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r r- —»■■ - f5he Scovirge o/DamaoScus v Copyrighted 1891 by Robert Bonner's Sons. CHAPTER I IF. Love in Danger. A bright, beautiful morning, with a gentle breeze sweeping down the frag rance of flower and shrub from the mountain slope. Ulin had eaten her breakfast, and, with Albla by her side, sat upon an open window, gazing out upon the park of fountains. As she thus sat, the s'ave woman Calypso en tered the apartment and announced that the robber wished to see the Lady Ulin. "What robber?" asked the princess. "The came one that came yester day.” Ulin did not stop to think whether the visit would he pleasant, or other wise. The man had signified his pur pose, and as he was master in the pal ace, she had no idea of opposing him. Calypso withdrew, and presently af terwards the robber entered, lie came In with the same noble step and bear ing; the same pleasant, genial face; and with the same look aud salute of reverence and respect. "I trust t'aat the Lady Ulin lias pass L ed a quiet night,” he said, in deep sin cerity. ‘‘I have rested well, sir, she re plied. “Good. I am glad of that. I feared you might have bad dreams." "Not many, sir.” "Ah—and did you have any such?” "Not—not many.” “You dreamt that Julian was a de mon, eh?” “No, no, sir—my dreams were not of him.” ‘T hope, sweet lady, that you dream ed not darkly of me." “No, sir. It was of—” The maiden hesitated, and seemed troubled: but her visitor came to her assistance. “Never mind, lady. I meant not to inquire Into the secret twinings of your mind. I only hoped that I had not been unfortunate enough to ex cite the apprehension of your slumber ing fancies." lie smiled as he spoke, at the same time moving a step nearer, and then adding: “I am glad you have not suffered from our coming; for I have the more courage to ask you If you will see Julian.” "You said you would accompany him, sir.” "Yes.” "Then I may as well see him at one time as another. You may inform him that the lady Ulin rests her safety and honor in his manhood." “He has been so informed, fair lady.” “Then, let him come.” “Gentle lady, pardon me If l have fled you upon a fanciful way of thought. I am Julian. I am he whom men call the Scourge of Damascus And now I crave your Indulgence; but etlll I shall bow most humbly to your commands. At your word I leave this apartment; yet, I should like to speak a little further. I should like to ex plain more fully why I am here.” \Vr3 Ulin frightened? Not at all. She u*s Jtartlcd when she first knew that the man before her was the dread ful Scourge of whom she had heard bo much; but it was an emotion of as tonishment. At first she could hardly believe that she had heard the truth. "You—-Julian?” she murmured, gaz ing Into his face. “Aye, lady.” And then he added, ■with a smile. “I suppose you expected to find me black and ugly, like the foul genii whom Solomon imprisoned in the kc:i. Am 1 right?” “I did not think you were Julian,” the maiden said, after some hesitation. As she spoke she seemed to gain new confidence and composure; and pres ently she added, "I had heard so much of your terrible deeds, that I expected to find a—” “A monster,” suggested Julian, help ing her out. ‘‘Not exactly that,” returned Ulin. •with a smile, ‘‘though I am free to confess that I should not have been *o much surprised as I have been. If I had seen a worse looking man.” “Thank you,” cried the robber laughing. “I shall take that as a com pliment, and lay it up among the most precious of my recollections. I under stand you; so, upon this point, I need only assure you that I am Julian, and that I must own the somewhat dubious title which has been bestowed upon me. And now, lady, may I sit here for a few moments, and speak with you further?” The very thing Ulin had been upon the point of suggesting. She did not like to see him standing before her; nor was she anxious that he should leave her. She had a strong curiosity to hear him speak further. There was something in the appearance of the youthful adventurer that deeply inter ested her. She bade him be seated, and then, without intending to l> heard, she murmured: “So young!” "Aye, lady,” he said, catching the whispered words. “I am young younger, perhaps, than I look. Only three-and-twenty years have cast their shadows upon me. At that age the youth of the city just breaking from the bonds of parentsl restraint,is as a child; but with me it has been differ ent. A parent I never knew. A kind, generous woman, who was my nurse, took the place of a mother during ray pagimf childhood; and a white-haired old man, who lived apart from the world, gave me my first lessons of life, and led me up till I could protect myself. A father's fostering care I never knew. A mother’s love I never realized. The cruel blow which shat tered the cup of my joys, killed my poor mother ere my tongue could lisp her name. As 1 grew to manhood I knew that T was an orphan, and that my misfortune was the work of the King of Damascus. O! how the iron settled Into my soul. I had grown strong and resolute, as though heaven would enable me to work retribution upon the tyrant. Do you ask mo if I enjoy the life I have led. I answer— I have made enjoyments for myself. I have felt a peculiar satisfaction in knowing that the king feared me. When I have heard my name spoken by the rich and powerful with fear and trembling, I have liked It; and when I have known that Horam dread ed my approach, T have fe’t that my labors were not without their result. I3ut these have not been my Joys. In Damascus the name of Julian is a ter ror; but there are other places where that name Is spoken with love and gratitude. Upon the plains of Abilene, ana in me mountain passes or i/.u;ui on, where the busy craftsmen prepare timber for Jerusalem—there Julian is hailed as a friend and benefactor. The grim satisfaction of torturing the cruel King of Damascus is tempered and softened by the calmer atmos phere of these friendly regions." Why did I'lin sit so still nnd listen with such rapt attention to the words of the speaker? She bent her head as though soft music were stealing o'er her senses; and she gazed upon the man before her as though a grand, in spiring picture had been unfolded tc her vision. His words carri d truth in their very sound, and all her sympa thies had been aroused. She was a woman whoso nature had not been warped by art; and the avenues to her soul were guarded only by the pure instincts of virtue and humanity. Not always the safest guard; but still the happiest when surrounding influences are not evil. "And now, lady," pursued Julian, "I must tell you why I am here: and in doing tills I speak only those words necessary to the truth. On my way from the plains I met a messenger, who informed me that a fair maiden had been shut up in the Palace of the Valley. I could not believe that a beau tiful young virgin had willingly giren herself to the desires of Horam. 1 thought she had been shut up thus against her own pleasure. With this belief I resolved to release her. The result you know. I have heard your story from the lips of the black slave who attends upon you, and she In forms me that you are affianced to the king by your own consent, and without any desires on your part to the con trary. Is It so?” “The slave told you truly, sir," re plied Ulin, bowing her head, and speaking in a very low tone. "And you came here to this p'ace of your own free will?’' "Yes, sir. My period of mourning was not passed, and the king brought me hither that I might be more re tired.” "And but for the death of your mother you would have been tha king’s wife ere this?” Ulin replied in the affirmative; but her voice trembled, and she seemed to shudder at the thought thus presented. "Lady,” said Julian, showing some emotion, which he evidently did not mean to show, "for my seeming wrong I most humbly beg your pardon. I had thought to wrest rrom tne grasp or the king one who was an unwilling cap tive; but since I find myself mistaken I will do all I can to make amends. A “And,” said the robber, rising to his feet, “it is better that I should leave you at once." He stopped, and swept his hand across his brow, and when he resumed, his speech was very low’, and his voice tremulous; “This has been a most strange ad venture; and as I now look upon It, it seems as though some mischievous sprite had planned it As I live I thought when I came hither but such as I have told you of. 1 have met you, lady, and for the first time in my life 1 have felt ray heart drawn warmly towards my native city. Henceforth there will be something In Damascus towards which my thoughts will turn with other sentiments than those of bitterness. Lady Ulin, we may never meet again. In this moment of our strange companionship, may T not take you by the hand?” She could not have refused had she wished; but that she had no wish so to do was evident from the free and friendly manner in which she arose to meet him. She gave him her hand, and suffered him to raise it to his lips. “Dear lady, should we never meet again, I trust that you will bear one kindly thought of Julian. If you are forced to think of tho wrongs ho has done, let a memory of the wrongs he has suffered be some extenuation. Bless you, lady! All good spirits guard and protect you; and peace be thine forevermore! Farewell!” He turned and was gone. Hlin felt a warm spot upon her hand—a drop of moisture—a tear! She gazed upon it, and knew that It came not from her eye. It fell there with the toiaa A strange tribute from the Scourge of Damascus! "Albia, I think I shall never see that man again; but I shall remember him with emotions far removed from fear or terror.” "You will remember him as little as possible, ray mistress,” said the slave girl, taking a seat close by Ulin’a side, and resting her hand upon her arm. "What mean you, Albia? Why should my memory be narrowed or shortened?” ‘‘Decause you are to have a husband who will demand your every thought and feeling. Horam is deeply versed in all the secrets of the female heart, and his eyes will not sleep while you have a thought which he does not understand." "Indeed, Albia," cried the princess, with a look of amazement, "you in!» understand me.” “It such be the case,” replied the girl, very quietly, ‘you will forgive me for what I have said; and of Julian wo will think no more.” Ah—was it so? Had T'lin been mis understood? Had the keen-eyed Albia been mistaken? Would there bo no more thought of Julian? The day passed away, and toward# ^veningAswad returned fromthemoan tains. He said he had not fled from fear of the robbers; but that, when hs saw that defeat was inevitable, he had sought safety from capture so that ho might communicate with Damascus. Perhaps he old the truth. At all events, he resumed his command, and once more posted his gxiards about the valley; and then came to assure the princess that she was safe. It was in the evening, just as the last gleams of day were fading out, and before the lamps had been lighted —at that season when the thoughts are most apt to wander and strange fancies visit the mind. ■ • • It was not to be that Ulin should spend the alloted time at the Palace of the Valley. The king had heard of the attack of Julian, and he tame with a large army to bear the princess away from a place which was no longer safe. He was somewhat sur prised when he found that the Scourge of Damascus had been within the pal ace, and had withdrawn again; and when he had heard the story from Calypso, he ordered one half the pal ace guadsmeu to be executed within the valley. The maiden had heard from Calypso of the bloody deed which had been done by the king's order, and when she knew that he was coming, she declar ed her intention of refusing to see him. But Albia persuaded her to a different course. ‘‘As you value your future welfare,” plead the bondmaiden, "so must you behave before the king. If you w'ould live in peace, let him have no occasion to mistrust your real feelings. He is coming. Beware!” The warning was most seasonable; and Ulin, by obeying It so conducted herself that Horam thought she only suffered from the dreadful fright oc casioned by the appearance of the ter rible Julian. He spoke to her words of cheer and assurance, and announced his purpose of carrying her hack to Damascus. "We will rest tonight, sweet love,” he said, "and on the morrow you shall find a safer shelter.” Ulin gazed upon the wrinkled face, and upon the quaking limbs, and upon the sparse gray hairs; and she con’d not repress a shudder. She looked upon the thin, hard hands of the mon arch, and they seemed covered with blood. She watched him as he depart ed with her father; and when he had gone she sank down, and leaned her head upon Albia’s bosom. “O,” she murmured, “I fear that I have undertaken more than I can ac complish. I cannot be that man’s wife! I never knew him until now. Ho will kill me!” “Peace!” whispered the bondmaid en. But she whispered in vain. (To be Continued.) ECCENTRIC WILLS. Benjamin Frnnklln Left a Small Siiu> Which Is Now Available. When Benjamin Franklin died, in 1790, he left a small sum of money, which was not to be used until the twentieth century. His gift Is at last available, and the sum now amounts to $375,000, having been invested at compound interest, says the Pittsburg Press. The trustees of the Franklin fund have decided to use the money for the erection of a Franklin insti tute in Franklin square, Boston. Curi ous provisions made by will are more common than one would suppose. Within the last few months, there have been several examples of eccentric dis posals of property. To one young woman has been left $25,000 by her brother under the express condition that she neither marries nor becomes a nun. If the conditions are not ful filled, the money Is to be distributed among other relatives. To bis three daughters an Italian who recently died left $»00 a year each if they remained single and $2,600 each a yoar if they married. A late member of the En glish parliament left by will to his two daughters $720,000, with the provision that the money is only to be payable if they attain the age of 35 years, without marrying either a citizen of the United States or a Hebrew. A new claimant for the fortune left by the composer Verdi has appeared. He is a farmer named Verdi,living near Athens, Greece. He says that the Verdi family came originally from the east, one branch establishing Itself at Athens, and the other going on to Italy, and that he is the closest surviv ing relative of the deceased composer. NO TARIFF REVISION. I republican sentiment STRONGLY AGAINST IT. Prfililenl McKinley »n«I the Lea,ling Kenufcr* a k! ( on;renMm‘n Dcp-ccatc Any Attempt to linker with (lie Duty S.’liedaU at Next Winter's beisluo. In response to a request by The American Protective Tariff League for nn expression regarding the reopening of the tariff question, either by direct legislation or by the roundabout meth od of special trade treaties framed for the benefit of a few industries and at the expense of the general body of in dustries, a number of letters have been received from conspicuous members of the Fifty-seventh Congress, All of those letters are identical in tone and tenor. They are positively adverse to any scheme of meddling with the tariff schedules, now or in the near future. They tally exactly with the expres sions of Congressman Taylor of Ohio t-. fore the Industrial commission, and of Congressman Dalzell of Pennsyl vania In an interview published after bis return from an extended western tour. A New England senator writes: It is the old story over again—a Pro tective Turin' secured after long agita tion and effort, resulting In business pros perity: then a movement In the direction of free trade In which those who would hav. reaped the benefit of protection are foolishly tempted to join, ll is very dis couraging. a Mississippi vaiiey congressman oi marked prominence says: Nine-tenths of the s»ntltncnt In favor of tho Babcock bill Is based upon Ignorance, misstatements of fact and prejudice growing out of recent consolidation of productive industries. In a recent interview at Cleveland Senator Hanna declared that he did not believe the President ever said to M. Siegfried that he had ceased to be an ultra-protectionist and that the ne cessity for protection 1 ad largely dis appeared. Senator Hanna said: From all the talks 1 have had recently with President McKinley I atn of the opinion that lie Is ns gnat a believer lu protM'tlon us ever. This talk that the next Congress will tinner with tie King ley tariff law nt tho suggestion of the president is all nonsense. The Klngley law Is a sclentifie measure and will lust for y< ars to come. The president be lieves It Is us necessary ns ever before and will not. In my belief, advocate any changes whatever. He still believes In protecting American industries wherever It Is necessary. The president, however, la n strong advocate of reciprocity, and would I think, consider treaties ntony tlie line of mutual Interest between this country and another. If another eountiy Is willing to offer us something without duty which wo need badly wo shall he willing to reciprocate by opening tho tar iff wall a little and giving them some thing free of duty, as long as tt does not interfere with the protection of our in duslrles. The French reciprocity treaties would have been accepted had it not been lor some objectionable tariff features. The treaties as ttiey stm d. If rntltled by the United States, would have killed the knit goods Industry in the New Kngland Stabs and the pottery business In Ohio. That Is tho reason they failed. As long as the United States is able to make reci procity treaties with foreign countries without Injuring American Industries they will be made, and gladly. The following vigorous and compre hensive presentment of the question of tariff tinkering is from the pen of Gen eral Orosvenor, the Ohio congressman, who has been said to be in a peculiar sense the reflector of tho views of President McKinley on the floor of the house of representatives: House of Representatives, TT. R., June 1, 11)01. £ditor American Kconomtst. New York —Kear Sir: The great danger to the future welfare of the American people ];es In the shortness of their memory. Two things have made this country pros perous and rich, mid are moving forward with enormous strides toward making us the richest country on earth. Those two things are. Ilrst, the Klngley tariff Jaw, and, second, i h" eonlldcnce win h up to a recent period the American peo ple hod that we were to have steadfast adherence to the stutus <1110, that it was to be maintained and that disturbers of the peace and prosperity of the country were to be relegated to the rear. The de mand for tariff reform, tariff revision, tariff anything whatever other than what we have now comes altogether from two (lasses of people. First, the free trader in all his forms, semblances and phases, and, second, the man who. stampeded about trusts and combinations, has been enrrled off his feet by the cry of the tariff reformer that we ought to repeal the tariff on certain products in order to break up the trusts. It Is a small matter to get up on an elevation where there Is a reservoir of water and bore a gimlet hole through tho structure and let a #cam of water the size of a straw pro ject Itself out upon the city below, but when It Is entirely apparent that there Is that sort of a gimlet hole which will be come an auger hole and finally n breach In the wall and that tho flood will come down on the town, then the old Bible Illustration becomes forcible, '‘It is ttie beginning of strife.” Admitting that the repeal of the duties upon certain products ot American In dustry might Injure and even destroy certain of the trusts, agitation of the question of the modification of the pres ent tariff system would do more finan cial injury to the welfare of the country in one month than all the benefits that the moat enthusiastic rainbow chaser of the suggestion has ever dreamed of. Let a party with political power enough sol emnly decide that they will enter upon the reorganization of the schedules of the present tariff law and business will stop as quickly as human life will stop when the blood ceases to circulate. Ity "stop” I do not mean to cense absolutely, but the heart will beat mors slowly, and ttyo blood will flow In paucity of amount and speed. 1 do not lielleve thnt the placing of our products of Iron and steel upon the free list would break up a single trust or Im pair the value of the stock of the United States Steel Company or any other of the combinations. I do believe that it would wipe out the small manufacturers and that the great combination would control absolutely the markets of the United States in company with and upon a basis of division of profits with the trusts now organized abroad. I do not care to discuss this subject now. I be lieve tbe whole matter to he an Inspira tion of the devil of free trade, and It has been seized upon because of the supposed anxiety of the people to break down trusts and combinations; but my point , Is that a picseiu ugkation oi a serious character backed by force enough to make it effective of a general revision of the tariff laws would be absolutely de structive of the present prosperity. There Is no trouble about the trusts. Under our constitution ns at present formed Con gress. In co-operation with the state leg islatures, has amide power to do all that Is necessary, all that Is just, all that Is fair. In the regulation of combinations of money, capital and labor. Yours truly, C. IL Grosvenor. nabeoek's raise Move. Congressman Babcock seems to think that catering to anti trust senti ment by removing the duty from j ''trait’' made product* is "living up to the Republican theory of Protee- i lion." If lie imagines the Republican ' majority In Congress can be kept up by this kind of tactics he is doomed | to disappointment. When It comes to | mere posing for popular applause, Mr. Bryan can win every time. If the Re publicans are to keep their power at all they must rise to the level of hon est Mid intelligent Protection to industrial Interests. It Is true that there mo products upon which the ariff nw/ properly be modified or even removed, but thnt should not he dona for any such foolish reason as tha formation of a so-called "trust.” Mr. Babcock seems to be more interested in the politics than the economics of Ih? tariff—Gunton's Magazine for June. At Uib Merry of Europe. Furthermore, our ocean-borne com merce, in the absence of American ships in which to transport it, is at the mercy of Europe. An outbreak of war, the turning loose of a fleet of commerce destroyers by the enemies of Great Britain, would put an instant j stop to American exports; because we are dependent upon British ships for the major part of our ocean transpor tation. Sound considerations of pub lic policy, not the pecuniary interests of any group of American capitalists, are behind the proposed legislation to aid in building up American deep wat er shipping. The interests of foreign ship-owners are largely behind the op position to that measure.—Seattle Post-Intelligencer. A FLOURISHING CROWTH. Make a Note of Thk. i names to me American uiconomisi, the press of th^ country is now inform ing its readers of the reciprocity plank that was in the last Republican plat form. We voted for that platform In 1900, not the platform of other years. President McKinley was elected on that platform, and he may he relied upon to uphold It, no matter what Jules Seigfried may think he said or may say he thinks. William McKinley is for protection and for protective reciprocity, not for free trade in any form or under any mask. Oar free trade friends may put this in their pipe and smoke it. I.et Well Enough Alone. When we are well off it is a good time to quit experiments. The results of the Wilson-Gorman act are a little too fresh in the memory of the people. The reduction in the average tariff by this act was comparatively small, yet it was big enough to paralyze Industry and inaugurate a financial panic that it has taken several years to recover from. Let well enough alone.—Lincoln (Neb.) Journal. Overtime »n<t Halftime. It will be noted that in all strike settlements these days, provisions are made for payment of overtime, either at time-and-a-half or double rates. The question of overtime does not concern wage earners during free trade tariffs. Half the workmen are satisfied with full time, and all the rest would be glad of half time. “Taking 1,1 fa” In Turkey. There Is much excitement In one of the villages on the Bosporus because of the sudden disappearance of all the street dogs. The matter is likely to have serious consequences, owing to the fact that a young French lady regarded 6ome of these dogs as her special pets and guardians from rob bers at night. A few doors off lives an English doctor, whose house was overrun by rats and wild cats, and to rid himself of these he gave his cook some poison to put In the kitchen one night. The poison was highly success ful, but, unfortunately, the remnants of the poisoned food were put out side the street door by the cook for the dustman to remove. The street dogs came along and ate It, and then went and laid down at the doof of their lady friend and died. She Is very Indignant, and has told her story to all the Turks in the nelgnbo: hood, who are always horrified at the kill ing of dogs. The doctor's cook has been arrested by the police, who are holding an inquiry into the matter. It Is curious to note that by the Ot toman code a dog Is unclean and not allowed to enter a house, yet for kill ing one you are summoned for “tak ing life.'* December 29, 1902, will complete two hundred years since Peter the Great sanctioned the appearance of the first Russian newspaper. BOY TOOK 10.000 VOLTS. It*na*cltate<l anil In a 1'alr War to Gel Well. Walter Budds, 0 years old. had a cur rent from an electric cable carrying 10.000 volte of electricity pass through his body recently. That he was not killed is considered miraculous, but the physicians at the Hartford hospital, where the boy Is now suffering from the effects of the shock say that ho will recover, says the Hartford Courant. Young Budds started out with Johnnie Farrell and Willie Cosgrove, young chums of his, to see the circus parade. They went to Main street near the tunnel and after waiting for some time without the parade's coming in Right, they got uneasy. On Albany ave nue, just above the Main street junc tion, the Hartford Electric Light com pany lias a terminal tub through which the cables that bring the electric current In from the Farmington river pass into the underground system of the company. One of the boys sug gested that they climb upon the roof of the terminal tub to see if the parade was coming down Albany avenue. They made a run for the tub. A lad der stood in the rear of the tub, and the tub is built several feet above the surface of the ground. Young Budd3 was in advance of the others. He was the first to mount the ladder and as he climbed up the rounds he turned to the other boys and said that he could get to the top first. The parade was not in sight and that ho might have a better view of the surroundings ho reached from the top of the tub to one of the cables with the heavy volt age for the purpose of pulling himself onto the pole which carried the cables down through the tub. In taking hold of the cable he instantly connected himself with the electric current. His feet were jerked from beneath him, his body became rigid and blue flames shot out from the cables underneath the boy's hands. What appeared to the big crowd to have been a dead boy was brought back to life, and then the little fellow was taken to the Hart ford hospital in an unconscious condi tion. He was very weak on being re ceived at the institution, but during the afternoon he gained more strength and had a long sleep. Both his hands were badly burned and the index fin ger of his left hand was burned off. TO FOIL CHECK RAISER. Now Scheme for I*rev«>ntItij- Any Alter ations in Checks. More than 20,000,000,000 of checks are used annually in the United States, and of this.amount something like 18, 000 are "raised,” the Joss falling on the drawer, for tho drawer of a chock is chargeable with the amount paid on it, provided his signature is genuine, no matter for what amount he has pre viously filled it in. Many devices have been planned for foiling the check raiser, but the security check is the most perfect protection the ingenuity of man has yet unfolded. The cheek has been briefly described as follows: "On the left of the check Is printed the safe-guarding schedule. The words di recting the payment of money are qualified by the following printed into the body of the paper: ‘Provided amount does not exceed that expressed In words and figures at end of sched ule.’ After the drawer has wrltt-n in the amount of money to be paid he ad justs a small paper cutter to that line of the upper half of the schedule which bounds the maximum amount to he paid in dollars, tens, hundreds, or thousands, and tears off the check down as far as the small ring in the center of the schedule. Then he re volves his ruler, adjusting it to that line of the lower half of the schedule which bounds the number of dollars, tens of dollars, hundreds or thousands, to bo paid, and then completes tearing the cheek from the stub along that line. This leaves in the hands of tha drawer the check absolutely safe guarded from alteration, for the left hand margin expresses in words and figures the' amount not axceading which it has been drawn.” The device is used by scores of banks and by hundreds of prominent firms, although It has been before the public but a short time. It is used not only on cheeks but also notes, receipts, drafts, bills of lading, and other pa pers, and Is suited for use of money orders and tickets. Portugal's Plethora of Honey. Portugal is suffering from a plethora of money Just now. Not gold, of course; nor silver; but copper. So vast is the supply of this inferior metal that ordinary people are exceedingly chary of changing such few gold coins as they may come into possession of. The copper coinage is big and cumber some, and it is also depreciated, so that, in order to avoid being burdened with it, it has become the custom, in the larger cities at all events, to use street car tickets as currency. In the provinces postage stamps are made to serve a similar purpose. Meanwhile the government at Lisbon goes on se renely minting the obnoxious coins— which nobody will use—at the rate of some 80 tons a month, America's Clyde the Delaware. The Delaware is the river of great ocean shipbuilding in the United States. From Philadelphia to Wil mington there are seven great con cerns and several smaller ones. W’ith in the past few months these yards have had under construction more than seventy vessels, representing a ton nage of over two hundred thousand and a combined cost of something like $30,000,000. The Cramps had consid erably more than one-half of this, but there were enough millions left to keep the other concorns busy and prosper 0\J#.—Saturday Evening Posh