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\ MADALINE RAV> XOJ4, ADE penniless by the re jf __ i suit of the recent war In O 0 Cuba, did you say?” asked AfA Sidney Mason, of his MOw friend, at Mrs. Grey's ele gant party; looking at the same time at a lady .who had Just entered the room. “Yes; she Is absolutely poor—no for tune whatever, (hough I beU/jVA her nndo withholds the real fads Iwm her, and meets her demands with his own funds. He Is rich, and she an orphan, without any other relation nearer than this unde, her father’s brother. She Is wise and sweet, Sid ney. there Is no denying that, but no catch at all.” And Philip Starr turned again to look at a collection of prints, quite satlsQod that he had done bin duty to Ids old friend. But Sidney Mason was Interested. He could not Ignore (he presence of the beautiful girl, and preferred not to lose sight of her. "I Incline to think,” said he. “that she is an attractive woman, Starr; but do Introduce me; then I will he better able to judge of her attributes.” "Walt a spell, Sid; It will not do lo have the Hon of the evening fall un der Miss Ray's magnetism before he Is Introduced to some other belles.” "Oh. then she Is magnetic? I Imag ined so from her repose of manner and serene expression of countenance. But come, I mast know her.” “Under protest, then," laughingly re plied his friend. “But wait till I ask her permission; she Is arbitrary, and you will find her excessively prudish.” “For which I shall like her all the better,” was Sidney Mason’s reply. “Miss Bay, an old friend of mine, and a stranger In New York society, greatly desires an Introduction. May I present him?'* “If ho Is charitable enough to excuse my shortcomings. I am not very so ciable this evening, and am feeling Just now quite willing to be enter tained If no like recompense Is de maned.” “Then I will present him. lie Is a noble man, and anxious to know you. You will find him agreeable.” “Bring him by all means,” she add ed, and before the sentence was fin ished the young man had touched his friend and spoken the Introductory words that made the two strangers no longer, but friends at once. She was an animated talker, ns well ns a careful listener, and was singu larly gifted with that rarest of all gifts In woman—a cultivated and beauti ful voice. Sidney Mason was too gen uine an admirer of beauty to lose any of Its tone, and he listened to her and observed her as only a man greatly charmed can. When the music began and the danc ers filled the space about them, the two retreated to the library, where, half an hour later, Mr. liny found his niece chatting and laughing ns bo had not heard her often at such entertain ments. “Why, Madeline,” he exclaimed; '‘how lively you are to-night, and boxy glad I am. Will you make mo ac quainted with your companion?” “Mr, Mason, Uncle Hay—Mr. Starr’s friend. 1 know he Is glad you have come to share his exile. I had quite overlooked the fact that the room was deserted: and perhaps Mr. Mason would like to be enjoying the danc ing?” “Mr. Mason Is very happy where he Is, Miss Ray,” said that gentleman, bowing; “and, as for dancing, I gave It up when I ceased to be a youth.” “Well, you two can shako hands there, sir,” said Mr. Kay: “Madallno will not dance at all, unless in some children’s affair at home, where she can outraco and outrun all the young sters.” “Stop, uncle. Mr. Mason has hoard enough of my weaknesses already, lie Is Mr. Starr's friend, and you know Mr. Starr Is not inclined to overestl- 1200, the largest . wale your niece. /t," 1 •" j There was a tone hr ttiurift™ nmi this unlooked for speech, which snr-1 prised both gentlemen. The speaker herself seemed to notice their embar rassment, and quickly added: "Pray, pardon me, both of you; I did not Intend to be personal, but I over heard Mr. Starr apprising a gentleman of my financial prospects to-night, ami said report did you more credit, uncle, than It did my bank account. How ever, we will pass It over since Mr. Starr Is so honest as to be above sus picion In his pursuit of money.” "Someone else’s money, you mean, Madge. But never mind, girls, we will not have Mr. Mason believe us unciv il, and Mr. Starr Is to be pardoned, not condemned, If he has no other appre ciation of you than the amount of your taxable property.” Mr. Mason's face was a study. He had beard bis friend use the same lan guage himself concerning his fair young acquaintance, and he could not justify him. He only felt confused and sadly In want of something to say that would convince her of his own sentiments. But she gave him no time to frame words. Putting out her hand to him In token of good-bye. she ex pressed the hope of a pleasant even ing for him, and taking her uncle’s arm. joined the throng In the hall. Nor did he have an opportunity of again talking with her alone during the even ing. She was surrounded by admirers, and there was no cessation of atten tion toward her until the carriage was ordered and she was saying her odloux. As she gathered her ermine mantle about her shoulders, and left the cloak room, a sigh of weariness escaped him. Looking up. she saw Mr. Mason nt the stairs, waiting, evidently for her. ; “Why was she In such a hurry?” "She was tired and weary,” she said, giving for answer words that would have seemed more appropriate coming from a laborer out In the cold than from a pleasure-goer leaving those heated parlors. But she was truthful ly speaking. She was tired, there was no doubt of that, for weariness was de picted cn her face. It appeared more the result of indifference than physl oal prostration, nor questioner said nothing. “Shall we meet again. Miss Ray?" was the question be put to her. Ife Was tenacious, and no amonnt of crowding in the ban could prevent him from putting bis plea. “Yes, Indeed. Mr. .Mason.” replied the cheery tones of the unde, who had overboard It. “Come and see us, and hero Is my card to direct you. M a (In line Is at home Tuesdays and Thurs days." “Thanks, uncle; but yon will permit me to correct you. I am at borne every day for the next week, at uncle’s, Mr. Mason, and will be glad to sec you. After that I shall bo away a while.” ‘Tray, where, Madeline?” her un cle asked. “On my way to Cuba, undo, to see how far right Mr. Starr was In his statement to night.” Mr. Hay was evidently alarmed and annoyed, and It was a relief to him to hoar that the coachman awaited with out. Four days later Sidney Mason called at Mr. Ray’s residence, and learned, to his great surprise and regret, that Miss Kay had gone South on business. Four years have passed, and down Broadway one bleak, wintry morning a sweet-faced woman passes swiftly, looking intently for an amber she can not discover. Her dress Is simple, but rich, and there Is an air of preoccupa tion about her that cannot be mistak en. She Is a business woman Intent on business, and her absorption In her own thoughts leaves her no time to notice others. Finally she discovers her desired number, and enters a large building. “May I ask If Mr. Hartly—William Hartly—ls not Indebted to this house?” she asks, modestly, yet with an air of confidence that secures her recogni tion promptly. “Yes, madam,” says a clerk to her. “Will you tell me how much?” “Not unless we can bo assured It Is your business to know. Are you any relative?” “No. sir; hut I pray yon toll mo what he owes here. I assure you the Infor mation Is desired from a right mo tive.” “If Mr. Mason consents, madam, X can tell you,” and directing his steps to a high desk on the other side of the building, he addresses a gentleman, who returns with him. “My errand Is perhaps a singular one, sir,” she said to him, “but It Is soon explained. Mr. Hartly once did a loved one a great service. I desire to return the kindness, and learning from an acquaintance, who knows his business affairs, that he Is embar rassed, I determined In my humble Way, to help him. Will you let me?” The sweet fnee acted like a spell on her listener. He stood looking Into her face, and then glancing out of the door, certainly not hesitating, but seemingly perplexed and lost In his own muslngs. “Oh, yea, certainly; excuse me,” he said, with an awkward effort at apol ogy. “I was trying to think. But about Mr. Hartly—do you tell me ho Is embarrassed In financial matters?” "I am not authorized to speak for him, sir. Indeed, It may be verj - wrong for mo to come hero for the purpose I have, but I want to help him. and now Is the time for mo to do so. 1 have not been circumstanced so that I could be fore.” “Then I will reduce his account one half, and give yon a receipt for the en tire amount. Will that be acceptable, madam ?” She looked up Into his face, smiling, and then shook her head. "Can 1 not pay the bill, and have the receipt In full? It will be n nice Thanksgiving present for him." She was persistent, but the gentle man hesitated. He evidently did not want to lake his visitor’s money, yet she was ready to circumvent any ef fort he made to avoid the Issue. for Wll,lnm ■ ■ .j-. . . _— .? Myers, and rc- Hartly's account, aJJjdollnrs." he said oelve from her fortyJfc*lmt not do?” to the clerk. “Now was his Inquiry of his not "Thank you, kind sir, but T wish you to lose by the operation* ?* am ready to pay the bill, which Is, I understand, about double the amount yon name." "I am willing to settle the matter as I have said, and hope Mr. Hartly will appreciate your act.” “Oh, sir, you have given me only half an opportunity to return a noble deed performed by him years ago for one long since dead.” "For whom did he perform It, miss?” “For my mother,” she said, looking nt him through her tears. The clerk Interrupted her to ask her her name. “Will you promise me,” said she, turning again to the bend of the bouse, “that he shall not know It?” "I do.” was his answer. “Madeline Bay Is my name.” "And now I know you,' Miss Bay—l am sure you are the same. I knew your voice and face from the first. Have you forgotten an acquaintance of one evening, and that four years ago—Sidney Mason, whom you met nt Mrs. Grey’s with Thlllp Starr?” "No. Indeed. Mr. Mason, I have not forgotten you.” And right gladly she extended her hand to him again. “When you put out your hand to mo just now It recalled a memory that was always very pleasant to me; but I could not make up my mind that It was the same hand.” "I am vastly changed since then, and no one would remember me who had not seen me In so long, particu larly a stranger.” Sidney Mason bit his Up. but did not tell her that he was not so much a stranger to her character that he had not loved her after that one meeting all these years, "I must be oft now, Mr. Ms son.” she said, after chatting with him further: “but I trust I shall see you a coin some time. lam very grateful to you for your kindness.” “.May I go this very day to see you?” be asked, locking into hcv face ear- Dttdji "dfk!!l you do trfoa did bo fore, ul Ml away for*another law yeat*r i ■ “Oh, no; I lave nothlagjfp hlenvilb latter cowhand, indeed, 1 hive noi Ibcen conc'fbnr years. I bavfpassed this d*pr almost every day lor the pap two years.” "What doing?" “Working, Mr. Mason—earning try own living and that of Uncle Ray’i lame daughter. Uncle died that snm< winter that I met yon, and Margaret bis only child, was left alone In the world, llcr property was all invested in the bank that failed near you here, two years ago, and since then she hat let me care for her.” "And yon are doing what?" “Editing a juvenile magazine, and making a living.” Sidney Mason was always persistent where his heart was enlisted. Ue walked quite to the door of his office with her, then back in a kind of ec static dream. She was found again at last—his Ideal woman, whom he had treasured in his heart as a bcautl. ful memory. Now she was alone In tho world, poor, and, best of all, heart whole. But did he know that she was? No, but be was sure, and that very evening, he would know. "I met Philip Starr after I saw you to-day. Miss Madallne, and I told him I had seen you.” said Sidney Mason, when he called that evening. Madallne langhed to thflik how near she bad been during these years to Mr. Starr, and yet had almost forgot ten bis very existence. “Whnt bad he to say of her financial condition, Mr. Mason?” “Do not bo cruel to him now; he has boon terribly punished. Ho married poor little Ella Itushton—you remem ber her, I am sura—and before they returned from their bridal tour her father was bankrupt. Starr had worked so hard to marry an heiress that the disappointment utterly crazed him for a while, but now he Is In busi ness and working like a man. Hla wife Is a hopeless Invalid, and, I fear, an unhappy woman." “I owe Mr. Starr the first hint that I had of my own poverty,” she said, "and perhaps I ought to forgive him the pain he caused uncle that night, for I, not knowing the true state of affairs, was only piqued that ho con sidered my fortune a trifle, and myself of no worth In consequence; whereas, in truth, ho was right, and uncle was trying to keep the fact from me. When I went homo that night I made him toll mo nil, and then I went Immedi ately to Havana, where my parents had Invested largely, and where I thought I owned a great deal of prop law suits, and lost time, together with the terrible depreciation of all kinds of properly, I found myself indeed a bi'ggar. Uncle died while I was away, and now Maggie and I are all ulouo In the world.” ♦> “And may I tell you that I, too, am alone In the world, and dreadfully in need of affection and companionship. Miss Kay, Madallne, will you be my wife?” “It Is a solemn question," 'she said, softly. “I cannot answer It for a long time yet, Mr. Mason. Your sympathy is aroused, and your kind heart prompts you to try to brighten my way. Is it not so?” ”1 have loved you four years, child. Must I have no word of encourage ment ever?” lie was agitated and suffering, and she tried to spare him pain aud wait until he was more composed before trusting to further conversation on the subject. hat did Mr. Hartly say when yon sent his bill receipted?” she asked, evasively. “That It was very unbusinesslike and strange, and he requested an ex planation and the name of the person who had canceled his debt,” “What did you say to this?” “Nothing thou. I waited, hoping I could tell him ” He stopped short and looked down into her face, waiting for a sign or a glance that he could Interpret. But tho bright eyes avoided his, and the smile about bis mouth faded Into a sad look ns she made him no reply. “What shall I tell him, Madallne?” “I do not know.” she said, confused ly. hearing him call her so. “I do,” was his firm reply, bending down to meet her gaze. “If you will let me, I will tell him next month that Madnllne Mason enn give hi" information.” the “Will the recelgj, then?” sho Ji'tnt* “" ld Rood as *t Is, up nU*'“,r. JKcd, roguishly, looking a| frflim. •“Indeed, indeed, it will, and be more satisfactory to me.” He took the proffered band, but laughingly claimed more, and folding her to his heart, kissed her blushing face with loving tenderness.—New York Weekly. The Mngnetlc North. The belief in the constancy of the magnetic compass to the North Pole l(ms not the least foundation in fact. At every different place on the globe It points in a different direction, and only one of two of them are due north. Besides, it is always changing. In London, for instance, it points to a place about seventeen degrees west of north. Seventy-six years ago it was still fur- Iher away, being then twenty-four and one-quarter degrees, or a quarter of the way around to the west In the year 1580 It pointed cloven degrees east. Then it began to move north till 1059. when it pointed duo north. But it remained thus only tor a mo ment, passing around to its greatest deflection in 160 years. Again it turned In 1820 and is still moving nearer the north. It will not reach that point for nearly n century and a half, and so it will go backward and forward forever. An Odd Compliment. Quo would hardly go to a peniten tiary to look for deep interest in col lege football: but Mr. Yost, the coach of the University of Michigan eleven, has received from 706 convicts in Jack son a cane with the following inscripr lion: “To the greatest football coach on earth, from the inmates of the Mich igan State Prison. Jackson. We doubt if Mr. Y6st over &t a more pathetic cofnpllm., j Ajjun The indLi- who can fosplrfi ** . With so keen an interest 'wSfl£ doing something more IbS o eleven young men to pile . ** a oluutfcVDetroit Free I'itft, &TY 80 &IRQE THAT NO ONE hEALLY KNOWS THE TOWN. Valu $4,875.000,000—600,000 Entitled to Vote Out of a Popula tion of 6,581,000 Birth Rate Declin ing, alao Marriages. A correspondent writes as follows from London: The statement has been made that there Is not a soul In any line of busi ness in London that can tell com pletely about hfs one level of Interest. London Is too large to know all Its Ins and outs. The greater city Is one of tremendous, appalling figures. No bank messenger knows all the banka. No cabman knows all the theaters and places of entertainment. No policeman knows all the police, the county, and the coroners’ courts. No news agent knows all the publica tions. No fiddler knows all the bands. No gourmet knows all the restaurants. No postman knows all the postofflr.es. There is too much London to be learned In an ordinary lifetime. Re porters who have been visiting every corner of the metropolis for years find It necessary to look up their directions on the map, and even then the odds are that they will be In doubt as to the best means of gettlnl; there. Conceive the bewildermnt of a dis trict messenger boy if you asked him to take you for a stroll through the parishes of St. Andrew Hubbard, St. Bene’t Fink, St. Cbristopher-le-Stocks, St. Faith under St. Paul’s, St. Katharine Cree, St. Margaret Pattens. St. Martin Orgar. St. Margaret Moses. St. Mlchael-le-Querne, St. Peter-Io Poor, St. Vcdast Foster-lane, St. Mar lin Pomeroy, St. Andrew UnJershaft, St, Magnus the martyr and St, An tholln Cordwalncr. Nor can men of affairs who sit on the faudou county council and write books on the government of the met ropolis claim that their knowledge Is In any degree exhaustive. If they know the powers and tho limits of control of the borough council, the odds ar that they arc ignorant of tho liberties of the freemen of the city. Those thoughts are suggested by another glanco at tho ponderous vol ume of London statistics just Issued by tho county council. Turn where he will through the 900 pages of the hook, the student of af fairs is bound to discover some fact of which ho was Ignorant before. It may he heavy and Important, It may ho suggestive, It may be merely curi ous, but whatever else it Is It is new. The immigration to London Is tho first Item which calls for attention. The metropolis Increases Its popula tion exclusive of births at tho rate of about 22,000 per annum. Tho total population of I/ondon was Increased by not Immigration from tho country and abroad by 162,899 persons In 1881- 1891 and 217,942 persons In 1891-1901. Of these over 20 percent arc foreign horn. Tho metropolis now contains a foreign born population of over 135,- 000 aliens. Tho total population of central Lon don In 1901 numbered 4,536,541. Of these there were 2,894,456 females, as against 2,142,0*6 moles. Thus' far fe males in the metropolis exceeded the males by 253,371, there being 1,118 females to every 1000 males, as against 1116 for every 1000 at the cen sus of 1891. The total population of "Greater l-ondon,” which includes tho areas of the City and Metropolitan police and "every parish of which the whole Is within 15 miles of Charing Cross or of which part Is within 12 miles of Char ing Cross," amounts to 6,581,402. Children born In the metropolis during 1901 number 131,278 which works out at 29 per 1000 of the popu lation. The deaths numbered 79,924, or about 17 per 1000. It will thus be seen by on easy calculation not to be found in these statistics that, roughly, every 40 seconds marks a birth In the metropolis and that every minute and a quarter marks the death of some one In the same area. The birth rate for 1901 is the lowest on re" ‘ ' marriages for 1901 Tho Those who aror tln, ° dined may j* ■•'"'matrimonially In in some vague Interest do-. , p‘act that the population of Lon *Zu Includes 1,292.594 unmarried males (as against 777,363 who are married) and 72,128 widowed. Of the women 1,403,842 were unmarried, as against 793,097 married. There were 197.517 widows In 1901. The proper housing of tho poorer classes Is so excellent nn objective that one regrets to find It so expen sive. Throughout Its term of exist ence the county council has spent or arranged to spend, no less than 821,- 630,000 In housing 89,000 persons. The statistics for 1901 show an In crease In tenement life. The Increase Is from 941,066 to 1,019,546 or on in crease of about 8 percent More than two In one room Is the official definition of overcrowding. Since the previous census (1891) there has been a decrease In the number of persons living more than two In one room of over 100,000. In 1891 over crowding applied to 19.7 and In 1901 to 16.00 percent of the population. The deaths from street accidents In 1901 were 302. This Is a lower figure than for any of tho preceding four years. Of the whole of- the people of Lon don over 65 years of age, 21 percent receive poor relief and that high fig ure does not Include the vagrants or the insane. In the whole of England the percentage It only 18. The total expenditure on the police force amounted to 111,187,225 for the metropolitan area. The cost of the police per inhabitant Is 11.16 per an num. and is higher than that of any of the big cities. There are 16,847 pol icemen and they cost on an average $489. The crime tables are remarkable for the number of wrongdoers who escape detection. The police knew of 18,732 Indictable offences; they made 13,839 arrests, and the convictions number only 9598. For 37 murders there were only 12 arrests and nine convictions; for housebreakers. 2282 offices gnd , only, 388 arrests. The larceny figures reached the heavy to tal of 12,366. Of the 90 habitual drunkards convicted. 89 were women. In Idoc the prosecutions for drmk " 1 1 .." j ■-" ennsas hm r vVri-'i'lf?* 11 ™ frod 8,3 per. 1000 to 7.9. 'i On <he manways of I/fhdbn in tha year 1901-02, 337,431,751 persons were carried, and op the omnibuses of the two principal companies 279 ( 46.667 qyio tram cars ran nearly 35 mlllloi miles. The number of single journey* made with workmen s tickets was 7f millions There are 69 theatres, 42 music balls, 24 public houses, and 20 restau rants licensed for public entertain ment The total number of such places is 350, and they will hold 280,- 000 pe? ions. The i aunty council debt In 1902 was 8135.00 ),COO. The total loan Indebted ness of the parishes In the city of IxmJon works out at 199 percent ol the ratable value. In the statistics for tho Port of Lon don It is shown that the tonnage en tering Increased by 17 percent (from 13.141.000 tons to 15.388,000 tons) be tween 1890 and 1899. There are In the county of London 608,735 men entitled to vote. The whole of London property was Insured against fire to the total value of |4,. 876,071,425. COATS FROM OLD HAT3. New York Firms That Buy Dilapidated Headgear to Make Shoddy. In Hudson street, not far from the old New York Central's first freight station, with Commodore Vander bilt's statue In front of It. Is a firm that gathers in all the old hats It can get from all parts of the United States. In the lofts are thousands upon thousands of old hats of every size, shape, and description; hats that have been worn by men. women, and children In every part of this country. San Francisco, New Orleans, Chicago, St. Louis, and other western cities send more old hats to New York than fact, the old hats collected In New are collected In the city Itself. In York cut slight figure In the market. The trade In old hats Is most pecu liar. It actually has a quotation In the wool market, usually two cents a pound. But New York purchasers pay much more than that when the supply runs short, and also when some man out west offers a few tons of damaged hats that have come to grief In a Arc. The collectors in the west do not stop to sort or strip the Old hats of their frames or linings. The New York firms must buy old hats as they are, and have the trimming done after the purchase has been taken off the scales. The old hats are put Into steam presses of tremendous power, and packed Into bales of 300 pounds each, and from that up to 800 or even to 1000 pounds. It Is too expensive to ship them by rail. There fa no hurry, so the cheapest route Is the best. West of Mississippi they arc sent by river to New Orleans, and from there up by coast steamers or sailing vessels. East of the Mississippi the great lakes and the Hudson river are called Into service. But go as they will, the ship per from San Francisco counts on two cents a pound to get his goods to New York, and the Chicago shipper counts on one cent a pound. There is no market for old hats out west, comparatively speaking, because there are so few shoddy mills there. The easterners have a monopoly of the old-hat business. When the hats reach New York the balea are cut, and a gang of women put at work sorting out the different eorts of material and casting aside the frames. What is left of the old bats Is again put Into a press, and packed In bales of 500 or 600 pounds, much tighter, and In a far superior fashion than the bales received from the west. When the bales from far-off cities reach New York they are bound with cord so loosely that one might cut them assunder with a pocket knife. When sent away from New York to the shoddy mills, paper mills, or wherever else a market can be found, they arc hound with wire as thick as telegraph wire, and so tlghfi- * ; that ' *•' iaß,e “ e ’ J la i “Toon one of them parts It Is with a spring and snap like a broken violin string. There are only three firms engaged in the business in this city, and they are very reticent about their affairs. The fact that the one near the old freight station has been there ever since that structure was built is suf ficient evidence of the fact that there Is money In the trade. The old hat buyers won’t tell where they sell their wares, but one of them admitted that any number of New Yorkers wearing cheap suits are likely ae not carrying around small fragments of old bats raked In from all parts of Uncle Sam’s wide domains —New York Times. Wanted Tact. He eaw a cute little puree for car fare and bought it for his wife. “Guess what it is made of,” said he as he presented it. She took the little purse and sal<] sho could never guess, but wasn't it sweet, and dear, and so thoughtful of him to buy it. Sho thought it might bo velvet, it was so soft and lovely. “I knew you couldn’t guess,” he said trimphantly; "it's mouse akin.” When he had disentangled himself from the wreckage of the room ho put that purse back in his pocket a wiser and a madder man.—Chicago Record- Herald. Battery Cart Abandoned. About once a year anew Held ol exploitation is found for the storage battery car, and about as often the system Is abandoned. The most re cent instance of this is the cross-town storage battery line on Thirty-fourth street, New York, which cars are to be abandoned in favor of the under ground trolley. Japanese Tobacco. Tobacco is both cultivated and con sumed on a large scale In Japan. The plant was Introduced by the Portu guese in the 17th century, and the trado in it is a government monopoly Tobacco is almost universally used in a small pipe. While cigarettes are manufactured in large quantities they are nearly all exported. A' woman finds it bard to under stand why a man friend is certalr that any thing said by another of he? men friends is not original. -v Vi /fffff 1 w \ . Primitive Implemeot Qcca sionally Seen In New Mexico. It is a far ory from an up-to-date steel sulky plow to the antiquated wooden object pictured lu the accom panying drawing; yet, strange to say, In this twentieth century of grace the latter represents an Implement which may still be met with occasionally in Pv ff¥¥pBIMITIVe WOODEN PLOUGH |{¥|? HI || 3Titt ustn m NEW MEXICO. U||{| the remote parts of the Southwestern United Stales. Bade ns It Is, however, and quite in adequate to the requirements of the best farming, a wooden plow of this type is not without its interesting fea tures, one of which Is the extreme slrn ■ity of its structure combined with great strength. Three pieces of tim ber suffice for Its construction. Thus the handle and the share are In one. being fashioned from n tree trunk and one attached branch. In the obtuse angle of the Juncture of this trunk and limb a hole 1s dug and Into this Is mortised the long shank piece, which serves the purpose of beam and of tongue to fasten the ox yoke to. A smaller slick skewered through share and beam and holding these together completes the work. CHAIN OF WIRELESS STATIONS. Several of Them Are Now in Commercial Operation. A test was made on Lake Michigan recently of the proposition to maintain connection with the steamers of the great lakes from stations along the shore. The experiment was made at WIBBLESS STATION NEAR CLEVELAND. Chicago. The land tower was erected on one of the tall buildings of the city and communication was successfully maintained with the steamer City of Milwaukee until she was twenty ml.es away, after which the vibrations be came quite weak. While this was con sldered satisfactory, some Improve, ments have been made by which this range has been greatly Increased. It Is proposed to establish a complete chain f stations along the great lakes; which work Is now being done by one of the most energetic of the wireless companies. That at Cleveland has Just been completed, and Is shown in the accompanying cut from the Western Electrician. It Is situated not directly at Cleveland, but at Irvington, located ten miles east of the city on a bluff thirty feet above the water. Two large masts have been erected 100 feet apart "ud at right aiigics to the shore of the lake. Suspended be tween the lops of these masts Is a large copper wire, hanging from which are about twenty smaller wires, which form the screen or antenna, which la used in sending and receiving mes saged. The wires of this aerccn con verge to a point before- entering tho station house, which Is a small cottage NEW BRITISH AMBASSADOR. 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Those boats will (n In touch with the shore at all timea, and will he the first to ho equipped on Lake Erie. The first message from Cleveland to Buffalo was sent on August (!. the dis tance being 180 miles, partly overland, The company engaged lu establish ing these stations now have in com mercial operation, It is said, stations it Hamilton, Toronto, Cleveland and Bat. falo, and to complete this chain It li proposed to establish stations at Port Huron, the Soo. Mackinac, Duluth, Mil waukec. tirand Island and Muskegon, THE PHARAOHS OF EXODUS. A Remarkable Statue of Especial I nltr ert to Bible Students. An Egyptian statue wnich lias hem | stored away In an obscure corner o( the British Museum has Just licet identified as an authentic effigy ol - STATUE OF BAMESEB 11. Baineses 11., whom the Bible nH| Pharaoh, the Egyptian tyrant who prfl scented the children of Israel. For some time Egyptian atudei® have identified Baineses 11. ns t® Bible Pharaoh of the oppression ai§| Berneses HI. as the Pharaoh of exodus. The mummy of Hamcseta | was discovered at Delr-el-BuhaW 1881, and that of his successoi Lr 9 years later. Only sixteen to 100 victims Bright's disease are under forty-1® years of age. A free Pasteur institute Is to he ® tahllshcd lu New Orleans In com® tlon with tbo charity hospital. since 1900. H- Dutch(bniUrt | * suited in Wauiuwus,m . for the mtinc