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The farmer digged a ditch to drain
A plot that tuna in swamp had lainj
And guided it mi lie had plnnned,
in windings through hi pasture land.
At first, utilised to wander here, By root and curve it learned to sing,
It found the pathway plain and drear J Olnd children sought its wandering
And wished that it might backward roam Until, deep in its winding nook,
To seek the marshy ways of home. It almost thought itself a brook.
Cora A, Matson-Dolson, in tho National Magazine.
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The fine snow was drifting across
the steppo before tho first wind of
winter. It began to come very softly
and silently at daybreak, and quickly
powdered the landscape, covering up
all ugliness, making unsightly places
even beautiful; but nil tho same it
was cruel.
It struck the knell of the long si
lence: Sorgtus'Konskl, sometime stu
dent of Warsaw, and bow supposed
to be living peaceably on his father's
lands at Erlcnsk on the Siberian fron
tier, stood still at the gateway of one
of his father's fields and looked up
the long bleak vista of the road
which led away from Erlensk and
towards Poland und life. Such was
the thought In the lad's heart, for
from his mother's side ho was a
Tole; and every heart-beat was In
sympathy with his mother's people.
One brief year had he spent lu
Warsaw; twelve short mouths Into
which had been crowded the fierce
experience of a lifetime; then sud
denly and swiftly, he and his sister,
who had been attending university
classes at the same time, had been
removed from Warsaw. They had
not dared to ask a question; they
knew too well the reason, though the
matter had never been mentioned In
the great house of Kouskl. The Hues
had simply deepened in the face of
old Konskl, and he had become more
taciturn than ever.
"You have had your chance and
mado a fool of yourself, Serge, be
sides dragging Vera Into danger.
You can Btay at home now and make
a fool of yourself to some purpose."
That was nine months ago. Tho
pair were not content how could
they be? Can the eagle, who has
been accustomed to soar from height
to height, to contemplate the Inac
cessible only as a spur to further
achievement, sit down contentedly to
preen his feathers In tho homely
doye-cot, however sheltered and safe?
Tho thing Is Impossible. These two
young, eager hearts, whom the love
of freedom had consecrated, who had
beheld great wrongs and burned to
redress them, were fretting their
hearts out now, and It was the begin
ning of the long silence.
Serge was expecting no one; he
was simply contemplating the road
which led to life, and wondering how
long before the cords would become
so strong that they would draw him
sway from every tio that bound him
to the steppes. He had the thin,
eager face of the enthusiast, the
dreamer of dreams. He wore a loose
blouse of frieze, cut low at the throat
and revealing the strenuous muscles
there; his eyes seemed to burn, to be
full of deep thoughts. It was a sin
gularly handsome, a winning, arrest
ing face. But It was not the face of
the man who could suffer the long
silence.
Suddenly a remote sound smote
upon his ear; and through the film
of the flying snow he beheld lu the
far vista of the road an approaching
vehicle. Ho drew himself up, an
alertness seemed to spring to every
muscle; he stepped out Into the mid
dle of the road. He was not aware
of any expected arrival, yet non9 the
less was he conscious of a sudden
flutter of anticipation. Anything
might happen any day; that was the
only thing which made endurance
possible. The vehicle, drawn by a
pair of swift but now Jaded horses,
approached swiftly, until Serge could
discern It held two persons. They
were so wrapped up, however, so
little of their faces visible, that no
recognition was possible until they
came within a few hundred yards.
Then he gave a little cry and held
up his hand. The plunging horses
were InBtantly stopped, and one of
the travelers alighted.
"Drive on to the stables, Ivan.
Yes, the stables of Ccunt Konskl.
How are you, Serge?"
The face of the youth In the frieze
blouse was suffused with a light
which touched like a live coal the
warm heart of the Englishman. They
shook bands In silence.. Not until
the horses had disappeared did a fur
ther word pass between them.
"What brings you here, Arthur?"
asked Serge in a low voice. "That Is
a matter of urgency I can see."
The Englishman wiped the powder
f the snow from his keen, clean
shaven face.
"It la a matter of life or death,
Serge. I loft St. Petersburg on Mon
day. On Sunday the Terror began,
and when I loft .the soldiers were in
the streets shooting down the de
fenceless citizens."
"But there is more, Arthur. You
would uot ride so many hundred
miles to tell us that."
"There 1b more. You know Ore-
sky? He Is high In favor at the Win
ter Palace. He told me privately on
Sunday evening that you and Vera
are on the list. You must look after
yourself. I have come to take her
away."
"I question If she will go," said
Serge, and his face began to burn
slowly, as If the tire vlthlu consumed
him.
"She Is my promised wife, and
will take her," said the Englishman,
and be set bis face as he spoke, and
looked as If be meant his words.
"The wan who was In St. Petersburg
on Bod Sunday will not stop at Any
half measures. For look you, Serge,
It Is no puny rising of s handful
against the powers of hell; the great
est forces tht world has ever seen
VHted sgatnst one another, and do
ont can (oreses the end, BaK Vera
DITCH.
Br.t soon the violets learned to prow.
As in the haunts it wod to know;
The soothing mint crept up its hunks,
And lings and rushes waved their ranks.
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I will save Take me to your
father "
Serge walked by his side, secretly
glorying. Oh, this was a man worthy
the name one to whom no task was
Impossible.
They came, talking volubly of mat
ters, concerning their mutual Inter
ests, being friends of long standing,
to the door of the house, where they
were met by the Count hlniBelf, a
haggard man, with a strong, forbid
ding face and deep eyes which no
man had over fathomed. The arrival
of the spent horses In the stable-yard
had already apprised him of the un
eipected guest, whom he was ready
to welcome, though ho only knew
him by repute. But hospitality was
one of tho traditions of the Castlo of
Konskl, and besides, tho Englishman
bore a noblo name.
"This is Arthur Beaulleu, father,"
said Serge. "Ho has ridden at peril
of his life to us. I wHl leave him to
explain his errand - "
Ho disappeared in search of bis sis
ter, and the old Count turned in
quiringly to his guest, whose errand
was quickly told. The old man lis
tened, leaning slightly on the veran
da door; and but for an added grav
ity he did not seem disturbed.
"The times are troubled, but we
are remote here In the Castle of
Konskl, and there has been no sur
veillance since the children came
from Warsaw."
"Count, it was but a lull before
the storm. I tell you what will hap
pen In Russia in the next week will
be a world's wonder, and he who
warned me did not lie. I took pains
to verify his warning. And I am
here. Unless you give Vera to me
to-morrow, and let me take her away,
she will be taken less gently, and to
a harder prison than an English
man's house."
"She has no mother," said the old
man from behind tho thickness of
his beard. "I am afraid."
"Of what? Not of me, I hope. I
am an honorable man, Count Konskl,
and I am able to give my wife tho
comfort she needs and should have."
A strange, shuddering sigh came
up from the depths of tho old man's
heart, and he covered his eyes for a
moment with his hand.
"Hark! they are coming. Vera
shall decide," said the old man.
They came from within the house,
the brother and sister together, and
the Englishman's heart leaped as he
saw the light in the girl's eyes. She
was a radiant creaturo, with the blue
eyes and the gold hair of her Polish
mother, and such grace of figure as
no rude garments could hide."
She gave her hand to Arthur, and
he raised it to his lips.
He has come, the Englishman, to
take you away, Vera," said the old
man, with a strange guttural note In
his voice. "It seems you have but'
the two alternatives to go with him
or wait till they take you to the for
tress of St. Peter and St. Paul."
Her face scarcely blanched, but her
steadfast eye was fixed on the Eng
lishman's face.
"If Arthur says so, It Is true, fa
ther, but It 1b you who will decide.
I am your onlyglrl, and here I stay."
"But " began Arthur, until
her hand on his Hps stopped him.
Ho pressed it passionately. The old
man surveyed them with a mournful
pathos, perceiving that the child's
heart had gone into the Englishman's
keeping, and that It mattered little
how he should decide.
"May Jod deal with you as you
deal with her," he said, and holding
his bands a moment towards them as
if in blessing, he passed within the
house.
At daybreak, when there was a lull
in the steady storm, the carriage
stood ready in the courtyard. The
Englishman came out first, not wish
ing to intrude upon the last fare
wells. "Is all right, Ivan?" he asked tn
squat-faced driver, whom he had
bound to his service by many kind
nesses. The man nodded, and bent
to tighten the girths as they came
from the house. He smiled to him
self, observing th?t to outward seem
ing there was no girl. Vera woro a
suit of her brother's, and a long coat
and a small cap with flaps tied about
her ears.
She was very pale, and there was
anguish in her eyes. But hope
seemed to return to thorn as they fell
upon the Englishman's steadfast
face. Serge was behind, on his eager
face a strange lumiuous uplifted look.
The old man did not come until Vera
was strapped in her place and Beau
lleu stood ready to step in. '
. "We shall meet, Count, in happier
circumstances when the Terror is
over. Meanwhile your treasure will
be safe, please God, in England."
British Weekly.
Muttons and Women's Clothes.
"Why does a woman button her
garments on the left side?" The
question Is being dlBcussed in the
Tailor and Cutter by several corre
spondents, one of whom advances
this theory: "For ladles to have
the buttonholes in the light side of
their garments has its origin in the
times when it was necessary for a
lady when going out at night to have
a gentleman escort, who supported
her upon his left arm, leaving his
right or sword arm at liberty. Thus
the '...dy's left hand would be free to
fasten or unfasten her cloak at her
own pleasure and without lcconven
lenoe.' --Loudon Telegraph,
OCEAN CAUGHT
DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRADE WONDERFULLY INTERESTING
INDUSTRY ONE HUNDRED MILLION FOUNDS A YEAR LANDED
IN BOSTON By N. D. FREEMAN, OF BOSTON.
c i iio e
Those who see the products of the
sea only when placed before them
In the form of food little realize what
the production of It by tho hardy
fishermen who go out upon our fish
ing banks at this season of the year
means. What dangers they face and
j what risks they take to furnish for
our enjoyment the fish which please
our palate and add so much to our
food supplies. The supply of ocean
caught fresh fish has been of con
tinuous but slow growth, until now
it has reached the enormous amount
of one hundred million pounds a year
landed In Boston alone direct from
the fishing boats, to which may be
added forty million pounds more
landed at other points along the New
England coast and transported by
railroads and Btcamboats to Boston
to be distributed all over the United
3tates and the Dominion of Canada.
Tils does not Include the halibut
caught in southeastern Alaska by
Boston-owned steamers constructed
expressly for fishing in those waters
and transported by rail from Pacific
ports by express trains landing the
fish in Boston In pen'et.1 condition In
ten days from the time they were
caught; and often in less time, of
which there were landed here about
ten million pounds, also one million
pounds of fresh salmon from the
rivers of Washington, Oregon and
California. Our fishing boats and
manner of fishing have changed very
much during the growth and develop
ment of this business, which dates
back about sixty years, when the
business of bringing fresh fish to the
Boston market first began. At that
time there were only a few small
boats, carrying four or five men
which carried on their fishing in Mas
sachusetts and Barnstable bays, fish
ing during the day and coming to
market during the night to be here
in the early morning with their catch,
disposing of what they could, which
was often a small portion of their
catch, and taking those for which
there was no sale outside of Boston
light and tossing them overboard,
and catching some more to go back
to market with. At that time the
market was purely a local one, and
the fish were distributed from hand
carts and pedlers' wagons in their
immediate vicinity. It is no exag
geration to say more fresh fish are
often landed now in Boston in one
day than were landed then In a whole
year, and it is a query often asked,
where do they all go? There Is hard
ly a railroad train leaves this city
but what part of Its capacity Is filled
with fresh fish. The facilities for
distributing them has' kept pace with
the production and demand, and they
are carried into every town and city
of this country east of the Mississippi
River and north of the Potomac and
Ohio, some being distributed to still
greater distances, but the territory
mentioned is the principal territory
over which they are distributed.
With the custom of packing them in
ice the business very much increased.
When this innovation was first sug
gested the fishermen held up their
bands in holy horror. What, pack
our fish in ice! ! Freah water ice! It
will spoil the fish. They will not be
fit to eat. Whoever heard of such a
ridiculous thing as trying to keep salt
water fish with fresh-water ice? But
some of the more progressive skip
pers thought the experiment worth
trying, and of course in a short time
proved the fallacy of the theory that
fresh-water ice would spoil salt-water
fish. This also improved the condi
tions for distributing the fish. The
dealers found that fish packed in ice
would keep in good condition for
several days, and consequently could
be transported farther. Fish mar
kets sprang up all over New Eng
land, and the demand caught up with
the supply, and no more fish were
carried out past Boston light and
thrown overboard for want of a mar
ket. The fish at that time- were all
caught by hand line, as it Is called,
the boats being anchored and the
fishermen fishing with one or two
lines to a man. Soon after the gen
eral use of ice In packing, the de
man so Increased the hand-line style
of fishing found itself unable to sup
ply the demand.
About this time tho trawl came in
to use, being used by some Irish fish
ermen who had used them on the
Irish coast. They were roundly
cursed by the hand liners, who
thought the business was doomed,
but they soon found it they were
going "to keep up with the proces
sion" they must adopt the trawl, and
as the fleet of boats was increasing
they must look out for other fishing
grounds, as the waters of Massachu
setts and Barnstable bays'idld not
afford grounds enough for the fleet
to fish over, and they began to go
farther out and have continued to ex
tend the area of their fishing grounds
until at the present time the entire
coast of New England and Nova
Scotia are covered by our fishing
boats in pursuit of their business of
catching fresh fish for the Boston
market.
There has been the same advance
and perhaps even greater in the size
and style of vessels used in fishing
as along other lines of business. The
crack American fishing vessel has at
all times stood next only to the crack
American yacht, than which there
are no safer or faster sailing vessels
afloat. From the fifteen or twenty
tonner with its four or five men of
sixty years ago, to the hundred and
fifty ton fishing vessel of to-day, with
its twenty-two men, is Indeed a long
reach, and they have been developed
during that time to the finest speci
mens of marine architecture afloat.
The present season has seen another
Innovation in the way of catching
fish. The steam otter trawler, which
as yet is only an experiment In this
'country, although used almost en
tirely In supplying the English mar
ket. They have proved an unquali
fied success on their fishing grounds
and there seems to be no reason why
fhey should not be here if our
grounds are adapted to that kind of
Iisning. This requires a smooth
ottoin, as other w Us the trawl is
FRESH FISH
damaged by the obstructions. She
has been going about four months.
At first she did not meet with very
good success, but later has made
good trips, and those Interested In
the venture are very much encour
aged. Should this be demonstrated
to be the more economical way of
producing fish It moans an entire
revolution In our manner of fishing,
and in time our markets will be sup
plied with fish caugth by steam fish
ermen instead of sailing vessels.
This, however, may be a long way
off, as it means large capital, a first
class steam trawler and equipment
costing about five times as much as
a first-class sailing vessel and equip
ment. The fishermen have also
changed during the sixty years. At
that time ninety-five out of every
hundred were American-born. As
their children grew up they aspired
to something higher In life than to
be a mere fisherman. As the demand
for fish Increased the skippers were
obliged to look elsewhere than among
Americans for their crews. The Irish
and men from the Provinces came
first. The same evolution took place
with them as with the Americans.
Their children aspired to something
higher. Then came the Portuguese,
with nearly the same result. And It
looks now as if in the future perhaps
not far distant they might bo manned
largely by Italians. They are Just
starting out in small, open boats, and
the natural course of events will
carry them eventually to the larger
boats. The captains of our vessels
deserve a word, for upon them de
pends very much the Buccess of this
industry. They are men well quali
fied for the business, with unques
tioned courage and excellent Judg
ment, and are drivers in their busi
ness in the fullest meaning of the
word. They are weather wisu to an
extent which almost beats the weath
er bureau, and while oftentimes
their actions to a novice would ap
pear to be reckless, rarely make mis
takes. This little Incident, which the
writer knows to be a fact, Illustrates
this trait in their character. One
morning on Georges bank, when the
weather looked rather threatening
and the barometer indicated foul
weather, one of our most enterpris
ing captains gave the order to throw
out the dories and set the trawls.
One of his crew, being a little timid
and not liking the looks of the
weather, went aft and said to the skip
per he was not feeling well and could
not go out to fish, to which the skip
per made this reply, "G'wan, git intet
ye dory, this is no harsplttle." Tbs
fellow knew there was nothing to dc
but "git inter the dory," wl'th the
result that they had a good day's
catch and made a profitable trip,
while some other boats whose cap
tains were not so good Judges of the
weather lost the day's fishing alto
gether. There is no prettier sight t?
be seen anywhere than a fleet of fish
ermen racing to market, for they
know the first one arriving is sure
of getting the best prices for their
catch, and with plenty of wind, if
sails and spars stand, there is not
much time wasted in sleep whilo.
making the passage to market, which
they often reach so covered with ice
that when the halliards are cast off
the sails remain up until they have
beaten off the ice from the ropes so
they will pass through the blocks.
It is a life full of danger, risk and'
excitement, but there is a fascination
about it that, after a man once starts
In In earnest, it seems as it he can
not be contented In any other busi
ness. No braver or better men live,
and they earn every cent they receive,
and if at times prices seem to be high
for what they produce. Just remem
ber what it means to catch and bring
their goods to us for our enjoyment.
Boston Grocer.
Timidity and Talent.
A great deal of talent is lost to the
world for the want of a little cour
age. Every day sends to their graves
a number of obscure men who have
only remained obscure because their
timidity has prevented them from
making a first effort and who, if
they could have been Induced to be
gin, would in all probability have
gone great lengths in the career of
fame.. The fact is that to do any
thing in this world worth doing we
must not stand shivering on the
brink and thinking of the cold and
danger, but Jump in and scramble
through as well as we can. It will
not do to be perpetually calculating
risks and adjusting nice chances. It
did very well before the flood, when
a man could consult his friends upon
an intended scheme for a hundred
and fifty years and then live to see
its success for six or seven centuries
afterward. But at present a man
waits and doubts and hesitates and
consults his brother and his undo
and his first cousins and particular
friends till one flue day he finds
that he Is sixty-five years of age;
that he has lost so much lime in con
sulting first cousins and particular
friends that he has no time left to
follow their advice. Sydney Smith.,
on "Courage In the Use of Talent."
Potentialities of Coal Tar.
The discoveries of the potentialities
of coal tar have allowed of the pro
duction of the beautiful alizarine and
aniline dyes of to-day, and it has
made them far cheaper than the old
pigments. It Is characteristic that,
while an Englishman made the dis
covery on which a great part of mod
ern chemical industry is based, none
of his countrymen could be Induced
to take advantage of It, It was too
theoretic for the self-styled practical
man ot business, who preferred his
old method ot the vat and the tub;
and the prophet of coal tar, being
without honor In bis own country,
bad to find n refuge among Germans,
who were not so blind to a new inven
tion. London Globe.
Dresden has Just ooened a hiiMm
establishment tor dogs. It is owned
and governed y tht municipality.
STORING COAL UNDER WATER
Captain .Bet'liler Reports Advantages
of Using Submerging Cisterns.
In a report to the Bureau of Equip
ment of the Navy, Washington, D. C,
and also in a paper printed in the
proceedings of the Naval Institute,
Captain W. 11. Beehler, commandant
of the naval station at Key West,
Fla., urges the advisability, It not
necessity, of storing coal for the use
of the service in concrete tanks capa
ble of being filled with Bait or sea
water. He particularly calls atten
tion to the appropriation made by
Congress for new storage sheds at
Key West, and asks that these be
constructed in accordance with his
ideas.
After relating his experience with
fires In coal plies at his Btation, which
he attributes to the fact that the coal
Is in heaps from twenty-five to thirty
five feet high, and that the conse
quent pressure generates heat, setting
fire to the escaping gases, ho gives
tho following as the advantages of a
watertight concrete coal shed:
"The submerged storage of coal
will hermetically seal the gases In
that coal. Small pockets of com
bustion cannot be formed with the
coal under water. The gases cannot
be formed with the coal under water.
The pressure upon the particles of
coal at different depths will not bo so
groat. The pressure at the bottom
will not develop heat, because the
pressure In a reservoir of water fifty
feet deep does not generate any heat
at. the bottom of that reservoir by
the weight of the superincumbent
mass of water. Fires In coal stored
under water are Impossible.
"The of fighting fires during the
last ten months at Key West would
more than defray the cost of convert
ing that Bhed into a concrete water
tight cistern as proposed.
"Coal so stored will be delivered
damp, and there will be no loss of
coal dust carried away by the wind.
"In fighting fires at present, streams
ot salt water are poured in upon the
fires, and this salt water has a very
deleterious effect upon the steel
framework of the shed, which would
not be the case when no fires are
generated."
The suggestions made by Captain
Beehler are being considered at tho
Navy Department, and It is said that
it is possible experiments will be
made to demonstrate the truth of his
'theory.
The Soft-Snap Man.
One of the marvels of a busy sea
son, with its demand for labor in
every line, is the number of men who
stretch their listless length day after
day on the grass of the park blocks
in this city or doze on the park
benches over the sporting columus
of the dally papers.
The call to labor is resounding
throughout the land. No able-bodied
man is now idle except from
choice; the wages offered everywhere
and in every vocation are living
wages, with something to spare for
tho rainy day.
It is not work, however, that tho
park idler wants. He would even
scorn "employment" unless it camo
to him with the "soft-snap" guaran
tee. And It may be as well to say,
though the statement may shatter the
languid hopes of the soft-snap man,
that this guarantee does not accom
pany the demand for labor that is
heard on every hand. Employers
were never more willing than now tc
concede the truth of the assertion!
''The laborer is worthy of his hire,"
nor were they ever less ready than
now to palter with men who work
under compulsion and perform as
little actual service for the stipulated
wage as Is possible. Portland Ore
gonlan. Hugo Ranches of Mexico.
Ranches in Mexico are of no mean
size. Ex-Governor Terrazas, of Chi
huahua, has 17,000,000 acres. The
Zuloaga family Is said to hold 5,000,
000. Properties of 1,000,000 and 2,
000,000 acres are not uncommon.
Among tho Americans who have large
ranches may be mentioned Fleming &
Ross, the Riverside Cattle Comnanv.
'with 2,000,000 acres and a fine herd
of Herefords; Phobe Hearst, of Cali
fornia, who has a magnificent place
west of Mlnaca; the Millers and the
three Mormon colonies. Gordon,
Ironsides & Ferrlss, a Canadian com
pany, have 1,000,000 acres; Lord
Boresford, a relative of the Admiral,
has a large ranch where he raises fine
horses; auother Englishman named
Irmstead owns a large property.
Smaller places of from 40,000 acres
upward are numerous. The price of
land now runs from fifty to seventy
five cents gold per acre, with a strong
tendency to rise. From Modern
Mexico.
As Seen From a Balloon.
Sense of danger you have of
course none, for you are so aghast at
the dangers run by your dear ones
below from motors and bicycles and
trains and gas-works, and all the
other things terestrlal, that all con
cern for your own safety goes. And
the shocking air they breathe and the
horrid little worm-like trains that
burrow in and out of dark-looking
holes. How unhealthy the whole
earthly existence seems to you as you
glide motionless through the air, with
white clouds below you stretched
out as a sort of Bilver carpet at your
feet, and above you nothing but a
limitless expanse ot deep blue sky.
From the Bystander.
Ho Got a Prompt Answer.
. A certain well known London laV
yer excelled in cross-examination.
His gift of humor often served him
where other methods were unsuc
cessful. For Instance, a young wo
man In the witness box was asked
her age. She hesitated to reply,
"Don't hesitate," said the lawyer.
"The longer you hesitate the older
you are."
And the witness took the hint.
Pearson's Weekly,
English Praise of Baseball.
In many ways baseball Is a game
particularly suitable for the youth ot
England. To excel at It requires
many ot those qualities which are
particularly lacking In British sport
generally. Fry's Magazine, London.
SALTED WHALE.
Some Say It is Hotter Thnn Poor Iioof
South America Cries For It.
The preservation and exportation
of whale meat Is becoming a big In
dustry in parts of the Oulf of St.
Lawrence. For so me time past the
fishermen of Gaspe have been In the
habit ot salting down portions of tho
meat of the whale for their own use
when short of other food, but now 1';
la found that the article Is eagerly
consumed by boiuo of tho South
American peoples and consequently
It is becoming quite an article of com
merce. One company has established a
large plant on an Island in tho region
known as Seven Islands, in the north
of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and
maintains a regular whaling steamer
to kill and tow In the whales to the
factory. Two species of whales are
taken, the humped back and the sul
phur bottom. They are so plentiful
that there Is no difficulty in killing
and towing to the factory one a day,
which Is all that the present capacity
of the factory can accommodate.
Each whale is valued at about $2000,
so that the business Is a very lucra
tive one.
Formerly all the flesh went Into
guano, which is worth $30 to $35 a
ton. Now, however, the prime meat
Is all salted down for food, and ex
cellent eating it makes, too, for those
who like it, many contending that It
is superior to the coarser grades of
beef salted in barrels, especially
when used In stews and hashes, or
served up as corned beef.
China is said to offer an excellent
market for the meat, but at present
the Initial company in the St. Law
rence, which is likely to be soon fol
lowed by several others, has a de
mand for all that it can ship to South
America.
WORDS OF WISDOM,
Blue sermons often come out of a
brown study.
The worst part of any trouble is
waiting for it.
The radius of a man's life will de
pend on its centre.
Many a life that is short In years
Is long in its reach.
Only the smile that Is rooted bears
fruits of refreshing.
Habitual brooders hatch out only
the buzzards ot despair.
No man ever broke his own back
with his brother's burden.
You lose force with men as soon
as you lose faith in them.
Every great talent has come out of
many a furnace-like trial.
No man ever succeeded in preach
ing truth by acting a lie.
When riches get into the heart they
are sure to make it poor.
The world is not lighted by burn
ing tho candle at both ends.
Losses are gains in so far as they
rid us of fair weather friends.
A man's judgment of others Is
often an Indictment of himself.
Some make no progress in the way
because they are forever asking why.
The honors you confer on the un
worthy only sink thera in deeper
disgrace.-
The saddest thing about the night
ot sin is that men think it is broad
daylight.
When the church begins to brag of
Its furniture if often goes broke on
Its faith. Raul's Horn.
Big Profits in Fancy Apples.
Stories are coming East of the
large profits made by fruit gro crs
In eastern Washington State. In the
Wenatchee valley the prosperous'con
dition of orcharding has increased
laud values to as high as $250 per
acre for the raw land with water
rights. Orchards in full bearing
range all the way from $700 to
$1000 per acre. The boom is the
result of a very favorable season,
when good apples have been selling
at $2 a box at shipping stations. One
or two unfavorable seasons might
change the situation. The region la
described as more like a great or
chard village than an ordinary farm
ing section, the farms being small
and the houses close together, with
telephones, electric lights and other
improvements common. The orchard
work is carried on In a very thor
ough manner, with the land kept
thoroughly cultivated and cleaned.
The trees have a long growing sea
son and apples fruit at five years
from setting. The apples produced
here are of very fine appearance and
have a peculiar waxy skin, which
finds favor with the buyers. The ac
tual flavor is not equal to the best
apples produced in the East, but the
Washington apples are carefully
graded and packed and sell close to
the top of the market prices.
Hot Blood of Youth.
"There were a couple of old forty
niners down in Tombstone, Arizona,"
said a tourist the other day, "who
were great friends. One ot them was
eighty years old and the other eighty
one. They were taking their morn
ing toddy one day and full into a dis
agreement over the date ot some
pioneer occurrence. Each was in
sistent on his own recollection ot it
and finally they got into a regular
quarrel. Backing away from the bar
they drew their guns and blazed
away at each other, but their sight
was bo dim and their hands bo un
steady that all the bullets weut wide.
When their guns were emptied the
barkeep emerged from beneath the
counter and made them shako hands
and make up. The local paper, The
Epitaph, In describing the occur
rence, treated it in an Indulgent vein
and closed by saying: "Well, boys
will bo boys.'" Dulutb" News-Tribune.
5, Preserving Churches.
The difficulty In respect of church
conservation is held in two contra
dictory lights, and fa required tor
two incompatible purposes. To the
Incumbent the church is a workshop
or laboratory: to the antiquary It Is
a relic. To the parish it is a utility:
to the outsider It Is a luxury. How
can those Incompatible! be united?
Estatss Gazette
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and
The Vienna Abendpost claims for
Siegfried Markhus, of Vienna, the
honor ot having invented the motor
car.
In 1857 the Duke of Parma had
his photograph upon his visiting
cards. Hence tho term "cartes-de-vislte."
Marmalade, then made only of
quinces, was known in Henry VIII. 's
reign. The word Is derived from
"mermelo," a quince.
The original greenroom seem to
have been painted green in order to
relieve the eyes of actors dazzled by,
the glare of the footlights.
The most costly tomb in existence
Is that which was erected to the
memory ot Mahomet. The diamonds
and rubies are valued at 2,000,000.
In the States of Arkansas, Indi
ana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Ne
braska, Texas, Oregon and Wiscon
sin an alien may vote upon comply,
ing with the State laws, after having
made his preliminary declaration
to become a citizen of the United
States. Under possible exigencies of
American politics, the election of a
President and Vlce-rresldent and the
determination of the policies of the
Government might be determined by
the votes of aliens. In all the other
States no person is allowed to voto
who is not a citizen of the United
States.
An old Bible, bought by a French
army officer in a second-hand book
shop at Mont de Marsan contained
long lost treasure. The officer, turn
ing over the book in his quarters,
was astonished to find in it coupons
and scrip to the value of more than
$2000. These bore the name of the
holder, at St. Pierre du Mont, and
the address of a notary of the same
place. On communicating with the
notary the officer learned that the
holder of the scrip, a small peasant
owner, had died tome years ago, ana
that the property represented by the
lost papers had not been disturbed.
Great was the surprise when the of
ficer handed over the scrip.
"Bribery" Is a word with a curious
history. In the old Geneva Bible it
is said of the scribes and Pharisees
that they "make clean the outer side
of the cup and of the platter, but
within they are full ot bribery." The
authorized version has "extortion,"
and there is no doubt that by "brib
ery" the Geneva Bible meant rob
bery. "Bribery" probably meant or
iginally a morsel, a broken-off piece,
but it occurs first in old French, sig
nifying a piece of bread given to a
beggar. Hence the Italian "blrba,"
vagrancy, and the old French "brlb
eur," a beggar or greedy devourer.
"Bribe" developed in two directions
In the senses of robbery and of a
present. When Falstaff speaks of "a
bribed buck," he means not one that
had been corrupted, but one that had
been stolen.
CHOCOLATE MAN'S COSTLY TOY.
Has Bad Luck With Pulp Making,
Fox Farming and Lobster Canning.
M. Menler, the chocolate king, ot
Anticostl, Is finding his island king
dom in the St. Lawrence Gulf rather
an expensive plaything. He contem
plated establishing large pulp mills In
the best wooded districts of the south
shore, but In tho last two weeks for
est fires have swept through these
districts, leaving only smoking tree
trunks and shrivelled up soil in their
wake. . The full extent of the dam
age from these fires Is not yet known,
but it is certainly Very large.
M. Menler had a large tract en
closed for the rearing of the more
valuable and rare species of foxes,
but the best of the stock have escaped
from their keepers.
A large revenue was expected from
the lobster canning industry initiated
on the island under M. Menler's ad
ministration, but this year the in
dustry has proved a failure because
of the scarcity of the lobsters, the
catch being less than half what it
was last year, and tho total output
of the cannary on Anticosti for the
season was only 1400 cases ot four
dozen pound cans each.
M. Menler is wealthy enough to
stand the heavy Iobs which the pos-'
session and maintenance ot the-lsland
involves every year, for there are the
Governor of the Island and all his
staff and official administration to be
provided for; but all expected sources
of revenue seem to have fallen off,
and though there Is good hunting and
fishing on Anticosti M. Menler is un
able to visit his Island every year, and
it is reported here that ho is rapidly
losing interest In it and may dispose
ot it or desert it.
Others before M. Menler have en
deavored to make a paying propo
sition of the Island, but their efforts
have always resulted in failure. "
Aztec Women.
The feminine direct descendants of
the famous Aztecs are tiny creatures,'
exquisitely formed and refined in
feature. The carry the head with the
upbearing grace of the full-blooded
Indian; their skins are not red, but
a clear, smooth copper color that
shines like gold in the sun; their hair
Is coarse and black as ebony,' and
they are decorated.wltu bright feath
ers and gay ornaments. These
women make the most wonderful
pottery that comes to us from Mexi
co, for they have kept the old Aztee
forms and decorations in their art,
and they also weave wonderful bas
kets and do exquisite embroidery.
Scott Valley (Cal.) Advance.
An official return just issued by the
Japanese Government nlves the
wealth of Japan at the end ot 1804
tts $0,510,403,000, or $115 per heal.