8URCEASH. In the old dnju. one childhood year A fevered Buiumer lonK irone by, .when Hot liuuis tlilreti-d fur und near 'Beneath an uurrlt'ntlng eky, There ennui a l:y when udden gloom Unfurled across the braesy drouth And deep and sullen rolled the boom Of thunder In the thickening enutlu And half In p:iln and half In fret. Aid fearful of 1 knew not what, I reft asleep with eyelhls wet, My unaccustomed wo forgot. tnd slept and slept, so lettered fast f sleep that not a dream drew neat, rhlle loud tlie tempest feet went past Till evening, , . . when I waked to hear A robin singing In the rain, A cow-bell rliiRlnR In the rain, A slow song swinging on the roof With music of a low refrnln; And felt the fresh wind fan mv brow. And knew that life somewhere, somehow Had turned a blessed page: and laughed, A happy little heart again. "SANCTUARY." It Is not so very long since Holyrooil abbey precincts were deprived of their undent privilege of sanctuary. In the twentieth century people yet live who have themselves sought refuge from creditors within the mngic circle sur rounding the grim old Scottish pal ace. Also. Deonle vet remember the fuss caused by the death of the childless Earl of Glen Luce. No less than five claimants contested the succession; public interest ran high. More than one of the litigants was ruined. There was Sir John Ruther ford,rwho claimed through the marri age of the first earl; Major Griffiths, ' who descended from the Lady Margar et's Ill-advised match both these were reduced to their last penny. It was Sir John Rutherford whoso chance seemed to be gaining as time passed on. An old Indian K. C. B., he was too well used to the buffetings of fortune to talk much about the mat ter; but his daughter, Marcia, saw that he snapped her up less viciously when be overheard her discussir.s the Glen Luce claim with her brother. He had played the game plucluly. Could he last out to the end? "It Is either Glen Luce or Holyrood," his son Ned remarked, in a jocular tone. Marcia, whose sporting Instinct was undeveloped, looked gravely at him, and then turned to his friend, Capt. Christopher Haig, who was spending a short leave in their home In TTdlnhuruh "I wish," said she, "that the old earl had never died at all. We were quite happy before this terrible fuss burst over us!" "Nonsense!" her brother cried. "You Will be as proud as punch when the pater takes his place among the big wigs, and you go sweeping to the top of a room in the wake of the Countess of Glen Luce!" ' Capt. Haig, with a folly he himself condemned, lingered long In Edinburgh singeing his wings, until he was ac tually losing the power to fly away. He thought Marcfa adorable. Had it not been for that hideous earldom business je would have proposed to har weeks ago. He had pretty fair prospects a de cent little place of his own In Ber wickshire, an ancient name, and a clean record to lay at her feet. Enough, perhaps, for Sir John Ruther ford, but ridiculous to mention to the Earl of Glen Luce! Christopher Haig grew more and more downhearted as the legal holzon seemed gradually to clear. Long before August came It seemed pretty certain who would have the right of shooting the Glen Luce moors. "You will be back with us for the twelfth, old man?" Edward Rutherford Bald to his friend some time in June, "I think not no!" Haig .answered gloomily. , "The fact Is, Ned, I've stayed hero too long!" , "Marcia?" Haig shrank from the rough touch on the raw wound. "Say rather my own lazine3," he said, lightly. "I've not had much of a home, as you know, New; and I've stayed in yours till It Is a wrench to be off and away. Sure Bign I've been here too long. I must go on Monday!" Go he did. But when he saw in the papers the conclusion of the Glen Luce affair It startled him strangely. The "Mornlrg Post" announced that tho Earl and Countess of Glen Luce "and Lady Marcia Rutherford had left Edln burg for their house in Hill street. Th "Times" had a leading article on the great case, in which It recalled the facts of many other "causes celebres." Society rang with the story. . Capt. Haig's congratulations went by the next post. And once more he said how sorry he was that he was prevented from running down to Scot land. Edward was piqued. "I can't think what has happened to the fellow!" he Bald to his sister. "If he thinks the title and the few acres of country are going to change us all rot, I call it!" Marcia made no answer. But her brother had quick eyes. "Marcia! You don't mean to tell me he has Bald anything to you?" "No, no! What nonsense, Ned! Oh, Ned, he never will say anything now!" The cry came from her heart. And Edward, though young and Inexperi enced as to the ways of women, could not but recognize the pain In It. "Tell me, dear" "There Is nothing to telL Nothing! There never will be anything. It seems. Ned, his name Is In the 'Gacette' to day. He hag exchanged to the Rifles, icd is off to the front!" Yes, here It was In black and white. Haig aad exchanged into a regiment J To-day the dust and weariness Of muny a year encompass me; Slow, cumbered of an old distress, My life moves onward listlessly. High prisoned In a city room, I mark, scross the heavy heat. The gathering of an early gloom, The long, low thunder of the street. Fretful and worn nnd faint of heart, 1 seem to shrink from nameless fears, When lo. a memory, a start Of sudden, unfamiliar tears! A lltle space, with darkened, eyes, 1 sleep again nnd wake again. And hear 'neath dripping twilight sklei A robin singing in the rain, A cow-bell ringing in the rain, A far song swinging on the roof With lilting of a sweet refrain; And breathe the storm's blest aftermath, Drenched roses In the garden path, Cool, fluttering airs. . . , and know a peace Vast all tlie measure of my painl Youth's Companion. bound for the Indian frontier, where one of our "little wars" was then in lull fury. The affair was beyond Edward's wits to disentangle. He ran down to Aldershot to see his old comrade, but by tacit consent neither man mentioned Marcia. Lady Glen Luce had written kindliest of farewells. Marcia, of course, made no sign. How could she? And so Capt. Haig and Edward part edthe former to sail for India in a week or so, the latter to return to his new position. It was all very delightful. Tbe shooting parties were voted great suc cesses good sport, well chosen com pany, and the added Interest over the Glen Luce folk, who were celebrities In their way. All Britain had been interested in the claims, all Britain had prepared to be gracious to the suc cessful ones. It was close on Christmas when the bolt fell from the blue. The London house had been refurnished; its new owners were planning for a season In town. The dear old Edinburgh home already seemed shrunk and shabby to the eyes that had opened on the mag nificence of Glen Luup. A vague rumor, too insignificant to cause serious concern, suddenly be came fact. A Scotch marriage one of those elusive apparitions that still flit over the legal horizon had been prov ed. A raw lad from Australia arrived in 'London. H,e had been born and bred on a sheep run; he had the phy sique of a prizefighter and the educa tion of a plowman. But he was tho true and undoubted Earl of Glen Luce! Sir John Rutherford, K. C. B., was only Sir John then, after all! There was no countess, no Lady Marcia; and as for Edward could he afford to keep his commission? Debts, whole battalions of them, seemed to the Ruth erfords the only abiding remains of the earldom of Glen Luce. There was Sir John's pension; there were his savings, and the little invest ments he had made for his wife and Marcia. He totaled them up, and tried to balance them against the sum of those terrible debts. Time would they only give him time! He would seek lodging In Holyrood. Living there safe from fear of arrest, he would work, If work could be found and save up every farthing to pay off those debts. Edward would find some post or other and back him up in the battle. No shill-shally bankruptcy, and wriggling out of liabilities by pay ing so many shillings In the pound. The debts were just debts and should be justly paid every single penny. And so it came to pass that the Ruth erfords found themselves in rooms in the mean little streets that were the actual nineteenth-century rendering of the picturesque old right of sanctuary of the precincts of the Abbey of Holy rood. Edward sent In his papers and accepted a berth in a city counting house. Sir John had tried to retain a few private possessions for his wife and daughter, but they Insisted on sharing his struggle and making sacri fice of all, even as he had done. Marcia had determined to turn her talent for drawing to account. She had found a market for little water color sketches-of the palace. They were on the counter of a shop in Princes street, and, priced at a modest Bum, they sold steadily. And so she used the daylight hours In working away with her little tin box of colors in the empty old palace. The oblique winter sunlight fell across the room where the lovejy and luckless Queen of Scots had spent so many of her tragic days; the light was unusually brilliant, and brought to no tice a dozen beauties Marcia had never before observed. She . was workirfg earnestly, eagerly; her Hps parted with excitement, the color heightened oa the sweet face. Very fair indeed she appeared to a pair of eyes that had been watching her for some moments. "Miss Rutherford!" The tones were low and pleading. Christopher Haig stood before her, hat in hand, most carefully self-controlled, elaborately quiet and commonplace. She looked up. She neither started nor exclaimed. It was almost as though she were expecting him. For some sec onds their regards met thus his eyes full of the passionate joy he had suc ceeded In keeping out of his voice; hers accepting, replying,, rejoicing. Just for a moment And then the girl's lids drooped, her head fell for ward, she swayed on her seat, and would have fallen had he not sprung to her help. She -had fainted. Such an Idiotic thing to do, as she said afterward. Her head rested against his shoulder, and her hat tilted lUfa over her nose. Haig held her while her paint-box clat tered to the wooden floor and her lit tle "dipper" of muddy water Bpllled Itself over her gown. And then, with a little sobbing Blgh, her senses re turned and she Bat up very straight indeed. How It happened, they never ex actly knew. While Haig's words came brokenly, passionately, the old care taker of the palace came stumping through the rooms. Marcia straighten ed her hat, and Haig gathered tip the little paint pans and brushes. Some how his fingers, big as they were, were also shaking and Indefinite. "I thought you were In India!" was the first coherent remark Marcia made. "So I was. But I heard from our colonel's wife an Edinburgh woman she is I heard from her about this earl from Australia; and and and about, jrpur father being here at Holy rood." "And you came?" "Could I do less? Marcia, It Is not much that I have. Do you think Sir John will listen to me? Do you think he will let me stand with Edward In seeing him through with his debtors' difficulty? Marcia, darling, will you help me to put It before him In a rea sonable light? I am a little afraid of Sir John!" "A reasonable light?" "Sweetheart, it is very reasonable; but he may not see it! I want you for my own, my very own! And If he will give you to me It Is only fair to give me also a son's rights. Don't you see?" He had gathered together all her be longings, and they prepared to go. "Blessed old place!" said Christo pher Haig, glancing round on the old walls that had heard so many lovers' words in the days of long ago. "We thought we should hate Holy rood," she responded tremulously. "But I love it!" Modern Society. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. Of a million girl babies born, 871,106 are alive nt 12 months. Of the boys, 30,000 fewer live through the first year. A modern Incandescent light houss lantern with a 3 1-2 inch mantle gives 2400 candle power and uses no more oil than the old six-inch wick burner which gave only 700 candle power. General Lee was offered the position of commander-in-chief of the armies of the United States. He refused the overtures of the government on the ground that he could not fight against bis native state. The first turbine passenger steamer, 1901, was the Edward VII., built by Denny ft Brothers, England. The steam turbine Is steadily growing in favor. The turbine engine creates less vibration than the older one, and glvei greater speed. During a dearth In Gllgal, there wne made for the sons of the prophets a pottage of herbs, some of which were poisonous. When the sons of the prophets tasted the pottage, they cried out, "There is death In the pot." 2 Kings, lv., 40. The oldest university In the world Is at Peking, China. It Ib called "The School for the Sons of the Empire." Its antiquity Is very great, and a grand register, consisting of stone columns, 320 In number, contains the names of more than 60,000 graduates. Down to 1649 there was nothing to prevent one from appropriating anoth er's literary productions. During that year there was an act by parliament forbidding the printing of any work without the owner's consent. The first copyright dates from the year 1709. Professor Berg, In Buenos Aires, re ports that he has discovered a spider which practices fishing at times. In shallow places it spins between stones a two-winged, conical net, on which it runa on the water and captures small fish, tadpoles, etc. That It understands Its work well is shown by the numer ous shriveled skins of little creatures that He about In the web net. In Plain Language. While visiting the South recently a traveler chanced upon a resident of a sleepy hamlet In Alabama. "Are you a native of this town?" asked the traveler. "Am I a what?" languidly asked the one addressed. "Are you a native of the town?" "What's that?" "I asked you whether you were a native of the place?" At this Juncture there appeared at the open door of the cabin the man's wife, tall, sallow and gaunt. After a careful survey of the ques tioner, she said: "Ain't you got on sense, Bill? He means was yo' livin' heah when you was born, or was yo' born before yo' begun, livin' heah. Now answer him." Success.' Fishes' Moving Day. Sir Charles Welby of Denton Manor has had one of the large ponds on his estate, known as the Church Pond, at Denton emptied and all tho coarse fish removed therefrom and placed In the Nottingham and Grantham Canal. The sight was a remarkable one, and a large number of . spectators watehed the proceedings. All kinds of Vessels were need for the removal of the fish, and six big loads were transferred from one water to the oth er. It is computed that 10,000 fish were removed to their new home.- London Globe. SAND SEAS. . , . Their Destructive Advances and Menus of Check ing Them. One of the most difficult of the prob lems which confront modern engi neers are the menacing oceans ot sand which In different parts of the world are converting fields Into des erts. What terrific ravages can be caused by a vast sea of sand is per haps best seen in Africa, but In Eng land to a small extent and In tho United States to a serious degree may be found demonstrations of the Ban plague which are, to say the least, disquieting. A grain of sand, torn away from the granite rocks countless years ago by the great glacial drift, seems such an infinitesimal object that proverbially it 1b the least visible thing in the world", yet when It is united .with In numerable other grains, and the whole propelled by tii: winds, it becomes al most Impossible to stop tho progress of the shifting mass. It pours down over a country, slowly, relentlessly, laying waste everything. Buildings are undermined, roads are obliterated, and its gruesome work, once begun, never ceases. Egypt was not always the sandy waste the modern tourist finds It. Yet if the visitor to the Nile country makes a journey to the Sphinx he will find that remarkable piece of sculpture has been partly obscured by the sand waves which now cover up per Egypt. The Sahara, the greatest desert In the world, was, according to the best scientific opinion once an immense in land sea. In the time of that sea the climate In upper Africa, Indeed, the whole surface of the northern part of the continent, was very different to what it now is. At present the Sahara makes the climate for the Mediterra nean and Central Europe, and while this is agreeable enough, tho gradual expansion of the great ocean of sand, which is by degrees lapping the valleys of Algeria, threatens to lay waste finally to the coast. The Atlas Mountains nlone appear to have held the monster In check. Various propositions have been made concerning the African desert, and one of them, a scheme of inunda tion, is almost too chimerical, if In effect It would not be mischievous, to deserve serious attention. To stem the tide of sand In this vast ocean' by ordinary means Is Impossible, and probably nature will be left to repair her damage in her own way. It Is the struggling vegetation .on the edge of tho desert which Is respon sible for the tardy strides of the sand. And It is from bo casual a hint that successful experiments have been made with brush and grass on the North Carolina coast, where the sand enemy has grown to be as terrible as a nightmare, only far more potent of destruction. While parts of the English coast are being washed away and eaten up by the sea, other parts are being add ed to with rapidity. Although the in roads of Band may be nature's way of making compensation for what Bhe has elsewhere deprived the country, tho Inhabitants of Southport, for instance, do not view the situation with any satisfaction. Within the last few years some Bill ions of tons of sand have accumulated on the shores at Southporf. The wind Is mainly responsible for the over whelming charactor of the sand. At a recent meeting of the Southport Chamber of Commerce It was stated that unless a new channel was cut al most immediately the town would in a very few years be four miles from deep water. So far as the filling up of the channel is concerned, the blame must be put upon the sea. However, It will cost 1100,000 to dredge this new channel, nnd the necessity for the work Is apparent. The pier at Southport is nearly a mile in length, but with deep water receding at tho present rate, the pier will soon become useless. But this Is a matter of commerce. With the overwhelming of the espla nade, or sea-walk, at the same place, which has been accomplished by tho sand and wind In a very thorough manner, an equally serious problem Is encountered. This cannot be got rid of by such simple means as dredging a channel. The Band must be remov ed, and a very pretty problem It pre sents. In some places the magnificent railed esplanade lies under five or six feet of sand. Not only has the way ward sand covered the walk, but ha3 accumulated In dunes bstween the es planade and the sea, effectively shut ting out the view. Some Imaginative geographeis have affected to believe it a girdle pf des erts around the world. By means o! a specially drawn map this phenome non in apparent. Following a curved line it is seen that the great deserts of Asia, Africa, and the lesser sandy wastes of North America seem to bear geographical relations to one another. Like Levator's great circle of fire around the Pacific Ocean, the semicir cle of deserts at first sight is very convincing, but that it is more than a remarkable coincidence remains to be established. The Colorado Desert, at the base of the Sierra Nevada, like the Sahara, bears signs of being the bottom of an ancient sea or lake. These arid lands of the United States are found in Utah, Oregon, California, Nevada and Arizona. The Coast mountains effec tually shut out from them the mois ture which otherwise might be precip itated over these wastes. The tight est annual rainfall In the United State b Is to be found in this region, particularly in southern Arizona. While these desert lands are not so great In area as the Sahara, they are of sufficient size and Importance to make their reclamation desirable. With this end In view, the Federal Government is spending -millions In Inaugurating one of the most exten sive irrigation systems ever proposed. That part of the Arizona desert upon which the experiment has been tried has given most encouraging results. Contemplating the immense fields now under cultivation In Bome of the desert valleys, the visitor finds it difficult to believe that once this was a region of waste sands, superheated air, and practically rainless. Difficulties with the sandy wastes are encountered by the .railway com panies whose lines run through or skirt the Western deserts. To the en gineers of these roads the sand seas present a problem very different from that which they Bhow to the Agricul tural Department. The railroads can not, of course, hope to cope success fully with the inroads the sands make each year by means of Irrigating ca nals. The winds keep the Band seas in constant motion. In the course of a year this motion is very perceptible. The yearly movement averages about eighteen feet. Frequently the roads roads have to be dug out of the sandy accumulation, otherwise in the course of a year the railroad would be seri ously obstructed. Some experiments made by Collier Cobb, professor of geology in the Uni versity of North Carolina, show what can be done to prevent damage by sand and wind. Prof. Cobb selected for his experiments some of the sand reefs on the North Carolina coast, and the result of his investigations was hopeful. The investigations, however, were only experiments, nautrally on a diminutive scale, but sufficiently Il luminating to lead to a belief that with governmental aid much of the wastes on the North Carolina coast could be made to flower with the prodigality of the semi-tropics. , During the winter the strong north winds pile the sands up Into great dunes, which are moving steadily southward. "These," says Prof. Cobb, "are best developed along the Curri tuck Banks, from Virginia, as far South as the Kill Devil, Hills. These wind ripples started in sands exposed by the removal of a strip of forest next the shore have grown in size to great sand waves, which' are advanc ing on forests, fields, and homes. As the sand wave has advanced It has taken up several feet of the loose soil over which it has passed, undermin ing houses, laying bare the roots of trees, and exposing the bones of the dead In the cemeteries." He relates that at Nag's Head, a large hotel, constituting a solid ob struction, held out for a while, but in a short time the sandi wave built up a short distance In the rear until the level of the hotel roof was feached. Then the wave advanced an dthe building was engulfed. In this region the land gained on the sound 350 feet In ten yearns. A fishing village on the northern end of Hatteras Island was burled In the same way, and what, at the time of the Civil War, was "The Great Woods" is covered by sand and not a stick shows where the Island forest was. "The checking of these moving dunes," according to Prof. Cobb, "pre sents a problem of increasing Impor tance, not only to the inhabitants of these sand keys, but to the navigators of the Inland waterways as well, and it is of interest to know that its solu tion is at hand, and that the encroacn- ment of the sand upon the land and upon the sounds may be effectually stopped." Owing to the fortunate chance that the north winds which pile up the sand here blow only in the winter, and thnt the spring rains are usually oJ light Intensity, especially on Hatteras Island, the solution of the problem is rendered comparatively easy. In 1880 Prof. Cobb began his experiment. He found It a simple matter to plant grasses and shrubbery In the late winter and early spring and have them gain a firm footing before the strong winds came. He planted the seed of the loblolly pine on the back of a dune and cov ered the area with brush cut from a nearby road in process of making. The brush served not only to break the wind, but to conserve the moisture In the sands. Today, he says, from that modest beginning twenty-one years ago, there is a forest of several acres. The European plan of build ing a barrier dune by means of wind breaks, he says, has been tried alon! the coast, but always without success. It having been proved that the sand seas may be conquered, it may ue re garded as certain that in time human Ingenuity will reclaim every large arid waste In the world. In another generation, perhap. there will not be a desert within the boundaries of the United States. When once the way to solve the problem has been shown, en terprise will probably attempt to con quer the Sahara and perchance even the great Gobi. Philadelphia Public Ledger. Beehives in Mourning. A striking illustration of the super stitious beliefs of Cornish country folk may be seen In one of the villag es ot the Duchy. A death recently occurred in the family of a bee-keeper, who thereupon believing that if he failed to do so the whole of his bees would also die draped each of hi five hives with a piece ot black crepe. London Standard. ' The population of the globe It 1,400, 000,000, of whom 35,214,000 die every year. The births amount to 36,792,000 every year, or more than one a second, m Painting for Profit No one will question the superior appearance of well-painted property. The question that the property-owner asks ist "Is the appearance worth the cost?" Poor paint is for temporary appear ance only. Paint made from Ture Linseed Oil and Pure White Lead is for lasting appearance ' and for protection. It saves repairs and replacements cost ing many times the paint investment. The Dutch By trade mark is found only on kegs containing Pure White L,eaa mane cy -y the Old Dutch Process. SEND FOR BOOK "A Talk on Paint," ffiTpn raltiaiitn infniw mnttfn on tho pnint uhject. fiont tree All tend patked In upon (evii-it. 11107 bear, (All mar; NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY in whichever of thefollorp ing ciliet it nearest yoat Now York. flemton. Huffaln, Clnvptana, Cincinnati. Clii-upo, St. Loulf, Phila'lM thia f.lobi T. Lewis s Bros. Uo.1, PHubursh National Lead 4 Oil Co. I How the Strawberry Was Named, Many persons have wondered how strawberries got their name. They have been so called by Anglo-Saxon people for hundreds of years, but no corresponding name for them appears in other languages. On the contrary, their fragrance mainly is set forth In the names by which they are called in non-English speaking lands. The ola' Anglo-Sax'on form was "streaw berlge." It seems probable that the "straw'' is the long stem of the vine, which runs nlonj the ground. Some have thought, however, that In ancient times the Anglo-Saxon berry hunters brought the berries home or sent them to market upon straws. The explanation that the word Is a cor ruption of "strayberry," due to the running habit of strawberry vines, is believed to be erroneous. 33- Queens Taller Than Kings. It is a curious fact that at this time nearly a'.I the sovereigns of Europe nre shorter than their con sorts. For example, King Edward 13 an Inch shorter than Queen Alexan dra. Czar Nicholas II. looks quite small by the side of the Czarina; the Kf.Iser is just a trifle shorter than the German Empress, and, for that reason always insists that she shall sit down when they are photo graphed together; the King of Italy hardly reaches to the shoulder .of Queen Helena; Queen Amelia of Por tugal Is a shade taller than Don Car los, and Alfonso of Spain is half a head shorter than Queen Victoria Eugenie. In fact, the King of Nor way and the Prince of Montenegro are the only two rulers who are very much taller than their wives. Tragedies of Balloons. The disappearance on May 28 of the British war balloon Thresher, In which Lieut. Martin-Leake and Caul field ascended before Prince Fushimf, recalls that of a Japanese officer who, while before Port, Arthur, volun teered to atempt a baloon reconnois sance of the Russian lines. He made the ascension, but misjudged the air currents, and, instead- of going over Port Arthur, drifted out to sea. He might have been saved even then, but as the night came on a storm broke and the officer vanished. He was connected with the Imperial fam ily of Japan. High-Priced Meat may be a Blessing If It gives one the chance to know tbe tremendous value of a complete change fo diet - Try this for breakfast: A Little Fruit, A dish of Grape-Nuts' and Cream A Soft-Boiled Egg, Some Nice, Crisp Toast, Cup of Well-made Postum Food Coffee That's all, and you feel comfortable and well-fed until lunch. THEN REPEAT, And at night have a liberal meat nd vegetable dinner, with a Grape Nuts pudding tor dessert. Such a diet will make a change la your health and strength worth trial "There's a Reason.' Bead "The Road to WaUville," is pkga 7 J
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