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itp cwwnr cmMi OI? FIMSHHHM© Atr<& M jLOdDR ^ fiy CHARLES MORRIS BUTLER. jfof/for of Gerenpe of f¥(*nr<>~ yf 7enemen/ 7h3£edj/Ts'f/tffa, Copyright 1905. by Charles Morris Butler. CHAPTER XIX. First Night In the Haunted House. The interior of the “Haunted House," with the exception of the front room, was in fair order. There were six rooms in all, quite comfort ably furtiished; and the kitchen was well stocked with utensils and pro visions. Upon entering the place the first thing to do was to light the lamps In ever}- room; then to open up the prison door and allow Dr. Huntington and his daughter to remain a while in conversation. While these two were consoling. Lang and Wilson explored the house. “Wilson," said Lang, after satisfy ing himself that there was no one within hearing. “You understand why I married Pearl Huntington. I mar ried her because I wished to keep her from the hands of Schiller, and to protect her from insult. Have I acted the man?" iou certainly have. Lang,” said Wilson. “If I have done right. I want your help to continue to do so. In order to enlist your sympathies with me I am going to make a confidant of you. I am going to place my life in your keeping.” “You can trust me.” simply replied Wilson, and he meant it. In as few words as possible Lang enlightened Wilson on the fact that there was a tunnel ‘under the house, besides telling him. by way of settling any fears he might have on the sub ject, that the house was not haunted, but that its reputation had been given It by Golden as a means of hiding the entrance. “What,” cried Wilson, “a tunnel? I have been here for years, and have sounded every part of the ground, and have never discovered it!” “Such is the truth, however. I could escape from the city, walk from ' here to sub-station No. 1, obtain a relay of horses and be well on my way to civilization before missed.” “As to that, Lang, I can well believe I could believe anything of you.” “You are acquainted with my his tory,” replied Louis. “The only thing you don't know is that my robbery of Jim Denver was a ‘put up job.’ ” “Oh. ho!” exclaimed Wilson. “Then you are-” “Never mind the term.” interrupted Louis. “I have my suspicions about you also. I presume I can rely upon you?” “Your suspicious are correct. You can depend upon me. I am here for yours! I married her. Dot because I loved her, but because her case ap pealed to my sense of honor, and be cause I wished to protect her from the violence of an unscrupulous scoun drel!” “What are your intentions concern ing my daughter?” the doctor asked. “My intentions are honorable ones. She can bear my name—it is not an honorable one in the sight of such as you—but in this case, it is a protec tion against insult; and while I live you can rest content that I will avenge her honor.” “You speak manly enough,” replied the doctor, “but I cannot quite under stand why you do this. If you were actuated by emotions akin to love or revenge, for instance, l could see through it.” iou forget, pity, Dr. Huntington. I feel for you and your daughter. You do not know me. but I heard of your case before I saw you. I have been a hard man—I have done many things to be ashamed of in my time; but I have resolved to atone for my sins, and I do not mean to see you and yours creatures in the hands of such a man as Schiller. I could explain my motive satisfactorily to you. if I chose, but at this time I do not think it best.” “I thank you.” replied the doctor, “and will try to look upon the matter as the act of a true gentleman. “How can I ever sufficiently thank you for your kind interest?” said Pearl, who perhaps understood Lang's motive better than her father. “Simply by never mentioning the fact again. Miss Huntington, and by following out any plans I may give you which I shall think for your bene fit.” was the gallant reply of Louis. Then to change the conversation. Louis said: “Schiller said something about your being compelled to live here in seclusion until you complied with some law that he had framed for your especial benefit. What decree did he enter against you?” “Until I would consent to practice in Paradise.” “This house is supposed to be haunted,” said Louis. He could see Pearl shudder. “And Schiller is of the opinion that he is inflicting untold torture on us by compelling us to re main here. Your case has been put in my hands, and I am made respon sible for your safe keeping. Such be ing the case. I am of the opinion that you had better promise.” “Well, if you put it in a personal light, I'll do it. My poor wife, I am “I have my suscpicions about you, also.” the purpose of robbing the colony.” “I presume you have made some headway while here toward enlisting the services of others besides your self?” “Yes. I have tapped about twenty an the subject, and formed a society ■for that purpose. These are all des perate criminals now working 1n the mines. As you and I are condemned there also, but have the privilege of sleeping here nights, we aught to be able to smuggle into the miners the necessary arms and ammu nition to make an outbreak success ful.” “I think this can be done.” said Lang. “Holden is attached to me. and aas promised me his aid. Rogers is a little incensed against Schiller, and Golden is sure he can get his co-opera tion.” I “If you have won over Rogers.” re plied Wilson, elated, “the task should be easy. All the military stores are in * his keeping.” The two friends conversed on the subject for quite a time. Then after a hasty lunch, Wilson, complaining of being tired, and realizing far better than Lang what labor would be ex pected of him on the morrow, retired. Lang, before retiring, went down to the front room. After attending to the locking of all the doors and patch ing up the windows as much as pos sible, not to overbear Dr. Huntington and Pearl engaged in conversation, he knocked upon the parlor door anu was bid “Come in,” by the doctor. Dr. Huntington had aged consider ably in the last few weeks. His hair, which up to this time was naturally black, was now streaked with gray. His eyes, usually so brilliant, were now dull and watery and surrounded by heavy rings of black. The strong man was trembling as if in the throes of ague. He was sitting by the win dow, and Pearl was kneeling at his feet. The doctor-rose to his feet when Loui6 entered the room. “You are the husband of my daugh ter?" the doctor asked in an agitated voice, “I am that man,” said Louis, re - spectfully. He was struck by the Bight of so much misery, and pity lent tenderness to his tone. “But do not misunderstand my motive," he added, j to reassure the hapless prisoner. “I did not marry your daughter to take advantage of her weakness nor of | afraid that she will go crazy about Pearl and myself." “I will undertake to notify her that you are safe.” said Louis. "You, how?” "I am not helpless,” said Louis, “I can do much that would seem quite impossible at this time.” A sigh of relief escaped the closed lips of the doctor. “I will trust you!” he said. "And I. too. will trust you. and pray for you. my husband!" said Pearl. “You seem an honest man. though your history as read ofT by Golden, in the eyes of honest and simple-minded people is anything but a good one.” “You do me too much honor, under the circumstances,” said Louis, bow ing. He felt like making a clean breast of it and telling these two peo ple the truth, but he refrained. It was well that he did so. for every word that was being spoken now was being overheard. "Time will tell whether I deserve your respest or not. The time is short for me to rest. I will bid you good night.” “Good night, and pleasant dreams!” said Pearl. * • • Dr. Schiller, though appearing to submit gracefully to the will of the people, was far from intending to let the matter drop and foregoing his re venge. Dr. Huntington, in the opinion of Schiller, had inflicted a wrong upon him that could not be wiped out in an easy manner. Now that Schiller had Huntington in his power, it is reason able to suppose that he would not be content with simply inflicting bodily harm upon his victim. Huntington must pay the penalty in the same manner that he himself had paid it— the brain must suffer as well as the body. Lang had made many friends through Golden's recital of his history. Louis had roused admiration for him self by defending Wilson, who was a general favorite, and in marrying Pearl in the face of the king's threat, he had shown himself almost uevoid of fear. Schiller could not understand Lang—a conundrum—and the king meant to bring some charge against him. in which, in inflicting extreme punishment upon him, he would seem justified. Before retiring for the night, while the stigma of disgrace and sting oi defeat was strong upon him, Schiller set his wits to work to concoct some scheme by which his purpose could be carried out. The most plausible plan that presented itself was to accuse our hero of being a spy. To have, j done so right at this moment would have been to bring ridicule upon him self. Apparently that would be too much like petty revenge, and whether true or not, it would not be believed. As a means of accomplishing his de signs. however, and give a semblance of truth to the rumor, he detailed an aide to spy upon the group. This spy, who had earned the sobri quet of ‘•Satan," by being employed in just such cases as this before, had no trouble in getting within earshot of Pearl and her father; but Wilson and Lang, being guarded in their conver sation, he was unable to overhear. If he had heard them planning the de struction of Paradise, nothing could have saved them from being strung up immediately. Satan, of course, overheard the con versation between Lang and Dr. Hunt ington. This conversation was re ported verbatim to Schiller, which en couraged him greatly. At this stage of the game he would have been satis fied to marry Pearl—truly, honorably. One week's sojourn in her comjiany had shown him that he loved. or thought he did, this innocent girl. Be sides revenge, there were other things that actuated Schiller. He had learned that Dr. Huntington, by a strange course of circumstances, was now the eldest son, and consequently the heir to the English estates of his father. If Schiller could have compromised with Huntington, and had been al lowed to marry Pearl—he w'ould have done so, accepting the father's fortune for his bond. But this last was im possible, and he knew it. The thing possible, then, was to dis pose of Lang, now the husband; mar ry Pearl, and if necessary, dispose of the doctor, and inherit the property through the girl, who was, as far as he knew, the only living descendant. One way to trap Lang would be to catch him sending a letter to Mrs. Huntington, notifying her of the safety of her husband. As Satan had notified Schiller of the intention of Lang to do so, this seemed an easy matter to accomplish. If Lang could be caught in the act, his doom would be certain. (To be continued.) THE LETTER OF THE BOND. Not Horse Trader's Fault if Other Misunderstood Him. In the ordinary way bluff old John Hopkins is as honest as the sunlight, but it is difficult for a man to rigid ly adhere to a righteous upbringing and deal in horses at one and the same time. At a horse fair recently a fine old , crusted farmer approached him. “Will that owd nag pull, sir?” he queried, n “My friend,” said John quietly and sincerely, “I assure you that it would do you good to see that horse pull.” John was as well trusted as known, and the horse changed hands at his price. As ill-luck would have it, he met the purchaser a week later, and the latter pounced upon him. “What d’ye mean.” he roared, in a voice of thunder—“what d’ye mean by telling me that horse would pull? Why. that spavined brute won't pull an empty dray!” “My friend.” said old John, “if you will reflect a moment you will remem ber that I said it would do you good to see that horse draw. And so it will, my friend—so it will.” Elastic Schedule. Mark Twain was once the best pilot on the Mississippi and he never tires of river stories and steamboat yarns. At dinner on the Prinz Oscar, from Genoa to New York, he said one night apropos of a fog: “The worst boat on the Mississippi —the only bad boat on the Mississippi in my time—was the Stephen J. Hill. This boat's untidiness was only equaled by her«slowness. Only strang ers, only the tenderfoot, used her. “A cousin of mine took the Stephen J. Hill to come to see me at Hannibal. In the afternoon a thick fog drifted down, and the Stephen J Hill had to heave to for the night. As she lay there, swathed in gray, my sousin said to the captain: “ ‘It is too bad we're going to be late, captain.’ “ ‘We ain’t goin’ to be late,’ the captain answered. “ ‘But I thought.’ said my cousin, ‘that we had to lie up to this bank here all night.’ “ ‘So we do.’ said the captain, ‘but that ain’t goin’ to make us late. We don’t run so close to time as all that.’ ” “Getting Him.” On the other hand, the actress is apt to receive some of her prettiest compliments across the counter. I was buying gloves from a sweet faced girl, and as she fitted them exception ally well I stopped for a word of thanks. She blushed, then said, shy ly. “Oh, don’t mention it, but—but would you mind giving me a few hints?” “Hints?” I echoed in wonder. “Yes.” This with more blushes, but eyes a-dancing. “I saw you last night in ‘How to Win a Husband.* And —and I don't wonder you get them.” Do you wopder thht I told her to keep the change?—Lillian Burkhart in Woman’s Home Companion. If Not There, Where? The publisher had reached his office late, and there were signs upon his face that he had just passed through a strenuous experience. “The trouble is,” he said peevishly to the waiting author, “that you don’t make the marriages in your novels happy ones.” He sighed. • “And the Lord knows,” he contin ued, “that we’ve got to have happy marriages somewhere!”—Smart Set. Not Knocking. Miss Hygee—I saw you at the con cert last night. Did you notice how my voice completely filled the hall? Miss Jellers—Yes, dear; it undoubt edly had much to do with drawing the crowd, though there was a good deal of public curiosity to hear the new or chestra and Miss Dearly, the wonder ful harpist, you know Lackaye’s Simple Life. By fits and starts Wilton Lackaye lives the simple life, according to Kate MasterBon. Recently he divested him self of all but essential clothing and fell upon his back fence to paint it. Mrs. Lackaye, discovering her broad shouldered spouse, much decollete and wearing appallingly ragged trousers that had been waiting for the next visit from the “old does” man, cov ering the fence and adjacent territory with drab paint, while thirty-five heads projected from as many neigh boring windows, called upon him to desist. “You don’t know how you look,” argued Mrs. Lackaye. “I don’t care,” returned Mr. Lack aye. “I don’t want the neighbors to think I am married to a tramp.” The great Svengali's reply was the splash, splash, daub, daub of the paint hrush “The neighbors don't understand that you are doing that for exercise. They will say you are mean, that-” “D—n the neighbors!” Wilton’s roar w^as as startling as the laughter of Svengali, and thirty five heads hastily withdrew into as many windows, while thirty-five win dow shades were precipitately drawn. “Why”—splash, splash—“order our lives”—daub, daub—“by the opinions” —drip, drip—“of people whose opin ions we care nothing about?” Splash! “It is true"—a finger stroke of drab paint across his cheek—“we spend our lives trying to live up to the opinion of people whose opinion we care noth ing about." Personal Mention. Billy B. Van has begun rehearsals of “The Errand Boy.” E. R. Maw son of “A Fair Rebel” fame will be in “Faith Mather.” Frank Worthing has been engaged for the support of Margaret Anglin in “Zira.” Fritzi Scheff's new opera, by Victor Herbert and Henry Blossom, will be called “Mile. Modiste.” Joseph Cawthorne is to star this season in a musical piece by John J. McNally called “In Tammany Hall.” Nella Bergen made her first appear ance in vaudeville at Proctor’s Twen enne who made such a good impres sion in “Fantana,” will go into vaude ville at one of the Proctor theaters in New York. She has never before ap peared in vaudeville. Miss Nellie Lynch of Chicago has been engaged for the principal sou brette role in “The Gingerbread Man," the work of Fred Ranki . and*A. Bald win Sloane. The piece is to be pro duced shortly in New York city. Frances Ring, who plays the title role in “The College Widow,” is of a theatrical family. Her father was a member of the old Boston Museum company, and her sisters, Blanche and Julia, are prominent on the stage. Word has been received from Mar ienbad, Bohemia, that Mme. Lillian Nordica and Mr. and Mrs. Nahan Franko, who are spending the summer together at that resort, have received many flattering attentions from the other guests. Edwin Arden appeared in New York at Proctor’s Fifth Avenue theater last week in the play written by himself, entitled “Zorah.” The play was first presented at Chicago, by Mr. Arden some four or five years ago. It deals with conditions in Russia. Ethel Barrymore has decided to try her new- J. M. Barrie play, “Alice Sit by-the Fire,” on western audiences be fore taking it to New York. She is an nounced to open the Broadway the ater in Denver Sept. 11 with the play. She begins her season in California. James Lee. manager of the West and Vokes and Margaret Daly-Yokes “Pair of Pinks” company, and Harry Stewart, who plays the part of the Jew, were once partners in vaudeville, and played their first engagement for B. F. Keith the first week he opened a vaudeville show in Boston. Alice Neilson. through with her sea son in London, has gone to Paris for a month of play before beginning work in America. Miss Neilson’s forthcom | ing tour of this country is to be prac | tically a concert tour, although the star and a small company will appear in a number of standard operas. Will Arche, a comedian scarcely four feet in height, has been especially engaged for one of the name parts in “Babes in the Wood.” Mr. Arche is a man of rather extraordinary talent, and his salary’ is quoted at $250 per V CQtfQ& * Principal Comedian in the Most Successful of the Summer Comedies, “Mrs. Temple's Telegram. ty-third Street theater, New York, last week. Fay Templeton is now rehearsing in her new vehicle, “Forty-five Minutes From Broadway,” written by George M. Cohan. Orrin Johnson has been engaged for the all-star cast of “The Heart of Maryland.” revival to be made by David Belasco. E. S. Willard for his American tour will revive "The Fool’s Revenge.” a tragedy once familiar in the repertory of Edwin Booth. Corinne has a song with “The Rog ers Brothers in Ireland” this year in which she will give the refrain in six different languages. Viola Gillette and Mabel Hite, a prima donna and a soubrette, are to be starred jointly by Frank L. Perley in "The Girl and the Bandit.” George Evans has forsaken the vaudeville ranks. He will enter musi cal comedy as the leading player in "The Runaways” this season. Louis Massen is to have an impor tant character role in support of Rob ert Lorraine in "Mian and Superman.” Fay Davis is to be the leading woman. After playing six weeks in Chicago, “The Geezer of Geek” will play two weeks each in St. Louis, Pittsburg and Philadelphia, and will then be seen in New York. Lawrance D’Orsay will have another comedy by Augustus Thomas this sea son. It will be called “The Embassy Ball.” Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walcott will be in the company. Henry Irving Marshall, last season with "The Runaways” and “The Earl and the Girl,” has returned to New York after a brief vacation to accept a position with one of the Shubert or ganizations. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Stone are at Bath Beach, Me., caring for their baby daughter, who is now 2 months old. Mr. Stone was the Scarecrow of the “Wizard of Oz” and his wife was Miss Craven. Cecelia Loftus is giving drawing room entertainments at Bar Harbor, Narragansett Pier and Newport She Is assisted by Beatrice Hereford and a young pianist whom she brought with her from London. Katie Barry, the English comedi week. It might be said, therefore, that this is a case of “being short for money.” Ada Rehan has recovered from her recent attack of appendicitis, but is so ; weak still that she has given up the idea of returning to America in Sep tember. Miss Rehan expects to leave London early in the course of the fol lowing month and to make her debut in “Captain Brassbound’s Conversion” in November. Miss Ida Conquest has sailed for Eu rope to appear with William Collier in London. She will have the leading feminine role in “On the Quiet,” in which Mr. Collier will open his season at the Comedy theater in September. Miss Conquest appeared in London several years ago with William Gil lette in “Too Much Johnson.” The name of Clyde Fitch’s play for Viola Allen’s- use next season has been changed to “The Toast of the Town.” The name as first announced was “The Comedy Mask.” As the new title Indicates, the play is not a modern society comedy. The story is sup posed to have occurred in England and during the time of George IV. The Shuberts have not yet decided who will take Lillian Russell’s place in the cast of “Lady Teazle.” Mabelle Gilman, who has been abroad since she starred here in “The Mocking Bird,” has been mentioned in this con nection, but it is probable that an ac tress better known in America will be chosen to succeed Miss Russell. Jan Kubelik will come to these shores again this season. A tour of 100 concerts has been arranged, begin ning at Carnegie hall. New York, on Dec. 1. Kubelik this time will play in many cities where he has not yet ap peared. Besides making the east and the middle west as before, he will go to the Pacific coast, through the south ern states and to the City of Mexico. George Cohan says: “Elsie Janis is giving Imitations of me on the New York roof. Elsie is the best photog rapher I ever had.” Miss Janis was “discovered” in Chicago a year ago this summer when her success was predicted. She has been one of the acknowledged “hits” of the New York season, and is yet to see her 18th birthday. » With Uncle Sam’s Regular Soldiers —1 3 Some Facts About Army Life and the Treatment, Prospects and Facilities for Education ef the Men. It must be borne in mind, says a writer, that one essential for leading a happy life in the United States army is good behavior, and if any voice from the ranks tells a tale of unneces sary hardships endured, or other grievances, it is certain to be merely the natural result of bad conduct, and of leading a lazy and dissolute life, and the same man would have fared equally bad in any other walk of life, or that he is inexperienced and does not know how to care for himself or fails to attend to the directions re ceived. The army is necessarily governed by intelligent regulations, and strict obedience is required of all, for with out this nothing could be done, and what is cow viewed by the world as a magnificent fighting force would be come of no more use than an armed mob. While the ordinary citizen may view with some contempt the proffer of $13 a month for his daily work, still how many to-day toiling eight, ten, and sometimes sixteen hours, are making on an average of $60 a month, or an income of $720 a year? This is what the average soldier in the United States army is getting to-day, when all clothing, medical attention, medi cines, baths, free gymnasium, librar ies, with books of all sorts, magazines, periodicals, post exchanges exclusive ly for the soldier's use where he may purchase at cost such soft drinks and articles as may be deemed necessary for his comfort, and where may be found billiard and pool tables and a good supply of games, such as chess, checkers, dominoes and cards, can be taken into consideration. In addition to this, if the soldier be a good tradesman, carpenter, mason, teamster or any kind of workman or a man with a fair education, or it may he mentioned that even when a man enlists, if he Is not up to his work, he j K..—-— may, by little application, and by tak ing advantage of the chances to in form himself, soon become a good scholar or improve in his trade. As in the case first cited he will receive in addition to the regular sol dier’s pay, 35 or 50 cents a day by be ing detailed for duty in some of the places in which extra duty is paid at these rates. From this it may be seen that an industrious man can earn from $10 to $15 a month in addition to his pay. Any money saved can be deposited in the treasury in sums not less than $5 at 4 per cent interest and cannot be I forfeited except by desertion, thus giving the enlisted man a bank and a surety for saving, such as no citi zen in the United States can boast. a private soldier with a fair educa tion, who proves himself, by his con duct, his duty well done, his efficiency, and aptitude, will always sooner or later get the first step upward—that of a corporal, from where, if he is am bitious and shows fitness, he can be sure that his wrork and talents will be noted and rewarded by further pro motion. For it may be truly said that while we have no field marshal in our service and we cannot literally repeat Napoleon’s assertion, that every soldier carries a marshal's baton in his knapsack, still the high est rank in our army to-day is held by a lieutenant general, who was at one time a recruit. He succeeded a man, Lieut.-Gen. Young, who also started as a private, and when Gen. Young re linquished the highest rank in our army, he sent to his successor a pair T>f lieutenant-general's shoulder straps with the note: “From Private Young, 12th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, to Private ChafTee, Troop'K, U. S. Cavalry.” Of course these men en listed during the civil war, when mo tives for enlisting were different, while those who enlist at present with commissions in view, mostly do so from love of a soldier’s life. To say that a man loves the life is simply saying that be is a born soldier, and his success in the army is assured. BRACELET EMBLEM OF POWER. Afterward It Was a Reward of Brav ery Shown in Battle. In the most ancient period of his tory, the bracelet was an ensign of royalty. In later times it has been used in the East as a badge of pow'er. The bracelet of Rebecca (mentioned in Genesis) weighed 10 shekels, or about five ounces. Among the ancient Romans the men as well as the women wore bracelets, but the latter never wore them till they were betrothed. Bracelets were at first properly mili tary ornaments, or rewards, frequent ly conferred among the ancients, by generals and princes, on those who be haved gallantly in fight They became afterward arbitrary decorations, as sumed at pleasure. “The emblems,” says Fosbroke. “of supreme authority among the British kings were golden bands worn around the neck, arms and knees. Ornament ed bracelets of brass have been found round the arms 01 skeletons in British barrows.” The northern people used to swear on their bracelets to render contracts more inviolable.—Exchange. “Firedamp.” “Firedamp” and “afterdamp,” words brought into terrible promin ence in many disasters in mines, pre serve the older English sense of “damp”—vapor, and especially nox ious vapor. Precisely where the word came from philology does not know, but the earliest existence of its use quoted by Dr. Murray’s dictionary is Caxton’s (1840)—“after the dragon shal come a goot and ther shal come out of his nostrel a domp that shal betoken honger and grete deth of peple.” Bacon is one of the writers of his time who speak of the “damps” of mines. “Damp” gradually came to be applied to visible vapors, such as evening mists, and the transition to the sense of moisture is obvious. But in “damping down” a furnace one finds a relic of the very “damp” in the sense of “suffocate.” READY WITH HIS EXCUSE. Clerk Justified Mean Trick by Scrip tural Quotation. A certain tailor of very strict prin ciples was in the habit of excusing the faults of his assistants only if they could justify themselves by Scripture. One day a woman entered his shop and asked to see some ma terial, but refused to buy it because it was too cheap. After showing her some other goods the assistant brought back the same material, this time asking a higher price, whereupon the customer bought it. Afterward, the proprietor, who had witnessed the transaction, reproved his assistant se verely. The latter, remembering the rules of the establishment, replied, “Oh, it’s according to Scripture all right. She was a stranger and I took her in.”—Harper's Weekly. Made American Rifle Famous. The American rifle became famous all over Europe after the battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815, where, with the deadly American weapon in the hands of Kentuckians and Tennessee ans the English lost 2,117—two-thirds of these killed—out of 6,000 men en gaged, and the Americans lost six kill ed and seven wounded. The English were all shot at from forty to sixty yards distance. No wonder Welling ton did not believe the story of Eng land’s awful loss when he heard it. Hours of Sleep. Our ancestors had an adage that six hours’ sleep was the proper quantity for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool, says the Lancet. Whether it is that the strenuous life of the present day is akin to foolish ness, or whether it is a simple phe nomenon of evolution, it is certain that many of our busiest men find the last-mentioned allowance none too long for them. The quality of a man’s work soon deteriorates if he takes insufficient rest How Foolscap Got Its Name. Every one probably has wondered why a certain size paper, familiar to all who write, is called foolscap. As early as the year 1301 water marks were employed by paper manufactur ers to distinguish their products, ne grade of paper much in demand during the middle ages, resembling what we call foolscap and known by that name, had for its water mark a fool’s head wearing a cap and bells. The mark appeared on this grade of paper until the middle of the seven teenth century, when the figure of Britannia was substituted by the English manufacturers, and other marks by other paper makers. No one has, however, changed the name of the paper, so we have to this day the foolscap paper. The Good Mixer. “He’s a good mixer,” or “He isn’t a good mixer,” are expressions yon often hear. A “good mixer” is sup posed to be a man who can associate with people and make business. A poor mixer is one who makes friends slowly, who minds his own business and is not much of a rounder. A man who gives his business close attention is the best “mixer.” When people are in need of a certain article they buy where they can get the best and cheapest—where conditions suit them. When people are buying articles they need they do not care whether the dealer is a "goodfellow’ ’or not We have never thought much of the “good-mixer” idea.—Atchison Globe. Cure for Insomnia. A writer in a medical journal ad vises people troubled with sleepless ness to have a list of words, so asso ciated that each one suggests the next —for instance, ice, slippery, smooth, rough, ruffian, tramp, etc.—and when sleep is coy to recite the list mentally. This is said to be an infallible cure for insomnia, the secret being concentra tion of the mind on each word so sug gested by the preceding one, not al lowing the attention to lapse for an instant. The plan is certainly a bet ter one than counting those intermin able sheep. Make Fuel from Foliage. In Paris a company has contracted with the municipal authorities for all the foliage to be derived from the trees of the public squares, gardens, streets and wodos within the limits of - the city. These leaves are to be com pressed under high pressure and will then be converted into a fuel, which, it is claimed, will have far greater calorific capacity than coal or any other fuel known. Scientist on Hypnotism. A Boston scientist says that hyp notis mean develop only natural in stincts and that the best hypnotist in the world cannot make a really moral person do wrong. From experiments he has made he believes that 75 pei cent of the human race, if unre strained by family pride and other like considerations, would steal. When a Pet Dies in China. When a favorite dog, cat or other domestic pet belonging to a person of royal rank dies in China its sor rowing owner has its body inclosed in a coffin of polish oak. elaborately carved, and buried in the animal cemetery behind the summer palace at Peking. Complete Set of Chopin. Herbert L. Jenks has presented the Fitchburg (Mass.) library with the only complete set of Chopin’s compo sitions. “Fog Eye.” Many of the officers of steamships running to this port are afflicted with a new eye disease which, for want of a better name, some of them call the “fog eye.’’ It is an inflammation caused by peering into the fog, and, while painful, it passes away .—Boston Transcript. Ages for Marriage. Aristotle fixed the proper age for marriage at 37 for the man, 18 for the owman; Plato made the ages 30 and 20.