' 'a. "'P' "' 1 1 I""1"" '"'" 1 11 1 1 1 i M i ii 1 in ' II ii MM I 1 I" Ml ""'"l""" xiiiii m miiiMii'ini i i . . I. i i i i a in i iii ii ... I... i i ii ii i ! .. .i i imi ... .. t.-mrm tmmn ti V THE GRUMBLER. The jrrumbler growls at Nature' plan; He's surry tlint lie buniau. He doesn't want to be a mau, Nor yet to be a woman. He'd hnte to be a beast or such As shnre the fish's lut; la fiirt. 'twould not auuuy him much If he were not. He tnkes you by the buttonhole And grumbles in your ear. He tells you that his very soul Is shriveled up und Here. He wishes he were dead and gone, But whew! you'd make him lot To liint the wrld would still jog on If he were not. Catholic Standard. 2 IN THE NEXT ROOM. XO AGED to be married!" slow ly uttered Theresa Mlddleton, mid to think tluit Blanche Fol- lett should have been the first of the graduating class to wear an engage ment ring. "How soon are you to be married, Blance?" asked Sophie Deany "I don't know. As soon as Guy's father returns from Europe, 1 guess." "What a funny old man, all In snuff color, that sat next to us that after noon at dinnerl" laughed Sophie. "And how he stared at us. I shouldn't won der If he wasn't some rich old wid ower." , "Horrid old fogie!" said Theresa. "Do you know, irirls, he has taken the room next to ours?" "Whit do you think?" exclaimed Sophie, coming in the next morning dripping and radiant from her bath, "Old Snuff Color is sick! The doctor was there half nn hour ago, and I Just saw the waiters carrying In Ice for his head." "Some horrible fever!" cried There sa, turning pale. "I mean to change to some other hotel at once. Blanche lett's wedding gifts was the parure of diamonds given by her wealthy and eccentric old father-in-law. And Theresa Mlddleton and Sophie Dean cried out In choruS, as they had cried out before many a time: "Blanche Is the luckiest girl" In dianapolis Sun. DIVING INTO VAST DEPTHS. "I MF.AS. TO KEKP YOU ALWAYS.'' where Is Blanche? How provoking when we are In a hurry to decide the matter!" It was more than half an hour be fore Blanche Follett returned, and when at length she entered the room Theresa and Sophie were half through the task of packing their trunks. "Blanche!" cried the former, petu lantly, "where have you been?" "In the next room with the sick old gentleman, doing my best to uurse him." "Blanche!" shrieked Theresa. "Well?" was the calm response. "Well, are you mad?" "No only human. If It was my father," added Blanche, courageously, "do yon think I should permit him to lie alone and unattended In a hotel like this?" "Blanche, are you crazy!" cried out Miss Dean. "What do you suppose Dr. Arch field would say to risking your life thus?" "I do not feel there Is any risk," said Blanche, calmly. "Moreover, I believe Guy would bid me do my duty at any and all hazards." "Well, then," said Sophie, "I wish old Snuff Color would die and be done with It, for It won't be half so pleas ant without you, Blanche." "Old Snuff Color," however, as So phie Irreverently termed him, did not die. "My dear," he said to Blanche I'ol lett, "I have much to thank you for. Before yesterday I never knew the soft touch of a daughter's hand upon my brow, the music of a daughter's footsteps around my bedside. Nor shall I consent to part with them now. I mean to keep you always, my child." "Does he mean to adopt me?" she asked herself. "For I do not think you have once suspected," he added, with a quiet smile, "that all your secret charitable offices have been rendered to Guy Archfleld's father. "Mr. Archfleld. senior, Is In Europe," she said hesitatingly. "He was, my dear," the old man an swered, dryly, "but he returned on the Ariadne, and is here by your side. I telegraphed to Guy this morning. He will be here In half an hour to confirm my words. Little Blanche, will you five me a daughter's kiss now?" Extraordinary Feats Hare Been Per formed by Faraoua Experts. At what depth" can a diver carry out his functions? How long can he remain under the surfuce? What is the effect of high air pressures on the human system? One well-known firm of submarine engineers limits the depth of descent to twenty-five fath oms, or. sav. 1.10 feet Rut nnorntlniw j have been carried out at greater I depths than this, and perhaps the greatest distance below the surface at which a diver has succeeded in work ing Is thirty-four fathoms, or 204 feet. This was accomplished by James Hooper, who descended to the ship Cape Horn, sunk off Flchldanque, South America, and sustained a pres sure of 88 pounds on every square inch of his body. Another remarkable feat was that of Alexander Lambert, who recovered $3o0,000 lu gold coin from the steam ship Alphouso XII., sunk off Point Gando, Grand Canary, in nearly thirty fathoms of water, the actual depth of the treasure room being twenty-six and two-thirds fathoms, or 100 feet. This man also performed the daring feat of stopping the flooding of the Severn tunnel when a door In the drainage tunnel had been left open. The door was situated a quarter of a mile distant from the shaft, but equip ped in his diving dress he crept that distance through a narrow passage full of water and closed the door. This plucky act enabled the pumps to over come the volume of water which was flooding the working and allowed the completion of the tunnel to be carried out. A further Interesting case of deep diving is that of Angel Erostarbe, who succeeded In recovering silver bars valued at $15,000 from the -steamer Skyro, sunk off Cape Flnlsterre In over thirty fathoms. In this case the diver had to blo.v away portions of the vessel with dynamite before he could reach the treasure chamber. Three dives per diem were frequeut and as many as five descents were made lu one day. The maximum pe riod under water was twenty minutes. The effect of high pressures on the constitution is not found injurious when the work is carried out under ordinary precautions. A French sci entist has gone so far as to claim that breathing compressed air is a remedy for asthma and emphysema. It Is also said to excite digestion, owing to the great quantity of oxygen carried into the blood. It has been found that a period of two nours should elapse be tween a meal and a descent. In de scending the movement should be slow, and If the pressure causes pains in the head this can be remedied by rising gently a few feet, when the descent can be reeontlnued. In ascending div ers are recommended not to exceed a speed of two (feet a second. Pall Mall Gazette. "My own Blanche, you have won big heart," said Guy Archfleld. "The only doubt I ever entertalued about our marriage his consent Is solved at last He honors you as you deserve." And the prettiest of all Blanche Fol- Mendlcants' Wllea. Clergymen are more often the vie- Urns of professional mendicants than any other class of public men. An uptown minister recently had a caller who wanted the price of a meal. He was a well dressed, strong fellow, who told a hard luck story of luck of em ployment. Two weeks later the same man applied for the price of a railroad ticket to Danville, where he said he had found employment. After an ab sence of ten days the beggar returned to the minister's home last Saturday, saying that he had been 111 and was unable to take the Danville Job, but that lie had been offered work in Sprlnglleld. Would the minister ad vance the money for the fare? No. Well, would the minister give him half a dollar to buy a breakfast? "I told the fellow to wait until I got my coat and hat and I would take him to a restaurant and pay for a meal," said the clergyman. "When I returned to the door he was gone. I started on a business errand, and as I turned the corner of the next street there stood my man with another fellow drinking out of a bottle.' I stopped long enough to catch the fellow's eye, and he ac tually had the grace to blush. I know now how my previous contributions had been applied. I suppose I have been the Innocent cause of many a man's taking a drink. But It is diffi cult to draw the line between the real ly deserving and fraudulent applicants for aid." Chicago Inter Ocean; Even Bears Have to Rest. "Why do bears sleep through the winter?" asked the boy who Is study ing natural history. "Because," answered his father, "the President does not go hunting then. They've got to sleep some time." Washington Star. THE AEMOEED AUTOMOBILE. Mm-u-iaau i;,.M! wrgmaaKasamstmmaK.'iiim!!e.n'W2!m.. j J. J jJHHBeg;.jpamB!i w An Important means of conveyance in business and pleasure, the automo bile has also taken Its place as an adjunct to the field of carnage. The German Kaiser has Introduced It Into his armies and is well pleased with the possi bilities. In the bush and In the mountain passes, of course, the horseless carriage would be useless, but in the open and especially where good roads prevail as they do throughout a greater part of Europe the automobile Is to take the place of horses in conveying officers from one part of the field to another. Its use will enable a commanding general and his aides to cover a much wider territory than would be possible with horses. In all German army maneuvers the automobile finds a prominent place. The machines used are heavily armored, carry quick-firing rifles to be discharged through loopholes, and are provided with cases of revolvers for use at close quarters. In actual warfare even the wheels would be protected by armored casings. Our illus tration, from the London News, represents a group of officers traveling from one point to another and protecting themselves In a hot attack. RAVAGES OF ROSE BEETLE. A Destructive Inseet that Attacks Roses and Grapes. During the last few years complaints have been made In increasing numbers by fruit growers and gardeners of the ravages caused by the rose beetle. This destructive insect Is called the rose beetle, from Its at tacks upon the buds and full-blown flow ers of roses, which It burrows into and devours, but It by no means confines Its attention to this plant It is espec ially injurious to ..he blossoms of the grape, upon which it clusters in great numbers, and soon destroys all possi bility of fruit, and the eose beetle. t attacks the blos soms of fruit trees, large and small, ornamental shrubs, nowers, and, In fact, almost any kind of vegetable growth. It appears la Immense numbers, and covers the plants that are attacked with a sprawling mass of beetles, full of alarm to the careful gardener and anxious grower. The beetle is pale brown or drab In color, about a quarter of an inch in length, and with very long, 6plny legs. The early stages of the insect are passed underground In sandy meadow land, where as a grub it feeds upon the roots of grasses and other plants. The eggs are laid by the female beetles In the ground durliig June and July, and the grubs become rtill-grown before winter ; In the spring they turn Into the pupa (or chrysalis) state, and come out as winged beetles in June. 'For about five weeks In June and July they abound, and then suddenly disappear, having completed their life course, not to be seen again till the following sum mer. . Happily there Is only one brood in the year. It Is a remarkable fact that the ordi nary insecticides have little or no effect upon this pest, and It will eat blossoms sprayed with parls green and thrive upon them. Many experiments have been tried, and It Is found that, where the work Is to be done on a large scale, the congregated Insects may be repelled by a wash made by adding about three pecks of freshly-slaked lime to a quart ot crude carbolic acid in fifty gallons of water. This does not kill the Insects, but the rmell of the carbolic drives them away. Another method Is to spray the masses of beetles with half a pound of fish-oil soap in a gallon of water. It Is claimed that this will kill about 05 per cent of the Insects. It acts by closing up their breathing apparatus and causing death by suffocation. On a small scale much may be done by beating the Insects, In the early morn ing when they are sluggish, Into pans containing a little coal oil and then burning them ; or they may be knocked off into an open umbrella and then de stroyed. Choice grapes or plants may be protected with netting. -"" Many a man's so-called happy home is happy only when he Isn't there. FIRST STREET IN AMERICA. IIlg-hiTar In Ply month, Mass., Is Named After University Town. Leyden street, Plymouth, Mass., the first street In America named after the famous Holland university city, from which the pilgrims enme, was surveyed on Dec. 28, 1C21, says the Municipal Journal and Engineer. The records state that "so many as could went to work on the hill, where we purposed f Kllllf SMI M ninilnfim tfw j-v nnilnn rt aa end which doth command all the plain and the bay, and from whence we may see far into the sea, and might be easier luipuieiL having two rows of houses and a fair street So In the afternoon we went to measure out the grounds; and first we took'notice how many families were there, willing all single men that had no wives to Join with some family, as they thought fit so that we might build fewer houses; which was done, and we reduced them to nineteen families. To greater fami lies we allotted larger plots; to every person half a pole In breadth and three In length, and so lots were cast whsre every man should be; which was done and staked out." and this was the lav- ing out of Leyden street Arunflnlslwd plan of this street Is to be seen on the old records of the courthouse. The street wat. laid out In reference to the water supply, for "there Is very sweete brooke runnes under the hilt side and many delicate springs of as good water as can be drunk." Isaac De Itasieres. visitor from New Netherlands, gives this account of thi architecture: "The houses are con structed of hewn planks, with gard?ns also inclosed behind and at the sld2S with hewn planks, so that their houses and courtyards are arranged in very good order, with a stockade against sudden attack ; and at the ends of the street are three wooden gates. In the center, on the cross streets, stand the governor's house, before which Is a square Inclosure, upon which for pate riors (steen-strtcken) are mounted, so as to flank along the streets. Upon the hill they have a large square house with a flat roof, made of thick sawn planks, stayed with oak beams, upon the top of which they have six cannon, which shoot Iron balls of four and Ave pounds, and command the surrounding country. Now Plymouth Is a town of 10,000 Inhabitants. Main street th nrinM. pal business street below where it mets Leyden street, Is now a well-macadamized street with granite curbing and concrete sidewalk and substantial buildings on each side. The town is provided with a public waterworks, sewer system, gas, electric plant for light and power and an- electric rail way, Throughout most of its history, notable as a fishing village, thriving manufactories now provide profitable occupation for the townspeople. "Why Ice Floats la Water. Water Is the sole exception to the otherwise universal law that all cool ing bodies contract and therefore In crease in density. Water contracts as Its temperature falls, and therefore becomes heavier and sinks until It reaches thirty-nine degrees. At this temperature water Is the heaviest This Is the point of Its maximum density. From this point It begins to expand. Therefore In winter, although the surface may be freezing at a temperature of thirty-two degrees, the water at the bottom of the pool is six or seven degrees wnrmer. Suppose that water, like everything else, had gone on contracting as it cooled until it reached the freezing point. The heaviest water would have sunk to the lowest place and there be come Ice. Had the water when at the bottom turned Into lee, the stones would have locked It In their Inter stices and held It there, and before the winter was over the whole pool would be entombed In clear, beautiful crystal Little Satisfaction. "Here, you!" growled the fat man In the corner seat of the crowded car, "my feet are not there to stand on !" "That's so," replied the quiet of fender; "since you're sitting down you don't need 'em for that purpose, do you?" Catholic Standard and Tlmag. WHEAT TO GROW IN ARID SOIU Experiments In Breeding: Cereals Which Do Not Require Water. An acre of ground near the northeast corner of City Park, being utilized by Robert Gauss, a newspaper man, as au experimental farm on which he is en deavoring to breed drought-resisting plants, so that millions of acies of arid lauds In the West may be made produc tive, is attracting the attention of hot-, aulsts ami agriculturists In all parts of the United States, and experts con nected with the United States Depart ment of Agriculture are taking much Interest In the results obtained by Mr. Gauss, says the Denver Post. Mr. Gauss' experimental work, which he has been doing quietly for ten years, has become so Important to Colorado and the West that, the Park Board u few months ago told Mr. Gauss that it would set aside a tract of land for him. Prior to that time he used ground In Moutclair. Since 1800 be has been fol lowing a theory which he first preached twenty years ago. The" results have been remarkable. Briefly set forth, this Is Mr. Gauss' Idea. Adapt vegetation to physical con ditions. Make wheat which grows In a humid soli grow In an arid soil. Sow the wheat or other plant, in the arid soil, and from the product take the seed which Is the best and which came from the hardiest of the plants and sow It the next season. After much se lection of the best seed In time you will breed a plant which will not require much moisture. ' The plan sounds simple enough and Is directly opposite to the Campbell dry rarming system. Mr. Gauss' idea is to make the plants grow In the arid re gion regardless of the condition of the soil. Mr. Campbell's Idea is to treat the soli so as to make the plants grow. The men have started from the two ex tremes. Both have been successful to some extent The theory of artificial selection ad vanced by Darwin and Wallace Is being worked out by Mr. Gauss. During the ten years in which he has been at work he has convinced himself that drought resisting cereals can 1 grown. "I do not think the problems of ac climatizing cereals or species of any other kind," says Mr. Gauss, "to arid conditions have been solved. It will require a long time and. much patient and careful work 'to reach the desired goal. But I am fully convinced that although the way may be long it Is practicable to traverse It, and that It presents the most satisfactory solution of the problem of arid agriculture In that part of the country which lies east of the Itocky Mountains. Mr. Gauss is a prophet who has pointed the way. From results thus far obtained by him It seems certain that lu the course of time, perhaps a few generations, all the West will have be come productive through the planting of seeds from plants which have been acclimated and which have become ac customed to an arid soil after having been raised In a bunild soli. FIVE MEN CAPTURE A FLEET. Remarkable Act When Savannah Was Invested by Americans. Lee tells another remarkable story, the romantic interest of which leads us to Include It, says a writer In Outing. When Savannah was Invested by the American army, Captain French, with a small body of British regulars and five small vessels, was stationed twenty miles up the river, and the proximity of the American force made him ner vous. Colonel John White of the Geor gia line wanted to capture this detach ment hut no soldiers could be spared by the American general for the under taking. Now the colonel was a deter mined and masterful man and resolved to make the venture on his own ac count. He persuaded bis three order lies and Captain Etholm to aid him. -V. At the fall of night they built a great many fires In the woods near the Brit ish post, arranged so as to give the Impression of a hostile camp of large force. Then the colonel nnd his four friends, "Imitating the manner of the staff, rode with haste In various direc tions, giving orders In a loud voice. French became satisfied that a large body of the enemy were upon him, and, being summoned by Colonel WM surrendered his detachment, the crews of five vessels, and 130 stand of arms." Colonel White pretended that ha must keep back his troops, as Tory out rages naa inrurinted them and indis criminate slaughter( might take place. He took the parole of the British cap tain and soldiers not again to serve, gave them three guides, his orderlies tn escort them to safe quarters, and hur ried them away before daybreak lest the fury of his pretended should fall upon them. "The affair ap- proacues too near xue marvelous," adds Lee, "to hnve been admitted lnrn tho, memoirs had It not been uniformly as- serteu ai me time, as uniformly accred ited and never contradicted." Ample Explanation. Ilarkins Why doesn't Walker of rrw to speak? I thought he knew you? Barklns He used to, but I Intro- iifia1 htm x t 1 uu.cu uiui w mo ui ue married. Neither of them recognize me now! iTit-Blts. "