By HALL
CHAPTER VII. (Continued.)
"Jason," said Greeba. "I wronged
you once, and you have done nothing
since but heap
coals of fire on my
Dead.
"No, no; you never wronged me,"
he aaid. "I was a fool that wag ail.
I made myself think that I cared for
you. But it's all over now."
"Jajson," she said again, "It was not
altogether my fault My husband was
everything to me, but another woman
might have loved you and made you
happy."
"Ay, ay," be said, "another woman,
another woman."
"Somewhere or other she waits for
you," said Greeba. "Depend on that."
"Ay, somewhere or other," he said.
"So don't lose heart, Jason,' she
said; "dont lose heart."
don't," he said, "not I," and yet
again he laughed. But, growing seri
ous In a moment, he said, "And did
you leave home and kindred and como
out to thlg desolate place only that
you might live under the same room
with your husband?"
"My home was his home," said
Greeba, "my kindred his kindred,
and where he was there I had to be."
"And you have waited through these
two long years," he said, "for the
day and the hour when you might re
veal yourself to him?"
"I could have waited for my bus
band," said Greeba, "through twice
the seven long years that Jacob wak
ed for Rachel."
He paused a moment, and then said,
"No, no, I don't lose heart. Some
where or other, somewhere or other
that's the way of It" Then he laugh
ed louder than ever, and every hollow
note of his voice went through Greeba
like a knife. But In the empty cham
ber of his heart he was crying in de
spair, "My God! how she loves him!
How she loves him!"
in.
Half an hour later, when the win
ter's day was done, and the candles
had been lighted, Greeba went In to the
priest, where he sat In his room alone,
to say that a stranger was asking to
see him.
"Bring the stranger In," said the
priest, putting down his spectacles on
his open book ,and then Jason entered.
"Sir Slgfus," said Jason, "your good
name hag been known to me ever since
the days when my poor mother men
tioned it with gratitude and tears."
"Your mother?" aaid t,e priest;
"who was she?"
"Rachel Jorgen's daughter, wife of
Stri c-i urr,.
"Then you must be Jason,"
"Yes, your reverence."
"My lad, my good lad," cried the
priest, abd with a look of joy he rose
and laid hold of both of Jason's hands.
"I have heard of you. I hear of you
every day, for your brother is wl'h
n. Come, let us go to him. Let m
go to him. Come!"
"Wait!" said Jason. "First let me
deliver you a message concerning
him."
The old priest's radiant facet fell
instantly to a deep sadness. "A mes
sage?" he said. "You have nsver
come from Jorgen Jorgensen?"
"No."
"From whom, then?"
. "My brother's wife," said Jason.
"His wife?"
"Has he never spoken of her?"
"Yes, but as one who had inuml
him, and bitterly and cruelly wronged
and betrayed him."
"That may be so, your reverence,"
said Jason, "but who can be hard on
the penitent and the dying?"
' "Is she dying?" said the priest
Jason dropped bis head. "She sends
far his forgiveness." he Bald. "Shi
t-anot die without It"
"Poor soul, poor soul!" said the
priest.
"Whatever her faults, he cannot
dr nv her that little mercy," said Jason
"God forbid It!" said the priest
"She Is alone in her misery, with
none to help and none to pity her,"
aid Jason.
"Where Is she?" said the priest
"At Husavlk," said Jason.
"But what is her message to me?"
"That you should allow her nuabatd
to eome to her."
The old priest lifted his hands In
helpless bewilderment, but Jason gave
blai no time to speak.
"Only for a day," said Jason, quick
ly, "only for one day, an hour, one
Utile hour. Walt, your reverence, t'.o
not say no. Think, only think! The
poor woman la alone. Let her sins
l what they may, she Is penitent
ftbe Is calling for her husband. Sh
la calling on you to send him. It U
her last request her last prayer,
Grant It, and heaven will bless you."
The poor old priest was cruelly dis
tressed. "My good lad," he cried, ' it ! im
possible. "There is a ship outride to
wfttch us. Twice a day I have to tig
rial with the flag that the p-lsonv in
safe, and twice a day the bc!i of fne
vessel answers me. It Is Imnossitki,
I say, impossible. Impossible! It cvj
not be done. There is no way."
"Leave it to me, and I will find a
way," said Jason.
But the old priest only wrung his
hands, and cried, "I dare not I rmixt
not; It Is more than my place Is
worth."
"He will come back." said Jnson.
"Only last week," said the priest, "I
had a message from Reykjavik which
foreshadowed bis death. He knows it,
we alt know It" ,
"But he will come back." said Ja
son again.
"My good lad, how can you
say soT Whore have you
lived to think It possible? Once free
of the place where the shadow of
loath hangs over him, what man alive
would return to it?"
"Ho will coma back," said Jason,
firmly; "I know ha will; I swear ha
will."
"No, do," said the old man. "I'm
only a simple old priest burled elite
these thirty years, or nearly so, on this
lonely Island of the frosen seas, but
X know beeter than that. It Isn't In
human nature, my good lad, and no
man tsat breaiaas oaa do It Than
CMtllMtf
gtarv.
CAINE.
think of me, think of me!"
"I do think of you," said Jason,
"and to show you how sure I am that
he will come back, I will make you an
offer."
"What Is it?" said the priest
"To stand as your bondaman while
be is away," said Jason.
"What! Do you know what you are
eaylng?" cried the priest
"Yes," said Jason, "for I came to
say it."
"Do you know," said the priest,
"that any day, at any hour, the sailors
from yonder ship may come to exe
cute my poor prisoner?"
"I do. But what of that?" sail
Jason. "Have they ever been here be
fore r
"Never," said the priest.
"Do they know your prisoner from
another man?"
"No."
"Then where Is your risk?" said
Jason.
"My risk? Mine?" cried the priest,
with the great drops bursting from
his eyes, "I was thinking of yours. My
lad, my poor lad, you have made me
ashamed. If you dare risk your life,
I dare risk my place, and I'll do It;
1 11 do it."
"God bless you!" said Jason.
"And now let us go to him," said
the priest. "He la In yonder room,
poor soul. When the order came from
Reykjavik that I wag to keep close
guard and watch on him, nothing
would satisfy him but that I should
turn the key on him but that I should
of fear for me. He Is as brave as a
lion and as gentle as a lamb. Como,
the sooner he hears his wife's message
the better for all of us. It will be c,
sad blow to him, badly as she treated
him. But come!"
no Maying, f Jim ntrj priest was fum
bling his deep pockets for a key and
shuffling along, candle In hand, to
wards a door at the end of a low pas
sage, when Jason laid hold of his arm
and said In a whisper, "Walt! It Isn't
fair that I should let you go farther
In this matter. You should be Ignorant
of what we are doing until It is done.''
"As you will," said the priest.
"Can you trust me?" said Jason.
"That I can."
"Then give me the key."
The ola man gave it.
"When do you make your next sig
nal ?"
"At daybreak tomorrow."
"And when does the bell on the ship
answer It?"
"Immediately."
"Go to your room, your reverence,"
said Jason, "and never stir out of it
until you hear the ship's bell In the
morning. Then come here and you
will find me waiting on this spot to
return this key to you. But flrst an
swer me again, Do you trust me?"
"I do," said the old priest
"You believe I will keep to my bar
gain, come what may?"
"I believe you will keep It."
"And so I will, ag sure as God's
above me."
IV.
Jason opened the door and entered
the room. It was quite dark, save for
a dull red Are of dry moss that burn
ed on the hearth In one corner, lif
this little fire Michael Sunlocka sat,
rith.only his sad face visible in the
gloom. His long, thin hands were
clasped about one knee, which was
half-raised; his noble head was held
down, and his flaxen hair tell across
his checks to his shoulders.
He had heard the key turn In the
lock, and said quietly, "Is that you,
Sir Sigfus?"
"No," said Jasoil.
"Who Is It?" said Sunlocks.
"A friend," said Jason.
Sunlocks twisted about as though
hi blind eyes could see. "Whose voice
was that?" he ald, with a tremor In
his own.
"A brother's," said Jason.
"Sunlocks rose to his feet "Jason?"
he cried. ,
'"Yes, Jason."
"'Come to me! Come Where are
yet.? Let me touch you," cried Sun
lrvks, stretching out both his hands.
Then they fell into each other's
a 'jis, and laughed and wept for joy.
'ter awhile Jason said,
"Sunlocks, I have brought you a
jiesage."
"Not f rowi her, Janon? uu."
"No, not from fier from dear olj
Adam Falrbrother," said Jason.
"Where Is he?"
"At Husavlk."
"Why did you not brln him with
you?"
"lit could not come."
"Jason, Is he 111?"
"lie has crossed the desert to see
you, but he can go no further."
"Jason, tell me, Is ho dying?"
"The good old man is calling on you
night and day, 'Sunlocks!'. be is cry
ing. 'Sunlocks! my boy. my son.
Sunlocks! Sunlocks!'"
"My dear father, my other father,
God bless him!"
"He says he has crossed the seas to
ilnd you, and cannot die without see
ing you again. And though he knows
you are here, yet In his pain and trou
ble he forgets It, and crlrs, 'Come to
me, my son, my Sunlocks.' "
"Now, this Is the hardest lot of all,"
said Sunlocks. and tin cast himself
down on his chair. "Oh, thue blind
eyes! Oh, this cruel prison! Oh, for
one day of freedom! Only one day,
cne poor simple day!"
And so be wept and bemoaned hll
blter fate.
Jason stood over him with many
pains and mlsglvngs at Night of iho
distress he bad created. And If the
eye of hcavon saw Jason there, surely
the suffering In his face atoned for the
lie on his tongue.
"Hush, Sunlocka, hush!" he said In
a tremulous whisper. "You can have
the day you wish for; and If you can
not see, there are others to lead you.
Yes, It la true, It Is true, for I have
settled It It Is all arranged, and you
are to leave tbls place tomorrow."
Hearing this, Michael Hunlockl made
flrst a cry of delight, and then said
after a moment, "But what of tbls
.or old priest?"
"He is a good man, zti willing to
let you go," said Jason.
"But he bag had warning that I may
be wanted at any time," said Sunlocks,
"and though bis house is a prison, he
hag made it a home, ana 1 would not
do bim a wrong to save my life."
"Ha knows that," said Jason, "and
he ssys nt you win CO sf'k, to
him though death itself should be
waiting to receive you."
"He la right" said Sunlocks; "and
no disaster save this one could take
me from him to his peril. The good
old soul! Come, let me thank him."
And with that be was making for the
door.
But Jason stepped between, and said,
"Nay, it Isn't fair to the. good priest
that we should make him a party to
our enterprise. I have told him all he
need know, and be Is content Now,
let him be ignorant of what we are
doing until it is done. Then if any
thing happens it will appear that you
have escaped."
"But I am coming back," said Bul
locks. "Yes, yes," said Jason, "but listen.
To-morrow morning, two hours before
daybreak, you will go down to the
bay. There is a small boat lying by
the little jetty, and a fishing smack
at anchor about a biscuit-throw far
ther out. The good woman who is
housekeeper here will lead you "
(To Be Continued.)
To Ouard A(aimt Jan.
The navy department hag purchased
a considerable tract of land surround
ing the naval observatory at Washing
ton in order to protect from jar the
delicate instruments which record the
time of the country. It was deemed
desirable not to have any highways
within 1,000 feet of the clock room
where the Instruments are stationed,
and a circle with a radius of 1,000 feet,
therefore, was drawn entirely around
the observatory. At the last session of
congress 1149,000 was apropriated to
purchase the inclosed land.
Craelty for "Sport's" Saks.
The cruelty which attended the six
day bicycle race Is suggested by the
750-mile Paris-Berlin automobile race,
which starts next Thursday morning,
and which is to be covered In three
laps. It is believed that the effect
upon the nerves of the men driving the
machine will be terrific. M. Dannat
considers it positive cruelty to the hu
man species to organize such a race.
It appears to be the trend of nearly
all "Bport" to reach a degree of stren
uous Intensity that makes it very try
ing on those who engage in it
Long Family Servle.
It appears that the sixty-nine years
of the Sprague family in the Gibraltar
consulate are outdone by the service
of the Fox family at Falmouth, Eng
land, which has lasted 107 years, the
flrst American consul there having
been Robert W. Fox, grandfather of
the present Incumbent, whom Presi
dent Washington appointed May 30,
1794. The present consul's son is vice
consul, and Is likely to suceed bis
father, as the salary is but $300 a
year.
Swell Attire In Mrxleo.
"The sartorial world Is full of pie
dlctlon," remarks the Mexican Herald.
"A single breasted frock, oat Is due
to arrive In May, also the once famil
iar long tailed, single breasted cut
away which gave a zopllote air to Its
wearers. Down In Tabasco the swell
tailors are competing to make for Don
Santiago Carter a combination pajama
and frock combined, one In which the
philosopher can both sleep and attend
sweel functions when he makes his
Infreuuent visits to this caaital."
Zola' I)r-yfu NotkI.
After a long delay Is at last ready
to make a novel out of the Dreyfus
case. This book will be the last of the
set of four paralleling the gospels,
"Fccondite," "Travail,' a socialist
novel treating of the labor problem;
"Verlte," now ready to appear, and
criticising French educational meth
ods, and "Justice," the application of
which Is evident
Victor Bin an Inralid.
Lieutenant Victor Blue, the daring
South Carol inan who achieved fame by
riding a mule around Santiago during
the war, when the country was infested
with Spanish soldiers, and discovering
Cervera's fleet at anchor In the har
bor, has been Invalided home from the
Asiatic station for treatment. He has
been on the Asiatic station for more
than a year, and is suffering from a
fever contracted In Chinese waters.
A Center' Growth Illustrated.
Only 100 years ago the other day
the Thames saw a curious little scene
which the newspapers reported as fol
lows: "An experiment took place on
the river Thames for the purpose of
working a burg or any otlifcr b-vy
craft against the tide by means of a
steam engine of a very simple con
struction. The moment the engine
was set tp work the barge was brought
about, answering her helm quickly,
and she made her way against a strong
current at the rate of two mnes and a
half an hour."
No Good Inlaaa a Ciirkatar.
An illustration of the growing de
mand for athletic clergymen was re
cently given by a country curate, who,
says the London Telegraph, received
notice to quit because he was not a
good cricket player. Though unexcep
tionable In other respects, his vicar
declared that "what this parish really
needs Is a good, fast bowler, wlta a
break from the off."
Renribla tliorrli Present.
George C. Thomas, of Philadelphia,
a member of the firm of Drexel & Co.,
has presented the Church of the Holy
Apostles, of which he Is a member,
eight large electrical fans, which have
been placed In the body of the church,
so as to send draughts of cool air in
every direction across the pews.
la AellT llaalncee at SS.
ExMayor Daniel D. Whitney, of
Brooklyn, now In his 83d year. Is pres
ident of an Insurance company, direc
tor of a bank and proprietor of a
wholesale grocery store, and attends
strictly to business In each of thesa
capacities. He has lived In the same
house for nearly slaty years.
NOTES ON SCIENCE
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOVERY
AND INVENTION.
Tbc World' Boat Timber for I'nn In
Ships Nature'! Clay Image Rubber
and Gatta-l'en-ha told Winter, Hot
Hummer.
THE WORLD'S BEST SHIP" TIMBER.
Some of the most useful products of
our planet are confined to small areas
of its surface, situated at a great dis
tance from the main centers of popu
lation and Industry. India-rubber is
one of these, and according to a report
from Consul-General King at Bang
kok, teak, the most valuable ship tim
ber In existence, Is another. Exten
sive teak forests, he says, are restrict
ed to Burma, Slam and Cochin-China.
There -are only three ports in the
world from which teak Is exported:
Rangoon, Moulmeln and Bangkok. It
is a beautiful dark-colored wood, tak
ing a high finish, and its value In ship
building depends upon Its strength, its
durability, its resistance to both mois
ture and drouth, its non-liability to be
attacked by boring insects, its light
ness in the water, and its resistance to
the Influence of Iron when brought in
close contact. In this last point of
excellence it has no substitute as a
backing for armor-plate.
RUBBER AND GUTTA-PERCHA.
Mr. Berkhout, formerly forester in
the Dutch East Indies, recently gave
some facts not generally known con
cerning these two products, which are
often confused. The quality of elas
ticity distinguishes india-rubber from
gutta-percha. The latter is derived
from one plant only, while india-rubber
is produced from more than 60
plants. Three-fourths of the gutta
percha of commerce comes from Su
matra and Borneo. Of the total an
nua! production of india-rubber, esti
mated at about 99,000,000 pounds,
nearly two-thirds comes from the
Amazon Valley, about one-third from
Central Africa, and one-twentieth from
Asia. The total production of gutta
percha Is about one-twentieth as great
as that of india-rubber. The gutta
percha tree is cultivated with difficulty,
and the natives of the countries where
It grows cut it down to get its valu
able sap.
THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES.
Prof. Hugo de Vries, the well-known
Dutch botanist and biologist, is cred
ited with a "momentous discovery"
concerning the origin of species among
plants. Briefly stated, his observations
indicate tnat new species appear sud
denly by mutstion, never as the out
come of a progressive variation. He
avers that he has been able, for the
flrst time, to watch the formation and
development of new species. A review
er of his work In the English scien
tific journal, Nature, says: "The facts
are so striking and convincing that an
outsider, like the reviewer, cannot but
feel that new period In the theories
of the origin of species and of evolu
tion has been Inaugurated."
HANDY KITCHEN CTENHIL.
Kate Hatch McRae, of Colorado, has
designed a machine for beating cake
rapidly and thoroughly with little ex
ertion, the picture showing the ap
paratus In operation. The beater
proper may be of any desired form,
to suit the numerous uses for which
the beater may be used. When it is
desired to make use of the apparatus
the hanger is rigidly secured to the
edge of the table by the clamps, and
the cake dish is held underneath the
downwardly-projecting beater with
one hand, while the crank Is grasped
In the other hand to revolve the beat
er until the operation Is completed.
The beating frame Is easily removed
for cleaning or for Inserting another
style for performing different work,
ROTARY CAKE AND EGO BEATER,
and, of course, the machine is not lim
ited to beating cake, but will whip
cream, make frosting and do all the
labor In that line by simply Inserting
the beater of the proper shape.
NTKNCIMNG rtlR EFFECT.
Some of the best decorative effects to
be found in the handsomest of modern
houses are obtained by stenciling. This
Is used for all purposes, for hangings,
for wall coverings and ceilings, and
for the furniture Itself. Armure U one
of the materials which Is frequently
stenciled for wall coverings. Buck
ram is also used with excellent effect
as a ground for the work, and Japan
ese grass cloth Is exceedingly beauti
ful, leather and many other materials
take the stenciling and give good re
sults. Velqurs are specially treated to
receive the stenciling and are used tor
hangings and screen covers. Other
soft materials, when treated with con
ventional designs, are just the thing
for dens, smoking and blllard rooms.
Occasionally the material will be given
a special color tone before the design
Is applied, and the whole whan finished
Is as soft as If the stenciling had been
woven Into the material. . Designs. I
when applied to rooms, are arranged )
to suit the wall space and bland" with i
the color tones, sometimes In pan!, I
sometimes in a frieze. Occasionally J
flowers may be used, more or less con
ventionallzed, and some charming wo a
has been done in nrenarln mrl 4a- 1
signs for decorations on yachts. Thee
lattf r are used also for rooms In house
by the sea. Not only are hangings ant
wall coverings treated in this way, bat'
sets of furniture carry out the decor
ations on the walls. White mahogany
is one of the most beautiful of the
woods used for this purpose. Chicago
Journal.
SANITARY HAIR-BRCHIf
The ordinary hair brush is so diffi
cult to clean that It is often neglected
until it becomes a sort of paradise for
disease germs, and finally reaches the
stage where it must be cleaned or
thrown away. In the illustration Is
shown a brush recently designed by
Robert J. Montgomery, of Illinois,
which should recommend Itself on
sight for cleanliness and ease with
which the parts may be separated for
washing. The bristles are attached to
a skeleton or open-work frame, which
is hinged at the outer end of the back,
the handle being provided with a
spring catch to hold the frame while
in use. The interior of the back is
concave in shape, better to receive the
sittings which fall through the frame
from the bristles. In the ordinary
brush the dirt always accumulates at
EASY TO REMOVE THE DIRT AND
HAIRS.
the base of the bristles, but in the
new brush there Is no place of lodg
ment there, and so it falls through to
the hollow back where it may be in
stantly removed by the applications of
a stream of water or by striking the
back against the hand. As the air
circulates freely around the base of
the bristles the brush will dry rapldr
ly when wet, and the moisture will not
rot the bristles, making the brush very
durable.
NATURE'S CLAY IMAGES. '
In the clay-beds of the valley of the
Connecticut are found wonderful and
beautiful concretions, specimens of
which, sent to England, excited the
interest of the Royal Society as long
ago as 1670. Mr. J. M. Arms Sheldon,
who has written a book about them,
says that the concretions appear in
four principal types: disk-shaped, cyl
indrical, botryoidal (resembling grape
clusters), and imitations of animal
forms. The latter are the most strik
ing, the forms imitated including
fishes, birds, ant-eaters, elephants,
dogs, babies' feet, and so forth. A
remarkable fact Is that each clay-bed
has a form of concretion peculiar to
Itself and the principal types are
never found Intermingled in the same
bed. The beds are composed of strati
fled, river-drift clays, or ''Champlaln"
clays.
MICROBE LAMPS.
Prof. Raphael Dubois, of the Uni
versity of Lyons, has produced home
of the most curious lamps ever im
agined, by cultivating luminous ma
rine microbes In a liquid medium con
tained in little glass vessels. If a few
of these living lamps are arranged
about a bust in a dark room, the bust
Is made plainly visible, and photo
graphs can be taken of it. The actinic
power of the light Is, nevertheless, so
feeble that several hours' exposure is
needed. With another form of lamp,
filed with phosphorescent bacteria,
enough light Is obtained to render a
printed page easily legible.
COLD WINTERS HOT SUMMERS.
Dr. O. L. Fasslg in the Monthly
Weather Review shows, as the result
of an investigation of records extend
ing from 1817 to the present time, that
neither exceptionally warm nor excep
tionally cold summers have any more
relation to the succeeding winter tem
peratures than normal summers have,
and that, broadly speaking, there is
no regular alternation, or period, In
atmospheric temperatures. The In
vestigation was undertaken with a
view of testing the soundness of such,
popular beliefs as that an extremely
hot summer precedes a cold winter.
The Air From the Lunga.
Much has been said about a polHon
ous alkaloid In air from the lungs.
After a careful Investigation, Herr E.
Formanck finds that no poisonous sub
stance exists In the breath of a healthy
man or animal, but that the expired
air may contain traces of ammonia In
cases of dental carles or pulmonary
complaints. It Is this ammonia not a
special alkaloid of terrifying virulence
that has been collected from expired
air.
''Black Death" Still DaSaat.
The bubonic plague is said to be the
most stubborn of epidemics, not yield
ing to the most energetic treatment
While the dread of smallpox, cholera
and yellow fever has been much les
sened of late years because of the
progress of medical aelenco, no great
hold has yet been obtained on the
"black death."
ORCHID DWINKt WITH HOSE.
a riant Which Take Drink of Wnt
Whan Thirsty.
What is probably the most singular
plant ever discovered has been found
by B. A. 8uverkrop of Philadelphia
Mr. guverkrop nan for some year
been making Journeys to South and
Central America, where he has search
ad for rare orchids and other plants.
The amaslng orchid which has now
bean found by him la a plant which
taken a drink of water whenever It
fekls thirsty by letting down a tuba
Intt the stream beneath it The tube,
when not in oaa. lies colled up on top
of tha Plant Oaa hot afternoon Mr.
SuverkfPP sat down to rest beside n
lasoon 0 the Rio de la Plat. Neer
by was aforeat of efead; shorn tree
which had actually been choked to
death by orchids and climbing cactus.
In front of bin and stretaalng out over
the warm waters of the ntill lagoon
was a branch da" one of tfeese dead
trees. The braac) wa aboat a foot
above the surface the wntar, and
rioting upon its decaying woo were
orchids and cacti, tbi Plantt Which
had caused its death. er
were clusters of the coalmon Mp!ta
del ayre," and twining aJlVronnd it ft
network of green cacti. iV"10"! tno
orchids was one different ikn tb
rest, which Immediately caakht Mr.
Suveron's attention. The leaven were
of the shape of a sharp lanoe
They grew all around the root1
rauiai.ftn rrnm it.. prom rna itii
axis or tne plant nung a long, nana..
stem about one-eighth of an inch
thickness and one-quarter of aa Inch
1-1 A U 1 .nm n
in the water to the depth of about
four inches. It was unlike any orchid
Mr. Suverkrop had ever seen or heard
of, and he went nearer to examine his
discovery. He touched the plant,
when, to his surprise, the stem which
had been in the water gradually con
tracted and rolled itself up In a coil
on the top of the plant It was a tube
and as it rolled itself up It deposited
the water, which had been taken in
by the part' of the tube submerged, on
to the roots of the plant. The discov
erer now watched the plant, and found
that when it was thiraty it let down
its hose into the water and dipped up
the stream until its thirst was satis
fied, when the tube remained coiled up
like a hose until it was time for the
orchid to take another drink. Gener
ally the colling process is slow, the
plant drinking like a a gentleman and
taking Its time about taking Its re
freshment. But If the plant is touched
the coiling process is accelerated.
DESCRIBES A HASHEESH DEN.
Traveler In Cairo VlalU Resort Where
the Dm; I Smoked.
A German physician describes his
visit to a den of hasheesh smokers in
Cairo. His guide was a donkey boy,
who could speak German. In a dark
and dirty alley they came to a lighted
doorway. Entering, they passed
through a room filled with men play
ing dominos to the smoking-room.
"Here," says the explorer, "we were
welcomed like old acquaintances. The
room wag filled with smoke of pecu
liar aromatic odor and the smokers
were in a very happy mood. On the
walls were Arabic inscriptions and
pictures of European beauties. In one
corner was a stone bearing a mass of
glowing coals. A man cut up some
tobacco, another filled a clay pipe bowl
with it, a third bit off little pieces of
brown hasheesh paste and laid them
down on the tobacco, a fourth added
some glowing coals and attached the
bowl to a narghileh or water pipe,
which he then banded to his neigh
bor. The pipe passed from mouth to
mouth, eacn man taking a few whiffs
and expelling ine smoke from nose
and mouth." The German physician
declined the proffered pipe and or
dered coffee. All the smokers talked
and laughed incessantly. Most of
them were young or middle-aged men.
Suddenly an elderly man rose to his
teet and stood staring at the floor,
with a vacuous smile. He wag a
hasheesh wreck, an imbecile. "He is
a philosopher," said one of the others,
and a general laugh followed.
A Profnne Interruption.
The late Father Petit was one of the
best known priests in the Milwaukee
diocese. It may well be said that he
was a fine representative of the pio
neer priest. With a wide experience
and an appreciation of the humor of
a situation, many interesting stories
are told of him. On one occasion he
was preaching in St. Raphael's church,
Madison, of which he wag pastor. It
was a fine summer day and the win
dows were open, in an adjoining va
cant lot a number of boys were playing
a game of baseball. Father Petlt's
sermon was on heaven and tne means
of reaching there. He had just come
to the end of a passage. "How, then,
shall we reach heaven?" he asked, and
paused in a solemn manner. Just
then came floating through the
church window in a high-keyed voice,
"Slide like the devil, slide!" It was
one of the boy baseball players coach
ing a base runnet. Current LItera- '
t.re.
Greater London.
According to the new census "Great
er London" the district under the
metropolitan and city police has a
population of 6,687,784, an Increase of
961,602 since 1891, Seventeen populous
suburbs, having a total of 2,042,750 In
habitants, have been added to London
pro par. Chicago News.
England a aa Aprtm Mayar.
Afthough there are 114,000 acres, of
orchards In England, yet Britain buys
100,000 tons of apples abroad la a
I year. .