Trlrlirtl ( the Tim.
A rtilladelphia lawyer who spends
tnost of his time nt his country estate
employs sturdy Irish gardener whos
n deMr In life Is to live natll th
banrer of freedom is unfurled over Ire
land.
One evening the lawyer strolled
through the grounds of his place and
topped to have a chat with the gar
4uer.
"'Michael, do yon know that while
we are bore enjoying the bountiful
twilight it la dark midnight in Ire
land?" he asked.
"Faith, an' CU'ru not surprised," re
plied the gardener. "Ireland elver
got Justice yit." Judge.
.5. -3''' '.-.'. ;. ;
Something In a Tftumm,
Although New York has never bad
fcora opera than at present, and w
are being constantly told that our pub
lic la opera mad, there are still some
who are far from opera educated.
When the new opera. "The Bartered
ride," was announced oue of the first
telephone conversations held by Mai
HIrsch, of the Metropolitan Opera
House, ran :
"Hello, Is th! the Metropolitan?"
-Yes."
"Well, want two cats reserved for
The Bartender1 Bride.' " New York
Sun.
$100 Reward, $100.
The readers, of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there la at least one dreaded
disease that sclenco ban bwn able to curt
in all Ita staaeii, and that la Catarrh. Italia
Catarrh Cure la the only positive cure now
tnowa to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
nelnr a constitutional dlseane, requlrga a
tonatltutlonnl treatment tlalt's Caftrrh
Cure la taken Internally, act In directly
upon tlia blood and mucous surfaces of tin
System, thereby deatroytna the foundation
ef the dlaeane, and giving the patient
trenirth by building up the constitution and
asnUtlng oatHro In doing Its work. The
proprietor bave so much faith In Ita cura
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollar for any fane that It falla to cure,
end for llxt of testimonials.
Address F. J. C1IKNEY CO., Toledo, O.
Hold by all nrusplats, 76e.
Take Uall's Family I'M fur conetipatlon,
1 Too Inquisitive.
"What la IBoston' coffee?" asked the
customer at the lunch counter.
"It' the kind you put the cream in
.rat," answered the waiter girl.
"But why Is It called Bostoa coffee?"
-"Because the cream Is put la first."
'"Yea, I know ; but when a man erden
'Beaton coffee why do you put tke eream
la first?"
"Because he orders Boston coffee. -Any-:fklng
else you wish to know, air?"
lGMcago Tribune.
CASTOR I A
For Infants end Children.
SMSBn .! m. M mm - I
AM Rlnfl.Ynil HaVfl AlWaW EmiCrhl
m twm eea w ij v VWlilll
s) I
' Bears the
VBlgnaturi
( A 'Rataral AMIetlea.
I "Mr. Flyaway, that giddy young
toatrou, Is very much discontented with
th way her daughter I shooting up
knto a tall girl." i
"Yea, It I what might be described
f a growing dissatisfaction." Baltl
ftior American.
I Vr. Wloalow's Soothing Byrap for ehllA.
re teetblna. anftena the a unit, retiacea In-
flauimatlon, allay paiu, cure wind cell.
-iuq Bottle.
J Mad Retara the rraaaa.
V Kat C Goodwin attended a story-
'telling party not long ago, when be
was reminded of the following :
Theve was a young fellow la Chi
cago, the owner of a prosperous pho
tographic business, who at Christmas
presented a flee photo of himself with
ft magnificent frame to young woman
whoa ho much admired.
"Wkea be next saw her, tho young
jnaa Inquired how ah liked tho work.
"'Oh,' be exclaimed. 'I'm afraid I
shall havo to send you back tho frame ;
yem know mother doesn't bellov la a
girl accepting valuable presents from
youag men.V
Luna frant tha Paat.
Jam Knox l'olk was refecting upon
tk cirCDDUtanre that half tke people (
tke country, roughly estimated, pronounc
ed kl nam a it was apellei, wkire th
tker half called him Tok.
"Still, what' the difference?" he l ;
freoably not mor thaa a ma a la
half dosen know how to j-reaouac
'Koov)t.' "
Frem which we are led ae mere U
uapect that all standard el accuracy
Wag to th domain of the purely ub
Jaetlv. -
e -i-i
All Who
Would Enjoy
good health, with it blcasinga, must un
derhand, quite clearly, that it involve tho
question of right living with ail the term
implies. With proper knowledge of what
it best, each hour of recreation, of enjoy-
ment, of contemplation and of effort may
be made to contribute to living aright.
Then tho use of medicine may bo dia
fiensud with to advantage, but under or-
dinanr condition in many instance a
imple, wholesome remedy may be invalu
able if taken at the proper time and tho
California Fig Syrup Co. Isold that it is
like iinportait to present tho subject
truthfully am! to supply tlie one perfect
laxative to those desiring it.
Cocequnt!y, tha Company's Syrup of
Fig and F.Iixir of Senna give general
aatiafaction. To get it Irf-ncfteinl effect
buy the genuine, manufactured by the
California Fig Fyrup Co. ouly, a&d for aula
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The Pirate of
ivrnAAKcaa- Affair
HOLLAND
Author of "The Coant at Harvard," etc
Copyrloht, 190S, by J. B. Llpplracott Company. All rights reserved.
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CHAPTER VIII. (Continued.)
"Iion't you thick l lint a girl who's en
nped to one man ought to tell other men
to?"
She drew hack sharply and faced me
wilh astounded ejes.
"Why, what do you mean, Mr. Sel
den?" I was in for it, so plunuel ahead.
"That day you came to the Ship, I had no
Idea," I blundered on. "I did not know
yon were such a friend of Islip's."
"Well," she said, "and now that you
know?"
"I think you should have told me. I
ought to have known before that after
noon."
She waa haughtiness Itself. "Why,
what affair wss It of yours?'
I shrugged my shoulders. "I was enti
tled to know.'
"I cannot understand why. What
makes you think that Mr. Islip and I"
she hesitated a second "are sucih old
friends?"
Of a sudden we were In a very nasty
tempest, facing each other.
"I happened to see his picture In your
I.icket. It was lying open, face upward."
She did not even tap her foot ; she sim
ply sat still and looked her Indignation
at me. , i
"Really, Mr. Selden, I cannot see how
that affecis you. What reason could there
be for telling you my personal affairs?"
I stuck doggedly at It. "I think I
should have been told," I repeated.
She gave me a single glance, then rose
"I am going back to She Penguin Club,"
he said.
I rose also. "Very good. I will tee you
there."
"No;" she turned to me sharply. "I
prefer to go back alone."
She waa Imperious; I could be equally
so.
"And I prefer , to go with yon. The
pines are lonely, and It Is growing Jate.
I owe at least that duty to your aunt.
Then she tapped her foot impatiently,
angrily. "You are very tiresome, Mr.
Selden. I am my own mistress, and I do
not want your company."
"And I will not let you go back alone.
"You are very rude." She looked over
at the bench as if for some possible help.
"Is there no one else?" she asked aloud.
There came a voice from the cabin
steps behind me. "If you will permit
me, mademoiselle, I should esteem It a
great honor."
We both started as If we were ehot.
and faced about. A tall, somewhat angu
lar man stood before us, bat in hand, bow
ing low to Miss Graham.
"I heard your nneatlon." he said, "and
I took It on myself to answer It. Permit
me." He stepped forward and placed
himself at the girl's side.
WI,n in m,r T .Vid. nil ml
ment. for I waa surnrised out of nn wits. 1
...... - , .. ,
"Mr name Is Pierre riiinnnrMn.' the
stranger said, ienorlnn me and addressing
Mis Oraham, "and I count myself fortu-
rate In coming on a lady In distress."
r i ik - a m 1. 1 a.. . I
V tj 1MJ1 n LUtlll HI 111. I-UKIIIX III UIO UUPrr
nre. Never had I seen a man lust
in.. tt. . .ti t V.1-..1. I
HKV li 1 1 ii. jsc wan ui nnvi ail jlu macn, I
but his clothe were singularly rich and
of strange pattern. From his shoulder
hung a black cloak held under hi chin
by two heavily wrought gold chains,
Across hia omen walstcont. which was
black satin flowered In white, were three
gold chains, and there were ring on his I
finger. Moreover, his manner wa
strange, exotic, polished to a degree, and
nia voice naa a peculiar, iacmating tor-
i.gn khuiw, wi.1 i uu never ueuru iu
any trther man. ITls height was over alt
f... T ,. T K. A
. . . n . . .v'n."i.v vuv ' fi " " w m. ii tn, t
seen In the storm.
no was smiling easily, the least per-
turbed of the three, "Permit me, made-
moiselle, he repeated, and offered Mis
liranam nia arm.
She shot one glance at me, and then,
half smiling, placed her hand on hi arm.
So he led lier across the deck to the lad-1
der.
I wa tlll dumb with surnrlse. I saw
the man In black leap to the path, heln
Miss Graham down the ladder, cross th
causeway, and disappear with her behind
the cliff. Then I sat down on a chnlr.
Waa I awake or dreaming? A man had
come out of tlie Shin at crucial mo-
ment, and a man wlio, my Instinct told
me. wa not of our age or people. I no
longer recognized Alustair; I was begin-
nlng even to doubt my sober self.
CHAPTER IX
Darkness fell, and still the man In the
cloak did not return, and I went back to
the cottage with my curiosity unsatisfied.
I did not know what to make of hi sud
den appearance, nor of the summary fash
Ion In which he bad Interposed between
Ml Graham and myself. IJ. a total
.tranger, eeortlng her home through the
'
Anil t fch a nhaaa F th.
ter did not o much aurpris me. for I
felt IntuHlvely that we were dealin with
a eent eman. Ai far a my recollection
of sea-rover went. I recalled that pirate
had alway been erupuloualy polite n
tbelr relation with th gentler ex.
Thera waa no lulnaavlnr that SI. .,M.
den apparltiou had Interposed himself be-
tween Miss (iraham and me, yet I did not
resent this so much a I mlaht have, be-
causa things had boen coming to a verv
bad uua. and might suewllly have result-
ed la even more seiiou trouble than had
occurred.
uucoiiwuc v. nai n v iiwc I j n
whether he had deeded any ,usplclou.
character prowling about th beach, but
MiiaaMAniul I 'lialaa e u.l. . a. . I
hi answer wa In the negative. "If yon
should notice nything unusual," I told
him, "be ur to rirt it Immediately to
am." It wa clear to ue that comethlng
waa happeniug of more lubatautlal texture
than a dream.
loiter In the evijilng I lighted my pipe
and walked in the direction of the Ship.
A I cams to the path I saw the man In
tn cioaa sitting ou aeck, ami uailed bliu.
May l come on board. Monsieur Du-
panceaur
, He rose and peored at me through the
dumk. "Is it the gentleman who dined
here this afternoon?" he aked, somewhat
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miumt.
wio .nwuir, uq Bunwrrni. auu
...Ill . WI
.,.., .i Ul. .Muuiymu
wucrsmp.
He shook hands with .... a. I rm.
- -
Unrl, wavi to the VAt'&nt chair, and
poured me water lu on of nij own
(lasaes.
"1 ttJLUt apologite that I bar m tout
G
C
c
c
o
o
o
c
o
c
to offer you." he said In such a m.mnrr
lliat my liking instantly v.ent out to
him. "I should not even hava had '.he
pleiiaure of offering you thin but for th.
fact that you yourself provided it."
"Will you smoke?" I bunded him a ci
gnr. which he accepted, and liglilod wi h
a match I furnished. For Hie first tii,;e
I noticed a pair of heavy pistols on the
table.
"You travel well guarded," said I, loos
ing at them.
"I have need," he answered, "grav
need." I looked closely at him. lie
In perfect earnest, his pale face absolute
ly serious, his deep eyes set beneath bla"k
brows. He pushed his somewhat long
hair back from a fine, broad forehead. "I
do not know you you are, air, but I take
you for a friend one I assure you of a
class now sadly small."
"I live near the bench," I explained,
'and my name la Seldon. I Imagine that
you are a stranger to tlhis shore?"
"An absolute stranger. I come from
the other side of the ocean. This is the
first lime I have ever been to America."
I waited, but he would vouchsafe noth
ing further. So we sat and smoked si
lently, while I felt his keen eyes studying
Hie. i I I i ' i i I I .'i i i i
"May I ask your age, Mr. Selden?" he
raid at length.
"Certainly. Twenty-eJght."
"Ah! You are very much
younger
than I
I am somewhere between 40 and
.riO, one who has seen much, and so almost
an old man."
I could not imagine what was coming.
"It if in reference to thia afternoon,"
he aaid,- as tiiougb In answer to my
thoughts. "When I hear a woman In
distress I am water, I cannot but Inter-
f08' " I returned here this even-
ing I thought that possibly you might
feci aggrieved. Believe me, Mr. Selden,
at the time I hnd eyes only for the lady."
He paused, then went on: "If you will
pardon a much older man, I would give
rrn a bit nf routine. Never contend with
..... . . I
a woman; let her have her way. AOovo
all, never contend with a woman who
cares for you."
I have the least reason in the world
to think that this one does?" I answered.
He made no reply, but smoked thought
fully. I suddenly found hia further si
lence unendurable.
'What are your plana, air?" I asked
abruptly. "For I do not suppose; that
you dropped down here entirely by chance,
and intend to stay until chance again
move you away
No, I did not arrive solely by chance,
'j' ""Z1 la,?Th tbtthadllnucn ,t0
'lo ,witl1 "' ItBut t0 ita u"11'
.'""""T' .
1m' ahvtt'" ""PI"" Mr. Selden,
lu"" u" "" "'c J"ur
. . ,,
'
"I?" I said, much surprised. "How
f"n yur ,ny b1 hllrt me?"
T uew acquaintance let nis eyes rest
upon my face a moment, tiien smiled as
thrvtirvh n t m iMMitnir IntrA fit h in Awn
- f r - '
"ou ve a saying that 'where ignor
nm - e la hllsa 'tis follv tn he wian' ; 1 will
- - ..-
not explain, therefore, and only hope that
y nny never Know; out ana nis eyes
shifted for ft moment from mine to the
pistols on the table "If you do know, it
will not De
a very pretty piece of infor-
mailon.
I clenched my pipe between my teeth;!
the night wind wa stirring; the flavor
of utrange adventure bung over the rVblp
as strongly aa tne salt nreei.e from tn I
arc. 1 len mymeu jnuen-riunoiy tasoi-
rated. Duponceau drew his cloak aom-
-A. l A A Vl A m. 1 u
n uai uubcu wvuim mill, mill UUlUBil II I
about hia chin, so that ill of hia fnre I
could clearly see wa hi long, wonderful
black eyes. Indeed, they were wonderful I
those eye of his. The more I looked
into them, the more they held me. at.d
yet the leaa I knew about th man him
self.
I waa Just wondering If thJ Duponceau
wa not something of a hypnotist when I
found that he waa speaking In a soft, low,
l'mot ruminative voice.
"I you. Mr. gulden, I like you ex-
tremely, acd so I would not bring you
,nt0 a"y Harm; and yet It you are my
friend I shall moat likely do o, for that
m ' 'id upon me In the past. I
have had many friends and even more
enemies, and some of the friend have
turned enemies, but none of the enemies
friends. I tell you this so that you may
the better Judge, because you must be
one or the other. Nobody has ever been
Indifferent."
I could not detect arrogance ; simply
the statement of facts.
I would rather be your friend." I an
swered.
lie waa allent train a!n n .1
...
" w orearay. speculative
vUlon- 1 h,d th th '
nirnaura iwiiuuunu ma I 1 con d not
wrt a "nvert.on lor myself, could not
vnon.
Tnr wona," he continued In
1 nnt tell you much. If
laro not on ot une wona great men by
blJ,h ,l am b' "enlevement, There waa
a irican corn in cue laac century whom
" he1powfr,of EuroP "ouicht for years
l? B1DU "uu 1,eD0' lnr "r niny men
wnwouia ao tee same for me.
" oerever .Napoleon went he brought
smre : wherever 1 go strife follows." He
cf"e' looking through tne, and gaaed at
iie. iou nave your quiet DeecD, your
sung house, your summer with the fair
l . . M . . , -
lftdy, 0,tthl.V',l,rnoon : do 'ou ,U" w
,n y '
rish
"hip 1 any one' property," I
'"n" 'I" hore I free. If you want
more- you Dav on,y to ask for It at my
cotiagu.
"What would the lady say?" he contin
1 ued.
"The lady has nothing whatever to say
In the matter," I returned, annoyed at
hia continual reference to Miss (iraliani.
I I am free to choose for myself."
Duionceau smiled. ".Mr. Selden, you
are a young man of aplrit, but you are
Ignorant, very Ignorant. It all dcnd
on the ladv. You would nnt wolu .... I..
th balance for a moment If she willed
loinrrwixe, one is tree: there Is a -
I
i wave aome otner liower. t vn th. .
I I CBUr iijuiu nut wlwlMtAuU nia etar. I hi
; L... .
.... ,ttu.-u. v.uiaueu; I'uponceau, eye.
were stern ana tixed.
n -I k. in uA
I - ' - Y " 1 ' I a ft iiuucr
I a miMiVrn JiiLfupriiut hut it wa ahU k.
cause I had mv vision, and could a. r.
i ther than others could."
I Ue wa league away, hi thought
fighting. I watched him until bis mlad
came bnck.
"Now," he said, "we will fight It out.
I tnke you at your word the Ship la
mine, the shore any one's property."
Suddenly he ros and stood peering n
the beach. "Some one is coining," he
siiid, and I saw that his hands felt for
the pistols on the table.
I looked, and saw Charles swinging a
lantern. "It is only my servant," I an
swered.
"Can he ,e trusted?"
"Implicitly."
"Tell him who I am."
We waited until Charles came on
lonrd. He showed no surprise at Beclng
the two of us.
"I carne for the dinner thuigs, Mr. Fe
lix," he stated, looking at me and Ignor
ing Piiponceau.
"Charles," I said, "this Is Monsieur
Dnponceau, who hns lately come to stay
in this Milii. You nre not to mention his
presence here to any one, but will do
whntever he asks. You need not take the
things away; they wny be of use to him
in the cabin. Monsiuir Duponceau. you
DiB.v rely on Charles as on yourself."
Charles bowed to the man in black, a
fine figure, gazing steadily at my man. I
could not help noting the picrture that
he made, his bund still on the pistols, his
soft black hat low upon bis forehead, hia
cloak (lung across his shoulder.
Charles turned to go. "Has there been
any message for nieV" I asked as an af
terthought. "No. Mr. Felix." Charles hesitated;
"but I found a man prowling about the
back road after supper, and, though I'd
never seen him before, I couldn't leara
his business. He looked like a aly one,
bir.
I turned to Duponceau; he waa smil
ing. "You see, Mr. Seldon, how quickly my
words find proof. Where I come strifi
follows." iv.-1 ;
(To be continued.) i .
EVEN CHINESE WOMEN M. D.'S.
Canton Medical College Hi
Ita
firndunllon Kxerclac.
Details have Just been revolved by
tlie foreign missions bonrd of the Pres-
byterlan church of the seventh gradu-
ntion exercises of the E. A. Hackctt
Modioli College for Women, at Canton,
Chln.'i, on January 8th. The board
operates there a large women's hospital
and a training school for nurses. In
nddltion to tho medical college. There
nre fifty cludents In the college, of
whom seven were graduated. Exercises
were held iu the Theodore Cuyler Na
tive church, and the fentnre of the
pad nation of the seven young Chinese
women . from the college was an ad-
l. 1 . , , 1 nn sm,ilnl CnT.
iuii - wb iu" mumi, v,mv.. i v,-..
ton corresponding to our mayor, says
the New York Evening Post. It is felt
by the bourd that great progress has
teen made when a high Chinese of
ficial appears In public on such an or
casion. The taotai s auuress, translat
ed, was as follows:
he sixteenth of the twelfth moon
of the Mo Shan year, being the day on
which your esteemed college celebrates
the occasion of your students' complet
ing their terms of study, I, the taotaU-
by order and on behalf of the viceroy
of the Two Kwnngs' attend this meet-
Ing to-day and deliver tho following
address :
In western countries medical col
leges for men and women are equally
held In high esteem. Formerly the
Americans established a hospltnl for
women in Canton called the Yan Tsal,
and subsequently established the pres
ent college, and had gathered virtuous
Indies nnd taught them the method of
delivering the people of this world.
which was a very good Idea. All the
ladles have used their utmost endear-
ors to learn, and nave now succeeaea
In their study. From this time for-
ward they would innke good use of
their profession and be brilliant lights
among the females, so as to comply
wItt the (...Hont Idea of a nation
,th .t,,n mHlntnln a cordial re-
.. . maintain a cordial re-
IUI1UI1, UI1U Bl nuiuc ouic ivailio
a .
the pleasure and hope of our Tlceroy.
Mar yu female students all pluck up
your courage. I also congratulate your
esteemed college on Its future career.
The tuotul represented the viceroy
on behalf of the newly establlshd bur
eau of commerce' and Industry, and
thus gave to the work of educating
Chinese women the stamp of official ap
proval. Tho viceroy also sent other
high officers to show his approval of
the work being done for Chinese wo-
The young physicians thus started on
their career were also addressed by
Dr. Amos P. Wilder, the American
vice-counsel genernl nt Canton.
TI s programs, samples of which
were sent to the bourd with the ac
counts of the graduation exercises,
present the Chinese Idea of what was
proper for such an occasion. That for
the medical college Is printed on paper
of the shade made familiar here by
laundry tickets, while that for ths
i .... . .i ' .nii.u , m r n wn r. - ti ao . n
, 7 T
" VA by 0 Inches and gives
I " uruir in eirinsn in v,u.utrtKj aa
well as In English.
la Distress.
"Where be you going In such
hurry, pa?' asked the tall woman Id
the red sunbonnet as her husband
dashed by with a powerful pair of
farm horses.
"Going to pull an automobile party
out of the mud, sis," laughed ttre old
farmer. "They've got the 'C. D. Q.'
signal flying from their machine."
Tactlpat Skill.
lie (thoughtlessly) This bread isa'l
like the kind
She (angrily) Well, your mother
made it, all the same.
He (dcprecatlngly) I was going to
ay, my dear, like the kind we had the
last time you made It. Baltimore
Amerlcun.
a Kaint liana.
She--Our engngemeut Is broken all
is over between us. but things will
come back to you, Tom Jones, things
will come back to you.
Hiv I tioou tlmt f.?U dlumoiiil en.
gagemeut ring I gave you will be on
1 e viun.ra merl.nn
I v. 'W II ..,' -'
I "
I .......
"Matrimony without love" remarked
lM .... . .
tlie married woman, "is soaiethliuj
I . i M
i wruu
' "It can't be more awful than lov
I without matrimony," sighed the tpia
ster.
A few years ngo n terrible accident
lKfell an English sportsman In pursuit
of the rhinoceros. It Is given In a book
entitled "On Safari." by Abel Chap
man, to whom the story was related
by the unfortunate man. Tho sports
man was In pursuit of eland, and hnd
passed a "rhino," which he resolved
to go back and endeavor to secure. He
tells the story us follows;
"The rhino was ll'O yards awny, with
Its back toward me. I snt down In
grass eighteen Inches high nnd waited.
After ten minutes the rhino turned
round nnd walked slowly toward me,
grazing.
"The innti I hnd with me became
frightened, and after creeping for some
distance through the grass. Jumped to
his feet ami run. This aroused the
lenst, Tor it lifted its head and looked
after the man, giving me the chance
I wanted.
"I put a solid bullet In the center of
its chest, and it went down heavily.
There seemed to be not the slightest
breath of life left In It, so I walked
toward It
"When I was less than twenty yards
awrty the huge beast gave a roll and
got on to Its feet. My rifle was up nt
once, and I put a bullet Into the shoul
der; but before I could get In a second
shot the brute wns charging straight.
"I commenced to run, but the first
step I took I tripped nnd fell, nnd be
fore I could regain my feet It was on
top of me.
"It hit me first with Its nose, drop-'
ped with both knees' on me, then, draw
ing back for the blow, threw me clean
over Its buck. Tlie horn entered the
bnck of my left thigh, nnd I saw the
animal well underneath me as I was
flying through the air.
"It threw me a second time, but I
cannot recollect that throw clenrly;
and then came a third time. I was
lying on my right side when the great
black snout was pushed against me.
Then I found myself on my feet, how,
I do not know, and staggered off.
"After going about forty yards, ex
pecting every moment to be charged
again, I felt that I might as well He
down and let the beast finish Its work ;
so I lay down."
The spot where the catastrophe oc
curred was fifteen miles from camp.
The nearest doctor was distant one
hundred and thirty-six miles. There
on the desert veld, a shattered wreck,
with right arm smashed, ribs broken,
nnd runny minor injuries, lay the
hunter, exposed to tho fierce equatorial
sun. It was hours before his men found
him, and midnight ere they could carry
him Into camp. It was not until eight
days after the accident that the doctor
arrived, and the necessary operations
could be performed.'
. The man lost his right arm, but oth
erwise bears no trace of his terrible
experience.
WHITE CLOTHES IN SUMMER.
Uuverument Tell How to Dodge
lloaae Vly aud MokquKo, I
The season IB approaching when the
blue-tailed fly will resume his task of
making life uncomfortable far the bald
heads and the mosquito will sing
blithely as he sips nectar from the
veins of tho unwary. It' Is well that
the public cliould know that this pa
ternal government hna not been slack
In the duty of enlightening the people
as to the manners and habits of these
summer visitors, in order that the
wicked may cease from troubling and
ttu weary be at rest. There la hope
for all If the people will only drink
from the fountain of knowledge.
Aftes thv government had become
convinced that blue-tailed files actual
ly pestered bald heads, and that mos
quitoes were active In season, steps
were taken to Investigate the life hab
its and eccentricities of the fly and
the mosquito. The object was to take
advantage of some Intellectual Infirm
ity of these animals. If possible, and
thus neutralize their power for evil.
The inquiries were directed by scien
tific men, not only in this country, but
In Europe, Asia nnd Africa, assisted
by American consuls In foreign parts.
The result of the inquiries and experi
ments have been published in a bulle
tin. Stripped of technicalities, the bulle
tin's story tells of experiments made
with two pieces of cloth, each a yard
square. One was white and the other
black. They were so placed as to free
of access to all files and mosquitoes
which cared to assist science In the
experiment After witnessing the evo
lutions of several thousands of files
aud a few myriads of mosquitoes, a
careful count was made by the govern
ment experts, and It was discovered
that of every 1,000 files C19 alighted
on the square of black cloth and only
881 on the white. Of every 1,000 mos
quitoes 747 showed a preference for
the black cloth, while only 253 dallied
with the white. After these figures
had been summed us. compured, corre
lated, co-ordalned, tabulated, etc., tbey
were published, with this deduction:
If you wish to dodge files and mosqui
toes, wear white clothes.
Another branch of science has de
clared that black clothing concentrates,
co-ordinates and condenses the sun's
rays, being, therefore, less desirable
than white clothing lu summer. This
adds force to the government's conten
tion. But the (jucsltou here Is the eva
sion of the files aud mosquitoes, not
that of comfort lu dress. The govern
ment, lu the bulletin referred to, told
everybody Just wlmt to do. and It la
their owu fault If they don't do It.
I no most paternal or governments can-
'"t force people to protlt by Its advice.
It goes out aud gets the Information,
regardless of expense, but it Is unking
too much to require It to take every
bald-headed man by tho napo of tha
neck and force him to throw away his
black skull cap. The government can
not do everything. The peoplu must
do some things for themselves. Wash
'ngton Tost.
A to tha Fatara of Blaa.
' The old theologian were glowy In
the contemplation of the future of
' mankind. They could not see union
In days ahead except uulmpplness and
pain. Whether the trouble lay in read
ing the mirttrnful If magnificently benu
tlful words, of Job or whether In tho
times there whs a polsnti of hopeless
ness, none of us may more than guess.
The scientific people, have been flv
Ing a great amount of studying of the
fuce of the globe in recent years, ex
perimenting, turning over ancient dust
heaps and cleaning up cave debris.
The total nge of the world Is some
where In the nolghliorhood of 72,000,
X)Q. years, n few million either way, of
course, being no matter over which
any spectacled professors would come
lo blows. The human race began to
accomplish things for Itself which may
be counted of value about two thou
sand years back. The best it has done
Is within the last two hundred years.
So mil n 1 but nn Infant in lik life's
history. His great work, his achieve
ments, his glory and his grandeur nre
ahead of him. The golden age Is not
buried In some distant past, but is u
heritage Into which he has not yet
come. These views of the scientific?
world hardly agree with tlnwe who
find all that Is good, all that Is nttmct
Ive to them, in the records of the Greeks
and the Komans. There itt warfare
between the two schools of thought.
For you it Is permitted to take up
with either party, or accept them both,
as otrnslou and mood direct. Toledo
Blade.
SOME FACTS ABOUT IVORY.
Supply for America la Moult? Ob'
tained In London anil Antwerp.
Billiard balls are made from tusks
of a certain convenient diameter
known as "cow" Ivory. Bull tusks run
from twelve to thirty pounds in weight
and bring $3.00 a pound. I'lano key
manufacturers use only the larger bull
tusks, of a weight which cows never
attain say forty pounds and over.
Ten years ago seventy pounds was a
fair average for a shipment, while to
day fifty pounds Is considered good,
says MeClure's. The heaviest pair of
tusks within the memory of American
experts are 224. and 2!19 pounds re
spectively. They were bought In Zan
zibar In 1900 by a New York house
for 1,000. Their buyer had a long
talk with the Arab who shot and sold
them and who killed the elephant with
one bullet from a smooth-bore rtfe.
When he was questioned as to' the
beast's sisie he Baid In Swahlll It
was as large as n' Jl' m'zlma, which
means, literally, "as big as all out
doors."
The raw stuff for present American
manufacture Is now procured for the
most part at quarterly London and
Antwerp sides. Every three months
Loudon sells nn average of 100 tons
of all grades nnd Antwerp a little
more. At the last sale prime Ivory
brought $.1.50 a pound. The grade of
Ivory known as "cutch" and used sole
ly for the making of bangles for In
dian women Is a curious ivory staple
with a special aud, of course, , local
market. "Cutch" In the tusks runs
from thirty to forty pounds and sup
plies endless delight to the vnnity of
the pampered prettlness of n luxurious
harem.
S Wit of the Youngsters
"Elmer," said his penurious uncle,
"what would you do if I gave you a
nickel?" "I don't know for sure," re
plied Elmer, "but I'd probably drop
dead."
Small Tommy (after the slipper se
ance) Mamma, I'm glad I'm not a
girl. Mamma Why, Tommy? Small
Tommy 'Cause I'd be ashamed, to
grow up and become a child beater.
"Johnny," said the boy's mother, "I
hope you have been a nice, quiet boy
at school this afternoon." "That's what
I was," answered Johnny. "I went to
sleep right after dinner, and the teach
er said she'd whip any boy in the room
who waked me up."
ORIGIN OF GOLD DEPOSITS.
Why Beds of Stream Rich la St In.
eral Snow No Trace of Qnarts. '
The current theory of the formation
of gold-bearing alluvial deposits as
sumes that the gold existed originally
In the central nucleus of the earth In
the forms of sulphide and tellqrlde,
which subsequently became dissolved
In the water of hot springs and were
deposited together with gelatinous
silica. Thus were formed veins of au
riferous quartz which, In consequence
of erosion, gave rise to alluvial strata
containing particles of metallic gold.
M. Fieux, however, asserts that the
erosion of outcropping auriferous
veins of qunrtz does not account for
all deposits of metallic gold. II 1 unds
that sonve gold bearing strata show
no trace of qaurti, but consist wholly
of clay with fragments of dtorlte or
diabase, and moreover are so situated
as to preclude the existence of quarts
veins. He has seen beds of streams be
come richer In gold after every rain,
though they showed no trace of quartz.
Finally, In certain auriferous strata
which contain much quartz, not a par
ticle of gold I found In the quartz.
though some gold occurs In the dia
base which accompanies It. '
Hence Fieux concludes thut the ero
sion of quartz veins can not be the
sole Vource of auriferous alluvial
strata, and furthermore, that the al
most constant presence In those strata
of heavy basic rock containing dior
lte, amphibolic schist and diabase. In
dicates that imtlvo gold Is one of the
subsidiary Ingredients of those rocks.
According to this new theory, there
fore, certain of the heavy eruptive
rocks have carried with them In their
eruption some of the gold existing In
the metallic titi.te in the c-ninil nu
cleus of the earth. After retching the
surface' these rocks were oxiill.i-d by
water, which washed away the lighter
materials and left the heavier. Includ
ing the gold. Si lentiflc American.
A Fooale.
Evelyn I Just met Clarence. He Is
a conversational foozle. George How's
that? Evelyn--lie makes love when be
ought to play golf, nnd he talks golf
wheu he ouut to nuke love. Illus
trated Bits.
Faahlonahle Da Darter.
Nw Tork now possesses It fashion-)
ble dog doctors, who get 110 a visit
a sleep with ft telephone at their;
bedside for night calls. A lady recent
ly summoned a specialist from New'
Tork to Newport, and kept hlra fer ft'
week, at 100 a day. because her pooJ
die was ailing. Their mistresses bny
their treasures collars, set with pro
clous stones, at several hundred dol
lars each, and one lady has had a
hoiwo bullt'for her dng, the exact mod
el of a Queen Anne cottage. Every
morning, before being tnken out for ft
walk, he Is bathed, curled and per
fumed.
NOTHING IN SIGHT.
I.lfe Had Lost All latere!.
Mrs. J. P. Temberton. 8."4 S
Lafayette St., Marshall, Mo., says:
"Doctors told me I hnd
Brlght's dlseaso, and I
believed It. I was get
ting weaker and weak
er until I finally took
to bed. The kidney se
cretions were scanty
aad seemed filled with
dead tissue. I got thin
and emaciated and then
beean to bloat all over.
It oppressed my heart and I was in
such a condition that I did not take
an interest In anything. As ft last ef
fort I began using Doan's Kidney
Pills. The kidneys responded quickly,
began carrying off the poisons, and
whes. I had used twelve, bxes the
trouble w5s all gone. I now enjoy
better health than ever before."
Sold by all denlers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Mllbura Co., Buffalo, N. X.
Tha Real Dlapat.
"But, honorable sir," insisted the edu
cated Japanese, "you class us wrongly.
YVe are net Mongolians."
"In that case," said the California
statesman, Bhrurgiag his shoulders, "yu
will bave to settle your differences wl'h
Noah Webster not with me. II says
you are.''
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A powder to shake Into your shoes. It rfsta
the feet. Cures Corns, Uunlona, .Swollen,
Bore, Hot, Calloua, Aclilnit, Sweatln feet
nd Ingrowing Nails. Allen's Foot-Kane
Biakea new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all
DrugglMts end Shoe Stores, 2.rc. Sample
nailed FREE. Address Allen 8. Olmsted.
Le Hoy, N. I.
RIPE OLIVES.
A Trick Which People la California
Play oa Newcomer.
"I have Just returned from Califor
nia," said the traveler, "and for your
Information, In case you ever wander
thither, let me post you on one of the
merry little Jests which the Inhabitants
love to iV; In on the innocent tender
foot. "About the first thing they'll run you
up against the California ripe olives.
Ever eat them? You can hardly get
them here because tbey won't stand
shipment. And they're mighty good.
"Most real olive eaters prefer them
to, the ordinary green pickled olive.
The ripe olives are pickled also, you
understand, and come out of the brine
Jet black.
"After you have eaten and approved,
they will lead you. on by remarking:
"'Well, if you like them that way
you'll like them better fresh. Just
stroll out to the orchard with me and
we'll have one."
"Then they lead you out to one of
their long lanes of trees. I pause to
remark that you don't know what olive
green and olive brown mean until
you've seen those colors In that slim,
graceful little tree.
"There are fresh olives all right,
kanglng among the gray leaves and
looking mighty tempting. Tou pick one.
and bite Into It.
"Whew ! Bitter? I can taste it yet.
It's all the quinine and rhubarb and
wormwood In the world, combined In a
nasty, haunting bitterness that baDgs
to yon until you bave eaten two meals.
It is aa oily bitterness that gets into
th corners and crannies of i your
Mouth and won't be washed out.
"When you recover a little they ex
plain that the brine takes out the bit
terness, and that's why olives are
pickled." New Tork Sun.
HI Day af Keekaaiaff.
As the stout aaaa whose appetite had
xcited the eavy of the other boarders
turaed to leave the parlor ho looked
down at his waistcoat "I declare, I've
loat two buttons of nf vest," he sals
ruefully.
H was a new boarder, but his land
lady saw ao reason fer further delay
in showing her banner, "Watchfulness
and economy for all." She gave hint
the benefit of the chill gaze so familiar
to her older boarders.
'V think without doubt you will find
tkent both la the dining room," she a
oiiced clearly Youth's CompanlOB.
LIGHT BOOZE.
Do Yoa Drink Iff
A minister's wife had quite ft tussle,
with coffee and her experience is interest-lag.
. She says:
"During the two years of my train
lag as a nurse, while on night duty, I
became addicted to coffee drinking. Be
tween midnight and four in the morn
ing, when the patients were asleep,
there was little to do except make the
rounds, and it was quite natural that I
should want a good, hot cup of coffee
about that time. It stimulated me and
I could keep awake better.
"Arter three or four years of coffee
drinking I became a nervous wreck aud
thought that I simply could not live
without my coffee. All this time I was
subject to frequent bilious attacks,
sometimes so severe as to keep me in
bed for several days.
"After being married. Husband
begged me to leave off coffee, for he
feared that it had alreudy hurt me al
most beyond repair, so I resolved to
make an effort to release myself from
the hurtful habit.
"I began taking Tostum and for a
few days felt the languid, tired feeling
from the lack of the stimulant, but I
liked the taste of I'ostum, and that an
swered for the breakfast beverage all
right.
"Finally I began to feel clearer head
ed and had steadier nerve. After a
year's use of I'ostum I now feel like a
new woman bave not bad any bilious
attacks since I left off coffee."
"There's a Keaaon." Bead "The Road
to Wellvllle." In pkgs.
Over read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true and full of
human interest.