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But If one chake a blue rag In front of a caged sparrow's eyes be will go frantic with disgust Sparrows and linnets, too, will refuse food offered them on a piece of blue paper, and dislike the appearance of anyone wearing a blue dress. .FASHION HINTS A tunic coat effect is ths novel feature f this coitume. At first glance it looks extreme, but on closer study it is only s slight variation of ths lines we have grown familiar with. Soutache is used for trimming, along witb iour fancy iet buttons. RESULTS OF FOOD. Hcavltk aad Natural Condition Com from lllsrbt reeding. Man, physically, should be like perfectly regulated machine, each part working easily In Its appropriate place. A Blight derangement causes undue friction and wear, and frequent ly ruins the entire system. A well known educator of Boston feund a way to keep the brain and the body In that harmonious co-operation which makes a Joy of living. 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Thev are genuine, true and full of -.mm " .2 !-tby Jules C-.D -taJn (MAPi'lit V.--(Continued.') . As on the precrdini; ni ;lit. erh man Mule his limit 's wr.lch on the iippd plateau. When It nimc to Altamont's f un. nnd lie had y.oiv out to relieve Hi II, Ilatterns riled his old compan ions roiiinl him. Tim doctor left lilt ,b sk i.ikI Joh-n'on li!s cooking, and hastened to their captain's Hide. "My friends," he !"ld, "let lis take idvanl.'igo of the Aniericaii's nbM-nco !o talk t ii .- i ti !.. Tl'.eie i.re things which caniioi eiiiirern liim, nml with wli'i h I do I i.t 'limine Mill to meddle." .Ti.l.i.ron nii.l Claw bor.ny looki d at p. nil otli'r. v.'oi .! via-; wlin t tlm eap- t ;i in was driving it. "I wish," Im (outlined, "to talk with you M. out our plana for the luture. "All rlgnt ; talk away, while we are alone," pnld the doctor. In u moritli, or six weeks at the out- tilde, vvo ran have here. Have you thought of what we had l.etti r tl" thla summer'.'" 'Have you, captain'."' nuked John son. Have I? Not nn hour of my life pannes without revolving in my mind one elmrl.shial purpose. I Hiippono not ft man (iinon? you Intends to retrace his steps?" No one replied, nd Hatteras wont on to say: For my own part, even If I must po nlone, I will push on to the north pole. Never were men so near It he- fore, for we tire not mom than 2rt0 miles distant nt most; and I will not lose such nn opportunity without mak ing every attempt to reach It. Kven inoiiKti It he iniposslhle. mint lire our views, doctor?" Your own, Hatteras." 'And yours, Johnson?" 'Llko tho doctor's." 'And yonr'B, Hell?" Captain," replied the carpenter, "It Is true we have neither wives nor chil dren wnltlnB us In England, but, after all, It Is one's country ono's native land! Have you no thoughts of re turning homo?" , ".Ve can return after we have dis covered tho pole quite as well as ba fore, better even. Our difficulties will not Increase, for as we near the pole we jret away from the point of greatest cold. We have fuel nnd provisions enough. There Is nothing- to stop us, and wo should l culpable. In my opin ion, If wo allowed ourselves to aban don the project." "Very well, captain; I'll ko along with you," "That's right; I never doubted you," said Hatteras. "We shall succeed, and England will have nil the glory." "Hut there Is an American among us! " said Johnson. Hatteras could not repress an Im patient exclamation. "I know It!" he said, sternly. "We can't leave hlin behind," added tho doctor. "No, we can't," repeated Hatteras, almost mechanically. "And he will be sure to go, too." "Ho will be sure to go, too; but who will command?" "You, captain." "And If you all obey my orders, will the Yankee refuse?" I snouldn t think so; but suppose he should, what then?" "lie and I must fight It out.! Tho three Englishmen looked nt Hatteras, but said nothing. Then the doctor asked how they were to go, "Hy the coast, ns far an possible," hub the reply. CI I A PTE It VI. "But what If we llnd open water, as likely enough?" "Well, we'll go across It." "But we have no boat." ' Hatteras did not answer, and looked embarrassed. Perhaps," suggested Bell, "we might make s ship out of some of the planks of the l orpolse." Never!" excialmed Hatteras. vcho- mently. "Never!" said Johnson. The doctor shook bis head. He un derstood tho feeling of tho captain. Never!" reiterated Ilatterns. "A boat made out of an American ship would be an American!" "But, captain " began Johnson. The doctor mado a sign to the old boatswain not to press the subject fur tier. This ended tho day, and the night passed without disturbance. The bears had evidently disappeared. The first business next day was to arrange for a hunt. It was settled that Altamont. Hell, and Hatteras should form the party, Clawbonny should go and explore as far as Isle Johnson, and make some hydrograpblc notes, and Johnson should remain be hind to keep house. At 8 o'clock thoy started, accompa- nted by Duke, who frisked and gam boled with delight. They had been bone about nn hour when Johnson suddenly heard the report of a gun. "Capital!" he exclaimed. "They have found something, and pretty quick, too." A second and a third shot followed. "Bravo!" again exclaimed the boat swain; "they have fallen In luck's way!" But when three more shots camo In rapid succession, the old mnn turned pule, and a thought crossed his mind which made him rush out and climb hastily at the top of the cone. Ho shuddered at the sight which met his eyes. Tho three hunters, followed by Duke Were tearing borne at full speed, fol lowed by the five huge bears! Their Six bullets had evidently bad no ef feet. The monsters were close o a their heels. Hatteras, who brought up the rear. could only manage to keep off bis pur suers by Hinging down one article uftrr another first bis cap, then bis hatchet, and, Dually, bis gun. He knew Unit the Inquisitive bears would stop and examine every object, stilllln all round It, and this gave him u little time, otherwise he could not bavo es taped, for these animals outstrip the fleetyst horse, and ono monster wa so near that Hutteras had to brandish his knife vigorously, to ward off a tre meiuloua blow from his paw. At lust, though panting and out of oreath, tho three men reached Johnson safely, and slid down the rock with him Into the snow house. The bears sti.ppcd abort on the upper plateau ai u Hutturaa uih his companions lost ti time In burring and barricading them out. "Here wo are at last!" exelulmed Huiteraa, "we cuu defend ourselves verns. sara.m better now. It Is live against five." "Four!" ha! 1 Ji htiHon, In a fright n il voice. "How?" "The doctor!" replied Johnson, pointing to the empty sitting room. "Well, he u In Isle Johnson." "A l.nd Jul. for him." said Hell. "Hut we can't have him to bis fate, In this laahieii," said Altamont.' . "No, h t ns l.e nit to him at once," replied Had. ra:i. He opened the deor, but soon shut it, narrowly escuping a bear's hug. "They an- tiler, !" he exclaimed. I "All'" a-k-d 1MI. "The whole pai k." Altamont rushed to the windows, nnd hc;:.in to fill up the deep embra sure with Hoiks of lee, which be broke off the vails of the house. lli romp ii. lima followed his exam ple silently. Not a sound was heard l ut the low, deep growl of Duke. They were l,esiei;eil. All were worried about the good doctor. We must get rid of the bears before lie comes," said Ilatterns. "I!ut how?" asked 11(11. It was difficult to reply to this. A sortie was out of the question. They could hear the hears prowling about outside, growling and scraping the walls with their enormous paws. However, action must be taken speedily. Altamont resolved to try a porthole through which he might lire on bis assailants. Ho scooped out a bole In the wall, but his gun was hard ly pushed through when It was seized with Irresistible force and wrested from his grasp before he could even fire. "Confound It!" he exclaimed, "we're no match for them." He hastened to stop up the breach as fast as possible. This state of things bad lasted up wards of an hour, nnd there seemed no prospect of a termination. Tho question of n sortlo began now to bo seriously, discussed. There was little chance of success, iia the bears could not be attacked separately, but Ilatterns nnd bis companions had grown impatient. Also ' they were iishamed of bring kept In prison by beasts. He took Johnson's furnace poker and thrust It Into the stove, while he mado nn opening In the snow wall, or, rather, a partial opening, for he left a thin sheet of lee on tho outer side. As soon us the poker was red hot, he said to bis comrades, who stood eager ly watching him, wondering. This red hot bar will keep off the bears when they try to get hold of It, and we shall be ublo easily to fire across It without letting them snatch awny our guns." Hatteras withdrew the poker, and plunged It In tho wall. The melting snow made a loud, hissing noise, and the two bears ran nnd made a snatch nt the glowing bar; but they fell back with a terrible howl, and at the same moment four shots resounded, one after the other. "Hit!" exclaimed Altamont. "Hit!" echoed Hell. . "Eet us repeat It." said Hatteras, carefully stopping up the opening men ntlme. Tho poker was ngnln thrust Into the fire, nnd In a few minutes was ready for Hatteras to recommence opera tions. Mlamont nnd lieu relivided their mis. nun mm; umir p. ices; Out this time the poker would not pass through. "Confound the beasts!" exclaimed the American. What's the mutter?" asked Johnson. What's the matter? Why, they are piling up block nfter block. Intending to bury us alive!" "Impossible!" "Hook for yourself; the poker can't get through." It was worse than alarming. The bears meant to stifle their prey. They were heaping up huge musses, which would make escape impossible. Two hours passed, l ho air grew close. Every opening was hermetical ly sealed. The stoves would hardly draw, and It was evident would soon go out altogether for want of oxygen Hatteras was tho lirst to see their fresii danger, and ho made no attempt to hldt It from his companions. "If tbr,t Is tho case," suld Altamont, wo must get out at all risks." "Yes," replica Hatteras; "but we must wait till night. We will make hole In the room, und let In some air, and then one of us ran flre out of it on the bears." It Is tho only thing we can do, I Buppose," said Altamont. Night drew on, and tho lamp In the sitting room began to burn dim for want of oxygen. At 8 o'clock the final arrangements were completed, and all that remained to do was to make an opening In the roof. They had been working away at this for some minutes, when Johnson, who had been keeping watch In the steeping room, camo In hurriedly. Wbats tho matter?" all asked at once. Nothing exactly," said the old sail or, aim yet Come, out with it!" exclaimed Alta mont. "I hear a peculiar noise?" "Where?" "Here, on this side, on the wall of tho room." All stopped working nnd listened. Johnson was right. A nniso there cer tn Inly was on the side wall, as If Borne one were cutting the Ice. Dqji't you bear It?" repeated John son. "Hear It? Yes, plain enough," re plied Altamont. "In It the bears?" asked Bell. "Most assuredly." "Well, they have changed their tac tics," said old Johnson, "nnd given up the idea of suffocating us." "They are going to uttack us," said Hell. "We shall have a hand-to-hand struggle, that's all," Bald Ilatterns. "Willi ktiiro and hatchet, then," re turned tho American. "The guns would be useless here." 1 lie noise Increased. They are hardly six feet off now," said the boatswain. "Bight, Johnson!" replied Altamont; "be ready for them." Setting a hatchet, he placed himself In fighting attitude, planting his right foot firmly ferward and throwing him self back. Hatteras end the others followed bis example, and Jobniton took mn lond a gun In on so of nccssli7. tl CHAPTER VIII. Every minute the sound came near cr, till at last only n thin coating Sep nrated them from tluir imsailants. Presently this gave wny with s loud crack, nnd a huge dark masj roll -d over Into tho room. Altamont had already swung hl hi: t bet to rtri;i v. len Im was ari e:-t-cd by n well-known voire, exclaiming: "For heaven's sake, rlop!" "Tho doctor! tho doctor!" cried Johnson. And the doctor It actually was whe bad tumbled in among them in such uiidignillrd fashion. "How do ye do, good' friends?" he said, picking himself up. His companions stood stupI'md fot a moment, but Joy soon loosened theii tongues, and inch rushed eagerly for ward to welcome his ol I comrade. Hat teras was fairly overcome with emo tion, nnd hugged him like a child. "Hut how did you know we bad been attacked bv a trooo of hears?" urked Altamont, when they got their breath. "What we were most afraid of was that you would come back, never dreaming of danger." "h, I saw it nil. Your repeated shots gave me the alarm. When you commenced, tiring I was beside the wreck of the Porpoise, but I climbed up a hummock, nnd discovered five bears close on your heels. I crept cau tiously nearer, sometimes going on all fours, sometimes slipping between great blocks of ice, till I came at last quite dose to our fort, and then I found the bears working away like beavers." "Hut what danger you were In, Mr. Clawbonny." said Hell. "Any moment they might have turned round and at tacked you." "When I saw what the bears were up to, I determined to get bark to you by some means or other. I waited till It got dark, then I gilded noiseless along towards the powder magazine. I speedily commenced operations with my snow-knife. A famous tool it is. For three mortal hours I have been backing and heaving away, but hero I nm ut last, tired enough and starv ing, but still sa,fe." "To sharo our fate!" said Alta mont. "No, to save you all; but, first givo me a biscuit and a bit of meat." A big meal was soon before him, but tho little man could talk while he was eating. "Did you say to save us?" asked Bell. "Assuredly!" was the reply. "How?" everyone asked. "My plan Is quite simple, and part of the work is done already." "What do you mean?" "Y'ou shall see. But I am forgetting that I brought a companion with mo." "What do you say?" said Johnson. The doctor went Into the passage, and brought back a dead fox, newly killed. (To be continued.) EDEN WAS AT NORTH POLE. Will neeomc a ront Health Hciort, l)r. Seaxholes Sara. That the Garden of Eden was locat ed at the North Pole, and that the newly discovered Arctic regions will bo a health resort of the future were two Interesting assertions made by Rev. Dr. Charles L,. Seasholes In a sermon on "The Relation of the North Pole to God's Power of Redemption," In the Third Baptist Church, German- town, Pa. Sin, he said, caused the human family to bo driven from this paradise, and the genius of man ha now regained It. How It will be re stored to Its former Ideal condition and made into a new paradise Dr. Sensiirles did nit explain. Me said in pa rt : The Garden of Edrn wan at. the North Pole. While some have endeav ored to locate it in the Mcsopotaniiaii Valley, the Island of Ceylon, at the source of the Nile, and In the region Just north of the Himalayas, we agree with Prof. Warren of Boston Univer sity, that it was in the region around the pole, for the following reasons: Considering the earth at one time a heated molten mans, the portion to cool first would be that around ths poles, and at these places, vegetation would appear, then animal life, then man. 'The North Pole region was a para dise In climate, neither too hot nor too cold, the heavens beautiful with the stars moving around tho Polar Btar In parallel planes. In early timc3 there was an abundance of plants and flowers which now grow In tho sub- tropics, and many species 'of animals now found In warmer climes. "The continents are united In tho North Polar region, so that as the race increased in numbers It could move down the continents to the places their descendants now occupy. Many of the aborigines of the North and South American continents have traditions that their ancestors came from the north. "Sin caused the human family to bo driven from the North Pole, or Eden, region. Sin pushed the earth aslant and gave it an inclination ot 23 degrees to its axis, which brought to the North Polar country intense cold and a six-months night. The human race was driven out by cold and darkness. "The tree of life is the North Pole. Electricity is life, and the North Pole is an electric or magnetic center. It will be to this age what the pole with the brazen serpent was to the ago of Moses. "The Influences, or leaves, of this pole, or tree of life, will be for the healing of tho nations. To it will flock the nervous wrecks and consump tives, nnd it will bo the world's sani tarium. Ere long that region will be a city of anchored vessels, and we shall speak of It as 'paradise regain ed.'" The Collertor'a lletort. After a long wait the crafty debtor glanced up from his desk. "Have a chair, he said to the per sistent dun collector, who stood near the door. "I'm not tired." was the fierce re tort; but this bill is. its Deen stand ing a long tinio now!" Judge. MUbt lie If la Fault. "Don't go 'roun' coiuplaiaiu' 'bout de way yoh friends has treated ou," said Uncle Eben. "When a man ain got de right kind o' friends it's glner'ly b i cause be didn't deserve em. WHEN WE PRAT. As tired children go at cnndle-IIbt The glow In their young eyH quenched with the sun, Almost too languid, now that play Is done, To seek tluir father's knee, nnd say "(iooil nisbt" Po, to rill Win II I r 'l'er Fothrr out of slr'it, l.r.ef ..:..m of the day U run. Defeats endured nnd petty triumphs won. Wo kneel and listlessly His care Imite. Then with no sense of gain no tend thrill. As when we lenvo the presence of a friend. No lingering content our souls to sleep Hut reckoning our gains nnd losses still, We turn the leaf upon the dull day' end. And, oarloss, drift out to the sea of sleep. May niley Smith. A Question . . of Grit. "No, Jim, I can't marry a man that has done nothing but go to school. My future husband." she said, with pride, "must be a man who has proven his bravery; for there 13 nothing I hate worse Uian a coward." "Mary Jackson, what do you mean by bravery? I bolleve I am counted pretty nervy by the boys." "Yes, that's it. Y'ou and the boys think because a man plays football and docs a few athletic stunts he's brave. I don't count that to your credit, for all you had to do was to go to school and train while your father paid the bills." Looking gloomily across the sunlit, sparkling river, he seemed "out of tune" with the gayety of the excursion party; while her eyes watched him with the sternness that seventeen gives to decisions of the heart. "Of course I love you, Jim, but a woman must be sure she'll never re gret her choice In after life; and un til you do some brave act to prove your courage I'll have to say no." "Y'ou're too hard on a fellow. There's nothing I can do to prove It unless the old boat would blow up, or I'd go to the Philippines; and then the chances are I'd be detailed to some clerical Job." "The chance will come when you're least expecting It," she replied. "Well, there's one thing I want you to remember, I'm going to be your hus band. You say you love me, but all I lack is proof of my courage. The first "MA BY, PLF.ABK FORCtVK ME chance I have, I'll risk It even if it's sure death." "I couldn't possibly marry a dead hero, Jim," she said with a little smile. "Come, let's go where the rest of the crowd are and see If you can't lese that solemn look." "All right," ho answered as he rose frcm his chair, and taking her arm started toward the others, "but I don't want you talking to Jack Brown too much. He thinks he's a greater sol dier than Napoleon since his company shot those miners.' "Why, Jim! I believe you're Jealous because he treats me like a gentle man." "Huh! Like a gentleman?" he snort ed. "A gentleman doesn't look at girls like he could oat them up." "Didn't you say I. was good enough to eat, ana you couian t keep your eyes away?" "Yes, but that's different because we've promised to marry." "Since when? she asked as she stopped and looked at him with a spar kle in ber eyes. "Since you said you love me. You know that." "But I said I wouldn't marry until you proved your courage. And the way you're acting now, I don't think I would then." "Miss Jackson," he answered with an accent on the miss, "If you'd rather talk to Jack Brown than me, you can do so. I guess there are other girls besides you. Looking him calmly up and down, she started forward while he silently followed. After a few words and exclamations with the others, sho went to the op. posite side of Le deck looking almost as gloomy as he had a few moments before. Seeing her alone he went over and said: "Mary, please forgive me. I love you so much I hardly know what I B.iy unt.i) it's said." "I'll forgive you, Jim, but we had better Just be friends until you learn to control your temper better." "A.I elsht, Just as you say; but I car.'t at.iy close to you, for ifd lie im p(s!'..li for us to 'Just be friends. bavins; this he walked to the rear deck a ithont another vord. As the tioat slowly drifted toward r.m lock, locking In her own waves. lie;e was a rush to the side nearest ti.e dam. This cau.-ed It to list to '!; .: tide, nn I In the excitement a wo- .M.i fell overboard dragging a man :ifter her. .ll:n Halllday, In I1I3 abstraction Mdn't at llrst notice the uproar, but 'ui'ily cries of ".Man overboard! Wo man overboard!"' caused him to look up with a start. Hushing to the side as he threw off his coat, he saw two dark objects appear and then go under I I THE DUCHESS OF FIFE AND Kv. 1 nil r f mm v ..j V','..., MAUD ALEXANDRA. e' i',',' E THE DL'CIIKSS. It seems that the wife-hunting Manuel of Portugal has come to an being asked whether he likes it, will be made to marry Princess Alexandra of Fife. It is a neat political arrangement, but what about the feelings of the young couple? Manuel 13 IS years old; Alexandra is the same age. Alexandra 'Is a simple girl, who has her parents. She was presented at quick and even brilliant mentally, body. If ever romance enters into after marriage. Poor Cupid! He may world at will, but courts and thrones The Princess Alexandra of Fife Her mother, the Princess Louise Victoria, is his majesty's eldest daughter. and she married the Duke of Fife In ive bride of King Manuel Is at the rlpht. Her younger sister also bears the name Alexandra, but is generally called as the water bubbled and foamed around them. Jumping over the rail, he dived head-first, cutting the water as clean as a kingfisher. A second or two later he came up near where the two had gone down, and treading water, waited for them to reappear, At last a hand was thrust but, and Just beneath the surface were the two, struggling in each other's arms. Hesitating no longer, with two or three over-hand strokes to put him in reach, he grasped the back of the wo man's collar and tried to pull her from the other's hold. The collar came loose and they slowly sank lower until he caught her by the arm and brought the two, now quiet, to the surface. Hearing a shout of warning, he looked around and saw they had drift ed within short distance of the dam. toward which they were going faster and faster. The crew of the steamer were fran tically getting a skiff in the water. but he kne- they couldn't reach him, loaded as he was, before he went over. And to go over the dam meant almost sure death; for If he didn't get any bones broken he was liable to be knocked unconscious on the rocks and drown without a struggle. He could drop his burden and swim back against the current, but the nerve" that Mary had derided would not allow that. "I guess Mary'll have to 'marry a dead hero,' if she marries me," he grimly thought Then a bright idea flashed through his mind. With a few kicks, and his free arm, he swung the two in front. Then holding Ills feet well under him. and his legs at an angle of forty-five degrees with the surface of the water, he struck the dam with a Jolt that shook him all over. " As the water was about t.vo feet deep on the crest, the pressure kept him standing on a reclining position on Its upper face, and all he had to do was to keep their mouths clear of water and hold on until rescued. When the crowd saw what had been done they raised a greater cheer than any he had ever heard at a football game. Tying a rope to the end of the skiff, so the suction oi tne aam woman t draw it over, the captain and two men drifted down and took all three aboard; when many willing hand3, grasping the rope, soon pulled them out of danger. After putting on some of the cap tain's dry clothing Jim left the reviv ing couple and started for the upper deck amid the admiring glances and remarks of his fellow passengers. At the head of tho stairs, where the mate had kept the majority of the crowd, he met Mary, who, with shin ing eyes, Blipped her hand under his arm and whispered: "I've reconsid ered, Jim, for your 'nerve' is nil right." and before all she pulled his face down and kissed him. Pennsyl vania Grit. It Sounded Hopeful. A young man who was particularly entertaining was monopolizing the attention of a tfebutante with a lot of uninteresting conversation. "Now, my brother," he remarked In the course 01 a aussenation on his family, "Is Just the opposite of me in every respect. Do you know my broth er? "No," the debutante replied demure ly, "but I snouia like to." Llppln cotfs. You may Imagine people glvo you the worst of it, but if your stomach could talk, you would be abused a good deal more than you are. Every time a modest girl sees a man look in her direction she Imag ines be Is trying to start a flirtation. HER TWO DAUGHTERS. A s4.- ' ' i I S : , - v 4 ALEX AN UK A VICTORIA. expedition of the minister of King end and that the boy King, without been raised on the country estates ot court only a few months ago. She is while Manuel is sluggish in brain and the lives of this royal pair it will be operate in the common, workaday are forbidden him. is a granddaughter of King Edward. 1889. In our illustration the prospect by her first name. ETHEL WHARTON, HEROINE. Pretty Welsh Nurse Won Meilnl and' Fame Snvlnic llnby'a Life. Miss Ethel Wharton Is the nurse heroine of Wales, and the first British woman to receive the Carnegie medal for heroism, the London News say. ! A11 Greut Britaln kn0W3 of tne val- of her deed, but in Wales she Is en shrined In the heart of every mother for she risked her life and became a cripple to save a baby. Nuri Wharton was staying not long ago at the Jersey Beach Hotel at Aberavon when a fcreat flre broke out. The hotel was full of visitors, but In the panic of the moment the rule was "every one for himself" and the baby was left behind in an upper room. Into that coMron of smoke and flame sped Nurse Wharton, her face envel oped In a wet cloth, her head close to the floor. She gained the staircase and groped her way through the flre. how she cannot tell, but at last she reached the baby and, wrapping it 'n a blanket threw it down to the ex cited onlookers In tlu street below. who held a sheet to rocc-lvo It. That saved the baby, but the plight of the rescuer upstairs was desperate. ! lremen tried to reach her, but all their escape ladders were too short, and every moment brought the flames nearer and nearer to the nurse, while the crowds outside trembled with the horror. At last the firemen decided to hold out the same sheet that had received the baby it was the only one avail able and the nun-o stepped out to the window sill and jumped toward It. Unfortunately, the sheet was not strong enough to withstand the force of her leap from such a height. She fell through It, and struck the pave ment with sickening violence. Strong men wept as they carried her to the hospital, where she lay for weeks hov ering 'twlxt life and death, with all classes making pilgrimages of inquiry day by day to learn the latest tidings of her condition. Skilled Burgeons from all around attended her, and at Inst, almost by a miracle, her life was sived. But she will be a cripple for life, and her working days are over. iVeeilleaa Snerlllce of Life. The problem of the milk supply for the babies is one that ha3 to be solved all the year round. The mortality from gastro-lntestinal diseases is heaviest Hurlnir thn summer, but the hnl.loo need pure milk quite as much in the winter. The eventual wrecking of countless baby lives is inevitable. The city fathers who make no provLsion for the supervision of the sources of the milk supply are not only virtually asleep, but recklessly extravagant. Dr. Goler's estimate Is $."1(10 a month for a city the stze of Rochester. Put oppo site this amount the economic loss, due to the appalling waste of baby life. It Is estimated that :i7.i.;00 babies under one year old died In this country last year. Economists put the Jlnancial value of each of these babies at $M0, so that the total Ions, expressed merely In dollars and cents, amounted to $33, ljO.ono. And yet physicians say that at least one-half of this waste could have been prevented by the adequate supervision of the sources of the milk supply. A,,, (lever -You say Writer. &he is Patrice- a clevei writer? Patience Very. Why. I've known her to use a fountain pen without get ting Ink all over her Angers! Yonkers Statesman. ot Altouetber. "So that Jilted young fellow's life is all dark, is It?" "Mit altogether. He's Just, got a Job on a lightship." Baltimore American. a pi A v : 111 Amman Interest.