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Has his bed In the rocks? Her neat has she; But the wind;' come forth Of south and north, Of east and west, Where shall lie rest? Tiro snake, the eft, f Slips into the\ cleft; The t marmot sleeps sound In the underground; • But-the wind of the'MU Is wandering still; . And the wind.of the sea, When- sleepeth net ' T\ - f The clouds of the air,'. .there; lowers droop the head, And the leaves lie dead; But the\ wind, the wind, , What rest shall he And? When: shall he roam ^. The Wind road home? —John Vance Cheney, la The Century. § MiscMeioos Maude J By Uee Trask. She was the very personification of mischief. It was her life, her only thought. Although nearly twenty years of age, ehe was lust as much of a hoyden as she had been at ten— a very beautiful hoyden, though, and so graceful that what would have been absolute rudeness In others seemed only a new witchery In her. She was continually getting into some annoying predicament that would cause her to make Innumerable resolutions of re form, but-as soon as temptation ap peared again, the good resolutions were all forgotten. Bhe had so many 3overs that they absolutely wearied Jwr, and she would sometimes go off and bury herself In the country, to be rid of their attentions. Although she certainly would have resented it most indignantly If they had given her up, still it was quite a relief sometimes to serve them In that way, and retire in to obscurity, as she called it^, > One day, as she was passing along the street very becomingly dressed and looking unusually lovely, a gentle man whom Bhe met looked at' her so Intently that she said to herself, as she Imagined: , »•' \I hope you'll know me, the next time you see me!\ She did not observe the smile that Immedlatly quivered about his lips, which gave evidence that he was not afflicted with deafness. A few weeks afterward she met him again—recog nizing him at once, for his face was not one to be forgotten any more than her own. As he passed, he said, with the utmost gravity, although a wicked gleam shone from his eyes: \I know you now, Miss Murray.\ She blushed like a rose, and felt so strong an inclination to laugh that Bhe turned quickly into a store, to prevent his seeing her embarrass ment. Soon after this she went off to one of her country retreats, little dreaming that the handsome stranger was keeping watch on her movements, with all the shrewdest of a detective. She went to board at a large farm house, and In her rambles about the -country she noticed a, fine, foreign- looking mansion, that excited her cu riosity and Inspired her with a lively desire to explore it Speaking to the farmer's wife about It, the woman «ald: \Oh you can have your wish very easily. Miss Murray; the key is at Mr. Jones', and they win lei yon take it at any time. So the next morning she started oft ~ nrtght and early, to procure the key and gratify her wish. \A stranger has taken It,\ they told her, \and is now at the house; so, if yon go at once, you can get in and see all you want to,\ She went as directed, but when she reached the house, seeing the key on the outside of the door, the never- sleeping spirit of mischief prompted ier to turn It, and then; going into a thickly shaded arbor, she waited, 3Ike Micawber, .to see what would \turn up.\ She waited and waited, tni, feeling the wearisome effects of 3ier long walk, she threw herself down est the seat and fen asleep, affording as pretty a picture as the enchsnted princess herself. When, after a long time, she duroke, there at the door of the arbor, gazing admiringly upon her, stood the \hand some strahgerr* At first she thought it must be a dream, and rubbed her «yes with*-no v gentle hand, bnt his voice .djssplved. the spell. \You were my Jailer, then,\ he said, glancing at the key In her hand; \why did you lock me In?\ \But how did you get out\ she In quired, demurely. \I nearly broke my neck Jumping- out of the window.\ ' \ \*0h K dear! I wish I had seen you;;-) It must have been so funny.\ m . ' ^ » ~ .;^Ohi,-..very tunny, no ,doubt. XBQr. that you ought to ask; ^sJ^toes^yogi.irfsh;: i 'ljahaU not trouble- myself to'do'eo Cidedipout, and, rising from.heryieaV r»he passed quickly by-hjrn^'/v \WU1 you not allow me to' help ybtr over^the wall?\ \Thank you, I do not require any assistance,\ was the somewhat ungra cious response. \- •\ \* \How- pretty she is, and' Sow ex quisitely graceful,\ he thought, as he watched her slender figure, flitting through the fields. 'T'mmt; have pa tience here; it will be a wM chase.** \Ob dear!\ she 1 said £b' herself, \here's another \beautiful scrape I\ have got myself into. I wonder if pfchat man Is going to haunt me now at every turn. He 1B certainly very handsome, I will give him credit for that I won't go outside the gate\ for a week; and I did not see the inside of the house after all. I wonder what he la doing here. How funny It-Is! I wish I had seen him tumble out of that window; I always miss whatever Is worth seeing.'* About a fortnight after this, when Maude concluded that the stranger must certainly have gone away, she renewed her rambles again. One day. when crossing a marshy field, she suddenly found herself sinking deep Into the mud. Instead of turning back, she went on, hoping to get through what proved to be a treacher ous slough, but sinking up to her knees, she began to feel frightened. So she stood perfectly still, and be gan to scream as loudly as she could, which was pretty loud. After a while she heard the sound of a horse's feet Presently, galloping along the road, appeared the Inevitable stranger, but Maude was too muoh frightened to care who it was that came to assist her. \Oh won't you please help me out,?\ she meekly asked. Springing quickly from his horse, the gentleman vaulted over the fence, and as he approached her, looked very much as if politeness alone restrain ed him from a hearty laugh, for Maude certainly presented a droll pic ture, stuck fast In the mud, annoy ance, fear and humiliation all express ed in her face. Yes, for once in her life, Maude felt completely humiliat ed, for, now that she was sure of re lief, fear soon gave place to mortifica tion, and she did not enjoy being In an absurd position. Without saying a word, the stranger lifted her out of the mud, and car ried her in his arms to firm, reliable ground, seeming rather to enjoy this part of the program. There, raising one of her tiny feet, which was now a shapeless mass of black mud, she examined It with such a look of comi cal consternation that her companion, no longer able to control his amuse ment burst Into a pea) of hearty laughter, in which she soon Joined. \I will put you on my horse and lead him to your abiding place,\ he said, as he assisted her over the fence. Maude made a gesture of dissent; but pointing to her feet, he asked her, with a smile* \Would you not find It somewhat difficult to walk? Do not refuse to let.me aid you.\ So she allowed him to do as he wished, and, taking the bridle, he walked by her side. Just before they parted, he said: \Now when you sit down to write in your Journal tonight I can imagine Just what you will put there.\ \Oh you can, eh? Well, what?\ she asked. \You will say, 'Met that everlasting man again today,'\ and he looked up in her face with an expression that made her blush. '1 do not keep a Journal,' she re- piled; \I am not sentimental or ro mantic.\ \Only ''mischievous and a little cruel.\ \I acknowledge the first but not the last I would not hurt a fly.\ \Nor break a heart?\ \But I could not help that, you know,\ she said, so demurely that he looked very much amused. As he lifted her from the horse, a strangely embarrassed -feeling stole over Maude, for, as she said to her self afterward, \he certainly looked a kiss, if he did not bestow it,\ bnt she gave him a very cordial invitation to call, which he accepted with un mistakable eagerness. \I will go' off and stay all day;\ Bhe said, but she did not do it On the contrary, she, dressed herself In the most becoming manner, fastening two little rosebuds., father halr^that made her look more bewitching than ever, and remained in the house all day. But she was very restless, and not seeming at all like her own merry self. .,,2-.,.. ; \ * The day passedj and, strange to re late, the extJecjedi-^visltor did not. come. The hecomlpg-dreas,' the love ly rosebuds wereSrorn-to no purpose, \sBM 4 at night IpNt^^Hand'e, felt;-as she had never felfc.^lMfore. So depressed •and low-splrite&r*&e. thought that it f &sfeped? the sial^\an 'dTv ^fprTO \^«L : ^rc^m;;looklng lOte ^jF^.^^^^' girl' Awkward, it ';waa absolutely lm, possible for Itaude to>. bei but rher usual\ self-possession was entirely gone. The stately stranger- seemed r sImUaTly J .,aiIected,^s6 that'for some timet they ^k ^'jOJ &X^emhyiraaaed monosylhrta*s. .^ajly /'sne ;d'rojjped a fan-vthat iS ^-yn ^^^^jSf and Doth 'ftooplngr.at. \the. same7,t^me to pick It-up, p^\la ^^l 4 Vt^.%ptdt together Jtlth stunning effect,- so that when' they again T *tseA'\ttamT~«»ach .yard - pass-through at once; one looked solnexpresalbly alily that both burst into, a merry laug ^T ^This restored .tier self-pbssesskm^at once, unit, 'seating himself Jbeside lor, ie suddenly, asked: 'iMaude, jib yon dislike me nowr? \Why did you not come before?'* she asked, In return. \Did you expect me? I thought you would ngt care to see- me any sooner.\ Here Maude'e seR-poasesslon seem ed to have suddenly deserted again, and the gentleman repeated: \Did you really ( expect me? _DId you want to see me, darling?\ \I thought you would come,\ she stammered. \And am I welcome now? Tell me, Maude, may I come again—as your lover, dear?* he whispered, and, put ting his arm around her, he not only looked a kiss, but gave it, and after this Maude forgot about her home sickness, and lost all fear respecting that dreadful disease of the heart which had proved so fatal to one of her relatives.—New YoTk Weekly. WXS^F- LUCK THAT r HAVe BRbOCtHT FAME ANOFORTUNE. •v; 4/ \ - i How a Ship Cam* Out of the Dock yard at a Cost of Over Five Hun dred Thousand Dollars—Most Re markable Placer Mine Ever Discov ered^ \The Sultan presents his compli ments to 'the'engtneer In charge ana wishes him to open the. bridge in course of erection in Constantinople in order to let a ship from the dock- PHILOSOPHER OF THE TRUCK. ^ea'jmon»e-^ r a^pi* iilasibaevo;^ ease. ^ \ She^ash) .,-.v- ... . <•/. <v<y- mdh 'ea io\tms par- Made Car -Men Do All the Worrying With Hla Balky Horse. One of the numerous dan, of truck men displayed the strategical genius: of a Field Marshal throughout the greater part of yesterday, says the New York Times. He started out early In the morning from Lexington avneue and Eighty-ninth street, with a heavy load and a balky horse. He had a long Journey ahead of him, and the balky horse began to show his temper before the wagon had cov ered fifty feet from the stable. After much effort the stablemen got the load under way again. The driver did not pick out a side street but kept right down Lexing ton avenue, and was careful to see that the wagon wheels were at no time in a position that did not ob- 1 struck both the north and south bound car tracks. The balky horse invariably came to a standstill when the wagon stood over both tracks. The driver did not worry, but remained seated high on a box thst formed a part of the load. He did not shout, neither' did he use his whip. He.Just waited. Cars glided up to the stranded wag on and stopped. Sson a line of them .stretched out both north and south. Passengers craned their heads out of the windows to find out tTfe cause of the delay, while motormen and con ductors shouted. Pedestrians stopped and made suggestions, and soon the street was crowded with Interested spectators. The philosopher on the truck took things calmly. He politely requested one of the street car men to take the balky horse and his mate by their bridles and get them under way. In response, both motormen and conduc tors tugged away and urged the team to renewed action. The truck moved on. and the cars, went their way. At the first opportunity the driver swung his truck back on the tracks again. Another balk was in order, and was not long deferred. Another blockade formed, and still another, and so on throughout the day. The rail road men did all the worrying and the work, while the driver spoke in apolegetlc tones. Not once had he stirred from his comfortable perch. -' At 3 o'clock In the afternoon the load was once more stalled near Twen ty-eighth street, but this time the driver had miscalculated, and the wagon stopped clear of both tracks. Equal to the emergency, however, the resourceful truckman promptly swung the horses and pole of the wagon across the tracks, and patient ly waited, for assistance as the cars again began to hem him In. Where We Get Our Salt. Salt Is BO common an—article that one Is astonished when he realizes the amount of It produced In the Unit ed States during the year 1904. The number of barrels was 22,030,002, valued at 16,021,222. In spite of this enormous output coming mostly from New York and MlchiganTitie United States imported salt to: thelvalue of over -half a million dojjars and ex ported 25.508,577- pounds^,.jvalued at 199,066. Tfie depo*jtsrof;^fc'-ln the United States are not numerous, those In Now York, Michlgu^Ohip, Kan sas : and Louisiana beIngJ.t ^?0Hly ones which' are worked commercially. •%^'WltlsNot Wr^mtm«^t^^ TeryS«ixefur:*^'marry^^ When this message was delivered In to the hands of the contractor re sponsible for the construction of. the bridge he was thunderstruck, says Condon Answers; He had been worx- Ing on the bridge day and night, and when the orders for Its opening came from the Sultan it was not half finish ed. He approached the Ministers of Ma rine and Finance and said.it was im possible to obey bis Majesty's com mand, as he'-wb'uld have to pull every thing down, and it would take months to replace the scaffolding and pile driving machines. \Jf cannot be helped,\ replied the Ministers. \If the \Sultan' says the bridge must be opened, it must be done, or we shall lose our places, if not our heads.\ So the bridge was opened, and the ship came out of the dockyard at a cost of over 1600,000. It afterward transpired that the Sultan had found his infant son cryinng bitterly in the harem because he could not See the flag hoisted on his particular\ ship from the nursery windows. To humor the child's caprice the Sultan ordered the bridge to- be open ed at once and a large Ironclad to be brought out of the dockyard and moored in front of Dolmabagteheh. This no doubt pleased the boy, but it caused enormous inconvenience to the people of Constantinople, to say noth ing 6f the waste of money which had Indirectly come out of their pockets. The State of Massachusetts lost |S,- 000,000 because a man living in Bos ton left his window open over night He was a silk grower, and In the hope' of producing a new brand of silk he experimented with some gipsy moths that had been sent to him from France. He left the moths under a glass shade by an open window one night and next morning they had all dis appeared. The shade had been over turned and the draft blew the moths - Into the street Eighteen months later Massachus etts Was swarming with-gipsy moths and they ate the leaves off every tree i and bush for miles around. The dam age done in two years by the insects < totaled $3,000,000 and the State au thorities spent another $760,000 trying to exterminate the pests. One of the worst famines ever known in lower Egypt was caused by a couple of John Bull's gunboats. The vessels went up Into the marshes be yond Khartum, to capture slave trad ers. The slavers, who had made up their minds not to be caught easily, made a bold bid for freedom by cutting channels through the mass of vegeta tion which lined the main stream of the Nile. The majority of them escaped In this Way, but the channels they cut In their anxiety to get away brought ruin and famine to lower Egypt The. current carried the masses of loose vegetation.dawn.the river, and so com pletely blocked it that the Nile flood failed. United States Senator George L. Turner of Washington lost his fortune and poverty stared him in the face. Turner was a lawyer, and one day a party of miners, well known to him who had struck a lode up In British America, near Victoria, came Into his office and asked him to make out some papera for them. \We can't pay you cash for your services, Mr. Turner,\ said one of the party, after their business had been transacted, \but we will give you some stock and call square.\ At first Turner refused to take the stock, as his clients were old friends of his and he preferred to do the work for nothing^ but on being pressed he took the certificates and tucked them away in his safe. Two years later Senator Turner was a millionaire through' these min ing shares, and the mine that brought him the money and made the fortune of his friends Is the famous Le gpl, one of the richest in tho West '' Two tourists camped on the ridge of a mountain lake near Coino, a min ing town In Colorado. While In want of something to pass the time one suggested that the other should dive Into the lake and try to .discover the bottom. His friend atrlppedVand dived In. He came up hUf a~mInu£e~-IaterT saying he had found the bottom with his head.- . . ., :'C.^T,. \ . .j—J *t he put on hIs!clothes he'fegaft mmg£&]^ f with- ^N~handire£i Swung Through the\ Air by Means of - - '.• ~- -a^Ia^Crarifc^ „ ^,„-~ After it was all over it was clear that the mule was completely-.con vinced that there were more things In heaven and earth than' had* been dreamed of In his .philosophy—the manner In which that crane\ \swung around, caught his muleship, lifted him into the air, swung him up 25 /feet around in a circle and deposited him far from-the spot upon which he had been picked up, for all in the world like a spanked baby. As the Uhy «A treated mlaht become, the mule-when Jtat-dqirn-hewune quiff and squinted lts'eyea repeatedly. It happened at Charles and Baltl- mdrF streets, Where a building Is be- lag erected. An attempt was made\ to drive ?h~e animal oyer some plank ing, composing a miniature bridge over a ditch on the site of the build ing. He gob on- the planking, but would move neither forward nor backward, and when his driver at tempted to urge him to let out his feet in a rhythmic tato upon the cart which caused all about him to give him room. Just to indulge his mis chief, he shot the right rear foot out behind him, and then Oie left cock ing his ears and turning his eye back ward to see if he caught any of those who had dared question his will. The energetic manner of his move ment caused him to lose his footing, and he suddenly plunged headfore most over the planking and Into the ditch, his forefeet landing upon some trusses and saving him from hanging in his own harness, as the cart load ed with bricks, held him fast The workmen were in despair. The animal was certainly possessed of most explosive energy. There would be no coaxing him out of that predica ment There'would be no driving him. - At every approach his heels; shot out reaching for the-daring one. Then the crane was thought of. Thefe was only one way to make It serve. Some one must' drop upon the mule's back and \fasten the neces- >sary straps. Volunteers were called for, and E. J. White, an ironworker, threw himself Into the breach like a hero. A moment of struggle In the ditch,\ and then the animal swung forth, cleared the trench and, kick ing and hee-hawing, was .outlined against the sky some distance above the heads of the workmen. White was hanging to him. He hadn't had a chance to get off before the crane started to move.—Baltimore Sun. M The Gnmtifi r 7«RW^I^V-VA' in Xid^'tKm'tlM ^Fl^ of the: Nicholas J. H*rtx,.-M«ttb«:>f vAaeitat THE RUBBER 8UPPLY. ?»*ld«i««r£si»ra»s*^ A Plan to Grow the Brazilian Tree In the East As Is well known, the West African rubber Is produced by a creeper, which Is virtually destroyed In the operation of collecting Its Juice, whereas the source r of Brazilian rub ber is a tree, which Is more hardy and which need not be sacrificed. Little oversight and small capital are re quired In getting crops from the lat ter. An English periodical, which is devoted to electrical Interests, ex presses the opinion that there is plen ty of this Brazilian rubber, which is of a much higher grade\ than the African, to be had, but the difficulty Is to get sufficient labor to gather It In order to keep up with the con stantly Increasing demand. If an unlimited supply of acclima tized labor, were available, therefore, there would be a decline in the-pres ent price of rubber. Given favorable conditions, the Para rubber treg~ca£ be grown in Ceylon and the Straits Settlements at a cost of 50 .cents' a pound of pure rubber. Plantation grown rubber commands a higher price because of Its freedom from water. It Is not supposed to be better., Intrinsically, but Is harvested in a bet ter manner. It seems to be a demonstrated fact that plantations laid .out scientifically and put under good management yield a handsome profit In seven or eight years. In Mexico and Central Amer ica, thYlhdlgenou8 tree, Castilloa, Is being extensively planted. It gives a good rubber, and under cultivation will .command' higher values than that prepared by the natives, hut there Is no ground for supposing that this rub- Der =suil-se equal to Jfara ruDDer in price. At the present time the amount of rubber, from cultivated sources Is not enough : to affeefcsthe price. Mlntr Has Remarkable Record. Patrick =Sweeney, a 70-year-old mln- erryesfdW^Coaldale, -Ea^ claims to have the,most remarkable-record of \anir :^niner';ln, the world:- He. has, accordln^^?iis --flgure3, driven nine mUes 'oX gangway >lmself and.mined -eno ^.^iljtirsiipply -the country for half ^fyear ^VJDarlnK this,.time he was :nevec^iei ^Sl0Ii ^uredi bntiheiasslst- ed','in ^^arn |d ^^^rom the mines 115 meWj!who ^h ^^e ^'-knie^ : and S00 lu- -.Jurei ^^yilsJ^ome town he has for ^^y^yJMrs|^been looked- upon as the rleadlngcituen^. He Tias'acted as pall- ^hearer /aV '9>7^Xunerals and-nas stood ! Ssp6ia*w?d^ &0&£00$&M$^J%& r s«& |fta £$«hp»ld-$p^^ ' at? |>_l.jfc^V^«rrof^ 140; Pearl Street HptelrJAlht^V^Y„ \A few months ago I eoatraetod^Bjeavy cold which eetUed in my K<l»ey»,^aad?»««h time I was exposed to inckAcet'WMtber the trouble waa aggravated until\Jlnally I was unable to work. ' \After trying many of the aiwUiW remedies for Iddsqr troaU^IKiiiallj took Peruas, ^ ^'WW %tL \In a week the intonse: jaJj^iajBy baok were much relief ed s5d;imJbur weeks I was able to take l^^^rack- \I still continued to use Penuia^o^ aih- other month and -at the end bfltaaivtuU* I was perfectly-welL •iiV'*5^\-- \I now take a dose or two when 'I 'saTB been exposed and find that it Is-spkadid to keep me Well.\— •— -.H'JilxiCll' Hundreds of CanLl^^ - Dr. Hsrtman 1$ copitantly in leeaipt^of i testimonials from people who-;hive-i cured \of chronic and complicated-; kw disease by Penma. For free ''aaeoSealJ vice, address Dr. Hartmin, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Oolamboa, Okie. Japan In twelve monthB was- sup* nlfed bv Germany with 90,394' books, •Great Britain being second with 87\.- COS. Up.- Snbucrlptlon Agent* Wanted. > There is a splendid offer made to agents by THE FOOX-TBACK NEWS, one of the most popular magazines in the country and one of the Ye) y best Sellers. Subscription agbnts- aro wanted everywhere and large profits are assured. -It will pay you to write to George 'M: Daniels, Publisher. 7 East 43d ?8troet, New To.rk, for fay-particulars. •Tnpanixe publication* are full of Amer ican articles on all kinds of subjects. . PIso's Cure for CoUojopUoatirwInfallible medicine for coughs and colds/—X. VT Suctrax, OceanOtrore, N. J., Feb. 17, 1903 - —. i\ i The Tokio Street Railway Company serves a population of 1,500,000. _ ^ *~\ FITSpermanenilyctired. Kbfltaornervous- nessnfter first day 's UM of Sr. Kline's Great KerreBestoter.tttrialbottlea &d treatise free Dr.lt. B.Kxis«,I.td.,981ArehBt.-.Phlla.,Ptt The University of California operates a dairy school. Mrs. Wlrslo x'a Boothlng Byrap for Children feetbuv ^•terathegnman r )dnce8inflaxpma- tlon^al! ays pain.cnres wind oollo.SSe. a bottle> A ccrk tree is fifty years old before it ptoUUveK bark of a commercial value. 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