FLIGHTOFRIP SHEA The Surprise He Experienced In the Upper Air. By ALFRED C. PICKELLS. ICopyrlght, 1910, by American Press Asso ciation.] "Pup" Shea woke up. As far as vigilance over his wireless apparatus was concerned, it mattered little whether he had dozed twenty minutes or all day. The day was that kind which jiuts wireless stations on land temporarily out of comiuissiovi. A half hour before and at like intervals during the morning he had bee * un able to hear anythiug but the sputter ing of atmospheric electricity. "S—O—S!" It may or may not have been meant for the distress signal— the letters were so long drawn out. Pup waited. Presently his own call, "Qn," broken nnd mingled with a con fusion of sounds, came struggling through the receiver, and finally a long rumble of nature's electricity that de stroyed any semblance of code signals. Pup thought of the high power sta tion at Cape Ilatteras and without waiting longer switched in the sending apparatus. lie repeated "Ha" many times, slowly and distinctly, and again changed over and listened. Except for the same sputtering and jumble of letters there was no response, and once more, after adjusting for all the power his station was callable of.he sent Ilatteras' call rushing through space. The unusually loud crackling of the sending outfit brought Shultz from the engine room. "What's the matter, Pup?" asked the chief, wiping the black engine grease from his hands with a ball of waste. Pup repeated what he had heard. Shultz's face became serious. "It's worth looking to, anyhow," he said. "I'll go over to the signal station and see if I can get ITatteras on the wire." He returned in a short time and said: "It's all right, Pup. There ain't no Binnses offshore. Ilatteras says he's been trying to talk to Diamond shoals lightship all morning, but he can get A VKStSKIi I.AV KAR OCT AT SKA. lothing through. And if they can't work in that short distance we might is well take a vacation. Itut never nind, Pupsie," he added teasingly, .lapping his assistant on the shoulder; 'you'll get your opportunity yet. •Somebody's always doing something ■tartling." Cape Henry was to be the scene of i balloon ascension and a parachute oap that afternoon, an event which iad awakened more than the ordinary nterest in Pup. In his varied career le had handled balloons, once assist ag his eider brother, who did not only jigh air, but, according to Pup. high ,'rade, acts in a valve balloon with which, when the upper currents per nitted, he ascended and descended ld Pup that something had gone iniss, and, diving under the ropes, he , sked, "Where's Flyup?" "Too much heat," came the immedl ite reply. "They got him over there." In the c asino oilice Pup found that lie professor had been returned to consciousness, but that he had been i lade too weak to attempt an ascent. "I guess it's up to you to make a peeeh," he said when later he and he casino manager emerged from the fflce and walked across the lower pa ilion to the balloon inclosure. "We're in a devil of a fix, Pup, that's ure," replied the manager, glancing •t the crowd. He seemed undecided or the moment. While he pondered over the matter up surveyed the balloon tugging at is ropes, then suddenly turned to the aanager. "Mr. O'Keane," he said, "let le pull the show oil for you." "I know you sailors have the nerve o do all sorts of stunts, but you're up gainst it hard when you tackle a bal jon." "That's all right," replied Pup, un illing his clippings, "but I ain't green a balloons. Glance over them." O'Keane glanced, and when ho read tip's army papers ho said: "That's a ■ig temptation, Pup. You'd save the i.iy for us." It was agreed that Pup should make he ascent, then descend to within a I'W hundred feet of the earth with the open valve before making the para chute leap. Pup hurried across to tlie station. When he returned he was clad In a brilliant red bathing suit, and he took his place on the double bars of the trapeze, eager and confident. O'Keane grasped his hand. "I ap preciate this. Pup," he said warmly. "Keep your nerve and be careful. All ready?" Pup nodded. The ropes were releas ed, and he sailed rapidly skyward. Below, the pilotboat. which had agreed to come after him in case he went offshore, was heading In his di rection. It seemed down there as if the world had flattened out. making a great level map. Old Point Comfort, Norfolk, Virginia ISeach and Cape Charles were all in view, and he un slung his marine glasses. As he ad- Justed them Mild turned them first on the cape the red and black double squares of the United States hurricane signal flashed back at him through the lenses. It had been hoisted since his ascent, and he glanced skyward anx iously. Overhead there were long mare's tails and iu the northeast a rapidly gathering thickness. He had been stationed on that coast long enough to know its signs, and this one had proved its truth. The westerly breeze had died out. Seeing the pilotboat almost beneath him. Pup grasped the valve rope to be gin his descent when a fow Isolated bits of scud came from out of the northeast, a puff of air fanned bis cheeks, and the balloon swung slowly around, facing hiin eastward. At the sight which met his astonished gaze his eyes widened, and he exclaimed, "Holy Mike!" Again he unslung liis glasses. A vessel lay far out at sea, miles beyond the sea level limit of vision from the coast and even barely visible to his naked eye. But with the magnified view through the glasses he saw that great clouds of smoke were rolling not i only from her funnels, but from fore ! and aft, and an occasional bit of flame j leaped through them. At her bows there was no white foam, Indicating ' that the steamer was at a standstill. | The few tiny dots to the east and north proved to be small boats filled to their capacity with humanity. The parachute was the quickest means of descent, and Pup chose it without hesitation. But in his haste to shake it out he let go the rope which held it upright to the trapeze. It ran out swiftly, the canvas toppled over downward, and before he was aware of It it had jerked itself loose from his hauds and, turning complete ly over, shot downward through space with the swiftness of an arrow. Ills brain whirled for a moment; then, excited and eager to descend, he grasped the valve rope and gave it a violent pull. In an instant, gasping and choking with the air roaring past bis ears and the blood rushing to his head, he dropped toward the blue sea. "There he comes!" The cry came from scores of lips as the spectators saw the parachute start in its desetnt. Rut the cheer that broke forth died away to a tense si lence. They watched with bated breath while the bit of canvas continued to fall at the same high rate. Then something like a groan filled the air. "My God, what's the matter!" ex claimed Shultz, turning to the profes sor. "It doesn't spread out. Ile'll be killed!" The professor was already training a pair of glasses on the parachute. "He is not in there." he said. "He must have dropped it." .\s he spoke the big sphere dropped suddenly and swiftly, watched in frightened silence, until within about 200 feet of the earth it slackened its pace and came to a stop. By this time it had drifted farther westward with the shifting wind and was shaping a course for the Chesapeake bay. Hut th y could easily see the red clad fig ure of Pup on the trapeze. "A few more pulls 011 the valve will bring him down." said the professor. "Can you signal?" Shultz strippeu his big navy necker chief from the collar of his blouse and tied it to a cane. "He's signaling now," he said, wav ing an acknowledgment. Then he re peated with a pause between each word: "Passenger—liner about— hun dred—miles— offshore bearing—east— by—south— on—fire—disabled. Passen gers—in—small—boats. Send—help." Shultz darted across the sand hills to the signal station. In a few moments the uews was telegraphed to Norfolk and firing from the signal masts hi brilliant colors. The pilot boat barely waited to answer It, then steamed swiftly seaward. It was nearly an hour before Pup worked the balloon slowly downward, •lust as he plunged into the water to escape the collapsing canvas the cruis er Prairie raced out the capes, heading eastward. "See that, Pup!" shouted Shultz as they steadied the surf boat in the sea way until Pup grasped the gunwale. "Bully for you! What did I tell you this morning?" Pup scrambled ov«- the side. "Cut it,"he said, floundering weakly into the bottom of the boat. "I guess I've lost my nerve. No more balloons for me." CANADA h'AS NATIONAL PARK. Almost Entire Eastern Slope of Rockies Now Conserved. The entire eastern slope of the I lock j mountains from the International boundary northward to just above the fifty-fourth parallel is now reserved by the Canadian government It will be administered with a view to the proper utilization and reproduction of the for est, the protection of the water supjily of the prairie provinces and other re lated objects. The area of the district is about 14,- 000 square nriles, of which 4,850 square miles have Jnst been put under reserve for the first time. What He Lacked. "They tell me." said the innocent maid, "that your marriage was the re sult of love at first sight. Is It true?" "It Is," answered the round shoul dered man sadly. "Ilad I been gifted with second Right I'd still be in the bachelor cl "-Chicago liecord riur ald. Wealth is not his that has it, but his that eujoys it. ABEBNAYHY BOYS MEN IN GOURAGE * * • i « - . * %1 * * Teach Self Reliance From Cra dle, Says Captain Jack. CORRAL BEST KINDERGARTEN. But Youthful Horseman Will Have Harvard Eduoatione, aa Did Roose velt, Their "Catch 'Em Alive" Father Promises —Trip to Mexico Prelimi nary Canter For Cross Country Ride. "Teach a boy self reliance from the moment he tumbles out of the cradle, make him keep bis traces taut and work well forward in his collar and ninety-nine times out of a hundred his independence will assert Itself before he is two years old. Then guide him with a firm but tender hand; instill into him the principles of right and wrong, and the rest Is easy. If there Is no taint in his blood nnd he doesn't possess a yellow streak be will develop Into a fine man. That's my rule, and If you don't think I've taken the right tack talk to my boys for five minutes and they'll convince you that they are men In principles even If they are ba bies in years, God bless 'em." This Is the theory of John It. Aber nathy, marshal of Oklahoma and father of Louis and Temple Aber natliy, the two "kiddles," aged respec tively ten and six years, who made a triumphal entrance into New York astride the cow ponies they rode across country from their father's ranch to greet Itoosevelt. There are five little Abernathys at home—all girls. And according to their daddy each and every one of them is Just as "wonder ful," Just as self reliant and Just aa grown up as Louis and Temple. Is Man of Strength. Marshal Abernathy might best be de scribed as a "great big little man." He is about five feet six, well sot up aiy one-half as the trip to Mexico the boys took last year. "You see, nothing was written nbout that trip, and the boys were Just as anxious to keep their present move ments as secret as they did when go iug to and from Mexico. Those little chaps bunked In with Indians, brig ands and outlaws all down through the alkali country, and unt a hair of their little heads was harmed. They weren't afraid for a moment. They returned with uiore money than they started out with, and they made it nil by swapping horses. Can you beat that?" BURIED TREASURE GOOD "AD" London Nearly Torn Apart Seeking Sir Grorge Newnes' Gold. The recent death of Sir Georgi New ties, proprietor of the Westminster Gazette, founder of the company own ing Tlt-Rlts and the Strand Magazine and donor of the international chess trophy bearing his name, will recall to many the "buried treasure" method by which he advertised his publications in London a few years ago. It was announced that a tube con taluing 500 sovereigns had been buried in some secret place, the clew to which was contalued In a story published in the Strand. The resulting excitement can be imagined. All England was turned upside down. Then came the announcement that another deposit of ten lots of £IOO each had been made. Something in the story seemed to point to Trafalgar square as the place where the treasure was hurled, and the police had to bo called out to stop the eager treasure hunters. Houses were pulled down, shops Invaded bj persons who Insisted that they be al lowed to burrow under the floors, and tratlle was held up while the gold era/.y horde measured off distances with tapes. Finally It looked as If they might tear down the Nelson column. It wits then that the police Intervened and put a stop to the plan, but the Xewnes publications had already rciined a tre mendous amount of free advertising CONGRESS GRIEVES FOR KEIFER'S SWALLOWTAIL Veteran Onioan Drops Dress Coat In Everyday Wear For Modern Saok. The house of representatives gasped as onu man recently when Genernl J. Warren Kelfer of Ohio, who Is known as the only living dross suit statesman, appeared on the floor wear ing a simple sack suit For many years he has, sartorlally speaking, turned night Into day. A regulation evening swallowtail and a wnlstcoat cut low enough to show three buttons on a broad expanse of snowy linen have been part of his daylight COB tume. General Kelfer's new suit Is not one of the Kolledge Klothes kind. It Is sedate In color and conservative in cut "I am going out to Ohio In a few days," said he."The tailor persuaded me that this woultf prove more com fortable traveling attire than my swal lowtail. I will not promise that the change shall be permanent" Speaker Cannon noted the change with deepest emotion and trusted that GENERAL KKIPER, PAMKP POK ARCHAIC ATTIBE, WOOES MODERN CLOTHES. General Kelfer's Insurgency would ex tend no further. General Kelfer was speaker in the early days of Mr. Can non's services In the house. Representative Stanley of Kentucky said: "It Is eminently proper that General Kcifer should appear In his natty garb of gray. He is getting younger all the time. About this time In the next cen tury 1 confidently hope to look down upon the youthful general disporting himself In knickerbockers." KING GETS ALL_ STURGEON. Welsh Captain Followed Old Custom With George V, The Welsh captain who caught a sturgeon in Pwllheli harbor and offer ed it to Klug yeorge was doing uo more than his duty. Ills majesty is entitled to every sturgeon landed lu the United Kingdom, and one of them, caught In th" Thames, graced tbe fes tive board at Queen Victoria's weddlug banquet The king also has the right by statute to the head Of every whale caught on the coasts of his kingdom. The tall of the whale Is Queen Ma ry's perquisite, the object of this curl ous division being that her majesty shall always be well supplied with whalebone, although singularly enough the whalebone is the king's, half Among other things which the king Is entitled to receive are a pair of white doves, a pound of cumin seed, n pair of scarlet hose and a silver needle from his tailor. THIS POET IN CLOUDS; HE SINGS OF AVIATION. A novel poetic contribution to aero nautic literature recently appeared In the Harvard Monthly, signed by J Gordon Gilkey, 'l2. It deals with the thoughts of the aviator while sky scud ding, as follows: Over the sea wastes tumbling free. High above cities of sleep below. In a veil of clouds the airships go On the top of the winds we never know. To the lands we never see. There's a touch and a spark and a thrill, and I share The breath of life with my steed of nlr. And the lowest clouds rush up and away As 1 swing through the night to the bounds of the day. Athwart the empty blue I rest On double wings ot silk and steel. Beside mo throng the wandering clouds, And frightened eagles round me wheel. To wide horizons never crossed A level path lies clear for me: Above, the slopes of doming sky; Below, the fields of wrinkled sea. MANY RULERS ARE SMOKERS. Cigarettes Lead In Devotees, but Pipe Has Followers. The late King Edward was a great cigar smoker, but In the privacy of Ills workroom at Buckingham palace and Sandrlnghnm he liked a pipe. King George is also a cigar smoker, but lie does not disdain a pipe, for which he formed a liking when Ije was an active naval officer. The czar of Itussia contents himself with cigarettes. Formerly the kaiser was an inveterate cigar and pipe sinok er, but on the ndvlce of his doctors he has almost given up the habit. In spite of his eighty years the Austrian emperor Is fond of a pipe, and smoking does not affect his health. King George of Greece smokes quan tities of cigarettes, which he usually throws away half consumed. Kins Victor Emmanuel is a moderate smok er of cigars and cigarettes. King I'etcr of Servia prefers a pipe, a habit he contracted when he was at the military school of St. Cyr. King Alfonso manages to get through a fair quantity of cigars nnd ciga rettes. His neighbor. King Manuel of Portugal, has not yet learned to ap preciate a cigar, contenting himself with the cigarette. The true, tne good, the beautiful, are but forms of the Infinite. What, then, do we reaiiy love In them but the In finite?- Cousin, HOW HER FORTUNE CAME. ' M ' ' •* Also Her Husband, Who Proved an Important Element. By ANNA BENTLfcV.' [Copyright, 1810, by American Press Asso ciation.J May 10. We have all received a dreadful shock. When uncle's valet went to his master's room this morning he found uncle on the floor dead. Poor, de»i* old man, to die all alone, without :in.. \yifV or child to soothe his going! If he li.-iVi only let me live with him 1 niisii<. at least have been within call at I lie* mo ment when he was stricken. Hut. no; though I offered repeatedly to be a daughter to him, he steadily refused, persisting in living alone with no one but servants in the house. But uncle was very eccentric. I supposed there was no doubt that uncle died of some heart trouble or apoplexy, or something like that, but they say now that the doctors declare there are no evidences whatever of dis- IT WAS A TREATISB ON POISO*. ease—that he was in perfect health. It is suspected that he was murdered. But how could that be since no wound has been found on his body? Oh, dear! I am so frightened! I am uncle's nearest relative—lndeed, his only relative so far as Is known—and unless he has left his wealth to chari ties 1 shall inherit it. I do hope noth ing will come of this theory that he has been made away with. Suspicion will fall upon me, for it is quite likely that I shall fall heir to all of his es tate, which, they say, will turn out to be worth milllous. May 11. I can't wait to see the morning pa per, and yet I dread to look at it for fear it will contain some terrible de velopment. Great heavens! "Arnold Maxwell came to his death through an insidious poison!" Who could have had an interest in murdering hiin? No one but me. 1 shall bo charged with tbe crime. In any event, I shall be suspected. Oh, how many horrors accompany wealth! May 12. Every one is talking about uncle's taking off. The papers are full of it. The police, they say. have been very active, but do not claim as yet to have got any clew. One account says that both servants—there are but two—have been under close surveillance ever since that dreadful night, though they have both proved that they were at a servants' ball from 10 o'clock till 3 in the morning, while the doctors say uncle died between 11 and 1. I wonder how they know that. Oh, how 1 wish they would find the poisoner! May 14. This morning I saw the lirst news paper mention of myself in connection with uncle's death: "No will has yet been found, but it is understood that Miss Clementine Deane. a daughter of the deceased's late wife, lias long been the heir expectant. Hut Miss Deane, not being a blood relative of the mur dered man, cannot inherit under the common law." What a relief! I cannot inherit un less by a will. And .vet what a singu lar position In whl !i to be placed! If a will Is found making me an heir ess I shall dcu!i!!ess have to answer to a charge of murdering the man who loved me well enough lo leave nie I.is property, God grant that no will may be found, or. if one is found, may some one other than I be the bene ficiary! I would raiher work and starve than go through the orde;:l of being mistaken 112• r n murderess. Think of the lons wait in jail for a trial, my portrait everywhere staring nu in the face, gaped at in a crowded court room. My God, I shall go mad! May 20. Tor a week I have been dreading an arrest. I fancy every one with whom I come In contact is a detective watch ing me. I am getting thin and have lost all my color. I must divert my mind and look less worried or It will I.e assumed that my crime is preying upon me. I will try to read. Perhaps a sensational novel would draw my thoughts from this frightful sensation of my own. I have been to the library and brought homo a book, now kind that librarian was to me! I wonder If he Elihu Yale's Grave. Elihu Tale, from whom the college in New Ilaven took its name, sleeps In the graveyard at Wrexham church, near Chester, England. The following inscription (restored some years ago by the council of Vale) is to be found on one side of his tombstone: Born In America, In Europe bred, in Af rica traveled, In Asia wed. Where long lio lived and thrived; In ten don dead. Much Rood, some 111, he did. BO hope all's even And that his soul through mercy's Bono to heaven. —Boston Globe. knew that I was dreading n terrible misfortune. When he was telling uie about the singular things he finds be tween the leaves of books returned to the library I forgot my trouble. He says he fiuds everything from a love letter to a huirpin. now careless we women are! Men seldom leave things between the pages of books, but ineu don't read as many books as women Mny 21. The will has been found. lam heir ess to a great fortune. I have been congratulated. I hinted to one of my congratulators that I shall be suspect ed of having poisoned uncle. He re plied that I would at least have "mil lions for defense." But that would not remove the charge, the trial and the stain to follow. The same person jjade me not worry. lie says that detec tives have been watching mj every act since the crime was committed and they have admitted to not getting a single item of evidence against me. I knew it. That woman who insisted on coming into make a dress for nie for a song was one of them. That man I saw at so many places, In the shops, on the street, everywhere, was another. I am not reassured by the person wbo has comforted me, but 1 have finished my book and will go for another. I long to talk to my friend the librarian about what is on my mind. He lias become my only confi dant. I am electrified by a spark of hope. This morning 1 received a letter ad dressed in a strange hand. I studied the superscription a long while, but 1 could not make out from whom it could be. It was postmarked as sent from this town. Finally it occurred to me to open it. I suppose I would have done so before had my mind not been so tortured by the frightful specter that has been hanging over me. What was my surprise to see at the bottom of the letter, "Your friend The Libra rian." This is what he says: After talking with you yesterday I went home and, taking up a newspaper, read a detailed report of the doctors who were deputed to analyze the poison found In the case of your late uncle. Suddenly my fingers released their grip on the pa per, and it fell to the floor. An Idea had flashed upon me. What a singular fac ulty la memory, and how marvelously It is awakened! I remembered a wet, dismal right a month ago when I was sitting at my desk In the library. A young man, a stranger to me, came In and asked for a rara work of a foreign author. Sine# it had never been called for before I should not have remembered It except for Its rarity. I went to the shelf, where I found It covered with dust, took It down and gave It to the stranger. It was a treatise on poisons. A group of events recorded In my brain had led mo to tills remembrance My chats with you as to your uncle's death, all 1 have heard about it and lastly this report of the doctors—might not that book contain mention of the poison reported by them as having been used to kill your un cle, and might not this In some way con nect this stranger with the murder? I hurried to the library, found the book, which had been returned, and opened It. You remember that the Itrst day you came here I told you how many article* are left carelessly between the leaves of returned books. Well, the bQOk I opened contained an instance of this kind. Or running over the leaves looking for men tion of the poison named by the doctors I found lying between two pagas devotee to a description of It and Its effects a soiled piece of paper. On It was a notf written In a peculiar hand referring tc the chapter and page on which this pol son that killed your uncle was described But one thing more remained for me tc do to establish niy find as a bit of evi dence. 1 referred to the record of thf book's withdrawal and found the name OJ the person who had withdrawn it, or at least the name he had given. I also found that the book had not been taken out since he had taken It. The volume, the bit of paper—evidetulj slipped in between tho pages for a plac; mark and forgotten—and the record co.? corning Its withdrawal are now all in K hands of the police. I write this to you before going to bed that with the ironiir light you may have a hope of be:'-; re lieved of that unspoken suspicion that yc cannot but feel overshadows you. Isn't it delightful? If it really turns out that this mau who seems to h:i > . been so Interested in this especial | > son killed uncle I shall be vindicate-.', and rich. But it may turn out that he wished the poison for another purpose, Tliuy may never find him. If not. at auj rate this bit of evidence proves his existence and diverts suspicion from me: June - i. The young man who took the l>u>>!; on poisons from the library has beet: arrested. The police have been a lon;.' while about it and would not haw succeeded In fluding him had it not been for the handwriting on bis slin used for a bookmark. The way it came about was this: Uncle has a nephew, a real nephew, bis own sis ter's son. 1 have never before heard of him. lie is a physician. He put in a claim as next of kin for uncle's estate. As soon as the police beard of this they secured a specimen of bis handwriting. It turned out to lie the same queer hand as that found in the book. Sept. 18. The second part of the horror at tending uncle's death is ended, thank heaven. Yesterday the murderer re ceived his punishment. I did not know it till it was all over. It is all so dreadful! I don't wish another for tune to come to me in such an awful way. It is my wedding day. And whom am I to marry? Why, Ibe man who removed the cloud that bung over me at the time of uncle's death. Isn't it natural that I should appreciate such an act even if it came unintended? But be sympathized with me from the first. And when he made the discov ery that vindicated me he could scarce ly contain himself for joy. Aud so ends the episode of the coming of my fortune. We are togo abroad, my husband having received a commission to examine libraries there and purchase a new lot of books for the library here. There has beeu a gift for this purpose. Who knows who Is the giver? I do. The "Gold S*.ake." A Mexican superstition, very com mon among miners iu that country, re lates to the "gold suake." This spe cies of serpent is perfectly harmless and very handsome, being green In color and with a golden iridescence in Its scales. Faith is entertained that wherever a gold suake makes its nest there is a ledge containing the precious metal, and there are many miners who will locale a claim at once if they find a gold snake. There are a thousand persons In the world who can hurt you to one that can help you.—Billings. UNION OF SOUTH AFRICANSTATES How Cecil Rhodes Cream of Empire Was Realized GREAT NEW ERA OPENED UP Hj : I ' ♦ V ; ! \ 1 Whole United Country Expected to Be ft Wonderfully Strong Amalgamation. Business of Its Provinces Will Be Immense—Administrative Offices the Government In Power. Cecil Rhodes lies burled these eight years on one of the Matopo hills that he loved and left a fund to preserve and beautify, and yet so clear was his vision of the future that in his will he left his estate and house. lie Uroote Schuur, "for a residence tor the pnoio minister of the federal government of the States of South Africa when con stituted." The Union of South Africa has now been formed, and where Rhodes foresaw an inevitable federa tion a closer tie has bound the erst while colonies of the Transvaal. Na tal. Orange Kree State and Cape Colo ny, reducing them to provinces mid raising theui, weided as one. to a slate of high dominion. The fourth South customs and railways conference i.**i at Pre toria on May 4, 1908, for the purpose of drawing up a new customs agree ment and settling some intercolonial disputes over railway rates, but the delegates turned at once to the far greater issue which lay behind these and on May 5 passed the resolution to form a draft constitution This national body met at Durbaa on Oct 12, 1908, and the delegates in cluded such men as Generals Botha. Smuts, Qertzog and De Wet and Dr. Jameson, Dr. Smartt and J. W. Sauer. Constitution Carefully Revised. Ia a secret session they agreed to unite, and the convention was ad journed Nov. 5 to reconvene at Cape Town on the 23d of November. There this closer union convention in Feb ruary brought its deliberations to a close, having successfully eln bora tod a draft constitution, which was sub mitted In llarch to the parliaments of the different colonies sitting simul taneously. The chief difficulty was in reconcil ing the interests of the coastal and Inland states, but Bnally the thing was settled to the satisfaction of each sep arate parliament, and July 1, 1901S saw nineteen delegates. Including tlx* four prime ministers, from the col. onles In London to watch the passage of the bill through the Imperial pnr*> liament. Only minor changes were made In it, and it received the royal assent oi*. Nov. 20. It provided that a royals proclamation might be made withlo. a year of the passing of the act to the effect that the four colonies should be united in one government under the name of the Union of South Africa, and provision was made for other teiv ritorles joining the union later. The administrative offices were to be a governor general appointed by the king at a salary of $T)0,000 a year and an executive council, which would be a cabinet of advisers; the legislative branch, a senate composed of eight members from each province and eight appointed by the governor, and a house of assembly with fifty-ona members from Cape Colony, thirty sis from the Transvaal, seventeen from Natal and seventeen from the Orange Froe State. Great Business Outlook. The membership in both houses la limited to persons of European descent. The new uniou will have au area of almost 500.000 square miles, taking In the southern em! "112 Africa and extend ing from the Atlantic to the lndiuu ocean. It will have a population of about 0,500.000 one-fifth of whom are whites. The combined business of its prov inces will he immense. In 1007 the Imports of Cape Colony amounted toi over $24G.000.0<)H and the exports to over $222,000.0(hi Natal lu 1907 had Imports amount!* to $;i3.o00.000 and exports to slß.t 'HOOO. The Orang<» Free State in the s nne year figured it* Imports and exports both In the neigh borhood of 515.000.000. The Transvaal, fouuded In 1831 by Boers from Cape Colony, values Its imports at over $78,000,000 aud Its ex ports at more than $150,000,000. Hardly. An English political speaker was ad dressing an audience. Urging Ula hearers to give utterance to their views, he said, "If we remain silent the people will not hear our heart rending cries!" Be patieni. God has all eternity in which to make plain the bidden things of your life. sum ® i A Hellalbl* TIN SHOP f*or all kind of Tin Roofing, Spoutlne nnd Canaral Job Work, Stov«a. Heattrt, ftan«aa, Furnaoaa. ato. PRICES TBB LOWEST! PLITJ 188 BEST,' JOHN HIXSON NO. ii# a FBONT jrr.