Nothing I Ate
Agreed With Me.
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MRS. LENORA BODENHAMER.
Mm Ienorn Rodcnlinmcr, It. V. I. 1,
Cox 1M, Kernersvillc, X. C, writes:
"I Buffered with stomach trouble and
indirection for (ionic time. 1 1 I no.liin;
tlint I ale agreed with inn. 1 wis very
nervous ntxl experienced a continual
feeling of uneasiness and car. I oo!i
medicine from tliu doc I or, but it did me
no good.
"I found in one of your lYrjtia luniks
description of my symptoms. I then
wrote to !)r. Ilnrlninn lor ndvire. lie
said I had catarrh of the stomach. I
took reruns and Mnnnlin nml lolhcved
fiis directions nnd enn now ny :I:U 1
feel an well as 1 ever did.
"I hope that all who ire i .filleted v.iih
the name symptoms will '.nko Pcruuu, us
It has certainly cured me."
The above is only one of hundreds who
hsve written similar letters to lr.
Ilartman. Just one such case a this
entitles IVruna to the candid consider
atlon of every one similarly afflicted. If
this be true of the testimony of one per
son what ought to he the testimony of
hundreds, yes thousands, of honest, sin
cere people? We have in our hies a groat
.many other testimonials.
Home of the Bonk Thief.
Torls la the home of the great hook
thief," writes a correspondent from
that city to a German paper. "It la
Just sixty years since Count Llhrl, a li
brarian of the National library, fled
to England taking with hi in books to
the value of 2,000.000 francs belonging
to the library. Ho was sentenced 'In
ontuninelam to ten years' Imprison
ment, but never served a day and nev
r returned a book. The directors had
to purchase them from people to whom
bey had been sold, and paid large
jprlcjDs for them. A similar theft lias
recently been discovered In the library
of the Eeolo des Heaux Arts. Here
;Io the thief remains unpunished be-
cause he died before his crime became
: known. A good name covers much, and
-the thief, who was M. Thomas, an of
J fleer of the Legion of Honor, architect
of the Grand Palais and recipient 'of
. the lloinnn prize, was at liberty to
- ...1 .. I : v m r t
, yiuuuni uiit lioiurj Ut Will. lie WHS
; an enthusiast on the subject of old en
; ravings and bibliographic curiosities,
nd could satisfy his desires In thfft
direction without molestation on the
part of custodians. His method was
to tear engravings from books or to
carry away the whole work. In this
manner he acquired books and pictures
to the vulue of about 200,000 francs."
The Thonins thefts brought to light the
tact Mint no Inventory had ever been
made of the Heuux Arts library, and
that Instead of a modern catalogue an
tique slips and memoranda furnished
11 the Information us to the valuable
.collection.
' The Higher I'owrr,
Bishop Cluuincey R. Hrewster, for
merly of Detroit, told a story the other
day which he says Is Sirs. Brewster's
.favorite. It seems the bishop bad
caught a small buy stenllng r.ppples In
I bis orchard ; r., after reproving him se
verely for smne time, lie said. "An J
now, my loy, do you know why I tell
you all this? There Is one before whom
..even I am n crawling worm; do you
know who?"
"Sure," replied the hoy promptly;
?the missus." Harper's Weekly.
la I)rurliurt,
"Who Is your leading mci-chnnt here?"
"Inquired the stranger.
"I don't know his name," said the tired
looking man sitting on the dry goods box.
"He's one o' them there, muil order houses
In Chicago."
To convince sny
woman that r.
tlna AntUrpMo vlll
Improve her benllli
sui do ail we claim
for It. W m mi 1 1 1
end ber absolutely free a large trial
bos of Pax tine with book of lustruo
tloas and genuine testimonial. 8 en 4
your name aud add re. oa a postal card.
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catarrh and InfhmunuUon caused by leml
nine Ills sure eyes, sore Diront and
mouth, by direct local treatment. Its cur
alive power over these troubles I extra
ordinary and irlves immediate relief.
Thousands of women are using and rec
ommending it every dy, to cents at
druKKlstsorby mall. Remember, however,
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"By Ftrguj Hum
CnAPTEB XXX. fContinued.)
"My husband," she said, In a whisper.
"Alive?" said Calton, turning to the
man at the window.
"I should rather think so," said Vil
li, insolently, advancing into the room;
"I don't look like a dead man, do I?"
Madame Midas sprang forward and
on tight his wrist.
"So you have come back, murderer!"
she hissed in his ear.
"What do you mean?" sa'ud her hus
band, wrenching his hand away.
"Mean?" she cried, vehemently; "yon
know what I mean. You cut yourself off
entirely from me by your attempt on my
Jife, and the theft of the gold ; you dare
tint have showed yourself in case you re
ceived the reward of your crime; and so
you worked In the dark against me. I
knew you were near, though I did not see
you ; and you for a second time attempted
my life."
"I did not," muttered Viliers, shrink
ing back from the indignant blar.- of her
eyes. "I cn prove "
"Tou can prove," she burst out, con
temptuously, drawing herself up to her
full height. "Yes I you can prove any
thing with your cowardly nature and ly
ing tongue ; but prove that you were not
the man who came in the dead of night
and poisoned the drink waiting for me,
which was taken by my nurse. You can
prove yes, you shall prove, it, In the pris
oner's dock, ere you go to the gallows."
During all this terrible speech V'llliers
had crouched, half terrified, while his wife
towered over him, magnificent in her an
ger. At the end, however, he recovered
himself a little, and began to bluster.
"Every man has a right to a hearing,"
he said, defiantly, looking from his wife
to Calton; "I can explain everything."
"I have no doubt you will prove black
Is white by your lying," she said, coldly,
returning to her seat; "I await this ex
planation." Thereupon Vllliers sat down and told
them (he whole story of bis mysterious
disappearance, and how he had been made
a foel of by Vandelotrp. When be had
ended, Calton, who had resumed his seat
and listened to the recital with deep In
terest, stole a glance at Madame Midas,
but she looked as cold and impenetrable
as ever.
"I understand now the reason of your
disappearance," she said, coldly; "but
that is not the point. I want to know
the reason you tried to murder me a sec
ond time."
"I did net," returned Viillcra, quietly,
with a gesture of dissent.
"Then Sellna Sprotts, since you are so
particular," retorted bis wife, with a
riser ; "trot it was yon who committed the
crime."
"Wbo says I did?" cried Vllliers, stand
ing op. "You asked me who committed
the crime; "look at that door," pointing
to the door which led Into the ball, "and
you will see the real murderer of Sellna
Bprotts appear."
Calton and Madame Midas turned sim
ultaneously, and the seconds seemed like
hours as they waited with bated breath
for the opening of the fatal door. The
same name was on their Hps as they
gazed with intense expectation, and that
name was Gaston Vandelonp.
The noise of approaching footsteps, a
rattle at the handle of the door, and it
was flung wide open by the servant. There
stood, meet, apologetic and smiling the
fast-living bank clerk, the darling of so
ciety, and the secret assassin Barty.
He advanced smilingly into the room,
when suddenly the smile died away, and'
tils face bancbed as his eyes rested on
Viliers. He made a step backward as if
to fly, but in a moment Kilsip was on
him.
"I arrest you In the Queen's name for
the murder of Sellna Sprotts," and he
slipped the handcuffs on his wrists.
The papers were full of it next day,
nd Vllliers statement, together with Bar
ty's confession, were published side by
side.
Of course there was great excitement
over the discovery of the real murderer,
especially, as Barty was so well known
In Melbourne society, but no one pitied
hlrn. In the days of his prosperity he
hid been obsequious to his superiors and
insolent to those beneath him, so that nil
he gained was the contempt of one and the
hate of the other. Luckily, he had no
relatives whom his crimo would havo dis
graced, and as he had not succeeded in
getting rid of Madame Midns, he Intended
to have run away, to South America, and
had forged a check In her name for a
large amount In order to supply himself
with funds. Unhappily, however, he had
paid that fatal visit and had been arrest
ed, and since then had been In a state of
abject i'ear, brgglng and praying that his
life might be spared. His crime, how
ever, had awakened such indignation that
the law was allowed to take Its course.
so early ono wet, cold morning Barty was
dehrered into the bands of the hangman,
and bis mean, piuiui imie soul was
launched Into eternity.
Kitty was of course, released, but over-
whelmed with shame and agony at all her
past life saving bees InJd bare, she did
not go to see Madame Midas, but disap
peared.
vaaaeioup, tor wnnm a warrant was
out for the murder of Letaalre, had also
disappeared, and was supposed to have
gone to America.
Madame Midas suffered severely from
the shocks she bad undergone with the
discovery of everyone's baseness. She
settled a certain income en her husband,
on condition she never was to see him
again, which offer he readily accepted,
aad having arranged all her affairs In
Australia, she left for England, hoping
to find lu travel some alteration, if not
forget fulness, of the sorrow of the past
A good woman a noble womnn, yet one
who went forth Into the world broken
hearted and friendless, with no belief in
anyone and no pleasure In life. She, how
ever, was of too fine a nature ever to siuk
lato the inlcal Indifference of a mlsan
tnropic life, and the wealth which she !
sesad was nobly used by her to alleviate
the horrors of poverty and to help those
who needed help. Like MkI.is, the Greek
King, from whence her quaint name was
derived, she hsd turned everything she
touched into gold, and though It brought
her no happiness yvt it was the cause o
bsppmess to others, but Him would give
II her weslth cenld she but once more
rvgsin that trust Id human nature which
had been so cruelly betrayed.
CHAPTER XXXI.
BucJs a hot night as it was not
breath of wind, aad the inoou. fuU orbed.
dull and yellow, hang like a Umn ia flae
5)
dark blue sky. Low down on the
horizon are groat masses of rain
clouds, rsinred nnd angry looking, and
the whole firmament seems to weigh down
on tlio still earth, where everything is
burnt and parched, the foliage of the trees
hanging limp and heavily, and the grass,
yellow nnd sere, mingling with the hot,
white dust of the roads.
Absolute stillness everywhere down here
by the Ynrrn Ynrra, not even the river
making n noise as it sweeps swiftly down
on its winding core between its low mud
tanks. No bnrk of a dog or human voice
hro;iks the stillness; not eves the sighing
of the wind through the trees. And
throughout all this unearthly silence a
nervous vitality predominates, for the air
Is full of electricity, and the subtle force
is permeating the whole scene. A long
trail of silver light lies on the dark sur
face of the. river rolling along, and here
and there the c:.-:ent swirls into sombre,
cruel-looking pools.
Just a little way below the bridge which
leads to the Botanical Gardens, on the
near side of the river, stands nn old, di
lapidated bnthing houpe, with its long row
of dressing rooms, doorless and damp
ing. A broad, irregular wooden platform
is in front of those, and slopes gradually
down to the bank, from whence narrow,
crazy-looking steps, stretching the whole
length of the platform, go down bene.ith
the sullen waters. And all this covered
with black and green slime, with whole
armies of spiders weaving grey, dusky
webs In odd corners, and a broken-down
fence on the left half buried in bush rank
grass on evil-looking place even in the
daytime, nnd ten times more evil-looking
nnd uncanny under the light of the moon,
which fills it with vague shadows. Tho
rough, slimy platform is deserted, and
nothing is heard but the squeaking and
scampering of the water rats.
Suddenly a black shadow comes glid
in galong the narrow path by the river
bank, and pauses a moment at the en
trance to the platform. Then It listens
for a few minntes, and again hurries
down to the crazy looking steps. The
black shadow standing there, like the
genius of solitude, is a woman, and she
has apparently come to add herself to the
list of the cruel-looking river's victims.
Standing there, with one hand on the
rough rail, and -staritig with fascinated
eyes on the dull muddy water, ahe does
not hear a step behind her. The shadow
of a man, who has apparently followed'
ber, glides from behind the bathing shed,
and stealing down to the woman on the
verge of the stream, lays a delicate white
hand on her shoulder. She turns with a
startled cry, and Kitty Marchurst and
Gaston Vandeloup are looking into one
another's eyes.
Kitty's charming face Is worn and pal
lid, and the hand which clutches ber shawl
is trembling nervously as she gazes at
her husband. There he stands, dressed
In old black clothes, worn and tattered
looking, with bis fair auburn hair all
tangled and matted; bis chin covered with
short, stubby beard of some weeks'
growth, and his face gaunt and haggard-
looking the very same appearance as he
had when he landed In Australia. Then
he sought to preserve bis liberty ; now he
is seeking to preserve bis life. They gaze
at one another in a fascinated manner for
a few moments, and then Gaston removes
his hand from the girl's shoulder with a
sardonic laugh, and she buries ber face in
her hands with a stilled sob.
"So this is the end," he said, pointing
to the river, and fixing his scintillating
yes on the girl ; "this is the end of our
lives; for you the river for me, the hang
man.
"Heaven help me," she moaned, piteous-
ly ; "what else Is left to me but the
river?"
"Hope," he said, in a low voice; "yon
are young; you aro beautiful; you can
yet enjoy life; but," in a deliberate cruel
manner, "you will uot, for ibe river claims
you as its victim."
Something in his voice fills her with
fear, and looking up she rends death in
his face, and sinking on her knees she
holds out her helpless hands with a pity
ing cry for life.
"Strange," observed M. Vandeloup.
with a touch of his old airy manner;
"you come to commit suicide and are not
afraid ; I wish to save you the trouble,
and you are, my dear you are illogical."
'No! no! she mutters, twisting ber
hands together, "I do not want to die ;
why do you wish to kill me?" lifting her
wan face to his.
Ho bent down, and caught her waist
fiercely.
"You ask me that?" be said, In a voice
of concentrated passion, "you who, with
your long tongue, have put tho hangman's
rope around my throat ; but for you, I
would, by this time, have been on my way
to America, where freedom and wealth
await me. I have worked hard, and com
mitted crimes for money, and now, when
I should enjoy It, you, have dragged mo
back to the depths."
I did not make you commit the
crimes, she said, piteously.
"Bah !" with a scotfing laugh, "who said
you did? I lake my own sius on my own
shoulders; but you did worse: you betrav
ed me. Yes; there is warrant out for my
arrest, for the murder of Pierre, I have
eluded the clever Melbourne police so far
but I have lived tin lift) of a dug. I dare
not even nsk for food, lest I betray mr
self. I am starving! I tell you, starving!
and it is your work."
He flung her violently to the ground
and she lay there, a huddled heap of cloili-
Ing, while, with wild gesticulations, h'
went on.
"But I will not bang," he said, fiercely
"Octave Braulard, who escaped the guil
lotlne. will not ierisli by a rope. No; I
have found n boat going to South America
and to-morrow I go on board of her. to
sail to Valparaiso; but before I go I set
tie with you."
She sprang suddenly to her feet with a
look of kate iu her eyes.
"iou villiau!" she said, through her
clenched teeth, "you ruined my life, but
you shall not murder me !"
lie caught her waist again, but he was
week for want of food aud she easily
wrenched it away.
"Stand back I" she cried, retreating
little.
"You think to escape me," he almost
shrieked, all his smooth cynical mask fal
ling off; "no, you will not; I will throw
you Into the river. I will see you sink to
your death. on will cry for help. No
one will bear you. Both of us are uieM
less. You will die like a rat In a hole, and
thai face you are so proud of wilt be
bnrlerl In the mud of the river. Your time
hns come to die."
He hissed out the Inst word in a low.
sibilant mnnner, then sprang toward tor
to execute his puriHmc. They wore both
standing on the verge of tha strps and in
stinctively Kitty put out her hands to
keep him olf. She struck him on the chest
and then his foot slipped on the green
slime which covered the steps nnd with a
cry of hauled rage he fell backward Into
the dull waters with n heavy splash. The
swift current gripped him, nnd before Kit
ty could utter a sound she could see him
rising out In midstream and being carried
rapidly away. He throw up his hands
wit!i a hoarse cry for help, but weakened
by famine, he could do nothing for him
self ami sank for the second time. Again
he rose, and the current swept him near
shore, almost within reach of a fallen
tree. He mnde a desperate effort to grasp
it, but the current, mocking bis puny ef
forts, bore him away once again In its
giant embrace, and with a wild shriek he
sank to rise no more.
The woman on the hank, with white
face and staring eyes, saw the fate which
he had meant for her meted out to him,
and when she covered her face with her
hands nnd fled rapidly away into the
shadowy night.
The sun is sotting In the a sea of blood
and all the west is lurid with crimson
nnd barred by long black clouds. A heavy
cloud of smoke shot with fiery red hang
ings over tho city and the din of many
workings sounds through the air. Down
on the river the ships are floating on the
bloorl-stniued waters, and all their mnsta
stand up like a forest of bare trees against
the cleat sky. And the river sweeps on red
snd angry-looking under the sunset, with
the rank grass and vegetation on its shelv
ing banks. Knts are scampering along
among the wet stones, nnd then a vagrant
dog polking about amid some garbage
howls dismally. What is that black speck
on the crimson waters? The trunk of a
tree perhaps ! no, it's a body, with white
face and tangled auburn hair; it is float
ing down with the current.
People are passing to nnd fro on the
bridge, the clock strikes in the town hall,
and the dead body drifts slowly down the
red stream far into the shadows of the
coming night under the bridge, across
which the crowd is hurrying, bent -on
pleasure and business, past the tall ware
houses where rich merchants are count
ing their gains, under the shadow of the
big steamers with their tall masts and
smoky funnels. Now It Is caught in the
reeds at the side of the stream ; no, the
current carries it out again, and so down
the foul river, with the hum of the city
on each side aud the red sky above, drifts
the dead body on its way to the sea. The
red dies out of the sky, the veil of night
descends, and under the cold starlight
cold and cruel as his own natures that
which was once Gaston Vandeloup floats
way into the still shadows.
THE END.
Ills I. feat Request.
Pat was In the habit of going horn
drunk every nlgbt and beating bis wife
Biddy not because lie disliked her, but
because he thought It was the thing, to
do. Finally Biddy lost patience and ap
pealed to the priest The priest called
that evening, and Pat came home drunk
as usual.
"Pat," said the priest, "you're drunk,
and I'm going to make you stop this
right here. If you ever got drunk again
I'll turn you Into a rat do you mind
that? If I don't see you I'll know
about it Just the same, and into a rat
you go. row, you mind that.
Pat was very docile that night, but
the next evening he came home even
worse drunk than ever, kicked in the
door, and Biddy dodged behind tho
table to defend lierself.
"Don't be afraid, dnrllnt." says Pat,
as he steadied himself before dropping
Into n cluilr, "I'm not going to bate ye.
I won't lay the weight of my finger on
ye. I want ye to be kind to me to
night, dnrllnt, and to remember the
days when we was swatebearts and
when ye loved me. Y'ou know his rlv
erence km id last night If I got dhrunk
again lio'd turn me Into a r&t. He
didn't see me, but he knows I'm
(llirunk, and this night into a mt I go.
But I v;int ye to be kind to nie, dar-
llnt. nml watch mo, and when ye see
me gcttln' little, and the hair growln'
out on me, and me whiskers gettin'
long. If ye ever loved me, darllnt, keep
yer eye on the cat."
A Sailor on Spa IMctnrcn.
"I'll take u sailor nloni? with m tVi
next time I buy u marine painting,"
said a millionaire. "I bought two ma
rines last mouth, and yesterday my old
Ineiul Capialu Saltuorxe bad a look ut
tliem.
'Saltliorse said :
" 'Iu tills Ilrst Picture we've cot a
trading schooner in charge of a tug
towing awuy from a rock bound coast
through a fearful Jumble of sea. The
schooners maintop mast is gone, and
all sails are lowered except her stnv.
sail, which Is kept hoisted, though she
is towing ueau on to the gule. Why
that hoisted istaysull? All bunds. I sun-
pose, are drunk."
'"Iu tlie second picture.' contltmmt
Captain Saltliorno, 'Ibe principal boat.
an eiguteen looter, is racing, yet has
no flag Hying. That's us Incorrect as It
would be for you to go to a dinner
party minus a shirt. The crew of this
boat are getting In the spinnaker, aud.
If they lower away, both ninnaUer and
boom will be Iu the water, for they
have neglected to let the boom go for
ward. But I know what tho trouble la
with them. They, too, are drunk.'"
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
lu No Hurry.
All old citizen who hud been hen
pecked nil bis life was about to die.
His wile felt It lier duty to offer Ulm
such consolation as she might aud
said:
"John, you are about to go, but I
will follow you."
1 nuHso m, Manda," said the old
man weakly, "but so fur as I am con
(viT.od you don't need to be lb any
blamed hurry ubotit It!"
Tout, ririfnl and Future.
Mrs. D. Vorcee if I could only for-
get the past! But, ulas. It Is ever be
fore me! Mrs. Oldun You'll have a
iad future with your past always pres
ent. Take my advice and leave th
past behind for the present aud llvvj l
the future for the future aud not In tU
past. Life.
Tlu? man wbo marries for money sol
dom becomes round-shouldered from
carrying what he gets.
When a man beholds hla first bah
boy his path qf lift looks Many, j
POVERTY VERSUS HIGH SOCIAL STANDING.
SMasaBBHSMsasaaBBaaaaaiaasuaM
V
rtxurr v. tbavss.
e pretty nearly assume our own position In the world. Again, It may
be because she is prettier in ber old rags than the other women In their
smart costumes, or It may lie that her own unerring sense of what Is line
and worth having excludes her naturally from what Is popular.
I have seen lovely princess rag tags who bad all these qualities and who
were poor nnd pretty, and proud nnd talented, nnd sarcastic nnd sensitive, nnd
audacious and timid, whom I would rather resemble tbnn any smart society
dame I ever saw. And I will tell you why.
When you realize that you are not an active member In your social world
and that therrt Is much lucking In your life, you at once begin looking for
compensations; and whoever looks for compensations is sure to find them,
and they are so much more worth hnvlng than iniy number of first-band
elegancies! I doubt that people who are born Into a world of rea ly-niudo
pleasures are tho fortunate ones.
Long, long ago, I stopped grieving over being tag tail. From being a
small tragedy It turned Into the most heart some comedy, as It will always
do when one learns to live one's own life.
Never shall I forget the first time I went to a semlsoclnl event nt a very
fashionable and exclusive bouse In the dry. I entered the bouse In deep
humility, for here I supposed I was going to see something really great
and fine.
I was so ignorant of life, I renlly believed that rich and great people
In the city bad a finer quality of mind than any people I bad ever seen. A
person of worldwide celebrity was present. After sitting dumbly amid all
this greatness a while I began to prick up my ears, and what do you think
I discovered? Why, Just this:
Most of the women wbo bad the affh!r In charge were silly nnd nffected
beyong the limit. Whnt they said was beside the point, vapid nnd tiresome,
and tho celebrity why she was exactly like the plain Tillage woman I knew
when I was a little girl. She was real. I got a new Idea of the quality of
greatness right there, nnd from that day I have realized that whoever Is
quite sincere Is gr?nt.
It makes no difference what position you occupy in your social world as
long as you can get out of life something worth having. I doubt that the
social leader of any fashionable set can ever tell you as much, sketch for
you as many amusing Incidents or give you so clear a conception of vivid
human characteristics as some person who. In bis younger days, at least,
occupied the humblo position of tag tall. Chicago Journal..
cierace
Three new stamps have Just been Is
sued in Holland. Those who stick them
on their letters pay double postage, half
the value going to the state and half to
antituberculosis work.
Several big nuggets of gold have re
cently been discovered at Poseidon
Kush, near Taraguella, Australia. Two
were unearthed weighing, respectively,
373 ounces and 967 ounces.
A staircase has been Invented which
ploys tunes as It Is walked up and down
upon. A scries of pins Is pressed by
tlie feet and plays gongs and drums
while others are connected with collap
sible chambers, which blow various In
struments. The latest building material Is called
kremlte, and Is being mnde In St.
Petersburg. It Is a compound of pow
dered clay, sand and flourspar melted
together at a high temperature. The
molten mass can be molded like Iron
Into any desired shniie.
The height of the loftiest known
mountain In the world, Mount Everest
in the Himalayas, has long stood In
the school geographies at 29,002 feet
Recent computations from the surveys
of Captain Wood of the Survey of In
dia reduce this estimate to 2S.700 feet.
Other high Himalayan peaks come
down proportionately. But these re
sults are not regarded as final, and It Is
thought that when certain factors have
been allowed for, the estimate of Mount
Everest's height may be Increased
above 29,000 feet Instead of being di
minished below it
Successful experiments In sending tel
ephone messages by wireless electric
waves over a distance of forty kilo
meters, nearly twenty-five miles, were
made recently by Professor Slaby. The
messages were transmitted between
Berlin and Nauen, and Professor Slaby
says that no approach to so great a
distauce has ever before been tried.
Words and sentences were sent and re
peated bnck with great distinctness.
The success of the experiments is
ascribed to the Isolation of the micro
phones and to the damping out of all
foreign vibrations. Further experi
ments are awaited with much Interest
There are few places where the auto
mobile Is more indispensable for every
day business than In South Africa. The
number lu use Is constantly increasing.
They ure particularly valuable in the
mining districts, where engineers and
officora of the companies employ them
In running long distances. It bs said to
be a dally occurrence for a mining en
gineer to visit. In his automobile, a
mine forty or fifty miles from his office,
aud return the same day. The cars
havo to bo strong and suited for hard
knocks, as well as for steep hill-cllmb-
lng. Tho dry climate prevents tlie use
of wood for veneering, box-work and
fittings, and aluminum Is used Instead.
Notwithstanding ant-hills, boulders and
gullies, the trackless wastes are often
preferred to roads.
FISH THAT ARE CANNIBALS.
(an Swallow Other Kin he that Are
Many Tlmra Tbrlr Balk.
The waters adjacent to tlie coasts of
the I'nlted States contain some of the
most extraordinary fishes to be found
anywhere In the world.
There Is a fish able and willing to
swallow whole other fishes which are
from six to twelve times Its superior
In bulk. This fish Inhabits the deep sea,
living, It Is supposed, at a depth of 1
tm fathoms.
In the latter half of the last century
three specimens one of tlietu lielng uow
In tlie national museum of chlasmo-
don nlger, or black swallower, the s
cles referred to, were found. In each In
stance with a fish from all to twelve
times bulkier than Itself In Its stomach.
This flah has an elongated body of
I Tjpcd to IsMlcve with my whole heart that
nil my social lacks were due to poverty. I would
look nt dull people sitting placidly In the Inner
circle of some mysterious ring of Hocmlngly linp
py and charming people nml wonder by what
right tliey were furnished with the means of
having n good time.
It Is ve'-y ensy for poor people to Imagine that
tliey are slighted or treated with scant considera
tion on account of their poverty, because It Is
so often the caso.
A womnn with a costume "faked up" from nn
old black skirt and a homemade lace waist with
the wrong kind of sleeves In it finds It quite nat
nrnl literally to believe Mint ber lack of proper
costume and means of entertaining Is the reason
for her be?f!g "tag tnir' in the circle to which
she belongs by birth and bringing up. But It
Is not always so. She moy be needlessly sar
castic and proud, or she may be self-conscious
and touchy.
nearly uniform thickness to within a
short distance of the tall, Into which
It tapers slightly. Such is its apjienr.
nn-e when hungry.
As it swims around In the somber
deep It espies a fish many times larger
than Itself. Darting upon Its prey, It
seizes it by the tall and slowly but sure
ly climbs over It with Its Jaws, first us
ing one and then the other.
Gradually the prey Is taken In, the
stomach and Integuments of the swal
lower stretching out, and at last the en
tire fish Is passed through the mouth
and Into the stomach and the distended
belly appears as a great bag, projecting
far out backward and forward, over
which is the swallower, looking very
small in comparison.
The walls of the stomnch and belly
become so stretched they are transpar
ent and the species of the fish within
can be discerned. But In swallowing
such large prey tho captor sometimes
overdoes the matter and retribution fol
lows swiftly in the shape of acute indi
gestion, which causes Its death.
Kluir OaWar to the Rescue.
At the time of the marriage of the
crown prince of Sweden, Miss Emmn
Tlmrsby, the American singer, and
Mine. Christine Nillson were appear
ing on alternate nights at the Itoynl
Theater at Stockholm. Madame Nill
son would sing In opera one night and
Miss Thurshy in concert the next
Both ludies were Invited to the court
ball given by King Oskar In honor of
the crown prince and his bride, and
both wished to attend. But neither
bad a court train. Miss Tbursby recent
ly wrote In the Philadelphia Press, and
they were at their wits' ends to know
whnt to do. Every dressmaker In
Stockholm was busy nlgbt and day; It
was too late to order their trains from
Paris. Madame Nillson finally solved
the difficulty.
"I will write to the king about It."
she said. And she did.
"Your Most Gracious Majesty," she
wrote In her letter, "Miss Tbursby and
I have no flaps to wear to the court
ball. What shall we do?"
"Come without them. Oskar," was
the answer they got back the same day.
They went to the ball, and had a
memorable time.
In Good Season.
In a place In New Jersey the town
officers had just put some fire extiu
gulshers In their big buildings. One
day one of the buildings caught fire,
says the Philadelphia Ledger, and the
extinguishers failed to do their work
A few days later at the town meet
lng some citizens tried to learn the rea
son.
After they had freely discussed the
subject one of them said. "Mr. Chair
man, I make a motion that the fire ex
tinguishers be examined ten days be
fore every Are."
Shortest -Name for a Street.
The thoroughfare which can bonst
the shortest name of any in Ixindon is
D Mews, In the locality of itegent's
Pnrk. It Is the only surviving "alpha
bet" street I. e., streets whose nauies
were simply a letter of the alphabet.
Some years ngo nearly every Utter in
the alphabet gave its name to a thur
oughfare, but D Mews is the only oni
which has not hud Its name lengthen
ed. Tit-Bits.
Quickly Supplied.
There have been many strange thin
in English history. One of the mo
curious was recently mentioned by
little schoolgirl.
a
'The hydra," said this much-Inform
ied
young person, "was married to lit
the Eighth. When lie cut her head
n ry
off
unothcr one sprang right up."
Perhaps U would help a little In
ting rid of the pest 'f every one
eluded in bis spring medicine ;i li
dandelion tea.
Many a man takes a oeUcr half la
a halliearted manner.
Too Hanld firowth.
The minister's 0-year-old son T?r i
'cry critical, literal turn of mind, unid
his father's sermons sometimes puzzle
hi in sorely. He regards his father fll
the embodiment of truth and wisdom,
but he has difficulty In barmonb.i'e? the
dominie's pulpit utterances with the
world as it renlly Is. His parents en
courage him to express his oplnloni
nnd clear up his doubts as much as pos
sible. So one Sunday at dinner, after
long period of thought, they were sur
prised when lie said gravely, "Papa,
you said one thing in your sermon to
day that I don't think Is so at all."
"Well, what s that, my boy?' asked
the clergyman.
"Wliv, papa, you said, Tho boy f
to-dav Is tin nimi or to-morrow mays
too soon." Plttsbur;: Post.
C30II)K)ffJ
The DiniiFri of the Mines.
Great and mystically dreadful Is the
earth from a mine's depth. Man Is in
the implacable grasp of nature. It has m .,
only to tighten slightly nnd he Is crtisnf
ea line n mig. ins louuest snrios; or
agony would be as inqiotent as his
final moan to bring help from that fair
land that lies like heaven over his
head. There Is an Insidious silent ene
my In the gas. If the huge fanwheel
on the top of the enrth should stop for
a brief period there Is certain death,
and a panic more terrible than any oc
curring where the sun has shone ensues
down under the tons of rock. If a man
may escape the gas, the floods, the
squeezes" of falling rock, the cars
shooting through little tunnels, the pre
carious elevators, the hundred perils.
there usually comes to him nn attack of
"miner's asthma" that slowly racks and
shakes him Into the grave. Stephctk f
Crane. V
Too Good to Wast.
The hobo bad unloaded a weird tale
of woe upon the man at the street cor
ner. "Take that story to the Sunday editor."
said the man, who happened to bea'.
newspaper reporter, "and hell give you1
column rates for it."
To be on good terms with human na
ture, Be Well ! Garfield Tea purifies the
blood, eradicates disease, regulates tho
digestive organs and bring Good Health I
Manufactured by Garfield Tea Co,
Brooklyn, N. Y. Sold by druggists.
Talk Leaa to the Horae.
A horse which has always been made
to obey quickly will respond to com
mands from anyone, whereas the crea
ture which has been petted and talked
to accords, unless hungry, scant atten
tion to anyone. We talk to horses al
together too much, and It Is a silly and
dangerous custom. "Whoa !" should
mean but one thing, and slip, slide or
fall, should meet with Instant obedi
ence. Not another word should ever
be used, beyond possibly the order to
"stand over" In the stall (although
even that Is best unsaid), except the
"click" of the tongue for Increased
speed. The nnimal's attention is kept
If you are silent he does not know
what you will do next, nnd as he dis
trusts and merely tolerates you, even
ns he fears you, bis anxiety Is alwa
to find out what you wish done, or wh
move you will next make. Outing
Magazine.
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