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• WALTER BLOOMFIELD
CcpnKbt M b» Xuil komm Bon.
<C. - CHAPTER XXL
Continued.
“Remember, you must not «ajr ■
word of all tbla to your fattier be
forehand," continued uncle Sam.
“Your father la a fool, and a fool la
alwaya a marplot. Before you actual
ly undertake the taak, It ie well you
abaold realize'that auccea may amount
tq little more than failure. Your father
may appropriate the whole of the se
quins the moment they are recovered
{for they are rightly hta), give you
lialf-a-crown for your palua, and aond
me a two-line apology on a postal
card. Perhaps you may reaaonably
hope fog-more generoue treatment, but
It’s hard to aay. Nothing la ao diffi
cult'he to forecaat the acta of an In-
cy-.potent, stupid man/’
i Though my uncle's bltternes against
my father was easy to understand, 1
found every exhibition of It hard to
bear. It was not In my power to de
fend the man who had the greatest
claim upon my gratitude, and whom
1 still preferred before all bther men,
eo I remained silent. Something of the
dejection his words bad caused must
have appeared In my face, for uncle
Sam, taking my hand in bis and hold
ing It tightly, continued In a kindlier
tone, while he regarded me steadfastly
to observe tba effect his words pro
duced:
“If you clearly carry out my sug
gestions, our family differences will
be mended, If not ended. What In
England Is thought to be a comforta
ble fortune will bo rescued from tjye
dutch of a contemptible' old crank,
who has gone wrong at the accidental
Bight of a heap of gold, and your father
Hud you—or one of you—benefited to
that extent. The friendship of your
father I don't want (I um ttorry to say
anything painful to you, Ernest, but
such Is the truth); yet, I repeat, It
would be a satisfaction to me to know
that he hud been brought to a knowl
edge of the wrong be has done me.
These things It Is In your power to
effect; but to do so you must be cool
and cautious, yet bold. Observe close
ly, deliberate profoundly; and, your
conclusions once reached, act promptly
and with vigor. Clothe your reserve
In many words. When I wish to avoid
making assertions, I talk most. Your
task Is not a hard onb, and you have
at least uu average slinro of ability.
If you lind been my son I would have
subjected you to a training which
would have enabled you to engage
with confidence In a matter so simple
and easy as this."
"I am sorry you hare no son, uncle,''
I remarked.
"Reserve your sorrow for greater
need," answered unde Sam yulckly
"aud tell me, arc you disposed to tol-
lounuy advice?”
"Yes, unde, I am,” I answered firm
ly. "I believe your theory Is correct,
und 1 will do my best to carry out
all you hare proposed.”
"Very good. Your prompt decision
augurs well for your success. Wheu
will you returnV”
"The sooner the better. Say next
week,” I suggested.
“Why so long delay?" asked undo
Sam. “The man Is old and feeble,
and whenever he dies no one will be
surprised. Every day that passes tells
against us. Let me see. This Is Tues
day and the Umbria leaves on Thurs
day; better let mo book you a passage
by her."
, Thoughts of leaving my Constance
almost as soon as 1 lmd found her
again, and of Immediately renewing
the monotonous life on an Atlantic
liner which only two days before 1
had abandoned with so much thank
fulness, were far from agreeable to
me; but I was now almost as eager
as my uuclc was to bring the affair
of the sequins to a termination, and
therefore assented to this proposal
, Uncle Sam was much gratified, and
If be had not expressed his satisfaction
In words (which he did very explicitly)
the merry twlukle of his bright eyes
Bud his pleasant Bmlle would have
sufficiently denoted It. He not only
undertook to secure my passage to
Liverpool In the Umbria, but Insisted
upon my accepting, then and there,
a gift of flOOU, which sum be handed
to me In the form of thirteen United
States bank notes—seven for $100 each,
und six for $50 each. “There,” said
be, as he selected them from the
' thick packet of greenbacks which filled
bis pocketbook, "put those thirteen
bills in your pouch. To-day Is the
thirteenth of September, and I din:
at Knickerbocker Cottage to-night with
the Thirteen Club. I have been a mem
ber of that elub ever since Its forma
tion; but though 1 was not supersti
tious wheu l joined It, I have become
so since; because. In reserving Import
ant affairs for the thirteenth' of the
month. In defiance of the old super
stition. 1 observed that those same af
fairs invariably turned out weU. And
id you will find In this case.”
As my experience widened, my shy
ness decreased, and at this point t in
formed uncle Sam of the Imprest-ton
which fete fair sister-in-law had made
upon me, and of the provisional pre-
sjlse which she had so graciously given
declaration which act long be
fore I should have lacked the courage
to make. My nncle listened with an
amused smile, snd when I had finished
•peaking, he remarked that he bad
observed almost ss much for himself.
"The man Wb» Wins Constance
Harsh," said nncle Bam, ‘‘will have a
wife wise, healthy and wealthy. You
will observe that I place these time-
honored qualities In the order In which
they ought to be esteemed, but are
not; the second Is largely dependent
oa the first, and the third wholly so.
I wish yon' success In your amorous
enterprise. I am the youhg lady’s
guardian, bnt I tell you frankly, I will
neither assist nor retard your suit I
have seen something of the disaster
usually consequent on the lnterefer-
ence of a third party In such matters.
As society Is now organised, marriage
offers no scope for a broker; the bust
ness, to be successful, must be ar
ranged by the principals themselves.”
“This Is as much as I could reason
ably hope for," I said. “I was afraid
you might resent my presumption.”
“Dismiss that fear, my boy,” said
uncle Bam, consulting his watch, “and
come with me to breakfast I am
as hungry as a prairie wolf, and would
prefer a porterhouse steak."
I followed my uncle down stairs
Into a room which I then entered for
the first time, an<l was disappointed
to observe that breakfast was laid for
two. On Inquiring the cause of this I
learned that aunt Gertrude sad Miss
Marsh, In preparation for what thsy
expected would prove a fatiguing day,
had ordered breakfast to be taken to
them In their private rooms. On the
table lay a letter addressed to me In
my father’s hand. My father bad
promised to write to me Immediately
he received a telegram announcing my
arrival In New York, and I had nr-
nnged that bis letter was to be for
warded to my uncle's bouse by special
messenger the moment It was received
at the Gllsey House, but I felt sure at
the time that my father would write to
me within a day of my departure from
home, so Its presence on my uncle's
breakfast table occasioned me no sur
prise. On the contrary I had been
thinking that I might possibly bear
from Holdenhurst this morning.
“Well, what news from Suffolk?”
asked uncle Bum ns he sat down, for
his quick eye had perceived the Eng
lish stamp and the familiar writing on
the letter which lay on the table.
"I shall he pleased to tell you the mo
ment I know,” I replied, tearing open
the envelope. And then the following
lines, and all that they Implied, were
revealed to me.
Holdenhurst Hall.
Bury 8t. Edmund's, fid September. 18-
My Dear Bon—When you arranged
with me the particulars of your tour
I voluntarily stated that I had no ob
jection to your calling upon your uncle
wheu you were In New York should
you feel disposed to do so.
Yon have been gono from home but
one day, and in that short time circum
stances have arisen which Induce me
to write to yon at once, urging you
very earnestly not to do so, or to In
any way concern yourself with my
brother or bis doings.
About four hours after you left here
I was startled by your grandfather
calling upon me. As you know, I had
not seen Mr. Wolsey for four years,
and during that time he has been round
the world. I was greatly surprised by
thla visit, and much Impressed by your
grandfather's venerable aspect; he ap
pears quite an old man now, and bis
hair nnd beard arc almost white. His
story Is strange and painful. After
being deluded by cunningly devised
false clues for four years he has at last
found his (laughter. She Is at present
staying with her little child at Bourne
mouth, bnt never remains at one place
for more than a month or so, and lives
chiefly on the Continent. I understand
also that she goes to America once n
year. The man who Induced her to
leave her situation In London Is no
other than your uncle. Samuel Tru
man.
Your grandfather Is staying with me.
nnd Is more contented than he was
now that the mystery la made plain to
him. Sucb also is my own case. Any
shadow of doubt which may have lin
gered In my mind ns to the Venetlau
treasure Is now dispelled. A man who
will resort to villainy to accomplish
one purpose will not scruple to employ
It for another.
Do not neglect this Injunction, my
dear boy, but write ts soon is you
can, telling me where yon have been,
and how you have employed your time.
When your money falls an low as fifty
pounds let me know of it and I will
endeavor to send you some more.
Your affectionate father.
CHAPTER' XXII.
two oonrxssiox*.
As soon as nncle 8am bad read my
father's letter he got up from tba table
and stood by the window for a minute
or two, gsslng st the street. Presently
he resumed hie test and handing me
the letter asked very qttlrtir what I
thought t>1 it
This question, earning from such a
source, greatly embarrassed .me, and
my etnoarfassmefil feat increased
rattier than allayed by my ancle’s ad-,
expected behavior In these peculiar
circumstances. Instead of-Indignant
ly repudiating the charges brought
against him, or admitting their troth
by some outward and visible sign of
depression be contented himself with
merely asking my opinion of the mat
te)'. aUd while he awaited thy reply
A New Census of the Phillipines.
THE TOTAL POPULATION FOUND TO BE 7,633,426.
Wild and Uncivilized Number 647,740-Luzon the Most Populous
tilind-The City of Manila Has 219,9231.ilubitants-
Chsrecteristles of ibe Savages.
HE population of the Phil
ippines, according td . the
census just completed
under Brig.-Gen. J. P.
Sanger, Is 7,035,420,
which 047,740 are classified as wild
and uncivilized, although not without
some knowledge of the domestic arts.
Wf This is the rii‘At Accurate and com*
sugared fait coffee and buttered bit i>tete enumeration bt the Filipincte
toast with a* great an air of Indlffer- ever made, those undertaken by the
ence at If be bad asked my opinion of Spanish authorities being largely esti
the weather.
“I don't know what to think; my
brain la In a whirl. I no sooner sur
mount one difficulty than I am con
fronted by another. Are the state
ments In my father'* letters true?"
"Ton are too discursive/' said undo
Sam. "Let us settle one thing at a
time. It you don't know what to think
t can tell you—at least so far as re
gard* the sobjict ot that letter. To
allow your brain to get into what yon
call a whirl whenever you receive un
welcome intelligence la bad; you must
conquer that weakness, or you will al
ways be the sport of events. T)f course,
as Boon as you surmount one difficulty
another difficulty confronts you; It was
ever so with every man, nnd you will
find the process continue until you are
confronted by death—the last difficulty,
not to be surmounted or evaded by any
of us. As for yonr direct question I
unhesitatingly assure you that the
statements in your father's letter (ex
cept where he seeks by n spurious an
alogy to associate me with the loss of
hi* sequins) are perfectly true, and
not only are they true, but, as I regard
tlio game of life, they are perfectly
Justifiable."
This declaration shocked me. I had
never before met with anybody who
entertained such unscrupulous opin
ions, or was so honest In the expres
sion of them.
"Most people,” continued uncle Sam,
would Infer from that letter that I
was guilty of great treachery to your
grandfather Wolsey, whereas the very
mates. It was taken by the Philip
pine Census Bureau, which was
gnuized by General Sanger.
The enumerators employed were
mostly natives. The schedules were
translated, transcribed and tabulated
by the United States Census Office id
Washington.
General Sanger's report gives the
population of thd Philippines by 1st
onds, provinces, municipalities and
barrios, ft is classified also by tribes
and religions.
The tables gjvc separate enumera
tlons for 343 Islands which bear
names, nnd many others are grouped
together unnamed. The most populous
island Is Luzon, which contains a total
of 3,708,507, of which 223,500 are clas
sified ns wild. Panay is next in popu
lotion with 743,040, of which 14,933
are Wild; Cebu, third, with 502,247. all
civilized, nnd Mindanao is fourth, with
400,034, of which 252.040 are wild.
Jolo, with 44,718 inhabitants, contains
only 1270 who are civilized, and the
province of Cotnhnto, with 125,875
pMpIe, has but 2313 civilized.
The city of Manila contains 219.028
Inhabitants, which includes 15,901 who
reside on vessels in the harbor, while
11,400 live in the limits of the city
walls.
General Sanger says the aborigines
of the Philippines are believed to be
the Negritos, of which 23,000 Still re
main. They are distributed over many
of the different provinces nnd live In
n primitive state, having no fixed
habitations or occupations, hut wander
about in the forests, living on such
fortune. A gambler. If he meets a
woman on the way to a gambling
bouse, returns, ns he belters* 4* • sis®
of bad luck.
These superstitions, and others of a
more injurious nature; says the re
port, prevail generally affiong the ig
norant masses, and are not ttnlik*
those which afflict many people in the
United States and other countries. It
warf hdMlM* to say that they inter
fered fcitl* the dally affairs of life and
were the eft use' 6f iriUch unnecessary
anxiety and suffering, and sometimes
of serious crimes. Fortunately, they
would disappear as the people became
more Intelligent and rational, and,
therefore, less Inclined to believe In
bogies of nny kind.
reverse Is the case. I loved bis eldest j ng they can find. They are very
daughter (she who afterward beeamo ; slmrt itnturc , malM nvcrnRln(r
your mother), and my suit was ap- ; only f our ton Inches nnd the fe-
P™y, ctl *7 00 ® ne “J™ • h ““ by j males even leas. Their color Is black.
William Wolsey. But when later on , tllclP balr wool(iy nnd bntby , nml
your father bent bla glances In the
same direction that same William Wol-
thclr tons arc remarkably prehensile,
they using them nlmost as well
toy discouraged my visits to his farm, ! bn( r cr ,
favored the rl.lt. of your father, and j These pcop ie, tbo rpport b .
not long afterward coerced hla dough-1 nb | y nppronch ns nrnrly to thc
ter Into marrying him, well knowing
that she had promised herself to
And why was this? Not because of i
cpptlon of primitive man ns nny people
thus far discovered. Their origin is
shrouded In obscurity, but from tbo
any fault In me, real or alleged, but j fnct that „, nilJ(ir ty(K .„
are found in
for that sovereign quality In the new j „, c M „, ny p( , n | nlllM „ ml
on the
suitor-ownership of a couple of thou- . islands in thc Bay or Bengal. It Is con-
sand Suffolk acres, forsooth!' I eluded they once occupied the entire
Here uncle Sam paused nnd laughed Malay archipelago,
sco tn fully. Presently he continued: | 0 f the other wild -tribes in the
It was that circumstance which first islands the most important are the
gave my mind a cynical turn, and In- igorotes, In northern Luzon, who arc
duoed mo to devote myself to the ac- j divided Into several branches, with
qulsltlon of money, which I conceived
was the prime mover of our kind.
Twenty years’ experience has confirm
ed the opinion then formed. I have
not gone out of ray way to avenge the
wrong old Wolsey did me, but when
about four years ago I accidentally
met one who greatly resembles the
girl I used to ramble with In the fields
different names. One of these
branches. Inhabiting the sub-province
of Bontoe, arc said to be the most
famous of head hunters. Another
curious tribe of head hunters Is the
Ibilao, sometimes called Ilongot, in
the province of Isabella, while In
Mindanao are seventeen wild tribes,
nearly nil of which lmve the beliefs
and lanes of Holdenhurst I did not re- nnd customs of savages. They not
strain myself by any consideration for only take the heads of vanquished
the man who had treated me so badly, cnemlgs, but their hands and hearts
That she has secluded herself from n8 well, nnd offer human sacrifices to
her father as long as possible has been .their deities.
her own wish, and was always a mat-j The report divides the civilized
ter of Indifference to me." Filipinos Into eight tribes, the Bieol,
Uncle Sam’s sophistry was very fas- ; Cagayan, Ilocano, Pampangan, .Pan-
clnating to me. 8ystems of reasoning gaslnnn. Togalog, Visaynn and 55am-
whlch In others I should hove de-1 halnn. the most numerous of which is
nounced as illogical and absurd when the Visnyan. While the great mass of
presented in his words, snd with the, the people are Malays, and had corn-
case and charm of manner for which ! mon origin, there is n difference in
he was distinguished, seemed to lock
none of the essentials of truth. At
first It nppenred to me monstrous. j
But my uncle's way of stating his
case obscured these considerations, nnd
led me rather to think of the perfidy j
their written nnd spoken languages,
but not much in their customs. For
such progress ns they had made they
are indebted, says the report, some
what to the Chinese, with whom they
came In contact hundreds of years ago.
of my grandfather Wolsey, which was before the arrival of the Spanish, nnd
the origin of thc trouble, nnd to marvel j since then to the religious orders,
how my father could have accepted
for his wife a woman whose love he
lind not fairly won. That the state
ment was tone I had no doul* what
ever, for unde Sam had very effect
ively alluded tc thc circumstance
when he denounced his brother, and
thc latter find suffered It to pass with
which had contributed largely to their
civilization nnd education
The archipelago was divided Into
five dioceses and 740 regular parishes,
105 mission parishes nnd 110 missions.
Notwithstanding the Inestimable ser
vices rendered by the friars, the re
port says, they succeeded in exciting
out challenge. Another, though nil on- ! the bitter antagonism of the Filipinos,
ROBERT TRUMAN.
“What's the matter now?" asked
uncle Sam. “Have you any bad news?
You look 111."
“Yes, I have rather bad news," I
answered confusedly, “but I cannot
toll you about It."
“Why not? Yon promised you would
rhow me your father’s letter."
“Yes, thafs true. 8hall I do so?"
tlrely different consideration, afforded
me much gratification, nnd that was
the promptness with which my uncle
had admitted the truth of the charge
now brought against biro, which con
trasted strougly with his strenuous
denial of having had anything to do
with the rol8stng sequins, nnd afforded
an additional proof of his innocence
of that affair.
“What do you purpose doing respect
ing this little affair?’’ inquired uncle
Sam after a long pause.
My mind was made up, and I an
swered without hsitation: “I will go
to England In the Umbria and carry
out the plau you have auggested. By
that means I hope 1 shall convince ray
fnther that he has done you nu Injus
tice, and he will readily agree that out
which was beyond question a power
ful inventive to the revolution of 1800.
Now, that the friars Jam! question has
been settled, it Is probable, says Gen
eral Sanger, that the Roman Catholic
clergy will substitute a large number
of the friars and that all cause of
agitation on their accouut will bo re
moved.
In a chapter on the Bicol tribe, thc
Governor of the Frovince of Ambos
Camarines remarks that a very no
ticeable characteristic of that people
Is the aggressiveness displayed by the
females, and their evident superiority
to the males in ousiness capacity.
Wherever a family had risen from the
lower ranks of society to a position
of comparative affluence and social
importance, it was generally found
Should I fail to connect Adams with
• he robbery of the sequins, then I will
assert my Indvldual right to unrestrict
ed action, for I am nearly of full ago
now, and could respectfully and re-
•rotfully refuse to obey my father in
“Of course. Stand by your word.! Mis matter on the ground that his coat
whatever happens." ' t ir.nd is unjust and unnatural,"
1 banded my unde tbs lettor. To ha continued. —
friendship shall remain undisturbed. I *^ ue to thc <act * onor Ry close at
tention to business of the female mem
her ot the matrimonial partnership.
The Ilocano8, to quote one of their
number, like all nations of the world,
have many and various superstitions,
among them one that they do not take
a bath, marry or start an a voyage on
Thursdays. The raven they consider
a bird of ill omen, ard when it croaks
it U regarded as a sign of gome mis-
good Fellowship to-day. .
Beautiful Relation ot CowradMhlp Be
tween Modern Boys aad Girt*.
“There is nothing I envy the young
people of to-day so much ns the good-
fellowship between the young men and
the young women,” said the observant
elderly woman. “When I was a girt a
sharp Jlne was drawn between the men
and the women and it was a misfor
tune. It made comradeship and good-
fellowship between the sexes almost
impossible. It made man less help
ful to woman and woman less helpful
to man. It made a girl artificial to
keep constantly dinging It Into her
that she should adopt certain manners
before the men, and It made the men
Awkward nnd embarrassed.
“I know that I used to believe that a
man was a rather odd creature with
interests that no woman could* under
stand. I thought he lived in a world
Into which no woman could enter. I
believed I must act entirely different
from my natural self when the men
appeared, and, to tell the truth, I cor
dially hated men, for I never felt com
fortable when with them.
’ “Just see how It Is to-day nnd what
thoroughly Jolly, happy times my
nieces have with their boy friends.
They go boating together, golfing to
gether, walking together and riding to.
gether. If a girl can beat a man In
some outdoor game she docs It because
of her superior skill and not because
he feels that he must allow her to win
because she's a woman. If she has a
horse of her own she does not hesitate
to take her men friends driving. She
learns bow to sail a boat and insists
on helping her man friend to do the
sailing.
“A man is not afraid to ask a woman
to go In for any jolificatlon that he
honestly enjoys. If he likes to take a
long, hard tramp through the woods
he Is npt to nsk some congenial girl
friend to accompany him ns a man
friend. He does not feel that be need
he anything but his natural self be
fore her. He talks about nil sorts of
things which interest him and finds her
very satisfactorily informed in regard
to them.
“I suppose higher education of wo
men has brought about some of this
good-fellowship, blit I’m inclined to
think that a great deal of it is due to
the increase of common sense among
omen, nnd I for one nm heartily glad
of this comradeship which has sprung
up between the sexes."—New York
Times.
Travel In Runli,
The Russian Jew Is not always the
most agreeable traveling companion,
but compared with the Russian he Is
neatness nnd cleanliness personified.
The third-class traveling coach re
served for Jewish Itinerant merchants
is only too often the one clean compote,
ment in a Russian train. Russians
who have journeyed abroad, nnd
thereby acquired a taste for compara
tive cleanliness in travel, whenever
it is possible to do so, travel across
Russia by river steamer In preference
to Imprisonment in one- of their com
partment cars. Even in the first and
second sections of the Russian trniu,
i, women nml children huddle Into
the coaches, each family bringing its
own bedding, food, and ton kettle.
Seats and aisles are soon Inch deep
with broken food nnd the air redoleut
with cigarette fumes, for even the
women of Russia puff the weed.
The seats are convertible into couches,
one above the other, two or even three
deep. There are no curtains and there
o privacy. A single washroom
serves for both sexes, and the filth Is
indescribable. In the third-class com
partments bare-footed men. women
and children huddle together indis
criminately, sleeping by day and night,
nnd with closely closod doors and
windows, emitting an effluvia that
surpasses the reality of George Ken
's descriptions of the over-crowded,
fetid prison wards of Siberia. Yet
in this stench the Russian finds his
chief happiness. The Jew, however,
ilraws the lice at herding with th*'
Russians of the masses. He will
sacrifice any amohnt of comfort
rather than do that.—Era Magazine.
Note Appearance of Kobinc.
From each weather bureau station
the appearance of the first robin in
spring must be reported by telegraph
to tke Washington office. The more-
mcRjs of no other bird or animal air
noticed.
MOUNTAINS IM JAPAN.
Th,7 Klral >• F»nor»m« tUe
Switzerland* ,
On every tide of n*.
to the golden distance far away, toe
world stretched mountains. pe** ”P°"
peak as thick as junks lit a Chinese
harbor and range beyond range' e
baustlblc. No sounds of mortal life
came up inside the rock ' ‘ b
river, gentian blue, wound silent lu
transparent pools below. The pan
rsma In Japan on a splendid *>>“■“"
day is Impossible to describe to an
English reader wbo bas not been i
(he East, for such a one will read be
twoon- the lines the local relor In which
he wa* bred Instead of the wholly (li
ferent atmosphere that heightens the
charm of the picture there, the bril
liant luminous air which Invests'
eye with telescopic power and brings
the whole landscape to our feet, while
a soft suspicion of ,<Hky haxe seems
to float a halo ronnd efliji foliage hid
den bill. Switzerland, too. is a moun
tain world, but smnll compared with
this, the entire content from' Inns-
brack to Geneva only one-fourth tne?
length of this single island of Japan,,
a thousand miles of continuous ro
mance. And the quality of the sun
shine is what separates by a very wide-
gulf a summer's dny In these latitudes
froim-one in more northerly Europe.
Ernest Foxwell, in Cornhilf, - v
WISE WORDS.
Goodness is beauty in its best estate.
—Marlowe. \ ;
There is little* to Inspire in a spire
with a debt on it.
Begin your web and God will supply
you with the thread.
The best doors to enter are those that
open with, a push instead of a pull.
The cement with which the hearts
of mankind are united is Jove.—Stev
ens. V
Patience and resignation arc the pil
lars of human peace on earth.—’
Young.
Swallowing diamonds lias been the
cause of much spiritual iudigestiou.—
Ram's Horn.
Don't forget that other people feel
about ns little imprest in .your troubles
as you do In their&
Men will wrangle for religion, .write
for It, fight for it, die for it; anything
tut live for it.—Colton.
I would much rather that posterity
should inquire why no statues were
erected to me than why they were.—
Cato.
“Virtue reaching to its aims,” “fur
thering and pursuing.” thirf is the way
to Paradise. Meanwhile, for every au-
gel’s blessing we must wrestle ^tilh—
J. II. Clifford. \ j
I oppose, ns I would every useless
fear in man, the lainentr.tiou that tin/
feelings grow old with lapse cf years*
It Is the narrow heart alone which
does not glow, the wide one become*
larger.—Joan Paul Richter.
Prayer is the greatest thing in ths
world,. It keeps us near to God—my
own prayer has been mort weak, wav
ering and inconsistent, yet has been
the best thing I have ever done.-*
Hamuel Chapman Armstrong.
If there be a God, He must hear you
when you call to Him. If there be a
father, he will listen to his child. II©
will teach you everything. But I don't
know what I want. He does; ask him
to tell you what you want.—Georgs
MacDonald.
artnihorni n« Inventor*.
In 1827 a carpenter of Sandwich.
Mass., wanting a piece of glass of a
l'::rtlcuh:r size and shape, conceived
thc idea that the molten metal could
be pressed into any form, much the
same as lead might be, writes William
It. Stewart, in the Cosmopolitan. Up
to that time all glassware had been
blown, cither off-hand or in a mould,
and considerable skill was required
and the process was slow. The glass
manufacturers laughed at the carpen
ter, but he went ahead and built a
press, nnd now the United States is
the greatest prcsscd-glassware coun
try in the world.
In 1S90 a novice in thc plntc-glnss
Industry. Henry Fleckner, of Pitts
burg, whose only knowledge of glass
had been acquired in a window-glass
factory. Invented an annealing •’lehr,"
the most important single improve
ment ever introduced in plate-glass
manufacture. In three hours by the
lehr the same work is done which
under the old kiln system required
three days. In four years the impor
tation of foreign crown and plate
glass Into the United States fell in
value from .$2,000,000 to $200,000.
About the same year Philip Argo-
bast, of Pittsburg, also a novice In
the glass-making, invented a process
by which bottles and jars may be
made entirely by machinery, the
costly blow-over process being avoided
and the expense of bottle-making re
duced one-half. The result has been
that more bottles and Jars are used in
a month now than in twelve months
ten years ago.
Chicago'* Lowest Death Kate.
Of the world’s great cities. Chief.?
has the lowest death rate. Berlin hrl*
second place for a decade until I,;>
year, when London took that positi> .
with a rate of 15.62 per 1QOO.
Improvement In Cables.
A striking fact about copper, is that
a cable of to-day for submarine teleg
raphy will transmit twice as many
messages as one made in 1858, due
to the greater purity of the copper
now employed. Many metals are most
susceptible to minute additions of va
rious alloying elements—being with
out them, and crumbling easily when
a slight trace is incorporated.
High Birth the Test.
It is his blood, and not the amount
of his wealth or the extent of his
lands, that ennobles a Rajput. Many
of the noblest families are very poor,
but the poorest retains the knowledge
and the pride of his ancestors, which
I are often his only. Inheritance. ■
