"FOR 1 HE NUiHT COMETH."
Across .the dial-plate, where sleep
A lizard, drunken with the light.
An ever-sliifting shadow creeps
The outstretched hngrr of ttie night,
Uiicropped , undipped, around the base t
The high graft springs, the mullein
towers,
Hiding the legend on the face,
" I Cannot Count in Shade or Showers."
Hut carved beneath, another line
Crioa ita short message to mankind,
II ill hid beneath the rank woodbine
To eyes that see and vet are blind.
Out of the wilderness, unheard,
it call through winter-time and June,
Shouting to all to wake and gird:
"Man, Seize the Hour while yet 'lis
Noon."
A friend of sunny times alone.
It hath no love for darker days:
jrVhen clouds across the sun are blown,
It hungers for the warming rays.
It basks gray-silent in the light.
Content beneath the sun's lull powers;
Above the legend reads aright,
"1 Number b- ' the Sunny Hours."
Like bugles in the dead of night
The high call startles, and the henrt
Iea, as a lark to meet the light,
Eager to do its promised part.
M l, seize the hour, thy work to bless;
Mould thou and shape the instant boon;
Hear ye across the wilderness,
"Use well the Time; the Night comes
soon.
John Williams Brotherton, in Harper's Weekly,
-e-sri
C The Mairoda Ruby.
-st-sie
Marshall Third stretched out a slim
band across the chessboard.
"You will forgive me remaining
seated, Lady Borrodalle. I am, as
you see, an Invalid."
Lady Borrodalle, a pretty, well
dressed woman of flve-and-thirty,
took the proffered hand and discreet
ly veiled the astonishment she could
not help feeling that this man of
whom she had heard such wonderful
things should be helpless and a
cripple.
"You got my note asking for an
appointment?" she asked. "I know
your time Is valuable, but the fact Is,
my jewels, about thirty thousand
pounds' worth, have been stolen, and
Sir Francis Hamon, whom I think
you know, advised mo to come
straight to you and waste no time."
The Vigilant sat upright.
"Thirty thousand pounds! That's
a very large sum. When did you first
miss them? Perhaps you had better
tell the etory In your own way," he
added, hastily. ,
."My husband and I live at. Dun
croft, a few miles from Hertford,"
began Lady Borrodalle. "It Is a two
story house, standing In about four
acres of ground. The main road
.passes the drive gates In front. At
the back and sides of the garden are
grazing grounds and farm land. We
live very quietly when we are there,
and only keep five Indoor servants,
all of whom have been with us for
at least seven or eight years. My
Jewels are kept In a case a red mo
rocco box, with trays and compart
ments. The case measures, roughly,
twenty Inches long by half as much
across and In depth. This case Is
always locked, and I myself keep the
key on a gold chain round my neck
here It Is. The case stands on my
dressing table to the light of the
window. I sketch a little, by the
way and have brought you a draw
ing of the house. I thought It might
be-of use. 'there, you see those two
Windows marked with a cross, those
are in my room.
"In the country I wear little or no
Jewelry. The last occasion on which
I used that In the case was at a ball
In town over a month ago. I re
placed them myself the next day and
locked the case. Since then I never
touched It till yesterday morning,
when I thought I would take out a
tiara which needed resetting. I tried
the key, which would not turn, and
becoming alarmed 1 got my husband
to force open the lid. Not only were
the jewels not there, but the rase,
which was Identical with mine out
side, was not my caBe at all; yet on
the outside it had my monogram,
and was exactly the same even down
to a deep Bcratch In the left-hand
corner. "
, "Have you It with you?"
I "Yes."
Third just glanced at it, and put
It down on the table.
"Did you replace the jewels In
town or when you got home?"
"Not till I got homa. 1 only used
a portion of them those I carried
In separate cases In my dressing bag.
I returned on the 28th, the day after
the ball, and locked them up some
time that evening."
"That leaves a period of thirty
two days In which the robbery might
have been effected." He placed the
case before him, and examined It
carefully with a glass. "This was
made in Paris, I see, and for such an
expensive article it is easy to see that
It hag been made In a hurry. The
lining is very roughly finished, and
some of the leather work is bad. It
baa been made quite recently, too.
The signs of wear on the outBlde and
on the edges are purely artificial, yet
well enough done to deceive a casual
observer. The monogram die was, of
course, cut from a tracing of your
own all of which means that the
robbery had been planned and Bettled
on at least five days before it was
carried out, probably longer. Where
was the ball to which you went on
the last occasion of wearing your
Jewels?"
"At Mrs. Endover's, in Carlton
House terrace."
Marshall Third's pupils contracted
to a pinpoint, aB they always did when
be was thinking hard and quickly.
"Among your jewels. If my mem
ory serves me aright, there was a
ruby known as the Mairoda ruby a
stone with a strange history?"
Lady Borrodalle noddod.
"Yes, that la so, though how you
knew I the fact Is, very few people
know of Its existence. It has a tragic
blory connected with It, and my hus
band has asked me not to speak of it
to my friends not to talk about It
at all, in fact and I hardly ever
wear it."
Marshall Third moved a chessman
thoughtfully across the board in a
long diagonal.
"I remember seeing it mentioned
in the paper at the time of your
marriage, twelve years ago. You
wore It at Mrs. Endover's that
night?"
ine queBiion was rapped out
sharply.
L.aay uorroaane looked a trifle
confused.
"Yes, as a matter of fact I did. It's
i well, it went so well with my tires
I tnought it a pity not to. I've only
worn it a dozen times since It came
into my possession.
The Vigllant's eyes gleamed.
, "You will not wa it sata," he
snapped. "Your other Jewels, yes;
tho Mairoda ruby, no. Ten days ago
there was a small paragraph in the
papers giving an account of a motor
accident at the gates of your country
houso?"
"Yes, that Is so. My husband was
driving. We had Just passed the
lodge .nere is a sharp, a danger
ously sharp turn, coming out of tho
drive on to the main road. Luckily
we always make a rule of going slow
there. Just as we got on to the road
a cyclist coming In the opposite di
rection dashed Into us before we
could stop. We took him straight
to the house, of course, and had him
taken up to bed. We were afraid of
Internal Injuries, for, barring a
scratch or two and a cut knee, there
was little to see, and my husbnnd
drove off straight to Hertford for a
doctor.
"The poor fellow seemed In con
siderable pain, and the doctor could
not discover the seat of the Injury.
He remained there in bed for a couple
of days, and then, at his own request,
he was moved into hospital. He
left, as a matter of fact, four days
ago."
"The papers spoke of the cyclist as
at student at Markham's Hill Col
lege," said the Vigilant, "which Is, as
you may know, a civil service college
where they train, among othars, the
sons of Indian, Siamese and other
potentates. This particular young
man was a Siamese, according to
their account."
"So he told my husband."'
"That letter that he wrote to his
friend contained an exact description
of the outBlde of your Jewel case. I
have no doubt that he succeeded In
getting a tracing, which was also
sent In tho letter.
"Now to go back to the Mairoda
stone. As far back as Its history can
be traced, it has been the cause of
countless murders. It first comes to
light in the hands of a Chinese man
darin. He was strangled, and years
after the stone appears In Russia In
the dagger hilt of a certain Duke
Vlodmlr, who also died a violent
death, and so on for a period of four
hundred years roughly, until your
husband's grandfather won it at the
gaming tableB at Crockford's. Short
ly afterward an attempt was made to
assassinate him; it was unsuccessful,
and since that time its history has
been uneventful.
"Now I will read you one or two
short extracts. Kioto!"
Third pointed to the bookshelves,
and gave an order in a low voice.
The small Jap, soft-footed, laid
some volumes on the table at his el
bow. The Vigilant picked up the
first.
"This Ib an exhaustive work on
fire-worship. Toward the end we find
tkis:
" 'Notice must also be made of the
Gaewaks, an almost extinct tribe of
Northern Slam, who in long past ages
worshiped not fire, but a gigantic red
jewel, probably a ruby of great size
and value, which was supposed to
have burled in Its heart liquid fire
from the sun, so tradition runs; and
though it vanished, or was stolen.
many centuries ago, there still exists
a temple and a sect of priests of this
peculiar worship at a little known
place far up in the hlllB called Mey
rod, or by others Malro.'
"Do you know who wrote thane
weds? Mr. Endover, your host at
the ball that night on which you wore
the stone, and one of the greatest
living authorities on Siam and Its
folklore and religions. He has spent,
first and last, nearly ten years of bis
life there. When you mentioned bis
name just nowl recalled the fact, and
with It another that in an account In
the Morning Post it mentioned that
there were several princelings from
Northern Slam present.
"The case now becomes obvious;
one of those bejeweled princes from
the north aas your rujy and recog
nized It."
Lady Borrodalle started.
"You're right, quite right. One of
them I shouldn't know his, name or
be able to pronounce It If I did
asked to be Introduced tn me, and
through his Interpreter asked mo all
sorts of questions about English
country life, and how we upend our
time."
"Quite' so. He found out what he
wanted, and waited bis chance as
only an Oriental can wait. Finally,
despairing of getllug a glimpse of
jour jewel case, he or one of bis de
pendents arranged with the cyclist,
who was also a Siamese, for that
little scene of the accident, which en
abled them to duplicate the case."
"But why why not have broken it
open?"
"If only that one stone had been
taken they would Inevitably narrow
the field of Inquiry; by taking all,
not only did they make It seem a
commonplace robbery, but having
found that you rarely opened your
Jewel case, they gained days, and but
for your wanting a jewel reset would
have gained weeks la wWh to get
their Mairoda utone safely away.
"The cyclist, eutaring the hospital
empty handed and helpless, would
nuturally be beyond suspicion. Mean
while, the duplicate having been
made, the real thief, the prime
mover, waited his chance and effected
the substitution It would take a mo
ment or two at most, when his plans
were complete."
"But what, shalt 1 co? What can I
I do?" asked Lndy Borrodalle.
"The ouly thing you must ast do, I
If you value your life, and 1 ppak In
all seriousness, Is to attempt to re- j
cover that stone. It Is undoubtedly !
possible to do so, though difficult. It j
Is probably by now well on the way !
to Slam. Should you send any one .
In pursuit they would inevitably lose
their life before they so much as got.
glimpse of the stone, and you, as
the Instigator of the pursuit, would
probably share his fate. Take my :
advice, go away somewhere, take
your dogs and your servants with
you, and leave the house unguarded.
If you do, you will get your other
Jewels back within the week. Mind
you, these men have not stolen any
thing for Its intrinsic value. They
have merely, In their Idea, rescued a
precious and sacred relic from the
hands of an Infidel and an unbe
liever." Ten days later the Vigilant re
ceived a note from Lady Borrodalle.
'"You were right. I returned to i
Duncroft yesterday. The case bai I
been returned intact, with a dupll- J
cate key In gold. I found It In the I
lock. The ruby was gone, but In Itt
place were three magnificent unset
diamonds. I send you one as a token j
of my thanks and my admiration of
your skill." London Answers.
Study of Suicide Causes
POVERTY NOT THE LEADING REASON FOR
SELF-DESTRUCTION.
SMOKE LEM KI EL FOR NAVY.
Admiral Evans Makes a Startling
Proposition to Secure It.
In a recent Issue of a leading mng
azlne. The North American Review,
Admiral Robley D. Evans points out
three of tho great objections to the
use of Boft coal by naval vessels.
The smoke which It emits gives an
mlstakable Indications of the ap
proach of a ship while yet the hull Is
out of sight. If the furnaces are
forced, to get up top speed, flame
will belch forth from tho Btacks, and
even at night might betray the move
ments of a single vessel or fleet. This
second cause, he says, nearly spoiled
Admiral Dewey's shrewd plan for the
Invasion of Manila Bay. Finally, or
ders are Issued to the vessels com
posing a fleet by flag signals, and
sometimes smoke from the stack of
the flagship will conceal the sig
nals. Though anthracite coal was used
In the Federal navy during the Civil
War, the Government now employs
bituminous coal, as dees every other
naval power In the world. The
United States Is the only country,
however, which at the present, time
is known to have hard coal. Admiral
Evans speaks of that material, there
fore, as a "matchless weapon." He
would like to see the Government ob
tain exclusive control of the deposits
for military purposes, because of the
Immense advantage they would give
us In war. In other wordB, he would
have the national authorities buy
the property and stop mining for
purely industrial purposes. To carry
out his Idea something llko $18,000,
000,000 would be required, even If
the owners of the anthracite deposits
were willing to part with them, which
Is doubtful. The scheme does not
seem practicable, therefore.
Perhaps a fresh discussion of the
subject, nevertheless, may lead to the
adoption of some other fuel which
yields no smoke. Admiral Evans
does not like petroleum. He says
that It is all right for a moderate
pace at sea, but it wlfl not facilitate
forcing a steamer's engines, as is
often desirable in war. Still, oil Is
not the only fuel which deserves con
sideration. Coke, which is bitumin
ous coal deprived of its more vplatllo
contents, Is absolutely smokeless. It
would cost more than soft coal, and
probably would bo more expensive
than anthracite. Possibly It would
be disappointing, too, In respect to
the heat It would develop, and In
any case It would be a resource that
spy nation could utilize. But If tho
matter were freshly investigated, the
Government might decide that coke
was the best thing to use.
A Rubber Sidewalk.
The story Is told of an Iowa man
who patented an India rubber side-'
walk. After much lobbying with his
friends among the Town Council, he
was allowed to put down several
yards of it as an experiment. As a
noise absorber It proved most effec
tive, and the early demonstrations
seemed to be living down all skeptic
ism In regard to It so rapidly that the
Inventor's fortune was all but made.
Then the Inventor made a fatal blun
der. To Bhow how solid and strong
It was ho began Jumping up and down
on it with his whole weight. The
walk could not forget that It was still
rubber, and when the ambitious In
ventor planked his heels Into it ho
was promptly pitched over the fence
Into a briar patch. The episode
proved such a joke that the budding
popularity of the new Idea began to
wane, and there are still no rubber
sidewalks iu Iowa. Louisville Courier-Journal.
Indian Methods.
The great medicine man of the
Creek Indians was asked by a United
States commission (of eminent physi
cians): "Can you cure cancer? We
have a patient who has been dying
for seventeen years, and we are un
ablu to do anything for him." The
agea reanian called lor a hot Iron,
uud with It burned . big hole In the
leg of the man where the cancer was
gnawing. The physicians were as
tounded. He explained briefly: "in
dlans no cure cancer; Indian easy
cure burn!" Therefore- burn, bum,
burn, when a dog or snake bites you."
New York Press.
Pigeon Post For Tiny Colonies.
Pigeons are to be pressed Into ser
vice to serve one of the tiny colonies
not linked to ub by cable or wireless.
An attempt Is being made at Montser
rat, one of the Leeward Islands, to
establish a pigeon post with Antigua.
Borne homers have beeu Imported
from England, and, as soon as they,
have Increased sufficiently, attempts
to establish a regular post between
the two islands will be made. Lou
don Tlt-Blts.
The tensile strength of a grind
stone Is consid erably reduced when
the stone is wet,
Conclutlini Ilrtwn by i Chsrlty Ortanliatioa sltst In-
Htltlfttlni Forty thru C t AtUmptf
Suicide Mintil Otrmitmtnt
li the Chief Ctutt.
That poverty rlays a small part In
leading persons to attempt suicide,
and that mental derangement, either
temporary or permanent, Is the chief
reason. Is the opinion advanced by
Orlando F. Lewis, of the Joint Appli
cation Bureau of the Charity Organ
ization Society, which recently made
a special study of forty-three such
cases as reported at Bollevue Hos
pital. Mr. Lewis suggests that there
may be a wide field for charitable
work In visiting persons who report
themselves In need of counsel and
advice.
The result of tin Investigation Is
given by Mr. Lewis In the current
issue of Charities. The arrangement
made with the Bollevue authorities
was that the bureau should bo no
tified when a person who had at
tempted suicide was brought to the
prison ward. The observations were
conducted between April 21 and Sep
tember 17 laBt. Ah to how it was
done Mr. Lewis says:
"The physician in charge of the
ward was first consulted by the vis
itor, the lethod of self-destruction
lenrned, with such other data as the
hospital authorities had secured, if
the physical condition of the patient
permitted an Interview was held, the
patient being approached from the
standpoint of a friendly visitor.
While assistance from the bureau
was always offered, no probing Into
the patient's life was done and few
details were asked, on account of the
patient's general physical and mental
condition. Emphasis was laid upon
the fact that the visitor was there as
a friend in a time of need. As a rule
the patients expressed gratitude for
this interest and often said they
would be glad to call at the bureau
nrter their discharge. In practicall)
all eases the name and address of the
bureau were loft with the patient or
the keeper of trj ward. The vlBltor
became well known to the authorities
in charge of the prison wards; the
nurses and keepers showed a personal
interest In th. cases, assuring the vis
itor that upon the patient's dismissal
they would advise him or her to call
at the bureau. "
In spite of this Invitation, Mr.
Lewis sayB, not one of the forty-three
persons applied at tho bureau after
discharge.
"A reasonable explanation," says
Mr. Lewis, "seems to be that the ma
jority of the patients were from the
self-supporting class. Almost never,
so far as the visitor could ascertain,
were the patients from tho class
known as 'down and out.' "
It was Impossible to learn whether
all tho forty - three persons had
friends or relatives who could help
them, but In fourteen or fifteen in
stances where friends or relatives
were visited, it Is stated, these per
sons said they could care for the
patient. As to the causes discovered,
Mr. Lewis sayn:
"Destitution seemed to play a very
small part In leading persons to at
tempt suicide. In only two cases vas
the .-.ttempt directly traced to pov
erty; in four cases tho patient had
been out of work o- employment, but
this was not of itself a direct cause
of the attempt. Melancholia, tem
porary aberration, hysteria, more or
less violent insanity and ulcoholism
seemed to ca - the attempts In thir
teen cases; excessive Jealousy in
three cases. In five cases the patients
claimed that the attempt was acci
dental; in one case somnambulism
was given as catiBc; one woman was
driven to attempt self-destruction by
her husband's loose life; Illness
caused two attempts; four women
confessed that their Immoral life had
become too shameful and difficult to
bear.
"Poison seemed to be the favorite
method, perhaps because easily ob
tained and supposadly quick In its
action. Thirteen persons sought to
end 'their lives In this manner. Ten
persons were reported to have tried
gas poisoning, but in several in
stances It was claimed that the cause
had been accidental, the gas being
blown out by the opening of a door
or window while the person was
asleep. Six persons attempted sui
cide by submersion, four by shooting,
four by cutting throat, head or wrists;
three jumped from windows, one
threw himself in front of a street car,
and In two cases the method of at
tempt was unknown."
Out of the forty-three cases eleven
stayed but one day in Bellevue, six
but two days and the remainder from
three days to several weeks. Seven
teen were sent to court and the bu
reau lost track of them; five went
back to work, six were sent home,
two woro put in the psychopathic
ward and tho rest were still at Bol
levue when the investigation was
closed.- Not one of the forty-three
made the statement that ho had at
tempted suicide because he had
sought work for a long time and
failed. In regard to the results shown
Mr. Lewis saVs:
"This effort to render aid to would
bo suicides suggests tnat a much
more extended study of would-be sui
cides iu the various private aui pub
lic hospitals of the city could well be
undertaken. While certain conclu
sion! are suggested by tho present
Investigation, tho results are not of a
nature to Justify a final opinion.
Tentatively we may feel that poverty
plays little direct part In causing at
tempts at suicide. Would-be Btilcldes
give a distinct Impression .of not
wanting advice or aid from a chari
table society after leaving the hos
pital. "The attempts at suicide reported
from Bellevue Beem largely due to
mental derangement, temporary or
permanent, In which alcohol plays a
prominent part. When there are rel
atives or friends In the city they seem
ready to aid tho patient on leaving
the hospital. The causeB leading up
to attempted suicide do not seem such
that a charitable society can geuerally
become cognizant of them."
Mr. Lewis suggestn that there may
be another Way of trying to reach
people who want to do away with
themselver In addition to the plan
now being tried by the Salvation
Army's antl-sulelde bureau. His sug
gestion Is that there mny be, In addi
tion to treatment by a special bureau
before the attempt and treatment
after the attempt, still another
kind of treatment by srcletlcs; ntmo
ly. that of visiting all persons who
notify such societies that they need
counsel, sympatr . and advice.
"Charity," says the article, "may,
In a speedy response to such requests,
aid In preventing not only poverty
but self-deBtructlon."
Superintendent Armstrong, of Bel
levue, In commenting on the facts
disclosed, says that while the conclu
sion that poverty plays but little part
sepmed to be justified, he was not
prepared to say that attempts at self
destruction were largely due to men
tal derangement.
"I think that yon are correct," he
says, "that the causes that lead to at
tempts at suicide arc not such gener
ally that a charitable society Is likely
to be cognizant of them. Still, I can
see, In the cases given, that certain
suicides should be reached before
they come to that frame of mind
that makes them believe that there
Is nothing further in life." New
York Sun.
SHIPPING i:;;s BY MILLIONS.
Eg ft ' SCIENCE S3
From All Over the Country Tlicj
Go (0 New York.
The four million' residents of this
city would be helpless if the produce
rind provision dealers did not ran
sack the continent and the railroads
did not bring flesh, fish nnd fowl and
the products of the grain field and
tho orchard.
At breakfast at an uptown hotel
a wholesale grocer of Pittsburg, who
understood something of the prob
lems of food supply, said to his com
panion that he wondered where all
the eggs that are eaten In New York
come from. Here Is the answer:
When the December chill leaves
the hens of Kentucky and Tennessee,
Arknnsas and Texas get busy, their
industry continuing throughout Janu
ary and February. The spring, trav
eling north In March and April, stlrt
the hens in Southern Illinois, Iowa
and Nebraska, and In July and Au
gust Wisconsin, Minnesota and the
Uakotas send us eggs. Every day or
perhaps two or three days a week
the farm and tho hennery send bas.
keta of eggs to the country store
keeper, who pays for them in money
or merchandise, packs them In cases
and sells them to the shipper In one
or another of the large receiving mar
kets. Here the cases are loaded compact
ly in refrigerator cars, In which by
carload and often by trainload they
move to the great industrial and com
mercial centres. They do not all
come to New York. Even Chicago
has to have eggs, to say nothing of
other places, but from this interior
and Western region, from Texas on
the south to the Dakotas on the
north, there came to New York in
1906 4,086,151 cases, containing
about 126,670,681 dozens, or 1,520,
048,172 eggs. Eggs come to New
York from Jersey, from up-State
farms and from Long Island, but in
quantities thut are negligible when
compared with those from the In
terior. Every housekeeper knows what she
pays the grocer for eggs, but she
does not know that the price she
pays a dozen during the season of
shipment seldom exceeds by more
than five cents the price received by
tho Western farmer who takes them
to the country store. During times
of scarcity the price may run up to
ten or twenty cents a dozen higher
than tho farmer receives. Tho rato
of transportation does not change.
Tho railroads receive thirty cents a
case for bringing eggs In refrigerator
cars from Indiana and Illinois and
sixty cents a case from Texas and
Minnesota. That is, the railroads
bring eggs a thousand miles to New
York for a cent or a cent and a half
u dozen and 2000 miles or so for
about two cents and a half a dozen.
The transportation charge that la
paid the railroads has no bearing
whatever on the retail price In New
York. If the railroads performed
their service gratis the consumer In
all probability would pay Just as
much for his eggs. The average
price at wholesale in 1906 was nine
teen cents a dozen, and the total val
uation of the eggs received In Greater
New York, both for domestic con
sumption and for export, wus $24,
067,439. From May to July, the season dur
ing which the greatest number of
hens are industrious, vastly more
eggs come to New York than the pop
ulation consumes. The surplus Is
placed In cold storage for use in the
late autumn and the curly winter.
New York Sun.
Hard to Write Advertisements.
Arthur Brisbane admits that the
advertisment writer has a harder Job
thun the edltorlul writer.
"I may write about anything," he
said. "You have to write about sus
penders. I don't see how you do It.
Yet you deal with one of the greatest
problems of the times distribution,
liockefeller and Ryan have shown us
how to concentrate. You know how
to produce distribution, the greatest
work of the nation.
"Afttr all," he said In conclusion,
"some of the greatest literary men
have been advertisement writers, and
when this nation decided to go Into
business for itself It commissioned
Jefferson to draw up the Declaration
of Independence, as an advertisement
to convince other people that we were
right and that they should patronize
us."
Casslterlte tin ore has been discov
ered In a solid vein In Nova Scotia.
Samples of tho ore, on being assayed,
rontalned seventy-eight per cent of
tin and twenty-two per cent, of oxy
gen. Andrew Carnegie has presented to
Germany and France replicas of the
giant dlplodocus, the original of
which Is In the Carnegie Museum.
He has already donated a similar re
plica to England.
Pipes made of reinforced concreto
for transmitting water under pres
sure have been constructed. These
pipes are really one continuous tube,
each several hundred feet long. In
diameter they are from two feet to
three feet, the longest single section
being 600 feet. The Inside Is made
quite smooth, planed lumber being
used In the forms.
Aluminum Is tho youngest of tho
metals largely employed In the arts,
but the manufacture and the use of
It for a great variety of purposes are
Increasing rapidly. It is estimated
that tho production of aluminum is
now between fifteen and twenty thou
sand tons a year, and all the com
panies American, German, English
and French are planning large In
crease of their plants.
Covering flowers and other delicate
or fragile objects with a thin but
dense coat of bronze so that they re
semble pieces of cast bronze, but are
only one-eighth as expensive, is tho
accomplishment of a foreign firm.
The electrolytic process Is used, and
the article stays In the bath from
twenty-four to seventy-two hours, ac
cording to Its character and compli
cation of detail. It is said tho prod
uct Is most beautiful and differs from
any manufacture now on the market.
Chemically pure copper Is used.
CONTRARINESS OF LITE.
Ambition fired bis youthful sonl
To Imitate the great;
Lik Daniel Webster, Henry CIsy
And others to orate.
But though his efforts to that end
Were ifiligently nut.
Despite his study in the class J
He landed at the foot. '
In other channels then he sought
A way to -win renown
And tried to turn n somersault. A'
Just like a circus clown. ''TSfc
But though he practiced long nnd hard,
Hia aim was balked instead,
And everv time he tried the trick
lie landed on his head.
McLimdliurgh Wilson, in The Sua.
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mi
Wise Robins.
C. D. Robins, of Rose, and Miss
Nora Wyso, of Owl Creek, have been
united In the holy bonds of wedlock.
A girl named Wyse, who lived lii
Owl Creek, ought to know what she
is doing, and tills ornithological
union should prove more than, ordi
narily interesting. Here is hoping
that their nest will soon b full of
little harbingers of spring! Kansas
City Journal.
TRUTH IN TRADITION.
Tentcrdcn Steeple Was the Cause of
Goodwin Sands.
Not many months ago. during a
somewhat heated discussion in the
smoke room of a West End Club, tho
following old Baw was given as a per
fect example of false logic: "Tenter
den steeple was the cause of Goodwin
Sands." But I contended that on the
contrary this was an example both of
good logic and tho persistency and
value of oral tradition. My interven
tion in the discussion was laughed at
by a room full of university men,
many of whom were well known au
thors; and I stood there for some
ten minutes quite alone contending
against this brilliant company of Bri
tons. "But he laughs best who laughs
last," and I stuck to my thesis, Inti
mating, as politely aB I could, that it
was pure iguorance which caused
their merriment. I then gave the fol
lowing account of this classic exam
ple of false logic: When the encroach
ment of the shoals called the Good
win Sands began to be dangerous to
navigation there was some sort of a
commission appointed to Investigate
the matter and if possible to ascertain
the cause. Many expert witnesses
had been heard when ncommon sailor
took the stand and said he had al
ways understood that Tenterden stee
ple was the cause of the Goodwin
Sands. Of course he was laughed at
for his pains by the wise and learned
commission, and his testimony has
served to amuse tho knowing ones for
many generations. But a little
knowledge of the local tradition of
Tenterden confirms the testimony of
the poor Ignorant sailor and turns
the laugh at last upon the commis
sion. A sum of money had been left
by an enterprising citizen of the par
ish of Tenterden to keep the Goodwin
Sands from encroaching upon the
channel. This money was honestly
applied for some time, how long la
not known, and the Bhoals wero kept
clear. But tho time caiqe when these
funds were diverted from their right
ful purpose and were misapplied for
the erection of a steeple on the par
ish church. The sands were thus left
to accumulate, and hence the very
truthful as well as logical saying of
the people that Tenterden steeple was
the cause of the Goodwin Sands.
Here we have a perfect bit of logic,
containing a very Interesting and val
uable historical Incident wrapped up
in a traditional nutshell, which has
been handed on from generation to
generation by word of mouth. Nine
teenth Century.
How Piutes Catch Quail.
These natives have a unique way of
getting quail. For them there is no
closed season, or, indeed, any game
law whatever. Seasons when the
quail come down from the mountains
to the spring the Indians make great
preparation for their capture.
They build a bough house with a
long, slender opening In the front,
formed of tall, straight sticks jet
closely together. Within tho house
an Indian sits concealed, holding a
long Umber rod, which he operates
dexterously through the narrow open
ing. In the early morning when the
birds flock down for water he picks
them off, one at a time, killing them
Instantly.
There is no report In this manner
of hunting to frighten the others
away, and the Indian often gets
enough game In a single morning for
the whole settlement. Los Angeles
Times.
Chicago Police Blackmail.
It is safe to say that no police force
in the country ever was sunk so deep
In tho quagmire of political corrup
tion as are the bluecoats who theo
retically guard the lives and property
of Chicago citisens. The one most
striking Instance of how far Collins'
men will venture in their political
blackmail is that of the Strauss
brothers, whose hotel is In a state of
siege because the proprietors refused
to pay 1100 tribute to tho Dunne
campaign fund. Russia Itself could
offer no example of greater and mora
brazen official corruption. Chicago
Evening Poat.
'-
IPPLtS
"Lushley thinks that automobile!
are a snare and a delusion." "Does
he labor under one cf those delu
sions?" Life.
Judge "Hnve you formed any
previous opinions of the case?" Hen
peckt "No, your honor, but Maria
has." Harper's Bazar.
Old Nurse "By-low, my baby."
Financier s Infant "And sell high.
Give us a lullaby, that's new In the
market." Baltimore American.
Wife "Why, John, how dare yoa
swear before me?" Husband "I beg
your pardon, my dear; 1 didn't know
you wanted to swear." Chicago
Dally News.
Men spoke of her as "passing fair!" i
But Time Hies bv so fast.
Now some of these same uien'declare
She's actually "past."
Catholic Standard and Times.
"Life," remarked the pessimist, "la
really not worth the living." "If
that's the way you feel about It," rs
jolned the optimist, "you should ap
ply for a job as baseball umpire."
Chicago Daily News.
Charwoman "Shall I git me lunch
now, bo as to give me strength for
me washln', or shall I do me waBhln
first, so as to give me a happytlta
for me lunch! I think it's strength I
want most." Punch.
"Hostess "Good-by, darling. So
sorry nurse has come for you. I
hope you and Monty have enjoyed
yourselves?" Darling "Thank yon.
Mother says we've enjoyed ourselves
very much!" Punch.
"Yes," Bald Cassldy, "the poor lad'
glttln' along purty well." "But,"
said Casey, "I thought ye said ho waa
mortally injured." "So he is, but
his hurts alu't quite as mortal aa
they thought at first." Philadelphia
Press.
Governess (In Smart Set family)
"Why, how loving you children are!
Such affection between brother and
slater Is delightful to see." Cllve
"Ycs'm. We're playtn' grown-ups.
I'm the husband an' Barbara she'a
the maid." Puck.
"Your husband says that when he
Is angry he always counts ten before
he speaks," said one woman. "Yea,"
answered the other. "I wish he'd
stop it. Since he got dyspepsia homa
seems nothing but a class in arith
metic." Washington Star.
A terror wild,
This naughty child.
A kicker and a squirmer;
When it bit her hum!
Its uunt cried, "Land!"
And grasped the terror firmer.
Harvard La:upoon.
Another Barring Clause. The Ladj)
"But why can't you get work?"
William "Well, you see, lady, It's
like this 'ere. I'm too poor, ma'am.
If I'd got a million or two to lnvoat
In some goln' concern, I could git a
ob as manager, but I ain't got the
:ash. That's Just 'ow it is." Plck-Me-Up.
"Yes, indeed," said the pretty col
lege girl, "our literary club held a
meeting last night, and I tell you
we Just went wild over Omar Khay
yam." "Gracious!" exclaimed the
rural aunt in horrified indignation.
"It is Just a sin and a shame the way
gals these days are falling in love
with furiners." Chicago Dally Ne"
A Gout Willi a Record.
The only actual living tomb of lit
erature extant is doing business daily
on the battleship Virginia. His name
in full, is Pedro of Guautunamo, and
as late as yesterday afternoon, when
a Times reporter saw him, he was so
very busy that at one time It ap
peared doubtful that he would be
able to dispose of the ship's literary,
supplies.
Pedro is an ancient Cuban goat.
Prior to assuming his present duties
as mascot of the new flagship of tho
Second Divlsiou of the Atlantic fleet
he performed a similar duty for soma
six years on tho second-class battle
Bhip Texas. As a kid he was trained
to eat up useless letters, bulky pam
phlets, and out-of-date orders, and
in the last few years he has earned a
reputation as the most capacious
waste-paper basket on earth. That
he deserves the reputation nobody
who ever saw the animal at work will
deny. New York Times.
No Pangs in Starving.
Novelists write a lot of nonsense
about the pangs of hunger nnd the
extreme suffering that accompanies
starvation, it is all poppycock. Any
healthy poison, with a normal ap
petite, after missing two or three
meals, is as hungry as he ever gets.
After a while there is a sense ot
weakness that grows on one, and
this increases with the days. Then
there comes a desire for a great deal
of sleep, a sort of lassitude that' is
nut iiuploasunt; and this desire be
comes more pronounced as the weak
ness grows. The oud is always la
sleep. There Is no keeplug awake
until tho hour of death. Dillon Wal
lace, In the Outing Magaziue.
Where PoU) Got Her Name.
Tha name Polly applied to the par
rot Is said to have been bi ought to
the North in an early day by flatboat
men who took gram and provisions
down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers
to New Orleans. Patrols were ta
cages ut the door ot many French,
shops, and the Westerners heard the
French say to the birds, "Par lex! par
ies!" pronounced parley, and mean-,'
ing "Bpeak! speak!" Tht word a
they bro.ight It back caua to bs pall.;
Kansas City Time..