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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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