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ONE DOCTOR'S OPINION. . -
A physician who bad resided in a
small town for nearly a quarter of a
century, and had accumulated a com
petence, wag in a reminiscent framo
one day, and said to a friend:
"it may seem strange to you, but
three-fourths of my practice Is among
the farmers living within a radius of
tea miles around this town. I have
traveled every road and lane in this
neighborhood hundreds of times, and
know every foot of them. Farmers
ought to be the healthiest people alive,
but there Is somebody sick In their
families nearly all the time. They
habitually eat too much. Their sys
tems become clogged, and Instead of
starving themselves well, they send
for the doctor."
"Why don't you tell them so?" asked
his friend,
"I used to do so, but It offended
them, and they dismissed me and sent
for some other doctor. , So in many
cases I have given them mild medi
cines, and told them they must eat
little or nothing for two or three days,
in order to give the medicines a chance
to take effect. Town people overeat,
too, mind you, but for reasons easily
explained they don't eat as much or
s hearty food as the farmer and his
family do. By the way, Chester," he
said, turning to his office assistant,
who had Just come In, "didn't Uncle
Hank Itoughrlder, Just south of town,
kill his hogs two or three days ago?"
"Yes, sir," replied Chester.
"I'll have a call to attend a case
of malaria or something of the sort In
that family, from eating too much sau
sage and pigs' feet, inside of twenty
four hours," predicted the physician.
And even as he spoke Uncle Hank
Rotighrider drove up to the office, tied
his horses to the hltchlng-post, and
hurriedly came In.
STUDVISG TIIK IXriTOBED SAVAGE
Under government auspices, and
carrying with them the keen interest
of anthropologists al! over the world,
Professor Baldwin Spencer and Mr.
allien will this winter make an expe
dition among the aboriginal tribes
dwelling In the central and northern
regions of Australia. The Durnosa Is
to make a study of savage life in Its
; , most natural phases In order to throw
light upon the beginnings of civlllza
tlon; and some anthropologists are
-ongratuiatlng themselves because
these remote tribes have not been
corrupted by contact with white men
oerore science has had an opportunity
to Investigate them.
AUTOMATIC CAR VENTILATOR..
The miserable ventilation of railway
coaches, street cars and all public
conveyances has long been a matter
of common talk, and a person enter
ing any passenger vehicle from out
doors realizes at once the Impure
condition of the atmosphere. Hither
to there has been no method of cleans
ing this air, but by opening the door
or window, which Immediately causes
some one to exclaim over the abnor
mal draught For these reasons it
seems that the 'evlce recently pat
ented and which Is shown In the cut,
will prove of practical value in its
line and should be adopted by trans
portation companies In general. It
consists of an elongated turret placed
on the roof of the car, with both ends
FAN TO CHHANGE AIR IN CARS,
open for the free passage of air, a
rotary motor being suspended In the
passage to Impart motion to the fan
below, drawing the Impure air from
the car through outlets In the roof.
This wind motor consists of a series
of spoon-shaped blades attached to the
vertical shaft, the latter extending
through the roof to connect with the
fan blades. To stop the revolution
wbsa the car Is In motion a sliding
bolt la provided, which Interferes with
(be movement It will also be noticed
that the fan works squally well when
the car Is moving In either direction.
I
KCMHKRA THAT PEOPI.lt PREPP.H,
Monsieur Delauney of tbs French
Academy of Sciences bas just an
nounced the result of a curious Inves
tigation concerning the "preferred
numbers" of the Inhabitants of differ
ent countries. The basis of the Inves
tigation Is a study of the various de
nominations of money, postage-stamps
and other measures. It appears that
nearly all races show a marked pre
ejence for lbs numbers "two." "three''
and "five," and their multiples. But
the Mohammedans avoid the number
"three." "Neither In Turkey nor In
Persia," says Monsieur Delauney, "does
one And a trace of this number, and It
Is searoely found In gypL" Among
the French and other Latin peoples
"two" and "Ave" are more popular
v than "three," while the English Pre-
,fer "two" aad "three" and the Oer
maas "three" aad "tvs." The Cat
tle: Ua Utty met Is tfcetr
choice, while the peop.e of India havj
a strong liking for -"two." The num
ber "seven" Is most used in Russia
and other Slavic countries. The higher
numbers arc not much used except in
Spanish countries, as "eleven" In
Salvador, "seventeen" in Mexico,
"nineteen" In Spain and "thirty-one"
In the Philippines. The people of Ha
waii are said to be quite fond of "thirteen."
A RECORD MIAVKU.
An Invention which may be of in
terest to lovers of mechanical talking
machines has been patented by a Chi
cago man. It is a "record shaver,"
and many who have not been able to
make records In the past on account
of the almost prohibitive price of shav
ing knives will now be enabled to In
dulge In record making at a small cost.
The shaver does the work on an en
tirely new principle and does away
NEW RECORD SHAVER,
with the expensive sapphire knife, us
ing In its place a specially prepared
steel. By Its use, it Is said, a record
can be shaved twenty-live to thirty
times.
It is asserted that the work may be
done at home.
PoisosriNo nv transfer picturf.s.
The Illness and deatb of a child
from handling transfer pictures have
been made the subjects of some chemi
cal Investigation, which brought to
light the fact that some of the trans
ferring compound contained lead. As
the child's symptoms iuJicated lead
poisoning, the compound was examin
ed, and it is recommended that Its usa
be discontinued. There are so many
amusements, toys and appliances for
children that It seems strange that un
principled persons should prepare poi
sonous materials to put Into little
hands. It Is bad enough when child
ren get poisoned by accident, but to
furnish a deadly mixture as a toy
should subject the maker of such
a thing to the utmost penalty of the
law. There are severe restrictions
placed upon the manufacture of stamp
ed envelopes and other articles to
which the tongue may be applied, but
It seems that no one has thought to
examine these little transfer pictures
in which children take so much de
light. GIGANTIC LUNAR MOUNTAIN?.
During the eclipse of the sun In
May, 1900, an English observer, Mr.
Evershed, as reported at a recent
meeting of the Royal Astronomical
Society, noticed a point on the edge
of the moon where the sun was shin
ing through a very deep valley, and
where the lunar mountains seemed to
be about 35,000 feet in altitude. This
exceeds by 6,000 feet the estimated
height of Mount Everest, the loftiest
mountain on the earth. The edge of
the moon Is bo broken by peaks, ridges
and valleys that the length of total
ity during a solar eclipse Is affected
by them.
X-RAYS FOR ItAI.UNEKH.
At a meeting of the Vienna Society
of Physicians, Dr. . Klenbock intro
duced a man, twenty-six years of age,
whose hair had been partially restored,
by the application of the Roentgen
rays. He bad been bald for soma
years, and thus was the cure effected'
A round patch on the scalp was sub
jected six times to the Influence of
the rays for fifteen minutes, and dur
ing the two months the treatment
lasted the man regained his old thick,
dark-colored hair on the parts ex
posed to the action. The parts not yet
treated remain as before.
SCIENTIFIC NOT KM.
(lllnpMJ of (ha Ancient World.
The recent expedition of Messrs.
Maclver and Wilkin In Algeria has
thrown light upon the prehistoric con
nection between Libya and Egypt. Re
semblances of pottery are regarded as
establishing the fact that the ancestors
of the modern Berbers had close re
lations with prehistoric Egypt. The
explorers say the Berbers are essen
tially a white rare, and are the true
representatives of white Libyans pic
tured In the old Egyptian wall-paintings.
Coral Roof In Oaorgla.
To the minds of most readers the
mention of coral reef calls up a pic
ture of palm-dotted Islets girt with
white sands In a tropical sea, but ge
ologists And coral reefs In the midst
of great continents. These, of course,
belong to a past age of the earth's his
tory, but on that very account thsy are
extremely Interesting. During the past
year several remarkable reefs of fossil
coral have been explored near Bain-
bridge on the Flint river In Georgia.
In one case a very large portion of the
reef exposed consists of coral heads.
svme of which are more than a foot
In diameter. Between twenty-live and
thirty species of coral have been rec
ognised In these reefs by Mr. T. W.
Vaughan. They ars ascribed to the
Tertiary age.
In lMt the number of Prussian
males who married before tkty
reached (he ago of M was Ml.
THE LARD OF MAKE IIEMKTE.
To the gates of Dawn, how gladly
Would the srayheads all go back.
And, among the little children,
For a while forget the rack!
How their purblind eyes would brighten,
How t-helr hearts with Joy would heave,
Could they once again be dwellers
In the Land of Make Believe!
O, what treasures that a Croesus
Has amassed can equal those
That before the gaze of childhood,
As by magic, once arose?
All are rich If but they will be.
All possess what they perceive
To life's largess there's no limit
In the Land of Make Uelleve!
"What a land It Is to live in.
Where a palace la as cheap
As a hovel where the littlest
May with giant strides o'erleap
Highest hlghts! Tho' bringing knowl
edge. How the flying years bereave
t'a of all our happy dwellings
In the Land of Make Uelleve!
8(111 so curious Is the human
E'en In childhood oft he goes
Far outside Joy's sphere, a-weeplng
O'er imaginary woes:
For the one that's born a' poet,
Tho' he knows not why, must grieve
O'er the tears that fall outside of
The bright Land of Make Believe!
Mary Norton Bradford in Boston Globe.
Wit vs. Wine.
BY JAMES NOEL JOHNSON.
Author "A Romulus In Kentucky,"
"Two Girls in Blue," Etc.
(Copyright. 1901: by Dally Story Pub. Co.)
Old John Tabor of Bowie Creek sat
on his veranda, his huge legs spread
suggestive of the prong3 of a bla::k oak
tree. The puckers between his eyes
drew his brush-heap brows together.
His pretty daughter, Mollie, stood
.at the rail of the balusters, her apron
pressed to her eyes. A curtain of
morning glory vines dropped from the
jeaves to the ground, one blossom of
jwhich touched the cheek of the young
girl with the soft lips of sympathy,
i "No use in none o' your foolishness.
You ain't got sensa enough to know
what's good for ye. Je3t to think ye're
.wantln' to marry that school teacher,
Ed. Bronson, with his soft han's, gal
;face and baby eyes, an' turn yer con
trary back on Tom Bradley, who could
.split more rails in one day than that
far Branson could split In ten years.
Tou think you could live with him on
soft moonshine, idle breezes, Hisses an'
all that sort o' truck, forgittln' that
larter a few messes of that diet you'd
like to try a round or two of 'taters,
.'pork and beans, soda biscuit and
istroag coffee."
I "Pap," spoke the girl between con-
ivulslve sobs, "you can't make me mar
ry Tom. I can't do it; I won't do it.
I tell you!"
"Lookee hur' gal; I'm glttin' my
jdandar clean up In my ha'r now! You
belong ter me until you're twenty-one,
an' I sorter allow, under the laws of
the state o' Kentucky, made an' per
vlded fer sich cases as this, that I'll
do as I please with ray own property.
Heah me? I'll have no kicks an'
hitches. When I stand you side an'
side to be hitched up ter the matri
monial wagon, by gad, suh, I'll have
no stallin'! Think I'm goin' to give
you to a little slender imlrtation of a
man with nuthin' but er edicatlon
(which only makes people fools and
idlers), while a big, strong man with
two bosses, three cows an' forty head
of sheep stands ready to foreclose on
ye? Not much! You're mine, I say
till tomorry nlcht, then I give ye to
Tom Bradley. So hush your snubbln'
an' go git dinner In race horse time,
for I promised Bradley to go with him
to town this evening to git the li
cense." As soon as the old man had disap
peared behind a wall of dark green
corn at the rear of the house, Mollie,
in a frenzy of dispalr and grief, went
to the front door and gazed with eager,
blistering eyes up and down the road.
She wanted to see some one she could fly
to, to whom she could reveal her peril,
and beg for a rescuing hand. Not more
than a minute had passed when two
men on horseback rode Into view.
They were Richard Hardin, the
wealthiest young man In that section,
ana his younger brother, Jerre.
"Mr. Hardin," screamed the girl as
the men rode opposite the house, "get
down an' come In a mlnlt."
Richp.id dismounted, banding his
bridle-reins to his brother.
When he entered the house the girl,
In spite of herself, broke Into a cry
that convulsed her frame, and ren
dered her speechless for some time.
The sympathetic young bachelor gased
upon her, wonder and pity In his face.
He had a vague Idea, however, the
occasion of her grief. When she bad
maatsred herself, she briefly related
her troubles, and begged him to save
her.
The young man sat for a moment,
Two horsemen rode Into view,
bis mind working double time. The
girt watched him M a anther would
mm
watch the lights and shades in the
face of a child approached by deatb.
boon his face lighted up. He slapped
his big leg and said:
"I'll fix It. Have no further fear.
You shall have your heart's wise
choice. I'll gave you from that con-
temptiblo wretch Tom Bradley. I'll
be back in a second."
He arose and hastily went out to the
fence.
"Jerre," he said, "I'm going to
Vanceburg with Mr. Tabor to get the
license for Louis and Mollie's mar
riage. Ride over and tell Tom we are
gone, and get him to go with you out
to Abe Martin's to bring home the
three cows I i ought of him yesterday
and I'll pay him well."
Then he went back Into the house
and said: "Mollie, when your father
comes in I shall pretend to agree with
him respecting his choice. You will
appear as If reconciled. I'll go to
town with your father to get a license
for your marriage. Leave all to me."
Soon the old man's footsteps were
heard In the yard, and Richard, as If
In answer to words from Moilie, raised
his voice and said:
"Oh, Mollie, you'll get over your
foolish love for Ed Bronson all right.
He's a iretty young fellow, very at
tractive to girls, but one they would
"Think I can stand one more."
always regret marrying. Your father
is right. Mind him, and the future
will show you that the wisdom of age
is superior to a girl's day dreams."
"Well," replied Mollie, choking
down a laugh, "I will mind him.
Maybe he knows best."
"Bully for you, Moll!" cried the old
man, stepping In at the door.
Hardin explained that he had sent
Bradley with Jerre after some cattle,
and that he had come to go with him
after the license. The old fellow was
delighted, and when they were well
on the road, he didn't refuse Hardin's
proffer of a drink from his bottle.
The old man was a spreer. When he
got one drink it was the beginning
of a two weeks' "drunk." Frequently
tapping Hardin's bottle, he was la ex
cellent shape before town was reached.
Tho bottle exhausted, the pair en
tered the nearest saloon and began to
drink to the health of the young cou
ple. Hardin took very small drinks,
while the old man was rapidly passing
from the political to the religious stage
of drunkenness. The crying Btage Is
next, and, before that was reached,
Hardin said they'd better go get the
license.
When they reached the clerk's office
the old man's eyes were tilted back
in their sockets. Hardin whispered
the names of the couple to the clerk.
"How old is your daughter, Mr. Ta
bor?" aBked the clerk.
"Er (hie) me? Oh, her u-um, am,
(hlc) she's sex slo six er seven "
"She's seventeen I know her age,"
said Hardin.
"You give your free consent to her
marriage?"
"Me? Heigh? Er (hie) w'y, yes, I
don't keer think I can stand one
more."
Hardin and the clerk laughed, and
the former took the license when made
out, and paid the fee.
Hardin took the old man down to
the saloon, and permitted htm to pour
down drink after drink until he fell
In a heap at the bar. Then he had him
carried to bed, where he slept in snor
ing unconsciousness until 2 o'clock the
next afternoon.
Hardin handed the license to Mollie,
sent for Ed Bronson and a preacher,
and had the couple married four hours
after he and the old man had started
for Vanceburg.
Tabor continued his spree for two
weeks, never coming home during the
time.
One day he was standing at the bar,
treating a lot of appreciative loafers,
and bragging on his son-in-law, Tom
Bradley, when the latter entered and
called him out the back way.
"Mr. Tabor," he said, crying, "I
think you treated me bad promising
me Mollie an' then glvln' her to Ed."
"What!" thundered the old man.
"Are they married? I got the license
fer you an' her."
"No you didn't," mournfully spoke
poor Tom, "It was made out for Ed
an' Mollie, an' tbe clerk sez you wux
present an' give your consent."
The old man's whisky blooms faded
from his face for a second, then he
shouted: ."I was tricked! I'll kill
Dick Hardin!"
"An' Mr. Tabor, misfortunes never
eame alone. My horses are dead with
eplsootlc, and the dogs have killed all
my sheep."
"Well," lsughcd the old man, after
a pause, "I, guees I won't kill Dlok,
for a little Joke like that. Come In an'
take a drink."
Chief Justice Loro, of Delaware, who
has had forty years! practical expe
rience In dealing with criminals, de
clares that the whipping poet drives
criminals wit of the Bute.
T5he Bondmr ...
By HALL
CHAPTER XL (Continued.)
Greeba caught her breath, and an
swered, "Yes."
"Did you know of it while you were
still in tbe Isle of Man?"
"Yes," she answered again, more
faintly.
"Did he tell you?"
"Yes, and he bound me by a promise
never to speak of it, but I could not
keep it from my own husband.
"That's tsrange," said Michael Sun-
locks, with a look of pain. "To share
a secret like that with you was very
strange," he added.
Greeba was flurried, and said again
too bewildered to see which way her
words were tending. "And he gave
me his promise in return to put aside
bis sinful purpose."
"That's still stranger," said Michael
Suniocks. "Greeba," he added, in an
other tone, "why should you say you
did not know Jason?"
"Because the Langmann was with
us."
"But whj-, my girl? Why?"
"Lest evil rumors might dishonor
my husband."
"But where was the dishonor to me
in my wife knowing this poor lad,
Greeba?"
At that she hesitated a moment,
and then In a tone of gentle reproof
she said, nestling close to him and
caressing his sleeve, "Michael, why do
you ask such questions?"
But he did not turn aside for that,
but looked searchingly into her face,
and said, "He was nothing to you, was
he?"
She hesitated again, and then tried
to laugh, "Why, what should he be to
me?" she said.
He did not finch, but repeated, "He
was nothing to you then?"
"Nobody save my husband has ever
been anything to me," she said, with
a caress.
"He was nothing to you no?"
"No," she answered, throwing back
her head.
Just then the English maid came to
say that the six big Englishmen who
had been there before were in the
kitchen again, and asking to eee her
master, not her mistress, this time,
la an instant Greeba's little burst of
disdain was spent, and she was all
humility and entreaty.
"Don't go to them," she cried.
"Don't listen to them."
"Who are they?" he asked.
"My brothers. I have not had time
to tell you, but I will tell you now."
She put her arms about his neck as
If to hold. him.
"What have they come for?"
"To tell you some falsehood, and so
revenge themselves on me. I know it,
I feel it Ah, a woman's instinct is
sure. But,, dear Michael, you will not
receive them. Refuse, and I will tel
you such a story. And you will laugh
"Let me go, Greeba," he said, un
loosing the grip of her tightening
arms, and the next moment be was
gone from the room. Then all the
spirit of the woman arose in Greeba,
and, throwing aside her vague fears,
she resolved, as only a woman could,
in the cruel hour when a dear heart
seemed to, be slipping away from her,
that come what would, she should
bold to her husband at all hazards,
and that whatever her brothers might
fay against her, let it be true or false,
if it threatend to separate her from
him she must deny it. What matter
about tbe truth? Her love was before
everything. And who was to disprove
her word? Jason alone could do, so,
and his. tongue was sealed forever in.
a silence as deep as the grave's.
Uael Sunlock's went out of the
rco. like a man in a dream: an ugly
Cream, a dream of darkening terrors
I'ndetlned. He came back to it like
cne who was awakened to find that
his dream has come true. Within one
hour his face seemed to have grown
old. He stooped, he stumbled on the
Iloor, his limbs shook under him, he
was a broken and sorrowful man. At
sight of him Greeba could scarcely re
strain an Impulse to scream. She ran
to him, and cried, "Michael my hus
band, what have they told you?"
At first he looked stupidly into her
quivering face, and then glancing down
at a paper he held In one hand he
made an effort to conceal It behind
him. She was too quick for him, and
cried, "What is it? Show it me."
"It's nothing," he said; "nothing,
love, nothing "
"What have they told you," she said
again, "tell me tell me."
"They say that you loved Jason,"
be answered with a great effort.
"It's a lie," she cried stoutly.
"They say that you were to marry
him."
She tried to answer as stoutly as
before, "And that's a He, too," but
the words stuck to her throat.
"Oh, God," he cried, and turned
away from her.
There was a stove In the room, and
he stepped up to It, opened the Iron
door, and thrust tbe paper Into tbe
crackling fire.
"What Is that you are burning?" she
cried. And In another moment, be
fore he knew what she was doing, she
had run to the stove, pulled back with
her bare hands the hot door that he
was closing with the tongs, thrust her
arm into the fire, and brought out the
paper. It was in flames, and she rolled
It In her palms until little but Its
charred remains lay In her scorched
Angers. But she saw what It had
been her own abandoned letter to Red
7nson. Then, slowly looking up, she
(timed back to her husband, pale, a
fi-erful chill creeping over ber, and he
Ud thrown himself down on a chair
by the table and hidden his face In his
arms.
It was a pitiful and moving sight.
To see that man, so full of hope and
love and simple happy trust a little
hour ago, He there with bent head and
burled eyes, and hands c.aaped togeth
er convulsively, beeause th Idol he
ContlBiiel
Story.
CA1NE.
had set up for himself lay brokpn be
fore him, because the love wherein be
lived lay dead; and to Eee tat woman,
so beautiful, and In heart so true,
though degged by the malice of evil
chance, though weak as a true woman
may be, stand over bim with whiten
ing lips and not a word to utter to
see this was to say, "What devil of
hell weaves the web of circumstance
ia this world of God?"
Then, with a cry of love and pain
in one, she flung herself on her knees
beside him, and enfolded him in her
aims. "Michael," she said, "my love,
my darling, my dear kind husband,
forgive me, and let me confess every
thing. It is true that I was to have
married Jason, but it is not true that
1 loved him. I esteemed him, for he
is of a manly, noble soul, and after
tbe departure of my father and the
death of my mother, and amid the
cruelties of my brothers and your own
long, long silence, I thought to reward
him for his great fidelity. But I loved
you, you only, only you, dear Michael,
and when your letter reached me at
last I asked him to release me that
1 might come to you, and he did so,
and I came. This is the truth, dear
Michael, as sure as we shall meet be
fore God some day."
Michael Sunlocka lifted his face and
said, "Why did you not tell me this
long ago, Greeba, and not now when
it is dragged from you?"
She did not answer him, for to be
met with such a question after a plea
so abject, stung her to the quicK. "Do
you not believe I've told you the
truth?" she asked.
"God knows; I know not what to
tip 1 O V O " h, - onr..i.Mi,i
"Do you rather trust my brothers,
who have deceived you?" she asked.
"So heaven help me! has my wife,
whom I have loved so dear."
At that she drew herself up. "Mich
ael," she said, "what lie have these
men told you? Don't keep it from me.
What have I done?"
"Married me, while loving, him," he
answered. "That's enough for me.
God pity me!"
'Do you believe that?" she said.
"Your concealments, your decep
tions, your subterfuges all prove it,"
ne said. "Oh, it is killing me, for it
is the truth."
'So you believ that?" she said.
"If I had not written you would
now be Jason's wife," he said. "And
by this lignt I see his imprisonment.
It was VOU who accused him nf a de
sign upon my life. Why? Becauso
you knew what he had confessed to
you. For your own ends you used his
oath against me, knowing he could not
dtny it. And what was your purpose?
'lo put him away. Why?. Because he
was pursuing you for deserting him.
Hut you made his vow your excuse,
and the brave lad said nothing. No,
not a word; and yet he might have
dishonered you before them all. And
when I wished to sign his pardon you
tried to prevent me. Was that for my
sake? No, but yours. Was it my life
you thought to protect? No, but your
own secret."
Thus, in the agony of his tortured
heart, the hot hard words came from
him in a torrent, but before the flood
of them was spent, Greeba stepped up
to him with flashing eyes, and all the
wrath in her heart that comes of out
raged love, and cried..
"It is false.. It is false, I say. Send
for him aad he himself will deny it.
I can trust him, for he is of a noble
souk Yes,, he is a- man indeed. I
challenge you to send for him. Let
him come here. Bring him. before me,
and he shall Judge between us."
"No," said Michael Suniocks, "I will
not send for him. For what you have
done Tie shall suffer."
Then there was a knock at the door, .
and after a pause the Langmann en
tered, with his stoop, and uncertain
glance. "Excuse me," he said, "will
jou stgn the pardon now, wr leave u
until the morning?"
I will not sign it at alii," said Mich
ael Suniocks. But at the next mo
ment he cried: "Wait! after all It is
rot the man's fault, and he shall not
suffer." With that he took the paper
cut of the law-man's hand and signed
It hurriedly. "Here," he said, "see
that the man Is sot free Immediately."
The langmann looked at both of
them out of his near-sighted eyes,
ccughed silently, and left the room
without a word more.
(To be continued.)
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Cm lyle s Rapid Frodri.
One day at dinner a gentleman
moved, it may be, by the sight of Mr.
Gladstone's conscientious mastication
of his food, tor the great statesman
was not one to eat In haste and repent
at leisure remarked what a victim to
dyspepsia Carlyle had been. "Yes,"
said Mr. Gladstone, "he smoked too
much. I have been told that he ate
quantities of sodden gingerbread and
be was a rapid feeder. I lunched with
him one day and he tumbled his food
into his stomach. It was like posting
letters." After a slight pause, Mr.
Gladstone added: "Carlyle did not
seem to use his Jaws, except to talk!"
Ballillos Largest Ship.
The Celtic steamship, to be finish
ed and launched this summer, will be
tbe largeit vessel on the oceans. It
will have a displacement of 33,000
tons, nearly 5,000 tons greater thia
the Urgent steamship how afloat; a
half dczen long railway trains can be
carried by her, and she will be able
to provide for marly 2,600 passengers,
almost an army brigade, and Capt.
lsmay expects to see an even greater
than the Celtic built within a yoar or
two.
The total receipts fr.mt tho Philip
pine customs tor February were 1&v
m.