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..:..... '''. o aft: 8 Shun Delays ;.AVi:" ?..:: :? :.:5:; Hhun delay, they breed remorse! Take thy time, while time Is lent theo; Creeping snails have weakest force Fly their faults, text thou repent thee. flood In belt when soonest wrought, Llng'rliiB lubora coma to naught. Hoist thy tail while gale doth Inst Tldo and wind stay no tnan'a pleasure. Hoek not tlmo, when time Is past; Sober speed In wisdom's leisure After-wit are dearly bouKht. Let tho foro-wlt guldo thy thought. Time wear nil his locks before, Takn then hold upon Ills forehead; When ho fllen lie turn no more, Ami bohlnd his scalp Is naked. Works adjourned hnvo many stays, Lone demurs brine new delays. ' Seek thy salve while young tho wound, Older sores ask deeper lancing; After cures nro seldom found, Often sought, scarce ever chancing. In thn rising, ntlflo III, . Lest It Rrow ngalnst thy will. Drops do plerco the stubborn flint, Not by force, but often falling; Custom kills with feeble dint, More- by uso than strength prevailing. Mingle sands have llttln weight, Many mako a drowning freight. llobort Southwell. him his llttlo wretch n hurtod, nni he'll come." But bnfora Johnny could bo found the shadows had lengthened In 'tho ward, and tho murmur had grown so weak that tho "Oh I why doesn't tho big man como to nno his llttlo wretch 7" could hardly bo distinguished. Then, as tho sun went down, all was qulot ngnln in the dormitory, and tho nurso drew tho Bheet up over tho still, white, beautiful fnco ot tho atom. ...... I "When Mr. Billy heard about It th noxt day his faco paled, and hi 3 lan guago watt' something fearful. "I'd havo given my llfo and nil tho monoy I pos sess to havo boon with thd kidl" ho said, brokenly. And then ho wont over to tho horn and laid a rosebud In tho hand Hint still held tho penny. LIME AND MALARIA. His Little Wretch. BY IRENE 1. CRAIGEN. (Copyright, 1001. by Dally Story Pub. Co.) Tho buii shono fiercely down In tho factory yard and upon Mr. William Colo, foromnn, seated upon a pllo of lumber nnd muttorlng Imprecations as ho dug his heel savagely in tiro hot sand. "If I over get back to civilization, confound it, I'll stay thorot" ho was .declaring under his breath. "It's Just ns tho poot follow says, 'Bettor Htty yoars ot What's-hlflinamo than a cyclo of Carthage.' " "Who's you talkln' to, Mlstor7" piped n small volco. Mr. Billy started and looked up, to find hlmsolf confronted by an atom. It was a fomtnlno atom, dressed In a torn pink frock, with a shock of mud-col-orod hair nnd tho bluest eyes that evor lookod out of a dirty faco, Tho atom dragged attor il a wagon inado of pasteboard, mountod on empty spools, in which reclined with what grnco It might a doll formed from a stick of kindling wood wrapped lu a bit of cal ico. "Hulloal ytm llttlo wretch whoro'd you spring from?" asked Mr. Billy. "Over thoro," rcapondod tho atom, nodding vnguoly in tho direction ot a lino ot hovols, half a mllo away, "I ploy hero 'cos wo ain't got no yard and it's hot in tho road. That's my houso you'B sotting' on now." "Oh I it Ib, Is It?" responded Mr. Billy, gravely. "Woll, now, boo hero. I'm not going to havo you coming hero, whero curs nro backing in all tho tlmo. You'll bo killed if you do. Not that you wouldn't bo hotter oft in Heaven; but I don't euro to have your death on my bou! and mind. Now, hero's n small fraction of United States curren cy. Tako it and trot along homo, and romombor that It you spend It Judic iously you may some day bo as rich as nockotollor, Don't loso sight of tho fact that I'm vostod In thu panoply ot power lioro. So gltl" Tho child hold out hor hand for tho ponny, and oyod Mr. Billy wistfully. "I don't wanter go homo," alio Bald; "shu whips mo,' "Doob, hoy?" sold tho big man, with amlublo sternness, "Well, porhaps you nood It. Toll you what I'll do, though. It you'll promise solemnly, honest In jun, to stay away from tho tracks, you mny bring your doll duds ovor horo. Promina?" . Tho child noddod. "All right; flro away, thon. If your faco woro cleaner, I would glvo you a "Woll, you llttlo wrotch, how aro you?" "1'80 well," rcspondod tho .Infant. And, as ho drow nearer, tho foromnn discovered, from tho smeary condition ot her countonnnco, that some effort had been mndo to render it clean, "Boon wnshlng your 'aco, I boo," ho commented. "Is yor goln' to kiss mo now?" tho child demanded. "Think I shall. Here's a corner that's comparatively spotless, and upon it I press my lips thus partly as a ro worl of morlt for your praiseworthy efforts and partly becauso you havo tho 10 Investigators Say That Former 1'nrtlnlly Averts Latter. A French scientist, Dr. Roche, thinks Unit ho hns discovered an Interesting fact In regard to malarlu. Ho declares Hint tho addition of llmo to tho soli for purely agricultural ptirposoa will rcduco tho amount of malaria in that vicinity. Another medical man, Dr. Qrcllct, echoes that opinion, and as sorts that tho diminution In malaria is proportional to tho quality of llmo used. Neither of these writers offers nny oxplunatlou of tho alleged discov ery or shows why the llmo should an tngonlzo tho malaria. Tho old notion that so-called malarial foyers resultod (as tho nnmo implies) from bad air, a miasm arising from tho soil, and es pecially from wot places, is still enter tained by a numbor of people. This Is a theory which could bo reconciled easily with tho belief which Drs. Rocho and Grclfot now cherish. It both of theso suppositions aro correct no doubt tho llmo checks the development of tho miasmatic vnpor In wet soil. But it ban recently boon BUBpcctcd that mnlarla Is caused by a micro-organism which gctn Into tho victim's blood, nnd not by n gaa which is inhnled. It Is also suspected that this mlcrobo gets Into tho blood through tho blto ot nn Infected mosquito. Now, if this un derstanding ot tho case should provo to bo right, then It would not be easy to bco what llmo has to do with sup pressing malnrla. Perhaps it kills mosquitoes nnd improves tho sanitary conditions of a district in that manner. Or it is romotoly posslblo that tho disappcaranco of malurla which ha3 been noticed In Franco Is confined to a limited roglon, nnd Is duo to somo other cause than tho uso of llmo as a fertilizer. Tho two facta may havo boon simultaneous, but unrolatcd. At nny rnto, it will bo dcslrablo to know whothor anything of tho kind has been noticed in other places whoro malaria onco provallcd and whoro llmo has boon employed by farmers. If so, thoro is doubtless something in tho idea. Otherwise, tho French cases would ap pear to bo accidental and exceptional. A bill hns been prepared for sub mission to Congress nt.lts coming ses sion providing that tho cliff dwellings of Colorado shall not bo destroyed by tlmo or vandalism, but that they shall bo preserved for tho benefit ot scien tific Investigation in futuro years. Tho measuro provides that tho region sur rounding 1,11080 habitations of a pre historic raco shall bo sot apart ns a national park, protected by tho gov ernment for the ubo and, benefit ot pos terity. Thcso marvelous relics of American antiquity, for centuries inaccessible to any but the boldest and most tlroless explorers, hnvo at last been opened up by a little band of enthusiastic women. Tho ruins havo long been considered by archaeologists to bo among tbo fin est nnd most Interesting In tho world and have stood almost unknown and wholly neglected In tho Mancas can yon of southwestern Colorado. On tho rare occasions when they havo been visited, except by ono or two parties of scientific oxploreru, It baa been by careless tourists and sightseers, who did not scruple to knock down walls and othcrwlso dofoco tho ruins in their efforts to ret and carry away inter esting pieces of pottery and the rollca valuablo only to sclpncc. Thcso rulnB wore oponed nnd made accessible to tho public by tho Colo rado Cliff Dwelling association, com posed of fifty women, nnd organized In tho fall of 1899 by Mrs. Gilbert Mo- Clunr of Colorado Borings. Col. ! 1882 Mrs. McClurg, then Miss Virginia Donegho, a descendant of Edward A. Dunning, who mudo tho first anthro pological collection for Harvard nnd Yalo, learning of tho rulnfl of tho cliff dwellings in the Mesa Vorde, made an excursion to and explored tho ruins at tho risk of hor llfo nnd under tho escort ot United States troops. Appreciated Their Value. What sho saw ot thorn convinced her that they wcro of great, scientific in- torest to tho world, nnd sho resolved If posslblo to preserve nnd reclaim them from tho ravages of time and vandal marauders. For sixteen years sho labored, never once losing sight of her object, and when In 1885 sho, with a party of friends, was beset nnd a wagon road. Here again was a dlf- Acuity. Tho Mesa Verdo is a part ot tho Uto reservation and tho Indians objected to whlto men traveling over their lands. After much consideration tho association hit upon tho projoct ot leasing the Mesa Verde from tho In dians and negotiations wero Immedi ately begun. Mrs. McClurg, who hnd known tho Uto chiefs and been known by them from n child, appeared before Uielr council and, through an inter preter, laid boforo them her plans. Tho chiefs signed tho lease giving tho as sociation tho right to build and uso a wngon road across their reservation in consideration of tho sum of $300 a year. A Wagon ltond Opened. This settled, tho work on tho wagon road was immediately begun and though the association was small and badly hampered by lack of capital, it was pushed rapidly forward until Sept. 1, when it was considered sufficiently under way to warrant n formal open ing ot tho wngon road to tho Mesa Verdo nnd cliff dwellings. Tho pictures presented herewith nro from sketches mndo by members of tho party. All of tho ruins nro interesting to tho archaeologist In mnny respects tho ono known as balcony houso is tho best preserved nnd probably tho most recently occupied. In contrast with tho surrounding dwellings, tho walls of this ono aro smooth nnd oven and tho stones well fitted together. Tho tower Is straight, squaro and has thrco windows, tho lower of which, though now broken through, has evidently been of n T shnpo. Tho wholo ruin suggests a strong and almost lmprcg nablo fortress. A small forco of men could hold it against a vastly superior enemy. ' Balcony houso is so called from a projection or balcony. It is a rather narrow balcony, but was undoubtedly used to sit nnd rest upon. Liko all tho ruins in Cliff canyon, it is difficult of access and is filled with dry dust and fallen walls. Our Trade Possibilities. China's present foroign trado docs torn can be found in others. Thoro is nothing but theory as to tho sourco ot tho supply of tho lako, but no ono seonw to know what tho component parts of tho acres of black fluid. The, Indians say it is composed of tho blood of bad Indians who nro suffering in their boll nmid tho volcanoes. Samples ot tho lako havo been brought to Yumn nnd Los Angeles for tests and exami nation. It is good for common mark ing purposes. Cotton goods that havo boon soaked with tho strango black fluid keep their color for months, oven when exposed to tho sun, and tho goods have a stiffness that is somowhat llko weak starch. A gallon of tho lako fluid was sent to tho Smithsonian In stitution at Washington tho othor day for analysis. Diamond Cotters Need Work. Tho South African war is causing starvation among tho 200 men em ployed in Paris in tho dolicato work of cutting diamonds. Scarcely nny dia monds como from Brazil or India now. Before thb Bupply from tho Capo ceased thcso men earned as much as 50 francs a week, out of which they havo to pay their employers four francs a day for implements and motive power. Two carats each of diamond powder and boort nro also neccssnry. This costs 23f. 50c, and tho cutter's assistant draws another 12f., making altogether C9f. 50c. At present tho men who still havo work aro earning about C0t., which IcavcB thorn slightly over 20f. a week to llvo upou. A meeting of tho 200 hns been held, at which tho 12,000 cuttors of tho Amsterdam and tho 800 of Antwerp wero represented. A gen eral striko was unanimously voted, and all cutter3 who contlnuo to work aro assessed five per cent of their earnings for the striko fund. Trunk I.lno Telephone. Tho Italian government has Just sanctioned tho construction of two Im portant trunk lines of telophono which will bring Europo a long stop nearer to tho goal of a continental system of intornntlonal telephones. Ono ot theso lines goes from Rome through Bo logna, Florence and Turin to Mount CenlB, whero it is to bo connected with tho French lino from Paris, by which "Who's you talkln to, mister?" chaste kiss on tho chook Just for luck but, under tho clrcuuistunuoa, I think I will forbonr." Thon Mr. Billy wont whistling away to Ills work, and tho atom mndo n paluco of tho lumber pllo end soated Rosabollft in atato in tho drawing room, while Bho prepared an imaginary dinner In an imaginary kitchen under gome projecting boards. Tho noxt dny whon'tho youngster appeared f,lr, BU ly Kroctod hor cheoi fully with: "Whoro is tho big man?" blggoat violet eyes In twenty states." Tho atom smllod graciously at tho compliment, and ns often as sho saw Mr. Billy In tho days that followed sho d wave a stately hand at him, nnd ho would rospond with a "How's my llttlo wrotch 7" in a big volco that rang through tho ynrds. Ono day Mr. Billy was nt homo with nn attack of what ho called, for want of a bettor nnmo, "tho durndest fovor follow over had," when his bmnll protogo camo to harm. Sho had a skip ping ropo in hor hand and wns wan dering nonr tho forbidden tracks when a freight car ot lumber backed Into tho yard. Tho ond of tho ropo was caught by tho whcols, and as tho llttlo ono tugged to ropoBBcss horsolt ot it hor foot slipped under tho enr and was cruolly mangled. Sho whlmporcd for moment, but tho llttlo wrotch hnd been brought up lu a storn school, whoro sympathy was unknown, and directly alio lay quiet until ono of tho men passed near whero uho was. Thon sho lifted hor volco in a piteous cry. "Hero's tho llttlo wretch," sho Bald. I'so awfully hurtod. Ploaso como nnd got mo." They carried her to tho hospital and summoned hor mother, and after tho Burgeons had romovod tho crushed mombor nnd mndo tho patient as com fortable as posslblo Bho bugun to got tovorlsh. "Whoro la tho big man?" Bho aBked, plalntlvoly, "Why doesn't ho como to bco his llttlo wrotch?" "I'm hero, Martha," Bald her mother, her surly face for onco softening. "Won't I do?" "No," said tho atom, hor head toss ing on tho pillow. "I waut my big mnni Ho loves mo, Ho kissed mo onco, and ho gavo mo this yesterday, I'm his llttlo wrotch. Oh I why doesn't ho como to mo?" "This" waB a ponny, tho last ot a so tics ot such gifts, which had been tightly clasped in tho small hand every mlnuto, oxcopt when tho uurgootiB woro operating. "Who is this man?" asked tho sweet faced nurso. "If wo could find him, hor last moments would bo cnslor. Nothing can bovo hor Uto, but sho would bo happy it ho woro by when she pnssen out." "I don't know no man!" Bald tho woman, roughly, "She's out ot hor mind." "Johnny kttowB my man," went on thn llttlo voice; "ho'll go for Ulm. Toll Caltlr&tlnn of Coco. Tho cultivation of coco, says n wri ter In tho Scientific American, Is at present nn inviting agricultural pur suit In Trinidad and parts of Venezu ela. Tho coco treo cannot withstand strong sunshino, and tho young plants havo to bo shaded by banana or plaln- taln trees, and later, when they nttala their growth, by tall trees known as "lmmortels," or tho "mother ot tho coco." These mako a kind of canopy, over tho ontlro plantation. Tho fruit of tho coco treo is a pod, resembling a cucumber and growing on tho trunk, or largo branches, whero it "looks as though it wcro artificially attached."! Tho seeds are llko large, thick Lima beans embedded In pulp. Theso form tho coco benns of commorco. Tho processes of curing and drying rcqulro much attention. A Community of Kent. Somo people llvo in Now York, oth- ora oxl3t. It is written that a major ity ot our citizens novor owned o, lwmo. Thoy llvo in rontcd Hats or houses nil their lives, and do not know tho meaning ot possession. Mnny mil lionaires dwell in hired residences. Tholr homes nro In other stutos,' but thoy must bo in Fifth avonuo during tho social season, nnd thoy must keep houso. Philadelphia has been spoken ot ns a "community ot homes." Now York is n community ot rents. Morn than half of our pcoplo don't know what It Is to pay taxes. Their obliga tions of citizenship nro settled by tho landlord, who takos everything out In tho ront. Wo nro becoming a charac terless mob. Now York Press. Kho llud Oaculated, "Did you over klbs a man?" asked tho Chicago girl. Tho Boston girl blushed. "Really, that ia so vulgar, you know," sho Bnld. "Mnybo It is, but did you?" persisted tho Chicago girl, "I should hato to think it was a kiss," replied tho Boston girl, "but blnco I hnvo become engaged I havo tried osculation." Chicago Post. Importation. "You got all that Is best in your system of government from England, you know," said tho placid Londoner. And in n tono ot slight irritation tho Now York man rejoined, "How about Richard Crokor?" Washington Star. Lurgest of llonk. "Somo day," muttered tho toolklllor. "whon I havo moro lolsuro than I havo uowudays, I shall publish a book en titled 'Fools I havo Met.' " ; A Veteran of Itnlaklnvn. . William Humphrey, 77, u veteran of tho Crimean wnr and ono ot tho "Noblo bIx hundred" of Balnklava, has just died at. Santa Rosa, Cal. had to hldo for days in tho canyons from hostllo Indiana, whon in trying to reach nn nlmost Inaccessible ruin sho fell and nearly lost her llfo. Al though sho suffered hunger and thirst, weariness and danger, sho did not de spair, but bravely kept up her efforts, saying that sho wnntod other women to see tho ruins, but wanted no other woman to suffer as sho had dono in tho attempt. Finally in tho fall of 1899, gathering n tow Intlmnto frlondu about her, sho orgnnlzcd tho Colorado Cliff Dwellings association nnd set out to do a work which will mako tho association and Its members romombered In tho scien tific achievement of tholr stntc. Tho first and greatest obstacle which con fronted them was tho Inaccessibility ot tho cliff dwellings. Located ns they aro betweon thirty and forty miles from any railroad, ovor a rough, wild, uninhabited country, tho cliff dwell ings could only bo reached at great expense ot tlmo, strength nnd monoy and a long nnd oxhoustlng Journoy on horseback. To ovorcomo this obsta clo tho first object to bo attained was Hurfelt ot Good TliliiE. A man nt a country resort tutors this wall in tho fruit season; "Ono has to cut n dish ot apples boforo breakfast (at which a basnet of plums is Bcrved), a compote of varied fruits at 11 o'clock, thon lunch (chlctly toma toes, salad and peaches) nnd oat nuts through tho afternoon in plnca of 5 o'clock tea. At dlnnor a small Joint of somo sort Is necessary, but it can bo diluted with peas, beans, potatoes, marrows, leeks, artichokes and ono or two others In liberal quantltioa fol lowed by a blackberry tnrt and an not amount to ?1 per head, or $300,000,000, against less than $1 per head thirty years years ago. Multiply China's population conservatively esti mated at 350,000,000, by ?G, and wo havo, as a rcasonablo esti mate of China's for eign commerce, when sho shall bo opened up and her government improved liko that of Japan, tho magnifi cent total of ?2,100, 000,000 per nntmm, Tho Imports, two-thirds of which could bo sunnllert by America, would equal ?1,000,000.000. This Bum may not bo realized for anothor generation, but it must surely bo renchod in tho not remote future. John Bnrrott in Phlla'dolphla Times. inenns Romo will also gain communi cation with Brussels. The secpnd now line" branches off at Milan for Chlasso, whero it Joins tho Swiss syBtom, with which Vienna is already connected and Berlin shortly will bo. Tho four principal capitals of tho continent, with their chief provincial cities, will thus shortly bo within "speaking dis tance" of each other, and ns England is already connected with Paris tho con tinental network approaches comple tion, tho noxt stop will bo to find a common international exchange AN INKY LAKE. Ouj of the Most l'erullnr Mysteries of Colorado. Tho most unusual curiosity in tho itrnngd, uncanny land by tho Colorado river is what tho naturalists in Cnllfor lila call n lako ot Ink. Tho scientific Journals In Los Angoles nnd Snn Diego hnvo discussed tlmo and tlmo again vhat tho lako ot ink really Is. It Is a great pool ot black fluid that resembles black writing ink moro than nnythlng else. It is about an aero In area. Tho surfaco ot tho lako is coated with ashes f;om tho volcanoes to tho thickness of about halt a foot, and tho oxploror in tAeso parts who is not looking out fdr this freak of nature would bo very apt to walk Into it. Surveyors havo found that the lako is somo throo hundred yards deop in somo places, but no bot- nustlvo cornucoplan desort of an en cyclopedic character. A Biippcr ot grapes breaks out about ll and an othor basket ot apples is takon up to tho bedroom to bo trilled with during tho ntght. At ono fruit farm I stayed on thoy had rhubarb throo times a day and had forty-two different wnya of cooking it, but It becamo monotonous after flvo or six mouths. Similarly In parts ot Sumatra and Borneo, whero chlckatts aro eaten nt every meal, a chop bono Is treated llko a piece of Jewelr7 and put under lock nnd koy In a &rong box and the dogs and cats Highest Altitudes Posslblo to Man. Tho reason, SIgnor Mosso tells us, why so few havo attempted tho as cent of tho highest peaks on tho faco ot the earth is tho conviction that man cannot withstand tho rarefied air of these altitudes. "Heroism shrinks from such prolonged sufferings ns those duo to lack of health." His own experiments' and observations,, how- over, glvo us tho assurance that man will bo able slowly to accustom him self to tho diminished barometric prcs euro of the Himalayas. "If birds," ho says, "fly to tho height of 29,000 feet man ought to be abla to reach tho samo altitude at a slow rato ot prog ress." Pearson's Magazine. Tikes' I'cuk Ilallroad. Capitalists of Colorado Springs havo orgnulzcd a company to build nn elec tric railway to the top of Pike's Peak, at n cost ot $500,000 or moro. Tho road will start from Colorado Springs or from somo station on tho Cripple Crook Short Lino. Exporimonts show that electricity can bo operated 'without trouble at tho altltudo necessary, 14,143 feet. Tho Cog Road has horotoforo held tho field exclusively. roftiBo liver wings with contempt and clamor for garbage for a chnngo. Cluunpugne lu Gerroiny Germany produces a very good qual ity ot champagne In 1900 2,045 tons, valued at $517,000, wero exportod. Dur ing tho samo year tho imports amount ed to double that quantity. Tho duty on chnmpagno imported into Germany is 35 cents a bottle. This high duty has induced mnny French firms to es tablish plants of their own within th Gorman border.