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For guns their sound will cease When mother welcomes to her breast Her only son in peace. -- .. , --Thomas F. Porter. THE CARRIER DOVE By AUSTIN ARNOLD McCAUSLAND Copyrighted, 1903, by The Authort Publishing Company Though a traveling man, and solic­ iting for a house that sent him con­ stantly on the road, Clyde Evans had yet the temerity to become engaged to be married. The selvage edge to this interesting situation had been put on by letter, and now, preparatory to giv­ ing the usual expression of this to the hand of his fiancee, he was in Mer- mod & Jaccard's, fingering over dia­ mond ringfe. His fancy was hovering over a splendid solitaire, uniquely set, which he took up and stood turning back and forth in enjoyment of its perfection. "Yes, it shall be this or nothing," he ^as saying over to him­ self, and so full of it was he that he instinctively looked around to find a sharer in his pleasure, other than the salesman. The person nearest him was a richly dressed woman, young and delicately beautiful. She was bending with apparent interest over a tray of jewels which a clerk held for her inspection. She was one of too exclusive an order to ask of her a chance notice, and giving himself an inward smile over the boyishness of his feelings, he went on to complete his own purchase. And, too, it was ear the time of departure for the train on which he wiBhed to leave St. Louis, in order to be in Kansas City, with "my lady fair" on the morrow. This he ex­ plained as the reason for not waiting to have the ring sent up and wrapped, and paying across the counter he •napped tc the box, bestowed it in the breast pocket of his vest, and hur­ ried away. As it was, he missed his train, and was forced to wait an hour for an­ other, and this on a route the other side of the river. This would have wrought him small Inconvenience but that he found the later train to be crowded, with no un­ occupied berth in the sleeper. In a ooach forward he was prepar­ ing to content himself with what amplitude a double seat offered for the taking of a recumbent posture, had bestowed his grip and hat in the rack, and was about to seat himself when a low and very musical voice faced him around with: "There is no other seat than this." A woman, tall, shapely, and fault­ lessly gowned, stood with a hand up­ on the back of one of the faced seats. In a breath Evand took in the fact of the graceful presence, the charming refinement of her, and noted with an inward chuckle that she had elected for a close associate from amongst the lower orders, not the usual woolly, snub-nosed, or sprad- die-legged dog, but, she had instead a beautiful carrier pigeon perched upon ber right wrist. As he did not speak at once, she said, timidly: "I hope I do not inconvenience yon; but the train is full." Aroused to a full sense , of the whole duty of man, Evans hastened to assure her that masculine salva­ tion hung upon the giving way before her, and such as she. So great was his solicitude that he forgot to turn the seat, and when finally settled the two sat facing each things in a repose deep enough to draw over her lovely face the mask of statuesque immobility given by deep sleep. All other occupants of the coach were likewise sleeping, in every variety of relaxed attitude, and Evans, making a pillow for himself by clasping his hands behind his head, settled back, and followed on into the realm of slumber. The last thing to impress itself upon his optic nerves as his lids went down was the pigeon squatted, a knot of sheeny grey, on a very white hand, asleep also, with head under wing. When again he opened his eyes it was the bird of which he was first ELECTION OF JEFF DAVItt, i h w /o; "Yes, It shall be this, or nothing." " . other, an attitude provocative of good fellowship. "I will not inconvenience you long," she volunteered, pleasantly, "I do not go farther than midnight, or a little la&r will take me." Led captive for the time by the sub­ tly charm of beauty, and womanly ap­ peal in manner, Evans chivalrously put himself at his best, and made a flow of bright, enjoyable talk without effort. It was not until near to mid- %•'; night that, on noticing a droop of his companion's eyelids, he solicitously proffered to extemporize pillows with grip and coat and insisted that she aep. She accepted this caretaking - gWi the same care- and delicacy 3fe\h had marked her behavior all a*4 wa# soon forgetful of all A beautiful carrier pigeon perched upon her right wrist. conscious. He had slept, perhaps, about an hour, and heavily. When he awoke, the train was slow* ing up for Moberly, end the lady oppo­ site sat erect in her seat It was evidently ner Intention to leave the train here, but she was busy about releasing a chain, which was a mere thread of gold, from around the leg of the bird. Evans did not at once let her see that he was awake, but watched through half-shut lids, curious, and not without a premonitory chill upon his nerves. The bird being freed he saw it was her intention to release it through the window, and instantly, from one of those flashes of intelligence which seem to come from some external source, he hurriedly thrust his hand into his waistcoast pocket The ring was gone! Again, as from some outside source, he knew this to be the woman he had turned towards in Jaccard's, with the diamond in hand. Indeed, he now recognized this perfect profile as the very same, and while this lightning conviction was flashing through his mind, he acted. He put out one hand to stay the flight of the pigeon, and firmly grip­ ping her wrist with the other he said, in a low, even voice: "Give it back, please!" His manner was that of a man of­ fering a courtesy, and while he held . himself in check as to tone, there was no room left for her to misunder­ stand. Without the slightest attempt at evasion, or self-explanation, the lady, for such only could she be con­ sidered, raised to him those innocent calm, and trusting eyes, and said, smoothly. "When you are ready to release the dove, do so. He knows his way. This is the end of my Journey. Goodnight-- and thank you very much for your kindness." Then the watery swish-sWish of sil­ ken raiment ran quickly adown the aisle, and Evans sa.<ik back upon the seat conscience-stricken. "Scotland-a-burnin^! what an ass I have made of myself!" So sure of this was he that he thrust his fingers in his pocket expect­ ing to find the ring there., No! Then the pigeon, whose feet he was grip­ ping In one hand, gave a hoarse "gr-o-a-t," stretching and quivering Its wings at full spread.' Under one wing flashed the diamond! Attached by a fine silver wire, it hung pendant, but secure. Bewildered by this uncanny com­ bination of eyes that looked inno­ cence, voice of a paradise dweller, and the ring so artfully concealed, Evans was half Inclined to send off the bird without reclaiming It. Notions about suggestion, absent In­ fluences bent upon people to provoke irresponsible acts, etc., ran through hisvmind. Finally, when he did throw off the bird- after taking back his ring, It car­ ried under its win? a tiny written Bcroll which said: "I know there is some explanation. You have my re­ gard; and a real Dios." Judge • Davis Tells How Confederate President Was Chosen. Judge J. A. P. Campbell of New Or­ leans, the sole survivor of the dele­ gates who were actually present- -at the time Jefferson Davitftokfe chosen president of the Canfederate states at Montgomery, Ala., says the S*. Louis Globe-Democrat, was ^sked regarding a statement made by Senator Vest, to the effect that there was a close race in that' convention for the position, Davis receiving six votes in secret caucus and Tombs five, Mr. Davis be­ ing afterward chosen unanimously in public session, in order to avoid the appearance of division at that critical time. "I was at that convention," Judge Campbell replied, "and I think I may state with some assurance that I was pretty well informed on what was going on. If there was such a di­ vision in sentiment as Senator Vest Indicates, I never heard anything about it at the time. His opinion, however, shows Itself to be erroneous on the face of It He states that each state cast one vote, Mr. Davis receiv­ ing six and Mr. Tombs in secret caucus. Inasmuch as there were only seven states represented at the con­ vention which chose Mr. Davis, there could hardly have been cast eleven votes." To MaKc Tajcpayer<s of "Paupers EGDTH TUCKERS * VAST •SALVATION <ARMY PROJECT to- PEOPLE '©URKIOW ARiDmsTE^Spfr" AFTER IRRIGATION'* ' M c5ce/7e*5 <fc furnishing them with the necessary capital, and settling thenf as home­ owners upon the land. ( ft w,as argued by some In the start that the poor persons in the cities would not go, that they would not stay, that they would not work and would not pay. On the contrary they have gone, have stayed, have worked and have paid. They have become owners of their own farms and homes and the peroentages of failures has been much smaller than tfas antici­ pated. - In addition to this, thousands more would have settled there if the necessary capital had been available. The colonies of the Salvation Army In America are . Fort Amity, in Color­ ado, in the valley of the Arkansas river, on the line of the Atchison, To- peka and Santa Fe Railroad, 267 miles "Successful" People. Prof. Dexter, of the University of Illinois, has compiled a curious vol­ ume of statistics relating to "success­ ful" people, and containing 8,602 names. It is shown that musicians gain success at the earliest age; the scientists at an early age; the actor and the author next; the Inventors gain their place slowly, ro one below the age of forty being included in the book. Women reach tucqess In all callings, except in music and on the stage, later than their male competi­ tors. It has before been noted that musical gifts tend to develop more quickly than almost any other. As for the business men, It Is Interesting to learn that 84 per cent of the success­ ful men of business did not enter col­ lege, while 12 per cent completed it Of the financiers 18 per cent are. col­ lege graduates. The New Craze. The word "fashion" might be de­ fined as the latest notion for pander­ ing to the craze for excitement in the society set, says London Truth. In this sense ballooning is coming Into fashion. It Is being launched with all the prestige which money and rank can give. Santos-Dumont, who has at least the credit of having risked his life a dozen times, has shown that, for a person ready to throw away $10,000 or $20,000 a year, some very pleasant Jaunts can be Indulged in in midair. With a compact little airship, not much bulkier than a/motor car, and not muc'- more expensive, you can sail forth from your own piazza, pay a visit to a friend ten miles distant, and, provided the weather is calm, you can land again in your own house, having breathed some delightful . whiffs of fresh, invigorating air. Jim Corbett's Pun. Jim Corbett was recently spending Sunday in a lake resort near Chicago. A party of young people were trying hard to persuade the ladlady, a Mrs. Gunn, to let them have a hop on Sat­ urday evening. As the delegation of girls who had been waiting on Mrs. Gunn with the request trooped out again on the veranda, Corbett asked: "Well, what luck?" "None at all," sighed the dolorous spokeswoman. "And I actually hum­ bled myself to the extent of kissing her face when I did it," she added, vi­ ciously, "but she refuses to let us have that dance." "I see," mused Corbett, "you man­ aged to get powder from the GuHh, but you couldn't extract the ball." Vedder and the Publishers. The line of difference between an artist's most conscientious work and the more popular work which he might get more money for is often very slight, and is a constant tempta­ tion. But there are still a few stanch idealists who hold out. The new ven­ erable Elihu Vedder sits in his plain lodgings in Rome and roars against the tempting American publishers who beseech him to illustrate their new enterprises. "Why should I? Why should I? I'm poor enough, you can see. But if I illustrate your unholy thing it won't be my best art, and I swear I won't come down." Would there were more of him! -- Everybody's Magazine for November. Cost of Census. The census of 1900 cost $ll,854,tl7. To Advertise the Dominion. A party of nine representative British journalists is making a tour of Canada for the purpose of collect­ ing material for a series oi articles In their respective papers, the aim be­ ing to acquaint their readers with the vast resources of Che Dominion. Be­ fore returning to Europe they will visit New York, Boston, San Fran­ cisco and other of the larger Ameri­ can cities. East Indian Magnificence. Lord Curzon, viceroy of India, will visit the Sikh states of the Punjab next month and install the young nawab of Bahawalpur on the throne, uahawalpur Is the only Mohammedan state in the Punjab and Is second in size only to Patlala. It had a revenue of $750,000 a year. The nawab is 16 years ot age, having succeeded his father early In 189tf. With the early maturity of the east a youth of 16 Is already grown up. At the Lime of his tamer's death, when the British com­ missioner took over the state, it was found that the palace contained one article In gold of each variety of uten­ sil, as one gold rifle, studded with jewels, one gold sword, one gold saucepan, and so on. Old Man of the Sea. __^/yviIUam Macabee, who entered the United States navy In 1817 on the trlgate Constitution, celebrated his one, hundredth birthday recently. American Trade With Hawaii. The United States bought from Ha­ waii In the fiscal year more than $26,000,000 worth, and sold In that ter­ ritory I«m»b than $11,000 ooo tte^Arn/cy, Cofor<3<fcxs *Sa/v&£/on-Army Two million and a half of paupers and their families, taken from the slums of large citied, are to be meta­ morphosed Into land owners and tax­ payers, according to the promise held out by Commander Booth Tucker of the Salvation Army in a gigantic irrigation and colonization project to be presented to Congress at the com­ ing session. "The United States has 100,000,000 acres of land that by irrigation-will be the finest In the world," said the Commander to the writer in outlining his plan. "Now, if the government will allow the Salvation Army to colo­ nize 100,000 acres of this land it will be but the beginning of the coloniza­ tion of the remainder of It. The ex­ ample set by the army will be follow­ ed by other organizations; and this mighty, tract of arable country--a new world in itself--will be turned iuto homesteads for God's people. Do you realize what that means?" The Commander took a pencil and marked silently for a moment on a slip of paper. When he looked up his face glowed with earnestness. "It means," said he, "that 2,600,000 men who are now starving pniipnrs, living in. misery and degraaatiou in the overcrowded cities, will become owners of homes, and Instead of belny supported as objects of charity bj the government will help to support the government. It means that their wives and children--more than twelve million souls--will De given the right to live. If our nation is to be built so that it will not decay it must be built on the solid foundation of the home. There are 60,000,000 people in this great America that are entitled to homes. "We have mighty armies tor killing men. We send one hundred thousand men into the field to destroy life. Why not send one hundred thousand •-yes, one million, two /million, five million--into these great arid fields of the West to save life? Moses took three million people from Egypt to Canaan--three hundred miles across the country. We have a- tract one thousand miles each way which is the garden spot of the world. Will there not arise some modern Moses to lead our millions into the new light, into the new life?" Within the next few years the Unit­ ed States will expend something like $16,000,000 for irrigation purposes, but irrigated land without settlers is valueless. It Is in this connection that Booth Tucker has made a propo­ sition to the Secretary of State, who in turn has promised to bring the mat­ er before President Roosevelt, with the view of having him recommend an amendment to the present laws, so that the government may make loans to the actual settlers aud inhabitants, thus helping them to colonize the dis­ tricts to be developed. The whole plan Is to keep out the land grabbers--the speculators, who. with the aid of dummy homeseekers, obtain possession of thousands of acres of choice lands and debar the genuine settler from obtaining a farm and home. But the head of the Salva­ tion army in America goes further than this. He purposes to revolutionize the methods of colonization In the United States. Instead of the colonists be­ ing men of some little means, Booth Tucker purposes to give the worthy paupers an opportunity to reach inde­ pendence and become taxpayers His plan is this: That the United States government shall make the Salvation army the colonization agent of 100,000 acres of irrigated land to be 6old on long time payments to worthy poor persons. In order that these settlers may properly cultivate the soil and build homes and make livelihoods for themselves and families It Is proposed that the gov­ ernment shall lend to each purchaser of forty acres $500, which, with the price of the land, shall be" charged up ' against him at a fair rate of Interest --say 5 per cent. It is suggested that the land be sold Compound Interest Gifts. Sir Frederick Bramhall has offered $250 to the British Association to be invested for fifty years, the proceeds then to be paid as a prize for the best obituary on steam power, which will then be dead, Sir Frederick thinks. The association doubts the legality of the gift It would amount to about $1,125 by 1953. In 1798 a Swede named Thelusson left an estate of $2,500,000 to be divid­ ed among his great-grandchildren, or If there were none, the proceeds were to be applied to the national debt Lord Rendlesham was a descendant of the eccentric Swede. Thelusson's will was probated, but caused the passage of a special act limiting deferred legacies to twonty- one years. So it was plainly illegal to offer, as another chap did recently, $50 to be put at compound Interest for the City of Birmingham for 999 years. At I per cent it would amount to a trifle of $294,495,000,000. To be richer than Rockefeller Is a perfectly almple matter. Only It takes so long. on contract and, until fully paid for, that the title shall remain in th« United States in fee simple. The Sal vation army asks for no remuneration for acting as agent and the actual cost of finding settlers for the land will be nominal, as it will be conducted in connection with other philanthropic work performed by the vast machin­ ery of the big organization. All that the Salvation army desires to gain from the project is the right to pro­ vide homes for poor persons who have been carefully investigated by a hoard of examiners. In going somewhat into the details of his plan. Commander Booth Tucker says the value of the United States government lands in their arid state Is $1.25 an acre. It will cost $10 an acre to irrigate them, and when thus delivered to the settler they will rep­ resent an actual value of $11.25. One chary hundred thousand acres, ready for cultivation, could be turned over in forty acre farms to twenty-five hun­ dred colonists, which, with a loan of $500, would represent an advance of $950. It Is asserted by the commander, however, that as soon as a colony is formed and houses and buildings are erected, the value of the land will im­ mediately increase to $50 an acre. He shows this by figures as to the growth of other colonies where land that was bought for $20 an acre is now worth $100 and $125 after a period of five years. He argues, therefore, that the government, holding the title In the land, will be amply secured, having made a cash advance of $1,250,000 on property worth $5,000,000 and rapidly Increasing In value. The question as to the ability of Commander Booth Tucker to carry forward such a project as he proposes is best answered in the statement that he has back of him the precedent of three successful American colonies to his personal crcdit, and others in Aus- tralia, South Africa and England to the credit of the Salvation army. Dur­ ing his twenty years' residence In In­ dia as commander of the Salvation ar­ my forces Booth Tucker made a close study of Irrigation that has served him well In the work ho has been since called upon to perform. The farm colonies of the Salvation army fn America were organized in 1898 to prove the possibility of reliev­ ing the congestion of the great cities by removing worthy but poor families, Irish Shrewdness. She was a good natured, happy look­ ing Irishwoman that walked Into a Germantown store a few days ago and asked the price of collars that were displayed In the. window. The clerk replied that they Were two for a quarter. ' The woman then asked, "How much would that be for one?" "Thirteen cents," answered the clerk quickly. The old woman pondered, and then, with her finger figured on the sleeve of h£r coat a little longer.- After ber effort she demanded: "That would make the. other collar twelve clnts, wouldn't lit Just give me that, one." » To Relieve Ettple. ers. TPbe ship Terra Nova has now saffefl from England to relieve the Discovery. The British government, which has ap­ propriated $200,000 for the expedition, is acting without the advice of the Royal Geographical Society, and the Royal 8ociety, which originally Sent the expedition, assisted -by a grant from the government? - ^ east of Denver; Fort Remie, in the valley of the Salinas river, near the bay of Monterey, Cal., and Fort Her- rick, in Ohio, about twenty miles from Cleveland. / Fort Amity Is the principal colony. The soil is rich and the climate is excellent. The mining camps of Col­ orado afford a good market for prod­ uce, and another advantage is that the colony is on the highway of the prin­ cipal cattle markets of the mldwestern states. The crops raised are chiefly cantaloupes and sugar beets. The first colonists reached Fort Amity In April, 1898. They were work- ingmen from the large cities, chiefly New York. Their railroad fares were paid and their goods shipped to them. They were -settled on plots of from ten to twenty acres each, were given a house to live in, the necessary farm­ ing tools and implements, a horse or two, one or two cogs, pigs and poul­ try. In April, 1902, the first colonist dis­ charged his entire debt to the army. He had arrived in Fort Amity in March, 1899, his entire capital, the savings of ten or twelve years of mar­ ried life in the city, being a team of horses and a few household goods. He has now twenty acres, with a neat stone cottage, horses, cattle, pigs and poultry, all free from incumbrance. His Indebtedness to the Salvation army was $900. In three years he had paid it off, besides supporting a wife and three children and building his house. The history of this colony is repeated by the other American col­ onies. The Fort Remie colony consists of 519 acres, divided into ten acre lots, and has seventy settlers. They raise potatoes, sugar beets, alfalfa and vegetables. The Fort Herrlck colony, which is located near to the childhood home of the late President Garfield, at Mentor, Ohio, has 288 acres and thir­ ty-three colonists. The owners of the land, Myrou T. Herrlck and James Parmelee, have deeded it to the Sal­ vation army for colonization purposes and citizens of Cleveland and other friends have contributed $20,000 to­ ward tl e enterprise. It is the inten­ tion to make it a model institution of the kind and to use it as a training ground for the other colonies in the West That Congress will make important changes of some kind in the irrigation and colonization laws this coming ses­ sion there is little reason to doubt. One thing more than all others that has shown the necessity of some ac­ tion In this direction is the last annual report of the Canadian government. In this report it is stated that the total number of immigrants to Can­ ada in 1901 was 49,149, of wheta 17 987 went from the United States, most of them being farmers.--New York Her­ ald. A Considerate Miss. '"1 "I thought l.knew^a good deal about children," satd a grandmother who car­ ries her years lightly, "but I confess that I was taken aback the other day by my granddaughter, aged seven. 1 had come into town for the day, had picked her up at my son's, and on the way to the ferry stopped for luncheon at a restaurant "I've forgotten what It was we had --something I especially liked, I know ---but to my utter astonishment Mil­ dred leaned over to me and asked In a whisper, 'Grandmother, do you think that the waiter would be offended if I didn't eat the sauce?"--New York Times. Effective Weapon. Tha new Springfield rifle Is prob> ably the most effective military arm in the world At a distance of fifty feet It penetrates fifty-five one-Inch pine boards placed one Inch apart It has a mnszle velocity of 2,300 feet a second and carries a ball five miles, although one mile Is the greatest di» tance that any rifle can be effeethrfc even with.telescopic "'cMt SENSES OF REPTILES IN 80ME ASPECTS THEY ARE PERIOR TO MAN. • ':V(.vr,» £ - ft S « i mm, tibitA 1 V&M V-jf-3 8nakes of Every 8ort' Can Readily Find Water When Human Beings Fail--Sight Is Generally Quite Good With Them. la some aspects the reptile ta su­ perior to man. A Vienna naturallit named Werner has recently reported the results of observations that he has been making for some time on the senses of inferior vertebrates. On certain points the conclusions of M. Werner are very surprising, and in all they are worthy of notice. Wer­ ner has observed 136 individuals, of which one-third were at liberty, and he took all possible precautions not to let the creatures know that they were watched. One general fact is very evident--reptiles and amphibians an strongly attracted by water. They go straight toward it, even when they are at distances so great that they could not divine its presence by any of the senses known to us. It seems reially that a sense of which we have no knowledge informs them of the direo* tion In which water may be found. • * There seems to be a sort of chemical attraction, says Mr. Werner. But how does this act, and on what part of the creature? . This remains a mystery. •Reptiles also seek the light, but In­ dependently of heat; they are positive­ ly heliotroplc and in winter they often leave comfortable and warm retreats to seek the sunlight. Sight Is gener­ ally good with them. It Is probably the finest sense that they possess, but it would still appear to be very limited. The caymans and the croco- lies cannot distinguish a man at a distance of more than six times their length, according to Werner. In the water fishes see only at very close range--about half their own length. This will seem perhaps Unlikely to anglers, although some of them can cite instances showing that fish can­ not'see far. Snakes seem to have a very mediocre sense of sight The boa, for example, does not see at more than a quarter, or a third of its own length; different species are limited to one-fifth or one-eighth of their length. HVogs are better off; they see at fifteen or twenty times their length. Frog catchers know this from experi­ ence. Hearing is much poorer than sight, if possible. Most reptiles are notice* ably deaf, except caymans and croco­ diles; the boa appears to be absolute­ ly so. A The Cost of Living. What 1» the cost of living? T{ie price of bread and a bone? The thirst of the parched lips for And the cry for food alonfe? Masters of fact and figures. Ye who have writ the scroll. Count ye the cost as a huckster's charge. With never a thought of soulT Ye with the bloodless story ' Of figure and fact arrayed, Heard ye no tale of tbe mother's On the bed where the child Is laidT Ye tell of the cost of living-- Took ye no thought on It; The anguished price that a mother And the patience Infinite? What 1b the cost of living? Baw ye no blind and lame? Heard ye no cry of a soul's deep*}#? Baw ye no blush of shame? Met ye no disappointed? Dried ye no tearful eye. That wept o'er the clay of an Idol, Ere the sun was noonday high? What la the coat of living? Heard ye of none who died High oh a cross of shattered bopae^ And longings unsatisfied? Saw ye no slaves, unwilling. Heard ye no bitter cry Of men accursed with the taint of Bin, Fearing to live or die? What Is the cost of living? All of our toll and tears. All of our doubts and sorrows. All of our woes and fears. i Grim and with greed unceasing Life for his debt claims pay. Never the sum decreasing. Now, or ever, or aye. --James Foley, Jr. In Seclusion. ^>,In the summer and fall a promi­ nent broker doing business in New York hies himself tc a small town in Jersey and revels in its imaginary bu­ colic life. The other day he engaged a very respectful colored man to cut the grass in front of bis cottage. That night, upon returning from the city, he paused to watch the col­ ored brother gathering up his tools in lazy fashion, and asked him where he came from. "F'm Richmon', sah, an' I doan like it up heah at all." "Why not?" the suburbanite asked. "It cos's too much. I doan know how I'd ever a-got on ef I hadn't sent home fer things. I gits 'em to do all my wash in' down there. Las' year my \^ashin' cos' me 90 cents. I sent it home three times in a barl, 'deed I did." Slowly he gathered his mower, scythe and sickle, and when he was about moving off he stopped abruptly and said: "My folks doan know I'm a-cnttln' grass up heah, 'deed they doan; they think I'm in some big bis'nis."--New York Sun. What Filipino Thought Luke B. Wright, who has succeed-, ed William H. Taft as governor of the Philippines, wrote recently to a friend in New York an interesting description of the habits of the Fili­ pinos. He said, among other things, that some of tbe natives fight not only cocks, but crickets, bats and all man­ ner of strange creat ures. He told a story, current in Manila, about a HJ- ipino servant and a cock fight This servant had been delegated by his master to carry two cocks to a place where they were to fight against two other birds. The man put the cocks in a bag together, and, when he arrived with them at the fighting ground and opened the bag, it was found they had killed each other. ^ His master upbraided him. "Why." be said, "were yoil cuch a fool as .to put both cocks in the ^ame bag?" MI thought," the servant answered* "that of course they wuuld have sense enough not to hurt ea?h other, when they were both going to fight on the •M aide."--Bostm rv*>»