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Threescore and ten.
If ho reaoh their threc-econ years and tea
A I ham min. wlthm.t ilak
s Are either moi or lens thaa-mua
A:
nottucnam j., "
"Hifnswtr 8frairsr4ie.wjldered dream,
.,' 'root things that teem. "
1 thought I hoped, I knew one ib'ng,
And had on gift, when 1 ra young
The impulse anil the power to sing
Ahd fj 1 sung, a
To bate a place In the high choir
i Of poets and dssrre the mm
What more eould mort il man deelnr
Than poet's fame,
- I sought It long, but never found)
The oholr to full wa and ao strong
Ih Jubilant voitx ibr, they drown
. My aimple a ong.
The Knot
-,'. She waa youni and romarktbly pret.
v ty, with the prottlnes (hat Is quit un-
mlatakable and generally ackuowledg
. ed, that caa even triumph over a frock
that Is not quite fresh or a gtyleof hair
dressing that jg nut altogether suitable.
BurthenIn ber case, it was such
charming hair, so bright, aud so curly,
: that he told himself fashionable dress
ing, which would have reduced .ber
. head (o tho level of repetition of all the
. other heads in the room, would have
been a mistake, a piece of vandalism.
And as for the dress, that was, at any
rate, simple although of the kind that
, is not expensive, or even particularly
. tasteful and he managed to overlook
It Yet that was something of a feat
to his credit or not, as you looked at
M .s - the matter for he. bad the reputation
"'""'of Being one of the most fastidious
men In London. Moreover, the child
she was only a child, as he admitted
.had absolutely bo conversation. -And
she was eighteen and badly
dressed, while he owned to thirty-five,
and was well known S3 an accomplish
ed man of the most sensitive, most ex
' ' . outsits taste. i :':y ; j ,:, f s- . i ' -.
The woman wasn't born, (Is friends
had. been in the habit of saying, who
, .could entirely reach up to his stand-
j ardj-'-aarf action; among themselves
tf 1 often ntiJsJe!Lli'l nea
O corlhlug"T)i(Ssibla, the woman
would surrender to, and she was cul-
1 tured and witty, delicately sympathetic,
- daintily beautiful, and certainly beau
' tlfully dressed to the list little detail.
And 'it must be admitted that he had
always so pictured he himself. '
"After aU!" they said. "So, after all,
v the usual thing attracts him!" Of
course, she's sweetly pretty, and he'll
. choose her frocks!" They dtdn" feel
any less pleasure lo their idol because,
Xl at last, they had discovered his feet of
day; they were, indeed, .enthusiasti
cally inclined to applaud their newer
' and more homely view of him, and
they let the girl : w.'-U the heaven
searching eyes abrorb him, While they
looked on in it atthule distinctively
suggestive of hand-clapping. " '
"After all!" they would chorus, and
someone would invariably add, "Well,
f- he'll know how to spend the money!"
' Yet It was common knowledge that
he waa aot overburdened with money,
having been, apparently, too overbur
. dened with brains to acquire it In any
' ' quantity. : ?-?-' ;
And all the time he was with her
v-.. haainnght only of her eyes and his
otJj wcr to " waylay them from
het3. JWeltjjhen he was not With
her, many of hiTthTwgWjJJircled round
. the cheaa row of pearls kCelnTsxlaMy-
- - wore, and his mind, attuned to great
subjects, took to itself a holiday and
spent It In wondering why she tied a
--knot In them, , . 'r''
Xj'as it of set design or did she really
they looked better knotted T
, e hkdreome Into his mind, the first
lime he saw her, an old laying, long
forgotten, that a girl -knot ber pearls
" ' when she wants a love letter. Now did
this girl of the Innocent eyes In this
manner deliberately advertise a wantT
And was it simply a love letter that
she wanted, as one might covet a rare
curio, or, say, a first editionl (He
said, first edition.) Or was It not,
perhaps, a letter from a particular per-
- son she had set ber heart on? Some
one who might tee the touching little
. Indication of readiness to receive a ten
v 1 dcrly worded epistle; someone who. It
waa hoped, would be ready, would be
- eager ta comrnyT f Although thla last
possibility undoubtedly put the girl in
the better light, it is noteworthy that
It was not the idea he honestly favored.
; He followed the little story further.
For If the knot was the result of any-
. thing more than merest accident, or
other than a clumsy device for keeping
the row tightly around ' her white
. throat, then, since, as far as he knew,
the knot was never untied, also, as fsr
as he knew, she did not get her letter.
- The blue eyes were sometimes pa
thetic; In time It grew to hurting him
, that she should even possibly want
what he could have so easily supplied.
' The whole question, as' childish, as she
was, ' and as strangely engrossing,
haunted and disturbed his leisure, and
one night, having Just left ber, he sat
down and wrote hor the letter. t
The bulk of the taler"j for .which
people praised him were In the habit
of emerging from the point of his peu,
and the letter was worthy of his repu
tation without being at all above her
power of appreciation even supposing
she was 1n all things as young as she
looked. It was simple. In fact, a her
speech, and as beautiful, after its fash
ion, as her eyea; and, rending tt over,
he knew he had never done anything
better. But be wasn't as mad as he
"s11Ttprtfr!Iv(rifK'bed if anyone could
liaife seen hlmVand he only posted It
Into his pocket. Having been written
to her, It waa sarrcdly hers, and to
li.ive it about him gave l lm a feeling of
p'.iKKiire he at'ltnowlc ; (1 with "a
)au';h, and for once did not t, to ac
count, for In words. '
Aft.nr that hn wrote her a lotter every
time ho siiw her, and, but Hint some
thins; happened nbout the i-kth time,
it a a matter to wonder Ht how f.r h"
! I e''owed his j i to
! -,
' ornrn-l of t-'e r ' ( u-
Men would not hoar me then, and ao
I eare nut, I accept my (ate,
When white bain tbatch the furrowed brow
Drown oou too Intel
The beat of life went long ago
V From me; It not much at best
.. Only the lore that young hearts know,
The dear Unrest. .
Back oa my pnat, through gdtherlDf tears,
Onoe mora I eet my eyes, and ee
Blight shapes that In tor better years j ,
burroundod mel '
Tbey left me here, they left me there,
went down dark pathways, one by one
The wise, the treat, the young, the falri
But I went on.
And I go on! And bad or good, '
the old allotted yeara of mea ;
I bare endured as beet I eould,
Tbree-soore and tenl
BiobarJ Henry Stoddard.
in the Pearls.
something else, he dropped on Of the
letters at her feet, She caught It up
with a little cry, "Why, it's addressed
to me" If he had Dot stopped her she
would havo opened it there and then.
But be couldn't prevent her keeping
it nor prevent himself seeing the laugh
in her eyes stray gleam that teemed
to cast a new light on the pathways to
h&ven. "
"It you like It," ht said, "tberh are
more;" and he took out the pack, turn
ing It over.
"But. If they're mine, 1 would much
rather have) them at once!" she cried.
"If they're mine, you have not right
to keep them!"
To tempt hor Into pleading for thorn,
Into more laughter,. Into quite a tor
rent of teasing, and excited speech, he
held out aa long as he could. In the end
she went off with her letters.
"Ilji convinced It'a some rubbish,"
she threw at him in parting; "and I
do want to see just how silly you are!"
"Will you tell me how silly you think
me?? .be asked,, vc :. . ' h s;'
"It you're silly epough.'' said she: ,
. Of course, he expected aa answer
expected It feverishly, filled with a boy
ish impatience and unrest he had never
surpassed in his boyhood. When it
came, It was like her,-he yWmself:
and tt was certainly ptt lord,
lf"wi. was reall5--'?
h s1 mi ii her, and
doubts ojweWl subject were brand
new ones. "Will you come and see
mer she wrote, naming an hour. Of
course he went praying the while that
he should find her alone.
- And she was alone; so far, he quick
ly saw the realization of hi wish. Tet
for th moment, as he advanced toward
her up the long room, he hardly knew
her hardly recognized her unadoraed
beauty, the child of the dowdy frocks,
in the perfectly dressed girl now wait
ing for him with laughter and blushes
chasldg each other on her bewildering
face, for the first time In his life he
found nothing to say, and so she was
forced to begin. She seemed not un
willing. V..
"Tour letters are charming," she
said, fihe put up a hand to the Imita
tion pearls, side by side with some
that looked priceless, among the laces
at her neck, and twisted them round
to show him they were unknotted, .
''Tour letters are charming," she re
peated,' with the least little break in
her voice. Then one brightened and
smiled. "And what do you think of my
frockr .... . . . " .'
: "I think It is charming." he said.
V She came nearer to him. -;- - ..'
' "Will you answer me something?"
she asked. 'X ''r"'
"ires-yea inythlngf": ?X.tJ
' 'Vbt thla which sort of frock do
you like me In best?" -7'
. "This," he saldj true to his creed.
This I suppose. Oh, my darling, we
are starting at the wrong end, but If
you keep the letters we shan't be able
to afford such frocks!"
T wouldn't give up the letters for
anything," she .declared.
"1 go with the letters," he said.
Again the laugh In her eyes. "And
I'd rather give up the letters than you,'
she smiled. ,Ja.-,.1yv:.,,..7..
"Then bang the frocks!" he cried,
and would have caught her to him, but
she warded him off. -'?' f '
"Stop, do stop" then she blushed
tor a Stop, won't you, pleaael
Then don't you know really T Don't you
truly know?"
"Whatr
"That I've more frocks and inore
money to buy new ones than I know
what to do with, and and" '
"Do you mean to tell met" '
"Let me tell you. I mean, I bad the
childish Idea I see now how childish
it was to try and pass myself oft in
your society aa a poor American glrj,
for a change. And It was a failure,
fright as I looked it was a failure,
with Just one exception. Tou are the
exception, and until now 1 have never
felt quite, quite sure that even you
eould be excepted." Into her eyes crept
their pathetic look.
. "My dearest," he cried, "Just for your
sweet self I loved you! On my honor, I
did not know, and I loved you because
could not help It"
This itftne she did not ward him off.
"No woman wants to be loved for
any other reason," ahe said; "and I
shan't mind the money and things
any more. ,
"And the. knot la the pearls!" he
asked, later.
"I knotted them at first because It
seemed, somehow, In keeping with the
stupid tort of girl I was to be. But
when I noticed how you always stared
at theta, I kept them knotted to"
"Well, whyf"
"To keep you staring!" ahe laughed.
"And did you never find out?"
"Oh! she Interrupted, "I asked Just
every ono why a knot In a rov of
pearls should make wise man any
man stare so. I was always asking,
until some one told me about the old
saying of the lovo letter, and then"
"nd then?" ,
"And then" She still hesitated.
: "By then" , he emended.
"Hi. I'd li.n to fliiii.h," she said,
btnK,. "' y V u. I w'ih so in dons
fi-r your 1 i I coul ln't unlie it.
' i s- ." almost ': I, "my
t v i i- 'tli !' knot and it
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FACTS ABOUT MOTORS,
DIFFICULTIES WHICH THREATEN!
8TEAM WAGON INDUSTRY.
The Average Motorist Doe Not Urt'
derstand Mechanics of His Machine
-The Manufacturer'aSIn The Mid
dleman A Necessary Evil. lf
The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Express says: It is a remarkable'
fact that at It time when the motor-car
Industry Is seemingly in the sentth of
its prosperity it should have, to con
tend with a cumber of serious diffi
culties which threaten to hinder Its de
velopment for many years unless the
remedy Is found. In the first place, to
borrow the words of M. Lumet, the
distinguished engineer In charge of the
teubnlcal section of the French Auto
mobile club, "the publie are not yet
educated up to the motor." They do
not sufficiently understand It, and It It
for this reason that so many people
who buy a motor car to be "in the
run" tire of It after a year or so.
1 am not speaking here of the en
thusiast, who baa ne sooner mastered
the details of his first motor than he
wants to sell It and purchase a high
speed machine, but of the average man
who, as a rule, possesses but very con
fused notions about the laws govern
ing mechanics., A few breakdowns,
the difficulty which an inexperienced
maa. flsda in setting right the most
iriviil.acctiknts lor every motor has
Its own pecu lir little whims and (he
ultltnatp- uccojrslty cf consUMly em
p!c) lng ' a trained mechanic, .quickly
discourage the man who Imagines that
the only oscentlai thing be requires to
know about a motor is bow to drive It.
'Unfortunately the manufacturers
themselves are greatly to blame fox
the , comparative slowness of the
publlo- education In the matter
of motors. The sole desire of a
large number of manufacturers seems
to be to turn over as much money as
possible In the shortest space of time;
and this lj one of.the principal reasons
why so many of them are at .the pres
ent time verging on a period of
cutties.
. It-is surprising to
that so
few of the great motoi
r, nnlifanlllni
K, ,' Z.srucrs, but it must be
markJodels of "ot on ibn
M rJTy the groat firms represents
urmuus outlay in preliminary n-
diture and In trial constructions
efors the perfected model has been
"ISSfflSa.
.aawr i
oimruiea. Every yew new lmprove
monttv are being made which add to
the coit, and as unfortunately under
the prosit system there is an enormous
amount waste and of extravagant
mangemenl even In the best of motor
factories, the natural result is that,
With a few praiseworthy exceptions,
the publie are made to pay the piper,
A car lacking la perfect executloa It
put on the market at a price which It
about five times what It ought to be,
This Is one of the reasons why the
public tire so quickly-of motor cart
and why there are so many second
hand machines now being offered, for
sale. ' -" ' " -',v-:v y I i
Another great difficulty Js the. ex
istence of the middleman.! When a
private customer applies direct to a
good' maker he is almost invariably
told that he must wait six months; f
year, eighteen months, or even longer
for the car he orders. Why Is this!
Because the middlemen, in view of ths
great demand, monopolize the output
of the more prominent makers." They
know that, as a rule, the customer
does, not care to wait a year for his
car, and that he must, therefore, come
to them. The result is that the mid
dleman sells him the car at an, In
crease on the manufacturer's retail
price Of between 160 and 200 percent
- AS an instance of the sort of thing
the public have to put up with I may
mention the case of a standard type of
car, the catalogue price of which it
350 net The manufacturer Is able
to turn out this car. at a cost price to
himself of ' 86. aid the middleman
takes S0, or sctutly m6re than the
car cost to build. ' --
The middleman himself has numer
ous agents to whom he pays a liberal
commission. Moreover, be generally
appoints some well known racing man
aa his nominal manager, and for this,
of course, he has to pay pretty stiffly.
The public who buy motor cars have a
great faith In racing men and in cars
which win races. -::'
The middleman is, unfortunately, a
necessary evil, and the manufacturer
finds It imposible to do without him.
The reason la simple enough. The
manufacturer Is alwayt In doubt as to
whether a particular type of car will
please the public, and he Invariably
tends toward limiting his Immediate
production as much as possible. The
middleman relieves, the .manufacturer
cf all anxiety on the subject by order
ing; a whole series of cars from him at
once on seeing a-single sample car.
The manufacturer la thus sure of his
output, and makes no attempt to over
produce. . .
As things now are there are too
many intermediate profits In the motor
trade, too many liberal commissions
for which the customer has to pay.
Many people look upon this sort of
thing ss extortion, and either aban
don the idea of purchasing a motor,
or else think they are actlzg cleverly
In going to a Job manufacturer who
puts together a motor composed of one
part by one well-known firm, another
part by another well-known firm, and
a third portion by a third well-known
maker. The inexperienced purchaser
supposes that he cannot go far wrong
In ordering such a car, Mug that cl
the component parts are by well
known makers. He soon discovers .his
mistake. None of the various com
ponent parts of his car thus thrown
together were ever made to work with
each other, and soon there is a break
down, followed by others at frequent
Intervals.
The great beauty of the cars built
by the leading manufacturers Is ths
perfect harmony with which all the
ports of the cur work lopethor, for
they have be-.n tunnufncturpi! f.r each
other 111 tlie same fa.'toiy.
One of the i i u ' i ). .
rnnk.s of cits are fo r -.(rn !--, t'
ei:o-oi.3 cot to t'"! I" ' : r !
i - J't.f : ? ; ! - ' ,
petitions, These faot obilg tht niak
era to pay heavy retaining fees to A
large staff Of professional racers, and
lead to great expenditure la prelim
inary trials and models. Often heavy
suml are spent in trials of dew details
which Ultimately are ne jt used.
OIL. FUEL IN HAWAII.
It Preferred l a Complete Substitute
for Coal,
The substitution of Crude oil at fuel
In place of coal in Hawaii It proving ail
unqualified success, On Mtull the Hal
ku, Paia, Hawaiian Commercial And
Klhel plantations are using oil. On
this island Kahuku, Walalua, OahU
and Honolulu are using It, and Ewa
will be In a few weeks. In this city
the Young building Is burning oil, and
recently the Rapid Transit Company
converted all of Its furnaces Into oil
burners. So . far aa reported, the
change is working satisfactorily on all
of ths plantations, with a uniform re
duction in cost of,' approximately, 80
percent ; '----..l- '
la addition to the savtrig In dollars,
oil fuel has three distinct advantages
over coal. First, 'It requires much less
labor to handle It, This Is a serious
consideration on the plantations, where
every labor-saving device and process
should be fostered its a meana of meet
Ing the demand for labor. Any ma
chine, device or process which enables
one man to do the work of two, even
though Its operation costs as much as
the two men do, Is a distinct advance,
as It reduces the requirements for la
borers by SO percent In connection
with that particular work, . This
Is an Important consideration now,
and it may In the future prove moat
vital. '
Second. w It it a clean . fuel. Instead J.
of a grimy, dusty and dlsagreeai
Dot. such as the regulaticn coal Br
ing room Is, where oil Is In use the
mnm hAMmae at aVnw nl afO ft ol1
vw awvviHvsj s " eBnPfcaV. rfftO
as a parlor, wbllejhar,
,7- 7, ""-K7Fr ind a standing
collar. If hlafrr. P.h. ...
smokeless. Not com-
vely so, but absolutely smoke-
If any smoke issues rrcm tno
smokestack It Is proof positive that
there la some defect in the burner
used, or In the arrangement of the f tr
nace. . An Inspiration of the - Rapid
Transit furnace and smokestack will
demonstrate this fact to any one who
dtslres to prove It A i t' ; .
This last named advantage la of
fcreat Importance In Honolulu.; With
orjly soft coal available, even the few
fuel Using concerns in town were be
(omlng a serious nuisance" to all In
t'.itdr immediate neighborhood.' A few
nore years of development would have
made us a small Pittsburg, so far as
ths smoke nuisance Is concerned. No
smoke producer In Honolulu can hero
after plead that ha cannot prevent It
With cheapness, economy of labor,
cleanliness and abolition of tmoke la
its favor there does not seem to be
any reason why oil should 'not at an
early date entirely supersede coal In
Hawaii as a power producing fuel. .
, Its early adoption here Is evidence of
the progressive spirit of our people
and their ability to keep step with
ths age. Honolulu Advertiser.
How Dlas Saved Hla Son-ln-Law.
An army man who has been In Mex
ico tells a story 6f how President Dlas
got rid of an objectionable gang and
saved bis son-in-law, who was a mem
ter of It - This gang had a regular
meeting place, which became so un
savory that Dlas determined to break
II up. One afternoon, when the crowd
was to meet Dlas sent word to the
young man by an aide, inviting him
to dine at the president's country vil
la, a few miles out of the city. The
ion-ln-law attended the dinner, and
afterward Dlas asked him to play bll
Maids. ' Finally the telephone rang
acd tbe president was called up. . He
remained In conversation for some
time, and as he hung up the receiver j
he turned smiling to his son-in-law,-!
and sald; , "Ycu may return to the '
city' now, " t have Just been. convers- f
Ing with the chief of police, who in-
forms me that he haa made a most '
successful raid upon the question-
hie resort which you so often fre
quent All your companions have 1
been arrested, and they will start at j
daybreak for the southern frontier,
where they will enter the army and1'
probably dies of disease. If you had '
not been my guetrt tonight yon would
have been among them. Good night". ,
New Orleans Times-Democrat ; . I
A Spouting Well. "
There Is a flowing well of water on
the Giles Tillett farm, four miles west !
of Peru, Ind., on the north bank ot ,
the Wabash river, and the grounds t
surrounding it are rapidly becoming at
popular picnic resort The well it
one thousand feet deep. It is between j
tbe old Wabash and Erie canal bed
anJ the .river and for half a mile on
either side, both east and west along
the river, there Is a dense growth ot
tall sycamore, elm and walnut trees.
The liver flows between high banks.
Three years ago a company of oil
men, while "wlldcattlng," sank this
well, but found no oil. As the water
flowed over the casing In an ftjlch
stream it was decided to cap it, and
permit the water to flow through a J
lnch opening In the cap. The water
spouts from this 2-Inch opening 23
feet Into the air. and It never varies
In pressure. It has continued to shcot
skyward for the last three years with
out diminishing in pressure. There is
no disagreeable odor or bad taste to
the output; lit fact the taste Is some
thing like sugar water, and Is very
palatablerrom ' 'he Indianapolis
News'. - '
The Shawtice Herald offers this ex
ceptional value In bird stories: Jesse
Davis, ajf'jformor, who resides cast ot
town, haif'-a sparrow's nest which was
built In the rear cf a buRgy sent which
Mr. I'avia frequently uhcs. The cov
er of the sent had worn nwny, and the
old birds took possession of the moss
pnddlng and nindo a very comfortable
homo. Mr. Davis once a wek routes
to town to remain all dtf, but the Id
hhd stitys nt. home on thcie ocrai-.limA,
roto! !': to i.-r ii". t.'ns anon as the
In:, V r':e ! ' I'M Ki ' d. T!..! :S
; e In hi h- 'I --O how h:,ir'T I. i.'ol
Ir. I:iivi(4 :.s J h' il ! V-.il
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HOW TO BE HAPPY TH0' HOT,
Coellng and Calming Suggestions for
tht Htated Term.
If you are a young girl and cannot
escape from freckles untlor the sum
mer sun, remember that Thackery
gave one of the most charming of his
herolnos an "boneet frocklad face."
This was Tli oo Lambert, the Jeune
Alio of "The Virginians."
If you are annoyed by the snapping
of cameras while you are cn the leach
In your bathing costume, remember
that to be photographed is at royal
compliment, and that neither king nor
kaiser -tan escape from the kodak
fiend.
If you are a bald-headod man and
suffer from the playful attack of the
sportive fly, console yourself by re
membering that African explorers are
forced to sleep with their heads wrap
ped In blankets to escape the stings
of poisonous insects. , , '
' It the bills at the seaside or moun
tain house where your wife and chil
dren are Gtayiug seem monstrous, cut
a backward glance over the coal bills
you were forced to pay during the
Strike of the anthracite coal miners. -,
If you can't court sleep successfully
either in bed, on a camp cot, or In a
bamboo chair, call up a mental pic
ture of the unfortunate English offi
cers who were forced to pass a night
In the. Black Hole of Calcutta, where
on small grated window alone gave
air to the tortured prisoners. '
If your small Income, or your, busi
ness or professional duties force you
to spend the summer in town, read
Nansen't "Farthest North." and the
works of all the other Arctic explor
ers you can lay your hands on. After
lirtl 0. ,miNia nt MaHinv wilt
.prefer any degree m heat to a world
of Ice and snow.
If you are a fat-man and the street
igth of your waist belt whi
oVpear in outing flannels, think how
tntch more comfortable yau are than
the. attenuated individual who dare not
unbutton his padded coat lest the
world discovers that his figure was
made by his tailor.
It, on the contrary, you are a lean
and hungry Casslua, "whose ' ptfle
biow and hcllow cheeks never grow
moist even on the hottest 'midsummer
day, watch your fat friends watering
the ground at their feet with streams
of Denization, and give thanks for a
figure which enables you to hug the
narrowest shadow to be found in ths
tun-baked atmttAV'ii'
V Marrying Under Difficulty. :
In the northern Caucasus nearly
half the death rate of the Inhabitants
is caused by vendetta, and at least
throe-fourths of the vendetta cases are
ths result ot a curious marriage cus
tom which Is now decimating the popu
lation. The native of those parti who
wishes to take unto himself a wife
cannot arrange the matter in the sim
ple, offhand manner In vogue In West
ern Europe, by "popping the qneetion."
He must go home, sell his belongings,
and buy her fairly and squarely of
her parents, the price ranging from
35 to 200. This is a ccstly custom
In many ways, tor It is not every young
man who can afford to invest such a
large sum In a wife, however, accom
plished. What generally happens in
such ctsfet Is that the Indigent can
didate for the order of Benedict In
duces a tew stalwart comrades to seize
tbe maiden and carry her eft. What
too often follows then may be gath
ered from a case in point which ha
Just taken place In BosBlnmbe. Bo
kayeft Is the bridegroom's name, and
Neshkho that of tbe elrl of sweet 16
who had the misfortune to find favor
In his eyes. His pockets being empty,
be persuaded three comrades to kid
nap the maid whom he then took off to
another village as his wife.
But her father, on . discover
ing her whereabouts, bad
her sent back by the police, and then
depended $20 tor loss ot her ser.icea,
an we should say, Bokayeff, to whom
the demand was made, would not or
could not pay. - The girl's father
thoreupon claimed that sum from the
bridegroom'! companions, who- are
equally liable. They admitted the
justice of his claim, and called upca
Bokayeff to hand over the sum to
them. On his refusal they shot him
dead, that being the custom cf the
country, although daggers are also
allowed to take the place of bullota.
The three youths were forthwith ar
rested and will, ot course, be tried and
deported. But that far from being the
end ol the matter is only tbe wry
beg'nuiug. The kindred ot the flein
man aro now preparing to "wlpo tut"
the ructions of the murderers,, while
the family of the dishonored Kill is
bolind by the custom of the country
to wanh away the stain on her reputa
tion In the blood of the clans of both
the nmidered man and his murderers.
Ai'd Knslan law is powerless to In-tervti.e."-London
Telegraph.
Great Number of Locomotives.
There are fully 600,000 locomotives
In this country. The Pennsylvania
read builds 100 locomotives a year.
There are probably 200,000 passenger,
baggage, express, parlor, sleeping and
mail cars. The cost of a standard
freight car Is $750 with woodes under
work, and $1000 for steel underframe.
The standard car Is 36 feet long, eight
by eight and a half inside measure.
The capacity la from 60,000 to 100,000
pounds. The life Is from ten to twelve
years. The cost of avstahdard loco
motive Is $10,000 to $12,000; weight on
wheels, 170,000 pounds; tank capacity
6000 gallons, and coal bin ten to twen
ty tons' capacity.
. His Humble Qualifications.
" "The old man doosn'r speak any
foreign langungo, does lie?'
"No. . Ho's Jimt a pliiln, downright,
honest,' no-style, hardworking money
mnkln', fnii:i!y support In. American!"
Atlanta Constitution.
Petrified Ships.
Alnnkan Inching allot-e that tin the
Porcupine rlvor,--li"."i i;n !.i from Purl
Ylkon, there lire two .otrifle4 uMp
lytng Btns 'i'I'.'-.l lit tbe miiiminitm.
I.
'y unlive ami ":
1 ;'!
A SEBMON FOR SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED
"TRIALS AND TEMPTATIONS."
The nee Gmrce V. Eckmas. rtlflferentlat
Between Kntlnement to Bviland Temsu
tattoo In the Seme of Providential TrteJ
' "-Tehtni Acronat of Heredity."
NbW YohK fciTr. The Rev. George If.
Eckman. paator of St. Paul's Xi. K. Church,
preached Sunday morning on '"lrials and
Temptations." He took bit text from
Jamee i: It "Bleed ia the man that en
dureth temptation; for when he is tried,
be shall receive the crown of life, which
the Lord hath promised to tbem that love
Him," Mr, Ki-kman said: r
The beatitude chosen for our text atanda
central to the discussion ol temptation
which Jamei pursue in this chapter. Tbe
subject ia roiuidereit under two aspects.
Tbe writer begins with temptation in the
rne of providentinl'trial, and concludes
with temptation in the icnse of-seduction
to evil. The one may be understood at
proceeding from God, though it is per
mitted by Him ia the process of human
discipline. 1 lie one ia hailed as an occasion
of good. The other is denounced as the
source of injury. Before the one the au
thor sounds a trumpet of gladnese.' Be
fore the other he waves a signal of danger.
Toward the one we should assume an atti
tude of friendliness. Toward the other we
must maintain a bearins of hostility. To
the test of both phases of temptatioa we
are hound to be subjected. From the eon
test, with each we may return triumphant.
Over the victorious contestant in each
combat tin author shouts, "Blessed ia the'
man that endureth temptatioa." i,et aa
turn to the apostle's discussion of this ever
important themes'''-- f 1 i 1 , '. s s
Count it all ioy when ye fall into divers
temptations!" he exclaim. Observe that
these are providential troubles. They an
not self-inllicted. The sufferer haa fallen
into them, They are qnsoujtht, -unexpected
and unwelcome. They constitute what in
worldly parlance are called calamities. Vet
in the very midst of the maelstrom of mis
fortune the Christian is urged to rejoice
with exceeding great joy. .. - - .
Jubilant in trouble the thing is utterly
preposterous to the mind which knows
nothing higher than earthly philosophy.
Shall the merchant sing chVerily while hit
commercial structure is crashing in rains
aliout him! Shall the youthVatiiiie serenely
k:!- tk. rn.i,w. .,k!,:.t 1 1... nr.
til thlrasly defeated! Miall the just
. u:. v.. k. t. ."fW.lian
James would renlv. Let bim count it
ioy when be falls into these dire straits.
They are deeply significant of good to bim,
however difficult it may bt to discover
their value. What madness this teems to
the worldlini! ;') '(. f m
A moment reflection will prove even to
the children of this world that joyouanesa
in affliction which at the first appears to be
an unnatural and superhuman temper un
der ths circumstances, it actually easier
and more philosophic than mere resigna
tion and fortitude. Is it not better for a
man iin the midst of a rushing stream to
race the torrent, breast the waves 'and
atride up against the current than to turn
hia back upon the rood and try to stand
erect where he is? Will he not bt sure to
foil to keep his feet in the latter instance?
Will be not have immensely better chances
to stem the tide in the other fashion T It
is much the same with trouble. He who
submits his back to the stroke of adversity
and strives to bear a calm countenance and
a brave heart while hia head is bowed with
J grief, will succumb more easily to the aor-
rum oi uiv inau iie wno nam luanKiui
ioy ia hie heart born of the knowledge that
to a Christian all the miseries for which he
is not personally fetnonsibie art intended
for hia advantage. With such a fate the
sufferer's face may ahine, his heart may
leap and he may assert himself with wou
drous aggressiveness. So he will stalk on
against the current, throwing off the bil
lows as they pile upon him, and shouting
for joy in the very mid-stream of affliction.
There it something deeper in the philoso
phy of James, however, than the mere of
fering of a wise method of confronting
trouble, He sees a close relation between
trouble and a triumphant life. "Count it
all joy when ye fall into divert tempta
tions (or troubles); knowing this, tbst tbe
Irving of your faith worketh patience.
But Tet patience have her perfect work,
that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting
nothing." There it the formula for produc
ing a strong and symmetrical shartcter,
It reminds one of Paul's statement, "We
Story in tribulations also, knowing that
ribulatioa worketh patience, and patience
experience, and experience hope, and nope
maketh not ashamed." The person of
good character hat no occasion for thame,
being perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
But tuck fulness of life can only be ob
tained through minittry ol trial. .
We can. at least, measure some of the
effects of this kind of discipline. The try
ing of faith, the proving ot one's confi
dence in the invisible but eternal adminis
tration of God is not tbe least of these re
sults. Who will deny that without faith
in the unseen it is imnosaiole to construct
a great character? Said a dittinguithed
teacher, "Great imnginatio3 may make a
great poet; great logical power a great
philosopher; great faculty of observation
a great scientist, but nothing makes a
great man but great faith." , It ia only
small people who insist on walking by
eight. The great souls dwell jn the invisi
ble. The cheap crowd call inch 'strsont
t (reamers. But these dreamers alone attain
eminence end power. -
It was the faith of Columbus which
Iwung the Western Hemisphere out of ob
ivion into light. It was the faith of Luth
er that rent asunder the papal domination
and civil and religious liberty to Euronti
and the western nations. It was the faith
of Lincoln that swept "tbe tun of all vil
lainies from our boraert and sent million!
of ebon-fared men from ehaint to sover
eignty." It is tht faith of tome valorous
soul that remove every mountain of diffi
culty, straightens every crooked psth and
solves every problem that balks the pro
gress of truth. . The list of faith's cham
pions lengthens with each decade. Brigh'
are the glories of those "who through faith
subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness,
obtained promises, stopped the mouths ot
lion, quenched the violence of fire, es
caped tlie edge of the sword, mil of weak
ness were mnde strong, waxed vslisnt in
fight, turned to flight the armies of the
aliens." lly faith the greatest achieve
ments of the spiritual aa well aa of the ma
terial world are won. '
Endurance is the teat of character. It
there any permanence in its fiber? Mis
fortune will answer the question. A great
conflagration twee pa over a city. Struct
ure of wood are devoured with avidity.
Stone edifices resist the flumes with some
success, but they, too, crumhle and dissolve
under the inlenae heat. The tteel aafe
drop from the counting house and is
frightfully bent and glistered. But heape
of gold coin, now nitre molten mass, from
which image and superscription have en
tirely faded, still reveal the quality of the
yellow metal. Society din-loses in its ca
itrophet a similar test. Adversity tweept
like a plague over the land. Fortunes are
lost in the twinkling of an eye. Inisines
is unsettled from the Atlantic to the l'a
eiftc. The foundations of commercial sta
bility seem to be shattered before the ad
vancing tide of financial ruin. Then only
the strong stand firm. The weak resort to
dissipation, to wrnde of body and soul, to
crime. The pure become more pure. J'he
wicked grow more vicious. And thus the
event wliich brings bk-Hning to one brings
curse to another. It is all a matter of per
sonal character, of moral hlier. "illeiuied
is tiie man that endureth temptation."
Temptation in the "one of enticement
to evil ia totally diifeo t from tempPuion
in the sciim! of providential trial, lf .Inniet
is jubilant over the odvs'ifnet of the hit
ter, he tt no Irss i"tcn e in 1 is s! '" - '-nee
ot l ie t r. i e ' '
time of Imp may ...-- " ' :-
vine prnv nee to r. --oie h.tractcr. ) irM-
ji.g to fin (.. ih ol t '"ma of evil
mi t ltri...l m "!.. -r oiM--in. J.imes
,., ly ,1. 4 1 - i 1 I.lit lilt Ml tilt
lie rut !
fMme will 1. :
tn. il to fvil
i" iv "i a
l to lu dnetr
nt re ill a tern
lo hue fc'-n O'l'l
t
nnl oodnest-and yet Btcribe teductton to
Him. . .. .. . , . , .... ..
, Jamet holds up tlie tuttiiu nunisu
and contends that no external . circttm
stances constitute in themselves alone t
seduction to sin.' They may provide tht
occasion for wrong doing. They may make
a powerful appeal to the Daslions and ap
petites of men. But they would be utterly
futile to influence conduct ana cnoice
for the corrupt longing of the heart. Tht
trouble it tint, James explains: Every
man ia tempted when he lt drawa awav of
hi own lust and enticed, .Then, when lust
bath conceived, il bringeth forth m, snd
in, when it it- finished, bringeth forth
death." - . , t .
But will vou make no account of here
llv? Certainly, the children of tbe opium
eater, tht user of intoxicants, the glutton-
on, the lascivious; will beat in their en
feebled wills, impaired nerve 00118 and
scrofulous blood the foul taint of tinful
parentt. And may God pity the progeny
of the vicious! Rut shall the victim of a
father'a sins yie!o weakly it the propensi
ties he hat inherited, and plunge deeper
Into the turbid pool of Iniquity? Will it
excuse s man's bloodstained band that he
received a fiery temper from hit anceatry,
and in a moment ef ungoveroed fury mur
dered hie fellow? '
But will yon make no account ol envir
onment? -Certainly, the generations rising
from the tlums of tht great citiea can
scarcely bt expected to come naturally to
the virtues of your can-faced, church
bred bova and girl. What, then shall the
soul make no effort to rite superior to its
surroundings? Ia there any environment
in which allurements to evil will not exist!
Do they not obtrude themselves upon the
seen of public worship snd private devo
tion? Is there exemption for any onet
Surely not, but in the last analysis the
temptation is not in the enticements ot
ont t environment.' but in a heart that
luat after evil, and which must be denied
its desires, if good character is to bt made.
Temptation to evil, then", is a matter in
which our personal moral fiber is in
volved, just a in trial through -suffering
our powers of endurance are tested. What
ia your attitude toward evil? Is it one of
apology and eondonetnent? How nerilousl
It it one easy familiarity? God pity your
weakness! We have a duty to ourselves;
Luther used to say: "We cannot keep the
birds from flying around our heads, but we
can prevent them from building their nests
in our Hair, we may not nc ante to Keep
temotation twty, but we need not let it
10 the house. We nltfmlrl r (rrr"r "
tt
lock tht
we anr-... j. u.i
louls me ;-vwcw -jut, vms- w
"taralista telf na that the aeornion will
BeTute hi ating, of which he ia exceed-
ha bodv of 'hia desired victim tufficientlr
soft to admit its insertion without fear of
iniurv. - Tamntation never assails the soul
except at vulnerable points. Our own huts
determine the spots which' the enemy
strike, .is:- ti .':,.' .
But fortunately the whole burden of re
flating temptatioa to evil doe not rest
win us. uiviDe neip is proraneu. 11 any
of you lack wisdom, let him ttk God."
Wisdom ia called bv a sound writer "tbe
art of Christian conduct." That art can
be acquired. of Christ tiimeelf. He was
temntpd in all fuiinfca as vr are. vet with.
out tin; He eon and will imnart the power
of successful resistance. Moreover, there
is specific promise in the premises. "There
natn ao temptation taken vou tint turn at
ia common -to men, but God it faithful,
who will not suffer you to be tempted
I Hove that ye ire able, but will also with
the temntation make a way to escape, that
ye may be able fb bear it." 1-
For him that endures there it the blessed
recompense of the crown of life. . What the
sculptor has wrought is not to be shsttered
bv the, hammer ot judgment.- When the
ship comet bounding over the stormy set
tht It not to sink in view of tht harbor.
But after the ttrugslet of this hiuntn lift
will come the felicities and fulness of tht
perfect life. May tht victor' wreath be
ours. - .
, :t n- ajts-WtHness.f -, (;.; . . .
. How often we hear.lt nit, "It it worth
while to travel to have the joy of getting
home again. Out never realizes how good
home is till one has been away from it for
some time. How seldom we comprehend
tht disgrace involved in that remark! For
it la our business to understand the joys of
home. It it our business to appreciate, it
while we are at home, and while our toprtx
elation can do our dear ones and tht pre'
cious nome ute tome good, ana not warp
till wt go away or till tome confuted re
turn, whose transient emotion are to
speedily forgotten. Home-wellness thinks
every morning ta w rise: ."How good it it
to be e member of this household! How
blithely the tun shines hi at my window!
How I blest God for this good home!"
Home-wellneas looks aroand at the break
fast table upon all the dear onet there,
and ehinee out it gratitude from beaming
eyes, and carol it out with cheery laugh
and loving praises. Home-wellneas goes
through the entire dsf with a song in tht
heart. It irradiates the whole family with
its satisfaction, for home-wetlnesa ia Very
contagions. It makes every one work bet
ter and play better. And when the even
ing comes, and the sacred night take the
home in its keeping, it is t home of thanks
giving and peace that it broods under its
Sbon wings. Homesickness is aaid to pro
uce, very often, physical results at serious
aa a genuine disease) indeed, it deserves to
be ranked with the disease of the body as
well aa the' maladies of the sou!.'- But
home-wellneas is the opposite of disease;
it is the household health. Christian En
deavor World. - - -
. A True Christian.
"' Children enjoy music1 long before they
understand the color, scale and the law
of harmony. Indeed, millions go through
life enjoying the beautiful in nature and
art without ever knowing anything about
the laws by which colore complement each
other. Also million go through life aa
Chriatiana without ever atopping to work
out philosophically their ideaa about the
Bible or the church or the creed. And yet
they are Christiana, because they aro loyal
to Christ. History tells of a young paint
grinder in the studio ot Italy 1 great mas,
ter who developed striking evidences of
artistio ski!!. When an eueray of the great
teacher carit to tax bey and urged him to
found a school of his own, saying that
wealth and honors and invitation to sings'
palaces might be his, the youth answered
in effect: I am not ambitioua to found a
school or dwell in a palace, but I am am
bitioua to catch Raphael's apirit and repro
duce in myself his ideals." Mow, that aim
ple thought condenses in a word the ear
sence of -tht Christian life, It is tn ambi
tion to rise to the level of Christ's
thoughts, to feci Hi throb, of sympathy
toward the poor and weak, to abhor evil
aa He abhorred it, to hunger for righteous
ness aa Ht' hungered for it and to walk
with our Father aa Christ walked with
His. lie if a Christian who ia loyal tn
Christ ia i thoughtt, sympathies, friend
ships, purposes and jdealt. Newell Dwight
unlit, .
SEALING ENVELOPES.
Many people Indulge In the un
healthy habit of applying their ton
gues to moisten the gum on envelopes,
etc. Although one Is now getting Ufwd
to seeing little vessels In the post office
on which to wet postage stamps, tbey
are" not used as much as they ought
bo tn private households, and an arti
cle of thla sort should be found on eve
ry writing tablo. An old glass salt
cellar, or any. 'small china vessel, even
an K3 cup, ran be used lf a small
pteru of Riionge freely saturated with
water Is slipped Into the rocoplacle.
When the sponge become liiiprpgnab
d with tha gura. tnfce it out end wasi
thoroughly with warm water and sonp,
f en put It ha. k sc:ur soakid w!tb
c'cin water. The IIoimcUoM Lcdgf-r,
The London Lancet nays Hint sinew
y biu betome a recoi-til.ed
ail- h of n: Hi-hI F.'icnre. too inn h at-
1 u has b--i d'.'.--ti ! to t! e -r 1,
1
t t 1 to r.fl 1 1 m v 'i
-nw. !!. - -1 ! 1 1- o. . t
. "HERE I AM KINO."
A little sot, poor, but well kept
An open fire hearth lately swept,
The kettle singing)
The table spread with common wfi
And Mollis flitting ken and there
, The uppr bringing.
In Hollft's mien I read contempt
For trloks and bamai does aot attempt
Vain pomp or show, ,
To please the throng) does aot invade
Faabioa'l domain to masquerade
.... . 5 ':,. 'At Other do.. - ;; . ,
Ho skeletons, so duos, so debts;
For sUka and Jewels, aoregretsi .
' No mumm ing!
Happy and content behind tht am . -.
She pour the tea, oa my return ,
Here I am king. -.
H, s!. Loveless, In Good Housekeeping.
HUMOROUS.
. "What Is the difference between
hens and poultry, pop?" "Why, hens,
my son, are things that bolong to our
neighbors; poultry Is something a man
owns himself."-' 1 c
Johnny Pa, what Is tho'law of sup- .
ply and demand the papers tell about?
Wise Pa It is a- universal law, my
son, that when a man is well supplied
with this world's goods he demsndt
more. - , -
"Poor man!" she said, stooping over'
the victim who had Just been dragged
out "from under her" automobile," '"haTer
you a wife V ."No," he groaned, "this
Is the worst thing that ever happened
to me." .. ;. :,. :'. . 4
Willie Boerum-Pa, what's the dlf- -ference
between newt and gottipT Mr. ---Bocrum
Wall, my son, whenever your .
mother tells anything to any one It's
newt, but when any one tells her any- v
thing It's gossip, j, , ;; , rr
Little Sister Puttln' us out of the
room Just boo hop! 'cause thei
company. iTTeii MfMJiHr-rW Eavbe
won't eat all the cake. Uttle
Sister Oh, ycu can't trust boo hool
company with cake. , , ' " ,
1 "Loafley tells me he hasn't been so '
busy for years." "Nonsense! That Job
hq has is a cinch. He never has to
work hard there." "That's -Just It He's 1
been fired, nd he's chasing: around at-
ter another Job now,"; , - . ; :, ; j,
"Did you hear of the lovely wed
ding present Jane's father Is golntf to "
give hcrT,f ,"No. What Is ItT" "It's a
hired girl warranted perfect In every
particular and guaranteed to bold her
Job for a whole year." ' ! ;
'First graduate Well, old mtn. It's ,
all over now and It's up to us. . What
do you propose to do for a living? "
Second graduate Oh, the same thing.' :
First graduate- What's that? Second
graduate The old man. ,;. r,. ;j
- "Tou were very lenient with that eon- ,
ductor," said the first passenger, "Oh,"
replied the other, "we're all liable to '
make mistakes." "Perhaps you were "
conductor yourself once." "No, sir;
I'm a weather forecaster." '
"No,- said Woodby, "I don'ti see '.
Wiseman at all any more, . He . has
dropped out of our social set" "Ha ;
tells a different story, remarket'
Blnnlckson. "Indeed?" "Tee; he -claims
he has climbed out." ' ' '
"Do yott ever work hard?", asked
ono ot the examining committee. "Do
1 ever work bard?" rejoined the mil-,
lionalre, evidently a little hurt; "why,
nnmnti nim Lirnrli in hard as lf I was
ettnVsrty a dollaadajc, , ,
His Teacher Don'tyou know, Tom-
y, you should not let your lefNhand
know what your right ; hand doesT'
Tommy Tes'm, but you've Just got to
take both hands when yon want to
tie a tin can to a dog's tall
She George, dear, yon remember
that lovely sideboard that I told you I
should like to buy because: It was
so cheap? s Well, I've- discovered a
plan to make room- for it He How,
my dear? ,. She By taking a larger
bouse. ':"r:'t":,' . Jv'c";':.-:!l
"AnJ do you really like country' -life?"
"Well" replied the city bred
woman' of wealth. Jl cant exactly say
that I like it, hut it certainly has some
value." "In what way?" "Why, when
I decide that the city Is unedurablea
month In -the country Is sufficient to
convince me that J was mistaken.", ,
' Following an "Old 'Custom. '.'"
' At the old Chessblre Cheese In Fleet
s'treWy .London, made famous by Dr.
"Sam'? JtMsdn,"ia-il'l issrtpmsur
vlves. The boy, no matter whTrt-Ms
Christian name may be, is always
"Charles."? the porter, "George," tha
second waiter "James," and the third
"Tom." The head waiter Is the only
one who Is sllowed the use ot his own
name, the others being obliged to take
tbe names, that belong to their poel
tlons. Ot all the dishes on the tav
ern's bill of fare, the rumpsteak pud
ding Is the thing. As much mystery
obscures the manufacture of this clat
tic aa attend! the making of French
torpedo boats. The receipt It an heir .
loom handed down from father to ton.
Into the composition of this famous
dainty go oysters, lark, kidneys, tteak,
marrow, mushrooms and spices. Af
ter these have been weighed In a se
cret room they are boiled front 16 to
10 hours, after which tbe mixture Is
poured Into basins, moistened with
gravies, covered with a rich crust and
baked. Every Saturday at 1.S0 o'clock
precisely the pudding is brought into
tbe dining room, where, in the pres
ence ot the guests, tbe host carves It
A rumpsteak pudding ranges In weight
from 60 to 70 pounds. '..."'
A Monument to Gamier.
While ths Parte Opera House ought
to be sufficient monument to Its de
signer, the noblest one which can be
erected, Paris has gone further, and
10 days ago unveiled a piece of statu
ary In memory of the dlstlngulohed
architect. It is a bust, placed at go
outer angle of the opera hoiiee, and In,
as It wore, a signature on the btilldli-.t;.
On the pedefilul Is traced a plan of t 1
Opera. The bust, of the architect Is
flanked by figures In bronze ayn.h -..'V.
al ot fame and the graphic ;i ;
London Parks.
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