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TtHE CHARITY GIRiT J By EFF1E A. ROWLANDS ear, and a hand was placed on her shoul der. "Lady John I know It is you by your domino what are you doing all alone? Isn't it fun? Aren't you enjoying your self? I never was at anything so lovely in all my life. Don't you know me? I am Alice Fairfax. It is such fun being disguised like this. Rut you must not sit here all alone. Lord John is enjoy ing himself immensely. I met him walk ing in the garden with Sheila just now. You see, I know all the dominoes, and can pick people out quite easily." CHAPTER XXI. I After Jack had driven awn th twn "You you are sure my husband is mrarally when Jack Olendurwood girls mounted ud to Audrey's m-ettv bed- here' Miss Fairfax?" ame home from Beignton the truth about room. "Yes, He has been dancing with Sheila cam out "You must ba my maid to-night Jean." Sheila. They are out in the garden. Po I happened to call at Dinglewood for she said, m they sat before the fire for you Wflnt hira? Snal1 1 and find nim m moment. I wanted to speak to Twist a few moments. or wny not c'ne with me, I know just about that horse he said he would buy, "Why. where la Murray?" where tliey are." and found the fair Sheila with that Fair- "Oh. aha was verv nirfa nd T wan Audrey s simple, loving heart w fax girl and her Lancelot all ready to obliged to send her away," Audrey an- tart off for a ride. They proposed ae- ewered, a shade falling on her face, companylng me, and I agreed, though I "There have been a great many com- eould have done very well without them." plainta about her downsratrs." Audrey laughed as he related the re- "I hope you told Lord John, Audrey," aults of the ride, and Jean's gray eyes she said. "No? My dearest, believe me, flowed with triumph.- you are wrong this perpetual attacking 'I wish I had told him what that of you. Believe m. If It roar nnno odious woman said," she observed to known that your husband hA nnt h for herself. Audrey, when they were alone In the foot down, you would find Dinglewood "Come this way, then," Alice Fairfax drawing room ; "he ought to know of her House would learn how to behave Itself." went out through the window. "Lift up Insolence." "But, Jean, dear, what has Dingle- yur skirts, Lady John ; I am afraid the "It -would only vex him, and I don't wood House to do with. Murray's inao- Paths are not too dry." really mind," Audrey answered, though lence?" Audrey asked, quietly. "They went down here," Alice Falr- she had been much hurt for the moment, "More than you imagine Audrey " fts they passed onward to a msiaes, it is an so vulgar ana disagree able. Why should we trouble about it?" On the last day of October Willie In her eyes, "why Is It that they they we .-uuerua came aown to vjraigianas, i are so cruel 7 W hat have I ever done creatly to Audrey's delight ablaze with jealousy. So he had come, and had gone to Sheila first without look ing for her? What If those cruel tongues had spoken true, that already he was repenting his bargain, and turning again to Sheila, the girl he had always loved. "I think I will go with you. Miss Fair fax," she said, hurriedly. She would see "She seems a very cold, unsympa thetic sort of woman to me," said the young matron. "I met her In the street car the other day and had quite a Ion talk with her, and that was the "She didn't?" "She didn't seem to, certainly. She said : 'It must be very hard on him !' But she said It In such an unemotional, perfunctory sort of way that she'd bet ter not have said anything at all. You RAM'S HORN BLASTS. Warning- Notea Culling the Wicked to Repentance. All compro mises are evil bondage. Christian cour age is righteous ness "In hard lines." The law of giv ing Is the law of life no more, no less. Christianity Is good character ex pressed in conduct. All painting In "clay" la doubtful un til it has been 'fired." Blessed are the pure In heart, for "YOU BUmrlso niA." no Id har frlanA It seems to me that she ouzht to be what 1 BU0Uld do. wItn the baby to take" able to sympathize with anybody." care or l0- 1 can 1 aepena on tnat "I don't know whether h nnht t nurse one blt- Bhe' careless. I or not," replied the young matron. "I cauht her the other day giving that only know that she doesn't She has T muc unge' us muK Iour one of thnsA ciin t o- lowr an n snouia have been. And telling her all about the way my poor inen wneQ 1 came t0 Quest!Q br- darline bahv had hn -win w4th wnat ao think I found out?" the colic. She has had four attacks "What' Audrey was silent for a moment. more remote corner; "but I don t see i now, and she's loss than a month nM "That she didn't use the thermometer "Jean," she said, looking up with tears them now- what a nuisance! I thought Three severe attacks! Simply terrible! at all Just squirted the milk on the upon. ey we should have been sure of catching Wh gh( . Bcrea d fc, ; back of her hand to see If It felt warm t0 them up. Ah, there is Mr. Devereux. I ma ... , enoPh Mw hm,wi Sheila Fraaer or Ladv DlPHWw th.t will ask him if he has seen them. You """" . " Q"liJ "uu "er late ..r ' Now. Jean. I want von to he very thov HfcM m. go straight on. Ladv John. I will over- lwl8ls UP an(l gets positively blue uever QIU ln m7 cpuea nice to him: he Is a dear boy." she de- "You hv off t.. take you." 811 arouna the month. My heart Just ine rrieno, amDiguousjy. lared. by your beauty and aristocratic bearing : The girl darted away as she spoke, bleed8 f or her anybody's would any- "It's no wonder the poor lltttle dar- The dear boy being a good five years you have made an enemy of Sheila Fraser and Audrey wandered on alone, obeying body who had a spark of human feel- ling has the colic so much. But Mrs. older than your ladyship," laughed Jean; because you have robbed her of the man her mechanically. Ing. Nobody likes to think of a little Richardson didn't seem to think It was out sue round it a very easy tasK to De sue meant to marry." "When I find Jack he shall take me baby suffering." anything out of the way. She Is nat luuwiuu. jeani Audrey turned pale. "Is this Home," she said to herself, very slowly. "I should think not." agreed the urally unsympathetic: that's what - v...w . " J i . longea lo De one' to De away irom friend. ' the matter with her." . nuu ouc mi i utriuio ui as any one aDout the place, and tins norriDie hall, with its laughter and T , . thin nlfflsnnf vnnnor F!no-lihmoTi otiA har. Tm, r!ll i ! . v..x i i . n I j I it Qlun t bother hpr In tha lacrf . - , o o..- jvu lt 1B ; uul. way saouia it ais- uen-e gnyviy, aim veuouiuus loiijfueH, uiu- w , , elf would be good friends. To begin tress you? Remember the timn it tkM den behind everv mask. DeeD in her asri-hne Just raised her eyebrows and half un vveane3aay arternoon. with, they both cordially detested Mrs. to make your complexion; and how will tated thoughts, Audrey had hurried on Milled and said that It was too bad. "Then perhaps that explains It," said xairrax ana ner aaugnter, ana tnat was your ladyship have your hair dressed to- unconsciously. She left the ball room Too bad! I should think It v the friend. "I met her on Wednrtnv very good foundation to commence night?" behind her. She had followed alone the bad. And thn ha .m. tt- afternoon, nnrt mh 7. m,tTarf ih 1 1 wuw ui v JUU I ' -v. " w - - it!, auui c y BiiiiiHu nr jpnn s rrfl va Tnimirr i dm i ii in wnicn aiiss p n rrflx nn sr i triad ni r j-i v i thA fvxfhanhA -u -.-iji The week following Mr. Fullerton's of Xfr..- ' ... 1 ue(:lare 1 was 80 pro- u, .uu u auu Bue was go- arrival wa. to Jean Thwif thinking "vw w a . v. u. 1. f " .uiruiieu 1 coulu aimost nave nit her with " uowntown to nave tne tootn ex tte pleaaantest that had come since she at the door, and Mr. Fullerton will be girl's companionship. All at once she came m.y Tf As lf 1 hadn 4 tr,ed cat" S " hav,n rather a bad left Broadborough. tired of waitine " to a standstill nlp " 1 don 4 kno what I haven't nard time lately. She's not more than To Audrey, It was quietly happy ; the She followed the black and silver dom- What forms were those just before her ed' real,jr' but nothln seeniB to do tw week out of the hospital, you Dinglewood folk gave her a little breath- ino down the stairs, and then gave a half hidden by a rustic garden house? her any 0od' And- of course, I can't kBOW and her two grandchildren, ng space; Sheila and Lady Daleswater great start as Willie sauntered out of the Her eyes were blinded for an instant get a wInb sleeP all night not a wnom he adores, are down with the Tin Kw KP,.t0 tOrt0 aranP a?"v moking room Ia his ordinary evening then she saw quite clearly. That was wlnk. Harry takes her up in his arms Krlet emr. and they won't allow her rJl,Z.v T"'u T , t " "rm.: Sheila Fraser's face; she had taken off and walks the floor with her. and that to to the house and nurse them K w4 Z;, ,,rrr:" been her ,mask' the far-away light, shone quiets her for a little while, but Just Tbn al, the money she and her hus- uch together. Audrey's let era to her Willie colored and stammered lout an ZrVT T g " D6 SeS t0 lay her down Dan(1 lnvested some copper mines has mother that week unconsciously betrayed excuse. stammered out an hair with a shimmering glory; and tha again she wakes up and begins to been lost and they're going to be the feeling of her heart She wrote free- "If you wJ forjve m6f j haye mch ! thRLtwS f COUr9e' that Wakes me !'W t0 86,1 thelr DOme' and thls ,aflt j, jjruoij-, uui m mtr .iraiueu iwmiuu a neaaacne, i " With sickenin" pain ud-ey noted the J uozing on:, me way vi uen im utxa very expensive, that had seemed to hang about her of "You want to stay at home? Certain- MtAa f th". C, ksi-. I've felt after one of those nlirhta I and even now they're afraid she'll have I ii. I " v v t k,'u.na a uiic i - i. oean, iook wen arter him. Good- hands were clinging to the man's strong can 1 DeSln t0 teJl you. I have terrible lo o dbck to tne nospltal. She says night, darling; good-night, Mr, Fullerton; ones; and then, as though to confirm the headaches at least I had a terrible sne believes she'd, rather die, though, you really do look alarmingly ill," and truth, to allow of no remaining doubt, headache the last time and I'm really sne has had so much pain to bear for . j ivrv nvyij. Auarey saw tne sriris Head, with s not fit for n th ntr TTnrnr tne last ten vear. and thov o-It- "HUlu "l ,ruuuy "air- rest against fellow, quite feels it He looks dosI- fler any nope of a cure." m i I tlvely haggard after his rest has been swer that Sheila gave.' clear and shrin , ?ke n. that 1 Was te,llUK thls "X never beard of any of all this! She a bell, "Oh. Jack ! Jack ! my darlin? !" Mrs ",cna"lson how worried I was never said a word about It." and then, with a cry of desnair. she trrn- aDout It Vell of course, she doesn't "She doesn't complain much" said ed and sped away on, on, unheeding. know Harry so awfully well, but I did her friend. "But all the same she has unconscious, till suddenly her strength expect she would sympathize with me troubles of her own." Chicago Dally vruL jj.hu sue HLuuiuieu Hgainsi soinecning ti lime. I rvews. or some one, and she knew no more. (To b cootiaued. Impression I had. She was nleasant know. It reallv would he a vorv Arlona they shall see DeoDle. but totally unsympathetic." thlnS Indeed if Harry's health should j Noon Is the vindication of the fanat- break down. I'm sure I don't know lc streaks of the dawn. Repentance Is not moping, but fac ing the mark and toeing It When you fight a man you watch his eye, not his bands or hla feet A voter who consents to a saloon consents to all that naturally flows from It To-day Is the ass' colt upon which every son of man must ride Into His kingdom. Conscience Is the main shaft of the mind, and love Is the gear that belts us to the eternal. No holy life goes out of our sight but It returns a holy ghost, a comfort er, a guide unto all truth. "As a man thlnketh In his heart, so he Is," and the more his vital under- . standings are hitched to thn nwnnri. hand of temporary clockwork, the more feebly he goes and the more li able he Is to get out of order. There Is an ocean Into which, from age to age, all streams of human con sciousness and conscience and convic tion pour themselves, and from which there Is no outlet save by the wind lasses of God himself, who sends us showers of blessings which no present human effort can account for. late, and Constance Fraser, away alone, bearing her great sufferings with cour age and patience, rejoiced as she read. Alas! How little did she think those letters were the last happy ones Audrey would write for many a long, weary day. Jack, too. tired out with perpetual ex citement and worry, basked in the sun shine of his girl-wife's love, and reveled in the gladness her presence gave him. Two days before the masked ball Sheila and Lady Daleswater returned to Dingle wood, and drove over to Craiglands to Jean stood gazing out after the car riage. Willie had never seen her look like that before, and it puzzled him. "I say, Miss Thwait, you are not rr..A T 1 .3 . n - cu a. uiu Liui go, are you ; i l am "Why," exclaimed the young matron, Tttttvttt S Jean turned to him hurriedly, dTLn ZrZllt til r TV?. 5Ir" Fullerton' bot "y. went and she stumbled against something a little, discuss all the arrangements with the I should like you to have been with her or some one. and she knew no more. vrienaurwooas. xney rouna tne rour to-night. I hardly know why I say this, young people out in the grounds playing but I have a presentiment that some lawn tennis. thing Is going to happen, and that Au I have come to ask Lady John what drey will find sorrow, not pleasure at she Is going to wear at the ball. Oh, I Sheila Fraser's masked ball." Know it is a great secret, but I will be tray It to no one," Sheila said to Jack, as they walked away, and then she tried Went to the Right Place. An American whose business fre quently takes him to London tells of an amusing conversation between the Short g GOOD torles CHAPTER XXII A Ti n era hnTlirtrim y.aA KnAn 3 I rl ri vpr n n 1 1 (vmi?mtni. n . t , T. ! .' v -x.tM, M . .k. i .. . " c1CT.-lBa uu v..." " 1'""'"; hi. ttle lawn' wltn light' woodel walls, and In that city. " " n I n A Ann A nhnnn . 1.1 1 . I . w"c oinytru .uuij lae uoor was par- Tne Dus was fairly crowded, so tne quet, and as smooth as ice ; a smart mill- American climbed to the ton whwe ! w.: zziz.rj y taking his seat. he ob- and the drawing room, hall La n! served a Perr n la Peculiar garb, with Two young ladies were making their Audrey good-naturedly offered to show her gown and domino to both Sheila and Lady Daleswater. Jean Thwait had been carefully excluded from the invitations. "Lovely ! Beautiful ! Exquisite !" cried Sheila, as Murray unfolded the enade. neeny satins ana neia tnem forth for Inspection. "And this is your domino, Ldy John?" "Black and silver. It was Jack's Idea. Isn't It pretty? Look at the design over toe shoulders." tory were turned into a lounge and prom- a red turban- There was a .'jaden sky first essay at golf. "Dear me!" said enade. overhead and h slow, drizzling rain, the first young lady. "What shall I do Audrey felt quite bewildered as she 8Uch weather as Is the rule rather than now? My ball Is In a hole. The sec- found herself in this throng of variously IIle exception in tne lirltlsh metropolis. ona young may toofc out a Dook of in coiorea rorms. all with the black lace AB tne conaucir came to the top the struction. L,et me see," sne salu, turn or silk covering over their faces. She red-turbaned person, evidently an In- Ing the pages. "I presume you must wisnea vaguely sne nad not come, then dlan Parsee. srot down now take a stick of the rieht shane and "I wish you would put it on: I should , , aa 0. .K. wltn her' or WillIe "Wot sort of a chap Is that?" asked get it out." "Oh, yes, of course," said like to see it so much," Sheila next ob- . u . auaden'y Audrey became the driver of the conductor the first young woman. "See If you 7ed- to her and that th, vi . "l fancIes that 'e's one of them fel- can find me a stick shaped like a dust- Lady Daleswater had not vouchsafed her and that "PIng of Jers that worships tbe sun." pan and brush." t( fHm llTi fin1 AAA tha finoro oha tit a a tn 4. - I far too bad a temper. "They call her a beauty !" one woman's , , orsn the sun, eh ! ' repeated the A certain man died and a clergyman "An artist from London is coming voIce sa,d- Audrey could recognize neith- rlver- wltfl a shiver. 'Then I suppose was engaged to offer the eulogy. The down to sketch us all. He arrives to- er of the two. "A small, insignificant ne 0011163 over 'ere to 'aye a rest" worthy dominie prepared a sermon of day. I think he had better begin at thln? I)ke that with her black hair and uccesa Magazine. exceeding length, but Just before he once. I wish you would allow him to hiring white face! Jack Glendurwood entered the parlor to deliver it he ketch yours. Lady John." ai worst day's work he will ever n V tne ,ne thought that it misht he advisable to "I shall be delighted." Audrey said. U when he married her! What can a The Cook-Oi 'm afther givln' yez no- "f" iJ L ' cordially. "Shall he come here or mus 'w born and bred girl like that know thot Oi'm goin' f lave, ma'am. T T " , V 71 t Z. ZilZ I go to him?" about social duties?" The Mistreas-Why, what's the trou- had been &0 he turQed ne 0f the Sheila's cheeks were quite rosy. "And yet they say she was a great ble, Jane? Are vou dissatisfied with weePlnS younger sons and asked: "My "Oh. there is no need to trouble von. success in town." V(ynr .., boy, can you tell me your father's last Just send Murray over with it. She "They y of course they say so. The Cook No ma'am me work'a nrv words?" "IIe dldn,t have none," the might drive back with us if you can f P1 and an' me wages" Is' a plinty. but OH1 not boy replied. "Ma was with him to the AnHrv ni, ua ca "Ah. it wm a sad mitnk t s,, . nana rer so many av thlm dudes a- r .nvin. , r,i...i a nice fellow, too: h nhnniri ha ii callin on yer daughter. nuuAu& liuoauu i. O.C I CCU XL L II ;". I ' uu T w Jil Ul i t CXI I 1 . . . , , , nd so. when the D nMewoM a ue iiiresa uut tney ao not Inter- r1""" l" tiJO . . . . ' f ,,t t. , . I . . . ... I ... J- 1 1 A n.l4-K ra K TKa ,1 i can i mate out wny on earth h iere wirn you. ao tnev? iuuhu miuum miu a vaw. umn, didn't! This charity girl business seems The Cook Xo, ma'am. But Ofm wfao had pulled up with a Jerk, pro to me to have been very well arranged afraid payple will be afther thinkin nounced his opinion la plain English by Mrs. Fraser. Why, everybody knows some av thim is a-callin' on m mn'om about absent-minded people. "Couldn't ne nas always been In love with Sheila. you Bee the bloomln' 'oss?" he asked. - die wcmci uuw, 1 JUSt CaUgnt ""'c tri ii, sight of them as we came along, his tall Tourist Wasn't there a great battle gray domino beside her pale-blue one. fought about here? I expect he tells her all his troubles. VOLCANOES OF THE MOON. Immensely La rarer Scale Thaa Thoae of Onr Globe. It hj evident to anyone who glances upward at the moon that its volcanoes are on an Immensely larger scale than those which stud our globe. One ex planation, now abandoned. Is that the force of gravitation being there only one-sixth that of the earth, the matter expelled from a crater would be spread far more widely and explosions would b-? generally on a far more magnificent scale. Professor Pickering quotes this the ory only to refute It In some compari sons which he has made between the great volcanic region of Hawaii and one of the smaller craters of the moon. The facts seem to him to be that the larger craters on the moon came Into existence when the thin, solid crust covering the molten Interior was, ow- gracious, man!" cried Red, wringing nis hands. "What did you do that for? Z. ran ThlnirT ".T1"6. Cee! ',Do of the crust' much t0 sffia11 t0 ntaln you think I'm goin' to stand here and U. ii., mfii goin' to stand here and see a son of a gun of a coffee pot get the best of a friend of mine?" demand ed Donovan, as he returned to his bacon. AVOID STRAIN UPON EYES. drove away, Lady John's maid rode in It, carefully guarding the box containing rhe black and silver domino. Audrey meant to have told Jean about this, but all ideas went out of her head m the carriage disappeared, and they rushed to finish their game. Ml say, baby, here's a bore," Jack Glen durwood said, as he entered Craiglands at dinner time on the evening of Sheila's ball. "I can't go with you to-night, after all." "Oh, Jack r Audrey clasped her hands In despair. "1 am disappointed. I don't think I shall go, then. What la the mat ter r "Benson has telegraphed me he must ee me at once on important business ; aomething gone wrong with the election, X suppose. I'll get back as quickly aa possible, and come on to you if I can." "Tour dress looks so lovely. You vould make each an exquisite Black Bruna wicker, Jacfc." "WelL" laughed Jack, kissing her, "I will try and get Into my fine togs; at least, if I cannot manage the Black Jlrunjwicker, I will don my gray domino. Yea will be able to pick me out, won't yon, fairy, even though I am ranked ?" "And yon me?" Audrey added. "Don't forget to look for the black and silver. Jack." Dinner was hurriedly eaten, and Jean eras much grieved far Audrey's take that Lara Jabs could at accompany her. Villain Damp Ah T An t.a It C 1 . , ..... I ' f - uniu - oneim is so tond or mm. They ought when I were a gell. I do. They wa to have been man and wife, and would m man and wife, and would have been, too, but for that pasty-faced. upstart creature J" Audrey's limbs seemed frozen, her heart a lump of ice. What was this she had beard? What horrible nightmare had come over her! So this was what was said! "Sheila and Jack!" Again and again the phrase rang in her ears. "Sheila and Jack!" They had always loved: thev loved now: and she she. Audrey, the low-born, low-bred charity girl she stood between them. A moan broke from her burning Una: she held one hand pressed close over the other so tightly aa almost to tear the gloves she wore. Her brain was on fire : her head reeled. She sat so quiet she might have been a figure of marble, not human flesh and blood. Not even in that one moment of actual peril on board the Moma had she felt as she did now. She was stranded before she had sailed beyond the snn- trpped waves of youth and youth's tweet dreaming. Suddenly she awoke with a start. A voice was calling shrill la her j Tourist But, my good woman, that was nearly 000 years ago! Village Dame (unabashed) Dear, dear I How time do fly ! Punch. The New Danver. "I heard that Deacon Thompson bad a narrow escape from being hit on the bead by a meteor." "Meteor! oth!ng of the sort It waa a piece of slag that some fool aeronaut was using for ballast" Cleveland Plain Dealer. Painful Sugg-rnUon. Chaplelgh I was aw out late lawst night and the aw wesult was I bad a head on me this mawnlng. doncher know. Miss Caustlque Well, lf I were you I'd stay out late every night Queen Margherlta of Italy has the finest collection of pearls In the world. 8he Is a great automobile enthusiast aad can drive her own machine. with withering sarcasm. "See him!" gasped the startled barrister, looking contemptuously at the animal between the shafts. Then he stepped on to the curb. "I didn't see your horse when I stood In front of him," he added, "but I can see something when I look at him sideways I" "Red" Wright and Jim Donovan were prospecting partners in a recent rush to new diggings. Wright was a man of quick and furious temper, while Donovan was as calm and unemotional is his partner was violent The two were cooking breakfast In their moun tain camp one morning when the coffee pot happened to be Red's particular charge. The bacon, under Donovan's supervision, was almost done, so Red set the coffee pot on the Are for a final bolL One of the sticks burned In two and the pot upset Red flew Into a rage, and. Jumping for the coffee pot, be kicked it from one end of the camp to the other and back again. Donovan watched him with calm Interest and when Red's fury had expended Itself Donovan pnllled his six-shooter and filled the coffee pot full of holes. "By j uereetive Vlalon Held Accountable lor All Sort of Human Ilia. It Is difficult to realize that the rela tion of eye strain to headaches and oth er functional disorders was not appre ciated by physicians until within thirty years ago. If an otherwise healthy person complains of headaches the chances are defective vision is the cause, says a recent writer in the American Medical Association Journal. These ocular headaches" come on at any age, but are very frequent between 0 and 12. A peculiar feature about them, however, is that they are Indis tinguishable In character and position from headaches due to any other Indis position. The extent of defective vision among children Is indicated by the statistics of 420 children, mostly In the minor grades, whose eyes were examined for defective eyesight Of this number about one-quarter had Berlous defects and required glasses, while only 40 per cent possessed perfect vision and exhib ited no ocular symptoms. In another series of records compiled In Berlin It appears that over 40 per cent of all the children have refractive errors Indicat ing Imperfect vision. It Is asserted that defective eyesight plays an Important part In school effl- elency, and the fact Is adduced to prove this that In the Berlin schools the number of children with imperfect vision shows a decreased ratio from the lower to the higher grade. Indeed, physicians are now wont to ascribe many bodily disturbances to eye strain. It Is pointed out In support or this contention that 80 per cent of the patients of the National Hospital ror Epileptics in London have serious ocular lesions. The records of the EI mlra reformatory for young criminals show that nearly 80 per cent of the In mates are similarly afflicted with eye trouble. One of the most curious functional disorders due to eye strain Is that re ported by a physician writing In the Medical Record, who declares that re curring "colds" are often due to eye strain. He asserts that one of his friends gets a "cold" whenever the frames of his glasses, for compound as tigmatism, are bent It is even assert ed that nervous conghs are frequently due, according to the same authority, to lack of oculists' attention. The craters were, therefore, formed by the lava bursting through the cru3t" and so relieving the pressure. Later, after this relief had been found and the crust bad thickened, the Interior regions by cooling shrank away from the solid shell, which was now too large, and being insufficiently support ed, caved in, permitting the great fis sure eruptions which produced tho so called lunar seas. These extensive outflows of lava dissolved the original solid shell whenever they came Into contact with it, much as they do In the present day In Hawaii. Had the moou been much smaller these eruptions might not have oc curred at all, and If the moon had been much larger their relative size would have been greater. Most prob ably on the earth similar outbursts were greater and our original gigantic craters were destroyed by the outflow f the earlier archaic rocks which com pletely submerged and dissolved them. Not Thirsty. Jane, the bright new maid, always anxious to please, had been Intrusted with the care of a little aquarium, In which the goldfish had always thrived very well until Jane came on the scene. The first day sho arrived she gave them fresh water, as Instructed, and then left them to their own de vices. But, alas, one morning the lit tle fishes were found floating feebly on their backs. 'Jane," called the anx ious mistress, regarding her pets with concern, "have you given tho fish any fresh water lately?" "No, ma'am. Bless their little hearts, they haven't drunk the water I gave them last month yet!" An Admirer of Shakepeare. "Do you think that Bacon really wrote the Shakspeare plays?" "I don't see that the question la worth discussing," answered the busy theatrical manager. 'There is no doubt that Shakspeare was the Im portant and responsible man. Whether he wrote the plays or not he managed the business." Washington Star. Carrying Oat tho Thong-nt. "Deduction Is the thing!" declared the law student "For Instance, yon der In our yard is a pile of ashes. That Is evidence that we have had Area this winter." "And, by the way, John," broke la his father, "yon might go out and sift that evidence." Louisville Courier-Journal. Some married men are not borne lone; enough to get homesick.
