A SISTER'S VENGEANCE
ByCEORCE MANVILLE FENN
Chapter xix.-cootinued.
The traitor!" muttered Humphrey.
"False to one, false to all!"
"Where is he, then?" roared Mazzard.
'"Fait, he's iu his skin, captain."
"Yoo ti'igv rinr.ti Mazzard. A-ad taore
was the resrt of a pistol, followed by a
wild shriek.
"Don't don't kill!' cried a piteous
woman's voice. "Don't kiil binT."
"Not kilt hituV snarled Mazzard.
"Nti, no! Spare him, an.i I'll Ml you."
'"Beddd. au' if ye do, I'll niver f.o'.'ive
ye," cried Dinny, fiercely. "V.- don't
know nsiwthing. Hi' a escliaped."
"Wii;ri is hi'?" roared out M.i.ard,
"Speak out, woman, ur I'll blow UU head
off!"
Humphrey sprdii;; up a couple of -tests
to defend Dinny; but Mary Dell by
there, and to show himself was to betray
her the woman he passionately loved. Of
himself he thought nothing.
But the task of betrayal to save her
lover was spared to Mistress t'reeubeys. .
for, as Biaek Mazzard stood with one
haud ou Dinuy's shoulder, aud bis second
pistol pointed close to hi ear, so that bis
second shot could not fail, one of his meu
exclaimed aloud:
' "Why, he's there! Look at the blood!"
Mazzard turned and glanced down at
the floor upon w hich he stood, then at the
stained stone which formed the cover of
the vault. He uttered a harsh laugh, for
the stone had tteen slightly moved.
"Here, half a dozen of you!" he roared.
"Lay hold!"
Hia men seized the stone; aud after
one of two trials to raise it up, it was
thrust sideways and the hiding place re
vealed. With a yell of savage delight Black
Mazzard bejjjio to descend, followed by
his crew. There was a clash of swords,
two men fell, wallowing in their blood,
and theu Humphrey drew back into the
corner before Mary Dell, determined to
defeud her to the last.
Two more men went down; and there
was a brief pause, followed by a savage
rash aud a melee, in which Humphrey's
sword mapped off at the hilt, and the
next minute he was above in the great
chamber, between two of Mazzard's men;
and Mary Hell was borne up to lie at
her conqueror's feet.
"You savage!" roared Humphrey, as
lie gunk panting on a stone.
"Savage!" retorted Mazzard, with a
brutal grin. "Stand up, you dog!"
"Stand yourself in the presence of
your king's officer!" shouted Humphrey,
In his rage.
i "King!" cried Mazzard, mockingly.
"I'm king here. Now, then, you!" he
cried to his men, who enjoyed seeing him
bearded. "Quick! two ropes!"
He turued sharply upon his men, who
hurried off to obey the command.
Humphrey gazed at Mazzard aghast.
The threat implied in the order seemed
too horrible to be believed, and for the
moment he looked round in doubt.
But Mazzard was in power; and in a
few moments the ropes were forthcoming.
Before they could recover from their
surprise lie had torn a sword from one of
them, ard, whirling it round his head, he
drove them back, and. clamping Mary
Dell's waist, stood with flashing eyes,
reaily for the first who would attack.
"Is there no man here who will help?"
lie shouted.
"Bcdad there is!" cried Dinny, leaping
upon the nearest, and in a moment tear
ing his weapon from his hand. "If I die
for it, captain, it shall be like a man."
Black Mazzard stood for a moment
aghast at the daring displayed. Then a
grim look ft savagery crossed his evil
countenance, and he drew his sword.
"Now, my lads," he said, fiercely, "it'g
three ropes we want, I see. Come on."
He made a rush forward, followed by
bis men; but at this moment a solitary
shot Hashed from the folds of the curtain,
and a the report reverberated through
the great stone chamber, Black Mazzurd
spuu round as if upon s pivot, and fell
with a heavy thud npon the floor.
His men paused in their onslaught, ap
nalled by the suddenness of their leader'
fall; but as they saw Bart come forward,
piece iu hand, their hesitation turned to
rage, aud they advanced once more to the
attack.
"trood by?' whispered Humphrey,
bending for a moment over Mary, who
clung to hi in, her eyes fixed on bis with
longoig, despairing gaze, and then, as
be thriwt her back, the attack began.
The odds were about eight to one, and
the issue could not for a moment be in
doubt; but bardly bad sword met sword,
nd Wow been exchanged, when a ringing
cheer arose, and with a rush a couple of
dozen well-armed sailors dashed in by
corridor and window, and the tables were
completely turned.
There was a rush made for the door,
but tho who tried in that direction were
driven back; while half dosen who
backed into a corner of the great cham
ber, as if desperately determined to sell
their lives dearly, were boldly attacked
and beaten down, the whole party being
reduced from the savage band of follow
ers of the dead ruffian at their feet to a
herd of helpless prisoners, sbject to a
dearee.
Humphrey raw nothing of this, only
tbar tb-y were saved; for, dropping his
word, lie sank on bis knees by the side
Of her wbo lay hack with her eyes fixed
upon bit, full of a longing, imploring look.
He bent down closely to her to take her
hand iu his. and started to find that it
was cold, but there was vitality in it
enough for the lingers to close non his
hand tightly, while the lips he kissed mov
ed slightly, and be beard as faintly as If
Jwt breathed:
' "It is better so."
"Ho. aoP he .panted. "W are saved!
Ear dearest "
' II said m BMff, for the longing look
) that ays aesased bit alied. tad the
( stated aiowly to mala ated aad
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n Tr who Wd tha strong beat's
y it r t meat, gwUti by mm of
I TTsmft nam who had ea
l tC'jra sa after torrtbtr pri-UikfetwfcMfcud
; a stronge sileuce reigned iu the gloomy
: chamber an Humphrey knelt there hold
I ing the dead hand in hi till he was touch
ed upon the shoulder, and looking up
! slowly, half stunned by the event, it was
ixt-iiiref the pale, drawn fitce of Baft.
"Do thiy know, captain?" he whisper
ed. nieauitig!y.
For a few moments Humphrey did not
realize the iui.irt of his question, till be
turned and gazed down once more cpon
the stent, haii'Noiue fjee Iixiug rigidly iu
death.
"No." he said, quickly, as he drew a
handkerchief from bis breast and sof!y
spread it over the face of the dead. "It
is our -ei-ret ours alone."
"llu!" sighed Bart, and be drew back
for a moment, and then gave Humphrey
an imploring look before advancing once
more, going down upon his knee, and Hik
ing and kissing the cold hand lying across
the motionless breast.
"Captain Humphrey Armstrong, I
think?" said the otliccr of the rescuing
party.
"Yes," said Humphrey, in a dreamy
way.
"We were just in time, it seems."
'"Yes," said Humphrey, with a dazed
look.
"I'm glad you are safe, sir; and this
is "
He bad not finished bis sentence when
one of Black Mazzard's men yelled out:
"The commodore our captain sir!"
"Once!" said Humphrey, roused by the
ruffian's words, aud gazing sharply
round; "but one who spured my life, sir,
and with this poor fellow here defended
nie from that dead scoundrel and his
gang!"
As he spoke he spurned the body of
Black Mazzard, who had hardly stirred
since he received Bart's bullet.
"I am at your service. Captain Arm
strong," said the officer, "and will take
my instructions from you."
"For the wretches taken in arms, sir,
I have nothing to say; but for this poor
wounded fellow, I ask proper help and
protection. I will be answerable for
him."
Bart looked at him quickliy aud reeled
slightly as he limped to his side.
"Thank ye, captain." he said. "I ought
to hate you, but she loved you, and that'o
enough for me. If I don't see you sgain,
sir heaven bless you. and good by!"
"But we shall see each other again,
Bart, and I hope here, quick!" he fried:
"help here; the poor fellow is fainting
from loss of blood!"
Bart was borne away to be tended by
the surgeon, and Humphrey Armstrong
stood gazing down at the motionless form
at his feet.
He did not speak for some minutes,
and all around respected his sorrow by
standing aloof; but he turned at last to
the officer:
"I ask honorable burial, sir, for the
dead dead to save my life,"
The officer bowed gravely, and then
turned away to give a few short, eharp
orders to his men, who signed to their
prisoners.
These were rapidly marcher) down to
the boats, two and two, till it came to
the turn of Dinny, who stood with Mrs.
Greenheys clinging to him. trembling
with dread.
"Now. my fine fellow," said the war
rant officer who had the prisoner in
charge: "this way."
"Sure, and ye ll let me have a vvitrrud
wid the captain first? Sure, an' he'd like
to stipakc to me wan wurrud," sail Din
ny. " Wouldn't ye, sor?"
"Yes," said Humphrey, turning to the
, officer in command: "a very good friend
i to me, sir, and one wbo would be glad to
serve the king."
"Or anny wan else who'd behave da
cently to him."
"liet him tend his Companion," said
Humphrey. "He is a good nurse for a
wounded man."
Mistress Oreenheys caught Humphrey's
hand and kissed it.
That night, covered with the English
flag, which she had so often defied, the
so-called Commodore Junk was borne to
the resting place selected by Humphrey
Armstrong.
It was a solemn scene at the roughly
made bier was borne by Isntern light
through the dark arcade of the forest,
and the sailors looked tip wonderingly at
the strange aspect of the molderiug old
pile.
But their wonder increased as they en
tered the gloomy temple, and the yellow
light of their lanterns fell upon the flag
draped coffin in the center, and the weird
iooking figures seated round.
Side by side with the remains of her
brother, Mary Dell was laid and then
draped with the same flag spread by
Humphrey Armstrong's own hands, the
picture exciting the wonder of the officer
in command, to whom it all seemed mys
terious and strsnge. Greater wonder
than all, though, was that Humphrey
Armstrong, lately a prisoner of the fam
ous buccaneer who had been laid to -est.
should display such deep emotion as he
slowly left the spot.
As he stepped outside volleys were fired
by tbe men, and aa the reports of the
pieces rumbled through the antique build
ing, and echoed in the cavernous cenote,
the reverberation loosened some portion
of the roof over the vast reservoir, an
avalanche of stone falling with a rever
berating hollow splash, and a great bird
flew out and disapieared in the darkness
overhead.
A fortnight bad passed, during which
period Humphrey Armstrong hud kept
himself quite iu seclusion, when in obe
dience to a stern resolve be journeyed
slowly up to town.
Ht. JauieV fquare looked Just a of old,
and the same servant opened to his basty
knock and met him with a smile.
He had come without sending notice,
aad he had made ao Inquiry einee his
loading, Mlia'f himself that it waa better
ao; aad aow, stria- a for hia palafat
task, ho atroio iato the great, msrhle
aore4 hall.
"As Lady Jeoay if she will two mm
a srlf ato Interview," ho aald to the poa
derooa old butler who came forward aa
the footmaa closed tbe door.
"Lady Joaay, alrt The cooatoaa la at
the la koa with hia lordship."
"Tho conataaal I aald Lady iaaiay."
"Yaa, air," taM tho oM hoUor, with a
liiile, " always p-k vf her yOtUag
la.lv hip now as tbe countess."
"Tbe countess! Why, you don't mesa
"Yes. sir; she was married to the Earl
of Wiuterleyton a year ago. sir."
"Oh!" said Humphrey, calmly; "I hat
been to the West Indies, aud bsd not
heard the news."
He nodded good-humoredly to the old
butler, and went off across the square.
"Now, it's my belief," said the old but
ler, "that he's another on 'em as her
young ladyship was always a-leading cn!"
"Thank heaven!" said Humphrey, with
a sigh of relief; and be vu-ut and behaved
like an Kiiglishmau, for he walked
straight to his club, ordered his dinner,
aud for the first time for months thor
oughly enjoyed it. snd thought of his next
expedition, and that it with its earnest
work would be the best remedy for a
min i diseased, aud made up his mind
thai if he could persuade him to leave
his newly made wife he would have Din
ny for one if his men.
"And old Bart, too. if he will serve,"
he said, half aloud. Then two or three
times over, as a pretty, powdered and
painted image, all silk and gewgaws imd
flowers, tilied bis imagination, "What a
release! Ttiatik heaven!"
He was almost alone in the great club
room, for the various diners had risen
an 1 gone, and for the time being the long,
glonniy pia'-e seemed to be the old prison
chamber, with its stone altar and great
carven Idol g.izing stolidly dowu cpon
hill), as lie said softly:
"Mary Dell! True woman! I shall
never love again!"
He bowed his head in memory of Com
moilore Junk, and. stubborn Knglisumau
to the last, he kept bis word.
(The end.)
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"What tbe Burglar Faces.
A jeweler who was a well-known
fence (receiver of stolen goods; put us
onto where we could get thousands. Dal
ami I looked the place over and thought
It a lilt risky, but the size of the graft
attracted us. We bad to climb onto the
front iorch, with an ' electric light
streaming right down ou us. 1 bad
reached the porch ami removed my
shoes, raised the window and bail Just
struck a light when a revolver was
pressed on my head. I knocked his
hand up quick and Jumped, heard a cry
and then the beating of a pollceuian's
stick on the sidewalk. 1 ran, with two
men after me, and came to the gate
way of a yard, where I saw a big
bl MMihound chained to his kennel. He
growled savagely, but It was neck or
nothing, so I patted his head just as
though 1 were not shaking with fear,
slipped down on my hands and knees
and crept into bin dog-house. AYbcn my
pursuers came up the owner of the
bouse said: "He isn't here. The dug
would cat bim up!"
A few minutes later I left my friend's
kennel. It was four o'clock In the morn
ing and I had no shoes on and only $1.00
In my pocket. I sneaked through the
back window of the first bouse I saw,
stole a pair of shoes and $-S0. Then I
took a car. Knowing that they were
looking for me, I wanted to get rid of
my hat. on the seat with me was a
workingman asleep. I took his old soft
hat and left my new derby by bis side,
and also took his dinner-pail. Then
when I left the car I threw away my
collar and necktie, and reached New
York disguised as a worklngman.
From the Autobiography of a Thief, In
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.
I Vet as a Uncial T lit.
Scientists were never so busy !n cu
rious lines of Investigation as in these
days, and HOW they tell Us that the
shape of the foot has features which
distinguish one race from another. Tbe
French foot Is narrow and Ions. The
Spanish foot Is small and elegantly
curved -thanks to Its Moorish blood
corresiondiug to the CastlUan's pride
of being "high In tbe Instep." The
Arab's foot is proverbial for Its blgb
arch. The Corean says tbat a stream
of water can run under the true Arab's
foot without touching It. The foot of
the Scotch Is high and thick; that of
the Irish, flat and square; the English,
short aud fleshy.
When Athens was In her senlth the
Grecian foot was tbe most perfectly
formal and exactly proportioned of
that of any of the human race. Hweda,
Norwegians and Germans have tbo
largest feet Americans the s to all eat.
Russian toes are "webbed" at tbe first
joint. Tartarian toes are all tbe satu
length.
Out ol the Ordinary.
A novel twentieth century memo'lsl
has been erected at the bend offices of
the Brldgewater trustees' extensive
Lancashire collieries. Tbe public clock
now strikes thirteen instead of one In
order to enable the workpeople to re
sume operations promptly after dluner.
Tbe device Is the original idea of tbe
Duke of Brldgewater, who, In tbe
eighteenth century erected a similar
clock at Worsley to meet the workpeo
ple's complaint that they sometime
failed to bear the clock strike one.
When Ice Catches Klre.
Htrange as It may seem. It Is possible
to light your cigar by means of Ice.
Take a piece of dear Ice, about one
Inch thick, cut It Into the shape of a
disc, and with the ptilm of the hands
melt Its two sides convex, giving It
the form of a double convex lens, or
burning glass. Now, If tbe sun will
only condescend to shine, focus bis ray I
on the end of your cigar, and tbe feal
Is done.
Peachoa In Ueorgtaw
Georgia I the peach 8tate of tho
Union, having 7.060,000 peach-bearing
tree. Next la Maryland, with 4,015,
000, then Now Jersey, with S,T0O,OW,
aad Delaware, with 2,400,000.
Orowth of Co aaoroo.
The volume of tbo world's oomtaorct
la two and a half or thro times as
great aa It waa thirty years ago.
Why ar people ao foollab aa to want
their own way whoa retire la ao much
hotter?
Why Women Snub Other Women.
HT sometimes shocks a sensitive
man to bear women tell bow coolly
and rudely they have snubbed other
women. A man dislikes to hurt the
.feiiliLigs of another man,- evou tiiougii
he bas Just cause for hurting them.
When be Is obliged to resent an Injury
or deliver a rebuke be does so usually
with some reluctauce. But the ordin
ary woman appears to tHke au amount
of pleasure in snubbing.
Women have a gentle way of cutting
other women whose acquaintance they
desire no longer. Men will continue for
years to nod to a man whom they do
not like and who can be of no service
to them; but women carry no supernu
merary or detrimental acquaintances.
When tbey no longer have either regard
or use for a woman they fall to see her
at the next meeting. After one or two
such experiences the other woman un
derstands. Pnubhlng generally Is a cruel aud
silly practice. There are persons whose
conduct may make It necessary to drop
them from one's acquaintances, but a
great deal of snubbing Is done out of
sheer wantonness. Tbe true lady, of
course, never snubs another unless she
has good reason. Most of the snubbing
ts done by snobs who deem themselves
better than other people, and who, as
tbey extend their acquaintance among
fashionable people, drop their old
friends as detrimental to their sotdal
progress.
Women do most of the snubbing be
cause tbe majority of them, not having
to earn their own living, do not appre
ciate the advantage of having a large
acquaintance friendly disposed. A man
knows that the most Insignificant per
son may some day have It in his power
to do bim a favor or a hurt. He knows
that It Is very bad policy to turn even
the humblest friend Into a foe. But
the women that have riot made their
own living have n t learned this lesson.
Women generally are not so friendly
to one another as men are to men.
When two men, hitherto strangers, are
Introduced to each other, they shake
hands and fall at once, If circumstances
be favorable, Into pleasant Intercourse.
L'acu Is willing to please and to be
pleased. Each meets the other half
way. But when two women meet each
other for the first time both are likely
to be slow In making overtures. They
are distant and formal In manner.
Each eyes the other sharply, takes her
In from bat to boots, notes tbe details
of her appearance, listens critically to
her conversation, and decides by some
Instinctive, Inexplicable process that
she likes her or does not like her. Men
approach each other In an amicable,
women lu a hostile, state of mind. A
man expects to find a friend. A woman
expects to find a foe. The difference
sjirlngs from the difference between a
man's life In the world and a woman's
life In the parlor. San Francisco Bul
letin. Millar:..,
lABY
A certain amount of crying Is almo
lutely necessary; this Is the pnly way
a baby can exercise bis lungs; under
no circumstances should be be given
"soothing syrup" to quiet bim. A
young mother will soon learn to dis
tinguish tbe cry of pain; It Is strong,
sharp, but not continuous, often ac
companied by contractions of tbe fea
tures and drawing up of tbe legs.
Before and after tbe baby Is fed bis
mouth should be wiped out gently
with a piece of eoft linen or absorbent
cotton dipped In boric acid solution.
Too great care cannot be taken of rub
ber nipples and bottles. Use gradu
ated, cylindrical bottles and plain,
black rubber nipples; never use bot
tles baring long tube attachments. Aa
soon aa tbe baby bas taken all be will
from a Lottie throw away any remain
ing food and at once rinse the bottle
and leave It full of cold water In
which Is a plncb of borax. Indies'
Home Journal.
Avoid First Quarrels.
First quarrels are full of fasclnatloij
for young lovers. Tbe pleasing qualities
found In tbe process of reconciliation
are very enticing, but the pleasure Is
Dot enduring. Hpat uud petty differ
ences are all right so long as they are
of tbe trivial sort, but tbey lose their
luster when tbey become material. Tbe
consequences run all tbe way from mo
mentary heartaches to tbe environs of
tbe divorce court. Tb disease la a
popular one, and contagion ominous,
but tbe cure la simple Iu the extreme
sbuo tbe first quarrel as you would
spurn a falaehood, for la tho first differ
ence tho germ of discomfort Ilea smol
daring, awaiting only a (est ore, or a
word, to fan It to tbe dignity of a con
flagration. Tbo Impressionist.
To Math a Dark Hall.
A woman who has long found (be
narrow ball of her bouse dark, and dif
rail to treat In anv wn that raAm
tho antra nee to tha residence artrarttva
kM traaofortned It, to Ha great laprart-
ment, by letting lu a mirror from the
floor to the ceiling on one side. This Is
opposite the parlor door, and tbe light
from that department, falling on the
mirror, Is reflected back into the ball,
tf Sis much iietler "lighting, while the
apparent size of the little place is great
ly Increased. The mirror Is, of course,
unframed, and is fitted In between cor
nice and baseboard, and finished at the
sides with a fiat molding that seems a
part of the woodwork. The value of
this treatment Is not realized until It Is
tried. Often a blank stretch of wall
that seems a hopeh ss (.hutting in of
space may offer the transforming oppor
tunity. Care must be taken not to
overdo the treatment In such a way as
to create the effect of a hotel corridor
or public ball; but judiciously used un
dor the care of a gosl architect the
plan Is to be commended. Exchange.
PS
To make a pretty and eomfortablt
petticoat cut the skirt about a quarter
of a yard shorter than walking length.
Make It the same length all around.
Rcvy this on the machine. few on the
hem a plaited silk ruffle, cut on the
straight of the material, about six
Inches deep. On the edge of the plait
ed ruffles sew a narrow bias rutlle
about two inches deep. Do not set the
ruffles on the skirt proper, as the skirt
is easier to walk In. wears better and
rustles more if tbe ruffles are act on
the bottom. Small plaits are prettier
than large ones.
The ability to appear perfectly well
dressed depends far more upon the
tact and taste of tbe Individual than
upon the length of ber purse. I have
again and again seen women with
more clothes than Flora MacFllmsy
ever possessed who In nine cases out
of ten were anything but perfectly
well dressed. It Is far more tbe know
ing of what Is appropriate aud suitable
for various occasions that makes a
woman appear well dressed than the
following perfunctorily of any Spartan
rules of fashion. To dress well means
the adapting of the needs of one's life
to one's clothes. Please notice I use
the word "needs" and not "wants," as
feminine wants are notoriously elastic.
A sense of delicate discrimination. Is
necessary to women In this matter of
appearing well dressed, and I care
nothing for those women who turn
up their noses at the triviality of tho
mind of the woman who loves to ap
pear so. It Is to my way of thinking
a pleasant and a proper state of mind
to be In. Mrs. Italston In Ladles'
Home Journal.
Collar and Cuff Polish.
An excellent "silver" polish tbat wIL
give a brilliant surface to collars, cuffi
and shirt bosoms is made of one ounce
each of Isinglass aud borax, one tea
spoonful of white glue and two tea
spoonfuls of white of egg. Cook well to
two quarts of fine starch. Starch thi
articles In this and dry them. Befors
Ironing thera apply some of tbls mix
ture to the bosom and cuffs witb a cloth
until well dampened. Iron at once with
a hot glossing Iron.
Health and Baautjr.
To whiten the finger nails and removs
all stains cut a lemon lu half and rub
the finger tips well with It at eight
Wash off in warm water the next morn
ing. For red bands uae a little chloride ot
lime dropping a few grains into tb
water used for washing tbe hands. Us
careful to remove all rings and brace
lets first, for chloride of lime will tar
nish tbem.
One of tbe most Inqsirtant things to
study Is the comfort of tbe feet. Wear
well fitting shoes, neither tight nor
loose, and, no matter what people tell
you, do not have fiat heels. Let them
be of moderate height, though not nar
row. Aromatic spirits of ammonia Is a
household article Indispensable In fam
ilies where there are persons with weak
hearts or with tendencies to faint, lie
cause It facilitates tbe heart's action
more speedily than brandy or whisky,
and with leas danger to some patients.
In cases of heart failure or fainting a
teaapoonful In a half glass of water can
lie given.
Mix drop of olive oil used every third
night lo massage tho lower face aad
throat wlU leag koop oat tho Int throat
and chin wrinkles tbat all women
dread. Use the tips of tha lagers, and
stroke tho oil la goatly, yet firmly.
Ieve It on over night, washing It off
In tbe morning with hot water and
without aaap. If It la found tbat every
third night keapo tha akla a bit too oily,
tha tatsrval may Da a Uttle Uabeawd
M-i-4"! 4 4 4 1 4-
GOOD
Short gtofie$
It is said that when Joseph Cbam
fx rlnin and (leu. De Wet were Intro
duced In iAindon, the colonial secre
lary addressed tbe Boer general us
"Mr. De Wet." "General," corrected
Do Wet. .Mr. Chamberlain repented
ilio "Mr ," whereupon De Wet remark
id, sternly: "(ieneral or nothing!" And
the colonial secretary bail to follow
the example of IxjiiI Kitchener, and
-ecoKiil.e the military status of De
Wet Im fore the ubiquitous one would
shake hands.
A .New Jersey clergyman In a small
town recently electrified his congrega
tion by Introducing Into bis sermon a
dramatic account of l'udyard Kip
ling's death bed scene. One of 1.1
parishioners hurried up to remonstruto
with bim at the close of tbe service.
"Kijillim Isn't dad?" echoed the
preacher, tranquilly; "well, that's odd.
I surely read about the thing some
where. Well, never mind. It must
have been some one else who died, but
the point remains the same."
Tbe "Hon. Doc" Brown of Morgans
lichl, Ky., who represents his district
In the State Legislature, is one of Ken
tucky's unique characters. To Illus
trate, a point In a recent speech, be
gave tbe following account of bis
courtship: "Take my advice and never
elve a woman anything she can't eat,
mid never make love to her out of tin
Ink bottle. Why, when 1 courted my
wife, I Just grabbed bold of her and
s.'ild: "Sally, you are the sweetest thing
on earth, and your lieiiuly bullies tha
skill of mail uud subdues bis ferocious
nature,' and I got her."
rgheltl's work, "With Phytdcbini
and Clients," contains an unecdoto
about Heine which Is new to us. Ile
turnlng from a Journey to the south of
Fiance, Heine met a friend, a Gcrmim
violinist, In Lyons, who gave bim a
large sausage that had been mnibi In
Lyons, with the request to deliver It to
a mutual acquaintance, a homeopnthlu
physician iu Paris. Heine promised to
Attend to the commission, and entrust
ed the delicacy to the cure of his wife,
vho was traveling with him. But as
the post-chaise was very slow, and be
soon became very hungry, on the ad
vice of bis wife, both tasted of the
sausage, which dwindled with every
mile. Arriving at Paris, Heine did not
dare to send the remainder to the phy
sician, and yet be wished to- keep his
promise. So be cut off tbe thinnest
possible slice with bis razor, wrapped
It in a sheet of vellum paper, and en
closed it in an envelope, with the fol
lowing note: "Dear Doctor From
j'our scientific Investigations, we learn
that the millionth part of n certain
substance brings nbout the greatest
results. I lieg. therefore, your kind
acceptance of tbe accompanying mill
ionth pnrt of a Lyons sausage, which
our friend gave me to deliver to you,
If homeopathy is a truth, then this lit
tle piece will have the same effect on
you as tin? whole sausage. Your Heliv
rlcb Heine,"
COMBINED CAM AD flSH-POU.
Many a man. and boy. too, who en
Joys the sport of fishing, dislikes Id
carry along the street the tishpoli
which Indicates to all that be cltbei
bas been or Is going fishing. Especial
ly is this the case when tbe fisherman
returns empty-bunded late In tbe day,
when explanations are in order as t
the cause of the 111 luck. But If a mai
saunters down tbe street swinging la la
cane and looking innocent and sober
fish or no fish, be will be asked lie
ULS1UAKU TO KECKIVK T1IK KIMIIF.M,
MAM'S t RIC. Lis.
questions about bis ability to entice thi
fish Into his busket. And yet that saint
cane may be a tlsbpole lu disguise, aj
will be seen by a look at the accora
punylng drawing. The cane Is slinplj
a flshpob: made up of several hollo
telescoping sections. Uud lias a mouut
Ing for tbo reel on one side and a pock
et In tbe handle to contain the lines
hooks and float. Tbe rf Is position
so as to bring tbe line around a pullej
located In the hollow handle, froii
whence It extends through tbe hollo
tubing to the tip of the outer sift bin
When tbe pole Is contracted the hiss)
la removed from the end of the Him
aud replaced by a metallic tip f thi
proper shape to fit in tbe perforatloi
and close tho opening, being held li
nlar h drawtnir un !). li... --
m - - I- ..... !..- u iaa
toning It near tho pulley In the handle
In which the reel Is also atored. Th.
Inventor la John A. Ekeluud, of Mlnao v
anolls, Minn.
Jet Hroy Orer Water.
Twenty thousand Jews visited Un
rinmklyn bridge recently, where, Tea
amrat la band, they prayed over tkv
water that their alaa bo forgives.
