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SFROMEIflL
By JULIAN HAWTHORNE
Caffrifht. laM.br Bsehalle. Jofcassa sad BaahsUaa
PART I.
Mrs. Morforcl, beautiful and rich
widow of eiarht and twenty, with an oval
face, dark eyes and hair of frosted sll
Ter, on returning from her afternoon
drive upon the three hundreth and
sixty-sixth day of her widowhood,
found a messenger from Tillet's await
lor her, with the pearl necklace which
he had sent to be cleaned, for she was
about to-reenter the world. She had
loved her husband, but It is as well to
say that the silver hair began Ions be
fore the worthy John Morford termi
nated. The messenger, a reticent and self
contained person, guardedly unbut
toned his overcoat and produced the
gems from some secret shrine within
himself, and remarked, while Mrs. Mor
ford wrote the receipt, that she would
best keep a sharp eye out, for the crooks
had got onto the fact that the necklace
was out of the Safe Deposit company's
vaults.
"Aren't they lovely!" ejaculated the
lady to herself, when alone. Then she
added, with an Intonation of remorse
ful tenderness: ".Poor John!" Grief
u- J
"S TfTM'T TTTEY I OVEI.Y!" K.TACT'
LiATED THE LADY TO IIEP.SlCLF.
far hrr bereavement, however, could no
longer ulmeuiu tli beauty of the ueek-liu-r.
Nutur- and tho world have their
way.
She wns on the point of point: Into her
chamber to irtjur for dinner, when
Jiltafl Lebfi Peeksklll was announrud,
xMie hac! formerly been one of Mrs. J'or
fdtci's school-touchers, ami vn;i now an
postle of physical culture ami hygiene.
Blie was short and uneven of liRure and
homely of countenance, and carried a
small bluck has. As slip-f'litereil, Mrs.
Jtorford closed the irytfoeco case con
s'.trinK the peurls. She was perhaps
hy of reveollnir tp.ner friend her aban
donment of myutiiliifir.
Miss PeekU1tl hardly waited to ex--liiu)(t-
KfectiiiK hi'fore producing
from her bag a leather rerotaele, from
which alio drew forth a contilvnnee i-f
rubber tubia end bulbs, which slut pro
ceeded to Interpret, with fttnaticul en
thusiasm, its was her wont.
"My new splrome ter.my dear! My own
Invention! You have m Idea! It hus
Increased the cubic compass of my chest
four inches in three weeks! 1 expect to
sell B,'M.0lKI of thm, nt three dollars
each, the first year! The patent roy
alties on SUi.OOO.OOO at ten per cent, will
be $1,500,000 steady Income! I hall be
treated as a pblio benefactor like Morse,
Ether, Morton and Gen. Booth! The
lungs nie the life; we Ahull nil have
chests like pouter plpeons, figures like
Phldlases, eyes like stars, cheeks like
flower petals, digestions like Iron mills
practical, lmmurtnl health and beau
ty! Why look at me!" .
"To be sure!" returned Mrs. Morfleld,
Yelling tho Biarkle In her dark eyes'
with her darker lashes. "May I buy
this of you? You will dine with me and
we'll talk it over."
"You misunderstand me, my dear!
This is the only specimen extant. I
have not yet secured the patent. 1 am
on my way to Washington to do so.
I thought you might like to advance the
$300 to cover the expense, receiving
three shares of stock In return, which
will be at least 1,000 per cent, premium
in six months. You have done me so
many kindnesses, my dear, that I felt
called on to make this return for them.
I have to take my train at 7.30. Do you
dine soon? What did I do with my
spirometer cose? Oh, here It Is Oh,
my! Your pearl necklace! Then you're
going Into the world again? Poor, dear
John!"
"It Is a year and a day, you know,"
said tho widow, blushing a little.
"Aren't they pretty.
"They are! Pearls ore my favorites of
11 precious stones. ' But what are
pearls compared with my spirometer,
either as regards value and utility?
what a nice black lace mantilla this
Is. my dear! You'll be leaving it off
now, I suppose? It reminds me of one
I had once."
"You must accept it as a memento
of our friendship," said Mrs. Morford,
who could take a hint as quickly as
anyone. "And now we'll have dinner.
What Is It?"
This question wan addressed to the
servant, who entered with a card on a
salver. It bore the name of Rev, Wat
son Glen, and in pencil the following:
"Will Mrs. Morford permit her late hue
band's old college chum to lay his
homage at her feet?"
After a moment's reflection Mrs. Mor
ford recollected having heard her hus
band mention a former friend of this
name, but she had supposed him long
since dead.. Should she receive him?
See this Pailt
' Get pne like it from
your grocer and try
You will like it, but you won't
like the imitation. Avoid them.
Outttca-hu rd nitk-,fcitiH al
MmPj tnii wtl -lm ureal twT Ma.
THB S, K. WASStMUOL COMMHT,
CkUHlws,PsllsWhk,PIMlslf.
ifelene-
The manner of his request was attrac
tiveshe liked chivalry In a man. "Ask
him to come up," she said to the ser
vant: and in a minute he made his
appearance.
He was a middle-area man or tail
and elegant flrur set off by a plain
clerical garb and a long black cloak.
His features were regular, nis expres
sion grave but observant, his dark au
burn hair was grlssled to the temples.
There was a white scar, as of a sword
cut, across the outer corner of his left
eye, which gave it a slight eccentricity.
His bearing was that of a finished man
of the world rather than a conventional
clergyman. There was something
agreeably foreign about it.
Mr. Glenn was charming at the din
ner table, whither, after the first Intro
ductions, the three betook themselves.
He had had an adventurous life as a
missionary In various parts of the
world. He had Just returned from five
years tn Cores. A large fortune had
been bequeathed to htm from a man
whom he had saved from a sad end
In early life, who afterwards became
wealthy. His purpose had been to
search out his old chum John Morford
and pass his remaining years near him,
engaged in works of charity. The shock
of finding him no more had been severe.
Though he had never met Mrs. Morford,
she would understand why he had
wished to see her. "The woman whom
my dearest friend loved cannot but be
an object of peculiar Interest to my
self. But you understand you are In
all senses a woman who understands"
he added, with a look that made the
lady's oval cheeks feel delicately warm.
They had a good time. Miss Peeksklll
spoke with noble rage of her spirom
eter; Mr. Glenn promised to take a hun
dred shares as soon as the stock was
issued. The conversation drifted to
precious stones. He described the mar
velous pear of Corea, and produced
four fine black ones from his pocket,
which he had seen the native divers
bring up from the depths of the Indian
ocean. Mrs. Morford held them in the
roft palm of her white hand and ca
ressed them with her rye, her head on
one side. "They remind me of the pend
ants of my necklace." she said.
"You have a pearl necklace?" he
asked. "Are the pearls Corean?"
They sent the servant to brine the
cisf. He examined the necklace with
tho fir of connoisseur. "Yes. they arc
mostly Cureau," he said nt Inst. "Will
you grant inn a great favor?" he added,
beiidinif toward her. She bowed her
head graciously, but Inquiringly.
Permit me to present you these four
pearls of mine. Tlv.-y should be with
their Bisters. I brought them from the
orient with a purpose of presenting
them to rny friend's wife; will not his
widow accept them? For me, of course,
thty can have no value save as thoy
may give pleasure to you."
Mrs. Morford took a breath; she hard
ly knew what to say; she glanced at
Mis Heckskill, sighed, and slowly
Bhook her head with a gentle smile. "I
shall hose to see you here often," she
said, giving him back the pearls.
"When you know me better, perhaps
you will Indulge me more," was his re
ply, lie had the fine taste noi to press
Ilia oiter.
The little party returned tn the draw
ing room. Airs. Moitord replaced the
necklnee cr.S' on the table, and Miss
Peekukill returned to its box the fa
mous spirometer, upon the virtues of
which she had expatiated at length.
The elderly maiden, In spite of the
value she placed on her Invention, real
ly liked pearls as much as anyone, and
was also partial to clergymen. She
could not help reflecting that the neck
luce would become hor well; she would
even have been willing to hang Mr.
Glenn's four black beauties us ear
rings in her ears, and would not, per
haps, obstinately resist accepting tht
reverend gentleman himself Into the
bargain. But he did not truspect her
HE WAS A MIDDLE-AGED MAX.
sentiments; at any rate, he did not re
spond to them. That Is the way in
this world.
Seven o'clock struck, and Mr. Glenn,
in the midst of an absorbing conversa
tion, remembered with a start that he
had a train to take at 7.15. He caught
up in his haste the cloak which he had
flung on the table when going in to
dinner, hurriedly shoook hands with the
two ladles with Mrs. Morford last and
longest and was gone, leaving a favor
able Impression behind him. "That
scar gives him a queer expression,
though, don't you think?" observed
Miss Peeksklll, after a pause, feeling
that a critical attitude would become
her.
Mrs. Morford aroused herself from a
little fit of preoccupation. She smiled,
absently, and said: "By the way. I
haven't written that check. What was
It to be four or five?"
"Three, my dear. You will get your
stock in a month or two. So your pearls
and his came from the same place!
Well, as I will say Is, don't be carried
away. Poor, dear John! Well, I must
be going, too my train is 7.30, you
know." She was pulling on her bonnet.
."Don't forget the mantilla," said her
friend, folding It up as she spoke, and
placing It in the block bag. "It goes
in nicely."
"Thanks, my dear; you are really
very kind. But, dear me, there is no
room for my spirometer case. Never
mind: I'll carry it in my hand. Good
byl I'll write you when I reach Wash
ington. And be careful, remember!
Good-by."
When the beautiful widow found her
self once more alone she sank In a chair,
and remained for fifteen minutes In a
revery. What was she thinking about?
About poor John, perhaps.
At length she rose, moved thought
fully to the table, and put forth her
hand to take up the necklace case from
the place where she had laid It when
they came In from dinner. The action
was half completed before she noticed
that the case was no longer there.
PART It
Bhe looked here and there, at first
merely perplexed, then with anxiety,
rising to consternation. The case was
nowhere In the room; neither was it In
the dinlng-rooom. She rang for the
servant, thinking she might have re
moved tl to hor room, but the man, who
had been with her since she and the late
Mr. Morford first went to housekeeping,
had seen nothing of It. No other servant
had been upstairs since dinner. What
could have beuoin of It? .
"If I might make a remark, mum"
said Thomas, deferentially. As she sig
nified her nasent, he continued: "That
elderly lady, mum, as went out Just
now; she was carrying in a case In her
hand, mum, and I says to myself, says I,
that looks uncommon Ilk tht mines'
pearl case, says I. But In course I spoke
nothing, as not beln' my place, mum."
"That might be It I mean she may
have taken It by mistake for the case
that had her spirometer In it," ex
claimed Mrs. Morford, for the moment
revived. "But she must have left the
spirometer case behind: I remember
they looked a good deal alike."
yes. mum. Then it would seem the
the other case it ought to be here,
mum."
"Yes, of course, it must be here!" But
alas! her friend of twelve years' stand
ing, the subject of. so many benevo
lences, had been tempted and fallen!
She had seised the opportunity, proba
bly while Mrs. Murford was writing the
check, to slip It into her black reticule.
What treachery! What cold-blooded
ingratitude! Mrs. Murford had loved
her friend, and would rather have cast
the pearls back into the Indian ocean
than to have her faith thus terribly de
stroyed. She threw herself down on the sofa,
burled her face in her hands and cried.
Meanwhile the aged Thomas respect-
SHE THREW HERSELF DOWN ON
THE SOFA.
fully withdrew, and with great pres
ence of mind and sagacity sent out a
call to the nearest police station.
Miss Peeksklll had not gone far on
her way to the suburban station when
she was met by two men, who looked at
her somewhat narrowly as she passed,
carrying the bag in one hand and the
reticule In the other. After exchanging
a few words in a low tone, they turned
In their tracks and followed her. It
was already growing dark.
The road turned to the left, passed
some untlnlshed and empty buildings
and took another turn to the right.
When abreast of the buildings Miss
Peeksklll felt herself suddenly seised
from behind, her arms pinioned and a
bunch of some wooley and Ill-smelling
material stuffed Into her mouth.
A piece of cloth was wrapped
round her head, and she was dragged
speechless and sightless, but valiantly
resisting, Into the basement of one of
the buildings and there thrown upon
the ground and hurriedly made fast to a
loose beam. The reticule she had
dropped at the first attack; but tho
leather pearl-case, to which she had
clung desperately to the last, was now
wrenched away from her. A rough
voice bade her make no attempt to es
cape, under penalty of annihilation In
a form too unpleasant to bear ropltitlon,
and then there was a round of re
treating sts'ps, followed by silence.
She lay there a good while, bruised
and half stunned by the Ill-treatment
and frlfht she had sustained and a prey
to the most gloomy reflections.
Breathing was also difficult, and there
was the chance that some one wns on
the watch near by, prepared to make a
bloody end of her should she venture
to stir. At length, however, further en
durance became Impossible and she
slowly, and with pain and difficulty,
contrived to extricate one arm from the
cord which cramped It behind her back.
She next removed the hoodwink and
gng, and would have been altogether
free In a few minutes more, when, to
her unutterable terror, there was a noise
or approaching steps and voices, and
the gleam of a lantern ray gleaming
through the dark. The itimdet era were
come! Sh" drapced herself to a sitting
position, her hair hanging In wituhlike
disorder, her eyes staring horribly, and
let out a shriek that might have split
the tympanum of a bronze bust.
Now, the bearers of the lanterns were
not murderers nor even footpads, but
a couple of policemen following the
trail of the pearl thief. They had
stumbled upon the black reticule In the
road, and by good luck had thought to
explore the building. But the last thing
they expected to find there was Miss
Lesbla Peeksklll, especially in so
strange a plight.
"Why. this Is the very party that has
done the Job," observed one to the
other.
"And looks like she's been done her
self," the other returned. "Say," he con
tinued, "your name's Peeksklll, ain't
It?"
When the maiden recovered her
senses sufficiently to recognize that her
Interlocutor wore the familiar uniform
of the force, she burst into tears and ac
knowledged her Identity. Thereupon
the first speaker informed her that he
had a warrant to arrest her for rob
bery, and cautioned her that anything
she might say would be taken down
and used against her at the trial.
At this Miss Peeksklll fully recovered
her self-possession, with a wonderful
supply of outraged dignity thrown in.
She scrambled to her feet and shook
her first In the faces of her accusers,
launching forth at them a volume of
shrill dentals and upbraiding which
fairly abashed and overwhelmed them.
The gist of her oration was as follows:
She utterly repudiated, scorned and
hurled back the charge. So far from
being a thief, she was herself the vic
tim of brutal robbery and violence, and
the innocent object of Bcandalous sus
picion. She had never stolen so much
as a lump of sugar since she was born.
She had invented a hygiene instrument
of more value than all the pearls In
or out of the ocean; and the thieves
were now doubtless on their way to
Washington to defraud her of her pat
ent. Did Mrs. Morford make this
charge? Let them be set face to face,
and she would soon show them where
was the right of the matter! Mean
while she called upon the officers, at
their peril, to Instantly pursue and cap
ture the depredators, and restore her
her property. Fifteen millions were at
stake; and If it were lost, she would
take care that all concerned would re
gret it.
"Well, ma'am," said the first officer,
as Boon as he could pull himself to
gether, "what you state may be all
right; but the thing is Just here them
pearls Is gone. They ain't been seen
since you left. They was there just
before you left. What's more, the but
ler he seen you carryln' them off. If
you took'em by mistake for your hy-glu
Instrument, why wasn't that left be
"WHY, THT8 18 THE VERY PARTY
THAT DONE THE JOB."
hind in the place of it? But you swiped
'em both, and that s what give you
away. That is to say, that's the charge,
and it's for you to disprove It if you can.
Your yarn about being robbed Is a good
card, but you'll have to show it wasn't
the pearls you was robbed of. One
thief may steal another's boodle, d'you
see, but that don't git the first ono out
of the jug. If you can get ball, so much
the better, but between whiles, I guess
you'd best comt along or u." .
Had! Miss Peeksklll been a man, tht
chances are she would have spent the
night in duress. Certainly few men
would have asked the person- who
caused their arrest to go on their ball
bond. But this was precisely what Miss
Peeksklll did. and Mrs. Morford. being
also not a man. but a woman, and a
power In the neighborhood as well,
caused a magistrate to be routed out,
who Hxed the amount, and by eleven
o'clock that night the two ladle were
locked in each other's arms In the very
drawing-room which had been the
scene of the robbery; they were crying
and comforting and forgiving each
other; and yet affairs, from the legal
point of view, were precisely In statu
quo; neither of them in the least could
explain how Miss Peeksklll had con
trived to take the pearls by mistake for
her spirometer, and. yet to take the
spirometer, too, and until the problem
was solved. Miss Peeksklll was In dang
er of state's prison, unless she Jumped
her ball, which Mrs. Morford entreated
her to do, but which the maiden her
self utterly declined to consider the pos
sibility of.
So the night passed, and tho morning
came.
With the morning .arrived the police
captain of the dlstrlet. and requested
an Interview with Mrs. Morford. The
beautiful woman, pale from the agita
tion of the night, met him robed in a
delicate satln-llned negligee. In the
eastern boudoir, with the morning sun
shine falling aslant through the tur
quoise blue window shades.
"We've got the parties that waylaid
Miss Peeksklll, madam." the captain
said, "and the necklace with 'em. ' They
tell a queer story: it may be straight
and It may not. They say they got wind
of the necklace being out of the safe
deposit, and there was three of m tn
the Job. But one of them, an old-timer,
whom we know as Scar-Eyed Jack, gave
these two the slip, and they'd figured
out that he'd nxed up some disguise
he has a lot of 'em, and Is especially
good in clergymen" Mrs. Morford gave
a start" and was going to have a try
for the pearls all by himself. They
had a description of how the case
looked, and came on here after by the
first train. They saw nothing of him,
but what they did see was Miss Peeks
kill, with the identical case In her hand,
going to the railway depot hot-foot.
Of course they watched their chance
and pinned her. If they could have got
to town they might have been safe,
but we were too quick for 'em, and
nabbed 'em as they came off the train.
Whether there's anything In their yarn
about the third party of course we
can't tell; was there anyone called here
yesterday afternoon besides the lady?"
"Only an old college chum of my late
husband a Mr. Glenn, a clergyman,
who has lived all his life as a mission
ary In India. China and Corea."
"All his life? Then you weren't per
sonally acquainted with him before,
perhaps? I thought not! A good-looking
man, was he. dark red hair, a bit
gray, scar across the outer corner of
his left eye, tnlklsh, good manners, got
a nice way with women? Is that about
It?"
"Ye-es, I don't know but it Is," said
Mrs. Morford, faintly.
'Yes, I expected so. Scar-Eyed Jack,
sure enough. But what gets me is thnt
he should have gone off without the
pearls or. hold on! maybe he"
At this juncture Thomas entered with
a letter und a package, both marked
"Immediate." Mrs. Morford, who was
now much agitated, bowed for permis
sion to the captain, and opened the let
ter. "Dear Mrs. Morford I have to offer
an apology und explanation. I am not
the person I purported to be yester
day. Then I was full of hope and con
fidence; now I am depressed and Hu
miliated; then I was worshiping at
the shrine of your beauty and your
pearls, now I am kicking myself for
my folly and fatuity; then I was a mis
sionary from the romantic orient, now
am a vagabond in the prosaic Occi
dent; then I was Rev. Watson Glenn (I
found the name in an old college cata
logue of your late husband';year), now
am never nuud who, out n any case
am left!
"You refused my pearls, dear madam.
They were not worthy your acceptance.
iou can buy a score such lor a dollar
or two. On the other hand, I coveted
yours, and was firmly convinced that
I took them up, wtth my cloak, from the
table when I was In such a hurry to
catch my train, and carried them away.
But man proposes, woman upsets his
calculations. When I reached a safe
place I opened my case of pearls, to re
fresh my soul with their radiance, and
found them transformed into Miss
PeeksklU's spirometer. At first I was
annoyed and inclined to throw the
thing away; then being, after all, a
gentleman I reflected that the spi
rometer had seemed to be very near
her heart, and that it might make her
happy to have it back. Besides, It did
not belong to me, for I never intended
(I assure you and her) to steal It!-
'As I do not know her address, I ven
ture to send the spirometer to your
care, with this note. I wish, madame,
that heaven had made for me such a
woman as you; had that been the case,
I sh'ould not have been, as I am now,
the adorer whom you will never again
behold, and "The First Victim of Miss
PeeksklUs Spirometer."
"Good heavens!" exclaimed Mrs.
Morford. "And here Is the spirometer,
sure enough. Poor Mr. Glenn I mean
will you ask Miss Peeksklll to come
here?"
'I believe I need not detain you any
longer," bowing and trimming his mus
tache to veil a smile. "I will attend
to that ball bond for you; and mean
while I think we may be satisfied to
take things as they are!"
' (The End.)
The old woman best.
The New One with Her Smartness,
Does Not Fill the Bill.
From the Fargo Sun.
The new woman may improve upon
acquaintance, but at the present writ
ing she Is not a pleasing sight either
to man, angels or the truest of her kind.
The old woman was Binart enough foH
me. She had all her rights. She occu
pied a place In history and In the hearts
of man second to nothing that God has
yet created, and she has aroma in the
world like the smell of the orange
flowers than sweetened Pasadena. As
for me, I would ask no higher tribute
than to be written with the obsolete
race of women. I desire no loftier
meed of mothers whose sons have car
ried forward their blessings in lives
consecrated to all that was truest and
best.
The new woman may vote, but no
ballot that she can ever cast will equal
the prayer the "old woman" offered
when she buckled the sword to the side
of her boy and sent him into battle, or
when by patient precept she guided
him Into useful citizenship and splen
did manhood. The new woman may
ride a wheel, be glib In parliamentary
debate, manage real business concerns,
whip the men single-handed, organize
clubs and wear trousers; she may be
bright and brave, active, hustling and
vivacious, able to take care of herself
and her husband, too, plant potatoes,
plow corn fields and break colts, but I
shall turn her down with my last ex
isting breath unless she preserves her
womanhood through it all. She can
not do that any more that you can pre
serve the flavor of a wild strawberry
after It Is canned, or the perfume of a
wood violet when you have cultivated
It along with garlle.
Give me a lender, but let It be the
one we are used to. The new one will
do for a circus ring, but not for the
gardens, the meadow landi, nor the
path that leads over the hill to the
gruve. '
Will Eatenouch "What have you to-
aay, wauorr
Walter "Roast beef, roast pork, roast
mutton, roawt chicken, sweetbreads, (tib
ial sauce, swaet and white potatoes, ham
cmelet, string beans, tomato mayonnulsu,
pie and pudding,"
Will Entanough "And n cup of tea,
piea." Meaiynn's Uasette.
WILL HAVE NEITHER
TEETH NOR LEGS
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Forecastlat the Horrible Coaditioa el
the Conlai Mae.
0L00MY OUTLOOK FOR MALES
They Are Deteriorating While Wosaea
Are Constaatly Improving, So Says
French 8avaatOther Pertiaeat
Polats ia Hygienic Science.
Says a writer in Household Words:
"The conditions of life are changing
so much that it is natural to. expect
that they will have some effect on the
physique of the race. The outlook, ac
cording to the pessimistic views of
some authorities, - is not particularly
bright in this respect. Here, for In
stance, Is a French statesman who has
been studying military and other rec
ords, and has found from his research
es evidence of a marked progress of
deterioration. In 1610. he says the av
erage helghth of man In Europe, was 6
feet inchea; in 17H0 It was 6 feet
Inches; In 1120 It was S feet 6 Inches
and a fraction, while at the present
time it Is S feet 3 Inches. These fig
ures show a regular and steady de
cline in human stature, and if the
calculation . is carried out on these
lines the alarmng result appears that
by the year 4000 A. D. the stature of the
average man will be reduced to 15
inches. The fact . of deterioration Is
borne out by the experience of the mili
tary authorities of our own and
other ' countries, who have found,
within a few years, a consider
able Increase In the number of
recruits who have been rejected on
account of their falling to reach the
standard of height, even though that
has been reduced In certain cases. As
In some degree tending to counter
balance this unfortunate falling oft,
there has been noted, in this country
at least, a mprked Increase In the
stature of the feminine branch of the
rising generation, with an improve
ment In the physical development due,
no doubt, to the ardor which the sex
of late has begun to take outdoor
sports and physical exercise. Should
this devotion continue, instead of be
ing merely a passing fad. It should
prove beneficial to coming generations.
but is possible that more has been
made of this point than It will really
bear. But if women maintain their
position, -It matters little what may be
come of the men, since it has been dis
covered by a learned German that 3,000
years hence there will be 220 women to
every man! Then, surely, if ever, there
will be the millennium."
II I! u
A LEGLESS OUTLOOK.
The same writer continues: "On an
other view of the matter, our legs are
in imminent danger. According to tho
suggestion of Dr. Emll Young, of Gene
va, In the course of a thousand years
the human race may have lost the ne
cessity of the use of legs. Walking Is
falling more and more Into disuse.
hteam. electricity, tramways, bicycles,
have conspired to change the habits of
the people, particularly in cities, which
are gradually swallowing up the popu
lation. The moneyed will take a cab to
the next street, rather than walk, and
the good old walking tours will be aban
doned. In another generation or two
aerial chariots will be unchored outside
our windows, and electrical coaches
stand at every door, and logs will be
tipernultles.' All muscular activity
will be confined to the hands and arms,
which will lengthen and strengthen,
while the nether limbs will dwindle to
rudimentary survivals. Further meta
morphoses await man in tho futur.v
His teeth are going, and will entirely
disappear, or be dwarfed Into Insignifi
cant remnants by the constant use of
soft foods which need no chewing, not
to speak of the possible introduction of
chemical foods which will require no
cooking or other preparation, and will
scarcely require digestion.. When the
standards of beauty are changed In ac
cordance with these anatomical altera
tions, a person with a fine set of natural
teeth would almost seem a beast of prey.
The 'coming man' will also be bald, and
with the hair the nails will disappear,
while the useless division of the foot
Into toes Is already supposed to show
signs of vanishing. Against these loss
es there must be set the great develop
ment of the brain accompanying the
march of Intellect, for man, as he aban
dons physical exertion, having every
thing done for him by the perfection of
mechanical powers and processes, will
turn ull his energies to Intellectual pur
suits. The prospect Is not particularly
alluring. Big-headed and bald, tooth
less, nallless and toeless, diminutive In
stature, with no legs to speak of. If his
partner, the coming woman, follows
similar lines of development, they will
form a curious pair." We should say
so.
LATE STIPER3.
The old tradition that to eat anything
Just before going to bed was sure to pro
duce indigestion and render sleep Im
possible Is now happily exploded It is
not good, as a matter of fact, to go to
bed with the stomach so loaded that the
undigested food should render one rest
less, but something of a light, palatable
nature In the stomach is one of the best
aids to quietude and rest In bed. The
process of digestion goes on in sleep
with as much regularity as when one is
taking violent exercise to aid It, and so
something in the stomach is a very de
sirable condition for the night's rest.
Some physicians have declared, Indeed,
that a good deal of the prevalent In
somnia Is the result of an unconscious
craving of tho stomach for food In per
sons who have been unduly frightened
by the opinion that they must not eat
before going to bed, or who have, like
many nervous women, been keeping
themselves In a state of semi-starva
tion.
II II II
CATCHING COLD.
The animal body Is the most delicately
constructed thermometer ever devised.
It Is entirely self-regulating, and prob
ably never becomes entirely deranged.
In normal conditions the body con
forms to the temperature of the medium
In which it finds Itself. The control
thus exerted is purely a nervous one
an influence exercised by the nerves
over the minute blood vessels which
cover the surface of the body. There
are two sets of these nerves, one acting
as the signal line by which the temper
ature is recorded In the brain, and the
other serving as a medium through
which that organ transmits its orders to
the blood vessels at the surface. This
mechanism works in perfect harmony
and unison, except under certain un
favorable conditions. Let us endeavor
to discover what these conditions are.
Except In extreme cases of heat or
cold, when these nerves become par
tially or wholly paralyzed, they do
their work faithfully, so that we shall
expect to find the cause of a "cold" In
a disturbance of the brain or an Inter
ference with the orders which It has
sent out to the surface vessels. Obvi
ously It is only the latter condition of
affairs which Interests us..
Fiobably the chief cause of catching
cold lies in the enervation resulting
from the hot-house life which too many
perHcns load during the winter months,
under the Impression that thry are sav
ing their bodies from the shock which
naturally comes from exposure to a cold
and bracing atmosphere. But a gentle
shock of that nature Is precisely what Is
necessary to tone up the set of norves
In questlon.and enable them to perform
their work quickly and' properly. Bod
ies which are hived up in conflnfment
nil winter may blostom out' like the
plants In a "greenery," hut like them
they will be blighted and sickly undr
the slightest change of temperature.
Persons who lead such a life may well
feel anxious for their safety as the
months of chilling blasts and wintry
winds draw near. Persons who are
Just recovering from an acute disorder,
or are still suffering from a chronic
complaint, must be especially careful
of draughts and undue exposure, since
the general vitality Is lowered, and the
nervous system us a whole is conse
quently somewhat less active, but In no
condition will It be found possible to
inure the body, to cold by hiving it up
for the winter, or by living continually
In a state of anxiety. Youth's Com
panion. II i! !!
UNSOUND TEETH.
The belef that unsound teeth belong
only to a highly civilised state of life
seems to be a prevalent one. But J.
Howard Mummery informs us that a
very different conclusion was reached
by his father more than twenty years
ago. after an Inquiry extending over
more than a decade. Over 2.000 skulls
were examined. Including all the avail
able collections in Great Britain.
Among thirty-six skulls of ancient
Egyptians there were 15 with carious
teeth; among 3 Anglo-Saxon skulls,
IS; among 146 skulls of Romano-Britons.
41; and among 44 miscellaneous
skulls of ancient Britons. . Several
other collections gave like results. Ex
amining skulls of savage races, 27.7
per cent, of Tasmaniana were found to
have dental caries. 20.45 per cent, of
native Australians; 4.25 per cent, of
the natives of East Africa, and 27.96
per cent, of the natives of West Africa.
Natuoe.
1 II II II
KEEP THE SHOES DRY.
Keeping the feet dry Is of quite as
much Importance In summer as In win
ter, though many persons do not seem
to realise this. In the heavy dews of
morning and evening the shoes get
damp and suffer seriously, even though
the health may not. It is worth while
to keep a strict lookout as to the cover
ings of little feet. When they come oft
at night It Is well to have an old stock
ing full of dry oats or beans. Put these
into the shoes, tie a string around the
stocking Just at the ankle, and set the
shoe away for the night. The grain
will not only draw out all the moisture
from the leather, but will keep the
shoes In shape without allowing them
to shrink. Rubber boots for men and
boys may be filled with beans or oats
and dried out when all other means
have failed. . There Is nothing more un
comfortable than to put on damp and
soggy shoe leather, and with fore
thought and precaution it is entirely
unnecessary. Ledger,
II II II
IS CYCLING HEALTHY?
There are three sets of opinions
amongst those who have ridden, or do
ride, the cycle as to the effect which
riding has on them individually. It
Is clear that there are some who can
not ride; from the first the exercise
does not suit them; from the first It
wearies them In mind as well as In
body. They try, often under disad
vantageous clreumstanees.overwearied
with mental or bodily work, or suffer
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ing from some symptom of disease, and -
not unnaturally tnese discover ' mat '
what they supposed might be .for their
benefit Is Just the reverse: their nerv
ous centers are shaken, their muscles
are tired and strained, their heart ia
wearied: If they have gout or rheuma- .
tlsm the latent malady comes out: In
a short time they show the bad effect
of the exercise, and, not liking to say
anything by halves, and not believing
they could have done anything fur
which they were specially unfitted,
they are severe In their criticism and
condemn a general system on the
ground of their own Idiosyncrasy. On
the other hand there are men and wo
men of all ages who, entering the
cycling fraternity, find a pleasure and.
a relief In it which are quite phenomen
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ficient to make them feel that they
must hold by the new acquirement, pa
tronise those who excel In It, praise its
many and obvious advantages, and by .
Imperceptible means become on their
part warm and perhaps able. If not.
altogether sincere, supporters of it.
Lastly, there is a third set to whom
cycling comes as a business. For the
sake of saving time, or of carrying
loads or other useful task, they train
themselves In cycling labors and cy
cling habits become, without offense,
cycling animals and find that they can
perform labors otherwise Impossible '
with comparative immunity from In
jury. The evidence which men of
science can alone accept lies between
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affording the best; and the evidence
Is to the effect that, excluding those
who are not fitted by constitution to
ride at their own physical and mental
expense, cycHng is as safe as any other
exercise if It be taken In a moderate
and common-sense manner. The Lan
cet. II II II
FOR CLEANING THE FACE.
Did you ever come home from a dusty
ride, perhaps in a railroad car on a hot
day, and after a most vigorous bath
still feel dirty, particularly as to your
face? And to those who answer affir
matively, as almost every one will, a
lady says: "There are few soaps that
ono can risk using on the face, and
even soap will not remove the grime as
well as the least bit of cocoa butter.
You should be able to get It at any
drug store, but be careful that It Is not
rancid, and get ony a small quantity
at a time, as it Is best to have It sweet.
If you want to test Its cleansing 'pow
ers, put a little of the cocoa butter on a
soft rag after you have washed and
dried your face, wipe off your face with
this, and you will see by the blackened
cloth that It does its work more thor
oughly than soap and water. It softens
the. skin, and, unlike other oils, leave
no traces of greaslness behind It."
Country Gentleman.
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married more f.iun twtlve ycar."
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It's only worth twelve where It uj'i It L
twenty-five."
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