AA ay a ARENA BA A ly rte
Na ch SA
nha” 120d sith clasped
Jouning forms n front
ry far back that the boys aid
: not wp {t—there was a funny twinkle,
A :
last the case wis igh hd a
Co Roland cate with him. boldisg his
* | hand tightly, for he Intended to cling
to his freind antl fhe doors of the
Jail closed between thom.
“Prisoner, tell the court whether you
are goilty or not guilty”
“Guilty.” sald Allen chokingly,
sound. Could §t bo possible that they
tremblingly took the s'and.
you ktiow of the case.”
In a little piping voles which he vain.
1 tried to make steady Roland testified
| to having seen Allen take his knife sad
| mutilate the sign.
“You are his bost friend. are you pot?
| What schooiboys ell n pal?" sald the
¥
"squire, who had known the loys since |
#8 | they wers bables and was sure thire |
| was something Hare than appeared on
the surthes,
| et think 1t rather strange |
for 8 boy to betray hiv best friend?’
Roland now realized ro the nts
| = BOSE the shame and degradation of hie
: Position.
*1 wanted the $10" be stimmered.
"What do you intend tos do with 1?
hat pursged the ‘squire Telenthmaly,
“Bay ive and fruit and things for
Allen's wick sister” And in spite of his
efforts to sppear coraposet the tears
: Rolled down Roland's chooks.
“Ah, that ts the polot 1 wanted fo
“Constable, you may take the pris
0 | oner and the witness into another room
while the court and the Jury talk thls
matter over.” :
Totally unconscious that there wae
anything unusnal about the proved
Ling, Allen and Roland were led out
§ of the room by Constalils Carnes, whe
bestowed such scowls and flashes of |
his black eyes upon them that they |
: were more frightened than ever.
After what seemed years and years
t | they Were agsio summGtied to the court
r- | “Prisoner, you may stand and receive
! the sentence of the court.” thundered
Or | a flerce volce.
“In view of your extreme youth, the
fact that it Is your first offense and
also whet the court is pleased to cons
ne | sider as extenuating clrennistances”
eller to do anything like that"
Tndigpantly.
must, Real Mancaret n
his of Margaret's nage
ge softened perceptibly, bgt
: meh a trencherans act,
know you wonldo be pat
kay
helr elosoly inh heads |
¢ and frraiiged si the details
Te tin
sacrifice did not ap-
g by daylight as when
rapon shed a glamour
len vare: © himaett hes
But Roland felt
; ying his best
; Eetnsting (disgrace and
{those terrible words again, thought
ca | Allen with a shudder), “it bas been de.
guess not. Do you think 1
cided to allow you to go five. It is
expected, however, that you will never
appear before the court on such a
charge again”
thelr astonishment the ‘squire turned
i to Roland and ssid: *To you, sir, 1
now give the reward promised for the
H] couviction of any person mutilating
the eign”
The boys had expected a groat, great
big ten-doliar gold piece, but, strange
{lo say, the money was composed of |
quarters and D0-ceut pleces, and even
and tied it securely.
“Thank youn, sir,” sald Roland
“Glve my lave to Httle Margaret and
tell her to burry and get well” sald
the "squire, and the boys thought that
his volce did not sound as sharp as
usual
- Then, band in hand, the hoys walked
Allen's gate.
“Gee,” sald Roland, drawing a long
feller Judas mnst have fej”
hanged or sent to prison for life” said
| Allen. “But let's go in now nnd show
the money to mother aml Margaret,
1 And say, we might Just as wel tell
& em." on
ore clasping hands, they
And Te the Ten se,
hie Fy farome Seat he red 1 reared
{| Put slew them wn mighty sword
1 The monster's
A ribbon round. ita neck be hung,
| Then "twas a most Jassiliar sight
Pat way back n el
stepped i, in the room and |
| "Can yon prove any extenuating oir |
{ nmstaticon
{ Allen had never hoard of “sxtentiat-
ing circumstances,” and the words as
spoken bry the squire had 8 dreadful
would hang him? He turned cold and |
his teeth ehatiered go that he could Bot
jrolys : 1
“1 "Let the witness te sworn” next
| commanded the ‘squire. and Boland |
“Row you may tell the court what
alarm. Get a plece of ordisary willow
reach,” sald the "squire, in nu terrible
ir
5T. GEORGE AXD THe D OOK.
worge he w 8 valiant knight,
Oue Jo hue » vali
badiete fell hike hail
duln’s care &
At just 8 an
Dragon ood. w he ind
"And To we
Upon ite tail some salt he fang,
to fpanit:
oka a silver bell,
To all why passed
Ta soe the Dragon and the Kr Knight
Upon the lawn at play.
i ~¥ ong Faika Herald
MURIC FROM 4 A TWIG.
Tennyson in “Locksley Hall” bag the
Epeaker ask his comrades to “sound
upon the bugle born” when they want |
bi. Few girls and boys will ever try
is
thelr Powers on 8 yout ole barn, Lat
all can readily make a twig sound an
tree (Fig. 11). Be sure it is Nasties
and Jpesteet; with a sharp knife Slice
Pred
| bem on exhibition there before ih some
time. A number of dogfish and skates
1d an angler have been captured and
| brought In by fishermen. They bave |
I oer placed together [i the tank on fhe
#1de of the buliding opposite to the en- |
trance. The dogfish Appears 10 be the |
most sctive of the group. They sug-
pst baly sharks as they speed abont
the tank. One of the interesting things
flout the dogfish Is that they bring
forth their young alive in litters of half
a dozen. Not wing mammals, the
young, which are several Inehes long, |
dre horn with egg sacks attached.
From those they draw nonrishment ua.
til they bave matured sufliclently to
Fok thelr wa fond, Then the depleted |
eg sack falls off. A dogfish was born
A) the Aquariom 8 short time ago. Un-
fortanaiely, ft din.
The states da pot move abont the |
tink ro muck as the dogfish, hut, vee
Hike the angler, they do not hug the
bottota all the time. They are thin
aud fa The sndnistions of the fish
when siviioining suggest the fving of a
bird, Home of the shales are fevmed
Moradoer” skates by the fSshermen | 0 ;
the milter are wall educated, refined
people. and ths soclpty Ix very spree
bhucause of the esparaivensm of their
phackion. Whos resting on fhe hLottom
of the tank, as they do when no! in
rostion, they Lior aut 8 Taree part of its
white surface. Their eves, which are
gpreriil inokies hate lk of the sharp snout,
fre simost invisible, The outlet of the
gills ire an top tear the syex, ey
Sie closed hy alidew, which open and
§ slint like eyelids,
The mugler fe fhe quesrest of the |
81. As every ome kpows be has the
nume of angler tweants of (wo Deon-
Hie appendages on his bead, which
when ralaed, have the apearsnes of |
tle Ssahing rode. with halt attached.
Titese they sre wal! ta wes In enticing
fish Into their mouths. These sppon-
diugen waaay He 22 on the Back.
The Bak iv shinpad much jks a bellows,
thie tall being tho nomile He has an
etoTinGue month in proportion to his
aire. It extends Ball way across his |
md. Mr. Spencer, the saperinten. |
dint, in talking slwut the anzier a few
Sys ago. aald hat the month of this
fiih Teminged hin o a story. “Two
The Missing Hunter Puzzle.
Pind the huster nd bis Jog.
off a slanting piece at one end (Fig
12), then cut a noteh In top (Fig. 130
wood Is pow ready to slip back into the |
Before the bors could recover from
some dimes, more lke the collection |
taken at church than anything elee, |
they thought. Reland did not stop to
i question its appearance, however, hut
e | emptied It Into his pocket handkerchief
out, and never spoke until they reached |
breath, “I guess I know low that |
“And I think I ean {magne how a |
really and truly thief or murderer |
feels when he thinks he is going to be
th to the howse~Cul. | 4
Gently tap the hark all over with oue
end of 8 penknife in order to losis it
from the wood, After carefully retov.
ing the berk without breaking it cut
the wood sccorditg 1o the dotted Vines
in Plg. M4, which will give Fig. 15, The
bark, but before doing this piace & pea
In the hollow part (Fig. 143; then slide
the bark back in place (Fig 1. Now
blow the twig and sound the alarm. |
The Delinsator,
A CROP FAILURE
The Farmer—~“What! No pertatoes
growin’ on it vei? Guess I've lwen
buncoed.”"—New York American.
QUEER AQUARIUM FISH.
The visitors to the Aquarium have
‘bad an opportunity to see specimens of
Several ings. of fa which have ‘mot
of the ancients in that department,
from extensive reading, of the observa.
ives were plaring together” be said
“Ome of then, pamed “Jim” bad an un
usally large month. The other sald
to him: “Gosh, Jim. Als't you got &
bie mouth! Iva good your ears are
fadteged to tight, 1f they weren't Tour
murach woold go clear ‘round, and the |
toy of your head would be an sland
ew York Tribune
THE VME OF BUTTONS
YVigitons are in extensive use in the
sivirts of Geriven children, with whom |
thy form a sort of coinage, esch sort |
having a sii pulsted exchans bie vale, |
Traces of similar passe exist In the
x man New York
a 4 , AE ¥ &
ant In throwing battons. AG
find,” whe remarked, "but | confess
would be much of éivilization ov re-
below sero wis unbeambly cold. I
city I the Interior, Is far superior to
tivo months each fall. while the river
extremely high. A domed egies, when
which fat surpasses any Lasker or
be was 8 youtig 03a. He leaped the
life, Aftur spending the greater part
| A very ordinary degree of heat, such
Pi sed a bole made about!
Lu = av, ¢ fovt off The plavers toms their?
the bole bas the five shor. He endear.
Of% to drive the Botlons of the rest |
into the hole, sivikioe with the
3
$
¥
k
hi thumb by a movewent of th
4 send, wehich x kent lar an}
iE Ww wen bie fileses
Bid turn, and so on, ever drives
hae mlversa Ys Dutton indo the hole |
ins ir
Annther gat players "
5. Tifope pre pawt
fe wall and iia player # hat.
p Wathin 8 span of the adver
Lic may gloss at i and win it by
sir'king. as before Washington Star.
BIOGRAPHY FoR In YEMILER
Filny the elder was for a space pro
ewmrator In Spain, He spent piveh of
hix time afterward stu lving ar Rone:
belag near the Bay of Naples daring
an eruption of Vesuvius he Jandsd to
withess the plieromenon. bat was suf.
focated by the fumes. Hix “Natural |
History” is a repertory of the studies |
being a record. more or less falthrul, |
tos af others rather than bls ow,
: tog Ba the —
btthaps, ad Whoever ovine Des cost = gree that fait s
next takos | i
pesds 10 be sustains] hy aver ih
of the erg of the trophies Che. Mrs.
Mullen Jecompanied du her hushand to
| grows on the Yanks of the Nile
equal to any in the World There ave
abant 15,000,000 scves of irrigated lang
{ available, but fhe men 10 Wark | 48
* | lnelitng.
“1 don’t k know what I expoctal to
that Xt was not my idea that thore
Gnemott or cnlture and | bad been
tanght to belleve that fifty or eighty
went theve prepared to bo a martyr and if
& frontier woman, aad ready to rough
ft. and I coms Domw thinking ity tha |
finest opuiitry fo the world
“The ellmate at Bampnrt, which ia a
dnaean,. en the const, where wa are
pow. ‘There is no wind at Ranypart. |
and forty to fifty below zero In really
not at all Beeomfortable. At that (ilace
of connie wa could not pet all the cor |
forte we Lave on {he coast, and for
3 freeing. and two mebths in the
spring, while the stron ls breaking
np. we hud to do withnot mall. Pat
able. The prices Bo the fntirlor are
we could pet omen at all, cost $1.00:
fives pounds of susie, 81. and lestter
was getventy-five conte a pound The
bistliive | prefor that of Jonenn”
Mex Mullen Yronght with her 4 eclv
lection of gold nugurets; ales a large
enjlesting of Alaskan Indian work,
besdwark of the Inillans of this coun.
I=y. ~Onas ha Bea,
Contdns Ntand Tasting.
1a Harper's Wa Ting Fane, in Nis are
ticle on “Chives and Western Ciel
Zation.® tall) of a3 American who, hav. | 8
bie afrarward to endure Hi in his SWE
country:
“1 bat an Amertenn friend In China, |
who died only 8 short time ago.” mars
Mr. Wu. “The story of his life ls rath.
er intereating. He went to China when
Janguaye of the pountry, smd became
an accomplished Chines scholur. He
adapted himself to the wary and habe
ita of thowp among whom be had cast
his lot, and thus became ts all intents
and purposes Chinese In Bis mode of
of his Rife In Chion be made ap Aix
mind that he would pase the remainder
of his days in the land of hia hirth,
among thei scenes of his childhood Aes
cordingly ke left China, with no inten-
tion of retursing. But he reckoned
without dis host, No sooner hal he
found hiniself In New York than the
nolse and hostle of the metropolis of
the New World desve him to dlatrae
thon. He did not know which way to
turn to Gad rest and quiet, and be ok
the earliest opportanity to go bark to
China, Thus it fa posible that a man
born mind bred lo stresosus Amseries
may prefor the quiet rounding of
Chiza™
—
: Dismands Beplode.
It han long been known that Ja.
monde, especially the class known asl
“rose diamonds.” are lkely to explode
if subjectind to only what would seem
Ba RIrchDg rave from the sun eofte. It le
now believed that the explosions are |
the remit of the rmptd expansion of
certain volatile gulls enclosed in cave |
ftlew penr the centres of these precions
stones. A great many damomds even
though uf, mounted and worn as gema
of perfection, are still In an onfinished |
conditine-that is, the Uaguld drop from |
which the stone is beng formed has
not as yer deposited all of lex “pure!
crystals of carbon” Those movable}
drone nin octsionally be sean with
the Baked eve
When this ia the esse 8 strane milers
scope will give the dren the appearance
af a bulb le in the fi af a CHIN.
tor's Jevel. It be alin hfichly pain hl
thar besbkle the Hagnld meni
Cavities 3 HES fay tai corinis mies une
Sat rent dermis. Whis Bene hy ane, |
me Ear endily domp
YEry ul Ra BE. i:
way wih all the ¢l
stiniatuze it Hore oo Bros
Britatns Jary-Eating Arouy.
Naw teas wa Koo that the British
seen} fn the Senth Afriesn
war 3 B pounds of Ya, the Hers |
HU west #odiie nice svmpaiations fon the |
sratistion off sweetinants, For iostungs,
$7 the Boltish Army, in onder to orush
a comparatively small pravinets Ale
thar began to wig without na army, |
four million rounds of fam,
quantity of fam would be peosssary
for it Wr had a real war with some
great military state Winld there ba
fan enone iy the wrorld to meet gueh
fn erisis? Ana what would becanie of
the finauews of the British diupire 1 in
such a ense some of the Chlcags men
should Yevaner” all the Yam In the
world Sust before the war begun fe
Rarper'as Weekly,
* ‘ : ra——
Froe Quinine For Employes,
A law hus been passed in Lraly rey
quiring employers of Inber to supply
thelr employes with quinine free vthen
suffering from malaria, :
Ir many connitry villages and outot: :
the way places in New England and
the Middle States, women may still
: fousd who make money. and even earl
a ring, by spinaing aud knitting wool
and. by weaving snd knliting rag save
poty and rage. The demand for well
cme rag rags bas notiesably revived
Iateiy In some fuirie of ihe comtey.
and the product of this industey finde
a niady sake,
The commercial value of fnformation
gathered ander the antharity of the
Government Is strikingly shown in the
recurds kept by the Geologlon] Survey
tof the Bow of sireama on fae Routh
Atlantic slope. Northern expitalists, a
few’ youre ago, thought that the South
ern streamy wore almost valueless for
walerpowsr development, bot these
Previirds have shipwn their error. dod
now many mills to be ran by water
power are building.
Tecontly at an auction sale iu Lote
| den whieh was jundisionsly advertised,
an erp of the ovent nuk was put vp
which, afiw sine ively bidding, woe
knacked down for 31000 Thar fw sald
to Lea very good prices. Ba anh sue
have heen sabi 0 Londen Fr 8s gel
da RISE The reson Tar eRe anor.
mots priven = Saiar ate to be found in
the scarelly of the eggs. The bind i
gxiipet aml nwt over seventy of He
: : : : egos Ae iy exintanag,
only difference between lieing atl Ju} =
Benn and In this country 18 the ellmate,
Ca
Pirfare a yerpad meet iar of the Rae
Jerient Saelely of Washingion My Yee
non Bailey spaias of “Sider Gress and
i Ite Efferta on Horses” stating that
thin grass grew Jugarinitly jo seane
wectlone of the (alifernia Serres.
Hares enling this grass were rendered
very drowsy for several dave and RB
way reported thurl in sole Instances
they wers tenionenriiy fon sieapy foe
gE The effort gradually wars off.
so 8 second time
Np muccessTnl amolke-cenenming ane
plianes Baw eon inventad aa yor for
hotacheld me hat for indusirisl ues
on i fairly large soale sokoless soft
econ fires are not ausomtien, The
wma kplens firndee ls pxnenyive, costing
fram a few hundred dollars fo Sfeen
hundred but those thar nee IT ay that
the high coat is affset by the saving In
the cont of fuel For nor only is the
sonal price of Minminous coal only
abont one-half that of anthrseite. Bot a
the smokeless Turnace hurns the coal :
with the minimum of waste Coal
ameke In nothing tar snesnsomed cars
bon ~wasted eonl set free while tie
max ix heating. The Turnses has 8
med hanical stoker that foods the soul
In dowry at the edge of the fire, foreing
whittevir snake arises fo pass the
length of the fivelox aver the glowing
fire. This action x aided by a botaly
blag, and almost perfect enmbustion
is thus secured. There bas been 8
Inrge increase in the use of the smoke
Jess furngee since the great strike he.
gan, and it Ix sald that one dealer hae
sold 8000, The prebaliiity ia that few
of those. $f any, wil] be divearded. sad
this. will inevitably afeet the dotnand
for adthraciis
Hand Kissing Again.
Tite Parlslans are sesking to make
the kissing of the Rand the most ele
gant way of greeting or taking leave
of 8 lady, says the Ladies” Pictorial Is
is certainly more graceful and mors
impressive than bandshaking. A man,
if bis fa clever, may convey a great deal
in the way he lingers over a hand, even
when holding it in the ultra-fashion.
abla m=liner, but he can silently say 8
great deal mors by the way be respects
fully salutes 12
Nowadays it calls for no grace of
hearing to shake Bands successfully.
Ove sees men doing Bt dally with
barely a glanes at the Indy whe gives
than) this priviiege. Pur so ane ean
kiss hands in such a coldly perfunctory
| use a ami herefare 1 think that
woanien In Lagden society wonkd wel
CONE a Tovieal af the maetice for the
maka of the eleranes 3 wonld lend the
wsdern youth
sb —————
Wasp's Mathod of Sttuek.
Bale, in his “Naturalist in Niearse
sun.” draws aftention © the methods
of alack used by diferent species of
Wass, One, accustomed to inhnals
and not to wan, takes care to crawl
wan) the suritasding lalrs to the skin
betore lnserting Hs sting: while others,
whith Hee 1 the midst of human
dwellings, fy straight at 8 man's face,
| Tie first species, true to inherited tue
sting, when I attacks unfamiliar ha
Han beings attaches ts to their bale
or their beards. But there must have
beet 3 time wien the seco] species
discyiversd that the fave was the yule
nevable part, amd the dvcovery wus |
the uteone of the act! fein x of brain, ;
Sushenl Fish,
Many fish ean produces mnsieal
sounds. The red gurnard has earned
the nme of seacnek from the Lrowing
Bolse: which It makes, while another
*Pecies is called tae piper. Others, no.
ably two species uf pilin. bBave
souud-preducing apoaratos, consisting
of sipall movable bones, which can be
madi to produce a8 sharp rattle. ‘the
| curieus “drumming” made by the Med.
iterpanean fish known as the maigre
can be beard from a depth of thirty
ind ft was enid Hat heres or oktfle
having eaten this grass would not do