A EEAL ROMANCE.
Th sajrlng tii at there Is honor
mong thieves suggests the thought
Oat If this virtue began a little further
t)ack it might prevent any practice
f tb profession. However, brigand-
belns; aa established fact, one mar
tMrmlt fclmaulf to admire the gallan
try d!i played iy the bandit whose ex
gjlolt U described by Andrew F. Crosse
ta hla book. "Around About the Car
pathians." A certain lady, the widow of a
'Wealthy man of title, Inhabited a lone
ly caatla not far from the route be
twMi 13u(U nnd Vienna. Ono morn
tec aha received a polite note request
teg bar to provide that night at 10
Tlock a supper for twelve gentlemen.
Eba knew at once the character of
ar aelf Incited guests, and devised a
ajovel mode of defense. She dared not
fend for aid. for she knew every road
ttween the castle and any town would
a watched to prevent communication,
a aba made her own plans.
At 10 that evening up rode an arm
d band of twelve. The great gate of
tha outer court was thrown oen as 1
for an honored guest. The lady her
elf. richly dressed, stood at the en
trance to relve. She at once selected
the chief. liad 111111 welcome, and gave
rdera that the horses should be well
ar4 for. Then, taking the arm of
tha chief. Ehe led the way to the din
toe room.
A goodly feast was spread on the fa
Wa, and the sideboards were covered
With a magnificent display of gold and
llvr plate.
The leader of the robber band start-
4 back la 6urprlse, but recovering
Ida presence of mind, he calmly seat
tad himself by his hostess.
, When the meal was nearly finished,
Che chief took out his watch.
. "Madame," he said, "the happiest
moments of my life have always been
the shortest I have another engage
Blent to-night which I must keep, but
;afora I go allow me to tell you that
'to appealing to my honor ns you have
.to-night, you have saved mo from the
laommlsalon of a crime. Dad as I am,
n on ever appealed to my honor in
vain. Aa for ray men, I charge them
to taka nothing from this house. He
Who dlobys dies that Instant."
Tha brigand then asked for paper
autd pen. and wrote a few sentences la
ixne characters.
"If you or your retainers ever lose
Anything." be added to his hostess,
.post this publicly in the nearest town,
Und I pledge my word the missing ar
ftlcl ahall be returned."
Tha band departed. A few weeks
tar tha chief was captured and hang
Ha proved to be the Impoverished
sunger eon of a noble family of Hun
Trouble Coming-.
' "Tina day. Isn't It?" remarked
tha
fteUler.
dubiously answered Mrs. Lnp-
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until we have our regular equl-
tptlaj atorm."
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FRANCIS
Copyright, 1906. by
ClIAI'TKIt II.
Thomas Jefferson's twelfth summer
f.'ll In the ye:ir 18sfi; a year memora
ble In the annuls of the Lebanon Inm
and coal region as the first of Ml
,iir.ili urn! n fhn venr of the irrent
Hood. Hut the herald of change had
not yet blown his trumpet In Paradise
Valley: nnd tbe world of russet nnd
green nnd limestone white, spreading
itself before the eves of the hoy sit
tinir Willi lila hiuuU Ineked over 111
knees on the ton step of tbe porch
frolillnir I he Hiinlnn hnmef te.ld, WHS
the same world which, with due sea
sonal variations, had been his world
from the hcfrlnnliiK.
It wan a hot July afternoon, a full
month after the revival, nnl Thonris
JelTerHon was at tli.rt perilous asj
where Satan Is said to I'irk for the
purpose of providing emfiloyment for
the Idle. He was wonderlnK If thi
shade of the. hill oaks would he worth
the trouble It would take to read. It,
when his mother en me to the op'i
window of the IlvliiK-room: a small,
fair, well-preserved woman, this moth
er of the l.oy of 12, with Unlit hrowil
hair tiraylnK ii little at the tempi.',
nnd eycH remindful of vIkIIs, of fervent
beseeching, of miKhty wrestlings
against principalities and powers and
the rulers of the darkness of this
world.
"You, Thomas Jefferson." she said,
pently, but Hpcaklns as one having au
thority, "you'd bettor be studying your
Sunday lesson than sitting there dolnil
nothing."
"Yes'm," said the boy, but he mado
no rnovo other than to bun his knees
ii little closer. He wished his mother
would plop calling his "Thomas Jeffer
son." To bo sure. It was his name,
or at least two-thirds of it; but ho
liked the "Buddy" of, his father, or the
"Tom -Jeff" of other people a vast dual
better. ,
Further, the thought of studying
Sunday lessons begot rebellion. At
times, ns during those soul-stlrrlng re
vival weeks, now seemingly receding
Into a far-away pnst, he had momenta1
of yearning to be wholly sanctified,
lint the miracle of transformation
which he had confidently expected ai
the result of his "coining through" was
1 still unwrought. When John Hates or
Simon Cantrell undertook to bully him,
ns aforetime, there was the same In
toxicating experience of all the visible
world going blood-red before his eyes
the same sinful desire to slay them,
one or both.
Ho stolo a glance at the open window
of the living-room. Ills mother had
Bono about her housework, and he
could hear her singing softly, as bent-
ted the still, warm day. All hymns
were beginning to have that effect, and
this ope In particular always renewed
the conflict between the yearning for
sanctity and a desire to do something
desperately wicked; the only middle
course lay In flight. Hence, the- battle
being fairly on, he stole another glance
at the window, sprang nfoot, and ran
silently around tho house and through
the peach orchard to clamber over the
low stone wall which was the only
barrier on that side between the wil
derness and the sown.
Men spoke of I'aradlso as the val
ley," though It wns rather a sheltered
cove with Mount Lebanon for Its back
ground and a semicircular range of
oak-grown hills for Its other rampart.
Splitting It endwise ran the whlta
streak of the pike, macadamized from
the hill uuarry which, a full quarter
of a century before tho Civil War, had
furnished the stone for tho Dabn'ty
manor-house; and paralleling the road
unevenly lay a ribbon of silver, known
to less poetic souls than Thomas Jef
ferson's as Turkey Creek, but loved
best by him under Its almost forgotten
Indian name of Chlawassee.
Heyond tho valley and Its Inclosing
hills rose the "other mountain," blue
In the sunlight and royal purple In the
shadows the Cumberland: source and
birthplace of. the cooling west wind
that was whispering softly to tho ce
dars on high Lebanon. Thomas Jeffer
son called the loftiest of tho purple
distances risgah, picturing It as the
mountain from which Moses had look
ed over Into tho Promised Innd. Some
time he would go and climb It and
feast his eyes on the sight of the Ca
naan beyond; yen, ho might even go
down and possess the good land, If so
tho Lord should not hold him back ns
Ho had held Moses.
That wns a high thought, quite In
keeping with the sense of overlordshlp
bred of the upper stillnesses. To com
pany with It. the homo valley straight
way begun to Idealize itself from, tho
uplifted point of view on the mount
of vision. The Paradlso fields were
delicately-outlined squares of vivid
green or golden yellow, or the warm
red brown of the upturned earth r.i
the fallow places. Tho old negro quar
ters on the Dabney grounds, many
years gone to the ruin of disuse, were
vino-grown nnd Invisible save as a
spot of summer verdure; and the manor-house
Itself, gray, grim and forbid-
ding to a small boy scurrying pnst It
in the deepening twilight, was now no
more than a great square roof with the
cheerful sunlight playing on It.
Further down the valley, near the
place where tho white pike twisted it
self between two of the rum part hills
to escape Into the great valley of t
Tennessee, tho spllt-shlngled roof un
der which Thomas Jefferson had eaten
nnd slept since the earliest beglnnlni;
of memories became also a part uf
the high-mountain harmony; nnd the
ragged, red Iron-ore beds on the slope
above the furnace were Boftened Into
a blur of joyous color.
The Iron furnace, with Its alternat
ing smoke puff and dull red flaro,
struck the ono jarring nolo In a sym
phony blown otherwise on great na
ture's organ-pipes; but to Thomas
Jefferson the furnace was as much
pirt of the Immutable scheme as the
hills or the forests or the creek which
furnished the motive power for Its air
blast. More, It stood for him as th-)
summary of tho world's Industry, a
the white pike was the world's great
highway, and Major Uubney its chief
citizen.
He was knorklng his bare heels to
gether and thinking Idly of Major
Dabney and certain disquieting rumors
lately come to 1'uradlse, when the
tinkling drip of the spring Into tho pool
at the foot of his perch was Interrupt
ed by a sudden splash. Uy shifting a
little to the right he could see the
spring. A girl of about his own age,
barefooted, and with only her tangled
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mat of dark hair for a head covering,
was filllnu her bucket In the pool. H
broke a dry twig from the nearest ce
dar and dropped It on her.
"Vmi better quit that, Tom-Jeff flo--don.
I taken slirht o' ypu up then-,"
said the girl, Ignoring him otherwise.
"That's my spring, Nan Hrycrso.i,"
he waned her dictatorial))'.
"Shucks: It nln't your spring nny
more'ii Ifs mine!" sho retorted. "Hit's
on Mite' Iiabney's land."
"Well, don't you muddy It none,"
said Thomas Jefferson, with threaten
ing emphasis.
For answer to this she put on"
brown foot deep Into the pool and
wrl(.'(;leil her toes In the s.mdy bottom.
Things begun to turn red for Thomas
Jefferson, and a high, buzzing note, like
the tocsin of the bees, sang In his ears.
"Take your foot out o' that sprin!
Don't you mad me, Nasi Uryersonl" ho
cried.
She l.iughed at him and flung him a
taunt. "You don't darst to get mad,
Toi'imy-JefTy; you've got religion."
It .s a terrible thing to be anifrv in
shackles. There are similes pent vol
canoes, overcharged boilers and the
lik but they are all inndeiiunt-j.
Thomas Jefferson searched for mis
siles more deadly than dry twigs, found
none, nnd fell headlong not from tho
rock, but from grace. The clrl laugh
ed mockingly and took her foot from
the pool, not In deference to his out
burst, but because the water was Icy
cold and gave her a crnmp.
Now you've done It," she remark
ed. "The devil '11 shore net ve for unv.
In' that word, Tom-Jeff."
There was no reply, and she stepptd
back to see what had become of hhn.
lie was prone, writhing In ngony. fch,?
knew the way to the top of tho rock,
nnd was presently crouching beside
him.
"Don't take on like that!" she plead
ed. "Times I cnyn't he'p bein' mean;
looks llko I was mado thataway. Oft
up nnd slap me, If you want to. I won't
slap back."
Hut Thomas Jefferson only ground
his face deeper Into the thick mat of
cedar needles and begged to be let
nlone.
"Oo away; I don't want you to talk
to me!" he groaned. "You're always
making mo sin! You're awfully wick
ed." " 'Cause I don't believe all that ab.nt
the woman and the snake and the ap
ple and the man?"
"You'll go to hell when you die, and
then I guess you'll believe," said
Thomas Jefferson, still more definitely.
She took a red npplo from the pocket
of her ragged frock and gave it to
him.
"What's that for?" ho asked, sus
piciously. "You ?nt it; it's the kind you like
oft 'm the tree right hack of Jim
Stone's barn lot," she answered.
"You stolo It, Nan Bryerson!"
"Well, what If I did? You didn't."
Ho bit Into It, and she held him In
talk till It was eaten to the core.
"Have you heard tell anything new
abont the new railroad?" she asked.
Thomas Jefferson shook his head. "I
heard Squire Bates and Major Dabney
naming it ono day last week."
"Well. It's shore coniln" right thoo'
Paradise. I heard tell bow It was golu'
to cut the old Maje's grass patch
plumb In two, and run right smack
thoo" you-uns' peach orchard."
A far-away cry, long-draw-n and
penetrating, rose on the still air of the
lower slope and was blown on ihe
breeze to tho summit of the great
rock.
"That's maw, hollerln' for m to get
back home with that bucket o' water,"
said the girl; and, as she was descend
ing the tree ladder: "You didn't s'pl
clon why I glvo you that apple, did
you, Tommy-Jeff y?"
" 'Cause you didn't want it yourself,
I reckon," said tho second Adam.
"So; It was 'cause you Bald I was
goln' to hell and I wanted comp'ny.
That apple was Btole and you knowed
It!"
Thomas Jefferson flung the core far
out over the tree-tops and shut ills
eyes till ho could see without Beelng
red. Then ho rose to the , serenest
height he had yet attained and said.
"I forgive you, you wicked, wicked
girl!"
Her laugh was a screaming taunt.
"Hut you've et tho apple!" she cried;
"and If you wasn't scared of goln' to
lull, you'd cuss me you know you
would! Lemmo tell you, Tom-Jeff, If
tho preaehor had dipped mo in tha
creek like he did you, I'd be a mighty
sight holler than what you are. I cer
t'nly would."
And now anger camo to its own
nsaln
"You don't know what you're talking
about, Nan l'.ryerson! You're nothing
but a a miserable little heathen; mv
mother said you was!" ho cried out
after her.
Hut a back-flung grlmaco was all the
answer he had.
CHAPTKU HI.
It has been said that nothing comes
suddenly; that the unexpected is mere
ly the overlooked. For weeks Thom
as Jefferson had been scenting tho un
wonted In the air of sleepy Paradise.
Once he had stumbled on the engi
neers at work ln the "dark woods"
across tho creek, spying out a line for
tho new railroad. Another day he had
come homo late from a Msblng excur
sion to the upper pools to Had his fath
er shut ln the sitting-room with thr.te
strangers resplendent in town clothes,
and the talk was of Iron and coal, of a
"Now South," whatever that might be,
and of wonderful changes portending,
which his father was exhorted to help
bring about
Hut these were only tho gentlo heav
Ings und crackings of the ground pre
nionltury of the real earthquake. Th-:t
cume on a day of days when, us a re
wurd of merit for having faultlessly
recited tho eighty-third Psalm frjin
memory, he was permitted to go
town with hi a father. Heboid him, the..,
dangling his feet uncomfortable be
cause they were stockinged und shod -from
the high buggy seat while the
laziest of horses uinM'M between the
shafts up the white plko and uround
and over the hunched shoulder of
Mount Lebanon. This In the cool o'
the morning of the day of roveUUoiii.
In spite of the premonitory trem
blings, the true earthquake found
Thomas Jefferson totally unprepared.
He had been to town otten enough to
have a clear memory picture of South
Trcdrgnr the prehistoric South Tri.
egar. There was a single street, hub
deep In mud In tin- rains, beginning
vaguely in the open square surround
ing the vein-ruble court-house of pain
brick nnd stucco-pillared porticoes.
There were the shops only Thorn is
Jefferson and all his kind called them
"stores" one-storied, these, the wood
en ones with lying false fronts to hide
the mean little gables; tbe brick ones
honi'ster In face, but sadly chipped and
crumbling and dingy with nge and tho
Weather.
Also, on the banks of the river, thero !
was the antiquated Iron-furnace whit h,
long before the war, had given the i
town Its pretentious name. And last- '
ly, there was the Calhoun House, ,
dreariest nnd most Inhospitable Inn of i
Its kind; and ncross the muddy street
from It the great echoing train -shod, !
ridiculously out of proportion to eve.-y !
other building In the town, the tavern
not excepted, and to the ramshackle, '
once-a-day train that wheezed and j
clanked Into and out of It.
Thomas Jefferson had seen It all, j
time ana ngain; and this he remem
bered, thnt each time the dead, weather-worn,
miry or dusty dullness of it
had crept Into his soul, sending hhn
back to the freshness of the I'arndUe
Ileitis nnd forests at eventide with
grateful gladness In his heart.
llut now all this was to bo forgot-
ten, or to be remembered only ns a i
dream. On the day of revelations the 1
earlier picture was effaced, blacked !
out, obliterated; nnd tt came to the '
boy with a pang that he should never I
be able to retail it again 11 Its entire
ty. For the genius of motlern progress
Is contemptuous of old landmarks and
Impatient of delays. And swift as Its
race Is elsewhere, it Is only In that I
part of the South which has become
'Industrial" that It enme as a thunder
clap, with all the Intermediate nnd ac
celerated steps taken at a bound. Men
spoke of It as "tbe boom." It was not
that. It was merely that tho spirit
of modernity had discovered a hither
to overlooked corner of the field, and
made haste to occupy It.
So In South Tredegar, besprent now
before the wondering eyes of a Thom
as Jefferson. The muddy street had
vanished to give place to a smooth
black roadway, as springy nnder foot
as a forest path, find as clean as' the
pike after a sweeping summer storm.
The shops, with their false fronts and
shabby lean-to awnings, wer gone,
or going, and In their room majestlo
vastnesses In brick and cut stone were
rising, by their own might, as It would
seem, out of disorderly mountains of
building material.
Street-cars, propelled as yet by the
patient mule, tinkled their bells inces
santly. Smart vehicles of many kinds
strange to Paradise eyes rattled reck
lessly In and out among the street ob
structions. Hustling throngs were in
possession of the sidewalks; of tha
awe-Inspiring restaurant, where they
gave you lemonade In a glass bowl and
some people washed their fingers In
It; of tho rotunda of the Marlboro, the
mammoth hotel which had grown up
on tho site of the old Calhoun House
distressing crowds and multitudes of
people everywhere.
(To ne continued.)
WOMAN WHO PAINTS ANIMALS
Dotfn Ire the Tiivorlte "SI tier" of
Thla Talented Yoiuiic Artlat.
Miss Elizabeth Magill Is said to be
ono of the few successful women ani
mal palnterH living. So much Is re
quired to paint animals well, for, un
like human beings, no pride In appear-
In;; at their best r,an Influence ani
mals to seem at ease. Mlsa Magill has
to appenl to their other senses, and un
derstands well the psychological mo
ment at which some dainty must bo
given to Insure another respite of a
short quarter of an hour. She la a
well known visitor at the London zoo,
where many of the animals have "sat"
to her for their pictures.
Curiously enough, the Philadelphia
Record asserts, Miss Magill is not at
all anxious to be known as a painter
of animals only, and some replicas of
excellent portraits of men and women
In her studio and some recently fln.
ished subject pictures point to there
being a reason for her having a claim
to have reached distinction In another
branch of art as well.
It Is Interesting to note that at a dog
show Miss Magill will succeed In com
pleting a finished painting of a dog's
head in an hour or so. She paints very
quickly, and thus has tho great advan
tage of never tiring out her dumb sit
ters. Some anlmftls. by the artist's
showing, ever remember with surpris
ing intelligence the benefits accruing
from posing as models.
Miss Magill speaks with gj'at respect
and affection of Carolus Duran, her
ereat French teacher, whose school In
Pnrl Khe nttendod for two ..nrs. an1
who. more than anvbodv else, taught
bnr tho n.-t of nntntino- rmicViv
mn.lal trt ha irlvan tn Ihn tmnlla
ln a certain time It had to be finished.
an.l the pupil saw It no more. "Paint
v ra,.niQ rwan-a
advice, "not what vou Imagine von
er " A ihr.mn.rh Behooline at tho!
Slade school, and earlier in her life
ait classes at Belfast, had preceded the,
,i. nMf,,i ti,.,. in P.-ia ..,,.1 n t mn ;
foundation of eood ilraughtsmansliln
w is then laid
Mlsb Magill' numbers the king and
queen and many distinguished mem
bers of society among her patrons;
many will again and again commission
her to paint their pets. In the late
Queen Victoria's lifetime she painted
the queen's favorite donkey, and the
picture was much at'.nilrcd by her maj
esty. Lady Muriel Dlgby is a great i
admirer of the artist's delightful work
and has a whole room hung with pic
tures painted by Miss Magill. Art pub
llhhers gladly acquire the right to use
some of her most famous pictures for
book covers, and at Christmas time
some of her charming animal pictures
adc i n choice cards of greeting. An en
thusiastic animal lover. Miss Magill
has bred some famous dogs; a beauti
ful and well bred spaniel Is her own
pet and constant companion, and many
a friend has to thank her for a valu
able present, cither in the shape of a
live dog or a
pet.
painting of a favorite
I itleruriiul.il II I vera.
Subterranean streams of water have
been detected by sound by a French
instrument known as tho "acoustek '
with which the Belgian Society of
Geology, Paleontology and Hydrology
U said to have made extensive expert
ments. Write your name ln kindness, love,
and mercy on the hearts of thousands
you come ln contact with year by
var! vou will never be forgotten.
Good deeds will shine tha stars
heaven. Chalmers.
tvTIEN THE HOUSE FEELS BARE.
i Take Inventor? of t- nrnlxhlniia and
ou Will Klntl It Crowded. J
J If sny one hns an uncomfortable
.feeling thnt one's apartment Is Inade
quately furnished and that It is In
cumbent upon one to stretch a point
i snd buy a few enhancing objects,
spend an evening or two rontemplat-
Ing the subletting of your place fur
J r.lshed. At first you blnsh to expofte
I Its bareness and try to recall the price
of the last reading lamp you liked,
i the New York Evening Sun says;
then, being of a practical mind, you
make an Inventory, nnd never was an
apartment bo changed by so simple
jane) Inexpensive a met nod before. The
j place 13 not hare; It Is crowded. Yon
i hr.ve written until your pen staggers
! and yon are being momentarily re-
minded of things you have neglected
I to put down. Out of kindness to your
i possible tenant yo.i could not for a
1 moment think uf buying another
I thing.
i It 13 not f;iir to .ink anyone to ac
i count for so much. You are surprised
. that you, who have always given your
j hfarty support to simplicity in decora
' tion, almost Japanese blankner.s,
Bhctild have permitted your place to
become so tluttcr.'d, though with un
commonly good things. That tiresome
bowl which you have for years been
olTering every opportunity to smash
U.elf reads very well as "One large
blue crockery vase, uncracked." And
"One small table, spindle legged, good
condition," Is a most noncommittal
Item. It describes the table In all lion
esly, yet says nothing regarding Its
character, which you, to your sorrow,
know as a morass of Intentional tip
pings, changes of location which al
ways take place while you are away
from home, and only disclose them
selves while you grope for matches, aa
well as other minor failings that will
he kept a secret between the table
and yourself. On the whole, there
is nothing like an inventory to stop
expenditure and make one contented
with one's lot.
HrmichttlM.
Bronchitis is the name given to any
inflammation of the mucous membrane
of the bronchial tubes. In a fairly
healthy adult an attack of acute bron
chitis is not a very terrifying thing.
although it is most distressing and
disagreeable.
It Is as if an unusually severe cold
and cough- instead of confining itself
to the head and throat, wandered on
down the chest. The irritation of the
tubes results In a constant cough and
sense of breathlessness. The tempera
ture rises, the patient feels sick, the
more so that, the incessant coughing
does not result in the throwing oft of
any secretion to speak of.
In a day or two the Inflammation
In the tubes subsides, the temperature
goes down, there is less and less sense
of oppression, and the secretion grad-
ally becomes freer.
From this point
there is gradual recovery, as from an
ordinary bad cold.
On the other hand, in the very old
I or lne very young, or wnn tnose wnose
powers of resistance are lessened from
i any cauae whatever, bronchitis Is
dangerous disease. It has a tendency
to run irom me acme into tne enronic
form, in which the sufferer may be
perfectly well during the summer
manths, or while in a warm climate,
but at the least chill or exposure must
Expect and will get his inevitable at
lack of bronchitis with symptoms per;
slating until the return of warm
weather.
The moral of this is that It Is most
essential to give proper treatment dur
Ing the acute stage. The need of
watchful care during a bronchial at
tack will be the more appreciated
when it Is understood that such an at
tack may be the beginning, sign and
warning of a tuberculous trouble; and
I furthermore, that whooping cough and
measles sometimes begin that way,
i, ln any ase' whether the attack be
' simple bronchitis or a warning of
' SOIlie
other trouble, the first
rule
shoul(1 bo- "might to bed." In
fact
' .! 1 ,.11 I. I .,.1 - i x 1 .
, u"a uu" " '''""'" "- "i out
! set of any type of so-called "cold'
I cannot be bettered.
A wise secondary rule Is to stay ln
bltI 1111 the temperature has been nor
n,:il Ior, a 1 ay or lw0;, Jr tllls were
observed, relapses would be fewer and
! convalescences shortened.
I N'CVfr 'lnd how mild the trouble
! Promises to be, a physician should be
ai once Muiimiuueu, nut. oniy oecause
he only Is competent to recognize dan
ger signals, but also because there ar
many alleviations in his power of th
numerous painful and distressln
nymptoms of this disorder. Youth'
""ompanlon.
Th lleilurlmr;.
The hedgehog Is the possessor
tastes which, like S:u:n Waller's kiiowl
eiUe of London, are "e:. tensive an
peculiar, says the S.-otsnian. Scorn
Ing fastidiousness, it can make a hear
ty meal on nearly any Insect and I
one of the vertebrates which ca
tackle the cockroach. For effectutt
extermination of beetles and cricket
It is H8 useful as a mongoose anion
the rats, but It Is not generally know
that it has a partiality toward snake
and adders.
; The methods It employs for the at
lack are Interesting. Having com
upon the adder, It goads that reptl!
to t)ie offensive and at the first dirt
Immediately rolls Into a ball. The at
,ler is then left to attack the spines
In which er'ounter It naturally tonic
off second best. After awhile, whe
the hedgehog feels that his antagonls'
has exhausted his power, It once jnoro
opens out and makes a bite at the ad
ler's hack, thereby breaking its splno
It then proceeds to crunch the whol
of the reptile's hotly by nieaus of it
powerful Jaws, and after that It
olald to start at the tall and devour 1U
1 0Tt
me:co i:i:i::o c:iance3.
AicrlritlltirlKln or (lit- ttrpulillr I-all
to t'nter In . im-rli'ii n .eeda.
In an address recently in Guadala
jara, Ilernardo Mayen, representing
the Department of r'omento, stated
thnt agriculturists In Mexico were not
taking advantage of the great oppor
tunities which e:;Istcd at their very
doors, the Mexican Herald says. He
called attention to the fact that the
United States had imported during the
year of 1909 over $9,000,000 worth of
lemons and limes.
Of this amount Mexico, the nearest
foreign producer, had sent $4,ijoo.
'radically all of the importation
had been from Italy, a distant country,
nnd no more favorable for the produc
tion of limes and lenscns than Is Mex
ico. Other examples quoted showed
that practically every class of agricul
tural product for which the soil and
climate of Mexico were especially fit
ted was made to produce more revenue
In other countries. Of the $3,500,000
worth of cocoanuts imported by the
United States, Mexico furnished $13,-
000; of $2,000,000 worth of dates, Mex
ico furnished $46; of $2,000,000 worth
of onions, Mexico furnished $100; ol
$136,000,000 worth of silk, Mexico sent
none.
According to Mr. Mayen. Mexico
should be able to compete very favor
ably for the larger per cent of the
business In the products mentioned,
while he saw no reason why, In the
course of time, that Mexico should not
furnish the entire supply imported by
tho United States. There are only twe
products furnished by Mexico which
supply the demand In the United
States; cne Is henequen and the othet
vanilla. Of the former Mexico fur
nlshed annually $29,000,000 of the $30,
000,000 Imported, while three rantonea
In the State of Vera Cruz supply $1,-
500,000 of the $3,000,00 worth of va
nllia Imported.
Drawing an example, the speakei
pointed out that only a few years age
these two greatest Industries did not
exist. They were built up by Intelll
gent agriculturists. In tho same waj
Mexico could become the source ol
supply for the United States In prac
tically all of the tropical products con
sumed In that country.
In detailing the reasons for the fall
ure of Mexican agriculturists to take
advantage of such a promising field
was the opinion of many that the laboi
employed on the haciendas was sc
poorly paid that It drew only tho more
Ignorant laborers, all of the brightel
minds finding more remunerative work
In other pursuits. As proof of the
point he cited the custom of the United
States and Argentina of paying farm
labor from eight to ten times th
amount of the average wage in this
country, yet by far larger profits wer
obtained.
As the lecture was attended by t
large number of the principal hacien
dados of the State, who were deeply In
terested In the points brought out, I'
Is hoped that a more active effort wil'.
be made to adopt modern methods and
make such Improvements as will tend
to the bringing of the industry to i
higher state of development through
out the State of Jalisco.
ENGLAND FINANCIAXLY STRONG
llenourrea of tbe .Nation Were Nev
tirenter than They Are Sow,
If, however, the problems are big
the resources of brain and brawn anc
purse are seemingly inexhaustible. It
recent years there has been' a gooc
deal of foolish-talk about the supposed
decadence of Britain. Not a few Eng
llshmen have themselves fallen Intc
grave doubts on the subject. As t
matter of fact, the nation never pos
sessed elements of strength equal tc
those of to-day, says Frederic Austir
in the American Review of Reviews
A population of 20,000,000 in 1S15 haf
increased to one of 44,000,000. In 181t
the nation's accumulated wealth wat
under 3,000,000,000; as late as 1841
it was only 4,000,000,000; in 1SS2, ac
cording to Mulhall, it was 8,720,000,
000; to-day It is variously estimated
at from 12,000,000,000 to 15,000,000,
000: The yearly addition to this ac
cumulated wealth in 1815 was 60,000(
000; to-day it is 300,000,000, or sli
times as much.
The total foreign investment of Brit
ish subjects, almost a negligible quan
tlty a hundred years ago, is now estl
mated at 2,700,000,000, upon whicl
there Is an annual Income of not lesi
than 140,000,000. During the past si
years the placement of British capita
ln foreign countries, largely suspend
ed during the previous decade, hai
been resumed on a stupendous scale
greatly to the improvement of forelgi
trade, and distinctly to the encourage
ment of public and private thrift. Ai
least 100,000,000 was invested
abroad in 1!08 and approximately tht
same amount in 11)09. These are mere
ly a few of the more obvious evldencei
of the financial power of tho nation
Of the ultimate ability of the Britisl
people to support a government twlct
as lavish as any yet on record then
can be not the remotest doubt. As
suming that the principles of reason
able economy are to prevail, the oni
towering question is as to how tht
public burden may best be adjusted sc
that the 1.1 per cent of the populatloi
which receives .10 per cent of tho na
tlonal Income nnd possesses more thai
00 per tnt of the nation's aggregatt
wealth may be made to bear its jus
share.
lirini.t I t-iit of llnlNiirlna.
A tortalii English mayor the Lon
don Daily Telegraph tells of him
whose period of office had come to ar
end. was surveying the work of tht
year.
"1 have endeavored," he said, wltb
an air of con v. Ions rectitude, "to ad
!n'nlstT justice without swerving tc
partiality on tht one hand or Inipar
tiality t n the other."
r lalterer.
Mary. In sett ins; the clock, makes It
strike teveral tl'.n.s.
Mr. Will Wed.l ( artfully) Ten
o'clntk! Eleven o'clock! Twelve!
How t'ae tiiue .-.'ems to II y when you
are ui'h ;ne, d?rl!:ig! M. A. P.
V. Different.
Aiu'cliae (aged 7 Have you ever
loved l' :'i.ic, Claude?
Claude (aged S) No, dearest; notb
ins hut dons and goats and relatives.
Men are r.io:o or less afraid of
wouiaa who U flattery proof.
Sarsaparilla
Leads all other medicines in the
cure of all spring ailments, hu
mors, loss of appetite, that tired
feeling, paleness and nervousness.
Take it.
Get It today. In usual liquid form o
tablets called Snrsatabs. 100 Doses $1.
ftnvrtl li- l'lrrllle.
The gigantic tropical flicflies whicjk
swarm In the forests and canehrakes
of most ot the low lying West Indian
Islands once proved the salvation of
the city of San Domingo. A body ot
buccaneers, headed by the notorious
Thomas Cavendish, had laid all their
plans for a descent upon the place,
intending to massacre the Inhabitants
and carry away all the treasure they
conveniently could, and had actually
put off their boats for that purpose.
As they approached the land, however,
rowing with muffled oars, they were
greatly surprised to see an Infinite
number of moving lights In the woods
which fringed the bayou up which
they had to proceed, and. concluding
that the Spaniards knew of their ap
proach, they fctit about and regained
their ship without attempting to land.
Appropriate Faat en Iiik.
"How will I keep my new chantecler
hat on my head?" she asked, perplex
ed. "With' hat plnfeathcrs. my dear,"
said the milliner. St. Louis Star.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regu
lato and Invigorate stomach, liver and
bowels. Sugar-coated, tiny granules,
easy to take as candy.
A folding metal cabinet for rural
mall carriers to carry stamps in, water
proof when closed, has been patented
by an Illinois man.
How's This?
We ofTer One Ilundrpd Dollar Reward fot
yny case of I'atarrh that cannot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known V. 3.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and belleva
blm perfectly honorable In ail business tran
actions, and financially alile to carry ou.
any obligations made by his firm.
Waldinq, Kinnax & Martin,
Wholesale DruRslsts. Toledo. O.
mil Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
ii r faces of the oystem. Testimonials sent
free. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Drueelsts.
lake Usll'g Family Pilla for constipation.
There are more medical schools and
more physicians have received their
education ln Philadelphia than ln any
other city ln the United States.
Mrs. WlnHlow's SoothlnK Syrup for
children teething, softens the gums, re
duces Inflammation, allays pain, curesi
wind colic. 26o a bottle.
Aaralnaldo To-dar.
Aguinaldo is living the life of a
country gentleman In a small estate
Just outside of Cavlte. He takes no
part whatever in the polities ot his
country. From the moment of hl3
capture Aguinaldo took the position
that it would be improper for him to
express any opinion whatsoever re
garding the rule of his country by
Americans. So far as is known he has
not commented ln any way, either fa
vorably or adversely, upon the ad
ministration of the white .man..
"For a couple of years," said Man
uel L. Quezon, the Philippine commis
sioner to Congress, according to a
Washington correspondent of the
Brooklyn Eagle, "I lived with Agui
naldo in his home. We were on the
most Intimate terms. Remarkable as
it may seem, I have not heard hkn
make any comment whatever about
the change ln the government of the
islands. No one has been able to
trap him into any kind of an admis
sion. If he is asked whether he
thinks conditions ln the Island have
improved under the administration of
the Americans he will reply: 'I am
very busy with iy farming.'
"Whether he approves or condemns
the new order of things nobody knows.
Still he seems to be contented. Once
or twice a year he Is invited to dine
with the governor-general. He always
accepts these invitations and seems to
enjoy himself. He maintains an air
of dignity and composure at all timer
and has the respect of every one."
Kept Her Fromlae.
"Billy, dear," said his young wife,
eoaxingly, "tell me tho password of
your lodge."
"But I pledged myself never to dis
close that, Bella."
"You're not disclosing It when you
give It to me. You know we have no
secrets from each other."
"If I tell you what it Is, dear, will
you promise sacredly never to repeat
It to a living soul?"
"Yes, I promise."
"Well, here it is: Chattyblddybeeoh
Ittyblddybiparaparagoolacarlthehowk -aspecklybexlyblm."
True to her word, the young wife
never repeated it to anybody.
What
Thinking
Takes Out
Of the brain, and activity out
of the body, must be
Put Back by
Proper Food
Or brain-fag and nervcus pros
tration are sure to follow.
If you want to knew the
keenest Joy on earth the Joy
that comes with being well,
try
Grape-Nuts
Food
"There's a Reason"
POSTUM CEREAL CO, Ltd,
UatUa Creek. Mich.
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