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IRRIGATION IS WORKING WONDfcRS IN MONTANA. AND ABRAM S. HEWITT, OP THIS CITY, IS POPULAR OUT THEREhowever, a? th» payments aw marl" annually forten year?. Wonderful ;is Montana's past has beesPince th* St.ito wa* tr.*»v»rs»il by TalTroad?. <« stillmore wonderful future t.«< 'Jawriinj: with th irriga-

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' '""hecticul Rlv»r i- iii this city. The followlns i"

the Inscrption thereon:. ;

vi- Hap* on r«s**i»6 Kt.'t,ar.lI.rrl. Dwe»»«tM?y IT.Il«fiU. :\u25a0: i»hi &**.•:

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Wh.i • a.i Ipi-.'. I' '• !f».And in rempnatiia parrayrni*» wa» <-ht»f-

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Richard Lord was» captain of a troop of horse-men established in Connecticul i:i M* ths tirstcavalry of the colony. This explains "the Lr'»-!Hstar of o»ir cavalry." In tJ:c first llnft Th*> •»-presstoa "conipo.-itig paroxrirm*" b obscure, hsslii mi;. allude to .i happy faculty ot" reconctlinsrarties at variance. Mr. Lord's name i- found anseveral arbitrations for accommodating difficulties.It was from a tomb In this cemetery that Bene-

dict Arnold witnessed the massacre of GrotonHeights, and the bumiag of ffew-liowlos mo Sep-

tember '•. 1751.The following epitapli is copied from a ='""'' In

an old buryins ground in Mystic, Conn.:

H- •\u25a0 li»?. '-'it down like unripe fruit.A son of Mr. Amos Tot*.And Mi?. Jemima Tut?, hi.- \u25a0<\u25a0•all Jonathan, of whose trail life

Th« days »'l t-immfd. how short the account,Scarcely to fourteen years amount.

Rom on the twelfth of May was he.in seventeen hundred sixty-three:To death he fell a helpless prey.Apr!! th« five and twentieth da>.Tv seventeen hundrert and seventy-seven.Quitting this world, we hope, f'>r heavn.

Hut tho" bta spirit fled on high.Thir bc«ly mo'itdprtni her« m-xst lie;

BehoH the ..w.zinc alterationEffected ty Inoculation—The means employed his life to save

Hurried him headlong to th« grave.

The natural inference from this epitaph is thatyoung Tute was vaccinated u> are teat hi? having

the smallpox. Th»n come; th- qawtton whetherJenuers method cf inoculation had bet-?i introducedinto this country as early us 1777. I»r. Jenner's ex-periments with cowpox hnd not been complete*! asearly as» 1777. and his theory bad not been acceptedby the English physician*. TVIio t!;en vaccinatedTutc, if vaccination Is Ihe preCccs referred Is hi (

the epitaph".' No more specific Information regard- i

Ins; this epitaph can be obtained.i

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Frederick H. Newell, chief hydrography of theUnited States Geological Survey, says that thereIs more land and water In Montana which can bebrought together than in any oth?r State. This Isthe reason that the government has chosen Mon-tana for the first of the federal irrigation systems.

Several surveying parties are now In the fieldworking out the. best means of turning the watersof Si. Mary's Lake and river, in the northern partof the State, Into the Miik River. These watersnow Bow north into Hudson'! Bay. and are alto-gether wasted. An Immense storage dam will benecessary to change the direction of this water, andii will probably be the first of three to be non-structed In different parti of the West by th» gov-ernment. There are several ways in which thiswater can be brought into th« territory whereIrrigation Is needed, and the exact route has notyet been decided on.

"Enough land can he Irrigated in Montana tofurnish two hundred thousand farm homes.'' saidW. M.Mooldridge, of Hinsdale, Mont., which Is thecounty seat of Valley County and in the heart ofthe district which has been irrigated by privatecapital. "What this means to Montana is obviouswhen one remembers that the present populationof the State is only 240.000. Irrigation In the MilkRiver Valley dates from I?''4, when the Belknapcanal was hull)at Chinook. ItIrrigated H.400 acresat a cn-n of $:; an acre. OthtT canals and ditchesfollowed, until there are now 80,000 acres underirrigation at ,ifirst cost of, from $4 to 58 an acre.

"This land was entered under the homestead actarvi was practically worthless at the time of entry-It is now worth t'rorn $30 to $25 an acre and willpay in per cent on a $30 valuation. What is true ofthe Milk River Valley under private irrigation isassured under the governmem plan. The settler

ill have to paj the government, the actual costit putting in ditcher which will be from $10 to $15an acre "\u25a0' .\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 will be no hardship about this.

More than one-third of the three million squaremiles in the United States, exclusive of Alaskaand the islands, is arid land. Part of it can neverbe touched with life giving water but by far thegreater part can b* irrigated and made as pro-tective as the average acreage now under cultiva-tion east and wt-.-t

The wonders that a little water will work on thisWestern land are nowhere more strikinglyevidentthan in the Milk River Valley of Montana, alongthe line of the Great Northern Railway. For hoursthe passengers on th« "flyer" gase out of the plateClass windows of th» comfortable buffet and ob-servation cars upon a dead and barren country.The railroad fences line either side of the track.and in the distance outcropplngs of sandstone as-naae various fantastic shapes, and, taken to-gether, form a. mountain range Inminiature. Theonly sign of life is a etray bunch of range cattlegrazing In the ope,n. These range creatures canerase where nothing else can live, but even theyprow Impatient wher«» the feed is a*scarce as it isInthis dried up part of Montana.

fTbe train climbs a grade and dips down into avalley mith increasing speed. Within a mile ortwo, while one is looking away from the passinglandscape, resting the eyes from the continuousmonotonous brown, a change has come over th^world without. It is .is though the "flyer" hadsped Into a new country. There In green in thecolor scheme now. and the range has given way«© neatly fenced farms in which crops are grow-ing. The farm houses, neat frame structures.tmllt with some logard to architectural lines, arescarcely further apart than they are in the civi-lised Bast. It looks i<> I*a veritable paradise forthe agriculturalist, and It is.

"What has happened?" asks th» surprised trav-eller. "How comes this miraculoux change?"

"The results of Irrigation." replies one whofcnowe. "One of the wonders which a little watercan work in Montana. Seven years ap-o thiswtm i>it barren as the range we have Ju«t l?ft."

No one who ha* travelled from or*«n to ocean•cross this great American continent needs adefinition of arid land. He must ride throughmany longdusty miles of ItIn that wondrous trans-Missouri world. Never can one forget that brown,

sunburned land, which has left trees entirely out

of its color scheme, preferring half-dead plant*,rage brush, cacti, tough bunch grass and the liketo the magnificent rich crops of deep and gorgeous

nolors. Preferring, does one say? Rather, forcedto put up with the brown, and all for the lack of alittle water.

tf* VSFORMATION EFFECTED IX MILKRIVER VALLEY. MONTANA-EX

MAYOR HEWITT PRAISED.

Kastern opposition to federal irrigation aid wasbased upon a mistaken conception. "The WestIs Invoking the spirit of paternalism." eaid therepresentatives of Eastern States at Washington."They ask that the government make a lot ofcostly experiments, that they may avoid takingany risk." And they opposed any favorable cc-tlon on the matter m religiously that many ofthe (Testers, party despaired. In vain they pointedout that irrigation was lons past th» experimentalStag*, but like the :nen from Missouri they hadt.i show It. Thus did th« Westerner* outline thehard struggle which they had fought and won,(or Congress has at la«t made generous appropria-tions for beginning the work of Irrigation, andMontana will b« the tlrst tieli of operation.

The train stopped for a moment at Chinook. \u25a0town which has sprung up ulnce they put waterinto the Milk River ditches. A rancher, a typicalMontanian, entered the buffet car "Just to get abit of luxury while ridin* down to the next town."so he expressed it. "So you're from York?"he paid, after the introductions were over. "Well.

It win the Irrigation development In th.> MilkRiver valley that helped pureuade Congress togrant federal aid to Western Irrigation seaeawg.Here and at other places In California and Ari-zona private capital went ahead and dug ditches,

corralled the nearest available water, and the verynext wason showed marvellous crops from landwhich had previously been unproductive. In do-ing this thfy simply brought up to date the meth-ods of the early Indian tribes discovered by Span-Mi adventurers hundreds of years before and ofthe Mormons when they entered the valley ofthe Great Salt Lake.

"Do you happen to know a man in your townnam*»d Hewitt?" he asked when th* glasses wereempty. "Abram S. Hewitt, v.ho used to be. Mayoror something or other In your place?"

The man from New-York had never met Mr.Hewitt personally, but said ho knew him well byrepots

"What! Never met. Hewitt?" said the Montana•rancher. "Why,Iallowed most everybody fromYork had met him. Well, anyway, when you gobark you Just look him up and shake his hand forin*>."

"He's a friend of yours?" was «sk*><l."No. he's never even heard of me," said the oldman quickly, "but ho's the 'Father of Irrigation.'

and Irrigation has been thf making of in.? andevery ono else hereabouts. He fought for our gov-ernment water hills nnd hns done more to keep thethins; moving than any one Iknow.

"Now the government is going to take s handand give us enough water from old St. Mary'sI.ak« to Hood thousands of res. We'll <io therest. We'll make Montana the most beautifulbountiful country that the Lord ever let us mis-erable humans liv*In. You can see. for yourselfwhat we've done In our own small way just toprove that we knew what we wer« talking of."

He pointed out the window to a jrr«»en flood ofalfalfa, growing in a fltld from which two crop*had already been harvested. Th.-n there wereother fields In which the recently harvested grainwas stacked And still other* In wliieh sleek herdsworn nt pasture Every hundred and sixty acreswas a farm for Irrigation means economy Inland, a concentration of energies.

Tho train had slipped into the next station, an-other one of the many new towns along the GreatNorthern, and rancher had to leave "it \i thedoor of the Pullman he turned nnd called hack:"Young man you tell that Mr. ex-CongressmanHewitt that If he 1! come out here we'll elvo "mthe time of his life."

p mAnd with that he was gone.

ONE OF MONTANA'S BIG RANCHES, NEAR GREAT FALLS.Jt •\u25a0 owned by Senator Olhson. ST. MARY'S LAKE. MONTANA.The waters of the lako willsoon be used to Irrigate thousands <

AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF SWINDLING.TBE OPERATIONS OF CANON ROSEMBERG ANDHIS CLERICAL

CONFEDERATES INCRIME

Canoe Roeetnberg was ably assisted In hisswindlingscheme* by two clerical confederatesthe Abbe \u25a0GuUlaumin, professor at the Semi-nary of Xogent-le-Rotron. and the Abbe Felix,

known in religion as "Frere Jean/* who. besidesbtlng private secretary to the nimble brainedCanon, was also managing editor of "The RevueCatbolique." An active partner in the enter-prise was Malleva!. president of the "BanqueGenerate de la Bourse de Paris." Editor of the"Echo de la Finance." and owner of a smallracing stable which supplied horses for sportingevents or secondary importance in Belgium andon suburban tracks in France. Another per-sonage in the business Is a sleek and welldressed Parisian literary man named Gadobert.\u25a0who la tbe author of several unsuccessful plays,find who accepted the title of "Chancellor of theBishop of Cyprus."

A victim of this little band— only victim\u25a0who has had the courage to take legs! proceed-Inaw Is Mme. Civet, a devout woman of thirty-Jive, who resides In a sumptuously furnishedflat la the Avenue da Bots de Boulogne. Mme.Civet was scene years ago married to M.M—rirhon. a companion and fellow traveller oft*»late Prince Henri d'Orleans. Bhs secured a>«al separation from M. Mourtebon. and re-MMitie custody of their only child. A civil«i»vorce was grants*, but Una, Civet wished tofcuve her divorc« banciicned by the Roman Cath-

\u25a0Us Church. She applied to Canon Rosembergt* a decree of snaalmsnt of her religious mar-rls-ge, br.t paid ov?t 515.000 toOadobert for the< '4.jott feervlces Inher hshalf. She also becamema Impressed with the Canon's business capacity

U>«t at his instigation sht entrusted to Malleval.

Th© star actor of this Parisian comedy Is aprelate of the Roman Catholic Church, of dis-tinguished appearance, who since 1885 has beenPrebendary Canon of Tours and professor at

the Jesuit college of that city. Rosemberg is

tie family name of the Prebendary Canon, who,

besides leading a double life of great mystery.

assumed the false title of vicar general of the\u25a0we of Cyprus, and Issued decrees of divorce.Clm— Itosainberg had no less than ten differentsjtaoss cf residence In Paris, where he carried01 en astonishing number of enterprises, being

st the same time schoolmaster, emigration

agent manufacturer of false pearls and funeralvreaths. Inventor of a hair restorer, real estate\u25a0psrmlilm and spiritual adviser to the DuchessetfAlbattra.

Paris. October 21.An extraordinary case of swindling, brim full

of fantastic episodes, of which Paris seems to•njoy the monopoly, has Just been brought be-fore the Tribunal of the Seine, and offers InItsX>extictiTar vein an interest equal to th* ad-ventures of the famous Mme. Humbert. The

Humbert swindles amounted to over $20,000,000.

•nd were of colossal proportions, such as might

rtave been imagined by an Alexander Dumas.'Sk* present swindling operations, so far as hasyet been disclosed, do not reach beyond $1,000.-CtOO, but the persons who have taken leadingparts to them offer studies ofhuman nature andcredulity such as might be evolved by the ob-servation of a Balzac.

Another singular episode in this swindling af-fair is disclosed by the "Temps." whose In-formant declares that when inquiries were madeat the Vatican in regard to the false decrees' ofannulment of marriage Issued by Canon Rosem-berg. Cardinal Parocchl offered to give Mme.Civet satisfaction if she would say nothingabout the matter and thereby avoid publicscandal. Mme. Civet declined to take such acourse, and decided to prosecute Canon Rosem-berg. So Parts win soon be treated to a newand crigir.al "cause ceUr-re bristling yrlth sen-

the Canon's banker. $130,000 for Investment. Afew weeks ago, however, the overconflding wom-an discovered that the decree of annulment of

marriage was a forgery, and when her suspicion

was thus aroused Fh»» applied to Malleval forthe reimbursement of the $130,000. She discov-ered that both Malleval. the banker, and Canon

Rosembenr were defaulters, and had suddenlydisappeared. Th«» safe of the missing bankerMaJleval was opened last Saturday at th« of-fices of the Banque «eu«rale de la Bourse d<»Paris', in the Faubourg Polssonnlere. in the pres-ence of the legal authorities, and was found tocontain $30 and a number of title deeds of novalue whatever. The only members of thisbucket shop, company promoting firm of priestly

swindlers yet arrested are th« Abb* Guiilauminand Gadobert, th»» "man of letter*."

The Paris "Temps" has undertaken in inde-pendent and thorough Investigation of the ex-ploits of these adroit swindlers, and some oftheir methods of procedure are quaint andoriginal. An amusing instance of the Canonfertility of resource occurred some months ago.

lie had a great longing for country life, andturned up ono- fine morning at the Chateau ofChevreville. in the Department of the Olse.thirty-five miles from Paris. The chateau isthe property to Mme. Daragon, who wished topell it. Canon Rosemberg agreed to purchase

the estate for $120,000. if he found it suitableafter a year's occupancy, and. should it notmeet his requirements, 5 per cent of the pro-posed purchase money was to be paid as rent.The Canon installed himself In the chateau,

and was joined there by relatives and friendsto the number of twenty. He employed thelocal workmen in restoring and improving theproperty, and lavishly patronized the trades-men of Chevreville. The architect, contractorsand tradespeople were paid as seldom as possi-ble, although the restorations under the Canon'spersonal supervision were executed In perfect

taste and with sound judgment. There was aslight hitch one day when the curate of theparish was obliged to turn Rosemberg out ofthe church, as the latter wanted to celebratemass himself. The Canon smoothed over mat-ters by opening a cbipel of his own on Mme.Daragon's estate, which was attended by many

of the women of the parish One of Rosem-berg' expedients was to get his secretary. AbbeFelix, to marry young couples whose parents re-fused their consent to marriage. Several ofthese weddings took place during the summer.It was at this chateau that tne gendarmesBought to arrest the Canon, but he had takenflight.

THIS FEROCIOUS BEAST TURNED OUTTO BE NO HERO.

The hot weather was over. th« "llttl»monsoon"had rom« and gone, and had In due course beenfolio»ed by the "big monsoon." with Its thunder-Ins and deluges of rain, wtich had roused the in-fects from their hot weather torpor and sent thenout and around their little world In search of plun-der and adventure, says Frank Stevens In -Travel."Th«. winged termites had taken their flight, andhad obligingly left their wings an a little souvenirof their all too short, but yet too lone existence.The sweeper woman was busily collecting them Inone corner of the veranda, while in Ihe fowlhous*- at th« hack the poultry were eagerly lunch-ing on their fat white bodies, which we hadtrapped in a soup plate for their delectation. Thefrogs, too, had become very friendly, and findingthe surrounding country a trifle too damp for eventheir taste, were squatted about on the mats, tothe. manifest annoyance of the dog*, who resentedtheir presence, but feared to tackle them, content-ing themselves with frenzied rushes and skir-mishes, which seemed inno way to disturb the re-poseful nature of our visitors, who philosophicallycontinued to blink and catch the stray mosquitoeswhich foolishly flew their way.

The settlement was asleep. Now and -then ascreech owl would raise his discordant note andawake tome stray pariah dog. which anger. atbeing disturbed, would howl In sympathy with hisdisturber, and arouse bis fellow-dogs, who In theirturn would answer him. and curl round again togo to Bleep; while now and again the cries of apack of jackals would be borne upon the wind, asthey scampered across the maidan or paradeground of the regiment livingin cantonments hardat hand. But owls, dogs and jackals are not theonly animals awake at this time: for from behinda bowlder which serves the village as a protectivedeity there steals a dusky form, creeping slowIvand stealthily toward the little settlement, stop-ping now and again within the shadow of some hutto snuff the air. It is a leopard, attracted doubt-less by the scent of some luckless goat tied up be-side a hut. The watchman of the village muffledin coarse cotton cloths and shrouded in a blankethas longbeen dozing at his post, when he Is awak-ened by a crash. The leopard, in scaling a roughbamboo fence, has fallen into one of th- gardensknocking over one of the whitened earthen Dotswhich serve- to keep off the curse of the evil c vL>

In a moment the dogs are all awake, and give th.-alarm: this time it Is no piteous howl, but a fiercecliallenge to some unknown intruder. The shadowyforms which lie about start into life, fearing theapproach of thieves, while from the huts menwomen and children come tumbling out to learnthe cause of the disturbance. Where all waslence but a minute ago, there is. now an eager babelof voices asking what may be th.; disturbanceThe big spotted cat hears the noise: his ears arelaid back flat upon bis head, and he gives an ungrysnarl. Ina moment the crowd has cra.»i>ed the sitnation. "Pullee. puUea!" (Tiger, tiger!, shouts thewatchman, determined to place the worst construetiotiiupon the noise he has heard. Th* cry is taken

As for the leopard, he Is no hero, and he knows itIs 4? for him. to Psca iK>/ He is startled and con-fused by the shouts and by the glare of torches asthey passed and repass throughout the village h.makes a dash. and. crashing through the fence boltsfor the first cover he can find. Before himIs the opindoor of a hut; he dashes in nearly upsetting as h«does so the aged mother of its proprietor who ispeeping out of the door. Ina moment she has shutthe door upon the intruder, and Is wildlyshoutingthe Intelligence throughout the village, while fromthe hut itse.lf come the angry protests of the p,oul-try which have been roosting on the beams, andwhich in their turn are anxious to esoase. The vil

CURIOUS LEOPARD SHOOT.

national disclosures of cowl and cassock and ofalleged abuses perpetrated by a band of swind-lers whose ringleaders were men in holy ordersand which will be utilized by antl-clerlcala andsocialists Jn their fierce campaign to annul theConcordat, and bring about their cherished Ideaof the separation of church and state.

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lage now resolves Itself Into a committee, and aneager discussion takes place as to what Is to bodone. The proprietor of the house is of course for themoment a most important personage; bo, too, ifhb aged mother, who. however, modestly retires,to become the centre of a crowd of women, who alllisten again and again to the story of her prowess,which loses nothing in the telling. At length th«pate] or headman "of the village delivers himselfof his opinion "The Maharajah," he says, "mustbe Informed; he will doubtless come and destroythis beast." The proprietor of the house thus tem-porarily occupied by the leopard eagerly assents,for therein he seel great advantage to be derivedfor himself In the shape of certain moneys whichhe will receive for damage to his house and prop-

| erty. Consequently, with the approach of dawn.Ithe patel, accompanied by the proprietor, sets out, to convey the Intelligence to the fort and to await

the comands of the Maharajah.! But though they arrive at the fort a? the MbI floors swing open for the business of the day, it IsImany weary hours before their news la communi-

cated -to his highness; for etiquette necessitatesthat the Dewan (or Prime Minister) should be firstInformed, and thi* person Is usually most Ir.aceeF-slble, being guarded In his office by a body ofpeons or messengers, whom turn communicate withvarious clerks and munshls, until at last the Pres-ence Is reached. .Again and again is the story told,whiie the Dewan comments upon it. and moralisesthereon for the edification of the tim« servers whosurround him- for the l>#wan is a man of senti-ment and enamoured of his own wit. At length hearises, and, followed by .• bevy of subordinates,roils across from his office to the portals of th*palace, where he is received with meek obeisanceby the guards on duty, who know full well thattheir well-being rest.; more with the Dewan than\u25a0with their master. As for the Maharajah, he Isdelighted; here, nt all events, I* the chance of *pleasant expedition. In half a dozen quick, tersesentences the Dewan receives; his orders, and inten minutes the troopers are posting off to the can-tonment with the news and a cordial Invitation tothe officers of the regiment to partake of the Ma-harajah's hospitality and afterward dispatch theleopard. Such an invitation is not to be despise I,

i ana as the day wears on the company arrives In\u25a0 carriages specially sent to convey them to thei tori

Within the square enclosure stand the elephants, with the shooting howdahs already on their mas*give backs, and beside them are the shikaris and .i. company of the Maharajah's infantry, to keep or-• d. \u25a0:• amid the crowds which have been collected

around the .village since morning. in the hope ofseeing the sport. Th* party is soon on the move,and th«- elephants swing heavily out of the gai-»as the sentry presents arms. in front the Infantryare pushing aside the crowds, which part before

I them and come purging up on either side. LuckilyIwe have not far to go, On all sides is a sea ofheads, whu< every tr. <\u25a0 has its cluster of little:black bodies perched high up in the branches to:the great inconvenience of the flying- foxes, whose| slumbers are thus rudely disturbed. The confusionhas become Intense, On all sides the cracking oi

fences and tt»e angry protests of the villagers be-i token the fact that their pitiful little gardens are: Inn Invaded by the eager multitude. A councilof war is In11. and the Infantry, aided by a pickedband of hillmen armed with long spears form acordon around the hut; within this, surroun lingiton all Bides, stand the elephants.

The proprietor is now filled with self-importanceHe thrusts himself forward, and. climbing up theroof of his hut. begins to remove one by one thebroad, fanlike leaves which serve as a thatch. Atlast be has made :\ hole; he peeps In, and proclaimsaloud the fact thai the beast is still within. Mean-while the poultry hasten to make an exit from thehole thus nude in the roof, and speedily scurryaway, glad to get rid of such uncongenial company

The proprietor waxes bold and drops a stone uponthe leopard, which Is crouching In one corner.There is a growl, followed by a hush in the crowd—things aro getting exciting. Itis evident that allthe thatcn must be removed, and a dozen handsare ready for the work of demolition. Soon noth-ing is left of th* roof but the bare bamboo skele-ton, but still the leopard lurks In a corner.

The proprietor waxes bolder than ever, and seizes.a spear from one of the hillnn-n. With more zealthan discretion he prods the leopard with it.There is a momentary flash of a yellow paw andwhite belly as the animal springs upward at hisaggressor, and the proprietor lies a quaking heapon the ground, badly frightened but unhurt. Afterthis he retires to the background. It is now aneasy matter to dispatch the leopard, and a wellaimed shot bowls him over. His lips are drawnback, disclosing his white teeth: there is a snarland a convulsive quiver, and all is over. But stillno precaution must be neglected, for a woundedleopard is a dangerous foe. A hillman climbs th«framework of the roof, and with his spear re-peatedly tries to rouse the animal, but to no pur-,pose.

The door of the house is opened, and the body iscarried out amid the cries and plaudits of the thou-sands who are gathered round. The elephants re-form their procession, and. headed by a cart bear-ing the body of the leopard, set forward again forthe fort. There Is a sudden halt. What Is the mat-ter? Slowly the crowd part*, and \u25a0 piteous group

DEGRADING CONDITIONS THAT SUK-

ROUND FEMALE FARM LABOR

ERS IN ENGLAND.On January 1. ISSS. "the Agricultural Gangs art" i

came into operation. This in a measure affected jthe whole of rural England: It.affected more espe- jcially the large crop growing areas of the eastern

'counties, says Kite Tan«jueray la "The Contem- :

porary Review." In Fenland. gangs of femaleworkers are to be found on every farm; and every {

year—because of stated hours and Increased wages j—Held labor grows in favor with the daughters offarm hands. In the Huntingdonshire and Cam- :bridgeshire Fens it is now generally accepted thata girl mu*t enter a gang as soon as she leaves ,school, and as a natural consequence the ranks of :

domestic service find fewer and fewer recruits. ThaFen child la brought up to regard the gang as her jultimata <oal. Wlien she is still an infant she is jdrawn in her perambulator to the field, and left to ,sleep In a shady corner while her mother works;her school holidays are regulated by the harvest, :and. in spite of laws* to the contrary. she Is againand again kept at home to hrlp in the potato pick-ins. This potato picking is the despair of Fenland 1schoolmasters and schoolmistresses: the irregular jattendances resulting in small averages, lower [grants ami unsatisfactory examinations. As soon .as th*- necessary vxamlnation is passed a girlhires .herself to a gangmaster, and lot tho greater part jof the year goes out day after day lot eight hours' (labor, starting at 7 a. m.. half an hour being al- jlowed for lunch.In the main the AgriculturalGangs act is a good !

\u25a0 •no, taking account of th.> health and the moral* tof tht; women anil children employed. Neverthe- ;less, they who live in the district* where the gang Isystem is most invogue sec In the system a cankerthat Is destroying both th« domesticltv and the

'morality of Fenland village life To .[note from ia paper by Lord Nelson, in "The Nineteenth Cent-ury," tor July. 1301: "Women's work ia the rields \u25a0

IIa mistake. Itnay apparently increase the wagesfor a time, but it is net Root for the family; itcost* more in clothes and broken health tnan theextra money brings in; it makes uncomfortablehomes and keeps the elder girls from school to dothe mother's work of looking after the children."*

'This refers of course to the married field workers. !

and it in obvious) that disorder, uncleanlinfsa «n.i jhousehold neglect must follow when the mother it*away from home all day. She returns too tired todo more than hastily prepare a rough meal for th* >

children, and the hous«? cleaning and the "wash" >

are put off until the rir*t really wet day keep* th©woman within doors.But. speaking generally, the married women only

'go out at the busiest seasons, a»d the greater num- Iber of the gangs are composed entirely of girtsfrom about thirteen to eighteen years of ag>\ Andit Is precisely girls of this age for whom the sys-tem is had. The tone of female field workers is

'exceedingly low. th.lr ideas of morality an- small, Iand their speech is full of expletives and obsceni- ,ties.In fact, after livingamong them for the last

twelve years. Iam convinced that every girl who !works in a gang becomes coarse both In thought Iand speech.

Their minds stagnate until they become literallyof the earth earthy. Thla is particularly noticeable 'In their hours of leisure; there is no actual Joyous-ness, no spontaneity of simple girlish fun: horse !play will provoke a horse laugh, end with that \u25a0

their sense of humor ceases. Once when entertain-ing aIparty of gang girls Isuggested "DumbCrambo." This la entered Intowithzest, but their Ionly idea of acting was to repeat the work of theday;hoeing" potatoes, chopping mangolds; the wholeround of the wearisome labor gone over in play—a Ipathetic ;:of of minds that had ceased to expand.

AGRICULTURAL GASGS.

presents itself. The proprietor, supported on eitherside by sympathetic relatives. Is presented to theMaharajah, th« picture of woe. His highnesslaughs, and Instructs his secretary to give an ade-quate compensation. And the procession moveson. while the proprietor Instantly recovers his com-posure, and. disdaining the support of bis rela-tives, marches proudly back to his hut. to calcu-late the amount which he thinks possible can beextracted from the treasury for the repairs of hishouse, and in so doing Is most careful to allow awide margin for contingencies and the moral dam-age he received when the leopard knocked him soignomlniously from the roof of his own house.

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