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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.
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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
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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. "