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JqLong Jake’s trip home [tlet The widow looked up from her need-t Ra: le-work in surprise, as well she might.‘ $3 “How do you mean?” naked she, not of 1 without apprehension. ‘ on] ”These here masonâ€"I’m going tO'ent have ’em.” ! 5:31 “Yes?”-in a. tone indicating inâ€"? cin terest. i bra "Yes,”-in one betraying exhaustion ; “3:: of topic. iii" "And where do you go then!” fir: "Ha!" with unexpected relief, and 3:11 ,. should hove {9'80” ~31 tn England.” Mauty. The next. ed with tears. whisper: “ A “Yes.” said Long Jake softly, Fur a trip.” -‘ â€"-J ORA “home 1‘!!! 3i Lily. But he had no sooner uttered the words than he jumped up clumsily without a. word of warning and step- Ped hastily out of the veranda. Almost instantaneously, Mrs. Truscott heard shrill exclamation, followed by 0! angry words. - - A] AAnf "WEy: whatever is it? Ah, dear, dear, dear!” she cried. rushing out; with something akin to afresh mug in her beatt. ‘ ‘ -_-' I ‘A' “It’s only this, ma‘am," he cried. savagely, throwing out a dramatic arm in the direction of a. dark little figure} that was racing rapidly down the" broad bush high road towards the other houses; "that there little snake has been avhiding behind this here pli'ket fence, and aâ€"listening to every word you and me has been a-saying- ('onfound her!” The widow turned, and, though the waning gloom was settling rapidly, 3- needed but a glance to assure her 'int yonder sheltering imp was the ne human creature in the township :1 whom she took any sort. of inter- -stâ€"â€"little Martha. Byrne, whom she Hi even attempted to teach to read. the hot blood mounted to the woman’s ‘uied face. She faced about. But Long me was gone. Growing momently ~:inter, his mate’s rhythmical canter ms borne to Mrs. 'l‘ruscott’s ears as ’he strokes rang out from the flint- ;trvwn track. The widow sighed deep- '}‘. Every breath she drew was a sigh; érut this one came with new force from i new pain, or rather, from an everâ€" present pain rte-awakened. ‘ A 4‘ an “(V-v r “[00: thing!” said Jake aloud. 35 the mare dropped into a walk at the {not of the steep winding track over Razorback. ”No signs of business as I could see. Why the .place wasnever fairly started. P001: tfihing” cxnt“ *‘ln 10““, Dbal («Cu 1- uv. --â€"- Nearly an hour later, he put the mare into a center at the top of the long gentle slope that stretched, through miles of timber, right down to the but, and then he was thinking of 3 that look of Mrs. Truscott’s when he, Ipoke the word "Hume,” 'Ay, she’d‘ go home, too, fast enough. if she had{ the. money,” thqugthake.‘ 1 Al LL... A- ,ww,“ bur" Luuuui’ Vllv With the quickened stride of the mare, the rider’s t.h(_)ughts, too, came the quicker. At first he made no effort to check them; but presently he found himself spurring on the mare in or- der tn leave them far behind. The grntesqueiy-twisted gums fled by on Either hand, bowing mockingly m the evening breeze as he passed; then the round moon shot up and pointed the round moon Shep up and painted the 'vv-hc- wvvâ€" _. narrow track an ashy gray,and threw into merciless relief, among a world of phantoms. one solitary mortal fly- ing from a ’l‘hought. But the Thought was not to he run away from. It tvyxm ed its tendrils about the man’s mlnd, and grew and grew until he became hardly conscious of the trees rushing by; the long gray track reeling out beneath, the scent of the eucalyptus forest ti ling in his nostrils. Sudden- ly :1 pea of harsh grating laughter if :1" per div harsh grating laughter brpkeoupon the silence. The rider inâ€" gtlpctgvely pulled up. _Th_e hoarse {1}"? "may 5811' Gawswréineated; but this time It was echoed by a low chuckle [tom Long Jake. ”He pad liv‘e‘d 1n tl‘me bush more years than he could count, yet here, forsooth, he was startled by the hnshman’s familiar, the laughing- ' chase! The momentary sensation, owever, had an immediate effect; Long Jake shook himself together and rode sfowly and soberly onward. Not that. the Thought was eXpelled; it was allowed to remain, but on a different looting: for now it was no longer re- sisted, but willingly, coolly. discrimin- oteiy entertained. Before starting on the rounds of his paddocks next morning, .Long Jake made a calculation with the butt-end of his stock-whip on the sandy soil outside the hut door. When the sum was worked out, be stamped out the figures‘ :13 if ashamed. Yet he had merely sniafied himself that in three months’ time his gross earnings would amount to pretty nearly fifty pounds. "An-l on that,” said Long Jake slow- ly, “and what the mare brings, we ”Ink. M-I-r‘nn =‘ ’, The spring months that allowed were. trying ones to Long Jae He never went near King - parglot Fl at. One 1’ two trips he made over to \\ attloâ€" wn, in order to negotiate for the tale of the mare with a storekeeper there. which ended in a bargain be- hg struck that the mate should b0 Mud and paid (at by Christmas at 1a Byrne, whom sue: When at length'the great day Ited to teach to read. ldgwnedg Jakelset ogt for the station woman’s a ,Sum‘lfie, ruing t e mare, an car» aunted to tthQB t Long rymg all his personal belongings 1n faced “Mil- ‘1 ' the swag strapped across the saddle. Growing momently . At the station J ake received his hreak~ 'e’s rhvthmical center a iast find his chteck; the latter-a- the 5m- . , ' . ‘ oun comn o a. ew mm .9 un er .rs. '1ruscotts ears. as fifty-heingn8writ.ten forp the round 18 out from the “mt“ sum, thanks to a graceful bonusfrom l‘he widow sighed deepâ€" Rhetboas. t'll‘htus emancipatedJakefrode . *z si h; , on .9 '31 [e own with a heart 0 air, b 51.1? drew figs 0: {rim leading a station horse which Noble me With new or lent lmn for the completion of his rather, from an 8V9“ ; roundabout journey to King-parrot lFllzht. At yattletown the mare was . '80. , zu‘cor mg to previous rrange- said Jake aloud, as ment, for twenty pounds doawn in ed mton walk at the cash. The cheque was also cashed-all :p winding “'4?“ over old; so that when Jake rode sway > 818118 0‘ husxness as rom that prosperous settlement at 05’. the place “'38 never four in the afternoon, he had seventy 7’00! thing." sovereigns in the leather pouch on at later, he _ PM the has belt, Which was imprudent, in Spite nter at the top of the of his modest conviction that not a. D98 that stretched, soul was concerned-41nd therefore, he 5 timber. right down to argued, not a soul could he acquaint- len he was thinking of ed-â€"-with the movements of so obscure s. Truscott’s _ when he an individual as Long Jake. :xéd relief. and 1' '.d have ‘OI'QOt' his pomtâ€" home Ah. dear, he cried. i the latest: but on these occasions Wet- .tietm'vn observed that the men from ’ Razorback conducted .himeelf very imenniy, and that the little money .he tdid spend was in hard cash. In paint of fact he. made it his first busmess to teach a. small cheque at the bank on {entering the township. .Then, .of !couree there was the inentahle VIS- ; its to the home station. But only two fvircumstanoes happened reaily to ibreak the monotony of life! whwh, af- jtelj. years and years of it, became first of these was a VlSlt from hand- some John Byrne, who slept 23$ the hut on his way to the home station,where -â€"so he saidâ€"he bad business with! Mr. Noble; though, in tactâ€"which he; omitted to addâ€"he paid Jake the twmpiiment of travelling many miles 'out of his way in order to see him. ‘since he came straight from the lair ‘of a iynx«-eyed congenial spirit at Wattletown, and not from the grog- ehanty on the Flat. The visitor, how- ever, was too welcome for Long Jake to consider the visit mysterious; and as for sinister glances and cunning questions, Jake neither saw the first. nor was he even aware that, the second ghad been put-and answered. i | V‘l V‘XVIW)I.V DU JU(DVVc i As December drew gradually nearer, he grew daily wearier of his daily work. He became restlessly impatient: and his nights were broken by vivid, Qdisturhing dreams. As a rule these jdreams bore him back across seas .of itime and the world to a peaceful 11t- ‘ile hamlet in Somersetshire. But they invariably ended by the distant and indistinct image of the English v11- ilqg‘e. fading before the strong, eon- {Vim-mg presentmenti of Kingoparrot :Flnt; or the two places would be fused ;fu.ntastically together, as is the way i Wit h dream-locality. _ i--- n 1 The other circumstance was this one day he found lying in the station store an envelope addressed to “The Boundary-man on Razorbeo .” It con- tained a few lines from Mrs. Trus- cott, begging Jake to call at her store before his departure for England, pro- vided he should consent to be the bearer of a message and a trifle or two besides. He spelt through the note with difficulty, then laboriously indited a, reply and dropped it into} the mail-hag. In his note a day inl December was mentioned on which he would without fail present himself at Mrs. Trussott’s service. After that, With a feeling of satisfaction quite new to him, he inquired for the hose. Mr. Noble. who had already heard with amusement of Jake’s projected trip 1101118. was not surprised to hear now that he intended coming in for his chequeshout the middle of Decemâ€" ber, Jake, however, promised to stay until a new boundary-rider shouldhe $8M out to the hut, which, it was in turn promised, should he done a day ior two before that on which he wish- ged expressly to leave. 1, After an hour’s easy riding Jake lwas once more on thoroughly familiar lground; for hyalf-wa between theb‘lat and his old but that track was joined by one from \Vattletown Never had thism man ’s Spirits been so high before, never had the somber tintsg of the bush seemed so warm and gay 1'1 the glinting sunlight. The gray rough track ha never bounded so lightly from the heels of the good old mire; though surely this heavy pony hack was not a patch upon her for speed and lightness. The exr 1tement that had entered his spirit during the last months hid giVen new life and animaâ€" tion to a narrow silent, well-nighani- mal existence He was no longer thel thing that repeatedly, for days, lay helpless at Byrne’s bar, and returned; to the hut he called home without a‘ pang, without a regret, without, a, hope. And here it was, in these endless Cloisters of s nooth, to 1nd trunks, that ' the Thought had come to him, 11 hich had worked all this 11 ondrous changeâ€"- the Thought that was now at last to be put to the test, 11 hether it was ' wise, or 111111 ise, good or evil. ‘ “Ha, ha! Ha, ha!” ‘ Ah, that could startle him then, 1111 not now! Long Jake turned round 1n the s-uldle to look at the queer clumsy ' birdâ€"- surely bird of good omen. : But he did not s1 when his steady i Gunter. “:H1, ha, ha!” 'lhis time the laugh did not come from behind. Jakeg turned sharply. Directl3 in the trick sat a tall, mo- tionless, masked figure on horsehatk; ' and a voice that fake thought he rec- , ognized cried: “Bale up!’ Bale up,â€"-the seventy sovereigns Jake’s heart quaiied and sickened for a moment. The long barrel of a re- volver covered him, and glit‘ered in the sunlight. Must he be robbed in broad daylight? \Vith a wild cry of rage and despair he buried his Spurs in the sides of his heavy mount and dashed straight at the highway-man, leaning forward with his face on the horse’s mane. The robber, beingless heavily mounted, backed a pace; and as Long Jake came on, unarmed and reckless, took deliberate aim at the chest of the charging horse. A; firm quick touch on the reins caused the heavy brute to swerve; and with a. loud ring the bullet struck the near stirrup-iron, thence burying itself in the heel of J ake’s boot. The frighten~ ed animal thundered on; and in an instut they were past, nearly. nun;- ing the mullet horse to earth in their rush. A quick succession of shotssnd an even louder volley of curses. filled the air; .Lonc Jake felt s burning blow between the shoulder- hlades; his brain sickened and his body reeled in the saddle! . 4 Just as the fiery sun began to dlp' behind the range, Mrs. Trusoott heard a furious clatter of boots outside. She rose hastily and ran out. So did Martha Byrne, whom .the widow had tried in vain to get rid of all the afternoon. Staggering through the little wicket.- gate was a strange figure, all dust and sweat and blood, and the asbiest .isce man ever reeled under. He made .his w ' unsteadlly up to the veranda, {whet-e. e stink doWn with a deep sobâ€" ‘bing Sigh; and his head would have fallen back upon the boar had not the widow eaught his sh mers and supported him. His breath came. thick andfast, his eyes seemed elm- irig; yétâ€"his fixigers fhmbled many un- til they had Wastened 3 Jenna pouch from his belt. And then his hands were}. powerless to‘ lit} i_t. uuuxnu vv w'-v .7 The stricken man looked dumbly upward at the woman; he could just raise a trembling pointing hand to her, then drop it significantly on the pouch. His wan lips moved, and from between tham came the faint word: "Home.” (Little Martha had for onoe used her long thin legs to some purpose. After one quick, intelligent glance at the pallid face of .Long J ake she had rush- ed like the wind to her father’s shan- ty; and now she was returning, al- most as swiftly, with a posse of its choice spirits. John Byrne was ab- sent, and mysteriously absent, from the township; but foremost amon them was. Surgeon-major Wagstaf , carrying hls Instrument case, and a yastly a‘ugzmentgd nomposity of bear- --.LA ing, and devoutly hoping that, who- ever the fellow was, he would live long enough to give him, \Vagstaff, a show of getting his hand in once more. Jack Rogers was there, too, and Paddy Welch, and one or two others. As they came up to the end of. the store they could see right along the raised veran- da. With the carmine glare of the setting sun behind them, the two figures that met their gaze seemed of carved ebony, both were so black and so rigid. As one man, the little party slack- ened its pace; Paddy We1ch dotted his felt )videawake, and the others did the same; then they moved forward very, very slowly and Jack Rogers said, just above his breath, but, somehow, more gruffly than he intended to say it: ”He’s gone home square enough. now, boys: and f9r_goozi.” -\-‘ Yet. darkness fell over King-parrot Flat, and the boys still lingered out- side the widow 'l‘ruscott’s store. For the Surgeonâ€"major said there was still the ghost of a chance; and the Surgeon-major was sober and on his .mettledmd ought to have known,even If he dldn’t. That day week they ran John Byrne to earth in the ranges. 'l'hey dragged him back to the Flat, and: would have lynched him in sight of his own bftl‘. but for one circumstance. The lpk was scarcely dry on an official bulle- tinonailed to the door of the now flour- IShlng opposition shanty which set forth that the atient was at last definitely out a? danger. And they found its :mthor, the gallant and sku- ful Surgeon-major, already gloriously drunk after his week of enforced sob- riety b the sick man’s bed. Sn L 1‘. John Byrne, amateur bush- ranger, was taken over to \Vqtt’xeâ€" town and handed over, quite niceIY- to__the police. 'I ‘â€"“-’v- a Surgeonâ€"major’s experience, Long Jake puHed through. Just whenthe days begâ€"ran to shorten, and camping on Razorback became mean work, the shutters were put up at the new store. A week later, Long Jake’s trip home. begun. But Jack Roiâ€"T91”S turned out quite right after all ; the trip was crmfmsedly “for good.” Nor was it made alone. He hurried up to the office as soon as he entered the hotel, and without waiting to register, inquired eageriy: “ Any letters for ’me ?” The clerk sorted out a. package with a negligent. attention that comes with practice. then flipped oneâ€"a very small oneâ€"on the counter. The traveiing man took it; with a curious smile. He smiled more as he. read i t. Then, obvious of the other travelers who jostled him, he laid it gently against his lips and actually kissed it. A loud laugh start- led him. " Now, look here, Old fellow," said a loud voice, “ that won’t do, you know. Too spoony for anything. Said the traveling man. “ The. letter is from my best girl. The admission was so unexpected that “It's no use. you’ve got to read it to us,” said one of them. “ We want to know all about, your best girl.” “ So you shall," said the one address- ed. with great coolness. “ I’ll give you the letter and you can read it for your selves.” D\’J-vu- â€"~ “But”! insist upon it," was t swer. ” them is nothing to be ”1111:1350 of. excexzt the gpelling; that’s a little ghfltliy'll llt adgutCi but she won’t car? 111 .. a 0:15 . «ea it. E ' ' H for A yourself." ard) ' and Judge .1 ‘ ” I guess not." said ope who had been the loudest in denmndzng it; “ we like to chaff a little. but we hope we an gentlemenz” . 91- I! ___#“ LL- .. -V' Thus urged, Hardy took the letter shamefaoedly enough yand read it. First he laughed, then swallowed suspicious!!- ly, an as he finished. threw it am the table 1nd again rubbed the back of his hand against his eyes. as if trouâ€" bled with dimnegss of vision. “xi’éhéxv! if I had a love letter like that "â€"â€"and then was silent. _... n‘-“ "’ 1": A 1‘ “an A. ‘LA A‘h “ I'll read it to you, boys." said their friend. “ and I thlnk that you'll agree with me that it’s a model love letter.” " ‘ Mi oween dear papa. " I 33 mi Prairs every nite and wen I 1‘25; your Picshure 1 ask God to Hess you. good bi Papa yure best gurl.” Lu‘“, 'â€" |â€"- ’5‘;- vugâ€". - ~‘Dv..- ' Fair play l"‘cii€(i one of the oth- ers with an uneasy laugh. .1 Ya!‘ ...A.-.r‘ :I’ +n L'AI‘ ‘mtra ” 130:1] #knzn A LOVE LETTER. The 15nd. FFATH‘ERS MUST GO. The question of vegetarianism is caus- ing a good deal of agitation in certain parts of Europe just now, and an at- tempt is being made to interest in this country in the same subpct. The headquarters of the movement is in London. and the leader of the Euro- pean Vegetarians is Mme. Alexandrina Vieflr‘fio She is president of me Veget- arian Soc'mty and a woman of consider- able prominence. __.‘ â€"-...v t For years there have been vegeurians in England, but not until quite recent- 1y did they make much effort to 83m converts or to bring themselves into public malice... ’l'hey ale their vegetable dinnersr‘fiey held their monthly din- )ers. We?! abstained firmly from all new n me and they flattered themselves U)“ All ”01119. .so may were gaining both floysic'ally, morally enu mentally. They never tried to thrust their news upon “DOTS. and they were sufficiently happy if none of the elect relapsed into the viobus habit of eating flesli. -- â€"â€" â€"v-‘ into this quiet community. which is. by the way, mainly composed of women, came Mme. Alexandrine Viegele. She saw the necessity of more strenuous Work-vindeed. of a vigorous crusade- and struightway she called a meeting {or the avowed urpose of propagaynfi the doctrines of vegetarianism. 1111: meeting was largely attended. most of th9§e preeent being vwfomen. ....!J---‘ ”‘1‘ over she made a proposition which [air- ly took the breath away from her and:- ence. it. was highly desirable. she said. to abstain from flesh food. but that was not. enough. All self-respecting and humane persons. she insisted. and especially women. should abstain from the use of any article composed of amm- al material. Thus. according to her. women should not use silk garments. because the material in them is the we rk of insects ; neither should they use kid gloves nor kid shoes, for the reason that they are fashioned of the skins of animals. Feathers are to be discarded lthem. Of course, all fur garments .are also to be discarded, and for a Similar humane reason. 1 Hui-“(luv J Naturally a lively discussion ensued as to the feasibility of organizmg a crusade on these lines. Some thought. the idea excellent; others. on the con- trury. insisted that it was too extreme and could never be carried into practice, and still others. while admitting that it might be desirable theoretically. Vig- orously pointed out that man?! reput- able persons would be ruined i it were carried out. They argued that among ' the vegetarians are. many women who make their living as milliners and that they would be driven out of business if the: customers ceased to purchase feat rs. furs or other animal goods. Mme. Viegele replied that quite as becoming articles could be fashioned from vegetable materials. Thus from the ramie plant. she said, could be made a dress which would closely resemble gsilk. and from the same plant could be 'made satin. velvet and other desirable textures. Finally. she insisted that even furs and feathers could easily be replaced by goods of a vegetable materâ€" ial. which would be quite as satisfactory as that obtained from animals. She ar-' gued well and long. but the audience was against her and finally it u as de- cided to take no action. at least for thepresent h . ‘ ‘â€" Aâ€"g Mme. Viegele, however is bent on going ahead, and if she cannot bring about a reform in one» direction she will in another. A single example will suffice to show her energy. l‘onirlvanees to Keep Oven [Doors film! and Tluincs {ram Sliding 0|! the Top. Stoves and ranges used at sea have two peculmritie‘. One is that. the doors are made to turn down and not to swing, and have fastenings to hold them sec'uxely when they are shut, so that they van’t po 31ny fly open. The other peculiarity is in the red; top. It is elevated four or five inches and runs around the edge of the stove to keep the puts an"! ketties from sliding off. Some StIiDVOB and ranges used afloat are also provided with cross rods which run from the fixed red at the hack of the stove to the rot in front avroes‘ the toy of the pots and kettles and hoid them down and keep them from shift- ing. They are uâ€"‘e’l in very heavy wea- ther: or when the ship is rolling. For some reason these arose rods are more men. on Shutish than they are on Am»- erisan :-.hije. _ _ _ - I Q . ‘0 STOVES AND RANGES USED AT bEA When a. vessel is in port the front rail of tin: x'aezkds usually taken out anl then the cook has an easy am-ess to the stove as he would have with a. stove ashore. “A moment of apathy may render an. perfluous the whole exnstâ€"ence of flu» greatest energyu“ ‘. “ Queen Natalie of Servia has just pub- fished a volume of aphorisms. Half a dozen or so will be quite enough to show their quality. U "A woman is like a blind man. goes ahead, even when she falls. “A woman always loves only man who can master her. “The young woman is an angel; take care that. she does not become, woman- llke, a_ dcy'll._ "7A Hheart tried too far no long" knows how to be happy. “Independence is not always hap- Dingle; .“Ri‘m” 1"“; only one excfisEâ€"hcne flcenco." r :[Tnhappy is he who has not experi enced ~the _happine_ss of doing goofi. London is in a continual state of vibration. To demonstrate ‘this a mirror was recenwy suspended by a fine thread so as to throw a point of fight upon a screen, the movings of which phowed the extent to which the building was. affected by the traf- fic. taking pi‘uce within a. radius of two or three miles. A QUEE; ’S AI’HORISMS. LONMN 'S VIBRAT IONS. she the RUSSIA IS REGENEME W BA T HE R P ROGRES SIV I (2. DO IN G F0 R THE PE OMEN Inpuve-enu by the Present A lore III-an System at t.» I‘mflla. Emperor Nicholas of R um“, in completed a view uf “Uri; Which calculated to ililel'mt hindfuu 0‘ . wry. Finding that the wow", ‘1; be“ huge. or but. ow “(led by Pete: V ‘ Great. while under the name of p Mikailof. he laboured an n (W shipwright at Saardam. was .11 u of destructiun through dam. am: glect. he has caused 11m emu 8!! ‘ tum to be envoloped in a mm d on ‘shelf Of granite and red Mn'k wt, ’mstead Of resting ms Lr1r1¢=f0r9 piles. the but now repuses m, .1 g; or foundaxtion uf convreua 'I‘hrre is apri'fi‘ t] cleverly devich heating human:- preserve the hut agaivul dump M; lump} 3 mosaic {1001‘ (bULéitixl 1hr :m and ”dad gn deltt til? flcmr inside cum iv White M “A t ()0 walk about the place “1114.111 q“ Wm g0 “ any harm or injury w the 1.14 mm old edifice. .The but is a mgular labuux'mg mu dwelling. consisting of two Inums, is constructed of gray warms. w“ the! roof is of red tile. There new two windows to the house. and wt.‘ there is no furniture. that new Petr-t the Great linving been taken are adorned with pdntinga and u. scripfions. mostly placed there l. former emperors oi Russia. king of Hoflland prefienmd 11m mm a the surrounding gardens w w Rm ,aian daughtepin-law. siswr uf Lupe} or Nicholas 1., and she in turn t. ed it to her nephew. Cznr' Alum Until the beginning of the reign it was shielded i) a mi". of wood. which had been hum. but it was nut until the pre: peror interested himself in m that the proper shape wane 1 I tau 5v I .â€" -_ , _ of “god, which had been hum. web .Iromu but 1t.was nut uqtii the. prrb‘rlfl W5 pen): Interested hunself m Lil? man up n1 that the proper steps- were (Mun preserve its historical relic. I: lu' be added that the trees. the flhxuhs nay. ewn the very soil of the m and pretLiiy laid out garden surrt un ing the imposing granite wifi<'~e--zm. 900* all been brought; esyecially from Hm ave-d sin. for the purpose. get a A PROGRJiL-‘SIVE EMPEROl-. qum Talking of Russia. it may be Mn. 3‘2; tioned that. although the grant of ‘ constitution is as far off as ever, mm are very great changes for the 1mm that have Usen introduced by the we. sont Emperor. and. whereas forum; 1y the demotism of the Crown was run. 3row and remtionary. it. is no“ mo- , Egressive and eniightxened. \Vigth Hum ‘3‘”. exceptions there are the same in ws Hut 1‘?!" they are administered in an emu-91y " different fashion. and ".he \\ nude hw- ernment is carried on now in qu‘m a f difl‘nrunt suirit to What was the, my. ‘ " B‘Wuv v exceptions there are the same laws Hut they are administered in an enm‘ely different fashion. and :he \\ bode HW- ernment is carried on now in qui'.( a different 5;.uirit no what was the was. two or three years ago. The offu-mia have mule. thanks to the Czar.» m- fluenoe. quite human in their dealings. They even congescend to Her explanâ€" “15v V-Vvâ€" row and reactionary. it. is now mo. gressive and enlightened. With mule exceptions there are the same laws nut they are administered in an entirely different fashion. and the “hole hw- ernment is carried on now in qultt a diflerent spirit Do what was the «4.80 two or three years ago. The ethnic have become. thanks to the Czar‘s .u- fluence. quite human in their dealings. They even condescend to offer explan- ations when things go vs mug. and thry aptuaily seem onxxous to consulate pub- lrc Opinion. . All 1=er§ecution of Roman Cathr-h«-a, and especwllly of Lutherans. ‘21:. (mm in which the Czarina was rear have ' ., , h, K _. been stopped. and even the Jews. with Th“ “‘11 (“Pam ‘. a few notable exceptions. have been. allowed to go their way 1n peace. Stflkf er-z no longer are treated asdflnaere reg; \ . crop lutionists. but are accor by e 1"; . ' 4 Government a hearing. while during 7..va 311”". ”mam an i the last year there actually have been . , ., . H .1 Case-s where the local governors and ’33“;'{giggfinmufml police magistrates have declared the " demands of the strikers to be well 03% during a or) em . drink but they vanu'n tilizers when anphm pass into aliquitl ('Hllo’. run he albmrlyect My ‘. H. llwrefore, fert ilk/e!” i planting llllw .‘tllu Weather follows in“) [70111 passing “.3 ill, mi ' nd the plant '1‘ thus m“. ishment at U)? llnw \\ luv? fertilizers- :u'» put "m fore p‘antiup Hun. 1.... unity to (il‘6"::lu.ti' 1 In“ If? I‘Pati) iv: 1' good supph H founded. 31nd. have insisted on the em- genu- matter “TH”. ployers yieldmg. .- vbowever, it F m” Blunt, OE‘ APPEAL. ‘ o 9 .310 prup (“1‘on 1 Last. and by no means least, is up put un the minvlu‘ t permission accorded to the zemtvoo, name time heiw'y 1* or county and district councils. to ap- _ , _\\' into the *m‘. llu‘ [leli directly to the Czar against veto _ . lvavh nut .,r ”I" or interference on the part of the ' énthore fnr'llv' ‘W Provincial Governor or County Deputy ' .- usurp eo‘u lr and Governor. Each zemstvo is an osed ', ivylbe plum .n ullllt‘ to have full control of the local 3 fairs '~ lea-h out at um um of the district which it reprewnts. it: pays mu input 9” members being elected by the tax y- dress‘ml nt planting ers. But until a year ago every eci- -_ 5“...“ gram at :3 WV! sion of the council. no matter whether in “Wk?" “‘ :‘- run ' n i 411‘ *n Hflhfifl‘fl. the maIEWIUent' Last. and by no means least. its the permission accorded to the zemetvoa, or vounty and district councils. to ap- [zed directly to the Czar aguilut veto or interierence on the part. of the members being ejected by the tax y- ers. But until a year ago every eci- sion of the council. no matter whether it minted to schools. the management. of hospitals, the relief of be poor, or what; not, was subject to the veto of the Governor of the province. This veto was used in such arbitrary fash- ion that it practically deprived the (rouncils of all power. True. they possessed the right of up- peu! to the C" . but according to the rules and re ulations devjsert hy Jho ‘ bureaucrats and officials. thv appeal of ‘.the council to the Czar against. the fvet-o of the Governor could only 1 ' ’transmitted to the throne Lhrb, the Governor in question himself. ‘ remit. was that out of 1.0““ an from zemstvos during the ' first Nicholas has now insistezz u be burnt to him direct. “mum : through the hands of the HM and the consequence has. been Hr ing the last few 111011 tbs near! apnea! that. has warned him {1" council has been granted, whi Governors and their deputies u coming very (*hary indved almut thér right of veto. In fact. {4 first time since the organimt the zemstvoa. nearly forty you) they am beginning to enjoy 1 "9 the prerogatives and the u-o! which it Originally was inlenlv should possess. 33:}; lawtffiénimééén't' “reign nnt than twenty actually reached U 99.13.": ‘ . a I L--- .mnzfl‘n" ," The first woman who can m: a a dress has arrived at Klmzclikt is making a fortune with her 1: She is Mrs. Chester C. Adams, inside of 30 working hours in 1) City she netted ‘90 {mm sewing. [11:11:3an a common. every 663' n hubburd Mrs. Adams received 5 for a \aaist without “bones" 0r of the frills of civilization she readily: paid from $10 to $15 Sm 97913 The plaimest of work h! from $5 to ‘10. A KIJON DI KE \VOMAN B “DIUhC the z“ surr'un .ificet‘ La from Hus “HI uuu--.-_ . _ invrfl-M ykld. If the plied through vluver penis of thud costly in ."M and it remaiua 1 let abqut puttim.r u! of pmash i 1580!; quantum: »y be urn- “Well? can dvtm‘miw gmm (A; ‘ tndexpergmenung 'H Ont quanunm on Am. ever, (hen the l1t‘HQ! (IE-hi be can 500“ “3.," be. um limit of prufH neq uea‘ [1(lt N O“ 1‘ (W IQ 11"} I!" The cm“ “given 10‘: a duo! Pn( V'â€" 0!. enouh of aum “"9 iSdisturi‘ed. aw The 111 «It results. (radicalmvhix'h 3W H bun-ted and which as nitrogen . pound Ovid: When applied i wrilom and in apt" "Differ: the entire dependent upon H the fertilizer»; 961 it. it it it U it more ' ‘ A writer rays that hen imsinem t are) things" (,0 he HARP!) I “Ml. Viz: the nhjevt in vi? be for eggs or forraiain :11ka and tho are yuu y ' .rtit'i'niiy or hy'm» old 1 in you going in he aim “em with suctahle quar l per car? - _ I- .-6'...n Halflt‘t ha- part “we ‘68 -.be spa ,VH better than when 3. The kind of (' phat-V, I udvise ‘ ”hat” and servi Ml \V ch81 “I. '. 060* dry I he H u" )L lab the icithun O“l"“'~ ‘nd 51011an ‘0“ “ml- {owls will row!“ “1‘” the endfi “P9“! to the width of w‘lk (‘1 both 5| Jmfl)‘ 0‘ I“ forthe NJ“ is intend?“ (‘irew it XV! ifleral {PM ‘ efnre 1'13““ n; 11:93va (If HIP ‘U'l ‘lH’ \U‘? ”“4 uh" and unh m «mt-e “19'. for wm arming ma Hm sers'h’eflh‘e 30. the n" te rd :ivm