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Her Punishment
lOrldlnal.)
Bin- was Incorrigible. With In one
winter season she refused a
wealthy and tlenlrHlito parti of forty
and Hunt a young army lieutenant to
"get over It" In Manilla. He would
not hnvo had to go there If It hadn't
keen tor Birdie, u nickname given
her when she was n child, Imt which
was even then Inappropriate. It xhould
have heen Wasp. Her mother was
vexed with her for. refusing the older
man, and the yoiuiKer man's mother
was furious thnt she had sent her sou
half round the globe where sho could
not be near him.
Birdie must lie punished. Her aunt
tjved In her country phce 1:1 the midst
ef farms, and there Birdie should go
for the summer, whore lier propensity
would lie In check. Birdie protested,
but her protect was unheeded. She was
pneked off Into exile, and her mint was
requested In keep nil eye on her.
At tlie end of a week she was ready
to promise to behave herself If per
mitted to go home, or. rather, to the sea
shore, where her mother was, but the
mother knew her promises would avail
nothing. One evening when the twi
light was long she was walking In a
lane where she mot a young farmer.
He was a splendid specimen of man
hood, and as Birdie wns a dainty speci
men of womanhood the two naturally
looked at each other. The next evening
at exactly the same hour the girl
walked In the lane again. So did he.
She looked very hard at hi in and after
passing Ii 1 111 turned. Ho turned too.
"Is it you," she said, "or am I
mistaken?"
"I think we have met before," he
replied.
"What are you doing here?"
"I thought I would try farming."
''How did yon leave them all at
homo?"'
"They're all very well."
"I'm staying with my aunt. Do you
know herr
"No; I don't." ;
. "Sorry. You might come to see me If
you knew her, but since you don'f'-r
She paused.
"Possibly we may meet hereabout
sometimes. I go after the stock at sun
down, put them in the barn and go
back about thU time." (
"Good evening. Glad to have met
you again."
"nope It will not be for once only."
That was tlie beginning of It. Birdie
talked a great deal about people she
knew, and the farmer listened to her
references, making only general com
ments upon them. He never addressed
her by name, always getting round do
ing so but he might have forgotten
her name. There was an appearance
of honesty about him, a deference not
uncouth either a vein of uncultivated
Intellectual vigor, that pleased her.
On the whole, her exile wns not so un
bearable as she had expected. Some
times she fancied be knew more than
she bad supposed farmers usually
knew, but Birdie did not always tell
all she knew, and to blame him for
, concealment would be like the pot
calling the kettle black. ,
Affairs between the sexes uuuall)
commence by both keeping on, their
- own side of the line, Perhaps the man
would have kept on his side Indefinite
ly had Birdie kept on hers. She soon
began to practice her little arts; first
by a look now and then, after that,
half finished sentence from which the
retired In confusion and lastly by an
open charge of Indifference on the part
of the man. The farmer always adroit
ly turned these thrusts, keeping on In
the even tenor of his way. This was
something Birdie had never encounter
ed before. She poured a, shower of
Cupid's arrows from her quiver only
to aee them glance aside, or fall harm
less from her would be victim. July
passed into August and August Into
September. How they contrived, or,
rather, how Birdie contrived, their fre
quent meetings without suspicion she
was at a loss to know. Only a few
times was she discovered conversing
with the farmer, but In her case farm
ers were supposed to be out of the
question.
At last the days grew so much
shorter that one evening when Birdie
was starting for her evening walk her
aunt stopped her and forbade her go
ing, on the ground that It was already
quite dark. Birdie did not dare excite
suspicion by defying tlie order. She
went otf Into a corner of the porch
and sat down. . Then and there came a
revelation. She was suffering nnder a
great disappointment Could it be
that she who bad played - with the
hearts of many men of the world could
have "drifted on the rocks" In the
rase of a countryman? She went to
bed early, but not to sleep. For the
first time In her life she knew how
It felt to be on the losing side In a
love affair.
The next morning the farmer was
passing a shaded nook near the road.
He turned aside, expecting to see a
feminine figure push away the droop
ing branches and greet him with a face
that laughed. He was disappointed.
But tied to a bush near by he found
a note:
Forgive me for feigning that I had met
'you before. I never saw you until I met
you here. My object . was to pass the
time. In a few days I go home. Tou
have rendered my stay happy. Without
you It would have been very dull.
When Birdie went to the trystlng
place again she found the following
on a bit of paper:
Ooodby. Tou are forgiven. Forgive me
for the same offense. My betrothed re
turns tomorrow.
"Poor Birdie writes," said het
mother, "that her punishment Is great
er than she can bear. Poor child! It
must hare been very lonely for her."
D. F1SK BRADY,
MAKE CALLS AT NIGHT.
Peculiar Cnatnm of the Arab Ladles
of Zanallmr.
The Arab Indies of Zanzibar live In
great seclusion In the large white
houses, never going out In tho daytime
from one year's end to another, says
the Manchester Guardian. A little
cooking and sweetmeat making Is their
only recognized employment, though
some few of them can do beautiful
silk embroidery. To lie ou their beds
nnd be fanned by their slave girls Is
tho usual occupation of the richer
women.
If they want to visit their frlonds, or,
as I more often the case, to perambu
late the town, they wait until 8 o'clock
lu the evening, when n gun Is fired
wnrulug all Mohammedans that It la
tho fifth and last hour of prayer; then
they may go out. They lire entirely
enveloped In large mantles and their
faces completely hidden by very ugly
gilt masks, with oblong slits for tho
eyes, nud many of thorn wear theso
even In the privacy of their own homes.
Their oilier garments lire troiiHers and
a tunic reaching below the knee, which
Is often embroidered and trimmed with
gold braid. They have a number of
gold und silver ornaments, nose rings
and earrings, bracelets, aukluts. and
so on.
They are very light In color, many of
them cream colored. Their features nre
regular and good, and they have dark
eyes nnd silky black hair. They paint
under their eyes and stain their hands
and nails a reddish color with senna.
If they want to go any distance from
home they ride through the narrow
streets on large white asses stained a
brick red. their slaves running by their
shies, but you generally meet them
stalking solemnly along, surrounded by
their slave, who carry enormous lan
terns us big as n London street lamp.
Very often they do not return home
till 4 In the nornlng, when another
gun Is fired proclaiming the first hour
of prayer. It Is very nwkward nt times
when you meet lu the streets' some of
these ladies wlio::i you ought to know
and nre .wi-tH by them. You cannot
sol their faces, it is not always easy
to rocotjnh e a voice, rtnd nothing would
offtvid them more than to ask their
FREAKS OF THE LAVA.
Some Corlooe Incldenta of n Over
. flow or Vesuvine.
At onu house, which had been entire
ly surrounded by tho flood, but not de
stroyed, one saw people, on top of the
muss of lava, entering the upper win
dows with u ladder and bringing forth
their household goods to transport
them to a place of safety. One vine
yard was surrounded on three sides by
this dividing current, nnd It was pos
sible to walk Into It among the lines
of trimmed vines nnd to perceive the
fire still glowing in the towering walls
of lava on each side. The people at
tributed this remarkable phenomenon
to the miraculous intervention of their
Madonna, "Our Lady of the Snows,"
with whose sacred Imago they had con
fronted the all devouring monster
sweeping Implacably down on their ap
parently doomed homes.
Step by step the priests and the faith
ful, singing the litany, retreated as the
awful flood swept .on, nud stlll 'the
uouml of singing and prayer rose above
the fearful roar of the torrent and the
thunder of tho mountain above, belch
ing forth from the ceutral crater fiery
bombs and enormous swirls of cinder,
Band and smoke, which rose to great
heights. Yard by yard the lava swept
onward. Now a palatial villa would be
surrounded by the torrent, crushed
down and disappear In smoke; now a
weeping peasant would see his little
cottage and vineyard, bis all, go under
in an Instant.
One poor woman was thus watching
the fate of her earthly belongings from
a little eminence when a smaller crater
came roaring forth at her very feet
She turned to flee, fell, rolled to the
bottom of the little hill, and the next
moment tho lava flowed forth like the
foam 'rom a glass of beer und swept
over the spot where she had been
standing an Instant before. William
P. Andrews iu Century.
, . Glattoaoae Eaklatoe.
The eating powers of the Eskimos,
If the tales told lu the books of north
ern explorations are to be believed, are
most extraordinary. One writer tells
of a young man scarcely full grown
who ate four pounds and four ounces
of frozen sea horse flesh, four pounds
and four ounces of sea horse flesh
broiled, one pound and twelve ounces
of bread, one and one-fourth pounds
of rich grainy in twelve hours. Besides
eating tmVnbove he also drank one
pint of grog, three glasses of raw spir
its and nine pints of water.
Convalescence.
When a sick person is becoming con
valescent, the rule of a quiet time be
tween 2 and 4 o'clock In the afternoon
should still be adhered to until com
plete strength Is regained. Even If the
patient cannot obtain sleep the fact of
lying quietly In a darkened room will
rest both eyes and brain, producing
that feeling of wide nwako brightness
which Invalids so often feci in tho even
ing, to them the ploasnntest time of the
day In consequence.
Dime Slander.
"Your husband," said Mrs. Hlgbmus
graciously, "is decidedly interesting
and original, even If he docs sometimes
blow his own horn n little too"
"It Isn't so!" indignantly exclaimed
Mrs. Gaswell. "My husband always
uses his handkerchief!" Chicago Trib
une. It Is a common fault to be never
satisfied with our fortune nor dissat
isfied with out understanding. Rochefoucauld.
The Sonnet Writers,
' The fashion of sonnet writing was at
Its height in the sixteenth century,
when Itousard, the French "prince of
poets" In his own country and genera
tion, wrote over 000 sonnets, a total
which appears only to have been ex
ceeded by Gomel de (juevedo, the
Spanish Voltaire, who Is said to have
written over 1,000. Fortunately for
sonnet lovers some of the best poets
have been prolific sonneteers, retrarch,
who created the classic model which
later poets Imitated, wrote Ml 5. Cain
oens la responsible for 352, Sir I'hillp
Sidney wrote 108, Spenser 88 and
Dante 80. English sonnets were first
written by Sir Thomas Wyntt (irMKM'Jj !
and Henry Howard, earl of Surrey
(1517-47), and the first appearance of
any In book form was In a rare publi
cation briefly knowu as "Tot tie's MIs
ceilany," the full title being "Songs nnd j
Sonnettes written by the Itlght Ilon
oure Lorde Henry Howard, lale ICarle
of Surrey, and other." The greatest
sonneteers of our language are Shake- 1
spenre, Milton, Wordsworth und Hos
settl. London Standard.
Tlirer and Vnltur of the Sea.
If the "killer" whale Is "the tiger of ,
the Hen," as the writer of an Interest- I
lug article In the September Windsor
has It, the orcas surely are tlie vultures
of the ocean, Iu connection with whale
catching the author of this Interesting
natural history artlclo tells of tlie fol- j
lowing Incident: Some years ago a
whaler In the northwest had killed a
large whale and had the animal uloug- .
side when It was attacked by a school
nf orcas. They doubtless were half
starved and. crazed by the scent of
blood that extended uwny a long dis
tance, probably followed It up like
hounds, Immediately attacking tlr;
whale. Tlie men, with spades nnd
lances, cut nud slashed at them, In
flicting terrible blows, yet despite this
the orcas literally tore the whale from
the ropes nnd can-led It off. This cer.
taluly shows that the orens, together
with a very fair share of Intelligence,
nre also creatures of extraordinary
courage. Dundee Advertiser.
Alwara la Trouble,
A still summer's evening, quiet and
almost sad. The trees nodded sleepily,
iu if hushing the world to rest. Sud
denly flie silent bcdiity was rudely dls-'
turbed. The clattering of a horse's
hoofs broke the silence Into a thousand
echoes., A, horseman dashed through
the scented lanes, rn go glittering fcom
his eyes. He sprang from bis horse and
rushed Into the still homestead nnd
dragged forth Farmer Brown.
"Why. what be matter, Squire Tamp
son?" queried the worthy fnrnier In
sleepy surprise.
"Matter?" repented the squire. "Why.
matter enough, to be sure! Your great
lubberly sou Jack has run off with my
beautiful daughter Maud." . .
"Has he, really?" cried the farmer,
now thoroughly awake. "Thee'rt ri;;ht
t' call 'I in a lubberly Idjut. He's alius
loin" somethln' clumsy. Only Inrsl
week he went an' broke a shovel !"
London Express.
Jlrltlna Fire C'lar With Snn'a Harn.
There Is nn nppuratus which concen
trate the rays of the sun from more
than !,000 small mirrors on n spot
about seveii Inches In diameter. T.
heat generated . Is about 7,000 de
grees F. Iron cnu be melted lu less
than li minute and fir clay .used In
about three minutes by this machine.
Magnesia, one of the hardest things to
melt, requiring a heat of about 0.100
degrees l'., can bo reduced to a molten
state In twenty minutes. For the hen
etlt of those who wish to forget the
name of tilts Instrument It Is called
the pyrhellophor. ,
Protective Colors of Animate,
I seem to trace a faint clew to the
connection betweuu the protectlvo col
oring and the mind In the Intense de
fclre df the Tox to remain concealed
and unseen. That this Is a possible
theory we infer from the fact that a
blind animal does not change cjlor.
1'ut a dosen minnows li hj un ordinary
white wash bund basin and they will
iu a very short time be of a pale color.
If over one no change passes we may
he tolerably certain that It Is blind.
From Dale's "The Fox."
Gaese Atvutn.
"I have a pleasant surprise for you.
Miss Sharply."
"Can I guess whit It Is, Mr, Bore
hutne?" "You may try. Miss Sharply."
"Let me see. I guess you are going
to tell me that you Intended leaving
the city."
"Good night. Miss Sharply."
"Good night, Mr. Boresome." Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Meaeteaeaa,
"Wealth has Its disadvantages," said
the philosopher.
"Yes," answered the man with sport
ing Inclinations. "It must be very' mo
notonous for a man to be able to bet
$3,000 or $10,000 on a horso race with
out caring whether be loses It or not."
Washington Star.
Soanded Expensive.
Dumley How much will It cost to
send a packing case from Philadelphia
to Boston? Freight Agent Six cents
n foot. Dumley My! How many feet
Is it from Philadelphia to Boston?
Philadelphia Press.
An Ascending Scale.
('urate's Little Girl My hen has laid
an egg. Vicar's Little Girl My hen
has laid two. Bishop's Little Girl
That's nothing. My father has laid a
foundation stone. London Sketch.
ITe thnt was never acquainted with
adversity has seen the world but one
side and is ignorant of half the scenes
of nature. Seneca.
WASHINGTON AS A FIREMAN.
Be Was a Member of the Friendship
Fire Com pa nr.
George Washington was a member
of the Friendship Fire company, or
ganized in 1774 In his home, Alexan
dria. At first the company consisted of
citizens who, out of "mutual friend
ship," agreed to curry to every fire
"two leathern buckets and one great
bag of oznaburg or wider llnnen."
Washington was made an honorary
member, and when he went as a dele
gate to the congress of 1774 at Phila
delphia he examined the fire engines
In use there. On his return to Phila
delphia to 'tlie Continental congress In
1775 he bought from n man named
Glbbs a small fourth class engine for
the buiii of 80 10s., and Just tiefore
he set out for Boston Heights to be
come commander in chief ho dispatched
this little engine to the Friendship
company.
During his younger days he alwuys
attended tires III Alexandria and helped
to extinguish them. In the last year
of his life a lire occurred near the
market. He was riding down King
street at the time, followed by his
servant, who was also on horseback.
Washington saw that the Friendship
engine was tiisiil'lclcutly manned, anil,
riding up to a group of well dressed
gentlemen standing near the scene of
action, he called out authoritatively:
"Why are you Idle there, gentle
men? It Is your business to lead In
these mutter."
After which hp. leaped ofT his horse,
and, seizing tlie brakes, was followed
by a crowd that gave the engine such
n HliMkhi'.; up as it had' not had for
many a day.
WOMAN AND THE LAW.
How Condition llin-c chiuiflred In
the I.nat lliilf ( Mini-).
Truly the position of women before
tho Inw has suffered niMity changes.
Fifty or sixty years ng the twain '-ere
Indeed one, and that one t'.ie husband.
He could colli ct all debts, suc'.i as
wages that might be due lev th mgh
Incidentally, he was liable lor all she
owed. She could not make a will of
her real estate,, nor of her personal
property, without bis permission, and
be was entitled to the Income from her
lands. . He could lock her up In his
bouse and keep her there. Whether he
could Inflict chastisement was a moot
point, though a Judge of the North Caro
lina supreme court held In 18iil) that he
possessed this power, provided he used
"a stick as large as his finger, but no
larger than his thumb."
Over the children the husband had
absolute control, and could even ap
point a guardian by will who could
take them away from the mother. They
were to be brought up In the father's
religion, without any consideration for
her feelings. In fact. It was only
about 188(1 that the supreme court of
Judicature In Bngland directed that the
sons and daughters of the deceased
nawab of Bengal by an English wife
be reared as Mohammedans. Every
body's Magazine.
Whims of lh.cn.
Like many another man great In his
writings, Heurlk Ibsen v.ms not with
out bis foibles. Scorning c- .!;iany as
he professed to do Slid dee I irlng al
ways for solitude, he nevertheless de
lighted to be dined, ami to Invite him
to a banquet In his own etpeelal honor
was to give the great man unalloyed
pleasure. In his latter days, too, be
developed a passion for decorations, of
which be received a large number from
bis own and foreign monurchs, and on
public occasions he would wear all his
Insignia as probably the most deco
rated author In the world. It was on
public occasions that Ibsen would car
ry a small mlrjr and comb In the
crown of his hat. and "coram pojiulo"
would proceed ta nrr.injj his bushy
hair and wblskjrs.
Politic, and lorr.
"It's funny," remarke l Sin-'y Bowen,
"how politics nnd love nr.' so much
'alike. For Instance, if you meet a
bonnle girl and she gives yon bslf a
chance to kiss her you go In for free
trade. However, after yon get mar
ried and your wife's mother wants to
embrace her newly acquired son-in-law
you go In for protection. If your
wife seeks an osculatory exchange you
in time become a passive reslster,
and"-
"Sbe turns out a home ruler If she
has any sense," remarked Mrs. Bowen,
who happened to' overhear the conver
sation. London Mall.
Odd Kalvee.
In a monastery In Ireland there is a
very curious collection of knives of the
sixteenth century, the blades of which
have on one side the musical notes to
the benediction of the table, or grace
before meat, and on the other side the
grace after meat. The set of these
knives usually consisted of four. They
were kept In an upright case of
stamped leather and were placed be
fore the singer.
Too Methodical.
"As for me," said Aunt Clarissa, "I
haven't any nse for a woman that takes
three or four handkerchiefs with her
when she goes to see one of these heart
Interest plays. She's too businesslike
and calculating to be ' the genuine
thing." Chicago Tribune.
Something Wrong.
Mr. Am I still "the star bf your
life," as I was when yon used to write
love' letters to me? Mr. Of course,
dear. Mrs. I don't seem to be draw
ing a star salary, though.
Inherited Dollars.
The only reason some men escape
social ostracism Is because their fa
thers made enough money to buy them
a ticket of admission. Birmingham,
News.
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Street Car Rales of Rio.
There are first and second class
street cars, writes Albert Hale In the
Reader, and I, with a package, In my
arms, liqd taken a llrst chins bond, as
a street car Is called In Rio de Janeiro.
Scarcely had I done so when the con
ductor requested me to transfer to a
second class car whenever It might
come along, because no one is allowed
to carry anything greater than a lop
sntcliel first class. So I humbly de
scended and bad either to mix with
market women and sweaty laborers or
to take a tilbury. A tilbury, named
after the English maker who years
ago Introduced It, Is a curious two
wheeled, light sprlngcd cab, like an
old fashioned gig, and resembles a
hansom without the uttnebmeut for
the driver. ., He sits Inside the tilbury.
A person without a necktie is no more
allowed first class on the street cars
than was I with my parcel. Tiiey are
decidedly particular In Brcsil and In
herit iiinuy fastidious ways from the
time bf the empire, when dress and
manners were the mark separating the
aristocracy from the working classes. .
Peeallarttle ef Raaoleoa.
Napoleon's father was a toper, a man
utterly lacking In moral sensibility,
and his sisters were Immodest and hys
terical. According to Dr. Cabanas,
raullne was particularly so. Napoleon
himself wus exceedingly sensitive to
atmospheric chnnges, was headachey
and had auditory Illusions. He had
twltchlngs of the arms, the shoulders
and the Hps. He was at times the
most Irritable of men, often b?!n; v.u
approachable. His mania for destruc
tion was such that he whittled piecej
of furniture, broke articles presented
to hlin, pinched babies while pretend
ing to caress them and took keen de
.ll;:lit In shooting Josephine's rarest
bird's. The slightest opposition threw
him Into a paroxysm of rage. But In
a campaign all weaknesses vanished.
His pulse ranged ordinarily between
thirty and thirty-five beats a minute
and never went above fifty-five. The
usual pulse rate Is about seventy-two
a minute.
The Fyee ef the Raale.
That the eagle lias a mot wonderful
power of vision is shown from the fact
that It flies In almost a straight line for
any object which It desires to secure.
Baby eagles also possess this farxigut
"d'.'.ess. Long lnfvp hnmiu ivn can
I'.ljcern them their gaze Is fixed on dis
tance, and their cries of welcome to
their parents are shrill nnd continuous.
The structure of their eyes mnUes tbem
peculiarly strong. The brightest glare
of sunlight does not af.'ect them. Ea
gles do not fly as high In the air as
some other birds, hut their (light Is
very long and steady. A peculiarity
about eagles Is that they nre constant
to tjieir mates, not cbnng!";r every sea
son, as most bin's do. S : .'times the
same pair of eagles will retivn to the
same ucst your uf'er yr.'.r. 'iiicy seem
to become acq":iinted vr'.th the locality,
and If they nre not disturbed nre regu
lar tenants.
ArtlBetaJ Bales or "San Do."
An experiment which illustrates la a)
very curious manner the actual phj
losophy of the formatien of halos QS(
"sundogs" is performed as follows i
Take a solution of alum and spread 01
few drops of It over a pane of glasai
It will readily crystallize In small, flat
octohedrons, scarcely visible to the ey
When this pane of prepared glass
held between the observer and the si
or even a candle (with eyes very cli
to the smooth side of the glass) th
will be seen three different but dls
and beautiful halos, each at a differ
distance from the luminous body,
town!
usursr,
K. C. SbHUOKKiis, Ousbier.
John tl. Corbeu
It. H Wlon
CONSCIENTldl3 tfOGUES.
The HI aaa Formidable Sinners Are
tlrar of Sool, Not Black. ::
' No paradox Is It, but a demonstrable
fact, that In a highly articulate society
the gravest harms are Inflicted not by
the worst men, but by those with vir
tues enough to boost them Into some
coign of vantage. The trass who sells
out the town and delivers the poor over
to filth, disease and the powers that
prey owes his chance to bis engaging
good fellowship and li!g heartedness.
Some of tho most t-v;.:'.;i careers of
fraud have behind t!i' -.i Ion and, reas
suring records of pn. hich have
served to bait the tr;!i of villainy.
Not that these decoy vlriu. s are com
terfelt. They are, in fact, so genuine
that often the stalwart sinner perse
veres In the virtue that has lifted him
Into the high places be abuses. The
legislator conscientiously returns the
boodle when he finds be cannot "de
liver the goods." The boss stands by
his friends to his own hurt The lob
bying lawyer Is faithful to his client
The corrupting corporation president Is
Joy a I t bis stockholders. The bought
en editor never quite overcomes his
craft Instinct to print "all the news
there ts."
In a word, the big and formidable
sinners are gray of soul, but not black,
so that chastisement according to their
character rather than according to their
deeds lets them off far too easllyv E.
A. Ross In Atlantic. . ,
FIRE THE BEST FILTER,
Belllne- Water the Sareet Way te Set
tare Water.
"All this talk about the need of fil
ters, about people dying for lack of fil
tered water, amuses me," said a chem
ist "For filtered water Isn't .neeessa
rlly pare water. Boiled water hi a
hundred times better.
"A filter, you see, does not free water
from things dissolved in it, but only .
from things floating In It. For Instance,
if you mix a quart of whisky la a
gallon of water and then filter the mix
ture it will come out colorless, the
floating color particles having been left
behind, but this colorless fluid will ba
quite as capable of Intoxicating you
now as It was before, for none of Its
dissolved alcohol will have disappeared.
"8o with water that Is polluted with
sewage. All the undissolved portions
of the sewage are removed by filtration
and the water la left clear, tasteless
and colorless, bnt tho dissolved sewage
Is still present and In It ma lark bil
lions of typhoid germs.
"Let those who complain about the
lack of filters Just turn in and boll their
water. A cent's worth of fire will puri
fy a gallon of water better than a $10,
000,000 plant could do It." St Louis
Globe-Democrat
The Carloaa Seaalekaeaa.
"Seasickness Is a curious trouble,"
says a physician. "It Is probably due
to the disturbance caused by the mo
tion of the ship to the little organs that
govern the sense of eqntlibrium. In the
inner ear are three little semicircular
canals. In movement In any plane the
fluid in these canals disturbs and tele
graphs the sensation to the brain, which
is then able to control the balance of
the whole. By the motion of a ship
this delicate apparatus of the canal
system Is, it is suggested, thrown ont
of gear and wildly telegraphs wrong
messages to the brain. And that por
tion of the brain Is intimately connect
ed with the nerve that controls the hap
penings In the region whence the trou
ble arises. The whole system, in brief.
Is short clrcnited."