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r -i. i -!. 91 ! ! r - - , f-r- 1 1 1 1 By DAVID CHRISTIE MURRAY. CHJUTEB Mill.-(Continued.! , Sine he bad broken the bond which lor little while had held him, he had fallen bark into all the regular ways of ila youth, and among other revived hab ta waa that of taking hia mother to the aid-fashioned chapel in which abe had Worshiped, after her own faahion, a!! her life. He naed to ait in sight of Jl-ry Ittaekett there, end without criticising motives too closely. It ia juat possible that he continued that revived habit of his aa much for the aake of seeing her a for any reason which the paator of the place might have found more solid. , It happened one gusty Sunday night in midwinter, a month after Harkett's re turn, that he went to chapel alone, and returning homeward, overheard a phrase which, in ila own due time, brought him the supreme temptation of hia life. The Hard waa dutifully elbowing Hep gibah homeward, and the two were but ting against the wind, head downward nd shoulders squared, when Biane came p behind them. Hepzibah, with the wind in her ears, waa unconscious of the footsteps in her rear, and ahouting to Bhadraih, said: "Trust a woman for readin' a woman's heart. It's Ned her cares for." The unwilling listener stood suddenly till, and ali the blood In hia body seem td to riot for a moment in hia heart au head. He waa conscious of nothing for while, and when he recovered himself he waa surprised to see the dark figures till but a little way in front of him. He Seemed to have been absent from him self and them for a long time. Hepzi kah's voice reached him, blown back ward by the wind. "No." She waa evidently answering pome saying of Shadrarh's which Blane pad missed. "No harm'U come on'L tier's ns good as gold, and so is he; but it's him as her's grown to care for, though it's a million to one her never guesses it." Now Ned Blane had never played the avesdropper in his life before, but if 11 self-respect had hung forever upon the issue of that temptation, he would have let it go. He had followed to bear, imply and purely iiecause he could not to otherwise, but now that he had heard stood still in the roaring wind. If that were true! The thought hauuted him thereafter ay and night, and brought with it such temptations as the simplest minded may fancy. But in a little while the true temptation came. That howling wind Krned due north and blew for days. It re bitter frost upon its wines, and locked every stream and canal and lake ud standing pond deep in black ice. There had been no auch frost for years, ad all the skaters In the township must Deeds turn out day by day or night by night to revel on Parker'a mill pond, 1 pace of water some dozen acre in ex tent, which, being sheltered by thick Wooded slope from the wild wind, had frozen marble smooth. , Ned waa not much of an expert, but the Beet pas gag through the stinging air at once In spired and soothed him, and he was Acre night after night amongst the Cwd who sped to and fro in the com and going of namberleaa torchllghta ad the ateadier glare of cresset fire Which burned upon the bank. Saturday afternoon left bim free for a hour or two of daylight, and he set got .for the pool Aa ha reached the Odge there was a great noise of applause, jgad a huge horseshoe line of spectators Waa formed upon the ice to watch the " itiona of soma skilled performer, dangling hia skates In hia hand, ed over drearily enough to aee what t be seen, and shouldering through he crowd at a place where it was lea Aanae than at most points, beheld his aaemy, who, with half hia world for lookers, waa rollicking hither and thith- Ewith an enchanting grace and surety, la habitual awagger became him here, autd waa converted into a beauigr. II Circled, poised on the outer edge, at ap nsrsctlr impossible angles, soaring like k bird on even wing, waring and darting Eta a bold and sweet dexterity, and tvlag, as it seemed, mors by volition in by mere fores of skill and muscle. ' Aad aa he skimmed the ringing lea, tallowed by the hurrahs and hand clap Mag of the crowd, restored to all hia old kingship, Ned looked on, and waa awsre ft rack aa Inward volcano of rage and ' hatred aa scorched his heart within him. '' nre is no speaking of these things. The mere truth Is that thsss extreme sages of great passion, whether they be Pleve or hats, are o rare that no worda vs bsea eolasd for them. We find Words far the eoesmonplacs, becanse all M sad womea havs felt it Bat the ittls hat la as common as glass, and he great la, happily, as ran aa the aveblnoor. With that phenomenal and nnnamable 1st, Nsd Blane watched hia blackguard teal aa ha swam In perfect grace and err a rial swiftness on the frozen sur- gaes of ths pool. The mere presence of as asaa waa enough; bat the popular ap- 4s ass choked him as if with salphuroas shea. There was at ths south sad of ths ghset of water a mill wheel, now frozen aad sat,, bat It had been working antll P tarda, aad near it the lew waa knows ha quaggy and aasafs. The baas of ths haraaahaa Ma war Kwa away from thla aaaooad spot of aad la fa aaiddl of it waa a low rwttfc cross pise apoa k, aad on frees plica waa pasted a atrip of oaper. wheiesa waa priated the ward "daagsnaa." New that day, aa every pay of lata, Hackett had bssa drink lag. pad thla alga af daagar la rod him Bearer nearer. Ha did tillage la spirt roone rkleeawasa which ha won Id aa asva 1 red to da had ha bssa altogether sober. la that state his nsrvss war apt to aghast at very sin pi matters. Bat new t waa as ear of avary! fast, la aaita af warning est, a must pasji a swlsaasmg gad aaUlag nearer IS and nearer to the warning post, trusting to his own swiftness to carry him harm less over the treacherous Ice. And Blane, since one must needs tell the whole truth about bim, stood looking on In satisfac tion in the certainty that by and by the ice would rive way with him. and maybe drown him, and so rid the earth of a viiUiii grown phenomenal. . Crash: Hackett was through, and the ice starred right to the feet of the horse shoe line. The people started backward with a wild stampede, which set the solid floor waltzing like the slow movement of free water benesth free wind. Ned Blane held his ground. "Iii-ownl" he said within himself. Then in one mere second for at such times fancy will busy herself, and will get through more work than she will do in a common year he saw all that might happen from this unnamable villain a death, and Justified himself to let him die, and exulted in the thing thst lay be fore him. I'p came Hackett, spouting and screaming with straggling arma, and down again he went like a atone. The crowd yelled and screamed, and went silent. He came up again and clutched at a square of ice. and went down with it. And then and there, with one Incred ible lightning flnsh, Biane read hia own heart, and snatched hia own salvation. CHAPTER XXIV. On a spring morning the wind wss clanging and the bells were pealing, and rent clouda charged over the chill blue field of the eky at such a pare that the random gleams of sunshine cast between them swept hill and dale with a bird like speed. The strong sunshine breast' ed the heathy hills and climbed them at a flash; the surly shadow crept in its rear, and the new bright racer leaped be hind the gloomy edges of the cloudy shade, as if eager to annihilate it Shadrach, standing at tie door of his mother's cottage, clad in his Sunday beist, with a white favor in his coat, and his hands enshrouded in monstrous gloves of Berlin thread, fixed bis new hat with an air of resolution, as if prepared to hold to it in any extremity of the wiuJ's boisterous jollity. "I tek it," he said, turning to Hepzi bah. who stood behind in a summery cos tume of white muslin and a very triumph of a bonnet "I tek it aa a kind of honor as ain't often done the likes of huz." "I should think it," answered Uepzi bah. She apoke almost enapplshly, being engaged with a hairpin and a refractory slove-buttou, but she looked np a second later with a frank and smiling face. "Tes," said Shadrach'a mother, hover ing about Hepzibah and touching her here and there with decided fingers, and retiring with her head on one side to observe the artistic effect of each stroke. "It'a a thing aa you'd ought to remem ber to your dyln' day, Shadrach. To be tied by the same words it'a a noble honor, Shadrach, and I hop aa it be apeaka well for your future." "Ankor to that, I aays, ma'am T' said Hepxibab'a mother, who was weak like Shadrach, whilst Shadrach'a mother waa Jerkily decided, like Hepaibah. "Hepcl bah." aha added solicitously, "yours lookin' a bit coldish already. Tou'U be froze In that book muslin afore you reach the church. You'd better have shawl across your shoulders." "Rubbldge!" said 8hadrach'e mother. "The wlnd'll keep 'em warm enough. It'a time we etarted, am t It, Shadrach?" Shadrach, with difficulty unbuttoning hia coat drew from an inner pocket a rreat turnip of a watch and consulted it with pride. "Theer'e a good three-quarters yet he snawered. ' Theer'e no use in arrir ing before iverybody. Ned and hi good ladr'U be on the etroke o' time, I bet Nayther too soon nor yst to lata, that'a Ned's method." "Well then, ahat the door and sit down," aald hia mother; "and for good ness mercy's saka 1st ma button up you coat! Tou'd leave all your finger tips I' the button holes: "Theer'e many curious things aa comes to pass,' aald Hepaibah, seating herself with a alow, angular precision, ana spreading out the book muslia with care ful hands, "ss nobody ua tear a ream ou, and thia la ona of "AhT returned Shadrach. "Mister Ned' got ths wish of his heart at last and I'm gay and glad of It Her held him off and oa a longiah time, though. Her might ha' got It over thla time last rear, with oat aaemia' anyhow an com mon. I've aa mind to apeak ID ' them as Is departed' "Departed r repeated hia mother, eut- tina him abort with an air of disdain "I wonder bow you can nee such a word about auch . a ereeturl A railer, aa was took by Judgment 1 And you may aay what you Ilka. Shadrach, I ahall nlver think It anythla' bat etraigntrorara dyln' I' the face a Providence aa Mis ter Nad should ha' triad to fish him out again. Ha waa meant to be drowned, an' ha waa drowned; and what's meant to be wool be, la aplta of all the Neds the world. And aa for departed,' all got to aay la. you might know bettor thaa try to tarn yoar own mother atom' aca oa yoar wsddln' morning-. "I used ths word." aald Shadrach meekly, "becaoae I didn't wlah to ha too hard apoa htm." "Let him rest, poor creator!" pat Hepaibah with unexpected gentler-. "Ha waa a Una ngnre of mas, Dot got a bit too much af hia grsadfeyther aad faythar la him. Ha had aothln to do with the makla' af eitner r laem so far aa 1 kaewd. aad Them Above' know how far ha waa to be answer." ado to "That m eadoabtsdry the way to look at it" rataraed the Bard, "oadoabtodly the way to look at It" Tim w waa ait, Baadrack,' Hepaibah. Thg paasad en at the a sad or-. the windy heath, tie bridegroom sko- lahly srtunig the bride. "We ahall have a run for It yet, I de clare, " cried Bhadrach's mother. "There the carriage a drivin' to the church. Jx ijf can see the white fariuur on the coach man's bosom.'' The wind-swept music of the belli rolled round them, and as they reached the gate, panting in indecorous haate, Mary Hackett stepped from the csrriage and greeted them with a smile. The last ray of clond waa borne away by the boisterous wind, and the sky shoos clear, if for a happy omen. (The end.) AMERICANS IN PERSIA. Tasks KaterprUa le Noticeable is tao Saab's Don into a. "Persia, I dare say, 1 a country little known to a majority of the people here, but your countrymeu, ueverthi-laa, ar very much ia evidence there In the commercial seas," said Sir Charles IUs. who waa In IMC the BritiaU consul general for aouth Persia. Sir Charles Is here on a visit, and U stay ing at the Alnemaric, llw Nf ork Commercial AdvenUer. "Wbeu I waa coneul to South Persia," he coutinued, "I rre4UenuT commented Id my reports on America grow ing trade iu that country, and 1 made particular mention of your practi cal meibvch., becauoe I believed mey deerved the attention of the leading usiue men iu England. "A year ago 1 visited Persia, and. Jthougn I was not much aurprixKl. I waa certainly amuHed at the wonderful energy and orllnal;ty America bad dis- layed In pushing her trade Interest! nee I was there as consul. 1 found that American ruerchanta had opeuea commercial museums In moat o! Mu errant centi.r of Persian trade, so that the natives could see for them selves all the c!ares of goods that are to be had from thla aide and your merchanU had been advised to study carefully the form In which meir ersian customers like to receive their wares. At tn commercial uiukuiui too, I was surprised to find Americana who could apeak Persian fiueuuy, ready to answer all questions that re late to the good exhibited. Russia la, of course, England 1 chief foreign competitor commercially Sir Charles continued, "and her trade Influence in Persia is largely on the la- rrense. She has only recently, too, irarted a regular ateamshlp fervlce be- ween Odessa and the Persian gulf. The Ituailan Steam .Navigation company um1!cs the ships, but it ii known that the Russian goveninietii aa undertaken to subsidize the venture for a term of years. "ItUKsia, too. is Persia dominant creditor, and la credited with a very shrewd piece of busliiesa in cannection with a Persian loan. The money was borrowed In Part at a low rate of Interest and lent to Teheran at a high rate; so fhat the wuy aiuacovire, wuu out nutting hand In pocket, draw a enug little annual Income from Persia, which la, of course, not wealthy enough to borrow cheaply. Tersla, however, baa a great com mercial future. The country la im miwisriv rich In natural resources, and the greater rrt of lta cultivation will rent in the hand of either England or Russia. If America, too, continues to puraue her enterprising commrclal method there. It I quit possime mat he may become a third party in tna trade development of the country. To gain auch a place would certainly ba worthy of America beat en ona Radians sad Millennium. There seem to be do limits to the strange ldeaa which the new principle of radio-activity may compel ua to accept aay an English expert Dr. Rutherford baa recently shown mat radium compounds project atoms Into aurrouiidlng space with a Telocity of twenty thousand miles a second, a apeed which no other form of matter has been known to reach. A train go ing at alxty miles an hour mil minute travela one-aixtieth of nui per second; so that the radium emana tion flies one million two hundred thousand tlmea aa faat aa an express train. NTertb?iesa, we ar Bot yet prepared for the view that radio-active emanations from the ann five poor mortala on the planet headache. More likely are the causes business worries, want of fresh air and the fiscal ques tion, public and private. But perhapa the moat advanced conception la that of 3d. Gustavo le Bon. the French physicist, who, after discussing tna "Energy Intra-Atomlc" or atoms, foraeee a millennium when "an Illim itable source of power will be placed itame aonrce ui powrr -u. -J-t. plle ner by, lit the fuse, and bold .t tha wrrlc. U It In the palm, of hi. hand., pre nricL and man will no longer naed to r . . .. v..., .. price, and man will no longer work for It Tbe poor will then ba equal to the rich, and the social ques tion will trouble na no mora" nnleaa, possibly, which M. le Bon seems to oars over looked, some Yankee trust wnt hold of the whole supply. W fancy a few thousand years may eiape before mankind has yoked the atoms to bis machine. Mew Aran for Sold I era. Within three years tbe Dnlted States army and mllltla will be armed with tbe new Bprlnjcfleld tnagailnr ride. The hundreds of tbouaand of krag )orgea en guns oa band will eventually have be broken op as valueless. Calirorala's First Prane Ttwa. Tbe first prase tree was planted la California In 1070 by a Frenchman, who brought tbe tree to this country from Franc. Tbe drat orchard of tan a eras began to yield In 1876. CMosaMa aad Her Many Cbaacaa. Colombia baa bad seven ronatttutlone and tbe title of tbe republic ha boss changed three tlmea. A snob's Idea of a raperlor poraoa la on who baa mora moaey than klnv I I I M t I t I ! T t GOOD I , Short vtoriesj mwmiiiiiiiiiMiMiH Among the office-seekers who came U-fore President J'irriaon, waa one who wanted to represent the United States st Yokohama. "I yon apeak Japanese?" asked the I'resident. The applicant faltered; then aald he did. "Well," said the President, "let me bear you w.eak It." "All right! Ask rue aometUlng in Japanese." Iu Provo, I'tah, there dwells a vege tarian with whom Senator Iteed Smoot loves to argue. The vegetarian de- lured, during one of their heated de baten, that one fbould not eat eggs, even, as Uiey batch into meat, aud therefore are meat. "Well," lot Id the Senator, "the kind of eg;:" 1 wouldn't hatdi into meat I eat them boilednot raw. VUior of liix-ech was a characteristic of Judge Iiurr. of Connecticut, ivlio lately resigned from the bench on ac count of deafiiese. A New Haven law yer oin-e introduced to Judge l'.urr au ulmoft unknown but very self-conn- J d'-nt novelist whose good opinion of hiuisi-if has been JuMirii-d kiiuv by eventn. In tilM -oiiversalioii wuu me ,ui!ge. he did not fail to make known bis estiuiute of hia fiwu brilliancy. Judge ISurr observed tin- young man closely and menily. Finally lie a d: "So you exicct to be famous some day, eh?" "Sonus day, said the young man, "I expect to have the world at my feet." "What have you been do ing all this time," said the judge, -wulking 011 your band?" While Rlories were going tne rounds it the Lambs' Club, one night, Francis Wilson contributed one alout a lend ing man of a theatrical company that bad betouie stranded at Saginaw. The leading man Installed himself at a ho tel, and lived a precarious life, while waiting for remittances. One morn ing, he rang the bell iu bis room for half an hour. Nobody answered. Then be went out In the hall, leaned over the railing, and called: "Hoy: Oh. IkijT' "What is it?" marled u bell boy from the lobby Is-neath. "Have I'oti wen anything of iny laundry?" "Aw, g'wan:" Kaiil the l"y; "you ain't bad but one shirt since you've W11 here." "That," said the actor, with treat dignity, "is the one to which I re fer." The following remarkable essay on the horse is Mill to be from the pen of an Indian student: "The horse is a t-ery noble quadruped, but when he Is migry he will not do so. He Ik ridden 011 the spinal cord by the bridle, and t-adly the driver places hia foots on the fctirnips, and divides bis lower limbs across the saddle and drives his ttiiimul to the meadow. He baa four legs; two are on the front aide and twd ore afterwurd. These are the weapons on which he runs. He also d"fends himself by extending those in the rear iu a parallel direction toward bis foe, but this he does only when be Is in au aggravating mood. There la no anl mul like the horse. No sooner they we their guardian or master than they always cry for food, but It Is always at the morning time. They have got tails, but not so long n the cow and m-h other like animals." i i ) 41 ft; I GRIT. Haaian t flicers Were Well Matched in I'oint of llraverjr. It la doubtful If the soldiers of any nation are braver than those of the tzar of Kuaaia. It Is related of Field Marshal Paskievltch that in the course of the siege of Var.4ovic, being some what discomaioded by a hot tire from a certain battery, lie ordered it to be shelled, but to no purpose. His troops did not seem able to locate the enemy und their shot hud no effect. Finally the field marshal himself galloped forward and sternly commanded: "What imbecile is in command here?" "1 am," answered an officer who ap proached. "Well, captain, I shall degrade you, idnce you do not know your business. Your shells liuve no effect." "True, air, but It Is not my fault The shells do not Ignite." "Tell that to others. Don't come trying to fool me with such chaff. You will receive your punishment this even ing." The captain coolly took a shell from Vented It to tbe marshal, saying "Bee for yourself." Tbe marshal folding his arma across bis breast Rtood looking at the smok ing shell. It was a solemn moment Both men stood motionless, awaiting tbe result Finally the fuse burned out and tbe captain threw the shell to tbe ground. "It's true," remarked tbe marshal, turning away to consider other meas ures to silence tbe enemy s Ore. In tbe evening Instead of punish incut the captain received tbe cross of tbe Order of St. Wlndimlr. Wlt in the Coartroom. Thomas Flatly of Boston, tbe well known Irish Iswyer and wit was act ing for tbe defense In a divorce case, during tbe cross-examination of tbo Clalntlff asked tbe following question: You wish to divorce this woman be cause she drlnkar "Yes sir." "Do sou drink yourself!" "That's my bus iness," said tbe witness angrily. Wheieupon tbe lawyer, with face un noted, asked one more question f Have you any other buslneaar It'a easier to pull your Ideals down han It is t Urn 09 to thorn. . WHAT 6U3iNSS TO TAKE HOfE llrr t H aadle Yoar Work ia w imig Ji-iara. I It is a reflection uimjh your owa bu? 1 loess ability that you cannot muk-- a living during businc hours You. Ill humor is a confession to your wif . of your weakness aud iuTtacity, aiel ! of your not being master of the sir ! uatiou or equal to confronting euierg : encies. Women naturally adiu:r J strength, capacity. ethViemy aim i courage ia men. Tbry ad-mre a tiiab who can not only make a .living, bin also make it easily, without fretting stewing or worrying. Your wife wil think less of you if you continual! lug home your business cures This does not mean that you shoul 1 not keep your wife Informed aim-.' your business. Every man rhoul-' talk over bis affairs with hi wife and she should always know the e. act condition of his busin.-s. Many man has come to grief by kifiing l- wife iu Ignorance of hi strait -ne. circumstances or declining luiii"s or of tin- fact tunt he wan teu p'TTT'!. pressed for capital and unable to n- 1 diilge in certain luxuries. A p wife will help a man amazing! 1 his business troubles or Mnig-I s ' get established if she knows Jusi 1. ' he is situated and w hat Is r -in r ! her. Her econu ny and her pl.ri.i.: may give jut the uecdinl supio-t. h-: sympathy may take out the stina ' ' the pain, and enable bim to bear Im trials. This confiding frankly iu wife Is a very differ-nt tbinu .'r everlastingly harping on the disagre. ulile features of business or ie'.tir.- Ibeui ruiu your attitude toward yom family, making life miserable for thos-- not to blame. Good cbeor. a fii-llng of g od wil- toward one another and toward otlwt people, and u spirit of helpfulnes. and utter unselfishness should a) wavs be present in the home. It should be reganh-d ns the most sacred spot on earth. The husband shoilll hsik upon it as the one dace in all the world where he can get away from business troubles, and the ex actions, grinding and crowding 01 life's sriiL-i:ea 11 lil.tce to which lie can nee rrom a 11 iiiuariiiony mm cord, and find peace and rest, con tcntmeiit and satisfaction. It should be a place where be always long to go. and from which be Is loath to part Success. MUST HitD GOOD DECORUM Guests nt an Alanka Hotel Are uv posed tn lerve Certain Kulrs. One of tin; bet known of the early settlers of Alaska Is Captain .Mayo, who has recently started u buukhoii ;? at ltampart in that territory. A frienj of Ida !ceelv-d a letter from him u.v nuuni lng the fact of his venture, writ ten soberly and with dignity as bellLit the old frontiersman. The letterhead, however, was unique. It is set in paragraphs, three in u line, aud la ii follows: "Captain Mayo's Saloon and Choi House. The llest ISunk House North cl Mexico. "First class In every particular Every known fluid, wnter excepted, foi sale at the bar. Privute entrance foi ladies by ladder in the rear. Fire es capes through the chimney. ElectrU lights threwout last Summer. Hot Hodgiu, Medical Examiner. Rates one ounce per day1. "Indians and niggers churged extra Special rates to ministers and thi gambling 'profesh.'" Among the gema of the house rulet are the following: "GuesU will be provided with break fast and dinner, but must rustle thelt own lunch. Dogs not allowed In bunks. Candles and hot water charged ex tra. "Towels changed weekly." As hints to guests are the following printed Instructions. "Craps, cliuck-a luck, horse poker and blackjack run by the management "Dogs bought and sold. "Insect powder for sule at the bar. "Always notify the burtender the ex tent of your pk." MI8 MUSTACHE WAS Q;NE. Foraser Measlier of ( on cress Was Not Hecnanised bv Old Friends. A portly, smooth-shaven man walked Into tbe house yesterday and greeted members with "Uello. Bill," and "Hello, 8am," with all the aaaurancf of an old acquaintance. Tbe members addressed stared at thi stranger in blank amazement Tbe) were sure that they bad never laid eyet on him before, aud were not quite able to make up their minds whether b waa poascssed of unusual gall or wai demented. Some were Inclined to re sent the familiarity, but the stranger didn't seem to mind. He appeared, iu fact to accept ns a huge Joke the sen sation be was creating. An assistant sergeant-at-arms might have been summoned to eject tbe In truder bad not Mr. Cowherd of Mis souri solved the puzzle. "Hello, 'Billy," waa the cheerful way In which tbe stranger addressed tbe Missouri member. "You have tbe advantage of me, lr," said Mr. Cowherd, as be straightened with a suggestion of ruffled dignity, "I don't think I bare the pleasure of your acquaintance." "Sure of thatr queried the stranger, with assurance unabashed. "Yes I am quite cer Why, b-e-l l-o Dave!" and the Mlaaourlan threw bit arms around tbe presumptuous visitor. It wsa "Dave" Mercer of Nebraska, former chairman of tna bouae commit tee on public buildings and grounds. By tbe removal of hia mustache, a complete traneformaUoa baa . been worked In tbe appearance of tna form er member from Hebtaaka Waabinf ton Pont SEVENTY YEA. Of CAM- . . a i --- ...ase Flrel ' ai Tbre Ksrttst " On f brtst mas day seventy yeare aa tluyslua Hanaou. took out a patent "haucery Lao for cis iiui""- orld ba. been known ever since as be "hansom cab." curvw.j r-.- .u thi. anniversary to tbe vehicle which tor as nanv gem-ration, ba. ?"" " rugtlah speaking people. Ia the atreetj ,f London UMlay appear a nuabar of uectrically provelll nau-vu. v. uodeled much like the hsnsom. but nrrled on four wheel- Tbe twe- heeled vehicle ba. '""f0, " tmd-mned a Intolerable a-'"; ,d It U only because 11 the very adamant of couaervatlaia hat it ia possible for b to ply the streets o. -- ids very day I know of doaeu. ot teople who have discarded tbeui and uve taken refuge in the slower, but r safer, four-wheeled hackney iage the on.inr trundle s,x wl.lcfc " t,,. rift Leach us.nl to love u n"'-"". - A 1.1. li required early rising ami much patience for a trip across .i...o . u. mlft haii-om bad Its advantage Iu thai t ca-e-re.1 rap d'y along tue sir.-n laihing in and "" , hr.ii.gh almost impass.."-"" ..ii'iluri.lll jut it lind Its more man " - Hieing mlvant: in that one neui when He re w..i;ht I- an accident 1 1 tew a. I.I. b might prow is' "- Seventv years ago llr. Hansom bad null, dilii. ulty in lt.t.odu. ing bis in- , ,vatim.. Km.netit men sln-d docu-la-nts condcMining the hansom as a ricked inven ion. and old ladies vowed , thousand times that they would Mther go to China than ride in such 1 monstrous carnage. But Mr. Han hiui lived down all the clamor of the amid and all th- buffoonery of ths sits, who caPed l'l cab "the modern uillotii.e iu disguise." and saw bis In tention the most popular of ail the VS iicles in the metrooli. The hansom las now seen Its best days. The elee trital cab will Improve year by year Hid In the meantirne the old, despised, but now up-to-date four wheeler bat Mine Into its own. There are already mmlnils of tlm four-w hc-lers, prso lirully first class l.roi:ghams. In ths reels, so that one need no longer ! l-hamed of looking out of Its win. jmvs for fear of meeting the eye - 111 acquaintance who might, lis has of ten b.-f-u the case in the past, cry .....w.ti.in.f 1 1. - t v-iiiiuls like " old worn tn" or "coward "London Letter It I Htslmrg Ilptch. POKES FUN AT JOHN BULL. I'amidlan Hni Hi Views About I I, iniH io Acn the Hea. l-cter McArthnr is a Canadian whosa views 011 Knglalid and Kugllsb sis-ietj ie interesting and original. In hl t-ew b.M.k. "To lUi Taken With" SaltJ Kn Essay 011 Teaching One's tirand- liother to Suck Kggs." he gives a num. her of iiphorisins that set orlhodol I hilosophy nt ileliimee. Here are t lew samples: Seasickness has kept more enemies out of Kngiand than her prowess la ar. lxuidon tukes more for grant.sl tha the rest of the world knows. The great trouble with the English u) that they are trying to repel the Amer ican Invaders with business method! Hint came over with William the Con queror. Most of the things talked about U tendon society nre fitter subjects fot prayer than for gossip. 'IV) be original Is to be wrong. Culture is the consciousness of truth expressed In conduit Good form appears to be the acco mutated weariness of centuries et pressed In a general air of Imredom. One of the blessings of belug a hu morist Is thnt all your mistakes pass ff as jokes. Conservatism and laziness are bard, to distinguish. In order to carry on an argument you. must descend to the other man't IcveL Or.? should never spoil a eood theory by explaining It. Let me make the Jokes of the em pire; I care not who makes its blun ders. Iondon is full of clever people wb expect to get salvation In a moment and spend the luxury of being damned over a lifetime. The cuckoo of philosophy has sue cessfully laid her egg Iu the nest of theology. London Is overcrowded with serious minded people who stand in awe ed their own Ignorance. An Englishman' social atandlnf seems to depend on the number of peo ple he can afford to despise. The average Englishman tins so deef t reverence for antiquity thst be woulj .ntber be wrong than be recent Tills country la full of people wo ire starving up to their position. London Express. Coal I Not Favor Unions. Tbe city of Toronto recently called for bids for firemen's clothing and tbfl lowest comjietitor was the Crown Talh ortng Company. Tbe contract how ever, waa awarded at a higher prlea to a concern using the union label Thereupon tbe Crown Tailoring Com pany obtained an Injunction. In rem derlng a Judgment Chancellor Boyd declared that In Issuing Its speclllca. tlons tbe' city could not demand tna use of any particular union label and tbua discriminate against certain classes of laborers who might ba capable aa those entitled to use tbe label. The true teat of ability, he beld. Is not membership In a union. Might may not maka right bart H laually manage to make goad.