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TMIDMHTM. , Bllndsa U4 moat frantic prayer. ' Clutching M & senseless boon, Bla that begs. In mad despair. Death to com he comet too soon I Like a reveler that (trains Lip and throat to drink It up Tfce last red ruby that remains, One red droplet In the cup. Like a child that sullen, mm. Sulk)n spurns, with chin on breast v 14 1 1? a i run. Hl rift of whom he Is the guest Outcast on the thither shore. Open scorn to him sksll give Souls that heavier burdens bore "Bee the wretch that dared not live." Edward Rowland SllL THE BLUEFIELD DIAMOND ROBBERY Those who pay attention to the records of criminal cases, as reported by the newspapers, and who have a good memory for such matters, will recollect the Interest aroused, now several years ago, by the trial of one Robert Morris for what was known as "The Blue-diamond Robbery.'1 In the minds of some, perhaps, the details of this crime may be still fresh. But for the benefit of that Infinitely greater number of persons whose memorial fac ulty Is only a nine days' affair. It will be as well to recapitulate all the facts of the case before proceeding to the elucidation of one very mysterious point, which at the time of the rob bery baffled the cleverest detectives In London. First then, for the recapitulation of the facts, as disclosed before the right honorable, the Lord Mayor at the Man sion house, and subsequently before the Recorder of London at the Old Bailey. The victim of the robbery was one Jacob Blumefeeld, an Anglo-German Jew, and a well known diamond merchant In Hatton Garden. This gen tleman. In the couse of a visit to the Dutch East Indies, with a view to the purchase of pearls (In which he also dealt), had picked up from a native Sumatran, for a song, six stones, which the vender supposed to be small, pale, and therefore comparatively valueless, sapphires, but which Blumefeelds eye told him at once were those rarest and costliest st'Mies In the market viz., blue diamonds. It was stated In court f recollect, by expert witnesses, that there were not more than thirty blue diamonds known to exist, and that the ratla of their value to ordinary dia monds of the same size and water was at least 100 to 1. On this basis the tx stones referred to, despite their ln llgnflcant size, were worth fully $100, 00; Indeed, at the time when they were stolen Blumefeeld was negotiating a Mile of them to Messrs. Uostron, the Bond street Jewelers, for a sum several thousand dollars in excess of that It lay be readily imagined, therefore, that the theft of such gems excited no KnaJl sensation. The circumstances of the theft were, tr appeared to be, sufficiently common place. On the day of the robbery Mumefsetd had carefully locked the blue diamonds In his safe when he ttUted his office at 6 o'clock. At about 8 or the watchman who was n duty, and who had received particu lar Instructions to keep an eye on Blumefeeld's office, happened to catch the Bash of a light through the key hole, and pushing open the door, which he found unfastened, made his way Inside and actually caught the thief red banded In Blumefeeld's room. He at once collared the fellow a small, weak man, who made little resistance to his stalwart captor and raised the alarm. In a minute or two several con stables were on the scene, and a little later an Inspector arrived, who lost no time In dispatching a special messenger to Blumefeeld's private residence In Pembrldge square. On the diamond merchant's arrival a thorough examination of the prem ises was made, disclosing the fact that his safe had been opened with a dupll- j rate key, which, In fact, was still in the lock, and that, while everything tine had been left untouched, the most valuable contents, namely, the blue diamonds, had been abstracted. The thief, of course, was theh conveyed, without delay, to the nearest police tatlon, and duly charged by Blume feeld, who now recognized him as a man who had called upon him at his office a few days previously In refer ence to a proposed purchase of gems, which had fallen through. He recol lected, also, that he had hud occasion to leave the stranger alono In his office for a mlnuto or two; when, prob ably, the latter had managed to get an Impression of the lock of his safe. The prisoner did not deny this. Nor, in spite of the usual caution, did he make any secret of the fact that he had broken Into the oineo for thu pur pose of stealing the blue diamonds. But that he had stolen them he stub bornly denied. "Borne one else had forestalled me," he said. "I found the safe open and a key already In the lock. I'd got my own duplicate, but I didn't have to use It. If you search me you'll And It In my waistcoat pocket." In confessing he had entered the of fice with felonious Intent, he was, of course, only admitting as much as the circumstances of his capture rendered obvious and Incontrovertible, and, so 1st that went, was doing himself neither harm nor good. But his state ment that he had been forestalled was so clearly of the cock and bull type that no credence whatever was natur ally attached to It. He was subjected to the usual rHorous search. The du plicate key, as he Mid, was In his waistcoat pocket, and In his coat sockets there were one or two other felonious Instruments. Tet not a sign of a blue diamond, or any other Jewel nor valuable, was found upon him. His clothes, his boots, his hat, his per son. even to the inside of his mouth, were again and again examined. Not trace or the missing stones! And this was the more remarkable because he had been collared red-handed, and from that moment no chance whatever was allawed him of throwing away or otherwise disposing of the stones. "I tell you I haven't got them," he kept persisting. "I d have prigged 'em If I'd the chance, I don't deny, and it would be no use if I did. But I was forestalled, I tell you. Some other chap must have got It Just before me and lifted 'em. You're only wasting time and trouble In searching me. You are, Indeed." Of course, no attention was paid to this ridiculous assertion, and after the process of search had been repeated again and again, Blumefeeld returned with two of the police to his office In Hatton Garden, where It was thought possible that the thief might have managed to drop the stones. But the most careful scrutiny of every nook, cranny and corner failed to discover them. Blumefeeld very naturally fell Into a fine state of mind. "Never mind, si,," said the Inspec tor. "We're bound to And them you know." "Do do you think that there's any chance of that scoundrel's story being true?" exclaimed Blumefeeld anxiously. "Not much," laughed the inspector. "I'll give a hundred to the first man that puts his hand on them," cried the diamond merchant. Which offer, you may be sure, made the Inspector try his very hardest In the matter, but did not, any the more, make the discovery of the missing Jew els an accomplished fact. Next morning Morris was charged at the Mansion House before the Lord Mayor. He admitted, as he had done overnight, his felonious intention In breaking Into Blumefeeld's office, but he still strenuously denied that he had stolen anything. "I meant to steal the blue dia monds," he persisted. "But I'd been forestalled by some other man. I've no more to say, and shouldn't have if you was to question me till the day of Judgment." He was remanded for a week to give the police an opportunity of finding the missing stones; and when brought up again at the end of that time, the diamonds still being undiscovered, and there being no Immediate prospect of their discovery, Morris was duly com mitted to the Old Bailey. In the interval between that event and his trial. Blumefeeld obtained leave to see the prisoner In Newgate. "Look here," he said to him (I am condensing the evidence subsequently given by a warder at the trial). "I'll make you an offer. If '"you'll tell me what you've done with those dia monds, and enable me to recover them, I'll pay 2,000 to any representative of yours you like to name. The money shall be paid to him In cash here. In your presence; and then you can have It when you come out You're not making matters a bit better for your self by sticking to that absurd story. If anything, rather worse, for you'll get dropped on more heavily by taking that line than If you do your best to restore me my stolen property. Now, then, you will be a fool If you refuse; you will, upon my word." If I had stolen the diamonds, or know where they were, I'd close with you like a shot, Mr. Blumefeeled. For I know very well that I'm In for five years, anyhow. But I didn't steal them, and I don't know where they are any more than you do," answered Morris. "My story sounds unlikely enough, I am well aware. Maybe the Judge and Jury won't believe it, cither; but It's true, and that's all about It." From this position true or false- nothing could Induce him to budga. The day of his trial arrived. The case excited very great Interest and the, recorder's court was packed. There were two counts In the indictment; the one (I'm not a lawyer, and only quote from memory, and therefore I will crave Indulgence In case my legal phraseology be Incorrect) the one ol "feloniously breaking lnto"Blumcfeeld's The recorder summed up at coneld eraMe length a, careful, equipoise summing up, as I remember thinking at the time, balanced, like the sen tences In a Greek dialogue, with, per petual "on the one hand" and "on the other band;" impartial, no doubt, but colorless, and affording no assistance whatever to the Jury. The latter, after considering their verdict for an hour or so, at length brought the prisoner In "not rujlty" on this Indictment He was then sentenced to twenty months' hard labor, the recorder observing that If anything previous had been known against him, which apparently there was not he should have sent him Into penal servitude. Such is a brief a very brief recapit ulation of Robert Morris' sentence In connection with the theft of the blue diamonds. Any one who Is Inter ested to go more fully Into the details of the matter can turn up the case In the back volumes of the newspaper, which he can put his hands upon at any of the public libraries. If he does so, h will And, I believe, that much as I have pruned and condensed the reports, I have not omitted any material Item. And, Indeed (to say nothing of the re quirements of space In these columns) it would be wearisome to retell the story at any length, since, for the one mystery In the matter the disposi tion of the blue diamonds by Morris (as suming him to have been the thief, as everybody still did) the rest of ths features are commonplace enough. I now come to the important point In my story; the only part of it which Is not mere recapitulation, namely the elucidation of the mystery as lm parted to me only a few weeks ago by Morris himself. I may take this oppor tunity of saying that I am the doctoi who attended the ex -convict In his last illness, of which the fatal termination came so recently as a fortnight since. "Doctor, he said to me one day, about a week before he died, "I shan't leave any effects behind me to pay your bill. But I can leave you a little secret which you might turn Into a nice sum of ready money, If you sot about It right away. Ah! what a fool I was to go and make ducks and drakes of all that oof. Do you know, doctor, after I came out of shop I was worth 8,000?" "Eight thousand!" I exclaimed. "Then you did steal the blue diamonds? How the devil did you. manage to hide them?" "That's the secret I'm olng to tell you. Ah, doctor (he chuckled glee fully: I am not writing a moral tale; I will tell the truth; and the truth Is that Robert Morris was not in the least pen lent). I had the diamonds on me when I was caught; I had them on me when 1 was searched at the Btatlon, I had them on me when I went before the Lord Mayor; I had them on me when I was tried at the Old Bailey; had them on mo aJl the twenty months when I was In the stone Jug aye. all the blessed time." "Impossible!" I cried. "You could not have concealed them." "Couldn't I, though? Ah, doctor, I'll show you. Bring me that cup off the washstand, now. Do you see what's In It?" "Your grinders," I said, looking down' at the double set of false teeth lying in the cup, "what about 'em?" "Nice ones, eh?" he said with a leer and a wink. , , A MUTTALISURPRISE. HER EXPERIMENT. "My Dear Daughter: 1 have long felt "Why, Margaret! the whole idea is "x" mucii my nun i a anu cunuren neea- absurd and unlike you A.1 n rvw.l hnM'u l.I.A rwl ........ f I I ... ' ed a mother's love and care. I have been willing In this respect, as In every other, to sacrifice my own feelings to "Thut's Just the reason I wish to do it. I am tired of the old yearly pro gram, une symphony, hops, teas, their good, but It Is no easy matter drives and rails In th winter on th. to find Just the right person to fill to away to some fashionable resort In the Important a position, and I do not wish summer with another whirl of gayety """. ror an entire season. I'm bored with it A few weeks ago I was Introduced to nil and have divided tnr in,. nr. ...m- a widow lady by the name of Norton, mer to seclude myself In some quiet and finding her, on further acquaint- country place where no one knows me, ance, to' be all that I could desire, ana i can dress simply and be my naL either as a companion or as a mother Ural self, without one familiar face to io my cuuureu. rem nd me of home ene is a most mna ana excellent "Rut mnthor and tho cHho ,hi - "u mai juu win uk pre- disappointed, dear, and if you would pared to extend to her that respect and onJy g0 t0 Nahant with them I could affection that are her due. iwnil everv Hnndav there and if vnn Dire iuu one buu, wuu IB away a i I r rrv thin Wirt afhemo r.f vnura T scheol, which will be pleasant for you, mav not. he ahl to w vnn more than as you have no brother. once., for I do not oiwct a v,.iinn "We shall be home Thursday. Your this vpar as m v senior nnrfnor anilu iia,uuuau; iaiiii-i, for Kurone next week." 'HOWARD LESLIE." "Rut. Ned. I do not want to see even ABOUT EATING. "P. 8. You were very wise In not you. That would spoil the whole plan. engaging yourself without consulting g0 you are not to come where I am me 10 me young man you mention. A Edward Linton arose with a flushed young girl like you does not know what face and anid nnicklv! "no vnn moan love la. Five years from now Will be Marsraret. that vou won't write to me lime eiiouKu lor you io inuiit oi sucn a. an(j I am not to Bee you until au thlng." :-l jaJ tumn?" This was the letter that Anne Leslie "Yea Ned. I want to leave love and received from her father, in reply to I j0ver behind me to be free once more; the one she had written him, overflow- but. vou dear fellow. I shall return, vou lng with the glad anticipation to which know. Now. let's have a parting song. her new born iove had given rise. For a time she sat speechless with anger and amazement. The Idea of her father every marrying again had never entered her head. Why should he? Was she not there to keep house for him? And when she left, as, of course, she should in time, would not Marlon then be ready to for I leave tomorrow," and she turned to the piano. "No, I do not feel like singing. I hope you'll enjoy your outing and freedom to your heart's content. Good niRht," and he was gone. He thinks I'll call htm back, but I won't, and I'll carry out my plan now, anyway," and Margaret ran upstairs to take her place? She never heard of finish nackine. anything so ridiculous. Flve weeks later a party of young And to think that her poor mother, neonle. atarted from the Prosnect who had been hardly two years In her house the onlv hotel of a small New grave, should be so soon foi gotten! Hampshire village to climb the moun- lf She thought that her adored ChaS. tain for which the house was named. Edwards would ever be so false to her -me glrls ln their 8nort walking skirts, memory she was sure that It would shlrt waists and AlDine hats looked cool break her heart. and comfortable and chatted merrilv But the postscript was the unklndest wlth thelr escorts. One of theli number cut of all. The Blighting manner ln however, laeced behind a bit. and a eirl which her father alluded to "the young man," whose name she had written to him in full Charles Edward Fltzhenry Stubbs was more wounding than the harsheBt invective. And to presume to think that she knew nothing of iove, who had experi enced it in fullness and power. rotlcing her, said: "I can't understand Miss Joyce. She is bright and attrac tive, and yet will not accept attentions from any young men. She told me yes terday that she came here in preference to Nahant, Just to be quiet. If she was tired out or ill it would not seem odd, but she says she is In perfect Full of these indignant .thoughts health." "Oh, Just wait till my old Anne sat down and penned an epistle classmate arrives tomorrow noon, and, to her adored Charles Edward, detail- uniess he's greatly changed in the past lng her grievances, and ending with the declaration that she would never, never submit to be domineered over by a stepmother, and that she would ever be true to the fiist and only love of her life! The next mail brought a reply, stat ing, together with many protestations of undying affection, "that he could tiuly sympathize with her feelings, in view of her father's marriage, having Just received the intelligence thut his mother was to take another husband She had given him one step-father when he was a boy, and he would never submit to anothtr. lie would be there in person to de four years, she'll be unable to resist his attractions," said her companion. "Why, Mr. Carson, said the first speaker, Kate Norris. "Haven't you seen him ln all that time." No; we graduated from Harvard we have never corresponded, as both have been very busy, but as soon as I came here I wrote him to take a week's outing and Join me, and he wrote me yesterday that he would ar rive tomorrow." "Oh, Mr. Carson," said Kate, mis chievously, "did you describe the at tractions of the house ;" "The ycung women? Oh, certainly, the heartless one in patticu'ar. I would "Very," I answered. "Made "em myself." he said, with an other chuckle. "The p'leece knew 1 was a dentist's assistant, too. Wonder they never guessed." "Guessed what?" "Take 'em out of the cup," he said. I did so. "There's a little mark at the side of the plate," he went on. "It's a spring. Press It with your thumb nail." I obeyed his Instructions. In an in stant all the top grinders sprang open, revealing to me the fact that each ol them was simply a small hollow re ceptacle, contrived, as I saw on closer examination, with the moat artful skill and workmanship. 1 lie niuiv limn uiusc 11111 a. ici muin ImOthOr gleeful chuckle, as he watched the! chailos Edward remulned at home amazed wonder with which I was gaz- 'a week and then went back to school lng at this marvellously clever effort mand, In poison, her hand of her fath- uKe to see nel captivated by Ned, Just er. Jf he ietuseo tney wouiu ny to- to pay her for the snubbing she has gether to some happy place, where cru- given to the rest of us fellows." 1 fatht-rs and stepfathers were un- The next afternoon Miss Joyce stroll- known." ed into the wood at the' foot of the Chailes Edward was as good as his mountain, and, seating herself on a wtTd. Piomptly, on the following gtone by a little brook, began to read. Thursday, he made his appearance ut But ner min(j yould wander in spite the house of the father of his adored (,( ner efforts to become interested, and Anne. she closed the magazine and looked Scarcely wan the first raptuious greet- at the babbline water instead. Suddenly dig over when the Hoard of carriage sne espied some brilliant csrdinal flow- heeiB were neara. ers e-rowine on the side of the bank, Anne turned pale. and Bhe bent to gather them. As she "They have come! she cried, stait- Hid B() a crimson pin on her coat caught ng to her feet. on the edge of a ro k, became unioos- Let em come," responded cnaries ene(j an(j (en iDto the stream. Edward defiantly. "You are not afraid, ..f)h. where is It?" Margaret ex- I hone, when I am here?" rinimud and seeine ft beside a pebble As he said this curiosity impelled aho oap-priv reached for it regardless him to turn his eyes to tne window, anu nt w,.t hIhpvps. Hearing tootsteps, sne they fell upon the lady who was alight- turnod and nefore. her stood Edward ng from tne carriage, "wny n iooks rjnton like but no, it can t oe. "Were you contemplating suicide, or Mr. Lrf'Blie leu nis wire up io wnere t,vi, tn land trout w th vour nanosr' nis aaugnier was sianoiiig. sa,j he, smiling in nls pleasure ai see As Mrs. Leslie turned from the con- ine her. trained greeting of her new daugh- "Don't Bay you are net glad to see ler. ner eyes ten upon me young man Mnrirarpt. for l 2an see a welcome pacK oi ner, wno bioou muiing ai uci in your eyes. Man treats his stomach worse than as if it belonged to a dog. He load it with sweets and sours and bitters with fats and acids and oils, with milk and watermelon; lobster and cream; vinegar and mayonnaise; vanilla Ice cieam and acidulous strawberries; sour wine and flzzJing setter; the soft-shell crab and what the crab has been eating frlen in oil or butter that has neer known cream; and at intervals swal lows scalding hot coffee and pours down the same way ice-cold ice water. And so man gets sick. No animal could pwajlow the same djoees and keep well. When a sane man gets sick he sends for a doctor. The doctor does not like to apply a stomach pump to relieve gluttony, as ln an emergency case of poisoning; but he works on the line of assisting nature in unloading the over burdened stomach, and Illness Is re moved. We pity the poor people who do not get enough to eat; but we cannot quite bring oureelves up to the standard of pitying the millions of men who are eating too much. The power to eat less and be well is with them. It has been shown that the too fat may be come comfortably thin without courting death and destruction. Go without eating and give your stomach a chance, and you are cured. This Is for those who eat and drink too much. Those who need building up must take more nourishing food and more ctimulating drink than usual. "Man, know thyself." Be neither a fool nor a hog. Be a friend to your stomach, and it will stand by you while life lasts. If you are a burden to yourself be cause you have superfluous flesh, the surest way to get rid of it is to eat nothing. That is the only prescription which offers a sure remedy. Some peo ple go to Carlsbad for treatment, and if they stay there long enough and drink gallons enough of the water which na- ture has medicated for that purpose they can reduce themselves ad libitum, and if they choose can return to their ' friends disguised as skeletons. It is rather rough work, because It Is speedy work, and to a small proportion it is attended with Blight danger. It is ef fective, though, and you can get your self down to the weight which you fondly believe to be that of the Apollo Belvidere or the Venus of Mllo. Others prefer a few weeks' sojourn at Marienbad, where the cure take some longer time and you fade away less rap idly. The waters, the diet, the dally exercise which Is insisted upon slowly reduces you to the outline of. grace and beauty and make you happy and con tented. If you persist ycu become sylphlike, and in the sylvan grove are in danger of being mistaken for a water nymph. Still others take up their resi dence during the heated term in Bride des Bains, where the treatment ap proaches homeopathy. Long Journeys on foot and up nil ltest your heart and lungs, while the mild waters and baths coax your adipose away and leave you at about the weight you have fixed for youiself. You make pleasant acquaint ances who sympathize with you on the approaching thinness which is so desir a ble, and the summer skips along in gay mood. In speechless amazement. "Why, Charles!" 'Why, mother!" "I never thought of seeing you here!' "Nor I you!" "Who Is this?" Inquiied Mr. Leslie, ooking In bewilderment from one to he other. "It is Charles Edward that I wrote vou about," said Anne, blushing. "It is my son, Charles, said Mrs.Les- e. "Charles, this is your step-father." 'And my futuie father-in-law, I hope, Yes. Ned. I am very glad to see you." He held her cloee to him, and as she raised her lips to his she whispered: Ned. deaiest. when I mn away again I do rot want to leave 'love and lover behind me,' even for Just one bummer. of skill and cunnlg. There!" he Bald, chuckling until ho prem.ses in uauu.i u.ru., inn uu,. j COUKhed hmBPlf speechless. "Not BO of "stealing therefrom diamonds to the , ,m aehi (Ioctnrr value of 20,000." To the former the, ...... prisoner pleaded guilty, and to the lat- ' Subsequent Inquiries which I address. . . . . , . 1. I i . 11.1, .. .1 U ..11..... I ea io .viorriH nimni'ii tin:ii-u mr imiww I lng facts: That, recognizing the ex ! treme risk he ran of being caught, ha had had two duplicate keys of the safe I made in order that by leaving one of them In the lock. Borne color might be ter not guilty, and the prosecution, in the hopes of procuring a more exem plary sentence proceeded with the charge of stealing the Jewels. But this was a difficult matter to prove. Every, body, of course, was convinced that There is a certain something of which stagefolk and artistic persons of vari ous kinds talk a great deal. "Temper ament," they call It, and I'm not sure esponded Charles Edward, as he shook that T know what it means. You can't anus witn nis morners new rusuunu. .,i it n ,Ht nn- We'll see about that, my boy," said """"" " "w " l!r. Leslie, laughing. "If your mother less you nave lemperameiii, x am s willing, I have no objection." told; but very often, If you do nave it, The four passed a very pleasant m. are dellchtfull v careless about pay- venlng. Charles Edward voted his ' ....,,, ktep-fathcr one of the nicest men he mg yui um ib j--" i-ver met. and Anne thought no laoy ments, ana avoioing aivwuc tumn, anu t-ould be more agreeable than her new a)( hot gorj 0f thing. It's a thing you can't define, this "temperament," but In stageland you hear of it until it be comes a weariness to your ears. All this Is merely by way of preface to a little story about the young daughter of an actor who Is ln Washington Just now. The child Is only 4 years old, but Bhe Is wise In the heart-breaking way of stage children. One day not long ago she was In the depths of despair because of a paint box and bicycle she wanted and could not have. Sadly she (taking with him the assurance that If fce studied dlllgent'y, and if both he and Anne were of the same mind at the end of the yeor no opposition would be made to their marriage. Young Croker, a mere boy of 21, tfrcsh from college, rather staggered the legislative Investigating committee in New York recently by his sang frold mt herself down and sadly she spoke kn the stand. "Now you know all about "Well," she signed, "I haven't got any .v.!. . ,.h Mf Mna nftor paint Dox, ana i haven't got any bl ' . ' cycle, and I haven't got any brothers . .- - - - - "... rt i . ji rnn, ninirin. a. navcii b huk aiijiun K ill . ..... L-... I n.ll.l. .rmmrv frm bnr a firm if u a .. ... 'lent to the assertion that he had been F1-1" '""" """ """the world but temperament While the toxins produced by mi crobes are more likely to enter the di gestive canal than other poisons, they, unlike other poisons, become inactive when digested. Investigating further, Messrs. Boucahrd and Zevacliti have found that the toxins are weakened when introduced Into the intestines, and that they are acted on by che nu merous germs of the digestive canal and also by the secretions of the glands, being thus forced to undergo a real digestive process. You can easily make a delicious vio let perfume for yourself by putting hal fan ounce of orris root, broken into smal Ipieces, in a bottle with two ounces of alcohol. Add to this a bunch of newly picked violets, cork the bot tle tightly and shake well. After it has been standing for four or five days a few drops on the handkerchief will leave the scent of fresh violets. No more oak floors at least, for or dinary mortals. That Is what the ex perts are saying now. They announce that the supply of fine oak timber east of the Mississippi is practically ex hausted by reckless cutting. Nor is there any remedy in sight. True, groes of oak scrubs hae started up In many places which, if let alone, would in time furnish a fresh supply destroyed by forest fires. Their pros pective value seems not to be appreciated. Fine oak timber can, of course, still be obtained fiom abroad. The English oak ln particular Is excellent, but the cost puts it out of the question for any but the richest. Those who could have mahogany and rosewood If they wanted it can, of course, procure oak, but that is small comfort to householders of moderate means. Builders, therefore, are looking about for a substitute. Our forests abound with ash, birch and other kinds of tim ber that are fairly satisfactory, but none of them is quite an equivalent for good oak. Morris had stolen the diamonds, but to, ,r,M- " "-""" " igaid to have been concerned; "do you establish It by the technical rules of anticipated by another thief. The ex. Itr ,.Vp(, glr ..Wn,,n dla you nrHt a I i i n LI. evidence was quite another affair. ' ireme.y c.evrr uu..w.va..ce u. i.m, Against the fact that he was caught on j w. however, of course, his the premise., admittedly with the Inten- chef-d'oeuvre, and he had put the dla- ,.n of .tealln. the diamonds, had to monal' lnl lneBe niarve.tousiy con h. .t the fact that no sign of a dla-' t"ved receptacles the moment he took mnnd or anv other stolen article, was ' lhem- Hardy wer0 thp ceth 8a,el1 ... i-n.-ht uwhor. 1'ack In his mouth before the risk he more the circumstance of his having , ad eventuated, and he was pounced refused Blumefeeld's offer of 2,000, n lne watenman. , which was elicited by his counsel In ev- "But It was worth It," this Impenl Idence went to some slight extent In his tent sinner told me. "Aye, If I'd got favor. But this the prosecution tried five years. It would haVe been worth! to discount by advancing the theory It They had my teeth out, too, so as that he must have had an accomplice to examine my mouth morecarefully hear of It?" demanded Moss, sharply, "Just now. when you told me," was voung Croker's rather crushing reply. "Those cyclones In your country must he dreadful things." he observed to the Texan as they talked. Summarizing the habits of Insects, Dr. L. O. Howard finds that the injur ious kinds Include those of 12 families that feed upon cultivated and useful plants, and of noe family that Is para 'Oh. we are learning how to hundte aitlc on warm-blooded animals. Among them," was the reply. fhnm, the beneficial kinds, ho places those of "You don't mean you can stop them? ' "Of course not, but we know Just seventy-nine families that prey on where to put up a barbed-wire fence to other Insects, thirty-two families that catch most of the family and the act as scavengers, two families that household goods when they start toblow' away." Chicago News. who had made off with the Jewels and that the prisoner was hardly likely to give away 20,000 for 2,000. On the oth er hand the defense urged that there was absolutely no evidence of the ex istence of an accomplice; and, besides, after the manner In which the theft had been bruited abroad and advertised, It woujd be Impossible for ths thief or thieves to dispose of them for a quar ter of their value, If, Indeed, at all) In which contention, of course there was soma truth. I felt nervous Just then, I can tell you But It was O. K. For, sharp as thesd fellows were, they never thought of lookln Inside the teeth." Truth The sensation of taste produced by) an electric current passing through the tongue la found by Zcynek, a Oer man electrician, to depend on voltage. Sudden changes of current and voltage: produced changes of taste sensation seaming to provs that the phenomenon of electric taste la an electrolytic on. A lover doesn't get half so scared that a girl won't marry him as thut the will marry somebody else. Whenever a girl giggles at every fool remark that a young man makes she la willing to be more than a sister to him. "George, you'll have to try and catch a cold." "Why, my love?" "Because I am Just dying for some raw onions." "Be mine," pleaded the poetic lover, "and your path In life will be strewn with roses." "Humph, and have me getting a puncture on the thorns! Not much I" retorted Miss Sprocket, who wss no novice In the pursuit of cycling. are useful only as pollenizers, and three famllle sthat supply food for fishes. There are twenty-two families that contain both Injurious and benefi cial forms, and forty-nine families of undetermined status. In an account of a five years' sojourn on the Mackenzie river, Edouard de Salnville mentions the entire absence of consumption anion the natives, and the occurrence of colds only on contact with civilisation. The curious experi ment was tried of opening a soldered sine case In a perfectly healthy camp, and distributing the contents. On the following day every member of the camp developed a violent cold, which was cured with camphor. The case had been packed In Winnipeg. A Hartford lawyer tells of a client ln one of the adjoining ,towns who had a farm to sell. He had recently sunk a well on it, and the Job cost quite a sum. Consequently, when he talked of disposing of his property, the well caused him considerable anxiety. "How much do you ask for the farm?" the lawyer asked. "Wal, I'll tell yer," drawled the farmer. "I'll sell the dern place for $700 with the well, and I'll let It go for $600 without the well." Argonaut. "Did you Bever your connection with the firm or were you discharged?" asked the friend. The man out of a Job gae a few minutes to thought before answering. "I'm a little uncertain about that," he said at last. "Uncertain?" "Yes. Of course, I know that office boys are discharged and general man agers sever their connections, but I can't be sure that I was high enough up to sever my connection, and I don t like to think I was low enough down to be discharged. Perhaps you'd bet ter make It that ths firm and I dis agreed." Senator Depew has purchased four thoroughbreds for ths coach hj to to keep In Washington.