j A D&rk
Diplomatist.
fr mi Hi ten
X.ii■ Nm • J
"I let I, Mi«* Mftfjli', I lion'l llkf
dene beali fiats "
Aunt lifhbii- Stood with nrms nklm
Iwi occupying the grenter pnrt nf the
tlnj kitchen Mr- Itlalr. srrntigltig ■
mam of dnhliaft In an old fashioned
jar on the dining room table. *ml lad
nu the old negro coiiitiilM*ralluglj
"We don't find It quite a» roomy a«
the old place lu Virginia, do me. Aunt
ftehbte? Rut after the mortgage mi
foreclosed leslev'ft civil service ftp
(■ointment wan a godsend I don't
knuw how the child ever got the Idea
of standlnc a civil service exsmlnu
tlon. She always was a queer child,
though " Mrs Itlalr sighed as If the
08. FEKTON NOTED HIS PATIENT'S PULSE.
matter was beyond her comprehension
and followed her characteristic tenden
cy to avoid troublesome thought.
Aunt Debbie beat the batter for hei
cake energetically.
"Miss Lesley—she's every bit quali
ty—every bit a saint angel," she said,
bristling at any idea disparaging to hei
nursling. "Dey's never been a purtiei
child nor young lady neither than little
Miss Lesley. En' de idy of ma chile
wurkin' for her bread! I jest can't
seem to stomach it!" Sho beat the
substance in the yellow bowl viciously.
" 'Tain't lack her ma and her grandma
done befoah her. Dey had close and
parties and married de best catches In
de country. What chanst has little
missie to make a fine marriage, 1
wanter know? Goes to work evvy
mawnin' at 0. De Lnwd knows, 1
useter jes' be carryin' her ma's and
her grandma's coffee to they beds at
9. En how's she a-goin' to meet any
senators and presidents and things tc
get a chanst to marry?"
The old tnammy beat away as if she
had fate in the yellow bowl and in
tended to render it harmless.
"It worries me dreadfully, Aunt
Deb." Mrs. Blair finished the dahlias
and stood off to admire them. "II
seems preposterous to think that a
daughter of mine should ever be an old
maid. We've been here a year, though
and Ix>sle.v hasn't become acquainted
with a single man of desirable calling
acquaintance. It would have been so
different if her poor father had lived."
"Or if he hedn't gambled away and
drunk up all his money foah he died,"
muttered the old woman under hei
breath.
Mrs. Blair sat down in the easy
chair and took lier embroidery from
the ancient mahogany sewing table.
"Well, I'm doing all I can. I inststeu
on renting this tlat in a fashionable
neighborhood, but the house is filled
with young married couples that I've
never met. ! (lon't believe there's
more than one eligible man in the
building, and we've never met him."
"Huh! Who's he?" demanded Aunt
Debbie, scenting a prospect for match
making with as much eagerness as it
she had been of French Instead of
African ancestry.
"It's that young doctor in the first
floor front. He seems to have all the
swell automobiles and carriages in
town stop at his door. But, no matte,
how desirable an acquaintance he
might IK*, we don't know any one tt
make the necessary introduction—anil
We are never sick." The mistress
laughed at the old woman's falling ex
pression.
"I seen him look at Miss Lesley any
how when we nass him in the hall
iiun: ns enougn to niase any nur
sick to live in a ole bandbox of a flat."
said Aunt Deb dplefully.
Dr. Fenton came in very late that
night and was smoking a final /igai
when his telephone rang.
"Please come up to apartment No. 3'
—quick-it's a fainting tit—or some
thing dreadful!" said a girl's excited
voice.
hen he reached the door of the i
apartment the girl with red blond bail
—the same girl ho bad often noticed j
in the hall—met him at the door. Hot j
face was still flushed with sleep, but
her eyes were dilated with anxiety n-j
she wrapped the folds of her blm
kimono around her slender figure ru
led the way toward the little Ii .•> |
bed room.
"It's my old colored mammy," sii
said breathlessly. "I never knew he
to be sick before, and I'm afraid i!
apoplexy or heart trouble or some
thing. If mammy were to die we
would bo absolutely helpless."
Dr. Fenton noted his patient's pulse
and listened to her heart, then looked
fit Mrs. Blair in a puzzled manner.
"Her heart's all right—rather unusu
ally strong. Has she been eating any
thing that might give her acute indi
gestion ?"
"I'm sure I don't know," said Mrs.
Blair helplessly. "I was asleep when
she called me, and she groaned several
times, then became absolutely uncon
scious."
"Has she been drinking?" The doc
tor sniffed the atmosphere suspi
ciously.
nftti'l' Mummy never m ln(n«l
m 1,.,1 tn bet lift I •pilled tltot mi b-t
♦film tn fnfr# (fimii MM Her throst "
work flftnll) twdrt tn»m> iirntii sm
inmils tn lit* patient'* ttoetrlts, end «hi>
•1 >l. ilnl (lit fttnff sw > " »he euld
Indttfnnnth I'" fntt uml tn kill
mr Miic l'« ft WuMlh i old nit
l»i IVrtt.-, pftftHl her "boilder In
"flwir tlief" I you nt* tint
dend yet lt'« 11 *l(tn of ft good cottsti
tnt> n «lii'h they recnvi" mid Iwgln
fn«- iiir ntiil fuming Khows they have
fri' ftmtiirti t'> p'tll throw Bh nil right.
IVh«> ■ do ynii fi i liinl. untitle?"
"In nut li"ftil nnil buck. and trm
l«lg«. nnil mi ftwful misery In m*
ilonMrli. I reckon I'm »nos' done for."
nml she ground! In self pity.
"I'm going to ghe j nil ii powder th*t
will »top nil the ml wry, auntie Yon
must stay In lied tnindltnf, nml I'll
come in nnil «ee how things are g"lna
with yon I eipect yon ha>e taken
colli nml hmc neuralgia fttul cratnp.
You'll lie bustling around n« lively h»
ftliyltody Inn few day*."
"HP sure to come tomorrer, doctah.
I'm scalrt plum to death." the old ne
gro whimpered.
One night king after Annt Deb's re
covery l»r Fenton nnt In the tiny par
lor of Mr*. Itialr'ii apartment, nnil n
casual observer might have thought
lie una noting Lesley's pulse.
".Mid to think I MW yon going In
and coming out of this building for n
whole year lioforo I bad nn opportu
nity of meeting you. I tried my liest
to find n mutual acquaintance, but
couldn't. If that blessed old mammy
hadn't caught cold 1 might never have
known you. I>o you like the way that
illaninml Is set, dearest?" he asked,
holding the girl's slender hand at
arm's length to admire Ihe very new
and glittering rliin.
"It's just—lovely," she said. "Ev
erything is lovely. I don't lielieve
there's a single disagreeable thing In
the WOrML Let's rail Mum DgbMi 1
hav»»n't told her yet."
When Aunt Debbie came to the door
nml heard their news she laughed in
an enjoyment too large fur the small
apartment.
"Yon think you are su'prisin' your
old mammy, do you, little missie?
Laird, eliile, 1 seen it eomln' long liefo'
you children thought of It."
When she reached the seclusion of
the kitchen she sat down ami rocked
to and fro in silent merriment, her
checked apron held over her face.
"Thank de Lnwd! Little missy won't
be no old maid," she chuckled, "but
d e y certainly Is one cullud pusson dat
would ha' made a fine actress. An'
wasn't I cute to seleck a time when lit
tle missy would put on dat blue fluffy
wrapper? I knowed she looked like
one of de Lawd's angels in it I
didn't have no misery—l didn't have
no nothing—but dem powders sho' did
make me sleep."
KING HEROD'S ROOSTER.
The Legend of St. Stephen, Fir*t of
the Noble Army of Martyr*.
Ever since that first Christmas eve
the cock has crowed all night long on
the anniversary to keep away evil
spirits, for the cock is a holy bird and
a knowing one. There is a pleasant
tale of him and St. Stephen, the first
martyr, whose day is Dec. 20, close by
his dear Lord's.
St. Stephen was King Ilerod's stew
ard. it seems, who served him in the
kitchen and at bible. One night as "he
was bringing In the boar's head for his
master's dinner ho saw the sttir shin
ing over Bethlehem. Immediately he
set down the huge platter and ex
claimed :
"No longer, Herod, will I bo thy serv
ant, for a greater King than thou is
born."
"What aileth thee?" cried the king
wrathfully. "Do you lack meat or
drink that you would desert my serv
ice for another's?"
"Nay," answered Stephen; "I lack
neither meat nor drink, but the Child
that Is born this night is greater than
all of us, and him only will I serve."
"That is as true," quoth Herod, smit
ing the table with his fist, "as that this
roast cock on the platter shall crow be
fore us."
Hardly were the words out of his
mouth when the cock stretched his
neck and crowed lustily, "Chrlstus na
tus est!" At tVia proof that Stephen's
words were true Herod was so angry
that he made his soldiers take Stephen
outside the walls of Jerusalem and
stone him to death. And this Is the
reason why unto this day St. Stephen
is the patron of atonecutters.-
GOOD DIAMONDS IN ARKANSAS
Profeseor Schneider Reports That the
Field Is as Rich as Kimberley.
The diamond field discovered in Pike
county, Ark., Is rich, according to the
report of Professor Philip Schneider,
geologist of the Syracuse (X. Y.) uni
versity, who was employed by the
state department of agriculture to
make an investigation, says a Little
Hock (Ark.) special dispatch to the New
York Times.
l:i his report, which he recently filed
with Guy If. Tucker, the state agricul
tural commissioner, be says that, while
much of the laud which he inspected
is worthless, a few acres, comprising
what are known as the Huddleston and
Money places, are rich producers of
genuine diamonds.
He reports that the surface indica
tions are that this territory will equal
the famous Kimberley diamond fields
In South Africa. The dirt, he reports,
resembles in every respect the soil in
and around the Kimberley diamond
tracts in South Africa.
"There can be no doubt," he adds,
"that genuine diamonds have been ob
tained from the Huddleston tract in
this state."
Future Peanut State.
The farmers of Texas have taken up
the growing of peanuts to an extent
which makes it probable that within
the comparatively near future the
great peanut growing states of Vir
ginia, Tennessee and Georgia will have
to relinquish their laurels to grand old
Texas, as is being done In the case of
other states In the production of other
products, says the Galveston News.
At a peanut factory recently establish
ed In TerreL about 1,000 bushels a day
are being handled.
Old heme
«lcch.
ft* LULU lOHNSoN,
iv.»>rrbrtl!«t H" h> V Mi nntiltMthum
6 A
Itllly fngileti renil th«- pulnphlet
from cover lo rover, from Ihe
first line. Hid Home
to the Imprint of tlie "ttlftlravllts Mer
ctiry Job Print" on Ihe last pnge of the
eo\ rr. flnwelinw the little booklet
seemed to h*ve alnmftt the vnlne of a
message from home lie could even
tell * hli h p»rt of the te*t t'arr, the
editor nf the Mercury, had written and
which portions were the product of the
Itev. John Dudley, Ihe Presbyterian
minister, who has literary aspirations
One paragraph In particular appeal
ed to him. It ran, "We have set a date
later Ihmi most of Ihe old home week*
so that im we. the home stayers, bring
ton hanpy anil prosperous conclusion
the hardest of the year so may the
bomeeomors bring with them the first
fruits of their prosperity and their tal
cut'
Whoever had sent him the pamphlet
had underscored thin paragraph, and
Sugdcn felt with a glow of pride that
his new found fnme had reached even
to the old home. It was only In the
last few months that he hail gained
the position as an Illustrator for which
he hnd fought, anil fnme was still very
sweet to him. He could see visions of
the old home, the quiet, shady streets,
the trees now gorgeous In their aututn
mil tints, as be sat down urn] wrote a
note of regret to the famous lion hunt
er who had sought to add him to her
collection at Newport for that week.
As the train drew near tlie old town
some weeks later he peered from tht
windows as eagerly as a boy.
On both sides of tlie car excited faces
were pressed against the glass locating
familiar spots, nnd when at last the
long lino of cars swung around the
point and the" gray old breakwater
"ELIZABETH I 18 IT HEALLT TOC," HE DE
MANDED.
came into sight the car rang with
cheers, In which Sugden's voice was
by no means the least vociferous.
It was pleasant to meet the reception
committee with their pompous formal
ity of welcoming speeches, which were
followed by the more genuine hand
clasps. It was still more pleasant to
make his way up the street and get a
welcome on every hand, but through
it all Sugden was conscious of one lack
—the absence of one person who alone
could make old home week a success
to him. For the first time he realized
that the week meant to him Elizabeth
Grantley, and it was to see her that he
had come.
As he crossed the foaming little riv
er that cut the town in two be remem
bered the last time that he stood on
the span, lie nnd Elizabeth had lean
ed against the rail, watching the swirl
ing waters in the uncertain moonlight,
while gently she had put from her the
hopes that had risen in ber breast nnd
had sent him on his way unfettered by
matrimonial promises. "If you really
want me you will come back for me
without a promise," she had whisper
ed. "I could not bear to think that I
was holding you back in your career,
Billy." He hnd protested and argued,
but the girl had steadfastly held to her
point She would not marry him—she
would not even consider an engage
ment. If he was to fight his way in
the world he must be left free.
He had failed then to perceive her
point of view. He hnd wanted her to
marry him and go with him in search
of a career. When she had refused he
had flung himself away,.and he had
not written. Now he knew that she
had been right, and be longed to tell
her so. "There was a bureau of Infor
mation through which visitors might
locate their old friends, but the sweet
faced Jo charire of the retristrv
list shook her head regretfully. We
tried to locate the Grautleys to reach
them with nn announcement," she ex
plained, "but they appear to have drop
ped from sight completely. I will
make a note of your address in case
we do locate them." Sugden thanked
her and went out feeling as though
after all his coming had been a mis
take. He slipped Into the opera house
to listen for awhile to the formal exer
cises for the opening day. but he found
the prosy oratory tiresome and soon
sought the open air. Bridge and Court
streets were brought out brilliantly by
arches of Incandescent lights, and in
the Indian summer warmth a pushing,
perspiring crowd made their way up
and down the streets and Jostled each
other Into the gutter, while the con
fetti was scattered about and the
feather ticklers were everywhere ID
evidence.
With a gesture of disgust Sugden
turned from the crowd. His mood was
not atune to merrymaking, and he
sought the more quiet parts of the
town. Almost unconsciously be took
the familiar paths that led to the little
niliaffp where thp fJrpntlevs hurt mailt
tm'tt n- rnr, tn#i n* fmttf*
Idmnetf leaning ngntn«t ftw> fence that
Itirtmr-d Ih«' well kept mnlm ||'n
he lighted a i Ignr, wtth th» *oft
gloom .if the tree nhnited turd fnr hu
ureen he projected from hi* fa»»ej
mi'Wm w herein he and Mlwibeth had
figured Hp could «w lb* my hum
mock »*«ti| l»>i*«>ii the apple fr* l '
Mini tin- hor*e . he*t«tlt tlx f«MWt pic
tnre lhe dainty figure In ftlwy whlt«
ntt'l M«M wlTtiOil hear her hull of "I'm
M kMi ituii, in tin' hatnmprfc," «•
the g*»p clicked liehlnd htm
1 hpn hi* tntnd punjuml (Hr vWiw
«112 ihp wl*lfnl faced girl leaning npos
(lie railing of the l>rt<ts«* nntl pleading
wllh him to keep hi* freed ota thnt h»
rnlirht mnke hi* fight free handed ttf
remetnlipred those ln*t few moment*
when hp liiii! (Ipcliiwl thnt hp would
have nothing niorr to (to with a gtr
who fen red to face poverty with him
mill even now It m'pmwl thnt hp could
hpnr hiT unit* nn ftlip had walked with
tear blinded pjm ilown thp street
while hp limt leaned against Hip wal
nnil had watched hir go without n sin
gle woril of comfort.
Hninchow thp sobbing seemed strange
I? ronl. tt was almost a* though n
woman thorn tn thp shadow »112 the
liwn «n* IpttlnK loose Hip flo«nl gatet
of her irrlpf. Ho mil dlil the noum!
seem thnt hp flung nwn.v his cigar am!
vaulted thp low fence, milking for the
dlwtloii of the Bound. Rut, though h<
pximh-liml to And n woman thrro undPt
thp trees, It wnn with n shock Hint hf
did come face to fnee with a bowed
figure. Willi uplifted hat and n niur
uiurod offer of service, be advanced
but the woman moved away silently
Something in the poise brought Hug
den's henrt into his mouth, and, with
a cry. he darted forward.
"UtMtMth! Is It really |nr he de
tnnnded. "Ilavo 1 found you at last?"
The girl was at the gate now, and In
the light of the distant street lamp he
saw that he was right.
"Listen, dear," he went on"1 don't
Liluiue you for wanting nothing to dc
with me. but hear mo only for a mln
Ute.
"I did not know what you intuitively
guessed—how hard the struggle would
lie. I did not know the conditions. 1
thought that with you to help me make
the tight 1 could do better. I know
now that 1 was wrong."
"1 thought that knowledge would
come In time," said the girl softly
"Genius in a garret Is a thing of the
past. Genius to be discovered must
live and dress well. I could not make
you understand that."
"Rut I know it now," he assured
her. "I can see that alone 1 could Uv«
better and at least preserve the ap
pearanco of prosperity that was mj
greatest aid to advancement. And
even as my error was great so is ui)
penitence, Betty. Can you find it It
your heart to forgive me. to admit m<
at least to your friendship?"
"To forgive is part of woman's life,'
she said wearily. "I had not intended
to make myself known. I just wanted
to see the old town aud the old hom«
again, but you have found me out."
"And this time 1 shall not let yoi
go,"he said, "uot if I can pro><» how
great lias been njy repentance. Look
dear, the old house is for sale. May 1
buy it in the hope that some day wt
shall call it home? I know I do not
deserve forgiveness, dear, but —you
said 1 would find you waiting when I
came home."
"It has been a long wait," she said
softly, "a very long wait. Billy, but 1
have kept my promise. 1 have waited
alone."
Gently, almost reverently, he tool
her tn his arms, and as his lips brush
ed the soft brown hair he realized
what some men never come to know
the depth and beauty of a woman's
loving forgiveness. Sugden had found
the old home—and the new.
AN IMPRISONED FACULTY.
College Graduates In Stripes Taka
Charge of New Instruction System.
The departure for Auburn, N. Y., a
few days ago of I'hlletus M. Ilelfer
closes a chapter of much interest iu
educational work being done under
state auspices for convicts in New
York's penal Institutions, soys un Os
slning special dispatch to the New
>ork Times. Mr. Heifer has intro
duced among the l.'-'uo or more prison
► n very complete educational course,
ranking rather above the grammar
grades and below the high school
courses In the higher limits.
It was sur nised that there would be
some difficulty in finding a willing and
competent corps of instructors among
the prisoners. Inasmuch as several edu
cated ones who were approached de
dined on the ground that it would re
quire too much mental refurbishing to
make themselves competent teachers
of those needing the more elementary
Instruction. A faculty of nine mem
bers was finally obtained, and it is
noteworthy that all are college gradu
ates. The dean of the faculty is a
Cambridge (England) man, while one
of the members is an Oxford man.
Columbia has three representatives,
Cornell one. and smaller colleges ac
count for others in their catalogues.
Itoth the Cambridge and Oxford men
tire serving sentences for forgery, a va
riety of crime which seems to appeal
to the educated. Others of the faculty
are serving time for similar offenses.
Forgery has a close rival in perjury.
It is stated, and in the consultations
with prisoners preliminary to the es
tablishment of the new educational
features the greatest surprise was ex
pressed by New York city convicts that
more prominent offenders In this re
spect had not been sent up from the
metropolis.
"It was an everyday affair In our
business," said one man,"to make af
fidavit to false returns. I never gave
It a second thought, and I knew others
did not. It was simply part of the
day's work."
Mulberry Juice on inflamed Sore*.
"Juice from the old fashioned mul
berry rubbed over an inflamed sora
will rid it of all Inflammation and cure
it up in a few days," said a Carters
Creek man. "My father used to use
the Juice of a mulberry for sores
whenever any of ub children hurt our
selves in any manner. He would gath
er a lot of the berries In season,
squeeze out the Juice, add a little al
cohol to preserve it and bottle It up
for future use. It Is certainly fine for
the purpose used and accomplished a
bundred cures right In our family."—
Nashville Tennesseean.
■
Knowing
Miss knowlton
H» MtMUII I ION Milt
" UJ lll "".'"—fl
It to Tenter* thai utr reany
l»'4nti for him when he r*me to liealer
tn »u|«-rlmt»M the building of Hip ele«
trip work*, for tin HI lle-n Itfp hml Imen
uneventful mid he had not known of
Ada Know Iton
Kvn now he merely knew of hef,
for Trn \ or* wan not a Indie*' man HP
wa* too terribly In earne*! to shine In
acutely, and, though he had l**en In
l,e«ter for nearly two months, he »p*>ni
wl nn far from hi* goal an ever Kerry
Sunday IIP went to ehtirrh and sat
where he could watrh the rholr wherr
Ada naug. the ntnltipd glim* forming a
lunkK' omul for HIP nha|iely golden
lipad The Itcv. Jonlnh Kumford watrh
ed approvingly the piptvwdon of rapt
Interest that wan upon Travel*' face
all through the sermon HP could not
notice that the keen IIIIIP ryi* of the
young contractor were u|x>n the choir
rather than upon the pulpit, and he
felt grntltlod thnt he nhould hold bin
auditor no well.
So It happened that the ltev. Josiah
ntop|xi| at the new factory one morn
lug nml extended an imitation to
Travers to Join a church picnic the
following week.
"It In almost a family affair." lie ex
plained an Jimmies hand went down
Into his trousers |iocket. "I am not
selling tickets. It Is purely by Invita
tion ami only for the members of the
Sunday school, but 1 thought tliut per
haps you might like to meet some of
the young people and get acquainted."
Jimmy lieamcd upon the kindly old
man as be thought of Ada Knowlton
ami accepted the invitation with an ef
fusive!:. ;s that caused the minister to
wonder at certain comments he had
heard regarding the unsociability of
the newcomer.
"He is most cordial," he told his
w: ,'e. "1 am sure that he needs only
to get acquainted to lie a decided addi
tion to our little society. I am sorry
that I did not look blin up earlier."
Travers echoed the same sen time at
as he went about bis work Surely at
"I>ON'T MOVE," SAID A OIiNTLIS VOIOK.
the picnic he should meet Miss Knowl
ton. aud meeting Miss Knowlton had
almost become an obsession with him.
He climbed over the stagings and plat
forms with a light heart as he Imagin
ed the manner in which they should
meet. He rather fancied an Introduc
tion under the trees. He would ad
vance with bared head and Ikiw low
over her hand Then she would give
him one of those snnuy smiles that al
most seemed to he her habitual expres
sion. and they would go waiklug to
gether iu the leafy shude Over and
over he mentally rehearsed this scene
•II It liecame almost real to him.
ut at the last moment there came
a complication at the factory, and it
was after 11 when Travers finally got
awaj He lost hts way trying to
drive out in,a livery buggy, and when
at last he came to the lake lunch was
over and the merrymakers had scat
tered through the woods.
The minister and his wife insisted
that he have something to eat. and
then motherly Mrs Kumford took him
In charge and Introduced him to every
one tn sight, but Ada Knowlton was
nowhere to lie seen.
He made himself agreeable to the
others, but his eyes continually sought
a sight of the pink dress and golden
head that had been the attraction. He
had seen them drive past on their way
to the lake, and lie had carefully noted
me ma uui a giiuipne ui u uiu
he get until well along in the after
noon.
Here and there the surface of the
lake was dotted with small boats aud
canoes, and in one of the latter he
saw the flash of pink that scorned to
communicate its color to his face. Miss
Knowlton. and alone; And she was
paddling Into the landing!
With assumed carelessness, he di
rected his steps toward the tiny wharf
to which the 1 Hints were tied. He
would tie on hand to assist her from
the canoe, and perhaps after lie had
Introduced himself there might be a
chance for the walk after all.
He had Just reached the dock and
the frail craft was but twenty yards
iiway when some one called to the
navigator, and 6he turned to respond
with a wave of her paddle. As she did
so the canoe tipped over and she was
spilled into the water.
White with horror, Travers stripped
off his coat and his low shoes and
dived to her assistance. He was a
splendid swimmer, and his heart beat
high as he thought of the opportunity
that had been offered him.
Then something loomed dark above
his head. There was a shock, and all
became black. It was half an hour
later that Travers opened his eyes
again and looked up Into Ada Knowl
tnn'i tut-a hmuUiiii inTlniulv nw hli»
Ufa rwart iHMitW titti pa in an<T tie
*aa »i»a lnM lint It aM i|mm> up |n
bandage*
"tfcini iiwta ' »*m| a < >.ir-*
(nettle Yal w ' irtv k on the bead
hj tbr nnni'"
' Vim were i rr« I I i.- : ..f the
r—-< tier," laoe'tt-ri in I'yfttmt 'MM
RfnWHott bf>tt|[l|l I nt„ a|,ore "
"I am ail abe * 11, Iwmlln*
nver ' I una pu*hin« the Imnt lii fnint
of hip nnil iM ti«t nolle* ihat any one
had dived (fir* mi' I «li"iild hair Inn
liMffv careful, Imt I iien-r etipp'HMsi
that a lit on*' would Imagine that I
waa In danger "
"You *w." explained the (tartar, the
lake la only three or four fi*«.t deep,
and «lien We aplll out we Juat walk
aabore "
"Anil I, like an nan dbln't know
that." murmured Travers "I onlj saw
that Mkaa km>«lton had g"ne over
l»>ard, anil I did not know but what
abe might In* 111 trouble She acemed
to Ih> struggling "
"That waa my aklrt," explained the
girl "It <-aught In the gunwale, and I
had to detach It before I could And my
footing."
"I guess that'a iil>out explanation
enough," put In the physician "I don't
want to have you eonie down with a
cold on top of a cut scalp. I gtien*
you'd lielter drive Into town Mlaa
Knowltoli need* lo go tiai She la Moak
ed Do you thluk you can handle your
borne V"
"I'm all right now," declared Truv
ers, rising to Ills feet with the doctor'a
aid. The crowd melted awuy. and Dr.
Pyfrom and the minister led him to hU
buggy Miss Knowlton climbed iu lift
er him. and they started off.
"I suppose," said Travers as they
Cleared the grove, "you must think
that 1 am laeklng to courtesy In not
thanking you for saving my life, but I
am so upset."
"You ought to scold uie for Injuring
yon," she declared. "It was very awk
ward of me."
"You couldn't know that I was going
to swim out to you," he reminded. "I
think 1 should apologise for being to
the lake at all."
The girl's laugh rang out at the sug
gestion. "I'm rather glad that you
were there," she said, "though I am
sorry that you were injured. I never
was rescued before."
"Nor performed a rescue," he re
minded "I don't suppose that you can
claim a gold medal for life aavtag."
"I don't want a rewnrd," site Insist
ed. "You should lie entitled to the re
ward, If any one was. because yon did
not realize that a rescue was not dan
gerous."
"1 am sufficiently rewarded in that 1
know you," he declared. "I have lieen
wanting to meet yon for some time."
Miss Knowlton blushed and changed
the subject. She could not admit that
she, too, bad felt an Interest, but to
her heart she was glad that they knew
each other, and when Travers took ad
vantage of bis unconventional Intro
duction to call frequently It was not
long before she consented to reward
him with her band to the conventional
fashion decreed by custom
"It's such a short courtship," she
said, "but I feel that I have known
you for years."
"It all depends upon the introduc
tion," said Travers smilingly. "Bless
that boat!"
NEW TELEPHONING SYSTEM.
Hold Transmitter to Chest and Talk
Through Your Ribs.
It is not necessary to place one's lips
to the transmitter of a telephone to be
heard at the other end of the wire,
says a St. Louis special dispatch to the
New York Times. The same results
may be obtained by placing the trans
mitter firmly against the chest or, in
fact, nearly every part of the body and
speaking to a clear, natural tone.
The new system was discovered the
other night by two young women of
St. I.ouls, one living in Westminster
place and the other in Delmar boule
vard.
If you have any doubts, place the
transmitter to your chest nnd tell cen
tral the number you want. This fact
probably was not known to the tele
phone experts when they prepared the
Ins;.actions for the use of the con
trivance. Tbey advise you to stand
close to the receiver.
The " lust system Is sure to gain fa
vor among tln -e who have fear of con
tracting dlseas"'s from using the phone.
The new way is sanitary, as there is
little chance of communicating germs
from the transmitter to the lips or nos
trils of the person using the telephone
Moreover, it is lionfatigulng atjd con
venient. as one may carry a transmit
ter about the room and talk while
walking and switch It from place to
place.
Professor Calvin M. Woodward, a
scientist at Washington university
said that there was nothing surprising
about the principle involved In the
chest system, although he frankly ad
mitted that it had never occurred to
him or any one else before to test its
practicability.
"The sound vibration in the lungs is
communicated to the transmitter
through the chest instead of through
the lips and is then carried over, the
wire in the usual way," he said.
The chest system is in accordance
with the principle of the stethoscope.
Following the publication of the
story of the young women's discovery
In a morning newspaper, the whole city
of St. I.ouls began experimenting to
test the statement, and the exchange
in St. I.ouls spcut the busiest twelve
hours in its history.
Experiments showed that conversa
tion can be carried on with the trans
mitter placed on even the top of the
head or knee. It is not yet recorded
whether henrf throbs may be com
municated over the wire between
sweethearts.
International Postage Stamp.
What Is practically an international
postage stamp has recently been Is
sued by the postofllee department in
the shape of an "International reply
coupon," which can be exchanged at
any postofllee In the universal postal
union for one valued at 25 rentinies or
Its equivalent, says (he New Y'orl; Her
ald. By this arrangement it Is possi
ble for the first time to seid postage
for a reply to a correspondent la a for
eign country. A eorrespondsait may
exchange the coupon for stamps equal
to value to a five cent tlnlted State*
stamp to practically every country In
the world except Cblna and Russia.
WO Off ITS HEAD
Storm a Wooden Statue ol An
drc.v Jackson Raised.
ON A FAMOUS OLD FRIGATE.
% Bold Botten |<i Captain MuliliM
'!*• C#Mliluli6n'i Pi|urvli9ad and
Then Went te Waahmgton and Dat.ed
IK# Authorities
Tbe figurehead vMtk «na |>ln<•*><) on
the ft Rule I una! Hut ion I* now at tha
Naval academy In Annapolis. It la a
ll(Pit* of Andrew Jai-kaon. nnd
neeted with It l» n curious Incident.
The original figurehead of the ON
atltutloii waa n figure of Hercules
1 lila wa« destroyed |»y n camion liall
nt Tripoli, and then a figure of N>p
tune waa erw'M. Thla also came to
grief, ami at the time the veawel waa
rebuilt there was tin figurehead ei
eept ii billet.
At the time the now ship waa finish
ed Captain Jease Duncan Klllott of
Hageratown, Mil., who had distinguish
eil himself In the battle of l.ake Erie,
waa In command at the Boston navy
yard. Captain Elliott waa an enthu
siastic Democrat and an ardent ad
mirer of President Andrew Jackson.
The president bad lately been In Bos
ton and had been moat hospitably re
ceived, and Captain Klllott coucelved
the Idea of placing a figure of (he
president at the prow of the Constitu
tion, believing that it would give the
people of Boston much pleasure. Tha
navy department gave him permission,
and so a wooden figure of "Old Hick
ory" was put In position on the ship.
This net raised a storm of dissent
in the Hub, and Captain Elliott was
threatened with a coat of tar and
feathers. The excitement was intense,
and the language was virulent. Hand
bills denouncing the act, denouncing
the president and Klllott wore circulat
ed In the streets, and the newspapers
took up the cry, and In tills day and
generation the partisan violence and
vituperation which raged iu New Eng
land nre Inconceivable.
On a dark night In July the deck ot
the ship was invaded, and, although a
sentry was close at hand, the head of
Jackson was sawed off and taken
away. New England was delirious,
nnd for a time the perpetrator of the
act was unknown to the public.
Six months later one Samuel \V.
Dewey, a Boston sea captain, took the
dissevered head in a bag to the secre
tary of the navy at Washington and
avowed himself as the criminal. That
official was amazed at the man's au
dacity and asked him if he did not
know that he would he severely pun
ished. Dewey calmly replied that he
had considered the matter and hud as
certained that the legal penalty was
slight and could not be applied until
he was convicted by a jury in Essex
county, Mass.
"And if you think a jury in that
county." he added, "will punish a man
for cutting off the head of Andrew
Jackson you are welcome to try it."
The secretary went to the White
House for instruction, while Dewey
was detained. General Jackson laugh
ed heartily at the whole Incident and
forbade the man's arrest. Before this
Captain Elliott had provided a new
head for the figure, and the wooden
statue of Jackson that is now at An
napolis was at the prow of the vessel
for forty years.
Captain Elliott's last voyage on the
Constitution was from the Mediterra
nean to Hampton ltoads in 1808. Here
he was removed from command be
cause of charges of severity to the
men and of having incumbered the
berth deck of the ship on the home
ward voyage with jackasses for the
improvement of the breed in the Unit
ed States. The Constitution finally
went out of commission for active
service at Portsmouth, N. H.. after a
career of nearly fifty-eight years in the
service. In 1860 she was transferred
to Annapolis for the use of the mid
shipmen.
When the civil war began her nnsl.
tion there was deemed unsafe, and she
was sent to the New York navy yard.
In ISfir. she was returned to Annapo
lis, where she remained until 1871,
when she was taken to Philadelphia,
where she was again rebuilt In 1878
6he was used to transport exhibits to
France for the Paris exposition ot
187S, and her career at sen finally
ended in 1881. The centennial of bar
launching was celebrated at Boston In
ISO", where she was built.—Baltimore
Sun.
A Libel.
"I see by the county paper," said tha
visitor, "that Jonas Jones, the prosper
ous druggist of your town, is sojourn
tog"
"I saw that, too, and it's a libel," ex*,
claimed the native, with some heat.
"Why, isn't he your druggist?"
"Yes, but this town's too healthy ft*
him to be prosperous."—Catholic
ard and Times.
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