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Concerning: Oar Ileaonroei. President Roosevelt has called a meeting of the governors of the states for a conference on the problem of what can be done tr conserve the natural resources of the country. The conference Is timely am the protiem Is one which has already received no little attention on the part of the thiuklug jeople of the country. For years we have been wont to boast of the great natural resources f the United States. To these great agencies we proudly attribute our greatness and our wealth. We have prided ourselves on our timber, coal, grazing lands and mineral deposits, and this wealth has been wasted In a manner which would make the '-prodigal on" appear like a miser. It Is true these natrral resources Lave been :t the foundation of a national prosperity greater than the world lias ever known. But we have reached the point where care and conservatism need to be exercised. To continue n we hav? begun and as we arc row dIng means national disaster, the senseless waste of the very forces w hich have done so much to make us freat. The country had an example of this prodigality a few years ago vhen her pas fields were oened up. The people went on the theory that th? supply of natural gas In the gas fields could Tiever be exhausted. It was wasted as ruthlessly as the foolish young man dissipates his patrimony. Today everybody wishes that resource had teen conserved. The same is true of our timber supply. Extensive forests were slashed und ruined. It seemed as If there was a conspiracy to see how quickly the supply of timber could be exhausted. It was a case of unregulated despoliation andwben too late a warning cry was raised to protect our forests. President Roosevelt does well to take cognizance of this wholesale waste and to attempt to apply the remedy. He truly says, "the conservation of our natural resources Is the most weighty question now before the people of the United States." .It is hoped the conference of governors will pave the way to such action as will properly check, this wholesale prodigality. Waterway and the President. President Roosevelt states all the well-known arguments In favor of Inland deep waterways in his igiessage to Congress transmitting the'prellminary Teport of the Inland Waterways Commission. He is convinced, as arc the people, -that the subj.ct Is öf critical 'mportanee to both the present and future of the country, for development of waterways will have high value for the national defense, will relieve the drain upon our diminishing supplies of coal, will conserve our Iron by encouraging transportation by water instead of by rail, will help through forest preservation to postpone the threatened timber famine, will create by irrigation means of livelihood for millions of people, and will powerfully - promote the public health by purifying the water supply. The commission's report Is of little practical value, for adequate funds fcave not been provided for Its proceedings, but It shows the necessity of ndertaking the work of Improving the waterways and makes recommendations that should receive sympathetic attention from Congress. The most definite of these Is that Congress "make Fultable provision for improving the inland waterways of the United States at 'a rate commensurate with the needs f the people as determined by competent authority," and from this It may Jie seen how inchoate and indefinite the hole project Is as yet. Iiut the work has been begun, and that is the main point. Eventually the country will arrive at sullicient enthusiasm to Insist that it be completed. Chicago Journal. Coming to the Front. The close approach of a protective tariff system for Great Britain has brought a new condition to the notice f the public over there, and it may have a iosItlve e n the United States. An Eng! oaper reports that a company tflng a popu lar safety rzo jlted States Is planning to eaVi ictory In Eng land, to confoni British' patent taw which prov at certain por tions of patent .ides offered for sale there uu manufactured on English soil. Th machinery Is being Imported from America, but the work U to- bo done by British subjects. That may be expected of other Industries if the old freetrade country goes into protective tariff, a3 It has the appearance of doing now more than ever for years. The protective politicians are roruing to the front rapidly. Worcester Telegram. Arme Mrs. A. friend of altles oC the Fair Sex. I thought Mrs. "C. was a yours? Mrs. B. Mrs. A hypocrite. . Mrs. B.Mrs. A me to say . And so she is. Well, she Isn't. She's a How do you know that? Because she tried to get something mean about you. Mrs. B. She did? How? Mrs. A her what Why, she asked me to tell I really thought of you. A Slow Vrornm. "Wigs went out this mo.nlng to clean off the snow." t "Ves." "Every two mUiutes he'd run. In the house to warm up. "Did he clean off the snow?" "He finally cleaned off the little that he hadn't carried Into the house on fiis feet." r. Frensled Finance. Wedderly I niade the mistake of my life when I gave my wife a ?20 gold piece on the first anniversary of our marriage. Singleton How' that? Wedderly I've had to give her $20 a week .ever since to keep her from spending It. GoIbk Behind That. Mary (after taking up the caller's rard) She ainf at home, ma'am. Caller Really? Are you sure? Mary Faix, I am not, but she seems to be. III Experience. "Do yo7 put much belief in the cry that the government Is dishonest?" "No; for years I've been buying postage stp.mps from the government and I've never been eheat2d yet.

fham Political Moralist. In every skirmish prociHlinir :i national campaign. Federal officeholders arc criticized for being perniciously active, and the President, to whom they must answer, is invoked to straighten them out. The pending skirmish Is no exception. Complaint was entered early in the game, in fact, long before a convention was held, and It concerned the men who are doing Uncle Sam's service in the Southern states. The prospective beneficiary of this activity was supposed to be the President himself and the discovery was made by men who refused to believe that Roosevelt was sincere in declaring he w?uld not accept a renomlnatioa WJien, however, he exploded that assumption they revised their accusation to the extent of absolving the President and shunting the responsibility on Cor telyou. who, they saiJ, was seekin? to tie up the Southern delegates for himself, using Roosevelt as a mask tc his real purpose. Well, the end of this chapter was written when the PresI dent Issued instructions to these otlice holder-, to keep hands off and attend to business. But this did not appease the critics Having twice failed of the mark they

predicted a bull's-eye on the third tria'-j and picked out Taft as the man foi whom the postmasters and collectors and gangers were abusing the public service. The culmination was the Prt s'dent's letter to Foulke. Foraker's re piy In the Senate, and the-Douglass speech in the House. In every state in thi? Union th? mer who are drawing pay from the government are working actively in the In terests of the senators or congressmen to whose recommendations they owt their jobs. It has leen so from the beginning,, It is so now, and will be tc thf end, unless the sole responsibility for these appointments is lodged witfc the President .under civil service Hint tations. To ask a man who receives a Federal apiointment, because he is a politician, to refrain from being active in politics is a joke frayed at the edges. Occasionally some fellow who is playing the game wrong is called to book, but that fact doesn't dampen the ardor of the wle ones. Of course they are careful to see that the public service does not suffer from neglect, and if they arc faithful in this respect no Indictment! for "pernicious activity" will lit against them. Toledo Blade. Do ZVot Depend ou the Tariff. It is time to have it understood that the creation of monopolistic combinations does not depend on the presence or absence of a. tariff, but uion the existence of opportunities to engross supplies or control the machinery of trar.portatiou or exchange. For Instance, there is a protective tariff on wool ; but the business of wool-growing cannot be monopolized, even though It Is languishing. For a clear understanding of the question it sbouM be plainly recognized that wherever through neglect or mal-administration of the law there is an opportunity to combine or control either the sources of supply or the means of production, or the channels of transportation or exchange, there vhe combinations to monopolize the given staple will spring up. This Is Inevitable if the law does not correct or punish the offense. There may be men too honorable to share In such schemes, but the dynamic force of the tendency Is seen in the fact that the people who are willing to share In It can buy or extinguish those who will not. Hazelton (Pa.) Sentinel. Will Sound No Retreat. It Is a foregone conclusion that the convention will sound no retreat on the subject of protection, and that it will countenance no course which will unduly disturb business. Before we recover fully from existing depression the country will have had a surfeit of industrial and commercial uncertainty, and public sentiment will not approve any attempt at tariff revision that will develop another period of disturbance la the manuafcturing world. By election day there will be a demaml all over the United States for business peace and stability, and this undoubtedly will act as a check upon Congress when it takes up the tariff. Pittsburg Gazette-Times. u Special Privilege. The protective tariff does not confer special privileges upon individuals, although it does upon all the American people. Its duties and charges rest alike upon all who come under Its provisions. Rockefeller and Harrimanmust pay as much duty on the goods they bring Into the country from foreign lands as any other citizen must pay. Neither they nor any other man can get special rates or rebates on tariff duties from the United States government. They, therefore, can gain no advantage over their competitors In business by means of the tariff; and, so far as it is concerned, all are placed oi the same footing and must bear the same bur dens. Oakland (Cal.) Enquirer. To Call Out Station. "The number of people who speak the English language Is now estimated at 1 ".",,000,000," remarked the boarder who had been gleaning statistics from a patent medicine almanac. "So?" rejoined the fussy old bachelor at the pedal extremity of the mahog any. "It's a wonder they don't employ sone of them as guards on the elevat ed trains." ? Similarity. "Beezness I" boasted the Parisian por trait painter. "Why, monsieur, I re member when patrons were packed In that little room like sardines, waiting to have their portraits puinted." "Like sardines?" echoed the man from Montana. 'Oh, I see. Waiting to be done in oil, eh?" An Knuier AVay. Customer How is it that the price of a peck of jjotatoes remains 20 cents so far into the season? I'd think the price would lwcome larger as the sea son advanced. Grocer It would, madam, only it's so much easier to change the size of the pecks. Baltimore American. Wrlonme Iroieot. Solicitor for Charity I'd like to put you down for a few thousand. Broker (who has just gone broke In the market) Sure! When do I get it? Hard to Shake. Tommy Pop, what is the difference between fa me "and notoriety? Tommy's Pop Notoriety lasts long er my son. Philadelphia Record. The female brain begins to lose weight at the age of CO, but that of the male not until ten years later.

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MOSERN EDUCATION. NE danger of modern education, under the pressure of the demand for skilled workmen, is the sacrifice of culture, with Its breadth and ripeness and depth of knowledge, to discip'lae and instruction. In this age of trained men no sane person will question for a moment the necessity for

the disciplined brain and hand. To them Is already committed most of the work of the day, and to them, and to the nation that develop them, the future belongs. Nor will any sane man question the necessity of the education that gives knowledge; for today, not only In science, but in practical affairs, the fruits of prosperity are In the hands of those who can pluck them from the tree of knowledge. But a school or university ml.ght discipline and train men and yet be as bare of any inspirational Influence, any relining quality, any power of stirring the soul, as the forest is bare of leaves when the wind of December sweeps through It. In Its richer sense, education Is as much a matter of atmosphere as of definite instruction ; and an enthusiasm for any kind of knowledge, shared by a group of undergraduates, is often' wore contagious and fruitful for educational purposes than the most thorough training In the classroom and the laboratory. The Outlook.

THE PROBLEM OF FAUM HERE Is cause for alarm American farm tenancy, Jl I the percentage of farms

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is wiisuiuuy uccreasmj;. a lie census vi 1900 Is authority for the statement that over one-third of the farms are operated by tet cts and that In the past twenty

years the percentage has risen from 25.5 in 1SS0 to 35.3 In 100O. In Germany, that land of autocracy, aristocracy and a social system that Is the outgrowth of centuries, only 12.38 of farm lands cro cultivated by tenants. Yet in the free United States, the republic of opportunity, the Iercentage of tenant-operated farms Is nearly three times as great. This is In spite of the fact that land has always been In greater abundance In this country than labor or capital, and that since 1SG3 no fewer than 233.0 3,939 acres have been given away by the government in homesteads of ICO acres each. Any man who wanted to own a farm and establish a home had only to take one up. Neither has the distribution of land been confined to any one year; indeed, since 1900 more lias Leen given away than at aiiy previous eriod. Yet more than one farm In every three Is worked, not by its owner, but by a tenant The percentage of tenancy varies greatly in different ectlons of the country. In the South Central States, for example, It rises as high as 48.0, due In large degree, no doubt, to the negro population. In tin? North Central States, of which Illinois Ls one. the percentage is only

Tve got some news for you this morning, Evelina," said the groceryman, as he laid his basket on the table. "You've got more pay, 1 suppose." said the pretty cook. Indifferently. "Or does the boss Insist on your going in partners with him and runnln the busi ness the way It ought to be run?" "It would be a good thing for him if be did," said the groceryinan. "He don't know what's to his Intrust, though. When he s en the run o cus tom there was after I'd been kep' In the store for a ux-ek he'd be sbakln hands with hisself. As It Is, I don't get no show. It takes me all my time iellverln what's ordered without drummln' up any new trade gen'rally." "It wouldn't if you didn't put in so much time gassin' with folks that want to get rid of you," said the pretty cook, severely "What's more," pursued the groceryman, ignoring the Inunendo, "rushed as I am, I find time to boom the business once in a w hile. I gt a new customer this mornln, an' that's the news I'd ;ot to tell you. She's a bride." "Is that so?' asked the pretty cook, jpenlng her eyes. "Who Is she? Is she In the red brick?" "Naw," replied the groceryman. "She's in the flats op'slt. Robinson put me wise: they was expected back an I got in ahead of everybody. I guess ihe never done no kind o housekeeping afore. She ordered " "Ii she young?" Interrupted the :ook. "I don't want to know what she ordered. Tell me about her. What's her name? I wonder If It ain't sometody I know?" "Yes, she's young," replied the groreryman. "I told her I'd come from the best grocery In town and wanted to get her custom, and she seen right tway that it must be a good grocery If I was representln It, so she said that ivas all right an she'd Jest as soon give me her trade an a little rather. I asked her what she wanted an' " "Oh, hush!" said the cook. "How roung was she?" 'Bout 20 or 25, I guess," said the groceryman. "She might have been i few years older or younger, I don't know. 'I don't know exactly what I io want,' she says. 'I haven't had time to think about It. I'll want some sugar an some salt an pepper " "Did you say she was good lookin?" asked the cook. "What was she tfearln'?" "She's a peach, said the groceryman. " 'Pepper, she says, 'an mustard. You Son't keep cream, do you? I can't think what else it is I want,' she says. Oh, coffee an tea, o course. Then "Is she a blonde or a brunette?" Iskcd the cook. "You didn't tell me what she had on.' "It was a kind of a dress," explained the groceryman. Smarty !" aald the pretty cook. "Then she stuck," pursued the gro.eryinan. "Couldn't seem to think of anything else. So I says, 'You let me same over a few things, ma'am,' I says, in übe says, 'Oh, thank you so much.' Bo " "What's their name?" asked the sook. "Now you listen to me an don't keep buttin in," said the groceryman. "I want to tell you. I got out a pencil in a list an my order book an' I put In half an hour namln 'things that she needed an' puttln' em down. An when I got through how much do you think It come to? A hundred an seventysix dollars an thirty-two cents! My gracious!' she says, 'I hadn't no Idea It would amount up like that I thought it would be ubout $20. I couldn't spend more than that. So I had to cut it down to 520. Wouldn't that Jar you?"

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20.9, sinking thence gradually through a percentage of 20.8 for the North Atlantic States to 1G.G per cent for the Western States. Economists claim that tenancy Is a step toward ownership ; that the young man who purchases a farm is first a renter. This theory is not borne out by facts, for the percentage of farms held by tenants does not decrease. On the contrary. It Is rising constantly. Legislation will have to be had tha will make it easier to own land than at present, and the establishment of a better credit system, so that money can be borrowed more readily and cheaply for the purchase of farms, is also imperative If the United States is not to follow Great Br'tain. where SO per cent of the farms are operated by tenants. Chicago Journal.

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sense. Is a jest of the humorists, ranking higher than the mother-in-law Joke only because of its quadrennial lnfreqnency. Doubtless, if women felt the need of permission to ask men to marry them, they would obtain It, for one year In four or for all years. But there is no necessity of the sort. The economy of uature has so nrranged matters that women are provided with a subtler means of finding life-mates than merely asking them. "Any woman," said Lord Chesterfield, - "can marry any man she wishes to," and the whole philosophy of matrimony is contained in that one sentence. The wouian who has fixed upon a man as her husband has only to flatter him In the cunning ways that women know, and before be Is aware of it he has surrendered. Woman is not always the proposer, of course, but she Is In many cases, in all thos- cases where the man of her choice shows a lack of will to possess her. She does not propose In words, but the proposition is made, nevertheless. Woman does not need the privileges fun-makers have said that leap year gives her. Every year is leap year, In the feminine caleudar. Des Moines News.

TENANCY. In the figures of which show that operated by owners PROSPERITY, HE I related 7?rYv'üfll DanK aGÄCißl The the

lead them. It appears, to drlik more. The consumption of alcoholic liquors per head of the population bears a very doflxite relation to the comparative prosperity or adversity of the period London Post.

"There's Jest one thing I've got out of all this," said the pretty cook. "She ain't more'n 20 herself." Chicago Daily News. A I.ucld KipUnallon, Her prejudice against football has been deep and lasting, and it was only a mother's love that Induced her to go to the game to see her boy play. Her daughter Susie, who Is something of a football exiH?rt, owing to her experience in attending games with other people's brothers, went along as protector and mentor. "Now, dear," the anxious mother exclaimed, "I don't know anything about this awful game, but I want you to tell me every time that Balph makes a good play or whatever jou call it. "O Susie, did you see that awful man throw Ralph on the ground and Jump on him? Oh, thl? is awful! I'm going right down on the field " "But, mother," Interrupted the daughter, who was sorely tried In her efforts to watch the game and at the same time explain the situation to her mother, "that's allowed. You see he Go on! Itun! Bun!" Susie had become positively Incoherent in her excitement as Ralph had secured the ball and was making t good advance. A pause followed, while the mother, bewildered by the technncal expressions of her daughter, was vaguely watching the game. "Now you see," explained Susie, "Ralph and the other men are trying to get the ball over that last line, aud the men on the other side are trying to stop them. That last play was a 'wing shift " A what?" cried her mother. "Where are the wings, and how could they shift them If they had them?" "Well, you see, a 'wing shift' Is something like a 'cross buck,' that Is " But the last explanation was even more befogging than the first, and the anxious mother contented herself with watching her boy whenever his head became visible under a pile of legs and arms, and listening to the talk of the other spectators. When they reached home, after a victory by the team of which Ralph Is a member, a friend who knows as little of the game as the fond mother called In to hear the particulars. "Well," said tho mother, in conclusion, "I don't exactly understand It, but I know that Ralph's nine, or whatever you call them, made a cross deer, or some otLer kind of an animal play ; and then, after changing their wings, everybody on the blinkers, or those open seats, got up and yelled, and some one beside me said they had touched the ball down, although all the time those rough men were pulling Ralph along the ground and trying to take the ball away from him". Youth's Companion. Valnable. "Have you lost anything, mndapi?" asked the polite floorwalker of the square-jawed, austere-looking shopper who stood before the "lost and found" window of the large department store. "Yes, sir," she replied, "I've lost 114 pouuds of husband, in a light brown suit, with black derby hat, small tuft of hair on its chin and a frightened look. I lost it In n crush at the fancy goods counter. It's probably wandering through the building In search of me, and I thought perhaps you could lind it easier than I can. I want it on account of a bundle it Is carrying under its arm." Woman's Home Journal. Copprr Minen In nanla, A syndicate has been formed for the exploitation of the rich copper mines in Russian Turkestan. The syndicate has acquired the rights over 15,000 acres of territory. The district is said to comprise the finest copper producing area in the whole of the Russian em pire. Somehow, an unmarried man seems younger than one who is married.

THE TRUTH ABOUT LEAP. YEAR.

number of sermons that are beinz

preached on leap year as an opportunity for women would lead unsophisticated persons to believe that there really is a custom which permits women, one year in four, to projH)se marriage. As a matter of fact, no such custom exists. Lean year. In that

MARRIAGE AND DRUNKENNESS. tendency to matrimony is shown to be to the comparative prosperity or

adversity or tue times. Tne number of marriages increases and decreases with the . a . d -m

raie anu ine empioyeu percentage. influences which lead the people of United Kingdom to marry more also GRANDFATHER OF A POET Gen. Peleg Wadsworth, the graudfa ther f Henry Wadsworth Ixmgfellow was, in the phraseology of colonic times, a man of parts and of large pos sessions. In 1780 the "new Nation ol Sovereign States" deeded Gen. Pelej Wadsworth 7.S00 acres of land, extend ;ng from the Ossipee to the Saco, ir appreciation of his stanch adherenct to the colonial cause. In "The Youth ful Haunts of Longfellow," George Thornton Edwards describes Wads worth Hall, the mansion erected by tht general at Hiram, Me., where the young poet loved to go, and which alw ays had a warm place In his affections. The story of General Wadsworth' capture by the British is an interest ing one. The term of service of the COC troops under his command had expired, and he was left In a secluded build ing on the borders of a small stream Ir Thomaston with a guard of only six soldiers.. Through spie-the British learned ol his defenseless condition, nnd planned an adroit attack. At midnight of Feb. 18, 17S1, they surprised the small par ty, all of whom, excepting the guard, were asltep. The general, seizing a brace of pis tols, drove the attacking party back to the door, and kept them at bay with a blunderbuss; then, seizing a bayonet, he defended himself until a bullet. crashing through his arm, rendered him helpless. lie was marched through the snow and taken to Castlne, w here he remained a prisoner for two months. Seeing the day of his departure for England approaching, and realizing that if he was taken across the ocean he might never ieturn alive, he, with a brave companion, Maj. Benjamin Burton, planned an escape. With no better tools than a penknife and a gimlet, after three weeks' labor they cut an opening In the) pine celling of their room. Each cut and boring, as it was made, was concealed byt being filled with paste made from bread moistened in their mouths. During a night as black as the traditional darkness of Egypt, and with the rain pouring in torrents, they removed the panel and escaped. Although pursued by the enemy, they arrived, after three days of hardship, safely bade among the habitations of the Americans. A Delicate Dlntlnctlon. The architect of the new town hall, which was almost finished, wished to know what people thought of it. So he strolled over to "Jerrold's Livery Stable, Boarding and Baiting," and nodded to the proprietor. "Fine town you have here." , "Ee-ah, pretty fair." "How do you like tha new hall?" "Fine, now that I've got used to It Looked a little queer at first." "What do people think of it?" "Most of 'em are satisfied, I guess." "Do they say good things about it?" "Pretty fair. Wheu the walls first legan to show up and we could see what it was going to iook like, a good many folks was disappointed. That was only at first, though. Now I guess you'd find there was more comment than criticism." Tolerance. George Eliot was once asked what was the chief lesson she had learned In life's experience, and her prompt answer was, "Tolerance." It might have been expected from a woman who once said that she regarded life as a game of cards in which she watched each move with the deepest Interest and turned as far as possible to her own advantage. Some pople are so opt to say th( wrong thing that It Isn't safe for then to talk even to themselves,

8 Civil War Stories While the Tenth Massachusetts Regiment was in camp at Warrenton, Va., seven loys of Company G, of which Dwight R. Scott, quartermaster of Camp S3, U. V. L., of Worcester, Mass., was one, were detailed to go out about three miles and do guard duty at a rebel house and act as pickets. On arriving at the place assigned It was found that a woman, the wife of a colcnel In the Confederate service, and a small boy seemed to be the only occupants. The men were stationed In front and rear of the house, to Intercept any one who might be prowling around. The lady of the house was a pronounced rebel, yet she, at times, would come out uiwn the front veranda of the house and while endeavoring to persuade the guard that it was not a necessary thing to do to guard her premises yet she had no objection to have them camp In front of the house and would talk quite facetiously at times upon the stirring events of historical interest, always chewing the agreeable and social end of a snuff swab and on ceasing her del ghtful recreation would lift her dress up to Uie height of her stockings, then would thrust the end of her snuff stick firmly Into the band or garter that encircled her hose, and pass Into the house to other duties. The labors of the first day were not onerous everything passed off quietly and no incident disturbed, the leisure hours till near the posting of the midnight guard, when a man In the distant fields was seen slowly advancing toward the house in the rear. Comrade Scott was on guard at this point, and, waiting till the person reached the back door, he crept stealthily up to within hearing distance and discovered that the man was none other, than the woman's husband. Scott's first impulse was to arrest him, as he was an officer In the rebel army, but the curiosity of the soldier is much like that of a woman's, he deferred the arrest and listened breathlessly, and listening he heard the woman of the house tell her husband that when he came again great care should be taken, as there was a picket guard of seven men In front if the house. In reply the man said : "To-morrow night about 12 o'clock we. shall come for the things, as we are in need of rations." He then carefully departed. When the morning dawned, early, before the slumbers of the household had been disturbed, an Investigation proved succesful. In a smoke house near by was suspended a pig of 100 pounds weight and thirty chickens, all dressed and ready for use. The Incident of the night was talked over by the little squad of men and the night was looked forward to with interest no sleep on that post that night. Th hour of 11 was drawing near at hand. They saw that their powder was dry and everything in shape. Then the sergeant In command ordered the men to crawl along singly without any noise what ever and lay flat behind a fence some five rods In the rear of therhouse, deployed at a distance of twenty feet or more. Comrade Scott, who had discov ered the situation and was foremost In laying the plot, was to act in this drama Independently and so placed himself further to the right and far In advance of the men at the line of the fence. The moon was Invisible, yet the stars made the night light and some distance could be observed. There was to be a light placed In a window If the coast was clear, but our wary soldiers, thinking she might mistrust what was up, flung a lantern they found on the corner of the house out of sight of the foiks within. . Patiently the party In ambush waited. An hour passed by and nearly another, when across the plain and down by the woods a quarter of a mile away near an old cart path, was heard the unmistakable sound of the hoof of horses and the clicking like that of a stirrup against the scabbard of a sabre. Ten minutes more of suspense It seemed an hour. Hearts beat quickly and hands grasped more firmly the rifle as they saw four men advancing across the field toward the house. Comrade Scott, being in the shadow of some friendly trees, was quick to discern the men as they alighted from their horses and as they advanced, he, making a further detour, got In the rear of the unsuspecting enemy. When the fence, behind which the squad of Yankee sol diers was posted had nearly been reached, Sergeant Totter, in command. cried out, "Halt !" hearing which, Scott ran for the horses so there would be no escape. The man left with the horses thinking that the approaching toldier was one of his own party, was more than astonished when Comrade Scott took command and ordered him to move toward the house noiselessly and holding fast the horses. If he disobeyed he would shoot him on the spot When within twenty rods of the fence the sergeant In command gave the order, "Halt!" "It is all right, I've got the horses." It was a grand piece of strategy. All had been captured. A guard house was improvised .and a strong guard iosted till morning, w hen the five Johnnies, with their horses, pig and fowls, took up the line of march under guard of these joyous Union sol diers, and entered the camp of the Tenth Massachusetts Regiment. This affair created much Interest at the time of Its occurrence and was mentioned on dress parade as a mark of honor to all concerned. Ytl un teer. The Death lie Feared. To fall from wounds while facing the enemy Is the ambition of the hero, and this feeling inspired the worthy chaplain of a Federal regiment during the Civil War, according to a story re cently told by General Otis. During a battle a small house near the field was taken and occupied as a hospital. In one of the intervals be tween operations some one discovered a stone Jar pushed way under the stairs. The fight was at its hottest, ami pieces of shell and bullets were constantly striking the house. The 4'haplain volunteered to get the jar out and Investigate tl contents. He crept well under the stairs ou his bauds and knees, then started back suddenly, and came to an erect posi tion. Thinking he might be 111, the surgeons inquired with solicitude what the matter was. "Why," explained the chaplain, "supposing one of the bullets passing through should kill me with my head undr the stairs?" "It Isn't half as likely to strike you there as where you are now," replied one of the doctors. "I know, but how would it look? What would the Tenth say if their

chaplain was killed skulking ia ruch a ! position during an engagement?" i

The good man soon contrived a way o hook out the jar without compromls- ; Ms soldierly dignity. The recep tacle was found to be half full of delous honey, and when work was over the surgeons enjoj vi a feast of sweet amber fluid spread upon hard tack. Starting to the "War. When first they heard the words That fell from Lincoln's lips : "To arms! We must be free!" The bravvt of our country's brave Went forth and donned a soldier's garb. And 'midst the roar of cannon And the muffled sobs of sad, sad hearts Marched out to battle they. The husband left his new-made bride. Whose love and tender hands Had failed to hold him back From taking up the bayonet To free his country fair. And many a father, with glistening tear Upon his brawny cheek, to see his pet, Her little arms around his neck. And say as best she could: Dear papa, do not go away from nie." 'Twas like the giving up of his heart's blood To heedless be to that sweet little voice: But go he must, and with a kiss Upon that quivering little brow. And ruby lips and dimpled handsHe's gone, that from the ocean To the sea might ring at last ' We're free! We're free! The lover as he held the hand Of her he loved the best. The last farewell now trembling on his lips. Can scarcely hear above the echo, Shoulder arms," her pleading tones; "Oh! must you go? I cannot, cannot Give you up to war." A moment more "Farewell," And he, too, is numbered In the soldier band. That over this loved land Mifht float the flag That published to the world America is free." So to the music of fife and drum They marched they marched to battle on. Days came and went And likewise months and years. And battle after battle strewed the field With our brave dead. Whose dying breath -was one Of prayer to God That right might win. Yet often would soldiers courage almost sink When in the smoke of battle They'd gather from the field, Carpeted with dead," their lifeless friends, Clutching in their icy hands Perhaps a battle steel With which they'd written on the ground Some word that they had hoped Might be conveyed to some dear one at home. Perhaps some mother's only boy Each night - she'd prayed he might return With his last breath, as from His heart h:s brave blood flowed away, Would beckon from the battling throng Some friend, and whisper as he fainter grew : "Tell mother, Ben, that I've gone home " He's dead. Such sights and sounds. That only cn a battlefield can be. Were seen and heard so oft That each time seemed That it must be the last. Until at last the glad news came, On that great battle day at Appomattox, When in the shade of the old apple tree, Commander Lee to our beloved Grant Delivered up his sword, and we had won The cause for which so many Had yielded up their lives At last was ours. 4 But let the world take note, 'Twas not for shining gold, 'Twas not for thatair bauble, fame, 'Twas not to cbiseian immortal name Upon the walls of time, that forth Our soldiers went. The fondest wish those brave hearts knew Was that they might put down the foe That stamped our nation one of slavery. So honor to oar Foldiers, High honor to them all. And may their names in letters bright" Shine out upon fame's scroll. But first of all, high at the top. Let shine Abe Lincoln's name. Whose hands, now turned to dust. Had ever dared to do the right, Xor trembled when they signed That document of war That brought a nation To the battlefield. American Tribune. Tbe Fla and tLe Regiment. When William McKinley was Mnjor McKinley, he once made an address in which bje described the difference between the American volunteer and the soldier of other nations. The men who were his comrades In the war between the States, he said, not only fought, but thought. To Illustrate this be re lated an anecdote about a young sol dler In some northern reglmenü whose duty It was to carry the regimental flag. On the march the boy ran cn ahead, with the flag streaming In the air. The colonel was incensed. "Here!" he cried. "Bring that flag back to the regiment !" The boy turned and replied. "Aw, you bring your regiment Up to the flag!" Interesting Items. The St. Gothard tunnel cost $700 pe square yard. The percentage of foreigners In Holland is one and a half. The average life of a woman Is fortyfour years, and that of a man fortyone years. It requires fifty pounds of candle to produce as much light as 1,000 cubic feet of gas. A snail student has ascertained that It takes the little creature fourteen days to travel a mile. The only country In the world where the fashions in women's dress do not change Is Japan. Organ grinders In Vienna are not allowed to play In the morning ot evening only between midday and suuset. A serious problem for the people of Canada to solve is the fuel supply of the future. Xo coal of any kind has ever been discovered in Ontario. Freeze meat at butchering time, pack It closely In a Itox with snow and keep well covered. When wan teil for ue be sure that it Is thoroughly thawed out before cooking. Prof. Jaffa, of tho State University at Berkeley, Cal., says that ten cents worth of peanuts contains more than twice the protein and six times the amount of energy contained In a porterhouse steak. The Chilean government has begun work on double tracking the main railway line from Valparaiso to Santiago, a distance of about 100 miles, which will require a large quantity of new steel nnd many thousands of new ties. This,- with the harbor improvements, will greatly reMeve the congestion In that port, which for the last year has been a great hindrance to buslnes.

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Circular Empire Skirt. The circular Empire skirt is a prolounced favorite of the season, and is so graceful and so very generally beoming that Its iopularity is quite easy understand. This model is as sime as It is attractive and is adapted to almost every reasonable material. Id fc? iilustratiou it is made of chiffon jr jadcloth with trimming of velvet and ?ilk braid and is cut in the pretty round length that is so graceful for Indoor wear. It could, however, be made hort if liked and It would be at tractive In the lighter weight materials, such as crepe de Chine, veiling, taffeta and the like, quite as well as In the heavier cloth. Again, it can be made either without a seam at the front or with a straight seam, or if cut from striied material can be seamed in a way to give the fashionable chevron effect. In any case it is arranged over a foui dation girdle which is careully boned aud which keeps It ierfecty In place and over the upper edge of vLlch the. draped girdle Is arranged. rxTTEKX xo. The skirt can be made In either one or two pieces and can be laid In double plaits at the back or gathered as maj be found most becoming. The above pattern will be mailed tc' your address on receipt of 10 cents. Send all orders to the Pattern Department of this paper. Be sure to give both the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. For convenience, wrrite your order on the following coupon: Order Coupon. Xo. 5SC0. SIZE . XAME VDDI"tESS Teddy Dear. Seldom has any toy struck po generilly resjKjnsIve a chord 'as have the years that are made of soft and wooly Dlush and are so thoroughly fasciuatug. Many mothers will be glad of the pportunity to manufacture them themselves. The very' lovely Bruin illus.rated is made of white long-haired i t PATTERN NO. "il9. )iush, but he has many brown brotliers, and brown is, perhaps, a bit more durable than white, while no less realistic, while again the heavier, more fuzzy canton flannel can be made to do service if a less expensive toy is desired. The labor of making Is by no means xcesslve, and the result h satisfactory that it is amply worth while. The above pattern will be mailed to your address on receipt of 10 cents. Send all orders to the Pattern Department of this paper. Be sure to give both the number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. For convenience, write your order on the following coupon: Order Coupon. Xo. 5319. SIZE NAME ADDRESS Unfamiliar Faets. The entire white population of Rhodesia Is only 12,500. Seventeen out of every 100 French families are childless. The motor licenses Issued last year In England numbered 5,443. The letter e" occurs on an average of 137 times In a thousand words. In the Satenahl district of interior Africa the natives make use of footstools. House flies of forty-eight different kinds have been classified by naturalists. The German Emperor Is fond of Mexican coffee and now Is said to drink no other. The Dublin corporation has decided to have all the municipal carts lettered in Erse characters. The largest sum of money ever .aii for'a colllo was paid recently t an English breeder, Mr. Mason, of SouthIorr, when he received $C,250 for the champion. Squire of Tytton. "Northeast Australia develops very slowly. Farmers grow maize in the old-fashioned way. The maize crop in Queensland- this year Is a Twcord one. Canning pineapples becoming an important Industry in Queensland. Opal mining Is growing steadUy. Active exploration of a new Cuban deiosit of Iron ore, according to the Iron Age, has brought to light above 500,000,0i0 tons, which would add 5 per cent to the figure representing the world's total iron ore supply, is published last year In a report of tae Swe d.'sh government