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mi " -v j -. . b KW JZO . THE SUN; SUNDAY, JANUAKr IT, lore. . ' II ON THE PLANTATION. jHuw Story of a Georgia Boy's Advert- flEflur tures During the War. BEl B)r 3mh CHANDLER HARRIS. annV BJBi f ''' '5" '' M CSaaJUr IferrO.) KmBb CHAPTER Vin.-Concludod. -fHEpT "I'll ke an' rut mr sun In the corner Hfu Hw tiore." said one. " Now. don't so blundorin' B'Hk aroun an' knock tt owr: It might so off." anaK-('. "All rlsht.'' said tho othor. "Whoro is it? "R-.SSf; rilputmlnobylt." bbHt'S k- Then thoy soomod to bo unfastening their HI' 9 ' bc,t"- Hfffl 5 " Hain't you cot n match?" said one- "I'm (bHk B v aawotasadmwnded rat I've got some kind- SaR H ' lln'somowheros about my cloze. My will, of I jBlj" M P, had It." ho wont on. "would bo to boscttln' jH? H j down front of a (.-rout big flroplaco a dryln' bBWi.' IB J myse'f. an'aknowln'nll tlio tlmo thntagrcat & m bistrayof hot biscuit nn"lo en pound of but- (B- - HI n ter was a wattin' for mo In tlio kitchen." (B"4 ifj '' "Thundcratlonl" oxclalmcd tho other: ft ill "don't talk that way. Voumnkomo so nor- ;B jM (j tous I can't find tho matches." !H;j FJB , "Oh. well." said tho first. "I was jlst a- K in j thlnkln' about ontln'. I w Ish Mink 'ud como & 111 1 i' on c' '' " a-comln" Ho j I "Idonocotue. Man John." said Mink. Hii'nJ J "Confound your black hidot" exclaimed tho .Bj'1 m " man; "If I had my sun I'd shoot a hole spans HiV iSl i throoyou! W'haddor youvrnnt to skoor mooutn iJHvi p I , year's growth for? If you're hero, whyn't &. Mi I ' 'ou osso bofo' you spoke ?" laB llil "Haze I sot eomp'ny." said Mink. I'Hjf jl,, ' The man savo a Ions whlstlo donotlnc ur- 'V; u rlso. "Who'va you cot?" ho asked, almost f ! MYascly. '.') "Injun BUI" ''$ SI "Who else" JnBpJf S "A white boy." '.HikllU r "Well, tho gioit snakes! What iort of same tVK2rll . laiouuptuf Who l tho white boy '& rl ,, . '.Ho stay on d .Tumor plantation at do in'"i a prlntln' office." explained Mink. AnKrf ;1 " . ." You hoar that, ilnn't y on r" said the man to li J his companion. "And now it'll all bo In tho 'f ja .. papor." .t'il ? . Bosh!" exclaimed Joe. "I don't know you 'BC v 1 from a side of solo leather. I cot lost vvhilo -K7 Jl IV rabbit hunting, and como In here out of tho I- If t rain." IV m I ," Ho's a poart-talkln' chap." raid tho man -.' -ft I whownntocl toeatatrnyfulof hot biscuttsand nH Sill'1 eleven pounds of button ''' t&'M " Ho came f ura ton n." said Mink, by way of HB? jig . explaining Joe's "poartneas." i. (IB "How Ions since r" asked ono of the moo. (S.'U9'' Two jears uso," said Joe. (tf ;' After a little ono of tho men succeeded In iKv jjM i flndlnstt match, and maklns a llsht with tho ; ;. Wm. pipe kindlins" that one of the two had brought. iBtiSjiVl in a corner Mink found somo pieces of dry Bt'Hi wood, and the little company soon had a lire ,'5SfB burnlns. Iho weather was not cold, but tho .'!' ,lro ml,Bt hae boon ory nsreeabls to the !K;, uhltnmen. who. us ono of them expressed It, ??' was"wrinsln'weU" These men took advan- 'IB i ( t"'6 of the llrst opportunity to examine Joe !''('' Maxwell vurj closely. Thoy had eldentlyc.- vRBJ pectedtoflnd a much more formidablo look- rHY ( Ins person than Joe appeared to be, for ono of 'I ( them romarked to the other: 'HKi a", "Why. ho hain't blssor'n a pound or soap ijBBiV ' arterahard day s wahln'." ''I'lBB "Nawl" said tho other. "reaw'Im bofo'. JBjBB Besthutllttle rooster tliit usetor berunnln' 'H, I1 rouu' townclttlu' inullborts or dcNilinent I L M reckon ho s sorter out er his element here In ;B BBr the country." B7 '.. . "J'vo teen you, too." said Joe "I'eseen ." Ml bothof you. Iujed toseejoudrlllins In the ,' ( HUlsboroush Ititles. I was at the depot when ) ).. ,. thecompany wentoff to tho war." -V' H lhetwomon looked at each other in a pecu- , liar way. and busied themselves trying to dry a K Jhoir clothes by tho lire, standing close to tho v-Bfl lllckerlnc tlumcx. They were not hnndsome ,. men. ami yet they were not 111 lookins- Ono KM It . as short and stout, with black hair. Helmd ' u scar under ono of his oyes that did not Im- .W, PFy nl appearance, but thecxpiossion of M r lis fac was pleasant in spito of this defect. "! Ttio other was tliin.Udl. and stoop-shouldered. K H' JUs beard was scanty and red. and his upper 'j; teeth protruded to such an extent that when Bfc(XSr Iiis face was in reposo they were exposed to Hr H;. ',ew But thore was a humorous twinkle in ',"! his eyes that found un echo in his talk. Both K' Bl rnon wore srowins sray. The dark man was 'HV 4 J"? Wimberly. the other John lTuitt.id ?; botn had eMdently seen hard times. SolMr. '.V HB lashlpn. the made seats for thmsehes by ': Iff Bticktns tho ends of loose boards through the K II' 5, cracks, and allowing tho other euds to rest on (. m the floor. Thus they could sit or lie at full HU HP lv lensth as they chose. ,1oh llxwt n seat tor IfrlJ; h'msolfintliesamoway.whiloMlnkiindlniun ll.j ill ' Bill saton the floor on eacli side of the tire- BK-Jkm place. aBKlfflSi " Xi?a?.,'i.u.,-a'll.t.1,0SP l,ore fellers," said A ftl f Mr: ; frultt, lishtlng his plpo with n. splinter. I andturnlns to .Too: "these here fullers what Bh U f jino inter thn iirmy un then comes homo all " rter awhile without llor or lloonse?" " -;; ' Uesertors," said Joe, simnh. af I S- u Hofjr. fi sood," said Mr. Prultt "Now. C'0 then, what do cm cull the fellers what jines M? i i i?,er i"9 ,?.rm? "rt,'r thoy'or been told that Bl,I t Jhetr famllies'll bo took kur of nn' provided SB' 111 , lor by tho rich folks at home: an" thnn. arter 'BW they er licen In a right smart whet, thoy sits Bb-II f word that their wives an' children is a lookin' i ' ftarjatinn In tho fare, an -.tcdderslttin' better BB''-li .ItBitHuusNun' blmebythoy breaks looe an' .in t comes home? Now what sorter tellers do j ou flllH ' callthem.' Hold oa!" exclaimed Mr. Prultt.as BkiKi fi Jo was about to reply. "Walt! They hain't EH . otno money an no nlsgers: they hain't got bl! f Jiothln but a Uttlo pioc er lan'. lhoygoesotr ffg-fti "" . ex pectin" their wives '11 betook keer of. an' 1 KK.fail I the" com?. homo an' flnns 'em in the last bRII i ' ' rJ"2"?:. Ilat sorter fellers do jou call HBfvW ' K them i Mml il ' t r.V'""." faid :TOJ " 18 never hcaid of aurh BWK . B thing before " Vt.'li 1 1 ...""c" h.aid Mr- I'ru'tt. " an' I'm mighty orry ''' V thnt uo heard about it now. It ain't a Bli- ffli purty tale." BBi v ifj v "Wlui are tho mn?"Jo asked. BwAI lours, respoctfullj. John l'ruilt an'Jcems RSiK 3yinJb-S!.,"' Ashhaiik deestrlit. Hillsborough BSvifil i l'ost Oftlco. btato of Goorsla." said Mr. I'ruitt HfMJjftl i solemnly. I" B Jon had heard it hinted and rumored that In ,IIA1 - omoas.'S.espnlally where they lived re- Brlwlt njoto fnim the relief committee!,, the famlllos BW Bl a 51 tne, ao'dloMW ero not s w oil prov ided for as iDKVII they had u right to oxpect. Ho had even set BBvffl ' up somo editorials In tho Omnlnman which 'BBJi.g ; liintpdthnt thero was sufTerliig among tho 'BlHill Boldlers' wives and children: but ho never )BB;5li J dreamed that It was serious onouch to create &lL K discontent araoiig l ho ROldleis. '1 ho story that p- j,ri point .md hiH companion told amazed .loo 'BBWl t JIaxnoll. but itnoi.d nut bo repeated herein ;BBkfl derail. JtumounteltiithU. that thetwosol- .BBBfB f dlershad deserted l.oeausn their wives and r'BBEfrl i children vverosufTerlng fur food and clothing. iBBI j- and now they wore fugitives. 'HI -' CHAWEIt IK. H'H Tl1'' sfo-.v ir.i.i.r.m. 'BVB rf ThJ strange company was silent for a long BKiB tltnu. Mr. Prultt and Mr. Wimberly sat with BK'B ''" their elbows on their kneosnnd their facos in BBD'H f tlielrhands.aiid gazvd Into the llreplace. wliilo LB '.- thetvvo nesrous. truo Uj tlioir natuie. began in BmB ' nod as tho talking ceasi'd. '1 ho tllenco at last -BBUPBl ! bocamo painful to .Too Maxwell. BBhE '" ' Hink." ho said, "suppose vou should liejr flB?i ' aomebody ooming what would joudn;" ll r I wu des wurryin" 'bout dat 'ivhllo ago." nvll . replied tho stalwart nogro. pisjlng his hand W!i H i ;. , wiftlr across his face. "I spei I: I'd bo like do fWHh Lt 4 olojheon you hear tnlkubuut In ile talo." BBKpv II k '"What wnathu tnlur" asked Joe. Wm 3 ,' . ..Oti. 'taint no long tale." said Mink. "Ono Bi Si j, t'tne oey wur. or oin sheep wimt Had twoehll- Rlt'l t drons. bho call um up one day an' tell urn dat mmu I f dey bettor keep a sharp lookout whiles ie or MP Hi eatln , kuzo efdey don't hiiiiiilu n'eii.holy flK"l ? tor frollklo" up ii n" down tlio llel . llimeuy doy .pln como runnin' buck. nn"lw: IBBrB' 'h. numin. )uuN a maul Mu"wo all rBjjH.B run BU;1 .' "Olf mfmmyhlicop. sho'low. "No! Go long BBuB V) '"' rilay. BrJ f '" Afterwhlle.de; come runnin' back nn low: Bgl J'animy, maninij! yoii'sahoss! Mus" wo nil BbXI 1 "'Olo mammy sheep 'low: 'G'way frum BlFl 't ho,l'1 t'oonau'pbiy' ' BB1 )s "Blmebydey come runnin' back. "Mnmmy. ;BBf ('. tnaruimisnn'sacow! Mu' wonll run r" 'HI f Olo mammy hheepfay: 'Ooouaa' play, an' BBtI Xf qultjro' behiivlsbness!' BBtVl ' "After whllo doy come runnin' back. iBBUl 'Mammy! oh. mnmmy! ou'a a dosl Mus' wo iBBBKBBi all run r ' ' BBbB: "Yo.)cs! Kiln, chlllun. inn' BBBrflli'- "Dat du way vrid me." said Mink. ' I'.f I w u. "BBBBf ter hear some u-i conilu' 1 wouldn't know IBBEBLY Whedder ter Hit still un' nod. or whodder tor BBeBKf freak un' run." 'BBCBtR "That hain't much of a tale," snld Mr. BBmB1j'' I'ruitt. "butther'sumlshty heapursuuboluit BBeBI"-' abure. !flBBflBrv '. " Ahoo!" exclaimed Mink, "dat ain't nn tale. tflBBDBl', ou oughtor heur dish yur Injun Hill tell urn. 1BBBB1'J:V lie kin set up an' spit um out nil nightlong. !BBBBr "Bill." said he. turning to his companion, "tell iBBBBifiA um dat un 'bout how de mountains come jBBBBuk ' nioqt." WM'; "!Dh. I can't tell de tale." said Injun BUI, BBbflMIv marking nervously In the floor with a splinter. ,BBDBhYit ' ' I could tell dem like my daddy, den dat BBBBIf 'ud sorter be like sutnpin'. Mo an' my man)my jBBBBwx. como frum Xorf CaTJiny. My daddy wuz Iniun. BBfBBJp, Kf you could hour him tell dem tales, he'd HBBIv uiako you open yo'cyea." BflBB " How vvus de iiioiuitulns made. Bill t asked BjBBV"!' Mluk altera pause. 'BBBrK "I wish 1 could toll it liko my daddy," said BBBBiy Bill. "Ho wuz Cher'keo Injun, un' he know BBBB all 'boat It, kuno ho Niy do Injuns wuz horn BBBB.&, .long tlmufo'du uliilu folks wu. let 'lonu do Bflfln"' niggers. BBBUr " Well, ono time doy wuz n great big flood. BBBULv lJlt rain so hard an' it rain so long dat it (air IBBBBiv klwer do face or de yeth. Bey wuz lota mo ' BBBBi!? ' water dan what dor Is In our kind er freshet. BBBBS 41' It sot so atter whllo dat de folks had ter yBBBB ' BnAaotaepUoawnarder kin atar. iaco alder ;' IbbbbbW'II' don't dey all bo drowndtd. dem an' de croo- "Well.' ono day do Ms Injnn man call dem all up. an' say doy sot tor move. 80 dey tuck der cloze. an' dor pots an der pans an' toller long atter dn bis iniun. an' do erectors dey come 'Ions. too. Dey march an' dor march, an' blmehy dey come wbar doy wuz aids holo Indesroun". Bey march In nn' do bis Iniun ho tay hehlno for stop up do hole so do water can't leak In. . 'Twant Ions 'fo' dey know dey wuz in do middle er do wort' an" dey had plenty room Dey built der fires nn cook dor lt tlcs des same vz of doy'd a boon on top or do sronn'. ..... . . "Doy stayed In dnr I dunnpr how Ions, nn blmnhydey sottlrcder stayln' in dur. an (ley want tor como out. Homo un um went oft fer hunt for do hole whar doy como In nt. but dey can't lino It, an' den dey say dor skoered dey ain't never gwlno ter Bit out Hut do big In jun say dey plonty tolm. kas-o fo'dey so out dey sot ter know whodder de rain done stoii le say ef de smoko kin sit out dey kin git out. Ion doy ax 'lm hnvv ho swine lino out 'bout do mln. an' he snv ho guine sen' some er do ereetcrs fer fine de holo whar de smoke go out, an' seo 'bout dernln. " Don do big Injun ho went off bv hlsso f an' study nu' study how ho swine flnodo-liolo w liar do smoke go out. Ho sent de dog do dug can t line It He sent do coon de coon can t fine It Ho sent de rabbit de rabbit can't lino it Den ho went off by hlsso'f nn' study somo mo', an' 'bout dat tlmodobuzzud come 'long an' hoax do big Iniun what mnkphlm look so lonesome Don de bis Iniun tell dn burzud 'bout 'lm tryln' fer fine de holo whar do smoko wontfru. I)o bU7Zud ho'lowdat him an' his ole 'omnti kin flna It, an' den do bis Injun tuck an' sent ura off. , , "Dey ruz up.de buzzudsdld. an flow d do way do smoko wont. Doy llewd up an dey llowd down, an' dey flowd all 'roup un 'roun. but dey ain't seed no holo whar do smoko so nut at Den dey como hark, an ills mako de bis Iniun foci mo' lonesomor dan be fo". Ho study an' ho study, un' blmehy ho sent um outncln.nn' tolo um tor so hlshcz doy kin an' spy out de hole. ..... " Bo they rlz an' flow ed up ngin. an' dls time dey flowd right asln do toper dojeth. up an doivnnn' 'roun an' 'roun. It bin ralnln so Ions dat do crust er do yoth wuz dona wet plum fro. an' It wu suit, an' when dor struck nsln It doy mado dor point Himebv. do old man buzrud.no.Knt road, an 'ho, sail . rmiii twel hn sit a good start, an' den he plough right long agin tho roof. Dool' 'oman huzzud. she done ile snme. an' blmehy doy fine do holo whnr do smoko went out. Dov pooped out. dey did, nn' doy ecd dat do rain dono stop, but It monstus damp outside.. .... . . "Den dey went back an do bis Iniun feel mighty good case dey done And do hole. Aftor so long a time ho guv dq word, nn' dey alt marched out fum do Inside or do veth an went back ter whnr dey usetor live. It tuck um a mighty Ions time ter tlnede place, karo when dey went nwny do Un' wuz level, but when doy como hack lilt wuz fuller hills an' mountains dat look liko great big bumps an' long rldgos. Dey ax dey se'f how come dis.nn' dev study an study. Himebv d buzznid. h up'n sny dat dam wur do point ho lef when him nn' his nlo 'oman wuz n-llyln' roun' trvln' for flno de hole w liar de smoke went out De groun' wuz snft. an' evo'y tlmo de buzzads 'ud fly agin It dcy'd make hills an' mountains. Dat wimt rav daddy say." said Injun Hill, ilesl clvely. He wuz Injun man. nn' ho oughter know of nnv body do." " hat did I toll you ?" exclaimed Mr. Wim berly, who, up to this tlmo. had said nothing. "Mix Injun wl' nigger an' they hain't no kind crrlgarr-arolothev won't sit up." They all agreed, howover. that Injun Bill's story was amusing, and ufter a whllo Mink said: " I speck Marso John dar mought match dat tale ef ho wur ter try right hard." Mi. Prultt turned his pocket lnida out to get some tobacco crumbs for his pipe. (To be continued.) HGHiia turn .4. BAnooy. JL Man's Desperate liand-to-hnBd Battle With a Monster Anthropoid. Fittm tt Grof'HfinH A Utricr. I was walking through my lands snd had my f:un with me, and tho baboons were scream ng on tho top uf tho rocky precipice thnt over hangs my homestead. '1 he dogs in the farm yard, on hearing tho noise the baboons were making, rushed up to the mountain and were soon ougased in a deadly fight. I took up my gun and climbed up tho mountain for tho pur- fioseof assisting tho dogsnnd In tho hope of sav ng them from being torn to ploces. When I reached the summit of the krantz a number of baboons fled. I fired and wounded one In the shoulder; ho was immediately pursuod and tackled by the only dog left, tho others having been torn to pieces. The strugglo for life or death was taking place between tho wounded baboon and tho dog on the very brink of a precipice. I had not another car tridge for my gun, so I put it down nnd picked up a couple of largo stones and walked to within a few yards ol the npot I was just In tho net of hurling one of them nt tho baboon when euddonh .1 tremendous male baboon, the largest I hnvo been. Mrao straight at mo In a bold nnd dellant manner, his eves gleaming with anger and Ills huge jaws worklug together as if in anticipation of the crunching that was in storo ror me. I just had time to hurl the stono iu m now upraised hand at him. when ho was upon me. Ho foired mo by the leg first, and bit mo with such vlolenco that I thought every bone in inv leg was smashed to atoms. I kicked with all mi might. I tried to got hold of n Mono. I at tempted to seize him by tl.e throat, de lit him several blows with the list, but it was all use less: the strength of the enraged African mandril ovorpowered mo completely. Alter he had finished with my leg ho raided himself 011 his hind legs, put his arm around mo nnd seized hold of me on tho liest with his powerful jaws. What could 1 do.' Every now and then he let so his hold of my breast and snapped at my throat. I seized him by tho throat with my right hand and clinched my fingers, but ho would m t J ield his grn-p for a single moment. Every time I moved he dragged me noarer to theedgeof thejireci-pie-, und we Were now w ithin throe foot of the brink and the ground slnplng down tolt I knew- that If I for 11 moment lost mv footing down we should go Into the chnsm below. The wounded tnboou and the doc. th it wore re sponsible for the nwltil predicament in which I now found mvselt. had jut rolled over into thoubvss. We had been nt it nearly an hum. and. as tho baboon showed no slgn of re leasing me, I felt I should not be. 11 Ic-to hold out much longer, as 1 am an old man. consid crablyovorim. At this stago I bethought mvself of a pen knifo I hnd In my waisnnat pnekct. If I could only get lt out. I might ward him off by stab ling him in tho face. I gradually got rryleft hand into m pocket and got tho knifo out. the brute scratching and tearing my face with his hands all the while. I got it to my mouth and hi Id It there till I had an opportunity of open iugitwith nu left hand. Ithen legan stub bing, ind prodding him, but tho knifo was not huge enough to do him much damage. I drew blood, however, tho sight uf winch only mado him mure vicious still. Ilythls time I had scarcely n vetlgo o' clothing left, and my lai united body bore tokens of what a bout 11 African tnlonn win do when ho chooses to tackle nnd light nu unarmed mnn. I was won erlng how all this was going to end. when one of the dogs that had been wnuni'ed In the fight, nnd hnd recovered hulllcicntiy tuiuako his way to where wo were, hoircd the animal from behind. I felt tho bruto wished to getat the dog. Hn threw himself from mo upon the dog: tin y had mm rough-nnd-tiimblo, and then the habonn walked sul lenly away along thn ridge uf the precipice, looking back fioin timotutlniens if undecided whether he should renew thnttHok. lt was some tlmo I eforo I could n'cnvcr surllclent strength to descend tho mountain. I got home, however, and tho dog, too. alter an encounter niioh as I shall norer forget, and tho liko of w hlcli I hope never to experience tignin. KUrael, Ft fin tU Untax Jti -nU It was on an eli-Ctrlo car. bound rom nar van! Milium to no-ton. He wan a stiFcoptihiu llnnanf student sheas pntty a girl as jou could wlMi to see. H woie an immaculate vutoM arf and vraarinyil like a Illy uf tho fluid. Mie had brown eves that uleiided biu k tuhersuul und she knuw lion to uso I hem. bhelo't ihn carat thn cential gate of the Com- I mon. and ho sighed and 'watched hoi through th car w induw until sti was out of sight An hour later he was strolling through West ptuet viewing tho shoppers with a critical eve. Suddenly, fiom tho mvsterlous Interior of it dry goods storo, 11 bundle iu her hand, hor iluoks flushed with the aidor of the chase, she e.iine forth, fairei than before. And un di ineath the Immaculate scarf ho fcltaiov. ous commotion. At 1 o' look lie was nt tho Adams Hnui-e. and, as in duty bound, inadn a cursory examlna tli n of tho ladles' dining room. He had In spieled scarcely half the tables when his heart stopped, and his eje was rivettd. Just unilerneatn u mirror she sat, divested of her wraps. nnd nothing short of ravishing. "lt is late." said ho. and stated nt her until thorn was danger of tho head wutor collies the police. At 4 o'clock ho was burning upTrcmont street In the overture of a threatening rain storm, bound lor Inrk square. In front of the Tremont Theatre ho thought of his lm maculate scarf nnd lino raiment, and sought shelter In a doorway. Another moment and the world around him f:rew misty, bhn stood beside him. her skirts n hand and despair in hor face, without mackintosh or umbrella to shield her from the ruin. Ho glanced at her a moment, rolled up his tl'i trousers uud departed on a run. A few doors down the street was a furnishing storo. lie dashed Into It. "(iho me un umbrella, quick," ho said. "Here Is one." said the clerk, "l.fo, genu ine natural wood and "' "Hang the wnnd," said he. He dived into his pocket. A t'2 bill, two ones and 43 cents in change. Till! It $4.4.. ItV all I've got." "All right." said tho clerk. He threw down the money and rushed back to the doorway. 8 he was gone. Then he railed bU umbrella and Urt4 Is walktoCambrld. SHORTHAND OVER WIRES. IT nAS JIEE.V X.4t)K POSSIBLE mitt TUB AID OF THE IXl'hn MTKIL Br Jin Incenlon I ode of AhbreTtatlona. Ar. rnncrii by nn Operator. thi Cnpntllj or a Minnie Wire Una Iletn ."Nearly Doubled. About twelve years ago a Chlcnso news paper leased a wlro to Washington over which Its special correspondent scut all tho news of tho nation's cnpltnL The telegraph operator who worked tho Washington end of tho wlro was Walter Phillips, now Manager of tho United Press, one of tho most export In his profession, and with a reputation that ex tended whorovcr n telegraph wire lan. Tho stories of tho way ho made tlio wires hum with hfs chubby llttlo right hntul wero main. There aro any number of old operators to bo found hero who hnvo received practical dem onstrations of his torrlfli! speed, nnd a very small proportion of them wero ever nblo to "copy" him. He thought nothing of Bonding forty-olght or fifty words n minute, nnd only a very rapid penman can wrlto at that snood. Thero wero thoso, of course, who hnd no diffi culty In keeping up with tho rapid operator. Ono was the oporator in Chicago who received tho special despatches that wore transmitted every nlsht. When Congress was In session tho wlro was kopt red hot from early In tho evening until the last minute thnt tho paper could tako new a before going to press. It cost a lot of money to lenso tho wiro from tho telegraph company, and tho paper wanted to dorlvo as much bono flt from It as possible. E cry Inducement was offored to tho operators to sot thom to do sood work. When the limitations of tho best re ceiver In the country wero reached, Fhllllps began to think of how tho sorv Ico could bo Ira provednnd tho speed Increased. There was onownv ho knew of at tho start whereby tho speed of transmitting could bo grently In creased, but at first he thought that lt was not practlcallc. It was by abbrov latins. All tele graph operators wlwn thov converse over tho wire uso nn abbreviated code. Thero aro cer tain combinations of lotters whlslt moan words to tno operators, and tho combinations are lenrned simultaneously with tho dots nnd dashes. Tho combinations Include such ex pressions as tt for that, t for the. w h for which, r for for. nnd thn liko. Tho moro Phillips thought of tho matter, however, tho moro apparent It becamo to him that this system was tho only avallnhlo 0110 wheroby tho onds which ho desired could bo reached. Ho begnn to manufacture his codo during his loistiro moments It was not long befoi e ho hnd a collection of combinations that wore marvels." Other operators told him. how ever, that ho would experience great dlfllculty In putting it in operation. They all wanted to knowhowhocxpectod the mnn nt the other end of tho wlro would ever manage to put his abbreviated remarks down on paper In long hand when very few could do so under exist ing circumstances. Phillips wondered over that a great deal. too. Finally he figured tho problem out and hastened to mako an experi ment Ho rigged up a set of old recorders which were used boforo .he operators ever at tempted to read by sound, nnd rattled off a lot of Imaglnativo news In his telegraphic stenographic stvle. Tho dots ami dashes wero traced on the strip of narrow paper, and It was easy enough to translato thom and transcribe them in longhand. The experiment was so satisfactory that tho system was soon put intonctlvo operation on tho Chicago newspaper wire. It reo.ulrod an extra telegrapher in the homo office, but that was a groat deal cheaper than the rental of a second wire. Ow Ing to their prev ious peculiar training it did not tako the telegraphers long to conquer tho young mnn's code of abbrevia tions. Thosvstein gave perfect satisfaction, and It is In active operation. Its invontor re signed his position at the wire, and ho is now the general manager of the United Press In tills city. The Chicago newspaper wito was. for many years, practically the only one whore the code was used inactunl work. In tho past few v ears the newsrnpers have Increased their telegraph Servico wondcifully. Nearly all tho larger dallies throughout tho country not only receive thousands of words of special despatches by telegraph dally, but maintain special wires of their own to the larger news centres. Take Tue Htrv. for in stance. Its telegraph service is sogreutthnt a doyen or morn evpert operators aro kept busy in the oflleo from early evening until aftor o oliok every murning. 'I ev linmllo from 50.1 .HO to .i.O(iO words of news mattor a night. '1 he srent object is to si t it In ns early aspossiblo To do that requires the economi 7atlon ol time, and the onli possible wu to economio time on a telegraph wire is for tho sending operator to abbreviate his words In transmitting the reports. That lias been mado possible by tho introduction of tjpewritors Iu telegraph ofllces and Mr. Phillips's o de. Tho application of tho typewriter in telegraphy was described in lilt ht-DVYhUN iu an aitlcle from Elect) icily It is about 6ix years now since typewriters came into general use for receiving prs de st atches on. fho first telegraph operator to un one to receivo direct from tho instru ment with, as far as can bo learned, was nu operator in the esterti t numnfheo at 1 India. In 1HH.1 he "copied" 011 a machine the pony pioss report furnished to .Sow York Mato tapers. Tho lepoit consisted or only I'.OlXJor .1.1 lOO words a day. nnd was sent In full and at oomparatlvily slow speed, but tho Llmira operator's work was considered a groat achievement. heveral jeirs Inter tho United Press Intro duied thetjpewrlter as a substitute for tho pen in its Isevv ork office. Mr. Phillips. In ventor of the ingenious code and orsaniorof tho Pross Association, saw In tho tvpewritor thn necessary unxlllary for the pracilciiluper ntioiioflustelegiui hicshnrthnnd. As hootias his operators had conquered the keiloud of tho typewriter and could w rite w ith the ma chines the operators began to pra tlso recelv -in despatches direct from tho wires, 'i hat vtnoio difficult 'J ho peculiar iiolso of tho niiiohino drowned tho 1 else of tho teh graph Instrument at first. Constant practice over enmo that, howover. and tho operators were able tn manipulate the typewriters mechan ically nnd givntheirundividod attention to thn clattering little bounders. After the operators became expert on tho iiinchlnes tho Phillips code was Inlroduood. 1 he abbreviations worn fnw at llrst. As tlio operators became familiar witli the code. however.theiihbrevlutioiiHWcro increased. Tho Associated Press followed tho I nited Press mid Introduced tyrnwritorsun their circuits, and newspapers which leased wires Introduced them also. Unicode Is divided Into three parts-slnglo. double, and trli In contractions Alltholcttors of the alphabet express 11 word or two. They aro the llrst to be memorized. Iho single contractions und their equivalents aro nsfol loiii;,. J be, c-boe. d in the. (-of the, g iruin die. h-nrts. j by vvnlvp k out of the. in more. 11 not. o of. per, q on the. r are, t-the, u-voii. v-of which, w-vvltli. x in which. vear. and z-from which. rovnral figure Hiiro usedaUp. They aro; 4-where, ji-tlliitthe. uud .-that K Among tho tw -litter contractions aie: ip-on the pint of. ki concentrate. I it is. iv-in view. l-t wns. io-ln connection, ami ut-timnt excite mem. home of the threi -later contractions aro: Ape on account uf. nut- adjourned until to-moirott. eiii-eovored by insurance okx commltt'd sulcidcdbf dotmved bv flre.chz -either from which, fl-of the I ill. fgo-fol.' lowing order, gml-gontlemon and ladles, hag In consequenoo of. ilc-in thl- connection. Llu'l ' understood, kaw-ncljotirmd sine die, ogt-on tlio giouiidthal, in m-prem ntd a memorial, qpl-011 the pait of the, rut-ivad a third time. uo-uiiiler thco elrcuinf tamos, and voha vein of Ids (or her) age, "The principle .which underlies my entire Ji stem " Mr. Phillips said, "can bo I est llius. rated b one word, 'ilius. for example, ak Is used for acknowledge, nkd lor uckiiuvvI. edged, nkg for iickriou 1 edging, und alim fnt acknowledgment. This rule applies to all tlio prliioii al imrda Iu dull) Use. The only deviation of the rule occurs when the peciiU. arlty of the Morso alphabet will not permit of following tho law, or where tho addition of d. g. or m would miikeu stem spell a word which would nt. without difcturbluu the context. In the place where the word Intended to be con vend ought to go. heiever It has been fore. ' en. or exnorlenco in working the svsteni ha shown, that a strict adherence to the rule would Involve the receiver in perplexity, a de purturo thcrcf otn hna 1 een made, but In no othor caees. After having mastered tho sin- lo letter contractions and as many of tho oublo and threo-lottor ones as possible, the operators then proceed to send, dropping out of tho long words as many of the vowuls us they can conveniently omit without getting confused and demoralized. Perfect eontldenuo and e iso como with practice" In the room set apait forTn Sun's crack ti legraphers the sounders and the typ writerswerH Isittllng vutli each other to sou which could iniike thn most noise one night. 1 lie Washington operator was burning to flnlsh up the Congressional matterof tho day. This Is what the sounder repeated: "T mkup f ttaaAMus comia sh a a indoate tt no trf blwbpsd- Com B hi svltlswlnt pat a wka md kwa hi yua q i. who brt fay a pomi atk j grill myiW k.W fwiBraT f ItKfWW't'XJL'M MTI mitff ffffTT f ftiif 'T"' MeKnly bl. bt no sen pin o rdocto." .The typewritten manuscript reads "Tho makeup of the Ways and Means Committee Is suoh as to Indicate that nt tariff bill will be passed. Chairman Springer has sevoral times within the past two weoks made known his vlows on the subjoet. which, In brief, favor a piecemeal attack on. tho McKlnlcy bill, but no general plan of reduction." To test tho iractlcabtllty of the. system on unfamiliar matter, the reporter dlctatod In-Set-soil's soliloquy to Napoleon to ono of tho operators Another one received It and copied It In full with tho typewriter, while a third put down tho osaot characters that tho first op erator sent Tho operator who was writing It put In full made his Angers dance upon tho kp board, while the othor operator wrotn 11s if he were undecided whother to take a nap or not Hoth tlnlslied thn moment tho reporter stopped talking. The llrst onehandod ovor tho follow ug. without an error In It: , A little whllo ago I stood bvthogrnvooftho old NaiKVleon t inncnlfleetittnnih of gilt and cold, lit almost for 11 dead deity and gared upon the snrcophagus of rare and nameless lunrble, where lest at Inst the ushos uf that restless man. 1 leaned over the balustrade and thought about the career of tho greatest soldier of the modern world. ' I snw hini walking upon tho banks of the Seine, contemplating suicide. I saw him at Toulon I saw him putting down tho mob In thostieetsof Paris I saw him at the head of tlio army of. Italy I saw him crossing tho bridge of Lodl with tho trl-color In his hand I saw hlni In Egypt In the shadows of tho pyramids I saw him conquer tho Alps nnd minslo tho enslesor Krnnco with the eagles of tho crags. I saw him nt Marengo at Ulm nnd Austorlltz. I saw him in llussln where the In fantry of the snow and the cavalry of tho wild blast scattered his legions liko winter's withered leaves. I saw him ut I.nlnlc In de feat nnd disaster elilven by a million bnvonets buck upon ParlB clutched like a wild beast banished to Elba. I 6aw him escape and re take an empire liy the forceof his genius. ,1 saw-him upon thn frightful Held of Waterloo, vvhero chance nnd fate combined to wreck tho fortunes of their formor kins. And I saw him at at Helenn. with his hands crossed behind him. gazing out upon tho sad and solemn son. "I thought of tho orphnns nnd widows he had made, of tho tears that had been shod for his glory, and of tho only womnn whoever loved him. pushed from his heart by the cold nan t of ambition And 1 said 1 would rather hnve boon a l'renoh peasant and worn wooden shoes: I would rather have lived ill a hut with II vine grow lag over the door and the grapes growing purple in the klcs of the nutumn sun: I would rather have been tint poor peasant witli inv loving wifn by my side, knit ting as tho day died out of the sk). with my children upon my knees nnd their arms about mo I would rather have been thnt man and frnne down tothotongueless silence of dream ess dust, than to have been thnt imperial im personation of force and murder." Ihoothcropo'iitoi passed over thn follow ing. remarking apologetically that "that was tho way ho sent it " "A lit while go I stood bit grave fold Xapo In a U1112 tomb o sit A. gld. lit alms fomled deltv .V. sazd upn t saroophusus o rare A nals nu hi. 4 rst a last ashes ott rstlsmn. I leand ov t. balustrade A thot ubt t carer f cts sor f mml wld. "I saw Jim wlks upn t boks f Soine, ctpsv. I swhmn Toulon I sw Inn ptgdwnt moiidsts 0 Paris 1 sw hm a t lied f arml o Italy I sw hm xg t brlge o I.odi w t tri-color 1 hs hnd I sw hm I lojyptd shades f pvramlds Isvvhm enqr tAlps A mn si t ogls o Encwteglsf crags. I swhma Marengo a Clin A uster litz I sw hm I llussln. 4 t lnfntri f sno.V tcvlrl f wild blast scntrd hi logions Ik wntr's wlthrd Ivs. I BW hmaEelpsIc idft A dst-drlvn bi a mn bajnts hnk upu Pnrls-clutchd Ik a wild beast bn slid" I liu I sw Inn. scape A rtk an empl e bi t forco o lis gunis. I sw hm upn t fritefl fidoWntorlo. 4 oho A ftocmbd'J wrek t fns o tr finr kg. A I sw hm a St. Helena, vv hs hanR xd bhd hm suzg ot upn t sad A solmn c. "I tht forfnsA widos heh mil f tears tth b shed r hi glor. A f ony woman wov lovd hm. pushd f.n hi heart bi t cold ban o nmb A I sed Id rhr h b a Kr pont A worn vvodn shoes: Idrhrh livdinhut w a vino gng ovtdr.At grapes gngpurpld kisses faurn sun: Id rhr h b tt pr pesiit w mi lovg wif bl mi side-, knits as t da died k ski w ml chn upn mi noes A tr arms nbt mo Id rhr h h tt mn A gon dw n '' t toiigls since f drmls dust, tn 2 h b ttimprl iinjirsnatln o forco A mu." The mutter vras sent Iu a llttlo moro than six minutes, or u trlllo more than half tho time which would have been consumod had the re celv Ing operator been forced to rely on u pen. At thnt pace two columnsof matter for The hus could bo sent iu un hour, which is very fust work indeed. The system Is used only by the Press Asso ciations and tho newspapers on their leased wires It has the doublo advantage of taking the Place of two wires and saving timo. When wires aro leased they are watched clandestine ly for a week or so, unit the prices ure based on the cumber of words transmitted between the hours that tho wires aro required. Thocapa city of a wire Is gauged by the nmountof mat tertwoopeititorscin hardlo with pens. Tho price Is enormous at tho bi st The introduction of tho tspewritor in telegra ph! has caused much coinmontuinoiigtolocra phers, especially those in tho Western Union offices. 1 he old operators, whllo they admit tlio feasibilitv of the plan, aro a unit in onpos ins its introduction into the Wc'tern Union ("uinpiinv. They have worked so long under the present svstem of receiving that any change now would mean a revolutionizing of telegraph. ew operators are inclined to favor It Assistant Mnnnger.Brnnnan of tho Western Lnluii sild: "Thorn is no doubt about the value or tho typewriter in telegrnphv. Tho Postal Company operators havo provod that, ispecially is It elllclent iu press borvice. With cipher telegrams, howovor. thero might be some trouble If an oper ator drois a letter ho must stop, ex amine his machine to find out where he Is. and then iibk for that portion of the mes sage ugain. This would take lime and incipher work cjiuso much delay. At present a flrst class operator can average perhaps forty words a minute, but a man must hustlnto re ceive that number hour after hour. With the tjpewrlterltlsdlflerent. Just a he spued of ntinuwiitenuxceeds tlu.tof tho pen. so is it that much easier to leoeivo on tlio macnlne than with tho pen. Ihe muscles and brain of 11 1 j puuntins operator must move iu perfect harmony. In fuel, tho operator mustbn part of an automatic machine. ou can londilv son how obiuctioiiabld this scliemo is to old operators It me ins that new- men stand almost as good a chance to do good work as thev. Hesidi f they must learn the knuek of tvpowrlllus which would tako time, for operators who wrlto a poor hand and girls wlio possess n peculiar cliirography tho tine writer is just tlintliing Hut lor our old opera tors witli a good, clear hand wo do not want it Their work Is good enough as It Is Concern ing the introduction ol the typewriter, the costand the additional space necessary must be considered. I hardly think we will adopt It at present Superintendent Charlos Talmer of the auto matic W lieatHtoiio sj teni favors tho Introduc tion oftho tv now riter. He said: "I mostdecid odly favor the adoption of tho typewriter and look forward toitsiurl) introduction. Wousoit Iriouroflloesforeopiing It is only natural for the .Morso oporators to object, as tho Phillips codo moves fmnd In hnnd with tho tvpewriter, nnd tlm Morse mon know llttlo about either. 1 he typewriter Is bound to come, and tho sooner It Is in uso thu better. I do not sen how cipher mcssigns or any other class of work vvould Buffer at tho hands of the typo-writor." nirtxnr of hkx. A Chlcnso Had Carrier Drew the Line at JUtlog Tut In Ordtr by u tVomun. ntmtht Ihlruri Until L One of the hod carriers nt work on a brio!; building out In tho suhurbscllmbed up to tho flrnt story 'Ilrarsdav 1 hon lie fell, and tho bod. the .bricks, and tho ladder re 1 on him. Wheu tho di'orls had boon pulled awaj tho hod carrier was 1 Ins lace downward on tho pavement stono s useless. Thorn wasn't 11 drug storo or u doctor within half a mile. ,V briekhoci put on his coat and tore for tho nearest patrol box. Miuntime tho hod carrier vuis I v ing there in a inesN of l,ood. apparently thinking about nothing in particular. 'ilie boss was fuming about, kicking blocks of wood Int.. the street, nnd swearing at tho laziness nf the police, i'ho big plasterers, w ho could drive a splkn with their lists, were standing around us helpless as children. U this tlmo a young woman In n blue coat ciimo across the stroet She was pretty and re-i. with a lot ot velhw hair drawn up tightly from hrrtemp'es. ard she hud amnst Kciilcd , Ipik .in .her bright blue eves. Win brushed the big feller -.aside, and asked brisk ll What's the trouble heie, men?" "Ono of tho boys has busted himself wide open, "said the boss polltoh, "ltmesee."iald tlio pietty girl, dropping pn hei knees bosido tho hod currier, sho toik off u. lain y kid glove, an, Willi her little white hand felt tho mnn sbkull. ' No bonus fractured hero," she suld. look ins up nt the .rrouii around hor, Thenshonntlcedlhopojl of blood lying be side the man's right arm, and whipping out a pair of scissors slip rippul up tho coat sleeve und the sleeve of the flannel shirt. Uooilnoss!" she suld "An artery has been cut dlvo me a piece of twine, efulck." The boss milled n piece of coarse string from his coat pocket and handed it to tho girl. She drew It around the man's arm. made a loop knot thrust a penci into the loop and twisted it until tho cord sankdeep Into the flesh. " t?u hold thlfc," sho said to the boss, and the big mon knelt down und grabbed the Hsu Jure. Then shu hud somo watnr brought out Bho washed tho ecalp wound In ailffi. Then she cut among the loose flesh w ith thn scissors and with plaster and a strip of linen from tho sumo prerostcroUK bug she mado a neat band ngo. ihen shu urosu and viewed a pretty job of emergency surgery with reasonable com pluceucy. Tho rafrol wagon nnd the hnd car rier came around nt thn Mime time. As the wagon bin kid up the hod carrier opened his oyesand saw tho girl in the blim cloal. " Are vnu nurt. Wlke ' ' said the boss. Nuw." said tlio hod carrier. "Take me somewhere that I can set a doctor. I don't want no dqm women uionkeyln'a 'round me I" The girl doctor in blue looked at him quiz jlnslir and laushed aa aba washed hja sox J PRACTICAL SCIENOE. BEfrRtlAOE TltKATMEXT WORKS. Method Vnt In Oreal Britain ftir Olsaoa. Ins oflha Menace of Iarce Tonrn. From tXt XiqiMtrlmi KtforJ. Durlns my recont travels through Oreat Britain I visited several of tho works for the treatment of town nnd city sewage, which nro to bo found In such abundnncoln that country, tho Importance of guarding the purity of streams bolng. perhaps, moro fully appreciat ed thoro than any whoro else. The density ot tho population of England nnd tho small slroof her rivers and streams, have, with tho adoption of the modern svstem of water carriage for nil househcld sewage, ten dered (In most ot Its towns), some treatment of the sewage beforo Its discharge Into n How Ing stream nbsolu(el) nccossnrv. fov entry, noted for (ho careful nnd Intelligent supervision slxen to the treatment of Its sow ago, Is .1 e.iso In point quite surprising to one visiting the plnco for tho first time. Tho town has u popu lation of somo (m.000. the nmount of Its dry wenthorsewase Is about two and a qilnrler million gallons dally la trlflo over forty gallons to the Inhabitant-Indicating a much 1 Ichor sewage than In most cities of tho United Blntes). and tho actual measured summer flow or the rhor into which It is discharged, made two or three jears ago. was onl about '.MIOii -000 gallons dntly, teally loss than the amount of sewage! At Coventry tho sewage is pieclpltatcl by llmonnd sulphate or ntuminu. After the usual partial solution in water these Ingredients are Introduced. separately into the sewage, tho sulphate of nluinlun first The superintend ent seems to thiuk It Immaterial which is llrst Introduced, but apparently rather prefers thu order adopted, lt should ho stated, howevei, that the scwago as received Is alkaline. ihu chemicals soem tobeprettv thoroughly Inoorporated with the scwige. as each, after being moro or less dissolved In watei (or rather with some of the sewage Itself! In is vertical inKor, is run Into another similar mixer having n involving vertical shaft with radial arms, und open at the sides so that thu sew nse flows throush It in a constant stream. T lie sow ago is about six hours In pasBlug through the pioolpltatlon tanks, which nro continuous In their working-bolng emptied nnd clentisedntter running ono nnd a hull to two clays Tho effluent is run over filter beds composed ot underdralned ordinary soil in d sowed to grass. At present thore aro only about oislit acres of filter beds, belns tnneu too small for the sewage thrown upon them. It Is expecbad ((reatly to enlarge their area. Ihe siudso Is pumped up from the tanks into tho ordinary cylindrical receivers, or "mont jus," from which Ills forced out by compressed air into sludge pressers Tovontry belns renioto from London and other largo cities, in the viciultyof which manure Is abundant, has generally been able to sell its compressed sludge enke to farmers for from one shilling to one and sixpence per ton. It met with 11 rctdv s.ilont such prices when the output was only 3,iK)U tons per ) ear: but now that tho output has doubled, there is a tendency for tho sludge to accumulate. In towns In the vicinity of London, ns for exam ple, ut Chlswlck and Hendon, It Is difficult "Vi',n, l'i'.. el.NO '! , away to any who will haul it A revolving disk-shaped screen is In use at Ooventrv. for screenlus thu sewage before its admission to tlio pumps, and It seems to have met with much more luvor than at ( hlswlck. Manchester, considering tho sbe and im portance of the place, nnd the small nmount of summer flow in the Irwell. Into which the sowors discharge, has been slow to adopt any method of purlfsing Its sewage. At the timo of my visit a study was being made for works for treatment of the sewage, but no definite method or operation or piecipl tants to bu used had been decided upon Glasgow Is nnotlici large city which still contaminates the river upjn which it bon'o-s with its untreated towage. Hut t,l ins nre ulsij being mado here, upon a similar sj stein to that in use at Sheffield, for works for purlfjlng Its sew age. At Klngslon-on-Thnmes. which is in tlio closo vicinity or London, tho Nntivn Ouano Lonipnnv 's. or A B C process is used-tho plant (owned by tho town), bolng operated by eon tract by this company. The company recelv es from the corporation, in compensation for Its work, the proceeds of a tax or .'Id. on a pound sterling of the taxable valuation. It agrees to treat sewage up to 45 gallons 1 er inhabitant receiving extra compensation for nny scwago In ecess of this amount und agrees to make the effluent satisfactory to the Thames Con servancy Hoard. Charcoal nnd clay ground up in a pug mill and well diluted with water, is llrst mixed with the sewage to a great extent deodorizing it and then alumina ferrie (dissolvod in water) added to precipitate the solid components of the sewage. The blood Ingredient duos not seemed to lie considered nny longer an essen tial element or tils'- system Tile settling tanks can bo worked separately and intormlttentlv. or connected together and worked continuously As I saw thom, they woru worked, connected in pairs, continuously. 1 he sowago of tho little town ot hurhitou is. bv a tvvontv vears' ncroemeet with Klmrair.n t-eated ut tho same works, 'ihe sewage of :W(K)0 to 4(UKiO persons Is receivoJ ar tho works', amounting to about I.?."0.(Hhj gallons dailj : from that it runs up to 'J UOO.OtjC) gal lons. Tho effluent from the sottling tanks runs directly Into tho river, without unv (titration As I saw It. thecMucntwasn little cloudy: but I was informed by the engineer of the local Hoard that it was ordinarily clearer than the water In tho river. Tlio sludge cuko from tho sludge presses is broken up and passed t'lrough a revolving iron heater, remaining in it about Ave min utes, for doing it: and then, reduced to pow der, it is bagged or barrollod and sold as "native gu mo" bringing ,UOs per ton. Ifatanv tune it does notmoetwltli rnadv sale. It is stored, frequently for n considerable period, on the premises, giving, it Is snld. no eausn of offence, although tho works are on the banks of tho Thames but a short distance from the centre of the town, and with line villa residences lining the opposite shore. I found, miself, very llttlo odor rmm the sludge, or am where about the premises ex cept in thudrving and packing room, whoro it was unite decided and not very agreeable. 'llin works cost f'J.'MH. and have a capacity for fKJ.rXK) persons, und for considerably moro bj .increasing tho number of settling tank. lor .the purpose or seeing something id the working ot tho Ferro7onu and Polarite process (International Water and Sewngo lurltlcutlon Company). I visited Hendon and Acton, neither of thom far rrom tho city of 1. melon. I coi ress to havlug Tolt a considerable prejudice against this method, which was dissipiteel after seeing tho results of the process; though as to Its relative economy in comparison with other methods, I did not succeed In obtaining full enough data to speuk with authority. About 4,M),inx gallons of sewage am treated dally. The works are nporatcd by tlio local uvtiimji mu uMiuuuii, mu iuuii oiuraiing ex penses per year being somo 7lx. which In cludes rates, tuxes, and tithes (estimated on thn s-amo basis us for any othor property). Tho polarite. which is mixed with tne grave) for the filter heel, has beei. In place ami in use for throuorfourvenrs. nnd shows no signs of de terioration, recent examinations of tlio bed Indicating that no oxidation of the polarlto has yet taken placo. 'ihu filter beds havn only aboufU'(K) senium yurels area, and nro not near large inouglt much ot tho water passing over instend oftliroushthem My Informant con bleloreel that they ought to havo fully threo times their present "Ire. At Hendon 1 was 11 bio to ninko a careful n spoctlonor th works, wjiloh nro operated 111 tills case, under contract by thn Interna tional Water and Howiigo Purification Com 1'any. The sewvuzo district has a population ot 111,000 the iivorns-amount of elry weather sowago received In Ing 4IHMIW gallons In twonty-four hours. In heavy rains the flow ruuHtip to lour or live million gallons per day. An overflow exists lor turi.ins tlm steirui waterlnto thn river, which receives thn efflu ent from thu sewngo works, but hitherto It bus potheen used, all 6torm water being treated In the same manner as tho ordinary sew aire, except Jn tho mode of tilt ration. 1 he forrpzono. which is the precipitant (ap pealing, also, to havo doodnrlzins prnpmtlosk is mixed with thn sewage by suspending n line of small, deep baskets, flllod with finely ground ferrozonn. across tho open sowago channel entering tho works. Into tlmsn bus. kntn small stieinis if wntorpluy, nnd tlm fur rotone being niilto soluble. 1I1 1 ps from the hot torn, ilurrtn plates in thn uhumml below assist In mixing It with the sewig. Tho s.-wage is darkuiieel in color by thn ad iton of the ferro ?."!',T i0?1 "arl i'.tbo, prooliutution tanks am worked interinltttnlli. tun hours I eliigsuf flolent after thoy nro illtered. for settlement 1 here; nroonly two llltor beds for the treat mentor the ordinary flow, each aleout HxlH yar.ls In size, und made up ot layers ot snivel. r'A mlxturo V Polarlto and sund. and layer or pure sand on top. A thin scraping of sand Is taken from a Alter bedalterforty-elglit hours use: and. ufter soveral scranlnss. fresli sand Is added, ns nm-essiry. to keep up th". thJei1" w.h',,.cHn,e'J'?'. A,,out "nV 1' li months U Inches tnlcki Is tuken off and replaceeL When a considerable nmount or Morm water Is being received, soveral or the precipitation tanks are nonnei tod andthesowasn ruiieon- J ,nuoul)rt lro.,Lch "l8 cl,u,n.: th chluent from the tanks is thrown on other filter beefs, of ordinary construction. Instead or ustns tho special ones above, described. These beds having an area pr three acres, aro formed of burnt "lay (or ballast) spread In u layer It Inches thick over thn subsoil drain pipes; and em-fj?' .vlln n f""t "' or'Unary sol! Tlie"., crops being obtained in a season, The water, as It runs from the polarlto filter beds. Is exceedingly clean and free from sedl ""J1 j The wfs are remarkably free from -a?&'iS,rcel7...anjr tolne perceptible ex pept at the inflow of the raw sewage. The sludge ISffli? w WpuWdetha bulHlns-lwWcnla preparatory to ppmpins Itup into tho monU0 fordeirvory to the eludso. presses. Whcnft trapdoor was opened In the rat eovor. al though on bonding over tho opening a sonsi pie oilorwas porcolvod. It was not a strons or n bail one. About six grains of fomirpno per snllon of sewaso uro used at Hendon. tho ferrotono costing about fifty shllllnss per ton at the works. . .... The sewn 10 disposal works -of-Londnn nro mainly Intorestlns from their extraordinary magnitude, the .quantity of Bowasr which has to be handled and trrytod so much excnedlns tlmt for any other city. Until within a llttlo over a year tho sewnse of ljondon has been received Into storage tanks, located on each side of tlio Thames ut a considerable distance belnwtlin pity, and discharged Into the lower reaches or the river at favoraMe stages of the tide, nnel at the time of my visit the sewage from the south side of the Thames was still so discharged, tlio precipitation works for this sldo not belns entirely ooinl loted. Tho Immense! amount ot sewage, vuti-tiiiitlr Inert-using Iu quantity (now amounting to Kl,iKK,thK) gallons pr week tor the noilh side alone), thus thrown Into the Tnnmes has not railed tn produce a serious nuisance, notwithstanding tho dis tance ot the outfall bolnw London. Tho precipitant used 1110 lime and cop peras The lime. In the lorm In which It Is nixed with the sewage Is not simply Ihe milk of lime, ns Is ordinarily the case, hut lime water f. .. n clear saturated solution of lime or very oousidnrablo volume, tho lime water added being about five por cent, of tho volume of the sewage. The copperas is ground fine and also thoroushly dissolved. Tho sewage flows Into tho works through threo large hnrso-shoe shaped sewers laid side by side. The lime wnterls run Inroeach sewnrln n Musis stream, falling rrom the centre or tlm crown: no attempt Is made to mix It me chanically with tlio, sewage, .depeiidenco belns placed upon the natural dispersion which takes place, nnd which Is aided by tlm turbulent movement or the flowlns sewage. The o.ipperas Is also led In a similar manner, byn single stream. Into each sewer: the dis tance belns short between tho points otud mission of the two. The sewage, after receiving Its dose of chem icals, flows nt onco to tho settlement tunks. which are thirteen In numbor, eneh 'XI feet wide nnd 1,000 feet long, all being covered with vaulting About two hours are allowed for precipitation, when tho supernatant claii tled sewage is draw 11 oft into the old storage tanks, nnd dlwhiirged from thero by suo-Bie-rged pipes Into inld-ohaniiel of the river nt about high tide While, this method of dis charge is the most desirable, it Is not voiy sit tsfae torr to the v tsltlns engineer, us no oppor tunity is cKen for Judging or Its purity by In spection. Samples are constantly being taken by the chemln-il Btaff. who report its condition as satisfactory. One ot the errors of construction was In building these enormously long settling tanks with their Inverts on a dead level, so that thn sludge hrjs to bo shoved nut by baud for a greater or less portion of this 1.IHKJ feet aa cording to Its distance from thn etui nt which it is discharged. Tho present engineering start, which, as before stated. Is not respon sible for the existing construction, was en gaged tit the time-of my visit in various modi fications and Improvement of the structures and methods, one of which wits converting tho settling tanks from Intermittent Into continu ous ones in their operation, allowing two to three hours for the passage of the sewuge from one end of the tank to the other. Tills will not only slvu greator capacity (much needed), but will also cuusea much larger pro portion ol the sludge to be cteisosltcd near the eatrance. Flushing arrangements were also to be applied nt the opposite eud to assist In the removal of tho sludge. Each settling tank has two circular gntos, seven tect tn diameter, lor admitting the sew age, nnd these are easily und beautifully han dled by hydruulic pressure, the sates sliding up and down on a hollow stationary shalt, as well as in the usual guides, and the water firossure being transmitted through this shaft 0 tho ram. in the sate Itwlf. A novel method has been used for drawing off the clarified sewage down to tho sludge Eic-h tank hus lor had at the timeot my visit) threo tele-copie. oval-shaped weirs, closed nt their tops by fixed csps. To draw off the water the upper weir Is lowered from its cap. and the. operation ot lowering Is continued, as tho water falls, until the limit of its range Ik reuched: the second then comes into play . nnd finally tho third one. Tlio weirs for all tho tanks ure worked from one room by hydraulic power, by a single man: dials (or gauge statTs) show the lovelnf water iu each tank, and nlso the level of each weir of each set Tho attendant is thus enabled to keep any weir of a tank, being discharged, a little below tho level of the water. The sludge Is delivered by pipes to tho sludge house, where it is pumped up by cen trirugnl pumps into a sottling tank to free it as much ns possible from wutor. Th water, alter settlement Ib pumped back to the lime house, where it is uod in making the limn water, nnd tho remaining sludge is fnrc-td through pipes for rtelivoryto the vessels in which II Is taken out to sen. Tho plunger pumps, which aroused for this final move ment nf the sludge, do not seem to have been well designed tor their work. The vessels tor dumping tho sludge in tho North bea carry l.ouo tons each An idea nf the m isnitude ot the operations involved will bo had when It Is statofl that about 10.00(1 tons of sludge per week, from the north side of tlio riv or alone, havo to bo carried out to sea. And this amount tlio principal assistant engineer, who kindly showed me over tho works, thought with better nnd more effective worklns would be Increased to 14.000 tons per week. J. 1'. Fugo. WHY llOJtV GET LESS T1IAX 31 EX. They Are Not XVnrlli Iso Slurb RreanH They Are Weaker, n tVomnn Maya, The reason why most women workers aro not paid so much as most mon workers 1 be cause they nro not worth so much, says a woman who believes what sho says, who bo lloved so ten yours ago. whoso bellof has only deepened with overy working year that has paasc-d over hor head. Woraon aro not paid so much as men because they do not really earn so much ns mon. Thnt is a generali7ed state ment. A tew women nro paid moro thun somo men, because they nro doing something thnt a man can't do so well as a worn in can. They aro paid for tho advantage ot sex. bonip wotuon set just ns much tor their work ns a man would set, because tho work has no ad vantage or disadvantage or sox cither way. Most womn aro piilel It ss than most men be cause men huvo tho advantage of their box iu strength, strength of body und of muscles, units of horse power. Men und women nro paid for work, and that work Is a matter ol hodyas well as id brains. W hen people begin to talk about this mattor thoy Insist upon treating Itnsif ubllityworo purely a matterof brains, as If the concession that a woman's work isn't worth so much as n man's in tho mouoy market is boi-ause slm hasntso much lirains as a man. Nonsense! ihe vory fact that women hold their own ngnlnst men as thoy tin In this competitlvo period, with loss physical strength, proves that they havo more bruins than mon. if it proves anytlilngnt all. Somo wouion, to bo sure, aro ns strong ns men. Hut the mass of women nro not. And tho law of political economy, which has set tho wago mark for mon and women, elenls with tho rule and not with tlio exception, 'lake the branches of work in which men ami women engage, and In the great majority of them a mini can do all a woman can do. and more. Tnutlstruo even in casos on which ut first glanco it scorns to hnvo no bearing, lake, for oxamplo. tho question uf teaching. 1 he success of wommi as teachers Is eminent, and yet a man lu tint piufession Is nlwuvs paid moro than a woman for what seems liko the samo, work. Hut a re-servo powor Is iu tho man that is not In thn womnn a something which ho may ncr bo called upon to Un. but which ho oomel do If It wornnucessury. Klin can teach as well aslipjsomot. ine-s she tenches bettor, heeauso sho is moro likely to havo that tuetof Ihe b.iul and thnt happy Inspiration which will nm-ei tho young mind Into glad learning. Hut sho can t 'iijori o her own authoilty buy nnd n cer tain limit, and a man can. He can thrash an unruly boy into obedience, and she can't. And although that method of controlling is not to ho extolled, vet It must bo confessed that thorn is an irresistible persuasiveness about it His advantage is In his muscles, not Ins brains. 1 lie sumo pi Inclplo applies In other Molds of work. A man clerk may not bo .1I1I11 to sell niomynrdsof laee.c.rof cloth In inlay than a woman clerk, but lie cun handle bales of cloth and liL'sur bundles thun shu can. He can do tho heuvy work o a porter It necessity re. quires Ho may novnrdoit, but hn could do It. nnel that very potentiality makes liim worth im-ro In nearly all tho kinds of work in which both ineii ami Women 010 ensased. the snme po tentiality in physict.l strength plays a part-In tho greater tndura iico or long hours or greater rush, in these brunches into which it does duos not enter women aro paid ns much ns men. A woman physician gt Inasmuch as a man. A woman writer gets as much for her novel. II it be as good; 11 woman artist gets as much or a pletuio It it be worth it Hut In most ol the work or llin world physi cal strength does pl.iv u great part, there fore the wage mark of men will always tw higher than that of women Aud it should be so. Woman's work was not meant to be measured by compailson with men's nnd by dollar standards alone. Women were not put Into the world to compete with mon but to complemont them: not to show that they are capablo of doing what a man can do, but to show that they can do what a man can't do. Thn rewards ot her work aro the rewards of the kingdom ol hi avon iiultuus much ns they nreol tlm kingdom of thl world. Theiemust lm other reward certainly, us long as tho world stands us it does, and men and women work side by side for money Hut tho fact iHiinot lie altered that this Is not tho way in whlili men and women wore meant to work. i,.ficVi BliBO' .can.noi ll al'ored that men must do the hard physical work in the world. The last fact is that since work Is quite aa 51r.,"iniatt?ro'b2dy?J0'braln.B- th8 mass of men will always be paid more than the mass 01 women. MAKING THE FREE LUNCHES. ' jforar.iAfl or nnnr am duovem j Jnl oe nan turns An.tr. ' I M lorr Ihe Unanlylng of I.unrh Tithh-x a ( H (In and Hnlnen linn lrnv.n lutn a Oreat Ituslnenn-.t I-ok nl the I ooklag, A H The most sturdy believer In lolslnlistinntf H ' H or even in prohibition, might hate luiird H plcasuie nnel profit In visiting a number ef H New York's ilrinklng place-sot all degree on H Krldar.the first clayof this new year. Ho ml H have found that eating has 1 01110 to bs eon- H sldoroil at lexst as ncuossary as drinking, aD H that the unwholesome old New ork custom nt .H standing in front otuhlgli counter and pour- H ins down glass utter glass of exciting fluids H with scarcely n pause for breath, is no longer H "good form" In the places whero such things H onco were dono. He Would have been nWi H to soo that tho lunch tilde had fnlly H as many customers as tlio bar. ni that the viands thoro net forth were H attractive In character and appt aranre tl,t H row visitors went out without paying It a rUIL Hew ould hav o been pleated nlso to notice tlmt H two ablo allies of the torn peranco cause haTa H sprung up and have stationed themseive a H every bar to help do battle with whatriU!n H the habit nt calling "thn rum (lend." Thc H alllos are humble, bet they elo gcit ten.per- H mice work. Tliey aro tho steaming V,r u H und the savory clam jcioe. lioth sold auv ct-r H almewt every" bar in the city, nnd lxth at freely H and nearly as frequently called for at ccr H other rc-frosliment They are the heivem t,f H refugo for those who drtuL. becans th-y would not be thought unsociable, but who do H not care for stimulanta. H The corgeous lunches that San Francisco H nnd Now Orleans drinking places set b-r H their customers overy dar it was long the ni- torn to prepare in New York only on ChrlstT.it and New Ve-nr's Day. But times have-changi-M. naaBBnl and it- this city thn well-Kpreud lanch table Is H now tin- twin brother of tho snrsen tar. He 1 who drinks may oat and in many eises In-vno 1 does not driuk eats all the nioie. Tli-1, hrut- H mas and New Year's fe-ists are stiii a !!t:l naaBBnl better than thoso of urelln-in days, but th bbvbI every-day lune h is now fully the equal of tlm anni old-time "holiday spreuuv' The di.h r H broken crackers, with Its tamooa oily, the H plate ofcnl-esof t-heos". l a relic-uf our-Ias uf Imtbarism. Nothing suffices now. tn the a-H morn expensive places, but snlad and let stews, olives, pickles, cold meats, bread. H craikers. and brottu till lt often looks at tH though tho proprietors were suing 3tt.it a quarter of a dollar's worth c-f good food forth 1 take of selling a tlttec-n-cent drink. B Ten years uso it was next to tniposstbU for a drinkibg saloon uueonn'ted witn a hotel er -H a restaurant to serve a good free lanch ererr bbsbH day. It could be done only in oncof two way.. :H of which tho first was too expensive, and Die 1 second to 1 troublesome. Tlio saloon ke"iH-r 1 might order lilt lunch of a restaurateur, or he H might, hav e lt prepared in his own honsce if he 1 lived over his "puice.". Bat as sabatuntlal H lunches became moro popular, and there cam 1 to t a demand for them in saloons of nearly 1 all classes, there came a supply also, which 1 has sruduatly increased and improved from a H fc-null beginning, until now u saloon keeper B can. by mailing a postal card on Monday. And aH Ills lunch tabic filled on Tuesday morcius with everything he has ordered. , -- Tim business of supplrLng barrooms with lunches originated almost accidentally with a 1 largo moat and provision Arm tn this city about six years ago. and in the bpginnlnetha H entire business consisted of delivering on round nf raw corned beef to one Ealonn every day. This firm was doing n great wholesale buslne's, und Uie round of beef was nothing; ' 1 but it furnished the idea to the bead of th house, who is now dead, that there was a de- raand In this quarter, and he mode a de- partmeut of it put in appliance for c-ooking tho meat and set one of his 1 head rain to work to build up a new branch of thn business. 80 truly did the heed nf tbe fin.i reckon, and so well did tbe employee do his part, that the lunch department soon becamo an important bualnesH by Itself. How lm por- H tunt. may bo ludgod from the fact that mora than WKj saloons are now supplied with lunch every day. thnt nearly a thousand cooked and "ornamented" young pigs wero sent ont fn 1 tho Christmas week, und that tbe buslnesi amounts to more than Sl.000.000 a year. H It will be a eotiaolntion to free lunch Totariea to know that the- meats sent out by this great 1 lunch houso. vvhicli supplies tlio most of thn 1 Ids lunuhes In tho city, are always the best meats to bo IukI in thn market; that they are handled narnfully. cooked skilfully, and doliv- ' ert-d wrapped in snowy cloths, as clesin as the cleanest disli that cumos to a private table. When a reporter of Tuk ScKvlmted tho place 1 ho found himself in a moment baltvd by mountains of beef, flankod by bills H of pork, nnd threatened on right and loft Bnan by piss nnd calves and sheop and lambs, hang- ing iu rows and piled In tiers to the ceiling. He was courteously shown over tho establish- ( ment by ono uf the proprietors, who bad noth- M ing to conceal, for everything was sweet and H clean, and the entire place an neatly kopt aa u n L-..-V,. uu.v-u mil i.u.t. nBBBBB rrom tho ground floor, whoro groat pareela H otmeut wero constantly arriving, and whoncs nl other great parcels were constantly departing. and where ions or meats of all kinds were nBaa1 being weighed and hustled off to make room tor more, a spiral iron stairway lod to the H second story. Here, iu tho middle of a hig H room, stood 11 tank six or eight foot square, fl and perhaps live, feet deep. In this tank the H meats nro conked, ono kind at a time, and thn H tunk oarofiilly washed and scoured aftor each cooking. And such n cooking! Tho cook in fl hisvvhitn e np. ind white apron explulnod hnw. fl by tile turning of a handle-, ho could haveth H water cold, lukewarm, simmering, or boiling. just us ho desired. With tho cloanest ol put sticks hn stirred tho steaming mass, anil brought to light scores, perhaps hundreds, of H great rounds of beef, any one or thom bu VjnH enough to sutiplya moderate liimllyforn we ok. H On three sides ol the room we-ro broad nml inaaal hlgli tal.k-s. uud in front o( the-o tables thirty ! 01 forty men wero at work. Thoy worked with H strong cords and big rounds of beor, and one of H the tublob vvus covered witli two piles nf hoi f H one pile in its natural shupu, waiting tolo tied, the other pilualreadyvrruiipedand wound ibBbJ with the cord, till the pieces wero synuuotri- cully rnundeel liko great hums, uud ready for tho boiling tank. 1 his winding is to keep the H beef in sha o and make it easiertocarve In another loom other workmen wore handling heaps ot hama in the same way; and th-m 1 worn immenseliuyH tilled with pigs' lint, and H oth-r trays or tho various kinds ol s.uisnges, H somo cooked, some ready ror thu cooking H rpiinothor flight ot iron ttuirs to tho third H story and tho decorating department was b ri ached. Hern scores of little pigs, alarmingly (J lifelike, sat aud grinned from tho tables nn which thoy wero laid out in row-, all facing H the centre of the room. Here the decorating artists were at work, with their knives dexter- ously removing tho Wines from thoso llttlo bHbbJ piglets, tilling up thn interiors with savory stulflng, sowing up tile cuts, putting rosettes ovor thu ears, nnd orn inu-ntlng tlio smooth backs with various figures iu bits of red and white and yellow confectionery. Those pigs, b of course, havo all been tooked. and they need only tlio si u 111 ns,' uud decorating to bo ready H for delivery. "Hnvv niiiiiy pigs can you stuff and decorate H in adiiv '" one of the artist- in pork is asked Ho takes a little book from his pocket, ex- nH amines it, and iu a moment replies: J "This makes thirty live to-dav, and I sh ill H set through 11 few more boforo dark." All abniit are hi ap- ol meat, some raw. som HSbJ cooked, reaching from tho tables almost to thn H celling. As boes and bales ure Piled iu 1 H w irolinuse. so at 11 rounds of neef und hams 1.1 d b-BjbJ shoiihlnrn piled here, uud all kept cleau. SBaJ "How many saloons do you say you supply with meats every day r" the superintend! nt H w.isaskod when the ground floor was re 1 -In 1 ugilli hn who built up thu buslnuss audt-till has ehargnof it Iteforo reply ins Mr. Superintendent opened - his desk anil took therefrom a llttlo hlaukbonit H and al ing blip of paper, as long us your arm. filled with rames and addresses. In tho I . wero moro iiaiuos divided into sections corn- ! sounding with tho quarters of tlm ejt 1. ns Pow n 'lo.vvn." "Eust bide." "West Side.' hH In I own." aHH , ,"W.i had cousi-lnrably over 500." ho replies, iVAffl boforo the holiday season began. Iu the ) holidays, of course, tho number always in- creases, eind I have not had time to count l them. Wo deliver everything with our own wagons, bogliiulng nt, day light and gottug through beforo 111 o'clock. There aro hall a 1 doren of the wagons standing at the door now. If you look at uny one of them you will no " that It Is unclean us a dinnor table. We lay great attention to that lorourout.oMown hM customers wo deliver tho packages to the ov press companies " HBI " Then y nu have out-of-town customers ? ' bbbH A great many of them." he replies: and r opens tlm book at tho proper page, and shows J the uamos of numerous neighboring towns M wliero New iork lunches aro eaten duny. lVnon.Bt!""a V.er0 "range, I'aterson. TeuivS- kil.l.Danbury.Norwulk. and Bridgeport. 1'oanyot the hotels use your lULCbebf" he Isaskotl. "A huge number of them." he replies. "Tl.n H cost Is only a trlllo more than forravvmnit end It save-s them u di-ul ottrnublo-I mean lor - their fron lunc-hes. It is tho same moat that BfAfJ thoy buy ror thoir tables, but they prefer t) cook It themselves for the dining room." .This meat t'Slahllshment was the father d - lliofreodiinch system in New Vnrk. but It fur. H iiishesiiutliiiig but mouth. It furnished lm iilt-a. however, which was taken up by mui 1 others, nnel now tlm sulnnnki oper buys fn ' nnaH other establishments his salads and soups. ) - raw tomatoes. Ids radishes, his bakod bum- J his cheese, whiitnvi-r lie may desire, alrnai y - prepared, Thoro arc several of these luncl 1 furnlehlng linns In tho city, and the saloon - keeper has only to order and pay for his lun h for fifty or Ave bund red. He who would know fAfA what become of. the lunch that la aomettffiu latt over miut ask the uampi. L cB