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.