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S6e Bondman ..... By HALL CHAPTER V. (Continued.) The Captain srcllcd upon his warderg and said, "It didn't look it, madam." "But it Is truV' said Greeba. "He has beeh your husband's best friend," said the Captain. "He is my huuand's worst enemy," Bald Greeba. "He has carried him off, I tell you," aid the Captain. "Then it is only that he may have bis wicked will of him," said Greeba. "Ah, sir, you will tell me I don't know what I'm saylcs. But I know too well. It was for attempting my husband's life that Jason was sent to this place. That was before ytmr time; but look and see if I speak the truth. Now I know it is false that my husband is only Injured. Would he were! Would he were! Yet, what am I saying? Mercy me, what am I saying? But, only ttnk, he has been carried off to his death. I know he has I am sure he nas; and better, a thousand times better, that he should bo here, however injured, with me to nurse him! But r.hat am I saying again? Indeed, I Con't know what I am saying. Oh, sir, forgive me; and heaven forgive me, felso. But send after that man. Send Instantly. Don't lose an hour more. Oh, believe me, sir, trust me, sir, for I am a broken-hearted woman; and why should I not speak the truth?" "All this is very strange," said the Captain. "But sot your mind at ease about the man Jason. The guards have already gone In pursuit of him, and he cannot escape. It is not for me to say your story Is not true, though the facts, as we know them, discredit them. But, true nr not, you shall tell it to the Governor aa you have told it to me, so prepare to leave Krlsuvik immediately." And in less than an hour more Oreeba was riding between two of the guards towaids the valley of Thlng velllr. II. Jorgen Jorgensen had thrlre hard ened his heart against Michael Sun locks: f.rst. when he pushed Sun- locks into Althing, and found his sel fish ends were not thereby In the way of advancement; next, when he fell frim his place and Sunlocks took pc.s 8ssion of it; again, when he regain ed his stool and Sunlocks was con demned to the Sulpher Mines. But most of all he hated Sunlocks when old Adam Fairbrother came to Rey kjavik and demanded for him, as an English subject, the bencllt of Judge and Jury. "We know of no Jury here," said Jorgen, "and English subject or not English subject, this man has of fended against the laws of Denmark." "Then the laws of Denmark shall condemn him," said Adam, bravely, "and not the caprice of a tyrant gov ernor." "Keep a civil tongue In your old bead, sir," said Jorgen, "or you may yearn to your tost how far that ca price can go." "I care nothing for your threats, ilr, "said Adam, "and I mean to ac cuse you before your master." "Do your wost," said Jorgen', and take care how you do It." And at flrst Adam's worst seemed likely to be little, for hardly had he ct foot In Reykjavik when he was brought front to front with the ma terial difficulty that the few pounds with which he had set out were spent. Money was Justice, and Justice money, on that rock of the sea, as elsewhere, and on the horns of his dilemma, Adam bethought him to write to his master, the Duke of Athol, explaining his .position, and Mkinc for the loan of fifty pounds. A long month passed before he got back his answer. The old Duke sent Iforty pounds as a remonstrance against Adam's Improvidence, and atern counsel to him to return forth with to the homes of his children. In the meantime the old Bishop, out of love of Michael Sunlocks and sym pathy with Greeba, had taken Adam Into his house at Reykjavik. Frem there old Adam had sent petitions to the Minister at Copenhagen, petitions to the Danish Rlgsdag, and finally petitions to the Danish King. His reward had been small, for no Jus tice, or promise of JusYlce, could he get. But Jorgen Jorgensen had set no easier on bis seat for Adam's zealous efforts. He had been hurried out of bis peace by Government inquiries, and terrified by Government threats. But he had wriggled, he had lied, he Bad used aubterfuge after subterfuge, and so pushed on the evil day of final reckoning. And while hie hoary head lay 111 at ease because of the troubles that came from Copenhagen, the gorge of his atomach rose at the bitter waters he was made to drink at Reykjavik. He heard the name of Michael Sunlocks on every Hp, as a name of honor, a name of affection, a name to conjure with whenever and wherever men talked of high talenta, Justice, honor and truth. Jorgen perceived that the people of Iceland had recovered from the first aurprlse and ausplcion that followed OIF the fall of their Republic, and no longer saw Michael Sunlocks aa their betrayer, but had begun to regard him as their martyr. They loved him itlll. If their hour ever came they would restore him. On the other hand, Jorgen realised that he himself was hated where he waa not despised, leered at where ho waa not feared, and that the men whom he had counted upon because he had bought them with the places in his gift, smiled loftily upon him as upon one who had fallen on his second child hood. And so Jorgen Jorgensen hard ened his heart agalnat Michael gun locks, and vowed that the Sulpher Mines of Krlsuvik should aee the worst and laat or him. He heard of Jasen, too, that he waa not dead, aa they had euppoeed, feat allre, and that he had been sent Contin-jed Stsry. CAINE. to the Mines for attempting the life of Bunlocks. That attempt seemed to him to come of a natural passion, and aa often as he spoke of it he warmed up visibly, not out of any human tenderness toward Ja3on, but with a sense of wild triumph over Sunlocks. And the more he thought of Jasen, the firmer grew his resolve to take him out of the Sulphur Mines and place him by his side, not that his old age needed a stay, not that he was a lonely old man, and Jason was his daughter's son, but only be cause Jason hated Sunlocks and would crush him if by chance he rose again. With such thoughts uppermost he went down to Krlsuvik, and there his bitter purpose met with a shock. He found Jason the sole ally of Michael Sunlocks, his friend, his defender and champion against tyranny, It was then that he ordered the ruthless punlKhment of Sunlocks, that he should be nailed by his right hand to a log. of driftwood, with meat and drink within sight but out of reach of him, and a huge knife by his side. And when Jason had liberated Sun locks from this inhuman cruelty, anci the two men, dearest foes and dead liest frlend3, were brought before him for their punishment, the gall of Jor, gen's fate seemed to suffocate him. "Strap them up together," he cried, "leg to leg and arm to arm." Thus he thought to turn their love to hate, but he kept his own counsel, and left the Sulphur Minns without saying what evil dreams had brought him there, or confessing to his Danish offi cers the relations wherein this other prisoner stood to him, for secrecy la the chain-armor of the tyrant. Back in Reykjavik he comforted himself with the assurance that Michael Sunlocks must die. "There was death in his face," he thought, "and he cannot last a month longer. Besides, he will full to fighting with th other, and (he other will surely kill him. Blind fools, both of them!" In this mood he mads ready for Thingevelllr, and set out with all his people. Since the revolution, he had kept a bodyguard of five and twenty men, and with this following he was crossing the slope of the Basket Hill, behind the capital, when he saw a Bcore of the guards from Krlsuvik riding at a gallop from the direc tion of Hafnaflord. They were the men who had been sent In pursuit of Red Jason and Michael Sunlocks, the same that had passed them in the hummock, where the carcass of the dog still lay. Then Jorgen Jorgensen received news that terrified him. Michael Sunlocks had escaped, and Red Jason had escaped with him. They had not been seen at Hafna flord, and on ship had set sail from there since yesterday. Never a trace of them had been found on any of the paths from Krlsuvik, and it was certain that they must be in the In terior still. Would his Excellency lend them ten men more to scour the country? Such was the message of the guards and at hearing It Jorgen's anger and fear overmastered him. "Fools! Blockheads! Asses!" he cried. "The man is making for Reykjavik. He knows what he la do ing if you do not Is this not the time of Althing, and must I not leave Reykavik for Thlngvelllr? He is mak ing for Reykjavik now! Once let him set foot there, and these damned Ice landers will rise at the sight of him. Then you may scour the country till you fall dead and turn back, and he will only laugh at the sight of you. Back, you blockheads, back! Back to Reykjavik, every man of you! And I am going back with you." Thus driven by his frantic terror, Jorgen Jorgensen returned to the cap ital and searched every house and hovel, every hole and sty, for the two fngltves; and when he bad satisfied himself that they were not anywhere within range of Reykjavik, hla fears remembered Thlngvelllr, and what mischief might be going forward in his absence. So next day he left bis body-guard with the guard from Krlsuvik to watch the capital, and sot out alone for the Mount of Laws. III. The lonely valley of Thlngvelllr was alive that morning with a great throng of people. They came from the west by the Chasm of All Men, from the East by the Chasm of Rav ens, and from the south by the lake. Troop after troop flowed into the vast amphithoatre that Ilea between dark hills and great Jokulls tipped with anow. Tbey pitched their tents on the green patch, under the fella to the north, and tying their ponies together, head to tall, they turned them loose to grace. Hundreds of tents were there by early morning, gleaming white In the sunlight, and tens of hundreds of ponies, shaggy And unkempt, grubbed among the short grass that grew between. Near the middle of the plain stood the Mount of I-aws, a lava island of oval ahape, surrounded by a narrow stream, and bounded by overhang ing walls, cut deep with fissures. Around this mount the people gather ed. There friend met friend, foe met foe, rival met rival, northmen met sotithmen, the Westmann islander met the Ortmser Islander, and the man from Heydlsflord met the man from Patriksflord. And because Al thing gathered only every other year, many musty kisses went round, with snuff boxes after them, among those who had not met before for two long years. It waa a vast aaaemniy, cmefly or men, In their homespun and sheep skins and woolen stockings, cross gartered with bemp from ankle to knee. Women, too, ana young girls and children ware there, all wearing their 8unday beat. And la tnoee Drat minutes or their meeting, before Al thing began, the talk waa of crops nd itoek, of the waether, and of what sh had hRu Inei rm tue met twe bard winters. The day had opened brightly, with clear air and bright sunshine, but the blue sky had soia bocome overcome with threatening clouds, and tbla lead to stories of strange .signs In the heavens, and unaccustomed noises on the earth and under it. A man from the south spoke of rain of black dust aa having fallen three nights before until the ground was covered deep with it Another man, from the foot of Hekla. told of a shock of earthquake thai had lately been felt there, traveling northeast to southwest. A third malt spoke of grazing his horse on the wild oats of a glen that he had passed through, with a line of some twenty columns of smoke burst suddenly upon his view. All this seemed to pass from Up to Up In the twinkling of an eye, and when young men asked what the signs might mean, old men lifted both hands and shook their heads, and prayed that the visitations which their i.iland bad seen before might never come to it again. (To be continued.) TURNS WAVES TO ACCOUNT1, Energy of Ocean Biro, May Be Utilised In l'ropolllng Vexsela, For ytars engineers have bemoaned the great loss of physical energy the ocean's waves and currents have pre sented and many have been the efforts to so control them aa to make them subservient to the uses of mankind. At last Captain John S. Watters, a graduate of the naval academy at An napolis, thinks he has solved the prob lem. Cap!:ln Watters Is at present a resident of New Orleans, and claims that his invention can be applied to any vessel with little expense. He would substitute for the solid bilge keel one which would contain square apertures, and In each aperture firm ly secure by its forward end a fin made of laminated spring material, preferably steel on a steel ship and brass on a wooden or coppered vessel. Theso fins fill up the apertures almost completely, and when the ship Is steady offer very little, if any, more resistance to headway than such aa is due to a plain bi'ge keel merely skin friction. As soon, however, as the vessel rolls the pressure of the water Itself, impinging upon the fins broad side on or at right angles to their length, springs all of the fins out and thus defects the water aft, by reaction forcing the vessel ahead. It Is an ap plication of the turbine Idea. He has tested the plan with a small boat on Lake Pontchartrain, where the waves are not powerful, and when running with the wind abeam, on which courst It Is obvious that no force whatever outside of the work of the fins could be driving the boat ahead, the speed was about three miles an hour. The fact that a vessel equipped with thla apparatus may be headed in any direc tion, Irrespective of the direction of the wiM, makes it particularly ad vantageous in Captain Watters' opin ion, for a vessel so equipped will travel directly against the wind and thus may be worked off a lee shore where nine tenths or more of all sailing shlpa come to grief. NIAGARA PALLS TODAY. eeent Break, la Rock, Olree FalU Roanded Oatllne. Recent breaks in the rock edge of the Canadian or Horseshoe Fall, over which by far the larger part of the Niagara river waters are precipitated, havo tended still further to give ta fall a rounded instead of an angular outline, says the New York Sun. Thii result of the breaking down of the rock has been observed for about ten years, and the Horseshoe Fall la gradually approaching again the shape that suggested its name. The brink of Niagara Falls was mapped in 1844 by James Hall, who established bench marks that have been connected with the last few years with the latest sur veys. Aa Dr. Gilbert has pointed out, the comparison of Hall's bench marks with those recently established show that in the middle of the Horseshoe Fall the brink is retrograding at the rate of four or five feet a year. On the other hand the American Fall, which carries a much thinner sheet of water, la receding so aiowly that its rate Is concealed by errors of survey. We know at least that the drainage ot about one-thlrtioth part of the area of the United States pours over these falls and that the volume of water is 75, 000 cubic feet in a second. The day Is coming when the grandeur of Niag ara will vanish, but many generations will live and die before that comes to pass. fteeala la Deafer of Famine. The threatened famine in the re gions of Volga is a subject of deep con cern to the Russian government. The causes of the frequent famines in that district are two-fold first, the period ical drouths which occur In the lower Volga regions, and second, the Im providence of the peasants, who, since the emancipation act of 1861, have ruthlessly destroyed the forests on their newly acquired landa. This In it self would have been sufficient to ruin the country. The task of providing food for the starving Inhabitants or the Volga provinces is not an easy one. The government last year did all It posalbly could, no less a sum than 5, 000,000 rubles (I.seo.OCC) bavins beca distributed among the peasants, be at dos enormous quantities ot corn. It Is now ststed that an even greater sum will be required this year. To further relieve the unfortunate Inhabitants of the provinces the government proposes to convey, free ot- charge, aa many famllla as may wlah to emigrate to Siberia, and to employ aa many peas ants as possible as laborers on the Translherlan and other railways now building. Ufa It worth living so long aa thsra Is somebody worth loving. 7mM A IOUK TYI'EWHITKK. The New York Commercial give3 the following account of a wonderful adaptation of the typewriter to tJe purposes of cipher code work which has been made by George C. Blickt-ns-derfer of Stamford, Conn.: For hun dreds of years the brightest minds of all civilized countries have been working to perfect a cipher code that could not be solved, and at the Sime time might be readily translated. This government has spent thousands of iollars to perfect each of the various codes used by the different depart ments, and yet what has been spent by this country is very small compared with the vast sums spent by European governments to obtain cipher systems which would defy the ingenuity of the sharpest spies in the world. Probably the most complicated code used by the United States Is the naval code, and the secret of this code is guarded as nothing else is guarded. All the code books for the ut:e of officers are bound in lead so that in case of possible ac cident or capture they can be thrown overboard. When the Maine was sunk at Havana the whole naval department was in a state of the wildest alarm until a diver found the code book in the captain's cabin. During all the Chi nese troubles there was a .onstaut fear lest the Chinese government had ob tained a copy of Minister Conger's code and was translating his messages. The government codes are so compli cated that when a message is received it takes hours of work to make a trans lation of It, and yet with all the pre cautions that can be taken, there is always the possibility that they m;iy be a slip some place and that the code may fall into outside hands. Very soon, however, the old clum sy codes used by the different govern ments and the cipher codes of com merce will be largely a thin,-; of the past. A simple little typewriter the most simple ever made, and at the same time the moat wonderful will cause all the lead-covered books to be heaved into the sea and revolutionize the method of transmission of all mes sages which must be secret. The won derfu! new machine is the invention of George C. Blirkensderfer, and it 13 the result ot nine years' constant work and study. In his office at Stamford, Conn., the Inventor showed the machine to be a representative of the Commercial. Mr. Bllckenaderfer spelled out on the machine, according to the letters on the outside dial: "This . is . a . sample . of. the . cipher . code . work." l Upon the paper in the machine this appeared: Then, without changing the pegs, but simply changing the indicator on the back of the flrst dial to another let ter on the second dial, he wrote the same thing and this is what appeared on the paper: "Dttd nl s trhjec rx bzv cldpkj z. th runvb." Then, adjusting the machine as it had been, he repeated the meaningless list of letters and upon the paper appeared: "This . is . a . sample . of . the cipher . code . work." I11GGKST BASKET EVER MADF, The squaws of Indians are noted for the skill with which tbey manufacture baskets with various materials, suit able tor almost any purpose, always strong and pretty to look at. Here is a photograph of the biggest basket ever made by one of these women. It Is called the "Peera Vaasom," and was mado by a squaw of the Pima tribe, living at Phoenix, Ariz., It is made of rope or cylindrical bands of wheat straw about an inch in diameter. The 1 THE BASKET. coils of rope are held together by strips of tough willow bark. The fiat bottom of this basket was made first, upon which the ingenious squaw then sat and built up the walls with the colls of rope and strips of bark. It is four feet high, and the Inside diameter at the bottom of the basket is four feet eight Inches. It weighs seventy-five pounds and will hold eight lishels of grain.. The photograph will repay a little more attention, for It glvea a pretty glimpse of an Indian family at home. In order to convey a better Idea of the size of the basket the husband of this happy family kindly got Into it. It will be noticed that he left his bow and arrows outside whilst he did so. He Is a handsome type of his kind, an'l taken pain? to beoir him self with ornaments. The head-gear is rather striking. It consists of a bsnd of dried deerskin, studded with the claws of a grizzly bear. The good Indian's wife is seated by the side of the basket, and Is busily engaged in weaving another basket. The next ob ject of Interest Is the "papoose," who stares so sternly at the camera from Its little wicker cradle. On the left of the baby Is a basket made by a squaw of the Maricopa tribe, and shows some of the ornamental work that Is clever ly accomplished by these untutored people. Farther to the left la As H, W A, 1 9 IENCE family jitle and mortar used for pounding grain! The famiiy is shel tered by the broad leaves of a palm. DK8TROV9 MOTHS AT NIGHT. In sections of the country where to bacco Is grown one of the chief trou bles to contend with is the tobacco moth, and the apparatus shown In the cut has been designed especially to combat this pest, as well as to destroy other insects which move about at night. It is well known that moths and other insects are attracted by a light shining out of the darkness, and it is this fact that Willram Hill Morgan of Kentucky, makes use of in his trap, which consists of a tight inclosed in a metallic hood and provided with a reflector and glass face, the latter be ing set in a slanting position. The lamp is attached to one edge of the tray containing a mixture of kero sene oil and water, and the angle of the glass in front of the light causes .DESIGNED TO KILL INSECTS, the insects to fall Into the liquid when they strike against the smooth sur face. With a number of these traps set at the sides of a field a short dis tance above the plants the Inventor claims that the injurious moths and other insects will exterminate them selves without the trouble of searching for them. MODERN SOAP BURBLES. When great scientists drop their dignity and resume the sport of child hood they are apt to Introduce some improvement. This has been done In the boyish pastime of blowing soap bubbles. Some English physicist took up the matter, and found that the youngsters were right In preferring clear honey soap to other kinds for making bubbles. The true reason lay in the fact that the favorite soap con tained a trifle more glycerine than oth er popular brands. - A number of ex periments disclosed the proportion of glycerine in soap in order to obtain the best results. With this combination the gray-haired scientists blew bub bles two and three feet in diameter, and one of them is said to have had a wild enthusiastic audience of little children, who sat watching him for an hour or more. The investigations have utilized by several enterprising soap-boilers, who now turn out soap-bubble soap. With this a three-year-old can make bubbles as large as himself. Not only are the iridescent spheres large than usual, but they last longer. When launched carefully from the end of the pipe they will float from two to three times as long as do those made from ordinary soaps. A very pretty experiment is to blow a bubble with cigar or cigarette smoke Instead of the natural breath. The glycerine gives a play of rainbow color on the surface of the bubble, and the space within being rendered opaque by the cigar fumes, the entire effect is that of a giant pearl floating in the air. If a few drops of any essential oil, such as violet, clove, or geranium, is stirred into the lather the particles will be separated, and, on account of the soap and glycerine, will not segre gate upon the surface, as tbey do on water. A bubble blown under these circumstances comminutes the drops of oil to almost inconceivable small ness, and when the bubble finally breaks the oil is sprayed in every di rection more finely than by the best atomizer. A single large bubble launch ed in this way will fill a parlor or drawing room with an invisible film of perfume, which will last for twenty four hours. THE SIBERIAN FISHERIES. Fishing Is one of the leading indus tries on the eastern coast of Siberia, and on account of the rigor of the cli mate and the poverty of the soil In some parts of the Amur country, it is the only means of obtaining food. Many of the Russian settlers moving Into that region are compelled to take up fishing for a livelihood. Fortunate ly, in a place where they are so sore ly needed, fish nre extremely abundant, and the sea along the coast teems with them. The gathering of seaweed is another Important Industry of eastern Siberia, but Is carred on almost ex clusively by the Chinese. Movable Eleetrle Platform. There la a project on foot for the construction of a movable electric platform underground on the right bank of the Seine. The first platform will be stationary, the second will have a velocity of one and a half meters a second, the third three meters and the fourth five meters or sixteen snd one eighth feet. This will enable pedes trians to have a very rapid means of transit afoot In a portion of Paris which Is greatly encumbered by traffic. REVENGE JS SWEET. What Ueapentd Whan Fatltnot Had Ceated to be a Virtue. There is an ur usually quiet citisen up near the crown of Piety hill who U just now thinking a great deal of him self. One of his neighbors has threo pet dogs. When separated they are well behaved and considerate to 6trangers, but when together they seem to regard it as an imperative duty to try to eat any agent or other strange taller at the house. After they had, bitten three little children belong ing to the quiet citizen, torn his wife's best gown, and snapped at him while he crossed the lot, he decided that duty as a husband and father called for ac tion on his part One evening be reached the house with a bulldog, bred in the purple, and much to be admired because he was so excruciatingly ugly. In a few days he followed bis master wherever he went. Thus assured, the man made a call on his neighbor with the three pets. The French bull want ed to play, and cut great antics in trying to entice the trio into the game. They just snarled, showed their teath and darted at h!u when tbe opening seemed favorable. Finally he was bit ten on the end of his stub tail by the Scotch terrier, and he made a rush that his master checked in time. "Let him go," urged the host. "He's not dangerous, and the dogs can take care of themselves. I'll be responsible." The quiet man demurred until the pets were charging right into his lap after their prey, when he let go as if to protect himself. The Imported cyclone had the air full of dogs for about three minutes. There was a continuous crash of bric-a-brac, all the light fur niture was dancing, the host was kick ing about wildly, and the quiet man was making an admirable bluff at try ing to restrain his property. When the entertainment was over the sitting room looked like a junk shop. The neighbors had some little argument about whether the bull pup should be killed on the spot, and when the quiet man left he went out backward, cau tioning his neighbor in a low tone of voice not to do anything rash. The neighbor has given away two of hla pets, and advertised for one of these fighting white bulldoes with Dink eves. Detroit Free Pres3. JOHN MUIR AT HIS WORK. The Oood Man' Dlacoverles on lS Mulr Glacier. "For twenty-five years John Mulr has made out of doors his realm. For more than half this time he lived and wandered alone over the high Sierras, through the Yosemite valley, and among the glaciers of California and Alaska, studying, sketching, climbing. At night he sometimes rested luxuri ously, wrapped in a half-blanket beside a camp-fire; sometimes, when fuel was wanting, and the way too arduous to admit of carrying his piece of blanket, he hollowed for himself a snug nest in the snow. He is no longer a young man, but when last I saw him wM making plans to go again to the North, ' to explore the four new glaciers dis covered last summer by the Harrtraan expedition. 'What do you come here for?' two Alaskan Indians once asked him, when they had accompanied him as far, through perilous ways, as he could hi.'e or coax them to go. 'To get knowledge,' was his reply. The Indians grunted; they had no words to express their opinion of this extraordinary lu natic. They turned back and left him to venture alone across the great gla cier, which now bears his name. So trifling a matter as their desertion could not deter him from his purpose. He built a cabin at the edges of the glacier, and there setttled to work, and to live, for two long years. He made dally trips over that Icy region of deep gorges, rugged descents and vast moraines, taking notes and mak ing sketches, until he had obtained the knowledge, and the understanding of the knowledge, that he was after. Mulr Glacier Is the largest glacier dis charging into the wonderful Glacier Bay on the Alaskan coast. Being the most accessible one in that region, tourists are allowed to go ashore to climb upon its sheer, icy cliffs, and watch the many Icebergs that go tum bling down from It. This is a thrill ing experience to the globe-trotter, but to dwell there beside the glacier, to study the phenomena, encounter perils, alone and unaided, Is an experience that few besides John Mulr would court" Adallne Knapp in Alnslee's. Altogether Noral. As for blouses of lingerie materials, they will be altogether novel when worn with a corselet skirt of black taf feta, which will lace or button in close princess lines or In loose folds that will be drawn up high over tbe bust. The blouse of white lawn Is tucked and lace Inset to a marvelous degree, and the sleeves, tucked down from the shoulders, spread Into simply enor mous bishops, which are gathered at the wrists Into a deep flounce of lace that entirely covers the hands. Artificial Marble. Manufacturers are actually making marble by the same process by which tature makes It, only In a few weeks instead ot a few thousand years. They take a rather soft limestone and chem ically permeate It with various color ing matters, which sink lulu Ui aioue, and are not a mere surface coloring, as In seagllola. The completed material takes a fine polish, and many of the specimens are of beautiful color and marking. Used as a veneer, It Is about one-third the price of nature's marble. Develapaeaal ar a nod Apple. Apples are new In the economy of e world'a use and taste. At tho teginlng of the last century few va rieties ware known. And we caa go back In history to a time when all sdpla were little, sour and puckary- sjub apples aad nothing alsa.