The house in Boston from which Paul Revere started cut on Ills immor tal ride on April 19, 1775. is now a "Banca Italiatia." The Russianizing of the Chinese at Port Arthur has already beguu. The Chinese dealers and merchants notv make a point of adding Russian ter minations to their family names, be sides aping the Russian dress and man ners. There is a large proportion of for eign residents in Fall River, Mass., than In any other city in the country, forty-eight per cent, of her population being of alien birth. Montgomery, Ala., with ninety-eight per cent, of her pop ulation native born, comes nearest to being an all American city. Albany has $34,000,000 worth of prop erty exempt from taxation, of which $22,000,000 is State property. New York City has nearly $5,000,000 of ex empt State property; Buffalo, $2,809,- 000; Niagara Falls (the Park reserva tion), $1,000,000; IClmira and Bingham ton, $1,500,1X10 each, and Auburn (the State prison included), $1,400,000. There is $90,000,000 worth of school property in New York State exempted frcui taxation. There is reason to think that the hcrse will continue to be with us. There will always bo men who will prefer a high-stepping thoroughbred for their own use to any rattling, puff ing automobile, asserts the Philadel phia Record. No Improvement in road locomotives can suppress the natural affection of men for a good horse. Perhaps for commercial purposes the horse may cease to be used, to the de light of all humane men whose hearts have bled over the cruelties of brutal drivers; but of tine pleasure and racing horses we shall probably always have many. And now a London publisher an nounces that he has in his possession the manuscript of a novel by John Milton, whose "Paradise Lost" was one of the best selling books of the day and has gone into editions enough to fur nish some very imposing figures for ad vertising purposes. Probably the story deals with the period in which Milton lived, and has been held back by gen erations of shrewd publishers for the physic moment when it could be sprung as an historical novel, opines the Phil adelphia Saturday Evening Post. Its publication will serve one useful pur pose, at least, for we shull learn from it whether people really used to say "S'death!" when they were annoyed. The automobile is a useful hut some what dangerous contrivance when in the control cf a careful man who un derstands all its cogs and evolutions; but a speedy automobllie, guided by a daring and reckless man, is a terror liable at any moment to become a dangerous nuisance. When used itt cities these machines should be so geared as to be incapable of a dan gerous speed. If the percentage cf deaths and maiming already attained in tills country shall lie maintained as the automobile shall become of more common use, the life insurance com panies will have to recast their tables and the cemeteries enlarge their grounds, remarks the Philadelphia Rec ord, Within the last two years American cash to the amount of $200,000,000 has been invested in mining and indus trial enterprises of Northern Mexico, according to the report of United States Consul Hauua at Monterey. The Con sul reports that investment money is still coming over the border at the rate of $100,090,000 a year. These an nouncements will carry surprise with them to those who have not closely fol lowed the movements of American cap ital in seeking newly profitable fields. An effect upon Mexican prosperity of the incoming money and energy may undoubtedly be read in the Increase bf the export trade from $148,453,834 in 18S9 to $158,247,033 ID 1900-a growth of nearly eight per cent. The eccentricities of English game preservation laws are past all under standing. Lately a gentleman was fined S3O for selling salmon out of seasou. It seems that he owned pri vate fishing rights on the banks of the Toy and last January caught five sal mon which he sent to London for sale. It was not disputed that it was legal to catch the fish with rod and line at that time of year, hut it is forbidden to sell salmon In England between September 3 and February 1. Had he eaten the salmon himself or given them to friends be would have been within ids proper rights, but as he sold them the salmon were cou |flscated by the Fishmongers' Com pany. and lie was lined. ' BY JACK LONDON. "I Tr OR land travel or seafaring the L/ world over a companion Is | Usually considered desirable. (J" In the Klondike, as Tom Vin cent found out, such a companion is ab solutely essential. But be found It out, not by precept, but through bitter ex perience. "Never travel alone," is a precept of the notth. He had heard it many times and laughed, for he was a strap ping young fellow, big boned and big muscled, with faith in himself and in the strength of his head and hands. It was on a bleak January day when the experience came that taught him respect for the frost and for the wis dom of the men who had battled with it. He had left Calumet Camp on the Yukon with a light pack on his back, to go up Paul Creek to tlie divide be tween it and Cherry Creek, where bis parly was prospecting and bunting moose. The frost was sixty degrees below zero, nud lie bad thirty miles of lonely trnjl to covev, but he did not mind. In fact he enjoyed It, swinging along through the silence, his blood pounding warmly through bis veins and bis mind care free and happy. For he nnd his comrades were certain tbey had Btruek "pay" up there oil the Cherry Creul; Divide, and, further, lie was returning to them from Dawson with cheery home letters from the States. At 7 o'clock, when he turned the heels of bis moccasins toward Calumet Camp it was still black night. And when day broke at 9.30 he had made the four-mile cut-off across tlie flats and was six miles up Paul Creek. The trail, which bad seen little travel, fol lowed the bed of the creek, and there was no possibility of bis getting lost. He had gone to Dawson byway of Cherry Creek and Indian River, so Paul Creek was now and strange. By 11.30 he was at the forks, which bad been described to bim, and be knew be bad covered fifteen miles, half the dis tance. He knew that in tlie nature of things the trail was bound to grow worse from there on, and thought that, con sidering the good time be had made be merited luneh. Casting off liis pack and taking a seat on a fallen tree be uumlttened his right band, readied In side liis shirt next to the skin and fished out a couple of biscuits sand wiched with sliced bacon and wrapped In a handkerchief—the only way they could be carried without freezing cold. He bad barely chewed his first mouthful when his uumbing fingers warned him to put liis mitten on again. This lie did, not without surprise at the bitter swiftness with which the frost bit In. Undoubtedly It was the coldest snnp lie bad ever experienced, be thought. He spat upon the snow—a favorite northland trick—and the sharp crackle of the instantly congealed spittle star tled blm. The spirit thermometer at Calumet had registered sixty below when he left, but he was certain it had grown mucb colder, bow much colder, be could not imagine. Half of the first biscuit was yet un touched, but be could feel himself be ginning to cliill—a thing most unusual for blm. This would never do, lie de cided, and slipping the pack straps across bis shoulders he leaped to bis feet and ran briskly up the trail. A few mlnutc-s of this made him warm again, and lie settled down to a steady stride, munching the biscuits as be went along. The moisture that ex haled with liis breath crusted Ills lips nnd mustache with pendant ice and formed a miniature glacier on bis chin. Now and again sensation forsook liis nose and cheeks, and be rubbed tliom till they burned with the returning blood. Most men wore nose straps; bis part ners did, but lie scorned such "feminine contraptions," und till now he lind never felt the need of them. Now he did feel the need, for he was rubbing constantly. Nevertheless he was aware of a thrill of joy, of exultation. He was doing something, achieving something, mastering the elements. Once he laughed aloud In sheer strength of life, and with Ills clenched fist defied tlie frost. He was Its master. What lie did he did In spite of it. It could not stop him. He was going to the Cherry Creek Divide. Strong as were the elements, he was stronger. At such times animals crawled away Into their boles nnd re mained in hiding. But he did not hide. He was out in it, facing It, fighting it. He was a man, n master of things. In sucli fashion, rejoicing proudly, lie tramped on. After hnlf an hour be rounded a bend, where the creek ran close to the mountainside, nnd came npon one of the most Insignificant ap pearing but most formidable dnngers In northern travel. The creek itself was frozen solid to Its rock bottom, hut from tlie mountain came the outflow of several springs. These springs never froze, and the only effect of the severest cold snaps was to lessen their discharge. Protected from the frost by the'blanket of snow, the water of these springs seeped down Into the creek, nud, on top of the creek Ice, formed shallow pools. The surface of these pools, in turn, took on a Rkin of Ice which grew thick er and thicker, until tlie water overran, and so formed a second lce-skimmed pool above the first. Thus at the bottom was the solid creek Ice, then probably six to eight Inches of water, then a tliln lee skim, then apother six Inches of water and another ice skim. And on top of this last skin was about an inch of recent snow to make the trap complete. To Tom Vincent's eye the unbroken snow surface gave no warning of the lurking danger. As tlie crust was thicker at the edge he was well toward the middle before he broke through. In itself it was a very insignificant mishap—a mail does not drown in twelve inches of water—hut la Its con sequences as serious an accident as could possibly befall liim. At the instant be broke through he felt the cold water strike his feet and ankles, and with half a dozen lunges he made the bank. He was quite cool and collected. The thing to do, and the only thing to do, was to build a fire. For another precept of the north runs: Travel with wet socks down to twenty below zero; after that build a fire. And It was three times twenty below and colder, and lie knew It. He knew, further, that great care must ho exercised; that with failure at the first attempt the chance was made greater for failure at the second attempt. In short, he knew that there must be no failure. The moment be fore a strong, exulting man, boastful of bis mastery ol' the elements, he was now fighting for his life against those aame elements—such was the difference caused by the injection of a quart of water into a nortliland traveler's calcu lations. In a clump of pines on the rim of the bank the spring high water had lodged many twigs and small branches. Thor oughly dried by tbe summer sun they now waited the match. It is Impossible to build a firp with heavy Alaskan mittens on one's hands, so Vincent bared bis, gathered a suffi cient number of twigs, nnd knocking the snow from them knelt down to kin dle his fire. From an inside pocket he drew out his matches and a strip of thin birch bark. The matches were of lite Klondike kind, sulphur mutches, 100 iu a bunch. He noticed how quickly his fingers had chilled as he separated one niateb from the hunch and scratched It on his trousers. The birch bark, like the dry est. of paper, burst Into bright flame. This lie carefully fed witli the smallest twigs and finest debris, cherishing the liatne with the utmost care. It did not do to hurry things, as he well know, and although his fingers were now quite stiff he did not hurry. After the first quick, biting sensation of cold liis l'eet had aclied with a heavy, dull ache and were rapidly growing numb. But. the fire, although a very young one, was now a success, and he knew that a little snow, briskly rubbed, would speedily cure his feet. But at the moment he was adding the first thick twigs to the fire a grievous thing happened. The pine boughs above his head were burdened with a four months' snowfall, and so finely adjusted were the burdens that liis slight movements In collecting the twigs had been sufficient to disturb the balance. Tbe snow from the topmost bough was tbe first to fall, Btrlking and dis lodging the snow on tbe bouglis be neath. And all this snow, accumulat ing as it l'ell, smote Tom Vincent's bead and shoulders and blotted out his fire. Hp still kept his presence of mind, for he knew how gvent his danger was. He started at once to rebuild the lire, but his fingers were now so cold that he could not bend tbcm, and be was forced to pick up each twig and splint er between the tips of the fingers of either hand. When he eaine to the match lie en countered great difficulty in separating one from the bunch. This he succeed ed in managing, however, and also, by a great effort, in clutching the match between Ills thumb und forefinger. But in scratching it he dropped it in the snow and could not pick It up again. He stood up, desperate. He could uot feel even his weight on his feet, al though the ankles were aching pain fully. Tutting on his mittens, he stepped to one side so that the snow would not fall upon the new tire he was to build, nnd bent his bunds vio lently against a tree trunk. Tills enabled liim to separate and strike a second match and to set fire to tlie remaining fragment of bircb bark. But his body ltad now begun to chill, and be was shivering, so that when he tried to add tlie first twigs bis baud sliook nnd tbe tinytinme was quenched. Tbe frost had beaten hkn. His bands were worthless. But he bad tlie fore sight to drop the hunch of matches into bis wide mouthed outside pocket before he slipped on his mittens in de spair, and started to run up the trail. One cannot run the frost out of wet feet at sixty below and colder, how ever, as he quickly discovered. He came round a sharp turn of the creek to where lie could look ahead for a mile. But there was no help, no sign of help, only the white trees and the white hills, the quiet cold and toe bra zen silence! If ouly he had a comrade whose feet were not freezing, he thought, ouly such a comrade to start the hre that could save him! Then his eyes chanced upon another higli-watcr lodgment of twigs and leaves and branches. If he could strike a match all might yet he well. With stiff lingers which he could not liend he got out a bunch of matches, hut found It impossible to separate them. He sat down and awkwardy shuffled the hunch about on bis knees until lie got It resting on bis palm with the sul phur ends projecting, somewhat in the manner the blade of a hunting knife would project when clutched in the fist. But his fingers stood straight out. They could not clutch. This ho over came by pressing the wrist of the other hand against them, and so forcing them down upon the bunch. Time and again, holding thus by botb bands, be scratched the hunch on his leg and finally ignited it. But the flame burned into the flesh of his hand, and he in voluntarily relaxed his hold. The bunch fell Into the snow, and while he tried vainly to pick It up, sizzled and went out. Again ho ran, by tills time badly frightened. His feet were utterly de void of sensation. He stubbed his toes once on a burled log, but beyond pitch ing him into the snow and wrenching his back, it gave him no feelings. His fingers were helpless and his wrists were beginning to grow numb. His nose and cheeks he knew were freezing, but they did not count. It was liis feet and hands that were to save him if he was to be saved. He recollected being told cf a camp of moose hunters scmewberc above the forks of Paul Creek. He must be somewhere near it, he thought, and if he could find It ho yet might ho saved. 1' ive minutes later ho came upon it, lone and deserted, with drifted snow sprinkled inside the pine hough shelter in which the hunters had slept. He sank down, sobbing. All was over. In an hour at best, in that terrific tem perature, he would he an icy corpse. But the love of life was strong in him, and he sprang to his feet. He was thinking quickly. What if the matches did burn his hands? Burned hands were better tban dead hands. No hands at all wore better thau death. He floundered along the trail until he came upon another high-water lodg ment. There were twigs and branches, leaves and grasses, all dry and waiting the fire. Again he sat down and shuffled the bunch of matches on his knees, got it into a place on his palm, with the wrist of his other hand forced the nerveless fingers down against the bunch, nnd with the wrist kept them there. At the second scratch the bunch caught fire, and he knew that if he could stand the pain ho was saved. He choked with the sulphur fumes, nnd the blue flame licked the flesh of his hands. At first he could not feci It. but It burned quickly iu through the frosted surface. The odor of the burning flesh —his flesh—was strong in his nostrils. He writhed about in his torment, yet held on. He set his teeth and swayed back and forth until the clear white flame of the burning match shot up, and he had applied that flame to the leaves and grasses. An anxious live minutes followed, but the fire gained steadily. Then he set to work to save himself. Heroic meas ures were necessary, such was his ex tremity, and he took them. Alternately rubbing bis bands with snow and thrusting tliem into the flames, nnd now and again beating them against the hard trees, he re stored their circulation sufficiently for them to be of use to liim. With his hunting lenife he slashed the straps from his pack, unrolled Ills blanket and goi. out dry socks and footgear. Then lie cut nway his moccasins and bared his feet. But while lie lind taken liberties with his hands lie kept his feet fairly away from the tire nnd rubbed Uiem with snow. He rubbed till his bauds grew numb, when he would cover his feet with the blanket, warm his hands by the tire and return to the rubbing. For throe hours he worked till the worst effects of the freezing had been counteracted. All that night he stayed by the fire, and it was late the next day when he limped pitifully Into the camp on the Cherry Creek Divide, In a month's time he was able to be about on bis feet, although the toes were destined always after that to be very sensitive to frost. But the Rears on his hands he knows he will carry to the grave. And "Never travel alone!" he now lays down the precept of the north.—Youth's Companion. "Johnny Hull" Is Slow. A striking example of the conserva tism that still obtains iu certain lines of business in London, says the corres pondent of the New York Herald, was brought to my notice the other day. A young American came to London on liis way to the Argentine Itepublic for his health. He noticed how far be hiud advertising methods were com pared to those in vogue in America, and on inquiry learned that the cards In omnibuses and cars are never changed during an entire year. 1-Ie called on several of the largest adver tising agents, submitted the idea of frequent change and offered to develop it for a percentage. The manager of one concern looked bored and said: "We were asked by a certain com pany In the United States to change their advertisement at least quarterly. But when we submitted the propo sition to our directors they agreed that It was too much trouble." The Geneslii of Fogs. Mr. Rollo ltusscll has for many years studied the formation of fogs, and now prints his principal conclusions. Mist nnd fog are ordinarily caused by the mixture of currents of air of different temperatures. Fogs that do not de pend on the meeting of such currents are rare, but there nre many cases of meeting currents where no fogs are produced. Karlv Agricultural Exhibition.. The first agricultural exhibition held within the limits of the United States is said to have been organized and cnrrleil to a successful conclusion at Georgetown, In the District of Colum bia, in 1810. Tills claim is disputed, various towns nnd counties In New Knglnnd asserting that agricultural talis or expositions were held lu them at an earlier date. WHEN SIZE DOESN'T COUNT. My little boy camo running in Our house one recent day; Hie pretty nose was minus skin, T much regret to say. On leaving home his two bright eves With laughter had been stirred; Now he had three, to nay surprise (A black one was the third). Out poured his tale: how Jimmy Jones Had caught him unaware, And mopped the pavement with his bones While pulling out his hair. But, then, oh, triumph of the tale! That youth went 011 to say He'd tackled Jimmy, tooth and nail, And "licked him every way." Seeking to hide my sinful pride From that small urchin's view, I said, "How could you lick him goo J? Jim's bigger far than you." Whereat with scorn that sturdy elf Looked fixedly at me. And straighaway he rid himself Of this philosophy: "He's bigger'n me? Why, "Papa Jack Bigness don't count, I say. Mv pony's swifter on a track Than a cart horse any day; My pouter pigeon has a threat Beats any living thing. But not one single little note I've heard that pouter sing. "The el'pliant's big as any house, And weighs about ten ton; But could an el'phant catch a mouse If mousie tried to run?" Some more comparisons as pat That small boy with a grin Shot forth at me; and while I . c at My little wife came in. She only weighs a hundred pounds, But when she saw my pride In Willie's pugilistic rounds Her voice rang high and wide. Such scorn! such fire! I quickly fled, Defeated, from the din. And as I went that small hoy said, "Say, pa, does bigness win?" v —John O'Keefe. Helen—"So your sister Jnlln is mar ried?" Herbert—"Yes." Helen—"Wbiclt one of those men sbe used to make fnu of did she marry?"— Puck. "Does Billy Billions act much fun out of his automobile?" "I don't be lieve he does. X never hear of ills be ing arrested."—Washington Star. To mask as tilings of sentiment Our ailments oft make bold: We thiuk we're melancholy v. iic i s We're merely taking raid. —Washington Star. He—"College graduates do not al ways marry." She—"Well, when a girl has had a lot of money spent on her education it makes her awfully par ticular."—Detroit Free Press. Kwoter—"There's no doubt about that old saying about driving a horse to water." Kidder—''Yes, and although a man may drive a pen, it pencil must he lead."—Philadelphia Press. Nurse—"You dreadful children, where have you been?" Young Hopeful— "Oh, nursie, we've been trying to drown those dear little ducks, hut they will come to lite top."—Punch. "Will I hav' a harp when I die an' go to hevvun?" askeil little Bobbie. "I hope so," replied iiis mother. "Aw," said Bobbie, impatiently, "I'd rull.tr hav' a drum."—Ohio Slate .Journal. A woman's crowning glory, la undent song and story. Was woman's wealth o; hair; bat that Was long ago. 'Tis now iter hat. Philadelphia Record. "Did 1 understand you to say that she lowered herself when she married him?" "Yes. She slid down from a third-story window, using a rope made of bedclothes."—Chicago ltecord-ller uld. He—"lt isn't always safe to judge by appearances, you know." She— "Quite true. I once knew a young man who wore a yachting cap and who really owned a boat."—Chicago News. "Can you make me a set of teelh that will look natural?" asked the pa tient. "My dear sir," replied the tooth carpenter, "the teeth 1 make are so natural they fairly ache."—Chicago News. "Amy feels terribly about Iter new dress. Sbe knows it isn't a bit be coming." "What makes Iter think so?" "Why, several of Iter girl friends have told her it looks perfectly sweet."— Philadelphia Bulletin. "Harold, I must have your hair shingled," observed the fond mother, as she curled the little fellow's golden dresses. "Ain't my sailor hat a good enuf roof?" asked the youngster in nocently.—Ohio State Journal. "Where does the electricity conte from that lights our houses?" asked the toncher. "It comes front the wall," answered the little girl who resided in an apartment house. "The janitor goes and unbuttons it."—Chicago Trib une. Hponges of Rubber. Novelty is shown in a sponge that lias made its appearance. It is of Russian manufacture and resembles closely a dark brown sponge, but while It. consists chiefly of holes, what ever solid material there is of it is rub ber. These sponges come in two sizes, oblong, with rounded corners. Wheth er, being made of rubber, tliey are less likely to form germ repositories than the genuine articles remains to* be Been. Sheep l>cntistry. A New South Wales correspondent says that a shepherd of Hargroaves, near Mudgee, has tried dentistry for sheep with great success, lie hn'd a valuable ram which found great diffi culty In masticating Its food owing to the loss of teeth. Artificial teeth were inserted, and the animal has since vigorously attacked Its fodder. This 1b believed to be the first experiment of the kind in the colouy.—Tit-Bits. I i Farm Topics | rw*rwwr A Large Duck Inculmtor. Some one in Australia has had built an incubator on a duck ranch, which is said to be the largest in the world, having a capacity for. 11,440 ducks' eggs, or 14,800 hens' eggs. It is hnilt in the open, of ordinary pine weather boards with a corrugated iron roof, and is properly a hothouse, being heated by steam pipes from a boiler. There are four trays end to end on each side of the room, in eleven tiers, each holding 130 ducks' eggs or IGO hens' eggs. It is said to lie work ing well and bringing out a good per centage of ducks. They do things on a large scale out there. Young Figs on the Pasture. The summer season is the time to make pigs pay, They then need no protection against cold, are not stunted in growth, and demand but little at tention. Grass is the cheapest and best foood for pigs, and they will thrive and grow upon such diet, as grass contains an abundance of min eral matter, which promotes the growth of bone. Grain is deficient in lime, which is essential for all young stock. Clover contains more than twenty times as much lime as corn. To feed corn to pigs in summer is to supply them with a kind of food which they do not require, as growth at this season is more to be desired than fat. Those who make a prolit from hogs depend largely upon the pasture free dom and the privilege of selecting a variety of food, promoting the thrift of llie pigs anil warding off disease. A Modern Bee Hive. An up-to-date hive should contain movable frames so that the bees may be easily inspected and manipulated in any way desired. It should contain an air space all around the sides anil over the top as a protection from the beat of summer and the cold of winter. It should be made in a lirst-clnss manner of seasoned material, with corners per fectly true and tight. The hive and supers should be as simple as possible for case aud quickness in handling. There are several makes and styles of hives and the choice between them is largely a matter of personal taste. Few beekeepers have the necessary tools to make hives, and it is generally more satisfactory, and quite as cheap, to buy them in the flat from manufac turers who get them out in large quan tities by machinery with all pieces cut true and uniform. They are easily and quickly put together. Clipping the Queen's Wings. Clipping the queen's wings is com monly done to prevent the queen from flying away with the swarm. It should be done when the bees nre gathering a little honey, and is best accomplished in the early part of the season during fruit bloom. The bees should be handled, if possible, wlthoutfßinoke. When the queen is found, which is a somewhat difficult feature for the nov ice, she should lie taken by the wings with the thumb and finger of the right band, pass her to the left hand, let lier grasp the end of the second linger of the left hand witli her feet and then close the thumb and forefinger gently against her body, letting the abdomen hang down from the second finger. Clip the wing on one side slantingly lengthwise, taking only the lace. I)o not cut the bard bony part. Place her 011 the top liar of the hive and let her go. If it is done right there should be no loss of queens. New England Homestead. Clienp llroocler Houkr. These little hoiißcs are scattered over my place, about 150 feet apart, so that one colony will not interfere with the other at feeding time, and each flock will go to Its own bouse nt night. The dimensions are six by six feet witli shed roof live feet high at front or south side aud three feet high on north. Sills are two by six, and the house is BtigHcd with two by four, two feet ou eet , and sided witli six inch drop siding. The front has a window nine by twelve feet set eight inches above the sill so as to leave place for tiie chicks to get to the yard, anil the window should he arranged to slide wide open, making a kind of shed of it when weather is warm. The door Is two and a half by four feet, placed on east side so yon can enter the building without first climbing into the yard. The roof Is of dressed and matched fencing, then shingled, making it al most windproof. The Interior shows a brooder, a, set therein. These brood ers are liot air, thirty-six inches square, sunk ia the ground floor of these houses about four inches. Tin dirt that is taken from the excavation Is filled lu around the brooder, which gives the chicks a nice earth floor td scratch aud rutHe In when the weather will not let them go out. As they grow older, say when four weeks old, they are given full liberty in pleasant weather.—C. E. Matteson, in New! England Homestead. The luxurious wood carving of twen ty years ago is now done hy machinery at a traction of the former cost
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