THE FELLOW
Th fellow who flirhts the flsht alone.
With never a word of cheer,
.With never a friend his help to lend.
With never ft comrade near,
TIs he hns need of n atnlwnrt hand
And n lienrt not given to moan.
He struKRlea for life nnd more than life.
The fellow who fights alone!
The fellow who flphts the fight alone,
With never a fnther'a smile,
.With never a mother'a kindly tone
Hla sorrowful lioura to guile,
.Who Joins the fray nt the dawn of day,
And buttles till llRht Is Down,
Must needs be strong for . the fight 1
, Ioiir
) The fellow who fights alone!
-M"-H"t-4 IIIIIIIIIHH
THE RING AND THE LADY. Hill
It was certainly rather rough, on
the Rev. Reginald Bisgood that by att
ach of the pur-t good nature he
should have beea led into so awkward
e complication. The. Rev. Reginald
had recently accepted the post of cur
ate at St. Matthew's church, Tootham,
under the Rev. Jeremy Priggleswade,
vicar cf that parish, and a typical spec
imen of conventional piety and smug
social rectitude.
The vicar of St. Matthew's expected
to get to heaven by this means. Inci
dentally, he also expected a mote Im
'mediate reward. The very deslrablo
living of St. Peter's, Tootham, the
mother parish of the town, had just
fallen vacant by the resignation of
the rector. The -vicar of St. Mat
thew's had, in fact, long looked upon
himself as the future rector of Tooth
am, and he lost no time in forwarding
to the cf-tron an application for the
vacant living, accompanied by a sheaf
of testimonials.
Mr. Jenkins, the patron of the llv
lng, ajthough given up to socfal life
In London, had always shown a laud
able disposition to fall in with the
wishes of the parishioners. At the
time when his new curate, Mr. Bis
' good, arrived Mr. Priggleswade was
still awaiting the answer to his appll'
cation.
The new curate was strolling one
morning down one of the residential
btreets in the town when he saw a
very small boy making heroic but vain
attempts to reach the big brass handle
of a front door bell.
'"Hallo, my little fellow! Can't reach
it, eh? Well, let me ring the bell for
you." And he gave the handle a mighty
tug, which set the bell clanging loud
ly. A smile of huge gratification expand
ed the chubby face of the graceless
' urchin. "Now, we must cut and run,"
he lisped. And he was off, leaving the
astonished cure alone upon the door
step. "T T oVtAmf TVoo flops Mrs.
Mrs. Robinson live here?" he stam
mered, mentioning the first name that
came into his head, as the best way
out of the embarrassing situation.
1 But, to his amazement and dismay, the
maid answered:
, "Yes, sir. Will you please walk in,
sir."
The curate stammered out his name;
some plausible explanation of his vis
it. If the house had been in St. Mat
thew's parish, he might have pre
tended that ho had called In the ordi
nary course of his professional minis-
tratlons. But the house was in the
parish of St. Peter's.
The lady was youngish, and decided
ly pretty and attractive, though some
what over-drc6sed.
"Mrs. Robinson?" he murmured,
awkwardly.
She smiled and nodded.
"I'm the the new curate," he be
sran." and I thousht that as I was
passing "
yuite so. fray De seaiceu, inter
posed the lady. "Very kind of you to
caU, I m sure. Do you know, I ve been
"here three months, and you are the
first clergyman who has been to see
me?"
At this the Rev. Reginald expressed
much surprise. . He felt it, too. A
rather susceptible young man himself,
, he. should certainly not have neglected
to call, with proper frequency, on so
fair a parishioner, and he wondered
why the other clergy had beea so
backward.
"I don't know how it is,", contin-
afraid I can't be exactly persona grata
in Tootham. Everybody seems to fight
shy of me. I'm not aware of having
done anything to offend the worthy
denizens of this highly respectable
place. Bu such is the fact. I seem
to be regarded as a sort of social
leper. However, we won't talk about
that. Let's talk about something
pleasanter and more Interesting."
And she at once led the conversa
tion into impersonal channels. She
was a good talker aad a very pretty
woman, and the Rev. Reginald found
her society so agreeable that he pro
longed his visit for moro than an hour.
Now, as it happened, his visit to
Mrs. Robinson had not escaped the
lynx-eyes of a highly respectable maid
en lady who lived Just over the way.
This was Miss Letitia Partlett, a veri
table dragon of propriety and self-constituted
guardian of the morals of
Tootham. Before the day was out she
Jew, round to St. Matthew's vicarage,
where she had a lnog private inter
view. When the curate went next
morning for his day's instructions, he
was greeted by his superior in- the
sternest and most frigid of tones.
"Come in here, if you please, Mr.
n: 1 ti t,i ,.i..nM lnn,ltfln 4 1.
way to. h)3 study. "I have something
very unpleasant to discuss with you."
The curate wondered.
"Be Rood cnoueh to explain to me,"
flemanded the vicar, "how it is that
WHO FIGHTS ALONE.
Ah. Mtter enonph the rombat Is,
Wltli every help at hand,
With friends at need to bid Codspecd,
With points that understand:
But liercer far is the tight to one
Who strmtules along unknown
Ah. brave and grim is the heart of him,
The fellow who fights alone!
God bless the fellow who fights alone,
And arm his soul with strength,
Till safely out of the battle rout
Ho conquerlni conies at length,
Till far nnd near Into every ear
The fnme of his tight la blown,
Till friend and foe in the victor know
The fellow who tights alone!
By Dennis A. BcCarthjr.
H-
you were seen to go into the house of
that bad woman yesterday, and to re
main with her for an hour and 16 min
utes?" "Eh? What on earth do you menn?
To whom are you referring?" cried the
curate, in astonishment and indigna
tion. "Don't pretend Ignorance, sir. You
know very well," retorted the vicar,
witherlngly. "Whom should I mean
but that abandoned creature who calls
herself Mrs. Robinson a woman
whose name is a by-word In the town,
and whose house no self-respecting
person would be seen to enter much
less a minister of the gospel, like your
self?" The curate looked much taken
aback. Mrs. Robinson a bad charac
ter? Impossible! That she was viva
cious had been obvious enough to hira
during their hour's agreeable tete-a-tete.
But that there was anything
seriously amiss with her he could
scarcely believe.
"I did happen to go and see a Mrs.
Robinson yesterday, under rather pe
culiar circumstances " he answered.
"Very peculiar, I have no doubt,"
interposed the vicar, with biting sar
casm. ' "My callng upon her, however, was
the purest of accidents "
"Oh! of course," said the vicar,
more and more sarcastic.
"I beg you will do me the justice of
hearing me out," rejoined the curate,
his color rising. And he told the vicar
the exact circumstn.r.ces.
The vicar listened with offensive in
credulity. "A very pretty and ingeni
ous story, Mr.' Bisgood. I really don't
know which to commend the more
your ingenuity in 'concocting it, or
your effrontery in telling it."'
"Do you mean to say you don't be
lieve me?" demanded the curate, be
ginning to grow hated.
The vicar laughed. "I wasn't born
yesterday." he sail "and even of I had
been, I should still have thought your
story rather thin especially your hit
ting on the woman's name accidental
ly, without any previous knowledge of
her."
"Robinson is a common enough
name. And, likely, or not, it is pre
cisely what happened," answered the
curate.
Again the vicar laughed his scoffing
laugh. "You must have heard of so
notorious a person," he said. "A wom
an who is constantly visited on Sun
days by flashy acquaintances mostly
men .in motor cars, and who enter
tains them in the small hours with
music nnd feasting and reveling. Why,
sir, the goings on are the talk of the
town. And you expect me to believe
that you had never heard ot her. No!
no! Mr. Bisgood. Try that story on
somebody a few years younger than I
am."
The curate wa9 by this time in a
white heat of passion.
'You're the first man who has ever
dared to call me a liar; and I've a
good mitod to thrash you for the in
sult, you you smug Pharisee!" he
cried, in a voice that trembled with
rage.
The vicar slipped hastily round to
the othor side of his study table. He
was not a warrior, except linguistical
ly. 'You are not improving your posi
tion by insolence, Mr. Bisgood. Had
you been penitent and contrite, I
might have given you another chance.
But the sooner you leave Tootham, the
better."
"I'll go today," ejaculated . the cur
ate.
The pious vicar was so much upset
that it was some days before he re
covered his equanimity. However, an
encouraging letter from the patron of
the living of St. Peter's, which the
vicar received on the third day after
the curate's departure, did much to
rcothe hi3 ruffled feelings. The letter
ran as follows:
"Dear Sir Your application for the
living of Tootham has been sent on
to me by Mr. Jenkins, the gentleman
frctn whom I purchased the advowson
some months ago.
"Will you, if possible, call on mo
here the day after tomorrow any
time between 2 and 6 in the afternoon
amd we ccn then discuss the mat
ter. I am, yours faithfully.
"M. de Bracey.
"1001 Eaton square, S. W., Jan. 15,
19."
The vicar lost no time in writing to
say that he would, with pleasure, run
up to London and see Mr. de Bracey,
as requested. He saw himself already
rector of Tooth2m.
When he arrived next afternoon nt
1(10! Eaton square, he asked the but
ler whether Mr. de Bracey was at
home.
"Mrs. de Bracey, sir," the butler
corrected him. "There is no Mr. de
Bracey; my master has been dead
some years. Yes. sir, the mistress is
at home. She is expecting you, I
thlnlt. Mr. Priggleswade, Is It not?
Will yoi walk: in, please?"
The vicar started. He turned pale.
In the pretty woman who stood con
fronting him he recognlr.ed that de
praved person, Mrs. Robinson.
"I I came to .vto ;rs. de Bracey,"
he stammered.
"And I am Mrs. de Bracey," she
smiled. "You are surprised eh?
because you have known me In en
other name. Well, the fact Is this:
When I purchased the advowson of
Tootham with the knowledge that the
late rector contemplated resigning at
an early date, the idea struck me that
I would go down nnd live there awhile,
in an assumed name, so that I might
have a good opportunity of studying
the local clergy, to see whether any
were deserving to be appointed to the
benefice, when it fell vacant."
She paused. The vicar looked rath
er blank. He wished now that he had
not been quite so hasty In his judg
ment of Mrs. "Robinson's" character.
Further, he hoped with all his heart,
that she had not heard bf that little
row he had had with his curate in
connection with the latter's visit to
,her house.
The lady went on:
"My rather Bohemian way of life
appo-.-rs to have shocked nil the good
people of Tootham immensely; and I
won't deny that when I saw that I
took a malicious pleasure In even go
ing out of my way to shock them
further. Still, I hardly think that
they least of oil you clergy, who are
supposed to be especially endowed
wvi the virtue of Christian, charity
a.l have Jumped to the conclusion
that I was a bad character."
"Ch, I never thought that" began
the vicar, in obsequious depreciation.
"No?" she ejaculated, with a slight
lift of her shapely shoulders. "Then
I wonder why you dismissed that nice
curate of yours for the iniquity of
merely called to see me."
"Ch, that was a mistake an unfort
unate mistake"
"A very unfortunate mistake, Mr.
Priggleswade, as you are now to
learn. Had yon behaved differently,
and as a minister of the gospel ought,
I should probably have presented you
to the benefice. But, as is it, I have
decided to present your late curate,
the Rev. Reginald Bisgood." London
Truth.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
A five hundred mile canal, projected
to ilrain the great swamps of, Florida,
would reclaim C.500,000 acres of land.
By ignoring fractional parts of a
penny In paying dividends on govern
ment stocks the British government
saves annually $7500.
The pearl mentioned by Tevernler
as belonging to the emperor of Per
sia, was purchased of an Arab la
1C33, and is valued at J530.000.
Swedish railway waiting rooms are
provided with couches, and porters
come around and wake Blumberers 10
minutes before the train is to start.
Hat shops are opened on all the
Hamburg-American liners. The stock
will Include all the best English,
French, German nnd American makes.
Three good washes are received by
nn Abyssinian during Ms career at
his birth, on his marriage morn and
at. his death. At all other times he
shuns soap and water.
Maurice Macterlink, the Belgian au
thor, has bought Wandrlnne abbey,
the old monastery on th, banks of
the Seine and, although It is 1300
yeara old, will try to restore it to a
habitable .condition.
In the Neuchatel (Switzerland)
courts the speeches of lawyers will in
future be limited to 10 minutes, five
minutes being allowed for cross-axem-inations.
An official time keeper will
see that the regulation is observed.
The smallest railroad in England Is
the Garstang and Knott End (Lan
cashire) railway, which in the last
six months earned a net revenue of
$2.tS0. The half-yearly meeting of pro
prietors was attended by one person,
the secretary.
John Marshall's house in Richmond.
Va., in which he lived for 40 years,
has been bought by the city and is
in danger of destruction An effort
to preserve it as a memorial of the
great interpreter of the constitution
has been suggested.
Mall Carrier Unable to Read or Write.
Reno has a mall carrier who can
neither read nor write, not because
the Government desires this sort of
clerk in the service, but because the
postmaster cannot secure applicants
for the position from the ranks of
those who are making more money in
other lines. , The cost of living is so
high in Reno that no one wishes -to try
his luck with the chance of promotion
in the civil service. John Duvrey, re
cently over from France, has started to
serve as mall carrier, and although he
can neither read nor write he com
pares the numbers on the houses with
the address and manages to hold down
the job. Reno correspondence San
Francisco Chronicle.
Painless Cancer.
There is a prevailing opinion that
cancer is always painful from the be
ginning, whereas it is really painless
in the majority of cases. It is de
sirable to ascertain how far the pub
lic ousht to ht instructed in the early
signs of cancer, with a view to the
adoption of earlier diagnosis, and con
sequently earlier operaSon. KospitaV
Famine Tightens Its Crip.
Cannibalism in Its Most Awful Form
Is Reported From China.
By E. R. JOHNSTONE.
When appeals for help for the famine-stricken
Chinese were first issued
to the American public it was stated
that as the months wenton destitution
would grow more pronounced, starva
tion would claim more victims, hor
rors would be piled onMiorror's heud.
It was further stated that no allevia
tion from the natural sources of sup
ply the farm lands could be ex
pected until late in June, mayhap not
until the coming autumn.
There has been no reason, at any
time, produced from any source, to
change or modify these advance
statements. Never has China's need
been so great ns now; never have the
contributions from generous Ameri
cans been more welcome or desired;
never has a dollar been so sure as
now of saving a human being from
death, destitution, suffering.
A few days ago the Christian Her
ald received the following cablegram
from the North China News and Her
ald, published at Shanghai, and, as
heretofore pointed out, the most con
servative, Influential and reliable pa
per in the Chinese Orient:
"Approaching period of severest
pinch. Authenticated instances of
corpses having been exhumed for can
nibalism. Foreign relief working ef-
DESTITUTE CHINAMEN WORKING UNDER A MISSIONARY.
fectively and maintaining whole dis
tricts until harvest."
Here, in most succinct portrayal, is
a word picture of horrors at which
the imagination revolts, and side by
side a companion illustration that
has a right to make glad the hearts
of Americans. Of all the foreign re
lief contributed for the Chinese suf
ferers America has given fully two
thirds, nnd the cablegram says that
this relief is effective to the mainten
ance ot "whole districts" to the
saving ot hundreds ot thousands of
lives.
As the famine" advances and while
need grows greater, avenues for ef
fective relief grow wider and more
numerous. It rests with Americans
whether these avenues shall be used
to the full and to the everlasting
glory of our national generosity.
By hard work, the hearty co-operation
of milling men, railway men, offi
cers of the army and officials at Wash
ington and by prompt advancing of
the necessary funds, the cargo of the
army transport Buford is now en
route from Minneapolis, or from mill
ing points In Washington and Oregon,
will be assembled on the Government
docks in San Francisco and loaded
into tho hold of the vessel In time for
her to set sail as ordered.
The Buford is detailed by the Gov
ernment to the American Red Cross
to carry a cargo of flour to the starv
ing Chinese. The Buford will go first
to the Sandwich Islands and. thence
direct to Cblnklnng, China, the port
nearest the famine district and the
DISPENSING RICE AT SOUCHON,
seat of the Missionary Committee
charged with the distribution.
Tho flour is of the American sort
nutritive, healthful, desirable and
will cost $110,000. The added cost
of the donated transportation would
bring the total value to $150,000, and
this value can conservatively be esti
mated at $250,000 when the flour is
delivered at Chlnkiang. The entire
amount of the cost, $110,000, has
its. J 3 ill r4i-i . h
been advanced by the Christian Her.
aid, and contributions sent to that
paper wll be appropriated to defray
lng this expense. ,
Shaking Him tp.
A young married lady one morning
gave her husband a sealed letter,
which he was to read when he got to
the offloe. He did so, and the lettev
ran as follows:
"I am obliged to tell you something
that may give you pain, but there is
no help for it. You shall know every
thing, whatever be the consequences.
For the last week I have felt that It
must come to this, but I have waited
until the last extremity, and can re
main silent no longer. Do not over
whelm me with bitter reproach, for
you will have to put up with your
share of the trouble as well as my
self."
Cold perspiration stood in thick
drops on the brow of the husband,
who was prepared for the worst.
Tremblingly he read on:
"Our coal Is all gone. Please order
a ton to be sent this afternoon. I
thought you might forget it for tho
tenth time,' nnd therefore wrote you
this letter."
' But he didn't forget that time!
Tit-Bits.
Medicine Spoon For Children.
The administering of medicine, es
pecially liquid medicine, to children
is n delicate operation, generally re
quiring the services of two persona.
In most cases more of the medicine
finds its way to the floor than down
the child's throat. With the assist
ance ot the spoon shown in the ac
companying illustration, the inven
tion of a Virginia man, the adminis
tering becomes a "cinch." The child
may struggle and fight, but there is
no possibility of the fluid spilling out
over the edges of the spoon. Pivoted
to the latter, adjacent to the bowl, la
a cover which corresponds in shape
to the bowl of the spoon. The cover
is cut away at one end, leaving a
small opening, while the other end
AS SEEN FROM CITY WALL,
is formed into a stem. The edges ot
the bowl of , the spoon are grooved to
receive a projection on the edge of
the cover. When the two bowls are
brought in contact there is thus no
chance for any liquid 1n the spoon to
escape except by means of the open
ing nt the end. Tho spoon can also
be -placed on a flat surface without
spilling the contents. Philadelphia
Record.
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Contents Cannot Escape.
DUN'S WEEKLY SUMMARY
Lateness of Spring Retards All Lines
of Trade Except Iron and Steel.
Seasonable merchandise goes Into
distribution slowly, which causes ac- '
cumulation of spring and summer dry
goods fend millinery in the hands of
dealers and retards collections, at the
same time making operations of fall
and winter much more conservative.
At some points the last week of May
brought pronounced improvement in
commercial activity, but the holiday (
retarded recovery. Progress Is slow.
Manufacturing plants are producing'
nt full capacity in most industries, or
ders covering outputs far into the
luture. iuore iew tjngiana couou
mills employes have received ad
vanced wages, making the change af
fect about 85,000 hands. Another evi
dence of progress in cotton spinning
was the increase in quarterly divi
dends nt Fall River to 2.21 per cent,
against 1.32 per cent last year and
2.14 per cent in 1902, the most pros
perous of recent years.
Current transactions In the iron and
steel industry are of comparatively lit
tle significance, owing to the enorm
ous tonnage of business under con
tract that will maintain activity far
into the future, some sales covering
the output of mills for the entire yenr
1908. Yet new orders are constantly
appearing, including much foreign
business. Deliveries are made as near
as possible to speclflcathyjL
The output of pig uo O, probably
beyond all precedent, mivoment of
ore is so heavy that congestion re
sults at lower lake ports and the in
adequate supply of cars "causes much
accumulation on the dks, especial- .
ly ot Cleveland. ( jt
Rail and structural oMlers are the
most urgent in demand for products,
of steel. Yet there is W)e evidence
of furtalled plans becnuw of unfavor
able crop reports of tlip'dlfficully ex
perienced in raising funds for new
construction.
MARKETS.
PITTSBURG.
Wheat No. 2 red $ 71 7
Kye No. '1 "i 71
Corn No 2 yollow, ear (7 C8
No. S yellow, Hhellcd di 61
MlsiHl enr lit tr
Oats Nu. 8 whlie M ht
No. it white 50 M
Flour Winter iiatnnt 4 7i i S3
Fancy strnlKlii winters 4 Si 4 VI
Hay No. 1 Timothy !i 5U 21 m
Clover No. 1 IN 50 19 00
p0ejNo. 1 white mid. ton S4 50 oo
Drown mlildllngs 81 "0 i!4 Ml
Kran, hulk l 01 1!4 (VI
Straw Wheat mm) in M)
Oat 10, to 11 50
Dairy Products.
Butter ElRln creamery t SH 87
Ohio creamery il Ut
Fancy country roll 14 go
Chene Ohio, new 14 IS
Hew York, new 1 15
Poultry, Etc.
non-i per In I M 1
t'hlckona drenseil HI 17
Eggs Pa. and Ohio, (resh 17 13
Fruits and Vegetables.
Potatoes Fancy white per bu.... 70 7t
Calibans per ton ... IS 00 1(100
Onions per barrel... I tt t 2i
BALTIMORE.
Flour Winter Patent t 4 I 4 SJ
Wheat No. H red U Ji
Corn Mixed j..... 4 47
Ekks W SI
Uuiter Ohio creamery 17 lit
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour Winter Patent 3 4 SO .4 75
Wheat No. 8 red 7' 7H
Corn No. 'I mixed. 47 4
Oats No. 8 white 44 4"
llutter Creamery 89 M
Efc'tfs Pennsylvania firsts 17 li
NEW YORK.
Flour-Patents 9 lm JJ
Wheat No. 8 red 8 J
Corn No. 8 w M,
Oats No. 8 white )
Mutter -Creamery 8' 87
Hugs State and Pennsylvania.,.. 17 l
LIVE STOCK.
Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg.
Cattle.
Eitra, 1.450 to 1,8M lbs f B 25 St)
1'rlme, l,iMl to 1.401 lln 6 10 tii
Good, 1,210 to l.H HI lbs 5 UK 0 li
Tidy, 4,040 lo 1,150 lbs 5 7J 5 8
Common, 7o0 to 8J0 lbs 4i 4 01
(Ixnn 8 75 4 ft)
Hulls 8 01 4 50
Cow 1 50 8 75
Heifers, 700 to 1. 1(0 8 5) 4 40
k'lehb. Cows and Springers It U0 10 00
Hogs.
Prime heavy f 6 00 6 SO
Prime medium weight 0 4t 6 fit)
Bst heavy Yorkers ..." S 65 B5
Oood light Yorkers...., e ro 0 75
PiKS 6 7) 6 75
KoUKhs , ft 4 1 5
Ulags 4 0J 4 50
Sheep.
Prime wethers, clipped I 8 00 I7i
Good mixed ; 6 as 6 W
hair mixed ewes and wethers 8 81 8 10
Culls and common 8 00 til
Lambs - 7 u i 10 0 J
Calves.
Veal calves 8 50 8 5)
Heavy and thin calves a 5 J S J J
Oil Markets.
The following are the quotations tor credit
balunces in the difrerent fields:
Pennsylvania, 8178; Tlona, $171: Second
Sand, II tw: North Lima. V4c: South Lima. Bc.
Indiana. e'Jc; Somerset, tUc; Itagland, tUo; Can
ada, 81.8J.
Bill to Tax Whiskers.
A bill for the taxation of whiskers
has been introduced by a New Jersey
legislator. The proposed tax is to
range from $5 for ordinary whiskers
to J HO for a goatee, and red whiskers
20 per cent extra.
The railroads are raising the age
limit of employes owing to the scarc
ity of labor.
Worth the price.
An English Jury has awarded $1,250
damages to a woman who before an
accident could reach high C when she
sang, but after it, could get no far
ther than B flat. From this It would
seem as if they thought the poor girl
had been damaged. But this Is doubt,
til. As a .general thing reaching
.-!;:h C is much like what Dr. John
sen said about a dog's walking on
hi hinl less: "It 13 not done well,
but yea ars ctrprised to -find it dons
at all." Co. ton Herald. ,
t