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Show ' calmly. D represented that s rela, According to a press estimate there tire, wbo bad recently died, bad left are today 5,000,000 laborers in this considerable sum ot money, him Ve live but la the prevent. millions country.' One and with which bo bad purchased the far The future ie unknown; antrade National to unions, belons tomorrow ia a mystery, and stock. ia all our own. On searching him, however, a roll of other million to trade unions not yet se chance that fortune leada to at bills amounting to $10,000 was found National In their eeppe, and the remainMay vanish while we wait, Eo spend your itfe'a neb pleasure In an inner pocket, many of them. being der comprise tlje army of unorganized Before it ia too late. entirety new, and on the City Bauk- - labor. somef the very notes which bad bees The tender word unspoken, Tbe letters never sent. paid out on the fraudulent check somt Tb 1782 national banka throughout The long forgotten message. months before. After this discovery The wealth of love unspent. the country which have been organized and more was he willingly as quiet, For these some heart, are break tnj, to New York. since March, 1000, have a combined For these some loved ones wait; compauied hla captor So .how them that you care for them The cash found on bls person, the capital of $101,000,000. It must be reBefore it ia too late. farm and stock were taken possession membered that tbla capital is cash New World, of by the victimized bank, and mam not a drop of moisture. This la alaged so Judiciously that more that most tbe only class of corporations of was bank the realized, $ii3,000 leaving ' f which that can be said. a sufferer for less than $10,000. Livingston waa soon after .brought to trial, convicted aud escaped with t Tbe English language, according to a sentence of four years and a half. 'At German statistician who has made a the expiration of his sentence, a few II of the comparative wealth of years ago, he again went West, an I study when last heard from was running t languages, heads the list with the euor-- I small stock farm In Iowa. mous vocabulary of 200,000 words. The case in all Its phases ranks German comes next with 83,000, then among the most curious and Interesting Italian with 73,000, French with in criminal annals. The slight clew t with Turkish 22,500, and Spanish so If so, to run them down aud see Tseverlngiy followed, the llttl " so which Incidents with 20,000. pointed were. unerringly they For week th search was without toward th culprit, and the sagacity with which all these little hints were It Is a surprising fact that more than reward, hut at last the case br.giit-eneifollowed to the eml, places the detecA until was found of whom of the entire population cf horses has jnr.Thased by a tive art among tbe most notable and the United Slates was enrolled in 1002 us-facieuces. of New York the man much resembling Uiitigsou, hut as pupils in the common schools. Tlig here siting the name of Peek. The Weekly. l hor-r- exact number la 15,025,887; nor does uere slffiin-.- to Buffalo, whither Tpm fUntlnc by Railroad CnmpanlN, "Mr. Peek" Mated that he was going. this include all who attended , school, t Here was the rinv, aud Tlip renewed interest Inmanifested by for when the number of pupils in tree culture railway run an gem cuts in vis. ting Bufthe officer lost schools la added, the grand tofalo. to harn fur. her Mr. Peck's pres- for producing railway ties, beginning private ent nhmlr. Another disappointment some two or three years ago, seems to tal reaches 18,080,840. Is it any wonmet him here. The freight books be bearing fruit. We have previously der that the public school system of published the details of work which this country is the aiiin. ration of nearshowed that the horses had hpen two or three months previous- lias been undertaken by a number of ly all the rest of the world? inquires ly, and taken away, but nothing fur- ronds, Including, among others, the Illa writer lu the New York Tjibuue. ther was known concerning them or inois Central, the Boston and Maine, the Michigan Central, the Pennsyl- The amount of schooling that each InMr. Peck. Nothing daunted, however, the In- vania Railroad, the Big Fonr, the Rio dividual of the population Is receiving quiry was pursued, aul finally the Oranila Western nnd the West Vir- on an average Is a matter of general horses were traced to a stable, but ginia Central and Pittsburg. The Boswere now owned by a Mr. Welch. Sev- ton and Maine Railroad is growing interest In 1850, In the days of Horeral other animals were purchased, chestuut trees, the Pennsylvania yel- ace Mann and hla disciples in New and the whole then shipped to Chica- low locust and the other roads named England and elsewhere, each person AH of go. From tbe descrintlon the officer have planted catalpa trees. received a schooling, all told, of 420 was convinced that Livingston, Peck these roads had groves of trees growin 1932 each person's education days; PennAt last time that the year. and Welch were one and the same per-so- ing ami the pursuit began to wax In- sylvania Railroad had planted a grove occupied 1032 days, or G12 more days of 1500 locust trees, near Newton-llnmilto- than the average person received in teresting. Pa., and this year it bai 1850, This meana, of course, that tbe Arriving at Chicago, he found that the horses bad been taken away, but added to its forestry plantations a of intelligence is fur the most careful inquiry revealed noth. grove of 43,000 locust .trees at Cone-w-ng- general average than former iu years. is the Pa. higher intention It t Ing more. Aa they had not been tbe officer concluded that they plant 200,000 trees during the comSays the Chicago Tribune: Seme had been , driven Into the country. ing year. The plan for the following There were acme breeding marcs years is to plant about 300,000 trees idea of the magnitude of the lighting Railway and Englueerlui branch of electrical development may among the stock, and he concluded that annually. the party, whoever he was, designed Review. be gained from a recent bulletin Isto open a stock farm. Finding all othGnmfe In ITollow Lo(. sued by the Bureau of the Census, er efforts to trace the horses vain, he Irvin Williams, of 2410 Venable which attempted to learn If any farm suitagives the statistics of central ble for aueh a purpose had been pur- street, Klchmond, while hunting for electric light and power stations in seta birds few days ago noticed his chased recently, and If so, by whom. the United States from 1881 to the end At one of the real estate agencies he ter, Dick, standing firm and backed .Limes of setters the up by Wrlgbt of June, 1902. At the time of enu- found thnt a man from the East, The dogs had tmiJJ Iat and Unbv. tilers guru IHtiO ti no trie ats. . .been Tnu'TTtrtrs named William I to looking for such a place, and had finin lions operation, representing a total beautiful blue ally purchased, but where was not the icost of $504,740,352 for construction hollow log known, certainly not In Cook County, as an examination of the reconW off his coat and pushed his hand into and equipment. These stations furthe catity of the log, wlfeu to his sur- nished employment to 23,330 proved; bnt the officer reasoned that It could not he far from Chicago, as prise, he found a dead bird. Thinking who received $14,9S3,112 durthe stock was apparently driven there were more he tried a second the year. While tne details of time, when he cried out as If suffering ing Instead of being shipped. some from His friends power plant equipment are of Intergreat pain. If, reasoned the officer, Livingston, who was without doubt the criminal, soon got to him only to find his arm est to electricians and engineers, pub-li- k had purchased a farm of this charac- apparently caught far up iuto the holinterest will attach chiefiy to tbe ter, he must buy a large quantity of low. . fact that 22.5 per cert, of significant It was found that a cooil had been tools, harness, saddles, wagons and of stations were opnumber the total In a steel and had broken caught trap A careful like goods for its use. search among dealers In these articles the chain. The trap was a double erated under the control of municipalrevealed the fact that a liberal quanti- trap, and had caught young Williams ities. Of the 3020 stations, 815 were ty of such goods had recently, been by the finger, which was badly cut. With much trouble he wrs released, owned and operated by municipal!-Mebought by a Mr. William Livingston supplying 50,759 arc lamps and and sent to Du Page County, about and to the surprise of all a twenty coon incandescent lamps. The muwere nnd twelve partridges forty miles from Chlcsgo, where he pound bad bought four small farms and con- found. Richmond Times Dispatch, nicipal plants represented a total coat solidated them Into one handsome of $22,020,172, and gave employment find Losing Thslr Urn. stock farm. Believing detection imwho were paid Is said It that when a man finds be to 2407 so a of the after iong possible lapse The in bas a be has liver $1,422,341 cause Instant wages. for private statime, be bad boldly taken his own name, and. though almost within tbe unhappiness. But the Norwegian cod tions operated 334,903 arc lamps, Clutch of the officer of Justice, was yet fish are losing their livers, and there incandescent lamps. Tbe gross la likely to be unhappiness In the entirely unconscious of his danger. from private plants was, for Income unless world some means of they take The game was found; now for Its the year ended Jnne, 1902, $78,735,500. capture. Taking four or five police of- finding the organ. The scarcity of cod a liver for tonic oil, with great persons ficers from Chicago, all in citizens If the women of England are smartclothes, the party went out to the weak lungs. Is owing not to the fact fish cod are that fewer but Livcaught, William farm, and inquired for ing under tbe refusal of the lord chan-cellingston. The elderly, short stout that tbe fish have little or no livers to admit them to tbe practice of gentleman, who had figured so con- any more. This Is thought to be law they must wring balm from tbe spicuously In the officers search, ap- caused by lack of sufficient nourishpeared, and the correctness of the pen ment, as the tiny sea creatures on compliment! and hopes quite generand Ink sketch Impressed tbe officer which the cod feed are disappearing ally tendered them from the opposite from the Norwegian waters. The livers as remarkable. sex, declares the Boston Transcript The party represented themselves as of tbe fish when caught are found to Almost every one of these consolers from Chicago, who, having heard of be shriveled badly and In some cases his fine farm, bad come down to see totally lacking. Where formerly It calls to mind the fact that fifty years for themselves, and perhaps purchase took only about 15,000 cod to make a ago It would have been extremely barrel of cod liver oil, it now requires difficult If not some of his choice stock. Impossible for a woman They were cordially received, hos- at least 40.000. to be admitted to tbe practice of medpitably entertained, shown over the Angling For Maskalnngn, icine in England and this alone, alplace, and finally dined and wined in Opposite Brockvillc, In the St. Lawthough it may not be strongly enthe spaoious mansion. On rising from rence, a party of Moutreal anglers had the table the New York officer re- the good fortune to kill two couraging to tbe present fair pet! muska-lotigmarked: both exceeding thirty pounds in tloners, snould buoy them np consld' Well, Mr, Livingston, do you like weight a few days ago. Of course erably since it seems to prove that In this place nnd this qniet life as well much larger ones are occasionally at the outside, members as life in New York? taken in the St. Lawrenee, and I have fifty years, s The man startled, !ookd sharp- before me a letter telling of a rouska-long- e of their sex will be as plentiful in the ly at the officer, and answered: taken in Lake Bemldji, Minn., a law as they are now in medicine. What do you mean? I was never few weeka ago, which Is said to have And Incidental to citing the considIn New York In all my life. measured four feet seven inches In retorted tbe officer, length, and to have tipped the scales at erable struggle that women bad to seWell, then, cure the coveted M. D. these purvey you will have an excellent opportunfifty-fou- r pounds. But two in one day ity to go there. William Livingston, weighing over thirty ponnds each is a ors of consolation, relate any number I. arrest you. catch not to be despised. Forest and of facts and circumstances as lights Livingston turned as pale aa a ghost Stream. along tlie way of womens progress nnd gasped out: that may convince them tbe time Is What for? The Japanese Minister. For the forgery of a Cheek on the Viscount Ilayashl, the new Japanese coming when It will be theirs to grant City Bank of New York, for $75,000," Mluister to London, is a man of broad or refuse to men the privileges for replied the officer, drawing a pair of culture and fine ability. He baa trans- which they sue, and sometimes in vain, n handcuffs from his pocket snd advanc- lated Into bla own language many works on political, economical and in these days. Ferhaps these chiving toward him. exclaimed the culprit religious subjects, and all bare bad alrous soothers ef wounded ambitions Stop, sir! He speaks English have gone to unwarranted extremes Stop, sir' This is an outrage," and wide circulation. he glaueed around the room for some with Just a trace of accent Viscount In allowing that this may come to weapon with which be could defend Hayasbl belongs to one of tbe fends but It should be said of them pass, himself. He was quickly surrounded, families, which, before the revolution however, and the Iron! fastened upon cf 1S08, were the military and govern- that They mean welL" They are enhim. ing classes, but be blmself was born thused, carried away it may be said, For a time he raged furiously, mak- with liberal, progressive views, at d la by their subject, or subject, to ing fearful threats against his captors; In complete sympathy with the demo- bounds which they didnt sight when soon storm but tbe spent Itself, and cratic opinions now to tbe for in they began their miscloa cf sympathy. be was able to talk over tbs matter Japan. , s v v" BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. I V you Ur a t mothaf fray-haire- In tb old home iar away, &t down and writ? the letter Voa put off day by day. Pon t wait until her tired step Reach heaven', pearly gate, Jhrt ahow her that you think ot her Before it u too late. s v . - f 7 -''I But wh taper it Who know, what hitter memories If ay haunt you if you wait? So make your loved one happy Before it ta too late. Ingenious Detection of Rogue. .ill. i Y Lawrence Leslie. 30.-oo- l of the cleverest featn i the detection, pursuit, and CHpiure of criniin.ds that bus been t.evolnnfd for years, was performed by of the Nmv York detective police force some years since. About that time the officer of the City Bank of New York dNeoverel th.t they had been swindled out of 175,000 by meana of a forged cheek far that amount, purporting to have been drawn by Commodore Vanderd brfore the bilt. Nearly a month fraud waa discovered, and in the mean, time several other cheeka for large anmnnts, drawn by the same party, bad been honored; so it was almost Impossible for any of the employes to remember with satisfactory distinctness any of tbe circumstances connected with the payment of the fraud-nlen- t document. However, it was placsd in tbe hands of a shrewd detective, and be went to work to dud a dew, and trace out the mystery. The officers urst suspicion was that some of the clerks of the banks had been In collusion with tbe forger, and doubtless shared the proflts of bis crime. After two weeks scrutiny 'of the character, habits and association! ef the various clerks, that theory was abandoned, and It only remained for him to gather from them, if possible, ones clew, however slight, of tbe bold petition. Ills first Inquiry was if any one, not in the habit of presenting checks, bad been seen doing so w ithin the past month. Only two of the clerks bad any memory on the subject, and theirs was of the most shadowy and nnaatlafactory character. One bered seeing a stout, elderly man drive n strikingly beautiful black horse and fine carriage up to the hank, enter the' office, and transact some business, be uce .knew . pot what ,J rut. c n i which be baa not seen him. The other clerk, after a tborengb examination and numcrons questions put to assist or quicken his memory, at last concluded that he did recollect a strange man, who entered the bank one day about the time the forged check was presented, and had a check cashed tor a large amount A peculiarity in the man'a necktie attracted his attention, and he looked him full In the face and retained a vivid recollection of lie was an amateur very feature. artist and ' especially expert In pen drawing. Taking a sheet of paper and an eld pen which was lying upon tbe desk, he quickly prodneed a portrait which he declared to be an accurate likeness of tbe man be suspected. The officer did not look upon these lews, If such they might be called, as promising mucb hope of success. He first exhibited the drawing to the dark wbo bad seen tbe suspected re gat drive up with the fine black horse, and be confidently Identified It Hera at last was tome encourage-aaea- t Tbe first attempt was to trace the horse and carriage, and discover who owned or wbo had hired euch a rig. The effort waa unsuccessful; the (Beer, however, was convinced that fee man, whoever he might be. was an admirer of fast and stylish horses, and he therefore commenced a search nmeag the establishments devoted to fee stabling and sale of such animals, hoping that he would find some one art eonld Identify tbe party. After going to nearly all such establishments, exhibiting the portrait, he came upon a nan who recognised In tbe drawing mm William Livingston, whom he bad known a year or two, but wbo bad disappeared within tbe past mouth, after paying up some old debts and buying oe or two fancy horses. Further Inquiry brought out tbe fact that Livingston was In very straitened circumstances but a few months previously, cd hew be could honestly obtain the toeans ta pay hla old debts snd gratify bis lova for horseflesh was not so clear and gave fresh encouragement to the persevering detective. To follow Livingston was necessary, but bow could he be traced? He bad disappeared, had ns on knew when or whither, What, then, was to be done? Should tbe trail be abandoned and tbe case given np aa one of the mysteries that haded eolation? Never, said the indefatigable officer, and he went to work with. desperate nergy to nnravel the tangled skein. He finally reached the following The perpetrator of the forgery waa Livingston; he was a good deal of a horse fancier, and would doubtless spend a considerable portion f hla dishonest gains In the purchase ef fine stock; and, further, that the stock would be purchased in New Xert, as that market promised a better selection, and the criminal considered himself entirely safe from de-te-e ESK j i j 1 r- one-fourt- h To-da- y If youve a tender meag. Or a loving word to say, Dont wait till you buyf t it. y rti s: Mosl The first step, therefore, was to team If any oat had recently made any purchases of each stock, and ro l. one-fift- li.-e- iil long-sough- n, aav-fttloi- way. again shone the soft fight H grew brighter, till In the middle of It be saw tbe little brown lady tbe Fairy of the Woods. But she was not smiling now. Her faee was stern and sad as she said: I fear I set you everfilgh. I thought you better than tbs rest Keep this in mind: When donkeys learn to sing and dance, 'Who reverence not the lamp of lift When pigs talk politics; cao never see Its light. When London is a town in France, Then she faded from his view. ErWhen two and two make nest Thompson Seton, in the Century. VlCii drops of rain ate nil inarls. WHEN. When cherries glow ini apple tree And kittens wear lace caps, Aud boy their sisters never lease, Aud Peers wear woolen wraps; When all tbe nursery doffs and toy uegin to dance and plav. Then little gir.s and little lny May lie in bed ail day. i; car anti white. When coni is Then little boys and little girls My sit up late atG. night. Chiton Bingham . THE FAIRY LAMPS. There was o.u-- e a liruwn-llmbc- bare-lew- d Loy who spent all his time in He loved the woo, la and the wenffs. all that was In them. He used to look, not at the flowers, hut down deep into them, ami nol at the hlugin Bird, twit lato its eye0;, to Its little heart; ami so better than most othbegot an t ers, aim ne quite gave up collecting birds' eggs. But the woods were full of mysteries. He used to hear little bursts of song, aud when he came to the place he could find no bird there. Noises and movements would just escape him. In the woods he saw strange tracks, and one. day, at length, he saw a wonderful He had bird making these tracks. never seen the bird before, and would have thought It a great rarity, had he not seen Its tracks everywhere. So he learned that the woods were full of beautiful creatures that were quick and skillful to avoid him. One day as he passed by a spot that he had been to a hundred times be int-lrli- HOW AN ANT GOES TO BED. Of course ants go to bed, sad If yoe watch iDt'in you may sec them do It An nut bill Is made of tiny pebbles, which are piled about an entrance hole. At night the ants take these pebbles In their mouths and, carrying them to the hole, pile them one upon the other, as men build s wall. After the hole Is filled up. except one tiny place at the top, the last ant crawls In, ami with her Jiead pushes sand np against tlie hole from the thus stopping it up entirely. Then, all night not an ant will be seen, but about S oclock the next morning, If on inohs very closely, one may see a pair of tiny feelers thrust out through the clinks between the stones. Then an ant pushes Its way out and begins to carry the pebbles away. Just behind the fivst comes another, and another until the whole family comes joui ne.ving out. Bnt an ant does not sleep through the whole night; she takes a nap tws She does not or, three hours long. have to undress, but whenever she gets tired she lies down on the ground, curls her six legs close up to her body PICTURE PUZZLE. v wuge-earuer- s, wage-earner- e, -- THE DOVE AND THE ANT. A dove went to. a cool and shady brook to drink, snd seeing an ant struggling in the water vainly striving to reach the bank, she threw down a blade of grass upon Which the ant scrambled, and, clinging to It, drifted ashore. Just then two scampish hunters slyly creeping by came upon the dove, and as one of them was about to shoot, the ant bit him on tbe heel Tbe angry rascal turned hla bead and the dove flew away. Where is the other bunter? From Brooklyn Eagle. found a birds nest It must have been there all tbe time, and yet be had not seen it; and so be learned how blind he was and exclaimed: Oh, if only I could see, then I might understand these things! If only 1 knew! If I could see but for once how many there are and how near! If only every bird would wear over its nest this evening a little lamp to show me! The sun was down now; but all at once there was a soft light on the path, and in tbe .middle of it tbe brown boy saw a little brown lady in a long robe and In her hand a rod. She smiled pleasantly and said: Little boy, I am the Fairy of the Woods I have been watching you for long. I like yoti. You seem to be different from other boys. Your request shall be granted." Then she faded away. But at once tbe whole landscape twinkled over with wonderful little lamps long lamps, short lamps, red, blue spd green, high and low, doubles, singles and groups; wherever he looked were lamps twinkle, twinkle, twiwkic, here and everywhere, until the forest sbone like s starry night He ran to tbe nearest and there, sure enough, was a bird's nest He ran to tbe next; yes, another nest And here and there each kind of lamp stood for another kind of nest A beautiful purple blase In a low tangle caught biz eye. He ran there and fonnd a nest be bad never seen before. It was full of purple eggs, and there was tbe rare bird be had seen but once. It was chanting tbe weird song be bad often heerd, but never traced. But tbe eggs were tbe marvelous things. His old instinct broke out He rushed forth to clutch tbe wonderful prize, and In an instant all tbe lights went out There was nothing but tbe black weeds about him.' Then on tbe path- g j (T! and goes to sleep so soundly that yon could brush her with a feather without waking her. When she has had her sleep out she gets up, stretches her legs and yawns. Then she washes herself carefully all over. After that she is ready for her days work again, and a busy day she bas, too tending tbs babies, making new rooms or getting food for the big family. 8CHOOLBOY ANSWERS; Here are some of tbe schoolboy answers to examination papers collated by University Correspondence in England:. John Wesley was a great sea captain. He beat the Dutch at Waterloo, and by degrees rose to be the Duke of Wellington. He was burled near Nelson In the poets corner at Westminster Abbey. Asked to name six animals peculiar to the Arctic region, a boy replied: Three bears and three seals. The Sublime Porte Is a very fine old wine. The possessive case Is the case when somebody bas got yonrs and wont five It to you. The plural of penny is twopence- In the sentence, I saw the goat butt tbe man, butf Is a conjunction, because It shows tbe connection between the goat and tbe man. Mushrooms always grow tn damp places, and so they look Ilka umbrellas. The difference between water and air is that tbe air can be made wetter, . bnt water cannot" In Indian Territory there are 13,804 Indlaq, scholars enrolled In the pnblie schools. Ot these 5383 are In the Cherokee Nation, 2754 in the Creek, 478$ In the Choctaw and 939 in the Chick asaw. |