j With Claudia's
> Assistance
By INA WRIGHT HANSON I
/ < op) right, MM) t>> t- C. Fknelia \
From the d -way Fitzgerald looked
moodily at me front in front of the
dress, r I looked moodily at Fltzger
aid
"She refused me," he said.
"I've got togo to Mrs. Whiting's din
ner," 1 answered.
Fltz nodded and threw himself heav
ily into u chair.
"I woul in't go, you know, after Mrs.
«. Mng's niece refused me, so she had
1 j 1 stle up you."
I hired at him, then jerked open the
top drawer.
"St-euis to me, in the interest of hu
ll rilty. you might have staved off
1 »ur old proposal till after the dinner.
Fve got to take Miss Whiting in What
:1 I y to her? I'm no society
man."
"You 1 tight talk about me. It's
da 1 ued strange she refuses me," Fltz
r« aided modestly. "Of course I'm
112.; but what of that? Look at my
u. juey Y'
1 turned from my hair brushing and
regarded Fltz with surprise.
"She's different from other girls," he
went on mournfully. "You never know
what she Is going to do or say next.
SLi said if she ever found the man she
wasted to marry and he didn't ask her
ohc would propose to him. You say a
word for me. old man, and maybe she
will change her mind abont It."
"All right," I said and started for the
Infernal dinner. If I had been left Iu
pen e I could have translated a few
more pages of that I.atln work 1 was
ou.
Why 1 sh> I have (figuratively of
inursei falli i, on my face aiul wor
stuped CluiMi.i Whiting Uk- Moment I
an w her 1 don't know. Tliat any man
vuiilJ help adoring h*n- after lie came to
know her Is incredible, hut I think I
be ui U-l >re ever she said a word to
me It coulin't be Itecauoe her eyes
were the bln.iit 1 ever saw or lier hair
critikh-d sunsliin sui>|»' >se a jK>et
would describe it l>etter—or her lips
red ;*« the rosea she wore ill her belt,
(iiie day since that dinner she told me
something a 1 ut affinities. It may be
tUat uiystcri IUS word holds the reason.
What we tinned of is vaguely reuiem
bt.-i.-d 1 ki»-.w that I walked home
ward carryi.i with me a vision of
sweetest sen -lies*. /or that describes
Claudia an ' api<eared that day.
When I tuiued the corner, beyond
winch were ui> l<jdKings. I saw Flts
gerild at uiy it his broad back to
ward me I n»Lueuil»ered my forgotten
promise auu tied Incontinently. I
couldn't face h'iu. Later I stole into
my room like a thief in the night.
Next day I w nt to call on her and to
make my pe. .• with Fitz, who had in
terviewed tu> t!mt morning. She was
tu tlie gardei . ind i stated the object
of my rail at <-nce.
"If you kn w him U'tter you would
appreciate lr.ii more," I said and
launched forth it some length into his
peculiar graces and virtues. Claudia
listened, and when 1 hail finished she
leaned tow aid me. suilllug roguishly.
•\\ud di In t you care al«>ut coming
tuse- me 7 If it had not been for Mr.
Fitzgerald you would have come any
way wouldn't you ?"
To flunk ;hat she should have looked
straight Into my heart and discovered
my perfidy! I almost let goof my se
en; I almost answered, "I came lie
cause I love you." And tills on the
second meeting.
Then bo auae 1 must talk, and there
were Home things I must not say. I
began talking of myself my college
life, my failing health, forcing me to
live for y< ir-< In the pine forests; then
when my h -tilth was restored how the
woods still Pel 1 me with their soli
tudes. BO tli it 1 was unhappy and 111 at
ease In society
•'I have quite a pretentious cabin
there." I r aid. "In It are my IMHIRS
and my violin. Back of It flows a
clear stream HI !i trout waiting for me
to catch tli -in for my breakfast. Noth
ing is wan' ng tli.Te to make me en
tirely comfortable."
My face rrew Lot, for all at once I
realize*! there was a want a void—to
tie tilled *1 tint If 1 went back to my
cabin now it would l«- as lacking as
the body hose soul is not within.
"I whs b irn ninl bred In the woods!"
exclaimed Claudia. "The stars look
closer ami .Igger than they do In the
titles of th • lowlands Fp there In the
mountains are ferny nooks and man
zanita; time Is water cress which
muk>-s iue hungry this minute. Oh, I
kiiov. about the woods!" Her blue eyes
were shining like the stars of which
she spoke.
Then she asked tne about my books,
and I told her of my published ones
and those iti contemplation—dry old
tomes why should I have supposed
that they would Interest a young crea
ture like her?
But I ramblel on, lost in her sweet
companionship. till the sun suddenly
dropped out of sight, and 1 saw lier
bhlvcr In The breeze that stirred the
poplars Then l remembered Fitz.
"Ini give huts another chance," I said
perfunctorily as 1 rose to go. She look
ltd at me seriously, but made no an
swer
For the greater part of a month Fit*
was away fr an town, and I saw Clau
dia nearly •• •ry day. Before going he
asked my pr iiuFe to say a word in his
favor every time 1 saw her. There are
limits to the duties of friendship, but 1
promised I-ecu use I felt that lie would
muke her a ir owl husband, lie was an
honorable • m and had more money
than h<- kne-v what to do with.
Sin- was siii - h a liewllderlag llttl'j
creature v. n (laudia At tin- tlr«.t
-eting hlc* w;. h w sweetly serious.
;>lie ha<t t i in*' since that she was
ti ightem-d t> death nf me because I
knew s.j iiitieh Fancy it! The day she
t JLD III«\ though she was bubbling over
with la gliter. ml 1 suspect she was
pokiiit! fuii at me ill her Irrepressible
way Then there was the morning
when we walked together to liiurch
iilul she l.iikisl so quietly of holy
things, and there was that last after
iioon iu the garden before l it/, came
home
That da> it was the hardest of all to
forget myself and remember Fitz.
Jennet iines when the tender new of my
h< at t tvould creep into tnj words little
spot* of color would come and go in
ler t'.rli h face. I seareely saw her
eyes that day.the white lids drooped
»-j lie teutlj over their blue beauty.
At last I pulled myself together with
the thought that he could do so much
Luore for lien Ilian I, even If she could
bring herself to think of me at all, and
mad** my last earnest speech for him.
She frowned a little, then she smiled
and looked thoughtful.
'•| think I shall have to teach you to
read poetry," she said.
*"\Vdl you'/'" 1 asked eagerly.
"Heifiii ii I lie t ourtshjp of .Miles
■ then >l'c ansvered and
ran, laughing, up the wait.
"I did the best I could for you, Fltz,"
1 told him when he returned that even
ing. And 1 rehearsed the last speech
In full.
"What did she say?" hi' demanded.
"Why she didn't say anything to
that. She told me—or hinted that my
education was deficient because 1 had
little knowledge of poetry, and she told
me to begin 011 'The Courtship of Miles
Standlsh.' "
Fltz looked at nte mournfully. "That's
my finish then. Have you read it?"
"I was Just beginning."
Fltz walked heavily from the room,
and I took up my new Longfellow.
Short of stature he was, hut stronsly
I milt uiul athletic.
Brown as a nut wi-> lit* face, but his
russet board v. is already
Fluked with patches of snow.
Prettj good description of myself, I
thought. Not exactly patches, but there
were certainly threads of gray. I read
ou till the speech was finished, the
egotistical words of Miles Standish;
then 1 bowed my head in shame aud
anger. 1 had talked steadily of myself
and my work, but she had led uie ou.
She had 110 right to call me down so.
Tomorrow 1 would go back to my
cabin and forget, but yet 1 knew I
should always remember. I was still
brooding \\ hen Fitz came back.
"I don't blame you. old man,"he be
gan. "Probably you'll make her hap
pier. but. Lord, look at my money!"
1 blinked at him as he settled down.
"Neat way she had of bringing mat
ters to a focus," he went on, picking
up my liook which lay face downward
ou the table. "Why. darned If I lie
lieve you've read It all!"
"I've read enough," I said resentful
ly. "I read what she thinks of me."
One moment that blessed Fltz gazed
at me, then in words of one syllable ho
gave me the gist of that poem—made
nie to understand that my Claudia was
impersonating the Puritan maiden In
her immortal speech, "Why don't yotl
speak for yourself. John?"
And to think I ever had deemed
Fitzgerald stupid!
I found my blessed girl In the gar
den. but she did not hear my approach.
She was on tiptoe, trying to reach a
rose which swung above her head.
"I have come to speak for myself,
Claudia," I said.
The dear hands ceased from their
quest to hide the blushes of her sweet
face. lb r girlish form trembled.
"Yon think me liold!" she cried ap
prehensively.
It was such a glorious affair to prove
to her just what I did think of her, and
it took a long time. And then she ex
plained to me about affinities.
Some Kn 1111 > Sprrrhen.
An Irishman who was very 111, when
the physician told him that he must
prescribe an emetic for him, said, "In
deed. doctor, an emetic will never do
rue any good, for I have taken several
and could never keep one of them upon
my stomach." An Irishman at cards,
on inspecting the pool and finding It
deficient, exclaimed "Here Is a shilling
short. Wli > put it in?" A poor Irish
servant maid who was left handed
placed the knives and forks upon the
dinner table In the same awkward
fashion. Iler master remarked to her
that she had placed them all left hand
ed. "Ah, irue. Indeed, sir," she said,
"and so I have! Would you be pleased
to help me to turn the table?" Doyle
and Yelverton, two eminent members
of the Irish bar. quarreled one day so
violently that from hard words they
came to hard blows. Doyle, a power
ful man with the fists. knocked down
Yelverton twice, exclaiming, "You
scoundrel. I'll make you behave your
self like a gentleman!" To which Yel
verton, rising, refilled, with equal indig
nation: "No. sir; never! I defy you!
You could not do it!" London Specta
tor.
The Queer Horman*.
One who has lived among them says:
"The Btirmans are a primitive people.
They are a very young people. There
Sre certain marks and signs by which
physiologists can determine the relative
youth or age of a race. One of these Is
the physical differentiation between
boys and girls. In early races It Is
slight. As the race grows old It de
velops. If you dressed a Burman boy
of eighteen in a girl's dress or a Bur
mese girl of the same age in a boy's
dress you could not distinguish quickly
true from false. Face and figure and
voice are very similar. In as old people
such as the Freiwh or the Brahmans In
India a boy begins to differ from 11 girl
very early Indeed. Their faces seem al
most different types. Their figures
even at twelve could not be disguised
by any clothing. 'lliclr voices are ut
terly different."
jne smallest bird cannot alight upon
the greatest tree without sending a
shock to Its Inmost fiber. Every mind
Is at times ro less sensitive to the most
trifling words.
niiinlnK a Verdict.
Sir James Scarlett, the famous Eng
llsh lawyer, held that verdicts could be
won without eloquence, and he proved
it many a time in his own career. Ills
skill iu turning a failure Into a success
was wonderful. In a breach of promise
case the defendant, Scarlett's client,
was alleged to have been cajoled Into
an engagement by the plaintiff's moth
er. She was a witness in behalf of her
daughter and completely ballled Scar
lett, who cross examined her. But In
his argument he exhibited his tact by
this happy stroke of advocacy: "You
saw, gentlemen of the Jury, that I was
but a child In her hands. What must
my client have been?"
l.i'n of the Olymplmlii.
The "era of the Olympiads," or the
"Olympian era." began July 1, B. ('.
770. An Olympiad was a period of
four years, the games iseing celebrated
every fourth year. When it was first
propo-cd to use the Olympian era the
earlie I record that mid be found was
that of the victory of Clioroebus, who
won the great foot race long before
horse racing and chariot racing were
lilt odueed. His victory was taken as
the tar' il; poivt of the Olympiads.
(.<»«•<! Ni'Wi.
Cash i r Have you heard, sir, that
John ■ins is a bankrupt? Banker —
Well thai'-; 1 news. We'll now get
a little of what lie owes us, whereas, If
he ' ! remained In business, we'd nev
er Ir g«t • • :it. I'lieg •tide Blatter
rhil ». In r.s uvttl rrnfllc,
Mil . .i j ; • ,»Iht hi tlie course of
• i; • I - falli n Into a ditch—
'j be fate of Professor
i uric, the discoverer of radium, who,
*1 * it i' on it possibilities, fell under
i!i • v,h -e| of a wagon and was crushed
to Valh, niiuhl be parallehsl by several
ii tames of the kind from lives of phil
o notably that of Archimedes
•112 . yracu- •.:i,» was so concentrutod
• i ma'h I'iatical problem when Its
I: .:an 1.1 - . • - t | t burst into that
city tlraf ! " fell under their swords In
; l!e of hN impatient. "Noll turbare
' ul .s ii,e stepuiak, too, the Bus
si-'!! i'"f!tg* i■ was si engrossed with
th study of nihilist questions in the
Cot; ' eof ilk iii a London suburb
that lie w run over and killed by t
ti in at a level crossing. Londor
( hroiiicle.
I WOOING
j CINDERELLA 112
By Kuth Sautelle
'■ ' "i") rln'it, lUUS, by Homer Sjiiitgiie ►
Scarcely had Dudley forced his
breathless way through the thicket
into tlit; little cleared space at the edge
of the bluff when a young voice as
hailed him.
"I thought yon would come before
long. You are the prince, of course."
He wheeled with a start and stared.
Klie sat on a low rock, looking straight
at him out of smiling brown eyes.
There was a general impression of
browuness. It seemed to be a gown of
some shimmery brown stuff -or was it
gold?—and a kind of aureole of fluffy,
light brown hair, llow the deuce did a
girl up that cliff? About how near
lv a pulling porpoise had he sounded,
anyway? Pity a man couldn't keep
track of his breath! He'd go into train
ing on*that hill till he could take It on
the run without turning a hair—he
would, by Jove! Must be something
the matter with her eyes. He'd never
seen that is to say, they sort of—
"You said yes, didn't you?" she inter
rupted sweetly. "Surely you must be
the prince."
*1 beg your pardon," began Dudley,
sii hl'-nly realizing that she had asked
a ; nest lon s uiie minutes ago and that
a.! is wer was expected of him. "The
P . , you say? I've never been ac
<■ .<d before, you know." And then, In
a i ho£ c imprcheiision, "Most assur
t .lly 1 am the prince—lf you are the
prin.s . he finished triumphantly.
The brown eyes twinkled into his
more distractingly than before.
"Oh, not at all!" she laughed. "I'm
only poor Cinderella."
'•Cinderella?" questioned Dudley,
looking the mystification he felt.
"Why, yes- you see"— She hesitated.
And then a very wonderful thing hap
pened. A line of rosiest pink appeared
just above the brown collar and crept
up stealthily, enveloping the tiny ear,
flashing into flame 011 the white brow
and hiding at last In the light hair that
blew about her face. Dudley, fascinat
ed, watched its progress and forgave
the intrusion.
"Of course it's very simple, only dis
gracefully stupid of me. And"—sit
ting tip straight and suddenly beconi
ing very brave "I'm not In the least
afraid to tell you."
Dudley mumbled suitable assurances,
while the girl moved uneasily 011 her
rocky throne and continued to look
brave.
"I Just—l only—the flower was way
over the edge of the bluff, and I held
onto a branch and leaned down—and —
my heel got wedged by a stone and"—
There was a tentative shifting of the
shimmery skirts, then 11 hasty motion
of withdrawal beneath them. "And I I
lost the mate to that!" she finished,
with desperate courage, thrusting Into
sight the other foot. Incased In a stout
little brown walking boot.
Two furious blushes were in full op
eration by this time.
Dudley gazed fixedly at the small
trim l>oot. "You say the one you lost
was just like this?" lie questioned, with
great solemnity.
"Oh, 110; It belonged to the left foot,
you know," she responded, with corre
sponding earnestness.
And then came the welcome relief of
laughter, under the relaxing influence
of which Dudley sank upon the ed«e
of the rock.
"I only meant to suggest," he an
nounced fervently, "my unbelief that
there could be another like it In the
world."
"Bravo, bravo!" she applauded gay
ly. "That is pretty enough to savor of
much practice In such speaking."
Dudley's anient expression was re
placed by one of due submission to re
buke.
"It Is meet," lie said as his hand
sought a capacious coat pocket and dls
apjieareil therein, "that the downtrod
den should arise to do thee service.
Perhaps I can aid you better than you
know."
"I'm sure you can," she interposed
hastily. "But let me tell my plan first.
1 couldn't let you goto find it and
leave me helpless aud alone again."
"Of course not." Dudley's fuce as
sumed a thoughtful expression, and
his hand feowly left the big pocket.
"1 a—hardly suppose you could bor
row mine."
Again her bright laughter rang out.
"Oh, flattery, where is thy stiug?" she
cried gaspingly. And Dudley, looking
ruefully from his own generous boot
to the adorable mateless one, realized
that once more he'd "put his foot In It."
"Forgiven," she declared In a mo
ment, "because of the pretty one you
said lirst. And so, togo back to our
muttons, I see only one way. And yet,
of course. It's such a little distance
the camp's just back In the trees there
I could hop on one foot, I suppose."
She paused mischievously for the
mere pleasure of regarding his look of
frank disappointment; also to observe
whether if occurred to him to wonder
why, with friends so near, she had not
called for help.
"But I should be sure," she relented,
"to lose my balance and let the wrong
foot down." 1 >udley brightened per
ceptibly. "And it's very stony and, I
know, would hurt dreadfully. So after
nil there Is just the one way, as I said "
She tilted the lonely boot back and
forth on Its heel and regarded It pen
sively. Dudley did likewise. When
this had on long enough she
raised to him an expectant look.
"Yes," he said, almost mournfully:
"there only remains for me to help
you. I suppose 1 ought," he continued,
while his hand moved again ever so
haltingly toward the pocket, then rap-
Idly away from It,"to to"—
"Oh. pray don't feel any obligation
In the matter!" was the hint, with just
a bit of ice iu the tone.
"To avail ui\ self of the most fortu
nate opportunity that ever befell an
undeserving b.-ggar!" he Anlshed,
hilariously as he assisted her
to her leet Ih.it is to say, her foot.
Men- vor.ls cannot approximate the
i'h llfjht of that trip in the neighboring
lll.i.cli || .1 lie; hboriu;?) camp. They
lat giied like children and clutched
each other iu frantic mirth. And with
what exceeding care and deliberate
ni-ss it was necessary to pro-eed! The
most inoffensive pebble'was occasion
for a i■ ie ilelour, In spite of the la
mentable fact that It increased the dis
tance. And did the little uii-'iod il' a
foot so much as caress the groun I in
its wabbling career Dudley \ is i ly
to weep in worshipful cont.itioii It
was almost too much joy to di ■ iver
in the course of the hysterical c.iuver
sat ion that tliis v. ;s Tom Mutton's
ranch dear oil Turn that he hadn't
'•■•n since the college days and Cin
den II I his w!;V ;;a« t.
But as all (.a , .it moments come to
an end. m» i iloi, as Cinderella
droniied tir- t •ut !»*»•••■*
ciiair on me uungalow piazza.
"And then the prince," he said slow
ly, looking down upon her with com
pelling eyes, "caused his heralds—no;
1 think you know what the prince did
without my telling you."
"Ah," she cried, her own eyes falling
under his scrutiny, "but first you've to
find the slipper."
"Yes, first I've to find the slipper.
And when It Is foun.. I've the advan
tage of knowing where dwells Cinder
ella and that the slipper will lit."
"Which last is yet to be proven!"—
teasingly.
"May I put it to the test?" he begged.
"Oli, Faintheart!" she whispered
I mockingly. "Try and see."
Whereat Dudley began a most peeul
j lar course of behavior, doing quickly
around the corner of the cabin, he
humped his head softly several times
against the logs, gave himself a vio
lent shake and then strode through the
trees to the low rock in the little clear
ed space at the edge of the bluff. Sit
ting down, lie plunged an empty hand
into the deep pocket and brought it out
full of a st.nit brown walking boot of
small dimensions.
To his credit be it said that there
| was sell' denunciation in his aspect as
| lie sat turning it miserably over and
over. Oh, yes; of course he'd had it
there all the while. Well, hadn't he
tried to let her have it at the very
first, and didn't she keep interrupting
till he couldn't that is to say, didn't
want to? Suppose lie was the biggest
cad on record, he'd wager no fellow
ever had a better excuse! Hang It!
What did she have to look at him that
way for? How could he deliberately
hand the thing over and put an end to
the happiest few moments he'd ever
spent, or ever expected to spend, for
that matter? For surely by this fool
ishness he'd dished any prospects of
further acquaintance about as effec
i tively as possible. Well, anyhow, this
was torture; might as well have the
confession over with and go off and
shoot himself.
In three minutes he was back. The
| trial trip had taken twenty to navi
i gate. She was waiting and still alone,
olt. yes; rub it in! She might have
cared if he hadn't spoiled it all.
"Most eager knight!" she called in
greeting. "Was it wings? Nothing
else could have taken you down the
ravine atul up again in this time."
For answer ho knelt without a word
i md put the fateful shoe in place with
! elaborate care He would have that
privilege before he forfeited her favor
forever. Then
"I found it in the ravine before I
rlmihcit up ;it all," he s.iid abruptly,
j "it was in my pocket all the while.
| Now send me away, for I can't go un
less you do."
l'.ut i indeteila leaned forward to take
■ hi< remorseful face between two but
terfly hands.
"Oh, laiy, boy." she cried softly;
"most innocent of boys! Did you think
1 didn't knowV I saw you pick It up
down lie low no, j oil shall have all the
j truth; it fell I let it fall because I
saw you!"
I Just then Tom Hutton. coming
! around the corner of the house, de
! cided he could quite as well postpone
i his errand
U>lli:iKlun'M Integrity.
The great Duke of Wellington was
noted for his rigid integrity. Here is
an instance which occurred in refer
dice to his large est.ite. Some farm ad
joining his lands w as for sale, and his
agent ing iti ited for him for the pur
| chase. Having concluded the business,
he went tu tin- duke and told him he
had made a capital bargain. "What do
you mean?" .asked the duke. "Why,
your grace, 1 have got the farm for so
much, and 1 know it to be worth at
least so much more." "Are you quite
sure of that?" "Ouite sure, your grace,
for 1 ha.ve carefully surveyed It."
"Very well, then, pay the gentleman
from me the balance between what you
have already given and the reiil value
of the estate." Argonaut.
W lien Soft t'rabie ire On nireroiiN.
"There is no danger in eating soft
shelled crabs." observed an epicure, "If
they are fre.di, but they are poison if
; they are not They should be well sea
soned and an extra lot of pepper put
on them as a precaution, especially If
the weather is very hot when they are
eaten or if they are eaten shortly be
fore one retires. It Is the habit of
many poison ■; to cat soft shelled erabs
at nighttime Ido not know but that
they taste better then. It is somewhat
dangerous to many to drink milk after
eating crabs. Milk seems to develop
the colic that follows eating soft shell
ed crabs with some persons. Anothet
thing that should be remembered, and
that is a sharp .thunderstorm will kill
soft shelled erabs, and even the hard
shelled crab at times. Unless the soft
shelled crab has been cooked before the
thunderstorm I think the safer plan
would be to decline to eat It. Under
all other conditions there Ls no danger
in partaking of them, for 1 do not
think any one would bo criminal
enough to cook a dead crab, hard of
soft shell. The proper way to kill a
crab Is to throw him into a kettle of
boiling water. I know that some peo
ple think this Is cruel, but It Is no more
cruel than to stab them with a needle
or kill them with chloroform, as I have
known some extra sensitive persons to
do." Washington Star.
\pni'lifM !W\or Took S<-UI|IM.
The taking of scalps has been spoken
of so commonly In the press of the
United States that It has become a
general practice, when speaking <»f a
man having lost his life among the In
dians, to say, "He lost his scalp." Nov
elists even of today, when locating
their stories in Apacheland, almost In
variably scalp tin' victims of Apache
vengeance. As a matter of fact, one
can say that the Apache never took
scalps. Men who have lived In tho
Apache country and have been closely
associated with them for thirty years
or more claim that no full blooded
Apache ever scalped a man he killed.
On the contrary, he would not touch a
body after death and would throw
away his weapons If stained with hu
man blood. Their own dead the men
never help to bury. This task ls left
to the women. E. S. Curtis in ScMb
ner's
Still*)-.
"It seems strange," snld Deacon
Mayberry as he counted the money
aftei church, "that a large congrega
tlon fan be so small" I'hlladelphla
Telegraph
l»y Proiy.
In Holland, says a Scotch paper, |
man .; \ pro yis allowed. This is j
tin- >» < •<! "mariiage by the glove"
in; ! i . II tally putin practice by a
Dutchman who is sojourning abroad
and, wanting a wife, Is too poor or
too far oh to return home for one. In
such .1 i ohe \\ rites home to a law
y. w h<> one conformable to tho
re<l1 1 n ' >1 Ins client. If the gen
tleman apprises he next sends the law- j
ycr a soiled left hand glove and *
power of attorney, which settles tho
business. A friend marries the woman
by proxy, ami she ls thereafter prompt
ly shipped oft' to her new honic
TRIAL BY ORD£AL.
The Queer That Eilnlit In the
Simai I'eniiiMiilit.
In the Sinai peninsula trial !>y ordeal
is still practiced la nil criminal eases
where no witnesses are forthcoming
the jiulge, "el mabashaa," tests the
suspected person hy fire, hy water or
by dream. In the first the judge places
au iron pan in the fire until It is rcdhot
and gives it to tin- accused to touch
three times with his tongue, If marks
of burning are shown on the tongue
the accused is pronounced guilty. The
theory apparently Is that If he Is not
guilty the moisture on the tongue pre
vents it from being burnt; if guilty his
tongue would dry up from fear of be
ing discovered.
The test by water is described as fol
lows: "The 'mabashaa* sits with the
accused anil the spectators in a circle
with a copper jug full of water placed
in the center. This jug Is then made
to appear to move round the circle by
means of witchcraft or hypnotism. If
the jug returns back to the judge the
accused is pronounced not guilty, but
if the jug stops opposite the accused
he Is pronounced guilty."
This description is rather wanting in
detail, and it is difficult to know how
a jug which only appears to move can
be a trustworthy index. In the test by
dream the "mabashaa" sleeps and sees
In a dream if the accused Is guilty or
not.—Chicago News.
The Sinner*.
"You opera singers are all jealous,
aren't you?" quizzed the friend of the
prima donna.
"Oh, no," replied the prima donna,
"lots of us never sang in church
choirs. 1 ' Philadelphia Record.
(irent Title Wave*.
Those who see the rise and fall of
the titles in our Atlantic harbors sel
dom think of the wonderful career of
the moon taised ocean waves which
cause tin- tidal 11 ux and reflux. Such
billows not only cross the sea, but flow
from ocean to ocean, and In this way
complicated movements are set going.
Thus once in every twelve hours the
moon raises a tide billow in the south
era Indian ocean. VVbon this billow
passes the ('apt? of Good Hope at noon'
its successor is already burn, and by
the time the first billow has reached
the Azores islands at midnight the sec
ond is rounding the cape and a third
has come into existence in the southern
ocean. I'.y -1 o'clock in the morning fol
lowing its passage of the cape the.tide
billow reaches the English channel, and
there the shallow water delays It so
much that it does not arrive at the
strait of Hover until I<> a. m. Here the
narrowing channel causes the tide to
ris • very liirh and almost puts an end
to the wave. In the meantime another
branch ol the billow runs around the
western side of the British islands,
rounds the north point of Scotland and
moves slowly down the eastern coast
of Kngiand until it Anally flows up the
Thames and laps the wharfs of Lon
don. London Graphic.
Reaping?
There is no mouth In the year In
which ttii' song of the reaper is not
heard in some land on the glol>e. In
January is the wheat harvest of Aus
tralia, New Zealand, Chile and the
Argentine lb-public; in February and
March, upp t'.'.vpt an.l India; in
April, lower i. ypt. India, Syria, Cy
prus, l'crsia Asia Minor, Mexico and
Cuba; in May, Texas, Algeria, central
Asia, China. .I.ipan and Morocco; in
June. California. Oregon, Mississippi,
Alabama C<or ia, North and South
Carolina. Tcuiic--.ee, Virginia, Ken
tucky. K ins s, Arkansas, Utah, Colo
rado, Missouri. Turkey, Italy.
Spain, Portugal and south of France;
in July. New Fugland, New York,
IVniisyh ani.i, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan,
Illinois, lowa. Wisconsin, southern
Minnesota. Nebraska, upper Canada,
Itouiiiauia, Bulgaria, Austria Hungary,
south ol Km la. Germany, Switzerland
and south o| Fat land; In August, cen
tral and no: !h-ru Minnesota, the Ha
kotas, Manitoba, lower Canada, Co
lumliia. ! iuin, Netherlands, Great
Ib-itain, l'eumark, I'oland and central
ICII - i; in September and < (etolier,
Scot la ud. den. Norway and north
iif kus i; in November, l'eru and
South Africa, and in Heceinl»er, Burma
and New South Wales.
An I*«<*4*l t*Mliimtflint.
A milliner who works In a large city
says that one day a woman came into
the store very much excited and want
ed the trimming on her new hat chaug
eI. She said that it had been trimmed
on the wrong side.
"But." said the saleswoman, "the
trimming i; on the left side. That is
where it ought to be."
"it doesn't make any difference
whether it ought to be In front or back
or right or left, it's got to be on the
church side."
"Church side!" gasped the astonished
girl.
"Yes, church side! I sit right next
the wall in church, and I'm not going
to have all that trimming next the
wall. I want it on the other sido, so
the whole congregation can see it."
The trimming was promptly placed
on the "church side" of the hat.
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THE SAVAGE MORO.
Iff* Terrllile Ite||fciou« Frenzy Wtileli
It lot.'. Isi Murder.
The .\loro is a savage, a primal man,
u Malay, which is a oranch of one of
the oldest stocks of which we know,
lie is subject when not under the In
fluence of a s.e.f contained ruler to
strange, murderous fits of insanity.
When a Moio, without effort on his
part, become ■ "i;ed with a desire to
murder he i-. said to have"run amuck,"
and it such tinii - lie will rush wildly,
■la hiiig and killing every One he
chni.i s to meet, even his own people.
Wh n. however, lie purposely works
liiu elf int.) a religious frenzy it Is
with the di ire to kill Christians and
the faith of the prophet ascend
ortli -iiii into paradise The Moro In
1 1i- stale of passion Is said to be "Ju
an i iitadii " lie has then taken a re
i i us until, perhaps administered by
<on • ten I "h nljl" who had duly
•i ide ! pi! rlmavre to Mecca. He has
I ion ,d himself up 'ii that he suffers
•vc. iieiatin .r:o;iies and through phys
ical i! "eritig is reduced to a nervous
fr"ii"\\ Having once taken the oath,
the Mo o "jiiramciitado" is doomed to
•lay iiuiil at last he himself is slain.
Tl • Moro is a Mohammedan, but he
lias perverted the Mohammedan lielief
until at times it is a weird, grotesque
and terrible religion. In the heart of
the V >r i there is no fear of death. It
i' to him but an incident of life, and
Irs belief, as he has fashioned It, is
l' at he who dies in battle Is cleansed
i'l >lll sin and goes straight to the bos
oms of the liouris in paradise. The
Moro's idea of government Is force,
lie has never known anything else. If
you are kind to him he thinks you fear
him. His world is ruled by fear, not
love. Hamilton Wright in Leslie's
Weekly.
A MODERN ARCADIA.
Xoivherp ire I.ife nml rroperty So
Safe as In I.Hlirndnr.
A traveler who recently visited the
coast of Labrador says that nowhere
on earth are life and property held so
sacred as in that little known and bar
ren land. A thousand miles of lonely
seaboard, along which is scattered a
population of some 10,000 people, about
one-third of whom are white, would
seem to give every opportunity for
crime, yet there is no police officer of
any kind, no court and no jail. Nor
are they needed. The only criminal
charge within fifty years was one
against an Eskimo, who shot a rival in
love.
In addition to the resident popula
tion the coast is visited every summer
by about 10.000 Newfoundland fisher
men, and, while Newfoundland Itself is
not by any means free from criminals,
none appear to come among the lishers
or else the example of the natives of
Labrador causes them to refrain from
any wrongdoing while there. Years
ago a circuit court visited the coast
every summer, but as it found nothing
to do it was abolished. Now should
any serious charge be made against a
man a magistrate would be sent from
Newfoundland to investigate it.—Har
per's Weekly.
An Giiklc'h Kill ol rare,
The voracity ol' the eagle and similar
birds of prey is well known, but the
contents or a nest which was recently
discovered in the Alps by a Swiss
hunter show the following remarkable
variety in the daily menu: A hare,
twenty s ( \en chamois' feet, four pi
geons' feet, thirty pheasants' feet, elev
en heads of fowls, eighteen heada of
grouse and the remains of a nunjbe?
of rabbits, marmots and squirrels.—
London Chronicle.
A j'oiiticiiiii'N War,
Somebody suggests that the boy who
ran away from h> me because he dlq&'t
get enoogh pic has the Instincts of a
great politician. Wrong. The politician
would have stayed at home, stolen the
pio and made his mother think she had
eaten it herself. Philadelphia North
American.
The bashl-t»a?.oul. his bead e.\
eept a tuft at the crown, which is to tie
used by the angel to jerk him »o para
illse If he should be slain by I is h
tended victim.
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I of Danville.
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DEATH BY DROWNING.
TITO MinuleN I ndrr Wolrr Sufficient
tot liune l ulill IteNult*.
Drowning is n quicker death than
most people suppose. Insensibility Is
said to begin iu nhout one minute, und
fatal unconsciousness generally su
porvont s In tile neighborhood of two.
Even practiced divers cannot remain
under water more than a minute and a
half, and it is almost fatal to remain be
neath the surface longer than that.
At Nuvarino, where there are many
expert divers who plunge Into the sea
after spon;;es. not one was found who
could remain under water for two
minutes. In the Ilod sea the Arab
divers generally remain down one and
n quarter minutes, while at Ceylon the
pearl fishers can seldom stay below
for even one minute. There is a case
on record at Falmouth, England, where
a diver had descended eighty feet and
on giving the signal was drawn up
slowly, so it was two minutes before
he reached the surface. Blood ran
from his ears an 1 nose, and he was in
sensible. He died without speaking.
Insensibility, however, floes not al
ways Involve death, for In many cases
a person may be resuscitated by the
use of energetic measures. The bring
lng to of people who have been under
water for five consecutive minutes,how
ever, is considered doubtful by phy
sicians. There have been extraor
dinary cases related, nevertheless,
where persons have been brought back
to life after having been submerged
for fifteen or twenty minutes, but It is
probable that they have come to the
surface again and again during that
time.—Black wood's.
A Will Iu Word*.
In the probate division of the London
county court Sir Gorell Barnes was
asked to admit to probate the will of
Frederick Thorn of Amesbury avenue,
Btreatham, who died leaving property
valued at $4,000. A day or so before
he died, counsel stated, Mr. Thorn had
a paralytic stroke. lie asked for a
piece of paper, and they gave an en
velope to him. He wrote on the back
of it, in the presence of his wife and
two of his children, "All to mother. F.
T." This was witnessed by Arthur
Thorn and Percy Thorn. The will was
handed up to his lordship, who remark
ed that It was probably the shortest
one on record. It was duly executed
and witnessed and he therefore pro
nounced for it.
Worse Than Lout.
"You lost your money in Wall street,
did you?"
"I wouldn't say I lost It," answered
the precise though unworldly man.
"The word 'lost' implies a remote pos
sibility of Its being found again."—
Exchange.
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" -liIjOOMSBURH tMVIHION
Delaware. Lackawanna and Western
liailroad.
in Effect Jan. 1, l«0. r >.
TRAINS LEAVE DANVILLE.
EASTWARD.
7.07 a. in.daily tor Bloomshurg, Kingston,
Wilkes-Barre a..d Seranton. Arriving S«tuh
ton at !M2 u. iu„ und connecting at Seranton
with trains arriving at Philadelphia at ".IK a.
in.and New York City atp. in
10.lit a. in. weekly for Bloouisburg.Kingston.
Wlikes-Barre.Hcrantou and intermediate sta
tions, arriving at Seranton at 12.116 p. ui and
connecting there with trains for N«-w York
City. Philadelphia and Buffalo.
2.11 weekly for Bloomshurg,Kingston,Wlikes
Barre, Seranton and intermediate *tations,
arriving at Seranton at 4.50 p. in.
5.1.1 p. m.daily for Blooiiisljiirg, hsny. I'ly
moutli. Kingston, Wilkes-Barre, I'ittston,
Seranton and intermediate stations, arriving
at Seranton at •>.25 p. in.and connecting the" 8
with trainsarrlvine at New York City at ti.so
a' hi.. Philailelpeia 10 a. in.and Buffalo7a tn.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT DANVILLE
9.15 a. in. weekly from Seranton, Plttston,
Kingston, Bloomshurg and intermediate sta
tions, leaving .Seranton at t1.35 a. m., where it
connects with trains leaving New York City
at !».!(0 p. in., Philadelphia at 7 flfi p.m. and
Buffalo at io.lio a. m.
12.44 p. in. dally from Seranton I'ittston,
Kingston, Berwick, Bloomshurg and Interme
diate stations, leaving Seranton at 10.10 a. in.
and connecting there with train leaviug Butt
alo at 2.25 a. in.
4.:tt p. in. weekly om Seranton, Kingston.
Berwick, Bloomshurg and Intermediate sta
tions, leaving Seranton at 1.5 a p. in., where II
connects with train leaviug New York City
at 10.00 a. m..and Philadelphia at 0.00 a. 111.
0.05 p. in. dally from Seranton. Kingston.
Pittston, Berwick, Bloomshurg and Interme
diate stations, leaving Seranton at 6.86 p.m.,
where it connects with trains leaving New
York City at 1.00 p. m„ Philadelphia at K'.Oli
p. hi. and Bultolo at 9.110 a. in.
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