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Sabin in the Ointuiv lit n i l tew CuluiieU by Ibc tnr-1- . When the colonels of Got Yates staff were showing off their brilliant new uniforms and their soldieily forms to the admiring crowds in the Auditorium Anntx prior to their departure to the in, login atton a Chicagoan who was watching them arid "These colonels remind me of the last time saw them -- or rather, in full regalia It was at Fortress Monroe the da after the launching of the battleship Illinois The colonels were parading up and down the pier In front of the Chamberlain hotel. Out on the end of the pier were a number of privates of the Bixth artillery, then stationed at the fortress, taking their ease In the warm un on boxes and bales, awaiting the arrival of the Newport boat. A private, wiping the perspiration from his brow, Joined the group and &ld: Ive had a dickens of a time getting out here. I never saw so many olonels In my life. Every ten steps on the way down the street and out on the pier I ran into a fellow with the eagles on bis shoulders, and 1 had to Une up and salute. Some of them aeemed to think I was out without a permit, for they would look at me in stead of recognizing my salute. It ras like running into a succession of picket lines. I wouldnt have been surprised to have been ordered under surest. Who are they, anyway? "Them fellows, said a corporal, with slowness of speech and twaag to Ml volce-the- m fellows are staff officers of Governor Tanner of Illinois. "The private dropped full length on a truck and in a feeble, disgusted voice he said: ,And here Ive been saluting colonels by the yard staff colonels from Illinois, fellows without regiments; no wonder some of them didnt seem to understand what I was doing. These governors colonels ought to wear some kind Of a badge. Ive been fooling away fifteen minutes getting out to the end of the pier and all the while these chaps were the real article. " 1 , i Hot Shot Qfvt Him Although an Irishman by birth, Senator William J. Sewell of New Jersey Is of a rather serious turn of mind and seldom indulges in jokes, although he would not be an Irishman unless he possessed a sense of humor. He was bora In 1835, cams to this country at an early age and was engaged in business at the outbreak of the civil war. He enlisted in the northern army, was given a captains's commission, and at ths close of the war was a major general. In 1872 he actively entered politics and, after being for several terms a state senator, he waa elected to the United States senate. He was chairman of the New Jersey delegation at even consecutive national conven-vention- a, including that of 1900. General Sewell was for some time actively Interested In railroad affairs ad once, when he was holding an important office In one of the large trunk lines a political enemy came to him In a somewhat shamefaced way and "General, I should like to have transportation for myself and family to Chisago. The two political enemies eyed each other for a moment, and then General Sewell called bis private secretary and told him to make out the passes to Chicago. The politician accepted them, expressed his thanks and departed. But In a few minutes he returned, exclaiming: Why, General, these do not say to Chicago and return!" Of course not, exclaimed the genI want to get you out of the eral. state and Im not interested In your Chicago Chronicle. getting back! Btli4 -- 5 , i , he taw the old chateau Where the mar hung In garlands low hen he rode awai loiter year Klie died soon afltr All roguish maid ot Washtng m Square, lit n ilia gra old 1 rem huian saw you fair, tou III He knew h he lingeid there To hear jour lunghtrr Charlotte Her hi r In The Knjarf Set And again A .V Jcerph Mill wdT n. l g h Pnmt br imy zmwiiiim will have to The GanlKMt HeoDlafton. Orders have been Issued for the repairs necessary on the gunboat Bennington to be made at Hongkong instead of having the vessel return to this country, as has been the custom when a ship on foreign station was found in need of an overhauling. This policy of repairing vessels of the navy on the Asiatic station at Hongkong Is meeting with some opposition In the construction corps of the navy. It Is argued that, although the repairs can be made somewhat cheaper on account, of the little expense entailed by the employment of Chinese labor, the expense In the end will be far greater to the government, because of the poor quality of the work. AdvtM. Ttral night of a series Tb On the last Chit-hz- j:l)axrich Ter rev. ? 3 Cohort5 upon ths mine-ownewith increasing force, says the Chicago Tribune. In tM flusb4ays of thirty years ago ths shafts ware only 400 or 000 feet deep they are ft Costs Sunk to the surface Kow thrice that, depth, and rnoie to bring each ton The steel Industries v formerly confined to the East, BtSf the anthracite minis Now ths Cheap Western ore and (heap bitumin-Ocoal are steadily drawing the iron Industrie toward the West. The overcapitalized anthracite Industries have s. Increasing difficulty in making Tb result Is an imminent danger of serious disturbances, yet, a Mr, Williams says, the danger from a further deterioration of labor and wages would be still worse. divl-dead- A Good American flan. in English shipbuilder says that British shipbuilders are able to get JjKrtcSa ,teel at from 24 to 28 less tm than the same steel la sold for on slriapt thAtl8ntl!N. Adherence the part ot the American manutact-t-o thla policy of asking a high SI home and a lower price abroad ii he says, keep op the price of ships In this country and keep down price jL those built in Great Bri-U- h there is no doubt that Americad' shfej .Ddea have been made to pay exw lve prices (or steel. The benefit of h gre& reduction, in the coat of maw acture of that metal in thla cooit y has hot been enjoyed by them as I las been enjoyed by men in the sam business in a forelgs country. If United States Steel company wen o add the building of steel and EARL GREt. iros flips to the industries it is to be lection of the most ancient of tbd in it could tnrn out such ships realm. The new earl lives In Nor- engird for 4 In the foreign or coasting trade one in of the thumberland, stateliest mansions in England, surrounded by at prices- which would defy competijwooded and watered estates covering tion If the company were to build 20,000 acres. In London he occupies ahlpt Iand sell them at a reasonable llguii Americans would buy and use a fine house facing Hyde Park. then to carry on trade with foreign cousrtea, 15ht Anthracil Coat CruU. An article In the April Atlantic by farm the Rider 4 Talcott Williams throws light npon Proprietors of amusement the real causes of the threatened strike are looking tor a novelty to in the Pennsylvania coal fields. Thla writer shows that strikes are often take the place of the common roller the result of Intense competition. coastr, toboggan slide, etc., will find In the invention Every new machine and every shifting of trade has in It the possibilities of presated herewith sufficient novelty strikes In the industries affected. to lat for one season at least In .Thus the invasion of England by fact, voat people would be Inclined to American steel products is likely to think there waa too much novelty to produce labor troubles In English steel the apparatus, since It turns the pass'mills. It Is a change ot this kind enger! completely over In the early that has forced the anthracite part 4f 1U journey around the circuit and their employes Into a state The Uventor claims this can be done (constantly bordering on conflict. For with perfect safety, as the centrifugal Ithe first lime both sides ara now thorforce if the moving weight in the car oughly organised and each feels the holds every passenger In place almost pressure of conditions which seem to la sptto of himself. Edwin Prescott jit unendurable. of Artngton, Mass., ts the Inventor, The real cause ot the anthracite and tke Idea here applied la that of (troubles la the Increasing competition of bituminous coal. From 1140 to 1860 the annual output of each of the two kinds of coal was . practically the same. By 1870 the anthracite had forged anead of Its rival in the proportion of 16,000,000 tons to 14,000,000 of (soft co&L Anthracite had everything In Its favor and the iron of the conn-itr- y waa made with this kind of coal. Miners got good wages and capital made large dividends. Then the capitalists did as they usually do In such Bases they watered their stock. Between '1870 and 1880 the capital CENTRIFUGAL railway. engaged in anthracite Increased from Imparting such speed to the car 150,000.000 to 2154,000,000. Yet during by causing it to high descend a steep grade the same period bltuminoua coat sud- that whea it its course as It changes denly leaped far ahead of anthracite. does In the vertical passing through In 1880 the hard coal output waa of tons, while the soft coal was loop tendtrack,' th .center of gravity will toward the bottom of the nearly 42,000,000 tons. The use of coke car, thus forcing every rider more ,had been discovered, and the Iron firmly Into hia seat. The passage had begun to substitute through the loops la accomplished so for anthracite coaL The Interests thus found them- quickly that ft la hardiy realized, ana selves heavily overcapitalised and face then the car proceeds with the less exciting Portion of its journey. to face with strong and The unexpected competition. Their decline dates from car takes on Its load tn the position that time. In the last twenty years shown, and the cable elevates it to the the anthracite output has doubled, but top of the steep Incline, with the passthat of bltuminoua coal baa quad- enger (dng backward 'through the of the journey. The Pennsylvania owners first ! rupled. sought to save themselves by employMichigan a decline an A lumber state ing cheaper and less intelligent labor. They scaled down wages through the is strikingly shown by the figures of company store, a high price for pow- the product of 1900. In the Saginaw der, and various devlcea for mulcting river district there were produced In the his' output 1882 4.014.900.000 feet Of pifie'Iumbef; whlle rear tb pine output drop- Striker, followed Inevitably, prestilng ped to 19, 921,408 (eft"" delicious with that little ear best frowa on her face, and It' pleased him to think she was considering hia soul Instead of the diamonds he would give bef. After all, though,- - one does not , care to. be Always spoken to from the height of superior spirituality, and there, begun to be jarrmg notes. He discovered that Marian was provincial-l- y prejudiced against things of which he knew pothng. and that In many ways she was intolerant and bigoted. Her own life bad been . so removed from all temptation she had no sympathy, as wiser people have, with those who have been sore pressed, and have failed. Finally they quarreled about some question about a woman whoJack defended, and the girl had given him hack hia riug. quoting self rlghteoualy something about being unequally yoked with an unbeliever. it takes a saint to be unforgiving. Jdik, who loved the girl with all bi great soul, would have ktaaed, and made up. but Marlon refused to see him the next day, and after making carious fruitless efforts he burled him- - ) When handsome Jaik Orton announced Ins engagement to Marlau Harding to his sister, she being a discreet woman, only lifted an eyebrow, and asked him If he was quite sure hi choice aas a wise une. The girl belonged to a very different world from the gay, fashionable, pleasure-seekin- g one in which they were such conspicuous figures. Still, Jack was old enough to know bis own tastes and mind, and when all Is said, a man marries (or himself and not bis sister. So she forbore to say any of the nasty things a maul people usually do wbeu he marries out of his set, and meiely laid a very tender hand upon his shoulder as she asked over again if he was sure it was for the best. "She Is an angel, he had Ctied enthusiastically, and his sister had made a mock gesture of despair. "My poor boy," sba exclaimed, "Is she o bud as all that! Dont. Only fancy having to live in the house with an angel. You could never possibly do it in peace. You are not keyed up to the situation. But Orton laughed with the fatuous self complacency of the newly engaged, and went off to his demure little Puritan sweetheart In truth the girls unllkenesa to all the other women he knew had been the first thlag that attracted him to her. He Rad met at a big crush at a fashionable bouse, where aha had been present by virtue of being a (ar away cousin of the hostesv and lather sia&c pla white frock, among all the glitter, and spangles, and flash ot jewels, and bold display ot white, bare ahoulders end arms, aha bad made him think of B wild flower suddenly transplanted amidst the overblown roses ..Jn a con- 'Vetarjr,- -' VJute MaMMsy Aui her to. sing, and she had startled even that blase assemblage with a voice so pure, so sweet, and true, and with such a passion of expression In its oner-thatit had made ballad she sung seem like a cry from heart to heart .There was a minute's silence when she was done, and then a woman standing near Orton exclaimed. . Fancy any one with a voice like that hacking ft out teaching miserable little Children. They say she had fabulous offers from opera managers to go on the stage, but that .horrlbls old Puritan ot a father of hers hat brought her up to believe that the theatre is the very door to perdition. "Go on the stage, repeated Orton, qtlil with his eves on the pure little face, "God forbid." The woman raised her lorgnette and gave him an amused stare. Jack Orton, and after all that story about him and the little comic .opera prims "Yes, a blooming if elf and his troubles in -t- pay government over 2600,000 to supply the soldiers with little luxuries which were formerly provided for from the profits ot luxuries the canteen. These have principally become necessities, and include milk, spicea and fiwl fruits among other things. A rearrangement ot the ration is therefore possible. It has been generally supposed that much meat In warm climates Is not a good thing, but one of the ablest army surgeons now declares that under the hot sun the carbon In a white mans blood Is speedily oxidised and burned up by the sun and a great deal of meat must be eaten to supply the waste. The meat component of the ration Is, accordingly, likely o be Increased. Tb Saintly Sinner. BY ELIZABETH M GILMER. (Copyright. 11. hjr 1ally Story Iub Co one of the disputants went t the captains rooms and asked to see him On that gentleman entering the room ' the lieutenant drew a r volver and A. of two shot him dead in the presence more officers The mans mu r is that he wanted to prevent the duel, which would have made the family A ""Radical Earl. unhappy Huger is in his right mind, w liu Earl Giey, at pioposes to mu-iand is considejed by the public saloons of England, all the ijializc mura of case dear piemeditated large and tuns rulme the dunk evil. Is one der, for which a civilian in B.iltn tin l,ii (oniiiK-nunoblemen of would have lost Ins head, that being of the form of apital punishment in Ger- Great lliitain. He was appointed government manager of the South African 8 it ts, he has been sentenced man) Chartered Company In conjunction to twelve years' hard labor with, of with Cedi Rhodts. was one of the course, every prospect of commutation. company and one of its largest stockholders, and wus a favorite of the New Recruits I re Drill I. late queen, who loved him because the Colonel W. M Van Horn, the prince lonsort was his godfather. Lord officer of the new Twenty-nintGrey is a handsome man of 44, and infantry regiment authorized by succeeded to the title only a few years the army reorganization bill, has been ago at the death of hia granduncle, at Fort Sheridan. ILL. busy drilling his who was saiu to have been the most forces and working the raw material cantankerous, censorious and quarrelInto form. Nearly 500 recruits for the some old gentleman within the recol- new regiment have already been secured, add It Is expected that the quota will be, filled before May 1. He reports that 9ft per cent of the men enlisted thus far are American born. This la quite remarkable In view of the fact that in the regiments organized two years ago 75 per cent Of the tnett enlisted were of foreign birth. A band of thirty pieces will be organized and musicians are In groat demand at Fort Sheridan In consequence. A number of men who have enlisted after the expiration of their first term of service are being given appointments as noncommissioned officers of the new regi- ment ao W M urilrr of (Nklfttn. raise that lid'' amus'd oumsiderable comment in military and civil cicl s In llerlin is the nrndcr of a captain ot the infantry b a brother otlher 'Iwi oflieers after no ss had a little recontre, which must, aicoulmg to nitlil.it y etiquette, have t rminated m a duel. To hinder this .nut Huger, a biother of of "protracted meetings" In the Methodist church of a little New Jersey village a visiting evangelist wag making a special effort to obtain a showing of anxious souls. But nobody reapondeS to his invitation. They sang a hymn and then the evangelist rose again and called upon the congregation to "enlist for the service of the Lord. wooden-le- g A battle-scarreveteran who had dropped Into the back seat, watched the proceedings with interest For the third time the perspiring evanIs there no gelist rose and asked: one willing to enlist in the Lords army? Then a response came from the back seat: "Draft em, parson, d n it draft em! Exchange. d, cations for ordinary retirement, and In Belgium dogs are uaed to drag 298 for Incapacity, resulting from Inciwere re- around little milk wagons. The growj-b- e dents of service; twenty-fou- r worked In connection tired with the rank of the next higher t er couldnt e Tl st. j- wtth - a less harmful drink:: v gfadOS' :1 ac7 I V the Oq town; With careworn wrinkle and weary frown . HI brow wa shaded. And ahe. with a geatupo debonair. Threw him a rose from her .powdered f hair-- The fairest maid of VV aahlagton Square, ' la gown brocaded A Haiti Warkto Ba Soldier Havy Dfllesra. ; " wr 1 Gen. Joe Wheeler, In the course of a the commissioned officers on the retired list of the navy one was retired recent Interview, remarked that It was after forty-fiv- e years' service, twelve harder work being a soldier now than after forty years service and 142 on ot old, because there were not so many reaching the age limit of 62 years; autograph collectors In the days ot the civil war. Bine were retired on their own appliOf T'," I tratK-fer-e- Mot hern. Mothers are the- -, i ,,e-- t tli'iiKs 'Mtm'ier wt 11 ihn m i,i nlt All but H it In ' ( m t , i When t w Mi it il.iv , a, She Jnsi ' a s e n i i m tie U s,. ; . Rochanibnu rimt' rldm down hi prancing charger through Fled for a moment war and wile he caught the rose with courtly smile, i,d thought of a maid of France, the while Hia glance had'hiet her maid of France, of an ancient race, i mailer painted her then, a face A huae piquant charm and dainty grace l.et uune foret her yStnoforf-Elec- t. ; N a roiu.Mii. sosr. - -- i O-Ce-r. enter-prlsa.w- ho "shoot-the-chut- mlne-iowne- .bitu-mlno- I mlner-iir-weigh- These-eOndiHt- ing m ( a, rs angel!" the depth! oi a winter bunting camp. After be left evil days fell on the little household. The old father became ill, and nurses and doctors ate up Marlons Uttls bank account, and her cheek grew Wan and thin trying ti make one dollar do the work of threa It had always been her custom to ge on Sunday afternoons to the hoepital to sing to the patients, and It chanced, at thla time, there was little lad tbera In. whom ahe took great Inter eat He was a Jockey who had bees badly hurt in a hurdle race end whs wee slowly recovering from hia Juries. To him, Marlas with her pretty (ace and glorious voice was the on bright spot In ths dreary days ot cos-valescence, and ha literally lived upoa . her visits. ; Of -- m their wutk--- 4 hyr. when aha had 0n ten dollar left and the numberless importunities of the home and sick root were calling for It ah went to see him, and he greeted her with ahlnlng eyea hs aw he said, "Bee. partner, he waa her yesterday, an he give me a dead s.ralght tip, an ID put yer next Anitaa Just got a walk over." "Anita, who's shs? Inquirtd Marias vaguely. ' he boy gasped. "Youse uont know UT By gee, shes a rac mare, an aay, d talent aint on to her. Say, Its goln to be a hundred to one' (hot Gee, dont I wish I waa out of dis," and he moved Impatiently. "Hundred to one shot," repeated Marian, "whats that?" Shucks," he cried, and then talking Very slowly as if explaining things to Youao puts up on dollar, a child: an de boodles pays you one hundred ef youae win out. but "A bet," Marian exclaimed, doesnt somebody lose? De bookies dla time, sure," replied tbe boy with conviction, but deys dead lousy wld boodle, an Its a charity to relleva em. Say, gimme a ten, an let Ben put It up for you. Dla aint no graft - Its a lead plpo cinch. In th end Marian did. On the way horn she told herseK. that It was because the money was to use for other, but in her soul she knew abe had hen tempted, and bad fallen, Just like every other sinner, but all her miserwas swept able away, and she understood, and pitied, and loved, as ah bad never don before, all the great sinning, struggling, suffering brotherhood of mankind. As tbe boy bad predicted Anita won, and the next time ahe went to the hospital he put in her hands a great roil of bills, but for answer she only gathered him In her arms. Oh, Tom, Tom," ah cried,' 1 am nothing but n common, wicked gam-bi- JSy aids miss, er l" Maw yer "She la an angelt donna! Really men were too absurd! i After that evening the acquaintance between the demure little music teacher, and ths fashionable man of the world, had flown smoothly enough, and soon ripened into love. To Marian. Jack with his gay way, his elegancies, and extravagancies, wss Ilk a being from a different sphere, and one of whoee moral standard she was not a little doubtful. She had been brought up in a hard, and narrow school, and It seemed to her almost pagan for one to enjoy things frankly and openly, while to love life and laughter, the delights of good dinner, and a glassa of sparkling wine, and the smile of woman's fair face, seemed to her nothi to lng lesa than a slnfui pandering the lust of the flesh, as her stern old father called it It Is; however, the province of earth- fellow ly angels to always judge their delivcreatures hardly, and Marian ered many fa sermon to Jack on his 'worldiness and wickedness, which the fellow big- - hearted, loving,- - generous and meekness, outward with received (award mirt- h- She really looked very ' boy returned yer aint got de nerve dignstedly, Yer aint nothing but a bloomin' aint," the saint. That night a very hnmole letter went to Jack's club, and being forwarded brought that gentleman in a few days to Marians toor. Somehow, in the new light that had cpfne to her, she knew that a fellow sinner would understand and forgive, and that it la only tbe wrath of tha righteous we have to fear, so without one word she fled to Jacks arms and sobbed out her story on his breast he. temptation, her sin, and her yielding. When she w don he looked at her with a very grave smile In hia eyes. Sweetheart, he said,, "you were very earthly as' an angel, but you ar simply heavenly as a sinner, and for the first time In her life Marian understood. , Earth is here (In Australia) so kind just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest Douglass Jer rold. The turks have 'seven different kind of flutes. - -- ' -- |