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HONEST FAME. BY HOWARD a TRIPP. My feet bath trod the sordid sod v. Till they are weak and lame; f But still I stray along the way That leads to honest fame. But who will care when I am there Within that palace grand? For honest fame Is but a name Traced on Time's shifting sand. And soon or late the grand or great , Shall lose their heritage, And they shall all sleep 'neath the pall Of a forgotten age. The things we trust will turn to dust, The jewels that we prize Will sometime be within Time's soa. And lost to human eyes. But others trod the dusty sod Till they wore old and lame> And long did stray along the way That led to honest fame. And few did care when they were there Within that palace grand; Their honest fame was but a name I Traced on Time's shifting sand. Kinu8jl?7, Iowa. DrlUeMsHissu " I Jl Remarkable Romance. *. -s < BY EMILY THORNTON. CHAPTER XXXI?Continued i While she thus spoke a change, Indeed, came over her listener. Surprise g?Ye place to hopo, hope to joy, and as the last woras were uiierea me jjwwi had risen and clasped both her hands in his, while he exclaimed: I see it all now! I have been rash, harsh and cruel in my judgment, and carcely dare ask you to forgive me. But I must be forgiven or I can never re#t" "You are forgiven. But let me hear how this animal was discovered and also how he looks. As I fed him so long and he frightened me so terribly, I should be one of the first to know." "Yon shall hear the whole story at once. Come to the sofa, dear Ethel, and let me hold your hand in token of peace being fally established between us, and then "I will a tale unfold, whose lightest word "Will harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Ifatrn ihlr t.wn eves like stars Start frODQ their spheres. "First, then, let me say yon were deceived. The man calling himself Sir 'Reginald Glendenning concocted an infamous lie for your benefit when he told yon that an animal was concealed in that room It was no ape, but his own poor brother, Sir Arthur, whom for twentyfive years he held chained to the floor alone, dead to the world, in that horrible prison." "Oh, Doctor, Doctor! can this be true?" exclaimed the poor girl, shuddering deeply at his words. "Did I indeed push that wretched food to a human beiag? It is too terrible to believe. leannot endure the thought!'* "You did; but be calm, for God ordered it to be so. Remember that, and that through you, He sent him a knife, which aided him, at last, to escape." "Thsnk God that I did that! Never can I forget-the anxiety I felt, after commfttftig what I then thought a terrible T faopcr) fi.n . aria wnnlri Ull Mat Buy*. *- M v... ?T?? himself. When be escaped that night, I knew after a few minutes that it was the supposed animal, and fearing the discovery of its existence through my means, I prevented you-from examining the place. I had' taken a'solemn vow never to revealibis being in.life* neither the fact of a concealed Toom.B Etnel then went over her whole experience while at the Hall, to which Sarle listened with intense interest, ending. with Sir Reginald's rough usage wtfen she was dismissed, to which he also listened with fierco indignation. When Dr. Elfenstein, in return, told his listener that Rev. Edwin C. Stiles ^nd Sir Arthur were one, her amazement kQ?w no bounds, and with breathless Interest listened to the whole tragic ,story. ~ ' " """ "What has been done with the body?" was taken to GlenUenoing Hall | this intoning, where it lies- in stale. Tb? j servants all returned, ana i nave juanou i Mrs. Clum to the place until I como I back from America, as while absent my 1 cottage will closed.," <$* "Aft you going.to leave us, Doctor?" murmured, his com pinion, in dismay, as she heard these words, and he felt the hand he still held tremble and grow cold In his clasp. "I must, for a very short time. I alone Inow the whereabouts of the younger brother Firtzoy, who was so many years regarded as the murderer. This gentleman sent me here to clear his name from this foul calumny. To-day I see it unstained, and as he is now the baronet, and a great invalid, I go to bring him back in triumph to his home. Poor gentleman! his-days are numbered; but! with care and attention I feel that he can reach the home of his boyhood in safety; but there must be no delay. A vessel leaves Liverpool to-morrow, aud in it I must tike passage, if possible, in order, as a mcdicat man, to look afteij his health iii this, to him, eventful voyage." CHAPTER XXXII. . AN OLD, OLD STOin'. wY*s; now," resumed Earle Elfenstein. "I have fulfilled my trust, and can carry to him tlie mof-t blessed news the poor man tould hear in this world. Ethel?' Jet Die call you Ethel this once?I, too, kxoff' what it is to take a solemn vow, for I took one at the bedside of Mr. Rappelye, the name assumed by my employer, to this effect: I would dedicate myself to this cause, and in order to do this I would allow nothing to interfere with this, my work. at the outlet I had a toipjvtation to swerve from this promise set before rae. It was on the ocean when I saw a sweet young girl alone, with a great sorrow and anxiety. Ob, how I longed to i take this young traveler into my arms, and bid her rest in my care, my love. | Yes, from the first meeting on the sea I have struggled against a wild and yearning fondness for you. mv darling. Now 1 am free to yield to that blessed feeling, and 1 thus joyfully avow it, and ask if it meets a return. Speak to me, dearest." he added, as lie passed his arm around her flight form, and drew her tenderly toward bim; "is this dear pirl to be my dajfllng?,my own sweet wife?" if FV>r one moiuen^Uje bowed bead restled oh his shoulder, then, as he met no .resistance, it was raised, and kiss after kiss was pressed upon the ripe, r?-d lips that murmured softly: "Yes, your darling; yours forever and ever." uAb, dearest, this repays for all doubts and struggles of the past. How hard it was to refrain from telling my love that eventful night, when you clung to me so 1 closely in your fright. Dearest, you loved me then,_dld you not?" Tes^ "Jlidedti; ah'ff Tong before. I wept bitterly as you left mv aunt and ioyaeif in Liverpool. I loved you so deeply, even at that time, and with anguish felt that we were then parting loreven But we met again, and then I A feared the crucn clrcuEfclances In which I was placed would meet only distrust and scorn. Dr. Elfenstein, answer me solcmly, do you believe all that I have told you, and can you hereafter trust me fully?" "1 do and can," murmured the enraptured lover, "and thus seal the words!" ! Drawine her acrain into his arms, he ' kissed her passionately, saying as he did so: "My peerless darling, would I need not j leave you. But a very few wetks will ' reunite us, never again to be parted. As ( soon as I return, I shall want my wife. Shall I have her?" "Perhaps. But oh. Doctor " ] '\Nay, TlearesT; commence again, and call me Earle." "Yes; Earle, my Earle, will you surely 1 be back by Oct. 5?" 1 "Yes; positively. This is but the last 1 of August; I shall nave plenty of time 1 to reach here then. But what is to hap- i pen on that date?" "It will be ray twenty-first birthday, 1 and then, as I told you once, a package 1 is to be opened, and I shall learn my < true name, and receive a 6mall sura, < enough for ray support. Had you for- 1 gotten this? Will the uncertainty of jnj relationships cause any change in J yoiy. feelings? My dear aunt assured 1 mo there was nothing to be ashamed of i in my famiJy record." I i Ethel asked this question with a sud- ( den timidity of feeling, a dread she could scarcely {iccoy.nt for. This dread, Lowever, was instantly dispersed by his answer. "Change in my feelings? Nothing but my death can change my love for you! I only hope the news you will learn on that date will increase your happiness. Whatever it may be, it shall not delay our union one hour, I promise yon that; will you promise me the same?'' "I will," she murmured, "since ourS will be a marriage founded on the purest love; no worldly expectations or disappointments shall sever us." A little while longer the lover lingered, then, as memory pressed hard upon him, his many duties and limited time, he rose to leave. ( "Shall I not see you again before you sail, Earle?" asked Ethel, loath to part, nqw that the time had come. "I fear not. Indeed, I know not. ] am obliged to visit a neighboring town to place my patients in the hands of a certain skillfu: physician there, who, I am told, will come to this place during my absence, as he has just sold his owe practice in order to retire from public" duty for the rema:n?5sf of his life. Then by four to-morrow morning I leave here, ' in order to catch that steamer. You ^ will be happy now in the thought of my v devoted love and our speedy reunion, r will you not, while I am away, my dear Ethel?" . t "Oh, yes," was the reply, but ev&n as she spoke a soft sigh fluttered from her Hps "Why that sigh? I shall write as soon ? as I arrive, and you will answer. We ? shall hear from each other though separated. " "f know all that, but I fear something j may happen on the ocean. ? "I know those natural fears, but God lives and reigns at. sea as well as upon j a land. And now, my dearest love, my g golden-haired darling," said he, opening a his arms for a last embrace, "one kiss < more, aud then, indeed, I must say fare- t well and tear myself away." ' ^ So, happy in their reciprocated love, they fondly embraced and parted. . Little they thought as they each pass- : ed from sight what important changes L would changcs would take place in the fortunes of at least one of them before 1 they met again. . * Oft what seems ? A trifle, a mere nothing by itself, In some nice situations turns the scale c Of fate, and rules the must important ac- t tions. r CHAPTER XXXIIL j HSW SURPRISES. - 8 After Dr. Elfenstein had left the castle, t he leaped into his gig with a light step c and lighter heart, and, touching his c horse with a whip, started off at a rapid ^ * ? :n?? /?<a. T ptK/6 iur Ut VlilA^c auuui ill touii xunca uij- * tank On the way he passed the post- 1 office, and running in asked lor his letr 1 ters and papers. a Among the letters was one from New s York, and the black envelope filled him 1 with dismay, as he felt sure it was the forerunner of sorrowful news. 1< Opening it with a trembling hand, he s found bis worst fears fulfilled. r It contained the dreadful news of his I mother's d<>ath, just two weeks before. c Ueart disease had again seized a v victim. # .. F vVl^pout the least suspicion that she w?? the subject of such a malady, she retired ont night in cheerful spirits and her usual health, t? be found in the morning a cold, breathless corpse. E0?r_El fen stein! the. shook. t& J^igj 1 Q a terrible one. ne naa loved his mother tenderly, and was anticipating the great- p est pleasure in soon seeing her again, h and perhaps inducing her to accompany n him back to his English home. r Now all was vain. * h She was dead; and all that remained to tell of her memory was a green place in ? Greenwood, where they had placed her t by the side of her husband. . She had been buried over a week; a9 the August heat was so intense that year, all thought of keeping her body . until he could be summoned to the funeral was impracticable, and Earle's own good sense told him that this was j the only v ise course to be pursued under ( the circumstances. I Controlling his feelings as best he i could, tho nourcinj? son resumed hit seat and drove onward, resolved, al- 1 though dazed by the suddenness of this blow, to attend to his duties to the living. even though his own heart bled. We will not follow him upon that ride, which proved successful?a physician of well-known capability bsing secured to J attend tc his patients during his *b- c sence?nor will we paint the incidents of ( his voyage, which proved to be short j and propitious, but will present him, next to our readers when just entering' Mr. Rappelye's house at Yonkers. His appearance was expected, as h* ] had telegraphed of his arrival in New ' York and intention of leaving for his i residence on the early train. < Tho same elderly colored man-waiter Tony, answered the bell, and when asked after his master's health, replied: "Tol'ble; only tol'ble, massa. To-day he seems lively agin, but yisterday he was way down at de mouf." "Tell him, then, please, that Dr. Elfenstein has arrived and wishes to see him, if convenient." Bowing low, with several nimble flourishes, the sable servant immediately vanished, soon reappearing to conduct the visitor to the room of the invalid. A bright smile greeted him, and tho firm pressure of his hand told that ho was truly welrome. The sick man certainly had gained some strength since he had left, for now he sat beside a window, in a large easy chair, arid 11 was cviaerrt lliat lie could carry on a conversation without the presence and aid of Mr. Gray, his lawyer. After a few polito and friendly remarks, Dr. Elfenstein drew a chair close to his side, and, laying a finger upon his pulse, smilingly said, as he did so: "1 am going to seo now, my dear sir, how much news you "an bear to bo told. Do you feel strong enough to bear a good large amount?" Graspine his hand in one of his thin ones., the ppor man answered, eagerly: "Yes, "indeed, I do! IT you liaVe new that I yearn to hear it will be bette than all the medicines I have swallowe? In a lifetime. Doctor, tel! me at oncc has the mystery been solved? Is ray in nocence established?" "Perfectly established. Your brothe: was not murdered, only terribly abused He has bren found, and died a natura 3eath in my own bouse." Clasping his hands together, whil< large tears rolled over his pallid cheeks the innocent brother raised his eyes t< heaven and murmured, reverently: "For this, Thy great mercy, I than! Thee, O God!" A long pause ensued, Elfenstein pur posely refraining from saying more unti bis first agitaton had passed away. Then, as discreetly as possible, pausing every once in awhile, to note th< affect on his feeble form and to watel his varying pulse, he slowly told him th< whole story, leaving the reading of th< affecting journal until another day. "Oh, my brother, my poor, deal hrother! how terrible must hav# been his feelings all those years of solitudt md despair. Doctor, thus you see mj jwn troubles have been but a speck upot ;he ocean compared with his." "Most true;, and now, dear sir. yon V- 4.V - A. liu&l u?j?u ut3 aware until-, mine uuit jrothers are dead, you have become possessor of title and estate. Allow jne tc jo" The ffrsT WcongratuTateT sTrTItzroy xTendermTng." The old Efon received the kind pressure of his hand and tender words, with leep emotion, then suddenly exclaimed: "And to you, oh, thank God, it is tc rou, and you only, I owe this speedy disjovery and this great joy." Bowing his head upon his clasped lands he remained thus silent and .houghtful for several minutes. At length he broke the spell with hese strange words: "Since God in his great goodness has hus established my innocence, I am nc onger afraid to own and claim my son, .nd he need never be ashamed to call me ather!" ? 1 - -1 Ji "juave you inaesa a sen,my uear invuu i This, then, wllJ be to him also a joy. ] lid not understand that you had been aarried." "I had been secretly married, and my Fife, Clara Mowbrey, who was the or>han daughter of the late Presbyterian Minister in , a small village aboul ifteen miles from shire, came with ne to America unknown to any one, for he had no near relatives. She cm>arked, I say, with me. bringing oui ittle boy, aged two years. A fevoi >rotce out on the ship during our long >assage. and my darling wifo died just wo days before wc arrived in port. II vas after she had been laid away tc est in Greenwood that my sickness :ame upon me, caused by great grief and rouble, and Mr. Elfenstcin came to my elief. "It was to him I solemnly gave my inly child, my little Earle. I then asumed the name of Eappelye, not even lis wife knowing of the change." "Sir, what can you mean? Did I hear vright?" exclaimed Elfenstein, starting orward, pale with surprise, as this singular assertion fell upon his ears. "You did! My dear son', you did! You tre my own child and heir, Earle Elfentein Glendenning, and to you will fall it my death my title and my estates. ?ome to my arms, my dear boy, for it is wenty-five years since I have held you hee." Clasped then in a close, fond embrace, ather and son shed tears togetherears of thankfulness and joy. Thus, wiriro Ea,rie Glencenning still oourned for the only mother he had iver known, his mother by adoption, the round, so suddenly inflicted, was parially healed by the gift of a fond father, iver whose feeble health and declining I 1- - -1 lays lit: iiuw uu,u . a peiict u auu ?uuoi ight to watch and guard. As soon as calmness was restored, the poung man again resumed his seat, and, till holding his father's hand, told him he story of his meeting his sister (whose ountenance had reminded him stronglj if some person, and now h? saw that il vas himself) aud her niece on his outward trip: of that sister's death, and his ove for Ethel, and related her trying listory; then told of their engagement. ,nd the daughter ho should give him as oon as they returned to their English lome. The old man heard the story of his ove and waiting bride with a happy mile, and decided to allow Earle to arV?io Knemc.ce mot.toro nc onnn as tossible, in order to start for the home if his boyhood on a certain steamer, rhich was, they found by consulting the >apers, to sail in two weeks. | TO BE CONTINUED.J * TEMPERANCE. ENEBAX DOW AND THE MOLASSES DEALEB. General Ne&l Dow says that after the Maine rohibitory law was passed he met a large nporter of molasses who said to him "I m~ glad your law has passed, though it will uin my business." He sold his molasses irgely to distilleries. Mr. Dow assured him aat for every gallon be sold to the distillries under the license law, be would be able d sell two to the common people under prolibition. It proved to be true. THE AftMY CCBSE. The Boston Traveller says: "The Post? Exchange is directly responsible for drunkmness in the army. It should be the policj il the Government to protect the men serving under its flag from the curse of strong irink, and not only for the sake of the men :bemselves, who are entitled to its consider fition, but /or the sane, aJso, 01 xne service, The more temperance prevai Is in the army the more efficient it will become, and, as w< pointed out not long ago. the more it wil attract a superior class of recruits." WHISKT Afi A PREVENTIVE. The following is extracted from an Interview in the New York World with Dr. George ?. Shrady, one of the most eminent pbysiiians of the city, in regard to the grip epilemic which struck the city not long ago in i mild form: "Is whisky a good preventive?" "Whisky is never good to ward off anyhing. Good food is the best moans with which to ward off disease. To dose witl: whisky Is like adding Bhavings to the lire, There is no physical, mental or moral exeus( for a man's drinking whisky as a preventive of disease." HOW WODLP IT BE. If there bad been no selling and no d:ink ing of liquor for the past threo years in thii country, would there be the want and cuiTer ing now prevalent? If drink had been dis countennnced by those in position to giv< weight to their disapproval, there would no now be so many cold and hungry. But it i useless to sit by the rivers of Babylon am lament. Such a course will not check th evil. The work?agitation, education an organization?must be kept up by rallies distribution of literature, and indlvidut effort, so that the public may recognize th enormous cost of drink.?Catholic Coluu blan. THE SAME EVEBTWHERE. Drink is the great >;urse of Australia. Higl Wages only too often lead to indulgence ij bad colonial beer, and wine that is evei worse than malt liquors or spirits. Girls am women drink much more in the colonie than they do in England. This is parti owing to the hard work, partly to the ho climate. "I shouldn't like the girls wh< made me this shawl to see me in this place, said a girl, while unpacking her box in i miserable Melbourne lodging house. Sh looked up, and there stood the maker of th shuwl, tho daughter of a poor but respect able farmer at Lome. Both girie had oeei emigrants, and both had come to grie through drinking. 9 I rf\ KT MT\TT?T>Q h r WilJJ lU_m JUlbJ. ] _____ - SCENES OF DISTRESS IN THE ANTHRACITE REGIONS, r \ Bread Forms the Chief Food of Those Who Delve for "Black u Diamonds" ? Seven Ages . of a Miner's Life. > ; "T" ~T~ AED times have often been r5^5! felt in the mining regions, ; I but never before, says a ? (T Wikesbarre (Penn.) letter to the New York World, has starvation been so near as now. Employers can j give the men no hope of improvement 5 for at least five months to come, j How to support a large family on $10 or ?15 a month is a problem in econ omy so difficult that the miner, experienced as he is in such a necessity, ' has almost given up trying. The condition of affairs in the Wyo- * 1 ming Valley may be taken as an exam- 1 i pie of the destitution that also pre- * t vails in, the oth^r tj^o anthr$?ite min | ipg regioiiB ui jreacByivumu. ? ^uc ! , j?cHuyi?il and the Lehigh. Wyoming' ' ' ia "greater than both, its mines are more prosperous, its output much larger and its miners double in num1 ber, but from Carbondale to Schicks( hinny not one of the hundreds of mines is being worked more than two days a week, and some have closed eni tirely. In this valley are 50,000 men I employed in and about the mines. Nine-tenths of them have families to 1 support. The highest wages made by ! first-class miners during January was , $25. A very large majority received less than 815. For February the figi ures are even lower. Such an amount of money is suffi. -1 i. 1 *yin nnmfnFl C16111 tu ixccp a ui?u mi vvuiiv* v} but it must be remembered miners' . ' families are invariably large, and the household without small children ia an exception. The question of children !s a serious one in mining regions, and has often been the subject of discussion among operators and company managers. Poverty and children seem to increase in the same ratio. "It is ' not a matter to be considered lightly or humorously," said the manager of a large company to the World corres' pondent. "Miners' families are grow| ing constantly, and at a time when the i parents can ill afford to feed more [ mouths. Every accident leaveB a host ' of helpless children, "who become subjects of charity. Raising a family of ' tsix or more keeps the father constantly in debt and creates a home in which ihere is the direst poverty. The miner argues hifl sons will keep him in old . , age, but the young men soon marry arid ViRVfi nil thev can do to SUDDOrt themselves. The subject is a most seri ious one for mining communities." . Bread is now the chief food in the majority of miners' homes. In some it is already the only article, and the number is increasing daily. "There Is many a family in the valley where the bill of fare is dry bread for breakfast, dry bread for dinner and dry bread for supper." This was the I statement of a mine worker who knew 1 by sad experience that it was true. "The miner is poorer to-day than e I ever knew him to be before. Out of his pittance of wages must first c come $6 to 812 for house rent, and j then see what is left for the family to c i live on?810 a month, or thirty-three t cents a day, to feed and clothe six or 1 i toore persons. This is what hundreds r [ have been existing on for two i months." g ' During 1893 there was an average ? , of 180 working days in the mines, or a t . little more than half time. The first 1 month of 1894 the mines averaged about eight days; the second not so i i much. The question of wages is little t heard of any more. Now it is a ques- i \ tion of work. Yet it took years of ? conflict and agitation before wages j , were adjusted to their present basis, i i The following list, taken from the t r , t ; (XT ^ I AN IDLE COAL books of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre ( Coal Company, shows what the men ' could make if they had the oppor- 1 tunity: * PAT OF THE MEN. Outside workers Per month. < Foremen $85 ] Clerks 45 ^ Stable bosses 40 i Watchmen 40 e i Per day. ( Teamsters $1 50 ? ) Pump engineers 2 00 > Firemen 1 60 Breaker engineers 2 05 | < Hoisting enginoers 2 50 \ ( Fan engineere 2 90 j . Loaders 1 55 i j . Spraggers 1 25 I 1 3 Laborers $1 10 to 1 50 I ( - Slate pickers 50e. to 1 25 i - Top men 150 to J. 65 i b Blacksmiths 2 00 t Carpenters 2 10 f s Coal inspectors 1 75 ( j Inside workers Per month. , e Foremen ?90 to $115 d Fire bosses .75 to HO ?, Stable bosses 42 j l 11 Per day. t e Driver bosses ?2 25 , i- Pump engineer? 2 00 j. Miners. Jirst class 2 25 I ' Miners, second class 2 17 1 Miners' laborers $2 15 to 2 25 ? Timbermen 2 17 to 2 25 " * Trock cleaners... 1 40 to 1 75 n P.unners and drivers.. ... 169tol?'8 ' i Patchers ?... 1 00 to 1 21 t 1 Door bovs 75c. to 1 00 | j 3 Plane footmen ......1 50 to 1 88 t, Y Inside carpenters 2 ?5 1 t Carpenters' helpers 1 CA to 1 f f> Masons .' 2 60 [ i a From the list if might be imagined 1 o the mine-worker was in prosperous e circumstances compared to many c ^ other trades, but the difference ap- f. t pear when it is found that eight days n month is the average timt worked, f I STot one man in the 'Whole list made sver 820 during January, and many }f them are of considerable education iud experts in their work. Despite their almost desperate conlition, hardly a word of denunciation >f employers and the rich is heard, rhere are no strikes, no meetings of memploved, no agitators and no labor organization. This change in a region, once the very centre of such discontent, is most remarkable and is iccounted for in two ways. The operators say the men are more inteligent and read the newpaperB. The men say: "we nave naa enougn experience with such things." Therefore, in this present stringency, there* s no" complaint, because the men ecognize as well as the operators the causes, which are very diflerent from ;hose which effect other business. The total product of the anthracite nines for 1893 was 43,000,000 tons, of vhich Wyoming Valley put out 25,)00,000 tons. At the end of the year, vhen the entire product should have If |p| A MINE CABIN OCCOP] seen Bold and the mines worked fall ;ime to supply the demand,- there renamed on hand 5,000,000 tons of joal. The mines closed at once. Addng to the prevailing dulness of trade jame the warmest winter known in pears. There was no sale whatever "or coaL Ninety-five per cent, of the inthracite coal is consumed in houselold stoves and furnaces, and the veather has an immediate effect on ;rade. So while warm weather has jroved a blessing to the city poor, it las taken away the work of many ihousands of men in Pennsylvania, leather is the cause of three-fourths )f the destitution. The price of coal it the mine is seventy-five cents lower jer ton than for several years past, ilthough retailers hold to the same rOME OP FOUBTEEN MEN AND ONE WOMAN. ild lofty figures and make greater >rofit. This causes a most decided [isinclination on the part of the operaore to mine much .coal. Not until ake shipments to the Northwest commence, about July 1, will there be an improvement in the anthracite regions. As the weather continues to r,et warmer there will be less work han at present, and the miner will lave to exist in some way on nothing. The mining companies are doing as auch as possible to alleviate the disio mrfl all iL CDO? i-Jinu u iu uacsvaw wv ?> * ? w ?**w nen a little work each week. Mines ire worked when it would be more profitable to shut down. All kinds of lecessary improvements are put under vay. New shafts are sunk, tunnels BREAKER Iriven and gangways opened. This 'nrnishes employment for part of the nen all of the time, and the most deterving are chosen. The Lehigh and CVilkesbarre Company, which usually jmploys 15,000 men, is able to keep 1200 on these improvements. The widows and orphans are cared for and ipecial cases of destitution are relieved. [)oal is supplied free and house rent is i!lowed to lapse. Some of the larger jompanies build many houses for their :mployea to live in, and the collection >f rent for these is deferred until more prosperous times. Companies that iave general stores extend long-time :redit to the men, and in this way food b obtained. As a rule, the miner is lonest and pays when he can. Public harity, however, is not organized, and lestitution has been so common for rears thnt little notice is taken of it. The seven ages of man mi the mining egion are successive periods o? priva;io j, danger and hard work. The uiner begins and ends his .lays in the jreakcr picking slate. First, as the | Joy, he enters the breaker. Then he I tspires to tend door in the mine, carry j i whip and chew tobacco. Next he : >ecomes a mule driver and learns to i iwear. As miner's laborer next he I oads the coal his employer digs. Then , jc reaches the summit of his ambition j tnd is a full-hedged miner. As old i igc comes on and he gets too feeble to : jandle the pick, he goes back to the ! breaker, where fifty yoars before he i ommenced life full of ambition and | itrength. In every breaker in the vaiJny, boys j ind old men work bide by ?de, and | yet, despite the inevitable end which can be so plainly seen, there is never a lack of youngsters to fill every vacancy in the ranks. ^ The mine worker has characteristics that can be found in no other man. ^ As the father grows old, the son takes his place, and the clans remain together, until they gain a kind of proprietorship over the company in whose employ the families have long TK n r\nflwa T?OOI?O li o TTA hnTir. UV/V/Ul XUO ^?OW UTV JtWfcO "VTf ever, been marked by the beginning of great changes in the old ways. The son no longer thinks his father's place high enough. The mine has no attraction for the young man, and he becomes a clerk or a student. "Very few of the rising generation at present will become miners! Education and newspapers are largely responsible for the change. At Scranton the miners have a philosophical debating society. All of tbe members read one or more newspapers and keep posted on public affaire. Frankness and honesty are the two most ? ( [ED BY EIGHT PEOPLE. 1" ^ noticeable traits in the miners. Credit & is given by merchants for the asking, t] The Welsh, who predominate, possess b these characteristics to a marked de- e gree, and their inflnence has pervaded v, the whole region. With such a class f( of men the suffering of poverty seems A more acute. They starve with the v submission to philosophers. This new order of things has three c most remarkable results?the decline t: of lawlessness, the extinction of labor tl organizations and the exodus of Huns, v Finns, Folanders and Bohemians. The a Mollie McGuires, once the terror of the mining regions, are no longer known. The reign of murder and assassination has completely ended, g Crimes are few and life is safe any- tl where along the lonely mountain roads. n Only a few years ago it was an almost p uncommon occurrence to find a super- tl intendent or disliked boss lying dead s in the road, and mysterious disappear- 1 ances were frequently reported. The J radical change to the present quiet B( and orderly state is a most astonishing 0 one to those who knew the mining regions in their former days of lawless- u uess. fl A strange exodus from the anthracite b mining regions, especially the Wyom- s] ing Valley, is the emigration of Huns, b Polanders, Bohemians, Slavs and Finns, o: They formerly swarmed into the mines ai and were employed in large numbers by the operators for very low wages, fj They were put in places of experienced men, but were soon found to be a most fl costly experiment. By ignorance and d carelessness they caused many accidents that proved expensive to the tl operators. The old workmen allied tl against them, the companies found it o: more profitable without them and suddenly the tide of immigration ceased fe and an exodus commenced. The ft foreigners moved in large numbers to p; Western Pennsylvania to work in mills hi and soft coal mines. Those who re- d< mained in the anthracite regions are employed for the cheaper class of 6] labor, and form now but ta small por- ec tion of the mineworkers. i2 Many improvements have been made b in mining methods. Strict laws gov- a] . i ! __ __ji ? 1; erning yenxiiauoii tuiu baicij oypnances are in force, but there still re- ai mains one great permissible crime? ? robbing pillars. It is a question of b engineering judgment in which science is often overpowered by corporation greed. Weak mines are numerous in the valley, and the most dangerous of f? all are the abandoned workings that g have been robbed of every pound they rf would stand. When they cave, death j and destruction are sjjread to the working veins. This was the case in the ^1 Gaylord mine, at Plymouth. Years of 21 natural chipping and wearing away of g, pillars left barely strong enough to 2' hold up the roof finally caused this to p collapse and nearly ruined the whole w mine, costing thirteen lives. C( A Remarkable Experience. Little Addie Cunningham, of Fall River, Mass., has passed through a re- V1 markable experience. On the 16th of w olo 11700 aQ.i.incr wfttpr ittCt kJCpi/UUUUCi DUV HMV melon, when a seed lodged in her wind- ta pipe. She was seized with a terrible jj] tit of coughing, and for weeks her life was depaired of. Physicians could do p( nothing for her, and she wasted away rf to a skeleton. She was seized with a gI terrible fit of coughing a few days ago sj and the melon seed was thrown out. It was three times the size of the regu- fc lar size of the ordinary seed and contained a long sprout, which was evi- f dentlv growing in her windpipe. Sho Bg was immediately relieved and can now ? 6 reath easily.?Chicago Herald. Justice Field was alcalde or mayof of the town of Marysville, in southern California, when the Territory was a part of Mexico. How Carlo Got the Pretzels. | i < l ? ! ; j an V! V i. 'V ?? Hats lor Sprint? Time. For spring I saw a pretty model} a brown and green rushes, trimmedj rith brown ribbons and bunches or ink and red verbena. An elaborate; onnet which excited my admiration] " ^jL : WTJ ft ' (V^f; 'A syt ' i V) KDsi FOE EAELY SPRING. as a crown, embroidered in steel and: lack pearls, and is trimmed with| haded pink roses, and at the back is! pink velvet bow. Monster bows, byl ! be way, intrude themselves upon all ur clothes, and they may be wel-i omed as becoming, but they must not' e allowed to overstep, in their size,: be point of sweet reasonableness. A large picture hat, fit to adorn the ace of beauty, is made in black, with' lasses of most realistic pink rosee lustering on the crown, and a few, lack feathers waving gracefully at be back. Pink roses also adorn a urge hat made of jet spangled net, in monnted nn ft Mario Stnart tape, and sets most admirably upon he hair. A toque of red velvet is emroidered in jet sequins, and most ffectively trimmed with a large J watered silk bow, a group of cock's gathers and a bunch of geraniums, artificial geraniums are among the faorites of fashion. A charming little hat is made of tan hip, with a crown of pale blue-unique satin, with two black quills in he front; a large bow of dark green elvet is at the back.?New York HerLd. _ * It You Burn Yourself. The pain from slight burns is very reat. An excellent application is a! hick paste of common baking soda loistened with water, spread on a iece of linen or cotton, and bound on* he part, writes Elizabeth Robinson covil in an article o? "What to Do in Imergencies" in the Ladies' Home ' ournal. This can be kept wet by* jueezing water on it from a sponga r cloth until the smarting is soothed. t A thick coating of starch can be' sed instead of the soda, or wheat our if nothing better can be had, ut neither should be applied if the rin is broken. In this case it is etter to use vaseline, olive or linseed iL The doctor will apply some prep?o*inn AATi+oininiy LOViV/U w?M WMW If the air can be effectually excluded om a burn the pain is relieved. Blisters should be pricked and the aid absorbed with a soft cloth before ressing. If the clothing adheres to the skin, le loose part should be cut away and le patches of material soaked off with, il or warm water. When the injury is extensive the suffer will be prostrated and may die om the shock. Heat should be ap-' lied to the extremities and over the sart, and hot drinks given until the octor comes. In burns from a strong acid the part lould be covered with dry baking; >da or lime, as the alkali will neutral-' ;e the acid. No water should be used, ? at cosmoline or oil applied after tho' .kali has been brushed off. When the burn has been caused by a alkali an acid must be used. A per>n recovering from the effects, of a arn requires very nourishing food. Traffic Through the Suez Canal. Three thousand three hundred and >rty-one vessels passed through the aez Canal last year, the average duitijn of the transit being 20 J hours, he number in 1892 was 2559; in 391, 4207, and in 1890, 3389. Of iese 3341 vessels, 2262 were English, 30 German, 175 Dutch, 160 French, 1 Austrian, 59 Italian, 36 Norwegian, 7 Spanish, 10 Russian, 10 Turkish, 7 ortuguese, 3 Egyptian and 1 Belgian,' ith 259 of other nationalities. ?Chiwn Herald. ~o " TbeCnrious >*aked-?cked Fowl. This breed originated in Transylinia, and is best known in Germany, here they are kept chiefly as curiosies. Some of the fowls have been iken to England, but they are un rtAimtitr Althnnerh PS LIU W U XXX C/IXiQ wuuvi. j . ? semed principally for their odd apsarance, it is claimed that they are >ally a valuable table fowl. They are nail eaters and good layers of fair zed dark eggs. The flesh is said to i tender and of a delicate flavor. The >wl has a very striking appearance, le neck being red, smooth and perictly bare, with a heavily feathered >ot on top of the crop. The hens are NAKED-NECKED POWt. >od mothers, and the chicks grow id feather rapidly. There are several rieties of this bree.l, the difference nsisting chiefly m comb find in bare d feathered legs. The plumage is nerally black. Yates Thompson, known as the most ergetic man in England when he ntrolled the Pall Mall Gazette, now ints to enlarge Westminster Abbey d has offered to subscribe $200,00tt r an idetional dispel.