S. E. Klscr.
I nee the dear homo light aheail.
There where It used to glow
Before Ambition catne and led
Mo from It, long qro.
I hco tho light, tho glorious light,
Upon tho distant hill!
Thank heaven for tho welcome sight,
Thank heaven they am there tonight,
To keep It burning mill.
I faintly see the fields that Ho
Upon the distant slopes,
And oh, my heart Is beating high
With freshly kindled hopesl,
I seo the light which tolls me thoy"
Aro waiting for mo still
The boy they lost Is turning gray,
But here he flings his cares away
Tho light burns on the Mill- i
Tho light of home! Oh, shall I faro
Up, up', alone, Home nlgnt,
Upon a star-lit way and thcro
Behold another light?
On that last night, oh, shall there be
A light upon tho hill, . ,
O, shall there como a thrill 'tome
As faring up the slope. I see
The homo light burning still?
What the Hand Said.
BY MIRIAM CRUTSCHANK.
(Copyright, 1901. by Daily Story Pub. Co.)
As a hostess Mro. McCormlck was a
Buccess.
Ever since old Jake McCormlck had
passed Into the great unknown, nearly
eight years before my story com
mences, leaving behind him tho only
two things that over crept Into his
heart hla young wlfo and his mil
lions Mrs. McCormlck had, socially,
rolgncd In L supreme. .
L was a college town old sp-f
date, celect. To have belonged uioro
for generations was a guaranteo of re
epoctablllty; to bo new was damna
tion. Society was as Its forbears had
raado It then camo Mrs. McCormlck.
Old Jake had started lite as a black
smith; later ho made millions In oil;,
Mrs. McCormlck nover told her fainjly
history. She was young, pretty, rich
and a widow; who could ask moro?
Tho patriarchs of L looked on her
coming with indifference; one day'
they awoke to find her their bright
particular star. Her dinners were tri
umphs In tho culinary art, her decora
tions wero perfection, wall-flowers
wero unknown at her dances, and
happy tho fraternity tea or college ball
that secured her as a patroness.
Today was one of her Saturday
functions to which tho elite of L
was bidden and gladly camo, and, do
splto pouring rain, tho rooms were
filled. Mrs McCormlck, fair, gracious,
So you did como after all."
smiling, moved from group to group
and then paused near the doorway
where a tall man was standing ab
sently watching the bright sceno.
"So you did come, after all?" she
said, giving him her hand for the
briefest possible moment, "It was
very good of you."
"Yes, and now I am going to claim
my rowarrt; let mo talk to you for a
few minutes." She laughs as she
Inks down on a small sofa and draws
her skirts asldo to make room for him.
"Juat five minutes, then; I am due
HOMFV
Liun r
Bomowhero elso now. What can I do
for you?"
"Tell mo tho. attraction. Recitation,
Spiritualism, Theosophy, Punch and
Judy or what?"
"Noasenso," says Mrs. McCormlck,
coloring; "only palmistry."
"Only palmistry!" he repeats.
"Well?"
For a moment thero is a silence and
tho woman is watching him under her
long lashes keenly. Most women llko
John Radnor, and Mrs. McCormlck is
very much of a woman. Every detail
of an old story that had gono the
rounds ot L Jtlst after her coming
Is clear in her mind, and sho Is won
dering Just how much of it is true.
John Radnor hardly looks llko a man
oisappointed in lovo-rbllghtcd a wom
an-hater, as somo peoplo Bay ho Is.
True, ho is 38 and unmarried. Tho
hair, pn his temples is very gray and
thoro aro dcop lines about tho stern
mouth that can soften wonderfully at
times. Mrs. McCormlck has, however,
Uttlo faith in tho one-Wo theory, still
less int villago gossip. Sho is roused
by Radnor repeating his last word and
plunges in without more ado.
"Do you remember tho Comptons? I
thought, so," as Radnor makes a ges
ture of assent. "You know tho son
got into some trouble, disgraced him
self, and tho blow killed Professor
Compton. Tho family moved out West
somewhero and wo ail" lost Bight of
them'
Sho paused and again watched him
narrowly. Again Radnor makes tho
same assontlng gesture, his faco ex
presses pollto interest, that Is all, and
sho goes on:
"Well, to mako a long story short, I
heard by tho merest 'chance that Mrs.
Compton and tho daughter wero back
here, supporting themsolves by coach
ing boys for tho Preparatory School;
they wore always popular with tho
faculty, you know. I went to seo them
and discovered that Adelo was a good
amateur palmist; indeed, sho is a
veritable little witch. I persuaded hor,
for a consideration, of course, to como
hero this afternoon and read palms."
"Indeed, this Is very Interesting, but
palmistry don't you think-itis a llttio
absurd?"
Mrs. McCormlck laughed and thero
was a world of relief in that laugh.
"Go and And out for yourself," sho
said. "I have talked to you long
enough."
"A good surgeon uses a sharp knife,"
she said as ho left her, "and I think I
have won."
In the meantime Radnor had Joined
a laughing group at tho other end of
tho room.
"Hero come Mr. ununor, cried a
pretty falr-halred girl in bluo. "Come
and havo your hand read; wo all want
to know your future."
"Many thanks," said Rodnar, taunt
ingly; "t shall bo very gl.td to ac
commodate you It Miss Compton is not
too tired."
As he spoke his eyes met those of
tho palmist for an Instant his grave
and detcrminpd: hers sparkling and
defiant.
What a childish-looking little thing
eho wasl Radnor seeing her now in
her short gypsy dress, her heavy braids
of dark hair hanging ovor hor shoul
ders, could havo easily imagined that
tho soven years slnco their last meet
ing had been swept away, so little
changed was she.
"I am not tired," sho said quietly,
though tho palo faco and deep purplo
shadows under hor eyes belled her
words. Sho took his hands In her cold,
slender ones and the onlookers drew
closer about them.
"You havo a long llfo, good health,
no nerves to speak of, rnthcr cold; yet
you win people easily. Mathematical,
logical, argumentative, a frco-thlnkor
In religious matters, very ambitious,
proud and self-willed, fond ot luxury
and not afraid to work for It Your
.success 'in llfo la assured."
"And his marriage" cry halt a
dozen voices; "has ho ever been In
lovo? Is ho over going to bo mar
ried?". i And Adolo went on, but a little moro
slowly this time.
"You havo been In lovo twice, onco
In your early youth; tho trnco is al
most faded out, Tho second time
when 30 or 31; tho lino Is cut and
barred,'- Borao obstacle I (sho Is
breathing quickly) I do not sco any
more."
' Sho drops tho hands and Is turning
away with a hnlf-rcprcssed gesturo of
rollcf, but tho listenors aro clamoring
for tho end. Adelo shakes her head
smiling. "That Is tho end; remember
tho powers of palmistry aro limited."
And tho crowd moves nway, laughing,
protesting, leaving Radnor and the
chelromant togethor,
For n moment ho b silent In tho
great hall tho band is playing a wild
fantastic Hungarian dance. In the
drawing-room he can hoar tho murmur
of fifty volets, among them Mrs, Mc
Comtek's, silvery, n llttio too Incisive,
but highbred withal. Then ho moves
closer. "Adelo," ho says softly, and
there is a world of tendernos3 in his
voice, but'tho" girl 'does not move
"Adelo, shall I tell tho end that palm
istry does not reveal? Tho story of
a lonely mnn Into. whoso llfo a young
girl camo. of tho brief dream ot hap
plncss, of tho. prldo that sent him
away, of tho Bovcn long years ot fruit
lcs3 search, of waiting and hoping for
the word that never came, and then
shall I tell tho end, Adolo, or will
you?"
Sho cannot speak, but tho dark eyes
are slowly raised to his and then
droop lowor than over.
In tho shadow of tho palms Radnor
lays ono large brown hand over the
two llttio trembling ones and says
softly, "My llttio. girl, my darling."
Twenty minutes later Mrs. .McCor
mlck is holding out a gracious hand
to Radnor, who is among tho last to
go.
"Well, did you find out?" sho says,
and Just then tho llttio chelromant, a
water-proof ovor hor bright dress, tho
hood covorlng tho heavy hair, comes
down tho stairs.
Radnor looks from ono woman to
tho other, and then ono of his raro,
brilliant smiles softens tho gravity of
"You havo been in love,"
his faco. "Yes, I found out." Ho hes
itates an Instant and then says: "I
think I must congratulate you, Mrs.
McCormlck, on tho most successful af
fair ot tho season."
And as sho murmurs her thanks ho
and Adole go out together, leaving her
standing in tho doorway.
Gold Teeth Oat of Style
It Is no Iongor considered good form
to mako a display ot gold teeth. "Tho
custom has grown to such an extent,"
said a prominent eastern dentist tho
other day, "that young men and wom
en actually had small holes drilled
In teeth that wero perfectly sound, In
order that gold fillings might bo In
serted. Even, sets p false teeth fpr
older peoplo wero thus decorated. Gold
cups wero In great demand, and were
often put on when there was no occa
sion, simply because peoplo thought
they looked well. I remember seeing a
chorUB girl who camo over with an
English company several years ago
who had a diamond inserted in one of
her front teeth. Her smile was liter
ally dazzling. All that is changed
now, though. Tho tendency seems to
bo to preserve as much as possible
tho natural whiteness of tho teeth, and
sometimes enamel Is placed over a gold
filling."
In tho eighteenth century silken co
coons sold In tho London market for 1
shilling a pound.
Tho sugar cano Is now cultivated In
every part of Africa that has boen ex
plored by whites.
k lTEPIOU$TniBE
TO DeOpENED
Tho presencq In St. Petersburg of n
mission ot four high officials .of Thibet,
tho first representatives of. that prac
tically unknown country to visit
Europe, and tho announcement thnt tho
Dalai Llama, ruler ot Thibet, has boon
persuaded to himself visit RusBla, Is
looked upon ns Indicating that tho bar
riers which havo closed tho white man
out of "Tho Forbidden Land" will soon
bo let down to clrlllr.atlon.
A Durla fioni Transbatgalta, named
Akhornmbo Atchwan Dorschlcff, who
has gained tho fnvor nt tho Dalai
Llama of Thibet, camo to Llvadla last
October and was received by, tho Em
peror. Ho returned to Thlbot and suc
ceeded In porsuadlng tho Dalai Llama
to send a Bpeclal mission to St. Peters
burg to open friendly relations with
this country. This mission has or
rived under tho guidance ot Dorshtcff,
and has been received by Count Lams
dorff. It consists of four persons, on
ot whom Is tho Dalai Llama'B second
secretary. It brings an autograph lot
tor from tho Regent of Thibet to tho
Czar.
The Russian newspapers attach much
lmportanco to this Journoy, and no
doubt properly. It marks another stop
In tho extension of Russlnn Influence
toward tho Indo-Chlncso possessions ot
France. Tho Russians regard tho es
tablishment ot a chain of communica
tions across tho rear ot tho Indian Em
pire and tho permanent isolation ot
India from tho Yang-tso-Klang vnlloy
as practically assured.
The present Is tho ilret opportunity
that Russia has had to mako overtures
to Thlbot for, nlthough It Is a coun
try of CG1.500 square miles, with a
population OBttmatod at ovor G.OQO.OOO,
It Is an unknown land except to tho tow
Intrepid adventurers who havo oxplorcd
It at great pcrsonnl risk. Tho country
Is In central Asia, bounded on tho north
by tho Kwcnlum Mountains, on tho
ONLY AUTHENTIC PICTURE OF
(From a sketch
caBt by China proper, on tho south by
tho almost lmpassablo Himalaya
Mountains, and on tho west by Kash
mir. Tho mountain rnngo on tho south
separates Thlbot from BrltlBh India,
and Eastern Turkestan soparatcs it
from Russia. Tho country, which bo
camo subject to China early in tho sev
enteenth contury, contains tho sources
of tho Yang-tso-Klang. tho Indus, and
other largo rivers, and tho country Is
for tho most part a high tableland.
Tho reasons why Thlbot should bo
called J'Tho Unknown Land" havo been
reinforced and moro vividly Impressed
upon tho Western mind within tho last
two years by tho bloodcurdling narra
tlvo of torture which was brought back
to his government by Savage Landor
In 1899. Mr. Landor's experiences also
Borvo to remind tho world at largo that,
unllko any other country, oven In Asln,
at the present day, Thibet Is under
what may bo said to correspond In
some fashion to tho Christian Idea of
theocracy a government In which tho
religious hierarchy also wields despotic
temporal power. Such ns It Is, tho re
ligion of tho country Is tho prime mo
tive of all Its llfo, whother for good or
evil. "I havo lounged through Asia
Minor, lived in nlmost every country
in Europe, ransacked India from Co-
morln to tho Himalayas, and become
fairly well acquainted with China,"
said a votoran Scotch traveler, "but
nowhere in tho world have I seen a
peoplo bo wrapped up in what they
considered to be religion as In Thibet"
iniB religion, wiui uic aiwuyn hulxb
sary Asiatic exception of certain Mo
hammedans in the western parts, is a
highly Idolatrous corruption ot Budd
hlsm, Rut, in order to get a reason
ably lively conception ot tho peculiar!
ties and tho Intensity of Thibetan
Buddhism, somo Idea ot tho .country
Itself Is neccssnry.
Tho bulk of Thibet Is tho Chang, or
Great Thibetan Plateau, tho highest as
well as tho largest, tableland on tho
earth, As to area, It occupies all tho
central and northern and most ot tho
western sections of tho country, An
idea of Its elevation may best bq ob
talncd from tho statement of Captain
Hamilton Bower, one of tho most
highly regarded of reeent authorities,
"from tho end of Juno until tho mid
dle of November tho avcragtvaltltudes
of our camps Was over'10,000 feet, tho
lowest being 14,021, and the highest
, . ... . jy . (
TO THL
18,760 feet." Of tho cllmnto tho samo
cxploror Bays! "No amount of wool
en clothes will keep out tho wind on
tho Chang, so sklna must bo taken."
During tho period already referred to
tho enormous stretch of country
crossed by Captnlu Dower's party did
not bIiow a single trco, and only two
species ot shrubs, and theso raroly ex
ceeded bIx Inches In height. They
found a largo number of flowering
plants and grasses, however, whllo for
variety tho landscape, both on tho
Chang and clsowhoro, Is diversified In
many places by gigantic masses of rock
and terrific precipices. This la, in
fact, what Is poetically known In
Asia ns tho "Root ot tho World," and
nt tho southwest corner of It, nt Qtlgtt,
on tho borders of Kashmir, Is tho placo
"Whoro Three Empires Moot," tho tltlo
of Mr. Knight's work.
Tho hldcousncss or sublimity ac
cording to tho vlow ono takes of na
turo on tho Chang, and In other parts
ot Thibet, Is not left to Itself. As In
tho Tyrol and other Catholic countries
ono sees waysldo crosses and pic
turesque shrines, so. In Thlbot, only
fnr moro frequent, aro tho hugo rock
cut Images which tiro supposed to rep
resent tho Buddha, tho "chortens" or
monuments ot a religious character,
and Inscriptions, largo and Bmall, cut
In the rocks, of prayers and Bacrcd
sentinels. Ah ono tramps along n
Thlbotan road, It Is said, any Btono
against which tho weary foot Btumblos
mny bo found on examination to bear
tho Inscription, "Om mnnl padml,
Om" (01 Thou Jewel in tho Lotus, 01),
a devout aspiration which, In a slight
ly altered form, will bo familiar to
readers of Sir Edwin Arnold's "Light
of Asia."
Ever slnco tho days of Marco Polo,
who ontorcd Thlbot In tho fifteenth
contury ns tho envoy of Venice, Thlbot
has been famed as the nursery ot East-
LHASA, "THE FORBIDDEN CITY."
by a nutivo artist.)
om magic. Marco Polo tolls in his
book of travels weird stories of magic
wrought beforo his eyes and thoso of
his companions at tho tnblo of a por
sonago whom ho calls tho Kham. It
was Marco Polo, too, who told of tho
ladder trick" and bo earned for him
self tho reputation of a splendid liar
through twenty generations, until,
early In the nineteenth contury, tho
same ladder trick was performed again
and again In India and was clrcum
stantlally recorded by Dr. Norman Mc
Leod. Psychologists of a material bent
explain many ot theso marvels now
adays by hypnotic suggestion, but
many Western followers ot Duddhist
occultism still asBocluto Thlbot with
tho great MahatmaB. How far tho
Bubllmoly Intellectual cult ot Gauta
ma's stricter .followers corresnonds
with tho religion of tho Thibetans may.
perhapB, bo gathered from Mr. Knight's
account of tho ceremonies which ho
was fortunato enough to witness at
Hlmls. Ono of tho most striking tea
turcs of tho wholo day's celebration
was Its remarkable resemblance hero
and thero to tho ancient ceremonial of
tho Catholic Church, a resemblanco
which has led many pious persons,
slnco Marco Polo's first account, to
trace 1n these proceedings tho handi
work ot Satan, it Is also curious to
notlco tho closo parallelism between
this nnd tho extant accounts of some
of tho graver "miracle plays" of mo
dloval Europe.
After a long account of tho prelim
lnurles Mr. Knight proceeds:
"Undor a canopy borno by attendants
walked a tall form In beautiful silk
robes, wearing a largo mark represent
ing a bonlgn and peaceful face. As he
advanced men and boys, dressed as ab
bota and acolytes of the Church of
Rome, prostrated themsolves before
him, and adored him with Intoning
and pleasing chanting. Ho was fol
lowed by six other marks, who wore
treated with similar respect These
Bcvon dolflcd bolngH drew thcmHojvcs
In a lino and received tho
adoration of several procosslons of
masked figures, somo of abbots, and
others beast headed, or having the
faces of devils, Throughout
the day, oven during the above solemn
act of, worship, certain Yatana, masked
as coin,dvil8, pw form ml all manner
of bueoirjv ' ' bursting into
peak k'hmmhm laughter mcs time that
ono plnyod some monkey trick on another.
"Again thoro camo a chnngo. Tho
solemn chanting ceased, and then
rushed on tho sceno a crowd of wan
shapes, almost naked, with but a tow
dark rags about them, as If they wero
Bhlverlng with cold. They wrung tholr
hands despairingly and rushed about
In a confused way, as if lost, starting
from each other In terror when they
mot, sometimes feeling about ttiem
with their outstretched hands like blind
men, and all tho whllo whistling In
long drawn notes which roso and fell
llko a strong wind on tho hills.
Tho sudden onrushlng of these wildly
whistling shapes occurred nt frequent
Intervals during tho ceremony, Tho
chango from ono phase ot this curious
mummery to another was always
Btartilng abrupt Ono nover know
whon somo peaceful anthem and state
ly dance of holy figures would bo sud
denly Interrupted by tho clashing dis
cord of cymbals and trnmpots and tho
whirling torront of shrieking fiends.
'At ono porlod of tho ceremony a
holy man with nn Archbishop's miter
on his hend advanced, to tho beautiful
chanting ot mon and boys, tho basses,
trebles, and tenors taking succcssivo
parts In solo and chorus. This
holy man blessod a goblet of water by
laying his lmnds on It and intoning
some prayor or charm. Then ho sprink
led tho water In nil dlrocitons, and
tho defeated demons staid their shrlok-
ing. untieing, and infernal music ana
gradually crept out ot tho arena, and
no Bound was hoard for a tlmo but the
sweet Hinging of tho holy choir."
BREAKS FORGE OF THE WAVES.
Mitrrs arc HI rung Together to Pro
tect Occnn llcacliea.
At ninny of tho tnvorlto seaside BUin-
Itinr restarts In thin rnnnlrv thn hnnelipn
nro from Urao to tmQ ravngoa by wild
Btorms. and hitherto no adeanato
method of protecting 'them against
such onslaughts has been discovered.
As a result tho cottagers may nwako
any morning and find that the pleasant
strand on which they strolled during
tho previous, evening has, during tho
night, been eaten away by tho hungry
waves. Now, howovor, an Ingonloun
invontpr has devised a rnqthod foivlho
protection of such beaches, a method
which, ho is confident, will provo ef
fective. It consists qf a numbor ot
mattresses, which aro formed of fibrous
mntorlal and which nro held together
by means of warps and bars. Tho mat
tresses, thus connected; aro laid, on tho "
bench, tho warps and bars, being placed
in such a manner that tho long, fib
rous covering Is kept stiff and immov
able. As a further safeguard, howovor,
stronger fastenings aro placed hero
and thero, and by means ot theso tho
'mnttrosscs aro anchored firmly to tho
uencn. rno mattresses are arranged
lengthwise in tho direction of tho cur
rent, nnd tho warps and bars aro ar
ranged diagonally. Tho object is to
bronk tho forco ot tho waves nnd pre
vent them from wreaking tholr full
fury on tho bench. Experiments, It is
said, provo that a protection ot this
kind is useful for ouch a purpose. t
i i
A lluveteil Vlttualor
Fow publicans tako hs much Interest
in tho wolfaro ot their clients as does
Mrs. Mary Leo of tho Bcohlvo, Whlto
Walthum, nonr Maidenhead, Englund,
who Is tho oldest licensed vlctunlcr
in BorkB, and who recently celebrated
her Jubilee ns a dlsponpor ot ale. At)
long us hor strongth and eyesight per
mitted, It was hor habit: overy Sun
day evening to carry her ponderous
family Bible Into tho taproom, placo
it rovcrcntly on the table, the visitors
muklng room for It by pushing tbelr
beer-Jugs to ono side, and to read a
chnptcr to tho assembled company,
who always uncovored whllo tho sacred
book wastjn tho'apartroont- The fre
quenters of tho Beohlve greatly re
spected tho old lady for tier efforts to
glvo them moral instruction, and al
though her occasional comments might
not commend themselves to tun fol
lowers of what is callod tho higher
criticism, they wero homely and to tho
point Mrs. Loo also displays in tho
taproom a notlco Intimating that any
ono using Impolite languago or sing
ing songs of a risky tendency, would
bo promptly expelled. Altogether, the.
vcnorablo lady bcciiib to bo a model
licensed vlcualor.
.
Iron H corco In Philippine.
Iron, wo aro told, is wanted in tho
Philippines for tho manufacture of
tools, farming Implements, building
trimmings, weapons, and hundreds ot
other articles, Tho wheelwrights aro
looking everywhere for iron with
which to repair and construct vehicles.
Tho mining engineers nro paying largo
sums of money for pieces of old Iron
for uso in tho various mining enter
prises, says Cassler's Magazine Own
ers of su'gur can'q rushing machinery1,
proprietors ot machlno shops, and
shipbuilder are offering all sorts of
prices for Iron, steel, and other metals.
Yot it is almost nn Impossibility to
buy iron in the islands, Native ma
chlno workers produce hundreds ot
different kinds ot metal implement
and parts ot mnchlnery from old vo
hlcle springs and wagon tires.
I'oUto Yield per Acre.
Tho average yield of potatoes in tho
United States Is about 100 bushels to
tho acre. Under hnlf-way decent treat
ment this avorngo could casliy bo mniW
200 bushels.
Sat On Honor1 KeM.
Lots of, men who imagine they are
pubilo spirited nltlzensjwill st km
their names announced 'whea tlMLnMi
of honot M called