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thoughts, Michael assented, and the
two men went below to the mates
cabin.
Up above, the roaring of the eie-
ments: down below, the doing of
Satan's work.
Michael's lips were no sooner put to
the glass than he was conscious of
something uncanny about it.
There was no delay in it's effect.
Seeming to madden and burn like Wit
rol, it produced an instant sense of
suffocation, but fortunately not of
blank unconsciousness.
Except the lookout" in the bows,
and the man at the wheel, aft, there
was not soul to see Dick Corbett
stagger on to the poop deck with the
inert body of Michael over his shoul-
ders.
At Tat's Corner Kitty HAZEL sits,
under the lee of some rocks on the
beach, wearily mending her nets.
There are half a score of other wo-
men, young and old, working around
her, but she speaks to no one; and,
with the sympathy of their kind they
leave her severly alone
BY and by, the old man who per
forms the duties of letter carrier and
Corner, and its neighborhood, is sesn
to be hobbling towards the beach.
What be ovid MARTIN doin' ere
now, 1 wunner?" said an olG dame
sitting close by Kitty.
The remark was sufficient to make
the girl raise her head.
AS she did so, the old postman saw
her looking at him, and waved some.
thing above his head.
kitty HAZEL, it's message for
'ee," he said, putting the orapge-col-
ored envelope into her trembling hand.
With feverish eagerness she tore il
open.
1t was from the house surgeon of a
large Liverpool hospital
Michael Fenwick brought here on
landing from Braga, Portugal. Is Sc
riously ILL., Wishes to see you."
Exit" said Michael, sobbing, in his
weakness like child, you will never
forgive me for not keeping my prom
ise."
eyes, dear, forgive you, for you
have suffered most"
Zone more question, Kit"
well, Michael?"
"Dick Corbett-what of him "
He tried to raise himself in the bed
to listen to her answer.
"Tell me-" he said again, eXcitediy.
''Is that fiend, who tried to drop me
over ships side, on a dark and
stormy nights he to escape justica?"
What do you consider justice,
Michael?" u
"Death.-nothing short of DEATH.
"Well dear the doctor has just. told
me;Ttthfsaats the Erl King, with all hands,
is reported as havingc- fHkaE,ndnrna -
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worthy representatives, for the august
chamber consists of one small room
with six long benches at one end, talk
ing up the whole width of, the room.
These were evidently for the Ministers
and officials, the rest of the members
seemingly having to content them
selves with standing in the body Of the
hall The only ornamentation Is fine
crystal chandelier, print of the King
Of Denmark, and q Royal coat of
arms. The Faroese are also economi-
cal in the payment Of their members,
who receive two kroner about fifty
five cents per day for six weeks, the
time the Parliament Is in session.
The Farce Islands were once cap
tured by the English in the commence
mcnt Of the nineteenth century. 1 say
captured" although, as q matter Of
fact, there was very little capturing
about it. When England and Denmark
were at war a ship was sent to seize
the Faroes, and when 1t arrived--the
guns at the tiny little fort evidently
not having considered it necessary to
take any notice-the captain went on
shore and interviewed the Governor,
asking him which he preferred. to be
annexed or bombarded. The Governor
never ,hesitated for moment. He said
that IL the English had taken such a
violent fancy to the Faroes they were
quite welcome to have them; but Of
one thing he was quite sure-he didn't
want any bombarding. So the islands
were duly annexed, and the man-o'war
sailed off. Some time after, when
peace was declared between the two
helligcrents, the English captain came
back and informed the Governor that
rs tile war was now over the Faroes
were returned with many thanks. The
Governor took the restoration very
philosophically, evidently thinking all
foreigners were mad and the English
the maddest Of all.
OH our way back to the ship we
passed several patches Of potatoes and
barley and women busy making hay.
Under the caves Of the cottages hung
isgusting-lookinS strips Of flesh. 4
few inches in width and several feet
Ill length. the inside purple red and
covered with what appeared to be scaly
black leather. They turned ont to be
strips Of whales flesh drying in the
sun ready for winter consumption.
The week before there had been
big catch Of whales numbering several
the Earbor at Thorshavn
being filled with the great fish brought
from the place where they had been
caught 10. furnish meat for the COM
When fresh the flesh is de-
scribed as being dciicious-a cross be-
tween tender beefsteak and liver
but after it has been kept some time
it becomes anything but palatablc to
strangers, although the Faroese de-
light in it. The whales average from
twenty feet to thirty feet in length !
md waioh nrnr n ton
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THE PLOT THAT FAILED AND WHY.
BY RALPH ENDERBY.

- Mercy, Micha aeli-the last man I'd
have thought of seeing in Liverpool.
Where have you been all these years?'
Where have you been, Dick? I
haven't roamed very far from Tat's
Corner, but you!-why, ncbody's heard
a breathcof you for the last six years
or more.", 80,
Dick Corbett laughed recklessly, and
looked at his one-time chum, Michael
Fenwick, in-as the latter thought-a
peculiarly defiant way.
mo; they haven't; but, as that is
my business, and not anybody's, just
be content, my son, to know that I've
been 'sailoring' in nearly every sea,
and that now I'm chief mate of the
fastest little fruit steam tramp that
trades between Liverpool and the Span
ish ports"
"Have you vacancy for a 'forrad
hand'?"
"Who for-for you Why!-what's
pretty little Kitty about that she's let
ting you go TO sea-"
"Never mind Kitty, Dick!--Im go
ing to sea again, because things have
been O. bit rough round about Tats
Corner. lately.ssss,ls e, ~
He spoke as If any reference to his
sweetheart by the other was distaste-
full; to. him; for he. clearly saw that
Dick Corbett, since he had seen him
last, was Changed, and for the worse;
he was no longer the good fellow"
of old days.
For the moment Dick was inclined
to resent Michael Fenwick's evident
,disinclination to bring Kitty Eazeffs
name into the conversation, hut think
inf; better OF It, brought his hand
sssaH ~ isaly down upon Michaals shnnl-i
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Of this country is susceptible of culti-
vation. The production Of wheat Is
already leading industry in various
localities. 1t is carried on without
the use of any modern machinery; but,
in spite Of these crude methods, the
wheat usually sells at about one-half
the plice in the United States, and the
natives would increase the production
by millions Of bushels for the price OF
thirty cents gold per bushel delivered
at mills.
'The illustration given herewith pre-
sents general view Of the plow COM
monty used. The only iron about the
implement is long point that turns
down to enter the ground. There is
also another form of point, wider and
shorter than the one shown in the cut.
that very much resembles that Of the
shovel plow. These points are cast in
considerable quantities in the seaports
from scrap iron that is inn orted. They
are light, inferior articles and cost from
twenty to thirty cents gold each"
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SNAP SHOTS In THE
FAROE ISLANDS,
y ERY few people in England
I seem to have any idea where
the Farce Islands are situated,
BY Mrs. L. F. II, von Thie1e

" the L ilOe lSllHuS are SlIudteu,
although they are, without
doubt, some of the most interesting
islands in Europe. Being only thirty
six hours journey from England, they.
are well worth visit. The islanders,
being cut off from the rest of the
world and marrying only among them
selves, retain customs which must at
one time have been universal in the
North of Europe. but which have grad
ually died out elsewhere.
The Farce scenery is magnificent
wild, beetling crags, thousands Of feet
high, against which the sea dashes
furiously; precipitous hills, having the
appearance OF terraces rising one above
the other, covered with vivid green
grass; beautiful waterfalls and
streams, land-locked fjords, and little
fishing villages nesting in the hollows
all combine in Kaleidoscope variety
to charm and arrest the eye by their
novelty and beauty.
So narrow are many of the channels
through which our steamer passed
that we could almost touch the cliffs
on either hand. Some of tho islands
are uninhabited except for the sheep
grazing Oil the short, thick herbagc,
and these become so wild that they
haze to be stalked and shot like game
On some Of the islets you May see
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{>27,.n iIy--c---@4-D Ddpl!Hc any SHti"
Dor the preceding twelve months,
or in the spring and autumn when a
fine day presents itself and the sea
calms down sufficiently to allow OF
boat being lowered to carry the sheep
to the capital in exchange for the
necessaries Of life.
There was scarcely n ripple on the
water, the blue of the sky rejecting
itself in the deeper blue of the sea,
rs we came to anchor in the spacious
bay on the southeast of Stromo, with
the houses of Thorshavn, the capital
OF the islands, clustered irregularly
on the hills around, looking as II a
good push would send thcm tumb!lns
down into the harbar. Farther on
these hills give place to lofty cliffs
rising to a height of 1000 feet, and COW
cred with green grass, with here and
there gray ridges of stone cropping
through. Nowhere can one discover
trees of any sort, not even n bush Oh
shrub, but in spite Of this there Is no
monotony in the scenery, for the va
riety of colorng and form of the
islands and the brilliant atmosphere
more than compensate for their alb
sence. The whole harbOr was alive
with the long. narrow boats Of the
Faroese, their gunwales rising higl
out of the water and the slender oars
flashing in the sunshine as they dipped
in and out. the fine, well-knit forms o1
their occupants silhouetted against th'
sky as they propelled their craft VIII
vigorous strokes towards our ship
keeping time by chanting a wild saga
whose haunting melody pursued u
long after the singers had passed on
of sight.
Tho Faroese are magnificent fellows
with fierce blue eyes. corn-ripe yelloN
hair, ruddy compilations, and the
boards. and their dress is particular
becoming. Their short trousers, reacl
ing TO the knee, are made of homespu
cloth, woven by the Faroese wome
during the long winter evening
adorned with several brass buttons,
short wooden coat fastened down
front with buttons, striped cloth squa'
ielly-bag cap, generally red and blu
gray stockings as thick as cloth, al
, shoes of yellow tanned skins resef
bling moccasins, formed from a sing
, niece of skin wrapped closely roul
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the whole of the west coast, was the
means of defeating, for the time being.
at any rate, Dick Corbett's mean and
dastardly betrayal of his friend.
Old Hazell, with many another deep
sea fisherman, was drowned, almost
within sight of land.
In him Corbett lost the only ally who
could have influenced Kitty; though
she herself declares today, that not
even her father could have shaken her
faith in Michael Fenwick.
Hard times then came to Kitty, and
at the date of Dick Corbett's disap-
pearance, she was earning scanty
living as one of the many net-mem-
bers of the fishing fleet.
By and by the fishing industry de-
cined so, owing to the overwhelming
increase in steam trawling, that Mich
az. found it impossible to make liy-
ing even, while his prospects of marty
ing Kitty seemed more remote than
ever.
Then it was that he determined to
go to sea for . year or two, leaving
Tat's Corner with that object, without
saying word to Kitty, or, indeed, to
Kitty's only mistake was, that she
had not told Michael that she had
guessed that Dick Corbett loved hor;
her excuse to herself being that no
word had actually been spoken.
There were thus faults on both sides,
the consequences of which might, with
little mutual confidence, have been
aVerted.
TIE Ell King was prepsrinlggtt66> pairing tt66>warp
out Of dock, and Michael Fenwick;,
sick with disappointment at not hav-
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VOL. .LXVIII.
The oNE-sToRY MAN.


world habtae, O
the days oflong
prolific
2
-. them
can1ell!
forn and gaho
he by and by
rim
sto he cnten
IS
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-CyeyFXTcTe we went we came across
cod'in various shapes and forms, either
being washed or dried, OF piled up
in great stacks covered with tarpau-
lins, waiting to be transported to the
South of Europe as stock fish.
The town is most picturesque and
quaint. The houses are OF all sizes
and shapes, planted down higgledy-
pigsledy wherever few square yards
of comparatively level ground can DC
found among the rocks; and so mixed
up Are the houses and rocks that 1t Is
often very difficult to discriminate be-
tween the two. This resemblance Is
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HUMOROUS.

BIobbs-Football is not nearly SO
deadly as it used to be. Slobbs-Just
wait until they get to playing it with
automobiles.
Sharpe-Casper's new automobile
has run down six people. Whelton-
But it is stylish machine. Sharpe
Yes; perfectly killing.
Hook-What is Wigwag's idea in
looking up his lineage? Nye-I sup
pose to show how respectable he is in
spite of his ancestors.
Wigg-Bigheide is the personifca-
ton of egotism. Wagg-Yes; he ac-
tually thinks he deserves the good
opinion he has of himself.
Muggins-Was your wife satisfied
with the birthday present you gave
her? Buggins- wholly. She can't
find out how much it cost. T
MY love for you," he wrote, "is so
deep, so vast, so powerful, cannot ,ex-
press it," why don't you send it by
freight" She wrote back. And then
it was all off.
"In hard luck again, eh, ?" Eyes; I'm
down on my uppers, sure enough" 20!
well, we all have our ups and downs.
You are down now" And I'm up,
too-hard up"
Nell-So you were disappointed in
the little man, eh? Believes; you
can't expect a man to come up to your
expectations who doesn't come up to
your shoulders.
$50 your town dispensed with the
automobile ambulance. Didn't it make
better time than the old one?" mo; it
had to stop too often to take in the
people it ran over"
Helen-Why is it novels always
have good ending? Sue-Well the
one read yesterday didn't have a good
ending. Helen-it didn't? Sue-No;
mama threw it in the fire.
La Montt-When 1 first went to az
gage board they said would he :, .afeAsls1z33
as one Of the family. La
why did you not remain
I saw. what the family
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rMichael was too close for that action
Ito be quite prudent-so he made vlr-
hue of necessity, aud called his subor-
mates attention to his sweethearts
sence on the quay.
would have been rank suoordl-
nation to ,,eave the ship, even for five
minutes, so ali Miiichae! Michhsaee! could do was
to lean over the rail and speak 10 her:
"You shouldn't have come" he SAID,
first looking round to see that there
were not immediate listeners. we
shall cast off in less than 10 minutes.
81 couldn't let you so without say
ing goodby, Michael"
"Yes, know; it was wrong OF me
to leave you without a word; but l
did it for the best, Kitty"
Don't say anything more about
that, Michael just want you TO
promise mo one thing"
"What is it,"
Promise me you'll do what I've
asked you in this!"
AS she spoke the last word she threw
on board a piece of paper wrapped
round something hard. 1t fell at MS
feet and he picked it up on the instant,
and put it in his pocket.
"You mustn't remain any longer,
Kit" (even then the ship had begun
to move away from the quay), III
remember. Good by!"
Good by, dear"
AT that moment Corbett called him
to do something, and when he looked
round again the steamer was hundred
wards from the quay; all ne could see
being a little figure waving a White
handkerchief.
When they were we'll in the Mersey
and fairly on their way seaward hi
took out and read Kitty's last little
note of appeal.
5 II was not really letter; it wa!
: lust a request in one sentence:
"For your own safety's sake, dear
and for love of me, beware of Dicl
CorDett.
Nothing more. And Michael kney
e for the first time that his sometim
t friend had not only been false to him
u but that he had also to fear his pres
r ent enmity and perhaps violence
At six bells, first watch, Michae
). was relieved, and before descendln
;. to the fo'-castle stood leaning on tn
4 rail. looking at the seething, rushln
= water.
st Suddenly a hand was laid on h
shoulder. 1t was mate, Dick CorDe
"Cold tonight, Michael" he said.
- "Ay-it is that"
makes you think of-of hreslde
and Kitty, our Kitty-eh, Mlcnaei
LET Kitty's name alone!"
y mo offense, mate. But she's N
:, yours yet"
y y "As good as mine. Only this one ec
~ tract, and theh-
"You may never finish this one, n
IS son: the Erl King isn't much OF
u boat: she's old and cranky, while Sc
= are rough and winds high"
he N "Well, if we go, we go; but if Kit
he can't be mine she shant be anoth
- mans"
- "Sure of that?"
>, "Sure as DEATH"
oh Hope you're right, my boy! Ho
es y.l're right-but-I have my doubt:
'is "Of Kitty?" queried Michael fierce
81 don't know! Let's change
,e1 subject. Come down to my cabin a
,s have a tot-there's no one about"
,n+ Never one to harbor malice or ha
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those who had all the hard work ana
danger of driving the whales into the
shallow bays where they were slaught-
cred but the church and the widows
and orphans also receive share, ana
ne whales flesh constitutes to great
extent the meat supply of the inhaDl-
tants, this generosity is most praise
worthy.
The Faroese eat scarcely any vege-
tables. their diet being almost entirely
composed of fat of every sort anu
fresh fish, and strangely enough they
do not suffer from leprosy OF other
kindred skin diseases.-The WIDE
World Magazine.
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The profitnble M..:ouri Mule.

The Spanish-American war anu the
Boer war are past. bur the Missouri
mulo is still far from being drug on
the market. At recent sale near Co.
lumbia twenty-one head were sold It
prices varying from $40 to S1So per
head, One span of two-year-old hcrse
mules brought S321-as much rs Il
good team of roadsters-and two
yoar-old mare brought S1IO.
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Bulgaria has issued three postage
stamps to commemorate the defense
of thc Shipka Pass in 1877, and the art
ist has compressed into his drawing i'll
cident enough fer stirring story, there
hoinr at least dozen figures Of men,
nistols and rifles. stones and rocks, etc.
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CHANCE FOR
AMERICANS
China a Good Market For Forming
InnIements From This Country.

United States Consul Henry B. Mil
ler, of Ninchwang, has recently written
a report urging American implement
dealers to make an effort to introduce
their plows into the Chinese farming
communities. lie says:
North China. Mongolia, Manchuria
and that part of Siberia bordering OH
the Pacific are destined soon to be-
come consumers of American agricul-
tural implements. The greater part
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and then the bag may be removed. 1t
is asserted that horse once cured i'll
this manner will never again think of
hut whether this is true or
not fitlre- sa412ne can tell.
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German Plan to Cure Kicking Horses


A novel way Of curing horses Of the
kicking habit is practiced in Germany.
A bag of sand or gravel is hung from
the ceiling of the stable in such man
her that the bag will be little dis
tance behind where the refractory
horse is standing. Whenever he
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The atmospheric pressure on the
hodv of the average man is 32,40O
mounds. The ordinary rise and fall of
tho barometer increases OF decreases
this pressure $500 pounds.
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!" tWe arn hara tad


"I'll bet you," said the
lock Holmes, 81 can tell
for breakfast to-day"
can't" replied Sluvven.
There's dab of the yoll
yet" You're wrong. Ths
since day before yesterd;
Eyes, he achieved Success s,9 SUI
denly that we're in trouble. y see,
he's distinguished lawyer. 40 phe's
henn--r~s, Ion the gove:no and
made honorary>H~%s~-f &za1eS club.
No one knows whether tocS him
Judge, general or commodore" 4
Skorcher-He chauffeur? i
Why he doesn't even know the 81
ple of the motive power of the automos'
bile. Miss Ina Sentz-And what is the
principle of it, Mr.. Skorcher? Skorcher
-Why-er-its-er-electricity, you
know. and-er-all that sort Of thing.
Phyl!is-Harry is the most conceited
man I ever met. Maud-What makes
you think so? Phyllis-Why, he first
! asserts that I am the most adorable
woman in the world, the most beauti-
full intellectual, and in every respect
paragon, and then he wants me to
marry him!
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UnhappiIy Married.

He-she married fool with plenty
! of money.
She-Then why isn't she happy?
He-It brought him to his sense
The Smart Set.
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A strange advertising war has been
In progress in New York City. One
firm put up an elaborate sign, nearly
a city block long, building for the pur-
pose a fence estimated to contain over
$500 feet of lumber A rival firm later
built a blank fance in from OF the
other, thus completely hiding the ad-
vertisement.
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QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

A collection of 800 elks' teeth was
found not long ago by curio hunter.
He dug them out of the grave OF a
long-forgotten Indian chief in Idaho.
The teeth are said to be valuable for
mounting.
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A Strange Foster Mother.

An extraordinary, but apparently
well-authenticated story Of a bears
freak comes from a Russian village
in the district OF Gdoff. The village
lies on the fringe of forest, whence
it is of frequent occurrence for bears
to make prowling excursions both by
day and night into the adjacent SET
Elements. Some two weeks age two
young girls, aged respectively five and
13. were surprised by huge bear at
a short distance from the village. The
animal seized and carried off the
younger child, while the elder, terror
stricken, fed home and gave the not
unusual alarm.
An Immediate pursuit was institut-
ed. and the search was continued dur
ing the evening and the next day, with
tbe assistance of neighboring villagers,
q wide Gordon was drawn around an
extensive tract of the forest, and the
searchers closed in. Towards sun
down the bear and her booty were dis
covered in a dense thicket. The child
was perfectly unharmed and reclining
IN a deep messy couch made for her by
the bear.
Although naturally delighted to be
released from her strange guardian
shin. the little girl had got over her
FIRST fright, and had subsisted fairly
we'll on the nuts and other forest fruits
brought to her laager by the bear. one
almost regrets to learn that the freaS
ish but kindly disposed a2jraa Il
summarily killed by thss
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THEN AND NOW

I.
The ancient. dear writer's
A wonderful throng!
And they died in garret,
To live in song!
They told US the story
At which the world thrills,
Locked In rude corner
From baliffs with bills.
II.
The modern, mad writer's
Who thunder away
They live In palace,
And die in day!
They tell US no story
Humanity feels,
And ride to Oblivion
On automobiles! =.
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