A WOMAN'3
mld I were lying in a field of clover,
Of clover cool and soft, and soft and
sweet,
itb dusky clouds 1 deep skies hanging
over,
And rented silence it my head and
feet.
Just tor one hour to lip tlie leash of
worry
In eager haste from thoiifilit ' impatient
neck,
And wntch it coursing in Us heedless
hurry
Disdaining wisdom' whistle, duly'
buck.
All, it wero sweot where cioTcr clumps
are nieetinz,
And daisies liidine, an to hide nnd root:
So sound except ruy own hvnrt's sternly
healing,
Rocking lUelf to sleep within my
brenst.
A DANGEROUS RIDE
BY WILL
rTAD come from the East to seek
my fortune, In Colorado. After
spending nearly two years In pros
pecting In different parts of the
State, I resolved to go to Los Vegan,
Sew Mexico, and try to get u position
,n the railroad, as I always had a
klnjr for that sort of work.
Well, I only got as far as Trinidad,
kvlien I found myself without a dollar
n the -world, and of course I hud to
ktop over and soe If I could not get
oiuethlng to do.
I went to the Sante Fe railroad sta-
iou and applied for work, but fulled
o pet any encouragement. Then I
ent to the different trnluuii.-u and
nadc diligent Inquiries, but none of
Item knew of any Job that was open.
A conductor, who was then running
local freight on this line, promised
11 give mo a position as brakeman. If
would remain In Trlnldud two
taeeks. Ills bead braketnan was go
ng to quit him, he Informed tne, and
could have tho place If I chose to
p.mulu there till the vacancy oo
arred; but two days later he was re
moved to another division of the road.
ad I was loft without any prospect of
aiploymeut lu Trinidad.
I then resolved to go to Los Vegf.s
t once, but, having no money to pay
iy fare, I was at a loss to know what
i) do. At last, however, I decided to
d to the railroad station and endoav-
ir to got some of the brakemcn on
le freights o .let me ride.
When 1 ' nrrlved at the station I
lound that a Ions freight train had
ist pulled up and was Maudlng on
ae side track to wait the coming
f the eastern-bound express.
I first approached thn conductor,
iiid, explaining my condition, asked
la to carry lue over his division, but
! dismissed mc with the curt reply
!t his train was a freight, train
:.il he was forbidden to carry passen
rs. Discouraged but not despairing, I
'.'nt to the head brakeinan and
'tight to Induce him to allow me to
le on one of the box cars.
"Got any money'" he asked.
"Not a cent," I replied, ' bill "
"You'll have to Tc'ulk then," he said,
id passed on.
I tried the other brakeman with
i;o result; then I began to feel prol-
f blue: I walked up the truck nlong
e side of the train, wishing that I
1 never seen the State of Colorado.
Presently I slopped to admire a new
liomotivo that was in thn train near
centre. It was a beautiful piece
f workmanship, fresh from the
iops, and was being taken south for
e Mexican Central.
While I was standing there the
iiia was uncoupled just back of the
oomotlvo, and tho lower section
eked down to another switch.
A few minutes later the express
Jit by and then the section that
d been mil' back was brought on to
main truck and went thundering
Its way to ltuton. You see the
"Ins had to bo pulled up this long
ade lu sejtlons, then, and an engine
s kept at the point to do the work.
As soon as the train had disappeared
1 the slopo. I heard the bell ring,
d then the other section began to
ive forward. Not until that mo
at, when the disagreeable sensa
a of being left bcLTind took posses-
'0 of mo, did I have the remotest
'i of attempting to steal a ride
en it occurred to me that I might
"ay lido on tho engine at. the rear
1 of tho train, iiud no one bo tho
r; Du t I hesitated to do such a
''a. and should have given up tho
had not the brakeman pointed to
' engine and hinted that ,lf I didn't
' backbone enough to get aboard
1 ride. 1 ousht to walk.
P'lmg encouraged. I r.iu forward and
I'ed aboard the moving engine.
I crept Into the tender mid seat
myself where I would oe hid from
' observation of any one who might
3 along the train. I knew that tho
'keuuin would shield me If he
llll. hut I must not allow the coa
'or to discover my presence,
"e tiulu was now moving faster
1 faster, uud tho clatter of the
wig over a Joint In the rails told
1 'hut we were passing over tho
'leli and on to the ' main track.
A soon struck tho long, alei i
"o. and moved verv alnwiv. Tbero
" level space, a quarter of u mile
- Perhaps, just below the last
1,0 ot two miles. V( bud reneheil
I, and were starting up the last
'-. wuen tne engine stuck.
'"'aid the loud, rapid nutliiin- of the
"motive as tho wheels slipped cm
"ack, nnd then the train gtadu
' ram to a standstill. ' I hen we
" io move backward, and I know
were banting on to the level rueo
:ot n new siart. "
! train u,Vwj pretty fast down
fade, and I i'jKut!v .,.,, 1hnt
MaZim.or vas out of humor.'
lu m ''T"1 t"" lHV4,1 1'' na
d the down rjiule below If, when
-'. brou-ht almost to numl-
he tngujc K;,vc, a ,0M,, J9li:J1.f
I
WISH.
Jut to lie thrrt, fil'd lriih the deeper
breathing v
That come of listening to a free bird'a
ongl
Our stalls require at timei thia full un
sheathing All swords will nut if Seabtiardkept loo
long.
And I am tired! an tired of ricid duty.
So tired of all my tired hands find to do!
, I yenrn, I faint, for some of lifa'a froc
twaiity,
It loose benda with no straight strings
running throuijh.
Ay, laugh, if ln'.ijh you will, at my crudo
pr.erh,
Hut women sometime die of such a
(treed,
Die for the atrall joys held beyond their
reach,
And the assurance they bare all they
need.
Mary A. Townaend, in the Argonaut.
L1SENBEE.
then there came a rallllng of cars as
It began to move forward again. Then
I felt a violent jerk, I heard some
thing break, and the engine on which
I was riding stopped, while the train
moved on up the track.
Tho violent pull given by tho exas
perated engineer had broken tits coup
ling, nnd I was being left behind.
I knew that the break would soon
be discovered, and when the conductor
should come back to Investigate tho
accident, I would be found and put
ofT the train.
As soon as I realized this. I began
to look hastily about me for some
place In which to conceal myself.
Happening to glance downward, I
discovered the door leading down to
the furnace Btaudlug open, and in a
moment I hnd concealed myself in the
fire box, closing the door behind me.
Scarcely had I gained the shelter of
that rather unusual hldiug place when
I felt the engine begin to slowly
move down the track. For a short
time I thought uothing of this, and
r.iomentarlly expected to hear the
train back against It, but as th? mo
ments went by and the sound ot the
truin grew fainter und fainter, I came
to the conclusion that the breaking
loose of the engine had not been dls
covered.
I now resolved to crawl from my
place of concealment, but as I at
tempted to open the dour I found that
It wus latched on the outside, and I
was as securely fastened lu as If I
had been locked In the strongest pris
on.
The engine was now gaining speed at
every turn of the wheels, nnd would
soon be rushing with frightful rapid
ily down the steep Incline.
With a feeling of horror I realized
my awful peril, for I knew that In
descending the ten-mile grade there
was litile hope that the engine would
stay upon the rails. I shouted at the
top of my voice, hoping that some of
the train men had returned to tho en
gine, but only the sound of the swift
ly rolling wheels came in answer to
my call. There were several sharp
curves ulong the route, and some Jt
these were on the very verge of deep
abysses, making the peril of my de-
sera t so great that I was almost be
aldo myself with terror.
Glancing downward through tho
grate I could see the road running like
a great belt beneath me, while faster
and faster rolled lite engine, sending
up a cloud of dust that almost slilled
mo.
Tho engine now rocked violently
from side to side, and every moment
I expected it to leave the track. If I
c.iuld only escape from my prison
there might jet be time for me to
jump and save myself. Once more I
took hold of the lion door and shook
it witli ull my might, hut It remained
as solid as the walls of iron about me,
I now despaired of escape, and, al
most stupefied with the terror of my
situation, I sat there nnd waited for
whatever might happen. The speed
was growing frightful, and every in
stant I expected the engine to leap
from the rails anil go crushing down
Into one of the deep ravines that skirt
ed the road.
Suddenly I felt the engine lurch vio
lently from side to side as it rounded
a curve, then, to my joy, I saw that
the furnaco door had been thrown
open by the shock. With a cry of le
l.ght I sprang through tho opcnlnj
ami was soon standing in the cab.
A single glance told mo ihat It would
be worse thnn madness to lea) from
that fast flying engine, which w
now moving at a speed of fifty miles
an hour. The high cliffs and patches
oi cedars th.it skirled the road shot by
mo lu a mingled streak of grtiy and
green.
Far down the track ahead I saw n
gang of section men a' work. Tho
next mluuto tho engine, which semed
to have leaped the Intervening, space,
shot by them like a flash. I only
caught a brief glance of their aston
Ished faces as they hurried back from
the track, then they faded from flow
fr.r behind.
So bewildered and stupefied was I
oy tho perils of tho situation In which
I found myself that It was several mo
ments beforo I recovered my presenco
of mind sulllclently to realize the ne
cosily of some Immediate action.
I glanced hurriedly about me, my
eyes falling on the polished levers, use
less without steam. Then I caught
sight of the brake on tho tender, and
leaping forward, I grasped the lever
and gavo It a vigorous turn. There
was a sharp, hissing sound as the Iron
brakes rame lu contact with the swift
ly rolling wheels, nnd sparks of Are
shot from each side of the tender, but
there was no vlslblo slackening of tho
speed of tho engine. Using all the
force I couid command I set th
brakes, uud then stood helplessly ther
In tho tender while I was svlftly
whirled down tho mountain road.
Full four miles ahead 1 could now
see the eily of Trinidad. I knew thn
U would be Impossible fur mo to stuj:
tua engine before I reached that place.
but. I still hoped to fbock Its speed
sufficiently to keep It from flying the
tmek.
This was my only hope. I could see
long lines of ears on the aide tracks
and a number of engines switching
iibcnt the yards near the station, and
I chuddercd as I thought of what
would happen should the ninln track
not bo clear when I reached the plnce.
Only a few seconds now and I would
be nt Trinidad. As one In a dream X
again set the brakes n notch tighter,
and then, grasping the bell cord, I rang
the bell furiously. The engine seemed
to be fairly lifted from the track as It
swept round a curve aud went thun
dering on Irs way. I rast a fleeting
ftlnuce at the station close ahead. I
only saw a confused mnss of buildings
nnd cars; then I dashed by like a me
teor. Then, as I (tallied a lovcl stretch
of track tho engine began to slacken
1U speed, and presently came to a
standstill nearly a mile below the ta
Hon. I was saved! A mist galhered before
my eyes, nnd I sunk down unconscious
In the boltotn of the cab.
When I regained my senses I found
quite a crowd of people collected
about me. nmong whom was the con
ductor, who had returned with his
train for the missing engine. When
he asked me how I had come to be on
the engine I told him that I was in
tending to ride to Los Vegas, but did
not mention the part the brakeman
had playod In the matter.
To my surprise he did not seem dis
pleased nt me for my attempt to steal
a ride, but complimented me on my
nerve In slaying with the engine at
the risk of my life, and putting on the
brake as I did. I bad saved the com
pany the loss of several thousand dol
lars, he explained, for which he him
self might have been blamed.
"You give me more credit than I
deserve," I replied. And then I ex
plained how I had been shut up in
the fire box till it was too late to leave
the engine.
He cast n surprised glance at me,
aud then said:
"Well, you certainly possess frank
ness and truthfulness, which Is, after
nil, more to your credit than tho per
formance of a brave deed would have
been. Come with mo to Los Vegas and
I'll see what I can do for you."
Ho took me with him to Los Vegas,
where he obtained for me work as a
brakeman, and six months ago I was
promoted to the position I row hold.
Waverley Maguslne.
Kit; Mau Played Childhood Oame-a.
Persons walking through Cliy Hall
Park the other day stopped to gaze
curiously at a hulking Italian laborer
who sat on the curb of the plaza en
gaged In nn odd pastime. lie was bo
intent on what he was doing that he
failed for u time to notice the atten
tion ho was attracting.
The big fellow was evidently wait
ing for the loading of a wagon. He
had selected a half dozen pebbles from
a heap of earth whleh had been hoist
ed out of the subway excavation and
had udoptud one of the games of bis
childhood to help hiin pass away tho
time.
He would arrange five of the peb
bles in u row several Inches apart and
would then toss tho sixth lu the nlr
and swlfry picking up one of the
stones from the curb deftly catch tho
other In Its descent. It was much
like the game of , jackstones, except
that there were no "oncsys," "twosys"
or "upsy-cateh," with which children
of to-day vary the sport.
The very incongruity of the picture
made It attractive that great, strong
chup amused by such a simple pas
time. When nt last, looking up, be discov
ered the little group of people looking
nt him, he gathered up the pebbles,
nnd, with a sheepish gesture, tossed
them into the dirt pile. Then, ho
walked away as if he had done some
thing to bo ashamed of. New York
Hail aud Express.
A Quoatlcm uf inty.
What is a man's duly toward a do;
lost lu the mazes of city streets? Ono
walked slowly past me the other morn
ing, lifting an appealing eye in pa
thetic groping after a. friendly glance.
Thy streets were full of hurrying men,
jet nobody had a word or nod j
cheer hlni against the loss of his mas
ter, lie walked past mo slowly,
looked mo over with furtive turnings,
but kept on his way, utTeeting not to
be interested. Then he trotted back
aud ranged alongsldo with hopeful
lifting of soft brown eyes. I smiled
aud the eyes took on a gleam, lie
moved a step ueurer, atlll preserving
a fair show of dignity. 1 stooped to
pat bis bead, and then It was all up
with him; away tlew dignity nnd lone
some fear and he sut right down and
whimpered and cried under the friend
ly touch. It had all been so lonesome.
Then he trotted along, confidingly
trusting his new friend, hopeful and
self-respecting once more, until wo
reached tho F.levated stalrwuy. My
road lay there, and his who knows?
He had been betrayed and turned
adrift again into tho hurrying street.
Now what was my duty lu the mat
ter? Should I havo passed hlin with
out a word in tho first place? Tho
Observer, In Harper's Weekly.
Fair at Forty.
It was Ealzac who discovered that
the woman of thirty Is mure fascin
ating than the girl of twenty. Now
the I.udy'a Pictorial puts the senitb of
feminine charm a decade later, de
claring that the apple of discord Is due
to tho woman of forty. It Is an Inter
esting profession of faith and ono
wonders whether the geueral accept
ance of it by mankind has anything
to do with that Increasing tendency
to defer marriage till late lu life which
modern philosophers have often no
ticed aud sometimes deplored. If tho
woman of forty la really the most
charming woman It la only natural
that bachelors should wish to remain
bachelors until they are lit helpmates
for her. Thoro Is, however, one re
flection that should givo them pauses
Howem- much more charming than
the girl of. twenty tho woman of for
ty may be, there remains a strong
probability that she may not keep her
charms so long. That fuct, also should
certainly be borno in mind by Coelebs
iu search of a wife. Loudon Pally
lii'apkic , - - - - -
PEASANT LIFE IN ITALY
VtEN AND WOMEN LABOR IN FIELDS
FROM DAWN TILL DARK.
naday Kot a Day f Beit A Mtlla Maat
oi Unlltlnys No Schooling- For Chll
. drtn-Tlii Ilonae of tho raaaantry
Fond of a Family
From sunny Italy came the anarch
ist who Hlew the Kmpreps Elizabeth,
President Carnot, Prime Minister
Canovas aud finally Humbert himself.
In sunny Italy Is probably tho rank
est growth of anarchy iuid socialism
fn all Kuropo. And In tho sunny
plains and valleys of northern Italy is
what perhsp" 1" the worst condition
of serfdom that exists In Europe to
day. Here In the provinces that bord
er en tha river Po Lombard, Vcne-
tla and Kuollla the peasantry stagger
tinder burdens to depressing and tin
bending that It Is no wonder that the
extract from this human press Is an
archy and socialism. It Is in these
provinces that tho ferment of social
rsm has worked tho most. Here the
peasants art) organized more or less
completely Into (toclallsnc groups.
.Whatever of worth there was in the
old system of labor la thaw provinces
disappeared twenty years ago when
many of tho old nobles were forced to
give up their landed estates because
ot the fall In price of wheat and cat
tle, due largely to American compe
tition. With tho rulu of tho nobles
name that of many ot the tennnt
farmers and small proprietors, who
were compelled to leave tho fertile
and smiling country and go Into the
towns for work, or else emigrate to
America, there to begin life anew.
The field laborers of Italy are divid
ed Into two classes, the obbligall, who
arc hired by the year, and the dlsob-
bllgatl, who are employed by the day,
The former class, of courso, are a lit
tlo better off than the latter, for their
contract ruus longor, and they can
look further ahead. But In alther
class the outlook la miserable enough.
For not only doea tho peasant bind
himself to work for his owner, but be
binds hla whole family, with the pos
sible exception of babes, who would
be Included, except that they can pro
duce nothing, and therefore are left
In tho corners of tho fields. For this
reason, that an employer can get the
services of an entire family for the
price of one man, an unmarried man,
or the mau with a wife and no chil
dren, is at a great disadvantage, for
work for him is not to be had as long
as there nre unemployed families at
hand. Yet another hard feature of
this system Is tliut the head of the
family must stipulate. If he has un
married daughters, that they shall not
marry for the period of time which
the contract has to run.
A day's work In this part of sunny
Italy Is from 4 In tho morning to 9 at
night that Is, from the first flush of
dawn to the Inst light to be had from
the setting sun. There Is no Sunday
in the calendar of tho Italian peasant.
On tho day of tho week which all
Christendom observes, as on other
days, ho Is in the field at i o'clock In
the morning, nnd between 7 aud 8
has bis breakfast; ho gets an hour
nt midday and half an hour at S3 or t!
o'clock, and then ho works on until
he no longer can see.
The women go Into the fields with
the men. They hoo In the maize fields,
feed the cuttle nnd cultivate the flax
If tho children nre babes they can do
nothing to tho great sorrow of the
omployer, for they eat, if over so little.
but do not produce. But when they
get to be a few years old they are
useful in looking after the pigs, etc.,
and as soon as possible they are sent
to work with their parents. Tho situ
atlon In the green fields of Italy is
ubout us complete a refutation of the
Malthusian theory as Its most ardent
opponent could desire, for It Is the
man with many children who sets
tho most out of life as It Is lived in
sunny Italy. .j,.., j, v,
The wages of the peasant's family
are partly in money and partly lu
kind, and he has the privilege of rent
free. In cash ho gets from $15 to $-H)
a year; In kind ho get fourteen.bushels
of mulae, seven bushels of wheat and
from i.00 to 200 bundles of firewood.
If he is In a vineyard section he re
calves in addition 800 to U00 pounds of
grapes, while in other sections he gets
six to nine bushels of rye. Ho may
get some rice, which he mixes with
the millet to produce the indigestible
bread which Is responsible for the dls
ease called pellagra.
Then he may havo the privilege of
a little patch of ground on which he
may ralso inulze, two-thirds of which
goes to tho employer, und he may raise
sun worms, too.
So the average peasant's family of
six persons may earn altogether from
jjio to 5125 a year.
Tho house of the Itulian peasaut
usually contains several othur fatal
lies. A lodging consists of a kitchen
a bd room and two other small rooms,
In tho older houses oiled paper an
swers for a window, nnd the houses
nre damp, moldy and smoky.
Of courso the food of a fnmllv
whoso united income is about six cents
a tlay Is bound to bo rather ineuirer
Polenta, which Is flour of malzo
cooked in water. Is the main dish
Breakfast consists of poleuta and n
little cheese. For dinner there Is no.
lentu, and bacon, soup, with perhaps
fish from the brook, or eggs. At 5
o ciock polenta and cheeso in the meal
and at supper polenta and a salnd
of the cheapest vegetables. On
Christmas and on Easter meat Is set
on tne table sparingly.
The firewood which tho peasants got
is rarely sufficient to cook with iu the
summer, and in the winter the fumilv
take, refuge In the cow shed, where
the employer, uudor pretense that hu
provides a light In tho stables, lays
cmim o a portion or the tlux spun by
me women in tne barns.
Of schooling for the children thero
la none, except in the winter In tho
villages. . Consequently, muny or these
Italians who como to America in the
hopes of uetteriug their condition can
neituer read nor write their own luu
guage. Great wonder it is if anything
uooii can come out ot modern Italy.
idw lorit 1'iess.
Brazil produces 1GO.000 tons of ccf
feo out of tho world's yeni-iy crop of
ilOO.OOQ tons.
Women In Austria nre never put In
prison. A female criminal, no matter
how ter.dhlo her record, Instead of
being tsii L to Jail, is convoyed to ono
of the convents devoted to thnt pur
pose, and there she Is kept until the
expiration of the term for which sho
was sentenced.
The body of an Indian was recently
Discovered In an ancient dl.iueed cop
per mine In Chile. It was in a statu
of perfect preservation, owing to the
antiseptic action of the copper salts.
The style of the dress, ote.. Indicated
that it had lain there probably since
about the yenr 1000.
One of the freaks of nature has re
cently been discovered close to the Im
mense tunnel that Is nearlng comple
tion on th line of the Southern Pa
cific running along tho boundary Una
of Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
Home workmen employed by tho com
pany discovered an Immense rock that
to a perfect image of a man's head.
Cnrious markings are left upon th
victims of lightning. Often trees and
shrubs to the minutest twig are out
lined In purple upon the body.. For
merly It was believed that this was
due to some natural photographic pro
cess. It Is now known to bo the vivid
outlining of veins underneath the skin
uue to the Instantaneous molecular
charge In the blood. The effect Is In
describably weird.
Mortuary relics found in Mexico In
dicate that human life was held ehenp
there, nnd that tho sncredness of the
dead was little regarded. Towers
built of skulls and mortar have been
found in the burial vaults of the an
cient temples, and rooms decorated
with symmetrical figures in skulls and
liones. In one of these ghastly burial
places more than 100,000 skulls were
found.
The most singular clrcumsiance
about Arundel Castlo Is that Its owner
by mere right of ownership Is Earl oi
Arundel In the peerage of England. It
is believed that there is no similar ex
ample of a peerage held on such condi
tions In the kingdom, for apparently
there would be no legal obstacle, sup
posing tho house of Howard fell on
evil days and the castlo was ailienated
to some millionaire, to provent the said
millionaire taking his seat in the
House of Lords as Earl of Aruudel.
One of tho most curious spectacles
ever seen in tho Emerald Isle took
piaco at Limerick some years ago. A
young lady named Heleu Brooks had,
in consequence of her personal attrac
tions, a large number of suitors, but
she rejected all their addresses until
t. length her afTeetions were fixed
upon a man double her own ago. She,
therefore. Invited mauy of the unsuc
cessful suitors to attend her wedding,
nnd to their credit be It said that tho
majority took their defeat lu good
part, and not only formed a procession
to the church, but congratulated tho
lucky bridegroom Into tho bargain..
FUUbonc and t'hia.
"The queerest kind of cases which
I am called upon to treat is thnt of per
sons who Imagine they have swal
lowed pins or fish bones," salda phy
sician at the Pennsylvania Hospital.
"You would bo surprised nt tho num
ber of these patients. In some in
stances a pin or a bono has been swal
lowed, but lu the majority of cases
the trouble is wholly imaginary. They
complain of n sticking, pricking sensa
tion in tho throat which they thluk is
caused by somo obstruction. A few
days ago n woman told me site had
swallowed a small piece of wood. I
examined her throat thoroughly, but
saw nothing to justify her complaint.
Upon questioning her sho told nie It
happened a year and a half ago. She
added that she often had her throat
examined by various physicians, all of
whom told her thero was nothing iu
her throut, but she wouldn't believe
them." Philadelphia Press. .
Onr lMftgeat Gun.
Some spectacular particulars avo
given of the United States guu, which
will preserve America's Inalienable
right to possess the "biggest thing on
earth." It will weigh 120 tons, will
havo a length of forty-nine feet three
Inches, and a djainetor fluo by degree
nnd beautifully less varying from
sixty inches to twenty-eight inches.
It will bo able to fire Its flve-foot-four-Inch
projectile un extreme distance of
nearly twenty-one miles 20.078 miles
is the exact figure and a projeetilo
fired at the elevation required for this
distance will uttulu a height of S0,51ti
feet, "higher," says tho picturesque
recorder, "than the combined eleva
tions of Plko's Peak aud Mount
Blaue." Thus the record distance tired
by a Krupp 0.2-lueh gun on April
2N, 1802, when twelve and a half miles
were covered and a height of 21,4."itl
feet was attained, will bo completely
surpassed. London Post.
WaterlDR-l'ot For tho Uualna.
Passengers on a Third nveuuo ele
vated trulu on ono of tha recent hot
days saw how one tenement hoaso
mother kept her babies well nnd, per
haps, comfortable. She watered them
like plants.
Thtre were two babies and they
were sprawling on a piece of Htruw
matting on the fire escape balcony.
If they had clothes on that fact was
not noticeable from tho car windows.
As the train went by the mother
was leaning out over tho tiro csenpi!
giving her children a shower bath
from nn old fashioned watering pot
with a spray nozzle. New York Sun.
A BflO.OOO Foarl.
The most famous pearl discovered
In Australia of late years is that
known as the Southern Cross. It con
sists of a cluster of nine pearls lu tha
sliupo of a crucifix, and Is iilmost per
fect In proportion. This freak of na
ture, was picked up nt low wafer oa
I he Laclpedo Islands by u beach comb,
er named Clark; it t.'ita last i!d for
530.000. .. - -
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COMMERCIAL REVIEW,
Otacral Trad Condition.
E. G. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Reviaw'
of Trade" says: "Normal conditions,
have bean ally restored au the diatri-l
burton rA merchandise, the placing of
aVlaved ordtn stimulating the few line
that appeared to bait. Une of the moat
gratifying features of the business sit
uation is the pronounced preference for
Vhc better grades of goods, clearly indi
eating tlx improved Cnascial condition
f consumers.
"Steadiness in quotations of corn at
the present high level is all that pro
ducers cottld desire. Shipments from
the Atlantic Coast for the week were
738,030 bashers, against 1,560,018 lest
year and 3.954,477 two years ago.
"Wheat is well sustained aud still set
ter prices are promised by the heavy
export movemtat, which from all Uawt
ed States ports for fhe week reaoiied
5, 368,413 btts-hcis, flour included, atfainst
3-557.4&J last year and 4.605,363 in lSyo.
Western receipts of 8,292.4.56 bushels
exceed even the liberal shipments ia
1900 of 6,954.777 bushels.
"Failures for the week numbered 337
in the United States against 204 last
ytar, and 31 is Canada against iS last
year."
LA EST QUOTATIONS.
Hour Best Pa tent. $4.60; HifA
Grade Extra, $4.10; Minnesota bakers
fa 0583. 10.
Wheat Kew York, No. 2 red, 73a
73cj Philadelphia, No. 2 red, 7Ja73J4c;
Baltimore, 73c.
Corn New York, No. a, 64'c; rhM
aderphin. Ko. a, 3a63c; Baltimore,
No. a, 5.S58.4c.
Oats New York, No. 2, 41c; Phila
delphia, No. a white, 43042'; BaW
aiore, No. a white, 3qJ4c.
Hay No. 1 timothy, $16.50; No a
timothy, $15.50416.00; No. 3 timothy,
$i4.ooai45o.
Green Fruits and Vegetables Apples
Eastern Shore, Maryland and Virgia
ia, per brl, fancy, $t.6oat.75. Beets
Native, per 100 bunches $1.0031.50. Cab.
bagc Native,, per 100 $i.5oa2.rx; do,
Kew York State, per ton $n.ooaia.oo.
Carrots Native, per bunch iasc
Cauliflower Long Island, per crate or
Wrl $3.503.00. Celery New York
State, per lotn stalks 300500. Cora
Sugr, per dozen, native 5a7C Cran
berries Cape Cod, per brl $6.0096.50.
Eggplants Native, per -basket 15a
aoc; do, per too a$i.oo. Grapes
New York, per 5-Ib basket, Concorde,
8a8j4c; do, per 5-lb basket, Niagaras
loan. Lettuce Native, per bushel box
30123c. Lima beans Native, per busb
el box 650700. Onions Maryland sad.
Pennsylvania, yellow, per bu 8oR5e; do
Ohio, yellow, per bu 80185. Ovster
plants Nitiva, per bunch 3a3c. String
beans Native, per bu, green 30140c.
Peaches Eastern Shore, per box, yel
lows, 75390c. Pears Eastern Shore,
Sucliess. per basket 15120c; do. New
York Bartletts, per brl, $3.001400.
Pumpkins Native, each 3c. Tomo-'
toes Eastern Shore, Maryland, per
basket asasaic. Turnips Native, per
bushel box 35840c.
Potatoes White Native, per bushel
box 7oa8oc; do, Maryland and Pennsyl
vania, per bushel, No. I, 70175; do, sec
onds, 45a6o; 6V, New York, per bu,
prime a8o. Sweets Eastern Shore,
Virginia, per brl, yellows, $1.5011.65;
do, Anne Arundel, per brl, No. I $1.50
1.65. Yams Virginia, per brl, No. I
a$i.oo.
Provisions and Hog Products Bulk
rib sides iojc; elear do 10; shoulders,
g'A ; do, fat backs, 14 lbs and under
; 18 lbs and under g-4 ; do, bellies,
IQ',4; do, mess strip H'A; do, ham butts
9; bacon clear rib sides n; clear nji;
do, shoulders 10; sugar-cured breasts,
small 13'A; do, 12 lbs and over, 13!;
do, shoulders, bladecuts, Q'i; do, tlo,
narrows, o'A; do, do, extra broad loja;
do, do, California hams of4; hams, 10
lbs 13 to 13'A; do, 13 lbs and over 12$;
do, 15 lbs and over is'A; do, skinned
13'A; do, beef, Western, canvassed and
uncanvassed sets 14'4; do, do, tenders
16'A; mess pork $17.50; ham pork
$17.50; lard, refined, 50-lb cans nc;
do, do, half-barrels and new tubs ll'i.
Lard, in tierces nc.
Dairy Products Butter Elgin 23a
24c; separator, extras 22a23; ds, firsts,
2oa2t; do, gathered cream 20121; do,
imitation I7ai9; ladle, extra 15217; la
dles, first 14115; choice Western rolls
15116; fair to good 13114; half-pound
creamery, Maryland, Virginia and
Pennsylvania 31323; do, rolls, 2-lb, do
20c.
Eggs Western Maryland and Penn
sylvania, per dozen in'jaigc; Eastern
Shore, Maryland and Virginia, per dor
en 18119; Virginia, per dozen i8'4a
19; West Virginia ai8; Western i8;4a
19; Southern I75ai8; guinea a ;
icehouse, closely candled I7li7j4c. Job
bing prices V2 to ic higher.
Cheese New eheesc, large, 60 lbs
10! to I0'4c; do, flats, 37 lbs, 10!$ to
lo'A; picnics, 23 lbs, loj to ir.
Hides Heavy steers, association and
alters, late kill, 60 lbs and up, close
selection, iojiaiic; cows and light
steers, o9j4.
Live Stock.
Chicago Cattle Good to prime
steers $6.ooa6.45; stockers and feeders
$-4.3534.30; cows $1.5034.75; heifers $2.00
4-75; canners $1.5002.30; bulls $1,758
t75; calves $3.0026.50. Hogs Mixed a ad
ntchers' $6.7017.10; good to choice,
heavy $6.8037.20; rough, heavy $6,408
6 75; light $6.4516.95. Sheep Good te
choice wethers $3.6034.00; fair to choice
mixed $3.3033 60; Western sheep $3.31
3.85; native lambs $3.ooa5.oo; Western
lams $3.753475-
East Liberty Cattle steady; choice
$57516.00; prime $5.5085.70; good $5 ao
35.50.- Hogs Slow and lower; prime
heavies $72537.30; assorted medium
$7.aoa7.25 heavy Yorkers $7.1537. 2;
light Yorkers $7.0007.10; grassers $6.o
07.00; pigs $6.5016.80; skip $4.7515.75;
roughs $5.0036.90. Sheep steady; beat
wethers $3.8034.00; culls and common
$l.25a2.25; yearlings $2.5034.25; veal
clves $7.0017.75.
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Alaska has but twelve farms.
Springfield, Mass., coal handlers won
advance in wages.
Denmark is said to be the best or
ganized country in the world.
Labor is so scarce at Hartford fitv
Ind., that common labor exacted $1 50
a day.
St. Paul mason tenders have wiih
drawn from the Building Trades Coun
cil. An ounce of gold was worth fiftcn
ounces cf eilver in the year 1800. It
woysd buy Iweoty-one ounces in 1900.
Farm laborers of Indiana went out on
a strike, atter forming a union for high
er wages and shorter hours, and won.
German experts have ascertained that
railway rails deteriorate sooner in tun
nels than elsewhere because of the ertect
of injurious gases. ,
The workingmcn ot Kewanee. Id.,
are preparing to start a co-operative
store with a capital of $.'5,000. There
urn 500 shares of $5 each.
Denver Typoffrauhical L'mon Ins in
augm';''t'd eight-hour work-day, in
bonk and job ullires. Tha scale re
main the same. The r;'diu'n)n in
hours was effected amicably.
f.J.fA!. VJL-fr..'.i: U.HtSs.
froaer Conrtrartloa Bait rnblle Help
For hl WiVM.
'A paper was read before the Ind
pendent Telephone Association of tn
United Rtntes at IlufTalo not oog afro
by 8. P. Sheer! n. Home of his Ideas
ire calculated to provoke discussion,
ind will not command universal aaw
ent, but others are sensible and con
rlnclnir. Mr. Sheerln favored plenty,
f neat, heavy poles, none of them
shorter than twenty-flve feet, and at
least six Inches In diameter. Then ha
would allow no grounded lines, bu
have complete metallic circuits. Thai
better the line the better the service
aud If the genera! appearance was re-
spectable he thonKht It would com
mand better treat meat from small
boys. The telephone, Mr. Sheerln In-,
slsts, has a perfect right on the nlRhi
way, since It Is built for communlcst
tlon between residents of a town, ex
actly as a road Is.
Strong (round was taken In rritardl
to trees. The speaker said: "A It
was necessary to trim away the orig
inal forests to make the roads so t
would trim away the trees along tha
aide of the road which belongs to tha
telephone. Trees alons highway,
near houses, can Just as well be set
bftck twenty-five or thirty feet. Thejr
huve no business ou the highway or
overlapping the highway, when they;
interfere with the uses ot the hlgh
way."
Whatever b. thought of this and
other opinions expressed by Mr. Sheer
ln. few will dissent from the follow
ing doctrine. "Tho telephone which,
after all, has only had Its development
In the Inst six or seven years Is a
greater boon to farmers than to anj
other clans of people. The great draw
backs of-country life are Its Isolation,
Its meagre opportunities for social In
tercourse, and Its still fewer oppor
tunities for protection. When wo adit
to these the disadvantages of betas
out of touch with the market nud out
of reach of the great news pulse oi. tho
country, the sum of the country life's
shortcomings Is complete. The tele
phone changes all this. It comes aa a
benefactor, exceeding all others In its
possibilities and usefulness. No mau
can fully estimate Its benefit to tho
farmer. It brings his ear close to the
market tickers of the world; brlngn
the weather report to his door In tlma
to protect bis crops and cattle, and
travels what would be to him and hla
horse weary mile In the ordinary
transaction of his every day business.'
Cats as OoTcratneut Offiolals.
"Several years ago a letter contain
ing a large sum of money disappeared
from the New York postofBce," writes
Hugh Nctherton, in the Ladles' Homa
Journal, In telling of "Cabs
That Draw Salaries." "A month
after the disappearance a desk In one
of the rooms was moved, and on tha
floor was found a nest of young rata
resting on a bed of macerated green
backsall that was left of tho missing,
letter. Uncle Sain tit last decided to
employ a cat to protect the New York
postotneo from rats nnd mice. The
first appointee in the United States
l!at and Mouse Catching Service wan
a large, gray tabby. She secured the
place through the recommendation ot
her owner, who certified that she waa
not only n good mousor, but also a
friend of the Administration qualities
which she at once exemplified by her
.work. 1
"With Now York as an exnmple,
other postotllces asked for cats, and
to-day nearly every largo office In the
United States has ils official mouser or.
rat-killer, who receives from nine to
twelve dollars a year. This income
is expended under the supervision of
tho postmasters for the purchase ot
food. Milk is the chief item, for tha
cats are supposed to provide them
selves with meat." ""
The Boy Art Critic.
Yv'ise men say there Is nothing real
ly new in this world, and perhaps the
boy who pasted the following critic
ism upon the drawing abilities of hla
big sister was an unconscious plagiar
ist, but anyway his verdict amused
his sister so Liuch that she tells it
occasionally, though the joke is on
herself. Tho young woman has a
fondness for executing those works of
art which consist In the representation
of dead game birds hanging by their
heels from a nail ou a board, fish on
a platter ready for the cook, nnd fruit
grouped on a table around a wine
glass. These gems she turned oft at
the rate of about four a year, nud pre
sented them to her friends for their
dining room walls. She had Just com
pleted a twin pair for a bride. Ono
represented a mess of lobsters iu a
uest of salad; the other a basket ef
peaches, with down ou them like
plush. Sho was ao pleased with both
that she asked her brother If he did
not think they were just splendid. It
was evident that tho youthful critic
liked one and not the other. After
looking at them a minute or two he
said:
"Sis, you're a peach ou lobsters, but
you're a lobster on peaches." Chi
cago Tribune.
An Inaoinplota ltaport.
William Gillette, tho actor. uide
himself iu summer as far away from
crowds and newspaper personals ns
possible. Often ho uses his time con
structing a new work, which Nat
Goodwin calls "the Gillotto play a
thing that ucts Itself." One summer
Gillette hired a yacht, and, as he tell
the story. It was n craft without an
equal. With a few friends ho set sail
from New York and proceeded by way
of the Sound upon a cruise. They
kept close to shore, aud a week or Be
efier they left New York were driftlug
leisurely by a point of land at the eud
of which sat a solemu Yankee Usblng.
In a few hours the boat had passed
the point, aud the Yankee aroused
himself from his contemplation of'tlic
water and asked, "Whoro tiro ye
from?"
New York," replied Glllelto. Willi a
yachtsmiiu's prido. ;
"ilow long:
"Sluco August 1st," shotted tha
yachtsmen again.
Tti!) Yunkc returned to hla oontom
plaUou, und tite yacht kept ou drifelnr
but along lu the afternoon tin re c.iuie
tt video over tue water, and H ..-d;cJ4
nVhut year?" Harper's WeoVy,