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American Horses.
Tho dovclopmcnt of typca of light
horses lins been notnblo In tlio United
States, but, accordllng to a bulletin re
cently Issued by tho department of nR
rleulturo, with n single exception tho
draft-horses hnvo been foreign strains
transplanted. Of tho light horses, tho
Narragansctt pacor was a famous typo
In colojilal days. Later camo tho Mor
gan, the standard-bred and tho saddlo
horBC. Tho fipoclnllzntlon of theno
types has been n national business
and, In splto of Importations from
nbroad, tho native stock lain dovolopcd
and held Its own. Of drafl-liorsoH, on
tliB other bond, tho only native typo
was tho Couestoga, n breed that has
now becomo completely extinct, nnd
tins left no discernible traces on tho
nativo stock. For heavy work, there
fore, Americana must dopend ontlroly
upon tho Importod Perchorons, Clydos
dayes and 'Shires. Tho national traits
whlrh havo rosullod In theso condi
lions aro ovldontly somowhat different
from what has boon supposed; for tho
speed mania in what has caused tho
light typen of horso to bo dovolopcd
and tho heavy ones to bo neglected.
American breeders havo sacrificed
other qualities, which, in tho opinion
of tho department of agriculture, aro
moro Important, In ordor to lower trnck
records by a second or two. In tho
minds of most porsons, Virginia, Ken
tucky and othor parts of tho south aro
most commonly associated with tho
pedigrees and development of tho
llncst typos of horses. To all who hold
that opinion It will bo Instructive to
trace, through tho pagco of tho hullo
tin, tho numbor of great strulnB of rac
ing, carrlago and saddlo blood which,
although commonly associated with
tho couth, In roallty go directly back
to Now England.
Nothing from Nothing Leaves Nothing.
Recently n man wroto to tho Now
York Times Baying that ho was n llttlo
over CO years of ago, and having
worked all of his llfo to ncqulro enough
money to mako hlltn Indopondcnt, nnd
having succeeded, ho had rotlrcd, and
wnB now trying to mako himself happy
with nothing to do. Ho passed flvo
hours a day lu reading, thrco hours in
cxorclso nnd ontlng, which loft him
eight hours, which ho found it hard to
dlsposo of. Ills lottor wns In tho nn
turo of a lament. His bubblo had burst.
What ho had dreamed of being nblo to
do nil his llfo hnd como truo, and wns
an empty vaulty. Foolish man I ox
claimfl Life. Tho indopondonco that
monoy brings with It 1b tho least of all
our IndopondenclcB. And whoro It on
ablos a mnn to Improvo himself, It nl
most Invariably leads to his deteriora
tion. To criticize one's creator Is sure
ly In bad tasto; perhaps it should
rather bo snlcj In his pralso thoreforo,
that ho has provided nothing hotter
lor ua in tho way of pormanont satis
faction thnn bolng conipollod to work
for a living,
Sovornl Improvements nro likely In
tho post ofllca if tho plans of exports
nro ndoptod. Tho postal commlttoo of
congresB, appointed two years ago, will
rocommond that n pormnncnt director
of posts, with seven asBjatnutB, bo pro
vidod for, and that tho four offices of
assistant poBtmastor gonornl bo abol
ished. Postmaster Gonornl Meyer is
urging postnl savings banks nnd rural
pnrcola post, and his probable succes
sor, Mr, Hitchcock, favors theso Im
provements. Tho parcols post will
probably be profitable to tho dopnrt
incnt, besides conferring benefit on tho
public. Tho doflclt this year lu tho lar
goat over roportodnearly $17,000,000
nnd although tho pOBt olllco is not in
tended to mako monoy, any effort to
put It on a paying basis should moot
with favor in congross.
Talk as they will about fashion, tho
men nro as Biibsorvlent to Uh docreea
as women.. Thoro wns a tlmo whon
most men woro boards; Indeed, at one
tlmo it was regarded as wicked to
shave. Yet of 24 governors elected Inst
Novombor, Qov. Hughes of Now York
Is tho only ono who does not Bhnvo
sonio part of his face, nnd nlno of tho
now governors uro clonn-Bhaven. A fow
years ago, Bays tho Youth's Compan
ion, ovory mothor'a son In any photo
graph of a group of college (Undents
had his hair parted In tho middle nnd
plastorcd Hat abovo tho ears, Nowa
days it is tho fashion to part tho hair
way down on ono eldo, Twcnty-llvo
years ago collcgo seniors woro beards
or whlskore. Thoodoro Roosovolt woro
"burusldes" whon ho wns lu Harvard.
In Franco archuoologlstB havo dis
covered tho boncB of moil who, they
think, died 173,000 years ago, nnd
workmon tunneling at Toronto havo
found human footprints in interglnelal
clay deposited from G0,000 to 100,000
years ago." And yol a woninu will
sometimes tell her husband thnjt tho
hut ho gnvo her tho money to buy only
two short yean ago Is old.
If wo could see, ourselves as others
boo us, it would just nbout put (ha
looking-glass people' out of bimlnesB.
pis; Wt Ji tk
8YNOP8IS.
"Vnnlfililnf Flfets," a Btory of "what
nilclit Iiiivh happened," opoiis tn WuhIi
liiKton with tho UnlU'iI HtatMi nnd .lupun
on tho vltko of war. Ouy IMIllor, sec
retary of tlm HrltlHli nmlxinsy, nnd MIhs
.Norma hoiktih, ciiirr uuin or inventor
Roberta, urn Inlroiliii'otl tin lovcrn. At tho
moat Inopportune moment .lupun deehiren
war. Japan taken tho IMilllpplnPH. Tho
ontlrn country la In n Htnt of turmoil lic
cuuho of tho Kovornmenl'H lntHfTnrnc,;
Uuy Illlllfr HturtH for ICiikIiuhI with nn
crot inoiwaKi nnd In compelled to letivo
Norma KoiirrtH, who witn tniuiiiry ot
lleorfl alMo louvrs Washington on my
tnrloiin expedition for un Inoluted point on
tho Florida count. Hawaii Ik cnpl tired hy
thn Juim. All imrtM nro closed. Jnti fleet
Ib taut iipproiichlnK wentem coaHt of Amur
ica. micro, .inpuncKo npy, omcuvcrfl boitoi
piepurutloiiH for war. Ho followH utlto
currying presidential cabinet, tin tin
eurUm nourco of Brent 'inynU'ry and llot8.
inty-murlng: "Tho bo2 Hnvo Nippon."
Klcolnir to I'aclllc connt, HIoko In shot
down jUBt nn Journey to et uwful iiowh
to .Tnpuu Rcmnn micccsHful. Jiipnn nn
notinccn Intention to attack yenportn.
Tokln liMirim of iiiIbhIiik .InpnntVio llebt
anil wholo world become convinced that
United Htatcn lias nomo powerful war
nRoncy. ICilKlnnd dccldcH to Bend n fleet
to Amrrlcnn waters n:i u Cunadlan pro
tection aKalnst what thn Drltlsh nuppoHO
lu a terrlblo mibtnnrlnn llotlllu. Illlller In
alno sent- to Cunuda to attempt to forco
his way through American linen with a
inesHUKO to thn president In order that
protoctlon for tho fleet muy bo (insured.
CHAPTER VIII. Continued.
Tho people of England woro much
dlvldod in opinion an to tho advisa
bility of tho govornmont'H movo whon
It becamo public. A strong consorvn
Uvo elomont foarod tho danger of
Great Drltaln being involved In tho
war through this action, whllo tho lib
oral partisans and jingoes asserted
that It was tho only method of uphold
lug tho country's dignity, dotnonstrnt
ing to Amorica that England would
do hor best, nmLat tlio samo tlmo as
suring Canada that tho inothor conn
try Intended to support hor in caso of
attack along hor bordor lino. That
Drltannln still ruled tho wnvob was
genornlly doubted; for If tho Ameri
cans had lu their possession means
of bo easily overcoming p. Hoot as im
portnnt as that which Japan had lost,
thoro was almost a cortalnty that bIiq
could conquor any advorsary sont
against her on tho wntor. It was no
longor a question of wnrfaro on land;
for nil tho transports In tho world
would bo powerless ngnlnst such sub
marines as tho nations now con
ceded tho United States must pos
OCBS.
Doforo Balling, tho llcot commanders
hud bcon called into a council and
given posttlvo instructions that thoy
woro not to permit thomsolvoa to bo
drawn luto action in any event boforo
reaching Canada. On tholr arrival
thoy woro at onco to cooporato with
tho dominion government In whatever
way soomod advisable at that tlmo,
and follow such orders us might bo
given from London.
Tho clearance, howovor, unliko tho
sailing of that fleet from Japan, wiib not
accompanied by nny gala domonstrn'
Hon. It wnB rather with dlro iuIb
gtvlnga that, tho public witnessed this
departure, which woro to a certain
extent Bhared in by thoso aboard tho
vcssols; and it was fully roallzcd that
tho llowor pf England's navy might
novor return from its voyngo into nit
unknown danger.
Tho conservative pross lent a funere
al attitude to tho occasion lu Its treat
meat of tho situation, ono Journal do
clarlng that "England Is Bonding to
magnificent martyrdom tnon who had
hotter havo bcon retained at homo for
tholr country's good." Another paper
characterized It as a "usolcss oacrl
flco." This became tho gonornl pub
lie opinion within a fow days, as re
ports from Canada continued gloomy
and showed no prospect of a rift with
In tho cloudu,
Tho nuislo hallo, always nn lndox
to tho popular vlow, found tholr great
cot hits In topical songs which wero
generally of tho tenor that the groat
grand, glorious and gorgeous Drltlsli
tr had unlled nway to do or dlo
with tho accont on tho "dlo." A gun
oral air of molaneholy prevailed ovor
all England, and us tho days went on
nnd tho fleet Itself got beyond roach
of tho wireless telegraph stations nnd
far out on a doaorted ocean, tho sen
tlmont was ono of ncuto expectancy
Tho admiralty was advised of tho
arrival without Incident of Hllllor, and
apprised of tho fact that ho had do
cldod to mukn his attempt to cross
Into tho forbidden land uualdud
Thoro wub a certain boiiso of satlsfac
tlon lu tho knowledge that a good and
ofllclont man was on tho ground with
at least u chance for success in his
endeavors.
Tills beatific stato of mind was ills
polled ouo bright afternoon, and Eng
land thrown Into a furore that scarce
ly coujd huvo been greator had ono
of tho mysterious submarines up
pcarod off its shorou and begun bom
bnrdlng tho nearest city. It wau lllto
an intimation of disaster dollverod in
ndvunco of moro terrlblo nows.
Tho black hull of n South American
tramp steamer hovo into sight buyond
Faatnotl and Instituted u rapid inter
The Man on tho Lookout
chango of signals. Tho men on Bhoro,
ns theso advanced, looked at each
othor with blank dismay, nnd then,
fonrlng that thoro had boon a misun
derstanding, nnd falling to grnsp sud
denly a slgulflcnnco bo terrlblo in Its
import, requested that tho signnlB bo
ropoated. There could bo no doubt of
tholr correct Interpretation. In ono
hour all England know boyond cavil
that her licet had mot tho sumo fato
as that which had overtaken Japan's.
Tho mcssngo in brlof was that tho Es
pornnta had picked up in mid ocean,
floating on a llfo raft torn front Us
moorings, a sailor wearing tho uni
form of tho' Dreadnought. Tho man
was almost dead from exposure and
had not yet rccovorcd suftlclently to
glvo a coherent account of what had
takon plnco.
No Bhlp ovor sailed into Southamp
ton that attracted tho attention glvon
to tho Esporantn. Tralnlond nfter
tralnlond of excursionists, farmers
within a day's drlvb, and pedestrians
from nonr by Bwarmcd to Southamp
ton, forming an excited and almost un
controllablo gathering. Tugboats
hastened out to moot tho Incoming
atenmor, which carrlod tho only living
link botweon reality and tho terrible
unknown, and long lines of constables
utrovo to hold back tho excited crowd,
tho nblso of whoso mutterlngs llllod
tho air with an ominous drone.
Dotwcen theso ranks of bluo-clad
men thoro camo four Burgeons, carry
ing on a Btrotcher n wreck of hu
mnnlty who laughed insanely and
rolled his head from sldo to flldo.
Tho crowd foil Into nn awed hush
ns tho Utter passod to tho special
train which was to convoy this most
Important witness to a hospital. Next
In public lnterost woro tho ofllcors
and men of tho Esporantn, who, fool
ing thomsolvoa tn tho llmollght, bo
camo each tho center of great crowds,
to whom thoy recountod ns best thoy
could tho story of how tho man was
found.
Tho oxuet details of this as glvon by
tho captain of tho Esporantn to tho
ministers of tho cablnot who woro
summoned throw mengor light upon
tho case. Tho Esporantn had gono out
of her usual course, following tho Qulf
stream to tho northwnrd, until warned
by an American cruiser to take a moro
oastorly tuck. Sho had dono so, thtiB
bringing hor luto n less frequontod
path of travel.
At ten o'clock in tho morning, ilvo
days provlous to hor reporting at
Fnstnot, tho man on tho lookout had
Blghtod nn object which drew his at
tention, which at first ho bolloved to
bo a moro ploco of untennuted wreck
ago tossing on tho swell. Ho had noti
fied tho captain, who altered tho chip's
courso nnd boro down upon it, only
to lenrn that it was a llfo" raft on
which wns a' man. A boat was low
ered, and it was found that tho Inani
mate form was that of a Drltlsh sailor,
on whoso MPi which had boon thruat
Had Sighted an Object.
boneath a cleat of tho raft, woro tho
words "II. M. S. Dreadnought." Tho
man ovldontly bad lashod himself so-
curoly before his strength had failed,
knowing how small wero his chances
for rcscuo, nnd how certain his com
Ing weakness. 'When picked up by tho
Esporantn ho was thought to bo dead;
but being taken aboard ho nhowed
some Blgns of llfo, and nfter hours of
work recovered nufllclontly to glvo
soma slight hopo of survival.
So terrlblo had been his Bufferings
from privation thnt his mind seemed
unhinged, nnd they hnd been unablo
to gathor any Information from him
savo that of Borne overwhelming ills
nstor. Ho was now in tho throes of
brain fovor, and talked only tho speech
of tho delirious. His fragmentary
mumblings wero boyond nil undor
standing; his mind seemed to bo a
confused jumblo of hallucinations, In
which ho cried for wator and mado
absurd comments on whnt was passing
in Ills droams. Thoro woro strangely
interwoven babblings of Bubmarlno
boats, sea sorponts nnd unheard of
monsters which hnrrlcd tho ship nnd
sont hor to hor doom. Pitiful oxcla
mntlons of helplessness and fenr, In'
torjcctlons of overwhelming dread,
and brief snatches of prayer camo
from his lips throughout nil tho days
in which thoy hnd attended him. Tho
Btrnngost pnrt In nil tho Incident of
picking up tho castaway was that
tho captain of tho Esporanta, seek
lng othor survivors, hud cruised for
hours In tho vicinity; but had found
no other sign of wreckage or of hu
manity. Ho had coursed to tho north
ward, thinking It posslblo that the
trend of the wind hnd driven this
lono mnrlnor nwny from tho scono of
catastrophe; but tho ocean itself was
a blank. Tho crest of no wavo carrlod
oven a ploco of flotsam, nor was
thoro anywhoro a clew to tho mystery.
" Tho rocking of tho foundations of
tho world could havo croatcd no more
suspenso or terror than did tho fear
of this unknown agent of destruction
which threatened tho downfnll of gov
ernments nnd tho eradication of boun
dary lines. England suffered tho.woo3
of tho boreaved in tho cortalnty that
thousands of mon who woro fathers
brotherB, husbands or friends had
boon annihilated by this torrlblo re
public across tho sea. From ovcry
throat camo n despairing cry for re
taliation; but England, rich, mighty
and poworful, felt horsolf without
moans of appeasing It. It wns woll
enough to talk of rovongo when tho
monnB wero nt hand; hut tho country
in tho face of this dread enemy was
helpless, nnd bo it wns that tho bit-
tornesB of defeat gave way to tho
hopolcssnesB of torror whon a calmer
and moro Judicial spirit provallod. It
wns beginning to bo comprehended to
tho full that not only Grent Drltaln in
all her Btrongth, but tho combined
forces of tho world, would stand no
chnnco of conducting oven a defensive
war against tho United Statos now
becomo a swordflsh ravaging and de
populating tho sens.
In tho meantime, whllo all this con-
sternntlon prevailed and tho heads of
nations, fearful nnd trembling, specu
lated as to tho outcome, tho sailor
from tho Dreadnought was being
watched and cared for by tho most
distinguished savants nnd specialists
of tho old world. Thoro hovered over
his bedsldo through ovory mlnuto of
tho day men dlspntched by every
European power, who wero doing all
that sclenco might suggest to bring
this lono and stricken marlnor back
to sanity nnd let him glvo tonguo to
what ho Know of this scourge of tho
wators. Hourly bulletins of his con
dition i woro posted on street cornors,
and round theso stood mon and wom
en In suspense. His least word was
recorded as of monumental impor
tance, in tho hopo that from somo
cranny of his wrecked mind might
como nomo elucidating phrase, how
ever slight. Tho most Important
thing thnt apparently could bo relied
upon wns that whatovor tho form of
attack had been, it was observed bo
foro tho blow was struck. This was
shown by his repeatedly exclaiming:
"It's comlngl It's coming! It'll got us,
sure, and wo can't light back!"
And so tho nations watched by tho
bedsldo of a common Bailor. From
Japan camo long messages of con
dolenco to her ally, which wero re
ceived In a spirit of fellow suffering.
Tho peculiarities of tho situation
woro in nowlso losscned by reports
from Canada, where tho troops still
massed along tho border maintained a
friendly spirit, committed no acts of
encroachment, Bhowcd no apprehen
sion of war, and seemed ns Ignorant
of their own government's plans or
what it had dono as woro tho Cana
dlans thomsolvod. Indeed, their mys
tification ovor tho dlsappoaranco of
tho Jnpuncsc and Drltlsh fleets was as
comploto as that of tho most humble
farmer on tho Canadian frontior. Tliolr
officers, Bhocketl by tho terrific nows,
hnstencd to glvo statements to tho
effect that their instructions wero tq
avoid giving offense, as tho United
States had no intention of engaging in
war with Great Drltaln. Coupled with
tho losa of tho fleet, these Interviews
seemed singularly lnponsistent, it be
ing impossible to reconcile annihila
tion on tho sea and a cry for peaco on
land.
It was generally admitted In Eng
land that Canada was now in a help
less position and completely at the
mercy of a well-drilled and woll
equipped army along her borders,
which was undoubtedly within con
stant reach of supplies and ro-onforce-ments.
Tho futility of any attempt
either to relievo or to aid hor by
sending moro men ncross tho Atlantic,
now absolutely under tho control of
tho Amorlcans, wus obvious. It bognn
to appear to tho Drltlsh government
that tho United States was deliberate
ly planning to tako tho dominion of
Canada whenever Bho deemed the tlmo
opportune. That sho could now do so
at hor own convenience was unques
tioned. An exasperating condition was tho
attitude of tho Canadians themselvos,
who, ns far as appearancos went, wero
In a stato of tho utmost placidity. In
deed, tho farmers along tho border
wero prosperous and thriving through
tho Increased demand for their sup
plies, which tho American quartor-
masters purchased liberally, and for
which thoy Invariably paid Amorlcan
gold. It actually scorned as if an era
of good feeling was being established
across tho boundary. Tho loss of the
floot threatened a rupture for a brief
tlmo; but tho province, now con
vlnccd of tho hopelessness of tnklng
nn active sldo cither way, showed an
Inclination to stand aloof and romaln
absolutely noutral. It was agreed bo
tweon the officials of tho dominion nnd
thoso of Great Drltaln that C'tnada
could do nothlug but endeavor as best
sho might to romuln passlvo ponding
furthor developments. -This
lack of partisanship provod
anything but nn nsslstnnco to Hllllor
In his ntlempt to break through tho
cordon, nnd It was this as much as
anything clso that hampered him In
his mission.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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a cup of tea nt luncheon."
"Vory well. I've told you ns plainly
ns I can what tho effect will bo. And,
furthermore, both tea and coffco aro
bad for your complexion."
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