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I** t light what WALTER BLOOMFIELD iZi&Zsr** 1 *' '- : Ml by KoUlt lomlli Eon. Within one bnndred miles ot Chicago —acquired It In one deaL" “Are the large farms In America very prod table V naked my father. “No; the most unprolltsble things In the States; still, they do pay a beg garly fifteen or twenty per cent No body losea money by them.” “And the laborers—of course they are paid more liberally than Id Eng- tend.* “Liberally! Whr.t has liberality to do with a business arrangement? The laborer aella bla labor for the inoat money he can get for It and the capi talist sells,hla money for the most labor he can get for It. Midway be tween these antagonistic forces Is found the natural rate-of wages. An American laborer does better for him self than an BhgUsb laborer, If that la what yon mean.” I observed my uncle closely while he talked to my father. Be was a fall man, slightly built, with regular fea tures, fresh complexion, and keen, restless eyes. Bis manner was very earnest, and be had a habit of looking hard at the person to whom he was speaking. Bis style was too aggres sive -to please me. but I considered him a rery clever man, and was much Interested In all that be said. Per sonally, be slightly resembled my father; In other respects the two men were absolutely different. My father was a man of few words, and bla sub- ■ i. dued manner showed that he regarded Inftnnr rhaniukp th§ doln t* “>•“ «*hSr « » SPOCU- tor than as an actor among them. My uncle and father continuing to talk together opon subjects In which neither my aunt nor I could join. It occurred to me that the Iaibt was ne glected; and I deliberated T^on the expediency of opedlbg a conversation with .her. Falling to think of (bythlng more appropriate, I asked her how she liked England, but was so nervous In putting the question that 1 knocked the contents of a salt cellar Into her lap. This unlucky accident afforded me an unexpected relief. My aunt ac cepted my apologies so gracefully, and with such charming good hilrnor, .that I was enabled from that moment to e with her like a rational be ing. Looking at her somewhat more observantly than I bad done before, I noticed that aha had a profusion of brown, wavy hair, that her light blue eyes were large and expressive, her features beautiful, and her Dgura ad mirably proportioned. Altogether, 1 thought her the handsomest woman I had ever seen. “I-arrived In England less than a week ago," she said, “and havo seen very little of your country. I like London Immensely, what 1 know ot It at Kensington; but I bars not even visited your Museum there yet When we return to London at the end of the week, I hope to present my Introduc tions and go about a little with my i rxxrt. Boldenhurst mbre apartment. , uneven through . slippery, and the t panelling, relieved i In oils of Pour windows did t for the room, beorth no fire i for com centre was oc table, support- inches shorter a modern din- and round It chairs, .fifteen _ at each end— of oak and om en wheels, nt this table with- llcrous aspect pro- Major Armstrong, — dining >ds six >m his Is so great that with tbs former at If be were dig- large silver, com- of the room, was at once ap- a special, occa- moro 1 with his fork. A was ead somewhat i Indoor manser- r silk waistcoat iplcnous article ntmbered from and tbs ta- r relations In an.exam- of‘ the ... My fath- towards me,' and own, led me very .labor- ’ is your audt tier- i first blush of my from overmuch tad flattered-my- ned myself i und was as self- tan of nineteen at Whether It of my aunt, is uud jewelt, i at finding her ; thirty, whom I 1 as about fifteen , I know not; but 1 felt so awk- e. I cannot I said, but I v disconnected words as- s to the effect that I was l to make her acquaint- Tork accounted a paragdn of virtue who la as full of hypocrisy as over was Boldenhurst Church on a Sun day. I like <o deal with a man who I know win overreach me If he can, and who expects as much of me; mat ters are simplified, and the trade .moves quickly.” “When you lived lb England yod had bo each Ideas if I remember rightly, you need to read poetry, and were Inclined to be moody and sen timental, as Ernest Is now." “True; but I am sorry to hear that your son Is stricken that way. Look to him; watch him. So long as bp confines himself to reading poetry there la some hope of him; ’tie when be attempts to write poetry that you must put him Into a strait jacket. J-et me take him with me to New York at the end of the summer; or, better still, take him there yourself. A tem perature low enough to freese Ten nyson's brook, and a careful dally study of market prices la Walt Street, wfll make a man of him Inside of three months What do you say to that, Ernest?' “I don't know what to aay, uncle, only tbbt 1 should very much like to visit America:” “A good answer. You shall certain ly do so; and your father with you, 1 hope. We have a brown stone house on East Thirty-Fourth street, close to Fifth Avenue, and a frame cottage at Newport, It bode Island, both tele- pbonlcally connected with my offices In the Mills Bnlldlng. We have also a private railroad car, which I would like you to compare with those rat- traps your Great Eastern Company calls carriages Our chef Is as good as can be fonnd outside Drlmonlco's Come and stay with us, and we will ttfd you upon ogsters, blue fish, can vas-back ducks terrapin, Canadian frogs and sweet potatoes won't we, Gertrude?” “Of course, we shall be very pleased Indeed to see you, and will do all In our power to make you conu’ortable," Mid my aunt My father thanked bis guests; but 1 noticed that be carafally avoided committing himself to either an ac ceptance or a rejection of this Invita tion. Before we adjourned to the drawing-room It was arranged that ( was to devote the following morning to showing my aunt over the bouse and grounds wblle my father and un cle discussed a certain business mat ter. We were all to meet again at luncheon, and I was afterwards to exhibit the documents my father and I had been at so much pains to bring to light. My uncle, baring approved of these arrangements Ignited a mateb on the bed of hla boot, and applied tba flame to a cigar, from which he proceeded to puff clouds of smoke larger and denser than I should have thought was possible to produce by such means r aunt noticed t voles my confusion, and tact endeavored to I am much gratl- nnd your father,” she 'My husband has you both, and of i Your bouse and I long to It You must show me you have time.” nothing could give rap ‘ that I would do was sufficiently :e the task, I'shook and felt : rather ' having taken his litat at ' the table with his sister :hh and hla brother on i removed the covers and ■do 8am, addressing change Is not all in suggest though of > Ideas modify and ex- >d deal In twenty years, "i affairs are extensive much with business y, I believe what t Iutc ! Englishmen are vastly what they were When I ’ them. They are not so r aeem to lack go and i fallen Into a alow way. _ i w aep raw'd— afraid to Invest laborers to do. Coating from V We saw a man and a horses plowing a field, as would serve for an a to one of Pope's pastorals ” that farming In England t you tickle and scratch such primitive (hahion! laborers are killing y, your legislators are 1 farms and aliot- Boib. my dear la wanted la for ot I landowners in aacb a trust and to employ ' In cultivating their to say, a F this placer' T ' I hare a *ot t es good or I In England. i way. ^laborers! "Save yon * sister In England?' asked my father, looking up. “Yea,” said nnela Sam, answering for hla wife; “didn’t y.on know that? Mrs, Truman has a young slater who Uvea with na—her only rotation In tha world excepting we throe. I thought I told you ebout her." “No,” eald my father; “I have never heard of her. Why didn't yon bring her with yon to Boldcnhnrat?' “Constance was more upset by the voyage even than I,” remarked my aunt “and did not fool equal to com ing hen." - “You should know Connie,” said my undo, addressing me; “she's a smart girl." I made no reply to tbla; bnt my annt Oiled op the gap by asking It I was at liberty to return to Loudon with them, that they might hava tha benefit of my knowledge of tbs metropolis. I knew of no objection to tha propos al axeapt that my knowledge of Lon don was vary Umltad-an objection at ones overruled. "Taking him aU round. I prefer old Marsh to any man I aver met; not be cause be gave me ona of hla daugh ters and half of hla fortune, though that la something, but because It was ha who removed the English scales from my eyes and caused me to look at the world like an American." “And la Ur. MarSb dead?’ Inquired my father. “Very dead,” aald my uncle. “Be baa been balancing a marble column on hla chest in Greenwood Cemetery for three years or more.” My father and I were ahoeked at the levity of uncle Bam, and our faces mutt have Indicated our thoughts, for aunt Gertruda remarked: “You must not mind all that my hus band says. Bla acts are more Chris tian than bit words I cannot re form bla manner, so must apologias for him.” ■Well, you see," eald uncle Sam. continuing, “loo strongly marked Christianity spoilt a man of business. I could dte several Instances. After all, what are celled honest men are merely thieves who tack tha courage of their convictions—feeble folks who. tremble at taking the sborteet way' to the accomplishment of their pur 1 know many g man In New ■ ■'■"SsaaET' CBAFTER IT. There la a peculiar condition of mind Incident to eomt persona whose corre- spondoaco la small, which inducts them to canfolly examine tba envoi- ope of a letter addressed by a strange hand—an Indescribable fascination In speculating as to wbo tha writer may be and why ha baa written. It la sel dom that tbla self-imposed doubt lasts longtr than Is naceaaary to make out the writing and postmark, and then the letter la opened—a thing which would have been done by a busy or practical man at tha Instant of Its re ceipt. Influenced by some such feeling, I delayed to open the copper box-wblcb I bad taken from the oak chest In the library, though the nature ot Its con tents strongly excited my curiosity. An Instinctive belief that the contents were valuable bad taken a firm hold ot my Imagination, though I could not In any degree support such toilet by an appeal to reason. The contents of both the osk chests had donbtleaa been examined by bygone members ot my family at leaat as often as the proper ty had paaaed from father to'son, and probably with greater frequency. It la trne the cheats bad not been opened for a quarter-of a century or so; but then the lid of the copper box bora the date This 23d daye Oct, 1071, and I could not do such' violence to my credulity aa to suppose that the con tents had been suffered to remain a) many years unexamined—which mads strongly against tha presumption that they were of any value. But. the strongest human hopes art ofteneat reared upon the moat unstable foun dations. I bad certainly suffered the hope to grow upon me that It bad beeq reserved for me to make a valuable discovery; and knowing that my chances of doing anything ot the sort were the most shadowy conceivable, I delayed to opes the box, contenting myself for the present by carefully examining Its exterior. To be continued. Indla>Itabb*r CorMts. The corset, as all the world knows. Is in essential ilnall of the,costume of the modem civilised woman. ’."At ap paratus, In Its present stage of evolu tion. has gained the wholesale con tempt and detestation ot all physiolo gists as an outrage upon the organs ot respiration, circulation and digestion. Lovely woman, however, has carried her fashion a step nearer breaking point by Inventing corsets of India- rubber designed for bathing purpose!. The Idea ot thus converting what should be a moat wholesome and health-giving recreation into a field for exploiting varloue kinds of Irrational dress could haw boon engendered only In the brain ot a latter-day fashion able women.—London Medical Press and circular. _ ^ and ® ® © @ /\dventure. OCR CANNIBAL#. AIT DU It It. the aged white man, wbo has lived among the Oklahoma Indians for many years, and is qualated with their cus- i.mlilons sad Isngunges more thnn any other white uiun in the South west, says of the Toakawss of to-day “Every one of the fifty descendants of the Tonkawas Is shunned and de spised by G>e members ot other tribes. The remnants of the man eater., wbo devoured, thousands of other redskins, always bunt for a friend, which they seldom find. The ancient Tonkawas were the Iakmaelltes of the red race, add their fifty still living descendants nro actually hated by other Indiana for the human flesh eating committed by their ancestors, “Tradition relates that the last big feast of roasted human flesh caused the death of several thousand of the voracious cannibals id Texas, Has: lug gorged themselves On the tender flesh of several hundred captured Kl- bwa Indians, they indulged in their last sleep. Many thousand Kiowa In dians, and some other chOdren-robbed redskins . approached the unguarded wigwams of the gluttonous man eat. era and slew all they could find. Only a few, the progenitors of the fifty still remaining Tonkowas, escaped." It Is related of the Tonkawas that an old custom was to hold a feast at leaat ouoe each year, at which they killed and ate any prisoner In their possession wbo had boon sentenced to death; and It la added that It made no difference at these annual feasts whether the color of the prisoner was white or red, the alleged fate was the ■ame. In tbla connection Jack Leedy, of Bennesser, O. T-, who for many years waa In th» employ of the Gov ernment at the Anadarko Indian agen cy, in Bonthweatern Oklahoma, re lates this story, evidently the same oc casion as referred to by Matt Dorr, al though the two differ somewhat In the minor details only: “fn the fall of 1875 the Tookawas came up from Texas and camped about five miles southwest of the Anadarko agency; It being the season for the man eating feast, -it was learned they had a prisoner, a young Caddo Indian, and expected to kill him for the occa sion. It was estimated that about 250 Tookawas were In camp, and the Cad- doe* planned to rescue their trlbeaman, but, being few In number themselves, they persuaded the Klowas, wbo word friendly, to join them and massacre the Tonkawas. On the night aettled upon for the hatchery they stolo upon the Tonka was In the darkness and waited for the moon to rise; It was about midnight when the warwhoop of the chief was given, and, with uplifted tomahawks, they rushed Into the Tonkawa camp, striking down their victims as they eprank from the beds of leaves. Out of the entire number of Tonkawas bnt forty-two escaped. The Klowas and Caddooa scalped tbelr victims and left the bodies to bo devoured by wild beasts and bussards. The spot where the. massacre took place waa marked for many years by the skulls and bones lying around on the ground, but they later burled by order of- the Gov ernment”—Dally Oklahoman. * A BABOON BERO. Tha German natnrallat, Brehm, In comparing the monkeys of the Old World with the marmosets and mon keys of the Now, says that the move ments of Old World monkeys are free and unfettered, compared with the cllngtnc and creeping of tbelr Ameri can cousins. Tbelr character Is shown by thelt conduct In the presence ot danger, and by the awo which they Inspire In banting dogs. Herr Brehm tells this story of an adventure with baboons In Africa: Our dogs, beautiful, slender grey hounds. accustomed to fight success fully with hyenas and other beasts, of prey, rushed toward the baboons, which,-from a distance, looked more like beasts of prey than like monkeys, and drove them hastily np the preci pices to right and left Bnt only the females took to flight; the males turned to face tha dogs, growling, beat the ground with tbelr hands, opened tbelr months wide, showed their glittering teeth, and looked at thelf. adversaries so furiously and maliciously that the hounds, battle-hardenad and usually bold, shrank back discomfited and al moat timidly sought safety beside us. Bsfore we had succeeded In stirring them np to show fight, the position ot the monkeys bad changed considers bly, and when the dogs charged a sec ond time nearly all the herd were In safety. Bnt one little monkey about a year old had been left behind. It shrieked loudly as the dogs rushed toward it, but succeeded In gaining the top of a rock before they had arrived. Our dog* placed themselves cleverly so ts to cut off Its retreat, and we thought that they would catch It That was not to be. Proudly anil with dignity, without hurrying In the least, or paying any heed to us. an old male stepped down from the security of the rocks toward the hard-pressed little one, walked toward the dogs without betraying the slightest fear, held them la check with glances, ges tures and sounds that seemed almost like Intelligible speech, slowly climbed the rock, picked up the baby monkey, and retreated with It before we could reach the spot, and without the alight eat attempt to prevent him on the part of tha dots- While the patriarch ot the troop per formed tbla bravo and unselfish deed the other members, densely crowded da the dlff. ottered sounds which l .:*-v had never before heard from baboons. Old and young, males and females, roared, screeched. Snarled and bel lowed all together, so that one would have thought that they were strug gling with leopards or other dangerous beasts. I learned later that this waa the monkey's battle cry. It waa Intended to Intimidate us and the dogs, pooslbty also to encourage the brave old giant who was running Into such evident danger before their eyes. A JUVENILE TOREADOR, Thera waa an accident yesterday shortly after the close of a novlllada at the Flasa Mexico that came near resulting In the death of a few young) hopefuls who took it into their heads that they would like to join in tbs na tional sport Shortly after the crowd left the ring a half dozen young boys of ages rang ing from twelve to fifteen yean, got down Into the ball ring to play boll fight. Ona of the number thought the! game waa too alow, so while the ring attendants wen busy about other work) he entered the pen whan the bulls Were confined and Slyly 1st One of tbs Ihto the ring, with a-mad mail the big black bull entered the ring. One Of the little boys bad been using his plush linen cape for a caps In hla plays with tbs other boys, and be waa near the door) when the bull entered. Although onq of the opposite gates was open tba bull made no effort to got away, but rushed at the hoy With the cape. There waa but one thing for the boy to do, and he did It. With all tha knowledge which he had gained by, watching the matadors In tba ring, bq let the bull charge the cape. But hla arms were too abort and the bull struck him a hard blow, knocking the little fellow fully fifty feet and tearing hla shoulder with hla born. The angry ball then turned hla attention to the' red cape. When the other boys saw the boll charging them they fled for the fence and climbed to tafety, where they watched the bull tearing the cape. Fi nally It occurred to one of the older boys that by all charging for the ball he might possibly be scared away from the prostrate body of the Injured lad. So with clubs and boards they drove the boll' from tho ring. They gave their attention to the ball none too qalckly. for ho had tired of pawl* and stamping the cape add waa mak ing for the boy. When the doctors tot In their work on the little, fellow, whose name la Angel Morelos, they found that the wound- waa the only thing of const- qnence, and that although the hoy was senseless from the blow, there waa nothing of a really dangerous nature to fear from the accident, as the hurt waa a flesh wound.—Mexican Herald. AWED A PIRATE. Rajah Brooke, when bo first went to Sarawak, lived a life fraught with per il, of which he seemed to bo uncon- •clout. One day In hla bouse In tho capital he sat down to meat. Sudden ly Linglre, a noted Malay pirate, walked Into the dining hall with a troop of armed warriors at hla bepla. There waa not the* thickness of paper between Brooke and death, and bo knew It. Courteously be waved tho chief to a chair; the others squatted on tho floor. Brooko called to a ser vant and said In English: “Bring a bottle of aherryl Let my chiefs know who la here!” Linglre talked awhile ot hla prowess and the cowardice of tho Dutch. Time paaaed and the squatting scoundrels looked at one another. Tho lives of tho Rajah and hla unarmed English com panions were to bo numbered In sec onds. There was a heavy tramp on the veranda and the Malay soldiers ot the capital thronged Into tho room with drawn weapons. Tho pirates did not speak, bnt tho newcomers did talk ing enough. They cursed them, body, bones and hair; they pressed tha points of keen weapons against their throats. Then Brooke showed knowledge of the native character. Be knew that the pirate was terrorised. At a sign from btm the ranks opened, and Linglre and hla men went out un scathed. Be became the Rajah’s friend, used to visit him, sit with him In chairs on tho veranda and talk about tho Dutch, bnt be never ad mitted that ho had vowed to have the Englishman’s head and bang It In a basket to a tree.—Windsor Msgs sins. DEER JUMPED INTO BED. Deer art becoming so plentiful in Maaaachuaetta that on a recent morn ing Arthur White and Elmer E. Black man, occupying rooms on the first story of the apartment house at 456 Massa chusetts avenue, Cambridge, had a fright because of the frantic attempts ot a foil grown doe to climb Into bed with them. White was asleep at 7 o'clock when he was awakened by what sounded to him like the laboroue efforts of an In toxicated man to mount the stain. The next moment the door was bunt open with a crash, and a large deer bounded In and made a dive for tho bed. White used his bare feet In an effort to ward off at attaek of the an imal, and then reinforcements came In the form of hla friend Blackman. To gether they made an effort to get the deer Into n corner, bnt the strength of the animal was too much for them. The straggles of tho men and deer completely wrecked tho furnishing In two rooms. Finally, with the aid of ontalden who came to the rescue, the doe waa penned Into a cheat, where It wrought havoc with White's cloth ing. Later the animal waa locked in a stable. It bad been chased along Massachusetts avenue for a mile be fore seeking safety In White's bed. The deer evidently game -from tba Middlesex Falla, - . A WIRELESS DAILY PAPER, SIsrronlfTsw Jra - **®* ***** *"* J " Tha Canard Balletln# Mr. Marconi’a succeisful publication of the Cunard Bulletin, a dally evening paper with a limited circulation, dur ing the last voyage of the Lueanla. ban aroused great interest among shipping people- . . , -The apparatus In the Lueanla wan purely experimental,” said Mr. Mar coni to an Express representative on Saturday. "I merely utilised tha voyage to thoroughly teat some Im provements made recently In Ulgb-pow- er receiving Instruments, and the LO- canla'e passengers profited thereby. “The Lueattla’s news telegrams came through without the slightest lntsrrap- tion. and I received many private mes sages as well. One such message came from Glace Bay. Cape Breton, on Wednesday, when we were 1010 Eng lish miles from that station.” The Lueanla preaented u corioue sight when fitted for the reception of long-distance pew* telegrams. For merly there were four wires strung between the two mssts of the vessel. For this vojtge, however, the masts were lengthened fifteen feet, and-be tween them one big cable was sus pended, from which thirty-one wire* were connected to a single cable, car ried on four heavy booms which pro jected forty feet beyond the side of the vessel, and then carried back again through a porthole into the cabin which Mr. Marconi used as an operat ing room. The most remarkable feature of tho long-distance operations was on Wednesday. At 180 a. m. the' first batch of ballons was received from Canada, Including a report of the memorial service In memory of the Into Sir Michael Herbert in Washington, n steel trust dividend Item, and London opinions on the new Cabinet—Lon don Express. -*■ - Disunity la Koran lurWa A capital story has been told by an American. missionary who has lost arrived In London from Korea. The difficulty of learning the language of that country la Increased enormously owing to the large number of words which, with a slight Inflection ot tho voice, art used over and over again with an entirely different meaning. The missionary In question was preaching to some natives and assur ing them that unless they repented they would go to a place of punish ment Amusement rather than terror was written on the faces of bis Orien tal hearers. Why on earth, If they re jected his advice and sefused to repent, should they be dispatched—to the local postodee! On another occasion a lecture was de livered, In the course of which a beau tiful mhnl was being drawn from tha gay career of the tiny butterfly which was suddenly cut short In the dutches of the spider. The simile fell somfr; what short ot its Intended meaning, and It was not until the laughter bad subsided that the lecturer became aware that the victim which bad been floundering amid the dainty silken threads of the web was a donkey, which. In the Korean language, it ap pears, Is synonymous with butterfly.— Boston Transcript Wmm Sam la FIJI islands. The sex question In FIJI In connection with the Indian coolie Immigration into tho colony has reached such a serious stage that J. W. Davidson, one of tho clerks In the Immigration Department, has been compelled to write a minute about It He points out that at the end of 1902 tho percentage of females to males of all ages In that colony was found to be 51.13, the number of women In 100 adults being about thirty. “Such a disproportion ot tho sexes,” be says, “Is favorable to the prevalence of those complications and grievances which account for tho majority of homlddes, and perhaps tlso of the sui cides, which have to .bo recorded an nually, not to mention tunny violent assaults." Mr. Davidson refers to statistics, showing that for every twenty girls born Into the world there ore twenty- one boys, and quotes Buckle, the his torian, ts saying; “It the proportion which Is kept up In the births of the sexes were to be greatly disturbed, even for a single generation, society would be thrown Into the most serious confusion, and a great Increase In the vice* of the people would Infallibly ensue."—London Dolly MalL Blessing tm Dlsaolss. By on unlucky blow with a hammer Ur. Benson bad disabled one ot bis thumbs. "That's too bad,” said a friend to whom bo showed the dam aged member several days afterward. “No, It Isn't," replied Mr. Benson, almost resentfully. “It Is one of tho best things that ever happened to me. It has taught mo to appreciate that thumb. I never knew Its valae before. I found ont by actual count the first day that there were 257 things I had been using that thumb for every day of my life without ever giving It a thought—and It waa practically Indis pensable for every one of them. Please open my knife for me, will you? Thanks. That makes 258.” A Crouds AfOlast Bootlaa Pierre Loti, the French naval wbo has written so many pleaaa vies ot this travels. Is headl France a crusade against huntln the movement Is attracting wide attention and arousing deep lc M. Lott would have laws passe would pnt a atop to the present v destruction of birds and animals tng to supply game and food ho not Interfere with in any way. bi In* for tho mere sake of UlUi would prohibit Some of the bei in France, ere supporting M. Lol It la thought that good results w low tha movement