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v.V • -:vr?* • *P %#.•: THE MAID af MAIDEN LANE Sequel to «* The Bow of Orange Ribbon." i' :.i •::4v;̂ -;".v"':.'lll'rill>"' ' 1,1 "'• '• Wj.V "MP? ^ • u>" BY E. BARK '^j ?vit" (Copyright, 1900, by Amelia B. Bur) rfi': f "- f. -«-'. : •; \ CHAPTER VIII.--(Continued.) Without st pause, without an erasure, this letter had transcribed Itself from Cornelia's heart to the small gilt-edged note paper, but she found it much more difficult thing to answer the re­ quest of Rem Van Ariens. She was hurt and agitated and withal a little sorry for Rem, and she was also in a liurry, for the letter for Joris was waiting, as she wished to send both by the same messenger. Finally she wrote the following words, not notic­ ing at the time, but remembering -afterwards what a singular soul re­ luctance she experienced; how some uncertain presentiment, \jrague and 4&rk and drear, stifled her thoughts and tried to make her understand, or «t least pause: ~My Dear and Honored Friend: "Tour letter has given me very Ureal sorrow. You must have known for many weeks, even months, that auarriage betweoa' us was impossible. It has always t>een so, it always will be so. I grieve at your going away; 1 pray that your absence may bring you some consolation. Do not, I beg you, -attempt to call on my father. With­ out explanations, I tell you very sin­ cerely, such a call will cause note great trouble, for you know well a girl must trust somewhat to others' judg­ ment la her disposal. Please to con­ sider your letter as never written. With a sad sense of the pain my words must cause you, I remain for all time your faithful friend and obedient serv­ ant, Cornelia Moran." Then she rang for a lighted candle, said-while waiting tor its arrival neatly folded her letters. Her white wax and seal were at hand, and she delayed the servant until she had closed and addressed them. "You will take Lieut. Hyde's letter first," she said. "Mr. Van Ariens' note you can deliver as you return." SIP/:1 ¥ soon a3 this business was quite 3? ...; • <mt of her hands, she sank with a e1S$k s Itappy sigh into a large comfortable M «hair; let her arms drop gently, and closefl her eyes to think over what %•.' she had done. She was quite satis­ fied. She was sure that no length of reflection could have made her decide differently. 8he had Hyde's letter in Iter bosom, aad she pressed her hand Against it, and vowed to her* heart v4 that he was worthy of her love, and ^ that he only should have it. "Oh, ^ " there Is nothing I would alter in him, , • «vgn at the cost of a wish! Joris! Joris I" aad she let the dear name Vi t _ - sweeten her lips, while the light of love brightened and lengthened her §1$; - «yes. and spread over her lovely face v. a blushing gow. Hie tea tray was brought in at five # ' c'clock, but Dr. Moran had not re- ^ v , / turned, and there was in both worn- M «n's hearts a little sense of dlsap- ' pointment Mrs. Moran was wonder- : lng at his unusual delay. Cornelia jp- feared he would be too weary and ||v ' perhaps too much interested in other |K;-, matters to permit her K ver to speak, p- r .. "But even so," she thought, "Joris 41111 come again. To-night is not the m:" «nly opportunity.'* ^ When the doctor came Cornelia was '•/so thoughtful for the weary man's few - comfort, so attentive and so amusing, J-- • that he found It easy to respond to IEthe happy atmosphere surrounding spptj v him. So an hour passed and Cornelia f{-'- begaa to listen for the sound of ; : Hyde's step upon the flagged walk. I'v; 'With her work in her hand--making Af. ' laborious stitches by a drawn thread fe"" ' --she sat listening with all her being. Half-past eight! She looked up and - ; ' «auglit her mother's eyes, and the trouble and question in them, and •• the needle going through the fine muslin, seemed to go through her ... heart. At nine the watching became ; unbearable. She said softly, "I must •' dgo to bed. I am tired. Her move- ||U ment in the room roused the doctor 64/ -thoroughly. He stood up, stretched |f„ ,' his arms, walked to the window and |f/, - looking out said: It is a lovely $;'V. ' might, hat the moon looks like storm. A a s Began to listen for Hyde's step. Ohi"--and he turned quickly with the exclamation--"I forgot to tell you that I heard to-day that Gon. Hyde re­ turned on the Mary Pell this morn­ ing, bringing with him a child." "A child!" said Mrs. Moran. "A girl, then, a little mite of a sreature. Mrs. Davy told me the Captain carried her in his arms to the carriage which took them to Hyde Manor." Then Cornelia said a hasty "good- might" and went to her room. She was sick at heart; she trembled, something In her life had lost its foothold and a sudden bewildering terror--she knew not how to explain --took possession of her. She burled her face in her pillow «Vhd wept bitterly. Alas! Alas! Love tfonnds as cruelly when he fails, as when he strikes. CHAPTER IX. ,• .. Misdirected Letters. TO* night so unhappy to Cornelia %na very much mors nnhappy to Hyde. He had sent his letter to her before eleven in the morning, and If Fortune were kind to him, he expect­ ed an answer soon after leaving Madame Jacobus. When noon passed and one o'clock struck, he rang for some refreshments. At 3 there was a knock at his door and be went hastily to answer It Bal­ thazar stood there with the longed- for letter in his hand. He felt that he must be quite alone with it. So he turned the key and then stood a mo­ ment to examine the outside. He kissed the superscription and kissed the white seal, and sank into his chair with a sigh of delight to read it In a few moments a change beyond all expression came over his face-- perplexity, anger, despair cruelly as­ sailed him. It was evident that some irreparable thing had ruined all his hopes. He was for some moments dumb. This trance of grief was fol­ lowed by passionate imprecations and reproaches, wearing themselves away to an utter amazement and incredul lty. He had flung the letter to the floor, but he lifted it again and went over the cruel words, forcing himself to read them slowly and aloud. " 'Your letter has given me very great sorrow'; let me die If that is not what she says; 'very great sor­ row. You must have known for weeks, even months, that marriage between us was impossible'; am 1 perfectly In my senses? 'It always has been and always will be';why, 'tis heart treason of the worst kind! Oh, Cornelia! Cornelia! And she 'grieves at my going away,' and bids me on 'no account call on her father'--and takes pains to tell me the 'No is ab­ solute'--and I am not to 'blame her.' Oh this is the vilest treachery! It it Rem Van Ariens who is at the bottom of it. May the devil take the fellow! I shall need some heavenly power to keep my hands off him. I will never wonder again at anything a woman does Was ever a lover so be­ trayed?" Thus his passionate grief and an­ ger tortured him until midnight. Then he threw himself upon his bed, and his craving, suffering heart at length found rest in sleep from the terrible egotism of its sorrow. Never for one instant did he Im­ agine this sorrow to be a mistaken and quite unnecessary one. Not taking Rem Van Ariens seriously into his consideration, and not fearing his rival in any way, it was beyond all his suspicions that Rem should write to Cornelia in the same hour, and for the same purpose as himself. And that she should be forced by circum­ stances to answer both Rem and him­ self in the same hour, and in the very stress and hurry of her great love and anxiety should misdirect the let- tere, were likelihoods outslds his consciousness. It was far otherwise with Rem. The moment he opened the letter brought him by Cornelia's messenger, in that very moment he knew that it was not his letter. He understood at once the position, and perceived that he held in his hand an instrument, which if affairs went as he desired, was likely to make trouble he could perchance turn to his own advantage. These thoughts sprang at once into his re­ flections, but were barely enter­ tained before nobler ones displaced them. As a Christian gentleman he knew what he ought to do without cavil and without delay, and he rose to follow the benignant Justice of his conscience. Into this obedience, how­ ever, there entered an hesitation of a second of time, and that infinitesimal period was sufficient for his evil genius. "Why will you meddle?" It asked. "It will be far wiser to let Hyde take the first step. If the letter he has received is so worded that he knows it Is your letter, it is his place to make the transfer--and he will be sure to do it." And he hesitated and then sat down, and as there is wickedness even In hesitating about a wicked act, Rem easily drifted from the negative to the positive of the crime contem­ plated. 'f "I had better keep it," he mused, "and see what will come of the keep­ ing." He suffered in this decision, suf­ fered in his own way quite as much as Hyde did. He saw clearly that Cornelia had never loved him, that his hopes had always been vain, and he experienced all the bitterness of being slighted and humbled for an enemy. He felt a sudden haste to escape himself, and seizing his hat walked rapidly to his father's office. Peter looked up as he entered, and the question In his eyes hardly needed the Bimple interrogatory-- "Well, then?" "It Is 'No.' I shall go to Boston early in the morning." "I have just heard that Gen. Hyde came back this morning.' He Is now the Right Honorable the Earl of Hyde, and his son is, as you know, Lord George Hyde. Has this made a difference?" , "It has not. Let us count up what is owing to us. After all there is a certain good in gold." "That is the truth. In any adver­ sity gold can find friends." Then the two men spent several hours in going over their accounts, and during this time no one called on Rem and he received no message. When he returned home he found af­ fairs Just as he had left them. "So far so good," he thought, "I will let sleeping dogs lie. Why should I set them baying about my affairs? I will not do it"--and with this determina­ tion in his heart he fell asleep. But Rem's sleep was the sleep of tired flesh and blood and heavy as lead. And the waking from such sleep --If there is trouble to meet--is like being awakened with a blow. He leaped to his feet, and the thought of his loss and the shame of It, and | the horror of the dishonorable thing he had done, assailed him with a bru­ tal force and swiftness. He stunned by the suddenness and the inexorable character of his trouble. And he told himself it was "best to run away from what he oould not fight." As soon as he was well on the road to Boston, he even began tc assume that Hyde, full of the glor? of his new position, would doubtless be well disposed to let all old affairs drop quietly "and if so," he mused, "Cornelia will not be so dainty, And I may get 'Yes' where I got 'No.'" Hyde 'spent a miserable night, and a sense of almost intolerable deser- tion and injury awoke with him. "I must get into the Xresh air," he said. "I am faint and weak. I must see my mother." He rode rapidly through the city and when he reached his Grandfather Van Heemskirk's house, he saw him leaning over the half-door smoking his pipe. He drew rein then, and the old gentleman came to his side: "Why art thou here?' he asked. "Is thy father, or Lady Annie sick?" "My father at home!" "That is the truth. Where wfcrt thou, not to know this?" "I came to town yesterday morn­ ing. I had a gffeat trouble. I was sick and kept my room." "And sick thou art now, I can see that," said Madame Van Heemsklrk FLOODS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS STILL CAUSING IMMENSE DAMAGE P m -4, Reached Van Heemskirk's house. coming forward. "What is the mat­ ter with thee, my Joris?" "Cornelia has refused me. I know now how it it, that no woman will love me. Am I so very disagreeable?" "Thou art as handsome and as charming as can be; and it is not Cornelia that has said 'no' to thee, It is her father. Now he will be sorry, for thy uncle is dead and thy father is Earl Hyde, and thou thyself art a lord." (To be continued.) PUT LINCOLN IN OFFICE. Only Two 8urvlvors of the Illinois Electors. As the Hon. William Pitt Kellogg, former senator from Louisiana, and Judge Lawrence Weldon of the Court of Claims, gave each other cordial greeting in the lobby of the Shore- ham yesterday, the . interesting fact was recalled that these two men are the only survivors of the Illinois elec­ tors, who in 1860 were chosen to cast the vote of that state for Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin. 'Yes," said Gov. Kellogg, "Judge Weldon and I alone are left of the eleven, who in that historic campaign delivered the vote of Illinois to Lin­ coln. The full list of electors from our state was: Leonard Swett, John M. Palmer, Allen C. Fuller, William B. Plato, Lawrence Weldon, William P. Kellogg, James Stark, James C. Conklin, H. P. H. Bromwell, Thomas G. Allen and John Olney. Several of these, notably John M. Palmer and Leonard Swett, became famed after­ ward throughout the nation. 'Gen. Palmer won fame In the war, and led the Fourteenth corps in the Atlanta campaign. He was also gov­ ernor of Illinois from 1'869 to 1873, United States senator in 1892, and in 1896 was the candidate of the gold Democrats for president. 'This same year of. the Lincoln campaign," continued Gov. Kellogg in further reminiscent vein, "Richard Yates was elected governor of Illi­ nois. As war governor he gave Grant the opportunity that made him the greatest general in history. Yates was re-elected to the gubernatorial office in 1862 and from 1865 to 1871 he served as United States senator. His son is now governor of Illinois." --Washington Post. ONE THEORY OF VOLCANOE8. Scientist Publishes Book Concerning West Indian Outbreaks. Dr. Tempest Anderson, who in­ vestigated the recent eruptions lxl the West Indies along with Dr. Flett on behalf of the Royal society and who has published an Interesting volume dealing with volcanic phenomena at large, has given a very succinct ac­ count of the actual causation of the outbreaks, according to the London Chronicle. Discarding French views, that electricity is a factor in the proc­ ess, Dr. Anderson believes that a mass of molten matter rises in the volcanic tube or chimney which ends in the crater. This mass is highly charged ^ith water and gases, the liquid condition being maintained as a result of the intense pressure. As the molten matter Is forced toward the heart of the volcano the pressure is lessened. Then as the water and gases expand they explode into pow­ der so much of the mass, while pum­ ice stone, described as "solidified froth," is also ejected. After the explosion the lava es­ capes from the crater or forms a side opening below it, and flows down the mountain slopes. A very Important observation is that in which Dr. An­ derson remarks that the distances be­ tween one eruption and another de­ pend on the relative proportions of these various actions. Like a mill race the swollen Mis­ sissippi has been surging past St Louis with a stage of 36.9 feet, which breaks all records. Earth to stem the threatened breaks In railway levees in East St. Louis was taken from the world's fair site, and an army of men with wagons hur­ ried It across the bridge to strengthen the water barriers. Word was received at St. Louis. June 7 that a levee near Madison,, on which gangs of men were working, gave way, and fifteen men, employes of the American Car and Foundry works, lost their lives. About 150 men. It was reported, were impris­ oned on a section of the levee that was slowly crumbling, and all means of escape had been cut off. A small steamer from St. Charles succeeded In reaching Black Walnut and the 200 imperiled people there, terrified and in great distress for food and shelter, were taken from the Island in safety. All were rescued. The rescue was effected after a day spent in fruitless efforts to save the s£ood sufferers. Many steamers werw sent to rescue them, but were una­ ble to make headway against the rush* lng river. It was only when the ves­ sel from bt. Charles was sent to the scer>p that the prisorers were taken tional farm lands were Inundated. Missouri Point, just north of the confluence of the Missouri and Mis­ sissippi rivers, . a fertile section be­ yond the reach of ordinary water, has been covered to a considerable depth. Twenty miles west of St. Louis the miles of farming bottoms, in the cen­ ter of which was located the summer­ ing place, Creve Coeur lake, have been deluged by the breaking of the Greer levee, which formed a barrier to the Missouri river. South of St. Louis the water has backed Into the river Des Peres, which Is several miles wide, and families have been driven from their homes. North of St. Louis, across the river, the three towns of Madisbn, Venice, and Granite City are now under water by reason of the breaking of levees. Lawrenc® Salina • •*••• p * « • # • • •« ••«-»•** • 9 + 4 Loss In South Carolina $3,500,000. A dispatch from Columbia, S. C., says: Though the great flood of wa­ ter Is passing on to the ocean laden with debris of every description ami the swollen streams are subsiding in the Piedmont region, the losses of Ufa and property are increasing and a conservative estimate places the prop­ erty loss at not less than $3,500,000. The most conservative estimate of the dead is eighty. At Clifton alone 100 ** • • • • • • • • • • • • • » » • • • » • Manhattan Warn o^o st. iicryU . BAie Rapids Clay Center Enterprise Concordia . Junction City .............. Solomon #•»•••£..•»• $«•«>•,• Abilene Ellsworth ................. Lindsborg •••• • •« Hutchinson Minneapolis Emporia .. Florence Lincoln Center Atchison Burlington. .... Hill City isV'p • « £ e *.• • Belolt • A r g e n t i n e . ^ . . . . . Kansas City, Kaiu, and sub­ urbs 8,000,000 No account has been taken of the smaller towns, although nearly 200 of these were affected by the floods The very lowest estimate places the loss done to crops at $5,000,000. Ow­ ing to the lateness of the season and the condition of the soil it is very doubtful if any profit will be draws t• »«•e e e < i « « •- » • • • • • • . te 0,000 too,ooo ^ • *60,000 10,000 - **0,000 ' : i20,000 •' 80,000 80,000 85,000 wo.ooo 50,000 350,000 20,000 100,00l» 100,000 100,000 v 65,000 60,00v» 60,000 100,090 20,000 ' 80,000 ,80,000 2,000,000 V CONVENTION HALL, KAN8A8 CITY, MO. With a 8eatlng Capacity of Twenty Thousand, Which Was Turned Intor a belief Camp for Flood Refugees. to safety. The flood stage has broken all high water records t>bt Louis since May 19, 1858, when the high water mark was 37.S feet. The highest mark known here was reached by the great flood of June 27, 1844, when 41.4 feet was attained. Other high water reo- ords here have been made, as fol lows: May 10, 1876, 32.6 feet; May 5,1881, 83.7 feet; July 6, 1882, 32.5 feet; Juni» 25, 1883, 34.7 feet; May 19, 1892, 86.0 feet; May 8, 1893, 81.5 feet, and May 2, 1897, 31 feet. The high water records of 1844 and 1868 are not official, as there was no government station during ' these years, but there are many people liv­ ing who remember both those floods and their high water marks. Just below St. Louis, and in the vicinity of the River Des Peres, is the little fishermen's settlement of H^ppy Hollow. The denizens live in flat- boats for the most part, and had been beyond the ravages of the flood. But the advancing water invaded the tract and the inhabitants had to hurredly move out All Venice, Madison, portions of Granite City and 15,000 acres of rich bottom farming land are in the grip of the flood north of East St Louis Houses have been swept from their foundations and sent adrift. The dam tige already done is enormous and hourly the flood reached further in­ land, more and more crippling rail­ road traffic and engulfing addltiona1 homes, farms and factories. The east approach to Merchants' bridge Is re­ ported severely damaged. The "cross" levee at Mitchell, 111., broke, and hundreds of acres of addi- operatives are missing from the vil­ lage, and all are believed to hare been lost At Converse thirteen dead are re­ ported and forty-one at Clifton num­ ber two. At Clifton number two twenty-six homes are destroyed, thir­ teen at Clifton number one, and twen­ ty at Clifton number three. The loss at Clifton's three millls will approximate $2,000,000. At Paco- let the loss is near $1,000,000. The greatest want among the sur­ vivors is at Clifton, where 600 are destitute. The latest reports from Spartanburg, S. C.t are that approximately fifty-five persons were drowned in the floods at Pacolet and Clifton. The total fatali­ ties may reach 100 and several hun­ dred persons are homeless. No list of the dead is yet available, but It • is supposed that most of the victims were mill operatives. The bodies of- four unidentified white persons were taken from the river below Clifton. An estimate regarded as conservative of the lo3s to the cotton mills in the county is $3,000,000. Almost every bridge in the county is swept away. Millions of Loss In Kansas. Kansas has suffered as a result of the recent floods more than any other state. No exact figures of the loss can, of course, be given, but those who have an intimate knowledge of the sections submerged, and the ex­ tent and force of the floods, have been making estimates, and the conclusion that they have reached may be con­ sidered fairly reliable. The damage done in the principal cities and towns is estimated as follows: North Topeka $ 600,000 during the remainder of the year from the farms which were inundated. As a consequence there will be a great deal of individual want and soft fering among farmers. Kansas City Asks for Relief. Corporation Counsel Walker, in the absence of Mayor Harrison of Chicago, issued an appeal for relief for th« Kansas City sufferers. Funds will b« received by Controller McGann and forwarded to Gov. Bailey at Topeka, to be used as he may deem advisable Gov. Bailey issued a proclamation s few days ago setting forth the condt tions now prevailing in the Kansas valley. In the proclamation he made no direct appeal for assistance, but said that aid would be thankfully re> ceived. Subsequently the conditions in Kansas City, Kas., evidently be came more distressing, with the result that Mayor W. H. Craddock and oth­ ers sent a direct appeal to Mayor Har­ rison for relief. The appeal says that over 30 per cent of the population ol 60,000 are dependent on charity. "We have fed and sheltered over 20,000 for the last week, and received only $20,000 to date," he letter says. "Great suffering is imminent unless large aid 1b received. Our community is unable to cope with conditions." X Body Found In Debris. The body of Forest Kutz, a school teacher, was found near Topeka In the debris left by the flood. It has d» veloped that several fertila farms near North Topeka have been entirely ruined. The swift current washed away much of the good soil and In its place has left a thick layer of sand, rendering the ground us°lo«»s. ST. L0UI8 AND THE LEVEE FROM THE EAOS BRIDGE. r American Woman Honored. The Countess of Spottiswood- Mackln, formerly Miss Britton of St. Louis, has been decorated with the Alphonse XIII. medal struck in com­ memoration of the young king's coro­ nation last May. She is the only American thus singled out. How He Knew the President. When President Roosevelt was U Sharon Springs, Mo., a countryman stepped up and said to a member of the presidential party: "Whar's the president?" Mr. Roosevelt scenting something good, said. "Do you wish to see him particularly?" "I never seen but one president In my life, an', of course, I would like to see him on gln'ral principles," replied the coun­ tryman. "But what I wants to see this one fur mos' particular is to see if he's got them squirrel teeth the papers say he has." And then and there the president displayed his "rquirrel" teeth in the broadest of grins. "Gosh, (er blazes, you're the feller," said the man as he hurried away. New Fashion at Newport Miss Natica Reeves, a wealthy young sojourner in Newport, appeared on the street there a day or two ago with ribbon-bound hair hanging down her back. Some other young women of the swell set have followed suit and the style bids fair to became generad tor the hot weather. King Has Fortune In Plate. | The fall in the price of silver still leaves King Edward the possessor of an enormous fortune in the plate he has inherited from his mother, both at Buckingham palace and at Wind­ sor castle, with the result that the plate, most of It silver, some of it gold and a portion of (t, such as a metal peacock and other ornaments, set with gems, was appraised at a sum fp.r in excess of a million pounds. JCd- ward VII has made considerable Ad­ ditions to the collection by the trans­ fer of his own plate from Marlborough house. Reindeer Wander Far South. Reindeer have been found around the Telezkojt lake in Siberia. This lake is in the same latitude as Paris, and reindeer have never before been seen so far south. Gets Princely Salary. ' Not only does the lord lieutenant of Ireland receive a salary of $100,000 a year, but he is also given $5,000 to defray expenses of: moving-when he takes up office. • . Chamberlain's Son la Democratic. The other day, when receiving a deputation of postal officials,- Austen Chamberlain confessed that he was satisfied with three meals a day at long Intervals and saw no necessity for any intermediate "bite." The post­ master general has now astonished official life at St. Martln's-le-Grand by taking his lunch every day in the op> dmary refreshment room of the em­ ployes, where meals are served at a f< w pence per course and where he is waited on Just like the ordinary diner. Sometimes he takes his lunch seated riposite a boy clerk on a few shil­ lings a week. He is the first head of the postoffice to descend to democrat lc lunching. Hall Caine's Acquirements. Hall Caine recently completed his first half century. While he is chiefly known as a novelist and dramatist, he is a man of many energies. He spent five years as an apprentice in an ar­ chitect's office in Liverpool, but the technical knowledge he acquired he used mainl^ lor tbeme# ta his *ftrly writings. ' * : v ' WESTERN CANADA'S IMMIGRATION* Rapid Settlement of the Wheat Ftslds Lying North of the 49th Parallel. (From the Chicago Record-Herald.) "Canada has anticipated a very heavy immigration this year, and she now has figures to show that she la actually getting it in a way to meet all her expectations. In the first four months of this year the doors of the Dominion opened to 40,672 persona, according to a report prepared by the committee on agriculture and colon|p zation of the Canadian parliament. This is almost twice as large as4 the immigration In the/ corresponding months last year, and fully . three times as large as in 1901, the respe* tive figures being 22,482 and 13,393. "Most of these newcomers hatv been attracted by the wheat lands of the Northwest territories. They have moved direct to Winnipeg and they have turned that city into a great camp, in which they have been fitting themselves out for the last stage at their adventure for new homes. "Of the immigration of this spring a little over a third has come from Great Britain, the figure being 16,457. This is three times as large as the British immigration of the correspond­ ing months of the preceding year, and it is within 2,500 of the number Of immigrants that'the United States afr tracted from Great Britain and Ire­ land in the same period this spring. As to the remainder of the immlgrar tlon into Canaua 13,7'«0 settlers came from the United States, a 60 per cent increase over the preceding year, and 10,445 from Continental Europe, a 40 per cent increase. "These 40,672 Immigrants into Oaife> ada may appear trifling in comparW son with 297,070 persons who entered the United States in the same period, but they are proportionately more In* portant to the country. Canada's pop* ulation is one-flfteenth of ours, bat her immigration is now two-flfteentha as large as ours. It is worth remem>' bering also that Canada's immlgranta are almost entirely Anglo-Saxon and Teutonic races, while our immigrft* tlon is now two-thirds made up of Romance and Slav elements." "Speculation is natural as to the future of Canada in her relations to the United States when her North­ west territories are filled up, but ths one absolutely certain fact of the near future is that the United States Is to have a great competitor In the grata markets of the world." The above editorial article taken from the columns of the Chicago Re» ord-Herald of May 26th, shows the condition of the Canadian immigr* tion, which as pointed out, has had a constant growth--a marvellously in- creasing growth--for the past six Of seven years, until this year, it Is con­ fidently assumed the Increase to Can­ ada's population, by way of immigrar tion, will exceed 100,000. This is ao- oounted for by the great agricultural resources which abound there. It la no fairy tale, but the mater-Of-ffcct experience of the tens of thousanda .bear ample testimony to the wealth and riches in store for all who choose to accept of the opportunltlea of* fered. Those who wish to learn more of the country can secure illustrated at­ lases, pamphlets, etc., giving full and reliable data issued under government authority, by applying to any of the authorized agents of the Canadian government. These agents whose names appear below will quote yon the exceptionally low rates that take you to the frqe grant lands of West- "* ern Canada and render you any other assistance in their power: T. O. Currie--Room 12, B. Callahan Building, Milwaukee, Wis. C. J. Broughton--430 Qulncy Build­ ing, Chicago, 111. J. C. Duncan--Room 6, Big Four Building, Indianapolis, Ind. J. M. MacLachlan, 307 Third street; Wausau, Wis. $15.00--Texas and Back--$15.00. June 16th, from- Missouri to Indian Territory and Texas via M., K. & T. Ry. Stop-overs en route south of Clinton, Mo., and Kincaid, Kan., up to July 1st Final return limit July 7th, 1903. See Texas in all its glory --its progress--and prosperity. Write "Katy," St Louis, for further particu­ lars. 8yrlan Manners. In Syria people nevej take off their caps or turbans when entering the house or visiting a'friend, but they al­ ways leave their shoes at the door. There are no mats or scrapers outside, and the floors inside are covered with expensive rugs, which in Moslem houses are kept very clean and used to kneel upon while saying prayers. 'i£ (nslst on Getting It. Bosne growers fay they don't keep De­ fiance Starch because they hnve a stock in bend ot 12 • s. b:ands which they know caunot be Bold to a customer who has once used the 16 oa. pkg. Defiance Starch tar same money. Antwerp 8trongly Fortified. Few people are aware of the enorm­ ous military strength of Antwerp^ Since 1860 $15,000,000 has been spent on fortifications. Those Who Have Tried It. *Q dm no other. Defiance Cold Wa Rtarrh baa no equal In Quantity or Qual­ ity --10 oz. for 10 cents. Other brands oo^ tain only 12 os. Wins Rich Scholarship. Naohide Yatsu of Tokio has won a university fellowship in zoology for the academic year 1903-04. It la worth |600. Why It Is the Best . li bemuse made by an entirely dlffertaA process. Defiance Starch ii unlike any other, better and one-third more for II oenU. s Municipal Tramway Pay. Newcastle-on-Tyne municipal tram­ way's have resulted in a profit to the town of $40,000 in fifteen months. The earnestness of life is the only passport to the satisfaction of life. n • i. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is a constitutional enre. Pricey 76a The best capital to begin life on la a capital wife--so a woman says. Stops the Conijb and Works Off" the Cold Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Wise Is the man who profits ts eostly experience of others.