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CHAPTER V.
CONTINUED.
"You have that-whi&h belonged to
Breta Dan ton. Oh, my lady, you can-;
not deceive me!. I hare known you
too long. Take your choice, however,5
as it matters little to me. Either bring
me the fivo hundred that you took from
that girl, or go with me to these Brent
woods and let me introduce you."
"I have no money, I tell you again!"
Biie cried in anger.
"And I tell you again that I know
better I give you two minutes to
choose your course." -
She stood silent.' thinking what she
should do, when his voice interrupted
her.
"Time's up!" he said. "Come, we
will go to the house together,"
"No, no! I wip give you the money!
But I have not got live hundred. Thjere
were only four hundred!" she cried in
alar ai.
The mere thought of facing Erie
Brentwood with this man was enough
to make her decide. She must keep
the truth from him at any price.
"Well, that'll do. To-morrow night,
at this hour, I shall expect to find you
here with the money."
"You leave me no choice but to
obey," she replied, iu tofees of anger
aad hatred.
"You can return to your friends
now, my dear," he said, in a sarcastic
voice. "I shall take a run tip to New
York in the morning, but I'll be back
in titn-3 to keep our appointment,
never feav."
"I wish you would never come
back!' she cried, in passionate tones.'
"I do not dpubt itv my dear. How
ever, I will come back, and who knows
but you will be glad to see me, after
all!" ho said, with a light laugh, as he
moved aAvay.
He spoke the last words in a jesting
manner. But was he a prophet?
CHAPTER VL
VS THE EAGLE'S CXAWg.
"By a uivine instinct, our minds mistrust
ensuing danger."' i
'We will go back to the experienced
of the real Breta Danton, as, alone,'
she took her seat in the train for:
Brentwood Park. !
As the fac8 of . the good-hearted old,
doctor faded from her view, a feeling'
of loneliness stole over her. After gaz-:
ing but of the car-window for awhile,:
she settled back in her seat anM opened
a newspaper which-Doctor Mentford
hal been kind enough to furnish her,!
and for the next fifteen minutes she'
perused its contents, undisturbed.
opening and shutting
of the door at the rear end of the car:
caused her to start; and, turning her
hea l, she saw a man coming up the
aisle the very handsomest man she
hal ever seen.
But hal she not seen him before?,
If not him, certainly gome one very'
like him.
"Where and when," she asked her
self, "have I seen eyes like his?"
He seated himself nearly opposite
her, a?$d once, when lie turned hir
eyes in her direction, she noticed him'
start. She turned her face from his'
gaze, and pretended to be viewing the:
landscape from the window, while all!
the while her thoughts were occupied'
with the stranger. As his gaze rested
upon her an uncanny feeling stole ever;
her, and she sank back further into;
the cushioned seat. Turning her face!
in his direction againas if some sub-'
tie fascination urged .her to do so, she;
met those piercing bjack eyes still'
fixed upon her in half recognition.
She was about to take tip her paper'
again, when she was alarmed to see'
him rise from his seafand come toward
her.
"Excuse me," he said in pleasant
tones, "but may I ask you a ques
tion?" "Certainly, "tbhe, replied, not knowr
ing what else to say, . so startled was
Eh9 by this unexpected move on his
part.
"Are you not Miss Breta Danton?":
he r.sked, seating himself in the va
cant seat beside her.
"Yes, that is my name. But how
did you know? . I cannot place you,
yet I seem to remember your face.
Somewhere we have met. Where?"
"Can you not remember? Don't
yon recollect the man who caught your!
runaway horse one day in sunny Italy?"
he asked in a polite tone.
As he mentioned the fact, memory;
at once returned. . ;
'...a, I knew I.hadeen you before.'
Yon .re Mr. Martinni, "whom I never j
can thank enough for saving my life.":
And she held out her hand to him.
"How come you to be in America,
Miss Danton, and alone?"
"Mamma died, and I am going to
friends. Bat, sir, I am surprised to
eee you over here."
"I, like you, have friends on this
"side of the ocean. At present I am
going to Brent wood. Park to see an old)
friend, Eric Brentwood."
"You going to Brentwood Park!"
she exclaimed. "Why, that is the
very place to which I am going. How
strange that we "both are bound for
the same place and that you should
know the Bretftwoods!"
"At any rate, it is a happy coinci
dence, for we can go there together
and give them a double surprise.
By the way, we get off at the next sta
tion." "Why, I did not. know that we were
there," ehe said, as the train slack-
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V. GREYSON.
t ened speed and her companion, taking
I hold of her arm, assisted her from tho
! car.
. "Are you sure, Mr. Martinni, that
e called out 'Brentwood?' I thought
he said something else. I didn't quite
understand him."
"Why, certainly, I am sure. I
know this country around here well.
Most of my life was spent in America,"
he returned, as he stepped with her
into the station.
"Wait here until I get some sort of
conveyance. I saw several standing
over there, although they were not
very inviting looking. However, I
suppose they will do in lieu of some
thing better."
. Seating herself on the bench that
surrrounded the waiting-room, Breta
was filled with misgivings. Although
the man she knew as Martinni had
saved her life while she and her
Imother lived in Italy, she knew very
little about him, save that he was then
stopping at the one small inn the small
town boasted. Shortly after he had
jdone her that service ho had left the
place, and she had neither seen nor
heard of him until she met him on the
train bound for Brentwood.
The waiting-room was deserted, and
a feeling or cre30"iatron took possession
of her as she looked about her.
; Presently her companion returned
with aclose carriage, or rather, what had
once been worthy of the -name of carJ
riage, but which was now so old and
mud-covered that it hardly deserved;
the name at all. A vicious-looking
driver jumped from his seat and held
open the door for them to enter. 1
VCome!" said Martinni. "This is
the best of the lot," indicating the
old vehicle.
I Mechanically she allowed him to
assist her into the carriage.
"Did you tell the driver where to
take us?" she asked, as she noticed
j that he gave no directions in her pres-'
"Yes, I told him when I hired this"
old 'get-up.' Hope I did not keerj
you waiting long. We've got about
an hour's rida ahead of us yet, so jusi
lean back and make yourself as com
fortable as this old rig will allow."
After about five minutes' ride Mar
tinni exclaimed: "Look out of tha
Window, Miss Danton! Did you ever
see anything like that before?"
Breta turned to gaze in the direc
tion indicated, but suddenly she was
held in a vise-like grasp, while a cloth
satuarated with chlorofdrm was
pressed to her nostrils. She was con
scious of a choking sensatisn, and
then she knew no more.
CHAPTER VII.
A PRISONER.
"His sword ne'er fell but on the guiltv
head."
When Breta Danton regained con
feciousness she found herself lying on
couch, in a room poorly furnished,
but neat in every particular.
Gazing about her iu a dazed man
ner it was several minutes before she
fully remembered what had happened
to her. She gave a suppressed 6ry as
she remembered that the man Mar
tinni who pretended to be her friend
had chloroformed her. After that slid
knew nothing, until she awoke and
found herself in that room which inT
stinct told her was not one at Brent
wood Park.
"Where am I?" she cried. "Why
did that man bring me here?"
Hastening to th& door she turned
the knob, but to her surprise and
alarm she found it locked.
"He has locked me ial Why did he'
do it?"
Whereupon she rapped loudly upon
the panel, thinking that if auy one
were around he would surely come to
see what was wanted.
And she was not mistaken, for she
heard the heavy tramp of feet upon
the carpetless stairs, and presently the
jdoor opened, and a large, dark-haired
Woman enjoyed the room and planted
her back against the door.
. "Well, miss, so you've come to, eh?
Had quite a long sleep, "remarked the
woman in coarse tones.
"Whose heuseisthis?" asked Breta.
"Why did that man Martinni bring me
here'!' .
'-'This is my house, miss. As to
why he brought you here, you'll have
to ask him that yourself. He doesn't
tell me his motives. He just came in
hnd said: 'See that this young lady is
kept where she can't get out,' and, of
course, I had to oblige him, as he is
an old friend of mine," replied the
woman.
"But, madam, you'll not keep me
Confined here?" asked Breta, in be
seeching tones.
"Am obliged to. Can't disobey
orders," she returned. "But," she;
added, "no . harm will come to you,
rest assured, miss. Whatever his ob-
ject in confining you here, he means
you no personal harm."
- "How do you know?" put in Breta.
"Did he not chloroform me while pre
tending that he was taking me to
Brentwood Park to my friends? I
think that is .harm enough."
"Oh, well; you see he had to dothab
In order to get you here quietly," re
turned the woman.
"How far am I from Brentwood?"
inquired Breta, with a white face.
"Oh, quite a distance. About teD
miles, I judge."
iiai'ni Tn tlc a ad vantage o!
toy ignorance of this country to lead
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A MO V AAA SWAM m. w V
I
me into a trap iixe wasi jvm
a heart, madam, and I vappeal to you
to let me out of this house that I may
go to my friends."
; 'Sorry, miss, but I can't do it until
I have orders from Carlos."
! "From whom?" inquired Breta.
: "From Carlos the man you know
as Martinni," replied she. .
' 'Is not that his name ?" asked Breta,
in surprise.
' "That's one of them, I suppose. Ho
Las various ones," returned the wo
'man. with a short laugh,
t "Who is he? What is he?" asked
Breta. "No man would have so many
different names unless he were a crimi
nal, eluding justice. - Have I been in
the company of such a man? He might
have killed me!" she exclaimed, with
a shudder.
I "Carlos nijver harms any one unless
he or she injures him in some way.
You have never done him wrong; be
sides, I heard him say that he saved
your life once."
"Yes, he did. But why did he treat
ime thus?" asked Breta. ;
"It must have been a case of neces
sity," returned the woman. "He
would not havo done it unless he had
a strong motive. Just have patience,
miss, and he'll see ypu through all
right. You'll get to your -friends in
good time, never fear."
; The woman was not so bad at heart,
and the beauty and innocence of Breta's
face took her fancy; a id although sha
Jwas compelled to keep her in confine
ment, sho determined to treat her
kindly.
"I must go now and .bring up your
supper. Take my advice, and take
things quietly, for no harm will come
to you. Don't be too harsh with Carlos
if he happens to come here, and I'm
sure you'll get your liberty all the
sooner. I'm sorry to bs obliged to
lock the door after me, but it can't bo
helped."
So saying, she passed out, closing
and locking the door behind her, leav
ing Breta standing in the middle of
the floor with a perplexed and half
frightened look in her large, blue eyes.
Sinking into a chair, she leaned
back in a weary,half-resigued manner,
saying:
"1 woiler if any other young girl
has had such strange experiences?
And," she continued, half-aloud, "I
wonder if that wicked Inez reached
Anerica? I thought that she.too, was
my friend. But if she i3 a friend, savo
jne from jay enemies! To think that,
after" I paid Eer passage across, she
should stain her soul with guilt! And
it must have all been for the sake of
the few hundred dollars that were in
my valise. I have told no one that it
was the work of treachery my being
in the water. But if ever Inez and I
meet, I will bring it home to her. Had
she been the friend she pretended to
be, I would not bs here now. Ah, here
come? that woiaan again!" as she heard
steps outside the door.
The key turned in the lock, and in
stepped the woman with her supper.
CHAPTER VIII.
A FRUITLESS ATTEMFT.
After Carlos Monteri, or Martinni,
"as he was known to Breta Danton, had
succeeded in reducing her to a state of
unconsciousness, he ordered the driver
to go directly to a certain house not
over half a mile from the station, but
hidden from view byji dense woodland
which surrounded it.
Having placed Breta in charge of
the woman, with whom he appeared
on good terms of intimacy, and to
whom he gave strict orders to guard
his prisoner, he immediately pro
ceeded to the station and waited until
the next train came along. He had
not long to wait, for it soon came to a
halt a3 it reached the station, and
Carlos Monteri proceeded on his jour
ney to the vicinity of Brentwood Park.
Having reached his destination,
which happened to be a farm-house
about a mile from the park, he spent
the remainder of the evening in writ
ing letters. At nine o'clock he sallied
forth to keep his appointment.
It was a bright, moonlight nighr,
and as it wanted an hour of the ap
pointed time, Carlos did not hurry
himself, but gave himself up to
thoughts of his day's work.
"By jove!" he murmured. "Who
would have thought that I would
fetumble over that girl here, and
Inez thinks that she is at the bottom
of the sea. She failed in her attempt
to drown Breta Danton, after all ; and
but for the odd working of fate that
threw her in my path, 6he would have
reached Brentwood Park, made her
self known, and the jig would havo
been up. Aha!" he chuckled. "I have
got an additional hold on my lady!
Won't she b9 surprised when she
hears the news?"
Reaching the appointed place of
meeting, he consulted his watch, and
found that hs still lacked ten minutes
of the time. Seating himself on the
trunk of a falling tree, he waited for
the girl and the four, hundred dollars
which he had demanded.
"She is not in any hurry," he mur
mured. Just then he thought he heard a
rustle somewhere behind him, but as
he saw nothing, he gave" th3 matter
no more thought and started to whistle
a favorite Italian air, while he re
clined on the trunk of the tree, with
his face turned toward the park.
' He had not finished whistling the
the tune he had begun, when a voice
cried out in a suppressed but passion
ate tone:
"Die, you villain!"
And before he could collect his
thoughts he felt a thrust from behind,
and knew that he had been stabbed.
But the dagger had missed its mark,
for it merely grazed his shoulder
blade. -
To be continued.
In Zululand when the moon is a'
the full objects are visible at a distaao
of seven miles. By starlight one ca
read with ease. ' -
GOOD ROADS NOTES.
The Cost of Bad nij;li ways. ' ,
Maurice E. Eldridge, of the De
partment of Agriculture, who haj
special charge of the office of Public
j Road Inquiries, has been collecting
data as to the cost of hauling farm
J and ether products over Auvericau
1UBU8,
The conclusion which he draws
from the replies to 10,003 letters of
inquiry sent to reliable farmers au.l
teamsters in the United States is that
the average , cost of hauling one tou
a distance of on8 mile is twenty-five
cents. For the same amount of money
a ton can ba carried 200 miles by
steamer aud fifty mites by rail.- Evi
dently horse "power or mule power i3
expensive, -'r v . -
Bnt while it costalhb farmers of
this country a qwarter of . a dollar to
team a ton of produceane mile, it
costs European farmers only 6.8 cents.
The latter have hard, smooth and
comparatively level roads, which cau
be traveled iu all kinds of weather.
It is impossible to figure out th.e
cost of the bad roads bills which the
farmers pay yearly needlessly aul
without coiaplaiut. One load re
former says that these bills foot up
$230,000,000 annually, That is a
mere guess, but it may be near tho
truth. Whatever the sum may be, it
falls on the farmers exclusively, an I
thus cuts down their uet receipts from
their corn, wheat aud other cropa.
It would not be difficult for tha
farmers of an Illinois township to as
certain the weight of all the produce
they take to and from the nearest
market during a year, and thus find
oipt what bad roads are costing them.
When they have the information it
may be they will vote for a higher
road tax. Every year about $33.
000,000 is spent iu this country ia the
repairing of mud roads. The money
is expended to no purpose, but the
farmers keep on paying it out,, while
refusing to contribute a larger sum
which, if judiciously expeudeJ, would
give them permanent roads, which it
would cost but a trifle to keep in per
fect condition.
Xhen they would not have to keep
as many horses as they do now.
There would be less wear ruI tear of
horses, harness and Wagons. Tho
farmers would be able to get their
products to market at all times, while
it happens now often that they cannot
market their products when prices
are highest, because f impassablo
roads. The taxes w.hich bear hardest
on tho farmers are those-they un
thinkingly impose upon themselves.
Chicago Tribute.
Tli Jloney System.
The number of towns iu New York
State changing from the old system of
day's work iu road improvement to
what ii known as "the money sys
tem," is growing with encouraging
rapidity. Four towns ia Onondaga
County recently made the change,
aud the Supervisors of the county
hope to effect a like' reform iu many
other tovn3 by circulating a statement
of the benefits to be derivod. The
law authorizing the change is an
amendment to the highway act. II
provides that tonus adopting the
money system of highway taxatiou
shall benefit by the distribution from
the State Treasurer of a sum equal to
twenty-live per cent, of tho amount
raised by them for road improvement,
this distribution being limited to one
tenth of one per cent, of the valuation
of the town. It is further provided
that the money tax shall equal fifty
per cent, or more of the labor rate.
Reports from thirty - towns which
adopted the new method show that
vastly better results were obtained
under the money system at one-hall
the cost.
Convicts as KnadiuaVerf.
It is probable that the utilization o
prisoners iu the way x'roposed iu New
York State would prove a blessing tc
the community. It would not involve
convict competition with honest in
dustrial labor and the Ainerieau peo
ple are slowly beginning to learn the
value of decent roads. They are by
no means as commou as they should
be. But the time appears to be com
ing when the demand for respectable
highways will be strong enough tc
secure them in one way or another,
and as far as it will serve the convicl
plan is entitled to consideration and t
trial. Washington Times.
A Future Undertaking.
It is too plain for dispute that the
improvement of American highways
must be one of the great undertakings
of the near future. -The country is
disgraced and badly handicapped bj
its poor roads, and it is too intelligent,
rich ' Rud energetic to endure mucb
longer the annoyance, waste and econ
omic injury which can be traced di
rectly to the lamentable condition ol
most of the highways' in all sections.
Cleveland Leader.
The Anil-Hut Agitation.
New Jersey is building more anc
better roads than any. other State in
the Union. .
At the Epring "gravel-road" elec
tion, the vote in favor of gravel roadi
was two to one in Rockville, Ind.
The roads throughout India are sc
good that you can ride a bicycle from
one end of the country to the other.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis have abandoned
their automobile trip from New Yorh
to Sau Francisco on account of bad
roads.
, The good-road convention of Alber
marle, Md., favors issuing bonds foi
$150,000, to run forty or fifty years,
for road improvement purposes.
, The county tarapike commission
have decided to expend $18,000 this
season on the roads leading out ol
Knoxville, Tenn, , to : the adjoining
counties. - -
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS,
To Mend Broken China.
Make a strong solution of guraarabia
and water and stir into it sufficient
plaster of Paris to make a thick paste.
Apply with a soft brush to the broken
edges, - holding them -in .place for' a
minute or two. Thisqement is satis
factory. Ladies Home Journal. ,
MnUqne" Treatment Tor Furniture.
The "antique" appearance is given
to new varnished farniture' by means
of the fumes of liquid Ammonia. The
ammonia is poured into a . saucer or
plate, and tuo piece to be colored u
then covered a packing box over
turned will do. - It may be necessary
to renew the ammonia. A pieco too
largo to be so treated will gain the
required tone if kept for' come time in
'a stable. The venders of modern
I "antique" furniture use thi3 method.
To Remove fruit Stains.
With the frequent service of fruits,
the table linen is apt to suffer. Be
fore sending to the laundry the table
I cloths and napkins should bo care-
fally examined and the spots removed,
as soap sets the stains. Most fruit
' stains, taken in season, can be easily
removed from tha linen by putting
j the stained portion over a bowl and
pouring a stream of boiling hot water
I through it. Oxalic acid, . allowing
j three ounces of the crystals to one
pint of water, will be fouud useful to
be kept on hand for this especial par
i pose. Wet the stain with tho solu
tion and hold oyer hot water or in tha
eun. The instant the spot disappears
rinse , well. Wet the stain with am
monia, then rinse again. . Tbi3 will
many times save linen. "
Templlns a I valid' Appetite.
The" tray for tho invalid must be
carefully laid; the tray mu3t bo spot
lea?, and the dishes nice , aud frosh.
Then do not put on so much food that
it takes away the appetite to look at
it; it is easy to replenish, if more is
wanted. What you. are to do is to
coax the unwilling; appetite, by lit
erally making things look "good
enough to eat." Take caro in carrying
that nothing spills from cup, bowl or
glass. If hot food is to be served,
cover it so that it may not bo cooled
while on its way from the kitchen to
tho sick-room. A little heed will er
able you to do all this, and you may
be as adept at serving your invalid aa
you are in cookiug for her. For a
cool drink which is especially nice in
bowel trouble, take slices of toast,
nicely browned, and enough boiling
water to cover them, cover closely,
and let them steep until cold; strain
the toast-water, sweeten to taste, and
put a piecs of io3 in; each glassful.
Woman's Home Companion.
To Make Good Ccifee.
The Dieteric and Hygienic Gazette
says: "A cup of good coffee in the
morning (best without sugar) makes
the heart glow with strength, and is
ia itself a good beginning of any day.
Poor coffee is inexcusable." It ad
vises, as an indispensable adjunct tc
the making of good coffee, tha earthen
drip coffee-pot, saying the metal pot
is objectionable on account of the
chemical products made by the coffee
with the iron, lead, tiu, etc., of the
receptacle.
The facility with which roasted and
finely ground coffee parts with its vir
tues by displacement to hot water is
something wonderful. Each drop ol
water acta like a bucket ia a wheat
elevator, only-it carries the soluble
part of the coffee down iu place of up.
As each drop becomes saturated, with
inconceivable rapidity, it settles by
its own weight and is followed by
other drops which ealurato with like
celerity aad descend to join other
drops, so that in thospacs of thirty
seconds a good cup of coffee can be
had every time. There is no uncer
tainty about the result.
; I'.otJpe.
Bean SaladString - the beans and
cut them in halves, lengthwise. Boil
in salted water until tender, or they
may be cooked in bijtter, German
style; if the latter method is used let
them stand until cold, then rinse off
the butter with plenty of boiling water.
Drain thoroughly, marinate with . n
French dressing, and let them stand
for an hour before .serving. Garnish
with finely chopped parsley.
Spaghetti and Chicken Put a cup
and a half of thin cream into a btew
pan; when hot, add onecup of boiled
spaghetti cnt into pieces and one cup
of cooked chicken cut into dice.-. Mix
three tablespoonfus of cream with the
yolks of three, eggs, stir into the con
tents of the stewpau; add half a tea
spoonful of salt and one-fourth tea
spofn'ul paprika; stir till 'the mixture
thickens, then serve in a hot dish.
Toast Relish Brown pieces o?
bread in the oven until very crisp;
break into inch pieces, and to two
cnpfuls pour over the following: Heat
one cupful of milk to the boiling point;
when it boils stir into , it a pieoa of
butter the size of a walnut, carefully
mixed with one teaspooaful of floui',
etii until smooth; season with a salt
$poon of salt and a 4&nh of pepper.
Cover all and let stand one moment.
This ii a very good , way to utilize
scraps of stale bread. ;
Creamy Omelet-Beat four eggs'
fclightly with a spoon till you can take
up a spoonful. Add half a saltspoon
ful of pepper, four;, tablespoonfuls of
milk or cream, and. mix, well. Butter
a hot omelet p'auv and before the but
ter browns turn in :the mixture. Then
with the point of a fork pick or lift up
tho cooked egg from the centre and
let the unsooked egg run under. Thia
leaves the batter on .the pan, and ii
better than stirring.: ; Continue tho
lifting until the whole is of a coft,
creamy consistency; then add half C.
teaspoon salt, placo it over a hotter
part of the fire to brown slightly; fold
and crn cu$ 95 a hot ovi dish.
OUR BUDGET OF HUM0K
LAUCHTER-PROVOKINC STORIES FOR
LOVERS OF FUN.
Beware or the Smller '.ol!i Are Difficult
Xot at All A Case In Kebuttal Tho
Usual Query A Ready Retort Fact iu
I'hveiolojrjr Like Days of Tore, Etc.
Bware ot bim who runs to meet --J
You with a pleasant smile; '
Shales hands with him and treat him well,
But K,eep your head the while,
Because the chances are that lio
Will have a little note
Hh w.'iuts you to indorse, or that
Uu'a Il.sbiug for your vote.
Chicago Times-Herald.
Koth Are Difficult.
'It's hard to settle down after a
trip."
"Any harder than to settle up?"
-Chicago Record. .
Not at All. . " -:- -
"And was her marriage a failure?"
"Oh, no, indeed. You see, they had
three rehearsals, so there wasn't a bit
of trouble."
A Case In ltebuttal.
"Women have no continuity of pur
pose." "Haven't they? My cousin Laura
bought a $73 diaaioud ring nr.! paid
for it $1 at a time.
The Usual Query,
She "A man called to-day who said
he had just got back from the - Klon
dike." He "What did ha want to buy the
place or beg some old clothes." In
dianapolis Journal.
A Ready Retort.
The Landlady "It's hardly polite
to read your paper at table, Mr. Hall
room." The Victim "I know, Mr. Skin
nem, but it takes my mind off what
I'm eating." What-to-Eat.
Fact lit Pliysiolozr.
"They say a man who tarns pale ;
when he pets mad is the most d.ncrer- '
ous."
- "I euess that is so. A man who ii
scared nearly out of his boots will pnJ .
up an awful fight." Indianapolis I
Journal.
Like Days of Vore.
Grandma "What time did Mr.
Lippincott leave last night, Grade?"
Gracie "Why, grandma, ho start
ed home at "
Grandma (mildly) "Never mind
when he started; I asked you when he
left." Brooklyn Life.
Up Against It.
"The young man's face wa3 against
him." Life.
Scant Encouragement.
Mr. Slim purse (hankering for a suit
of clothe3 on tick) "I aw presume
you are acquianted, with my friend,
Nocash. He ha3 a ruuning account
here, I believe?"
Tailor "Yes. We do the running."
New York AVeekly.
The Proud Father.
Father "James, you know I dis
approve very much of your fighting,
but I cannot help feeling proud of
fou for whipping such a big boy as
that. What did you whip him for?"
Son (iadignautly) "Why, he said
looked like you." Harlem Life.
Sanguine.
"How do you expect to get on with
the United States?"
"Fine," answered the Sultau of
Sulu. "Even if I have to abdicate, I
think my harem is big enough to en
title me a seat in Congress at tho
bands of the Mormon vote." Wash
ington Star."
Her Supposition.
Mr. Stubb "Maria, what was that
tramp after that was preaching so
loud out in the yard?"
Mrs. Stubb "He was after din
ner." Mr. Stubb "Hm! one jf those
after-dinner speakers, I suppose."
Chicago News.
Her Irresistible Way.
"Yes," he said, "I love the sublime
and beautiful."
"Ob, Mr. Bumbleton," she replied
through her blushes, "I had no idea
when we started that you wished to
get me out here for the purpose of
making a confession." Chicago
Times-Herald.
II air Minute Romance.
Tho little boy sat on the park bench
and swung his feet.
"I'll tell you my name if you'll tell
me yours," he said.
"Well, what is it?" said the little
girl.
"Lemme Kishew. What's yours?"
"Ollie Wright. "
And she dug her fairy little toes in
the sand and waited. Chicago Tri
bune. - -
Saved From Ruin.
Nodd -"Blinker had a hard time
the other day. His head clerk is in
the habit of giving him checks to sign,
and Blinker, who has every confidence
in him, always does so without ques
tion. This day his wife filled out one
and the clerk took it in. Blinker
signed it."
Todd "Ruin him?"
Nodd "No. It was for such a
large amount the bank wouldn't cash
it. " Detroit Free Press.
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kalaHia and mosquitoes.
Only iu Ortiln Places Do the Pests rrovfj
Infective Agents.
In his address at Portsmouth Dr.
Thin gave an account of the present
position of the malaria problem and
the mosquito theory. The feature of
the year in regard to these questions
had been the discovery of the exact
means by which man becomes in
fected. The life history of the para
site withiu the blood of man and
within the body of the mosquito had
already been traced, and it was
obvious that the mosquito became in
fected by sacking malarious blood.
But how the parasite was carried back
again to a fresh ho3t, that is, how
ruau became iufected, remained a
question. Dr. Manson. had thought
it probable that tbe water in which,
the infected mosquitoes died became
contaminated with the spores of the
malaria parasite, which thus might be
taken into the human body, or they
might be breathed in the dust of
dried-up pools. Daring the past
year, however, it had been proved by
actual experiment that infected mos
quitoes aud all kinds of mosquitoes
do not seem to be capable of carrying
the disease when allowed to feed on
susceptible persons are capable of
conveying the infection to them.
Thus we now have plainly displayed
the complete life-cycle of the malaria
parasite, together with the mechanism
of its transit from man to mosquito
and from mosquito to man.
What we now want to know is the
particular sort of mosquito by which
each form of fever is carried, and this
is what Major Ross has gone out to
Africa to discover. We may add,
however, that even thcu we shall not
know the complete history of tho
parasite as it exists '.in nature, for we
can hardly look upon man as its na
tural host. It cannot be doubted that
the natural cycle of tbe life of the
organism lies between the mosquito
and the creature whose blood the
mosquito naturally sucks, and this is
certainly not man. On his first entry
into virgin forests, where human feet
havo never before trodden, man ma '
be attacked by the disease complete
in every detail, and we may be quite
sure that when the disease is thus
endemic man has taken no part in its
development. When he is attacked
he does but take the place of some
other creatare who had before served
as the host of the parasite alternately
with the mosquito, and thus the life
history of the organism will not be
complete until we know what is this
other creaturo in whose blood the
parasite normally has its being. When
we know this, perhaps we shall be
able to understand more clearly than
we do at present why it is that only
in certain places do mosquitos prove
infective agents. It is not, then, in
regard to the mosquito alone that we
want information, but as to the crea
ture on which it naturally feeds.
London Hospital.
India's Remarkable Tree.
Among the numerous things con
sidered sacred iu India is the banyan
tree, cae of the fig genus, remarkable
for its vast rooting branches. The
horizontal brauches send down shoots
which take root when they reach th
ground and enlarge into trunks, which
in their turn send out branches. In
one of the districts of the Central
Provinces is a celebrated banyan tree
with about 330 stems, each equal to a
fair sized trunk, and about 3000
smaller ones. It has been said that
a regiment of soldiers . could encamp
under it. It has. in fact, the appear
ance of a grove of trees.
In the fruiting season the banyan is
an arbor for the feathered creation,
and a rude temple is often set up un
der or close to its shade, at which the
wayfarer stops to cook a meal more
frequently than to effer a prayer.
These sacred trees, with their grateful
shade, are common in every part of
India and are, I believe, confined to
the tropical zone. As timber they are
of no valae, but gumlao is obtained
from their juice aud the bark is used
by the Hindus medicinally.
The phrase "banian-days," which
is still applied to days of fastiug, more
or less, has no connection with this
tree. It originated from English sail
ors iu former times having had no
ilesh-meat served out to them on one
day in the week, and giving this day
the name of "Banian" a corruption
of the Hindustani word baniya, which
signifies a banker or trader, the class
best known to them as abstaining from
a flesh diet. The Sketch of London.
Hone Tied With a Piece of Twine.
"I saw the other day," said Mr.
Glimley, "and I have seen just the
same thing before, a horse tied to a
post with a piece of twine; tied not
with a chain, you understand, nor a
rope, nor even a halter strap, but just
a piece of twine, that the horse could
havo broken as easily as he could
thread. But he didn't "break it, he
stood there; the twine to all. appear
ances serving the purpose of a halter
as well as a cable would have done. I
don't exactly understand this. It
may be that the horse was simply de
luded by the twine, that his training
had led him to regard a halter as a
halter, whatever it might be made of,
and that a piece of twine would do to
hold him until he made the discovery
of how easily ho could break it."
New York Sun.
Sweetheart Died. He Uetnrned to the War
From the littlo town of Augusta
co:nes a pathetic story of a volunteer's
home-coming. Private Radcliff, of
Company F, had a sweetheart there
before the war fjroke out, and they
were to have been married when" he
came home. "When he arrived at the
little town he found tho girl had jusf
died of heart disease. The soldier
was prostrated. He left at once for
San Francisco, where - he enlisted
again. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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