A SISTER'S
By CEORCE MANVILLC FENN M
CHAPTER I.
"Then you're a villain!"
"Nonseuse. Mary: be reasonable."
"Iteasouable, Captain Armstrong?
m reasonable, and I am telling you
truth. You are a villain!"
"Why, you foolish girl, what did you
"That you would be an officer and a
gentleman. Once more, is it true that
you are goiug to be married to that lady V
Well, you see "
"Answer me, sir."
"Oh, well, then. I suppose I am."
"Then I repeat it, James Armstrong,
you are a villain!"
"What nonsense, you fierce-looking
handsome termagant' We have bad out
little pleasant chats, and now we'll say
good-by pleasantly. I can't help it, I have
to marry; so you go and do the same, my
dear, and I'll buy you a handsome wed
ding dress."
"You cowardly, cold-blooded villain'.'
"Come, come, my good girl; no more
strong words, please. Why, what did
you expect "'
"That you were wooing me to be your
wife."
"A captain in the king's navy marry
the daughter of an old wrecker, the sis
ter of as utter a smuggling scoundrel as
can be found about this port to Dart
mouth!" "When a girl gives- her heart to the
man who comes to her all soft words and
miles, do you think she remembers what
he is? It is enough for her that she loves
him, and she believes all he says. Oh,
James, dear James! forgive me for all
I've said."
"There, that's enough. You knew as
well aa I did that there was nothing se
rious meant, so now let's bring this meet
ing to an end."
"To an endr
"Yes; you had no business to come here.
But, aa you have come, there are five
guineas, Mary, to buy finery; and let's
hake bands and say good-by."
Captain Armstrong, a handsome man
With a rather cruel-looking, thin-lipped
mouth, took five golden pieces from bin
great, flapped, salt-box-pocketed waist
coat, gave the flowing curls of his wig a
shake, and held out the money to the
dark, black-eyed woman standing before
him with her sun-browned cheeks slight
ly flushed, her full, red lips quivering, and
a look of fierce passion distorting her
handsome gypsy countenance.
As he spoke he dropped the golden
coins one by one into the woman's band,
smiled, glanced quickly at a door behind
him, and caught her in his arms.
"There, one more kisg from those ripe,
red lips, and then "
Aa sharp a back-handed blow across the
face as ever man received from an angry
woman, and then, as the recipient invol
untarily started back, Mary Dell flung
the golden pieces at him, so that one
(truck him in the chest and the others
flew tinkling across the room.
"Curse you!" cried the captain, in a
low, savage voice, "this is too much.
Leave this bouse, and if yon ever dare
to come here again "
"Dare!" cried the woman, as fiercely.
"I dare anything. I've not been a sailor's
child for nothing. And so yon think that
woman's love is to be bought and sold
for a few paltry guineas. Look here,
James Armstrong, I wouldn't marry you
bow if you prayed me to be your wife
wife to such a cruel, mean coward! I
would sooner leap overboard gome night
and die in the deepest part of the har
bor." "Leave this house, you vixen."
"Not at your bidding, captain," cried
the girl, scornfully. "Captain! Why,
the commonest Bailor in the king's ships
would shame to behave to a woman as
yon have behaved to me. But I warn
you," she continued, as in her excitement
her luxuriant, glossy hair escaped from
its comb and fell rippling down in masses
"I warn you, that if you go to church
with that lady, I'll never forgive you, but
have such a revenge as shall make you
rue the day that you were born."
"Silence, woman; I've borne enoug'i'
Leave this house!"
"When I have told you all I think nd
feel, James Armstrong."
"Leave my house!" cried the captain
for the third time, furiously; and, glanc
ing through the window as he spoke, he
changed color at the sight of a gray
haired gentleman approaching with a
tall, graceful woman upon his arm.
"Ah!" cried Mary Dell, aa she read bis
excitement aright; "so that is the wom
an! Then I'll stop and meet her face
to face, and tell her what a contempti
ble creature she is going to wed."
"Curse you, leave this house!" cried the
captain, in a savage whisper; and, catch
ing bis visitor roughly by the shoulder,
he tried to pull her toward the door; but
the girl resisted, and in the struggle a
chair was overturned with a crash, the
loor was flung open, and a bluff, manly
Voice exclaimed:
"Why. halloo; what's the matter now?"
"What's that to your cried the cap
tain, angrily, aa he desisted from his ef
forts, and the girl stood disheveled and
panting, her eyes flashing vindictively,
and a look of gratified malice crossing
her face, as she saw the confusion and
annoyance displayed by her ei -lover.
"What is it to me? Why, I thought
there was trouble on, and I came to
elp."
"To intrude where yon were not want
ed, you mean. Now, go," snarled the
captain.
"No, don't go," cried the girl, spitefully.
"I want you to protect me, sir, from (his
man, this gentleman, who professed to
lore me, and whs, now that he It going
to be married, treats me aa you sec."
"It's a lie, woman T cried the eaptala.
who noted that the couple whoa coming
had made him lower his voice had now
passed after looking up at the window,
ad who now turned again nerosiy epoa
tho woman.
"No. It isn't lie, Jem." Mid the new
to r. "I've teen you on the beeoh with
lor nviny n time, and thought what
ttsxftgnofd yon wort."
"Lieut. Arewtroag, I am rear
tstr." triad the enntain. "How
rrcfJi to aw Khe that! t, yea W
l. v aetata nr tat
rrri4r
3
VENGEANCE
ly, "but my cousin Jem. Put me In ar
rest, will you? Very well, my fine fel
low; you're captain, I'm lieutenant, and
I must obey; but if you do, next time
we re ashore I'll thrash you within aa
inch of your life as sure as my name's
Humphrey. Hang it. I'll do it now."
lie-took a quick stop forwardt but- tae
captain darted behind the table, and
Mary caught the young man's arm.
"No, no, sir," she said in a deep voice
"don't get yourself into trouble for me.
It's very true and gallant of you, sir, to
take the part of a poor girl, but I can
fight my own battle against such a cow
ard as that Look at him, with his pale
face and white lips, and tell me how I
could ever have loved such a creature
"Woman "
"Yes, woman now," cried the girl. "A
month ago no word was too sweet and
tender for me. There, I'm going, James
Armstrong, and I wish you joy of your
rich wife the pale, thin creature I aw
go by; don't think you are done with
me. or that this is to be forgotten. As
for you, sir," she continued, holding out
her hand, which ber defender took, and
smiled down frankly in the handsome,
dark face before him, "I shan't forget
this."
"No," said Captain Armstrong, with a
sneer. "Lose one lover, pick up another."
Mary Dell did not loose the band she
had seized, but darted a bitterly con
temptuous look upon her late lover, which
made him grind bis teeth as she turned
from him again to the lieutenant.
"Was I not right, sir, to say he is a
coward? I am only a poor-class girl, but
I am a woman, and I can feel. Thank
you, sir; good-by, and if we ever meet
again, think that I shall always be grate
ful for what you have said."
At that minute there were voices heard
without, and the captain started and
looked nervously at the door.
"I'm going, James Armstrong," said (he
irl, "and I might go like this; but for
my own sake, not yours, I'll not."
She gave ber head a sidewise jerk
which brought her magniticent black hair
over her left shoulder, and then with a
few rapid turns of her bands she twisted
it into a coil and secured it at the back
of her head.
Then turning to go, Humphrey took a
step after ber; but she looked at him with
i sharp, suspicious gaze.
'He told you to see me off the place.'
she said, quickly.
'No." cried Humphrey; "it was my own
idea."
'Let me go alone," said the girl. "I
want to think there is some one belong
ing to him who is not base. Good-by,
sir! Perhaps we may meet again."
Meet again!" snarled the captain, as
the girl passed through the doorway.
Yes, I'll warrant me you will, and con
sole yourself with your new lover."
'Look here,. Jem," cried the lieuten
ant, hotly; "officer or no officer, recollect
that we're alone now, and that you sre
insulting me as well as that poor girl.
Now, then, you say another word like
that, and hang me if I don't nearly break
your neck."
"You insolent "
Captain Armstrong did not finish his
sentence, for there was a something in
the frank, handsome, manly face of his
cousin that meant mischief, and he threw
himself into a chair with an angry snarl,
such as might be given by a dog who
wanted to attack, but did not dare.
CHAPTER II.
"What's she a-doing of now?"
"Blubbering."
"Why, that's what you said yesterday.
She ar'n't been a-blubbering ever since?"
"Yes, she have, Bart; and the day
afore, and the day afore that She's done
nothing else."
"I hates to see a woman cry," said the
first speaker, as he seated himself on the
edge of a three-legged table in the low
ceiled cottage of old Dell, the smuggler
a roughly built place at the head of one
of the lonely coves on the South Devon
coast The place was rough, for it had
been built at different times of wreck
wood which had come ashore; but the
dwelling was picturesque outside, and
quaint, nautical, and deliciously clean
within, where Abel Dell, Mary's twin
brother, a short, dark young fellow, sin
gularly like his sister, sat upon an old
sea chest fashioning a netting needle
with a big clasp knife, and his brow was
also covered with the lines of trouble.
He was a good-looking, sun-browned
little fellow; and as be sat there In his
big fisher boots, thrust down nearly to
the ankle, and a scarlet worsted cap up
on bis black, crisp curls, bis canvas pet
ticoat and blue shirt made him a study
of which a modern artist would have
been glad; but In the early days of King
George the First gentlemen of the pal
ette and brush did not tarn the inhabit
ants into models, so Abel Dell had not
been transferred to canvaa, and went on
carving his hard-wood needle without
looking up at the man called Bart,
There was not much lost, for Barthol
omew Wrigley, at the age of 30 wreck
er, smuggler, fisherman, sea-dog, any
thing by turn waa about as ugly an
athletic specimen of humanity as ever
afeDned- Nature and his m-tttori hmti
been very unkind to him in the war oi
features, and accidents by flood and light
had marred what required no disfigure
ment, a fall of a apar having knocked
bis nose sidewise and broken the bridge,
Wvbile a chop from a sword in a aniug-
I - i - m I. j i i, i
gang anray nan given mm a omuea up
per lip. In addition be alwaya wore
the appearance of being ashamed of his
height, and went about with a slouch
that was by no means an attraction to
the usher girls of the place.
"Ay! If the old man had bora alive"
" 'Stead o' drowned off Plymouth Hoo,"
growled Bart.
"In the big storm." continued Abet
"Polly would hart had to twab thorn
eyes of horn."
"Ay! And If the old nun had boon
alive, that sas poor -dandy captain, with
hit boots and awkord, would hart had to
sheer off. Abet, lad."
" 'Stond v cesnlag Jerry -weak lug abowt
nor when ho waa at sea, oh, Bart 1"
"Them's tmt weree," growled tha hag.
Vast. Cant
ed him Intently, with his hands deep in
his pockets.
"It's all off, ar'n't it, mate?" said Bart,
at last.
"Ay, it's all off," said Abel; and there
was another pause.
"Think tbere'd be any chance for a
man now? S'pose not," with a sigh.
"You see, I'm such a hugly one, Abel,
lad."
"You are, Bart. There's no denying it,
mate; you are."
"Ay! A reg'lar right-down hugly one.
But I thought as pVhaps as her heart
were soft and sore, she might feel a little
tort a man whose heart also was very
soft and sore."
"Try her, then, mate. I'll go and tell
her you're here."
"Nay, nay, don't do that, man." whis
pered Jhs. big fellow,, hoarse!?, "I Jurat
ent ask her again. It'll have to come
from her this time."
"Not it. Ask her. Bart. She likes
you."
"Ay, she likes me, bless her, and she's
alius got a kind word for a fellow as
wishes a 'most as be was ber dog.'
"What's the good o' that, lad? 'Better
be her man."
"Ay, of course; but if you can't be her
man, why not be her dog? She would
pat your head and pull your ears; but 1
alius feels as if she'd never pat my head
or pull my ears, Abel, lad; you see, I'm
such a hugly one. Blubbering, eh?"
"Does nothing else. She don't let me
see it; but I know. She don't sleep of a
night, and she looks wild and queer, as
Sanderson's lass did who drowned her
self. I wish I bad hold of him. I'd like
to break his neck."
Bart put on his cap quickly, glanced
toward the inner room, where there was
a sound as of someone singing mourn
fully, and then in a quick, low whisper:
"Why not, lad?" said be; "why not.'
"Break his neck, Bart?"
The big fellow nodded.
"Will you join in and risk it?"
"Won't ir
"Then we will." said Abel. "Curse
him, he's most broke her heart."
'Cause she loves him," growled Bart,
thoughtfully.
Yes, a silly, soft thing. She might
have known."
"Then we mustn't break bis neck, Abel,
lad." said Bart, shaking bis bead. Then,
as if a bright thought had suddenly (lash
ed across his brain: "Look here. We'll
wait for him, and then I ar'n't afeard of
his sword we'll make him marry her."
"Jou don't want him to marry her.
said Abel, staring, and utilizing the time
by strapping bis knife on his boot.
'Nay, I don't; but she da, poor lass,"
said Bart, with a sigh, "and If I can do
what she wants, I will as long as I live."
Ah! you always was fond of her.
Bart." said Abel, slowly.
"Ay, I always was, and always shall
be, my lad. But look here," whispered
Bart, leaning toward his companion "if
he says he won't marry her, and goes
and marries that fine madame will you
do it?"
I'll do anything you'll do, mate," said
Abel, in a low voice.
' i'hen we'll make him, my lad."
"Hist!" whispered Abel, as the inner
door opened, and Mary entered the room,
looking haggard and wild, to gaze sharply
from one to the other, as if she suspect
ed that they bad been making her the
subject of their conversation.
"How do, Mary?" said Bart, in a con
sciously awkward fashion.
Ah, Bart!" she said, coldly, as she
gated full in his eyes till he dropped his
own and moved toward the door.
I'm just going to take a look at my
beat, Abel, lad," he said. "Coming
down the shore?"
Abel nodded, and Bart shuffled out of
the doorway, uttering a sigh of relief as
soon as he was in the open air, and tak
ing off bin flat fur cap, he wiped the
drops of perspiration from his brow.
"She's too much for me, somehow," he
muttered, ss be sauntered down toward
the shore. "I alius thought as being In
love with a gel would be very nice, but
it ar'n't She's too much for me."
What were you and Bart Wrigley
talking about?" said Mary Dell, as soon
as she was alone with ber brother.
You," said Abel, going on scraping
bis netting needle.
What about me?"
All sorts o' things."
What do you mean?"
What do I mean? Why, you know.
About your being a fool about the fine
captain and his new sweetheart. Why,
you might ha k no wed, Mary."
"Look here, Abel, cried Mary, catch
ing bim by the wrist, and dragging at it
so that be started to bis feet, and they
stood race to race, the stunted brother
and the well-grown girl wonderfully equal
in sixe, snd extremely alike in physique
and air, "if you dare to talk to me again
like that, we shall quarrel.
"Well, let's quarrel, then."
"What!" cried Mary, starting, for this
was a new phase in ber brother's char
acter. "I say, let's qusrrel, then," cried Abel,
folding his arms. "Do you thiak I've
been blind? Why, It has nearly broken
poor old Bart's heart"
"Abel!"
"I don't care, Polly, I will apeak now.
You don't like Bart,"
I do. lie is a good, true fellow as
ever stepped, but "
Yes, I know. It aren't nat'ral for
you to like him as he likes you; but
you're been a fool. Polly, to listen to that
fine Jack-a-dandy, snd curse him; I'll
half kill bim next time wt meetT
Mary tried to apeak, hut har emotion
choked ber.
"You you don't know what you are
saying," she psnted at last
"Perhaps not," he said, la a low, mat
tering way; "but 1 haow what I'm golag
to do."
"Dor she cried, reoortrlag herself, and
making aa effort to regaia bar old as
cendency over her brother. "I forblj
yoa to do anything. You shall not inter
fere." "Very well," stid the young man, with
smile; and at hit sister gained strength
he seemed to bo subdued.
"Nothing, I tay. Any qaarral I may
hart with Captain Armstroag U my af
fair, and I can flght my own battle. Do
yon hear?"
"Tea, I bear," said Abol, going toward
the door.
"Ton understand I forbid It. Yon
aha II not even speak to him."
"Tea, I understand." said Abel, rock
lag tat netting needle late hit socket,
aad tkmotlag km kaltt lata Its sheath;
and then, before Mary eooid call ay sam-
ta apeak agaia, tat young
eat of the -turn aad har-
ert,
stood gazing after him thoughtfully for
a few minutes. Then turning and tak
! ing the seat her brother bad vacated, a
- desolate look of misery came oer her
handsome face, which dropped slowly into
I her hands, and she sat there weeping si
lently as she thought of the wedding that
was to take place ti text day.
(To be continued. I
DANGER IN FLOWERS.
Tulip and Poppies Among Those to
Be Avoided.
Beware how you handle lovely flow
era, or inhale their arouia. Queer Dame
Nature has provided a bidden sting In
some of the blossoms that bloom In the
spring.
There fs a particular veriety of gar
den flower known as obeouela. If the
fluger of the gardener Is pricked by the
plant there Is sure to follow a sl'yht
Itching of the hands that is a prelim
luary to the breaking out of an almost
Incurable skiu disease. The Irritation
of the cuticle generally dies away In
the fall and apparently baa been got rid
of by winter. But In the spring it in
variably shows Itself again and. In
gome cases. It baa resisted every effort
to eliminate It from the system. Be
cause of the risk In touching the plant,
the gardener who knows his business
Invariably handles It with gloves on,
Tulli8 are another flower In which
there Is a hidden danger. If the odor of
the tulip Is inhaled for a time It pro
duces lightheadedness, which Is follow
ed by a feeling of deep depression. The
poppy, on account of the great quantity
of opium It contains, has the effect of
making any one who passes through a
field of tbi'se flowers feel very drowsy.
In Asia Miuor. where they are grown
In great quantities. It Is risky for ono
unaccustomed to the odor to pass
through the neighborhood. Two deaths
among tourists were traced directly to
visits paid to a poppy plantation.
All flowers grown from bulbs should
be banished from the rooms of a sick
or Invalid person. It would be as much
an act of kindness to present a sick
person with a dose of morphine as to
send a patient a bunch of lilies of the
valley, tuberoses or hyacinths. The
only place for these flowers Is the death
cha ruber.
Be careful, too, how you pluck to
pieces such blossoms as begonias, rho
dodendrons or peonies. If there Is a
slight scratch on the fingers that handle
tbee flowers carelessly. It Is probable
that festering w ill follow, with a possi
ble loss of the finger nails.
How Savage Make Fire.
It Is rather dlllk-ult for us to Imagine
people who know nothing about fire,
and, as a matter of fact, there are no
people now on the face of the earth, n
matter bow barbarous, who do not
know how to make fire. We make It
easily enough by striking a match, but
years ago our ancestors were compelled
to resort to flint teel and tinder.
The forest-dwelling peoples of the
further East have an odd Instrument
for making fire. Near the coast every
man carries a bit of crockery In the
box of bamboo slung at his waist a
chip off a plate and a handful of dry
fungus. Holding the tinder under his
thumb upon the fragment of earthen
ware, he s'riks the side of the bo
sharply, and the tinder takes fire.
But this method can only be used by
tribes which have such communication
with the foreigner as supplies them
with European goods. The Inland peo
ple use a more singular process. Tbey
carry a short cylinder of lead, hollowed
roughly to a cup-like form at one end
which fits a joint of bamboo. Placing
this cylinder In the palm of the left
hand, they fill the cup with tinder ad
just the bamboo over It strike sharply,
remove the covering as quickly and
the Under la alight
Thanks to the Pop.
Smart Young Man Good morning
Mr. Bullion.
Mr. Bullion (Irascible old gent Cm-
ahl -good morn remarkable dog yot
hare with you.
Ya-as; Siberian bloodhound". Terr!
bly aarage; takes this ox chain to bold
bim. If any one should look cross at
me this dog would tear him to piece.
Yes, Indeed! I'm going to have bin?
killed. Tc j dangerous, you know."
"I should say so!"
"Ya as; must do It In the Interest ol
humanity, you know. By the way, Mr
Bullion, your daughter has accepted
me, and I hare called to ask your con
tent"
Be got it London Answers.
Bala?arlan Peaaanta.
If he "lappem. to be pure bred from
the orlglna Samoyede stock, the peaa
ant la a heavily built fellow with a
Kalmuk none. Hit language bat be
come Slavic, which mean a language
In which "beefsteak" Is "mplphteklk"
and "omelet souffle" la "omlet cuphle,"
The Bulgarian l' a peasant or a soldier;
be knows no other trade, Aa a farmer
the ttreeo are all In all to him, food and
clothing and companionship. Ht II vet
In a hovel, doaa not understand wby b
should be taxed, and make hit women
slave In the Held. He I called closo-
flsted, cburllab and suspicious, but hat
some of tba virtues that often go with
those qualities.
Irresponsible.
"Who la the responsible man In thli
finnf naked tbt brusque visitor.
"I don't know who the responsible
party la," ana wared the aad, cynical
office boy "bat I la tU a who It
alwaya to blame."
It keep many a poor wife busy keep
rag bar husband Indoors, and It keep
many a eoor nua boay keeping hit
wlft la bassets.
It as far
to keep tba ordinary
waif fraaa tmt
aw (mis It la la ket-s
fcMfiventiori
The electric automobile can be stop
Ted and started without any annoying
jrel im ina ries, and Is far simpler to
jperate than any other type of horse
less vehicle.
The most effective arrangement for
prolonging the life of electric arc lamps
xmsists of a chamber, or cylindrical
body, around the pencil ends, which
prevents the access of air.
At the scientific ballooning conference
in Berlin, Alexander Insisted that iiu
unmanned balloon could be sent fifty
miles and returned to starting point,
iteered only by Hertzian waves.
United States Consul Hughes at Co
burg reports that the Gorman navy and
ionic manufacturers are using a new
fuel called "masut" an oily product
from German brown coal. The coast
defense vessels are fitted fur the use of
this oil, and some battleships and
cruisers are arranged so that they can
use both coal and musut. Masut Is said
to have one-fourth greater beat-producing
power than coal, and Is easier to
handle, as It Is necessary only to open
a valve lu order to till the furnace.
Pure blue light is the new consump
tion cure with which 0. Kaiser la ex
perimenting In Germany. The rays
from an arc lamp concentrated through
a lens containing methylene blue de
stroyed tubercle bacilli In about thirty
minutes, and, as the printing of a pho
tographic positive proved the passage
of the rays through the human body, It
was shown to be possible to reach the
bacilli lu the lungs, and to kill them all
with blue light, in two advanced cases
of the disease great Improvement re
sulted In six days.
Sir Howard Grubb, the celebrated
Irish telescope-maker, has Invented a
new form of telescopic sight for use
with a rifle. Neither fore nor back sight
is employed with this contrivance, but
the shooter, lu taking aim, looks through
a small lens which, by an optical device,
throws an Image of a bright little cross
In front of the gun and in line with the
barrel. This Image serves as a fore
sight, and by simply holding the center
of the cross upon the object aimed at,
the marksman takes his aim. The In
vention la shown at the Glasgow exhi
bition. Alligators, according to the late Prof.
Cope, beloug to a much more modern
genus than that of their cousins, the
crocodiles. No undoubtedly extinct spe
cies of alligator has ever been discov
ered by geologists, but those animals are
fast being exterminated at the present
day on account of the value of their
bides. Align tors are found lu China, as
well as In North America; the crocodile
exists In Africa, southern Asia and
northern Australia. The crocodile dif
fers from the alligator In preferring salt
water to fresh, and being more vicious
in its disposition.
Nearly every shop in Japan for the
sale of foreign goods Is furnished with
a sign In a foreign language. No muiter
whether the language is Intelligible, If
It U only In foreign characters that Is
enough. Many of these signs are a
study: "The all countries boot and shoe
small or fine wares." "Old Curious.''
"Horseshoe maker Instruct by French
horse leech." "Cut hair shop." "If you
want sell watch, I will buy. If you want
buy watch 1 will sell. Yes, sir, we will,
all will. Conic at my shop. Watch
maker." "Hatter native country." "Au
tomatic of Naum-u Marina." "The lions,'
build for the manufacture of all and
best kinds of hats and caps."
THE BUTTERFLY EXPERIMENT.
Get a bottle with a wide opening and
close It with a cork in which a glass
funnel la inserted. Close all crevices
with shellac Fill the bottle half-way
with water. In which you drop the two
powders belonging to a seldllts powder.
Tbe carbonic acid gas generated tries
to escape through the funnel But by
placing two or three small balls made
of cork In tbe funnel, the gas can es
cape only a little at a time, as one or tbt
other of tbe little balls will keep tbe
opening of tbe funnel closed, until tbe
pressure of tbe gas becomes strong
enough to force the ball up. In aucb a
way a part of the ga-s escapes, tbe pres
sure it relieved, and another closes up
the funnel opening. This will keep on
until all the gas is exhausted.
This experlnment can be mado more
effective by painting tbt balia lo differ
ent colon. Or you make butterfly
wlnga of tissue paper, which yoa can
color and fasten to the balls, aa shown
la tha Uluttraton.
Fme from Headache.
Headache rarely aasaU tha Bedouin
Arab. They are nnarly all small oat
era, and alx or aeven datea soaked la
melted butter with a very small quan
tity of coarse flour or three or four
tablespoon Tula of boiled ilea terra a
whole day.
Wbaa a sua disappear It Bust eat
bias gmt sates la amoat to read Is
bjbT tova that fete family It
PAGAN RITES IN SCOTIA,
Many Fcottlsb Custom that Orll
anted in baperstitloa.
Nearly' all travelers in central Afrlct
have referred to the curious customi
prevalent among all pagan native trlbei
of driving quantities of nails into sa
cred trees and other objects that havi
been adjudged worthy of veneration,
and this not lu malice, but as a religion!
rite, the nails In question being Intend
ed as votive offerings. Exactly the sam
thing may be witnessed to-day at tb
sacred well of St. Maebruba, In Loci
Maree, Rossshlre, where Is an ancient
oak tree studded with countless nalli
of all sizes, the offerings of Invalid phV
jfr'.ms. who came to . worship and .b.
cured, says a writer in Stray Stories.
Pennies and half-pennies also are ti
be seen In enormous quantities drlvei
edgewise in the tough bark, and I
friend of tbe writer's who visited tbt
spot some little time back discovered
In a cleft high up In the trunk what h
took to be a shilling. On being extract
ed, however. It proved to be countee
felt. Probably the donor, finding that
he could get no value for his coin li
the naturul world, concluded he might
as well try, as a lust resort, what effeo
it might have on tbe spiritual.
Of course, the poor cottars and otb
ers who flock to St Maebruba will
their nails and their pence do not for I
moment admit that tbey are asslstlni
at a pagan ceremony. But they moe
undoubtedly are. Well worship has al
ways occupied an Important place 1
paganism, and the sacred oak, btefor
which each pilgrim must thrice knee
ere humbly presenting his offering
what la it but an obvious survival ot
the sacred groves of Druldlcal times?
THE ri!N OF CAMPING OUT.
More and more popular Is camp llfi
becoming each year, says Country Lift
In America. With those who go Lnti
the deep woods In quest of big gam
and fish the camp life Is, after all, tht
real attraction, and not the mere da
sire to kill. But where one can main
these trips there are thousands wh
cannot For these there are peacefu
rivers, wood-girt lakes and ponds an
beautiful spots on the shores of OU
Neptune available for quite as charm
Ing a two-weeks' outing beneath can
vas. In making up a camping party
choose you such congenial spirits ai
shall be foresrworn to philosophies
optimism.
And let there be a wag among them
who, catching the humor of every sit
uation, puts to flight all thought ol
discomfort. A level site near a sptini
with plenty of shade, a pleasant sbee
of water with good fishing, pine bought
for a bed and driftwood for a fire
and who would trade his life for I
king's patrimony? How delicious tin
futh flavored with the pungent tmok
of the fire! How rarely satisfying thi
simple bill of fare, and bow few, afta
all, are the needs of this life! Youn
is the Joy and happy freedom of tn
gypsy and vagabond. You have be
come a species of civilized barbarian
and It Is good. SuuKhlne or shower
what matters It? You take what
comes and give thanks, and If you an
of the right sort some of the beaut;
of each la absorbed into your ver
nature. Long days, lazy days, but hap
py days, ore the days In camp. Ilaj
and mishap will don the jester's ca
and bells and parade through meoiorj
many a time during the after months
BANKRUPTS IN tlVERY.
Cnrloua Laws Once Enforced in La
aland and Scotland.
At one time England and Scotland
bankrupts were com pell led to wear I
distinctive dress. This was a result
of enactments pasxed at various times
In Scotland from the year 1000 to 1088
The Edinburgh Court of Sessions sped
fled the dress to be of parti-color, ono
half yellow and the other brown, soin
thing after the style of the dress now
worn in English prisons by the worst
class of prisoners, those who have at
tempted to escape or been guilty a
murderous assaults on officers. Tb
enactment also provided that the bank
rupt should be exhibited publicly la th
market place of hit town for a perlo
of two hours and then sent away, ooa
demned to wear the dreaa until tacl
time aa be had paid his debts or eom
one else bad done It for bim.
Although this waa a period of mm
which can only be described aa feaw
cloua, this law waa aucb an outragi
on public sentiment that la 1088 It wu
to far repealed that the wearing of tb
dreaa waa only compulsory la anas
In which fraud bad been proved, ot
cuiioutly enough, If the bankrupt bat
been convicted of amuggllng. Ttu
same practice was legal, but not gen
erally In force In England down to tbt
year 1830. The Idea waa, of ooaraa, to
warn persona who might have glvtf
credit that the bankrupt waa not ablt
to pay, but popular sentiment toon tao
ognlxed that It waa wholly unfair U
oipote excessive penaltlea oa a mai
who might have become bankrupt
through no fault of hla own, and, ai
usual, when the law became aaotrax)
to public feeling It ceased to be op
era live.
Higher than a King.
"I bare played card enough to bo
come fairly familiar with wblat aiangi
aid ont American financier, "bat I
'ton't quite tee wby yoa refer to si
ct at a Plerpont Morgan. "
"Because," replied tbe other, -If
bigger than a king." Loadoa ,
Aeoordlng to atstlatlca, est of aast
1.000 people is tore tlxtaea bieiax
topeJaaaly laaaae. Tbe ether til aj
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tlatr to fan ft
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