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Show rJ rJ)jJs In St. Petersburg Bastiles An LnglLhman writes In the St. James Budget at St. Petersburg prls-orVet more horrible than the !fat of the workers murdered In the streets of St. Petersburg is the doom of those hapless men whom tho ten der mercies of the triumphant bur eaucracy Lave consigned to the dark fortress of St. Peter aud St. Paul, and the luferno of the Schlussenburg In Iihe Joidoga. Well may the inhabitants of St. Petersburg shudder as they glance beyond the Neva at tho dark fortress whence, each hour, tho north wind brings across the river the discordant sound of its melancholy tells. Melancholy, Indeed, for nothing but memories of suffering and oppression sit upon its granite walls. Here Peter I tortured and mutilated his enemies. Here he slew his own son, Alexis, and to this dungeon, during the reigns of the empresses, omnipotent favorites consigned aspiring rivals. And since then whole generations of men and women for no other crime than love of their oppressed country have entered these gates often to leave them no more. A special refinement of tho Russian prison system in the case of political prisoners and suspects 13 continued solitary confinement until. s: LIVES WITHOUT A STOMACH. Girl In Vienna Undergo Operation With Remark-abl- e Succe. In tho Rothschild hospital in Vienna Is a girl without a stomach, that organ haring been removed by a sur- gical operation, necessitated by a cancerous growth. This was about two months ago and tho patient Is doing much better than could bo expected. Immediately after the operation tho surgeon Instated an Intestinal tube for the purpose of introducing the as In the case of that splendid Intellectual reformer, Dimitri Pass arc ff, they can he reported as harmless. prisoners here were relieved of their senses quite gently and almost politely. They wire shut up In com- necessary nourishment. After a larro fortable cells well lit by electric light of a few dajs, after which the paand for mental pabulum they were sup- tients life hung by a thread, a change plied with only religious and technical for the better took place, and it beworks. When Insanity or suicide came evident that tho operation bad f.nrertcned the appointed cud had succeeded entirely. For the first Icon secured. Put the doom of oth-ci- s weuk the patient, though receiving presents even greater features of sufficient nourishment by means of horror. Imagine a dark, damp cell, tho tube, suffered terribly from the measuring about 10 by 6 feet, be- effects of thlrFt, as she was not perneath the level of the surrounding wa- mitted to swallow water. After tho ters, in which the chained man or eighth day milk In very small quantiwoman is condemned to lie In abso- ties was given to her, and now she Is lute Idleness, studiously Isolated from permitted to take as much as she wants. Tho patient Is permitted to any Intercourse with human beings. "For ten minutes every second day leave her bed occasionally. the miserable wretch is allowed to see Novel Scrubbing Machine. the light and breathe the air In tho The human scrubbing machine is prison yard. Por the rest intolerable loneliness, absolute silence, occupa- the latest achievement of the Amerition of not tho smallest kind; no can Inventor. There have been many contrivances offered to facilitate the hooks, no writing materials, no Instruments of manual labor. Madness comes to such gradually with tho passing years. In the majority of cases tho mind rots slowly in the enfeebling body. Suicide and madness are the two great weapons In which Russian autocracy puts Its trust. Investigation of the Packers. teen manVery genera! interest has ifested in the government investigaof tion now in progitM Into the mode pack conducting business by the largo ers located in Chicago and elsewhere. alMuch has ha a written upon the or modes leged illegal and iropioper with tno connected business procedure that o seems It but packing Industry; kind h&a far no definite charge of any of Illegal been sustained and no proof disor Inequitable methods has been of wave a While closed to the public. indussevere criticism of this great trial interest h now pacing over tho country It might be well to remember that the pachas iuvo bad as yet no denial, opportunity to make specific wrong-doinof indefinite charges tho many having never been formulated so that a categorical answer could be g rnsdc of Commissioner The recent the result embodied Garfield, which undertaken cf an official investigation and by tho Department of Commerce vina was , Labor of the United States, dication of tho Western packers, but this result having been unexpected attempts In many quarters to discredit it were made. In view of the situation as It now stands, however, attention may properly be called to a few facts that owing to popular clamor are now being apFair treatment parently ovffbohcd. In this country has heretofore been accorded to all citize ns vvho-- c affairs assume prominence in the public eye and Feme of the facts that bear upon the relation of tie j vcl.ers to the commerce of the fo' vary may at tills time It would bo to. be briefly difficult to r aim ate the benefits pained of the country resultby the farn-.ring from the energetic enterprise of the packers, f r whatever Is of benefit to tho farmer is a pain to the entire commerce of the country. And connected with their continuous aggressive work ro feature perhaps has been more impritant than their efforts in seeking out lets all over the world for the surplus products of the farmer. Russian officers of the ships that these boats immediately moved out Our total exports of agricultural products have gained hut little in the past were lost in Port Arthur harbor tell beyond the group In a corresponding twenty years, and leaving out corn, an Interesting story of the manner in direction, say to the right; that if tho total of all other farm products which the Japanese gunners got the the next shot fell to the left, John was far less in 1903 than in 1891. But conChinaman would immediately in packing house products there was range on the vessels. Before the Jap- clude find better fishing he could that considerable pain during this period, anese captured hill, tho if he moved somewhat over to the left an organized and powerful because hits they made upon the ships were of the fleet of boats. These moveforce has been behind them seeking due to Indirect or high-anglfire, in ments were duly noted from the Japnew and broader markets. which the gunners could not see the anese observation station and the fire Besides the benefits reaped by farmon account of the enterprise and ers was ships. The aiming largely guess- directed accordingly. After the Rus- arduous task of floor scrubbing, but by the packers in atwork, for the Japanese did not com- sians discovered the scheme there wa3 none of them has ever achieved the energy exercised commercial results by foreign taining mand any height from which they no more fishing permitted in that par- distinction in the way of the novelty trade, great development in the could see the vessels. Nevertheless, ticular section of the harbor. attained by the device shown in the manufacture of packing house the fire for a while was so intelligenthas added enormously to tho Not long afterward, however, the accompanying illustration. value of all live stock raised in the ly directed as to make it evident to fire began again to grow remarkably United States. The waste material of the Russians that system of sig- accurate, and it was noticed that a Twins Are Light Weights. twenty years ago, then an expense to naling existed. It was ultimately Chinaman occasionally waded into the Twin daughters were born to Mrs. the Is now converted Into arfound that some Chinese fishermen shallows with a couple of buckets, ap- James of Worcester recently ticlespacker. Taylor of great value, and, as an ecowere in the habit of frequenting a parently in search of crabs, and that and their small size has excited con- nomic this must fact, certain spot in the harbor from which one bucket was white and the other siderable comment. Together they increase the value to correspondingly the farmer of they could watch the Russian ships black. If the Japanese shot fell be- have difficulty In stirring the beam at every head of cattle marketed at the and be themselves clearly discerned yond the mark the black bucket 60 ounces, one weighing exactly two numerous stockyards of the country. from a distant hill that would be carried off a Let these facts be remembered while by corresponding pounds, while the others weight is now it is so was occupied by the Japanese. popular to regard the distance beyond the white bucket; or, given as a scant pound and great packing industry 'as deserving of Careful observation of these simple-minde- d if the shot fell short, or to the left or condemnation. At least it must be adChinamen as they were en- right, strange to relate, the black mitted that, so far, there is no adegaged in their laudable effort to pick bucket would move in sympathy, and Photographs of All Aged Chinese. quate reason for the almost unaniup some greatly needed food from the if a hit were made the industrious During the empress dowagers birth- mous howl that may be heard everysea revealed the fact that when a shot crab catcher would place his buckets day celebrations an order was issued where til the face of the Garfield report above alluded to which practicalfell beyond a particular ship one of together. by the emperor to the different viceexonerates the packers from the obly roys, calling upon them to obtain scure and indefinite charges that have photographs of all subjects from sev- been for some time past made the subenty to one hundred years of age. American ject of popular comment. South China Post. Homestead. t s Signaled to Jap Gunners 203-Met- e ts e field-glasse- s The Man Worth Envying I envy him, who, with a crust of bread, Surveys the highest firmament of hope, From all the masses that would mock his aim. Who only fears his Maker, and the Day When God shall view the glory and the shame. I envy him. head yet can lift his And scorn the depths where kings in folly grope; Who, in his rags, aspires to honors shrine. And worships there, In silence, with his I envy him, whateer his lot may be, soul, Who lives the part by Destinv assigned, Who still can say, The fruits of life are Who does his given duty, spirit free, mine. With callous Who Tho woe-benight- ed Time and Tide efface his every goal. I envy him. strife, envy him, who. in the Attains the halo of a sinless brow, Whose thoughts go Godward, from the moil of life, while his hand is fettered to the The ' plow iWho, from the furrow of the common herd. Hath fixed his eye upon the astral plain .Whose soul Is like the spirit of the bird, Whose heart Is void of bitterness and pain, I envy him. field of 1 gift of gold I envy him, who, with no , Can bribe the favor of untoward Fate, IWhose honor, truth and manhood are not sold To gain the key of Fortunes magic gate IWho stands alone above, apart, away I In England the sentence, imprisonment for life, Is imprisonment for the term of the natural life of the party so sentenced, but in many cases after a party has served twenty years in a penal institution efforts are made to secure a release. hand, brave soul and stainless mind; Who still can love when all but' God be- TEA tray, And who. In death, goes smiling to his sleep With sweet conviction of the Coming Day, I envy him. I envy him, who can be strong and true Despite the myriad forces that may tempt, Who knows the Right, and does not' fear to do Whose mind and soul are from the ban ' Life Imprisonment. Difficult Feat on Skis. The two men in the foreground are just accomplishing the difficult feat of turning round on ski, the feet being raised one at a time, as shown, and the heavy ski jerked round. Norexempt; Who lives his life contented with his part. wegian soldiers, it is said, learn to Nor seeks to solve the puzzles of the keep their balance on these shoes In Flan, Who thrice is blest with but an honest three or four days; but even when exheart. pert they carry a ski stick, for, when And lives and dies a mere contented ski running at speed, the only way man: I envy him. to stop Is to dig this stick into the T. Shelley Sutton. snow or ice. V There is better tea than you suspect; and yours is probably worse than you suspect. Billys Complaint. Papa, said Billy, tearfully, after a playful romp with the but rather rough St. Bernard puppy, I dont believe Bingo knows what kind of a dog he is. He plays as if he thought he was a little pug! Youths Companion. good-nature- d |