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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-14

looks they cast toward the Caspian Clouds in
that direction meant rain, and rain beyond the
Caucasus implied renewed cold in the north. They
wanted frost and snow These Russians Laps
as well as Tartars Even in the cities the night
watchmen will sleep contentedly in the streets while
the breath freezes on their boards
The comparative comfort of the noiseless journey
was soothing to the girl. 1t natural that she
should pour forth the tale of her troubles into the
sympathetic ear of Frank Armstrong, and he in
return made her acquainted with many events of
which she had been in ignorance. She was inter
ested particularly in his meeting with Ivan Stephan
ovitch and the beautiful Circassian.
You soon Will know both of them" said Frank.
Ivan is the man who shouted from the gallery of
the chapel He should be in one or the other
sleighs, though l do not remember seeing him
again. 1t is hardly probable he would come to
any harm, it his knowledge of the place
and of the peculiar properties of the icon that we
owed the possibility of successful intervention"
But the girl? She was not PRESENT."
mo. He told me that his tribe had a hiding
place in these hills. 1t never has been revealed.
Neither death torture has extracted the secret,
for a very good reason. No individual knows the
way. 1t is a secret held in sections, so to speak.
The Circassian awaits there, with Lord ValletOrt
and your brother, l hope"
How be taken there, if the path is
unknown"
Il hardly can explain, but I imagine that we
shall be blndfolded."
How horribel''
We will share the disagreeabe necessity with
Others. Stephanovitch explains that there
divisions of the road, and certain number
of families intrusted with the guidance of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-14

Others over a special section,
which is a sort of hereditary
trust. 1t is not very clear to
me. 1 did not listen carefully,
as l was Preoccupied-by other
thoughts"
How good of you to take
such risk for the sake of a girl
whO-who was almost a stranger
to you'll"
Hardly that, Lady Ermyn-
trude. "
Please do not use nv title.
1t CRATES so on my ears
here"
Am to call you Ermyn-
trude, them"
"Yes-Frank. Surely l can
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-14

set out from the palace at
Bannofka, the thermometer
registered some degrees be-
low zero, yet her second
sleigh drive, not an hour
later, began in a milder
atmosphere, little, if any,
below freezing point.
This was due to a warm
southerly breeze which swept
toward the frozen region from
SUMMER lands. When it had
passed, too early hardin .er
of the day when Russia finally
might doff her white mantle,
the cold would be intense as
ever. If, as sometimes hap
pens, the unexpected warmth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-14

continued for several hours, thaw would set in,
and each smooth road would become a track OF
mud some inches deep
Hence the Russians among the little party
hailed the grateful respite with mixed feelings.
Pursuit into their Businesses already a task of
peril and difficulty would be made practically
impossible, but they would experience the same
drawbacks in attempting to smuggle their English
friends to some distant town on the line Of
rail.
Ermyntrude neither saw nor cared for the anxious
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-14

from gratitude, he told
dangerouS-for him.
Certainly we are reverrtur ONLY To earlier .----s
in this same land" he said steadily
DO you know" she coufded. L W.. -.- IN
a sort of open-eyed nightmare until I Ee.-. .-r
voice in the dreadful chapel That seemed O.. cali
me back to life again l think if some one -... 20
thresh me soundly for the folly which
my visit to Bannofka I should feel Quit.
Not too hard a threshing YOU Know D. ..a1
or two, and kiss to make friends again"
She was thinking of all the trouble she hal O.
but Frank could not help saying:
On those terms l might almost harden 1.- heart
to chastise YOU
But you viii be sure to remain near III. II
have to be bhndfoded;" she murmured.
Her haf-hysterical state accounted for her -r -ts
1t indeed was marvellous thing to ind this cr-.
and stately young aristocrat IN such MOOD Size
was wholly unconscious of the fact that Tie -..-
by her side might be stirred beyond bound .-
complete surrender of rank to the fe1nir.
for protection from threatened danger
' promise, he said quietly, with a steady r-. I've
not to take advantage of the impulse Of a moment
But do not eXaggerate mere precaution into
peril. l honestly believe from what l have beard
that all these people wish is to see US quick and
safely out of the country They VIII settle --.-zs
with Prince Melnikoff in their own way"
The mention of the Princes name swung her
wandering thoughts into their former channel
Il think that if l had married him. and my
parents wished me to become his wife in reality
l should have killed myself" She sa-f
oh you must not yield 70 morbid reflections
of that type"
q mean it I am not one 10 be coe-o.E ieaI
sure if | loved a man, that | should worship him
Prince Melnikoff wished to force me o. marry him.
yielded, because my pride had led Others into
danger. But the chief ornament Of nay ....r ..-r-
dress was a loaded revolver. Now chat I ana
aware of his highness's methods and the value Of
his promises, l fancy that 1 should have used it,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-14
CHAPTER XVI.
The S&rom gh0ld

THAT night there piercing wind The
| temperature had changed with the remark
able rapdty peculiar alike to the steppes and
great river plains of Muscovy in autumn and
spring When Ermyntrude, bound to her wedding,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-03
I'oUn nlIp FoRIUssrAH POOR

FOUH hEIP EOR D'-hE<aA fOOh.
 Is there anything right in Russia? Precious little, apparently, 4 glimpse of the methods which oppress the poor is given fin an article in the Nineteenth Century, in connection with the aston ishing statement that in this huge em- pire, with its 13O,0OoOOO inhabitants. of whom nearly 90 per cent. are of the hard-working class, the State has nev- CT yet attempted to organize poor relief or to do anything else for the poor, ex- cept to punish them sometimes for be- ing poor. Excepting in Moscow and a couple of other cities, there is no regu- lar poor relief at all In the great St. Petersburg the municipality practically ignores any responsibility regarding the poor. and beyond paying for the board and lodging of a certain number of old men and women, it ignores their existence. This state of affairs is not due to lack of funds, hut because. as the authorities say. they are tied hand and foot by the State.
 Although there is no system of state organized relief for the needy, a pre- tense is made of recognizing an obliga- tion in the matter, but care is taken that the burden of expense shall fall upon those least able to bear it. In St. Petersburk and other Russian cities, the inhabitants are divided into five classes-nobles, priests. merchants, small traders and hand-workers. So far as relates to poor relief, each class forms a separate community to carry its own burden of charity. The cases of Restitution in any class but the hand-workers are very few, and it is apparent that the financial strain for the relief of poverty must be borne by those who are least able to bear it. This economic method of adjusting so- cial obligations seems to be character istic of Russia's way of doing things. It is. as the writer of the article re- ferred to says. "as if work houses were supported entirely by future workhouse inmates. and persons paying income tax were not required to pay the poor rate"
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CONTRACTED.
oUID NUNc.

Its much easier" said the scientist, ''to support a weight than it is to lift it." T haven't found it so." said Blk. T can lift my wife quite easily."- Judge.
 Father-''rm glad to see. Willie. that you were sixth in your class last week. You were only eleventh the week be- fore" Willie-"Yes. sir; five of the boys was home sick all last week. Philadelphia Ledger.
 Did you notice the impression I made on Miss stunning?" said the con- ceited man. No" replied the rival in disguise. But she told me about it. What on earth are you going to do to square yourself?"-Detroit Free Press.
 Mrs. Crabshaw-Tom was awfully scared when he saw those four figures on the tag of my new gown. Mrs. Crawford-DIdn't he know they repre- scented the number? Mrs. Crabsbaw-- No. The poor boy thought it was the price.-Puck.
 Bumper-"You owe me thirty thou sand dollars, which you say you can't pay. Why don't you marry Miss Old girl, she's worth twice that amount
 Jumper-.No, I can't do that: but you might marry her yourself and pay me the difference!'- Biatter. Dick Tate-"Miss Short-Isabel-you have been in my office for two years now, and I have learned to love you better every day. Will you be my wife?'' ...-.
 Isabel Short-"Oh! MT. Tate, is it fair to ask me to give up a steady po- sition for an uncertainty?"-Broo Life.
 The reception was in honor of the premier pugilist.
 Mir. Jimfries," said the hostess, wont you show us how you won the championship?' I'd like to oblige," responded the great fighter, respectfully, but I fear you'n have to excuse me this time, I'm very hoarse tonight. Louisville | Courier-Journal
 Redd-"I hear you have just come out for indoor sports" Greene-"Yes, that's a fact" You always did go in TOT outuoor sports, DelleVe! II onk- CTS Statesman.
 Are prices regulated by supply and demand?" E3"'
 Certainly" answered the Trust dic- tator: "by whatever supply we choose to have on hand and whatever demand we choose to make, ,"-Washlngton Star,
 Where on earth did you eyer learn to spell young nan?" asked the law yer of his clerk who had been copying some documents for him. My sister talght me. sir" was the youths reply, sll >%
 "Well, Judge from your spelling that your sister is no school teacher,
 NO, sir" replied the modest boy: she's a stenographer. -- Yonkers ] Statesman. ...~
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-03
IOHN HAY.

It has long been perceived that John Hay was a great man, How great he was is now being said in many ways. and his great work is being elaborately set forth. It is being pointed out that he was the greatest Secretary of State this country has had. and that he was the greatest living diplomat. And his example as a patriot Is being held up for praise and imitation. Among the just and discriminating things that have been said of him the following. from the Brooklyn Eagle. strikes us as well worth attention: Hay was first master of himself. He was the victim of no uncomfortable emotions. He had the soundest possible sense of the rela- tive importance of things. His differ entiation between the real and the spu- rious was faultless. This preserved him from waste, It saved him from such expenditures of time and force as count for so little in the long run that they are calculated to impair rather than to contribute to the credit balance. In other words. he possessed almost to perfection the faculty of perceiyiug the material, as distinguished from the un- substantial, of assigning to each factor a place corresponding to its conse- quenees, and of passing judgment after the fashion of judge; fairly. temper ately, impartially, but with the firmness of one who says what he means and means what he says.
 But all the words seem more or less idle in the face or this country's and the worlds great loss.
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PRACTICAL HINTS ON SAVING
 EAg -,..

GAS. .avs To cook on a. gas range and keep the
 gas bills within reasonable limit is
 problem every careful housekeeper should solve, and it is a difficult one,
 for gas Is wasted by cooks experienced
 in using 1t because they do not know
 how to properly regulate a flame to get the best results. How many persons after turning on
 flame full force to get the pot to boil | remember that 1t can be shut off al- most one-haIf and that the pot, once
 started boiling, will do quite as well, l if not better and with less thought | from the cook, who must be con- stantly on the alert when the flame is full lest the water boil away and the | food burn before it is even half cooked. Tn cooking vegetables, soups and
 meat stews particularly the half flame
 should be used after the pot has once
 boiled, for a slow heat cooks evenly
 and leaves the meats juicy and ten der, while with the full flame they
 often dry out and lose much of the nutrition. When the meat or vegetables are
 done turn off the gass if the rest of the
 meal is not ready. For even the
 smallest jet wastes the fuel, and the ! inexperienced cook will learn that with gas it takes but a moment to reheat l even a big roast when once it is thor
 oughly cooked.
 Another way of saving that amounts
 to many feet of gas in a month is by | systematically turning off the flame a | few minutes before the dish is done.
 Those who have never tried this will see that the heat from a metal burner
 keeps tine pot boiling briskly for per- l haps five minutes. A good way to keep all the dishes hot if the meal is late is by placing as-
 bestos lids over a very slow jet. These lids or plates regulate the heat and
 keep the food from drying out. The oven can also be" used if several dishes
 are to be kept warm by lighting one
 burner after placing the pots and pans | carefully, so that they will have the
 benefit of the heat without being di- | rectly over the burner. A half flame
 should be turned on quickly to warm
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-03
THE WALLACE CASE.

Mr. John F. Wallace, chief engineer of the Panama canal, has had quite a scolding. In this affair a question of business ethics and personal honor of no ordinary interest is raised. When the President was looking around for a chief engineer for the great work of constructing the Panama canal MT. Wallace, according to Judge Taft, sought the place. He named his own price, s25,O0O a year, which was $1OOOO more than he was then receiving, and made his own terms, which the Presi- dent accepted, giving Mr. Wallace ex- traordinary power. Then the engineer went to the Isthmus, his wife accom- panying him. He found the life there, 1t would appear from his statement, extremely lonely and unattraetive and the climate dangerous to the health of himself and his wife. Then came an offer from a corporation in New York of a position better than any he had hoped to occupy for many years. car- rying a salary of $6o,OOO or $65,OOO a year. along with opportunities for mak- ing great deal of money and resi- dcnce in New York. just where he de- sired to go. The question was then for him to decide whether he would con- tinue to reside in Panama on salary of $25,O00 year, and at the risk of the health of himself and his wife, or whether he would live in New York at salary nearly three times as grtea and avoiding the risk to health and fife.
 While there may be a difference of opinion concerning the propriety of MT. Wallace's action, in the end there won't be much about the impropriety of the public scolding he got. This is a big country, much bigger than MT. Wallace.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-03
AN 4 UsTRALTAN PROBLEM.

J. Mildred Creed, a member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales, suggests a scheme which he be- lieves to be, in part, a solution of the colored labor question, which is so troubling Australia. He would be the last man, he says, to advocate any poll icy which would be likely to create a future race problem. He holds that the radical principle of employment of colored laborers must be that they shall only be introduced when their industry will increase the field of employment for whites. This would be the case if 1ustries as the production of cotton, coffee, tea, cocoa, spices, rubber, copra, etc., were established. The success of these is impossible ill the absence of labor cheaper than can be furnished by white men. He argues that for every hundred colored laborers employed in new industrial enterprises, which with out them can never have existence, there would be additional employment for from twenty to thirty white work CTS. By way of illustration he men, tions the construction of railroads in tropical Australia. There are many districts in which mineral fields of the richest character have been left un- worked, though their value has long been we'll known, because only Q rail- road built on only the most economical conditions could permit their succeso- ful development. The cost of white labor Is prohibitive. A case in point, he says, is the Cloncurry district in northern Queensland, about 25O miles from the port of Norrnanton and 400 miles from existing railroads running to the coast, A very large area there contains almost fabulous mineral wealth exposed on the surface. But though well known for forty years, it has never bsen effectively worked, be- cause the cost has been too great.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-03

the oven before the dishes begin to cool. Later q small flame is sufficient for experienced gas range cooks say it is better to keep the original heat in the food than to let it grow cold and reheat 1t.
 One thing for the beginner to re- member is never to turn on the gas until the pot is ready to be placed on 1t. Care in lighting is necessary. In applying the match 10 the burner turn the cock just the least, so that the flame will not burst out, but will be a small, steady jet. A second later it can be turned on full force, with no unpleasant odor of escaping gas, as often occurs when the cock is on full at first.
 It is essential to keep the burners clean. If a small spark is seen in the flame, it is usually 8 sign that the outlet is clogged. The outlet can be easily cleaned with a small piece of cotton fitted closely about the point of . pin.
 When the yellow flame is seen the cook must realize that she is burning larger portion of gas than is re- quired. And to get the blue flame. in which there is some air that saves the gas and keps the flame from burning yellow, it is only necessary to turn a small cap found just below the cock, either to the right or left, until the right color is seen, which means that certain amount of heat is being ob- tained that is not included in the gas bill.-New York Telegram. -.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-03
The stlrrup Gun.

My short and happy day is done; The long and lonely night comes on, And at my door the pale horse stands To carry me to distant lands. His whinny shrtll, his paving hoof, Sound dreadful as gathering storm And l must leave this shelterinE roof And joys of life so soft and warm. Tender and warm the joys of life Good friends, the faithful and the true; My rosy children and my wife, So sweet to kiss, so fair to view. So sweet to kiss, so fair to view. The night comes on, the light burns
 blue;
 And at my door the pale horse stands TO bear me forth to unknown lands
 JOHN HAY
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friend of the poor. that persiaating underWriter, the Honorable Cllanncey Mitchell Depew. If he would donate a little of his own hard earned money made by advising the Equitable Life Insurance Company how to make as much money for the policy holders as possible. to found a chair at Yale on how to write life insurance without counsel, we believe that the world would be better and that a step would be taken in the right direction toward getting some good clean money for all the universities.
 QUID NUNC.
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ADvERTIsING RATES.

Situations. Wants. Rents. and other small advertisements. One Cent a word each insertion, Five Cents word Tor e fun week. .s-
 Display advertisements, per Inch. ons nsertion, S1.20: each subsequent inser- tion. 70 cents; one week. ss,2o; one month. $40; one year. s4a
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An Ingenious time-keeping arrange inent exists to-day which was designed by the famous Duke of Bridgewater, who laced South Lancashire with ca- nals and died over one hundred years ago. The duke was great stickler for punctua1ity, and he was annoyed that the workmen on his estate at Worsley did not return to work after dinner as promptly as they left off when the clock struck twelve. When the duke demonstrated with his men they re- piled that, while they always heard the clock strike twelve times, they often failed to hear the single stroke of 1p.nl. The Duke of Bridgewater quick " found a remedy for this state of af- fgirs. He had clock made which would strike thirteen times an hour after noon, and that clock proclaims 1 o'clock with a bakers dozen of sonor- ous strokes to this day. This "thir- teen" clock is one of the curiosities of Worsley Hall.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-03

My seclusion, explains Mrs. Mary Baker c. Eddy, in discussing the rea- son why she keeps herself so entirely to herself, lis not at all on account of my age. but solely for lack of time wherein to accomplish what I do for humanity and then have moments in which to regale myself with the sweet intercourse of society"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-03

Bjorkyns-"Bad cold you have Bjen- kyns. How did you contract it?'' Bjenkyns--"I didn't contract it." Ii was only a little one, and I expanded it." somerville Journal.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-03

Papes floors instead of wood are said to be popular in Germany. They are made iii the form of a paste and are spread soft, dry hard, have no cracks or seams to harbor dust or vermin, are saft to the tread and can be painted to initiate wood of any sort.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-03

The Wife savagely-"Don let me catch you flirting
 The Husband Meekly-"No, dear, never again. That's the way you. caught me, you know!"- "--Yonkers Statesman. . -.s g-5.. ,-.-.gr.. -
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-03

D. 0. Mills, the California capitalist, who is financing the D. o. Mills expe- dition to the southern hemisphere from the Lick observatory, has just informed Director William W. Campbell of his purpose to furnish enough money to keep the astronomers at work in Chile for five years more. The party, which is headed by Professor William A. Wright, has been at work at San Cris- tobal near Santiago, ever since the spring of 1903, at which time it was in- tended to stay only two years. The funds just furnished by MT. Mills will now allow the work to go on uninter- ruptediy until 1910, he having guaran- feed to meet all expenses of the expedi- ton until that date.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-03

At a recent examination for adnis- sion to the British Military College at Sandhursr many candidates, in answer to question about hydrogen, wrote that the gas was not found in the Or ange River Colony. This puzzled the examiner. who told the story to an army coach. The coach, after thinking while, said: ''I have it. I remember impressing the fact on a number of my pupils that hydrogen does not occur tz } the free state.'
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BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY. 1s CENTS A WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH, ss FOR SIX MONTHS. ss YEAR THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL SINGLE COPIES. CENTS
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THE WEEKLY JOURNAL sasued Thursdays. One Dollar a Year.
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There is sentiment enough in Yer mont, but it is not all in favor of Mrs. Rogers. Thus the Burlington Free Press says: When sentimental females shower male murderers with flowers, apparently increasing the ardor of their sympathy and the abundance of their floral tributes in accordance with the Character of the deadly assault, and when male effeminates howl about hanging some ''poor woman" whose husband Is murdered by slow torture for the benefit of a paramdsr, it Is high Atinle for the people who do not usually bother themselves about criminal af- fairs to awaken to the true nature Of sthe influences at work about them.