OUTWARDI
Outward broad airs, the aea't unshadowed
weep
And larger voice on shore of lovelier
lands,
Starred heavens oC Tniter light and night
with sleep
Tender as women's hands.
Outward the grave processional of hours,
Ench a discovered joy, a solved surmise;
Days dark in bud, tlint, ripening, fall like
llowers
Gardened in Paradise,
Outward! 0 throes resolved in mightier
song!
Splendor of nameless deeds, essential
Merged in the large acceptance, in tho
wonts,
lotlff
IV.se of the cosmic chords.
STUB WOMAN OF SAN NICOLAS ISLAND. M
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f A Strange Story ol the Pacific Coast.
HE Htory of the Indtnn woman
left nloue on the Island of
I 8au Nicolas for nenrly twen
"fc ty yenvn has been written by
a number of romancers who gave but
little heed to fnet nnd free rein to Im
agination. From occurrences that
hove passed Into history nntl are
known to bo authentic, this tnlo Is
drawn.
The aborigines of Snu Nicolas Island
were supposed to be of Aztec or Tol
tec origin, a peaceable people like nil
tribes Indigenous to the tropics.
War with the Buvago Alaskan In
dians bad nearly exterminated tho In
dians of Snn Nicolas when' the Cath
olic fathers who founded tho missions
on the mainland desired to bring the
few remaining natives across the
channel that they might teach thein
the Christian religion. Accordingly,
after repeated efforts to accomplish
this, a schooner was sent to the Island
In 1S3U for this purpose. Some time
was consumed In gathering together
these people nnd their effects.
As the last boat was leaving tho
strand, a woman with a youug babe
in her arms sprang on shore. Her lit
tle girl, a child of eight years, had
slipped from her side In the confusion
gone probably In search of Boina re
membered trinket dear to her childish
heart or, perhaps, run away," over
come with terror nt the unusual migra
tion of her people.
Tho woman besought them to await
her return, nnd hastened over tho bill,
calling ns she went. The moments
passed the white man Is ever luipa
tieut, and he grumbled at tho delay.
An hour went by, but tho woman had
not returned. The wind was rising
rapidly, and a storm was Imminent.
The schooner had signalled them twice
In tho last half hour. Tho waters
about the Island were shoal, and there
was Xie safe anchorage along Its
shores'.-'Tho waves were running high
upon the' ledges surrounding tho little
bay, and their crests were white with
the foam of action. The ship signalled
again, and with a muttered impreca
tion and a gruff command, the boat
pushed off to join tho tossing vessel.
As soon as all were on board, Cap
tain Hubbard weighed unchor and
stood nway for deep water. When the
relatives and friends learned that the
woman had been left behind, they be
sought the captain with many tears,
and with pleadings In their owu
tongue, to return and bring her nway.
The gulo Increased in fury and con
tinued unabated for tho space of a
week. The heavy-laden Bchooner la
bored hard and disaster threatened.
When San Pedro Harbor was finally
reached, the San Nicolas Indians were
distributed between Los Angeles and
San Gabriel missions, and Captain
Hubbard departed , for Monterey,
where be had orders to take on a car
go of lumber for Sun Francisco.
On reaching the Golden Gate, In
rough weathef, the Improperly laden
craft capsized and was eventually
blown out to sea. nnd Is supposed to
have been taken by a ltusslan vessel.
Tho crew reached shore In safety, and
It was always Captain Hubbard's in
tention to return to Kim Nicolas for
the lost woman. There was now no
craft of any description, except open
boats and Indian canoes from Ban
Francisco to San Diego, nnd no one
could be found willing to risk a voy
age to San Nicolas In one of these.
It was generally known ulong the
coast of California that an Indian
woman and her children had been left
upon the Island of San Nicolas, but as
tliuo passed and they were not res
cued, it came to be generally believed
that ull had perished. Fifteen years
slipped by, tmd In the spring of 18S1
Captain Nldever, of Santa Harbura,
with ouo other white man nnd a small
crew of Mission Indians, visited San
Nlculua in a schooner in search of
otter. They made a lauding at the
eastern end of the Island, and walked
along the southern shoro a distance of
Ave miles or more. Captain Nldever
discovered footprints of a human being
oou after landing. These wore io
doubt made when tho ground had been
soaked by the previous winter ruins,
for tho impressions were deep and
quite dry and hard. Tho footprints
were small, nnd the captain felt con
vinced that they were made by a
woman, A short distance from the
shoro were found several circular,
rootless, huts made of brush, about
Bis feet in height and tho same in dl
nnieter. These enclosures were ful
ly a uillo apart, and near them were
stakes of driftwood driven In tho
ground, from which were suspended
pieces of seal's blubber out of tho
reach of wild animals. The blubber
was comparatively fresh, nnd bad uo
doubt been placed there but ft few
Weeks previous.
Captain Nldever bad landed upon
Han Moulds cany in tho uiorulug, In
tending to remain during the day to
Beareu for seal nnd otter, but uear
uoou a northwester began blowing,
and he hastened buck to tho schooner
Hero they remained at anchor for
fight days In tho lie of the islam, tho
tea being at times so rough and the
wind so lk-rce that ho expected mo
mentarily to bo driven from his uu-
ihorage. When tho storm abnted stif
fleleutiy, Captain Nldever returned to
Bauta Hurbara without ngtilu lauding
tipou tiia Island,
The next year ho ouoo mora vialted
Outward, where every word and deed
is fit;
Outward, beyond the lies of name and
shame.
Of sin and ignorance the cause of It,
Life's prison of fancied flame.
Outward! 0 heart, the secret solved at
lost!
Love that enfolds, unites and under
stands; Love like the sea, with equal waters cast
On this and alien lands!
Outward! 0 free at last! O steadfast
soul
Calm in the poise of natural things! O
wise,
How wise is love! only, beyond control,
To tinas with open eves!
(Jeorge Cabot Lodge, in Bcribner's.
Snn Nicolas for game, landing near
the same place ns on his previous voy
age. He and his ship's mate explored
the Island nearly to its western ex
tremity. Tho blubber found on tho
previous visit bad been replaced by
a fresh stock. In the crotch of a tree
near the west end of the Island they
found a basket containing a garment
made of the skins of the cormorant,
cut In squares nnd neatly pieced to
gether; with the ends of tho feathers
njl pointing downward. There were
shell books, bone needles, a rope of
sinew, nnd vnrlous trinkets in tho bns
ket with the robe. These things Cap
tain Nldever scattered upon the
ground, thinking if they wero replaced
on his next visit to tha tree It would
bo conclusive evidence that tho wom
an was still alive. After several days
spent In securing seal and otter upon
the ground already explored, another
wind storm came on, nnd tho spot
containing the basket was not revisit
ed; as on all previous voyages, the
woman was left to her fate and the
schooner crossed to San Miguel Island
without her.
In July, 1853, Captnln Nldever ngnln
went to Snn Nicolas, determined to
rescuo tho woman if she could be
found. Before, bo had gone to find ot
ter and seal; now he had a nobler
quest.
He anchored midway of the uorth-
westem shore of tho Island, near Cor
ral Harbor, where the natives had
embarked In 1830. At this point nnd
nt tho western extremity of the island
Is found nu abundance of good water,
seal and fish. Here Captain Nldever
made camp, nnd with bis men began
a systematic search. On the second
day a hut was discovered upon the
ridge, aud on approaching it, piles of
ashes and bones were seen at Its
entrance.
Within the enclosure sat the object
of their search, talking nloud to her
self, nnd with ft rude knife, manufac-
tured from a piece of rusty Iron hoop,
washed up by the waves, she wns dili
gently scraping blubber from n piece
of sealskin.
She watched tho nppronch of the
men with Interest, but made no at
tempt nt flight. She was clothed In a
garment of cormorant skins which
reached nearly to her ankles, nnd her
throat and arms were bare. Her hair
was yellowed by tho sun and tangled,
and her skin, where exposed, wns
brown, but where protected by ber
robe It was quite fair, Bhowlng her
to be of Aztec or Toltec origin. Sim
received ber visitors with the quiet
and dignity of a queen, greeting each
with a bow and a smile. She talked
Incessantly, but no word of hers could
be understood, although tho Indians of
tho rescuing party spoke several dial
ects. In her but was a fire, and when
the captain and his men were seated,
tho woman roasted roots, termed "car
comlte" by Callfornlans, which sho
served to tho company an r.bnlouo
shells.
One day she took ber new comrades
to a deep hidden grotto, where bub
bled ft cool spring from whence she
drew her supply of water for cooking.
Hero they found suveral unique water
Jars woven by her of tho island
grasses, aud lined with osphaltum,
which Is plentiful on the western
shore. The water Jars resembled
wide-mouthed buttle, aud would hold
from two to six quarts. It was inter
esting to watch her mako baskets
water tight. She would drop into tuem
bits of asphaltum aud hot pebbles,
whirling them deftly us tho asphaltum
liquefied. It required skill and pa
tience,, but when they were thorough
ly galvanized with a thin coating tho
Jars wero both light and durable,
A second spring near tho above
mentioned grotto sho used as a lava
tory, and would frequently visit it, for
she was very cleanly In her habits.
At the expiration of a month, when
the schooner was ready to depart, she
was tnada to understand by signs that
she was to go on board. She evidenced
the pathetic struggle she had waged
with want in tho years of solitude by
gathering together every fragment of
food In her possession. In tho crevices
of rocks nnd in other spots secure from
tho depredations of the wild dogs
which Infested Ban, Nicolas she bad
laid up stores of bones and other re
fuse in anticipation of somo future
"starvation time." These sho insisted
should be carried with her. Oneo on
board and the flrebraud sho bad
brought burned to ashes Bbo clung
closely to the stove! showing that Bhe
often suffered from cold, ns well as
hunger.
Captain Nldever conveyed tho In
dlan woman to bis homo in Hautn
Barbara, where sho lived In his family
until her death. Sho wn supposed
to be ubout Ufty years of ago wheu
rescued.
Sho bad a docile, loving nature nnd
was of a peculiarly happy disposition.
How she bad retained these qualities
In her years of lonely life Is a mys
tery, Mho became much attached to
her new friends, and they in turn gave
her a most cordial uffectiou. She was
naturally Intelligent nnd full of re
sources, and soon learned to commuul
cnto with those about her. Sho told of
her sorrow at the death. of ber oldest
child, who was devoured by wild dogs
on the day her people were taken
from the tslaud by Captain Hubbard,
Tho young babe met U similar fate
Inter, when the mother, driven by hun
ger, was forced to leave Is unprotected (
and go forth In search of rood. '
Strange to say, this woman had for
mulated an apparently fluent langunge i
of her own, which no one was able to
understand. Threo of tho mission
fnthers, versed In every Indian dialect ,
on the California coast, were qulto un- I
ablo to make themselves understood. J
Some of tho former inhabitants of San
Nicolas wero brought from Ban Gab
riel nnd Los Angeles, but they were
also unable to converso with her or I
Interpret Iter language. But few of
her words have been remembered. :
Man sho called "uoeho," the sky, "toyg-
wall," a hide, "tocah."
Possibly the Alasklnu Indians, who
overran Ban Nicolas in the early part
of the last century, left upon ber mem
ory on Indelible Impression of their
nomenclature, which superseded ber
native tongue In the years when hu
man association was denied. This Is
ft question that might be settled from
tho meagre vocabulary she hns left by
some enthusiastic, painstaking student
of philology.
Travelers abroad who visit the Vati
can In Home, aud are permitted to
view the priceless relics from many
of tho lands that have been gathered
there, will And among the collection ft
basket woven of Island grasses, nnd
within it a wonderful fenther robo
mado of soft breasts of tho cormor
ant. This garment was fashioned by
the (left fingers of Moronlta, the In
dian woman, when sho dwelt alone
upon the Island of San Nicolas. Log
Angeles Times. .
Cordiality Overdone,
Whoever hns a short memory for
names nnd faces will be able to ap
preciate tho experience of a resident
of Detroit, whose story is told by tho
Free Press of that city. Tho lady'g
friends, who recognize her inability
to lit name3 and faces together, say
that she usually makes up in tact
what sho lacks In memory.
One afternoon recently, says tho
lady, who tells her own experience, I
was sitting on the veranda when a
rather nice looking young mon, carry
ing a sninll satchel, came up the walk.
He bowed pleasantly, and I returned
his greeting ns cordially ns I could,
while racking my brain for his name.
He looked familiar, but I could not
recall bis name. Here was nn old
friend from out of town, probably
perhnps ft relative of my husband
aud I must not fall in cordiality. So
I greeted him warmly, shook handst
and Invited him to be seated. I said I
was delighted to see him, and knew
my family would be equally glad. I
regretted that so long a time bad
elapsed since we had last met. I
hoped his family was quite well, and
ol course he hnd come to dinner.
Thus I rattled on, fearing to let him
discover what a hypocrite I was, nnd
hoping nil the while that his namo
would come to me. Finally ho man
aged to say;
"I'm afraid you don't know who I
am."
"Oh, yes, I do," I responded. "Of
course, I know perfectly."
"No, I nm sure you don't even know
my nnnie."
"Well," I admitted, "your name has
escaped me for the moment, "but I am
so wretched on names! Don't tell me;
I shall recall It In time."
"Do not try," responded the young
man, pleasantly. "I nm only the sew
ing machine man. I camo to repair
your machine."
Against Fooling- With a Revolver.
Tbero are ft few Hues in "The Art
of Itevolver-Shootlug," a recent book
by Mr. Walter Wlnuns, the noted re
volver shot of Great Britalu, which
were specially penned for ft small but
dangerous class of people.
Mr. Wluaus once left n revolver ly
ing on a table In his tent at Bisley dur
ing a competition. Somo visitors
dropped In, one by one, to lunch. First
cauio nu elderly lady. Sho sat down
near the table, nnd ber eye Immediate
ly fell On tho revolver. She snntched
It up with a laugh, uud pointing It at
Mr. Wlnntis, said:
"I'll shoot you!"
"Put It down!" said Mr. Winaus,
speaking ns peremptorily ns a host
may. The lady obeyed, arid Mr, Wl
uaus explained to her how injudicious
it was to point a revolver at any one,
how it might have been loaded, and
so on.
While be wag speaUing In came a
clergyman. He sat down and began
talking pleasantly. All nt once his eye
caught the revolver. Seizing It nnd
roaring with laughter, ho pointed it at
Mr. Wiuans, saying: ,
"Now I'll shoot your
"1 locked up that revolver!" Is Mr.
Wluan'8 grim comment Aud ho would
have been glad, we mny be sure, to
have made the same disposal, tem
porarily at leant, of his silly guests.
Had the Jocularity of the lady or the
clergyman resulted fatally, as slmllur
conduct hns often done, the plea nt
tho coroner's Inquest would have been
the old, weak cne: "DJdu't-'-know it
was loaded!"
At the Moment.
It la not an unusual thing to be able
to waken oneself at a certain time,
yet the habit mny be curried bo far as
to be ulmost mysterious in its delicate
accuracy. Says tho author of "Three
Men on Wheels:"
There are men who can waken them
selves nt nny time, to the inluuto. They
say to themselves, as they lay their
heads upou the pillow: "Four-thirty,"
"fcur-forty-fivo" or "flve-flfteen," ns
the case may be; and when the time
comes, they open their eyes. It Is very
wonderful, this. The more oue dwells
upon it, the greater the mystery
grows. Somo ego within us, acting In
dependently of our conscious ' self,
must be capable of counting the hours
while wo sleep. Unaided by clock or
sun, or any other medium known to
our Ave sensoB, it keeps wutch through
tho darkuess. At tho exact moment It
whlsperg "Time!" nnd wo awako.
The work of nn old riverside fellow
cnlled him to be out of bed each moru
Ing half mi hour before high tide. Nev
er once did ho oversleep by half a
minute. At Inst bo gave up working
out tho tlnw for himself. He would
sleep a dreamless sleep, uud every
morning, nt a different hour, this
ghostly watchman, true ns tho tide
itself, would silently cull hlui.
Youth's Companion, ... -
FIRST PARACHUTE JUMP
START OF A SPORT WHICH HAS
BECOME. COMMON.
6am Baldwin the First Balloonist to
Make the JumpThe Feat Mora Ferll
oils In Appearnnoo Than In Reality
Ilumnn Cannon Balls.
The pnrachuto Jumper Is ft recent
product In the profession of balloon
ing. The first parachute Juniper was Sam
Baldwin, now a successful manufac
turer of balloons. He, bis brother nnd
Professor Van Tassel, all three gas
balloon men, happened to meet In a
Log Angeles hotel In the summer of
1887. Each had a hard luck story to
tell and it was unanimously agreed
that the business bnd gone to the
dogs. Ag a means of resuscitating it,
Baldwin suggested tho parachute leap.
The others did not believe it possible
for a man to mnke the Jump and live.
None of them was willing to mnke
tho experiment, so a bng of sand wns
used. The balloon was sent up with
a long string attached to the para
chute rope. When tho bng hnd risen
three-quarters of a mile the cord wag
pulled nnd the chute cut loose. It
dropped like a log for 100 feet, then
opened and camo slowly down to
earth.
Repented experiments convinced the
trio that It wag a safe trick with a
man In place of the bag of sand. Van
Tassel then went to San Francisco to
interview the newspapers and get
them to send reporters to Los Angeles,
but while he was away the Impatient
Baldwins experimented themselves,
nnd Sam made the first Jump in his
tory safely nnd ensily.
The Bnldwins were quick to renlize
the money vnlue of being first In the
field, nnd they started East to Intro
duce tho sport there. Greatly Incensed
Van Tassel broko with them nnd get
ting nn outfit began making ascents
himself.
The new act leaped into popular
favor at once. The daring fact that it
was more than an equal chance that
the aeronaut would be dashed to pieces
drew crowds wherever the leap was
ndvertlsed to take place. The man
jvho "rodo the bag" could command
almost any price he asked. For gome
time the three balloonlstg had the field
to themselves. Most of the other
aeronauts were afraid of It With
four assistants and a pushing mana
ger the Baldwins made a tour around
the world. In a year and a half they
netted $100,000 In cash.
With the advent of other "riders
of the bag" prices began to drop.
From $1000 that was once paid for
Fourth of July performances at the
big resorts, prices went steadily down
ward, until $250 was reached. Still
more recruits came, and nowadays the
ruling price is from $25 to $40. No
one hag ever compiled an accurate list
of the number of men who depend
upon the parchaute Jumping as a
means of livelihood, but estimates
range from 300 to 500.
The public craze for novelty, com
bined with the desire to excel, caused
a number of innovations. First camo
the man and a woman, then later the
dog was added. First the man and
woman rode on the same bar. Later
they had separate parachutes, tied to
tho same bar. Then came the man
riding a bicycle in midair. When he
left the ground he wag pedalling at a
great rate. This he kept up as long
as he was in sight It looked very
risky, but it wasn't.
Luter came the man who fired hlm
eolf out of a cannon in midair. This
was spectacular and taking, but a
great deal of a fake. The folded chute
was first placed lnsldo a big tube of
tlh mouutcd on stanchions and car
riage of the same lllmsy material,
painted black to resemble iron. Then
the performer crawled in. He bad
concealed in the breast of his "leo
tard," tho half coat used by all tumb
lers and trapeze artists, n pistol, pro
vided with blank cartridges. The bal
loon, was released in the ordinary man
ner, and when it reached a proper
height tho aeronaut exploded his cart
ridge, and "tho human cannon ball"
dropped into view.
After a mere half dozen short swings
to and fro tho ascent is almost direct
ly upward. Tho man who is quitting
tho earth is, curiously enough, tho
only ouo who doesn't feel that be is
doing anything of the kind. As he
sits in bis trapeze and gazes down
ward thero is no sensation of motion
or of giddiness. The earth Is dropping
nway from Win. He is sitting still
suspended from nothing. It is Just
as though he had sut himself in a high
wing and dropped a broad object
downward.
To the novice It 1g a wonderful
sight The earth seems to bo saucer
shaped, the valleys and hills and riv
ers mere miniatures in wax that the
sun bag melted and caused to run. Just
beneath you seems the lowest point,
while the horizons appear to be com
ing up to meet you. You are looking
at the earth through the small end of
your opera glass and some one is
rapidly turning tho focusing bar.
The first two or three seconds after
cutting loose is the time when the
only real terror Is felt No matter
how many tlmeg the parachute Jump
er repeats the experience he cannot
escape tho sensation, tho complete
goneness at the pit of the stomach.
When he Is ready to let go he takes
ft long, full breath severul of them
In fact and sets his muscles bard.
After ho does cut loose he dares not
breathe. To do so would cause suf
focation, a fainting sivll. If the chute
did not open at all be would never
feel tho pangs of death. Ho would
have lost all sensibility long before
tho earth was renched. Somet'mes
wheu tho chute is Blow la unfolding
consciousness la lost, but It Is only
momentarily. ,
As seen from the bar of a parachute
all things on the earth are grotesque
ly small, but as distinct aud clear cut
as a cameo. The nppalling thing Is
the tremendous, awful silence that
prevails. A dog's howl or a bird's
sbng la heard last of all as one as
cend After that a great silence
comes. If. there is a strong wind
Wowing the ueronaut does not know
It It never passes him, He goes
with it and Just as rapidly ns It trav
els. A match can bo struck In mid
air In the fiercest wind-
The spectacular part of the ascen
sion is to be found In the acrobatic
feats whllo the outfit Is mounting
heavenward. This is nerve-racking to
tho spectator, but not disconcerting to
the performer. It must be remem
bered that he feels no sensation of
the rush through the air. To him
everything appears stationary, gave
the enrth, which Is dropping away
from him. If he dangles by one hand,
ho knows, though the crowd doesn't
that the web bandnge which secures
him by the wrist will grip him secure,
nnd If be hangs head downward he
knows that a pair of horses could not
pull him nway from a trapeze In the
corner of which he has planted his
toes.
At the same time it Is a hard pro
fession. The man who faces danger
dally may gay that he becomes so ac
customed to It that he fears It no
longer. Externally this may be true,
but tho nervous sygtem has ltg limita
tions, and If the warnings It some
times sends out are not heeded death
may come In a horrible shape.
Thug the ranks are swelled to-day
by tho young nnd daring; depleted to
morrow. Few men grow old In the
profession. They marry nnd their
wives will not hear of another ascent.
They becomo crippled or frightened
Into something thnt promises longer
life. New York Sun.
A FOOL AND HIS MONEY."
How One Harried to Part With Ills Val
uable Hoard.
It was run by gasolene, like many
other automobiles, but there were fear
ful knives, revolving with a silent
menace, when charging on a terrified
enemy, nnd there were guns to shoot
nt long-rnnge foes. It glided easily
over the smooth plnnks, nnd the Inven
tor assured them that It could bent the
fastest express when once he lot It out
on tho pike.
"The government will gobble up a
thing like that qulcker'n scat," said
Solomon to himself. "There ought j
be a hundred thousand in it for me,
easy." He nearly had heart failure
every time any of the others ap
proached the Inventor, for fear they
would buy all the stock before ho
could get hla own money out of the
bank. Finally, he got the Inventor
Into a dark stall by himself.
"I've got a little five thousand dol
lars that I'm not using now," re
marked Solomon. "I'd like to put it In
your company If the stock nin't all
sold."
Solomon was vaguely aurprlsed at
the sudden light which flashed In the
eyes of tho inventor, but he was too
anxious to get the stock to think about
that gleam.
"Well, of course. It's difficult," said
Mr. Wlmbley thoughtfully, "but I'll
talk with my secretary and see if ho
can let you have a little block."
That night Solomon went home the
proud owner of one hundred shares In
Wlmbley's Automatic Exterminator
Company, Limited. Next morning the
inventor sped to the bank to cash that
check as If he really needed tho money.
Caroline Lockhart, In New Lippln
cott '
Within the Law.
"I went for a spin out In the country
tho other day," said tho automobile
enthusiast whose mind is in that state
that he can talk of nothing else, "and
during my trip I chanced to pass
through ft small country town, where
I dashed over a bridge at rather a
high rate of speed, not noticing a sign
post that read: 'Five dollars fluo for
driving over this bridge faster than a
walk or fishing thereon.' The result
was that an over-zealous constable ar
rested me and hauled mo up before the
local Justice of the peace.
" 'What have you got to say for
yourself?' asked tho old man, glaring
at mo over bis spectacles.
" 'Nothing, except this,' I answered.
'You will notice that the sign says,
"driving faster than a walk." Now,
that means, if it means anything, to
drive a horse faster than a walk, s.
thing I did not do.'
"'Pears to me,' grumbled the old
man, 'that you aro tlshin' ter get out
of this.'
"'Certainly; I acknowledge that I
am, I answered cheerfully, realizing
that I hud the old man on a fine point
of law.
"'Well, that brings you within tho
statoots,' he growled. 'It will .cost
you $5 for fishln'.'
"It wasn't law, but I wns In a hurry
and couldn't afford to stay there and
fight it; so I paid the fine." Detroit
Freo Press.
Her Maidenly Virtues.
In the dayg of 1770 or thereabout,
whllo Philip Fltblan wag keeping a
daily Journal of hla life at Princeton
College, human nature seeing to hav
been much the same eg in our genera
tion. But Mr. Fltblan noted the dif
ferences, social and tcmperameutul,
between the Northerners and South
erners, and was greatly drawn toward
the Virginians, of whom ho writes:
"Tho people are extremely hospita
ble and very polite, both of which are
most certainly universal characteris
tics of the gontlemen in Virginia. Some
sweor bitterly, but the practice seems
to be generally disapproved."
It. is pleasant to read that all the
fallings, serious and minor, were lack
ing in Councilor Carter'a eldest daugh
ter, Miss Prlscllla, for Mr. Fltblan
records with a vivacious pen:
"Sho Is small of her age, has a mild,
winning presence, a sweet, obliging
temper, never swears, which Is here
a distinguished virtue, dances finely,
plays well on Uey'd Instruments, aud
Is on the whole In the first class of tho
female sex." Youth's Companion.
A Good Dreuuier.
"May I dream that you will bo
mlneV" pleaded St. Clair Maglunls, ad
dressing tho fair Minerva McUllll
cuddy. "Keally, Mr. Maglnnlg," repeated tho
Btately girl, "I should not presume to
exercise a censorship over your
dreams. Dream as you please, but do
not fall to remember that dreams go
by contraries."
"Thank yoi for tho suggestion. Miss
McGUUeuddy. I bad not thought of
that. I shall dream that you will not
marry me."
"I am yours," she hastened to add,
for she saw it was um h-ks to hold out
against so otlUiujit a dreamer. Detroit
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS.
Novetnbr I Cod's Leading la Our Lives"
Pi. xxllL
Scripture Verses Ex. jr.. 13;
Deut, xxxll., 9-12; pg., xxxll., 8;
xlvlli., 14; lxxviil., 62-63; evil., 1-7;
Isa., xll., 18; lvlll., 11; John, xvi.
13; Rom., vlil., 14.
Lesson Thoughts.
There are many paths In life, bu'
only one right one for us. We an
continually coming to the parting ol
the waya, where we need a guide. N
one can forsee the future, but Oo
knowg and fie will lead In the patht
of rlgheousness those who look t
Him.
Ig the Lord thy shepherd? Thet
thou art His sheep. Are you such Ir
fact as well as in name? Do you fol
low where He leads? Does your heart
beat responBlvo to His call? Can yoi
go trust Him that you are sure ol
having no real want?
Selections.
I do not doubt my safety that Thj
hand
Will still uphold and guard me to th
last;
And that my feet on Canaan's hll
shall stand.
When the long wilderness Is over
past;
But often faith Is weak and hope li
low.
Forward, indeed, but faint and wea
rlly I co.
Lord, at the evening time let fhe?
be light;
Unveil Thy presence; bid all dark
ness ily;
Surely ere now far spent muBt be th
night;
The morning comes, the Journoy'i
end is nich.
We cannot see the way ahead, bul
that only gives occasion for God tc
lead us every step of the Journey and
to furnish us a lamp to our feet. The
paths of earth may be rough, the waj
of lifn narrow; but the Master trod it,
and goes over It with ns.
Troubles and sorrows and dlfllcul
ties will coma Into tho Christian's
life, but God Is with him and he need
fear no evil. God did not take up the
threo Hebrews out of the furnace ol
fire, but Ho came down and walked
with them in It. He did not remove
Daniel from the den of lions; He sent
His angol to close tho mouths of the
beasts. Ho did not answer the prayer
of Paul to remove the thorn In the
flesh, but He gave him a sufficiency of
grace to sustain him.
Suggested Hymns.
Lead, kindly light,
How oft our souls are lifted up.
Press on. press on, O pilgrim.
Traveling to the better land.
Savior, like a Bhepherd lead mo,
Savior, lead me lest I Btrav.
LPW0RTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS,
Novcmbr 3 "God's Leading la Oar Lives"
Ps. xxllL
"This little psalm Is an Idyl of great
beauty, describing the calm delight
which dwells with one whose trust
is wholly in God. David's authorship,
asserted in the title, is hignly proba
ble, when he writes he Is experiencing
a time of rest and refreshment. His
thoughts are happy thoughts he lacks
nothing; he has no fear; God's mercy
and goodness are with htm. He feels
assured that they will continue wltn
him all the days of his life. He has
but one desire for the future, namely,
to "dwell in the house of the Lord
forever." Who can order his own
steps? "Teach me thy way, O Lord,
and lead me in a plain path." Psa.
xxvll., 11. A sensible supplication, for
every man must be conscious of his
personal weakness and ignorance. He
cannot trust himself to direct hla own
paths, for oft 'has he found that the
way that seemed right was the way
of death. The steps of even a good
man are ordered of the Lord. There
ia great comfort In God's leading, for
It Is unerring and competent "I will
guide thee with mine eye." When
God bids Abram arise from his Idola
trous shrines, and enjoins him "Get
thee out of thy country, and from thy
kindred, and from tby father'a bouse,
unto a land that I shall show thee,"
he leads him forth not to wander, be
wildered and hopeless, but in divine
security. It is always successful. He
leads us in the "right way." Ho shall
bring it to pass (Psa. xxxvll., 4.) "Ev
ery one of them In Zlon appoareth bo
fore God." (Psa. lxxxlv., 7.) Mercy
and goodness have crowned the yester
days. Wherever and whenever a man
will commit bis way to the Lord he is
led "O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and
torrent;" nor stays until his feet press
the streets of that city whose maker
and builder is God. He leads to na
tional unity and monotheism by cho
sen men and women, princes of mind
and heart. He leads an apostle by
both vision and messenger from Cor
nelius to tho Gospel inclusion of tha
nations. He leads by angol from the
darkness of the dungeon to liberty,
token of the freedom in the Son of
God. But God leads. In all the ways
and deeds of life God leads. Then let
us follow with Joyous fidelity and Im
plicit trust. Sometimes led up by the
Spirit In tne wilderness to be tempted,
falter not, for He was thero. Tig well,
If each task, each burden, each labor
of love Is done in Him and for Him
who went about doing good.
RAMS' HORN BLASTS
THE dead never
disagree.
Revenge Is
sweet only
when foregone.
You will live
up to what you
love.
He who knows
only Christ
knows all.
Humility 1 g
the best proof
of true dignity.
Personality Is a greater power in
education than precept.
Wluo may give wings to the lm
Ruination but Jt givea no wit to guide
taeui.
The lives of others will be none the
Bweetcr or your attempt to absorb
all the sourness in tho universe.
No race ran be truly rich without
righteousness.
Earthly athletics will not suffice for
the heavenly race.
God rohs ub of our strength thut
we may rely on Ills might.
Christian consecration la simply
concentration on Christ.
Tbo purity of our motives doter
mlnos our motive power in tho world.
Seeking the robes of health in the
red cup you may find the rouge of
ruin.
lie who cannot rule his own appo
tile la unfitted to run bis neighbor's
affairs.
Km
COMMERCIAL REVIEW,
General Trad Conditions.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of
rale says:
"Unfavorable signs are rare m the
Msiness outlook. Manufacturing indul
ges enjoy exceptional activity and most
obbers and retailers find no occasion
or complaint.
"Strength without inflation still sum
nsrizes the iron and steel situation. De-1
ipite two mortths of interruption by the
urike evidence accumulates that the1
rear will surpass all records in produc-j
ion of finished material and consequent
ly in consumption of ore and pig iron.
"Cottons move freely with prices well
ustaincd for all lines and definite ad
fancei on bleached goods.
"Fluctuations in cereals were frnall
with markets dull and featureless. Corn
receded a little farther, influenced un
favorably by the insignificant shipment
from Atlantic ports, only 501,555 buah
ls for the week, compared with 2.799.
!7 last year and 4,747,258 in 1899.
Wheat lost a little of the early gain, alt
hough declining prices a year ago make
ihe difference smaller than It has been at
any time this crop year. Foreign buy
ing of flour is still unsatisfactory, but
the outgo of wheat is heavy; for the
week United States exports, flour in
cluded, amounting to 4,391,761 bushels,
compared with 3,646,761 last year, and
4.255766 two years ago.
"Failures for the week numbered 229
in the United States, against 209 last
year and 31 in Canada, against 26 last
year."
LATEST QUOTATIONS.
Flour Best Patent. $4.45; High
Grade Extra, $3.95; Minnesota bakers,
2.8533.05.
Wheat. New York. No. a red, 77c;
Philadelphia, No. 2 red, 73a73Jc; Balti
more, 69-Mc
Corn. New York, No. 2, (Viz Phil
adelphia, No. 2, 6iHa6jc; Baltimore,
No. 2, 6oa6jc.
Oats. New York. No. 2, 40c; Phila
delphia, No. 2 white, 42'ic; Baltimore,
No. 2 white, 39340c.
Hay No. 1 timothy, $i6.ooai6.50;
No. 2 timothy, $15.00815.50; No. 3 timo
thy, $12. 50.114. 00.
Green Fruits and Vegetables. Ap
plies, Maryland and Virginia, per bbl,
iancy, $2.ooa2.25; Western laryland
a'ld Pennsylvania, packed, per bbl, $2.00
12.75. Cabbage, native, per 100, $i.5oa
2.00; New York Staite, per ton, $io.ooa
11.00. Carrots, native, per bunch, $ij4
a2c. Celery, New York State, per doz.
stalks, 20,140c. Corn, per doz, native,
7aioc. Cranberries, Cape Cod, per bbl,
f6.00a6.50. Kale, native, per bushel box,
8a ioc. Lettuce, native, per bushel box,
25330c. Lima beans, native, per bushel
box, 65&70C Onions Maryland and
Pennsylvsnis, yellow, per bus, 85390c.
Pesrs, Eastern Shore, Duchess, per bas
ket, 20325c; do, Kieffer, per basket, 20a
30c; do, New York Bartletts, per bbl
$3.ooa4.ooPumpkins, native, each, 3j4a
5c. Quinces, New York, per bbl, No. I,
$3.ooa3.so. Spinach, native, per bushel
box, 2oa25c String beans, native, per
bus, green, 30335c. Tomatoes, Eastern
Shore, Maryland, par basket, 35340c.
Turnips, native, per bushel box, 2oa25c.
Potatoes. White Nearby, per bus
box, O5a7oc; do, Maryland and Pennsyl
vania, per bus, No. 1, 65,170c; do, sec
onds, 40350c; do. New York, per bus
6oa7oc; do, common, 40350c. Swectsr
Eatern Shore Virginia, per bbl, yellows,
joca$i.iO. Yams, Virginia, per bbl, No.
1, 75aooc.
Provisions and Hog Products. Bulk
rib sides, loc; shoulders, 9J4c; bellies,
ioJ4c; sugar-cured bressts, small. I3j4e:
hams, 10 lbs, IJ to I3!4c; do, if lbs and
over, nt; mess pork, $17.50; ham
pork, $7-50; lard, rfincd, 50-lb can's,
nMc; do, do, rmlf barrels and new tubs,
lic.
D3iry Products. Butter Elgin, 23a
24c; separator, extras, 22323c; do, firsts,
2oa2ic; do, gathered cream, 2oa2ic; dp,
imitation. I7ai8c; ladle, extra, 15317c;
ladles, first, Maisc; choice Western
rolls, I5ai6c; fair to good, I3ai4c; half
pound creamery, Maryland, Virginia
and Pennsylvania, 21323c; do, rolls, 2-lb
do, 20c.
Live Poultry. Turkeys, old, 94aioc;
do, young, fat, ioyianc. Chicken
Hens. 9!4c; do, old roosters, each, 25a
oc; do, young, large 10c. Ducks, spring
3 lbs and over, ioaio!c. Geese, West-:
:rn, each, 50360c. Guinea fowl, each, IS
120c. Pigeons, old, strong flyers, per
pair, 2oa25c
Eggs. Western Msrylsnd and Penn
sylvania, per doz, 19c; Eastern Shore
Maryland and Virginia, per doz, 19c;
Virginia, per doz, 19c; West Virginia,
10, i8'jc; Western, do, i84ai9c; South
;rn, do, I7ai74e; guinc3, do, ; ice
house, closely candled, 17317; job
bing prices V2 to ic higher.
Cheese. New cheese, large 60 lbs,
iolA to lo,c; do flats, 37 lbs, ioJS to
ioc; picnics, 23 lbs, II to Ilj4c.
Hides. Heavy steers, association and,
salters, late kill, 60 lbs and up, close se
lection, Iiai2j4c; cows-and light steers,
yJ4aioc.
Live Stock.
Chicago. Csttle Good to prime
steers, $6.ioa6.8o; poor to medium, $3.75
6.oo; stockers and feeders, $2.2534.30;
:ows, $1.0034.65; bulls, $1.7534.60; calves
f3.ooa6.30. Hogs Mixed and butchers,
$6.ioa6.6s; good to choice heavy, $6.30
11. J2Yi. Sheep Good to choice weth
ers, $3.5033.25; Western sheep, $3.ooa
j.8o; native lambs, $3.ooa5.oo; Western
lambs, $3.2534.65.
East Liberty. Cattle steady; choice,
J5.75a6.oo; prime, $5.5035.70. Hogs
Prime heavies, $6.703675; heavy medi
ums, $6.55a6.6o; pigs, $5.8oa6.oo; skips,
$4.0035.00. Sheep steady; best wethers,
i.l-45a3So: cul's and common, $i.ooa
2.00; yearlings, $2.5033.00; veal calves,
$7.ooa$7.50.
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Spain imports American rails.
Boston has a Newsboys' Protective
Union.
Richmond bricklayers earn 50 cents
an hour.
Muncie, Ind., municipal laborers now
earn 20 cent per hour.
There are forty women holding office
by virtue of election in Kansas.
Fort Wayne barbers have gained an
.dvance in wages averaging $1.50 per,
week.
At Birmingham, Ala., the trade union
ists are preparing to erect a labor tem
ple. The British Typographical Associa
tion reports 16,179 members and a fund
of .46,650.
In Cincinnati an expelled cigarmnkcr
has brought suit for $25,000 damages
against the union.
In Scotland 70,000 miners have bad
to submit to a reduction in their wages
of sixpence a day after arbitration.
A merchant tailor of Peoria, 111., was
fined $100 and costs for fraudulently us
ing the union label.
The next convention tf managers of
free employment office's will be held in
New Orleans in February, 1902
The leather workers of Lowell Mass.,
have secured recognition of their union
and a wage increase aggregating $.sooo
a year.
The worltingmen of Kewanee, III , are
preparing to start a co-operative store
with a capital of $:'5,ooo, divided into
500 shares at $30 each. 1