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THE SPLENDID SPUR
THE ADVENTURESOF JACK MARVEL.
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By-ARTHUR T. QUILLER COUCH.J
CHAPTER III.
(Continued.)
A pretty shout -went up as I pick'd
gijself off the turf and rush'd for the
tiack door. Twas unbarr'd, and in a
moment I found myself tearing down
itbe passage and out into the Corn
Market, with a score or so tumbling
downstairs at my heels, and yelling to
stop ni.
I know- there was no possibility to
get past the city gates, which were
veil guarded at night. My hope
reaeb'd no further than the chance of
outwitting the pursuit for a while
longer. In the end I was sure the pot
boy's evidence would " clear me, and
therefore besan to enjoy the fun. Even
ipjT certain expulsion from College
n the morrow seein'd of a piece with
ibe rest of events and (prospectively)
a matter for laughter. For the strug
gle at tli? "Crown" had unhinged my
wit?, as I must suppose and you must
believe, if you would understand my
feeliavior in the next half hour.
A brig'ut thought had strtick me; and
taking a fresh wind, I set off again
xouad the corner of Oriel College, and
lown Morton street toward Master
Timothy Carter's house, my mother's
cousin. This gentleman, wiio was
Town Clerk to the Mayor and Corpora
tion of Oxford was also in a sense
siy guardian, holding in trust about
100 (which was all my inheritance),
ami spending the same jealously on my
education. He was a very small, pre
cise lawyer, about sixty years old,
shaped like 'a 'pear,"" with a prodigious
self-iruportaat manner that came' of
associating with great , men: and all
the knowledge I had of him ,was piek'd
Tip on ilie rare occasions (abont-iiceJ
.1 year) that I iin d at his table. He
had ai'ly married and lost an aged
-silce-ar, whose jnoney had -been --the
'-making of fcioi; ciidThad more; respect
for law and authority than any three
men in Oxford. So that I reflected,
with a kind of desperate hilarity, on the
sreelic? he was Jike to give me.
This kinsman of mine had a fine
liouse at tiie eiist end of Merton street
as you turn into Logis Lane; and I
was ten yards from the front door,
unQ running my fastest, when sudden
Jj? I trinp'd and fell headlong.
Before 1 ctmld rise, a hand was on
my shoulder, and a voice speaking in
my ear:
''Pardon, comrade. Wo are two of a
trade, I see."
'Twas a fellow that had becm lurking
at the corner of the lane, and had
thrust out a leg as I pass'd. He was
pricking-up his ears now to the cries
of "Thief thief !" that bad already
reach'd the head of the street, and
were drawing near.
; "I am no thief." said I.
';Quick!" He dragged me into the
shadow of the lane. "Hast a crown
ia thy Docket?"
k "Why?"
"Why? For a good turn. I'll fog
theso gentry for thee. Many thanks,
comrade," aa I pull'd out the last few
shillings of my pocket money. "Now
pitch thy sword over the wall here,
and set thy toot on my hand. 'Tis a
rich man's garden, t'other side, that I
was meaning to explore myself; but
another night will serve."
'"Tis Master Carter's," said I, "and
he's my kinsman."
"Zounds! but never mind, up with
thee! Xow mark a pretty piece of
play. 'Tia pity thou sliouldst be across
the wall and unable to see."
He gave a great hoist; catching at
the coping of the wall, I pull'd myself
BP and sat astride of it.
i.. "Good turf below ta-ta, comrade!"
!' But now the crowd was almost at the'
corner. Dropping about eight feet on
to good turf, as the fellow had said, I
pick'd myself up and listen'd.
"Which way went he?" call'd. one,
8s they came near.
"Down the street!" "No; up the
lane!" "Hush!" "Up the lane, I'll be
sworn." "Here, band the lantern !"
etc., etc. ' .
While they debated, my friend stood
vloseon the other side of the 'wall;
but now I heard him dash suddenly
ut, and up the lane for his life.
"There he goes!" "Stop .him!" the
ries broke out afresh. "Stop him, i'
the King's name!" The whole pack
went peltiug by, shouting, stumbling,
swearing.
For two minutes or more the strag
glers continued to hurry past by ones
and twos. As soon as their shouts died
ay, i drew freer breath and look'd
around.
"'I was in a small, turfed garden, well
stoek'd with evergreen shrubs, at the
back of a tail house that I knew foi
Master Carter's. I remembered that
he Princes Rupert and Maurice lodged
with my kinsman, and, ' breaking in
upon them, I so gained their- favor
that they obliged Master Carter to pay
toe ray inheritance on the spot and
escorted me themselves to the city
?ates, whence I set out on my travels.
CHAPTER IV.
Adventure at the "Three Cups."
So puffed was I by the condescen
sion of the two princes and my head
o busy with big thoughts that not till
was over the bridges and climbing
fle mgh ground beyond South Hinck
8e3 with a shrewd northeast "wind at
back, could I.spare time for a sec
ad backward look. I pulled out the
Jetter that Anthony had given me. In
oe moonlight the brown smear of his
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blood was plain to see running across
the superscription:
"To our trustyand well beloved Sir
Ralph Hopton at our Army in Corn
wall these." .
'Twas no more than I looked for.
yet the sight of It and the King's red
seal quickened my step as I set off
again. And I cared not a straw for Dr.
Kettle's wrath pn the morrow. ..
Having no desire to fall in with any
of the royal outposts that lay around
Abingdon, I fetched welt away to the
west, meaning to shape my course for
Faringdon, and so into the great Bath
road. 'Tis not my purpose to describe
at any length, my itinerary, but rather
to reserve my pen for those more mov
ing events that overtook me later.
'Twas about 5 in the evening, and I
still laboring along, when, over the
low' hedge to my right, a man on a ;
sorrel mare leaped easily as a swallow,
and alighted some ten paces or less in
front of me; where he dismounted and
stood barring my path. The muzzle of
his pistol was In my face before I could
lay hand to my own.
"Good evening!" said I.
"You have money about you, doubt
less," growled the man curtly, and in
a voice that made me start. For by
his voice and figure in the dusk-1 knew
him for Captain Settle; and in the sor-'
rel with the high white stocking I
recognized the mare Molly, that poor
Anthony Killigrew had given me al
most with his last breath.
' .The bully did not know me, having
but seen me for an instant at "The
Crown," .-.and then . in - very i different .
attire. i
"I have but. a few poor coins," I an
sweredv r :V ,1'-.' !' '. 'v'-i. .'.:'..
: "Then ha nd'cni-over." 7 " - ; : J
, "Be shot -ifrdoT: said I in a pas,n;
.and pulling, out a iandf ul from my
pocket, ..It Tiasiied ; them down ia the
road. " ' '
For a moment the Captain took his
pistol from my face, and stooped to
clutch at the golden coins as they
trickled and ran to right and left. The
next, I had struck out with my right
flst, and down he went staggering.
His pistol dropped out of his hand and
exploded between my feet. I rushed
to Molly, caught her bridle, and leaped
on her back. It was a near thing, for
the captain was rushing toward me.
But at the call of my voice the mare
gave a bound and turned; and down
the road I was' borne, light as a
feather. - - V
A bullet whizzed nast mv oar: I
heard the Captain's curse mingle with
the report; and then was out of range,
and galloping through the dusk.
Secure of pursuit, and full of delight
in the mare's easy motion, I must have
traveled a good six miles before the
moon rose. In the frosty ky her rays
sparkled cheerfully, and by them I saw
on the holsters the silver demi-bear
that I knew to be the crest of the Kil
iigrews, having the fellow to it en
graved on my sword hilt. So now I
was certain it was Molly that I be
strode, and took occasion of the light
to explore the holsters and saddle
flap.
Poor Anthony's pistols wtre gone
filched, no doubt, by the Captain; but
you may guess my satisfaction when,
on thrusting my hand deeper, I touched
a heap of coins, and found them to be
gold.
Ifwas certainly a rare bargain I had
driven with Captain Settle. For the
five or six gold pieces I scattered on
the road, I had won close on thirty
guineas, as I counted in the moonlight;
not to speak of thla incomparable
Molly. And I began to whistle glee
fully, and taste the joke over again
and laugh to myself, as we cantered
along with tha north wind at our
backs.
All the same, I had no relish for rid
ing thus till morning. For the night
was chill enough to search my very
bones after the heat of the late gallop;
and, moreover, I knew nothing of the
road,. which at this hour was quite de
serted. So that, coming at length to
a tall hill with a black ridge of pine
wood standing tip against the moon
like a fish's fin, I was glad enough to
note below it, and at some distance
from the trees, a window brightly lit,
and pushed forward in hope of enter
tainment. The building was an inn, though a
sorry one. Nor, gave for the lighted
window, did it wear any grace of hos
pitality, but thrust out a bare shoulder
upon the road, and a sign that creaked
overhead and looked for all the world
like a gallows. Round this shoulder
of the house, and Into the main yard
(that turned churlfshly toward the hill
siue), the wind howled like a beast in
pain. I climbed off Molly, and press
ing my hat down on my head, struck
a loud ratt-tat on the door.
Curiously, it opened at once, and I
saw a couple of men in the lighted
passage.
"Heard the mare's heels on the road,
Cap Hillo! What in the fiend's
name is this?"
Said I: "If you are he that keeps
this house, I want two things of you
first, a civil tongue, and next a bed.
"Ye'll get neither, then." :
"Your sign says that you keep an
Inn." "
Aye the .'Three Cups;', but .we're
full." y
"Your manner of speech proves that
to. he a lie.'
I liked the fellow's voice so little
that 'tis odds I would have remounted
Molly and ridden away; but at thla
instant there floated down the stairs
and ont through the dark-smelling pas
sage a sound that made me jump.
'Twas a girl's voice singing:
"Hey nonni nonni no!
Meu are fools that wish to die!
Is it not fine to laugh and sing ,
When the bells of death do ring"
There was no doubt upon it. The
voice belonged to' a young gentle
woman I had met at Hungerford. I
turned sharply toward the landlord,
and was met by another surprise. The
second man, that till now had stood
well hack in the shadow, was peering
forward and devouring Molly with his
gaze. 'Twas hard to read his features,
but then and there I would have wa
gered my life he was no other than
Luke kettle's, comrade, Black Dick.
My mind was made up. "I'll not
ride a step further to-night," said I.
"Then bide there and freeze," cn
swered the landord . ' ' ;
He waa for slamming the door in my
face, when the other caught him by
the arm and, pulling him a little back,
whispered a word or two. I guessed
what this meant, but resolved not to
draw back; and presently the land
lord's voice begun again.'betwixe surly
and polite-
Have ye a too high a stomach toJJe
on straw?"
"Oho!" thought I to myself, "then
I am to be kept for the mare's sake,
but not admitted to the house;" and
said aloud that I could put up with a
straw bed.
Because there's the stable loft at
your service. As ye hear" (and, in
fact, the singing still went on, only
now I heard a man's voice joining in
the catch) "our house is full of com
pany. But straw is clean bedding, and
the mare I'll help .to put in stall."
"Agreed," I said, "on one condition
that you send out a maid to me with a
clip of mulled sack, for this cold eats
me alive."
To . this he consented, and, stepping
back into a side room with the other
fellow, returned in a minute alone, and
.carrying . a ; lantern which, .in , spite of
the moon, was needed to guide a
stranger across that ruinous yacd. The
Care, as we picked our way along, fell
for a moment on an open cart shed,
and within, on the gilt panels of a
coach that I recognized. In the stable
that stood at the far end) of the court,
I was surnrised to find half a dozen
horses standing, ready saddled, and
munching their fill of oats. They were
cngroomed, and one or two in a lather
of sweat that on such a night was hard
to aecount for.
But I ' asked no questions, and my
companion voushsafed no talk, though
twice I caught him regarding me curi
ously as I unbridled the mare in the
only vacant stall. Not .word pass'd
as he took the lantern off the peg
again, and led the way up a ram
shackle ladder to the loft above. He
was a fat, lumbering fellow, and made
the old timbers creak. At the top he
set down , the light, and pointed to a
heap of straw in the corner.
"Yon's your bed," he growled; and
before I could answer, was picking
his way down the ladder again.
I - look'd about and shiverd. The
eaves of my bedchamber were scarce
on speaking terms with the walls, and
trough a" score of crannies 'at least the
wind poured and whistled, so that
after shifting my truss of straw a
dozen times I found myself Still the
centre of a whirl of draught. The
candle-flame, too. was puffed this way
and that inside the horn sheath. I was
losing patience when I heard the foot
steps below; the ladder creak'd, and
the red hair and broad shoulders of a
chambermaid rose into view. She car
ried a steaming mug In her hand, and
mutter'd all the while in no very choice
talk.
The wench had a kind face, tho';
and a pair of eyes that did her more
credit than her tongue.
"And what's to be my reward for
this, I want to know?" she panted out,
resting her left palm on her hip.
' "Why, a great or two," said I, "when
it comes to the reckoning.
"Lnd!" she cried, "what a dull young
man!" .
"Dull?"
Aye to make me ask for a kiss in
so many words;" and with the back of
her left hand she wiped her mouth for
frankly, while she held out the mug
;her right ' ' .
"Oh!" I said, "I beg your pardon, but
my wits are frozen tip, I think. There's
twu, fox, interest; and another if you
tell me whom your master entertains
to-night, that I must be content with
this crib."
She took the kisses with composure
and said- ' v -i..
"Well to begin, there's the gentle
folk that came this afternoon with
their own carriage and heathenish
French servant; a cranky old grandee
and a daughter with more airs than a
peacock; Sir Something-or-other Kllli
gew Lord bless the boy!"
For I had dropp'd the mug and spilt
the hot sack all about the straw,
where it trickled away with a frag
rance reproachfully delicious.
"Now I beg your pardon a hundred
times; "but the chill is in my bones
worse' than ague;" and huddling
my shoulders tip, I counterfeited a
shivering fit vwith a truthfulness that
surpris'd myself..
"Poor lad!" v
s "And tis first hot and then cold all
down my spine." - "
"There, now!"
"And goose flesh and flushes all
over my , body. .;
("Dear heaut and to pass the night
in this grave of a place!"
; "And by morning I ehall be In a
high fever; and oh! I feel I shall die
of itr , '
(To be continued.)
A wage statement for Kansas shows
that a college education fits a young
man to earn $1.08 at harvesting; with
out the college education he gets I2JS0.
I'oeket Art CoibIdk In.
A sure-to-be-welcomed-with-joy bit
of information is that pockets are com
ing in again. . It is not only.that the
winter coat will show more pockets
than for many a long season, but ac
tually that, the tailor-made dress-skirt
will be made with a big, roomy pocket.
However, the dressmakers who have at
least consented-to make a skirt with
a pocket are issuing; notices to their
patrons who order these skirts, to the
effect that the pocket is not to be used
as a substitute for the generous "Peggy
from Paris" bag or any of the other
big wrist-bags which the shops are
showing. Woman's Home Companion.
Great Bautifier.
Though tfuln ess for others and un
selfishness are great beautifiers. . For
all perfection of skin and "feature won't
make up for an unlovely expression,
and such an expression can come only
from a sweet nature, says Christine
Terhune Herrick in the Philadelphia
North American. We are not all of
us born with pretty faces but we an
all of us try to get both. And there
is some satisfaction in working on one's
disposition. You may not be abte to
alter the shape of your nose or to make
large melting eyes out of a pair of
optics that are good for little except
seeing. But if you cultivate an inter
est in those about you, if you try to
make the world happier for those with
whom you are brought into . associa
tion, you will not fail before-long to
get a pleasing expression that will
make the physical defects be forgotten,
or. to seem charms because they are
part of a lovely and generous person
ality. Try it!
And, at the same time, keep up the
care of the body!
The Right of Children.
"We must interpret the laws for the
protection of the young against cruelty,
oppression and injustice," says Henry
van Dyke in Everybodys Magazine,
"as evidence of the world's growing
sense of justice. Beginning with the
Factory Act of 1833 and the Mines and
Collieries Act of 1842 in England, there
has been a steadily increasing effort to
diminish and prevent the degradation
of the race by the enslavement, of child
hood to labor. Even the parents'-right
of control, says the modern world,
must be held in harmony with the
child's right to life and growth, mental,
moral and physical. The law itself
must recognize the injustice of dealing
with young delinquents as if they were
old and hardened criminals. No more
herding of children ten and twelve
years old in the common jail! Juvenile
courts and probation officers, asylums
and reformatories, ah intelligent and
systematic effort to reclaim the young
life before it has fallen into hopeless
bondage to crime; this is the spirit
of civilized legislation to-day. In 1903
no less than ten of the American States
enacted special statutes with this end
in view."
The Upliftlnc Womnn.'
The cheering up woman is a real en
tity nowadays. Registered on the
books of a certain woman's exchange,
she dispenses her cheerfulness at so
much an hour, and Is in great demand.
She reads to invalids, talks to them,
sings or plays to them, as the case re
quires. She is a bright, hustling little
body, with cheery ways and optimis
tic temperament. ,
She will come to you for five minutes
or thirty. She will darn your stockings
or mend your clothes. She will fix
flowers in vases and make your room
homelike, or talk to you about every
thing or nothing.
Personally she is jnst what you
would expect such a woman to be. She
has a family of her own who rejoices
in her optimistic view of life, but she
uses her talent also to keep the wolf
from the door.
There was a time when there was
plenty in the home, but financial re
verses came,' and with them the need
of retrenchment. The husband fell ill
and some one must turn breadwinner.
It fell upon the wife and mother.
To-day she is supporting her family
comfortably by acting as a cheering up
woman, and her engagement book tes
tifies to the success of the experiment
and the demand which exists for her
services. Indianapolis News.
Beautiful Belts and Girdles.
The woman who has a dress allow
ance will this season put aside an un
usually large proportion for belts and
girdles. The belt's the thing, and just
one step ahead of it is the girdle, which
must really count as the final hall
mark on a modiste's best effort, says
the Star.
First, the belt of the moment is abso
lutely round; no pointed effects are
permissible.
Secondly, the belt must tone perfect
ly with either the blouse or the skirt,
the only exception being the use of an
onion-brown leather beltwitL a tailored
suit, which here and there shows a
touch of the same coloring.
Thirdly, the girdle must be fitted
with the same care bestowed on a
princess gown or a basque bodice, and
the shape must harmonize with the
figure and its wearer. The very smart
waisted woman must religiously avoid
the very high round girdle. Pointed
' effects in the back are for her.
! For wear with tailored suito and
shirt waists, suede or leather - belts
axe the correct thing. They come in
every shade' shown in fashionable suit
ings, and a deer-skin belt is one of the
fancies of the hour for the girl who
likes mannish clothes. . , ... ; .- -
An extremely fetching effect in onion
colored suede is finished with two
buckles, the one in' the back a trifle
larger than its companion in the front.
These are of gold, but exactly the
shape of a Napoleonic hat and studded
thickly with topaz. The color combina
tion of onion-brown, gold and topaz is
wonderfully harmonious. " These, large
buckles can be secured to follow the
curve of any figure; if the wearer has
a perfectly round and trim, waist,, the
curve of the budkle is horizontal. If
there is a decided dip in the waist line
at the back the curve will run ver
tically. Many of the buokles on these
heavy leather belts lopk like armor
plate with eyelets such as may be
seen on harness, ana spikes' for catches.
They come in silver, gun metal and
gold.
The girl of more delicate fancy does
not use a large heavy buckle on her
broad belt, but has four or five very
small buckles with leather . straps.
These are very effective, but they
must-be laced and strapped with care,
for the buckles must make a perfectly
straight line down the front. Bullet
shaped buttons are also used , to finish
these broad leather belts.
An extravagant leather belt shows
chamois skin in the natural tone,
slashed to stimulate raw edged broad
cloth and finished with gold buckles
back and front. Another fancy in
leather for the athletic girl demands
belts, turn-over collar and cuffs, all
of leather, for wear with the mannish
tailor suit. These may be stitched in
self -tone, hemstitched or done in heavy
broderle Anglaise. .
The most delicate leather belts are
those intended for house wear with
the light olored 'cloths which will bo
so popular this winter. White suede,
and at least four tones of the plain
colors; such as blue, heliotrope, pink,
green, yellow, as well as American
beauty red, appear in the piainstitcbed
belt; finished with simple gold buckles.
There is absolutely no reason why a
girl may not have a belt exactly the
same tone as her shirt waist or blouse.
They are not good, however, with a
really dressy blouse, as they should
give a tailored touch to the costume.
-Metallic belts will be much worn
with tailored suits of all sorts. - Gun
metal, silver, plain and oxidized, and
gold are employed. There is absolute
ly no limit to the price. Imitation
metal may be bought cheaply enough
on bargain counters at department
stores, or miladi millionaire may go
into the jeweler's and expend the divi
dend from a comfortable investment
on a single belt with chatelaine or
vanity bag attached. New Haven Reg.
ister.
Ornaments Increasing; in Faror Tor Hat
Buckles and similar ornaments are
more favored than seemed likely to be
the case at the beginning of the sea
son; but they are only prized when of
a very handsome sort. Rhine pebbles
and finely cut steel, mounted in enam
eled metal and cut jet, have "the lead.
I have also remarked that one or two
milliners are trying to revive a taste
for gold galons, but so far I have only
seen it applied to white or beige-colored
felts, Millinery Trade Review,
There is a great fancy for trimming
the necks and shoulders of gowns with
bands of velvet. These .velvet strip
pings go over the shoulder, and over
the' arm. A band of velvet also ex
tends around the yoke.
Perfectly plain black patent leather
shopping bags are taking the place of
the bright colored and more showy
fashion for a season. These are not
so large as those previously used, and
have plain gun metal or gold clasps.
One of the latest novelties in dress
materials is a radium-colored silk. It
is pearly white, but it is so woven that
it seems to give out rays faintly tinged
with color. Silver bullion lace makes a
fascinating trimming for a gown of
this silk. t
Bargain counter lengths of sHk are
boons to the mothers of growing
daughters. Young girls dress simply
nowadays, but their gowns are as often
made of silk as of cotton. Indeed, the
vogue of silk is universal at present,
and all ages appear in it.
, In Paris, at all the smart gatherings,
it is quickly to be noted that the new
empire green, a medium turquoise blue,
a leather brown, or else the new parrot
red a scarlet having not, a trace of
pink in it ar the very newest shades
with white; and most effective are
they in such conjunction. .
; The Louis XV. coats and also the Di
rectoire, that are veritable reproduc
tions of those historic styles, are rather
old-looking for a miss under sixteen
years, but there are many modifica
tions which adapt them to more youth
ful wearers. The Norfolk is ever with
us, and is as promising a candidate
for favor this season as e?er.
Htimor
Woe.
A foolish young womannamed Clara
The rest of her name was O'Hara
Just worried and worried,
And kept herself flurried,
Because she was taU-and so narra
'evclandXeader.
; ''"..' Clerical Jolt. -
Is it a sin," she' asked her spiritual
adviser, "to take - pleasure in - haviug .
people call me beautif ui?" ... , n . v ,r ...
"Of course it is, my child,"1 replied
the good" old parson. "It " is always
wicked to encourage falsehooiUt,Ohi.
cago News. .,. .
. -' Nu Jade t All. Vv
"Isn't that- rouiig man rfbnd of
-music ?" exclaimej the young womau.
'I don't know," auswtred Miss Cay
enne. "Judging by tha way he will
stand up and listen to himself sing by
the hour," I should say he isn't."--Chicago
Journal.
The Confidantes
Weil Do you know you are in tho
habit of talking to yourself? I wish
you'd get over it." V
Bell "Why? .Are you afraid 11
tell all of my secrets?"
WelI-"No. I'm afraid you'll tell all
of niine."--Detroit,Free Tress.
It Left Him Qalclc,
Bill Bo "I hear you had some money
left you?" : "
Weary (absently) Yes; it left me.'Vf
New York Press.
Toe Much Kor the Clnh.
"What broke up the ladies' debating
society?"
"The leading member was told to
prepare an essay on the yellow peril.
She did so and the opening sentence
read: 'Yellow apparel is very trying
to most complexions.' ".Washington
Star. I
Marveled.
Tommy "I can count up to five, on
me fingers, can't I, ma?"
Ma "Yes, Tommy, but-don't brag.
I saw a little boy older than you
to-day who could count up to fifty."
Tommy "Gee whiz! Where did he
get all them fingers?" Philadelphia
Press.
May Fay Dearly.
Tessa "I made a great bargain in
diamonds yesterday."
Belle "How?"
Tessa "I promised to marry Jack,
and he gave me a big solitaire dia
mond engagement ring."
t Belle "Don't be so sure; you can't
tell yet whether it's a bargain or not!"
Detroit Free Press.
No Argument Necessary.
Judge (twenty-one years hence)
"What are all these young men waiting
for?"
Clerk of Court "It's a lot more fel
lows. Your Honor, who have made ap
plication to have their first names
changed from Alton B. to Theodore."
Judge "Let the usual order be en
tered in each, case. Call the next."
Chicago Tribune.
To the Rescue.
Doctor (politely, but looking at his
watch with visible impatience) "Par
don me, madam, but my time Is not
my own. You have given me all your
symptoms in detail, and now, perhaps,
you will kindly er ah "
Husband (not so considerate) "Ma
ria, he doesn't want to hear your
tongue any more. He wants to look
at it." London Tit-Bits.
Limited as to Choice.
"Daggers!" yelled her husband.
"Swords! . Razors! Cutlasses! Carv
ing knives! Hatchets! Cleaversl
Axes!" .
"What do you mean by that?" de
manded the irate Mrs. VIck-Senn, who
had been taking him to task severely
for his various shortcomings.
"I'm trying to get in a word edge
wise." Chicago Tribune.
I To Attain the Hpeed timl t.
"I think I'll try filling the tires of my
' automobile with illuminating gas," said
the amateur chauffeur.
"Good joke," gurgled his fool friend.
: "Expect to make it light. Ha, ha!"
"Nothinrr of the kind," replied tha
amateur chauffeur; "I thoTight it might
increase the speed of the machine.
Just thinkhow the tfoitf makes the
wheels of a gas meter spin around."
Chicago News.
- TTU tast WUh Gratified.
"No," said the billionaire, with deep
conviction In his voice, "I would con
sider myself in error indeed should I
die while I have even a tenth o. the
wealth I now possess. It is my wish
to die comparatively poor."
i' "Oh, you dear old pa;.a!" exclaimed
his fair and only daughter as she em
braced him. "I'he duke proposed last
j night and I accepted him. . Isn't that
I Just your luck?" -Judge.
- RATES OF : ADVERTISiriGr"'
On squara, on interttbi '""Clit
One square, two insertions , l.W
Ooe square, one month " 3. S3
lor Larger Advertise- .., . ;
monfo I 1 horn I f sri
tracts win oe maae.
.rTbc,, Slaby-Arco-Braun , system . of ;
wireless telegraphy is in use across
Lake Baikal. -' ' y-1
A new molvbdenum compound has
been discovered by Professor Moissan.
It is obtained by heating charcoal with A
melted molybdenum and aluminium in ,-.
the electric furnace. The , resultant
metallic mass Is treated with a concen- '
trated solution of potash, says the H.n- '.
cineerlne and Mining , Journal, and
well-defined needle-shaped crystals bfy-
the new compound are . obtain ea. xue
substitution is very hard, and resist
all acids but nitric. It is not decom- .
posed by water or steam at" a tempera
ture below COO degrees C. It resembles
tungsten .carbide. It is hoped that
the new. compound may be. useful ia
making, molybdenum steels, . ,
Consul-General Guenther at Frank-
fort reports-that the chemi&t, VerneuiL
has succeeded in makim: artificial
rubies, pure and brilliant in color, and
annarentlv possessing all the physical
properties of natural rubies, by melt
ing a mixture of clay and oxid of
chromium at a tempera tu.e of tWV
degrees, obtained by means of a blaze
of oxyhvdrogen gas. The molten mass ,
when suddenly cooled becomes very
hard, and can then be cut and polished-
like the natural stone. A ruby weign-
ing five pounds has thus been pro- t
duced, but so inexpensive is the process
that' the value of this huge artificial
eem is sold at only S600. Natural
rubies of fine color are among the most
costly of precious stones.
In the great corn and wheat belt of
the Middle West improved windmills
are now used to develop electric power
for general use on large farms. At first
the electricity so obtained was em
ployed only for lighting houses and .
barns, but more recently it has been
utilized for running small motors. 'For
many years windmills ior raising water
to irrigate the land have been almost
as common in some parts of the prairie-
States as in Holland, but often they,
were quite crude in construction. The-
Department of Agriculture has now
taken up the subject, and. begun the
distribution of information among the
farmers concerning the latest forms of
windmills,- and it is such Improved :
mills that are found useful for devel
oping electric power. In Germany elec
tricity derived from the wind for agrU
cultural purposes has been used suc
cessfully for the past two years.
Al thou eh the problem of color pho
toeranhy is still far from solved, prog
ress is being occasionally made. A
new German discovery that of Dr.
Koenie relates to printing from tri
color negatives, and depends upon thev
use of paper coated with collodion solu
tions of colorless compounds of green
ish blue, cherry red and yellow dyes
that develop the original colors on ex
posure to light The set of three
negatives is first made under the usual
light filters. The printing paper is
first coated with the solution of the
dye that is changed by light to green
ish blue, and, after drying, it is ex
posed about thirty seconds under the
negative taken through the red filter.
When the reauired depth of color is
reached, it is fixed in a solution which
removes the unaltered 'dye compound.
The paper is then recoated, this time
with the collodion for the red. print.
and exposed in exact register, Tinaer
the green negative. After this is fixed
the third coating is made, and the yel
low image is developed under the blue
negative. ' 1
Artificial cotton is now 'made from
various woods, as from pine in Ba
varia and from fir in France. In the
French process, the wood, freed from
bark and knots, and pulverized by ft
special machine, is steamed ten hours
in a horizontal brass lead-lined cylinder
of 3500 cubic feet capacity, after which
2000 cubic feet of a bisulphate of soda
wash is added and the whole is heated
thirty-six hours under a pressure of
three atmospheres. The fibre, thus
made very white, is then washed and v
ground by a series of strong metallic
meshes, after which it is given electro
chemical bleaching by chloride of lime.
The mass is dried between two power
ful rollers. The resulting pure cellu
lose is reheated in a tight metal boilei
with a mixture of chloride of zinc and
hydrochloric and nitric acids, to which
is added, a little castor oil, casein and .
gelatine to give resistance to the fibre,
The very consistent paste produced ii
drawn into threads through a kind of
draw plate. The threads are passed
over gummed clojh, then Immersed 1b
weak carbonate of soda solution, dried
between two slowly turning cylinders .
and finally given solidity by an ammon
iacal bath.
The S!jrn .Kril Snreadlnj?.. . . .
The fuss about the framed signed la'
the New York City Subway has start
ed an outbreak of the billboard fevet
in an entirely new direction.' Men were
going around the downtown .skyscrap
ers last week putting up small framed
signs In the elevators. They were
hung up and down the steel sides and
the back of the car, advertising mani
curists, stenographers, breath ' sweet
eners, patent medicines, sign paintera
stationers and various other persons
with whom men who ride much in ele
vators are assumed to have business
In many cases they were flimsily fas
ter-ed together and toppled down at
the least provocation. A man whe
jostled against a Rign in a ' crowded -car
was likely to bring the entire outfit
on the heads of himself and his un
offending fellow passengers. No.
York Press.