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1ST -' c- i. - " !. The Ward of A Rcmance of the B? OTTILIE k. UUEMCHA.VrZ. arthw af The Thrall f Lief the Lucky. rcpr-,sht, in. by A. CHAPTER X! Continued. Ir v,as5.'0r wh. orisn- die drag- ging pace nnailv , a ha.r hrowing himself upon a atone bench to hold his head in his hands. "'We cannot arive Iheni off. that needs no further proof. And I do not aee how we can hold out till the time that chance entires rhem away. u-h-n but one meal stands be tween us and starvation, and already we are as weak as rabbits. Naught can prorit us save craft." I think I could manage if for you. lord. They think me your unwilling captive- you remember what the mes senger said about freeing me? If I should jo to Rothgar' bis voice broke and his eyes sought his friend's eyes as though they were wine-cups from which he could drink courage "if I should go to Rothgar. Ioni. I conic aeciare myself scapeti. and he UU1 e iiheiy to believe anv story I told him. S.-bert leaped up and caught the lad by the shoulders, then hesitated, weighing it in his mind, half fearing to believe. "Bat are you sure that your tongue will not trip you? Or your face, poor mouse?" The boy seemed to '.rather strength from the caressing hands. a Thor from the touch of his magic blr. "As r rtin. f t!nl. I. . . t aj uiau l iiiiiiv iif ! iini "A is nnn' to ffli. th- rnilh I u-ill rn ,., i . llLUl that vou have rhuiiL'hr it rvHo-ronii .,. ward him to starve your Danish cap- tire." Pulling the soft curls with a sug- digraced in his mind. Yet do not let gestion of hit old Hghthardtedness, I that prevent your joy. my Bold One. the Etheling Iaushed with him. "You If it is possible for me to take him bantling! Who would have dr-amed aliv and bind him. your own hand you to that dtr- artful? I would not ' -hall be the on, to strike Sebert Os havp you suffer thir anuer Are yru waldswin his death-blow." capable of so much feigning.'" For an in:anf the boys v, were ' even audacious, and all the hollow- ne.ss of the cheeks fould not hide a flashing dimple "Oh, my dear lord. 1 am capable of . much more feigning than you guess!" he answered, daring- If- "Nay. have I nor been wont to call you elf'" Sebert rturneil. Then his voice deepened with fueling. "By the soul or my fuihe-. Fr.dtjof. if you bring me out of ihls cn;in' me ;nd mine. I ueelan- with truth that there will tie no reeompenee you can ask at my hands which I ihail not be glad to grant " H- paused m tne wonder of itjeing the sparkle in the blue ees flee away wnh a flrtmg light The page Turie(S from him almost with a sob. Prav you. promise me We cannot drive them off; nothing " he sa:d hatii If ever I see you again, and you nave more to give me than pity Nay i shail lose my courage if I think of that pan. Get me out quickly while the heart is firm within me -Certainly it would be best for you to come to them while they are in such a state of feasting that their BKgr-ltm sr fif aRI Win Mil' t ' a a. m .' v ..-: ' mr ' twini 11 il I '.it . good-humor is Keenest and lheir wits j keep their provisions in the house we dullest." Sebert assented. ' burned. Did he lie.'" It would -how no more than friend- ' -jo not know whether he lied or ship u -aii. tna' you were sorry j no, - Ranuahn answered slowly; "but to have me go." -he told him with . jt seems to me ire:r foolishness that quivering lips-. "Are you -o eager in . you did not take tlie time into con getung me off that you cannot say jou ( i.teration. At we end of the harvest. will miss me?" j any Engli-h house would be fitted out But the young Ioni only laughed ' for weeks of feasting. You came the good-humoredly. "What a chi'd you night the larder as fullest, and they are! Do you not know those things have only spent one meal a day since." without my telling you" And as for Rothgar gor upon his feet and tow missmg you. I am not likely to have ered ovrr her his Jonm-frame appear tlme. The first chance you get. you j ing to swell with irritation. "Tell will slip back to me if you do not. I ', shortlv what you think of their case, will come after vou and flog you into can they '.asi one day more?" the bargain, be there no forgetting!" She could not laugh as she would once have done instead she choked in the cup and pushed it from her. A passionate yearning came over her for one such word, one hu.n look, as he would give the dream-lady when she should come. I latence. i liose wnose fluency -as not "I wish I had not thought of it! I hampered by their feelings relieved wish I had not told you!"' she sobbed . their minds, by cursing. And the few into the soft mufiling. "Only to be , who were boldest turned and bearded near you I thought heaven; and now the son of Lcdbrok himself. the Fa:ss have cheated me even out , "How much longer must we endure of that." J this"" "Think of the game we are The Etheiing put his hand under the missing' "There is little need to re Dent head to raise it that he might j mind me. My naked fiats cculd bat hear what the ups were saying, and j ter the stones from their places " she covered his palm, with kisses. "In a week more, it is possible that Then slipping away. like the elf he j England may be won! ' "What do had called her she glided through the ! you care for their wretched land. narrow space of the half-onen door I T. - t. and was gone snhhing out into the and was night. I CHAPTER XII 1 How Fridtjcf Cheated the Jotun. , "I tmt nv -.wopl I :ru-.t mv stti. But iro-m: I trust jy..-if at need. the fair-haired cald sang exultingly to . the Danishmen sprawled around the ' camp-fire. It was to no graceful love- j ong that his harp lent its swelling j chords, but to a stern chant of mighty deeds, whose ringing notes sped 1 through the forest like the bearers of , war-arrows, knocking at the door of . eacn sleeping echo until it awoke and carried on the summons. Echoes awoke as well in the breasts of 'hose who listened. When the miu strel laid aside his harp for his cup. Snorri Scar-Cheek brought his fist down in a mighty blow upon the earth. "To hear such words and know one's self doomed to wallow in mast!" A dozen shaggy heads wagged surly acquiescence. But from the figure outstretched upon the splendid bear skia a harsh voice sounded. "Now I see that because you lie in mast you tave a swine's wit." it said. "Do you -.ant the thrall to stand forth and prove for the hundredth time that lheir bins must needs be as empty as jour head?" .Into the den the daughter of Prode King Canute Danish Conquest. C McCLTTBG i CO. , caiic on her diiEcu t m'ssion. It was h Soar-Cheek xio offered the nrst welcome a j.aSjior "The hawk ecap-, from ihe cage 'Veil done, champion: Did you batter a way out ' with your mighty lists?" A core of j hands were stretched fortn to draw the boy into the cirri, a score of horns were held for his refreshment. Rotngar sat up on the great skin with a gesture of come cordiality. "Hail to you. Fndtjof Frodson ! '' he said. "Your escape is a thins that ,' gladdens me. I did not like the thought of starving ou. and I hope your fatner will overlook the unfriend liness of it." Th Scar Check, who had been scan ning her critically where she stood before 'hem. drinking, gave a pitying grunt. ay tne crookeu horn. bov. vou I ' must have had nauirht but ill luck since the time of Scoerstan! No more , meat is on you than a raven could eat. ana me mgnt i was m rte Eng- lisnman's hall, you had the appear ance of having been under a !ash. Your guardian spirit mast have gone astray " Though -he managed to keep her ! eyes upon her cup. Randalin could not hinder a wave of burning color from i over-running her face. Seeing it, r . L. i . I i t-; . i ,, . t nn njr n.!ii nil ms fi:nfi if; htt -li-m fnr ildnu . ... "Vnn acr m a m:innprUu inr t, ns Gudbrandsson. when you remind a hi"h-r,niriteil vonth rh.-ir h hn h-n The giris nervousn.s betrayed her into a burst of hv-nencal laughter, but b-r wits were quick enough, to turn it to good arrounr. she said with t rititjot s own petulance. our boon j i iiKe we one Canute lias in store for nie. I am likely to wait so long for both that I shall have no teeth left to chew theni with." The abruptness with which silence fell over the group was startling. Snorn bent torward and plucked her sternly b.ich a-s sh made a move to ward the bread, a dozen voices ques tioned her "What do you mean by that?" . . "Why will it rake long"" . . "Are they not short in food?" Knowing rhat she could not achieve , unconcern, she kept to her petulance, jerking her cloak away from the hand that ne eds no further prccf." that detained it "Should I be apt to blame him for starving me if he did it because no better cheer was to be had? Let me bv to the bread.' Instead, the ring narrowed around her and the chief himself put peremp tory questions in his heavy voice. "Has he food? What do you mean? The thrall told us they are wont to Fridtjof the Bold took refuge in sul leaness. "They can last two weeks a easily as one. How much longer are you going to keep me from food?" She was free after that to do any think -he liked for their excitement ( was so great that they forgot her ex- j chief" 'Chief, how much longer must ,- v. .... ' n-e lie here ' , When that question was finally oci. . every man heaved a sigh of relief. straightening in his place like a dog "lsi prickias hls earSf and there was a pa2. A fell look came into the Jotun's face as he gazed back at them; and for a time it seemed that he would either answer with his fist or not at alL But at length he began to speak in a voice as keen and hard as his sword, "You know mv temner and that T must have my -xUl. Always I have thought it shame that my kinsman's odal should lie in English hands, and uu 1 ua.ve. maue up my mine to put an end to it You know that I am In no way greedy for property. When I obtain the victory, you shall have every acre and every stick on it to bum or plunder or keep, as best pleases you." He interrupted himself to bend forward, shading his eyes with his hands. "If I am not much" mis taken." he said in quite another voice. "yonder is Brass Borgar at last! Yon der, near those oak-trees." In an instant they had all turned tD scan the moon-lit open.. And now that they were silent, the thud of hoofs be came distinct. Shouting their we! come, some hurried to heap fresh T 1-...... - I. j fuel on the fire, and some ran altar j more ale-skins; while others rushed J forward to meet the messenger and J run beside his horse, riddling with questions. When the man finally stood before r said sternly. "It is time him. Rothgar I you were here! Ten days have gone ! over your head since I sent you out. j I You must do one of two things either I tell great tidings or submit to sharp words.'' The Brass One laughed as he saint- j ed. "I should have been liable to sharp steel had I, come sooner, chief. , Would you have taken it well if I . had left without knowing how it went ' with the battle?" ! "Battlel" three-score mouths cried ' as with one voice. "Who were vie-' The man laughed again. "Should I come to you with a noisy voice and my chin held high, if other than one . thing had happened? Honor to the ! Thunderer, the Raven possessed the ' fleMr j Such a clamor arose as though the wolf-pack had tasted blood. Three times, through the trumnet of hi hands. Rothgar bawled a command for ilence. ine Dattie: Where was ltV AaO how long since? Yet. before any of h how n it tvJrh mv mvii fn. .nee. now ?oes it with my rojal ios- TPr-hrnrhiJPs' An.? Iintr - h5a ti-i tnN J carry sail, Odin's curse upon them! Speak! How fares he?' (To be continued.) FARM YIELD $4,500,000,000. Product. Not Including the Feeding of .. uumiwi oy an upen. George K. Holmes, chief of the di ,. vision of foreign markets, department i ,- M 1. . -i i ...... - . . ... estimate ci we value or we rarm . '"" --j iUu0. .u - i...... ... ... . , , .',i- nnmn.-n.) or- -vTiac Vvn Booth I live stock in 1303. on the basis of the ! ., ,.....-. , .. -. i.ru;u.- vaiuauuu. piacca il at t,juv,- uuti.ooo. in rarvin. ft-..ti., , f . r ..." l,: .j - ...: 1 : nji uuuuuai cousumuuou. are cua- ,.,.l ., ; .: k.. . sionni ar rhd n,.rr. .mi irrtv.,finT,ai j boundaries of this countrv. where of- i .- ... ," .. thPm and make a record of lheir m;v;la ut lue uusioins lane accuuui ut vaiuea ixau weigni 01 suca at ineci 1 1 it-. - X. rf .1 as are meaaured an(1 weighed in com - m; nna Tt,0 vina . j certained are not farm values, since pose, walk, every movement, is grace ! to the original farm value of the prod-1 fuL Mr. Choate, the United States nets have been added numerous ( ambassador, is credited with the re charges and profits which the prod-1 mark, after hearing her at the Royal ucts must bear in the course of a dis-' Albert hall, where Lord Rosebery and tnbution that is often intricate in its ' others were present: "I have heard business iletails. but one other woman on our side of "The exnort value of the exDorted the water with equal oratorical girts. farm products of this countrv was 3S7S.479.451 in the fiscal year 1903. During the preceding five years. 1S98- 1902. the annual average value was S5C1.037.S15. and during the next pre-' ceding five years. 1S93-1S37, it was $616,074,047. During the last eleven 3-ears the highest value reached was S9ol.62S.H31 in the year 1901, chiefly due to cotton." WAGES BASED ON FAMILY. French Railway Grades Salaries af Its Employes. Solieintfio for rhe ruinnlaf inn of - -- i-'i- " France has frequently found expres- he form of a parallelogram. The I -ion in public and private utterance." monument itself, which is aDout ten j says the Railway Age. "but it has re-1 'eet high, tapers slightly as it rises. I mained tor the Pans-Lyons-Meuiter-1 md its rugged simplicity is relieved , ranean Railway Company to institute j jnly on the side bearing the inscrip a system intended to promote larger ( jon. There is carved in relief a iamiues. .Accoruing to wis pian oi- j "aurel wreatn. alter a uesiga ul u fleers and employes are divided into Gaudens, as seen upon the Shaw me three classes by incomes and subdl-1 inorial in Boston. Eeneath the video according to the size of the ! wreath is this inscription: tamilies. Employes getting wages oft less than J400 a year are to receive ? - an annual premium of J6 to $120. the ' lower sum for those having three i children and the larger for those hav-. ing nine, with intermediate sums for proportionate numbers. In the second class are those earning less than $460, i for whom the premium is placed at Sl. for a family of six. ranging up to i S40 to the employe with nine children. ' I The mini class, drawing up to $520 i as salary, only enjoys the premium ' when the number of children has , reached eight, then having $20 added. , ami 350 should the number increase to nine. This action is the first of its kind to be taken by a corporation in Europe, although the German states nave adopted similar measures , , creased wages to states employes. ' "Maarifsh" River. The late Maxwell Sommerville of ue ;--; ' --V-- ai,l, nearlv rorty years of his life in On-' : . , ental travel and Study. V- ! iveic i f ff OQnnovIvinJfi ennnt iui. ,., uu ii"c" ' to narrate the strange error that was D it' C .T?n j-i it c-l c?nfi iirf mi ts& "7.uwue Ui r-cm-u ""U4Cl "c had known. This explorer had made a journey , to kairwan and had drawn a map of the country he had passed through. The singular thing about this map UU2 LUUL IUC UilUiC ,niii3U ty peared so many times on it. A river ' would he the "Maarifsh River': a mountain would be "Mount Maarifsh ': a village, a lake, a valley each would be called "Maarifsh." When Prof. Sommerville saw the ' map he laughed. "Don't you know. he said to the traveler Arabic?" "wha har 'maarifsh means in . No. said the other. What does , - . . .. .. , gnost ot Garry an agonen, a fa it mean? ' - " . .. . , ,. "It means Don't know.' " Dispatch. -Pittsbur? been seen at Union Center, near Judge Mosaics for Stanford University Parker's residence. The ghost has Maurizio Camerino, an artist from made its appearance periodically ever Venice, has begun work on several - since Garry died, first in 1S76 (Tildeni, more elaborate mosaic designs on the(aoXt in i$$ (Cleveland) and again enterior of the Stanford Memorial j ia 2392. Democrats look upon the Cnurcn at atamora university, call- J"",; n: :.V n 11 torma. The new mosaics will repre- . ,..,.,. . . 1 j sent Dioucai scenes anu win oe piacea over the entire side walls of the organ ' -'Garry's peculiar loping gait." loft and the east and west transept f wings. At present those walls are sur- A Had Humble Beginnings, faced with smooth-faced stone, orna-t it fs interesting to recall how men mented with artistically carved de-, cow of rominence labored in their signs, but these wHl be hewn out and j ey days. Grover Cleveland when the mosaic work substituted. When , tad worked in a country store, Sena the proposed work is completed the tor Beveridge was a railroad laborer, entile interior wall surface of the edi- Senator Fairbanks a carpenter, Judge fice will be covered with mosaic. The aq b. Parker taught school. Gov. work will require eight months for completion. To Preserve Ola Capitol. A movement has been started at Colorado Springs. Colo., to preserve we cia territorial uapuui ouuuing, m ( Ag. Hjb Not Withered, that city, which is now ocenpied by . jjev. William W. Howe, the vener a Chinese laundry. The El Paso aWe Baptist clergyman of Cambridge. County Historical Society is consider-1 mas celebrated his ninety-eighth ing plans for keeping the old losjbirtkday on Wednesday last. Mr. bunding intact and suitably marking , Howe, except for a severe cold, is in the Structure. , mni heIrh anrf fc ramarkahlr hri.r Turk Tax the Greeks. The Porte bavins issued orders for the collection of license taxes from Greeks in the Turkish dominioas, it Is feared at Athens that there will he fresh trouble, especially at Smyraa. Iriah Part Jam tary FuasV The Irish pariiamentary fuad for the year 1904 amounted to C,H, f BATTLESHIP OHIO DOES WELL ON HER FIRST SPEED TRIAL j ! . V The battle-ship Ohio was given her , speed trial in Santa Barbara (Cal.) channel Aug. 1. The course was up the coast thirty-six miles to a stake- hoat onnosite Point Cnncention. On , rua Ohio more than made the requirea SDeed. and as she swung I . araund the stakeboat at full spceu was half a minute ahead of the time required to make, eighteen knots. On the run down the coast the ride EVA BOOTH A GREAT ACTRESS. a,..i: , ., Rnt;fullv , giLiun nrmj wci.t .. Equipped by- Nature. The Canadian contingent at the 5al- .: -oo in f nmlnn was ' the "unconscious actress." whose ' nrr.o.,,11 .,mntin mnnnpr was the " ....- . .-.- astonishment of all who heard her I sneak at the gathering named. Her Une ,ro .r fnii :ini vibrant with i nncfimn aT Vli an llnfMnTinn IS flaW- i i"uu " "--' .- - , loaa A cho annrfinphflS the ClimaX of an aDDeal for converts her tace becomes almost ghastly pale. With k-..? niif.i .hQ crr?,t0 tn nnd fro "m "i""" "- w..- I upon the platform, now bending al- ms-iiit- r h -rT. TinTtf CTTPpn T1T Lile -" -" iiuw, uv- ,"-. a ' assembly with a compelling gesture lik a vnnmr oueen of tragedy. Her and that was Anna Dickinson." One i dramatic critic says: "Even Coque- , lia could not improve her in point oi , facial expression. OVER "TOM" REED'S GRAVE. j i Granite Monument Reared in Memory ) of Ex-Speaker. ' a granite monument has been arected in Evergreen cemetery, Port- (land, Maine, over the grave of ex- i Speaker Thomas Brackett Reed. The monument is cut from white Hal- lowell granite, and rests on a broad k..j ,.-. t m.i imo m:itpr'nl In ' uwc jiuuc ui ii- . T THOMAS BRACKETT REED : 1SS9 1902. : : His Record Is with the Faith- : : Xul. the Brave and the True : : of All Nations and All : : Ages. : WHEN HE TENDED BAR. 0r Howard Surprised at Cordiality Qf Hja Greeting. , , . , TT , , , .... .u 1 ur. ieiana vj. nuwira, ueau ot tne bureau of entomology in Washington. s a native of Rockford, 111. Some ood stories are told at his expense. Dn one of his recent trins m western , . u- . 5"i t,. Pennsvlvania. which involved long 1 nd dusty field and forest tramping n connection with the observations ' JFhich he was making, he dropped into barber shop to get "brushed up." . ... . . ,; .... ,. r,i-n ? The tonsonal artist who attacked nfK,am hnenerf to he an elderlv x tr rman. He accosted Dr. warmIy addressin5 nim as Howard old man" md expressing the greatest delight at this accidental reunion of old friends. 0r HQward .j sarprise cordialitv of the recepUon and WQere Lad met ..You remember me," aslced the bar- ber in ill-concealed disgust, "when I nn a shop right next to where you were tending bar at the Philadelphia centennial?" The doctor did not re ail such an early entomological ex perience, valuable as it might have proved in his subsequent researches. Democratic Ghost Appears. Esopus chroniclers have another f mTotonr ro anlvn Tr is cjiiit rfinf thp iuuus uymucrat. ol mat. piace, wuu ?aid he would never have his hair cut if Abraham Lincoln was elected, has iZi we "ou umeu. There seems to he no miet;on ahout i Lnm seem- tu ue uo nueuou auuut rairh's annenranre as a nr1 nmen na identitv. as it is reoorted to have odeii 0f New York delivered ice, Car- dinal Gibbons was a clerk. Gov. Ker riek of Ohio sawed wood and peddled dinner bells and organs. Bishop Mer rill learned the shoemaking trade. He still keeps up a keen interest in what is going- on thronghotit the world and on many- matters of public interest kas decided convictions. Great Author Died in Debt. , The estate of Manras Jokai, the Hnmgarfaa author, who recently died, ikdws Uabfiities to tte amoaat of $20, 000, with assets pacticalljr nil. , i and wind were against her, howeve: and she lost a minute and a halt in , . thirty-sir miles. Rear Admira? Writi wrltrt i it rxrl it f V r mtnrn f ment's th ..--"-- inn t. "10' an .V?pt r3110- represent ' inS tae builders, were sanguine that , tha nMn .,,, . ,.- . . "- """ tvjuju. auun liiU ICUUliCt , an.a.i.? r-r r .u ,, .u u- speed. Capt. Forsythe said the Ohic , ?n ,.,. .v. . - . .. a ill have another trial run, possibly. n-ithtr, -t- . i ., aithm a week or ten days, over the i same course I GIVE FEW RAILROAD PASSES. VardrhJif. c-.i.. . ...... .. m,i,,,j viidry ot OUrxCSICS of This Description. A peculiar characteristic of the i I VnmTorhtlr ! rh.. .-...-.-.i..ti - ... . . . uu,wuaJij uiey ' solifnm if t- o-,-,. ,..-i j j These 'favors are managed more or i ess hv n,ann,ov -vr r 1 r. Duval. In fact, many stories are told -. .. . .v..-, mm. v-. i , by guests of Frederick .in,! will, . K. Vanderhiir hM ,i,fl TOo niJC!nl rmin h-ifinff U;M Vnx.. w: - w..., ., tiicn imca uaiii lor them hv 1-ViqSt. n.yro Tkn .J5.. , tances. excent wherft sneoi:.t minsi or cars were provided, were compara - rf-oir- .nn-f. f- j .. ... X..., . ....j v.t, iUi iuaLiiiiue, uy iu rreu - erick Vanderbilt's place on the Hud- Crtn 'lThl -n-n-r J T T -t .1 , -.. . iic.ijuu. iuu luuk isiauu ( country places are on other roads and the Vanderbilts, except on some extia .- ... l .. . occasion, travel like ordinary mortals. The first change in this system has eea made this summer by Alfred I VlT!taiVliIf tr-Ti- U..- Un.l II 1--, I Zrr.J.TJ "" ....4o jami uuul, itii u iasL motor tuai. ior tne accommodation ot his guests from Wickford landing to his country place outside Newport. j OVERCOAT HIS ONLY GARMENT.' . Patrick O'Brien Hurried From Bath to Cast Vote in Parliament. ,, .. .. . .uemoers oi parliament are called upon most unexpectedly to attend a umsion of the house. hen the bell r.a uhtu mere is m- variably gathering m haste to present ?riPTaSri mt?- Jr t 0PD - sition. Patnclc OBnen. an Irish mem- oer. was once caught m an uncomforf- Sole lireilicamenf when :i f?iriTrn --nj ,, t TT . . v-aneu. ne was enjoying a pining not i,...t. ,.. .u . .i ., i,diu oii. tue dressing room in tne nar- ament building when the clanging of the bell reached his ears. It was a desperate situation, but Mr. O'Brien was not dismayed. He put on some hind of overcoat, walked boldly up to rll ii rf Mricin Initio n n ,3 ,X:,I Mn. tl. - ' . ...uu JUUi uuu uiu uui anu, tveu uis uearest inenu to suspect' ihat, except for the overcoat, he was j cressed with the same absence of the superfluous as the first parents when ! they wandered happy and unclothed. and probably unbathed, in the mean- j dering paths of Eden. i FIGURES THAT DIDN'T JIBE. Man Frcm Village Thought He De- j tectad a Palpable Exaggeration. Henry Clews, the banker, who has had an experience in Wall street ex tending over thirty years, was riding on a crowded Xew York elevated train ' a few weeks ago. Pie was accompa- nied by a friend from up the state, and the latter, not accustomed to be-1 ing jostled, remarked with a great i deal of emphasis that it was terrible the way people were packed into the elevated cars. "This system," said Mr. Clews, who has a penchant for statistics, "carried 246..1S7.022 passen gers from June 20. 1902, to June 30. l'JOo.'' "I know they do a big busi- ness," said the man trom the auiet i village, "but they couldn't carry that many people. You know this country only has a population of 80,000,000." " 1 ' , Works of Untaught Sculntor ' Henry Merwm Shrady, who is to ' model the Grant memorial mnn., to be set up in Washington, is a on ' of Dr. Shrady of Xew York who m . uen -. .. illnes encu :ng, painting or modeling til! he has on his merits succeeded in sev- t c: ., . I di v-uiuyeiiuous ior we production of heroic statues, in addition to the ' one above noted being a Grant monu- ' ment for Brooklyn and a statue of ' William the Silent " for Riverside park, Xew York. t potentate Mas Queer Whim. CTff.ii -rt - Jim Jiuuiimmeu ei fcraj. bev Of Tunis, has just returned to his north African domain after a visit to France, iv here he was much of a curi- I wo.tJ ,.i xo xx.. eum uiaiu, prom- SlOn Ot jewels and gorgeous entOUr- . Grant's 'ruWician during his ?Ur ' Irora sPaia in ia,J- amounted to 9. ! rhat Geat Britain annually requires , market for butter, cheese, pork, poul jss. Young Shra.lv sin ilariv I 3"5-4',,J P',n(is anti in l9"" to -- ?"? UtSide col,ntries- " ; u a j try and eggs. When in the future that ugh. never took a lesson in diw-. S PnIs- The quantity of man..- j afe statement u make that in - , fTJdVs,k3rhi?XleS4 Wa3 e11 1S replenished from a loose sack . Hucaoa Eay Company's posts, and or all in all. faL,7l,i. , n""-ary. but opening into one end and fastened to scarcely a dollar-: worth of anything! s the country rniinn Time nmn Tn Titr n mrw .nn .. . , . . . - - ! J, f UZ,- .W1 m a the oats do nct nm readil-v to the ( 1?s:j. twentv years ago. and now the , farming. In the industry, with a few Z-J ; . JJ ? ,. o actresses, pan. the horse has but to shake his couatrv has a white population of over I vears of care and enterprise, he can rJneTnte ?a rf" tDdS headtoset th-m 'E motion. This half a million, the immigration of 1302 , oon consider himself and his family oJr JL!Lr C1Stnbute ? I particular expressman's horse has i oein? 125,264. 4'J per cent of the nam- , :n easy and comfortable circum counteneit presentments among his , auickly learned how to manage his s Z' . hmn,!,r nvr hir s,nn wives. I neiping tne snipwrecKec. Emile Robin, the aged vice-president i of the French Societv for Saving the cv,iTiTT.0T-r..i T,..,. . , ' Shipwrecked, has not only done a great deal for this association, but he . .... . . ! niso assists similar societies m other , countries. At the recent meeting ot , the allied German society it was an-; nounced that II. Robin had again sent ' a handsome sum-37,u0o-we interest ' on wmch was to be divided among old mariners and widows and orphans. Violinist's Great Fortune. , Herr Kubelik, we Bohemian violin-. isc who lately received word that he was the proud lather of twins, is said to have made over iSOO.OOO in rho In c ' three years. With some of his great ' earnings from his violin he purchased tri; ...T. .. i.!- -... - iuiuu uuur:, u:oi uu UiXiiY; Oiace. in , i-".-, Bohemia. Assassin Toole His Cue. It was perhaps a coincidence that ' on the very day of the lifting of the ban on. the use of balloon torpedoes in warfare dynamite should have been employed "by an assassin in St. Pe tersburg for the destruction of bums Iif. IN A PHILIPPINE JUNG LI. Of Such Stuff Is Made the Amazing American Soldier. The- column was toiling along in , the sun up a hillside. The grass was over the head of a man on horseback and it was very hoc taVL near the ground, where no breeze could come. . The men were plodding along with uuu--k ia lUe:r - uugu,. - lowing we otners in ironu tiers aau there a sick man was hanging back j under his lead. It was the sort of a trail where j you are quite worn out. and you make bets with yourself as to ; j whether you will keep on going to I ;he top of the hill, knowing very well j .hat you cannot help it. I t-.. i.T ? .!- i .. .. . i , ,un aurau uaiuc uunu uiiuuu Liie stifling air. The crash of a rifle vol- ey followed, and then more swiftly, steadily. r,uns. A shiver of life ran down the col umn. "Hit 'em. ' said an old sergeant. Heads lifted. The column closed. , rbgre , " thought to -o the walk changed to a half trot. i """ rav" - -" ..n, ... ., r , ., ,rrp sfv w ,o3ger:- a haspital attendant , . r . , . . .... . isked a private who had just ta'.Ien mt under the sun anu v.-as resting in ,. , , ,. , . , . tbe shade ot a bush. .. ....... . Hell! don t you hear them guns. .. ., ... was the "aanswerab answer. "G m me my nne. ,ew orK aim. The Microbe of Old Age. In a lecture on "Old Age." deliv 2red in Paris recently by Dr. Mench iiikoff. the speaker expressed the i opinion that sensility was produced I ? Certain pnSIO10glCai biatCb V UlLU rh h.nH-pnr npriP nf mi- , ause tne- ot-ULacent species ot mi ' " 'f,!,? Tf JfJZ i create too rapu.Ij. Then in their turn .hey become Injurious. i tnese P; nounsn n we ' ,ar5e intestine, v.nicn mammals pos- whereas in birds it is almost result was ,,, .,!,. i,i.j . -"L-1-'. i-".nii The . 3 .pw n ae tIoclor;' ' Zht' Inlf thLrnrrr eignteen. while the doctors parrot. ,, J 2 . l tDe aiMU - "It stands pro veil," says the doctor ' "".""" -" ,B uiata and it should be possible to treat It , like other maladies to cure it or pre Vent It. The hope was expressed by Dr. that a serum would ' -lenchnllHiff 3h0nld be discovered to counterac: I the "macrophages. ' and prolong, hi:- : man life: meantime, he recommend , ed the consumption of curdled miik Story From Way Back. Private" John Allen tells the fol . lowing as .Hustrative of the partial . ity of the southern darky for long wenIsJ of whose meania:; ue ljt al)SO lnte, i:;norant: " -A ne?ro namei, Ejah Tho ,ivj Tupelo. Miss., recjntlv , chancetl tQ meec a Md 1 "ined of feeling miserable. In fact, TnQmaa. rriend feared fop ,us f so .tuckere(I out- waa he. . . I Miat s ue matter wit vo in , qU'Vl u K-lljail " 'Lije.' moaned the second darky indicating the region where the pain lay. Tse got sech awful pains in mah back heah!' " "In dat case," responded Elijah. i solemnly. I knows what you oughter dQ, Yfn ol..rhzer o over ter Jack .on Qev. uacfctPr0ioej,' cnnf " Dey says dat here's de flnest over dere in do whole "Touch" Was Guecr. "Last week." said Job Hedges- had the queerest touch' to whicii I have ewn been subjected. A man. evidently in the last stagta of con . sumption, came into my omce and said: " Vou know mentioning a c!1 ent of mine who is in the undertaking business. "I told him I did. "Well.' he said, 'he is holuing am insurance policy on my life for 510. i It's a cinch that that policy will bt payable in a week or ten days at the , 1 mot. Meantime I need 310. If vou , 1 will advance me -SI) I will give you i a due bill against the policy. If you I can t collect in ten days you can i charge interest.' " New York Times i World's Production of Cork. According to a bulletin issued by the Chamber of Commerce of Cad'z. rb production ot cork -n apain is 'imated at 2S.I10.716 pounds. That ot Portugal 22.315.10 1 pounds. AI- cria an,i other cork producing coun- tries' rocetfaer. about 20.22I.U4u pounds, making the world's total an- nuaI cor!c production 31.217.76') 1 PUB(is. lfae export ot ccrk in sheets -.. L7 lectured corks tor bottle stoppm P"rPSGS Irom P'"n i 13"2 amount 0i tr. 'n-!'ni;niiii T.-.ia.i or n-.ir. .-.. .j...... ,,, ...,... .,....,-,,. 0"' Paetas- lhe figures for 1302 he ins -1"S, 156,000. valued at 22.677 u Pcsetas- A New Nose Bag. I .v wougnuui expressman nas ue f linnrirTTil vnY-moT Y ,ln .iseu a new Kinu ot tee.: uag. wnicn r.-ill he -i re-r rei.r r.i bre ,n hnr I weather. The bag consist.-, of a semi- circular tin pan n:mg over the 1 horse's ncse so as to give him plenty , ot air and vet Holding enough oats 1 for a snrjsfn.rrnrv r-onrhtnl The nnn ' new nose-bag. - Comcenaaticn. Tliero wad never .i day so misty and J?ray That the blu- xaa not soraewh-r above it; There is nevr a mountain top ever av hlfanlr That ome Utile .iowpr Jod not love it. , , ; TherSark3 nevw a a,srat " 'ir"ury anl , "hat the tar were not somewiiTP ! Theh,5inn'iver a cloud ao heavy and' black xhat :t haa not a snvery "nin . There is never a waiting time, weary and ' twHI not some time have an nd- ' ias: SwhUt"U! P'irt f the 1aaam , The sunshine and shadow--, are blend- lRS- ... . Caascir-s Saturday Journal. More Girls Than Soys. cuueiuuuua "uuitu nic liicreasing , -. .-,.. I . .. .K, Tli KirT in Cnnln 3 1 T Wales last year numbered 347 313 4S2.131 males and 463. io3 females and the deaths oI4.450 266,C:,8 males and 24S.112 females. Thus, though there were more boys than girls born, i the higher mortality among men more j wan rescorea we oaiance, tne ranxs of "superfluous crnen" being thus strenthened by 1,73- recruits. i ...w , uu uiouij . rne norse s nee; neiow nis ia-.vs. r ....-. .. v..,..r. i.;,c. . WESTERN CANADA Three Divisions Affording Great Chances for Settlement Ranching. Wheat-Growing and Mixed Farming. The old Romans used to say that ml was divided into three parts; .Gaal was divwed into three parts; so is the Canadian North West. Gaul's divisions were political; those of the Western Canada prairies are created by the unerring hand of nature. The First Division. : Chiefly because of the elevation of i the countrjL the absence of large ! lakes and rivers, and the operations of the "Chinook" or Pacific ocean j winds, which readily cross the Rocky ily cross nr.Hnf'iine in niuhpni lhiirM t .. . . . ........ . . .,i .ve3tern p0rtlon a the Canadian prov- , inces is reganled as somewhat arid. ' and less fertile than other portions of ; the country. 1 Although this has been a prevailing idea in the past, it has been left for first plowing is called, is of course. American settlers, who have invaded j an exceptional expenditure, as when la this district within the past two or j is once done, it is done for all time, three years, to prove that splendid This costs about IS.50 an acre. After Ir.)il I7.MlA J -ar f Ff f 5rUia Can be SrOWn n the land. While there are no large lakes or rivers m this whole country there are , numerous fast running streams fed the year round by melting snows in tK . .. , . . the mountains. lurnishing :in :ilmnd- the mountains, furnishing an abund ance of the coolest and purest water, the best for beast as well as man. Englishmen and Americans in the .vestern territories are bringing in i their herds as fast as they can ami j lea3ing or purchasing land in lots trom "" w -" acres trom tne . Dominion govern men r n iilm nf ihi ' growth of the industry will, however. , he gathered from the fner rh:ir in 7S!'i I there were but 41.471 head of cattle ! shinned and sold from the ranches ! These riimre mn m -;n !"! ?n inno and to IriO.UuO in 19o:i. averaging 54) , per head for the owners. But it takes i a great many ranchers and a large number of cattle to cover an area of i .00,000,000 acres, the area available ! for ranching in the Canadian N'orth- I west. It is not at all necessary that large , investments ahoul.l be made at the , 3Utset. Many men commen,ed with 3mall capital and amall henL5 ami have worked themselves into large herds and great wealth. There is still in the country plenty of room for those who desire to go and do like wise. The Second. Part. The second part of the Canadian prairies embraces the great wheat growing belt of the country, which is easily a half larger than any other in the world. It includes about 150. 000,000 acres. Aa it is comparatively ' tree of broken land, large lakes and I rivers, about 12.1.000,000 acres of it an be brought under the plow. Plac- ing a farmer on every halt section C120 acres) it can comfortably locate '00.000 farmers, or 4,000,000 of an igricultural community. The terri i torial government's reports show that m 13)3 there were raised 16,620.143 bushels of spring wheat on 827.2:11 .teres, an average of 19.S6 bushels per acre; oft 440 662 acres of oafs there were grown 14.179 70.1 bushels, an av- erage of 22.17 bushels per acre. r ..i. -t . 531-arWliiSV . a5sr & -. i - - . "v f . ft rT " J Dfrnibnrg 63,667 acres produced 1,711.209 bush-, els of barley 21.6.1 to the acre, and 22,121 acres produced 232.S.13 , bushels of flax seed. .).:: to the acre, j .Vs but 1,283,131 acres, or a little bet- ! ter than one per cent of -the entire ! wheat growing area of the territories w.aa "uucl V-"J1'- a '. """" "" I I .. !.... .i ..I . tUat x" Per cen.,, . ne e.n ,e country I '-iUCl " " "- uk-',uvwjv twelve or fifteen years the Canadian ' 1 prairies will be supplying the entire demands ot tne mower country Throughout this entire belt there is an enormous length of railway mile age, branches are radiating in every direction from the trunks until they t scarcely leave a grain field more than i six cr seven miles from a road, and 1 her are an required, for in the fall a2(i eari7 winter the sight of the .: '.- . ..... . tors a tne railway depots makes the ontire country Iook liIce one hive of ;ndustrv. In 1SS0 there were but few ,,-hire merrier in the entire nnnntrr I .-.. .u ... i ...,. .' nvnont .1.1 !! fr-l mUXZmAum.rm. llU'.liVUUu m m K0' m mm m m V . m Adding Insult to Injur. The day had been appointed for the ceremony which was to make one of two, btit for some reason best known to the tickle maid she had relin- nuis'ned the glittering solitaire. nh well " said the vocns man. In the case. "I don't suppo'se fcould he nanPy -arith a woman who dves her hair, any way." ..Qir tjC fals'" she exclaimed in- dignantly." "is it?" he rejoined. "I thought it as only dyed." what He Took Comfort In. . -. .. T , , iQe MtL- uau i" ""- "There is one comiort, anyway, re marked Noah, "there isn't any old salt leiL to IfcMi Uic jc .j i a worse . ., ?.:. ..f.n.. Oim v With a thankful sigh he proceeded to unship his cargo. You Know Her. Patience Is she the kind of woman wjjo knows it all? Patrice No; but she's the kind of womaa wilo tells it alL - ' - R .i rinnnM'ui. -J : 1 L- I ?V I" M., v r f . i LkM . I SAnctEi.!!. , L I i - - " I D intfT-i the representations of their country men who preceded taenx in settle ment. Large Quantity of Free Homestead Lane. There is yet a large quantity at government land for homesteadln in this country, and as in everything else, "the early bird catches the worm." Those who come first are rst served. When it is preferred to purchase railway or other company lands they can be got at from 15 per acre up. This section cannot be better closed than by showing prac tically what is made by wheat grow ing in this district. The average from the first of operations is twenty bush ete per acre. Breaking the prairie, as the breaking, plowing and seeding, harvesting, threshing and marketing all expenses combined amount to about .l."j per acre, that is if a man 'ikes everything done it will cose him io.27t per acre. If he does the work himself he is earning wages whlh producing at that figure. Now. as the average yield is twenty bushels, and j the average price r0 cents J12 per -' acre the difference betwen the re sult and cost. h'.75, is the promt of grain growing year in and year out. in the great wheat belts of the Cana dian prairie country. If a man has a half section of land and puts half of it. IriO acres, under wheat, which is a very common occurrence, he makes J1.0SO on wheat alone and should make, if he is a capable farmer l m , . . . .. ' . . . w. dairy and other products, to keep . ...... l . himself and family the year round be- sides. The Third Division. The third division of this great country lies to the north of the wheat belt; between it and what is known as the forest country. As wheat grow ing implies the raising of all ceroala that can profitably be raised in the country, the remaining branches of &.?, ri 1 - -. t--.-, j., cja -r mm "7 ! mixed farming are dairying and the taising of farm stock. It must noc he supposed that dividing the prairies, .n this way is saying that any one por tion ot the country possesses better oil than another, for such is not the cast' all districts are equally fertile, hut the topography and climatic influ ences, etc.. differ, as well as the condi tions for production. Ranching and grain growing are carried on quite successfully in this northern zone; but it ut found tuuru protif hl.t to oum. oine all the features of the industry. An authority on the subject ha stated that agriculture in any country never reaches the maximum of de velopment until the farmers engage at east proportionately in dairying, though the surroundings must always uetermine the extent to which any feature of the industry may be prose cuted. Dairying. In the territories creameries and heese factories are to a arge extent under government control, and as Mich are working well. In Manitoba they are largely a matter of private 1 enterprise, and from the reports from that province they must be giving ab solute satisfaction to the patrons and promoters. If a settler's farm is not .specially adapted to extensive crop ping, or if seasons or other conditions are against the proper development of large crops, he has always plenty of pasture and an abundance of native bay foe winter feed. A small sum of money buys a couple of cows, and he can soon be in possession of a fine nerd ot dairy cattle, and the came may be said of swine and poultry. Markets. The mining districts of British Columbia, which consume- an im- mense lot of dairy products, are cloHe aC han(l an(i aiways afford a good country is overstocked Great Britain niTeru .it nnw a re:irfv market for .wl t... , . ti... the Canadian Northwest for the man acquainted nt umII'mit Tn. In'i ? 1 rT T 9 r rri n f -. Ua Confidence of Youth. "Now that you are through college.' remarked a inend of the youthful graduate, "what next?" "I shall study medicine, ' was the grave reply. "But isn't that profession already overcrowded?" asked the friend. "Possibly," answered the graduate. I conscious of his superior taowledge. "but I propose to tackle it just the same, and those who are already in the profession will have to take their t -"""-' Works Both Ways. Mildred Congratulate me, dear. Since we last met I have been happily married. PrisciNa With all my heart. By the way, I am also to be con'jratulat ed. Since our last meeting I hav been happily divorced. No Jealousy There. Jack. My sweetheart is the best looking girl in the town. Tom Quite likely. Jline lives in the country Stray Stories. V MHatCVS v vc-rr J " V r i ii m . rjr jr. x . K J ; it.' 'J f' . f j.nnsvi)mVt . l Z . -m ?.' J fiX CmmtmfUm .