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TT jagjggsjg igysi V I I , k: SrGKXm RAneonE 2tP.XXTJ7C CHAPTER XXI. Continued. "What is it?" she says, innocently, and then something in the ardent gaze he bends upon her, causes Paul ine to blush, the blood leaping to neck snd foiehead instantly. Dick never saw her look so distractingly lovely. r "They have a good padre in the set tlement here, capable of doing his duty; become my darling wife. Hea ven knows I don't deserve j-ou. Paul ine, but you love me even as I do you; I have even gained your consent to naming an early day. Let us be mar ried at the mine. His daring proposal almost takes her breath away. "But it is so very sudden we have not known each other much more than a month," she gasps. "I feel as though I had known you for years that life was nothing be fore you crossed my rath. Our com parative!. brief acquaintance is no valid objection, my dar girl." With a wooer's determination he pushes the question, and the woman who deliberates is losL "I have no trousseau; I must make preparations, for you know the ordi nary person only gets married once in a life time, and then it is an event 'of considerable importance," she of ,fers as a last excuse, which Dick, see 'ing victory near at hand, brushes aside as a mere bagatelle. "Hang the preparations begging your pardon, my d':ar Pauline; but ,you understand that we are not like other people; we desire no show, and jyet our love will last to the grave. It will assist your ca:se. your power 'here, to have a husband, and the man you have promised to wed will be only too delighted to assume the position of husband and guardian to the dearest girl on earth." "Not so loud. Ob. Dick, if they should hear?" "What of it?' he demands, stoutly. 'No doubt honest Bob would only too willingly drop into line and follow a good example. Promise me. Pauline." "What are the terms?" she asks, de jnurely. "Unconditional surrender. Let us be married to-morrow it will be a gala time at the mine, and I'm sure all will rejoice with me. Do not say no. 1 entreat you." She loves him. and after all, what essential difference does it make whether she becomes his wife in twenty hours or as nany days? Be sides, as Dick has said the knowledge that she has a legal protector may tend to calm the rage of the Senor Iopez. and cause him to bring to a close his strategic movements lor gaining a possible control of the El .Dorado mine. "I consent." she whispers shyly, but love's ears are keen, and Dick bears; his face shows the great pleasure he feels, but the moment is hardly au spicious for what he would like to do, so he simply squeezes her hand. "Then to-morrow shall be a gala day. if we get through the night," he says. "You look for trouble?" she asks, quickly. "Well, it would be useless trying to lisiiuisc the fact rom you. Pauline, useless and without reason, since you are so brave, and have so deep an in terest in the matter. We do expect ".rouble, for they are all here, bag and baggage, from the greatest to the least, even little Professor John." "She smiles at mention of the name, nnd then her face becomes grave ugain. for she feels that the danger iiovering over them is great. Dick is asked many questions and succeeds in giving quite a succinct -account of how matters stand. They are glad to have the assistance of the brave men who came with them on the trip, for, according to the way things look they will need every hand they can raise. A woman looks at things in a dif ferent light from a man. and then Pauline is enabled to offer suggestions that strike Dick as something worth remembering, and be consequently makes a note of them in his memory. ' He has grown rather uneasy while talking, for the recapitulation of the dangers attending their presence at ; he mine has made him more than ' ever alive to the emergency. ' "You will pardon m. Pauline, if we leave your agreeable company now. There is no need of saying we tear yourselves away, since you already know the fact." "Go, and Heaven watch over you. $ imfT h mW w- S&HTOORE Dick. my darling," she murmurs, turn- verse it in the darkness, and the ras ing away to hide the tears that spring cally conspirators will be apt to meet unbidden to her eyes. ' a speedy doom. Bob understands what is wanted ', Tnis is onli' one of tne enemy's when his name is called, and that the summons is one to danger. He does not possess the same delicacy or bash fulness that prevents Dick from salut ing his lady love with a farewell kiss, but catching the inimitable Dora in his arms, he gives her a sudden re sounding smack that rather aston ishes the girl and brings out a smal1 scream. "Oh. you wicked Bob!" she cries, trying to hide her blushing face, while the wretch actually laughs to witness her discomfiture. Thus two bold warriors march out to meet the wily and unscrupulous foe, t inspired to deeds of valor by the smiles ! of those they love. It is fated to be a great night at the mine, one never to be forgotten. Senor Lopez Mas marshaled his forces for one last des perate endeavor to gain possession. Perhaps he relies upon his influence with the Diaz administration to pro tect him, if the engagement gets to the press of the States. Only a gar bled account of it will ever be allow ed to go forth, at any rate, so that those across the border will never know the truth. The soldiers are there only to pro tect the mine and its rich products from mauraders; they have no orders' to take sides in any dispute that -may come up between the owners of the mmiNE FlNEVYOBK El Dorado; let them manage their family disputes to suit themselves. The Mexican soldiers will look on with unconcern, although in reality, no doubt, secretly sympathizing with their fellow countrymen. Dick and his faithful comrade, good natured Bob Harlan, who is as ready to fight as he is to make love or eat a good meal, which is saying a deal for the man, leave the house of the chief engineer. The mine is just at hand, and no doubt the stirring events about to take place will center around this particular section. It can be readily seen that there is something entirely out of the common in prospect Fires burn here and there, men move briskly to and fro, and loud voices ring out at intervals as knots of miners discuss the situa tion. Dick looks around for Alexander, knowing that the chief engineer has been at work while they enjoyed the society of the ladies, getting his men in trim for the coming struggle, which promises to be a tug of war. He fails to see the other, but notices that the groups of men are strictly divided, with a few exceptions Mexicans on one side, Americans and foreigners on the other. This looks like war, to a veteran of the Mexican struggle in 184ti-47, who is present, it revives old memories, of thts time when under Taylor and Scott the Yankee troops marched from Monterey and Buena Vista to the capital. One thing is significant, liquor has appeared on the grounds in defiance of the mandate issued by the company against its importation on their lands. and already a number of the Ameri cans show plain evidence of having imbibed too freely. "You notice it. I sec." says the voice of Alexander just at his elbow "the greasers are becoming insolent I ex pect an outbreak at any moment, and when it comes, look out for a scorcher. We're all prepared. I've carried out your orders, sir, for all the signs speak of bad business; there's blood on the moon at El Dorado Mine." CHAPTER XXII. -'Stand Firm, Boys, and Be Ready!" The very atmosphere has grown heavy and oppressive, as though Death broods over the camp, taking time by the forelock, and guessing what a rich harvest awaits him. One can hear the far away mutter of rumbling thunder, and occasionally a distant electric flash is seen over the rough peaks of the Sierra Madres, speaking of a storm that is passing that way, perhaps heading toward El Dorado. At any rate, it seems a fitting ac- i companiment to the hurricane of hu- IB99B-jB9B0v- --HBsssssBSBslBBsssssssslBBBBBssvBBSBBr bsbbssssbssssbI A Flash of Fire Buns Along the Line. man passions that is about to break forth in the camp. Gradually Dick has gathered his men at the most important points in his estimation: they guard the only entrance to the now deserted mine, and cluster around the house of the chief engineer and his lieutenants, where the whole work will undoubt edly center. A couple of men have been placed in readiness just inside the nassace. and as soon as the affair begins they have orders to proceed at once to a I certain passage, and shoot down the Mexicans whom they will find there engaged with laying a mine with ' which Lopez intends to wreck the mine in case his forces are defeated. ! Knowing every foot of the route, these two miners will be able to tra- plans of which Dick has managed to learn; he has shrewdly employed a man who is in the confidence of the I Mexican senor. and yet at heart in j sympathy with the Americans. El Dorado has been growing more noisy with the passage of each min ute; sounds never before heard here come to the ear with the rising of the human tide. "It comes!" says Alexander, when the babel of tongues seems to be sud denly concentrated into a great roar, that sweeps toward the spot where he and Dick are standing. The other knows that what the chief -engineer says is true; the dis- cordant elements against which they are pitted have now combined to take the camp by storm. Lopez in tends to rule or ruin. He lias played every card in his hand but this last trump, which he hopes will sweep the board. "Pass the word along stand firm, boys, and be ready to give 'em a warm reception," the ex-horse-tamer says, quickly. Now comes the benefit of their or ganizationevery man knows his place, and immediately occupies it When the hosts that fight under the rule or ruin banner sweep up against this line, they are apt to find it a solid rock. Louder grow the shouts and whoop as the Mexicans, with a sprinkling of foreigners among them the tough element that has crept, on to the pay roll of the mine through Lopez's in fluenqe rush forward, doubtless thinking to take the few faithful henchmen of John Alexander by sur prise, and at any rate carry them off their feet by the impetuosity of their advance. "Ready!" Here and there a gun-lock is heard to click, but the noise made by the advancing host effectually deadens all other sounds. Dick has to a great extent managed to conceal the majority of his men.-so that when the rioters advance, waving their torches and lanterns, and pre pared to sweep the feeble resisting force from their path, as chaff before the wind, they will open a magazine that may astonish them. The light grows apace a peculiar glare it is. made by the smoking .pine knots which many of the advancing men wave above their heads. It could not suit the purpose of Dick Denver better his men can see the enemy al most as well as in the daylight, -while at the same time they themselves will only be dimly perceived. Now this excited rabble has pushed forward until its van is only some thirty feet from the spot where Dick and the chief engineer stand. The moment for action has come, .and the same lusty voice that broke over Ala meda on the occasion of the concert which ended in a duel between Bar celona and Dick, now rings out like a clarion above the noise of the rabble. Again Dick speaks in Spanish, for he knows that those whom he ad dresses are Mexicans with but few ex ceptions, and hence he delivers his message in the tongue they under stand best, so there can be no miscon struction of his words. "Halt: men of the El Dorado. You must go into this business with open eyes. When all is over let not one of you dare say he did not understand what it was about. This mine is con trolled by a majority of shares, and the minority wish to illegally gain control. We are in the right, backed by the law, while you are trespassers and subject to legal vengeance. Once for all I warn you that we are pre pared to defend our own if you ad vance upon us it is at the peril of your lives we shall fire upon you, and it is known how Americans can -.'hoot. Disperse and save yourselves." His brave voice, his confident man ner, combined with the words to which he gave utterance, strike con sternation to the hearts of many among the advancing groups; but others are rendered furious and reck less by aguardiente and hatred; be sides, the bull-like roar of the only and original Barcelona is now heard: "Mind him not, men of the Lopez group; his words are mere vaporings. braggadocio. Onward forward, and strike a blow for Mexico! Push the gringo hounds back! We will see how they control our railroads and mines. Push on, I say! Muertas los Americanos!" The cry, "Death to the Americans!" is their slogan twoscore of voices roar it forth with all the vindictive ness of hatred, until the very atmos phere, heavy from the coming storm, seems to be filled with the cry: "He has gone!" "They flee!" "Pusn on, comrades!" "The mine is ours!" Such are some of the wild shouts that break from the gang when Dick vanishes. They do not seem to under stand that he has ducked out of sight because a gun sounds, and a bullet clips by within an inch of his head. Dick may be bold at times, but he does not care to remain there and let his enemies make a target out of him. At any rate, the shouts encourage those who are more timid, and with a mighty rush the Lopez contingent hurls itself forward there is a babel of rushing feet, loud shouts, strange Mexican oaths, and on they come, pell mell. Dick has given explicit directions to nis men. and not one fires a shot while the Mexicans are thus rushing down upon them, waiting for a sign. Nor do those who. under Colonel Bob, hide behind an adjoining house, move so much as a hand to disclose their position. Like Prescott at Bunker Hill, the Americans hold their fire until they can see the whites of their foe men's eyes. It is a stirring scene the surging, struggling crowd of fierce men. swarthy of face and dressed in the fancy costume such as Mexicans de light to disport; the flaming torches, the line of rude intrenchments behind which crouch determined men who are there to meet the on-rushing tide and hurl it back a picture that will speed ily have another setting, for in five seconds Dick Denver must give the signal that launches forth the dogs of war. The roll of thunder is heard in the distance; it sounds louder now, as though the storm might be coming in the direction of the El Dorado. Per haps it will burst upon them while the two factions are engaged with each other. (To-Be Continued.) OMELET AND GARNISH. Successful Omelet Must-Be Cooked In Smooth Fan Small One Best Eggs Not Beaten Too Much. Omelets are helpful in solving the problem of getting a sufficient num ber of dishes for the light breakfast, as there is almost an unlimited varie ty. To be successful the pan should be clean and smooth, they must be ?aten immediately, the omelet must be small, four eggs being better than fix, and the eggs must not be beaten too much. " Plain Omelet. Beat the yolks of four eggs, add four tablespoonfuls of vater, first mixing one-half teaspoon ful of flour in a tablespoonful of the water; put in one-half teaspoonful of salt and a dash of pepper, then gen-, tly fold in the beaten whites. Drop cne-half tablespoonful of butter into a hot frying pan. tipping the pan so that the sides and bottom will be thoroughly covered. Turn in the ome1 let quickly, and when the center looks dry run a knife around the edge, then under the half nearest the han "lie and fold over. Slide carefully on to a warm platter and garnish with parsley. Serve immediately. . Ham Omelet. To the yolks of four eggs add four tablespoonfuls of water, a small teacupful of finely chopped ham. and a few sprigs of parsley, and beat vigorously. Beat whites stiff and gently stir them into the mixture. Have a tablespoonful of butter treat ed in a spider, pour in the omelet, and stir with a fork till it 'becomes quite thick. Cook five minutes over a brisk fire, fold, and serve garnished with parsley. The Esthetic Side. Garnishing should never interfere with carving or serving, and should at least have on appearance of being simple if not so in fact Parsley and watercress are the most practical garnishes, for they look well with almost any dish. If parsley 13" not obtainable fine celery tips may be used. Fried Parsley. Use fre3h. curled, dry parsley; have a dish of fat hot 'enough to brown a piece of bread in a minute. Put the parsley into a 'frying basket, then drop the basket into hot fat; let it remain half a min ute, then lay on coarse brown paper till wanted for garnishing. Eggs are used either hard boiled and sliced, or the hard boiled yolks may be grated and sprinkled over or around a dish; the grated yolks are effective on spinach. Lemons are used more for fish than meats, such as fried oysters and lob ster cutlets. They are cut in quar ters and a portion served on the plate of each person. Paper frills for decorating broiled chops are made by folding and fring ing thin letter paper, then wrapping around the end of the chop to keep the grease from coming through. Boiled carrots and beets, sliced with vegetable cutters into fancy shapes; are nice for cold meats, and have a pretty effect around a white entree Chicago Tribune. HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS. Instead of cleaning the windows with soap and water try rubbing then: with a cloth dipped in a mixture ol ammonia and whiting and then pol ish with a clean chamois. This makes them much brighter than if soap and water are used. An unusually thrifty mother sug gests that when holes in the heels oi toes of the children's stockings are toe big to darn, a good plan is to cut out the worn parts entirely, then with s crochet needle and some Saxony wool or darning cotton to go round and round the hole, gradually diminishing the number of stitches until the hole is completely filled up. This, no doubt takes less than if an attempt were made to darn the hole, to say nothing of its being more lasting. When using stale bread for pudding? always soak it in a cold liquid. Bread that has been soaked in cold milk or water Is light and crumbly, whereas that soaked in hot liquids is heavy. It always seems a pity to have to string pictures up on wires or cords The question is whether it is not more of a pity than to drive small nails intc the wall paper. The latter procedure defaces the walls, to be sure, but so dc the picture wires deface the walls Small pictures can be hung on very slender nails, which, when withdrawn leave a scarcely visible hole. If wireg must be used, let them be as fine as possible, and the pictures should be so hung as to rest perfectly flat against the wall. Anything more hideous than a picture tilted at an angle of 45 de grees is unimaginable. Remove the scratches from varnished furniture by going over them carefully with a camel's hair brush that has been dipped in shellac varnish until they disappear. Nothing should touch the places until they are quite dry. Have your refrigerator sweet and clean and ready for use by burning hi it a small disinfecting sulphur candle; then leave the doors wide open, al lowing it to air thoroughly. If mothers, when buying new shoes for the children, would adopt the fol lowing hint they would find that they would last twice as long and also resist the damp. Procure some boiled lin seed oil, pour it into a large flat dish or tin and allow the shoes to stand in it for about 12 hours, or until the soles are well soaked. This does not, how ever, apply to brown shoes. For a dangerous wound made by a rusty nail or a jagged knife, the best remedy is to apply pork rind. It should be changed often for several days when the poison will be entirely drawn out and there will be no in flammation. Boston Budget and Bea con. Beef Stew. One and one-half pounds of 'chuck steak cut in pieces and fried brown Then take it out and slice and fry one quart of onions brown, and put both In a kettle and put about a quart and a pint of water on and salt to taste. Cook until tender. The onions cook away and thicken the gravy. It may be necessary to add more water from time to time, but when done it should be about like gravy and the meat as tender as chicken. Serve with mashed potatoes, beaten very light mmammmmmmmimi .- feC THE WHIPPING POST By the amnesty of October 30. 1905, many Russian political prisoners emerged once more into the light of day from the gloomy fortresses where they had been confined, in some cases, for years. Among these was one Mar tha Grusenberg. who had been a cap tive in the fortress of Schlusselburg. near Lake Ladogor, for over 12 years. A Jewess by faith, she had unfortu nately dabbled in nihilism, and was crushed by the juggernaut of Russian autocracy. Some 20 of the leaders of the unsuccessful revolt in Moscow were lately sent to the Schlusselbarg await ing them a life of hardship ancTsuffer ings. Prior to 1S89 it appears the condi tions prevailing in the fortress were comparatively humane, but In that year a new era of severity was initiat ed. Three important concessions were withdrawn from the prisoners. They were forbidden to read any books save religious ones, they were forced to take their restricted exercise daily alone, and they were not allowed the use of artificial light on the plea of intended immediate installation of electric light. All candles were removed from the cells and what that means may be Imagined when it is remembered that in mid-winter darkness sets in in Russia as early as three o'clock in the afternoon. Prisoners Seldom Live Long. The bad food served out to the pris oners is one reason why so few of those sentenced to long terms of im prisonment live to complete th'eir sen tences. At one time the staple diet was a sour, almost nauseous soup, called "stschi." It was good enough for the health, and when, under a pre tended attempt to improve the diet, its use was discontinued and other less wholesome food substituted scurvy be came a regular visitor to the prison, the result of which is that the inside of the mouth becomes torn and lacer ated and the teeth begin to fall out. In many cases prisoners have lost all of their teeth. The prolonged darkness is a fre quent cause of mania, but those pris oners who retain their reason become torpid, apathetic, and insensible to physical pain. But the sense of hear ing, under these conditions, becomes extraordinarily acute. Many cells have plastered walls, so that com municating by tapping on them be comes easy, but even those prisoners, the walls of whose cells are bare stones, become experts at interpreting the taps heard on the locks of the doors and converse with each other all day. Cell Occupied by Bakunin. While wardens are venal enough to accept bribes from friends of prison ers to allow their charges to break minor regulations, such, for instance, as receiving letters from the world outside, they were not to be induced to connive at a captive's escape. It was too dangerous to them, as their complicity instantly would have been suspected and they would run the risk of having themselves to take the run away's place. The forced inactivity of the mind is insupportable. In the Schlusselburg fortress, the Dresden dictator. Michael Bakunin. the revolutionist of 1S48, was once con- THE RULING INSTINCT. The ruling instinct of the house-1 keeper sometimes persists under sin- gular circumstances. It is told of one I mistress of an exquisitely kept home, which never seemed to her quite ex quisite enough, that her first remark one morning, on being informed that the house had been entered by burg Jars during the night, was: "This house really must be kept in better order, if people are going to drop In so unexpectedly." Another woman, a village house keeper devotedly attached to the old homestead in which she lived alone, the last of her family, had the crush ing misfortune to lose it by fire. Only the broken shell of the main building and the charred ell and kitchen re mained. The fire occurred in the evening; early the next morning, before anyone was astir, she slipped out of the neigh bor's house where she passed the night, returned to her own, and proceeded to sweejTthe kitchen as clear as possible fsoot, splinters, water and the singed M6ALTI fined. Czar Nicholas, delighted at the importance of the victim, ordered him to receive better treatment than the other captives, and consequently the cell he inhabited was larger than the ordinary ones, and to this day the whole area of its whitewashed walls is covered with Bakunin's calculations, to write down some of which he must have stood on his bed, since they are close under the ceiling, some nine feet above the floor. It is unusual for prisoners to change their cells, so that the one tiny room is their home throughout their stay, usu ally prolonged, in Schlusselburg. The result Is that prisoners, by the tap ping process, soon get to learn the de tails of the lives of the prisoners on either side of them. Xadman's Awful Bevenge. A prisoner calted Linbomiroff. who had blown off his own arm while ex perimenting with an infernal machine, was a workingman and entirely with out means or influence, and- the ward ens made no secret of their dislike of him and treated him with the greatest cruelty. They would deprive trim or food, or beat and kick him for failing to have his cell in order within the regulation time, a thing which for him in his one-armed condition, well nigh was impossible. This man finally lost his reason, and, with the ingenuity of a madman, planned a terrible vengeance. He made a rope by twisting up strips of bis sheets and smeared it with dust and dirt so as to make it invisible in the darkness. This rope be tied across the doorway of his cell some inches above the ground. When the warden, who was his special enemy appeared next day, Linbomiroff made a gesture as if to strike him. The warden rushed at him. tripped over the rope, and, receiving a tre mendous blow from the prisoner, fell senseless. The wretched madman set on him. unconscious as be was. dug his nails into the warden's eyes, cut off his fingers, and after setting bis hair alight, flung him into the corridor. Killed Three Wardens. While, as a general rule, six months in the prison saps a man's strength to such an extent that he is incapable of any resistance, this is not always the case. On one occasion a man who had been imprisoned for seven years, and always had been regarded as of a peaceful disposition, in a sud den fit of frenzy, fell upon a warden, wrested away his rifle, and stabbed him in his neck. Another warden Instantly fired at the prisoner and wounded him in the shoulder. However, he dodged round the yard, fired the cartridges which were in the magazine of the rifle and killed two wardens. He then dropped to the ground apparently mortally in jured, but on the wardens rushing up to secure him, he raised himself and killed a third of his -antagonists with the butt of the rifle before he was overpowered. Not being consid ered insane he was hanged. In 1897 a revolutionist named Knleff was brought to Schlusselburg. He had just been married, and. by brib ing the warden, he was enabled to feathers flying about from burst beds, says the Youth's Companion. Then she kindle a fire on the hearth, brought in a few broken chairs from the lit- Wgrt-jfy 5 1fftt06tO PRtfTALITY TeUfOOHlROfF. tered yard, and when as she knew would happen friends and neighbors began to visit the yet smoking ruins she was ready, still the hostess of her home, to receive their condolences with dignity, herself display the ex tent and manner of the devastation, and refresh them with a cup of tea before their departure. It was funny, perhaps some people found it so but it was an heroic survival of hospi tality none the less. Still another housekeeper, one of the over-cleanly, ever-working, ever-worrying kind, fell seriously ill; and her ruling Instinct remained dominant even in delirium. She was haunted by a dreadful vision of the new kitchen maid, with greasy hands, making a dado of smeary fingerprints round the walls of the newly papered dining room. Watched by two nurses, for many critical nights she wept and UliaCAAM ' ' receive letters from his young wife. Suddenly the letters ceased. Six months passed, for Knleff a time of despondency and suspense) when, as he entered the prison yard one morning for his daily exercisei he saw three women at the other side" of the yard. Tne first of them had her head wrapped up it was wlnte and in a thick cloth, but as she passed him she raised the cloth and smiled. It was his wife, who had got herself arrested to be near him. Kneiff's wife caught but a few glimpses of him during their impris onment. Occasionally he caught glimpses of her walking in the yard, and they exchanged signals from m distance but never had the oppor tunity of speaking to each other. The woman sacrificed her life for the happiness of knowing that shd was near her husband and that she, was aiding him to bear the awful burden of prison life. Mental and Physical Wrecks. The scenes after the release of the prisoners defy all description. What came forth from those horrible holes were not men but animals; mind and soul were gone, and only th horrible remnants of the human bod ies, clawed, hairy, unspeakably foul with eyes that revealed horribly th cunning born of fighting for bits ot food, the madness of starvation) abuse and solitude. Graft by the keepers perhaps was more responsible for the starvation and wretchedness of the prisoner than the inhumanity of the rulers' The guards sold the food sent to the prisoners, and supplied them with, refuse, decayed meats and wormy beans. Madness resulting from ill-nourish ment and solitary confinement -in damp, sunless cells killed almost at many as did disease. The majority of the long term prisoners released were insane and even more were, coughing away their lives with con sumption. Many of them had lived only is. hope of vengeance, fought for life fof a chance to kill a guard, to die with talons clutched in the throat of some representative of the oppressor. Re lease has robbed most of them of thelf ferocity. The reaction has left them mainly helpless, mumbling, half-wit ted wrecks of humanity. Incapable ol executing the wild deeds their mad dened brains planned during thelf long captivity. Tailoring Town. In Amiens, France, a city which la known to Americans chiefly for Its, magnificent cathedral, there 'Is a Iarga tailoring industry. Thousands of pairs of trousers are made by women who do the work in their own homes and receive four cents a pair. They furnish their own sewing machines, needles and thread. Too Cold for Comfort. Instruments found on an expert-. ment.il balloon sent up by the Zurich Institute, of Heterology show that the balloon reached a height of 33,700 feet, and that 104 degrees below freezlaa were recorded. moaned and raved and an Her rav ings were of grease. A patient of th same unfortunate temperament exas perated her physician .'id retarded her own recovery by her constant fretting over the slack housekeeping of her husband and half-grown daughtei while she was ill. "Let me get up just once," sh begged, with tears, before she was' even allowed to sit up In bed. "and crawl over to the corner and poke out the dirt from under the stove. There's just rclls and rolls of it there. I know there is, and I shall never get well till I can poke it out!" Treasure City of Baamses. Among recent important discoveries made by the Egyptologist, Prof. Flim ders Petrie, is the remains of th Temple of Onlas. 18 miles north of Cairo. There is little doubt that thfat is the famous treasure city of Raam ses, built by the Israelites in bondage as referred to in the first chapter Exodus. J ' it (A 8 si "--""' --1 -- In. , IlB
