By Kltrc 4 B» FKANk H SWEET • ■iijiifc.t, !'.»•>. >•> I'. C. Kttsliuent Keifer «>! telegraph station No. 12, Bullers survey. had not la-en absent from duty in three years. lie had not Wintetl to. Bui with that hit of ribbon just ticked from the Instrument before his eyes he tiuderweuta sudden change, lit- would accept tit.' vacation so tardi ly offered and make the most of it. Ilis Uh>Ks -.aid that a change was good l<>r a man's soul, and he would come i.a«-k rvfreslied in miud and hodv. Hi' loved th»* sand views of station No. 1-. for they signified home, hut the - UaioMess monotony of the four sides had grown a little oppressive slmv the arrival of It Before tirkiuK Imt'k an acceptance to the I tome otti>v In- l«-t his tl tiger fall u|*>u the Instrument for a moment, tou lung the hand of his new friend, as It were. "Hello, Kaufman," he called, "are you lu for a vacation too?" "A week." came l*a<-k the prompt an swer. "commencing on the 2TM." "Tin- iSil! Why. mine ends on that date, and It's two weeks But I under "T-TKLL EAt Ffll OtT HEME To SFE HIM," AJHIWEUKU KEIFEK DAZEDLY. •laud l'le lieeu here three years und you only three mouths, and, now it's a dull time, they're going to let you con trul this section while I'm away, and then I'm to Uo the same for you. Too had. though, for 1 thought we might go off together, odd, isu't It? I feel that you re the l«est friend I've got in Xitf world about the only one, for that matter, fur we've wired no end of per sonal go»»ip and audiltion and our tastes run al«»ut the same way. And yet I've uever seen you and don't k;,uw whether you're short or tall, lean or fat. a heathen or a Y M. ('. A., or whether your mustache is still it* sprout or jour white hair Is dropping out from old age. yneer world, isu't it, Kauf? But say ! 1 lielieve I'll run down and spend my vacation with you. There'* no other place I can think of, and we can see how each other looks and talk and smoke and" - There »as a •juiek, protesting click. *"I)OU't you do It, Keifer—what Is your name anyway, the whole of It? K»*sfer Is so «o unceremonious and blunt But about the vacation. You mustn't visit me now mustn't. Why, it's Impossible 1 J haven't the ac commodations, and and I'm so busy, and'*— There was a < all from the home of bce. and w th a hurried explanation to Kaufman he dashed in an acceptance of the proffered leave of absence, took and answered the call, made a few final arrangements. then lient over to continue the conversation, hesitated and swum: b;iek from the instrument. "1 won't do it,"he chuckled. "Kauf's likely ashamed of his looks baidheud «?d or fat or one exe«| or something— and don't want me to know. I'm go lug to visit him on the next train, and I'm not going to give him a chance for auy more cxi-usc- Ashamed' (Jreat Scott! I *ou't we like the same books and music and everything else? What do 1 care how the old chap looks? lie ought to know ua regard rises alsive such petty coiisilPrations, and 1 l>e ileve in- thinks Just as much of me. Ills j»ersorial confidences prove it. I'll Just drop iu on him so suddenly und affectionately that he can't help taking me in his arms." So when the through freight slowed at the water tank Keifer swung him self into the cattoose with u generous outfit of tobacco and books and a brand new pack of cards ordered up by the freiirht conductor And this same friendly conductor, when they reached telegraph station 13, obligingly slowed the train i Keifer could drop Into the white, yielding - I. tin- familiar, uu iarv tug landscape of his own station. "Art •mmodatioiis!" he chuckled as he strode eagerly toward the open doorway of the little building. "It's got !«■> nniii like :: y own, and that's plenty of aci*oiumo I.:tions for any rea Mutable man. hit perhaps Kanf was us**l ton l. tt h »iisc at home. Hello! Window cur* tins, and flowers at the end of the house and I>»rd!' For a young woman, pretty and neat ly dfessed, and w itit lips and eyes that were mennt for smiling but which Just now were solst with inquiry and con sternation had suddenly Rppea.n-d In the doorway Keifet had not fci.-eu a girl In over three vei»r« and such <. git I »s ihis one appeared to him, never, li is mouth ■ ipeucd and shut, without tound. Well?" the girl inquired at last. I- is Kanf iu? Ilow's Kauf— well • I tell Kauf I'm out here to see him " answ«T«"d Keifer daz«sliy. "I*lll Kauf Ailelia Kaufman," said the girl Then the utter hlaukness in th«- face l<ef lie her -1-ellM-d to restore the girl's equanimity. for she smiled. "You're Keif, 1 suppose er Mr Kei fer. 1 mean ' she said "hidn't I w ire you" "I wouldn't take it," miserably. "I I thought 'twas some fool <h excuse of n mail who wasn't us»sl to visitors. I heard the instrument calling and rec .gi; »sl your touch, but I wouldn't listen. After tlie iirst time I kept my h:n k and dodged out sunn's the train came iu sight." He looked to ward the track, as if to see If the freight were still waiting for him, but all that was visible of it was a dark line trail ng into the white horizon. "Train's gone," he said tentatively, 'and it's fifty miles to the nearest house and there aren't any more trains .•;tlu*r way until tomorrow. Now, if I'd brought food I might walk t l '" nt' Vi Un -- •• |<f • v;"' VHo otner to meet a train, but it's been eight hours since I had breakfast, and lifty miles. You see," deprecatlngly, "I felt sn sure that Kauf I beg your pardon. Miss Kauf Kaufman. I mean I I it don't seem possible there Isn't any real Kauf after all the talking we've done." "You've camped outdoors a good mam times, I suppose, Mr. Keifer. All | western men have." "Of course," Inquiringly. Then, with an odd note of eagerness coming Into | his voice, "You mean I may camp right I here by the track until a train comes. It won't Ke presumptuous after after mv density?" "1 only control the station, Mr. Kei fer, and you have a right to camp any where you please out of doors. But what 1 wish to say is that I'll be glad to have you take supper with me and all your meals until the train comes. At home I was considered a very fair cook." The next day the down freight was four hours late, and when it began to slacken speed in answer to his signal Keifer released a hand which he had caught suddenly on the lirst appear ance of the train into the sand's level horizon. "I'll go and ti\ up my station some," he said, Liis voice tremulous with the awed wonder in it."and maybe have : another room put on. The company will stand that much, 1 think. Then I'll run back and transplant the How ers and take your things, and the day before my vacation expires I'll wire for a parson to meet us here. You'd better send in your resignation at once, Kauf." "And announce my promotion, Keif," | she finished softly. Admiration. 'There can be no real society where compliment is unknown. 1 once spent a summer in the country in the very New Kuglandest part of New England, and I was frantic at the sharp corners of the talk. If I were a bit pale they said, 'Are you siekV' like savages. If I looked in the least fetching 1 caught them watching me by stealth and turn ing criminally away if I detected It. To mention my praises in moments of tiecoinlng hats or new coiffures would have been a breach of etiquette, and it was a point of honor not to appear to notice a new gown. Ileavens! I had three minds to come back to town and wear my rose chiffon in a Broadway •ar for the sheer joy of being openly admired. There is only one thing more ill bred than staring at a pretty woman that Is not noticing her. There is only one thing letter than be ing admired, and that is being told so. Don't tell me that a man who loves a w omau cannot compliment her. If he couldn't society would dissolve. And it *vould be the man's fault."—Zona Gale in Woman's Home Companion. I rrrilnK Food Before l.atliiK la nearly all parts of the arctic re gions food is frozen not only for pur pose* of preservation, but also to in crease, as the natives believe, its nu trltive properties. Their fish and seal flesh are frozen aud eaten in thin slices cut off by ax or knife. Seal flesh half decomposed and then frozen Is one of the Eskimos' greatest delicacies. Wal rus liver, too, when frozen Is held to possess great sustaining power, audit Is considered that cooking deprives it of its delicacy of flavor. The natives of the Titlcaca basin. In Peru, who in habit a district lli.tHJO feet above the sea, prepare their potatoes by soaking them in water, then freezing them, then steeping them in water and mash ing them to remove the soluble matter. After this they are dried and become an article of food. They will then keep any length of time and are extremely convenient for carrying on long Jour neys. The oka, another vegetable of the district, is prepared in the same way. The Word a ßriliepf. M "Bribery" is a word with a curious history. In the old Geneva Bible it is said of the scribes and pharisees that they "make clean the outer side of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of bribery." The authorized version has "extortion," and there Is no doubt that by "bribery" the Geneva Bible meant robbery. "Briltery" prob ably meant originally a morsel, a bro keu off piece, but it occurs lirst in old French, signifying a piece of bread given to a beggar; hence the Italian "blrba," vagrancy, and the old French "bribeur," a beggar or greedy devour er. "Bribe" developed in two direc tions, In the senses of robbery and of a present. When l'alstnff speaks sf "a bribed buck" he means not one that had been corrupted, but one tlmt had been stolen. LAPLANDER STYLES. They Haven't <'huii»ted Any In tha I.Mai ThuunuuU Veara. There is one corner in the world where the fashions of the people have remained the same for the last thou sand years. The Lapp lady is not con cerned about the latest toque from Paris nor Is t e subject to that soul harrowing experience, the bargain counter crush. However, she may properly lay claim to having been the original bloomer girl, for the nether garment worn by her today is of the vame design its that worn by her an cestors of a thousand years ago. The summer garment of the Lapland er is usually <>f •• »arso woolen goods and has something the cut of a shirt v\iih .i high collar. Among the sea Lapps it is for the most part undyed. Among the other Lapps usually blue, sometimes green or brown and even black smock frocks have been seen. Hound the waistbands, along the seam in the back and on the edges this smock is ornamented with strips of 112 and yellow cloth. Under this gar t is a similar one, either plain or I, worn next to the body, for the I Pi * never wears linen underclothing. The trousers are of white woolen g MMIS i ither narrow and reaching to the ankles, where they are tied Inside the ies w i'li long slender shoestrings. Over these drawers are usually worn Icggii.gs of thin, tanned skins, reach ing from tl> ■ ankles to the knees. Rtockings the Lapp never wears. He tills the upper curving tip of his shoes with a. sort of gra-s. which is gathered in sui'in.er . ml beaten to make it soft and pliable The w inter costume only dill ers fr >:II Unit worn in summer in that every piece Is made of reindeer skin with the hair on. 'Jlic dress of the women differs very slightly from that worn by the men. The smock is so'iiewhat longer and Is made without the big standing collar, Instead »112 which a kerchief or cap Is worn about the neck. To the woven and often silver ornamented girdle hang ii knife scissors, key, needle and thread The litmd covering is not only different in the two sexes, but also differs according t » the locality. An Eirfptlon. Kwoter It is always true thafr™ you want a thing well done you must do it jourself. Knox How about an operation upoa tourself for aoDendlcitia? ]Mary, the ; Contrary j By HELENA SMITH DAYTON j if Copyright, lUUO, by K. A. Whitehead ♦ • j "ll' it takes two to make a quarrel, we're the two," Mur\ tHale declared. i "Because you make inoiintains of golf tees, dear," Carlyle explained in a superior tone. "How fortunate you have discovered in time what a disagreeable person I nm," flashed Marv. "But let me as sure you that since our engagement my ! diary reads 111,* the history of a South American ropub.'ie." Frequent mi: uiderstandiugs resulted j in Mary declin -i., to step into the frail [ craft of matrix rtiy and selecting in j stead an ocean remaining abroad tive years. At a reception in Mary's honor upou her return there was no one she wel comed more graciously than Carlyle. Hers was disarming cordiality. "It's good to see you again," Carlyle repeated between lauuhs, for Mary's experiences were breezy. "And it's good to see you," she echo ed. "A wise woman doesn't lose her best friend by marrying him!" "Mary." L • reproved, "Paris lias made you flippant; also very wonder -1 til and awe inspiring." He glanced at her tiiimi; hunt toilet. "No: only extravagant," she correct ed. "l»ob:>ie, you should see the shops! The dear, little"— not interested in the Paris sh > he said severely. "I want to tell you how foolish we were to let a few feathers of the imagination part us." "They were firm facts," said Mary coldly. "I have them *tll down in my diary." "Mary! l>oesn't your diary bring back any delightful memories? All mine are charming." "Your memory must be of the elimi nating variety like that of the surviv ing relatives of wicked persons. John's "YOU THINK TOO IK), BUT YOU DON'T," SHK QUOTED. widow thinks of his nice eyes and for gets he ever brought them home black ened!'* she retorted. "Those were my happiest days," per sisted Carlyle. "Can't we bring them back again?" "To prove our decision of tive years ago was a wise one?" sniffed Mary. "I'd be willing to try It,"he dared her. "Very well," assented Mary. "Like veterans around a stove, we'll reflght the battles of the glorious past." The plan was made togo from place to place in Carlyle's motor and visit the scenes of old quarrels. "Where first ?" asked Carlyle as they were speeding down the avenue the next morning in his car. "Have you your guidebook?" Mary promptly drew forth a red dl ary. "Country club," she directed. "The quarrel?" he smiled when they were seated in comfortable chairs on the piazza. "Because I was pleasant to Bertie Ilillard," she blushed, "to punish you for being late." "Unreasonable of you to be augrv be cause I was late. Mary. In those days business kept me tied down." "You were always late," defended Mary. "1 spent most of my time wait ing for you." "There's Bertie now," said Carlyle. "But we won't quarrel about him any more. He's married." "There are," admitted Mary, "worse faults than being late." "I'm not so busy now, so you see our quarrels haven't stood the test of time," lilnted Carlyle. "It takes more than two quarrels to break an engagement," said Mary, flip ping the pages in her diary. "Our next one occurred beneath the tree near the fourth green." There was something businesslike in her manner as she led the way across the links. "Like old times," commented Carlyle. "I haven't arrived at an age to enjoy living in the past." said Mary crisply. "The present is good enough," agreed Carlyle, as they sat down on a rustic bench. "I'u> glad you are willing to bury the past." "1 meant nothing of the kind,'' storm ed :y "We will now t:.ke up the quant lih I n irl this spot." "Wl.y. this is v. here I told you 1 loved you!" declared Carlyle. "Let me see that bo >k." lie extended his hand, but Mary shook her head. "You can't!" she said. "Little girl, don't you suppose I re member distinctly what happened here? Instead of reviving old quar rels let's start all over again beneath this dear old tree." Carlyle's voice was com; ■ Ming Mary's face was averted as she an swered. "There would be new quarrels. I make mountains of golf tees!" "I'll agree to be compatible to all your incompatibilities," he smiled "I love Mary when she's contrary " "You think you do. but yo-i d-Mi't, ' she quoted. Then, with as< "cain of terror, she jumped on the ben h, for coming toward them was an amiable looking cow. Mary's terror was not affected, for siu> made no distinctions in bovlnes. "Mary," said Carlyle, with a solemn air. "we are in peril. Here, that red book would divert the animal.'' Before Mary could protest, her diary was thrown aa a hostage to the enemy. Carlrlfi followed h*r as she tied toward itit* ciuonoiise. "We might have been killed!" gasped Mary, sinking into a chair. Carlyle concealed with difficulty his elation at the fate of the volume which i kept injuries fresh In Mary's mind, j Then a disquieting thought struck him. | Suppose Mary's diary were found? "Mary," he said, "I'll go and tiud your book. Some one may read it." "No, no, no!" cried Mary excitedly. ( "You mustn't." Unheeding, lie moved off. ! "Bobby, for my sake don't go!" There was consternation in her face. "Why. little girl," he exclaimed joy fully. "there's no danger. The crea ture lias gone by this time." At this instant a young man in white flannels came up. "Pardon me but docs this book 4A*- I long to either of you? It's brand new I and had no name in it but I thought"— "Yes, it's mine, thank you." she inter rupted. "A new diary?" queried Carole, as tonished. "Yes I burned the old one four years ago." • Then why did you pretend"— began Carlyle. "I wanted an excuse to visit our tree without seeming too sentimental," she confessed boldly. "You may think what you like of me." "I think you are adorable," declared ('arlyle. "I'm glad I bought that diary," sigh ed -Man happily. "It will be so nice to keep golf scores in. But," as an aft erthought, "we'll let the old scores go!" Tlit* I k I«' In Scotlund. The eagle tins scarce ill tin* British isles. An old record states that in the seasons 1 S3l-34, inclusive, no fewer than 111 mature specimens ol' the eagle, together with tifty three young and eggs, were destroyed in a single county of Scotland—Sutherland from which statement one can well imagine the cruel havoc that has been \vrou .lit in the ranks of a once very common bird of prey. No one denies that the eagle is destructive to game and iambs, but it seems a pity that so noble a bird should be so utterly wiped out of existence, for (lie eagle lias many interesting associations with the past. In Scotland a century or two back three eagle's feathers were the badge of a chief, two of a chieftain and oue of a geutl' mail, but more interesting still Is t!; fact that the llesh of the eagle was considered In the seven teenth c Mitury "a valuable medicine against the gout." The same authority also states that the l>ird was some times eate.i by the hardy highbinder as part ot 11i ordinary <iict. V. tint 1 ilnt. All the cl.-;iiiaiiis n ,i in the Indian army as drait animals ia the artillery or commissariat or r.s baggage animals in the transport department are very carefully an do! to ami in every way treated w ii 11 if greatest considera tion. They are rather expensive to keep, costing about to a day. including, of course, the wa..>'s of their mahout and grass cutter They are fed prin cipally on unhusked rice and grass. Of the fori! .-r they get about 250 pounds • ' of the latter about I<h> per diem. A vi-rv large female eats, after the tirst day or two. about 75u pounds of green .'odder in eighteen hours. This Is c\- '.-ded often by larger tusk ers. so that sni pounds is about the right amount to be placed before a full grown elephant, with a margin to al low for waste. As a good load for an elephant is about son pounds, it will lie seen that the amount he will eat per day will be as much as he can car ry, and this will also be the right pro portion for the smaller ones. London Surprise. (■olnac to tli<* Theater In \ enflee* Going to the theater in Venice is like a fantastic overture to the play and sets one s mood properly In tune. You stop into the gondola, which darts at once across a space of half lighted water and turns down a narrow canal between walls which seem to reach more than halfway to the stars. The tiny lantern in the prow sheds no light, is indeed no more than a signal of approach, and you seem to be slid ing straight into the darkness. Here and there a lamp shines from a bridge or at the water gate of a house, but with no more than enough light to make the darkness seen. The gondola sways, swerves and ?s>und a sharp corner, and the water rushes against the oar as it sw'uf the keel straight for another plunge forward. You see In flashes. Arthur Symons In Scrib ner's. The I'niuil Tlnrn. According to Brewer, the tiara of the pope Is a composite emblem. The pri mary meaning is purity and chastity, the foundation and lining of the crown being of the litiest linen. The gold band denotes supremacy. The llrst cap of dignity was adopted by Pope Damascus 11. In 1048. The cap was surmounted with a high coronet in 1286 by Boniface VIII. The second coronet was added in 1335 by Benedict XII. to indicate the prerogatives of spiritual and temporal power combined In the papacy. The third coronet is in dicative of the Trinity, but it is not known who tirst .adopted It. Some say Urban V., others John XXII., John XXIII. or Benedict XII. (■uil«*liniiM a IMI IIM* l)<*vfl*. (jiuilelmus Parisicnsis, the author of one of the most famous works on demonology, figures on what he terms "a basis of exact computation" to prove tliat "the regions of the air, the cav erns and dark places of the earth" are inhabited by 44,435,530 devils. Where on earth this visionary writer obtained the material upon which to base such an "exact computation" has been an enigma to all of the later writers on demonology, witchcraft and kindred subjects. A \o1H»>1O nfUftfnof. The Professor Of course in many re spects the ancients were far behind us in civilization Ilis Wife Yes. Now, I never heard you say that anybody had discovered the ruins of an ancient re tall dry goods store. Brooklvn Life The I'irwt i !iri.xi iiia» lllwrrvanpt. Christi s gets its name from the mass c. braied in the early days of the i'hri-iiaii church in honor of the birth of < hrist, its tirst solemnization having been ordered by Pope Teles pliorus. This was in or before the year 1 112 r In that year Pope Teles ph-vu died A! tirst Christmas was uh. i i. no inas a movable feast, just a • l/i !• r i- now, and. owing to mis im<,< :• i iii ig . was celebrated as late as \p:■ I'T In the fourth century .in eoele.da J leal Investigation was or il ;■ ' i ! 1 ;i the authority of the tali! 4 o." I!je censors in the Roman ar chives, It*. was agreed upon us the date of the Saviour's Nativity. Tradi tion fix I the hour of birth at about midnight, and this led to the celebra tion of a midnight mass in all the churches, a second at dawn and a third in the later uioruiug. SPIRITUALISM lt« ManlfentntioiiN iin \ irivrd by the \\ orlil of Srirnee. Spiritualism is tlie successor of the ; mediaeval occultism and of the older magic. Today science, without accept ing its inauifestations, studies them, and in these troubled waters almost all the facts up'Ui which the new meta physics In founded have beeu fished up. Like magnetism, it has drawn the attention of physicians to the phenom ena of induced sleep ami has given many of the data for the study of hyp nosis and suggestion. The mediums, j who believe, like the ancient python- i esses, that they are possessed by for eigu spirits, have served for the study of the change of personality and telep athy. And it has shown that the prod igies, diabolic and divine, recorded in all early religions were not so fabu lous as the critical fancied. At all events science admits that there is a fori-e—call it psychic as Crookes does, ueuric with Baretz, vital with Bara duc or the odic force of Keichenbrach —a force which can be measured and described, which leaves its mark on the photographic plate, which emanates from every living being, which acts at a distance, which saves or destroys. Plato knew it. Great wizards like Car dan made use of it. The charlatans like C'agliostro blundered upon It. The scientists have the last word. —Every- body's Magazine. The people of Syria and Tiflis make their streams do things that Americans do not seem to have learned the secret of persuading the water courses of this rountry to perform. At Tiflis the natives have learned how to utilize the power of the current of the river Kur without building dams What they have accomplished possibly might be done by an Ameri can farmer living on the banks of a rapidly moving stream and desiring a small, cheap power. The Caucasians oulld Hunts on the surface of the river. Into them are set water wheels. The whole affair is fastened to the bank In such a way that it will rise and fall with any change In the level of the surface of the river, so that the power Is about constant all the time. in llama, the ancient '•entering In of Ilamath," the Syrians have accomplish ed a feat that makes one think of lift ing oneself over a fence by tugging at one's bootstraps They have harnessed the historic Orontes, or Nahr el Asl, as the Syrians call It, into the work of lifting itself many feet toward the ze nith and trained it thus to water their fruitful gardens and orchards. As for size, the water wheels which do this work are as to other water wheels what Niagara is to other water falls. As one stands by one of these great wooden frames revolving upon Its wooden axle and looks up at Its perimeter forty feet above one thinks It large and is astonished when he turns his gaze up stream to see that relatively it is not a great wheel, for la the distance looms up one sixty feet In height. Even then he Is not prepared for the spectacle of one ninety feet In diameter grunting around on Its cum brous axle just outside the town. Life in llama for some people 19 like the liking of others for olives, an acquired taste, because of these very water wheels. According as one feels about it, it is a musical city or one tilled with nerve racking groans. Day and night without ceasing these mass ive, S!JW revolving structures utter speech. For those who have acquired a tasie for their companionship the never ceasing tone- are soothing, resembling the ocean roar or a slow fugue played on some cyclopean organ. The dia pason tones are deeper and louder than the deept -t organ stop. Now they are In. unison, now repeating the theme, one after another, now for a brief mo ment in a sublime harmony never to be forgotten according to one traveler, then once more together in a tremen dous chorus. The sounds are describ ed as a sl.iw movement up the scale, followed wiih a heavy drop to the key note as Ito mi sol, do do do; do sol la, do do do. '1 liis unceasing Sisyphean music, it is said, has been going on for a century at least H'hfi'f II - (lot if In Start. "Fillcin N a g-iod dentist. 1 suppose, but he seems to take a fiendish delight in working those emery paper tiles on a fellow's teeth every chance he gets." "That's due to his early training, lie began his career as a saw sharpener." - Minneapolis Tribune. on lilm. Burton Your garden is pretty small, Isn't It? Barton It seemed so to me before 1 began to take care of it.—Somervilie (Mass.) Journal. I'rci urirutor. The word prevaricator Is from the and originally meant a straddler with distorted or misshapen legs. In the Uouian courts of law the expres sion was applied to one who in a suit was discovered to be In collusion with his opponent to compass some dishon esty As falsehood was the necessary part of such a performance, the word by and by came t» have the slgalll eauee at present attached to It. KILLTHC COUCH AND CURE THE LUNGSI wi ™ Dr. King's New Discovery ___ /CONSUMPTION PRICE FDR I OUGHS AND 50c & SI.OO VOLDS Free Trial. Surest and Quickest Cure for all THROAT and LUNG TROUB LES, or MONEY BACK. mfmi A FLellable TIN SHOP Tor all kind of Tin Roofing, Spouting and Csnsral Jot* Work. Stoves, Heaters, Ranges, Furnaces, eto. PRICES THE IMEST! PUT! THE BEST! JOHN HIXSOJN NO- 116 F.. FRONT BT. DESTRUCTION OF POMPEII. Durl<-<! So Tlial It Wu«i Lout For < I'liturlrn. When one hears of a buried city it is very <lifii<-nit to realize what it can look like still more s<» to realize how a city ran be buried so deep as to be lit- I terly lost and the place of it know It 110 more for sixteen centuries. Yet this is what happened to I'ompeii and Ilerculiiieuiu, Stahiae and Uetina audi thirteen other cities of the plain on Hie ninth day before the calends of September, in the lirst year of the 1 ; i of the Emperor Titus. Thus it v. a. when l'ompeii was buried. When ne\t the sun shorn; into her streets Ue-.iige 111. was king of England. Six teen years before the burial of the •ity an <-arthquake had done so much misi-liiif that the ruin was not yet ipiite restored, but Mount Vesuvius hid been quiet ever since. Th® 24th of August was a terribly hot day. .\i > 1 of the people were in the am phitheater at a wild beast tight when they saw a strange cloud rise from V< uviits. It f.eenied like a pine tree. V e trunk rose up high into the heav eu.. aud then spread out in branches— j some white, some dull and spotted— nut il, slowly detaching themselves from the parent trunk, they began to darken the sky. Pliny the elder, over at Misenum. was reading In his study when his sister came into tell him of i this strange cloud. He ordered a light gahcy to be got ready, aud as he was coming out with his tablets in his hand ready to note down all he saw the mariners belonging to the galleys at Uetina came up to implore of him tog tto their help. By the time Pliny got there wltli his galleys the ashes were falliug thicker every instant, 'then came broken and blackened stones and pumice. Vast fragments were rolling down the mountain, and the sea bad suddenly retreated. Tin- 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, when the sudden rush of flames was the only light which pierc ed the dense smoke, the fields were full of terrified pcjple fleeing they knew not whither, it is true that the de struction was 11 it 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,(hh) persons were entombed in Pompeii, Hercula neuin and the otlnv cities of the plain. The Toofhhrunh. Dentistry condemns the continued ! use of one toothbrush as all wrong The impossibility of cleansing so as i to keep it free from mien . should j Insure the buying of toothbrushes by | the quantity and the discarding of j each brush long before it has served j what once would have beeu considered its term of usefulness. Soft brushes should be chosen, which is possible when they are only expected to have a short term of use. Warm water ai way should be ehos»u for cleansing the teeth, and when smoking is In dulg j in a <oot! antiseptic dentifrice which agrees with the mouth after sou.e experimenting should be used freely. The Chestnut r«rr«t« of Corsica. The chestnut forests of the Island of Corsica have for buen the crown ing glory of its mountains and valleys, just as at least once in its history they were Its salvation by offering to Its army of defense a secure fastness and a means of sustenance against Invad ers. Now disafforestatipn is In active progress on every hand, aud over wide tracts the woods are disappearing, leav ing the hit's and dales nothing but bleak wastes Strong protests are be ing made by many of the older inhab itants against this shortsighted devas tation, which besides destroying the attractions of the island as a resort for tourist-;, reinuvi ; the most effective protection agaii>t ruinous landslides on the mount:!'!! lopes under the ac tlou of winter torrents. i "nl The Home Paper of Danville. I I ; i t Of course you read J 1 m MI 1 \! 'if it ! 1 I THE HEOPLEIS KOPULAR I APER. i Everybody Reads It. j ;| i Published Every Morning Except i Sunday a? ! No. ii E. Ma he ng St. : Subscription 6 cer. x r Week. WHEN THE DUNES WALK. A Sunil Storm lOiprrlenrp In the Ucufrl of Satinra. To flee from a sand storm in the | midst <>f a drenching rain seems an ab | eurd performance. The Arab, however, experienced in the ways of Sahara, knows that when the rain stops the dunes are apt to begin tiieir most ter j rible "walking." He seeks shelter | while there is yet time, j Our worst experience of the desert in one <if its mad tits, says the author of \ "In tlie Desert,"was on a morning when, luckily for us perhaps, we were | nearing the large oasis of Xefta. near the Tunisian frontier. 'l'he flapping of : the tent and the drumming of rain j drops upon it awoke us, and Alimeda, ; in some excitement, hurried our depar ; lure. He explained that so long as the j rain la-ited it would keep tho sand quiet and that this was our opportuni i ty. Accordingly, in a very short time ; we bad struck tent, loaded camels, sad -1 dl<il ponies and were under way. It seemed to us a somewhat purpose ; iess proceeding. The rain was and had ! been heavy. The ground was saturat | ed. There seemed no prospect of its drying in a hurry As Xefta was only half a day's march away it seemed unnecessary to start in frantic haste in the middle 01 the night in a pouring rain. Ahmeda, however, made no an swer to our protests. The other Arabs seconded his efforts with all their en ergy. Morning broke wan and sickly. As the light grew the ruin slackened. The big warm drops became less frequent and at last ceased, 'i'he dull, opaque sky was pasty white and the air hot and oppressive, but the wind still blew as hard as or harder than ever. Hardly hail the rain stopped when I tasted between lips and teeth the fa miliar, gritty texture of sand. Ilardly had the light increased sufficiently to disclose to view the drifts when all their edges and crests could be seen crawling and flickering in the gale. Al ready there was the droning sound in the air which meant that the dunes were walking. We saw at last the rea son for the hurry. The rain cannot hold tile sand for more than the instant it is failing. As soon as it strikes the earth it sinks In. One moment you may be streaming with water like a drown ed rat, the next you are choking In clouds of sand. The air grew darker and darker, and the roar of the s;.ad as it rushed along the desert made speech, except by shouting, impossible. 1 could just dis tinguish our tall camels in the gloom, their ungainly action giving them something the look of ships pitching and tossing in a gale. Ahmeda lul the way by some mys terious instinct to us totally incompre hensible. We followed as best we i might, breathing sand as we went, our heads bent to protect our faces. My recollection of the next two hours Is no more definite than would be the recol lection of being rolled over and over by a huge breaker. A singing and roaring in the ears, almost total blind ness. a sense of suffocation and the feeling that I was in the hands of elements more powerful than myself are the vague impressions that remain. When we at last got to Xefta we could not have been more saturated with sand had we been buried in it and dug up again. Ilalr, ears, clothes were full of It. Our cheeks were scar let and sore with the ceaseless batter ing. and on them had formed hard crusts of sand, cemented by the wa ter that had streamed from our eves. The Rloodfttnnp. Almost every jewel has superstition of some sort attaching to it, and the bloodstone is not wanting in this par ticular. The story is told of It that at the time of the crucifixion some drops of blood fell on a piece of dark green Jasper that iay at the foot of the cross. The crimson crept through the struc ture of the stone, and this was the parent of this beautiful jewel. The dark red spots and veins were sup posed to represent the blood of Christ, and many wonderful properties were attributed to the stone. It was thought to preserve its wearer from dangers, to bring good fortune and to heal many diseases. iilL We warn 10 ia all tints of Piling j| BSBsaaJL A r> JOB ■! rs H. II Kill Nit. } j irs bail | I A well pri tasty, Bill o; W / ter Head, ] '<• h/h Ticket, Cir Program, ; lVj ment or Card (w an advertisemei' for your business, satisfaction to y> lew Type, lei Presses, , , BestPajer, M. S'tilW M, A Promptness \U v<ui can ask A trial wili make you our customer We respect full*' as* that trial. rur iifMiiiii' iTiifc Hr M KS ii t IL ITlUlUiillli i.:• —— *3.0" No. ii I;. Mahoning Sv ISTT.rIT '
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