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Pacified by that answer, Jason gave
his promise fr3ely, faithfully to do
what Adam-fr.aa asked of him. And
the night being now well worn to
wards midnight, with the first bell of
the vessel rung, and old Chaise fuss
ing about la busy preparation, the
time had come for Adam to part from
Greeba. To bid her farewell was im
possible, p nd to go away without doing
eo was wc!l-night aB hard. All he
could do was to look upon her in her
sleep and whisper his farewell in his
heart. So ha entered on tiptoe the
room where she lay. Softly the moon
Rhone through the window from across
the white sea, and fell upon the bed.
Pausing at the door he listened for her
breathing, and at last he heard it,
for the night was very stHl, and only
by the sea's gentle plash on the beach
was the silence broken. Treading
softly be aproached the bedside, and
khcre she lay, and the quiet moonlight
lay over her the dear, dear girl, so
brave and happy-hearted. Her lips
seemed' to smile; perhaps she was
dreaming. He must take his last look
now. Yet no, he must kiss her first.
He reached across and lightly touch
ed her pure forehead with his lips.
Then she moved and moaned In her
sleep, and then her peaceful breathing
came again. "Now, peace be with
Jier," Adam murmured, "and the good
hand to guard her of the good Father
of all."
So Adam Falrbrother went his way,
leaving Greeba behind him, and early
the next morning Jason took her back
to Lague,
CHAPTER lit.
THE WOOI.VU OK JAMS.
Now tug iu3 tuiug Umt Juhoii did
not tell to Adam Falrbrother was that,
on hearing from Jacob, as spokesman
of his brothers, the story of their
treatment of Greeba and their father,
he had promised to break every bone
in their six worthless bodies, and vow
ed never to darken their door agiin.
His vow he could not kerp if he was
also to keep his work with Adam,
and he deferred the fulfillment of his
promise; but from that day he left
Lague as a home, and pitched his ten
with old Davy Kerruinh In Maughold
village, at a little cottage by the Sun
dial that stood by the gates of the
church. Too old for the sea, and now
too saintly for smuggling, Davy pot
tered about tha churchyard as grave
digger for Maughold had then no
sexton with a living of three and six
pence a service, and a marvelously
'lealthy parish. So the coming of Ja
son to share bed and board with him
was a wild whirl of the wheel of for
tune, and straightway he engaged an
ancient body at ninepence a week to
cook and clean for them.
By this time Jason had spent nearly
half his money, for be had earned
nothing, but now he promptly laid hl3
idle habits aside. No more did he go
up to the mountains, and no longer out
on to the sea. Ma nets were thrown
over the lath of the ceiling, his decoy
was put In a cage, hU fowling piece
stood In the corner, and few were the
birds that hung at his belt. He was
never ieen at the "Hibernian," and he
rarely scented up lhe hou?e with to
bacco smoke. On his first coming he
lay two days and ni?hts In bed with
out food or sleep, until Davy thought
surely he was sick, and. willy-nilly,
was for having his feet bathed in mus
tard and hot water, and likewise his
stomach In rum and hot gruel. But
he wa-j only Bottling his plans for the
future, and having hi'; on a scheme
l ha aaru ouf f ff".yttM.!id.
plunged his head up to the neck in a
bucket of cold water, came out of it
with gleaming eyei, red cheeks and a
tapor rising from his wet skin, and
orylng himself with awhlr on a coarse
towel, he laid hold with both hands
of a fhunk of the lat hare he had
snared, sad munched it in vast
mouthfuls.
"IHvy," he cried, with the white
teeth . still going, "are there many
many corn milis this side of the is
land?" "Och, no, boy," said Davy; "but
scarce as fresh herrings at Christ
mas." "Anv mill nearer than old Moors's
at Sulby, and Callow's wife's down at
Laxcy?"
"Aw, no, boy, the like of them Isn't
In."
"Any call for them nearer, Davy?"
"Aw 'deed, yes, boy, yes; and the
farmer men alwis keen for one in
Maughold, too. Ay, yes, keen, boy,
keen; and if a man was a.'ter building
one here they'd be thinking diamonds
of him."
"Then why hadn't somebody set up
a mill before how, Davy?"
"Well, boy, ye (ee a Manxman is
Just the cleverezt of all the people go
In at takln' things alsy. Aw, clever at
it, boy, clever!"
There is a full stream of water that
tumbles Into the sea ovc- the brows
of dort-y-VullIn, after tinging its way
down from the heights of Barrule.
Ja.on had often marked It as h came
and went from the hut of Stephen
Orry that contained his Muffed birds,
nd told himself what a fine site it
was for anybody that wanted to build
a water mill. Ha remembered It now
with a freshened Interest, and bowling
away to Mrs. Falrbrother at league
for the purchase of a rod of the land
that lay between the road and the
beach, to the Bailiff for the right of
water, and to old Coobragh for the
hire of a cart to fetch 'Hones from
the screes where the mountains quar
ried them, be was soon In the thick of
his enterprise.
He set the carpenter to work at his
wheel, tbe smith at bis axle, and the
mason at his stones, but for tbe walls
and roof of the mill Itself be had mo
help but old Davy's. Early and late,
from dawn to dusk, ha worked at his
delving and walling, and when night
fell In he leaned over the hedge and
smoked and measured out with his eye
tha work ha meant to do next day.
When his akIU did not keep psce with
hla ardor ho lay a day la bad thfnktag
hard, aal then got up ana worked yet
Coatiaeee
Story.
CA1NE.
harder. In less than two months he
had his first roof timbers well and
safely pitched, and if he vent no far
ther it was because the big hope
wherewith his simple heart had been
buoyed up came down v.ith a woe
ful crash.
"Aw, smart and quick, astonlshin',"
said old Davy of Jason to Mrs. Falr-
, brother at Lague. "Aw 'deed, yes,
j and clever too, and steady still. The
; way he works them walls is arand.
I'll go bail the farming men will be
thinking diamonds of him when he
makes a start."
"And then I wouldn't doubt but
he'll be In the way of making a for
tune, too," said Mrs. Falrbrother.
"I wouldn't trust, I wouldn't trust,"
said Davy.
"And he'll be thinking o. marrying,
I suppose. Isn't he, Davy?" said Mrs.
Fairbrother.
"Marrying, Is it?" said Davy; "aw,
divii a marry, ma'am. The boy's in
nocent. Aw, yes, inno:ent a.i a
baby."
Mrs. Fairbrother hail her own good
reasons for thinking otherwise, though
Jason came to Lague but rarely. So
with hint and Innuendo she set her
self to see how Greeba stood towards
the future she had planned for her.
And Greeba was not slow to see her
niother'r, serious drift under may a
playful speech. She had spent cheer
ful hours at Lague since the sad sur
prise that brought her back. Litt'e
loth for the life of the farm, notwith
standing Ross' judgment, ehe had
seemed to fall Into Its ways with con
tent. Her mother's hints touched her
not at all, for she only laughed at
them with a little of her old gayety;
but Oiij liny wiuiin the nrst. weeks
she met Jason, and then she felt trou
bled. He was very serious, and spoke
only of what he was doing, but before
his grave face her gay friendliness
broke down in an instant.
Hurrying home she sat down and
wrote a letter to Michael Sunlocks.
Never a word had she heard from
him since he left the inland four
years ago, bo she made excuse of her
father's going away to cover her nn
maldenly act, and asked him to let her
know if her father had arrived, and
how he was and where, with some
particulars of himself also, and wheth
er he meant to come back to the Isle
of Man, or had quite made his home
In Iceland; with many a sly glance,
too, at her own condition, such as
her modesty could not iorbear, but
never a syllable about Jason,, for a
double danger held her silent on that
head. This she despatched to him, re
alizing at length that she loved him,
and that she must bear from him"
soon, or be lost to him forever.
And waiting for Michael's answer
she avoided Jason. If she saw him ou
re.,uau ecui across u.e nexis, or
l. u7 t.auitj Hi,; UUUBC BUG 1U1111U
something to take her cut of the
kitchen. He saw her purpose quickly,
and his calm eves t-adJcned, and hi3
strong face twitched, but he did not
flinch; he went on with his work,
steadily, earnestly, only with some
thing less of heprt. something less of
cheer. Her mother saw It, too, and
then the playful hints changed to an
gry threats.
"What has he done?" said Mrs. Fair
brother. "Nothing," eaid Greeba.
"Have you anything against him?"
"No."
"Then why are you driving him
from the house?"
Greeba could make no answer.
'Are vmi tbtnkln , of seme ess
else?"
Again Greeba was silent.
"I'll beg of you ' mend your man
ners," crlad Mrs. Fairbrother. "It's
full time you were wedded and gone."
"But perhaps I don't wish to leave
home," said Greeba.
"Hush!" said Mrs. Falrbrother. "The
lad 13 well enough, and If he hasn't
land he has some money, and Is like
to hive more. I'll give you a week
to think of It, and If he ever comes
and speaks for you I'll ask you to
give him his civil answer. You will
be three and twenty come Martinmas,
and long before your mother was as
old as that she hd a couple of your
brothers to fend for."
"Some of my brothers are nearly
twice my age, and you don't ai;k them
to marry," said Greeba.
"That's a different matter," said
Mrs. Falrbrother.
It turned out that the week was
more than enough to settle the differ
ence between Greeba and her mother,
for In less time than that Mrs. Fair
brother was vtricken down by a mor
tal illness. It was only a month since
she had turned Adam from her door,
but her tlm wa3 already at hand,
and more than ho predicted had come
to pass. She had grown old without
knowing a day's Illness; her body,
like a rocky headland that gives no
sign of seasons, had only grown hard
er every yenr, with a face more deep
ly seamed; but when the fell it was at
one blow of life's ocean. Three little
days she had lost appetite, on tbe
morning of tbe fourth d.y sbe had
found a fever In a neglected catllo
trough that had drained Into tho well,
and before night she had taken ber
death-warrant
She knew the worst, and faced It,
but her terror was abject. Sixty-five
years she bad scrsped and scratched,
but her time was come. She hid
thought of nothing save her treasure,
and there it lay, yet It brought ber
no solace.
Two fisys she tossed In agony, re
membering the past, and tbe price she
had paid, and made others to pay, for
all that she bad held so dear and must
leave so soon, for now It was nothing
worth. Then she sent for the parson,
Parson Oell, who was atlll living, but
very old. The rood man eame, think
ing his mission was spiritual comfort,
but Mrs. Falrbrother would hear noth
ing of that. Aa she had lived without
Ood la the world, even so did sbe In
tend to die. But aome things that
had gone amies with Tier la bar eager
ran after riches sbe wit minded to
set right betore ber time eame to
In lending sbe bad charged too high
an Interest; in paying she had with
held too much for money; in seizing
for mortgage she had given too little
grace. So she would repay before it
was too late, for Death uas opening
her hands.
"Send for them all," she cried;
"there's Kinvig of Baliagawne, and
Cortlett's widow at Ballacreggan, and
Quirk of Claughbane. and the children
of Joughan the weaver at Sherragh
Vane, and Tubman of Ginger Hall,
and John-Bllly-Bob at Cornah Glen,
and that hard bargainer, old Kermoda
of Port-e-chee. You see, 1 remember
them all, for I never forget anything.
Send for them, and be quick fetching
them, or it'll be waste of time for
them to come."
"Ml do it. Mistress Falrbrother,"
bumbled the old parson through his
toothless gums, "for right ;s riht,
and Justice Justice."
"Chut!" said Mrs. Fairbrother.
But the parson's deaf ears aid not
hear. "And, ah!" he said, "the things
of this world seem worthless, do they
not, when we catch a glimpse Into
eternity?"
"Less cry and more wool." said Mr3.
Falrbrother, dryly. "I wouldn't trust
but old as you are you'd look with
more love on a guinea than the Gospel
calls for."
The people answered the . parson's
summons quickly enough, and eame to
Lague next morning, the men In their
rough beavers, the old women In their
long blue cloaks, and they followed
the old parson Into Mrs. Fairbrother's
room, whispering among themselves,
some in a doleful voice, others iu an
eager one, some with a cringing air,
and others with an arrogant expres
sion. The chamber was darkened by
a heavy curtain over the window, but
they could see Mrs. Fairbrother prop
ped up by pillows, whereon her- thin,
pinched, fad'id face showed very white.
She had slept never a moment of thi
night; and through all ifce agony of
her body her mind had been busy
with its reckonings. These she had
made Greeba to set down In writing,
and now with the paper on the coun
terpane before her, and u lljien bag
of money In her hand, she sat ready
to receive her people. When they en
tered there was a deep tilence for a
moment, wherein ber eyes glanced
over them, us they stood in their
strong odors of health around her.
"Where's your brother, Liza Jough
an?" she said to a young woman at
the foot o" the bed.
"Gone off to' 'Mcriky, ma'am." the
girl falterad, "for he couldn't live after
he lost the land."
"Where's Quirk of Claughbane?"
asked Mrs. Fairbrother, turning to the
parson.
"The poor man's gone, aster," said
the parson, in a low ton". "He died
only the week before last."
Mrs. Fairbrother's face assumed a
darker shade, and she handed the pa
per to Greeba.'
"Come, let's have It ovr." she said,
and then, one by one, Grtcba read out
the names.
"Daniel Klnvlg. twelve pounds,"
Greeba read, r.nd thereupon an elderly
man with a square head stepped for
ward. "Klnvlg," said Mrs. Fairbrother,
, fmb,jng tne r.ft., of tDe llnpn Da(?
you borrowed a hundred pounds lor
two years, and I charged you twelve
per cent. Six per cent was enough,
and here Is the difference back to yout
hand."
So saying, she counted twelve pound
notes and hnld them out in her wrin
kled fingers, and the man took them
without a word.
"Go on," she cried, ubaiply.
"Mrs. Corlett, two pounds," read
Greeba, and a woman in a widow's
cap and a long cloak came up, wiping
her eyes.
"Bella Corlnlt," said Mm. Falrbroth
er, "when I took over Ballacreggan
for my unpaid debt, you begged for
the feather bed your mother died on
and the clriir that had been your fath
ers, i dtrtn t give tbcm, tf.ougn I naa
enough besides, so here are two
pounds to you, ind God forgive me."
The worn in took the money and be
gan to cry.
"God reward jou." she whimpered
"It's In H'.uven you'll be rewarded,
ma'am."
But Mrs. Falrbrother brushed her
aside, with an angrv word and a fret
ful gesture, and csllod on Greeba for
the next name on the list.
"Peter Kermode, twenty-four pounds
ten shillings," read Orcein, and a lit
tlo old man, with a rough head and a
Rrlm, hard, ugly face, Jostled through
the people about him.
"Kermode," said Mrs. Fairbrother,
"you always tried to cheat me, as vou
try to cheat everybody else, and when
you sold me those seventy sheep for
six shillings apiece last back end yon
thought they were all taking the rot.
and you lost thirty pounds by them
and brought yourself to tf ggary, and
served you right, too. But I sold them
safe and sound for a pound apiece
three days after; so here' half of the
difference, and Just try to be honest,
for tho rest of your days. And II
won't be a long task, either, for lt'
plain to see you're not far from death
d?or, and it Isn't worth while to be a
blood-sqcker."
At that she paused for breath, and
to press her lean hand over the plaoj
of the fire In her chust.
"Ye say true, ma'am, aw, true, true,''
said the man, In a lamentable voice
"And In the house of death It must be
a great consolation to do right. Let's
sing wf ye, ma'am. I'm going In the
straight way myself now, and plaza
the Lord I'll backslide no more."
And while he counted out the mon
ey In his grimy palm, the old hypo
crite was for the striking tip a Ranter
hymn, beginning
"Ob, this Is tbe God we adore,
Our' faithful, unchangeable friend."
But Mrs. Falrbrother cried on Mm
to be silent, and then gathering
strength she went on with the others
until all were done. And passing to
each his money, as the grasp ot
Death's own bard bed relaxed the
hard grip of her tight fingers, she
trembled visibly, held It. out and drew
It back again, and held It out again,
aa though she ware reluctant to part
with It even yet.
(To be Continued.)
To be content with less la to bat
less discontent.
HE MEANS EASINESS
Meiklejon Rents Tony Head
quarters For Wintar.
WIU KEEP TAB ON SENATORIAL RACE
"rank narrl.ioB, Myron Whoeler and
HjrrUoara Stan Friday Open Up tbe
Place, Cot Mailed Warrior Will
Be On Scene Soon.
Lixeor.s. Neb., Dec. 10. In a two
story houss of nine rooms, but two
blocks from the capitol and two blocks
from the Lindell hotel, have been
established the official headquarters of
George D. Meiklejohn, candidate for
United States senator. The interior
finish of the house is on the colonial
style, new and coitly furniture to
match has been installed, carpets,
rugs and matting are now be laid, and
three confidential factotums of the
assistant secretary of war are already
in charge.
Mr. Meiklejohn himself, with three
or four additional helpers, will be in
stalled in the commodious apartments
probably within a fortnight, when the
Nance county statesman will himself
take personal charge of his senatorial
campaign. At present Frank A. Har
rison, formerly of the Omaha 15.53 and
the Lincoln Journal, Myron Wheeler
and a youn gentleman of color yclept
Kemp are looking after the prelimin
aries of the assistant secretary's
canvass.
Harrison is the suave individual to
whom credit U (fivan for the anti
Rosewater petition, almM unanim
ously signed by republican candidates
for the legislature, which called forth
a wail of agony from the little Omaha
editor during the closing days of the
late lamented campaign. He is now
generally regarded as the confidential
personal representative of Mr. Meikle
john. Wheeler is installed as steno
grapher, and both are putting' in ten
and twelve hours daily in organizing
Meiklejohn's campaign. The head
quarters have been leased for three
month's and in Harrison's name.
Mr. Harrison when seen was very
backward about making" any estimate
of Meiklejohn's strength, lie laughed
sardonically, however, when question
ed as to Uosewater's probable follow
ing outside of Douglas county.
It is reported that both Thompson
and Rose water are likely to follow
Meiklejohn's departure and establish
personal headquarters at some central
ly located point a short distance from
the turmoil and confusion of the hotel
lobbies. Other candidates will pos
sibly follow suit, giviDg abundant
promise of wassail and good cheer to
members of the legislature, including
the "third house." This will be in
addition to the regular room or two to
be utilized as public headquarters by
each at the Lindell. Lorenzo Crounse,
for instance will live with his family
rA the Lincoln, but maintain senatorial
headquarters at the Lindell.
ooo
A new Richmond has appeared on
the senatorial field in the person of li.
K. Moore of Lincoln, erstwhile repub
lican lieutenant-governor of Nebraska,
and it i,s making the rest of the multi
tudinous aspirants cast goo goo eyes
in his direction. Mr. Moore is about
the only genuine millionaire in Ne
braska's capital city, and when he
gK ufter a thing he generally lasds
it. Of course it is not to be supposed
for a minute that Mr. Moore, whose in
come is somewhere in tbe neighbor
hood of $.-.0,()00 a year, would buy one
of the togas at the disposal of the leg
islature, for he has business qualifica
tions of surpassing merit, and a smooth
ness about him that qualify him for
senator. His business transactions are
conducted on a large scale, and it is
generally conceded on a basis as hon
orable as it is successful. During his
political career he made many friends
and acquaintances among the leaders
of his party, and in the business world
his acquaintance extends into almost
every county in the state. While poli
ticians generally pick D. E. Thomp
son ns a winner, it is expected that in
Mr. Moore's candidacy there is great
danger to Mr. Thompson.
ooo
Up to date only a few gentlemen
have been named as (tentorial aspi
rants. They are:
D. E. Thompson.
R. E. Moore.
(r. M. Lambertson.
George D. Meiklejohn.
Edward Rosewater.
lien ItaUcr.
Dave Mercer.
Lorenzo Crounse.
E. II. Hiiishaw.
Ex-Congressman Ilaincr.
Mosses I. ICinkaid.
This is quite a list. There arc a few
who m ght be called dark horses, but
the chances for a dark horse are re
garded as rather slim. It is too bad
that Tom Majors, Church Howe and
Jack McColl have been forgotten, be
cause they, also, might have been up
for a toga.
OOO
Speaking of the state Institutions
Governor Dietrich the other day paid
a high compliment to one or two of the
fusion state officer. He is especially
well pIcSKed with the condition of the
Hastings asylum, which has been un
der ths control of Dr. (Steele. The ap
point t sent of Dr. Kern of Wood River
for this plscc Is regarded as a most
happy solution of the problems pre
sented there. Dr. Kern was In the
Hastings asylum before tbe fusionists
took charge, and he waa so wall liked
that Dr. Hteale endeavored to get Gov
ernor Poynter to permit him to re
al sin for his efficiency alone.
The Lancaster County Jeffersonian
club, at its meeting last Wednes
day evening, elected o dicers for tbe en
suing year. A disposition was mani
fested to re-elect John Carr, who has
officiated in the capacity of president
for the past year with honor to himself
and satisfaction to the club, but he de
clined the office on the ground that,
being one of great honor, of which anv
democrat should be proud to occupy, it
should be given to some one. not yet
so honored. Jt is to the club's ever
lasting credit that it unanimously con
ferred the position upon Dr. Louis
N. Wente, one of the club's most active
and virile members, and we predict
that the club will advance under his
administration of its affairs fully as
well as it did under that of Mr. Carr.
The probabilities are that it will do
better than in the past, for the reason
that, confronting it and the demo
cratic party is a labor that needs, and
must have, the most willing and un
selfish workers possible, and in any
work that must be carried on by the
party tbe Jeffersonian club will not by
any means be found shirking in its
duty, lu Dr. Wente it has a president
whose democracy is as true as the
needle to the pole, and whose devolioi
to the party and its principles will lead
him to exertions in behalf of the club
and of its work that will, we feci cer
tain, result in p.eat good. Example
finds followers, and in Dr. Wente the
club will have a president whose ex
ample will start a drift toward an or
ganization of forces closer than we
have ever had, and this is the proper
time to take the steps thut will get the
democracy of Nebraska in better shape
than it ever has been before. It
pleased the rank and file greatly to
learn of Dr. Wentc's elevation to tbe
honorable position of president of the
leading democratic organization of tbe
state and it assures him its most
hearty and earnest co-operation in all
efforts tending to bring glory the club
and real benefit to humanity through
the democratic party.
We believe thq Jeffcrsonians will
fully agree with u: when we say that
from all its active members it could
not have selected for its president a
more worthy democrat than Dr. Wente,
OOO
The seventeenth biennial report of
the secretary of state is now in process
o preparation. It shows that the fees
collected by the office and paid to the
state treasurer from December J, 189S,
to November 30, J8S0, amount in tbe
aggregate to to $20,520.25. This sum
was derived from the following sources:
For fixing great seal and for
warding notorial eominis-
' sions , 3 1,416 00
For filing prticles of incorpo
ration, labels, trade marks,
etc.... 18,571 00
For making transcripts of
records, copies of laws, cer
tificates, etc 69 25
Total.. , $20,526 25
During this same period the expenses
of tbe maintenance of the office have
approximated $18,000, leaving the of
fice on better than a self-supporting
basis.
oco
In his report the secretary of state
says: "My labors in this office for the
last two years have been very pleasant
to me and I have been aided quite
efficiently by the full, office forca and I
do not look back with any Cause for
regret. There has been perfect har
mony In the office and the best of good
wishes toward one another. All of the
force, without an order, have helped
to bear the burdens of the office where
they have fallen heavily on one of their
number by dividing the. labors. The
personnel of the office as it now stands
is: O. C. WTeesner, deputy; Theodore
Malm, bookkeeper; S. E. Sterrett, re
corder; Nellie I'urcell, clerk. Gertrude
O'Sullivan, stenographer; A. E. Shel
don, clerk printing board.
"I am sure that the records and tbe
mode of keeping them, as well as the
general detail work of the office, have
been materially improved over former
years. I have done my plain duty to
the. best of my ability and feel that the
state has been well served.
OCO
Preparations are almost completed
for the Jeffersonian club banquet De
cember 20., It will be held at tbe Lin
coln hotel instead of at the audito
rium, an originally announced. He
sides Mr- Itryan, it is hoped to secure
Hon. Charles A. Towne and other men
of national repute to respond to toasts.
It is settled that the splendid editor of
the Omaha World-Herald, Richard L.
Metcalfe, will respond t.) "The Press,"
and that the president of the club.
John Cnrr, will act as toastmaster.
The affair promises to be one of the
best ever held. Tickets are ''eld $1.50,
and ladies are to participate in tho
function.
OOO
There is at least one satisfaction the
fusionists may have when the exodus
from the -state house begins, and it Is
that the fusion state treasurer will not
go from the state house to the state
penitea:!ry for having misappropri
ated htate funds. Our republican
friends w!ll find that Treasurer Me
serte has not Only handled more state
money during his four years than any
republican treasurer handled in the
same length of time, but that he will
account for every penny of it.
OOO
Those Boers who come to the United
States from homes destroyed by the
hired soldiers of a monarchy know the
price of liberty and will make all the
better cltisens for the knowing. ' They
will never vote for imperialism.
OOO
Just watch the republican imperial
ists in oangresa squirm under the lash
ings of liberty-loving eastern republi
can. They have already Iiad a taste
from MoCall of Massachusetts, And
there ara others.
ABOUT BCROrUlA.
II b Xot Sow K'sarUrf as a
At the present day physicians BO
longer regard scrofula as a distinct dis
ease, but the term Is atlll used la as
Indefinite way to designate tha pres
ence of enlarged glands la tha
and a tendency to chronic it
tion in tbe skin and mucous
branes. The lymphatic glands In tit
neck, are prone to enlarge on Taty
slight provocation. It la common, (or
example, to find the glands beneath
the jaw swollen as a result of Irrita
tion from a decayed tooth, a canker
sore, or any other abnormal condition
in the mouth; but the swelling In soch
cases is usually transient, and aub
sides with the disappearance of the)
cause. Not so, however, with "aerof
uJous" glands. These remain peraa
nently enlarged, perhaps slowly In
creasing la size. They are at Irat
hard, but later become soft, aa
cheesy matter forms in the Interior,
and eventually break down, giving la
sue to a chronic discharge, which la
succeeded by an unsightly scarring of
the neck. The disease Is the same aa
consumption, tbe seat of the tubercu
losis being the glands in tbe neck In
stead of the lungs. It Is not in Itself
dangerous to life, but its presence in
dicates that the sufferer is vulnerable
to tuberculosis, and is consequently a
candidate for consumption unless pre
ventive treatment is at once undertak
en. This preventive treatment ; is
mainly twofold good food and fresh
air and sunlight. The child, for chil
dren are the usual sufferers from
"scrofulous neck," sbpuld have an
abundance of nourishing, well-cooked
food, and should be encouraged to eat
at little at a time and often, rather
then to take the ordinary three la ga
meals a day. Plenty of butter and
cream should enter Into the dietary,
and cod-liver oil may be taken with
advantage, if it does not disturb tho
appetite or the digestion. Summer and
winter the patient should spend moat
of the day in the open air (schooling
can wait), and at night must sleep
with the windows wide open. Sun
shine is inimical to the tubercle bacil
lus, and a vulnerable person should be
in it aa much as possible. If the
glands in the neck begin to soften it
is generally advisable to have them
removed, for if this is not done they
will finally break down and discharge,
and the resulting scars will be much
more conspicuous than those that
would have been left after the cutting
out of the glands. Besides, there is
always danger ot the disease spread- .
lng to the lungs or other parts of the
body so long as the tuberculous glands
are allowed to remain. Youth's Com
panion. FAST TRAIN'S SUCTION,
tt I Well for Bystanders to Keep at a
Safe Distance.
"The theory that a moving train
carries along an enveloping air Is very
interesting," said an engineer, "and I
believe there is a good deal of truth
in it I first had my attention attract
ed to the subject by a curious incident
that happened several years ago at a
crossing near Birmingham, Ala.,
where trains pass twice a day at a
speed of about forty miles an hour,"
says the New Orleans Times-Democrat
"The tracks are seven feet apart, and
there would seem to be ample room to
stand between them in perfect safety.
One afternoon a small fox terrier dog
belonging to a section boss was asleep
is the middle space and woke ud Just
as the trains closed in from each side.
There was a barrel on the ground near
by and the dog in his fright jumped on
top of it That probably brought him
Into one of the rushing envelopes of
air; at any rate he was whirled off his
feet and thrown clear to the roof of the
opposite car, where he was subse
quently found, jammed against a ven
tilator chimney, with no injury except
a broken leg. How in the world he
ever made such a Journey and escaped
alive is a mystery, unless his fall was
deadened by a cushion of air. Apro
pos of atmospheric pressure, It is a
well-known fact that there is a 'vortex
space,' or 'zone of suction,' directly
behind any rapidly moving train, and
Its presence accounts for a grotesque
happening that took place some years
ago on the Southern Pacific. While
the California-bound express was go-
inv tht.An.1, n , . .
e i"iu6i iteBieru Arizona &i s
clipping gait a passenger who waa on
the verge of Jim-jams rushed out to
the rear platform, climbed on tbe rail
and Jumped off. He was wearing a
very long linen duster, and a muscular
tourist who happened to be on the
platform at the time grabbed it by the
tails as It sailed by, and yelled for
help. When some ot the others ran
to his assistance they found the lun
atic stretched straight out In the air
behind the platform, howling Ilka a
Comanche, but safely anchored by this
duster, which had turned Inside out
and caught him at the shoulders. The
muscular gentleman waa hanging on
for dear life, but had It not bean for
the fact that the would-be suicide waa
virtually sustained and carried alone
by the auction of the vortex space
something would certainly have given
away. They reeled the man hi like a
kite and he promised to bo good. We
have very little exact knowledge at
present of the atmospheric condltlone
that surround a moving train. A '
fuller knowledge of than may lead to -tha
solution of aome baffling probleaM.
In traction."
A curious. Incident of the
floods la Calcutta was the ttcr?txj cf
a tram la Delkoeete atiare, Oe very
heart of the ettjr, ef a lrr C3i ctiA ,
oaught la Cut wtset.