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. t : I 1 1 0 b w c 0 cmiTffiyiFiFE mm Copyright, 1300, by Cutcllje llvne. 0 0O-.0A(,-O1,Om-0-Oi.t ,11 im.- tun ui iiiiu uour inu tnnn plare who tiad been 6cnt out with the li 4V... .... .1 .. message re-entered the room and de livered his tidings. Had el Moussa, In his turn, passed It on. Murray was even then waiting In the Justice cham ber, so he said, at the farther Bide of the house, and could be taken away nt once untie rose to his feet, and the Ai i stoou iii in nun wim ooweu dia l and folded anus. i aptuiU ! nlr hcgiiu to feel nsham ed for haMU pressed this iiian too hard It sooi.ied that he had Intended to a t honc-Uy all along, mid the sus nirioune.,s nt his behavior doubtless a '-.I' ti'om sonic tiimi'iiiiy in custom or (..uguage Sn tb" villor took Itad's !m ii J in bis own and shook II oi l ally nnl at the same time made n liatidsoin apology for his own share of me misunderstanding. "Your wor ship must co-use me. he said, but rtu always apt lo be a bit suspicious about Inn, Hi's What dealings I vc had with Mil in haw in'iiil.v always turned out fur me iinfiirtunately. And now, If yi.i Hon i muni, we ii go unci youi c i iiioiiM-. mid you can hand lue ovi i r v mate, and I'll take him back i.i tl i snip Enough time's been wasl etl ii'ii aily ry iiotli of us. flu ial Mill bowed and subtuls sni' iistn ii toward tne uoorway, ami K. nlr umrrhed briskly out along the iiarrm .inn passage neyomi, with lt.-n! sni,i;ii shulllltig In escort chxe at . - n ii I be house seemed n large .in. .i i ! i i Milling Three limes Hail's i in i ii iM lingers on Ills visitor's sleeve si.'.i' il I .ii; a change of route. The .on d i's. too. as Is the custom In Ara bin "lute I'onliiess Is the llrst oonslil . r.if in Mere dimly lit. and with the iim "ii uim-li nun crown to ne ins see end ii. n mi' Kettle Instinctively kept nil i, s ,.,,,, .. tin alert for Incoinciilcnt Ilr had no desire that Had el l in -. i limilil forget his sulnuls sit i ii ' l ."tab 1 1 1 ti) suddenly from In ! i.i neither d.d he especially wish to in u.in-i il or knifed from round any of t . dusky sudden corners. !! fa't. ii' was as uiueii on (he ipil vl' e n . lie ever had lieen 111 nil Ills Ion-- iMld iidveuturous life, and yet Un I I loi:ssa. who tneaut treachery ml along, took lilm captive by the most ular of time worn stratagems. Of a sudden (lie boarding of the floor sank beneath Ketlle's feet. He turned and ito a desp rate effort tried to throw Lin - If line kward whence he had come. but Die boarding behind reared up ami hit I k 1 in a violent blow on the hands K iiml in ad. ami he fell Into a pit below I an Instant lie saw through the gi i the face of Kail el Moussa slid il. i.i; turned Indent, spitting at hlui n iiaie. and then the swing Moor slam i n' l up Into place again, mid all view if nothing but Inky blackness was .i d tely shut away. Now the fall Into the pit, where Ibid el Moussa had caught Captain Kettle, 1" - les being disconcerting, was toler :ii u deep, iiu I. but for tlie fact that tin mail blow from the flooring had k'i"' him against the opposite side of t unit so broken his descent at ' tl'! iM"'tsi- l his elbows and heels. lie i "'' ' ill tl' I , t t' It' ; i' , i. i t. t my ill have landed awk i .ui'l I. nil. en a limb or Ills back pi nee -s lint I'aptaln Owen Ket is not the man to waste time over s laini-iitiitiou or rubbing of s He was on lire with fury at ;i be bad been tricked and 'ig to gel loose and be revelig"d. .ad his pistol still In Its proper ' and on 1, imaged, and If the wily .niil shown himself anywhere i. t,ii.,i just i hen It Is a certain . thai In would hnve been shot . o up:. i iv the account. I' lib as. as I have said, wedg ' "iili il.iikness. and for the pres w tige (oiist alt till he could see to be anted lo shoot at lie li 'I in his feet and fumbled In t b r a match He found mn ii ' ii Hie sole of hU lilm white i i iiuiioliereil quickly place he was In was round and i-'i.ipi'd. measuring some ten feet t.s Moor and tapering to a small win i,. the trap gave It entrance 1 1 vwis u prison clearly, and .is i idi nee that It had been re -I It was clear also that the ' .il way of removing a prison - t" g' t hlui up by ladder or rope ( small opening to which converged ovelhead. More ill common seeming, the place unbreakable, at least to ii n i ho bad not either wings , .J. r of crawling up the under i i.uit like a fly ' i'l II:. things flashed through s I i a ii In far less time than it - ' u ul them here. lie had only ' ' i s in Ins possession, and he ' i 1 m.il.r all possible tike of the " in ket p the second for etner Mid o he made his survey in'st of his Intelligence and ui. , r ' 1 1 '..1:- !! this bottle shapi'd prison f t" ' k. built Without Visible I I.i Id together (It keeined . i' the weight of enrth pres le tlieui, but Just us the mnuli i.i i tigers and dropped to the n promptly expired, his 1 1 u in opening In the mason - 1 Mere silt, barely thr"' 1' 1 mining vertically up ami s "ii e sjx courses of the brick. v s about chlu high above the Uo marked this when the t ut and promptly went to It ! it with his arm The silt 1' the other side, nnd there ''.'! a chamber Iteyond. II ' ' hands against the lip of the ' vi t ti -s feet against the wall .' .1 w ith tlie utmost of but 'f ,,!,,-e he could widen the 'iily to clamber through, i v tuyonJ. Hut from tin? I prcbslug down above he ' ' m a sijiule brick by to v . t. I' I . I f it 1 I v C 1 1 1. I" much ns a hand's hrea.iih nn.t had t( elvii m. ti,i 1 1 . " uau tt. cue up this Idea and. stewing with raze. .t nh,.. .... .1 The itn i'It,.. c ine (inn.ness put h u nni nf no. Hnn Ion hn i- t .... tlon, but he had st eft hi immi. nnil font .l I ll 1 , W.Cm1 aro,m'1 W"1' Presen til or carefully. n ls ,1, rarc,11 "'as rewarded, Opposite the opening Uo had discovered before was another silt In tl,n mr. hnnslng wall of this bottle shaped pris on, aim mis aiso he attacked In the uuijo o.- wreucuing free some of the bricks. He strained and panted until t seemed ns though all the tendons of "".v ""'si urenk, but the wall re mnlned whole and the silt And then he gave way. almost childish ly, i i ins lassion f rnKl. ml s,outeil Insults and threats at Had el Moussa In the vain hope that onie one would hear and carry them. And some one did hear, though not the persons lie expected. A voice, niuilled and foggy, as though It came from a long dlstnuee. snld In surprise, "Why. captain, have they cot you here too'" Under cover of the darkness ICnttl.. blushed for shame at his outcry. "That yon, Murray? I didn't know you were nerc. now tun you guess It was me?' the distant voice chuckled focrllv I've heard you giving voitr blesslni? to the hands on board, sir, onco or twice, and I recognized some of the words. What have they collared you ior; iou (ion i pnotogranh. Have von been mcsslug around with some girl 7" Curse your Impudence. Just von re memiier your position and mine. I'll have respect from my otllcers even If l am In a bit of a fix." I!cg pardon, sir. Sorry I forcot mt self. It shan't occur again." You'll go to your room for three Hays when we get back on board." Aye. aye. sir." I decided that before I left the shin. I can't have my otllcers staying away from duty without leave on any ex cuse. And if they have such low tastes is to bring themselves on the level of common, mop headed portrait painters and photographers they must pay for ii. 'Aye. aye, sir!" 'What were you run in for'' "Oh, photographing." There you are, then! And did they tiring you straight along here? les. sir. and lowered me down In a bowline to this cellar Ah," said Kettle, "then you doti't want so much change out of them? riiey dropped me, and some one will have a heavy bill to square up for over that. Do you know whose house this Is?" "Haven't a notion. After I'd been here an hour or so some heathen sneak ed round to a peephole In the wall and offered to take off a message to the ship on payment. 1 hadn't any money, so 1 had to give up my watch, and be fore I'd written half the letter he got Interrupted and had to clear oft with what there was. Old he brlug off the message, sir ' He did, and I came ashore at once. You remember Itad el Moussa?' The man that consigned all that parcel of figs for London?" 1 lint man. I considered that, as he'd been doing business with tho steamer, he was the best person to make Inquiries of ashore. So I came to ti I id and asked where I could llud the adl to ball you out. He shullled a bit mid after some talk admitted ho was the cadi and took palm oil from me In the usual way, and then I'll not deny that we had a trifle of a disagreement. Hut lie seemed to simmer down all Ight, snld he'd send along for you nnd after a bit of time said you'd come and wouldn't 1 walk through the house nnd see Joti myself. The crafty old fox had got his booby trap rigged In the muintline. and then I walked straight Into It, like the softest specimen of limine fool you can imagine. "Had el Moussa, came tne foggy comment "Hy Jove, captain. I believo we're In an awkward place. He's tho biggest man In this town far and away and about the biggest blackguard also, from what I've heard. He's n mer chant In every line that conies handy, from sluves and palm flber to horses and dates. lie runs most of those pearling dhows that we saw swelterlug about at the anchorage, aim lies goi a little army of his own. with which he raids tho other coast towns nnu tne ciiravaus up country when ho hears they've got any truck worth looting. I say. this Is scaring. I've been taking things pretty easily up to now. thinking It would all come right 111 time, nut ir I'd known It was old Had who naq grabbed me I tell you I should hnve sat sweating. "It takes a lot more than a mere nig- ger with his bond In clouts to scare me." said Kettle truculently, "and I don't care tuppence what he may do uy trade. He's got a down on me nt pres- cat. I'll grant but I'm trolng to give Mr. Had el Moussa tits a little lator on. and you may Maud by and look ou If you nrcn t frightened to ue near nun "I'm not a funk in the open, grum- bled Murray, "and you kuow It. You've seen me handle a crew. Hut m in a kind of cellar here ami can t get out and If anybody chooses they can drop L bricks on mc. and I cant siop 1111m. Have they been at you about those rifles, sir?" "What rifles? No, nohouy s aiu lies' to mo nshoro here." . "It seems wo vo got some cases 01 I .irtnt on bo.inl for one of those little ports up the const. I didn't know It." "Xor did I." said Kettle, "and you .. into it from me that we haven t. I IRM " " - . - - 1 l Ptnuggling rifles ashore Is a Dig oueusc here In the Terslan gulf, anu 1 m um going to put myself in uie way ui law If I know It." XTV.,11 I tllltlV VOIlTO WrOUK, I said the mate "I believe they re iu 11 v... ........ - , K)iue cases that nre down ou tne roaui- fet as 'machinery.1 I saw them sion (.mion moved for sentence General ed down No. 3 hold, and I remember u(jur p,,!,,! out a fatal flaw, muni one of the stevedores In Loudon feg, t0 (,y(.r). ono wjW) Mtteutlon was about them when tney were iuv luw." Suiinoslug they were nncs. ' hen 7" . Kiimi u-nnts them. He say lneJ ai"ni to some of Ids neighbor up ...... tvim'ii raid him as soon as ew.i. , , v... rt.n't they're properly arraeu. nun """ like the hliJn. What raiding'. . dont be likes to do hlmbeir. anu u ww " Z . 1 rronmoogefi 1... nuinli MrKTitrH U'Umj w I niSgl'UI I'"" msg bluudtrbusses. "cll. said Kettle, "I m tnar what be thought fu cvu" h.im.i. .... .. 'e noes, supposing mey were on board." "Oh, he expected me to broach cargo uiiug lima uere asuore 10 mm .. .i. i. , .. I " oiuiuie iuiuucu savaKc. .n i ... , .. ... .... l, uuuivs, 531U IvCllIC, IUC DIID S mad' JJ be think 1 should be doing while one of my mates was scolllng cargo under my blessed nose?" "Ah. you see." said the focirv voice with sly malice, "he did not know you so well then, sir. That was before hr had perstindcd you to come Into his house to stay with 111111: It Is probable that Captain Kettl would have found occasion to maki acid comment ou this repartee from hi Inferior olllcer, but nt that moment on other voice nddres-ied him from the silt at tlir oilier side of his prison, and he turned sbaip'j round To Ids sur prise tins new peron spoke In very tolerable KliglMi "Cnp'n. I want to uiuke contraek wld you." "The d 'uee you do And who in Ight you be, anyway?" "I cullud geii'lem'n, sur. P.oon 7.au zlbar. Used to be fireman on I'. nn O I want nrsk you' "Is this the Arabian Nlglit? How the mischief did you get here, any way? Went on burst in Aden, sar. Tin ole chief tired me out. Went Yemen Carglit lor slave. Taken carnviin Hrouglit here. Hut I'm very clcvei geu'lem'11. sar. an soon bought mysell free, lint slave of my own now an three wles Untight "nother wife yes terday." Oh. yon lieastl" said Kettle. Sar. you Insult me. N l bally Chris tlnu any longer. Hard shell Moham inedan now. sar. an can marry as man w les as I ran buy 'I'm sure the prophet's welcome to you Look here, my man. I'assdov. n a rope's end from aloft there, and let me get on deck, and I'll give you soM-reign itisii iiown nnd a berth In my steamboat's stokehold if you want one I'm not asking you lo belli me mine. I guess I'm quite competent to find my own way on board and to wipe this house tolerably clean before It': quit of me." Nothln of the kind, sar." said the man behlud the silt. "You Insult me, sar. I very big gcn'lein'n here, sar 1111 a sovetelgn's no use to me. He sides, I pa 1 tner to ole man Had, an h say lie want ilein rules you got on your ole tramp." Does he. Indeed I lien you cmi tell him, Mr. Nlgger-run-away-drunken llremmi, that I'll see you mid hlui somewhere a big sight hotter than Arabia before lie gets them. I dldn' know they were lilies. If 1 had knuM 11 I'd not have planned to put tlieui ashore, hut us things are now. I'll land tlii'i.- Into the hands of those that or uereii tliein. ami 1 nope tney come around to this town of yours nnd gle you iits. And see here, you talk more respectful atiout my steamlioat or you'll get your shins kicked, daddy. "An ole tramp," said the man relish Ingly. "I served on l'. 1111 O., sur. an on 1'. 1111 O. we don't care to 'sociate wld tramps' sailors." 'You Impudent black cannibal. You'll be one of the milmals those passenger Hues entry along to eat the dead babies, to save the trouble of heaving them overboard." to iik CONTINUKI). A l.i'urni of the bull- Ni-ll. Tlieie are hundreds 1 I' queer mylhs and tradiilii: given to an mint for tho fact that 1! sea Is salt. The Arabs say that when tho first pair sinned they were living In 11 beautiful garden on a tract of laud Joined to n mainland by a narrow neck or Isthmus. When It be came I. noun to the Holy One that I1I9 people had sinned, he went to the gar deu for the purpose of driving them out mid across the narrow neck of laud hnto the patch of thorns and brambles the other side. Anticipating what would be the consequence of their hel nnus crime, they had prepared to leave their beiiullful garden and had nctuallr ,.m. w, fr l() M.n,i the children and goats in hiss Into tho thicket. When the Holy One appeared on tho 1-1'ene. the first pair started to run, but the woman looked back. For this the mM cursed her and for such a crime was almost Immedlntelv turned Into n ,uc.; or sat. CotnparewlthCencsIs xix, -n,,. woman, more forgiving than la,r husband, stooped to pick up tho shanelcss mass of knit, when lintno- ,n,,teiy the narrow neck of land begnn t0 t.ra. k and break. As she touched ,al itlla ,,1 1 n her companion she. t00r . turned lo salt Just ns the neck 0f the la d sank and tho waters rush- ed through. From that day to this, the Arabs say, all the waters of the ocean have rushed through that narrow chan nel nt least once a year, constantly Hearing away the alt of what was 0nce our first parents, yet the bulk of t. two nlty objects Is not diminished )tl t,e least. Him lirnrrnl llntlrr I'rrril n Mnn. ('eucral liutler'u gift for springing out and taking advantage of every fm. Imlfvillt I- uiiu ftlllf llloutrnf ...1 !i tin fll,..011(i t.nl(t, of ., r(.inW'tablv connected , itnston. who. being affected trln, (m f()V m(.tmi.lltHi c'eneral lutt,r waH t, ,,r80ner' counsel. If (ho prlRmu,r mxH oonvlctftl on all four indictments, ho would bo llnblo to i,iirlsonment for 00 vears. As the court was assembling fienernl Butler agree with the counsel for the prono- cutloii that threu Indictments should be ,,u,illM on condition that the prisoner i,011i,i ..i.,,! ,.uiitv (n .i. ,, which .,,,... i ,i, ,1,..,, ,.,.. , ..Ml Hill nIIluUllt. Tno 1)rSOor( to ,s utniuemout. was ordered by Ids couusel to plead guilty, "Pay guilty, sir," said the general jl,,... .I,- Tl,.. ..,.. ,.l.,..-.l ml Ihn (,ti.r three ludlctuienui were not prees' a.rii.i, . .- t,n.i uvj i-ii, ...... , ltu, ,h(J tH)UUSOj for iro. called to It. In ten minutes-the aston Isbts! prisoner was n free man. It Is nuUl that the court laughed at the ruse. 'he cleverueaa of wtuch it was ihiikis- slide not to admire. Ilrr lllat. Stout Man (whoso appetite has lMn the envy of his fellow boardwm-l do- dare I have three bullous off my vet. (.art, i,av(. Inree bullous off my vet. I III. t 0 I. ir..., lina liiujfi " . ' ' . . , v ... " niUUlK ID mm .-'- " probably find thtin In the dining room, sir -.' umili FIGHTING A WILDCAT AN ADVENTURE THAT MADE ONE MAN $HY OF THAT KIND OF BEAST He t WlllliiK t l-ii OK W'ht Vroiuiil to An.'il IVrnrloua Ant ninN, 1:1, -n Tliotiuli selt-iier Sn Tlirj Will l-'lrc nl Jtnli'n Apprmu'h "1 have read In the papers certain iclentlflc assertions that no wild aul rial will voluntarily attack or pursue 1 huiiimi being, but that, on the con trary, the liercest of them, as tradition nnd the talcs of woodsmen classify them, will make haste to escape the possible sight of man, unless. In des perate cases, hunger may urge It to np proach him. Its inot dreaded foe, such eases being extremely rare," said n matter of fact and veracious New York business man. "If Hint Is so, I had a little expert- lice once with a wild nnlmal that must have been the most desperately hungry beast that ever longed for food, The occurrence was In northwestern I'cnu sylvanla, where one winter I had some business that called me ten tulles from the county town to one of the back woods districts. It was lato In tho nft cmoon when I started on my return to the village. Tho way was over a lone ly, narrow, crooked mountain road, bor dered by deep woods much of the dis tance. Toward dusk, as I was round ing a short turn In tho road, my horse, which had u good deal of spirit, shied suddenly and sprang forward on a furious run. At the saiuo Instant an animal with glaring eyes plumped down from some where and lauded In the sleigh nt my feet. It had evidently leaped from n tree at tho horse, the quick movements of which nervous animal had defeated that purpose, and the attacking nnlmal had alighted with Its foro feet on tho robo that lay across my lap. It glared furiously nt me, with Its face not more than two feet away, as It clung to tho robe with Its sharp claws, growling fiercely. 1 had never seen a wildcat, but 1 knew Instantly nnd Instinctively that I had one to deal with here, nnd It seemed to bo n very largo and sav age one nt that. I had no weapon, but fortunately the whip that stood In Its socket on tho dashboard was loaded nt the butt. Clinging to the reins with my left bund the horse was running nway I illicitly drew the whip from tho socket and struck the wildcat on the bend with the heavy butt. That caused the nnlmal to loosen Its hold on the robe mid drop Into the snow at tho side of the sleigh, but the agile nnd furious beast was up In the fraction of a see- mid and with one bound sprang on the back of the sleigh, which bad a low body. Although (be horse was running mildly away along the narrow and crooked roiuU throwing the sleigh from side to side and threatening It con stantly with destruction against some rock or stump, I was obliged to drop the reins and leave the result of the runaway to chance, for tho wildcat was struggling desperately to gain a foothold In the sleigh and light me at close quarters. I knew that If the sleigh should happen to come Into col lision with any obstacle heavy enough to wreck It I would be no match for the catamount, now wrought to the ut most ferocity, fighting It on the slip ping snow, even If I were unharmed by the collision, so I strained every nervo to conquer the determined beast while still possessed the advantage of foot hold In the sleigh. Once I thought It was nil up with me. for ns the sleigh was curried abruptly round 11 shott turn In the road by the speeding horse one runner struck a stone or a root, and the sleigh careened mid ran at least Ml feet on the other runner alone. I mechanically threw the weight of my body toward the upper side of the sleigh, all the time raining rapid blows on tho head of the wildcat with the butt of tho whip, nnd forced the sleigh down to Its balance ou both runners again. A few more blows nfter that, mid I was re joiced to see the determined and teun clous beast first loosen one claw, hang for a second or so by the other, while It tried to seize tho top of the back of tho sleigh again with Its teeth, nnd then tumble lo the road mid He motionless In the snow I dropped back oil the scat limp nnd weak and too much unnerved lo make the least effort to obtain control of the runaway, which was still rush ing wildly along (he uncertain road, minlc still more uncertain by the gath ering darkness. Tho horse ran at least three miles farther nnd then began to slow up and at last stopped half way up a lung and steep hill from sheer exhaustion. 1 bad by this time recov ered sulllclently to take charge of the horse again and drive the rest of the way to the town, which wusu't far, ami where I arrived with the horse covered with foam, a sleigh splintered and covered deep with scars mid bcratclics made by tho desperate wild cat nnd myself so badly used up by nervous shock that It was three days before 1 was able to get about again In anything like good condition. 1 never heard whether tho wildcat was killed by my blows or not, but 1 have an nlen he wa. I hope so, Kclcuco may be all rlcrlit In declaring that wild animals will huMon to flee at the very kiispn inn it muu's approach, but If ewi 1 ,i- toing anywhere and hear ui- .1 1 Mi an 111 that direction I'll 1 o 1 oine other way," New ok I IWk uf i ; rest Britain have the right lo be Imugi'd with silken cords Instead of heuiHu ropes, I'ow aval) them solves uf (lit) privilege. Mgnum vltif la the toughest wood known. It cauuot bo worked by split ting. A Wtlr AntiTrr, The shah of Persia onco nsked a group of his courtiers whom they thought the greater man, himself or bis father. At llrst he could get no re ply to so dangerous a question, the an swer to which might oot tho courtiers their heads. At last a v,:y aid courtier said, "Your father, lire, for although vou . - . 1 . .. . . ou ra uer " owier re- MM'IIS 111 IlllS I.' IS UIKTIOr 10 yOU. that he bai n gt.i.t.rsou than any you uaie. THE BLACK VENUS. An Tiilr Stone Tlictirr Worht)cd iy Penanntk of llrlttnnj- nven false religions die hard, ami there are reminders of all extinct faiths still existing In the world. One of the molt curious relics of paganism which are still worshiped In a Chris tian country Is tho gigantic black stone figure uf u woman which la to be found In n forest of tho district of Morblhan, In Ilrlttauy. It Is known as the "Black Venus," but probably dates Tar back of tho time when the Greeks and Homans worshiped that goddess. Antiquarians asset t that this Ugly Idol belongs to the nge of the serpent worshipers, one, of whoso subterranean temples Is In the neighborhood, lids would make the figure far older than the Christian era. Tlie statue is tiint or a huge, un couth womnii, with a sulleu, angry countenance, her form enveloped In a loose mantle. The superstitious Bretons have al ways worshiped the llgure, asserting that It has power over the weather and the crops. If the Idol Is neglected, they declare that the grain dies on the car, and If the nnger of the black woman Is further roused 11 tidal wave sweeps over Morblhan. Twice the stone was cast Into the sen by pious folk who hoped thereby to put an end to this Idolatry, and twice the peasants dragged It back and set up an iiltnr before It. About two centuries ago Count l'lerre de t.annlou, on whose estate the figure stood. In order lo save tho statue from both friends and enemies, dragged It by -10 yoke of oxen to his own chateau and set It up In the courtyard, lie cut on Inscription on the base of the pedes tal, declaring the llgure to be n Venus carved by Civsar's soldiers. The count nud his chateau are both gone, but the huge black woman, over grown with moss, still stands In tho forest, and the peasants still beseech her to bless their crops. TEACHING A YOUNG LARK. lloti ll llmlirr CoiirlH-n II In llnti linilt nml l''ly. I. M. Barrio, the noted Scottish story- writer, In Serlbner's Magazine told bow a young lark got Its llrst lesson. A baby lark had got out of Its nest sideways, a fall of a foot only, but a dreadful drop for a baby. 1011 can get back this way," Its mot her said, and showed It the way. But when the baby tried to leap It fell on Us back. Then the mother marked nut lines on the ground ou which It wns to practice hopping, and It got along beautifully so long as the mother was there eery moment to say, "How wondeifully you hop!" Now teach mo to hop up," snld tho little lark, meaning that It wanted to fly. and the mother tried to do It In vain. Sho could soar up, up, very bravely, but she could not explain bow she did it. "Walt till the sun comes out nfter the rain," she said, half remembering. What Is sun? What Is ralnV" the little bird asked. "If you cannot teach me In fly. teach me to sing." When the sun comes out nfter rain," the mother replied, "then you will now how to sing." The rain eauie and glued the little I tl 1 (I'm wings together. 1 shall never be able to fly or slug,' It walled. Then of 11 sudden It began to blink Its eyes, for 11 glorious light hnd spread over the world, catching every leaf and twig ami blade of grass In tears mid putting a smile In every tear. The baby bird's breast hwcIIisI, It did not know why. It lluttered from the ground. It did not know why. "The suit bus come out nfter the rain!" It trilled. "Thank you. sun! Thank you! Thank you! Oh, mother. did you hear me? I can sing." Then It filiated up, up, culling, "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" to the sun. "Oh, mother, do you sen 1110? I am llylug!" A (iimil Memory A bad memory In most cases tnlghl be more properly described as one rust lng from sheer want of use. The fact Is our brain cells nre always "ready lo oblige." but we do not give Ihem Nlilll- eleiit rucuurugemeut In their well uieiiut e II ii its. Naturally (he Individ ual may cultivate 11 memory for cer- lain details more readily than for nth its, hut tlie general basis of nil recol led lie acts Is the same, and there Is uo department of human mental activity in which the motto (lint "practice makes perfect" holds more truly than In the science of mnemonics. The view may be expressed. Indeed, (hat we never forget anything presented lo our brnln cells When we say wo have forgotten, we really ineun thai we can not Iiml the menial photographic uega live whence we can print oh u Misltlve reproduction. London Chronicle. I'runi m Author' .Notebook, The following Is 1111 extract from the diary of an le'Vccunloiis author: "Kose at ft and had a sonnet and 11 glass of cold water for breakfast. I retired ear ly In die evening without supper, as I feared (he neighbors would be annoyed by the nulling of the knives mid forks "-Atlanta Constitution. Trlmiiiliiu Ilrr Snlla III). Niiiinle- Oh. dear; my face Is so frec kled! It's Just awfull Aunt llannnli-l wouldn't fret, Nan nie. Of course the freckles ere not very becoming, but, then, you know, (hey serve to cover up your fcuturea. Bostou Transcript. fillk worms and their eggs were first brought 10 Lurope In the sixth century of our em A couple of monks who had (raided In China ns missionaries brought away a quantity of the co coons concfBh'd In their wr " lng sticks. i:rl Silk Wroirri, Among the encouragements offered In silk weavers during the llrst century uf the existence of ibis Industry In Lyons was exemption from military service nud taxation So rapid was lis devel opment that 'n 1U.V) the wearers num bered IS.H0O. or 'Ki.ooo with etUllated pursuits. The most vicious looking weapon on record has been unearthed In New Or- ' enrn(, ,t , n combination of a re- rnlrnp rntv of lo.lv I, .,b I,.- Bn(j a',nrk ku)fe. 0, )u mi am, cacu hull! for ll.it Ir.iNsn lion nt l.iiuli...u. pi Qreain Java Coffee jjj Tl r -r ... TI Aot aittilicnted olsowhoro. litiilicnted elsewhere. Iii St! ii U 80 W ",'on,"""(4il"l,Lv ilflicious otto of tho strong lenders. tho ltrst on tho Const. Keops Coffuo nw fresh as when packed until opened. Wo will pay froight ou your lira I order of lfi !J pounds or 111010 if you encloso this ndvortisoinciit. If you caro for good Coffeo it's worth while to try it. M St! " llonst llorry Jura Coffee." S-lt), HI), or li-lbtlin, M els. per lb. Hulk .11 cN II) Sf Hi lx)x nt'SM ceiil. St! l 1 II J lit- i.ni ujiiirr. iiiiir Tin Willi,.., 1 ll,,li.,ilu In l,l ll. ,,.. 1 lng lectures on the digestive ferincnt'i writes: "Our practice In regard to the ,. ........ a ..... ...... ... .,.- .,!,l,a oysier is (pine oxccpiioiuu mm iiirmsii- es 11 striking example of the general correctness of the popular Judgment ou dietetic iiuestlotis. The oyster Is al most the only mutual substance which we eat habitually and by preference In the raw or uncooked state, and It Is In teresting to know that there Is 11 Round physiological reason nt the bottom of this preference. The fawn colored mass which con stitutes the dainty of the oyster Is Us liver, mid this Is little less than 11 heap of glycogen. Associated with the gly cogen, but withhold from actual con tact with It during life, Is Its appropri ate digestive ferment, the hepatic dins tase. The more crushing of tho dainty between the teeth brings these two bodies together, nnd tho glycogen Is at once digested wltho it other help by Its own diastase. "The oyster In the uncooked stnle or merely warmed Is, In fact, self digest ive. But the advantage of this provi sion Is wholly Isst by cooking, for the heat Immediately destroys the associ ated ferment, nnd a cooked oyster has to be digested, like any other food, by the enler's own digestive powers" tlni'iilii nn n l.lfn r.mrr. William A. Newell, who had the rare distinction of being governor of two stales-New Jersey nud Washington -told In Success of his romantic experi ences us a congressman In IS IP. when he originated the life saving sen Ice by olterlug 11 resolution lit the bouse of representatives lo appropriate money lo save lives Imperiled by the sen. I'el low members of congress nt that ses slon weie John Oiilnoy Adams nml Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Newell snld Various objections were made to my nnmou, tne strongest of which was that the scheme was Impracticable. laid the mutter before, a great many senators mid members, speaking to them In person. Kx-I'resldeiit John (Juincy Adams occupied 11 seat Just be hind mine and afler the reading of the resolution clerk leaned forward mid said to me, 'I would like to see that res olutlon.' I scut for It and handed It to hlui. He lead It over carefully and handing It lo me, snld, with n suillc: 'It Is good. I hope It will prevail.' Ahrn ham Lincoln also read It ami said 'Newell, that Is 11 good measure. I will help you. 1 am something of a life saver myself, for I Invented a scow that righted Itself 011 the Mississippi sand bars. " .HIiuiuVrlnK I lie Cook. neri; .is something that a woman who knows says Is a suro diagnosis of tho status of tho cook. If you have a good cook, you may bo moro or less sure Unit sho will look too fre quently upon the wlno when It Is red. It Is an uuforttiuato fact, but If the cook Is less than a $10 cook us little iinnoyauce as possible may bo expcctisl from this weakness. Possi bly It will never make Itself manifest enough to be known above stairs. But If tho cook has risen higher In Unso cial scale of cooks than $10, then look out. A cook who Is rated at over J 10 may bo ipected to smash things. If 0110 chances to make 11 morning call at the house of a friend and ills- eovers the servants crowded up stairs, frightened nnd trembling, v. Idle from below coiuo tho hounds of Ironware skating across the kitchen and pottery crashing against the wall ami be tween times tho voice of the masculine head of the family gently expostulat ing or fouiiuiiiiillng In would be stern tones, then It may bo known that that household hiiM reaclntl tho dignity of n f.0 or !0 cook.-N'ew York Times. Huxley it ml the Clrrurinan, A rash clergyman once, without fur ther equipment In natural history lliun some desultory reading, attacknl tho Diirwlulmi theory In some sundry mag azine 111 tides In which ho mndo him self uncommonly merry at Huxley's expense. This wns Intended to draw (he great man's lire, and as the batter ies remained silent the author proceed ed to write lo Huxley, calling his at- leiillon lo the articles nud at the same time, with mock modesty, asking nil- vice as o the further sludy of those deep questions Huxley's answer was brief nml to the point. "Take a cockroach and dis sect It." Argonaut. ( u II 1 11 u Hit- Doctor. A good story Is told of Dr. X., who Is (ho physician In charge of (ho female wards of one of our best known chari table Institutions. One evening about 0 o'clock Mary, u new Irish servant girl, knocked ut (he door, saying: "Doctor, the head nurse wants you to come down to supper." The doctor, swelling In his pride of superiority above the nurses, sent the Irish girl iiMiiy with a curt message. Half an hour later the bend nurse came lo Ids loom looking very mtIoii. Doctor, she said. "No. H Is very bad Indeed. I think you ought U so her at once." Why did you not lei tne know bo- fore V" una the reply. Why, doctor, Mild the 11111110, "I sont you word by Mury half 1111 hour ago." The fool.'" said the duel nr. "Sho told me to come down (o supper!" by, said the nurse, "I sent you word lo fume down 10 eight!" An Inquiry made the whole thing clear. 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Bland fills the void with the best elements of both. Ills richer than straight col Ice, mid many will not Isj easily convinced tlmt It is not all collce. But wo guarantee that Cnfo lilmiil contains less than llfty Percent collce, which Is scien tifically blended with nutritious fruits mid grains, thus not only displacing; over II fly per cenl of the calielu, but neutralizing that which remains nnd still retaining the rich collce llavor. To those who suller wllh the heart, to dyspeptics nml to nervous people (Wo lllnliil Is especiall y recommended uh a health ful and ilelleloiis bevernge, so satis fying that only tho memlierof the family making tho change lu the coll'eo knows there has been one. More healthful, richer nml less ex pensive tlinii straight collce. Better In every respect. 'St cents per lb. Vour grocer will get It for you. Ask for l'ruuiniiiciHl out I.i 1' itccul 011 lust syllulilo' I'lilKritniA In li'tolliiu. I alwnys piny that 1 may novel out live my Illusions or my front teeth, though till else may fall me. Admiration Is like porridge awfully stodging, but you get hungry again al most uh Koirti us you've eaten It. A good nose Is an abiding resting phice for vanity. Vou know (hut It will outlast your time ami that age cannot wither nor custom stale Us satisfactory proportions. Tlie quality of mercy should not be measured out by tcnspooiifulH In a medicine glass, but should be sent round hi 11 watering carl by tho county council. They've 110 sense, men haven't. The very best of thein don't properly know the difference lietweeti their souls and their stomachs, mid they fancy that (hey aru 11-wrestling with their doubts when really It Is their dinners that aru a-wreslllng with (hem. It Is the duty of all women to look happy the married ones lo show that they don't wish they weren't married mid the unmarried ones to show that (hey don't wish they were. Now York Telegram. Tlir ylnllrr o( a Nt-lillcolon. A Itusshin military paper (ells of a lieutenant who overheard a sergeant giving n rtsrult it short lecture upon his duties- "Tho military service." said the sergeant, "requires little pray er to fi'od and a strict attention to tlie orders of a superior." Somewhat as tonished at (his singular definition of military duty, the olllcer ventured to ask the sergeant for his authority, whereupon tho sergeant produced an undent volume containing tho follow ing: "The military duty requires lit tle; prayer to Cod, and strict attention to the orders of a superior," Army ami Navy Journal. A I'rrcniilloii, Husband (going to his rich uncle's funeral) Put a couple of large hand kerchiefs Into my pocket, dear. The old gentleman promised to leave me f lO.tXHi. nml I ahull want lo shed some appropriate tears. Wlfo-.But suppose when I lie will Is read you find he hasn't left you any thing Huslimid-lii that case you had bet ter put lu three. London Pun tialr it Hit- I, unit tit I'riiitil, No one can watch 11 load of Immi grants bind without being struck by tho astonishing signs of hope and con fidence about them all. There has never been uny exaggeration of this. Incredible as It may seem to one who knows how grim Is the struggle for life among the musses In America, It Is evident that this is still the laud of promise to the poor of lCurope. -Bcrlb- I tier's,