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I hn flAMlA un gjucaud a TRATUMOUE'S trlkr iu jS)uperlor article Id every way. HI -" respect Tor coutltuted authority u a ua-AtuoHean. a hi face. He was UU aud tlne-looklug. hit English was quit at polished at Strathmore' own; aud-whlch wa of Infinitely more tut portanee ht never touched whUky ami cigar, nor wcut ou a pay-day prv. 80 Strathmore felt himself juatltlod lu sup postug that he bad murdered, or toleu, or forged, or ouiethluit, at ou tim or another, aud b brewdly guessed that Chester wa not hi real name, that was uo ouo'a concern, Utat he could see, aud everybody know that eullstuient lu the aruiy of th Culled State. even mora thau baptism, la new birth. Throughout the department Strath mora was known by the striker he kept This bad It disadvantages, but the advantage outweighed. No one could have realised this bettor thau Strathmore himself, and yet ouietlme he was moved lu the bottom of the mess, to complain. "It Is telling ou me," he would luslst; "1 am slowly breaking dowu under the stralu. i came acro something In a FrvuchbooU the other day about how tew masters are worthy to be valets. That what I am striving to be, and the. failure Is telling upon me. They used to," he explained eouipiaccully, "they used to say when my uanie was mentioned from Dan to Boerslieba-'Strathmore. Strarhniore of the 'stecuib. Big. good looking chap"" (Stralhtuoie had picked ud Chester's maimer of speech!, "'one of the Strathmorc of Boston, Isu't be?" Now It's 'Strathmore? That's the chap Cheater's strlklus forr Ob! yen; 1 think I'll scud Chester back to the troop." Which, of course, he never did. Apart from the fact tbat he could never have done without him, he could uot have bad the heart. Chester had been as good a soldier a be was a striker, but he had languished under barrack rule. Exactly for the reason that be uever said so, It was plain that he had been used to better things. It was so pltilu that Strathmore would uever have thought of suggesting to blm to become a body-servaut, had not Ches ter hlmself-wben a desperado's bullet bad left the position vaeaut volun teered. As a striker Chester had mauy little luxuries that he had lacked be-fore-rhls own room, his owu bath-tub, aud the ruu of bis waster's small but choke library. With the help of dra peries aud blauketa that Strathmore let blm have, aud with tbat of some potted plants he managed upon bis own ac count, be transformed the room lutu quite a sybaritic retreat, and his liter ary discrimination was a thing to won der at. He tacked up colored supple ments of the Londou Christmas pupers, and there was a photographJust one ou his mantel-piece. It was of a woman who bad soft eyes and hair aud a lovely moutb. Strathmore ventured to ask who It was, one day, aud Ches ter told bim tbat tl wa "an Knglbh- woman, sir." , . Xw, this waa in Texas, in 'the early ' Jaya shortly artei (be war. In the mate . tft the Lone Star's palmiest Urn. There -as much drinking In the land, and tuueh nuker. as well, ne nlous general --having a yet arisen to bid gambling cease. Thve.. waj, also tome shooting, but of unattached women there were aadly few, and those that there were, were, generally, not very nice. This condition of affairs led to a good many unfortunate things. Any man prefers even a second-rate woman to none at all, and any man being deprived of a standard of comparison for a length of time will come to think that an exceed ingly poor article Is superior enough, after all. That was what happened to Strath more, lie should have known better, because bis youth bad been spent r.tnong women who were lovely lu ev ery way; but the memory of man Is short and he was lonesome. There should be provision for this In the reg ulations. When a man gets any of the Ills that frontier service Is apt to In duce, they bundle hltn off back East ou a sick leave; yet when which Is In finitely more prejudicial to the standing of the service be reaches the stage of loneliness where he would marry the Witch of Kndor herself rather than continue to be alone, there Is no one to Indorse his application to be sent some where wnere ue can nna the proper eort of girl. Strathmore had been In the wilder ness a matter of five years, and he was gradually, very gradually, lapsing from civilization. The first Intimation of this that Chester had was that the lieuten ant made unnecessarily frequent calls at a ranch-house some ten miles from the reservation. Chester knew that a girl lived there a dreadful girl, who bad a plumply pretty figure aud face, but whose speech was a thing to shud der at, and whose name, besides being JIalloran, was Mamie i'earle. He also Jtnew that If that were not enough to net Stratlimore's teeth on edge, he must be In a very bad way. All this worried Chester a great deal. Frequent contemplation of his one pho tograph had furnished blm with the standard of comparison which Strath more lacked, and he could nee what the outcome of things as they were golug was bound to. be. He explained It to the photograph, standing before the mantel-piece with his hands Jammed deep In his trousers pockets and a pucker on his brow, which was fair to the line of the cap and quite crimson from there down. "If he marries that freckled-face Halloran girl," he said, "he'll want to shoot himself and her the first time he goes Kant" Chester cherished a cynical kind of regret that be hadn't done as much blmseir some time before "or he'll compromise' and take to drink Instead. No," he nodded Ills head decisively, "heahall not marry Mamie I'earle, not" he looked at the picture a long time "not If I have to marry her myself. Which heaven fore fend!" The next afternoon be found Strath more In the sitting-room and proffered a most unprecedented request, "I shall ilke, sir," he said, "to be given a fur lough for a week." Strathmore consid ered 2nd frowned. "What'll become of me. Cheater?" he asked plalntlvujy; "what wlxJ I do?" "O'Toole has promised to take my place, sir. lie was Captain Laey's striker for several years, and be knows bis duties, sir." Strathmore sighed. "Very good." he agreed, with sulllclently poor grace, "1 expect I'll make out somehow. I'ut In your application with the morning re port." Chester went awn;, feeling contemp fl IhA I., o auu iub uu. tible aud small, and Strathmorc sat and reflected dismally that It waa emergen elea of this sort tbat drove a man to matrimony, lie ought to have realised that when a nisu marries because be thinks the woman can be of use to blm rather than be to her, be la making grave mistake. Hut be fancied the vague dissatisfaction with his present lot was the yearning of affection, and believed more than ever tbat be cared for Miss Halloran quit a creditable deal. Uefore Cheater left the next day he stood In front of the photograph agalu. "She'll wear curl-paper and bla forage-cap and rape, he reflected aloud. That waa ht notion of tb point beyoud which vulgarity could not go. "It's a devilish contemptible business, ,1 know It Is. But then my future' all behind me; aud hi I all ahead. II' ouly a boy. He ha all sort of pull" w hat a striker doe uot know about hla master Is not worth considering at all "he will be able to get anything be ask for lu Washington. Not," he mused "that the American army offer much for a young man Just now. Hut he can get all It ran give. If he behave blm self and marrle the right klnd-or bet ter yet, doesn't marry at all be niy rjse to the soaring height of an attache ship. All thing are possible with pull." He stopped and bent down to knock the aohe from hi brier pipe Into the lire place. Then he took the photograph In hi hand and started to put It In the grip that lay on bla buuk. But he changed his mind aud tucked It Into the tray of his trunk Instead. Aud be gave It a last look as be closed down the lid. "In which case," he finished, as he turned th key, "h would be very likely to meet you." A hunting leave I only a week long. But a great deal can happen In a week to a soldier who ha cut loose and la ac countable to uo one, or to a lieutenant madly determined to become Just the other way. What happcued to Strath more wa. In sum, this: The day after O'Toole took charge he rode over to the Halloran ranch, and when be came back he wa engaged to uiarry Mamie i'earle. When It wa done and be sat down to think, he found that be wa not radiantly bappy a he had expected to be. But the way the sitting room bad been dusted that morning had disgusted blu, once aud for all, with single life. The next day he waa ettleer of the day and couldn't leave the post. The day after that he had a cold which he bad caught maklug his rouuds, aud It confined blm to the house. As for Chester, the way be put In hi time never did become quite clear. But for a period of six day there was a strange Kngllshuian In a town some fif teen mile the other aide of the Hallor an ranch; some twenty five mile that Is, or more, from the post: It was a mud town, and Its hotel wa as bad as It repulatlou, but th Englishman stayed there. He wore a conspicuous salt of clothe, and spent money oaten tatlously. II let It be understood that hi name wa Lovatt, and that b was a lord; also, that be wa traveling through the West, aud might. If be fan eiu ue eeuntry, ouy a rancn. it wa probably with that eud In view that be rode almost at once to the Halloran place and explained to the baeleudado that he would like to be shown how a ranch was run. He met Miss Halloran, and her father told ultu that stie wa engaged to a lieutenant at the neigh boring post, but that a severe cold was confining the officer to bis house. He expressed a wish that Iovatt might meet the lieutenant some day, and Lovatt hoped that he would. It wa possibly lu thl hope that he called at the ranch for six successive days, but always had be known It at an hour when It was quite unlikely that any one would be coming over from the post. After that they saw blm no more. On the evening of the seventh day Chester was In charge of Stratlimore's quarters again. Strathmore was recov erlng from the cold, and he told Ches ter that he had missed him profanely much. Everything had gone wrong. He asked what the striker bad been doing with his time. Chester threw an armful of wood up on the fire, and stood up. brushing the chips from hi aleeve. "Well, lr," he answered, "I have been getting en gaged." Strathmore' Jaw fell. That meant that be would have to hunt up a new striker, of course. Then he remem bered Mamie I'earle. "That's rather a coincidence, Chester; so have I." Chester's congratulation was respect ful, but not so cordial as It might have been. "I shall ask your permission and the captain's to marry, sir," he said. Strathmore accorded his owu. "But I shall be sorry to lose you, Chester, very sorry. What Is the girl's name?" Chester grew red all over bis nice, boyish fare. He was finding out that saving another Is not all heroism, nec essarily. He produced a piece of paper from his pocket a piece of flimsy, ruled, pink paper stamped with a white dove. Strathmore gave a little start. Hut Chester was doing this because he thought it best to deal the final blow at once, not to mince matters In the least, and he did hot hesitate. He smoothed out the sheet "That's the nnme, sir," he said. Strathmore read It. It wa Mamie I'earle. "The last name," Chester explained, "Is Halloran. She' the daughter of Halloran of the ranch." "Oh!" said Strathmore, dryly. His eye had caught a misspelled assurance of enduring love. "Oh!" he repeated; "and may I ask If she know who you are?" Chester grew more red still. "Well" he reflected that an entirely honest Intent could never be prefixed by that Yankee word "well, sir, I began by letting her think that my name was Lovatt part of It really Is, lr and that I was titled and rich which I am uot but" he plucked up courage as he went on "If she love me, of course It will be all right." Strathmore handed hltn back the note. "And If she doesn't." "It-It will still be all right." Strathmore did not try to understand. Ilia opinion of Chester had fallen very low. A for hi opinion of Mamie I'earle he realized, suddenly, that It bad not dropped half so far, . It was almost retreat, on the follow ing day, when he took to Chester' room a bundle of London papers that had Just come by the stage, He cast a quick look around. "1 see you've got the photograph of the girl out again," he commented. , Chest nodded, but added, with the ' ' ----- 1 faintest ihadow oa hi face: "h' married woman, sir." "Yes?" said strathmore, and turned to leave the room. "Oh, lieutenant!" Cbeiter called. Utrathmore (topped, "I thought yon might Ilk to know, tlr, that I'm not engaged any more." For a full balf-mtnut Strathmore looked Into the Englishman's Impene trable blue eye; then there ram twinkle In hi own. "It cetu to be another coincidence, Chester," be said, quietly, "for neither am (."-Argonaut. jl j, . . u- r OABY ALLIGATORS, They Are Itatrhtd Out In Job Let la (tt4M-lll4 !, I'p In the reptile-house of the Bronx aoo something unique lu th way of a hatching of young alligator wa ou ex hibition yesterday, and will be to-day Just aa long aa ih supply of saurian egg hold out. The young 'gator were being turned out lu Job lot in a large, ! luclosed. steam-heated cage In the northwest eor uer of the main reptile-room. The floor I covered with warm sand, In which several doaen of alligator egg are huddled. The egg are about seven lnehet long, oblong lu shape, and of a dingy, leathery white color, A Unit the center of the cage I a targe shallow pan full of water, sunk to the level of the floor. In and about the pau are several doxeu young alligators, from six Inches up to ten In length, scram bling about, climbing all over each other, splashing about In the water, and seeinlugly happy and contented. The baby 'gator are bright blue, green, and black spotted In color. In general color and apiiearam-e they look more Ilk lltard than anything else. Th hatching process Is quite Inter esting, Every now and then an egg will begin to squirm and roll about. One end works more actively thau the other and swell up like a umahroom head. Then It crack aud spreads out from th silt, through which a little long pointed mutate begin to work out. A lot of energetic wriggling, which flops the eggs about In all direction, set the youngster free. Out be pos, aud after a ahake or two, by some wonderful In stinct of nature, away scuttle the In fant to the pan of watci. Into whlt-n It plunge without any fear. Alligator, Jr., splaahe about a whll. and then Joins his brothers and sister. following the universal alligator habit of rrawllug on top of a many of his relctlou a be can aud resting hi bead on the nearest back, Mini. Alligator nof present at the hatching. Alligator expert say that after vhe has laid the eggs her part of the manufacture of young 'gator I finished. She pay no more attention then to tlH-in, aud eotirtilea herself, In th South, to lying low In the swamps, waiting for dog, pigs, or teuder young colored Infanta to wander her way. A to Alligator iere, those same expert assert that If there I on thing he like better than another It I young alli gator fresh from the shell, without any dressing. He I said to swallow them up by the doaen, and then complain be cause there are no more. New York Mall aud Express. LAW AS INTERPRETED. Annual crops raised by labor on land helu by a tenant for life are held, In Noble va. Tyler (.). 4.H U It. A. 7113, to be asset of the estate, whether severed or not at the time of his death. Right of a stockholder to Inspect books of the corporation la held. In Cin cinnati Volksblatt Company vs. 1 1 off- melster ().), 41 U II. A. 7,12, not to de- (tend upon the motive or purpose of the stockholder. Lack of barrier on the side of ap proaches to a bridge I held. In Bell va Wyne (Wash.), 4S L. It. A. Mi, not sufllclent to make a municipality liable for Injurle In case a team goes off th bank when the roadway la wide enough for two teams to pass without dllflculty and th fright of a horse was the proxi mate cause of the accident A will which consist of four pages In one sheet folded lengthwise down the middle Is held. In re Andrews (N. Y.), 48 I It. A. tHl'. not to be subscribed at Uie end a required by statute, where the signature Is on the second page after a portion of the will, while there la another portion on the third page without anything to connect It with that part which le above the algnature. A camp meeting association which has made pertM-tual lease of cottage ou It grounds without any restrictions, except that they are "subject to such rules and regulations as the association may from time to time adopt," and which also owns a store on the ground which It has leased for a rental, Is held, In Northport Wesleyan drove Camp Meeting Association vs. Perkins (Me), 48 L. It. A. 272, to have no power to Im pose a revenue tax on the business of taking order for fruit, groceries and provision from cottager upou tht ground of the association. DIANA AND THE BEAR. Hers, at Least, 1 One Womaa Who Can Mioot Mrsight. Mr. E. H. Moore, of ltoxbury, Ma., one of the few women lu the coun try who can boast of having killed a bear a real wild oue, with teeth and claw that could easily have rent Iter to piece If the opportunity had offered. The killing took place In the wood near Katahdln, Me., cays the Brooklyn Eagle. Mrs. Moor tell the story of her adventure: '1 went out that morning with my guide, an aged hunter, while Mr, Moor went off, 1 he like to go, all by him self. We found the woods pretty thick, a the leave had not begun to fall, but It wa all so beautiful that I did noL mind the difficulties, and wa willing to alt down to still hunt and watch all the glorious color about me. My guide Anally decided to leave me aud went out to drive, If be could. I waited for a long while, sitting on a knoll, when suddenly I heurd a noise aud looked up and saw Mr. Bruin coming toward me. "He looked very tempting a he trot ted along, and I knew that I ought to get lum. I bad a 30-30 and waited with It up to my shoulder. The wind waa blowing from the bear, and I knew that be could not scent me. So I took no chances till I was sure that a bullet would lay him If It hit blm. When be waa about eight rod from me I fired. He dropped and I started for bim. "I waan't a bit excited, but 1 knew enough about bears not to take any chance, for tbey are apt to play pos sum tl)l one Is near them and then strike out aud cause some Injury. I saw that my rifle was In shape, and I then walked up with It on him and waited for my guide. It waa twenty- ve minute before lie came back and examined Bruin and told me that he wa dead. I wn pretty happy, I tell you, when we started unck to camp. He weighs 200 pound and Mr. Moore 1 going to hnve blm mounted." When some people have a new house, they are willing to entertal'i all their kin la order to show It ONLY ONE TRAIN BOY soli NtPRESENTATlVt Of HIS CLASS IN ALASKA. C mir Hatcher oa the Klondike Lisa lied U Net Need to Dl Uot -Kne asetia tfrlca Ga r a,verjr thleg He tfa to Ni The old query a to whether or not you would like to be the Iceman will be rapidly lorgotieu a soon a ong writer aud bailadiait team about Ih tram boy lu Alaska, Tueie la tralu boy lu Alaska. .Just oue. Or rather there was a fvw week ago, but by thl time he may be somew here lu the Med iterranean ou hi private yacht blowing rings from bla bo-ceut cigar, aud (Wearing at hla 3,tMsJ a year aalllug master because be cauuot whistle up a breese, Think of being the ouly train boy on a railroad that bring inluer wit thntuauds of dollar' worth of gold ou of the greatest mining caiuu In lb world. There la ouly ote railroad AtakthHt I the Whit !' a id Yukon Itailroad.'Ou that railroad tl.i la a tralu tailed the Klondike i.itulld The Klondike Limited! Isn't the sound of that uauie enough to make a common candy butcher on the ruu be' tweeo 1'eorla and Lafayette, lud Stick his bead lutu In basket of sa.ttd pea nuts aud strangle himself lo dealtiJ r'or there I a traluboy on the KloeUke Limited, tlu the Klondike Limited, that brlugs prospector aud miners an adveuturets weighted down with gild eu nugget back to the State civil x tlou, aud the girl they left behind them, there is a candy butcher. And all these prospector ami miner Vid adventurer ok JI Kleud k Limited are bubbling over with Joy that the day of their exile are oier, and that oou iliey will be back to their boyhood home agalu, Thiuk of mining looe a candy butcher lu such a crowd a that lo quote another popular song. "It seems Ilk a sham to take the uuiuey," The traluboy on the Klondike Mtult ed, like his brothers 011 th Ketioha lo cal, deals lu pea u ut. randy, books, pa vr, and magaslne. But more than that, he sells shirt and collar am! bright red uecktles. He also has a full Hue of plug tobacco and cigars of the flnest cabbage selected leaf, Th IrtilU boy does not like to sell cigar ll ouly gets .'Hi ci-11 ts apiece for the in, aud they cost hi 111 75 rente a hundred. He sells the cigar to show lie's a good fellow He didn't originally deal lu shlrta ud haberdashery, but be found that the miner returning to clvlllsatlou yeirn madly for a "tilled'' shirt Ho after he had sold the shirt off hi back, together with hi collar aud red necktie for fiuu he decided lo carry a etork of sblrt ud lira There are stringent restrlctlou In Alaska lu regard lo selling whisky, and o the traluboy doesn't sell It. lie give It away, aud let the man lip blm fur hi trouble In pulling the cork. If the insu were lo give blm a nugget any smaller than the alxe of the cork the traluboy would haughtily refuse to let hi 111 buy any more cigar. auJ would charge blm at least $3 for a two moutb' old newspfper, which be ordi narily give away for ouly II M. Then the traluboy sells playing rrf. Ind th passenger are always wanttug game. He put up tb table, too, baud arooud the matches, and, of course, a large aud substantial "kilty1 Is maintained on oue side of the table for the sole support of the obliging traluliyy If anybody wa to put quarter or a stiver half dollar Into the "kitty" the traluboy wouldn't be angry. He use those thing to pay storekeep ers for fresh goods for hla next run. A SeaMe newspaper man Interviewed the tramlioy ou the last trip frmn Alas ka. Quoth the traluboy: "Am I It? Am 1? Hay, ain't I a naughty boy? 1 know It's wrong to take the money, but I need It In my business, and, besides, as soon a 1 get etiougn i ll tiny the railroad and give some other good de serving boy a chance to fasten on lo a little honest money. But II for sack of peanut. Say, that' a penitentiary offense In Illinois. Hut I need the mon ey, "-Chicago Tribune. Honey dew has been a subject of re cent Investigations which show It to be a sugary substance obtained from the juice of the trees-such as a sycamore. mil and lime- on which It I found. The statement that honey dew I sometimes produced by oilier Insect than atililde seems to be 111 founded, as report Imll cate that the Insect noticed are prison ers that have been caught by th sticky botley dew. The sun's heat raises from the earth every minute thirty-seven billion tons of water, or say a weight equal to tlx times that of the (Jreat Pyramid. Such heat could only be produced on earth by burning eight million cubic miles of coal per second-that Is to say, a nice little block two hundred mile long, two hundred miles high and two hun dred mile broad, weighing twelve thousand millions of tons. The bones of three mastodon' have beeen discovered In Dentil Valley, Cali fornia, and their discoverer, a miner, has taken out a claim for the purposo of excavating them. Another Indication of tho popular appreciation of the money value of the remains of prehis toric animals is tho fact that a mining claim has been (lied In Southern Cali fornia to cover the excavation of a fos sil whale of the I'llocene epoch. An electric railway 1 to bo construct ed between Liverpool and Manchester, Intended especlully for the swift trans portation of passenger. It Is said that the system adopted will be that of the single elevated mil, the cars being sus pended from the rail. The projector talk of sending trains from one .city to the other, a distance of about twenty nine miles, In fifteen minutes, or at the rate of 110 miles an hour. Several years ago, members of tho Geological Survey suggested that In for mer times the Tennessee River, Instead of Joining the Ohio, aa at present, flow ed Into the Gulf of Mexico through the channels of the Coosa and Alabama Rivers. Thl conclusion has recently tieen corroborated In a singular manner by Charles T. Simpson, of the Smllh sonlan Institution. The .original sug gestion was based on the nppearance of tJie land, but Mr. Simpson' confir mation depends upon the distribution of a particular form of fresh-water mussel which, although It I peculiar, to the Tennessee River, la also found jln the Coosa and the Alabama, A these creatures cannot traverse the laQd, the lufcrenc U that formerly the waters of tb Tennessee flowed outbward lata tb atrvama above named. The search for convenient way of tmnporuUon bywblcb tb product ot th Budao may reach tb outer world ha called attention to remarkable phenomenon of vegetable Mfe 00 torn of the ueid water and tributaries ol tb Nil. Tbl'conlu of cnormout growth of ptpyrut aud other plant, completely covering tb atreiuii iui forming carpet of vegetation two 01 three feet thick, beneath which flowi Hi witer. Navigation by tmall bo it Is, of course, entirely Interrupted b; thl o'tstructlon, which la lu place sup pie mi nted by vine and clinging planti whlcn arch Hut stream from bank Id haul.. Heavy flood occasionally sweep aw y the accumulation of plant, bui tin y are quickly reformed. . I . PUNCHINQ-BAQ SUPPORT. improve! Mounting Hljae4 hf Nkw Yorker. One of th objection to th punchln bag a a method ot exercla lu gymua alum ha hitherto been the racket oc raloned by the bag striking agalnat the (iverhead shield after each blow and there Is also danger of dislocating (he frame when the ball I violently moved. To ellmlnat these object lou noesTiso roa a ecsiutso aa. aud provide an Improved mounting fur the bag Ueorge McKadden, of New York City, has designed the apparatu Illustrated lu the accompanying cut seml-clrculsr artu Is attached to the side wall or suopcmled from the celling aud at the renter of the arch la iwlv eled a vertical rod, lo the lower end of which the bag I securely attached. To prevent undue motion of the bag; wheu struck the inventor provide pair of flexible rubber bands, which re IwIsIm) and attached to the opposite end of the arch, the rod which aim port the ball being pawed between the twist. The use of the band give a quick return and render th exerc' almost entirely noiseless by preventing the ball from striking the overhead por tion of the support Hanged Two Men at Once. Ex Sheriff Kuapp, of Wyoming Coun ty, waa In town a few day ago, which recall the fact that be la the only ottl rial of that county who ever banged two men at the annie time. Tbe men In question were Kosenwtg and Blauk, who were couvltied of murdering peddler In the mountain not a great way from Tuukhannock. At 11:30 o'clock tbe night before (be execution I visited tbe Wyoming County Jail, where tbe condemned murderer wer prepar ing for tb grewsom ordeal which would send them to eternity. While seated In Sheriff Knpp' office Deputy Dan Thompson entered. He carried two pine boards, probably 8 feet long and 1.1 Inch.- wide, aud at both end of each were strap running through a mortice. "Will there be anything morer asked Thompson of tbe sheriff, "Ye, one thing more," replied Knapp "get a boiler of hot water, for the men wnnt to finish up by taking a bath." There wa a peculiar auggestlveues txiut the arrangement of the board and I asked Knapp for what purpose they were to !e used. Ills reply wa "Well, I have an Idea that both Rosen- wig and Blank will get shaky In tb knees jtttt at the last moment, and If they do I'm golug to atrap them on these boards, and I guess that'll stiffen them up, All 1 waut I to get them to tnnd long enough to get the rope around their neck and the black cap on, ami I II show up an execution that will be done up to the queen's taste." Fortunately, the boards wer not re quired for the purpose Intended, for Ito senwlg and Blank met their fate 00 the tallows with a courage that wa re markable, Scranton Republican, Henstor Davt' View. Th keynote to the iticceca of Sena tor Davis la found In these aentence from bla own llpi: I believe In superfluous knowledge, 1 have little faith In the thing called genius. I think any young man can attain success, and great auccess, by good, hard, atudlous labor, not Inter mittent labor, but conscientious, con stant effort. The men who have achieved success are the men who have worked, read, thought more than waa absolutely necessary, who have not been content with knowledge suf ficient for the present need, but who hare sought additional knowledge and stored It away for the emergency re serve. It Is the superfluous labor that quips a man for everything that counts most In life." He himself began life first as a farm boy and then as a telegraph oper ator. Of bls latter occupation he said: "I bellcvo I was proflcleut In my line of work, but I was not content with being merely a good telegraph opera- or, I wanted to be a good citizen, and qualified myself for that position by doing what I have called superfluous work. There Is no such thing as mak ing an opportunity-circumstances make the opportunity." Accommodating. Peddler Will you buy a mouse trap ma'am? Lady No; I haven't any mice In th house. . Pcddler-I can get some for you, inn am, for a small consideration. It'i rare sport catchln' 'em. Lady-Then they might necessitate my having a cat Peddler Well, I could provide you with one for a trifle, ma'am. Lndy-But It might prove a nuisance. Peddler I could tell you a dog to kill It, ma'am. Lndy-The remedy might prov worn than tho disease. Peddler Well, I'd poison the do cheap for you, ma'am. Plck-Me-Up. 1 i. Celery Air Rheumatism. A diet of nothing but celery I said by some physicians to be a sure cure for both rheumatism and neuralgia. Free use of this vegetable 1 alway recom mended to rheumatic patient. When doctors say that an operation successful, they mean that Uiey found what they looked for and cut It out; they don A mean that the patient has recovered, or will recover. I GARDEN OP EDEN FOR RENT. Th British Oovarnottnt Offer th ernhallee for Somebody, having tb price and being o duposed, may take a long terra lea on th alt of tb Garden of Eden. Tb Brltlkb government of th 8ycbtlc In tbe Indian Ocean ha given nolle that bid will be received for period of nine, twenty-one and thirty year ou tb lland of tbe Alda bra group proper, tb Cosiiioledo group, and tbe Ulamla of Atove and Assump tion. A to Just which 011 of tbe Isl and wa tb borne of Adam and Eve, however, the man wbo take tbe lease must determine, According to traveler almost any of th Island might easily (111 tbe fanci ful condition that my have existed with the first man. There "every pros pect pleases," and ou many of tbe Isl and there are uo men lo be vile. Tbe kM of thee Island will bike them for purely commercial purpoe, but their settings are considered to be Ideal for dreamer or painter. Fixing upon the Seychelle group n having coutuliH-d the site of Eden, the archaeologist has bud little more to guide blm thau bat one who chose the South Sea Island. The four quarter of the glob have been settled unt'U by oue or another a the place of thl gar den described In Oenesls, but In tbe Seychelles selection the beauties of the Island have Imcu emphaslxcd a lend ing color to the U-llef. There are eighty of these In the gen eral group, having an are of about 102 English square mile. Of the eighty bland only eighteen are lubablted. Tliey rise from a bank, submerged from ten to forty fathoms, and lie almost on the equator, In the blue of the Indian Ocean. Aden, on the Sue Canal, Is 1,400 mile northwest and Zffuxlliar I 1,X0 mill- west The Islands were dis covered by the Portuguese at the be ginning of the sixteenth century, but , LOCATION AND SKETCHES IN THE SEYCHELLES. Iher made no ffort to occupy mem, Tb French took possession or n group lu 1742. calling them after Couut Herault de Berenelle of th East in dlau fleet The British wrested tnem from th Ereuch In 17U4, taking Mauri tlu also. Mahe la the largest talaud and ha the seat of government, caiieu Victoria. Thl capital I an admiralty coaling tatlou, about thirty day trav el from Ixuidon. Moet of the Island rise deeply from tbe va. Tho ot toe AWanra group and th Ulamla of Maurltlu and Re union are of volcanic origin. The Key ehelle proper are of granite formation aud from them to the west the sea deep en rapidly until Bounding have been taken from to 12,000 fet Most peculiar of these Island groups are the Seychelles, with their towering mountain, crowned with castellated Mock of aray granite and even the valley tudded with them. The moun tains rise from 2,KJ to 3,000 feet above tea level and are source of mauy of the rapid stream that course through the Island. The rainfall lu a year may aggregate 100 Indie or more, aud these wash down the granite fragment from the hllla, cutting gorges and can yons In the rock forinatlou, Hie rocks, however, serve tne purpose or rciniii- Ilia th rich soil of the Islands and most of them are Jungle or tropical vegeta tion. It It a laud of eane aud plenty. Cre oles from Maurltlu aud Reunion ef fected a settlement of the main Island Iwttt 150 years ago. in ixr0 negrooa were Imported as laborers from Moxam blqtte. Europeans, Indians and Chinese have followed until the population of the eighteen Inhabited islands Is about 20 0(H) of all shade, most of them speaking the French tongue, In spite of the 100 year occupancy uy tne Krit- Jsh. Until the English commissioners took UD the government of the Seychelles piracy was one of the evils of that por tion of the Indlau Ocean. The British broke thl up, however, nnd for ninny year the Island have been the home of the Indolent To-day the Island In dustrie are fishing nnd the growing ot tropical fruit nnd vegetables. The co coa palm Is oue ot the chief sources of revenue to the Island. Sugar caue, va nilla, clove, pepper, coffee and sweet potatoe are produced In great quanti ties. Ieprosy has a foothold In the Island, and Curleuse baa been set aside for them. This disease Is not marked by the average vleltor, but It Is said that 10 per cent of the population is afflicted with It WAS NOT LYING THIS TIME. Story of an Office Hoy that May Con tain a Moral. "There was a strange thing happened In connection with our olllce boy," said the private secretary of the head of one of the big dowutown establishment the other day. "About a month ago thl youngster was late lu reaching the office, aud when 1 hauled him up for It lie had tears tn both hla eyes as he an nounced that he had beeu detained at home by the death of bis uncle. Of course, I felt sorry for the Uttlo chap and told him he should have notified us by telephono and remained at home, as I would willingly have allowed him to do. That very day I happened to meet the man through whose lustru-1 mentality he had secured tho place in I our office. So I asked him If there was nnythlng tho firm could do to help out the lad In hi troubles. The boy's sponsor aeemed surprised, and wanted to know why I asked. Then I told him the tory of the death of the boy's uncle. He seemed annoyed and want ed to know if I bad not made a mis take. Assured that I bad not he then told ue that b bad Juat left the boy's uncle on the street, and that b seemed a very lively sort If fl corpse, "Hiving caught hi 111 lu thl lie 1 watched tn boy carefully, but could Dud nothing els objectionable agnlust him, nor could 1 find that be hud lied to me again. But Just three week from the day be bad lied to me he came lo the otllc and asked to be away for a day lo attend tb funeral of his uncle. Thl wa too much, and 1 then told blm that I bad found hint out In that lie one before, and Ihut It would not go again. He protested so vehe mently that b wa not lying this time that 1 went to bit pouor nnd told htm that tbe boy bad given me the dead nude yarn again, protesting (list It was true thl time. Sure enough It was. Th uncle hud Ihh-ii taken with a sud den Illness and died Just three weeks from the day on which the young liar had first told me be Imd died, though be was at that time In perfect health, I don't draw any conclusion from the fact and only mention It as one of the queer thing that happen In llfe," New York Time. Penny Havlnjt a Hucci-m, A penny saved I a penny earned seem to be the motto upon which I he Penny Saving Society of Chicago, or ganised June 15, 1W7. has been pro ceeding. The object of Ibis society Is to leach thrift nnd frugality. Through'. the medium of purchasing bright at tractive slaiii from one penny up ward, children have been taught the lesson of economy nnd saving. A total of VH75.0W) stnmtm from 1 cent up to M have been pnrcluiseil since the or giiiilxathm of tbe S'xiety, and Its In fluence Is widely extending through the cooperation of the schools, the soelul settlement, the bureau of associated charities and other organizations. Whenever a Mtlltliielit slim has been saved lu this way the saver Is advised to deposit It lu a saving bank, and thus bublls of saving are Im-ulcatfd. In thl way peule that formerly went for cigarette candy, gum and various other artlee have found their way to the society, (where they have Accumulated until by their aid shoe, cblhlng, books, etci were purchased with them, or a bank account was opened, Self help aud tbe Inculcation of right habits of economy are what the work of the society represents, and It has now become a factor of Import ance In the training of tbe young. Chl- j'cago News. Tit n.r Tat. A wearied Clcvelauder stepped from a train at Pittsburg the other morning at an early hour aud rushed Into the dejHit lunch room to get breakfast. He was extremely tired from a long ride and consequently uot In the best of mood. "What do you want?" snarled one of the waiter girls. She bait a get-up too soon expression ou her face and sinike savagely. "A little courteous treat meut," re sponded the traveler. "We don't keep It here," rejoined the girl. "I thought so," wa the lnconlc re ply of the Clcvelauder. "Give me some regular eggs." "We only keep frettb eggs," replied the gtii. "Everything fresh around here?" queried the Clevelnnder. "Yes," ahe hissed through her teeth. "I thought so," the traveler replied. As the traveler ate his breakfast In si lence he wondered who bad the best of j the skirmish. From the look on the girl's face she, too, wns pondering over the same question. Cleveland Lender, China' Coal Fields. China contain Nome of the richest coal deposits In the world. Last fall of. Drake, of Tien tsin, visited the coal fields In the province of Slinnsl. which were examined by Baron von Rlchtofeii In 180, and found that the.v are of Immense extent. Tbe coal area Is said to be greater tbnn that ot Penn sylvania, and the anthracite coal alone contained In these fields linn been esti mated at rctO.OOO.lXKi tons. Tbe Sliausl coal beds are so thick and lie so uni formly In a horizontal position that the practicability baa been suggested of running long lines of rnlhvny tunnels through the beds bo that tbe cars can be loaded In tho mine all ready for dis tant transportation. Problem of the Ages. The lecturer 011 occult science clasped her hand and leaned forward on the stand In front of her. I have endeavored," she said, "to make -this subject as pin 1 11 as Its In herently mysterious nature will penult. Before I take my seat, however, 1 will wait a moment to answer any question you may like to ask for the purpose of clearing up whatever points -may still seem obscure to you." I wish you could toll rue, ma'iini," naked a hollow-voiced, cadaverous man, rising up In a dlstnut corner of the hull, "why women kiss each other." Chicago Tribune. Of Start no "Ideal" Dully Paper. She "Just Imagine! ' Suppose vou wore so Immensely wealthy that you couldn't possibly spend your Income, What would yon do?" He "Marry you." Harper's Bazar. , NoduV'How do yon like your coun- try home?" Todd-"lt'a a great place. , The only drawback Is that I cau't sell It" Harper's Bazar, When a wenmu gives a ujnn a pipe, she means It to be hung on the wall as a decoration. Some people -never get beyoud a J house and lot In prosperity. Foot Light-"! see a fellow ha writ leu a play and called It 'Vaccination.' " Sue Brette-'TII bet It won't take."-. Youker Statesman, Ills Recommendation: She "Would you recommend any particular method of learning golf'" He-"Decldedlyl Co-ediua tlou."-Boston Gazette, Nellie "Charlie ay 1 grow mor beautiful every tint be see me." Maude"lf that' the case you ought to have blm cull twice a day." Tbe King. "Huy, Burroughs, how about that 'fiver' you've owed me for the lust two rears?" "oil, come, old man, why can t you let bygones be bygone." Philadelphia- . r,', Madge I think I'll get measured for a rainy day skirt. Marjorle- Don't you think, my dear, you would better get measured to seo if you'd look all right In one?- Pin k, Her Method; Milrcs-"Brldget, I hope you dou't light the lire with kero sene?" Cook-"Dlvil a bit, mum! 01 wet It down wid werosene an' lolgbte It wid a mutch." Judge, Ethel -Count Orafterluo, who Is en gaged to Maud Oottrox, seem to be a very fragile looking man. Tboma Yes, they say the slightest "touch" would break trim,-Boston Herald. Claude-Claire, I'm much Interested lu the strides scl-inee I taking toward the manufacture of dlamoud. Clnlre You are Just, wasting your time, Claude, W'hut would I look like lu home-made dlmond?-Llfe. Rival: Little Horteuso (proudly) "My mint, over lu England, uu-armorial bearing." Little Robert-'iluh! 1 dou't care. My uncle, down In In diana, ha a chlckeu with three legs'" - Chicago Tluies-Hemld, . At a fualiloiiiible bull a lady said to her partner! "Do you know that ugly gentleiuuu sitting opposite to us?" 'Tbat is my brother, uuidume." "Ah, I beg your pardon; 1 bad not noticed the resemblance," Le Gaulols. Father-"! think I've scared Bobby out of smoking cigarettes." Mother "What did you say?'? Father-"! told blm no boy 7 years old wbo used tobac co woiijd. ever gww big enough to be a policeman." Indianapolis Journal, Cust juier "They say young Woodby Is married at last?" Tallor-"Yes, be' been married some time; 1 helped make the match." Customer "That' Inter esting; how did you manage It?" Tailor-"! pressed hi suit for blm." Ex. Rev. Mr. Saintly-"! was very sorry that I couldn't fill my pulpit last Sun day, but I hope you liked my suostl tute?" Mrs. Wltberby "Oh, yes; he wns flue; 'and I told my husbaud that he little knew what he had missed." Life. "Every man," quoted the thoughtful one, "I tbe architect of his own for tunes." "Yes," returned the observant oue, "aud the character of the struc tures put rp hw that few hae uken the necessary cours lu archltecure.,, Chicago Post. , , k ' "Kvallna.'lf w,re golug- ta ebjpe ' don't you think w would better be oflf before yoLr father awaken and W low us?" Oh. no.. Aln irns (Vre's -uo great b nrfp Pk -T VJ r.f4ue .v to give ti a good two' hour' start Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. "lle' talking of going over to Lon don to live. He' beconio quite au An-glo-iimiilnc." "Goodness! How did that happen T. "Oh, he discovered re cently that he could wear a monocle without twisting bis feature Into a. hard knot." Philadelphia Press. Her father-"And what are your prospects?" Her lover (with dlgnltyp "I dou't know, sir. lam not so mer cenary as to Inquire,' Her father "What do you mean by that?" Her lover "I menu that It uever occurred to me to look you up In Itradstreet'."" Philadelphia North American. Too much: (lusher My wife has promised to wait for me at the gate of heaven, If she Is the first to go. Flasher-Tut tut Yau shouldu't be so re vengeful as to make her wait through eternity, simply because she made you wait while she fixed up sometimes. Life. Bobbins "There' a good deal to be said in favor of early marriage. Upon: the w hole, I believe It Is a good thing: for a niau to marry before he I fire and twenty." Dobbin "H'm! I notice that wheu a man marries at that age he never imh-rles so young again.' Bos ton Trnnscnilpt. Oue of the aucteut and honorable: Carrie 1 suppose all he girls will wonder why I accepted him. But If they only knew what a hero he haa been! He has courted death In a hun dred shapes. Edith What a flirt! But, tlieu, I suppose that does make him In teresting. Boston Transcript. The Minister I hope this rumor that 1 hear going about, that you aw con templating getting married for the' fourth time, Is not true, William? Will lam Weel, 1 dou't see that you've any cause tne objec'i ye aye get the Job 0' niniTlan' an' beriiau' 0' them; an' It's no every man In parish pits as muekle business in yer way. Moonshine. From long experience: "W.bat are yon soullng up In that envelope so carefully, JouesY" "Important Instructions that 1 forgot to give my wire before 1 came to town this morning; I am going to send It up home," "Will your wife open It ut once? "Rather! 1 have made sure of that." "How?" "I have ad dressed It to myself and put a big 'pri vate' on the .corner of the envelope." Collier's Weekly. , , Horseshoes for Luck. The custom of keeplug horseshoes for luck Is said to have originated at the time wheu In every home was the picture of the patron sallit. About the head of the snlnt wns the distinguished hulo, which was frequently made of metal, Boinetlnies the shape of a horse shoe. When anything hnppeucd to the picture the halo was kept nnd remained fastened to the door, in order that the saint's Influence might still prevail. As the bit of metal was the most sub stantinl part of the picture it soon be came the custom to make a charm of this part only, and the horseshoe fol lowed logically as a prevention against evil. Guards the Chickens Well. According to an American the best 8mmll,ul ror poultry is a Scotch colli. u ls n'm"y ta8ht to guide ducks. geese, etc., to ttieir feeding ground and bring them back. The collie, it ap pears, takes a lively Interest In the work and his courage makes blm a good protector. We Imagine that kissbg a girl wear ing glasses would be a good deal Ilka kissing a man with a baseball mask 0 ti J. -N 1 1 Y: -aBsBrBiBBBisw' mmm