t;v ""W.i.rwilW'lUKW-W'.t.is: THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-WEDi UAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1898 5 3 M) Nights in dime fc'rom Black and Whlu "Homo slut lit Harden wet with Ipv ' Tliti words echoed wildly In Ihunton's wind as, escaping by favor of a French casement from tliu crowded reception room, hi; found himself In the plenr mice. Softly the thrill of tho distant 3irusio ioae and fell upon tho still air. Less tuneful sounded the nearer hum if conversation and laughter. Olune lug hack toward the lighted window, the vague yearning for sympathy that had lain tike a cord around his heart all day gripped him close. Then sin affected laugh stung his ear and Itrunton turned afresh toward soil tude. Under his feet lay the tunoolh grans of the (rim lawn. Overhead wan the blue-black Buminer sky, star-Hock-cd and cloudless. Lower tho fairy lights, red, green and gold, twinkled like Jewels among the dark foliage. About him hung the fragrance of the heliotrope. Brunton was young: his soul, new fledged, was Immature, nebulous, and his emotions ntlll of the crudest. Yet us ho looked sky-wards his spirit sunk at the thought of leaving so much beauty and sweetness for ho knew not what. Tomorrow he would leave Eng land to join his regiment and few seemed to know or care. For the first time he felt constrained to mourn the lack of near relatives to fuss and weep over his departure. His coming to Mrs. Derilcks' "at home" had been a mistake too. Having a few hours to fill In, he had come with the Idea that It would pass the time pleasantly. Now he felt annoyed at his folly In su doing. Taking out a cigar he lit a match, which a sportive zephyr playfully ex tinguished. Among the shadows hid a rustle arbor, and stopping Inside the Hhelter of Its doorwoy. he struck a fresh gleam. Flaring up brightly It revealed, huddled up, close to the back wall of the aibor, a shrinking girlish form. Foronostnrlled moment hlskeen gray ryes looked amazement Into frightened hluo ones. "Why by Jove, Oh! 1 say." he ejac ulated lnconsequcntly. The glrllbh face, set in an aureole of golden hair, raised appeal to his. "Oh, please, please, don't tell any body. I only came out here to get eiway from the people." "Did you? Well, I say, that should be a bond of union between us, for so did J." The dying flicker or the wax-match saw an expression of relief across the girl's face. "And you won't tell any body about my coming out heie. It would soem so rude to Mrs. Derrick, you know." "N'ot a soul, honor bright. Hut sure ly you didn't leave the house to crouch tip hero In tho warkV" "Oh, no! It was lovely among the stars and flowers and things; then I heard some one coming, and ran In here till he should go past and so you caught me." He cou'Jd tell that she was smiling a little now, though there was still a lit tle hesitating catch In her voice. "Won't you come out and walk Hgaln?" He was longing to see her. The darkness of the summer house was tantalizing, and chivalry rebelled at the rudeness -jf striking another II Bin. "And you will smoke?" she asked, rising. In reply to his query, and walk ing t the door. "Xu, thanks, 1 don't caie to now. t;uppcise wo stroll aiounil?" The starlight that revealed to Sylvia a soldierly form with short -flopped I'aik hair and a quite perceptible mus '.ich, showed rsrutiton a petite figure, whose robe of shimmering white satin draped loosely from tins old lace that i utlined its square-cut bodice, a string of pearls mound the slender neck the only ornament. For a moment convention triumphed and they were bashful together. There after trio Influence of the June night jri vahed and they Inclined to confi dence, lk'oro they had completely en circled the lawn Sylvia knew that Iirun on whs a soldier, that tomorrow he would sail for India to join his mgl ment. "P. and O. China, awfully Jolly leek cabin U myself." And ere they emerged from the long archway of roses Urunton knew that this was Syl via's llrst party, that she was an or phan and lived with her grandmamma- that at that moment her grand mamma was playing whist In Mrs. Derrick's ante-drawing tooni; that Syl via herself passed endless evenings Playing whist with gtandmamma. Mrs. Dawson (the companion) and a dum my Also that a look In grandmam ma's eye, which seemed to Sylvia to hold a suggestion that in the event of no better partner being forthcoming Sylvia might be called upon to make up a set, had led to Sylvia's taking ref uge In the garden, thus showing that out of her narrower life the woman had the more to tell. "And you have never been any where?" This pityingly, from tiie height of his experiences which were yet to come. "No. never. We always go to Tor quay In winter, but that's nearly just the came as being at home. Do you know, I've never, never once been out of doors at night before!" "Not even to a theater?" No." Poor little girl! I sa.v.V suruik by a sudden idea "your guardian will be some time over whist, won't she?" "Why, yes. The game has just be gun, a.id they won't finish under a rubber." "Well, suppose 1 take Vou some where for half an hour or to to a theater .01 r v&le- hall? .My cab Is wait ing." "Oh!" A gasp of delight followed 1V the Inevitable "But would It not be wrong?" and "I can't go dressed like this." Manlike, Urunton rode much-shod over both scruples. "Oh, nobody will know. Walt hero a moment while I run .to thu house and forage for wraps," Leaving Sylvia In the saP sui luslon of the arbor, he vanished .ft urn I tig npeedlly clad In light top coat und crush hat and bearing a heavy cloak of velvet and furs. "That!" breathed SylMa in a horri fied whisper, when he showed his spoil. "Why. you've brought grand mamma's sable mantle!" "Oh. Ihat'a all right, no long as It's bg enough," replied her fellow sinner, wth a man's easy Indirfcroneo to aught but utility. And as to the encompassing capacity of the matte, "m could bo no doubt. Swallowed up therein nil that was visible or gylvU was a pair of won dering blue eyes and a iiutf of golden lmlr 't one end and two tlnv whlto Mln slipper at the other. To Sylvia the hansom was a char lot dent direct from fairyland for her innvenlcnce to some enchanted world. Tho gayety and glitter of tho London night delighted and amnzed her. At Piccadilly circus Sylvia was entranc ed; In Leicester square she wa.i In ec stasies, and when, having reached the Ming seclusion of n curtained box, she could guzo acioss a valley of dim. smoke-wreathed figure, which the moving marvel of form nr.d color do. lined as a ballet, she acted and moved us though in a dream world. What they wttnemul need not be detailed. It Is not written In the dally papers? Sudlco It to tell that Slyvlu remained obvious to all Ilrunton's hints ns to tho lapse or time until he murmured that tho hour neared 11. Safely In the hanrom speeding home ward Sylvia returned to earth again and sighed at that she felt llko Cin derella having to leave the hall at Its height. And Urunton tentatively sug gested that there had been no prince at her ball; whereupon Sylvia avowed hastily that of course he was the prince then faltered and blushed. Arter that It must be confessed that the trees fringing Ucgent's park wit nessed some callow lovcinaklng. Yes Sylvia, wan sorry, very, very, very sorry ho was going, nnd perhaps when he ictutncd In three years he would have forgotten her. And Urun ton was equally convinced of his own faithfulness, but feared the strain of time nnd absence on hers. Urunton thought he would like their next meeting to tuke place, ns this one had, In a garden; and Sylvia re membered that a certain green door In the high wall encircling her grand mother'?! gtound.s opened on a quite side road. It was quite near; thev could drive around that way and she would point It out. Thereafter the stars witnessed a sol emn compact that, that day three years later, at the same hour. Sylvia would unlock the green door to give Urunton entrance. They were ery much In earnest. Two real tears glistened in Sylvia's eyost as she spoke of the years that the green door must remain closed. And Ilrunton's voice grew husky and ho had dlltlculty in rendering his fare wells as manly as he would have wished. So, as become young lover?, were the twain delightfully disconso late. Ile-entering Mrs. Deri Ic-k'n garden cautiously, the culprits had scarcely gained the safe vantage of the shrub bery before encountering an emissary In search of Sylvia. Lady Martingale was going, had been going for ten minutes, and both her cloak and her granddaughter were to seek. Athwart the little green door the moonlight glinted softly, nnd Urun ton, standing in the shadow of an Ilex, would willingly have dropped the coming hour out of his life. Since his return to England a few days before the memory of this ap proaching meeting has perslstenly oc curred to hhn. As a man of honor ho knew he dare not shirk It. An. yet how painful to lie forced to see Sylvia too look Into those Innocent truthful eyes for of her constancy he hud no doubt and confers how he had chang ed, and to tell bodly that their meet ing had been but an incident, of no moment In the ordering of his life. He must deceive her as tenderly as possible, speak of Eleanor regretfully, at least not let Sylvia guess how en tirely happy their ttn'i n was, or that she, Svlvla, had long eca&cd to lc aught but a pretty, sentimental remembrance to him. Even nf ho schooled himself a dis tant clock struck the hour, and with the llrst faint chime came the stealthy sound of an opening lock. She was there! Gently turning the handle, he passed through the green door and entered Lady Martingale's garden. Heslde tho great stone basin of the old fountain stood Sylvia, the moonlight, sparkling on her hair and adding an ethereal glamor to the sheen of her robe. About her the tall Madonna lilies lent their fragrance to the night. A swift pang smote him as he saw that, as when they llrst met, she wore white, forgetting that he, too, had sought to recapture his former aspect for her view. Her eyes met his in questioning ap peal, anil for a moment a mad rush of pity, romance, affection, call It what you will, overcame him, nnd spring ing forward, he caught her hands. "Svlvla!" "Yes." "You had nut forgotten?" "No. And you?" "1 am here." After the greeting there fell a sense of constraint, which Urunton realized was not all of his making. She was lovely, even more lovely than of yore taller, too, with the lapse of years and with an added something In her expression that was new to him. Behind them the fountain splashed and murmured. Then Sylvia broke the alienee, speaking as If In answer to his thoughts. "You you have changed are not the same. Of course you look older and bronzed. I don't mean that. Hut there Is something else you're manner " Urunton felt there was no escape for hlni. He must tell her, and at once. "Sylvia," he began, breathlessly, "three years Is a long time" "Oh, yes; Is It not?" she Interposed eagerly. "And, you know, one's circumstances alter new people Intervene." "Yes, yes; so they do." Her unexpected acquiescence was disconcerting, but he doggedly stum bled on. "And, Sylvia, I wish to tell you I know It seems mean and cruel but last year I met Eleanor, and" "Hush!" Interrupted Sylvia, suddenly raising her hand, nnd turning In an attitude of listening expectancy toward the lighted windows of the house vis ible ncross tho expanse of lawn. As they paused, mute, from an open easement came a feeble, uiy vague, plaintive, sending Its mossngo Into tho night. Sylvia's eyes sought Urunton's his wondering, hers lambent with maternal ecstasy. "My baby!" she said. A REMARKABLE NEW PLANET. Ono of the Asteroids That Has a Pe- cullav Orbit. From tho London Times. Of all tho different departments of astronomical work "minor planet" dls covery has seemed by far the least In teiestlngand proiltablc. Thoro seemed no end to their numbers--more than ono hundred anil Jifty having hceii de tected within the last ten years; they are too smnll for any markings to bo observed on their surfaces or to nfford Holds for delightful speculations ns to their cllmatca and Inhabitants; they are Just wandering bowlders, us nu merous us the pebbles on the seashore, nnd with, for the most part, scarely more Individuality to repuy the as tronomer for the toll of keeping a watch on their motions, nnd of comput ing their orbits, so that It was with a decided feeling of satisfaction that most astronomers saw the llrst half of the present year go by without a single fresh discovery. The Inst two mouths, however, have each brought n new rupture; the llrst. discovered by M. rhurlols of the Nice observatory, on July 10, having no spe cial claims to attention, but the sec ond, discovered by Heir Witt, of the Urania observatory, Uerlln, on Aug. H, seems to hnve so remarkable an or bit that astronomers will think the la bor spent on the discovery and obser vation of the other 130 or so of those little bodies well bestowed, since It has led to the discovery of this one. The chief interest of "minor planet" astronomy has lulu In the suitability of some of them for use In the deter mination of the fuiidunicntal unit of astronomy, the distance of the earth from the sun. Some of them come suf ficiently near the earth every now nnd then for their instance to bo deter mined with considerable precision. And as tho lelatlvc distances of the various planets can cuslly be ascertained, to know tho distance accurately of one Is to know the dbtanco of all. Uut the 'minor planets," as a body, lie between the orbits of Jupiter und Mars, nnd only one or two ever come nearer to the sun than the mean distance of Mars. The new planet, unlike all Its brethren. If the llrst attempts at the calculation or Its orbit are to be re ceived, has Us mean distance from the sun within that of Mars, and, travel ing In a very eccentric orbit, will ap proach the earth, when It Is at Its near est approach to both earth and sun at the same time within fourteen millions of miles. It will be nt such times our nearest neighbor In space, after the moon herself, but such close opposi tions will only occur about once In thirty years. The time of revolution of the new planet is 64.1 days. Like the other "pocket planets." it is of very small size, say twenty to twenty-live miles in dlnnioter, but on tho occasion of a very close opposition, It will shine as a sixth magnitude star, and, therefore, bo visible to the naked eye. Even at Its most distant oppo sitions it will bo of the eleventh mag nitude, live or six times as bright that Is as most of the more recently dis covered planets. This fact makes It most remarkable that It has not been discovered earlier, and creates the hope that other bodies nearer than Mars may be detected. At any rate, It will revive the Interest in the search for small celestial wanderers, of which It In at present by far the most use ful and Interesting. TYPHOID EASILY SPREAD. Comes in Water nnd May Be Caught in Almost Numberless Ways. Typhoid fever is generally regarded at the pro&ent day, along with cholera and some other diseases, as belonging to theelass of "water-borne" affections In other words, It is believed that the germs of such diseases ale carried, and perhaps propagated. In water. There Is little doubt that this theory of ty phoid fever Is correct, and that In trac ing any extended epidemic of the ell suaA" to Its source we must llrst of all examine Into the condition of the water supply. D; Inking water has been proved to be the cause of the spread of typhoid fever In many epidemics in this country and England, but there Is little comfort In this for those who habitually drink something stronger than water; be cause, although during an epidemic the drinking water may be made ufe by bulling, this is not enough. If the water is contaminated the germs may be Introduced Into the body while brushing the teeth or washing the face. Or, again, salads and fruits which are eaten raw may be contami nated by tho water in which they are washed. Typhoid fever has sometimes been pread In a city whose water sup ply was above reproach by means of milk or Ice. Milk need not bo watered in order to become a vehicle for typhoid germs. The germs may be Introduced Into cans and bottles, while these are being washed In water drawn from a con taminated well or brook, at the daliy. Although destroyed by boiling, typhoid germs will resist a freezing tempera ture for a. long time, and have been found In Ice cut from a pond poisoned with sewerage containing tho bacilli of this disease. Another means of the spread of ty phoid has recently been discovered in oysters. Oystermen frequently place oysters In brackish water near the mouth of a creek or ilvcr In order to fatten them before they are brought to market, if thl place happens to be near the mouth of a sewer containing typhoid poison, or If the creek water bo contaminated, the oysters will take the virus within their sheila and so re venge themselves on those who eat them raw. In some puzzling onset) of typhoid it has been supposed that the food was Infected by files, which had carried the germs a long distance on their foot a strong argument for tnn proper care of food in the Ily season. These are only a few .ny. In which this disease may be rmil, but they ate enough to show that, so far from feeling surprised that tho dis order should be so common, we may lather wonder that wo are not all Us victims. THE SPINET. lleiiejtli Hie rafter, black ami bare. The ant-lent i-plnet stands; Th spiders o'er lis yellow keys Uavu stretched their Winy brands , Around Its w.-uk and tottering I'luuo Tho airy cobweb blow. In lieu of silken tapedtiles That moldered lens ago. Ilat windy nights a c.ualnt old tune comes stealing down the stair; c'.'i- then she walcoa the keys again . ghost with powdered hair. 'J' lie mlco go dancing In and out To melodies hc sung. Wlit'i. fashion tied thu minuet And WuBhlngtou wiib young. Ari.umi her on tho gnriot Hon Her Fhlnlng satins tt all : A haunting sonow dims her eyes: Her faco Is proud und pale. Hut when 1 climb the creaking stair. Tho gusty moonlight falls on nothing bat tho withered herbs That hang along the walls. Ami yet tho vpluot trembles still To that forgotten tune; The aMirs of a rruinliled lost) I.'pon tho keys are strrwn: r And yonder chest below tho oave.i Her gown of i.itln holds, AVIth sprigs of broken laender nctweeii Its faded folilw. Minna Irving In tho New Eifgland Mug. ' aslnc. PflMPT IMPNT Fflft ' AMERICAN CONSULS UOOD WORK HONE ilY THEM. IN EXTENDINO TRADE. Praise from nn English Source. They Well De3ervo to Ue Unlied Ambassadors or Commerce, llut We Ought Not to Chnnge Them Every Four Years. Kioiii the London Mall. I'nlted States consuls are as thick as kings In Homer, or blackberries In the autumn. In nearly every city of the world Inland as well as maritime, and in many little towns Is to be found an oiHelul of the I'nlted States, armed with a commission from his president, fortllled by an exequatur fiom the government to which ho Is accredited, and protected In his olllces by the coal-of-arms of his country. In sixty towns and cities of tho Unit ed Kingdom will the American eagle bo noted by the observant traveler, somewhat rusted, no doubt, In our damp atmosphere, as ho hangs sus pended over the consular door, bdt none the less an evidence of the ubiqui ty of the people over whose broud and now expanding lands ho soars. Of these sixty consuinr olllcers. about half uiu American citizens, the re mainder being Englishmen, performing technical duties In the smaller places. The thirty Americans, though pri marily appointed also for the execution of specified ofllco duties, have become, through public demund und Intelligent direction from Washington (as have their colleagues throughout the world), pioneers of their "fcmntry's foreign trade "advance agents," of their man ufacturers and shlppeis. I have been brought Into contact with many of them In tho course of the past ten years, and I have diligently noted their methods In connection with, und their attitude of mind toward, these new and, l may almost say, Incidental duties. Something of what I have learned I set out here THY TO UE PRACTICAL. Said one consul to me, "Our people are not old enough yet to have learned the meaning of the 'bureaucrat:' our olllelals at home and abroad do not consult regulations, lest they may ac cidentally do more than Is expected of them; and few of u.n would neglect a letter of inquiry on the ground Hint the Information wanted would require considerable time, perhnps some Ingen uity, to 'fish out." Our manufacturers have only lately seriously entered the Held of exnorteis. and wo feel thut we are In a position to help them. We don't write essays or send over ncademlc dis courses, but we try to be practical." "For instance," I said. "For Instance," be answered, "1 meet the proprietor of a newspaper. He tells me he Is using American paper In his machine. I ask if there are faults to be found with the paper or with the business methods of the shippers. He makes several complaints of a technical nature, the most Important of which refers to imnroper packing, and consequent Injury to the goods on voy age. I make a report that night, and In thirty days It Is In print In our journals, and before six weeks have passed 1 receive four letters1 from news paper manufacturers, asking further particulars and detailed information, which Is duly sent." "It was accident that you hcaid about this," I suggested. SOURCES OF INFORMATION. "In ono sense, yes. In another, no. I try to know everybody. I fubscrlbe to nnd attend the chamber of com merce. I live my life among the mer chants. I get to know them and tho sort of business they do, that I may know where to go for Information that may be frankly asked and honestly given; and I nm glad to think that I have several times been helpful In goods to come here that wo want to sell and you want to buy." In another town a very large dealer In iron told mc that he had ju.U had a call from the American consul, who had asked him If he ever Imported any American bo'ts and nuts. I'pon his answeilng In the negative the sug gestion w-is made that there was a posslhlllty of business; but that as prices were cut so fine, the consul could not lulp matters on unless he was supplied with price lists, show ing discounts. Detailed figures were ultimately supplied the consul, show ing the exact prices paid to tho Ger man, French and English manufae tuier; and these, with samples, were sent to the I'nlted States, with full particulars as to freights, custom house ohu'-gos and trade terms. I do not know whether business wns Inau gurated through this action, but it was not tiie consul's fault it no result fol- l0"-0(l. ASSIST Ol'U MANUFACTURERS. Calling once on a provincial consul I found his table covered with little bits of manufactured rubber, mnrked with prices. He had received a letter from a manufacturer In hi.s own conn tiy, he explained, which Inclosed a sample of rubber, cud uslsiVd If that sample could compete In England; und If so, whether It was necessary i send over a traveler: or whether ""other means of opening the business ciauld be suggested "I am sending hlni sain ples of English goods und prices," siid the consul, ' and he can tell tor him-, self what he can do." "How did you cct t'le samples?" I asked. "From the largest people here, und from another firm vjio do not i na nu fact urc I showed the forniet the letter and tho sample nn.i wild: 'If this Is a class or goods that does not compete with vou. please tell nie all about it.' They answered thai it did compete with llicni. but that their pi Ice IIHs. were open to anybody, und they did not fear competition- so they saw me all the Information I want ed. I Und that large manufacturers rarely refuse Information which may easily bo obtained Indirectly. Thoy aw too bioadmlndcd to put potty ob stacles In tho way." "You had to go In person to ;;ot this Information'." I asked. "Yes, It is all personal. A cleik couldn't get It. nnd letteis are not fruitful: but a consul who sits In his ofllco all day Is not much use as a commercial traveler." "You admit you are a. commercial traveler?" I asked. AMUASSADORS OF COMMERCE. "Of course, some call uh ambassa dors of commerce; but that Is only hlgh-falutin' for the same thing. Eng land and the United States are essen tlnlly comiuerclul countries, and con suls have Important duties In connec tion with their export business, Per sonal dignity need not be ru filed in purfuimlug thuso duties effectively. There Is no move patriotic eervice nn American can render his country at tho .iow market for a commodity. That is renljy achieving something; other con sular duties are largely technical." Those creditable sentiments animate mnny of the American consular of ficers. One I knew wns extremely per turbed because his country was ship plug fabulous numbers of sides of bac on each year to England, and receiving rcgulnrly a pound or so a hundred weight less thnn Cunada and Den mark were receiving. He made an ex haustive Inquiry Into the subject, nnd finally sent a report to his country, telling the farmers what sort of pigs to breed from, how to feed lliein, when to kill them, how to cut them up nnd how to euro them, demonstrating that If his dii cottons were followed thous ands of pounds would bo lidded to the Income of his country. He has since, lie tells me, had n heavy correspond ence on the subject, and expects to see some packing houses established which shall cure for the British mar ket alone. INTELLIGENT ASSISTANCE. I could multiply examples Illustrative of the Initiative and alertness of these consuls, but tho nbove will sufucc to show that they are animated by a com mendable national spirit of enterprise, which tnkes, like most Yankee enter prise, a very practical form. I think, however, their work In this direction Is only beginning. It has only lately had Intelligent supervision and guld nnce from Washington, for It Is only a short time since a bureau of com merce was established In their depart ment of stute. That bureau has al ready exercised a perceptible influence on consular work, as Is shown In in creased volutnu und practicality of re ports. The huphazard forwarding of these, nceordlng to the energy, acumen and mercantile knowledge of the con sul, Is grndually being systematized. American manufacturers ready for export business now turn naturally to the bureau. They formulate with the exuctltude of business men u scries of questions covering precisely the points on which they desire Information, and the bureau procures answers through tho consuls. The useful, but homely, "sausage casing" has not been thought too trifling a subject upon which to ask reports; leather has had attention, white lead has been examined, credit systems of different countries have been reported on, markets for manu factured Iron have been diligently searched for, American proprietary medicines have been looked into, pianos and markets for them have been ex ploitedthese are a few of the sub jects, reculled at haphazard, that are dealt with by American consuls, under direction from headquarters. THE ONE FAULT. The buteau of commerce, besides In itiating Inquiries, publishing the re sults In special numbers and editing and controlling the usual monthly vol ume ot leports, systematizes the de partment statistics and maintains and develops a sort of foreign Intelligence bureau. I am told this latter feature Is appreciated and commended by ex porting Inquirers. The fault In the American system is. of course, in the changes made with each Incoming administration: but I am told that opinion Is working fast for permanent tenure; and when this reform Is accomplished American con suls will be, even more than now, ac tive, alert and successful "forerunners of their country's foreign trade." CONSIDER THE SPIDER. His Wonderful Work Made Known by a Maryland Naturalist. From the Ualtlmoro Sun. Dr. Henry Laney, of Cumberland, who does considerable experimenting along scientific lines for a pastime, has lately been studying the lyphonides, a species of spider that builds Its web ovci water along streams ami rivers, with Interesting results. His discover ies in some respects have been wonder f.:l. Ihe Investigation was made for th- purpose of getting photographs of the web for a lecture on entomology before a. s-clcntlfle club. After e-.i erimentlng Dr. Laney found the spider commonly known as the water spider to be a willing, obedient worker: that by changing the position of the intect. to a point he wanted hlni to wink in the spider would proceed with his labor In a most accommodat ing manner, as If nothing had hap pened. Dr. laney made a small wood en frame work, and In this hn coaxed the spider 1 1 spin his web. Naturally, spider webs are not generally located conveniently for photographic purposes and Dr. I aney conceived tho idea of a frame for the- web that he could move to any piece, so as to secure proper lighl and conditions for a photograph. The willing worker Dr. Laney found aloriK a creel,- near-Cumberland whom h i .riled in his Investigation.. After securing the web. which,' In its natural state, is comparatively Invis ible for photographic purposes. Dr. Laney proceeded first to make It ten acious by spraying It with an alcoholic HJlutlon of shellac from a medical atomizer. Though still comparatively Invisible after this treatment, the web could be handled with ease without fear of tearing it. To develop the beau tiful work of tho spider. Dr. Laney.with nonthcr atomizer, sprayed the web with a solution of gallic acid, which made It appear as If frost had settled upon It. The web now seemed to be cov ered with the morning' dew. To com plete the effect. Dr. Laney captured the spider, put him In the death box and then coated him with a shellac. Deftly placing the Insect in the wel. Njn a natural position, he was sprayed Hjiiu game arm. csmg niacK velvet uk-.u. backgraound, Dr. Laney succeed ed tin photographing ono of the most bcaul,iful find delicate pictures In nat ure Dr. lluiivy says: "The spiders dis play wonderful Intelligence and me chanical Ssktll In making these nets. Their in&Klnet Is far above that of the ordinary Animal, Indeed, It quite bor ders on reson. AVhen a large spider desires to nruku a web for himself and he hau somoVllstnnce to stretch It, he does not swinfe. himself, as most people suppose, and let the wind or his mo inentuin take him where It will. He begins his web by parting the Hist guy very close up to the c-orner of the angle. He attache to the other side of the angle, making a short guy. Every guv Increases in length, tiie spider always using the last guy made to carry the next ono over until lie nttnlns the position In which ho wk.ishes to place hln net. The last guy nay be ten feet long and the flrpt one owly a foot In length. "The last two guys become the sup port of tho net. These will ach bo re inforced by at least six sirands. ull laid In the one cable, for the! thorough support of the net. Attoi! this the t-plder travels to the point on) the cable from which ho wants to locae his net. attaches the web to that (point and lets diop to the next iruv. tifcrbv lav- Injr the .first angle guy of the W. Then j . P. H. . K . K K K K . H H 2 m v X V ti it V V X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X IHIE L Scranton Store 12H26 Wyoming Ave. Alteration and Rebuilding Sale. CIlpiiIiiKS from nn l!iui9uiill)- Noteworthy Bnrgnlii List. Since Monday morning last there lias been a con quest of money-savinL' chances in this store that has been looking for its equal since. Greater values than you ever dreamt ot finding on any Bargain Monday you ever knew o arc here every day this week and will continue during this entire sale. Lots that arc closed in the course of the day are immediately replaced by others of even greater importance. Look 'in this space daily for new and profit able attractions. X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X" X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X $1.00 kid gloves49c Ladies' kid gloves, of the finest leath er, the kind we have always sold for one dollar, in sizes 5, S, 5.34 and 6, a rare bargain for those who can be fitted, while they last fortynine cents. Alteration Sale of Ladies' Suits One lot ladies suits, sizes 32 to 50, regular price $9.98, alteration sale &c Q price p5.9o One lot ladies' suits in green, brown and black, reg ular price 6.98, al- 0 teration sale price. .Z.Vo Eighteen serge suits extra quality, in colors, castor, grey, blue and black, plain and also trimmed with braid, regular price $17, alteration sale price y.yo Wc have just a few of our high class suits left, the prices of which have been from S20 to !?25. alteration nQ sale price 1 o.yO One lot ladies' suits.slight iy damaged, regular price $12.98. alteration Q sale price O.VO Alteration Sale of Ladies' Bicycle Suits Six bicycle suits, including shopping bag and leggings, former price $6.98, Q alteration sale price 2.VO Lebeck X"A 'A 'a 'a a A 'a 'a a "a a 'a a 'a "a a 'a 'a he crawls back over tills sain" guy to the top ugain und repeats the act until he has spun eight strands, which make thirty-two angular dlvlslonu In the net. All spiders, as I have oh sered, make tho same kind of a net. with the same number of strands and divisions. "Xow he proceeds to put In the net work by starting from the center, where he attaches his web, then with a clicular motion, traveling from suv to guy, spinning web as he goes, and by Its natural moisture sticks it to each guy, carefully carrying the web In his hind feet to prevent It to. idling oxcept at the point desired by hlin. When he has a small distance of the Inside linlsht'd he goes to tho oulsldo of tho net und llnlshes out any Ir rcsuUir purl of the net that dos not come within the radius of a circle. Af ter the circle has been attained the surai rotary motion is kept up until the net Is finished to the center. "Here comes the most comic feature of net building the test of durability of the work by the spider himself. As soon 'is the net is finished ho puts every guy through the severest test by sharp, brisk jwikes, seemingly suf ficient to tear the whole net to pieces. The spider" . antics just then arc cer tainly amuting. if the spider llnds the web Is not tuul, he will go to the unl of th- guy rope, stretch it until it suits him, and reattach the guy. If tre net still stem.? loose from the center the guy will be cv.n-led from the center to some convenient point to give the net Its proper shape. This Is only done when necessary, display ing the great Intelligence of the in s.ct." A CHINESE LAW COURT. It Very Often Piesents a Scene of Wild Confusion, l-'roiu the .Vonh China Hcrulci. For a peaceful people the Chinese ap pear to be a most litigious race. The moment that a iuarrcl begins to gut serious, one or thu other of the parties is likely to shout excitedly: ,-I will go to the city!" that Is to present his formal accusation at the yameii. The other side threatens the same, and while In u large percentage of cases outsiders contrive to suppress the Im mediate execution of the menace, every one recognizes that the trouble Is only temporarily patched up and may break out In en aggravated form ut any time. If tho nccusatlons presented in these Chinese coutts were contlued to anything like the facts In the case, there would be no case at all for nine tenths of them. Therefore It Is con sidered indispensable to blend with tho real grievance from 73 to 95 per cent, of lletlon. The plaintiff does this ns routine practice. So does the defen dant. When the magistrate happens to feel In a good humur he culls up tho case, or quite ns likely he does so when he Is lu a very bad humor, which bodes III for one side, nnd not Infrequently for both. The Hist part of a Chinese trial Is likely to be somewhat llko the procecdure In one ot our own courts, K n K tt. K P. H V. K . H .K K nn.n ! .t . . , s ,t . .1 . . ,1 ft ,x jr , If n , .1 . ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft X ft ft ft ft ft ft fi ft ill niYGR AsBm Pr JGyKwj ffajwbm! Alteration Sale of Ladies' Capes One lot ladies' double capes in blue, braid trimmed, former price $1.50, alteration sale price vO One lot ladies' capes, among which arc fur trimmed, braid ed and beaded garments, former prices from $4 to $6. Alteration sale 0 price X.9o Fifty ladies' cheviot and boucle coats, in blue and black former price $5, al- teration sale price.. 05 1 lot ladies' lur trimmed capes, former price $4oO, alteration . sale price 1 .41 Alteration Sale of Ladies' Skirts 1 lot ladies' all wool skirts in all colors, former price 4.98, alteration . sale price 1 .49 1 lot ladies' skirts in plaids and checks, former price from $2.50 to $4, j c alteration sale price I .O" 1 lot ladies' moire silk skirts former price $8.98, Q alteration sale price 5.9o & Cor in 'a "a'a a 'a 'a a 'a 'a 'a a 'a a a a a Vi 'A A A a groat deal of formality and an ap parent respect for the majesty of tho law. and especially for Its representa tive, the district magistrate, who In the Chinese unit of government. Hut It Is not long before ull resemblances to occidental procedure fades Into thin air. There are now lawyers to protect the clients. U there really Is any law bearing on the ease lu hand, no ono but experts such as the yamen secre taries know what It Is. Thu magistrate Is hlmclf civil and criminal judge, J my. and practically the appellate court. There Is no man ner of restrajnt upon him In his modo ot asking questions, in the subject ot his inquiries or In his treatment of the principals or witnesses. Tho great ! part ot tho. matter brought Into a Chinese lawsuit would bo entirely ruled out of nnv lirltlsh court as totally Ir relevant to the main Issue. liut In .t Chinese case there often Is no main Issue, or Issue of any kind, except the Impatient shout of the official: "Get out with youl" (hsla-ch'u la), where upon ull the parties retire and not im probably not one of them has the smallest Idea where the cafe has now got to. Neither, perhaps, has tho mag istrate, but for tho fine ho has had enough of tt, and wonts to smoke a pipe or two of opium, and will hear them again when he has a inure con venient season. But before the case has been dls--missed the respective parties have be no means been Idle. I.'aeh of them has told falsi hoods enough to shock a. company prospectus. maker, and an each paity delivers himself of thcsi fabrications the other finds it impossi ble to restrain himself, and hoarsely bawls: "That Is a lie'" To this it W ncessary to repl;-, which Ih done with a volubility greatly in contrast to tho quiet of the preliminary stages, when each replied In a few monosyllabic only. Krom ejuoulalory interruption giving the other parte the lie. It Is but a. stage to angr.v colloquies of some length, in whhli each party struggles to be heard, each reviles tho other vociferously, and neither party Is Interrupted or reproved by tho mag istrate, who Is now engaged In the process of making up his mind on the bn.ils of what he m-os and hears ns to which side has the most of lie. or rea son. In tho worst stages of a ease It often happens that the maghtrato him self dees the levlllng, and. Chinese human nature being what It is It also nomctimos occurs that the worsted par ty lu the suit reviles the magistrate, although thin Is iv.ah. for he may beat tlvm severely for so doing, nnd then decide tho case against them. A Heartless Stratagem, 'How did they stop the elopement'.'' utOit'd Maud. "Uy a deHtestiible pleto of tllckoty, ' re plied Mumlc. "They camu very ne.ir getting away in ?nfrty." "Yes. Hut her father put his lawd out of the window und shouted that her Itat was on crooked, and whon sho grabbed for It she upsflt the tandem." Washing ton Star, I
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