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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.
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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-
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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
