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CHAPTER IX.—(Continued.)
As for Mildred, no sooner had the
words crossed her lips than she dis
dained herself for the utterance of
them, and wished them back unsaid.
Ever sin^e that fatal night in the li
brary Denzil and she had lived seem
ingly unseen and unheard by each
other, as distinctly remote as though
spheres had separated them. Instead of
so many rooms or feet, as the ease
might he. Now she felt that, by this
on« rash, uncalled-for act, she had
done away with all the good so many
silent days had helped to accomplish.
Nevertheless, having once given her
word Mildred felt that she must abide
by it. and appeared at the breakfast
table next morning, to all outward
seeming ns imperturable us usual.
Eddie bad also risen betimes to sne
Ins friend depart, and rattle on in gal
lant style all through the dismal meal,
leaving no space for the other two to
express their opinions, had they been
so inclined. At length, a footman en
tering to announce the arrival of the
dog-cart at the hall door, Eddie rose
to see to Denzll's further comforts, and
6o left him and Mildred at last alone.
lie came toward her, and. taking
both her hands, held them with a clasp
that amounted almost to pain.
"Think of me kindly," he said, in a
low tone full of acute meaning.
“I will,” she said.
"Is it quite hopeless. Mildred?”
“Vou will be late for your tiain.”
murmured Miss Trevanion, very gent
ly.
ho it ren out mat Kins s Aouott wa?
once more bereft of guests; and still
the Trevanions were unhappy, because
the very train that carried away—
snugly ensconced among its cushions—
the unhappy Denzil, brought to Lady
Caroline a letter that filled her gentle
bosom with dire alarm.
The letter began, “Mr. Dear Niece,”
and ended, “Your attached aunt, Har
riet Disney,” its contents being to the
effect that Lady Eagleton—Lady Caro
line’s aunt by the father’s side—had
generoussly made up her mind to sacri
fice her pleasures, inclination, habits,
and self generally l'or the purpose of
bestowing her society upon her “dear
niece” aforesaid. This was ineed a
heavy blow, her ladyship—having at
tained the troublesome age of eighty
two—being one of those people whom
to entertain is a kind of martyrdom.
As misfortunes never come single, It
was Just about this time also that Lady
Caroline heard for the first time of
Mildred’s refusal of Denzil Young". The
girl had hitherto kept it nervously to
herself, thinking of it now and then
with mingled feelings of pain and
something akin to pleasure, but out
wardly suppressing all sign until this
day. when Lady Caroline timidly and
without preface touched on the subject
of hi3 evident admiration of her.
"It seems a pity you could not care
for him, Mildred,” she said, interroga
tively, as though it were by no means
a certainty that Mildred did not care
for him; “we should all like it so much,
and your father says-”
Mildred rose hastily and threw down
her work, while two red spots appeared ,
on her cheeks.
‘‘Mamma,” she said, “perhaps it will
be better, and will put a stop to all
further mention of this matter, if I
tell you the truth. -Mr. Younge did
propose to me, and I refused him.”
She finished almost defiantly and
turned to leave the room.
“Mildred, is it possible?” exclaimed
Lady Caroline.
“Oh, Milly!” cried Mafic!, who was
also present, with lively reproach and
disapproval in her tone.
“Is it such a crime then? Has noth
ing of the kind ever been done be
fore?” demanded Mildred, passionate
ly; and then she went out, and left
them to their wonderings and censures
on her conduct.
When eventually Sir George was told
the unlucky news, it rendered him at
first furious, aud then despairing.
Things were becoming more embar
rassed and entangled day by day, the
immediate possession of a large sum
of money being the on!;, hope his law
yer could hold out to him of ultimate
ly saving the estate; and, as affairs
were, it would be a difficult if not im
possible task to procure it. Denzil,
with his immense wealth, was out of
his great love for Mildred, would have
thought little of lending twice the
amount required. But now all that was
changed, ami Mildred's hail been the
hand to dash the hope aside.
Both he and Lady Caroline were
strangely distant and unsympathetic to
her In these days: her fathpr irritably
bo, her mother with a sort of mourn
ful gravity that touched her far more.
Lord Lyndon, who at this period
showed a tact and an adroitness that
would have reflected honor on a clev- [
erer man, managed to be perpetually
at her side. His attentions were open
and unmistakable, while he declared
his Inability to withdraw from her
presence even for a time hv the fact
of his taking a shooting-box quite close
to King's Abbott for the season.
All the little world of Cllston were
beginning to look upon it as a settled
matter, there beoig no mistake as to ;
whom his devotion was given, as Hoy
Blount’s wooing, and Mabel's accept
ance of it, were vary transparent ,
things indeed; besides, Just now, "the
nueen” was too much taken up with
sorrowful misgivings and tender re
flections to admit of anr division of
her favors, young BTounL having re
ceived orders to join nis regiment,
which was stationed In Ireland, with
out further delay; so-that scarcely a
week remained to them before ' Fare
well" -that saddest of all words —
would have to be uttered.
This news had been communicated
to Mabel in a doleful whisper, and had
been received as dolefully. For once
all coquetry was laid aside, and she
confessed herself as miserable ut the
idea of his going as he could be to go.
CHAPTER X.
Lady Kagleton and her "train” ar
rived at King's Abbott, the "train”
consisting of one long-suffering maid,
one ditto man, one lapdug, and one
dilapidated canary.
"The canary always means three
months, docs It not?" asked Eddie,
tragically, as the cortege swept up the
stairs.
Mildred burst into an unrestrainable
laugh.
“Oh, what shall we do?” she gasped.
“What Is to become of us? A little
of Lady Eagleton goes such a very long
way. Mr. Blount"--to Roy, who had
walked over as usual, and who, having
Been the procession, was enjoying the
whole thing as much as any of them—
"I will give you anything I possess, if
you will show me same method of get
ting rid of her before Christmas time.”
“And I will give you anything, if
you will just take her out and tie her
to a tree and deliberately shoot her,"
said Eddie, gloomily,
"Edward, how can you speak so dis
respectfully of your grand-aunt?" put
in Lady Caroline, reprovingly, walking
away, her face covered with smiles.
For a week everything had gone on
smoothly, or rather there had been no
actual outbreaks on the part of Lady
Eagleton, though smothered hints and
comments had been numerous. In a
covert manner she inveighed against
actions, habits, acquaintances, and all
that came beneath her notice, hut
carefully subdued any open demonstra
tions of disapproval until the day be
fore Roy’s departure, when she chose
to be particularly offensive.
Hlount had come over rather earlier
than usual, it being his last day, and
he and Mabel had gone for a farewell
walk among the shrubberies and
through the winter gardens where they
had loved to linger all through their
hurried courtship. As he was not to
leave until a late train the following
day, he parted from her with the as
surance that he would be down the
next morning.
Slightly flushed and wholly miser
able, Mabel entered the small drawing
room, whero she found her mother,
Mildred, and Lady Kagleton assembled
“How heated you look, child! What
have you been doing with yourself?”
demanded the old lady, the moment
she came within her view.
“Walking," returned Mabel, shortly.
“With that young man again, I pre
sume ?” grunted hpr grand-aunt, omin
ously, whereupon Lady Caroline began
to look uneasy.
“1 was walking with Mr. Blount,”
said “the queen," defiantly. She was
sore at heart, r ’d longing for sym
pathy, so that the old woman's words
and manner grated cruelly on her
uvcrwrougni reelings.
“I really think all decency and order
have gone from the world,” went on
Lady Eagleton. “Society nowadays is
widely different from what it once was.
Even common propriety is a thing of
the past. In my time a young woman
would scarcely he allowed, under any
circumstances, to walk alone with a
young man for hours together—certain
ly not unless they were formally be
trothed, having the consent of all par
ties concerned—and probably not even
then. I presume he has made you an
offer of marriage?”
Mildred rose, as if to interfere; but
Mabel spoke again.
"People in your time must have been
very depraved people Indeed, Aunt j
Harriet," she said, with ill-suppressed
indignation, "if they could make mis
chief out of a simple walk with one's
friend. ' At all events, 1 am very glad
1 live in the days 1 do; and. if you are
particularly anxious to know, I will
tell you that Mr. Blount has not made
me an offer of marriage, as you call
It.”
Her ladyship was triumphant.
"Has he not?” she said. ‘ Then, if
I were you, my dear, I would have as
little more to say to him as possible. ;
Young men who dilly-dally, and put
off the evil hour, as he appears to he 1
doing, seldom or never mean anything.
1 dare say he is only agreeably whil
ing away his time down here, and will
think no more of you once his back is
turned.”
Mabel was choking with rage, but
could think of nothing to say. Lady
Caroline, who sat a little behind her
aunt, put out her hand to her daughter
with a gesture of sympathetic affec- j
tlon, but she was nervously afraid of
this terrible old woman, and knew not
how to interfere effectually.
"Young men now are not what 1
young men were,” continued Lady 1
Eagleton, Impressively, “and I think
Mr. Blount one of the worst specimens
1 have vet seen. His manners are so
cool; and he is so Insolently sell'-pos
sessed; and he has none of the well
bred diffidence, the courtly elegance
that distlnguishd the men of iny gen
eration. He is not half good enough
for you, my dear, even were he in
! earnest, which I am pleased to consider
j extremely doubtful. I will receive you
for a month or two, Mabel,” declared
i her ladyship, magnificently, ' and ln
i troduce you to those with whom yon
ought to associate. You shall return
! with me to my home, and gain those
advantages tliat this secluded country
place can never afford."
"Your ladyship is wonderfully kind.”
, returned Mabel, "but 1 find this se
cluded country place' quite good
enough for my tastes. Besides, I could
not dream of ac”pting your Invita
tion"
"May 1 ask why not?" demanded her
grand-aunt, majestically.
“Because there is nothing In the
world to which I should more strenu
ously object than to spend two months
in your ladyship's society.” answered
| Mabel.
"You wicked girl!" almost screamed
I.ady Eagleton, rising and supporting
herself on her gold-headed stick while
she quivered with anger. "How dare
you presume so to speak to me! Caro
line, why do you not order her to leave
the room? Am I, at my age, and after
! all the sacrifices I ii»\e made for my
family, to submit to the impertinence
I of a chit of a girl like that?”
| Poor Lady Caroline was terrified.
"Dear Aunt Harriet, she did not
mean it,” she said—“she did not. In
deed—-did you, Mabel? Speak, darling,
and ‘ell her it was all a mistake.”
"Sup shall apologize to me, or I will
leave this house, never to enter it
1 again,” protested Aunt Harriet, still
i raging.
"So she will, I am sure, Mabel, my
■ dearest, tell your grand-aunt how sorry
; you are for having used the language
you did,” said Lady Caroline, implor
ingly—"apologize to her.”
“Apologize for what?” demanded
Mabel. "She asked me to pay her a
visit, and I declined. She then inquired
my reasons, and I gave them. I do not
see that any apology is necessary.
However,” she went on, turning to
ward the old iady, and executing an
; impertinent little courtesy, "if it will
in any way gratify you, 1 will beg your
j pardon, and admit that 1 am extremely
I rtuny iu iiiink 1 \n;is me cause or put
! ting you in such a dreadful temper.”
l«ady Caroline, after considerable dif
ficulty, having managed to smooth
down the old lady's ruffled plumage,
she consented to forgive and forget,
and once more peace war restored.
But Mabel, when the terrible “last,
hour” came the following duy, though
she never for a moment doubted Roys
ton. yet felt somehow shy and con
strained, remembering vividly that one
little biting question of Cady Eagle
ton's. as to \tflkether he had ever made
her the requisite offer of marriage.
Meantime Roy’s sorrow had swal
lowed tip all nervousness and every
other sentiment, leaving him only able
to hold her hands and entreat that she
would never forget him.
"I shall be back soon,” he said—‘‘so
i soon that you will scarcely have time
to miss me; and meanwhile I shall
write by every post, and you will do
likewise, will you not?”
To which she had returned a sad,
half-reluctant “Yes.”
Had he been less wrapped up in sad
thoughts about the coming parting, he
i might perhaps have fancied his love
somewhat cold and cruel; but, as it
was, ho saw nothing. Presently he
spoke tile words that, had they been
uttered yesterday, would have caused
his ‘ queen'’ to stand in such a different
light before her tormentor.
“Shall I write to your father?” In
asked. “You know, Mabel, it is time
there was some decided understanding
between us. Shall I ask your father’s
consent to a regular engagement, dar
ling?"
"Yes," Mabel answered, partly com
forted -"[ suppose it. will be best;"
then, sadly breaking down, “Oh, Roy,
what shall I do without you?”
After this there ensued fond words
anil lingering caresses, and warm as
surances of never-dying love; and then
they kissed their last fond kiss and
parted.
(To be continued.)
CITY PEOPLE CURIOUS.
Colored M»n*s Song; Nearly lilockft
Traffic In New Yoilu
It was only a song, and an old on*
at that, but it came near causing a
block on the Broadway cable line th*
other day. The singer was as black
as the coal in the cart ho was driv
ing. but that fact cast no shadow on
his exuberant spirits. As lie swung
his chariot from Broadway into Cort
land t street he raised his voice, says
the New York Mail and express. Then
the trouble began. When the notes of
"Old Black Joe” rang out high and
dear above the din of traffic expres
sions of blank amazement overspread
the faces of the hurrying pedestrians
who thronged the sidewalks. Necks
were craned in a vain search for the
location of some newly patented phon
ograph. Crowds collected and gazed
vacantly into the air. as if the;, ex
pected to locate the sound in some; of
fice window. Teams were drawn up
until a long line of trucks extended
into Cortlandt street to Broadway,
barring access to the street, that their
drivers might ascertain the cause of
the crowd's curiosity. Suddenly a
newsboy cried: “Ah. rubber! Dontcher
see it’s only de nigger a-singin'?’’ Tb >
crowd laughed. The darky, now lus
tily holding forth on "The Suwanee
River,” turned sharply Into Church
street, totally oblivious to the excite
ment he had caused. The crowd then
dispersed, and the long line of wagons
began to move once more. “Well!”
exclaimed a Jerseyman on his way
to the ferry, “New Yorkers call coun
try people curious, but—" He shrug
ged his shoulders and passed on.
Train t^o waitress to hold a disi
with her hand underueath.
WHAT I* FA IK Tiil HE?
6CHEMF TO CUT DOWN OUM
BIG TRADE BALANCES.
Economic Theorists ( rg® fn**r#»«o«| I’ur
rhui®9 of I (iuo<It In Or.l®r TIiaI
Onr Klportn ami Import® May t outi er
huUuce lull Ollier.
Free trade newspapers are quoting'
with emphatic approval the views e.\
pressed in the speech of the lion.
George E. Roberts, director of the
mint, delivered recently before the
Bankers’ Club, of Chicago. Their fer
vent admiration of Mr. itober.s un
doubtedly springs from the belief on
their part that he is an ex-protection
ist who has seen the error of his ways
and is now anxious to be enrolled as
an ardent advocate of freer trade, <f
not of absolute free trade. The fact
that in his Chicago speech Mr. Roberts
said not one word which directly or by
implication could be construed as in
any manner recognizing the part
played by protection in bringing about
a return of prosperity seems to have
been accepted by the free trade and
semi-protectionist press as sure proof
of his altered economic opinions. In
this it is possible that too much is
taken for granted, it should not lie
forgotten that Mr. Roberts was talk
ing to an assemblage of financiers
and men who make money by dealing
in money. It was pleasant for the
bankers to be told by the director of
the mint that "our success has been
obtained by the superior use of capi
tal. by the m issing of capital, by tlio
substitution of invested capital for la
bor wherever uu economic gain could
be made.”
II rwUUf?H» uiu mn umi
! essary to add that tin* reclamation of
j the home market to the c ontrol of the
. domestic producer had been a factor
! of Rome potency in the problem of
j building up the greatest prosperity the
! world has ever known. It was. perhaps,
because lie thought that it was not
worth while to state a thing so ob
viously and unmistakably true. Still,
when we are engaged in writing his
i tory it is sometimes thought desirable
i to make mention of facts and events of
j oven so trivial inconsequence as tliepart
i played in our economic transformation
i by the election in 189*; of a protection*
! ist president and the swift enactment
! of a protective tariff law. Although
| speaking to financial men only, Mr.
; Roberts might have been pardoned had
' he permitted himself to allude to these
immaterial details. But he did not take
the risk.
The portion of Mr. Roberts' Chicago
address which has set the nerves of
! free traders tingling with agreeable
excitation is that in which he said:
"Our exports last year exceeded
I those of the United Kingdom, and no
other country approached either. Our
I trade balances are so great that to at
1 tempt to collect them in cash would ruin
our customers and invohe the world,
Including ourselves, in disaster, in the
last three years their aggregate has
equaled the sum of all the gold in all
the banks and treasuries of Europe,
including the British Isles. No wonder
foreign governments have come here to
place their loans. A nation with the
power to amass such credits as these
becomes of necessity a trader and in
vestor in all parts of the world. We
are out to say, for we never can bring
our belongings home. This is an ex
pansive and cheerful outlook. It. is
assuring and inspiring, it means a
broader footing under our industries
and security from the reactions of a j
restricted market. It means more in- i
timato relations abroad and a larger
part in all the affairs of the world.
Such a development of national im
portance lias moral and intellectual
benefits as well; it will enlarge the
national view; it will broaden the na
tional character; it will dignity the
national life. As we strive to extend
our trade vce rhuil meet prejudices. and
in overcoming them surrender some of
our own. We shall arouse antago
nisms and have to conciliate them; en
counter stubborn foes and have to
placate or retaliate, as ihe occasion
seems to require. In the long run, the
policy of a great commercial and ex
porting people must, he fair trade and
reciprocity.”
Fair trade and reciprocity! That is
the doctrine, is it? Truly it lias a
pleasing sound and may he spoken \
trippingly on the tongue. Quite capti
vating as an idea it is, too, on the face
of it. Fair trade has been a phrase to
conjure with. Sir Robert I’eel used it
fetehlngly. and so did Richard Cobden.
Does the director of the mint, a former
adherent of the school which believes
that free trade is th*' farthest possible
thing front fairness, accept fair trade ,
in the British sense "Buy in the
cheapest and sell in the dearest mar
ket." Mr. Roberts did not stop to
explain what he meant by fair trade j
and reciprocity. Another unimportant
detail not thought to be worthy of !
attention, presumably, if fair trade!
and reciproclt} mean anything in a !
country situated as the I'nited States j
is, It means that we must buy from
foreign countries as much as we sell
to them. It means free interchange of !
products and no tariff, except for rev
enue and on articles which we do not
produce; certainly no tariff for pro- j
Section. That is what fair trade and !
reciprocity means to she foreign man-j
ufacturer who is trying to break into
the American market; that is what it
means to She New Ragland Free Trade
League and So the general body of
Ameiican Cobdeniies. But is that whit
It means to Mr. Roberts and the ex- j
protectionists and semi-protectionists
who are quoting him so approvingly'
People sometimes use phrases without ;
stopping to inquire as to their full
algnffleanee. Possibly this Is the rea
son why so much id heard nowaday*
about fair trade and reciprocity.
EXPORT PRICES.
IVIty Koine Ar» Kold Cleopi'P
Abroad tliau at flomr.
Any fool can wk questions, any
idiot can utter a falsehood, and neither
the question nor the falsehood can ha
answered without investigation, re
quiring sometimes much care and
time. For the past three months our
Free Traders have rung the changes
on the accusation that our manufactur
ers were selling their products abroad
at a much lower price than in the
home market. This accusation nas
been made, as most Free Trade state
ments are, in general without any at
tempt at specific names or amounts.
The few instances of guesswork have
been so ridit uioiis as to deserve no no
tire.
This question of export discounts
was thoroughly investigated ten years
ago, and we are no more afraid of it
now than we were at that time, when
it proved to be the biggest kind of a
bugaboo. Vntil a thorough investiga
tion is made by a competent autho
rized committee, with power to sum
mon and question reliable witnesses,
no one can wholly affirm or deny
statements in general or in particular,
in tlie meantime there are phases of
the subject that will bear discussion.
For the sake of argument let us sup
pose that our manufacturers do dis
pose abroad of ilteir surplus stock or
any of their stork at cut rates. Is this
not a universal rule of trade? Does
not every merchant have his ‘‘clear
ance sale?” Are not unseasonable and
shopworn goods marked down "below
cost?” Are not qtale and damaged
products sold away under regular
prices, frequently below cost of pro
duction? is it anything rare for our
great stores to put n certain article
or articles on sale at or below actual
co-t to attract customers, who will buy
paying articles in such quantities as
to make tip for the small loss? To in
troduce a new product does not the
maker put it at a very low' price, or.
in fact, give away samples at first, till
the people have proved its merits?
There is one firm in the state of New
York which gave away last year over
1,000,000 sample potties oi medicine.
Besides the cost of the medicine was
the cost of the bottles and postage and
the work of bottling, packing, ship
ping, addressing, etc., and yet that
tlrm charged fifty cents and $1 a bottle
for the same medicine.
These are till fair and legitimate ex
pedients of trade. If an American
manufacturer, in order to introduce a
machine, or tool, or rail, or anything
else into a new market, as an induce
| ment makes a special price or dis
I count on a trial order, putting the
1 article at cost or perhaps below cost,
! and being willing to pocket his loss
! for the sake of future trade and pro
fits, is it anybody’s business, and
must lie scdl at the same price to his
established trade, which would mean
that lie would soon sell to no one at
any price? Certainly American labor,
the basis of all prosperity, is not the
loser by an operation which provides
increased employment in American
mills and factories.
Has any but a blind Free Trader
any idea that our manufacturers are
going to habitually sell their products
at a loss unless for some good trade
reason? These reasons are four, and
no more: To get rid of surplus stock;
to get rid of undesirable stock (stale,
unseasonable, damaged or out of date);
to introduce new goods; to introduce
goods into a new market. So much
for the export price.
But Free Traders assert that Pro
tection enables the manufacturer to
extort exorbitant prices at home far
in excess of what is a reasonable
profit. We do not need any investigat
ing committee to settle this question
for us. Every man is capable of set
an honest man in any part of the
United Stilt*-' today but must ac
knowledge that he ran buy any and
every necessary thing cheaper, con
sidering quantity and iumllty, than
ever before in his life. It does not
matter if a tael rails are a little higher
it costs less to ride and less to send
freight on the railroad than ev«r be
fore. It iloes not matter if structural
iron or wire nails are somewhat high
er: it costs no more to buy or rent a
house. It does not matter if wool or
leather fluctuate in price; clothing
and shoes were never so reasonable in
price. The advertisements in the daily
papers prove this statement. Com
pare prices with those of five years
ago under Free Trade, with ten years
ago. witli twenty years ago. with any
past year anil it will he found that
the same qualities of goods for wear or
use were never so cheap as now.
Why?
Our grand home market, built up
by Protection, makes such an enor
mous demand that commodities are
turned out by the thousands instead
of the hundreds. No one will question
that a thousand pairs of shoes can be
trade per pair cheaper than a dozen
or a hundred pairs. That is why
everything is cheaper today, and that
is why more people are employed in
spite of the increased use of labor
saving machinery.
So this revived bugaboo of the
Free Traders, with a grain of truth
and a mountain of falsehood, will fall
by Us own weight. The more light
turned on it, the more ridiculous it
will appear. Protectionists will never
hesitate to discuss prices any more
than they do wages.
The cold winter In the Adirondack*
killed more doer In the past season
than the entire multitude of hunters
did last fall
SUCTION OF A FAST TRAIN.
raatloa* People IT 111 Avoid the Wake
off a Fljlnff Express.
Thorp is hardly any person, young
or old. who does not like to see a fast
railroad train go by. TTrere la a fas
cination in the rush and roar, the en
gine represents so much resistless
strength, and it is all such a triumph
of man's skill that it never falls to
evoke wonder and admiration. Vet
there is danger in a moving train,
and everyone should know enough to
keep at a respec tful distance while ad
miring this marvel. "The theory that
a moving train carries along with it an
envelope of air is very interesting,"
says an engineer. "I first had my at
tention attracted to the subject by a
curious incident that happened several
years ago at a crossing near Birming
ham, Ala., where trains pass twice a
day at a speed if about forty miles an
hour. The tracks are seven fpet apart
anti there would seem to be ample
room to stand between them in safety
between two trains. One day a terrier
dog belonging to a section boss was
asleep in the middle space, and woke
up just as the trains closed in from
cat li side. There was a barrel on tho
ground near by. and the dog in his
fright, jumped on top of it. That
probably brought him into one of tho
rushing envelopes of air. At any rate,
lie was whirled off Ills feet and thrown
clear to the roof of the opposite car,
where he was subsequently found,
jammed against a ventilator chimney,
with no injury except a broken leg.
How in the world be ever made such
a journey and escaped alive is a mys
tery. unless his fall was deadened bv
a cushion of air. Apropos of atmos
pheric pressure, it is a well-known fact
that there is a ‘vortex space,’ or ‘zone
of suction.’ directly behind any rapidly
moving train, and its presence ac
counts for a grotesque happening that
took place some time ago on the
Southern Pacific. While the California
hound express was going through west
i rn Arizona at a clipping gait a pas
senger who was on the verge of lunacy
rushed out to the rear platform, climb
ed on a rail and jumped off. He was
wealing a very long linen duster, and
a muscular tourist who happened to
he on the platform at the time grabbed
it by the tails as it sailed by and yelled
for help. They reeled the man in like
a kite, and he promised to be good."
WIRE GRASS WEAVING
(•rent Development from an Experiment
Made Near Onlikoth.
“The Creation of a New Industry" Is
described as “a romance of the Twen
tieth century" by Herbert Myriek, who
is the author of a large oook with
heavy crepe paper covers in which is
followed the development of the wire
grass industry from the time the grass
was first woven into binding twine
down to the present extensive use of
the grass in the manufacture of mat
lings, baskets, chairs and other furni
ture. It. is interesting to note that the
making of wire grass twine was be
gun near Oshkosh. Wis.. on a small
scale, in November, 1897. The grass
twine proved profitable for binding
grain, anti the mattings found ready
sale. From this beginning an enter
prise has developed which operates en
larged works at Oshkosh, a large plant
at West Superior, another plant at St.
Paul, Minn., and an immense factory
at Brooklyn, N. Y.. for the manufac
ture from wire grass twine of furni
ture. baity carriages and other novel
ties. The utilization of a grass that
had heretofore been worse than worth
less is an economic development of so
much importance that its promoters
are w irthy of classification among pub
lic benefactors. Wire grass is useless
for grazing or feeding purposes, as it
is hard and tough, aud practically
without nutritive substance. The plant
is. in fact, only valuable for fiber. Mr.
My rick's book is illustrated vith pic
tures showing the development of the
various establishments of the corpora
tion which has grown out of the Osh
kosh experiment, and with attractive
colored photographs showing the vari
ous articles that are now made from
wire grass. The furniture is partic
ularly attractive.
Till* IS»*kt :»%IjU oT ( appiidorU.
Throughout Turkey in Asia and Per
sia there are many scattered tribes
either professing heretical forms of
Islam or wholly pagan in character.
They very naturally enjoy the hatred
of the orthodox, by whom they are
persecuted, it has for a long time
been thought that the devotees of
these peculiar sects represent the
earliest inhabitants of the land and
that mixed up with their religion
there are rites that extended back to
times fai anterior to the rise of either
Mohammedanism of Christianity, in
orde. to test this supposition Mr. J.
\V. Crowfoot spent last summer at
some villages close to the ancient
Halys in the eastern half of Asia
Minor, which were occupied by a sect
called the Bedash of Kizilbash. In
bis report regarding them, made re
cently to the Anthropological Insti
tute of (Teat Britain, lie states that,
the measurements and photographs
taken corroborate the supposition re
garding their antiquity, but that evi
dence was also found of an influx of
some more eastern eiement driven
westward, most likely, at the time
of the great Mogul invasions. The
people nominally worship Ali, but in
reality worship "heroes” from whom
they claim descent.—Philadelphii
Times.
The poet writes lines on time—and
time retaliates by writing lines on him.
The ratio of the heated surface to the
volume of th.' cylinders has been in
creased.
