T5he Bondman,
By HALL
CHAPTER V. (Continued.)
IV.
Then, In that breathless silence, Ja
son siooa erect and said, in a firm,
clear, sonorous voice, "You know who
I am. Some of you hate me. Some
of you fear me. All of you think me
sort of wild beast among men. That
1b why you caged me. But I have
broken my bars, and brought this man
along with me."
The men on the Mount had not time
to breathe under the light and fire
that flashed upon them when Jason
lifted his clinched fist and said, "O,
you that dwell In peace; you that go
to your beds at night; you that eat
when you are hungry and drink when
you are thirst, and rest when you are
weary; would to God you could know
by bitter proof what this poor man
has suffered. But I know it, and I
can tell you what it has been. Where
Is your Michael Sunlocks, that I may
tell It to him? Which is he? Point
him out to me."
Then the people drew a deep breath,
for they saw in an instant what had
befallen these two ,men in the dread
shaping of their fate.
"Where is he?" cried Jason, again.
Ana in a voice quivering with emo
tion, the Judge said:
"Don't you know the man you have
brought here?"
"No yes yes," cried Jason. "My
brother in suffering my brother in
misery that's all I know or care.
But where is your Michael Sunlocks?
I have something to say to him. Where
Is he?"
Jorgen Jorgensen had recovered
himself by this time, and pressing for
ward, he said with a cruel smile:
"You fool; shall I tell you where
he Is?"
"Heaven forbid it!" said the Bishop,
stepping out and lifting both hands
before the Governor's face. But tn
that instant Jason had recognized
Jorgen Jorgensen.
"I know this old man," he said.
"What is he doing here? Ah, God
pity me, I had forgotten. I saw him
at the mines. Then he is back. And,
now I remember, he is Governor
again."
Saying this, an agony of bewilder
ment quivered In his face. He looked
around.
"Then where Is Michael Sunlocks?"
he cried in a loud voice. "Where is
he? Which is he? Who is he? Will
no one toll me? Speak! Kor the mcr-
dful Christ's sake let some one speak."
There was a moment of silence in
which the vast crowd trembled as
one man with wonder and dismay. The
Bishop and Judge stood motion
less. Jorgen Jorgensen smiled bltter
l ,ly and shook his head, and Jason rals
'ed his right hand to cover his face
from the face of the insensible man
at his feet, as If some dark fore
shadowing of the truth had swept over
him in an Instant.
What happened thereafter Jason
never knew, only that there was a
shrill cry and a mstle like that of a
wlrl of wind, only that someone was
coming up behind him through the
, walls of human beings, that still stood
apart like riven rocks, only that In a
moment a woman had flung herself
over the prostrate body of his com
rade, embracing it, rising it In her
arms, kissing its pale cheeks, and sob
bing over It, "My husband! my hus
band!" It was Greeba. When the dark mist
had cleared away from before his eyes,
Jason saw her and knew her. At the
same Instant he saw and knew his des
tiny, that his yoke-fellow had been
Michael Sunlocks, that bis lifelong en
emy had been his life- sole friend.
It was a terrible discovery, and Ja
son reeled under the shock of it like
a beast that is smitten to its death.
And while he stood there, half-bllr.d,
half-deaf, swaying to and fro as if the
earth rocked beneath him, across his
shoulders, over his cheeks and his
mouth and his eyes fell the lash of the
tongue of Jorgen Jorgensen.
"Yes, fool that you are and have
been," he cried in his husky voice,"
"that" where your Michael Sunlocks
"Shame! Shame!" cried the people.
But Jorgen Jorgensen showed no
pity or ruth.
"You have brought him here to your
confusion," he cried again, "and it's
not the first time you've taken this
part to your own loss."
More he would, have said In the
merciless cruelty of his heart, only
that a deep growl came up from the
crowd and silenced him.
But Jason heard nothing, seen noth
ing, felt nothing, knew nothing, save
that Michael Sunlocks lay at bla feet,
and that she was coaxing him, caress
ing htm, and kissing him back to
life.
"Michael," she whispered, "Michael!
My poor Michael!" she murmured,
while she moistened his lips and
parched tongue with the brenni-vln
from the horn of some good man
standing near.
Jason saw this and beard this,
though he had eyes and ears for noth
ing besides. And thinking, In the
wild tumult of bis distempered brain,
that Bucb tenderness might have been
his, should have been his, must have
been his, but for this man who had
robbed him of this woman, all the
bitterness of bis poisoned heart rose
up to choke him.
He remembered his weary life with
thla man, his sufferings with him, his
love for blni, tiid he Ji-ted l.lmsolf for
it all. What devil of hell had made
port of htm, to glre him his enemy
for his friend? How Satan himself
must shriek aloud to see It, that he
who bad been thrice robbed by this
man robbed of a father, robbed of a
mother, robbed of a wire should In
tls blindness tend him, and nurse him,
and carry him with sweat of blood
overtrack less wastes that he might
tare blm alive for her who waited to
tola blm!
Taa be remembered what he had
com for, tad that all was not yet
aoaa. Choald he do it after all?
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and big hate together his love of this
woman, his hate of this man? Love?
Hate? Which was love? Which was
nate: Ah, God! They were one; they
were the same. Heaven pity him,
what was he to do?
Thus the powers of good and the
powers of evil wrestled together in
Jason's heart for mastery. But the
luomenc or their struggle was short.
One look at the piteous blind fr iv.
ing on Greeba 's bosom, one glance at
me more piteous wet face that hung
over it,, and love had conquered hate
in inai oig neart forever and forever.
Jason was recalled
dull hum of words that seemed to be
spoken from the Mount. Someone was
asKing why he had come there, and
brought Michael Sunlocks along with
him. So he lifted his hand, partly to
-an uuenuon, partly to steady him
seir, and in a broken voice he said
these words:
"Men and women, if you could only
know what it means that you have
Just witnesses, I think it would be
enough to move any man. You know
what I am a sort of bastard who
has never been a man among men,
but has walked alone all the days of
uo me. My iamer killed my mother,
and so I vowed to kill my father. 1
did not do it, for 1 saved him out of
the sea, and he died in mv arms, as
juu mignt say, ooating on the mem
ory of another son. That son's moth
er had supplanted me, so I vowed to
kiil mm lor his father's sake. L diil
not do that neither. I had never once
set eyes on my enemyP I had done
nomine out say what I meant to do,
wnon you took me and tried mn and
condemned me. Perha 11H thul- waft In
justice, such a could have beea met
wun nownere save here in. Iceland
yet I thank God for it now. By what
chance I do not know. hut. in it
hell to which you. sent me, where all
names are lost and no man may know
his yoke-fellow, except by his face If
he has seen it, I met with one who
became my friend, mv brother, mv
second self. I loved hi m no. nnti
might love a little child. And ho lov
ed me yes, we, I could swear it.
You had thought me a beast, and shut
me out from the light of dav and the
company of Christian men. Hut he
matle me a man, and lit uu the dark
ness of my night."
His deep, strone voice faitprnH nri
be stopped, and nothing was audible
Bave tb excited breathing of the nee
n,e- Oreeba was looking up into his
uugara race with amazement written
upon her own.
"Must I go on?" he cried in a voice
rent with agony. "I have brought him
here, and he is Michael Sunlocks. My
brother suffering is my brother in
blood. The man I have vowed to
slay is the man I have tried to save."
Somd of the people could not restrain
their tears, and the white faces of the
others quivered visibly.
"Why have you brought him here''"
asked the Judge.
At that moment Michael Sunlocks
began to move and to moan,- as If
consciousness were coming back to
him. Jorgen Jorgensen saw this, and
the proud composure with which he
had looked on and listened while Sun
locks lay like a. man dead left him
In an instant.
"Why have you brought Michael
Sunlocks here?" asked the Judge
again.
"Why has he brought him here?"
said Jorgen Jorgensen, bitterly. "To
be arrested. That's why he has
brought him here. See, the man is
coming to. He will do more mischief
yet, unless he is prevented. Take
him," he shouted to one or two of the
guards from Krisuvlk, who had come
with Greeba, and now stood behind
her.
"Walt!" cried the Judge, lifting his
band.
There was no gainsaying his voice,
and the guards who had stepped fur
ward dropped back.
Then he turned to. Jason again and
repeated bis question.
"Why hate you brought Michael
Sunlocks here?'"
At that, Jorgen. Jorgensen lort all
self-control and shouted, "Take him,
I say!" And facing about to the
Judge he said, "I will have you know,
sir, that I am here for Denmark and
must be obeyed."
The guards stepped forward again,
but the crowd closed around them, and
pushed them back.
Seeing this, 'Jorgen Jorgensen grew
purple with rage, and turning to the
people, he shouted at the full pitch of
his voice, "Listen to me. Some min
utes past, I put a price on. that man's
head. I said I would give you twenty
thousand kroner. I was wrong. I will
give you nothing but your lives and
liberty. You know what that means.
You have bent your nocks under the
yoke already, and you may have to do
It again. Arrest that man arrest both
men!"
"Stop!" cried the- Judge-.
"These men are escaped prisoners,"
said Jorgen Jorgensen.
"And this la the Mount of Laws,, and
here Is Althing," Bald the Judge; "and
prisoners or no prisoners, if they have
anything to say, by the ancient law
of Iceland they may say It now."
"I'shcw! your law of Iceland Is noth
ing to me," said Jorgen JorgenRen,
and turning to the crowd he cried,
"In the name of the King of Den
mark, I command you to arrest those
men."
"And In the name of the King of
Kings," said the Judge, turning after
him, "I command you to let thorn
alone."
There was a dread hush for a mo
ment, and then the Judge looked down
at Jason and said once more, "Why
have you brought Michael Sunlocks
here! Speak!"
Before Jason could make answer,
Jorgen Jorgensen had broken In
again:
"My guards are at Reykjavik," he
cried, "and I am here alone. You are
traitors, all of you, and If there is no
one eise to arrest that enemy of my
country, I will do It myself. He shall
go no further. Kep sack from him,"
So saying, he opened his cloak, drew
a pistol from his belt, and cocked it
A shrill cry arose from the crowd.
The men on the Mount stood quaking
with fear, and Greeba flung herself
over the restless body of Michael Sun
locks.
(To Be Continued.)
Sirs. Loaii Bstba.
Mrs. Louis Botha, the wife of the
Boer general, who has become
prominent in her efforts to bring about
peace, is of Irish extraction, being the
great-grandnlece of Robert Emmet
She has been one of the most beautiful
women In the Transvaal, and though
now the mother of a numerous family.
is sua a very cnarming and comely
little woman. She Is a hlghly-cnl-tured
woman, well read, musical, of ar
tistic bent, and, in times of peace, a
most successful and popular hostess.
Mrs. Botha Is on her way to visit
President Kruger in Europe.
Educational Poillloa at Mindanao
, M. A. Colton, who has ben appoint
ed superintendent of education in the
department of Mindanao and Jolo,
Philippine islands, was for one year
Instructor in French at Yale. He wa3
one of the first appointees of the Taft
commission. Last year he was espe
cially valuable to Superintendent At
kinson in the work of organization be
cause of his knowledge of Spanish and
his administrative ability.
fiold from River Droit gin ra
in the operation of dredging navf"
gable channels at the mouth of the
Moruya and Shoalhaven rivers in New
South Wales it was discovered that
the mud contained much gold dust.
An automatic gold saver was then at
tached to the dumping machinery and
it la estimated that enough gold will
thus be obtained to defrav the exDens-
es of keeping the channels open.
Rnaatana Emigrating tn 8llMtrla.
A Russian contemporary states that
tie emigration of Russian peasants to
Eastern Siberia, and especially to the
Ussurl territory, is going on at a fever
ish rate. During the first three months
of the present year nearly 3,000 people
left Odessa for Vladivostok. One single
steamer carried 800 emigrants to the
far east. Most of the emigrants are
from southern Russia.
Oxford and Cambridge Man.
One day when he was in Cambridge
the late Bishop Mandell Crelghton was
asked if he could state the difference
between an Oxford man and a Cam
bridge man. The professor, as he then
was, immediately replied: "An Ox
ford man looks as if the world be
longed to him; a Cambridge man as if
he didn't care to whom 'he world be
longed." Advantage) or Port Cttlea.
The revenue New York derives from
the rental of piers to tho Cunard, the
White Star, the American, the Atlantic
Transport, the French, the Lcyland,
the National and other lines is nearly
a million dollars annually. The White
Star lien pays the largest rental, $217,
000; the Cunard line Is next, with
$120,000, and the American line third,
with $88,131. Alnslee's Magazine.
Ilronze Hull TJnvellod.
A memorial of Rosa Bonheur, pre
sented by Senor Gambert, the Spanish
consul at Nice, has been unveiled at
Fontainebleau, near which town she
dwelt for many years. The memorial
consists of a bronze bull, an enlarged
facsimile of one of her sculptures; the
bas-reliefs of the pedestal give her
portrait and representations ci three
of her principal paintings.
A Petrified Diluvial Man.
Prof. Gorganovlc Kramberger- of
Agra university, claims to be the dis
coverer of the "missing link" in the
shape of the bones of a petrified dilu
vial man. The bones found, he con
tends, would be the eye bones- and,
crania of ten men who in all proba
bility were ape-like, but show the ex
clusive characteristics of men.
Kentucky Rich In. Oil..
Oil hunters are flocking to the Ken
tucky mountains In search of fortunes.
Experts declare the fields to be very
rich In oil. The oil' district oomprlsei
about 4,000 acres in Wayne county
and a smaller section In. Feutress
county, Tenn. T,he output of the wells
Is nearly 1,000 barrels a day..
Worker la. Coal' Mlne.
One million, and a half men. work In.
the coal minus of the world. Of these-
Great Britain has 535,000; United)
States, 300,000; Germany,. 285,000; Bel-
glum, 100,000; Russia, 44.000. The
world's minora ot metal number A
000,000.
Wmr Son a Yoqth nf ?AV
Mrs. .Jvneo Mills, t Wood ham. Out,
who recently celebrated her one hun
dred and thirteenth birthday, will visit
the Buffalo Exposition with her son,
a sprightly youth of Beventy-six. She
Is not sure about the Midway, and wltl
consult her pastor before visiting It
(loir and lha raiaun.
A clergyman who is himself guilty
during the week days say that Sun
day golf li forging ahead of the
church. He finds his male parishion
ers more anxluis to make the holes
than to have 1. Ji make them holy.
Philadelphia TU..es.
r
Artealaa Wall of Meslee.
Ia the City of Mexico there are 1,071
private artesian wells and eleven pub
lic ones. This number will soon be In
creased, for, at the present time, many
property owners art having well
la their yard.
COUKTKR-IRRITATION.
The use of hot applications to the
body for the relief of pain commended
Itself to mankind long before the for
mulation of any theory as to how the
favorable result was produced. It re
mained for Dr. Brown-Sequard to es
tablish by actual experiment the fact
that physical change U actually pro
duced in tissues by counter irritation.
He found that the vessels of the sur
face to which the irritation was ap
plied were dilated for several hours,
as one might suppose they would be.
while in the deeper tissues the vessels
were very much diminished In size.
Thus a mustard plaster on the region
over the kidneys has a pronounced ef
fect In reducing the size of the small
arteries.
Experiment has also shown that a
counter-irritant, a SpaniBh fly blister
on the back of a rabbit, for instance,
produces congestion of the superficial
tissues, while the deeper organs the
lungs are at the same time rendered
anaemic.
Thus we have proof that sudden con
gestion of the lungs or brain may be
to some extent relieved by counter-
irritants applied superficially to the
chest and the back of the neck.
Several stages or degrees of counter-
trritation are possible of production
sometimes by use of the same remedy.
For example, with an aplication of
mustard one may produce simple red
ness of the skin, or by a longer appli
cation or a greater proportion of mus
tard ingredient, blisters may be pro
duced. Strong mustard plasters ap
plied to. patients who were uncon
scious of pain have even produced
sloughing surfaces..
In irritating cough, particularly that
of consumption, applications of Iodine
to the ohest are often of ranch benefit,
the effect being due to the temporary
superficial congestion thus artificially
established.
Counter-Irritation may be properly
used In headaches, neuralgia, the first
stage of croup, or spasmodic cough,
and in relieving any sudden internal
congestion or. spasm.. Sponges or
cloths wrung from hot water, and the
various applications of hot water and
mustard, are usually employed. The
hot foot-bath also,and in childhood the
entire warm water and muwtard bath
have been used in nearly every house
hold to meet emergencies. The use of
strong counter-irritants, either of heat
or of various medicaments, is to be
resorted to only with great care when
a person is without consciousness or
when the nerves of sensation are in
active, as, for example, in paralysis of
the lower limbs.. Troublesome- sores
my result, in such cases-. The use of
counter-irritants is also not advised
n depleted states of the body.. Blisters,
and to a greater extent the more vio
lent forms of counter-irritation, carry
away nutrient material from the blood
n the process of repairing, and so may
seriously diminish the chance ot ul
timate recovery.
MACI1INK-MADK CARTF.TS.
A new method of. manufacturing
Oriental carpets has been placed upon
the market by an English syndicate,
which has secured the entire rights
from the inventor. It relates princi
pally to the weaving of Turkish
"piled" and' "tufted" carpets, and the
process embodies an advance as revo
lutionary as the Inventions of Lord
Masham. By Hand about half a day is
occupied In making a square yard of
this textile fabric, but the Hallensle
ben power loom, as It is called, has a
capacity of 35" square- yard per day,
and the material is equni In every re
spect to the finest handmade Oriental
productions. The loom is very ingenious-
In It arrangement, since the
shuttle Is dispensed with.
- BKTTKR TITAN CORKSCREW.
Many a man. has found himself in
the predicament of having forgotten
the corkscrew when out in the fields
trying to get a draft from a cold bot
tle. Here is a new and simple way to
overcome the difficulty, the Invention
of which Is to be accredited to a con
vivial young scientist. Hold the neck
of the bottle firmly in your right hand
and with your left hold a handker
chief against the trunk of a tree. Now
with a quick blow, bit the side of the
tree covered with the handkerchief.
The cork will Immediately fly out.
Then turn the bottle upward, bo the
fluid will not flow out afttr the corlt.
NEW LIFE SAVING APPARATUS.
A new life saving apparatus is being
introduced Into Germany. It consists
of a buoy of globular form and carry
ing from two to four life belts, and
supports of long cylinder of sheet tin
having twelve compartments filled
with carbide of calcium. These com
partments are arranged at different
elevations. When the apparatus Is
thrown Into the sea, the water passes
through perforations In the bottom
ot the eyllndei, aad, coming In con
test with the carbide, generates acety-
HENCE
lene gas. Each compartment is con
nected with a burner by a pipe, valves
preventing the escape of gas except
through the burner. When the vol
ume of gas decreases, hydrostatic pres
sure opens the valves and allows
water to penetrate into the next com
partment to generate an additional
supply of gas. The gas is lighted elec
trlcally and ignition takes place about
twenty-five seconds after the buoy is
thrown into the sea. The light pro
duced la equal to 150 candle power.
and the flame is protected from the
wind by glass and burns steadily with
great intensity for three or four
hours.. It requires only a few minutes
to clean and refill the apparatus.
VSIQVK BICYCLE.
Karl Jatho, the famous Germatn
trick bicycle rider, has invented a new
bicycle upon which he and his sister
have already given a number of per
formances in public. The gigantic
machine has two wheels, of which the
drive wheel has a diameter of about
8 feet, while the other, which is in
front, is of ordinary size. The frame
work of the large bicycle is so ar
ranged that it supports two seats, one
on each side of the drive wheel. The
latter Is turned by a double system ot
driving gear worked by pedals on each
side of the large wheel. Each rider is
supplied with a steering rod with
handle-bars, which work in sympathy
with one another. At every revolu
tion the drive wheel covers a distance
of about twenty-five feet. The tire of
the drive wheel, which Is the largest
in the world, was made to order.
A PERPETUAL MOTION CLOCK.
At the Paris Exposition there was
exhibited a clock which ran for two
months without having to be wound
up, therefore the makers were some
what Justified in calling it a "perpetual
motion clock." The Inventor obtained
his result by combining a system of
jointed levers or armatures with per
manent magnets in order to permit
the wheel to revolve indefinitely
around Its axis to coil a spring. The
principle Is based upon the fact that
poles of the same name repel, while
those of opposite names attract. Two
series of movable levers are placed
upon the faces of the rim of a large
wheel. The two arms of such levers
form between them an angle of forty
five degrees; the shorter one is provid
ed at its extremity with a weight
which acts as a counterpoise. The
counterpoise most distant from the
center has a preponderating action
upon the side of the wheel. It makes
four revolutions a minute and actuates
a regulating flywheel through the me
dium of an endless chain. The frame
of the apparatus Is constructed' of
magnetized steel. It- supports the
axle of the wheel and ' Is surmounted
by a roller that constitutes a pole.
When in its motion the wheel brings
the short arm of one of the levers-opposite
the roller, the phenomenon, ot
repulsion is produced.
SCIENTIFIC JiOTKH.
Another Anoaaior for Man.,
In a lecture before the University
of Aberdeen, Dr. A. Keith expressed
the opinion that both the gorilla and
the chlmpanze are oodescendants of
an anthropoid animal which, lived in
the early Miocene time, and. he sug
gested for this creature the name of
protroglodytes. He estimated that
more than 5,000000 years have elaps
ed since the separation of the human,
stock as a distinct animal Dorm..
Caeaplorad C
The director of the Geological Sn-r
rey of Canada says that practically
nothing Is known of one-third o the
area of the Dominion. The unexplored
lands comprise more than a milion
and a quarter of square miles. The
largest link no wn area comprises nearly
the entire Interior ot the Peninsula ot
Labrodor,coverlng289,000 square milts.
Dense forests of hardwood and min
eral deposits ot great value are reck
oned among the chief sources of
wealth wa't'.s tn b? do'-clopc'..
Over 2,000 sailor men and marines of
the United States navy have joined
the Temperance league of the Naval
Young Men's Christian association.
A new claimant for the fortune left
by the composer Verdi has appeared.
He Is a farmer named Verdt, living near
Athena, Greece. He says that the
Verdi family came originally from the
east, one branch establishing Itself at
Athens, and the other going on to
Italy, and that he Is the closest survlr
Ing relative of the deceased composer.
BOY TOOK 10.000 VOLTS.
Raaaacltatad and In a Fair War ft Sal
WelU
Walter Budds, 9 years old, had a cur
rent from an electric cable carrying
10,000 volts of electricity pass through)
his body recently. That he was not
killed is considered miraculous, but the
physicians at the Hartford hospital,
where the boy is now suffering front
the effects of the shock say that he will
recover, says the Hartford Courant.
Young Budds started out with Johnnie
Farrell and Willie Cosgrove, young
chums of his, to see the circus parade.
They went to Main street near the
tunnel and after waiting for some
time without the parade's coming In
Right, they got uneasy. On Albany ave
nue, just above the Main street junc
tion, the Hartford Electric Light com
pany has a terminal tub through
which the cables that bring the electric
current in from the Farmington river
P3.8S into the underground system of
the company. One of the boys sug- .
gested that they climb upon the roof
of the terminal tub to see if the parade
was coming down Albany avenue.
They made a run for the tub. A lad
der stood in the rear of the tub, and
the tub is built several feet above the
surface of the ground. Young Budda
was In advance of the others. He was
the first to mount the ladder and as
he climbed up the rounds he turned to
the other boys and said that he could
get to the top first. The parade was
not In sight and that he might have
a better view of the surroundings he
reached' from the top of the tub to
one of the cables with the heavy volt
age for the purpose of pulling himself
onto the pole which carried the cables
down througbj the tub. In taking hold
or the cable he instantly connected
himself with: the electric current. His
feet were Jerked from beneath him.
nis body became rigid and blue flames
shot out from the cables underneath
the boy's hands. What, appeared to
the big crowd to have been a dead
boy was brought back to life, and then
the little fellow was taken to the Hart
ford hospital in an unconscious condi
tion. He was very weak on heini re
ceived at the institution, but during
the afternoon he gained more streneth
and had a long sleep; Both his hands
were badly burned and th fndex fin
ger of his left hand was burned off.
TO FOIL CHECK RAISER.
New Schema for Prewntlnir Amf Alter
ations In Checka,
More than .20,000,000,000- of ebecks
are used annually in the United States,
and of this amount something like 18,
000 are "raised," the loss falling on the
drawer, for the drawer ot a check is
chargeable with the amount paid on it,
provided his signature is genuine, no
matter for what amount he- has pre
viously filled it in. Many devices bave
been planned for foiling the check-,
raiser, but the security check is the
most perfect protection the ingenuity
of man has-yet unfolded; The check
has been briefly described as follows:
"On the left of the check, is printed the
safe-guarding schedule; The words di
recting the payment of money are
qualified by the following printed into
the- body of the paper:: 'Pronrided
amount does not exceed, that expressed
in words and figures at end of sched
ule.' After the drawer haa written in
the amount of money to be paid; he ad-
Justs a small paper,-cutter to that line
of the upper halt of the schedule
which bounds the maximum amount to
be paid, in, dollars, tena hundreds, or .
thousands, and tears off the check
down as-far as the small ring in the
center of the schedule. Then he revolves-
his ruler, adjusting ft to that
line of the lower half of the schedule
which bounds the number of dollars,
tens of. dollars, hundred's or thousands,
tc be paid,. and. then completes tearing
the check from the stub along that
line. This leaves- in the hands of the
drawer the check absolutely safe
guarded! from alteration, for the left
handi margin expresses in words and
figures- the amount not exceeding
which it has been drawn."
Tha'dbvice is-used by scores of banks
and by hundreds of prominent firms,
although, it has been before the public .
but a short time. It is used not only
on checks but also notes, receipts,
drafts,, bills of lading, and other pa
pers, and. is suited for use of money
orders and tickets.
Portacal's Plethora of Honey.
Portugal is suffering from a plethora
of money just now. Not gold, of
course; nor silver; but copper. So vast
is the supply of this inferior metal
that ordinary people are exceedingly
chary of changing such few gold coins
as they may come into possession ot
The copper coinage is big and cumber
gome, and it is also depreciated, so
that, in order to avoid being burdened
with it, it has become the custom, in
the larger cities at. all events, to use
street car tickets as currency. In the
provinces postage stamps are made to
serve a similar purpose. Meanwhile
the government at Lisbon goes on se
renely minting the obnoxious coins
which nobody will use at the rata ot
some 80 tons a month.
Antenna's Clrde the Delaware.
The Delaware la the river of great
ocean shipbuilding in the United
States. From Philadelphia to Wil
mington there are seven great con-,
cerns and several smaller ones. With
in the past few months these yards
have had under construction more than
seventy vessels, representing a tan
nage of over two hundred thousand
and a combined cost of something Ilka
180,000,000. The Cramps bad consid
erably mora than one-half of this, but
there were enough millions left to keea
the other concerns busy and prospar
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