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Show ...... ,:, a sTORYfommm: tn 'O I A -- A m' j m . r. vvyiyiAN$Y A. CGNAN to. l.e is tie.! to one of the deepfax.-in the whole ciiv of 'KU J'- - iTI IK .. "' ? iieh-il- ! ' ::... : yun - late at ith 1 uiun-'iiiTf- tlar nether day." th-;- ii, rtiT lure live '. I tliauk i 1 laughed it right, then, sufl drink ' ' ''lush f"i' my own shut y.iur '' lie cried The doctor y.u think thai ('!'.. BIH. a little supper, ere our !" : ' it'ftMIM gue.-ts'.-'" l,..,.n giviii :ttv.is!i,.:,)y. -; - What is lint meaning of this I'i.. y , ' X. WhoM' - ' II tema nmi MEiffissocifi tiqn. - never saw ev-r- ( con-tin- 'a )r give rite up." "oh. d. ar dad, how can you say anything so eniel?" cried Ida. burrowing her towsy s., hi.. ti heor into her father's her fruit, while Clara press.-,a;; sitist iiis whisker. "'l onrse we shall give up. if ymi prefer it." " 'f course we shall, papa." The lie, tor paced the two caressing heads. "Those are my own two girls asfain," l e cried. "It has lieeii my f.ntlt as much as yours. I have been astray, and you have followed me In my error. It was only by seeing your mistakes that I have become conscious f my own. Let us set it aside, and m itlier say nor think anything more about it." h- le-- A XI. O HY THE CLEV-ernes- s of the two. girls a dark cloudl was thinned awa turnea . unKHiM. of them, Jrt aljis, xnt j t'' an- other clou'l was which gathering, could not be so eas4 "f ily dispersed. these three housefate which holds had thntwn together, two had already been united by ties of love. It was of andestined, however, that a bond other sort should connect the "Westma-eott- s with the Hay li' Hetwten the admiral ami the widow had existed since a very cordial the day when the oh! seaman had hauled down ids llae ami changed his opinions, al! that granting to the yachtswoman His own nsed to the reformer. he had frank and downright nature ami the sane- itialiti.-- in bis a friemllin.-ssprang up between tia-which was more like that which exists between two men, founded upon esteem and a community of tastes. "liy the way, admiral." said Mrs. Westniacott, as they walked together down to the station. "I understand that this boy of yours in the Intervals of paying his tb voti ins to Miss Walker is doing something upon change." "Yes. ma'am and there is no man of He's his age who Is doing so well. drawing ahead I can tell you, ma'am. Some of those that started with him are hull down astarn now. He touched hia five hundred last year, and before he's thirty he'll be making the four iiv.-rs- ri s figures." "The reason I asked Is that I have small Investments to make myself from time to time, nnd my present broker Is a rascal. I should be very s'ad to do It through your sun." "It Is partner very kind of you, ma'am. His is away on a holiday, and Harold would like to push on a bit and show what he can do. You know the poop Isn't big enough to hold the lieutenant when the skipper s on shore." "I suppose he charges tie usual half per cent?" "Iton't know, I'm sure, ma'am. I'll swear he does what Is right and proper." "That Is what I usually pay ten shillings In the hundred pounds. If you see him before I do. Just ask him to get me five thousand In New Zealands. It is four Just now, and I fancy it may rise." "Five thousand'." miral, reckoning In "Lemmo see! That's commission. my word. It A Is ma'am." the admind. twenty-liv- e pounds nh-day's work, upon a very handsome order, his own "Well. I must pny some one, and wy not hi in?" tell him, and I'm sure he'll lose "I no time." "i ih. th"i" is tit treat hurry. I'y the way. uie!' r'tatnl fiolu Vih.it you said Jos! tiot that he has a partner." "Y.s, my hoy is the Junior partner. Pearson is tie- senior. I was Inlroduecd to him years ago, ami lt offered Hari 'f course we had a old She pretty stiff premium to pay." hail Mopped, and Mrs. w as standing v ty stHTly with her red Indian face even grimmer than usual. "Jeremiah "Pearson?" fald rhc 11 1 I'rnrson?" "Th" rime." "Tin n It's all efT," she cried. "Tod need not carry out that Investment." "Very well, ma'am." They walked on together side hyof M, her h hrnrallm? over some thought own, and lie a Ilttl" erots. d and disappointed at her rnprlce and the lost commission for Harold, "I tell y,.u what, admiral." he su.l lenly, "If I were you I out ef thii (diould g' t your ly "lie is a man of Iron, admiral a man without a heart. should shock you if 1 wen to tell you what I have en dure.! from my brother. My father's wealth was divided equally between us. His own share he ran through in live years, and he has tried since then by every trick of a cunning, man, by base cajolery, by legal quibbles, by brutal intimidation, to Juggle me out of my share as well. There is no villainy of which the man is not capable, oh, I know my brother, Jeremiah. I know him and I am prepared for him." "This is all new to me, ma'am. 'Pon my word, I hardly kiuiw what to say to it. I thank you for having spoken so plainly. From what you say, this is a poor sort of consort for a man to sail with. Perhaps Harold would do well to cut him adrift." "Without losing a Any." "Well, we shall talk it over. You may be sure of that. Put here we are at the station, so I will Just see you into your carriage and then home to see what my wife says to the matter." As he trudged homeward, thoughtful and perplexed, he was surprised to hear a shout behind him, and to see Harold running down the road after him. "Why, dad," he cried, "I have just come from town, and the first thing I saw was your back as you marched away. Hut you are such a quick walker that t had to run to catch you." The admiral's smile of pleasure had broken his stern face into a thousand wrinkles. "You are early said 1 .' he. "Yes, I wanted to consult you." "Xoihing wrong?" "Oh no, only an inconvenience." "What is it, then?" "How much have we in our private account?" "Pretty fair, Some eight hundred, I think." I1I.0T FKOM TI1K HI,rF. and "X on. in this world kn ovs Jeremiah Pearson :,s I know him, admiral. I warn you treatise I have a friendly t, ,th f,,r you and f.,r your ..n. The man is a ranue and vou had best avoid him." Mui t!e-sare only words, ma'am. Do you tell me that you know him better thin the and jol.i it i's in the city ? ".Man," t.,i,d Mrs. WYstmacott, "will you allow that I know him when I il yoll my maid n name was Ada ivatwn, am! that Jrrrmiaii JVarson Is my only broth.-- ."' The admiral wMsth-d- . "Whew!" cr'e-he. ",uW that I think of it. there is a liktrn-ss- .' .;i.n," fi'i.-.- l Clara, throwing her arms about him. "Io nut be angry with us. jf you understood all, you would s, ,. that there- - is no harm In it." "No harm, miss! Who is the best Judge of that?" '.Mrs. VVestmar'Ott," suggested Ida, flyly. Tile doctor spring from his chair. "Confound Mrs. Westmacott!" he cried, striking frenzied!- - into the air with his hands. "Am I to hear of nothing liut this man? Is she to confront me at y turn? I will endure it no longer." "I Jut It was your wish, papa." "I Jut I will tell you now what my second ami wiser wish is, and we shall see. if y.'U will obey it as you have the first." ' if course we will, papa." "Then my wish is that you should forget the 'mIs.ius notions which you have iml.ihed, that you should dress and act .as you use.' to do, before ever you saw e this woman, and that in future you your intercourse with her to such civilities as are necessary between neighbors." Westma-cott?" "We are to give up Mrs. s! CHAPTER What ou kn,.w of him? He bears a good nani." '' "Oh, half that will be ample. It was rather thoughtless of Pearson." "What then?" "Well, you see, dad, when he went away upon this little holiday to Itavre on. he left me to pay accounts and He told ve tunt mere was enouL'h at toe nat.K lor all claims. I had occkuion on Tuesday to pay away two chtf Lues, one for iso and the other for 12Tnd here they are returned with a bank notice that we have already overdrawn to the extent of some hundreds." The admiral looked very grave. "What's the meaning of that, then?" he asked. "Oh, it can easily be set right. You see Pearson invests all the spare capital and keeps as small a margin as possible in the bank. Still it was too bad for him to allow me even to run a risk of having a cheque returned. hav4 written to liini and demanded Ills authority to sell out some stock, and I hsve written an explanation to these people. In the meantime, however, I have lunl to issue Several cheques: so I had betit r transfer part of our private account to mii't them." "Quite so, my hoy. All that's mine Is yours. Put who do you think this Pearson is? He is Mrs. Westmacott's bp d her." "Really. What a singular thing! Well, I can see a likeness now that you mention it. They have both the same hard type of face." "She has been warning me against him says he is the rankest pirate in London. I hope that it is all right, boy, and that we may not find ourselves in broken water." Harold had turned a little pale as he heard Mrs. Westmacott's opinion of his senior partner. It gave shape and substance to certain vague fears and plcioiis of his own which had been pushed back as often as they obtruded themselves as being too monstrous and fantastic for belief. man In the city, "He Is a dad," said he. "Of course he Is of course he is. That Is what I told her. They would have found him out there If anything had been amiss with him. Bless you, there's nothing so bitter as a family quarrel. Still it is Just as well that you have written about this affair, for we may as well have all fair and above hoard." liut Harold s letter to his partner was crossed by a letter from his partner to Harold. It lay awaiting him upon the breakfast table next morning, and it sent the heart into nis mouth as he read it. and caused him to spring up fiom his chair with a white face and stating eyes. "My boy! My boy!" "I am ruined, mother ruined!" He stood gazing wildly in front of him, while the sheet of paper Muttered down Vi the carpet. Then he dropped bak into the chair, and sank his face Into his hands. His mother had her nrm round him In .'in Instant, while tii" admiral, with shaking lingers, picked up the letter fr 'in the Moor and adjusted Lis glavsi M re el It. "My pear tetier." It rill. "Pv the I shall be oni time that this reii"hes of the i.ai'h of our if or of any om else who may desire an interview. You need imt sear h for me, lor I assure j'uu that tliis I. tier is post. ,j i,y a friend, and that .m will have your trouble in vain If you try to find me. I am sorry to lea- - you in such a tight place. I ut on,- or other of us must be and on the whojn J prefer that It should be you. You'll find nothing In the bank, and about IKl.OeO unaccounted for, I'm not sure that the best thing you ran do Is not to realize what you can and Imitate your senior's example. If you net at once you may get clean a way. If not. It's only that you must put up your shutters, hut I am afraid that lids mining money could hardly b- - Included as an ordinary you are legally redebt, nnd of sponsible for It Just us niiii-l- i as I um. Take a friends advice and get to America. A young man with braJns can 1 well-know- n vi-- i squei-7.e.l- , FUNERAL PROCESSION OF A POPE up ei : " It is my honor. It is his hor.ur .hi TW" ' c. r. for his is mine. uihio, mother, when we though: s trout. Irs were all behind us will Itar it as we have bo-others." He la id out his stringy ha:;1i and the two ..Id folk sat with bOWM givy lie. ids. their ringers intertwined, ' strong in cacn ether s love and path y. "We were too happy," she sighed. "Put it is Cod s will, mother." ''Y.s, John, it is ti...i's will." "An I yet il is hitter to bear. I eouU have, lost all, the house, money, ranU- -I could have home it. Put at my age-honor the honor of an admiral of the fleet." "Nil htor can be lost, John, whet no dishonor has been done. What havo v ia done? What has Harold done? There is no question of honor." The old man shook his head, but Harold had already called together his cb.r practical sens,., which for an Instantli.la the presence of this frightful blow ' deserted him. "The mater Is right, dad," said hi. "It is bad enough, heaven knows, but we must not take too dark a view 61 It. After all. this insolent letter is "in itself evidence that I had nothing to do with the schemes of the base villain who wrote it." "They may think it prearranged." "They could not. My whole life crle out against the thought. They could not look me In the face and entertain "M to "Tie- and n, a so.'-.-our lift lUt UJ y. moth, r! h ie I Hero of One of Meat Noiabai is Brazilian frigate, a yacht and a pilot boat were near, but they only to pick up those who attempted lumped and swam. Suddenly up cama an American dinner, and rounded Into the wind barely 200 yards away. her first boat was Frederick Jerome, only an Eble seaman, but one of the bravest seamen that ever lived. In a flash his boat was alongside the burn ing ship and he climbed on deck amid the scorch and smother. There he stayed until the last soul of 600 was saved. His clothes were on fire sev.-nseparate times, and he was scorched A almost change. IS I - wrfrwf i4'Ml' pllSh : Hpr?) it." "No, boy, not if they have eyes in their heads," cried the admiral, plucking up courage at the sight of the flash- ing eyes and brave, defiant face. "We have the letter and we have your character. We'll weather It yet between them. It's my fault from the beginning for choosing such a landshark for your consort. God help me, I thought I was finding such an opening for you." "Dear dad! How could you possibly know? As he says In his letter, It has given me a lesson. Put he was so mucfi older and so much more experienced, that it was hard for me to ask to examine his books. Put we must waste no time. I must go to the city." "What will you do?" 11B 'Sfe't il :i -- fVtrftJ-' ''it lit; OLD NIM. hdm:---- v A n' n, ll II m i 1 h West-plialia- pu-ni- mys-'eric- Wol-cirtt- y t. Wash-itftot- t Ol'i-sti- ; is.---, t ti i i ; ' . ! i, , Amerl-Kfii'jitor- . o I' A beyond recognition. V. Ex- A SERVICEABLE INVENTION, New Discovery Which Will Greatly Help Builders. A new building material which promises much for the future Is called urallte. It is the invention of a Russian artillery officer and chemist, named Imschentezky. Uralite is composed of asbestos fibre, with a proper proportion of silicate, bicarbonate of soda and chalk, and is absolutely fire proof. In a soft form a sheet of uraV ite is like an asbestos board; when hard it resembles finely sawn ston and has a metallic ring. Besides being of heat and electri city, It Is practically waterproof (and may be made entirely so by paint), and is not affected either by atmos pheric influences or by the acids con tained in smoke, which rapidly destroy galvanized iron. It can be cut by the usual carpenter's or tools; it can be veneered to form paneling for walls or partitions; It can be painted, grained, polished and glued together like wood; it does not split when a nail is driven through it; it te not affected when exposed, to moisture or great changes of temperature, and can be given any desired color either during the process of manufac ture or afterward. The retahnna Foihunter Tells a Story of ttie t'hase Couvineirigty. Frank Timins, the Petaluma pot hunter, had the floor, and the crowd around the stove breathlessly awaited a thrilling story of the chase. "You want a story of the chase, eh?" repeated Timins. "Well, I'll tell you about the greatest bit of chasin' I ever did in my life. I wuz out huntin' ona staircase of the The scene pictured Is the funeral procession ot Pope Plus IX, passing down theandgrand sealed up In a wall. day fer quail with my ol' muzzle-loadia lu aarc.opbaguB are re ins the where placed St. to Peter's, Vatican on its way shot-guwhen three qua' jumped up out of bush right ahead of CARDINAL HAD SIMPLE TASTES. COUNT TOLSTOI 18 AGING. WOULD TAKE NO CHANCES. me. One flew to the right, one to the V left and the other straight ahead, but Too Reformer Is Unable t Participate In Head of Roman Church In England May Irwin Thought Life of Cook , I got 'em all three Was Without Vanity. Public Affairs. Valuable to Risk. Killed three auail goine In dffferent Tho late Cardinal A. Stalner of Grin-neProf. the of Edward cook muzzle-loadiVaughan was colored has a Irwin shot a with May directions return has the who handsomest and most recently probably mistresses to incollege, kind by referred one of the usually listeitjjrg, gun?" repeated ed irom a visit to Russia, spent some distinguished looking of the Roman Ss "a Jewel." Not long ago "mammy" creduously. I.eo ecclesiastical hierarchy. Jtist as Cardwas taken ill and Miss Irwin setislhly time on the estate of Count "Yep; that's what I done.' He says the count has been inal Manning looked the learned "Your gun must have had tareehar- - decided that the patient would be bet Tolstoi. elsewhere. exceedingly ill of late, but is recover- ascetic, so Manning looked a true than in off a ter hospital then." rels, The cook. recovered in lino shape and ing and spends a portion of each day Roman prince of the church. But he "Nop; only two." was about to return to her kitchen, working in his fields. Ho receives was most simple in his tastes and "How did you do it?" when the doctors decided that a slight many tourists, whose visits he does habits. Several times Roman Catholone we I killed the that "Well, was advisable. "Mammy" not crave, yet he trials all with court- ic, ladies presented him with costly I operation the right with the right barrel; robes, and on ono occasion they preleft it esy. He keeps in touch with everybut like dill this not prospect, 1st quick as a flash, I killed the on The latter usieneu thing going on In Russia of a political sented him Willi a carriage. But they Te;t0- "Miss May. went to the left with the other h. 1 1 and nan to or socialistic nature, but recognizes found that ho sold their gifts then I took after the one that m .;pt,iW artfully to what the doctors his age and infirmities spent the money In charity. They much tact that the this decision, then and pave ay, straight ahead and knocked the st "No. She's will not permit him to participate In therefore at last "lent" him robes and - 'naticnt's delight: out of it with the ramrod." 1 1 !) the a cook. I can't tano any public affairs or discussions of any a carriage in order to oblige hlui to 1 jj'.''io;good believe if I tol I that "I wouldn't And mat same huoiiioou sort. He is still writing, however, but retain them. :ian(3 myself," declared one of the ass namrn'" once more reigned over her does not expect to undertake any exblage. tended literary labor through fear that Big Estate Melting Away. '3 and pans.", r "Huh! That ain't nothin'. I k, Suits instituted by women are fast f he will not live to complete it. t six quail with one barrel ouce. and melting down the immense estato left '.fie. Humbert's Daughter Popular. wuz all flyin' in different directions, Wolcott In Society. by Charles Broadway Kotiss, the picAfjie. Eve Humbert, (laughter of the "Run 'em all down?' 1 Wolcott of Colorado is turesque Marylander who died iu New iWmun ot the phantom minions, is out moved o' my "Nop; never now said to be living in a charming managing his social campaign in New-- York. Within a month after his demtracks. When they all started out o' little German nook in the valley of r t in a manner that commands ad- ise three such tmiig were instituted, the same hunch of grass I held the gun the Wes-c-r One miration of the 400. Ho has rented two of them being successful. and near the green away over to the right, an' as it went an expensive "cottage" and there will woman sued on behalf of a minor boy, Mme. Humbert's woods. off I swep' it arouu' to the left. Tha daughter is the guest, of her former play host to !.Ard and Lady Minto. who she claimed was the son of the result was that I slung shot in every Herman governess, a lady of some rVir more distinguished personages millionaire clothier. She secured a direction, same as you can sling water means, who has taken pity on the l have visited Newport than the Ca- verdict of $113,0110. Now another suit outen a pan, an' a little of the shot s nadian governor general and his wife. has been begun, this time by the whom she initiated into the ketched ev'ry one." and It is an open secret that Urd Minto widow of Charles II. II. Houss, a son of of the Teutonic tongue The estate Is now In is not by any means a rich man. lie the millionaire. .vhom she taught to read Goethe, Schilan such Involved condition that it Is two Mile. It said Lady has is young that daughters, lovely and Heine. ler Strangely Affected by Btormg. and l.ady Iiuby, and the young- doubtful If one fourth of it remains to i;ile-- n Mrs. Alonzo Campbell, the wife of a F.ve is a great favorite with the peothe of the ill tie Gei man town, who er set in Newport are in hopes that the original legatees when all wealthy farmer and undertaker, Is aald ple suits are settled. also may come to visit the innocent au her as victim, they regard to be the most reliable weather prophet in Ignorance of the doings of in Bergen county, New Jersey. Mrs. Young Vanderbilt a Scholar. her family. few a a received years ago, Campbell, Harold Sterling Vanderbilt, son of Hear Different Calls. slight shock from lightning, and since Edward Davis, for several years William K. Vanderbilt and youngor Allen's Joke. that time she has been able to distinAllen of Missis-i;.p- l pastor of the Central Christian church brother of the duchess of MarlboresHiian guish the slightest indications of the stoutly maintains that the na- of Oakland, Cel., has forsaken the ough, bas Just graduated from St approach of a thunderstorm. She Is tional capita Is a fine summer pulpit and entered upon a stage ca- Mark's school at Southboro, Mass., affected in a peculiar manner, becomi reer. He has written a "play with a with unusual honors. He was the "I am free to derlaro that ing irrational and entirely losing her provides more real comforts ywrpose," and will himself assume the winner of three prizes, including the senses just before the storm. Several reversing founder's medal, which Is awarded when tlio country is sweltering than leading role. Practically doctors have prescribed for her, but a leading the member of the graduating class i.iy otl'vr city," he said to a friend. this process, James Barton, none of them are able to relieve her Tut the thermometer docs climb to player in the Grand Haplds Central who stands highest and also has had In the least. She is generally given an .tent height in the summer. John," league baseball team, Is alxmt to dis- sKcifled rank In studies and In conopiate and put in bed until the storm .us tirrd. "Yes." said the Miis-:- : card bis uniform for tho robes of duct in the three years preceding; a has passed over. At the time of the He has been a profession- scholarship prize In tho sixth form l'..iracH tistie whimsi-,.'iiy- . ptioMlinod. tiian, 'with heavy hailstorm which passed over the "hut that ha:s nothing to do al baseball player for years, but has and the Kly prlA lu the game form section July 13th Mrs. Campbell was with the case." for extemporaneous speaking. devoted his spare time li study. entirely free from her ttfrMetlon and Lew Wallace In Coed Health. declared there was no electricity in the Gen. Chafee's Confederate Brothers. Want Roads to Make Rates. air. When the heavy electric storm of Tliouch Gen. Lew Wallace's hair There is some talk In New York of Among the lit if hcanUif natives I". Chaffee, July 2dth struck the neighborhood Mrs. f the fai'ious is nskitii: gram carrying roads to and beard are now snow white, he Campbell was badly affected, nnd, after 'oi.ther of Major General Chaffee. Mho give cheap rates west to such id!e still waJKs erectly and with smart - a. t taking a sleeping potion, was put In v's:ti. Washington. II" is a r.K ti a would ( are to work during tread and he talks as entertainingly lied and remained unconscious for 3G " small :i.;n. with seventy hrv-Kon farms In Kansas nnd else- as ever. The veneinblo Ir.diaua auhours. Mrs. Campbell enjoys the best a mar.y advei.tntes behind where. It Is believed that a good many thor declares that ho never folt betof health at all other times la the ( tile.l. raie a for thousands of such men could bo ter in his life ami never suhira rrom veteiiin, vear. a resident of South picked tip. glad to gel 111" fa a day or ache or ui in. Ho utterly refutes to ; fi.r n long time bli the more whli li w lutein farmers e iiffiT- - talk iiliiicsi, raying that tho opinions w ho Is out of in Ciik-public I'fo com"ti'tt.i' rt ing lor labor, nanny tiny in i.'iem of ono Inl rnlgejMl In Item Anitry. can bo of no value to newswest to them pletely means the. take have Is U reported from the vaMoua that paper readers. A"d Chu-c- h Members. the itit ratisia. nn!s tire furious about of i' Gen. Custer. st Widow rs oho nib, of nit ivrlu.i any on the 2Ui ol i'io approaching French and German Drama. Mrs. Kiliibeih CiMor, widow of the 'ouch V;r in tho country ate John September, commemorative of the enMtioterllm k does tiot entertain such hK wife of Kmons. I'a, general who fell In the massacre at :t iolist try of the Italian troops Into Howe, and us been a member of the lo'oet Utile Hig Horn, is lu Washington an exalted idea of tho French drama will try to induce the pnpa to Brrauee r in th" Moravian church for an trying to assist some members of her ns the I'i.iisians do. He remarks In a solemn but i period of fifty seven hut band's old regiment, to obtain pen- the Internationa! theater that It Is jeiorpip'. that Leo XIII. will not 1 a pmuwter . easy to And In German theaters more employment. Mrv. I"bst has belonged to the. sions and government c,!-of such a dangerous agitation, , original, more Interesting-- slncmra and bi n' for fifty two years and She Is still young in appearance, alerne pontifical letter of protest Is spokit i.i ai (.;; client a mrzu contralto though she must have passed tho six- profound works thau any of the grunt en about, Fome desirltig that the pops French successes. .. av r.s (". ' r. tieth milestone In life's Journey. should convoke the cardiimls In secret consistory for a furious proclamation, The Good of College Sport. Aristocrats in Harvest Fields. To Mod-- Bust of Princess. others preferring an encyclical letter. Dr. (Jeotge Harris, president of Amother Cad a'lador Guild, the a Accompanied by twenty-fivhas been Invited by young men of Topi ka, Kucene Warn, herst, told the educators In convention Mountain-climbinin Switzerland Is ':iicesn Het ryiof I'russla to visit her Jr., sou of the United Slates pension In Boston that If sports stopped at attended this summer with an unusual ' Kiel, where the commissioner, has gone to work ll colleges and school the moral trox princess will number of accidents. Flnce July I would suffer. r a tmsl '.hi i tie. the harvest fields of Kansas. deaths and thirteen tie re were fifty-twcases of erluus injury. g - I wood-worker- COSTISL'liD.) OUTNIMRODS .1 In'ljll my tTO Jeed Ever Psrformed. vThat threatened to be one of. th worst disasters in the history of ship ping was the burning of the Ocean Monarch. The fire was discovered in her fore hold an hour or two only after she left the Mersey. There was a strong breeze and ehe was headed for the Welsh coast. By some unlucky accident an anchor was dropped and the big ship vas brought up all standing, bead to tha wind. The flames came roaring aft, where fihd passengers and crew wer :rowded. . lll''lr-v!- DOYLEf "Jeremiah IVarson, ma'am? can :. up-.t- ti.' Ha r.Ol, ' sobbed his mot!' "Al! u:!i he liKi-tWhat matter at - "Hut why m. dam?" est, sly,-.v- t London." -- ..ur partm r is doinK. baw. Vours fa.tt. tnav he to J I 11KM1AH rFAKe'-le a ii:" ttroaried the aa.aa : i." me both a bankrupt anj wieit al. , ! BRAVERY OF AMERICAN SAILOa ' teae tiUM iu busine n if it iof.ni t l n :!: lies i e FLAT WHEELS, OF CAUSE J" Carelessness Arouses Ire of Old Rail road Trainman. 'Flat wheel," growled the old rail road brakeman as the trolley car In which he sat went thumping along at twelve miles an hour, shaking the pas sengers uncomfortably at every revo lution of the wheels. what maizes flat rtieeW asked the man sitting cext-tt- o tM-lDrall- o- man. ''".; s'x, "Darn fools," said the brakeman. "It's this way: If a man doesn't know how to stop his car he makes a flat wheel. On the steam roads soma brakemen flatten a wheel every time they put on the brakes. When tha wheel suddenly stops revolving and the momentum of the train carries it on. the wheel slides along the track and a flat wheel Is started. Next stop, perhaps, makes it worse, and so tha thing goes until the wheel is no good. If a brakeman knows his business he need never make a flat wheel unless ho has to stop suddenly to avoid an If he keeps his wheels accident. turning slowly they don't flatten. Now these fellows on the trolleys take no rare at all, and every other car In some places has a flat wheel." Down On the Farm. When fiercely smites the brazen sky, Jknd pavements parched, and scorching He. 'Tls then the countryside Invokes Its pilgrimage of "city folks." The locust, throuch the golden days, His strident hurdy-gurd- y plnys: The nretllrs furnish, through the nights. Their myriad electric lights. The flow'rs that deck the meadowi o'er Fcllpse the payest milliner store; They're wholly free to ell who pass--No copper yells "Git alt the grass!" t 'mid the pastures walk The cowe Are fed en butterciu. not chalk! No gong they ring, but gently moo. The milk they serve Is white, not blue! ftere winds no plnddln caravan fish!" "Hanan' With hall th-i- "Kre-e-i-s- h Put hens strut forth on sturdy Icrs And klndlv cackle. "Kkks! Fresh eRgi!" Kdwln L. Piibln in the Four Track News. Old Darky's Liberal Offer. On several occasions last summer Mr. Joseph Jefferson had with him as a guide an old colored man to whom had reached dimly, and from afar, th fame ot "Kip Van Winkle," One day, when tha two were out fishing In a rowboat. he hazarded a few remarks. "Boss, is It a circus you are In?" "Not exactly a circus," said Mr. Jefferson. "Yas, Sir. Y'e can act, can't ye?" Mr. Jefferson made a modest reply. "Well, par. I never git to New York, but I'd powerful like to see ye act, ear, and I'll give fifty cents If you'll cut up right now "New York Time. J First Schooihouae Flag. It Is claimed that the first Haj raised on a Hchoollionso In this country was hoisted, on Catamount Hill, Colerain. Franklin county, Mass., In May, 1S1. Recently a party of patriotic citizens f the town piaced a s'one slab on the site of the old log and it is to be suitably school Imii.-Inscribed and "unveiled" with approTho flag raised priate ceremonies. In 1 SI 2 was madn by Mr. and Mrs. Amaa Shlppec, Mrs. AUlen Willi ami Mrs. Stephen Hale, from material spun and woven in the different homes of the neighborhood. e, Method in Hi Madness. Shortun Congraiulalo me, old man. I'm engaged to Mies Brxidleton. Nagnem Why, she's fat. forty, and I don't see what anything b'Jt fair. yon ant to marry her for. Shortun Well. I have a million rea lots for doing so, and each oo of them resembles a dollar. 4 |