SUSAV B. ABTHOBT.
Oh, strong, MiMM, purs rock of woman
hood! Who looking on the law and finding- less
Than she accounts Juntlce. calmly stood
And bravely asked the nation for re
draw. Not for herself; for she was never blind
To storms of opposition that must
come
The bitterness and scorn of lesser minds
And traveling round the world without
a home.
Shs met with patience all and long delay.
For martyrise was her Insistent faith:
Keeping her steadfast purpose day by day.
With eyes that looked beyond the gates
of death.
And still we see her. with unceasing care.
Tolling till life sltall turn her final page;
-The almond bloasom In her silver hair.
A halo of her venerable age.
And tender hearts are wakening every
where, Ana. brave-souls giving honor to the
brave.
And loving words accost her here and
there.
In this land and beyond the ocean wave.
Bo shall she win some answer to her toll.
Some earnest that foretells the final
price.
Seeing; In native and in foreign soil
Some fruitage of her lifelong sacrifice.
Oh. let no woman turn aside from God.
But take God ever with her in her task.
Knowing whatever lonely ways are trod
His purposes can answer all we ask.
In garnering priceless riches to the soul.
In holding up before reflective youth.
Amid the strife for pleasure and for gold,
One fearless spirit consecrate to truth.
Nor call her childless, who has risen
' above
The human passions with their narrow
reach,
And In a Godlike, universal love
Stretched helpful hands to elevate and
teach,
The children of a nobler age will call
This queenly woman "Mother," without
slur.
Who had no children of her own; for all
Alike are sons and daughters unto her.
Miss Grace Beswick, In Globe-Democrat.
HISTORIC CORRESPONDONENCK.
Light Thrown on the Reign of
Frederic William of Prussia.
Correspondence of the London Post:
The correspondence exchanged between
King Frederick William and Queen
Louise during the dark days which pre
ceded and followed the treaty of Tilsit
tuu been an object of frequent and eager
research by German historians, hut
hitherto without result
Access to these documents, however,
has at last been obtained by Dr. Paul
Baillen. who will publish the first in
stallment of them in the January num
ber of the Deutsche Hundschau. They
provide the historian with interesting
complementary material.
It was 4n July 14, 1807, that the Rus
sian, under Bennlngsen, were defeated
at Frledland. Two days later news of
the defeat reached Memel, where the
King and Queen of Prussia had sought
refuge, and created there a consterna
tion so profound that the question of
moving to the ships lying in the harbor
or to Riga was considered. News of a
less disquieting character soon fol
lowed, however, and the court remained
at Memel, while Frederic William de
parted for Schaulen, in Lithuania, for
the purpose of meeting his ally, the
Emperor Alexander. The discussion
there, however, was concerned not with
an armistice and peace negotiations,
and, to the horror of the king, with a
proposed meeting with "l ami de lTiom
me" Napoleon.
"What a seductive prospect!" wrote
Frederick William ironically to his con
sort, adding that the thought of such a
meeting made him shudder. On June
2-"the king and emperor separated.
Alexander apparently could not hurry
quickly enough to Napoleon. On June
25 the two emperors held their cele
brated meeting on a raft la the middle
of the river, while the successor of
Frederick the Great, clad In a Russian
uniform, waited In the streaming rain
for an Interview. This was not granted
to him until the following day.
In a letter full of despair, Frederick
William wrote to Queen Ixiulse from
Pfktupoebnen, near Memel, of "this
beast." who had not even introduced
his suite or Invited blm to dinner. In
the negotiations which followed, Fred
eric William wrote that he was obliged
to follow the Corslcan as though he
were his sergeant Finally, it was
thought that the presence of Queen
Louise at Tilsit would not be without
effect, and the king wrote asking; her
to come.
The letters of Queen Louise, though
they are mainly In French, testify to
her burning patriotism and her desire
to spur her husband's flaggiag resolu
tion to the limit of resistance. "The
disaster." she writes In one of these
letters, "has. for us, at least, the one
great lesson, that we have made ac
quaintance with privation, so that no
sacrifice of land can he of any signifi
cance to us In comparison with the sac
rifice of our liberty. Rather let ns lose
ttalf our provinces than become vassals
to Napoleon."
She is full of hatred for the Russian
General Bennlngsen. who was responsi
ble for the defeat of Frledland, and In
quires why the Emperor Alexander does
not have blm shot or flogged T Every
where, she complains, cowardice, anxi
ety, despair and death prevail. .She
concludes a long letter on June 27 with
the words: "May prayer strengthen
on; he does not desert those who do
not desert him. Before all things reso
lutions; do concessions which militate
gainst your Independence. The em
peror must and will support Harden -berg
and yon also. Adieu, a thoasand
times adieu. God be with you as are
the wishes of your friend."
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XVHABDLUCX.
The Bough Experience of an Ambi
tious Young Journalist.
New Orleans Times - Democrat:
"Hard luck stories are common
enough," said the old reporter, "but I
believe I have a story which caps the
climax. At any rate, so far as my ex
perience goes It is about the worst I
ever heard. Some years ago I knew a
very promising young fellow who want
ed to launch out into the newspaper
business. He launched out all right
and made considerable progress in a
way. . He made the start that a great
many young men have to make, and
offered his services for nothing. He
wrote good stories, and the men he
worked for frequently called him in
ang.eopipnmecLso nis r-sorta. He was
realiy pTayingT-gagmerr
ws a big thing reportorlally the dog
with the big collar, as the saying goes.
"Things drifted along for six months.
He never had much to say, and did not
know much about how things were go
ing with the paper he was writing for.
One day the manager sent for him.
" 'You have been doing good work,"
said the manager, 'and we are very
much pleased with the showing you
have made. We have your case under
consideration, and In a abort while we
hope to do a better part by you. You
deserve a great deal more than you are
getting, and I will see that you get it
But at this time, uniortunately, we
have to cut down expenses, and I am
sorry to tell you that we will have to
cut 15 from your salary every week.'
"The man was startled, and even up
to this good hour he does not under
stand the mystery of the situation. He
quit as a matter of protection to him
self. . 'The fact of the business Is," he
said to me, 'I had been working for six
months for nothing, without drawing
a cent, and the proposition to cut off $3
of my weekly income as a matter of
economy well, I could not figure the
thing out but one way, and that was
tnat I would have to pay (5 a week for
the privilege of working, and so I
qult,M
CUSTOMER MADE A MISTAKE.
Never Tell One Dressmaker That An
other Sent Ton to Her.
Baltimore News: - A young woman
wished to have a gown made in a hur
ry, and went to the dressmaker tr
whom she usually patron! ted. There
she was informed that not an extra bit
of sewing could be undertaken before
the end of March.
"But there is a good dressmaker
around the corner. I would suggest
mat you try her."
The advlee was taken and the young
woman called on modiste No. 2, say
ing: "Mm. Blank sent me to you, as
she cant do the work before the end
of March."
"Mme. Blank? I never heard of her,"
said the couturier in Icy tones. "What
rignt has she te suppose that I am any
less busy than she isT Tell her with
my compliments that I could not think
of undertaking any more commissions
until the end of April. Good morning."
The would-be customer hunted up a
third dressmaker, but was careful to
avoid arousing any more professional
jealousy.
PALME RSTOITS EXERCISE.
Way in Which He Tested Strength
of His Muscles. t
Mrs. E. T. Murray-Smith in Llppln
eott's Magazine: - Lord Palraerston
died at his post two days before he was
SI. his faculties undimmed and his phy
sical strength little affected by his ad
vanced age. A hidden witness has re
corded a touching anecdote: A fort
night before his death he saw the old
statesman come out of his London
house early c-nt morning, look around
to assure himself that he was alone,
then climb over the area railing around
bis house, and back again to test the
strength of his muscles.
Even when he felt himself failing he
always assumed a cheerful manner In
his wife's presence, lest she should be
anxious about him. and. Indeed, both
husband and wife vied with one anoth
er In their consideration and care for
the feelings of others. Four years were
to pass before the faithful wife, who
lived to be 84, followed her husband to
the grave, and thone who pass to the
abbey service up the north transept
tread Sunday after Sunday above the
coffins of this distinguished and devoted
couple.
Catching Cod.
Ainalee's: Once begun cod Ashing
on the - Banks Is Incessant, and
when the fishing Is good the men
rarely ever sleep. Awakened at
2 a. m. to All their bait "kits,"
or tubs, they start at daybreak to lift
the trawls and remove the overnight
catch, rebeltlng the hooka again. There
are about 8,000 hooks to handle, and
this often occupies until eventide, when
the boats row back. After unloading,
the deck Is piled high with the glitter
ing mass of ffsh. To eviscerate this
and stow It In the hold keeps them un
til midnight, when they match an hour
or two of sleep. Some can go without
sleep for a week, others will rub wet
tobacco la their eyes so that the pain
may keep them wakeful a few hours
longer. Others again will work until
tbsy drop from sheer exhaustion, and
sleep as they He, until aroused by com
rades. A Chinas torture la to keep
maa without slaep, and "hanking" does
this to an extent to satisfy even the
moat exacting Celestial. The men sleep
la their aadarUothing; when above
deck they cam aever Uavt of their oil
ski as, tor oa tb Banks It to rarely In:
tat aad mark prevail and ths rigging
aad kIto aria watoralwaya,
Vary Marly, if ot fait. $4d.000 has
Moated la Boston aad vicinity
tar the widows and hlldrn of the
beta of tb Mosumoy llse-savlag
ersw, wb war raosatly drowsed by
tb autslac at cbstr boat la a frnit
lesa eUort to raacts a ablpwrecked
bars craw, aad tb Mbscrtptions ax
stufllaalUln.
Tb total atch of whale this year
to state to b only tt, aad the Indus
try oars to bar atawot raawbad tb
Er tt aoClt-rm Ea a atary
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OTJB BBSAD iTFTLT.
Statistics Showing Large Production
( in This Country.
From an article by F. W. Fitxpatrlck
of the Treasury Department: A cou
ple of years ago Sir Wlllatn Crookes.
a noted English scientist, started In to
scare us by compiling a lot of figures
to show that our wheat supply was
nearly, and soon would be. absolutely
inadequate for the wants of the ever
increasing numbers of the world's
bread eaters, and that we would have
to turn to some other "staff of life;"
bread would be the rich man's food.
That bread Is becoming a more and
more popular food there is no doubt
In 1877 there were 397.000.000 bread
eaters In the world; in 1891 there were
490.800.000. and In 1891 we had jumped
grant you, and a steady one, while our
wheat crops are far from steady. The
first year named there was a deficit of
13,000,000 bushels that bad to be made
up from the savings, the oversupply
held In store from former years. In
1894, in spite of the great increase in
consumers necessitating a supply of 2,
234.000 bushels of wheat our crop per
mitted that we store away 337,000.000
bushels for future emergencies. Then,
on the contrary. In 1897. there was a
deficit and we had to draw upon our
savings of wheat for 311,000,0u0 bush
els. Sir William and other statisticians
seem to fear that farmers will continue
to cultivate better paying crops Instead
of wheat until the dark things they
prophesy will come to paxe. As a mat
ter of fact, there were in the United
States aloqe 6,400,000 acres less of
wheat in 1897 than there were In 1884.
But it Is not as If these acres were be
ing built upon or forever barred to
wheat raising. It Is simply that farm
ers nave been able to mike more mon
ey from something else. The ever
lasting law of supply and demand will
regulate all that; even If that wheat
acreage Is never turned into wheat
again, we have untold, almost Incalcu
lable virgin wheat lands still untouch
ed. Why, in the dominion of Canada,
Its northwest territories and Manitoba
there are but 8.000,000 acres In wheat
today, while they have 240.000,000 acres
of wheat-growing land.
STATE SECRET REVEALED.
Newspapers Provide State Depart
ment with Vivid Emotions.
New York Times: "The mysteries of
the newspaper profession," remarked
Assistant Secretary of Bute Hill the
other day, "have always had a deep
fascination for me, and particularly
that rule of the business which requires
newspaper writers to assert that 'Much
excitement In Washington Is felt,' or
that 'The state department Is deeply
gratified over the news,' or that 'Much
uneasiness is felt at the state depart
ment' "These phrases fill me with a pro
found and awful joy. But the joy Is
tempered with a feeling akin to pain
when I read, as I frequently do. In one
and the same article that 'The state
department Is gratified at the news
that so-and-eo has happened, but it
deeply regrets,' etc.
"I have deliberated long and serious
ly upon this, and it is manifest to me
that the state department cannot be In
a state of jubilation and regret at the
same time. I have therefore wondered
in what compartments of the official
machine these varying emotions are
stored away for tapping; In other
word, which official It is to whom the
task is assigned of fluttering with buoy
ant glee, and upon which official Is de
volved the painful task of vibrating
with fear and anguish upon the receipt
of news bearing upon diplomatic situa
tions. And especially have I wondered
which officials manage to refrain from
having their souls rent and torn with
conflicting passions, alternating be
tween frenzied Joy and frantic despair,
whenever a consular report comes In.
"Have I reached a conclusion? Yes,
I have. With much gratification and
deep regret I have come to the conclu
sion that the state department never
feels gratified at anything and never
regrets anything that It Is never happy,
and never sad. and that its soul b
hardly more vibrant and responsive
than a locomotive.
"I hesitate to express this convic
tion, because the newspapers evidently
do not agree with me. and I would not
for the world have them give up these
expressions, which have been to me the
source of so much deep gratification
and profound regret"
WOMAN'S TJBEVEH SHOULDERS.
Said to Be Caused by Having to Hold
Tip a Heavy Train.
New York Sun: "Have you," said one
woman to another in the course of a
walk through the shopping district
"noticed how crooked women are get-
ting to be? Look at some of the women
who pass us. and see If the right shoul- I
der is not almost Invariably lower than !
the other." The other woman looked
and lo! It was so. .
"It is the natural result of always
having a train to hold up," said the '
first woman. "Why will women cling j
to such unreasonable fashions? A train
Is graceful only when allowed to sweep
the ground, and we cannot let It do
that in the dirty street, consequently
we are everlastingly clutching it to
keep It from the pavement and the
position this necessitates Is so con
stantly assumed that the right shoul
der is becoming lower than the other.
If the thing contiunes, the boasted car
riage of the American girl will soon be
aa empty boast Indeed. The only rem
edy for the present, the only hope for
the future. Is to leave off trailing skirts
and go to a gymnaswm. There, under
the direction of a competent teacher,
on who know bow to ear just such
detects, train, and never stop until you
are straight again.
Alexander R. Shepherd, who for th ree
years was at tb head of the govern
ment of th District of Columbia, aad
who spent $40,000,000 In improving
Washington, is returning a millionaire 1
from Mexico, whither he went p recti-1
oally penniless in 1171. He was for
tunate la mining Venturas. He la Vt
years old.
Th C aad la a as oaVw reports
that la an Canada tber art bat tM dl-
ale and S2S dlroreed females,
avjatol with ttMll married
I K$Mt married fstnalea, The
oflatml baa bat three Cirotmi
IB a BToxAjr BAtfx.
Same of tb Trills of Getting- steady
on a Latter of Credit.
Correspondence of the Chicago-Record
Herald: When I called at a bank
in Russia to make a draft against my
letter of credit I was met at the door
by a man in gorgeous livery with a long
staff In his hand. He wore silk knee
breeches, silver buckles on his shoes,
a long scarlet coat with sliver braid
two inches wide, the epaulets of a major
general, and a big cocked hat He led
me into a reception room which was
sumptuously furnished. It might have
been the library of a club. There were
no old paintings upon the walls, bronze
and marble statuary, and the furniture
was artistic and expensive. Upon the
center table were several volumes of
photographs, a city directory, a ralway
guide, the last report of tire-bank, two
or three guids books and several morn
ing papers. Over In one of the corners
was a handsomely carved writing desk
furnished with all sorts of stationery.
While I was wondering what I was
there for a gentleman of irreproachable
attire and manners entered and asked
bow he could serve me. I explained
that I would like $250 on my letter of
credit, and wondered bow he knew I
was an American, but he had doubtless
learned from long experience to distin
guish the different nationalities, and I
soon discovered by the manner In which
he received subsequent arrivals that he
could apeak German and French as
fluently as English.
I handed him my letter of credit and
he bowed politely and left the room.
For a time I was alone with my own
thoughts. I looked over all the books
and papers, watched the traffic in the
street from the window, made two or
three entries In my notebook, and won
dered If the polite gentleman had not
forgotten all about me, when a page
In buttons entered with a silver tray,
upon which were two drafts duplicates
for my signature. The little fellow
bowed like a French dancing master,
and seemed to be deeply impressed with
a sense of responsibility. He came In
several times afterward on similar ser
vice for other people, and his salutes
were repeated each time with an exact
ness that showed careful training.
I was afraid he was going to be gone
all day, and became impatient I sat
down at the desk to write a letter, and
had written nearly a whole eheet when
be came back with my letter of credit
and the money upon his try. But the
latter was all In big bills. I handed
blm one of them and asked him to get
It changed. He bowed again and dis
appeared. I must have spent 15 min
utes regretting my folly, when the
handsome manager came in to inquire
if there had been a mistake. He seem
ed to think I had been overpaid, and
was greatly relieved when I told him
I only wanted a bill changed. He dis
appeared, and it was another ten min
utes before the boy returned with the
smaller bills. I had been In that room
more than three-quarters of an hour.
THE ROMANCE OF AM HEIRESS.
She Fell in Love and is to Marry the
Man of Her Choice.
New York World: When Miss Clara
Huntington, the favorite niece of the
late Col! is P. Huntington, and an heir
ess to many of bis millions, accom
panied her mother and sisters some two
summers ago to Lake Mohonk she did
not know the tradition of the place.
But when she came away the fiancee
of Gilbert Brooks Perkins, whom she
is to marry In April, she was promptly
told of the tradition.
No attractive unmarried girl, so the
story goes, ever eft Lake Mohonk
heartwhole.
The pretty romance of Miss Hunting
ton and Mr. Perkins Is one that has
Interested greatly some hundreds of
their friends, who are scattered over
the country from the Atlantic to the
Pacific
Mrs. Huntington took her daughters
to Lake Mohonk to spend a quiet rest
ful season.
The next day a party of Princeton
men were Introduced to the Hunting
tons and their friends. An Informal ac
quaintanceship developed rapidly. And
before a week passed the young men
snd young women of the party had
fallen Into the habit of going off on
walking expeditions or rowing or golf
ing expeditions every day. A good fel
lowship sprang up that lasted until the
latest guest bad left the lake for the
summer.
No one In the world could have dis
approved of Miss Huntington's falling
In love with Gilbert Perkins He Is
young, brilliantly educated, having
studied both at Princeton and at Ger
man universities. He Is a son of Judge
G. G. Perkins of Covington, Ky.. and
belongs to an excellent family. He la.
Indeed, all that a young man of birth
and breeding ought to be.
But In spite of these things the Hunt
ington family refused to take their
daughter's engagement quite seriously.
They know how fleeting summer at
tachments ordinarily are.
"At least do not announce It yet,"
they begged. "Walt a year, and mean
while you shall go to Europe when
ever you like."
This was agreed upon. Having un
consciously lived to the traditions of
Lake Mohonk, tbe young lovers sepa
rated and prepared to undergo the test
Imposed upon them.
Young Perkins came back to New
York and worked bard to establish
himself professionally. Miss Hunting
ton was taken on a tour of the world.
Returning to New York after a year
separation, Miss Huntington again sub
mitted her case to her parents.
"We bate waited a year, she begged.
"Is It not time to announce our en
gagement?" So when she went back to her borne
Ic Han Francisco It waa aa Mr. Parkins'
fiancee, Th wedding li to take place
on April M.
After abnormally wild weather, frost
has closed all the rivers of southern
Russia, Including the Dnieper and th
Dniester, to navigation Th absence
of snow promises badly for crop.
Spain la also exercising extremely cold
weather. Heavy snows and ball storm a
at Seville and Comnna bar destroyed
tb crops, and there baa ba aom
of Ufa.
Oa thing at laaat to rvald by
theae lttrs of Naaotaoa te Joawphla.
aad that Is that, though b did din
bar, ah osrtaialy bad bar lav tag In
tb Irat law yaw of atrlaa Ua. C
waa aofasT tad rryfel tm.
A BIO SOUTHXBB TABIC
It Is In Georgia, and 4,000 Acres Are
Under Cultivation.
AugUHta Chronicle: Ten days ago I
had the pleasure of Inspecting a big
plantation In South Georgia. It em
braces 6.500 acres, 4.000 of which are 1n
cultivation. Instead of being an old
time plantation it Is a combination of
one, two and three-horse farms, oper
ating 75 plows, and under tbe imme
diate direction and tbe guiding band of
J. Pope Brown. '
In the center of this vast rtretch of
productive territory stands the cozy
home of the proprietor, presided over
by his accomplshed wife, formerly Miss
Miller of Augusta, daughter of our
venerable and highly esteemed fellow
citizen, Mr. Jonathan Miller.
Driving over these gently undulat
ing acres, "one seie the results of syste
matic work how pine land!, and
lands threatened with gullies, lands
worn out and left to broom sage, have
been brought up to a high state of cul
tivation and productiveness. Thor
ough preparation of the soil, the free
and Intelligent use of commercial fer
tilizers, and careful terracing have
called Into into new life 4,000 acres
that gladly respond In a generous man
ner to the touch of the plow and the
shining blade of tbe hoe. '
This Is a great all-round farm pro
ducing In home-living proportion, corn,
wheat, oats, peas, sugar cane and cot
ton. It Is conducted on tbe tenant sys
tem. The results of tbe tenant system
are full of Interest.
Colonel Brown rovldes a nice houite,
with front porch, shed, barns, crib,
smokehouse and well for each tenant,
so that, with a good mule and tbe best
farming Implements, he may go for
ward to success under the general di
rection of the proprietor. Every ten
ant has the mule or horse, cow or cows,
poultry and ho?. Every tenant's barn
and crib are full to overflowing, and
his smokehouse and cane mill make
him Independent of the pork-packers in
the far west
Colonel Brown Is not only doing good
for himself and family, but he Is lend
ing a hand to the 400 men. women and
children on hi farm that Is helpful
helpful along the llnee most practica
ble and most needed.
Standing on a little knoll In one of
the great fields, the writer was lost In
admiration, as he turned from point to
point of the compass,' when he beheld a
sleek mule and a happy tenant or
wage-band at close Intervals breaking
the soii for the crops of 1902. Thor
oughness rulcon every hand, and not
a weed In sight No wonder that Col
onel Brown, wooed by ambition an
honorable ambition In any man to be
governor of Georgia, found it difficult
to turn his bock on thin entrancing
field of labor, where everybodles' duties
are new and every clod anxious to be
turned to profitable account. I know
tbe struggle he experienced, and. we
can all appreciate the victory he has
won when he decided to let go his ambi
tion and cling to his magnlflcnt farm.
YOUNG M. D.'S FIRST CALL.
Waited Six Months, and Then the
Case Was One Not in the Books.
New York Sun: Dr. Boone, whose
reminiscences of the IobI cause inter
est many listeners at several New York
clubs, where he is a frequent visitor,
told a good one about his first patient
His shingle had been a target for tbe
elements for six months.
"It was not because the town of Fay
ette, Mo., was so distressingly healthy,"
he said. "All my professional brethren
were doing well while I waited.
"My office was on the second floor
of a shop, and I could hear what was
going on below. One night a man gal
loped his horse in front of the house
and hallooed to the shopman. When
the shopman answered, the man on
horseback asked blm If he thought 'Doc
Boone' was In bis office.
"Tbe shopman assured him that I
was upstairs. The horseman dismount
ed and bitched bis nag. 'At last!' I
mused, as any young doctor would have
done under the circumstances.
"Then I began thinking of all tbe
ailments which fiuman flesh Is heir to,
and as each recurred to me I -thought
of what , I would prescribe for It I
never thought so rapidly as I did be
tween tbe time of tbat man's dismount
and his knock at my door. As soon as
he came in I recognized him.
"'Hello, Doc!' was his salutation.
Tbe abbreviation was common in those
days. 'All alone?' he asked.
" 'Obstetrics,' I said to myself. I
said to him that I had been alone until
be appeared.
" 'I was just on my way to a dance
down the road,' he went on to explain,
'and Just before I got here I discovered
that I had changed my trousers. Loan
me a dollar, Doc.'
"And that was the result of a six
months' wslt for my first patient! My
visions vanished.
"Well. I had a dollar, and I let blm
have It. I didn't see blm for several
months. Tbe next time he showed up
he had a load of wood to sell. I bought
It After the fuel was delivered I asked
him what I owed' blm.
' 'Oh,' he replied. 'Just call It even.
Doc, on tbat dollar you loaned me.
"I congratulated myself unUl I found
tbat tbe wood was green elm, and If you
know anything about wood you might
as well try to fire aates as to fire
green elm. Oh, yes, I remember my
first calL"
Gen. T. M. Bufflnrton, the governor
of the Cherokee Nation, measure 6 feet
6 inrhea In his stockings, and weight
276 pounds, aad Is not overburdened
with superfluous flesh. He wears a No.
t bat. No. 12 shoe, and dresses after tbe
most approved boalaes fashion. His
one-eighth Cherokee blood give blm
the ruddy appearaae characteristic of
tbe race of wblcb be Is so proad.
The population of tb cities of New
Zealand la rapidly Increasing. Tb
largest cities are Auckland, with a pop
ulation of C7.244; Christ cbnreh, with
57 041; Dnnedln. 2,71t, aad Wellington,
EMIT. Tb population of th whole
of New Zealand, Including tb Maoris.
I tu.tto.
Tb purchasing of th bom of Chief
Jostle John Marshall la Richmond.
Va., I ooataea plated for tb purpose of
rosttaf taorooa a proper court boa
a a attaaorlal of tb federal govern
at to tb great chief fvatloo. a wall
as a aropor aom tor t
th jadklary, of
wbteb a was tack as
GOLD X TEM Of OXB.
$50,000 a Tear Lost In tb
Smelter.
Omaha (Neb.) Dispatch to tbe New
York Journal: While workmen wer
making repairs on the roof of a build
ing In the Omaha plant of the Ameri
can Smelter and Refining company they
were amazed to find the sbinglea and
boards covered with atoms of metal.
One of the boards was taken to th
assayer, who burned it, retorting th
ashes and imparted the startling in
formation that the metal was composed
of gold, silver, lead and copper.
Other boards were burned with like
results, and the mystery grew more
perplexing. Finally some one standing
on the roof of the building had occasion
to brunt from his ro sleeves pieces of
anetal which were dropping from tb
rolling clouds of smoke and gas emerg
ing from the plant sucks near by.
Sheets of common cheese cloth cut
to fit the Interior of the stacks were
prepared. Through their center were
tut holes large enough to allow fre
draft They were fastened to various
heights In the stacks and allowed to
remain in position for several week.
When removed and subjected to treat
ment tbe chemist produced gold, sil
ver, copper and lead worth thousands of
dollars.
More cheese cloth catchers were In
serted In the smokestacks, a few feet
apart, one above the other, from th
base to the crown; a semi-circular steel
house was built, extending from tb
furnaces to th base of the stacks, a
blower was placed In position to cool
and force the smoke and gas through
tbe steel house and up the flues. In
Its passage the smoke deposited In the
steel bouse hundreds of pounds of
grime, which was allowed to gather and
pack for six months. That of the grime
which managed to travel through the
circular bouse and reach the flues waa
caught by tbe cheese cloth, a very small
portion, practically, escaping to the
outside.
When the steel bouse bceame filled
with packed soot highly inflammable
the mass waa touched off with a com
mon match and allowed to burn for
several days, after which It was found
that there still remained In the Inclo
s ii re many tons of a peculiar dead-looking
cinder, hard and worthless in ap
pearance. This cinder was run through
the furnace, receiving treatment in the
same manner as the original ores, and
readily yielded its precious wealth.
The Omaha plant gathered a six
months' smoke house and and cheese
cloth harvest, receiving 600 tons of
cinder, which yielded more than $25,
000. Fifty thousand dollars a year scat
tered over Omaha In smoke! That's
what It has amounted to for 20 years.
How Sammy Went Away.
From "When Love Is Young," by Roy
Rolfe Gllson. One afternoon, when the
sky was full of rain, and tbe street was
full of sloppy little pools, Bammle came
home from playing In the wet Next
day he went to school with a red flan
nel around his neck, and next day be
did not go at all. Tbe doctor's carriage
stopped outside the gate.
"Spothen I should die," said Sammle
to his mother, as Bhe softened the pil
lows at his bead.
"Oh, Sammle, you mustn't talk so,
dear."
"Well there wath a fellow In school
onth what did." I
"Did what. Sammle?" slked his sis
ter, coming In.
j "Died."
"Heavens! what are you talking of,
child?"
"Well, be did. An' all the fellerth
gave a thent apleth for a croth made
out of vl-leta. Oh, It wath a fine croth."
"Oh, Sammle. Pleaso don't talk
about such things."
"Well, mommer, Ith well to be pre
pared, you know. Miss Thteventhon
thaid tho In Thunday thshool. An. I
thought if I ever went an' died, I'd
want Robbie to have by Roblnaon Cru
thoe and Johnny Peterth could have
my velothlpede, cauth be ain't got any.
An' I thought"
Sammle hesitated.
"Oh, mommer. you'll laugh If I tell."
"No, I won't dear."
"Well, I thought oh, mommer, you're
thure you won't laugh?"
"Sure, Sammle."
"Croth your heart?"
"Cross my heart, Sammle."
"Well, I with you'd give my pin with
the blue elephant on It to Violet"
And then a great shame fell upon
Sammle and be bid bis face In the cov
erlet But Sammle's mother bad prom
ised. She bad crossed her heart She
did not laugh at all. She did something
else, quite different, by herself, with
her back to Bammle.
One morning th- children tiptoed past
Sammle's house. Tbey looked fearfully
at the front door where smllsx and long
white ribbon bung. And all the fel
lows brought pennies to school thst
afternoon, and In the evening a eras
of violets was brought to the darkened
parlor where Sammle lay.
And days afterward Sammle's mother
got out the Robinson Crusoe and the
velocipede and the pin with the blue
elephant on It and when she bad cried
over them until the blue elephant might
have been a zebra or an Ibex, or even a
white rabbit, for all she could see
through her tears, she kissed them and
sent them away to Robbie and Johnny
Peters and Violet, with Sammle's love.
Montenegro the country of the black
mountains Is the only country on th
European continent which has no rail
ways. The Prince of Montenegro baa
now given a concession to a syndicate
to construct a narrow-gauge railway,
some 700 mike In length1, to the Servian
border. It I reported tbat tbe survey
has already been mad, and that work
on tbe railway will be started in tb
near futur. '
Tb Illinois state building at tb
world' fair will cost about $110,000.
It will be a colonial style of architec
ture, and will be located on a promi
nent eminence midway between the
Missouri and Texas buildings, and not
more than too feet trom tb United
States government building.
A sale of 100.000 ton of Bsemr
pig Iron for delivery between Oct 1,
IMS. and April I. ItM. baa been mad
by th Mahoning aad Shanaago Valley
association to tb la! tad Stat St!
corporation at $11.19 par toa ralloy.
Tato to towor tbaa th oamat rata Cor
aoarby 4!lvrta,
