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wfeeMs jfcnd weary «T«a wi To see thew *ro ts «f •aioko that refreshed heavy load under his brtath and scorn. Is there for a foolish must work for bread? way I'd root you out, thins!" he said. iigmMi hurried • » passing glance; it she saw in the lovely flower itT and romance UK: "If each were a silken row, handsome rubber stem, „ f be no trouble at all to get' :c , dellar each for them." . -M ;%lthln the office aat a man smiled to see the flowers hyly peeped through the open long, dull hours, rht of the hand that long a the tiny tree, (eve makes ligbt my task, *r wtfe of mine!" Mid be. WMWit/h* the rose-tree with a ocowl, ~U of naught but pain; en-ttyed woman--ah, 'twas Aspoke of gain; . , man of clearer sightr*;^, . pie-time grace did prove ; fact In all the world,--, to' life of lave._ nth what sight shall we aee God gives you and me? Smith, In Young People's ttunbsr 23. BTGARRARD HARRIS. frr'iUfc Atonement." "When Love is- Done," etc. Daily Story Pub. Co.) dreary years had waited patiently, and Long had he antici- tt, and now he, No. 23, I'Ule prison wails. No. 23 free man, for he had nanded by the law. [ and he had suffered, .not intend to kill the deputy 1 buttSto,-Officers and some men Is house for an Illicit he had been making license. One of the t roughly, and mad- ranee, he fired upon m» fall with a bullet in his •DUm, arrested, torn from home, put in prison, and »nced- to fifteen years at now he was free. It was «me horrible nightmare, a udream dissipated by the gleam ptpaffeing sunlight. For a while •wit to the prison his wife him, and brought the cnil- uia visits grew further ^mho YmT' ' apart, and finally they ler. strange, did No. 23--as id slept for a long, long had been awakened in midday. He took a fare- rait the grim walls that for so III had been Ms abiding place turned his face toward the 'hi* young manhood. ibered the log cabin sit- Ide of the mountain-- jding in the doorway ctant light on her Children playing in among the marigolds and he could smell the of the pine forest. AWt a dream. That was ago. But she md she would E him--she had fdy years and fas glad as he ilouo. She irse; . her hair gray, but she [ that comforted She had told rust him, and for him, gladly, lildren--how they would be wondered if they would t;*af|S'0| th« car wheels sung a home, going home." > the tops of the moun- ice. Back in their fthe home-of his youth, At last the train tion, and No. 23 jrs about the vll- idle curiosity at are was not a him. but that did going home. He "jered road and mountains and the the cliffs. t, Up and up he , peaks loomed *P iystcrious in the jof the purple haze of an Indian in the air a hawk «|al, griwful circles and IhrK^i^kgttiigs to its mate. > ftm^ipeithflr side of the be heard the rustling of the : they dropped' softly to their upon tine ground. A i from a nearby tree, and of a deserted old field a tling merrily. On tM in the clearing* :-lhe goi4en rod gleamed store cm he mmi .W|th» ̂ under* the crfelteta eangVilltTequtem tor the season j»«t drawing to a close --a chant for the ilj leg sa^mnn The iky was blue, a deep tnr$aoise, such as Only the skies In a nwmtklBoiH coun­ try show in November. ̂ ah nature was gorgeous in crimson Mid yellow and gold, as though drMsed for the final *»view of summer's glories. <rnr one more mile! Every stone and tree was now familiar to him, •vary turn and brook' was fraught with -•wne happy remembrance. His heart began to boat wildly. Would she meet him at the gate, and be glad to see him? She had told him she would, When she last came to the prison, years before. Of course she would--and the children, they wold run to meet him *nd kiss him as they did in the olden days. It was Just around the turn, only a few steps further, and he would see toe little home with its Tine-clad piazza, and the. flowers growing in the yard, and--her standing at the gate, waiting. For fifteen years he had longed for this moment, and now that it had come, --he dared not go around the bend of the road--his heart was torn With doubts and fears. He sat down to rest and collect his thoughts. He was faint and sick, jhe had eaten nothing all day and the long Walk up to mountain had almost ex­ hausted him. Pulling all his energies together, he staggered around the bend of the road. He was afraid to raise his eyes until he had reached the .gate, then he did so. s ^ , * There was no house there. ; * Only a heap of rubbish and ruin, and a tangled thicket of blackberry briars and bushes and decaying weeds. He leaned against a fence post aiy} in a dazed sort of way tried to understand. The house was but a pile of rotting logs, the fences were gone and his family--God only knew where they were. He staggered to the waste of weeds and briars and sat down on the block of stone that once had served as a doorstep. ! " The afternoon waned and the shad­ ows grew long. The sunlight came slantingly down and gilded and glori­ fied everything it touched. A rabbit hopped timidly near and gazed at the silent, bowed figure in tremulous won­ derment. A lizard lay upon .one of the logs of the house, and basked its gllt- teipig sides in the mellow rays of the sivi. Longer and' longer grew the shadows, and at last the god of day frtnk down beyond the western moun- txfln tops. Night slowly crept over earth, and the moon rose in autumnal brightness and threw its rays upon the lonely figure Bitting with bowed head amid the gloomy ruins of a former hofne. A whip-poor-will began to sing its lonely song from a distant hill-top, and an owl hooted querulously from a nearby thicket. At last the man arose. There was a little stunted marigoldv growing near tlie doorstep. He picked one or two of the blossoms and put them in his bosom, and as he bent over the stone where he had been sitting a tear dropped from his eyes and plashed npon the insensate rock. He gave one more look at the ruins, and then start­ ed down the mountain. On and on he went, never stopping, never looking back. The village lay in darkness below. Through it he passed, never once turn­ ing his head. When the moon was hanging like a silver globe in the far, wan west, a railroad train came rush­ ing through the darkness like some -fiery serpent, and stopped a moment at the little station. A black figure got aboard and took a seat in a dim cor­ ner of the car. At last the train arrived in the city. The figure slunk away through the gray dawn toward the prison. The Warden was awakened .by a faint pounding upon the grim door. He went down and opened it. • man lay prone upon the doorstep. "Who are you?" asked the warden. "I am Number Twenty-three. Take me In again, for I have no other home." Old Bird's Nests. Hundreds of thousands of nests are built every year in trees and hedges. What becomes of all these homes after the birds have flitted from them at summer's end? Most of them are lined with sheep's wool, with feathers a"d other materials that bind them to­ gether. Now it happens that beetle# and moths and other insects devour these things, and by thus destroying them loosen the nests so much that wind and rain soon scatter the rest of the materials. But for this timely help the trees would be clogged up with a mass of old nests, the leaves could not sprout, and many trees would per­ ish. Attention is called anew to erotic exploration by two recent occurrences --one the return from the polar re­ gions of the Duke of Abruzzl, the other the arrival of Lieut. Peary's steamer Windward at Godfcaven, Greenland, «n her way to Cape York. It is not yet known, and may not be until another season opens, whether *Peary has succeeded in his dash for the pole, as the letter announcing the northward progress of the Windward was already two months eld when it reached this country; and even if the relief party accomplishes the object of the expedition, the steamer may be detained all winter by the ice. But it is probable that the brave, explorer, who has been so long absent amid the ice fields, has already welcomed his angel In Jane, 1899, on his ship, the Stella Polare, for Franz-Joeef Land, beyond which four sledge expeditions were made, one of which, it is claimed, made the farthest distance north until that time recorded, of 86 degrees and 33 minutes. After great labor and pri­ vation the sledges returned to the ship, which was finally freed, from the ice and succeeded in reaching the port of Tromsoe, Norway,' September 6, 1900. The expedition, if credence may be given to the reports of the intrepid explorers, pushed the limit of human knowledge nearer by about twenty miles to the pole then any other, the farthest previottgnffort, that of Frldt- jof Nans en, the Norwegian, having rsached 8t degrees and 14 minutes. Nansen, as everybody knows, started truly American equipment The shores of Greenland are dotted with th» names of prominent Americaa^he- stowed by theii* a^enturous men upon capes nnd bays, *0§i|tlins and fiords, and is ns reason for assuming otherwise than that, when the final achievement stall erown with success the gallant endeavors of cen­ turies, America's bajQMr will wave over that spot where there" is "no north, no east, no west." Our ooun* trymen have outdistanced Bngie^ in the race, but, unless Peary has glori­ ous news whloh he must treasure through the coming arctic night, they have been passed by Norway and Italy. The forthcoming struggle for suprem­ acy will not only be international, but racial, and it ift not on record that the ' .. "V: LIEUT PEWS*. 1EGLE amo) if « MB1",! DOKE or ABJH/2ZI Ouan-'" E B BALnwm A.W. GfcEELY \mk John shwm. only half-war np the mast The flag today-- Another great American Has passed away. V ,r' Through such as he the nation moves To grander heights, As sailors gain the ports they seek,. By starry lights. Safe la his country's love he sleeps, A proven man. \ ' In all he did most American. Not at the roaring cannon's mouth He found his fame, But by upholding in her neeA ' / His country's name; ' i Equal are soldier and statesman--- Or soon or late ; Each gives his life unsparingly » Unto the state. Then honor him, and write his name Oh Glory's scroll As high as any there, and breathe Peace to his soul. ^ , ^ 4 C. Q. B., In Chicago Recorft. rnirijr-nina Article#." On the occasion when the bishop of Oxford alighted from the train at Wheatley, the sfation for Cuddles ton palace, an officious porter rushed up to him and asked, "Any articles in the van, my lord?" "Articles!" said the bishop, grimly. '"Yes; thirty-nine ar­ ticles!" Oft hurried the porter and worried the guard almost out of his senses by the way he searched the van and detained the train. Presently he came back to the bishop with a crestfallen expression of countenance. "There are only seven, my lord." 'Only seven? Ah! you're a dissenter, them, I should think!" wife and daughter, who were on board, and received the supplies of provisions destined for the continuation of the great work, should he have failed In reaching the pole. The relief steamer sailed from St. John's, Newfoundland, July 20th, and as the letter received was dated Aug. 10th, it is not likely that Peary has any information of the breaking of the arctic record by the Duke of Abruzzi, who reached Norway on his return voyage on the 5th of September. But if this were possible it is not prob­ able that it would cause any change in his plans, which were, in his own words: "To secure every mile of ad­ vance Just as far as there is land, and then attempt to accomplish the re­ maining distance in one effort. In case the conditions are impracticable the first season, I shall return to my Eskimo village--Eah--winter there, "and- start again the next spring, and If conditions are not favorable the sec­ ond year, come-back for the winter and start again and again." There are now two American parties in the Arctic, the other company, under Robert Stein, being in Elsemere Land; besides which there is a Rus­ sian, a Norwegian, a German, a Dan­ ish and a Swedish, without reckoning the Andre balloon expedition, which, despite the conflicting accounts as to its continued existence, is probably lost. It is thought that Lieutenant Peary stands as good a chance of suc­ cess as any other explorer, for, as is well known, he is no novice in arctic experiences, having made several voy­ ages and journeys, beginning in 1886, and having already endured terrible privations without flinching. As to his pluck and previous adventures, General Greely, the eminent authority, says in one of his books: "The two crossings of Greenland by Peary must be classed as among the moat brilliant geographic feats of late years, his jour­ neys far surpassing In extent that of his ice cap predecessor, Nansen, who crossed Greenland more than 1,000 miles to the south. • • • If Peary's advance beyond his burled caches was mV vi aicui' Passing or tkc Bicycle, "Do you still arrest bicycle riders who wheel along your sidewalks?" "Arrest 'em! Gosh! We don't see none to arrest! It's a dum shame' The village used to git a mighty gooo thing out of it, and Jim Cronk, th' Justice that did the fining, was takln* in cold cash hand over fist. But thi# fall derned if he didn't have to go to movin' ashes an' whiteiwaahin' to git an honest livln'!"--Cleveland Plain Dealer. AdaaiMS Kty«lMa'| Omtu. Lord Rosebery is an ardent admirer of the genius of Napoleon. For a year he has been writing a study of the great Napoleon while he was at St. Helena, with his hands behind him, looking at the stars and over the sea. It Is there that Lard Rosebery finds the man most interesting. jvurueys, yet the courage, fertility of resource and physical endurance displayed by him and his companions place their efforts among the most notable in arc­ tic sledging." There is an added Interest in the Peary expedition from the fact that the wife of the explorer was with him on a prvious exploration, when their daughter was borns and it is claimed that no other civilized member of their sex has been as near the pole as they. Another interesting fact is that all the chiefs of the expeditions which in recent years have approached nearest to the pole, the great goal of human effort for centuries are still living. The most recent success, so far as we know, is that of the duke of Abruzzl, from Lapland In July, 1893, in his ves­ sel, the Fram, intending to drift aa far as the arctic currents could carry her, then to make the sledge journey beyond to the limit of his powers. This he did, and in company with a gallant seaman, Johansen, reached the northernmost limit up to that time attained by human 'beings, fortunately effecting his escape from the icefields and reaching Norway in August, 1896. Nansen's was a most wonderful ad­ venture and resulted in valuable addi­ tions to our knowledge of the arctic currents, etc., but the expedition whose achievements he outdid far surpassed it iif scientific results and in the priva­ tions of its members. That was that of General, then lieutenant, Greeley, which succeeded in reaching the far­ thest north then known to mortal man, when the sledge journey of Lieutenant Loekwood and Sergeant Brainard re­ sulted in the latitude of 83 degrees and 24 minutes being scored. Previous to that the record had been held toy Eng­ land for more than three centuries, but the remarkable expedition under Greely surpassing every other attempt­ ed by men of any nationality, won the record for America. It was on the 13th of May, 1882, after a terrible march with sledges, that Loekwood and Brainard wrote their names on the white fields of fame up there amid the eternal snows, and with their glasses peered a few miles farther into the misty beyond and named the farthest point of land ever seen by man Cape Washington. The indications are that there is no abatement of the patriotic spirit o£ emulation -that animated Kane and Hall, Wellman, Greely, Peary, Brain­ ard, Loekwood and ail those gallant Americans who have striven to plant the Stars and Stripes nearest to the pole. Indeed, at this very moment another American expedition is being matured for next year, backed by un­ limited wealth and experience, having for its sole object the distinction it will bring to the flag of our country. At a recent meeting of the Arctic Club it was announced by Dr. Evelyn B. Baldwin tbat he was to lead another venture poleward, which he has been planning for the last five years. Be­ hind it is Mr. William Ziegler, of New York, who is pledged to expend $1,000,- 000 if necessary to make it a success. This expedition will start in the early summer of 1901, and, as Mr. Baldwin has already won his spurs as an arc­ tic explorer, having been with Peary as meteorologist in 1893, with Well- man in 1898-99, and is recognized as an authority on the subject of polar ex­ ploration, the best results are antici­ pated. Mr. Baldwin made an unsuccessful attempt to Join Andree in 1897, but there was fortunately no room for him in the balloon, and he was spared to project this voyage for 1901 anf t& descendants of the vikings and the Saxons have ever yet succumbed to the Latins. Loyal Little Aanertoafe, • teacher who spent her vacation abroad tells the following story: One of her fellow passengers on the steam­ er that brought her home was a little boy about ten years old. As the steamer approached New York the child grew exultantly happy and every little while he would say, "We're al­ most home now." He talked of thu various objects they passed as though he were really quite at home. Finally the teacher said. "Do you live in New York?" "No," answered he,'"I live in St. Paul, Minn." Miss L. remarked, "St. Paul? You are still a long Way from home." "This is just as good as home," said the loyal little fellow. "It's America." The young traveler's patriotism so pleased the Columbus lady that she asked him about his travels, and learned why he was so glad to see America. He had been in Europe over six months, a part of which time had been spent in school in Sweden.' He had seen much that was interesting in the different Euro­ pean countries, but was as pleased as he - could possibly be on once more seeing his native land and stoutly de- cl&red that America was best* country in the world." who sailed from Christianla and Arch- enter the race for the pole with a | Suicide Catcher̂ rTlTrahis. | It has become a fad recently in Italy among persons (Who desire to commit •udcide to jump dn front of express trains. Three weeks ago the engineer and the passengers of the Genoa- Rome express were really vexed be­ cause in a short run of eight hours four persons used tfhe train in this <way to end their lives, regardless of the delay which they were causing by their selfish thoughtlessness. Moral suasion appearing inadequate to the task of turning these from the fatal error of their ways, the railroad authorities have adopted a special suiclde-catdher. It is placed in front of th© locomotive like the Amerdcan cowcatcher, ami It MOops up the person who tries to use tito en­ gine for his own unpleasant purposes. Having scooped him up, it deposits him on a little platforrd, where he gets a free trip to the nearest station, while the engineer and the fireman exiMven the journey by making deeply feK remarks to hfsn. How Slate Pencils Am Made. Slate pencils were formerly all cut, from slate just as it is dug from the earth. Pencils so made were objeoted to on account of the grit which they contain. To overcome this difficulty, says the London Engineer, Col. D. M. Steward devised an ingenious process by which the slate is ground to a very fine powder, all grit and foreign sub­ stances removed and the powder bolt­ ed through silk cloth much in the same manner as ftour is bolted. The powder is th»u made into a dough and this dough is subjected to a very heavy hydraulic pressure, which presses the pencils out the required shape and di­ ameter, but in lengths of about three feet. While yet soft the pencils are cut into the desired lengths and set out to dry In the open air. After they are thoroughly dry the pencils are placed in steam baking kilns, where they receive the proper temper. For the Teetb. Mix One ounce of charcoal, as much quinine as will lie on a dime, five grains of magnesia, and a few drops of attar of roses. Both a soft and a hard brush should be used, and the upper teeth brushed from the top downwards, the lower teeth from the bottom upwards^ The inside of the teeth require to be brushed in the same way. Besides the ust^al brushing twice a day, the teeth should be brush­ ed with soap three or four times a week. This is not at first pleasant, but it is very beneficial to the teeth. Soap is an alkaline preparation besides be­ ing antiseptic, and it also helps to re­ move the tartar. Here's m Bray Oie The case of Mr. E. W. Green of For­ res ton, 111., is baffling the physicians. Mr. Green Is slowly turning to bone, his flesh has gradually hardened until all but his face and the tips of his fingers and toes are ,as solid to the touch as the hardest stone. His joints have not yet wholly hardened, as he can walk slowly. He seems in per­ fect health, and physicians cannot ac­ count for this hardening condition, neither can they do anything for him. Fearing a plague of rata, Antwerp has organized an official rat hunt, a penny being given by the authorities for every animal killed. TH* late Hftjor O&vtwrtght. Major Cartwright, who died recently In Cuba of yellow fever, was extremely popular among the Cubans. La Lqcha, the Havana paper which is much given to finding fault with Americans as a rale, makes an exception in favor ot the officers and men who have garri­ soned what was formerly the depart­ ment of Matanzas. In an article on Major Cartwright's death La Lucha •ays: "In Matanzas Major Cartwright was not alone in being admired by the native population. From General Wil­ son down members of the staff of that department were met everywhere by smiles, bows and salutes. The secret of It is that these men--with their commanding officer for an example-- recognised the hnmanlty of these peo­ ple, thereby giving them full oppor­ tunity to display their good qualities. An illustration of the feeling toward General Wilson was witnessed one morning In July by the editor of the Lucha. During a ride of some ten miles many houses were passed, vary­ ing in size and appearance; at each the inhabitants spbfee to the general with • bright eye of pleasure, and received In return a courteous bow or salute, according to sex, and a hearty buenos dlas or hola, choquito, to the children. The washerwomen at their tubs and the teamsters in the road; the ladies In carriages on their way to church, and the Spanish and Cuban gentlemen out riding, all knew him, and were anxious to show their pleasure at meeting him. Toward the entire gar­ rison the sentiment was the same, even the children showing their delight at meeting an officer by drawing up In line and giving a smiling salute-- always was returned. D«Ce ts Osrri Ammenltlo*. In our English service, the system adopted for replenishing the ammuni­ tion of the troops engaged has consist­ ed In selecting a- certain number of men to carry cartridges from the rear up to the firing line, it having been apparently supposed fhat it would be possible for these men to move along the line and to distribute ammunition to those whose pouches were empty. We very soon learned that such a sys­ tem could not be of any use under modern condition. * The men carrying up the ammunition would inevitably be shot before reaching the front and the men in the firing line would be left with empty pouches. So we must find some other method of solving this Im­ portant problem, which has also to be considered in connection with the ac­ tion of artillery. We know that at Colenso it was impossible to keep the guns, afterward abandoned, supplied with ammunition, and with the pros­ pect that the rate of fire of our guns will be considerably Increased in the near future, this problem bids fair to be more acute than ever. In certain foreign armies the services of specially trained dogs have been requisitioned to get over the difficulty. These dogs are fitted with a sort of saddle which will carry a quantity of rifle ammuni­ tion, and are trained to race to the front, and. arrived there, to permit the soldiers to relieve them of their bur­ den. I think it quite possible that It may be found 'possible to keep infan­ try supplied in this manner, but some other means will have to be found for replenishing the limbers of our artil­ lery. It is very probaible that we shall see dogs utilized in many other ways In the fighting of the future. For in­ stance, they would be very useful on outpost duty to give warning of an enemy's approach, and if dogs were at­ tached to our field hospitals they would be of the greatest assistance in searching for the wounded after an action.--National Review. M00 tone, _ Iphigeiiia, ^ Orlando, «,M0 tana, 4S4 it gun*; Undaantedl 484 BM*. twenty-eight ----» 7H tens, ***> ®en, sir gtlns; Peacock, _ _ seventy-six men; ten guns; PlgfcOr, tons, seventy-six men, ten guaa; I r ver, 765 tons, seventy-six man. ink! guns; Rattler, 738 tons, aertnt***! men, six guns; Redpole, «05 toas, a«v-i enty-six men, six guns. Torpedtt taafe»! ---Fame, 27S tons, eighty men. *abti guns; Whiting, 300 tons, eighty six guns. Sloops--Algerine, tJR$ tens! 106 men, ten guns; Daphne, UH ~ 138 men, eight guns; Phoenix, tons, 106 men, ten guns. Total, 696 tons, 6,993 men, 4S6 guns. 2 M. S. Forte is a second cli of 4,360 tons displacement and tJOt tons horse power. She carrhM tea guns, and her nominal speed la UJ knots. She is commanded by E. P. Jones, and is on the Cape Nnd West African station. The fimt class gunboat Partridge, of 720 tons, anf |g also on the same station. Shi carftea six guns and seventy-flve men, ani to commanded by Lieut, and Commander Allan p. Hunt.--Montreal HeftM and Star. . "mrhMnr Jee-*Whe«l«» General Joseph Wheeler graduated from West Point in 1859. When the war broke out he went Into the con­ federate service, and at the bald# of Shiloh, where he commanded a bri­ gade at the age of twenty-six, to led the charge which resulted in the cap­ ture of General Prentiss' division of the federal army. During that battle he had three horses shot under Mm and won his nickname of "Fighting Joe." In July of the same year he was given command ot the camdry division of the army of the Mississippi and in that capacity he took part In some Of this most desperate battlsi o the war. During the war General Wheeler was under 'fire In 800 skir­ mishes and no less than 200 battles. After the surrender of Lee General Wheeler opened a law office at Wheel­ ing, Ala. He served in congress con­ tinuously from 1882 until the breaking out of the war with Spain. His career Tribune. T Sketch of Om. Gordon. General John B. Gordon is a son of Georgia, which state he has served since the war as governor and United States senator. As a soldier he ranked in the popular estimation at least aa only second to Robert E. Lee. Ha graduated from the University of Georgia in 1852 at the head of his class, and afterwards engaged in the mining of coal. When the war broke out he at once volunteered, and be- came in rapid succession captain, in*> Jor, colonel, brigadier general, major general and lieutenant general in com­ mand of one wing of the army of Vir­ ginia. He led the last charge on the battlefield of Appomattox, and after the close of the war gathered his wing of the army and made a most eloquent speech, bidding his soldiers obey the laws, go home in peace, and do their best to rebuild the country. He served four years as governor of his native state, and seven years In the United States senate. He Is now 68 yeara old. --Chicago Tribune. Ma ArmT KeoffwilnlMSi plans for army reorgam lt&tkma will be submitted to congress this win­ ter. Secretary Root, meeting the views of the president, is having prepared plans which contemplate an amy of 100,000 men. He will follow the aame general method as that urged upon the late congress. Gen. Miles will propose an army of 80,000, including 36 regi­ ments of infantry, 15'regiments of cavalry, 20 batteries of artillery, and a coast artillery of about 18,900 men to properly man the seacoast defenses. Gen. Miles believes there should be at least one soldier to every thousand In­ habitants. The administration will strongly urge that a big standing army be provided for and will point out that the large army of volunteers will cease to be available after June next. Ac­ companying this appeal for an In­ creased army will bet the war depart­ ment estimates, whloh will aggregate from 1125,000,000 to 9150,000,000, as they will be based on the demands of an army of the maximum aise mended. British Chlu IqvkdrM. British fleet in Chinese waters is commanded by Vice Admiral Sir Edward Hobart Seymour, K. C. B., and his flagship is the Centurion. The second in command, flagship Barfleur, is Rear Admiral James A. T. Bruce. The fleet consists of four battleships, eight cruisers, six gunboats, two tor­ pedo boats and three sloops. The ves­ sels with their armament and equip­ ment are as follows: Battleships-- Centurion, 10,500 tons, 696 men, forty- three guns; Barfleur, 10,500 tons, 622 men, forty-three guns; Victorious, 14,- 900 toes, 757 men, fifty-six guns; Ter- rlblet 14,200 tons, 840 men, forty-four guns. Cruisers--Aurora, 6,600 tons. 484 men, twenty-six guns; Bonaven- ture, 4,360 tons, 312 men, nineteen guns; Brisk, 1,770 tons, 273 men; six­ teen gum; Endymion, 7,350 tons, 544 •an, twenty-nine guns; Henalone, : West Potmt Welters StrUta, tfrmsiij-ioxiT of the waiters in the cadet mess at West Point stopped work just before the dinner hour re­ cently and refused to handle a single ration unless a raise of $5 a month In their salary was guaranteed. Major Hall, treasurer of the commissary de­ partment was summoned, and after consulting with the superintendent acceded to the demand. The griev­ ances are based upon the recent In­ crease in the number of cadets, which naturally makes additional work for the civilian employes. The old scale for the mess waiters was $20 a mtfnth with ration*. ; * f a n * e t e f o r T o n i i I l e a . / Familiarity with. the prevailing standards of etiquette gives*a young man a distinct advantage, and he who is sure that he knows is at ease and conforms automatically' to social re­ quirements. None can be perfect In deportment who has to stop to con­ sider how things ought to be done. If a man be a gentleman at heart the outward polish is easily acquired -he- tween manners and morals the tie la intimate. A true gentleman ia simple, unpretending, natural. Ha is cour­ teous and considerate, and has the personal dignity that oomefc of self- respect, not self-oonselousneaa. Ha treats every woman as a lady, irpneks well of othera and recognizee hospital­ ity as a mutual obligation.--October Ladles* Home Journal. An old bachelor says a rich ant