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I i .-1 .1,,'. li K. ' - X: - ON THE fc ! 68; JAPANESE STOUAIIXU THE 'iUKNCHES OF THE RUSSIAN'S UNDER GEN. STACK KLREUG. The accompanying Illustration depicts a scene In the Rus Japan--; war, when the co:noiand under Gen. Btackr'berg waa dispatched to the south to make a diversion in favor of Tort Arthur. After severe fighting til Russian were steadily pressed back by a Japanese force advancing on Hal Cheng and came nearly being cut off before they rejoined Kuropat kin's command around Llao-Yang. Our Illustration, taken from the Illus trated London Newt, shows the storming of the Russian trenches by the Japanese, and In It are depleted tha full horror of a war which baa assumed the character of being anions the bloodiest In history. An interesting feature of the picture la the administering of the right of the chimb by a priest of the Orthodox persuasion. A POOR SEINLIUL Why, Jamea Perkins!' ejaculated Mn. Perklna, aa her husband entered the kitchen, dd; p.ng wet "Where C earth have you been to, and what you been doing' The captata replied grimly that he bad "been sav ing Hank." and thea be began to col let dry wardrobe. liU wife, mean while, pursued ber Inquire. "Whatever do you mean? the aak ML "Just what I aay. Captain Hank waa fool enough to fail off of Billy a Wharf and like to drown himself. Me and Billy's been seining for him." "Selling?" 'Tea' ui. seining. And what's more, he was the poorest aeinf ul I ever pur M op." " Mrs. Perkins made no further com UMt, The captain retirod to an ad kilning room and wiped the water from hia hair and face and changed hia clothes. Then he sat down be- W toe siotre to a'uvtii ii. "Hank and Billy and me was a-set-HaC tn a row on the edge of Billy's trharf, he said, at last, "and Hank, usual, act oat to count op his Hey to make sure he hadn't lost nj ft It scmce he counted It last He bad ta, much aa a dollar and a half in on.; fcaad, and his empty purse In the oth ar, when crack went the railing, and Bank went over Into the ocean." "Why didn't you and Billy fo la, 100?" queried Mrs. Perk n. . "Weti, me n Billy didn't happen to it engaged in counting anything, to are grabbed the edge of the wharf and laved ourselves. Hunk, he went down tlnmb to the bottom, and come up lowlna like a porpoise. " saw right off ho wasn't ewt-nm'ng any, and when be yelia for hs p I uiis Busts something waa up, so I jumred Ik an' grabbed hia. I got a good bolt tnd brought him up to the apLlngr on the end of the wharf. ." Crtcli a-bolt,' ay I, an5 me and fellry'll git you oat in a minute.' l can't catch a-holt,' he saya, aplatteriug out a lot of water. r 'Why notr aaya I. "1 got my handa full of money,' -. M saya. "We 1. that made me some dl?usiei, hot Billy, he set on the wharf an' SMtgnrd iri! tie ukr to uukL ., "Til get ye out ye old shark, he aay a. and Orst tliins; I know there acme a bight of hia bljx eln ovr the edge of the wharf. I see the Idea. nd ! C 1. J 'k 1 I Anm,w ii ri 1 fi. ir.nl- ft fr'SinivKVU tavr lll'iK Ur,i idiiivi UHUII. When we had hl n pi.ri o up l climb d 'ap on the. wharf, and-we put ibe line Ihrougb the fall of Itilly's divv.es, i.ud atuag bln up to the wh irf." "Waa he grateful?" asked Mrs. Pcr- Jna:.. ', , , ' -V. ' ... "Well, yea, fer Hank. I reckon he frae grateful. He opened hia (1st and .tee be bad the dollar and half dollar safe. Then be went tip to the pot- Oce and had Hiram pit the half , fcto two quarters. That waa the am a I teat change Hlra-n hnd. Hank ifate M of them to Billy and one to Teae. I took It It ain't often irafc.ha them momeits of gen ros Ky. aaalaa Billly aaya, to refuse to fjt htm- the chanre to work on of V - v, 4sa . wavld he cruelty to animals." "V"' ; iMrtafs Coaaanloa. KICM1 PITCH IS OOOasra V ' 1 .,1: I'- to Ua Daivereat Ch sw V 7 joaaaf m gviwrm, asm utni-Kr.?r-ts2y, , wi:i el ne the news t C oat of a convert or hi Kb yta'avi the deMliw, and that Inter a Mr pitch wU aaoa he the X he ased e'.th. r Jfae eewert. i .:'zkn or aliiaaa la fact .y Ua. atact-ls - Ts tlaa.ts aurtUaj aSi. la :rfc a wlci .tnuaeau. -J fixe "ftfi .. ? BLOOD - SOAKED SOIL OF v - a. ai rvaw-' the country that la not pushing them, red the time Is not far distant when all orchestras and bai.ds will be uslu international-pitched Instruments. The American Ktderatou of Musicians la talkng the matter up and urging the adoption of the new Idea, which wiil greatly benefit many. The reasons for the change are many, the principal one bfing that the music produced is of a much rich er quality and harmony ia more ei-(jul-l:e when produced In these Instru ments. It la well known that the lower registers of the clarla t flute, violin, comet and In fact nearly every concert instrument are much more pleasing to the ear than the nljrher ones, and that the harmony ia richer. Even the piano ha a sweeter tone when tuned to International pitch. For these reasons the adoptl.iu of ths low pitch is to be hoped for. aa it will make all orchestras and band music of a finer quality. But ths iuStTuuit nU wi'ii bet be the only one that will be helped by the ctange. Singers will find It moch more beneficial than the others as It will give them a chance to sing with out crowding their voice to the top limit For some time past opera com panies have bf en nalng a pitch be tween concert and international for the purpose of relieving their singers, and the adoption of the low pitch will be another step which will benefit them greatly. A 831.400 STENOGRAPHER Miaa Minnetta Thompson, en Expert ia Kmploy of the Government. There's something typical about the case of Miss Mlnnette Thompson, "stenographer and typewriter," In the I.iterlor Departaient, say a Wa-hi air ton correapondent Her father was Prof. John E. Tbonpron, a pioneer lu the educational movement In the District of Columbia. He was MIS IH.vajTTC THCHTSoa. supervlslag principal of schools, and taught the toys wb.l the late .Mra. E. It E. X. South worth, the novelist, Uaght the girls. 'Such a thing aa that father could die we bad never thought of," salj allaa Thompson. But h died fifteen year ago, and the aristocratic thoroughbred girl took up the agbt not for herself alone, but for mother and ale: era. first aha fagot achool. Then the lUgler sal aried position la the govaraateat ser vice waa secured for her. "There I more money In It than In teaching," she said, ' but. the nerv. cue strain la' Incomparably greater. A stenographer la k pt lacesamty on edge: ber nerves are stre ehed to the utmost; the workday Is long and there Is no recreat on. You may have leea told that the Washington do wrt uent are fall of dntaea. It la not trne. There ta no more faithful, loyal. nrd wnr'dng and cena I'ntloua :n l V'daat la tha world than the gov rnment rlerk. Of eourae. tltere are thoat aba 4 aat want la work and' who shirk. Ta txi Omm ta ffiraat MASCHURIt t. and in atores. . You can't exterminate the treed." Miss Thompson is now earning I1.4O0 per annum. She I considered among the most expert of the tcn orrapheri In the department and ia partl-ularly valuable because she baa mas'ered the tecbnl'-al de all of the service, which no newcomer, however expert as a shorthand wrltr, could hope to understand. THI8 DOQ TRAVELS. And He Ia Prime Favorite with All the HvilroH'J Kmplnyra. For two months Rnxy travi led every day between Gar Jen Ci'y and Hemp stead. He would a;p' ar on tha tatioT platform at Just the right time to take a train, and always e-'tned to know the exact time scheduled for the com ing In or going out of the various trains. Where he kept his time table nobody knew, but be evidently had one. One day be wss raising, and there was consternation smong the men, who had grown fond of bim. For two days Boihisg was beard of him, and grave looks were exchanged when the question waa asked many times dur ing those two daya: "Seen anything of Roxy T" Then came good Dews, for It was learned he had extended his trar-lv He had gone as far aa Long Island City, stayed all night taken several rides on the ferryboat next morning, gone Into the dock and played around tbe engines, then back to the station, and from tbe many trains standing there bad picked out the Hempxtecd train and ridden gayly home on the engine. How glad the men were to see blm at that end of the line! This waa bis first ride on tbe engine, and It soon became his' fsvorlte place. Sometimes be would ride la the pns senger cesch; occasionally be rode In the baggage car; but more oft en he was found In his fsvorlte pla, tbe engine. There, percl ed on tbe s at on the fireman's aid? ne never thenrht of going on the engineer side, where, of course, he might he In the way with two paws firmly braced on the sill, he watched the country as the train awept by. life now flowed along smoothly for Rosy. The conduct: r kept his word and ("poke to the "boya." and the re sult was a handsome nlckel-p'a'ed col lar made to order fnr the d,-g, ou one side of the collar Is a bras plnte bearing the single word In iarire let ters, "Trainman." On the other ide is a M-iUlnr plfife, on which are tn graved the wordi: RAILROAD ROXY, Onrdn CI y. I I.. Prewiteil by the boys of the I. R. It. Branch, V, M. C. A. From h!a collar bing. the ieene tag. which protects him from the cf ficlal dojr-cateher, allowing him to wander safely at the promptings of hU will. St Nicholas. Co l Man'o Cnief Worker. Coal has become man's chief worter, and horse labor sud human manual labor are slowly being pushed aside. In the great t anforraation It ia b n brain power that haa triumphed over brute atrength. Man first sought to shift his burden to the backs of the beasta of the field, and the bor e h -came hia patient friend and altant; bat now he seeks to names the ele mental forces of nature to do his bid ding. Tbe burden Is thus light ned without cruelty to any II v ng creature; neither man nor beast b is lad Ida la bora Increased, but atead.ly decreased. t Nicholas. T-SMM . "Haw , Mr. Gaaaietool'a expression haa hardened!'' "Yea." answered Miss Cayenne, "He need to have a mobile c-oaatra.tnetv New It la ait antomeblfe casta teaaucs." WaahlagtoB Star. ' - ... fVastsv Jlea. .'. Cha In yew hat cWba what k the pasMKy tar atarrylMcl . - -Ca-Magcfc;a. I Kit as all CSa ' n r-e ,; " populjiencO' j The ris of gangrene from csrto!U acid dressini; la uot fieneraliy appro ciiited by rLyi.U!ans, la the view ol JJr. O. E. Shoemaker. Harm dues noi usually follow the appliratUna. but out nthor haa found recorded 13 case l gangrene from dilute solutions of 1 U 5 ir cent applied for about twenty four hours. The effect la usually pro duced without pain. Tbe recent development of rice-cul ture into one of the leading Industrie of tbe Gulf States has established th fact that American rice la of a verj high grade. Proof ta furnished froa Cuba, where rice la eaten at everj meal, and where the American prod uct haa already won tbe reputation ol being superior in richness of flavor and In nutritive quality to tbe rice of India China or Japan. One or tbe dlKadrantage of woodei bobhina In spinning and weaving rallii la the Irregularity In their revolutiot during damp weather, when the vooi 1 awollen with moisture, which result! In frequent bre.klng of the threads Recently, In some European tnllK nhi nilnuiu bobbles have te-u substitutei for the woolen oues, with many aj vuntag.s. The metal not only Is n" affected by cLnnges of humidity, but U lighter than the wonj formerly e:n ployed In tuaklnj; gtoiihins. and this re aulta In a swifter movement of tin machinery without increase of motiv power. The planta used a substitutes foi soap have been investigated by L. Ro aenthuier. These are especially nu merous among the leguminous plantt with alblxzla and acacia at the heat of the liat The roots and root stalk, and bulbs are mostly used, then tly bark, and sometimes the leave aui fruit An East Indian plant aupplle blosaoma that may be employed. Th cleansing property of the planu seem to be due to saponlne, and to depeot upon the production by this subsume of very finely divided particles In thr form of an emulsion. The vegetablt j soap Is claimed to have the advantagt that being neutral or slightly add it contain no free alkali to injure col I or. It Is stated that one plant alom mnsa paradisiea hat np contaluln sodium oleate, and that It serves sj soap without containing anpoulne. A new application of tbe phono J grnph hns ben found In the Psycho logical Laboratory of Cornell L'nlvet ' aity. Hitherto, In testing degrees ot deafness, tbe human voice has gener ally been regarded aa furnishing tin moat useful standard, but a great source of irregulsrlty In tbe results k the difficulty of standardising the tests Owing to the narnrni rsriet anson voices. It haa been impossible to obtab a common unit of measurement. . It cent Improvements In phonograph coo etructlon. however, offer a solution a this difficulty. A permanent record of a hard cylinder furnishes a test whicJ can be reproduced at will in any place the aame voice being always heard The pitch and the intensity can bt easily controlled, and It Is possible bj means of duplicate ear-tubea to ex amine several persons simultaneously Soldier la a B d Hasbind. Divorces In the United States an on the Increase, according to figure) published by tbe census bureau. Tin latest show that five out of ever; 1 000 men married are living in a stah of divorce. The census returns disprove thr theory that early marriage leada oftea est to divorce. A note of warning k also sounded to women who persls in marrying men of the roving clnsi who enter on matrimony late In lif and for tbe guidance of those wbi ought to know it is figured out ln.co1 and passionless statistics of Just whs clu sites of employment men ore mo frequently seen in the divorce court! Census figures on divorce reveal tha relative fickleness of men accordiiq to their following In life. This tabla imned cm the number of those divorce out of every '1.0U0 married, ahowet some interesting comparisons: Soldisra. marine and sailors, 24 hostlers. IS; actors. 17; . nsrricuitunt laborers, 13; bartenders. K'; servant) and waiters, l.'J; wondchoppera, 12 musicians and teachers of music, 12 stock ralwra, herders and drovers, 10 photographers, 10; pa per-Im tigers, 10 barber and hairdresser, i); lumber men and raft men, 0; clock pnd WHtcl makers and repairers. 0; painter, glus lers and varntxtiers, 9. Prom m. Mate Olaianoe. The conveniences of modern sdenct render It possible to communicate dls agreeable uew with safety to Hit sender. The New York Sun tells thii story of a nine-year-old boy wboeV mother thought l at he waa entirely lacking In guile. Perhapa ale fathet waa not so sure of It One day the boy waa practising tha "McUlnnlty curve." when the hail went through a largo pane of colored glass In the library. Hia mother dis covered It and asked, la her ateruest voice. "Who did tbatr "I did. but I didn't meaa to do It Tbe ball allpped." Wall, what do you suppose your father will aay when be kuowa Itr j "Ho knowa It now. I told him." 1 -You told hlmt Do you mean thai when ywa aaw what you had done ya Font right down to bis office and tola, hirer' "No. I dldnt go to the office, relied hln up on tbe telephone." Wo hart , oat one thing ta ask of alut Peter: That ho let aa pick oat a few 'we doa t i rerdh)ra4. feW 'we daa t waat arosuMi whoa out THE ROAD Oh, pilgrim, as you journey, do voti ever gladly say. In spite of heavy burdens and tie ruiihne. of the way. That it doe not urelv nwtter all t.'.e a-ranfe and bitter 1T .ii.l nA n.t t.,!l m1 aorrow For the ruad lead tuiT neme! the safe and bllftil shelter wh ! And compan1ouhlp of klndrei: and the l rom vour bold:nr aiiaJl be clvea bai k Oh. you will not mind the Juurney with such blelneaa in suara. When the road leads 'home. Oh. you will not mind tbe roughnrs nor ths steepness of Ae way, Nor the chill unrested morning, nor the drearine of the day; And you will not take a turning to the left or to th rigtt But go straight ahead, nor tremble at the earning of the night For the road leads bo ma. And often for your comfort you will read the guide and chart. It has wisdom for the mind snd sweet solace for the heart; It will serve you aa a mentor, it wiil guide you sure snd stralglat All the time that yon will Journey, be the eadia boob or lata And the road leads ho ma New Orleans Picayune. N MISFORTUNE f X i - ... . o Rettina' cottage, where .he sat nd spun while hr childish oli crandimrents nodded In their hairs beside the fireplace, all waa as flean as It could have be-ji in a pol ice, but she had bard work to till hose two old mouths and ber own iso. There waa no one else to do it The lady at the great house bought er flax and paid well for It. Hut, titer all, Itettlua had but two band, ind two little brown bands cannot do ill the world's work. I used to aay :o myself that the time should come a ben Uettina should not work at alL Jettlua and I bad been betrothed two rears. We were betothed still, snd ao nearer ttwirriage, though i bad "riven with all my aternsth. "Wult pattientiy," Reit.na said to ai' sometimes. "What doe It matter? w Iove each other: we trust each "aw; let u content Rut I could not be content Others fiho were as poor as we married and 'ft their native land together to see better fortune elsewhere. Rettint tvould gladly have sliaied my fale, shatever it might have been, but the ld grandparents bound ber to ber ottage and ber birthplace. A for me, I felt that If I would vver win Rettina I Diut leave Savoy iud go to Alue:! a, where m inauy of mr country people had already gone, tnd whence they wrote letter that xiade our hearts beat with hope for he future, I told Bettlna so, and bough she wept she ssld: "Uo. Go, Bernard, and I will pray for you. It Is all a girt can do." I had no fear that Bettlna would forget me. I knew that the rlrb roung farmer who so often rode many nilee to see her longed for her love, tnd wooed ber wi:b ail the art he bad, ut Betttna loved me, and love U tdamantlne. We crossed the sea la safety. I Mood at last In a strange land and ttnong strange people, brt I found 4em not unkind. I found work at nee. I spent little. Week by week the little heap In my moleskin pouch grew greater. I wss gloriously happy. I wrote Joyful to.t r te Bet tlna. She answered me aa hopefully. A year pnsed by twelve long months. One more year and she tvould coiae to me. I should press my 'ips to hers a'l would be forgotten but our meeting, snd while I lived the id people should shnr? our bnpplnea. With such thought as these In my mind I entered the great factory here I werk one day. I said to my ulf, a I threw off my Jacket: "At noontime I will write to Bet tlna." . I remember thinking this. I remem ler rro!ng the lon room. I remem- i -'er a sudden fian and "cra'h, and the oi:ths of men, and a fcirl's mad scream Afer that noth n? tw r, tint. I a sense cf f tn 1 it awakened me and I found myself lying In the dark, w.th my owe hand, cold ami clammy, lying In a crent warm, oft bund thut held It temlerly. "WhT? am 17" I said, and my voice sound'd low and hoarse In my own ee.rs. "Who bt th's " "It Is the doctor," said a voice, "De ?c!m, my frleud." is It night?" I asked. . ; "It Is night" said the voice, "Why do you not light a Iamp?r He made no answer. "What has liarpe edT" "It wss an explosion," be said after pause. "Yon- were hurt only, while stbers were killed outright" "Doctor." I ssld, "Is it nlghtr "It Is night" he said solemnly. "But only for me," I said. "I know It I am smitten blind.' . f "Try to bo calm, my friend," he whispered. "It la bard hut try ta Usr It" All waa gone all my hope of life, and even all that I bad won In the Inst yeir. Rome wretch had stolen me nme moieskin poucn rro n my uom. i .. . .iwt himt i Kyrd to die. but I lived, and at laet 1 grrw strong again. OM oay M , Mt hy th j,,,,, wIn)loW( fofn)l, , ,Utoni i M to .u..f. , ,,- .t ,m brmim I enough to epsre Rett ns soinetb ng. I know that If she know the truth she would grli-v id it "tly and rema.n true lo me. I know that If 1 were sent home, aa Ibe doctor saya I might I. she would be constant forerer ahe would e.en marry me and ry ta.ed bm m aha da-ja bar hapioei mm. LEADS HOME. 'teiil be boJd with - re U glad and fall content tnasure early rent more precious than before. r.r.r.r4..'-H jilllHIMIMj v That shall nevrr be. I will send bef word that I am dead, and then, wbea the ha gTleteJ a wh I , you h w.l. t.i iimph; she will marry th youag farmer who loves her so truly, and 14 good as well as rich. Tbe good doctor shsll write mo a letter, snd so as he passed I called ta blm and told him all. "It will be best for ber," I ssld. "ii will set ber free, f be will grieve bit terly, I know, but the other lover wig one day blot out my memory. Teal her I died with hr name on my llpe -I do. As I die, beart snd soul, bee lefore you, I have but one thought.' It la Rettina." "She loves me even aa lore he," I said. "I will write," he ssld. "Htsy coaaa to my llttla office with me. We shall be quiet and let me think, A wowaa can tell the story better than I, esio dally aa It la touching and uot qulta true, I hsve a nurse here now wta ran break the news tenderly , I be lieve. If any one can." He took my hand In h'a and led-aae to the room be called hia office. Ttiea be left me a moment and when ha returned I beard the rustle of a wear tin's garments following blm. "This Is' the nurse who will writs) the ietter.n he s:iid. "I thank her." said L "De geatK madam; my Bettlna -haa a geatte heart." - "WLet aben I writer she asked, al most In a whisper. "Write that I am dead, I aati. "Write that I loved ber to the last Write that I bade you tell bar who ber grief had paaaed to wed ai and be happy.' The pen moved over tha paper. 1 she said: "I have written. Shall I read It u youf "Yes, If you will, madam." "Die, unhappy girl! Your Bernaral hs perished. Whst Is life to you any longer? He is dead. Had he linsf, blind or maimed or belpl -as in aa way, there would bo hope for yost You could fly to htm: you could cobs fort him; you eonl1 toll for him; could be hi sunlight A'asl no Joy awaits you. lie is gone. IJa down snd die. This Is all that yoa can do. He la dead." . "Why do you writ thusTf' I crle. "Who are you?' How did you coma of that voire? Fpcak!" Then I felt two little hands steal about my neck and a wet rbeek toorai mine, and a whl-per came: "Bernard, it la I. Did you not guess? Do you not know your owa Pettlna? The good doctor." the Mid. "the first day of your Illness found a tetter you had begun to n-e. and a a It with word or your mlsfo-tune, anal n letter to one who could bring me ta ymi If I desired to come. Ah, ld biess him! He knew a woman's b art uetter than o! d'd, " .' "Whn that 1 tier came iny dear old grandparent were lyl ig d ad I only ttnyed to look upon their graves ba fere I came to yon." "I sluiH never- see the -sweet faet that I remember e well Rut I know It lea!!ty and Its coodnsaa and tha love light In tbe eyes too well to for get them. And I know that, 1 am dear er to her "for my misfortune, and I am happy. Chicago Tribune. - A Coneral Mleantlereaaillae A Bosumi euuiiuuiog'ist who bat ahown the toad to be oue of the faraa er a best friends, said recently. 'Tha toad haa been misunderstood In the past aa touch mbftnderetood aa a cot tain friend of niinewba-waa lakhs a walking tour." One night he put op at a email coua try hotel. The next morning, at break fast the landlord aaid to him: "Did you enjoy the cornet playing at tbe room next ta yours last night r4 "Enjoy Itr my friend eueered. 1 should think not- Vy. 1 spent ball the night pounding, on tha wall make the man atop." "It must have been a mlaunderstaaA ing." aaid tbe land lent sorrowfully, "The comet-player told- mo that tha person la the next roots applauds him ao heartily that ha went oral every pere he, knew three tlmea." i '"raja- Dtan -, Path iw thin yoa aat lu BTatttnt'tes T1('' --v ' i ' s Spoilra Derling-ure af It, daetaq ran t aloep after a'rlaeh la CM t . '