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Sidney's water works system will
bo completed nt nn early day.
Tho corner stono for tho $80,000
school building In Beatrice lins been
laid.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Hork of Uumt
county celebrated her golden wedding
last weok.
Ground has been broken for tho
million dollnr court bouse that Doug
Ins county will build.
H. C. Smith shipped over twenty
eight carloads of the choicest apples
from his fruit farm near Barada, this
fall.
Chnrles Zobol, employed with tho
Burlington as a brldgeman, fell twenty
feet from a bridge east of Dlller and
was badly hurt.
L. K. Koplln, who conducts n snloon
In Pllgor, was Jirrested for selling
liquor to minors. Ho pleaded guilty
lo three counts nnd wns lined $75 and
costs.
Tho fees collected by tho vnrlous
state c moors and state departments
during tho blonnlum just closed,
amounted to a grand totnl of $3G1.
092.21.
O. E. Congdcn, n hotel man nt Wil
cox, was found guilty of selling booze,
or rather giving It to his guests by
placing It on tho tnblo with tho bill
of fare.
Tho work of constructing n now
bridge ucross tho Platto river at
Loulsvlllo has been commenced, nnd
it Is expected to be ready for tralllc
within three months.
Miss Jennie 12. Ferguson, of Friend,
has been appointed administratrix of
an estate valued nil tho way from
$110,000 to $175,000, left by her father,
tho lato Ephrlnm I. Ferguson.
Farmers should all havo telephones.
Write to us nnd learn how to got tho
best service for tho least money. Ne
braska Tolephono Company, 18th nnd
Douglas streets, Omaha. "Uso tho
Doll."
Giover Morris, who was cnlled to
Steele City with a pair of bloodhounds
on u robbery case, returned homo to
Beatrice, having succeeded In running
down a man named Campbell. A lot
of goods woro unearthed.
The Dlnlr Tolephono company has
nsi-cd tho railway commission for por
mission to put In a 10-cont toll rate
betwen that town nnd Herman. Free
scrvlco has been maintained between
tho two-towns up to tho present time.
Thomas Oliver of Fairmont, whllo In
the 1mm doing his chores, got too
near a team of mules. Ono of tho.n
resented tho Intrusion and adminis
tered to him a box In tho ear, nearly
aovorlng that member from his bond.
Tho corn show held In Nebraska
City . four days was a big nuccesa.
There were over ono thousnnd ex
hibits besides those of the mnnu
fnclurers, and Eaglo hall was crowded
.vlth throngs of people during tho day
and tho evenings.
Coroner Norcross of Miller and Jury
held an Inquest over tho body of Mrs.
Agnes Allen, colored, finding ac
cidental death from nn overdose .f
chloroform, self-ndmlnlstcred. Tho
woman had been 111 for some time,
and used tho chloroform to relievo
pain.
A speclnl meeting of tho members
of the Johnson County Farbers' Insti
tute has been called for Tuesday, De
comber 29. At that time there will bo
present threo government experts to
confer with tho people of that locality.
There will bo an expert In tho grow
ing of cerenls, ono on tho soil, nnd
ono on good roads.
J. H. Edmlster of Kearney was tak
en to the Lincoln county Jail nt North
Platto by tho Deputy United States
Marshall Sammons to begin sorbin;
time under sentence of tho federal
court. Edmlston Is tho real estate
speculator who was convicted of nt
tempting to dofrnud tho government
through Irregular land entries at
North Platto.
A 3,200-pound steer wns sold In the
South Omaha yards last week for
$9.40 per hundred. Ho notted tho
owner, O. W. Perloy. $300.80. This Is
tho largest prlco over paid for nn
animal which was not sold on a pedi
gree. Tho animal was sold largoly on
account of Its exhibition value. Tho
steer was 5 yonrs old and of tho
Shorthorn breed, but not thorough
bred apparently.
Tho largo fox squirrels on tho sixty
ncro normnl campus at Peru have
become so numerous as to cause
those Interested to fear that thoy will
destroy tho birds' nestB. Prof. H. 11.
Dnncnnson of tho department of bi
ology after continued Investigation
says that they do not damage tho
ucsts other than what little damage
may result Incident to their skipping
about over tho trees.
Harry C. Lindsay, state librarian,
has (lied his biennial report with the
governor. It shows n total of 5S,17;5
volumes In the llhrnry. Two years
ago thoro woro 54,072. Tho librarian
purchased 1.752 volumes and received
1,749 by donation and exchange
According to tho reportB of tho ro
cordor there woro filed In Otoo county
during tho month of November nine
mortgagos amounting to $27,000, nnd
sevon released to tho valuo of $14,
945. On town and vlllago property
thero woro filed slxteon mortgages
of tho value of $12,115.22 and fifteen
roleasod whose valuo was $4,01G.8fi.
NEXT GERMAN AMBASSADOR.
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Kai6er Selects Count Von Bernstorff
for Washington Post.
Berlin. Count Johnnn llolnrlch von
Bornstorff, who recently had repre
sented the Germnn government In
Egypt, has been selected by Emperor
William to succeed the lato llaron
Speck von Sternburg as ambassador
to America. Countess von llernslorff
Is n daughter of Edward Luckemeyer
of Now York.
Count von Uornstorff was assigned
lately to Egypt. Ho wns first diplo
matic agent nnd consul general at
Count Von Bernstorff.
Cairo, but was raised to tho rank of
minister plenipotentiary early In 1908.
Ho Is tho fourth boh of Count At
brecht von BernstorfT, who wns u dis
tinguished contemporary of Blsmnrck
and ho wua born In London In 1802
while his father wns Germnn iimbas
Bador to tho court of St. James.
Tho now ambassador began his dip
lomatic career In 1899, when ho was
mndo attache nt Constantinople. From
Turkey ho was transferred to tho for
eign ofllcc in Berlin, after which ho
advanced from ono grade to nnother,
serving in Belgrade, Dresden, St. Pe
tersburg nnd Munich. He wns coun
cilor of tho embassy and first secre
tary In London in 1902.
While In England tho count camo
especially under tho notlco of Em
peror William as a result of his worlc (
In ameliorating tho existing bad feel
lug ngalnst Germany. Ho drew up n;
series of lucid and comprehensive dis
patches on tho sltuatlou.
After four years' service In London
ho wns sent to Cairo. In tho German
diplomatic scrvlco this post Is re
garded as a Btopplng stone towards
advancement.
Count Ernst von Bernstorff, tho
founder of tho collnternl branch of the
family, nlso had an American wife.
Ho was married In 1801 to Amerlku
Itlcdosel, Baroness Zu Elsonbach,
who was born In Now York in 1780.
Tho now ambassador to tho United
States Is a man above middle height,
of slight llguro, and wears n blond
mustache. Ills knowledgo of English'
Is well-nigh perfect and he Is known
as a successful utter-dinner speaker
and to bo a witty conversationalist.
HAMMOND SEEKS CABINET PLACE
Mining Engineer Would Head Com
merce and Labor Department.
Washington. FrlondB of John Hays
Hammond, tho millionaire mining en
gineer nnd publicist of Mnssachu
setts, will ask Mr. Tal't to make him
u member of his cabinet. Mr. Ilnm-
JOHN HAYerMMMOW
mond's preference is understood to
bo tho department of commerco nnd
lnbor. Ho has Ideas on tho subject of
making this department u renl help
lo the commercial interests of the
country, particularly tho manufactur
ing Industry, nnd many of his friends
would like to boo him have an oppor
tunity to carry his plans Into effect,
Mr. Hammond wns active In tho re
cent campaign. Ho took hold of the
work of making useful' the National
Lengue of Republican Clubs, and It is
generally understood that ho bore tho
expenses of this work out of his own
prlvato fortune. He Is now planning
to maintain pormnnent licndqunrterH
of tho National leiiguo and to Increaso
Its membership and Influence during
tho next four years.
Many Languages Spoken.
Accorded to tho aecoptod authorities
thoro uro 3,424 spoken languages in
tho world today; or perhaps It would
bo more accurate to say dlalocts. Of
,thls numbor 937 are Asiatic, 578 Euro
pean, 270 African nnd 1,021 Amorlcan.
'By far tho greater number of these be
long to savage and semi-savage tribes
and untfonu.
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DIET
HEALTi
By DR. J. T. ALLEN
Pood Spcclaliit P
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Author of "Eating for a
Turposc." "The yVcfct
Gospel of Health."
Etc.
(Copyright, by Joseph 1). Dowleo.
SIXTY DAYS ON PEA
NUTS AND LEMONADE.
On October IS, 1907, I began an ex
clusive diet of peanuts and lonnn
ado nnd subsisted on that alone for
CO days.
Whnt did you do It for? Do you
still Jlvo on ponnuts? How should
peanuts bo tnkon? Have you changed
your mind about tholr food value?
Theso nro some of the questions that
I tun frequently nsked.
Such wns tho novelty of my experi
ment, which wns undertaken us a
scientific demonstration, that tho av
erage person refused to consider It
seriously. Tho newspapers treated It
largoly as a Joko oxcept that tunny of
them reported toward tho end of the
tlmo that 1 had died a result which
many were expecting.
For several years I had been test
ing tho relative values of food by
living for a tlmo on ono ulono nnd
recording tho results. Incidentally I
had reached tho conclusion, for rea
sons which 1 shall give In u later nr
tlclo, Hint ccronl starch Is tho only
element of vegotnblo food Improved
by cooking nnd Hint cereal starch Is
unnecessary In our diet, nnd fre
quently Injurious, particularly In the
case of Infants and children. I had
found that cooking Injures tho most
important element of food, albumen,
from which tho cells of bruin nnd
brawn nro built, nnd precipitates, to a
largo extent, tho mineral elements,
sulphur, phosphorus, mngneslu, potash,
otc., so ossontlnl to vigorous, healthy
life, so that they cannot bo nbsorbed
Into the blood. I had come to believe
nlso nfter much Investigation that
fruit should form u largo part of our
diet, nnd I had been proscribing In
certain cases a dlot of uncooked pea
nuts and gluten, uncooked, In small
qunntltlcs with fruits, eaten separate
ly, nnd had seen remarkable Improve
ment In some cases.
Ono dny It was reported In nn
Aurora (111.) paper (I lived in Aurora)
that a girl had died from cntlng pea
nuts nnd nt tho same tlmo tho chair
man of tho. local board of health at
tributed a caso of polBonlng to eating
peanut enndy.
To prevent nn undeslrablo counter
suggestion on tho minds of those who
woro eating peanuts by my advice,
moro limit to defend my own theories,
1 stated my view of theso cases, call
ing nttontlon to tho groat difference
between cooked and uncooked pon
nuts, nnd to show the firmness of my
bollof In tho correctness of my con
clusions, I said that I would bo will
ing to llvo for CO days on uncooked
peanuts nnd havo the results care
fully recorded dally by the board of
health, and glvo my body for dissec
tion nnd analysis, If I fulled to survive
tho experiment,.
I had lived for several days on pea
nuts, on npples, on primes, on starch,
on nothing, nnd 1 know that by fasting
for n fow days, when tho Indications
required It, I should havo no ill 111
culty In performing tho feat. But my
friends begged mo to desist, urging
that I was losing my professional dig
nity nnd many of them accused mo
of Insanity, which I wns, they snld,
deliberately fostering by this strango
freak! I had studied on my theories
of feeding till I wns half gouo and
now I wns going to finish tho Job!
The outcome, however, fully justi
fied tho confldeuco with which tho ex
periment was undertaken. 1 lost 17
pounds In weight but continued my
usual work throughout tho entire
period, nnd In fact did n greatly In
creased amount of mental labor, nocos
sltntod by tho Incrcnso In my corre
spondence, lntorvlows, etc., nnd on
tho ovenlng of tho sixtieth day I gave
an address In tho G. A. H. hall of
Aurora on dlot and mornllty, spenk
Ing for three-quarters of an hour,
nnd followed Hint with n 20-mlnute
talk to an nudlencn at the Coliseum
on tho relation of diet to strenuous
endurance.
Of course tho peanut Is not a com
plcto dlot and to keep in good condl
lion I fasted at Intervals throughout
tho CO days n totnl of about eight
days. Probably tho oxtouslon of the
experiment lo 120 dnys would not
havo reduced my weight to the point
of physical collapse. My height Is
5 foot 1114 Inches and my wolght
when I began was 105 pounds.
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Wo llvo by whnt we eat; and tho
chnractor of our living depends upon
tho kind of food we eat and tho way
wo eat It. "You can make n man good
or bad," says Bishop Fallows, "neeord
lug to tho way you feed him." "Tho
building of bruin-cell and mind
stuff," says Dr. Alexander Ilnlg, the
distinguished English authority on
diet, "lies ut tho root of nil the
; problemsof life."
Tho mind Is the mensuro of the
mnn; what u man thinks ho becomes
But tho mind manifests through tho
physical, nnd the character of the
physical determines the character of
the mental an certainly as tho mental
InfluoncoH tho physical. Tho body
in the oxprosslon of the mind, much
is a hnllillm: Is the expression cf the
thought of the architect who dcsbt'irl
it. And you can no more lul' 1 ,i
mind, h. autiful. enduring bod with
int good food than nn nrchllt-ct i.'-t
lurid n beautiful temple wlthmit 1
and marble.
"A crook In the mind make a cnv'i
In tho body." You cannot meet i
stranger without forming some Im
presMon of whnt he Is. You uncon
sciously recognise In physical form
nnd quality of bmly the ehnrnetor of
the mnn; and the trained physiog
nomist, 'phrenologist nnd physiologist
will undertake to rend your charac
ter, pretty accurately, from Its bodily
expression. Now that body Is mate
rial nnd the material Is food. Tho
Eskimo In built of blubber, the Scot
of onlmonl, tho Japanese of rice
and beans. But tho Eskimo could not
becomo u Scot by eating ontmenl and
barley menl for n thousand years.
Food Is only tho material; tho mind
Is the measure of tho mnn. The Scot
who has given us so much theology,
metaphysics nnd science Is the product,
primarily of tho mental stimulation of
"lniul of brown heath and shaggy
wood,
Until of tho mountain nnd tho flood."
So when we say that you nro what
you eut, we do not Ignore tho fuiidit
meptnl Importance of tho mind. It
is still true that its it man thluketh
so Is hit and that as it mnn outoth
so he thluketh. Wo havo heard so
much lately of the influence of tho
mind upon the body, that It is perhaps
time that the pendulum of thought
should again swing to tho other side,
the Influence of tho body upon tho
mind, and In tlmo wo may arrive at
the happy medium where truth lies,
the knowledgo of tho Inter-relation
the essential unity of, body nnd mind,
tho metita -physical constitution.
Scientific authorities agree that
vitality Is it llxed quantity that each
Individual Is born with it certain store
of vital form, nnd Hint when the stock
Is exhnustod ho dies. Vitality Is ox
ponded In work, In restoring normal
conditions when sickness occurs, In
defense against disease, and lit carry
ing on the normnl. functions of con
verting food Into blood, throwing off
waste and poisonous matter. Thero Is
no menus of estimating tho extent of
nny of theso expenditures, hut we
know thnt tho energy spent In digest
ing nnd eliminating food is consid
erable. We know that It Is Impossible
to do oue's best work after a heavy
meal.
Now If n large por cent, of the
energy ordinarily expended In dlgos
Hon, Including elimination, can bo
snvod without loss of nutrition, n
gain In working capacity, In good feel
ing, In length of life, must result. Tho
practice of n simple dlot shows re
mnrkablo gains In theso respects.
Tho sovero mental work done nnd tho
mental ulrnln sustained during tho
period of my ono-slded peanut diet,
indlentos that tho nvorugo poison
ovor-ontu nnd eats too mnny kinds of
food.
Tho llrst effect of sickness Is loss
of appetite. Nnthro then uses tho
vitality commonly used for digestion
to repair the defect, to restoro nor
mnl health conditions. Hero Is Indi
cated tho natural euro. Wo know
what elements different foods contain
and what tho body needs; and upon
this knowledgo Is based it simple, rad
ical euro of the ono fundamental ills
ease, defective nutrition of which nil
"dlsenses" nro but symptoms. This
Is tho cure which the omlnont Dr.
Hulg has said ho has been "convinced
by experience nnd experiment hns
lain nil tho tlmo t our doors whllo
wo havo been uslm; drugs as pallia
tives." Somo Important fncts woro devel
oped In contribution to this sclonco
of radical euro by tho peanut oxporl
ment. llundrodn of letters woro rccolved
during tho test from people who but
for nn accidental discovery of tho
peanut diet, "would havo been wear
ing a wooden overcoat," whllo others
asked "how to eat peanuts to avoid
tholr bad effects" which suggests tho
Important fact that all foods nro, un
der cortaln clrcuinstnnces, polsonoiiB,
nnd tho moro concentrated, obviously,
tho moro virulent when misused.
With it docronso In tho dally footl
supply comos nn Increaso In strength
with loss of weight. Tho vitality or
dinarily expended In convortfng food
Into blood nnd eliminating the waste,
often excessive, cun bo used In ex
traordinary mental work or In euro,
oven of deop sented chronic dlsenso.
The fact that appotlto Is always lost
Immediately on the advent of sickness
or montal derangement violent four,
linger, Joy, etc. Indicates that upon
the regulation of diet, which Implies
fasting its well us dlotlug, must he
basod tho true scloiitllle euro of tho
ono fundamental disease, malntitrl
Hon, understanding that the term
"nutrition" In Hb widest sense In
cludes normnl supply of air, water,
sunlight, food, exercise, nnd right
mental conditions.
Oregon Mushroom Breaks Record,
W. B. Steele, who llvos nt EnBt For
lyfirst nnd Ivon streets, near tho ond
of the Ulehmoiid car Hue, brought to
the Orogonlan recently u mushroom
which ho declares holds tho record for
sl'o In (his particular variety of fun
gi. It Is 1 1 Inches tall and tho cap
is a trlllo over 9 Inches In diameter
nnd 28 inches in circumference. In
stead of one nlghl, It roqulrcd four
and nn equal number of days for this
mushroom to devolnp. It grow in tho
garden of tho Steolo homo. Mrs.
Steole hays lie calls It Toft becauso
It Is so big tied strong and so much
superior to all. Portland Oregonlun,
Gas Pevcr Replacing Steam.
Gas engines are rapidly replacing
the steam engine In smullor fac
tories. They glvo twice as much
powt-r for the same quantity of fuol.
THE AWAKENING
By ELIZABETH JACKSON
ICopyrlKht, Ford
In her llttlo rose-colored boudoir.
EHeo paced slowly tip and down. Hor
broad, low brow was Bllghtly puckered
and nround her eyes were unmlalnk
able signs of tears. "But they nro
only surface tears," sho told herself,
with n llttlo sigh; "not henrt tears
not tho kind of tenrs that Lund ski
wants tears wrung In agony from
the soul." She said tho words over
again lo herself, smiling ns sho did so.
It seemed such n far-away possibility
If It wns one nt nil. "And for this
very lightness of henrt, my career Is
to bo ruined!'' sho cried nloud.
Sho stopped before the open window
nnd looked Out moodily Into tho night.
The slurs seemed to havo lost their
glitter and the radiance of tho moon
wiib hidden lu the mist of n cloud.
Below, tho trees hung dark and mo
tlonless, not n breath stirring them
or tholr huge, fantastic shadows. The
pervading calmness exasperated her.
It suited bo exactly her own mood.
Go Home Till You Become a Woman."
Neither was It tho calmness that fol
Iowa a raging storm, elthor of tho ele
ments or of u soul that torrlblo calm
uosh or despair. But It wns Just tho
poiicoful quiet of mere living nnd tho
sweet Joy of It.
Sho rested her arms on the window
ledge, lotting hor gazo wnndor dream
ily. A deep, long drawn sigh breathed
Itsolf upon tho ovenlng ulr, seoinlng
to reach straight on to tho slurs that
woro resllng so quietly, for thoy bo.
gun to quiver and to throw out daz
zling lights.
Thulr glenm caught her und bIio
clnpped her hands, laughing gleefully
like a child. "Dear llttlo stars," she
cried to them, "did that breath reach
way up there, to you? And whnt uro
you telling mo lu rottirn? Ah, I know
you nro trying to send somo mcssngo
und I cannot uuduiHtand, for I have no
soul!"
NohoiiI! could It, alas, bo true? And
fnst boforo hor mental eyo hopes and
fears camo crowding.
All her life contored urouiid her am
bition to sing In grand opera. Sho had
worked and studied, and sung, with
ever that point in vlow. Then camo
that glorious day whon sho hnd sailed
for Europe. Sho wns going to tho
grent Luiidskl, success nnd fuino!
lie had been pleased nt first, sho
know, and had great hopes for hor, but
Intoly sho seemed to fill him with only
exnsporntloii.
Ho was to bring her out lu IITrovn
tore, nnd tho date of her debut hnd
been set. But that day ho had shown
plnlnly thnt he dospalrod of her.
"Ah, iniideinolsollo, mndeiuolHolle!"
ho cried, "your voice yes" ho
shrugged his shoulders ami threw up
his hands. "It Is clear, It Is sweet, II
Is stiong, but It doosn't touch hero"
and ho pointed to his brenst. "It Is
cold cold, all Ice, Imh! you freeze mo.
Coino, put n llttlo warmth Into li," ho
cried; "let your soul ring out! lot
Mnnrlco know by tho very dopth of
your voice how you lovo him!"
Then suddenly ho turned to her.
"Havo you novor loved, mademoi
selle?" ho asked, softly, us though ho
might bo stepping on somo snored
ground. But her laugh rang merrily.
"Loved! Loved? No never. Why, I
novor hnd tlmo to think "
Sho stopped suddonly. Thogrny oyoa
of tho now tenor seemed to bo looking
Into her vory soul. Sho brushed hor
blind across hor brow and luughed
again, but not so heartily,
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Pub. Co.)
Tho afternoon wore on, her ln
structor becmuo moro nmi more Im
patient with every note. Finally, with
nn outward pushing gesture, ns though
to drlvo her from him, ho cried:
"Go homo till you nwaken, you nro
asleep! Go homo till yoit becomo a
woman; you nro n child I Go homo till
your very soul enn cry out to Mnnrlco
In tho lower, till you feel nil tho depth,
all tho misery nnd nil the glory of Leo
nora's grent love. Till you can not
only lovo with her, but bate with hor,
die with her. And when this comes to
you, come back to me, nnd then wo
can glvo to the world a living, brcatlw
lug, palpitating leonorn, not a crea
ture hewn of Ice."
But It was not of Lmulskl bIio wna
thinking now, hut of tho gray oyoa
whoso glance she wns beginning to
long for, yet drend. Ah! thoso eyes
were wondrous gray, but his hair waa
curly, undeniably. How sho hated
curly hnlr on it man, und his sho would
even hnvo termed kinky, hnd bIio not
fell at times eo strangely curious a
desire Just to (ouch It. Thoro surolyt
wns some chango coming over hor.j
thnt sho should look so eagerly ln
every crowd, wherever sho wont, JitBt
to catch it glimpse of it strnylng lock
of golden kinky hnlr.
Ami nil t his glorious voice! Sho
had only heard It once, but Its tones
were always ringing In her onrs. How
she longed to slug out lu nitswcr to it
the day she heard him. They woro
to practice together on the morrow,
und now, It wns not lo be. Ah, Hint
must have been u pang of more than
meie disappointment, that struck so
sharply at the thought!
The moon sank deeper In Its hiding!
place ami a strango mournful stirring
came from the trees. Tho night wnu
changing but still tho girl mused on.'
Suddenly out of (ho darkness, on
the rising breeze, cnnio a voice, sing
ing beneath her window.
Only one could slug llko thnt, nnd
as the words of Mnnrlco cnnio to hor
In it voice full of love und longing, she
caught her breath and listened trem
blingthrilling and iih tho Inst nolo
wiib curried to her, sho dropped to
I he floor, overcome, then poured forth
her answer.
Her voice wns low and unsteady nt
llrsl, hut gathorlng volume by tho
Vory weight or tho lovo It must carry,
rung out Into tho night, tolling In
tho words or Leonora of n groat,
strong und solf-sncrlllclng lovo. And
(ha wind which wns rlBlng to n Btorm,
curried It to tho listeners bolow and
wovb nround Its nolo of triumph a
sad mournfulncBs, us of coming sor
row. As tho Inst words died away, a cho
rus of brnvos and oxclnmntlons nroso.
Ellso did not hour them or under
stnnd their significance Sho wns
ulono with (his now beauty, hor faco
hlddon In her hands.
Finally sho was aroused by a knock.
Ho had como to her, ho wns thoro nt
I ho door. Oh, tho Joy of It! Yot
how could sho open It with that throb
In her thront and her heart beating ho
wildly? Timidly hIio crossed tho room
and turned the bundle.
The grent Lundskl enmo lu flrat,
then followed it womnn, nnd than the.
tenor, bis gray eyes full upon hor. Hor
own dropped.
"Mudoinolsello, mndomolsollo!" tho
grout Lundskl cried, "wo glvo you our
heartiest congratulations. I hardly
thought tho llttlo ruse would work so
well. Wo woro coming ovor to got you"
to prnctlco it llttlo to-night, na our
tenor snyB ho must leavo town to
morrow. Wo saw you against tho roso
light, standing so still In tho window.
'8lng,' said 1; und how ho sang,
and how you sang! It fairly struck mo
dumb. Ah, how much good n llttlo
scolding does sometlnics. But horo,
you hnvo not yot mot our tenor's wlfo
1 urn forgetting myself. Lot mo pro
sont Mademoiselle! whnt Is It? Aro
you 111?"
"III? Yes, yes," sho answered, whlto
to tho lips; "but do not bo nlarmcd:
to-morrow 1 will como to you and bo
the 'living, breathing, palpitating
Leonorn.' "
French Apparatus of Value.
A now electrical apparatus, which Is
designed to facilitate tho dispatch of
postal letters, has Just been Installed
In ii Paris post olllce. It consists of
nn "endless" roll or linoleum, 200 foot
ln length. This, in revolving, rubs
against 32 .electric bobbins opornted
by n powerful distributor. When tho
current Is switched on, tho linoleum
roll descends Into tho letter box, tho
contents of which are attracted lo tho
linoleum by the electricity, nnd com
miinlcnted by the bobbins. The let
ters are thrown Into u truck, nnd car
ried by means of n miniature railway
through the public room to tho sort
lug olllce. The saving lu tlmo Is said
to bo considerable, nnd tho npparntuB
Is almost nolselcKH.
Large Legacy for Academy.
According to Sclonco, tho Berlin
Academy of Sciences has received u
legacy of 30,000,000 murks (about
$7,500,000), being tho entlro fortuno of
a millionaire named Samson, n Berlin
banker, who recently died childless at
Brusseis.
Real Mean.
Mndgo How Ih It you don't speak
to Edith any more?
Dolly Sho won threo of my engugo
munt rings from mo pluytiig bridge.
Puck.