I THE SHIPS OF LIFE. * If you wait for unmixed cargo Of happiness, pile on pile, iWith never a pound of over freight, You'll wait for a weary while; For the ships of life in commission Must sail their way about; They may open their books for happiness' sake, But they can't bar sorrow out iYet this is a captain's wisdom ' That makes his voyage bright, iWho stores sweet happiness in his ship So that it stays in sight; > !And the sails they shine in the sunliRnt. 'And the ship with joy seems whole, "So kindly the captain's wisdom is, So brave is the captain's soul. f\ J | Jack-Light end Flash-Light ;j By FRANK l.TT.t.rK POLLOCK. y % Just what caused the trouble in Murray's throat he never satisfactorily ascertained, but he neglected it, with the result that in the middie of July it was diagnosed with a lengthy name, and there was a fair probability that he would never again be able to speak above a hoarse whisper. Murray was a Toronto high school teacher, and his voice was valuable to him; so he submitted to a rather dangerous operation on the vocal cords. The operation was a success, but he had to preserve absolute silence for the next couple of weeks. After that be was permitted to speak sparingly under his breath, and indeed it was two months before he was able ( ' to raise his voice above a whisper. 'To relieve the discomforts of this semi-silence, he went to the northern Ontario woods, where there was no one to talk to. He secured a guide w'io was as taciturn as could be desired, and after a week of canoeing ? nni.t?ir!nir + >lov Dtt Q hi 1 C>1 Prl MTIlll 4A11U taoiug, V.UVJ c in the Lake of Bays district, which is a little beyond the range of the most summer camping parties. While the balsam air healed his throat, i^vrray amused himself by fishing and by taking photographs of wild scenery, and wnea he got a chance, of wild animals. I While trolling for maskinonge in a small lake about three miles from camp, he came upon a much tramped spot on the shore that was evidently a favorite drinking place for deer, and perhaps for moose. These animals came there only at night, lut it occurred to Murray that he might lie in wait beside the runway with his camera and a flash light, which could be fired when he heard the game approach. He had half a dozen flash light powders at camp, and ha paddled back to secure them. Dusk was already falling when he returned to the Jake and set up the camera upon its tripod about '.-?n feet on the leeward side of the runway that wound through th? tangled woods. The shore was low, and a dense cei-- swamp came down almost to the gravelly beach. A dead spruce had fallen with its top among the water lily pads, and Murray sat down .tpon its trunk clo3e to his camera. The twiligbt deepened; the forest grew dark, and a chill gathered as the stars grew white in the greenish s'-y. It wa- too late for mosquitoes to "be troublesome, but it became decidedly 'old, and the dead silence and dreariness of the black woods and water began to oppress Murray. Eventually, however, he became drowsy, and in spite of his efforts to keep awake, he dozed a little, with intermittent nervous starts. Finally he shook himself awake. I His limbs were stiff, and he stood up tr stretch them. He was looking over the dark water, when a small, "brilliant point of light appeared at the other end of the lake. It might, in'.ced, have been thore for some time, and Murray put on his eyeglasses, for he was somewhat shortsighted, and gazed at it. He took it for a camp-fire at first, but it moved as he watched it, coming slowly down the lake. It could be nothing but a light carried in a canoe, and he realized at once what this meant. It was some hunter using a jack-light for deer, in defiance of the ethics of sportsmanship and of the Canadian law. Murrav had often heard this mode of hunting described. The deer stands fascinated, seeing nothing but r the mysterious gliding light, while tn- hunter sees only the glimmering reflection of the animal's eyeballs, which form his target. Murray watched the light as it crept down the lake, skirtirg the shore. Every moment he expected to see the flash of a rifle, b-.t evidently the hunt was not proving successful. As Murray watched the moving flame, it occurred to him that it I would be an excellent joke to fire fl o c* V? _1 i or f r\Vir*tr>crrinVi tho I pot hunter in the act, as he passed hwn. Chuckling at the idea, he wheeled .the camera about to point over the lake, and set the focus for ten yards. He prepared the flashgun, and stood ready, waiting for the canoe to approach. The jack-light crawled nearer, without even the sound of a dripping paddle, in mysterious silence. When it was some fifty yards away it paused, and turned inshore and toward him. It must be that the hunter .was familiar with this drinking spot. He stared through his glasses at the light as if he* had been a deer, while the canoe stole toward him through the darkness. He could see the flicker of the pine knot in its pan of tho hnw hp Mii?hf a elimnsp nf the bark * reen behind it; but of the canoe or the paddler he could see nothing. It was almost time to discharge his flash-light; and he could scarcely contain bis laughter at the thought of the shock which the sudden brilliant glare would give the pot hunter, when he heard the quick, unmistakable click of a firearm in the canoe! And the-e was no game there?except himself. Like lightning it came upon him that his own eyes? ? - Kirt nlnrouJ hlH 11 rr V? f + Vt r* Uffhf U1 1XX."? ? *?*?. vwugm, WAX, He v.'H3 being scaJked! By. a lucky I ' ?v\ iMilnA V? r\ *1 rnrvnorl nnnn hifi i and knees, k. ocking over the tripod j As he dropped, a rifle shot hanged i from the canoe. The long spurt of flame seemed ; almost to reach him, and the acrid smoke wa3 blown in his face. In j stinctively he tried to shout, but hii throat failed him. Only a sibilaui whisper camp from his lips. This was drowned in a yell froa ; the canoe. "That hit him! He's down!* I shouted two or three boyish voices and the canoe darted toward lane with a rreat splashing of paddles. A^ain Murray tried desperately tc j call out, DUE tne reiaxeu vuuai tuiui j refused to produce a cound. It wa? like a nightmare; and fearing that h< would be shot before he was clearly seen, he fived with a crash into th< swamp, and burrowed among thi ferns. "There he goe3!" shouted ont voice. "It's a bear!" proclaimed another; and another shot was fired after him The canoe grated upon the beach, and the hunters jumped ashore. Murray tried to crawl deeper among th< tangled vines and evergreen shrubbery, and smashed half a dozer t-inches. "That's no deer; it's a bear foi certain," remarked one of the youthful voices, with conviction. The speaker was not thirty feet away, "Better be careful, for he's wounded, Listen, and see if we can hear him.'1 There was silence for a time, dur< ing which Murray hardly dared to breathe. He had hopes that, failinj to hear or see him, they would pres ently go away. The whole affair seemed to hin like some preposterous and horribH | dream. These boys did not want tc : kill him; but he was physically unable to call cut, and he was afraid ! to move. In the gloom he would certainly > shot at the ^.rst glimpse; and, curiously, his mind was largelj occupied with the horror his slayerj would feel when they discoverec their mistake. After listening ic vain for some minutes, the hunters began to throw sticks and stones intc j the swamp to make him show him self. "He's either dead or got away," said some one. "I'm going in aftei him." "Better not, Billy. Be careful,' warned another; but a crackling an i man constructed the ladder shown in ' the illustration, and in order that nobody should steal the idea he applied for and wa-? granted a patent. By decreasing the size of the steps, mak- ; ing the lower one very small, he has < devised a ladder that should prove 1 exceedingly useful in a great many j instances. the clothes after they have been boiiea sumcienuy. Tne common ] method is to lift the clothes out of the boiler, one piece at a time, by a clothes stick, but this requires time, j as the operator must hold the clothes . above the boiler to permit the water i to drain off. Each piece must be ] drained sufficiently, but more often < ineffectively, considerable' of the 1 water accumulating in the tub. j To overcome these objections th6 boiler shown here is made in two sections. The inner section is made with a perforated bottom, and also the sides being perforated hall the distance from the lower edge. Enough water to boil the clothes can be placed in the outer section, the water reaching the clothes through the perforations. After being boiled sufficiently the inner sections can be quickly removed by the aid of a strong handle attached to one side. The man who has blisters to show does not need to talk about his burdens. t, V> BIG REAL ESTATE TRUST I FAILS Fill M,000,000 Apple, President of Philadelphia Concern, Committed Suicide. , i t A PROMOTER GOT $5,300,000 s Directors Pledge $3,300,000 in Vain ? Effort to Save the ConcernPresbyterian Church Funds a Tied Up. p i: Philadelphia, Pa.?After desperate ifforts to raise a guaranty fund of h 57,000,000, including a vain appeal c to the Clearing House Association, . the Real Estate Trust Company of * this city closed its doors. The lia- * bilities are placed at more than $10,300,000, with quick assets of $3,- f 500,000 and doubtful collateral J imounting to $8,000,000. About 1 $26,000,000 of trust funds, including 3ne of nearly $1,000,000 of the Pres- 0 jyterian Church, are tied up. t The failure was caused by heavy ^ oans made by the late President, { TT f ^ A^/-v1P Carrol o i aiin. jl*.. liiyyic, lu nuuu gc^ai, a | iromoter, on insufficient security. Hr. Hippie died suddenly at his home it Bryn Mawr, and it was said luthoritatively that he had comnitted suicide. His physician re- 1 )Orted that he died of cerebral hern- ? >rrhage. Friends of the dead presilent believe that Segal exercised a c lypnotic influence over him. t George H. Earle, Jr., President of e he Finance Company of Pennsylvania, was appointed receiver for e he failed concern. E The loans to Segal amounted to ibout $5,300,000 on securities which . :he Clearing House Association :hought ^ere worth not more than i Jl, 000,000. The directors of the bank pledged $3,500,000 in the effort to nake up the deficiency, but this was lot considered enough. ' The Real Estate Trust Company. * tvas incorporated in 1885 and Mr. * Ripple was placed at the head of it. 1 Be was identified with many chriri- t :able institutions and was active in I :he affairs of the Presbyterian Church, being treasurer of .the Gen- 1 3ral Assembly of the Presbyterian t Church in the United States, treas- t irer of the Sustenation Committee t af the Synod of Pennsylvania, treas- i urer of the Presbyterian Hospital lere, and American treasurer of the j Western section of the Alliance of :he Reformed Church holding the Presbyterian system. In the financial world he was regarded as decidedly conservative, Mr. Hippie died at his summer ( iiome. The cause of death was given is cerebral hemorrhage by his phy- t sician, Dr. William C. Powell, whose t statement was confirmed by Coroner i King. The latter said that he did t lot perform an autopsy, but accepted ;he statement of Dr. Powell. a *\ wnarto- i-uppie, nis son, saia: g 'My father came home in his usual lealth and spirits. He arose about lix o'clock in the morning and apjeared perfectly well. Ho had the jath filled as usual and went to the jathroom. So far as we can learn ie must have died instantly, for no >utcry of any kind was heard, and ie was dead when found by Mrs. clippie." VANDALS AT VALPARAISO. President Montt's Wife Loses Ears and Fingers With Jewels. Lima, Peru.?Further details received from Valparaiso, Chile, show that.out of forty employes of the telephone company there thirty-eight were killed. When the. house of President-elect Montt collapsed hia wife fell from the balcony into the street, and bandits who were passing cut ofT 'her ears and fingers to rob tier of her jewels. She-was taken in a dying state on board the Chilean warship O'Higgins. Among the dead In Valparaiso is Frederico Varella, the capitalist and politician. Heavy rains have been falling at Valparaiso, which have increased the hardships endured by the many thousands of people camping in the streets and squires or on the hills surrounding the city. RAILROADS LACK MEN. Forced to Raise Wages and Cut Age Limit in Pittsburg. Pittsburg.?The railroads entering Pittsburc* are at present much perturbed over the scarcity of labor which has developed. Not in many S'ears have' the railroads experienced 30 much difficulty as they are just F now in getting men to man tbeir * hmina The Western railroads are draining the Eastern market of all available men. a Some years ago the several roads b sstablished an age limit for all new employes. This limit has been aban- e Joned. Advertisements are appear- a ing in all local papers for brakemen n and conductors. Wages have been advanced and every effort is being t made to increase the working forces c before the heavy fall rush. 0 Actress Murdered by a Bartender. c Eli Sutherland, a bartender, shot p ind killed Fay Jackson, an actress, 0 Dn the street at Butte, Mont., in the presence of a score of people. He P then sent a bullet into hi3 own b templfe. c s $6000 DAMAGES FOR BOYCOTT. h Racine (Wis.) Baker Wins Suit a Against Labor Union. ^ Fond du Lac, Wis.?Judge Fowler, v in the Circuit Court of Fond du Lac y awarded Otto R. Schulz, a prominent baker, of Racine, $6000 damages, in his suit against some eighty members " Df the Trades and Labor Council for boycotting Schulz's business, and s placing his name on the unfair list two years ago because Schulz refused F to put the union label on bis products.- ti a Baseball Notes. John McGraw says he could find ? no players in the minor leagues who could help out the Giants. Catcher Ritter, of Brooklyn, is developing into a valuable utility man. He plays best at an infield position. Sandow Mertes has strengthened a the Cardinals materially, his all- ^ round work being a feature of the * ??illiie. ( Chick Stahl, of tho Bostons, declares that he will never bccome a jj baseball manager. "Not for me," r says Chick; "life is too short; let ' somebody else do the vrorryins." e V % ' -V "" 7 ' WASHINGTON. Franklin Lane, of California, who ras confirmed as a member of the nterstate Commerce Commission, enered upon his duties. Fining of employes as a means of . snforcing discipline in the Postal lervice, a system tnai nas oeeu m i peration for many years, is abol- | shed. . Government rejportsshow a shrink,ge of millions of dollars in meat extorts since the beginning of the packng house investigations. Rear-Admiral W. T. Swinburne ,as been assigned as commander-irihief of the Pacific squadron. It has been found to be impracticaile to send teams from either the rlilitary or Naval Academy to the naional rifle competition at Sea Girt. Public Printer Stillings suspended nom office Assistant Foreman W. A. filler, of the bindery of the Govern-. [lent Printing Office, for insubordiiation and insolence. It is announced here that the secmd secretary of the Japanese Emlassy would visit Alaska to investirate the poaching incident and be resent at the trial of the men ares ted. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. Hereafter all Porto Rico coffcc is o bear "a Government stamp, to ;uard against substitution frauds. Major Hugh L. Scott, ex-Governor >f Jolo, arrived at San Francisco, on he transport Thomas from Manila, (n route to Washington. One hundred Porto Rican laborers tailed from Arecibo aboard the iteamship Akrama ror isew urieans. Auditor George Cabot Ward sailed rom San Juan on the steamship Coimo fOr New York to negotiate a $1,(00,000 bond sale for the Governnent of Porto Rico. Former President Jimenes of Sano Domingo sailed for New York on joard the steamship Coamo from ' 5an Juan. He disclaimed any knowledge of an organization of San;o Domingo revolutionists in Porto lico. Five thousand Filipinos, with ten jands and 300 race horses, paraded he streets of Manila, protesting to he Philippine commissioners against he proposed legislation suppressing ace track betting. Troubles at the Manila Sailors' iome continue. DOMESTIC. The Vermont State Bar associaion recommended a reorganization )f the judicial system of that State. Professor H. C. Parker, the scienist, in an interview in Seattle, said hat cliffs barred the way, preventng the ascent of Mount McKinley by he Frederick A. Cook party. New York, New Jersey,' Michigan .nd Ohio entered into reciprocal .greement regarding the licensing ot aedical practitioners. Controller Metz declared $900,000 oo much to pay for the Thirty-ninth treet ferry plant, New York City. Mr. and Mrs. George H.DeWitt, of ?Tew York, who were believed to lave been drowned in Lake Ontario, srere reported safe on Galloup Island, irhere their boat was cast in a squall. Two Brooklyn Rapid Transit offi:ials, arrested for inciting riots, were leld without bail by Magistrate Hig;inbotha'n, but released. "Al" Adams' refusal to pay .aore aoney into the M. J. Sage bucketihop venture, at New York City, pre:ipitated its failure. Relatives of Thomas Martin, of 3ayonne, N. J., charge that the boy ?as shot by a policeman, not killed >y a train. Search is being made in this counry for Henry Pollexfen, for whom 13,500,000 is waiting in England. The New York^Central Railroad md the Standard Oil Company were ndicted by a Federal Grand Jury at rameatown, N. Y.t for making and ?cepting illegal railroad rates. J. Edward Addicks said that Sena * " Ui it or Aiiee naa spin, iue nepuunv.au larty in Delaware. An appeal is to be made to Presilent Roosevelt to use his influence o end the strife in Cuba. A stage in which were Dr. Cobden ,nd family, of Larcbmont, N. Y., fell hrough a bridge into the Housatonic liver, near Great Barrington, Mass.; Irs. Cobden's sister was seriously inured. FOREIGN. Cuban Government troops reoccured the town of Juan y Martinez, fhich was captured by the insurgent eader Pino Guerra. Michael J. Dady, an American, was rrested in Cuba on suspicion of flliustering, but released. The report that the Russian Govrnment would enter the market for , new foreign loan was officially deied at St. Petersburg. It was feared in Paris that unless he weekly rest day was modified the afes and restaurants might be closed n Sundays. Alexander uriger, ?. xiuoamu v^vu.uillor of State, and a former minister lenipotentiary, was arrested at Brest n a charge of theft. Valparaiso will be rebuilt on the resent site, no other place near by eing considered feasible. Shocks ontinue and 300 persons have been hot for robberies. Colonel Guerra is concentrating is forces to march on Pinar del Rio,, nd Cuban Government soldiers have | een defeated in Havana Province. Herr Overbeck, of Aix la Chapelle, ras killed by a fall when climbing Veiszee Spitze, in the Alps. Efforts to discover the body of a lissing priest nearChatenay, France, ave led Paris newspapers into senational rivalry. Premier Sarrien said that the 'rench Government was determined d enforce the provisions of the Sepration law. ? ?- - ? i- _ M. ZaimiB, a lurutei umn aiclier, was appointed Governor of Irete, to succeed Prince George. King Alfonso signed a decree makng the Spanish-American treaty of ommerce effective. Uniformed students, with bands nd banners denouncing opium, paaded the streets ol Canton, China, istributing leaflets caricaturing pium smokers. Phiift's Government will ask Con ;ress for $100,000,000to rebuild and evive Valparaiso. Plans for a general strike throughout Russia failed. Social Revoluionistf would wait till fall. GIRL KILLS GBLI* " WIFE SEIZES SIM j Third Attempt on Oppressor's | Life Successful.. DEAD FROM BOMB HOW 32 | Girl Carried Pistol and Bomb and v j Warned Mrs. Min Against an Explosion?No Attempt to Es? cape Arrest. St. Petersburg, Russia.?The un- . % successful attempt on the life of M Premier Stolypin, with its slaughter. of thirty-two persons, was fdllowed :.:M by the killing of General Min, who was commander of the Seminovskjfj ^ Guard Regiment, and who since hif 'j% promotion to be a general has beer attached as a personal adjutant W the suite of the Emperor. Geaera? ;; Ifg Min was shot on the station plat- ' \:j'M form at Peterhof by a young woman; who fired five shots into his body from an automatic revolver and th&n* without resistance, submitted to ar rest. iue capture yi LUC qua naa or , ;j? fectei by General Min's wife, whit held her until the arrival of an of- ^ S ficer. , This was the third attempt on the life of General. Min, who was con: M deinned to death by thi Terrorists immediately after the Moscow revolt -"*1 last December on account of the stern ^ repression practiced by a battalion under his command, and especially, \f for the wholesale execution of per* . y>ja sons condemned by drumhead pourt-.. ,$8 martial for being caught with ' arma in their hancte. $ General Min was returning from ':'M tho capital to his summer residence at Peterhof and had just greeted his wife an t daughter on the platform , >|g when a young woman?almost a girl ?approached from behind add ilred two shots into his back and then'.^*9 three more into his body as it 'ank to the ground. Further shots were ' ::M prevented by Mme. Min, who threw herself upon the assassin and seized the hand which held the pistol. The girl did not attempt to escape, but she cautioned Mme. Min not to touch a handbag which the had placed 'on .;SjB the platform berore snooung General, explaining that it cont;..ned a bomb. v -.-sgj Min was the commander of the Sem- y&B inovsky regiment which poured a ter- V';''2|g rible fire into the parading workmen near the Technological Institute, in '