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Ttrf um. at a t.«oe4r Moal. know as k<- Hut IasI < out starts oo! tv n >*■"» IW pCbr-t sod ruisoos apoo *om* dr s-rw-s bb id vi llr SIsk son a man 4aa4 I'yaa g 4»c 'uttkor aa4 apjraa.'h. k« a ban U ■—• kalfccnai Thif.or. CHAFTCR IX_—<c*r: r.jefl "I?y lot!" U returned stupidly, ew’j irritated by this persist rue*- ta »tisst-* shat :e hlim. in b!a tantuor ot (be rsuc-eet. ». aed trivial aci la ctSK ,«<ul tuori—*et bat We pot h'rt and ran aero-ad ta the tots last tiebt I ctat ashore to try to ttuC coal where »r mere ~ "Tbs* jam base escaped' ’ She sad directly to (be bide ctpiMitloa *4 tn yriaraee tbere that lay wlUun 1.1 MdofSUMlifil is-ajeir lie (hoot his bead, not »: bcktuo bet leakily. "Yes. of t tse. or i Bbueida't be here." It »- * totals etioueb to biai that be bad escaped tbe (ate to wfcMt be had been •a-leaded To what else could she r« cr* "!.at yam—be—that d^s Black stock—I vast to kaos—* Garrett!” ike ami sharply; and »-< (til clttt brM*tk tie rhillcute of ter »)« "Mr Murks'ock is my ' Please." she continued. bk rr greily. ‘doc t l«trt that." "I* It Itkrijrr be fwvrM. ‘Bat where to be? What made tins leave tM. ImrtV li*r tone no«iId bate marred blm. I A. t- mat at to la ace but one thing, the toacluaktli to which fats reason, spurted by bis Inclination to credit the moral to the man. bad jumped tie imreanit, be realized her existence in mr-rrwumdlnc* so lortlfB to her bled: that lladulsck. true to type, having prxuM Katherine to ibetr ciaaGes t u i.-arrta*e and gained his end. the ruatrot of her little fort une, bad abac dosed her e«en aa be bad abandoned Itomdaa. even aa be mould bare dia t.rlai nm old shot- or aay'hlng that k_4 w n d bto purpose and sera out »: uvluueM to him. leaving her to t-.agb.uh in tbu forlorn and desolate •pot. out of bto way and out o' the scrlfi may ... He hesitated to collect bto alia, then pursued dogged ly "Tefl me where to End him.'' be •aid bto voice shaking—“give toe the bast bint to go by. Katherine, and ID—TO bunt him down, wherever be ■nay be. I'll bring him bark. I'll—" la 1 is agitation be verged on Incoher ence Cuketly tat e8«-ettveiy the woman I - ;bt him to bto smses "1 shall t _ re to ask you nut to continue in t* d tune. ’ she .aid uish disconcerting ( ttMy You must not misconstrue i.'tim arbitrarily to suit your pre y dee My bustard has not left me. ms )K nr tot: there to no need (or you t* contemplate ‘bunting him down.’ lie to berm ” ' H»T«r’" In voluntarily Coast s I 'at.ee ie<-red to the bouse, auspicious i -d alert "Os this Island." she affirmed -Wha: > siAT' be demanded, turn t g took to her. "»:o Man's Land " He accepted ibis confirmation of bto conjecture with an InconelIve. •Ob r* Yea didn't knew—r she asked, in II rdiil—i “How should I knowf She watched him. distrustful. "You didn't came bone ou purpose . . .T "lt was chance." be asserted None the less aa unformed suspicion involv ing Appw-yard me- d hi- mind. He i nidi rod rejected and forgot it ait In n breath -We bought tbe Island last spring . - Y«r be UK1 usuessi) Her t*-r»OB*»e*« drove her on in rambling. Iw*«eec-.idve and unneces mxt eaptanatloa: “After we returned from tiermany. on account of Doug lu' n« - - • He is quite blind, tea know, and the shock of lostr.g bis sight if oat prostrated him. lie is perm-tied ho excitement, no social the—test peace aed sorb mental em plot meat as hts eork affords So we heard at this place, looked ll up and bought It The Standard Wlreicrs peo ple Installed sa experiment station lor bu ese Bet U isn't generally known—the vice-president of tte company, one of his beet friends, man tpd it aB for os The necessity lor secSeetoa. you understand . . . M«s the servants kaot him only as hir Black' I ends ret nd.“ be said In an ta in eionless lene "And this-—be todlvd toward the farmhouse— te tear hemeT "vc* exactly " Already she aas re *.r«i«t the intimacy her brrtthiws < i idrextioe had Implied. She be*. l' *l seetnlng reluctant to c-oetinue. e- Dmgiasa and I—occupy two nen* ad the bang slow, where the n.retese etauon Is. cp on (be blit. There are no facilities for housekeep ing. SO we come here (or our meals. The servants Hr* here—aed Mr Pow er. my hn*bea4‘s assistant." lie hiOhed away from her. avoiding her eyes, while the straggle (or mas tery el seif went on within him. To e%>s time. “Tee—you dos t find It 1 from the world— 1 Id Occupy she Interrupted. “And we’re not whol ly out of touch. A boat brings us provisions and whatever else we may require from New Bedford every week " “You see the papers, then?” he asked with a trace of eagerness. “No; they are prohibited—doctor's orders." “And no one writes you?" “Nobody knows where we are "An admirable arrangement: I con gratulate Mr. Blackstock." Coast commented—contemptibly, he felt. She gave him a look of slow, with ering scorn. “Da you think he fears you?” “Me? O!" He laughed shortly. “Probably not." "Why should he? We both know you too well to believe you would— repeat your mistake. In cold blood, for sheer revenge." "Sly mistake?" he parroted blankly. "Oh. to be sure . . . No; hardly that." He waited a moment, noting how strained and tense she was. Neverthelesshe added quietly. "1 ft u!d !:ke to see him for a moment.” "Is it necessary?" “I should like to see him." he re peated. "He—isn't here ju.-t now." She met his keen, questioning look with a proud lift of her head. “On the is land." she continued, “but not here. Hell be back before long.' ‘Thank you." he replied evenly; “HI wait." “But Garrett!" She seemed to over by this revelation of the Incredible She had said enough to bring him face to face with the hideous, in famous fact that she still held him blood-guilty, still honored and be lieved Blackstock. He struggled to shake bis wits together and think co herently. but to little purpose. v’t the world was mad and topsv-turvey —a mad, mad world, wherein all truth was false, faith was treachery, jus tice parodied, honor deep dishonor. For a little he felt that his reason hung in the balance, teetering t>» tween wild laughter and still wilder tears. If man can be hysterical. Coast was near to it And Katherine, witness to his ex citement as evidenced in the working of his features, his shifting gaze, his bands so tightly clenched that the nails (she thought) must be biting deep into his palms, saw presently that he no longer listened to her. She ceased to speak and waited, hoping against hope for what she deemed the best. He was (so ran her thoughts, dis tracted, like wild things in a panic) not reasonably to be held in strict ac count for bis attitude toward her or for his actions, in such men as he there must inevitably be something lacking, something like an abiding consciousness of right and wrong, the ability to distinguish between them: that rudder of the soul. In simple charity she must accord him patience, i If her eyes told her he was more a man than the Garrett Coast of old (and she saw him now in the fullest flush of health and vigor, sun-brow nod. weather-seasoned. glowing with strength and vitality) fcer mental vision 'clothed him with an aura of abnormality like a shroud, awful and repellent. He figured in her sight a murderer, a man who cou’-d strike to death an unarmed and defenceless friend, for a trifle. Nothing might ever avail to erase that fact from her consciousness. Unconsciously she drew a pace cr two away. The action ^roused him. He lifted to hers hagged'ejes set m Tell Me Where to Find Him.' come an Inward resistance and. re entering the doorynrd, stood near him. 'caching his arm with a gentle, persuasive hand, her eyes imploring. ! "Must you?" He nodded gravely. “But why—why rake tip this buried grievance?" she protested. “Is it wise, right? . . . It’s true, he testified against you. But what else could he do? You had your chance—he gave you your chance to escape, before the police came After that, he had no choice. You shouldn't hold that ' against him. Garrett; if only you ktetv how he hated to take the stand against you. how terribly he felt It when you were convicted practically I an his evidence . . .! But now that it's al) over and past remedy, , wouldn't it he better not to reopen : that o d wound? Kinder, Garrett, and more generous . . . to me? You , are free, can go where you will . . ." She broke off with an anxious thought; "The detectives den t know where to look fer you?" “Whet? So" He laughed aloud,' hut mirthlessly “Oh. no. 1 gave them the slip some time ago.” “I'm glad But now, please, Garrett, won't you give this up. . . .“ She said more, much more, continu ing to plead with him in a fever of distress. able only to comprehend ene thing, that she must somehow avert the encounter he desired. But her rapid, stumbling accents were all meaningless In his understanding, which seemed to reet. dutafoundpd ___ a haggard face; and their look was one of discernment. She knew In stinctively that he divined her thought, that he knew why she had drawn away from him. And so piti ful he seemed that before she knew it her mood melted and knew only compassion for him. “Oh. Garrett," she cried Impulsive ly, "I am so sorry!” Visibly he took command of him self. "I'm Sure of that,” he said slow ly,-“and I don’t want to distress you. My coming here was pure accident, as I’ve said; and presently I’ll go and . . . Blackstock need never know I’ve set foot on the island—since you wish it." “Oh.” she cried, half sobbing, “thank you—thank you!" “But first I want you to tell me cne thing.” “Yes—anything!" she promised gratefully, heedless of bis sober scru | tiny. “Are you happy?’’ he demanded forthwith; and held his breath, for on her answer everything he prized de pended. "Are you happy with him— Blackstock?” It was like cold water in her lace. She gasped and drew herself up, I straight and slim, defiant. “What I right have you to ask me that?" "None but that of a man who loved I you once. ar.U who. though he may I not. loves you still—whatever you j may think him. Katherine." i (TO UK CONTINUED.) Close Call From Death Bsstsn Boy Has Hair-raisir.g Experi ence at Night in Manila Bay. I>ett«rs received by E S Perhlns of 1 ?avin Hill from Lis twenty-one year ! old sea Lester, brother of the kite ex pert and aeronaut. Samuel F. Perkins, tell of an experience v. hich he calls more "hair-raising" than kite flying Voting Perkins visited one of the for tified Islands in Manila bay last ! month cn a GO-foot tug. On the return trip a storm came up and the boat was wrecked on a fish trap Perkins managed to get hold of a life preserver and drifted about all night, being at one time within a mile of shore, but prevented from landing by a shift of wind. He clung some time to a fish trap, fought ctf a Chinaman and a Filipino woman, who sought his life- preserver, and was finally picked up in the morning com pletely exhausted after having been 14 hours in the water. After ten days in the hospital he wrote to his father that it was a "grand experience.” Voung Perkins had dene consider able kite flying with his brother and had developed a strong physique, which undoubtedly enabled him to come through the ordeal. He went out to Manila last September and is employed in the custom bouse there —Boston Transcript. Of Two Evils. Speaking of Jumping from the skil let into the stove, there Is the gent who takes to chewing tobacco as an antidote for smoking.—Atchison Globe. YEAR JUST GONE ONE OF REVOLTS Marked by Unrest Involving the Entire World. “REBELS” ALWAYS VICTORS Chinese and Mexican Revolutlona and 8trlfe Against Graft and Monop oly—Great Strides Made In Aviation. When the historian of the future rec ords the events of the year 1911, he will lay particular stress on the poli tical and social unest throughout the world. This was not confined to any one country, nor to a few countries; It was world-wide, involving practical ly every nation, both civilised and un civilized. It included revolutions against long-standing governments, battles of labor and capital, wars be tween different nations and, in short, everything that could be branded as strife against existing conditions or growing conditions. Most significant of all the events of the year was the explosion in open rebellion of the hatred, that had been accumulating ihrough the ages, of the Chinese against the despotic Manchu dynasty. Passive, unresisting, yet at the same time loathing and despising the power that held them in subject ion, the millions in the Par East em pire had for centuries submitted to being trodden on by unreasoning, over bearing, all-potent self-styled demi gods. But China was gradually awak ening and, when the first flames of revolution burst forth, it was the sig nal for the conflagration to become general. Rebels the Winners Everywhere. But the Chinese insurrection was but a larger edition of dozens, yea, scores, of upheavals of various kinds In other parts of the world. They broke forth with such suddenness that it was almost impossible to realize what was occurring until the whole thing was over. Without exception, every one of the great disturbances of the year that reached an ultimate re sult, wound up in favor of the party or element rebelling against the con dition. Ia not one did the defense win over the offense. The Mexican revolution, near to our own doors, was a striking example of the overturn of regime. Nearer still was the successful culmination of the battle for statehood of Arizona and New Mexico. Other struggles of equal magnitude developed during the year, many of them with sensational effect, in which the issue is still being fought. Among these are the battle between labor and capital, the “people" and monopoly, and advocates of popular government as opposed to representative govern ment Campaigns on graft have been waged with fierce resolution by city, state and federal authorities, not only in all corners of the United States, but abroad as well. The McNamara dynamiting case, the growth of sentiment for popular elec tion of all federal officials, the prog ress of the woman suffrage movement, trust prosecutions, the campaign for currency reform and that for lower tariffs—all these typify the unrest that exists in our own country. Year’s Important Events. Aside from the numberless conflicts, many noteworthy things have been penned in the diary of 1911. Science has witnessed vast strides, particularly In the field of aviation. The flights of Atwood from St Louis to New York and of Rodgers from New York to Pas adena. Cal., were the crowning achievements In this line. About all that remains to be accomplished in av iation, as a feat, is the crossing of the ocean. When all that is good and all that Is bad are considered together, it can not be said otherwise than that the year was one in which the good pre dominated. A chronological table of the impor tant events of 1911 follows: JANUARY. 1— Juan Estrada inaugurated presi dent of Nicaragua. 2— President Taft officially recog-, nizes the Estrada government. 3— W. E. Corey resigns presidency of the United States Steel corporation. First postal savings banks opened. 4— Senator Elkins of West Virginia dies. 10- 7-Tobacco trust dissolution suit started in United States Supreme court President Taft sends congress special message urging fortification of Panama Canal. 14—Battleship Arkansas launched at Camden, N. J. 19—Paul Morton, president of Equit able Life Insurance company and for mer secretary of the treasury, dies. 23—David Graham Phillips, noted author, shot in New York by a mad vi olinist; died a day later. 26—Canadian reciprocity agreement presented to congress by President Taft. 31—House of representatives votes the Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1915 to San Francisco, defeating New Or leans' efforts. Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry dies. FEBRUARY. 7—Miss Vivian Gould married to Cord Decies of England in New York. 11— Archbishop Ryan of Philadel phia dies. 21—Premier Asquith introduces ln A^ain Effort. "Why don’t you take an interest In affairs?” said the offhand adviser. “Why don’t you read the newspapers so that you can converse Intelligently with your husband?" "1 tried to,” to piled young Mrs. Torkins, “but I made a mistake. I read the presi dent’s message instead of the football news.” Axiomatic. Most of us forget lather than for 1 dn because it la easier.—Puck. to KBg!lsh bona* of tommoni bill abol ishing rate power of house of lords. MARCH. 1— Senator Lo rimer of Illlnolt re tains bis seat by senate rote with mar gin of mix. 4—Reciprocity falls In senate Slx ty-flret congress adjourns. President Taft makes good on ex tra session threat, setting special ses sion at April 4. 8—United States troops ordered to Hexlcan frontier. 11— Trial of the Camorrlats begins at Viterbo, Italy. 18—Supereme court sustains consti tutionality of corporation tax law. In creasing national income by $27,000, 000. 25—Triangle Shirt Waist company lire In the Asch building. New York, resulting in 141 deaths. APRIL*. 4—Special session of Sixty-second congress convenes. 10—Tom L. Johnson, former mayor of Cleveland, dies. 12— Canadian reciprocity bill and farmers’ free list bill introduced in house. 13— House approves direct election of senators by 296 to 16. 14— David Jayne Hill resigns as ambassador to Germany. 21— House passes Canadian recipro city, 265 to 89. 22— McNamara brothers arrested In Chicago and Indianapolis; rushed by automobile on way to Los Ange'.es to face dynamite charges. 29— Jay Gould marries Annie Doug lass Graham of Hawaii, in New York. 30— Bangor, Me., devastated by Are. MAY. , 2— Chinese rebellion begins in Kwan tung province. 3— House orders investigation of steel trust. 8—Battle of Juarez begins, resulting in capture by Mexican rebels two days later. 12—J. M. Dickinson resigns as sec retary of war; succeeded by Henry I*. Stimson of New York. 15—Standard OH company ordered dissolved by Supreme court decision. 17— Porfirio Diaz announces he will resign presidency of Mexico. 23—New Mexico and Arizona state hood resolution passes in house. 25—Diaz resigns presidency of Mex ico. 29—Tobacco trust ordered dissolved by Supreme court decision. JUNE. 8—W. E. D. Stokes shot in New York by Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad. 10—American polo team beats Brit ish in deciding game <£ international series. 13— Resolution for popular election of senators passed by senate. IS—European avi^ion circuit race begins at Vinfennes, France. Three 1 aviators—Captain Prtnceteau. M. La Martin and M. Lendran—killed when machines fall to ground. 19—President Taft celebrates his silver wedding anniversary. 21— Arrival in New York of Olym pic, largest passenger boat In world. 22— Coronation of King George of England. 28—Cornell crew wins Poughkeep sie regatta. JULY. 2—Harry N. Atwood flies In ' bi plane from Boston to New York. 8—Lieutenant Conneau (“Andre Beaumont”) wins 1,000-mile aviation circuit race, from Vincennes, over France. Belgium, Holland and Eng land. 12—American Harvard-Yale athlet ic team defeated by Oxford-Cam bridge team at London. 14— Investiture of prince of Wales. 18— Henry Clay Beattie shoots his wife. 22— Canadian reciprocity passed by senate. 27—President Taft signs Canadian reciprocity treaty. AUGUST. 10—London dock strike begins. 15— Harry N. Atwood starts flight for New York from St. Louis. 19— English dock strike settled. 23— Special session of congress ad journs. 22—G. A. R. special train wrecked near Manchester, N. Y., 37 civil war veterans and members of their fami lies being killed. 27—Atwood arrives at New York, finishing his flight from St. Louis. SEPTEMBER. 9—Col. John Jacob Astor marries Madeline Talmage Force. 10—Cross-continent aeroplane flight for Hearst $30,000 prize officially be gins. 12— H. H. Hilton of England wins American golf championship at Apawa mls Units. 15—Premier Stolypin of Russia shot while attending opera at Kiev, dying two days later. President Taft starts on trip through west. 17—Cal P. Rodgers leaves New York on cross-continent flight Rod gers was the only one to complete the trip. 21—Canadian voters reject reci procity bill. 25—French battleship Liberie blown up in harbor of Toulon, killing three hundred. 29— Italy declares war on Turkey, as result of Tripoli controversy, and rushes troops to Tripoli. 30— One hundred killed by breaking of dam at Austin, Pa. OCTOBER. 2—Rear Admiral Winfleld S. Schley dies. 13— Republic of China proclaimed at Wu Chang. 14— Associate Justice John Marshall Harlan of the United States Supreme Court dies. 19—Aviator Eugene Ely killed at Macon, Ga. Blind Inference. Doctor—“Thomas, did Mrs. Popjoy get the medicine I ordered yester day T" Thomas—“1 b’ieeve so, sir, I see all the blinds down this morn ing Unkind. “Bliggins thinks he is keeping his light under a bushel.- “Perhaps he is wise,- replied Miss Cayenne; “his light is probably so small that It would go out If he let a draft get to it 10—Rev. O. V. T. Richeaon arretted In Boeton as slayer of Avis LinnelL 21—Rev. Fraud W. Sandford. leader of the Holy Ghostera, arrives In Port land, Me., aboard the Coronet, on which he starved the fanatical mem bers of the party. He Is arrested. Chinese national assembly convenes. 23— Winston Churchill Is made Eng land's first lord of the admiralty, be ing succeeded as borne secretary by Reginald McKenna. 26 — Philadelphia Athletics win world's baseball championship from New York. 29— Joseph Pulitzer, noted publisher, dies. Names of 18 new cardinals-designate : announced. NOVHMBER. 1— President Taft reviews gTeat bat tleship fleet at New York. 2— Kyrle Bellew, famous actor, dies. 4— Chinese rebels capture Shanghai, controlling mouth of Yangtse-Kiang river. 5— Cal P. Rodgers arrives at Pasa dena, Cal., concluding his epochal flight from New York to Pacific coast. Ambassador Guild at St. Petersburg protests to Russia against alleged in sults to American Jews. 6— Persia refuses Russia's demand to remove W. Morgan Shuster, young American in charge of Persian finances. ”—New Mexico's first election as a state results in Democratic governor. Italian advance in Tripoli begins. S—United States circuit court at New York approves tobacco trust disso lution plan. 16—Chinese republic appeals for rec ognition by the world. Russia starts troops for Persian fron tier. 19—President Caceres of Santo Do mingo assassinated. 24— Henry Clay Beattie executed. 23—Miss Mildred Sherman marries Lord Camoys of England In New York. 30— Public consistory creating 19 cardinals at Rome DECEMBER. 1— McNamara brothers change pleas in dynamite case to “guilty" 2— King George arrives in India for the Durbar. 4— First regular session of Sixty second congress convenes. 5— J. B. McNamara sentenced for life. John J. to 15 years. President Taft sends congress message devoted entirely to trust problems. 6— Beef trust suit begun at Chi cago. S—Investigation board reports bat tleship Maine was destroyed by out side explosion. 9—207 miners entomber at Brice, ville, Tenn., by explosion. Constitution of Chinese republic framed. 12— Durbar at India held by King George emperor of India. Republican national committee names Chicago, June IS, for 1912 na tional convention. 13— Sulzer bill abrogating passport treaty with Russia passed by house. 17—Alfred G. Vanderbilt weds Mrs. Margaret McKim In London. Ambassador Curtiss Guild at instruc tion of President Taft, notifies Russia of intention to abrogate treaty of 1832. 19—Senate approves President Taft's abrogation of Russian treaty. Presi dent sends congress special message on wool tariff. John Bigelow, America's “grand old man,” dies. 21—Russian forces open hostilities with Persia, bombarding the govern or’s palace at Tabriz. Again the Poor Fat Man. Among the passengers on a down town,car the other evening were a fat man, a lean man, who proved to be deaf, and a couple of giggly girls. On one of the side streets a German band was engaged in making life miserable for the residents of the neighborhood. The fat man shifted uneasily in his seat and remarked sarcastically to the lean man in a low tone, “Music!” The lean man put his hand to his ear and said, “Eh?" “Music,” repeated the man in loud er tones. “Beg pardon, I am not able to hear," said the lean man. “Music,” yelled the fat man, so loud 1 that the passengers all Uttered and the little giggly girls all grew red In the face. "Ob," said tbe lean man as be turned around and looked about blm. | Tbe little German band was out of sight by this time, and tbe passengers j laughed immoderately at the vain at tempts of tbe unfortunate man to find tbe object of tbe fat man's comments. Fat men are proverbially good na- , tured, and by that time the oddity of the situation had dawned upon this , particular fat man. “Hum,” he said, "you folks needn't laugh. Our friend saw fully as much music as you and I beard.” Natural Timepiece. There Is no need for clocks on the 1 Aegean sea any day when the sun is shining. There nature has arranged her only timepiece, one that does not vary though the centuries pass. This natural time marker Is the largest sun dial in the world. Projecting into the blue waters of the sea is a large pro montory hich lifts its head 3,000 teet ; above the waves. As the sun swings round, the pointed shadow of the mountain just touches one after the other a number of small islands, which are at exact distances apart ' and act as hour marks on the great dial. The Lesser Evil. Marks—Why do you allow your j wife to run up such big bills? Parks—Because I’d sooner have tfouble with my creditors than with her—that's why. Obstinacy. "Why in the world did yon make that formal application to have your salary cut?” “Because,” replied the meek yet obstinate man. "I wanted to be sure of having my own way about something.” A Personal Question. "Hello, hello. Central! Give me my husband.” "What number?” “Oh, the fourth. If yon,must know, you Impertinent thing!”—Judge. FIGHTS POSTAGE INCREASE American Newspaper Publishers’ As* sociation Committee Attacks Plan to Double Rates. Washington.—A warm attack on Hitchcock’s plan to increase the sec ond-class postage rates is contained in a bulletin just issued by the postal committee of the American Newspa per Publishers' association. Don C. Seitz of the New York World is chair man of the committee. The bulletin says: “The extent to which the post office detriment does not carry sec ond-class matter is well revealed in the following abstract of inquiry of publishers conducted by house com mittee on expenditures in the post office department (William A. Ash brook, chairman! concerning the vol ume, weight and handling of the out put of publications entered as mail matter of the second-class for the fiscal year ending June 30, 19X1: “ 'Inquiry was made of all publish ers, approximating thirty thousand, of which nearly seventeen thousand are weekly publications. "'More than ten thousand returns were received, embracing sixty-six plus per cent, of all tonnage of pub lications. '"The publications reporting repre sent an annual output of more than six and one-half billion copies, the weight of which was one and three quarter billion pounds. “ 'These publications delivered by mail in such period weighed 633,012, 902 pounds. “ ‘They delivered by their own car riers, newsboys, and news companies 840,466,574 pounds, of which an unas certained percentage was carried to destination by express and other rail shipments outside the mail. They de livered by express, 202,729,510 pounds, and by other rail shipments 121,491, 748 pounds. The rate by express and rail varies from >4 to 1 cent per pound, but the bulk of these ship ments went at a rate of >4 to ^ cent per pound. “ 'The pest office for the year end ing June 30, 1911, handled 951,001, 669, and excluding one-half million pounds free in county matter, it re ceived one cent per pound.' “All this goes to add to the ab surdity of the proposed Hitchcock leg islation doubling the second-class rate from one to two cents per pound, and limiting the ‘privilege’ to publications that carry as much reading matter as they do advertising. “The proposition wag stupid enough when the postal deficit reached $17, 000.000 two years ago. It becomes preposterous in face of a surplus. "What business has a transporta tion corporation, which is all the post office is, te prescribe how a business shall be conducted? “Newspapers cannot afford to ex pand their columns beyond the call of the day's news, nor can they be expected to control the requirements of their advertisers who have a right to reach the public as copiously as they care to. "It cannot be assumed that such legislation will ever get by congress. But publishers are requested to fight the theory that the right to send their output by mail is a "privilege." The figures show it is not “The post office is a badly man aged business. That is all. We should fight its dictation, its censor ship and its inefficiency.” Impracticable Suggestion. Robert Henri,-the artist, was talk ing at a.tea at Sherry’s, in New York, about the Latin quarter. "In the Latin Quarter,” he said, “in little streets off the Boule Mich, It is possible to get a good dinner for 15 cents—and even at that there's many a Latin Quarterite goes dinnerless.'• Mr. Henri smiled and sighed. “One spring afternoon," he resumed, “as I was sketching the horses of the green bronze fountain in the Luxem bourg Gardens, a youth stopped and talked awhile. “The spring sunshine on .the. youth's coat brought out all its shabbiness mer cilessly, and I ventured to hint: “ ‘Look here, old chap, why don’t you have that coat turned?' "He smoothed the shabby sleeves ruefully. “ 'I would,’ he said, “if it had three sides’” ' >• The Connoisseur. Joseph E. Widener, being congratu lated at the Ritz-Carlton in New York on the excellence of his father's pic tures, smiled and said: "Yes, my father has been a dis reel collector. He is not like the New York millionaire whom Sargent vi's ited. "Sargent was taken by this .million airs through a huge gallery of dubi ous Rembrandts, Titians, Raphaels and Murillos. “ ‘Mr. Sargent,’ the millionaire said, gazing pompously at the long lines of vast, ’dingy canvases, ‘I have decided to leave my pictures to some public in stitution. What institution would you Suggest' . “‘I suggest,’ said Mr. Sargent, ‘an institution for the blind.’ ” Turn to Wooden Flooring. The use of wooden flooring is on the increase in Italy, taking the place of the former extensive demand for mar ble. tiling and cement. Oak. larch and pitch pine are mostly adopted, and but little, if any maple, birch or beech has been brought to the market. What Was In Her Heart. "Tell me,” he sighed—“tell me, beautiful maiden, what is in your heart?” The girl gave him a look of icy disdain, and then vouchsafed the monosyllable, "Blood!” Young Offender. A woman left her baby in Its car riage at the door of a department store. A policeman found it there, ap parently abandoned. As he passed down the street, a gamin yelled: “What’s the kid done?”—Collier’s. The Man of the Hour. The country is filled with reformers. But where is the man to be found that will stand for the things pro posed by another faction aside from his own because it is everlastingly right?—Des Moines Capital.