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M
illy Jane's Romance
ILLY JANE'S bead was full
of semi-sensational thoughts, !
notwithstanding the fact that 1
he was engaged in the unsentimental j
occupation of washing di-bes. The
: contrast between what she. was doing'
nd thinking struck her in a some- j
what amu.siug l!lit. and she couldn't i
help laughing over it a little. It did j
seem absurd to foe sentimental at j
such a time. .She felt as if the mood
she van in ought to invest her oecupa
tion with a kind of poetical glamor;
it would have done so in stories; but
somehow it failed to do so iu real ;
life. In her ease, at any rate, and Mil- i
ly Jane began to have misgivings (
about herself, because of It. the Wore
she thought about it. Perhaps there ;
isn't enough sentiment In her make-1
up; perhaps her ideas alout love I
weren't what they ought to be. Any
way, she couldn't get rid of the idea
that. dish-washing was destructive of I
sentiment, or that sentiment wasn't j
strong enough to invest the daily task
with a romantic halo.
Milly Jane's semi - sentimental
thoughts were about their boarder,
who was a young artist from the city.
He had come to the country to make
studies of pretty bits of scenery among
the Berkshire hills, from which to
work up pietures which he hoped
would bring him fame as well as
money, he told Milly Jane, in that
charming, coufidential way which goes
straight to a girl's heart when it comes
from some one whom she considers her
social superior. She bad an innate
love of the beautiful, he knew. He
could read It in her face. She could
tell him where to find material for the
sketches he was to make. He should
expect her to show him all the points
of Interest about the neighborhood,
and help him with suggestions which
he knew she waa able to make, not
withstanding she was as Ignorant as
she professed to be about art in the
professional sense of the word. "A
person may be an artist at heart with
out knowing the tirst thing about
painting," he told her. "And you are
one, I feel sure," he added, and he
said it in such a genuine way that
Milly Jane couldn't help believing that
he meant it, and straightway began
to feel her ideas of the beautiful ex
pand, and to wish she might live in a
more congenial atmosphere, by and by,
If these ideas kept on expanding.
"I never dreamed 1 had so much
sentiment in me until Max Fielding
discovered it, and told me about It,"
Milly Jane said to herself, as she
washed the milkpaus, and washed
them well, too, let me do her the credit 1
of saying. It wasn't her way to shirk ;
a prosaic task, even if it happened to j
be a trifle distasteful. She was too;
honest and womanly to let sentiment '
make her neglectful of her daily du- '
ties, as many girls would be under
similar circumstances. ,
"I used to think I could be perfect
ly happy with John Clarke." Milly
Jane said to herself, as she scrubbed
the niilkpan till it shone like silver.
''But now I don't feel quite so sure of
it John's one of the bst fellows iu
the world. He's too good for me, in
lots of ways, but he hasn't that that
well, I don't know what to call it.
but, anyway, be isn't like Max Field
ing. I don't think I could be happy
with him after knowing a man with
a soul of an artist and the mind of a
poet." i
Milly Jane wasn't responsible for
this winding up t her sentence. It
was a quotation from Fielding. j
Now, Milly Jane, notwithstanding
her recently discovered vein of senti
ment, had a vein of practical common
shse in her which "cropped out" j
every now and then, and the idea
came close on the heels of the one
jusT recorded that perhaps John
Clarke's good sense and practical
ideas alJout matters and things might
"wear better," after all,' and' prove
more satisfactory in the long run, than j
the more sentimental and poetic ones!
of the artist. "But I don't know as I
ought to think of things in that way."
aid Milly Jane. "There's such a
thing as being too matter-of-fact. One
may starve the mind and cripple the
soul in that way." This was another
quotation from Fielding.
Milly Jane heard a whistle just
then, out In the road, and It brought
fresh glow to her cheeks. It was
John Clarke's whistle, and there was
a blithe and cheery ring in It that she
bad always liked to listen to. She
hadn't heard It very much since Field'
log came to board with them. The
tact was, she had almost. If not quite,
nubhed her old lover since the advent
of the artist, whom she was coming to
consider as a new lover very rapidly.
She, felt a little disappointed because
John did not seem to take her conduct
a little more to heart. But then it
was better this way. She had too
strong a friendship for John to want
him to lie miserable on her account,
Md jret she was too much of a wom
en to fuel perfectly satisfied to have
him pem so indifferent about It Per
tmjm be hadn't cared as much for her
a bJmt Iwd supposed he did, but she
foiled to get tuiH-b satisfaction out of
!ttt of tle ease. , tgff
. Eft looked otn of the wlndoV"d
ride by. He looked almost
'-zium in Rto Woe and while
I atilrt. aj4 bnrm overall, and
Hi
I
broad brimmed straw bat. He saw
her. and gave her a friendly little nod,
and sang out "Good morning," but
didn't offer to stop.
"That young fallow would work in
to a picture welL" said a voice behind
M Illy Jane, and she turned to see Max
Fielding at her side. "I must get him.
to let me sketch him. Do you think
he would consent?"
"I guess so," answered Milly, with
a little extra color coming into her
face beneath the admiring glance of
the artist.
"I'm going to sketch the valley this
afternoon from some point on the
hill." said Fielding. "I wish you'd go
along and show me where the best
view can be obtained. You will, won't
you, Miss Milly?"
"Perhaps," answered Milly Jane.
"Well, then. I'll lake that as a prom
ise to go. and I'll give the forenoon to
letter writing." said Fielding, as he
broke off a cluster of June roses from
the bush at the kitchen window and
tangled them iu Milly Jane's brown
hair. "You are charming, just as you
look now. and some day I'm going to
paint you as a nymph of the wood
land, or something like that, and I ex
pert the jiicture'll make me famous if
I do but half justice to the subject."
Milly Jane felt sure that he was go
ing to follow up the compliment with
a kiss, and she made an excuse to get
away from the sink for a moment to
avoid it. She didn't want anyone kiss
ing her before folks, and her mother
might happen In at any time.
The artist went upstairs to his room,
and Milly Jane went on with her
work.
By and by a page of note paper came
fluttering down from above. It whirled
about in the air like a feather, as If
uncertain where to settle; then a cur
rent of air came along and brought It
in at the window and deposited it
squarely in Milly Jane's pun of dish
water before she could prevent the
catastrophe.
"I'erhaps it doesn't amount to any
thing," thought Milly Jane, as she
lifted the paper from lis bath. Just
then she happened to catch sight of
her name on the page, and in a mo
ment her curiosity was aroused. "I
presume he threw it out of his win
dow," she said, "and if be did he
wouldn't care if I read it"
She did read It, and before she got
to the bottom of the page her cheeks
were redder than the June roses at
the window, and her eyes fairly scin
tillated tire. 'She knew that it was a
page from some letter Fielding had
t-en writing. It told alwut his flirta
tion with a pretty country girl "with
the euphonious name of Milly Jane
Potts;" of the impression he had made
on her susceptible heart, and prophe
i ied nu unlimited amount of pleasure
"with the fair country maid who saw
in him a hero just stepped out of a
novel."
"A hero, indeed!" exclaimed Milly
Jane, with scornful emphasis. "A he
ro! .Not a bit of it-rathcr a contempti
ble, conceited puppy! Milly Jane
Potts. 1 wonder how you could have
been f'.ol enough to take a fancy to
that thing! Why, John Clarke's worth
a million of him."
Milly Jane finished up her dishes and
elaborated a plan by which to "get
even" with Mr. Fielding.
When he asked her to accompany
him on his sketching trip that after
noon she declined, pleading Wort that
must be done.
"Next time I'll be aide to get away,
perhaps," she said, with a bewitching
smile, and the artist was forced to
te content with that.
She went on an errand to a nelgh
lior's that afternoon, and. as luck
would have it, she met John Clarke ou
the road.
"I should think you'd be along with
the picture man." said John, with a
laugh that sounded as light-hearted as
one could wish to have it. "I upjHe
we'll be likely to lose you liefore long.
Old Mrs. Jones snys we're going to,
and she's supposed to know."
"Mrs. Jones knows more about It
than I do. then." said Milly Jane.
"John Clarke, do you think I'm fool
enough to let that fellow pull the
wool over my eyes? I suppose you
gave me Credit for more sense than
that."
"I had to be governed by what I
saw and heard." Answered Johu. "I
wouldn't blame you for taking a fancy
to him. lie's good-looking, and gen
teel, and comes from the city, and
may amount to something, some day.
As the wife of Max Fielding, the cele
brated artist you tiujrt cut quite a
dash In society," and iin eyes I ad
a merry twinkle Iu them as be
watched the effect of his words on
Milly Jane. .
"John Clarke, if you ever talk like
that again 'I'll never , speak to you,"
cried Milly Jane. "I hate the fellow'
He's conceited, nod hypocritical, und-and-"
. '
"Milly June." Interrupted John, "1
wonder if you'd sity that about me If
1 asked you a finest Ion V"
"I don't know." . responded Milly
Jane. "It would depend on what thu
fjuewllon was." - "
"Well, supiKi;u, it ws one about
your marrviiig nit ?" expViiued John.
"Ask it. ami then you'll get an an
swer, but not before," said Milly
Jane.
"WelL then, will you marry me. or
won't you?" said John, in a kind of
comical desperation.
"I will, if you want me." amswered
Milly Jane, red as a rose, and then
John kissed her, and she forgot to
think it might possibly be "before
folks."
"1 really thought you cared a good
deal for the city chap." said John,
bv and by.
"The idea!" cried this deceitful Mil
ly Jane. "Why. John Clarke, you're
worth a thousand Max Fleldings."' and
tin u she gave him a look that made
Lim feel happy all over, and the only
way in which be could express his
LYuppiness was to kiss her again. Per
haps you think that this little epi
sode between Milly Jane and John
would naturally put an end to her
flirtation with the artist But It did
not. On tht contrary, she made delib
erate efforts to be agreeable to him.
SJie exerted herself to the utmost in
being as charming as possible, and
Mr. Fielding congratulated himself on
the influence he had gained over her.
One afternoon Fielding asked Milly
Jane to go sketching with him.. She
went. She felt as if her hour of tri
umph was near at hand. The "coming
event" seemed to "cast its shadow tie
fore," and she was iu high spirits, con
sequently mote charming than ever,
Mr. Fielding thought, as he sat on the
knoll at her feet and looked up into
her bright face in an admiring way.
Suddenly--
"Milly, do you think you could love
mer
Milly Jane gave a llule shriek.
"W.by. Mr. Fielding, what on earth
do you mean?" she cried, evidently
more surprised than ever In-fore iu her
life. - "Do you mean to say that tfilit
you love me?"
"Yes, Milly, I do mean tliat." an
swered Fielding, and he said it with
such a show of honesty that Milly Jane
wondered if he were fibbing, after all.
"Well, I'm sorry, very sorry," she
said. "If 1 had known about it
sooner I might have saved you the
pain of a a refusal. But the truth is,
I'm engaged to John Clarke, and have
been for some time. And John's just
the best fellow in all the world. I
think. Why, I wouldn't give hhn for
a thousand like like you. and I pre
sume some women might think you a
prize. It's nil a matter of taste, of
course, but my taste goes in John's di
rection, so I shall have to say 'no'
to you. you see. I'm much obliged
for the honor, and so forth, all the
sa me."
The look that came over Max Field
ing's face afforded .Milly Jane a world
of satisfaction, as she thought about it
afterward.
"Sold," growled the artist, as he
turned his back on the beaming face
of the country limideii. "and by a girl
by the name of Milly Jane Potts."
"I got even with the puppy," thought
Milly Jane that night. "How could I
have been such a fool as to take a
fancy to him, after knowing John
Clarke? Why. John's an nugel com
pared with Max Fielding."-Chaperuue
Magazine.
CATCHING TROPICAL FISHES.
Captured in Ilcrmudu Water and
hhipped Alive to New Vnrk.
Collecting of tropical fishes for va
rious a qua riu ins throughout the world,
and cspeclaly for the New York
aquarium. Is now a recognized indus
try in the Bermudas. It is carried on
at all seasons, though for obvious tea
sous the tlsli are shlped north only
In the summer months. As there hre
more than 15) varieties of fish in l'.er
mudaii waters, and every variety Is
found In abundance, It is not a ililii
cult problem to secure good specimen,
only a few varieties roach New York,
according to the Post of that city, for
the reason that tropical fish, as a rule,
are unable to stand the trials of trans
portation. The ones ou exhibition are
the fluent that can be caught
The native fishermen go far and
wide In search of specimens, for the
aquarium will pay only for the best
Possibly the most voracious fish they
have to deal with are the groupers
and moraya. The groui-rs have pe
culiar habits. Iniriug the mouth of
June, which Is their spawning or
"suapping" season, they gut her at two
spots on the south coast, known aa
"grouper grounds," and rarely are
caught elsewhere. At this period they
are ready to bite at anything, from
a bare hook to a live dog.
The home of the spotted moray Is
among the coral reefs, but the green
moray lives In deep water. The lat
ter Is exceedingly powerful, with a
jaw as strong as a steel trap. To
bring a green mry ashore without
doing it serious injury Is no easy
task, for it lights like a boa constrictor
when taken out of the water. One of
the earliest specimens captured for
the aquarium bit u large piece from
the end of a two inch board before
it was subdued.
Not" ninny tropical fish are (is fero
cious as the moray, but most of tbe
larger varieties are truly sporting fish.
The hogfish. chub and bream are par
ticularly game, Hud always fight to a
finish. The fishermen sometimes go
far beyond the outer line of reefs to
secure the rockiish and red smipjicrs.
Their boat are provided with welig
for preserving the catch, and the fish,
although the confinement weakens
them, in vinj nhly regain their strength
when put In to the reserve ponds at
he aquarium station.
It routs more to keep a chafing dish
than It does to keep a horse nod buggy.
What numerous lies are told tiudet '
the title of "previous engagement!''
MAZATLAN, PRETTY MEXICAN CITY, WHERE
BUBONIC PLAGUE HAS BROKEN 0U1
A 6 tbe spot on tbe western hemisphere w here the dreaded bubonic
plague has gained ioot hold, Mazatlan, the softly pronounced name of
a picturesque far-away and practically unknown little city on the
west coast of Mexico, has suddenly become known In the I'uited
States through the press dispatches." said a Washiugtonian who has
traveled in the tropics, according to the Washington Star.
"Martian, iu the Mexican state of Sinalna, has heretofore been dis
tinctive as being the first stopping place of importance in the Pacific south
of Sao Iilego for the Pacific Mail steamers. l,.'i.Vi miles south of San Fran
cisco. When 1 visited Muzathin a few years ago I little thought It would
become a plague spot, and I can fully understand bow the inhabitants tied
precipitately to the interior. 5.s. it Iwing stated, having left the place. If
this dispatch be accurate the ls-st part of the entire population must have
decamped.
"The danger of the spread of the plague overland may be said to be
quite remote. If strict quarantine regulations should be enforced against
Mexico, if it comes to that unfortunate pass, as Mazatlan Is unconnected,
or was when I visited It, by railroad. Iiurango, the capital of the state
of that name, was. it is my recollection, the nearest railroad city, and Iiur
ango is several hundreds of miles to the east on this side of the high range
of mountains called the Sierra de Nayarlt, whose sharp peaks cut off much
of the west coast country of Mexico from the Interior. Acapulco. the next
principal lauding place on the west coast touched by the Pacific Mail steam
ers, and perhaps 1,iM miles or therealsmts south of Mazatlan, Is also cut
off from the interior by a high range of mountains. It is well to l"-ar this
fact In mind should a report reach us that the plague has broken out in
that ancient Mexican city. Traffic with the Interior from both cities was
maintained by mules over the narrow passes of the mountains.
"Mazatlan lies on a gentle slope on a land locked hay, with the garrison
post on a hill surmounting the city. I recall the hot day I trudged through
the narrow streets of the town and up the hill ami wondered how the little
Mexican soldier in full uniform stood his cloHiea and carried his rifle without
succumbing to the heat as he paced up and down doing guard duty. The
principal wealth of the town comes from the rich mines In the interior, their
product of crushed ore being shipped on the steamers for reduction else
where. A large trade is done in coffee and the American traveler will al
ways remember Mazatlan ss ttie tirst place where, under the awnings on
the steamer's deck iu the hot sun of the tropics, swarthy-skinned Mexicans
temptingly offered him native cigars at such prices for quality that made
him Invest heavily in the weed, a good cigar lx-ing obtainable for three cents
and a fine one for five and six cents.
"Mazatlan and Acapulco rely almost exclusively upon the steamers and
coastwise vessels for communication
world and the greatest danger of
from any west coast Mexican city
tier rather than overland. Mazatlan has a large cathedral, custom house,
several goodsized hotels, many commercial house and one portico of the
city overlooking the sea where the wealthier classes live is built up with
tine houses of Mexican style of architecture. Taken altogether the city.
with its picturesque tropical surroundings, would lie al)OUt the last place
one would associate with a plague."
GREAT SIMS PAID HEADS
FOR OFFICIAL DUTIES ACTUALLY PERFORMED
ONE often reads of the extravagant allowances granted the heads of
nations by their respective governments and of the almost fabulous
sums paid out annually by some of the European powers for the
malntainance of royal families, but not until recently has any adequate
Idea of what they are paid for
By work actually performed ii meant
head of the government devoted to his strictly otiiclal duties, not to state
levees, receptious. reviews and functions at which he must be present,
The actual work of the head of a nation Is the review of all parliamen
tary documents, state papers, treaties, cases against the crown, pardons and
committments of sentences, death warrants, the correspondence of the
throne, preparation of papers to be read at certain meetings of the ministry
or before parliament and perhaps, a score or more of other duties at his
desk, and the figures which follow show the approximate amount earned
by the respective heads of the government named.
Itussla leads in the salary paid Its ruler. 'J he czar drawing for every
minute of actual work approximately Austria comes second with Fran
cis Joseph drawing .:! per minute; Italy third, with S'-l as her king's sal
ary, and Cenuany following with fl-S per minute for her kaiser. Oreat
Britain gives F.dward VII. $15 per minute: Spain allows Alfonso $H. and
Bavaria and Sweden each gives to Us monarch ;?S per minute for his ser
vices. Belgium and Iieninark allow their rulers respectively SI per minute,
while the l iiited States pays its president the smallest salary of any nation
In Europe, his pay being forty cents per minute for actual work performed.
These figures are reckoned on the annual salary, and placing the daily
working hours at six.
It will 1m? seen that the salaries of the heads of the governments are not
in proportion to the size, p qmlation and wealth of the countries named, mid
that while the l." lilted States Is the wealthiest government, the salary of
her chief magistrate Is Insignificantly small compared with that allowed the
king of even such a small monarchy as Denmark.'
THE SOUTH BEFORE THE WAR.
A Urse Proportion of Itn People Kn-KHUL-d
in Many Puruit-.
There were iu the South (by the cen
sus of I'd)), In round numbers, 17t,oU0
persons owning from one to five slaves.
If these whiles represented a family
of live persons each on an average
and many Southern families were
large we have no less than ti,'2,.)
persons dependent upon five slaves or
less to the family for support, when
only two In the five were capable of
profitable work, their own support to
come, at the same time, out of the
profits of their own labor. Was a pop
ulation of 1.7To,'HH souls ever clothed
and fed by the labor of only one fifth
of their numler?
However much Southern men may
have Is-en accused of idleness and In
dolence, very many of them slave
holders unci non-slaveholders alike
were compelled to rely upon their own
energy and industry for a livelihood.
To rely upon the labor of the few
slaves they owned signified Increasing
poverty and embarrassment.
And how were the thousands or fam
ilies that owned no slaves, and yet
eoiiiioed two-thirds of the white pop
ulation of the South, to be supported,'
Here again the I'lilicd States census
for ISTO gives us many Interesting and
significant facts. The number of white
persons engaged In laborious occupa
tions In the South In this year was
larger lu proportion to population than
In the North. The census gives us the
number of white persons over 15 years
of age engaged In any occupation In
each State of the I'nlon. The figures
are deeideuiy to the credit of tic-
South.
Let us compare a few Northern witt,
a few Southern ritntc. In Mass.-ichu
setts the percentage of persons ovei
15 years of age engaged In work wn
45.3!); lu Rhode Island, 4'j.71; In New
Hampshire, 45.05; In Connecticut.
VIW; In New York. 4".'i1; In New .Ter
sey, 47 C. Now let us glance nf n
equal number of Stales In the South,
In Maryland tbe percentage of white
persons over 15 years of age engaged
In woYk was 51.80; In Virginia, Hi.;,4;
iu (Jeorgit, 47-14; In Florida, 53.01; lu
north and south and with the outside
the plague entering the United States
would lie In Its importation In this man
OF SOME NATIONS
actual work performed been obtained.
that part of the daily routine of the
Mississippi, 51. '.',1; In Texas, r4.fi,1. Tlx
average for ail the States in the Nortl
was 47.!p.'; for those In the South 4!U I
Only one Southern Slate Missouri -fell
to an average so low as Massachu
setts. Two In the North-Pennsylva
nit and Iowarose to an average a:
high as Maryland or Mississippi, no
one of them equaling Florida, Arkan
sas or Texas.
These facts are decisive of the qucs
lion of Industrial conditions In th
South, says the Itev. J. M. Ilawley. Ii
Things nnd Thoughts, Whatever ma.'
have been the Influence of the Africai
shadow upon the people south of tin
Mason and Ilxon line, It did not pro
duce men who despised labor and livii
In Idleness and luxury. Co to an;
State of the South and the fact re
mains that the average of the whit
population living upon the Interest o
Invested money and having no oecupa
tlon was considerably smaller than l
the north.
Worse than WnMed.
There Is a rather widely diffused 1
lief that women do very amusing thing
with telegraph blanks and check-honk
Put In a story which is here quotn
from the New York World, one youiq
woman, on one occasion, at least, dls
played In the .use of the telegraph i
more than masculine brevity, thrift!
ii' -ss and sang fioid.
A Iietrolt young man, who was ih-i-p
ly In love with this fair lady, win
lived In another town In Michigan, -fielded
that the only thing for him nni
to i ffi-r his liin.d ii nd heart. So he wen
to the telegraph olilce and sent tltl
message;
"Will you marry me? Twenty-won
answer paid for."
An hour In er be got his answer: "Yot
nie e !!i!vsu.'il. Why pay for nine
t'ii words too inn n v? No,"
Miitriiiinniul Jots.
llilsbntid (rending This paper sayi
that a woman seldom achieves any
thing great.
Wife That article was written by t
married woman.'
Ilusbatid-ilow do yon know?
Wlfe-Oh, iM-eause and she wni
thinking of her husband when slit
wrote It.
A late British investigation has
shown that 13 p?r cent f manganese
makes Irou practically non magnetic
Alloys more magnetic than commer
cial iron may be produced with nickel,
silicon and aluminum.
A recent series of experiments mad
in Germany on the vibrations set op In
gun barrels by the effects of firing. In
dicates another allowance that the ex
pert markm.ii should nia'ie for. the
Individual peculiarities of his rifle. The
shock of firing sets the particles of the
gun barrel oscillating in f lliptlc curve,
producing deflections of the barrel. The
periods of vibration In different barrels
vary between between one twenty
fifth and one five-hundredth of a sec
ond, and the exH-rlments indicate
that a small bore gun Is to 1 pre
ferred to one of large caliber because
the bullet can leave Its muzzle before
the deflection of the barrel has be
come considerable.
Among the many interesting discov
eries of lr. Sven llediu 111 Central
Asia Is a singular oscillation In the
position of the lake of Kara koshuu,
or Ixqi uor. This lake seems as rest
less as some rivers that change their
beds, but the cause of Its movements
is a secular change in the level of the
desert. In the midst of which It lies,
bordered by vegetation. At present
the lake is retreating northward from
the place where Prjevalsky found it.
and creeping toward its ancient lied,
where it Is known to have lain in the
third century of the Christian era; and
as it slowly moves, the vegetation, to
animals and the fishermen with their
reed huts follow Its slum's northward,
lir. ile.lin believes that after reaching
the northern part of the desert the
hike returns southward, the period of
oscillation being 1,'hi years or more.
The precious pearl Is produced, at
least In many cases, by the presence
of a minute parasite In the shell se
creting mantle of the pearl-oyster and
other mollusks from which pearls are
obtained. A spherical sac forms
around the parasite, which becomes a
nucleus about which the substance of
the gem Is gradually built up lu con
centric layers. Sometimes the para
site remains at the center of the pearl,
nnd sometimes it migrates from the
sac lief ore it has become hoelessly
imprisoned. Reasoning upon then
facts, Ir. II. l.yster Jameson, to
whose efforts the discovery of some of
them Is due. suggests the possibility
of the artificial production of market
able pearls by Infecting beds of pearl
oysters with tin- particular species of
parasites that are known to attack
such mollusks with the effects above
described.
In the body changes that take place
as we grow old, Metchnikoff and other
physiologists suppose that an Impor
tant part is taken by the phagocytes,
or devouring cells. Some years ago
It was made to appear that some of
these ceils are color enters, nnd that
they whiten the hair by seizing the
pigment grains ami conveying them
into the skill or out of tin- organism,
on further study the theory has been
evolved that old age itself Is due to
phagocytes that destroy the nerve
cell. The iieive-eiitilig cells have
been found in the brains of many old
people anil old mammals, as well as in
persons suffering from nervous dis
ease, but in no cam? have they been
known to reach sin h development or
to have so marly taken the place of
the nerve cclls-as in the brain of a.
pnrroquet that died at the great age
of eighlyotie, after some years of fee
bleness and senility.
Left In I tie Nest. ,
A lady who had moved Into a remote
district of the West found It almost im
possible to keep her "help." One nft-r
anot In r, girls cume on from her country
home iu the East, and were Jiuirrled
before, ns the di-sorted housewife said,
they had time to wash the dliim
dlsh-s.
Finally she sent for a severe-looking
maiden of advanced yearn, who hud no
opinion of imiNculine blandishment.
Ou the day of the maid's arrival a mim-r
callisl at the kitchen door for a glass
of water, lie looked nt her. drank the
water, expressed his thanks briefly, and
then went round to the front-of the
house, when- the mistress herself was
swis.piiig off the Meps.
"Well," said he, lazily, takhig off his
hat, "looks as if you'd got a nt-egg
now!" ,
Where lip fell Down.
"Tell me what people read and I will
tell you what I hey are," said the self
confessed philosopher,
"Well, (here's my wife," rejoined the
dyspeptic party. 'Khes forever read
ing conk books. Now, what Is she?"
"Why, a cook of course." replied tli
philosophy dispenser.
'That's where the spokes rnttlo In
(our wheels," said the othrr. "She only
thinks she Is."
One on th Ctiatom (Hlner.
The great actress hud Just returned
from abroad.
"Mis,.," said the custom officer, stern
ly, "you must tell mo what are In those
irunks."
"Oh. nonsense!" replied the great ac
tress, carelessly.
"Put I insist."
"Well, I told you nonsense. They
ire filled with love letters,"
II Is the complaint of every old fh
ruled woman rust when s irlrl t.
ner twt (Ires, she "slop la U" around
the house.