THE I OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL", PORTLAND, V SUNDAY MORNING," jUNB 14. 1908.
Rw M. Boww,
IIE Prvlshs wr burning, raid
ing, proclaiming nw liahdi ail
up the land from tb country to
th Blu Nil Th British army
Af orruntlon had pushed m. de
tachment Into the desert to keep them
tn check, and when that did not suffice
thV main tore under Earlelgh-Karlelgh.
i seconded from the luxury of the guard
to the hard work of licking the Sudan
, Into shape. Barlelgh. a baronln
.the British peerage, rich, sought atr.
rising soldier, and man loved by all oth-
It man had coip. up by forced marchev
and. after only 34 hours' reat, had hur
ried his column over the sand wastes
by night, had hlddua it by day. had lo-
. cated the lervieh. mmp, had stormed It,
bad worsted and dispersed -the f o--bUt
' t th cost of his own life- .
Earlelgh was Jtit breathing when
they got him back to the camp, he died
at daybreak. .. . .
The surgeon-major was thinking of
Mm. was thinking of the sorrow that
-would follow tha announcement of hi
death In the clubs, in the drawing room
at home, w thinking of the wall that
( ' had gone up from the dusky faced war
riors whom the fair haired Englishman
had somehow turned from cravens who
yltd at the flret volley Into troops, who
were steady before a frontal fire, when
- a knouk cam at tha door of the shed
which served him for an office, and a
woman entered in a Burse's eoetume,
"What is ttf he asked sharply.
Tha woman replied that she old not
want to fee -sent to tha base with the
. Ur oaaee gointr back at sunset, but
that she wished to remain with the old
French Cathollo sister la Charge ef the
. -patients who- were too desperately
wounded to be moved.
The surgeon major granted, and inti
mated that he liked nurses at tha front
as little as a certain blue eyed man,
then In command.. Jlkad women la any.
capacity on active servtca
a UI C Alaiurcvh Jiiwuou, niiiaa w u
about to argue, then her Up quivered.
- tier face grew white, she earn nearer
to the big man with the kind eyes and
the large hands who had not had time
to shave for tha best part of a week.
'Don't." she implored, "don't send to
iMtcii".
The surgeon major moved Impatiently.
Jle began to suspect what In penny fle
ction ia called a romance. Now, love's
'young dream. , however - beautiful It
might be, was out of place, he in&ln-
talned, among mud and sand sheltera
' The woman with the great ayes, and
ilier pretty hair tucked under her cap,
wuddenly took tha doctor's own hair. .
"Sit down,1' she said to him. .
The surgeon major, la sheer bewil
derment at findlngon ef his nurses
. ssulng orders to bm Instead of be to
81 er, subsided Into the only other seat
, available, an upturned packing case,
"You must not send tn back," Nurse
Mildred commanded. ,
He called It Just tha,t to himself,
-"commanded.' 1
? "Don't you , she went on, "that U
must stay, that you must let me stay, .
"that you must give me something to do,
flenty to do, mors than I can. get
h rough. I got here no matter through
(whom or how to nurse my brother. I
WHEN THE SEARCHLIGHT OF- SCIENCE IS
TURNED ON THE BRAIN Continued From tte First
Page, This Section
,cf human life and" thought, of human
amotions ana numan enaeavor; tne se
Mt mi V.- .oVTr-niii-i ai.,S.
ing past ages, when empires rose and
fell, and what ha mav nossiblv accom-
plish in the labyrinths of the future.
"Of too possibilities in tha develop--jment
of the brain there la no limit;
the study practically has only begun
and th tremendous findinKS of Dr.
.8pitka onlyxliKlloat mor stupendous
.nr.lt.lnna that mav ha reai-harf In tha
-future. - .,.
' A gruesome task, you Imagine this
Biuay or brains.
On .the contrary, the
most vitally engrossing task which a
stolen tint can pursue. Certainly en of
in most important phases or soientinc
Investigation of th century of tre-
.nanrtn,, a i tw.-. n . nnllmltul
i ft r.. ..
KllltieS.
For many year Dombroso, th great
'r,alln- ..V. 1 . .1 Ka.l .klllau,
i., 'L.VJ.
lt. nf im. .Si? iyJimt!
eats of .crime, and studies of criml-
Hals' brain "Tha brains of
Criminals," Dr. Spitska declares.
keaithv normal hra.ina7 i J m no
meat a nf prima ran ha lvratait " man, aeciarea it. opitiKa, is tn ana concret tninxers. Musical talent self. I im to encourage temperate hab
Bebinning with th sawing of th 1r?,n animal." Yet for many years has been located and Is evinced ,4n a its among those in my service, especlal-
kranlum and th removal of the ortran
th brain studentTa work barina. Ex-
iii uiain Biuuem. . wort oagina. M;
itrfllllA PJLTm la rafiislrwf IU Tha ramnval
f a brSnf row tb cavity of th skull.
in.11 aavQi V 1:0.11 unnw in IUI VJwitUUH
within ten minute
With th brain, a tremendous Jelly
: like mass, before him, the aclentlat be-
gins his work by weighing It immedi
ately after removal. Then It I placed
(n a mixture of formalin and water
.containing sufficient salt to bring the
pecifle gravity of the fluid up to
i 4.03 Thus the brain neither floats
- nor sinks.
Extreme care Is taken so It is neither
.flattened nor misshapen. Cotton Is
1 -placed in the bottom of the vessels.
.Pure formalin Is injected into the van
, -trlcular system of the organ by a
-; igteedle syringe; wherever It Is possible
. -the fluid is also Injected Into the cer
ebral arterlea Thus as little as pos-
Ible Shrinkage Is secured, end the
tirain retains Its normal shape when It
wardens.
j Alcohol Is not used as a preserva
.4tve, as It causes a shrinkage of the
jirgaa. With the brain sufficiently
. pardaned, a more complex study begins,
iltubber gloves on his hands, the scien
tist takes the brain from the solution
tnd peels off the membrane. Next the
rain is separated into its principal
1arts, and drawings and measurements
ar mad of Uie various divisions. This
vis a most delicate and coniDlIcated tajk
(. The measurements nf tha rarahmn
' cerebellum and pooa are recorded aepa-
. .auaj. ur. Eipiiaa
fern lion of the we
orams and their
etner. He endeavors
xeinaue deaorrption
tern and drawir;es
kf the rtirfa.rp.nl r.,.
. Systematlo measurements
Krurra. xnere are as
ripal diameters and
tn cerebrum, which
v ttmetera Meanurements
gai comer are eecu
It tana
Th length of a fissure may be ob
' talned ;hy the use of a wet string laid
along its course, while the depth Is de
, termined by means of a flat sound
, v -with a smooth, rounded end. The meas-
Jrements and relative expanse of the
pbes and eortlcal areas, the descrlp-
tlon of th flasnres of th various
. parts of th brain , ar all of utmost
lmportanoa.
For it I by eomparlson ef tb
finite number of weights and measure
'. Iment of tha various parts of the tirain
.with those of other brains that con
clusions ar teacbod.
By comparing th brains of lntnot
, vally endowed Individuals, such as that
ft th lat Georg FTanais Train, with f
those of less endowed races, such- a ':
: 'the Papuan and Aadamane-t brain, th
. scientist Is able to trace th marvelous
. Cevlopment of Intelligence is th ha
t man race and observe the Indelible
V marks of advaoeiagr intellect
, , 'The brains of more Intelligent per
sons." decUre Dr. Spitska. "are larger
and heavier than those of ordinary per- -iirini)
and ar marked by mor complex '
f laeitratlon. The f lewural pattern of th
srurllla is like that of man. Only the
liKsural pattern of the blgheat order
of men fe mor complex and corn pact
Th average weight of th brain of
human beings ranges from l.o to
a, 4 Oil grama, The brain of som may
ro as high sa J,00 grams ar as low as
.000 grams. Th brains ot tropical
races weigh lees than those of cthef
tees.'- ' "- . - - ''-.-(X'f
It u Interesting to note th wetrnt
.rtf .ha hralna nf tnin A nf the VttrM'i
most Inlellactu-a men. That of Targe-
rev. th Russian poet and novelist, who
tiled at th age of. S, weighed f.l
a-rma That of Oalmbetta th Italian
talesman, wenhea i.nu grama, ai-
reUtlon to mi. an- . ' r-.vt , , -.,.-,lr'- SVC ' I i S- V,'"1, Mi , J" " ' ila1! , t J f
. p. vj. tJe. vat vi lim '.:.:: wssasssisi iij4,., ...an.-" ........ : : : s.. : ..-.-:..':' ' . w-i .-x y s f 11 ' f : :i..v. J m a. ' c . . I 1 x':-' -- . - -a-t" : y 'wr'-v'
, . - - - ... . .
found him dead. He and I were very
thing to each other. I am alone. He
gave Ms life for his country, you must
help me to live. under the loea, Let
me work. Let me take care of those
who foua-ht with him.1
The doctor sprang to his feet
Then," , he blurted out, "you must
The woman rosa, too, stopped him
With a gesture.
"I am nurse Mildred," she said. - v
The surgeon major bowed, sank back
onto his packing-case. The woman re
mained standing.- "Without a word she
intimated that their roles were changed
again. That now It was her part to
obey, his to give order 1 -t,
Being a man it took him a minute to
get used to tha transformation. Then
ha beaan to tell her what she was to
foreseen.
It was a week later.
The worst whits
case had had the last honors r-aid to
him. Th Catholic sister and her black
charges had started for tha base 11
hour ago, and Nurse Mildred and her
rematniiiv catlent were to, follow at
sunset, in aootor nao gone across in a
penlnghajf barrack yard half fortified
anrnnniini) .wKlnh ssti rr.nni1aj4 tha war a 1 1
i?,r-eMht-,Bi!,i?.'
Sunalterns, the gunner and two British
L'l&a --mSl wllt .Virr th em'
iV" 5a.aL wi,JSb.it-P,1i8'.,?!l ne"l7T
nit tha native rank tit eall llnnar fti
th aid SI" foSt TnlvVs'a short wnnl
I All. wm. .i- 2lt. r" IJ,"
alaaaea which
. r. . . ' Jl"- ."t
had s'om.how survlv
many vlelsaltudes. when tha sentry sud'
aeniy rang em me cnanange.
Instant! verr head was raised Tha
captain ran out th gunner thought of
Ktaln ran out tha gunner thourht of
ms -litua aear,- as he called the ten'
pounder.
lowed by s bedraggled ragged, unkempt
in a rainait'ini capiain rcturneq, roi
individual who fvldontly was British
suMect
The man bad a tale to tell
and be
. . . a . . . . . ...
xin iwi oen prr'Hwr-nn Tor goia Willi
a French band. The Dervishes had com
down en them, had murdered all th
ntha.a Thur, aaams nn wmmn
they should have spared his life; but
they hsd. He had endured th horrors
of captivity. Lightly as he passed over
i mill imvnmi tail a. auudt-n
cold shudder run down hla anlna Tha
do. She was to take charge of the two mean Lord Earlelgh?" , him ri nV him 7r, i.iJ -S- ,V IV.-rJiJl Ii.mm., ' ' bennS that you wer In London a
Isn't flr. place for her but I couldn't lovad. J ' wS.rs. f
3,Sfesr - - ffisaSw,J srpvs'st S fe
pervishes bad dragged their prisoner tain, as "he turned to leave the mens
tip country with them. At length this room. "Tour place is in the blar hut in
nana naa joined tn main body. Then,
ever day. men erect out hv onta. twos.
threos to make their way nearer to th
British outooet. By day thy hid them-
..I... f Ik. kill. -..
p.. .-wa i, i-u ii 1 1 1 n, v vn.j .lav
eied miles on their hands and knees, or
tney even wriggled at lull length in
im ana io evaae Tne ninDenevers
scoots. Tfcefr plan was to- storm this
though th accuracy of th figures Is
In doubt it is said the brain of Lord
aUyron weighed f.ii grama . .
Dr. Johann Wagner who was present
at the autopsy of BeethoVen. th Oer-
,nan comroser. Is said to have declared
't ne convoiuiions appesreui twtre.
deep as in ordinary brains." The brain
fif (lan,.a I,Vl)T1,'u Train An. i, , V. ai
most perfect brains reserved, weighed
1.625 gram. The weight of the brains
of six eminent men examined by Dr.
k Trl Z?Ln T. JaZ-
Spitska r given BB follows:
Joseph Leidy, estimated, 1,484 grams;
t-nuip Lieiay, t,4it grams: a. j. par-
ner,. estimated, 1.475 grams: Harrison
Allen. 1,631 grama: E. D. Cope. 1.645
grams: ijt. William fepper, 1,693 grams.
i n . average weignt
i Ji Lr " a
t of nino eminent
!;!iin.!raml a i I?.8!
jrainary men, i,44J
men fxair.lned was 1
grams.
nesc.ndin- in ,hv
lnv Wplarht tkt tha
1 I a. a a aw-
a " IT. . 1 1 1. 1 1 , p. ,v HIP W -riRHl VI IIJO
br"ln 01 Zulu, 1,060 grams, ther is a
KaP between the lowest TSrain weight
hnmnn helmr mil tha ,i.h..t ii
weight of -an anthropoid, that of a go-
rJi we)"hlng as much as 42S grams.
""""ruFuiugiaui wave acait wun a stuay
' th cnlum, the skull and bona for-
mutiny rather thn m-lh tha, nrii...
. . ' - " - - - ...a, ... ..n
trvr within., They have studied th
OFFICE TURNED INTO ROSE SHOW-Imagine Mr.
EhrmanV Surprise When He Saw This Display of Flowers
"raara-waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaMawaaa ra - mmmwmmwmmmml "." ifKm mm wrum im I .in 'r";rr;ry7y,g:' I ' I
r . . 1 ' f - " 1 t ! i ... - 'I.. ... if ' .. '
to make a sys- fe-r" 7. .T -,v.;. 'I''- ll''"Vf 4 H4.v '.Vr'-rV tL. iT " V rJJ.-Vl' !.i I
are also r.ir (Vrltl W-i-V "U L.. WJ'rl, U ,
certained the prin- f, , , 'JV . ;V"' V 3 AA6r5:- - w Ml . .fWs WaJ i, ' 4 J
circumference of 111 - .' - ' if-4m? ' J- Jrtf- .-rtFvi-- V -vlVJ-V W" icin
ar e-tvan ta aai. V.h.Vs.Wi ' '-r f - . J i. -I i-.VP. " 'til . ' W-Af-T'" ;.TuiV i i.-a-l?
along-th. dor- I . Jt" - V'lv "T Ml. V.V ' . . J
, M"'WM'l"""'wMMWMI1i-ii------------M iini.jjnx,jmiijiiaL.aaiiiiwiiia nin1 111 m "im iim, 1 irnnMi in n . atnianaaaamrarai -aiian iaii aairiaaniaiiftritfi : mt ifir' r 'jaMrartat ' 'ir'fi'i i'iifiVYWiwriia,aa-r
AM TOTI, Itaagm a wholesale trro-
' rr h thm ra boxes
loaded down wl;H rose, th bar-
rels of merehaadis benath lara
of enormous red. yellow whit a nit ninv :
flowers and
nawiair mil spicy, but
a ,V. . . . . a- .
ua, a. . -
with the se!
,fca, ,
Irom .
vi mo m aa, inaiaa OX that
leaf ? , -
, inat wai
. . ...
u surpr; prepared, for
, , . :
Isolated utpoaV and cut off the
main British w column proceeding up
country, which was to be caught be-
twee tWs fores and ajwther marcblng
in a wide half circle to serve, it as tha
iiioiiui ui uwt ujr- uu "cu uicu.iocMM tne wen: directed a continuous
Pasha.
Instantly the aaptam saw that on his
weak detachment deoended 'the safetv
of the whole expedition. . - v.
( "We shall have our work; V aald
one man to me otner.
tnnit at La rirkefl .h. T' v r' W Wj Barai u B1U Bush
4mn?nr " :V ' who &ad brought la th news, took tha
"r t.j -V i'"bjlt.. '
we let'the divSi i hSl Eah Jm It w" rly to ths momlnr Ha drew
- w jet tne oevus in nera, sartengb will water, tnmij In v.o u 1 vi-
'We let tha devils In hers, Earlelgh
have died for nothing." - .
"Earlelgh!" ejaculated the ragged
u hi brnmlit Ihi at "nTinn
destroy all the outlying huts and con
centrate round the bulli
ding by tha well.
the surgeon-major let fly such
pUMJve that even the captain turned
-Ood alive, man." th medioo call
ait ex-
--H-.-.
out, "have you forgotten that ther Is s,
,
A pause followed, a pause a thousand
times more significant than any num.
. . . "
"8en1 he d9crl tha eapta
and he et his teeth
Ia verV Vhm tlm Num. Mildr
atood In the meesroom. Tha group
Send her her." decreed tha captain,
. w
syuv
m,?B .t?.M this on woman wfiat they
' t sh had Wtr know. Sh
JJJXJ0.
lOOKMI round from rlaht ta left ,
"Then ther Is sure to b work' for
me," was all sh said.
. orqea.; naggara man wna naa.
orongnt
In th news looked up quickly
with a suddon gleam In his eyes. . He
naa never seen mis woman o;or. put
then and ther at th first Instant of
their meeting shs seemed to be some-
""Jl" i mi...
He rose.
What he- was about to say
nor she would ever know.
of speaking he feebly pyt
. V
neither h nor
For Instead
Ail. V. n riH
v .. ...,.t . . .
T? Nurs Mildred cried
"Don't you see that that man Is
fainting with hungerr' -
8h was by his side almost as soon
a h lurched forward
Th doctor hastened up and took her
.....
"Nlfrs Mildred.
commanded th cap-
tne center ot in oeienses.
Whatever
happens, you are not to leave that.
sns understood. . uooked from man to
man-with-her great bin ayes. -
-V. A, vnA 1-
"No," she returned. In a steady Voice,
I shall remain there,
Then beaan th nltlleaa aleea Of that
nine group or improvised rortiiioations
round the well. It was a case of science
surface features of ttf Sphinx rather
than the riddle within.
In tha anthrmwalneial AAllatf Aika
ther are thousands of akuUa ta . One
human brain. To the evolutionist ther
Is no study so important as that of
tnei Drain, wnicn will result in wnat
the. plae which man occupies in na-
tnra '
The general ImDresslon that the ouan-
tlty of gray matter determlaes Intelli-
ne;D,
ZZli Z,tl Xei?Z SZ1 ".S
ai. a LCI w,,ll ml JIB miCliUUUOVilllll
. fi V, .
With th aid of a mlcroacoo th
ormin can iw biuuihu irom ine earnest
nUkgea ef embryonic life. With th de-
velopment or Htenlng of bundles of
nerve fiber one can trae th .sue-
brain can be studied from the earliest
nerve finer one can trae th .sue-
va aa,a,wninv i.n.l ..a,,,l,la,
cessiv awaaentnr oi mental la
a . i . a C 11 a mi .
in tha ralna a.Rfl1 Tha mvalnrv tt
in t K I W IIIK K.IX iHi. 1QQ mySl
precocious ginlus. mature ability
early age. IT thus explainer!,
A-i . It i. innn..ihi. io.i.
at an
of emotions. A difference has been ob-
served in tha frontal lobes of abstract
consiaeraoie oreantn ot tn conrigura-
tlon of what Is called the supra-margln-
.1 kli.K 11.. nn ih. .11. t.
... j . v. " ....... - vaa ,i. ai . i. v. . 1 1 "
brain. A similarity xlst in the brains
Edward Ehrman ni
Usf week When Mr. Ehrman steppad
Into tb lobby of hla btllldlng, at Tlf th r
"! Everett streets, he thought that he
I". 8 nr'ng rosy -dream and rubbed .
"'I - . Tjvw I, IU.A V W U T W - Qf WM
awak. Then h rubbed them againT
.. laali II . 1- a. , . .
1u : w auii.iiqwr' iwii lrun oenin-a a
1111 tb ro" Jar9 ana tno desks that
wr cuvainn wun me iiowera peepea
a soot or sq of smiling iaos and b
. ...... . , .. ,
versus numbers, and, day by day. as
the sun, the laek of rest, tha shortness
ot food, fought against them, tha band
ag defenders steadUy diminished. Boon
a new horror we aia n-k. .n.n.
ur on n, umu 11 was only in the
rnorair.r or the evening, end then at
the peril of his life, that a man could
steal our to draw water. :
The defenders took it in tnrn.'rlnK
one 'of the subalterns never cam back,
than a Sudanese sergeant then the man
water, turned to start back again. He
reeled, fell. His comrades saw him at-
temnt toi arawL Thnhi Zl
' i?J,.!w. T.
f,w un wea jnio ner race. ,
"I am not worth thl'l h. .rl4
RK. M i-,n ' .;
"What is it r she demanded.
I am bleedlna ta daatl, " V
- i -
ap-
wa speaking the truth. Already there
was a pool of blovt bv hla rirtt w
isne looitea at th center hut sh
ured flret one distance, and than the
. ouor. una too her decision. Sh roa
. v . un . ii . . . . . 1 1 ir i . . I . iui . .iii.iw.-i.
wua eimixiu wnicn animates 'some w-
man. In tn suprem moments of their
lives; Nursa MUdred took the big man
.lit hI- arma , llfta.1 Kim. r n h
shoulder,- carried him across and set
-tHf uvwii. ris. unur me muq wan.
wnicfi, . overhanging a little,, afforded
some protection against the lead storm,
Now leava me.'1 he Imnlnrad.
Sh did not even exrmaliilata. 8h
bent over ' htm. examined hla wound.
Sh wrenchad off alength of tap from
"r ayrun, anu oosina iignwy atwut m
leg. ; ,
BtlH the red fl
H" looked at It
. "You see," he n
A - ... ,
now apuuiixj up,
You see." he whlsnerad.
No." she returned. -I do not."
Eh laid her finger and thumb
tbaTplac; pressed back tha stream, of
blood.
They both waited, breathless.' No
stain appeared
But." he fried out.
"You cannot go
have not the
on doing ,. that. You
strnngti,."
Sh lookOif over her shoulder at htm.
Smiled at him. lightly, almost mis
chievously.
The wholi day was before them. The a
enemy; -aa il conscious that Tnor than
usual was at stake
never once relaxed t
In the enclosure,
their fire. No one
could Ventura- nut into thn enmnnund And
none to live.
Th hours crept on, th
mid-day
sun
of mathematicians, which would seem
to Indicate that musicians are potential
mathematicians.
To conclusions reached by Dr. Spits
ka from his observations are of great
importance- the refutation of the Idea
that genius necessitates n disease, or
abnormal development of the brain or
that there aro seats of crime.
rho brain f men of genius are not
diseased and genius is not a result of
abnormality." ho says. "The .reason
that abnormality is so often assodat
wim nnn vi geiuu
Is because de
fects, moral 'or mental In them, are
brought to ouhllc attention and are of
ten exaggerated, whereas they exist In
?r.l,nrr W' nd rema,n inconsplcu-
.
EiEirSiHS
TerThave
"Many criminals do not show a single
, " 1. I i . it. .
ascribed to a criminal constitution."
. .".
. .
Andrew Carnegie on Temperance.
From tb Indianapolis News,
"My attitude on the temperance ques-
-My attltuCo on the temperance ques-
(In - I. ..li,l 1,1, n a -
whnm T 'nnaa n in . ,-V. tt mcaalnc. .Via,
blue ribbon In his latel. while he stae-
Tm a temperance mon.' says he, "but
Tm nae bigot' Though not a bigot ray.
ly in sailors an engineers wno run
my yacht 9o I give 10 per. cent bonus
.v.... ,AiM ..i .
- i i n, mmv.v i i . 1 1 ickuioi wnnr. i.w
all who promia to abstain from liquor."-
,,.. yv ui..t:-fi.p? 1 '-, 'f '
knew tlt h was reaUy.lnWaomoa a
Th rose how, had been arranged
by J. T. Butnfleld and others With th
Mason-Errrman eompany and , ali th
flower had bean secured from th gar-
waa a remarkable exhibition of What
.1 a. . J a T. ai
V -3111 lllU. V VI ,119 ..nil.aic.li.. - a b
v htw., .ivrv K' ueu. in . rvruaiiu.
picked, at random, can produce in the
way ot pauuini rosea. i nera, were
over 10,000 of them, many alarg a
... t .,. . ,.
biased out. the air was a dancing..
shlmnarln , bath of heat Tha flies
. hummed, tha bees bussed, stung, teased.'
Hunger attacked them, thlre tortured
in.m Thr. !wnvi a textr that
a bullet might glance upward from the
naro, sun-oajcea grouna, or, struting w
walL might fly
back onto them.'
But Nurse
Mildred never moved.
There she ea4. never forgetting that on
lh, atrenffth nf hpr .nduraac deDanded
a life. v.
- Then, toward sunset all at one, with-
cut any warning, they bol
great, ominous shout Th
-, listened to It before, had s
fore it; tha womanlnstinot
k.. i. w.i,
notn nearq a
The man bad
,f'.
niverea be-
notrililyJ?.-
what it meant Waited. Th rolling
volume of f lores, human sound cam
.me orio, reproacnes. promises tuey
' H.1 th.l o-llzlnniata wtthl
2L".,:Z-?L T;
the defenses.
rreseiitly, Woer th twe) Under th
wall could .a. dl-ttacOy aslngl. Per-
vlah nama In afffht. ia atn-ml thera hat
bis soear befor he fell, but he bd
frr omining to aig.iaiigw be-
bind him.
Nurse Mildred looked at th man be-
?.ld ?r. The satpa thought amf to
them both, , What If th Arab had seen
wv . . .-- - -.. . ' . - enanaea a ormi .reeunr. - ...
ntm ootij, vni w An m mm u.l of th late baron, th spnd
lhem. and twlth his last breath had thrift wha, running through bis own
shouted out th news of tlielr com- modest fortun. had Quarreled with his
paratlvely defenseless position. Suppos- family, and had disappeared for years.
Ing a determined effort waa mad t h had learned afterward that to.
anli f K..,
It might succeed.
The man wno called ntmaeif mhl bum
remerabeied hia captivity. H wmtra.
bered also- that beside htm was a whit
woman. If th horrors wer nameless
lor him. what would they be for berT
S n1?w,Td ,t0 lh ,TQr1 thought
PfiMfiillu l.-nl. h nil. ...'. I n r.l.n.
on hla leg. she bent over, and with th
"i..f.-vw
oiner toima n revolver. ,
,.T-.j i... w i j -
i?nb iiuuni jl wm u 11 11. .
Load it. shs whispered.
H looked at her. Rer. glance nvr
wavered or faltered. Hi eyes fell, his
hands moved nervelessly.
Agam. nerce, cruet, prolonged, tn
Dervish battle-cry rang In ihetr ars,
Listen." she commanded. .
".i.".1
Now load It'- aha urged.
He cornplled.
a J .i J2wn. ciose under our rInt
hand, she went on,
He obeyed her.
They neither of
them spoke again
f?r.f 1UH; they ne,ther of "" looked
at the other.
He saw. she saw the sudden ftDOarl-
tlon of another white figure. This man
felt, too, as his fellow had fallen.
isurse Miiarea turned about until ah
could look th wounded man straight
In the face.
AMERICA THROUGH GERMAN GLASSES By
S
INCE the exchange of professors
was begun, a flood of German
professors has Inundated Dol
larica.. Only a few of them re
sist the terhptktlon of publish-
their impressions of the land of
tng
the dollars after thev have been thera
me aouars aiter mey nave oeen mere
a few months. I begin to believe that
our good German professors very often
give their countrymen at borne a false
Idea of the United States. It Is not
givef! everyone to vet a mrrrt Im.
pression of a people from a short visit.
g
xo cio so you must possess a certain
gift, must bo what one might call a
'psychological hunting dog." A com
mon cobbler may possess this gift
while it may be denied a college pro
fessor, but whoever possesses it may
travel In America a few months and
read the secrets of the soul of the
American, as did Iaamnrecht Who
done not possess it may live In America
lor 20 years ana still
about Americans.
know nothing
At all events, it Is rather rash of the
correctly sized up after a few weeks'
travel the Americana who show more
contrasts in their character than any
other people in the world, and a col
lege professor who has met only cer
tain Classes ana wno has Deen re-
celved a an honored guest cannot do
1, .11 .
a " . ..
Th situation Is this
Ther comes to
Thri
T" I
tkd
1 L i
"
' "-V.h-'",." 'ia.riaa-
cantaloup
resented. -
When ffed Jf.'lVfata.ews. roa expert,
was called to )udg th show ho mad
eight awards, xor individual exhibits.
prises as trophies, tiros securing thm
T tf I)..'UI Ufa. V Da.na.
am. vviiiyau i-. i . ... wu. . .. aacaaavcviaa
rises as trophies, tiros securing thm
ayr; i n h m . a . aiuiu.i.iui . a,i m, cu. dvquvw.
Miss M. unman, jack McDonald, David
narry uuiiwa,' ja. unmcvu ana
John Nolan, t , ( L '
, . ... . .
Bill Husk endeavored to avoid her
eyes.
"he kept her glance On him J. forced
him to look at her. . ; '
? "You will shoot" she ImDlofed. Yu
mum snoot ramer tnan-
than let
With a hard, sobbing breath, he la'
terrupted. her: -N .;'-:
; "Before God," he swore, "I will shoot.
"Will you step this way, my jordr
asked Mr. Smlthson's confidential clerk!
1 The new Lord Earlelgh walked into
the nrlvate room of the ; old. white-;
nalred solicitor, who knew more about
. t-i.iv.' n..
were several, the new lord had
been on himself than any maa aiive.
oueatlon anvona and avervima at tha
S"""J1. "D" .'no Tryt7.
nursing staff, with tha ohlect of disco.
wr ouic. CQnnecii ' wua . tne.. army
sring the nnmnt whereabouta at a car.
.,nVurUP MUdrI b"t!
v .w. ' 7 . -.
,t V h J V- ZlZ'S? - i J. . kV.
,.. undy the mud dfences from mora
until AUA i,W a fe
. . li.v,.:,' r tV. "Z
th new-Lord Earlelgh. the ne'er-do-well
cousin of
wards midnight when the bitter cold
. , v. -
Jlghtheadad tbat , tha relieving fore
had com ur. not a mnmant inn aoon.
that, with the defenders in their last
gasp th Irvlshes had fled. - He bad
been' oonveyed down country, still un-
. i .... . . - . .....
lum had fallowed." Nurs Mildrd had
cvuKiuui. . Yveexs or lever ana oenr-i
.disappeared, completely, entirely. H
kaii ii vin.. ma n m w
, .'w riTw u .-.
But oon),r 9r itr. b meant to e
h-r again. What was the us of wealth,
of intlueae. if h could not track down
this on woman? Earlelgh Was-telling
himself that instead of Uatenlna ta Mr.
that tn V, . t.. vi- 5La.--
.Lcn nl1 " lat lord had ltt
aM he could to his sister., v
And this lady.. tha man of bnalneas
wound up. "has written to rne asking
me to Inform you that aha would Ilka
to maka your acquaintance."
last Mr. Smitbaon repeated th m-
sac. -
"Then.' ooneluded th man opposite,
"does that mean that she wants m to
call on nor? Ought It Must IT
The lawyer coughed and hesitatingly
gave It as his opinion that such a mark
of respect was due to th lady.
the United States a German professor,
who, as one among many, has done hla
scientific work auletlv at home and
who has found his best reward In tb
annreclatinn nt Hla .infant. . .A mnmm.
" Y" ..a.,-.. wam. WVMaw
vi ins cviieaguea
In America he
suddenly discovers
" '".J"1" " n" wona s seven
wonderg. -When he arrive In New
lork reporters sr waiting for him,
pencils in nana.
What he aava la mrlnt.
ed in th papers th next day with a
picture of himself. The American fra
ternity receives hint Ilk a trlumpha-
tnr Tha- Am,rl.iH Iav. Ai ..n.ali.M
crowds him from all sides and th
dignified German professor falls Into
its nets. He become a "star" over
night like Caruso or Paderewakf and
one moat know something about th
American aaoration or "stars to ba
awe t understand it. Only a few
of the star worshippers worship from
conviction, To them the scientific star
means a tickling of their nerves, a
sensation trhtrh la najtaarl a Inner frnm
hand to hknd by the aristocratic Idlers.
I still remember with horror Pro
fessor laorens, of Vienna, whose scien
tific operations for hip diseases wer
turned . Into sensational shows In New
York. A lecture by a professor which
In Germany Is nurelv sclentlie. in
America is turned Into a social enter-
L-a is turned Into a social enter-
sat at the end of which the pro-
Is aDPlauded bv his male and
,.n.. y
tainmeat
fess0r
female
le"'."?B
audience.
The doors of the aristocrat In man
sions open to the German professor
wno Decomes tne lion or a ooiocK teas
or ainnera where
dress aad ladles I
tlnually about Into
rcssor. I cannot
am to make the acquaintance of such
a distinguished man." I know a pro
fessor to whom a New York lady said:
"Oh, professor, you really awe m."
I cannot imagine a professor whom
o much adoration would not Impress,
because Gorman college nrofessors ar
not men of the world. They ar over-
'"fignra'nTeV;
wnaimea, aee ever:
the most rose-colored
claim time and aenin: "Why this
America Is a veritable fairyland, in-
habited by th ' most charming
' moat . -harm ni nan.
pie." And America will not leave him
In peace until he has nubllsherl aome-
thing in return for all this hospitality.
iuiiu 01 caese impressions is an
article, recently written In a German
magacin by an eminent German
scholar. He says among other things
that America does not know frivolity
and bigotry. Now I cannot think of
any mor bigoted people than the
A marl I, n Ual K ni-1 1 a. at n t -aUk ataa.a.
add that not on of tb other sects
,rom It. '
aal.0,.1"!1 feiP'lKS- J'
tlan I the Babbath', la found among "
the American clergy, arising from the
5 V-i'rr.L"""
a.. . ' w .v- . . buuivi a ll. rUliWUIBIII
rules with a despotism, social and po
litical," Which would be Impossible In
Germany. It give rise to the moat
disgusting hypocrisy which condemns
th drinking of It la secret.
Religious frivolity Is less apparent
in America iniui
n It used to 6,. hut
ecretly it U as strong as vr. Hy-
zSyi,...,Z J? .Ane.r'cn" Bot,.to.
trlyoloug in public because religious
feellng belongs to the necessary make-
up or very American lady or gentle-
man. Religious connections bring tha
Amrlcan many advantag in bus nets
and this Is why so many business
men are Sunday, school teachers. -
a iiv,idbvi m iiuri.iiniiiii, wi 1 1 It?
American women are equally wrong,' be
cause thesa bay charmed him on first
aoqualntane by their beauty, elegance,
amiable manners and Intelligence, ana
because they always understand to
make themselves appear better than
they ar. r:
H writes that the American men
rxz sssi i i- the'ueflSu
his ears- "Oh rifa- .na woraing man who lead in
a., t America and not a few educated rurl-
allow themselves to be led by the ulty is encountered in using the wires
women Because American women, he on account of some poor connection or
has 'found, ar good hearted and charlt- break, but It usually does not take long
able. This Is far from th oase, to discover and remove th cause of the
American men give In to the women trouble - s - , .
hecaiis they - have been taught from on sorno of the big ranches straight
childhood that woman is a superior lines ot wlr fenc SO to 7S miles long
being and that It is the duty of every a,r- frequently found. These afford ex
true gentleman to adore her and sub- cellent opportunity for , military field
mlt to her whims. - Another side of service
tho qnestlon Is thst th -men don't al- An matter of nec-sslty all ranch
ways allow themselves to b led hy fencea must be kept in good repair. To
the women-of their own free will, but do this fenc riders ar constantly em
very often do so cursing In their loved." . '
hearts. Very often too they promise to . , . - - ' r- - :
do verything thy, are asked and then ' r, ii. xo c
go and do just aa they pleas. , ; rennsyiTaiilav afnr Btory.
This feminine Influence in America Prom the Philadelphia. Record.
has resulted In the existence of a ,
ttmnvr which la anything -but
n Um effect-,, fhe despot-
Ism of women not only prevents tho us-
ands of men from making a decent
living because- of Its fanatical crasad
against even th most moderat use
of liquor, Brewers, saloon keepers
and their . employes know somath Ing.
about - this. It ta this da, arm flam arhl,.h
has caused th abolishment of th army
canteen wnicn waa opposeo oy in most otner natcn is oeing preparca. -
prominent; military experts. That the Horn smnng the clanging noises of
soldiers now drink wars than over th rmimlliouse, every chick bo far dis- ,.
aad that they go to tb worst kinds covrd la deaf, ' . , , '
Th big man with hi faoe still
brown from the tanning of th African
aun. roa abruptly.
"Then I'll get It over at once," he ex-
T-r. .... . '.at . a ,i .
, -. - v., w- 1' - a v . 1. 1 1 . , via. innaiu, J1 roil
street Jsm he went; he pictured a sober,'
tirATYlA T111a1v m I aa IalLa aaa mm m i. n arW.aan
over to good work and mourn fulness,
or a supercilious grand . dame, who
would find, him wanting and let him
know it v - ',,'..-.,,..,.
"Hang It all," ha muttered, as he
fan th bell -No,- 9. -"however she-receive
m sh can't get ovr tha fact
that w ar cousins." : i ,
, Th servant showed him upstairs. He
looked round the room. lie had not
?een a drawing-room for- mora years
ban ho cared to remember, but .he felt
sura this must be more Inviting than
th majority. - Ther was such a qual
ity of restfulnes about it. He would
Ilk Mildred to have such a room as this
- wharl he found ber. H would find
her of -eours he would, v What were
h and ah mad for if not to com to
getharT H stood up straight, well Ullored,
with hair tlbged with grey, and keen,
alert yes.
lie befird th-door open, waited for
th middle-aged spinster or tha haughty
dam to coma round th high screen.
'. He heard th soft flutter of a dress.
It stirred him; It was go. unaccus
tomed a sound. .
. Nurs Mildred's dresses, when he
bought them for her, should flutter
with lit that pretty sound. ,
. H looked up.
Ho threw out his arms, r "
Tha one wild question, was Ji sleep
ing or waking, sane or delirious, darted
aorons his brain, and then he was strid
ing down th room.
. Mlldredl uJNurs MUdredr he was
oreatbing. ' i s
Cb lookatl'At hftn.-'.V-.-'-'-'
,"l thought James said Lord Ear
.lIKh.,, sh faltered.
Tha man h waa by her" side
laughed aloud. ,w
, He bent, took both her hands.
Mu1,.l?.rs'7' h. questioned again.
- "Oht" she cried out "You would
have shot had ther been"
"Huahr b commanded, his jaw set
aguara, .
w 'Sl- looked tip at him. He caught her;
held her.1 . . '
AfUrwards h was to tell her how,
atter a wild youth and a wandering
manhood, th sight of her had changed
all th purpose of his life; afterwards
h was to tell bim how she had con
trtved to get to th front against all
precedent to nurs her brother, how
sh had arrived too late, why she had
remained ; but during that first hour
ther was neither tim nor inclination
for anything so prosaic as mere expla
nation. For ber there was a home after
1". TPM loneliness following her
brother! death such a home aa, being
a loving woman, she bad, perhaps.
A.for..hIm th la"t "tp on
th "Bitter Boad'l was taken. -
Flehm Lnck.
... TrJm Hfp"f Weekly,
fitella -Did sh fish for compliments?
BellaYes; but th big ones got
away.
Henry F. Urban
of divas to do so, dosn't matter anv
fhln .k ' manor any
..-- I .V .11 H WVIUtSri.
It IS also due , tO the lnfliir.ni-. rt
women In America that the number, of
divorces is continually growing, that
H rt" becoming emasculated, and
especially so th novel and the drama
which must b so that they are fit
for Sunday school pupils of both sexes,
fl iawu to the Influence of women
that th young man is becoming more
" m?r ffemlnat and that the girts
'how less and less Inclination to take
"P. household and family duties,
an t mean to say that there are
n,t In America, splnndld women and
wive also among the puritans and
lnB country.
Quite amuslncr is tha at-atamanr .Tat
professor makes that every American
man spends his Sunday either in a
public library or at home. The rich
American has his club, and the poor
American sneaks through the back door
into a saloon or goes picnicking Jn
the country during the summer. Only
In the puritan villages he sits Idling
away hla time at home. He reads far
less than the German.
When the nrofesnor a van aava thof
the average American Is no materialist
;", -" " Tk ZiiJ . A . 181
fuf n, H. A.h aIJ?i'R.nLy dolllr'
"'" another preat mistake. .The
:reat masses of the people, esneclallv
the ouslness people and the working
men, have no hltrher IdfnlH tt.Hn m
.make . as much money as possible to
a tmvnl ri.
ronege proressor meets in and around
Boston.
The impressions nf our worthv Ger
mnn professors "how us therefore, too
often, an Uncle Pam in evening dress
ftnd not In working clothes.
FEXCE FOR TELEPHONE.
I'aoil hv airA.i rv.xr,. i nirvarnr.
.-n
Military Maneuvers.
From the Washington Post.
"In th west and" southwest, where
ther ar long stretches of unbroken
wire fences, these wires are frequently
used to convey telephone messages from
one point to another," said "Captain
John O. fiouder of Ban Antonio, Texas,
here on business befor th departments.
-In soma localities the fence wires
ar converted Into regular telephone
"n. wlh permanent equipment for
practical use. These lines are often
to 99 miles long, and
are a
great convenience to people of th
ranches.
"The United State signal eqja?s is
well trained in the use or Wire tences
for telephone purposes. In the military
msneuver that take place In the ranch
l""t ".- i'5 ' "All " " .
of th troons bv ImDfoved teleohones.
''In soma localities where the country
), roKh or heavily wooded it is im-
possible to convey th signals from one
po.,,t to another hy the usual methods
f flags or other visual signals. It Is
then th telephone is brought into play,
"Each detachment of signal corps men
is eouioned with a field telephone at-
tachmenc It reouires th work of but
a minute or two to connect this attach
ment with a fence wire and to get into
direct communication with headouarters.
"Th us ot the fenc wlr for tele
phone communication obviates tho ne
cessity 01 constructing temporary rieia
telephone lines by the signal corps. It
sometimes happens that a little dlffi-
Six weeks ago a workman In the Ponn-
aylvanla repair shops in Allegheny left
two dozen -eggs in an abandoned tool-
box In th roundhouse. " Steam pipes go
throuan th box.- Alt over th mm a
heavy layer of coal aoot settled, .
. Thrta weeks ago 14 sooty chicks ar-'
rived. It was found that - the steam
pipe kept th temperarur of the box '
at lot Hairraaa A. aAa.nnrt hatrh nf 1A
chicks npneared. sooty but healthy. An- c
n.ni ni notn sexes wnnm
-.1