CORNAYLIUS HA -
Twin the godfather etuttered, or may -
hep the priwl;
But, be Iliut it it may, it i certain, t
least,
TW the wan or the other was surely to
blame
Fur preintin' the lad the quare twu.t to
his name.
Foi there at the rhiint nin',
id iv'ry wan list'niii'.
Now didn't his Kiverenre, father
" Kianigan,
Wid nervousness slnm'rin',
lVi hune the child's clum'ritr.
Bupliip it ' Cornaylim llu Ha Ha ITnn
mgun! Wid these words from the priest, inure,
the cute little romii
Up an' stopped his own mouth wid hia
chubby kithoKiie.
An' the dimple broke out an' prosadrj to
li
All the tears an' the frowns from his inno
cint face.
Kor. faix, he was afilier ,
AliMorbin the lauglither
Stuck into hia name by good Father
O'FIanigan!
Now tlini's the thrtith in it.
An' so from that minute
Share, iv'ry wan called tin lad ''Hu-H.t-11a
Ilanuig in.'
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A BALCONY SCENE
Bv CAMILLA
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JtOW. HEN Katharine came back
j( J( to the dinner table after
' O f O answering the telephone
4 J? she looked so sober, es
StOW pecially in contrast witU
lier previous high spirits, thut the
tamily resolved itself into an interro
gation Hirit ut once.
"Harry can't come for me." she said,
slowly.
"Ik that nil? Thou-lit there must
ltave been u death at the very least."
"No, tliat'H not all. 1 1 very kindly
provides me with an escort, and that
escort none other tliau Mr. Randolph
Payson."
"Well, what's the matter with Mr.
Paysou? I thought he was all right."
"That's JuKt what's the matter he's
o invariably and provokingly all right.
He's a perfect para gou of propriety,
ami I shall be stir;- to do something
to shock him. I've half a mind not
to to."
"Oh, Kanharine." interposed her
mother, "you.inust. Harry is depend
ing on your solos."
"Yps. that's (mother thine. Some
o:ie has failPd bim at the last minute
a i l be wants me to sing another. I
liato these concerts for the benetlt of
omethint: anyway; they're always lu
otne stuffy hall, and there's never a
decent piano."
"An unprejudiced observer would al
most be tempted to think you are
cross. Kit." remarked Iter brother. '
"It's enough to make anybody cross.
1 don't sep how Mr. Pay son can recon
cile it with his conscience to take me
in a carriage without a chaperon, but
tarry says he jumped at tin chance.
The idea! Of course it was ull right
to go with Harry."
"Well, dear." said her mother, sooth
ngly, "you must just do the best you
nu. I can't imagine why you feel
o about it. Most sirls would be de
lighted with Randolph Payson as an
escort"
".Most girls are scared blue of him
just the same. It's enough to 'rile'
anybody jusf.to look at him, he's so
absolutely faultier."
Katherine was ready at the Appoint
ed time, and was alone, the other mem
bers of the family, luclndlng the maids,
having gone out. She was positively
nervous about meeting Mr. Payson.
and started violently when the boll
proclaimed his arrival. She picked
up her gioveg to go, but to her horror
her room door would not open! No,
it was not locked, and the knob turned
but did not milaieu. Meanwhile thf
bell rang again. W.iat t.hould she doj
Of course she could not make llitu
bear, and she rattled the kuob and
pounded and pulled to no purpose.
She lived in the lower rlat of an apart
went house, and her room had long
windows opening ou a small balcony.
She rushed out there, only to find that
he could not see Hip front entrance,
but she hailed a lxy. passing.
"Boy." she called, "come here If you
want to earn a dime." The boy came
with alacrity. "Is there a carriage
iu front of the house?" she asked.
"Yes," said the boy.
"Then please go around to the en
trance and tll the gentleman who is
at the door of this flat that Miss Har
rison cannot come to the door Just
now, and ask him to please wait a few
ininuteR. )o you understand it?"
"Yes'm." said the boy. and repeated
the message. Then he started off.
"Oh, come back a minute. Do you
know where the janitor s rooms are?
Then please go and ask him to come
at once lo Flat 1, at-.d fix a door that
won't open. Now. don't tell (lie gentii'
inan that," she added, as she tossed
fiiin a dime.
A moment or two laler, she hear.',
teps, but instead uf the small boy
or the Janitor, It w.-.s Mr. Payson. Her
first Impulsp was to hide, but the (jlare
uf tho street light made her conspicu
ous, so be l ad already seen her. Lift
ing his hat. he said, "Good evening,
Miss Harrison. " as calmly as If u was
Ills dally custom to greet from the lawn
a young lady on a balcony.
"Oh," began Katharine. "I told the
boy uut to tell you."
"The boy," said Mr. Payson. gravely,
"gave me a rather confused message
about a door and waiting and said he
was going for the Janitor. I Insisted
en knowing where I might find the
young lady who had sent him, and
following his directions, I um here."
"Yes," said Katharine, confused.
"May I ask what thetroubla Is, and
if I ran do anything?"
Katharine wanted to tell him he
might ask anything If he would only
take off Ihr.t expression of calm dis
approval which made her feel as Jf
aba were a naughty five-year-old. But
a explained matters. In an embar
rassed, hesitating way, which made
ker appear more charming even than
, ual. I 's l'
"Isn't your door locked" iwMU
"I kuexr you'd uit that. INo I c
HA - HA - H ANNIGAN.
' Now, the "lTa! Tla! Ha!" stack to him
phe a hi nnme,
For the urm a tear coiiid be drownin'
the same.
Xot a c:re lver touched him from that
b!iHut day
But his gift o' the luuglither would drive
it AU'nv.
Wid jokiu' an' rhnffin'
lie niver stopped laughin'i ,
Or if he did stop he immajiate began
agin ;
An iv'ry wan hrnrin'
His laughter o cheerin'
,7it lined in the mirih o' young "lis
1 f u Ha Hunmg.in.
.Share, the throublen o' life are lo pnltliry
an' stnnll.
'Tis a pitv we let tliim disthnrb u at all.
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There is niver a rare but would 1'ave s
m p ace
If we'd only stand up nn' jist laugh in its
face.
Faix, life were a pleasure
If all hid the treasure
Conferred so uiitliiiikin' by Father
0'K',ani:an,
If all could but borrow
That cure-ell for sorrow
IVhsixed bv "Cornaylms Ifa Tla Ifa Tlan
niganl" T. A. Daly, in Catholic Standard and
Times.
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It acted Just this way once before
we've lived here only a week ami the
Janitor said It was r.ll right after he
tiled it, but It won't open now."
An oppressive silence whs broken by
the return of the boy. The janitor
had gone out and his wife raid hp
would be back in an hour or two and
she would tell him.
"An hour or two!" echoed Katharine
in dismay. "The concert will be over
by that time."
"If we hail a ladder. Miss Harrison,"
said Mr. Payson. "Ah! 1 have a
thought. Excuse me; I'll be back In
a minute." and lie turned quickly
away.
"Oh," what will he think of me?"
moaned Katharine. "This is awful!"
and she went Into the room for an
othpr try at the kuob, which, however,
proved futile.
The sound of steps called her back
to the balcony. What In the world.
The carriage, Mr. Payson on the box
with the driver, was coming straight
toward her. As it stopped, Mr. Pay
sou stood upon the seat, from which
he could just reach to climb to the
balcony. As he came over the rail,
ho said:
"We'll just pretend I'm the Janitor
for n minute, while I see if I can do
anything with that refractory door,"
and he stepped Into the room. Ills en
tire manner had changed, ami Kath
arine stood in amazement at the vision
of tht, paragon of propriety in her room
on his Uuees before her door-knob.
What was more, he was running on
w ith merry nonsense the -while, in a
way she could not have imagined pos
sible, lie was obliged to give up the
problem, however, and returned to
the balcony.
"I see but one way for yon, Miss
Harrison," he said. "I'll ask the driver
to stand at the horses' heads, and if
you can climb over the rail-it's not
very high-ni stand ou the seat and
help you down. Can you manage it,
do you think?" Ills eyes were dane
with fun, as he looked Into hers.
Could It be that the precise Mr. Paysou
was enjoying this escapade?
"I oau do It all light." admitted
Katharine, "but. yes, 1 wlii. I mustn't
disappoint Harry."
"Hope it won't hurt your gown," he
said, as he sprang lightly down to the
seat. "That's it; very gracefully done.
Now. take care your dress doesn't
catch. There, that was dead easy.
Now wait a minute. Here you are on
terra tiruia. Ml?s Harrison's carriage."
as he opened the door with a flourish
ami a very low bow Then, to her sur
prise, he mounted to the balcony again,
went In, turned out the light and
closed the window.
"Now we are all right," he said, its
he settled himself comfortably beside
her, and the carriage rolled along.
"We shan't be very ;te, either; only
fashionably so."
"Thank you so much," murmured
Katharine, unsteadily. He turned
quickly to her.
"Why, you poor little girl! You are
trembling! Don't take it so hard. Ac
cidents will happen, you knew, and
'all's well that ends well.' Cheer Up,"
and be smiled so genially that she na
turally responded. Suddenly Mhe
started tip.
"Oh. stop him quick!" she cried.
"I've forgotten my music! What u
stupid "
Payson told the driver to turn back,
then said:
"I don't wonder that you forgot It.
Hut I'm equal to another raid ou your
10O!!"
"Vu must have It, I suppose?"
"I could get along, but my accom
panist ''The carriage stopped at
tite entrance.
"Is tln re a balcony off the music
room, too?"
"Yes."
"Then that's dead easy If the win
dow is unfastened. If not, glass is
brittle." They drove to the side of
the house and stopped, by Katharine's
directions.
"The music Is on the piano In my
muslc-roll," said Katharine, as he
entered the window.
"The telephone Is ringing three," he
called as he reappeared, "Is that your
number?''
"Yes," answered Katharine. "Prob
ably Harry is getting Impatient."
"Shall I answer It? We might as
well relieve kl mind. Or no; I can
find the door and let you in, if you
drive around to the front."
So It came to pass that Katharine
was let into her own home by Mr.
Payson, who, smlllrgly bade her wel
come, the telephone meanwhile ringing
wildly.
"Hello!" Yes, this Katharine. No,
but we're Just starting. No, but we've
oeen hindered. Oh, no matter how.
Ye, we'll couie right along now. Oood
by." "It k Hurry aiifijitfutiuued, "aad
h' wild to know whv I'm not therey'
her cheeks flushing as she remembered
Harry's peremptory question: "Have
you find Payson eloped?"
As they neared their destination, Mr.
Paysou said:
"Suppose we keep the events of th
evening to ourselves, Miss Harrison?
Not that you have anything to be
nshanied of; but I know what your
life will be If Harry Thayer gets hold
of what has happened."
"He Is an awful tease," said Kath
arine. "I never thought, but I'd have
to explain, though. It's kind of you
If we could avoid telling "
"Of course we can. It's agreed, then,
that It's n secret between us."
Harry had no time to question as he
dragged Katharine Into the dressing
room, saying:
"I've had to change the program now
so as to bring your first song later.
"Don't be cross. Thayer," said Mr.
Payson. "Our delay was absolutely
una voidable, on her part, at least."
"That was generous," thought Kath
arine. "And almost as If it was his
fault."
She was at her best that evening,
many telling her they had never heard
her sing so well. Harry and Mr. Pay
son were on their way to her after
the concert, when Harry said:
"Much obliged of you, Payson, for
escorting Miss Harrison safely here nt
last. But I'll relieve you now; I can
take her home." .
"Thayer," said Payson, suddenly,
"how much claim have you on Miss
Harrison?"
"None at nil," answered narry,
promptly, "only she's my cousin, and
I've always known hpr."
"Then I take her home." said Pay
son, decidedly.
"Hope you won't be as long get
ting there as you were coming here,"
laughed Harry, adding, ns Katharine
came toward them: "Mr. Payson in
sists on finishing tip the escorting
business. Kit. so I'm out." .
As they left the carriage. Mr. Pay
sou said:
"Why did you seem so surprised
when Thayer said I was to take you
home. Miss Harrison?"
"Why I thought you must be dis
gusted with uie. I'd made you so
much trouble, and I knew you were so
particular about "
"About the proprieties? I have that
reputation, I know, and I am, I have
no patience with girls who do all sorts
of wild things unchaperoued; but this
Is different. Such a thing might have
happened to any one, and your evi
dent distress proved that you were the
kind of a girl I had always thought
you were. Anyway, I shall be very
glad if I may have the privilege of
calling on you and being admitted
in a proper manner, not 'climbing up
some other way.' May I?"
Katharine assented, and he went on
impulsively;
"I heard you say as I left you to get
the carriage: 'What will he think of
me?' Some time I shall be glad to tell
you exactly what I think of you," and
bis eyes told her then, as she bade
him good-night. The American Queen.
One Way to Make a Living.
The chief Industry of Beth-lehem of
.Tiulea is that of the mother-of-pearl
workers.
The shells nre brought from the
Red Sea, and In the hands of native
artisans are polished and carved, the
larger Into elaborate designs; the
smaller are cut up for rosaries and
crosses. The Work is ull done by
hand, and the methods are amazingly
primitive to a spectator from the home
of steam and electric power. But the
results are extraordinary. The largest
shell we saw was carved lu scenes
from the Birth of Christ, the Agony
in the Garden, and the Crucifixion,
and bad the general effect of delicate
frostwork. Older the magnifying
ghiss every detail was seen to be per
fect in outline aud In finish. It was
executed to order for a wealthy Ameri
can, and was to cost $lii.
About a ITS) people make a living
by this Industry, which Is 500 yeurs
old. In the shop the workmen sit
upon the floor, their benches in front
of them; the air Is full of whitish
dust, and the light, admitted by the
single window and the open door, so
dim that the exquisite tracery of the
wrought shells Is a mystery even be
fore the visitor notes how few, simple
and crude nre the instruments em
ployed. Marlon Hatiand, in I.lppiu
cotl'a. Oualnt Questions.
Do you know that the bayonet was
so called because it was first made at
Bayoune, France?
That coffee received its name for
the reason that It first came to Europe
from Kaffa?
That candy was first exported from
Candla?
Tbnt tobacco was so called from the
Island of Tobacco, the home of Daniel
Defoe's Imaginary hero, Robinson
Crusoe?
That gin was Invented at Geneva
and early became an important factor
lu the commerce of that city?
That the tarantula was a notorious
pest In the vicinity of T'arautoV
That cambric was made at Cam
bra y'f
That muslin was made at Mous
sellue? That calico was made at Calicut?
That dimity was made at Da
mietta? That milliners first plied their trade
at. Milan?
That the magnetic property of Iron
ore was first noticed iu that dug in
the neighborhood of Magnesia?
Ask your friends and see how many
of them know these facts. Washing
ton Post.
Shorthand 1000 Ytars Old.
Prof. Prledrlch Prelslgke, of the
University of Strassburg, has been en
gaged on the translation of certain
ancient Egyptian papyrus MSS. which
he recently discovered at Oxypuyu.'
thus, In Egypt. He baa come to the
conclusion that the art of stenography
was certainly known to the Greeks iu
I'-gypt. In a letter from a certain
merchant, named Dlonyalus, to his uls
ter, DIdyme, dnted November 15,
twenty-seven year after Cbrlet, the
merchant complains that his sister has
not written to him either In the usual
churaeter or Btenographlcally. Prof.
Prelslgke believes the Greeks learned
stenography from the Kgyvtlana and
bases his belief on papyri dated A.
155, In -which an Egyptlun sWtbaud
It mtftliily. ja use.-Sejj;jQrk. World,
A PAVEKENT CFJf HALES' I0XES
t annum lsitnsLrr,
One of the most picturesque towns In
California or on the Pacific Slope Is
Monterey. Historically, it Is the most
Interesting town In the Western
Plates, it was the capital of Alts,
Lsga.t.iUiS jjVV:''-,Vfr
California, where the Spanish held sway
In the days "before the Gringo came."
Father Junlpero Serra landed at Mon
terey, which Is on the bi.y of the same
name, on June 3, 1770, more than six
years before the signing of the Dec
laration of Independence. The mis
sionary prhst preached to the Indians
and founded the mission church of San
Carlos, which Is still In excellent pres
ervation. Many relics of Spanish rlile
are to be seen at Monterey, such as
the old custom house, the jail, etc.
Besides being the capital of the Span
ish province, Monterey was nn Impor
tant whaling station, many of those
great mammals being found In Mon
terey Bay. The wak leading from the
street to the main door of San Carlos
mission church Is paved with the ver
tebrae and other bones of whales. The
accompanying photograph, made at
the end of August last, shows the
composition and present condition of
this remarkable pavement. Scientific
American,
TBE ZAMBESI RIVER BRIDGE, VICTOR
IA FALLS, RHODESIA.
The great steel arch bridge designed
to carry the northern extension of the
Rhodesia Hallways across the gorge
of the Zambesi niver Just below the
famous Victoria Falls In South Africa,
was opened to traffic on Sept. 2, 1905.
The 500-foot spun of the Zambesi arch
ranks It among the large steel arch
bridges of the world. To this feature
of Interest Is added the novelty that
the bridge was erected thousands of
tulles from its place of manufacture
VIEW OF ZAMBKSI AKCU
aud Iu a part of the world which not
many yeurs ago had been reached
only by a few Intrepid explorers.
NEW SHOE FASTENING.
In the illustration below will be
found a shoe fastener entirely different
from any yet introduced.
A Baltimore man Is the inventor,
and he does away entirely with eye
lets and luces and uses Instead a com
bination of straps, eyes aud a buckle.
Iu the fastening operation the normal
overlap is increased, the part of the
upper above the Instep being drawn
toward a point on the rear section and
brought closely against the portion
of the foot Immediately above the heel.
The upper Is divided into two sections,
which are primarily disconnected, ex
cept where they unite neur'the sole
at the Bides of the shoe, the frout sec
tion of the upper overlapping the rear
section, so as to present no apparent
openings between the parts. Straps
fastened to the back section connect
with eyes secured to the edges of the
front sections, the straps being per
forated at regular Intervals and fasten
ing in a suitable buckle. The fasten
ing operation consists In crossing the
straps at a polut ou the rear section
of the upper, which fs directly over
the heel of the foot, after drawing
the straps tightly in buckling their
ends together.
Chans For "Plana" Cook.
The following advertisement ap
peared recently in the "Help Wauted"
column of a certain Journal:
"Wanted A flat servant for a tingle
iaoy.---uarper .weekly.
X
HELD IN PLACE III STRAPS.
NOAHS OF ART THIRTY-FIVE CEX
TUXIES OLD.
In 1807 the French Government es
tablished n special nrcheologleal mis
sion at Susa, in Persia. The mission
was under the control of M. de Mor
gan, the former director general of an-
tiqultles In Egypt, and the Government
has allowed j'Jtl.OOO per year for es
penses. Recently the results so far ob
tained were placed on exhibition In the
THE FIUl'BI AT THE BIGHT IS OF QUEEN
KAPIR ASON, RECENTLY FOUND IK
THE KUIN8 OF BU8A.
Louvre, and a writer In the Illustra
tion, of Paris, describes them as fol
lows: "The chief feature of the collec-
BRIDGE DCKINU ERECTION.
tion is a bronze statue of Naplr Ason
the wife of Kiug Ouutueu Gal, who
lived some 3500 years ago. This sta
tue was presented by the king to his
wife, and It has remained for centurlet
buried at a depth of sixty feet Iu tb
ruins of the acropolis of Susa. During
the past year the laborers emploj ed in
the excavation brought the staKie to
light. The figure was Intact, but the
head was missing. However, as only
some 280,000 cubic meters have beeu
excavated up to the present of the
1,220,000 cubic meters which represent
the area of the acropolis, it Is only rea
sonable to suppose that the bead will
eventually be found. On the base of
the statue tiro carved the names of the
queen, and behind her are two enam
eled lions which weut through the fire
of the kiln at least 2000 years before
Christ.
"In addition to the statue the Ham
urabl code was found carved In gran
ite. This stone is of great value, since
it gives us the civil code of the Chal
deans 2000 years before our own era.
Further, the commission has found
'Koudourous' or property deeds en
graved on stoue which are 5000 years
old, bronze vases, magnificently chased
and dating back 5000 years before the
Christian era, and other relics of a
past age which are of immeasurable
value."
A PIPE-ARCH BRIDGE.
An engineering curiosity, said to be
unique In this country, aud to have hut
one parallel example lu Europe, is the
pipe-arch bridge over the Sudbury
River, which carried Boston's water
supply. The spau is eighty feet, and
the steel pipe, seveu aud oue-h.il feet
In diameter, rises fire and cue-half feet
above the horizontal ut the ceutre. Th
pressure on the abutments when tha
pipe la filled with water Is very gieat,
and is resisted by a mass of concrete
forty feet thick behluf. each abutment
Across the curved iop runs a band
railed foot-bridge. The steel of th
pipe iu the arched portion is five
eighths of an inch lu thickuess.
Lba&sa, the Forbidden Pity, of Tibet,
has lQ.OOO. tnwnla. ' ' . .
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WINGED CARRIERS
OF DISEASE
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T Is probable that the next
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Oiuil'uiltuib Dirrr 111 Bum
tation will be a declara
tion tt war nonlnat flip
musca doniestlcn, or ord
inal y housefly a war to be carried
on as resolutely as that started a few
years ago against the ubiquitous mos
quito. There are still a few medical
men who think that too much has been
made of the germ theory of disease.
Tho facts nre overwhelmingly against
these skeptics; but the fighters of
microbes and bacteria are beginning
to realize that they should not confine
their attacks to the microscopic or
ganisms, but must also demolish the
visible Insects and other carriers of
disease. There Is good reason for the
belief that smallpox, typhus, the
plague, and other deadly maladies nre
largely spread by fleas, rats, nnd other
domestic pnrnsites and vermin, whose
systematic extermination would there
fore mean a large decrease in human
mortality the world over.
In our own country and In Europo
the darkest blot on the good name of
the sanitarians is the wide prevalence
of typhoid fever and the shocking mor
tality among Infants. The waste of
child-life Is largely due to overcrowd
ing, want of fresh air, improper meth
ods of feeding, and parental intem
perance; but these factors lire mostly
in uninterrupted operation throughout
the year, and do not account for tho
sudden increase in mortality during
the months which are consecrated to
the fly. In the Journal of the Royal
Sanitary Institute, nn English medical
officer of health, Dr. J, T. C. Nash,
expresses his conviction that the
musca domestlea is chiefly responsi
ble for this increase. Milk is one of
the favorite foods of files, and the milk
in our houses, especially in the homes
of the poor, is constantly exposed to
their visits. Even when they do not
resort to their favorite method of com
mitting suicide, they contaminate the
milk with the noxious matter clinging
to their feet; and thus the germs of
disease find a new aud favorable me
dium for multiplication.
Dr. Nash takes the position that milk
is even more liable to pollution after
than before delivery to the purchaser.
This may be true, and, if so, it is a
very Important point in sanitation. At
the same time, his convictions (which
are based on observations made at
Southend as to the coincidence of In
fantile diarrhoea with the number of
flies) raise the question as to whether
sufficient attention is paid to flies at
the dairies where the cows are housed
and the milk is stored. All milkmen
keep horses, and Dr. L. O. Howard has
shown that most of the house flies
breed lu horse dung. This furnishes
the key to the remedy, Infinitely
simpler than in the case of mosquitoes.
It would be well to compel farmers aud
others to take measures to keep the
flies from the manure pits, which is
quite easy. That would not only re
duce infant mortality, but decrease
the number of typhoid cases.
In view of what has been said and
whnt is known of the filthy habits of
files, It is not surprising that so many
city dwellers, safe at home, should
come from an outing lu the country
smitten with typhoid. Heretofore
tainted wells have been held responsi
ble for these cases, but In all proba
bility files are very frequently the cul
prits. This probability Is largely in
creased by the sad experiences of our
army in the summer of 1S98. It was
shown abundantly at that time that
the inost careful system of water sup
ply is unsatisfactory if there is sewage
aud if there are flies about to pollute
the food and drink. Surgeon-General
Sternberg knew of this danger. As
early aa April in that year he Issued
a circular lu which he referred to it.
His instructions were, however, ig
nored, with the result that over 21
per cent, of .the soldiers in the encamp
ments that summer had typhoid, aud
over 80 per cent, of the denths dur
ing that year were from this one
cause.
That the Surgeon-General's warning
against files aa carriers of enteric
fever germs should have been disre
garded, at such a cost of life, will not
seem so very surprising to those who
know how slowly, In some cases, great
and important discoveries make tbelr
way to general recognition. Apparent
ly, the Eugllsh Surgeon-General Gall
wey has never heard of flies as car
riers of disease, for In a recent letter
to the London Times he attributed the
typhoid at Bloemfontein to the "grlmo,
dust, dirt of war, which harbor tho
bacilli on the human being, on his
clothes, on his bedding, on his food,
while the overcrowding of tents and
grounds spreads the .disease by con
tact and by lowering vitality." The
grime and dust and dirt and over
crowding of war exist, however, at all
itiines, while the multiplication of ty
phoid cases coincides with fly-time.
It is the same with cholera, which dis
appears when files disappear. A
French man of science, Frofessor
Chantemesse, bus recently demonstrat
ed the role played by files iu the dis
semination of the perms of that dis
ease. Fortunately, us his experiments
proved, the cholera germs In files logo
their virulence after forty-eight hours.
Can it be that the Philistines bad an
Inkling of a great truth when they
built a temple for the worship of
Beelzebub,' the destroyer of files? Mod
ern experience certainly points -to the
conclusion Uiat the fly is the most
dangerous of all animals more so even
tnan the deadly mosquito. It is so, cer
italnly, In our climate, where the
mosqulto'a specialties, malaria and
yellow fever, are much rarer than In
fantile maladies and enteric fever.
But even In India, for instance, one
can easily Imagine that lu cholera
Ume, amid the prevailing horribly in
sanitary conditions, files must slay
their mllllonst-probably quite as many
wlUons as the mosquitoes slaughter
with the malarial germs. How harm
less tigers and snakes seem lu compari
son, or even the tsetse fly and the
other poisonous tropical pestsl Luck
ily, the experience acquired In recent
years regarding warfare ou mosquitoes
encourages the hope that (he house
fly may bo speedily exterminated or
kep.t at bay.. Ejea. la tj mxaL UA:
ma
L
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lariat plague-spot lot Europe, the Ro
man Campagna, the most encouraging
progress has been made. A volume
recently issued by the Societa Italians
per gll Btudl Malartcl .-ontaln Inter
esting details on this point. On the
lines of the Adriatic Railway the per
centage of malarial cases has been
reduced from IK).92 per cent. 'In 18H8-.
189t to 33 per cent.- at present, and
similar reductions nre recorded
among the peasants In various re
gions. New York I'ost,
MOTORISTS' FINES
Trlbntn Levied Upon (tin Speed Fiend
Is EnormoDi,
The tribute levied upon motorists by
the magistrate of the United King
dom during 1004 reached the enor
mous sum of 218,000. This amount
averages very nearly 10 per head for
every car on the road that year.
Astonishing as these figures appear,
it is probable that when the' total of
this year's' tlnes can be made up it
will reach well over 300,000.
The Increase this year Is due to the
persistent manner in which the police
In many parts of the country, and es
pecially In the southern counties,
have pursued their campaign against
motor -ars by means of traps.
"The latest form of police trap Is nn
electrical arrangement," says Stenson
Cooks, Secretary of the Automobile
Association. "A piece of rope is al
most burled across the road nt.the
start of a measured furlong. When
the car touches the rope It starts a
timepiece. Another rope Is laid at the
end of the trap, nnd when the car
touches tills it stops the timepiece.
This Is the most just and reliable form
of trap, for It does not depend for its
accuracy upon cheap stop watches and
unskilled police as timekeepers.
"By the system of patrols which the
Automobile Association has estab
lished many of the police traps have
been completely nullified. At Guild
ford some time ago ns much as 105
was tuken In flues from motorists iu
one day. Now that our scouts are at
work things are very different.
"On two milln roads, working two
days a week, the patrols exercised
the necessary restraint ou 207 motor
cars. But for the association's efforts
at least half of these would have been
fined. We estimate that we save 100
a week on each road." London Ex
press. A Hhop Girl's Pine,
It was not a very cheerful memoran
dum, and the shop girl's look was not
very cheerful, either, as, oa pay night,
she brought it home to her mother.
It was a memorandum of the fines
that had taken a good slice out of her
wages, and It ran:
Standing on chair $ .10
Leaving lets than one yard on ribbon
roll 10
Permitting patron to depart unserved. .25
Lateness M
Gum chewing 10
Krror in addition .Ofi
Writing indistinct duplicate 10
Krror in address 10
Total $ .33
"There are 100 rules posted up in
our little shop," said the girl bitterly,
"und nn Infraction of any one of them
Is fiueable." New York Tress.
When Are We HtrongetT
The lifting power of youth of seven
teen years Is 280 pounds; in his twen
tieth year this increases to 320 pounds;
In the thirtieth nnd thirty-first year it
reaches its height, 3(33 pounds. At the
end of the thirty-first year the strength
begins to decline, very slowly at first.
By the fortieth year it has decreased
eight pouuds, and this diminution con
tinues nt a slightly Increasing rate
until the fiftieth year is reached, when
the figure is 330 pounds. After this
period the strength -'falls more aud
more rapidly until the weakness of
old age Is reached. It is not possible
to give statistics of the decline of
strength after the fiftieth year, us it
varies to a large extent in different
Individuals. Chicago. Journal.
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To Orow Stone Pine Tree.
The bureau of plant industry of the
Department of Agriculture will bring
to this country, for preparation iu Cali
fornia and Oregon, young plants of the
European atone pine.
This tree, scientifically called plnus
plnea, spoken of In the Old Testament,
grows in Southern" Europe, being par
ticularly plentiful in Greece and Italy.
It bears a small, delicious nut that is
used nil over Europe by bakers and
confectioners.
The local consumption of the stone
pine nut is rapidly increasing just
as it is in other Eastern cities, and
to keep the trade at home the Depart
ment of Agriculture will Introduce the
trees here. Washington Post.
The Dutch Snoeeulon. '
The question as to the future occu
pant of tho Dutch throne occupies a
writer in Le Figaro of Paris. A re
vision of the Constitution has become
necessary for the reason that should
the present Queen leave no heir the
throuo would pass to a German prince.
Naturally the Dutch are distrustful of
German princes, and particularly of
this oue, "of whom nothing 1s known
except that he knows nothing of the
country." Meanwhile the fear pre
vails that whether a German prince
succeeds or n republic be proclaimed,
the Kaiser will find omi excuse to in
terfere and gain a footlug lu the coun
try. New York World.
Will Harneas Victoria Falls.
"Niagara was glorious nature; to
day it la power; Victoria is pre.tty,"
pleads Professor Ayrtm, of the British
association in Africa, where the bridge
over the Zambesi River, near the Vlc
iaria falls, has just been opened.
Plans are- forming for utilizing the
power of the falls, which represent
about one-fifth o( Niagara's power,
and fall from more than twice Niag
ara's; height The bridge, which was
opened with much celebration, is one
of the largest iu the world and one of
the most remarkable. It was con
structed entirely In England.
One Girl's Work.
Grace Wales, a 13-year-old furmer
girl living near Sedgwick, is worth a
train load of butterflies that gad the
street, flirt and chew gum. This sea
son she bos cut ninety acres of grain,
cultivated twenty acres of . corn,
plowed forty acres of wheat, har
rowed forty acres of ground and
mowed fifty, acres of Uay, -Kaiia 01
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