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Show THE MORyiXG F.XAMIXKK OGDEN, Letters to American BY Workers JOHN MITCHELL, than eMr ni hot. ii th.--' MONDAY EVENING, ADOEST , .r. ; j , v rMy aid ' ,v.i i.im-hicik tu bib friend. 1". .i t,,,,.,, i1!( j a branding by Ohi'i it" . n i i aiiiu piskr and . cuv: i, i John .j,,. vil. u-.... H.-- Ho na) bos is and t'M. former crept la.-- v i. : .... t.r HloaH, like wem alons. wh on the niwpaih h, .t bprak- . Whening occasionally i.i i; ... ever a boat came m u ni.-ifound out by i p m, water.nway a litflC diSi y jlfjvtT would stroll up K.iii'ii'iituisc and get a refresl ii ihe go hack and si' gras while the gstek i r t nuhH-with water. u,c two i,, Having nothing young nten, who mv i.i,, i in the way i.r decided to test this sort of i : f. themselves, tn.-.and incidentally own wager. ic!i-'ib.iito ride on one of ihe boais , u ti the last lock above Great Ka!'. ami the other tried the towpa'li w.ih the driver. Both enjoyed thcn:cieb a good deal ail the way to Henna Mil., the nunc between that poiui and Great Falls lying through an nnuMiaily shady and Popicturesque district of the tomac. 'there could he mi more recreation, and af.cr the man who had suggest i ihe hei had tried the towpath, they sere going to camp out on the canal hohi. and. smoking and chatting, ride near to llariK-rFerry. Bui these nice plans old not materialist!. Jnst abme Seneca there lolevel. gins the famous 'vigiii-iidlBelow there the a:ial is fed from the for sonic distance almvc river, and that point the a:w is green, slimy and stagnant. The Potomac is also wide and shallow and has muddy hanks. It grew hoitcr and hotter. The man on the boat swore to himself at the end of the third mile. There were no springs, no habitations, no anything, and to cap the climax the betting mau on the towpath could not gel hack onto the boat wbeu he wanted a rest. The canal was wide and loo shallow tu allow the boat to cunie close enough to the edge even for a Jump on board. There were no planks availsble, and the Idea uf wading or swimming in filthy water was out of (he question. It is needless to say that the two adventurous friends hastened tu a hostelry at the next stopping place, too tired and angry to speak to eath other or anybody else, i he next day Instead of going back along the awful way they had come, they trudged weepily through the boiling sun over many miles of Virginia soil, on Ihe other side of the Potonmc until they came to a railroad, they reached Washington disgusted beyond expression, with the !le uf the iiuiu whom in their Inexperience they had called the fort untie caual i'-- i , Uii-lM- government savings bank conducted A I CTAW, FOR THE BRITISH PEOPLE . I i . wo l904- - by John mch'1U lWtAU KiskU Bwn ed ) London, July 24. Tlx link ied more perform many SiJai u rvlc Ku:itJimen than do ot the United bietee. S Edy ran you letter, rtnulsrs or book send off but n spienoid system of par-'t has been worked out. by which n be sent nil over tb-- tr more cheaply thau much very esprese companies. Eoa Anierii-a1 in the Moreover, the telegraph s am ot the government, and short ntsy be sent for twelve cents psrt ot the kingdom. Finally, the JV, has gone into the banking U? insurance business, and money govern-tu- x te deposited there and stock purchased, while any the kingdom above the sge ot Lite may 'nsure bis life for a small which has be-uii or buy an annuity credit of Great it tne invincible jntiis snd Ireland. cnzlsnd may almost be said to be Every-vber- a borne of savings banks. opportunities are ottered the .... of small means, or the women sums trurn one .ad thiliitcn. to deposit banks are hitluig, upwards, and penny m ale, which aUu established on a large mfinit the saving of the stray pence of Sildren. A number o large employ-o- t, estao-usbe- d including railroads, have uvlngs hanks for their employes cent to 4 per ud pay from 2 S lor effort has been oeni interest, snd every nade to give to the people a safe and small profitable investment for their S nd j, nming& B ur the most Interesting andhoweof these savings banks, ver, Is that run by the government, n toy' stay enter any one of the four-teor fifteen thousand postoffice sav-uiKingdom, banks In the United an account kicn your name, secure 'book, and deposit a sum not to be leas gi cents). The shilling (35 bole credit of the British government u pledged to the reimyment of this one skilling, and it is as much a part of the rest of tne four toe national debt or five billion dollars which the govi hii one ernment owes. The regulations are such as to make it in every way convenient to the The savings banks are all upen from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. on every week day; ue posits may be made one chilling at a time, and may even tie mule by penny contributions In the lurm o( stamps; and all formalities are waived, both in permitting a contributor to dart an account and in enabling bun to withdraw his deposit. Deposits may be made by all persona ot full age (if nut under legal disability), by mimed women, by children of seven years or over, and ou behalf of i lillilren of less age. on behalf of lunatics or insane perrons, by a person act- , ing as iruafre for another, by friendly nvrfies, Industrial, societies, charit-ih- le and 'provident societies, penny banks and incorporated building BLSIXEfiS HA8 INCREASED STEAD- ILY DURING FORTY 1EARS OF WORK. Upon paying your one shilling, or or your 1. or whatever deposit you make, (he sum Is Immediately written in your bank hook, and alter (he lspee of a few days you an acknowledgment from the tmirsi Savings Bank Department of Ionrion. If Ihrre is any mistake In the STonnt, or any failure to make the you may write to the r'WnlBre, and there le no charge for pwuge on ibis or any other letters connected with the savings bank bus- - jotir 1, re-M- lQQM, The loss of lh lo the bank book does not r the account, but !Le P',nen, of a shilling for a Depositors are permitted h,e r BI1Jr Prt 0f tta iub 7" them, not only in the of-- ! Deir savings, taT! "! offlre in the ktagdom; all that n to do is to write a JT of POtaw. to the offl nH7 ,de ,rol,r dpl,0lt- - nd they WBrrf which permits K S and, perhaps, even of large r.ieans. but it is nut puEbible. as in private savings banks, to multiply the number of accounts, and in opening an account one must declare that he has no direct or Indirect interest in any other deposit. Nino out of every ten deposits amount to less than fiiic; but the other lemh of the accounts of all the make up over money Invested. The depositors in the Postofficc Savings bank represent all grades and f classes of the community. Over see married women, spinsters and are chilureL, and over people cngagdtl In dumeatic service. of ail It is rrobable that three-fifin- a the feiwsltora are women and thil dren, ei ployed ur unemployed; but there arc larg numbers ei.gsged in industry, in trade, and commerce, and In professional and offlcitTl life. The savings banks do not seem to be used very much, however, by the farm ere, only one out of every hundred depositor! being engaged in agriculture. The rioney that is collected by the thousands of postoffices throughout the country is all Invested in government bonds, drawing ! per rent to 3 per cent Interest. We have heard considerable criticism of this policy of the government In Investing the money In its own securities, and preventing the placing of capita) in railroad or inor in the ordidustrial enterprises, nary channels permitted to funds In trust. The depositors, however, appear to prefer this form of Investment. INSURANCE FEATURES AND OLD AGE ANNUITIES ARE PROYIDEO There is also criticism of the government because of the fact that there is usually a slight deficit, owing Jo the comparatively high rate of interest paid; and because, further, there is no reserve fund provided for large On the whole, sudden withdrawals. however, the system of postal savings banks meets with the approval of the vast majority of Englishmen, and any proposition to abandon it would meet with opposition. Through the post office (he government Is also going Into the business of granting annuities and insuring liven There is a regular scale of prices by which people can secure annuities based on the age of the Individual. Thus, a man of twenty years can secure $5 a year for the rest of his Ilfs on paying $114; If he is thirty, he must pay $108; if fifty, $75; and If seventy, $40. Not very many annuities are granted, however, and even the business of the poslofflce Is not very large. The system of insurance Is render--e- d very easy for all persona, and the poorest workmen can obtain as assurance of not less than $25 and not more than $500 under reasonable terms and with ths full credit of the government to secure payment of the amount. No medical examination Is necessary for an Insurance amounting to less than $185. but If an examination does not take place, only the amount of the premium is paid if the insured dies In the first year, and only half the total sum due if he dies in the second year. If the Insured submits to a medical examination, however, the charge for which Is 68 cents, the full benefit of the insurance is received, no. matter how soon he die; also tn any case where death 'I due to accident this full benefit Is received. The lives of children from eight to fourteen years of age may he Insured for $25. but not more, it being desired not to put a premium upon the denth of helpless infants. Children under eight years of age may not be Insured at all. Arrangements are being made for friendly societies to secure old age pay on the lives of their members by means of annuities purchased through the Post Offlre Savings Bank.' and employers of labor and large Institutions of the class may make similar arrange-mentfive-eight- one-hal- one-twelft- h m- 1-- S - a Up to the present time the Insurance features of the post office have not grown to a very large sum, the total sum of money now payable at deaths hmountlng to only about four million dollar. The post office does, however, furnish facilities for any Inhabitant of the United Kingdom to Insure himself on reasonable terms snd in a manner which absolutely guarantees hla successors in the event of his death. From what we can gather, the savings bank system, and the annuity and, Insurance operations ..of the govern-ment are conducted with scrupulous honesty end with great efficiency. The Post Office Savings Bank has attracted depositors dot' only from workingmen, but from all classes of the community, and the old private aavings hanks, which once played a great role, are of very much lees Importance. The government officials claim that the postal banka have done much to encourage among the people.- and the system la applauded all through England at one of them oat democratic snd popular Institutions of the megaphone, which had a mouth seven feet a run. snung around it gave forth a whistle oicrst:d by a compressed nila engnc. whi.-operated by a Id horse-powkerosene oil motor. The whirling megaphone had a trial for over four and was thought to be a good thing until several storms 0 heavy that they prevented ihe turning of the megaphone ruined Us reputation. Ajbout five years ago still another style of megaphone foghorn ass lest-eThis was a collection of eight paper megaphones, each eight feet long, with mouths four feet across and so arranged as to point to eight principal points of Ihe coinpass. Where the small ends of the megaphone met, a siren whistle revolved and threw its notes first into one megaphone and then into another. It was said the noise could be heard with a fair wind, at Wading River, on the l.ond Island shore, thirty miles away. This machine proved a success, but was finally removed to Canada. Mr. Bali plana to arrange six monster megaphone made of meal, three of ihem to be forty teet long, with uine foot mouths. These will be connected at the small ends, and point up and down and across the Hound. The three other megaphones will lie smaller, and the other two to the southeast and the southwest. Mr, Ball believes that the three larger horns will throw sounds to Bartletts Reef near New London on the east, to laig Island on the south, and to Stratford Shoal on the west. He will operate his battery of horns with two is horse-powe-r oil engines and compressed air. and he la confident that he will give Uncle Sain a whistle Dust can drill through any er . fog. IN OPEN BOAT TO PANAMA. (From the Toledo News-BeA Toledo man will undertake a trip of seventeen hundred miles In an open boat. The man ot this quite extraordinary undertaking la A. Stanley Parker, who has bad experience in the past with similar expeditions on a mailer scale. Parker will start from Toledo on a e) long and perilous Journey by water to Panama. The trip will be by the Lake route to Chicago, thence through the Chicago drainage canal to the Illinois River to the Mississippi, to the Gulf. Then the coast of the Gulf of Mexico will be skirted to Panama. This trip will be made In an opeu boat, rigged with a leg o' mutton sail. The craft Is a lifooter, four feet beam, light, but very staunch. My object in taking so light a boat," said Mr. Parker, In speaking of his undertaking. 'Is to have a craft that I can beach myself, as I will be alone. 1 expect to sleep ashore most of the time, and must have a boat that I can pull up on the beach without help. T will take along a tarpaulin so constructed that I can convert it Into a tent. This tent I will pitch anywhere on the beach or shore wherever 1 may be. 1 will take along a few clothes cooking utensils and provisions. While In American territory I will not carry much provisions, because 1 can etnp in any city along the route and buy from time to lime what 1 need. At Galveston, which wall he the on my last American city of lmportnn-route. 1 expect to put In a supply of provision that will last mp until 1 get Jo Panama. I won't need much, for along the Gulf Coast I can sustain life largely upon fish and fruit, which are abundant and cheap there. 1 expect it will lake me a year, maybe longer. My object la to reach Panama about the time operations 'begin on the canal. There la no telling exactly when Jhat will be, but. 1 wapt to be on the ground at that time. Mr. Parker baa soldiered in the many times Philippines, roughed and onre made a trip in a small boat around the peninsula of Florida. ' if HAYING ONE8 PICTURE TAKEN (From the Housekeeper.) Generally speaking, dark dresses should be avoided. Red, especially, is m odi;1d.yourmonerBt th a bad color to choose, as it conics out now eTcn-1withdraw Intensely black. Even for old women M looks much better to have something rflhe kir, l,y lele,r,m ,n an P upan th Wment of a light and soft folded about the neck tr.; and shoulder. Sheer fabrics and good hfW, ?Um my b trin-coulace always look well In photographs ease from one tn If nicely arranged. Where possible the certificates of m tno,ller- end OT dea,h w6i,h may lownecked dress should be chosen, if b? one la not too thin, since the lines in, wnnoction with the of tho neck snd the throat are almost It ohtSJSVforn one88,1,1 ccunis may the prettiest part of the photographs. shilling. 01 l,ie Post Office Where one does not care to wear a regSaving ulation evening dress, having one Just lniurca and liannii!.?Vernmcnt VlDS 01 u slightly open at the throat ia infinitely Tbe r4e of interest preferable to a high stock collar. A paid is U.i chiffon or mousellne de sole fichu Is as on all deposits of 1 artistic a thing as one can find unless The mount that may kt one be fortunate enough to have some te'cpcwned, however. Is strictly 11m- delicate piece of old lace which can be .rwmcr!y no more than $150 could arranged In somewhat similar lines Some faces look more attractive when ,n year but he limit FOR WHISTLE, NEW STYLE. h iS?.'1 framed, as it were, by a large picture and no one may draw in--j; hat (ordinary hats are generally a mis,7 0n deposit amounting to over Yankee Invention That May Be Tested take In photographs), and this in comhrre the account exceeds that I- -.. at a ong Island Sound Point.. bination with a drees, is no Interest is paid on the not against the canons of good lasts i?r.8fr uma Jason Ball of Duncan. Conn.. I money, however, It might easily be so if tne Invent through the Savings after the lighthouse officials for au- though kind gT iff hat were used. An opwrong In fn conhola Island Faulkner's on or other thority to erect fimiDfir,n,e"t with something light era cloak edged and the entire funds lamg Island Sound a fog signal snd i tv Purities, thrown loosely over is pretty floffy fcavins all J?. banh 1X6 Invested In which he la confident will break the shoulders, especially if one prefers iniuner. records in noise making. not to have too much of the neck and f the government The Island has been for more than shoulders showing. haa steadily Increased since a testthe for favorite spot a century the hair becomingly, so as re introduced over It Is convenient toArranging forty years ing of such devices. avoid any hard lines where It touchhe of the shore north the access time from there are of es the fete, is very important Tiie (r Bfictn million deposits, amount- - Sound, and la a point which the Sound tyle of bringing a solid mans of hair InYork New from everage steamers to and low over the forehead is one that needs ' Moreamounting to about flv. variably get hold or at night Th, , most careful treatment In the world amount. Including Interest, over, the distance- at which sounds to M aii , prevent Its ruining the picture. In all oP11 amounts to can be heard from this Island In deed, it Is well to avoid extreme styles - can be readily weatherlotm-M- t d sorts of (which are always ephemeral and look wa 10 ! dprosltora to about $17,000,. measured os the mainland of Connec- almoet vulgar when they are no longer H miles a away. few ticut, fashionable) in a photograph not oa-l- y orer a million and a Some curious Inventions have alof dressing the hair, but In what one Individby private to be photographed in. This i wean iilmfcr?unt ar opened and over ready been tested a ago Some years fosed. the number of II uals on this Island. w. of course, especially important In a an set upright full nManHy Increasing. The nan named Greenfield length portrait, for, although we Ppratlons has been redac- - steam holler here and fitted a very all get to like what Is fashionable id whistle Vi Urge calliope or pull out Green- however outrageous we first thought it .prjr low aum, now about twelve cents amounting yell of In aa per tran upon It The unearthly protuberance exaggerated field's whistle was heard for several sleeves, bustle, or. any lines which are how the enormous months, but It was foond that Its noe$ not those of the natural figure, become facilities offered b would not carry very far, and that distasteful Isfer on, and wo feel Infor L--. poetofflee for saving It cost too much to furnish steam clined to burn up the photograph whan od: t has been calculated tt we see It In our friends' house. his made new inventor a flT inhabitants After this, a megahim with J'd Kingdom, Including wo- - appearance. He had BOATMAN. CANAL THE wa "htch long, ' (From the Washington Fur.) NaicbUdrn facilities ad,Posltor In the phone sixteene feet turntable so that .f are. of mounted on If you can find any work that ia A the by people of moderate. wenld swing to all intirU. 0 lrwi nt ac-kit- th roJ0 Wkn - sa-ln- -- b, low-neck- esv-gMn- - ds-Pen- ez-tur- fthi-JjylJLTer- W jr i ill... - . . - any-thin- g ,;ii-iilli- r r ukt s e happy-go-luck- SUBSTITUTE FAILED. Hs Couldn't Eat Candy Instead of Smoking. I'll quit if you'll give me a subGeorge bad finally agreed, and in hla reluctance he drawled the words. Almost from tbn hour the engagement had been announced, Ernestine had been at biiq to quit smoking. Hhe bad given up arguments, it did not seem tu appeal to George that he was ruining his health, depleting his pocket. book, lessening bis mental force and ail that. Hhe finally worked it down to the simple proposition of giving up hla cigars and cigarettes for her aake, and on that she had won the fight it she could find a substitute. I have It. George," she cried, after puckering her pretty forehead with thought wrinkles fur as much as three rxinutes. Candy la InnorenL enough, and eating it will keep juu from wanting to amoke that horrid, smelly tobacco. George suddenly had fears for his health candy was bad for the stomach, destroyed the teeth, took sway tho appetite. Hhe came back at him with the assurances that one who had withstood the ravages of nicotine for years and years could afford to laugh at the comparatively harmless effects of eating candy. , Finally he agreed to try if. snd they walked arm in arm to the randy store on the corner, while he smoked his last rigarette. week later when he It was Just met a friend who asked how the substitute worked. The candy ester had e tale of woe to tell. Two of his experience will suffice. On the elevated he had met a mother suit boy. "The boy," h" said, soon observed me transferring a rhoroiato cream from pocket to mouth. He kept the most envious, longing eye I've ever seen upon me for a rdnufe or two. His begexpression outtugged a Hixth-ave- . gar. When thai did not work he askin a tone that yen l all ed his motfarr over the car: 'Mother, if you were a man with a pocket full uf candy and you met a little boy, don't you think you'd divide with him? The mutbrr remarked that there was no telling about men, anyway. Today on the ferry I received the final blow. 1 Itought a small box of creams as I went on board and eetiicd down on the d"Ck for a comfortable eat, wishing I could be down on the lower deck with the smokers. First thing 1 knew the pretty girl nearest me giggled. 'Rose dear. she half whispered to her friend who was prettier, Just look at this man next to us. What's ihe matter With himT the other asked, peering around at me. 'He's eating candy! man eating What, a stitute, candyr "That settled It for me. I cl ticked the box overboard and went down in the smoking ronnx where 1 borrowed a cigarette and smoked it tu tbe last ash. DOG NO MATCH FOR WOOIJCHUCK From th Bangor News. It is unusual to see a woodchuck drive a dog: ! ia usually reversed and tbe chuck takes to his hole, to be dug out by the dog. A Phillips canine followed his mis- tress, who was on a drive through the back towns of Phillips the other day, and after driving off all the hens from the farms along the road be came upon a woodchuck near the road. He harked with Joy at the sight of that strange animal, and with one leap he landed In front of the woodchuck. Then he stopped there was someeye that inthing in the woodchucks dicated that there might be serious trouble. The dog discovered it and backed away to safety, and. strange to state, tbe woodchuck followed him: followrrt him until ihe poetry was al! out of the experience and the fun was a:: time FimvI.i Mu- 1 ac - kllnwl.'ij,,i h.s his, !iy I, i:p tail ii'ii lei rkiilip.. m a rry i i M lOftf. 5 Mission of CLOUD San Lusi Obispo PELL RANG AT WRONG TIME. It. lS.it mi-ri- cou-f-sio- u d e g snow-t-apii- ed Fran-cIhcbi- Anl-moru- rn d. hi-lni- land-grabbe- r ftnui Ttf HOW FORETELL THE WEATHER LY LOOKING) OVERHEAD. tic Lm, Anpclfs l'nl., ,eg And Led ta the Capture cf a Thief pa!ni ri.ivn of lim Fil:lcetu(i rent U') aio being revived in wui'licin CaliWhcte Specialty Was Clovks. Fiuint.Hs monks fornia. 1'. reran on From the New Grlcam. limes Demo- have liMppctrcil at the eneieui of Sun Lusi Key. fifty miles north crat of CIIIU1IK ihlllgs. Ont of of Sau Diego, a itailcl of Mienih ami But the mraiig.-eKV.-i- : nccs 1 ever had. a haven of nut in the early day. and i have had a gie.il mmiy." raid the for two generation this diIdsiuu has tlencrird, until in ou policeman, was brought aiioul lren alnio.-- t euliiely smile years ago ly the aircM ol a reeriit years It lia beenmc a mere picUotniinUi clock llii.'t. 1 be follow had turesque ruin, its gray wslis aud arohe a pci foci jusiiia lor rivaling click, crumbling, and its rupaviima halls anil and wh'u Ins place was searched we lofty toaers abandoned and bilcul s louud shout the birangesl cvliictiuu decaying monument of ihe former of timepieces you ever laid yuur eyes glory of Slum's church and state. uu. Beginning about the middle of the The fellow made a rouiplcl Eighteenth century the Fianctmans and eis-ethat he had never created a chain of these mission set-- l hUileu anything bill clocks, and had no lemon is extending from Han Diego, desire to piiter any oilier article near the Mexican border, to Sonoma, Wai riles uf the very finest ami costli- north of San Francisco. They were est kind, jewelry, diamonds o all sorts located about one day's journey apart, travelers, hut this featto convenioni-aud rises, he had passed by frequently in order tu lay bis pilfering hands ure was only incidental to the great ou a (wo dollar clock. Hut 1 was spiritual, educational aud economic oik which they did for California, beabout, to foil i ou how I made the capture, for this is the most interesting fore (lie time ot the American occupapan of ihe story iroin my way of tion. Tbe Mission Fathers selected ihe looking at it. I bad had a very dull night of it. aud was getting sleepy most fertile spots lu beautifully shelalong toward 1 o'clock iu the i aim- tered valleys for their set tie went a Here ing. 1 had hid myself iu a shadowy they built their churches, founded their place, and to be frank about it, was schools and established communities dozing just a bit. A man could have ahlch took diem root upon the solL passed me with case if he had made no Each community was made Tbe useful more than ordinary noise in walkiug and arts aud trades were taught and carthe pave mem. Suddenly l was roused by ihe hut-sin- ried on. Within , tbe shallow of the and clanging of an alarm clock, chuirh, artisans and skilled workmen ud Jumping up throw my pistol right labored ai their various task. Water aa brought in irrigation ditches from iuto ihe face of the follow who had the noisy timepiece. About (he same the nearest stream flowing from tbe time a head was shoved out of a winSierras, and field, orchard dow two doora away, and ihe cry of and garden, reclaimed from the desert, 'Thief!' rang nut on the air. I had yielded or their abundance. The were the teacher of the irricaught tbe thief. The man who cried 'thief owned the clock, aud bad set gation of the southwest, and this Is I; to go off at 4 o'clock In tbe morn- perhaps the doeixsst and moot lasting ing. as he wanted to get up to catch mark which they left on California's a train. He caught the train and 1 dvilixatlon. This new activity at Ban Luis Key canght tbe thief am! found a collection of clocks numerous enough to has come as an entire surprise to the start a clock store, k was one iff the quiet neighborhood. Patriotic Ameristrangest catches I ever made, and the cans have been engaged for some years fellow 1 ran down wound up his ca- past In an effort to preserve some of reer by doing time in the slate peni- the old missions from further decay and even to restore them, to a certain tentiary for a term of years. extent. But those most familiar with A CHINESE DOG STORY, this work did not dream that the industrious followers op St. Francis From the London World. would ever return to make practical A Chluaiitan had three dogs. When use of the old landmarks. Even now It he came homo one evening he fouud la not known hut that the movement them asleep on his couch of teakwuod Is to extend to other hlatorie sputa. and marble. He whipped the dogs and RETURN OF THE MONKS. drove them forth. However that may be, the gentle The next night when the man rante brotherhood has come bock to San Lula home the dogs were lying ou the floor. Rey. The old church has been repairBut he placed hla band on the cuuch ed and service are again held beneath and found it warm from their bodies. its venerable roof. The cloisters ara Therefore lie whipped the dogs again. being rebuilt and the Irrigation aqueThe third nighl, returning home a lil-ti- e ducts reconstructed. The fields will be earlier than usual, ho found the tilled again and yield the same loyal dogs sitting before tho couch blowing aiipHirt to tbe community. ou ll to cool It! The leader In tbe movement ia Fhilier 11 O'Keefe, wito came unheralded from Meslco and quietly act out upon tbs CASTING LOTS. restoration of the old landmark. His fellow laborers are all members of tho g fsHtu Mllllarr Canton. That Was Franciscan order and perform Uiclr O.w la Yaarao la Csrsfi, heavy manual work In th brown casIn tbe armies of the eventernth and socks that were familiar tu generations eighteenth centuries the custom of cast- now inssnd and forgot Ion. Fat her ing lots to deride what soldiers should O'Keefe does not expect to revive tba be punlabed for the offense of all wps former economic life of the settlement common. At Winchester, England, In In all Ha amplitude. Much has happen1645, complaint waa made that after ed since his predecessors tolled and the surrender there had been unfair taught and ruled in these lovely southern Modern people have come plundering. R!x soldiers were tried withvalleys. modern improvements, and there It was found derided snd guilty, sad is now no need of the paternal ochema by lot which one of tbe six should be which did so much for the simple popubanged.. At Tangier In 1003, and lation of the country a century or more again in 10G3, two soldiers had to rast ago. Father O'Keefe's plan ia to condire on a drumhead, and be who threw vert the old mlsoiuj Into a Franciscan collega. Thus the the least was executed. Thoms May's translation of Barclay's Icon spiritual and educational work will live gives a curious story of this again, hut the social aud economic feasort. Hpesking of English courage, he ture will not he restored, beyond what la to meet the necessities of says that during the war in tbe Nether- ilianecessary monka themselves. lands same soldiers of the Rpanlah DONE KK3 OF CIVILIZATION. party were taken prisoner by tbe The Mission Fathers were the pioDutrh, who decided to make reprisals neers of European civilisation among for the previous cruelty of tlieir en- the coaet hill of California. They supemies. Out of four and twenty mm plied leaiiiTshlp and tnstriirilon to eight were to lie hanged. "There were those who were engaged in founding homes and wresting a living from the lota, therefore, thrown Into a helmet aaya May, and tbe prisoners were gaunt appearing desert. Tbe work which they began must still lie concommanded tn draw their fortunes whoever should draw a blank was to tinued, end upon a vastly larger scale, but it has passed to other hands to ths escape, but whoever should draw a government, of America and to an army black lot w as to he hanged presently. of settler who rnme from all parts of They were all. soya May, possess- the world. The government ia supplyof a their ed with great apprehension ing both the capital sad the export present danger, especially one Rpsn-iai- knowledge needed in this conquest of Their pitiful wishes and tears In the desert. It. is laying the foundation some of tbe slanders by did move pity, of prosperity, pointing the way, and inIn others laughter. There was besides viting the people to enter Into tbeir in that danger an Englishman, a com- heritage. While ita resources are far greater than thorn of the devoted mismon soldier, who. with carries counseed of tenance, expressing no fear of death at sionaries who planted the its spirit is much Ihe same, all, came boldly to tbe helmet and drew California, is hclpipg tbe people to help thembis lot Chance favored him; It was a it selves. danfree himself from safe lot Being In one respect the Mission Fathers ger he came to the Spaniard, who was were better situated than L'ncie Sain yet timorous and trembling to put bla They could locate their settlements in and receiv- tbe choicest spots without encounterhand Into tba fatal ing from him 10 crown be entreated ing tbe "sooner, the speculator or the who had anticipated them tba Judges oh. horrid audacity that dismissing tLe Fpanianl. they would by filing on the property under preposterous land lawa. The cream of the suffer hi in agsinio try his fortune." waa open to the real settler snd May further relates that the Judges country in those days. There will consented to the madman's request homebuilder be many a new ''mission" founded tn hi low so a rallied life who at rate, California In the whole gieat west and he emin drew a safe lot Mey missions dedicated to Industry, tliria seems rather to recret tbe second es- and the satisfaction of that craving fur cape of the foolhardy Englishman, homes upon the soil which is a healthy unwhom he denounce as a wretch American charset eristic. But the future worthy not only cf that double, but of these, misstnne dejiends in large even cf s singlo preservation, who so measure upon the inteliigeure of congress as a guardian and trustee of its basely had undervalued bis life. children who are to build up and occupy these productive lands. Under existing laws, speculators are taking up I. tars. Illkmra Flshlag in single entries from four to eight A tourist friend who has recently re- times as much land as is reasonably turned front a trip through the south necessary for the support of a family. of Europe was telling tbe other day They are getting title to this lanJ of tbe larre proportions assumed by without living upon It for a day or an tbe production of silkworm gut for hour, since the laws do not require them to do so. While the richest agrifishing lines In 8paln since the decline cultural lands are being rapidly acof eilk culture there. The grub le fed for speculation and monopoly on mulberry leaves aa usual lu silk quired under one law, the splendid forests culture, hut before It begins to spin which clothe the western mountains are ia In killed It Is. June and that May being consolidated into great holdings, by Immersion in vinegar. The sub- under another law, to be held against stance which would hsve$nned tbe the needa of coming generations. These cocoon Is then drawn out flora it body things are nothing leas than a crime In the form of a thick silken thread, against the children of the United which ia treated with chemicals and Slates. And the lesson taught by the brown afterward dried. These threads are robed Franciscan monks of Ssn Luis a tn hundred of bundles made np each, was one of helpfulness snd and tbe Bpsnisb peasant travel with Bey but not greed and rapacity. them along tbe shores of tbe Mediter- Will their successor, the United ranean as far aa France. The best States, teach the same lesson to her quality of. tbe. gut, as every fisherman children or will she carelessly, allow knows or ought for bla own protection the Interloper to wrongfully profit at when shopping to know, la round. Tbe their expense Congress has been askflat shaped article is- - always Inferior ed to take some action on the land laws and is due, not as often supposed, to of tbe United 8tates. It has failed or refused thus for to do so. if it recogcareless drawing of It, but to in tbe worm which fur- nizes public sentiment, it must no longer evade this issue, of importance to nished it Forest and the west and to the United States. I is Ii AMMETERS? Urru li ten lllxhr-- t nf All (Tnn mad ("einnlti of Aar ilai it uf Alt 1 I titu-f- ( (luud Minima. the Hlsccnt Wrttwl ia it must he going to rain. H.: i a remark yon may hear rcwxfontiy. au.l few people arera to realize that tke one thing la by no a of the other. True, all cloud are composed of water vapor, but it is nnS'inl to imagine tliat because cloud UviJiiie visible In tbe sky they are therefore guing to their content upon our beads. On tbe contrary, some clouds are artually prophets of fine weather. Cirrus, for instance, or curl clood, as it la often picturesquely called, is, as a rule a flue weather harbinger. Cirrus Is tbe highest of ell clouds. You can tell that by the fact that its thin, twisty, fibrous streak are illuminated by tbe but rays of the wiling sun king after the earth lielow Is wrapped in shadow. Threads aud groups of cirrus cloudy the finer the better, appearing after a gale, presage s long conUuusnre of settled weather. On the other band. If after several fine days cirrus appear In krag parallel bands stretching right serosa the sky in tbe form popularly kuown as marcs' tails. there will almost certainly be e change of wind and probably rain to follow. Lnllks oilier clouds, cirrus la composed not of water vapor, but of tiny crystals of fee. You can tell by It motion what the pace and direction of the biglieat current of wind. Quietly as It appears to be moving, careful observation has proved that cirrus sometimes travels at the rate of a mil in eighteen seconds. Another form of cloud Which I usually an accompaniment of fine, warm weather are tboee cottonlike, whitish balls which are cknHrny termed cumulus. Early in Ihe morning of a fins summer day cumulus begins to form aa a few soft, scattered specks iu tba blue above. These speck grow and enlarge without, aa a rule, traveling very fast, for they ara formed by vapnr ascending from tiie earth in columns. By early afternoon they often cover the whole sky, but toward 4 or 5 o'clock they usually derreasa and finally vanish by aunseL If tliey behave In this way yoe may be almost certain that the ensuing twenty-fou- r hours will he is clouding lip. tm-iiu- a die-char- -- fine. On tha oilier band, if tha cumulus clouds increase toward sunset, turn black in their centers and shine at the edges with an angry light, rain will follow, or, in very hot weather, thunder, Tbnndar is specially foretold by the cumulus clouds showing rounded, sharply marked tops with silvery white edgea. Cumulus, which turns very dark with blnrk, shaggy edges, means cold rain accompanied by wind. Cumulus ia much tba biggest of any form of cloud. A single cloud of this description will measure six o even seven nil lea from Ita flat, dark bass to Ha rounded, glistening summit that ia to say, ita bulk and height far exceed those of earth's greatest mountains. Th temperature in euch a cloud as this has been measured to vary over LV degrees that la, from 80 degrees Fahrenheit at tba base to 73 degrees below zero at ita summit Stratus Is atlll another form of cloud which presents no special indication of rain.' It is more common at night than In the day and consists of long, hands of darkish cloud, which lie very low and near tha earth'e surface. It rises on calm, dear evenings after warm days and may often be seen in mountainous districts slowly creeping np the hillsides. If tb sun rises through layers of stratus It Is usnally a sign of a fine, warm day to com. After sunrise, stratus, aa a rnlK rise higher Into tb air end slowly dishart-sont- al . appear. In early summer, when the weather la showery, yon juay perhaps notice, through breaks In tba min clouds, an appearance of dense white cloudlets In small. Irregular tufts brightly irradiated by sunshine. The children cell it mackerel sky. Its reel name Is drro cumulus, and It la a sure sign of heat nd probably fine weather. 8een in winter, mackerel aky portends a thaw and wet, mild weather. It Is the next highest cloud to tbe cirrus and la sometimes called Bonder cloud. A sure prophet of wind and rain Is drro stratus or vane cloud. It consists of long, thin clouds with torn edges flying at a great height above the earth. It la dull In color aod Irregular In Shape. The wettest cloud of all ia nimbus which la scon In Its most perfect form dnring a thunderstorm. It la a mixture of other clouds, a dense black or gray sheet which oftn appears to coma up against the wind. Usually when it first appears driving up over the horison its edges are fringed and tipped with rolling masses of cumulus. Tha most ominous sign about a nlmbna clood la when Its advandng summit Is tipped with a mass of dense, white, smoky cloud, which sooms to roll over end over. This Is an omen of severe electrical disturiMoce and a furious squall. Pearson's Weekly. A Mantle, Cast Bnt girl that yonng man of yours has been coming now for almost s year. Yes, mother." Isn't it shoot time he was breaking the leer I dont believe he intends to break the Ice. lie's going to wear it out Pock. A woman In Russia until the day of her death. If the remain unmarried, la under the absolute away of her parents. get far Teat. Mamma I am snro. Miranda, that Harold thinks as mm b of you as ever. He still eats your conking, doesn't he! Young Wife Ych, Imt I'm afraid, mamma. he does it f.r from a stns ot duty. Chiongo Tribune. lie who tell a lie la not aensIMa bow great a task he undertake, for he must he forced lo Invent twenty ( mere to maintain that one. Pope. . |