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Show I purely as a private enterprise, and when the bill providing for Governmental construction and operation came to be considered, It was defeatTHE MIDWAYISLANDS ed. Afterward the work was undertaken by tbe Postal Telegraph ComA. pany, and on July 1, 1903, was comArnold, By Joseph pleted, the Midway Station having been established as being the most practicable relay between Honolulu JKQlC HE Midway Islands are and Guam. Ou Midway Islands, before the adperhaps the least known of of tbe eable itself, there was a O o this countrys Pacific pos vent small colony of men, partly employes JR sessions. from However, their situation and the of the company and partly tbe officers crew .of the U. S, S. Iroquois, unique position they occupy in the and the representation of the forming valcommercial world, they are highly r m m Once he would gladly have put HI llpe to the glorloue That had known the iweet clay touch of her foot. And once, on a halcyon day She drank from a cup, and to him Came the thrill man ban once and no more. When he preseed hi glad llpe to the rim Where her llpe had touched It befora. Once he waa proud ai he preeted Hie none in the folda of her hair th he confessed She herself to his care There once waa a charm In her touch But she seems to hava lost It, soma- OW i And h!s(Unuuage would frighten the When she uses hla hairbrush new, S. B. Kiser in Chicago Record-Heral- ach.. 0, crt, r,at!i I ken arh!ne ". h,rJtu St 0 1,. le nu Bj Of (r, ii N H, Ubali Offltf il 'lt fr, res; "'l standpoints. In a small community iu Texas, where water is hard to find, Mr. Henderson, the owner of a well, fitted out with a patent pump, was a person of consequence. It was. also, matter ol public concern when the pump got out of gear and refused to perform Its tWIt uable. The name Midway explains Government. in a word their exact position In the Hugh Rodman, U. B. N., designated Pacific, and they lie within a few tie Governor by the Navy Department, green of the meridian which divides under whose Jurisdiction the islands are now maintained, assumed directhe eastern find western hemispheres The Midw-aIslands were discovered tion. On the highest point on Sand Island and claimed as possessions of the Unifrom - the U. S. S. Iroquois sailors ted States in 185!) by Captain Brooks, raised the flag of the United States, of the Gambia. The islands are two in number, entirely encircled by a qpd the ensign was thrown to th coral reef eighteen miles in elrcuiu breeze In a spot near the southwest ferenee with the exception of an open . end of the island. tweuty eight degrees,sectwenty-twing on the northeast, which permits I twelve minutes and 127 onds north; longitude degrees the admission of vessels of less than twenty-twminutes and twenty-thr- e eighteen feet draft, Sand Island, the larger of the two, Is seconds west. The entrance to tlm about 900 acres In extent, and is aptly reef, a roomy and broad one of of a mile, was christened named, it being entirely a desert of fine coral sand, upon the light surface Welles Harbor. . The greatest value of the islands lies of which the sun shines with dazzling In the fact that they are most convebrilliancy. Its companion island, oddly situated for the sighting and enough, presents another extreme of niently of 'vessels. The value of reporting barrenness a rock, paradoxically once named Green Island from Its utter such a station to our navy is at apparent. Congress lias been asked to lack of vegetation. There are, for Its establishment and large deposits of gus.no In its provide mainteimee. Should favorable action with case as is the rocky crevices, and, Band Island, countless thousands of be taken It is likely that the Midway Islands, which have heretofore been birds find habitation on its surface. nnd uninhabitable save by tbS Islands The coral reef round the pro barren tecta them in ft measure from the high occasional visits of poachers and crews seas of the deepest portions of the Ia of stranded vessels, will become the Lieutenant-Commande- y v4 . METHODS How Jo Fixed the Pump and Charged $5 for It, The question of remuneration for labor, always a mooted one. Is susceptible of being viewed from various &K !T fe? the jz&qott 1905, by Dally o proper functions. AH the men in the locality spent the day in Hendersons back yard, consulting and "tinkering," jointly and severally, at the pump; but all to no avail. Finally along came a young fellow, Jo Brady by name, from a neighboring ranch. He looked the pump over, rapped it on the head with a hammer, thought a couple of minutes, and Inside of two minutes more had It inj working order again. Approbation was general. Just name your price, Jo, my boy, said the owner of the pump heartily. Jo considered a bit and then said that he guessed five dollars would be about right. There was a change at this, and re-marks of a different natv;t from approbation were freely indulged in. Now, see here, Jo, said the agI thought you grieved Henderson, was a square kind of a chap! That aint any white mans charge. Why, you don't do nothin at all any one of ns could a done what you done and you want moren five minutes doin It,, neither. Fifty cents ud be a big price for that work you dope!" Jo considered again. AH right," he said, Ill make another charge. ' I'll send you my bill. he added, turning on his heel. When the bill came it read thus: For working on one pump five AMERICA Why Production Here la Larger Per Capita Than Aboard. It is not difficult to understand the manufacturing supremacy of the United States when one compare our coal production statistics with those of foreign countries, says the Boston Tran- script. The country having a cheap supply of fuel for steam purposes will lead In manufacturing. There are employed in the coal mines of Great Britain nearly 900,000 men, and they produced last year a coal product valued at $100,000,000 more than that of this country. Yet with lAss than 525,-00- 0 coal miners in the United States we produced 50,000,000 tons more of coal than did Great Britain. With us there is an average production per miner of a little less than 1,000 tons of coal per annum. Great Britain produces 287 tons per capita, Germany 242 tons, France 198 tons, and Belgium 166 tons. These figures show the immense superiority of the American coal miner, yet mine owners testify that it is due to methods rather than men, as the British miners who come here make our best workmen. The difference Is that 'Great Britain largely clings to the antiquated method ol pick mining, while here steam has taken the place of muscle and powder has been substituted for picks. In the thicker coal seams there Is no longer any pick work and the physical exercise of drilling is no longer neces-- : sary. Yet there is another side to the matter. The mortality from accidents in the Illinois coal mines last year was 2.87 per 1,000 men employed, which Is one and one-hal- f times the percentage of fatal accidents in British mines. It Is evident that some means should be taken to reduce the death rate and It has been suggested that blasts should not be made while the miners are still at work, but should be set off after hours by men chosen for thin dangerous occupation. , Story Pub. Co.l news to tell you you first of all you es t, who have been bo good to the pennl 'r; less little orphan thrown on your t to a hands seven years ago. Dear Dick, I eede am to be married. Dear, darling Dick, :ond a had father I will be married before you get this real r at letter. Dearest brother, I am to be er done up to the time when be It wo: shuffled off his life as easily as married jhad dog shuffled off most other obllga-m"Forgive me, Dick, for not waiting leaving his only child to the to hear from you, but there is no time. il bail re of his chum in misfortune. Tom-T- om In nu Woodward, brother of my Dick at that time was twenty-thre- e California . friend Rita, you know-as- ked atrji Dick was twelve; :srs old and Freda me last summer, and I refused rIces, is poor as a church mouse, picking him. But he came over here and fill. i precarious living at space work asked me again, and Dick, Dick, dear In; it a New York newspaper, and Freda Dick, I just couldnt refuse. Tom has ffleci It seemed u absolutely penniless. tbe n case the only solution of which was The iiptH . iinlty tad put Freda In an orphan asylum or jutl t her go to work. feet, with vague and sudden fluctua-- 1 Companion. '! hoi e nelth-H.50 do swore should minutes she But Dick tions of ocean bottom. The climate Is Iroi THE MIKADO'S PRECEPTS. horse-sens- e mild no other been fond For of her had that being father, the temperature delightful, II mothers son of you could and not subject to great variations Word of Wisdom and Advlee That Hang icily because he had done so much ibot 1b per J , seasons. from so and $4.50 received little It Tnt. him, different In the scratch Japan up during Some Words of Counsel. Hot Ery ;d be made up his mind that Freda On the walls of the barracks, on the petual summer here, but without tbe Gallant rescues of fair young ladles wuld have her chance In the world. Total $5.00 by brave young men are the order of enervating effects of excessive heat sides of the tents, nt the foot of every It was easy to decide what this Sand Island is the better suited for I Japanese soldiers cot hangs a printed the day at the bathing resorts, tn the ORS. uce should be, as the child was a human habitation, although its barren I POpy 0f geyen moral precepts, says the Chinas Bows and Arrows. ' routine of romance, as the accounts om actress, a mimic to her finger surface offers but poor hospitality. New York World. Tbe Emperor of Though an attempt was made two commonly run, there are tears of gratI The highest point, that on which the jflpan is supposed to be the author. At years ago to abolish bows and arrows itude, the hasty avowal, and the happy is, and the possessor of many witch-way- s which Dick was sure would as the national weapons of China the wedding day. Now, if this sort of flag of the United States now flies, is a any rate be ng General-in-Chiela her fame in due time if given sand dune, ten feet above the gued tbem to blg Army, Tbe a8t thing work has only been accomplished is to take rank as casual roper chance for their dlsolay. general level of the ground. There are the soldier sees on retiring, the first within the last few weeks. The Im- a summer Industry, ought it not to be But first she must be educated, number of less pretentious dunes, thing to greet his eyes when he perial archers have existed up to the kept free from sentimental conseabout this Dick felt sure she would formed and held Intact by the roots of awakes, are these precepts. time the royal edict put them out of quences? Ought the dashing young roll-ca- ll a small dense shrub, groups of which an of- - business about a month ago The em- - hero as he plunges through the waves handicapped, so that even ber Baafter morning Every re talent would not bring her to the are sparingly distributed over the rest I gcer 0j eacb company reads the pre-- 1 perors decree is as follows: Our dy to catch tbe beautiful young heroine I ire. So off to school she went, while of the Island. the hair as she goes under for the cepts to his men. Then be makes the nasty was established by means of the ick turned himself Into a In the thick shrubbery millions of men recite them In concert, and after-- 1 bow and arrow and the art is still by galley slave third time to be burdened with doubts I time in and wherewithal. lay birds abound, provide the nesting ward calls upon Individual soldiers to therefore kept up in the examination as to whether his income is sufficient At the end of the five I their eggs flat on the sand. Terns, of repeat them. years hard of officials and the drilling of troops. to support two? It is likely to chill several varieties, boatswains birds. irs, when Dick was seldom certain In barracks the officers drill tbe men j lately, however, military science has . the stoutest heart that ever breasted his dinner; years when his terror and Improved and weapons are being mod- - the gea t0 have lo a8k lt9elf at g0 crlt, BTOnel1rit!r8fPwPefethe snt in the knowl(,d8e of the is that he might fall 111 and be unithem in detail, iUustratlng their cruized every day and we must imi- - lcal a moraeIlt whether the drowning Inert fL explain num I s to keep up tbe payments that I which are found in eXpianatjons with examples drawn I tate the martial spirit of our ances-- girl may not belong to a different aoi od between Freda and utter want-str- uck A mimic to her finger tips. I 4er8 from history. Deeds of Washington, tors by using our best endeavors to es cial set, whether her parents may nob It rich. First a novel and only two weeks more to stay In Eu In walking through these rookeries, Alexander, Caesar, Napoleon, Grant I tabllsh a strong government. Here have plans fur her A man ma I iea a play of bis made a great bit, rope before we must both go back to Immense clouds of birds are aroused, gb(j 0(jier famous commanders are re-- 1 after the princes, dukes and ministers stand ready, as a matter of course, to I ringing his copy into sudden demand, California, and he wants so much to and their flight veritably darkens the I Giat the soldiers may know the of the eight banners must all earnest brave any perils to save a woman's look after book and play after play, spend it In Switzerland with me, so sky, while during the nesting season J as military art and attain the life and still desire leisure to consider application ly practice juristical ' I utmost g irltten during past that we may always have Hie memory eggs are demolished at fvery ktSp. If I proficiency, which will leave whether the time has come to abandon theory. rs only to be unanimously rejected to look back on. So, dear Dick, dear clouds of the birds are disturbed and I wej j8 1 states-no for the observance of mere his bachelor habits and live in a flat time a Japanese jjaron jjancko, y managers and elder brother, we are to slip away to fly away at the approach of man, there I man wbo recently visited this country I forms, and we order all officials In e were dragged from the dust the American church here and be mar as many more that prefer quietly I on a confl(jpntial mission, asserts that ture not to carry the bow and arrow Queer Names of Papers. iap, brushed up and sold at Increas--gland go to Geneva for to sit at his feet, even sometimes snap- - the pergonaj vaior of tbe Japanese sol-- J when they attend state ceremonies, ried it comes to sticking to the When I profitable prices. In four years, a week; then come home. If you write ping, as If resenting his Intrusion on I nor are Imperial bodyguards or the )g due to yje practice of the seven dlprg of news- om a poverty-strickeof. names matter the in text Dick hack, at once, we will get your letter at tbe their sacred precincts. Of late years i nrecepts. Here they are, as translated palace guards to use them, but the I . . ad become a famous author, comfort-abl- y Embassy in London. the island has been frequently visited Kaneko from the Mikados best weapons must be provided for editor displays l tact that fljed for life. of obtain- thera I tbe board of war draw up he western S. P. Oh, yes, had almost forgot- by Japanese for the purpose Freda had reaped tbe benefit of this, blrd8' ft'atIhergrey,he ames of a few To be sincere and loyal and guard the necessary regulations for the propmy career! 1 regret it only beof course. After one summer spent in ten the death of er testing of military efficiency for the cause Im sure you will. For myself which has untruulfulness. against 'altfornla with a western schoolmate newspapers publlshei west o2 thousands of the beautiful birds. Tom will make up for everything." To reRpect superiors, keep true to soldiers and let the said board report weekly ibs had left school for good and was tbe Government Mississippi; States The United comrades nnd guard against lawless- - thereon. When Dick raised his eyes his face pending a year with a careful chaperoWhim wham. however, proposes to put a stop to this ness and insolence. to white. Without viva pausing very ne in a tour of Europe, designed to tnnoPrairie Doft of the indiscriminate slaughter Calllnp to tho Pagan. To obey the command of superiors, think he drew a sheet of paper before cents. Tlover and give a final breadth to her education curlew are two spePrairie Owl. wonln with Oh. brees. Bummer, your never of Its nature, and before Bhe took up the actual That ullr mv blood like wine. Western study of him and wrote: Cyclone. birds, the flesh of which Irrespective of cies game Oh. Bummer, with your purple en. her "You letter lies before me. It la Is extremely palatable, and the eggs to resist or disregard It profession In life. Kansas Cowboy. The In my breast. the You roll imaan be and and "To prize bravery courage Meanwhile the years had had their exactly the sort of lptter 1 might have of The pa i! ii n centuries at rent. Sedalla Bazoo. the tern, closely resembling those of a th pprformance of dutieR, Who womhtped at your shrine. InDuence on Dick no less than on the expected from your fathers daughter. Tombstone Epitaph. girl. As she had grown in grace, Without faith, without gratitude, withThe p,ia an loved your ftelde and hills Texas Jimplecute. And wimvIh, a I do now; hick had found it Increasingly hard out even common decency, he never Dlllion Doublejack. ,u ' thrills knew -the that The reg. Joy or .ml pnK'in J? brot.1 boost coorogo. (o ml To maintain his brotherly pose. hesitated to sacrifice bis best friends clear a rt when 1 hear th ann one My being ? Grigsby City Scorcher. 8I)C? with nor Insult others, Or bird at twilight, and th long. Steady, old man!" he bad Bald to to his selfishness. You have followed where fresh laid eggs may be collected neither quarrel Thomas County Cat brow. calm that IIS! my Long thought Latml. nflt w genm, hlpself again and again. hdi This won't worthily in his footsteps. For several every morning. Comanche Chief. do- To cultivate virtue and practice fru- Oh. Bummer. let m be again, Freda Is to be a great actress years I hare educated you, clothed unand barren arc Islands Daily Dinner Bell. ago, If tbe and guard against extravagance A Aa ud she will be one; there Is no doubt you, fed you; many a day I have gone toucan womhlplng, then, Wahoo Wnsp.Denver News. the gality, so that fruitful and of that Your glnrlouK nun. without a thought and effeminacy. and you must not stand In hungry that you might have money to of smoked necessitates or men have that Of glasses gnln brought her wsy. To prize reputation and honor, and To tillgreed ' ' She likes you as an elder throw away with your wealthy school glare the darkest shade, the marine llfe I Tips Lead to Bribes. VulVarlty"anlgreL brother. Let her continue to do so companions; cold, wet, ragged, hun- abounds in color aud magnificence. 1 cuard A pngtin o 'luffing life with Inv. At the recent convention An Hamostil she has made her 111, tolled I then that hit; gry, day after day, And laughing whun tlm whnl fish in all the glory of multi " At this burg of the Coal Dealers asociation the morning tar above la ilon la Sanaa. point Dick would you might not suffer; that you might Tropical of vivid colors abound shades tudlnous of Germany a number of delegates Bing In hi enr tln-l- r eong miblims have your career. And this Is my re- In the Of Joy beyond the touch of time. Everything seemed so quiet that the water, while sharks, tea elo-spoke on the practice of tipping and of tho eoul. ward. For the sake of your two setaceous animals ore alsol oil reporter leaned out of the car win-t- The pamiloa and phants bribing. They complained that stoker I weeks with Tom you forget everylet your eplendor tel found. Fishing here is delightful dow and addressed tbo old man with Oh.MuBummer, be and others having to do with coal trodden from even tbe way. thing you can not do me some of the wildest "fish" I brlndle whiskers, who was sitting on And lit memylive end line end and feel used In manufacturing works and sport, poor courtesy of cabling your Inten- stories are related of the sizes of the I the dusty platform.-catcheWithout regret without the prod Uod-lirllarge establishments of any kind must or I and Of vengeful wrong them. tions before executing hope right I J Guess you are a prominent citizen hai-tho glad be gtven bribe money, or have their fair, days. I shall never see your face again." Tho most recent chapter in the his- - of tbe town? ventured the newspaper Influence used against tho eosl dealbreese. with your I wooing Bummer, Sweet Dick stopped abruptly and stared tory of these two dreary Isles, and tbe man. my blood like wine; stir ers to prevent the securing of new orThat drawled the old man, Oh. 'Bummer, with jour ptitple era, into vacancy for a moment; then he one which has directed public attention "Waoll, ders. Tho delegates urged the necesThe pagan eenturle at net laid aside what he bad written anti more or less to their strategic linpor- - chewing a pine splinter, all the folks lu hreaat my forever here le sity of taking measures to abolish I me for To woiwhlp at your ahrlne, began anew: tnnee, was recently consummated 1 around hero have known tbe nefarious practice. Americans Llpplncott a "Mrs. Thomas Howard; through the choice of Saud Island as years. traveling In Europe find the tipping Thought so. Ever run for officer "Dear Madam Your favor without one of the relay stations for the new abuse very annoying. The tipping evil Indeed? Why, Once. date, telling me of your marriage, has Faclflc cable, which has united Uncle baa undoubtedly led to the bribery to the said the passenger "Well," Democratic or Republican? been received. Permit me to extend Sam's tew possessions In tbe far Pawhich now has become ao vexmethod In the smoking compartdrummer 1 Neither." cific with tbe scat of government. my congratulations. I regret that to business people. atious In Im disappointed ment. you." Prohibition? Ah. When Hawaii and tho Philippines shall not have the honor of meeting How no? queried the drummer. No. I canto Into th possession of the United your husband, on your return, as HI Customary Luck. was office There! a perfect dream of a girl kind of of means Then what am about leaving the city Indefinitely" States, direct and efficient sitare here Mr. ear MakinbrakeH, and In yon burning with that the The clerk office to get a marriage back communication waa wonting. kind and to even to be zeal not Again Dick paused and threw down telegraph helpful to hla feland In tbe here been get trying to real artor courting ing wa Id , license, quick so his pen; then a softer expression President McKinley a bond characteristic of seen low Have her? men, always flirtation. a you bet nine up with our Widow Jones fer yenrs. You, came over his face and he again es- izo lust what stub kicked ft banana peel off the on hen I did. had she him, got to 1 Ye, both run. mean would new possession sidewalk and Into the street. sayed: And you don't feel any Inclination water forces of this coun Dear Freda Your unexpected news tho land and Man. lb II her? to love "If a wonder somebody hasn't to make illk4 to Why his In message there. on that and broken ft leg, dlsettsa-In- g startled me. but. if tbe young man Is try stationed a mnn bit. dia "Not slipped once who, of heard I he on February 10, 1809, as he walked along. he worthy, Its all right. I shall Imme- Congressattention to the necessity for soliloquized, said not?" a name on tlio visiting list, "Why rected will throw a banana that wife? well diately place ten thousand dollars to such a should shes my "Anybody Yon I; know hi to considers perfectly wife, tho .Why bond, and urged Preearloua living at apaca work on your account as a little wedding presskin on the sidewalk ought to be Dont of the matter by both houses, that I dont like that man. tlon off fot a New York newspaper. worse never Is the wife A ent. This I as far as Mr. Msklnbrakes . unreasona little are a Pan. Gold Uses in think then you communication you of The means ""himself 1b a reverie la which he having a small Income of her own. The next moment he wa fleeing Your dislike goL wife. rntked sixhi able? doe or tho Tbe pope private writing vogue called for at least fifteen Your Own Brother." let-th- e life from an Infuriated teamI hi mucl1 on the Question for ft answer not with a gold pen, but hla pontifical sigdifferent station, controlled for arose because be did nether 21 and 32 could really bo horse had slipped on that whose For the third time Dick paused and teen ster found d and with a wrote la yon him, ter nature you alwayt given moat part by European corporaand taken a bard fall on skin I banana wa ,ered 1 disparity In years. malignant expression passed over la believed to hung up quill, which Uont. Tho rate charged wa then afterward that the letter bewas I all summer In the pavement. overthe of asphalt a of dove. wondering this one October hla face. He laid tbe three letters The come the your from Government pocket Uie wing 235 per word, and over again I moon when the postman brought fore him and read them coat, and was never sent to him at same qutU ha been In use for many to the end of the letter with a Parle postmark, and again. At last with a sudden ges- was paying, up Frogs' Leg on Toait. ft ill." Ye. I know that." wa the re- year. about $490,000 Insurrection, heart leaped at the sight. Prob-t- a ture he tor up two of them, signed That chap I went to th 1 Ml Frog before so long wai "bat it joinder, t Bould tell him on what steamer his name to the one remaining, placed year for It message. week waa awfully stuck laat with overlook A hop Drying Rack. It wa at tills time that tlie late John found It out that I couldnt da would on hi shape. return, for the summer It in an envelope and without pausing W, Mackay offered hi aid to the Gov- hi rudeneas, nnd I never forgave him, should think that merry "I r tmd the Americans abroad to think, rushed out Into the ball and New Suitor Yes, If he hadnt pa1 believe I ever shall." There the hoys have built In the hark yard m H ernment. outlining tbe plan which, and dont As chute. mnll himself so much he wouldnt the Into It 111 raded preening themselves for their slipped feeling In this would make your head reel?" good, deal of with ft few unimportant change, 1 I la ended foun-h- e up In a cafe. I underhave vanished from Ms sight he went s ow now In I on iilY0 lholp na,lvo lan,l- wash firmer but It without world that any day It doesnt; operation. During the winter n his room waa written on th back hi th stand epitaph nl and despairingly .it real." "Dear and read: ,k ly makes my clothe hr, offered Congres to lay the cable datlon. rrlnter' Ink, QftP Dick I'lA ffit aAmB Free Treaa. Detroit he rostT did fare. rnn ft AFfttf bill of Which letter (Copyright. teed jhne was no doubt at all that owed everything to Dick he had atood ogers. For seven years ber In the place of a parent, makone than more tax satisfactory 1 Fre-Vlllia- tj o three-quarter- happy-go-luck- a s, s 1 how-ever- , Stt i SSMS&SS f, re life-savin- g i PPts, 1 ture. s heart-breakin- short-sighte- pub-isher- s, d fu-ar- y n ttm sun-bake- d agst o s ng itr 1 white-feathere- Ihll-Ippln- d |
