Mildred
^ &reHJanion
BV THE BUCHESS.
CHAPTER VIII.—(Continued.)
Just then the door opened and Mil
dred entered. She came in swiftly,
and advanced so rapidly toward the
chimney-piece that, until she was with
in a foot of him, she was not aware of
his presence there, and acknowledged
her surprise by a sudden start and ex
lumatlon of alarm.
‘‘I beg your pardon," he said; “I did
not mean to frighten you.”
Even as he spoke a wild determina
tion to know the worst from her own
lips without loss of time seized upon
him.
"I came for a book," explained Mil
dred, hurriedly. "Ah, here it is! In
confusion 1 hardly remembered where
1 hail left it.”
"Can you spare me a few minutes?”
asked Denzil. without giving himself
liberty to think further.
“Certainly,” answered Mildred, in a
tone of marked surprise. “But do you
not think that another time would be
more convenient? You see"—glancing
at the clock—"how late it is? The
ball will commence in less than half
an hour, and we shall not be ready.”
"1 will not detain you long," he said
—two or three minutes at the furthest.
Indeed, a few words will comprise all
that I have to say. You must have
seen"—desperately—"you must know
for yourself-"
"Stay," cried Mildred, faintly—"do
not go on! You have said enough—
believe me-"
ic is too late now to stop me, in
terrupted Denzil, passionately. "I
must go on and tell you the one
thought that occupies me day and
night. Reject me -despise me, if you
will, only hear me."
To this, although lie waited as if in
expectation, she made no answer. Per
haps. had she then once more forbid
den him, he might forever have held
liis peace. Rut she kept complete
silence.
They formed a curious picture,
standing there in the old-fashioned
dresses they had not had time to re
move; Denzil in white satin breeches
and rich ruffles ami carefully-powdered
hair. Miss Trevanion as "La Valliere,”
with her trailing embroidered satin
robe, her fair hair also thinly pow
dered, and her soft white arms half
hared.
Encouraged by her speechlessness,
Denzil spoke again
"I love you," he said, simply. “I am
only telling you what you have known
all along—am I not? And yet. even to
myself, when put into language, it
seems quite different—the words sound
so poor and cold, is it altogether hope
loss, Mildred? Is there any chance
for me?”
She had moved a few steps backward
as he began speaking, and now stood
supporting herself by one hand resting
on tlie table. She had lowered her eyes
and fixed them on the ground, and ap
peared calm enough though she made
no response to his last appeal.
' Give me my answer,” he said.
"You should not have gone on." she
observed at length, her tone low but
angry. “I forbade you to do so. It
was unfair to compel me to listen
when you knew l wished neither ty
hear nor to understand. "
"Give me mv answer." lie said again.
"What answer can I give?” she
asked, with a slight impatient move
ment of the hand near him. "Better
would it lie, to ask for none. I warned
you before. Be satisfied now, and leave
me."
(iive me my answer, ne said lor
the third time, sternly. "I will take it
from your own lips now.”
"Then, as you will have it." she
rried, losing all moderation, "take
from my own lips ‘No.’ ”
There was a long pause. Donzil’s
face was as white as death. Miss Tre
vanion’s scarcely less so; while the
hand that lay upon the table appeared
bloodless from the intensity with
which she leaned upon it.
“Do you say that because my father
earned his money by trade?” asked
Denzil, slowly.
“It cannot matter now," she an
swered, coldly.
"Yes. it does," he went on. excitedly;
‘ and I believe, from my heart, that
that is the reason. I believe that, lov
ing you as I do. I could in time have
made you return my love had not your
wretched pride stepped in to prevent
it. Or can it tie true what 1 have
heard said—that you would at any risk,
willingly sell yourself to gain a title?
If 1 could bring myself to think that
of you—if that were possible— Tell
me. Mildred—is it the truth?"
“I do not unde-etand you,” said Mil
dred, haughtily. "1 will listen to no
more of your questioning, sir. Let me
pass."
“It is true, then'" he exclaimed, pas
sionately. seizing her hand to detain
her. ‘‘You do not deny it! And you
will sacrifice yourself to obtain pos
session of a mere position? 1 imagined
you incapable of such a thing; but see
bow mistaken we all are in the idols
we set up! I am thankful I was dis
illusioned in time. I am glad—yes.
glad—you have refused me; as a wom
an who could so barter away her heart
is not worthy to lie the wife of any
honest man."
Mildred was trembling with anger.
“That will do," sh<j said. “You n°ed
not say another word If you were to
think forever, you eouid never say
anything worse than that “
Indignant y she drew away her do
gers from his clasp as she spoke, and
with the action a small turquois brace
let fell to the ground. Involuntarily
OenzlI stooped to pick it up, and, as
she held out her hand to repossess her
self of it, he slipped it round her arm
and fastened it there once more. Then,
a reckless feeling coining over him,
and the small white hand he loved
with such hopeless fondness being so
well within his reach, lie bent his head,
and pressed a tender, despairing, lin
gering kiss upon it. after which he
almost Hung it from him and walked
away.
What a sad. final farewell it seemed
to him! As for Mildred, she made no
further sign, but left the room as
noiselessly as she had entered it.
In the hall she encountered Mabel,
radiant and white-robed, who saiii:
“What—not yet dressed, Mildred?"
And Mildred answered, “1 shall
be down presently,” quite calmly, and
then went on to her room.
Hut, when the door was closed, and
securely fastened, tin awful sense of
desolation fell upon her. For the first
time in her life she felt what it was to
be alone. What had she done? What
was it she had thrown away forever
and ever? She sunk upon her knees
by her bed, and, burying her head in
the clothes, cried as if her heart would
break.
******
When Mildred came downstairs, the
hull was at its height. Denzil was
there, as calm as ever, and apparently
in excellent spirits, at the end of the
room, conversing with her mother and
old Blount. He was laughing, but his
mirth was not overstrained, neither
was his manner in any wise different
from what it usually was; and. in
deed. only one intimately acquainted
with him would have noticed a certain
bright gleam and glitter in his eyes
which betokened feverishness. He did
not, look toward the door, or in any
way falter in his conversation when
Mildred entered. Lady Caroline saw
her, however.
“Ah, there is Mildred at last!" she
said. “What a time the child has
taken to dress; and how white she
looks! I hope she has not been over
exciting herself.”
“Tableaux are about the most fa
tiguing things 1 know,” said Denzil,
quietly, looking, not where Mildred
stood, while somebody was inscribing
his name upon her card, but straight
into Lady Caroline’s eyes.
“So they are," returned her ladyship
to Denzil, in all good faith; “and Mil
dred is not too strong. Now that I see
Mildred," she went on a little later,
"I began to wonder where Mabel can
he. I have not noticed her amongst
the dancers since first she came in.”
Here she elevated her glasses to take
an anxious maternal survey of the
room. Mabel was nowhere in sigh*.
“Where can she have gone to?” ex
claimed her mother; and just at that
moment her glance fell on the cur
tains that draped the window at the
lower end of the aparatment. They
were slightly parted, and through the
opening could be seen the balcony be
yond, and on the balcony a glimpse of
a white dress.
“That must he Mabel.” decided her
ladyship impatiently. "How extreme
ly foolish of her thu to expose her
self in a thin light dress to the win
tery air! Who is with her?”
“My nephi w, I fancy," said old
Blount.
.Muuei is Denaving most impimieni
ly,” observed Lady Caroline with as
much austerity in her tone as she was
capable of. "She will have half the
county talking of her presently; and
there is old Lady Atherleigh at this
very instant with her spectacles on,
peering in their direction. Mr. Younge,
will you go and tell Mabel that I want
to speak to her directly.”
"My dear Lady Caroline," returned
llenzil, "it goes to my heart to refus**
you anything, even the smallest trifle;
but just consider what you have asked
me to do. Were 1 to interfere as you
wish me, 1 should call down so many
secret bad wishes and indignant looks
upon my head that I have no doubt in
the world the consequences would be
fatal.”
He laughed pleasantly as he spoke;
but old Blount, who had been listening,
did not laugh at all, keeping prema
turely grave.
"My dear madam,” he said, “why in
terfere at all? The lad is a good lad
and a handsome lad, and will come in
for all 1 have when I am gone. Let
them alone.”
So Mabel and Roy were let alone to
follow their own devices, and conse
quently enjoyed their evening to the
utmost.
**•**•
Miss Sylverton. having danced seven
times consecutively with Charles Tre
vanion, was feeling perfectly content
ed and at peace with herself and all
the rest of the world; while Mildred,
1 pale and beautiful, with a distuibed
heart and restless mind, danced and
laughed half the night with Lord Lyn
don only to return to her room, when
the ball had terminated, dissatisfied,
weary and unsettled.
CHAPTER IX.
| A week later, and the Yotinges, hav
I it;g bidden their adieus, had gone on
their way homeward to the North
all except Denzll, who had consented,
at the urgent request of Charles and
Eddie Trevanion, to remaiu four days
longer. In consideration of h hunt de
clared to be coming off within that
period at some particularly affected
•meet.”
It had come off, and ii was now in
deed Denzil’s last night at King's Ab
bott for some time to come. He had
been shooting steadily all the morning,
with the vigorous intention of warding
off all cares and vexations that might
arise to harass and disturb his mind;
but as the night drew on, and the hour
of departure approached more closely,
his self-imposed sternness gave way,
! and lie began painfully to understand
how bitterly he should miss the sight
of the cold, exquisite face of Mildred
Trevanion during the two months
that must elapse before he could avail
himself of the pressing invitation he
had received from Sir George and Lady
Caroline, to come and stay with them
again as soon as ever Christmas should
be over their heads.
"So you are really about to leave us
to-morrow?” said Frances Sylvertou.
"I can scarcely bring myself to believe
it. You have made yourself so com
pletely one of us that I do not know
how we arc to get on until we see you
again.”
"Is that from your heart?” asked
T)onzi), lightly, Imt with an under
stratum of extreme earnestness. "When
I am far away I shall like to believe
it was.” Then, changing his tone to
one somewhat lower, he added, "For
myself I cannot bear to think of this
time to-morrow evening: all will be
so changed, so different.”
"And so you have actually made up
your mind to go by the early train. Mr.
Younge?” called out Miss Deverill
from an opposite sofa.
"Yes,” answered Denzil; "I must
start early, whether 1 like it or not, ar
I have particular business to transact
in London to-morrow, and have let it
run lo the very last day.”
"Well, the best of such decisions Is,"
went on Miss Deverill, "one gets over
one's last speeches and adieus the night
before, anil so can commence the jour
ney in the morning free and unfet
tered."
"I should call that the worst of it,
not the best,” said Miss Sylverton,
softly. “1 could not bear to leave a
house with no one ready to bid mo
good-by.’ or to wish me a pleasant
journey.”
‘'There are two sides to every ques
tion,” answered Den/.il, somewhat sad
ly. “Taking Miss Deverill’s view of
the matter, you sop you escape bidding
final adieus, that might perhaps iu
[ many eases wring the heart.”
i “But still, a.-, final farewells must he
i said one time or the other, I think I
should prefer them at the very last mo
ment.” said Frances. "Confess now,
that you would always like some one to
give you your breakfast, and sav a
i kindly word to you before starting,"
"Well, yes, I confess 1 should like
i it," responded Dentil: "but, when one
chooses to get up at such an uncon*
! scionable hour as half-past six, one
must suffer the attendant penalties.”
"I will give you your breakfast to
morrow morning, Mr. Younge, if you
wish it,” broke in Mildred s voice, calm
and sweet.
Dentil started -an expression of in
| tense doubting astonishment passed
; over his face. He raised his eyes, and
gazed steadfastly at her.
Mildred herself appeared perfectly
unmoved, her features being as com
posed as though no such unexpected
words had fallen from her lips. Her
lingers steadily unpicked the stitch
that had somehow gone wrong in her
woolwork, and did not even tremble in
the act.
Denzil tried hard to find some suit
able words in which to clothe his ap
preciation of her unwonted graeious
j ness, and to beg that, for his sake, she
would not put herself to such an incon
venience—but in vain; his brain
seemed in confusion, and he could only
mutter “Thank you” in a hurried, un
natural manner, quite foreign to his
usual courteous self.
(To he continued.)
EATING AND BODILY HEALTH.
Two French Moillral Investigator* Be
lieve IVe Fat to Dir.
Doubt as to whether we eat to live
or eat to die lias bcpn dispelled by cer
tain French medical investigators, who
have proved to their own satisfaction
that • o eat to di \ One of these scien
tists recently read a paper before the
Academy of Medicine, in which he ad
vanced the theory that appendicitis is
often the result of intestinal poisoning
t caused by influenza. Another investi
gator in discussing the same subject
declared that the disease is'caused by
worms or other parasites that arc
swallowed with raw fruits and vege
tables and in impure water. Two oth
er French investigators have discov
ered by test that rabbits which have
1 been compelled to fast for a week are
! proof against the attacks of bacilli In
1 jected into their systems, while rabbits
I that have received their regular rations
quickly succumb to disease. This is
i probably explained by the theory that
the digestive agpnts of the body when
not employed in the assimilation of
nourishment from food will lie in flgh'
ing trim for th- A.sk of "doing up"
any microbes that may enter their
bailiwicks. Prophylactic action in line
with this theory would destroy the
business of the butchers, groceis and
bakers during limes of epidemic, but
it would also destroy th» fathers in tho
course of time, and thus prove the
converse of the dictum that we eat
to die. There is no doubt as to the ill
effects of over-eating: and opinion is
general that humanity is inclined to
eat too much. The investigations of
ttie French scientists have neither re
moved doubt as to the real cause of
appendicitis nor made It clear that
humanity ian escape the omnipresent
mierobe by habitual fasting. Milwau
kee Wisconsin.
TARIFF it KTA NATION
ALARMS CONJURED UP BY
FREE TRADERS.
No HawU In l»c*t or I ro'.mUiiltf for
Tlielr I’rnllrtiunt lifi;Hrtliir; I hr For
mation of :i Kiiropraii Trad*? Mlhinrt* j
Agtimt the Butted Stair,.
Those wlio so confidently prophesy
foreign i.uiff combinations agains; the
United States may be righfl> utispect
ed of allowing their wishes to influence
their judgment. Apparent!;, they would
like to see what they expert to s*u\ The
dire possibilities of international trade
war are conjured up by free-traders
and former protei tionists as the
strongest possible argument indeed,
the only possible argument in favor
of the abandonment by the United
States of the protective policy. So we
are tedd nearly every day that Euro
pean countries are conducting secret
negotiations looking toward a trad >
combine against this country, and that
our only safety in this emergency is
to repeal the Ditigley law and get right
down to an unrestricted trade basis.
First of all. there is no evidenc:
whatsoever of the existei.ee of a plot,
to form a continental tariff alliance
against the United States. Still less » vi
dence is there of the contemplation of
a European alliance. If a European
combine should he attempted. Great
Britain would have to l>® left out of it.
and Great Britain is very mu h the
best customer the United States has
among European countries. England
must have our foodstuffs and raw ma
terials. and she is not going to join
anybody in a scheme whose object is
to make these commodities cost ino:e
in tin British market.
i owing to the possibility of a conti
nental combine, we find little more
^likelihood of it on the continent than
in Great Britain. Germany has been
making some experiments along tIn
line of discrimination against Ameri
can products, and her experience Is in
structive. Consul Hicdrich writes from
Bremen to our state department some
pertinent facts relative to (he opera
tion of the inspection law whereby im
portations of American corned beef
and other beef products are prohibited.
Not long ago Dr. Karl Frank el, pro
fessor of hygiene in the I'niversity of
Halle, declared that this law is noth
ing more than a cloak, faded and worn,
hung over the agrarian idol. He show
ed that while the government had de
clared that the passage of the law was
required in tlie interests of public
health, "nothing suffered more from
said law than did the public health of
tlie nation. The prevailing high prices
of meat necessarily lessened its con
sumption, while the health of the na
tion demanded an increase." As a
matter of fact, fully one-half of Ger
many's population is to-day suffering
hardships by reason of stick tariff dis
crimination as Germany has thus far
seen fit to impose against American
foodstuffs in obedience lo the demands
of the German agrh ultural interests,
and it does not seem probable that the
situation will he subjected to any ad
ditional strain of the same sort.
Excepting Russia, ail the continental
countries of Europe are more or less
dependent upon the I'nited States for
their food supplies and certain raw ma
terials; while Russia, albeit independ
ent of us in the matter of i ubststence,
must either buy a considerable line of
manufactured products from us. or else
pay a higher price for them elsewhere.
The situation and outlook as to a Eu
ropean trade alliance of any kind
against the I'nited States are well
summed up by the Baltimore Herald,
us follows:
"When it comes to building uni
versal tariff walls, this country might
suffer a depression in trade, a slacken
ing in industrial progress: but Europe
would sustain from such a course not
stagnation alone, but utter prostra
tion. In any case, we would have anf
abundance of all things for the home
supply. Another result would soon en
sue—the underfed millions of Europe
would begin to swarm to our shores iti
an increasing ratio, looking for relipf
from unbearable home conditions. If
any nation can stand alone and depend
entirely upon her own resources, this
nation can. Most surely in the squeeze
of a tariff war we should not be the
first to cry quits.”
THERE IS BUT ONE WAY.
I Only by Ki'ilurinc Whccm C'nn I rft* Trade
Knglan — Aleut American Competition.
The pressure of the industrial com
petiton which Great Britain feels is in
dicated by th" reduction of the wages
of 225,000 workmen a few days ago.
The average reduction was only about
50 cents a week but to men who have
been earning not more than $5 to $7 a
week that is a serious item. It is,
however, the British method of meet
ing the competition of the best paid
labor in the world, whose pay is twice
the figures here quoted.
The question naturally arises, how
ran the manufacturers in the United
States compete with those of Great
Britain when paying double t be
wages? Several elements must enCs
into the answer. First, the Brit'sh
workman, having beuti for years the
best in the world, has assumed that
under no conditions can there be a bet
ter. lie has obstinately clung to meth
ods that are worn out. He will not
yield to new inventions ami processes.
The result is that from being the lrst
workman a third of a century ago he
is now inferior to his American and
| German competitor. Again, good
wages, with the prospect of better
things, lias appealed to the ambition
of the workman, consequently he is
| more intelligent and more energetic.
Instead nf resisting Innovations, he
uses his skill and intelligence to turn
inventions and new methods to his ad
vantage. Lty making the host, use of
new appliances the American workman
can turn out enough more goods to en
able the manufacturer to pay from 60 i
to 100 per rent more wages to skilled ,
labor.
Hut another powerful factor in creat
ing this difference is the much-de
nounced policy of Protection. The
I'nited States is by far the best mar
t - t., * t. ... - t I MU. „ AAA AAA
l\t t in HIP M u I Ml. Ill«' I U,UW,VUW '»i
people in the I'nited States consume
as much in value of tile products of
i 1 loci labor as twice as many people
else*where. It may lie said to be the
American policy, in contradistinction
tec the' British or Free Trade policy,
to reserve as far as possible, this best
market in the world for the producers
in the I'nited States; so at the very
outset, for all the products of skilled
labor, we have a wider market than
any other nation in the world. Now it
lands to reason that the certainty of
a market that consumes three or four
times as many goods as the market
of any competing nation affords en
ables the American manufacturer to
thrive on a profit on each pound, yard,
tic. nine'll smaller than can his com
petitor tn any other country.
it is the quantity sold that makes
(tie price. To illustrate, tin* shoe manu
fui tnrer who can put upon the mar
ket loo cases a week cannot sell at so
small a profit as the manufacturer who
milk's 1,000 eases a week. Still further
the Protective Tariff has always en
abled the manufai tnrer to pay much
higher wages than are paid elsewhere
in tile world. The workman who earns
*
these wages has twice as much money
to spend for the products of other la
ber. Cut the wages paid in the I'nited
States oO to 50 per cent, and consump
tion of merchandise in many line's will
he reduced in like ratio. Thus in a two
fold measure tli" much-denounced Pro
tective policy is the cause of the high
wages in the I’nited States.
Great Britain, driven into c lose quar
ters by adhering to Its Free-Trade pol
icy by competitors created by the Pro
tc i five policy, lias but. one way of
meeting tlie* ruinous American compe
tition. and that method is the reduction
of wages, thus to some extent curtail
ing tiie capacity of labor to consume
its own products. Indianapolis .Jour
nal.
WORLD A GOOD CUSTOMER.
rAMCHlCHMX
/MANOFfKTIttEKV
Keciprorlty m. 1’rotfftlnn.
Tlio mental attitude of American
I free-traders on the subject of tariffs
and reciprocity treaties is clearly de
; fined by the Milwaukee News. With
a degree- of candor more commendable
than common in the discussion of this
question the News says:
"Protection and reciprocity will not
and cannot mix. Reciprocity will ha
! possible when our tariff laws are
fiamed with the distinct understanding
that they are intended for trading pur
poses and not to give to American pro
ducers a monopoly of the home mark
et. To make reciprocity a success, the
republican party must abandon protec
' tion."
This is-wliv our domestic free-trad
! ers with one accord yearn for reciproc
ity. They perfectly well understand
what some protectionists seem to over
look, that if a protective tariff law can
be nullith d. a little at a time, by means
of reciprocity treaties, it will not take
long to repeal, abrogate and entirely
destroy the effectiveness of that law
| The kind of reciprocity that takes
away from American producers the
control of the home market Is the kind
free-traders favor. Well and truly dc
they maintain that to make that kind
of reciprocity a success the republi
can party must abandon protection.
1 h* Scepter of I’owor.
Over and above the excess of exports
which our own country shows in com
parison with Great Britain and Ger
many. it has this great advantage—•
namely, a large balance of trade in its
favor, as against a small balance for
Germany and a balance the other way
for the British islands. The great
American trade balance stimulates
home industry, protects its money sup
plies and is steadily making the world
j its debtor. The scepter of commercial
and financial power, so long in the
hands of England, is being transferred
to this nation, which, from all present
indications, will hold it. for genera
tions to come.—Topeka Capital.
A C’oIohhhI Failure.
The talk, during the campaign of
| 1:*00. about the danger of imperialism
i in the * vent of McKinley’s election,
was the worst kind of political dema
gogy. Some people may have believed
such silly twaddle, but men possessing
the intelligence and information of
William J. Bryan knew it to be merely
a fabrication, a scheme to deceive the
people, but, as such, It was a colossal
| failure.—Hermitage (Mo.) Index Oa
: zette.
ATLANTIC SOUNDINGS
DISCOVERIES OF THE BRITISH
EXPEDITION OF 1899.
I’oneuth tho Ocisin Nature* In *«o»rlnjc
th» I Mint of Conti limit# to It#*" Tt»«*
Azores Are Salj to lie Voicuoie
Inlands.
Mr. Peake’s account of a deop-sea
£GtiXiuiu& #*Xp^uiLiuii ia iS;)i), pubiinhtf'i
by John Murray the other day, is a
substantial addition to our knowledge
of the North Atlantic ocean. The-ob
ject of this enterprise was mainly com
mercial, being connected with the lay
ing of telegraph cables, but the author
has collated the results of several
other undertakings which had no pur
pose but the advancement of science,
such as the voyage of the Challenger,
in which Sir John Murray, who con
tributes notes to the present paper,
took so active a part. These new
soundings have enabled Mr. Peake to
constrict a map of the bed of the
North Atlantic, which is very valu
able especially in regard to the vicin
ity ».f the Azores. It was known that
these islands rise from a submarine
plateau, generally about 2,000 fathoms
fx low the surface, and that between it
and the slopes leading up, on the one
side to the American, on the other to
the European shores, lie two yet broad
er valleys the beds of which are about
500 fathoms deeper. The plateau it
self was an offshoot from that which,
at a less distance from the surface,
link: Great Britain with the Shetlonds,
the Faroes, Iceland and Greenland,
and in which the broad valleys have
their heads, deepening as they proceed
southward. The Azores are volcanic
i. lands, piled up mosses of lava. But
tne sea bed around is now proved to
be far more irregular than was for
merly supposed. If the ocean were
lowered by 1,600 fathoms, they would
iorm two distinct groups; out a mr
ther sinking oi r>00 fathoms would
'unite them into one. The great islands
thus revealed, of which the present
j Azores ore the culminating summits,
would, however, he largely extended
toward the north, and on this mass
I also several conspicuous hills would
| be seen to rise. Even among ttie exist
I ing islands the surface is diversified,
as the map shows, by submarine enii
j nences and rather deen bosins. tint
| everywhere beneath the ocean the pro
cess of rock building is going on.
Slowly but surely nature Is "sowing
the dust of continents to lie,” not only
j with the material of Aeonian hills, but
also with that which has once been
| alive. In every part of the North At
I lantie this work Is proceeding. The
i large map issued with Mr. Peake's pa
per brings the operation graphically
j before our eves. A deposit of a bluish -
| colored clay forms a broad fringe
around the margin of the continental
masses, and covers the plateau linking
j Britain with Greenland. It is the finer
' detritus of the land, borne by the cur
rents into the ocean. To what depth
it extends depends on circumstances;
; ttie zone is broader when the sea lied
: sinks gradually, narrower where it
1 .steepens more quickly. Around the
Azores a volcanic lium is found, while
; at the Bermudas, the deposit is pound
ed-up i oral—as might be expected. In a
| few places green grains are numerous,
| the casts of minute organisms—a ma
terial like our green sands. South of
the Azores, and i’> one or two isolated
i spots, is a b> d burned almost entirely
of small hells cf inolhisks. called ■
pteropodB. But beyond the limit of all
these, down to the depths of 2,600
fathoms, the ocean floor is covered
with calcareous mud. composed of the
reties of minute living creatures, such
hb algae and foraminifera— the so-call
ed globigerina ooze—material similar
to that of the chalk; and this passes
at yet greater depths into a reddish
clay, as to the exact origin of which
different opinions have been entertain
ed.— London Standard.
Catering to t!i« 'Vent.
For many years New York refused
to recognize the west as worthy of the
slightest metropolitan consideration,
and no effort was made to cater to the
i wants of the visiting swarms of rough
diamonds and unlicked cubs from the
boundless prairies. But mercy! How
tilings have changed! Our hotels and
restaurants no longer look to Boston
and Philadelphia for support. Where
the Hub and the Quaker City spend
one dollar Chicago spends five. Ex
j amine the registers of the leading ho
tels and see where the patrons come
' from. The west is "running things"
here. In Broadway, not far from For
ty-second street, there will be opened
on or about April 1 a stylish restaurant
with especial attractions for ...ip rich
German element of Chicago, St. Louis.
Milwaukee, St. Paul, Minneapolis,
Cleveland, Kansas City, etc., and |
venture to predict that if will be pack
ed at all hours with the "ton” of the
west.—New York Press.
Blo«qaito«<i. Front un«l Fov#r.
If the frost is the effective agent
against the continuance of yellow fe
ver, how has it happened that the fevei
has ceased in its time at Key West, St.
Kitts, Vera Cruz and elsewhere to the
south of ns. where there is never a
frost? As for the misquito going out
of business with the appearanee of the
frost, that is surely a mistake. The
winter following the last appearance
of fever here was so mild that the mos
quitoes remained in commission until
March. The fever, however, disap
peared the last week in December.—
Mobile (Ala.) Registe
Aie trousers purchased on credit
breeches of trust?
