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7-;># .t**• * " * • ' > w < • w > ? ' p <3osephC Lincoln Awthor of • Ou WMttakw*! Plac« Cajfn Iri, JStc. IQuitr Kt i«n« l»u •' Bllsworth *Youn^ %4' :i K- •iisw-t: t - ' - §l llf. • •' « ? SYNOPSIS. and Graoe shut off the flow of conver­ sation by closing the door. Then she took a candle from the row on the din­ ing-room mantle, lighted It and went up to her own room. Standing before the old fashioned bureau with Its little oval mirror, she hastily arranged her hair. She did not wish to go to prayer meeting at the chapel, but she felt that she must. The Come-Outer gatherings, with their noisy singing members of the parish. EtJery causes a nn<j shniifin„ l^. »r.H *ensatlcr» by attending a ""Oome-outer' • ul*ni5. hafd grown MOW WO meeting. Ellery's presence l« bitterly re- more repugnant to her. rented by Fben Hammond, leader of the gije ^1-™. «..* »k« „.ji. __j meeting Grace apologises for her ®ne Dle* Out the candle and CMBe •guardian and EHerv escorts her home In out into the hall at* the head of tile the rain. Oapt. Nat Hammond. Eben's stairs Sh« run «hn»» _j,m son. becomes a hero by brlnglne the '* ano wa* »l»Ut to descend When ifcrs. ICeztah CofTtn. supposed widow, la arranifiriK to move from Trumet to Bos­ ton, following the death of her brother, foi' whom i»he had k*pt houae. Kyan Pepper, widower, offers marriage, and Is indignantly refused. Capt. Elkanah Dan­ iels. leader of the Regular church offers Keziah a place as housekeeper for the new minister, and she decides to remain In Trumet. Kexi*h takes charge of Rev. John Ellery. the new minister, and give® him advice as to his conduct toward packet into port safely through fog storm. Ellery finds Kealah writing a let­ ter to some one. Inclosing money in re­ sponse to a demand. She curiously startled when informed of the arrival of Nat. Nat calls on Keziah. and it devel­ ops that they have been lovers since youth. Daniels remonstrates with Ellery for atending •'Comn-outer" meeting. El­ lery la "caught by tne tide and Is rescued by Nat. They become friends. Ellery meets Grace while walking in the fields, and learns that she walks there every Sunday. The clergyman takes dinner Sundays with the Daniels. Annabel, the captain's daughter, exerts herself to make an impresstson on him. She no­ tices with vexation his desire to get away every 8unday at a certain time. She watches him through a spy glass. Nat araln importunes Keziah to marry him. He says he has had a quarrel with his father, who wants him to marry Grace. • CHAPTER X. In Which Captain Eben Receives a Caller. A,t the edge of the bluff. Just where th« pines and the bayberrji bushes were thickest, where the narrow, crocked little footpath dipped over the liM and down to the pasture land and the salt meadow, John Ellery and Gntee had halted in their walk. The minister's face was pale, hut set and determined, and he w£s spfeaking rap- ' j "i can't help it," he sairf. "I can't help it I have made up my mind and nothing can change it. nothing but you. It rests with you. If you say yea, then nothing else matters. Will you say it?" He*was holding both her hands now. and though she tried to withdraw them, he would not let her. "Will you?" he pleaded. "I can't." she answered brokenly. "I cut Think of your church and of your people. What would they say ft " "I don't care what they say." She shook her head. "Some of them might respect you." she said. "They would say you had been led into this by me and were not ao much to blame. But I " "They shall respect my wife," he in­ terrupted, snapping his teeth together, "or I'll know the reason why." "I cant! 1 can't! My uncle .. ' 'four utKle shall bear it from me. We'll go to him together. I'll tell him myself. He worships you." "Yes, I know. He does worship me. That's why I'am sure he had rather see me dead than married to you, a Regular, and a Regular minister. I know--I know he would never con- seat. His heart is set on something else. Nat "Nat? Are you considering him, too? Is be to stand between us? What right has he fo say " "Hush! hush! He hasn't said any­ thing. But--but be and uncle have quarreled. Just a little. I didn't tell you, but they have And I think I kpow the reason. Nat is Uncle Eben'a Idol. If the quarrel should grow more serious, I believe It would break his heart. I oouldnt bear to be the cafcse of that; I should never forgive my­ self." "You the cause? How could you be the cause of a quarrel between those two? Grace, think of me." "John." she said, "it is of you I am thinking. Everything else could -- might be overcome, perhaps. But 1 must think of your future and your life. I must. That is why " He did not wait to hear more. He seised her In his arms and kissed her. "Then you do care!" he cried Joy­ fully. "You will marry me?" Star ah Instant she lay quiet In his embrace, receiving, if not responding to his caresse% Then she gently but firmly freed herself. He saw that there were tears in her eyes. "I don't know," she sobbed. "Oh, I don't know! I must think--I must! Walt, please wait, John. Perhaps by to-morrow I can answer. Ill try--I'll try- Don't ask me again, now. Let me think. Oh. do!" She started down the path. He hes­ itated, then ran after her. "To-morrow?" he questioned eager­ ly. "To-morrow, then, you'll say that yon will?" "Oh, perhaps, perhaps! I musn't promise. Good night." It was after seven when Graoe reached the old tavern. The house­ keeper, Mrs. Poundberry, was anxious­ ly awaiting her. She wore her bonnet .and Sunday gown and was evidently ready to go. "8upper's on the table and the klt- tle's abllin*. You better eat in a she heard voices. The dc*:r of the din­ ing room opened and closed. She felt certain that Nat had returned and wondered who was with him. Then she heard her uncle's voice, speaking sharply and with unwonted sternness. "I don't know what 'tis you want to see about," said Captain Eben. "You say it's important; well, It's got to be *.o keep me from my meetin'. I ought to be on the Lord's business this minute and nothitf* worldly's goin' to keep me from servin' Him. So speak quick. What is it?" The voice that answered was one that Grace recognised, though she had never before heard in It the note of agitation and undignified excitement There were no ponderous pauses and "Hum--ha'B" now. "Don't be a fool, Hammdnd!" It said. "And don't stand there preaching. Lock that door! Get a lamp! Are you sii-9 there's nobody but us in the house T" Captain Elkanah Daniels! Captain Elkanah visiting a Come-Outer! and the leader of the Come-Outers!! Grace caught her breath. What in j the world-- She started to descend } and then a thought flashed to her! mind. She stopped short. "I ain't the fool, Elkanah," she heard her uncle retort sternly. "The fools are them who are deef to the call from on high. My foot was on the threshold of His house when you led me astray. It's never halted there afore I warn you " "Stop! Shut up! Eben Hammond, I tell you that your precious church-- yes and mine, the Regular church of Trumet--will go to rack and rtoln If you and me don't pull -together this night." "And I tell you, Elkanah Daniels, 111 have no blasphemy here. That lit­ tle sanctuary up the road is founded on a rock and neither you, nor any of your Phariseein' priest-worshiptn' crew can shake it. The Almighty 11 protect His own. As for the Reg'lar churchy that's no concern of mine." "But I tell you 'tis your -concern. Or if the church is'nt, your own fam­ ily is." There was an Instant of silence. Grace, crouching on the stairs, noti»"ed the change In her uncle's voice as he answered. "My own family V be repeatedvslow- ly. "My own-- And the Reg'lar church-- What do you mean? Has Nat " "No, he ain't. But that cussed girl of yours " "Stop!" shouted Captain Hammond. "Elkanah Daniels, for your own saJte now, be careful. If you dast to say a word, another word like that, I'll " "If I dast! The hussy! But there's no use talkin' to you. You're as crazy as a Bedlamite. Either that, or you're in the game with her. If you are, I warn you " "Stop! What game? What game do you mean? Gracie! My Grade! What ls.it? For mercy saken, El­ kanah " "Humph! I wondered if I couldn't get some sense into you. Anally. Lock that door.'" "I will! I will! But Elkanah " "Lock It! Give me the key!" The click of the lock sounded sharply. "Where's the lanm?" demanded Dan­ iels. "And the matches? Dpn't stand there shaking." A smell of sulphur floated out into the hall. Then the sickly glow of the "fluid" lamp shone through tho door­ way. "What ails you?" asked Elkanah "Are you struck dumb? Now go and see if there's anybody else In the house." "But--but tht-e ain't. I know there ain't. Hannah's gofie and Grade's at meetin' by this time." "P£e? Humph! Well, maybe she's at meetin' and maybe she Isnt May­ be she's over in Peters's pines, hug­ ging and kissing that man she's met there every Sunday for I dor't know how long-- Here! let go, you t>ld fool! Let go, I tell you!" "You liar!" snarled Captain Eben. "You low-lived liar! By the Almighty Elkanah Daniels! I'll-- You take that back or I'll choke the ererlastin' soul out of you. I will " "Let go, you lunatic! You'll kill yourself. Listen! I'm not lying. It's the truth. She's met'a men, I tell Your uncle, he started ten minutes •go. I'm agoiu' right along, ttio, but I ain't goln* to meetin'; I'm agoin' up to Betsy E.'s to stay all night. She's «ot a spine in her b^ck, as the feller said, and ain't feelin' good, so I told her I'd come and stay a little spell. Your Uncle Eben's mighty feeble and peaked lately. He ain't long for this World, I'm afraid. Vo\j ought to be •Wful good to him, Gracie." MI know It." was the hurried reply. •"Where's Nat?" "I dont know. Can't keep track of Mm. Might's well try to put your fln- 0«r on a flea. He's here to-day and gone yesterday, as the Scriptur' says. He ate a little mite of supper, but not and then off fee puts. reached 'he gate by this time. wmi tt yon Jwrt I--I dwRt \ it right" *1 said tttmt of yt>uro. or or wh*t*v*>r she l*> this Graoe Van Hivnw, ha* tyee* mating ?©un* Sll«ry> our In * grove Jlew him *nd walking with hint* and kissing htws, siw^ uwt hltn it» those nh * *verjf Snntfar aftem«>on JPtor a long time, ?Sh# i^ets ther* #tth him thte "Who- who mw h<pr*" ' "Never mind, The .that €m\ pever tell- unless It's necessary. They We fixing to be married, and --* "Married! 31* morry • R«ifl*r minister! Oh-- "Hush! Listen! Thoy ilat married yet. We can Mop Nns, you and I, If we get right to work. It last too late Will yon help?" "Will 1--4 Go ott! tell me more!" "We can stop >m. I know tt would be a good catch for 'her, the sneaking, cksignidt-- Well, never wind. But It cant be. It shan't be. You've got to her ao. Hammond. We folksv.of the Regular church have pride in our society; we won't have it disgraced And we hav«s been proud of our minis­ ter, the young, rattle-headed fool! We'll save him if we can. If we can't"--the speaker's teeth grated-- "then we'll send him to eternal smash or die trying." "But I cant believe it's true. It's a mistake; some other girl and not Grade. Why, she don't even know him. She wouldn't-- But she has been out every Sunday afternoon for weeks. If it should be!" The chair creaked. Evidently. Cap­ tain Eben was rising slowly to his feet. • "Well?" repeated Elkanah. "Elkanah Daniels," said Eben slow­ ly, his voice .shaking from nervous ex­ haustion and weakness, but with a fine ring of determination in every word, "Elkanah Daniels, jtou listen to me. I've heard you through. If your yarn le true, then my heart is broke, and I wish I might have died afore I heard It. But 1 didn't die and I have heard It. Now listen to me. I love that girl of mine better'n the whole wide world and yet I'd ruther see her dead afore me than married to a Reg'lar minister. Disgrace to him!. Disgrace to your miserable church! What about the disgrace to mine? And the disgrace to her? Ruin to your minister! Ruin to my girl here and hereafter is what I'm think- in' of; that and my people who wor­ ship God with me. I'll talk to Grace. I'll talk to her. But not of what'll happen to him or you--or any of your cantin', lip-servin* crew. Ill tell her to choose between him and me. And if she chooses him, I'll send her out of that door. Ill do my duty and read her out of my congregation. And I'll know she's gone to everlastin' bell, and that's worse'n the poorhouse. That's all to-night, Elkanah. Now you better go." The lock turned; the door opened and closed. Grace, clinging to the bal­ usters, heard Captain Hammond cross the rqom. slowly and feebly,i» She heard him enter the sitting room. By and by, pale, but more comjposed, and 'with b6r mind made up, ^ she came down into the hall. Drawing a long breath, she turned Into the sitting room to face her unple. By the light .shining through the dining-room door she saw him on his knees by the hair­ cloth sofa. She spoke his name. He did not answer nor look up. At her touch his arm slid from the couch and be fell gently over upon his side on the carpet. CHAPTER XI. In Which Captain Eben Makea Port. Half past eight. In the vestry of the Regular church John Ellery was con­ ducting his prayer meeting. The at­ tendance was as large as usiial. Three seats, however, were vacant, and along the settees people were wondering where Captain Elkanah Daniels and his daughter might be.. They had not missed a service for many a day. And where WBB Keziah Coffin? At the Come-Outer chapel the testi­ fying and singing were in full blast. hurry, 'cause it's meetin' time now. 1- you. Been meeting him for months, I guess. Th^re! now will you listen? "His name's John Ellery, and lie's minister of the Regular church Jn this town; that's who he is! Here! hold up! Good Lord! are you dying? Hold up!" The girl on the stairs sprang to her feet. Her head was reeling and she could scarcely stand, but she blindly began the descent. She must go to her uncle. She must. But Captain Daniels's voic^ caused her to halt once more. "There! tfcere!" it said in a tone of relief. "That's better. Set still now. Be quiet, that's it. 8hall I get some water?" "No, no! let me be. ' Just let me be. * ain't what I used to be and thie-- I I'm all right, I tell you. Grace! "hav* y* ptffn tlie doctor «sy»*«ne Mia* Cottar.' *|Wbo? Dr. Parker? Have 1 seeo-- wont in the world are you comin' hers otter the doctor for?" " 'CauBe--'Cause I didn't know where else to come. I been to his house and he ain't to hom-s. 'Nobody ain't to home. His wife. Mis' Parker, she's gone up to Boston yes'day on the coach, and--•and it's all dark and the house door's open and the shay's gone, so--" "Who's sick?* Who wants himr* "And--and--all the rest of the houses round here was shut up 'cause every body's Qto tree tin*. I peeked in at the nieetin' house and he, ain't there, and I see your Hght and~" "Who's sick? Tell roe that, wont you ?" "Ctp'n Eben. He's awful sick. • I cal'late he's goln' to die, and Oracle she--" "Cap'n Eben? Eben Hammond! Dyin'? What are you talkin' about?** "Huh! huh!" puffed the messenger impatiently. "Didn't I tell ye? Cap'n Eben's adyin*. I seen him. All white and still ind--and awful. And Grftde. she's all alone and--" , "Hold on! Stop! Ill tell you where the doctor is most likely. Up to Mrs. Prince's. She's bqen poorly and he's prob'y been called there. Run! ruft fast as ever you can and get him and I'll go to Grace this riltaute. The poor thing! Don't tell anybody. Not a soul but the doctor. Half this townll be runnin' to flAd out if you do, and that poor girl must be distracted already. I'll go to her. You get Dr. Parker and tell him to hurry." "I'll tell him; don't you .fret." He was gone, running harder, than ever. A moment later Keziah fol­ lowed him, running also. As she ran on, a rattle of wheels ai^d the thud of hoofs came from be­ hind her. Then a rocking chaise, drawn by a galloping horse, shot by. Dr. Parker's carriage, she was sure. The Higgins boy must have tnet the doctor and delivered his message. The horse and chaise Vere standing by the front gate of the tdvern as she pantingly drew near It The side door of the house was ajar and she opened it softly and entered. The dining room was empty. There was a light on the sitting-room table and low voices came .from the little bedroom adjoining. Then, from the bedroom, emerged Dr. Parker and .Grace Van Home. The girl was white and there were dark circles under her eyes. The doctor was very grave. Keziah stepped forward and hold out both hands. Grace looked, recog­ nized her, and with a cry ran toward her. Keziah took her in her arms and soothed her as if she were a child. "Well, well, dear." went on Mrs. Coffln hurriedly. "He will be better soon, we'll hope. You mustn't give up the ship, you know. Now you go and lay down somewheres and I'll get my things off and see what there la to do. Some good strong tea might be good for all hands, I guess likely. Where's Hannah Poundberry?" "She's gone to her cousin's to stay all night I suppose I ought to send for her, but I--" "No, no, you hadn't. Might's well send for a poll parrot, the critter would be Just as much good and talk less. I'll look out for things, me and the doctor. Where's--where's Nat?" ".He came in just after I sent the boy for the doctor. He's In there with --with him," indicating the bedroom. "Poor Nat!" Keziah looked longingly toward the door. "Yes," she said slowly. "Poor fel­ low, it's an awful shock to him. He and his father are-- But there! you lay down on that lounge!" Grace, protesting that she couldn't sit down, she couldn't leave uncle, and there were so many things to do, was at last persuaded by Keziah and tb« doctor to rest for a few moments In tlje big rocker. Then Mrs. Coffln wen} into the kitchen ^o • prep,are the tea. As she went, sl$6 beckoned to Dr. Parker, who joined her a -moment later. (TO BE CONTINUED.) 60 TO THE SPECIALIST - ̂ ' ' • _ < ' n j f t , KK UtWtii MAN RE8PONSIBLB FOR RAILROAD EFFICIENCY. 1 He Did Not Answer or Look Up. But Ezekiel Bassett was leading, for Captain Eben Hammond had not made his appearance. Neither had Grace Van Horne, for that matter, but Cap­ tain Eben's absence was the most as­ tonishing. In the Regular parsonage Keziah sat alone by the sitting-room table. Prayer meeting and supper she had forgotten entirely. The -minister had not come • hotne for his evening meal; and food was furthest from the house­ keeper's thoughts. What should she do? What ought she to do? How could she avert the disaster so certain to overwhelm those two young people the moment their secret became known? She rose and again donned her bon­ net and shawl. She was about to blow put the lamp when she "heard rapid footsteps, the sound of some one running along the sidewalk in front of the house. As sbe listened, the footsteps sounded on the path. Whoever the runner was be was com­ ing to the parsonage. She stepped to the door and opened it, The runner was a boy, Maria Hig­ gins' boy Isaac, whose widowed moth­ er lived down, by the shore. He did the chores at the Hammond tavern. His freckled faoe was dripping with perspiration and he puffed and blew like a stranded whale, "Have ye--have y^" panted Dm . German Cures. In Germany one finds all kinds of cures. Every enterprising town baa one. Often the cure house is the fin­ est public building in the city. A Ger­ man talks of going to his cure as an American of going to his vacation There are milk cures and mud cures wind cures and water cures, mountain cures and surf cures; but my choldi is the forest cure. Not only does it best please my personal taste but I notice that it gets the most serious cases--those where radical and heroic cures are needed. First of all there are the tuberculpsl* patients strewn about on their coti under the pungent shades of the Black Forest as about 1^*. Trudeau's camp In the Atfirondacks. Then there are the devotees of in­ digestion and the nervous wrecks, bil­ ious, alcoholic and society wrecks, drug fiends, bridge fiends and every­ body; that Is everybody who can spend the time and money to come hither for the forest cure. Naturally in Germany, as In America, folks who have to work and support families cannot afford to be cured. They can't even afford the disease in the first place --Woman's Home Companion. The Indian Monsoon. The Indian monsoon, which having begun rather feebly 'n the Interior U being anxiously watched throughout the country, should be well establish­ ed by now over a great part of both eastern and western India. The offi­ cial date for the opening of the rains in Bengal is June 16, and In a normal year they begin to fall copiously be­ tween the 20th and 25th. They are somewhat later In the northwest of the Punjab, where the rains begin with a terrible burst which is a far more Impressive sped tacle than the comparatively gentle arrival of the bay monsoon over the Gangelc delta. • weak opening of the rainy season Is by no means always a discouraging sign, for the deficiency is frequently made up by heavy falls In August and September.--Westmin­ ster Qasette. When Greater Specie'Desired .^Bluestloir of Safety Is Involved^ Is the Expert That Is Do» 1 , ^ -f / pended Upon. r It It not very many thousand years ago that primitive man was in a sav­ age state not much higher or better than that of the wild ani­ mals with which he was in daily contact, and upon the killing of which he depend­ ed very largely for his food. AH the needs of the i n d i v i d u a l m a n were supplied by the same Individ­ ual, and society was an exceed­ ingly simple or­ ganization. Today one man, or a group of men, supplies us with our shoes, another with our food, another with our books, another - with the tools with which we work, and so on. Probably the ordinary traveler nev­ er gives more than a passing thought to the operation of a railroad And what it Queans. Of course, If the dining- car is full, the poor service of that particular road comes In for comment, though the fact that the patrons of a railroad can travel between Chicago and New York at the rate of fifty miles an hour, and have all the com­ forts that they have at home, hardly calls for passing comment. Why should It? We are so accustomed to unusual luxuries that most of them have become necessities. The problems of railway manage­ ment, operation, construction, and maintenance are too numerous even to mention, but perhaps something as to one phase of railroading will serve to give at least a glimpse of the Intricate mechanism of the rail­ way industry. Railroads for the most part buy their cars, locomotives, rails, bridges, and signals. In some few in­ stances the equipment is built by the roads themselves In their own shops,' but this is the rare exception and not the rule. To supply the needs of the railroads there has grown up an enor­ mous industry known as railway sup­ ply manufacturing. These railway supply manufacturers are the special­ ists to whom the railroads go for a thousand and one things. When the railroads wanted to increase the speed of their locomotives they went to the builders, and if the designing of a fast­ er locomotive was a comparatively simple thing, which it was not, even after that had been settled came the question of safely increasing the speed of trains. How was this to be done? Here again the railroads went to their specialists, the manufacturers of rail­ ways supplies, and the problem of safety running high-speed trains was solved in the air-brake. . Even the or­ dinary layman is familiar with the name Westinghouse. But the running of high-speed trains safely is depend­ ent upon something more than the air­ brake. Probably not one man In a thou­ sand, whQ-travels upon a railroad, has any idea'that the efficiency of the en­ tire braking apparatus may be im­ paired by a poorly designed and con­ structed brake beam. What a brake beam is, and what its d i/ties are, are quite unknown outside of the railroad field, and yet here is a structure, weighing comparatively b«t a few pounds, that 14 called upon to take the power of the air-brake and apply it to the rapidly revolving wheels of the train, not occasionally, but hun­ dreds of times uiion a single trip. Without this brake beam, high-speed trains would be impossible.--By Bruce V. Crandall In Harper's Weekly. USE DYNAMITE IN NEW WAY Hail Alabama! Alabama's only claim to fame does- not consist in its being first in the alphabetical list of states. Alabama is also the first among states In the number of he~ children who are en­ gaged in daily toll. She manages to keep over 120,000 of her children un- de£ 16 employed^ at gainful occupa­ tions. This is 45 per cent of all the children that Alabama possesses. The next state in line of percentages is North Carolina--but why rob Alar bama of its supremacy by even hint­ ing that it has emulators? Go to It, Alabama. We shall look In on you a few years from now and see how this rising generation has turned out--Life. Encouraging Him. Bashful Youth--"I'm so afraid ts see your father. Did anyone else ever ask him?" The Malden-r"Yes, A* thur. and they sutto** Ufcb I --'T%* Club-rello*. Oil on Ralls to 8top Trains. Since Charles S. Mellen's offer to pay $10,000 to the lucky geniUB who perfects a practical train stopping de­ vice he and the Connecticut public utilities comjtilssioner8 have received numerous Interesting letters, ques­ tions and models. One letter reaching the public utili­ ties commissioners recently announc­ ed the writer had solved the problem by arranging to pour lubricating oil on the rails, thus letting the wheels re­ volve but not propel. Gets $2,000 for Bravery. ' A check for $2,000 was mailed from the Union Pacific headquarters at Omaha to M. E. Smith, conductor, who two months ago caused the cap­ ture of William Loundsberry after he had robbed the mail car of a Union Pacific train between Kansas City and Lawrence, Kan. Why We Can See Smoke. Smoke Is not composed of only, but of solid, or perhaps partly liquid particles, which are mixed with the gases and carried along by them. It Is these particles of matter that are visible to the eye. and not the gases themselves.--St. Nicholas. What Hs Thought. The Teacher--Why, Jimmy, Jimmy! Have you forgotten your pencils again? What #ould you think of a soldier going to war without a gun? Jimmy--I'd think he was i Takes Place of Saw in Solving Jiridge Construction Problem in the WeiL T$' Railroading tn the west continually presents new problems to the con-' struction engineer, but the use of dyn­ amite In place of a saw was tried for the first time on a Santa Fe bridge over the San Joaquin river, near Fres no, Cal. Concrete abutments' and .piers had been built under an old wooden trestle- type bridge And the principal girders of the new steel structure prepared and riveted together at a distance ready to be lowered into place from derrick trains. All the earlier stages of the new bridge had been construct­ ed with the wooden bridge as a false­ work and without interruption to traf­ fic. But the floor of the wooden bridge was 15 feet higher than, the new steel struoture was intended to,, be. To shorten the supports by sawing would take several days and tie up traffic The engineers got arojind the diffi­ culty by running the derricks out to the proper points and then placing a small charge of dynamite in each of the wooden supports of the old bridge just 15 feet below the roadbed. The dynamite shots were discharged simul­ taneously, the old bridge fell, and the entire steel structure dropped into place at once. It took but three hours then to lay the ties and rails.--Popu lar Mechanics. HELPING THE FARM INDUSTRY Is Business Proposition With thip Rail. .roads and Much Money Is Spent in That Way. For a generation or more the rail­ roads of this country have been mak ing efforts to Increase the number Of farmers in ce«rtaln regions, thus try­ ing to promote agriculture, and through greater agricultural prosper­ ity, to Increase their revenues de­ rived from hauling farm products. Within the past decade these efforts to entourage agriculture have been extended to include instructions in methods of farming, investigation of farming possibilities of a region, as­ sistance in organizing agricultural as­ sociations, co-operation with state and county fairs, employment of farm la bor, aid in finding markets, and other helpful lines of work. These projects are not confined to railroad compa­ nies; they are, however, the most prominent of the several classes of business concerns engaged In similar work. This promotion work oh the part of the rallroadB is a business propo­ sition. Improvement in agriculture means more traffic, and for this reason large sums of money are being expend­ ed systematically by numerous com- panfes.--Exchange. Some Improvement 8ince. Dr. Helen L. Sumner collated some figures for the department of labor, which set forth that at Paterson, In 1835, women and "Children had to be at work at 4:30 In the morning. They were allowed half an hour for break­ fast and three-quarters of an hour for dinner, and then worked "as long as they could see." They struck that year, however, and their hours were reduced tp 11%. In Philadelphia, in 1833, the hours were said to be 13. At about the same time the hours at the Schuylkill factory were from "sunrise to sunset, from the 21st of March to the 20th of September, inclusively, and from sunrise until eight o'clock p. m. during the remainder of the year." On Saturdays the mill was stopped one hour before sunset "for the purpose of cleaning the machinery." Preserving Valuable Relics. A very complete collection of Indian stone inscriptions is being made for the United States museum, and this is being done in a novel manner without destroying the original. A soft paper has been prepared for the purpose and this is moistened and placed over the inscriptions and ,pressed into the in­ terstices. Here It is allowed to dry, after which it I® carefully removed and the shell used as a mold from which a cast is made. The latter shows all the details of the carvings a i well as the markings on the surface of th6 stone and after the casts have been painted it is difficult to detect the im­ position. * Walking to Business. Not so many years ago the man of business walked to business. I play­ ed tennis with him--a strenuous game, and he was seventy-odd in years. He had built up a business in St. Martin's lane. He lived in Cam- berwell New road. And every day he walked from Camberwell to his busi­ ness and back again, having done his day's work, with no meal between his breakfast and his dinner at Camber- well, and his fun was to find always a new route for his walk to and His walks brought a wonderful knowl­ edge of London--to say nothing of health and longevity.--London Chron­ icle. Weight of Trains. The extreme weight and speed of modern railway trains is a train weighing 400 tons moving at a veloc­ ity of seventy-five miles an hour. Many people are amased at the de­ struction effected by railway trains when they strike an object at rest, such as a delayed train. A mass of 400 tons propelled at seventy-five miles an hour contains energy nearly twice as great as that of a 2,000-pound shot fired from a 100-ton Armstrong gun. No xonder that such a train proves a terribly destructive projec­ tile. Searching the Records. A noted judge had a case at court wherein a county officer had appro­ priated some of the county's money, and in trying to locate certain items, the reply of the fitness would be: That is as I remember it." The judge then asked him. "Where are the records of these items." The reply of the witness was: "I Just kept them in my head." ^ "That is all very well," said the judge, "but when you die, we don't want to have to travel too tfer to search the recdrds." TB0SE RHEUMATIC TWINGES Much of the rheu­ matic pain that comes in damp, changing weather ia the work of uric acid crystals. Needles couldn't cat, tear or hurt any worse when the af­ fected muscle joint is used. If such attacks are marked with head­ ache. backache,di*> zinAss and disturb* ance of the urine, it's time to help the weakened kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pills quickly help sick kidneys. A Mlehltfsn 6«mk JosJah Hoover. 808 S. Catherine St., Bay Ctw. Mich., says: "Mr back got no bad 1 coulda*» bend over. I often became so diggy I bad to sit down and rest. Doctors bad failed to help and I wasgrowlcg thin and weak. Doan'sKiS- n«y PUls went right to tb« spot, three boxM I iWTe had no trouble Get PoanV at Aar Stan, SOc m B«s D O A N ' S S P J L ! T rOSTER-MlLBURNCO., Baffalo.Naw Y<xfet ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE, septic t>' the shoes--The Standard Roan edy tor the feet for a quarter century 30.000 testimonials. Sold Trade Mark, everywhere. 25c. Sample FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted. Le Roy- N T. The Mm who put the EE® I* W EST* Familiar to "Mike." A negro clairvoyant who for time masqueraded as a Hindoo was recently visited by a collector, Mike O'Conner. "Ah," smiled the clairvoyant, **se genzelman wantz se palm read?" "No," said Mike, "ze genzelman has se bill for^you." When the bill. was i oduced the palm reader forgot his Hindoo an­ cestors and a stream of perfect Eng­ lish swear words poured from his lips. "Ah," said Mike, smiling, "ze gen- zelman sounds more like se Indiana avenue can se Hindoo."--Indianapolis News. THE BAROMETER OF THE POST OFFICE. THE READING OF WHICH SHOWS WESTERN CANADA'S GROWTH. Several of WestdTn Canada news­ papers coming to hand during the last part of the year 1912 contained Items of news such as the following, speaking of the Christmas work in the postoffice: 'Other years have been heavy and the employees have had plenty of op­ portunity of learning what it was to work overtime, but the past has had nothing equal to the present. Forty extra men have been employed (in Winnipeg), and mail trains have been run special. The increase in the mail this year has been due to the enor­ mous Influx of people Into Western Canada during the season, and also the general prosperity which the prairie provinces have enjoyed. To the latter cause has been due the heavy increase in the number of par­ cels which have been shipped to tho old country and Eastern Canada." The above extract taken from a Winnipeg paper gfcres a fair idea of the great work that the Canadian postofflces have had all through the western prairies. During' the past year hundreds of new postofflces were established, many of them at remote points from the railway, but all forced upon the country on account of the new settlements that have taken place during the year. It Is said of the Canadian government that In Its Immigration ' and settlement policy there is nothing left undone to take care of the people and their welfare, whether It be in the new town along a new lino of railway or In the re­ motest hamlet. This sollcitnde and care are not confined to the postof­ fice, hut with every branch that has to do with organizing new districts. Bridges have been built, roads con­ structed, the district policed, and a dozen other things have to be done and are done. Is It any wonder that" with the splendid land, the high yielding land, the land that is free to the homesteader or open to purchase at reasonable prices from the railway and land companies, that the Cana­ dian immigration records for 1912 will show arrivals of upwards of 400,000, one-half of this being from tho United States. 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