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THE ROSE
0 Lores star over EOea
How pale anil faint thou srt
Now lost now seen ahove
Tliy white rays point and dart
0 tender oer her move
Shine out and take my part
1 have sent her the rose of love
And shut in the rose in my heart
The fireflies glitter and rush
In the dark of the summer mead
Pale on the hawthorn bush
Bright on the larkspur seed
And long is heaven ailush
To give my rose God speed
If she breathe a kiss it will blush
If she bruise a leaf it will bleed
O bright star over Eden
All beautiful thou art
To day in the rose the rose
For my love I have periled my heart
Now eye the dj ing glows
From the pJaeid isles depart
The rose bathed planet knows
It is hers my rose my heart
-Century
WITH THE
PRICE OF BLOOD
S
OLA VEJAIi simple child of a
guileless race believed in her very
soul that wealth Avould outweigh
in the heart of Antonio Mascavel the
beauty of Refugio Garfias great and
renowned though that might be
Therefore and for this onlj did she
sigh for riches and hate the poverty
with which Providence had seet fit to
curse her For Sola was not beautiful
save for the beauty that some find in a
firm chin and a powerful mouth a wide
forehead and deep eyes overset with
mighty brows which may have their
charm for the student of his kind but
not for a lover and least of all for a
Mexican lover
Antonio Hascavel preferred the type
of Refugio small featured red lipped
soft eyed graceful and lovely as a
dark Venus And his opinion was also
that of the surrounding country of the
city of Los Angeles and the mission of
San Gabriel The fame of the daugh
ter of Garfias had spread even among
the Americans and when strangers
asked to be shown a beautiful Mexi
can they were taken to the house of
Garfias upon the outskirts of Sonora
town So it may be supposed that Re
fugio had lovers They came from far
and near and from every rank of Cali
fornia life There was an American
whose fortune was vast and as gener
ously spent as fortunes were in the ear
ly fifties there was an Englishman
with a determination to have her at
any cost even at that of a few lives a
tendency of character waleh accounted
for his presence in the States and for
his expatriation there was a priest who
yas eating out his wretched soul for
flier and who had so far fallen from
grace as to have told her so there were
g innumerable Mexicans ranchers shop
keepers aesperauoes ana gamDiers aal
followed tamely and suppliantly in Re
fugios train
But she loved only MascaveL She ad
mitted it at last to Senor Garfias when
that wiry little creature demanded that
she make a choice The senor was
aghast The possibility of it had not
occurred to him
Antonio Mascavel he said But
you do not know him
Refugio nodded her little head Si
she said
Where have you seen him
She was not minded to tell of the
meetings in the willow hidden bod of
the arroyo so she held her peace
But the man is a bad character He
is a gambler
Still Refugio was silent There must
be better arguments than faults vices
or crimes to bring against the unan
swerable one that a woman loves
Of this Senor Garfias became grad
ually aware after he had protested for
hours and for days and after finding
that despite his prohibitions despite
close supervision his fair daughter and
Mascavel were in constant communi
cation
Then he hunted out Antonio himself
where he sat playing at cards In the
bar room of the Lafayette and he
pleaded with him courteously and re
spectfully for Mascavel was a big
man and a desperate one But he too
answered that he loved and when all
was said and done it had gone no far
ther than this that they both loved
and that wisdom might stand aside
Garfias went with his baffled hopes
to Senor Vejar the brother of Sola
The house of Vejar a two romed adobe
which had never been whitewashed
stood several hundred yards farther
north along the road than that of Gar
fias It was the last one before the
open country and had no neighbors
Senor Vejar was much younger than
Garfias He had the same mighty brow
and powerful mouth that made his sis
ter hideous to a race that loves all
things gentle and gracious He was
one of those who pined for Refugio but
her father did not know this So he
told him the whole story of his thwart
ed will anuVplans and implored advice
as he made a cigarette
If it were not for the cursed laws of
the Gringoes if things were as they
were in my youth I could force my
own daughter to marry- the man I
pleased he said
Yejar shook his head Ton can not
do that he answered
What then shall I do Garfias
was moved to the point of tears They
hung on his long black lashes and drop
ped on his old blue overalls
The situation was too complicated to
be set straight in a moment It was
not simplified by Vejars having his
own suit and chances to consider c I
cahji6t advise you at once he said I
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the morning JHe took counsel with
iis sister when Garfias hod ridden
away
Oh1 snarled Sola the lore of An
tonio A thousand dollars wcaJd bury
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It so deep that it would never rise
again
Yet said her brother not under
standing woman you would be glad
to have it
The deep eyes shone She shrugged
her shoulders Yes I would be glad
to have it And I could have it for a
thousand dollars perhaps less
At that cost you must be content to
go without it What advice shall I
give to Don Garfias V
How should I know Let him see
to his own troubles and be glad that
your sister is not so beautiful that you
have no peace because of her
It was long after dark when a horse
stopped at Vejars adobe Vejar had
been asleep He jumped up and went
to the door He had his finger on the
trigger of his revolver A man stood
under the broken-down- rainada Be
fore he spoke the Mexican had seen by
the moonlight that he was a Gringo
They talked together in low tones until
Sola joined them rubbing her eyes and
moving noiselessly with her bare feet
across the dirt floor
This man said her brother is an
American He says he has ridden all
day to get into Los Angele3 before
night but his horse went lame It is
so bad now that he can go no farther
and he wishes to stay here until morn
ing
Let him stay said Sola not too
graciously He can have my bed I
cannot sleep
Vejar grunted in much contempt
Mascavel does not lie awake for you
he said
Sola made no answer She accepted
the fact She put the American upon
the blanket covered willow boughs that
she called her bed Her brother tied
the horse beside his own In the roof
less adobe outhouse and fed it some
hay He did nothing for its lame foot
The suffering of a dumb brute is a
matter of utter indifference to a Mexi
can when it is not cause for laughtr
The American was a mere youth
Sola saw that when the patch of moon
light finally worked around to where
he lay He was so still that she began
to think he might be dead So she rose
from where she sat upon the floor lean
ing against the walL and went near to
see if he were breathing It seemed
that he slept very lightly for he start
ed up with his left hand upon his belt
and his right hand upon his revolver
You were so still I thought you
might be dead said Sola in her deep
placid voice full of the Indian sweet
ness of sound He took his hand from
the weapon and lay back shamefaced
ly It was only a woman a thick set
lazy good hearted Mexican He had
not been able to see her face and he
did not know that the comfortless pal
let was her bed He turned on it and
fell asleep again But Sola was think
ing Long after her brother was
dreaming in the next room she crouch
ed looking into the darkness with her
great wide eyes seeing nothing And
in her brain ran the clink of the coins
as the young Gringo had put his hand
to his belt There was a purpose in her
unflinching mind That she debated it
therein was due only to her uncertain
ty as to how many coins had clinked
as to whether there were enough to
buy Antonio MascaveL Five hundred
dollars would do it for a time After
that he might kill her or he might let
her live and go away with Refugio
which would be worse He was a
gambler through and through and
none the less so because of being luck
less A few hundred dollars in actual
cash would present to him unlimited
possibilities of the wealth that it might
win And there is always the poor
chance in a womans mind that the
man may learn to love as she loves
He might forget Refugio or she might
marry some one else
She went slipping across the earthen
floor and groped in a corner behind a
string of chiles Her hand came out
from the shadow holding a knife that
gleamed as she moved back through
the strip of moonlight and toward the
willow bough pallet where the incau
tious youth lay sleeping heavily now
Fifteen minutes later she went into
the room where her brother lay upon
a bed like her own She roused him
with her bare foot He turned with a
sleepy grunt
Get up and come here she said
She was not a capricious creature It
was her way to do little but that in
dogged earnest So Vejar sprang up
and went with her She stopped be
side the bed and pointed down to the
body
I have killed him she said
Vejar made no answer He did not
understand
I have killed him she repeated
You take him away and bury him
It flashed upon Vejar that what his
sister said was true He was fright
ened He dropped down beside the
body and dragged it into the streak of
moonlight
Take care Sola warned him if
there is blood on the floor it can be
seen I can burn the blankot that is
on the bed and no one saw him come
Vejar let the body fall and stood up
facing her She could see the dreadful
light in his eyes but she did not care
You can turn his horse loose and it
will never be known she said indif
ferently He had money There is
eight hundred dollars I have counted
it Antonio will marry me for that
Vejar struck her down with a blow
on the breast She sat upon the floor as
quietly as if she were busking In the
sun dreaming the eternal Mexican
dreams -
If you hit me again I shaH say that
you did it Tney wonld believe me
Vejar stodrthinking with the body
and the woman ahis feet He kmw
that sne was right The GringoesM
would believe a woman It was the
custom of the fools She held his life
in her bard broad hands and she
would give it forthe sake of the soft
eyed gambler as calmly as relentless
ly as she had given that of the boyi
between them
He carried the body out and buried it
before dawn far from the adobe and
so skillfully that there were no traces
of the spot Then he turned the lame
horse loose and it wandered into the
town
For the sake of the forty gold pieces
that were Sola Vejars dowry that she
had come by he did not ask how nor
care that conjured up visions of limit
less wealth to be won Antonio Mas
cavel consented to take her and let tho
ungilded beauty of Refugio Garfias go
Many Americans disappeared in
those days and were never accounted
for It was so with the one who had
started from the San Fernando district
to Los Angeles foolishly carrying a
large amount of gold in his belt some
said more than a thousand dollars
The sheriff and a posse searched and
did not find him that was all
Antonio lived with Sola for a year
and she was happy through no fault
of his His luck turned and he won
with her nest egg the fortune he had
dreamed of Having done so he left
her and went across the border
For a long time Sola mourned sul
lenly and deeply then Vejar having
been killed at a round up by an en
raged steer she took up her abode
with Refugio and became a devoted
and patient nurse to her children
For Refugio had married the rich
American and had long since forgiven
the defection of Mascavel and the
woman who had caused ft Gwendolen
Ojerton in the Argonaut
RECENT INVENTIONS
By a new device blind shutters can
be automatically raised and lowered
as the suns rays shine or disappear
a thermostat being attached to the
blind to close an electric circuit and
shut the blinds as the suns rays be
come hot
Envelopes can be quickly moistened
for sealing and stamping by a handy
new device consisting of a water cu
from which a wick rises to feed water
to an absorbent roller which turns
and dampens the envelope as it is
drawn between the roller and a fixed
pad
Electricity is used to destroy weeds
In a new device which can be used
on an ordinary mowing machine one
wire of the dynamo being attached to
the cutting bar and the other ground
ed through one of the wheels so that if
the weeds are cut when damp a cur
rent of electricity enters each root and
burns it as the top is cut
Imprisoned miners can be supplied
with food and air by a newly patented
conduit system consisting of a series
of pipes to be laid through the mine
shafts with branch pipes running
around each section to be used if tho
main pipe should be crushed by a
cave in flexible conveyors being run
through the pipes to carry the food
Bicycle tires can be automatically
inflated when punctured by a new
pump consisting of a yoke which en
circles the tire and extends around
the rim to support the piston rod
mounted in a cylinder attached to the
rim Tlie yoke sinks in with each
revolution as soon as the tire becomes
soft and gives a stroke on the piston
which is forced back again by a spring
inside the pump
Ships bottoms can be cleaned with
out the necessity of docking by a new
ly patented apparatus which is
mounted on a small boat or scow and
attached to the side of the ship to be
cleaned and has an adjustable ladder
at the outer end of which is mounted
a revolving brush or scraper which is
capable of reaching all parts of the
bottom of the vessel
To Change Ocean Currents
At Vladivostok a prominent Russian
port and the terminus of the Siberian
railway for over four months of win
ter the port is blocked up with ice ren
dering shipping traffic impossible For
many years the Russian authorities
have been endeavoring to overcome
these natural difficulties and some
time ago ice breaking ships were intro
duced to break open the ice an opera
tion however which has proved prac
tically useless It is now reported that
a certain engineer has proposed a
plan for reclaiming the narrowest part
of the Tartar strait between Saghalien
and the Russian mainland The theory
of such an undertaking is that if this
is done the cold current which enters
the Japan Sea from the Arctic via
Behring Strait will be checked and
the passage of the warmer tide coming
from the south through the Tshuma
strait will make the water on the
coast of Japan as warm as Vladivo
stok and the later will be warm all
year round The expectation is enter
tained that this remarkable engineer
ing work will be entered upon after the
completion of the Siberian railroad
Scientific American
Booze and Guile
He picked out the gaudiest of the cel
luloid photograph albums and handed
over 2 with a confiding enthusiasm
which moved to pity even the harden
ed salesman
But the customer himself was full of
guile as well as other things
Say he remarked confidentially ast
the clerk began to wrap up the album
fwould you mind raising the figures an
-that pricemark to 4 The fact is that
this is pay night and Ive boozed uj
about 2 of my money It would bf
pretty hard explaining it to the olif
woman but If I bringher home a nictf
present Kke that she may seold me fo
being so extravagant but will forgirf
me because I thought so much of her
to spend 4 of my hard earnings for h
KpleaBure Buffalfr Exprefea
When an old man goes to heU m
have an idea he is compelled to pnt fl
his time reading the old love letteM 9k
wrote In his youth
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Story of a Wasted Life
I was about to enter one of the dining
rooms of this city for my regular after
coon meal when a fairly dressed man
approached me and after considering
he said I am hungry yes honestly
hungry Can you do anything for me
His voice had that smooth educated
sound which one likes to hear and
without considering the fact that I had
previously been made a victim of a
number of his gentry I took him in
side and as I ordered dinner for two
I got a first class chance to look him
over He was a young man of 24 years
or thereabouts His face though
grimy had a decidedly straightforward
look and as he began to eat I also ob
served that he was refined in manners
I was becoming interested In the fellow
for some unexplainable reason and
when the contents of the dishes had dis
appeared and he announced that his
appetite was appeased I asked him to
take a walk Together Ave strolled to
the Alameda where after seating our
selves I ventured to ask him what
brought him to Mexico After consid
erable hesitation he replied Mister
I am not used to this life and I am
here because I have tried to get as far
away from the city that I was born and
raised in as possible I am the only son
of a man of wealth in a large city in the
northern part of the United States and
I was raised in what is termed the lap
of luxury I received the very best ed
ucation that money could furnish and
when three years ago I graduated from
college my father placed his hand upon
my head and said My son I am
proud of you From the college door
I went directly m the office of my fath
ers extensive commercial house and
when I should have gained what the
old man called a knowledge of the
business I would have been taken in
as a partner of the firm About this
time I became engaged to a young lady
who was my equal in everything so
cially and the wedding day was set
A few days after the date of my
marriage was settled an old college
chum arrived in the city and what is
natural accepted my invitation to make
our house his headquarters while in
town He was a hail fellow well met
and in a few days we were nightly en
gaged in taking in the town One morn
ing after being out all night I accident
ally met my fiancee upon the street
and she seeing my intoxicated condi
tion passed by me and the mere sight
of her sobered me completely That
afternoon I received a letter from her
inclosing her engagement ring and
stating that she did not care to become
a drunkards wife breaking the en
gagement For hours I wras as a crazy
man and when my senses returned I
made an attempt to see her but was
debarred the house I sent letters
messages begging entreating her to
forgive me It was useless In a few
days I returned to my office but could
not put my mind on what I was doing
and I took the usual course tried to
drown my troubles by drink It was
but a step I met boon companions
who helped me down the easy path
From the saloon one more short step
and I was in the gambling house At
first I used to win and I was continual
ly during the hours of business to be
found at the card tables One day I
had what they called a bad run of luck
and lost all the money I had amount
ing to several thousand dollars and in
my desperation I wrote out a check
and signing my fathers name to it I
sent one of the employes of this den
to the bank which cashed the check
unhesitatingly
A few hours play followed and once
more I was broke I arose from that
table a forger of a parents name and
rushing out of the house I made my
way to the river with the intention of
ending it all On my way I had to
cross a number of railroad tracks and
just as I reached them a long freight
train came along bound whither I
knew not and cared less I boarded
the moving cars and crawling up the
sides I lay on the top of one of them
and as I lay there my whole life came
to me and In a moment of frenzy I
jumped from the now fast moving
train By some miraculous reason I
escaped the death I craved but was
rendered unconscious from the shock
When I came to my senses I crawled
and limped along the track and In a
few hours reached a little town Upon
inquiry I was told that I was fifty
miles from the town of my birth I sat
down upon the platform of the station
and glancing at my hands I saw our
engagement ring Again the past came
to me and thhf time I cried like a
child I took the ring off my hand and
putting it inside of the last letter which
she had written me I looked about
for a place to lie down I was exhaust
ed and faint I had eaten nothing all
day and it was now late in the even
ing in fact it was dark I went up to
the track again and lying down upon
the grass near by I slept the sleep of
the weary and dreamed of my home
which I had so lately left I awoke
with a start and found that day was
about to break and as I tried by the
remaining strength left in my body to
Stand up I heard a sharp whistle and
a train was pulling out of the depot to
ward me Asserting my will power I
started to my feet and ran as fast as I
could in the direction of the coming
train I saw as I ran that it was a
freight and as the cars began to go
by me I managed to see a door of one
of them open and grasping hold of a
part of the door 1 drew myself Inside
My strength here gave out and once
more I fainted I did not remember
anything more until I one morning
found myself in a cheap lodging house
In a city and those about me called me
daft I was in rags and as I mechan
ically felt for my letter and ring I
found that they were gone I was
Stunned but throwing all my remain
ing manhood Into action I started out
to look for employment I searched
hard but no one would give me work
and X eame to Mexico beating trains
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and begging nry food In the hopes that
some one would give me some kind of
employment hew That is all City
of Mexico Two Republics
Where Alfred Died
She is a beautiful old lady with snow
white hair and a proud patrician face
She was making clippings from the
days batch of newspapers when I
went in and on the table beside her
was spread a map of Cuba After she
had greeted me she took a pen and ran
up a tiny United States flag on the dot
that stood for Havana
That is where Alfred died she said
softly Then I remembered
Fifteen years ago it must have been
there was at school in New Orleans a
beautiful j oung Cuban girl Signorita
Maria Fernandez There was no more
popular girl in the whole school than
she Brilliant and beautiful as she
was gentle and sweet she won the
hearts of teachers and schoolmates It
is little wonder that she won other
hearts too when her school days were
over and she made a tour of the States
accompanied by the faithful duenna
whom she had brought from her island
home and also an experienced and cul
tivated American chaperon
Signorita Maria had many suitors
but of them all only one that she fa
vored He was Alfred L of New
York a man of means and of parts
The senorita returned to her home in
the fall leaving her heart and her
promise in his keeping and early in
the winter with her permission he fol
lowed her
One morning beneath the shadow of
the trees in the grounds siirqunding
the magnificent home of Signor Fer
nandez Marias father Alfred L was
found dead murdered over night by
the treachery of a Spanish rival A
month later the beautiful Maria en
tered a convent
That is the story I thought of when I
saw Alfred L s mother stick a United
States flag on the dot that stood for
Havana Philadelphia Times
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As the word will occur in conversa
tion frequently now it is useful to re
call that Byron makes Cadiz rhyme
with ladies
Of the forty two largest cities in
Japan ranging in population from
1380000 down to 20000 twenty four
have electric lighting systems
The yield of wheat during the past
year in Victoria Australia amounted
to 10400000 bushels being an increase
of 3000000 bushels over the previous
year
The cultivation of flax in the State
of Morelos Mexico is said to havo
passed the experimental stage and to
promise substantial results in a com
mercial sense
The securities of bicycle tire com
panies which are dealt in on the Lon
don Exchange having a par value of
30000000 and a market value of
41175000 a year ago are now quoted
at 15275000
In speaking of the death of a prom
inent citizen a paper in Western Kan
sas says that He was a lawyer by
profession but never have we heard a
person say that he had wronged them
in the least particular
The Chinese make great pets of their
gold fish and patiently teach them
tricks such as eating from their own
ers hands or rushing to be fed at the
tinkle of a bell The gold fish belongs
to the carp family and is sometimes
called the golden carp
The militia laws of the United States
were passed between 1792 and 18G2
and many of the provisions now in
force are a bit antiquated For in
stance it is still the law of the land
that each militiaman shall be con
stantly provided with a good musket
or firelock of a bore sufficient for balls
of the eighteenth part of a pound a
sufficient bayonet two spare flints a
box and not less than twenty four cart
ridges or else with a good rifle shot
pouch and powder horn
The late Daniel B Fayerweatherg
bequest of 300000 to Columbia Uni
versity has been paid over to the trus
tees of the institution In accepting
the gift they signified their intention
of naming the present physics build
ing Fayerweather hall and of placing
a memorial tablet in the building
The Svantians who live in an inac
cessible mountain range between the
Black and Caspian Seas are probably
the laziest and dirtiest people in thd
world They have made no advance
toward civilization in 2500 years It
is their invariable rule to observe holI
days four times a week with saints
days as extras
Experts who have examined the
handsome Persian rug presented - to
Lord Salisbury by Prince Amir Kahn
of Persia during the English jubilee
festivities say that it is worth at least
4000 The rug has been placed in a
black frame of massive design and will
henceforth adorn the premiers private
room at the foreign office
The following unique announcement
has been issued by an old timer who
has opened a dry goods store at Law
rence Kan Settled in the territory
at Lawrence in 1857 Stood the
drought of 1800 Stood the war of
61 65 Stood the Quantrell raid Stood
the Price raid Stood the three grass
hopper raids Stood up for Kansas al
ways and am ready to stand up for
the United States against Spain or any
country on earth -
The terra cottaJocks of the gin with
a wealthy father becomes auburn or
golden as she grows older but the red
headed boy remains -red-headed until
the end of the chapter
UNbPOKEN SYMPATHY
Children Who Were Carefixl 2ot
to
Hurt an Unclcd Feeling
He was a big burly good natured
conductor on a country railroad and
he had watched them with much inter
est as they got on the train They were
two handsome round faced rosy
cheeked boys and three sunny haired
pretty little girls of various sizes and
ages A grave kind looking gentle
man evidently their guardian got in
with them and the conductors atten
tion was soon caught by the fact that
the apparently eager conversation was
carried on by means of a
alphabet the gentleman joining
iin so pleasantly that the conductor
beamed on him with approval Natur
jally kind hearted himself it pleased
him to see this trait in others But his
honest eyes were misty as he thought
of his own noisy crowd of youngsters
at home and contrasted them with this
prim little company who smiled and
gesticulated but made no sound
It was plain they were oft on a holi
day jaunt for they all had satchels and
wore a festive go away air and the
conductor whose fancy played about
them continually settled it in his mind
that they belonged to some asylum and
were going with their teacher for a va
cation trip He couldnt help watching
them and nodding to them as he pass
ed through the car They returned his
greeting in kind being cheerful little
souls and he began to look forward
with regret to the time of parting
At length at one of the rural stations
the gentleman kissed the young ones
hurriedly all round and got off the
train They leaned out of the windows
and waved enthusiastic farewells as
-the car moved on then the biggest lit
tle girl took a brown paper bag from
her satchel and distributed crackers in
even shares The conductor in pass
ing smiled and nodded as usual as
the little girl held out the paper bag to
him
Do have some she said
He started back in sheer amazement
Why he exclaimed you can talk
then all of you
Of course they cried in chorus
The conductor sank into the seat
across the aisle I thought you were
deaf and dumb he gasped
Oh how funny cried one of the
rosy cheeked boys Why that was
Uncle Jack poor fellow He was born
that waj We wouldnt talk while he
was with us it might hurt his feelings
you know Hello heres our station
Come on girls And the five trooped
noisily out and waved their handker
chiefs from the platform as the train
moved on St Nicholas
Paid His Creditors in Fill I
A case of rather remarkable commer
cial honesty has just come to light lit
1S75 one of Springfields well knowir
shoe dealers found himself so embar
rassed by depreciation in value of
stock and the difficulty in collecting ac
counts that he failed and made a com
promise with his creditors of 50 cents
on the dollar After twenty two years
the merchant now considerably over
70 years old has settled all these old
claims in full paying the balance un
paid at that time amounting to several
thousand dollars
There was ho claim on him other
than that of his conscience All- his
creditors had signed a paper acknowl
edging their satisfaction and in fact
a large number of original papers had
been destroyed so that the merchant
had to settle in accordance with the
figures he had in his possession pay
ing over the money in some cases to
heirs or to surviving partners wiio
knew nothing or had nothing to show
of the original transaction The con
scientious old shoe dealer is very anx
ious not to have his name appeal- his
act would lose its merit through adver
tising he says A good deal of the
money that he has thus paid hack has
been pounded out on the shoemakers
bench Boston Transcript
New Island Off Borneo
A sensation has been created in the
Straits Settlements and the far East
by the sudden appearance of a new isl
and oil the coast of Borneo between
Nemtakol and Lumbidan The island
is 45 feet high a third of a mile long
and a quarter of a mile wide For the
most part the island is merely an up
heaval of the bottom of the sea but at
its highest point there is a distinct mud
crater with the cone shaped top and
sides fallen in The sides of the cone
give evidence of having been forced up
through a crevice in solid rock The
British North Borneo Herald says the
cone which is thirty yards in diame
ter is surrounded by another and
larger cone which shows that with
more pressure from beneath a much
larger crater would have been formed
The rising of the island was not ac
companied by any volcanic disturb
ance The crater is seamed with crev
ices and cracks which emit gases By
applying a torch to a small crack in the
crater the gas ignites and burns stead
ily St Louis Globe Democrat
3Iusieal Aids to Marchers
A French general has inaugurated a
plan of permitting soldiers to sing when
on the march a privilege which has
been strictly denied until recently It
has also been arranged that any soldier
who can play on any of the smaller mu
sical instruments shall be provided
with such instrument at the expense of
the State
Englands Pension Payments
Every year Great Britain pays nearly
4000000 in pensions retired pay and
superannuated allowances to officers
warrant officers and others
Snicides
The nomber of suicides committed
hi this coontry last year was 4912 orL
about seea fn every 100400 inhabit- W
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