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MICHAEL
a HE had Just rctnrr d 'from the
j) crowd. (I concert hill, whire she
had mjoyed a vcrita'de triumph.
Her race was Mushed and smi.ing. and
she sUll li'-M in her hands the until.
bouquet of ros, lit r f .i un ite 11 iwcr
winch h.i.l been given her as site Iff t
the platfmm. Sue was rec.illed to li'T
Burrom d .'ni, I) ti'f voice of her n.atd.
Function, j
"There is ;i telegram for m:ulan!f on
tho tilde." she ha id. l'onise picked it
up; It was ml to "Mrs. Field. -n."
Wi.lch. was 1.11 isual. She was known
to the I.f.-a !ou w..rM mid Iht f.icials as
"Madame K: She opened it sharp
ly. It i s brief and to the point:
'I t: it is rilit to let you know
that til.' lioy Is seriously ill. Michael."
I'm-ouseioimly slit- crushed the wests
age iu her h ind, and her thoughts flew
to the Lincolnshire villas.' where it bad
been written. She saw again the flat
fen-land, the long stretches of empty
wuslw, which she had grown to loathe,
almost to fear; all the grayness and bar
renness which were so antagonistic to
her gay, beauty-loving nature. Then the
scent of the roues smote her sharply,
she Haw the luxury of her own sur
roundings, the signs of taste and mon
ey everywhere, and turning to the maid,
she cried:
"Bring me au 'A. B. C and pack a
bag. 1 am going Into the country."
"Shall I attend, uiaduuie?"
"No, I don't know how long I shall be
away. I will write." Her lips twitched
as she thought of the fashionable
French maid in the bare mauoruouse
-with old Hannah fur company.
"I wonder if be is really very ill?"
she pondered, as she sat in the train.
"I think Michael would scarcely have
gent for nie unless he were. The meet
ing will be as awkward and uncomfort
able for biui as for me. Poor little Mich
ael what a name to give a child! I
wonder what be is like now? He was
not a pretty or interesting child. I re
member he was always crying." '
There was no one to meet her when
she arrived, but that she did not expect,
though the village tty had been Kent to
the station on the chance of her com
ing. After a drive of nearly au hour she
recognized a familiar gateway; she re
membered the old coat-of-arms cut in
the stonework, though she could not see
. it now, with the motto, "I live: 1 die."
Tes, that was ail the Fieldens had le-en
doing fur generation. It was a decay
ing race, and they had not liad the en
ergy, or perhaps the power, to stop tiie
ruin that was creeping ou them, and
the man who lived there now had grown
sour and bitter with his balked life.
"Master is upstairs," old Hannah said
distantly, in reply to Denises greeting.
"He hoped you would excuse him com
t n duwu but the child is verv re?.ties
to-night, and can't well be left If you
will please to sit down and take some
thing I will tell him you are here." And
she opened' the door of a room where a
frugal meal was laid.
"I don't want anything, thank you,"
.Denise said, hastily. "I will go up at
once if I may," and before Hannah
could raise any objection she was half
way up- the stairs.
She heard a murmur from the oak
bedroom, where the bead of the house
was ahvny born and where most of
them had died, ai;d tapping lightly on
the dour she went in. No one had heard
her, and for an Instant she stood as
though arrest! on the threshold. What
a gr at room it was! And how solitary
those two figures looked in it!
: "I am sorry- to trouble yon," the man
said, getting tip as she moved. "I am
afraid you have had a long, tiring jour
ney; but I thought you ought to know."
"You did fiuite right," she said, thick
ly. What a pitiful, little shrunken form
it was, looking almost lost in the vast
oak b"d:tad, of which it was a tradi-
tiou that each successive Fielden should
carve a panel, so that it had always
seemed to Denise a weird resting-place,
: belonging to the dead vafher than the
' living. .She had woke lip more than
once on a moonlight night fancying
ghostly Auger had come back to finish
what here $nd there had been left Incomplete-.
- .. -
"Oh, you p;:pr little soul."' she cried,
a gob In ber voice, aud the next mo-
menf her arms were over the bed, and
the little figure was gathered to her
breast, 'whete she crooned over It, call
ing her baby; her little Michael, whom
tie had. treated so badly, reproaching
herself and showering soft kisses on
the woik facje Ui the. same breath;
. -I'jlle. Is very: weak; you tnust not ex
cite him,". a flraniiug voice said. She
had forgotteujhat any .one wag there,
and the culm, measured tone were like
a rebuff. The'. old feeling of restraint
' ' mid fear 'held her for a moment, but
- the mother lore, which had woke up for
toe first time 'M 'bight df the forlorn.
'auffmiMg child, rose stronger than any-
'. ' thin ehxv-1 . .
-1 shall not hart him," she said, bold
lag. tUe'lxty,cloae to . her breast. . "See,
be is already moreontent." The little
, face certainly looked leas tired and
r,niiiLl nti1 fine wasted arm had anne
nti around tier neck, while ha made hlro
'' "!.' 'at home us a matter of cvorae la
those nnknown arms.
" "Ht he been long like this?" afee
ask .-ft. ' "You ought to bare told ne
- '."'
i f '"He-Mas nWertroa von ntty ra
!:..aiW Wa-M'mM-Mi'Atldlr. "Ha
" " ' - r- - A
&'.. m iak'frr my family : ha piaeC
tth-im iito-stfushlne, as tm
did.
tf , bhtn Vn ha ros un atffr
t- efV'V1 r man lb think joa look any,
Jf ' ' . ..--
mm.- ijfintt fir klmn
i waa am
at all certain that you would come
niv."
"Not come!" she exclaimed. Then she
remi nilierel. "I beg your pardon," she
s.tid humbly; you are quite right. It
Is I who am to blame 1 who urn in the
wrong. Hut but," her voice growing '
husky, "I did not know be wanted me .
so badly. I was so young when I went
away I am hot very old how and I
did not understand many things. Per- j
haps If you had rcaon-d with me If j
you bad pointed out " j
"Do you think I wanted a captive in- j
stead of a wife?" lie asked harshly. "I
saw how you fretted and pined like a
eagd creature; I saw the hunted look
in your eyes: I knew you would wear j
your life out in a little if it went ou."
"It was so dull so dreary," she mur
mured, "anil nobody wanted rne. not
even you, I think, after a little while.
I interrupted your studies; I was rest
less and disturbed your routine, so when
my legacy came It seemed to open a
way of escape. I thought it was bet
ter for us to go our own road before
we learned to hate each other. 1 bad
a gift, only one, but it would nut let
me rest until I bad tried what it was
worth. I ought not to have married."
"No doubt it was a mistake, but in
justice I must say that that was more
my fault than yours. I was years old
er, and I took advantage of your youth
and ignorance to fasten a bond on you
of which you did not understand the
Import. No doubt you knew your.-wOf
best. You have the life that suits you;
you were free to go your own way."
"As you yours."
"As I mine." Something In the voice
made Denise move umnsily. For six
years the man and the child had lived
here together; ber husband, her child.
Kor six years she bad nearly forgotten
them lxith; not quite, though she bad
tried to do so. The man and the child
had been growing old together with
out love or happiness while she had
laughed and sung. There was nothing
young m the bouse not even the little
form she held in her arms.
A week had passed, r.nd little Michael,
thinks (as the doctor plainly saidi to his
mother's devoted nursing and the In
terest she created in the child's mind,
was picking up bis frail life again. He
was never tired of looking at her, or
admiring all the pretty tilings that gath
ered about her as a matter of course;
he had never seen so many flowers, so
much dainty luxury In bis brief exist
ence. '"You use these every day?" lie asked
in an awed voice, as b-' amused hiinseif
with the silver pots and bottles on her
dressing table.
"Yes, every day," she said with a gay
little laugh. "Do you think I am very
extravagant?"
"Father hasn't anything pretty in his
room, I like to be here best," he said,
lying back luxuriously among the
bright cushions which his mother bad
oidered from the neighboring town. She
opened her lips to speak, but clo.xd
them again without a word.
Denise was sitting alone one evening
in the failed di aw ing-room w hen her
husband came In. As a rule she saw
very little of him; they seemed to avoid
each other by tactic consult.
"There Is something I wish to say to
you when you are at leisure," he began.
She thought bow worn and gray he
looked, though he was a man in Die
prime of life, as he stood b fore ber. the
hard light from the setting sun show
ing up the lines on bis cold, stern face,
as it showed up the patches of damp
on the wall paper and the utiloveliuess
of the beautifully d-slgncd room. He
and It fwith si-emid thrown away under
their present circumstances.
"I am quite at your service." she an
swered. "Little Michael Is in bed and
asleep, and I have nothing to do."
"It Is about him I wish to speak," he
said, as be sat down. "He is almost
well again now."
"He Is very delicate still," Rhe said
quickly. "He needs a great deal of care
he could not stand much." Could be
mean that fhey wanted her no longi-r?
she asked herself with a thrill of fear.
"As you say, he needs a great deal of
care," he answered slowly. "He a!so
needs more comfort and-different sur
roundings to what I can give him. I
have wondered I have wondered." he
repeated, "If you would like tu' take
him with you when you go?"
"Like to take him 7" she echoed, her
face lighting up wth Joy. "Need you
ask me?" ,
"No, perhaps not I have thought that
you seemed attach d to him."
, "Attached?" she repeated again with
a laugh. "1 loveblm with all my heart.
I couldn't bear to be parted from him
now. But don't you mind?" looking at
him with lnwrd resentment at his In
difference. "Won't you be very lonely
without hlrar
"It wUl be best for the child to be
with yon for a time at least, I think, as
you are willing to have him. As you
say, he Is not strong enough to stand
any shock, and be would miss you. I
suppose yonr engagements will necessi
tate your returning to town soi nT'
"Yes, I ought to have gone before,"
flushing at his evidently anilenty to get
rid of her. "We will go aa soon as tn
doctor says he can travel." Then as be
waa leaving the room, "I ( should like
to thank yon very much for trusting me
for let;ing me hare him."
There la Bo need, t have been think
ing It over and It ?cins lies (or the
boy," no answered, ns he closed the
door.
"Of coarse there would le no thought
of me !n It," she ssld to herself bitter'
ly. "I wonder why he hates me a
much now? Once uikjii a time," th
rose color In her cheeks growing deep
er, "I am sure be eared for me more
than a little iu bis curious restrained
way."
It was still early when she went up
stairs to bed, but she was tired of hiT
own company. As slie lit the candies
the boy opened his eyes he slept In a
little bed In her room now aud called
to her.
"I'm not a bit sleepy. Come and talk
to me, mother." he said. She sat down
In the low chair and laid her bead on bis
pillow as be liked to have her.
"I've got something to tell you, sweet
heart." she said, tucking one of his
hands under her cheek. "What do you
think 1ms happened? You are to come
with me to mother's home. How will
you like that?"
A wise and more prudent mother
would have hesitated to excite the child
at that hour, but Denise wag a creature
of Impulse.
";o away with you and see all the
beautiful things you have told me
about? Do you really mean It. mother?
How lovely!" springing up iu bid with
shining eyes. "And is father coming,
too?"
"Father does not want to come, dar
ling." The childish face grew grave.
"It will be dull for father all alone
here," be said, scrl iusly. "You ask him
to come, mother; he'll come for you."
"Not for me, for me perhaps least of
all," she murmured, forgetting that slie
was talking to a child; but Urtle llich
ael was wiser than his years.
"Go, now, mother," be said, coaxingly.
"Try. Wait. I'll tell you a siiTit; It
can't lie wrong to tell you. Father keeps
a picture of you locked up, I saw him
looking at it one night, and aud." in
an awed whisper, "he kissed It before
he put It away. 1'eople must love a per
son very much to kiss their picture,
mustn't they, mother?" Kisses had
been rare luxuries in bis life.
"Kissed my picture? Are you sure,
little Michael?" The child nodded,
watching her Intently. Denise thought
of how she was going to make the d so
late home more (lesoiate, and the tears
rushed to her eyes.
"I'll try, my sonny I'll try for your
sake" slie cried, and she went from the
room. Her heart was beating fast with
fear and excitement as she hurried
down the stairs before her courage fail
ed her. Y'hat if lie sh'uM br angry,
what if he should repulse her? .She
shivered at the thought.
She softly opened the library door,
where he was in the habit of sitting at
night. A lamp was burning dimly on
the table iu the center of the room, and
its light, fell on the bowed bead of a
man; some books and papers hail been
overturned us lie threw out his arms,
and mutely emphasized that aspect of
despair. Denise furgot her fears.
"Michael:" she crii-d in a sobbing
voice, her arm round his neck. b r einvk
to his ".Michael; I've been a bad wlfo.
but 1 wa.it to be a better one. WHl
you take me back?"
He looked up, and she saw that his
eyes were wet.
"Is that you?" be said, heavily. What
is It? what lias happened?"
"Nothing." softly, 'except that I have
found out that I want you. We lotb
want you. little Michael and I. You
won't si ml us away or you will come,
too?"
"Want me you?" be said in a huky
whisper. "Is it really true, Denise?"
He held her in Ills arms as one holds
something very precious that one Is half
afraid to touch. "1 had almost given up
praying and hoping." lilack and
White.
WOMAN' PRINCIPLtS.
Moot Suitable aud Hitlnfactory Thing
Mie Cua Acquire,
After all that has been done for
American women by legislators and
educators, and college builders and re
formers. It still remains true that the
most valuable possessions a normal
woman can acquire Is a suitable and
satisfactory man. Nothing else is quite
so serviceable In promoting the fullill
ment f her destiny and Iht comfort
while it Is in the process of fulfillment.
Nothing else if she is normal and
here are very few women who are
not considerably normal yuite takes a
man's place with ber, says Harper's
Weekly, One of her. most valuable
prlvllcgut is that of selecting her man,
of piekuig and choosing and taking
her time alout it, and possibly even of
changing her mind after she had be
gun to think she knew it. It is ob
served that women who are good, and
have the luck to -be charming also,
have great advantages iu carrying this
Important process of selection to a
successful issue. More men are avail
able for such girls to (SViose from,
and once the choice Is made the re
sulting contentment is more pt to en
dure and lo wax, instead of diminish
ing. The aiost that legislatures can
do for married women Is to protect
them from bad husbands. Choosing
good ones Is a matter of personal en
terprise which laws can do little to
promote. Hut, of course, a woman
who has few rltits and Is in complete
possession of a satisfactory and com
petent husband is better off than If
she had more rights and no satisfac
tory mentis of realizing her destiny. If
the American girl ever Iws to choose
iM'tween her rights Mid ber privileges
Including the privilege of being
charming, and this Invaluable privi
lege of selwtlng a man that salts ber
she will undoubtedly do well, aa Miss
Da ska to advises, to bold on to har
privileges and let ber rights go. But
she will hardly have to make auoti a
utiolce. Hhe wiM retain ber privilege,
anyway, and all the rights she can
make up her mind to want, beside.
When a man doesn't oae tobacco In
any form, we wonder how It happened.
OLD I
FAVORITES j
Vitlikinv ami H ia Iltnn.
In London's f ar city a merchant did
dwell.
He bad but one daughter, nn unkimmoii
nice V"Ui:g gnl;
Her name it was Diiia just sixteen
ycur "!d
With a v.-iy Liie fortune iu silver and
gold.
Singing- too r.i! la loo rai ia loo ral l.i
lay.
As Dinn waa a-walking in the garden one
day.
Her father came to her and this he did
sn.v,
"On dre.-s ynureelf, Dina. in gorgeous
array.
For I've got you nn hudiand both gallant
ami gay."
'(Hi. father! Oh, fntlier! I've not made
up my mind.
nd to marry jusl yet I'm not quite in
clined;' And my very large fortune I'll gladly
xive o'er
If you'll let me live single just a year or
two more."
i-Go, go, boldest daughter." the parent
replied,
"If vou won't consent to be this man's
bride.
I'll give your large fortune to the nearest
of kin,
And you shan't rap the benefit of one
single pin."
As A'illikins was a-walking in the garden
one day,
lie spied his dear Dina lying dead in the
clay,
And a cup of cold pison a-lying by her
sidi-;
And a billet-doux to soy that for Villi
kins she died.
He kiss'd her cold corpia a thousand
times o'er;
He called her his Dina, though she was
no more:
And swallowed the pison like n lover so
hrnve.
And Yillikins and his Dinn were buried
in one grave.
Moriule.
Now all ye young ladies take I.e. d to
whnt I say,
And never not by no means your guv'-
nors disobey;
Now nil ye young men mind whom you
Ci'ft your eyes on.
Think "f Yillikins and bis Dina and the
cup of cold pi-oil.
Uncle Ned,
There was nn old darkey and his name
was I'nele Ned,
And he died long ago, long ago!
He had no wool on the top of hi head.
In the place where the wool ought to
grow.
Then lay down the shore! and the hoe,
Hang up the fiddle and the bow!
For there's no more work for poor old
Ned;
He's gone where the good darkies go.
His fingers were long as the cane in the
brake.
And lie had no eyes for to we!
And be had no teeth for to eat the hoe
cake.
So lie had to let the hoe cake tie.
Then lay down the shovel, etc.
One cold, frosty morning, old Ned died,
Massu's tears they fell like the rain;
For be knew when Ned was laid in the
ground.
He'd never sec his like again.
Then lay down the shovel, etc.
Stephen C. Foster.
IRELAND'S REAL RULER.
Secretary (icoriie Wyndham Great
tcrandfon of an Irian Rebel.
One of the most promising men In
the public life of Great Britain today
is George Wyndham, chief secretary
for Ireland, whose
Irish land Iiill.
promising as It do s
to permanently set
tle the Irish land
question, has ele
vated him into the
front rank of Eng
lish statesmanship.
Already his namo
is coupled with, the
premiership, and it
ot.oaoK wy.NDUAii. is not unlikely that
within a half dozen years, possibly
fewer,' this young man, still ou the
sunny side of forty, may fill the post
held In the past by such forceful char
acters as Fitta. father and son, I'al
merston, Disraeli and Gladstone.
Mr. Wyndham Is a man of versatile
brilliancy. He Is a great-grandson of
that Irish rebel. Lord Kdward Fitz
gerald, who sacrificed his life toward
the end ef the eighteenth century for
the Irish cause. Lord Kdward took
part In the American war of Indepen
dence, fighting, of course, on the Kng
llsh side, for he was a British soldier.
Later In France he espoused the cause
of the French revolution and publicly
renounced his title of nobility. While
in Pari he married I'ameJIa, daughter
of the Duke of Orleans and half-sister
to King Ixmls I'bllippe of France, and
on returning to Ireland enterd heart
and soul into the Irish revolutionary
movement, becoming one of the leadera
of the United Irishmen. Betrayed Into
the bands of the police, he waa arrest-
j ed after a desperate struggle, and died
subsequently in prison rrom nia in
juries. Lord and Lady Fitzgerald bad only
one child, Pamela, wbo married Gen.
Sir Guy Campbell, and tbelr daugh
ter, Madeline, la the mother of Secre
tary Wyndham.
Mr. Wyndham. wbo Is reckoned tba
handsomest man la Parliament, began
mm
life as a soldier, and s sn oflh-er of
the Coldstream Guards took part in
the Snuklm campaign against the Der
vishes, receiving both the Lngllsh
medal and the Kbedival star for his
services. Later he became private sec
retary to Arthur Halt'oiir and entered
Parliament as a representative, of
Dover.
As chief secretary for Ireland, with
a seat in the cabinet, Mr. Wymlham is
the virtual ruler of Ireland. The lord
lieutenant, now Karl Dudley, has no
si-iit in the cabinet and is merely the
titular executive of measures decided
upon by the cabinet. Thus Secretary
Wyndham has far more of responsibil
ity and power In the administration of
Irish affairs (ban his nominal, chjcf,
the lord lieuteuant.
AS TO ECONOMY
She Proved to Him That Womtn Kx
ceU Therein.
F.conomy was under discussion. A
woman knows how to economize much
better than a man does." she said, de
cidedly. The man looked skeptical, but said
he was willing to be convinced by
proofs.
"Now, see here, when you have a bit
of a headache you rush out to the drug
store and get the clerk to give you a
powder," she said. "The next time you
have a headache you do the same
thing, and you spend a surprisingly
large amount of money In this way."
"Well, what would you have me do?"
asked the man. "Stand the headache.
-I suppose, and get cross and Irrita
ble."
"No, my dear man, I certainly would
not, for when a man makes up bis
mind to stand his headache there's no
living In the same county with him.
Hut I would have you go out and buy
tl dozen powders or so, and so have
them on hand. Buying them In large
quantity Is much less expensive than
buying them iu driblets.
"Now another way Iu which a man
Is wasteful. He does not look after
his laundry well, suddenly finds him
self without dean collars or a clean
shirt, and goes out and buys more. As
a matter of fact, be has plenty on
baud ami does not m-cd any more, but
through his carelessness he ties I
money up In shirts and collars when It
is positively necessary that he have a
few cravats.
"Then there's the matter of tobac
co "
"Oh. say, no fair," said the man.
"You must cut that out, you know. A
man has to smoke."
"All right," said the woman, cheer
fully. "But there's the habit of treat
ing. Half the time yu don't want to
treat and the other fellow does not
want to have you treat, but neither of
you has the courage to cut It out. So
you go on spending your money fur
something you do not enjoy yourself.
:uel that Is something of a bore to the
Other fellow."
The man looked a bit rueful and ac
qulcneed for the first time. ."There's
something in that," he said.
........
.nu tvoui nun'Mijgs. rfl soon ns a
bole come in tijotn yon throw them
away. That s fearfully e.xpcnslvi
What If you are a bachelor, there (ire
plenty of professional mender now
adays, and .vim could get the work
done easily enough.",
"Don't want to bother with it," said
the man, a (rltle griimpilv.
The woman went calmly on. "Shaves
are another expense. Why don't vou
shave yourself ?"
"'Cause I'd have to spend so much
money (n courlplastcr If I did," said
the man, quickly.
"Now, these are only a few of th
ways In which you waste money." the
woman continued. "Have I convinced
you that you don't kuow how to econo
mize?"
"How about the woman who buvs
a frugal luncheon of soup and rolls'
and then blows a lot In for Ice cream
and fluffy duff?" asked the num. "How
about woman's habit of buying a thfiig
Just because it U a bargain, when she
had no possible use for It? How about
her going to the hairdresser's for
shampoo, when she can do It very
easily bersojf? How about the candy
habit and the visit of the doctor after
a candy Jag? How"
"Convince a man against his will and
he's of the same opinion still." chanted
the woman, and left to attend the Fri
day bargain sale. Philadelphia I-ed-
per.
luty on Imported Cigar.
"Ho, this war between the dealers
of imported cigars doi not bother me
at alL" said the cigar store man, "for
I do not think that I will ever Bell
any. I do not want to keep them. We
get tobacco In Uilk that Is Just as
good a any that comes here made up
and we can make better cigars from
It than they do In Cuba. You may not
kuow It, but the customs law compel
the payment of duty according to
wulght, and, nsiurslly, the niuiui&ic-
turers who wnd their good hero, must
make their cigars as light as possible
The result Is that the cigars nre not
firm, and when yen draw the smoke
through tiie weed a draft is cause
that sets the tobacco burning. Any
smoker who loves good tobacco known
that this destroy the dJlcMt! flavor.
and the smoke thug obtained is hot
harsh, axil dries the tongue. I do not
believe that 1 will ever sell any lm
ported clgara until they Inks the duty
off." New York Tmies.
Tuelr Idea.
"Here, here," said tbe fishmonger,
"what In she war)' are them people
around th' stall lutfln' at, anyway?"
"They're laffln' at that sign wot says
'Our Flh Are Cneuualed-Nothlng in
This Market Comes Near Them.' Peo
ple aay that's 'cause they smeJI a
bad:"-Baltltuore Herald.
i',f J U Green, president of iht
,1(),anlcal section of the British As
siViatlon. in bla address at Belfast, re-
,-.-e,t that we are face lo lace w iiu
ti.o HMaihilltv of treating some of the
diseases of plant in a way similar to
that In which animals are renuervu
Immune to attacks of illness. He cited
the recent cxi-eriments or HefliMe..,
who allowed cuttings of begonia to
grow In earth Impregnated with a
specie of fungus which is an atten
uated form of the Botrytls cmereu.
a destructive parasite of plants. After
impregnation the begonia plants were
n.Mected to attack by the parasite.
aud resisted It perfectly Similar re
sults have been obtained by I rot.
.Marshall Ward.
There are still mysteries connected
with the trade and antitrade wimis
which A. L. Botch, of the Blue 11.11
Observatory, thinks can best be solved
by sending up exploring kites, wnn
self recording Instruments, Irom a
steamer navigating between the Azores
and Ascelisiou Island. One of the
puzzling fact to be Investigated i
that tin- behavior of volcanic dust and
clouds shows a strong easterly w mu
blowing above the equator, which
wind suddenly shifts at about twenty
degrees north and south latitude lo
southwest and west. This Is not In
accord with the generally accepted
hypothesis of the movements of the
antitrade winds, and .Mr. llotch thinks
an lniiirt.-iiit discovery may tie made.
The aurora boreal! is Imitated on n
small scale by Prof. W. ltamsay. whoso
experiment has been exhibited to the
London Itoyal Society. A powerful
electro-magnate, placed vertically, has
pole pieces extending horizontally from
both the upper aud lower ends, and
between these pole pieces Is ail ex
hausted glass globe containing in Its
iipicr part a metallic ring. A power
ful alternating current passed through
this ring produces nn annular glow
discharee. i In missing a current .
through the coils of the magnate, the
glow discharge is deflected downward,
producing streamers closely resem
bling those of ihe sky, siml highly
rarefied air in the globe gave the line
of krypton that appear In the spec
trum of the aurora.
An attempt is being made by thJ
Academy of Sciences of Vienna to
turn the phonograph to account as an
important registering Instrument for
science, one intended application is
iu the study of various languages and
dialects which are now In the course
of development or of extinction. Three
scientific expeditious recently sent out
by the academy have been equipped
with scclally designed phonographs
Intended for the Investigation of lan
guages, and other phenomena depend-
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IJJ UjHili nuuiiu II no . ill 'nun iv
secure permanent records the ncfub-my
has devised a method of metal-plating
the wax records so that they will
serve as phonotypes from which fresh
wax plates may Ik- cast at any time.
Similar efforts to utilize the phono-'
graph fur scientific purpoes ha' e been
made elsewhere, but the Vienna
scheme Is on a larger scale.
Prof. !;. L. Nichols litid G. 1". Hull,
of Cornell I'nlvcrsity, have obtained a
very accurate reproduction of a
comet's tall while i-xiwrlmeiitltig with
the pressure of light uisin floating par
ticles of extreme minuteness. A
powder consisting of emery aud the
spores of puffballs was put In a va
cuum tube from which the air waa
exhausted s completely an possible
When the rays from an arc-light were
concentrated upon the powder tbe
lighter particles were seen to lie blown
out as If repelled by the light, pre
senting a striking resemblance to a
comet's tall. According to Arrbenius
and others, this Is analogous to the
way In which the sun actually pro
duces the tails, of fomets. The ex
perimenters found that the effect upon
tne jiowder was of the same order of
magnitude as would be eiMcted from
the value of the. pressure, of light de
ducted by them from other experi
ments. r '
Tlitt Kaiaer In Mufti.
Few Germans. Imve seen the Kaiser
m plain clothe. . Yet he does wear
them sometime, but only when It Is
ibsolutely necesary, for he prefers
uniform, even at home. ... .
The time he Is Jn mufti. q Berlin Is
when be goes to !)! tenuis court. He
:hen wears a white" Ha unci stilt, but
nit of door covers It with a military
Ioak.
Whey he I In England, however,
nuftl la 'the rule. This U also the
inly timnNthut anybody has ever seen
'.tie Kaiser In a dlmierf jacket or a
ikick dress cost
Formerly the Kaiser ordered all his
slain clothes from ICngland, browns
nd light grays being IU favorite col
r; but now be orders everything Iu
Berlin and Potsdam, motiy In the lat
er place. London Dolly Kxpresa.
i A tiasxl Thing.
"1 lwar you're trying to iuvent a new
Kyle of cornet."
"Yes; I'm at work on one with a re
let action.
"Wlwt's the Idear
"If can-get It working sight It will
low th head off anybody .who tries
o use lt."-i'hlladelnbla .Press.
1 a grumbler lives at a boarding
house, the advice la, "Well, wby don't
rott changar If the grumbler Uvea M
home, be I always told that ha will
hare lo stand It. " '
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