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I Two AAIftS OF ON [ IIARTR
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' j By SUSAN BROWN HOBBINSI
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come to g't the key which I
UntIranil Mr. Ames lott Iicro when lie
movcd awe" inIl ( the young man.
' 0 , yeP' pl4 ( tin old lads' . 'Step tight
In anil P11 gnt It mr you. "
\VhUo RIle wAs gone he ntcl hIm5c1t In a
1OftIy CUshIOncI ( chair ana looked about the
room. A large cat made friendly ailvancea
flI wa settled In 1113 lap by the tune the
. L old lady caine back. She iaiik pontIcrout
c Into her chair aflI ( lookCtl at the young inati
with kinilly Berutiny.
"Are you John jrnotC , the now owner
t Mr. Amea'
"Yen , Tlio unhappy owner , I lioul have
bald a fcw 1ay8 ngo but iiow I have changcl
my mind , "
Arnolil 111(1 ( imot know what made him iay
that lnt , It \ n not at all imeceseary , hut
there waa anniethtng in the old Imulys face
Which invitcl tnilfjdence. .
"Indeed V. said mhe. "I wonder why you
changed your mind. "
' \\'ell , . I'll tell you nhoUt It , ' ' lie aakl ,
'leaning back comfortably In lils chair ammil
uttoicing time purring cat.
"I took time mortgage an the place with.
out iiivlng time miligIitst Idea that it would
ever caine into my vose1on. I (11(1 ( It partly
to accommailate Iics , anti partly aM a
speculation. That was five years ago. For
I'orne tlimmo Amnci hail Ieeii getting bchlnl ( on
lml interest' and I ( lid riot Ionic after him as
I ought , so I wan m'ntiier surprised amid nut
a little disgusted wlmemi I found last w qk
' ' ; t I was the owner of thu place and that
Anes limi nmovetl away. I iiavcmi't been out.
Iicc for a numtwr of years and I did not ru-
mcnmhcr , much about It. except tlmtit. there
was a small hotie on unit no acre of mud
nnil ttittt it was very far train imlahi. o
theru I wai , with a white elephant on
.jn'Is and no earthly use for him. "
Time old lady imnllcd.
" \VeIl , in a day or two I had a brilliant
IIea ( , I was uick In the winter. don't fel
real good now , and the doctor , every kiflO
Soc him , tells inc I intist get o tdo6r's
more. lInt , as I ant situated , there's nqt
nmncli inducement to go outdoors. My bonr -
4g PInce is only flv nilmuitcs from time law
otflce where I work and wlic one is tired
he doesn't feel IWo walking or oven riding
the bicycle just ( or the exercise. So it
t oeCflrrci ( tG nun to come out liete to live.
r Get my own supper and breakfast , you
, know , and putter around in a garden. I can
go into towui oil tlu electric cars till tIle
roads get. settled enQtlgl to ride my yheel.
. I 1l n't have to get to tli , olflce tilt tI , so I'd
"itve plenty of time to take the four miles
I think It Ia a beautiful plaum , " bald tbe
, ( lady , cOrlILtilS' ( . "Thcrc'ti nothing that
will tb you any more good than to ho out
n the air. "
"I urn glad to hear y say that , " said
rnol4I , lila fact lighting up. "Dvory one
) . . - : .qe talked to thinks I nun crazy.
But. I ant determined to try It a month at
any rate. o today I came alit to look at
th' ' house and co viiat tliIng I'll have to
iet to make It habitable. "
. , lf there Is anything I can ilo to help you.
iloa't hesitate to call on me. Amid I diopo
seti vilI ho real neighborly and come in
ti Sco us ovonlflg6. Father aiitl I get kind
dt lonesome omctlme. "
.rnoId put tim cat on the floor rcluctatitIY
pg , ; rose to go.
"Yotu ate the oiily one who has given me
ito least encouragement , " ho said , "amid 1
stank you Mrs.- "
"My name is Littlcflcld , " said the old
woman , as sirn gave lilni Iie fat hand to
Whcn t few day later ho came to ar-
r ango his houeholul effects , Mr. . Littieulel'l
) jno over and helped to make his sninhl
f hotictjcok ! 1omeltke. Then she insistcl
on bb , iahtn tea over at her house , an'I
he contentcd , tiayiumg that when he got set-
tied must return the call.
lie s'tzyed late lute the evening , anl wheli
ho we to his own house ho felt a little
hnmesIlt , hut that did not la3t long , as he
soon fli nsleep.Vhcn lie went by his
to take the ear the next morning
- . I ho WILVEd his hand gayly to Mrs. Little-
geld , who stood at the window.
That nnon ho went to his old boarding
Place , whore he was to continuo to take his
dinners. lie had lived with Mr. and Mrs.
.Aust.hit for a number of years , and Nr.
Austin felt a motherly solicitude for him.
She looked at him anxiousiy an ho caine
in. and almost overwhelmed him with jues-
lions as 'to ' lietiicr he slept well , and if
ho had breakfast enough , and wasn't lie
very tired , and didn't lie think ho had better -
ter stay In town that night. und was the
thoiiso ProPerly aired heforo ho went into it.
i'or the first week Aruiold litmselt was
a little doubtful .hout his experlinent , and
Mi . Austins .ii s and questions rather
nuiuoycd him , hu t the cud of that tIiric ho
, , $ . get ut l to his new life , and ho
. .1,4cflfl1e iiioro cheerful than ho had been for
. - . . . , V months.
Ily thothmno the grass began to turn green
he could not have been irnrsuatlod to return
to his old va ) ' of living. his house seemed
snore attractive as tinia vent on. Ito tIdIed
the yard , trImmed the rose hushes and grape
vicii , and by the middle of April lie began
with great enthusiasm to spade tip a gardeui
hiatelu , lie bad lived oui a farm ouuco , other-
) ytaw IA'itiht not limtve seenmed so good to
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gct'1flIO the country again ,
.rs , Austin sighed amid shook Jier Imeutl ,
aol ronthumued to fear that. Arnold would
break down , hut ml Juuio comae , Thou , as she
sa'w ' no prospLtm of getting luItmi back , and as
sh' , was lonesome evenhuigs , slio took a
sc'oo1 teacher to board , She was a very
liitty girl , Grace. Howard by name , amid ,
ni sue as quite talhativelrs , Austin's
dtauicr , table was a very lulcasant meeting
iLcu.
fArnoid was not used to girls , but It
iemned to hIm that Grteo howard must be
i ( tomcat ( rein nest girls , lie felt so friendly
I ivard lieu' , and she scezimed mmcli a couu-
: nhuil spirIt. lie told her mmii about. his
frmnise. . his gardeum , antI of the long rambles
I took oum Sundays , TIme ) ' talked of books
mU agreed remarkably ivell cmi Thoreau ,
urreuglis and Torrey , Sue listened with
I terest to all lie told her of lute rural ox-
I riences.
Time sunnuer vcnt by , and Arnold became
I ore and mnoro enamored of lute country
mule , l'hio Littleflelcis vero a constant
puree of Pleasure to him , nhiui the two
oueeiioitls were very neighborly.
I Ftili caine , mind still time tasinntion of lila
cilor's ; luaU held liiuum ,
'h'Imeui one uuight , just on the edge ot'vln-
er , a mios Idv.i caine to bim. Iiow much
) leusanttr it vouid ho tt Grace were lucre , "
lie thought , and lie sat In a reverie for a
1or time. After that ho kept thinking ot
her being there , and of how well she would
become time house. lipeciaily dlii he think
of It when hue at OplOslto to her at
d I noer ,
In March he ! began housecleaning. lie tore
time palier from the walls , ' bought paixf anti
liruslies anti began cimergetically to nppl-
the former with time latter to the Inside
woodwork , Then lie got large books of wall
paper samples anti asked Mrs. Austin's anti
Grace's advice about the choice of the tie-
signs , W'hn ho ordered the paper it was
in every instance the kind that Grace had
liked , It took him a good whim to do the
painting , and lie began to be impatient , so
Ito hired a mann to hang the vapor.
All this time lie was getting deeper in
love wIth his house and with Grace , but
lie told biniselt he ouId wait till eviry'
timing looked mit its best before he brought
Grace to see it , After ihat lie would aik
her an ImportomL question.
It utis In May , that one Sunday , after
church , that Mrs. Austin and Grace took
the ciectric cam's anti vent to see Arnoltls
house. lie met thetn at time corner of his
Street , and the three vent along together ,
chatting gall ) ' . :
Mrs. Austin admired ovcrltiiimig hiong time
way , and when she canie to see time interior
of the house she w.us loud in her Tirais&s.
Grace ogreel to everything , but did not
say flinch. They limnl lunch together antI 'it
length Arnold uvemit amid saw them on
their ear , therm stcotl watching till It was
lcot to view. lie was very happy , and as
he went back imonm lie nposlrophlzed lila
house as , it had comtu to ho hi habit W ilo.
"I think you immado a good hmnpresioui , "
ho said , "amul I hope time time is conmhiig
when you won't be I ft nIl alone ilay tInies. "
Time next night as he wa. % gotUnm on his
wheel to go imonme be saw Grace s'aIkImmg
nlont the opposite sidouhlk , lie croSsed
ovmlr , nni trundliimg hits bIcycle , lie walked
beside 'her. .
"how dId you Iticu. nmy homimo ? ' asked
Arnokl , as ; the3puuused as time /tustins'
ga to.
"It Is Very pretty , " she said judiciously ,
"but it rnus be horribly lonesome. I should
die , I know , if I hni to live In such a jilhc .
Still , " sue added , smIling , "if you lIke it.
( lint Is all that. Is mmecessary , Do ustIbus
nOn ot lisptmtammdunm , you know. Good
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night. _
Arnold looked after her as she wemit imp
the stcp , TIicn as the door closeti beiilnul
her , lie nmounted lmIs wheel ant1 rode rapidly
away.
When he came to his imouse , ho looked
at it sadly. "I shall liavo to give you imp , "
him said. "It comes hard , but. I have got
to do It. "
Nearly two wcek3 passed before everythIng -
thIng cmummio right so that , Araold could put
ills miuestlon to Grace.
After that , whemi they were ummakimmg plans
for the future , Arnold asked , "What shall
we do about. a house ! "
Grace opened her eyes wide , and gazed at
lilni as though ho had asked a Very foolish
quest ion ,
"Viiy , what is the matter with your
house ? I think it is lovely out 'there. ' I
wouldn't ask for anythIng better. "
Arneld gasped. "I thought- You
said- "
said"O
"O , " she answered sweetly , "That was
over so long ago , and I have changed my
ilium
I ( ' ( ' 't'ork lii Costit hticu.
Ludwig I tomimmel , who was. commissioned
by an American drum to reconstruct a telePhone -
Phone system In Costa itica , strongly rec-
oiiimcnds Anmerictin tjurtcrs to scimil to
that country only apparatus requiring time
least skilled labor In Installation amid main-
tenammce. The price of labor Is low , mit the
labor itself iii of a correapondummgly poor
grade. Sixty cents of Anierican nmoney for
a day's work of nine and one-half hours is
time reguiar pay. Skilled labor is so scarce
that Mr. llonmniel Iimtcl great difficulty in
fintling a muon able to make a Plumber's
"wiped" johmmt In connection with the cabic
work. The main exchange of the telephone
systemn was in San Jose , with trunk hues
connecting some of the smna1ir towns Iii the
conitry. The wimoie system had. to be
changed ( rein "grounded" , to "metallic" clr-
cult , which shows that , although Costa Rica
is time southernmost state of Central Anmer-
ica , Its pcople are mudvanceci enough to kmmow
the differemmee between good anti bail telephone -
phone servlc . Tbo climate is perfect , cx-
cept iii tberainy season , which is veryhard
on time voptlen telephiommo po'es. ' rotting them
( luickly. AmerIcan
Iromu telephone pocs are
310W being erected on tle whole line , to the
great satisfaction of the t.elepimono people ,
especially In vlesvof tlio fact that time gov-
brnnicmmt of Costa Rica uses scci rails as
Poles for carryIng its tcirgraph hues be-
twceii cIties. Time line lImeIectors tire a
good tletil worried ty the turkey lUzziirds
or vultures , which y1hI ottqn congregate to
time miuummbqr of two , or three dozen in one
hhaco on the line. Often in the dusk the
StUIII birds get. caught In time wires , cans-
ing ninny crosses aimd S9mnetmnes struggling
helplessly unil they mile or until thy tall
exhausted into the strdct. The .service In
timO ecchmnnge is fairly good , although no oqe
meenls to be In a varticulr hurry. The op.
orators , particularly , are leisurely in timQim'
thovememmts arid vary their professional duties -
ties \ultii cheerful conversation , There is ,
however , a notice on time uvahl pf time op ra-
tlng "salon" rcquesthmmg that. the women
operators nbstnimm from smoking whmihmm on
duty , as that induigeumc would Interfere
with their Iiroer atUintion to tlio service ,
Viimflfl Ii , ISle' tim IIettri-g . Chair.
NJ\V YORK , July 2-Mrs. Martha lit ,
I'Iace , COmis'icted of thmo murder ot her stepdaughter -
daughter , Ida l'iace , s'is today senteuicej
to die in time electric chair at Slag 3irmg
vrison during time week beginning August 29.
Mrs. Place Is 44 years old , The murdered
girl was is. Mrs. I'iaco was insammoly
Jealous of her step-dauglutet' , wIth u'honi
iulio haul frequent quarrels , In February
last lme smiiothereti thu young wonman to
death with a iiIlIow. Then she lay In voit
beiulmmtl time front. ( leer for her imtmsbammd and
iittacjced himn with a hatchet.
Oriimigejmmt.m l'umrnl , . ,
l'OhiT lIUhlONIicii , . July 12.-Mar
than 7,000 orangemmien , resIdents ot Canada
and time United States , today ceiebratt'd the
ahiumiversary of time battle of tIme iloyne.
Military Street. bridge , in the center of the
ctty , is ulecoratedvitlm portraits of Queen
VIctoria amid or President McKinley. Other
patriotic decorations were imumnorotmaly tils-
PitkYed , Over seventy orangemon's lodges
arc represemitcd , and , as each lies a fife amid
thrum corps , mnarthumi music vuts the strong
feature of the big parade this ufternoomi ,
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Are hotter than liaitd'scwed shoes but cost less. Mcii ,
'SVOlflOll 811(1 clii1di'Oi wear them , All kinds are made ;
till dcalcr sell them ,
aootyn ShOE 1AOtIUilItY VQ DQSTON ,
ChEAP LIVING IN IANILA
ole ; aan PU on 8R as Ho Wanth
for a Dollar a Day ,
CONVENIENT SYSTEM OF PURCHASE
TOut .NOcr t'n ) fat' AuitIuhmig % 'Iuii
You i3mi' It-Timo "Cii it's Symtemn-
A. Mull. of Vhotimcs Cn.ttit
. ( ) mi13 'I'tiU lollnri , ,
In McnIl mme cine ever pays for anything
lie buys at the time lie buys It , for the thin
white suits that are everywhere woth are
not mnnde tot transporting colmi. llanknotes
are practically ou of circulation , and heavy
Mexican dollars stammd at the head of a mot.-
hey faimmiiy of 50-cent pieces , Stanish pesetas ,
and huge coppers , to give weight rather
than value to time currency system. It
draw tIme first prize in the monthly lottery
run for the betmeftt of the government ,
wrItes a. correlanlent ) of the New York
I'o.9t , your $100,000 is nil imaid to you in all-
ver "cartwh ela" em' aibsidlary coins , and
you reaily feel that. luck In xtter alt 8ome-
thing tnngihle when it takes a heavy dray
or two to haul the results of your winnings
from tIme governmnout otflce to the bank.
A dollar is about alt the coin that. a prop-
any clothed resident of Manila can carry
about. wIth him , nntl , as It generally turns
out , lie doesn't mmeed more , for the shopkeepers -
keepers tailors and bootmnakerB have all
been educntvti to recognize in tIme famous
"chit system" a imecemusary evil that springs
out of cemtain monetary amid ciinmato conditions -
ditions , and are always ready to accept , the
small bit of paper on which-over your
iiamnc-ypu vrito.i. 0 , U. for time amoufit ot
your hiurchase.
it : tiio cook wants a now stove , or the
coacbnman ml jar of "mid" nmolasscs to
sweenter tip the feed for the horses , or. if
tIm gardener wants a lawn nmowir , , liwlciu
call oniy be bought. at the English drug
store , or the aihiep boy a new rope for tue
punkab , write out m-i "chit" for each of thtoni ,
and that's time last you hear from the transaction -
action till the first of tli next momitli. lint
scarcely has that tiny coins before all your
creditors send in their collectors to cash
tlmose carelessly penciled "cults , " and then
your ofilce is urned mo a umney-chaumger's.
Armed vith a big canvas bag of dollars ,
you pay out to flrst one anti then the other
all day long ; anti to see your caIlura bite Ibe
silver iii time effort to discover lead , or drop
a dozen pieces on the hard floor to verify
tlio rIng , Is not. to feel complimented by
their opimiion . of your iumtegrity.
AbQumt tim emily people tiat will not. trust
'ou mire time ear conductors and the cab
drivers ; but as car fares rarely amount to
over three coppers , amid cab cbarcs to a
"peseta , " it iii easy to satisfy them with
prompt casim.
The general mode of dress adopted by
well-to-do half castes and Europeans of time
masculine gender throughout the Philippines -
pines is simple and cool in the extreme ,
consisting as It. does of two pieces to the
white suit , ut top Jacket that buttons high
around the neck In military faShion and a
pair of trousers-both made of strong sheet-
lag. The price is only 2 , made t order.
A thick felt hat of 'broad ' brim , a pair of
white camivas shoes , a light undervest and
socks , anti there is your Philippine costume
all the year round. No "boiled" shirt to
bother with , no collam' to vilt ; everything
washable.About eighteen of these suita
are sutlielent fOr Ii. aev comer in ordinary
standing and lie must expect often to wear
to a day. it i egins to raimi there is a
certain Pleasure in being able to feel yonve
got "nothing on to hurt , " and oven the na-
tiveM shu their umbrellas on uch occasions -
sions , carrying them open only as a. protection -
tection against the sun , and seem to enjoy
feeling the iery thin cloth cling close when
tet.
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costumes worn by the women arc not
so simple anti are made up of the brilliant
calico skirt , with long tr.iins , that is swished
around anti ttmckcui Into the belt in front ,
the short whit'i waIst , with huge flaring
alteves of plan fibre , that show the arnms ,
and tue costly pina handkerchief that , folded
on the diagonal , encircles the neck. Cog-
tiumes of this soul are hardly as sensible
as those worn by the amen and to this day
the Philippine pony is not altogether used
to the swish of thatj crushed strawberry
skirt train. In fact , I owe a sudden upset.
off time main road into a. muddy rIce field
to the tuexpccte7 iswlrl of one of those
long trains as it was gathered around to
be tucked upiri front.
It probably costs less to live well in Ma-
ails-during peaceful easons-tlmaa in any
other capital of tIme east or west. Take the
case of my messrnate and myself , for cx-
ample. We had a good house , with three
bedrooms parlor and tiled floor dining
ropm ; a huthiway. renditig roomn , kitchmemi ,
boyp' quarters anti bath room , with tiled tub
anti showor. A small table , garden mind ten-
foot Iron fence to kep out the burglars ,
who used to grease tiimnseives and prowl
around naked at deami of night , seeking to
rteai ponies or even carriage lamps , coin-
pleteti our establishment. Our cook , to be
ready for unexpected guests , ervcd dinner
each evening for femur atid got but 40 cents
to provide enough raw materials for six
courses--includin thp firewood necessary.
At time end at tile month everything going
tnto the general mess accoumit-hmoue rent
( $15 a month ) , wages of three servants , fool ,
drink , Ice dad liglmt-iszs added up anti di-
videul by two , The result was astommishing ,
ti $29 was the sum total of my mnontlmly
shhro. To lIve fm such tnto and ontcrtalmm
one's friends fQr lemma than an American dol.
lar a tiny' a1soluteJy spoIls one for subsequent -
quent existence In this country , mind it is
no wordor that many a Britisimor-return-
Jag from MnniI to Fmigland via the Btatcs
-1ia been ito overwimelnieti by html first laundry -
dry bill iii San Francisco that lie has taken
mu through train for New York amid sailed
by the first outgoing liner , without atop-
ping even to see the bridges at Niagara or
tiit winter gardcn at the Astoria ,
ictliou1s of IiInria't1mij ,
Time methols of nmarlceting iii Manila are
mmoteworthiy iii themselves. All meat , of
coure , immust be eiteum on the day it is killed ,
since Iii the tropics even Ice fails to iro-
servo 11th , flesh or fowl , As a result , while
l , t f anti mutton are killed in the early
iumorning , a few hours bero the imiarluet
opens , the smaller try. aucim as game anti
chickens , are solti alive , From d to 10 mmli
the native and Chinese cooks from many
families coma to bargain for the day's sup-
ply. Aftdr filling theIr baskets numbera of
them mount the little tram ear for the return -
turn trIp 4o their kitchens , amid proceed to
pluck tin , catlitra off the lIve chiclcon5 or
birds as timy jog along on the front or rcat
llatfornm , By the time they have arrived
home Limo poor creatures are almost bare of
covering , anti , keenly suffering , they are
pegged down by a string to the floor of tIme
kitchen to await theIr fate. When the
creaking of the front gats ammnounce time
return of the master or mlstreEs of the
iioue It Is ( lame enough to wring the necks
of the unfortunates anti shove them into the
bollimig ot or 2-eastluug pan , that seems but
Ia accentuate a certain touglma.s whmlci mill
cooked nioat freshly killed possesses. I
never visited 'our kitchen oftener than mmeces-
eary.
Ged servants In Manila get eight lo ten
Mexican dollars iier niommtb , or four o five in
American gold. My bead boy got ; a ,
ummarrled , thd two children and bought all
his own too.i out. of this immodest stipend ;
an4 I don't. 'think ' he stole from me , though
he may 1ive done so from somebody else
now imnd then , To be sure , ho be.uought ad-
yutu e Qfl hIs alar LQ tubry 1ter QT
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brother , as ho eitI , and it cot until he
asked me to pay for burying the same mom-
bet of his flock twice that. I saw the rieCes-
sity Of tabulating his family anti chocking
off such as wcro defunct ,
Aitiioulm servants are cheap , it is necessary -
sary to have plenty of tbenm o that it cer-
tam given few shall be awake when wanted ,
It is always easier to get imp from one's
chairs ring it hell on the center table anti
let a boy come to fetch you a book from.
the next roonm than it is to step across the
tlmrcshoid yourself , In fact , 1 have even
known a , young foreigner , whose beard was
no heavier than a school boy's , to take with
him a barber to keep his face clean simmuvemi
during some provincial trip.
One's washing bill in Manila Is absurdly
cimemip and for $2 per month as many clothes
can be thrown into the hampers mis one
cares to use. Two full suits of clothes a
day , for thirty days , makes an item of no
mean dimensIons , and yet the laundrynman
turns tip each weck with his basket full anti
perfectly atisfled with his remuneration.
Then , too , ho washes well , anti although ,
when you ace himn standing knee deep in time
river whanging your trousers fromu over his
shoulder down on a flat atomic , you femur for
the seams and buttons , mmotliiag ever nppemurs
to suffer. Ahtlmoughi ho builds a small boa-
iIro In a brass flatiron , that looks like a
warming pan , and puts it. over your white
coats-all blazing as it is-the result. is cx-
ccilent and scorched spots are conspietmous
only by their absence.
Timi , ilcgiiiii $ Itumi lit'tl ,
9no more peculiar institution in the l'hii-
ippines is thin regulation bed. And to the
noily arrived traveler its veculiar rig and
constructiomm make it command mu good deal
of hmiterest if imbt respect. it is a four-poster
with the vests extending high enough to
support a light roof , from whuoso eaves hang
copious talus of cheap Imice , The bed triune
is atrtmng tightly across vitlm regular choIr-
bottom cane , amid time emily ether fittings are
a piece of straw mattimmg spread over time
camme , a 1)1110W and a surrounding wall of
mo3quito netting that drops tlowmt from thereof
roof amid is tucked in under the matting.
110w to get. into ammo of these cages Is the
first. questioum that presents itself to tIme new
arrival , and what to do with yourself after
you lmnve got. there the second. It toOk flue
half an hour to make up my mind as to the
proper mode of entrance when I was , for the
first time , alone with a PhilippIne bed , aumd 1
couldn't munko omit whether you get in
through tue roof or the bottom or the sides.
After finally iulhlng away tIme netting I
found the hard cane bottom about as soft
as the teak floor anti looked in vnlmi for
blatmkets , simeets anti mattresses. In fact , it
seemed as if I had got into an tmnfurnlsimed
house , timmtl time more I thought about it the
longer I stayed awake. At last I cut my
way out of the peculiar arramigement ,
dressed anti spout. the night in a long cane
chair , preferring imot to experlmnent further
with the sleeping machine until I found out
how it ; worked.
Lutter emm I joined the ranks of thioso who
thimik mmono is so comfortable for hot
wemtthmer as a hard Manila bed , with noUuing
but its straw plilow mind its piece of straw
matting , atid for nights after leaving time
islands I failed to appreciate the return to
aott mattresses and woven sprlmmgs. In fact ,
such Is the change of life all around after
calling away from Luzon , that for days and
weeks omie longs for the peculiar conditions
and omio so poorly cqtmlppe'l to lIght a navul
battle as Spain showed itself to be at Manila
bay.
'PitADI IvFAltMtG lMl'LllEcTS' .
No 0 $ her Coumiitry lit ThIN Limit' Coin-
miirnbie icithi the Ummhtc.t Stutles ,
At time chose of the civil war a reaper now
selling for $75 cost $120 ; a steel plough. now
costing $12 , sold for 2 ; a potato digger.
now costing $7 , aold for $25 ; grain scythes.
nov costing $9 a dozd'n-coat. $26 ; shovels ,
floW costing $9 a dozen , cost $20 ; 'biumders ,
now costing $50 , cost $110. As this process
of rcductlomm has been going on , says the
Now York Sun , the product of Auncrican
factories iii the line or agrlcumtural ummipie-
meats has been gemmerally extended and
vastly Improved , so that the United States
is now not only at the head of all other
countries , but so far at the head of other
countries that there has practically ceaseti
to bo any serious competition except in re.
spect. to the supplies sold by certaIn Euro-
penn countries to their colonies. Through
the free markets of the world , without ro-
atricttonui established by governments , the
United States is the great source of sup-
ply.
ply.The
The importance of the business carried on
both at home anti abroad by the United
States manufacture of farming inmplemonts
is shown by the figures of tile last federal
cqnsus of 180. There wore at that time ,
approximately , 1,000 manufactories of agricultural -
cultural Implements in tlmo United States ,
the amount invested in ( his liume of manufacture -
facture being nearly $150,000,000 , time mix-
erago imummibor of persons employed In It
being 45,000 , the materials used averaging
in value $30,000,000 and the output $80,000-
000. Since the atmunmer of 1895 the Ammicrican
trade in agricultural implemevt9 luau been
smmbjected to a unamked , , prostration. The
export trade of the country in agricultural
implements hiss contiumued large and has
even increased :
1593 ( thi'cmtl ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ , ,
1S91 ( fiscal year ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,627,000
1895 ( misenl yemir ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,110000
1S96 ( ttscal year ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,176,000
i97 ( humcnI year ) . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . , . , , . , , 5,240,000
The Argentlumo Republic has been the chief
customer of LImo United States in this tteun
of mammufacture , and th South American
ctfimntries and West ladles have heea cus.
tomers to a smaller extent. Hut while time
foreign market hmas continued , thin home
mnarlcet. for Amimerican agricultural products
has been curtailed greatly , In cemmsequencs
of the failure of some crops , tIme diminished
, rices for cereals , time accumulation , west
and south , of mortgages and the contraction
of credits to farmers , whmo , as a rule , buy
their agricultural machinery on credit , payment -
mont being huretlicated emi the success of the
crops and of payimmg prIces for them , As
a result of the agricultural depression in tue
west in 1893 , 1894 , 1895 and 1816 , it. is barcliy
too much to say that. time farming lmrmple-
umeuits tuseti during the last five years in tIme
Ummited States imavo been literally wearIng
out. Tlmo large commcerns imavo Loch carrying
their custommiers on credit , amid with large
debts outstanding the farnuera , generally
speaking , have been waiting the return of
batter times anti better prices , The favorable -
able conditions of a year ago were not whIm-
out their etfcct on this branch of business ,
anti timoco of thmis year are lmeing rdfleeted
in the enlnrgeti market for farming ma-
clmiacry , rcapt'ua , tlmresiucra , plougbs , rukes ,
binders , scythes and harrows.
At. tIme bead of time states of time country
in the volume of its manufacture of agricultural -
tural implemnents is Illinois , wIth an invested -
vested capital of nearly $60,000,600 , Ohio
follows , turn New York anti tliemm Wisconsin ,
Ohio supplies most. of the southern market
of demand and New York the mmmitldio and
eastern states. Of recent. years Caultorumla
bums developed Its manufacture of farming
implements largely ,
CU1tItUS 'I'.thjfl F1t031 'VIlE SE.t ,
l'hiot iioiiMt' of n'IVrt'ohc.i Strtuuuier
Cu rn i'd f ii f lit(0 u-mm i'r's Duo r ,
Many curious storkm ore told about the
sea giving up its dead , of bottles thrown
overboard in unidocean encircling the gloho
nail otlici- mysterious happenIng on the
briny deep , but It. remains for the Phmila-
delpbmla Iiulltitimi 'to ' chronicle the story of a
pilot house washed off a wreck traveling
over 200 miles enl < 'sating itself up on time
beach in front of time clear of its owner ,
Such u tab of fidelity and marvelous jut.
atlact is phenomenal In a pilot house , mind
therein lies the story yiuich was told to
time Bulletin reporter today at time Marl.
time exchange b F , A. Van Doyuieburgk ,
; ; ; ; ; ; :
mhlrector ot ih' exchange , anti
the owner of the pilot house in question.
\ir. iioymiohtirgk euid ; " 1 ant one of the
owners of the h'hilatlelphin ttmg Thmomna (1.
Smith , which now lies at the' bottom of
( lie Chesapeake boy , having foundered in a
severe storm off Old Point Comfort on May
S last. All of time ccciv were taken off by
time sciioont'r Alice Colbumrn timid landed at
the poInt , Three days ngo , whil& at my
cottage at Stone Harbor , Seven-tulle ileachi ,
near Cape May , an object uuus observed
floating in the breakers and making frantic
efforts to effect a landing right in front of
may houme , Ucorge Cressy , ii reldent of
Scvea-mniie Bctchm , like nm-seif , becamume very
much Interested amid started out to help time
object , which looked hike a square boat , to
land. A tow minutes hater it safely on
the beach , mntt turned out to tC the pilot
of a amnali stc'anmer. Mr. Creumsy entered limo
Imoimse , and umow conies the curious part of
the story. Whmeum in' cmmmergeui he brotmgimt
with hmini two wnter'noakeul documenti' ,
whicit he found attached to 'the uoottwork.
"Without saying a word lie imunded me time
documents to peruse , mind need I say that
whemi I glamiced at thienu I was so startled
that they ahmnctst fell front may hammd. They
were time inspection papers of my tug , thu
Thommmns 0 , Samlth , and time object before
me uvzma her Pilot house. For a mnonmemmt I
was too iiumouumdcti to utter a word. here
this faithful PlhOt house had detached itself
from tlmowreCk , floSted out the Chesapeake
hay ammt 200 miles up the Jersey coast right
to umy door ,
"This sounds like us wham story , but , I
assure you , on amy honor , that the facta in
the case arc as related , anti I cmii ready to
nmako an mutfltlavit , emiti so is Mr. Cresay , to
all I have told yotm it is one of the strang-
eat occurrences I hmnu'e ever hcnrti of , and
half leads me to believe that the qtmcer craft
taa piloted from Old Point Comfort to my
door by sonic of tue spooks of old salts front
Davy Jones' locker.
"Time voyngo of 'tim.tt ' mysterious craft ,
traveling by day anti mmighmt to hunt. me up ,
has somnethimug uncanny amid weird about It ,
anti I shall nlwnw regard thm circumstances
as time most extraorthlnary coincidence that
hs ever come beneath amy notice. "
Time thulletin reporter was rather skeptical
Over time story , but Mr. Sharwootl , thm sero-
tar ) ' of time Maritinme Exchange , Ivim was
present when time occurrence was related ,
said It flutist actually have taken Plae , auth
a mnomemmt later produced the muht-stainNi
COrtiflcateg of inspection which Mr. hlonyc-
burgk lund hnntleut hint to read. The reporter
exammilmied time tiocumimemita , multI foumitl them
genuine. They were the imiapection err.
tiflct of the tug Thmomumas 0. Smltlm , mmow
at the bottom of the Chesapeake bay ,
} velyn hieee5 , one of time last passengers
on La ilourgogmie , was formmmem-ly a reqlJ1'mf
of hiapid CIty , where shmi had mmmnmi' friemmds ,
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