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TELEGRAPHY of
THE SOUL
By EDITH M. DOANE
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Extra.' Kvtrar
[in- -brill cfj <•!' a Dembej outside
broke -liarply •• the slkw of the l
warm. sunlit room
"Hon disaster! Wreck of the
limited' Twt'nSj killed! Ex
tra! Extra!"
Tin* girl if .* i<- Hr«» started nerv
ously. S' - pale. ami her eyes
were laand dark with excitement,
she listened intently till the faint
HHiud died awaj then mechanically
••he »mootli> I op u and reread the bit
of yellow jwijter In her hand:
"Limited wrecked; escaped uuhurt;
will be with you tomorrow John
Brouson," the telegram read
With a IStt pa mate cry of relief
uml l<»> -he i»r« e<l the crumpled ye I
low meta**ner to her lip
v.. the next <i.iv -lie listened anxious
ly for his riii- md yet when he tiually
M>MR M.L <M I L THING W 4H ( KEEPIHFL
Vl* BESIUE VOD."
<-ame, tail. knM ihflßliltrrt, crossing
the room to her with a <iulck, easy
Stride. -h- .ii ! ;i: ! no words for the
*!!•! rush ' >y 'i>:•.t. enveloped her,
but i»t<"Hi oiji<"-<. IioMIUK out her
Lands to hi ; the dim. rirelit room.
"Martha M.irMin"'" he said mislead 1
Uj. trasp:! _ the slender. outstretched
hands tlglr y . hi- own And when
she did not >k
"Martha, h. •• 1 made a mistake? l>o
you want iu«- to stay'; Tell iue the I
truth
Y»*s. yes siii' answered tremulous
;y. !«-? vug lM hand- h his in her tu
mult of dt . tit I oh. can you not
•mh* it T*
he said gravely; "I know."
"I never m*-...it tl.it other," she went
■ iu. breaking into low, nervous laugh
ter I knew even when I said !t that
1 didn't rtien yesterday oh!"—the
clasp h< .- -!• a l-i tinkers tightened
•a Ma "l daa't know what 1 should
have done if yuU had"-
She stopj«'d abruptly and, with a
heavy -hud'lfr, i>urst Into tears iu the
stroua tender clasp of his arms.
Some tlmr afterward she slipped
away 112: hi:;, atal dropped Into the
deep ■ tit <-r « .a r drawn up In front
of th»* 1 :i-j A little sigh escaped
h*-r ?■ n.i' - • >ied him to a n»*ighl>or
!ng <*h l*ut truvely and not with her
accustomed gayety.
100 fat oO I <iu do the subject
usti • >»nly at clo-e range." he object-
Staudug on the hearth rug, he smiled
down 1 She was I<«iking straight
I*l'.re !i'-r. wide eyed and motionless,
*ta n,_- ut • the dancing flames. He
regarded her sear.hinglv and aa If I in
filled t« ii.- qpNttM because of her
extreme stillness
"Of what are you thinking'.'" he
ed
Bf.»- turned to him. drawing her
Ure ith quickly The logs In the flre
pl* ■ tl ui< J up iu sudden brilliance,
and for tL first time -he noticed his
pallor and t: •• >.irk circles under his
eyes II * ■ -o, was graver than
!ts wont lu spite of its treat coutaut
"1 have forgotten how hard It was
for you. too. Martin >ald, with quick
contrition "I > you know, Itol»ert"—
«Le sat up suddenly, her eyes dark
witii horror I thought I was there
with you I hoard the shrieks I saw
the red glare of the flames. I felt the
train away and Jar as the cars ahead
< raiJi.-d Into the engine. Oh!"
SLe br .ke off with a long, shuddering
breath
' Robert," she said solemnly. "I did
see It I was—on thai train!"
He looked ut tier strangely, than
•eat'-d himself on the arm of the big
leather <hi rand. slipping his arm
around her, drew her g«*ntly toward |
htm
"It was yesterday," she went on In a j
choked voice nervously clasping and |
uucianpUig his hand "1 was sitting i
here and I kept thinking and thinking •
of you. and then suddenly 1 saw you. j
Tou were strung lu a car smoking and
laughing and talking, and all the while
•ome dreadful thing W HS creeping up |
b**Wb» ynu ck»s!ug in around you and '
you would nf>t -••>■ With all my might j
I cnll««d t" you to come away, and al
most that • - taut came a terrific
jolt and the horri i grinding sound of
SMMII UV ! ' •• Ito close my «y<M |
to th«> blinding . r. of the -prending
flames, and tbeu I was here again-
Just slttinc her«' l»efore the Are at
home."
K sot s! «Ik h»-r, and he drew her
Th< u sin* w .-ut on again, nerv
suslj, iu a half voice, a Ut
ile paiiw l>etween each s««oteuce.
"The dr-'am haunt.d me. Then your
i-aine. sh<- changed
her |x»sltioii -i aewhat and regarded
him eaniestly 1 «I.i not dreatn It. I
saw It Teil nil' that you believe 1 did
not dream It."
He nodded, retarding her gravely
"But how could I se«» it when I was
her<- tn this room all the timeV she
w»*tit on. with a little laugh Then her
nerves, already -trained to the break
tnc p' ut irav.. way, and her slender
taody '|UIV»T >d * th heavy sobs.
The ciiKp „112 |, ti. - reassured her
He dr n I h> Ito his shoulder, and
tiny - t in - .-in the fast darken ;
In-: r>*om onl> |>y the flames ;
h-aplut: in and <•« t l»'t heavy '
bar*
II!- voh'e. intense and hushed, was
the to break the Kileuee.
1 Was In the 112: .111 part of the train ;
In the snio'.iing car," he -aid gravely, j
"I had tin -le d one i-igar and was /
Bnout to take another Indeed, the '
cigar case was In my hand, and I was !
Just aliout to offer it to my companion !
when 1 looked up and saw you. There J
you were, standing Just inside the door j
at the end of the car. 1 remember j
you standing there, so 1 must have
seen your whole figure, but all that 1 i
j noticed were your eyes intense, com
1 telling, electric with some message-- '
fastened on mine with a look of pas- j
siouate, agonizing appeal.
"I do not remember that 1 was sur
prised. My only thought was that you ;
! wanted me As I went down the aisle I
' toward you. you opened the door and
passed swiftly into the car beyond,
your eve-, with their compelling ap
peal. still fastened on mine. So in this
fashlou, in a sort of trance, I followed
you from car to car till we stood in
the observation car at the end of the
train.
"Then I came to my senses. I start
ed to call you. to cry out, and Just at
that moment," he went on, his voice
tense whh emotion, "the train struck
an open switch, and the engine left
the rails and plowed into the ground,
tearing tip the track for yards."
Man' a pressed closer to his side, and
he bent ami touched his lips to her
forehead
The logs in the fireplace burned low,
and the room grew dim and vague and
mysterious In the uncertain light.
"The two cars followed the engine
the smoking ear and one other—jam
i mod into it and were crushed, the Are
from the engine setting them ablaze.
Most of the occupants were either kill
tal or severely injured There were
some slight injuries to the passengers
In all of the other cars except the
1 last."
Ills voice was heavy with emotion.
"Every one in the observation car,"
be said unsteadily, "escaped unhurt."
Muti'iillne Curiosity.
At Eaton hall in the days of the old
IMlkc of Westminster there stood on
the mantelpii ce of the principal guest
chamber a " lock of somewhat remark
able desigu I nderneatli hung a card
bearing the legend, "I'lease do not
touch me." This room was set apart
for bachelor visitors especially. An
eminent politician to whom this room
had been allotted asked his host one
r evening after dinner the reason for the
I prohibitory Injunction. The duke n*
j plied "1 have often contended with
: my wife that women are more curious
| than men. To satisfy me of the con
trarv fact she has placed the clock to
which you refer In the bachelors' room
with the notice aflixed to It. There
suit has been that every man, with one
notable exception, who has occupied th«
room has asked me the reason of the
notice." "And who," inquired the
visitor, "who, may I ask, was the nota
ble exception?" "Mr. Fawcett, the
postmaster general," was the reply,
"but then, pour man, he was blind."
Women Iloxers.
Many modern Englishwomen smoke.
Some of them used to be expert box
ers Ann Field of Stoke Newlugtou,
donkey driver. Issued this challenge:
"Well known for my abilities In box
ing in my own defense, having been
affronted by Mrs. Stokes, styled the
European championess, do fairly invite
her to a trial of the best skill in box
ing for £lO fair rise and fall, and
question not but to give her such
proofs of mv judgment that shall
oblige her to acknowledge me cham
pioness of the stage to the entire satis
faction of all my friends." Thereto the
gentle Elizabeth Stokes replied: "1
have not fought in this way since I
fought the famous boxing woman of
Billingsgate twenty-nine minutes and
gained a complete victory six years
ago, but as the famous Stoke Newlug
tou woman dares me to fight her for
the £lO I do assure her 1 will not fall
meeting her for the said sum."
BulldltiK Wreckers.
Perhaps no band of men in the world
suffered such constant injuries. If not
death, as the corps of building wreck
ers to be found In every large city.
They visit a building *'hlch has been
gutted by fire, the tottering walls of
which are still standing and which ac
cordingly are a menace to pedestrians
It Is the business of these wreckers to
pull the walls down, and a half hour
spent watching them at this work
brings the quick thrill as nothing else
lu our humdrum urban civilization can
They swarm over the swaying walls
with reckless Impunity, fastening ropes
here and there, preparing for the long
and strong pull. Frequently the walls
go In simply because of the weight o'.'
the men at work upon them. The lad
les are dii£ out of the mass of iron and
brick, und the work goes on as If uotfi-
Ing ha<l happened.—Technical World.
A Ciar and a WliwilhnrroiT.
When Osa? Peter the Great visited
England In 1698 William 111. hired
Bayes Court, the manor house of Dept
ford, for use as his court and palace,
near the King's dockyard, wl>ere he
proi»os«d to Instruct himself In ship
building and to work us a shtpwrlght.
Durlng his tenancy the czar every
morning either wheeled his favorite
Menzikoff or was himself wheeled In a
barrow In every direction over the
cherished beds, walks and borders,
trampling all Into one general wreck.
A path was broken through Mr. Eve
lyn's famous and almost Impregnable
holly hedge, which was 400 feet long,
i 8 feet high and 5 feet thick. In short,
he did so much damage during his
three months' resilience from January
to April 21 that Mr. Evelyn had as
compensation £l5O from the govern
m«nt
Grout In HIM Mite.
Mr. Robert Barr once showed a por
trait of Mark Twain to a silk merchant
of Lyons "Tell me who that Is," Mr.
Barr said. The merchant gazed at the
portrait and answered, "I should say
he was a statesman." "Supposing you
wrong In that, what would be your
next guess?"' a«ked Mr. llarr. "If ho
I ■ not a maker of history he Is perhaps
a writer of it a great historian, prob
a !y. of course it is Impossible for me
t > guess fleer .-ly except by accident,
b Iti e the adjective 'great' because
lam ■ ,vlu 1 this ni in is great In his
line, wh .lev r It is. If lie make- silk,
mak th • best." Mr. Barr told the
Fre , 'h Merchant who the portrait rep
resente land - ild, "Von have summed
him up iu your last sentence."—London
News
1111 <1 I* |k •-M 112 .
"Americans know absolutely nothing
of one of (la' greatest cities of all Eu
rope " said a returned traveler. "I re
fer to Kuiiapi'-t I to you believe It has
ov. i- three-quarters of a million Inhab
itant- and I- foremost iu many of the
ain id s.-iences? Take my word for
It Wl \ It has a university with near
, ly .">< o students and 230 professors.
The ! uliev was developed lu Buda
pest Mo-t of the population Is Mag
yar. Hilda has the finest Jewish syna
gogue In the empire. The Danube, dl
i vidlng Buda from Pest, is a l>eautiful
stream, spanned by magnificent
bridges The largest electrical works
Iu ail Europe are In this wonderful
city."—New York l'ress.
SPELLING AND
SUSPICION
Bv COLIN S. COLLINS
Copy right i K*V», 1»\ Homer Sjirugue
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j With a gesture of impatience Elder
rose. After nine months on a foreign
' mission the little flat seemed wonder i
fully homelike, md he had hoped for
an evening of quietude. Probably it
was one of the chaps who had heard
of his return and who had looked him
up with the lies I of intentions.
It was all very kind of him, but Fl
der would rather he had remained
away until the morrow, and it was
with a slight frown that he threw open
the door leading to the hall.
He gave a start of surprise as he per
ceived a woman's figure silhouetted
against the brighter light in the hall,
but Flder was accustomed to receiving
strange visitors at all hours, and lie
stepped aside to permit her to enter.
It was not until they were in the
tiny sitting room that the girl threw
back her veil. Elder started back.
"Erica," he cried, "this i- most indis
creet."
"You receive other women on busi
ness." she defended as she clasped her
hands.
"On bu-in he repeated. "Surely
y HI ■ n have no business with a de
feet e."
Y't.h a little cry the girl sank into a
■ "J .-k Brayton told me at the
B.'Uii n to ' i'ait you were back." she
said. I could not sleep until I had
s •en y -u. I cilme on from there. I
had g>ne I' consult Mr. Bennington.
I shall tak-* only a few minutes."
Curim; ly Filler watched her, the wo
man he had loved for years. Yersed
in the play of expressions, he could see
that It was something serious which
had h-d her t > violate convention, but
he could not imagine what had brought
her to seek his aid.
"I suppose you know," she went ou,
"that Fncle Jim Is dead?"
"Mr. \Yes!,"otl?" he gasped. "Why, I
saw him the night 1 left. He looked
good for a do/en years."
"He was killed," the girl went on.
"There was an effort made to make it
"CONVJCTEI*!"' lit GASPED. "WHY, I'ACL
WOl'Ll* NOT HAVE KILLED A FLY. '
appear a suicide, but the letter he was
supposed to have left upon the table
was found by the coroner to lie a
forgery."
"Have they any clew?" he asked, his
professional interest aroused.
"They say that Paul did It," she said,
crying softly. "He was convicted yes
terday."
"Convicted," he gasped. "Why, Paul
would not have killed a fly."
"There was a handwriting expert
who testified that some of Paul's char
acteristics were found In the letter.
They had a darkened courtroom and
lantern slide enlargements. Paul was
uncle's sole heir, and he was known to
be lu debt."
"Have they taken an appeal?" he
asked. "Surely the case will not IHJ un
contested."
"There Is an appeal," she answered,
"but Viuceut, the lawyer, says he has
no hope; that he cannot hope to contro
vert the expert's evidence. Can you
belt) me?" She rose from her chair and
held her bands toward him.
"I can and will," he answered heart
ily. "Believe me. Erica, before the
next trial comes we shall have the
proofs ready and Paul will go free."
For a moment she looked Into his
eyes. Then she dropped her veil and
turned away. "I must go now," she an
nouueed. "Will you come to me tomor
row
"I was there tills evening," he said
simply. "Tfiey told me you had gone
out. but I heard nothing of the trial I
will come at 11."
He learued little that was new lu the
morning. Paul Westcott was James
Westcott's sole heir. He had been
caught lu a hole lu Wall street, and It
was believed that he had committed
tlie murder In the hope that he might
realize upon this fact to borrow the
money to save his margins. A letter
announcing the action as a suicide was
clearly shown to be a forgery, though a
clever one. Mid the case Indeed looked
black
Elder came away from the house dis
heartened. lie was certain that his
friend had not committed the murder,
but even to one of the best detectives
i l I! • CotWlt .. !i ea • lool.ed hope
les...
He went to the I i wye; .- and arranged
for a copy of the testimony, and when
that was forthcoming he shut himself
lu his room to study it.
At the end of a couple of days he
locked the typewritten pages in his
desk and gave himself over to his so
clnl duties. Elder was a detective
through love of the work, not because
It was neces.-ary for him to earn his
living lu this fashion, and on those
rare occasions when not engaged In a
pursuit lie we. welcomed in fashion a
ble homes.
His reappearance in society was ac
cepted as being an acknowledgment
that there was nothing to be done for
Paul Westcott, for he - known to
have been Erica's s'.ii o M.d it was
argued that if there \\ : ay hope lie
would have disappear. in se.p.-h of
the murderer.
In spite of this Erica seemed h"o m ui.
and the trial, through political intiu
ence, was pushed to appeal. <iordon
Westcott, her cousin, waa opposed to
the haste and argued violently against
It, but he had always been hostile to
Elder, and It was natural that he
should object to any of the latter's
suggestions.
I
As iu (In- previous trial, the evidence j
hinged almost entirely upon the letter.
There was brief testimony to the ef
fect tluit Paul Westeott had been In
danger of hein£ wiped out iu the mar- !
ket to prove motive. It was shown
j that upon his arrest he had been un
able to negotiate lo i'il I nd had lost
'■ heavily. Then the prosecution put In
; the evidence of a handwriting expert,
j who had testified at the previous trial
, and who discussed learnedly the indi- j
i vidua 1 peculiarities that, even in a for- ■
irery. will unconsciously betray them- '
i selves.
Almost letter b\ letter he compared
the formation of the characters of the .
supposed last message with Paul's 1
handwriting, and with each fresh slide i
there was more tirmly established In |
the minds of the jury the fact that ■
Paul must have written the letter.
With the letter the prosecution rest- j
etl the case, and the defense began. [
Elder was the first witness, and, to
the surprise of every person, he took ,
his stand by the lantern which had j
figured so spectacularly at both trials. !
lie tirst flashed upon the screen half j
a dozen examples of Paul Westeott's
handwriting and then In succession
showed another hand displaying many
of the same characteristics.
"You will perceive that the two men
who.-e handwritings ' have shown
have many traits in common," he said,
"but in his eagerness to prove guilt by
angle and curve the previous witness
has neglected his orthography.
I"The first examples were those writ
ten by the defendant prior to the com
mission of the crime. The ones last
j shown were written In his cousin,
; who studied under the same tutor in
| his uncle's h •■use. 1 will now show half
la dozen examples of the late .Tames
■ West cot t's handwriting, asking the
Jury to note that In every instance
'until' is spelled properly, us it was iu
the cxami ies shown of Paul West
; colt's hand. only in (lordon West
fcrtt's letters will the word be found to
be persistently misspelled 'untill,' as
was the ca.-e in tin- forgery. A writer
I unconsciously betrays himself, but in
: this instance It was the spelling, not
1 the formation, which told tales.
"1 also show a letter from Gordon
; West ott to a money lender, written
immediately after the murder, iu which
lie calls attention to the fact that, us
I Paul West cot 112 could not inherit, the
estate would be divided between hlni
' seif and his cousin Kriea and that then
he would be able to make the deferred
| payments."
| The defense rested its ease, and as
| soon as the opposing counsel had sum
-1 med up the jury br night in a verdict
j of "Not guilty." and Gordon Westeott
I was placed under crest.
Erica, her arm a bout her brother's
j neck, reached for.' ard In the cab.
"Fred." she -aid, "I will take back
all I * d about not marrying you un
! til you gave up your detective work."
j "What's the incentive to give it up,"
| he laughed as he kissed her, "when a
i simple matter spelling pays me so
j large a fee'.""
Tilt* T«*M of I lard U4* MM.
| A good tifuiiv people ap|tear to think
! that resistance to a low is a test of
' hardness in minerals, whereas it is re
sistance t > erosion. Ignorance of this
fact led U ii:au not long ago to experl
; meat on what appeared to IK- a large
| and unusually clear garnet of rather
| light red color He took a hammer to
It and smashed it to atoms. A diamond
; is the hard- st substance iu the world,
yet It may I** broi en by u tap from a
, hammer or even a l'a. 11 on the sidewalk,
j as it is apt to split along any of the
cleavage lines, which are parallel to
| Its faces. Experts test an undeter-
I mined gem first with a tile and after
with fragment of stone of differing
hardness If it yields to the tile. It Is
a glass or something no more durable
than that.
People Who Never s«ee*e.
"Africans inner sneeze," said a globe
trotter, "and their descendants, the
colored people of our own land. If they
are pure blooded, don't sneeze either.
A cokl, damp atmospheric condition is
i the cause of sneezing. Since it Is prac
tically never cold and damp in Africa,
no 111 nll sneezes there whether lie be
native or foreigner. The natives, be
cause they have never sneezed iu Afri
ca, can't sneeze when they leave Afri
ca for the same reason perhaps that
one who has never been In the water
can't swim when he fulls overboard.
At any rate, be the reason what It
may. the fact remains that the Afri
can, either in the Jungle or on Broad
way, never rends the air with a kw
' choo." New York Press,
j
Can»l I.nek* In ( hlua.
The contrivances 112 ir locks along the
Grand canal in China are very simple—
stout boards, with ropes at each end
of them, being let down edgewise over
each other through grooves In the stone
{tiers. Boats are dragged through and
up the sluices by means of ropes com
municating with large windlasses
worked on the bank, which haul them
safely, but very slowly. Artificial
basins were hollowed out in the banks
of the canal at these locks, where boats
might anchor securely. The sluices
which keep the necessary level are of
very rude construction. Soldiers and
workmen are constantly in attendance
at these sluices, and the danger to boats
is diminished by colls of rope hung
I down at the sides to break the force
of possible blows.—Technical World
Magazine.
(Hi! Time Astronomer*.
Kepler, the astronomer of the seven
teen lb century, explained rather quaint
ly why so many mediaeval astronomers
were obliged to dabble lu the occult
sciences. "Ye overwlse philosophers,"
he wrote to his "Tertlun Intervenlens,"
"ye cen tire this daughter of astronomy
beyond her d"serts. Know ye not that
she must support her mother by her
chanus? The scanty reward of an as
tronomer would not provide him with
bread. If men did not entertain hopes
of reading the future in the heavens."
Mr. SpurKeon it* a Smoker,
The i{e\ \Y William# In his "Per
sonal Reminiscences of <II Spur
geon" tells an anecdote concerning tho
great preach* r as < smoker. Some gen
! tleman wrote to Mi Spnrgeon, saying
he had heard he smoked and could not
beiieve it tr>' • Would Mr. Spnrgeon
write and t> I hint if if really was so?
The reply sent was as follows: "Dear
I my weeds Yours truly. »'. 11. Spur
jfoon."
Mow c<> It »a*t tli«* Sl«»i»t Oyiiiri,
Select large oysters and have them
scrubbed thoroughly, then place them
In the oven in a large tin with the
round side of the shells down, so that
when th '\ open the liquor will not be
lost As soon as they do open remove
the upper shell, sprinkle them with
j salt, pepper and chopped parsley, add
i a little butter and serve hot as possi
ble on a bed of water cress. Oysters
< served iu this way make an excellent
! first course at dinner if accompanied
by thin slices of brown bread and but
' ter.
THE LODGE.
In >fin> TOW ii N ll IIIIN Ileoonie tlir
Great Social < eater.
Tin* lo*l.ire lias bct'oiii*? tin? social cen
ter of luanv a town. 11 is 8o to a
greater degree perhaps in the west
than iu the east. On the plains dis
tances |, -twecn population centers are
greater, the ties of old family acquaint
ance are lacking, the fraternal order is
the one thing that knows no barrier of
wealth or position. The fact that many
of the orders admit men and women to
their ineaibi r-hip on the same terms
add- to the strength of the social
claim; it also brings about odd situa
tions.
"1 am going downtown tonight," re
marked a country town banker one
evening to his wife. "The lodge meets
this evening."
"That will leave me alone," was the
response, "for Anna" (their one serv
ant i "is going to lodge too."
"Yes." agreed the husband. "We be
long to the same lodge."
This ven equality brings about a
comradeship that In the newer commu
nities makes easier the ways of life.
You have an employee In your oflice or
store. He works with his coat off, and
through the day you consider him but
little. You do not ask his opinion or
defer to his Judgment. But ou lodge
night when you enter the portals—a
lodge door, though It may admit only
to the second tloor of an unpainted
frame building, is always a "portal"-
you make your obeisance aud mystic
signs before a dignified potentate in
robes of red and yellow whom you
recognize as your employee.—C. M.
Harger in Atlantic.
A DROP OF WATER.
It IK a World Teeming With
Sti-iiKHliiiK Life.
In a single droit of uufiltered water
may be seen in miniature the tragedy
that goes on perpetually In the world
at large, for in the little drop there Is
a whole universe of life, with all Its
terrible and death dealing competition,
with all Its mystery and woe.
It was a French biologist who iu
vented the method by which this won
derful state of things is demonstrated,
lie called the method the "hanging
drop t-lide," and it Is beautifully sim
ple. A drop of water from the edge of
an ordinary pond is placed In a hol
lowed out space on a small strip of
glas> ami sea let 1 with a bit of thinner
glass. And now day after day and
night after night the hideous business
going on In that one drop of perfectly
j clear and apparently pure water may
be watched and studied at the leisure
of the observer.
The drop of water is a world in it
self. Multitudes of animals swim
about iu it with plenty of room. The
giant worms with tremendous swish
ing tails, of whose approach one is
made aware by the confusion and pan
ic of the smaller creatures scurrying
out of the way In fear of their lives,
and countless bacteria inhabit that
drop as their permanent and proper
home and their ranging place.
Alcohol In t'olil Weather.
A scientist thus explains why It is so
dangerous to use alcohol in the polar
regions: A moderate use of alcohol
causes a depot of fat. Alcohol Is not
turned into fuel in the muscle and
nerve cells, but as a pure fuel
In the organism and replaces the com
bust HI of fat. Alcohol is therefore
dangerous in the extreme cold because
it assists the throwing off of heat in a
great dem The ei.ect !•> as If a
stove in a room should be heated red
hot and then all the doors and windows
thrown open. Ileut produced by mus
cular work In the body is best obtained
from carbohydrates in the food; but,
besides this, the indispensable produc
tion of heat is best obtained by fats.
This explains the instinctive choice of
the food of men. In the tropics they
eat little fat and much fruit, while the
polar dweiler requires immense quanti
ties of fat to keep up the bodily com
bustion.
A !•<*. -.!*;«*ut iluiiner.
One of the most energetic nest build
ers is tie* marsh wren. In fact, he has
the habit t i s-jch a degree that he can
not stop with one nest, but goes on
building four or five lu rapid succes
sion And there is nothing slovenly
about his work either. I/ook among the
cattails in the nearest marsh, even
within the limits of a great city, and
you will find his little woven balls of
reed stems, with a tiny round hole lu
one side. There Is a certain method
even in his madness, for the nest in
v. lui.il K-. wife is brooding her seven
or eight eggs is less likely to be found
when there are so many empty ones
around. Then, too, he uses the others
as roosting places for himself.—London
Opinion.
tlulte n DllTereiioe.
"You won't be able to enjoy the same
luxuries after you're married."
"Why not? I'm able to afford them."
"Oh. yes. I just said you wouldn't
be aide to enjoy them."- Judge.
The way to the heart is through the
peases. Please the eyes and ears and
the work is half done —Chesterfield.
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DESTRUCTION OF POMPEII.
So Ue«»|» I hat It \Vn» Lo«|
I or ( «*iituri«»M.
When one hears of a buritnl city it is j
verj (liilicuit to realize what It can i
look like Mill more MI to realize Low u ,
city can !»' buric-d so deep as to be ut- j
| terly lost an i the place of It know It
no more for sixieen centuries. Yet
j this is what happened to Pompeii and
llerctih neuni, Ntabiae anil Itet ina and
thirteen other cities of the plain on
the ninth day before the calends of
September, in the first year of the
reign.ii the Emperor Titus. Thus it
wa .hen l'ompeii was buried. When
next the >un shone into her streets
Ce->rge lii. was kin}? of England. Six
teen years before the burial of the
: city an cnrthip>ake had done so much
• mU hi< 112 that the ruin was not yet
unite re tore . but Mount Vesuvius
had be- ,1 quiet ever since. The 24tli
| of Aug!) 1 was a terribly hot day.
1 ,\: i-t oi the people were In the am
pin. i -lice at a wild beast light when
I Ley -<aw .1 strange cloud rise from
J W-'.vius. !t seemed like a pine tree.
; The 1 ■ 1 .iik r se nil high into the heav-
I eijs ;;3itl th"u plead out in branches—
; some white, - tine dull and spotted—
! until, slowlj uetaching themselves
| froi i tin* parent trunk, they began to
! dariii 11 the sky Pliny the elder, over
at Miscnuai, was reading in his study
when his sister came into tell him of
j t!ii si ran.:;,- (loud, lie ordered a light
! galley to be got ready, and as he was
, coming out with his tablets in his
i hand leauy to note down all he saw
| the mariners !■ -longing to the galleys
j at lieiina erne up to implore of him
togo to their help.
liy the time Pliny got there with his
galleys the ashes were falling thicker
every insiant. 1 lien came broken and
blackened stories and pumice. Vast
fragments were rolling down the
mountain, an I the sea had suddenly
retreated. The pilot was for putting
back, but the undaunted old philoso
pher admiral would not go back. "For
tune," he said, "favors the brave." Ev
erybody knows something about the
rest and how the poor old gentleman,
being weakly and asthmatic, was suf
focated by a sudden outburst of flames
and sulphur fumes. In that awful
darkness, v. hen the sudden rush of
flames wa ■ 'l. ■ only light which pierc
ed the d :: •• aokc. the tields were full
of Jerri lit. t people fleeing they knew
not wliither. It is true that the de
struction was not instantaneous, and
a great number of the inhabitants sav
ed their lives, and even took away a
good deal of their treasure, but It Is es
timated that at least 200,000 persons
were entombed In Pompeii, Hercula
neuui and the other cities of the plain.
Tlit- < !ialn.
The "great chain,"' the links of which
were two and one-half inches square
and one foot long, each link weighing
1-to pounds, was stretched across the
Hudson river at West Point, Just be
low Fort Clinton, May 1, 1778, to pre
vent the P.ritish warships from ascend
ing the river. The total weight of the
chain wr.s P'rt tons, and Its length was
■l.-o j :•!•'!-. Paris of it are still pre
serve! at Paint.
( it 1 in 1 tnitw l'ire*.
If one w.'.r1.l revive a memory of th#
old Yule lire, a backing of hard wood,
the lair st 1. he had, should be chosen.
The hearth .should be clean and cold
before Unas even and the log swt
In place \ Th the cedar or pine or other
"liniit woo'i kindlings at hand. As
the sun £',>es down tire is applied and
the big log set ablaze. In the days of
the Druids, whence Yule log is derived,
(lie priests lighted the annual log with
an ember from the sacred perpetual
tire they guarded. In the mountain re
gions of the south the hearth tire is
kept with an almost equal fidelity,
scarcely ever being permitted to die
out from October to March, and in the
cali us of the negroes it is no uncom
mon sight upon a Christmas night to
see within the fireplace itself, their
heads up the chimney, pickaninnies of
various siz--s busied iu warming their
toes, their bare feet resting on logs of
cedar or hickory or oak and their Mack
eyes rolling viflt .' • . #.iS a n of com
ing good thin',- Parw
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LAPLANDER STYLES.
Tbey Haven't Changed Any In the 'MKIUMUIKI
'MKIUMUIKI Vfam.
There is one corner iu tho world
where the l.isliions of the people have
remained the same for the last thou
sand years. The Lapp lady is not con
•erned about the latest toque from
I'aris nor is • subject to that soul
harrowing experience, the bargain
counter crush. However, she may
property lay claim to having been the
original bloomer girl. for"the nether
garment worn by her today Is of the
same design as that worn by her an
cesiors of a thousand years ago.
The summer garment of the Lapland
er is usually (if coarse woolen goods
and has something the cut of a shirt
with a high collar. Among the sea
Lapps it is for the most part uudyed.
Among tlx' other Lapps usually blue,
sometimes green or brown and even
black smock frocks have been seen.
Itound the waistbands, along the
si am in the back and on the edges this
si,, irk is ornamented with strips of
rod yellow cloth. Under this gar
• ' is a similar one, either plain or
• . ii ■< 1. worn next to the body, for the
i. ji,< never wears linen underclothing.
The trousers are of white woolen
goods, rather narrow and reaching to
the ankles, where they are tied inside
the shoes with long slender shoestrings.
Over these drawers are usually worn
leggings of thin, tanned skins, reach
ing from the ankles to the knees.
Stockings the Lapp never wears. lie
tills the tipper curving tip of his shoes
with a sort of grass. which is gathered
in summer an 1 beaten to make it soft
and pliable. The winter costume only
differs from that worn in sun: er lu
that every piece is made of reindeer
skin with the hair on.
The dress of the women differs very
slightly from that worn by the men.
The smock is somewhat longer and is
made without the liig standing collar,
instead of which a kerchief or cap is
worn about the neck. To the woven
and often silver ornamented girdle
hang a knife, scissors, key, needle and
thread. The head covering is not only
different in the two sexes, but also
differs according t » the locality.
\ Ju*t M:tn.
A slight shower vas falling, and Mr
Ferguson disco> ••!• •,!. when on the
point of starting /or church, that there
wasn't an um' :•«-:!:i in the house tit for
use.
"You can ! rrow one from the
Thompsons ne i .. »>;\" suggested Mrs.
Ferguson. "I'iey never goto church."
"No, Laura." he answered, with iron
firmness, it is wrong to borrow um
brellas on Sunday. I should have
bought one ve- erday. 1 shail punish
myself for my carelessness by not go
lug to church ti»is morning." Thereup
on he proceeded to punish himself still
further by reclining in an easy chair
and reading tiie morning papers.—Chi
cago Tribune.
Two Kinds of Ambition.
Men have two kinds of ambition, one
for dollor making, the other for life
making. Some turn all their ability,
education, health and energy toward
the first of these, dollar making, and
call the result success. Others turn
them toward the second —Into charac
ter. usefulness, helpfulness—life mak
ing, and the world sometimes calls
them failures, but history calls them
successes So price Is too great to pay
for an untarnished name.—O. R. Mar
den In Success Magazine.
Funny Blunders.
A famous sculpture group recently
exhibited in Glasgow represents Adam
and Eve after they had left Eden.
Eve, in despair, lies at Adam's feet
Through a mistake an intelligent at
tendant placarded it with this descrip
tion: "Motherless." At the same exhi
bition was a sleeping nymph, by a well
known sculptor, which by another mis
take appeared in the catalogue as "Mrs.
," greatly to the horror of Glasgow.
A Sunday school boy recently gave
this account of the prophet Elijah:
"Elijah, the prophet, was carried into
heaven by a whirlwind, and the chil
dren stood up and cried: 'Go up. Thou
baldhead: Go up. Thou baldhead" And
before he went up he divided the Red
nea."
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