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WAR DURING A WEEK SCREEN IS DRAWN OVER MILI TARY OPERATIONS. •Dispatchcs of I'ust Week Show Mo New I-iRltt on the Conilict in tile Far Knst —Remnants of Kussia'o Routed Arinj is in I''iiII Helreat. Tho week, which opened with the Russian army in full retreat from Mukden, closed with its fate in doubt. Ivuropatkin's divisions that had es caped death or capture arrived at Tie ling, where reserve supplies and a for tilled position awaited them. Then the Russian army was driven cut of Tie ling. The remaining stores were burn ed, many guns abandoned, and the re treat resumed. St. Petersburg, naturally, was ailed •with alarming rumors. It was report ed that the railroad had been cut at Changtufu, -10 miles north of Tiding that there wore strong Japanese col umns east and west of the railroad even farther to the north: that'the Russian forces had been driven into the hills east of the railroad and were trying to reach Kirin or Yiadivostoeki that they were without food, ammuni tion. and artillery. There were no dispatches, official or otherwise, to con linn or deny these sensational reports. The week's dispatches added a few •details to the sum of Russia's disaster at Mukden. The war office at Tokio estimated the Russian force engaged in the battle of Mukden at 370 battalions of infantry, 178 squadrons of cavalry, 371 batteries of artillery, or a total of 827.5(10 men and 1,308 guns. Field Marshal Oyama reported the capture of 40,000 prisoners. His ar mies counted 20,500 dead. He esti mated the Russian wounded at 04,500. This total of 130,000 casualties reduced the effective Russian force to 197,500 men—all that got safely through to Tiding. St. Petersburg reports cred ited Linevitch—who succeeded Ivuro patkin—with 208,000 men, the figures being achieved by including the rail way guards and the Fourth army corps, which had just arrived at Har bin. This force of 208,000 men, badly equipped, short of supplies, was re treat ins before a force of perhaps fully •double its strength. At a council of war held at Tsarskoe Solo it was resolved to send a new army of 400,000 men to the far East to continue the war. General Kuro patkin was recalled, practically in dis grace, and General Linevitch placed in command. The war party appar ently is still iu power at St. Peters burg. There are disturbing indications thai Russia's credit is reaching a limit. The Tcfusal of the French syndicate to con tract for a fresh loan of $125,000,000 lias caused uneasiness in St. Peters burg. At Paris it is stated vaguely that the loan has only been postponed. In St. Petersburg it is insisted the loan •will be mnde within ten days. The proposal of the Russian Minister of Fi nance that the banks of St. Petersburg float an internal loan of $100,000,000 has not been well received. Still, it •would be foolish to assume that Rus sia has reached the limit of her re sources. The fact that her gold re serve still stands at .5074,500.000 proves that the Czar's empire is not pennl* 'ess. s? Czar's Minister for Peace. While Emperor Nicholas, whose Word is final, still declines to abandon the prosecution of the war and the government maintains its ability to continue the conflict, The Assoclatc.3 Press states that powerful influences, including several of the emperor's own ministers, are now strongly urging that the time has come to indicate to Japan Russia's desire for peace upon a rea sonable basis. Should Japan then attempt to impose too onerous conditions, these influ ences argue that, in view of the uni versal wish to see the bloody conflict ended. Russia's position will be strengthened abroad by the alienation of sympathy from Japan, and the sit uation at home improved when the nation is made to understand that the emperor's pacific proposals have been met with impossible terms. s-s One of the emperor's ministers in a conversation with The Associated Press correspondent said: "We have suffered bitter defeat on land and sea. We can, however, still continue the war. But both countries have suffered great losses In blood «nd treasure, and it would only profit the rivals of both were we to light on until one or the other is exhausted." "What would be Russia's attitude on the subject of indemnity?" "Russia never yet has paid indemn ity and history practically affords no precedent for indemnity when terri tory is not occupied to insure payment nnd Japan holds not a foot of Russian territory. Japan could, however, take the proceeds of the sale of property and rights of the Chinese Eastern rail way. which was built with Russian money.'' Sparks from MISSOURI'S NEW SENATOR. Major Wm. Warner, Who Was Chosen 'Mid a Riotous Scene. Major William Warner of Kansas City ivas chosen United States Seuator to suc ceed Francis Marion Coekrell after one of the most stormy scenes ever witness ed in the General Assembly of Missouri. After having boon in a deadlock since Jan. 18 the Legislature at 15 minutes before sine die adjournment elected Major Warner to 'ill the contested vacan cy. Seven ballots in joint, session wera MAJOIS Wir.I.IAM WAKNEIt. taken in effecting a decisinn. and the clos ing scenes of the Legislature have not been paralleled iu the history of Missouri politics. The time for sine die ndjnornment had leen set for 3 o'clock by concurrent res olution, and as the hour approached the clock was smashed in the melee. Amid an uproar that almost ha (lied control at times the seventh ballot of the day was cast, resulting in the election of War ner. The vote stood: Warner 91, Cock rell 83. Xiedringhaus 1. The total vote was 175, making 88 necessary to a choice. FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. Great Progress Made on Inter-Conti nental Through Railway. Slowly but surely for a long time the iron bands that will make possible a journey by rail from Manitoba to Buenos Ayres are being lengthened out. Reports made at a recent meeting of the Pan American Railway committee, held in Washington, D. C., show that in the past year there has been unusual activity in railway construction in the Latin-Amer ican countries, particularly in the way of additional links in the inter-continental trunk line. An official statement from the Mexi can government announces that the line from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec to the border of Guatemala frontier is duly proceeding. In Central America several inter oceanic lines are being completed so as to form through connection. The ex tension of the Argentina railway north into Bolivia is going forward. The Bo livian congress lias dedicated the $10, 000,000 received from Brazil as terri torial indemnity to railway construction. It is probable that these lines will be built by American capitalists, and Unit ed States engineers are now on the ground. In Chili the tunnel through the Andes, which will provide through rail way communication from Buenos Ayres to Valparaiso, is under construction and the material goes from the United States. Peru is following the law of the Pe ruvian congress last year, providing a railway guaranty fund. The govern ment has completed surveys for the lines, which will close several of the links be tween Lake Titcaca nnd the existing sys tems. In Ecuador work on the railway from Guayaquil to Quito is proceeding. ONE" EFFECT OF THE WAR. Many Cargoes Leaving Western Ports for Japan. One effect of tho war in the Far East is to greatly stimulate exports from the northwestern ports of the United States to Japan. The Mikado's success in forc ing the Russian bear to take to the tall timber has led to the liberal purchase of supplies, not alone of necessities, but of construction material as well, the whole making many shiploads. In consequence large numbers of ex tra steamers are being chartered to rush across the Pacific supplies of many kinds. The big steamship Minnesota, four Jap anese liners and the big freighters of tho Boston Steamship Company running from Tacoma are insufficient to carry to Japan the immense shipments of barley, flour, meat products and other supplies now piling up at Puget Sound ports. One firm has cliartered four large steamships to load at Tacoma during the nest thirty days. At least six heavy cargoes for Japan will leave Tacoma this month, and as many more next. Their cargoes will include railroad supplies and equipment for a road that is being built across Korea. The steamships Shawmut and Tremont have already sailed, with an aggregate of 29,000 tons, chiefly for Japan. CANADA'S PERIL. To Be the Wire*. Pittsburg postal authorities will try to trace a box of poisoned bonbons sent to the wife of an attorney in that city. The woman's name is kept secret The total loss of life in the anthracite coal mines of Lackawanna county, Pa.t in 1904 was 137, against 121 in 1903, when the output was much larger. Judge Albertson of Seattle decided that no man should be mulcted in dam ages who breaks a promise to marry a woman he afterward finds la afflicted with tuberculosa Invaded by 200,000 Russian Stundiat Immigrants. Canada is to be invaded by a peaceful army of Russian Stundist immigrants, according to a report which says that 200,000 of these people are preparing to emigrate this year and settle in tho Ca nadian Northwest. There are leaders of public opinion in the Dominion who, having the experience of tho United States before them, regard with serious misgivings the steady an nual increase of the foreign element in th population of Canada. But the pres ent prospect of hundreds of thousands of European immigrants swarming like lo custs over the choice western lands is now giving Canadians something to think about in pursuing the policy of populat ing the Dominion. During the early part of the winter the arrivals of ^.ussian Jews in unusually large numbers gave the Canadian author ities very serious trouble. The invasion, therefore, by this new immigrant army of 200,000 persons can only inspire offi cials and others with feelings of appre hension, if not dismay. Lawyer Hhoots Himself. Charles Erd of St. Louis, a lawyer, 35 years old, wae found hi his apartments at the Hotel Imperial in New York suf fering from a self-inflicted ballet wound la the lift temple. Mr. Brd declared that he had not attempted to kill himself. Finding it Impossible to secure the early ratification of the Santo Domin go treaty, President Roosevelt consent ed to lot file matter drop for the time being. The treaty will be up for con sideration at the special session of Congress next fall, when another ef fort will be made to secure its ratifi cation. Meantime, as a result of the inability or unwillingness of the Sena tors to adopt any rational and intelli gent policy, the whole case of the na tion's relations with Santo Domingo remains iu a hopeless tangle. In ac cordance with the award made by a court of arbitration last year the Uni ted States will continue to collect tlia revenues of tho Dominical government in liquidation of the claims of an American company, but its status there will be vague and uncertain and it wall be powerless to do anything to ward satisfying the claims of Santo Domingo's Kuropean creditors. In de clining to permit the President to form treaty relations with tho Dominican government and take full charge of its custom houses without first securing tho assent of the Senate, the opinion seems to prevail that the members of that body acted well within their pre rogatives. However, they have failed to substitute any rational plans or out line any intelligent course of action in the premises. The Senators simply have tied tho President's hands and left him to muddle through the situa tion as best he can. The Census Bureau has issued a re port on the condition of irrigation in the United States, showing 33,415 sys tems, with 59,311 miles of main canals and ditches, were irrigating 9,487,077 acres on 134,030 farms. The amount expended in constructing all these sys tems was $93,320,452. The average construction cost per acre in the arid region was $9.14 and average per irri gation system $2,710. The great ob stable of development of irrigation in Texas and New Mexico is the present treaty between Mexico and this coun try, which prohibits impounding ol waters of the Rio Grande. The use of the telephone In this country is Increasing at a marvelous ly rapid rate. In 1900 there were less than 1,000,000 telephone subscribers in the United States now there are 3,000,000 or more. To provide for this growth requires the expenditure ol many millions of dollars each year. In the past twelve months tho big com panies have spent over $35,000,000 in extending their service, a largo share of this enormous total going to carry the telephone lines to small towns and through rural districts. One Sunday recently President Roosevelt stood in the pulpit of Washington church and made an in spiring address. On the following Sun day ex-President Cleveland was the chief speaker at a great meeting ol the Young Men's Christian Association in Philadelphia. "Good preachers, good preaching," is the comment of a religious paper, nnd it is gratifying to relleet that these, our most honored citizens, can with propriety, because wilii sincerity, direct our thoughts to the higher life. The final steps in the recession to the federal government of the Yosemite valley and the Mariposa big trees, so far as California is concerned, were taken the other day by Governor Tar dee when ho signed the bill providing for the regrant. Specially prepared pens were made from quills taken from the eagle mounted in the Assembly chamber. At the conclusion of the cer emony only one of the pens was re tained by the Governor, and the other was presented to Senator Belshaw, au thor of the recession bill. Secretary Wilson sets forth In his annual report that the total value of American farm products for 1904 ex ceeds $4,900,000,000, and calls attention to the fact that the value of our farm produce during the past two years ex ceeded in value the output of all the gold mines of the entire world, since the discovery of America. The farmer is unquestionably the lord of creation. He is the man to whom Wall street and La Salle street have to doff their hats. There was a sharp contest In the House over the item of the naval ap propriation bill which authorizes the building of two battleships. An amend ment to authorize only one failed by a vote of 121 to 144. The Senate passed the bill In the form in which It came from the House. Dr. Wiley's "poison squad" is to be placed on a diet of rich and luscious coal tar dyes. Thus the members of the squad will be rewarded for restrict ing themselves so long to boraclc acid and other ascetic foods. In reviewing the measures, seem ingly desirable, which Congress failed to pass, It is always a comfort to re member that the enactment of an un wise law is a mistake that It takes a long while to correct from the nature of our government machinery, some measures—practically speaking—can not be repealed. It is hard, for ex ample, to take away a privilege once granted, to abolish a position once cre sted, and to cloae a public Institution onoe started. OUR AULD SCOT8 8ANQ3. Oh, weel I lo'e our auld Scots Bangs, The mournfu' and the gay They charm'd me by a mitlier's knee, In bairuhood's happy day And even yet, tho' owre my pow Tho siuws of aire are llung, The bluid loups joyi'u' in my veins Whene'er hoar tliem suii£. They bring the fond smile to the check, Or tear-drap to the e'e They bring to iniiul aul-.l cronies kind Wha suns theiu aft. wi' glee. We seem again to hear the voieo Of mony a lang Wt frlou": We seem again to grip the hand That lang in dust h.is luen. §S|| And, oh how true our auld Scots sangs When nature tiiey portray We think we hear the wee bit learn Gauii bickering doun the brae. We see the spot, tho' far awa, Where lirst life's breath we drc.v. And a' the gowden scenes of youih Seem rising to the view. And dear I Jo'e the wild war strains Our langsyne minstrels snag— They rouse wi' patriotic liivs The hearts of auid and young: And even the dowie dir. that wails Some brave but ruin'd band, Inspires us wi' a wanner love For hanie and fatherland. flfiSlStS Yes, lease me on our auld Scots sangs— The sangs of love and glee: The sangs that tell »f gh.rious deeds That made auld Scotland free. What though they sprung 1'i-ae simple bards Who ken nae rules of art, They ever, ever yield a charm That linj :ers round the heart. —Archibald Mackay. I Learning His Value (*4^S,'$33XSX§K$£XSSX5XSXJ^$S»SxSx3*$xS3i R. MARCUS WILKINSON sat alone in his ollicc, with a dainty little perfumed note be tween his lingers, and a puzzled frown upon his brow. The note, directed in a graceful and feminine hand, was brief: "Dear Guardian: I will be at the office at 10 in the morning, to consult you upon a matter of importance. "MILLIE." "A matter of importance," muttered Mr. Wilkinson, twisting the note ner vously. "Can my fears bo true? Has Cyril Ormsby proio.sed to my pearl I am afraid he has! And what can I say? What can I urge against the man, If Millie's own instincts have played her false? Ten o'clock!" The last silvery stroke of the man tel clock had not died away when the door of the office was opened by a clerk and Millie Bently entered the room. Just a few words to describe the ward of whom Marcus Wilkinson al ways thought as a pearl, a lily, every thing pure and fair. She was of me dium height, slender and graceful, with a thoughtful face of exquisite beauty. Very young, only 18, Millie Bently had borne early the sorrows of life, Iler father, having been wealthy, had failed in business, and committed sui cide. Iler mother, delicate and help less, had fought poverty feebly for two years, and sinking under privation and toil, had contracted a fatal disease. When all hope of life was over, the news came that Millie's uncle, dying abroad, had left a large fortune to his only sister. A will was made by the dying woman, leaving lier own too lately won independence to Millie, and appointing Marcus Wilkinson guardian to the heiress. Sorrowing and womanly, beyond her years, Millie had turned her own grief to a noble endeavor to solace some of the trials of*those with whom her own poverty had made her familiar. A cou sin had come at Mr. Wilkinson's re quest to make a home for his ward, and she resumed many long-interrupt ed studies. But a large portion of her time was spent in the humble homes of those who had been her mother's friends in the dark days of her widow hood and her gentle charities soon ex tended far beyond this small circle. She had been an orphan two years on the day when she came to seek Mr. Wilkinson, as already described, and the sorrows of her life had lost some tf their bitter sting, leaving only a gen tle sadness behind. "Well, Millie," the old gentleman said, "what brings to me the pleasure of seeing you to-day?" "It Is about myself," Millie said, the softest rose-tints flushing her cheeks. "Dear me! I didn't think you ever took such an insignificant person into consideration at all." "Now, Uncle Marc, please don't tease." "She wants something enormous," tald,the old gentleman, addressing the walls. "Whenever I am Uncle Marc, I know what to expect next." But just then the kindly man detect ed signs of trouble in Millie's face and the jesting voice was turned at once to one of tender gravity. "What is it. my child?" "Cyril Ormsby came to me last even ing, and he will come here to-day but I wanted to see you first. Ho wants me to be his wife. Uncle Marc, and"— she hesitated here—"you do not like him!" "Who told you that?" i-? "No one but I see it for myself." "Well, you are right. I do not like him. Bat my like or dislike has no control over you." "No control!" Millie's voice was pit eous. "Please don't talk go. I come to.yon aa I would have gone to my father." "There, dear. I was wfong. Tell ma, then, as you would have told your father, do you love Mr. Ormsby?" "I think he is the noblest man I ever knew. If you couldi see him with some of my poor people, how gentle and courteous lie is. you would like him, too. Ho has given me so much sympa thy in my work. Uncle Marc, feeling, as I do, that the possession of great wealth is but a stewardship." "And so won your love?" "My respect" ar* admiration, uncle. I cannot yet realize that a man so noble and so good can really desire my companionship and help in his life. Rut. since he does, I am glad and proud to have won his confidence." "lii-m—yes! Enthusiastic, but heart whole!" was Mr. Wilkinson's mental comment. "Suppose you and go for a walk," he_ added ahmd. "A walk':" .Millie said, in a tone of surprise. "Yes. I have a friend or two I should like t.i have you see. When we come back 1 will tell you why 1 dislike Cyril Ormsby, if," he added mentally, "you have not already found out." ii was not exactly such a walk as one would have mapped out for a gen tleman's invi'..itiin to a young, beauti Inl girl: :i" Millie followed its course, bailing tip'in her guardian's arm, won dering a little but never hesitating, past the respectable portion of the city, to a |u:irter known as tlie "Fac tory Row," a place whrre Mr. Wilkin son had never before allowed his ward to go.'.' For there were apt to be fevers and contagious diseases lurking there. It lay low, and was unhealthy, and tho houses were of the meanest descrip tion. "For a noble philanthropist, partly owning these factories and this quar ter, Mr. Ormsby seems neglectful," said Mr. Wilkinson, dryly. "1 have an interest in the factories, as you are aware, but do not own one of these wretched houses. They are all Cyril Ormsby's." "Rut," Millie said eagerly, "these people will not let him benefit them. They use his charity for drink they abuse any privilege he gives them, till lie is discouraged in his efforts to do them any good." §S)i§ "Oh! step in here!" It was a poor place, scantily fur nished, and cheerless. Upon a cot bed a woman lay, in tho last stages of con sumption. She looked up eagerly to Mr. Wilkinson. "I hope you are better," lie said, kindly. "No I shall never be better. If I may only die in peace, it is nil I ask." "Mr. Ormsby will not disturb you now "Jennie has gone to him. Yester- "DO YOU LOVE MR. OltMSBYV" day, he sent word that if the rent was not ready to-day at 12, out we must go. I've paid it regularly for five years, but he don't think of that. All Jen nie's made the last month she has had to pay for lire and food. She's but 15, and her pay is small." "What do you owe Cyril Ormsby?" "Thirty shillings." "And if lie is not paid to-day, he will put you out in the street to die?" "Ho says the workhouse is the place for paupers." At tills moment, a slim, pale girl of 15 came in, crying bitterly. "Mr. Wilkinson was out,' she began and then seing her visitors, she cried eagerly, "Oh, Mr. Wilkinson, you will not let mother be put in the street* I'll pay every penny, sir, if only you will wait till she is better, and I can get my full time for work!" "Have you seen Mr. Ormsby to-day, Jennie?" the old gentleman asked. "Yes, sir. lie said he had no time to hear my whining. The agent will be here at V-, and if the money is not paid, he will put us out." "May I?" whispered Millie. "Just as you please, my dear. Per haps this dying woman or her child may drink up your charity.' "Hush, hush!" So tenderly, so delicately, Millie gave •her charity, that there was only deep est gratitude awakened, without the galling sense of obligation. She left more than sufficient comfort for some weeks and promised to send delicacies for the invalid. No word of herself passed her lips until they were once more in the nar row street. "Oh, Uncle Marc," she said, "can it be true that he is io hard, so false to me?" "Walt," was the orief reply. They went into the wide courtyard in whose space stood the four great factories, the Joint property of Marcus Will kin son and Cyril Ormsby, long be fore divided by the entirely opposite management of these two distinct de partments—one entirely under the con trol of the elder, the other of the younger man. "Wilkinson's absurd soft-hearted ness," as Cyril mentally characterized It, had made this division absolutely nee—iry. But It was not into his own kindly! governed, well-ordered departments! that Marcus Wilkinson led his ward.j lie turned into a small room, where a pale man was busily writing, and ati the same time overlooking a long room where about seventy giris were at work before busily whirling machin ery. "Good-morning, Watkins," the old gentleman said. "I was in hopes you were taking a holiday." "Thank you, sir!" was (lie reply, irt a dejected tone. "1 can't well quit work, sir. There's the wife and six: little ones, you see." "llave you toM Mr. Ormsby the doc tor says that you life depends upon a few weeks' rest and pure air?" "Yes, sir. lie's not keeping me: but he says if I go he must till my plaue— and that means starvation for my fam ily. I could never get another situa tion, as feeble as 1 am now." "Iiow long have you been here, Mr. Watkins?" "Seventeen years, sir. I was with old Mr. Ormsby before you came, sir." "A faithful servant seventeen years!" said Mr. Wilkinson, in a low tone "ami a few weeks' rest may save his life." At this moment Millie shrank a little nearer her guardian Through the win dow from which Mr. Watkins over looked the loom room, she could see Cyril Ormsby walking briskly about, his voice harsh and imperative, finding fault here and there, and keenly scrut inizing every item of the work. Not a face iu the long room was brightened, by the presence of the master. Fin gers worked more rapidly, eyes were fastened more persistently upon tho looms, and every one seemed awaro of the stern task master's gaze. But Mr. Wilkinson obeyed tho petition ex pressed in the looks of his ward, and led Millie out Into the wide passages again, to another work room. It were too tedious a task to follow every step of these two as they passed from room to room, everywhere meet ing some assurance of Mr. Wilkinson's own hold upon the hearts of the "hands," and ttieir terror of Cyri* Ormsby's harshness. Out again amongst the homes, where her guardian had no control, but bestowed his kindly charity with out ostentation and here more elo quently than ever, Millie heard how cruel a mockery were all the schemes of charity and philanthropy that had been poured into her ears. It needed no spoken words from her guardian to tell her that tho noble words uttered to win her wore those of hypocrisy, which knew how it could best plead its cause with her. One and another, turning to Mr. Wil kinson as to a friend, unaware of the torture of their words to the kindly lady beside him, told of cruel exac tions of work in sickness and trouble, of closest calculation of time, of small wages and heavy rents. "If we don't live here and pay, we get no place in the factories!" one said, when asked why he did not seek a more healthy quarter. "I am doing overtime to pay for my child's funeral," one said, "for I lost the wages for three days. I stayed by to see her die and to bury her." "I am uneasy about the rent," an other said, "for I lost a week by a fall on the ice, and it's hard making it up again." Not a word of kindly sympathy or help, in trouble or sickness. The "hands" under Cyril Ormsby were sim ply hitman machines to do so much work, sick or well, or pay the price of an hour or day of idleness, no matter how necessary. There was no word spoken as Mr. Wilkinson and Millie walked to the ollicc again. Once there, tho old gen tleman spoke very gravely: "As you guardian, Millie, I can speak to you no word against Cyril Ormsby. He is a rich man, of good social posi tion, of irreproachable moral reputa tion, and a man whose standing in/ business circles is of the highest. A man who Is a good match in every' worldly sense. So much as your guard ian. As your friend, my pearl, who loves you as your own dead father might have loved you, who knows every noble impulse of your pure soul —as that friend, I tell you I would rather see you lying beside your moth-' er than the broken-hearted wife of such a man as Cyril Orinsby." "I came to you as a friend, as al most a father," said Millie, "and I1 thank you for keeping me from life long misery. To know my husband such a man as I know Cyril Ormsbyj to be, would, as you ask, break my heart." "I would not tell you," said her guardian, "for you knew I disliked him, and might have thought that dis like prejudiced me. But, Millie, tell me you will not let this day's work shadow your life. You did not love Cyril, Millie?" "Xo. I reverenced what I believed a noble, generous nature. That rever ence a mockery, 1 shall never break my heart for a man thoroughly de spise, Uncle Marc." And so it happened that Cyril Orms by, coming to claim the fortune he be lieved within his grasp, met only Mr. Wilkinson with Millie's polite but dis tinct refusal to resign herself or her fortune to his keeping. But he never knew how it was that Millie learned the true value of his hollow words of charity and philan thropy.—Waverley Magazine. Hia Experience, "There is but one thing worse than death," remarked Shortleigh. "What Is that?" queried De Long. "Outliving all the people who am willing to lend you money," anewered Shortleigh, •with a large, open-Caced