Sis Only Way** " /I Fascinating Romance Adair.** CHAPTER VIII—(Continued.) f m Not the strictest purist on the earth V could cavil at his writing to her. As he felt—that Is, from his heart—bo he wrote to her: My Own Joyce: I am breaking my self-imposed resolution to tell you that I am leaving England for Australia on the Condor, which sails next week. I cannot live this life any longer. I>o you know I come out at night Just to look at the house that contains you? There is no Joy for anything, and I am afraid of breaking down under the strain. I must work, sweetheart; I must do something. Life is too hard. Joyce, I do not wish to see you again. If I «aw you again I should never leave you; but I must hear frem you to know if you are well, dearest. I ought to say to you that you should try and forget me, and be happy with some other man, but I cannot. It is tre mendous selfishness on my part; but it would kill me if you were to look at another man. But It is not for that y I am writing, but to tel), you I am leaving. Your own ALAN. When Joyce received this letter she sat quite still for a little time. She felt as if her heart must break when she thought of Alan. She knew what his unrest meant; she knew that if it were possible that he could lay his head against her shoulder, and feel her hand upon his brow, all his troubles would vanish. But this might not be. Never again could they go through the agony of another parting, never again would they look Into each other’s eyes and see what It was costing them to walk the path of duty—the only way . for them. But she—aha must look upon his face agajn. She would go down to Southampton, and then she would try and get a glimpse of his dear face, so that she could «ee for herself how he looked. She told no one of her project. It was not a wise thing to do, but it was a thing she must do. Veronica was resting in her room; the boy was with her. Now she had a nurse for him, and she had a pretty house and all comforts; but she looked more haggard than in the old days, when she eked out a miserable exist ence by teaching. Then there was something to live for, now she had nothing. She heard a tap at the door that made her tremble. Hutchinson had been a frequent visitor lately—since 'y she had been prosperous. His visits always left her poorer and sadder. She did not mind the money, having a childish ignorance on the subject; but she did mind the way he spoke of Alan. She prepared herself for battle when she heard his knock. He came in, looking more bloated and excited than ever. Lately he had drank very heavily. Today he was sober enough hut he looked more angry than he had done of late. So that fellow thinks he Is going to elude me!” he said, as he came Into the room; "but he makes a mistake!” Veronica turned pale. She knew he was speaking of Alan, and that he was threatening him. "What do you mean?” she asked boldly. “I)o you mean to say that you don’t know that that precious husband of yours means to sail in the Condor on Friday? I dare say he wants to de sert you, and to go off with that other woman!” "Alan would not do that,” said Vero nica, quickly. "However much he and «>he suffer, they will do nothing Hrong.” ”1 dare say he is a saint!” sneered Hutchinson. “Well, he will have a chance of going to heaven quickly, for I’ve sworn to do for him, and this is my last chance!” Veronica listened, Hutchinson had spoken like this before, and It had come to nothing; still, it was possiDle that he might be desperate now. He looked it, and if he meant mischief to Alan she must warn him. Not a hair of Alan's dear head should fall ny rms man a niiiiii. mm, Biie Knew that she must not let Hutchinson sus pect that she was on the alert. "So he sails on Friday?" she said quietly. "From Southampton, is It not? He wrote to wish me good-by." “It will be a longer good-by than he knows of," said the man. "l^end m« two pounds. Veronica.” Veronica hesitated. He might lie asking for money In order to kill her husband, but she had often lent him money tiefore. so she rose slowly and went to the writing table and took it cut. "I suppo-e he has made a settlement upon you?" he asked, with cunning leer And poor Veronica, falling Into the trap, answered. "Yea." ' then (t'a alt right," he said, and went uut. Veronica sprang up from her chair , the Instant the hall do ours. so you see I have three of the moat mellent reasons for »|M»ittng him '* Hutchinson was never seen again 'I here was a h te-and-rry after him. hut he Was never found Whether he knew that the shot meanl for Alan had been revetv -d by Veronica no one could tell He iluif^M'et. and Juytw and Alan were glad that It should be t want pevvtgs It was pitot Veronica who hit pail the debt m l she had lb a It tie II) suylag that It t is "lbs Only Wav Kelt Th# nsd U>ry author Hucaa, A TOUCH GERM. (lema rknhie Vitality Shown l> j I’lafaa fttarlllt In Tfits. Dr. M. J. Rosenau, director of the hygienic laboratory of the United ■Hates marine hospital service, has seen making experiments to find out low tough an animal the plague bacil lus is, says the New York F’ress. He finds him to be one of the toughest of the bacillus family. lie says: “It is the experience of all observers that the bacillus cannot live long outside the body when dried at a temperature of 30 degrees centigrade or over, but at a temperature lower than this tvtd un der 20 degrees centigrade it has been kept alive 00 and 75 days. The Ger man plague commission found that the organism always lost Its power of in fection when dried, within eight dajs, in India, but after returning to Ger many could be kept alive after drying 28 days, at 15 degrees to 18 degrees centigrade. My own experience indi cates that the organisms, which dried, will die quickly If the temperature reaches 27 degrees centigrade, but that at 23 degrees it may live much longer." Some bacilli, It is thought, are hardier than others. Just as some persons are. The doctor put some bacilli on little squares of crash and set some of the pieces of cloth to dry In a dark corner of the laboratory where the tempera ture ranged from 20 to 27 degrees cen tigrade. Other inoculated pieces of crash he placed in a cool room with a temperature of about 18 degrees centi grade. Still other pieces were placed in a photographic dark room where the temperature was about 23 degrees centigrade. The bacilli from the dif ferent pieces of crash were tried every once In a while to see how lively they were. After 13 days the bacilli on the pieces of crash In the dry dark corner of the laboratory, where the tempera ture was high, ceased to grow, and were pronounced dead. But a bacillus front the cool chamber was strong enough, after being there 48 days, to kill u mouse inoculated with It. The mouse died in three days. A bacillus which stayed in the dark room for 48 days killed a mouse in two days. The same experiments were tried with pine wood infected with plague bacilli, and It was found that they did not flourish as well as when placed on crash. The bacilli in the laboratory died after four days, 'hose In the cool chamber after eight days and those in the dark room after 11 days. DO DOGS THINK? Komi Thinking ringx Obimiil l>y llrrr Ntelner-ltrunner. Do dogs think? Yes, replied Herr Steiner Brunner, the landlord of the Hotel du Glacier at Meiden, in the Turtmannthnl. Herr Brunner left his mountain hotel during the last winter under the guardianship of a watchman, whose only companions were a couple of dogs—a French "griffon" and a little "spitz." A month ago the watchman was cutting wool in the neighborhood of the hotel, when he was suddenly overwhelmed by an avalanche. The two dogs were with their master, and must have seen him thus burled by the fallen mass of snow. Fnable to get at him for his release, his two canine friends, either with or without holding counsel together, rushed down the mountain (which stands at the height of 1,800 meters above the sea level) and made their way to Herr Bruner’s house in the valley. There, by snorting barking and other signs of excitement, they made the landlord understand that something extraordinary had oc curred at the summit. The host, with three men and two dogs, ascended to the'Hotel du Glacier, a journey which occupied them nine hours. When they arrived at the spot where the accident had happened, "it was as clearly in dicated by the conduct of the two dogs as if they had said in words, ’This is the place.’ ” The watchman was soon excavated from his snowy grave, and quickly recovered himself. As he could give the exact time at which the ava lanche had fallen, It was calculated that the two dogs had made their downward journey in little more than an hour, and during a heavy snowfall. — London News. A Sparrow's Memory. Insist year a red-headed sparrow built her nest in a grape vine behind a house on Riverside street, and utter a time used to come to the window every day and rap on the pane of glass for food. This rapping began by the sparrow trying to pick up a crumb that had fallen inHide the window, and ever thereafter one crumb was left in side the pane so that the morning call of the saucy little creature would be heralded by a rapping on the glass. When fall, with Its cold winds, carau aU the birds went away, and with them the two sparrow* and their flock of young. The other morning, while the woman of the house was busy with her cares, there tame a tiny tap-tap at the window, and there was the lit tle red head of the sparrow. Crumbs were thrown out. and a little later lh« woman noticed that the bird had be gun to build her nest in the obi plate. I.cwlstou t Me | Join rial I •#«! Im i Itirki One of the lltteiestlng piece* of ap. ] paratus recently shown at the Royal 1 sis let) autre# at I stir ton was a dwelt I whbh *•»» controlled from a dtstan » by meins of wireless telegraphy The signals were transitu led by Herts wave#, sad there »«» t short vertical wire a coherer, relay and local bat tery whh h »orbed th« dm- banism ut j II • rtorb it % ,tm stale I that * iUt h u«# of a standard pendulum and thl* •cpparaimt all the d**ct« in town would be kept allb * without the use af wtree Indianapolis Hresa Innitnts for the Blind at Nebraska Oity Crippled by Incompetency. LOOSf METHODS ARE EMPLOYED In TrmiaiK'tlBj the lluiliirii of the Insti tute—The Ailiululetretlon Severely Ar* rulguril end Openly luipeatTiid by F union Ofllrlale Themeolvei. NEBIIASK A CITY. Neb., Auk 27. To the history of mismanagement, J-ncoinpotency, party spoliation and po litical preferment in the conduct of state iiistitutlons under the fusion administration, the Institute for the Blind at Nebraska City furnishes an unenviable chapter. This institution, like all the rest, has been made an asylum for those of the fusion party who by reason of party service have, in the eyes of the fusion leaders, mer ited recognition to the extent of hav ing ther names on the pay roll. It is a matter of common notoriety that J. E, Harris, the present super intendent, acquired tills position through a deal mado on the floor of the convention, whereby be was to step aside as Candidate for lieutenant governor and give way to Lieutenant Governor Gilbert, a free silver repub lican. His eligibility and fitness en tered Into the deal only as a second ary consideration, notwithstanding that the position carries with It a great deal of responsibility. But Har ris was in the way of a tripartite e.r rangenii-nt and to remove the ob struction, the head of Superlntendeiu Jones went into the basket and Harris was given bis position, which among other thingi, carries with t! a salary of $1,800 a year and hoard and lodging. UNFITTED FOB SU'EKiNTENb ENT. At one period in his life Superintend ent Harris was young and agile. That was many years ago. Senility In its Irresistible pilgiimage has reclaimed him from the paths of youth and has bent his once tall and robust rorm to Its will. The elasticity of step lias disappeared, ami the visitation of time is indicated by a head white from the frosts of many winters. Irre spective of his mental qualifications, age and physical decrepitude com bined to incapacitate him for duties Incident to the superlntendenry of such an lnstlttulon. Nor can It be denied that age militates against Mr. Harris. The fact is that he does not teach at all, though the custom, as well as the rule, has always oeen Tor the superintendent to teacn one or more of the branches. When asked why he did not teach Superintendent Harris frankly stated that he was too old. He also staled that before assuming the position he informed Governor I’oynter that he would not teach, yet despite this he wa- appointed. dissipation of funds. Few business houses In Nebraska could conduct their affairs along the same line of this institute without In the end going into bankruptcy. In the first place, only about eighty blind children are in the institution all told. Strange and startling as it may seem, it is nevertheless true, as attested by vouchers on file in the auditor's office, that the number of people on the pay roll is equal to more than CO per cent of the number of inmates. The June' vouchars show fifteen teachers and thirty-two other employes (see vouch ers B45994 and B45997). This does not. Include the superintendent and his wife, nor the steward and his wife, all of whom are on the pay roll, making in all a salary list of fifty-one pet pie. The story of this raid on the treasury is fully recited by the nu merous vouchers on file in the aud itor's office and the consequent deple tion of the funds. The wife of the superintendent has had her name on the pay roll only a short time, and the fact that it is there can be re garded only in the light of a testimon ial to fusion persistency, which knows no adversity in the attainment of pe cuniary trimuph. The school has upwards of fifteen teachers on the pay roll, at from $50 to $65 per month each. So far as the pay roll is concerned, it reflects a most prodigal spirit on the part of the ad ministration, and strongly Indicates that the primary object of fusion dominancy Is to gather In the loaves and fishes. Apply the per capita ex pense of education In this Institution to all other institutions of learning in the state, making due allowance for the character of the instruction, and the state in a few short years would be debt-ridden from one end to the other. DIVIDING THR LOAVES AND FISH KS. The manner In whli-h Superintend ent IlarrlH was appointed has been told. With alight modification the story might lie applied to nearly nil the employes of the Institution, In nearly every appointment can be seen iracts of political spoliation. The lamage done us a result of this leaches a limit that Is Incalculable. Nor Is It to be presumed that there have not been frequent changes with out consequent demoralisation. In proof of this assertion all that needs be cited Is excerpts from the official report. In the biennial report of the Institution under date of December 14, isax (see page 3441, \|rs Caroline Me* Tsggert evidences her lark of knowl edge of her duties by openly stating In her report that My experience In the work It too limited to enabla me to say with any great degree of cer tainty what pupils may accomplish ” W It Woods, another teacher, un consciously throws the searchlight on the ephemerae y of thn ten urn of office In the same report by railing nHenttou to the fact that sn » er|. esc# of three months In leaching Kitg Hah In a school for the blind. In sd dllton to a year s • xperienm in teach Ing other anii)«cts Is entire * luo brief to myhs lay coa> lu»isns of much value " And this Is the history h a mad a> ram bln for •p 'in an I so h IHtln regard for the public weal that scarcely is one ap pointee Inducted Into office than he Is put out to make room for another. This keeps the institutions In con stant restlessness and turmoil, keeps them In the hands of inexperienced ln dviduils. with the result that those for whom these institutions are main tained derive little or no benefit. Since the fuslonlsts acquired control, two different superintendents have been appointed at Nebraska City and nu merous changes have been made In the list of teachers. In each Instance, or nearly so, the change has been made for political reasons. Under such conditions Is It any wonder that the teachers do not feel fully qualified to give an opinion on the best methods in teaching the blind, or that the institution itself should In Its achievements fall far short of meeting contemplated statutory re quirements? FARMING OUT PATRONAGE. The man with a '‘pull" Is very much In evidence at Nebraska City. It was a ‘‘pull” that placed Frank Marneli on the pay roll aH steward at $800 per year, along with his wife at $180 per year. Marneli is so fortunate as to have a brother In the newspaper busi ness. He publishes a fusion daily at Nebraska Oity. This Is why he was deemed lilted for steward. Nor does the Marneli family stop at that. The Nebraska City News boasts of too po tent a leverage in the affairs of the fusion party to lie placated or pacified by a stewardship. It not only boasts but It commands, and It therefore re ceives more substantial recognition than Is ordinarily accorded fusion pub lications, Filed away in the archives of the. auditor's office are vouchers bearing testimony to the frequent ex peditions of the publisher of the News across the plains from Nebraska City to the treasury at Lincoln. Most of the money is for Job work, work given the News, it is reported, at its own figures and without competition. Within (he last year the News has managed to gather in about $i!00 of the state's money without much exer tion and at very If tie cost to Itself. (.See vouchors 1131302. 1*35570. 1135899. 1137601, 1141401, 1143388 and B4020!..) Others besides the News people are keeping In close and sympathetic touch with the treasury. It Is a noticeable fact that the hooks contain the firm name of Cardwell 2 Loldtgh, though the same Mr. Cardwell is the presi dent of tlio Board of Truste.es of the Institution, Though Cardwell & Leidlgh aro in the hardware business the firm's name Is found as creditor In the "living expense" account :l the Institute. It Is a strange anomaly that, which places, the employe In a position to “order and direct" hla employer. It would also be strangely anomalous were (lie system prevalent over the land for an oinclal to he his own auditor or account examiner. But here Is an example of It: "This voucher is hereby approved by the Board of Trustees this 4th day of May, 1900, and the Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby ordered and directed to draw his warrant for the sum of $25.35 In full payment and satisfaction of the same, and this claim is found to he correct and ap proved in all things. "J. J. CARDWELL, “President Hoard of Trustees.’’ The voucher above referred to was for the firm, of which Cardwell Is a member, for goods sold to the state (See voucher B45431.) This firm’s name appears on the books In severs’ instances, as having sold goods to the institute. In addition to this it is currently reported that some of those contractors who have from time to time secured contracts for building and repairing have been for some un accountable reason partial to this firm in placing their orders for material During the last year the amount of building and repair work has reached over $5,000, but, as all the vouchers are made in omnibufi form and in the name of the contractor, there is noth Ing of record to show just who or what firm cnme in for the plunder. LAX BUSINESS METHODS. The omnibus system of making out vouchers has become notorious under the present administration. That it opens an avenue to the commission of fraud few will gainsay. It is a common occurrence to find vouchers for large amounts made out in the very indefinite terms of "for labor and material,’’ without specifying how much of either. These terms are em ployed as frequently in rendering bills where there is no contract as where there is. In the last year a barn costing about $450 was built without advertising for bids, and that the state paid dearly for the luxury is quite apparent. A running track and bowl ing alley was built In the gymnasium at a cost of $000, and the voucher reads: “For material, $500; labor, $400.” There is nothing in the vouch er to show specifically how much ma terial or how much labor the state received. As a rule, the methods employed in the conduct of the institute, ure equal ly as vulnerable The manner in which Mils are made out affords an opportunity for a vast amount 0/ fraud. It la ante to aay that there Is scarcely an article In the grocery line, but what there are several grade* of it. In many Instances, especially In canned and bottled goods, there is not only a difference In quality but a dif ference In quantity. The bills ren dered the Institute In no way recog nize* this very Important distinction. If a blit be rendered for bottled goods, such as catsup or table sauces. It sim ply gives the number of botles, never mentions the brand, which In the groc ery line Is a svnonvm of quality, and seldom gives the size of the bottle or quautlty. Tbla course may be pur sued without an object, but It can be seen at once that It affords an oppor (unity for frnud. both In letting ran tracts to favorites and In charging ! for goods never delivered No one | seem* to question the honesty of Hu oerlntendenf Harris or of Steward Marnell What complaint Is male U made igatn t t! - Itoird of rrustees and the governor for pin. Ing and maintaining people tn »i< • to ing'tage the affair* of a state Institution who have Ifttle or no conception of their duty or of ordinary bustneso metnola. \ h.\l> MIXTI IlK Huperlntendent Harris undertakes | to manage the ekwil an I the ' farm" > st the saute time with the re. alt that neither Is properly managed The •'faint' Is s ten a* re pie. • »f gruo n I, and Is little more Ulan s pley yard. yet Superintendent Harris manages to make it a luxury and an expensive one to the taxpayers. With only three horses, a half dozen hogs and four f«wg to look after there are several "farm laborers" at the Institute whose duty It Is to pare for the stock (?) and attend the “crops.” Quarters could be secured for all the stock on the “farm" at the best hotel In the state for less money than Is expended for their keeping at the Institute. As a patron of husbandry, so far as profits to the state are concerned, Mr. Harris Is anything but a brilliant success. And there are leaks In the Inst'tu tlon as well as In the “farm.” Irre spective of the largo pay roll, there are leaks that In the long run make a noticeable increase In the cost of main taining the school. One of these leaks Is the department of chemistry. Another is In the teach ing of zoology, botany, biology and mlnerology. Considerable money has been consumed by the department of chemistry, though few familiar with that branch of study—who would rec ognize at oneo the necessity of right— would think of placing chemistry in the curriculum of the blind. Review ing this very problem, Prof, McTsg gart of the department of science and mathematics of the Institute. In his biennial report to the superintendent (In 1898, page 329) says: "In the study of chemistry, biology and mlnerology the nicest discrimina tions and most accurate measurements must he made, Involving the use of Instruments requiring sight. No ade quate knowledge of zoology or botany can he had without the use of tha dis secting knife and microscope. In chemistry, analytical and quantatlve determinations require the most defi nite and complicated processes which cannot, be carried on by persons who have lost their sight. This statement Is so nearly self evident that It hardly ncedB to be made.” In the face of this, however, a de partment of chemistry Is maintained, though only to the extent of purchas ing the neeessary Instruments and ma terial. None of the expense Is re moved. though the teaching of this and kindred sciences has practically been abandoned. Only recently an order for $50 worth of material for this department was given, though It Is apparent, for the foregoing reason, that it Is a dear waste of money. DANGER OF SICKNESS. Nothing goes farther In evidencing decrepitude and Inactivity on the part of the management than the general appearance of the Institute. The walls and floors at the close of school this summer were very filthy, and It Is a remarkable stroke of fortune that sick ness has not, wrought sad havoc among the Inmates. According to reports, the buildings have, hyglenieally speaking never been kept propprly regula'ed since the ftislonls's have had charge. In bad condition ns they are now, according to Superintendent Harris, things were much worse when he was appointed and took charge one year ago. Speaking of the condition of things at. that time Superintendent Harris said: It was a moat terrible sight. The buildings wore fairly alive with bed bugs. After we came here my wife and I worked for alx months before we finally got rid of the bed-bugs. The bugs were In every room, In the beds and paper on the walls, and oven the rooms occupied by the superintend ent and hls family were alive with them. It was the worst sight I over beheld.” This Is what one fusion official says of the management of another fusion official. Assuming that Superintend ent Harris found the building in the condition stated ha has made some Im provements, yet there is wide room for further Improvements along the line of cleanliness, and If additional steps In that direction are not taken disease and pestilence may result at any time. It Is no doubt true that Superintend ent Harris has waged a successful warfare against the apterous trespas sers which he found Inhabiting th® bedding and furniture of the Institute when he took charge, but there is yet an ample opportunity afforded him for dlstlnguishment in other direc tions. On the whole, there Is room for many beneficial changes at this insti tute, both in tho way of stopping raids on the treasury and Improving the faculty. Under fusion control grades in this Institution exist only in theory and not In practice, and the pupil graduates much In the way a stone rolls down hill—picking out its own way without any well defined route or limitation as to time. Prop erly managed, the Institute can b® maintained at much less expense and to much greater advantage So long, however, as positions In this and other institutions are given out in liquida tion of political debts the theory of reform, so conspicuously pictured by the fusion leaders, becomes at once a ludicrous Incongruity. When Superin tendent Harris was asked why be did not grade the school he said: “I would like to, but you know our term of office is so indefinite that one hardly knows what to do. If I felt secure tn my position for any material length of time I would do so." This 1® the whole story In a few words. Under fusloniem frequent change® have demoralized the ibatl* tutiona, and time which should he de voted to the good of the instiutlon is spent In contriving plans to Keep the official head beyond reach of th® guillotine. Ths Tr«|> ••Worked.* For Mima time Isaac Mulford. a fsr* mar living n«ar llrldgeton, N. J , has been missing chickens. 10 h« ut i man trap without letting the family know. Ills ton, A If rail, stayed out lata IDs other evening, ami. whlla slipping up to tha hotiaa. was caught In the trap, fearing a dressing down from hi* father far staying out so lata tha young man atayatl there all night. Ills martyrdom was In vain for th* first parson to see him neat morning waa his father. Mopetsl •« !• N>««llt Wttham. the Ueoigla hanhers and his party of cashiers and pretty girls, tuft N'ew I orS for the south the last of the weak There have been na m*rrlag*e as the result «u *h« trip, at though tt la nnde'atood that etalrl kiosy was one of the «bj«* •« of the junket there Is the eonsulatlee ml knowing tb.il seven ewgngessenia have bean made hu never, end doubt lose the wedding* will Ink# pie e in Uevr gta In due time.