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A RomanceBy Hannah B. McKcnzie.
CHAPTER IX. (Continued.)
Ho bad to go out after breakfast und
make somo arrangements us to bin
leaving noxt day. Ho was gone an
hour or two,, and when lio returned
tho hotelkeeper met lilni at the door.
"Mlsa Stuart hati been culling for
rou, Sir. Montclth, and bus Just gone.
Now what a pity you were not buck
ten minutes ago, and you would not
have tnlascd bcr!" Bald tho worthy Mr.
Nicholson. "But she left u note for
J ou, sir. Hero It la."
Muntelth took the dainty envelope,
from which a subtlo poifumo of nwct
vIoIfitH nroao. and glanced at the ad
dress, lie was too astonished to speak.
Ho took It Into his room a regular
bachelor's room, with pipes strewn
about the mantlepleec. and hla blcyelo,
which hud been mended since his ac
cident, (.landing against tho wall.
Thero ho toro open tho note. "Dear
Evan," run tho bold, dashing writing
of Lllith Stuart, "I am ho sorry to find
you nro out. I must see you again. If
only for a minute. Do not lie unmerci
ful; grant mo thin that 1 ask of you.
Meet mo at the Rowan Crag at two
o'clock exactly. I shall bo there.
Yours, Lllith. I'. S. I shall depend
on you."
What could It mean?
Had Lllith ropontod? He could hard
ly think so, knowing of her what he
did. If not, what more could she havn
to say to him on tho subject .' It wan
Impossible to conjecture. The note
puzzled Evan.
"Hut I mutt go. I shall glvo her that
last chance," ho thought. "I shall
meet her at two, as alio asks. There
will bo tlmo after that for me to run
round to Abbot's Head."
It waa half-past ouo when ho started
from tho (low Hotel. Tho path from
tho town towards tho seashore road
was steep and stouy. Evan walked n.,
machlno down It, as he usually did.
Onco on tho seashore road, ho mounted
nnd rodo aa quickly as tho hllliuetss of
the path would permit.
His machlno was a high-grade one,
with Dunlop tires, and hlgh-gonred, so
that ho had to put a good deal of, pres
sure on tho pedals In ascending the
hill. Ho was near tho top, and tho
path was very stony, when suddenly
his fore wheol camo In contact with a
largo stone ho had not noticed.
Tho wheel went over, but the next
Instant thero was a sound as of some
thing cracking beneath him; then tho
whole framo seemed thrown violently
over, and before Evan could help him
self ho was shot over tho handlebars,
and landed on his back a llttlo dis
tance away from tho machlno. Luck
ily ho was not much hurt, and In a few
seconds was able to pick himself up
and look nt his machine. To his
aranzement, the front fork had sunpped
at tho point whore It waa drilled for
tho axle, tho framework had lurched,
tho axlo springing from tho socket,
and the wheel had "buckled."
"I am an unfortunate beggar," mut
tered Montclth to himself. "This is tho
second tlmo I'vo corao to grief In theso
Islands of nlghtlcas summer. Well,
there's nothing for It but to leave the
machlno hero and hurry on to keep
my appointment. I can trust tho na
tives 'not to touch It." Ho had
scratched his hand severely and twis
ted hla ami; but these were trilling In
juries to what ho might have expe
rienced. And na Evan hurried on. ho
thanked God for what seemed almost a
miraculous escape.
"If It had happened near Rpwan
Crag, God only knows where I might
be now!" ho thought to hlmfolf, shud
dering a llttlo ,as ho hurried onwards.
If ho had understood bolter tho tcr
rlbo nature of tho danger ho had es
caped, his thanks would have been
deeper than they were.
"I am going along by tho cliffs this
nftornoon. Miss Troll. You will tell
Lady Wcstray so."
"On your machine, Miss Stuart?"
Elspeth Troll askod, looking up quick
ly. "Yea; on my machlno. Why not?"
"I do not know that It Is qulto safo,"
Elspeth said, turning away again to
look out of tho window. Nicholson
has not mended that broken fence yot."
Lllith laughed a llttlo.
"You think I am nfraid? It takes
more thau a broken fence to frighten
me, Miss Troll."
She passed out of tho room, nnd Els
peth looked after her uneasily.
"I do not know why I should feel
bo about this sudden repolvo of hers,"
she said to herself at Inst, rising and
walking uneasily about tho room. ,"I
feel as If as If somo terrible catas
trophe wero hanging over us all, and
if she had a hand In It. Surely I am
allowing my Imagination to run away
wlfj' me? And yet"
Siro paused by tho work-basket
.which stood In a comer of tho room.
'A book had been hastily thrown Into
it. Half mechanically Elapeth picked
It up. It was ontltled "Cycling; Com
'mon Accidents, and How to Avert
Them."
Tho book foil open at a loaf which
had been folded down. Tho section
was headed, "Fork and Axlo; How
They Hrpak, and How to Repair." Els
peth glanced over the iiage and, ae eho
did bo, a 8tr&ngo pallor camo Into her
ifaeo.
Star
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Suddenly alio throw down Uio book
and rested a trembling bund on tho ta
ble. Whence hud como that sudden,
horrible thought which had leaped
upon her like a beiwt of. prey, and was
now holding her in a deadly grip that
alio could not shake off? Elspoth did
not know; but befuro tho horror of it.
aho shuddered and covered her faco,
feeling suddenly ley cold, though the
day waa warm,
"I am mad!" she whispered present
ly, letting her hands rail. "God forbid
that anything so horrlblo should bo,
teal! And yet why not go out myself
and and avert danger, If there should
be any?"
Lady Westray was taking her after
luncheon nap. Elapeth ran downstairs,
put on n hat In the hall and, starting
through the grounds, waa soon on tho
seashore path.
It was a September afternoon, and a
glorious duy not too sultry, but with
tho first cool breath of Autumn In tho
nlr. Ah Elspeth raced along, listening
to the soft swish-swish of the wavra
na they broke on the cliffy below, tho
invigorating nlr seemed to banish the
horrible fear that had seized licr mind
In so sudden and wild a fashion.
"What a wicked, suspicions mind I
mtiRt have!" she. thought. Even us thu
thought parsed through her mind aho
noticed tho tall figure of a man walk
ing rapidly toward hrr.
l'"or a moment Elapeth thought It
waa Evan Montleth, and her heart bent
fast; but in a few aeeomls alio saw her
mistake, and recognized him as Mag
nus Hulcrow. On a sudden Impulse
sho moved from tho pathway, and re
treated towards tho line of rowan-trees
and birches which ran along higher up
from the ellff.
As sho did so tho whirring -sound of a
blcyelo coming rapidly along tho road
startled her. She looked round. It
was Lllith, who camo flying along tho
dangerous road like a crcuturo of tho
woods and sea, her masses of reddlah
auburn hair floating about her, her Upa
parted, her eyes wild with excitement.
She was rushing nt a breakneck speed.
Elspeth could have shrieked aloud to
eco her.
Sho was close to that dangerous part
tho part of the cllff-riMd which was
so cloto to tho locks that It had been
guarded by a pnlisado of wood for tho
safety of pedestrians or rldeis.
Only the day before the keeper bad
come to Inform Miss Stuart that n por
tion of the fencing had been broken
down, evidently by somo malicious per
son, nnd that the path waa therefore
dnngerous. Yet, in dollnnco of this,
Lllith had elected to rldo along this
road today. Why had she dono so?
As Elspeth gazed with fascinated
eyes, hardly drawing a breath, at tho
flying wheel nnd Its rider, Magnus sud
denly emerged into tho path round a
turning.
Did Lllith Stuart aeo him? Did aho
recognizo him? Did she take him tor
somo ono else? None knew none
should ever know In this world.
Sho rodo on wildly, her pedals. hard
ly seeming to revolve, so rapid waa tho
motion. A log lny ncross tho rend.
The rider could not have noticed it, for
tho noxt moment her machlno rocked
wildly. -
A shriek rose to Elspcth'a lips. She
checked It, with a strango feeling that
Bhe herself was about to die.
Then oh, God, how could Elspeth
look on It and still live? tho pedes
trian had sprung forward and evi
dently made a wild attempt to selzo
the machlno.
For ono moment It was all done In
the twinkling of an eye Elspeth saw
Lllith Stuart's face aa sho wildly throw
her head backwards. Its expression of
horror, amnzement and whito dcBpalr
would haunt Elspeth as long o sho
llvtd.
A scream rent the air such a scream
aa one hears in a nightmare, nnd enn
not forgot for days a scream from
Llllth's Una; and then Elspeth was
gazing wildly at empty space! Man,
woman, bicycle all had disappeared
Elspoth thought sho uttered a cry;
in reality no sound camo from her dry
lips and throat. Sho could novcr after
wards recall what sho did. Tho first
thing sho was conscious of was that
she was looking Into Evan Montelth's
faco and trying, with Una that refused
to niovo or do her bidding, to tell him
all. 'But sn'o'Mtnow thnt ho understood
her when she saw his own faco grow
palo us death.
"Walt here," he said hoarsely, Seiz
ing her hand in a momentary grasp.
"I shall run tor Nicholson, and wo shall
go down to the Bhore together. Don't
movo till I come back."
When he returned sho was still
there; but her expression frightened
even the kfteper, nnd sho was shivering
from head to foot llko one In an aguo.
"Run on to tho castle, Miss Troll.
Send men with stretchers." said Mon
tclth, apenkfng very quietly. "Have
things ready for them, and pray Uod
they may bo required."
Elspoth Troll only naked ono ques
tion. "Yod will bring both to tho castle?"
"Wo will. Miss," answered tho
keeper, whoso faco reflected tho pallor
of Montolth's.
Elspoth was waiting in tho hall
when, an hour later, the torrlblo cor
tege arrived. It was sho who had doao
everything despatched tho men with
stretchers, telegraphed for a doctor,
roolhed Lady Weatray, and was In
violent hyateilra, and directed tho hbr-rir-tilokn
servants.
Sho had kept up her courage while
doing all this; but now, aa tho men
solemnly tiled Into tho hall, carrying
betwoon them two rudo litters covered
with sheets, under which lay-- oh, Uod
what? a strange dizziness came over
Elspoth, and aho hud to cling to the
wall for support.
Evan Montolth came to her side, and
as Elspeth' oye.1 wildly sought hla
face, sho guessed tho truth.
"No use deceiving you. Miss Troll."
ho aald, his voice low and husky. "No
power on earth can do anything for
hor. Sho must havo been killed In
stantaneously, that Is ono consola
tion." "And he?" whispered Elapeth.
"Still Uvea, thank God!" aald Mon
telth. And ho lifted hla hut from his
head reverently.
EiBpeth slipped from hla hold and
knelt for a moment on that marble
floor, covering her faco with her hands.
When Mii rose. Evan Montclth. look
ing In her face, read there tho secret of
Elspeth Troll's life.
(To be Continued.)
CHIVALRY
AT CHAPULTEPEC.
Xotil
Act of : MlMlliplntt
In tin
hturmlni; of the Fortmn.
The Hon. John Temple Graves, In a
brlof speech before Georgia Woman's
Club, ttfld on tho spur of the moment
a beautiful story a true story which
et"inlnis tho heroism and surpassing
chivalry of a gallant veteran now liv
ing in Atlanta. Mr. Graea aald:
"This Is an era of heroes. Wo are
glorifying tho prowess of Dewey and
llobson and Rluo and crowning them
with Immortal memories Atid thla la
right. Tho nppreclation of heroes pro
duces heroca. Mm do not mind risk
ing their llvoa for u country that will
remember tho daring. And tho tlmo
to recqgnlr.e hcroea is while they llvo.
not after they are dead. Let ua re
member our present heroes whllo they
aro with us, ami let us not now or
ever forget the herocB yet living whoso
prowess glorified an earlier day.
"Thero ia a hero and a night of chival
ry in this hall to-night. Lc me toll
you tho splendid story which hla mo
dest 11ns huve never told: "Tho war
with Mexico Is u part of our mnrtlal
history. Taylor and Scott nnd Davis
and Leo camo out of It Immortal. Tho
epic of the groat struggle waa tho
storming of Chapultepcc. That
frowlng fortress was tho Gibraltar of
Mexico. Ita masslvo walla seemed Im
pregnable. Uut American during halt-,
ed at no obstacles, and an Intrepid band
of volunteers was chosen to scale and
assault It. "Among tho first of tho
dauntless few who braved their way
through tho shot and shell to tho for
tress on that dreadful day was a young
Mlssisslppian, handsome ua Alclblndes,
proud, confldeut, and thrilling with pa
triotic fervor. Ho wns among tho first
If not one of tho first, to scale tho wall,
and, sword In baud, dashed along thnt
storm-swept rampart In ndvanco of nil
his fellows, to cut down tho waving flag
of the enemy and reap tho Immortality
of tbo deed. He was tho first to reach
the Hag; hla sword was ralsod, when
ho heard swift footsteps behind him.
Ho paused, turned and saw hla com
manding officer, to whom ho wns ten
derly attached and deeply obligated.
And then this gallant MlBslHsIppIan,
without a moment's hesitation, with
tho bow of a Chesterfield, lowered his
swoid nnd with tho point nt rest stood
aaldo while lib) friend and commanding
officer cut down tho flag of Mexico and
was bulletined for tho laurels of that
splendid day. In the history of battles
there was novor more gallant, more
chlvnlrlc deed thnn that. And tho real
hero of Chapultepcc, maimed and gray,
but glorious still, sits Just before me
hero tonight In tho person of my noble
and beloved friend, General William S.
Walker of Atlanta."
TRAITS OF THE CAT.
All Teuil tit Show It In Naturally a
Solitary Anlnuil.
All the cat's habits show it to bo
by nature a solitary animal, says Louis
Robinson In "Wild Traits in Tamo Ani
mnls." Even In early life, when fam
ily ties .bring out the Instinct of asso
ciation, this is apparent. If you com
pare the play of puppies with that of
kittens you will find In ono ca'so that
companlotiBhlp of. somo kind Is an es
sential, for If a puppy has no playmate
of hla own species ho will always try
to nvako ono of tho nearest biped:
whereas a cork or a bit of string Is all
that la necessary to satisfy tho require
ments of tho kitten. Tho way in
which the cat takes Its food is a sure
sign that In Its natural atato It is not
In tho habit of associating with greedy
companions. When given something
to cat it first carefully smells tho mor
sel, then takes It in n dellborato uud
gingorly way, and sits down to finish
it at leisure. There is nono of that
Inclination to snatch hastily at any
food hold before It which wo observe
oven In well-trained dogs, nor doca
a cat seem in any hurry to stow Its
goods In the ono placo where thieving
rivals cannot Interfere with them. In
deed, no greater contrast in natural
table manners can bo observed any
whoro than when wo turn from tho
kennel or tho pigsty and watch tho
dainty way In which a cat takes Its
meals. That n cat allows pooplo to
approach It whllo it Is feeding with
out showing Jealousy proves that it
docs not nttrlbuto to human beings
llko tastes with Ub own.
In rural districts many people use
nojxtore than 206 -wordB; tho ordljwry
man can do very well with a tocab'u
lary ot 500 words.
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Ily tho tonus of tho treaty of pence
.o be signed by Spain and the United
States ua speedily aa may bo, wo ootno,
whatever may botonio of I ho Pacific Is
lands, Into possession of I'oito Rico
and u dozen small islands of tho
Indies, which under American onnflol
vhu'ild yluhl u comfortable revenue to
Ibo government. Poito Rico alone
would provldu a roinuncratlvo InvoMt
mtint for both American capital and In
Justrlea, but tho smaller Inlands arc
not to bo despised. They aro collec
tively known na the I'uwigc Islands,
nnd comprise all tln Islands and keya
lying hot ween the Virgin Passage and
tho oast end of Porto Rico.
Tho second largest of them Is (hi
lebra Island, about ahteon miles to tho
eastward of Capo San .luan, as tho
northeast point of Porto Rico Is call
ed. It ia six miles long by throe broad.
Culitbra Island, sometimes culled' Car
lit or Serpent island, l.t one of a very
ir.'egular outline. Tho northern shore
la steep nnd tooky and bare of harbor
age. On all the other sides thero aro small
Islets and reef., whloh shelter good
anchorages. The Island la uninhabited.
It is of moderate elevation, hioken
and rugged and thickly wooded, with
scarcely a level spot on the surface.
Near the center It rises to a height of
fifty feet.
Near Culebra ia Northeast Cay, very
small, oval-shaped, :i-SO feet high anil
thickly wooded. Ilyrd Cay, a trlllo
larger, lies ;tOO jurds from Northeast
Cay. Uyrtl C.ty Is u remarkably small,
roclty Irlot, sixty feet high. About a
mile from It aie two small rocky Islets
fifteen feet or so high, and SOD yards
southeast arc two more about eighty
feet high.
Culebritn Islet, or Little Culebra, lies
about a mile from Culebrn. It, too, Is
of Irregular shape, Is 1100 feet high uud
thickly wooded. From tho highest
part of the Islet a thick, white light Is
exhibited at an elevation of Son feet,
and Ik visible In, clear weather neatly
SOME
fifteen miles. There arc only a few In
habitants ou the Island.
Excellent anchorage can be found
within the capo and Islands Just de
scribed, but tho best, called the Sound.
Is townrd thpir uouthern end, under tho
ice of tho reef.
Great Harbor, In tho southern por
tion of Culebra, Is one of the most
secure basins In the West Indies. It
i.t a mile long nnd half a mile wide, of
Irregular shape, 'but there are no In
habitants or villages thero, and, of
course, no facilities of any kind.
Crab Island, called also Vleguos Is
land, six miles to tho eastward of Por
to Rico, Is the largest und most Im
portant of tho Pufesiigo group, being
Boventccn miles long by five broad- A
rldgo of smnll hills runs nearly its
wholo length along the middle of the
island, and rises to a moderate height
nt the southwest extremity of the Is
land. Tho south coast of the Island Is In
dented by several smnll tynys, one of
MUSTACHE OF AN EX-QUEEN.
Nutuile CV'unt the lliilr tin IIci' I.lp in
a 31 uric iC IJruutj. '
Ex-Queen Natallo of Sorvlu, who Is
about to organize a corps of titled
lafilcu to act as nurses In the Cuban
war, has n mustache a thick, well-defined
mustache, of which many a
downy-lipped dudo might bo Justly en
vious. .Natallo la known as "tho most
unfortunate queen in Europe." nnd to
tho mind of tho uvcrago American
woman tho mustache is doubtless suf
ficient ground to establish tho title.
Hut Natallo Is enough ot an oriental to
count tho shadowy line above her lip
as a mark of especial beauty a partic
ular mark of favor from tho gods. Sho
has had more trugcdlivs In her llfo than
any other queen consortof modem
times, not excepting the Ill-fated Eu
gonio, who was an empress-consort,
by tho way. One of tha favorlto pas
times of Nutulio's dlsreputablo hns
bjnil, King Milan, was to swing her
about by hor long, black hair before
tho entire court circle. Her son, Alex
ander, was torn from her nrms at an
ago when he most required her care.
Her life was saved by a party of stu
dents, who escorted hor carriage over
tho frontlor whon it was attacked by
hired absasslus. Her reason finally
gave way under her burden of sorrows,
but this last misfortune wus only tem
porary, and sho went to a convent for
a tlmo for tho peace tho world could
not glvo. Natallo now forgets her own
griefs in trying to lighten those of
others.
If you rcsido lu a stone house, don't
throw glasses.
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and -the Passage Islands.
which, callrd Sound or Hottlomont Huj,
l.t defended by u nimitl fort. There
Is u small village settlement thero.
On tho northern shore of Crab Island
la Port Mn la, at the mouth of a little
stream. It contain about 1,000 In
habitants, and Is the residence of the
governor, who Is nominated by tho
cuptuln general of Porto Rico.
Thero l.t a llghthou.ie elected nt Ma
in Point, fiom which u flcd red light
la exhibited. Thero Is comparutlvely
no trade cccpt In fruits and fish In
this archipelago, but undoubtedly these
Inlands aro capable of development,
nnd will pay u fair revenue after thuy
become a portion of Urn Putted Htulos.
Their natural bounty Is unsiirpusFOd,
and over thorn the trade vslml la con
tinually btowlug, giving them u warm,
delightful climate.
To the west of Porto Rico other Is
lands to become the property of the
Pnltrd States are Monn and Monica la
lauds, lying close together in the Monn
PafH.tge. and Desechco Island, Just off
the northwestern coast.
They have a total area of some nil')
square miles, which, when added to
::,r.OO In Porto Rico, makes qulto a re
spectable total.
Porto Rleo extends 117 miles fiom
north to south and HID miles laterally.
Running ihto.ih the Island from cast
to west ia a chain of mountains, the
highest peak of which la El Vuukue,
ti.000 feet high. H can be aoeii seven
ty mllca at sea. A magnificent shore
itlgnul could be raised there.
For commerce Porto Rico is perfect
ly adapted, for In Its smnll aren there
are le'IOO streams, CO of which are nav
igable and could bo used for commerce.
Sugar, coffee, tobacco, cotton, corn nnd
potatoes me constantly shipped up and
down these rivers, nnd were Porto Rlro
to bo fully cultivated many more
atrcaniB could be opened and cnmnuin
Icatlon ntatlo between others by menus
of cnunls, so that the entire Island
would present a splendid system of
wnterwny.t.
SCENES IN OCR NEW DEPENDENCY.
StAlSaitm. r HVMTM-
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There are 100,000
people In Porto
Rleo who Jlvo In
towns nnd villages.
T li o e x ports
nniouut to $15,001),- '
000, and ao luxuri
ous are tho people '
that In noc year
?G,000,000 of goods :
were carried to thel
island. These eon- -
slsted mostly of manufactured products
such as clothing nnd household wares.
Sheep, which thrive in a hot country,
grow big und fat In Porto Rico und
fresh Innib and mutton nro constantly
shipped from there. A very largo class
of peopio nro shepherds.
Amid so much richness ono would
think that tho Lord would have en
dowed Porto Rko no more heavily, yet
il m inn mm in uiuj enu oi uio ismnii
gold mines exist, and iron, copper, coal
nnd suit uro round in plonty. The
vegetable productions aro, however, so
Ainrrlni'i Locomotive on Itnoluu Jtntl
woyn. Wo havo already noted tho phtnlr.g
In tho United States of largo orders
for armor plate and naval cruisers oy
the Russian government. In other
lines the tniuo government hns toattllod
to the superiority of all American mo
chnnlcul work. Within a period of six
months orders were placed In Phila
delphia nlono for 138 locomotive en
gines for Russlnn railways, of which
eighty wore ordered within nlno weeks
for tho great Munchurlun road. Orders
aggregating nearly Vl.000,000 wero also
placed In tho United States for the
equipment of tho Imperial railways
with air-brakes orders understood to
be but tho first of u series.
lie win Interested.
Voice over tho Phone "Any more
fighting In Suntlngo?" Tho Ofllco Hoy
"Nop." Voice "Sure?" "Yes sure.
You seems mighty anxious.'' "Ytu bet
I'm anxious. I'vo got a nephew thero
who owes mo ?13." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
l'nr'.lrulnr.
Miss Frigid If 1 had known that
Margaret Doyio had boon bathing hero
nothing would have Induced mo to en
ter the same oca. I feel that It contam
inates mo now Plek-Me-Up.
l'erlia)R .Iutlnlilo.
AHklns I understand thnt MIbs Old
angles, whom young Whoopler murrled
recently Jh very wealthy. Grlmsbaw
Oh, yes! There wero extenuating cir
cumstances. Puck.
I 3$bs& lsmSa
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valuable that the minerals havo been
neglected In order to cultivate tho
vegetables,
Snn Juan lit n city of "00,000 people.
Tho Inhabitants are Roman Cat hollos
and aro highly educated. Tho women
aro of middle size and are exquisitely
formed. They huve all tho coquetry
of the women of tho tropica, and their
beauty, gentleness and grace is tho talk
of all who visit the Island. Tho har
bor of Sun Juan la the best In tho
West Indies.
One of the principal sources of Its
revenue Is Ita water supply. More than
twenty Islands of Hit West Indies sond
tt it for water. Little boats sail up
tho harbor of Sun .luun, loud their
tanks with water, and anil away nguln.
Poverty Is unknown In tho Island.
Every man owns his horso nnd overy
woman has her chickens. The pri
elp.il sport of the Island Is cock fight
ing, and the men of Porto Rlro light
with gamo cocka as Madrid people In
dulge In bull tights. There Is nothing
hut hospitality on the Island, and tho
traveler who hands out money offends
Ids host.
A feature which strikes the traveler
Is the roof gardens, for all Porto Rico
enjoys itself on tho housetops nt night.
The houses inn built a llttlo oft the
ground, and to the dreamy person see
ing them for thu lltht tlmo they look
not unlike castles In tho air built for
pleasure, rather than for dwelling pur
poses. Tho people have tbo habit of
sleeping In the day nnd at night they
do their shopping and visiting. Tills
Is the custom in Australia and other
hot countries, nnd In Porto Rico It Is
utmost universal.
Every limn has his country house and
town house. At time of carnival or
celebration ho takes hlu family to town
and brings thum buck again whoa thu
sport Is over.
Porto Rico Is Immensely wenlthy lit
proportion to Its sl.e, and It Ib doubted
It tho Philippines can equal It in rich
ness In proportion to tho square foot.
It prosontB grent possibilities as a re
sort and Is ono of tho finest pieces o
property on tho earth's surface.
To cook corn, tho wlso camper wilt
lny tho cars on tho coals, wrapped In
their huBltB, nnd when tho husks aro
qulto burned off tho corn is cooked do
HclouBiy, If one is where shad nhmini! tim iiah
can bo rastencd to an oak shlngio and
turned before tho fire till dono, whon
It will bo found to havo a flue flavor
of tho oak.
ABOUT MOLECULES.
Their Itelntlnni to Iltnctrlclty anil lit
i:iTect on Them.
The Now South Wales govcrnmonl
annlyst, William M; Hamlet, delivered
tho presidential address in tho section
of chemistry nt tho recent meeting ot
the Australian Association for tho Ad
vancement of Science, tho subjet bo
Ing "Tho Molecular Mechanism of un
Electrolyte" Ho defined nn clectrolyto
us a body In solution or stuto of fusion,
capable of boJng Juatuntancously de
composed by a current of electricity,
end ho claimed that If tho explanation
he offered was adnquato for tho elec
trolyte It must hold good for tho con
stitution of the matter In the uni
verse, so that tho treatise on tho elec
trolyte has a most Important scientific
bcnrlng. Tho method of investigating
tho action of ono body upon nny other,
ho reminded his audience, was brought
to a high degrqo of accuracy by tho
immortal work of Sir iBaac Nowton.
Ho alluded to somo observations of tho
late Profeunor Clifford, mudo over
twenty years ago, this authority re
marking, almost prophetically, "Wo
can look forward to tho tlmo when tho
structure nnd motions In tho Inaldo
of a molecule will bo so well known
that Borne future Knnt or Laplace will
be able to mako an hypothesis about
tho history and formation ot matter..'
. More Thnn Wan Noedrd.
"Ho was a liberal Judge," said Lan
guid Lawrence. "In wot way?" asked
Restful Raw son. "He. glnmo four
hours tor lcavo town, wjn I'needStt
but ten mlnnlts." Now,ikrk Wortl.
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