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(Copyright by Kobert Bonner's 3ons.)
CHAPTER XXII.
A
PID SHE SUCCEED?
At 11 o'clock of tlie night tliat sjez
and Carlos Monteri had their lasu in
terview, a dark-robed figure stole out
of the side door of liavensniere and
stealthily made its way out of the
1 i.n 1.1. A Kltln trttnA laninfV
I tn.ist the old haunted house.
As the moon came out from behind
a cloud for an instant, it 'revealed the
fact that "the figure was that of a
woman. Alter getting oeyona Bigns
of any one who might be near the
ground's, she hastened her steps, never
pausing until she came up to the old
building that contained the girl, of
all others, that she wished out of the
way, and the man by whosQ death she
meant to profit.
As she neared the old, broken
down porch, she took a small can from
beneath a dark cloak which concealed
her figure, and poured a liquid on the
worm-eaten steps and also on the iamb
of the door.
Having done that, she took several
matches from her pocket and pro
ceeded to light one. She then lighted
one end of something she had in her
hand, placing the unlighted end on the
step.
Hastily she made her way "back, al
most flying over the ground, never
pausing until -she reached Ravensmere
and let herself into the house by the
same door she had used as an exit.
When she reached her own room, she
hastened to the window, and for the
first time since she left it turned her
eyes in the direction of the haunted
house.
Did she see a light through the
trees?
IYes. Although the woodland ob
structed her view, she could see a light
in the distance.
"Ah, if it only proves successful!"
she murmured. "I'd have nothing
more to fear then. Time will tell. I.
must wait patiently until morning."
Nervous from excitement, she threw,
herself down on her couch, with her1
face turned to the window, that she:
might see if the light increased. f
wv x es, sne murmurea mumpn&ntiy,!
U'it is getting brighter. Something1
I tells me that to-morrow morning)
1 Garlo3 Monteri and Breta. Dantoni will'
1 be no more. Then I'll triumnh.
Bavensmere will be mine when old!
Gerald Danton steps out, and there;
will be no one to dispute my right. I
never felt safe while Carlos Monteri'
was in' the land of the living,' for he
had sworn to have revenge on me,
and sooner or later he would have
kept his ,oath; "But now; by this
time, I hope ho has passed in his:
cheeks."
And calmly, as if she had no crimes!
to answer for, she closed her eyes and! j
fell into a deep sleep.
"By Jove!" exclaimed Cecil Doni
phan. "What does that mean, I won
der! Out at this hour of the night'
and creeping into the house like a cat!:
Where has she been? It's too late toi
find out now. If I had only seen her
when she went out I would have fol-i
lowed her. I'm not half a detective;
to let this important event slip my ao-'
tice, but in future I'll keep my eyes
open a little wider. I dare say she has'
has been out to meet that fellow. I
wonder what he is to her. Oh, well,
that remains to be found out," as,
with a yawn, he threw away the re-1
mains of his cigar and turned in.
The following morning he was sur
prised to hear from one of the servants
that the butcher, who had come by the'
haunted house that morning, declared;
xaat notning remained but a ruined
mass. It must have burned down dur
ing the night. Was it intuition or
what that made his thoughts turn to
his uncle's granddaughter? Was there
a connecting link between that burned,
Jiouse, which he had seen the so-called
George Bertram enter, and Breta Dan-!
ton, his cousin?
No one, however, affected more sur-i
I prise, when he told her that the old
"What does it
matter," she said.
"since no one resided there? I dare
say the ghost that haunted it set it onj
fire," with a laugh. '
"More likely some live ghost, who!
had an object in wishing it burned,"1
he said, watching her keenly.
But he gained nothing from her ex
pression, which remained perfectly
passive.
However, she lost no time in tret-
ting to the village, to make what in-i
quiries she could concerning the fire.
Surely some one must have seen it
while it was in proerress. So. form
ing an excuse of some small articles!
iHeeded, she drove the pony phaeton
v present from her grandfather into
the village.
Have ther escaped?" aha asTrert
Iberself. "If so. will Carlos Mnnt.pri
Attach the blame to me? Will he sus-
Jpect that I was the one to set the'
house on fire?"
And her common sense told hr
that he would. But.
Pie could not prove that it was she!?
ieven if he had escaped, whinh cfcJ
(doubted.
At all risks, it is worth a. frid ;
the murmured; "and it is killing two
birds with one stone."
CHAPTER XXIIL
FOB LOVE'S DEAB SAKE.
When irio Brentwood said that hf
Fould solve the mystery that he fulh
rceveu surrounaea the girl to whor
8
GREYSON.
he had lost his heart, he spoke no idle
words. He had an honest love to spur
him on. And what more powerful in
centive could he possess?
Without saying a word to hi3 mother
regarding his belief that the girl had
fallen into the hands of enemies, he
left home, merely stating that business
called him away, and that his absence
would be for an indefinite period.
With great cleverness, that would
have done honor to an old. and experi
enced detective, he traced the object
of his devotion to the neighborhood of
Ravensmere. He had not called on
the supposed Breta Danton since she
Had tafcen up her residence with her
grandfather, and he told himself that
his time was too precious to waste in
.making calls.
He had ascertained that the girl had
left the train with a gentleman. So
much he had learned, but where he
took her afterward was a mystery. In
quire as he would he could learn noth
ing further.
But h9 was not one easily to give
up, and he felt confident that he
would find her.
As all trace of her had been lost af
ter she left the train, he accordingly
took up his abode at the village hotel,
thinking that, as there he had lost the
clew, so there, he must remain until he
could take it up again.
Sitting at the window of his room
on the day after his arrival, he started
as the figure of a man came into view
and slowly walked up to the hotel.
Where had he seen that face before?
Something in those restless eyes, of
"which he had caught a glimpse, re-i
minded him of some one he had seen.i
Who was it? And again how well1
his faoe and figure tallied with the de-'
scription of the man who had called at
the gypsy camp and took the girl;
away.
"Aha!" he exclaimed tinder his'
breath. "If I am not very much mis-i
taken, he is the very man I am look-!
ing for. I shall watch him, at all!
events, and find out his business in',
this quarter of the globe. Ah, I re
member!" as a sudden thought struck1
him. "That is the fellow that I saw
talking to the butler the day that Miss
Danton left the park. By the way, I
wonder what he could have had to say1
to him?"
It .was getting dark when he saw the'
man leave the hotel, with a small pack-i
age in his hand.
Hastily putting on his hat, ha de
scended the stair and set out to follow
the man who,. he felt assured, was the
one who had lured the delirious girl;
away. Not for an instant did he
believe the story told to the gypsy
i namely, that she was his wife.
; Something seemed to tell him that
she was free to be wooed and won, and
only find her. He could not believe
no uBiermmeo. to win ner li ne coma
that such love as surcred throneh his
heart for the unknown girl would
come to him if it was not to awaken an
answering passion in her heart.
Keeping a considerable distance
from the fellow, he followed in his
footsteps, and a triumphant light
leaped into his eyes as he saw him en
ter an old ivy-covered house that
seemed to be uninhabited. He could
do nothing but wait to see what would
transpire. Crouching behind the
shrubbery, he waited for nearly an
hour, when the man emerged from the
house and again went in the direction
of the hotel. But this time Eric
Brentwood didn't follow him.
When he had gotten beyond sight
land hearing, Eric arose from his po
sition and cautiously moved toward
(the house,
a dim light
the second
do? Was
He thought he could see
through a closed blind iri
story. What should he
the girl confined in that
house? If so, for what purpose?
"Suppose," he said to himself,
"that after all I am mistaken. What
would be thought of this high-handed
proceeding on my part? But, no," he
padded, "I am not mistaken. She is
in distress and needs such a friend as'
I shall be to her. I must first find out
if I can gain an entrance without
breaking this door open."
. Examining all the means of exit, he
jfound that the door was as easy a way
;as any other.
! Placing his strong shoulder against
the door he had little trouble in forc-t
ing off the lock, and in another in-
'stant he stood within a large hallway.)
iThis he could tell by the. little light'
that came from outside. Inside every-'
thing seemed to be enveloped in dark
ness. Pushing the door shut, he,
struck a match and looked around ini
quest of the stairway.
Yes, there it was, just ahead of;
him.
Placing his hand on the railing, hei
'guided himself up' the stairs, andj
at last stood at the top. He was;
About to go on, when a sound strucki
this ear. j
"What was that?" he murmured asl
he listened for its repetition.
f CHAPTER XXIV.
EBIC'S SUCCESS. - -
As Eric Brentwood paused at the
head of the stairs of the ' old haunted
house, he listened attentively to hear
the sound repeated.
Ah, yes; " there it was again! It
sounded as if some one were sobbing,
and from what he could understand of
the position of the rooms, he sur
mised that the person who was utter
ing them wts confined in the apart
ment at the extreme end of tne corri
dor. .
Striking another match, he pro
ceeded in that direction and could
soon see a pale streak of light shining
form beneath the door.
As he approached, he decided to
knock on the panel.
As he did so, a voice, which he re
membered so well and which lived con
tinually in his dreams, spoke in a
:plaintive tone:
"Oh, do go away and leave me alone!
I so hate the sight of you that I would
rather be alone forever than to look on
your face!"
"It is not he whom you suppose it
(to be, but a friend who has come to
release you," answered Eric, in tones
so earnest and unlike those of Carlos
.Monteri that the girl uttered a little
gasp of surprise.
"Oh, "sir, do you really mean it?"
she cried.
"On my honor as a gentleman, I do.
Tell me: .Has- not that man who lefs
here a short while ago locked you m
here against your will?"
"Yes," she answered. "Oh, sir,
whoever you are, I will bless you for
ever if you will only rescue me from
that man! You will have to break open
the door, as he has the key '
Eric pushed his strong frame against
the door, and for a second time suc
ceeded in forcing off a lock.- The door
:swung inward, and there before him
stood the girl for whom he had be en so
rigorously searching for whom he
would willingly lay down his life, if
necessary.
"Come!" he said, as he went for
ward and took her hand in his. "We
jmust leave here as soon as possible,
'lest that villain return. But first tell
ime: Are you his wife?" '"
" His wife!' " she exclaimed.- "No,
no! How could you think that?
, "Thank heaven!" said Eric' "I
if elt "certain that you were not that
(man's wife, although he told Jockthe
jgipey, so."
" 'Jock, the gipsy!'" she repeated.
"Who is he?"
"Do you not remember of being ill
in a gipsy camp?"
"No, sir. I was ill, I know, and am
scarcely well yet. See how weak and
nervoua I am. The least exertion un
nerves me."
"Have you had any medical atten
tion since you have been here? Has
that man left you to suffer without the
proper restoratives?" asked Erie, as
he still held her hand close in his.
"No. Although he has kept me a
prisoner here, he did not let me want
for either medicine or food, although
I it was very little of the latter that I
needed. I would have attempted to
esoape ere this, but my feeble strength
was not equal to breaking down that
door as you have done. Oh, sir, how
can I thank you?"
"By telling me where to find ' your
friends."
"Friends!" she said, bitterly. "I
sometimes wonder if I ever had a
friend. If I had I cannot remember.
And, sir,, the strangest part of. it is I
forget my name. If I could only hear
some one mention it I am sure it
would all come back to me.," . .
"Come, yon can tell me the rest as
we go along. If you have no friends
I mean to take you to my home."
. Taking up the lighted candle which
was sitting on a table in one corner of
the room, Eric led the half-bewildered
girl along the corridor and down the
carpetless stairs. Emerging into the
night air, he placed his arm beneath
hers to support her as much as potti
ble. Over the same road which Carlos
jMonteri had brought her, Eric Brent
wood then conducted her, and reached
the station just as the train was com
ing in.
"We will get aboard this train,"
i said Eric; "then you can tell me all
i about yourself."
j ! As the train paused, he lifted her
! aboard, and, having found an empty
seat m the rear end of the compart
jment, he made his charge as comfort
able as possible and seated himself be
jside her. .
J "Now tell me what you can about
iyourself," he said, taking her slender
i white hand in his.
i "Indeed, sir, lam afraid that it wil
!not interest you much, because I seem
'to have lost my recollection of names."
"I am more interested than you
thinklittle girl," said Eric, with a ten
der look.
"Why are you interested in me?"
she asked curiously. "Have you ever
seen me before?"
"Yes. I came to see you every day
while you were lying in the gipsy
camp, and when Jock told me that a
man and woman called and took you
away, something seemed to tell me
ithat there was foul play, and I deter
mined then and there that I would find
you, and, if, as I suspected, you had
fallen into the hands of enemies, that
I would rescue you from them and re
turn you to your friends. But, as you
say you have none, you must come to
my mother and find a home with us."
j "Oh, sir!" she exclaimed. "How
good you are to interest yourself in a
perfect stranger. ' What good angel
prompted you to be a friend to me?"
: "Shall I tell you why?" he began.
Then "No, not now. Some time,
when you are better acquainted with,
'me, I will tell you."
To be continued.
The Word "Expediency."
i So scrupulous was the Queen in tak
ing care to fully understand every doc
ument placed in her hands that Lord
iMelbourne was reported to have occa
sionally declared that he would rather
jhave to deal with ten kings than one
jqueen. Having submitted some act of
'(Government for the royal approval, he
iwas proceeding to urge the expedi
ency of the measure, when the Queen
Istoppedhim, observing: ."I have been
taught to judge between what is right
iand what is wrong, but 'expediency
lis a word I neither wish to hear nor to
junder stand." New York Times.
! TOMS WUKL1J. 1
5
CORN HUSKING PARTY
Decorations of Vinits, Tegetable mnd
Farming; Utensils.
Everybody is cooking for something
old, yet something new, but what
could be more amusing than a corn
husking? Of course this requires a
somewhat large place, and also a barn
or a suitable substitute. It really be
longs to the out of town hostess, al
though with a little skill a city home
may be made just as picturesque.
A unique invitation is made from
the corn husks. Take the smooth,
white husks that lie next to the corn
and cut them about six inches long.
Then with a fine pen and black ink
print some merry little invitation in
rhyme, as
Come with a whoop,
Come with a call,
Come with a good will
Or come not at all.
November thirtieth.
From seven until eleven o'clock.
Corn husking. Colonial dress.
Select slender cornstalks and glue
these little slips around them. Use
narrow strips of the husks instead of
ribbons to tie them with.
The interior of the house should be
a veritable cornfield. A pretty way to
decorate would be to form a border of
stalks all around the room. Then
make a frieze of stripped corn hung
in festoons by their husks. This can
be arranged as to make an extremely
effective frieze. Another room may
have a frieze of the corn silk. Bunches
of this may be tied closely together to
twine, ; making it a string of uneven
silk, and this may be festooned 'with
a most - artistic result. When all the
guests shall have arrived it would b6
well to invite them out to a large camp
fire provided. ,the evening is not too
cold, otherwise to a large wood fire
within) to roast apples, potatoes and
corn, and also to. pop corn. After
passing away some little time in this
manner the corn husking may next
take place. It would be a good
idea to have a farmhand stationed
at the door with favors for each one
for the choosing of partners. A sim
ple and appropriate way to do is to
have two sets of envelopes containing
kernels of corn corn colored envel
opes for the ladies and pale green
ones for the gentlemen. The kernels
should be counted, and those holding
corresponding numbers are to be
husking partners. All being paired
off, they should proceed at once to
the barn. The interior of the barn
can be decorated in a picturesque
manner.- Bittersweet may be used to
cover the rafters and pillars, while
carrots, corn, crooked squashes, tur
nips and all sorts of the smaller farm
ing implements, such as rakes, noes,
scythes, corn knives and such things,
may be so arranged as to present an
attractive appearance . Bosy apples
piled up here and. there will lend a
touch of warmth to the whole affair,
while the lighting part of it may be
obtained fromr-the Jack o' lanterns,
made from huge' pumpkins.
In the center of the floor a large
ci cular space should be piled with
unhusked corn. Just beyond this
should be little piles (rather high) of
sweet, fresh hay, upon which the
busy workers are to sit. When all
are arranged the signal to begin
should be merrily pealed out from a
cowbell, and as eaoh ear ijtf husked it
should be accounted for. At the end
of a given time, say twenty minutes,
work should be stopped by another
Jring of the cowbell, and the. couple
husking the greatest number is
awarded first prize, while that husk
ing the least number is awarded the
booby prize. Appropriate prizes
would be for the first an odd basket
and sun hat made of corn husks, while
the boobies would be made happy by
twin corncob dolls wearing quaint
dunce caps. After the merry festivi
ties here all could retire to the dining
room while the floor of the barn was
being put in order for a dance. Be
fore dancing begins, however, the
busy buskers will be ready for supper
One way of making the table atirac
tive is to use an unbleached cloth of a
deep shade, on which are placed at
intervals small corn stacks. In" the
centre of the table a large pumpkin
rests on a mat of glossy corn silk.
The menu cards may be made from
water color paper, folded double, and
cut and colored to represent pump
kins. The menu may be printed in
side in "old-fashioned letters. ban
JFrancisco Examiner.
Tlie Medical .Education ot Women.
In the first place, no woman ought
to embark on the career of medicine
without a reasonable certainty of hav
ing sufficient capital, not only to pay
for her training and keep her during
at least five years of student life,, but
also to support her. for the first few
years after qualifying. Paid appoint
ments for newly qualified medical
women are few and far between.- . xo
women who are being sent out under
the auspices of some soeiety to India
or elsewhere, and are certain- of im
mediate employment, this does not so
much apply; but even in these eases it
is very unwise for a girl to start as
medical student unless she is sure of
sufficient money to keep her without
doing outside work and to allow of a
good yearly holiday during her period
of study. A medical student in her
student days ought not to have time
to earn anything towards her own sup
port. She should live "well and be
able to take good holidays without
worry about money matters; otherwise
her health will probably break down
zha will be useless even if she suc
ceeds in passing her examinations.
As regards age, twenty years is quite
young enough to begin the ' medical
portion of her training. r She should
have a thoroughly good general educa
tion until she is eighteen years cf age,
when she ought to be able to pass any
of the preliminary arts examinations
required before she can proceed to her
medical work. London Lancet.
The Sister of Cecil Rhodes.
Miss Alice Rhodes has been named
by both Boer and iLnglish press "the
most interesting woman m Africa.
The Boer press is extremely loyal to
Olive Schreiner, novelist and Boer
champion, but it deems Miss Bhodes
the most interesting because the most
eccentric.
Cecil Ehodes is a woman hater.
His sister, Miss Alice Bhodes, is au
equally ardent man hater. She has
had many offers, but has refused them
all, and the reason she has given is
that ; she "hates the whole tribe of
men."
, Her appearance is decidedly mascu
line. Her face is as typically florid
as that of the English squire. She
has a voice to match her face and
walk. She has a masculine habit of
sitting with feet wide apart.
She lives at Groat Schur, a beauti
ful country seat near the city; She
has a private zoological garden in
which she has collected specimens of
nearly every wild animal in South
Africa. She is versed in politics and
statecraft more thoroughly than many
members of the Colonial Office. She
dislikes the Boers and hates native
Africans.
New Version of an Old Slorr.
New ideas in odd bodices are always
welcome and one importer shows five
blouses fresh from Paris, which each
have at least one novelty. One is' of
white silk striped cross-wise with nar
row black velvet ribbon. Three large
wafer dots of black velvet, forming a
design by being grouped a few inches
from each other between the velvet
stripes. A satin foulard in a gorgeous
red and blue Persian pattern has a
yoke and stock . of white silk striped
narrowly with black chenille with black
wafer dots between the lines. . A third
bodice is composed of stripes of crepe
de Chine, embroidered on either side
of the stripe in silken flowers and
stripes of point d'esprit. Bodice four
is of plain satin, striped crosswise at
short intervals by hand-made needle
work of finest thread. The fifth
bodice is composed of insertions ol
tucked crepe de chine and white lace
over a color.
Help For Fallins Hair.
A' tonic for the hair is made by dis
solving one-half ounce of gum cam
phor and an ounce of borax in a quart
of boiling water. Another recipe pre
scribes forty-eight grains of resorcin,
one-quarter ounce of glycerine, and
alcohol to fill a two-ounce bottle. If
the hair is oily use forty grains of
resorcin, half an ounce of water one
ounee each of alcohol and witch hr.zel.
Apply to the scalp every night with a
small sponge and gently massage.
Dresaos For the Children.
Children's dresses have followed the
fashions of the grown-ups this season.
Little skirts are not so full and tiny
sleoves less puffed. Parisiau mothers
call "the Amerioan" the best style for
their children', and this is a square or
round ' yoke ''set . into the long skirt
above the waist, which gives children
the necessary freedom for running
about.
Fashion's Fads and Fancies.
Buttons are being much used as a
trimming.
Buckles are to be found in -svery
conceivable ize, quality, material and
price.
Ebonized wood is popular for all
kinds of toilet articles and desk ac
cessories. Side, Pompadour and Empire
combs are found in real and imitation
tortoise shell and . with rhinestones.
The newest Boston bag is a com
bination of leather and velvet, in
shades to match dresses or trimmings.
Many of the winter coats are shcrt,
with plain coat sleeves, and are just
long enough to clear the waist be
neath. There are turn-down collars on many
of the tailor jackets aud redingotes,
but those in standing form are, as a
rule, very high and flaring.
A great novelty will be little short
boleros of white stamped velvet, 'un
trimmed, without sleeves, to be worn
at home over a princess robe, or when
trimmed for evening wear.
A pretty bow of velvet for the hair
is more chic and has more style if a
piping of white satin or silk is stitched
on the edge. A velvet ribbon an inch
and a half wide, with a piped edge, is
very attractive.
Placket buttons and loops come in
all sizes and shades, and may be had
to match any dress goods or trimming.
Those of metal seem to be the most
popular, especially those in enamel
aud jeweled effects.
New combination ' pocketbooks,
which accommodate gloves, handker
chiefs and small articles, are some
what longer than formerly. They
come in three sizes, the medium be
ing the most popular, and in dainty
colorings.
A greater diversity in the shape of
pocketbooks i3 seen this season than
ever before, and more kinds of leathei
are employed in their manufacture.
Levant, wild steer, walrus, sea lion
and fancy pressed leathers are among
the new ones. '
Jet is advancing in favor, probably
owing to the great amount of jetted
tunics used this season. The jet Cy
rano chains, jet buckles for belts and
shoes and jet combs for the hair are
effective with the light and white cos
tumes worn this winter.
A new hat that has gained wide
popularity because of its becoming
ness tc almost every face has appeared
this season in silk and velvet for
street wear. The wide brim is bent
to suit the wearer, and the simple
quill and sash decorations are re
placed with elaborate trinazsings.
OOfl BUDGET OE HUMOiu
LAUGHTER-PROVOKING STORIES FO"
LOVERS OF FUN.
Simple EnsrlisJi ICaaily AccomplIshe-ICi
Caption '2fecossry -Reporting: l't'o;-J-C9S
T'.ie Fashionable Scramble
About the Size of It, Etc., Ktc.
Ofttitnes whea T pat oa my glove3
I wonder if I'm sane,
For when I put the riUt one on
The risht see n3 to re-nain
To be put oa that Is, 'tis left;
Yet if the lert I doa
The other ono ia left, and the'
I have the rierht one on.
Eat still I have the loft oh right;
The right one. though, is left
To go riglit on the left right- hand
All right if I am deft.
Easily Accomplished. '
"You've moved farther uptown,
haven't you?"
"Yes, our street has been renum
bered." Caution Necessary.
"Always send a written proposal to
a girl."
"Why?'
"It gives you a chance to forget to
mail the letter."
Report! nsr .Progress.
PolieOy Captain "Did you catch
that murderer last night?"
Detective "No; but I dreamed
that I had a clue." New York
Weekly.
The Fashionable Scramble.
'I can't arrange my hair to snih
me
"How do you want it,. Flossie?"
"I want it to look as if I had been
playing basketball." Chicago Bee
ord. Abont tlie Sise of It.
Hixon "But the law can never
make a man honest."
Dixon "No; but it can make him
awf ally uncomfortable when he i dis
honest."
A Continuation.
"What! Pishiinir asrain!"
"Naw, dis iB de same scrap!" New
lork Journal.
One of Nature's Holdnpa.
"I've got the drop on you," said the
ram to the seed. ... . .
"Hold on!" cried the seed, "I'm
liable to shoot up at any moment!"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
, Inviting Tronule.
"The War Department i buying
balloons."
"What do they cost?"
"I think they get 'em for aseenfci
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Bora f.aeky.
"How did you mak out with that
eSbrt to break your uncle's will?"
"ll'inel After it was all settled up
and the lawyers had the estate I
didn't owe them a cent." Chicago
Times -Herald.
Her Point of View.
He "That tall young man dancing
with Miss Dashing was originally in
tended for the chureh, I understand."
She "Indeed! Judging from his
appearance I could easily imagine that
he had been cut out for the steeple "
Unavoidable EgotUm.
"A person can't help being a little
bit proud of his ancestors."
"That's true," replied the candid
young man. "One can't help a cer
tain feeling that if they had done no
more than give him a place in the
present generation they would efV"
nave something to brag about "
Only a Woman's Way.
The Young Wife "And how much
money a month will you allow me,
dear?"
The Husband "Well, I guess about
SIOO."
The Young Wife -"Oh, psnaw,
Fred; you earn more than that, don't
vou?" Yonkers Gazette.
A Sordid Soul.
Bettina "I needed a little money
one day when I was downtown, and
borrowed $1 from Irene Foxy. I told
her that if I forgot to return it she
must ask me for it."
Gwendolen "Yes?"
Bettina "Well, it escaped my mind
for a few weeks and the mean thing
asked me for it!"
His Experience.
The servant girl famine was at its
height.
"Do you think you can do general
work around the house?" asked the
mother of the family.
"I guess so, ma'am," replied the
young man who had applied for the
place. "I've been workin' in a round
house for the last year an' a half."
Chicago Tribune.
A Satisfaction. ,.
"What are you going to do" for
amusement to-day?"
"I think," answered the hero,
"that I'll go to a dime museum and
see the armless phenomenon."
"I didn't know you were interested
in curiosities of that kind." .
"I wasn't formerly. But it will be
a great satisfaction to meet somebody
who "I'm ' dead sure isn't going to
shake hands with me." Washington
Star. -
PwPULAS 'SCIENCE.
At the recent congress of veterinary ,
phj siciaus at Badei-Laden, Ge'iuy. "
Dr. Hecker, oH Halle, maintained that:
the foot-and-mouth disease .caa: o ' J
transferred to healthy animals by,,
birds, flies, etc., a fact which, if sub-' "
stantiated, will call for a niodiiicatioa' .I
of legislation. , . 5 j.
The Department of Agriculture an
nounces that the best weeu-destroyer. J.
among the birds of this country ara"
the goldfinches, the grosbeaks and '
the native sparroys. The destruction ; f. u
is effected by eating the seeds. Th.j . , .
English sparrow is too much of a pil- "
lager to be included among the mora
useful birds.
- The most recent application of tha
Bceatgen rays is in the study of. what
may be called prehistoric Koolojy-
Skiagraphs of the mummied ani'nals '
in the British Mneeum-have been I
taken on a large scale, for the purpose
of comparing the skeletons of the sa
cred monkeys, etc., with those of ex
isting species. Several curious re
semblances aud some striking differ
ences have already been made out ia
this study, which is of as great inter
est to the Egyptologist as the zoologist-
,
The marvellous effects that are -sometimes
produced by music may
eventually receive a scientific explana-
tion. In a recent lecture at Oxford $
University, Professor. MeKendrick
said that, while the intricate connec
tions of the auditory nerves are only,
just being unravelled, it is probable
that the roots of thqse nerves are,
more widely distributed and have,
more extensive connections than those
of any other nerves in the human
body. Besearches. on.', tho auditory
nerves indicate that there is scarcely
a function of the body which may not
be affected by the pulsations and har-
monic combinations of musical tones.
If the sponge as brought up fresh
from the sea-bottom were a familiar
object, says Doctor Lydekker, few
would be in doubt as to its being an -animal.
When fresh, it is a fleshy
looking substance covered with a firm
skin, and if cut it presents somewhat -the
appearance of rawmeaf. Its cavi
ties are filled with a gelatinous sub
stance called "milk."; American
sponges, and those of all other parts
of the world, are inferior to the
sponges of the eastern shores of the
Mediterranean. The finest of all
sponges is the Turkey toilet sponge,
which is cup-shaped. ' The American
sponge most nearly approaching : it in
quality is the West Indian glove
sponge, v,
A. new remedy for tuberculosis has :
been reported by United States Com
mercial Agent Atwell at Boubaix.
France.- It is a treatment called to
the attention of the academy of medi
cine by Dr. Mendel, and consists of
the daily, injection into the. br.onchial
tubes of essence of eucalyptus, thyme,
and - cinnamon, held in solution in ,
olive oil. The oil in descending
slowly comes into eontact with the
walls of the tube and upper lungs.
The gas set free saturates the air in
the lungs, and acts on the muoous
membrane. In sixteen cases treated,
after one or two weeks, there was in
all a lessening or complete cessation
of the cough and expectoration, aft "
well as a return of sleep, appetite and
strength.
Manila at Sight. . ; t -
Manila at night is very dull. After
1 ft nVdnnlr fcTiA oH.-v in flAdd and onlv
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the sentries are seen on tne streets.
There is no theatre here, and it has
been several months since the opera
has been on. The soldiers are, not
allowed out of quarters after 10 o'clock'
unless on duty; the saloons are closed '
and the night life of Manila is behind
closed doors. It iB almost impossible
to imagine a great city of 300,000 be
ing as quiet as Manila is at night. '
The Spaniards retire to their homes -and
the Americans to their barracks. '
The few foreign residents who spend
their evenings at the clubs return
home long before the small hours.
Most people here go to bed early, be
cause nearly all the city's business is
done in the forenoon, and people get
up pretty, early to do it. At noon all
the stores are closed for two hours,
and in the afternoon those who can do
so seek refuge from the sun beneath
the spreading balconies of their homes
and do not appear in the escolta un
less it is necessary. And if it is neces
sary, they put it off until to-morrow.
Correspondence in Chicago Becord.
Origin of the Fienr-de-lis.
The fleur-de-lis, the badge of the
French royalists, is of Assyrian or
igin, and was brought from the far r
East by the crusaders. It figured in r
the escutcheon of the Knights
Templar, and a similar design is found
on Egyptian and Buddhist monu-i
ments. The original device appears '
to have .been far less dignified and v
ideal than that ascribed to it by west- .
ern imagination, which finds in this
Assyrian emblem a resemblance to the -white
petals of a flower inclosing a
heart of gold. The two curves are
claimed by archseologists to repre
sent the horns of a bull, which tho
ancient Assyrians used to sail to trees
for the purpose of keeping away evil
spirits, just as the Neapolitans of to
day employ the same charm to guard,
themselves from the evil eye. It is
claimed that the fleur-de-lis on the
early coats of arms of the English
royal family as well as that on the
shield of France were. but representa-,
tiohs of a bull's skull.
A Coining Champion.
As a creator of epigrams a minister
out in Kansas is the coming champion.
In a" recent sermon this divine said,
"I have noticed that most men go: to
church to close their, eyes, and most
women to eve their clothes." Albany
Times-Union.
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