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CHAPTER VII. (Continued.)
Women of Gussie's stamp are as clus
ve, as Intaiigihic, as running water, and
vhen, with painstaking seal, some poor,
Icludcd mortal attempts to corner the
aetty, sparkling thing lo ami Miold !
t slips away through his fingers to ripple
iinyly dowu hill.
"No, don't speak." Gerald shook him
self determinedly. "I think 1 see how
hings are, and (here's no line iu losing
lie's temper." 11a spoke tersely. "Del
I'ino's a very different affair from your
other amusements! This fellow's got
money and position, and he's in earnest.
It's just this. Things havo come to a
point where you've got to decide which of
lis It is to be, Gusaie. You can't put me
o!T any longer. Rather know the worst,
vou know. Come! Which of us is it
to be?"
"Gerald I
Poor Gussie Waring felt all the nalural
Irritation of a professional Burnetii or
whose hand is forced unwarrantably by
a clumsy amateur.
"How absurd and uncoiled for this is!"
he objected petulantly. "I might Just
as well call you to account for the time
you spend with Annette. You're certain
ly not alone when the prince and I are
together and Annette "
"She's a nice girl," the interruption
rl m 11 tionttinr.,ti i( nu w "finrt mil bnnor
0r .landing perfectly well. Would you
mind answering my question? I'll not
j truume you again, uo you conmurr juur-
tan eiigageu lo mef
''No, of course not; but," Gussie's tones
rang with genuine alarm, "I don't want
to lose you, Gerald; I really can't do
slthout you after all these years!"
Buist laughed bitterly. "I'm afraid
! rou'll hare to," he ejaculated, "and the
, KKiner I take myself off the better. You'll
target mo quick enough I" His voice
(rated. "Just as conveniently as you for
rot that five days ago you promised to
uarry me. Now if you care lo go In"
Aa the steps and voices retreated, some
ine moved stiffly out of his chair and,
itanding up somewhat unsteadily, peered
ihead into the darkness.
"She's Jilted him, she's Jilted him, end
because of met" he ejaculated, with a low
whistle.
He was silent for some moments, and
then a low laugh gurgled out ot the dark
ness. "Nom d'un chien!" said a soft voice
very rapidly, "after all, Sarto the chauf
feur has given thee hack thy kick with
Interest I Monsieur the lOnglmhiiuin, t'jnt
irore is settled !"
CHAPTER VIII.
"Yes, it's almost over," Mrs
Waring
remarked at length.
j She and her companion had been sitting
. silent for some timo on a secluded angle
of the upper deck as the Mnjrstic made
its stately progress into New York bar
lior, the following Saturday morning a
wonderful morning, by the way, with a
dappled blue and white s!i.v on which the
multitudinous tangle ot shipping, and the
(Ury fabric of Itronklyn bridge, hung like
intrusive cobwebs thnt a hreuth of wind
nik:ht blow Mway.
The man in the steamer chair beside
Mrs. Waring glanced around from his
gloomy contemplation of tht scene in an
swer to her remark,
"Over?" he repeated, in carefully ac
cented Knglish. "I do not know about
that. Why should it be otrer?"
lie sat up suddenly with an alert move
ment and looked at the morning, then at
Gussie, who lounged beside him, a very
mart, brilliant personage In her cadet
j blue, tailor-made fittings.
I "That depends" Mrs. Waring told
Him, with smiling evasiveness "evrry
hing depends on your definition of It."
I The other pondered an instant.
! "The It to which I whs referring," he
naid gTavely, "is an exceedingly difficult
matter to define. I have been trying to
' 'lo so during the past five days) but In
vain. It baffles me; it eludes me; it is
bewildering, alluring, impossible I"
"Why impossible?" asked Gussie, with
lifted eyebrows. She sat smiling enlg mat-
icslly and toying with the rmp on her un
gloved bauds.
Involuntarily Sarto's eyes dropped to
' the hands, studying them intently. They
' were so characteristic of the womnn, so
' perfectly made, so Indolent, no luxurious,
in tantalizingly within his rtach!
"I wonder If It Is Impossible !" he spec
ulated, in a curiously vibrant tone.
. Only a few words spoken and Gussie
Waring would be engaged to him the
former employer at the mercy of her dis
carded chauffeur. He had a henry score
igainst the woman beside him! Why not
, -ollect It now in full?
"Why not?" nslird the man breathlcss-
(y, anu lie It'uucu luinuiu,
It was while the Inevitable, orthodox
words were shaping themselves on his
lipa, which Gussie was so evidently ex
pecting. that a boot-heel cllckod sharply
on the deck rioor. anil suddenly, athwart
its white expanse between the two, a lonj
shadow fell, blotting out the sun
"Oh. Is that you, Mr. Ulantock?" Gus
U's tones wers not precisely cordial.
"Have you anything new to report to us?"
"I wish I had, Mrs. Waring," confess
r: the detectiva apologetically. "Rut
lu-k's against toe now. Hera we ars si
most in and no news of our man."
Taking out a cigarette Imiierturhably
from his vest pocket, the man to whom he
was referring lit it snd raised his eyes
! to the once dreaded brown overcoat
"Did yon Indeed expect to meet Sarto
on Iward?" he Inquired pleasantly and
with the utmost nonchalance.
The detective hesitated a moment
"Well! Your Highness '." he explained
doubtfully, "I thought it was on the cards
that he'd try lo make this ateamer, and
j the sharpest ot us can't always tell to an
1 inc.h where a crook of that sort'll stow
hlnselr. I don t deny I had a sort of
llUtt "'St that tho nma might be on
this steamer."
"And see you quite convinced thnt he
assuredly Is not?" inquired the chauffeur,
still In matter-of-fact tones and between
steady wblfl of his cigarette.
The dete'.tive looked vaguely lujured.
"All I ?an say," ho volunteered sulkily
"is that there isn t a corner ot the ship
that l don t know about and not a pas
senger who can't be accounted for. No,"
! turned decisively to Mrs. Waring, "my
'jooes are now all banked over here. We've
got our men on the lookout, yon see, and
no shipping can get In without being
pretiy thoroughly overhauled. My opln
Ion Is that we'll land him neforo lmg."
"I should not be at all surprioed if rou
.r right," agreed the individual in quex
".on.
Ms was standing uy tw, kit band in
------ eo
Ltllth Morgan Wlllett
his pockets, watching the detective with a
cool, patronizing stare. "And yet, as you
Knglish have it, 'It takes a thief to catch
a thief.' "
He rrlifd Into an irrepressible smile.
"I ennnfyt tell you how much I am Inter
cited in this rapture ef yours. Monsieur
RIsnliH'k. JuH keep your eyes open, my
friend - that, is my advice and, believe
me, jou will come n toss S.irto before you
know it !"
A half hour hiter, amid the shrieking of
whistles, the rolling of trucks in fact,
the composite roar of a great city, that af
fects so disagreeably the nerves of the
returning American Ludo"ic Sarto, hav
ing pfi?ed Hncccasfully through the purga
tory of the custom house, found himself
in the comparative paradise of Eleventh
street, stsnding with Gerald Rnist outside
of Mrs. Waring's carriage window, which
was Indeed effectually blocked up by the
Knglifdiman's thick-set form, Gussie's at
tention being temporarily absorbed In bid
ding her rejected suiter a sisterly good
by. Quick to relir.s the advantages of the
moment, the pseudo-prince made his way
around to the other side of the carriage,
where Annette was leaning ont of her
window expectantly.
"I wonder," he said, smiling blown at
her, "if it is to be actually a final adieu;
do you know. Miss Itaneroft, I have a
curious shall we say presentiment?
that I am to see yon again. That Is the
reason I am about to ask for your card."
He stopped short, struck, startled even,
by the deep flush that swept over the
girl's clear skin at his slight words.
She looked down hurriedly, however,
and, searching for a card in the bag on
her lap, handed it to him silently with
eyes averted.
"Hoes that mess," she faltered, "that
Your Highness Is really thinking of com-
ng to Washington?"
Again Sarto wondered over her irre
pressible agitation, with a faint, curious
hrlll somewhere In the region of- his col-
lur-hmie.
"Who knows?" he returned laughingly;
"I am nothing but a feu follet. what you
ea'l will-o'-the-wisp, appearing uow here,
now there., Who knows where I may
turn up?" and he pocketed the strip of
pasteboard, conscious that Mrs. Waring's
eyes were upon him, viewing the Incident
with small favor.
We've really got to be off!" she now
announced crisply. "Gerald, just tell the
man the St. Regis, please. Well, prince,"
holding out her hand as thnt individual
came hastily round, "I'm going to be in
Washington for a week of getting to
rights before leaving for Newport. We're
oil by the four o'clock train this after
noon." She bent towards him. dropping
her voice. "IVm't vou leave then, too?"
h'-'i-to looked at her an instant. There
was a queer, twisted smile about his
mouth ond a very wistful look in his eyes.
"Why do yon tempt me?" he asked re
proachfully.
'Tenipt you?" Gussie Inughed. "IVar
ine : I here is nothing going on in Wash
ington at this season. Every one has left:
ven your friend Count Souravleff Is in
Newport now. I have positively no in-
Ineement to offer you."
"Except tho only one that matters to
me, finished the other In a very low
tone. '
He glanced around. Ruist was shouting
directions to the cabman, and at the other
cud of the cab sat the girl looking deter
minedly out of her window. Then, with
a daring hiugh, "I ought not to go," said
Sarto hotto-voce, "but 1 cannot resist it
Mst for a few days!"
"Four o'clock then."
Vud he drew back aa the carriage start
ed off, his parting look more than his
words haunting Gussie for the rest of the
morning, tilling her with an agreeable
sense of satisfaction and Mrs. Waring
needed satisfaction.
Never In the course of her successful
nreer bad she been so baffled! Eor, in
spite of the enforced propinquity given
by a long five-days voyage, exposed to the
'omiinlic influences of the sea and every
opportunity that art conld devise and co
quetry sanction, the incredible fact re
mained that the Prince del Pino had not
proposed !
The cab with its two Inmates had roll
d away, and Sarto was making off, his
yes on the ground, mechanically retracing
his steps into the quay office, when he
bumped violently against some one who
was hastening in the opposite' direction
u middle-uged person, evidently a foreign
er, in a light gray spring suit, with a
striped waistcoat, vivid tie, and immacu
late derby.
Throwing a casual glance at our friend.
this man was passing rapidly by him with
an angry execration in French, when a
sudden idea made him slop short and
whirl spasmodically round ou his heel.
'Sarto!' he cried, still In French.
"Why! It is my old friend I.udovic
Sarto!"
Flushing and paling by turns, the
cliauilcur stood still, glancing about him
with swift apprehension.
Heaven be praised! Ruist had taken
himself off just in time ! Recovering him
self, "M. le Comto Souravieff!" be said,
also in 1' rench, with a deferential bow.
This is indeed a pleasure."
"You came over with the prince, I
take it," t lie other returned, with a smile.
lie had remarkably white, even teeth
and keen gray eyes that lit up pleasantly,
the effect of bis well-modelled, strong
jawed face being, however, somewhat mar
red by large aquiline nose shaped like
a vulture s beak.
"lly the way, where is Son Altesse?"
Sarto glanced around, his abnormally
alert mind sorting out the possibilities of
the situation just as an experienced game
ster looks over his hand. "Where is Son
Altesse?" he achned wonderingly. "Rut a
moment, ago he was handing some Indies
Into a cab, and now I see him not any
where.
"Gone!" ejaculated the other blanklv,
"and I came to the docks especially to
meet him. What ran have become of him,
do you suppose?''
Tint chauffeur shrugged his shoulders,
"Who knows?" he said, In his characteris
tic way. "My orders are to swait Son
Altesite at the Hotel Waldorf. That is
all 1 can tell you."
There was s moment's pause while Sou
ravieff seemed to be considering the situs
tion.
"Well:" he said st length, hailing a
cab, "there In uothing to be done, so far
a I can see, but to return. Come, mmy
fneml. I will give you a lift to your h
tel. It is in my own direction. DIsKe !"
he jumped imo the trap with a wovd to
the driver, Sarto following. "Curses tako
these steamship cominnirsv. litre hare 1
Veen, since eight o'clock this monrlnA
kicking my heel In their wretched oflle
snd I am now only granttd my permit fq
time to find parbieu ! that the prince,
whom I especiaty wanted to see, has al
ready departed."
VToo bad!" ejaculated the :lauffsaf
hypocritically. "If your Excellency bad
only reached thre five minuted rarllee "
He did not complete his sentence,
and, indeed hnr conld he? What would
have happened if Count Souravieff had
reached there five minutes earlier?
For a moment, as the latter settled
himself on the cushions and the cab rolled
off, Sarto fell to wondering over the
Count's recognizing blm in the disguise
which had so successfully tnken in his
late employers, and yet what could be
more natural? They remembered blm as
the mustached nnd bearded chauffeur, dis
figured by an all-concealing motoring get
up, and he had been clean shaven during
that tour in the Tryol when he was
thrown with Souravleff.
' '.V II, friend Sarto," the latter re
in. irked good-naturedly, after a short
pause occupied in lighting a cigar, "how
bus the world gone with thee since we
last met? well, judging by thine opulent
appearance. Ma foi I With that Parisian
overcoat aud expensive hat one would aN
most take thee for the prince himself.
Ah !" he chuckled nnd blew great rings ef
smoke Into the air, "hast thou forgotten
the little mas'iuerade at St. Morlts, when
thou personated the prince in the Casino
so that he might prove an alibi In that
affair we knew of? Ha, ha, ha ! His High
ness was not any too well pleased when
he had to pay for the money thou lost for
him that night, thou roue!"
A slight smile crept over the chanfferr's
impassive fnce. He was thinking of other
and greater escapades since then and ask
ing himself with decided curiosity if the
count read dally papers. j
"Son Altesse has not been well of late,"
be ventured guardedly. "He was quite
seriously 111 at Liverpool, and those Eng
lish journals have it that he is down widl
some malignant disease at the present I
moment."
"I am not surprised," assented the
other Indifferently. "The reporters pro- I
bably say the same things aboat myself. 1
I never have time to read anything nowa- j
days but the foreign dispatches. A dip- '
lomat's life Is no sinecure in this country, i
where one is feted and entertained from '
night till morning ! A ball here, a dinner
there, a carnival beyond one can scarce
ly keep one's appointments at the Embas
sy." He yawned. "Ah, bah! I have not
slept for a week, and the appetite It
comes no more in, eating. Sarto, thy sim
ple, uneventful existence, my man, Is ,
more to be envied. The fatigoe To-night
I am at Newport only here for the day
to meet some ladies," he rubbed his nose
savagely, "whom, alas! I have not met.
Plague take those steamship companies!"
And he fell silent, musing over bis
wrongs, while the chauffeur gazed out ef
the window and the cab pursued its torti
ous way.
At lust Count Souravleff turned bis
keen gray eyes on his companion.
"There were two American ladies on
board the Majestic," he said suddenly,
"friends of mine, a Madame Reechard
Wareeng and her dame de compagnle,
vous les aves remarke, tnon ami Sarto7"
(To be continued.)
Not long ago, Bays F, A. Jones id
'Thomas Alva Edison," a Parisian pa- j
per published tllo following amusing
eklt, which Imagines Mr. Edison In
his laboratory, hearing the news of m
declaration of war between Great Brit
ain nnd the United States. A young
man, bis assistant, rushes In, pale and
out of breath, nnd exclaims to tht
great electrician :
"Ob, master, war is declared! It M
terrible."
"Ah!" says the master. "War de
clared, eh? And where Is the British
army at this moment?"
"Embarking, sir."
"Embarking where T
"At Liverpool"
"At Liverpool, yes.- Now, my friend, ;
would you please Join the ends of those ;
two wires hanging there against the
wall? That Is right. Now bring thorn
to me. Good! Now be kind enough
to press the button." I
Tho assistant presses the button, j
"Very well," says the Inventor. "Now
do you know what Is taking place in
Liverpool?"
"The British army is embarking, slr.
The inventor pulls out his watch nnd
glances nt the time. "There Is no Brit
ish nrniy," ho says, curtly.
"What?" screams the assistant
"When you touched tho button you
destroyed It."
"Ob, this la frlsbtful!"
"It Is not frightful at nil. It is sci
ence. Now, every timo a British expe
dition embarks at tiny port, please come
and tell me nt ence. Ten secouds after
ward It will alaiply be out of existence.
That Is nil." i
"There seems to be no reason why
Amerlen should be afraid of Its enemies.
after thin, sir."
"I nrn !ncl!ntd to believe you," saya
the ninsrer, smiling Bllghtly. "But in
order to avoid further trouble, I think
it would be best to destroy England
altogether."
"To to destroy England"
"Kindly touch button No. 4 there,"
The assistant touches It. The In
ventor counts ten "eight, nine, ten, It
Is all over. There Is no England."
"Oh ! oh !" screams the young man.
"Now we can go quietly on with our
work," says tho master. "And If we
should be at war with any other nation,
you have only to notify me. I have an
electric button connected with every
foreign country which will destroy
wheti pressed. In ten minutes I could
destroy every country In tho world, the
United States Included.
"Re careful, now, that you dont
touch any of those buttons accidentally.
You might do a lot of damage."
A Difference.
"Did I understand you to say," asked
tho court, "that there had been collu
sion between this husband and wife?"
"No, your honor," responded the law
yer, "not by a mighty sight Look at
my client's black eye. I said 'collis
ion.' "Philadelphia ledger.
Every failure can be a step toward
success; every detection of what la
fa lso directs us toward what is truti
every trial exhausts some tv'inpUaf
form of error. Boylstou.
THE "WIZARD." EDISON, j
SeVsAArVrVeAeVrWAeWSe? ,
13
"Poor o!d Giinbyr fdglied the sentl-ii:eiilnl-liioJili;3
in:in with the thin side
wlilskers.
"Whin's wt-'iii v. iih blm?" growled
liie (loiiiile-cliintied citizen with the
Kbnggy eyebrows. "He don't need any
of your pity, iioes) lie?"
"Didn't you bear nbout It?"
the sentiineiilnl-looklng num..
(lend. He died bist Wednesday
asked
"He's
Tis.k
pneumonia."
"He'd take anything he could get bis
bnnds on If iho owner wasn't looking,"
Mid the double-chinned citizen. "Weil,
If lie's dead, be probably Is to be pit
led." "lie's ileitd," remonstrated tho senti-iiieiitMl-looklns
ninn.
RSn you told nie." said the dcvible
chlnned citizen. "It's n long Juno thnt
hasn't any turning. So ho died u natu
ral death, eb? I never expected it."
"Why?"
''He took out an necldent policy for
n yenr less than nine months ago," re
plied the douhle-clilnned man.
"He left quite n gissl deal of money,
I heard," said the sentlniental-Iooklng
man.
"Tht first time in his life," said the
(Ioublc-cblniied man. "I don't see how
he brought himself to do It, at that.
He must hnve lost consciousness at the
last."
"Tut, tut!" said the sentlmentnl
looklng man. "When a man's dead we
ought to forget bis faults nnd remem
ber his virtues."
"I can't remember any that ho had,"
said the double-chinned citizen, "and
my memory Is n pretty good one."
"I was nt the funeral," Bald the sentimental-looking
ninn. "The ser "
"Did they give lilin n funeral?" asked
the double-chinned citizen.
"Of course they did."
"I didn't know. I thought perhaps
I beg pardon. You were going to
say something about the sermon,
weren't you? I think ho waa n good
subject for a sermon. Anybody there
besides you?"
"The family was there, naturally
and a few of his friends."
"I thought he. had always lived In
Chicago."
"What do you mean?"
'"Where did his friends come from,
then?" asked the double-chinned citi
zen. "I'm mlghly sure he didn't havo
any here."
"Well, he wasn't a man who had
many Intimates," admitted the sentimental-looking
man. "I enn't say I
knew him Intimately, myself."
"If you had you wouldn't havo at
tended the funeral," said the doublo
chlnncd citizen. "I knew him fairly
well. About $(00 worth, exclusive of
attorney's fees. Still, I don't know
that I wouldn't have gone If I hud got
an Invitation, just to make sure.
You're positive that hp was dead, are
you? You aren't Just telling me ho Is
to please me?"
"I should hope that you wouldn't
feel pleasure to hear of the death of
any fellow creature," said the sentl-niental-looklng
man. "I know you are
not In earnest, though, when you say
things like that. He was a good hus
band." r"IIe had to . be," said the double
chinned citizen. "You saw his widow,
didn't you? A man would have to 1m:
good to her, uuless ho preferred the
society of a trnlned nurse and the hos
pital atmosphere. So they preached a
funeral sermon! Did the mlulster men
tion his watch?"
"No," replied the sentimental-looking
man, wonderingly. "Why should
bo?"
"It's customary to speak of a man's
rood works on such an occasion," said
the double-ehlnned citizen. "I snpposed
that he would have to make the most
if Ganby's."
"You must have disliked the poor
fellow," said the sentimental-looking
aian with the thin whiskers.
"What makes you think that?" asked
'he double-chinned citizen. Chicago
Dally News.
LAY TWICE AS MAHY BKICKS.
s I inula Device lleaults In Kconomy
of Time nnd Labor.
Of the thousands of brloklaycrs who
iiavo laid millions of brick few, If any,
would lielieve It possible to devise a
dan by which nn expert bricklayer can
do two or even three times as much
work and assure a good Job.
Yet this bus been douo recently, the
plan having originated with Frank B.
Gllbrethe, of New York City, says the
Architects aud Builders' Journal., The
plan Is described as the packet system
It Is now stated that tho system has
Htood the experiments made so satis
factorily that Mr. Gllbrethe Is able to
cut down the time of construction ma
terially. The packet Is so simple that the
wonder is that It was not thought of
'.i:iiny years ago. ' A little wooden
frame or truy allows the bricklayer
to place his Angers underneath the
brick while It Is resting on edge. The
bricks are piled on edge In what the
bricklayers call "bull headers," iu
rows of ten bricks each. This is done
by tenders nt the car or cart. After
the tenders have so stacked the bricks
they remain undisturbed until the
bricklayer picks them up from the
packet, one nt a time, and places them
iilKn the wall.
The lime saved by the bricklayer In
not being obliged to pick up two pieces
of a broken brick Instead of a whole
brick, nor especially select the best
brick for tho exterior four Inches of
the wall, nor to discard broken bricks,
lire some of the advantages claimed for
tho iHicket system. Thus, In the course
of a day the advantage of having all
the best bricks put on the same packets.
and the Inferior, chipped nnd brokeu
pieces put on others, amounts to a sur
prising Increase In the total work no
compllsheil by u guii; of bricklayers.
The process Is thus ; The packets are
tilled by laborers from the car or cart.
The bricks are put face up In two rows
of ten each, a weight of about ninety
pounds plus the weight of thr packet.
The entire bind Is placed on specially
constructed wheelbarrow Arriving
where the bricklayer Is working, the
packet Is placed on the stoi-k platform
of the scnTold. The '.nut step Is the
placing of the p.i.-kct on the wall by
the bricklayer, requiring only t !ir mov
ing of the arms and bands. The toss
ing of a brick in the bninls of a brick
layer, so characteristic of the? old
method. Is m:i( entirely unnecessary. i
T
'he best face of the brick Is always
jpwnrd, snd there Is considerable sav
ng of energy and' time. In this way
in experienced bricklayer will do two
or three I lines the amount of work
ne before, and n good wall Is as
sured.
AS TO DROWNED PERSONS.
Absence of lYatrr In the I. tins;' Keed
Not Indl-Mte Murder.
Several cases have lieen reported In
the newspapers recently in which the
abseuee of water In the hints of per
sons found Immersed In ciih1s nnd riv
ers Las led to the conclusion that death
bad occurred before Immersion, and
that the crime was therefore murder.
nnd not suicide, says the New York
Times. As the matter Is of great crim
inal Importance, permit me to call at
tention briefly to the report In 1812 of
a committee appointed by tho Royal
Medical and Chlrurglcal society of Lon
don to investigate this question.
It was a well-known fact that in most
drowned persons water was not found
li the lungs, aud It was supposed by
many that hi drowning a spasmodic
contraction of the entrance of the wind
pip took place which prevented the en
trance of water. The committee made
a very careful nnd prolonged Investiga
tion and came to the conclusion which
I summarize as follows :
1. Water does not enters he lungs in
drowning. In animals drowned by Im
mersion in water the luns,' if examined
Immediately afterward, are full of
water. If a dog be drowned lu plaster
of purls the plaster Is found In tho
smallest tubes. In n guinea pig whose
nose only has been Immersed in mer
cury the globules of mercury penctrato
the finer tubes.
2. If the examination be delayed for
several hours or longer, as Is generally
the case, no water may be found In the
lungs, absorption hnvlng taken place
even after death. In experiments upon
animals it was found that forty or fifty
ounces of water could be Introduced
Into the lungs without any of the liquid
being detected there an hour or two
afterward.
In cases of undoubted drownings In
human beings, when the examination
was delayed for several hours, after
death, fragments of water plants and
other forelgu substances may be found
in the wind pipe nnd larger tubes with
out any water being detected In the tis
sue of the lungs. Absorption of water
tnkes place In the lungs even after
denth and therefore the absence of wa
ter In the lungs ninny hours after death
has no beariug upon the question of
murder or suicide. It is very import
ant that this fact should be generally
known.
DISLIKE FOR DEATH.
A Millionaire Who A 1 warn Reienlrd
Any Reference to It.
One pathetic phase attending the
accumulation of great riches Is the
necessity of dying. A millionaire re
cently dec-eased never used the word
"death," nnd always resented its ut
terance In his presence. We know nn
other man, quite as rich in worldly
goods, who suffers from the some dis
like In a degree even more Intense. A
standing order maintains in his house
hold that all obituary notices be clipped
from newspapers before they reach his
eye. It Is not because he Is fearful or
consiliences in the hereafter, for he
sincerely believes himself to be a good
man, and if his name were given the
consensus of opinion would be that be
has lived a better life than the major
ity of human beings. Having this con
viction, and being satisfied further that
ho can rely. upon the Justice at least
of the One In whose Image ho himself
was created, he feels no apprehension
of an untoward fate. He simply can
not bear the thought of dying. ne
loves to live to do good. It may be that
!kIiij human, ho enjoys the distinction
of his exceptional opportunities, and
that, like Thomas Jefferson, he objects
to going even to heaven ns one of a
flock. The greatest of philosophers pro
nounced the building of a church or
chapel by a rich man nn act of coward
ice. Mark Twain calls tt hedging. Bnt
this man is not a coward ; nor does he
feel the necessity of currying favor
with the Almighty. It simply Is that
the consciousness of what he can do
now Is present In his mind In every
waking moment, nnd tho apprehension
that he may be less efficient lu the be
yond Is what trouhles him. North
American Review.
The 1'epplng Stone.
'The popping stone" marks the spot
where Kir Walter Scott asked Miss
Carpenter to marry him. It Is situ
ated In the beautiful valley or the Ir
tbtng, at Gilsland, an island water
ing place near Carlisle. The popping
nton.. is visited bv many thousands
during the summer mouths, nnd It Is
said many a laggard lover lias had bis
courage screwed up to popping jsint
nt this romantic shH. In the Imme
diate neighborhood may also be seen
"Mumps Hrt,"wblch Scott Immortalized
In "tiny Mannering," while a little
farther afield the Roman wall nnd
Lanercost priory prove attractions to
visitors to Gilsland. London t 'drool
'1 .
A woman's letter, however sweet.
Without a pos(.cript is not complete.
"It's just like her," men jeeriiigly say,
Tor once we will let them havo their way.
It is like her! When all else was wrought
She was creftied an afterthought;
And like the P. S. of ber letter,
She is, therefore, so much the better.
Woman' Home Companion.
Kb Mlictit Not l ike It.
"Old man Pilklnson candidly admits
that hi wife mad.' him what he Is."
"Yea. But I have noticed that he Is
always careful to assure hlnnelf be
fore admittiug il that she Isn't pres
ent to put in a denial."--Judge
'III -.',,.' f 1.
Hi b V
vim -Vrv
Nothing I Ate
Agreed With Ala
intS. LENORA BODOIIAMEE.
Mrs. Leu era Bodenhanier, R. V. I. 1
Box 90, Keraevsvirie, N. C writes:
"I sirfered with stomach troyb!
and ladigestlon for some tine, and aotb
bsg that I ate agreed with roe. I was very
aerroua aad experienced a continual
feeling ef uneasiness and tear. I
aaedieiae fron the doctor, hot it did me
o toed.
"I found in one ef your Fenrna bocks a
description ef my symptoms, I then
wrote to Dr. ITartuisn for advice. He
said I bad catarrh of the storosch. I
teok Parana and Manalin aad followed
his directions and can now say that I
feel as well as I ever did.
"I hope that all who are afflicted with
the same symptoms will take Peruna, fcs
It has certainty cured me.n
The above is only one of hundreds who
bare written similar letters to Dr.
Hartmaa. Jest one such csee as this
entitles Reruns to the candid consider
ation of every one similarly afflicted. If
thia be trne ef the testimony e' per
son what onght to be the testimony of
hundreds, yes thousands, of honest, sin
cere peeplef We have in onr Clea a great
any other testimonial.
Lt Fie Forget.
Harold's motaer well call him nar
Id went abroad a month ago. leaving
Hareld under the somewhat unsubstan
tial control ef fate elder sisters, say the
New York Sun.
In spite of the Itemized directions
with which even unto the tnenierrt of
final leavetaklng sbe had not ceased to
bombard blm Harold's mother was far
from sure that her efforts would have
any lasting effect.
Her voyage was more or less dis
turbed by these doubts, but before she
landed on the other side she had de
termined on a course of action. Like
all small boys, Harold is most covetous
of picture post cards and bad looked
fonvard to a harvest from his mother's
trip. He got It.
Every day sbe sent at least one card.
And whatever else it bore In the way
of Inscription there was not one
which failed of this Introduction:
"Just as soon as you get this go and
brush your teeth."
la Due Kuriu.
Orlando Rpeonamore had proposed.
"I Shall have to refer you te papa,"
said tba yoirag aad lovely Clarlnda Hewll
gus. Orlando refleeted.
"Yes," he sard, "I suppose that Is tba
cerrect precadure. I take the initiative
aad you erdar Hi referendum." Chleaf
Tribune.
PERFECT HEALTH
After Years Backache, Dtsalaeae
aad Kidney Disorder.
Mrs. R. C. Rlehmond. of NnrTtrweed,
Iowa, says: "Far years I was a martyr
to kidney treoble. bnokaeb, dlzy
spells, headaclles
and a terrible bear
ing down pain. I
used one remedy af
ter nnothes without
benefit. 'Finally I
used a box of Down's
Kidney Pills and the
backache ceased. Kn-i
con raged, I kept on
and by the time I
had used three boxes not a sign of the
trouble remained. My health per
fect." Sold by nil dealers. 50 cents a boi.
Foster-Milbnrn Co.. Buffalo, X. Y.
HAVH EGO SHAPZD HEADS.
Queer Faahlona Among the Katlvea
of the New Hebrides.
The egg shaped heads of some of the
natives of Malekulo. in the New He
brides, were once thought to be nn rur
ally conical. For thnt reason scientific
men decided that the Malekulans were
In the lowest ruug of the human ladder,
says the National Geographical Mag
azine. Later it was found that the conical
heads were produced ns the Chinese
women distorted their feet, by binding
them In Infancy. The egg shaped head
Is still fashionable in Malekula, where
some extraordinary results are ac
hieved. The contest shape Is produced by
winding strong sennit cord spirally
about the heads of the young babies
and tightening the colls from time to
time. A piece of plnltcd mat is first
put on the head and the cord Is colled
over this, so as to give It a good pur
chase. The crown of the head is lefl
to develop In the upward and back
ward fashion that is so much admired.
One fears the poor babies suffer verj
much from th" process. The child I
saw was fretful and crying and looked
as If It were constantly in pain; tml
the mother, forgetting for the moment
her fear of the strange white woman,
showed it to me quite proudly, pointlni
out the cords with a smile.
She had a normally shaped head her
self and It seemed that she had suffer,
ed by her parents' neglect of this im
portant matter, for she was married
to a man who was of no particular ae.
count A young girl who was stand
Ing beside her had evidently had
more careful mother, for her head wai
almost sugar laf shaped. It Is inter
estlng to know that this well-brought m
young woman has raarrltd a chief.