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r 1 ?* JOI 1 _ T? >- - * IHJYV 1UHHJ5 u joasivci (W. R. ROSE, In Clc\ An old woman crme around (ho i corner bearing a basket. Siio was a | utue oia woman, a shabby old woman whoso shoulders were bent and whose gray hair was carelessly held back by a battered old comb. Tho basket was heavy and she walked slowly, stopping now and then and changing the burden from one side to the other. Tho VOllTlfir nmn cnmlnc fntvomlc her quickened his steps. "IIex*e," he said, "let me help you." The woman darted a sharp look at him and held fast to the handle. "You want to run away with it," she abruptly said. Ho laughed. "If I meant to do that," he answered, "I'm quite sure I wouldn't ho on nnllf ^ If " She Kave hirn another sharp look from her keen gray eyes. "The iKilitast ones are the biggest rascals," she said. He laughed again. "Im sure my dear mother didn't mean to train me for a rascal when she tried to teach me politeness. The old woman nodded. i uui s wen said, ' sin; muttered. "You may carry it if you insist." "I do," said the young man, and he lightly lifted the burden. They walked a little? way in silence, the old woman now and then casting a quick glance at her companion, lie was a well built young man, straight and firm, and his smiling brown eyes were clear and bright. "Maybe I'm taking yon from your business," the old woman presently snapped at him. "I haven't any business." "That's bad." "Very bad." She looked around again. Tlis clothes were neatly brushed, but they showed the effects of much wear. "Maybe you expect a tip?" He laughed merrily. "I'm sure you don't mean to hurt my feelings." "I mean that T don't give tips." That amused him still more. "Neither do I," he said. She stared at him curiously. "I wonder if you know who I am?" "No," he answered. "1 am quite Sure this is the first time \ve have met." "Then you looh upon me merely as a shabby and untidy old wnmnn wh? is staggering along the public highway with a basket much too heavy for her?" lie shook his head. "That looks like another attempt to hurt my feelings. It is no novelty for me to carry baskets, and I've carried no end of palls. I'm reasonably young and strong, and I trust I am ^ reasonably thoughtful. Anyway I decline to think that there is any novelfv nhniif tlilo * " w..., CIIIII'IO lit". <11 KUUll Will. ' Ho caught her shrewd glancc and nodded laughingly. "This is my home," said the old woman. The young man looked up with some surprise. It was a pretentions house in an excellent neighborhood. It was a fairly largo house in a large lot, and if its shabbiness had been removed by paint it would have ranked well witli tiie best of the adjoining dwellings. The young man pushed open the Iron gate. "Hiiall I leave your basket at the front door?" he asked. "I never use the front door," she answered. So ho followed her around the house and placed the basket on the back porch. "Thank you," said the old woman sharply. Then as if moved by a sudden impulse she took an apple from the basket and handed It to him. "As a tip?" he smilingly asked. "As an apple," replied the old woman. "Thank you for the apple," he rc piieu. "Uootlby." lie lifted his hat. as ho turned back toward tlie street. Tlie old woman darted Into the house and pushing aside a window shade stared at him as he passed by. She saw him lift the apple and suddenly 1?ite into it. and there was something in the act that suggested hunger. She rapped on the glass and when lie turned she beckoned him back. The woman met him at tlie door. "Come in," she said, "i want to talk to you." He smilingly obeyed and was ushered into nn inner room, a room that had once been bright and attractive nut now woro a faded and dingy look. "Sit down and wait a moment," Bho said and turned back to the kitchen. When she returned she carried a tray on whicb were several slices of bread and a big piece of Ringer cake. "I am not a sumptuous provider," slie said, "but tills may look good to a hungry man." "It looks very good to me," paid the young man. "Hut how did you know I was hungry?" "I saw you bite the apple." lie (lushed at this. "I don't think a bito of apple ever tasted better," lie said. Sho watched him eat and her grim face softened. "Do you want to tell mo how a t strong young man buds himself in y such a wretched plight?" she present ly aaKou. "I'll gladly tell you," ho replied. "I tamo hero to accept a poult ion that was offered nio by a man to whom I was recommended. When I reached the city I found ho had suddenly died. Ills affairs wero In very >ad shape- all his representations had been exaggerated. There wasn't eve.) money enough loft to send his invalid >vlfo to Western rolatives. I did what I could to straighten out mattors and yestorday I started the lady? a very worthy lady?on her Journey to Colorado. Well, when I woko nn thu .....i iiiiih I found I liad Juat enough money to satisfy my landlord. A. little cash doeH disappear so fast 1^ a big city, you know." He smiled at her across a silco of bread. ? lift- ' ^4, ; hiNo Got Him a Better Job. eland Plain Dsaler.) I i The woman shook her head at him.! "They take money away from children very quickly," she Bald. "You are just a big child. Why didn't you take care of your money? Don't you know money was made to bo saved?" Me was still smiling. "it seems to mo that money Is al3o made for investing and the investment I made?but let us talk of something else." The woman frowned. "You are a very silly boy," she said and stared nt him for a little while. "Will that woman get well out there?" she abruptly asked. .m>, nc answered, "she can't get well." The woman drew a long breath. "What do you expert to gain," she demanded, "by helping sick women and carrying baskets?" Me laughed merrily. "Pardon me," be said, "but that thought had never occurred to me." He laughed again. "Didn't I seem surprised when you offered me this food? But now you must let me do something to pay you for your kindness." "Sit still," she said. "What's your name?" "John Knowles." "How old are you?" "Twenty-seven." "Where is your home?" "In Iowa. I'm a country boy." "Tell mo something about yourself." "I grew up on a farm. Then I worried through college and law school. I've taught school and worked in a country bank?assistant cashier and bookkeeper, and I've carried the mail." i nu oici woman looked at him. C ^ rr$ THe Spirit c*-*^.?"*^? $ ny HENRY c? * Q Amazon is a larger i (3 UjL Hows through a land as A j, larger river than tho ^ as good. The Amazon was d a la Plata in 1510; the Hudson They are all old rivers of t! '* now in history. And the llud! 0 Yet the story of the 111 < '? glorious than the story of t Plata. It waters a larger am c? world-estate of humanity. A Why? ^ Because of the Spirit of A cj Because the men who set A brought certain invisible thin lions, social ideals, traits of c a will. These invisible things v fellow colonists in beginning ; (* A race self-reliant and one </ play and common order: a rat c* man to make the best of him; Q ho lives. (4 Therefore, two hundred > A the river, Fulton made it tlie The Spirit of America is in ~a But first of all it ln;d to bo s v bio, just, obedient, (!od-feari foundation -essentially conse (/ (ion tho cncrpy of America hi People explain the greatnr 6 lai Heness i)f the land, the rich o of natural resources. A They are wrong. ^ All theso things would ha ^ America had not been there t "A school teacher, a lawyer, a banker and a bookkeeper." "Likewise a fiirmcr and limll nnr rier." "John Knowlos." said llio woman, "do you want to know who I am?" "If it pleases yon to tell me, madam." "I am Mary Shelhurn and 1 am sixty-eight years old. A good many peoplo call me Aunt Polly Shelburn. I am looked upon as an eccentric person. I have been called crazy, nocause r live alone hero without servants and friends, minding my own business they speak of nte as a recluse, a miser, a demented old woman. I live as I want to live. I take care of what is mine in the way that suits 1110. It' I distrust everybody, if I look upon men as rogues and swindlers, believe me, boy, that 1 have good cause." She had raised her voice and her face had Hushed. Then she suddenly paused. The young man's eyes grew troubled. "Do you live in (his big house all alone?" he asked. "Yes." He shook his head. "1 don't think that Is right." he said. Tho woman frowned. "I havo my own opinions as to that," she said. "Let it pass." She paused. "Yon seem to bo fond of helping the friendless. Can I socuro yoisr aid for a few hours?" "Certainly, madam for even longer If you wish it." "What Is your price?" "I will leave that to you, madam." "I drlvo very hard bargains." "I am not worried, madam." Sho went to a cabinet and brought out a black box. "I wish you would tiiko the papers you find there and put them in order and itemize them." The task kept him busy until dinner time and then ho wan called Into the dining room, where ho found a good though simple meal. "The work Is done, madnm," he said. "1 will look It over later," tho woman answered. "You will stay hero to-night." The work was satisfactory and the woman expressed her approval. "Thoso papers should liavo been put In shape long ago," said John Knowlea. "Some of them havo considerable value r.s records, otheiii are no mor? than wwin nniwir n?iv? vr,n tried to look aftei all your al'airs youraelf?" "Yon, John. Thero was aobdlly I could trust." '} "That is all wrong," ho quickly said. "Thore aro many honeAt and honorable men In tho world?and you need a helper." He might havo expected ail out. , . >; M' burst, but she only uodded her gray head. "You mean that I am getting old," she quietly said. "That is true." She sighed softly. "I?I am glad to have you here, John Xnowles. I have alnito 1... ~ ~ ? un/iiu ou ju' s ow vi;i ) 1U1I?T. "That is wrong, too," said the young man. " Yon need the sunlight ami cheerful laughter and friendly voices." The woman lookedathim wistfully. "I like your laughter and your vqjee, John Knowles," she slowly said, "and there is sunshine in your presence. Let us he friends." Sho gave him her'thin hand. "If I had a son T T I... I" Willi IV I onuuiu nnnl 111 ill uj UU UKC j you. You are strong and honest and you have a good heart." She paused and her tone changed. "I am going to test you to-night, John," she said. "It may have been a special providence that brought you here. Listen, f am the owner of a lot on a prominent downtown corner. It was worth little or nothing when I bought it. Its value has increased a thousand fold. There are some old buildings on the lot and they bring in a good rental. I have had many offers for the property, but did not care to sell. Jlecaude I refused these offers they declare I am opposed to progress, that 1 am a detriment to the city's welfare. They abuse me, they insult I me. To-night two men will call here, men who are determined to secure that lot. I admit them only because I want to show that I am not afraid. But, I am afraid. I am getting old, John, I am potting old." She paused and rubbed her (bin bands together as if to warm them. "And what do you want me to do?" the young man gently asked. "I want you to remain in the side room until I call you." "Yes," said John Knowles. "And may I keep the door ajar for fear 1 cannot hear you?" A bell jangled. The young man arose. "They have come," said the woman. "Go into the rear room." E> n W -<5N O TN f) f> of America, ppj VAN DYKE. * ( river (ban tho Hudson, and it A rich. Tho Hio do la l'lata Is Hudson, and it has a climate .4 iscovered in 1500; tho Kio do In 1609. ! lit' New World; old in geology; v son is tho newest of them all. (* idsoii is richer, fuller, more f) lie Amazon or the Rio do la (? 1 more Important tract in tho ^ c? merica. ^ llod the valley of the Hudson rs with them: Moral convlc- " haracier?call I hem what you ? made them one with their i now race for tho. Now World. V rgetin; a race believing in fair c holding that God calls every $ self and of the world in which a 4 ears after Hudson discovered (? cradle of navigation by steam. A vontive, progressive, creative, elf-respecting, orderly, equita- \ ng, man-loving. That is the C rvatlve?and on that fonnda- ' is stood steady to do its work. $ ss of the Cnited States bv tiio : noss of the soli, the abuudanco ft t ve been little, if the Spirit of ^ o uso them. ^ , A moment later three men entered thf library. The first of the new' comers was a small man with gray whiskers, a nervous little man who was quick of speech and hurried in gesture. The second man was younger, a tali, thin man with a solemn expression, and the third man was a burly fellow with furtive eyes and a close-cropped head. "Good evening, ma'am," said the little man. "tiOOd even ill IT " rnnUrwl t lw^ 1..,^ man. In (ho interval of silence Hint followed, the liltlo man drew a folded paper from his pocket. "1 have come, ma'am, to renew negotiations for tho I'entield corner lot. My clients want me to bring the matter to a focus at once. It means much to them it is only a detail to a woman as wealthy as yourself." The woman seated at tho table looked at him coldly. '1 have told you that I luivo no wish to sell (hat lot." "You know that it is barring the way of necessary improvements." "I have no wish to sell." "Tho deed i;i here, tlie consideration here and these gentlemen are hero to act as witnssos." She shook her head. "You have wasted your time and theirs, I am not ready to sell." "You have admitted that the price is satisfactory?admitted it in the presence of witnesses." "Yes." The little man came nearer. "See, here is the deed, ma'am, and here are pen and ink. Kindly affix your signature." The woman drew back. "No." "The witnesses are waiting, ma'am." "I have told you I will not sell the Irvi 1UI . The little man loaned over tho table. "Come, Miss Sholburn," ho said, and a threatening noto was in his voice, "this matter must bo sottlorl hero an 1 now. Tho price suits yon, the document is hero, tho witnesses are here. Lot's have no more obstinacy. Sign ami have done with this fooling." "I will not lie forced to sign," said tho woman. The little mnn looked around at his companions. Thoy came nearer. "JJo reasonable!, Miss Shelburn," said (ho man. "You are alone hero In the house. Yon are altogether at our mercy. We don't intend to leave until that deed is signed." The woman had risen. Her factf was pale and she trembled a little. "You mean to make mo sign?" she said. The lawyer slowly nodded. "We mean to help you if it la necessary. I hope it will not be. You sco you are in our power. Whethor ,l" u . ' ?-.'?>* . -J- Lix *< ' \ -* ; ? you sign tho deed willingly or not makes no difference to these witnesses. He persuaded." The woman drew herself up. "I will not sign," she emphatically declared. Tho little man lnolted around. "Marian," lie; said, ami the burly man stepped forward, "you will pre vent the laily from struggling while I guide lier bar.;!. Stanton, stand by and make yourself useful. Now." The bis man advanced. "John Knowlr?," cried the woman in a high shrill voice. The inner door was thrown open and John rushed forward and flung the stout man away. His hands were tightly clenched, his face was blazing. "What do"s this mean?" ho hoarsely demanded. In a sudden accession of rage he grasped th<> little man by the throat and threw him against the thin man and the two crashed over a chair. But the stout man had struggled to his feet, and in has hand glittered a revolver. The stout man had neen drinking and me liand that hold tin? rovolver shook as he raised the weapon. "Don't shoot," screamed the little ni a n. John Knowles loaned forward and with a quick puff of hreath blow out the lamp flame ?and tho room was in darkness-, lie caught the woman by the arm and drew her through the inner door. And then they waited. Presently a voice came to them. It was tho voice of the little lawyer. "I surrender," he called. John Knowles thrmv nnpti iiio ? Tho lamp had boon relighted. The little lawyer stood by tho tabic alone. "Where are tho others?" "I sent them away. It. was a foolish venture. Of course you will bolifvo mo when ' say I am sorry it was tried." The woman, pausing behind John, shook her gray head at him. "Don't try it. again," she sharply said. "I'm not likely to." he ruefully remarked as he tenderly rubbed his head. "And now may T ask who this vigorous young man is?" The woman looked at John and smiled. "lie is my friend, and my lawyer and my banker and my accountant," she quickly answered, "and my general man of affairs. His name is Knowles, John Knowles?you may hear it again." The little man looked at John. "Perhaps it is just as well if nothing is said about our small encounter. Think it over. Mr. Knowles. You are the winner and 1 take >fY my bat to you. Good night." Th?v wnHnil mi# >1 < ~..#?- -1 . .. W n.HV M UIIUI I II' - W 11 I UUUI closed and then iho woman looked around at .John Kr.owles. "You heard what. I said about you?" "Yes and I thnnk you. To-morrow Wo will deride uyon the fate of the corner lot." "Yes, John," the woman answered with a little siuli. "You must tell mo what is host. 1 tin ??? tting old." WOUDS OF WISDOM. Anything is wrong that is almost right. It's never too to mend -nntil it is too late. All tlie disagreeable don't live 011 cross streets. Scandal is tlu* tattle of fools who jn'.'.other people hy themsolvcs. Generally the man or woman who says "I don't care" is a liar. Many a doctor has saved a patient's life hy not being in when called. Few men put off until to-morrow the meanness they can do to-day. Even a rich girl may make a poor wife. I After saying that you intend to do a thing, do it. liver notice how much truth there isn't in a compliment? How harsh it sounds to hoar a mail criticise your pot hobby! Moth-eaten jokes of a Croesus nev? r fail to produce a laugh. Tint few dancing masters; arc to bo found in (ho hop districts. Many a noble young Idea has boon thumped to death <>n a typewriter. A lot of entanglements result from presents with strings attached. ]veil ?'L first, f'lnsst WMiwl wnvlrr?v cannot norossarlly fill a position in a chop house. No, Alonzo, a pile of filthy lucro isn't nceessarlly a heap of dirt. Joy comoth not in tho early morn to tho man who lias been making a night of it. Tho story of tho average woman's life would make an interesting novel ?so she thinks. A man may not bo nblo to heap up a big mountain, but ho can usually put up a big bluff. Why Is it that every timo a girl goes out with u young man of whom she is ashamed she moots all her frionds? ? Prom "Pointed Para hiiil'iio, 111 llie V.IIIC'UKO At'WK. Dog Snvoil Woman From Hull. Attacked by a maddened bull which she was trying to drive into an enclosure on her farm near this city, Mrs. George Cook was saved by the family dog from heing gored to death. Tlie first rush of the bull hurled Mrs. Cook to the ground, breaking her left arm near the elbow. I lor young son, hearing hor erics, camo with the clog, which, neelng its mistress prostrato, made u furious at?tack on the hull. While the animals wore fighting Mrs. Cook managed to make her way to a fence, over which ft'tie climbed to safety. Rock ford Correspondence Chicago Tribune. Bravery It.s Own Howard. The Lady (to hero who has risked his life to save her little dog from p. watery grave, an?l looks for some rt^ ward)?"Poor fellow; how wet anctj cold you aro! You must bo soakocf through to tho skin! Here- -I'll glvrt you Homo quinine pills; take a roupl(o now, and two more In an hour's time."-?Town and Country. ^ I k i WHAT SAVED CHERRY MINERS! cw;: r:n:ir liyes to FiOvkhnhem's KhSUUL C0.V3. : ? ei ... TralHisi; n{ Experiment Sta'lon In PIHs!iunj (it 5!)!! Ilsi: ufOxygen Helmets, Tliey Wcra Luiinl t? (iliurry >s Swin as Word Wr.s Hactlvo! of t! c Ulsjtiler. It is announced by Ccmv-unent officers in Washington (hat tho miners who were saved from death in the St. Paul < >al mine at Cherry, 111., on ?!1 * ? - yjn\: l lltfll" I1V0.S tO tilO WOl'lv of the Government's rescue corps connected with the Geological Survey. Those men, who are stationed at Pittsburg, where lie survey has an experiment statior f'i:* invohtigatini; the ranges of i:ii:i" <! i-aslers. were rushed to Cherry ;>s .- <?,?si ;>* word of the catastrophe was received. Each member of the corps had been trained in tho use <>i what is Known as tno oxygen In*ln??*:. an apparatus that permits artificial breathing in tho presence of deadly v-nses. Equipped with such helmets th? Government's lifo Fivers wore able to enter the shaft of the burning mine and fight the fire at close range. Officials Raid that had the methods that have been in use in the past, been employed tho mine shaft would have been sealed until the lire had lire 1 smothered for want of ocyg' n. 'Phi; of course would have meant a delay sufficient to havo caused the death of every man under ground. CSeologloal Harvey officers said that the ability of the (Sovcrnment's rescue corps to cn'e,- Hip mine, filled as it was with smoke :m#i r?no ?= . ???. 1 least several days' ti:v,<? in reaching th'* entombed men. T > t!ies<> officers the rescue at Cherry is the - hisi i raetieul demonstration ever giwn anywhere in the world of the < flicioney of the oxygon helmets. They asserted that this v > i ienco would go a Ions way toward showing mine owners ati<l minors the necessity for having a complete equipment of oxygen helmets at each mine, together with a corps of men trained in their use. It is their belief that hundreds of lives can be caved in this manner and the terrible death rate in American mines thereby reduced to a figure somewhat approaching the comparatively low rate of casualty in ii;uropean coal mines. In tho I'nitcd States at tho present tinio from three to four men in every thousand eniploy< (I are being lulled in tho coal mines annually. In most European countries the rate is one in a thousand and not over twr. It; the last, twenty years .'50.00ft men have lost their lives in American coal mines, the climax being reached i:i 10ft7, when HlL'r> were kill"'l In the past whenever there lias | been a serious explosion at a mine | the men on the outside have stood 1 helplessly by the shaft wailing for the uns lo dissipate or have made heroic efforts to save entombed men by rushing into the mine. This latter course has usually resulted in the death of the r? seuers. The day of the disaster at Ch< rv twelve men entered the mine without 1 lmets and wrre nmiimii up ?I< ;n! ill the > :\y,0 a short time later. On other occasions the ventilating fail has been started to I?1 <?\v the gas from the mine. This also has resulted disastrously in nm<;t in.-: :111c *s, the fresh oxygen being su"U i< ill to cause a second explosion and perhaps killing tlio men not already dead from tlie effects of the first explosion. I Willi ilie (iovernment's method this ! agonizing wait at the shaft is done , away with and it is not necessary to i pour fresh air into the mine, for the menilior* of ii>^ ? < - " - . . v . ?n: * *?X I?rs Hi I Ill-Mr I oxygen helmets can enter any at1 mosphero howi'ver deadly and remain for a period of two hours. If (here has been an ci plosion of gas ihe j members of tho corps enter the mine at once and look for small sires that. | usually follow explosions. | Those fires are extinguished at otuo and thru the ventilating cuti rent, is turned on without any danger. I In other words the mine's normal j condition is restored at tii enrlh ; possible moment, and ihe nun who 1 are i:i the furthermost recesses of the <11 iiwnoro ihi' black ?!; !.ii> tins not yet pen trated arc al>lo to walk out. A great many of the mires in the Tailed States aro .-o ext< n. ive thai it often taken manj hours lid ii: poisonous vapors reach koiih of 'lie workmen. This giv<s tli"i i a chance for their lives If I lie rcsci;o work iundertaken a? once, \vlii< !i ]> port ihle with men wearing the < v;>" i: )n!mot. In December, 1Im)7. Com: 1 >i; n ine disasters, including that at ,M. :.ongali, W. Va.. the greatest :i>i;,< ?. astropin* in the history of the t nitel I Mi-' I mini's, start lod I ho j;? ;-1?' i 1 the country. Congress took up tin* mat! tor and appropriated f I ."?(>,()00 for I an experiment station to study the I causes of mine disasters The st ition was erected at Pittsburg and c insists of an explosivo gallery, where the powders used in blasting tin coal are tested and standardized, and also ;i law loom f<?r (he training; of miners in rescue work. The station is located on th old arsenal property of the W'a. nient in I'lltsburg, which nave the Government immediate use ol ;i number 'if lill'Bn ' >FiiIMIIII.SS itihi avoided considerable delay in starting tho work. Tlio second floor of one of these buildings i* devoted to the training in rescue work. Half of this floor is occupied by an airtight chamber, built to resemble a mine, .he other half being an audience room for the miners to watch the experiments through larpe plate glass windows. The rescue room is filled with gas and five or six miners are admitted at a tine wearing the oxygen helmets. They perform the work as would be expected in case of a mi no disaster. lMimmies representing asphyxiated miners are used In thn experiments. The room also contains a number of difficult passageways such jis would bo found in mines. Tho miners in training carry the dummies on stretchers' through the \ nssapceways and over diftlcult places until they are thoroughly used to the oxygen helmets. Tho Government has six trained wen, some of them practical miner* i . k ? i v who have spent years beneath the ground. These men direct, the training of other miners who are sent to the station by the owners of mines. The work is in immediate charge of (I'-oiRe S. Rice, one of tile IiesX know* ('( iTlSill f t i U' II itiitur ? ?., i t?........ P 4U" Via tuu middle West. The man i'i charge of the rescue corps is J. W. Paul, former State Mine Inspector of West Virginia, a man whose daring and reckless brav1 < ry in the big disasters in liis own State in the last ten years has made a name for him throughout the country. A sub-rescue station lias been es tnbiishcd at. Urbana, 111., in connection with iIi? mining department of tin' I'niversity of Illinois. This station is in charge of It. Y. Williams, a mining engineer, and has a full complement of oxygen helmets. Already more than a hundred miners in tliis I coal field have boon trained in the I use of tlie oxygen helmets. { A second branch station is about to j be established in Knoxville. Tenn.. to 1 rover ino fs:nitHern coal Melds. Later lit is exported ilia' similar stations will be established in the centre of < every important coal field in the Cnited Stales. Already as a result of the Govern, niem's efforts more than three hun' drod oxygen helmets have been or' dered by mine owners and at least I ilia; many men trained in their use. | Four of the biggest coal companies in jilio country have fully equipped res' cue corps and these corps in some | minor disasters liavo succeeded in bringing out asphyxiated men. who otherv ise would have perished. It is j not ilw int. : ion of the Government to nnk" this work i ermanent, but rather to demonstrate 1 r> the owners and i inors the efficiency of the oxygen helmet with the hope of inducing them to organize rescue corps of their >wi\ The oxygen helmet and auxiliary apparatus weigh between thirty-five and forty pounds. The helmet is a metallic case enclosing the head with tin isinglass front. The helmet proper J is connected with tubes leading to i two tanks of oxygen which are carI ried fin the back in a similar manner to a soldier's knapsack, the straps supporting it going >ver the shoulders. Kach tank contain oxygen suf fldeiit to last one hour. An indicator attached to the oxygen tanks shows the wearer of the helmet just how much time ho may remain in the mine. This is absolutely necessary, for if the rescuer lias walked half a mile into a mine and > lias taken him thirty minutes to traverse the distance he must figure on thirty or forty minutes time to return. In addition to the tanks of oxygen tin re is a cartridge of potassium hv eio~' i! wiucii t a lies lip t lit* poisonous matters from the broach and absorbs it, tlitis keeping ill" oxygen in its i>ttriito <!<> tli? two hours' work. Those helmets ure isi general use i:i European coal i roducing coil! Aries an 1 are credited with savin-;- many lives. The mine accident, investigations are under the dhvetion or Dr. J'. A. Holmes, export in charge of the technologic branch <>f the United State. tJeo! igical Survey. X \vspuper \d\crtising. If a memher of yotir family died, if vmiiu ,?v;u i'i 1111 i uu rt'suiuuon oil u billboard? It' you wore going to on largo jour business, would you advertiso it in a hotel register? , If you were going to have ?* . wedding in your family, woul 1 you get out. a handbill? You would send such items to a newspaper, wouldn't you? Then why don't yon put your advertisement iu a newspaper? Every man who uses the billboard is adding to nature faking. The newspapers build your town; will' lint hiilii lmil.l in. ?l... I apers? There is no bettor advertisement. ir. the world than a good newspaper. A newspaper is the barometer of the town's* industry. Show us a good newspaper, full of advertising, and we will show you a good town, l ull ot' live , lei chant . Newspapei - are town builders, town advertisers, fortune makers, prosperity forecasters they are a necessity, not a luxury; iiie.\ i,nis. !> maintained. Without them we would retrograde to the modi v.il days. lion'; patronize hem from a eharij table standpoint patronize them beenufc ' t lie\ deliver the goods ?that is, If i lit > are iii right Kind. ' (' :! (nil !! foolishiu iiiid work I for Hi' ii|'nnlding of your Iowa and ' Stall1 l>v 111 In:! ling \. iii in wsi a;?i-i | I'assporls i'a Turkey. Tt'-i'oro visiting Tui k"\ one gets an : exaggerated impression of tV' strictness of the passport ltgulation;. hut. in reality they arc nothing more i! an allot her device for raising revenue. To explain this I .iusi mention I hat i before traveling in Turkey one must J gel a license itezkereh), costii.g I about five shillings ; nd sixpence, which has to be vis< 1 :it vnri< us places en route, and for each visa a ice is demanded. If one proceed < wltho; t a visa a fine is sooner or later extracted from one. In order to slop pe pie traveling without a license a police official examines and enters in a book the particulars ( !' all pnssennors by train, if any one is found without a tezkereh ho is removed from the train and fined, but it Is only 0:1 the trains that I nn> supervision is exercised. <>n the [caravan roads one is never asked, so that if one wan to 1 to travel unknown to the Government it would only be necessary to ko by road. The Wido World Magazine. The Ijocnl N'ows\ aper. If n porson wants to settle in a wide-awake community all l.?> needs to do is to look over the local newspaper. A well snppi rtod homo paper by tho advertisements of tho business men of the town is always associated with good schools, churches, active business and intelligent people. It never fails. No business man or citizen makes any bettor Investment than In tho auprort of the home paper. It speaks continually for the interests and prosperity of tho town i" d its people. ? "jCWBU AN EAHLY PIUNTJJU. John Foster (Iif First to Establish at Press in lloston. The Connecticut Historical Society ; has received from the Massachusetts ^ Historical Society a work on "John Foster, the Earliest American Eni graver and the First Boston Printer." His claims to both titles are clearly I soi iort!i in tlii> volume and, being tho first of the Boston printers, he could with but little violence be considered as in the ancestry of The Courant. Foster was born in IMS and graduated from Harvard College in 1CC7. Because of his learning he was a schoolmaster as well as a printer and engraver. That he was well thought of is shown by a letter written by John Hliot, tho Indian apostle, who refers to him as "an ingenious young scholar." A specimen of his work a? an engraver is a picture of Richard Mather, who, after making all possible allowance for the austerity of tho Puritans, could not possibly have looked as forbidding an he is depicted. Another work by Foster appears on n broadside entitled "God's Severe Judgments Upon Sabbath Breakers in Their Unlawful Sports, Collected Out of Several Divine Subjects." It bears four cuts by Foster, one showing the I drowning of a party of young men who were playing football on the Ice | on the Lord's day, another the burn| ing of a woman and her two daughI ters who were drying and spinning | flax on the Sabbath, a third the burning of a mill because the miller was f.,i inn ni^, mi on una.v aim me lonrin a Hi! ileal scene rhowing the punlshment inflicted on Sabbath breakers. All are thoughtfully provided with captions in order that they may bo recognized. Foster was more active as a printer than as an engraver and, like the men of his time, he printed sermons and especially those delivr<-ed by Increase Mather. One notable example is ' "The Wicked Man's Portion. Or a I Sermon Preached at tho Lecure in I Hoston on the 18th day of the I i MoiK'th, 1671, when two Men, Nichoi las Feaver and Robert Driver, wero executed who had Mnrthered their Master Wherein is Shewed that Excess in Wickedness doth bring Untimely Death." The Dorchester records bear this entry under dale of 1081: "This year died Mr. John Foster, son of Captain Hopestill Foster, schoolmaster of the colony, and he that made the then seal of arms of the colony, namely an Indian with a bow & arrow." lie was of such importance that an elegy upon him was written and printed, fortunately afc-M* his death. It contains some seventy-fivo linos and its character can be judged by its beginning, which follows: "Mere lye the relict Fragments that wore took *< >*' ' Out of Consumption's teeth by tlio Cook. | Voracious appetite dos? thus devour I Scarce ought hast left for Worms t' live on an Hour." ? llartford Couvant. 1 ? A Soft Snap. "Hay all in?" asked Anr/i Cloverbud of Israel Pepperpod, as they drew vein in the road leading to the village. "Ail in," said Israel. I "I reckon I'll I'nish up mine by Uol M'1. .. . ... - , ?kij. ^v ir11l iire you <inin now .'" i "Not much o' nuthin'. llavin' a kind of a soft snap of it. Ain't milkj in' but nine cows now, an' T tak it easy in bod until 'most o'clock mornin's. Fact is, I ain't. got much to do tliis fall hut dip: ton or twelvo acres o' pertaters and grub out six or eight. acres o' my timber land an' git it ready to seed down in the spring an' git seventy-five cord o' wood I agreed to deliver in town by Christ' mas. Clot, to put. up 'bout half a mile o' wire fence fin' shingle my barn an' putter round at work o' that sort, but I got. so much less than usual to do tli:U I i>" 1 as" it I was I bavin' a kind of a svft snap of it."? Puck. ' Malrhes Made at Country Houses. \ In former days it was always at ^ tbe pud <>i I he London season that. 1 one heard tidings of "interesting" engamin. ;it . but now it seems as it ! tin lik s > many ft her i isi nn.-\ baa i chant: d. !<?r autumn and winli?r Jin. pear 11> lie the times when youn/s nn n's l incios (urn tn d'ou^h:.-? of love 11111 < ii more (1 an In th? son. on ' itself Thi l>ea:v out a pet theory of , mine, 11?;> I. the .voting people? see a I jtroai (?' al more of each other (lurinpc ! a < u:i : house visit of four or livu j <laj - 11;: they do at all th balls j nf a liOmlon season put together. There: >: < to mothers who wish to Ret I till i" (!;i : liters what early Vi torian ! writers ra'.ied "an establishment" I strongly : ( commend a course of country hous^ visiting, which possesses tho additional advantage over town meetin.,.-, of making youticc people less artificial nml more natural.? Gentle* woman. , An Irish Centenarian. Patrick Clogan, a native of Dro! mina, Charleville, has Just, passed awav. haviiiK attained the remarkable ago of ill! years. Ho enjoyed remarkable health during 1 if? , notwithstanding the fact that he always worked hard and often withstood great exposure. He had been, however, invariably temperate in his habits and constituted in himself a remarkable exponent of the mil of the simple life. He 1m?! a wonderful memory. He had a large family, bis youngest surviving child being at present close on seventy years, while his eldest died some j years ago at (lie ripe old age of ! eighty years.?-Yondon Globe. A Fresh Air Fallacy. If you want to purify your blood | it is of little value to Inflate your I chest pouter pigeon fashion. Tho blood in your lungB takes up just uh much oxygen as your rauseles call for. and no more. Exercise your legs instead of your diaphragm and chest| Kven (lie inhalation of puro ^ oxygon In diseases of tho lungs has ?fgl yielded disappointing results* and it gravely questioned as to ttk tlx c-.l Usals.?Outing