty of grit. They should also bo Induced to work by having their food scattered in litter. They must bo kept froo from lico nnd mites and in the winter must hnvo warm quarters. Cleanli ness must bo observed at all times. W. L. Mills, Putnam County, III. Puro bred stock Is becoming so com mon that it is no longer high In price. The only birds thnt ore high are thoso of stralo that havo boon for genera tions of tholr Ilvos In tho caro of ex port raon who havo dovelopod cortaln noslrablo qualities In them, cither of foatser, moat or egg laying. wwidm c"i " Weel Old Cream. Tho buttormnklng business of to day Is an entirely dlfforont proposi tion from whnt It wan flvo years ago, as tho hand separator has mado It necessary to uso mnnySiew and dir forcnt methods than when nothing but wholo milk was rocclvod nt tho factory, hi tho first plnco, cream which Is n week old ought not to bo accepted by any croamory, no mnt tor whothor It is a cooporatlvo cream cry or n contrnl plant, but competi tion is so fierce that it is accoptod, and this puts n promlum upon old crenm, bocnuso tho farmer Isn't going UXo deliver his crenm any oftonor than is necessary to cnnuio him to get tho samo prico as tho farmer who dollv crs his cream dally. It is my opinion that It is a mlstnko to mix week old crenm with crenm which Is ono or two days old, nnd In good condition, nnd I rocommend that this old cream bo pasteurized, heating It to ns high n tompcrnturo as posslblo without giv ing tho crenm a cooked flavor, nnd then cool it to nhout C5 degrees, then ndd a good commercial or homo-nndo stnrtor and then cool It down to about GO degrees. Tho churning tempora turo vnrles with tho season of tho yoar from CO degrees In tho winter to 52 in tho summer. Cnro Bhould bo taken not to overclaim tho buttor, then draw off tho buttermilk, add tho wash water, revolving tho churn two or throo times, being caroful not to roll tho butter so as to make it chunky, then drain off tho wash wator and work tho buttor until tho salt Is entirely dissolved. I hnvo mado Bomo experiments nnd at tho present timo nm investigating several now ideas, but, ns yet, none of them hnvo proved a success, nnd if it is going to bo Im possible to forco tho farmor to bring his crenm oftoncr than onco a week, It Is my opinion that In tho duo course of timo our men who aro invontors In dairy apparatus and dairy prepara tions will discover somo plcco of ma chinery or Bomo chemical which will bo of great nsslstunco, tut until that timo our only salvation is to labor with tho farmer and show him how It Is an impossibility to mako extras out of crenm which Is a week old. J. II. Brockwny. Soil and Milk. The surprising assertion Ib mado by an English scientist that tho class of soil on which tho hay or nasturo crass Is grown controls to a largo oxtcnt tho quality of tho milk. Americans will bo Blow in accepting tho state ments In behalf of such a doctrlno. It will do no harm, howovor, to noto tho points that tho Bald scientist thinks ho brings out. Ho clnims, In tho first place, that milk from grass grown on a llmcstono soil will bo richer than on n clay soil, oven though all treatment of tho cows Is tho samo. But wo havo frequently noted thnt tho English ctlll havo tho idea that tho richness of tho milk con tinually varies according to tho vary ing richness of tho feed. This Idea is being constantly brought out In ono way and another there, tho local Judges oven letting off tho milkmen that sell milk Lelow tho required per centngo of solids, tho milk producers having mado the plea that tho feed wbb poor In quality. Again, tho man referred to declares that milk mado on llmcstono soil will keep fifty per cent longer than that mado on clay soils, other things be ing equnl. Ho asserts that in tho making of checso tho milk has to bo scalded at not less than 108 dogrecs if it Is made on clay, whilo if it Is mado on limestono soil tho scalding can bo dono at 100 degrees. Ho does not try to explain tho cnuso of thctso remarkablo differences, but guesses that perhaps tho microorganisms in tho clay aoil aro different from tho mlcro-organiam3 in tho other soil. Un fortunately, tho gentleman does not furnish verified data to provo bis as sertions. Feed Improves Breeds. It has beon frequently remarked that dairy breeds of cattle iraprovo when thoy como to this country. Ma jor Alvord, on his return from n visit to tho islands of Guernsey nnd Jersey, said that wo havo better Jerseys and Guernseys than aro to bo found on thoso islands, they having Improved in our hands. Incidentally ho mon t'ons that tho pasturago thoro Is high lu price and tho cows havo to bo tethered. This Indicates that they havo not tho abundance of food to bo found in this country. Doubtless tho Increase In size in both Guernseys and JerseyB is due to taolr moro abun dant supply of food atuffs. This Indi cates that wo havo tho molding of breeds to a largo oxtcnt In our own hands. Ono thing lb certain and that Is that It does uot do to starvo ani mals in any degroe. They may not show it nt once, but it will appear In tho course of generations, in fact, tho lncreaso In slzo has been a matter of generations and not of a few years. It was not till tho animals had been In this country several years that it was notlcod that tholr slzo was surely in creasing. This was moro readily brought about naturally by tho fact that tho Jorsoys and Guernseys that werc-flrst Imported fell into tho hands of Intensive feeders who fod them to mako tho most possible out of them. Had these animals beon .given the same scrub caro that somo of our animafa roceivo they would not havo shown tho development that wo new see in them. C3tQIll! N EKt " Knows All About Races. As n Jockey he's a wonder and ho rivor makes a blunder, Ho a master in tho saddle And ho ride n perfect race. Lvery common point of vantage ho can turn to good advantage, And It's remllly admitted lie's a muster mind nt pucol He can selr.o on every loophole, he can jotipezc rlnht through n knothole, Ami ho'd novor meet disaster vrhllo ho thus was Raining ground. And heM tnnlto tho poorest tiorseo spin nround the devious courses in ojien-cyed nmnzement at tho sudden speed they'd found At the ttart hon ever ready and his nerve Is keen anil steady Aiul ho coolly sen about his task with veteran dliiplay. And his rnlmnetpi won't diminish; bo tt whatso'cr a finish, Ho Just goes nnd gets tho money In a most convincing wnyl He's nrt brilliant as a rocket and ho (lodges overy "pocket" And he'd turn into a victory a palpnblo defeat Hut Jhero'a no ono "keeping cases" on this Jockey's perfect racoi. I-or tho troublo Is ho rides them from his Brand Btond neat. Now York Sun. Falkland's Plague cf Geese. Thero appoars to bo an cxcollont opening for a now industry In tho Falkland islands. Gov. Grey Wilson reports that nn agitation Is on foot to tnduco tho government to undortako tho diminution of tho wild "but In reality much too tamo" gooso, and thnt ho docs not sympathlzo with It. Tho farmers mcantlmo aro doing lhl3 deadly work themselves, and aro pnylng ?2.G0 a hundred for tho upper beak as evidence of slaughter; and It is suggested that from 100,000 to 150, 000 geese, representing grass for 20, COO sheep, might with ndvantago bo destroyed annually. But tho governor points out that tho natlvo gooso Is excellent ontlng, and thinks thnt commercial enterprise might prcservo from wnsto about a millions pounds of food nnd tho high lass down which this slaughter pro ides. This is to Bay nothing of tho vnst quantity of eggs which are broken yearly. Stray Stories. Hen Died of Broken Heart. A Plymouth Rock hen hatched out our ducklings about bIx wccIie ago nc St. Catharines, Ont. Hor counte nanco wore a somowhat surprised ex pression when sho flrat gazed upon the web-footed brood, but she cared for them with maternal Instinct. But tho lion's appetite failed, and tho look of surprise grow Into ono of disgust as tho ducklings grow. Tho strain wan too much, and tho other day, with a last look at her charge, tho hon top I'led over and died, undoubtedly from a broken heart. Tramp Really Was Hungry. A tramp was arrested at Ludlow, Mass., who claimed to have been four cays without food. Tho kind-hearted officer took tho famished man to a restaurant, whero ho ato a meal which for tho quantity of food consumed boats nil known records In tho town. Tho meal Included ten largo sllcos of bread, about two pounds of meat, tour largo pieces of plo and six dough nuts washed down with four cups of tea. Ancient Watches Still Keep Time. A jowclor In Boone, Iowa,, has a collection of watches and clocks that dato back hundreds of years nnd still keep time. Ono watch has a diamond set gold works and silver caso is dated 1G38. A 1C85 watch boars tho trado mark, "Gray's, Bond street, 1G85." A clock Is dated 1C87, and thoro aro two very old clocks having wood en works In his storo for repairs. All keep perfect time. Lemon Treo Worth Owning. Mrs. A. C. Wollman of Brookllne, Vt., recontly picked from her lemon treo a lomon weighing thirteen and o half ounces and measuring twelve Inches ono way and cloven inches the ether in circumference. Tho lemon hns been growing fourteen months Tho treo, which is threo years old and about flvo feet high, has always been kept Indoors. A White Elephant's Funeral. Curious ceremonies aro witnessed In Slam when one of tho sacred white elephants dies. It Is given a funeral grander than that accorded to princes of royal blood. Buddhist priests off! clato, and thousands of devout Slant' cse men and women follow tho do ceased animal to tho grave. Jewels and offerings representing somo thou sands of pounds aro burled with the elephant. Established One Thousand Years Ago. A singular illustration of the per sistence with which tho Japaneso ad here to their family vocations is seen In an announcement in a Japaneso newspaper that a celebrated dancing master was to hold a Bervlco in hon or of tho 1,000th anniversary of the death of his ancestor, who was tho first of tho family to tako up the pro fession. Walks to Cure Consumption. Charles E, Norris, who says ho has walked 14,000 miles and worn out sixty-seven pairs of shoes stneo Aug. 1, 1901, to euro "himself of consump tion, is in Syracuso, N. Y. Ho started out with ?1.50, after having paid doc tors $900. Ho has increased his weight from 90 to 138 pounds. Pearls In Fresh Water Clams. In shocking out a peck of fresh wator clams for his lions Hal Clark of West Franklin, Me., discovered right small but handsome pearls. )