OID TIM&
THE WAV'NC
ht sinrntr laxikr.
' Plniirhrnan, w)to-c gnarly lutnil yet kindly wheeler
Thv plough to rin this unlit -try tree
With i-lover, v how round pl.it, reserved a field,
In cool gi-een radius twice tnv leiuih may he
Meantime the com thy furrows e!e might yield,
To pleasure August, bee, tun thoughts, niul tur
That come here oil together da iiy 1.
Stretched prone in summer's mortal ecstasy.
Do etir with thanks to thee. a ultra tin inoni
Willi waving of the corn.
Unseen, the farmer's boy from round t lip hill
Whistle a snatch that Keeks his soul unsought,
And tills some time with tune, howheit shrill;
The cricket tells straight on his sample thought
Nay, 'tis the ciicket's way of being still;
The peddler bee drones in, and g'vmip naught;
Far down the wood, a one ihw.rmg dove
Times me the beating ot the heart of love;
And thce be all tiie sound t!tit mix, each morn
With waving ot the earn.
From here to where the loader pwion dwell,
Gicn leagues of luily s.'paintion roil;
'Trade end-; where your far clover ri-Ue swell
Ye terrible towns, ne'er claim she trembling oal
That, craflle all to buy or bo i: d or sell.
From oui your deadly complex on. .reel atoie
To company with l,u:c 1'iii.ililc tries.
Suck honey summer uu h ii::'ci1u'.m luv-.
And take time's strike as ., t!y as this morn
Takes waving of the corn.
The Little Fiddler.
By Nora
r -t tt ATE'S a tiddler."
U The little nthller-sucli a
f little llddler-tiiing a Quick
uuchlldlike glance around
the packed concert room, Crew a long,
unchildlike sigh, ami begun to phiy.
First, a gay ripple of music light and
heedless and youthful then a phrase
or so, subdued und soft and piteous
as the "moan of doves In Iiuniemorlal
elms," followed by the liquid lament of
a nightingale. A scurry of soft notes
like summer rain dropped from tho
strings Into silence, and the end coiuo
with a repetition of the child's laugh.
"Gypsy, every note of it," an emi
nent scientist said to his daughter, as
kIio leaned back in her stall with tears
In her soft brown eyes. "Gypsy music,
my dear Madge, and plnyed, one would
swear, by a gypsy, but for his face.
And his name, too, Is pure Saxon Anglo-Saxon
at that."
"It is, papa';" his daughter Madge
ald, with a swift glance at the little
fiddler, now rendering a wild uazarre
movement, half danee, half march.
"It's an odd name, too; Godfrith Ak.
I don't think I like it, and I don't think
I like his face, either; It's so sallow and
plain."
"Look at his eyes, my dear."
"So I have, and I don't want to do
it again, papa; they give me the
creeps," Madge whispered back. "Hut
he's a wonderful player."
"Aye, he Is that; I wonder where he
comes from? I am interested in Ids
name; pure Anglo-Saxon, Madge; think
of It."
"Perhaps he's a ghost or something
of that sort," commented Madge, flip
pantly. "Anglicize his name a little,
please, papa; It's too Saxon for me."
"Godfrey Oak; that Is the modern
English of it, my dear; and there is no
verb 'Anglo,' said the professor, dryly,
as the violin piece ended, and a little
rustle went through the crowded
room, "l'es, that is the last. Come,
Madge, my dear Why, Hoffmann, I
never expected to see you here. And
how Is your wife, my dear fellow?"
They were out In the vestibule now,
and Madge Dormer, paler than her
wont, offered her hand with a smile
to the spectacled young German her
father had taken by the arm.
"How is Mrs. Hoffmann? Better, I
hope. And your boy?"
"Clara is as well as she ever will be.
Miss Dormer," Ernest Hoffmann said,
not too cordially. "She will never walk
again, the doctor says, but she Is
stronger and patient she Is always
that, you know."
"I do know," Madge said, with a
catch in her breath. "I knew Clara
before you did, Mr. Hoffmann, and I
can bear witness to he." sweetness."
"You did. I beg your pardon, Miss
Dormer." Ernest Hoffmann flushed
a little.
The professor, mildly uneasy, put iu
a half apologetic .remark, after the
blundering masculine fashion. "Madge
Is very fond of your wife. Hoftniauu;
always was, through all."
"I appreciate Miss Dormer's devo
tion." Ernest Hoffmann said, with a
stiff bow. Madge held her head erect
aud looked at him with an augry light
la her eyes.
"I appreciate Mr. Hoffmann's mag
nanimity," she said, icily. "Papa, we
shall be late If we dou't hurry. Good
by, Mr. Hoffmann; my kind love to
Clara. O, by the bye, how Is Chic?"
"LTric is ill," Ernest Hoffmann said,
shortly. "Mr. Dormer, a moient. Can
you tell me where Godfrith Ak Is stay,
ing?"
"Senor Ludovlco Is at the Alexandra
Hotel and Ak is with him, of course,"
the professor said, as he turned awuy,
hurried by the danger signals flying lu
Ills daughter's face.
"How she hates me!" Ernest Hoff
mann sighed, a he went through the
park In the March wind and sunshine.
"I suppose she thinks a clerk bad no
right to marry her cousin. Ah! Clara
does not think so yet. How that lad
played no wonder lllrlc dreams of
him. And I wonder If be will come"
The wonder remained when be sat In
the luxurious sitting room at the Alex
andra, facing the Impressarlo, a big,
handsome Itullun, with an enormous
beard.
"Yes, bis playing Is a marvel," Blgnor
Ludovlco said, placidly scanning Hoff
mann's shabby figure; "but I have
brought forth several marvels lu my
time. That reminds me," with glance
at tbs clock, "my time Is limited at
present j ou will pardon me, Mr. Hoff
cnaun, I am sure."
"My business Is I came to ask a
favor, Blgnor Ludovlco," Ernest Hoff
mann said, desperately. "My little son
is very 111; he has not slept for four
lights, and til bis cry is for Godfrith
Alt."
"Indeed!
"Dr. Her says if Ulrlc could hear
Liu play It wI.Bt cure him."
FAVORITES
OF THE CORN.
Hopper.
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"I fail to see bow It can be managed,"
the liupressario said, with a smile. "Do
you, .Mr. Hoffmann?"
"Let Godfrith Ak come and play to
my boy." Ernest Hoffmann pleaded.
"That Is the only way."
"An Impossible way," the Impressarlo
said, harshly. "Quite impossible. T
will not have my market cheapened.
Godfrith Ak's playing has its market
value."
"Hut, my boy "
"What do I care for your boy? Here
have I bred lip Godfrith and brought
him out. and 1 -will not have him go
playing to every alllug child. I tell
you I will not have It. Besides, God
frith Is ill himself, Mr. Hoffmann (lie
slid smoothly into a different tone); It
Is Impossible."
"He must come." Ernest said, dully.
"lIrie has asked for h!m all day."
"He is 111," the impressnrio said,
fiercely; "do you hear? He shall not
go."
"My boy is dying, I tell you." Er
nest said as fiercely, "and he must
come. I will pay you anything "
"He shall not "
"I will come." Ernest Hoffmaun
faced round with a smothered cry; the
boy's entrance had been so noiseless
and so unexpected. The impressarlo
muttered an oath as he turned also
aud met the little fiddler's grave, dark
eyes.
"You are ill. Godfrith," he said, con
trolling his anger with an effort. "Mr.
Hoffmann will not persist when he
sees that."
The boy did look 111; even Ernest
Hoffmann's shortsighted eyes could see
how hollow the thin cheeks were aud
how darkly the shadows lay under the
gray eyes.
Godfrith Ak laughed slightly and
shrugged his shoulders. "I am well
enough to play. I am always well
enough for that, Impresario. Is your
son very 111, Mr. Hoffmann?"
"Very 111." said Ernest, sadly. "Will
you come, then?"
"I will come." Godfrith said, quietly.
Signor Ludovlco caught his arm an
grily. "I forbid it, Godfrith, do you hear? I
forbid it. Mr. Hoffmaun, you persist
in this at your own risk."
"I choose to play," Godfrith Ak said,
looking at bim with perfect coolness.
"Maestro mlo, you can do a good many
things, but you cannot either make me
play or stop me from playing when I
choose."
The impresario's face was purple
with anger as he answered: "You can
not go, aud you shall not, Godfrith.
You are til. and you play in the Albert
Hall to-night."
"I will go to play for your sun," God
frith said quietly... "or els,,- I will not
play in the hall at all."
"But you shali play." stormed the
impresario, "or I will make you suffer
for It, Godfrith Ak. I will not be
cheated! I "
"You cannot make me play, Sigtior
Luiiovico!" Godfrith said, still quietly,
but with a flush on his .sallow cheek.
"I will do us I please uow. Cp to this
I have done as you pleased, maestro
mlo."
"You are an ungrateful little viper!"
the impresario said, hoarsely, "aud I
wilt pay you for Jt. never fear, Godfrith
Ak! And as for you, sir "
"Take iur how you bully Mr. Hoff
mann, maestro." Godfrith Ak said,
composedly. "There are policemen
outside."
"If there were not "
"If there wer-? not you would tie me
into a chair and starve me into submis
sion, us you did wheu we were In St.
Petersburg. Maestro, if you speak so
loud you will be too hoarse to sing 'Y
avult un roi de Thessalle' to-night."
The Impresario choked and moder
ated his tone a little.
"You have the whip hand of me now,
Godfrith. but wait but wait till I have
you- under my hand again. Corpo dl
came! I will make you pay for this!"
"Of course you will, maestro," God
frith said, coolly, "snd you uioy, but
to-day I will be master of my own
hands. Bo I will come, Mr. Hoffmann,
If you will wait two seconds."
He left the room and returned In
stantly with a plaid thrown over his
narrow, stooping shoulders and bht vio
lin case under his arm,
"Come," be went on, with an Impish
laugh and a glance at the Impresario,
scowling In his easy chair; "the maes
tro will recover when we are gone.
Do you Jive here, Mr. Hoffmann?" as
they emerged Into the sunlit street.
"Quite close," Ernest Hoffmann said,
curtly, as they left the high road aud
turned down narrow Havage street.
uourma ak gavt a glance at the
dreary, demure houses right and left,
ana laughed quietly to himself.
"Eden In tatters for somebody, I sup
pose. Do you live here, Mr. Hoff-
utaim?" as Ernest pushed oncn the
BSEl
door of No. Sift. "Have you any othei
child re:i?"
"No," Ernest Hoffmann said, ns hf
pteceded the little tiddler tip the creak
ing stairs; "only this one and hii
mot her Is a cripple. This way. Clara
be Is bete." Dark blue eyes met tin
dark gray. In a lcug. Inquiring glance
then n thin hand. Soft and while am'
cold, went out to clnsp the little lid
tiler's thin, hot fingers and a soft volet
said:
"Oh. It Is good of you to comc-sc
good! Ernest told yon bow 111 our boy
was and how he longed to hear you
piny? And your playing Is n marvel
How do you? Why " She with
drew her hand with a little cry
"You tire not a child at all, and )
thought "
"No. 1 am not a child." the littl- fid
tiler said, looking at her puzzled fact
wiih dear, candid eyes. "I am seven
teen. Yes (with a shru;i I am a cli'di'
in siz I know 1 slopped growinj.
when 1 was nil) -."
"Are you a sypy? Forgive me,'
Clara said, with a pretly blush, "but it
!i:!s been said so -ami 1 wondered If i'
whs true."
"I am of gypsy blood on one side,
ti'adame." Gndfrilh Ak answered -"the
toiler's."
"I am afraid." Clara said, us be
opened the violin cne and took the III
stnmient out, handling It lovingly,
"you ought iiol to have come out k1
this east wind. You have been III
surely V"
"No." GodPrilli said, quietly. "I am
never strong, inadaiue. But I tun novel
ill. either. Shall I begin to play now
madamc ? Where is your boy?"
"In the next room through that
open door. If you will be so kind. Er
nest," as her husband made as If he
would follow the little fiddler to his
boy's bedside, "let them be alone to
gether, dear. Our guest will like it bet
ter, I know. Madge would say I ain
absurdly fanciful, dear," as he came
to her side with a surprised face. "But
I feel as If you had brought here a
good fairy who will cure our I'ltic
and what is that he is playing?"
"A cradle song, madame," Godfrith
nnswered for himself, through the open
doorway. "It Is a Norwegluu lullaby."
The lullaby crooned softly away Into
silence, and then Clara from her couch
saw the little fiddler bend swiftly ovei
the bed and kiss her boy's flushed, de
lighted face with n murmured "So, this
Is better than-the Albert Hall."
Then he took up his bow again and
drew it over the strings in a swift,
dainty dance measure, nil light, airy
passages, through which Clara could
almost hear the movement of dancing
feet. She listened for a few minutes
with a half smile dn her lips; then her
eyes, puzzled and hfilf afratd. went
wistfully to meet the little tiddler's,
and came bark to her husband's face
with au unsatisfied fear In their blue
depths. "Ernest, do I know thnt song?
It seems so and I wish almost I wish
he would not play it "
"Madame. I am half way through It.
I must go on to the bitter end now,"
the little fiddler called to her, with a
tremble of laughter in his voice. "I
shall soon have done."
"I don't like It," Clara murmured,
distressfully. "I seem to know it,
and "
She lay listening In silence for some
minutes, then the fear in her eyes kin
dled Into a flame, and she caught at
her husband's hand with the look of
a terrified child.
"Ernest, I remember; It is the 'Dance
of Death,' that the Bohemian gypsies
play. Stop him "
"My dear Clara " Her terror
made even unimaginative Ernest
Hoffmann turn pale, and he turned yet
paler when the music stopped in the
middle of an airy dance movement.
"On the 2(ith Inst., suddenly,
of heart disease, Godfrith Ak. violin
ist." That was what the third para
graph of the Telegraph said, but Clara
Hoffmann, sobbing over the newspaper
cutting. orM: "I told you I knew that
dance and the gypsies say that death
always comes to player or hearer one
or the other. But one of the two can
choose which It shall kill or cure, so
they say. And look, dear, I nm sure
that Godfrith Ak knew the legend, and
that he chose it should be I'lrlc who
should be healed. I know it." Aud
her husband did not say her nay.
Black and White.
Policemen's Salaries.
The Municipal Journal and Engineer
has compiled a list of salaries paid to
policemen iu the principal cities of this
country. They are as follows:
Albany, X. Y., $!00; Allegheny. Pa.,
Sb.V); Baltimore, Md., $!;!(; Boston,
Mass., SHXHt to SIL'OO; Buffalo. X. Y..
ITL'O to SHOO; Cambridge .Mass.. $10!r.;
Chicago. III., $looo: Cincinnati. O., $7S0
to I10K0; Cleveland. O., $TSO to JKIOO;
Duytou. O., $70; Detroit. Mich.. $70(1
to $'.)00; Fall Kiver, Mass., $!l,18; Grand
Uapids. Mich., $74H; Iudlananolis. Iud..
S'Jo; Jersey City. N. .1.. $1000; Kansas
try. Mo., $S40; Louisville. Ky., H21;
Memphis, Teiin.. S:)oo; Milwaukee. Wis..
t'V); Minneapolis. Minn., $!)0t); Nash
ville, leuu., $.S10; Newark, X. J., $1095;
New Haven. Conn., $101).".; New York,
N. V $S00 to $1400: New Orleans. La..
$tloo; Omaha, Neb., $S40; Philadelphia,
Pa., $10011; Pittsburg, Pa., $!)12; Provi
dence, It. I.. $1095; Scrautou, Pa., $'JO0;
St. Louis, Mo.. $1000: St. Paul. Minn..
$40; San Antonio. Texas, $780; San
rranclsco, Cal $1224; St. Joseph, Mo..
$840; Syracuse, N. Y., $900; Treuton,
X. J., $780; Washington, D. C, $900 to
$1080; Wilmington. Del., $7.00; Worces
ter, Mass.. $1003; Youkers, N. V., $1200.
Taa First of Iu Kind.
The peace agreemeut between the
British and Boer leaders Is typewrit
ten, aud Is probably the first Instru
ment of the kind. Louis Botha's sig
nature Is described as being In a "lino,
clerkly hand." Th others are all
somewhat rougher, and Dolarey'g is
stated to be the roughest of all. By
the way, be splits bis name Into three
syllables, thus: de la Key, while his
redoubtable colleague of the late Free
State signs himself Christian de Wet,
also with a small "d."
Tb Beautiful Life.
To rise each morning with a thought
of God lu the soul, left over to All a
new mission from the night before;
to kneel ero descending the stuirs for
the eousecrutiou of your life, and tho
assurauce of His guidance of you, Just
for that day; this U the true prerace
of a beautiful life, -
New York City. Dark blue linen Is
ised lor tins stylish shirt waist, Willi
vhite linen and bands of embroidery
'or trimming.
Two deep pleats extend from shoulder
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misses' fancy oinsov blotjsb.
'.o belt in V-shaped outline at the back,
ind the waist is smoothing adjusted
inder the arms.
The pleats In front correspond with
those lu the back, and are stitched
their entire length. The waist closes
'u double-breasted style, the right side
fastening ou the left with large pearl
buttons, two rows of which trim the
fronts.
A white linen collar completes the
neck. The bishop sleeves are shaped
with Inside seams only. They have
comfortable fullness on the shoulders,
Qt the upper arm closely und are gath
ered at the lower edge on narrow
wristbands, These are finished with
flaring cuffs to match the collar.
Smart blouses In this mode are de
veloped In pique, cotton cheviot, per
?ule or galatea, heavy wash fabrics
being preferable, us the pleats should
reraulu stiff over the shoulders.
To make the blouse for a miss four
teen years will require one and three-
FANCY WAIST AND
luarter yards of thlrty-slx-luch ma
terial. Fur Call Ins; and Church.
For culling and church wear nothing
s mor? appropriate than a dark blue
ind white figured satin foulard com
bined with white. Such a dress Is il
ustrated lu the large drawing with nil
ver lace und white peuu de sole trim
uiings. The waist is made over a glove-fitted,
featherboned lining that closes iu tho
centre front. The back Is plain, with
dight fullness at the belt. It is faced
ivltli lace to a round yoke depth.
The front plastron is permanently
Utached to the right lining and closes
'nvlslbly on the left. The right full
'ts.nt Is arranged lu u deep box pleut
it the lower edge of the plastron and
liso fastens under the lep. front.
Double bertha collars finish the sides
f the lace front aud extend around the
jack below the yoke. They are
trimmed with white bauds and similar
Uraps edge the fronts In vest effect.
A lace collar completes the neck.
I'he sleeves are arranged In four In
verted box pleats that are flatly
stitched from shoulder toelbow. The
'j u!T formed by the fullness below tho
?lbow are gathered and arranged in
Jeep pointed cuffs of white peau de
sole, over which they droop grace
fully. The skirt Is shaped with five gores,
is r row front and sides and wide backs.
The closing U made Invisibly at the
centre back uuder two Inverted pleut
that are flatly pressed and present n
perfectly plain appearance.
The flounce Is shullow In front, but
graduates to a considerable depth at
'.he back and gives a utyllsh sweep
to the skirt at the floor. .Lace Is ap
plied fit the top of the hem as foot
f mm lug.
'o make the waist In tho medium
llsw TvUl require two and one-quarter
raids cf forty-four-luch material, with
ihree-qtiHiier yard of ull-over lace.
To make the skirt In the medium
ilse will require five and one-hnlC yards
)f rorty-four-lucu muterlal.
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Karly rail Hat.
Alrendy one pretty glii has a tall
lint ready to blossom forth on the first
suitable occasion. Indeed, it might be
worn now without the slightest hesita
tion. I'o begin with, the hat proper Is
of soft old pink straw n filling tribute
to the rose that have fled. In shape
It Is ou finn Toy line, the brim rolling,
but so flexible thnt it Is bent to the
most becoming form. The crown is
low and broad, the brim fntvd in with
the very same straw. As for rrlm
inlng. there's but an encircling wreath
of autumn leaves, it ml It Is a gem.
there being jusi enough of the green
to show off Ihe tingings of gold, crim
son and bronze, not to mention a scath
ing of the dead-leaf lints. These nil
work In beautifully with the delicate
dead rose of the bat proper.
Utility or Thin Clonks.
Women of fashion now Invariably
carry thin over-wrapping clonks of
some kind, always ready at hand, for
they are wonderfully prest vative of
gowns made of dellcule fabrics. It is
n great mistake to have long routs or
wraps made of heavy material, and
all elaboration should be kept for the
gowns themselves.
Dnuie-Htiaped Parasols.
The latest imported parasols are
dome-shaped, and are of medium size.
The sticks are of natural wood, with
crystal, porcelain or natural rustic
bandies. Soft moire Is the material
and white or green the color.
Pale Gray Ktamlne Costume,
The costume illustrated Is made of
pale gray etamlno over pink silk that
shows through the open mesh of the
material und lends a tone of color to
the entire toilet.
T1h waist Is made over a glove
fitted, featherboned lining that closes
In the centre front. The back is plain
across the shoulders and displays slight
fullness at the belt, arranged In tiny
pleats.
Tho vest of stoel embroidery is per
manently attached to the right lining
and closes Invisibly on the left. It Is
wide at the neck and tapers to a
point at the belt. A broad sailor collar
finishes the neck and farms long revers
In front. It Is edged with a frill of
gray ribbon.
FIVE GOItED SKIRT
The sleeves are fitted with Inside
seams only, have slight fullness on the
shoulders and are adjusted on deep
pleated cuffs, over which the sleeves
droop gracefully at the back. The belt
is of green velvet ribbon fastened with
a sliver buckle. In the skirt five well
proportioned gores are fitted smoothly
around the waist and hips without
darts. The fullness in the ceutre back
is arranged lu an underlying pleat at
each side of the closing.
The gored portion is cut off below
the knees and lengthened with a cir
cular flounce that flares stylishly at
the lower edge. To this Is added a
full-gathered flounce that gives a wide
sweep to the skirt at the floor.
Bauds of embroidery are applied at
the top of each flounce.
To make the waist In the medium
size will require one and three-quarter
yurds of forty-four-luch material, with
TUCBKD WAIST AHD TlVt OOBKD SKIRT.
one yard of nil-over embroidery. To
make the skirt In the medium size will
require four yards of forty-four-inch
material.
b:ars QECOMINC PLENTIFUL.
Hood Sport Hunting Hrtilu In Pcnntjl.
Tunl and New York.
"Bears ni'e getting thicker every year
In the Adirondack, and lu a few years.
If the woods have proper care, there
ought to be good sport bear bunting
again." said one of the guides at the
recent sportsman's show.
"The same Is true of Pennsylvania."
he continued, "and they are thicker
there In the mountain country now
than they have been before In years."
"How do you account for It?" the
guide was nsked.
"it's mostly a matter of Ores," he
replied. "Of lale years there's been
special nttetition paid in Pennsylvania,
and up In the north woods, to pre
venting any burning over of the
ground, whether it has been lumbered
or not. nnd this Is the best thing that
could happen for the bears.
"Thetv's nothing will put bears out
rf business like n forest five, and some
years ago. when nobody cared much
whether the wootls were burned out or
mil. these animals were mostly wiped
out.
"You see. a fire can't be dodged nor
run away from once It gets a-golng.
nnd when a she bear and a couple of
rubs get caught In n patch of woods
that's on fire, it's good-by Bruin. The
old one might have sense enough to
get lo n si ream or n lake If there's onp
handy, and live through it, but the cubs
get (lai'.ed, and are as liable to run
straight into It as not. Bear cults
don't have much sense, anyhow, and
some of the old ones, however much
cunning they have In some things, are
about the easiest fooled of any animal
alive.
"When a fire is coming nn old benr
will sometimes make for n hollow log
or a hole under a rock, nnd then, If It's
much of a fire, the chances are that he
gets so suffocated with smoke that he
makes u break for the open, only to
get singed and finally roasted. I've
seen bears fight a swarm of boes or a
big snake and got nwny with them,
but I've seen lots of bear carcases on
fresh-burned patches of woods.
"Another thing, which goes to show
that bears ain't real cute, is that they
have no end of curiosity, which Is what
used to do for the deer when they had
jack hunting up in the North Woods.
Y'ou take a long, square box, heavily
built, and drive spikes through Into
one end, which Is left open, with the
spikes slanted downward somewhat,
nnd then fasten a piece of meat In the
other end of the box, and you've got a
first-class bear trap. Along comes oltl
Mr. Brubi, who suiffs the box nnd
pokes In his head as far ns he can, one
end which is left open, witli the spikes,
catch him lu the neck, get tangled lu
his hair, and all he can do Is to waddle
nnd roll nud go backward. If the box
Is chained, he's 'in for life,' and It's
easy to go and finish him.
"You'd be surprised how fast a bear
will travel. Take It In tho woods that
have been lumbered, so there are open
spaces and plenty of room In the un
dergrowth, and an old bear will mnke
eight or ten miles an hour, while a cub
will make six without panting a bit.
I've sighted bears when the first snow
came and chased them for two days,
they gaining all the time. Of course
when there's much snow they cau't
make such good time.
"I was out a few days In the Penn
sylvania woods nnd hclted get an old
bear and two cubs' this year. I was
told that not less than fifty to seventy
five had been killed In the northern line
of counties next to New York State
this year. If the fires can only be
prevented , there ought to be as good
sport bear bunting lu a few years as
thre ever was. They'll never get
back to the Adlrondacks so thick as
they were forty years ago. There's
too many camps." Philadelphia Timer
Or eat Heat or Meteors.
Ordinarily the meteors that flash
across the sky at stated periods of time
burn themselves out lu the upper nlr,
but occasionally a meteoric mass lasts
long euough to reach the earth. One
fell on May 15, 11)00, at Felix. Ala.,
Meteors were seen on the occasion re
ferred to aud sundry explosions were
heurd, while luter on -a mass of
meteoric substance 'weighing seven
pounds was discovered embedded In
soft soil. This meteorite was analyzed
ind found to be built up of such min
erals as olivine, auglto. tiiollte, nickel
iron ami graphite carbon.
The dark color of the Felix sFone Is
stated to be due to the presence iu fair
amount of the last named substauce.
The Interest attaching to meteorites, of
course, centres around the fact that
they enable us to obtain glimpses of
'.he composition of other worlds thau
ours. Astronomy is well agreed ou the
unity of chemical composition which
marks the orbs, and even the simple
fact that it is hydrogen gas which
blnzes lu the sun and gives us our light
and heat is a .testimony to this fact.
Meteoric carbon and irou similarly dis
play links between these erratic bodies
and our own earth.
The Ktttreat oftlie (Haulers.
The shrinking of tin; Swiss glaciers
Is noted ou many pages of Baedeker.
Home notes lu u Swiss contemporary
show how rapidy the diminution is pro
ceeding. One glucler in particular iu
the Arolla Valley is declared to have
lost more thau 500 yurds In the last
quurter of a century. M. Ausevln, iu
iloed. the well known hotel keeper, who
has spent every summer at Arolla
since 1800, expresses the opinion that
the famous Col de Collon will present
ly cease to be a glucler puss. Should
that happen It will be un interesting
reversion to the earlier state of things.
The old chronicles of Evolena record
that Id the Middle Ages the Inhabitants
of the valley used habitually to drive
their cattle over the pass to take them
to market at Aosta.
Large Kttatea la Bohemia.
In Bohemia sixty-three nobles own
the greater part of the couutry. None
of their estates are less thau 12,000
seres.
Largest Cut Diamond.
The largest cut diamond lu the world
Is Utiit belonging to the Hajah of Mai
tan, lu Borneo. Its weight is 370
carats.
The mail from I.ondou to tihunghal,
which now Is on the way thirty-three
to thirty-six days, will require only
ixteeu days vlu the Siberluu Hallway.
COMMERCIAL BET1EW.
Gracrsl Trade Condltloss,
R. G. Dun & Co.'. "Weekly Review
f Trade" says:
"Fuel scarcity is still iie one serious)
nhistrial handicap. Protracted idle
(ess at anthracite mines increased th
ressure for soft coal and coke, and,
lespite new record of output, deliver
es are utterly inadequate owing to the
ck of motive power. This freight
lockade of coke trains has closed many
urnaces, while tlte increatin? call for
J.msporting facilities on crop account
fives little prospect of early relief
Votwitlwranding . the congestion, rail
vay earnings thus far reported for Au
just show gains of 3.4 per cent, over
'ast year and 17.06 per cett. over 1900.
rt'eatlter conditions have been less tuii
'ormly favorable fur agricultural pro
lucts, yet no severe loss is reported.
Current trade is of gnoJ volume for tfhe
jcason, while the outlook for the future
-s bright. Buyers arc numerous in all
he leading markets, p'acing orders lib
rally at well sustained quotations.
" Textile mills are well occupied, busi
ness gradually increasing in the cotton
goods division, and demands for quick
kiivery emphasize the fact that rtos;k
:rc low and requirements for consump
tion are pressing. Footwear shops at
:lie Fast h'uve assurance of full opera
;ion for two months, alrliottgli there is
uuch complaint of quotations in con
icction with the sensational movement
f the material. Packer hides at Chi
ago have attained new high record
M-ices. and oak sole leather has ad
vanced. "Staple products average somewhat
uglier in prices. Failures for the week
lumbered 207 in the United State-,
igainst 205 last year, and ,10 in Canada,
tgainst 35 a year ago."
LATEST QUOTATIONS.
Flour Spring clear, f'j 10a3.30; best
Patent. $4.50; choice Family, $3.75.
Wheat New York No. 2. 76c;
Philadelphia No 2, 73-1ia74c; Baltimore
No 2, 73c.
Corn New York No. 2, 65c; Phila
delphia No. 2. t0iii;7.'i; Baltimore No. 2,
Olo.
Oats New York No. 2. 53Ko; Phila
delphiu No. 2, 43o: Baltimore No 2,
.14 c.
liny No. 1 timothy, 19.00al9.50;
No. 2 timothy. lS.0Oai8.5O; No. 3 tim
othy Hti.00ai7.00
Green Fruits and Vegetables. Beets,
Native, per hunch lc. Cabbage Na
tive per 100 $1.00u3.00; Wakefield,
per 100, $2.(X)a3.00. Cantuloupes-per
crate 50ou$1.00. Cucumbers per bas
ket 12a20c. Eggplants, per 100, 100a
1 2"i. Lettuce, per bushel box 30u50o.
Onions, New, per bushel 7fa80o.
Peaches, per box 3fa45o. Pineapples.
Florida, per crate, $1.7.rii2.fjO. String
bonus, per bushel, green, 3fa40o; wax,
3oii40c Tomatoes, Potomac, per sii
buskot carrier, fuuey, 40au0o do, fair"
to good 20a30o.
Potatoes, Potomac, per brl. No 1,
$1 OOul 10; do, seconds, 7585o; do,
calls, fiOafjOo; do, Kasteru Shore, per
brl. No 1, 1 OOul 25.
Butter, Separator, 22a23o; Gathered
cream, 21a22c; prints, 1-lb 2fa2(5o; Rolls,
2-lb. 25a2li; Duiry pts. Md., Pa., Va..
23u24e.
Eggs, Fresh-laid eggs, per dozen,
HM'JUo
Cheese, Largo, 60-lb, 10v10)c; me
dium, 36-lb, lO.ValOw; picnics, 22-U
10xal0c.
Live Poultry, Hens, UKal2o; old
roosters, each 25a30c; spring chickens,
I'.'alSKo, young stugs, llal2Ho. Ducks
Hal2o.
Hides, Heavy steers, associatioa and
suiters, late kill, 60-lbs and up, olose se
lection, 12al3c: cows and light steers
9Xal0K
Provisions and Hog Produots. Bulk
clear rib sides, 12Ko; bulk shoulders,
lOXo; bulk bellies, 13c; bulk ham butts,
lOHo; bacon clear rib sides, 12o; bacon
shoulders, UHo; sugar-oured breasts,
ll,c; sugar-cured shoulders, HVc;
sugar-cured California hams, 10fc;
humscanvased or uncanvased, 12 Iks.
and over, 14Xo; refined lard tieroes, brls
and 50 lb cans, gross, HHo; refined lurd,
second-hand tubs, ll!Ko; refined lard,
hulf-barrels and new tubs, llo.
Live Stock.
Chicago, Cattle, Mostly 10al5o lower,
good to prime steers f 8 00a8 75; medium
$4 25a7 25; stocknrs ami feeders $2 MO
a5 25; cows, $1 60a5 50; heifers i 25a
G 00; Texss-fed steers : 00a5 00. Hogs,
Mixed and butchers $ij 50u7 35; good to
choice, heavy $7 007 35;' Shoep, shee
und lambs slow to lower; good to choice
whothers 3 50a4 00; Western sheep
2 50a350.
East Liberty, Cattle steady; choice
17 75u8 00; prime $7 15a7 20. Hogs,
prime heavy 7 15a7 20, mediums 7 20;
heuvy Yorkers 7 30a7 35. Sheep steady,
Best wethers $4 10u4 25 culls and com
taon $1 50a2 00; choice lambs $5 75a6 00.
LABOR A0 INDUSTRY
Over 10,000 white farmers are need
d in Natal, South Africa.
There are 20,000 unemployed in the
'rovince of Matanzas, Cuba.
Laborers on the aqueduct at Croton
V. Y., have been granted a iohour day!
laborers at Holyoke, Mass., avoided
1 strike by uniting with the Protective
7nion.
The strike at Uie New Haven (Conn.)
Iron and Steel Company has been set
led. The company will reinstate all
tie strikers.
Ogden, Utah, labor unions arc sue
essfully agitating a Friday half-holiday
novement.
Farmhands at Lenox, Mass., struck
tecause of the employment of a non
inicm laborer.
Uuioo miners at Lafayette, Col., havr
von their strike, the non-union men
tonsenting to join' the union.
A movement is on foot to establish s
rranch of United Typographical Work
its' Union in Lewiston, Maine.
San Francisco (Cal.) upholsterers
rave received an increase of 50 cerars s
lay under the new wage schedule, tho
ormer rate being $j. . ..
Convict labor will perform the work
f grading rtie grounds ar Mississippi's
lew .State House, at Jackson.
Arrests have been made at Chicago
n connection with a ystr?matic attempt
f forging union cigar labels.
Tlie strike of weavers at the Puritan
Willi, Plymouth, Mass., is broken, and
Jie operatives are returning to work.
At a meeting at Durham, England, oi
lie Owners and Miners' Conciliation
Board a reduction of 3 t-2 per cent, in
vajs was agreed to.
Car inspectors, car repairers and
ierks -in the car department!! of the
-ariotis railroad's in Atlanta, Ca., will
OfW iu.fr a.ternal Jinion, .