Canning's Cruise By CLARENCE O DELL Canning, miming clown the bench, looked fjr lie fittulllar blue niul white tmban. Hoiuohow he had come to expect the Right of the odd little bathing enp, and It wns with a gesture of Impatience that ho searched the beach and tho llttlo knot of bathers dinging to the life ropes. Ever since the girl had first appeared on the beach (.'nnnlng luul been Inter ested, She whs a splendid swimmer, vastly different from tho girls who clung to tho ropes and gave llttlo bricks every time n wave rolled In. She bended straight for the rnft with strong, steady strokes and kept away from tho flirtatious group In the shal lows. Canning admired her for It, and he was frequently found on tho raft Til ONB watching the llttlo bend bobbing through tho surf to the same goal. He never hnd a chance to speak. She j was not tne Kind or gin a limn spoke tc without excuse, lint of late there bad been a sort of friendliness In her 1Pfrr.ee as she hnd climbed to the raft. More than oneo Canning hnd wished that she might have a cramp Just a tiny little one so thnt he might go to her rescue and thus break the conven tional Ice. Bhe was nowhere In sight today. The wator was unusually rough, and the life guards were pacing the bench restlessly Instead of occupying their tisual perches, but rough water could not prevent her from taking her dally dip, and Canning wondered whnt the matter was. Then suddenly he caught sight of a blue and white dot out on tho water, and he strode Into the surf. It wns reckless for the girl to try to make tho raft in this sea. He wondered thnt the guards hnd not called '.icr buck. Once In the water, he advanced with powerful strokes, following the girl ahead. It wns no ensy matter for hiin to make headway at llrst, and he won dered how she wns faring farther out She must have been making slow progress, for he could see thnt he was gaining on her. She wns not more thnn a hundred feet from the rnft now, and he was some llfty feet behind her, when suddenly she threw up her arms, with a cry, and disappeared under the water. He fought his way desperately to ward the spot where she hnd disap peared and came up to her Just a she rose for the second time. "Turn on your back," he command ed. "I will get you to the float. Don't be afraid." He caught her just In time, and Slowly he paddled with one hand to ward the rnft. It wns a difficult mat ter to get bcr on the raft unaided, but the realization that he would have to work quickly gave him new strength. She had lost consciousness, and bis first care was to administer first aid. It was several minutes before ber eye lids fluttered and be knew that be bad won that battle. When at last be was assured that she was all right be sank down on the boards beside ber to rest before even trying to signal the life guards. "Yon seem to be more exhausted than I am," she said after a moment "It must have been bard work getting me on to the raft." "The swell made It difficult," be ex plained. "Once or twice I thought I bad lost you, but I held on." "I suppose we can get them to send out a boat for us," she commented. "It would not be easy to swim back." "It would be out of the question," he declared. "It looks longer than ever before," she said, with a little shudder as she glanced out over the heaving water. "The hotels seem so much smaller." Canning glanced op for a moment, then sprang to his feet, with a cry. Presently he turned to her with a grave face. "Do not bo alarmed," be said quietly, "but I am afraid the raft Is loose." "But It was moored at four corners!" .she exeln!med. "How could It get loose?" "The logs rot In the water. I sup pose I raised tho edge out of water as I climbed on, and the swell tore It loose. At any rote, we are In for a cruise unless we ran signal the shore." They stood up together and waved frantically, but apparently tho little tragedy had passed unnoticed on shore, and there was no answering signal that they could perceive. At last, tired by their exertions, they sank down on the raft and faced the situation. "The coastwise steamers come close In to shore here," ho snld reassuringly. "There will be a good chiinee of being taken off liefore night, l'erliaps at the turn of the tide we may drift back." "I hope something happens," nho shiv ered. "It seems so dreadful to be car ried out to sen." "We at least have a raft," ho com forted. "Suppose you hnd to keep swimming?" "I should have given up long ago," she said. "As It was I should be dead now had it not been for you." "I wns afraid you would have oino trouble," ho snld, "when I saw whnt you had undertaken to do." "Did you follow me out on purpose?" sho asked wonderlngly. "I didn't know any one hnd seen me. Tho guards warned mo against trying, but I want ed to see If I couldn't, and I did al most." '"Hint wns the only reason that brought mo out," he said. "I saw your bathing cap, and I knew It wns you." "And I am the reason for your being out here?" sho asked wonderlngly. "I nin responsible for your danger too?" "Not nt all," ho protested warmly. "I rm only too glnd thnt I wns In time to be of service." "I thought It wns becnuse you want ed to come," she explained. "I have noticed that you were such n good swimmer." "I have wished hundreds of times thnt I knew you," ho admitted. "I have admired your swimming ever since you cnine." "My iinnio Is Hoso Wilcox." "I am Harry Canning," ho respond ed formally. "I'm glad to meet you. Miss Wilcox." Their hands met In hearty clasp. She colored when sho perceived that ho was still holding It, and for a moment she moved away. Then she drew closer to him again, and they sat there and chat ted while their eyes searched the horizon for the sign of sail or steamer. They soon found that they knew common friends, and this swept away Hose's lust barrier of reserve, and she gossiped on as If they hnd known each other for years. So engrossed did they become that they forgot the peril of the situation, forgot everything save the fact that they found each other wonderfully con genial. It was with a start that they heard a panting behind them and turned to see a steam yacht drawing alongside. In a few minutes they had been taken off and, with the raft towing behind the yacht, turned back to shore. "I llko this style of cruising better," laughed Hose as they sat on the deck wrappeil In blankets. "And just to think thnt we were In sight of the yacht for half an hour and never thought of turning around." "It never occurred to me that they would have to telephone the Inlet for a boat," he explained, "though I might have known." "I'm a little sorry the cruise stopped so suddenly," she confessed shyly. "I hnd even forgotten that It wns getting near lunchtlme." ' "Let's make the next cruise In a yacht." he suggested. "We could get up a party," she as sented. "I don't wnnt a party," he declared. "A party would be de trop on a honey moon." "Yes," she admitted shyly, her color deepening. But later he managed to obtnin n less vngue acquiescence to his proposal. Stopping; Rom on Ilnnks. Huns on banks, as nil tho world knows, nre often stopped or restricted in the oddest wnys. A rich bank knew that a run wns to set In on n certain Monday morning, for It had been rob bed of some postage stamps on Satur day night and the robbery had been exaggernted In the newspaper reports, and if tills run wns not kept within reasonable limits the bank would have to close Its doors. It hnd plenty of money, but not plenty of ensh. It needed twenty-four hours' time. Bo fore sunrise on Monday morning a man pt a fresh coat of paint on the front Oors of the bank, on the wall panels And on the counters. The result was thnt people who made the run on Mon day made rather a walk of it They wanted their money, but they rushed no one. On the contrary, they came on with caution and deliberation. So careful were they lest they get paint on their clothes that It took longer to pay off one of them thnn It would have taken ordinarily to pay five. This Is one of many odd tricks whereby, In a run, a bank has saved Itself from wreck. Tka Oldest Religions. Judaism Is the oldest existing re ligion. Brahmnnlsm is second, Bud dhism third and Mohammedanism fourth. Buddha was born In the sixth century B. C, at Kapllavastu, In In dia, near the Himalayas. He was named Siddhartba and Gautama and was the son of a wealthy Sakya chief tain, called a king In modern poetry. Buddha lived to he very old. Brahma Is the all pervading soul of the uni verse, the creator of tlje universe, his brother gods being Vishnu and Siva. Mohammed was born at Mecca, In Arabia, In 570 A. D., and died In Me- , Ulna, Arabia, June 8, 632. No one can lay when the worship of God began. It Is probable -that the very earliest man worshiped some unknown power, who wns bis God. The religion of the Cbaldenns antedated the Jewish re ligion.' Noah worshiped God; so did Abraham. Judaism did not begin un til late in Abraham's life. I PERSIAN CUSTOM OF BAST. Melhmt of IllirMlnar Wronsa Is In. convenient to l.ea-ntlnns. In Tersln there is the strange custom known ns "bast." It simply means that any one having a grievance by taking refuge on the premises of n nobleman mny demand thnt the nobleman take up his cause as though the bastee ware one of his own hoiiseholif. There seems to be no limit to the cus tom, for the petty criminal often takes refuge, or bast, In a mosque, where he Is snfe, If his friends are allowed to feed him. If the police want htm they must starve him out. There was a man who sat for eight years In one of tho legations hero pa tiently awaiting a settlement of a small claim that he hnd against the 1'erslau government. Ministers came and went, but he stayed on. At last his claim was paid, and he died cele brating his victory! I'ew legations would have the cour age to put a man out, as It would bring down no smalt amount of opprobrium upon them. The other day every shop In the great bazaar In Teheran clued, ami be tween fi.nnonnd O.OIK) men -merchants, nrtlsnns nnd some priests went Into the Rngllsh legation nnd Informed the netlng minister that they were there to remnlu until tho Englbh govern ment took up their ense with the Per sian government. Fortunately the grounds nre lnrgo, but nt best great diunnge must bo done to the benutlful gardens by the 5,000 nnd more men camping on them. A short time ngo these people would have gone to the, Itnsslan legation, but today It Is pnssed by and forgotten, while the streets surrounding tho Brit ish legation nre tilled with crowds who do not hesitate to say thnt England cnu have the country if she wants It. The whole city seems to be on a strike. Only tho malls, butcher nnd linker hnvo not been Interfered with. Hnlf a ton of bread dally Is required to feed those within the legation com pound. All day long the Koran Is read and Allah Is appealed to for help. In dependent. Cork For Insnlntlnsr. A new Insulating material has re cently been Invented by a Portuguese firm of cork merchants. It has for Its principal component granulated cork nnd Is called cortlclte. Its application Is unlimited, for It will resist the cold of a Siberian winter and the rays of a tropical sun; also the attacks of In sects, even the white nnt being power less against It. As a nonconductor of sound It should be useful In city flats. On boiler tubes nnd boilers it Is snld to reduce tho temperature of tho boiler room to an agreeable one. It Is not Inflammable nnd may be generally adopted for partitions and linings of bouses. Bricks and slabs of cortlclte are made for tills purpose and can ha sawed and bored like wood. It would seem to possess special advantages for use on warships, taking tho place of wood as far as possible. New Orleans Times-Democrat. One I.eRired fjlrl Dancer. In a combination concert garden and dance bull near the entrance to Pros pect pnrk, Brooklyn, mny bo seen near ly every night a girl with one leg danc ing merrily over the polished floor. Her dexterity with n crutch Is nlinost marvelous, and there Is never a break In her perfect time with the music. Waltzes, twosteps and other round dances nre Indulged in, nnd the girl never lucks for pnrtners. In fact, many who have danced with her any she Is lighter on her feet thnn most girls with n full set of limbs. The girl Is pretty and, for that sort of plnce, very ladylike. In ninny re spects she Is a mystery, as few know her nnme or history nnd why she re tnlns her love for dancing despite her handicap. New York Press. Cotton Pnper, Some recent experiments bnve dem onstrated thnt all grades of paper can be manufactured from cotton stalks nnd In addition to this a variety of byproducts, Including alcohol, cotton fiber nnd smokeless powder, can be se cured in commercial quantities. On the estimate that an acre of land pro ducing a field of cotton will also pro duce one ton of stalks, 10,000,000 or 12, 000.000 tons of raw material can be de pended upon annually. Some enthusi ast claims that In addition to Increas ing the value of the south'! annual cot ton crop by $100,000,000 the removal of the stalks from the fields early In the fall will mean the extermination of the boll weevil. Farming. City Without Fires. Cardiff, Wales, a city with 105,000 Inhabitants, has such thorough protec tion from fires, according to United Btates Consul Daniel W. Williams, that there Is very little demand for appli ances to extinguish them. All the pub lic buildings, many hotels and large residences are supplied with appliances for prevention and early discovery which are frequently tested, those at the theaters being tested every night In consequence of wholesome building Jules and the street fire regulations there were only 123 fires In 1005. Of these only five were serious and not one was caused by a defective flue. An Old Cent. A Massachusetts cent dated 1788 was found on a mountain In Bolton, Yt, a short time ago by a driver of a team belonging to W. II. Stevens of thi:t town. The coin was uncovered by oik of the horses' feet. No road has ever been In the place where it was found, so the circumstance of Its discover was very peculiar. Besides tho date on the back of tho cent is the word "Massachusetts" in a circle, with the cut of an eagle and the words "oru cent" In the center. UNITED WORKMEN. How For Orsranlsnllon Work Notes of the Fraternity, All the great questions of the order are now settled. There are no more dlllleultles, no more fears, no more misunderstandings to net ns a hin drance to the work of the order. The only thing thnt now remains to be done Is to begin to grow again. The lodgo Should nssunie tho position of a sort of social center In the community In which It Is located. It should afford (o Its members the very best of enter tainment features, so that when a member has once attended a meeting of the lodge he will be loath to miss another one. These features should bo of a character to niako the melnbers tnlk nbout them when at their dally work or nt lunch or dinner. These thoughts nbout the lodge meetings nnd tho questions they involve should Just tome bubbling up out of a member's Inner consciousness as though he were full to the overflowing of these mat ters. When this sort of condition has been established then It Is time to send a good deputy Into the community where the lodge Is located. His work will then be easy and the harvest will he great.-A. O. U. W. Kmblem. The Jurisdiction of Washington had 7.540 members In good standing nt last report. Tho total amount paid by the grand lodge of Michigan to the lieneflclarles of deceased members since separation from the supreme lodge amounts to $8,004,212. A person holding a flnnl enrd holds Identically the same ns though he hnd never lieeu a member.' The grand lodges of Tennessee nnd Wisconsin adopted the Montreal rates. In New York city are lodges where oue may see the degrees worked In German, French, Italian, Spanish ami Danish. The tenth Masonic district Is composed of lodges speaking four dif ferent languages and Is often referred to ns the polyglot district. The pres ent district deputy Is a linguist, pro ficient In many tongues, who follows the occupation of court Interpreter. One less familiar with European lan guages would have a hard time of It as district deputy. During the past year the grand eoiu maiulery of New York lost 259 mem bers by death, 32.'! were dropped for nonpayment of dues and 104 were dropped for nonnfllllntlon. The num ber created during the year was l,;i;t!!. Beaches lodge of Toronto, organized only a yenr ngo, recently laid the cor nerstone of a new $7,000 Masonic tem ple. Tho Masonic temple of Kewanee, III., wns recently dedicated on the fiftieth anniversary of Kewnneo lodge. The building cost $50,000 and In a benutl ful structure. Little Rock, Ark., is to be the alto of the Masonic home In that state, though the exact locution In the city hns not yet been decided. The ground will be selected soon and the building started. Garden City lislgo of Chicago Is the Inrgest Mnsonic lodge In the Jurisdic tion of Illinois. It has 1,111 members, which number shows a net gain of 10.1 for the year 1005. Every neighbor who hns taken the trouble to Induce a stranger to become n member of his enmp should see to It that he remains In the camp. What good Is It to the camp, snys the Wood mai.. to see twenty members brought lu during a term and thirty dropped for nonpayment of assessments and dues? There ought to be less Indiffer ence In the camps. The man who brings a stranger Into camp should cer tainly have sulllcleut Influence to teach him that It Is his duty to keep himself in good standing so that his loved ones shall be fully protected. The gain In membership this year promises to be larger than in any year since the society was organized. The head banker of the Modern Woodmen of America Is tinder bond of $1,000,000. The order has had a most prosperous year In Missouri, which is now the sec ond largest jurisdiction In the order. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Treatment of Visitors to the Lodae. Pythian Briefs. Treat the visitors of your lodge as you wish to be treated when you visit a strange lodge. There Is a want of sociability In some lodges, and It Is a very simple matter to correct. It Is often thoughtlessness or timidity on the part of some members and of ac tual Incivility on the part of others. In some lodges there are special com mittees whose business it Is to re ceive, examine (if necessary) and in troduce visiting brethren, to welcome them and make them feel at home. When there are no such committees some thoughtful brother can make the visitor feel at ease by stepping up and giving him a vigorous handshake and telling bim how glad he is to see him. Then introduce him to other members. The grand domain of New York has a Pythian home fund of over $80,000.' The grand domain of i lorida hns over 5,700 members lu good standing. A large numlier of tho Illinois lodges are donating the sum of n dollar per member for the orphnns' home. The grand domain of Colorado has a membership in good standing of 7,000. fillip TAJ I IMPROVES 110 ADS FINE RE9ULT3 FROM EXPERIMENTS AT JACKSON, TENN. lUarhwara Thus Trrnteil Stnnd Wear and Tear, Are Daatlraa and Iti-ne- elal to I'ntillo Health How the Tar la Applied. Experiments In tar and oil for road Improvement at Jackson, Tcnn., are described In a bulletin l-mrd y Vulted States department of agricul ture. During the spring and summer of 1005, says the bulletin, the office of public roads co-operated with Sam C. Lancaster, city engineer of Jackson and chief engineer of the Madison coun ty good roads commission, In making a series of careful experiments to de termine the value of coal tar for the Improvement of macadam streets and roads. Tests were also made of the utility of crude Texas oil nnd several grades of Its residue when applied to earth and macadam roads. The macadnm streets In the business center of Jackson were built originally of the hard siliceous rock known as TAItlUNO A IIOAD AT JACKSON, TENN. tovaculito. About May 1, 1!Hi5, after fifteen years of wear, repair of these streets became necessary. The old sur face was first swept clean with a horse sweeper so as to expose the solid pave ment beneath. This was done because tar will not penetrate a rond surface which In covered with dust and loose material. Next, the surface was loos ened by menus of spikes placed In the wheels of a ten ton steam roller, the street reshaped aud new material add ed where needed. The road was theu sprinkled, rolled, bonded and finished to form a hard, compact, even surface and allowed to dry thoroughly before either tar or oil was applied, for nei ther substance can penetrate a moist road surface. The best results are ob tained when the work Is done In hot, dry wenther, and accordingly the tar was first applied In August. It may be well to add that the novacullte used In the construction of the roads Is an al most nnunbsorbent rock. The tar used was a byproduct from the manufacture of coke and was prac tically free from moisture. It was brought to a temperature which gener ally reached 210 degrees F., but when placed on the road It was reduced to a temiierature from 100 degrees to 100 degrees F. The hottest tar produced the best results. It was spread with hose. Laborers, with street cleaners' brooms of bamboo fiber, followed the tank and swept the surplus tar ahead. They spread it as evenly and quickly as possible and lu a layer only thick enough to cover the surface. One side of the street was finished at a time and barricades placed to keep off the traffic until the tar hnd had time to soak Into the surface. The time al lowed for this process was varied from a few hours to several days. From the results obtained It can be stated that under a hot sun, with the road surface thoroughly compact, clean and dry and with the tar heated al most to the boiling point and applied as described above, the raad will ab sorb practlcnlly all of It In eight or ton hours. A light coat of clean sand, screenings or the clean particles swept from the surface of the rond may theu be spread as evenly as possible and rolled In with a steam roller. After more than seven months, In cluding the winter season of 1005-00. the tarred streets and roads are still In excellent condition. They are hard, smooth and resemble ns;halt, except that they show a more gritty surface. The tar forms a part of the surface proper and Is In perfect bond with the macadam. Sections cut from the streets show that the tar has penetrat ed from one to two Inches, and the fine bine!: linos see:i In the Interstices be tween the Individual stones show that the mechanical bond has been re-enforced by the penetration of the tar. The tar Is a matrix Into which the stones of the surface are set, forming a conglomerate or concrete. A second coating applied a year after the first would require much less tar than the first, as the Interstices of the rock would then be filled with tar. A tarred street Is dustless in the same sense that an asphalt street Is dustless. though a fine sandy powder wears off, as In the case of asphalt It can tie swept or washed clean. These streets have since been swept regularly and the city government Is In favor of treating all of the streets with tar. The cleaning that would soon ruin an ordinary macadam road does not in jure the tarred surface, as the stones are not torn up or disturbed. The tar Itself has antiseptic properties; hence its use would be beneficial both as a germicide and as a means of securing cleanliness. ArornntCBt For Good Roads. It is estimated thnt the summer travel of Maine anuually brings Into the stnte between ?15,00O.Ot nnd $16, 000,000, nnd It is argued that it could be Increased by the addition of several millions more if Improved roads were universal. When you ssk for the BEST COUGH CURE and do not get Kemp's Balsam Yon are not Rotting the best and will be disappointed. KEMP'S BALSAM eosts no more than any other cough remedy, and yon are entitled to the best when you ask for It Kemp's Balaam will slop any oongh that can be stopped by any medicine, and cure coughs that cannot be ourod by any other medicine. V la always the Best Cough Cure. At all druggists, 25c, COo. and $1. Dont accept anything else. GREEN BONE An excellent teed For Your Chickens (luring winter. It. naves drain, product results where Aral a fulls, Imlpi the liens to moult nnd niHkes tlntm winter lay ers. Try It We grind preen bone nnd l.oi-p li. constantly on hand ut Hunter & Hi Wren's MEAT MARKET HEYNOI.DSVIIXE, PA. I 1 It Bats Up Rust. 6-5-4 will make an old. rusty Stove, or Stove Pipe, look like new, because it eats up rust. When you set up your Stoves, this Fall, give them a coat of 6-5-4; 11 applied like paint, will not rub off and SHINES ITSELF. It also r Saves Hard Work If your dealer hasn't It, blng-Btoke Oo.has I BUSINESS CARDS. , NEFF JUSTICK OF TUB PEACE, Pension Attorney and KeaUF.slate Agent. RAYMOND E. BHOWN. attorney at law, Bkcokville, Pa. (, M. MCDONALD. ATTORNEY-AT LAW, Notary public, real estate cagent, patents secured, collections msrle promptly. Office In Syndicate building, lleynoldsvllle, Pa. V, C. SMITH. 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