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r n rs s 11 A CLOSE SHAVE FOR 8c a- . FIRST LIEUTENANT ROBERT EMMETT KAYANAl'GU was pacing np and down his narrow quarter In Fort Grady. Michigan, holding a telegram in his hand. He bad read it twenty times, but at every gec-cd turo In b!s nervous walk he re- s ;i again. The telegram was dated Chicago, and this is what it said: "Leave Thursday for Florida; Uncle Frank ill. Stay Indefinite. Norah Des mond." . Lieutenant Bob Emmett and Noruh Desmond were engaged. They were to fee married as soon as a few accommo dation BUjterior officers would consent to be killed otT or die in their beds and thereby give Bob a chance to iwrite captain instead of lieutenant be fore his name on the official papers. The young officer had fixed the limit of his waiting at about a year. "Norah'g going to Florida," he mut tered to himself. "I haven't seen her for three weeks, and won't see her for six months to come. Uncle Frank is one of the kind who never dies and who never gets well, and Norah'll stay down there until the old man Is willing to let her go. She's more of a stickler for duty than Old Muggs, the coui toanding officer, and that's saying a lot He won't give me a leave; I've had too many. Great Winfield Scott, 'but I would like to see Norah before she goes. And Lieutenant Robert Em mett Kavannngh sighed. Bob Kavanaugh couldn't keep any thing to himself, and in five minutes he was telling hia woes to Captain Per- I TOOK A SHOT AT HIM. cy Lanyard, of the artillery corps. "Brace up, Kavanaugh," said Lanyard; "Muggs ia going to send a genera! pris oner through Chicago to Fort Sherman to stand trial He was going to send ft sergeant In charge. It Isn't a very pleasant duty, but If you'll volunteer I think Muggs will send you, and you can atop off on your way back from Sherman It is only a few miles from Chicago and see your blue-eyed Norah before sBe gets on the Florida lim ited." Twelve hours from that time Bob Kavanaugh was sitting in a smoking car on a Chicago-bound train, with a big Colt revolver strapped around him and an enlisted man, with a downcast look, sitting alongside of him. Bob Kavanaugh had a sJtt heart. The sol dier at his side had seen eight years of service and had never been in trou ble before. He had assaulted the "top" sergeant, a serious offense in the army. as may go without saying. "Cheer np, Spencer," said the lieuten ant; "you've been a good soldier, as I know, and I don't think It will go very hard with you six months at the most and then you'll be restored to duty." "I hit him all right, lieutenant," an swered Private James Spencer, "and he deserved It, If ever a man did, but you can't do such things In the army, no matter what the 'top' says to you, and so I'm good for two years and a 'bobtail' discharge. It's tough. I never saw the Inside of the 'mill' before in my eight years' service, except when I was on guard." Part of a freight train went into the ditch ahead of the Fort Grady pas senger train. Kavanaugh and his pris oner were delayed Ave hours. The lieu tenant fumed and said things under his breath. Finally the way was rleared and the train ran on to Chicago. It was Thursday, and In four hours Ko ran's train would leave for Florida. It waa utterly Impossible for the officer to get his prisoner to Fort Sherman and to return In time to say good by to bis fiancee. Kavanaugh and his charge stepped from the train Into the Chicago depot Bob's heart was sore. "I must see her," he said to himself. "I can't stand It for six months." At that In stant he saw at the depot cigar stand, nin king a purchase. Jack Bacon, a Chi cago clubman and an Intimate friend. Knvnnaugb hurried his charge over to ward the young fellow. "Jack, old man, glad to see you. Ton have an hour or two to spare, I know you have; don't say no," nod with this the lleu ti nnbt grabbed his friend by the arm, niotlcned bis prisoner to walk ahead, and the three went on a half trot into the office of a hotel across the street Karaiiangb threw a $2 bill before tha rtork aW ordered a room'. Ha harried i be astMMtded Jack Bacon aed tha prUwfir r Into the apartment oa the ttirt.a Bor. :';vr atd Karaoaogh. hi a low r. "as N lor aa, witch tltaAaa. - ' 1 Rta XrtJ EtaasaaJ. Cea 1?V? THE LIEUTENANT G-&9 . for Florida. Take this gun and don't fail me, and with that First Lleuten- . ant Robert Emmett Kavanaugh shoved a revolver into Jack Bacon's hand, Po'" and the telephone In the men s bolted through the door out of the ho- j building. As he passed ahm he uu tel and on to a trolley car. In twenty ! tlced several "trustieK." guarded by minutes he was with Norah Desmond, j who was in the midst of the last hour ' of preparation for her Florida trip. : In twenty minutes more the door bell of the flat rang violently. The maid opened It, and in rushed Jack Bacon ' flushed and falrlv beside himself, i "Bob," he yelled, "your prisoner skipied. He kicked open a door Into the next room and jumped on to a low roof and then Into the alley. V took a pot shot at him, but missed, and when I got down he was clean gone." Bob Kavanaugh sank into a chair, his face pale. "Norah," he said, "this means court-martial and dismissal for me unless I can catch the fellow. It's a clean case of neglect of duty, awful neglect of duty, and Old Muggs doesn't love me too well, anyway. It's all up, dear, if I don't get him, and It. I'm kicked out of the army I don't know what I'll do. I can't even dig a ditch, though I'd try willingly enough for you. But this won't catch him. I'm off, but I'll be at the train to say good by," and Kavanaugh was out of the door and down the stairs four steps at a time. Over on Halsted street in a room above a store a pretty, pale girl sat talking to a soldier in uniform. "It's all up, Polly," he was saying. "I hit the 'top' sergeant. He deserved it. but I was put In arrest and was to be tried, and it meant two years. I Just cut away from a 'clt' whom the officer who had me In tow left me In care of. The officer went to see his girl. I guess he's In love, or he wouldn't have done such a fool trick. Weil, I'm In love, too. Polly, dear, but I've got to get out of this as soon as I can get other togs on." "Oh, this Is awful, Jim," said the girl, "and you'll be a deserter, too." "I won't get any more for that than I'll get for the other. I don't like the idea any better than you do. I guess the offieer'll get it harder than I will, "'her to kick him, when several keep It's neglect of duty with him. and j rs rushed up. Two of them climbed that'll kick him out of the service. Fin ! Ul tre- 011,1 3"st BS ue ra),'l tha sorry for him, for he isn't half a bad sort." Then, suddenly changing the subject, the soldier asked: "How's your mother'" "Better, Jim, but she'd have died if it hadn't been for Miss Norah Des mond. She's an angeL I had to stop work to nurse mother, and the money gaye out and I got sick, and Miss No rah gave us a nurse and a doctor, and did lots else. I think she saved my life, too." "Norah Desmond, Polly? That's the name of the girl the lieutenant I cut from Is to marry. He'll be disgraced and the girl will suffer. She saved you and your mother, did she, Fob'y? Get on your things, quick. Hhe leaves for Florida. I know the train. The lieu tenant'll be there, I know that. Hurry, girl." Lieutenant Robert Emmett Kava naugh was kissing Norah Desmond good-by. His face was pale and anx ious. "I'm afraid It's all np with me, Norah," he was saying, "but keep np a good heart." Just then from behind him came a voice loud and with something of a ring of humor In It "Sir, are all pres ent and accounted for?" Kavauau.L'h turned like a flash. There stood Pri vate Spencer, saluting with his right hand, while hta left was holding that of a very pretty girl. "Spencer, you're a brick," said Kav anaugh, and nothing but army training kept bim from slapping bis Inferior j notoriously an attraction for nursei on the back. "I'll use every official I and genet a I servants, the mikado's friet.d I have to get you out of your scrape." A year later In pleasant quarters at Fort Grady sat Captain Kavanaugh and his wife. "Norah." he said, "First Sergeant James Spencer has applied for a furlough to go to Chicago to get mari'id. Snail i approve the ap- plication?" "Bob, If you don't," said Norah. with her eyes dancing. "I'll get a divorce." Chicago flecord-Herald. Hep IteaMon. Doctor Torter had responded to a note left at his door by a farmer, ask ing him to go as soon as possible to see bis little boy, who had "a verry bad cold." The doctor took one look at the child and turned to the mother. "Don't you know your loy is coming down with measles'" he asked, severe ly. "Yes, doctor, I knew he was," said the woman. "Then what In th world did you mean by writing nie he had 'a Terry bad cold?" asked the doctor. The woman hesitated for a moment; then, looking at her husband, she said, with sullen frankness, "Neither him nor me knew bow to spell measlee." A lrrm of ItllM. Dora Wouldn't It be lovely If we had f.'5o,0U0.0U0? Clara Of course. Dora Perfectly heavenly I This book on "Facts and Figures" says a ton of diamonds ran be bought for that New Tort Weekly. Husband (angrily I never saw a woman as hard to please as you are. Wife (calmly) -My dear, yon forget tbt I ouurled you. FREED BY A MANIAC TcUphona Maeaaaa rasas Bathe Unpleaaant Few Minntea. An old lineman lately told of a try ine experience which came to hita while he was hunting for a break in, the telephone connection- between tha tie market can ne traeeu to me ousy main office and the insane hospital a lule Insects, but not many. Ozocer Indianapolis. He had followed the , ie. a product of the earth, is the com- .. . . ' I . i a ... . I. . ..!!. ..f 41. am r, wm 1!ne a!! !-e waT -"" "n ruui lnal , the difficulty lay betweeu a forty foot t"f'lr keepers, working in tne garden, 'ad to climb a tree in an isolated Prt of the yard, he said, to unfasten a wire that had lecome entangled in a limD- I connected my test set and called np the wire chief and explained the case to him. W nil tlie work ana the talk perhaps I was In the tree twenty minutes. I was on the point of dropping from a lower limb to the ground when 1 saw a crazy man waiting for me with a large pruning knife in his hand. He was one of the gardeners whom 1 had passed. "Come down!" he cried. "I know you. You stole my five thousand dol lars. Give It back, or I'll kill you." And when be saw me hesitate and draw back he yelled: "Come down, or I'll come up there after you I" I scrambled higher Into the tree and shouted for help, but none came. The madman found a heavy board, and, placing it against the tree, started to climb up; but In his hurry and ex citement he did not place It securely, and when he was about half way up it slipped and he went sprawling to the ground. He tried It three times with the same result. Then another inmate came sauntering by ,and at once took a hand In the game. He held the plank for the other man. who soon made good headway. ' At that Instant I bethought me to at tach my test set and summon help through the office. "Call up the Insane hospital," I called, "and tell them to send help to me In the garden! There are two lunatics after uie, and one of them bai a long knife. Hurry!" I looked down then, and saw that the maniac was in the tree. When Just below me he seated himself or a limb, and, drawing the knife back and forth across his palm, said: "Look Won't it cut?" He started toward me, and had one hand on my foot, and I had raised the knife to strike they reached him and threw a rope round him. So intent was he on getting at me that he did not see them, and was easily taken. TOMMY ATKINS OF JAPAN. Soldier of the Blikado -Kithetlc Kren Iturinic a Battle. If the British Tommy Atkins went to study the character of his Japanese brother-in arms he would undoubtedly pronounce him a queer fish. His most striking characteristic Is. per haps, his gentleness and his esthetic Ism. I have seen privates walk hand in hand like little school trlrbs to cer- j talu famous Iris gardens situated at a distance of, perhaps, seven or eight miles from their barracks pay for ad mittance, admire the Irises for bouri and go home again, having tasted all the day nothing stronger than weak ten, says the Japanese Times. At Intervals during the hottest fight ing In China In V.X) the Jiipanes soldier hastened to unfold the fan which he carried with him and to fan himself. Even in his looting he wai esthetic, for the objects he brought away with him, when he did bring anything away with him, and that was, of course, very seldom, were brie, a-brac whose value the western sold, ler could not appreciate. A marked difference betweeu the Japanese sld. lcr and the Kritifb lies In the fact that, while King Edward's uniform baa uniform jxwsest-es no such fascination. I have followed long processions of conscripts to barracks, but have never seen a girl waste a glance ou them, and during a residence of three and j a half years In this country, I hava , never seen a soldier "walk ng out" a 1 girl. It is different witii sailors, who get more opportunity of seeing for. eign countries and Improving ' their manners. Only One Wellington. That was a graceful compllmen' which was paid to the Duke of Wel lington by Queen Victoria. Not every one recalls the fact Unit a certain stvU of high boots, Jiot commonly worn now adays, bore the name of Wellington. When the duke was prime minister he once visited Windsor Castle to con sult with the queen on an Important s'ate matter. The day was damp, fol lowing a heavy rain, and as Hie duke left the castle her majesty remarked. "I hope your grace Is well shod?" "Oh, saw tne anwo, i nave on a pair of Wellington's, and am proof against dampness. " .The queen retortea, "lour groef uinst be mistaken. a There could not be a pnlr of Wellingtons." - New Motor Omnlhus. An excellent motor omnibus has Just mnde Its appearance IA Ixmdoti and from the moment that its speed, relia bility and comfort are proved that utter abomination of locomotion, the hrtis, the de pair of all students of traf fic problems, Is doomed. The Candid Editor. "Yon aak me to criticise your poem," wrote the editor, "and I am frank to say that 1 found nothing In It tmt all atampa." Atlanta Constitution, WAX CANDLES IN O'MANO. fat Tay Ara Noi Vmim f Was St IS, ocrite Heine tha Cum poaltlon. There Is a popular Impression thai rax caudles are manufactured from k-eswax. No doubt some of those on j s,lluu OL ullu luc uu, " ,ul1" " ormeii. id tne Lnuea mates me mm. nal is dug in Utah and In California, f European beds being located In iVales and Galicla and Rotimania. iVhen found lu Its natural state ozo Mite appear In translucent, dark i.own, thin films, which, upon beiu vflned, resembles beeswax closely. The wax mines of Eastern Galicia, tascd and operated by a syndicate o Vmerlcan capitalists, form one of tint uost curious fields of Industry Imag kiable. They are located around Bory l!:iv. which Is also the center of the 'astern oil district of that pail of Aus ria. The entire wax fields an- but tfty acres in extent, but more than a '.liiusaml shafts have been sunk hi :at limited area, and almost O.tiOii m i) ire at work on the tract. The veins tf 'he mineral frequently are sixteen 'i;ehm thick and it Is dug with shovel 1ml hoisted from the shafts by wil d lisses. Many uses are made of iln rax besides molding it Into candhs md fort unis have been made by the (lieu intr. sted in these" curious min , 'he value of the crude product being v ! n;s a pound at the mouth of a shaft The wax candle or. speaking murt orrectiy, the ozocerite candle Is acalu becoming fashionable In the homes I She wealthy. In the mansions of thf healthy as well as In the rooms of til poverty stricken, candles may be foun .! to-day, thounh for widely different rea Ions. To the poor candles are indis pensable because science never ha; ais'overed a cheaper mode of lighting. And to the rich the flood of light emit- ed by a forest of candles Is a boon because science has not and probablj b 'ver will discover a softer and mors mellow light than that shed by th fellow flame at the end of the ancient wax cylinder. Both health and comfort are otuei points taken Into consideration lj many city folks who burn candies Ir, h lr bedrooms and in other placet where brilliant light Is not essential In the first place, what Huh? odor ! caused by a candle flume is neither In jurious nor disagreeable, and lu Hit Second, the flame requires but "littlf xygen, to keep It going, nor does i( heat a room to an appreciable degree a double advantage too obvious to bi dwelt upon. But outside of our big cities the can die Is used extensively. In'countrj homes where gas Is not available an where oil lamps must be used the can die Is found frequently as an agree able and safe substitute. The whj candle of to-day. however. Is a wide.'j different thing from that of older times. The busy bee may hum aiV collect honey and turn out all the waj she likes, except that her product il used for the candles In Roman Cathol'j and "high" churches, she contribute! little or nothing to those found in thr narkets. Chicago Chronicle. There Was No Encore. No right-thinking person can t:nv jny admiration ror a smart tries. that smacks of rascality, but tlnr' may be cases In which sympathy fol the victims of such a trick would b wasted. A traveling dramatic troupe aim unc ed a performance in a certain ainli tlous young city. It was express!) stated on all the bills that "Owing u the griat length of the program nnt the many specialty performances, in encores will be permitted." Tlie evening of the cntertainuicu found the bouse well filled, the audi ence consisting largely of young mei and b jys beut on having a good tiwi The tirst song was the occasion f a pr-Jong'-d ou.buist of ch rln'. Af.i It had continued several minutes tlii manager came to the front of the cUi) tail! to nsk them to desist. They onl honied the louder, and he retired, dij .mtited. Hut the cheering, stamping anj whistling went on, and continued to half an hour, the curtain reuialuln) obstinately down. At the end of that time the cut him hism had spent itself and tlu dj ceased, but the curtain did not r!c. Then a young man ventured to go In hind the semes. He returned pr s nt with the announcement that the coni puny had left the building, bag ai. baggage. It was true. They had packed ii everything, paid their bill at the hotel caught a train, out of town, and g'j safely away; and the general vtTd'ct o the townspeople was that they hat erved their unruly audience JuJ right HI K Colltrllnn. "What Is that car coupled bebln the Presidential train?" asked the ta! reporter. "That Is the photograph car," salt the train band. Photograph car?" "Yes, It contains the pictures of id Hie big families in the West" Chi en go News, Interpreted. "Father," said the youth, "what I roiir understanding of the saying: "l'h ace Is not always to the swift'?' "Practically, my sou," replied th wise father. "It means that lu till race of life the fast men don't usual ; .foitie out abend." Plillndclphl1 Press. It Is up to the opera singer wb needs a change of air to break Into ' church choir. Krery thief would Ilka to fceap alia self unapotted. SL - i Pack thread or cod Is given extraor dinary strength, according to a Ger man authority, by laying In a strong solution of alum, and then carefully drying. A tropical .substitute for the potato, already be.ug tried in French colonies, is Coleus ttqmtnl. a new edible of the Mint or Labiate taniiiy. Its tubers, which average an inch and a half In length, closely rest nible the potato In flavor when prepared In tlie same way. The cradle of the human race Is still liein,' sought. The widely accepted theory of Max M tiller, based on lau-gii.-ie, tcin-l.es Unit mini's early home was in India; but some ethnologists are now Inclined to agree with Prof, llirt that the Aryans first lived in the territory north of the Carpathian .Mountains, neat the boundary line be tweeu Austria-Hungary and Russia, now occupied by Letts and Lithu anians.' Ozonizing apparatus for vitalizing the atmosphere of the sick chamber may become a necessary part of the physician's outfit Dr. J. E. S. Barnes, an F.nglish medical man, reisrts hav ing used the ozonlzer iu a severe case of pneumonia complicated with pleu risy, and tlie result was an Immediate and Important change lu the air of the room, which was followed by rapid Improvement of the patient's condition. Ozonizers are being used also for bet tering the air of factories. There abounds In Paraguay a tree, growing to the stature of an ordinary chestnut tree, from which a kind of vegetable silk is obtained. Consul lcutlln, at Asuncion, says he believes It can be woven into threads, but the chief use at present suggested for it is In studlug cushions and quilts, for which purpose It appears to be well adapted on account of its extreme lightness. When removed from the bulls, which are six inches In length and about four and a half Inches In diameter, the substance resembles a glossy down. When a balloon passes over a forest It descends, and ballast must be thrown out to keep It up. This Is ex plained by Prof. Moulllcfert, of the .French National Agricultural College of Grlgnou, as being due to the exist ence above every forest of a prism of cool, moist air, produced by the abun dant transpiration of the trees, and ex tending to a height of from 3,000 to 5,000 feet above the treetops. Prof. Moulllefert also says that while for ests drain the soil underneath them, they keep the upper layer, to a depth of four or five miles, moist From seven diamonds weighing from two to twenty-one carats that have been picked up In Wisconsin and adjoining States, Prof. William II. Uobbs traces the diamond fields of North America to the volcanic region of the Canadian wilderness, south of Hudson bay. The only known matrix of the diamond is the black shale or "blue ground" around the necks of burned out volcanoes. The loose stones found seem to have been transported by glaciers, and on following up the probable courses of these ancient Ice rivers the lines converge in the bar ren territory stated. The Carnegie Institution has located Its "Desert Botanical Laboratory" on the shoulder of a mountain two miles west of Tucson, Arizona. The Tucson Chamber of Commerce has given the site, and will install a water sftjiply and an electric plant for Ibe labora tory. The object of the undertaking is to study the plants characteristic of arid regions. The mountain on which the laboratory Is to stand and the ad Joining mesas possess a splendid rep resentation of these forms of vegeta tion. Proposed sites In Texas. New Mexico. Arizona, California, Chihua hua and Sonora were examined before the location was finally chosen. DOCTOR PARKER'8 KINDNESS. Tlnsed by HncstdntM When Healing with tbe World. The vein of rugged humor which ap peared so frequently In tbe pulpit ut terances of the lute Rev. Dr. Joseph Parker, of Ixmdon, continually cropped lout In the everyday clerical affairs of his life. He was once approached in the City Temple by a country clergy man, whose church was In an embar rassed financial condition, and ssked to preach there on any day, at any hour, that might suit bis convenience. "It Is Impossible," replied Dr. Par ker, "i have already more engage ments than I can fulfill." Mrs. Parker, who was present, saw the minister's look of disappointment. "My dear," she said to her husband, "you must go. This gentleman has come & long distance to see you, and you must make It possible." "Well," said be, looking Into the face of bis rural brother, "you see I must go. Fix your day, and I will be there at 12 o'clock." The village pastor returned his thanks, and went his way with a radi ant countenance. The day came, the church was crowded. Dr. Parker preached In his usual telling maimer, and pleaded for a geneivus offering as he alone could plead. At tbe con clusion of tbe service the pastor came Into to vestry, and expressed his lu debtedoaaa to Dr. Parker mud tbe grat itude of the church for bis valuable service asking at the end: "How much, doctor, ara we In your debtr ' "Forty-nlfto pounds, nine shillings and sixpence," promptly returned Parker. This siaggeml tLe is'sister, wSss managed to stammer out: "It will take a little time to pay It all" "Well, I will not take leaa," said Dr. Parker. "And meantime, as yon hare teen out of pocket through coming up to see me in London, take this"- placing two sovereigns in the minis ter's band "to cover your outlay. Mind, not a halfpenny less to me than the sum named but you can take eter nlty to pay It." Dr. Parker would accept nothing but third-class fares when he visited poor parishes,- but woe to the-church that had a reputation for meanness In money matters. He visited one such, where, after service, the deacon said! "Well, Dr. Parker, as to your fee?" "It Is fifty pounds." The deacon demurred; Dr. Parker In sisted. Finally the officials of tha church got together and paid over tb fifty pounds. Then Dr. Parker said: "Now, this is not for myself. Soma time ago you bad So-and So" men tioning a somewhat obscure minister "to preach here. You know that hit church Is a struggling one, and that h ia a poor man with a large family. You refused to pay him more than his bare railway fares. To redeem this iniquity ou your part I have charged you fifty pounds, and I shall send It ou to him as bis fee for the sermons he preached here." Youth's Companion. ALL COME HOME TO JAIL. Queer 8yteni of 1 renting CorivicU Practiced in II iln, Hawaii. "The most unique method for bandJk Ing petty violators of the law," re bunked a gentleman at the Kalcjgb last evening, "is In daily operation at Hllo, the capital of the Island of Ha waii. I was seated on the porch of th Hilo Iiolel one day last winter, trying to evade the mosquitoes and the sun shine, whin I noticed a score of lia tlvrs lu stripi d canvas uniforms break In;o a dead run In the direction of tb Jail. The heavy iron doors swung open to admit them, and they filed In one by one to become prisoniTS for the night -S I learned later that tluwe men wits.' 'short-term' convicts, and that thell hurry was Inspired by the fear tbatj they might be 'locked out of Jail.' " "But how did they escape?" he was tiskciL "Escape?" repi-ated the narrator, "They did not escape; they were turn, ed loose at 7 In the morning and In, strucied to report behind the bur at 5 in the afternoon. Let me explain) An alleged crlmual Is tried, emvlcted, and 8 nterice passed upon him. Should his term exceed one year he Is confin ed In a cell an the third floor of tha Jail, from which escape Is practically Impossible. If he is a "short-term" mau, however, he Is fitted up with a blue and white striped canvas suit and hlrttl out by tbe day to contractors of the managi rs of neighboring planta tions. His wages, usually 25 c-viiU day, are paid to tbe city. Thie for tunate convicts are loth fed and lodg ed In Jail, and In addition to their clothes are allowed a small ration of tobacco. Every morning, after break, fast, they may be seen embarking on their dutlen. They are not guarded In any manner, shaie, or form; In fact. It resolves Itself Into an extreme case of 'honor among thlevts.' "It Isn't once In a year that etu-npe ! even attempted, and the records In ths county Jail show but one Instance where such an attempt has been sue couiful. It Is amusing to see these 1ms lated culprits running artlie top of their speed for fear the doors of this novel Institution will be closed against them. Those that may arrive later ar admitted through another entrance, and an additional three or four days are added to their term as punishment for their tardiness." "How do you account for this pe culiar system being still In vogue?" was asked. "It exists merely because of Its ef ficiency, Hilo Is a co:ist town; the Pa cific Ocean guards It safely on the east, while to the west waid there Is noth ing but tbe high road and the Jungle. The Junt:le and the sea mean death, and the high road capture; so you si a there is a strongi-r force than honor which Impels the reiurn of the convict to his prison home." Habita of the Tailor llird. This wonderful bird lives In India It bus a beak shaped very much llks n shoemaker's awl. The little bird. which Is yellow In color and only threa Inches loig, says the Philadelphia, Ledger, derives Its iiiiine from the way In which It make Its nest. It se lects a large leaf, banging from tha end of a ttvlg; then It pierces a num. ber of holes along the edge of It with Its awl like beak, find then gets lh long libers of plants, which make ex. cellent thread, and carefully sews tha edges together like n purse or a bag; using Its bill for a needle ( i carry the thread through. The ends of the thread are knotted, to prevent thein from slipping through the leaf. Tba staik Mid of the leaf Is bent and crushed so ns to form a hood over tha open ns of the nest, protecting It from sun and rain, When tlie leaf Is not large enough to make the nest, this bright little bird gels nnotlier leaf, pierces It with ho!e anil pieces the two leaves together, The Interior of the nest Is lined with cotton and silky grass, making a very snug n nd comfortable home for tba little birds. The bird and Its nest full of eggs are so very light that they can !c suspended from the end of a Blen der twig. Owla acquire tbelr reputation foe wisdom by saying one thing and stick ing to lb
