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$l)e (l)atl)am ftecord. &ljc l)atl)au) Xxaoxh JJ. . LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPBrTOR. EATES Q' ADVERTISING One square, one insertion 1.00 One square, two insertions. ... 1.50 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advance. One square, one mouth IJ.Ctf VOL. XX. PITTSHOKO, CHATHAM COUNTY, X. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1897 NO, 1. For larger ftilvertij'eineuta libera) contracts will be in ado. .1 1 Kit Ik" r$ ROYAL RANGER RALPH;! The Waif of (lie Western Prairies, BY WELDON J. COBB. CHAPTER L THE TIlAIN-WIIKCKIUa, "Wlio Is II?" "A spy- (pin! of the vigilantes. Down It i tit, or the game is lust!" These o.'aculutioiis, spoken rapidly niid excitedly, broke the silence of a woird ami tragic sccnu in onn of tho loveliest valleys of the far West. They wen' directed toward a man who liu'l suddenly appeared upon a land scape which fur over un hour had held ha'f a doen human figures, who had been lurking in the vicinity of a lonely stretch of railroad. The linn was night, relinvod by tho refulgence (if a September moon, its rays just beginning to illumine mount ain ami valley with a rare crystullino beauty. Half a mile d'stiint, where tho river stretched a dim silver thread of radi ance, u Iniiclv station showed, from which glimmered the lilit of a single lantern. At the spot when1 the story opens, the simrlc railv av t r:t"k curved over a high trestle work and then descended on a sharp grade toward the station and tint stream. lor years this section, especially the eoiifse pursued by the railroad, which was n ivcciiily constructed branch of the groat l'a' ilic system, had been known us the I .one Canyon trail The station was called Tei: spi t, and the nearest sot t le nient wa- twenty miles over tho moun tain at Miner s I Milch. Itevnnd that stretched nn alternation of plain find hi '1 and alley. Infested even a: the lime if our narrative by inaraii liny; land-- of savages. The region wa me- in which n roiifxh. itiinilt ma d st of miners and ran iters resided, and outlaw bauds found it a fa vorite Held for the;r operations. As has been stated, one hour previous to th ut l rai.ee of the words that begin this chapter lull' a do-en men rode up to the scene, dismount d silently, led their horses to a thicket near by, ami then became massed together near the railroad. Mere for smio iiioiiu nts they were en paged in sn!:i mysterious lit ivements nboiit tin- r.uls. i'ne of their number went down the tracks to the station, ret tu ned, muttered an ominous "All ritrlil, " and then their dusky figures moved I i -iii I ami thither. Nut an andi ble old was s oliell until a tall, full beanie I man. i viib lit ly the loader of the parts start c I his coiepaiiinlis with the rxelain il on: '(el Louver' Someone is cuining;" Some 'in- was coming straight down the tracks - a man tast middle aire, stal wart, ru-gcl, and attired in the garb of a front I'l'stnaii. His miii was a careless and leisure') one, as if he had not tired of waiting for the train :it th depot anil was strolling about to kill t ime until it arrived. All unaware of the perilous atnb iscaie that lay in. wait for him. he was no; con scions of the rc-o ce nt a foe until he turned ;: curve In t'.ie rail- and fell back Willi a startled ( ry: "Weal's !'ii! An obstruction on the mull Tie- 're at it attain! L'c.lskitts or outlaws: i. e e's danger alloal for the night trai -, sure " lie t imed to hasten hack to the sta tion. At tiuit moment six dusky forms arose trom the lushes tlut lined the side of th- tracks "fire!" -Who is he?" "A spy -one of t'ne iuilantes! Pinvii him, or th" game :s ii st. " There was a blinding Ida f light, and six rcvolv. r- Cashed in the moon light "Missed him -after hint' lie must not escape and give the a arm!" cried the lead, r of 'he i oterie. The stranger had indeed been missed, lie tiiu-t have been magical')- alert, Iot as tin1 l.u'i ts whist e pa-t hint he dtop ped to the ground aad tlc v t'.i w over his head. "You scoundrels! (time on, whoever yon are'." His voice, c ear and stentorian, rang out Hue an indignant mar of dclkric' and courage lie had again sprung to Ids feet and had drawn his own twu er. At that mom nt his i Hi-mil-- made a united rush for the spot where he was lie was toiced to retreat a step or two A i r.'. ping vine entangled his fool, and he fell iolei t'y backward. Take ih.it ;' The, words were spoken py the lea Icr, as lie reached t! e prostrate man. "Hes aid - outlaw and renegade! I kn vv yon. toward! villain! If 1 was at fair odds with you " The wo. Is were silenced suddenly. The leader of the baml-lhe nan lie had ctiMed iie-pard ha I raised a cur. cd in u oar be I c!d in his hand. It do se 'inled wi h lerrilic force, cutting ii cruel ga -h in the forehead of the cour ageous st rai ger, stunning him to ins n filiility. Itespard's eyes wyre a haunted, fright eiicil expression, and his face w as death y j.ale as he stirveyed his unconscious foe. "Yo I've -ellled him. Irspaid," spoke one o;' the men as Itecrowdel to hisstle. h it i'ocs it mean?'' liespard spoke in an awed tone. "What, mean?" " That man. " - ou know him ' ' Know Ii i in T Look .main. .Ion Pan ton Ah! I thought you win; d i'-c liio him." lo-l'itld's cotiipanioli peered i lose at tin faee i if the pr, strat man. "I!atit:cr l.alph!" he gasped mil. "Yes. t i yuu remember when last we s i-v him, and we left him to die a prisoner in a cave in the I tali hills? lie hid crossed our trail, ilcterinint-d to brii;'.: us to justice for a stage robbery, lie swo e t le'ii that he won d bo avenged. lie , ,e.ii, il What can his prose here t o an but disaster to our plans-1 Hi- ol ect is Uie sain as our own to ne .1 the girl who slam s between me and a to-, a I fortune. It ts an III onion. I'.-i'ito i. I fear, I In mble." I '.ir a di a I tit it : ' scolTed Paiiton. ieer'iigiy: --i"!- he is certainly dead t li s. tune."' ' lie innv have friends near sit hand " .-,-, ,. i ,:; s Ihel t Pat out Cut no, ,. ' , v, ..i.l.l wa to his fate tha w-in it he !i:i"W W-ri- ll II' ' I- sllS.eet td .ttr I :.ins. " Tiint 'li t ir.'iml from tlin nput "Yiinee,M ho eallo1, to one of the men. "What Is It'.'" askml the iortuu addre-s-' cd: "You visited the station? "Yes." "Thero was no otto thoro?" "No onn but tlm depot uiicnt.'1 "You arc Hiiro?" "I'osltlvo." "Go thni'o again and roconnolter. If thoro uro any others urrlviid sluco wo came, return und rouort ut onco. " ' "All right.11 Dauton roturiied to tho Loader's side, who had walked away from tho place whuro Kunger ltulph lay. "Kverythlng isarruiiged for tho wreck-, Captain," ho said to liespard. "As to lyondor enomy lunger, dei tivo and vigi lante, the blow Willi the iron bar ha settled liiiu You lire sure tho girl wili be ou the tra il. " "Iihus?1' "Yes." "tf eonrso she will. I re- elved posi tive Information, lieiiieinber, Dauton, that, she is of more, value to us than tin boot y. " "That's all right You and I will look out for the girl, and the others for the booty, lint if she should be killed?" "Then I beiielit just so much, tiiaf a'l," replied Dcspard. coolly. "What makes me uneasy is Hanger Kalph's ap pearance Mere. " "Why s,,v" "Itecausi! ho was ono of her dead father's companions. " "Well?" "Inez's father was ono of his old-time friends. He probably warned him of his reiiegado re'ative. ' "Yourself?" "Kxactly. If so, oven if the girl wetei dead, my e'aim might l o disputed, or my past record would prevent my ap- pcariug to secure the 1 irltiiie .No, Dau ton, the only way is to get possession ,f the girl: 'and I lovo her just enough to want, to marry her. Your men insisted on a wreck to secure what booty the train had I take the chances oi tho accident killing the girl. At all events, she must ho secured by us, or her death a stired before the night is over." "You are a relative of liohert Tracey, her father?" "A distant one but tic only ono after "her. " "And the fortune?" "Is a mystery, in a way. and was lefti by Trace)- in puss,, . sj, , of im iveiusii known as Hermit I en. The story is too complicated a one to relate now. l!e mi'inher. the g,'l is our espeeia1 tare; when the disaster comes, search twi-h.-r. " "All right, liespard Let us get h the boys The train w i I he due now' in a short t ime " The two men moved some d staie e aw ay. to w here an ob-truci on consist ing of logs, ioe,s and ir.ei had been pih d o i tin- Hack At tli ii moment the man Yu'io. wi.mii Ihu.toii had sent to the iii pot, returned. "Weil-. " asked the latter. "No one thcle hut the depot C'.!l'!lt." "And the man we had to set le vim- d "I guess he hid jitil arrived, for two Inn s.-s were si a in! I iii oil I side tin1 st a i on. I cut them loose mi- fear ol ncchlenls " "Two!" whiper.".l IK s..ar,. iM an in tense tone In I !l toll- "I'o you i.-.i r-.'-' "Y. S " "Kaagef Kaipll expecli ii someone oil the train " "l-.vidently " "Ai d that oil" v..i- ill-- girl who i. the o!i;ect of a.i icr pin's linv Tracey." n.f ; i; : H. Til' I 1.1,1.. The seminilrel'.! Lvke I e-pa rd. in v s ore against ni -.le -p":' than ee-, i tiiis cow anl y ac' -wilt le a t:-i rilde one w hen ' our d-i v of i e koi.iii ; emu -s! ' The words etinrui e I in a : a lie I, g.lspiug to :e of vote !':i!i lh" spot W lie e !'. lew llliclll.s ji:eV!o:s ihey had, to al. sc, ehn ., v i. w I lie- iP-a I .onn of Lae- or Kaipli, the t'er-i-T .scout and d - t -dive. hanger Kalp'u hi:n-e!f -ml,i'. ion !:Is haggard fa e an l a u -If i-ken eyes to l Ilia', the b...w l'csard liad dealt him was a t t i ili'c o e .n its ej'e.-s I in let' it he ha I gone down like a s-i. r . 1'tier in-eiisilillit hrd linailv given way to ll.lW llllig i n; scion .;ie-s, Ii , so feeble and con i used ' In he i ou d scarcely i aisi; hini-e f on oie- a I in. Tl'.e blind from a iiliasilv wound mi the head del., ged lis fic.md sh-c.v. d a deep gash that would lea-.e a s ar to his dvingilav. Ills head wa - di y. his sji.t hliinled. his strengtli seem d I aving him lie essaved to ari.-e, ami tle-n, itli a, groan, f.-'l h i- k cvhao b d Si d len.v every nerve s. etiieil to thrill to iji;i kcii'-il action, an I lie forget his Wound and his he! plessnes ; lot- the lini ment The train!" lie gasped, wililiv. "I lllld foriolteii it tih, these Vilnius: They have piled an obstruction .ei tho tiac'k. Too plainly I see livl.e lies )i:i ril s plot Tin-uiri - Ine -. lie k or vi sile wit" coining here, and with his i-i-ne-ua le assocla'es seeks in prevent her ap pearing to claim the fortune her father lelt her. I lllll-l prevent this awful crime I 11111-1 save the Ii e of the child of my old Irieinl. wim in1rn-ted her to my care. What shall I do? single handed, I cannot cupe w ii h these armed 'ulilaiis There is bat one man al the Ii I 1 , i ut he may l e able 'u telegraph 'or aid or st' !' t In' train. Ah. it is use ess. That blow has t ibbeil me of my treiigth." Hanger I'altdi sunk th la-l words ii a despairing I me. lor a sei mid ellort o rise proved fui i,'e lil crawl to the depot, but I'd outwit 'hose s.-o indreis, " h, muttered grim!), a. Ilinllieil I I lie! . He was ou I sal,- i Ii 1 range of the vision ii the men gfo 'i .cd on t he t racks twenty i-i-: i:vav. and besides they paid 110 illlthcr ilile ilioli to the foe they believed in he de-id S'nwlv. painfully, Kanger ba'ph began to creep through the niulei--nriish It wa-. a '.ernlile iak for his iii-rv a'ed Irani iuit he tiually saw in il.e d stance tlie .single signal lamp of the si :i 1 i, hi. rreciou- moments were slipping by: lie rcali-ed ih a "' the tlionghl nerved inn to reneived ellort. Ten minutes :.iti r the single occupant f tlie slat i.n. a veaio.'. handsome man it about tvvciitv .i-ars, started Irom i-a liiig a paiei as ;i sisueiims sound el. oed tlolli tin- d ie ' mi ol the door His ha d s ..'ight il.e revolver at his I, -It a he remembered 1 h pel i Is of I lie t mes. b it , 11 -1 , - I it to h s side, and ho n!t led an il'i.a --d i f - a- his glancii fed in. mi the stiaii-'e ligut'e that lilled I he liooi w ay a iii'i.ii'-.'il later "tin-at heaii-n-. man! ' he cried; "what do this un an.'-' lie s. o si.irniL- 111 li'ai.k leu for at th PI- 1 ! c.e, je 1 im in o. Kan ;e- ICaipli, w 11 1 o.-.o . 1 ' ,1 in I in- thi e- hold. ".ie p li e I,. .1 ch. lie. i,nn'k!" gasped tie almost cha,i.stcd scouL I "You am liilurod- you bavo fulbin!" 1 ''.No! 1 have I (Mil the victim of u cowardly and brutal 11-suu.t. " "W here by whom?" ilu hud lilted ill" scout to a chair and wum trembling with exclteni til 11s he discerned some uij story In tho manlier or his vlsllor. The latter did not. answer his question directly. Instead, hN eyes, lulling on a clock within a raihd in losuro of tlm depot, he asked ttiiuiiltuously: "The train- -w h ii wll it arrive."1 "It Is due hi ten minutes. " "Mop It!" "St ipit?" cried tho oilier. "Why, man! what do yuu mean?'1 "What I say." cried Hunger Kalpli, wildly. "Don't wast lime v i;'i oui'si inns, , htiiulrol live- he on ,1.0 t iriiofa 1111 11111-11 1 of time Telegraph nlie.nl am' have tlie train slopped!" "Impossible:" "Why."' "Ilei 1111-0 It hus already passed the last station." I niigcr Is u I ili uttered it groan of do spa ir. "Then secure aid and hasten to tho cm ve!" ho cried "Kxplaiti yourself. Why are von n incoherent - so excited? i In-ru Is 1. an ger?" Terrible danger.1' "From w hotii?" "Train wreckers." The young man started violently. "ll cannot l lie ciied. "Ye-, there are sis nf them, led by i. ke liespard. a notorious outlaw. Is there no one near."1 "No one. I'ollse yourself, man. To get her we may be ab'e to disperse these Si-oinidri is 11 "Impossible I could Hot walk a step unaided. " The nt her hastened to a window ami loo ,ei out toward t he su'.t Ii "The dep t agent will arrive shortly," h" said, in hurried, anxious tones. "Ai e v on not 1 lie agent?" asked Kanger Kalpli, in some surprise. "No; 1 was waiting for the train here. He lias a sj,.!, family at his hoiti", live miles ff.uu h -re. ami asked iii" to take charge while he took some lllidicine over 10 thein. linl he sal. I he would re turn he fori) the train arrived. " "And 1 efore then ii 111:1 v he too !alo to stop the train. lh. cannot .-otnei ning be done!" U nil liis helpl. istiess, delay ami ilia -tiici was toriiiie to Kanger l.a'ph. "A signal:-' cried his companion, sud den!); "I Will OUIVVit these si ollll il'el-. i.uii-k. now. tell me where they are " In brief hut graphic language lle scout imparted t h" desired in format ion. The other iisti-ned Willi the clo-e-t alt titioti and iiileri-t. Ids eves gleaming Willi latent excitement and courageous determination When tlie. r.-cilal WHS colli- lidei I.e sprang to the protect ing w iiilow where tlie depot lant rti was Kanger Kalpli watched him cautioiis y its , S.IW ll 1 til CXtill.ll sil toe Ll 11 1 i'1'll. "Whiit are v n go,u-; to do-.''' In itsked. "Signal and st p the train. " "I low-."1 "Willi this lantern.'1 " on cauiioi a-sthe w r -ekers " "I must ami will. uc-beyond (hem. I w iii reiiulil the lantern, ami hasten on until 1 meet tlie train " "Hasten, for heaven's sake:" cried th- Scout. ill imploring tones. "See: tie' train is almost ,,,,i cue. "' Without, aim her vvoid, ilie young imt'i sprang through the i,.i.-w :s the on lighted lantern in one hand, a rev.'ivi r in the other. , iu in; i nvriM c.n 1 Omiot HeiTiii. noi's av ii ( 'I'rii l.s. ri"; le liitve rt'i'eateillv uske.l me wliich of my trick-, lime ) lea i-1 ine the most it ml wliich I taiie must dcligUt in ierl'oriiiiii)f. Naturally tlioefor' that liriu.'fs tlie "jreate d stiocoss is ii'.t,.vl ileil liy a in ii 1 1 liis Lost. 1 ciuisiilof tho trick of re-do, -iuj; tlto sliiittorisl minor us my most i':iii,oih one. This I had the honor i f perform ing lie fori' the t'.ar uf l!us-.ia iioiii!i inv it it t i n to gi ii an oxliibion at lii-t court. It xv us tlnne unoxi ecteillv to tlios) e." tulois, iitul was led ilowit on tin- rc.ru lar bill. W hile I'layii g Liiliii nli vviih the iittacUcs of the court a ut the pet foruiance, the t'ar boiti"; pfes cut in the saloon. I sh d a bail with all my strength against a piate gluss mirror tiiti'mlim' from (loot- to ceiling. It was siiivero I into ti ft x' ieoos. Constcrnntioii was ilt'i'ioti'il on cvei-v t'oiiiiteuiitu'c; ami notio moco jdainlv than inv own. While tho Czar co irteonslv waived my uiioIoRV. consiili'ritig tho ilestrue t ion of the mirror as trilling, and onl r Cil the giline to iro.'ee,l. I Co 11 id cu ll see that my aw kwariliit'ss liiudo u dis itgi fcalilo imprt'ssion. With the Czar's 'i'i-inissioii f exam itieil the uiirror toestiniitti' the damage done ami tlto possibility of ropniritic; i,. While so onejiiejod one of tlie suite 'playfully chalU'tiKoil lno to exercise my art ami make the mirror w hole logjain. never ilivatnitiK that his ciulletige was the very cue I wante.l, ami put imh .siih rine; tlie iieceidaiic of it us pos sible. 1 hesitated il l instant and then otiliTo.l tho mirror to bo covcrel with a cloth, entirely cuiici a'i'o,' it fumi iow . On the removal of the c'otii, inter ten minutes, the mirror w as found vv n h out a tlaw, ami it:. ln'riVct as before the ilainugo! 1 will leave it to mv i-e.-tili t s' iiimgiiiation to tlcciilc how this trick was done. Killili l-s-l nut I'liilnsopliv. Some men are luillooiiists bv pro fession ; others by in tin' ion. l'ebt is tlie devil, and independence is pttiadi-o. J would rather one woman trusted tne than that should gain many fiieuds. Life is a chance in tiie lottery uf death; your I'lmtice is sine, but whether it is a blank or not depends largely mi yourself. AVhoii the snow fell he wislnd to mow my lawn: when th s: olight liuiile my Kiitss glow, be 'iis a .::ow shov elei bv proti'ssioii ; 1' genius, ho w us a I . amp. Tho first lilito-bird is the otic v i notice most. The dandi'li'iii.s nie tlie spun gol '. , spring time. A liiinilred p'tty virtue:, lire nor worth one genuine bent-toiich. ( peii d.-ieat is Wtter than utiiler liuinled victory. .l'Aot-otc I'raicUr. .(3; Japanese Working People's i; Home Life and Habits, jjr (G' Q :Q O O O S O d:D;QM00 0 00 As ime vuiks in Yokohama and To kio tlir ei;ii a niiiltitinle of nitrrow streets lined with tiny buildings, write-, a correspondent of tho San l'litiiei- i Chronicle, tlie foreign and char.-ieie,-; . i,. air lent In the scenes presented conies from the I'uet that ill each separate little open shop some single workman, liken her in his cell, in it way -o ,li!)'eretit limn mtr Western method, is busily plying his trade. When I had di' si'inbled Iny wonder rffi" i-.g l-e- .he '.anker Inditing one cud of Ins seain i. ith his toes; had re lumed the olite bow uf a young cooper who wae I. illl'ully Utilizing the same iiu-mliei-s in liis binding of t uhs vv ii ii V ,-get .'.ie vv it lies ill- lead uf in-'laili ho -in, and lind watched with It I - lit ::t ion ' he w it, drolls w ay in w hich ii ba d., I -Linker v a : helped out by his iii-iet.i-.ii.. .-oi-i-iiiiiMuii uf iimbi uinl j -il.il il -l -riiy. I su bietily fell it new w ish. I w Hilled ! i see these ipliet I'lld eh -,-cr Aoii.i.. ; people at holm in tie ii- lent av. as th.y actually live. Til.-:; il . plained I li.:t all 1 in ii'lie ..ii-ll . ..I u -o., simps lining the iiar.'uw si., is ;: , 1 rondways were lii.e'-. i t i- iiio iide habitations of the i i 1 1 1 ia i ; 1 ' y a ' i -i i ' uie. I soon -avv tliai ilu'. was ti-ie, ami was ever ti' -i e ifter in -ct ..il-'d y the endless gi; .;' e ,. in and uliniies of tlie lio -i I :'.- u' t',. .- : .im ill people. 'i il-'ii- ' i .,.' 1 e IMOIII uf t .'.-ll ill (he : !i ..I ':: c -..t.iiiioiily a .. c old fool : i ,.!.'.':: 1 'i iii-sl. A very si-c i i ; . . . i. i ; .i-u may m may no! Ii ' .1 .- . i I '. ,, l-.slal.'ii- lllileill. i !e- c:- Iii..,: y . : : nis ;;!-, mo siinplc in i - -1 i'-.i". : a ii.e lit -. i s i I -s 5, -.i."Linr5 i.:''";-, 1 if ) linn:.- I tV.t i-u; , ' of .i.-.- In- : are civ. I i i c i .1 . ;. i it 1 u.-m. Tiie a' . i; i m.s I., in... in t ,,. Po-iu pli'liie.- pa ie!--, all ma,-, to -!i.-owu i... . tile . Il.e. .i-ll ; ,.( the .i.t.v . "'ell-n! is,-, us ti'-,. I. .So ii ; ii , e ciut iy t h--w ,.: i, i ; i , :ll ie . . .- . a .-: , ... t--:. u in!.- ' : ! -..-!,.. a !:i fa !..: v. .. . , -o.' . -..,.! . .,.).. -. Wi-il :n illln-ii!-: p';t;--. .:il It 1 1 - ! I - tun' roi-f : " I l.j 1 ". I;'.;. I t i. lie in-l.i. I 'ou :;'. t he ii Hi.'- : . , cii. ill Y,. kolia :i:i -. i e -; uf da; e c- .-ii, s ',, ! eti.l Hill.... I til mi in a lei- iirely, semi-ih iili.- y. ca .ui.; .- happy imi'i ilei- ail lied.- un ti. i a ia- ." bale -.'u! l tie y lift v. itltu; their aivui., J an;, in-r uf: i : ! all :: i ..a, ' i .'- a. i s.(; .;. I'iu- ;; i v h. .1 i' , heavy t-tupis:' i. eohle . vi-i tuiMI : lit.- the Weighi oi' I i ti.e shollldel 1 ui' a l.li.-d. Vv ilu li nt s ii ,' xv i'li it. nail the 1 e'.t Iw.i ivitlt lor t'- cliofif. I ' e im,' in-oiim! ai.i I i the i;..ht yliaid ' 'n-u.te t iiey pr. c. c.l n uef..." I' ii jolly, in: ic.il and .oii.in: ill ti'.- t'! I-"..;, - ,1 ,' iii" back oi' l'i e iiV, :-si el- i i.t -.1 I for l il. lll.ellt ;,il '... imiu-t: i nt - I ''oi -s w ii! si:,;, un tl., :. bee's and li -'-i tin i.- pip, w iiieh le i. like ii pen!...!.! .villi u:i in ii u ito.i e...! thimble ! - 1 ; t , ,l. At tiie uth " ..;' i i-vi i at-,, the great tea "iii. go-t!ow ns, redolent, blocks a,., ay. ol Hie s.;! -! ile h.-ro. In side, in l u'.. -. .u e t iio In-; tiring caul drons, with oi .. re al ti:-i s beneath, and lillill-J 1". - lac - !.'! I. 1,11.1 loi 11 ll1-!' t In - Ii in -. 1. 1 v. i . i i vv iii towels vv r.U'pi d nbo.,; their In :; -is. swaviug. bell.lillg, sometimes ; hyiiiii. ic. My. i euct itnes spa -mo iiea'ly. '.t'l'.'ii;;- igot utisly with haii-b. a-ol .i:i" am. in ; tiie hut tea j rx.) , '.ASrr-r.sW.';.n.;v:' i leaves. Scattered here and there nmulig them is a man ur buy. Presently a Hutu; starts up, nod lit oil ly pulsatii'g 1 tUr !:-"i! the o-, ..t huii.lingit ovh.n-s in a s i : uf p' rutin" ur e!ei.:. iit-il u il l ' lllir' i.it.X t! ",, ., the je-.-kil:.-,- i.fU!--s. ii-i 'nine :u.l fa -i! it at ilo; tabur. Uluuikci -, at vv hatev -v trade, rc given in tin: middle of forenoon, and afternoon, as at noon, un interval for resting and eating, ami iiuiiiy babies ou tho hacks of small brothers uinl sis ters wait about tho tea-liring places that ut the regular hour, they, toii,miiy partake of refreshment. This interval of rest is so clastic in its application that there seems hurdly iin hour of the day when one group or another of 'ricksha men by the road side, of hunt men in tlie ciiiinl.of coolies in the go iluw n compounds or id' cral'ts- I men nt the shops may not be seen I gal licred. seidi'il on t heir heels, about i the little charcoal lirclioxcs, plying i their chopsticks in small laoipiered ; howls uinl siiiaie wooden boxes of cooked rice. ami di inking tea from cups likeg I sized thimbles. Jiesides the dressmaker uinl tailor, tlie cooper mid 1 the basket-maker are other artisans . pursuing their avocations in iiuite as ! ipteer ways. The carpenter hacks ut liis liiinrds w itli a sort of rough adze or stands on them and saws them with what looks like It Mulched butcher's k n ifo set in a long han. lie, or planes thein caret'. illy toward him. The man in the rice mill ignores Li lts ami w heel., and machinery generally, ami jumps all day mi the end uf a plank, it cog or weight in the other mil uf which pounds away at the grains. Tin' biiil ern-tiiiik -r and the uiiili.-i-ll.i - .o.i!,ei- sit pat ie nt ly t in,-; and pa-ting their frail w.;.-is. the stuck in trade slow ly p;!i;:g up. day by ,l..y, be hind tlicm. Lonely im-.i, cin-ii in his little booth, make I :Ie thick sira'v mats or sections of ll-i.itiiig for the native holt-es. Hoys work deft iy, tossing ! ; t-rr:tv P.liT.'.UP 'v.-! J i. .s ie . r. '...':--. J I -i : initio' . hack ntidt'.ii ti '.hat weave or ti- tlie bamboo v. in. he-, blinds. I watch..' I an ii -t ial b iy with wai l . i." hi. hand:, j aluu" in an 1 1 ti ilooi-1'..ty. on a .;ie:-i sipiare ut pal 'blue ;!!.. i-:i which If was rni- b Mldel ill;; VV.lil e.lt 1.1 ,ie ol Copy lie most i x.i'ii iieiy -ha led pink loses. i.Plle girls si'liu . u t -.lie l! hem stitched silk iiii'i-i,,, re.ii.-l - an I male i''a gli.iy be.i'ti li'itl ilr:f.i !l and eltl-bl-".lc!e.l ".rasi-li leu work. A couple " 1 III" iiteii, vv i; i ha .v k li.'-i-s and sevc:-.' I'letntetiitii-.'.- , 1'ke Ainetieau red itioti gone ii ttiuti;; color, boldiing iti' . if. a i. Ui.r I i . ;r i in ii.-o v ai , wili be '.in- V'.h.ee Vlsllu" worti s u' :t I 1.' . he ll : i sti-:i--liitii'!it. In trout ol six -inn s, voting tiicu with simple n ii iei's. vvori.in-g in tlie iliist 1. 1 the r.iadiVity, jostled l.y i ii k. ha men alto buil t hruw in..; y.niiigsi, rs. reel oil' stli; ii.lo skeins of iiiie!,l,v twist it, in a nt uf wav-i.le r.i,v;tll,, into varie gated silken cords I'et Imps tic most inter. " ting of n .-.r" the women in sma'l. open rooms v hi -it all day at primitive frames t'.i 'v. ing l.y him. I ihc sh lities in ami out thai weave the wi b ut si1!, ur cut ton. It is a j.r, tty ainl poeti ail way i if a -1 1 1 nig the fabric we ate ii vv ear 1 . .1:1 but contrast the lives uf the: e ipiiet worker in ihcirupeu iloorvv ay .-. u It.lt - the bine ui' heaven, their ryes soiiiet ones wandering away with pleas ure to the shifting street panorama before thein. vviih those of t he t hi ice vv retched seamstresses, factory hands a. id sweat -hup women in our own cities. t i-. sii;ll mi-.furtune tu be biiri - limbed, pciviianec . to wear cheap eoltuu. to i at onlv I -ice. Ill a 'all where tlie t.is'uioii lor all. eC- the vclbto-ilo. is not w id.-ly dill, t ent I have seen the w rat v and old .ounteii- auees uf ll'.'h' children und the ones of young girls, t hruugiiig out of our mills ami iiiit'infiietoiies, but these better ti'.ee- uf the Japanese vvuiiieii at their hand looms are less hopeless. And 1 would that tins callous, hurried scrambling world ha 1 time to weave its textiles a'l in the uld way uf thuse early ages when so much sol row was not. Then- .sceiiis nothing grim, uvcr sevrre or crushing about .Inpaiiese. labor. It is essentially sociable and cheerful. I'.vory third shop is a place of eatables, where hut Mvoot potatoes, rice touted with delicate seaweed, hut lish or shrimp fritters dipped tu soy. lulls uf .ish wrapped aluiind benri and sugar paste, buckwheat macaroni w ith soy, tasty iimr-cls broiled on skevveis. sugared bra'.is and roasted nuts, parched or popped rice kernels, rice wafers and cakes browned over the lire 1 11 1 1 il if still pule, painted to the right tinge wilh brown dyesi, rice p.-i' te or jiiiy, sw eet millet paste candy, puppe 1 - i.'" emidy, cups ,,f .dialed ice ii'id ipimc.ic.i-. uthcr dainties aud swcctgic.tts, aio ever at Laud for thtj -u:U! i i.':L " -vfOT2-'- o i . .. -.ii f "'Zr """Til.., ; . , .. - ii i t til i i lr- .i -.' '! v. ! !! delectation of the workers. But this is not enough, and men with vans ami boxes of cooked food perambulate tlie streets still nioro oouvouiently to re fresh the toiling masses. The meager coppers so scantily earned jingle all day right merrily into the pocket or pouches of tho caterers. liiihies aro everywhere swarming about, afoot ami almclt, with their share of the good things going. No body seems ever to startle and depress liimoM I'liDi.l.iiii. 'You mustn't d" that," uivo this," "You mayn't Aiming the common pen theie is no seiitiestering uf women; they, too, are everywhere, cheek by jowl, helping and doing, ap parently, as freely ns the men. If it is only n woodeli tub wliich they have to scrub out, girls w ith bare feet and tit ins, elaboritte'v dressed hair and clean Uinl pretty blue and white kim onos, are apt to bring it out on the sidewalk and scrub atvay gregariously lor the next hall hour or mure. t'liloadiiig great stones from the siitnpaiis in the canals, women work as cheerfully, lustily and eliectivcly as the men. They idiarc, seemingly on 1 1 1 :i 1 terms, iii the small shop keep ing, and help ill all the labors of the various avocations. I don't see how oue of these tii"it can have any secrets front his wife or escape her society on the plea that business will detain him at th" store. If business did. he would probably l i iid her there before him, us much at liunie as in the kitchen ur nursery, which apartments, in truth. : eein tu be pretty well dune nwiiy w ith : nu-1 if she wasn't there in person, at least all the oilier women on the bluer, would be in the near vicinity, abic to supervise his movements. Living i- reduced almost to its sini- t elements here, where a single garment w ill do for covering, and i that, it necessary, lot- years; where a few cents' worth of rice, pickled vege tables and dried lish make an appetiz ing and satisfying meal, and where n ingie hare room for dining, for guests and lor sleeping is practically till that is ri .piircil by even ambitious hotise- In Japan the poorest people i re not v. iiii.nil their comforts uinl conveni ence:. Cooked foods, so cheaply pro- , pared in public kitchens, have been 1 1 it-n t loiicd. "Milkmen and other pur veyors are in itliiiust every block, with t !n ir goods in siiiailest packages if de sired, lor the fractional copper enr-ii-iii'v. The housekeeping is the easiest, and at tlie same time the daiu tn-st. in all tin- world. No dust and uirt ever arc brought in to tarnish the liisf white lloufs. The low -ceilinged. e 1 1 ) 1 1 v rooms aud narrow verandas are ,-. idilv brushed and washed each dav. i lie In its on vv Inch tin-poor man sleeps It as thuse ol the rich. l!.:ihU..tl-i s in tlie lirighboiiiuud, to... nre livoiletit, while the tired mother and .ill her fretful progeny, wearied I y t he ifitt and the hours if work. :ii the rliAi- of the day enjoy their regain'- evening hot and cold vv a ei- plunge and splash. t lie iiupi'io i.'.eiiee of these poop'tr thein with 1 "You can't 1 go there. " nle. at least. "lobaliix is ill liu danger of being ex- I biscuits. Ci ! PRiNCESS ! IEI.ENE OF ITALY, MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN OF EUROI E ii nil,' . wmkASSKas . ..- When the Cr.ovn rrmcess Helene visited the English court dining tho Jubilee festivities ut London sho was it -corded tho palm usthe pcei less beauty of all the handsome women of the blood royal present at the functions. She is the daughter uf the Prince of Montenegro, and was reared in her father's mountainous principality, to which she owes her exipiisite complexion and regal curia go. Her husband, the Crown I'riiico uf Jtalv, is her uppusit" in personal appearance, being weak, small aud bilious-looking, and rumor hits it that only her father's poverty led her to accept the hand uf tho future ruler of Italy. Her out-of-door life has given her a "beauty truly blent w hwo red and white Nature's own sweet and cunning baud laid'ou," an i thtsr fliann-s, combined with her very shy, nlest. and even ditUdeut ways wlu u uho i brought before the people, have udu Uer Yrtbtly popular in Italy. aggerftteil in the telling, ll is doubt less quite true that tho impoverished 'ricksha puller or factory operator pawns his bed daily to buy his break fast, and after earning; enough to re deem the futons l.eforu niglitJ-eckless. ly expends in riotous liv ing in lite ten sen eating houses tlie whole bitla:u.'o of his capital. He looks as if ho does! all that he is accused of in the way of ever patching his blue kimolio instead of buying a new one, in living in oiie-yeii-a-iuoiith houses, und of haiidiii down to his descendants uiil.y the sano! pots and kettles, without a single ad dition thereto, which he in his day in", herited from his parents. Cut that ho is to any extent unhappy, iniserabbv and wretched over it I very much doubt. I have watched him singing land lingering) at his work, niol going' liunie at night in droves, still cheer fully sociable, solaced with his tiny pipe and fairly hilarious over tbei least inursel ami drop of rice ainf cheap saki. 1 have gone who him to his iniitsiiri. or festivals, ami I know how often tin y n cur and how light-heurti d tin y lind him. I have stood with linn to laugh' at the fun-niakers und dancers at the iieipielit street eelebrat ions and local fetes, and I don't believe there if tiiucli rancor Mid bitterness to his poverty. Cesides, his wages are going lip, (iuilds he has had always, and he is lenriiingabiiut strikes. Duel. Inbori'fs get eighty cents it day now. vv hen, formerly they received nearer to rigid. Considering their labor capacity and the cheapness of their liv ing. the funnel' is not a bad wage. 'Uiekslui charges, thuse for laundry work, and ol'vaii uiis craftsmen las nil the dyers in ( Isiika, who have just procured them selves a twenty-live pi r-cciil. rn!-i , the wages uf house servant and the salaries uf policemen and ut iicrulliohils, all are slowly and stendiiy increasing, and the explanation i- that the wants of life are un the inci eii : im at is be ginning to 1 nl i-n, wool is coming t' be liked for clothing, some simple lux uries are now understood and liesircd, and so the time is to cmue when the workingniaii of .Japan is to have rather more of the conveniences mo! neces saries uf lite to liny, und considerably more motley with v. men I" pu.ciiase. them. At bast that trend of ntl'iiirs at pr. dercd tli.) ut. (icrmnn rarp Is rnpnt'iitio-. If a lish dealer di -pom led upon fie side uf ( iernialt carp for a liviiilun.il im would starve in double-. iiiok tinu . That partii-iihir n. ember of the lish family is several hundred thou- iiitds ol miles away trom tne pinnacle ul popu larity, and there is nothing these days to indicate that it is going to decreaso the distance. icr man carp are ipi oted, wholesale pi ice, at a penny a pound. "How in the world do you manage to make anything out of them':" allied th 1 implicative buyer i f tiie Souili Water street lish dealer the other day; "1 don't see where it pays to hgudlo them." "It n ally doesn't pay to l.niollo j tnein, in ir does the iishenuiiu who I calches thela liiiike a fortune out uf j his business," said the li -h dealt-:-, j "Just imagine what the tislu i-mau makes when we arc supposed tu sell at u profit nt a penny a pound. Ile ! wouldn't do right Well even ll he had 1 a good business. Ciel inau carp arc fa.' from being entitled to recognition as i-tine tish. They are course in tb'sii. j and it is an impossible matter tu reiiue ; them. 1 handle them because there are some people w Iio imy mem iruiu tec. It is not that I sell Ihclu fur :l leasuiialdi' profit, but uieielv as ait ;ic cominudatiun. " Chicago Ccrord. "Do you think you can noeu-tum voiirsclf to Klottdike eouking?'' '"Why not? My wile took the ti.:-. prize at Vassal- for her paper W ei -,itt rvrhltnl liitilt I h alef. lie TX THP m iwivTi-T'-j.4imijiiff-..i-ni-i-i