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The Secret Dispatch By JAMES GRANT CHAPTER IIL (Continued.) "Nay, if b wa to perish thoe, nupl atea Blight to readily fall npoo me; fur M i a favorite offlew of th Empreeii, r of Weymarn, too. My plaa U this: at; tt Ua dilates to-aif,ht ia aa lar eastie." "And if otr "Thea I shall agara lor tad mislaad Paigocm, and brief tin her in th eight." "What thea?" uitd tKa woodman, eggedly. "How dull w are, Faulovitch. We shall drag and drown him; thns thill ha 11 without a wound. 1 will uka back th dispatch to Novrorod, and yo ran tarry th body on bia horse to St. Peters- arg. whara a mm will be given jou for analog it. XI a poor stranger, they will lay, ha perished amid our ken Russia a troau, and that will be all. Nicholas Panlovitch, the carcaaa will ba wall , srerth twenty rouble to the." "And thy 6ftyr "Tou ahall receive when tha affair ia ever, and when yon come to me at Nov terod, where I am quartered." "By tha bones of my tribe, I am with ron, Poc'-tchkin"' exclaimed tha haif kretd with fsroclous joy. Then they shook heartily their hard and dliiiry hands handa that had wrought many a deed af mercileaa cruelty. A few minutea more and theaa worthy aampatHota had separated. There waa a third persoa who had everheard the Brat eavag plot, and who felt har heart atirrad with pity and terror for Balgoni. who had given her a silver kopec at Krejko bnt yesterday the gyp sy girl, Olga Fanlowua, tha lifter of Nicholaa Paulovlfh; and aha resolvd to efla both conspirator if ah could. . CTTAPTER IV. Orporal Podathkin waa in admlra U apcimo of hia own type of Husaian. Bia thick black acrubby hair waa cut tralght aeroaa tha forehead In a lint rlth tha eyebrowi, and at earh aide It aang perpendicularly down below th Mis, and waa, moreover, cut aquar aeroaa th neck behind; and he kept al ternately acratching and amoothing hia rngrad front, Derroualy and aaaiduoualy, araea h remored hia fur Coaaack cap; and. full of affected coucern, even to ei kibiting tear In hi small, cunning eyes, preeented himhalf to Natalie Mierowna kazt morning, and beaought her to hare klm "conducted to th chamber of hia rar, hia belored captain, hi comrade Bad brother, who waa, h now learned, aariooaly 111, halpleaa and delirious" ssd, la fact. Just as th cunning corporal wiahed him to be. Thar he found Balgoni, certainly too Rl and weak either to recognize him or Uderstand what he wet about; so the faithful Cossack made a rapid and skill tal loTeatlgation of all the offlcer's pock Bta for th diapatch. Not a Tttig of it waa to be found. "What can he bar don with It?" C ottered th bewildered corporal; "can I hT lost it In th river, or iwallow- d itr Th truth la that Natalie Mierowna kad her donbts abont the fid"liry of Pv tatchkin, aud even of some of her own omestics, and iwiri of the risk run y th stranger if he loat a dispatch of tha empresa, ahe had, prior to the intro Coction of th corporal, secured th doc ument, and at that moment it was bid- tan In her own fair bosom until ah could Mcor It In a rafer place. Poor Natalie! Ala. h little knew its contents, and tte horrors they were yet to produce. Bnffled th.ua in hi attempt to secure it, there was no renoirre for the faithful warrior of th steppe now but to tflk BP hi quarter! which h was nothing Math to do; et th Castle of the Longs, and ther quietly await the recovery r tha death, ha cared not which, of Bal (onle; and to concert further measure with the hme rTDr. Nicholas Pauio- itch, whom h saw daily It was no feverish dream of Balgoni (hat Natalie Mierowna had been hover Big about hi bedside; for she and her ousin Murvolliia bad been hia mpecial Ia least than three days th feverish Miriam subsided, sens completely re tarnad. and the young caotsln appeared to few laboring under a specie of influ- "Uf diapatch r h frequently said aloud "I most b goo with my dia patchr ! "Mlgbt it not ha intrusted b Cvrpura! datchklncT" asked Natall on morn lag aa aha personally gar him hi warm cad soothing drink with hr own hand, Katiaka, th maid, standing demurely by with a Uvr salver. "Iaopeaaibla, Hosphosa, for to I may amS yon; an officer alone can carry a dis patch for tha cmpresa. Its content ar tost argent; this delay, over which I aav aa control, may be visited by royal disfavor, vn punishment; and I fear faat th air of Tobolsk or Arkutak would B salt a Scotaman'i lungs, NaUli Mie- "Tt tarry hr you muat," sh (aid. with a (mil, the beauty of which proved rary bewildering; "th Longa Is coated with lea this morning, bnt not so thick, fcowarar, that it might not be broken by throwing a atoo from her; but to travel fat would only kill you, Carl Ivanovltch, aad cannot b thought af Just now." Than ah glided away, with her beam hag mil, har whit hand and taper bar rustling ores of scarlet silk with snowy miniver, and aU th at perfum that pervaded har. Baigaaia signed wearily yet pleasantly, aad half thought that beautiful Agar a swaaaa. aa k turaad on hia toft and lmarssaa pillow and marveled whathar ks past at hia iraimt axistaae was th OHAPTER T. Balgnal, soa af Ma Bal gMfci at ttnthaara, had coca Into th wmM aartag that which waa parhapa th tawt afaia, asaiaaa sand Impoverished E tp waarg IL t b aaajr aaath af haj aT Hi saMla af . . . . apoa in ienor arrt r I'top, to which, th. yard being atill at bachelor sack,. Mr. Gamaliel Balgoni. j u,hd by th .,'ing. . certain amount of a hard-hearted graap.ng. T.riciom mer- i .teadina- waa giT.n; yet hU heart leap chant la Dundee J painfully each time when th, fr.r- V . ' ?' J?m,1 BlKn- OD th death of hia Prent. his small paternal m k " w lm"?re? , ,caum wvaavt urVUie Ulfl III U Cil I E aV e, VM th relation before mentioned tha pa- ",u" " "uuemy proauo- Jli yW Tf nC t0 pmfoBDd ef to him a. a re urn f..r certam loan, and .uum advanced to the d.aaod. of fmmd; bnt It wn a vrir;,M i-frHKwf will, writt-n accurauly by a notary, and duly aigntrd. Though tremulous and ahaky, strange ly ao aud rattier nnlike the usual sig nature of the de-ed laird, three men there were, accounted good, worthy and religious men, who solemnly deposed to having aeea "the hand of th dead mi pea those words." j It was a case which made some ooie ! in those days, because thirty six hours T R , L, """""ur' John Bnlgome died. The law of S.vjtland requires that, af- ter frumiug and slguing such a deed. tU testator must have been able to go one at least to church or market- liow it came to pan we know not now, bet the dUpute, though without a basis, waa brought before the ajpreme court by oro friends of the orphan, for ther were not a few persons in Stralheara who alleged that John Bslgonie's hand had certainly trai ed the ri-nutur which was sworn to so solemnly aa h'm but had doue ao after death; the pen being placed in th fingers of th corps, which were guiJed by those of the pious and worthy merchant of Dundee, who want ed hia neptiew'a little patrimony In aid of certain speculations of hU own. Pending a decision, the bereaved boy waa removed to th busy town on Tay side, aud was left to solace his sorrows at -hool, prior, sa he supposed, to be coming a drudg In his affectionate un cle's counting house, when th laat of hia slender Inheritance had been frittered awny In the fangs of th law. One day his worthy uncle Gam return ed to Edinburgh by th packet Th esse bad been decided against him, and the court was about to name trustees to look after the estate of the orphan boy. Mr. Gamaliel Balgoni wa unusually grave, stern and abstracted; but he de liberately seated himself at his de?k, and whil humming, ts was his wont, a verse of psalm, he penned a letter ad dressed to the captain of a vessel then lying In th hsrbor, and gave it to his nephew for Immediate delivery, desiring him to wait for the answer. Th boy, then in hu fifteenth year, started on his errand with alacrity, lie soon found the ship, which was moored at some distance from the shore, with her fore-topsail bos, to in.i.cate that ah wa ready for sea; yet lharlie had no suspicion of the trap into which be was running or th cruel fate tbat awaited him. Th skipper, a rough, inriy and brutal looking man, eyed the boy keenly, while tearing the letter Into minute fragments, after he had peruwl it, with a grim smile of satisfaction lie then went to a locker, where he poured out a glafcs of milk. Drink that, my lad," said he, "while I write an answer to your uncle." Charlie drained the glass; but scarce ly had he done so when the cnbln teem ed to i whirling round him; he thought that he was becoming seasick, and wrs in the act of staggering toward the cabin stairs when he was felled to the floor by a blow from the skipper's heavy hsiid a blow dealt cruelly aud onsparinsriy. lie recovered conscloiiae -itn tim after, to find himself stiff, sore end bloody, from a wound iu the temple lyini; on deck in lie moonlight, with K.-.iue twenty-five other boja, several of whom were in th same state of stupor in which they had been brought on board. To bia horror and dismay, Charli now found that the ship waa at aea, and running between th dangerous reef known as the Bell Rock and the flnt andy shore of Barrie; and that, through the machina e JJncls Gsni."!!?!, he hed boss lured Into the baud ef one of the most notorious plantation crimps that ever in fested th Scottish coast. Captain Zach ariah Coffln of New England, whom craft, th Piacatona, waa letter of marque, carrying !?! Sv-ponodeiw and fighting her own v.-ay. After this tha Fucitona was hauled np, In order to go north (bout by Cap Wrath, having on board nearly fifty boy. Storms cam on when th Piaca tona enured th Pcntland Firth, and four day after Dnnnet Head with it flinty brow, 400 feet In height, had van ished into th wrack and mist astern, a sadden cry of fir caused every heart to thrill on board th lawiesa Teas!. Whether an act of treachery or not. It wa lmpoealbl to ascertain; bnt it had broken out near the abipa magazine, to which it communicated with frightful ra pidity, for suddenly, whil the crew were all running for and aft with bucket, a dreadful zplolon seemed to rend the Piacatona Iu two. Half of th mala deck was blown awty with two of th boats. A whirlwind of fragment flew in every direction, and then the flame hot into th air la scorching volumes. Discipline, or such a system of It as Zacbsrish Coffin maintained oa board, was totally at aa end. Bom ef th crew lowered th only remaining boat and fought Ilka wild beasts far poaaaaaiea of It, knocking each other late th watsr without marc. Captala Coffin oochad hia pistols at tha gangway, shot on ssaa dead aad swore that h woold kill tire aeit man who dared to precede him; hat ha was tmck from behind by aa Iroa marline spik aad, fasting. togear with his aavag dog. fcato the naming gulf chat yawaed amidships, was seea ao mora. m of r crew ammataty easaei off th; boat: ether sprsag eerboard aad held ea to the sear aad beocaa. Bat ttsiaa eeriah asisawBiir ftor beaag half held oa to the for aad autia chain. tS tha bran ao unbearably hat that thef had to drop off, with arreaoia f despair when they aank. faint, weary and help kaaa, to IL bottwm at last. Uow It all happened Chart! Baln'.a avr knew. Bat hour after tha whole affair wa ovrr and the detected Pisce tooa had burned uun t her waterliu and aank, leaving all tha aea around her discolored and covered with Coeting Dieea of rharreal wanA anil tt, hiwraiit ' f.arfa of ka .... k . 4 ki ' adrift ia the mme and stormy Pentlacd Klrta, but wedge-i with co:nprtii safety to large f rag-meat f the fore- ment of wreck roa on th aummit of a ireen g!aaey wav. , went .ariig down i, dlirk .d w troUl(fl u-tween. To add to th terror, of h lonrly ait- ' , ! ' aaUoD, th sun had aank amid gloomy drawing on. Half drowned, the poor U,i ; eoon became faint and exhaust and fie of " MUQ(, T(i.e B f cloa by a crest and towering nh:p. which iay to, unw rig'it in the wind a eye witB her maiojard absrk and her gunport and hammock nettinca full of weathel beaten faces. gu;ag at him with eacer ness and curiMity iu the t.l,cbt. whi'i a boat as lowered snd pulled steadily toward him by aix aailora clad in dark green. She proved to be a .Husaian nfty gua ship, the Anne Ivaoowna, rommunded by Thomas Mackenzie, one of the many i Scottish admirala who have bravely car- r.ed the Kusslan flag in th Baltic and ,h. u.. lr,. i ,'i ,.,,,.,,, .,. i ,. v. Tll. t,. .,,:, , make a sailor of Chnrlie, but the latter had seen quite enough of the sea whil cn board the Piacatona, and while he was clinging like a limret or bamacl to the piece of drifting wreck: so he be csme a soldier, and served under General Ochterlony. of Goynd, iu the Regiment of 8moleoko, where as a cadet his su perior smsrtnei-a. Intelligence aud edu cation, not less than his courage, soon distinguished him among his thick-paled Ruksinn comrades. Thus in less than teg years he became, aa we find bim. Cnptnls Carl Ivanovltch Balgonle, the mont trust ed aide-de-camp of Lieutenant General Weymarn, comma nder-in chief of the city and out rut of St Petersburg. CHAPTER VI. "Too ca never know, Ivanovltch Bal- gonie, how much I pitied you " "You, lady?" was the joyous response, "That ia, I and Marioliz.a," said Na tall Mierowna, slightly blui-hiog, "wbei we found you sunk on a fever bed in I foreign land, so far from your country, your friends, your mother perhaps, fol you are young enough, 1 think, to misa her still at such a time, although a sol dier." "Far, indeed, In many waysT' replied Balgouis, with bitter smile, as li thought of Uncle Gam, or perhaps It wai Illness that had weakened him. "1 have a country, to which it Is more than prob able I ahall never return; but father, mother or friends I have none there all who loved me once bav gone to th sr lent grave before me." "Alir Yes, lady." "But ou are making many friends la Russia," said Mariollzxa cheerfullyi "there are my cousin, Basil Mierowlta, and my brother, Apollo I'sakoft. whi Ixiti,. 1 know, love you as a brother." "True, and most grateful am 1 to them for their regard, for both are polished gentlemen. I have old General W'ey niaru, too, though I know not what he will think of this deiay in delivering the Imperial dispatch." "Alas, that most tiresome dispatch!" etclalmed Natalie. "But I forgot." ehi added, with a curi of ber short uppel lip; "thoe who proceed on the errandi of th Km:rei Catharine would need sevin-lcngiie boots, or the carpet of thi prince in the fairy tale, which transport ed the owner st a wish." "Hush. couiu," said Marloilir.a. glano lnc timidly around. But no one was near, aav Corporal 1'odatchkine, who waa at a little distance on the terrace, when this conversatioa took place two daye after linljonle be came convalescent, and fully a week since the night of peril on which he swam the Lousa. "I cannot describe to yon, ladies, th relief that came to my mind In discov ering that It had neither been lost no! stolen, but was safe " "In Natalie's bosom J" said Mariuliiia, laughing. (To be continued.) NEW WAY TO RAISE BABIES. Hospital Manager Have IvUe4 aa Eminently r-ucceasful Method. Hospital oietboxla are adopted mori each year In the private treat nwnt of babies the method, that Is to say, oi the superior modern hospital conducted under tha beat medical supervision Th cradle Is doomed nnd ail Its rock ing memories. The child lies upon lt bed an! la not picked op and carried about the room erven when It yell Visitors and relatives are no longi. encouraged to pound It In the ribs, plncb Its chin or transfer microbes bj Its llpa. TbU strtctneea la laughed a) by ribald outsiders and resented bj critics of the old time regime, which, like every other fossil. Is attributed U nature, no doubt, with justice, bo without relevance. Actually, this intelligent treatment ef iu fancy is doing much to choc I nervousness In our children, to pro tect them from bad habits and necd exactions rod to make them eL reliant Babyhood, Indeed, Is the best conducted age at preaent When thi child grown older it meets undoubted lues la the substitution of nurse's foj mother's care, a tendency encourage: by the new activities of women au4 by olty Ufa, At tha beginning, how ever, the first weeks and months of bit ezlateasca, when change ami tcrelop meat are more rapid than at any othai period, the ha man being baa never bad neb decent treatment as It Is the hp pr fashion te bestow apon him nose lie la treated far bia ewn welfare af for aha aaaniamMt f aa Weekly. KOREA I'ann hatu! vorway to fv a -;ir. Iu Nc" York city u-li'M.ls l ist chil dren have intclioiiia. 3'runt comjaiiy (lejxiMi uoiv amount tj over $l,5tKi,NHMNsi. This is an lu crease of $l.mti.iUMi in the hint fivei years. Clii'iiiiili!, the port of Scxitil. I he cap ital of Korea, 1o1;k out over a vat fhullow- Ikiv, where the tide me- thir ty f.-et. Hetty Gn-eii miiiietiiues rule in a fl".vxl autniiHiliile, but it i on tied by her sin. IMward II. I!. Gru'ii, tit the Texax Midland Railroad. Since the campaign entered Hku by Hie health authorities aalu-t t lie hordes of rats at tho 1orulon ilneks, !.i.:7" have ix-eti tl-etroycI. The w lilstlini: bj niti b i u'iue which work all uilit lu Uie railway yards lu am) near cities Is permitted lu no country other than America. One huudml anil nixty dollara was paid recently for the pen used by the Lmperorg of I'ruHHla. Austria arid Ru bU lu sli;ulni the holy alliance treaty. .lames rttlllnian, president of the Na tional City Bank, of New York, cum ni'inly tailed the Standard Oil Bank. In a director of fifty two contra tions. A German pliysician rei-omuiemts soap as a cure for sleeplessness. The o;ip lather muni lte allowed to dry on the skin before the pntlent goes to bed. Lord Kelvin's estimate of the age of the world is: .Nut so preat k Mt, (ksi.iski j-earn; possibly as little an 2H,-j iMXI.fNMl years: probably :i).iK.i,(jKj years." If the de)its now In the savings hanks of this country were divided per capita, every man, woman and child would receive $117. The total sum iu $J, fi:!.V.l, M.V There were Hi German douie:le servuntM last year who were awarded (lie servantit' golden cross for having lived forty yearg with one family. Only one wax found In I'erl'n. If i proposed In iniHiihite every lalf In Germany with Kpvlllly prepared tuhen tiliiKiN liaellll. on the plan of vac cination, iu order that the animal may Hot contract tuberculosis Inter. ChuniiK Kuel Tl, the le;ider of the guard of the court at Pekin. has stated that his trops arc unable to sh. be cause they have never been supplied with ammunition, ami so are quite un accustomed to the sound of the rifle. Nlne-teiitlis of the external trade of the llahamns, which amounted to $1,- i;7."),0!Ki last ye:ir, Is with the lT tilted States. The principal exports of the Hl.inilH are pineapples and siKinges, and the imixiris Hour and earthen and glassware. The school savings bank Kygtem is now lu practice iu 7'.i7 8-hoo!g In eighty-five cities of twenty-one States. The pupils have tsaved over f'iKKt.lsio, of which f l..VX,'X has teen withdrawn. The exact balance due deiswitors Jan, 1 was $r,21;il.K5. rilnce Alaska passed Into the bunds of the United Stale the Government hag received $9,X.H2'2 through its va rious departments there. The expense of administration have been :f8.(V.K3,7.SO, so that the Government has made a profit from Ha investment. The Dogs' Protective Iesgue Las ar ranged with veterinary surgeons throughout Knglaud to set aside a cer tain hour In each week when poor per sons may present their (logs for advice Hid treatment The league also trains nurses for attendance on dogs. The Canadian Pacific Railway ofll Jlals have announced that the company iias been condemned by a British judge In Hong-Kong to pay the Chlncme Gov ernment 'M,X tor running down a Chinese gunboat with one of lis steam ships, the Empress of Japan. In a German factory, which employs ,107 men, making agricultural Irnjile iieuts and traction engines, 25 per cent get 71 to cents a day, 51 per cent get )D cents to $1.31, and H! per cent get tbove $1.31. This does not include Oys or apprentices, and Is for a nlne-ind-a half-hour day. BELIEVE IN MANY OMENS. tlredalltv of et Indian (lv th Plantar Ueclite.l Advantage-. The French island have two super ttltiona which are not to be found In me others of the West Indies. These ire a belief In some aert of werewolf r vampire, which lives on the blood of wayfarers, upon whom It leaps when they are abroad in the night time, or f sleepers whom It finds In lonely jut; and. second, a belief In what ia iii : t known In the lim'sh h-lauu as tl;e ' rolling calf." a monster ith blazln eyes, which pi-owls at nlcht. c uiikii, a chiiiii M'-pi-tel, (f f torsi :l Ikh-U, and at whose touch men .1 -. ihe follow ing de-.-r'ptinu is given of the typi.a! obeali :i..in: "'l li re i soiin-iu'ii o j:;ibi filiably siiiNui ;iliiii: nil i.ln-;i,'i mail's appear tn. i (li.it ,e i an ;is. as ,c picked cut by u.ie tu has bad much to lio with bis class, lilriy. ragged. uiike:n!. (I foniicl. Hi. re is ii-t alM.et him an of cunning antli i;:ti. Iii-; scall. jiierciiig eves peer i '.oiKly a. die wi iiitscs ;H,a.-. agaoisl him i,i mi.ti tor ail the world like these of a cor in-ivii lat. j.iaek men ri ;iv 1- e u to turn :is 'm.iv a aiK iimler tic ten ,r of tii.i, h.i iii ill ua,e. i.nd o n it only with I'.iSu utt tiiat iiie.-::i,iii.ni!ig CViilellce can lie illacl out of th. in. The wijiril's auesiiiiie preM-in e, 1 nw ever. does ;t : ;i , :lu ui.e :iu:eii!al Uritish judge. He o.d.rs him t.-elv moiitlm' hard" hikI h muiikI t!ie.'gini. Knsiicutly ihe o1m-.i1i man bpx-als against this HeJiteuee to the higiier c-oui-t, and iii Jamaica it is ik t a: all unusual for him to get off oil some technical point, owing to the defective draft, rig of the law. Of course be tells the ignorant ncgns-s that be pro cured freedom by bis niagh al powers and thus their superstition Is strength ened. lirlllsh luw punishes obeah with flogging aud Imprisonment. Neverthe less olieah is practiced by the white planters almost a a matter of neces sity lu order to frighten the negroes and prevent them from appropriating the produce of Ihe plantations. You may walk through your friend's annua plantation and notice a skull stuck ou a lop of a stick, a small bottle full of dead cockroaches tied to a branch, or a miniature black coltiu placed on a little mound. "Hello, old man!" yuu say, "working obeah eh? I'll come and see you flogged at the JalL" He tries to laugh It off shame facedly, saying there W really nj other way to make "thone viretcle-d natives'' ke"ji their bands off the crops. That is true. It Is iieeillewf. however to go to the trouble of placing these thim;x alKiut your plantation. If ome night Jirowler lias stolen your hanai.as all you need do Is to say next rnuniirtir In the healing of the natives: "It's all r!-:!it. I don't care. I've got the foot print." You will see them whisper among themselves in an awestrlckeu way nnd pritu-iilly one will come up to you, nearly weeping with terror, and confess himself the thief. The super stition Is that If you dig out the earth upon which the robtier has impressed his fool and throw It Into the fire he will waste away nnd die unless he gives himself up and takes bis punish ment. New York Commercial Adver tiser. American Made Dolls. There is a big factory In the I'nited States now, In New Jersey, which makes dolls, very perfect and durable ones, of sheet slis-l. They are light and strong, so strong they cannot be broken even if stepianl on. Their smile is the kiud which will not come on', for their complexion Is of baked ennui el, not to be rubbed or scraped away, says (kiod Housekeeping. They are stnrtllnirlv lifell II, New Jersey, for they have ball and Rocket Joints, even for their ankles, arid strike all sorts of childish attitudes. The hands can be fitted with gloves, nnd the eyes are removable, to accom modate little girls who have decided preferences as to brown eyes or blue. The hair can be removed for a sham poo or a change of complexion. They will talk even, If one cares to pay for a phonograph attachment. Altogether, this pioneer American doll Is charac teristically smart aud good-looking. The Care of Umbrellas. More umbrellas are spoiled through careless treatment than wear out from actual bard work. One great nilstak that many people make is to leave uii umbrella standing on Its point to dry after It has licen used In the rain. This Is most harmful, as all the water trickle down aud settles In Ihe fouls at the narrow end of the silk, and this not only causes the silk to rot, but tne wire frame to grow rusty. The right way to treat a wet umbrella, when brought Into the house Is to open it wide and wipe It as dry as possible, then half close It and leave It staudiuu on IU bundle to drain. Wet umbrellas should never be put nenr a fire; this also Is likely to cause the bilk to split Chose a Hultable Text. "Dr. Thirdly Is certainly an date clergyman," aaid Fosdick. up-to- "8o?" said Keedick. "Yea, sir. One of his purlshlouers was killed by the explosion of bin automobile and the doctor took for the text of bit funeral eermon the biblical account ef KlUab gain; to heaven In a chariot of fire." Bmart Met lM "IT. GUYED FITZ TO MIS SORROW. ratsl' Uscte1 Ieoslralla f lil HiUins '' Hob Kitzslmiuoii gave an aueipw I d lie illustration of his physical might the ther day iu a ootmtosvo sport.ng poods tou Ti e big fighter dri Ul thi establishment fre.iaeutly and edi Ues the clerks and whatever customer may be a'smt by hi "kill at drumming the punching lag He rarely fail perform Ids old trick t-f knocking tlsf t4! from its bearings. atMl oa thi t-ceasioB. after a hard blow bad ura th- bag loose from the ring that held it. one of the olli.ers of the concern who was loking ou aud who koof l lta well, remarked to the pul'ttd: oh. 1 don't think mu fa of thai blunt, KiU; that p!-e ut rope was se old one and it aouklu't take mub ut a blow to break it. It loo you sou time to get that bag loose, and mr (pinion Is you are getting to le a bad number. If you couldn't land n Oo bett any harder than hat bv'd trial you In jig time." IMS dSJu'l xzj aajttiug l rep-c to ti.e guying, but the mention uf Cor belt's name made his f.iie lake ou more determined jtprcssion. "Then." sai.l (he busitifMS HUB S telling of the ini id.-iit. "I grt brand' new piece of stoiil s,i-h cord, pearl thick enough to lift a horse and r!ggc4 ii; the puiicl.liig bs' with this ior.1 'Now,' 1 sa d to Kit, 'there is onw thing you conid ii t knock loose In hundred jertrs.' Fili l.iiuincd away st :lie bug viciously fcr a while, but itidn'l Kti'sk H loose. 1 stood there gu.virit iiiiu some more, telling hliu how lo 4 gone hack arid nil that, and then i walki-d aay ulmii! meiity feet. "I turned around to see how Kill was getting along, m.d bs I did so I saw his arm slusit ihMiigh the air s fast it was only a blur in the air, aue the next t'ltng 1 knew the bag wai shiMdiug through space like a bullet. "It was ciniiiig straight for me. to nuil at such sjx-eil that 1 didn't bai Ume to doilge It. It clearjsl an Inter, veiling show case, and the neit iusta. I was wondering whether I was In tl. ring or in the hospllul. The Hying la!l caught me squarely over the eye, ami I surely thought I would have to lakt the count. The blow dacd uie for moment and nearly put tue out "I guess I was the one that wa If- Ing guyed all the time, but lu any event between the kick of a mule ami a man who can drive a punching baif twenty feet through the air and hard enough to almost knock you down, th mule for mine. I don't think Klti It quite a candidate yet fur the home fo superannuated old men." New York Suu. Trees in China. Tree planting In Northern China ut being strenuously cu.'oiued by the a thoritles, not only us a productive in dustry for the people, but alike as a means of strengthening the river em bankment against floods and of check. Ing drought. Of late years trees liaia , ii i in noun nmiicsHie mr ngrieu t turul purposes, while the peasants .! not take the trouble to plant fresh ones, because the foil is so loose ths they must dig down very deep for a satisfactory foothold. So vast traeti of fertile land are left barren, vihii in the northern province especially the Influx of sand carried by higk winds from the Mongolia u desert threatens to till up the unoccupied ground. So in the lmiMirt.ini l'ruvin of Chill, which contain the capital, Peking, Is u government procl.i umtiou notifying-the "eight direi tions for tree plan, tilt ion" most minute Instructions at to the kind of trees required, the depth they should be planted aud tht fertilizers to 1 used -unit the "te benefit to lie derived from the wium,' such, among others, us the sale of tit her and fruit, the ItenenVial Influent of trees in attracting ruin, preservlni the Just equilibrium or wind Influences, ami purifying the atmosphere, whlli "travelers nnd families will find shadi nnd rest iimler the branches." a poetic truth for conclusion. Golden Penny. New Tvrw of Knirin. Krom Germany comes news of locomotive worked by steam and ye Independent of fire of its own. Thi engine has Just been completed at thi Ilohenwillern works at Dissseldorf ant is of a type designed for shunting ii explosive factories. Instead of carry ing lire In Its own lioHer it is flllef with steam from stationary boilers, and when so charged is capable of sev. eral hours' work. The first wnrmln up occupies half an hour, and subse yuent recharging can be doue In I quarter of an hour. The apparatus tl so simple that an unskilled workmni Is able to look after It. The absence ol lire In n place where dynamite or gun. powder Is being handled Is the rcasoa, for the Invention of this type of en gl tie. liqunl tn the KntrrtiMic;, The old sexton approached the put pit. "Parson," he exclaimed in a hours whisper, "the church is on fire!" "All right, John, don't get excited.' rejoined the good man as he stoppet abruptly lu the middle of his sermoa "You puss down one aisle while I gt down the other and we'll quietly wak up the congregation." Answered. "When does a girl reach the 'ntaa riageable age?" "When her father' parse baa reach ed the marriageable stxe " Octroi Free Press. When a leap year girl prapoaes lt' up to the young man to lea brs self-possession. Never eround. creek joke aa AeUcat