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-ZRZD1TH Nl&ZOlrSON U JL L L/5TP AT/O/id 3Y PAY VMLTFP6 czr>‘ *r £v 6z£ss-/xM/ci ca cy.no?g:s. i '! • » . Un|»»r n4. tn«! Mis* !!•*!' n I* - hr it«-,**•. v» -r. i*ntrujitnl to ■t «■»• ‘ t Lturi’i •• l>-n-*v&n. :t wri’^r. » H t1 «r Arnandale. Mis* f'wt «**•:.! :«*tl to | van llmt she I • * I * r t*rot!«r llt*«r>. who. ruined by • *• *«!!'. rr. had rcwis'.aniljr threatened • !v van dm uvnnl and raptuml • •►« vtw prm«d i«» U* Kc^nal l **f • *.i for It «* hand c*f Helen. i* • tar H H'dt*r»j*4i tnd her fa atri «an friendly t -rms DMWVai f . • ? -n 1: l.ajx iM.jsm He met the •»rd vtB Hi*ihnH»k. tmt who *a* Harm**.*. a ci.nor-makt*r *. . • -t'lfioum *-d her intention of » ». • ry M.di.n .k fi*: J not >«*ekirifc • ir.i: pliu-r. |h.r»nv*n m**i Helen t* * at n!fht. iMplU-tiy of Helm -* f J by .v-.J as a nut*. stole | i - i«uw Khe »net Hrgln;ilil IJ11- J • •• *1*. :« Id her his love. lillespie « • «r. r;t» j by I» -»v*\u1. At th« town « » • imsrt n «** cept by fkmo • ped a dnft t«r »ur fattier into rd « f ihe Italian sailor. A v«un*r (a . • • ?' t.‘:njr M .* Helen llolbn»ok ! tlovie in a eanoe. w Ml M * i* . . * t hare i»*en at hoiM •. ... r *t -d rlvtof 1 i$_**'.out tor ' • ft ' * r «*.<■ f i t then i ft to sfM nd It M » . and f» *ov.tn met in the • a. ■ :aid him t.ilUsfoe w t» nothin* I*. I # if- ci tifi j* f 1 uh love for her. lb*- . n f • r.d «: !le*p **««••! and • - . . m * .Wn inhah'led hy the vtl * : . •t'tl . r ^nd Hulbnmk Ho release d < - {Mr and l*onovan sd « . t. | i..w* | r Helen ("ailing herself | t i .1 a **\ ftre" appeal*d to Donovan i • ,i t«»'! him I*' »: . to thi «m»»e- ' « me ami me that no injury be- j a iie went t • Red Hite, i * • .... broth* ns Arilmr and Henry ; . l« t»* ».-*■ who had f**uici : **h< h ofl • r. in -ft * ilinn" apje»ar* 1 Af *. trtrU a muM- r CHAPTER AVI— Continued. "I si rateful to you. Please turn *11 v*,ux trouble mi r to me.’* Y« „ •*’.'! what ! a-l.i-d you to do.'' -/ when I l.ml no right to ask. • ti 1 -: s afraid of what might hapiten I tw r It is all right now ami we are i • r away; we must leave this place.” *M«t 1 shall see you again.” Nii* You have—you have—Helen, (os cos t 1 now n>e at ail! You will ml your mistake to-morrow.” She was urging me toward the -* i ’hat l««J up to the house. The •ofc was sti i in her throat, but she was lattrhrMg. i. little hysterically, in her ■ in-t that her father had come uS un -calln-d. “Ti n you must let me find it out ■ au.rrow. I will come to-morrow be jflBflp' you “o ** • No* No’ This is good-bv." she -ad. Yon would not be so unkind as to stay when 1 am so troubled, and *w-te is am much to do!” .»• .. re at the foot of the stairway, ■til 1 *.cs rd the shop door snap shut. . ight. Uosalind!” liy; and thnnk you!” she »• *«f*. red. CHAPTER XVII. Hew the Night Ended. ' . if bore*- whinnied and i turned ■ sue wood a man walked boldly i•ward me. • Wj dear Donovan. I have been con **..?»# ft bur hors" during your absence. - U-d habit we bare (alien into •f *..-*2 'ms about at night. I liked • our dinner. but jrou w< re rather too ttnitt to get rid o( me. 1 came by twat my eelf!** <■' !■ • p:e knocked the ashes from his -•;•»■ aid tirust it into bis pocket. 1 • a: il bo (rime of tuiud for talk with > a tael : icb b«- seemed to sur win*. If* late, (or a (act." he continued; and w» both ought to be in bed: but *ur various affairs require diligence." eat are you duui: over here?" I • r _-.d< d. “ a. to tell the truth—” hrttrr!* « ;* ’■ *bt* truth, iny dear Dotto rte • ! left your hospitable board I I .... i» a deeply perplexed over »;»•) i ; filial questions of lit.man *»u . nt Are you Inu-rejited in human type T Have you ev.-r noticed the ...at* w; o tac tuonk all port - rs and • a-'* • • b> the pi*...-ing name of <•< -t t- fi!!i‘- in It-elf fs respect - *1 ’it rm^k. nor is Us generic use per «•■• tii. a n>altrr of taste oaly. Hut ti a man may I*- Identified oilier • i , 1 i i roneness to consume the • tV: • p.ldlnit. the chocolate tce «• a «i.ii ti" fruii ;a senyon from the • :.,ij American bill ot fare. aft»r ear tar impartially of the preMciia .. h. Serb and fowl. He is con . . :. hotel < lerks. affectionate • !. i...n.t. rmaidk and all telephone *>ri ar. N. tlie to him. Types, my b-nr .lonov an—** ‘ iu. : enough' 1 want to know • i:.* you are doing*" and in my anger afieoSf him by the shoulders. tr eon ntii>i ban- It. after I . • i la *bt- village | chanced my ii .ii .ui going, and I was anxious •« whether Holbrook was really be- s<# 1 cut a lyunrli and came over. I ;!r; , <J at the island but saw no •*e .» and i came up the creek un til I - *ur <t-d; then i struck inland. for the road It might save •is *k.\h < n bar rasa me at. Irishman. If . r.vo to*ie* of each other's Inten ts .* particularly at nirht. I hong ••• w* it. inning you might appear, and ■ <•*" *Voa ar. a pour liar. Huttons. You f *'.'t ".uac here alone!**—and I drove *■> •• < -•*.• wits hard in an effort to ac • <*»»• ’ for fib unexpected appearance. *AM .o*:; I am discovered,’* be Mrtafid. *' ' ed bi-rpilf ft-.-cd my horse; I now exii tie rein and refastened it to the nee ••‘It. itiC-tfJlcabb. le.in,van!*’ i i -- •*.»<. ph ased to find that my *• •*• annoyed him I was confident that be wav not abroad at this hour •or ' if. *rd It again occurred to •f * •’ ** were on different sides of tfei - u.t r My weariness fell from mm I •- a clonk. as the events of the pjci,' fit ’.r Bashed fresh in my mind. ' - o • f • -id. dropping the rein and pan:, r it berse's nos* for a moment. .»®« c- i fit* with me or you may sit fit re . *t If you would avoid (rouble Cl US'I >.• to interfere with me.** •‘Whst Are You Doing C I did not doubt that he had been ■ •lit to watch me; aud his immediate ! irpose seemed to be to detain me. "I had hoped you would sit down and talk over the Monroe Doctrine, or th partition of* Africa, or something equally interesting, he remarked. “You disappoint me. nr • dear benefactor.” “And you make me very tired at the • tid of a tiresome day, Gillespie. PI, as- continue to watch my horse; I'm off." m** K« pt at n y elbow, as I expected he would, babbling away with his usu al volubility in an effort, now frank eiwgfi. to bold me back; but I ig nored his talk and plunged on through t ho wood toward the creek. Henry Hoibrook must. I argued, have had time enough to get out of the creek and back to the island; but what mis chief Gillespie was furthering in his behalf I could not imagine. There was a gradual rise toward the c' ek and we were obliged to cling to ti e bushes in making our ascent. Sud denly. as I paused for breath, Gilles pie grasped my arm. ' For God's sake, stop! This is no affair of yours. On niv honor there's nothing that affects you here.” *1 will see whether there is or not!" I exclaimed, throwing him off, but he kept close beside me. We gained the trail that ran along the creek, and I paused to listen. "Where's your launch?” Find it." he replied, succinctly. 1 had my bearings pretty well, and set off toward the lake, Gillespie "udg;ng behind in the narrow path. When we had gone about 20 yards a lantern glimmfred below and I heard vui< • s raised in excited colloquy. Gil • pit started forward at a run. ' Keep back! This in my affair!" I m making it mine," 1 replied, and flung in ah< ad of him. 1 ran forward rapidly, the voices growing louder, and soon heard men stumbling and fall ng about in conflict. A woman's voice now rose in a sharp cry: "le’t go of him! Let go of him!” Gillespie flashed by me down the bank to the water's edge, where the struggle ended abruptly. I was not fat behind, and 1 saw Henry Holbrook in til* grasp of the Italian, who was ex plaining to the woman, who held the Iain rn high above her head, that he was only protecting himself. Gillespie had caught hold of the sailor, who continued to protest his innocence of any wish to injure Holbrook; and for a more cut we peered through the dark, taking account of one another. So It's you, is it?” said Henry Hol brook as the Italian freed him and h.s eyes fell on ine. “1 should like to know what you mean by meddling in my aff.-.irs. By God, I've enough to do with my own llesh and blood without dealing with outsiders.” Helen Holbrook turned swiftly and held the lantern toward me, and when she saw me shrugged her shoulders. "You really give yourself a great d< ul of unnecessary concern. Mr. Don ovan.” "You art- a damned impudent med dler!” blurted Henry Holbrook. "I have had you watched. You—you—” He darted toward me. but the Ital ian again cajght and held him, and another altercation began between tin ;n. Holbrook was wrought to a high pitch of excitement and cursed every body who had in any way interfered with him. ''Come, Helen," said Gillespie, step ping to the girl's side; and at this Ilcr.ry Holbrook turned upon him vici ously. "You are another meddlesome out sider. Your father was a pig—a pig. do you understand? If it hadn’t been for him I shouldn't be here to-night, camping out like an outlaw. And you've got to stop annoying my daugh ter!" li<?en turned to the Italian and poke to him rapidly in his own tongue-. "You must lake him away. He is not himself. Tell him I have done the best i could. Tell him—” ver Here?” I Demanded. She lowered her voice so that 1 heard no more. Holbrook was still heaping abuse upon Gillespie, who stood submissively by; but Helen ran up the bank, the lantern light flashing eerily about her. The Italian drew Holbrook toward the boat that lay at the edge of the j lake. He seemed to forget me in his anger against Gillespie, and he kept turning: toward the path down which the girl’s lantern faintly twinkled. Gil lespie kept on after the girl, the lan tern flashing more rarely through the turn in the path, until I caught the threshing of his launch as it swung out into the lake. I dretv back, seeing nothing to gain b; appealing to Holbrook in his pres ent overwrought state. The Italian had his hands full, and was glad, I judged, to let me alone. A moment later he had pushed off his boat, and I heard the sound of oars receding toward the island. I found my horse, led him deeper into the wood and threw off the sad dle. Then 1 walked down the road until I found a barn, and crawled Into the loft and slept. CHAPTER XVIII. The Lady of the White Butterflies. The twitter ot swallows in the eaves wakened me to the-first light of day, and after I had taken a dip in the creek I still seemed to be sole pra prietor of the world, so quiet lay field and woodland. I followed the lake shore to a fishermen's camp, where ir the good comradeship of outdoor men the world over I got bread and coffee and no questions asked. I smoked a pipe with the fishermen to kill time, and it was still but a trifle after six o’clock when I started for Red Gate. A line of sycamores 200 yards to my right marked 'he bed of the Tippeca noe; and on my left hand, beyond a walnut grove, a little filmy dust-cloud hung above the hidden highway. 1 thrust my cap into my jacket pocket and stood watening the wind crisp the flowers. Then my attention wandered to the mad anlics of a squirrel that ran along the fence. When I turned to the field again 1 saw Rosalind comiug toward me along the path, clad in white, hatless, and her hands lightly brushing the lush grass that seemed to leap up to touch them. She had not seen me, and I drew back a little for love of the pic ture she made. She paused abruptly midway of the i daisies, and I walked toward her slow ly—it must have been slowly—and I think we were both glad of a mo ment’s respite in which to study each other. Then she spoke at once, as though our meeting had been prear ranged. *'l hoped I should see you,” she said, gravely. “I had every intention of seeing you! I was killing time until I felt I might decently lift the latch of Red Gate.” She inspected me with her hands clasped behind her. "Please don't look at me like that!" I laughed. ’ I camped in a barn last night for fear I shouldn’t get here in time.” “I wish to speak to you for a few minutes—to tell you what you may have guessed about us—my father and me.” “Yes; if you like; but only to help you if I can. It is not necessary for you to tell me anything.” She turned and led the way across the daisy field. She walked swiftly, holding back her skirts from the crowding flowers, traversed the garden of Red Gate, and continued down to the houseboat. “We can be quiet here,” she said, throwing open the door. “My father is at Tippecanoe village, shipping one of his canoes. We are early r.jers, you see!” She grew grave again. “I have important things to say to you. but it’s just as well for you to see me in the broadest of of daylight, .;o that"—she pondered a moment, as though to be sure of expressing her self clearly—“so that when you see Helen Holbrook in an hour or so in that pretty garden by the lake you will understand that it was not really Rosalind after all that—that—amused you!" ’’But the daylight is not helping that idea. Your are marvelously alike, and yet—" I floundered miserably in my uncertainty. “Then”—and she smiled at my dis comfiture, “if you can’t tell us apart, it makes no difference whether you ever see me again or not. You see, Mr.— but did you ever tell me what your name is? Well, I know it, anyhow, j Mr. Donovan.” The little work-table was between us, and on it lay the foil which her father had snatched from the wall the night before. I still stood, gazing down at Rosalind. Fashion, I saw, i had done something for the amazing resemblance. She wore her hair in the pompadour of the day, with ex actly Helen's sweep; a_J her white gown was identical with that worn t hat year by thousands of young wom en. She had even the same gestures, j the same little way of resting her j cheek against her hand that Helen ! had; and before she spoke she moved ! her head a trifle to one side, with a pretty suggestion of just having been startled from a reverie, that was Hel en's trick precisely. She forgot for a moment our serious affairs, to which I was not in the least anxious to turn, in her amusement at my perplexity. "It must be even more extraordinary than I imagined. I have not seen Helen for seven years. She is my cousin; and when wc were children to gether at Stamford our mothers used to dress us alike to further the re semblance. Our mothers, you may not know, were not only sisters; they were twin sisters! Cut Helen is. 1 ‘hink, a trifle taller than i am. This little mark"—she touched the peak— "is really very curious. But our moth- I ers and our grandmothers had it. And ■ you see that I speak a little more rap- I idly than she does—at least that used to be the case. I don't know’ my grown-up cousin at all. We probably have different tastes, temperaments, and all that." “I am positive of it!” I exclaimed; ' yet I was really sure of nothing, save that I was talking to an exceedingly pretty girl, who was amazingly like an other very pretty girl whom 1 knew much better. “You are her guardian, so to speak, ! Mr. Donovan. You are taking care ol ray Aunt Pat and my cousin. Jus1 how that came about I don’t know.” (TO BE CONTINUED.) Modern Society; Is It Ideal? Indictment Drawn Up Against It By the Late Henry George. Let the duke . . . wander for a while through the streets tenanted by working people, and note the stnuted forms, the pinched features . . . And if he go to that good charity (but, alas, how futile is charity without justice!) where little children are kept while their mothers are at work, and children are fed who would otherwise go hungry, he may see infants whose limbs are shrunken from want of nourishment. Perhaps they may tell him, as they told me, of that little girl, barefooted, ragged, and hungry, who, when they gave her bread, raised her eyes and clasped her hands, and thanked our Father in Heaven for rlis bounty to her. They who told me that never dreamed I think, of its terrible meaning. But f ask the duke, ... did that little child, thank ful for that poor dole, get what our Father provided for her? Is He so niggard? If not. what is it, who is it. that stands between such children and our Father’s bounty? If it be an in stitution, is it not our duty to God and to our neighbor to rest not till we destroy it? If it be a man, were it not better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and he Emolument of Physicians. Remuneration of physicians origin ally consisted in presents, but at the time of Hippocrates payment in money was already customary. Physicians received also public praise, the "crown of honor.” the freedom of the city, the privilege of eating at the king’s table. Physicians employed by the state received a yearly salary, as high as $2,000 in some instances. Rich peo ple would pay enormous sums for a successful treatment, and a case is re corded in which $200,000 was paid. LAST OF THE WYANDOTTES Miss Lyda Conley Pleads with Su preme Court for Peace for Her Ancestors. Kansas City. Kas.—Lydn Conley, last of the once powerful Wyandottes, has returned from her trip to Wash ington full of hope that the supreme court of the United States will let the ashes of her forefathers lie in neace. The little cemetery on Minnesota avenue, the main business street of this city, lies almost hidden between the big buildings that border it on either side. The hum of tiaffic rattles Miss Lyda Conley. through the busy thoroughfare. The artery of the hustling city throbs all about the spot where the ashes of the old chiefs lie. Miss Conley, who has just pleaded the cause of her ancestors before the highest court of the land, believes that they will be left in peace. The city seeks to condemn the old cemetery and turn it into a park. Miss Conley, who, with her sisters, armed with rifles, once defended the old cem etery against city intrusion, is a law yer. The city has carried its case clear up to the supreme court. Miss ; Conley has fought successfully thus far to prevent molestation of her an cestors. She is a quiet little woman, without the least facial characteristic of her Indian forbears, but they do say her address stirred the great judges deep ly, and she clings to the belief that, I at any rate while she lives, the old Huron warriors will be allowed to slumber in peace. JILTED, LIVES AS HERMIT Andrew Johnson, University Graduate and Once a Great Musician Has Romantic Career. Worcester. Mass.—Jilted 'by the : daughter of a rich banker in Sweden nearly half a century ago, Andrew P. Johnson, university graduate doctor of j medicine, musician of national repu- j tation and teacher of recognized abil ity in his country, lost interest in ; life and became a hermit. Wandering over his native country ! in sorrow, he gradually descended the ; social scale and came to America 30 years ago a physical and mental wreck. For 20 years he has lived the life of a hermit, amid squalor, in a small isolated shack on the Worces- j ter and Auburn line, about two miles i below Quinsigamond village. He has been known for many years ' as “the crazy hermit," and has sought solitude and silence. He sel dom visited the small Swedish settle ment of Quinsigamond, and then only to beg food and clothes from the merchants with whom he was ac quainted. His only worship during all these years has been the memory of pretty Mary Olson, who jilted him in Molne- I Andrew P. Johnson. baka Buck. Sweden, when he was a popular young organist, with a posi tion in the State Chuch, at Karlstad. Such has been his physical and mental condition this winter that the officials of Worcester and Auburn took charge of him. and he is now in the Worcester city hospital for treat ment. Immense Blasting Operation. To get rock for the Morena dam in southern California, one of the big gest blasting operations on record has just been successfully carried out. Describing this feat, the Engineering Record says that a tunnel 125 feet long was first driven into the face of the granite. In this chamber was placed 58,950 pounds of powder ai\d dynamite. This was exploded by electric fuses and dislodged 120,000 cubic yards of rock. No Doubt About It. Blowhard had just finished reading 1 strange occurrence. “Why do you look so surprised?” he queried of his one-man audience. "Don’t you believe it?" “Yes, that's the trouble,” rejoined the other. “I happen to know that it's true" Trebly Surprised. "Do you know anything about this ■eporteo double of Mr. Jaggers?” “Not a single thing." NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES. Items of Interest Taken From Hera and There Over the State. A paving campaign is to be inaugu rated in Kearney. Mrs. Cleveland, who died at Lyons last week was 99 years old. Mrs. Elizabeth Jackson of Beatrice last week celebrated her 94th birth day. Odd Fellows of Nebraska City are arranging a rally and class initiation March 1. February 12 was observed by the Bartlett state bank by a Dig reception and “feed” in observance of the fourth anniversary of tne institution. Floyd Saxon, a young farmer east of Onion, Cass county, had his left hand badly mutilated by the bursting of a wood saw. Some disease much resembling pinkeye is affecting the whole herd of horses belonging to ..^r. McCartney, a farmer near Lyons and there is ap prehension that it may spread. A great many farmers in Johnson county are holding public sales and will move to South Dakota, Scotts Bluff county and other sections. Land is too high priced in that section of the state to make it profitable to rent and farm. Hides valued at $1,000 were stolen from the fur house of W. R. Adams in Fremont by thieves who broke into the building, by taking out a window pane. Most of the hides stolen were in packages. It is believed the goods were taken out of town. The remains of Miss Maria Hoover, who died in New Yorn. City, were tak en to the old home at Browmsville for burial. Miss Hoover was one of the leading members of a choir in one of the leading churches in New York j City at the time of her death. Engineer George Himberger of the Burlington, was severely scalded by j steam near Washington, Kas. The en- ! gine had jumped the track, and it was w'hile working under his engine that j an exhaust was turned on accidently striking him on the head and neck. Clarence Edwards, aged about 30 j years, was arrested at Benkelman for j alleged assault on two little children, one his niece, aged 7 years, and the other a step-niece, aged 6 years. He ! will be tried at the next term of court. Meantime he is admitted to bail on a ?G,000 bond. Many farmers in Buffalo county are ! now busy picking the last year’s crop ; of corn, which they were unable to do earlier on account of the heavy snows. Some fields wdll scarcely be husked before the stalk-cutter is put at work ! clearing the ground for the crop ex pected in 1910. The matter of arranging for the Northeast Nebraska G. A. R. reunion 1 was taken up by a mass meeting of the business men of Lynch. It was de cided to leave nothing undone that will insure a great success of the day as far as Lynch is concerned. The re union will take place in August. The Woman’s Institute association, is the name of the new woman’s or ganization in Laurel, which starts out with, fifty members. It is an offshoot j of the Farmer's institutes for men t and at its monthly meetings papers will be read and discussion had upon topics of interest to the home-maker. Evansville (Ind.) dispatch: Rev. H. D. Helwig of Fremont, Neb., who, un der the name of H. J. Smith is charged with uttering a forged check for $50, has made confession of his guilt and will be sentenced before the close of the week. Strong influences are being brought to secure a suspend ed sentence. Joseph Jensen of Lowell suffered a severe injury in Kearney when his horse became frightened at an auto mobile and made a sudden bolt which threw Jensen and two lady occupants out of the carriage. The ladies were not hurt, but Jensen suffered bad scalp wounds. He was unconscious for several hours. That the corn which has remained i in the fields all winter was damaged more than was thought is proved by some of the lately gathered grain that is being brought to the grain buyers in Beatrice. Recently a load was brought in that was saturated with water, tue ears containing so much moisture, that they could be bent i easily. John Head, a farm hand who was almost disemboweled a few months ago when he fell through a county bridge along with a threshing machine, has filed a claim for damages with the county board of Dodge county. Head did not state the amount he wanted, but indicated he would be sat isfied to leave it for the supervisors to determine. The experiment station of the state university has designated the eighty acre tract owned by David D. Reavis of Falls City and situated on the Ne maha bottom, subject to overflow in the past, through which the new lat teral drainage ditch has been con structed for a tile experiment, to test | the value of that class of drainage on | low bottom lands in that part of the I state. Prominent citizens in Bennet, Dun-! bar, Talmage anu Brock have received communications from T. P. Kennard. a promoter, asking what they think { about the establishment of an interur- i ban line from Lincoln to Auburn via Cheney. J. W. Knowles & Son. living one mile north of Craig, held a farm and thoroughbred hog sale, everything ! bringing good price. Twenty-two head of Poland China sows averaged $75.43, | the top price being $130, paid by Lute : McDonald of near this place. Forty- i four head of pigs averaged $14.95. : Thieves forced open the door ol Frank Polak’s tailor shop in Wymore, and made away with all the goods, and made up garments on hand. Mr. Polak’s loss is about $100. The Omaha Commercial club is leading a state-wide campaign for the purpose of interesting farmers in test ing their seed corn and thus prevent ing an economic waste wyhich means millions to the state. Newspaper men, bankers, implement dealers, grain buy ers and others are being &3ked the elimination of loss through planting dead” seed NEW EM’S WIFE Mme. Chang-Yin-Tang Greatly Interested in America. Has Always Lived in Peking, But Has Studied the United States and Its Language—Woman's Work in China. Washington.—From a social stand point no minister from the orient has come to the United States under more pleasant auspices than Chang-Yin Tang. the new Chinese envoy to Wash ington. The capital always is inter ested in the minister from China and his family. Dr. Wu Ting Fang gave the Americans much to talk about and always aroused their interest. Dr. Wu always was asking questions, and it is probable that when he went back to China several weeks ago he knew more about the government of the United States than some of the men who are sitting in congress. Mr. Chang-Yin-Tang is not a human interrogation point, as was Wu, but he is one of China’s greatest statesman. While much notice has been given him Washington has shown lively in terest in his wife and young daugh ters, who are attractive and full of sympathy for America and full of curi osity to learn the philosophy of fem ininity, which appeals so alluringly from their side of the world. "I have lived always in Peking,” said the affable chatelaine of the Chinese legation, "and except to travel in my own country and the neighboring lands I am experiencing my first sensa tion in a great journey. Certainly this one can be considered an ambitious attempt for a beginner. ”1 anticipated my first winter In Washington much as a young girl who has learned everything from books and who wants to see things for her Mma. Chang-Yin-Tang. self. I have read much about this country, and met many of its people and, of course, I have studied the Ian guage, especially after it was deter mined that we should come to Wash ington. "1 find that my visitors are as in terested in my country as i am in theirs, and that they have read as much about it. So many American women have traveled in China, and each year brings travelers from the east to see the wonders of the west. We have a woman's question, but not in the acute form which it has taken here. To begin with, the Chinese peo ple have ideas founded on many cen turies of noting results. We prefer to keep our women at home, and every girl is reared with the idea that her place is at home and that there she is safer, happier and more useful. In poor families the girls work, of course, but at home. "That vast source of Income to China, embroidery ivory, wood and metal carving, tapestry and feather work, are done by women at home. Some factories are coming into prom inence, and the way women work in these, compared to the population of the empire and the way factory sys tems prevail in other lands, they are scarce indeed. We never employ women in stores or commercially at all. "There are fewer still employed as servants and the whole of our way of disposing of the question which Is caus ing such unrest in the other parts of the world is to permit women to en large their horizon if they will but keep the national idea always fore most in all that is done for them.” Mystery of Snakes. Snakes are creatures of mystery. I have often tried to trace a snake im mediately after it had entered its hole in a small rubbish heap, but always without success. It disappears like magic. The reason is the snake can only burrow in soft mossy or ferny places, and so haunts old runs made by the small mammalia. Brusher nev i'r wasted time lookirg for a snake. "Taint nary a mossai a use; ’tis ?one,” he would say. The harmless grass snake deposits its eggs in some warm place, like a manure heap, for ncubation. It is a question, "Have the small reptiles, at the moment of birth, the guidance of a mother to in struct them in life?” I have never seen the grass snake surrounded by oer young, nor to my knowledge has iny one else. The little snakes, it nust be remembered, are more or less matured when the so-called eggs are ieposited. At birth both snakes and -eptiles are about three inches long, md in a few days grow to a foot and jver. I think the young of the adder hit't for themselves after birth, never joing into the nest hole.—"Uncle Ar hur” in The London Express. It Is Different. “Papa, what is meant by placing a witness under the rule?” "Why do you wish to know?” “I was wondering if it is anything ike placing a school boy under the ule?" Only Chance. “Do you believe." queried the fair ■idow, "that universal peace will ever e established?" “Not ucJess people quit getting mar ied!” growled the old bachelor.