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Ifonr. than a sixth part of the land
of the clube anil nearly a sixth rart nf 1
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the population of the world are under
the control of Great Britain; Russia
rank second in territorial extent and
the United States third.
IiulLAXGEP.'s original proposition
to revise the French Constitution clings
to the French people so that the Govern
ment which professed to despise the im
petuous General fit Is it necessary to
bring forward a motion for the same
puri-ost'.
The steam-hip City of Xew
Vokk hud begun to meet the excecta
tloiis of her builders, having made the
best third trip time on record. I'er
haps, after all, she may make the voy
ue In less than six days, as she was in
tended to do.
Tub new Persian ambassador at
Washington expresses himself as much
pleased with this country, and says
with true Oriental enthusiasm that its
women are the most beautiful in the
worM. He left Mrs. Hadji Ilassein
Ghoul j Khan Motumed el Vasari at
home.
Tine i.ext trouble in the territories
will be in dealing witlt squatters on
lands owned by railroad companies.
These vast tracts extend in so many
directions as to render it next to impos
sible to understand their limits and set
tlers on them are only Interfered with
after they have Improved the land and
added to its value.
Ir is time To iiL KUY v p the con
struction of a new navy. Even when
such an inslgnlik-ant power as Hay ti re
quires loikinif after, the Government
has no vessel immediately available for
that service. Another year, however,
will give us .several cruisers that may,
at least, lie used to enforce resect for
American citizens In the West Indies.
"Whkn- Jones a no 1 went inti
l'AliTNKKslilp I had the cash and h
had the evivrience; before we closed
out the concern he had the cash and I
had the experience." This Is testimony
familiar to many men. It seenis to be
about that way, too, with a once
famous wealthy estate In New York
city. The estate is la possession of a
notable fund of exi-erlence, but the
wealth where is that?
It s-ef.ms stkanue to read of the
discovery of a waterfall in Colorado
livaling in beauty, though not in size
or grandeur, the famous Niagara Falls.
But there is room f r a good many dis
coveries in this great country. Many
of the States west of the Mississippi
have only leeu casually examined in
the immediate neighborhood of railroads
and a Tew highways. Even the Alle
gheny Mountain, in 1'eunsylvania and
other States, have not been thoroughly
explored.
Manitoiia is In a bad way with the
Canadian l'acilic Kailroad and the Do
minion Government, and annexation to
the United states is talked of as one
means of getting away from corjiorate
tyranny. Considering the amount of
talk there is ou this side of the line
about corporate monojiolj and control of
State and other Coveriiments, the rem
edy does not appear to lie iu the direc
tion of annexation. But it is a inaltet
of no consequence to this country.
When annexation comes, if it evei
should come, it must be of the whole
Ltomiuion, not of oue section.
From the ItEroiiTs ok tile Chief
of Okdnance, it appears that the
United States Government is experi
menting with arms of small calibre,
with a view of following France's lead
in this matter. If a satisfactory pow.
der can be found the calibre of small
arms will be greatly reduced, thus en
abling the soldiers to carry a larger
number of cartridges. The smaller
arms will probably be less deadly than
those now in use, but more effective in
placing the enemy hors da combat,
since wounded men cripile an armv
more than dead ones.
I iieau that the Emperor's tour in
Austria and Italy will cost not less than
SJuO.OOO. The amount which he has
given away to the servants of the sover
eign whom he visits is something fabu
lous, and his presents of various kinds
cost a frightlul sum. The Emperor
took with him from DVriin K diamond
rings, 150 silver stars, 00 scarf pins, all
richly jewelled; 30 diamond bracelets.
6 splendid presentation swords, 30 large
photographs of himself, with the Em
press and their children, all in gold
frames; 30 gold watches, with chains;
100 cigar cases, with the imperial arms
and monogram in gold, and 30 stars in
diamonds of the Orders of the lllack
and Ked Eagle.
Efforts to develop electricity
from heat directly without the use of a
dynamo are not yet meeting commercial
success, but the inventors are hard at
work ami are reported to be making im
portant advances. The product of one
European thermopile is reported to be
not more than rive or six times as costly
as the product of a dynamo aud gas
engine, and though tliat does not look
very promising to a capitalist, it marks
a great advance to the electrician.
IIkre comes a DEiisiox that dairy
butter, colored with annotto boiled in
cottonseed oil, although it may be 09
Ir cent, butter, comes within tbe let
ter of the statue defining oleomargarine.
If that should bold, the dairymen may
be forced to obey the law which they
had passed to plague their oleomargar
ine rivals. The discovery comes at a
bad time for having the law amended.
The vote of the fanners will not be
wanted again for two years, and possi
bly not for four, so that the next Con
gress may do as it pleases with the oleo
margarine question uninfluenced by fear
ot the Grangers.
A Klit of tece.
Bwrrt, t.cn you paucd from living into
Uratlt.
S loTt-word fa'lrrnt oa the trembling
mlr.
"o lvin)t wLi-r hushed tue lobbing
breath
With which I knelt in tuoUonleaa de
upair. I t;d nu rlbt to mourn yon. Other ayes
JliyLt vatcb ILe nl. ry fading from your
own.
And otter band to distant ParadlM
Mibt !ootba your way, wbtlo I knelt on
aloue.
I!ut when tb Lour bad passed, and nil
lb nxim
Was mrat.ped in silence, and the steady
liubt
From j under lamp was a'.l that pierced the
gloom?
When masses of Irtwh roses, red and
wbite.
Lay rich vitb fragrance at your bead and
feet.
With one bod lying twixt yonr finger
tips.
I stood beside yon for one moment, 8rset,
Ami stooping, klaseJ you oa tha pure,
pale lips.
Dear, when yon wakened did yonr spirit
weep.
Or in Its new-fonnd wisdom understand
Tba piteous lore which watched that
t! ream less sleep.
And sought to follow to the unknown
laud'.'
When the clouds lifted from your patient
bead
And Hooded you In light of life divine.
Did my kiss quiver o'er your tips' soft red?
Did any heart-throb whisper It was
mine?
If cn your peacefulness there sometimes
break
A sudden pity for the hopes that died,
If you grow gladder that lor your dear
sake
A life-work baa been blessed and purl
lird, Keep ever in your beart untouched with
pain
Tbe memory of tbat kiss of sanctity.
And when iu tiod's own time we meet
again.
In boiy greetiug fcive it back to me.
JIM'S 31 EG.
Once when I was a young man my
day's journeying lay between a certain
quiet lodging, situated where tbe
EJgware Koad merges into the coun
try, aud a certain Court of Justice,
where It was my duty to report cases
for a newspaper.
Oue evening, just as my omnibus
was starting on tbe familiar road borne,
a girl 501 in and sat In tbe corner by
th Co-jt. She might be fifteen or
more; she looked at her fellow-passengers
uehautiy, for there was a distinct
ive riioieLjent away from ber. She was
agg:eively dirty; surely there was a
wetk's dirt on those rounded checks,
ttuough which the rosy tinges of youth
and health thone faintly. Her short
pwtticoau showed stradly feet in coun
try Loo:s, and on her dirty childish
finger was a wedding ring.
Uow came she by tbat ring? Surely
the solemn ciiclet was rare enough In
the court where was her borne. UaiJ
some lair-racea curate, anient in a
crusade againt vice, persuaded ber to
go to the church" with ber boy hus
band, ir haps, out of his poverty for
giving ber the fee?
It was idle wondering. The girl sat
there, paid for her seat I marveled
thtt she should possess so large a sum
the two pence for ber fare, and ber
fellow passengers scanned ber.
An old gentleman sat opposite to ber,
aud fondling for his money, be dropped
a coin. She saw it shining in the straw,
and leaning eagerly forward, pointed a
small straight finger where It lay.
"There it is!" she cried In a childish
voice, and was going to stoop and pick
it np for the owner, when some in
stinct drew her back. Her neck and
cheeks ana brow flushed crimson
through their dirt, and she sat upright
In her place.
What made ber blush? Had she
noted our furtive movement away from
her, and fancied that we should doubt
her honest motive in touching the
money.
Iiut there was a modest dignity In
her simple action, an innocence in tbe
sudden hot flush on ber face, which
carried rebuke with It, and stirred one's
heart in sympathy. Just where a nar
row street opened from the chief thor
oughfare, she stopped the omnibus,
gathered her bundle in ber arms, still
holding it mysteriously under ber cloak,
and disappeared into darkness.
Two months afterward I was in court
as usual, and we were trying a prisoner.
It was a common crime, robbery with
violence.
His name was James Bond.
lie could neither read nor write; be
knew no trade but that of garroter. and
it appeared he bad been engaged as a
specialist In that line by the men who
bad lett him to face the police alone
wUen disturbed at tbelr work.
All went as usual; be was convicted
and sentenced as usual.
1 bad let my thoughts wander a lit
tle, and was askUg a man near me the
term of tbe sentence, when 1 was
startled by a loud childish voice shout
ins across the court.
"ever mind. Jim; 111 look for ye?"
I raised my band and met the round
eyes of the girl I had seen in the omni
bus. Mie bad evidently addressed the
prisoner, for be looked sullenly at ber
face for a moment as be was led away,
and muttered something which might
have been either a curse or a blessing,
it was so far removed from any human
language 1 know.
Of course she was taken out of court,
and this time 1 followed ber. She saw
me aud approached with a half confi
dence which reminded me of a timid
ventare of a frightened animal whom
hunger or terror baa urged to an unu
sual shelter. ... . .
'How much did be get?" she asked.
I told ber tbe number of months James
Bond was to be in prison.
Her round eyes were full of fear, bnt
not of tears. I remembered that such
as be was. James Bond was probably
ber only protection.
" W bat is your name?' I ventured to
ask.
"Thu rail me Jim's Meg."
Von are bis wile?" 1 eaid. remem
bering ber wedding ring.
a, I'm all that." Meg answered,
and her face flushed with something
that looked like Happiness.
Are yon going borne?"
ki.. .honk her head vigorously.
Jim swapped our corner just before
wni- took." she exclaimed. They
let me sleep there last night, but I
won't again. Old Bet was drunk, and
my boots aren't heavy like Jim's to
throw at her. Xo, 111 sleep there
tomewhere with Dick."
Who is Dick?" I asked.
Jim's dog." Atd following ber
1 saw. shivering with his back
against a lamp-post just outside tbe
court, ft white bull-terrior. We were
near the door by this time and went
out together. Tbe dog looked at Meg.
but did not move.
"He's waiting for Jim," she said
with much concern. Jim sets a lot
on him. He's won many a fight. You
see he's only half bull, and fellows bet
against him when they see him first;
but he's plucky, and be holds on when
be bear's Jim's voice, and pots a let."
"An," I said, "and be will take care
of you?'.
"I must take care ot him." Meg
answered, an anxious look coming into
her eyes. "Jim would never look at
me If 1 lost Dick."
Poor Megl This was tbe beginning
of our acquaintance; but I learned to
know ber simple heart pretty well in tbe
months of Jim's absence. I got ber
lodging with a decent woman, where
she could sleep in peace, without hav
ing a boot ready to throw; but that was
all she would let me do for ber.
Once, on one of our rare meetings,
for Meg bad independence of life
which 1 respected 1 ventured to speak
of James Bond, and even to urge ber
leaving him. I bad made inquiries of
tbe police, to whom Bond's career
seemed pretty well known. The pres
ent was his third term of imprison
ment. He was a bad lot, selfish, cruel,
brutish; not the kind to marry, the
inspector assured me.
1 was convinced of this, and yet had
not tbe heart to warn ber. untd one
day I saw ber walking upon tbe
Edgware road in front of me, with
Dick at ber heels. She was soon over
taken, when the dog recognized me
with a growl of recognition like bis
master's, bis blessings sounded some
what like curses.
"Meg," 1 said, "do you mean to g,i
back to Jim when be comes out?" I
bad fallen Into ber unconventional way
of volng directly to the subject.
She looked hurriedly at dick as be
plodded behind.
"If I don't lose the dog," she said.
"Is be kind to you, Meg?" 1 asked
with some diffidence.
"He's kinder than some, and 1
belongs ts him," she said simply.
Here was my difficulty; she belonged
to bim or she thought so.
"He got me a ring," she said, twist
ing the little brass circle round and
round on ber finger. "lie don't think
much of them himself, but be got it
for me. Mother had one, and I wanted
one. It was kind of him."
"Where were you married, Meg In
church?" I asked.
She looked puzzled. I do not think
she connected marriage with church at
all.
"I can't remember I don't know
what you mean churches are for rich
folks," she answered In broken snatches.
Was your mother there?"
Where? Mother's been dead three
years. We made it out bopping in tbe
country; when we came to London be
got my nng."
"But, Meg," I said plainly, "If you
leavj Jim 1 could get you taught to
read and write, and you could earn
mora money, and live a less rough life
it must be very raugh for you in this
London court sometimes."
It's not rougher than out bopping."
she said Meg was a regular Mark
Tapley in petticoats. "1 don't want
to read and write, Jim would only,
laugh at me. .So, I can't leave him,
be gave me my ring, and I'll wait till
he comes out."
As she spoke a shadow crossed ber
face, and she looked down.
Some day, p'raps," she said quietly
and without auy show of feeling, "be
may not care to have me any more,
then maybe I'll learn to read."
1 did not speak to ber again for many
months. I think she avoided me. for
once or twice I caught sight of Dick's
dirty whiteness In the distance, but
Meg was not to be seen, though she
could not have been far off. James
Bond came out of prison, and, mnch to
my surprise, found ber out and took
her "home."
When I went to pay ber rent one
Saturday, the woman with whom she
lodged told me her "man" had fetched
ber. and that Meg bad taken ber bun
dle, and told her landlady to thank me.
'Did he seemed pleased to find herf"
I said.
"Well, the dog knew bim, and be
looked half pleased at tbat; and be
asked a lot, as far as 1 could And out,
about bow she got a room here, and
told ber she was a fool not to get more
out ot you, sir; and then be said he was
going to supper, and she could come
too. If she liked, and he whistled to the
do and went."
And she followed bim. Anection,
in tbe sense of the word as we under
stand it. she bad never known. He
came for her, be bad inquired for her
or for Dick among tneir oiu com
panions, and be fetched ber home, it
was not much, but she expected no
more, and followed him.
The last time I saw Meg was when
James Bond bad been out of prison for
two or three months. It was a Scrosge
like Christmas eve, which seemed re
solved to gratify itself by making
everybody miserable.
1 walked home, since I could And no
omnibus that would venture beyond
Chapel street, and bad nearly reached
my destination, the fog having lifted a
little towards the end of my journey,
when just beyond tbe cheering glimmer
ot a bttle public bouse not a hundred
yards from my own door, I was con
fronted by a short, girlish figure,
which I knew at once to be that ot
Jim's Meg."
They've run bim In," she whispered
through tbe fog."
"How's that, Meg?" I asked. Dot
very much surprised at ber statement.
What baa be been doing his old way 3
again?"
she came close to me.
"Worse than that, worst of all, tbe
worst there Is," she whispered.
-Not "
"Ay, that's it, though you can't say
It; but I can it's murder.
Good GodI are you sure. Meg?"
"Yes, I am sure."
"Come In and tell me. Can nothing
be done?"
And as I took ber Into the house,
starting my old servant by doing so. I
confess tbat for the moment all thought
ot justice fled, and I was tilled with tbe
simple human longing to save a fellow
man from a dreadful penalty. When I
001 her in bv tbe lamplight, I saw bow
Meg was changed. Her girlish round
ness of face naa suarpenea. uer country
color bad f added. She could not have
been much more than sixteen, seven
teen at tbe most, but round her mouth
and in ber eyes was the touching dig
nity of sorrow.
"What is it, Meg?" I asked.
'It's bis pal," she answered, almost
silently. I could see that she was
thinking of something beyond. "They
quarreled about the dogs. Jim struck
him with ft knife they say, and he's
dead."
'You are sure; I mean you know.
Jim had a knife, and tbat he struck tbe
man?"
"Yes I know; that's what I'm come
about." And for the first time ber ,
eyes fell, and she plucked ber shawl
nervously. There a a girl, a pal or
mine, she eaw him and she's got to
tell. What can 1 do?"
"She's got to tell what do you
mean, is she called as a witness?"
Yes. that's it be a witness; that
means tell all yon know. I made it
out somebody was bound to make it
out, and I did. You see I belong to
him."
A wonderful transflgnration came
over ber face, and filled It with tender
womanhood, linking it to another
womanhood higher and purer than hers.
and from which she bad blfierto
seemed far away; I think she would
have said. I love bim,' bad she known
know, but as was, ber old phrase told
it all.
" What can I do?" she asked again,
as I said nothing.
"You mean bow can I keep ber
silent, preventing ber telling what she
knows."
"It's not that, she's game for that.
she'd lie for bim, and she'd swing for
him, we're all pals, yon se; but "
and with tbe unusual effort at the
thought poor Meg's face grew troubled
and ber words "they've told me, the
man who came about it and others,
that you can't help peaching if they get
you in there." 1 knew she meant in
the witness box. "They ask you ques
tions and you speak, though you'd
rather bite your tongue out. It Is
true?"
Yes, Meg, I am afraid she cannot
bide the, truth; it is better to tell it
simply and hope tbat " I stopped
abruptly. "Did no one else see tbe
quarrel?" I asked.
Xo, that's it, Jim and the man were
alone, ouly she was there, she'd only
juit come in; if she'd not come ba they
muht have thought it an accident
s'..e's the only one."
'Can't you make np something for
her to say? she'll say it," sLe cried
eagerly.
I turned away from ber to think
quietly, and the glitter of the brass ring
ou her finger caught my eye. Was she
bis wife? 1 pondered.
It was not likely the couple was mar
ried, but it was possible, and it was ber
only hope now, bis only hope for life,
and it must be tried.
Meg," I said, "there is one thtof
you ought to know. You are safe wl.'ii
me, and you ought not mind my ifc
ing out. Xo man can make aw s
witness against her husband in "Up
land, and If " i
But her face was piteous in Its wide
gaze at mine. t
"You need not talk of it," r
bluntly, "they told me. But 1 ' t
save bim that way; I'm not wits 1
for that they say. If be'd oft r . " w
how it would be, be'd have ta ;
to church fast enough,' sue
with bitter candor; then raking ber
bead, she said defiantly? bnt x wl:
make no difference. I'll stick to bim,
aud be knows it if only you'll tell me
how."
'Xo, Meg," I said gently, "there is
nothing you could say. If I told you
anything. I should be doing wrong, and
it would do no good; they would find
out at once you were not speaking the
trutli."
"There is nothing I can speak of.
Meg. unless you can hide for a time,
aud keep right out of the way."
"If." she said, ber brow knotted with
the effort stie bad made to grasp my
suggession, if 110 one came to speak,
if 1 were not there to speak, would Jim
get off?"
'1 do not know, I will inquire; but
if you are sure no one else saw the mur
der, very likely he might be saved.
What does James Bond say?"
"He says he knows nothing about
it."
"Where is the knife?"
She looked at me for a moment, then
at the door, and then she opened the
bosom of ber dress and showed me a
strong clasp-knife with tbe blade an
inch across. It was shut and she did
not open it. but put it hurriedly away.
What if she drew suspicion to herself?
"Meg," I began in a tone ot remon
strance; but I bad frightened ber. She
recognized an effort at respectability
which was antagonistic of Jim, and
turned and went out quickly. I fol
lowed ber to the gate; but the fog bad
covered everything again, and tbouch
I got a lantern, and shouted and
searched, I failed to find her.
Xor did I Cud her until, all prelimi
nary inquiries over, James Bond was
brought up for trial.
There bad been one eye witness of
James Band's tavage blow, knife in
band, at bis druuken companion, of
this the authorities were convinced;
but this one witness bad eluded them.
"I shall clap my bands on ber yet,"
said the terrier-like officer of the de
tective force to me, rubbing bis wiry
gray Lair with a baffled gesture. "By-tbe-by,
it is that girl you were inter
ested in, sir. I suppose you do not
know where she is?"
1 was glad that I knew nothing; for
though 1 cared little about James
Bond's fate, I cared much for Jim's
Meg's Borrow.
"Ah," I said, rather hypocritically,
then it will be all circumstantial
evidence. The; knife will be a clue, I
imagine."
"The knife!" muttered my friend,
Irritably, "that's just it, we have not
got the knife. James Bond was known
to carry one, but be does not produce
It; but you can't hang a man because
he's lost bis knife, e.ven if you can
show another man with a bole in his
side to fit it. Xo sir, it's a poor case;
I'm as certain as I am that 1 see you.
that Jim killed Robin, but we can't
prove it, and unless I lay my band on
Meg we shan't prove it."
I was full of thought for Meg, and
decided to walk borne, so as to be
alone. Tbe girl bad evidently run
away, for she and Jim were too well
known to the police to make any biding
place among ber former companions
secure from search, or pi oof against
betrayal.
Of course I bad not the slight clue to
guide me as to the wheieaboats of tbe
girl who would wander oa aimlessly
into the country, I walked in my per
plexity as aimlessly as Meg. until 1
found myself in the Harrow Boad.
On still, with my head bent, until the
road grew lonely and silent, and lamps
were few, and the town was no longer
around but behind me. I beard tramp
ling feet, and saw darkly outlined
against the aim and wind blown vapor
which veiled the sky, black figures of
lads and boys.
Some bent over an object which lay
bait on the canal bank, half in tbe wash
of tbe water; others breathlessly told
me what it was. I knew. It was a
gill's body wet a::d drowned; the body
of Jim's Meg.
The pale, quiet face, with the shine
of a lamp on its wetness, was Meg's
there was a half fmile about the lips.
and tbe eyes were shut.
I laid mv band where the child-heart
should be bpatn. and felt against the
soft breast something hard.
"Sixpence to each of you lads who
runs for a policeman, a shilling to the
one who brings bim."
A shout, the boys scattered along
the road, and I was alone.
I knew why Meg bad drowned her
self, knew that for her there was no
other way of hiding the truth, and
though a pang shot through me as I
remembered that perhaps I had urged
her to ber death, strangely 1 was not
sorry she lay there dead.
There are sadder things than dying,
and according to ber light, Meg had
died well.
Quickly I unfastened ber poor frock,
and took from ber bosom what I bad
felt lying there, the knife with which
James Bond bad struck tbe murdered
man.
1 bad hardly put It away safely, not
daring to drop It in the water lest the
io4ice should search the canal, when a
boy returned panting, tollowed by a
constable, and claimed his shilling. He
was able to tell us bow the body came
to lie as it did. A second policeman
joined the first.
! ought to know her," be mut
tered. "Why. it's the girl who's
wanted; it's Jim's Megl She's got the
whip baud of Scotland Yard and no
mistake 1"
A bush fell on tbe court when we
were told next day that one witness
for whom we waited had passed beyond
all human questioning, out into the
great silence.
A constable came forward to say
that be bad seen ter dead. I thiuk
most of 11s guessed why she died.
Tbe Judge summed up; the jury re
tired, but came back iu less than half
an . hour. Red Robin, the dead man
whose surname was uuknown, bad been
murdered, but there was some doubt
as to James Bond's connection with
tbe crime; the Jury gave bim the benefit
of tbe doubt, and Meg's Jim was free.
SHE HAD EVERY CII AHM.
And He Got Swept Out on tbe Iau n
by the Help.
A beautiful night! The stars twink
led in the heavens with a new and im
proved twinkle, and tbe soft winds of
the South blew gently through the
quivering leaves of the gracelul trees
that ornamented the spacious lawn in
front of Bandoline's majestic mansion.
She sat on a rich rocking chair with
w crazy quilt mat that she bad made
lieraelf, and around the room were rich
decorations in the way of hammered
brass and screens that she had painted
iierself, which museum managers bad
- inlv sou eh t to buy.
Bautroliue wasTrrx listless, buslleless
mood. She was aroused from this
mood by tbe tinkle of the door bell and
tbe soothing yawps aud yowls of her
pet poodle, whose tail curled like a buff
pretzel.
Sue looked up and before her stood
Ferdinald Mahone, the perfect em
bodiment of manly beauty and an un
paid tailor bill. He threw himself at
ber feet and said:
'Bandoline- fairest, wilt thou be
mine? You possess all the qualities and
attributes of a good woman all that is
essential to a man's happiness."
"Xot by a jugful I" interrupted Ban
doline. "I will tell you in a moment
why 1 do not, but first, Ferdinald, do
you possess all that would make a
woman happy? Can you cook, wash
i.ud scrub?"
"Xol" murmured Ferdinald. aghast
Can you darn, churn and bake?"
"Xo!" be murmured, still more
aghast.
"What can you do?"
"I can can ride a bicycle and
and "
"Enoughl" interrupted Bandoline,
with a wave of ber fairy band. "Lis
ten: You say that I possess all the at
tributes of a good woman. Xow, you
said last night that a good woman
should be able to sew, wash, iron, cook,
play the piano and sing she must le
educated, she must not be proud, she
must be generous to a husband's
faults, she must know ber place, she
must never fret or scold, she must
greet ber husband with a smile and a
kiss each evening, she mu.t be able to
entertain folks In the parlor and be
able to manage the kitchen, she must
stay at borne, Bhe must not read
novels, she must be willing to wear a
calico dress and ride on street cars or
walk. In brief, she must be every
thing. Ferdinald, I cannot do half
what you expect of a woman you,
who can ride a bicycle you, who
expect a woman that is anel and
woman combined, to trade herself for
a strawberry dude who can do nothing
but ride a bicycle and accumulate tai
lor bills. Ferdiuald, there are thou
sands just like you, who want to tiade
a suit of clothes for a perfect woman.
1 am not what you think a perfect
woman should be, Ferdinald
She stopped shortl Ferdinald bad ex
pired? Bondoline rang a little silver bell
and a servant entered and swept Fer
dinald out on the lawn.
To Do Iiigbr.
There is all the difference in the
world between the man who means to
do "about right" and the man who
means to do right. The man who
means to do "about right" is the com
monest and most commonplace sort of
man among men. He is the man who
does not very decidedly mean not to do
just a little wrong if circumstances
should seem to require IU He passes
for "a very good sort of man;" but he
is not good, he comes very far short
of being good. Tbe reservation that
he makes in bis purpose of conduct
taints his whole character; and so it
makes "all the difference in the world"
between bim and the one who purpo
ses to do right, all the difference 1b
two worlds. Indeed. If you would do
"about right." you must meau to do
wholly right, without any qualification
or reserve.
Time Is the king of men.
One ass calls another "long ears."
There are about three hundred
theatrical companies on the roau in tne
United States. Canada and Mexico at
The boy should be taught to care for
and ton in nerfM.r. order each machine
which be may have occasion to use.
A JAPANESE PRISON.
The Interesting Thing Seen by an
Acerican Correspondent.
With the exception of the Yoshi-
wara, ot which plenty diereafter. the
two prisons of Tokio are the most in
teresting things I have seen in Japan.
These are, first, tbe great prison upon
tbe Island of Ishikawa, at the south of
the city, and. second, the convict and
female prison of Ichigawa, in tbe cen
ter of the city itself. The former is
completely isolated . all communication
with the main land being by police
ferry, and contains 2.002 men and
boys, ail of whom are serving terms of
ten years or less. The latter contains
1,400 men and 110 women, among
whom are many serving life sent
ences. There is a" convict farm at
tached, and It is here tbat capital
punishment is inflicted. Otherwise
the two prisons resemble each other so
closely tbat it is not necessary to dis
tinguish between them in description.
Tbe entrance Is through a massive
wooden gateway into a guard room.
adjoining which are the offices ot the
director and olliclale. The prison It
self consists of a score or more of de
tached one story buildings, all of wood
aud come of them merely substantial
sheds, under which the roqgher labor,
like stone breaking, is jerformed. The
dormitories are enormous wooden
cages, tue front and part of the back
formed of Lars as thick as one's arm,
before which again is a narrow covered
passage where the warder on guard
walks at night.
On leaving the dormitories we passed
a small. Isolated square erection.
peaked and gaoled like a little temple.
The door was solemnly unlocked aud
Hung back, and I was motioned to
enter. It was the punishment cell.
another 8ot!ess wooden box, well ven
tilated but perfectly dark, and with
walls so thick as to render it practically
tilent. "How many prisoners have
been in it during the last mouth?" I
asked. The director summoned the
chief warder aud repeated my ques
tion to bim. "Il'ton mo gozaimasen
none whatever," was the reply.
"What other punishments have you?"
"Xone whatever." Xo UogglncT"
When this question was translated the
director and the little group of t fli
ials all laughed together at the la re
idea. 1 could i.ot help wondering
whether there was another prison iu
the world wit a no method of punish
ment for 2 000 criminals except oue
dark cell, aud that not used for a
month. And the recollection of the
filthy and suffocating sty used as a
punishment cell in the city prison of
Sau Francisco came upon me like a
nausea.
A Japanese prison may be divided
into two parts dormitories aud work
shops. Of cells or prison buildings,
properly speaking, thvre is nothing
whatever. Walking across the yard
we entered the first workshop, where
a couple of hundred prisoners were
making machinery ami stewm boilers.
One warder, armed oniy wilh-s sword,
is reckoned for every fifteen men, and
here the prisoners were working on
contract orders for outside firms,
under the supervision of oue skilled
teacher and one representative of the
Grin giving the contract. So it was in
the fine ait department and every
other of the score of workshops.
Prisoners employed at the higher
classes of labor are credited wiih one
tenth the sum received for tbelr hand
iwork. But as the work was so good
and the running expenses seemed so
light I was much surprised to learn
that the prison was not yet self sup
porting, ouly seven-tenths of the total
cost being realized irom the sale of
prisoner's work. Another curious
fact is that every adult prisoner Is
detaiued for six months alter his sen
tence expires if be is not claimed in
the mean time by his friends, and
until be is of adult age if ho has not
reached it and is unclaimed. These
prisoners wear blue instead of red,
after their sentences have expired.
The women's quarter at luhigawa is
separated from the men's by a high
wooden fence and gateway guarded by
a sentinel, and consists of two or
three dormitories and one large, com
fortable workshop, where all the 110
are employed together at labor let
out by contract. When I was there
they were all hemming silk handker
chiefs, each sealed upon the matted
lloor before a little tabie, aud very ne.at
they all looked and very pretty some
of theux, with their loose red gowns
and simply twisted hair. "Those are
forgers," said the cflicer, pointing to
ihree of them; "I do not like them to
be so pretty." One of tbe women had
a young baby playing beside ber, and
another of tneui. as she glanced up at
us, showed a face entirely different
from the rest. pale, sad aii'l refined,
and I saw that ber bands were small
aud very white. It was Ilanat Ume,
the once famous geisha of Tokio, fa
mous for her beauty, her samlsen play
mg, her dancing, her pride, and most
famous of ail tor her affaire d 'amour.
Mother's "Punkin" Pie.
It was a irreclly harmless remark
iu itself and made without reflection or
fore thought. We weie sipping our
coffee after dinner, and there was a
casual reference to Thanksgiving.
Something prompted me to say:
'How I used to look forward to
Thanksgiving when I was a boy. It
was one of the events of the year to
elect and bring in from the cornfield
the Thanksgiving t pumpkin, and what
pies it made! Somehow I don't get any
punk in pies nowadays such as mother
used to makel"
And I took a sip or coffee and lazily
pulled at my cigarette without a sus
picion of having turned on the conse
quences, as It were.
An ominous sort of silence made me
;lance, after a minute, across at my
wife.
Her face was flushed, and she choked
a little as she becan to speak:
"To begin with, John," she said,
'don't say punkin. The p should be
distinctly sounded; and in the next
place, do you know what I have a mind
to do?"
I confessed that to prognosticate her
mental gyrations was beyond me.
"Weil," she went on. ignoring the
Interruption. "I have a strong mind to
give you one of thosa same pumpkin
pies such as your mother used to make,
i hope I am superior to any small jeal
ousies concerning your mother's vir
tues, but I am thoroughly weary about
this talk of old-fasbioned cookery.
Why, do you know. John, that I have
eaten fried steak at your mother's ta
ble, and had baked potatoes served in a
covered dish? What would you say to
have either offered you now? Tbe
actual fact is tbat the cooking of fifteen
or twenty years ago is not to be com
pared in any way with that of to day.
We have advanced in tbat as In all of
the sciences." And she shook ber
fingers out of her finger bowl with un
necessary vim. and rublied them w ith
ber napkin more vigorously than the
occupation demanded.
"All this may be true," I allowed
judiciously; "but spare me, I prav you,
that idol of my boyhood, the Thanks
giving pumpkin pie;" and I sounded
the p broadly, hoping to appease the
Iconoclastic indignatiou, I had unwit
tingly aroused.
"I can't," replied Mrs. John, relent
lessly. "I can't, really and be honest.
"Recall for yourself the actual pie of
which you speak separated from all Us
surroundings, and answer me truthful
ly if I descilbe it aright. It was
yellowish brown in color, ti 'i pt in oc
casional spots, where the blUteied tcp
bad broken under uneven heat; it was
very shallow; the filling barely twice
exceeding the crust In thickness when
it was cut, aud its flavor was strong of
pumpkin, with various spices more or
less predominating.
"You were apt to find little pieces of
the vegetable in your mouthful, which
bad escaped the coarse-holed colander
through which it bad been strained, and
you were fortunate if the undcrcrust
was not 'sogey, as in those gooJ old
days' It was the fashion to bike
'batches' of pies weekly to last through
the following seven days, a custom
which did not add to the wholesome
uess of such pies as survived the first
day. And this, my dear, is the 'pun
kin' pie of your boyhood."
My silence attested the truth of this
assertion.
'But what." she went on, "is the
pumpkin pie of to-day? A very differ
ent and a much moie successful gas
tronomic production. As a friend xald
to me the other day. '1 consider a
pumpkin pie the excuse for all the good
things 1 have in my storeroom sugar,
cream, eggs, a dash of sherry, a liitle
lemon, mace, cinnamon, nutmeg then
repeat ad libitum,' she finished with a
laugh.
"The modern pie," pursued my wife,
'is a solitaire, ot at most, two at a
baking, and as the under crust is
slightly baked first, before the filling la
put In, the 'soggy' characteristic is en
tirely left out. You will miss, too. the
lumpy element from the properly made
pie of to-day, we strain the pumpkin
through a sieve; we also use deep dishes,
which takes away from the slab appear
ance of the delicacy. Finally, when
this toothsome and altogether delicious
article of food is offered at dessert,
grated cheese is served with it, aud if
you will once more turn a retrospective
eye uinin the past you w ill discover that
the cheese of the farm larder Invaria
bly appeared at supper, while the pas
try dessert of the noonday dinner was
unaccompanied by its natural and
wholesome relish.
"Oal'' ejiculated Mrs. John with
sudden vehemence, "can't you le-iall
those dreadful country teas will cuoes
of yellow-rubber cheese piled 011 one
1Iate, and long, pale-green pickles ou
another, flanking tbe caster on either
siJe? Was there ever a more complete
embodiment of green and yellow mel
ancholy than the combination?"
My mind naturally moves bt .w...hik1
before 1 found a ieply to thf . i.ien
parenthetical appeal uiy wife, had not
back to the maiu road, so to speak, of
her harangue.
"Xo, John," she continued rather
sadly, "it is not the pumpkir. , le, pure
and simple, of your chlldhvv. which
you fondly recall; it is the pumpkin pe
seasoned with your boyish appetite, the
pumpkin pie surrounded w ith the ac
cessories of your dear aud familiar
home, the pumpkin pie, lu fact, set 111
t.ie glorious halo of your youth I
"You say it was the event of the
year to bring In the Thanksgiving
pumpkiu. I am sure It was. Yet 1
don't suppose it would give you any
especial pleasure to go down to Fullon
Market aud half carry, half roll home
one of those great yellow vegetables.
"But out iu the corulield back of
your father's house, the corulield w hose
boundary was the sparkling, dancing
brook, and whose background was the
everlasting bills bathed in the lovely
haze of autumn, out in that cornfield
in the mellow October afternoon, every
breath Inspiring the delicious air which
had in it such au indescribable mixture
of summer languor and crisp, frosty
vim, and every nerve tingling with the
unconscious but vivifying essence of
healthy, happy boyhood that indeed
was an event.
"Here amid the city's turmoil that
grows at times so tiresome and mon
otonous, with the responsibilities and
anxieties which every man of family
feels, aud with the weight of years be
ginning ever bo little, to press. I do
not wonder that the happenings of
those care-free days stand out in bold
relief, but in justice, my dear, to the
science of gastronomy and to the de
velopment and progress of the day,
tear down from its hallowed niche iu
your memory the dun and bilious image
of old-fashioned 'punkin' pie."
Wooden Toothpicks
A toothpick factory is one of the
flourishing woodworking establish
ments at Harbor Sprtnes, Mich., and
It is one of the largest factories of the
kind in the countiy. White birch is
exclusively used In tbe manufacture
of tbe toothpicks, and about 7,500,Ooj
of the bandy little splinters are turned
out dally. Tbe logs are sawed up into
bolts each 23 Inches in length, then
thoroughly steamed and cut up into
long ribbons, three inches in width,
and these ribbons, eight or ten of them
at a time, are run through the tooth
pick machinery, coming out at the
other end, the perfect pieces falling
into the basket, the broken pieces ami
refuse falling into another. Tbe picks
are packed into boxes, 1500 In a box,
by girls, mostly comely looking young
squabs, and are then packed into cases
and finally into big boxes, ready for
shipment to all parts of the woild.
The white birch toothpicks are very
neat and clean in appearance, sweet to
the taste and there is a wide market for
them. Tbe goods sell at tbe factory at
tl.OO a case of 150,000 picks, or 100
snail boxes each containing 1500, and
tie small boxes retail at five cents each,
or 3oO picks for one cent, at which
rite almost everybody can afford to
tike a fiash toothpick after each meal
Leaves of tbe Palm.
A tribe in tbe palm region of the
Amazon cradles the young in palm
leaves. A single leaf turned up round
the edges by some native process makes
an excellent cradle, and now and then
it is made to do service as a bath
tub.
NEWS IX BRIEF.
Miss Ada Harvey, the first female
child born iu IVtiver, is '23 years old,
and is now visiting the sceues of her
babyhood.
The Duchess of Maryborough Is
credltel with saving that the fate of
nations has sometimes been decided ou
a perfectly matched ribbon.
Kentucky has raised a tomato this
year which (ust fits into a four quart
measure, while Missouri produces a
puaipkiu which wouldn't go into a
washtub.
Rafael, an old gypsy, has asked
the Emperor of Austria to Invest bun
with the dignity ot King of the Gyp
sies, because he cm prove his diiect
descent from King Pharaoh.
Two Buffalo cirls ate carrying ou
a drug store. They hoth hive tak-n a
Course 111 pharmacy lit the medical
college, and are eminently i;uaUiied to
make a success of the enterpnse.
A New York pirl dropped dead
the other day, two hours after lecom
Ing engaged io be tu.tiiit-d. It is suit
posed her death was causej by an at
tack of heart disease, brought on by
joy.
The old -time, delicate soap-bubble
watch crystals have gone out of use for
ordinary watches, and the introduction
of thick crystals, is driving out the
hunting-case iu favor of the oieu
faced watch.
An electric light wire in West
Chester fell on the platform of a pass
ing railroad car, and, catching lu the
clotliiug of one of the traiu bands,
dragged him from the coacti. lie was
only slightly injured.
Lord Shrews bury, the English peer
who has made a loiumo in London by
supplying the public with hansom
cabs, is about to push his venture iu
Paris. He will place cabs, drawn
by English horse., 111 the French cap
ital. Among the ernduales in this
year's class of the New York Univer
sity Medical t'ollej;e, were men from
Turkey, Bulgaria, Kussia, and other
foreign lands. The lame of this
country's institutions 111 medicine is
increasing widely.
Prince Bismarck recently gave a
fete to his servants and tenants at
Fliednchsruhn to celebrate the des
patch to Berly of 0,(10 ) telegraph oles
cut in bis forests. 1'i-im.irck has sup
plied Germany with 100,(11,11 telegraph
poles during the last ten years.
Succi, the Italian faster, who
claims to possess an eiixir which len
ders food unnecessary, has just fin
ished a f ist of thirty dajs at Barce
lona, Spain, lie walked, fenced, and
flept during his foo lies month, and
retained I, is health and stien;:tli.
Iu the Iilt!e town of Arvesnes, In
Franco, it has been discovered that
there are forty-two yo'ii! marriageable
girls and only three young men who
are candidates for matrimony, and
one of these has proved to recieant to
noma influence that lie u about to
nurry a girl belonging to a neighbor
ing viiliire.
In various 1 arts of C'lnnn there is
a lielief that tho souls of very atrocious
ciiuiluals who have t itinr been exe
cuted or died 111 piison, are sent back
from hiules by Yenio, the, judi;e there,
to underiro a fmthcr teim ot in. pi is n
ment, one death not being enough to
expiate their crimes'
William Klausnriti, a '.i-year-ol l
Xew York boy, has the distinction of
possessing the hardest head known lu
that city. The oilier day, when play
ing in the street, lie was run over by a
heavy wait'n, the wheels of which
passed directly over his he id. Strange
to say the only injuries received were
a few skin bruises.
Denver, Colorado, will soon have
one of the finest Masonic temples lu
the West, costins not far from J 2't't,
0(J0. It will be seven stones high
with a frontage or 1J." feet and a
depth of lot) leet. Every girder and
lieam throughout the building will bo
ot Iron, not even a wooden step or
staircase being used.
"You'd lie surprised," said a Xew
York safe manufacturer, "at the num
ber of sham pasteboard sates in New
York, and they'ru made so will that
any ordinary person would bedeceived.
They have a bin iti-s3-Iike apearance
and give an cilice a thnlty hiok, all
for 55 or Jo, whereas the real article
would cost something like 51(A).
A small boy recently found a fine
topaz ou Bald Face tu'iuntain in ('hat
ham (X. II ), aud told it for a small
sum to a ihau who reaiied j'j'J for it
after it had been cut and polished.
Several others of less value have been
found in the region, and they are
mostly wtiite. So clo e is the resemb
lance to diamonds, it is sa d, that only
an exjH-rt can tell the d.lK rtnre.
The highest p nonal levenue re
ceived by a Pio'.estant Episcopal
Bishop in this country is said to be
that of the Bishop of N't w York
$10,01-0 a year and the lowi-si, fl.KJO
a year, that of the Bishop of Maine.
In England the ranpe. is sta i d at from
$2U,(A'J to JT.j.b'W jj r annum.
The richest ,l.ipauee outside or
the royal family is said to I It. Kondo
of the Mining University of Japan.
He is the operator of sixteen gold,
sliver aud copper mines, and is about
to visit the Liike s ipenor mining dis
tricts in older to L-et a knowledge of
the mining macimry ti-.-d there.
A. Cohich, a c. ire'.to mtnufac
turer in Plymouth. England, lias just
finished, after eight months' work, a
miniature of Mount Edgecomlie
House, the resilience of an English
nobleman of that name, mi l it is made
entiiely of cigaieltes. He says that be
has put 1),(juij of them tuetlmr to
make the toy.
The Rothschild mahsion in the
Rue LitOtte, Fans, has lieen trans
formed Into a museum as a memorial
of Baron James Rothschild, who died
in l.-fl-S. It was built in the time of
Louis XV, and was for some time the
residence of (Jueen liortense, mother
of the E in pel or Louis Napoleon. The
Rothschilds bought it iu 1"2'. Since
the Baroness James dieJ, in 1SSG, it
has stood untenanted.
The average watcli Is composed of
175 different pieces, comprising upward
of 2,4'JO fejiarate and distinct opera
tions in Its manufacture. The bal
ance ha IS 0(1) I eits or vibrations jer
hour, 12 !i0.0S0 in 3 I days. l..7,(iS'J,0(lO
in 1 year; it travels 1 41-loo inches
with each vibration, which is equal to
11 miles in 24 hours, 2'.'.'j miles in ')
days, or 3,05-J miles in 1 year.
A. novel method is adopted In China
to protect camt-r 1 ieons from blr Js ol
J prey. An apparatus made or about teu
small bamboo tulies is attached to the
pigeon's tail in such a way that a shrill
J whistling sound is produced by the
rush of air across the tubes.