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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1898-3-18, Page 6• rF. 1 ER ll qt, • RD/TOR/AL Noris Au espy ■ocieles are springing up to celebrate family affillatreins of the pest. that surneekeir in the natter* el an ea- eestral erase is at hand. In tbe nature d things It is • foes-foredt, and U any- body is frit wt wipe whets to get it%it with be bemuse be tee an talent fur or- pnisati,.o. The supply of ancestors fairly eweenth the aritametle man sad °utbfouard, the soon* ptddosopbet. 111 has tee cont•roiirt-atter •ppdyialt the mathematical test, that every Bele/ person is et mum rtleiotva F eoueie to every body she. But of mitres, tui tweed relstoa abip, going back a dos- es ores ter two coot urea% 1e not What in- terests the aa..'estral acystias. Most d them prefer to went fly themselves with a partieultar laiatorical era, sad bane their amps on patriotic fealiins which is praiseworthy. Such leagues are cal- culated to prcltawts this nMltionia aptrite and m pressman, neglected landmarks lot is the publte interest. Nei m -ani etiee. bewerer, display this breadth of view. One of the latest) admits ne member mans to trace de - meat from & king. It matters not ;whet king or by wihat bar sinister. A 'Oeargit&d oleen on Rieharwt III. le ---=mat as et heir as Dere on the peaces ie tea, lower. and on mime craven mon- OM* M ns Henry d Na Yet, wife everything gess in royalty, there's is no epeeist rusb to eetablirb relation -I skip with unorowsed criminals of the pest. Nero will pens muster, but noel Guy Pawbs. A tale sense of &scrim -I insiders is exercised in picking out an- l teeters. Their .ewsit lemons con not be! - wounded by the operat,'bo of weedisig.' An ancestor found hanging in chains' seed not be mentioned uR'ees 11a reaches ire rank at CrcOYwelst.' b- necied with aur Jong line of progeoit- ors .s more eas4y inn aged out est sight thantheir edenttte., U atiivtan is de- " _� - .:.....,.G._ .. -,*,'110tsr'gNlyThe, patient genealogist kapers how often els dee tome book enmity bum the vasty SIMS at sorter generations. ~ea 11titf 1'r! 1't$se reinenemnrn err-.._., hism,i O to go too tar at pros - jilt late the decorative business. One tlwr*ai1y •lte,ated at t be ooronet ion of --• gossb.r M queen. with much eat- en' 6101 w imposing array d maids .fiilseoresld yotrfthfuu pews. Another OOfalty. vis years o!ld, fell Into a con- enverq over the sward of tutu modelle is its founders. The jewels were "es- gai•itely lnauated with dlssmods." When such timings are introduced in a feminine order it is win to have en- -sigh to go around. Somebody mler- died ie the subject figures that, ran ot- j Mg back only to the tater of William tbe Conqueror, each person has 45,476,-1 6d" encestoast, of whom over 22,000.0001 were living wben the battle 0f Hastings was fought.. In that number a relative' ahoutri b& toand for my earnest in -1 q ulrer. But it is important to remem- ber that the qusst carried far enough back will strike a eavage. Posterity &serves min onnaaiusaa thwart. "If we would amend the world we should amend ourselves; and teacn our children le be. not what we aro, but what they armlet be.' 0p TIM WAY TO tLONDILL A. U.-19steileo etas(- .ate. d. Pre.ererly. 0.14 A. H. Hutchins. of Rochester, N. Y., who is now on his way to the Klondike, has written a letter from Juneauis the coons of his letter be says: "If i were to start our again I should not buy a single article before reaching here. It any of your readers think of going to the gold fields, my advice is. first of all, don't go; but if you don't take that advice, just pack your grip with enough oma clothes to last you for about three weeks. Buy your ticket for Juneau. and go to the American Express Co. and buy their e ignatureobeoks to the amount of $000. Them. whet you get here you will have scheme to change your mind and you will have had • run well worth your money. "Them are many who would turf beck about this time it they had not already spent their money. and in many eases spent it for geode not suited for the wort in hand. This 1a a splendid to catch your breath -the last e nee f am told -and calmly view the situation. "While I write there are in the rooms with fns, three men who Lave Iasi Dome out. There art plenty of �wm about town, but 1 bay* never yet met roes who istmade even a moder- ately rids sat ofd t1Mi too atter several years d crustal. prospecting. They hale all tirade a living; but how many et the thousands who are flock- ing to Alaska can keep up their eonr- age ns a hare living in this God-tor- skea ceaftry for a year or two. is the, hopes of ultimately making • strikes wbleb, after all, may not pay for the ammunition. "There seems to he no doubt that tett-Maims in the vicinity of Deem* City bays panned nut rich, and that t Pa are malty more such places whoa d area. Ms ordinary finds. how- ever. will ad enable a man to save mach more, if my, than be could out of an ordinary salary in the east, If the stories ce those coming out are t ma" TIER LiGHT OF THE HOU$1. Me Romani -1 tell you what, a baby lhr4 hteas np tit. li mas, sad that's e f ter. Prectlek'el-YestWe've had to hemp Um gas berates all sight ever deka Dire was hers ost r wee I web tatt d "' It," Try as 1 would, I could 6.•d no patron sint in the o•lse- der who answered to that name, sad thele was really no excuse for "it" but tie asgligenoe of the Johm■on family te shr4des its ohlldre■ They bsstir- fei tbamsalves early only in the case of my elder sister, who was named Maggie. Even I. the youngest of a batoh of five. never knew the sewed ehtld, & boar, by any other name thaw " Brother." Thea came " 81s," the third, sad "Babe." &another boy, and fia- lIly L the last of the Jobnson brood. "It" rale in my baby ears long be- fore I knew what was meant. I sup - gene that being the real baby it would have awned confusion in the house- hold. where there was already • "Babe." sod eo they substituted " It," for that was nay title by right of succession. 1 Bever knew my mother. She died soon after !opened my blue eyes to the world. Perhaps it she had lived stir nomenclature would sot have been se slightingly tre&ted. Maggie, the eldest, a quiet. faithful girl, took oberge of us at motber's death. Father was • team- ster and ewer all day from the little family. for whom be prsvfded generous- ly out of his slender earnings. He, too, called me " It " wben be took me up In his lap and rubbed his harsh. stubble beard over my baby cheeks or pinched may little fiats with his big. horny fin- gers. Maggie gave me a mother's oars, * abe did the other children, and I bad really no trouble about my in- complete name until I went to school for the first time. " Your name is what?" asked the teacher w ben my turn cams in a loos Jim 'stratcbing from the toot of hes desk to the last bench in the room, '11' Johnson," 1 answered prompt - y v Jdlineobl" ape tepreti4" a doubting shake of the head. "Lftr I. tie girl, you must have forgotten your " No," I gasped for a lump in my ,itroat almost choked me. To be the first in the whole room who bad any difficulty about bar name was morti- fying even to a little 6 -year-old. Hale you any brothers or sisters in this ecboul r " Yes, my big brother is in No. f." "Go up -stairs and bring him down to me." I truudled oft. perplexed, to tend " Brotber." Up to the top floor I climb- ed and aeon espied him in a frost met of Room No. 6. the door of which atspd wide opera. He answered the summates of my vigorously beckoning finger sad I conf' I to him the dilemma I w -as �ls about my name• " Well, ' It.' " he mi.!, "you are Isla bad fix. You never bad any otter name." " But isn't year name ' Brother' sad nothing seer " No, I've been christened James be - "James r I queried. " 1 thought that was father's name: And it's my name, too -James Jobe Tina for the first time i learned that "Brotler's " name Max James, that "Elia " had been christened Cordials, sad that "Babe. the infringer," was £$drew in the Baptismal record. Oily pSor. little alightedalts, visa "it" Lad ing more. Brother " made natters clear to the teacher. and she laughingly inscribed the Lame o[ " It "Johnson upon the big roll book of the school. 1 passed through my sebool days as " It." Thea, tired of book townies, 1 went to work in a shoe factory.'"Bro- ther " was a teamster now, lib father. "bis" was married sod lived in the country. " Babe" bad run may to en- list in the army, and there was no- body at home but fattier, and Mag- gie, anti me. for James was boarding is another part of tbe city where most of his bawling had to be dose. I hivin't leen in the factory long when that old phrase " you're it " was revived on the vaudeville stage. aid of course the young mon about the place teased me by applying it to a real " it," an " it" from her birth to her 16th year. " You're it." they shouted, as they came up witb me in the street. "Yoe - 're it I" said their mischievous eyes as 1 entered the .bop and passed the fore- man to go to my table. The foreman was strict and permitted no noisy con- duct inside the factory. He was asri- oua looking man, with • young face, but the mien of one beyond his years. He tallest each girl by mine es he par- eeleil out the work and told her what to do. " Mollie! Rosins! Gertie I Becky! Amp.' Your be maid when my turn Casa. Her name 1s ' Ii' said a aauey mise who stood close by. Time foreman shot a,loibldding glance at her, tben looked rather pityingly upon me " You." he repeated, ' mea- sure these vamps sed make sere that they all telly with the sample " Aad " yon " i remained to Mr. Jea Park- tbe foremas, for weeks a.d- moetbs. The factory haade still called me " It." I was " It" at home to fatter and Maggie. But, somehow, there wan notbtn` galling in it any More oolong as Mr Parkimem refraised from using the family dight. i had always bees a frail young tidal though not ill, and the retsina! gave me the lightest task.. Otherwise be showed me io favoritism. i pa1d w fine when elute, tie rein se 1;hi aad K i *wade a Meader i paid for tam damage Withal. I telt sure that Mr. Jae P.rkIasea liked am the best of all, aid goy little heart. cravingattiss- ties 1nd4ste too reedy to give t, west lest rl* 1. the filet dente t1 erwuWtl- M ** tenet have road 11 le sae ism for his glares grew ward who* he spike • to as aatd rr La*M Deco■ Iingered •my sellas air b• patot.d eke work la ray oatetrettopefatss. Melilla at my table were all friendly bat ow. Some- how a neat atagoslsm bad sprung up from the tied between Rosins Freoll and me. Rosins was of Italian descent. a buxom, crimean-ohseked girl. with • well -poised, vain little bead. She wee of a quarrelsome and jealous disposi- tion. hared by the girls and relentless- ly pursued by the young men with admiring glances. impudent innuen- does is compliment to her beauty. and invitations to all the parties in the cheap dancing hells of the town To al. of these Rosins went. and often more than once • week was she tined for being tardy the morning atter. Site stood her punishment with a saucy smile for she knew her beau at the evening would make good her tinen- oial toss. Aware of Mr. Parkinsonle bobby for promptest*. I had beep invariably on time. One night Maggie was taken Ill. I nursed her till daybreak. Then 11.11 into a sound sleep at the foot of the bed sad was awakened only by my sister's anxious cry that it was long past rising time. I hurried away with- out & morsel of breakfast sad reached tis factory just three minuteelate. Mr. Parkinson stood at the desk. noting my $1 .." - M sister was ill 'a11 night." I stam- mer blushing to the roots of my hair. Re must have read in my eyes the penitence expressed for having d him !n his etforte 1x1 promoteh brown eyes. prompIbtae�. £U right, little girl,"bald, wit • kindly glance from his handsome Vll forgive you this tiro•.crosse" As I turned to go to my place i saw Rosins at my elbow. Sbe had beard tbe foreman's remark. An evil expres- sion spread over bar darkly beautiful oountenano•. All day she pursued in. with bar jealous grudging eyes. At noon sbe held a confab witb three ef her stanchest admirers, and their sneering faces. bent alop me, boded me no good. " You'd better go home earlier." ad- vised Becky. my particular chum "Tell • tbt your raster la too sick to, g 1. *upper. sad hurry away from bare tore closing time. They mean mischief. sure !" I dared not nffend a second btime by losing a quarter of an hoar at the busiest Beason of the year, so I L 'Udell tbp s. trtnoured. the of day. -Becky' and- T were 'not more thea half a block from the &bop when Ro•inm--Snit her noisy escorts came toward w from the middle of the street. ' There goes r It 1' .Toe Parkinson's • It r -#'it peg tea tine 1 There It goes 1" And the rudest of the quartet picked up a handful of mud and plastered my back with it. I turned to run bac# to the factory, whey out of the darktless the arm of a man shot squarely Into my assailant's face. Thw-fersmse rtnortsd bete down f" whispered the excited Beck "I'm glad of it!" And we toolr+61ft ! 1a and made good time in getting home. As I crept into nay bed that •ight the sweet thought that be had detead- ed me kept me awake many hours. When i dipped i>lto dreamland at last it wee with piar]j/jtigos herding over me. his Hp. whispe that be loved me. one -poor. namelme. insignificant "it." Next morning 7 hurried to the fae- {Mtry long before the opening boar to !!!llfbank him for his gallant debts. To my utter dismay a stranger was at his desk. I gave him my number and paned on. Soon the otber girls ar- rived in.groups et two and three. Their fares were grave. and they seeped to discus with subdued voices a calem- ity. What bas happened r 1 gasped. 111bd with anxious foreboding. " Mr. Parkinson has been arrested," said Becky. "The blow be dealt the scapegrace who insulted me was more effective than be had msant. ne fel- low was lying unoonscions at bis hoose. It was even feared tbat his injures would result in death. His two com- panions had sworn out a warrant against the foregoes. Neither they mor Rosins made their appearance at the shop that heves pgqyyrr iwsf Till sa the miserable days tbat followed. Joe Parkinson languished in prison, while the victim alis gallantry slowly re- oovered. I wast to him with a break- ing heart. He stretched out his heads through the hors and drew see toward him until he Wised my forehead. I was • woman at last. an4 my eup of love and suffering wan fall.. "I ran bear it •11, little one 1" he said, manfully. It was all for you!" He was acquitted at the trial. On the day of his release we were quietly mar- ried. and that night be left me to ggoo to the far West and commence life again. It did cot take him long to get a & tart, and i sown joined bite In the cosy little home he had prepared for me. " You!" he cried. is in the days of old. Only now .be elaspsd me in his arms aad kissed me. " Little wife I" he added. " Dear little wits 1" And I was " ft" no longer. PRACTICAL FANG. "IIIIUr" IN SMALL GRA1f18. Prof. Henry L. Boliey of the Dako- ta State Agrtoeltural College, has ev- olved • ! ettled for the prevention of smut in grain and especially ut smut la cute. His plans have bed three years et trial and have been very suc- cessful. "Farmers are especially in- terestee 1a the widest teethed of pre- vertlag smut in oats. That grain is 10 generally diseased by loose ur [ly- ing smut that a very large per cent, of the crop is actually lost. Wbiie the debase •erns to do no damage to ■took and as, after thraahlag, all granas found to the bins are otherwL.e nor- mal is appearance, it ea quite usually supposed by farmers (.bat tb smut does very little damage. Now sad than, however, it becomes very much more evident. Whims the seed has once be - some badly infested by the spores et the fungus it is a common thing to Dad that • very large percentage of all tits heads in the field are completely smutted and destroyed. In my own Investigation of 'mar Inside 1 bare found teat it is not enoommor that as high as 20 and even 40 cur coat- of the 1ses4s of tae grate actually de- veloped tarn into smut before harvest U. The result of this is a very math 6a.seaed yield. Furthermore there is a very much greater decrease of the yield. duo to the smut !addm within the straw aad to be aesn only by the most careful observer. 1 have found in the field which shows 10 to 20 for Dent. of smutted heads that the actual number of plants diseased in the straw by the semi is very much great- er. It hs also found that such dis- *ally Wad out, alai' appear to ripen normal grains, are wry considerably weakened la their growth sad lessen- ed la the dee of the straw and the wvejf't'r i•!' t r-•' Peedtt+e'elL: Ane there has been a difficulty In tree/lag oats to prevent this disease. The oat smut gets rite and the spores blow shout in the field while the shacks around the individual grains cd. other straws are still open in the blowout. The result is that nearly every grain receives some smut spores sealed up in close contact with time gran h- iss of the shucks, which aloes up at tier time the &rain finishes ripening. Such spoils are out ge, the reach of sae IPbetment which is very- effectnaa Peo- ple who leave been is the habit of treating oats with copper mlphate, in- variably ,have injured tine yield, be- came le order to thoroughly soak the gran so that these inclosed spor- es may be killed. the copper solution oomss in contact with the soft grain of the oat and the germinating pow- er et the grain 111 Injured by the pas - on. Since I sacertathed the caw of of this trouble, after • great number of carefully conducted germination testa, 1 have been attempting to find soma substance which would kill tbe smut pores and still net be tistrimeptal to the as eating pow(r of the oat grains. lit sebetanos is • liquid sold �the garT.t tinder the name of form- n. Iforaa'1n is a M per cent. so- lution of fornlaldehytb. By • very great mauler of germination tests and field treats, it is ascertained that this .nbeta.ee when properly applied will disinfest wheat, oats and barley, so as te prevent the appearance d scout and eves lacrease for yield of the grata, g.reatiea being improv- ed rather theadinjured. The method of treatment of grails with formalin is as follows: Maio up a solution using at lbs rate of one posted of tormelii to fifty pilon of water, pile the lerain upon the tarn floor end sprink- the pile thoroughly with the sola- tion, shovel the grain over thorough - ll' and winkle again and shovel over again aad wrinkle &gats, so that in Us prones else ray see that every grain is thoroughly snit. It wheat is bel•g treated, It will be sufficient to see that lbs grains are thoroughly wet ou the eatable. If oats are beingtreat- ed meagt of the mantles should be pat upon the pile to leisure that each grain is 'mite thoroughly saturated so that the solation may get inside of the saaeae. Tt will 1e better If tbe oats are sprinkled and shoveled quite thoroughly once, and them after two or three hours they are given an- other treatment. In the meantime they will have swelled some, aad the .sosd application of the water will be more effective. es to the amount of the solation that one should nee to mei Isabel of grain. I will haus to eerie to the jrdgment of each one ap- plying the treatment, inasmuch as the saoo■m of the work depends very moth upon the wanner is which the sprink- ling and shoveling it dose than up- on on lbs ameeet of solution put on. It is found, tow.ver, tbst properly treated oats take pp shout two and one-half gallon& ad water to the bushel; that properly treated whist takes up about one and one -buff gallons Of water. This will give a rough estimate of how mach formalia to nee. The treat- ment will be more effective and eats - (artery if it I done one day and the grain allowed to remain In the pile mtil the nett morning, being shoveled over a few timing in the interim. OM need not wait until the train is tbor- onghly dr) before smarm in the ase of wheat it it U still damp and swollen, One should set the drill to sew apprbzimately a peck or more to the acre in order to get the aecee- mry number of plants upon the ground. in the case of nab after treatment, It It Is your Whit to sow two and one- half bushel& an acro the drill should he set to Wird dlglil more than three Fed one-fourth 1 1s. Of course, If grain is allowed to lie too long after wetting it may begin ,to beat and be injured, We the after sboveling is a paresstitylin Is • romparatively new stab- , if It is nee seeded at sine.. Iortna Manes In the drug market and taw localdrag/fete dike hate It on sale In gMrtl se that it map he neces- sary for thole .5 who wish te nes it to notify their druggists a eatf1eient length of Gate IA advance to allow them to send to wholesale Mews for the de• - THF F,i.EPHANT'M MICR. The reason the e1.phant'. neck 's open is that tit. bead of the animal t• Tse heavy lea were ie placed et the sad ' of a leek proporthooette to the dimes- sSoas et that member in other eoimala, t se almost imealeulable •mount of mus - eater tonics woad be necessary to .1.- t. vats 'sod Metall' it. The • ilmost total absence of a neck obv:afes the difficul- ty eat the trunk serve as • substitute. Tbt. uses and advveatages of • lime week. peculiarly eicei is the gir- afte, *bic'1t medals. qtly the mem masher of vertebral art 'a1.t.inre se ir' the elephant, are 1■ the latter *up- , plied h the trunk or proboscis by ' which be is disabled to carry food to his 1 mouth clad to drilla by ~tine. 'Mils 'merits organ nattaten • vast number ld neseeles .wrinnuly ioaeriseed; to ez- trrmel► flexible; endowed witt'i the tune eliminate esn.tMlity anal the ut- ' mot diversity of motion, and comma - Mem imply for the sbesnes nt a long S eek. TOR COMING WOMAN, Iiia. De Style -.-What is the matter with that poor girl f Bpmtaoder--We don't kanw, mum. al�1e joef lays there, helpless, and mat mead up at all mum. Mrt. De (Style -Poor thing I 1 pre- miums her comas ars too loos. sired quantic It may Ise obtained trete whop draggtats ser &boat tib cents a pound, is live -pound Iota. There are a nRmher of different formalde- hyde solutions sold under slightly dif- ferent names, bolt this drug may be obtained. however, from about any wholesale drug Wass la the t:ountry ander the Nems tortua;la,' sad there will be little doubt est its quality. Farmers who have Wen using the cor- rosive aablialate treatment, as recom- mended by me for the treatment of wheat, ue•d not change the metbod. Formalin ie mot better for wheat than is the corrosive sublimate solu- tion recon Mended ta bulletin No. 27, The corrosive sublimate, bowever,must not be need for the treatment of nets, sa it is damaging to the germination of that grain. ' BREED GOOD HORdIti8. There probably wsa a tune .1* the history of bores breeding whoa the import•ans, yea, the absolute neo - mashy. existed of cement seleptioa' sad mating of brood stock as now. Times bare greatly changed, touching this business within the last few years. Bl ctricity, steam power and other modern inventions have been applied to many of the uses tormerty moaop- ollsed ezelusiv.ly by horses. and the domed ter a certain class of these animals no longer prevails, says the Induna farmer. 1b time was. when. andar fair conditions, It would pay to ram • colt frapt any sort of a mare stinted to a cheap stallion without regard to hie breeding or structure. jThere is now. and likely will be for another half century, perhaps longer, as strong and widespread a• demand for berms that are adapted to Itis ' various' capacities for which they are med. city prin..priiocountry. tbat weer use & dnever beard of in the erperienoe of earlier brat g4,,... . t 1ta. Mill is fur `lead. house only ; tittle plugs and all kinds of interior stock are out of taahior, :and it Van utter lase et time mad mosey to rats tbam. Alacielstabd Ins ,.T r -gait►` si Aare in selection of both sire and dem, asanot be too deeply Impressed upon UM attention of the breeder for WO- WS thin first step be taken with! Jodi - meat sqt_ akjll nn,tiliAtina- throwh any WNW- man amen , -re make hie business encouraging or • paying une. It posts no more to rate Food horses tban poor ones, in fact it is obeaper and more daairable every way to put the investment into good ' stook; --eke more valuahls bosses. -the wo.t econppmmic•l 101 •lt purposes. Tlel = sp bl. of plater-usth an acre to e mum time that another does half en acre. or, that can carry a load of pear angers tell miles while another 1. going five, indopen'lent of ail custsiceratioas of taste. amuasment or what 1a gen- erally known as fancy values; suck a team ii Obooiutely worth twice se much to jihs oweer as the other. The question will be asked. by what �psao. ia. this result to be obtained! , R. may he stated is reply that the i fust r.ggl.ite is to be looked for in; the sire of stook intended to be raised. • He have is his veins the great- ' pat t of pure blood. compatible ' with size weight sad power. accord- . incl to the pawns; the blood horse • poses.e these to a degree entirely i oat of proporttoa to the size or appar- ent strettelgth of hie frame. in the tex- ture, totem and symmetry of the bones: the elements of capacity for resistant,* &ad endurance are contained in the blood hearse many fold greater then those of • similar character found is the common, cold-blooded cart horse. Tbs impression prevails with • el&.s of breeders that the thoroughbred principal use is upon the turf ; that be tea • raw horse and without value. for any other purpose, but a casual study at the origin of the different breeds of !mendicant draft. week road and saddle bores of the country, will disclose that tbu strongest fm - tor of excellence sed value is trace- able to the proportnun of thoroughbred blood used is laying the foundation of their ancestry. and the more of it that ham been introduced is the begin- ning and resorted to is later generate loos. the better Wye been results. The horse for the termer -breeders' parpws •bould b. of mm bright. may 151-2 bsnds..bort.ediubeak well rtb- bed up, abort is the saddle plane. long below. He sho'dd have bigh withers, broad loins, broad chest, a straight ramp, a Ligb muscular. bat not beefy chest : • lean, bony, well tet head, olear. bright well placed eyes, well apart, !woad nostrils and small ears. His fore legs long, well muscled above the knees, also, his bind legs above this hocks. lean. short and bony below hese joints. The hones cannot well be too flat, or too large. and the sinew• ought to he straight firm and hard to the touch. WILLING TO OBLIGE. Would you be kind enough to return my phqtograph I she wrote. I gave it to yon In a moment of girlish folly and i have since had otraalon to regret that i was e0 thoughtless in such matters. Of retiree she pictured that photo- graph framed and hung up In hie room. and was inclined to think that he would part with it with deep regret. lust why the wanted it returned is immat- erial. Of course be had offended her in some way, but 4t is unnecessary to Inquire now. The reply lo her note name the fol- lowing dny. It real: "i regret tbat I am unable at this late day to pick out your photograph. However. I grind you my entire roller. - Don, numbering a little over 200, ash would request that you return all ex- cept your own. i inclose stamps Id prepay pnetage. AN 0RTEICTIONABLZ DIVEFBtOK, Foster' -4o her tether rdawd Weep sent to your Marriage with 14 WNW ter 1 B(gl[s-Aa task's just tea dome -. it. He gave aas tee a/MOW told lite what i led called for std told Ise if I d1dal.ave In Sas ilk two slecgpdi he'd MIK m• mit. Wlat'r tabs dela wolf • Plow whd'will wan des Mt Is that wap firma tee subject at dieemsio.1 di. i.; e 'RE WORLD'S WARS 008?. ASTOUNDING f IOURBS THAT TILL A TLARTUL STORY. noises penises • AV r tee $.11teeee4 Miley for nal*le ser. .f Armies. 1a T'sam .f Peres -- what sews .f Use %N - able realise 1■ *Misr nave test - Weis .f AMe.N•a latetr..t. It is estimated that slaw. the Chrls- laa era beg•e over 4.000.000,000 tax- man beings have perished in war. The of the world's ware since the Crink- le ritle War hes been $1$181000.000; or •oougb to give • tea -dollar gold pieoe to every mai woman end obUd on the lobe. During the wort pe•oeful yeas tae world has 6.700,000 soldier•, who withdraws f1ogs productive 000aK ions to pose as eddies,. The p•y,, equipment& food sad elothiag et thee* oust tbe world'• taxpayers swirly •.,000,000 a day. 1 w 4=�tt~ 1 , li 11 boo �f ran and 155,761 (laratatta were bbl ..l M disabled, a loss to tlf► *o t$ pt e17,711 aim. The total atpatktt et mea. IN T$!i WORLD'* /AVIli9 V 257,000. �If��1.O0e60l�pttt �t Iwrs F t ra4� uwat dd tthat tr.re er. IIOf„0M,p0:neem is the world. At ea, average of each the cost of the world's rill.. rboe Luna and wuakeb would be $1,tlw use,. The national &Wel Creed Sri at the revolutlog ad MS £064,000. 810os clam It bee I through war expeemme to the esou. total sat ialle00. At Gana where the Roman auatataed the defeat 6b eves • , these ours 1 teas eachill . *beam 00,113 were klll.4 Rnrn is .6M r.ahles • rear Da the 000,060 os tit. nae , A 'cur coapts to worth *early 7moose., paper rouble about 60 nests. The porta after the battle est Waterl showed that the British' artillery fi 0.467 reunite; about ane for ev,.r French .uldier killed os the field. T During the civil ear 1a the United `wracks built for European midst" Btatea Cleo Cotntederat. erulssrs cup &re smerWy far better than the hose ured or destroyed 00 ships, N brigs ea of the peasantry. Chelsea Berretta 7 robounen and 6 other vessel. flying In Flatland Duet 4245 per teen Aateertiaen f The cumber o! Felines of a Hrafalas1 steel mea war cost lwrly *700,060. 1■ the Bay „m withdrawn from Industry to take tiab navy, the asthma cost of maintalt. ,art in the civil war un eke anion aide' tag a man is' 4211, Even littte tt.F was 2,77$406. whale the Confederates [iutpt apenda.v r year 46,000,070 tib ennloteQ over 000.000. rhe s:pease ttC,ea her army' 'At ltamoekbura 185,11 tits* toagbt iiid'10.$00 were War Usp.rtmomt is 10811 was *804x+ KII.LF,D OR WOUN1013 i 000.000: in 1863 *606.000 000: 1. 11464. I is lets thaw 600 rJ�ear. Great Rrltalt ,.000.000; in 1686. *1.001.000:000. glome hasspent 41.it*.ON600 to w inn:imes of war t1e armies of Enrop- Tat pesos footing of tit. Russia. an ations clan b. raised to 6,366,000 my calls Tor the services d 170,' and the dally ezp.n.. *111 b. &hej debt oI 714,000.006 Inness; Nal . • arly $2&000,000, to say .otbtng of ran the sum ap to 1.172.600,600 fru he destruction of life sad property. Uadet tit. third Rstpublie, 13m. 1631 Easgtish ships brougat to tit. Mat was 21.251,000.000 francs, moa4 faotorias of K gland *600 ekelo- 11Dur enacted ty wan mg"�& Si weeks war in 186ti Le .of Tar and Recedes .Oldies. twee& Proaste and Austria. 309,11 cubo bad p.riab d 1114 Crimea War. tirtistaae mad 3110,060 Awtrbns task tit• Itdrid. �t the cur .r 77 t y...*S . aq 14 4& ti�tebk `.stFriil3itnilGi; a> 1 terial, •tier belfd tiwtad to porF= tat ter. s total Ictm of i0 mea •:r lea the mile All tits wan d Na- The war of tb. tipaai� Bonaparte nest L455,o00,000, oO6t the British tazpayn=1Fierw" tae wars of Loeb Napoleon cast the 8.vaa ]"ears' War. s".reneoli4il-t s,M�1R ..Th" neer avta4es..� rice* wee in kTJA, dd fns xl�.mt_ slink s'ii1M.Mi. - he eoexay pay must of the expense; Crimean war £56,000,600. he expense of the ware waged by the 1)ursag tlr slogs of Heb stopol td batteries o[ tit. allied army threw• lap atter was borne by France. the 1 'adw[ed oily over 30,000 edea The wither u the best fed lodividu•1 shot rd shell. ?he Dost of Jumbo airmen'. ]i.laintslef #e liusep•.. The l3tltil t1 7d and condemned at Idler receives for his dailyratio* 1< P of bread >R.iii meat. ret ilei. 012.000,000. During the France-pm, rancs rein elan war the Germans fired 10.000,01 of dried vegetalbs 16 of potatoes, rifle cartridges and 361,000 charges and once a weal receives 2 ounces d' artill.rykilling or mortally wound - salt. 4 d coffee and 0 o[ r. Ia lag 77 achmen. Dag tlata/1 r_y ,rete ntrsA to nit trope tt� war Fnnoi pati out of setuad ole man 11 u estimat 4 th&t every 1.000 or ber population le tri the world'seannon has oast the world'. rid, Germany 810. Russia 210. ; taxpayers a little over *40,068,600. Mime Krupp steel 110 -ton gun bas a AT WATERLOO of 15 .mile. and can fire two There were 146,000 mea 00 both side% uta a mice.. The •bol w.igrht A- d whom 51,010 were killed or disbl.L 600 putrnda. and 700 pounds of powder The arfed anti asvy ci tr. Argea demo Confederative ars kepi up at e. area quired f0hargis Tbei Bost earual nt *N106 11s was 01 • reoitgle routedor 1roaw thu Sae b *1; oI the lastca70of years43014.v. asst• 500, earl it is aid teat the gun reenot 006,000,000, assd the lives 6th, saga After the surrended r of t 'I be fired more than 60 ur 00 times. The lures at Peers the Ru.esi•a• took paw 1 Dst M p4505 u $475.000. •onion of $17.000.006 worth of • The regular arm of China is .aid DeDtenark speeds every year 16,000 Lo • consist of 305,000 seen. Besides this, kroelser 0a ber army and navy. A *be Emperor'}} army, there is a nation- knees is a little over 25 cents. Frail 1 army d 1160,000 mon, .cubo are . Joao i7*t, to November, 1015, PAID ABOUT ONE DOLLAR Fra.ch [ioyerriment enrolled 1656 a month. But in consideration et the nearly litres fourths of w hos munificence are required to teed than im battle, of wounds or disease 1�e.s4.... The ca•atry tereivse N • Emoted 1 la the field. The armed. Iwfroth, feed their own horses, and, if eitts,etore for tit. German army r 1tt� cues tthey are lost or killed. are requiredtbe,��' or about *160 a by the Goodspeed.. My ofargsst stasdtsg army is teat �m sass, lbs nazi is sine hat of the third bat of TrtitiM. the (earth Ass - ria, atter wilier comes Italy, its nd. wits Italy. with Ilii= • to the Crimean war eI 1906 906,460 west to the" trent, of whom 5, - ware killed hi battle, 30,1:70 were wounded. of *hem 11,750 died in the hospital, 73,17* died of de• -am contract- ed daring the campaign. The total dUstb were 56,6!8. The war Dost 4156, - The principal nations of the world have 2,151 warships, mounting 0,383 guns, mostly of • heavy raider. The list of the worlds battles eom- prissst 1,527 regular engagements whose lames aro given as worthy of record. Germany spends every year on the imperial army 4111,000.000 marks; on the navy 42,000.000. A mark is about replace them out of the elven cents. The wars of the ninety years doves o 1860 reused • war ezpenditnre of , 15,235,000,000 and the loss of 4,470,0011 ire'. THE HIiRNfNG OF MOSCOW . y the Russian* In order to drive nut !i. Protech caused an estimated Ions of over $120,000,000. The Repuhli.s of Rraril spent last ear on tit. army 33,001,1100 mi1reia, on ibe navy 15,000,000. A milr.ie is sheat 55 rent*. Little Switserlaad blip an enormous raiz ie proportion to pop4l'stinn. Th. pepeatiop ia-''k,600,010. the eranding army, 126,000. Over 1000,000 French women 'were made widows and 3,000,000 French child- , ren were made fatherless by Napoleon's! amapalgns. The cast of an Armstrong steel qua **Greeted at $500 for each ton of het, of a gun, *000; N a At. the be tie tvf Thrasymene, where &nailed defeated tie Romans, ther�ee ere 03.030 moon a ,d whom 17- ' tworth tea w t engaged. 4156 went killed. With the attention of Bslgioa,whnus debt hes ham incurred .tor iat.t.al i ,. , rbvaments, seer; European ea - Donal debt in la greet part a war debt. In proportion to the namhers en - 0u Waterloo was the bloodiest bat - LN oT moist. times. O.sr 90 r o.nt. of the awe engaged were flied or 'ea the Fn oar of l 710,000 Freneh and I Ger- 1• the field. Ot the . grae1 el,- ' Med in hall�t��,fiM died et weeeda, 45,100 4:1001:484011110.1 b ,1 tmmle i • varieties eietitian Min= 006 wen takenr•. Of tb• Epp. mad 111,881 were killed a 2 - 710 4154 of their weimds. 1{.910 0( rtoh- ness, 30,3M vaege�xd • pyla -e • n �psr ate sum £6.560,IMswee ter pay, 4, 000 for food, sed MA0AN for clotbitg. The public debt of te Austro-Huotarian Fwipire ie 114120.1 MO florist, mostly contrasted by t French war of the .&rly year, of ten ;eatery and tits mv.fl weeks' *$r with ls. The sae) of Great Hritaia has 45. MO mess; Freed 64,000; Germany, It - ' 000: Roesia. W.000; Austria. 3600: It. MY. lai11• �.,., 14,000: Holland, 69M 0�3 T - T1r ailnal cost of the British arta le 447.1434*; or the envy, t14,soo,00e. Mseeeg. eslbd 93.600 mm bete e.dem of whom 13,000 wen killed or eripplad, Taller, ; the I. ectal Stater. 13- THE it THE SPANISH ARMY. Costs 142,000.000 pesetY a year. Twee ty-five peseta" equal $6. T1s French army omits every les 075.100,000 frems' the navy 106.00n,aii The army of lbiivia sesta the pe0I of that impoverished ostiatry *1;- NI a year.a iem ex editare of Greece is 11,�,3r tMoaepi. A dna ohms is about M mats. Italy spill& every year 14111060 lire ne her arse. Twenty-five lire equal $6. Down M. the year 1678 Krupp had delivered 14 •arioue Europese muttons over I. r>Mmon. There were 402,1100 men _ the field of (Wads of whom ' were killed or dia•bied. At Noodle* 413.630 Freiman lead Rumlars fought.. and 114. dead and`t_w_o'a-Ided n0mh.r- .4 76,600. They estimated root to both sides et tb. great Clell War In Amrrir. was 08,500,0110100. 11bo spring End autumn maneuvers of the Europese armies east annually over $10,630.000. fa 10Mh6 (h. iteit.d elates Provost Marshal General reported that fl.3M@ men ne rte race side bad been killed in battle, 34,7f7 had died of 'heir wodnda, 183,467 bad died of disease; total deaths, 476,170; total desertions. 190,106. A partial statement nn the Confederates elite declared that 111.841 moo bad died in battle 0f weneda er dlsea*S and 104.440 had deserted. Tlar- inR the war the Traps troop& eeptored 470,110 Coafederstere ; the 4'00- federate* captured �p6tele men. Of tla 1PtM6b1N7pp diad t. Newfpde re t a prl%1M'wldie 30,77* Onstederstas died i. eaati[len•nt. A LIVING BANKWt. 1744 you soar gab a bootie[ h..t.t by fviawvet els inelde of a .arrot or wrest petals, Wawa* a will snout of aa bee14 11111/0N, Nola Woe. leius g1Mred in Skieldeles. awl 211' eloritOvitb wa- ter, sat t51rdaak 1 M 1• • bus ENO Wu rola, arrays ef a seen velli Wm! Mfteitkr totbtsi aad cover the *Mold& TM• it $ small .tftiar'h n/ enslave}stin We quaint. 1*30. rep. It wpL 13ako a ct,s?tt °hare&at ed.litioe to • kas • whiten aad Meeearensette, ya nit rare tees. UNs arieseni eat at .steer half 'retie Otis� 4., '103111111 SPAIN'S WEU Ns elyd rhos Mat dyer)let+• 4.5+•17 1 a took pnotWts io 1868, under the 1 est the War is Cuba, era de Cuba. wdos/ r.mpropising BpanL Guerrero, tbu desert ,4 the naval fora bated: r e battleship Pel• est its ciao I(1 the &trungest al one great detest. 1 1 doe. low htotsotatripalda lsg to Caba tits Pula up at some toraies pa I supply or esrry t other ship with a ea "The cruisers Almlrt ria Teresa and Visa rely protested. "The cruiser Alfonso tely unprotected. 1 !located by guns of ad it is therefore WWI Whips in any naval "The cruisers Alfonso rutin& ars also unpr make 13 miles an er 4,000 mltes'without ,mpplleu. "The animism Conde ■rquestie 1• ?e•sna, Iataata bribee Dol and Der Anteater di atoll unprotected rotes 15 to 14b miles as would be of earvl vat battle. They we bl. only in minor sap y must keep away t rcog-armored and mi oa account of th.ii d be employed • weep the better ships nom the navy to a 134 "The torpedo heats Molina. Martin Alor t. Yana Pinson ant re oil 16 knots speed quaTiiimae but ani lea tor" po.sibls to I.ahfp or • cruiser. "The other warskips iters are mostly oma ase7es1R neral war 3":es0es ds�^atartm and Catalans a although their cos r years ago. It is o whether els b•ttk i11 he worth aortas iii b7 lir sbiDbeiidit urguta of Cadiz, wit. gunboat Filipino' tared to be wort1lr "The torpedo boats Ictoria. Dona Maria Alvaro de Bazan yet. Mt tiey we of Git Otero of Fe rerun( the gunboats e mante, nor declared 1 also the torpedo Dove Espana. Mo11.. a which. according glut to bare . speed t sigh they Doty oho We say teething a anbips in Spala's .a, is a well knows fee n o Dos whatever." IN CHIURm e w mod b*w •n est t1 t .. rt with tae brea.l perfume. In ! the sunlight .bo. d Hello., Till the dim air bu Idoom, Mar up, we caught a 1 amylin An'I fancied we ease prayer, The w h i terw caged mg going. In the istt*ita deep air, • r mother sat is the ��,th a bol; light is s though she, too, w v i.ioa, The •elver wisp* m t Aid as we eat with e 1014.4, 1n the strange kook sacred place, •ming of angels' ase '0. R. at�vay. gave the (roe. he rhott eons ,ted tit Oheads Ilk. e Thee: it floated 14 t the praline e. .1eked w. of nD. for people i other-soY* 1 lag. And our dreamy Ian. �ws. d ours were 111. vol fatlyisiov. aeofw • knew that the amt ng near na, oee4 ee ere sw*wp .ng wing.. we are never wi nus we are grown, Y° n i; arc wener, perhap boodle momeata, est the videos rote mon. .rawer Bedeque, P. R MAN OF MOTH here Is ons egjuyrr alike enjoy," said 1 te mortes.' "aad the et riling spring, 1 n spring bee respt body standing in where he la .b d en1.- 16g 1:5. eta Ingo:0M.o Aar an* that Int e vole 05 vas* mots 1°w mkt ut on O• tlmm*:yitt mayl after. Happy 4* 1 his day. end wit rad spnt at seal ve It_h. awe's 11 ere girth."