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kt tka peat office at Cape May. Mocaa ol«w matter, March

It la stated that S9.872 pereons perished at the baads of homicides in the United States during the five years ending with 1900.

In declining to purchase horses with ••docked" tails for his own use. President Roosevelt sets a fine example In the interest of humanity and of good taste. The eastern sUtes produce more to the acre than the' far western states. Massachusetts, with her stony eoll, produces more corn per acre, in proportion to area cultivated, than any other state. It Is again discovered that the Sultan's empire is crumbing and its days numbered. But a sick man sometimes survives his doctors. A good many theories about the Turk have gone up in the smoke o( his hookah.

When Benjamin Franklin proposed the scheme of starting a newspaper. his friends dissuaded him, saying there was already one paper published in Boston,-and that the country . would not support another. Today there are 20.879 publications of which 21U are dallies, 14,827 are weeklies, 2401 are monthlies, and 175 quarterlies. Canada has a total of 930 publications.

In ‘trade the pennies of tne many count for as-much as the dollars of the few. This is strikingly illustrated In the business done by the street fruit stands. Lighten the profits of these stands Is shown Sj' the oner of a Chicago man to pay the city J9125 a year for 10 years for the exclusive privilege of selling frnit on the 12 elevated-road stations down town. That Is 3760 a year for each stand, or more than $2 per day. The bidder may only establish one fruit staBd. hut no others can have stands at the remaining staircases. But for one or 12 he is willing to pay $91,200 for 10 years. Tenants of ground floors often charge from $50 to $100 a month, it is said, for the privl- ' establish iug an outside fruit

lege of e

stand.

The treasury department at Washington recently received a letter from Great Grimsby, England. It contained a $50 Confederate note, and In rather pompous language demanded that Its equivalent In gold be forwarded at once to the address given. Treasury officials say that the incident was not an uncommon one. Although the Civil War closed 36 years ago. Confederate notes and bonds are. received two and three times a week. . Nearly all of them come from England, .where the bonds were sold. Few people in the United States are Inveigled Into purchasing or giving value for the Confederate obligations Some of tho Englishmen who have been noUfted that the bonds nod notes, are worthless have grown Indign

and replied to the department that they proposed to take action looking to the creation of an International Incident unless the paper la redeemed. A movement Is on foot In Canada to erect a monument to Baldwin and Lafontalne, the English map and the Frenchman who. in the "Great Mlnlatry,” of 1851, brongbt about a harmonious union of the two races In tho Dominion. The Montreal Herald mentions the fact that the Site of the old Houses of Parliament will soon be turned into a public square and that here the monument should be" erected. It comments as follows: "What more appropriate than that, on the Spot where these buildings stood, at the place where racial passions and

' /gates-' .gj^- ■

12

J0J1N WINTHROP'S DEFEAT.

• a Jfwd. : JEAN KATE LUDLUM

CHAPTER 1L OATHS also STORM.

• “Any news. LelandT" ' — Gregory Bensocbarsi and Us friend Harry Dillingham were greeting one the Elngara's passengers, a tall.

1th a i

•r ti fair-1

-haired young man with a delightfully good-humored face, who was en-

DB-

ce. who

thuaiastlcally shaking hands w ling ham. protesting his pleasure

him safe returned from

camping excursion.

Lane Iceland shook his head, shrugging hi* shoulders, and laughed. ‘There’s never any news at this son." he said, lightly. "Everything’s dead In the city—crowded oat to breathe, yon know. Du coed unpleaa-

ley too heavy

even for the having. By the way, though—" he pasused suddenly with a mysterious tt.ee. ‘There Is news. Gregory, though I'll not vouch for the

truth It Is

though. because common sense prompts me to doubt. Nevertheless, I heard"—he spoke In a cautious tone —‘T heard In Wall street to-day that there's a big failure on the carpet The last one, too. that you would 0 ae **‘' - ,,

" Whose?"

Lane Leland shrugged-hls shoulders again and raised his eyebrows. “I hope it Isn't true,” be said grava ly. T don’t believe It Is —I simply won’t believe It until It Is proved be-

lt Gra

though

A bad piece of news, too. If true. I’m inclined to doubt It

s pace

p from bis face blankwith amaze"Somebody lied to you, Leland.

i brick; no flaws

test. No

I like

yond doubt—but I heard that gone under.” "Impossible T’ Gregory Bensonborst fell back a pace or two. pushing his

cap up toent

Graham's sound as a br

In that Arm! At the head, you knot worth millions. His wife's diamonds

alohe are worth a fortune.'

“Well,” again Lane Inland lifted hit brows and shrugged his shoulders, with a gesture of one hand, as though he would set aside any responsibility in the matter; “I can't say. Bensonburst; It was only a rumor, but I tell you. it gave me the shakes. If such s house as that goes under, who will be safe? I. for one, am utterly unable to earn my living, and I’d fight tooth and nail for what I possess.

pov<

•the _

gold edges r Gregory Bensonhurst scarcely heeded him; be stood as though rooted to the spot his eyes upon him dozed surprise, unable to speak, the consequences of such a failure flashing electric lines through his mind. Gra-' ham. the proud, aristocratic, luxurloualy generous man—his friend—gone down In h craa)i! Graham, the head of one of the weaRhlest firms in the city, with • million at the scratch of a pen. Graham. the favorite In society, at the dob, on Wall Street—everywhereGraham—could he realize It?—failed! He would not believe it; It was some hoax of Leland's; Leland was always up to some joke. He shook his bead resolutely, and a flash dawned In his

lazy ey<.

“Come. now. Leland." be said, rather sternly, turning away. TH take deal from you,J>ut I will not this. It Is out of all probability. Graham Is as sound as he was last : you know. He could not fall. Why. he has millions of dollars, man! Every creditor would be down upon him like tigers, If this were tide. It Is not so, I am satisfied. I tell you, Dillingham, he has one of the shrewdest business Leads on his shoulders of any man In

the city!”

Leland's eyes flashed wrathfnlly. T don’t blame ypu for taking roughly, Bensonhurst," he ssfiL couldn't believe U, either, at first, but you needn't come down on me for it. I didn't originate the talk. If It is true, we will know It soon enough; Uc't—well." that suggestive lifting of his shoulders and setting-slide movement of the bands, as he also turned from them to the group of chatting ladies at the endof the pier, “all that I can say Is thtt I hope to t

It Isn't true.”

‘‘But, whatever you do. Leland” Bensonhurst laid his hand detain Ingly upon his friend’s mm, ns he was passing him, “whatever you do, don’t tell this to any'one else,until we know.

■Ml it to

the fires that consumed the Houses at Parliament, there should stand a monument to these two men of high jsapoae and great ability who gave to Canada, to the empire, and to the world an ever-to-be^sgmlrod example

O.kT the ■tfirn. by

il to a corni

Enow, and It would not b arouse such a suspicion."

Lane Leland's Indignant face Inter-

rupted whatever, else might have said In hi

fens* of his friend. Lane Leland's

flashing eyes wet 1 good-natured now, the opposite lazy ej ‘ Whatever I may he said swiftly, will

from under the detaining band wit sew hauteur. “I am not a fool! I wi born with ordinary common me. I believe. If Graham is' never hurt worse than I hurt him. he will lire and

die pretty free from harm."

"Don’t be angry with me, Lane." aid Gregory Bensonhurst. quietly. T would only are them unpAasant.

rlthdrawlng his arms'

tai

of fellows,” aid Dillingham, as be ana Gregory Bensonhurst walked up to tbs hotel plassa. “H# meant ho harm. >f this Graham la the man you aay. It Isn’t probable that this report Is tn

although the fit

f financial world Is shaky

it at present. His w

e Is a remark-

“But I cannot help thinking." aid

Bensonhurst uneasily, “that Graham did look pretty well done up when be came out to-night I am afraid to be-

lieve either way. What a blow failure would be to his wife; has a fortune la her .own rli

ham wouiq never lose that 'for her. Undoubtedly that is solid, and could

aloughs

the worst

rtfs; but she l rlsht rim.

cany them over even deeper a than could come to him with the

of failures."

Considerably cheered by this conclualon. the two passed out upon the ocean aide of the plaaxa. Just then, pretty Miss Bess CatLerwood was querying as she leaned be-

ing out of the light-house

she went in to dress for dinner. Pret

tadJ wry;

against this clement of

went In to dress for dinner. Pretty Miss Catherwood was Inclined to be

In a ' hurry; but what

art bent

‘Ton look so wrathful. Mr. Iceland. What was the matter In the city, that you came out with such on airy She was one of the sailing-party, and was tarrying to watch the so effects upon the water, and the fl t of the Ugbt-bouse lamps ere

1 I

urge i

character, when she declared that life waa altogether too short, “And you are so cool Ing. that I am already rested," said Leland, smiling. She was such a charming woman, and so pretty in her dainty buff-and bine boating dress, with the blue anchor upon her breast and her tiptilted cap atop of the curly black hair, her yellow ties with their blue ribbons, one white band twirling the buff parasol with lt^ great blue bow of ribbon, round and round Just over one spot In the boards oi the pier. “Ou, dear! Always pretty Thy don’t you say right out you arcs mad aa mad can be, Mr.

1 let you.”

I, taking the restless par

hough It were worth its weight tn gold. He was In love with wicked little Bess Catherwood, as that

lady knew quite t knowledge to his

toe.rery often.

“Because," be made reply. T am m mad any longer. I am happy, MU

Catherwood."

ill,” she eyed him critically, not

eloquent eyes. “1 >ok better-natured,

Mr. Leland. You came out with Graham, •didn't you? What a b some man he Is! I don't wonder his wife .-.dores him. And the U>Yeiy. lovely things be Invlehes on herthe dresses and diamonds-rsucb dresses and such hats? I don't sec

why he dido’ * " "

wood, as that young well. She used this i dire disadvantage,

“Well," she eyed t nlnchlng from his e

l hander that

IdnT fall In love with me in. a Field. I’d hare, been

illy glad to CMrry

his money."

Leland frowned. If he were happy, aa be had just protested, his loo'xs belled it. He possessed considerable Of this world’s good things, but It would not be possible for him to lavish “such dresses and such hats" upon his wife, when he should marry, as Harold Graham showered upon Alexia. Tormenting Miss Catherwood was foiyvcr deUaring she would-.nev-er. never, pcverXiarry without unlim-

ited wealth.

“Bat suppose that you should happen to many a man who lost his

money —every

then. Miss CathprwoodT Ske puckered up her broq-a opened wide' her eyes bewlldertngly. Bbe screwed her pretty red month Into an emphatic protest.

Oh. bnt he won)

! never could.

with very pretty deliberation—“If .be should, I would hale him. ; Why. 'of

I’iT hate him. I couldn’t

at—afterward. What,

course I’d hate him. I couldn’t help it,” she added,-as though the- enormity

of cny other conclusion wer

power of «

couciusion were beyond her nprehension. “And in the

meantime, a^ the sunset Is gone and

it go II

not a

too late.” Lane Leland smiled, in spile of bis anger. He was always cither very happy or very miserable wllb this girl. He loitered beside her as they walked up the liler, still carrying the fnrled parasol, with its knot of broad ribbon- They were the last ofjtiic Idlers upon the pier, fer It wan led but a few minutes of the dlnncr-liour. and the light was revolving in the tower - to w -

demess of twilight and sea and sky beyond that line of sullen cloud. Tb eaceful, bow could

junult?

“After dinner, ■‘will yon go with ua to watch the mooixlae upon the sands, Mias Catharwood? I hare something that I wish to Uil yon-something that I must say to-night.” sakl Lane, as they pauaad at the foot of the stair-

to toOtoA Tto

nut teasing even tnose wuuui ana loved, and she could not refrain from

tormenting this man.

“After dinner?" How slow and soft her voice was. and what s charming pucker came.between the level black eyebrowtI “Why. after dinner—let m« see—I am almost afraid that I have

an engagement will see ahd—let

He was, manlike, too blind to know that this was her acceptance of bis in-

vitation. He wss too a

t I hsv

Leland; but— t you know.”

angry t

alone?” detAanded Miss Catherwood, swiftly, her voice struck with a abarp-

Then why don’t yon

ll» 1

born of contrite tears. And a rnstle of skirts, the flash of a buff-and<f>lue gown, the dick of light

boot

Leland comprshei Miss Catherwood had once more quarreled. “What is a fellow to do?" be deof himself, with great fierce-

iwed

to his ^slwora at a disadvantage. If she doesn't want to say so—when I asked her yet!” He continued exceedingly wrathful during his toilet; and want down to dinner fully determined to bare no more to do with such a wicked coquette, but to feD in lore directly with Anita Grant!

usual ;bttr.

and

icross

the sand-hills. For who among them could believe that brilliant Alecla Graham and her handsome husband, llva-

o tablaa were as lively as n •bright eyes and wit and laugl tingled wl’.b-the clatter of dishes the distant thunder of the surf ac

hid s wolf under their

cloak of pride, and would vanish out of that gay world as a star that with a flash of light Into darkness

oblivion. For nc

anxiety under light laughter,

sboi

Icty of-fl

gayety; the should defy

t falls as and iw ths

The

aed tn hearts akers! h ths

s a star tl

f light Into dark!

not one of them saw tbs

*t lai

the ocean should be drowned beat of happy hearts

beat of breaki

Moonlight was over the world; stars were steadfast; the sea a lake ot molten silver breaking to glistening' fragments along the sands. Time cnongb to be terrified when the storm

should break!

, “We will bear our sorrows, Harold.” Alecla said, slowly and bravely, as she sat in a low chair by the open window of their room, some time later, facing the ocean. “Because trouble has come to ua. Is no reason why we should lay it upon others. Besides—' 1 she turned for a moment from the ex-

quisite world wlthont to

’her hast

with

ille ,

iband. leaning back In bis chair bis hands clasped behind bis bead and bis eyes seeing nothing before him—“beside, It helps one wonderfully laugh when things go contrary.

down stairs. One is ashamed to be gloomy, you know, when every one else is .bright, and so one has to polish one's face and voice and manner until the shine is sort of rubbed in, you see!" husband made no. reply. 8b«

expected none, and turned again to the window and the shimmering sil-

the round moon riding roy-

ocean; only s soil-

far distance

ver sea, 1

ally la the u[ tary sail in t

Into shadow as It s

: stmek ly. She

■ let down about her sbonldcrs,

»nd nodded sturdily.

Still no reply. Still she —• The solitary sail don

Still she expected

none. The solitary eaii down on the horizon had turned, and the moonlight struck It into gold. Her eyes

were upon IL

“I shall go with you to the city in

rill take me.

presently. The sail Before-her. beyoi

the low sand-hills, was only that great vast waste of silver, with a path along it that looked fashioned for n heavenly road. The moonlight waa foE in hi * 1“ - 1 ' “ to these l

Business callii

away is all that we

plain, and 1 go with you from cholc.

What Is II to them? ~

me morning, ]

Harold," she said, p

s out of sight. 1

ind-hllls.

Together we can

augo our actions-far better than irl, when we know the worst and

■ohai

opart, wh

begin tbo new life,

friends—•”

Her husband Jntemipted her Hi took down his hands from behind htt head and leaned forward, hie elbows upon his knees, his eyes upon her face, as he answered slowly, striking ohe hand lightly with the other to emphasize his words. She turned her face to bis. waiting. "Ercn yet you do not comprehend this thing. Alecla! Yon would soften the blow for mr, but instead of doing so. yon make It infinitely harder, because you force me to explain added humiliation. I bate many friend*— yea—to-day. To-morrow there la not one will htlp me. When the thing U kuown. and that my Labilities far exceed my power to meet them, erery one will clamor for his doe. Not osuof my creditors will allow me to compromise or again cater business, f should not. If they would! I could not endure to feel that what I should gain i ere It wee* lure to meet . I hate every one ef them; 1 hate myself more. When all Is over, we will go away, and be gin life in a new city. 1 hare decided that California W aa open field for one who la arahtUco*. We will f* there, .la a new country I wffl auk a aew name Kett

BOER WAR PRISONERS.

GREAT BRITAIN NOW HOLDS 35,000 OF THE ENEMY. ■Ufa**** m4 rrlteaera from Sooth Africa to Comp ot e*. MoUob, Coyloo mod •ormodo aod la ladla—What Will ■appoa Whoa Thoy Ara All Holaeaad. The average newspaper reader has, by this time, become tired of the Brit-

does not

mditure of blood

lah-Boer. war, and-probably

ex pen

and treasure since the memorable Yth

realise the vast e

iber, 1899, when the South

can republic transmitted Its ultimatum to the British authorities. The British casualties (killed) to date total over

when

25.000, am

the

an

11.5 the

In

(boui

i ikllli id the

present guerilla operatic

an end, cannot amount to leas U-an ,500,000.000. The total casualties of Boers will probably never be

known.

addition to those killed In war tousands of women and children have lost their lives through privation and suffering. At the present time the total number of Boer refugees who are In receipt of relief from the English authorities exceeds 100,000. i with the Bo loritles of Downing street hare experienced the greatest difficulty. There are now In the hands of the British considerably over 35,000 of the enemy, j£e greater proportion of whom were captured, but a large percentage came in by voluntary surrender. Having borne arms, it was necessary. to place them under close surveillance. If all were retained in South would necessitate tbe.wlthvast number of troops from the field; hence the authorities

d to

Mnpt —. . lie blow which the Boers receli on the anniversary of Majuba Day last year, when Cronje and 4080 of bis force surrendered to the British at Paardeberg. St Helena, tho Island which' became famous as the spot where the great Napoleon spent the closing years of his life, was selected as ths prison site for Gronje and his men. There

Africa, it woul drawal of a i

prompt action necessary after ti

learly

land only 47 square miles, it ibis to increase the

r*rs around bet kn bold. The rad 1

number of prisoners there, and accordingly Ceylon and certain places in India were chosen for prison cam pa. Then there wss another selection—tho Bermuda Islands—the present home of

some 3000 Boers.

The men in each camp are astir by 5.30 a. m., and within less than an hour the smoke of the cafnpflres Is ascending. The Boers take it in turns to do the cooking, but when one pris-

ler shows a particular

oner i cullm

- aptitud e is kep

Uon of

ot the cm of freque

and relieved from the round of camp duties. Any assistance he may require la furnished to him by his fellowprisoners. The .strictest rules are enforced to preserve the sanitary condl-

ops and bathing parades it occurrence. The dlf-

appearanee of

oners within one week after rival waa moat notl'-eable. A generous led by the Colo-

blll of fare

for each man consisting of one and cne-fourtn pounds of bread, one pound of fresh meat, one ounce of cofft

list of rations *i

tea.-thi tables i

prisoners are given

jam.

iree ounces of sugar, milk, vegeand potatoes. Occasionally the

i allowance of

ally anxjo As at i

readily picked

ip by Americans and Canadians who vlll visit the Islands during the com-

bshaved, and are anxioui for work. Many of the Bermuda prisoners are

miserably poor, and natural!

to earn a little money.

Helena, they have shown their aptitude at carving, both in wood and bone, and one of the stores in Hamilton has already for sale a large quantity of louvenlr* consisting of piped, sticks, -.obacco bowls, toothpicks, etc., which

it la expected will be

by Americans and Canadians 1 visit th< ~ ' “

ng tourist ■ At Dead soo

IL Helena, some 4500 Boers are Incartermted. The treatment accorded to •hem. as at other camps, is of a gentrrus character, but all the prisoners ttmplaln of their enforced Idleness, vhlch has a tendency to create melan--.holia. General Cronje, never a comnnnlcatlve man, has. If anything, be•ome more reticent at Dead wood, and Us wife is tortured with the belief hat the English want to burn her tusband and herself. Governor SternIsle has suown every disposition to ■meliorate the conaiUons of the Boers ay encouraging them In useful enterAmple opportunity Is afforded

tor recreation, and they have their

otball and tennis ground*, mee have a tent allotted hut they are allowed to bull>

If they so desire. In that case

Every 12 mee have a tent allotted

••hem, house

a grant of land Is made to them and many rough huts, affording a greater degree of comfort than canvas structures, have been erected. Some of the prisoners are allowed to work outside the camp at farming, but this concession applies to a few only. Among other places outside of South Africa, to which Boer prisoners have bees seat, are Ahmednagar, In the Bombay presidency; Trfchlnopoly, '

Ceylon.

spent by the Imperial government le of this cmap. where MM

Boers are detained The altitude of the camp above ssa level is about MM

• i district is recognised to

salubrious la Oeykm. it which is •

ths camp abo’ feet, and the

.wa: SHvvSHsS

120 days, with aa average temperature

The sanitation of the camp is admirable; a good water supply bos been Introduced and distributed, roads have been constructed, and a tramway tv operated between the camps and the storehouses. There are no fewer than 25 nationalities represented among the prisoners, Including Hollanders, Russians, Germans, Kalians, Scandinavians, Irish, French, Montenegrins, Argentinians, etc. Visitors to the camp notice quite a difference between the Free Staters and the Transvaal prisoners, the latter being of a much rougher class. A serious problem will bars to he faced by the British government when the war is over and the time comes to release the prisoners from the dlffer-

Msn; the t

Lfricac

ent camps. Many a prisoner has de-

clared that the belief wi

the South Aff!

tilltU

general in

republic before bos-

Itles commenced that there would he no war at all—the Boers felt sure that

the British govern

terms without a shot being fired,

triad sum lan surrender

ivernmsnt would come to

The .

ader after Majuba,

in 1881, doubtless led to this conclu-

sion. But, once into the fight, there was no withdrawing. It had to be fought out to the bitter end; and it has been. One thing is certain, from conversations had frequently with the prisoners, that no matter how generously the British may treat them now, the Boers will never settle down under British rule. The race hatred engendered by this war will not be extinguished for generations, and the declared policy of the British government that only the English language will be permitted in the annexed republics

Ceylon, and in India never returned to South Africa Some will, doubtless, settle In the Netherlands, whence their forefathers came, but a great majority. It Is believed, will ultimately establish homes for themselves under the Stars and Stripes.—Collier's Weekly. A FRONTIER TRAGEDY.

low Jost Very Frcqurnlly Toros to iKorr.rtt In Cowboy frolic*. A doctor was sent for to a ranch

by at the time, and

in the bunkhouse. which waa full of highly animated cow

indulgi

round-up was hard

doct

:b ws

punchers. These indulged in somq

athl

doctor slept li

11 of hi;

hi

thletlc scuffll

ling, and one puncher, friendly, hit the doctor with The doctor, equally in Joke,

u A bout.

perfectly a pillow.

sprang up and threw him. half of wrestling and half ot sparring, and also perfectly friendly, followed on this, and the.doctor easily had the best of IL For. besides being probably quite as muscular as t^» jObw*4| boy, he had scl&ot 1 to qftlp hlm. But he was new in the country and did not observe what was happening. During the scuffle round the room, as they were passing the puncher's bed, the man seized up his pistol from IL But another cowboy caught his hand In time and the bullet went into the floor by toe doctor's feet. This 'was the first Intimation which the doctor had that he and sudden death were sporting together. The play, wljlch with him had gone on as it began. In-

1-humored, had pronest. and then into

tent to kill, in the ,cow

nocent and goodgreased into earnest,

a wild int«

mneher. All of us have seen spar-

er has been little forgot-

j-ing matches where temper b lost and toe true game a UUlt ten. but few. I Imagine, have seen anything like this. The doctor had a sensation. Alter a little while, when, toe cowboy became cool again, he was sorry—honestly sorry. He asked

to shake hands, and t

1 that. 1 i in tin

they i and s

momli _ __ ... early to towr to get his mail. If this story ended here p

due time he arrived there. Enteriri^ his office, a not unusual thing awaited him—a corpse laid ouL In this town they al-" ways brought dead people to the doctor’s room. He inquired who this was. for the head had been shot beyond Indentlfication. It waa the cow puncher, and they told him what had happened. The man had ridden Into town, got his mall, taken it to the room of a girl when be came there and shot IL They never knew why.' torn toe letter Into scraps. The lesaon given to toe doctor by such an experience was this: Never play with people who care nothing for their own Uvea. They may not Care for yours.—Owen Wlstar, in Everybody's Magazine.

where he always stayed to town, read his letter at himself on finishing had

building is a full-length portrait of George Washington. Being Just behind the speaker's chair, it Is tn toll sight ot everybody who rises to speak. Daring a heated discussion, which involved the honor of toe state and nation. a member roee end pointing.to the portrait, began in an oratorical style: "By to ora eyes that never quailed before an enemy, bnt that

Then he waa toterrupted^hy a member In the rear, who rose to a point at

Chairman/’ raM toe objcctor.JI m so tary rules to call the ayes and mm tn a committee ot the whoie.--

Nsw York Time*.