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By LINDA DOWS j
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(? by Short Story Pub. Co.)
WOULD that light burn for
ever? Should 1 never be re
lieved from the sight of the
dim outline of the door,
traced in rays shining uncertainly
through ?
1 turned over and resolutely decid
ed to sleep ? to take no more notice
of this soul-dlsturbing thing, but to
pass the remaining hours of the night
in slumber ? and awake at morning to
find all but an Invention of my fanc^
Imaginary sheep flitted througl)/my
brain ? one hundred ? two ? 7IMI-? yes,
It was still shining. What horror, to
realize that that which had been but
au idle fnncy had strengthened its
hold on my mind, and now presented
itself In the guise of an actual pos
sibility.
The feeling of responsibility was the
worst ; no one else could know of that
light streaming around the cracks of
the closed door ? none other of the
sleeping campers knew that White
mores caudle still burned, after every
one else was at rest, while a quiet, an
ominous stillness, reigned in that room
opening out of mine. Reason mur
mured "He Is sleeping," but Imagina
tion quickly answered, "There is a
chance ? a chance that mortal disease
had seized him, and that hv lay there
dead <j>r dying." Fancy the morning,
finding him lying there 60 still, and
the cold statement of the doctor, hur-~
riedly summoned from a neighboring
camp, "He might have been saved, had
any one Known of this in time." And
1 ? I was the only one who knew.
Our parting had been commonplace
enough. After we came up to bed ? a
noisy troop, excited by an evening
around the card-table ? he passed
through my room Into his own, lighted
candle in hand. A few casual remarks,
and the communicating door was
closed. After a rapid disrobing, I
blew out my guttering candle and
turned In. A train of vagne thought
was Interrupted by a glance at his
door, between which and the Jarrb a
light shone. Thinking nothing of this,
1 closed my eyes for sleep. Then,
found myself staring at it with a
vague anxiety, at which 1 laughed ;
absurd, the man's reading In bed. An
other attempt to sleep, a light nap,
and again my unwilling eyes were at
tracted toward the door. It drew
them, this vague shining; every at
tempt at sleep was vain ; always, I
awoke, staring at that light. Grad
ually saner thoughts deserted me; the
influence of the murky night crept j
over me, and my unformed dread as- '
sumed a definite shape ? a haunting
fear that would not be reasoned with,
an absurd fear, may be, but one that
would not be laughed away.
The lightning was brighter now ; it
lighted up all the bare little room.
The scant furniture stood there as
plainly as by day ; my clothes, which
had seen many an Adirondack storm,
lay carelessly tossed across a chair;
my gun, guilty of the life of many a
deer, stood in the corner. All this, I
knew rather than saw. I never look
around during a flash of lightning. It
might by its excessive brilliancy re
veal something ? something that it
were better not to see.
How deeply are We Imbued with the
dread of ridicule! I iave seen a dog I
cringj anii slink away, when he had j
mistaken his master for a stranger
and caused a merciless laugh around
him. So should I feel, If I obeyed the
impulse that was strong in me, and
opened the dividing door, to find
Whitmore calmly reading. And yet,v
that chance ?
Once more I turned away from the
hauntl-g glimmer; once more I faced
the dim square of window, which was
ever and ancn rendered more distinct
by flashes of distant lightning.
Idly, my mind revert^a to the scene
of the evening : the log room, its great
windows open to catch any lingering
breeze; in the center, the table under
its huge hanging lamp. Eager faces
all around It ? did Whltmore's look
paler than the rest? Accounted for
surely by his morning's fatiguing
drive Into camp. Eager hands shuf
fling cards ? did Whltmore's tremble
more than the others? Surely, the
result of an extended row that after
noon. How stands my Canflel^ score?
One hundred more, and out of debt ?
a black ten now, and a red seven ?
With a start, I sat up in bed ; irre
sistibly, my eyes turned In the direc- !
tion of the door. The light still shone. I
How long had I slept? Some time
certainly, for the lightning now shone !
In at the window with greater fre- 1
quency; and now, through the heavy
air, came the distant, continuous rum
ble of an approaching storm. And
still Whitmore read on, or ? oh. the j
chance, tfie awful possibility ! And
no one knew of it but I.
The breeze came more strongly
hrough the window, 11 fling the tlglH
?urtain gently, blowing It softly Into
the room. 1 hate a curtain blowing
that way at niglit ; there Is always
the suggestion that a white hand 1b
pushing it in; always Che feeling that
a face may appear at the opening.
Once, years before. I nearly saw them
?almost; almost could fancy that a
hand did come through, where no hu
man hand could reach ; a face peer Id
where no human face could be. I
never have curtains at toy windows
| since that night ; they suggest too
much. .
Certain words had for some time
been sounding vaguely In my brain,
passing through my subconsciousness,
an unnoticed undercurrent to my oth
er thoughts. They yielded to a con- |
centration of attention, and rang,
themselves in view, together with the
surroundings in which they were
spoken. A trout stream, babbling over
its rounded stones, runr.ing noisily j
through the forest. Four men, includ- j
ing myself, are fishing with long lim
ber rods. One utters the words that
are haunting me:
"Whitmore coming Into camp next
week? So tliat heart of his hasn t
bowled him over yet! It may, you;
know, at any minute, his doctor told
him. May live for years, sturdy as an
oak ; on the other hand, perhaps no i
external cause, or It may be a shock i
and he is gone ? snuffed out suddenly, i
like one of these caudles we use here |
in the wilds."
Then rapidly through my mind
passed In review unheeded incidents
in my slight acquaintance with Whlt
uiore, with now a new meaning, a
bearing on the present situation, j
Whitmore never ran to catch a train.
Whitmore never touched wine. Whit- .
more never added to his swimming ac- |
complishment8 the sensational on^ of ,
diving.
"At any minute!" Good God, this
was the chance. Like -a great tidal j
wave, sweeping houses and men be
fore It, the certainty that that was
true which 1 had dreaded so shrink- ,
lngly, rushed over me, and swept
away all my lingering doubts. It was
true : he had died? died there In the
next room, while I lay weakly afraid. !
Overwhelmed by this appalling
thought, 1 leaped out of bed, stood for j
a second trembling in the soft breeze, j
then staggered to the door, and flung
It open.
At the farther end of the room, on !
a shelf over the rough bed, burned a
candle. On the bed Itself was
stretched a motionless form ; one pale j
hand hung over the side, and below It
on the floor was an open book. And
on the pillow, a white face.
In one moment, all the wild thoughts
of the night culminated In me in a
frenzy. I rushed forward, and
grapsed the Inanimate form by the
shoulders ? shoulders that were warm 1
with IKe. Suddenly my trembling
hands relaxed, for while his eyes, still
dim with sleep, gazed with terror into
mine, from his pale lips arose a wild
shriek, which was drowned by a deaf- I
ening crash of thunder overhead.
And then ? oh, horror! ? oh. memory
never to be effaced ! ? his hands
clutched at his heart, his face ?rew
livid, he gasped for breath, he fell j
back ? dead.
X-Rays of Coal
Another practical use for X-rays has
been introduced by an English chemist
who is reported to have devised a
camera, which, with the aid of the
rays, takes a stereoscopic photograph
of the Inside of a lump of coal, reveal- j
lng the amount of ash-fonning material
It contains. This process, it is be
lieved, will be of value in opening up
new mines, as it will also show how
much weight a sample will lose when
the outer ash present is removed by
washing.
Sanitary House for Hen
Mrs. lieu has a new sanitary house.
It Is an all-metal nest built of steel
sheets with a top which is Inclined
and which prevents her roosting where
she should not. The backs of the
modern nests are open, and when
swung slightly outward from the wall
and given r. slight tap the straw slides
out and new straw can replace it
? Scientific American.
Courage to Make Amends
Most people do the wrong thing at
times. None of us are perfect. But
we always feel like taking off our hat
to the man who, after having done a
wrong, will have the courage and the
manhood to make proper amend*
and due apology for that wrong. There
Is hope for the wrongdoer so long as
he is willing to make amends.?
Andalusia (Ala.) Star. r
Cats Without Tails
In most Manx cats the tails are rep
resented merely by a tuft of hair with
out any remnant of bone. This strain
is met with In many parts of Russia
and there Is a very general opinion
that it originally came from Japan.
Unless the Jungle cat, which is a near
ly whole-colored species, can claim the
position, the ancestry of these Manx
Malay cats is still unknown.
Stone Once Part of an Indian Platform Pipe
Browi university student, Paul K.
Burboe, picked up an oddly shaped
stone on the side hill between Red
bridge and the River road In Provi
dence. He brought his find to the I
Rhode Island Historical society, where
the stone was Identified as the frag
ment ot an Indian platform pipe, says
Howard M. Chapln, librarian of the
Rhode Island Historical society, in the
Providence Journal.
The stone itself 1s a fine-grained
dark green soapstone or steatite, cot
particularly common in Rhode island,
but highly prized by the Indians, who 1
made pipes out ot it. The outer part
of tlie plmtorm is Intact in this speci
men, and although the bowl has been
broken ofT, its outline is clearly visible
as well ns the bole leading irom the
bowl through the stem to the mouth
piece. Part of the stem Is gone, but
enough remains to give a good Idea
of the shape of the pipe.
The stem contains two holes leading
from the bowl Into the stem, which
la ua usual ?Ad njay be due to t mis
take of the maker or more probably
to an attempt to repair tbe pipe after
some slight break. Id Its perfect con
dition this pipe closelv resembles the
platform pipe which was found In
Rhode island a few years ago and Is
owned by Mrs. A. B. Bradshaw. H is
of the same type of soapstone as the
fragment found by Mr. Burhoe and
given by him to the historical society.
| Another platform pipe of 3llghtly
different design found in Westerly, and
an unfinished pipestein found In East
Providence are also of this sort of
soapstone. Tbe East Providence frag
ment proves that these pipes were
made here even If the stone Itself
came from a distance.
The fragment found near Red bridge
>vas evidently washed out of the bank
J by a recent hard rain, and serves to
emphasize that Rhode Island still con
tains many undiscovered Indian relics,
which may any time be brought to
UgUt by heavy rains, plowing or ma
; st ruction work. ,
Lighthouses for
Voyagers of Air
I
Beacons Mark Way Like
Pencil of Light for Air
craft at Night
Washington. ? "Lighting ships on
[ their way, one of the most ancient
I adjuncts of navigation, has heen revo
' recently because ships now
bm! v.. us the sea. and
the clas?j type o 'oes not
meet the needs oj t lie uir voyagers,"
j says u bullet iu from the Washlngion
headquarters of the National Geo
graphic society.
"The latest development In the new
est lighthouse field," continues the bul
letin, "is the establishment of a one
bllllon candle-power beacon near L>ijon
in eastern France, primarily to facili
tate night travel on the Paris Mar
I seilles line, but also to point the way
for the numerous buzzing carriers of
passengers, mail and express, which
France sees weaving a network of air
routes over the country In the near
future.
Most Powerful in Worlrt.
"This most powerful lighthouse In
the world docs not rise like Its long
line of famous predecessors from near
the pounding surf, but is situated on I
a mountain top L'oO miles inland from
the English channel and the Mediter
ranean, and 300 from the Atlantic. It
Is not, like the existing aviation lights
in the United States, one of a series
of beacons In the line of a traveled
route; and unlike many great light
houses of the sea, it does lot mark a
region that Is fo be avoided or a chan
nel entrance that Is to he entered. It
Is placeo well to the side of the much
traveled Frenrh air lanes, in such a
situation that it can be seen from
great distances and used as a check
on location and direction. The beacon
lies nearly 2,000 feet above sea level j
and flashes Its powerful beams far
above most of the low hills of central
r ranee. Under favorable atmospheric
conditions it is believed that the DIJon
light can be seen from near Marseilles
In the scuth, and from the air ubove
Paris, Lille and even Brussels in the
north.
"The lighthouses of the air have had
a radically different development so
far in America's vast land areas. Al
most the only problem here has been
to supply well lighted, hard and fast
routes for the transcontinental mall
flyers; and this has been" so well
solved by the Post Office department,
that It probably will serve as a model
for all the definitely lighted airways
| of the future. The most powerful of
air mail beacons are of half-billion
candle power. There are five of these,
on the division landing fields at Chi
cago, Iowa City, Omaha, North Platte
and Cheyenne, from 200 to 250 miles
apart. The planes land at each of
these stations and the brilliant flash
ing beacons are to Identify the landing
fields. As the planes approach the
earth the beacons are turned off and
the fields are flood-lighted.
"Between the regular landing fields,
at 25-mile intervals, are emergency
landing fields, each marked by a Hash
ing light of 5,000.000 candle power.
Normally these smaller beacons serve
to outllni the flying route. Between
the lights of the emergency fields, ap
proximately three miles apart, are
small, blinking, route beacons. Thus
the air-mall flyer has his night route
marked out for him with a pencil of
light extending off from Chicago 1,000
miles to the west.
"All of these lights are not shining
at one time. For the west-bound flyer
only the Chicago-Iowa City division
Is lighted at first. The planes are op
erated on a regular dispatching sys
tem. As a plane passes over each
emergency field the caretaker there
Government Gives Safe Hard Test
1
The United Slates bureau of stand
ards recently made an unusual test to
determine how much abuse a safe will
stand. After heating the strong box
over a fire for an hour It was dropped
from a considerable height to a stone
pile below. Picture shows the safe
Just before being dropped.
PADRE'S HAT IS FOUND IN
"LOST' MEXICAN GOLD MINE
Famous Old Cockroach Workings Re
discovered After Being Hidder.
More Than Century.
Vago, Nayarlt, Mexico. ? Tn the fa- |
mous old Cucaracha (Cockroach)
mine, near here, recently rediscovered
ufter being hidden for a century and
a quarter, miners are bringing up evi
dence of the Spanish padres who once
owned these approaches to rich veins
of gold.
One of the discoveries was a Ifrge
felt hat, In a remarkable state of pres
ervation. It resembles pictures of the
headgear worn by Friar Tuck of uurs
ery fable fame. It has a very broad
and floppy brim and was made of a
fine grade of thick hair felt, colored
brown Despite Its burial for more
than 12?? years Its fibers Ptlll aro
stroug and appear equal to any used
in modern hats.
The workmen have found also por- |
Oldest Whaler Now
Floats on Own Lake
Boston. ? The whaling bark Charles
\V. Morgan of New Bedford has com
pleted the shortest voyage In Its his
tory.
It was the last voyage of the oldest
whaler in the world and hereafter this
old craft, which has plowed the wa
ters of all oceans on the globe, will
gall on dry land, for It will be placed
in a specially constructed basin on the
estate of Col. E. H. It. Green of Round
Hill, South Dartmouth, where It will
be kept as a perpetual memento of the
American whaling Industry.
The first dozen voyages of the Mor
gan were made to the Pacific ocean,
north Pacific. Atlantic and Indian
oceans. It always returning to its home
port at the completion of each cruise.
On the voyage It started October 6.
1886, contrary to Its custom of return
ing to Its home port, It arrived at San
Francisco, and thereafter for nearly
twenty years It made yearly voyages
to the Japan and Ochotak seas. It I?ft
tlons of blankets and garments, show
ing fine material and weaving. The
j texture of these articles Is far supe
rior to the crude Indian and Mexican
weave of the period, and this Is re
garded as certain evidence that th*?
owners were alien conquerors who
brought the stuff from Europe.
The padre mine operators were driv
en out of Mexico about 1812 and never
permitted to return. Though the
Cockroach mine was well known, its
location remained a mystery until, re
cently, an American mining engineer
found It by accident.
Legend tells that the retreating
Spaniards burled many bars of pure
cold and silver In the vicinity of the
Cockroach, and this tradition adds
zest to the work of the miners.
Motive power for a new tire pump
is obtained by holding It against the
| fan belt of an automobile.
San Francisco In 1904 and came to Its
home port.
The Morgan was built for Charles
YV. Morgan, and after two cruises It
was sold to Edward Mott RoblnsoS^
Colonel Green's paternal grandfather.
The uiorgan always took a crew of
HA to 38 men and In the 37 voyages
made It took out 1,301 different men
In Its crews.
Hollywood Says Boyish
Type of Girl Vanishing
Hollywood, Cal.? The boyish type
of beauty which last year reigned
favorite, has been replaced by the
slim, youthful and decidedly feminine
creature, It was indicated by a con
test In which 500 of the "most beau
tiful" girls here participated.
An average height of 5 feet 3 Inches
predominated among the 30 most win
some misses selected for appearance
In a forthcoming film production. The
weight of this "Ideal 1925 glrP* Is
slightly less than 118 pounds. She baa
gray-blue eyes and hair of golden
chestnut color, bobbed of course,
shingled in back, but not extrem?.
notifies the station in advance anu
that In the rear by telephone. When
the plane lands at the division point,
all of the emergency fields passed pver
are notified, and their lights are
turned off. Then the portion of the
route passed over is lighted xonly by
the little automatic blinking gas lights
of the three-mile beacons, which pulse
their signals for weeks at a time with
out attention. When the, plane is
ready to take off on the next leg of
Its cruise, all the beacons of the sec
ond division begin flashing to lead it
Id safety nlong its way.
Different In Rough Country.
"Between New York and Chicago a
second lighted airway Is now being put
into operation, with somewhat differ
ent types of lights. Because of the
rough country, beacons cannot be seen,
as In the West, for 25 miles or more.
Lights of the Western emergency field
type are placed from 12 to 17 miles
apart marking emergency landing
sites. In between, usually on hills or
ridges, are lamps which send out
rather broad beams of fair brilliancy.
These are merely routing signals an^l
do not indicate landing fields. To
make their character clear each sends
vertically a constant beam of red lljut.
At shorter Intervals along the Eastern
airway are small, blinking lights like
those used in the West."
Arabic Has 6,000 Words
About "Ship of Desert"
London. ? In the Arabic language
there are nearly 6,000 words descrip
tive of the camel and its various of
fices, according to Lieut. Col. H. F.
Jacob, formerly In Cairo as political
advisor to Lord Allenby, British high
commissioner in Egypt, who lectured
here recently.
Colonel .Jacob told of being cap
tured by tribesmen while proceeding '
to Santa, capital of the Iman Yahya,
as envoy to that monarch. The tribes
men kept the colonel prisoner four
months. They feared he intended com
pleting a treaty which would place the
entire country under the Iman's sway.
The British government offered $250,
000 for his ransom, which the tribes
men scorned, and eventually he got
away by concluding a temporary agree
ment with them.
In his description of Arabic and its
connection with the camel. Colonel
| Jacob asserted the guttural sounds of
that language were said by scientists
to have been derived from the gur
glings of the beast of burden of the
j deserts.
Claims Moving Pictures
Cure for Seasickness
Hollywood, Cal. ? The boyish type
the filming of moving pictures for ex
hibition on ocean passenger liners as
a cure for seasickness among passen
gers Is being conducted here by Rob
ert G. Vignola. a director.
The cause of seasickness, the diree
tor contends, Is largely visual, due to
the shifting planes which characterize
the motion of a ship. The larger
ocean passenger carriers are now
equipped with exhibition cameras and
screens, and It Is VIgnola's belief that
pictures can be made for exhibition on
shipboard which will counteract the
effect of the ship's motion and save
the most susceptible passengers from
the horrors of "mal de mer."
Long Fellows Organise
to Lessen Life's Ills
Marshfleld, Ore. ? Handing to al
leviate the woes of tall men, 28 men of
Marshfield, who are six feet or more,
have formed the Long Fellow Club
No. 1.
Among the things which these
"higher-ups" hope to accomplish is to
start a movement for longer beds in
hotels; {anger berths in pullman cars
and staterooms; longer bathtubs; for
awnings on streets which will not
cause the downtrodden of this group
to dodge continuously while strolling
down the street, and for more com
fortable car and theater seats.
Recent Tests Show Mary,
Queen of Scots, Innocent
London. ? An extraordinary feat In
modern criminology was achieved
when Alnsworth Mitchell, a prominent
Kngllsh scientist often called in as an
expert to help solve murder mysteries,
proved by an examination of docu
ments and seals that Mary, Queen of
Scots, was Innocent of the crime for
which she was executed 350 years ago,
conspiracy to cause the assassination
of Queen Elizabeth.
Mr. Mitchell put all the old records
through the most minute laboratory
tests and he used the latest methods
In comparing hand writing and examin
ing evidence.
He declared when he finished that
Mary's Innocence was unquestionable.
He said William Maltland, Mary's pri
vate secretary, was her betrayer. Ac
cording to Mr. Mitchell, the famous
casket of letters which resulted In
Mary's trial and beheading were writ
ten by Mr. Maltland In a disguised
handwriting.
This slim representative of the film
cen/er'8 beauty, who has seen only 20
birthdays, measures 25 inches around
the waist her bust Is 34 Inches and
ther hips 35. She wears slippers size
four and a half.
British Pay Well for
Mementoes of Napoleon
London. ? Mementoes of Napoleon
are always 'n demand here, and bring
good prices whenever offered under
the hammer. The famous draft manu
script of Napoleon's stirring appeal to
his army in Italy in his own band
writing waa sold at auction recently
for $750.
Three letters which Napoleon dis
patched to Admiral Ganteaume, on
August 15, 1798, upon learning of the
Nile disaster, were disposed of for
$370. The first of these congratulated
the admiral upon his fortunate escape
from the catastrophe, another gave
instructions as to the fleet, and the
third letter, ordered that 16,000 franca
be dlatributed among the disheart
ened officers.
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Found Life Happier
With Gtithering Yearn '
Here's an editorial written by a H
Farquhar, who died the other day in
hit eighty-sixth year. It's in the last
chapter of his autobiography, and it
aums up life as he saw It after he had
passed the four-score mark.
And now, in conclusion, what d<#*
It all mean? What have these. >??? ?
taught me? Nothing of a startling
nature ? the Incidents fade ? but the*
principles remain :
1. That It Is, as a rule, safe to trust
human beings. Comparatively few ar?
unfair, If you are fair yourself
? 2. That troubles and apparent nlftl
culties are but stepping-stones to prog
ress ? the most practical way of learn
ing ? and, as Greeley said, "The way
to resume Is to resume."
3. That there Is nothing that will
take the place of work, either to ?a!n
success or to gain happiness or to
gain both ? and I think It is possible
to gain both if,# in the striving and
working for success, the dollar i? not
put above the man.
4. That one can and must keep faith
with om -.elf.
5. That God Is not mocked. Vou
cannot break his laws without suffer
ing.
8. That one's only dangerous enemy
is oneself. In the ultimate no one
can hurt you but yourself.
7. That friends are among the great
est assets ? and the way to get friends
is to be a friend.
8. That one should never seek nny
tiling for which one does not give
value. This avoids the disposition to
speculate ? which Is one of the great
est dangers that beset the business
man.
Following these rules, the world
grows In interest and life Is happier
with gathering years.? From The Na
tlon's Business.
Delicate Instrument
There will shortly leave America an
expedition that will travel half round
the earth and will take daily measure
ments of the heat of the sun in the
Interest of long-range weather fore
casting. It will occupy four yeura In
this task. The instrument that will
he used is a radiometer invented by
the late Dr. E. F. Nichols.
This radiometer Is so sensitive that
the ray of a candle situated 7.000 feet
away and focused upon It is sufficient
to turn its vunes fhrough several hun
dred scale divisions. Even the fare
of an observer, when placed in the
position previously occupied by the
candle, will produce u deflection of 2.*>
scale divisions.
It has been suggested by a humor
ist that with this instrument one
might almost note the approach of a
friend, while still some miles distant,
merely by the glow of his countenance.
It might even detect the sun In an
English summer. ? London Tit-Bits.
Everything Running
One of the funniest thlncs that ever
came up in Judge Summerfield's court
was a suit for the annulment of a
marriape, instituted by an Irate father.
It seems that the young couple,
though their Intentions had been sus
pected and they had been closely
watched, had managed to elude the
vigilance of their elders in a manner
worthy of record.
"Yes, sir." cried the father, in criv
ing his testimony. "The young scala
wag bored a hole in the water pipe,
and while I was holdin' my finger over
it an' waitin* for the plumber, darned
if he didn't grab my gal and light out
for the preacher." ? I^os Angeles
Times.
Gentle Hint
Booth Tarkington was talking about ,
a prolific novelist.
"He turns out trilogies and psycho
analysis romances and new thought
tales by the score," Mr. Tarkington
said, "but the more he turns out the
less he sells.
" 'I think HI go to the South seas
or somewhere,' he said in a discour
aged voice the other day to a critic.
'Yes, I think I'll go off and rest up for
a year.'
" 'I suppose, ' said the critic polite
ly ? *1 suppose your public is beginning
to suffer from writer's cramp, eh?"'
Florine *?
Florine was a daughter of the duke
of Burgundy and was betrothed to
Suenon. king of Denmark, and she
accompanied this prince to the flrit
crusade. In 1097. She was to have
married him Immediately after the
conquest of the Holy city. However,
in a terrific battle with the Saracens,
they were both killed, as were all
their companions, not one being left
to bury the slain. ? Chicago Journal.
Wick* of Human Lamp
There are three wicks, you know, to
the lamp of man's life: brain, blood
and breath.. Press the brain a little.
Its light goes out, followed by both the
others. Stop the heart a minute, and
out go all three of the wicks. Choke
the air out of the lungs, and presently
the fluid ceases to supply the other
centers of flame, and all is soon stag
nation, cold and darkness. ? Holmes.
The Day
MLez see! This ls Saturday, | hain't
It?" asked an acquaintance.
"I reckon so," replied Gap Johnson
of Rumpus Ridge. "I seed wife
scraping and scouring the children this
afternoon, and 'lowed it mougjht be
to fix 'em up for Sunday school
t'mor\"? Kansas City Star.
Barber Philatelist
A London barber spends all his odd
moments collecting Stamps, and the
walls of his shop are papered with
stamps of all descriptions. He Is also
an art critic, his advice belog sought
when a person desires to purchase
what ls claimed to be a valuable pic
ture.
Indian* Well Named
The Snake Indians were so-called
because of the characteristics of these
natives in qaicklj concealing them
selves when once discovered. They
seemed to glide away In the grass,
sagebrush, and rocks and disappear
with all the sabtlety of a serpent
I.i ? _.T : ;??!
? t III* j:il* >?'. Sl ?' ? *
Is rut < ?*T ? ~
ressful.
WIllT?* ?'?'J'
many a> :
may I>p iii><*rt'-! -?'*
so as f" pl'f ' 1
proper s!i;ijn\
If fiu.11^1 |.f \> ?
original i)
follow in- fall ?.r '.vinv ;l
often desiraMi- ?
<dd growth f?r
new grow t!i !.a? !.
Trees r ? u ? .rk?- i l'i '^J
bear fruir tlm s.-...;,
pie trees are usiia' ;?
bo budded us h>:.
the graft i.? rarei} ??|iw*r.
Is ?asy fo p- I ??
No wax is
T-'sliaped im-Men .?
and the hud
and tied t<> it- pia'f
Lri rutting :!:?* ->i.
growth of I li?
bit of Worn] !?> ^
is, you cut u W'
bark In order t<> !??? "
inner I ark <>r
the buds fjuu- >'fi"
wrapping.
Horticulture^
Ot that sl'W
p6U''ll("~ ii-'l ?l>': '
(let a sl ":,v " " __
good pea ??lo* hr'' ,
When /.
or small, ,M'' Ic'
work prep"'- # ,
'-?i
4 t r?i?# - i*
Careful j -r.iKUb
and every J?*?r f
better l""*In8 "Qu
trees. . , .
? L-r'1"
I >ewbe rile* tl.w
same so!/
i'len and bUsk!>rrr;* - ,
warmer wiii/im >:.'>? "j
growing sra-nn V.s} j
BlderubU' \ *:i>: '? ? *"/
yields ?.f fri.lt.
Mulch tirl n!
moisture.
Either uhrnte "/ f"'J '
Of awm<>ll!;i N 'j!. 'i .1
therefore fl,e rrw* '"'"."j
from rhe f.Ttif.M'
Starting rl.e tw
holes w i r /, f lie k ? 'ni .
the roofs i" jh". ' ' *
'ess truilhlr hi'rr
. ? ? ^
Of all ffje fruit ? ' <-^jj
the most i.\< ?>'??>''' "?'1
Cfinncif tx/'i'it ;i ''
without [iruuitiL' ,
' ' ' t\
One thing to
apply tou iijijiI' a>'A^l
while the trees *re
Usually one third of ' ?
dent for a ooe-rf*r f*
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