(CRANBERRIES FROM BOG I f
TO DELICIOUS JELL Y 1
I How the Annual Crop of a Milion Bushels is Crown i
a*» and Picked. . C*
One of the most important prelim
inaries to the Thanksgiving dinner is
the fall picking of the crop of cran
berries, which reaches' now a good
round million bushels of blushing rod
fruit. And what an ocean of sauce and
mountain of jelly such a quantity of
berries can make, but it is easily dis
posed of by the American people,, for
probably 400,000 bushels are used for
the Thanksgiving festival alone.
The genesis of the cranberry is not
as well .known as that of other fea
tures of the Thanksgiving dinner.
Everybody knows all about the turkey.
Nor is there any mystery about the cel
fry, the mincemeat that goes into the
pies or any of the side vegetables that
add so much eclat.
Eat the cranberry comes a distance
lo the vast majority of the consumers.
It is'seldom used on the farm. Cran
berry culture is not usually carried on
In a small way by a farmer in con
nection with other produce cultivation.
It is a separate business that re
quires plenty of land, and what is even
more important, water.
It was at Cape Cod that the cran
berry was first cultivated in the
United States, and soon came the dis
covery that in flavor the cultivated
crazt! rry was far superior to its wild
brother.
From this point the cranberry has
spread all over the United States,
b it it is a selfish berry, and demands
for its own exclusive use all the land
devoted to its culture. Thus it is not
possible to get a crop of cranberries
one year and a crop of something else
| gradually being abandoned in the
I larger bogs in -favor of the new “rock
er scoops.”
The scoop looks like a rake, with
a box attached, and is made of hick
I ory. It has long teeth, and the op
erator pushes it along through the
vines, having it carefully adjusted so
that it does not tear the vines or miss
any of the berries. As the scoop picks
the berries from the stems it empties
them into a box, and the method is so
quick that one man can pick 25 times
as many berries in a day as was pos
sible under the old hand system.
Machinery also helps when the time
comes to take the berries indoors, re
move the leafy waste, and grade them
according to size and quality.
There are to each bog several con
venient buildings,- so placed as to re
duce to a minimum the need of carry
ing the crop from place to place.
The genius that does the work is
a mill or grader, a two-story machine
run ;by hand and the force of gravi
tation.
Jne berries are received by the' top
per as they come from the bog. The
stems are mostly caught y twe -crcon,'
and the finer rubbish is blown o-‘ by
a revolving fan. Xow the berries fall
on a long table having i succession
of slots and grooves under the strong
, pieces. The grooves are opened all
j their length at the uottom, the space
! between their sides widening by de
. grees, making four changes. The ber
ries dropped on the table roll prompt
| ly into the longitudinal grooves. The
' pea-shaped ones are disposed of first,
Women Pickeri at Work in a Cranberry Boij.
the next out of the same piece of
land.
Sand and peaty ground form the
ideal soil for the cranberry, and in
stead of fertilizing, the grower is
obliged lo give the vines or bushes lib
eral coatings of sand.
It takes money and patience to’pre
pare a bog, and the man who puts his
capital in the venture deserves a fair
• return for his product. It costs not
less than $300, and as high as $500
an acre, to get the bog ready. Then
five'years must elapse before there is
any crop sufficient to give a return.
But after this it is all profit, for the
shrubs live and bear endlessly, .get
ting better all the time.
Nothing could be simpler than
planting cranberry bushes. A small
handful of twigs is twisted together,
and thrust deeply into the sand. They
need no tending, but take root at
once, and w'itliin a year send out run
ners. The planting is done in rows
eight or ten inches apart. Gradually
the spaces between the rows fill up,
and soon the whole bog is one field of
growing cranberries.
Flooding the bog answers the dual
purpose of giving the cranberry the
moisture which is an essential part of
its life, and protecting it from frosts
of early autumn.
There are two ways of picking the
berries. One is the old-fashioned,
the other the new.
In the primitive method all that is
needed is a picker with nimble fingers.
He or she sits or kneels in the moist
sand, plunges both hands, with fingers
slightly spread, till the hands become
a sort of rake, into the green vines,
and with a quick movement strips the
berries from the vine, and tosses them
into a pan. When the pan is filled
it is emptied into a larger measure
containing a third of a bushel. The
size is uniform, and the picker is
paid by the pail.
The old-time method of picking is
W--»•-W --It" ■ " ""If
HOW WARRIORS MET DEATH
*
Commonplace Ends of Some Famous
Soldiers.
Covtes, the conqueror of Mexico, af
ter half a lifetime of desperate fight
ing, hated by those he had subjugated
and tortured, died in Spain of typhoid
fever, neglected and despised by those
wh un be had benefited.
William the Silent survived numer
oiiJt conflicts and campaigns, only to
be assassinated after he was victor
ious; and nr 'ing was to be gained
by his enem.es from his death.
Washing.on survived the perils of
the wilderness, the dangers of Indian
warfare, all the bullets and balls of a
score of revolutionary battles, and the
hardships of a seven years’ campaign,
to be bled to death by his doctors.
Napoleon, apparently bullet proof
and relieved by his followers to bear
a charmed life, died almost alone of a
cancer.
Lord Clive, the English conqueror of
India, twice escaped self murder la
his youth by his pistol’s missing fire,
•VNDICATF MO. 1—71*2.
which led him to say that he was
destined to something great. Though
he was a bold, active warrior, exposed
to death in scores of desperate battles
and by several plots, he fell a victim
after his return to England to the
opium habit, aid committed suicide.
Grant, who time and again stood un
touched amid a hail of bullets, finally
died of cancer.
A Connecticut soldier, during the
civil war, took part in over a hundred
battles, without a scratch, and died at
the close from blood poisoning caused
by the slight cut of a piece of glass.—
Sunday Magazine.
Circumstances Alter Cases.
She (a bride of six weeks)—Tom,
dear, do you love me as much as you
did before we were married?
He—Of course I do, darling.
She—But you don’t seem to yearn
for my society like you did then.
He—Oh, that’s different. A single
man can afford to yearn on a salary
of $9 a week, but after he acquires a
wife he has to cut out the yearning
and do a little hustling.
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and land in the first bin. These are
only fit for the dye pot or the can
ning factory.
The grooves widen and grad ually
the "seconds," “standards” and "fan
cies" are disposed of, the latter class
being, of course, the big, red, lus
cious berries that command the high
est prices.
Nor is the test confined to size.
Berries of a given size all roll down
the chute together, but at the bottom
their paths separate. The sound ones,
with a strong rebound, jump over the
bar into the bin, but the soft, wormy
ones have no such resillience. and fall
short, rolling ignominiously into the
waste box beneath. Should one by ac
cident manage to make the spring, a
lynx-eyed girl stands ready to banish \
it into outer darkness. This process j
of elimination, picks out the right I
size and quality or the market.
^ ith careful weeding and watering, ‘
an acre will yield more than 100 bar- !
rels of cranberries, and it has been i
calculated that in eight years an acie !
ought to pay back in full the entire
cost, leaving all that follows as clear
profit.
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and
Iowa are cranberry states, but the I
west is not able to produce all the i
cranberries it needs. The western upt
put and a large percentage of the east
ern growth are required to dispense
the proper Thanksgiving cheer.
One city alone, New York, uses 300,
000 bushels of cranberries every year.
For these the producer averages a
minimum price cf five dollars per bar
rel. The consumer pays from five to
ten cents a quart. Somewhere be
tween the field and the Thanksgiving
dinner table some one has made a
big profit, and when it is remembered
how long the producer had to wait
for his cash, all is forgiven.
The flavor that the red berry addg
to the turkey is in itself excuse for
anything.
Ignace Jan Paderewski.
Recent photograph of the famous pianist.
BUSINESSMEN AT YALE.
| FACULTY AND STL!DENTS TAKE
*TO COMMERCIALISM.
—*
University in Feeding, Lodging, Light
ing and Department Store Enter
prises—Activity of Students
Varied and Profitable.
New Haven, Conn.—The Yale stu
dents are resorting to many enter
prises to supply at least additional
money for college expenses.
The Yale dining hall, outside of the
j dormitories themselves, was one of
j the first business enterprises started
j as a money making concern for the
! college. It now serves f.000 persons
; at every meal and has a wailing list
j of 200.
The Yale cooperative store sells
everything from a pin to a pony. The
| college runs its own heating and
j lighting plant to the exclusion of out
side corporations, and the dormitories
house 3,000 men.
Recently an order went forth from
the college officials prohibiting the
selling of Lght fixtures and student
lamps on university property except
at a store recently fitted for the pur
pose on the campus.
The province of the popular dog
wagon, or all night lunch, has recent
ly been invaded by the opening of
two lunch rooms for students, one
| on the academic campus and one at
the Sheffield Scientific school.
The enterprises conducted by the
university through its faculty and
corporation, such as the dining hall,
dormitories, lighting and heating
plants, lunch rooms and cooperative
store, are purely business proposi
tions of little interest in themselves
save as they represent the entrance
of the modern commercial spirit into
educational institutions and because '
the merchants protest against what
they consider the usurpation of their
field of trade.
The entrance of the undergraduates
into college commercialism is inter
esting because of the unusual nature
of the occupations chosen and the
way in which these enterprises sup
I plement those chosen by the college
authorities, the whole forming a com
mercial Yale which supplies the needs
o! educational Yale.
Students conduct a suit Dressing es
tablishaieni, run a laundry, tutor oth
er undergraduates and an agents rep
resent mercantile houses, selling ar
ticles of every description.
A daily newspapei and monthly
magazines, scientific, medical, legal,
literary and humorous, all conducted ■
by students are well patronized and
pay their backers handsomely.
When the train rolled into the union !
station this fall bringing Yale men •
back to New Haven the returning
students were accosted on the plat- ;
form by two students who solicited
the privilege of carrying the baggage ;
of their Yale acquaintance's to the j
campus. The pair had hired two ex
press wagons at three dollars a day i
and secured nine-tenths oi the stu
dent trade, much to the chagrin of the i
regular expressmen.
Teams and licenses for the week
cost $45, while the two took in more
than $1,000. When this was divided
both had enough to carry them
through the college year.
Another enterprise giving every
promise of success is the Yale stu
dent laundry, started this fall. Two
students lake orders for laundry
work, selling a ticket for a specified
amount of work upon which they
reap 20 per cent, profit when the ;
money is turned over to the laundry
concern for which they secure the or
ders. Upon other than cash orders |
they gi; 15 per cent.
The University Suit. Pressing com
pany, incorporated, ranks among the J
most successful of the business prop
ositions of the undergraduates. The
students conducting it have a place
of business not far from the campus,
employ experienced help to clean
and press the clothes and boys with
handcarts to collect and deliver daily.
Since its inauguration this concern
lias proved far more satisfactory than
the business places conducted for stu
dents by outside merchants. Work
is more satisfactory and the prices
are not so high.
The proprietors do little more than !
drum up trade, attend to the financial
end, and each reaps about $2,000
yearly by this outside venture.
Among the minor ways of making
money tutoring is considered by Yale
men to pay best. • Many Yale gradu
ates have paid their entire way
through college by this means.
Among the agents, those selling
typewriters, fountain pens and other
merchandise receive from 25 to 35
per cent., while those soliciting mag
azine subscriptions receive from 30
to 35 per cent. Medical students and
those in the Sheffield Scientific school
must buy instruments or tools that
that are costly. Rival firms pay as
much as 40 per cent, commission to
students who sell their classmates
these necessities.
Plans are in the air now for still
furthering the commercial side of
Yale by establishing a printing de
partment. It is pointed out by those
who are anxious to see such an en
terprise started that an enormous
amount of money is expended yearly
by the university for printing cata
logues, pamphlets, programmes, of
ficial reports, books written by the
faculty members, athletic pro
grammes, class and year books, to say
nothing of the dozen or more publica
tions daily and periodical. Such a
university printing establishment
would furnish employment foi many
students who are trying to earn their
way through Yale.
THIS BRIDE SCORNS SCIENCE
Stops College Professor from Making
Food Tests with Husband.
Rerkeley, Cal—Prof. M. E. Jaffa, the
nutrition expert of the University of
California, has lost his star subject
for nutrition experiments, and is in
clined to blame Cupid altogether for
’lie loss. E. M. Tidd formerly an at
tache of the university, who won Jaf
fa's regard by the diligence and zeal
with which he carried out Jaffa's direc
tions regarding what food to eat and
how to record the results, has deserted
the cause of science. A bride in the
Tidd household Is responsible. The
bride would have none of Prof. Jaffa's
messes” as her husband's food.
' He was the greatest subject I ever
had.” quoth Prof. Jaffa, “because he
took a genuine interest in the experi
ments, and used intelligence in the
work. He ate just the things that were
laid out for him, kept close watch on
the results, and so his data was very
useful."
When Mrs. Tidd found that her hus
band ate the things that Prof. Jaffa
prescribed for him she declared that
the programme must be changed. She
was prepared to cook Mr. Tidd three
excellent meals a day, including all the
meat and potatoes and vegetables and
fruit and bread that a healthy mao
needs. She could see no sense in Mr.
Tidd's eating for Mr. Jaffa, in the in
terests of science, and so declared her
self. Mr. Tidd gave up the pro
gramme.
Tidd has resigned his place as uni
versity attache also, and now i3 en
rolled on the list of policemen in
Berkeley.
SETS WORLD SMOKING RECORD
Gardener Pulls at Pipe One Hour and
Fifty-three Minutes Without Stop.
London.—At the pipe smoking com
petition at the Brewers' exhibition ir
Islington the world's record for a
nonstop smoke was broken by a
Highgate gardener named Catling
who kept an old briar root pipe alight
an hour and 53 minutes.
Each of the numerous competitors
took his pipe and was supplied with
an eighth of an ounce of tobacco, and
at the word “Go” the matches were
struck. Six seconds were allowef fc:
lighting, and after that no religming
was allowed.
The second place winner kept, his
pipe going an hour and 50 minutes
and the third one an hour and 33
minutes.
STEALS LIDS OF MANHOLES.
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Indiana Woman Introduces Innovation
in Thieving.
Indianapolis. Ind.—An innovation in
the way of thieving is credited by the
■police to Rosa Josephs, a woman of 2S,
who has been sent to the workhouse
for stealing lids from sewer manholes
about the city's streets. It is charged
that the woman stole four from the
streets on the South Side, and it is
suspected that more missing lids
might be traced to her efforts in this
line.
The police were mystified by the
first report of the thefts. The lids
seemed to have taken wings. Finally
Detectives Simon and Hauser were de
tailed on the case. They suspected
that the lids might bring a fair price
at a junk shop, and after calling at
several shops located one. It was
found that Mrs. Josephs had sold this
li'\ and others which she had sold
were afterwards located. In all four I
were found. The lids are worth one
dollar apiece, but were sold by the
woman for 20 cents each.
May Wear Any Style of Corset.
Iowa Supreme Court Decides in Favor
of Pretty Actress.
Des Moines, la.—Actresses who re
fuse to wear tights, models who are
fickle about the style of their corsets,
and baseball payers who are given to
jumping contracts are upheld by thje
Iowa supreme court in a decision
handed down the other day, the opin
ion written by Justice Weaver.
It is in the case of a corset com
pany against Helen C. Crosby, in
which $10,000 is demanded because the
pretty actress broke her contract to
pose in the "curve" corsets at Sioux
City, and went to wearing "straight
trouts.”
The case reached the higher court,
which said she was entirely right. Her
objection to her contract was that the
company insisted on an advance man
whose reputation or character she did
not know. In his opinion Justice W’ea
ver takes occasion to lament the decis
ion of another state, which enjoined
Lillian Russell from appearing in one
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company because she had jumped her
contract with another on the ground
ihat the tighls they required her to ap
pear in were too cold.
.Justice Weaver says that court's ac
tion was an “uncharitable conclusion.”
He also refers to the case of the Phil
adelphia baseball club against the far
famed Lajoie. who was compelled to
bat home runs for Philadelphia though
his heart was centered in the success
of a rival team.
The supreme court in Iowa would
be inclined to give him a free pass.
In writing his opinion the justice goes
into a lengthy dissertation on corsets,
which discloses he has made a study
of the question at bar.
Reserpbles British Premier.
A statue in Wells cathedral. Eng
land, representing “The Fruit Steal
er,“ is almost an exact copy of the fea
tures of Sir Henry Campbell-Banner
man. The statue is carved on a cap
ital in the nave of the beautiful church
and is about 600 years old.
Buried in Embers 19 Days.
—
Cat Found Alive by Men Repairing :
Burned Building.
j Portland, Ore.—F. E. Beach is
mourning the tragic death of his cat
that had outlived being buried for 19
days when his store was damaged by
fire several months ago.
The feline on that occasion had been
buried in the charred debris and was
found by workmen who were remov
ing the charred timbers from the base
ment. Thinking the cat was dead the
men threw the body on a pile of rub
bish prepared for the garbage men.
Soon after its limbs were seen to
move. The cat was then placed in the
sun that it might revive. It lay around
in a comatose condition for several
days. It was offered food, but partook
of the milk very sparingly. Its hair
had been singed off its body and its
eyes were blinded by the Are, but It
gradually exhibited signs of life, un
til Mr. Beach began to bare hopes of
Its living.
“Of course, the sight of a badly
singed and blind cat around the store
was not an inspiring one,” Mr. Beach
says, "but in the interests of science
I wanted to demonstrate how much a
cat could stand and live. One of my
men, however, got tired of what he
considered an eyesore around under
his feet and he chopped its head with
an ax.”
Schools for Turkish Girls.
Jn Turkey there are 1,500 schools in j
which girls receive education. There i
are 40 secondary schools having 3,000 ;
girls on their rolls. The learning of i
Koran is compulsory, and arithmetic. I
geography and elementary science are |
taught
Immense Pecan Orchard.
Maj. John S. Horlbeck, of Charles
ton, S. C., is said to own the largest
bearing pecan orchard in the world.
He has more than 60 acres in bearing
trees and his main grove consists of
660 acres
V •*
Emperor in Remarkable Health.
The emperor of Austria belongs to
that category of persons who through
out their lives never even suffer from
headache. The approach of age is
not visible. This miracle may be ex
plained by his manner of life. The
emperor, who formerly smoked ten
to 15 strong Virginia cigars daily
now contents himself with two light
ones; he drinks daily about twc
glasses of beer and some light wine;
he sleeps much and great care is
taken during his sleep that cold is
avoided. His majesty has lost only
three teeth.
King’s Rules for “Bridge.”
King Edward is a scientific bridge
player and cares little for high stakes
He loses philosophically, never loses
his temper, but has certain rigid rules
in playing. They are never to play
with a man under 25 or a girl un
der 21 or an indifferent partner and
never to take refreshment during the
play. He takes bridge seriously and
plays it for the interest of its prob
lems.
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l By FLORENCE S. THOMPSON f
(Copyright, 1906, b;
Claudia knocked three times light
ly on the study door, making a slight
pause after the first tap, then hardly
waiting for the low-voiced "Come,”
from within,. she pushed open the
door.
■'Oh. It's you,” said Pauline, glanc
ing over her shoulder from her seat
in front of the open fire; then she
smiled and added: “I ought to know
your knock by this time, but some
how I never fail to look inquiringly
when the dppr opens.”
“As if anyone but me is ever ad
mitted into this—I should say—un
holy of unholies,” eyeing Pauline's
cigarette with some severity. Paul
ine laughed and moved the chair be
side her a fraction of an inch.
“Have one?’! she asked, extending
a case from the taborette at her other
side.
“Thanks, I believe I wili,” said
Claudja, promptly, taking the chair
and the gold-tipped cigarette at the
same time. She unloosened her furs,
stretched out two small feet to the
fire, and for a few moments there
was silence. Then Claudia, after a
glance around the room, said, gloom
ily: “I don’t see how you take all
this so calmly.”
Pauline came out of her reverie
suddenly. "All this what?" she asked,
quietly. “Oh, don't pretend," Claudia
was inclined to be cross. “These—
er—flesh pots, you know,” with a cir
cuitous sweep of her hand around the
room.
Pauline turned slowly in her chair,
and followed with her eyes the wave
of Claudia's hand, taking in for the
first time critically, as it were,
the room’s luxurious appointments;
its velvet rugs and castly draperies,
its pictures and bronzes, and books.
She became conscious suddenly of the
languorous odor of roses that en
compassed her. Then having made
the circuit her eyes rested for a mo
nent on herself as revealed by the
long panel mirror at one side of the
fireplace. She studied, half curiously,
that face that looked back at her—
the grave, sweet lips, the violet eyes
and brown hair; her eye followed the
lines of her slim figure in its loose
negligee, and rested a moment on
the patrician fingers of the hand that
held her cigarette. Then, after flick
ing carefully' the ashes from the cig
arette, she turned squarely and faced
Claudia, looking earnestly at the
fresh, lovely young face, now half
mockingly revealed against the rich
furs.
"Tell me, are you happy, Claudia?"
she asked, abruptly'.
Claudia stared a moment, then
caught her meaning. “Why, yes," she
said, slowly. “I have a good hus
band, a dear little child, a cozy home,
and all that sort of thing, if that's
what you mean. I’m not unhappy,
nor even discontented, but—” she
sighed a little. "Sometimes I won
der why it has been given to you t«
be what you are—courted, admired,
envied, loved—” Pauline raised a
protesting hand.
' Don’t interrupt,” said Claudia, in
sudden vehemence. “Why were you
chosen to be one of the elect? I al
ways knew you liked to write and
all that—so did I. You and I were
girls together, with the same as
pirations, but I never dreamed you
would write—like you do, you know.
Why, actually I've obtained a sud
den astonishing prestige because I
know you intimately. I'm not the [
rose, but 1 live near it, and all that,"
and Claudia made a face.
"Now, why can’t I write when I de
sire to as intensely as you do? I j
couldn't put any feeling into any
thing”—half bitterly—“to save my
life. And why. 1 want to know, can
yon? In short, why are you the
traveler, the distinguished author—
the only Pauline Courtney Trevor—
the celebrity?”
Pauline was silent awhile, then
with sudden irrelevance:
“How long have we been separated,
Claudia?”
“It’s ten years since you went
abroad," said Claudia, “and you've
been back—let me see—two years.”
Pauline stared meditatively at her
self in the long mirror, and Claudia
lit another cigarette, then turned to
look at Pauline half curiously. Her
long silence seemed pregnant with
meaning. Presently Pauline began to
speak with low-toned passion.
“Did you ever stop to think,
Claudia, that these—” She paused,
and as she sent another swift glance
around the room, half smiled, “these
Uesh pots were bought with a price?"
Claudia drew back the least bit
uneasily.
“What do you mean, Pauline?”
“That they were bought with my
heart’s blood,” in sudden weariness,
and leaning her head back against
the chair.
“It costs something to be—a celeb
rity.”
Claudia waited.
“You were at our wedding," she
went on, presently. Claudia said
nothing. “And when I came back
two years ago. alone—” she smiled
at Claudia—“you asked no questions:
you knew when the hour and the
mood came I would tell you all there
Is to know. I had two children," she
wrent on, swiftly: “they are dead
now.”
“Oh. Pauline,” in shocked re
proach, “you never told me.”
Pauline lifted her head and Claudia
said no more. She waited awhile. .
Pauline stared for an instant at the j
glowing tip of her cigarette, and then j
went on: “I had written in a girlish |
way for years—as you did—but what
did I know of life and the meaning
it held. What did I know of its pain
or—” she waited a long second—“its
joy. I know—now."
Claudia laid a caressing hand for
an instant on Pauline's cheek and
waited for this mood to pass.
“Do you remember my first book;
‘At the Close of the Day?’ ” Claudia
nodded.
“That was the price I received for
my babies.”
y Jo<ieph B. Bowles.)
j “Oh,-Pauline, I did not know. Dear
heart, don't tell me any more,” and
Claudia, with tears in her voice, would
fain have exorcized the demon of
memory she had evoaed. But Paul
ine went on relentlessly:
‘‘The other—the book that went
into edition after edition—”
“I know,” interrupted Claudia;
‘Across the Fears,’ was the price
of—” Pauline moistened her dry lips
and the cigarette crumbled into gray
ashes in her trembling fingers—“my
husband's infidelity.” Claudia put soft,
entreating fingers on Pauline's lips.
"Don’t, my child,” she said, sud
denly years older than the world
I weary woman. But Pauline drew the
hand away.
“He had grown tired of me, you
know, after awhile. I saw. 1 tried
to win him back. 1 was kind when
he grew—careless. I tried to—to un
derstand, and I forgave him his
weakness because I thought he still
loved me, love and fidelity in man's
code of honor, of course not being
synonymous terms. But he did net
care, and when I saw that my for
giveness was a bore rather than oth
erwise, there was nothing left to <1>
but to give him — the freedom he
craved."
She was smiling again, a smile that
broke Claudia's heart to see.
“Tell me, Claudia,” she said, sud
denly, “would you change with me
now—would you give up the husband
and baby to be 'Pauline Courtney
Trevor’—the celebrity?”
“Oh, no, no!” and Claudia sobbed
j “Would You Change with Me Now:
| some of the anguish of her heart
away. Then she rose, wiped lit : eyes,
and kissed Pauline.
“Pauline,” she whispered, "if mu
could, you know—would you change '
Pauline walked slowly to the win
dow, and behind the lace meshes . f
the curtains, rested her head on the
pane and looked out at the snow cue
ing in thick, heavy flakes, silently
and impenetrably down. Then she
turned and came back and laid her
hands on Claudia's shoulders. The
eyes of the two women met and m
derstood.
“No, Claudia,’’ she said, simply
JEWS ARE ACQUIRING LAND
In Europe They Hold 248 Times as
Much as They Did 40 Years Ago.
The anti-Jew faction in Russia d.
dares that even with the present re
strictions the Jews have managed to
acquire a large portion of land, for
which the following figures are yu 1 I
in the Jewish magazine, the Menorah:
"Within the Pale the real estaie •
the Jews advanced from 16,000 dessia
tins in 1860 to 148,000 in 1870, 370,000
in 1880, 537,000 in 1S90, and to 1.265.
000 in 1900.
"In the kingdom of Poland the Jews
held 16,000 dessiatins in 1860, 148.00 >
in 1870, 370,000 in 1880, 537,000 in >
and 1,265,000 in 1900.
“In European Russia outside the
Pale Jewish landholding is said t->
have increased 248 times in 40 years
in the following proportion: In 1860.
3.000 dessiatins; in 1870, 18,000 des a
tins; in 1880, 96,000 dessiatins; in
1890, 262,000 dessiatins, and in 19o<>.
745.000 dessiatins."
According to these statistics the
total holdings of the Jews throughout
the Russian empire, which only
amounted to 70,000 dessiatins in 186"
reached in 1900 the high figure of 2.
381,057 dessiatins. out of which the
Jews own as their property 1.4 45,00'
dessiatins, while the remaining 935,')"
dessiatins are rented by them as ten
ants.
The Burglar’s Seasons.
Capt. Spencer, senior prison mis
sioner of the church army, tells a
story of a certain convict's philosophic
view of his existence. ‘ Well, mj
man," asked Capt. Spencer, "what do
you do when you are out of prison?”
“Well,” said the convict, “in spring
I does a bit of pea picking, and in the
summer time I does a bit of fruit pick
ing, and in the autumn I does a hi
of hop picking.”
“Oh!” said the captain, “what hi;
pens after that?"
“Well, now, mister,” replied the con
vict, "I may as well be honest, and
tell you that in the winter time 1 does
a bit of pocket picking!"
The missioner furrowed his brow in
amazement, asking finally, “And what
happens then?” The convict answered
laconically, “Why, here I am doing n
bit of oakum picking."—London Daily
Mail.
To Save Lives of Infants.
The empress of Germany has con
tributed a large sum of money to aid
in the formation of an institution to be
devoted to the saving of infant life,
the mortality of infants in Germany
being surpassed in Europe only by
that of Austria and Russia.
