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1 IN THE CHINA SEAS
A NARRATIVE
8
(COPTSIOnT !? BT
CHAPTER XV.
CONTINUED.
"You are making a mistake," re
plied Mr. Avery. "The opportunity
to become a king does Dot come tc
every one. As for roe, I shall not go.
I have no ties iu England, and I shall
remain with these loyal people and
help them in their struggle toward
civilization."
"Then why not take tho tlironq
yourself?" I askod.
Ue shook his head.
"Criekiaoro, you do not even no-.t
nnderstaud the idolatrous worship you
have inspired iu the hearts of the;
people. I, king! No. 'J'heso people Iur
mo and trust me. but thov would langl
at tho idea of making me king. TIu-j
need n strong hand nud strong mini!
to gunlo thera, ami you iiuvo proven
your possession of both. The people I
beliovo you wero sent supernaturalli I
to lead them out of bondage, and
Tears of teaching will not erase thai
impression from their minds. Yob
t. imvfl f-onin in ion n in a vv ninr An.
1 veais in lueir iiccuiiar cuuiieu. unit ii
will bn Tpi v difficult to iirnvo to their
luai juu no uui uuaunui'j uviuu ii.
.,' 1...,
"Osrt-lbn-k u-nnhl infikrt a pctf.c
i "Trv it mid kpo." rrnlind flirt luis.
inr . t ...til !..,. .,'.
f He called to Oso-Bark, who was not
K far away, aud wheu tho Jumar caiue
to us, ho said:
"Oso-Bark, your king s.tys he is nut
your kiug. Ho is going away to join
his people in other lands. You are tc
bo King if you desire."
The jumar looked at me with ejet
full of reproach.
"What is this you tell me?" he said,
his voice trembling with emotion.
"Leavo us! The Oolek leave us.
And where would ho go rather than
among the people ho has delivered
from tho bonds of slavery? Would he
go away from Tal mooch ami leave hi."
people to struggle alone, when they
need him to guide them? Ah, it can
not be! You nro making a just.
Listen to me. Hero is a beautiful
land that for twenty rears has known
but tho darkness of cruelty and blood
ulicd. Tho people who owned the
laud were tho slaves of foreign mur
derers. Unhappiuess and woe ii 1 If J
every home, ami every heart w-us sad.
But iu answer to the players of tho
Juiuara and tho Kaleks, who prayed
us our good teacher taught us to pray,
you came to us. You taught us to be
bravo. You taught us how to work
how to bear our ills in silence, and
work harder for that end. You helped
us iu every way. You have made us
glad with victory. And now, when
every heart is swelling with that glad
ness, you shatter it by telling us yo'i
are going away. You have laid low
the tyrant, and his scepter shal1 no
more wave over us. Out of darkness
into light you have led us. Once more
will our tomes be made glad with the
pongs of children. Now our hearts
shall bo happy aud our laud prosper
ous. But if you leave us, who is go
ing to protect us from the enemy?
Why will you leave us, Oolek? Can
you not bo happy here? Is not our
island fair to look upon and fair to
dwell in? fan you find braver men
or truer women iu all your other
lauds? Ah, wo want you with us.
Wo want you, and we want our sweet
friend who has been tho angel of light
to us all, while you have been tho god
of war. Tako not away tho happiness
yon have brought us nor the love."
Ho knelt down, and taking Miss
Arnold's hand aud miue ho kissed
them and shod tears upon them.
Mr. Avery was visibly affected.
Miss Arnold's eyes looked moist. I
began to feel uncomfortable myself.
"Hut, see here, Oso-Bark," I said:
"you have set your idol too high. 1
am not a king. I am only a plain mai:
from a country that has uo king. 1
did not hoar your prayers and como tc
you; I was cast on your shores by
chance. Moreover, I dou't want M
be king. Wo Americans settled thai
long ago. What good would it do ii
I stayed?"
"Alii What harm will it not do ij
you go? You will leavo us without ij
king, as is your own country. Anil
are not tho people sad? We cannot
live without a king. Our king is our
good and wiso father; wo are hit
happy children. Wo aro not ready tc
govern as Mr. Avery lias told us othei
countries do. Wo need a kiug who is
nil a king. But if you do not want to
be king call it what you like, hut staj
with us. But to tho peoplo of Tab
mooch yon aro kiug. They will coma
to-morrow with garlands of flowers td
proclaim you kiug. They will comd
with songs of rejoicing and of wor
ship. They will come dancing and
playing on musioal instruments. Thej
will oome in hundreds and iu thou
sands. What will you tell them then!
Will you toll them they are not good
enough for you to live amongst? Will
you btoak thoir hearts by telling thera
that you fought not to makeTalmoock
a nation, but to seek safety for your
telf? Can you tell them this ami
think you are doing right? What if
there in your country that needs yor
a friend, a brother, a sister, i
mother! Bring them here. Wo wil
make them welcome. And hero is i
nation a free nation by your hand
that needs you to stay aud keep then
free. Speak, Oolek! Say that you
understand my awkward words and
will wta us Utl elP ""
. S3
OF ADVENTURE.
KOEIKT BOXHEB'a BOSS.) LJ
Miss' Arnold
curiously.
vfas looking at me
, Mr. Avery hold out his hand to me,
and said:
"Crickmore, you must stay. God
sent you. You must abide."
I wavered a moment, and then
grasping Miss Arnold's hand, said:
"Grace, if you will stay, I will, t
am awkward at expressing my love,
but I am sincere. We will reach.
Hong Kong as soon as I can get a
ship, find your father, obtain his con
sent, aud return to these peoplo, who
love us better than we will lind else
where." Jt is not necessary to tell all that
was said then.
I Miss Arnold electod herself Queen
jTnlmoocb. by saying one little word,
"Yes."
CHAPTER XVI.
HKX-KO-nl.
It has been said by those who ought,
to know, "Uneasy lies the head that
wears crown." But no crownless
head ever rested more easily than
mine that first night of my kingship
nt Quieutal. I was very weary, aud
slept soundly and long. In tho morn
ing, when I went into the breakfast
room, I found Miss Arnold aud Mr.
Avery waiting for me to appear before
tho coffee was brought in.
"I declare, our king sleeps lute,"
Slid Mr. Avery, gayly, as I entered.
"Perhaps you would, too, had you
fought an entire campaign in one day,"
I said, laughing and sitting down near
Miss Arnold. "I was rather tired,
but feel equal to any emergency now.'
"I tell you," said the old man, gaz
ing around him, "the fellew that
trimmed up this old baru knew what
ho was doing. It is simply gorgeous.
Now look at that panel of gold. Wa
ever anything so line?" J
"Yes, iu the temple of Su Foo. The
arrangements hero are strikingly like
that place. Do you not think so, Miss
Arnold?"
"Very like," slio said. "Thero is
a suspicion of relationship about it.
But that doesn't concern us now. How
soon do you think we shall be able to
reach Hong-Kong?''
"It all depends upon luck. If we
have to build a ship to go there in, it
will bo a long time. But the llrst ship
that stops here shall take us to yom
father."
"Poor papa? These long mouths
have been lonely ones to him, I know.
How happy ho will bo to seo me tt
seo us alivo and well!"
. "Yes," I said, "ho will, no doubt,
(lie overjoyed to see me. I hope, be
ji'ore I meet him, I shall succeed in
getting this stain oil' me. I would
lik.i to bn white iil'iuii."
j "What about ileu-Ko-Hi?" asked
Mr. Avery.
. "Bother that rascal! Why couldn't
lie have fought with his aruiyuiid been
killed decently? Ho deserves death
more than any of tho others. I must
give him a trial, I suppose, aud sli iw
Kometlrng like mercy. I dou't fee'
any."
"I see but one course. You must
have him executed."
"Possibly. But ho must have vl
least the semblance of a trial. If this
thing is made a national issue for 1
hull appeal to tho States for protec
tion it will be much better for us il
we show that Hcn-Ko-Hi suffered
death legally and not by the hands vi
violence."
"Perhaps yon are right. But your
position with your own people de
mauds his death."
"I believe you. Wo will give him
a trial this afternoon."
Toward the eloso of tho day I called
Gani-Haak to me, and ordered him to
havo Heu-Ko-Hei taken to the noith
tower for trial.
Thero was iu tho north tower a large
square room, light and airy, which I
had chosen for the trial. It was an
ideal room for an executive chamber.
Tho windows looked out over tho bat
tlements to tho sea. Iu this room
there wero largo, comfortable chairs
and aonio solid mahogany tables.
Mr. Avery joined me, and I led the
way through tho long corridors to the
north tower. Mr. Avery was calm, but
evidently by an effort. Now that t'.ie
tiino had come to send, in n cold, pas
sionless way, a human being to bis
death, the good old preacher felt that
his advice had boeu wrong,
"Thou shalt not kill!" was upper
most in his mind, and the law of mercy
was his theme.
There was evidently a severe con
flict going on within him. Hen-Ko-Hi
was the murderer of his wifo. For
years he had been tortured bodily by
the tyrant, as his useless arm bore
witness. The moment had como when
ho must pass upon the murderer judg
ment of death or mercy.
Oso-Bark entered the room quietly.
His face was set and determined.
There was no doubt of his desire with
regard to Hen-Ko-Hi. He could not
consign tho royal prisoner to a fate
that was severe or cruel enough to sat
isfy his thirst for revenge.
I motioned him to a chair. I cat
down betweeu him and Mr. Avery.
It was not long before we heard the
tramp of soldiers on the stono floor of
the corridor; the the shuffling of a
prisoner in chains.
The faoe of Hen-Ko-Hi was not a
pleasant one to look at. It never could
hare been pleasant, even under the
most favorablo circumstances. Now
H was hideous iu its contortions ol
rago and hale. He had been swayeii
to long by unbridled passions that no
self-control, no power of dlssembliu
was left to him.
I Fear and hatred wero mingled
Lis glance. For, like all tyrants, the
follow was a coward at heart.
When Hen-Ko-Hi had been placed
before me, and tho soldiers had taken
their positions on either side, I said:
"Oso-Bark, we will hear from you
first. Arraign tho prisoner"
The talented Jumar alowly arose,
and with knitted brow, stood a mo
ment looking at his fallen foe. Then,
in a deep, impassioned voice, hj
spoke:
"O king, you of white skin and
honest heart, who havo come to us
out of the Sacred Forest, listen to
what I have to say. Listen, O king,
while I tell you'ouco more of thede-
fecont upon our beautiful laud of a
horde of murderers aud womau-stenl-
jers, who debauched and killed the
fairest of our loved ones. Listen 1
while I tell you how the sun of Tal-
mooch was darkened for tweuty years
by this Mantehoo tyrant, who now
stands cowering before you, pleading
for mercy he never gave. ' I
The ugly eyes of Hen-Ko-H. grew
uguer siiii, uuu uiu.eu wuu uwiui iu
tensity at the Jumar who was hurling
these terrible accusations at his
head.
"Once, O king," continued Oso
Bark, "when tho family of Brando
neck, the Kalek, occupied this palace,
,the land of Tal mooch gavo forth in
..!.,- .-.! 1,. !..,.. ......... II... ...,!
ll'ltllljl HUH Ul-l nUUIH IUU UUIJ
iimit to tho happiness of her people.
Our men were strong and brave. Our
women were beautiful and good. Our
children were pretty and rpiiek to
leant. They sat at the feet of the
good teacher thero aud drank in his
words of wisdom about a God of
wheni their fathers had been iu iguor-
ance. No idols desecrated our happy
homes. The Sacred Forest was our
temple, and iu it wo knelt in simple
prayer.
"Our lives were good. Our laws
few. We knew uot the feeling of dis
content. The singing of the birds in
the forest was not more joyous than
lhe singing of our wives and mothers
while nt their daily work.
But, O king, oue day, in au hour
ilnir seemed all liriihtuess. when our
fighting men wero at work iu the
fields aud mines and our women were
busy spinning or weaving, there came
to our shores a number of foreign
ships. A people of whom we knew League for Good Beads, and scores .
but little camo from them upon our of snialle1 organizations with similar
laud. We, who were at peace with all purposes. Through the Instrumental- '
nature aud with all men, gave them Ity of one or more of these bodies sain-
welcome. We opened to them, our j,i0 roails have been built In various
homes and gave them shelter. Better p.,,.t8 t the country, and much peril
had it been had wo takeu tho poison m.,lt literature has been circulated,
from the fangs of the serpents in the A1, of t,lt! conizations iiuve been un- 1
mouutaiiis, and inserted it into the tit In-'ly ener-etic I
veins of every being in the laud. j , , anJ , j
"The strangers to whom we had 1iat the country which has good roads I
given welcome, whom we had fed aud , , .; ... .... I
to whom we had given drink, gathered Provides Itaolf with nn admiral.!,. ,
together in tho darkness of a star- "lP'"i,n ' commercial superiority; j
less night and ruthlessly sackei '" States should possess i
aur homes. They murdered our tl,e limj',xt l'"1'11'-' r1' system of any (
soldiers who sought to stay thcii of Un"f' nations has lonj beta de- ;
course. They swept away our chil- plored.-New York Suu. j
.Iron, taking cruel delight iu tho dy-, -
ing cries of our petted ones. They iturut Moll, ami itoml.
stole the fairest of our women. Wo, 1 The popularity of the bicycle as nn
grief, misery were ull they left to tho instrument of transit and as affording
survivors of that invasion. i opportunity for healthful exercise has I
"But not only were the women of done much to promote the cause of,
tho .Tuuuirs aud of tho Kaleks their KOod roads. The automobile promises !
victims, but ah, now, O king, listen to do as much, or more. IMueatioti of ,
carefully, I beseech you! the lovoly ,.n,i communities as to the real coon- I
wife of the good missionary, Mr. ' 0!ny of UlllJli Poads Isl rocow,n!zed, how- '
Arery, who had como among us to ....... nu ,,. ,,,,.f 1..,0 t. knn,
teach us of his God, was torn from
uer nusuuuii s arms auu urougiu nero
brought here to becomo the sport
of tho monsters that fawned bofore
this this quaking, crawling thiug
that stands cringing before you now.
'Where is that white face now? Is
it, as I havo seen it, bright with the
brightness of happy smiles and lighted
by tho euu of a pure and kindly
sonl? ; of the transportation of his produce, to
"Does the soft, kind voice that once market Is the journey from bis farm
spoke words of tenderness to our te the nearest railway station,
women in their hours of pain now; But there has come Into existence a
speak with the words of earth? Doos ; new Influence that ought to make pow
tho baud that was stretched out to re ' erfully toward promoting the cause of
ceive in kindness our newly born, to good roads. This Is the rural mall de
care for them as only a .good woman livery, which hna grown with n rapid
can care for them does that gentle uy only to be explained by Its popu
hand now live to soothe the furrowed j imity. This free service now Includes
brow of her aged and sorrowing hus- routes aggregating nearly 1)000 miles,
onnu reaching more than n quarter of a mll-
"Jfo! No! No! O king, thoe lion people, and handling Inst year
eyeB are closed in death! That gvutlrt , nearly 10,000,(i0 pieces of mail. Con
voice is stilled and hushed with the! gress will be asked to provide for the
'silence of the breathless night. Those, extension of this sendee. If such ox
hands are withered and decayed. But tension wore made conditional upon
I see them now, O master, 1 see thetiij rosouab!o local care of the highways,
now, waving there-there, above your tll0 betterment of roads ln:rurnl com-head-there,
by the brow of our goo l; I)Untcg be st,lmCfttodi nm,
old teaeher-aiid there pointing wttl, j th(,r(, won,(, b(. ,,cmana fl.OIl, cmm.
the finger that dooms to death at the. ,, tl,.u gnte ri(,Klsiat.lrrs (,uact ,.nvs
life!'
"Ah, with that pure spirit, driven
forth by this fiend and bis rotten
horde, there departed from this earth
nil tho happiness of him we havo
learned to love! And with her. too,
have gono the hundreds of women of
Falniooch who havo fallen under the
jlnstiug toueh of this awful luurdorcrl
"And shall he go unpunished?
"Shall the wretch who commanded
and led in the "awful deeds that nia.lo
the grounds of Talmooeh tremble in
wrath shall he go free?
"No! O king, I say in tho voice of
twenty thousand Juniors, in the voice
of thirty thousand Kaleks, that this
man must die! Only by his death can
the wrongs ot our people be avenge 1.
The spirits of our niur.te.rcd ones cull
now to you to see justice done by thai
power that has como to you.
"I Buy no more. Tiio frky prows j
dark with sickening dread that tl iij
monster shall live to boast of tho evil
he has done. But iu the hands f i-'
king I leave him. 1 am finished."
to nr. rosTixrt.o., t
Japan with a population of 4.,t'0tt.- ;
000 has 2'iO towns that have more than i
100,000 inhabitants. 1
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Cloud lllgbwuya.
Dnu
part!
I'UIXU the past few years.
particularly during the last
Ivo months, the good :
roads movement bus gained :
greatly in strength. The wheelmen, !
who gave It its first Impetus, have I
been I'ffcetlvely re-enforced by the nu
touiutillists, who are Increasing i:i
numbers and whose tremendous pussl-
blllties of speed makes I hem even
more clamorous for smooth, hard road-
beds.
It was learned Inst week from tho
President of the Cood Konds Depart-
uient of the National Good Bonds and
Irrigation Congress, who, as the head
0f a committee, has recently returned
ttom Uls mission to Washington, that
Bt01s tak(.u ,,v tlll 0lllj!.r(.ss , tl,tlI,-c
fln nppro,rn;,ou rl,d ' legislation In
furtlll.rnnro of ,w t.1W0 1)r,.tnis,. i,,
success. President McKinlry assured
commltue 1ll!lt recommomla-
Hons had his approval, and Secretary
Wilson, of the Department of Agricul
ture, Indorsed the project without hes
itation. Moreover. It is reported that
fully 200 Senators and Congressmen
have promised to r. id In sccuriUK the
appropriation ns!;. d for, namely, Sinn,.
IHII) for the nsr i.f tin. oil!,-.. n( T'nl.Ilr-
- - -
Bonds Inquiries, recently Instituted by
the Department of Agriculture,
The proposition of lhe Good Roads
Congress is that one ml of model
highway be built by the Federal Gov-
eminent In every State of the Vulon,
one-quaiter cf 'ile to be construct-
,,d ju four parts of each State. Iu ml-
oitlou. the State I.ei-islatutvs which
C(mveuo llPXt V(,nl. wm w as;((,(1
vlll,lnIy t0 t.1!a(.t Uv,s fol. r(lil j ,,.
provement. The president of the com
gpeM ,nt(n(ls iat u sIml, n
resentutlve In every county of tho
Vnlted States, whose function will bo
to stimulate the sentiment for good
ronds throughout his territory.
During the past year several organ
ized forces have been engaged iu this
work many of wlneli Have a national
reptitntlon. Besides the organiza-
tlons referred to there nro the League
of American Wh-elmen, the Automo-
bile Club of America, the Xatlou.il
, ,, , the 'Xnolin,' (!ooJ ltoail8
Association, which -met In Chicago re
cently. This association will nsk Con
gress to create a bureau of road In- ;
iuiry at Washington. The function i
of such a bureau would be to collect .
uud to disseminate Information. The
farmer cannot be told too often, for
example, t.'iat the most expensive part
favorable to their Improvement and
maintenance. New York Mail and
Kxprc.3.
Wortilng ttin Head of the l mnlly.
It Is a wise boy who knows how to
work his father, and In this precious
age most boys are wise. Louis' father
works In Omaha, but Louis himself
lives with his grandnm iu Western Ne
braska. Like most boys do, Louis
writes to bis fond father only when
lie wants money or something new In
wearing apparel. Last week be wrote,
enumerating a number of articles he
needed. Among other things be wrote:
"Please send me pome MockiiiKS.
You better send bicycle stockings, be
eause they Inst longer than the other
kind. Arc you going to semi me a bl-
cycle on my birthday to wear Willi my
bicycle
stock I tigs';" Omaha World-
Herald.
Featnrci of Slhrrlnn Furin Ufa.
The most characteristic feature of
Siberian farm life is that the farmers
live not sc'itu-red all over the country,
ren.ot j fii'in neighbots, but tu vill-tges
ns near as possible to the laud they
are cultivating.
THE TWIN CENII OF THE CENTURY
.
I'urt rinycil !y American Inventive' Gen
ius In KK-c1rt-al llevclnpiiii'iit.
Ste:im and electricity are the twin
jr. nil of the century. Toirether, they
chare the throne, though electricity
. hways the sceptre. Kiectro-magiiets
were employed for propelling machin
ery :is early as IM!" but ou a limited
n-alo. In IS" the first practical ex-
i-Iiih tits were i.i.'iile with the eh cti ic
; Kp.'trU. Twenty live years later. Kdi
soil, "the wonderful tiainiioy, was
astonishing the s.-b-nt ilio world with
I his demons! unions of the mysterious
, "white light." which afterward-! devcl
'it eil into the arc light and Iucamle?.
cent light, now in universal use. The
early niio-hliies of I-Mison, Houston mid
UruMi are now mere curiosities, fo far
! beyond them have we prospered. Klec
jtiieal engines now supply power for
a very largo proportion of Mir nim-hln-;
cry. our cities and dwellings are eleo
' trleally lighted, our trolley cars, el-'-vators.
elevated trains, launches, nu
j tontoMles. escalators (inclined stair
.ways., are all run by i-h i-trieity. l'otv-
ei ;nii.iui"s supply electricity to bun-
! ilreds of factories and pressrooms.
, There are also electric piano plovers,
! phonograph-:. X-ray machines, electric
! cooking s'oves. searchlights for our
I battleships (what a stride since tl.O
'days ef John Paul Jones, and even
! I'aiTugnn. electric tire and l-'irglar
'j.larius. electro plating innchite-.-s for
'gold and s:!vc;' workers. ' ' trieal
'medical batt.-rief. electrocution f.-r
capital offender and iu a hundred o'h
i er ways the n.-w r.genf Is made to
s -rvc man's purposes. Since the his
toric message of Morse was Hashe 1
over the wins, we have creeled lf).-
--. miles of poles and flo-UEW tn lies of
I land telegraph wires, w hich are opet
j ated from 2''.2sr. oil!'-, s. and over
I which "O'HMt.nnti messages were flashed
' In is-.m. The profits last rear were
.S.".V7:V.2s. Since Cyras W. Field's
j first Atlantic cabin was laid. In Is"'.
we have organized thirty cable com
I panics. 'H". now use l.1Mp; long
and short -distance telephones In the
I daily transaction of business. Tlf
. credit of nearly all of these inventions
which have conferred Inestimable-
benefit upon the world, belongs to the
tireless Inventive genius of America!)
Success.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
A man used to vicissitudes Is not
easily dejected.-Dr. Samuel Johnson.
lie that hath patience may compass
anything.-Babi-lais.
Moderation is the silken string run
ning through the pearl chain of all the
virtues.-Hall.
Truth is as Impossible to be Foiled
by any outward touch ns the sun
beam. M iltoii.
He that places himself neither high
er nor lower than he ought to do ex
ercises the truest humility. Col ton.
A horse is not known by bis trap
pings, but qualities; so men are to be
esteemed for virtue, not wealth. So
crates. The fact (bat our interests gradual
ly take a wider scope allows more
s ope for lhe healing power of com- i
peiisallon. Dinah Mnloeh ('rail;. I
The man will out a purpose is like
a ship without a rudder; a waif, a
nothing. :i no man. Have a purpose il'
life, If It is only to kill and sell oxen
well, but have a purpose: and bavin1-'
It, throw such strength of mind and
muscle into your work as t;od litis giv
en you.- Carl vie.
To get good is auin til. to d. good Is
human, to be good is divine. The true
use of n man's possessions Is to help
his work, aud the best end of all bis
ivort; is to show US wtl.'lt he Is. TIlO
i noblest workers of our world bequeath
! us nothing so great .is the image of
' themselves.-James Marli'a-au.
To live content with small means,
to seek e'.egance .alher than luxury,
refinement rather than fashion, to bear
all cheerfully, do all bravely, to listen
to slats and birds, to babes and fages,
witli open lu-an, to study hard, think
quietly, act trankly, speak gently; In a
word," to let the spiritual unbidden
and unseen grow tip through the com
moil this is to be my symphony!-
Bev. William Henry C.hanning.
All Aniilypils of li'C Crcniii.
Additional information as to what
may be found iu that fearful nud won
derful concoction sold as ice cream has
been obtained from a recent amihsis.
of samples tilketi tn London, and at
Bamsgate, Margate, Dover and H.-rne
Bay. Some of the samples were ob
tained from shops. As Is well known
there Is neither milk nor cream In this
frozen stuff; boiled starch and maire
being the principal Ingredients. Somo
contained gelatin or si.'.c, also traces
of lead, zinc and nntiinotty, ami oihcts
were flavored with acetate of ninyl,
which Is extracted from fusel oil. and
will produce headache, drows'ness,
sickness and stupor Pi children. Mi
crobes. It lie. d hardly be said, were
found Iu abundance.-Tit-l'.ils.
rnt'H.c-ti'.l 1'nmf.
To the higher and belter class of
champions belongs Master Warner S.
Hale, of Good Hope, Georgia. Ha
won the distinction in the field of In
clustry as a picker ef cotton. It hap
pened on young Hale's sixteenth birth
day, a few weeks ago. lie celebrated
the event by picking 1.V2 pounds of
ootto.t during the day, h'7 in the first
six hours end .'CI in the following sis,
thus breaking the world's record in
this line. The young pi. ker did not
know at tho time that he was gainli.?
Mich a distinct leu for himself. It w as
done very easily, lie says, and he felt
no more tired that nlgiil than usua.'.
He proposes next year to raise the,
standard lot) pounds higher. A young
man with such ambitions is IjuuU to
wake a success of life.
OUR BUDGET OF HUMOR
LAUGHTER-PROVOKING STORIES FCM
LOVERS OF FUN.
An Fre;..n Ait . 1:imIiom nnptl
. .il.-- A , I-lii-tv,-,ti Irl, niN After
tlo- l)i-lali .iilon i i,. fill liiciiiir
llg:ng DUi-mrry H. l.liil MM. I to
A f "-l and lea money r-.o-i parted? J
'H. it may be the gem- .i! ' -tie.
I'-e hat of the t!!-as.ie:- --i I ii--cr?
lie's stir-ly on- kind i ;' a tod.
- Catholic Statidat J .ml Times.
Art vs. liut-ini-pti.
"That author sued no."
"What for?"
'lie claims that his portrait 1 painu-d
made the tale of his bunks fell oil."
1 li .l U-nt -IIe-"This
is the
fiisal I have veecivi
Sic--"What are j
Am. hi. .1.
tliii-d letter i
d from you.''
mi c.toplalnin
f re-
' of?
No two of them
apolis Journal.
are alii;':." Indian-
l',.-l in-i ll I'l'ti-llttia.
Mae-"What do you think be u'.J
When I refused hiinV"
Florence "Oil. I e.iii'l imagine! lb!
was certainly too dignified 10 daiev a
jig or anything like t hat !"- i u
After the O. l'.ili-nl ion,
"I understand," said the
"llmt the h
fllllple."
"Very!" st
flgh. "He
Puck
i-r's met hod was very I
id the ! aid; olViei.-.l, with u
Just, tool; the uiu..ey!"-
Vi-ii(,-.-fiil.
Snaeh y "Is he a vengeful man'.'''
Yow "Vengoli'lV I shotil 1 say yrs.
lie wrote lue a b-M.-r r.-i.-aidiag the
bn I owe him. nnd th.-r" was two
c-nts due en the h ;ii r."-Syi'aeuj
Herald.
DIm.ihi ;iL.ini; liUrovrrf .
"I understand i
"Yes, that was
"Before wiait ':"
Before he ;'-.u
d him ai first ."
, 1 out that she had
mistaken l.,i:i f.-r his rich cy'.isii.."-
Cleveland I'lain Dealer.
Hi I. Till 1,11.1.
Cail.-r-"M'! what a bi.4 girl .v. afro
getting to be. Yi-tfll soon be nolo to
help your mother ai.. ft t!.'- house."
Fthel "Oh. I d.. thai already. When
ever she says, for goodness' s.iko,
jp-t out of my way.' I do It."
'.it Onllo Siii-ressfill.
"And I suppose y.ei call yourself a
Mlcccssful newspaper niiiuV" Said the
t'ditor. willm curl of the lip.
"Well, hardly," said the writer. "I
haven't been paid for the last three,
weeks' work yet." YeuUers States
i.iiiti.
A IMniRrpeaMe l.nrarlni li.llc
Kathnriiio "I detest mat Mr.
Tif-
finglou."
Margaret "Why. Kt.tl.a: i::-?"
Kaihariiie-'Uii. lie's the kind
man who always calls v:, u yo.i
expecting soineb.j
come." Life.
!'
MiKht in- i 1..10.1 rt.ti
SijuecslckH - "Now. my
niter his father. As the t'
I... Is the tree in. lia. i!.''
Phil Ossifer-'-Ves, It w.
good thing If a f.-w twigs I
had their backs bro'.;. n a:
off "- UhiJ State Journal.
a takes
; is bent
-.Id he A
;li 'v had
he Silllt-
Tin- Mnin Tiling.
Mr. Wanterby "N' tise:!
fhould We have bttrg'ar alat
house? We have not lung v.
lug"
Mrs. Wanterl y "I U:
It will make th..- u. ighb..rs
have'-Fhiladelphia l';.-s.
! Why
ti.s in iho
e-:h Me:il
d.nr. but
think wo
l:l.l.-:.t.
flic "I wonder it' tie-re ever was
Such a person as the fooikdh r'.'"
He "Don't as!; such nonsensical
questions. How do you suppose I
know ':"
She (sw.-ctly I "f course, dear, I
know you never met him."--Th '! td 1- ,
phla Becord. !
Ilia Greut Nei-.l.
Beggar "Von very kindly gave me a
pair of your trousers yesterday, sir, .
and now 1 have something else to nslt i
for." ''
Corpulent Bcncfnoi r -"Well, vhtii
Is It?" I
Beggar "A squat e im-al, to that I
can wear U.!'m."-TitT.its.
Itiitlior inini-'iH l'r lllni.
Jones -"I am never at a lost, in
Versa t Ion."
His Fair Hostess-"But, sur-ly,
Jones, there must be nu.:.' st.b.'
yi.u don't iiiidcrsliiiid. Wliat di
do thetii"
.lones-"D.'. Un n I say iiotl.ii.-'
look Intellip u:."-l'uii h.
Mr.
cctS
oil
and
Pl-i.-nl llic lleeiiv-ti.
Jester "Old Sqilei .it has .".greed
that after hi.- deal!l his body s'. ail be
turned i vef the university, .n the
Interests ..f s. .. nee."
JiuiFon Int. r. st (,f science?"
Jester "Yes. nli S.pi". y.ifs relatives
hnve Inr.lslcd that lie ha no heart: the
doctors are g -ing to laid out." oioj
State Journal.
Tc
i lo-it, ,l Ivi.l.
"Fapa,"
story says
d Sai
"lids
put
th
il H:
ue
In Irons."
"Yes, Sammy."
"But, papa'.-"
Well. Sammy?"
"Why do they it.u
"To take the M:.
Kaiimij-." I'iii.sl'Ut g
graph.
re.'.ivrs :
i out of ile-m,
Ch;oi:!eli Tei
POPULAR SCIENCE.
The ants In ae nest, are not all the
ie ,- size. A Swiss professor bus
..-.ml litem as different n.i so inatiy hu
man beim. -', with dwarfs, giants, crip
lie-, etc. . ,
.vn os. rich in the Cincinnati Zeologl
.! ilardeiis Is undergoing trcatineut
.y eUctricity for paralysis. Under
ills treatment tho bird has been able
swing hi:l uue leg uud then thi
Wai.-r In a shallow pan, In a shel
teted place, will freeze even when the
I thermometer is iil.ovo the freezing
' point; this is due ui the rapid loss of
j heat of the until lifter nightfall. Iu
j some lot colin. ries ice Is obtained in
i o.ainei-.-lal qua in it les by setting shal-
l..w earthenware 1 ans of water on lb
j ground protected fi olii the wind.
I J.roiii . i lit- progress of the last solar
jo.;;. .s. Mr. C. Martin imnle a syste
I inn i-' s -rles of temperature ohserva
' teni. the leMiHs of which arc pub
I lisia-d In tin- scientific proceedings of
j the ib.yal Dublin Si cirty. Two ther
j r,:o!tv-li-r.s wiiv exposed to the direct
' rays of the sin;, the bulb ..f one of
v. i.i li v.as blackei'cd, while that of
' ti.e other was wlilto. 'I'la-re was a
';y eie-e agreement betweeu the
r-i'iiti-'s of tho two thermometers.
show,.! that th1 teinpernture
v.-.s at its lowest about eight minutes
after the middle of the eclipse. Tho
fell, as indicated by the black-bull)
lie ni.on-.cter. was l!S degrees from
.':'." d' g.'.cs before the eclipse to 35.7
degree.-, ai'i.-r the totality was over.
lYof.-ssor Farringion, curator of tho
Field Mii-' iim. and professor of geo
logy at the university, litis lately re
tuned from a tour of the Indiana
caws with II'"' specimens of stalac
tites. His most int. -resting find was a
Mnlactit'' broken off and marked by a
party ef scientists In ls:,o, which has
Hewn throe-fifths of an Iti'di since
thai .laic 11" brought home with him
a column six feet high and one foot
In .liana-tor. which Is the largest specl
ii: it ever obtained for a museum.
Figuring from the basis of the one
wlil.-h was measured it required about
Mo i years f. r It to grow to Its present
size. Vn the same basis, the professor
thinks, i." will be able to figure out
lew long It has t.ikcii for the St. Louis
l.ti-.e -tone o) form.
Ann ng the exhibits at the Taris Fs
p .siiio'i was a phonograph, Invented
by V.i'.d. mar FoiiNon, .-. Danish engi
neer, which uses a wire-wound Instead
of a wax-covered cylinder. The wire
is of steel and over It, in place of the
usual stylus, passes a small electro
; inagiiet connected with a telephone
i transmitter and battery. The soiind
i waves cause a variation in the Inten
sity of tit." elc-tro-magnoi, and the
: riagiiet, act ing upon the wire passing
b. te-alh It, leaves a perman.-ni impres
f io-.i up..!i th" lntt'r. Upon reversing1
th a ii- :i the wire reacts on the mag
net, atnl corresponding sounds aro
: transmitted by the telephone. In or
der to obliterate the magnetic trace on
!! cylinder, it is tdy necessary to re-
i Volvo i1 Utld'.r lhe Ina-.'llel while this I
subjected t a continuous current.
! One of the mist '.Inking spectacles
IVVeah.l b.V telescopes is that of tllO
::vat Nebula in t'rion. Iu th" com
plexity of i's glowing slreanis. spirals
and siraiige'.y shaped musses. Inter
cepted by yawning black gaps and
Fj rinkl'-d o.r with slars arranged In
s.t .yostlvc groups and lim-. It has few
rlv.,N In tl.e heavens. The Impression
of astonishment P.ia.l" by the sight of
Ibis
ed -V
bet'U.a
i f its i
s ;..-gi..i-ncil by knnwl
ornious size. The entire
s .1 ,:
sp.-.-k
s:arry
.ysiciii would appear as a tiny
b.sl.U' it. Yet tlds tremendous
atl.-u of nebulous clouds and
swarms has been proved by the
r.-s. arches of the lat- Professor Keel
cr, of the l.i. k observatory, to be fly
ing away from lhe earth and the sun
at the rate of e'cvcii miles In every sec
el. I! 1 tin so vast Is Its distance that
I'-ti years reveal no visual effects of
th" great nebula's swiff retreat. If it
w. rc near by It would seem to become
rapidly smaller.
I'll)' I rill. I. Ill l.ilni illliin.
1; bad ben clearly recognized 11
liiiglaud. France, and ih rmany, and it
was coming 1o be clearly recognized
In America, that the technically edu
cated man must be familiar nu a mat
ter of course not only with practical
dra fling, but wllh the processes of
construction and with the materials lo
be used. It was also seen that th'
typical tools ami the correct theory oT
their it- e, as well as the rudiments of
drawing, involved only simple ele
ments v l:'n li were suited to the sec
ondary school. A great deal of time
could be sav. d to the student engaged
upon the study of civil, mechanical,
mining, or electrical engineering, or
upon the -dy of architecture. If be
could harn bis elementary drawing
and get systematic practice In tool
wi.rk during the period ot secondary
education.
It was also evident that In many of
of the ordinary arts of life exact draw-
j ing and systematic tool work enter In
such a way ns to form the basis for
all the attainiiients of the skilled me
I'einie. Il was thus felt thnt the boy
who expected to be a mechanic 111
son:" otic of the many trades would
greatly profit by a systematic course
ef instruct inn and practice in draft
I ing and manual training In a second
ary school.-C. M. Woodward. In Harp
it's Weekly.
Of the twentv-'hree alleged centen
.iriaus who died In Massachusetts
liui.ug. eight were Irish.