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CHAPTER It—(Costisobd.) *‘I fancy I shall never marry,” said Carrlston, looking at me with bis soft, lark eye*. "You see, a boy who has waited for years expecting to die, loesn’t grow up with exactly the tame feelings as other people. I don’t think I shall ever meet a woman I can care for enough to mak* my wife. No, I expect my cousin will be Hlr Ralph yet.” I tried to laugh him out of bis mor bid Ideas. "Those who live will see.” I said. "Only promise to ask me to your wedding, and better still. If you live la town, appoint me your family doctor. It may prove the nucleus of that West end practice which It Is the dream of every doctor to establish." I hove already alluded to the strange beauty of Carriston's dark eye*. As soon as companionship commenced be tween us those eyea became to me, from scientific reasons, objects of curi osity, on account of the mysterious ex pression which I at times detected In them. Often and often they wore a look the like to which, I Imagine, Is found only In the eye* of a somnam bulist—s look which one feels certain la Intently fixed upon something, yet upon something beyond the range of mis’* own vision. During the first two sr three days of our newborn Intimacy I found this eccentricity of Carriston's positively startling. When now and then I turned to him, and found lilm ■taring with all his might at nothing, aiy eyes were compelled to follow the direction In whlrh his own were bent. (t *h at first Impossible to divest ►ne’s-self of the belief that something should be there to justify mo fixed a gase. However, as the rapid growth •f our friendly Intercourse soon showed me tbat he was a boy of most ardent yoetlo temperament- perhaps even more a poet than an artist—I laid at the door of the muse these absent looks and recurring flights Into vacancy. We were at the Kalry Glen one morn ing, eketcblng, to the best of our abil ity, the swirling stream, the gray rocks, ind the overhanging trees, the last just growing brilliant with autumnal tints. 3o beautiful was everything around that for a long lime I worked, Idled, or (reamed In contented silence. G'arrls lon had set up his easel at some little distance from mine At last I turned to see how his sketch was progressing. He had evidently fallen Into one of his brown studies, and, apparently, a hard er one than usual. His brush had fallen from his fingers, his features were Immovable, and his strange dark eyes were absolutely riveted upon a large rock In front of him, at which he gazed as Intently as if his hope of heaven depended upon seeing through It He seemed for the while oblivious to things mundane. A party of laughing, chattering tourist girls scrambled down the rugged steps, and one by one passed in front of him. Neither their pres ence nor the inquisitive glances they cast on his statuesque face roused him from bis fit of abstraction. For a moment I wondered If the boy took opium or some other narcotic on the Sly. Full of the thought 1 rose, crossed sver to him, and laid my hand upon his shoulder. As he felt my touch he rame to bimself, and looked up at m< In a dazed. Inquiring way. “Really, Carriston,” I said, laughing ■y, “you must reserve your dreatnlnc A to until we are In places where tour lata do not congregate, or you will b< thought a madman, or a leaai a poet.’ He made no reply. He turned awtj from me Impatiently, even rudely then, picking up bla brush, went oi with his sketch. After a while hi seemed to recover from his pettlshness and we spent the remainder of the daj as pleasantly as usual. As we trudged home In the twilight be said fo me In an apologetic, almos penitent way: “I hope I was not rude to you Jus now?** “Wheo do you mean?" ! asked, hav Ing almost forgotten Mte trivial Inc! dent. “When you woke me from what yoi called wy dreaming?" Oh, dear no. You wero not at ul rude. It you had been, It was but th penalty duo to my presumption. Th Algbts of genius should be respe <#4 uot checked by a material band '' 'That to nonsense I am not a gen lua, and you must forgive me for m; rudenswe. ‘ Mid Cerrlsten simply. After walking some duunre It •ttone*, he spoke again “I wish whet yew era with me yew would try aa< •top me from getting Into that etatr It decs m* no goad ' Hewing ha was la eprnaat. I pro mum la de my hast, end wee cwrtoos enoogl ■a aeh him whither bto thoughts wan feted dart eg I bone abstracted mo manta **1 aa scarcely tell yew.' he said t*T«esntly ha ashed, speahtng will heotlaUaa "I swppus* yew never fee that nndee rwetatn dreams! an me elr lumetaaree which yew t annul egptnii - yew nilghi he ehto to see thing whtoh are invisible io ethers?” 'Tn wen thing* Wist thing*f* “Thing*, ee I Mid whtoh nesMste •*n aw* Yen ato*t hnew there ay people she p iSMs this power,'* *1 know that muit people knee *a eerted that peeseee whet 'her t«i| sw» twd w*ghl, hut the esuerttuw to tow ah turd to waste lime In refuting ' “Yet,* aald fhrrtotom dreamttt ** know that If I did not strive to *vui< tt mm enrh power would mat* to me ■'Yvw are to* rtdtowtom* t'errtoton | anUL “Hotne people we what other don't, because they have longer eight. Ton may, of course, Imagine anything. But your eyea- handsome eyes they are, too—contain certain properties, known an humors and lenses, therefore In order to aee-” “Tea, yes," Interrupted Carrlston; "1 know exactly all you are going to nay. You, a man of science, ridicule every thing which breaks what you are pleased to call the law of nature. Yet take all the unaccountable tale* told. Nine hundred and ninety-nine you ex pose to scorn or throw grave doubts upon, yet the thousandth rest* on evi dence which can not be upset, or dis puted. The possibility of that one prove* the possibility of all.” “Not at all; but enough for your argument,” I said, amused at the boy's wild talk. “You doctor*,’’ he continued with that delicious air of superiority so often assumed by laymen when they are in good health, "put too much to the credit of diseased imagination.” "No doubt; It’s a convenient shelf on which to put a difficulty. But go on.” "The body Is your province, yet you caa’t explain why a cataleptic patient should bear a watch tick when It I* placed against bis foot.” "Nor you; nor any one. But perhaps it may aid you to get rid of your rub bishing theories If f tell you that cata lepsy, as you understand It, I* a disease not known to us; in fact, It does not exist.” He seemed crestfallen at bearing this. "But what do you want to prove?" I uultmei “Wh at hflVA vnu vntirn#lf seen?" “Nothing. I tell you. And I pray I may never see anything." After this he seemed Inclined to shirk the subject, but I pinned him to It. I waa really anxious to get at the true state of his mind. Inanswerto the lead ing questions with which I plied him, Carrlston revealed an amount of super stition which seemed utterly childish and out of place beside the Intellectual faculties which he undoubtedly pos sessed. Yet I was not altogether amused by his talk. His wild arguments and wilder beliefs mads me fancy there must be a weak spot somewhere In his brain even made me fear lest his end might be madness. The thought made me sad; for, with the exception of the eccentricities which I have mentioned, I reckoned Carrlston the pleasantest friend I had ever made. His amiable nature, his good looks, and perfect breeding had endeared the young man to me; so much so that i resolved, dur ing the remainder of the time we should spend together, to do all I could toward taking the nonsense out of him. My efforts were unavailing. I kept a sharp lookout upon him. and let him fall Into no more mysterious reveries; but the curious Idea that he poss.ssed, or could possess, some gift above human nature, was too firmly rooted to be displaced. On all other subjects be argued fairly and was open to rea son. On this one point he was im movable. When I could get him to notice my attacks at all, his answer was; "You doctors, clever as you are with • 1.A KaiIv Irnnw ftB little* Ctf iiuvfhfilOD'V as you did three thousand years ago.” When the time came to fold up ray easel and return to the drudgery of life, I parted from Carrlston with much re gret. One of those solemn, but often broken, promises to Join together next year In another sketching tour pass-d between us. Then I went back to Lon don, and during the subsequent months, although 1 saw nothing of him, ; I often thought of my friend of the autumn. III. N THK spring of IHtib I went down lo Bournemouth to •ee. for the last lime, an old friend who wee dying of consumption. Dur ing a great part of the journey down 1 had for a traveling cumpanton a well dressed gentleman • ly uian of about forty years of age. We were eloae In the compatlatent, and after Intel< hanging asm* small ' civilities, such as the barter of news papers. glided Into conversation My i fellow traveler seemed to he an Intel 1 leclual man. and well posted up In the 1 doings of the dny. lie talhed luently and easily on various t*pl>s. and. Judg lag from hie talh. must have moved m ' good society Although I fancied hie • features bote traces of hard living end dlmlpattsa. he was not usy repos teasing la appeal ears The gi •at«et fault* la hla far* were the remerhable iblaaeat of the lips aad hie eyes being | a shads etoast together than use cares ta eas With a casual sequel sisa.e t such peeultartttee are af little moment, ( hot for my part I should not chouse for a friend eao who peeiesei'd them, with out due trial aad search lag proof i At this Urn* the Kaglteb public wero , much interested la an Important will case which was then being tried The rsveratoa to a vast eom of money da , ponded upon tha '••urn# • eaaliy or Insanity I.the meat ether peep I* we doty die»ua»#cl the matter I suppose I from o*ms of my remsrho. my torn I pea tee understood that I was a doctor • tie ashed me s goad many technical question* and I described eecetsl cull I sue eases of mania which had name under my notice. He seemed greatly Interested In the subject. "You must sometimes find It hard to say where sanity end*, and Insanity begins." he said, thoughtfully. "Yes. The boundary line Is. in some Instances, bard to define. To give, In such a dubious case, an opinion which would satisfy myself. I would want to have known the patient at the time h« was considered quite sane." “To mark the difference?" "Kxactly. And to know the bent of the character. For Instance, there is a frelnd of mine. He was perfectly sane when last I saw him, but, for all I know, he may have made great prog resa the other way In the Interval." Then, without mentioning names, dates or places. I described Carrfston s peculiar disposition to my intelligent listener. He heard me with rapt In terest. "You predict he will go mad?” he said. “Certainly not. Unless something unforeseen arises he will probably live and die as sane as you or I." "Why do you fear him, then?" "For this reason. I think that any sudden emotion violent grief, for In stance—any unexpected and crushing blow—might at once disturb the bal ance of his mind. I>et his lif* run on In an even groove, and all will be well with him." My companion was silent for a few momenta. "Did you mention your friend* name?" he asked. I laughed. “Doctors never give names when they quote cases." At the next station my companion left the train. He bade me a polite adieu, and thanked me for the pleasure my conversation had given him. After wondering what station In life he oc cupied I dismissed him from my mind, as one who bad crossed my path for a short time and would probably never cross It again. Mflurl llDie miu wuuiu yiuumvij i Although I did not see Charles Car rlston I received several letters from him during the course of the year. He had not forgotten our undertaking to pass my next holiday together. Early In the autumn. Just as I was beginning to long with a passionate longing for open air and blue skies, a letter came from Carrlston. He was now, he said, roughing it in the Wewtern Highlands. He reminded me of lard year's promise. Could i get away from work now? Would I Join him? If I did not care to visit Scotland, would 1 suggest some other place where he could Join me? Still, the scenery by which he was now surrounded was superb, and the accom modation he had secured, if not luxuri ous, fairly comfortable. He thought we could do no better. A postscript to his letter asked me to address him as Cedi Carr, not Charles Carrlston. He had a reason for changing his name -a fool ish reason I should no doubt call it. When we met he would let me know it. This letter at once decided me to accept his invitation. In a week's time my arrangements for leave of absence were complete, and I was speeding northward in the highest spirits, and well equipped with everything neces sary for my favorite holiday pursuit. 1 looked forward with the greatest pleasure to again meeting Carriston. I found him at Callendar waiting for me. The coach did not follow the routs we were obliged to take in order to reach the somewhat unfrequented part of the country in which our tent was pitched, ho my friend had secured the services of a primitive vehicle and a strong shaggy pony to bear us the re* mainder of the Journey. TO SB OOSTIMOSIM A I'ollr** Klndrut as Blacksmith. At Cornell all tbe mechanical engi neering students have to learn seven trades. One of these trades, that of blackemith, Is very distasteful to some of the students, but it hss to be learned all tbe same. One young fellow, who was unusually averse to soiling his hands, begged hard to be exempted from wearing the leather apron, but the profesor took special care that there was nothing larking In thoroughness of his training at the forge, lautt fall tht student went to the professor and thanked him for beiug compelled tc learn blarksmithlng. "You see," he said, "I am now superintendent of a mine sway back ta Colorado. Inst summer our main shaft broke aad there was no one In the mine but my self who could weld It. I didn't Ilk* the fob. but look off nty coat aad weld ed that shaft. It waaa't a pretty fob but she's ruantng now. If I couldn't have done it I d have had to pack that shaft oa mule bach end sent It <M)C miles over the muuntalaa to bo hied and the miae would have had to shut down till It got bach. My ability U wend that shah raised me in the eye# of every men In the mine nnd the burn rawed my sulary Pittsburg |>i# patch * Masai HraMUi • My fiWad. ' enld the trawWr hate you a half# about youP‘ "Na». but you II tad a fork la ib« ruad yonder ' ' Years bright slat you’' ' Naw, I m Urea a ' Atlanta Coast! toMna mrsegtU el e to*a sf ep»4e« ana Mr* fur ale# a throod ud spider etii w decidedly tougher than a bar of steel An ordinary thread will beer a aeight uI three grata* Thw W |uor about Ally pet -eui stronger than a iMl thread ef the same thl knses Paiene Tu have ap laves Hue protected all over the aurld M la ae. salary te taht out silly four pateaie la as weay dlf fereat veuairtee. the eel taw I *4 mat el • Sok W sheet It Mu LASSOING A MOUNTAIN LION Dragged At the Hnli of a Dana at Rraak Neck Speed. 3 Two young men living In Green Val ley, In the mountains east of San Die go, had a lively experience with a mountain lion Friday, coming out ahead of the king of the deeert by strategy, says the San Francisco Chron icle. The boys were on their way to the Griffith ranch on horseback and Mrs. Hobbs, mother of one of them, was with them. Young Hobbs was rid ing ahead with Griffith behind him. when a sudden turn In the creek bed through which they were passing, took Hobbs out of Might for a second. In that brief space there was an unearth ly howling and screeching, followed In stantly by the rearing and plunging of the horses. A mountain Hon had Jumped out upon young Hobbs, utter ing ferocious cries as It leaped on the horse's shoulder and used Its hind claws with great rapidity. Hobbs' leg, fortunately, was Incased In long bootM of heavy leather, which resisted the lion’s onslaught. The horse In plung ing dislodged the screaming brute, which darted back under the shadow of a heavy chemlsal thicket. Hobbs reached for his gun to prepare for an other attack. Griffin bad had bis hands full In looking after Mrs. Hobbs, whose horse had become unmanageable. Plac ing her at a safe distance In the rear he returned and hastily put up a scheme with young Hobbs to take tfe big brute alive. Hobbs was to draw It from the thicket, while Griffin, with a lariat ready, was to rope It. Griffin re treated a few steps, making bis lariat ready, while Hobbs, with a war whoop. (lashed toward the clump. The Hon, crouching In the shadow, screamed with rage and Jumped out toward him, frothing at the mouth and spitting. The horse trembled with fear. At that moment Griffln spurred forward, threw the lariat with steady aim, and in an other second had the Hon struggling In the dust with a tight rope around his body. It clawed and screeched, mak ing a frightful uproar, but Griffin, sinking the spur In deep, dashed down the road, dragging hts feline captive over rocks and cactus. Hobbs ran back, got his mother and returned, bringing up the rear. Griffln kept up a lively dog trot. In order to keep the line taut, while the Hon wasted Its energy claw ing at the rope, occasionally making a sally toward the horse In front of him. Hobbs, by attacking it from the rear, distracted Its attention, so that before long the ranch house was reached. There another lariat was secured, and the Hon was conquered and placed in a cage. It was a fearful spectacle, cov ered with dust and blood and utterinfe fierce growls as It turned Its great yel low eyes upon its captors. It was very lean and hunger had evidently Impelled its luckless onslaught. A Klrh Negro's enterprise. From the Atlanta Journal: W. C. Coleman, of Concord, N. C., one of the wealthiest negroes in the country, is now promoting an enterprise from which he expects profitable results for himself and his race. He proposes to build and equip a mill for "the double object of teaching and giving employ ment to negroes as cotton mill opera tives.” He has disposed of nearly all of the $50,000 worth of stock with which the mill will start, and will be gin work on the building in a few weeks. There Is at present no cotton mill in the United States which has negro operatives. Negroes are em ployed in a knitting mill at Columbia. S. C\, and there is a plan on foot to build a cotton mill In Alabama in which negro convicts will be worked, but the experiment at Concord will probably get under way first. Its pro jector is confident that negroes can be used as cotton mill operatives, satis factorily to the mill ownerB and great Iy lU LI1V* pw uuiai J auvauia^o wi iuc negroes themselves. After having tried In vain to get some of the mills already established to change their class of operatives, so as to give the negroes a chance to demonstrate their ability In this respect, or to obtain the consent of white mill men to build a mill especially for that purpoae. be set about the task of raising the necessary money to build a small one among the members of his own race, and be has succeeded beyond his expectations, OIU llndc Is 1'WMU. Young Kit her I've Just made a big deposit In a savings bank. In trust for my baby boy. When he Is 31 I will hand him the bank book, tell him the amount of the original deposit and let him see how things count up at com pound interest. Old Oeatleman Won t pay I tried that. My boy drew the money and got married with It aad ae* I’ve got to support him aad his wlfo aad eight children t'earoon’s Weehl* Aa >»»«e**ss. "You ran'! always loll a maa ky ike company ha heap* ‘•Why not*" Why. there* Uuiger. fur inetaace. juat aa kite a fellow ae eve* lived but what shout him?* Why. ho a as nominated for the lag lain I ore." Imtroit Neva Uymaoatsma Mash 1st ml OU the gymnasium was a font are of al imM every anrteni llreeh community, oitgmsily tt one merely an open spare of ground ubefe athletic eaeretaee sere practiced hut Inter large build ingn elaborately decorated were arwei *4 and Ir«uueally Itkrartee and leeture •mgr were combined with w Mwt Isa UI4 vs Me giahup Ml licet t of Mrtotd and UkMurdM. *ho la ft yente of ago. ban taken up the bteycle ^TRAVELERS’ TALE^J A Lone Isle of the Has. A British ship recently touched at the far-away Island of Tristan d’Ac unha, the principal amongst a lonely group of volcanic rocks In the Soutb | ern Atlantic. Its population numbers barely 100 souls, and they are of British descent. They are all Intelligent and well spoken, but clothed In the most primitive fashion. In garments made of albatross skins, goat skins, or can vas. The aged Governor arts as chap lain, doctor, etc., and for some forty years past has been the mainstay of the tiny colony, which lives In some twenty or thirty huts clustered round a well built little church. This latter edi fice Is of stone plastered with mud. and contains a small organ, altar, and pul pit, presented some years ago to them by the Queen. The Island Is very healthy, and crime is utterly unknown. The principal food consists of goats’ flesh, fish, and potatoes, and once a year a British man-of-war calls to supply flour, sugar, tea and other necessaries and luxuries. The Hindu "■'•utlvul of l.amps.” Amongst the Hindus throughout the whole of India there Is a holiday cele brated In honor of Lakshml, the god dess of wealth and good fortune, whereon gambling Is universally re garded as a religious duty. It Is known as the Festival of letups, and on this day all classes Indulge In games of chance with shells, coins, cards, dice, etc., and the playing of the indi vidual, whether good or bad, Is looked upon as a forecast of bis wealth or poverty during the ensuing year. The women take a most Intense Interest In the proceedings, and. If fortunate, ex pend their winnings In the purchase of sweet-meats and fruits, as gifts to all their friends and relations, toys for the small children, and fireworks for the boys. At Benares, their sacred city, as night approaches, small earth en lamps, fed with oil, are kindled making the outlines of every mansion, palace, temple, and minaret vlsable. All vessels In the river are also Illum inated; so that the whole city is one blaze of light. In I be Frozen North. A. W. Crawford Lindsay, late sur geon of the steam whaler Hope, in a recent article entitled, ‘ Towards the Frozen North,” says: When the first few scattered pieces of Ice are sighted, one’s feeling* ate difficult to analyze; delight and astonishment. Interest and expectancy, are so Jumbled together in one's brain. The Arctic Ice, of which we have read so much, is before our eyes at last; the lovely white pieces, cut and hollowed into wonderful shapes, surround us on all sides. Here Is one portion shaped like a huge rock Kurmounted by a castle, the turrets gleaming with opalescent colors, and the crevices and interstices shading off into the most delicate blue the eye has ever seen. With a little imagina tion, one can make anything out of these pieces—birds, boats, palaces, huts, mitres, etc. The deep blue of the sea (the color becomes of an In tense blue north of the Arctic Circle), the diamond-spark tints where the sun strikes the glittering masses, the pen ciled azure shading, making up a spec tacle of color which must be seen to be thoroughly appreciated. New Colne In France. An Ingenious experiment in coinage is said to be in contemplation in France. The French government hav ing felt the unquestioned scarcity of its copper coinage, has proposed to sup plement it by the use of nickel, which is undoubtedly more attractive for such a purpose, even though Its resemblance to silver renders it liable to be fraud ulently passed for coins of very much greater value. Nickel coinage has for many years been used in some of our colonies. A good many years ago pen nies were Introduced into Jamaica, In uiuvi iv uv whu iup cviuagr vi the little three-half-penny piece, which wu locally called "quattle,” or “tup," such a term aa three-half-pence being absolutely unknown to the native. It was quite common tn the early days after their Introduction for the coins to be passed on the unsuspecting ne gro for two-shilling and half-crown pieces. The French government has awakened to this possible means of fraud, ahl proposes to prevent it by having the pieces pierced with a hole In the middle, so that they may be strung on a string as If they were Chi nees *Vesb London News, Irrwli la Urh During the past year lll.lto persons aere arrested In New York city, &M less than during the previous year Of this number Tt.UT were held for trial. There has be n n decrease of T.IM ar rest# for misdemeanor* The number ef arrests for being drunk and disorder ly one W M er an Increase of Leo over last year He* SegUaS. fb# facetMue highwayman held hie knife under bis vleilme sens ‘This te a pretty knife." said he. "you're liable te get stock on it Yuo need* I skplnin lb# lube," said the other, ah« waa not an ttngltenman, "I .an eee Ihe point Philadelphia Mee nsd tscvuqe lit* nnw tw# The Ispsii bridge, built eves an arm af ibe t'btaa gea. is •*« an tea tong a Mb wn arvhee of stone, seventy feet bigb and eavsnly Ni broad each ptiiar support tag a nvarbte Itea lemty •ae feet tn length The vest ef the | bridge is oahnuwa. ;-— AN IMPULSIVE PRESIDENT. ■ r»|«r'i Violent Temper noil Nulerjr of Himself. Bosshoff, president of the Orange Free State, has made prisoner some Transvaal burghers, who had been un der bis (Krueger's) orders, says Har petr's. In the language of Krueger's friend, who was present: "When hear ing this, the president at once saddled his horse and rods to the Orange Free State as quickly as possible, Inform ing Mr. Bosshoff that hs ought to set those men free and hold him (Krue ger) Instead; that those men had mere ly carried out the orders given by him self as subcommandant of Pretorlous. This was about 1857." It certainly is not common in modern war for an of ficer to offer himself as oensom lor the men who have been taken prisoners while acting under orders. The presi dent. has a violent temper, and his old friends think that of late years he haw had Increasing difficulty In restraining It. But quickly as he Is roused, so quickly does bis passion cool again; and no man more frankly asks forgive ness for a wrong committed. One day in 1884 Krueger and bis minister * state, Dr. l<eyds, had a sharp alterca tion. Strong language was used, for the minister, too, was a man of emo tion. At length matters came to such a pitch of passion that Krueger burst out with these words: "One of us must get out." Of course Deyds said: "Then, of course, I am the one to make way," with which he took his hat and went home, supposing that his career in the Transvaal was at an end. In the mid dle of the night came a rap at the door of Dr. Loyds, and In walked the presi dent. He had saddled his horse and come over by himself, explaining that he had been unable to sleep, and bad come to say that he had been In fhw wrong and to ask Dr. 1.0yds that wh&i^ bad passed might be completely buried. This story Dr. Leyds told me to illus, trate the president’s generous nature, and, above all, his mastery of himself. A FORTUNE IN THE WASTE. Having the Capper la the Water Taken from Mine*. Talking about the Having of the cop per held in solution in the water taken from copper mines, says the Denver Republican, John D, Henry, an old Montana miner, said recently: "For a long time the water from the copper mines at Butte was allowed to run off, the owners of the mines not, seeming to understand the importance of treat ing the water for the copper in solu tion. A few years ago. when the wa ter from the Anaconda mine was leased to an old i^eadville miner, who took out $120,000 in three years at a trifling ex pense, it was borne in on the company that the loss from that source had amounted to a very handsome sum, and since then every gallon of water that comes from the mine has been saved and the copper extracted. Some years ago I visited the copper districts of East Tennessee In the Interests of some parties who were talking of engaging in the business, and while there saw a very important factor in the saving^ of values. The time was very wet and the ore was extremely susceptible to the action of water. The operators discovered this fact very soon by hav ing to replace their iron pipes at very short intervals. They then put in wooden pipes and treated the water with scrap iron in settling tanks. As soon as the water had been exhausted of its metallic value it was pumped to a point some distance away from the shaft and permitted to percolate slow ly through the crevices of the vein, and by the time It reached the pump it was again so heavily charged with cop per that it was treated over again. The owners told me that the copper re ceived in this way represented the prof its of their operations. In Butte mines the water is so heavily charged with copper that certain parts of the pumpa have to be replaced every forty-eight hours.'' ■ Unties Always In Karins Trim. The shapes of Ashes have often been studied with a view to determining the beat shape for boats with regard to speed. There are many Ashes whese Ans, or a part of them, at least, shut 1 down Into gutters, so that when dosed and not in use they make no projection beyond the body, but fold down luto these depressions. Aush with the sur face. and offering no obstruction what ever to the rapid passage of thiw Halt through the water when swimming at speed, driven by its tall-dn used A as a propeller The slime with which ’ every Ash la coated which la la various ways essential to Its comfort and ealst mce, helps ths Ash also to slide more easily and rapidly through the water, la fact, the Ash. studied hy men for Ideas In modelling. Is not only speedy, but It Is, as oae might any. always black-leaded <,ad ready tee racing Mis Meads >w«tl»S SIMM Mother Charlie, yeu »atd yen d been la duaday school f Charlie twiih far-awsy hw>t» Yes m Mother Mew dose It happea that j year bead* smell Ashy * Charlie I carried hum# the duaday sr boot paper an lh sMtsbt* la all abeot ( Jonah and the wbaie TM Hits | • weatf-bweewYewe-Mta haw 1 Mrs l-ucretta Matey, whe had at least A .01. e>realrU idea. dt»d at Hand Of tb* 1 May IsdltaJ. Me at the ages t tel. 1 and left la the aurwe wbw had sa#ed for her daring her tael tltaeee a jar ef bat ter which she had had la hat irnah fwr twenty seven yearn The hgAier loubed well, thaah yww wattsaed " rnead see that the papers *«« omptaiatag ef evarerwwdtag ea the d are of yowr Mae " dtreet MaMway Dt J (wetet tee bust. .. bee b^» fall ■ -* I